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Racist flyers found at Southeast
(Local News ~ 12/07/19)
Southeast Missouri State University president Carlos Vargas sent a message to the university community Friday addressing racist flyers found on the school's main campus and River Campus earlier in the week. The flyers, purportedly from Church of Creativity -- "White Racial Loyalty Without Compromise" -- espoused white supremacist views and claimed the group's "golden rule" is "What is good for the White Race is the highest virtue; What is bad for the White Race is the ultimate sin."...
- The vote is in (Local News ~ 12/07/19)
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Blessing box a boon for Cape residents who need a helping hand
(Local News ~ 12/07/19)
"Take what you need. Leave what you can." So says the door of a blue blessing box, newly installed near the Juvenile Office in Cape Girardeau. The office's location at 2137 Rust Ave. in Cape Girardeau is historically interesting, said chief juvenile officer for the 32nd Judicial District Randy Rhodes...
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Salvation Army hoping for increase in financial support
(Local News ~ 12/07/19)
The Salvation Army in Cape Girardeau aims to raise $341,000 during the annual Tree of Lights Campaign, but has so far raised only $77,332, according to a news release. "The money raised during our Tree of Lights Campaign is how we operate our programs, keep the lights on and pay our employees," Lt. Matt DeGonia, Corps Officer at The Salvation Army, said in the release. "It is our biggest fundraising opportunity, and we need all the help we can get."...
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SALTing away the holidays
(Local News ~ 12/07/19)
When TJ Jackson heard his raffle ticket called, he hollered as instructed. "Yahoo!" he said, speculating with the friends at his table what he might do with the body butter package he'd just won during the annual Seniors and Lawmen Together Christmas Party at the Fraternal Order of Eagles in Cape Girardeau...
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SEMO Humane Society gets $70k boost to capital campaign
(Column ~ 12/07/19)
The SEMO Humane Society received strong support in its recent fundraiser for a new adoption center. JSE Surplus and Purina combined for a $35,000 match as part of the shelter's #GivingTuesday campaign. Every dollar donated through Dec. 3 was doubled...
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Juden running for sheriff
(Local News ~ 12/07/19)
Charles A. "Drew" Juden III, former director of the state Department of Public Safety, announced Friday he will seek the Cape Girardeau County sheriff's office in 2020. He plans to run as a Republican, which means he would face incumbent Sheriff Ruth Ann Dickerson in a Republican primary election Aug. 4. Dickerson has not indicated to the Southeast Missourian whether she will seek reelection...
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Project fostering personal connections
(Local News ~ 12/07/19)
A new, online project aims to foster connections and empathy in Cape Girardeau. Darren Burgfeld, self-styled "chief human," manages the project, called Humans of Cape. At its core, HOC is collecting stories, Burgfeld said. He oversees a small team of people who go out into the greater Cape Girardeau area and talk with people, delving below the surface interaction to find a deeper understanding of that person's lived experience...
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GUEST COLUMN: Remembering Pearl Harbor and a Cape Girardeau son 78 years later
(Column ~ 12/07/19)
7:55 a.m., Dec. 7, 1941. A sleepy Hawaii had awakened to another beautiful Sunday morning. U.S. military personnel were going through their morning routines, with countless sailors, Marines, and Army personnel at attention, bugles sounding the daily raising of the Stars and Stripes...
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Out of the past: Dec. 7
(Out of the Past ~ 12/07/19)
In an effort to prevent traffic congestion in downtown Cape Girardeau, the city Planning and Zoning commission is urging that William Street east of Sprigg be widened to four lanes to help additional traffic that will be generated by a riverboat gambling development; commissioners want the developer, Boyd Gaming Corp., to pay for the improvement...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 12/07/19)
Today is Saturday, Dec. 7, the 341st day of 2019. There are 24 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 7, 1941, Japan launched a surprise attack on the U.S. Navy base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii as part of its plan to conquer Southeast Asian territories; the raid, which claimed some 2,400 American lives, prompted the United States to declare war against Japan the next day...
