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☆ Supreme Court’s Leisurely Pace Will Produce Pileup of Late June Rulings
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Adam Liptak | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The Supreme Court has been moving at a sluggish pace in issuing decisions this term, entering the second half of June with more than 20 left to go. That is not terribly different from the last two terms, when the pace at which the court issued decisions started to slow. Over the almost two decades in which Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. has led the court, it has on average decided 72 percent of argued cases by this point in the term, according to data compiled by Lee Epstein, a law professor and political scientist at the University of Southern California. The corresponding number for the previous court, led by Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist from 1986 to 2005, was 78 percent. But in the last three terms, the court has decided no more than 62 percent of the term’s cases by June 14.

Persons: John G, Roberts, Lee Epstein, William H, Rehnquist Organizations: University of Southern, Chief Locations: University of Southern California

☆ Federal Judge Blocks Biden Administration’s Title IX Rules in 4 States
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Zach Montague | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Biden administration’s new Title IX regulations that expanded protections for L.G.B.T.Q. students have been temporarily blocked in four states after a federal judge ruled that the Education Department overstepped its authority. The plaintiffs argued that the Biden administration’s interpretation of Title IX betrayed the law’s original purpose of prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex. The new rules, which the Education Department released in April, disallow discrimination or harassment of students based on their gender identity, enshrining stronger protections for transgender students. However, the rules skirted some of the most divisive questions, stopping short of requiring schools to grant transgender students access to single-sex dorms or sports teams.

Persons: Terry A, Doughty, Biden, IX Organizations: Biden, Education Department Locations: Louisiana, Louisiana , Mississippi, Montana, Idaho

Because the event is a festival and not just a one-off concert, buying Electric Forest tickets is a bit more complex than simply picking a seat. Electric Forest 2024 festival scheduleElectric Forest 2024 begins June 20 and continues through June 23 in Rothbury, MI. Date City Vivid Seats prices StubHub prices June 20 Rothbury, MI - $466 June 21 Rothbury, MI - $412 June 22 Rothbury, MI - $1,166 June 23 Rothbury, MI - - June 20-23 Rothbury, MI $433 $332How to buy tickets for Electric Forest 2024 festivalWhile original tickets are sold out, some Electric Forest tickets are still available from verified resale outlets, including Vivid Seats and StubHub. While original Electric Forest tickets are sold out, as of this writing, StubHub has general admission tickets starting at $332 for the four days. Check out Electric Forest's full lineup, schedule, campground map, and more at the Electric Forest website.

Persons: Nelly Furtado, Ludacris, John Summit, Dom Dolla, StubHub, Ben Bohmer, Subtronics, Charlotte De White, Umphrey's McGee, Atliens, Barclay Crenshaw, Cassian, Chase, G Jones, Green, Kenny, Mau, Neil Frances, Rawayana, Sammy Virji, Sara Landry, Vini, Whyte Organizations: Business, Electric, Madison House, Vivid, Sherwood Court, John, Seven Lions Locations: Rothbury , Michigan, Rothbury , MI, Rothbury, MI, StubHub, multipacks

☆ CNBC's Inside India newsletter: IPO boom looks to break new records
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Amala Balakrishner | In Amala-Balakrishner | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

The spotlight has seemingly shifted in the past year toward companies going to market, hoping to ride on the coattails of India's growth story. Growing foreign listingsThe allure of India's stock markets has trickled to companies beyond its shores — with foreign entities eyeing a share of its growth. Such listings add strength to India's markets, says M&G Investment's Asian Equities Portfolio Manager Vikas Pershad. The optimism on India's IPO boom is sometimes marred by concerns over elevated valuations of its stock market — and whether it is headed toward a bubble. "When we look at India, we see continued economic and earnings per share growth and higher levels of profitability," Dorson from Global X told CNBC's Inside India.

