Warren CornwallA plan to crisscross parts of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge with earth-shaking machines that help map underground oil formations is drawing criticism from scientists who study the remote Alaskan wilderness.Two federal agencies in recent weeks have issued preliminary decisions concluding that the work, which will span 1400 square kilometers, poses no significant risk to the landscape or animals living there, including federally protected polar bears.

The decisions are part of a fast-paced push to launch oil exploration inside the refuge in the waning days of President Donald Trump’s administration.But some scientists argue there is too little research to support that conclusion, and note that similar mapping techniques.

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Hurricane-force winds up to 106 mph batter parts of Britain

LONDON – Hurricane-force winds reaching up to 106 mph (170 kph) and heavy rainstorms battered parts of Britain on Sunday, disrupting train services and stranding drivers in floodwaters. The Isle of Wight saw Storm Bella’s strongest gusts hit 106 mph, while parts of the south coast of England and north Wales also saw gusts of around 80 mph (129 kph).

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Unemployment benefits expire for millions as Trump rages

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Unemployment benefits for millions of Americans struggling to make ends meet lapsed overnight as President Donald Trump refused to signed an end-of-year COVID relief and spending bill that had been considered a done deal before his sudden objections.The fate of the bipartisan package remained in limbo Sunday as Trump continued to demand larger COVID relief checks and complained about “pork” spending. Without the widespread funding provided by the massive measure, a government shutdown would occur when money runs out at 12:01 a.m.

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‘Club Kid’ killer Michael Alig dies of suspected overdose

Michael Alig (Photo by Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images for DailyMail.com) NEW YORK - Notorious "club kid" killer Michael Alig, who served 17 years in prison for killing his roommate over a drug debt in a case that became a book and film, has died of a suspected drug overdose six years after his release, police said. He was 54.Alig’s death late Thursday or early Friday is being investigated as a possible drug overdose, police said.

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Unemployment benefits set to expire as COVID relief bill remains unsigned by Trump

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Unemployment benefits for millions in limbo as Trump rages

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Unemployment benefits for millions of Americans struggling to make ends meet were set to lapse at midnight Saturday night unless President Donald Trump signed an end-of-year COVID relief and spending bill that had been considered a done deal before his sudden objections.Trump's refusal to sign the bipartisan package as he demands larger COVID relief checks and complains about “pork” spending could also force a federal government shutdown when money runs out at 12:01 Tuesday in the middle of a pandemic.“It’s a chess game and we are pawns,” said Lanetris Haines, a self-employed single mother of three in South Bend, Indiana, who stands to lose her $129 weekly jobless benefit unless Trump signs the package into law or

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‘This bill is critical’: Biden pushes Trump to sign COVID-19 relief bill

(Photos by JIM WATSON and SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON,SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images) President-elect Joe Biden is urging President Donald Trump to sign a nearly $1 trillion COVID-19 relief package that continues to hang in the balance."This bill is critical," Biden wrote in a statement. "It needs to be signed into law now."Biden called Trump’s refusal to sign the relief bill an "abdication of responsibility [that] has devastating consequences."Trump spent his Christmas golfing in Florida as a government shutdown looms.

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Dr Alex George admits he worried people would doubt skills as a doctor if he shared his mental health struggles

Dr Alex George has candidly confessed he was worried people would doubt his capabilities as a doctor if he shared his mental health struggles.The Love Island star, 30, went through a period of time during medical school where he said he felt “lonely and isolated”. But Dr Alex, who recently said his first Christmas without his brother Llŷr would be “difficult”, didn’t know who to turn to for fear it could affect his career.

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Trump spends Christmas holiday golfing as Americans await COVID-19 relief

PALM BEACH, Fla. - President Donald Trump spent his Christmas golfing in Florida as a government shutdown looms and COVID relief hangs in the balance.Trump, at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach for the holidays, had no events on his public schedule after throwing the future of a massive COVID relief and government funding bill into question. Failure to sign the bill, which arrived in Florida on Thursday night, could deny relief checks to millions of Americans on the brink and force a government shutdown in the midst of the pandemic.The White House declined to share details of the president’s schedule.

