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☆ Boeing's 90 days to hand in a safety plan to the FAA are up. Here's what to expect
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-30 | by ( Leslie Josephs | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Boeing 737 Max 8 fuselages manufactured by Spirit Aerosystems in Wichita, Kansas are transported on a BSNF train heading west over the Bozeman Pass March 12, 2019 in Bozeman, Montana. The FAA ordered the report following a near-catastrophic blowout of an airplane door panel on a new 737 Max 9 earlier this year. The FAA also barred Boeing from increasing 737 Max production until the agency was satisfied with Boeing's quality control improvements. The crisis has again tarnished Boeing's reputation, opened it to more federal scrutiny and forced it to slow 737 Max output. Boeing Chief Financial Officer Brian West last week said the company expects to burn cash this year, instead of generating cash.

Persons: Spirit Aerosystems, Dave Calhoun, Max, Mike Whitaker, Brian West, Calhoun, —, West Organizations: Boeing, Max, Spirit, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, Alaska Airlines, United, Southwest Locations: Wichita , Kansas, Bozeman, Bozeman , Montana

☆ After a string of safety issues, Boeing is about to release a plan to fix its quality problems
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-29 | by ( Gregory Wallace | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Washington CNN —Boeing is expected to release a plan this week to fix its endless string of safety issues that have been under federal investigation following a midflight fuselage blowout in January. Since then, the FAA and Boeing have met multiple times about the company’s progress and the plan’s scope. FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker said last week he sees the plan as only the “beginning” of a process for Boeing. Boeing later agreed to financial penalties and a deferred prosecution agreement to settle a criminal charge of defrauding US regulators. Its marching orders for the plan include addressing the audit and expert panel findings and explaining how it will integrate safety and quality assurance policies into practice.

Persons: Mike Whitaker, “ It’s, ” Whitaker, Max, Dave Calhoun, David Ryder, Whitaker, AeroSystems, Brian West, “ We’re, we’ll Organizations: Washington CNN, Boeing, Aviation Administration, FAA, ABC, Air Force, Alaska Airlines, Transportation Safety, Department of Justice, CNN, Employees, “ Locations: Portland , Oregon, Wichita , Kansas, Renton , Washington

☆ Wall Street is about to see its biggest trading change in years
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-24 | by ( Krystal Hur | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

New York CNN —Buying or selling a stock is about to get a lot snappier starting next Tuesday. But that doesn’t mean it’ll get smoother, at least right away — and some financial firms are preparing to handle any possible bumpiness. Clearinghouses, which sit between buyers and sellers, collect margins from traders as evidence that they can afford to make the transaction. Baird has had a T+1 committee in place since last summer to ensure such hiccups don’t happen, Lee said. “The existing two-day period to settle trades exposes investors and the industry to unnecessary risk and is ripe for change,” Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev said in a February 2021 release.

Persons: “, That’s, ” Gary Gensler, ”, Rich Lee, Baird, Lee, Reddit, Vlad Tenev, Max, Gregory Wallace, Brian West, Mike Whitaker, ” “, ” Whitaker, Read, Meta, that’s, Clare Duffy, Patrick Collison, Nat Friedman, Tobi Lütke, Charlie Songhurst, White, OpenAI Organizations: CNN Business, Bell, New York CNN, Securities and Exchange Commission, Employees, GameStop, AMC Entertainment, AMC, Robinhood, Investors, Boeing, FAA, Federal Aviation Administration, Wolfe Research, ABC, Microsoft, Meta Locations: New York, OpenAI

☆ Boeing on track to meet FAA deadline to present quality control fixes
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-23 | by ( Gregory Wallace | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Boeing will present its plan to fix quality problems with its assembly line to US regulators next week, the company said Thursday. The FAA said it audited the production line at Boeing and its key 737 Max supplier and found “multiple instances where the companies allegedly failed to comply with manufacturing quality control requirements.” It gave Boeing 90 days to present a plan — and that deadline is next week. Boeing chief financial officer Brian West said Thursday that Boeing and the FAA have had “lots of dialogue” including two check-ins during the preparation of the plan. “Our objective is to make sure the mechanic is fully prepared to do the work as intended,” West said. “We have frustrated and disappointed our customers because of some of the production supply chain issues that we’re up against,” West said.

