August 2002 - cypherpunks-legacy

Mexican Mafia contract out on 'arbusto.'
by Matthew X 31 Aug '02

31 Aug '02

"We deal in drugs, contracts of assassination, prostitution, robberies of the highest degree, gambling extortion, weapons or any and every other thing criminally imaginable," http://organizedcrime.about.com/library/weekly/aa082002a.htm The Mexican Mafia From its humble beginnings as a prison gang in Texas, the Mexican Mafia has taken its bloody business far beyond the prison walls. In the first RICO prosecution of a prison gang, prosecutors brought a two-count RICO case against the top tier of La Eme, including Huerta, who was in prison in Colorado at the time of the French Place slayings. The fact that he was still directing his gang from several hundred miles away allowed prosecutors to charge Huerta as a conspirator. After a high-profile trial, Perez, Herrera and the eight other defendants who went to trial (the others plea bargained) were convicted on federal racketeering charges and given life terms with no chance of parole. Despite the decimation of the highest ranking Mexikaneme, the Mexican Mafia remains to this day a formidable organized crime operation with branches throughout the American Southwest on both sides of prison walls. Jim bell charged with Operation Soft drill direction? Only in america. Did You Know? Judges at the state and federal level issued a total of 1,491 wiretap authorizations -- the lion's share came from state judges, according to the Administrative Office of the United States Courts's 2001 Wiretap Report, issued at the end of May. Tap in here... 2 peso's for the head of the shrub.

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The Cincinnati syndrome.
by Matthew X 31 Aug '02

