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"body": "<div class=\"block-rich_text\"><p data-block-key=\"zkkxz\">FOX13 reporter Jeremy Pierre and an unidentified news photographer were robbed at gunpoint half a mile from the station’s studio on Nov. 10, 2022.</p><p data-block-key=\"ekon\">Pierre <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/jeremypierrefox/posts/pfbid02CfApNSABBVi5MEAU5bdaXVUk6tGQjycpBVD67FTxdFLnR3W6WLCmYcQbd7fHBmJ4l\">posted on Facebook</a> shortly after 7 a.m. that the crew was robbed at the intersection of Poplar Avenue and Highland Street.</p><p data-block-key=\"e2kcm\">“You know I’ve had my fair share of stories but DAMN!” Pierre wrote. “One of the dudes even showed me the gun in his waistband.”</p><p data-block-key=\"1q6q5\">According to the post, the thieves took the crew’s camera, tripod and LiveU equipment used to broadcast footage.</p><p data-block-key=\"9u4n8\">Pierre did not respond to a request for comment or to confirm the identity of the photojournalist with him. The U.S. Press Freedom Tracker has documented Pierre’s assault <a href=\"/all-incidents/memphis-broadcast-reporter-robbed-at-gunpoint-blocks-from-studio/\">here</a>.</p><p data-block-key=\"3g61m\">FOX13 declined to comment when reached for comment. The Memphis Police Department did not respond to a request for additional information.</p></div>",
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"body": "<div class=\"block-rich_text\"><p data-block-key=\"3dagt\">Scioto Valley Guardian Editor-in-Chief Derek Myers was charged with felony wiretapping on Oct. 31, 2022, after publishing a recording of witness testimony from an ongoing trial in Waverly, Ohio.</p><p data-block-key=\"21tb1\">Myers told the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker he has been covering the murder trial of George Wagner IV, which began in September. As part of that coverage, the newspaper was using a laptop to livestream witness testimony and exhibits. Judge Randy Deering issued an order before the trial began allowing anyone testifying in the case to “opt out” of being filmed by the media. The Fourth District Court of Appeals <a href=\"https://sciotovalleyguardian.com/2022/10/25/media-wins-temproary-order-in-wagner-trial-again/\">issued an emergency order</a> overruling him partway through the testimony of Wagner’s brother, Jake, who was indicted alongside Wagner and their parents for the 2016 killings of eight members of the Rhoden family.</p><p data-block-key=\"acfc0\">The court ordered that media be allowed to film unless Deering was able to show cause that it could jeopardize the fairness of the trial. Deering ruled that if Jake were to appear on camera he might be “nervous” and untruthful, again barring media from recording video or audio of him.</p><p data-block-key=\"dvko5\">Myers told the Tracker that he was out of the country when Jake took the stand, but that someone in the courtroom surreptitiously recorded his testimony and provided it to the Guardian. After deliberation, Myers published a <a href=\"https://sciotovalleyguardian.com/2022/10/28/exclusive-listen-to-jake-wagner-describe-how-he-killed-the-rhoden-family/\">condensed version of the audio</a> on Oct. 28.</p><p data-block-key=\"867tg\">According to files reviewed by the Tracker, Judge Anthony Moraleja approved a search warrant that day for a Guardian laptop being used to livestream the trial. The Tracker documented the laptop seizure and the illegal seizure of Myers’ cellphone <a href=\"https://pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incidents/editors-laptop-cellphone-seized-following-publication-of-courtroom-recording/\">here</a>.</p><p data-block-key=\"9n7d4\">The Pike County Sheriff’s Office subsequently charged Myers with interception of wire, electronic or oral communications, a fourth degree felony. According to court records, he was charged under <a href=\"https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2933.52\">Ohio Revised Code Section 2933.52 (A)(3)</a>, which forbids the use of a recording that one knows or has reason to believe was illegally obtained.</p><p data-block-key=\"a1l91\">Myers turned himself into custody on Nov. 1 and was released after paying a $20,000 bond. He told the Tracker that he pleaded not guilty at a hearing the following day. He also waived his right to a preliminary hearing, where evidence is presented before a judge who decides whether the case should advance to trial. Instead, his case will be heard by a grand jury, which will determine whether to indict him on the charges.</p><p data-block-key=\"8rpou\">When reached for comment, the Pike County Prosecutor’s Office told the Tracker that the next grand jury session is scheduled to begin in February 2023, when the new prosecutor takes office.</p><p data-block-key=\"e9thi\">One of Myers’ attorneys, John Greiner, highlighted the Supreme Court ruling in <a href=\"https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/575/bartnicki-v-vopper\">Bartnicki v. Vopper</a>, which ruled that the media cannot be held liable for publishing information that was obtained illegally by a source.