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By Guy Page on June 16, 2026 • ( 5 Comments )

VT Headlines: Vermont Immigration Legal Defense Fund surpasses its $1 million goal year after founding

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Scott signs streamlined cell tower siting, school chemical testing delay into law

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Bradley: Legislature’s lawyers wouldn’t sign off on constitutionality of H.230, gun control bill

By Guy Page on May 3, 2023 • ( 24 Comments )

Law-abiding citizens who are under threat have a right to defend themselves, and to quote Martin Luther King: “A right delayed is a right denied”.

New spending would raise state, local tax burden to 14.6%, Scott tax man tells Ways & Means

By Guy Page on May 3, 2023 • ( 9 Comments )

Vermont will take the bronze medal in the High Tax Olympics if the Legislature gets all it wants in increased spending, Gov. Phil Scott’s lead tax man said today.

VT Headlines: Franklin County State’s Attorney asked to resign over alleged misconduct

By Guy Page on May 3, 2023

Newly elected Democratic State’s Attorney John Lavoie should resign, the state office overseeing sheriffs and state’s attorneys says.

Vermont per-resident state spending almost 3X more than New Hampshire

By Guy Page on May 3, 2023 • ( 10 Comments )

Democrat rule has placed Vermont in hospice while we wait for it to die like every other Democrat-run hell-hole in America.

S. 5 veto session planned for June 20-22

By Guy Page on May 2, 2023 • ( 5 Comments )

Carbon-taxing S.5 will be the main event of a veto session in June. The possible undercard looks pretty interesting, too.

Thurston: Rep. Sibilia admits S.5 won’t dent climate change, talks from Alinsky playbook

By Guy Page on May 2, 2023 • ( 5 Comments )

A key lawmaker admits S.5 won’t do much to reduce global carbon emissions. So why does she still support it?

Rob Roper reports on energy reliability and climate realism from ISO meeting

By Timothy Page on May 2, 2023 • ( 3 Comments )

One panelist, a self-described climate realist, listed doomsday predictions gone wrong from the likes of Al Gore and Greta Thunberg.

Gun storage, waiting period bill passes Senate

By Guy Page on May 2, 2023 • ( 18 Comments )

This session’s gun control bill has passed the Senate and now returns to the House for reconciliation.

VT Headlines: Protesters demonstrate in Burlington against ongoing genocide in Tigray

By Timothy Page on May 2, 2023 • ( 3 Comments )

Burlington City Council votes to rename airport for Patrick Leahy; Councilors pitch plan to allow camping in Burlington city parks; Tuskegee Airman receives honorary doctorate from Norwich University

Men released by judge after St. J drug raid now charged with shootings – including murder

By Guy Page on May 2, 2023 • ( 20 Comments )

Released by a Vermont judge on minimal bail, two accused St. J drug dealers went home to Connecticut and shot store clerks, police say. A woman 22 months pregnant survived. Another clerk didn’t.

More on No-Mow May

By Guy Page on May 2, 2023 • ( 1 Comment )

If you’re considering ‘tactical mowing,’ remember the dandelions.

Letters: Is it the gun’s fault? / Extremist leftist chickens coming home to roost

By Timothy Page on May 2, 2023 • ( 3 Comments )

If an illegal immigrant who was deported four times murders five neighbors, is it still the gun’s fault?

Biden threatens North Korea regime with annihilation

By Timothy Page on May 1, 2023 • ( 5 Comments )

“Sir! I have a plan…”

Grafton lawyer’s firm won $1 billion settlement after interstate accident death

By Guy Page on May 1, 2023 • ( 3 Comments )

Seth Pajcic, son of founding partner Gary Pajcic, is licensed to practice law in Vermont, is a Vermont resident and has expanded the firm to Vermont with an office in his hometown of Grafton. 

Mermel: Governor Scott, We Appreciate You

By Timothy Page on May 1, 2023 • ( 18 Comments )

Governor Scott often is the voice of forgotten Vermonters and has become the conscience of the state.

Housing bill would bar towns from limiting emergency hotel housing

By Guy Page on May 1, 2023 • ( 8 Comments )

It’s not the most discussed feature of this year’s housing bill, but the ban on town restrictions of homeless housing may have highly visible consequences.

