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• Pro-Touring 1965 Ford Mustang GT Up For Grabs

  25-10-2019 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  There's just something extra special about the first-gen fastback Mustangs.We see so many six-figure restomods and pro-touring cars these days that they've almost lost the shock value. If you're yearning for a classic that has an old-school look and feel with a modernized ride and improved handling, then this 1965 Ford Mustang GT Fastback that will be going up for auction online through All Collector Cars Auctions starting this weekend is a great fit.From the outside, there's little to signify t
  
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• Pokemon Developers Don't Have Plans For More Let's Go Games

  25-10-2019 23:54
  During a press tour ahead of the release of Pokemon Sword and Shield Game Freak producer and director Junichi Masuda revealed that there may not be more Pokemon Let’s Go games in the series, but that might be because the studio prefers to work on new projects and games.
  In an interview with Eurogamer, Masuda was asked that despite criticism regarding its easy difficulty reception to Pokemon Let’s Go Pikachu and Eevee was high. Despite this, Masuda revealed that there are currently no
  
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• Woman arrested for murdering sister-in-law in 15-year-old Nash Co. cold case

  25-10-2019 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  Authorities in Nash County made a break in a 15-year-old cold case on Thursday, finding the remains of a missing woman and charging a person of interest with her murder.
  
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• Devolver's Carrion Gets Free Demo

  25-10-2019 23:43
  Carrion, the "reverse horror" game from Phobia Studios and Devolver Digital, has just released a free demo.
  Revealed by Devolver as "a Halloween treat," the demo is available on Steam (Windows only, sorry Mac/Linux users) and gives you a good taste of what it's like to play as Carrion's horrible tentacle monster. It's not as large as the demo we played at GamesCom, but it's an excellent introduction to this violent take on the MetroidVania.
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• Get a job: Obsidian Entertainment, Insomniac Games, and more are hiring now!

  25-10-2019 23:35
  Here are just some of the many, many positions being advertised right now on the Gamasutra Job Board! ...
  
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• U.S. bars airline flights to all Cuban airports except Havana from December 10

  25-10-2019 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON/HAVANA (Reuters) - The U.S. government said on Friday it would bar U.S. airlines from flying to all destinations in Cuba besides Havana starting on Dec. 10 as the Trump administration boosts pressure on the Cuban government.The move will bar U.S. air carrier flights to any of the nine international airports in Cuba other than Havana and impact about 8 flights a day.
  
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• Inspired by 'Golden Age of RTS,' The Red Solstice 2 is strategy steeped in dread

  25-10-2019 23:29
  We speak with Hrvoje Horvatek, CEO of Croatian studio Ironward and lead designer on The Red Solstice 2, about the game's classic RTS influence mixed with an original spin....
  
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• How The Last of Us 2's Delay Could Affect Ghost of Tsushima

  25-10-2019 23:20
  The Last of Us Part 2 has been delayed from February to May 2020, and while that means a few more months for all of us to wait until we can play Ellie and Joel’s new story, it does raise an interesting question — what does this mean, if anything, for the release of Sony’s other announced major first-party PS4 exclusive, Ghost of Tsushima?
  Ghost of Tsushima has never gotten a firm release date, but it has been reconfirmed that it is a PS4 release (PS5 support has never been ment
  
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• Trump speaks at South Carolina HBCU at forum on criminal justice reform

  25-10-2019 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump delivers remarks at a forum on criminal justice reform at Benedict College, a historically black college in Columbia, S.C.
  