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Florida hunter makes Christmas cookies with python eggs

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Burmese pythons may not be everyone’s first food of choice for festive holiday fare — or second, third or fourth either.For starters, it’s snake. Plus, because of potentially high mercury levels, there’s still a lot of uncertainty over the health risks posed by eating South Florida’s most destructive invasive species.But one South Florida python hunter has been experimenting with what some have dubbed “chicken of the Glades” — making meals, snacks and even sweets that could give the holidays that distinctive South Florida flavor.

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Virus besets Belarus prisons filled with president's critics

KYIV – A wave of COVID-19 has engulfed prisons in Belarus that are packed with people in custody for demonstrating against the nation’s authoritarian president, and some of the protesters who contracted the coronavirus while incarcerated accuse authorities of neglecting or even encouraging infections. Activists who spoke to The Associated Press after their release described massively overcrowded cells without proper ventilation or basic amenities and a lack of medical treatment.Kastus Lisetsky, 35, a musician who received a 15-day sentence for attending a protest, said he was hospitalized with a high fever after eight days at a prison in eastern Belarus and diagnosed with double-sided pneumonia induced by COVID-19.

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Trump doubles down $2,000 coronavirus check demand

President Trump doubled down on his demand Friday for increased coronavirus-related stimulus checks to working-class Americans. Trump again tweeted his demand for $2,000 checks rather than the $600 proposed in the mammoth spending bill approved by Congress earlier this week.

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Florida governor’s aide criticized over COVID-19 tweet

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Trump plays golf on Christmas Eve as coronavirus relief bill up in the air

COVID relief and government funding bill and force a government shutdown in the midst of a pandemic, President Donald Trump spent his Christmas Eve golfing in Florida.Failure to agree on the bill could deny checks to millions of Americans on the brink.Trump had no events on his public schedule on the first day of his winter vacation Thursday, but traveled to his Palm Beach golf club, where he was spotted by CNN cameras on the links. Reporters were given no details of his schedule for the day, but told that, “As the Holiday season approaches, President Trump will continue to work tirelessly for the American People.

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Politics overhangs US Christmas as govt shutdown nears, COVID aid uncertain

Donald Trump will spend Christmas Day at his Palm Beach resort as millions of Americans face the risk of losing jobless benefits on Saturday and a partial government shutdown looms next week, following his threat to not sign a $2.3 trillion coronavirus aid and spending package.Democratic President-elect Joe Biden, whose victory Trump still refuses to acknowledge nearly two months after the Nov.

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Japan adopts green growth plan to go carbon free by 2050

TOKYO – Japan aims to eliminate gasoline-powered vehicles in about 15 years, the government said Friday in a plan to achieve Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s ambitious pledge to go carbon free by 2050 and generate nearly $2 trillion growth in green business and investment. The “green growth strategy" urges utilities to bolster renewables and hydrogen while calling for auto industries to go carbon free by the mid-2030s.Suga, in a policy speech in October, pledged to achieve net zero carbon emissions in 30 years.

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Ontario’s lockdown timeline sparks criticism and concern

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is being criticized for starting the province’s lockdown on Boxing Day. As Mike Drolet explains, COVID-19 is already overwhelming hospitals, so health officials say this is no time to wait.

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Trump golfs in Florida as COVID relief hangs in the balance

WEST PALM BEACH – After tossing a grenade that threatens to blow up a massive COVID relief and government funding bill and force a government shutdown in the midst of a pandemic, President Donald Trump spent his Christmas Eve golfing in Florida.Failure to agree on the bill could deny checks to millions of Americans on the brink.Trump had no events on his public schedule on the first day of his winter vacation Thursday, but traveled to his Palm Beach golf club, where he was spotted by CNN cameras on the links. Reporters were given no details of his schedule for the day, but told that, “As the Holiday season approaches, President Trump will continue to work tirelessly for the American People.