Persons: Swiggy, Debarchan Chatterjee, Neil Bahal, Dhruba Jyoti Sengupta, Ola, PhonePe, Ola Electric, Sengupta, Vikas Pershad, Malcolm Dorson, CNBC's Organizations: Getty, Reliance Industries, Adani Enterprises, Mankind Pharma, Negen, Securities, Exchange Board, Wrise Private, Aakash Educational Services, Aakash Educational, Walmart, United Arab, Hyundai, Insurance Corporation of India, Maruti Suzuki, Hindustan Unilever, Siemens, ABB India, Global Locations: Kolkata, India, SEBI, United Arab Emirates, Sri Lanka, Hyundai India, India's, Maruti Suzuki India, Hindustan

☆ In a First, Pope Plans to Attend G7 Summit
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Emma Bubola | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

As leaders from the Group of 7 nations gather this week in southern Italy, they will be joined by representatives from countries at the center of international conflict, from developing nations like Brazil and India, and, for the first time, from the Holy See. Pope Francis, the Vatican announced, will take part in a discussion on Friday on the ethical implications of artificial intelligence at a session that is open to envoys from countries that are not G7 members. The Vatican said Pope Francis would also have bilateral conversations with some of the visiting leaders, including President Biden and Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The reports last month prompted a backlash among L.G.B.T.Q. people, toward which the pope had generally adopted a more welcoming approach.

Persons: Pope Francis, Biden, Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Giorgia Meloni, ” Organizations: Vatican Locations: Italy, Brazil, India

☆ How Baptists and the G.O.P. Took Different Paths on I.V.F.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Ruth Graham | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Alabama ruling, which had threatened access to in vitro fertilization and other reproductive services in the state, caught many Americans, including conservatives, off guard. The idea that fertility treatments could be morally and legally questionable rattled many anti-abortion voters who had used such procedures to expand their families. And it further frayed the increasingly tense alliance between the anti-abortion movement and the Republican Party, which saw political peril in going after I.V.F. On Wednesday, the Southern Baptist Convention, the country’s largest Protestant denomination, voted to condemn the use of reproductive technologies like I.V.F. The moment was especially striking given that after the Alabama ruling earlier this year, Republican leaders quickly tried to signal to their base that they supported I.V.F., an extraordinarily popular procedure widely used by Christians and non-Christians alike.

Persons: Andrew T, Walker Organizations: Alabama, Southern Baptist, Republican Party, Southern Baptist Convention, Republican Locations: Kentucky, Alabama, The Alabama, Indianapolis

☆ Election Updates: Trump returns to Washington to flex political muscle.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Maggie Haberman | Jonathan Swan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +6 min

“There’s high anticipation here and great excitement,” Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters on Wednesday before Mr. Trump’s visit. Mr. McConnell condemned Mr. Trump’s actions and declared him responsible. Pressed about Mr. Trump’s visit to Washington, Mr. McConnell told reporters on Wednesday, “I said earlier this year I supported him. He’s earned the nomination by the voters all across the country.”Defying the expectations of Mr. McConnell and many others, Mr. Trump did not disappear. Most of corporate America had turned its back on Mr. Trump after the violence on Jan. 6.

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☆ The digital dermatologist will see you now
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Susan Griffin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

video calls and digital images to discuss skin concerns remotely) compared to 14.1% pre-Covid, said the American Academy of Dermatology. The advent of digital dermatology, pushed forward by increasingly innovative and sophisticated digital tools — not only smartphones and video calling apps but artificial intelligence — is enabling a growing number of global brands to diagnose, prescribe and produce bespoke creams via virtual consultation rooms. I tried Klira, a digital dermatology service co-founded in 2021 by British dermatologist Dr. Emma Craythorne. From Simon Ourian MDWhile digital dermatology makes it possible to access the expertise of people who might otherwise be out of your price bracket or zip code, there are inevitable drawbacks and limitations to using a digital dermatologist exclusively. “Although it was not a total transformation, my skin did get a bit better and I would recommend the digital dermatologist route,” she said.

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☆ Trump Returns to Washington With Renewed Grip on the G.O.P.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Maggie Haberman | Jonathan Swan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Donald J. Trump flew into Washington last summer in a state of misery. He was there for his criminal arraignment, and he told associates afterward that the city was disgusting. He could feel Washington’s hostility, aides said. Today, he returns to the nation’s capital under much different circumstances — to flex his dominance over a political and business establishment that has been forced to come to terms with him. After years of hoping that someone else could step up to lead their party, that establishment is gradually submitting to the reality of the 2024 campaign.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Republicans ’, Biden, Trump’s, Mitch McConnell, — Organizations: Republicans, Republican, Trump Locations: Washington, Manhattan

☆ Grab Them. Then Stump Them.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Mike Isaac | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

What’s a five-letter word for an activity that media and technology companies are increasingly relying on to gain subscribers and keep them coming back? GAMESApple released a series of word-focused puzzles in its subscription news service last fall. LinkedIn, which is owned by Microsoft, debuted a set of word games this spring. For media companies, games are a way to attract new customers as their sites face declining traffic from Google, X and Meta, which have backed away from emphasizing news. “They want to recreate that same satisfying experience for people that they might have had over years of doing a crossword in the newspaper.”

