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New York Times: “A body believed to be of the suspect in a Kentucky highway shooting that left five people seriously injured this month was found on Wednesday, the authorities said, ending a manhunt that stretched into a second week and set the local community on edge. The Kentucky State Police commissioner, Phillip Burnett Jr., said in a Wednesday night news conference that at approximately 3:30 p.m., two troopers and two civilians found an unidentified body in the brush behind the highway exit where the shooting occurred.... The police have identified the suspect of the shooting as Joseph A. Couch, 32. They said that on Sept. 7, Mr. Couch perched on a cliff overlooking Interstate 75 about eight miles north of London, Ky., and opened fire. One of the wounded was shot in the face, and another was shot in the chest. A dozen vehicles were riddled with gunfire.”

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New York Times: “Hvaldimir, a beluga whale who had captured the public’s imagination since 2019 after he was spotted wearing a harness seemingly designed for a camera, was found dead on Saturday in Norway, according to a nonprofit that worked to protect the whale.... [Hvaldimir] was wearing a harness that identified it as “equipment” from St. Petersburg. There also appeared to be a camera mount. Some wondered if the whale was on a Russian reconnaissance mission. Russia has never claimed ownership of the whale. If Hvaldimir was a spy, he was an exceptionally friendly one. The whale showed signs of domestication, and was comfortable around people. He remained in busier waters than are typical for belugas....” ~~~

     ~~~ Marie: Oh, Lord, do not let Bobby Kennedy, Jr., near that carcass. ~~~

     ~~~ AP Update: “There’s no evidence that a well-known beluga whale that lived off Norway’s coast and whose harness ignited speculation it was a Russian spy was shot to death last month as claimed by animal rights groups, Norwegian police said Monday.... Police said that the Norwegian Veterinary Institute conducted a preliminary autopsy on the animal, which was become known as 'Hvaldimir,' combining the Norwegian word for whale — hval — and the first name of Russian President Vladimir Putin. 'There are no findings from the autopsy that indicate that Hvaldimir has been shot,' police said in a statement.”

New York Times: Botswana's “President Mokgweetsi Masisi grinned as he lifted the diamond, a 2,492-carat stone that is the biggest diamond unearthed in more than a century and the second-largest ever found, according to the Vancouver-based mining operator Lucara, which owns the mine where it was found. This exceptional discovery could bring back the luster of the natural diamond mining industry, mining companies and experts say. The diamond was discovered in the same relatively small mine in northeastern Botswana that has produced several of the largest such stones in living memory. Such gemstones typically surface as a result of volcanic activity.... The diamond will likely sell in the range of tens of millions of dollars....”

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~~~ Guardian: "On a distant reef 16,000km from Paris, surfer Gabriel Medina has given Olympic viewers one of the most memorable images of the Games yet, with an airborne celebration so well poised it looked too good to be true. The Brazilian took off a thundering wave at Teahupo’o in Tahiti on Monday, emerging from a barrelling section before soaring into the air and appearing to settle on a Pacific cloud, pointing to the sky with biblical serenity, his movements mirrored precisely by his surfboard. The shot was taken by Agence France-Presse photographer Jérôme Brouillet, who said “the conditions were perfect, the waves were taller than we expected”. He took the photo while aboard a boat nearby, capturing the surreal image with such accuracy that at first some suspected Photoshop or AI." 

Washington Post: “'Mary Cassatt at Work' is a large and mostly satisfying exhibition devoted to the career of the great American artist beloved for her sensitive and often sentimental views of family life. The 'at work' in the title of the Philadelphia Museum of Art show references the curators’ interest in Cassatt’s pioneering effort to establish herself as a professional artist within a male-dominated field. Throughout the show, which includes some 130 paintings, pastels, prints and drawings, the wall text and the art on view stresses Cassatt’s fixation on art as a career rather than a pastime.... Mary Cassatt at Work is on view at the Philadelphia Museum of Art through Sept. 8. philamuseum.org”

