Comments on: Open Thread Wednesday http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/78927 Dispatches from America's first suburb Fri, 22 Nov 2024 01:20:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.2 By: StudioBrooklynhttp://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/78927/comment-page-1#comment-558670 Sat, 12 Mar 2016 13:50:00 +0000 http://brooklynheightsblog.com/?p=78927#comment-558670 http://abcnews.go.com/US/court-oks-barring-high-iqs-cops/story?id=95836

Someone at the NYPD must have said something like “hey boss, don’t you think it’ll hurt our image, to say nothing of our mission, if it gets out that we’re turning away smart people from the force?” And someone else must have said something like “shut up, Mike”.

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By: Arch Stantonhttp://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/78927/comment-page-1#comment-558649 Fri, 11 Mar 2016 00:34:00 +0000 http://brooklynheightsblog.com/?p=78927#comment-558649 I don’t consider you and enemy and I am not trying to get back at you.

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By: Arch Stantonhttp://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/78927/comment-page-1#comment-558648 Fri, 11 Mar 2016 00:25:00 +0000 http://brooklynheightsblog.com/?p=78927#comment-558648 What A punk you are trying to blame your actions on poor LM shame on you. YOU had the Nazi Armband YOU not LM.
60 felony arrests? LOL not even ONE related to the scene at the wall. And you accuse me of doing drugs LOL

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By: Arch Stantonhttp://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/78927/comment-page-1#comment-558647 Fri, 11 Mar 2016 00:22:00 +0000 http://brooklynheightsblog.com/?p=78927#comment-558647 huh, you off your meds again?

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By: Jeffrey Smithhttp://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/78927/comment-page-1#comment-558629 Thu, 10 Mar 2016 06:36:00 +0000 http://brooklynheightsblog.com/?p=78927#comment-558629 There isn’t going accountability until one or two things happens

1) there a storm of hundreds of calls to every elected official at level of city,
State and federal government. And backed up in written form, then, a
many dozen calls beseiging every reporter and editor in sight. The more
noise the better and the more respected the Heights will be. And the
safer we’ll all be. Why? Because the other way this obnoxious and
dangerous nonsense is going to stop is

2) A major crash of an rotatry or fixed wing craft in the Heights.

Which way would YOU prefer this abuse end?

Fine, then get off your duffs and get VERY vocal! Because the longer this goes on, the more likely the second option will apply.

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By: Jeffrey Smithhttp://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/78927/comment-page-1#comment-558628 Thu, 10 Mar 2016 05:07:00 +0000 http://brooklynheightsblog.com/?p=78927#comment-558628 And, by the was, don’t compliment yourselves in any ‘stopping our activities’ in the Heights. We increased activities with every violent act against any active patriot. And your actions were a relatively small, event among everything which went on!

And look at the legacy, who remembers the names of any of the bums who hung out at the court or came from the projects with let’s say questionable intent? No one knows or cares they ever existed outside of a lingering, well deserved, hostility.

Now contrast that with how many people know who Jeff Smith is. No brag, only the truth.

So on the end the people are smarter than those who seek to deceve. The can see honesty and real value.

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By: Jeffrey Smithhttp://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/78927/comment-page-1#comment-558627 Thu, 10 Mar 2016 04:39:00 +0000 http://brooklynheightsblog.com/?p=78927#comment-558627 Many of you were obnoxious, dirty mouth, often drunk or high brats who we found we had to keep watch on because the moment many of you darlings were allowed to get away with one level of nonsense you immediately raised your anti social activities to a new higher more disruptive/destructive level. Let me get this straight..none of you used to wait and chuck throw objects in passing cars, including at drivers? There was never a huge cloud of acrid pot smoke surrounding the court on many nights. There was no noise to the early morning hours? You were all just there quietly being good enjoying the evening!

Now you want to get back at what you see as your old enemy? Fine, do so. You want to paint me as evil entity? Fine, nobody cares! Sure, some radical in the projects may still care_ some casino brats and thier Albion worshipping minions certainly hate me. That certainly is positive reinforcement for us to continue. A bunch of pro communists who are, unfortunately still alive, really dislike me. (Good)

But what does that add up to? Today, very little..

The reality is that even if everything you say is true, no one cares!
No one cares that 30 years ago someone is all edged to have been walking around the Heights in a Stalhelm or whatever. Again outside from projects and casino extreme ends of society no one cares. People have real immediate and important concerns and some largely concocted scandle decades ago isn’t one of them.