Persons: What’s, ”, John Temple Organizations: Apple, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Morning, The Washington Post, Vox Media, Boston Globe, Google

☆ Congressman Wins G.O.P. Nomination for North Dakota Governor
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Mitch Smith | More About Mitch Smith | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Representative Kelly Armstrong won the Republican nomination for governor of North Dakota, The Associated Press said on Tuesday, defeating the state’s lieutenant governor, Tammy Miller, and positioning himself as the strong favorite in the general election. The primary featured two Republicans who are well known in the state and whose platforms shared many similarities. Mr. Armstrong, a lawyer and a former state Republican Party chairman, was elected to Congress in 2018 from North Dakota’s lone House district. Ms. Miller, an accountant and businesswoman, was appointed as lieutenant governor last year after working as Gov. After failing to gain traction in the Republican presidential primary, he announced in January that he would not seek another four years as governor.

Persons: Kelly Armstrong, Tammy Miller, Armstrong, Miller, Doug Burgum’s, Donald J, Trump, Mr, Burgum Organizations: Republican, The Associated Press, Republican Party Locations: North Dakota, North Dakota’s

☆ Elon Musk Withdraws His Lawsuit Against OpenAI and Sam Altman
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Cade Metz | More About Cade Metz | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Elon Musk withdrew his lawsuit on Tuesday against OpenAI, the maker of the online chatbot ChatGPT, a day before a state judge in San Francisco was set to consider whether it should be dismissed. The suit, filed in February, had accused the artificial intelligence start-up and two of its founders, Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, of breaching OpenAI’s founding contract by prioritizing commercial interests over the public good. A multibillion-dollar partnership that OpenAI signed with Microsoft, Mr. Musk’s suit claimed, represented an abandonment of the company’s pledge to carefully develop A.I. and make the technology publicly available. Mr. Musk had argued that the founding contract said that the organization should instead be focused on building artificial general intelligence, or A.G.I., a machine that can do anything the brain can do, for the benefit of humanity.

Persons: Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, OpenAI, Musk’s, Musk Organizations: OpenAI, Microsoft Locations: San Francisco

☆ In Taped Remarks at Supreme Court Gala, Revealing Glimpses of Roberts and Alito
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Adam Liptak | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. have long been a jarring study in contrasts. The chief justice is guarded, embodying a cautious and conventional conception of the judicial role. Justice Alito, an eager combatant in the culture wars, tests the limits of that behavior. Their differing approaches were on display in surreptitiously recorded comments at a Supreme Court gala last week. That’s not for lawyers.”

Persons: John G, Roberts Jr, Samuel A, Alito Jr, Justice Alito, Justice Roberts, That’s, ”

☆ Here are Monday's biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Tesla, Apple, Walmart, Microsoft, Disney, Arm, GM, DraftKings & more
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-10 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Morgan Stanley resumes Broadcom as overweight Morgan Stanley resumed coverage of Broadcom , saying it's "compelling." UBS reiterates Apple as neutral UBS said its survey checks show that interest in AI remains "muted" for Apple. Morgan Stanley names DraftKings a top pick Despite gaming tax issues in Illinois, Morgan Stanley moved the gaming stock back to top-pick status. Morgan Stanley downgrades Advanced Micro Devices to equal weight from overweight Morgan Stanley said investors' expectations are "too high." UBS reiterates Micron as buy UBS raised its price target on Micron to $155 per share from $125.

Persons: Truist, Morgan Stanley, TD Cowen, Bernstein, Tesla, underperform Bernstein, Elon Musk, Disney, DraftKings, Jefferies, Colleen, Wells, Raymond James, MHK, Rosenblatt, NVDA, Melius Organizations: Microsoft, New, Broadcom, UBS, Apple, Nvidia, Disney, North America Gaming, Jefferies, JPMorgan, Honeywell, Micron, Nike, ARM, Adobe, Citi, General Motors, Bank of America, Mobile Locations: Int'l Parks, Illinois, North

☆ Justice Alito’s Wife, in Secretly Recorded Conversation, Complains About Pride Flag
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-10 | by ( Abbie Vansickle | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr.’s wife, Martha-Ann, recently told a woman posing as a conservative supporter that she wanted to fly a Catholic flag at the couple’s Virginia home in response to a Pride flag in her neighborhood. “You know what I want?” the justice’s wife said to the woman, Lauren Windsor, who secretly recorded the conversation during a black-tie event last week at the Supreme Court. “I want a Sacred Heart of Jesus flag because I have to look across the lagoon at the Pride flag for the next month.”But Ms. Alito said that after she suggested the Sacred Heart of Jesus flag as a retort to the symbol for L.G.B.T.Q. rights, her husband said, “Oh, please, don’t put up a flag.”She said that she had agreed, for now, but that she had told him that “when you are free of this nonsense,” “I’m putting it up and I’m going to send them a message every day, maybe every week. I’ll be changing the flags.”

