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• First Contact: Global team simulates message from extraterrestrial intelligence to Earth - SETI Institute

  22-05-2023 18:25 via news.google.com
  
  First Contact: Global team simulates message from extraterrestrial intelligence to Earth  SETI Institute'Alien message' will be sent from Mars TOMORROW  Daily MailAlien Message From Space Simulated For First Time  Giant Freakin RobotIs E.T. Eavesdropping on Our Phone Calls?  Scientific AmericanEarth Will Receive an 'Alien' Transmission From Mars This Week  GizmodoView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Anti-Putin militia claims to have captured Russian border town – video

  22-05-2023 18:24 via theguardian.com
  
  Footage circulating on social media purports to show fighting along the Russian border with Ukraine after self-described Russian partisan forces launched a cross-border raid and claimed to have captured a border settlement for the first time in the war. The Freedom of Russia Legion, which describes itself as an anti-Kremlin militia seeking to overthrow the Kremlin and liberate Russia from Vladimir Putin, claimed to have captured the settlement of Kozinka, while sending units into the town of Gra
  
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• Eruption of Tonga underwater volcano found to disrupt satellite signals halfway around the world - Phys.org

  22-05-2023 13:05 via news.google.com
  
  Eruption of Tonga underwater volcano found to disrupt satellite signals halfway around the world  Phys.orgThe unusual reason your sat-nav might not always take you to the right address  The TelegraphTonga undersea volcano eruption disrupted satellite signals halfway around the world, researchers say  Fox NewsTonga volcano eruption put holes in the atmosphere, sent plasma bubbles to space and disrupted satellites  CBS NewsPowerful Volcanic Eruption Created
  
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• People in the UK aged 64 and over: share why you have started working again

  22-05-2023 12:48 via theguardian.com
  
  We’d like to hear from people in Britain aged 64 plus who have come out of retirement recently and taken up paid work We’re interested to hear from people in the UK aged 64 and over who have come out of retirement recently.Whether you have taken up paid work again because you were struggling financially, have returned to work because you wanted to, or are working again to support family members, we’d like to hear about it. Continue reading...
  
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• PM to consult ethics adviser over speeding Braverman claims

  22-05-2023 11:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Labour urges investigation after the home secretary tried to arrange a private speed awareness course.
  
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• Rhod Gilbert returns to the stage after cancer treatment

  22-05-2023 11:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The comedian says it is "lovely to be alive" after returning to the stage.
  
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• Graeme Souness: Football legend to swim Channel for 'butterfly skin' girl

  22-05-2023 11:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The footballer fought back tears as he described the bravery of Isla Grist, who has the rare condition.
  
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• Rebecca Browne: Family heartbroken after woman killed by police car

  22-05-2023 11:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rebecca Browne, 21, from Londonderry, was killed in the crash in County Donegal on Sunday.
  
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• Laura Nuttall: Bucket list brain cancer fundraiser dies

  22-05-2023 11:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The 23-year-old was given 12 months to live five years ago and went on to complete a list of ambitions.
  
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• Phillip Schofield: Alison Hammond and Dermot O'Leary pay tribute on This Morning

  22-05-2023 11:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Stand-in presenters Alison Hammond and Dermot O'Leary discuss Phillip Schofield following his exit.
  
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• Junior doctors in Scotland offered 14.5% pay rise

  22-05-2023 11:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The new Scottish government pay offer comes after BMA Scotland members voted for strike action.
  
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• Labour wants NHS to tackle heart and suicide deaths

  22-05-2023 11:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sir Keir Starmer says if elected he would aim to cut suicide, heart disease and stroke deaths.
  
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• Blooms and blossoms: The Chelsea Flower Show in pictures

  22-05-2023 10:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Exhibitors are making last-minute adjustments to their displays before the gates open on Tuesday.
  
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• Jayne Brady calls Stormont parties to meeting over power sharing

  22-05-2023 10:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It is understood the head of the civil service wants to discuss preparations for a future executive.
  
