September 22-23

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PUBLIC DIPLOMACY

Obama's UN Speech: Infomercial at Its Best - New America Media: "The United States has the wherewithal to promote similar national resolves in the Middle East and North Africa through public diplomacy and education. Instead of giving a hand,

however, the Obama Administration is celebrating violent protests and civil wars as a 'spring' while promising handouts that will unfailingly find their way into the usual corrupt pockets." Image from

Public Schedule for September 23, 2011 - Public Schedule, U.S. Department of State: "ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS ANN STOCK: 10:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Stock meets with Malaysian Ambassador Jamaluddin Jarjis, at the Department of State. (CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)" Below Stock image from

Public Schedule for September 22, 2011 - Public Schedule, U.S. Department of State: "ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS ANN STOCK: 8:30 a.m. Assistant Secretary Stock delivers remarks via video conference to the Public Affairs Officer Conference for the Bureau of East Asia and Pacific Affairs. (CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE) 10:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Stock meets with Chinese Culture Minister Cai Wu, at the Department of State. (CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE) 7:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Stock attends a dinner hosted by Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities Jim Leach, in honor of Chinese Culture Minister Cai Wu, in Washington, DC. (MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)"

US consul general stresses better relationship with NE‎ - Times of India: "US consul general Dean R Thompson said on Thursday that one of their main goals is to expand the relationship between the US and northeast India. Addressing a business meet organized by Indian Chamber of Commerce here, Thompson said, 'One way is through outreach visits like this one to share ideas on issues of mutual interest with government officials, academicians, NGOs, chambers

and leading industrialists.' Thompson said the US Consulate in Kolkata has a major regional role to play in public diplomacy and trade. ... Thompson said in order to create a climate that is even more attractive to greater domestic and foreign investment, India, both at the national and state level, can create a more business friendly atmosphere by improving transparency, streamlining the business investment process and upgrading infrastructure. 'We also have bigger plans for the coming months, with the opening of an American Corner, a branch of the American Library in Kolkata, at the Darwin School of Business in Guwahati,' Thompson said. He said this year they also hoped to bring some big cultural events to the region. Image from, with text: IPL (Indian premier league) is one of the most popular cricket leagues in Asia and a lot of abroad player here. It’s the only game in cricket which is used huge budget. Indian hero and heroin [sic] are the main focus here. The top class hero Shahrukh khan is the owner of the team kolkata Knight Riders.

Public diplomacy en action - La Montagne: les dernières brèves de Clermont-Ferrand: "Mark A. Schapiro, consul des États-Unis à Lyon, s'est rendu, hier à Clermont-Ferrand, où il a rencontré des responsables d'entreprises à la Chambre de commerce et d'industrie, avant de visiter notre journal. Aujourd'hui, il animera une rencontre sur le 11 Septembre au cercle d'étude et d'amitié France-USA. Un bon résumé de la palette d'activités d'un consul.

Intervenant sur les régions Rhônes-Alpes, Bourgogne et Auvergne, le consulat américain, outre ses actions auprès de ses ressortissants, intervient en matière commerciale et culturelle. ... Côté culturel, la 'public diplomacy', qui s'adresse aux populations plutôt qu'aux élites, est de mise; il y a bien sûr les jumelages, les échanges scolaires mais aussi le soutien à des manifestations qui ont un lien avec les États-Unis, comme le festival de Sainte-Colombe dans la banlieue de Lyon, dédié cette année à l'immense bluesman Robert Johnson, natif de Memphis. Et comme Memphis est le siège de Fedex, des connexions économiques ont pu être établies, parce qu'aux États-Unis, commerce et culture vont main dans la main, comme en témoigne Victor Vitelli, délégué commerce et culture du consulat. Blues et rock s'avèrent d'excellents ambassadeurs." Image from

Irrelevant and Dangerous - Oliver North, Town Hall: "In 1962, the Soviets began installing nuclear missile sites in Cuba. President John F. Kennedy instructed Ambassador Adlai Stevenson to reveal classified U-2 photos at the U.N. Historians describe Oct. 14-28, 1962, as the closest we ever have come to a nuclear war. But Kennedy's astute management of 'public diplomacy' and Stevenson's description of the missile deployments as 'aggression' at the U.N. were key components in defusing the confrontation."