New York Times: “Bob Newhart, who died on Thursday at the age of 94, has been such a beloved giant of popular culture for so long that it’s easy to forget how unlikely it was that he became one of the founding fathers of stand-up comedy. Before basically inventing the hit stand-up special, with the 1960 Grammy-winning album 'The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart' — that doesn’t even count his pay-per-view event broadcast on Canadian television that some cite as the first filmed special — he was a soft-spoken accountant who had never done a set in a nightclub. That he made a classic with so little preparation is one of the great miracles in the history of comedy.... Bob Newhart holds up. In fact, it’s hard to think of a stand-up from that era who is a better argument against the commonplace idea that comedy does not age well.”

Washington Post: “An early Titian masterpiece — once looted by Napolean’s troops and a part of royal collections for centuries — caused a stir when it was stolen from the home of a British marquess in 1995. Seven years later, it was found inside an unassuming white and blue plastic bag at a bus stop in southwest London by an art detective, and returned. This week, the oil painting 'The Rest on the Flight into Egypt' sold for more than $22 million at Christie’s. It was a record for the Renaissance artist, whom museums describe as the greatest painter of 16th-century Venice. Ahead of the sale in April, the auction house billed it as 'the most important work by Titian to come to the auction market in more than a generation.'”

Washington Post: The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., which houses the world's largest collection of Shakespeare material, has undergone a major renovation. "The change to the building is pervasive, both subtle and transformational."

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** Rebecca Beitsch of the Hill: "The House Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol subpoenaed Rudy Giuliani Tuesday, along with three other campaign attorneys linked with efforts to overturn the 2020 election results: Jenna Ellis, Sidney Powell, and Boris Epshteyn." This is a breaking story. CNN's breaking story is here: "'The four individuals we've subpoenaed today advanced unsupported theories about election fraud, pushed efforts to overturn the election results, or were in direct contact with the former President about attempts to stop the counting of electoral votes,' Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, who chairs the committee, said in a statement Tuesday." ~~~

     ~~~ The Committee's press release is here. The page includes links to the letters the Committee wrote to Giuliani & the other individuals subpoenaed Tuesday. MB: I'm hoping the parking lot in front of Four Seasons Total Landscaping will be available on a hot day in July to serve as the venue for Giuliani's public testimony before the committee.