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• Child among injured after Glasgow bus roof torn off in crash

  22-05-2023 10:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ten people were taken to hospital after the crash in Glasgow's south side on Sunday.
  
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• Hinge and Bracket star George Logan dies aged 78

  22-05-2023 10:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The entertainer was well known in the 1970s and 1980s as one half of the comedy and musical act.
  
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• Interest rate 'rigging' evidence 'covered up' by banks

  22-05-2023 09:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  This evidence was not shown to juries where bankers were jailed for smaller-scale interest rate 'rigging'.
  
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• Phillip Schofield scandal - live updates: Who is hosting This Morning today as Holly Willoughby statement issued - The Independent

  22-05-2023 08:06 via news.google.com
  
  Phillip Schofield scandal - live updates: Who is hosting This Morning today as Holly Willoughby statement issued  The IndependentPhillip Schofield "You've got to go, we see YOU as the problem"  TalkTVIs this the reason people can't stand Phillip Schofield?  The SpectatorI’m not surprised by Phillip Schofield leaving This Morning – it’s been a long time coming  The IndependentITV staff 'especially jubilant' to see Phillip Schofield leave T
  
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• Manchester Arena attack: Young survivors lack support, study finds

  22-05-2023 08:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Some young Manchester Arena attack survivors have not received professional support, research finds.
  
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• I devoted my life to caring but lost out on pension

  22-05-2023 07:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Full-time unpaid carers say they should be entitled to an occupational pension for their work.
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war live: Bakhmut remains ‘epicentre’ of combat, Ukraine says; Brazil’s Lula ‘upset’ not to meet Zelenskiy at G7

  22-05-2023 07:17 via theguardian.com
  
  Ukraine armed forces says Russia carrying out airstrikes on ruined city; Brazilian president repeated criticism of Joe Biden’s role in conflictUkraine’s armed forces have sent a series of photos from Bakhmut, which show some of the extent of the city’s destruction.At the G7 summit in Hiroshima, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, “I’ll tell you openly: photographs of ruined Hiroshima absolutely remind me of Bakhmut and other similar settlements. Nothing le
  
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• Newspaper headlines: Braverman 'pressure' for PM and 'smear' fears

  22-05-2023 07:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The home secretary's speeding row and news that drug-driving has now overtaken drink-driving, features on the front pages.
  
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• Titanic: Amateur radio heard SOS in Welsh town 2,000 miles away

  22-05-2023 07:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Artie Moore's homemade station picked up the ship's distress signals - but nobody believed him.
  
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• Roblox: Ten-year-old spent £2,500 of mum's money without her knowing

  22-05-2023 07:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tesco Bank initially refused to refund the mum but changed its mind after a BBC show got involved.
  
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• University investment funds urge ‘bold action’ to stop new fossil fuel projects

  22-05-2023 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Asset managers told they have key role to play on climate crisis in open letter before Shell’s annualmeetingA coalition of university investment funds has called on institutional investors to rebel against the boards of fossil fuel companies and their backers.As Shell prepares for its annual shareholder meeting this week, representatives from the Universities of Newcastle, Sussex, Bristol and from Trinity College, Cambridge, have written an open letter to the asset management industry urgi
  
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• ‘There was all sorts of toxic behaviour’: Timnit Gebru on her sacking by Google, AI’s dangers and big tech’s biases

  22-05-2023 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Ethiopian-born computer scientist lost her job after pointing out the inequalities built into AI. But after decades working with technology companies, she knows all too much about discrimination‘It feels like a gold rush,” says Timnit Gebru. “In fact, it is a gold rush. And a lot of the people who are making money are not the people actually in the midst of it. But it’s humans who decide whether all this should be done or not. We should remember that we have the agenc
  
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• The hole truth: scientists solve mystery of ‘pogo-stick’ seabed tunnels