31 Aug '02

http://enquirer.com/editions/2002/08/29/loc_two_more_hotels_pull.html Two more hotels pull sex movies By Michael D. Clark, mclark(a)enquirer.com The Cincinnati Enquirer NEWPORT Two more Tristate hotels have agreed, under pressure from a local prosecutor and police, to remove adult, in-room movies after complaints from anti-pornography activists. It's an unusual strategy, say its proponents and national experts, and a further sign that Greater Cincinnati continues to take a leading role nationally in battling the distribution of sexually explicit materials. Newport (Enquirer photo) Campbell County prosecutors this month warned owners of the Comfort Suites hotel on Riverboat Row in Newport that they should cease offering adult movies to guests or face criminal charges. Spurred by complaints from supporters of local anti-pornography activists from Sharonville-based Citizens for Community Values, Campbell County Prosecutor Justin Verst, working with Newport police, had officers secretly check into the hotel and videotape six adult movies. Mr. Verst then sent a letter, dated Aug. 7, warning Comfort Suites officials that he believed that offering the movies, which he described as hard-core pornographic material, violated Kentucky law regarding distribution of obscene matter. Two days later Comfort Suites officials responded by removing the adult movies. Soon after, Mr. Verst said, other complaints prompted a Newport police investigation of the Travelodge, 220 York St. Officers told owners to stop offering explicit adult videotape rentals to adult guests for viewing on in-room VCRs, and the owners complied. Phil Burress, president of CCV, said his group's new strategy of targeting explicit adult movies offered by hotels is the first of its sort in the nation, and that more Tristate hotels will soon be investigated by CCV supporters. The snowball is rolling now, said Mr. Burress of his group's tactic that has affected three Tristate hotels in a month. Bruce Taylor, president and chief counsel for the National Law Center for Children and Families, said no other anti-pornography group in the country has successfully pressured three hotels within one region to drop adult movies. That's unique, Mr. Taylor, a former federal prosecutor, said Wednesday from the center's Fairfax, Va., headquarters. He said that the Tristate's history of prosecuting obscenity made famous beginning in the 1970s with Hamilton County's legal battles with Hustler publisher Larry Flynt adds to the leverage the CCV wields. You have such a commitment and successful history of prosecution ... that the prosecutors only have to tell the hotels to remove the movies, he said. Earlier this month CCV officials grabbed national attention when they announced that their supporters had videotaped adult movies in the Marriott Northeast hotel in Deerfield Township and forwarded them to Warren County Prosecutor Tim Oliver. Mr. Oliver said be believed the movies violated Ohio's obscenity laws and warned Marriott officials of possible criminal charges, prompting them to remove the movies. I'd be very surprised if other actions are not taken by other prosecutors against hotels that are dealing in hard-core pornography, said Mr. Burress, who declined to reveal any details. The CCV, which was founded in 1983 as an anti-pornography, pro-family advocacy group, has been a high-profile lobbying force against Tristate pornography and what it claims are its detrimental effects on families, individuals and society. But civil liberties advocates blasted CCV's strategy as unfair to adults who say actions against their limited entertainment options might soon be followed by other restrictions imposed by watchdog groups. The CCV is trying to export their own Taliban style of fundamentalism, said Scott Greenwood, general counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio and a Cincinnati-based attorney. Mr. Greenwood said the anti-pornography group's latest strategy, focusing on mostly out-of-town travelers and tourists, points out to a more pressing problem of why does the CCV find it so necessary to go after people who don't even live here. He said he is not surprised that hotels quickly choose to remove such adult entertainment rather than engage in litigation. They don't have deep pockets and these hotels are in business to make money, not to defend the First Amendment, he said. CCV officials estimate that 40 percent of the nation's hotels offer adult movie options, accounting for about 90 percent of pay-per-view revenue. An Enquirer phone survey last year showed that more than half of 20 Hamilton County hotels queried provided such entertainment. H. Louis Sirkin, a First Amendment and Cincinnati trial attorney, described CCV as a vigilante group whose only power comes from prosecutors he claims are not protecting citizens' rights. What's really frightening about this is that there are local prosecutors who are willing to forget their constitutional oath to protect the First Amendment, said Mr. Sirkin, who added that it's really easy to scare people and that's what the local governments are doing to the hotels. Mr. Sirkin, who has represented Mr. Flynt and was defense counsel during the city's famous Robert Mapplethorpe obscenity trial against the Contemporary Arts Center exhibition of his photos in 1990, said, It's disturbing to me that Cincinnati is getting a national reputation for this and that's one of the reasons the city is going stale. Travelodge management was unavailable for comment but Chester Musselman, CEO of Louisville-based Musselman Hotels and owner of the Comfort Suites at 420 Riverboat Row, said this is the first time such a complaint has been lodged against any of his 25 hotels in Kentucky, Indiana and Tennessee. This is not an issue to us, Mr. Musselman said. I'm running a business and I'll abide by the local laws. Mr. Verst stated in an Aug. 22 letter to Comfort Suites that Newport police will occasionally check your business to ensure that no further such pornographic movies are being shown, or criminal charges will be filed. Mr. Burress said that no doubt some people will label this action a violation of privacy (but) it's not a matter of violating privacy or of imposing values. It's a matter of law. This is not about what someone views in the privacy of their home or hotel room, he said. This is about selling and distributing obscenity. There are state laws against that and major hotels are not above the law.

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Terrorist-Mob Two headed Horseman.
by Matthew X 31 Aug '02

31 Aug '02

http://organizedcrime.about.com/library/weekly/aa082902a.htm Part 1: The Drug Connection Much has been written in the last year about the connection between terrorism and organized crime. Shortly after September 11, President Bush came out and directly cited narcotics trafficking as a source of revenue for terrorist organizations. The United States government reported that the Taliban allegedly helped finance Osama bin Laden's terror network by giving him 10 percent of the $8 billion Afghanistan reaped from its opium crop. In return, Al Qaeda was to use its "formidible" international network to market the crop. Nonsense, says McGill University organized crime expert professor R.T. Naylor. (no relation.) "It is likely that the informal banking system used extensively in the region, usually referred to as the hawala or hundi system, is also used by drug traffickers," Hutchinson said. "This system is an underground, traditional, informal network that has been used for centuries by businesses and families throughout Asia. This system provides a confidential, convenient, efficient service at a low cost in areas that are not served by traditional banking facilities. The hawala or hundi system leaves no "paper trail" for investigators to follow." That reminds me there was a quite long story on Ithaca dollars,esp interesting as I lived there for a year once.There's another horseman loose there,the net sex killer,I shit you not... http://nypost.com/news/regionalnews/47084.htm Hey remember when meyer and lucky helped stamp out nazi sabotage on the waterfront? Well some wiseguys just got knocked back on a similar deal to watch out for Al Quim frogmen. That's too bad. The Coast Guard and Customs Service are woefully understaffed to keep an eye on every ship that comes into the 1,500-square mile Port of New York and New Jersey. By the Coast Guard's own admission, they can inspect just 1 percent of the cargo containers that enter the Harbor. "Do we have all the people we need? No," Vice Admiral James D. Hull, the Commander of the Coast Guard Atlantic area, said in a telephone interview. "But we have prioritized our missions." The Port Authority and the Waterfront Commission of New York and New Jersey have done a great job of cleaning out organzied crime from the harbor, but let's face it: where there is money, there is the mob. The same methods used to keep the Harbor clear of Nazis 60 years ago could work today. All the government has to do is ask. Sure this is a simplistic solution and in many cases goes against the self interest of the mobsters, but it worked in the 1940s, it can work today. Hell the port authority is just a WASP mob anyways,right?

