we're back now with more of "today" on a thursday morning, the 10th day of june, 2010. we started the show in cloud cover. you know what? those clouds are moving out of here. we got blue sky an still great crowd gathered in rockefeller plaza. thanks to them for stopping by and spending part of their morning with us. out on the plaza, i'm matt lauer, along with natalie morales and al roker. coming up, the investigation into the situation involving joran van der sloot just gets more and more complex. >> that's right. exactly. as you know, a lot of developments in this case. right now we know that there is

information this morning about possible extortion case and whether or not he took some of that money that was given to him by the holloway family to then fund his trip to peru. we're going to be talking with one of the investigators who's been working on the natalee holloway disappearance case in this latest connection to possible murder in peru. then also a little bit later on, just a week after the surprising news that al and tipper gore were separating, their oldest daughter, karenna also is separating from her husband. they say they're trying to work it out. we'll look at that and talk to an expert about how one divorce cannot only affect the children but actually other marriages. there is a ripple effect within the family. also, did you know that june, on a lighter note, is one of the biggest gift-giving months of the year? think of all the june weddings, graduation, father's day. so we've got a lot of gifts to buy! well, this morning we've got

some great ideas on those gifts from a grill master to a duffel bag for your dorm. we've got some very cool, unique and different ideas. first let's go inside. ann has a look at all the headlines. good morning, everybody. in the news today, president obama is meeting with the families of the 11 oil workers who died when their rig exploded in the gulf 52 days ago. the president is offering condolences to the relatives of those who died and also asking for their thoughts on how the government can make sure that future deep water oil drilling is safe and as it tries to stop the leak, bp's stock has fallen to a 14-year low. today a u.n. tribunalsnibos officers for committing genocide in 1995, the first defendants sentenced for genocide by the u.n. tribunal so far. iran is dismissing the sanctions approved by the u.n. security council which are intended to push iran back to

the negotiating table on its nuclear program but iran appears to be digging in its heels and now says it may limit international oversight of what it says is its nuclear program for peaceful purposes. at&t says a security problem exposed e-mail addresses of more than 100,000 users of apple's ipod. at&t says the problem has now been fixed. in central texas, one person died wednesday after 11 inches of rain fell in just eight hours near san antonio. state emergency personnel are on duty in case the heavy rain expected today causes even more flooding. it is now three minutes past the hour. let's go back outside to matt. >> ann, thank you very much. mr. roker has sacheted down the plaza. he's got a check of the weather. >> we got a birthday girl here. what's your name? >> kelsey. >> how old are you? >> 12. >> all right. happy birthday. where you from? >> from north carolina. >> happy birthday to you. everybody wish kelsey a happy birthday there in boone. let's check your weather.

we got a risk of strong storms from amarillo all the way up to pierre, south dakota. we're talking about large hail, isolated tornadoes. on the radar, more drenching, flooding rains between dallas and houston today. heavy thunderstorms moving through nebraska on into iowa. as you see on the future radar, the future cast, rainfall amounts in the next 24 hours, heavy rain through the dakotas and on into nebraska and the heaviest rain down in texas from shreveport on into parts of ft. smith, arkansas. we are looking >> we are off to a fairly quiet start. a little bit of fog out there in some neighborhoods. that should burn off quickly. mostly sunny skies this afternoon.

>> that's your latest weather. natalie? new developments this morning tied to the arrest of joran van der sloot. he's now being investigated in the disappearance of two women in colombia. there is new information that the fbi had been tracking him as part of an extortion plot in aruba just before he traveled to peru. nbc's michelle kosinski is in lima with the very latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, natalie. in this case the truth seems to be stranger than fiction and just keeps getting more complicated by the day. colombian authorities are now looking into the disappearances of two jung women there while joran van der sloot was there. aruba and the u.s. hope information will come out that will help solve the case of natalee holloway. now the fbi is explaining why they didn't arrest van der sloot when he was in aruba when they