Persons: Max, Brian West, ”, “, Mike Whitaker, ” “, ” Whitaker, West, ” West, AeroSystems Organizations: CNN, Boeing, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, Wolfe Research, ABC News, ”, Airbus

☆ Bob Menendez: Trump circus overshadows senator’s corruption trial
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-21 | by ( Gregory Krieg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

So it goes for Menendez, who is likely pleased to have his legal drama playing out in relative obscurity. More recently, Fetterman mocked the senator’s defense, which relies in part on pointing the finger of blame on Nadine Menendez, his wife. Republicans in Washington, as they’ve done during these first two weeks of the Menendez trial in New York, have been consistently deferential to the New Jersey Democrat. Rep. Andy Kim, a popular Democrat from South Jersey, is expected to win the nomination to succeed Menendez. Andrew Giuliani, pressed for a thought on the senator’s trial or the allegations against him, shrugged.

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☆ From hunter to guardian: How the ‘Snakeman of India’ found his way into wildlife conservation
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-16 | by ( Michelle Cohan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Whitaker would go on to earn the nickname “Snakeman of India,” and spend more than six decades dedicated to reptile research and conservation. His field work with snakes and crocodiles ultimately led his conservation efforts to help save India’s rainforests. We tell people when they’re working in the field, when they’re doing agriculture, use a stick. Romulus Whitaker teaches the next generation about reptiles at his conservation organization, Agumbe Rainforest Research Station, in southern India. And it’s wonderful to realize that dozens, if not hundreds, of young people have continued to do wonderful work with reptiles.

Persons: Romulus Whitaker, ”, Whitaker, Doris Norden Whitaker, Rama Chattopadhyay, Bill Haast, Heyward Clamp Whitaker, I’ve, cobras, we’ve, Arun Sankar, there’s, Cedric Bregnard, You’re Organizations: CNN, Miami Serpentarium, Miami, cobras, Cooperative, Getty Images CNN, Global Health Research, University of Toronto, Research, Cedric Bregnard CNN Locations: America, India, cobras, Mysore, Hoosick , New York, New York, Bombay, Western Ghats, Madras, South India, An, Chennai

☆ FAA still short about 3,000 air traffic controllers, new federal numbers show
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( Gregory Wallace | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Despite a surge in hiring last year, air traffic control stations nationwide are still about 3,000 controllers short, according to new Federal Aviation Administration numbers. The staffing plans developed by the FAA and the union representing air traffic controllers calls for more than 14,600 controllers to fully staff towers and centers. But at the same time, its air traffic control organization lost more than 1,300 employees, including controllers who retired or candidates who dropped out of training. The union president representing air traffic controllers said that after accounting for departures, the agency netted an increase of only six new controllers that year. It also instructs the FAA to install additional simulators at air traffic control sites to speed up training progress.

Persons: “, ”, Mike Whitaker Organizations: CNN, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, Employees, Senate

☆ Nvidia’s CEO was labeled a 'demanding' boss by staff. But experts say you have to be cutthroat
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-13 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang knows he's a tough boss and has no regrets about it. In a recent interview with "60 Minutes," employees at the company's Santa Clara headquarters told correspondent Bill Whitaker that the entrepreneur is "demanding," a "perfectionist," and "not easy to work for." Huang, who co-founded the chipmaker in 1993 which is now worth over $2 trillion, said this described him "perfectly." "He is to some degree cutthroat," Wladislaw Rivkin, associate professor of organizational behavior at Trinity Business School, told CNBC Make It. Many smaller companies have gone bankrupt but Nvidia "survived," Rivkin noted.

Persons: Jensen Huang, Santa Clara, Bill Whitaker, Huang, Whitaker, Wladislaw Rivkin, Rivkin, Sankalp Chaturvedi, Chaturvedi Organizations: CNBC, Trinity Business School, Nvidia, Imperial College Business School . Workers Locations: Santa, Silicon Valley

☆ U.S. FAA delaying start of new air traffic control rest requirements
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-09 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Virgin Atlantic Airways Airbus A350-1000 aircraft seen taxiing in front of the air traffic control tower at London Heathrow airport in U.K. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday it is delaying requiring air traffic controllers to get 10 hours off between shifts and 12 hours off before a midnight shift. FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker said on April 19 the new rules would take effect in 90 days. FAA Air Traffic Organization Chief Operating Officer Timothy Arel said the timetable will be delayed as the agency holds discussions with the controllers' union with the hope "to have a joint agreement and understanding on new rest periods to allow for joint development of a strategy for implementing" the 2025 schedule "or sooner where feasible."