</p><p data-block-key=\"75q5l\">The Committee to Protect Journalists, a founding partner of the Tracker, condemned the equipment seizure and the charges against Myers in a <a href=\"https://cpj.org/2022/11/cpj-alarmed-by-wiretapping-charges-against-ohio-newspaper-editor/\">statement</a>.</p><p data-block-key=\"78fjl\">“The incompetency of local law enforcement to abide by basic legal proceedings would be comical if it were not so concerning,” said CPJ U.S. and Canada Program Coordinator Katherine Jacobsen. “Not only have Pike County authorities confiscated journalist Derek Myers’ cellphone and the Scioto Valley Guardian’s laptop without presenting a valid warrant, but they have also lobbed wiretapping charges against Myers for keeping the community informed about an ongoing murder trial. Retaliating against a news outlet, especially a small local publication, for doing their jobs in matters of public interest is completely unacceptable.”</p><p data-block-key=\"478r4\">Myers told the Tracker he hasn’t been able to cover the trial since his arrest.</p><p data-block-key=\"18n3h\">“I tasked myself with covering this eight-week trial and I should be there covering it, but I can’t because I don’t have the equipment,” Myers said. “And, frankly, I don’t feel safe in that courthouse. If I take another cellphone down there they’ll probably seize that too.”</p></div>",
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"body": "<div class=\"block-rich_text\"><p data-block-key=\"ro9gy\">An Ohio judge authorized the search and seizure of a laptop belonging to the Scioto Valley Guardian on Oct. 28, 2022. An officer with the Pike County Sheriff’s Office also seized the cellphone of the outlet’s top editor — without a warrant — a few days later.</p><p data-block-key=\"e1706\">Guardian Editor-in-Chief Derek Myers told the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker he has been covering the ongoing murder trial of George Wagner IV, which began in September. As part of that coverage, the newspaper was using a laptop to livestream witness testimony and exhibits. Judge Randy Deering issued an order before the trial began allowing anyone testifying in the case to “opt out” of being filmed by the media. The Fourth District Court of Appeals <a href=\"https://sciotovalleyguardian.com/2022/10/25/media-wins-temproary-order-in-wagner-trial-again/\">issued an emergency order</a> overruling him partway through the testimony of Wagner’s brother, Jake, who was indicted alongside Wagner and their parents for the 2016 killings of eight members of the Rhoden family.</p><p data-block-key=\"f540\">The court ordered that media be allowed to film unless Deering was able to show cause that it could jeopardize the fairness of the trial. Deering ruled that if Jake were to appear on camera he might be “nervous” and untruthful, again barring media from recording video or audio of him.</p><p data-block-key=\"bfid0\">Myers told the Tracker that he was out of the country when Jake took the stand, but that someone in the courtroom surreptitiously recorded his testimony and provided it to the Guardian. After deliberation, Myers said he elected to move forward with publishing a <a href=\"https://sciotovalleyguardian.com/2022/10/28/exclusive-listen-to-jake-wagner-describe-how-he-killed-the-rhoden-family/\">condensed version of the audio</a> on Oct. 28.</p><p data-block-key=\"bt687\">According to files reviewed by the Tracker, county court Judge Anthony Moraleja approved a search warrant for the Guardian laptop that same day, authorizing the search of the MacBook Pro and any computer software or communications contained on its hard drive. Myers told the Tracker someone from the court then seized the laptop, causing the outlet’s livestream to go down.</p><p data-block-key=\"52a\">One of Myers’ attorneys, Greg Barwell, sent a letter on Oct. 31 asking the sheriff, prosecutor and the court to return the equipment, as the Guardian had not been presented with a subpoena or search warrant.</p><p data-block-key=\"5ghii\">Myers went to the Pike County Courthouse on Nov. 2 to ask for the return of the laptop in person, as he still believed it had been seized by someone from the court. Unbeknownst to the Guardian, the laptop had been taken into custody by the sheriff’s office the previous day.</p><p data-block-key=\"eug4l\">Myers told the Tracker that when he passed through the metal detector, a captain from the sheriff’s department told him he would have to take his cellphone back outside. He responded that he wouldn’t be going into the courtroom — where cellphones and laptops are prohibited — but would be remaining on the first floor.</p><p data-block-key=\"aaog\">Myers said the officer then kept his cellphone, claiming, “On second thought, I think I have a search warrant for that.”</p><p data-block-key=\"5u35j\">The officer also told Myers that they had a search warrant for the laptop. The item seizure report reviewed by the Tracker has “Black I-Phone” written below the MacBook, confirming that it was seized at 10:29 a.m. on Nov. 2.</p><p data-block-key=\"39a8l\">One of Myers’ attorneys, John Greiner, told the Tracker that the seizure of the devices likely violated Ohio’s shield law and the federal Privacy Protection Act, which prohibits searching or seizing journalistic work products with few exceptions.