The detruments to healthy society can decry as much as they want. My only regret is we didn’t do WORSE! We should have scaled up the operation and done more in Red Hook and Farragut.

Now go ahead lie some more…its entertaining and, when it comes from certain quarters, it’s an honor! You are who your friend are; true But its also true you are what your detractors are….and you know what you all are…..

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By: Jeffrey Smithhttp://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/78927/comment-page-1#comment-558626 Thu, 10 Mar 2016 03:44:00 +0000 http://brooklynheightsblog.com/?p=78927#comment-558626 Again, if you repeat a lie enough people will begin to believe it. Gee I wonder who is always alleged to have said that? And here we have a great supposed opponent of evil, following that exact path apparently.

I think that you and O know that one of your would be friends, who was trying to join your circle, LM, approached ME with the material.
Hmmmm- set up? We sure thought so at the time. I’m sure he will deny this, after all he was seeking your friends. When he asked me and a number of others, he was given an honest and unbiased over view of that era. But we became increasingly suspicious. As far as there being no drugs at the Appeleate court scene, not even you I think can keep a straight face floating that line. We at one point had guys dealing out of cars! Then we had guys dealing out of apart- ments. The feds put a stop to that. And as far as I and my associated not clinging anything against crime in the Heights..there were like 60 felony arrests and a lot of prosecutions due to the in tell we develop ed. We weren’t trying to legally beat up kids. We just wanted the drugs and rip offs to end. And though it may gall you, we were successful.
Some people now have rap sheets? Too bad…and NOW some people who were MEMBERS of the crowd which endlessly disrupted and in many ways degraded and brought danger to this area dislike and want to assail me? Well I and my many friends take that as a badge of honor!

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By: Roberto Gautierhttp://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/78927/comment-page-1#comment-558572 Wed, 09 Mar 2016 13:37:00 +0000 http://brooklynheightsblog.com/?p=78927#comment-558572 As many know, helicopter flights are not limited by height restrictions. That is left up to the pilots.
The nature of the current whirling beast is one of intense, in-your-face noise and toxic emissions.
The FAA needs to be dragged into the airspace to regulate an industry that operates as if it is in the Wild West. Witness how the tourist helicopter ban in NYC flopped. Mayor DiBlasio gave up his power to step in to protect citizens in favor of voluntary steps by the industry – also a major contributor to his campaign. This problem is not unique to NYC. Quiet, stealth aircraft are apparently used only for military purposes. Airbus has worked on quieter copters, but that hasn’t translated for US whirlybirds. Yes, the City Council has pushed for a partial ban of tourist helicopter flights, but its faulty agreement does not do much to mitigate the noise and unhealthy emissions. As long as connected powers, including real estate juggernauts, function unchecked, we will continue to suffer.

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By: Arch Stantonhttp://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/78927/comment-page-1#comment-558568 Tue, 08 Mar 2016 22:52:00 +0000 http://brooklynheightsblog.com/?p=78927#comment-558568 “If you put a bright light on a lie it simply becomes a more highly “illuminated” lie. It does not become the truth.”
Thank you for illuminating that, as it is my mission to cast a spotlight on your lies.
I was trying to spare you the embarrassment of the “incident” but you insisted on dredging it up. I also realize you have probably built a fantasy refuge for your shattered ego to hide in and believe your version of the event.
Okay folks here’s the truth as I remember it and can be verified by others: Ole Jeffery here along with ONE other person would skulk around the hood at night, distributing a newspaper called the “Spotlight” that was a overtly rightwing, neocon and subtly racist, fascist. The papers were placed mainly on the windshields of cars. He also would come and try to befriend some of the group of neighborhood teens and 20 somethings, that hung out at the Court house on Monroe and Pierrepont,”The Wall” as we called it. It was there he handed out the nazi propaganda. At first it was just stuff that listed all the great achievements of the white man blah blah then further reading revealed a racist bigoted ideology. The propaganda was published by an organization called the “New Order” (not to be confused with the reformation of Joy Division), There was a swastika in the middle of the “O” in Order. Then he would proudly show off his, claimed to be, authentic nazi arm band, no, he didn’t actually wear it, just kept it in his shirt pocket. We played along with it for a couple of weeks to see how far he would go. Then she started distributing these stickers with a swastika and a horribly offensive message. these slogans were so vile, I will not even paraphrase them here.
That was the last straw, one of our Jewish bros, upon seeing the sticker, got up and punched Jeffery square in the face, knocking off his glasses and sending him straight to the ground. He picked himself up and looked to us for help but we were all laughing in his face, He left, never to return. The incident must have shattered poor Jeffery’s ego to the core…