Pregnant deer shot, left alive by poachers

By Guy Page on May 1, 2023 • ( 3 Comments )

The pregnant doe was found alive and was euthanized due to its injuries.

Essex mother charged in highway death of son

By Guy Page on May 1, 2023 • ( 1 Comment )

Vermont suffers its second gravel bike race fatality in eight months. And a mom charged with DUI, resulting in the death of her 11-year-old son.

Roper: Sen. Dick Sears holds fate of Clean Heat Standard in his hands

By Guy Page on May 1, 2023 • ( 3 Comments )

In addition to announcing that thousands of Vermonters have urged him to oppose S.5, Sen. Dick Sears appears to have a clearer understanding of how the carbon-reduction bill will harm businesses.

Students speak out on S. 103

By Timothy Page on May 1, 2023 • ( 4 Comments )

We are the Vermont Student Anti-Racism Network, a statewide group of students working to promote anti-racism in our schools and communities.

VT Headlines: Burlington records warmest April in over 130 years

By Timothy Page on May 1, 2023 • ( 6 Comments )

Missing Vermont girl found safe; Jay Peak to cut propane use; 2 missing after Brattleboro crash

Hydro-Quebec can’t meet expected demand without more dams, wind power

By Guy Page on May 1, 2023 • ( 4 Comments )

Hydro-Quebec could run out of power. Oliver Stone pro-nuclear film screens tonight in Montpelier. More on State spending, appointments.

Including students in anti-harassment bill gets attention of education establishment

By Guy Page on May 1, 2023 • ( 10 Comments )

More anti-harrassment protections for employees? Check. For renters? Check. For students? Wait a minute…..

No-Mow May movement gathers steam

By Guy Page on May 1, 2023 • ( 7 Comments )
lawn mower vehicle on grass

The Thetford Selectboard has an item related to No Mow May on tonight’s meeting agenda after at least one town committee endorsed the strategy.

Finnie: Steamed over heat pumps

By Timothy Page on May 1, 2023 • ( 10 Comments )

I have a hard time going along with the “do as I say” folks when the “not as I do” is as obvious and in my face as it is.

Dan Kiley (1912-2004) pioneered in modernist landscape architecture – including Burlington cathedral

By Timothy Page on April 30, 2023

Dan Kiley brought the geometry and formality of European gardens to cityscapes and country retreats around the world.

Most arrogant Legislature ever, former House leader says

By Timothy Page on April 30, 2023 • ( 43 Comments )

The arrogant and “we know best” attitude that has now consumed our legislature is by far the worst in Vermont’s history.

Despathy: It’s not Phil Scott spreading disinformation

By Timothy Page on April 30, 2023 • ( 16 Comments )

Punishing and charging fossil fuel dealers to “pay” to continue to distribute their necessary products is cruel and will result in higher costs to Vermonters for heating fuel.

Beck: Under S.5, the protected class of carbon emitters will remain protected

By Timothy Page on April 30, 2023 • ( 5 Comments )

Those that heat with wood, electricity, or natural gas receive special treatment and become a protected class in S.5 while continuing to pour carbon into the atmosphere.

Scott vetoes S.5, carbon tax bill – House override session in the works

By Guy Page on April 28, 2023 • ( 13 Comments )

Gov. Scott has vetoed S.5, the carbon emissions reduction bill he says punishes rather than helps Vermonters, and has a confusing and contradictory check-back provision.

Bill would allow STD treatment for 12-year-olds without parental consent

By Guy Page on April 28, 2023 • ( 31 Comments )

A Senate bill would give 12-year-olds the right to access medical care for sexually-transmitted diseases without parental permission, and in most cases without parental knowledge.

College student accused of mass terror plot at college released to Vermont family

By Timothy Page on April 28, 2023 • ( 2 Comments )

Bears spotted in Williston: Vermont Fish & Wildlife receive reports of animals in trash; Judge approves release of Vt. student accused of planning attack at college

VT opioid overdose deaths have doubled since 2019, Health Dept. says

By Guy Page on April 28, 2023 • ( 12 Comments )

Fatal drug overdoses are up 500% since 2010. And Narcan may not work as well in reversing overdoses when other drugs are added to opioids.