Persons: Samuel A, Alito Jr, ’, Martha, Ann, Lauren Windsor, “, Alito, don’t Organizations: Supreme Locations: Virginia

☆ S&P 500 & NASDAQ notch another record close
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-10 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailS&P 500 & NASDAQ notch another record closeVictoria Greene, G Squared Private Wealth CIO, and Scott Kessler, Third Bridge Global sector lead for tech, media & telecom, joins 'Closing Bell Overtime' to talk the days record market action and Apple's WWDC.

Persons: Victoria Greene, Scott Kessler Organizations: NASDAQ, Private Wealth

☆ Collectible toy market: This vintage action figure set a record at auction
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-10 | by ( Eva Rothenberg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

The Rocket-Firing Boba Fett action figure, modeled after the “Star Wars” bounty hunter, was purchased in Dallas by an anonymous buyer for $525,000, Heritage Auctions announced last Monday. Dolls are for girls, action figures are for boysUnlike fine art or sports memorabilia, the collectible action figure market is only a handful of decades old because action figures have only been around since the mid-1960s. “The first action figure was G.I. He recounted how Hasbro executive Don Levine coined the term “action figure” as a marketing tool, because “we can’t call these dolls. Caravoulias recalls laying in bed as a kid in 1985 and wishing he could buy a $5 Rambo II action figure.

Persons: Boba, Barbie, ”, Justin Caravoulias, Joe, Boba Fett, Fett, Kenner, Brian Rachfal, “, Don Levine, ’, “ Nobody, Caravoulias, Price, Tom Derby, Darth Vader, It’s, Rambo, Rachfal, —, Paul Arnold, Arnold, Gary C, Knapp, they’re, ” Caravoulias, Circana, ” “ Barbie, ” James Zahn Organizations: New, New York CNN, “, Heritage Auctions, Heritage, Kenner, Hasbro, CNN, Derby, ‘ Power Rangers Locations: New York, United States, Dallas, American, Virginia Beach, Va

☆ A Drug to Slow Alzheimer’s Is Finally Available. How Are Patients Faring?
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-10 | by ( Dana G. Smith | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Over the last three years, a new class of Alzheimer’s drug, the first to treat a root cause of the disease, has set off a roller coaster of hope and disappointment. Lecanemab (brand name Leqembi; pronounced le-KEM-bee) was given full approval by the Food and Drug Administration in July 2023 and is currently the only one of its class available to Alzheimer’s patients, outside clinical trials. The drug has been shown to slow the progression of the disease, but its benefits are fairly modest. With lecanemab having been approved for nearly a year — and with a similar drug, donanemab, being reviewed by an F.D.A. There are strict requirements for patients to be eligible for lecanemab; by one estimate, fewer than 20 percent met the qualifications for the medication.

Persons: Neurologists Organizations: Food and Drug Administration, New York Times, Mayo Clinic, Mayo Clinic , Massachusetts General Hospital, University of California Locations: Mayo Clinic , Massachusetts, San Francisco

☆ Investor Victoria Greene on navigating the AI boom as it boosts stocks beyond the tech sector
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-09 | by ( Lisa Kailai Han | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The chief investment officer of G Squared Private Wealth believes the divergence between AI winners and losers will widen this year. "People are going to need to start making money with AI," Greene told CNBC in an interview. "At some point, you can't just talk about [the] future, you're going to have to show that the progress is being made." "You're going to continue to see so much upgrade. This AI shift is not a flash in the pan," she noted.