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• How Smash Bros. Pros Remap Their Controller Layouts

  25-10-2019 23:18
  
  The Super Smash Bros. Ultimate World Challenge Cup just recently concluded in Kyoto, Japan during Nintendo Live. While attending the event, IGN had the opportunity to speak with both The Dream Team and Team Europe, who discussed their favorite characters, patch updates, and more – including their preferred controller button layouts. Watch the video above to hear straight from the best Smash player in the World, MKLeo, and his teammates Nairo and Mr. R; along with Team Europe’s Lancel
  
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• The Top 25 Games That Still Deserve A Sequel

  25-10-2019 23:07
  
  Some of gaming's most iconic franchises really hit their stride with a sequel. Games like Halo 2, Portal 2, Uncharted II, Assassin’s Creed II, and Mass Effect 2 (just to name a few) that refined the mechanics and offered bigger, more ambitious experiences than their predecessors. But, so many games never got that opportunity to shine again, or did but still deserve another round. These games are gone, but not forgotten — here are the top 25 games that should have received a sequel bu
  
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• House Democrats win court case to see Mueller's grand jury evidence

  25-10-2019 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  Here comes another two wins for impeachment Democrats.Washington's top federal judge ruled Friday that the House should get to see the previously withheld grand jury evidence from ex-Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation. The Justice Department will have to hand over the evidence by Oct. 30, Judge Beryl Howell ruled Friday -- along with issuing a ruling in favor of Democrats' impeachment inquiry.House Democrats sued the DOJ for access to the redacted Mueller evidence in July, but the Wh
  
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• Flynn’s Lawyer Claims FBI Tampered with Interview Notes, Demands Charges Be Dropped

  25-10-2019 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  Former national-security adviser Michael Flynn's lawyer claims in a new bombshell court filing that the FBI tampered with notes from his 2017 interview, during which Flynn pleaded guilty to lying.In a 37-page motion, attorney Sidney Powell called on the court to “dismiss the entire prosecution for outrageous government misconduct” over allegations that FBI agents manipulated a form summarizing Flynn's statements to investigators.The interview dealt with Flynn's contacts with Rus
  
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• Georgia high court declines to hear appeal or halt execution

  25-10-2019 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  Ray Jefferson Cromartie, 52 is scheduled for a lethal injection Wednesday at the state prison in Jackson.Cromartie maintains his innocence, and his lawyers asked the Georgia Supreme Court for permission to appeal a lower court's rejection of a request for DNA testing and a request for a new trial.Cromartie still has other requests for relief pending in the courts.
  
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• Schiff, Nadler Criticize Durham for Elevating Russiagate Probe to Criminal Investigation

  25-10-2019 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  Representatives Adam Schiff (D., Calif.) and Jerry Nadler (D., N.Y.) criticized the Justice Department late Thursday after the DOJ upgraded its inquiry into the origins of the Russia probe into a criminal investigation.The investigation, which is expected to delve into the origins of the counterintelligence probe of the Trump campaign's contacts with Russia, is led by U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut John Durham, and was opened by U.S. Attorney General William Barr."These reports, i
  
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• Reps. Schiff, Nadler criticize DOJ for elevating Russia probe to criminal investigation

  25-10-2019 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  Reps. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., criticized the Justice Department late Thursday after the DOJ upgraded its inquiry into the origins of the Russia probe to a criminal investigation.
  
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• GreedFall beat expectations, led Q2 revenue for publisher Focus Home Interactive

  25-10-2019 22:49
  The French publisher, known for recent releases World War Z, Plague Tale, and GreedFall, reported revenue of €79.8 million for the six month period ending September 30, up 80 percent from the year before....
  
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• Kellyanne Conway defends her comments in viral phone interview: 'Exactly none of it is anyone's business'

  25-10-2019 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  White House counselor Kellyanne Conway stood by her statements during a phone conversation with a Washington Examiner reporter that went viral.
  