Trout stocking and deer hearings

By Timothy Page on April 27, 2023

Trout Stocking to Resume at Goshen Dam This Spring; VTF&W to Hold Deer Hearings May 9 and 17

Klar: Beat-up pick-ups save the planet more than EVs

By Timothy Page on April 27, 2023 • ( 17 Comments )

The case for frugal use of old cars and trucks.

They Use Your Tax Money for This?!

By Timothy Page on April 27, 2023 • ( 1 Comment )

What does our government actually use our money for? Comedian JP Sears and We Lie to You News tells all!

Bill to remove residency requirement for aid-in-dying drugs goes to governor

By Guy Page on April 27, 2023 • ( 6 Comments )

“There shouldn’t be anything unique about this care,” a VT Health Dept. advisor said. “It’s simply the last decision made between a patient and a doctor through the lifetime of the patient.”

“A private little club” making big decisions in S.5, analyst Annette Smith says

By Guy Page on April 27, 2023 • ( 10 Comments )

“That is the problem, we have this elite group who nobody knows how they were formed, who chose who to be in it, ” Annette Smith says.

Video: Zuckerman calls for expanded U.S. Supreme Court with term limits

By Guy Page on April 27, 2023 • ( 31 Comments )

As a result of Pres. Donald Trump’s appointment of three conservative Supreme Court justices, Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman said. “We are seeing the traditional institutional norms and balance and respect for the system being completely upended by a tyrannical minority.”

Former lawmaker arrested for stalking / college sex assault arrest / strangulation at homeless hotel

By Guy Page on April 27, 2023 • ( 4 Comments )

A lawyer, former legislator and self-described expert in debt collection was cited yesterday for placing an Airtag tracker on a woman’s car.

Lion-hearted RFK Jr. exposes history of vax mandates to Dartmouth crowd

By Guy Page on April 27, 2023 • ( 6 Comments )

Speaking of rats, Kennedy ties a bow around his expose by mentioning the captured agencies and names of those who knowingly lie about their culpability. 

VT Headlines: HVAC installers, homeowners say heat pumps no panacea for Vermont’s coldest days

By Timothy Page on April 27, 2023 • ( 2 Comments )

Vt. lawmakers inch closer to passing flavored tobacco ban; Apartments to open for UVM Health Network workers; Vermont Senate approves $8B budget in preliminary vote

Stefanik Highlights House Republicans’ Limit, Save, Grow Act: “House Republicans Will Pass a Sensible Debt Ceiling Solution”

By Timothy Page on April 26, 2023 • ( 1 Comment )

Stefanik also called on President Biden to work with House Republicans, who represent the American people, to address our nation’s spending and debt crisis.

Rep. Balint Statement on Passage of “Default on America Act” 

By Timothy Page on April 26, 2023 • ( 18 Comments )

Today, Rep. Becca Balint, a member of the House Budget Committee, voted against the “Default on America Act,” claims “House Republicans are threatening an economic disaster.”

Second SPEAK VT forum May 3 in Essex

By Timothy Page on April 26, 2023 • ( 4 Comments )

SPEAK is an acronym for “Students, Parents, and Educators for Achievement through Knowledge”.

Vermont towns ignore State on stormwater fees

By Timothy Page on April 26, 2023 • ( 3 Comments )

The debate was sparked during discussions of S.115, a miscellaneous agriculture bill that began in the Senate before moving to the House.

McClaughry: Another blow to the Administrative State

By Timothy Page on April 26, 2023 • ( 1 Comment )

In plain English, if you believe you are unfairly or extralegally regulated by a Federal agency, you now have a constitutional right to have that dispute settled by an independent third party judge

Essex-Westford school won’t use ‘male’ and ‘female’ in sex ed

By Guy Page on April 26, 2023 • ( 24 Comments )

A Chittenden County school is teaching sex ed to middle schoolers without using the words male and female, or man and woman.

Pleads guilty to buying alpaca farm with Covid ‘Paycheck Protection’ $$

By Guy Page on April 26, 2023 • ( 4 Comments )
two brown lama

A pizzeria owner spent $660,000 in federal ‘paycheck protection’ money to buy an alpaca farm.

Eight Democrat/Progressives break ranks, vote No on S.5

By Guy Page on April 26, 2023 • ( 6 Comments )

Eight Democrat/Progressives broke ranks last week with House leadership’s support for S.5, the carbon-taxing ‘Affordable Heating Act.’