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Idaho boy, 12, falls critically ill from COVID-19 complication

MONTPELIER, Idaho (AP) - Kale Wuthrich watched doctors surround his son in the emergency room, giving him fluids though IV tubes, running a battery of tests and trying to stabilize him. He was enveloped by the confusion and fear that had been building since his 12-year-old suddenly fell ill weeks after a mild bout with the coronavirus."He was very close at that point to not making it, and basically they told me to sit in the corner and pray," Wuthrich said.

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Man fatally shot on Christmas Eve in Palm Bay

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – A man was shot and killed in Palm Bay on Christmas Eve, according to the police department.The Palm Bay Police Department said officers responded to the area of Forest Knoll Drive and Tree Ridge Lane after receiving reports of shots fired.This area is just west of State Road 507 and a half-mile south of Palm Bay Road.[TRENDING: When to expect storms on Christmas Eve | Residents over 65 will be next to get COVID-19 vaccine | Coldest Christmas in 25 years coming to Central Florida]Police said officers found a man who had been shot multiple times and he was rushed to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.He was identified as Tyler McCoullough, 33.Officers said they are searching for a suspect but they have not

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Doritos 3D are making a comeback, Frito Lay announces

Doritos 3D Chili Cheese Nacho and Doritos 3D Spicy Ranch. PLANO, Texas - Nostalgia junkies rejoice: Doritos 3D are making a comeback at the behest of fans everywhere.Doritos 3D, which made its debut in the late 1990s, will be gracing grocery store shelves once again starting Dec.

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Coronavirus hospitalizations, deaths in Tennessee still at 'critical stage,' health official says

A Tennessee health official said this week that coronavirus-related hospitalizations and deaths are already at the "critical stage" in the state -- warning that any post-holiday surge could push the state and already-strapped health care resources to the brink. "The next few days and next couple of weeks are going to really determine how our hospitals are going to function over the next month," Tennessee Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Lisa Piercey said, according to local news outlet News Channel 5. "Remember, it takes a few days to get infected after you're exposed, and then it will take between five and eight days before hospitalization and then...

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Kushner pardon revives 'loathsome' tale of tax evasion, sex

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie called it “one of the most loathsome, disgusting crimes” he ever prosecuted as U.S.

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Manitoba vaccine plan ramps up

Manitoba is getting to ready to dish out more doses as the calendar turns to 2021. Joe Scarpelli reports on how many could get the shot in January and when the vaccine could be headed to northern communities.

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Trump plan to curb drug costs dealt setback in court

WASHINGTON – A late-term maneuver by President Donald Trump to use lower drug prices paid overseas to limit some of Medicare's own costs suffered a legal setback Wednesday that appears likely to keep the policy from taking effect before the president leaves office.U.S. District Judge Catherine C.

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Trump heads to Mar-a-Lago for Christmas with government funding, coronavirus relief package in limbo

President Trump headed to Palm Beach, Fla., Wednesday to celebrate Christmas with coronavirus relief and government spending in limbo due to his dissatisfaction with the package. Trump will spend the holiday at his golf club resort Mar-a-Lago. The president sent shockwaves throughout Washington Tuesday night when he pushed out a Twitter video of himself blasting the omnibus package. House and Senate leaders reached agreement on coronavirus relief after months of being at an impasse. The president has five days to sign the bill or the government will shut down. He demanded lawmakers amend the coronavirus stimulus package they passed Monday to include $2,000 checks for individuals instead of $600 checks.

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Federal officials investigate fiery oil train derailment

BELLINGHAM, Wash. – Federal and local authorities were investigating a fiery oil car train derailment north of Seattle near where two people were arrested last month and accused of attempting a terrorist attack on train tracks to disrupt plans for a natural gas pipeline.Seven train cars carrying crude oil derailed and five caught fire Tuesday, sending a large plume of black smoke into the sky close to the Canadian border.

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OHL delays the start of the season, again

Ontario Hockey League has announced further delays to the start of the 2020-21 regular season.Training camps had been scheduled to begin in the middle of January, with most players expected to report to their teams earlier in the month.In a statement, commissioner David Branch says that with the provincewide shutdown announced this week, the OHL season is unable to start as planned on Feb. 4, 2021.“The league will continue to consult and work closely with governments and health authorities to determine potential start dates in the new year,” said Branch.