Persons: Mike Whitaker, Timothy Arel Organizations: Virgin Atlantic Airways Airbus, U.S . Federal Aviation Administration, FAA Air Traffic Organization Locations: London

☆ Barbara Stauffacher Solomon, Pioneer of Supergraphics, Dies at 95
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-08 | by ( Penelope Green | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Barbara Stauffacher Solomon, an audacious graphic designer, landscape architect and artist who first made a splash in the 1960s with the supersize, geometric architectural painting movement known as supergraphics, died on Tuesday at her home in San Francisco. Her daughter Nellie King Solomon confirmed the death. In 1962, Ms. Stauffacher Solomon was the rare woman to set up shop as a graphic designer in the Bay Area, working for clients like the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (now SFMOMA). It was architecture, however, that put Ms. Stauffacher Solomon on the national stage. In the early 1960s, an architect turned developer named Al Boeke envisioned a new community on a windswept bluff and former sheep ranch a few hours north of San Francisco.

Persons: Barbara Stauffacher Solomon, Nellie King Solomon, Stauffacher Solomon, Baskerville, Al Boeke, Lawrence Halprin, Joseph Esherick, Charles Moore, Donlyn Lyndon, William Turnbull Jr, Richard Whitaker Organizations: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Times Locations: San Francisco, Bay, Basel, Switzerland, Swiss

☆ Nvidia employees said CEO Jensen Huang is 'not easy to work for.' He says that's how it should be.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-30 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has no qualms about being a demanding leader. Huang told "60 Minutes" that accomplishing "extraordinary" things requires hard work. AdvertisementNvidia CEO Jensen Huang has a reputation for being a formidable boss — and that's the way he likes it. In a recent interview with 60 Minutes, Huang was unsurprised when correspondent Bill Whitaker shared some of the words Nvidia employees used to describe the company's chief:"Demanding, perfectionist, not easy to work with," Whitaker said, citing people who work with Huang at the software company. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.

Persons: Jensen Huang, Huang, —, Bill Whitaker, Whitaker Organizations: Nvidia, Service, Business

☆ Opinion: Why memes about Mommy and wine are no joke
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Kara Alaimo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Editor’s note: Kara Alaimo, an associate professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University, writes about issues affecting women and social media. At work, women on average earn just 84 cents for every dollar earned by men and are up against endless stereotypes about why they’re not leadership material. “Anyone who’s been on social media in the last ten years has seen the memes: ‘Mommy needs wine.’ ‘I wine because my kids whine.’ You can buy infant onesies that say ‘I’m the reason mommy drinks’ on Amazon,” Yvonne points out. It requires social structures such as an adequate childcare system and resources for women who need to leave abusive homes. We all also need to stop sharing jokes and memes that suggest it’s humorous for people of any gender to deal with the stresses they’re up against by imbibing carcinogens.

Persons: Kara Alaimo, Kara, Celeste Yvonne, it’s, Yvonne, they’re, who’s, ” Yvonne, —, I’ve, Holly Whitaker, Carol Lee Flinders, ” Whitaker Organizations: Fairleigh Dickinson University, Women, Press, Facebook, CNN, JAMA, Pew Research Center, US Centers for Disease Control Locations: United States

☆ After my brother tragically died, I knew I wanted to pursue adventure. Now my family and I live on a catamaran.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-21 | by ( Maria Noyen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

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☆ F.A.A. Will Require More Rest for Air Traffic Controllers
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( Sydney Ember | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The Federal Aviation Administration said on Friday that it was taking significant steps to mitigate the risks posed by exhaustion among air traffic controllers, after a series of close calls last year raised alarms about the safety of the U.S. air travel system. Mike Whitaker, the F.A.A. administrator, issued a directive increasing the number of hours that controllers are required to rest between shifts from nine hours to 10, and 12 hours before a midnight shift. The announcement came as the air safety regulator released a 114-page report from an expert panel that assessed the risks associated with air traffic controller fatigue. “We are committed to a sustained effort to address controller fatigue and ensure our airspace is the safest in the world,” Mr. Whitaker said in a statement.

Persons: Mike Whitaker, Mr, Whitaker Organizations: Federal Aviation Administration Locations: U.S

☆ FAA will require more rest time for air traffic controllers amid fatigue concerns
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( Leslie Josephs | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The head of the Federal Aviation Administration on Friday said the agency will increase the required amount of rest time for air traffic controllers in response to concerns over fatigue amid a staffing shortage. "In my first few months at the helm of the FAA, I toured air traffic control facilities around the country — and heard concerns about schedules that do not always allow controllers to get enough rest," FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker said in a statement. A shortfall of air traffic controllers, made worse by a pause in hiring during the Covid-19 pandemic, has led to forced overtime and packed schedules for staff at some facilities. Air traffic controllers in the U.S. are required to retire at age 56. The announcement came alongside an FAA-ordered report on air traffic controller fatigue, which recommended the new rest requirements.