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"Criminal degenerate Bush"
by Matthew X 31 Aug '02

31 Aug '02

http://www.makethemaccountable.com/ The stealing of the Presidency 2000 has been swept under the rug by the Democratic establishment. The media would like us to believe that we should move on but that would be rewarding criminal actions by the Bush gang. Already history is being rewritten with Gore being attacked for running a poor campaign and being ridiculed as loser who should get out of the way, and while the criminal degenerate Bush is admired for being a winner. Every democratic candidate for President must be forced to address what happened in 2000 so that history does not repeat itself, and to remind the 1000s of voters in Florida who were disenfrachised that they have not been forgotten. More Reba Shimansky Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election is the riveting story about the battle for the Presidency in Florida and the undermining of democracy in America. Filmmakers Richard Ray Pérez and Joan Sekler examine modern America's most controversial political contest: the Election of George W. Bush. What emerges is a disturbing picture of an election marred by suspicious irregularities, electoral injustices, and sinister voter purges in a state governed by the winning candidate brother. George W. Bush stole the presidency of the United States and got away with it. "the movie highlights those on the front linesfrom the African-Americans who were turned away from the polling booths for assorted reasons. In one memorable scene the filmmakers freeze-frame a 'protest' against the ballot recount, identifying participants as staff members of Republican elected officials." --Elaine Dutka, Los Angeles Times Also see,"The best democracy money can buy," Greg Palast.Gold and Coup expert and excellent writer.

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Stormin' Norman see's another Somalia or Lebanon in Iraq.
by Matthew X 31 Aug '02

31 Aug '02

http://www.arabnews.com/Article.asp?ID=18218 Whats happening in the heart of darkness? American Muslims remain in the dock one year after 9/11 NEW YORK, 31 August As America prepares to mourn the tragic events of Sept. 11, anxiety of the countrys seven million plus Muslim population is increasing every passing day. The Muslim population in US will be remembering the tragedy with mixed feelings of grief and fear.Muslim organizations across the... (full story). http://www.arabnews.com/Article.asp?ID=18228

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assistnce is needed
by BULAWA MULETE 31 Aug '02