- A Look Back (12/07/19)
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Generosity - Optimist Club-Project Charlie
(Community ~ 12/07/19)
Submitted by Jana Jateff The Evening Optimist Club of Cape Girardeau recently made a donation to the Project Charlie Board. Project Charlie is a drug and alcohol prevention program taught in the Cape Girardeau Public Schools and now it also taught at Lee Hunter in the Sikeston, Missouri, School District. Evening Optimist Club President Shirlene Hecht is shown presenting a check for $3,600 to board secretary, Jana Jateff, left, and Project Charlie facilitator, Faye Garrett, right. “Without the support of the Evening Optimist Club, we would not financially support Project Charlie,” stated Jateff. Every student received a Project Charlie T-shirt as part of the program.
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Gt - Adopt Fern 12-8-19
(Community ~ 12/07/19)
Submitted by Safe Harbor Animal Sanctuary This cute little girl is Fern. She is a 2-year-old Doxie and gets along well with people and pets. She would make a great addition to a loving home. She is available for adoption at Safe Harbor; call (573) 243-9823...
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Something called Indian currant
(Column ~ 12/07/19)
This plant is native to North America. It is a common woodland bush that goes unnoticed most of the year. Growing to only about four feet, this is a short rather spindly understory bush. Indian currant, buck-bush and coralberry are common names for this plant. It is valuable as browse for animals such as groundhogs, deer and rabbits. A variety of songbirds feed on the pink berries in late autumn and winter...
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Senior Center menus for Dec. 9-13
(Community ~ 12/07/19)
Monday: Poppy seed chicken over brown rice or stuffed peppers with mashed potatoes, California-blend vegetables, green peas, whole-grain hot roll and sugar-free gelatin with pears or cookies. Tuesday: Ham and beans or ground beef stroganoff, stewed tomatoes, cooked cabbage, cornbread and crackers and mixed fruit dessert or iced pumpkin bar...
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Cape Girardeau's World War I bid for a U.S. Navy armor plant
(Column ~ 12/07/19)
On Aug. 29, 1916, the United States Congress assigned a committee of three -- Adm. Frank F. Fletcher, Cmdr. Frank Clark and Naval Engineer R.E. Bakenhus -- to select a location for a new U.S. Navy armory plant to produce steel for their vessels. Several Missouri cities submitted bids for the location including Hannibal, Louisiana and Cape Girardeau. Numerous other cities in the surrounding states also submitted bids, including Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee...
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Be purposeful this Christmas season
(Column ~ 12/07/19)
Black Friday. Over. Cyber Monday. Come and gone. We are now in the middle of the Christmas shopping frenzy. By the time this column is published, there will only be about 14 shopping days until Christmas. Or, for some, 13 days before Christmas shopping begins. Gift-giving, though, is more than exchanging packages. Gift-giving reflects a faith in the one who gave himself for us. There are some simple ways then we can reveal a theology of giving...
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Thinking and planning a garden
(Column ~ 12/07/19)
Went out one day last week, and the temperature was around 40 with wind chill down in the 20s, but I was thinking about gardening next spring. Can't do a darn thing about how cold it is or how much rain or snow we are getting, but I can plan for spring and gardening. Many times we fail because we failed to plan. This is so true in many ways, but it sure is true when applied to gardening...
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Lane - 60 years
(Anniversary ~ 12/07/19)
Dale and Donna Lane of Jackson celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary Nov. 23 with an anniversary party hosted by their children at the Jackson Civic Center. Lane and the former Donna Nasep were married Nov. 14, 1959, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. They have three children, Russell (Kim) Lane, Beverly (Ed) Hahs and Gregory Lane. They also have nine grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren...
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FYI 12-8-19
(Community ~ 12/07/19)
St. Ambrose Men's Club will hold a whole-hog sausage breakfast 7:30 to 11 a.m. Sunday at St. Ambrose Parish Center in Chaffee, Missouri. Menu includes whole-hog sausage, eggs and biscuits and gravy. Whole-hog sausage breakfast St. Augustine School in Kelso, Missouri, will host a Breakfast with Santa 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. Sunday in the school gym...