caught him in the act extorting money from natalee's mother. in the latest video to emerge from joran van der sloot's arrest, he looks exhausted, defeated, had just been caught in chile, about to be paraded over and over again for the world to see in peru. but it was weeks before the brutal beating death of student stephany flores in van der sloot's hotel room here that the fbi was pursuing him from the u.s. they say in april, he reached out to an attorney close to natalee holloway's mother and promised to finally tell what really happened to her daughter back in 2005, including where her remains are. in exchange, investigators say, for a quarter of a million dollars. but mom called the fbi. she wired him $15,000 and a meeting was set up in aruba monitored by the feds where the 22-year-old roving poker player was handed another ten grand, cash. days later he was off to south america where fate would have him meet stephany flores at a

casino poker table in lima. here they are, newly released surveillance footage, gambling together and they leave during what would be some of the last moments of this young woman's life. so why was he not arrested on the spot in aruba? the fbi now in a statement says the case was not sufficiently developed to bring charges prior to the time van der sloot left aruba. not due to any fault on the part of the fbi or the u.s. attorney's office. federal sources tell nbc news they first wanted to see if van der sloot's information about natalee might solve the case. his latest story that he and his father who died of a heart attack in february buried natalee near a construction site. he claims she died after falling and hitting her head on a rock. the fbi insists the money van der sloot was paid and which paid for his trip to peru was paid for by natalee holloway's mother and not tax tear dollapa.

which it took time to check out his story. by then, van der sloot was gone. in peru be pre, the press is bu with details. he hit her with a tennis racket six times allegedly breaking her next. he told investigators he became enraged when she found information on his computer revealing him as the suspect in the natalee holloway case. newspapers claim he considered taking her body in a bag to put it in the ocean but was afraid and that he was found to have cocaine and marijuana in his system. strangely, precisely five years after natalee, joran van der sloot is in custody accused of murder, just in a completely different case. so here you have natalee holloway's mother desperate to solve that case after so many years, possibly unwittingly funding joran van der sloot's trip here to peru where this all now has happened. colombia authorities are

conducting interviews into the disappearances of two women ages 20 and 21 who liked to spend time at casinos there just to see if they, too, might be connected to all of this. >> a lot going on there. michelle kosinski in lima, peru with the latest. bo diesel is a private investigator working with an attorney for natalee holloway's family. bo, good morning. i guess the big fundamental question here is why was joran van der sloot allowed to leave peru with $10,000 cash, $15,000 of money wired into his account? now as i understand, the fbi doesn't have arrest jurisdiction outside of the u.s. is that right? >> let's go from the beginning, first of all. john kelly, the lawyer, was kashthed. again he had a communication with e-mails back and forth. what joran van der sloot said that his father had died, he wanted the holloway family to find out where he buried the daughter. so the communication was back and forth. john and i spoke about it, then

talked about bringing the fbi in. they were contacted in the alabama office. they went and contacted the aruban authorities. now there was a cooperation that was done. it's a two-party state -- two-party country on communication, eavesdropping and that. they got a warrant that they were able to put cameras in the room and record what was going on. the $10,000 was exchanged. the wire transfer for $15,000 was sent to the netherlands. so you have two charges there, extortion and you have wire fraud. but also he makes an incriminating statement in that room of how he killed natalee holloway. >> which proved not to be true. right? >> well, the point is he makes that statement on tape which was videotaped. now the aruban authorities were present during this whole thing with the fbi. they were privy to this. why didn't the aruban authorities under their law just on suspicion they could have held him on 180 days. my thing is you can blame -- >> so they dropped the ball. >> you can keep blaming the fbi but i think the real blame is this is in aruba. the aruban government was