VT Headlines: Scott administration ‘looking into’ mobile home parks for homeless

By Timothy Page on April 26, 2023 • ( 4 Comments )

Bernie Sanders endorses Biden, rules out 2024 bid of his own; Are human services budget increases making an impact?; Vermont sees significant increase in organ donor registrations

‘Hate-free forum’ in Randolph May 8

By Guy Page on April 26, 2023 • ( 8 Comments )

“Many community members have told us they do not feel comfortable reporting bias incidents to the police or feel that is not an effective option,” a Hate Free Forum organizer says.

High school teacher gets 10 years for voyeuristic videos

By Guy Page on April 26, 2023 • ( 3 Comments )

A middle school teacher took voyeuristic videos of female students at school and had secret cameras installed in several residential bathrooms.

Vermont GOP creates Election Integrity subcommittee

By Guy Page on April 26, 2023 • ( 6 Comments )

A new Vermont GOP subcommittee will study the effect of universal mail-in ballots, drop boxes, and other innovations on election integrity.

House leaders explain their ‘yes’ votes on S.5

By Timothy Page on April 25, 2023 • ( 14 Comments )

House leaders explain why they voted yes in last Thursday’s 98-46 vote to approve the Affordable Heat Act.

Roper: Is this what Sen. Kitchel meant by a legislative “check back”?

By Timothy Page on April 25, 2023 • ( 1 Comment )

Promise that “nothing would move forward without affirmative action by the future legislature,” is shown to be very, very false.

Bill Wilson, AA’s Founder, born in Vermont and was a Norwich cadet

By Timothy Page on April 25, 2023 • ( 3 Comments )

Native Vermonter & Norwich Cadet

Cocaine decrim, safe injection sites to get House committee review

By Guy Page on April 25, 2023 • ( 12 Comments )

Decriminalizing hard drug use is a good idea because ‘we know from our history that prohibition doesn’t work,’ a state senator says. Actually…..

Dame: Corrupted Process

By Timothy Page on April 25, 2023 • ( 16 Comments )

Democrats have become emboldened to not only ignore the voices of the Republican minority, but they have now decided that they do not need to listen to the very voters who elected them to office.

Keelan: $121 million Efficiency Vermont should stand alone

By Guy Page on April 25, 2023 • ( 5 Comments )

Efficiency Vermont is another classic Vermont case whereby a nonprofit can capture large hundreds of millions of dollars with little input from the public about where and how the money is spent.

Bizuneh has three previous arrests for assaulting women LEO/first responders

By Guy Page on April 25, 2023 • ( 11 Comments )

Punched a woman rescue worker. Punched a woman cop. Punched another woman cop. Punched a woman prison guard. So the police reports show.

Warner: What’s up with Tuck? Word War III

By Timothy Page on April 25, 2023 • ( 25 Comments )

As many of you were yesterday upon hearing Fox News Network was “parting ways” with Tucker Carlson, the shock was sudden but the surprise was short-lived.

Evslin: Human coders better learn to do carpentry

By Timothy Page on April 25, 2023

Artificial intelligence is the same kind of challenge to the (over-) educated class that globalization was to those without a college degree.

VT Headlines: Two arrested after Rutland shooting

By Timothy Page on April 25, 2023 • ( 3 Comments )

Neighbors complain of problems around Burlington’s pod community;
Vermont State University reverses library & athletics change; Serial robber sentenced to 7 years in prison

Driver in parked car arrested after crash / Drive-in post office / Motorcycle fatal / 113 MPH in 50 MPH zone

By Guy Page on April 25, 2023 • ( 1 Comment )

An alleged car thief is apprehended when, parked on the side of a rural highway, he is the victim of a collision.

The Ethan Allen Institute’s 30th Anniversary Gala with George F. Will

By Timothy Page on April 24, 2023 • ( 8 Comments )

Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist George Will is America’s most widely read political columnist, and its foremost conservative voice.

VT AG cracks down on auto theft, seeks recall of Korean cars

By Guy Page on April 24, 2023 • ( 11 Comments )

Hyundais and Kias are easy marks for car thieves. Vermont’s Attorney General wants them recalled and retrofitted.