Florida. Anthony Izaguirre of the AP: "Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has submitted a proposal to reshape the state's congressional map and carve up districts held by Black Democrats, as the Republican takes the unusual step of inserting himself into the redistricting process. The proposed congressional map, submitted Sunday on the eve of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, signaled the governor's priorities as the state moves to redraw political maps in the coming months. Governors typically do not submit map proposals but can veto district plans after they pass in the statehouse. DeSantis, who is running for reelection and is considered a potential 2024 presidential candidate, has largely shaped the legislative agenda in the Republican-controlled statehouse this year.... 'From what I can tell, the governor rolled out his own maps, unrequested, on Martin Luther King Day that will probably end up leaving less African-American representation in Congress,' Democratic state Rep. Evan Jenne told reporters." MB: A guest on MSNBC said DeSantis invoked Dr. King in his bid for a redistricting map that would cut the number of Black representatives. ~~~

~~~ DeSantis Wants Brown Shirts to Control Elections. Lori Rozsa & Beth Reinhard of the Washington Post: "A plan by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis would establish a special police force to oversee state elections -- the first of its kind in the nation -- and while his fellow Republicans have reacted tepidly, voting rights advocates fear that it will become law and be used to intimidate voters. The proposed Office of Election Crimes and Security would be part of the Department of State, which answers to the governor. DeSantis is asking the GOP-controlled legislature to allocate nearly $6 million to hire 52 people to 'investigate, detect, apprehend, and arrest anyone for an alleged violation' of election laws. They would be stationed at unspecified 'field offices throughout the state' and act on tips from 'government officials or any other person.'... Unlike many past elections, the 2020 general election in Florida had few problems. The governor touted it as 'the gold standard.'"

John Kruzel of the Hill: "The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a request to block a federal mask mandate for air travel. The emergency application was filed by a father on behalf of himself and his 4-year-old autistic son, both of whom claim to be medically incapable of wearing masks for extended periods. Their request was filed to Justice Neil Gorsuch, who handles emergency applications arising in several Western states, and he referred the matter to the full court. The justices denied the request without comment or noted dissent." MB: Which goes to show that the conservoSupremes are reasonable people frequent flyers.

Jake Tapper of CNN: "Around three dozen former Trump administration officials, disillusioned with their former boss and concerned about his impact on the GOP and the nation, held a conference call last Monday to discuss efforts to fend off his efforts to, in their view, erode the democratic process, several participants told CNN. The only items the group seemed to agree upon in its first meeting, however, were that they're not sure what their way forward should be, and that they are way behind the efforts of ... Donald Trump and his allies to set the stage for 2022, 2024, and beyond. The highest-ranking participant was former White House chief of staff and retired Marine Gen. John Kelly, who told CNN that because of a prior commitment he was only able to 'monitor' about 10 minutes of the call, which lasted about an hour."

Arkansas. Lawsuit: Detainees Treated for Covid-19 with Horse Dewormer. Eduardo Medina of the New York Times: "Detainees at an Arkansas jail who had Covid-19 were unknowingly treated by the detention center's doctor with ivermectin, a drug that health officials have continually said is dangerous and should not be used to treat or prevent a coronavirus infection, according to a federal lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of four detainees. The four men ... say in the lawsuit that after testing positive for the coronavirus in August, they were taken to the 'quarantine block' of the Washington County Detention Center and given a 'cocktail of drugs' twice a day by Dr. Robert Karas, who runs Karas Correctional Health, the jail's health provider. The complaint, filed this month in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas, says that the men took the drugs -- which Dr. Karas told them consisted of vitamins, antibiotics and steroids -- unaware that they were actually ingesting ivermectin, an antiparasitic drug commonly used for livestock that the Food and Drug Administration has warned should not be taken for Covid-19."

Louisiana Senate Race. Dude! John Wagner of the Washington Post: "Gary Chambers, a Democrat running for the U.S. Senate from Louisiana, unveiled a new ad Tuesday in which he is shown smoking marijuana."

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Catie Edmondson of the New York Times: "Senate Democrats plan to press ahead this week with an effort to push new voting rights protections through Congress, in an all but doomed attempt to enact a key piece of President Biden's agenda that has been undercut by members of his own party. The Senate on Tuesday will begin to debate legislation that combines two separate bills already passed by the House -- the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act -- and folds them into an unrelated measure. The move would allow the Senate to bring the bill directly to the floor, avoiding an initial filibuster. But that strategy would still allow Republicans to block it from coming to a final vote, and Democrats lack the unanimous support needed in their party to change Senate rules to muscle through the legislation themselves. Still, Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the majority leader, said late last week that Democrats would forge ahead anyway, forcing Republicans to publicly declare their opposition to the bill." ~~~

~~~ Chris Cameron of the New York Times: This year, Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday "came one day before the Senate returns to debate what is expected to be a doomed effort to pass the legislation. Despite the near certain defeat, voting rights activists, Democratic officials and relatives of Dr. King said they were not giving up.... Speakers at a news conference after the march [across the new Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge in Washington, D.C.,] sharply criticized members of the Senate and President Biden for their failure to enact voting reforms as they focused on other Democratic priorities -- and as voters' rights have eroded under Supreme Court rulings and laws passed by Republican state legislatures that make it harder for people of color to vote.... [Some speakers] had sharp words for two centrist Democrats, Senators Joe Manchin III of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona.... 'History will not remember them kindly,' [Martin Luther King III] said, recounting his father's criticism of the 'white moderate who is more devoted to order than to justice." An AP story is here.