Historical Influences on US Public Diplomacy - R. S. Zaharna, battles2bridges.wordpress.com: "Public diplomacy in the 20th century U.S. historical context is a product of the U.S. wartime experience. Whereas the flurry of diplomacy is often seen to forestall or mitigate hostilities, in the U.S. historical experience the flurry of public diplomacy has been most active during times of war.

The wartime origins and other developments in the United States during the 20th century may have helped shape a vision of public diplomacy that run counter to relationship building strategies or are overshadowed by a focus on messaging strategies. ... The adversarial, information, instrumental and impersonal orientation within which public diplomacy developed may have been further institutionalized by U.S. public diplomacy during the Cold War. The name of the agency charged with public diplomacy (U.S. Information Agency) as well as the agency’s motto ('Telling our Story') underscores the informational orientation. The adversarial orientation against the Soviet Union cast public diplomacy as a tool. The strategic objective is as Nicholas Cull observed was to attain information dominance. While relational initiatives such as the jazz and other cultural events were spotlighted as particularly effective during the Cold War, their effectiveness is presented primarily in the adversarial context of defeating communism and winning the Cold War. Given the historical origins of public diplomacy, it is perhaps not surprising that when public diplomacy re-emerged again in the U.S. context after the attacks of September 11, 2001, these features were also present beginning with the 'us versus them' orientation and 'battle for hearts and minds."  Zaharna image from

Book review: “The future of Power” by Joseph Nye Jr. - Oliver Stuenkel, postwesternworld.com: "One of the few actual policy recommendations here is to empower the US State Department and to create a more centralized public diplomacy apparatus."

La Guerra Mediática - Néstor Garcia Iturbe, condorcuba.wordpress.com: "El Departamento de Estado financia el desarrollo de los medios a través de varias de sus oficinas, incluyendo: el Bureau de Asuntos Educacionales y Culturales (Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, BECA), el Bureau de Inteligencia y de Investigación (Bureau of Intelligence and Research, INR) el Bureau de Democracia, Derechos Humanos y Trabajo

(Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, DRL) Oficina de Diplomacia Pública y de Asuntos Públicos (Office of Public Diplomacy and Public Affaire, OPDPA). En relación con la Oficina de Diplomacia Pública, de reciente creación, debe aclararse que la misma tiene las mismas funciones de la oficina que fue su antecesora, con la única diferencia de que aquella estaba dentro del organograma de la CIA y ahora se colocó dentro del Departamento de Estado, aunque sus acciones y operaciones siguen siendo dirigidas por la siniestra agencia de inteligencia." Image from this inaccurate article

A New Take on Public Diplomacy - Tory, IC therefore IM: Group 2's blog for SIS 640 at American University: "One is the main reasons that I decided to pursue a masters’ degree in International Communications is that I had a desire to learn about public diplomacy. Proud American that I am, I was eager to learn how to explain American culture and US policies to the world. ... So I was intrigued when I saw mention ... of a new online sensation created by none other than Voice of America! 'OMG Meiyu' is a series of web videos created by VoA employee Jessica Beinecke, a Caucasian American who learned Chinese at college. In her videos, which she produces herself in her DC apartment, Jessica explains American slang and other terms that may not be taught in English classes in China. Particularly popular is her video for 'Yucky Gunk' (see video [in entry]), where she teaches her audience the English words for bodily fluids. While the Chinese government blocks many Voice of America programs, it has allowed 'OMG Meiyu' to remain posted on Weibo, a Chinese version of Youtube. On the site, Jessica interacts with her 100,000 and growing followers and takes suggestions for new videos. I have mixed feelings about the popularity of this web series. On one hand, teaching Chinese youth expressions like 'BFF' or 'TTYL' is not likely to create social change in China, nor does it do much in the way of explaining US policy.