  22-05-2023 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  When scientists discovered holes poked into the floor of the Bering Sea, they were baffled. Now they think they have found the culpritDuring an expedition in the cold waters of the Bering Sea, between Russia and Alaska, last summer, a team of scientists spotted neat lines of holes poked into the seafloor. But they did not know who – or what – had created them.Scientists on the German research vessel Sonne set about hunting for clues. They sifted through several hundred images capture
  
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• Interest rate 'rigging' evidence 'covered up' by banks - BBC

  22-05-2023 07:00 via news.google.com
  
  Interest rate 'rigging' evidence 'covered up' by banks  BBCView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Dating cons and dodgy apps among most common scams, says UK watchdog

  22-05-2023 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Which? magazine also lists fake missing person appeals among most widely used deceptionsDating cons known as “pig butchering”, fake missing person appeals and dodgy apps are among the most widely used and convincing scams in circulation this year, according to Britain’s leading consumer watchdog.Pig butchering – so-called by fraudsters because they “fatten up” the victim by forming a romantic connection before executing the investment part of the scam –
  
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• ‘Damn, that fool can write’: how Martin Amis made everyone up their game

  22-05-2023 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  He exploded into the tweedy world of literature, a young, pouting and outrageously brash crusader for prose. Our writer remembers her encounters with the novelist, whose smarts and chutzpah confounded his peers‘You’ll be reading me every now and then at least until about 2080, weather permitting. And when you go, maybe my afterlife, too, will come to an end, my afterlife of words.” So wrote Martin Amis in his heavily autobiographical final novel Inside Story in 2020. With a bod
  
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• Couple who helped Koreans stranded in US blizzard feted as heroes in Seoul

  22-05-2023 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Alexander and Andrea Campagna took in Korean travelers during deadly snowstorm in Buffalo last year – and got special thanks in returnA US husband and wife who sheltered 10 South Korean travelers in their home during a deadly snowstorm last Christmas have gone to Seoul and been feted as heroes.Alexander and Andrea Campagna went to South Korea’s capital as part of a 10-day tour of the city organized as a token of gratitude for the husband and wife who opened up their home in Buffalo,
  
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• Almshouse residents may live up to two and a half years longer, study finds

  22-05-2023 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Co-author says UK’s oldest form of social housing could be part of solution to care crisisPoor, older people living in almshouses enjoy longer lives than far wealthier people living elsewhere, a study has found.The secret to longer life has been intensely sought after for centuries. But research using data from almshouses going back 100 years has found that the solution devised in early medieval times to help poverty-stricken knights returning from the Crusades is still relevant today. Con
  
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• AI, ready-meal packaging and the UK scrapping EU laws: Edith Pritchett’s week in Venn diagrams – cartoon

  22-05-2023 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
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• A lost generation are living with their parents – and Tory talk of housebuilding won’t help them | John Harris

  22-05-2023 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Young adults stranded in the family home have been abandoned by politicians who view them as an afterthoughtA huge social shift is happening that has barely been noticed, let alone understood. Earlier this month, the Office for National Statistics revealed data from the 2021 census about the number of adults in England and Wales living with their parents: 4.9 million of them, up nearly 15% on the figure for 2011. The fact that the stats were collected in the midst of the Covid crisis may suggest
  
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• China hits back at G7 nations, accusing them of ‘smears’ and ‘slander’

  22-05-2023 06:50 via theguardian.com
  
  Beijing summons Japan’s ambassador, and warns UK against ‘slander’ as itcondemned China-related criticism at Hiroshima summitBeijing has accused the G7 nations of collaborating to “smear and attack” China, after the weekend summit issued a communique that warned Beijing over its “militarisation activities” in the Asia-Pacific region.After the summit, China summoned the Japanese ambassador to register an official protest, and warned the UK to stop “
  
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• Rishi Sunak to consult independent ethics adviser over Suella Braverman speeding fine - Sky News