Also for the record:
None of the Heights brothers and sisters that hung out at the wall were ever arrested for any activities related to that scene. A couple of times The police issued summonses for open alcohol containers and once, only once, four of the crew were issued summonses for disorderly conduct. but that was it. The scene slowly faded away, as everyone moved on with their lives. Jeffery had nothing to do with its demise.

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By: Arch Stantonhttp://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/78927/comment-page-1#comment-558567 Tue, 08 Mar 2016 21:13:00 +0000 http://brooklynheightsblog.com/?p=78927#comment-558567 Well it is an “Open Thread” and the possible election of Trump could have an impact on the neighborhood. Shuch as, NYC being obliterated by nuclear counterstrike, after Don shows Putin whos boss…

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By: Banethttp://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/78927/comment-page-1#comment-558566 Tue, 08 Mar 2016 17:56:00 +0000 http://brooklynheightsblog.com/?p=78927#comment-558566 Good article. And it confirms what I wrote here earlier. No one was actually taking photos. (Or at least it hasn’t been documented.) So there’s no reason to be mad at “jerks who ruined it for everyone by not following the rules” (not a direct quote).

Rather, it was homeowners generally being uncomfortable with the lack of privacy knowning tour attendants could use google to determine what they paid, where they work, what their names are, when they got married, etc.

Ah well.

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By: Andrew Porterhttp://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/78927/comment-page-1#comment-558565 Tue, 08 Mar 2016 17:33:00 +0000 http://brooklynheightsblog.com/?p=78927#comment-558565 My 2¢ worth: we should focus on events and goings-on in Brooklyn Heights. Socio-political events in the world outside BH really shouldn’t be discussed here. The term “can of worms” comes to mind…

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By: chrishttp://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/78927/comment-page-1#comment-558564 Tue, 08 Mar 2016 17:31:00 +0000 http://brooklynheightsblog.com/?p=78927#comment-558564 helicopters monday night? i swear at least one helicopter circled north heights for most of monday night. noise was incessant. where is the accountability?

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By: Roberto Gautierhttp://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/78927/comment-page-1#comment-558563 Tue, 08 Mar 2016 17:12:00 +0000 http://brooklynheightsblog.com/?p=78927#comment-558563 This Open Thread is amazing when it comes to commenting on our neighborhood’s problems, possibilities for eating out, searches for local resources and issues to do with elected officials and city policies. What’s up with Donald Trump’s seeking of supporters by using a version of Seig Heil? Why the silence on Trump’s sly encouragement of support from the Ku Klux Klan and white supremacist groups? If pre-Hitler Germany had an Open Thread blog, I’m sure that there would have been misgivings expressed about Adolf’s demagogic tendencies.

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By: Jeffrey P Smithhttp://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/78927/comment-page-1#comment-558562 Tue, 08 Mar 2016 16:54:00 +0000 http://brooklynheightsblog.com/?p=78927#comment-558562 Now, it IS true that we were concerned about possible accidents with vehicles while we distributed literature at night so we placed our people in highly reflective shirts…they were colored silver as I remember, but that was only for safety reasons. This was the only somewhat unusual clothing used during that period. But why would that be controversial?

(See, anyone can create a legend out of thin air)

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By: Jeffrey Smithhttp://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/78927/comment-page-1#comment-558561 Tue, 08 Mar 2016 16:42:00 +0000 http://brooklynheightsblog.com/?p=78927#comment-558561 If you put a bright light on a lie it simply becomes a more highly “illuminated” lie. It does not become the truth. It like some claims
of losses. Da-da-da-da-da-DAH wow! What IS that? Why won’t it stop?!!?! !! Uh, where were we? Oh yes.,.lies spoken louder or projected more brightly do not become the truth. You know and I know that repeated falsifications are not helpful behavior. Its simple, you people were part of a drug scene which we pit a stop to. During that campaign, there were multiple violent episodes. The incident you never cease disinterring was one of the less violent but still seriously threatening incidents. The person you identify who was on a drunken rage attempted to blind me with a broken bottle neck. This, folks gives you a idea of what kind of people the ‘commenter” identifies with and the “social action” he feels is reasonable. We need THAT on the Heights? As far as violence that was far from the most dangerous incident. As far as your fabrications about I or anyone under my direction or influence wearing any thing like you describe, well we only have your “word” and perhaps the testimony of some of the types who frequented that serious drug infested “scene” What great reliable sources….apparently MANY of your Casino kids friends. Now have criminal_ including FELONY records because of me and my associates. If this jolted them out of their drug life this was a good act on our behalf. And as far as us suspending our efforts because one incident.. we INCREASED the distribution of patriotic literature to the fury of various Casino types and Bob Side types.