But perhaps it can be a means of creating a connection between American and Chinese youth, allowing them to share the same language, the language of (American) pop culture. So perhaps the videos, which seem to be the work of a normal American girl and not the monolithic American government (I wonder how many fans know who funds it), will be able to reach out to a foreign audience in ways that our more traditional (stodgy?) forms of public diplomacy do not." Image from, under the title: US online travel video host Jessica Beinecke, 24, sends China viral

BBG chairman: If USIB news coverage is not "in line with U.S. policy, it doesn’t matter. We cover it" - Kim Andrew Elliott reporting on International Broadcasting

Pakistan Condemns US Comments About Spy Agency - feduptoday.com: "Pakistan’s Information Minister Firdous Ashiq Awan told VOA’s Urdu Service that Pakistan is working for peace in Afghanistan, and that what she called 'propaganda' accusing Pakistan of helping militants is meant to sabotage Islamabad’s efforts."

U.S. hikers released in Iran; Washington bishop cites importance of religious dialogue - episcopalchurch.org: "Episcopal News Service [.] The Sept. 21 release of U.S. hikers Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal from an Iranian prison 'affirms the importance of the role of religious dialogue and its end product in this case, public diplomacy, as we seek ways to define common ground between our two countries,' said Diocese of Washington Bishop John Chane,

who returned from a weeklong visit to Iran on Sept. 19. Chane and a delegation of Christian and Muslim leaders had traveled to Iran at the invitation of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad; one objective was to seek the release of the hikers on humanitarian grounds. The delegation included Roman Catholic Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, former leader of the Archdiocese of Washington, and Nihad Awad and Larry Shaw, national executive director and board chairman respectively of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)." Uncaptioned image from article. See also.

Leveraging Contemporary Art - Eddie Walsh, the-diplomat.com: "Earlier this year, the Paul Kasmin Gallery presented the first solo exhibition of Nyoman Masriadi in the United States. Still in his mid-30s, Masriadi has emerged as one of the best known Southeast Asian contemporary artists of his generation. Influenced by TV, new media, and video game culture, he has broken the mould for Indonesian contemporary artists who too often produce works that fail to connect with a global audience. With a major exhibition underway, and seemingly destined for further international acclaim, Masriadi should be on the radar of the Indonesian diplomatic service, particularly Foreign Service officers tasked with public diplomacy and cultural relations. Unfortunately, this doesn’t appear to be the case – at least in the United States – where the embassy failed to respond to repeated requests for comment on his work.

This raises an important question: Why would the Indonesian Embassy, particularly public diplomacy and cultural relations diplomatic staff, not prioritize leveraging contemporary artists like Masriadi to improve the country’s prestige and influence abroad? To some analysts, the answer lies in the embassy’s focus, which appears instead directed at promoting traditional arts (i.e. batik, puppetry, martial arts, and traditional Javanese music). While traditional arts feature prominently in the DC embassy’s programming, the embassy fails to make a similar investment in contemporary art. This is in stark contrast with the United States’ embassies abroad, which have long featured contemporary art prominently under the Art in Embassies program." Uncaptioned image from article

Israel’s Online Response to Palestinian UN Vote - honestreporting.com: "Even in the realm of public diplomacy, Israel is singled out for trying to defend itself. Take this article from Politico that profiles the IDF’s New Media Desk: ['] The IDF is also proactive on social media, with accounts on Twitter (in English, French and Arabic), the photo-sharing website Flickr and the video-posting website YouTube. 'We just launched a [Facebook] page a month ago – now we have over 127,000 ‘friends,’' [Lt. Col. Avital] Leibovich bragged. ['] While the Internet is populated with huge amounts of anti-Israel and even anti-Semitic content, why does the media prefer to make Israel’s public relations efforts the story? Tools such as Facebook and YouTube are available to anyone to use. Yet, when Israel and her supporters utilize these platforms quite legitimately, the media singles this out as somehow newsworthy."