  22-05-2023 06:30 via news.google.com
  Rishi Sunak to consult independent ethics adviser over Suella Braverman speeding fine  Sky NewsRishi Sunak under pressure to investigate Suella Braverman amid speeding row  Channel 4 NewsRishi Sunak to consult ethics adviser over Suella Braverman speeding claims  BBCRishi Sunak initially declines to back Suella Braverman over speeding points allegations  The TelegraphA second reprieve for Suella Braverman could be a tall order  The GuardianView F
  
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• Life on 'race-track' new-build estate in Solihull where some residents already want out - Birmingham Live

  22-05-2023 06:30 via news.google.com
  Life on 'race-track' new-build estate in Solihull where some residents already want out  Birmingham LiveWe visited Solihull new build estate where some residents are already gearing up to quit  Birmingham LiveView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• New Zealand loses fight with Australia over mānuka honey trademark

  22-05-2023 06:07 via theguardian.com
  
  Intellectual Property Office rules that New Zealand beekeepers’ attempt to stop Australian producers using the name did not meet necessary requirementsNew Zealand honey producers have lost their latest battle to trademark mānuka honey, the latest blow in a years-long fight to stop Australian beekeepers using the lucrative name.The Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand ruled on Monday that New Zealand mānuka beekeepers’ attempt for a trademark did not meet necessary re
  
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• How Toronto’s Don River, once declared dead, is roaring back to life

  22-05-2023 06:00 via theguardian.com
  
  River’s wildlife is gingerly returning to areas that were once the site of heavy industry and its waters will soon become cleaner as the city spends billions to save itAfter decades of illness, including a cholera scare and bouts of malaria, Toronto’s Don River succumbed to mounting neglect and was pronounced dead in 1969.A funeral procession of environmental activists wound through the city, with mourners gathering at the polluted banks of the river to pay their final respects. Cont
  
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• Facebook owner Meta expected to face record fine over transfer of European data to US servers - Sky News

  22-05-2023 05:14 via news.google.com
  Facebook owner Meta expected to face record fine over transfer of European data to US servers  Sky NewsFacebook to be fined £648m for mishandling user information  The GuardianEU to fine Facebook parent company Meta more than $800 million over data transfer to US: Reports  WIONMeta is expecting another EU fine  TechRadarFacebook Owner Meta Slapped With R15,6 Billion Fine  2oceansvibe NewsView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Ukraine war: Bakhmut 'not occupied' by Russia, says defiant Zelensky - BBC

  22-05-2023 04:50 via news.google.com
  
  Ukraine war: Bakhmut 'not occupied' by Russia, says defiant Zelensky  BBCZelensky tells G7 summit Russia does not occupy Bakhmut - BBC News  BBC News'Battle not over': Ukrainian military hits back at Russia's claims it captured Bakhmut  EuronewsExplainer: How important is Wagner's claimed capture of Bakhmut?  ReutersZelenskyy denies Russian claims Bakhmut has fallen in G7 speech  Channel 4 NewsView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Labour wants NHS to tackle heart and suicide deaths - BBC

  22-05-2023 04:39 via news.google.com
  
  Labour wants NHS to tackle heart and suicide deaths  BBCLabour's Sir Keir Starmer to deliver NHS speech in Essex | Echo  Southend EchoLabour's NHS plan will offer patients more choice, Wes Streeting says  BBCLabour's NHS fix is pure nanny statism  The TelegraphKeir Starmer's struggled for visionary policy - a distinct approach to the NHS could change that  Sky NewsView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Cher tweets about turning 77 as pals say she 'still cares' for toy boy ex-lover AE, 37 - Daily Mail

  22-05-2023 04:38 via news.google.com
  Cher tweets about turning 77 as pals say she 'still cares' for toy boy ex-lover AE, 37  Daily MailCher marks 77th birthday with iconic message  Metro.co.ukCher’s ‘unreal’ appearance sparks huge reaction as she celebrates turning 77  HELLO!Cher 'could reunite with her toyboy ex-boyfriend' as she celebrates her 77th birthday  The Mirror19 Hilarious Moments from Cher, An Unexpected Comedy Icon  Cracked.comView Full coverage on Goog
  