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Trump-hating leftists are no friends of the constitution
(Column ~ 12/07/19)
Law professor Pamela Karlan did more than cross the line in taking a cheap shot at President Donald Trump's son, Barron Trump, in her pro-impeachment testimony. In openly demonstrating her strong personal animus against Trump, she disqualified herself as an expert witness...
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When our guardians fail us
(Column ~ 12/07/19)
One symptom of a society in crisis is the unreliability or even corruption of its own auditors. After all, when the watchmen have lost moral authority to watch, who can be believed or trusted? Or, as the Roman satirist Juvenal famously put it, "Who will guard the guardians?"...
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Prayer 12-8-19
(Prayer ~ 12/07/19)
O Lord Jesus, we sing your praises and lift your name on high. Amen.
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Uber reports more than 3,000 sexual assaults on 2018 rides
(National News ~ 12/07/19)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Uber, as part of a long anticipated safety report, revealed more than 3,000 sexual assaults were reported during its U.S. rides in 2018. That figure includes 235 rapes across the company's 1.3 billion rides last year. The ride-hailing company noted drivers and riders were both attacked and some assaults occurred between riders...
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Utah rep pitches LGBTQ rights bill
(National News ~ 12/07/19)
As Democrats champion anti-discrimination protections for the LGBTQ community and Republicans counter with worries about safeguarding religious freedom, one congressional Republican is offering a proposal to achieve both goals. The bill Utah GOP Rep. ...
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Officials list pot vape brands involved in illnesses
(National News ~ 12/07/19)
NEW YORK -- Health officials investigating a nationwide outbreak of vaping illnesses have listed, for the first time, the vape brands most commonly linked to hospitalizations. Most of the nearly 2,300 people who suffered lung damage had vaped liquids that contain THC, the high-inducing part of marijuana...
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As Dems zero in on White House, Trump court losses continue
(National News ~ 12/07/19)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump knows he has fierce Democratic adversaries in Congress. But there is also ample push-back from the Judiciary branch, where black-robed judges who sit in courtrooms just blocks from the Capitol and in New York City have repudiated his view of executive power...
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Thunberg joins Madrid climate activists
(International News ~ 12/07/19)
MADRID -- Climate activist Greta Thunberg said Friday calls for real action against climate change are still being "ignored" by political leaders despite their continuous praise of the global environmental youth movement she helped create. The Swedish teen was in Madrid, where United Nations-sponsored talks on climate change are underway, to join fellow young climate activists, representatives of Latin America's indigenous peoples, and thousands of other protesters...
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Envoy: U.S. has 'other tools' if Iran's acts go on
(International News ~ 12/07/19)
UNITED NATIONS -- U.S. Ambassador Kelly Craft warned Iran on Friday the Trump administration will keep up its maximum pressure campaign and use "other tools" if Tehran continues its "malicious behavior." Craft also told her first press conference since arriving at the United Nations in September that all 15 members of the U.N. ...
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15 killed in Iraqi capital as protests continue
(International News ~ 12/07/19)
BAGHDAD -- Gunmen in cars opened fire Friday in Baghdad's Khilani Square. leaving at least 15 people dead and 60 wounded, Iraqi security and medical officials said. At least two of the dead were policemen. Protesters fearing for their lives ran from the plaza to nearby Tahrir Square and mosques to take cover. It wasn't immediately clear who did the shooting...
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Mexicans fleeing violence form new encampment on border
(International News ~ 12/07/19)
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico -- An exodus of migrants fleeing drug cartel violence and corruption in Mexico has mired hundreds of immigrants in ramshackle tent camps across the border from El Paso and brought new chaos to a system of wait lists for asylum seekers to get into the U.S...