One Day In July named best Financial Planning / Investment Firm by Vermont Business Magazine

By Timothy Page on April 24, 2023

In their 2023 Best of Business Awards, Vermont Business Magazine named One Day In July the best Financial Planning / Investment Firm in the state as voted on by their readers.

McClaughry: Pay Attention to Corporate Climate Profiteering

By Timothy Page on April 24, 2023 • ( 6 Comments )

The Clean Heat Standard bill (S.5) is designed to shield the law from the charge of being a carbon tax – although it will have precisely the same effect on consumers.

Short-term rentals play small part in housing crunch

By Guy Page on April 24, 2023 • ( 5 Comments )

Air BnB’s aren’t to blame – much – for Vermont’s housing crisis.

Vermont doctor to join vax mandate roundtable at Dartmouth

By Guy Page on April 24, 2023 • ( 2 Comments )

Dr. Horace “Sandy” Reider will join Great Barrington Declaration co-author Martin Kulldorf at Dartmouth College Wednesday, April 26.

If Scott vetoes climate change bill, what then?

By Guy Page on April 24, 2023 • ( 8 Comments )

If Gov. Phil Scott vetoes S.5, what happens then is a toss-up and will decide whether S.5 becomes law or just the latest in a string of failed forced carbon emissions reduction bills. 

Amid the litter, college students repent and are baptized at North Beach in Burlington

By Guy Page on April 24, 2023 • ( 9 Comments )

What happened Saturday, April 15 wasn’t some big evangelist outreach, it was a movement of God, a cross-carrying evangelist says.

VT Headlines: Cannabis sales ahead of long-term projections in Vt.

By Timothy Page on April 24, 2023 • ( 7 Comments )

Medicaid reenrollment is underway, and it’s complicated; Phil Scott looks to Canada as a possible source for abortion pill, but Vermont’s drug importation plan is stuck in government bureaucracy

VT Emergency Forum to Assess the Respiratory Hazards of Masks

By Timothy Page on April 24, 2023 • ( 5 Comments )

The Vermont Emergency Forum to Assess the Respiratory Hazards of Masks will be held Friday, May 12 from 9:00 – 4:30 pm, at Burlington City Hall in Contois Auditorium.

Wilson: Not ‘hate speech’ – just facts about bills harmful to farms and homeowners

By Timothy Page on April 24, 2023 • ( 12 Comments )

If current legislation passes, more dairy farms will go under, landlords will continue to raise rents, energy, health care and transportation costs will rise,. We will see more lawsuits against the State of Vermont and a doubled salary increase for the legislators.

Morrisville shooting suspect arrested Sunday night

By Guy Page on April 24, 2023

The Morrisville man police say fired a shotgun at a police officer Thursday was arrested on a Hyde Park road without incident Sunday night.

Assault sends rescue worker to hospital

By Guy Page on April 24, 2023 • ( 16 Comments )

A man alleged to have vandalized scores of cars and assaulted police officers was charged with punching a female Shelburne rescue worker at a homeless shelter.

Peterson: why I voted No on S.5

By Guy Page on April 24, 2023 • ( 10 Comments )

In my mind there was no possible way that emission reductions in Vermont would affect the world climate. They would, however, have a very noticeable effect on all of our pocketbooks.

Roper: Actions speak louder than words regarding Clean Heat Standard costs

By Timothy Page on April 23, 2023 • ( 5 Comments )

Supporters reject amendment capping price impact at 20¢ per gallon for heating fuel.

Warner: Wolf’s Howl Part 3 – Travesty and Hope 

By Guy Page on April 23, 2023 • ( 6 Comments )

The handling of the pandemic has resulted in a sorely divided population. 

Scott, Krowinski spar over whether S.5 and its checkback will really work

By Timothy Page on April 23, 2023 • ( 4 Comments )

S.5 just a study bill? T’aint so, Phil Scott says. Is too, Jill Krowinski insists. Read both arguments here.

Abortion/transgender shield bill passes House

By Guy Page on April 21, 2023 • ( 7 Comments )

S.37 passed overwhelmingly in the Vermont House.

