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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Gary,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>It seems you are asking for more words to distort. Sorry.
There are many positive examples of what you’re asking. Just look
around. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>B. J. Swanson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> g. crabtree [mailto:jampot@roadrunner.com] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 24, 2007 7:29 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Tom Hansen; bjswan@moscow.com; 'lfalen'; 'Bill London'; 'v2020'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Vision2020] real economic development in Moscow<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Could you provide an example or two of the
current city council enforcing the city code in relation to zoning and a brief
description of how it helped to build a more solid economic base to the benefit
of all?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thank you,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>g</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;background:#E4E4E4'><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <a
href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" title="thansen@moscow.com">Tom Hansen</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>To:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:jampot@roadrunner.com"
title="jampot@roadrunner.com">'g. crabtree'</a> ; <a
href="mailto:bjswan@moscow.com" title="bjswan@moscow.com">bjswan@moscow.com</a>
; <a href="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com" title="lfalen@turbonet.com">'lfalen'</a>
; <a href="mailto:london@moscow.com" title="london@moscow.com">'Bill London'</a>
; <a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" title="vision2020@moscow.com">'v2020'</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sent:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Wednesday, October 24, 2007 7:11 AM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Subject:</span></b><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> RE: [Vision2020] real economic
development in Moscow<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>One approach that has been pursued
by the current city council that is unique in and of itself, although not as
stringently pursued as most people would appreciate, is to understand end
enforce the city code, particularly that portion related to zoning.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>For the last two years the people
of Moscow enjoyed a city council that did not “rubber stamp”
everything that came before them. The city code was applied as a standard
across the board and not merely something to line a bird cage.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Let’s hope this continues.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>Seeya
round town, Moscow.<br>
<br>
Tom Hansen<br>
Moscow, Idaho<br>
<br>
"We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college
students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."<br>
<br>
- Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)</span><span style='color:navy'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> vision2020-bounces@moscow.com
[mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>g. crabtree<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 24, 2007 7:00 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> bjswan@moscow.com; 'lfalen'; 'Bill London'; 'v2020'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Vision2020] real economic development in Moscow</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I guess if it's not fawning agreement, it's
distortion. (Or personal attack in one notable case)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I can think of several instances where the
city has made decisions</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>that were not particularly favorable to ALL
economic sectors. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Various aspects of the big box and dark store
ordinances leap</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>immediately to mind along with the ill
conceived boarding</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>house amendment. Perhaps you would care to
take a stab </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>at turning me away from my evil ways and
point out a few of the "many"</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>wonderful things the current city government
has done to "Build a more solid</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>economic base to the benefit of
all." From my perspective, it seems that</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>their overriding concern is to maintain some
sort of warped status quo.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>g</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>----- Original Message ----- </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>From: "B. J. Swanson" <</span><a
href="mailto:bjswan@moscow.com"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>bjswan@moscow.com</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>To: "'g. crabtree'" <</span><a
href="mailto:jampot@roadrunner.com"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>jampot@roadrunner.com</span></a><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>>; "'lfalen'" <</span><a
href="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>lfalen@turbonet.com</span></a><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>>; "'Bill London'" <</span><a
href="mailto:london@moscow.com"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>london@moscow.com</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>>;