Bahçeşehir University to offer certificate programs on strategic research - todayszaman.com: "İstanbul's Bahçeşehir University

will launch a certificate program on strategic research at the university's Beşiktaş campus beginning on Nov. 12. The certificate program will offer courses on four different subjects: public diplomacy (Nov. 12-Dec. 3), perception method (Dec. 10-Jan. 7), strategic communication (March 3-24), terrorism and the fight against terrorism (April 7-28)." Image from

VOL. VII NO. 19, September 09-September 22, 2011 - The Layalina Review on Public Diplomacy and Arab Media:

"9/11 and the Media: A Messy Affair
The 9/11 attacks and the consequent 'war on terror' have brought about more criticism of Islam and negative public opinion in the US. Has the media been a catalyst for these negative sentiments or is it a platform for those looking to dispel stereotypes?

Taliban Joins Social Media Bandwagon
Once banned by the Taliban, it is now turning to social media and the Internet to reestablish its voice with an international audience, promote itself, and gain financial support.

Media Reforms Bring Hope to Middle East
As Al-Jazeera prepares to celebrate 15 years of broadcasting, state-run media in Qatar is reforming while new Arab broadcasts are being funded. Meanwhile, the US is financing television programming in line with its public policy interests in the region.

New Media: Can It Go the Distance?
A study conducted by the Project on Information, Technology and Political Islam quantifies the role of social media in the Arab Spring revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt, and has academics questioning whether citizens will continue to use social media to bring revolutions full circle.

Al-Qaeda Still Poses Significant Threat
Ten years after the 9/11 attacks, Al-Qaeda’s power is being downplayed by the US, while the extent of its influence on other terror cells remains a national security concern.

Iraq: Journalism Under Attack?
The recent death of Iraqi radio show host, Hadi Al-Mahdi, raises questions about freedom of the press in Iraq’s burgeoning democracy.

Partnership Forms for Middle East Marketing Research
European research company GfK, in partnership with ARA Marketing Research and Consultancy, unveils plans to set up the Media Research Middle East (GfK MRME) to perform studies analyzing consumer behavior regarding media in the Middle East." Image from

The Case for Sanctions in Syria – Lessons from Africa - The African File: A Source for Adventures and Commentary in Southern Africa: "Zimbabwe. ... [A]ny moral recognition that the EU would have gained by championing human rights in Southern Africa would be contrasted by yet again another failure to exert power on regional leaders to exact change. When the EU was prepared to get serious about Zimbabwe, they should have sent diplomats to ZANU-PF with real carrots (trade agreements, aid packages) and real sticks (military intervention). At the very least, the EU could have coordinated a public diplomacy strategy for the county that would take just as long as sanctions, but have a greater chance of helping the country emerge a friendlier and more competent nation." Image from

Landmark Australia-India dialogue calls for ‘inventive steps’ - indianherald.com.au: "A major Australia-India dialogue at the Lowy Institute for International Policy in Sydney called for India and Australia to take ‘inventive steps’ to make the most of their convergent interests in security, economics and growing social connections. More than 50 leading figures from diplomacy, think tanks, business and media took part in the two-day Australia-India Roundtable, the most substantial and high-level exchange of its kind held so far between India and Australia. ... The Roundtable was hosted by the Lowy Institute for International Policy in partnership with the Public Diplomacy Division of the Indian Ministry of External Affairs."

Where’s My PD Networks! - Public Diplomacy, Networks and Influence: "This blog would like to apologize for the lack of content.

Apart from the disruption caused by moving we still don’t have an internet connection (or TV or telephone) at home. Anyway David Cameron appears to be embarking on a one man effort to rebrand Britain." Image from

Catherine Fieschi Announced as Director of British Council's Think Tank Counterpoint - finchannel.com: "The British Council is delighted to announce the appointment of Catherine Fieschi as Director of Counterpoint, the British Council’s cultural relations think tank. Catherine Fieschi brings a wealth of experience to a role which will see her shape and develop the thinking on the future of public diplomacy and cultural relations. Catherine is the former Director of Demos, and is a regular commentator on identity politics in the UK and Europe."

The 21st Century Family of Man: Photography as Public Diplomacy - Opening Reception Thursday, September 17, 2009 : "5:30pm Annenberg celebrates the opening of an exhibit featuring photographs by current Master of Public Diplomacy student Paul Rockower. “The 21st Century Family of Man: Photography as Public Diplomacy” pays homage to 'The Family of Man,' an exhibition that opened at New York’s Museum of Modern Art in 1955.

