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• Trump calls a House critic’s Baltimore district a ‘rodent infested mess’

  27-07-2019 23:42
  
  By ZEKE MILLER
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Saturday denigrated a majority-black district represented by a congressional nemesis as a “disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess,” broadening a campaign against prominent critics of his administration that has exacerbated racial tensions.
  Trump lashed out in tweets against Rep. Elijah Cummings, the powerful House Oversight Committee chairman, claiming his Baltimore-area district is “considered the worst run and most
  
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• Sparks’ Nneka Ogwumike, Chelsea Gray commit to enhanced Team USA training program

  27-07-2019 23:36
  
  With a year until the start of the 2020 Olympics, many of women’s basketball’s biggest stars are all in — including the Sparks’ Nneka Ogwumike and Chelsea Gray.
  L.A.’s All-Star forward and point guard are among eight players who have committed to a new Women’s National Team Training Program in advance of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, USA Basketball and the WNBA announced Saturday at a joint news conference at All-Star Weekend in Las Vegas.
  The program they’ve
  
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• Police searching for missing, autistic 12-year-old in Anaheim

  27-07-2019 22:48
  
  Police are searching for an autistic 12-year-old believed missing in Anaheim.
  Calvin Roberts, who police described as autistic and non-verbal, was last seen at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday in the Harbor Boulevard and Katella Avenue area, according to a police statement.
  Roberts was described as a black male, about 5-foot-3 and 150 pounds.
  Authorities are asking anyone who sees him to call 911.
  
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• 2 US teens jailed in Italy in policeman’s killing

  27-07-2019 22:25
  
  By GIADA ZAMPANO and FRANCES D’EMILIO
  ROME — Two American teenagers were jailed in Rome on Saturday as authorities investigate their alleged roles in the fatal stabbing of an Italian police officer on a street near their hotel.
  A detention order issued by prosecutors was shown on Italian state broadcaster RAI, naming the suspects as Gabriel Christian Natale Hjorth and Finnegan Lee Elder. The order said they were both born in San Francisco, and according to the birth dates cited, Elde
  
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• Wood-chipper judge-killing-plot conviction overturned on appeal

  27-07-2019 22:21
  
  A federal appeals court has overturned the conviction of a con man accused of plotting to have a federal judge put in a wood chipper and several other law enforcement officials killed, finding that he was improperly denied the right to represent himself at trial.
  The decision this week by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals sets the stage for a retrial of John Walthall at the federal courthouse in Santa Ana, the latest twist in a case that drew headlines thanks to comparisons to the bloody climax
  
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• First Person: Finding solace and security amid the beauty of Laguna Beach

  27-07-2019 21:54
  
  The fires, again.
  Houses exploded into flames, all of Malibu evacuated, horses left defenseless in their stables, and the Santa Ana’s winds fed it all relentlessly. Four days after the Woolsey Fire ignited last November, the air outside our house in Mount Washington, northeast of downtown Los Angeles, was as beige as a dirty hotel sheet, blocking out our vista of the San Gabriel mountains. A day like today begged the question: Why did we want to live here?
  No matter how brown and burning L
  
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• Russian police arrest more than 1,000 in Moscow protest

  27-07-2019 21:46
  
  By JIM HEINTZ
  MOSCOW — Russian police cracked down fiercely Saturday on demonstrators in central Moscow, beating some people and arresting more than 1,000 who were protesting the exclusion of opposition candidates from the ballot for Moscow city council. Police also stormed into a TV station broadcasting the protest.
  Police wrestled with protesters around the mayor’s office, sometimes charging into the crowd with their batons raised. State news agencies Tass and RIA-Novosti cited pol
  
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• One-party rule puts us on the road to ruin

  27-07-2019 21:28
  
  I have more time on my hands these days and I find myself wandering around the house, inside and out, taking a good look at things. I don’t always like what I see. Some things need attention. Some of those things are in hard-to-reach places. Some of them look very expensive. The Wife says, “So don’t look up there!” Who am I to argue with a woman as wise as The Wife?
  Yet, as comforting as “not looking up there is,” eventually plaster falls on my head. Unfortuna
  
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• Working across the aisle on housing