involved. they see him making an admission to killing this girl. this is new evidence. they should have taken him down on that. obvious lit fbi has extortion and wire fraud again. the ball was dropped but my real fear is how many other people this guy killed. >> now we understand the fbi's looking into cases of two women at casinos in colombia. do you believe this guy is a serial killer. you have said, check his passport. >> i have said it before. the fbi should join up with interpol. he was in thailand, all over the place, where missing girls are, where murdered girls are. this guy again they found those pills in the car, the date rape drugs were found in that car, flores' car. this guy's m.o. is he puts these date rape drugs. has his way. if they don't cooperate, he uses violence. this is a murderer. i met him, i looked in his eyes. >> you as a private investigator have been working on this case for a long time. as i understand natalee hollo y holloway's mother beth twitty was in washington, d.c. this week. i know john kelly who you work

with, her attorney, met with her. given all of this, how is she holding up knowing this? is there any hope foreclosure this will somehow bring to light what happened to her daughter who disappeared five years ago? >> you're hitting the nail on the head. how this creep could take after this family lost their daughter, how they could take this and how he could extort $250,000, all this mother wanted was closure to bury his wife. >> i'm sure we'll hear a lot more details in the days to come about what is going on in the investigation. bo, thanks again so much for your time this morning. coming up next, with news of two splits in the gore family, we're going to take a look at how the end of a marriage can affect the family. also, pitching a tent for your summer vacation. we've got the best camping destination. but first these messages.

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the week after al and tipper gore made their stunning announcement that they were splitting after four years, there is word that their oldest daughter karenna has separated from her husband. people magazine broke the story. the executive editor and jeff gardere, host of vh1's "dad cam." when you heard about al and tipper gore, it sent shockwaves through everybody. here was this solid marriage. not quite the same with karenna and her husband? >> it is not quite the same, because they're public figures but way less so than al and tipper and the marriage was much briefer. >> do we think, jeff -- of course we don't know and only the gores know. would these marriages, these break-ups be related? >> they could be related because al and tipper's marriage, 40

years. they were setting an example for everyone else. it was almost like the anchor marriage. once that one goes away, then the weaker marriages or the more recent marriages then tend to fall apart because they can't depend on al and tipper anymore to be that couple who can give them the advice or set that example of stick with it and stay strong. >> you can work through this. >> we hope that they are the examples that they can do this. they have 40 years of experience even though they ended up splitting up after that time. >> betsy, from what you've learned, have al and tipper been with karenna since this has all been announced? >> yes, al and tipper have both been to new york to visit karenna. everybody is being mutually supportive. there is a lot of talk of counseling and therapy and al and tipper have spoken about being in therapy in the past. so everybody really is trying to work this out. as amicably as possible.

>> they have been the example because they've been through the lot from the near-death of a child. we've seen all of that. i guess, jeff, it makes it all that much more surprising. >> i think it does make it surprising but the thing to look at, people have longer life spans now. so where we never saw couples who have 40 years in really splitting up in that way, now we see that they're starting to do it at 61 and 62 years old, they can go on and have rich lives, separately but the thing we have to look at, al and tipper gore are not failures because they divorced. >> that's the general consensus. the marriage failed but it's been 40 years. >> the marriage may not have worked out but it doesn't mean that they're failures as people. the fact that they're having an amicable divorce says to me they really are sterling people. divorce is not a bad word. sometimes people do just have to end it in order to be more fulfilled in their lives. >> betsy, their middle daughter has been divorced as well.

correct? >> that is true. >> she divorced in 2009, yes. >> so can we draw anything from this? >> i don't think so. we don't really know privately what's going on behind the scenes. i think these are three possibly sad, possibly not sad situations. >> i think what we can possibly draw from this, these are very famous people. they have very public lives and they have a lot going on all the time and they have to balance family with work with media, with all of these great projects they're involved in. and sometimes that takes time away from one another and they just drift apart. >> okay. quickly, the gore-schiffs have three children. we're talking about the divorce of their parents and their grandparen grandparents. what's that do for the grandchildren. >> i think they may not have the sterling example in their minds that marriage is something that lasts forever.