What [Sen. Kyrsten Sinema] said is, 'I support voting rights, but not as much as I support the ability of someone to take those rights away.' The filibuster is a meaningless Senate rule. It's a remnant of slavery used to block civil rights for generations.... Senator Sinema says if the voting rights bill doesn't get bipartisan support, it shouldn't pass. Well, the 14th Amendment, which granted citizenship to slaves in 1868, that didn't have bipartisan support. Should formally enslaved people have been denied citizenship, Senator Sinema? The 15th Amendment that gave formerly enslaved people the right to vote in 1870, that didn't have bipartisan support. Should former slaves have been denied the right to vote, Senator Sinema? I'm just applying her logic here and showing that it's not logical at all. -- Martin Luther King III, in Phoenix, Jan. 15

Salvador Rizzo of the Washington Post: "A bipartisan group of U.S. senators is in Ukraine to show solidarity with the Eastern European country as it faces ongoing tension with Russia. The seven U.S. senators plan to meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky and other top officials on Monday, they announced. The visit comes amid a showdown between Russia and the West over Ukraine's territory and the threat of further Russian incursion." The seven senators are Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.). (Also linked yesterday afternoon.) More on the Russia/Ukraine crisis linked under Way Beyond the Beltway.

Linda Greenhouse of the New York Times: "Halfway through his pained dissent from the Supreme Court's decision blocking the Biden administration's workplace Covid vaccine rule, Justice Stephen Breyer made a glancing reference to a now-obscure case from 1981, American Textile Manufacturers Institute v. Donovan. It was one of the court's first efforts to interpret the 1970 law that created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.... But what jumped off the page to me was the contrast between how the court behaved in 1981 and what happened last Thursday in National Federation of Independent Business v. Department of Labor, when six justices yielded to politics to disable an agency from carrying out its statutory mission to protect the health and safety of the American work force. That is where we are now. That's how far the court has fallen." Thanks to P.D. Pepe for the link. (Also linked yesterday afternoon.)

Marie: Yesterday I complained about newly-minted GOP Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-Va.) lifting a portion of Dr. Martin Luther King's famous remark -- "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character" -- to justify meddling in the state's education curricula. Well, Mehdi Hasan, on MSNBC, played clips of multiple Republicans using the last clause of that sentence to justify ignoring racism. Unbeknownst to me, it's a GOP go-to cop-out. And the way these Republicans twist Dr. King's words to the point of inverting his meaning is diabolical.

Trump Stokes Racism on MLK Weekend. The left is now rationing lifesaving therapeutics based on race, discriminating against and denigrating ... white people to determine who lives and who dies. If you're white you don't get the vaccine or if you're white you don't get therapeutics. ... In New York state, if you're white, you have to go to the back of the line to get medical health. -- Donald Trump, at his Arizona rally

No, white people are not being excluded from vaccines, of which there is a plentiful supply. And there is no evidence they being sent to the "back of the line" for COVID-19 care as a matter of public health policy. Trump distorted a New York policy that allows for race to be one consideration when dispensing oral antiviral treatments, which are in limited supply. The policy attempts to steer those treatments to people at the most risk of severe disease from the coronavirus. -- AP Fact-Check