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• Pakistan confirms arrest of activist following US criticism

  25-10-2019 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  Pakistan on Friday confirmed it detained the father of a prominent activist who has fled the country, in an incident that's fueled fears of a clampdown on dissent and sparked condemnation from the United States."Prof. Mohammad Ismail has been detained by the law enforcement authorities in Peshawar in a case of cybercrime as per our laws," Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Faisal said on Twitter."Being a citizen of Pakistan, Prof. Ismail is entitled to due process and right of defence provided
  
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• Judge Orders Release of Redacted Info from Mueller Report

  25-10-2019 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  A federal judge on Friday ordered the Justice Department to release certain materials from the Mueller investigation that have until now been redacted.The ruling marked a major victory for Democrats pursuing an impeachment investigation of President Trump. The House Judiciary Committee had previously requested to see materials from grand-jury testimonies collected during the Mueller investigation into alleged collusion between Russian officials and the Trump 2016 presidential campaign.The Muelle
  
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• Backlash as US govt opens criminal probe into Russia investigation

  25-10-2019 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Democrats accused President Donald Trump on Friday of using the US Justice Department as a political tool after it opened a criminal probe into its own handling of the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.News of the inquiry, which implied wrongdoing by justice officials in the previous administration of Barack Obama, leaked late Thursday as the White House struggled to push back against a Democratic-led impeachment investigation targeting the Republican president.
  
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• WWE 2K20 is getting a patch, the wrestling horror could be over in 2 weeks

  25-10-2019 22:42 via gamesradar.com
  2K Games has acknowledged the title has some, erm, problems
  
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• Grab October 2019 free PS Plus games The Last of Us Remastered and MLB The Show 19 while you can

  25-10-2019 22:42 via gamesradar.com
  See what free PS Plus games are available now
  
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• Beto O'Rourke 'open to the idea' of letting people use AR-15s, AK-47s at hunting clubs, gun ranges

  25-10-2019 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  Beto O'Rourke on Friday left the door open for allowing some people to keep assault-style weapons like AR-15s and AK-47s at gun ranges and hunting clubs.
  
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• How Israel’s Justice System Dealt With Alleged Jewish Collaborators in Concentration Camps—And Why That Still Matters Today

  25-10-2019 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Only in recent years has the Israel State Archives made the transcripts of some of these trials publicly available
  
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• Firefighters battle fierce wildfires across California

  25-10-2019 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  Firefighters on Friday battled several wildfires raging across California that destroyed homes and forced evacuations, as more than 18 million people were under a red flag warning in the southern part of the state.Some 50,000 people were ordered to flee the flames near Santa Clarita, north of Los Angeles, as the so-called Tick Fire scorched 4,300 acres (1,740 hectares) and was only five percent contained early Friday.New evacuations in the area were ordered early Friday as the fire that began Th
  
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• Amnesty leaders condemn US's Remain in Mexico policy as 'disgrace'

  25-10-2019 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  Leaders from US, UK, Kenya, Mexico, Greece and Canada said immigration program manufactured a crisis at borderAsylum seekers play at a migrant shelter in Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico, on 18 October.Photograph: Guillermo Arias/AFP via Getty ImagesAmnesty International leaders from around the world on Friday decried the US policy of sending asylum-seekers back to dangerous Mexican border towns to wait for their immigration cases as an “international disgrace” that must be end
  
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• The Problem with President Pence

  25-10-2019 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  Republican senators will soon be receiving an invitation to tear apart the GOP ahead of the 2020 elections, and they are going to decline to accept it.It’s a trope of pro-impeachment commentary that it should be simple for Republican senators to swap out President Donald Trump, who puts them in awkward positions every day, for Vice President Mike Pence, an upstanding Reagan conservative who could start with a fresh slate in the runup to the 2020 election.The only flaw in this scenario is t
  
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• Big VIX Options Trade Braces for a 2008-Like Volatility Surge

  25-10-2019 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Someone is betting big that the U.S. stock market is on track for the kind of turbulence not seen since the global financial crisis.Trading in call options on the Cboe Volatility Index, known as the VIX, outweighed puts by more than 2-to-1 on Friday with the index at its lowest level since July as stocks rallied. The standout trade was one block of 50,000 April $65 calls that were bought for 10 cents. Those contracts would imply a surge in the VIX of almost 500% from its current l
  
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• Rudy Giuliani rants about money, Middle East and Bidens in accidental call to reporter