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Insurance shoppers: Plan now to trim next spring's tax bill

An unpleasant tax surprise may be lurking next spring for some people who bought health insurance this year on the Affordable Care Act’s coverage marketplaces.The problem centers on income, or what shoppers think they will make.People can get help from the government to buy coverage, depending on their income. But they have to estimate their income for the coming year to figure out how much help they need in the form of tax credits.

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Florida teacher accused of insulting students suspended

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – A South Florida middle school teacher accused of regularly insulting her students, often about their nationality or intelligence, has had her educator license suspended for six months by Florida education officials.The school district in Palm Beach County had moved to fire Susan Oyer in March, but her termination was never approved by the school board. Instead, she reached a settlement with the state Department of Education in which her license was suspended for six months, according to The Palm Beach Post.Records show Oyer, who taught at Boca Raton Middle School, is no longer employed by the school district.

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36% people whose linked to Covid-19 in NI also had a form of dementia

More than a third of people whose deaths were linked to Covid-19 in Northern Ireland also had a form of dementia, statistics show.

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Couples plan online Christmas amid Canada-U.S. border closure

From Christmas cards to cookies, how to limit COVID-19 spread during the holidays Hogsten proposed during a visit to Ball’s home in February, around the time concerns about a new and deadly coronavirus were spreading around the globe, and forced the closure of the Canada-U.S. border to non-essential travel in mid-March.Ball, 24, and Hogsten, 37, were among cross-border couples and families that met last summer in Surrey at Peace Arch Park, a no-quarantine-required international loophole where Canadians _ under the watchful eye of RCMP officers _ could meet with their loved ones in Washington state.Now, Ball has created an online community of couples, including many from around the U.S.

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Kerry Katona emotionally recalls eating corned beef in refuge centre on Christmas Day

Kerry Katon a has opened up on what her Christmases were like as a child and recalled how one year she ended up in a refuge centre. The 40-year-old spoke to OK! magazine about the tough festive periods she faced as a child and explained that this is why she goes "above and beyond" to give her five children amazing Christmases.

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Kerry Katona recalls childhood Christmas in women's refuge eating corned beef

Kerry Katona has recalled a childhood Christmas where she and her mother ate corned beef, after fleeing their home.

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Molly-Mae Hague slammed by her own fans for not wearing mask on plane trip home from Dubai

Molly-Mae Hague's own fans gave her a kicking for not wearing a mask properly on a flight home from Dubai.The star and boyfriend Tommy Fury uploaded a YouTube video to wrap up their break in the UAE. Love Island stars Molly-Mae and Tommy flew out to Dubai for 10 days before jetting off to the sunny Maldives But viewers were quick to notice the pair weren't always complying with face-covering demands on board.

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Chelsee Healey looks 'unreal' after taking break from social media combined with a healthy eating plan

direct to your inboxTV star Chelsee Healey has returned from a much-needed break from social media feeling and looking fabulous. Chelsee, who plays Goldie McQueen in the Channel Four soap Hollyoaks, deleted all her profiles from the various platforms where she had built up huge following.

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Kerry Katona recalls emotional Christmas Day that she spent in refuge centre eating corned beef: 'I like to give the kids Christmases I never had'

Kerry Katona has recalled the tough Christmases she faced as a child and how she ended up eating corned beef in a refuge.The mum-of-five says the experience now means she always goes “above and beyond” for her five kids to make up for the hard festive periods she herself faced as a youngster. Opening up about spoiling her kids for Christmas, Kerry told OK! magazine: “I always remember being in a refuge with my mum and we’d just got re-homed.

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Jesse Lingard's Man Utd future takes twist with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer plan

Jesse Lingard's future at Manchester United has taken another twist after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s latest comments on the midfielder.

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Rare uncovering of ice age mummified wolf pup opens door to discovery for paleontologists

Paleontologists from the University of Alaska Fairbanks describe the significance of a discovery of a mummified Pleistocene gray wolf pup found in the permafrost of a gold mine in Dawson City, Yukon Territory in July of 2016.