  27-07-2019 21:23
  
  In 1986, President Ronald Reagan, a Republican, and Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill, a Democrat, did something impossible by today’s partisan political standards: They worked together to pass the Tax Reform Act of 1986, which simplified the federal tax code and broadened the tax base by eliminating personal deductions and tax shelters.
  When the act was first drafted, experts from both sides of the aisle recognized that an unintended consequence of the legislation was the disincentiv
  
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• 5 ways to improve the garden this week, July 27-Aug. 2

  27-07-2019 21:18
  
  1. Iris eyes are (not) smiling
  Irises go dormant and may look a bit sickly this time of year. Take advantage of this fact by dividing the clumps of irises you like, and spread their beauty to other spots in your garden. Dig up clumps, cutting back the leaf “fans” to about 3 inches long. Separate “bulbs” (they are actually “rhizomes,” which are root-like fleshy stems) so there are only one to three leaf fans per clump. Replant bulbs — both leafless and fa
  
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• Egan Bernal, 22, has Tour de France all wrapped up

  27-07-2019 19:36
  
  VAL THORENS, France — Perpetuating the tradition of great Colombian climbers, Egan Bernal left his mark on the Tour de France in the mountains. But unlike his flashy predecessors, he is also poised to win cycling’s biggest race.
  Bernal kept the yellow jersey Saturday after the last Alpine stage, and barring a crash or a last-minute health issue, he will become the first Colombian to win the Tour when it ends on Paris’ Champs-Elysees with a largely processional stage on Sunday.
  
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• Gavin Newsom now owns DMV’s woes

  27-07-2019 19:24
  
  Another day, another plan to make the state Department of Motor Vehicles something other than the agency that Californians love to hate.
  On Tuesday, Gov. Gavin Newsom released a report from the “strike force” he created to attack the DMV’s managerial and technological shortcomings that have forced motorists to endure hours-long waits for service and caused frequent crashes of its antiquated computer system.
  The strike team report summarizes the DMV’s problems as
  
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• Recipe: Shrimp with green rice is a Mexican-style favorite

  27-07-2019 18:54
  
  Gabriela Camara is the chef/owner of Mexico City’s beloved restaurant Contramar and its sister restaurant, Cala in San Francisco. Her accessible yet sophisticated Mexican cooking garnered Food and Wine magazine’s Restaurant of the Year award in 2016. Her new cookbook, “My Mexico City Kitchen” (Ten Speed, $35), showcases fresh-first Mexican dishes that are often seafood-centric.
  A favorite is the Arroz Verde con Camarones (Shrimp with Green Rice). Camara writes that in Spa
  
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• 7 reasons why Midsummer Scream is Long Beach is most frightening place to be this summer

  27-07-2019 18:52
  
  For the past four years summertime in Long Beach has become a place of horror and darkness with evil lurking all around during one terror-filled weekend.
  But instead of people running for their lives trying to escape the city, thousands flock to town to take it all in as they attend the Midsummer Scream Halloween and Horror Convention, a massive festival that’s doubling in size this year as it takes over the entire Long Beach Convention Center.
  “It’s a big, big show. We get the
  
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• 10 places to try during Dine LBC that will satisfy all eaters, even the furry ones

  27-07-2019 18:12
  
  Long Beach is will be even more appetizing soon as Dine LBC returns to the city Aug. 3-11 with meal deals ranging from $15-$65 at more than three dozen restaurants.
  The cuisines include from American, Asian, Italian and Latin, among others.
  There’s going to be a lot of food to choose from, so to make it easy, we broke it down to the fundamentals: meals for vegans and vegetarians, meat lovers, seafood fans and those with a sweet tooth with a couple of options in each category.
  And because L
  
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• MOCA at 40 and the new art aesthetic

  27-07-2019 18:00
  
  When I walked into the MOCA lobby this past steamy Wednesday afternoon to see how my favorite Downtown museum was doing at her 40th birthday, a young staffer in high-top Cons pulled me aside.
  “Because it’s so popular today,” she whispered, somewhat confidentially, “we’re sending out an extra reminder to … well, to please not touch the art.”
  “Really,” I said. “They touch the art more when it’s well-attended?”
  “Apparent
  
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• Del Mar consensus picks for Saturday July 27

  27-07-2019 17:07
  
  The consensus box of picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Art Wilson, Terry Turrell and Eddie Wilson. Here are the picks for Saturday July 27 at Del Mar.
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• How soon do you call the movers after a buyer signs?