  25-10-2019 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump's attorney Rudy Giuliani can be heard discussing Joe Biden, his son Hunter Biden, former secretary of state John Kerry and a need for cash on two voicemails accidentally left on a reporter's mobile phone.Mr Giuliani had reportedly "butt dialled" NBC reporter Rob Shapiro when Mr Giuliani was in the middle of a conversation with another man about business in the Middle East, a few weeks after he had accidentally called the same reporter, leaving a voicemail attacking the Bid
  
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• Moroccan activist on hunger strike admitted to prison clinic: lawyer, family say

  25-10-2019 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  An activist jailed in 2017 after protests in northern Morocco has been admitted to a prison clinic in Tangier after a seven-week hunger strike, his brother and lawyer said on Friday.Rabii Ablaq was sentenced in June 2018 to five years on charges of “spreading fake news” and “reporting as a journalist without a permit,” following the protests in late 2016 over economic and social problems in the northern Rif region.Morocco’s prison administration was not immediately
  
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• First WWE 2K20 Patch Coming In Two Weeks, 2K Says

  25-10-2019 21:59
  2K Games has officially commented on the situation surrounding the buggy launch of WWE 2K20. While the statement doesn’t outline specific fixes, 2K says a patch will be coming soon.
  “We are listening closely to the feedback that’s been shared regarding WWE 2K20 and are aware of the concerns some players are reporting,” a 2K representative said in a statement. “We’re working hard to investigate these concerns and address them as necessary. We expect to have an
  
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• In a massive win for Democrats, a federal judge ordered the DOJ to turn over Mueller's grand-jury material to Congress

  25-10-2019 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  Democrats have been duking it out with the Justice Department for months over obtaining a full, unredacted copy of Mueller's report.
  
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• Why the U.S. Has Nuclear Weapons in Turkey—And May Try to Put the Bombs Away

  25-10-2019 21:39 via news.yahoo.com
  By publicly confirming that the weapons were in Turkey, Trump has raised the political stakes should he try to remove them, and made it more difficult for the United States and Turkey to strike a quiet deal to that effect.
  
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• Video: How Tequila Works crafted an atmospheric VR murder mystery

  25-10-2019 21:38
  In this 2017 GDC talk, Tequila Works' Jaime Gonzalez describes the artistic creative process behind the world of light and color in Tequila Works' approach to VR. ...
  
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• 22 New Gorgeous Battle for Bikini Bottom Rehydrated Screens

  25-10-2019 21:23
  SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated, the upcoming remake of the much-loved video game won't be released until 2020, but that won't stop us from clamoring to get our hands on the high-definition exploits of he who lives in a pineapple under the sea.
  As the 16th anniversary of the original Battle for Bikini Bottom sneaks up on us – originally launched on October 30, 2003 – THQ Nordic has shared a boatload of screenshots from Rehydrated, giving us a look a
  
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• Officials Called It a Heart Attack. Inmates Saw a Bloody Beating.

  25-10-2019 21:14 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW YORK -- After spending nearly a quarter-century behind bars, John McMillon was counting down to the day that he would be eligible to be released on parole."I'm going home," a fellow inmate recalled him saying.McMillon suffered from mental illness and had disciplinary problems over the years. He was punished for assaulting a guard and for fighting with another inmate, but had then vowed to stay out of trouble, and was looking forward to his parole board hearing.He never made it there.One day
  
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• China Wants To Control What The American People Think

  25-10-2019 21:09 via news.yahoo.com
  Can they do that?
  
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• As impeachment gathers steam, Trump allies throw whatever they have at it

  25-10-2019 21:08 via news.yahoo.com
  The president's defenders have attacked the process of the impeachment hearings as well as Trump's own temperament when arguing he should not be removed from office.
  
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• Walmart’s Early Black Friday Deals on Tech Have Begun

  25-10-2019 21:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Save on electronics, home appliances, and more for the holidays.
  
