Archive for October, 2009
Updates on Mitrice Richardson: The Search Goes On, Reward Money To Be “Matched and Exceeded” by Malibu City Council
• October 31, 2009 • 1 CommentPosted in Black People, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Mitrice Richardson, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "The L.A. Watts Times", "The Malibu Surfside News", Agoura, Anne Soble, Booking Report, City of Los Angeles, City of Malibu, Dr. Ronda Hampton, Earl Ofari Hutchinson, John Walsh, Latrice Sutton, Los Angeles City Council, Malibu City Council, Malibu-Lost Hills Station, Malibu/Lost Hills Sheriff’s Station, Marc Klaas, Michael Richardson, Middle Class Black Women, Middle-Class, Missing Person Flyer, Mitrice Richardson, Street People, The Chosen Few Motorcycle Club, The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, The Po-Po, www.findmitrice.info
Other High School Students Are Trying to Process What the Richmond High Rape Case Means
• October 30, 2009 • 4 CommentsPosted in Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Crime, Education, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, Women
Tags: Angelina Thao, Emilya Piansay, Gang Rape, Homecoming Dance, Laos, Luis Mendoza, Meme Garrido, NAM Youth Media Group, New America Media, No Snitching, Rape, Rapists, Richmond CA, Richmond High, Richmond High School, Sexuality, Snitching, Teen Sexuality, Yo Blogger!
Richmond High Gang Rape Case: Sixth Suspect “Played a Significant Role”
• October 30, 2009 • 3 CommentsPosted in Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Education, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, Religion, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "The Contra Costa Times", ABC News, Animals, Bad Negroes, Barbie Baker, Bosnia, Christian, Cody Ray Smith, Continuation School, DNA, Fitting In, Growing Up, Honor, Honors Student, Jose Carlos Montano, Kami Baker, Kleenex, Lesbian Separatists, Linda Baker, Manuel Ortega, Marcelles Peter, Martinez CA, Mexicans, Monquasha Peter, Rape, Rape Kit, Rapists, Richmond CA, Richmond High School, San Pablo, Security, Sudan, Threats, United States of America
Updates on Richmond Rape Case: Victim Released, DA Asking for Life Sentences for Four
• October 29, 2009 • 1 CommentPosted in Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Crime, Education, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "The Contra Costra Times", "This is It", Ari Morales, Barack Obama, Cody Ray Smitih, Contra Costa County, Kami Baker, Manuel Ortega, Marcelles Peter, Michael Jackson, Rape Victim, Richmond CA, Richmond High School, Sacramento CA, SJSU, State Legislature, Vietnamese, Wisconsin
President Barack Obama Signs the Matthew Shepard-James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act
• October 29, 2009 • Comments OffPosted in Black People, Class, Crime, Education, Hate Crimes, Health, History, Judy Shepard, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: Actual or Perceived Gender, African Americans, American History, Barack Obama, Bisexuals, Blacks, Cremated, Disability, Disabled, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Find-a-Grave, Gays, Gender, Gender Identity, George W. Bush, Hate Crimes, History, Homophobia, James Byrd Jr., Jasper City Cemetery, Jasper City Council, Jasper TX, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, Judy Shepard, Laramie WY, Lesbians, LGBT, Lynching, Matthew Shepard, President Barack Obama, Racism, Sexual Orientation, The Fence, The Matthew Shepard Act, The Matthew Shepard Foundation, The Matthew Shepard-James Byrd, The Presidency, Transgendered
Richmond High Gang Rape Update: The Kids Are Pissed Off
• October 28, 2009 • 7 CommentsPosted in Chicanos/Latinos, China, Class, Crime, Education, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: 23rd Street, 911, Brandy, Bullying, Bystander Effect, California, Children, Constables on Patrol, Detective Ken Greco, Disrespect, Drew Carberry, El Cerrito High, Emeric Avenue, Genovese Syndrome, Girlfriend, Girls, Growing Up, KGO-7, Kitty Genovese, Latinos, Lighting, Lt. Mark Gagan, Murdered, National Council on Crime Prevention, Negativity, New Bedford MA, Normalcy, Queens, Rally in Support of Rape Victim, Raped, Raul Rubio, Recapitulation, Richmond CA, Richmond High, Richmond High School, Safety Issues, Security Cameras, Stabbed, The New York Times, West Contra Costa School Board, Women, You Tube