31 Aug '02

ATTN: I am Bulawa Mulete JR. the son of Mr. STEVE MBEKI MULETE from Zimbabwe. I am sorry this mail Will surprise you, though we do not know, my mother Mrs. Clara Got your contact through the International Chamber of Commerce. Due to the current war against white farmers in Zimbabwe and the support of President Robert Mugabe to Claim all white owned farms in our country to gain Favor for re-election. All white farmers were asked to Surrender their farms to the government for Re-distribution and infact to his political party Members and my father though black was the treasury of the farmers association and a strong member of an Opposition party that did not support the president Idea. He then ordered his party members and the police Under his pay row to invade my father's farm and burn Down everything in the farm. They killed my Father and took away a lot of items from his farm. After the death of my father, our local pastor and a Close friend of my father handed us over will Documents with instructions from my father that we Should leave Zimbabwe incase anything happen to him. The will Documents has a certificate of deposit, confirming a deposit Kept in custody for us in a security company unknown To the company that the content is money hence it was deposited as Personal belongings and ensure that we do not remain here as we could Easily be found by his enemies. The total amount is US$21.5M.We are therefore soliciting for Your assistance to help us move the fund out of Zimbabwe, as our fate and future is far from reality, hence this mail to you. The president's present ban of International Press into Zimbabwe and the drop from office of the Finance Minister to avoid giving white farmers fund Transfer Clearance above US$1M is just a few of the Unthinkable things he is committing in my Country. I have tried to reach my father's close friend Mr. John Casahans from Australia also a farmer who was Leaving in Zimbabwe with us but left with his family Late last year following this ugly development to no Avail. Should you be interested to help us, contact me Immediately via email for easy communication and I Will furnish you with the time frame and modalities of the transaction. We have concluded a wonderful plan of Caring out the transfer within two weeks. Please note that This transaction is100% confidential and risk free and will Not endanger you or us in any way. We have resolved to give you 20% Of the total sum upon confirmation of the fund in any Account of your choice were the incident of taxation Will not take much tool on the money and we look Forward to coming over to your country to invest our Share and settle there. I will a private Phone so that our conversation can be 100% confidential. NOTE: REPLY TO bulawa2000(a)netscape.net God bless you indeed as you help . Mr. BULAWA MULETE

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mutual business
by NELSON MESQUITA 31 Aug '02

31 Aug '02

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL & URGENT. I am Mr, NELSON MESQUITA a native of Cape Town in South Africa and I am an Executive Accountant with the South Africa DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY First and foremost, I apologized using this medium to reach you for a transaction/business of this magnitude, but this is due to Confidentiality and prompt access reposed on this medium. I have decided to seek a confidential co-operation with you in the execution of the deal described Hereunder for the benefit of all parties and hope you will keep it as a top secret because of the nature of this transaction. Within the Department of Mining & Natural Resources where I work as an Executive Accountant and with the cooperation of four other top officials, we have in our possession as overdue payment bills totaling Twenty - One Million, Five Hundred Thousand U. S. Dollars ($16,500,000.) which we want to transfer abroad with the assistance and cooperation of a foreign company/individual to receive the said fund on our behalf or a reliable foreign non-company account to receive such funds. More so, we are handicapped in the circumstances, as the South Africa Civil Service Code of Conduct does not allow us to operate offshore account hence your importance in the whole transaction. This amount $16.5m represents the balance of the total contract value executed on behalf of my Department by a foreign contracting firm, which we the officials over-invoiced deliberately. Though the actual contract cost have been paid to the original contractor, leaving the balance in the Tune of the said amount which we have in principles gotten approval to remit by Key tested Telegraphic Transfer (K.T.T) to any foreign bank account you will provide by filing in an application through the Justice Ministry here in South Africa for the transfer of rights and privileges of the former contractor to you. I have the authority of my partners involved to propose that should you be willing to assist us in the transaction, your share of the sum will be 25% of the $16.5 million, 70% for us and 5% for taxation and miscellaneous expenses. The business itself is 100% safe, on your part provided you treat it with utmost secrecy and confidentiality. Also your area of specialization is not a hindrance to the successful execution of this transaction. I have reposed my confidence in you and hope that you will not disappoint me. Endeavor to contact me immediately my e-mail address whether or not you are interested in this deal. If you are not, it will enable me scout for another foreign partner to carry out this deal I want to assure you that my partners and myself are in a position to make the payment of this claim possible provided you can give us a very strong Assurance and guarantee that our share will be secured and please remember to treat this matter as very confidential matter, because we will not comprehend with any form of exposure as we are still in active Government Service and remember once again that time is of the essence in this business. I wait in anticipation of your fullest co-operation. NOTE: YOUR RESPONSE SHOULD BE SENT TO Yours faithfully, NELSON MESQUITA.