Mike Pence to Be Replaced by Dead Man. Meredith McGraw of Politico: “Ray Kallatsa is a die-hard Trumper who [attended Trump's Tucson rally and] 'definitely' wants to see ... Donald Trump run for office again in 2024. [As to who should be Trump's running mate,] 'JFK Jr.,' he said, referencing the son of the 35th president who died in a plane crash in 1999.... 'I don't want to sound too much like a conspiracy theorist, but he's coming back,' he explained. 'He's supposed to reveal himself on the 17th if he's truly alive. I think we'll see him.'... [Kallatsa] was not alone among the crowd in believing that JFK Jr. is not only still alive but is also a secret Trump supporter embedded far in the 'deep state.'" ~~~

~~~ Wackadoo, Wackadoo, Wackadoo. David Gilbert of Vice: "Having spent the last two-and-a-half months holed up in Dallas awaiting the reappearance of John F. Kennedy and his son, a group of two dozen or so QAnon followers, led by an antisemitic guru called Michael Protzman, made the 1,000 mile trip to hear Trump speaking at his first major rally of 2022.... In an audio chat with his followers on Sunday, Protzman claimed that Kari Lake, the former TV anchor who is now running for Arizona governor, had just finished speaking but was brought back up on stage by Trump, in order to show people that Trump was in fact JFK in disguise. The basis for Protzman's unhinged claim? Trump appeared to be shorter than he should have been." ~~~

     ~~~ Marie: I'm confused. Protzman made his claim on Sunday, after the rally, during which the star of the show did not zip himself out of his Trump suit to reveal he was JFK. Anyhow, I guess it's safe to tell you now that I'm Marilyn Monroe.

Michael Kaplan of CBS News: "Prosecutors granted immunity to an ex-girlfriend of Representative Matt Gaetz before she testified last week in front of a federal grand jury hearing evidence in the investigation of the congressman, according to a source familiar with the matter. Gaetz has been under investigation to determine if he violated sex trafficking laws and obstructed justice in that probe.... [a source] said she has information related to the investigation of both the sex trafficking and obstruction allegations."

The Pandemic, Ctd.

The New York Times' live updates of Covid-19 developments Tuesday are here. The Washington Post's live Covid-19 updates for Tuesday are here.

China. Eva Dou & Pei Lin Wu of the Washington Post: "China has announced that tickets to the Winter Olympics will no longer be sold to the general public, as the country's capital recorded its first case of the highly transmissible omicron variant of the coronavirus. Last fall, Beijing had already limited tickets to the Games to domestic spectators. On Monday, Beijing's Winter Olympics Organizing Committee said this would be further restricted: Only certain approved groups will be allowed to watch the Olympics in person, after undergoing strict measures to prevent transmission of the virus."

Beyond the Beltway

Texas. Ann Marimow of the Washington Post: "The nation's most restrictive abortion law remains in effect in Texas after a federal appeals court on Monday rejected a request from abortion providers to immediately return their legal challenge to a trial court judge who had previously blocked the measure. In a 2-to-1 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit temporarily transferred the case to the Texas Supreme Court, a step requested by state officials that could leave the dispute in limbo for months." The Texas Tribune's report is here.

Texas. Staying Alive in America. Ruth Graham, et al., of the New York Times: The three hostages held for hours by a gunman in the synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, discreetly moved closer to an exit door before they made their dramatic escape. "In an interview, Rabbi [Charlie] Cytron-Walker said he had taken part in at least four separate [security] trainings in recent years, from the Colleyville Police Department, the F.B.I., the Anti-Defamation League and the Secure Community Network, a nonprofit group that provides security resources to Jewish institutions nationally.... 'This kind of instruction is necessary for all of us as a society,' [Rabbi Cytron-Walker] said. 'Whether it's synagogues or grocery stores or mosques or shopping malls, it can happen.'" ~~~

     ~~~ Nelson Oliveira of CBS News reports on the account of Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker on how he and two other hostages escaped the gunman in the Colleyville, Texas, synagogue. Includes video.

     ~~~ Caitlin Yilek of CBS News reports on the account of Jeffrey Cohen, another of the hostages in the synagogue attack. Includes video.

Way Beyond