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State's minimum wage set to increase Jan. 1
(State News ~ 12/07/19)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri's minimum wage is set to increase again as part of a voter-approved plan to gradually hike pay. The minimum wage rate will hit $9.45 an hour beginning Jan. 1, up from the current $8.60 an hour mandated by the state. Voters in 2018 approved a plan to raise wages for some of the state's lowest-paid workers. The plan requires wages to go up by 85 cents an hour every year until the minimum wage rate hits $12 an hour in 2023...
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Slain driver's family questions police response to chase
(National News ~ 12/07/19)
MIAMI -- Relatives of a UPS driver killed after robbery suspects took him hostage on a wild police chase across South Florida questioned Friday why officers had to unleash a torrent of gunfire when the truck got stuck in rush-hour traffic. Both suspects, 41-year-old cousins Lamar Alexander and Ronnie Jerome Hill, were killed along with the driver, Frank Ordonez, and another motorist who was waiting at a busy intersection when officers ran up and opened fire from behind the vehicles of innocent bystanders.. ...
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Warren, Buttigieg scrap puts Democratic divide on display
(National News ~ 12/07/19)
WASHINGTON -- Elizabeth Warren has spent weeks absorbing attacks from moderate rivals looking to blunt her surging campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. Now, as the Massachusetts senator risks losing momentum, she's starting to hit back...
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Pearl Harbor shooting unfolded in 23 seconds
(National News ~ 12/07/19)
HONOLULU -- The U.S. Navy sailor who fatally shot two people at Pearl Harbor before killing himself was unhappy with his commanders and had been undergoing counseling, a military official said Friday. Gabriel Romero, 22, also faced non-judicial punishment, which is a lower-level administrative process for minor misconduct, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss personnel matters not made public. He used his two service weapons in the attack, the official said...
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Firms still finding workers despite low jobless rate
(National News ~ 12/07/19)
WASHINGTON -- American businesses have complained for years they can't find the workers they need to fill available jobs. November's robust hiring gain suggests at least some have found a way to do so. With the unemployment rate now at a half-century low of 3.5%, many economists have also warned hiring would soon slow simply because there are fewer unemployed workers available...
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Pensacola shooter was Saudi student
(State News ~ 12/07/19)
PENSACOLA, Fla. -- An aviation student from Saudi Arabia opened fire in a classroom at the Naval Air Station Pensacola on Friday morning, the Florida governor said, an attack that left three dead in addition to the assailant. The assault, which left eight others injured, was the second at a U.S. Navy base this week and prompted a massive law enforcement response and base lockdown...
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Flooding leaves dozens of sinkholes in C'ville
(State News ~ 12/07/19)
ST. LOUIS -- Dozens of sinkholes, some up to 12 feet deep, are dotting the landscape in the small southeastern Missouri city of Caruthersville, forcing road detours, swallowing sections of people's yards and leaving city leaders scrambling to make repairs...
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Large Santa snatched from historic Missouri mansion
(State News ~ 12/07/19)
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. -- A Grinch has stolen a large Santa Claus from the porch of a historic mansion in the Kansas City area. Police in Independence say the jolly old elf was snatched Tuesday or Wednesday from the Vaile Mansion. Built in 1881, the three-story Gothic-like structure is open to the public as a museum...
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Police report 12-8-19
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/07/19)
CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY The Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Department released the following items. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrests n Raymond K. Powers, 34, of Jackson was arrested on suspicion of second-degree domestic assault. n Casey C. Nicholas, 32, of Jackson was arrested on a Cape Girardeau County warrant for failure to appear for driving with no seatbelt and three Cape Girardeau warrants for a traffic offense, driving while revoked and hit and run...
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Missing Missouri woman's phone, shoes found during Thursday search
(State News ~ 12/07/19)
RICH HILL, Mo. -- Relatives of a missing Missouri mother say they are growing increasingly concerned after deputies found the woman's phone, backpack and shoes. Nicole Mallatt's belongings were found Thursday within 100 yards of her home in Bates County, about 70 miles south of Kansas City. Mallatt, 36, went missing two days before Thanksgiving. Her mother, Debbie Lewis, said her daughter had been planning a big meal...