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S. Roach is dead
by Matthew X 31 Aug '02

31 Aug '02

ASSMAN #15 Stars Steve Holmes, Sophie Roche, Robert Rosenberg, ... ASSMAN #15 Stars Steve Holmes, Sophie Roche, Robert Rosenberg, Rita Faltoyano, Richard Langin, Jean-Yves Le Castel, Jean-Pierre Armand, Jane Blue, David Perry ... www.xxxmoviestore.com/Products/ASSMAN_15.htm - 16k - Cached - Similar pages Sophie Roche From RAME: Sophie Roche indeed has passed away. The French magazine Hot Video had a very small article in their february issue on the death of Sophie Roche. It seems that she passed away early in January 2002. While the article didn't mention that she had committed suicide, it did state that she passed away following a family tragedy, in French "un drame familial". Gene, the Predictor of Events, strikes again: W. Chester officials try to shut out adult shops Gene sez: I told you last year Cincinnati was going to be the du jour battle ground where the obscenity lines were going to be drawn in the sand. No one, much less the Free Speech Coalition, listened when the Elyse Metcalf trial came up. Now comes another story on the heels of the pending Jennifer Dute and Sean Jenkins' obscenity trials along with the Citizens for Community Values running amok in Cincinnati hotel rooms pulling the cords on adult pay per view. From the Cincinnati Enquirer : WEST CHESTER TWP. Officials here want to make it tougher to open and operate a sexually oriented business in this fast-growing suburb strategically located along Interstate 75 between Cincinnati and Dayton. Township officials are planning to tighten their licensing and zoning codes for sexually oriented businesses, an idea that arose after a comment made during a recent campaign by one mall developer against another, The sex industry is simply not part of what we consider a diversified economic base for our community, Trustee Catherine Stoker said. There apparently is a constitutional right for people to dance about almost naked in public but I just don't see why they need to dance in West Chester. West Chester leaders are not alone in their desire to regulate such businesses. In Northern Kentucky, municipalities in Kenton and Campbell counties are considering a study on regulating sexually oriented businesses; and this week Wilder city officials said they would, too, after a semi-nude dance club opened there last weekend. And in Fairfield, after residents recently brought it to City Council's attention, a video store that had begun selling X-rated movies voluntarily removed the selections from its shelves. West Chester trustees have agreed to spend up to $20,000 for the services of a Cleveland professor who is considered an expert on adult business law to review their codes once they are updated to reflect recent court decisions. The move comes after Continental Retail Development of Columbus launched a campaign in May against competing developers trying to build a lifestyle center at Cincinnati-Dayton Road and Interstate 75. The strategy suggested that approval of the project would lead to adult businesses and traffic gridlock. The lifestyle center was turned down by the township and is on hold pending a court appeal and rezoning. But the campaign underscored the need, township officials say, to examine their zoning and other rules related to sexually oriented businesses and make sure they are airtight as West Chester booms and becomes a hub between Cincinnati and Dayton. Significant concern has been raised about our enforceability on those regulations and I was concerned about those, too, West Chester Planning and Zoning Director Brian Elliff told trustees. I don't think it will happen but now that it's out in the open. I don't want anybody to get some ideas that they can come in here. Phil Burress, president of the anti-pornography group Citizens for Community Values, recently met with Mr. Elliff and Township Administrator Dave Gully to discuss sexually oriented businesses in West Chester. On Wednesday, Mr. Burress said a CCV attorney reviewed the township's codes and found holes. West Chester has four sexually oriented businesses two stores that sell various items, one gas station that sells adult magazines and one video store, Mr. Burress said. There are no massage parlors or adult clubs, though a club did once briefly operate at I-75 and Cincinnati-Dayton Road. West Chester is a prime location for adult businesses, said Mr. Burress, a West Chester resident. We are kind of heading in the wrong direction here. One business has opened a quarter of a mile from my house. This is not good news. These people sneak in, the trend starts and before you know it you have a strip club or book store. Officials aren't yet sure what exactly will be changed in their codes but say they are likely to adopt a model ordinance Cleveland State University professor Alan Weinstein already has developed based on his expertise with First Amendment law. Jimmy Flynt, who has made a career out of gauging the public's sexual appetite, says such moves often are more trouble than they are worth for municipalities. Most of these experts that they reach out and hire usually shoot the city in the foot, said Mr. Flynt, brother of Hustler founder Larry Flynt and operator of the Hustler of Hollywood store in Monroe. They either underdo it or overdo it. We still have our rights to do business. Jimmy Flynt said he has no plans to expand into West Chester, though he, too, agrees it is a prime location for adult businesses. I don't want to be in West Chester. That's where the cake eaters are, he said. I want to be up where we eat cornbread. Sexually oriented businesses in West Chester now can operate only in specific areas zoned for general business and must go for review before the board of zoning appeals before opening. Locations where adult businesses can go are scattered throughout the township, Mr. Elliff said, but according to the zoning map, a heavily concentrated spot runs along the Cincinnati-Dayton Road/I-75 corridor. That road is being widened from two to five lanes. News that the township was updating its sexually oriented business codes drew lukewarm response this week from sex establishment operators. The oldest one in West Chester, Pik Kwik Market off Ohio 747, has sold sex toys, oils, magazines, movies and other items for 30 years. Sex is a beautiful thing, manager Jeff Busemeyer said. If they don't like what we're selling here, don't come in. Would they rather us get some guns in here and start selling guns? Maggie writes: Dear Gene. I was thinking of becoming a hooker. And after reading that story this morning about Kelly Jaye, I'm convinced this is the way to go. Two Vipers?! I would have settled for one. Gene sez: No offense, Maggie, but I would change the name. I mean who needs Rod Stewart singing songs about you. Other than that, if you're a blond and have more legs than brains, I would encourage you in your pursuits. After all, you, too, might meet a Michael Fanghella.