  27-07-2019 16:54
  
  You’re probably aware that just signing the purchase contract and all of the counteroffers does not complete the job of selling your house. There are several things that need to happen to move escrow along and get a sale over the finish line.
  The most significant of these are probably the home inspection, the appraisal, final loan approval (if the buyer is taking out a mortgage), and the big kahuna, removal of all buyer contingencies.
  The contract default for the final removal of all buyer
  
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• OC Fair 2019: Things to do today, July 27

  27-07-2019 15:08
  
  Headed to the fair today? Here are some things to know.
  Hours: 11 a.m. to midnight
  Admission: $14 adults; $7 ages 60 and older, $7 ages 6 to 12; free 5 and younger
  Deals: From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. general admission is $7 and it takes half the number of tickets for a carnival ride.
  Free admission for veterans and active-duty military with ID.
  Ride the $4 round-trip OC Fair Express bus service and get $4 admission; find locations throughout Orange County at ocfairexpress.com. Parking is free. Bu
  
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• Orange County Olympian Kaleigh Gilchrist injured after night club balcony collapses in South Korea

  27-07-2019 09:00
  
  U.S. water polo player Kaleigh Gilchrist suffered a serious laceration on her left leg after a balcony and staircase collapsed at a night club in Gwangju, South Korea in the early hours Saturday morning, reportedly killing two people and injuring more than a dozen others as the city hosted the FINA World Championships.
  The incident at the Coyote Ugly night club occurred just hours after Gilchrist, a former Newport Harbor High and USC standout and a 2016 Olympic gold medalist, helped the U.S. wom
  
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• Emergency starter Nick Tropeano roughed up in Angels’ loss

  27-07-2019 07:09
  
  Angels left fielder Justin Upton dives but can’t catch a ball hit for a double by the Orioles’ Anthony Santander during the fourth inning of Friday’s game at Angel Stadium. (Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images)
  ANAHEIM, CA – JULY 26:Nick Tropeano #35 of the Los Angeles Angels pitches in the first inning of the game against the Baltimore Orioles at Angel Stadium of Anaheim on July 26, 2019 in Anaheim, California. (Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images)SoundThe galler
  
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• Senior Living: Thoughtful, strategic, loving communication can be vital for helping loved ones with dementia

  27-07-2019 07:07
  
  By David W. Hart, Ph.D.
  Contributing writer
  Most of us think about communication as a process of sending verbal messages back and forth. But it can be much more than simply speaking words.
  David W. Hart, Ph.D.
   
  As the old adage says, it’s not so much what we say it’s how we say it. This is particularly vital when communicating with loved ones who are experiencing cognitive decline due to Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia.
  Family caregivers who attend my support gr
  
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• LAFC gets back on track by beating defending champ Atlanta United FC

  27-07-2019 06:34
  
  LOS ANGELES — LAFC entered Friday’s match against Atlanta United FC looking to reset after a deflating El Tráfico loss with a strong performance against the defending MLS champions.
  For a 12-minute stretch before halftime, it let all that frustration out.
  LAFC (15-3-4, 49 points) scored four goals during that stretch in a 4-3 victory over Atlanta (11-9-3, 36 points) at Banc of California Stadium to drive home the message in front of 22,511 at the stadium and a national audienc
  
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• Trainer Jerry Hollendorfer granted injunction to race at Del Mar

  27-07-2019 05:43
  
  Jerry Hollendorfer has scored many big victories on the race track, but perhaps one of the largest of his career came Friday afternoon in San Diego Superior Court.
  Judge Ronald F. Frazier ruled in favor of the 73-year-old Hall of Fame trainer and the California Thoroughbred Trainers, granting a preliminary injunction that will allow him to stable, train and enter horses at Del Mar during the remainder of its 80th summer of racing.
  Del Mar had followed the path of The Stronach Group and the New Y
  
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• US Open of Surfing 2019: Conlogue, Igarashi and other local surfers to watch as the contest gets underway