Persons: Victoria Greene, Greene, she's bullish, they're, Tesla, Merrill Lynch Organizations: G, Private Wealth, G Squared, CNBC, Emerson Global Locations: industrials, Eaton

☆ Opinion: ‘Hit Man’ does what ‘Double Indemnity’ couldn’t
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-07 | by ( Opinion Noah Berlatsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

“Hit Man” suggests that when backing away from misogyny, men, too, have more options, more happiness and more love. “Double Indemnity” turned the trope into an indelible archetype for the morally ambiguous world of film noir. Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray and Tom Powers are pictured in Billy Wilder's "Double Indemnity." The patriarchal world of “Double Indemnity” is as bleakly loveless for men as it is for women. “Hit Man,” and other contemporary noir films, in contrast, are trying to imagine a way out of the “Double Indemnity” double bind.

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☆ Opinion | Why You Shouldn’t Obsess About the National Debt
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( Paul Krugman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The United States government is more than $34 trillion in debt. Did you know that our government owes $34 trillion? That’s $34 trillion! So I thought it might be useful to talk about how I see the issue of public debt and why it doesn’t loom larger in my concerns. isn’t unprecedented, even in America: It’s roughly the same as it was at the end of World War II.

Persons: I’m, hypocrites Organizations: United Locations: United States, America, Japan

☆ Opinion: I just don’t get watching organized sports
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( David G. Allan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

It’s usually these professional sport high holidays where I’m cornered into admitting I’m sports agnostic. The winning and losing of watching professional sports is a faux drama, a soap opera with injuries. The difference is, of course, that the wins and losses of politics don’t benignly reset at the start of the next season. It’s the watching, and caring about, professional sports as an adult that eludes my understanding. Forgetting who he was talking to, he began his explanation by comparing his home team to another professional underdog team.

Persons: CNN —, I’m, I’d, ”, Jerry Seinfeld, I’ve, don’t, David Allan I’m, me, Jesse, It’s, Taylor Swift Organizations: CNN, NBA, Baltimore Orioles, Orioles Locations: Brooklyn, Baltimore

☆ ValueAct increases Salesforce stake to nearly $1 billion, sending shares up
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( Rohan Goswami | In Rohangoswamicnbc | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Mason Morfit, Salesforce board member and co-CEO of activist investor ValueAct, has increased his stake in Marc Benioff's software firm to just under $1 billion, acquiring $99 million worth of shares earlier this week, just days after the company reported its first revenue miss since 2006. The trade was disclosed in a regulatory filing Thursday, sending Salesforce shares up around 3.5% on the news in morning trading. The other activists eyeing Salesforce at the time included Elliott Management, Dan Loeb's Third Point, and Starboard Value. Earlier this year, Salesforce's widely reported pursuit of data management firm Informatica sent shares see-sawing before the putative target said it was not considering a sale. Salesforce shares briefly eclipsed their previous 2021 highs earlier this year, but have since given back those gains and are down 4% year-to-date.

Persons: Mason Morfit, ValueAct, Marc Benioff's, Morfit, Benioff's, eyeing Salesforce, Elliott, Dan Loeb's, Benioff, Salesforce's, Jeff Ubben, Bob Iger, Trian's Nelson Peltz, Ike Perlmutter, Salesforce Organizations: ValueAct, Elliott Management, Informatica, Microsoft, Marvel Locations: New York, U.S, Benioff

☆ The women behind the glitz and glamour of New York’s fabled department stores
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Cat Woods | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Before the nationwide influx of suburban malls and the convenience of online shopping, there was a golden age of American department stores. Satow’s evocation of this historic age is timely, with the death knell for many US department stores well and truly ringing in our ears. Sally Moss“When department stores originally opened, (they represented) one of the rare opportunities for women to congregate together in public,” Satow told CNN. Her motivation was to make department stores enticing — and accessible — for women of all means.) Read: “The Dallergut Dream Department Store” (2024)A bestseller in Korea, the debut novel (and first of a two-book series) from author Miye Lee weaves a fantastical narrative around, as its title suggests, a department store selling consumers’ perfect dreams.

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☆ G.O.P. Blocks Contraception Bill in Senate as Democrats Seek Political Edge
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Annie Karni | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked action on legislation to codify the right to contraception access nationwide, a bill Democrats brought to the floor to spotlight an issue on which the G.O.P. is at odds with a vast majority of voters. All but two Republicans present — Senators Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine — voted against advancing the legislation. “This should be an easy vote,” Senator Patty Murray, Democrat of Washington, said on the Senate floor ahead of the vote. “It almost shouldn’t be necessary.”But Ms. Murray said that Republican lawmakers have made it so by seeking to advance anti-abortion legislation that could limit access to contraceptives like Plan B and IUDs.

Persons: Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins, Maine —, Patty Murray, Murray Organizations: Democrat, Republican Locations: Alaska, Washington

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