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YAPC::Europe::Munich - Last call for participation (fwd)
by Eugen Leitl 31 Aug '02

31 Aug '02

Anyone is going? ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 21:12:57 +0200 From: Richard.Foley(a)t-online.de To: YAPC Orga <yapc-orga(a)42.org> Cc: yapc-plan(a)yapc.org, yapc-europe(a)lists.dircon.co.uk Newsgroups: de.comp.lang.perl.misc, it.comp.lang.perl, fr.comp.lang.perl Subject: YAPC::Europe::Munich - Last call for participation Last call For Participation YAPC::Europe::2002 - September 18-20 http://www.yapc.org/Europe/2002/registration.html Conference fee is set at 89 Euros. YAPC is an inexpensive 3-day grassroots perl conference, where users, and developers, can mingle, listen, talk, and exchange ideas about the perl programming language. This year's conference will be held in Munich, capital city of Bavaria, (as near to the continental centre of Europe as you can get, without spotting the sea), Germany. There will be a mixture of short and long tutorials and talks, covering a wide variety of subjects. This year's theme is 'The Science of Perl', which means that we talk about science as well as everything else :-) A huge variety of speakers and subjects on our favourite language is gathering in Munich in 2002: The author of perl, Larry Wall, is slated to attend his first European YAPC, Damian Conway, perl evangelist and speaker par-excellence, will also be participating, among many other leading perl personalities and contributors. We look forward to seeing you there too! -- Ciao Richard Foley Ciao - shorter than AufWiederSehen! YAPC::Europe::2002 http://www.yapc.org/Europe/ 18-20 Sept.

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Most Incompetent agency,IRS,CIA,ATF,NSA,SS,or FBI?
by Matthew X 31 Aug '02

31 Aug '02

http://www.wired.com/news/conflict/0,2100,54857,00.html Did FBI Bungle E-Mail Evidence? A Hotmail account used by suspected terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui expired, and its contents lost, before the FBI has a chance to look at it. By Michelle Delio. "...The FBI has openly admitted that its agents have difficulties collecting evidence from computers. FBI Director Robert Mueller told a House committee this summer that the agency lacks the technology skills and understanding that would allow agents to conduct complete computer forensics searches." Paging chris McNorton,paging chris McNorton. Hunter S. Thompson tells the Aussie radio program: "Overall, American journalism I think has been cowed and intimidated by the massive flat-sucking, this patriotic orgy that the White House keeps whipping up. You know if you criticize the President it's unpatriotic and there's something wrong with you, you may be a terrorist." ("The Media Report")

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