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• Blitzchung Streams Pro-Hong Kong Video Game on Twitch Ahead of Blizzcon

  25-10-2019 21:06
  Ng Wai “Blitzchung” Chung may be banned from professional Hearthstone for the next six months, but he’s still advocating for Hong Kong’s liberation on his personal Twitch channel. Chung spent the morning streaming Liberate Hong Kong, a video game that puts players in the shoes of a protestor in Hong Kong.
  Earlier this month Chung, a professional Hearthstone player from Hong Kong, was banned from competition for a year and had his competition winnings stripped after appear
  
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• Republicans enabled the impeachment process they're now criticizing

  25-10-2019 21:05 via news.yahoo.com
  The biggest problem with Republican critiques of the impeachment inquiry is that Democrats in the House are following a playbook for investigations that was first written by Republicans in large part over the past several years.
  
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• The Outer Worlds Switch release date is set for next year

  25-10-2019 20:55 via gamesradar.com
  There's a good chance it will arrive by March, at least
  
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• Starbreeze resumes Payday 2 development, new paid DLC on the horizon

  25-10-2019 20:27
  Starbreeze is walking back plans to stop creating DLC and updates for the long-running game Payday 2 as the company works to emerge from turbulent financial difficulties. ...
  
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• Ex-SS guard on trial: I saw people led into gas chamber

  25-10-2019 20:26 via news.yahoo.com
  A 93-year-old former guard at the Nazis' Stutthof concentration camp testified at his trial Friday that he once saw people being led into the gas chamber, followed by screaming and banging sounds behind the locked door. Bruno Dey, a former SS private, went on trial Oct. 17 at the Hamburg state court. Asked Friday by the presiding judge what exactly he saw from his sentry's watchtower, Dey replied: "That people were led in, into the gas chamber, that the door was locked," news agency dpa reported
  
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• Ex-SS guard from Nazi camp on trial: I saw people led into gas chamber

  25-10-2019 20:24 via news.yahoo.com
  A 93-year-old former guard at the Nazi Stutthof concentration camp testified at his trial Friday in Germany that he once saw people being led into the gas chamber, followed by screaming and banging sounds behind the locked door.
  
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• Hizbollah leader warns of civil war after days of Lebanon protests

  25-10-2019 20:21 via news.yahoo.com
  The leader of Hizbollah on Friday warned Lebanon that nationwide protests calling for the overthrow of the government could lead to chaos and civil war.  Hassan Nasrallah praised protesters for achieving “unprecedented” economic reforms but also suggested foreign intervention had a role in the demonstrations.  Over a quarter of Lebanon’s population are reported to have taken to the streets in anti-corruption protests over the past week. Hizbollah supporters have in re
  
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• Pope asks forgiveness for theft of Amazon statues

  25-10-2019 20:17 via news.yahoo.com
  Pope Francis asked forgiveness Friday from Amazonian bishops and tribal leaders after thieves stole indigenous statues from a Vatican-area church and tossed them into the Tiber River in a bold show of conservative opposition to history's first Latin American pope.Francis insisted that the carved wooden statues of naked pregnant women were brought to the Vatican for display during his Amazon synod "without any intention of idolatry," undercutting conservative claims that they were symbols of paga
  
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• More arrests after 39 bodies discovered in truck; Vietnamese nationals may be among dead

  25-10-2019 20:16 via news.yahoo.com
  Police made more arrests Friday in connection with the investigation into 39 bodies discovered in the back of a truck outside London.
  
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• Pope asks forgiveness for theft of controversial Amazon statues

  25-10-2019 20:15 via news.yahoo.com
  Pope Francis asked for forgiveness from Amazon bishops and others at a Church assembly on Friday after conservative Catholic militants stole statues they considered pagan idols from a church and dumped them in the Tiber river."First of all, this happened in Rome, so as bishop of the diocese, I ask forgiveness from the persons who were offended by this gesture," he said at the start of the last session of the three-week assembly, known as a synod.The synod is discussing the future of the Church i
  
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