  27-07-2019 05:38
  
  Courtney Conlogue of Santa Ana surfs in a quarterfinal heat in August 2017, at the U.S. Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach. The local surfer has won the event twice and will be going for a third win. (File Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Colorful umbrellas line the sand during the final day of the US Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach on Sunday, Aug5, 2018. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsHuntington Beach surfer K
  
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• Passing of a paddleboard between lifeguards during 250-mile journey also passes on skin cancer awareness message

  27-07-2019 05:37
  
  The board is traveling up the Southern California coastline with a goal of spreading a message: Care for your skin while outside at the beach.
  Lifeguards and junior lifeguards from some 25 lifeguard agencies are passing along a 10-foot prone paddleboard up the coast for the “SoCal PaddleDown For Cancer Relay,” which traveled through San Clemente and Dana Point on Thursday, July 25, before heading north toward Laguna Beach and Crystal Cove.
  San Clemente Marine Safety Lifeguard Andrew
  
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• Angels hitters were flummoxed by soft-throwing Orioles outfielder Stevie Wilkerson in historic game

  27-07-2019 05:06
  
  ANAHEIM — The Angels’ 16-inning loss to the Baltimore Orioles ended with some history in the wee hours of Friday morning.
  Stevie Wilkerson, an outfielder, became the first position player to pick up a save since the statistic was created in 1969. He was pressed into duty because the Orioles were out of pitchers.
  Throwing 55 mph floaters over the plate, Wilkerson retired the Angels in order in the bottom of the 16th.
  “I didn’t think he was serious when he was warming up,&r
  
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• Justin Turner’s three-run homer awakens offense, lifts Dodgers to win

  27-07-2019 04:47
  
  Dodgers starting pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu scattered eight hits and held the Nationals to one run in 6-2/3 innings on Friday, lowering his MLB-best ERA to 1.74. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
  Washington Nationals starting pitcher Anibal Sanchez throws to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the second inning of a baseball game, Friday, July 26, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsWASHINGTON, DC – JULY 26:Cody Bellinger #35 of the Los Angeles Dodgers drives i
  
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• Here’s why you won’t see chickens or turkeys at this year’s fair

  27-07-2019 04:11
  
  County fairs highlight food and midway rides, but most also serve to educate hundreds of youngsters about agriculture and livestock. The 4-H and Future Farmers of America programs are changing with the times.
  While you might find a large collection of farm animals at your local fair this year, you may not see any poultry. Evy Young, the agriculture education supervisor at the OC Fair, says, “We do not have any poultry entries this year due to virulent Newcastle disease. Although Orange Cou
  
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• Snails run amok: San Pedro nature preserve reluctant host to invasive creatures

  27-07-2019 04:03
  
  Take a walk along San Pedro’s White Point nature trails and you’ll probably notice something odd:
  Snails.
  Thousands of them, clinging vertically in dense, white-shelled clumps on the stems of wild sunflowers, in the crevices of wooden sign posts, on the sides of buildings and on blades of grass.
  “Folks are very curious about the snails,” said Adrienne Mohan, executive director of the Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy, which oversees the 102-acre White Point Preserve
  
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• Online real estate firm Purplebricks leaving the United States

  27-07-2019 02:34
  
  Purplebricks, a British-based online real estate service that marketed itself as a disrupter of the traditional home-sale process, is ending its United States business after less than two years.
  The company, which was founded in the United Kingdom in 2014, announced earlier this month that it was leaving the American market. When it started its American operations in September 2017, it said that Southern California would be its prime target.
  Purplebricks informed the California Employment Develo
  
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• Dodgers will give Will Smith ‘a good runway’ as the primary catcher

  27-07-2019 02:24
  
  WASHINGTON, D.C. — As far back as spring training, the Dodgers expected Will Smith to arrive in the major leagues this season and start significant games at catcher for them at some point.
  That time is now.
  Smith was promoted from Triple-A Oklahoma City on Friday for the third time this season. He is expected to stay this time and serve as the Dodgers’ primary catcher, likely for the rest of the season and potentially in a postseason run.
  “Seeing him on a big-league field and s
  
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• There’s no such thing as ‘free money’ – or meaningless deficits