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• Foo Fighters announce Josh Freese as new drummer after Taylor Hawkins’ death

  22-05-2023 04:21 via theguardian.com
  
  Freese, who previously played at tribute concerts for Hawkins, was announced as the new drummer in a starry, tongue-in-cheek livestreamFoo Fighters have unveiled their new drummer after the death of their former percussionist Taylor Hawkins: the veteran session musician Josh Freese.Freese has accrued a long and star-studded list of credits over his three-decade career. The 50-year-old drummer has been a member of Devo since 1996 and the Vandals since 1989. He has also toured with the Offspring,
  
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• Zelenskiy uses G7 summit to reach beyond the west for support

  22-05-2023 04:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Ukraine’s leader knows he needs to win over nonaligned countries such as Brazil and India to increase the pressure on RussiaNormally G7 summits are about battling for the free world comma by comma, as diplomats parse lengthy communiques of ephemeral significance long into the night. Words, after all, constitute much of a diplomat’s work.At the Hiroshima G7 some of the communiques emerging from the summit do matter, notably the toolbox on de-risking trade with China, but the true sign
  
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• Why California is dismantling its death row – podcast

  22-05-2023 04:00 via theguardian.com
  
  After decades locked alone in small cages in California’s San Quentin prison, men sentenced to die for their crimes are being moved off death row. Sam Levin investigatesFor decades, the notorious San Quentin prison in California has been home to some of the US’s most dangerous criminals, sentenced to die for their offences. But California has not had an execution since 2006. In March, the state’s governor, Gavin Newsom, announced he would be transforming San Quentin into a &ldq
  
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• Guy Pearce confirms he will appear in Neighbours revival

  22-05-2023 03:40 via theguardian.com
  
  Actor says he wants to leave the show ‘respectfully’, given his character Mike Young bought a home on Ramsay Street in the show’s finaleGuy Pearce has confirmed he will make an appearance in the upcoming Neighbours reboot, after Amazon swooped in to revive the long-running Australian soap.The LA Confidential and Memento star began playing Mike Young in 1986 and appeared in more than 400 episodes over three years. Along with former Neighbours stars Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan a
  
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• China hits back at G7 nations, accusing them of ‘smears’ and ‘slander’ - The Guardian

  22-05-2023 03:40 via news.google.com
  China hits back at G7 nations, accusing them of ‘smears’ and ‘slander’  The GuardianG7 takes stand against China’s “economic coercion”  BBCWatch: Japan riot police pin G7 protesters to ground in violent scuffle  Evening StandardZelenskiy uses G7 summit to reach beyond the west for support  The GuardianG7 wants ‘constructive’ China ties, calls out rights record  Al Jazeera EnglishView Full cove
  
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• Double amputee Gurkha veteran reaches summit of Mount Everest - The Guardian

  22-05-2023 03:30 via news.google.com
  Double amputee Gurkha veteran reaches summit of Mount Everest  The GuardianGurkha becomes first double above-the-knee amputee to conquer Everest  The TimesDouble amputee Gurkha veteran makes history by scaling Mount Everest  The IndependentGurkha veteran becomes the world's first double amputee to climb Mount Everest  Forces NetworkView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• New Zealand announces its biggest emissions reduction project in history

  22-05-2023 03:07 via theguardian.com
  
  Move to power Glenbrook steel plant with electricity from renewables rather than coal will reduce emissions by 1% – or the equivalent of taking 300,000 cars off the roadNew Zealand has announced its largest emissions reduction project in history, transitioning from coal to renewable electricity at the country’s major steel plant in a move that the government says is equivalent to taking 300,000 cars off the road.The government will spend $140m on halving the coal used at Glenbrook st
  
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