While it does me no harm with the kind of sane, well ballanced, thinking, friends and neighbors I value, it really is unfare to this community for you to tepeatedly propagate outright lies on this forum.

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By: Arch Stantonhttp://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/78927/comment-page-1#comment-558560 Tue, 08 Mar 2016 13:11:00 +0000 http://brooklynheightsblog.com/?p=78927#comment-558560 Sounds in your head Jeffery? I urgre you to check yourself into Creedmor immediately.
Oh incase you don’t understand, this is an “Open Thread”. I can ask whatever question I want.

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By: Arch Stantonhttp://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/78927/comment-page-1#comment-558559 Tue, 08 Mar 2016 12:59:00 +0000 http://brooklynheightsblog.com/?p=78927#comment-558559 Oh Jeffery, stop trying to cloud the truth. You handed out neo nazi propaganda to me and my friends back in the earily eighties. You even showed off your nazi armband. Of course your laim recruitment attemps quickly ended when… but let’s not reahash that story again, I know it must be painful for you.

Honestly, I would have some respect you if you owned up to your past.

You can turn up the volume as much as you like, I’ll just turn up the “Spotlight” brighter and brighter!

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By: Jeffrey Smithhttp://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/78927/comment-page-1#comment-558558 Tue, 08 Mar 2016 08:30:00 +0000 http://brooklynheightsblog.com/?p=78927#comment-558558 II’m sorry but I thought this forum was for consideration of and examination of events and factors related to and effecting Brooklyn Heights. So….But one thing is for certain. The two world wars in the last century were disasters for Western Civilization in general.

But beyond that, the subject lies outside of the legitimate range of what BHB was intended to…da-da-da-DAH….Hey, there that strange sound again!…anyway…intended to cover as a medium of neighbor to, da-da-da-da-da-DAH, wow! why am I hearing this?!…,neighbor to neigh bor exchange of opinions and information.

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By: Jeffrey Smithhttp://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/78927/comment-page-1#comment-558557 Tue, 08 Mar 2016 01:20:00 +0000 http://brooklynheightsblog.com/?p=78927#comment-558557 Da -da-da-DAH-da-da-da-da-da-DAH-da…..huh? I wonder what just came over me? What just happened???

Well, anyway,…according to some people, including some who were
Integral parts of the drug nightmare we had to fight at the court Monroe and Pierrepont we were in danger of coming under the
poisonous influence of hate groups. Violent crime, bad government, the huge rise in drug use (which THEY were a part of) all that doesn’t matter…the rise of “hate groups” is the central concern. Dwarfing any other societal concern….sure.

Also, most of these geniuses define the republican party, mild conservatives, various traditionalist religious groups…ANYONE they don’t control as a racist, extremists, tin hats, anti government or a “Hate group,” sure, ANYTHING they can float to destroy someone’s good name and shut off debate.

Well, I tell you what! If you start that corrupt nonsense techniques with me, I don’t go away, Jocko, using good logic and sound evidence, I TURN UP THE VOLUME!

That’s what people who use the hate card deserve. More honest open debate….which is, I daresay, the American way.

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By: Arch Stantonhttp://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/78927/comment-page-1#comment-558556 Mon, 07 Mar 2016 23:54:00 +0000 http://brooklynheightsblog.com/?p=78927#comment-558556 Curious as to what is your version of Germanys actions in WWII?

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By: Arch Stantonhttp://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/78927/comment-page-1#comment-558555 Mon, 07 Mar 2016 23:48:00 +0000 http://brooklynheightsblog.com/?p=78927#comment-558555 Tryed it today for lunch. Very tasty Pad Thai, though the pieces of chicken were a bit dry.
Much better than the other “Thai” place.