  27-07-2019 02:00
  
  SACRAMENTO – Most people probably have seen those TV advertisements featuring an obnoxious pitchman wearing a brightly colored suit covered in question marks. He jumps around frenetically, waving his hands, and announcing that the government is giving away lots of “free money.” Matthew Lesko’s websites help people tap into a sea of federal grants and loans. You can even talk to a “free money coach” to show you how to do it.
  That’s probably a go
  
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• Public comments sought on future housing strategies

  27-07-2019 01:55
  
  Southern California residents will have a chance to weigh in during the next month on how housing issues in the region can be solved over the next 10 years.
  The Southern California Association of Governments, a consortium of leaders from six counties in the region and some 190 cities, will conduct an online survey in August as part of an outreach project that includes several public meetings.
  Some of the details of the survey are still being worked out, but the questionnaire is expected to appea
  
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• Why National Chicken Wing Day won’t be just another manic Monday

  27-07-2019 01:40
  
  Chicken wings will be flying out of the kitchen at Hooters on Monday, Jan. 29, if the restaurant chain has its way.
  Monday is National Chicken Wing Day, and Hooters will have two promotions going.
  One is competitive eater Joey Chestnut scarfing chicken wings for 12 hours in Buford, Georgia’s 1.8 million square foot Mall of Georgia. You can:
  Watch the live stream between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Pacific at www.hooters.com/ncwd/
  Guess how many wings Chestnut will consume for the chance to win free
  
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• Sighting of 10-foot shark closes 2-mile stretch of beach in San Clemente

  27-07-2019 01:32
  
  A two-mile stretch of beach in San Clemente has been closed after two surfers reported spotting multiple sharks, including a 10-footer, off the coast Friday afternoon, July 26.
  The closure, which spans from Poche Beach at the Dana Point border to the T-Street concession south of the pier, will remain in effect until 7 p.m. unless the sharks are seen again. Once the closure is lifted, the beaches will be under a shark advisory.
  Surfers looking to catch waves with the strong swell that showed up F
  
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• Anna Li, USA Gymnastics’ new athletes’ representative, is being investigated

  27-07-2019 01:10
  
  Newly elected USA Gymnastics athletes council member Anna Li and her mother Jiani Wu, an Olympic medalist for China, are being investigated for verbal and emotional abuse of young gymnasts, the Southern California News Group has learned.
  A Washington state investigator hired by USA Gymnastics has contacted at least four families with daughters who trained under Li and Wu at Legacy Elite Gymnastics in Aurora, Illinois, according to four people familiar with the investigation. The families were as
  
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• Man who sent emails posing as his San Juan Capistrano business partner he had killed sentenced to life behind bars

  27-07-2019 01:07
  
  A man who killed his friend and business partner at their San Juan Capistrano office and then posed as the dead man through email for months in an attempt to cover up the slaying was sentenced Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
  A tearful Jennifer Shin, mother of Edward Shin, who killed his business partner in a San Juan Capistrano office in 2010 and then posed as him through email for months to cover up the slaying, reads a statement in Harbor Justice Center Newport Beac
  
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• Cris Cyborg focuses on what matters most at UFC 240

  27-07-2019 01:05
  
  Cris Cyborg can’t put it any more plainly.
  Despite what UFC president Dana White says, she wants a rematch against Amanda Nunes, who in December handed her her first loss since 2005 with a 51-second knockout at UFC 232 at The Forum.
  “If people believe what Dana said, go to my fight and the press conference,” Cyborg said Wednesday. “You can watch for yourself.”
  A quick review shows Cyborg, indeed, called for another shot at the bantamweight champion who had turned th
  
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• Alexander: Chargers hope healthy Hunter Henry is poised for breakout year

  27-07-2019 00:54
  
  COSTA MESA — If you were to suggest that Hunter Henry resembled a lion released from his cage at the outset of the Chargers’ training camp … well, it wouldn’t be inaccurate, but it might be overstating the issue.
  Henry missed almost all of last season with a torn ACL suffered in organized team activities in the spring of 2018, an injury that enabled Antonio Gates to spend one more season in a Chargers uniform. But the initial practices at the Jack Hammett Sports Complex
  
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