"'v2020'" <</span><a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>vision2020@moscow.com</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 6:11 AM</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Subject: RE: [Vision2020] real economic
development in Moscow</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>> Gary,<br>
> <br>
> You seem to be the master of distortion lately. Perhaps if you had
attended<br>
> and heard the whole story you might have more of a clue instead of missing<br>
> the point completely. "Focusing" on one economic sector
doesn't equate to<br>
> standing in the way of others. <br>
> <br>
> The current City government has done many things to build a more solid<br>
> economic base to benefit ALL of Moscow instead of just a few. <br>
> <br>
> B. J. Swanson<br>
> <br>
> ------------------------<br>
> <br>
> -----Original Message-----<br>
> From: </span><a href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>
[mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com]<br>
> On Behalf Of g. crabtree<br>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 6:28 PM<br>
> To: lfalen; Bill London; v2020<br>
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] real economic development in Moscow<br>
> <br>
> What has yet to be explained is how you attract high tech businesses
without<br>
> <br>
> attracting business in general. Setting the city council up as some sort
of <br>
> business border guard with the power to say "come on in" to some
and "we <br>
> don't much care the likes of you" to others should not be a function
of city<br>
> <br>
> government or anyone else for that matter.<br>
> <br>
> It's hard to imagine a statement more arrogant than:<br>
> <br>
> "...Moscow needs to wean itself from a housing and retail fixation
about <br>
> growth. "Our voracious appetite to approve subdivision after
subdivision, to<br>
> <br>
> build high-end homes, has run out of high-end people to occupy them,"
<br>
> Swanson said, adding that new retail businesses seem to be only replacing <br>
> old ones.<br>
> <br>
> "Over-built housing and replacement retail is not a good
economic model..."<br>
> <br>
> Aren't we lucky that someone who is infinitely smarter than our builders <br>
> will call a halt to high end homes being erected. Goodness knows the <br>
> builder, who is the one taking the risk, couldn't be bright enough to
assess<br>
> <br>
> the potential for profit or loss. If the market were to truly be
saturated, <br>
> I would imagine that banks might decline to lend the builder or buyer
money.<br>
> <br>
> Then again the builder/buyer could always seek alternate forms of
financing.<br>
> <br>
> (Does any of this sound like the market sorting itself out?)<br>
> <br>
> If a new retail business comes to Moscow and captures an old business's <br>
> market, one would have to assume that there was a perfectly good reason
for <br>
> that to have happened. Either they had a better product, a better price,
or <br>
> better service. I don't believe there is anyone in Moscow prescient enough
<br>
> to decide that any one existing business is the apex of quality, the <br>
> standard by which all others should be judged, and that no new competitor <br>
> may come in and try their hand at providing something better or different.
<br>
> Often new businesses goad old enterprises into running a better operation <br>
> and everybody wins. Why would we want to interfere in this natural process
<br>
> of improvement?<br>
> <br>
> I suppose encouraging high tech biz is wonderful, however it might
magically<br>
> <br>
> be done, but standing in the way of other entrepreneurs so a select few
can <br>
> hold on to their nebulous notion of a unique Moscow is elitist, short <br>
> sighted, and just plain wrong. I'm sure that Dan, Wayne, and Walter are <br>
> bright enough to know when to get out of the way and allow people with a <br>
> vision to have at it. The function of city government should be to work <br>
> toward a prosperous and welcoming environment for all. Candidates who
would <br>
> presume to tell others how their lives ought to be lived should be shown
the<br>
> <br>
> door.<br>
> <br>
> g<br>
> <br>
> ----- Original Message ----- <br>
> From: "lfalen" <</span><a href="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>lfalen@turbonet.com</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>><br>
> To: "Bill London" <</span><a href="mailto:london@moscow.com"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>london@moscow.com</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>>;
"v2020" <</span><a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>vision2020@moscow.com</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>><br>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 10:34 AM<br>
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] real economic development in Moscow<br>
> <br>
> <br>
>>I can't argue with bringing in high-tech companies, I'm all for it. I
think<br>
> <br>
>>Moscow should try to attract all kinds of businesses. It is fine to
place <br>
>>controls on those that would create undue pollution. Other than that <br>
>>promote almost anything that will provide jobs, increase the tax base
and <br>
>>improve the overall economy.<br>
>> Roger<br>
>> -----Original message-----<br>
>> From: "Bill London" </span><a href="mailto:london@moscow.com"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>london@moscow.com</span></a><br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>>> Date:
Tue, 23 Oct 2007 09:58:18 -0700<br>
>> To: "v2020" </span><a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>vision2020@moscow.com</span></a><br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>>> Subject:
[Vision2020] real economic development in Moscow<br>
>><br>
>>><br>
>>> Today's Tribune article about the MCA forum held last night is a
great <br>
>>> summary of the choices facing Moscow voters in this council