Russia/Ukraine. Michael Schwirtz & David Sanger of the New York Times: "The week before intensive diplomatic meetings began over the buildup of Russian troops on the Ukrainian border..., Russia began emptying out its embassy in Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital. On Jan. 5, 18 people -- mostly the children and wives of Russian diplomats -- boarded buses and embarked on a 15-hour drive home to Moscow, according to a senior Ukrainian security official. About 30 more followed in the next few days, from Kyiv and a consulate in Lviv, in western Ukraine. Diplomats at two other Russian consulates have been told to prepare to leave Ukraine, the security official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity.... How to interpret the evacuation has become part of the mystery of divining the next play by President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia. Thinning out the Russian Embassy may be part propaganda, part preparation for a looming conflict or part feint, Ukrainian and U.S. officials say. It could be all three."

News Lede

The New York Times has published an obituary for "Charles E. McGee, one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen, the first all-Black unit of the World War II Army Air Forces, who as a fighter pilot flew a remarkable total of 409 combat missions in that conflict and in the Korean and Vietnam Wars...."

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Now that's the way you do it!

Yesterday Fatty found it necessary to insult the "Morning Joe" show by coming out with this:

"They are having an extremely hard tine finding an audience to listen to the Fake News they spurn."

True to form Fatty fumbles frequently but this time he became humiliated which is exactly what needs to be done:

Mika responded: "We do spurn fake news! and Joe joined in with, "Trump just can't quit us!" and the chyron read:

"Morning Joe thanks faithful viewer: Florida retiree sends thoughts to show–-thanks" [a bunch].

A bit of whimsy on a week we await the voting on voting.

And just a word about yesterday's hypocritical homage by the GOP re: MLK. Made me sick! They all used the same quote–--"hey, fellas, let's pick our the shortest one and run with it."

Meanwhile there are those waiting for JFK to sweep down from the sky and join whatshisname as Vice president in the next election. Such colorful sick scenarios for to wet the appetites of such hungry buggers.

Time is hard!!!!!

January 18, 2022 | Unregistered CommenterP.D. Pepe

Marie/Marilyn,

Loved you in “Some like it hot”. But that “Happy Birthday, Mr. President…” um…well…nice try, anyway.

January 18, 2022 | Unregistered CommenterAkhilleus

Dumpface only wishes he were JFK Jr.-- who was very bright, handsome and a sexy guy, to boot. Now contrast to the lunkhead yelling at the world...boggles the mind, doesn't it? That was a hell of a disguise... Love reading the rank hypocrisy of dumb, mean despicables in congress and others in the public eye extolling the virtues of MLK's writings. I wonder how Boebert actually sees herself? (Pointy-chinned-and-headed uneducated gun moll--)We know how Lindsay Graham probably sees himself: as a poor survivor of John McCain's family group, who has attached himself to a new daddy, and he knows daddy is a psychopath... What a bunch of undeserving-of-praise losers.

January 18, 2022 | Unregistered CommenterJeanne

A capitalist tells the truth...and sums up capitalism's problem.

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/18/blackrock-ceo-larry-fink-says-stakeholder-capitalism-is-not-woke.html

He is trying to thread a needle here, and his language is a little squishy, but he's right. The stakeholders he refers to are a relatively small, self-interested community.

They don't encompass the world, let alone a nation.

January 18, 2022 | Unregistered CommenterKen Winkes

I'm confused. Why are those people in Dallas waiting for a
Kennedy to pop out of 45 (waist size or IQ?).
The last I heard, the Kennedys were sort of Democrats. Couldn't
they find a dead Republican to come back to life and lead them,
like Reagan or Nixon, or???

P.S. Norma Jeane, meet me at Columbus Circle tomorrow at noon.
I have a script to die for (literally). Arthur Miller.

January 18, 2022 | Unregistered CommenterForrest Morris

Dear Arthur: Okay, but could we meet at 52nd & Lex? I'll bet there's a lot of steam coming up from that street grate & I'd like to show off my legs again. I think I'll wear something a little warmer than that white halter dress, tho. (Besides, somebody swiped the dress out of my closet & sold it for $4.6 million.)

January 18, 2022 | Registered CommenterMarie Burns

To all the weak sniveling cupcakes out there saying they can’t wear a mask, I say “Kimberly Clark N95 Pouch Respirator.” I’ll also say it to anyone who wants a good mask that can be worn all day.

Whether it makes you say “Platypus!” or “Duck season!” my ego can take it. I sang in one for my mother in law’s funeral, only the second time I have sung since the start of this mess, and it felt great. We’ve got a good supply, so stock up, comrades!

January 18, 2022 | Unregistered CommenterNiskyGuy
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