The exhibition’s world tour proved a tremendous public diplomacy success for America. On display in Rockower’s exhibit is a 21st century interpretation of this successful instance of public diplomacy, echoing the richly textured chronicle of the human condition across the globe." Image from article

Job Openings - European Union Delegation to the United States: Assistant to the Press and Public Diplomacy Section - eurunion.org

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The mythology of 9/11 - Jerry West,rabble.ca: In the U.S. earlier this month, Vice President Joe Biden said that Al Qaeda "never imagined that the 3,000 people who lost their lives that day would inspire 3 million to put on the uniform and harden the resolve of 300 million Americans. They never imagined the sleeping giant they were about to awaken." Good sound bites,

but again, propaganda. Whoever was behind the attacks, it was probably exactly what they were hoping for. You can believe that the response to the attacks by the U.S. was either that of a sucker caught in a sting, or of someone who finally got the break that they were looking for to justify what they wanted to do. Another part of the propaganda message is the old story of defending freedom and democracy to justify the needless sacrifice of troops, the diversion of wealth from public good to private profit, and the death of countless civilians. Image from

Time to get real about the future in Afghanistan - Anthony H. Cordesman, Washington Post: It is far easier to talk about troop levels and budget cuts than to plan and conduct a real-world transition to Afghan responsibility for security and funding of Afghan operations and to deal with the strategic realities involved.

Iraq, minus U.S. troops: Leaving more than a residual U.S. force in Iraq after this year would prolong the problem - Editorial, latimes.com. Image, with caption: According to an agreement between Iraq and the George W. Bush administration, U.S. troops are to be out of that country by the end of the year.

Photographed: Soldiers rush to a Blackhawk helicopter after an operation to disrupt weapons smuggling Aug. 8

Confirm Robert Ford as Syrian ambassador: The Senate opposition, which is founded on the premise that we should not dignify Bashar Assad's regime with a U.S. envoy, is understandable but misguided - Max Boot, latimes.com: Our embattled man in Damascus, Ambassador Robert Ford, is threatened not only by the Syrian regime but by Republican senators who are dragging their feet on confirming his appointment. Their opposition, which is founded on the premise that we should not dignify Bashar Assad's regime with an ambassador, is understandable but misguided. Ford has been a profile in courage in opposing Assad.

Conspiracy between Israel and its settlers - Fayez Rashid, Middle East Monitor: The Zionist state of Israel has always worked hard to put a spin on events which falsifies reality and covers-up the facts. An objective observer, however, can discern the truth and find contradictions between Israeli propaganda and the real facts on the ground. One such contradiction is the official claim that the Israeli government and the actions of the illegal settlers it allows to colonise the occupied West Bank are not linked. That claim is a lie; there is full coordination and cooperation between the government and settlers' groups.

Russia prepares UN ban on anti-government propaganda on Internet‎ - Wang Guanqun, Xinhua: Russia wants the U.N. to ban the use of the Internet for spreading anti-government propaganda and for military purposes, Moscow's Kommersant business daily reported Friday. It has drafted an 18-page convention titled "About providing international information security", which it aims to table at the United Nations in 2012, the newspaper said.

Russia also proposes governments keep full control over their national segments in the worldwide web "according to the national laws" and suggests governments obtain a right to restrict activities on the Internet "to protect national and public security." Image from

In North Korea, "increasing numbers can access information from the outside world" - Kim Andrew Elliott reporting on International Broadcasting

North Korea releases new propaganda posters! Expert suggests ‘they are worried’ - Jamie Weinstein, dailycaller.com: Monumental news comes out of North Korea as the brutish Communist regime announces the release of two new propaganda posters

to try to confuse their long-suffering subjects into believing that things are actually going swimmingly in the Hermit Kingdom. “New posters have been produced in the DPRK to help more splendidly spruce up Pyongyang and hasten the harvest this year,” reports NKNews.org, a North Korea news aggregation site, drawing from North Korea’s state run media. Image from article

D. Jamalyan: “Armenian military parade showed that Azerbaijani propaganda was just a balloon which is blasted” - times.am: “'Azerbaijan has no military advantage towards Armenia'. Davit Jamalyan, military expert, told journalists about this during press-conference. 'Baku propaganda just develops the military myth about their military advantage. And our military parade showed that it was just a balloon which is blasted', Jamalyan added.According to the expert the myth is too important for Azerbaijan so they looked for ways to defame the parade. But there is no fact or argument in their remarks, but it is just insult."