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By: Arch Stantonhttp://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/78927/comment-page-1#comment-558554 Mon, 07 Mar 2016 23:27:00 +0000 http://brooklynheightsblog.com/?p=78927#comment-558554 This, comming from the guy that used to try to recruit teenagers into a white supremacist hate group, is laughable.

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By: Andrew Porterhttp://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/78927/comment-page-1#comment-558553 Mon, 07 Mar 2016 18:54:00 +0000 http://brooklynheightsblog.com/?p=78927#comment-558553 There’s an article in the NY Times, “Wary of Digital Guests, Brooklyn House Tour Closes its Doors,” with a photo of Judy Stanton swaddled in winter garb, in front of a great brownstone, here:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/07/nyregion/wary-of-prying-eyes-online-a-brooklyn-home-tour-calls-it-quits.html

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By: Arch Stantonhttp://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/78927/comment-page-1#comment-558552 Mon, 07 Mar 2016 18:48:00 +0000 http://brooklynheightsblog.com/?p=78927#comment-558552 I’ll take that as your capitulation.

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By: Reggiehttp://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/78927/comment-page-1#comment-558550 Mon, 07 Mar 2016 17:32:00 +0000 http://brooklynheightsblog.com/?p=78927#comment-558550 I usually leave the conspiracy theories to the aforementioned presidential nominee, but has anyone considered the possibility that Peter Bray looked at how much work the house tour is and found an excuse for not doing something he didn’t want to do?

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By: Jeffrey Smithhttp://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/78927/comment-page-1#comment-558548 Mon, 07 Mar 2016 16:02:00 +0000 http://brooklynheightsblog.com/?p=78927#comment-558548 This is a pure and amazing example of ad hominem arguments and sly avoidance of facts presented. There is simply no sane margin for doubt that the behavior of a historically large segment of the Heights community has been non helpful to overall public safety. From tacit acceptance of certain level of social drug use to depicting all police as corrupt, without judgment or generally inept, to condoning or excusing on warped social therory grounds, serious violent crime, the Heights as a community has often over the last few decades, shown themselves to be ingrates and without any kind of sane judgment in the area of public safety matters. This applies to both the Casino element and the huge far left element always resident here.

The control of the police community council system, city wide, was at its inception immediately ceeded to the left wing of the democratic party. From day one this was the case. They began their classic control tactics to serve their really evil goals.

Hey, the leadership of the 84 precinct Community Council is a long term direct promoter of soviet Russia. I once asked him, after his codemming his version of the German’s actions in WWII, what about the death toll of the communists which certainly at 100 Million killed and more likely somewhere like 130 million lives lost. Outside of raging poorly controlled hostility, he had no answer.

Now, how do YOU think that serves police community relations given the vast majority of police are normal middle Americans?

EXACTLY, see a LOT of the problems with police relations are the fault of….the behavior of the Heights.

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By: Jeffrey Smithhttp://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/78927/comment-page-1#comment-558547 Mon, 07 Mar 2016 15:23:00 +0000 http://brooklynheightsblog.com/?p=78927#comment-558547 In any healthy biosystems higher life forms do not and should not be influenced and much less be directed by lower life forms. Lower life forms will always attempt to exert influence beyond and above their station. In any healthy life situation, the higher life forms forcefully prevents this.

That is in a SANE world. The above “statements” by several “commentors” are prime examples of first, how far we have drifted
from any healthy or sane biostatus. Second, a somewhat shocking example of what we have sunk to as a society.

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By: StudioBrooklynhttp://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/78927/comment-page-1#comment-558546 Mon, 07 Mar 2016 13:30:00 +0000 http://brooklynheightsblog.com/?p=78927#comment-558546 “these wrong direction have come from the assorted non sane inhabitants in City Hall and the kind of “leadership” emanating from wonderful 1Police Plaza.”

There’s a culture of bad idea generation that probably shares an inception date and a creator with the American police establishment.

“whatever is wrong with the NYPD, it sure doesn’t help to have the kind and number of absolute ingrates such as Brooklyn Heights is filled with.”

See you around the neighborhood!

“The place to make your “opinion” known is at the monthly 84 precinct comminity council meeting”

First of all I never voiced a personal opinion, but offered an assessment of what you were reacting to. Secondly, the police department isn’t a democracy. They don’t make decisions according to public opinion.

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