election. <br>
>>> Vote for the future with MCA endorsed candidates and Moscow will
aim for <br>
>>> both maintaining its uniqueness and attracting more
entrepreneurial <br>
>>> businesses. My thanks to the MCA board for sponsoring this
forum. BL<br>
>>><br>
>>> ----------------<br>
>>> Is high-tech the key to Moscow's future?<br>
>>> Forum sponsored by Moscow Civic Association brings together
business and <br>
>>> community leaders<br>
>>> By David Johnson<br>
>>> October 23, 2007<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> MOSCOW - The economic future of Moscow will depend more on
attracting and<br>
> <br>
>>> retaining high-tech companies than encouraging more housing and
retail <br>
>>> business, members of a panel agreed Monday night.<br>
>>><br>
>>> "In the basic form, economic development is jobs," said
B.J. Swanson, <br>
>>> vice president of AmericanWest Bank here and chairwoman of the
board of <br>
>>> directors for Gritman Medical Center. "But not just any
job." She said <br>
>>> jobs should provide enough money to offer a reasonably comfortable
<br>
>>> living.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Robin Woods, president of Alturas Analytics located in Moscow,
said 100 <br>
>>> percent of her bio-tech business comes from outside Idaho, most of
it <br>
>>> from the San Francisco Bay Area. Yet, she and her partners opted
to <br>
>>> locate here because of the quality of life that's available<br>
>>><br>
>>> "Probably it would have been better to locate in San
Francisco or <br>
>>> Seattle, but with Fed Ex and the fiber-optic that we have ... and
with <br>
>>> the Internet, the world is flat and we can conduct our business
here," <br>
>>> Woods said.<br>
>>><br>
>>> David Alexander, a UI graduate and CEO of Ivus Industries, a small
<br>
>>> business he decided to locate here, said Moscow is an ideal
location for <br>
>>> entrepreneurs to tap into a high-tech labor pool that spins off
both the <br>
>>> University of Idaho and neighboring Washington State University in
<br>
>>> Pullman.<br>
>>><br>
>>> "What the business is, is a focus on extremely fast-charging
rechargeable<br>
> <br>
>>> products," Alexander said of his startup company. He said the
company, <br>
>>> which has four employees, is currently developing a fast-charging <br>
>>> flashlight.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Judy Brown, an economist and director of the Idaho Center on
Budget and <br>
>>> Tax Policy, said research shows if a community creates a good
living <br>
>>> environment, jobs will come. "The key thing that
attracts" entrepreneurs <br>
>>> and businesses to an area, Brown said, is quality of life, not tax
<br>
>>> breaks.<br>
>>><br>
>>> "Quality of life and the ability to work either from home or
near home," <br>
>>> she said, "are the two really key things in deciding where
people locate <br>
>>> those kinds of businesses."<br>
>>><br>
>>> The forum, sponsored by the Moscow Civic Association, comes two
weeks <br>
>>> prior to a city council election here that many say hinges on
attitudes <br>
>>> about economic growth. Bruce Livingston, president of the MCA,
said the <br>
>>> forum was called in part to dispel the notion that the MCA is <br>
>>> anti-economic growth. He said the MCA is "pro business, pro
growth and <br>
>>> pro community."<br>
>>><br>
>>> About 30 people, including several council candidates, attended
the forum<br>
> <br>
>>> at the 1912 Center.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Swanson said Moscow needs to wean itself from a housing and retail
<br>
>>> fixation about growth. "Our voracious appetite to approve
subdivision <br>
>>> after subdivision, to build high-end homes, has run out of
high-end <br>
>>> people to occupy them," Swanson said, adding that new retail
businesses <br>
>>> seem to be only replacing old ones.<br>
>>><br>
>>> "Over-built housing and replacement retail is not a good
economic model,"<br>
> <br>
>>> Swanson said.<br>
>>><br>
>>> According to statistics presented at the forum, Moscow has a
population <br>
>>> of about 22,350 and UI employs about 2,870 people. Gritman employs
431, <br>
>>> with the Moscow School District and Wal-Mart, by comparison,
employing <br>
>>> 350 and 207 people, respectively.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Swanson said it's time for the community to get back on the right <br>
>>> economic track with the primary focus on good-paying jobs and a
secondary<br>
> <br>
>>> focus on housing and retail business. "And as always, focus
on anything <br>
>>> that will help the University of Idaho. They've carried us for
years. <br>
>>> It's time for us to get out and carry ourselves."<br>
>>><br>
>>> All the panelists said Moscow city officials and members of the
city <br>
>>> council have been extremely pro-business.<br>
>>><br>
>>> "Our intent is to hire WSU and University of Idaho
graduates," Woods said<br>
> <br>
>>> about her expanding business. She said that all but one of the 30
people <br>
>>> working at Alturas Analytics are from the two universities. Woods
said <br>
>>> it's important for Moscow to complete it's rewrite of the
comprehensive <br>
>>> plan, and to keep tech businesses together to encourage more
business.<br>
>>><br>
>>> "I think it's important to have kind of a think-tank
atmosphere," she <br>
>>> said, "kind of a campus atmosphere in your tech park. So I
don't think <br>
>>> it's a good idea to scatter things here and there."<br>
>>><br>
>>> Swanson pointed out Alturas Technology Park, located on the
southeastern <br>
>>> edge of town, had modest beginnings, but now is home to around 150
jobs <br>
>>> that have annual salaries of $50,000 and up. "And those jobs
really <br>
>>> contribute back to the community," she said.<br>
>>><br>
>>> ---<br>
>>><br>
>>> Johnson may be contacted at </span><a
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