</p><p data-block-key=\"4jhj2\">In connection with the publication of the testimony recording, Myers was charged with intercepting wire, oral or electronic communications — a fourth degree felony — on Oct. 31. The Tracker has documented those charges <a href=\"/all-incidents/ohio-editor-charged-with-wiretapping-after-publishing-obtained-court-recording/\">here</a>.</p><p data-block-key=\"e23eq\">The Committee to Protect Journalists, a founding partner of the Tracker, condemned the equipment seizure and the charges against Myers in a <a href=\"https://cpj.org/2022/11/cpj-alarmed-by-wiretapping-charges-against-ohio-newspaper-editor/\">statement</a>.</p><p data-block-key=\"82itq\">“The incompetency of local law enforcement to abide by basic legal proceedings would be comical if it were not so concerning,” said CPJ U.S. and Canada Program Coordinator Katherine Jacobsen. “Not only have Pike County authorities confiscated journalist Derek Myers’ cellphone and the Scioto Valley Guardian’s laptop without presenting a valid warrant, but they have also lobbed wiretapping charges against Myers for keeping the community informed about an ongoing murder trial. Retaliating against a news outlet, especially a small local publication, for doing their jobs in matters of public interest is completely unacceptable.”</p><p data-block-key=\"4gavo\">Myers told the Tracker that he was able to regain control over his cellphone number on Nov. 4, but having the devices returned remains his and his attorneys’ first priority. He said he was extremely concerned about the potential search of the devices as they contain sensitive work product and source communications</p><p data-block-key=\"9ed0j\">“I can’t effectively do my job because I’m so focused and scared and worried about all these other people and their livelihoods are now on the line,” Myers said. “And I can’t cover the trial because I don’t have the equipment.”</p></div>",
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Another member of the group then grabbed the canister and sprayed it in a circular motion.</p></div>\n<div class=\"block-tweet\"><div class=\"tweet-embed\">\n <div>\n <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">SYNCHRONIZED: Footage by both <a href=\"https://twitter.com/FordFischer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FordFischer</a> and <a href=\"https://twitter.com/zdroberts?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@zdroberts</a> shows the moment a right-winger pepper sprayed protesters and press on Penn State’s campus last night before police standing by allowed them to leave. <a href=\"https://t.co/Wzt4q5FNjX\">pic.twitter.com/Wzt4q5FNjX</a></p>— Ford Fischer (@FordFischer) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/FordFischer/status/1584904927234719745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 25, 2022</a></blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"></script>\n\n</div>\n\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"block-rich_text\"><p data-block-key=\"k3iq7\">Fischer said that he was one of the last people sprayed and that he believed he was deliberately targeted.</p><p data-block-key=\"4evnp\">“I’ve been maced, but I have never, ever ever felt the kind of pain and directness that that had, where it was straight into my eye,” he said. “There’s no way that it wouldn’t have been intentional: He had to have known I was press.”<br/><br/>Fischer said he was wearing press credentials issued by Congress and the National Press Photographers Association and was filming with a conspicuous professional camera with a phone mounted on it.</p><p data-block-key=\"eauju\">“I was completely debilitated. I was in absolute, unbearable pain for about half an hour,” Fischer said. He added that multiple students and other members of the press came to his aid, but the officers who witnessed the attack neither attempted to apprehend the individual nor asked him for a statement.</p><p data-block-key=\"fskev\">At least one other journalist, freelance photojournalist Zach Roberts, was also targeted with the chemical irritant. The Tracker has documented that incident <a href=\"/all-incidents/photojournalist-targeted-with-pepper-spray-while-covering-penn-state-protest/\">here</a>.</p><p data-block-key=\"f5d4c\"><a href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/10/25/penn-state-gavin-mcinnes-proud-boys-canceled/\">According to The Washington Post</a>, students had petitioned the university ahead of the event to cancel it. In a <a href=\"https://www.psu.edu/news/administration/story/university-critical-upcoming-speakers-repugnant-and-denigrating-rhetoric/\">statement</a> released on Oct. 11, the administration initially said it would allow the event to take place on the basis of upholding freedom of speech. Citing escalating violence, the university ultimately canceled the event less than an hour before its scheduled start time, notifying students through the university’s alert system at 7:19 p.m., <a href=\"https://www.vice.com/en/article/epzqww/penn-state-proud-boys-gavin-mcinnes\">according to VICE News</a>.</p><p data-block-key=\"209tm\">When reached for comment, the university directed the Tracker to various statements released before and after the event was canceled.