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Ronald Woodruff
(Obituary ~ 12/07/19)
** Ronald Woodruff Ronald Woodruff, 71, of Jackson died Friday, Dec. 6, 2019, at his home. Arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.
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George Wichert Jr.
(Obituary ~ 12/07/19)
George John Wichert Jr., 61, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Nov. 18, 2019, in Benton, Kentucky. He was a self-employed rental property owner. He was a member of Elks Lodge in Cape Girardeau and Benton. His favorite pastimes were fishing, hunting, golfing and boating...
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Dennis Vinson
(Obituary ~ 12/07/19)
Dennis L. Vinson, 63, of Cape Girardeau, passed away unexpectedly from natural causes, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2019, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. He was born Sept. 28, 1956 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, to Lee Artis and Willie Butts Vinson. Dennis met the love of his life and his soul mate, Joy Sykes in April 1988, and they were married Nov. 3, 1990 in New Jersey. Dennis and Joy relocated to Georgia and started their family...
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Betty Morrow-Spiker
(Obituary ~ 12/07/19)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Betty Jo Morrow-Spiker, 84, of Poplar Bluff, died Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019, at Country Place Assisted Living in Scott City. Born Aug. 28, 1935, at Braggadocio, Missouri, to the late Ralph Naile and Ethel Lee Howell Tesney, she was raised by her mother and stepfather, the late William Wes Tesney. ...
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Doris Mattingly
(Obituary ~ 12/07/19)
Doris Mattingly, 81, of Jackson passed away Dec. 4, 2019 at her home. Doris was born near East Prairie, Missouri, on Oct. 13, 1938, to Arch and Willie Ward Miller. She attended Dogwood Elementary and graduated from East Prairie High School in 1956. On Jan. 20, 1961, she married Arthur Mattingly in Charleston, Missouri...
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Mary 'Betty' Maevers
(Obituary ~ 12/07/19)
** Mary 'Betty' Maevers Mary "Betty" Maevers, 87, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Dec. 6, 2019, at Chateau Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home.
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Mary Hitt
(Obituary ~ 12/07/19)
Mary Jean Hitt, 82, of Cape Girardeau, died Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019, at Chateau Girardeau. She was Born, Dec. 19, 1936, near Commerce, Missouri, the daughter of Martin Wilhelm Friedrich and Bessie Estelle Raines Koch. On March 8, 1959, she married Paul Leroy Hitt at St. Paul United Methodist Church in Commerce. He preceded her in death Jan. 26, 2016...
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Out of the past: Dec. 8
(Out of the Past ~ 12/07/19)
The Area Wide United Way is $90,000 short of its campaign goal with just a week to go; this year's campaign is $50,000 behind the campaign last year, and the goal for 1994 of $20,000 higher. Jackson and Cape Girardeau firefighters battled a blaze last night at McDonald's Restaurant in Jackson; a lack of water pressure and wind hampered their efforts, and the building was destroyed; officials say the fire started after a gasoline can and leaf blower were placed in a room with a gas water heater; it is believed gas fumes were ignited by the water heater's pilot flame.. ...
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Classic Blue is Pantone's color of the year
(National News ~ 12/07/19)
NEW YORK -- In these uneasy times, as we move along to a new decade, the Pantone Color Institute has reached back in time to calming, confident Classic Blue as its color of the year for 2020. The color is an anchor offering stability, constancy and connection, said Laurie Pressman, vice president of the global purveyors of color consulting, trendspotting and analysis...
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'A beautiful day in the neighborhood'
(Column ~ 12/07/19)
In a movie theater, I like to stay until the very end of the credits. I can't jump up from a film and immediately enter back into normal life when I have been deeply affected by a piece of art I've given two hours of my life to; I need the transition time to usher me back into the space around me before being sent back out into the world. ...
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