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Asian stocks gain after Trump criticizes economic aid bill

BEIJING – Asian stock markets rose Wednesday after President Donald Trump suggested he may veto a $900 billion economic aid plan and the World Bank said it expects China to eke out 2% growth this year and accelerate in 2021.Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong Kong and South Korea advanced in light trading ahead of this week's Christmas holiday.Overnight, Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 index lost 0.2% after Trump criticized the aid plan approved by Congress. He urged lawmakers to raise payments to the public.“Hopes for an unambiguous ‘Santa rally’ have been tragically hijacked,” said Mizuho Bank in a report.Meanwhile, investor nerves were rattled by the emergence of a new coronavirus variant in Britain that spreads more easily.

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Trump’s call for $2,000 stimulus checks hailed – by critics Pelosi, AOC, Sanders

As if 2020 hasn’t delivered enough unexpected news, consider this: President Trump’s call Tuesday night for Congress to raise coronavirus stimulus payments to Americans to $2,000 won raves from at least three of his harshest critics. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, U.S.

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Kate Middleton's SECRET plan to “defy lockdown” and surprise the Queen!

Her Majesty was no doubt looking forward to catching up with her family – especially after such a tumultuous year, but the ongoing pandemic has seemingly made that impossible.

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Oil falls on surprise build in US crude stocks, Trump threat to stimulus

Also Read | How hunger came back to haunt IndiaBoth contracts fell nearly 2% on Tuesday, in a second straight session of declines, with Brent just managing to settle above $50 ahead of the release of the data from the American Petroleum Institute (API).API reported crude inventories rose by 2.7 million barrels in the week to Dec.

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Fire under control, but crude oil still burning after train derailment in Whatcom County

CUSTER, Wash. - Evacuation orders have been lifted in Whatcom County several hours after a BNSF train derailed and caught fire north of Bellingham. It happened about 11:45 a.m. in the Custer/Grandview area. Officials said the 108-car train was carrying crude oil to the Phillips 66 refinery in Ferndale when seven cars derailed.

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Critics say EPA allowing more time to fix lead-tainted water

The Trump administration overhauled the country's widely criticized, 29-year-old framework to eliminate toxic lead from drinking water on Tuesday, but critics charge that the new rule gives utilities far more time than before to finally replace old, lead-contaminated pipes.The new rules come six years after the Flint, Michigan, water crisis highlighted ongoing, dangerous exposure of children and others in the city to the neurotoxin in drinking water, and the failures of officials on all levels to adequately protect local families at the time.Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler said Tuesday the new regulation, proposed by the agency in 2019, “requires more replacements than ever before” for aging water systems

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Heavily criticized veterans' home sued over COVID outbreak

HARRISBURG, Pa. - A state-run veterans’ home in Pennsylvania heavily criticized for its handling of a coronavirus outbreak inside its walls drew a federal wrongful death lawsuit Monday, filed by family members of five residents who died of COVID-19.The family members accuse Southeastern Veterans’ Center administrators of violating state and federal laws meant to protect nursing home residents, and failing to create and follow appropriate infection-control procedures and to ensure adequate staffing.Further, they accuse administrators of being indifferent to suffering residents, denying sick residents timely transfers to hospitals and hiding the severity of their condition from family members.The lawsuit, filed in federal court in

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Arsenal fans unconvinced by Alex Runar Runarsson after suffering howler vs Man City

Arsenal fans have been left with mixed emotions over Runar Alex Runarsson. Known as Alex Runarsson, the Icelandic goalkeeper joined the club from Dijon in the summer and stated that he would be pushing for a regular first-team spot under Mikel Arteta.

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Coronavirus: Phase 1 of delivery plan begins with first COVID-19 vaccinations in Saskatoon

COVID-19 vaccine in Saskatoon on Tuesday.The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) said another shipment of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine has arrived and it plans to start immunizing with St. Paul’s Hospital ICU registered nurse Kathy Pickerl as the province moved into Phase 1 of its vaccine delivery plan.

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