Persons: Mike Whitaker Organizations: Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, Boeing, Air Locations: U.S

☆ Boeing somehow managed to get itself into even bigger trouble
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( David Goldman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

New York CNN —Boeing has achieved the unthinkable this week: It managed to fall even deeper into crisis. It ultimately approved the planes for shipments to airlines in March 2023 after becoming satisfied that Boeing had fixed the problem. Then, during the first weekend of 2024, part of an Alaska Airlines 737 Max blew off the side of the plane just after take-off, and Boeing has been in crisis mode ever since. In February, pilots on a United Airlines 737 Max reported that the flight controls jammed as the plane landed in Newark, New Jersey. The FAA is allowing the planes to continue flying and Boeing said the problem does not pose an immediate safety risk.

Persons: Sam Salehpour, Salehpour, McDonnell Douglas, Max, Boeing hasn’t, Dave Calhoun, Mike Whitaker, Whitaker, What’s, Boeing’s, Airlines, hasn’t Organizations: New, New York CNN, Boeing, US Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, New York Times, Alaska Airlines, National Transportation Safety Board, United Airlines, Airbus, Airlines Locations: New York, Newark , New Jersey

☆ These US restaurants and chefs are 2024 James Beard Award finalists
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-03 | by ( Marnie Hunter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —A New Orleans restaurant featuring a modern Senegalese tasting menu and an Ethiopia-born chef who studied psychology before turning to a culinary career are among the restaurants and chefs named as finalists for the coveted James Beard Awards. The finalists for the Restaurant and Chef Awards were announced Wednesday in Washington, DC. In the Emerging Chef category, Fariyal Abdullahi, executive chef at Hav & Mar in New York, is among the five finalists. Masako Morishita moved to Washington, DC to be a cheerleader for the Washington Commanders. Fariyal Abdullahi, executive chef at Hav & Mar in New York, is among the five finalists in the Emerging Chef category.

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☆ Boeing is in big trouble
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-12 | by ( David Goldman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

LATAM called it a “technical event.” Boeing said it’s working to gather more information. Between lawsuits, potential fines and lost business, Boeing could lose billions more dollars from the blowout. In February, pilots on a United Airlines 737 Max reported that the flight controls jammed as the plane landed in Newark. The FAA is allowing the planes to continue flying and Boeing said the problem does not pose an immediate safety risk. And the FAA said Boeing’s safety and quality problems extend beyond its inability to produce paperwork.

Persons: CNN —, LATAM, it’s, Max, Mike Whitaker, ” Whitaker, Whitaker, “, ” Boeing’s, It’s, CNN’s Colin McCullough, Greg Wallace Organizations: CNN, Boeing, Alaska Airlines, United Airlines, The National Transportation Safety, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, NTSB Locations: Australia, New Zealand, Newark

The incident aboard LATAM Airlines flight 800 from Sydney to Auckland is the latest to hit troubled aircraft manufacturer Boeing, which has been rocked by years of quality and safety issues. After landing in Auckland, Jokat said the pilot checked on the passengers and explained he had temporarily lost control of the jet. “I immediately engaged with him and said, ‘What was that?’ And he openly admitted, he said, ‘I lost control of the plane. “He said for that brief moment he couldn’t control anything and that’s when the plane did what it did. Meanwhile, the Federal Aviation Administration in February flagged safety issues with engine anti-ice systems on the 737 Max and larger 787 Dreamliner.

Persons: Brian Jokat, ” “, I’m, ”, CNN’s Erin Burnett, Jokat, ‘, ” Jokat, “, LATAM, Dean Purcell, Max, Mike Whitaker, Whitaker Organizations: CNN, Boeing, LATAM Airlines, CNN Tuesday, Alaska Airlines, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA Locations: Australia, New Zealand, Sydney, Auckland

“The FAA identified non-compliance issues in Boeing’s manufacturing process control, parts handling and storage, and product control,” the FAA said in a press release, but did not immediately provide further details. The FAA said the findings of both this audit and the separate report should be part of Boeing’s quality improvement plan. But in January Boeing CEO David Calhoun conceded Boeing needed to improve its quality controls. Without giving details, the FAA said it found multiple instances where both companies allegedly failed to comply with manufacturing quality control requirements. The agency is not the only government body looking into Boeing’s quality issues.