</p><p data-block-key=\"786tg\">“Tonight, Stein and McInnes will celebrate a victory for being canceled, when in actuality, they contributed to the very violence that compromised their ability to speak,” Penn State President Neeli Bendapudi said in a <a href=\"https://www.psu.edu/news/campus-life/story/message-president-neeli-bendapudi-cancellation-campus-event/\">statement</a>. “Tonight, counter-protestors also will celebrate a victory that they forced the University to cancel this event, when in actuality they have furthered the visibility of the very cause they oppose.”</p><p data-block-key=\"2q34o\">A <a href=\"https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Vc4ut8yR50I7HldweUV3ogTMSE5-Kc4s/view?usp=sharing\">statement</a> released by the event organizers, Uncensored America, the following day condemned the violence.</p></div>",
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In <a href=\"https://twitter.com/FordFischer/status/1584904927234719745\">footage of the incident</a>, the men all appear to be wearing dark jackets, khakis, face coverings or balaclavas.</p><p data-block-key=\"8gf5h\">“One guy pulled out a can of bear mace and started threatening people with it,” Roberts said. “I moved closer — like an idiot — to where it was happening.”</p><p data-block-key=\"801k\">Roberts said that law enforcement was notified by a protester that someone was threatening people with the pepper spray, but no immediate action was taken.</p><p data-block-key=\"dlmtk\">Less than a minute later, a second man grabbed the canister and sprayed those standing near them, including Roberts, who was wearing a press badge.</p></div>\n<div class=\"block-tweet\"><div class=\"tweet-embed\">\n <div>\n <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Well got peppersprayed by a Proud Boy. Several other media got direct hit. Thankfully it hit my glasses but my face and body is burning like the worst sunburn. <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/PennState?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PennState</a> campus cops watched and did nothing. <a href=\"https://t.co/d1q0SJKkSL\">pic.twitter.com/d1q0SJKkSL</a></p>— Zach D Roberts - Photojournalist for hire (@zdroberts) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/zdroberts/status/1584683092807020544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 24, 2022</a></blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"></script>\n\n</div>\n\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"block-rich_text\"><p data-block-key=\"u1vgc\">“He knew that half the people around him were press, we all had cameras out,” Roberts said. “There’s no way he sprayed Ford [Fischer], with that big video camera and a tripod, and not known that he’s a member of the media.”</p><p data-block-key=\"csl6n\">The Tracker documented the assault of documentarian Ford Fischer <a href=\"/all-incidents/documentarian-targeted-with-pepper-spray-while-covering-penn-state-protest/\">here</a>.</p><p data-block-key=\"36t8j\">Roberts said that his glasses protected his eyes and he quickly removed everything that was struck by the spray in order to rinse off the chemical irritant. 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"title": "Two Detroit News editors subpoenaed as part of Flint water suit",
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El reclamo principal de la protesta es la cancelación del contrato con la compañía de servicio energético. <a href=\"https://t.co/vPMrYMHng4\">pic.twitter.com/vPMrYMHng4</a></p>— Pulso Estudiantil (@PulsoEST) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/PulsoEST/status/1562924017463562243?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 25, 2022</a></blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"></script>\n\n</div>\n\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"block-rich_text\"><p data-block-key=\"828f1\">“I was standing with all the other photojournalists and reporters when the police officers arrested a couple of protesters,” Berrios said. “That’s when one police officer released pepper spray into the crowd.”</p><p data-block-key=\"99qje\">Berrios told the Tracker he saw independent journalist Carlos Edill Berríos Polanco get hit directly with the irritant, an <a href=\"https://pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incidents/independent-journalist-pepper-sprayed-covering-protests-in-puerto-rico/\">incident the Tracker documented here</a>. 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"body": "<div class=\"block-rich_text\"><p data-block-key=\"um2e6\">A NotiCel photojournalist was assaulted on Aug. 25, 2022, by a law enforcement officer while covering a protest in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico.</p><p data-block-key=\"9knno\">Juan R. Costa told the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker that he was covering the ongoing protests in the island’s historic district denouncing LUMA Energy, the private company contracted to take over the island’s electricity grid.