Richmond High Gang Rape Case: Outrage Leads to Three More Arrests and Five Suspects Total
• October 28, 2009 • Comments OffPosted in Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Crime, Education, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: Anita Hill, Apologists, Biracial, California, Channel 5, Chicanos, Children, Class, Constables on Patrol, Growing Up, Hate, Homecoming Dance, KPIX-5, Latinos, Lt. Mark Gagan, Manuel Ortega, Mexican Americans, Michael Skakel, Rape, Remorseless, Richmond CA, Richmond High School, Robin Givens, Self-Hating, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sexual Assault, Sophomore, Suspects, William Kennedy Smith
The Richmond High CA Gang Rape Case: She’s a Puta Now
• October 27, 2009 • 11 CommentsPosted in Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Crime, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: Beatings, Blame, Brutality, Cell Phone Pictures, Cell Phone Videos, Chicanas, Constables on Patrol, Degradation, Drunkenness, False Imprisonment, Gang Rape, Girlfriends, Girls, Graduate, Grandmothers, Homecoming Dance, KTVU-2, Latinas, Latinos, Life-Altering, Lt. Mark Gagan, Lured, Manuel Ortega, Mothers, Ordeal, Picnic Table, Rape, Rapists, Richmond CA, Richmond High School, Robbery, Scapegoat, Self-Hating, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sisters, Train, Trauma, Women
No Bond for Cracker Barrel Restaurant Attacker
• October 27, 2009 • 3 CommentsPosted in Black People, Class, Crime, Domestic Violence, Hate Crimes, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Race, Tasha Hill/Tashawnea Hill, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: Aggravated Assault, Army Reservist, Battery, Cracker Barrel, Cracker Barrel Restaurants, Disorderly Conduct, District Attorney Tracy Graham Lawson', Domestic Violence, False Imprisonment, First Degree Cruelty to Children, Flight Risk, K-Mart, Sharon West, Spitting, Tasha Hill, Tashawnea Hill, Terroristic Threats, Tony Axum, Tracy Lawson, Troy Dale West, Violence
This Is What a Black Barbie Looks Like
• October 27, 2009 • 1 CommentPosted in Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Fashion, Health, History, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Native Americans/First Nations, People of Color, Race, Women
Tags: African American, African Americans, Afrocentric, Afrocentricity, Anne Geddes, Barbie, Biracial, Black, Dollmaking, Dolls, Japan, Japanese, Mattel, Painted, Self Image, Self-Worth, Tabloach Productions, The Borg, War, Whiteness
Vietnamese San Jose State Student Beaten By San Jose Cops
• October 26, 2009 • 1 CommentPosted in Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Class, Education, History, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "The San Jose Mercury-News", 1972, 1976, 2009, African Americans, Alumna, Assault, Baton, Blacks, Brian Kinnard, Campus Activism, Cellphone Video, Constables on Patrol, David Grossi, Dehumanization, Dimitri Masouris, Dow Chemical, Duyen Hoang Nguyen, Frank Jordan, Gabriel Reyes, Greeks, Ho Chi Minh City, Hunter S. Thompson, Jeremy Suftin, Jerome Smith, Jessica Mitford, Johannes Mehserle, John Bunzel, John Carlos, Kenneth Siegel, Knife, Latinos, Major, Markham Hall, Mathematics, Morris Dailey Auditorium, Phuong Ho, Police Brutality, Police Chief Daniel Katz, Police Policy Studies Council, Roger Clark, San Jose State University, September, SJSU, Spartans, Steven Payne Jr., Taser Gun, Tasering, The Bicentennial Year, The Black Panthers, The Hog Farm, The Sixties, Thomas Aveni, Tommie Smith, Video Recording, Vietnam, Vietnamese, Vietnamese Community
Oscar Grant Update: Johannes Mehserle Trial To Move to Another California City; Judge Agrees That Oakland and Alameda County Can’t Give Him a Fair Trial
• October 25, 2009 • 1 CommentPosted in Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, History, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, People of Color, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Alameda County, Attorney General Jerry Brown, BART, BART Police, BART Train, Beverly Hills, Black Youth, Blacks, California, Change of Venue, Channel 2, Common Sense, Constables on Patrol, Councilwoman Desley Brooks, Execution, Guilty, Johannes Mehserle, KTVU-2, Latino Youth, Los Angeles, Los Angeles CA, Los Angeles County, Madison WI, Marysol Domenici, Mayor Ron Dellums, Michael Rains, Murder, Oakland, Oaktown, Oscar Grant, Oscar Grant III, Racism, Rep. Barbara Lee, Rodney King, Sacramento CA, San Francisco Oakland Bay Area, Supervisor Keith Carson, The Net, The Web, Tony Pirone