Persons: David Calhoun, ”, Calhoun, “, Mike Whitaker, Jennifer Homendy Organizations: Washington DC CNN, Federal Aviation Administration, Alaska Airlines ’ Boeing, FAA, Boeing, Spirit, Max, National Transportation Safety, Alaska Air, NTSB, Justice Department, Alaska, Senate Locations: Renton , Washington

☆ FAA gives Boeing 90 days to come up with quality control plan after 737 Max accident
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Leslie Josephs | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

An aerial photo shows Boeing 737 Max airplanes parked on the tarmac at the Boeing Factory in Renton, Washington, on March 21, 2019. The door plug was removed and reinstalled at Boeing's Renton, Washington 737 Max factory. The FAA is in the middle of an audit of Boeing's 737 production lines. The agency last month said it would halt Boeing's planned ramp-up of 737 Max planes until the regulator is satisfied with quality control on the company's production lines. The report was required by Congress following two crashes in 2018 and 2019 of Boeing 737 Max planes, which killed everyone on board the flights.

Persons: Bolts, Mike Whitaker, Dave Calhoun, Max Organizations: Boeing, Max, Boeing Factory, Federal Aviation Administration, Alaska Airlines, FAA Locations: Renton , Washington, Renton, Washington

☆ FAA gives Boeing 90 days to come up with a plan to address quality issues
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Gregory Wallace | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Boeing must produce within 90 days a plan to fix serious quality and safety issues, the Federal Aviation Administration said on Wednesday. The agency said FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker and Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun held a day-long meeting on Tuesday where Whitaker made the demand. The FAA said the Boeing plan must address weaknesses in implementing the company’s Safety Management System, known as SMS, as well as integrating the SMS program with another quality program. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images North America/Getty ImagesThe panel that reported on Boeing’s safety shortcomings on Monday recommended the company address those issues within six months; the FAA’s new directive sets a faster timeline. The resulting plan from Boeing must lead to a “measurable, systemic shift in manufacturing quality control,” the FAA said.

Persons: Mike Whitaker, Dave Calhoun, Whitaker, Sen, Mark Warner, Anna Moneymaker, Max, CNN’s Chris Isidore Organizations: CNN, Boeing, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, Max, company’s, Management, SMS, Capitol, North Locations: Washington , DC, North America

☆ F.A.A. Gives Boeing 90 Days to Develop Plan to Address Quality-Control Issues
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Mark Walker | More About Mark Walker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Federal Aviation Administration said on Wednesday that it had asked Boeing to provide the agency with a “comprehensive action plan” to address quality-control issues within 90 days, the regulator’s latest push for safety improvements after a panel came off a Boeing 737 Max 9 jet in flight in early January. administrator, Mike Whitaker, made the request on Tuesday when he met with Boeing’s chief executive, Dave Calhoun, and other company officials for what the agency described as an “all-day safety discussion.”“Boeing must commit to real and profound improvements,” Mr. Whitaker said in a statement. “Making foundational change will require a sustained effort from Boeing’s leadership, and we are going to hold them accountable every step of the way, with mutually understood milestones and expectations.”Boeing did not immediately comment on Wednesday. The meeting, which took place at the F.A.A.’s headquarters in Washington, came two weeks after Mr. Whitaker toured Boeing’s 737 plant in Renton, Wash. During his visit, Mr. Whitaker spoke with Boeing engineers and mechanics to try to get a better sense of the safety culture at the factory. said after his visit that Mr. Whitaker planned to discuss what he saw during his visit when he met with Boeing executives in Washington.

Persons: Mike Whitaker, Dave Calhoun, ”, Mr, Whitaker Organizations: Federal Aviation Administration, Boeing, Max, ” Boeing Locations: Washington, Boeing’s, Renton, Wash

☆ Here’s why a SCOTUS ruling on social media rules matters to so many people
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( Brian Fung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

It’s obvious enough that the legislation would affect those social media giants, who are challenging the laws’ constitutionality through industry trade associations. But in scrutinizing the laws’ scope and First Amendment impacts, justices from both sides of the ideological spectrum worried Monday that the legislation’s effects could spill far beyond major social media platforms. “We’re talking about the classic social media platforms, but it looks to me like it could cover Uber. Social media applications are seen on an iPhone in this photo illustration taken on 10 November, 2023 in Warsaw, Poland. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images) Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty ImagesThat law permits social media users to try to sue platforms for violations.

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