Key to Vermont Red Wave is ‘brilliantly articulating what you’re for,’ Zeldin says

By Guy Page on April 21, 2023 • ( 8 Comments )

“Republicans didn’t earn a red wave nationally in 2022. I don’t blame Democrats. I blame Republicans for why there was no Red Wave nationally.”

Clean Heat Standard passes House 98-46

By Guy Page on April 21, 2023 • ( 12 Comments )

There is a high likelihood that whatever the PUC creates and brings back to the legislature, they will likely say is too well calibrated and complicated to adjust for whatever the legislature doesn’t like.

Rural lawmakers: Act 250 discourages smart, environmentally responsible new housing

By Guy Page on April 21, 2023 • ( 1 Comment )

We must address the regulatory barriers that exist on the local and state level, including reducing the barriers to environmentally thoughtful development that have been caused by Act 250.

Bills would ban outdoor smoking ban near buildings 

By Timothy Page on April 21, 2023 • ( 5 Comments )

S.147 would “prohibit smoking cigarettes or using electronic cigarettes within 25 feet of any place of public access or of a multiunit dwelling.”

Man in shootout with police still at large

By Guy Page on April 21, 2023 • ( 3 Comments )

A Morristown police officer responding to a kidnapping and domestic disturbance received minor injuries in a shootout Thursday night. The suspect is still on the loose.

3 indicted for “disinformation,” political beliefs

By Timothy Page on April 21, 2023 • ( 7 Comments )

3 St. Louis residents indicted on charges of spreading ‘disinformation,’ promoting pro-Russian ‘propaganda,’ and ‘sowing discord’ through the African People’s Socialist Party.

Canadian hydro power transmission projects get second wind

By Guy Page on April 21, 2023 • ( 4 Comments )

As the Vermont Legislature seeks to build more instate renewable power, two huge transmission projects are seeking approval to deliver more carbon-free hydro power to New England.

VT Headlines: Developers pitch 240 apartments in White River Junction

By Timothy Page on April 21, 2023 • ( 1 Comment )

DOC: 7 prison deaths so far this year; Vt. cannabis advocates seek to loosen consumption rules; State considers selling Caledonia airport to Beta Technologies

Herricks Cove Wildlife Festival on May 7

By Timothy Page on April 20, 2023

If you’re a wildlife enthusiast itching for spring then be sure to check out the Herricks Cove Wildlife Festival on Sunday, May 7, on the Connecticut River in Rockingham, Vermont.

LaMarche: Generation Trash

By Guy Page on April 20, 2023 • ( 6 Comments )

Instead of heeding numerous warnings with the threat of being towed, students decided to do what they do best: dismantle barriers.

Lipton: Is industry taking over legislation instead of common sense and science?

By Timothy Page on April 20, 2023 • ( 4 Comments )

The bill will exacerbate climate change, impair human health, and add to the biodiversity crisis. 

Senate passes one pro-abortion bill, House poised to pass another

By Guy Page on April 20, 2023 • ( 13 Comments )

In Vermont, the ‘peculiar institution’ of abortion is enjoying a good week in the Legislature.

Bartley: Carbon tax goes to House floor this afternoon

By Guy Page on April 20, 2023 • ( 6 Comments )

Calling a bill that would add $630 to individual Vermonters’ heating bills the “Affordable Heating Act” is disingenuous.

Prescribing abortion reversal drug ‘unprofessional misconduct’ under S.37

By Guy Page on April 20, 2023 • ( 5 Comments )

S.37, which goes to the House floor today, would allow an abortion-inducing drug mifeprestone but would prohibit prescribing an abortion reversal drug.

VT Headlines: Assisted suicide for out-of-staters on Gov’s desk

By Timothy Page on April 20, 2023 • ( 1 Comment )

Witness says man who died at Springfield prison pleaded for help, was threatened by corrections officer; Burlington’s cannabis marketplace is quickly becoming crowded

Davis: Firearms purchase waiting period in H230 must go

By Guy Page on April 20, 2023 • ( 22 Comments )

Firearms purchase waiting periods don’t reduce suicides, but they do put people in danger and threaten to end gun shows

‘Safe leave’ in paid-leave bill bumped up to $17 million, veto expected

By Guy Page on April 20, 2023 • ( 2 Comments )

H.66 includes up to 12 weeks of paid safe leave for sexual and domestic violence survivors.

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