Saturday Night Music, October 24: Santana and Tower of Power at Montreux, “What Is Hip?”, 2006
• October 24, 2009 • Comments OffPosted in Music, Health, Tower of Power, Health Care/The Public Option
Tags: California, African Americans, The Seventies, Latinos, Tower of Power, Francis Prestia, Rocco Prestia, Francis "Rocco" Prestia, Monk Montgomery, Larry Graham, Louis Johnson, 2006 Montreux Jazz Festival, Charlie Haden, "Bass Player Magazine", Central Time, "So Very Hard to Go", "What Is Hip?", Lenny Williams, Chester Thompson, Billboard Top 100, Jaco Pastorius, The Brothers Johnson, Italian Americans
Friday Night Music, October 23: Donny Hathaway, “Someday We’ll All Be Free,” 1973
• October 23, 2009 • Comments OffPosted in Black People, Class, Donny Hathaway, Health, History, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Music
Tags: "Extension of a Man", "Someday We'll All Be Free", "Valdez in the Country", 1979, Al Kooper, Alcoholism, Bipolar Disorder, Central Park, Danny O'Keefe, Depression, Donny Edward Hathaway, Donny Hathaway, Edward Howard, Kenya Hathaway, Lalah Hathaway, Melancholia, New York City, Paranoid Schizophrenia, Phyllis Hyman, R & B, Roberta Flack, Soul, Suicide, The Essex House, The Seventies
Derrion Albert Case Update: Three Teens Charged With Murder One; Charges Dropped Against A Fourth
• October 23, 2009 • 2 CommentsPosted in Black People, Class, Crime, Education, Gang Violence, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Race, Religion, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "The Chicago Defender", "The Chicago Sun-Times", African Americans, Ava Greyer, Blacks, Chicago Housing Authority, Children, Christian Fenger High School, Clothing, Common Sense, Constables on Patrol, Cook County, Cook County Jail, Derrion, Derrion Albert, Drama, Eric Carson, Eugene Bailey, Eugene Riley, Faux Noise, Fenger High School, Gangs, Growing Up, Joe Walker, Motherhood, Murder, Search, Silvonus Shannon
Sweat “Box” Survivor Steps Up to Tell Her Story
• October 23, 2009 • Comments OffPosted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, Class, Crime, Daily AM/PM Talk Shows, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Native Americans/First Nations, Religion, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "The Early Show", 140 Degrees, Abandoned, Abandonment, CBS, Common Sense, CPR, Death by Misadventure, Dr. Beverly Bunn, Enforcers, Fasting, Guru, Harry Smith, Misuse of Native American Religion, Murder, Native Americans, New Age, Orthodontist, Physical Collapse, Playing God, Sweat Lodge, The Dream Team
Mitrice Richardson’s Father Accused of Threatening Malibu Mayor
• October 23, 2009 • 3 CommentsPosted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, Black People, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, Mitrice Richardson, Race, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: Andy Stern, Compton CA, Death by Misadventure, Disappearance, Grief, Impotence, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Malibu CA, Malibu-Lost Hills Station, Marksmanship, Michael Richardson, Missing, Mitrice, Mitrice Richardson, Rage, Santa Monica, Testing, The Thin Blue Line, Training, Venice
Rick Stevens Is Not Going Home. Yet.
• October 22, 2009 • 3 CommentsPosted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Drug Culture/Industry, History, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Music, Tower of Power
Tags: "Dead Man Walking", African Americans, Blacks, Board of Parole Hearings, Compassion, Donald Stevenson, Drugs, Forgiveness, Georgina Stevenson, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Growing Up, Healing, Incarceration, Murder, Murders, Parole Denied, Parole Hearing, Peter Boldin, Prisons, Remorse, Revenge, Rick Stevens, Sister Hele Prejean, Survivors, Susan Atkins, The Seventies, Tower of Power
UPDATE: Only in Mad City: Why There Are So Few Black Bars and Entertainment in Town?