Soviet Propaganda Posters as ART - flaglerlive.com: Darker Shades of Red: Soviet Propaganda from the Cold War will open the season at the Polasek Museum in Winter Park on September 27. Always bold and strikingly graphic in its socialist agenda, the collection reveals the political ideology of the Soviet Union from the mid 1940’s to 1990.

Soviet leaders placed a priority on communicating ideas of ‘social responsibility’ to its citizen-comrades through the heroic symbols of Soviet leaders, soldiers, workers, and peasants. Posters combined these figures with text and vivid blocks of color. Caricatures of American and British leaders depicted ‘the West’ as the enemy of the Soviet people, with this propaganda filtering down to the daily lives of people. The exhibit is an insider’s view into life in a totalitarian society. The exhibit may be viewed from September 27 to January 8 at the Polasek Museum. Call 407.647.6294 or visit Polasek.org. Image from article

Everything you need to know about Romanian rugby (but didn't care enough to ask) - benedictblog.dailymail.co.uk: So, what do I need to know about this team and their history? Where do you want me to start? Romania was a powerhouse of European rugby under communist rule as the regime used the game as a propaganda tool and invested heavily in its development.

In the 1980s they were rugby's first professionals in everything but name, beating the likes of France, Wales and Scotland and only narrowly losing to the All Blacks 14-6 in 1981 no thanks to two disallowed tries. Why were they so good? The top two domestic sides were the army and the police. Based in Bucharest, they had access to state-of-the-art facilities and as much time off as needed to train together — often seven days a week. Nice work if you can get it. Uncaptioned image from article

Pro-slavery propaganda from the 1800s USA - Clarisse Thorn, feministe.us: In the early 1800s, pro-slavery authors reacted to the anti-slavery classic Uncle Tom’s Cabin by writing their own pro-slavery propaganda.

The Heresy of Constantine - Robert F. Beaudine, themoralliberal.com: Throughout history, the truth has also been distorted or robbed of its validity. Many times propaganda was the culprit. Today, because of the psychological discoveries in mass-persuasion, propaganda is epidemic and embraced without critical judgment.

Propaganda is always masked as truth. It is more effective when the populace has little historical understanding, because history puts our world in its proper perspective. Without historical awareness, the populace can be misled down false paths and pursue trivialities instead of truth. Constantine portrayed himself as the first Christian emperor. Yet, he refused to be baptized until he was on his deathbed. Constantine was a master of propaganda, in the Roman tradition. Image from article

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Admiral Mullen voiced a stern warning to Pakistan, who he said was undermining its own interests as well as the American interest in fighting terror networks in the region. “In choosing to use violent extremism as an instrument of policy, the government of Pakistan, and most especially the Pakistani Army and ISI, jeopardizes not only the prospect of our strategic partnership but Pakistan’s opportunity to be a respected nation with legitimate regional influence,” he said.

--New York Times

AMERICANA

David Letterman: "Top Ten Things a Candidate Should Not Say During a Presidential Debate:

10. Yeah, I killed a guy.
9. 'Fifty states? When did Puerto Rico get in?
8. Can you repeat the question? I was thinking about cookies.
7. If elected, my Cabinet will feature at least three Kardashians.
6. I don't know a damn thing about the economy, but I do know this: Chaz Bono

dances like an angel.
5. Can anyone beat Angry Birds level 16? I can't kill the pig with the mustache.
4. It's-a not so bad, it's-a nice-a place. Ah, shaddap you face.
3. Hey Republican spelled backwards is Nacilbuper
2. As my good friend, Osama bin Laden, once said –
1. Senior citizens can bite my ass."

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80-year-old woman arrested for dealing crack. Again - Boing Boing

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