</p><p data-block-key=\"66s74\">Reuters reported that hundreds of protesters <a href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/hundreds-protest-demand-puerto-rico-scrap-contract-with-power-grid-operator-2022-07-20/\">marched in the streets</a> in a call for government officials to end a 15-year contract with the energy company after years of recurring blackouts and rising power costs.</p><p data-block-key=\"7f4ov\">Only a small group of protesters remained by 9 p.m, Costa said, and the group headed toward a line of police officers behind a permanent barrier that was set up after the <a href=\"https://www.latinorebels.com/2019/07/26/rossellofalls/\">2019 protests</a> that ousted the then-governor. A scuffle ensued, he said, when some individuals began pushing the barrier and throwing water bottles and rocks at the police.</p><p data-block-key=\"6jpci\">Costa said one police officer responded by spraying the crowd and a group of reporters with pepper spray. Independent journalist Carlos Edill Berríos Polanco, who was in the group, told the Tracker he was <a href=\"https://pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incidents/independent-journalist-pepper-sprayed-covering-protests-in-puerto-rico/\">targeted and directly hit with the spray</a>. Costa’s camera was covered in the chemical irritant.</p><p data-block-key=\"f52it\">Shortly after, Costa was recording as police officers ordered the crowd to disperse. An officer told him to leave the area, but after he identified himself as a journalist, that officer allowed him to stay. Immediately afterward, two other police officers ordered him to move.</p><p data-block-key=\"7moqv\">“I again identified myself as press,” Costa said. “I have credentials, and obviously, I'm carrying two professional cameras.”</p><p data-block-key=\"49j0j\">One officer suddenly hit the photojournalist in the lower abdomen with his police baton, Costa said, then forcefully pushed him back, causing him to fall.</p><p data-block-key=\"53uru\">“I cannot stand up because of my equipment, and while I’m trying to get up, the same police officer keeps telling me, pointing his finger in my face, that I need to move. I tell him that I cannot move and ask him to please help me up,” Costa said.</p><p data-block-key=\"2qio2\">Costa, who recorded his assault, said the officer helped him up but started hitting him and pushing him toward a line of officers as he tried to leave.</p><p data-block-key=\"bp46l\">Costa’s video of the assault spread widely, with one journalist posting the footage on Twitter, writing, “This is what police brutality against the press looks like.”</p></div>\n<div class=\"block-tweet\"><div class=\"tweet-embed\">\n <div>\n <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is what police brutality against the press looks like. In solidarity with my friend and Puerto Rican photojournalist <a href=\"https://twitter.com/NotiJuan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NotiJuan</a>. <br> <a href=\"https://t.co/dj7MprNWpL\">pic.twitter.com/dj7MprNWpL</a></p>— Angélica Serrano-Román🇵🇷 (@angelicaserran0) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/angelicaserran0/status/1562984773361885184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 26, 2022</a></blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"></script>\n\n</div>\n\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"block-rich_text\"><p data-block-key=\"um2e6\">In a Twitter thread, Costa said that Police Commissioner Antonio López Figueroa called him to express regret for the incident and assure him that all claims of violence by the police toward journalists would be investigated.</p></div>\n<div class=\"block-tweet\"><div class=\"tweet-embed\">\n <div>\n <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Anoche recibí una llamada del comisionado de la Policía, Antonio López Figueroa, quien se expresó solidario con nuestro trabajo, se excusó por el incidente y me aseguró que van a investigar la agresión.<br><br>Le agradecí sus palabras. También por dar cara sin obligación de hacerlo.</p>— Juan R. Costa (@NotiJuan) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/NotiJuan/status/1563157889170423808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 26, 2022</a></blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"></script>\n\n</div>\n\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"block-rich_text\"><p data-block-key=\"um2e6\">The next day, the police commissioner <a href=\"https://www.wfla.com/tampa-hoy/america-latina/la-policia-es-amiga-de-la-prensa-comisionado-habla-sobre-agresion-a-periodista-en-protestas-contra-luma-en-puerto-rico/\">held a press conference</a> about the incidents. He said police officers were “a friend of the media” and confirmed that he had reached out to Costa.</p><p data-block-key=\"4v49e\">Costa urged that incidents like his are rare, but important to share.</p><p data-block-key=\"8046g\">“I did not feel that this was an attack by the police force, but rather by a rogue officer who disregarded the rules and took it upon himself to attack the press,” Costa said. “Sometimes these incidents do happen. And when they do, we press members take it upon ourselves to publicize it, to denounce it, and to make sure that everybody sees it. Because we're so invested in these kinds of incidents not happening to any of us.”</p></div>",
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