• October 21, 2009 • 3 CommentsPosted in Black People, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Drug Culture/Industry, Gang Violence, Gentrification, History, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Wisconsin
Tags: African American, Antisocial Behavior, Beld Street, Black Bars, Black Businesses, Black People, Blacks, California, Chicago IL, Clientele, Crime, DJs, Drug Dealing, Drugs, Fillmore Street, Gang Violence, Gangbangers, Guns, Hallowe'en Night, Kenosha, Kevin McGettigan, Madison, Madison WI, Madison Wisconsin, Maple Bluff, Maria Brown, Milwaukee, Native American, New Orleans, NIMBY, North Sherman Avenue, Not in My Back Yard, Park Street, Poverty, Priorities, R Place on Park, Racine, Sacramento, San Francisco, Schools, State Street, Stockton, The Capitol Times, The Madison Police Department, The Western Addition, Third Street, Tracy, WI, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Governor's Mansion, Wisconsin State Journal
Last Day for Letters to Support Parole for Rick Stevens, Formerly of Tower of Power is Tomorrow
• October 19, 2009 • Comments OffPosted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Drug Culture/Industry, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Music, Race, Tower of Power
Tags: "Sparkling in the Sand", "You're Still a Young Man", African Americans, Blacks, Board of Parole Hearings, California, Donald C. Stevenson, Donald Stevenson, Families, Fans, First Singer, Friends, Funk, Lead Singer, Letters of Support, Murder, Parole Hearing, Peter Boldin, Prison, Redemption, Rick Stevens, Self-Respect, Soul, Tower of Power
A Can of Watermelon-Flavored Soda: Another Racist Depiction? (w/Update)
• October 18, 2009 • Comments OffPosted in Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Cuba, History, Journalism and Ethics, People of Color, Race, The Rest of the World
Tags: Advertising, African Americans, Barack Obama, Blackface, Blacks, Canada, Cawy Bottling Co., Cawy Lemon Lime, Central America, China, Coco Solo, Common Sense, Depiction, Jupiña, Mainstream, Makeover, Market, Materva, Mexico, Miami FL, MInstrelsy, New Mexico, Post-Racial, Racial, Racism, Racist, Self Image, Spain, Target Stores, The Mainstream Media, Utopia, Watermelon Soda, Yerba Mate
He Lied, He Covered Up, He Stole…But It’s Shepard Fairey
• October 18, 2009 • Comments OffPosted in American Politics, Art, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Public Intellectualism
Tags: Andy Warhol, Annie Leibovitz, Appropriation, Boston, Boston MA, Charles Moore, Copyright Law, CREAM, Fair Use, Freelance Photographer, Graffiti Artist, Jeff Koons, Larry Lessig, Lying, Mannie Garcia, Media, Money, Photography, Shepard Fairey, Steelerbaby, The Associated Press
Third Death Announced in Sedona, AZ Sweat Lodge Tragedy; Lakota Chief Wants Desecration of Native Spirituality to Cease
• October 18, 2009 • Comments OffPosted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Native Americans/First Nations, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, Religion, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "Spiritual Warrior", Accidental Homicide, Canupa, Ceremony, Chief Arvol Looking Horse, Climate Change, First Nations, Genocide, Homicide, Hucksterism, Inikaga, Inyan Oyate, James Arthur Ray, James Shore, Journey Expansion Team, Keeper of the Sacred White Buffalo Calf Bundle, Kirby Brown, Lakota/Dakota/Nakota, Liz Neuman, Mini Wiconi, Minneapolis MN, Minnesota, Mitakuye Oyasin, Native American Culture, Native American Spirituality, Native Americans, Non-Native Peoples, Pte San Win, Sauna, Sedona AZ, Self Help, Spiritual Genocide, Sundance, Sweat Lodge, The Freedom of Religion Act of 1978, The Sacred Eagle Feather, The Sacred Hoop, Unci Maka, Wakan Tanka
Friday Night Music, October 16: Joni Mitchell, “California,” Live, 1970
• October 16, 2009 • 1 CommentPosted in Books, Celebrities/Royals, History, Joni Mitchell, Love, Music
Tags: "Girls Like Us", "Rolling Stone", 1970, BBC, Biology is Destiny, California, Carly Simon, Carole King, Graham Nash, Hear Music, James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Sheila Weller, Starbucks, The California Dream, The Seventies
The Last Concert: Michael Jackson’s “This is It” Trailer
• October 16, 2009 • 1 CommentPosted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Gossip, Health, History, Michael Jackson, Music, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "Off the Wall", "The Picture of Dorian Gray", "This is It", "Thriller", African Americans, Autopsy, Blacks, Dancer, Dr. Zeev Kain, Drugs, Fifty Concerts, Film Trailer, London UK, Lung Inflammation, Michael Jackson, Michael Joseph Jackson, Painkillers, Perfectionism, Propofol, Showman, Singer, U.C. Irvine
Rush Dumped from Consortium Seeking to Buy NFL St. Louis Rams
• October 15, 2009 • 1 CommentPosted in Celebrities/Royals, Class, History, Race, Sports, Womanism, Women
Tags: "High-Tech Lynching", 70%, African Americans, Apologists, Blacks, Clarence Thomas, Dittoheads, Donovan McNabb, Liberals, Racism, Right Wing, Rush Limbaugh, Sportscasters, The Crips and The Bloods, The National Football League, The Philadelphia Eagles, The Reverend Al Sharpton, The Reverend Jesse Jackson, The Right Wing, The Supreme Court, Unca Clarence
President Obama in New Orleans Today
• October 15, 2009 • Comments OffPosted in American Politics, Black People, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Gang Violence, Gentrification, Health, History, Hurricanes, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, New Orleans, Obama Administration, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Ninth Ward
Tags: Barack Obama, Brad Pitt, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, Brangelina, Hurricane Katrina, Katrina, Malcolm X, New Orleans LA, New Orleans Police Department, NOPD, President Barack Obama, President Obama, The Gulf Coast, The United Nations, U.N. Declaration of Human Rights
GMAFB: Guru Connected with Sedona AZ Sweat Lodge Deaths Says He’s Being “Tested”
• October 15, 2009 • 4 CommentsPosted in Books, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Education, History, Memoir, People of Color, Race, Religion, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Womanism, Women
Tags: Money, Native Americans, Investigation, Arizona, Sedona, James Arthur Ray, "Spiritual Warrior", Fasting, Sweat Lodge, AZ, Marina del Ray CA, Plastic Tarps, Sandalwood Incense, Kirby Brown, Tom McFeeley, James Shore, Milwaukee WI, Blonde-White-Girl-in-Distress Meme, Milgram Experiment, Prayer, Native American Traditionalists, Rachel Carroll-Pthers, Pima, Northern Cheyenne, Marvin Coops, Grandmother, Grandfather, Johnny Flynn, Citizen Potawatomi, Oklahoma, Mishomsinanek ewi Nokmisek, Stones, Mother Earth, Womb, Payment, The Feminine, The Principle of the Feminine, Creation, The Creator
King Siblings Avoid Jury Trial; Agree to Independent, Court-Appointed Custodians for Estates of Father and Mother
• October 14, 2009 • Comments OffPosted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, History, Love, Race, Religion, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: Peace, Martin Luther King Jr., Blacks, Yolanda King, Martin Luther King III, Bernice King, Dexter King, Coretta Scott King, Alveda King, King Inc., Money, Letters, Malibu CA, The Grio, The Nobel Peace Prize, Corruption, Dirty Laundry, The King Estate, Black Christian Right Wing, Conservatism, Progressive, CREAM, Cash Rules Everything Around Me, Auto Accident, Wheelchair, Documentary Filmmaker, Vegan, Animal Rights Activist, Acting, Actor, Gay Rights, Health, Black Health, Family Quarrel, Estate, Politics, Denials, Ebenezer Baptist Church, Birthplace, Gravesites, Saint of the Sixties, Progressive Activism, Nonviolent Creed
Five Florida Youths Charged with Dousing Teen with Alcohol and Setting Him Ablaze Because He Turned Them in for Attempting to Steal His Father’s Bicycle (w/Update)
• October 13, 2009 • 7 CommentsPosted in Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Crime, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "The Los Angeles Times", "The South Florida Sun-Sentinel", Broward Sheriff's Office, Burns, CBS, Chicago IL, Deerfield Beach, Denver Colorado Jarvis, Derrion Albert, Florida, Induced Coma, Jeremy Jarvis, Jesus Mendez, Latinos, Low-Rider Bicycle, Malissa Durkee, Matthew Bent, Michael Brewer, Reprisal, Second Degree Murder, Set on Fire, Seventh Grade, Skin Grafts, Steven Shelton, Teen Violence, The No Snitching Rule, Torching, Valerie Brewer, Whites, Youth Violence
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