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>> hey. >> we couldn't do what we do without the wonderful partners like nbc and all of you. so thank you. >> in the 30 years, what's the toughest wish that you were able to grant? >> i think the most impactful wish i can think of is the first when 7-year-old chris gracious wanted to be a policeman and some communities volunteers got together and out of that experience, many chapters were created around the world and this year we'll hit our 250,000th wish. >> how will you celebrate this great anniversary? >> tonight we have a gala here in new york with our metro new york chapter who just granted their 8,000th wish. >> i'm going to be there. >> yes, natalie is going to be there. we'll have a big gala celebration in orlando in october to celebrate 30 years of wish granting around the world. >> that is so wonderful. >> we want to thank the kids for being here this morning. thank you so much for being here. it is really great of you. i think it feels really great for people who are involved in granting these wishes. i know we felt it whenever we've

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>> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am sarah caldwell. the director of the attorney general's civil rights office is facing drug driving charges. carl snowden was arrested and charged with driving under the influence early tuesday after police saw him driving erratically on route 97 in crownsville. the blood test showed a blood alcohol level that exceeded the legal limit. this is his third drunk driving arrests since 2002. a glen burnie man is behind bars facing human trafficking

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it looks like a weekend thing. today's forecast really looking good. i pressure is moving into the area. we have a good forecast for the next seven days. 85 today, 84 tomorrow. sunshine with scattered clouds. humidity and temperatures dropped over the weekend. so do the rain chances. >> we will have another

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a live concert on rockefeller plaza. that's tomorrow on "today." make sure you come on out. >> they're really nice guys. they're so great. meanwhile, coming up in this half-hour, this is no ordinary camping trip. whether you want to go old-school and pitch a tent or go comfy upscale with a feather bed, from a tented resort in montana to an estate in upstate new york, we'll show you camping trips for the entire family. and also, june is a month for a lot of happy occasions and milestones, that means buying presents for weddings, graduations and father's day which is coming up. if you're struggling to figure out what to give as a gift, we've got some ideas for you this morning from elizabeth mayhew. in "today's kitchen," it's all greek. a simple lemon and garlic roast chick been a greek salad. it looks and smells delicious already. but you've got a check of the

weather for us. you might want to make that this weekend. your weekend forecast, saturday a risk of strong storms from pennsylvania back to texas, beautiful on the west coast, rain through the central rockies, hot and sunny from the gulf coast and mid-atlantic states. then sunday -- sunday -- more rain in the northeast, through new england. strong risk of storms stretching from texas on into canada. beautiful weather along the west coast, hot into interior california and hot in the southwest. hot weather continues along the gulf coast. really tough stuff for our friends who are doing all the >> we are going to see improving conditions as we head to the day. there could be a little bit of fog early this morning. we will get mostly sunny skies this

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the features editor for "travel & leisure" magazine has top picks which can also be found in the top issue. this works out perfectly. now when you talk about camping, it is not just pitching a tent anymore. >> though you still can. you have a lot of variety. that's great for people who feel a little bit nervous about the idea of going out into nature and being on their own entirely. >> the one we usually think about, the classic, going out camping in a national park. >> i mean that's a great one. people love it. americans go in droves to the ones that you think about, yosemite, they go to of course the grand canyon. but there are other national parks. in fact, there are 58 fantastic national parks around the country. one we really like is shenandoah national park just outside of d.c., only an hour outside of the nation's capital. look at the scenery. it is stunning. what's amazing about this place, for $15 to $20 or $10 to $15, you can pitch your own tent. there are four campground. you can also go back-country

camping. if you're more confident you can do that. if you're not, from july 11th to 12th, they have a weekend where park rangers are on hand to give you a tutorial on how to camp so it is a family camping experience. >> for people who might not be used to this, are there new amenities that can help you out? >> think of the idea of a full-service resort and camping mushed together. there is an amazing place off highway 1 in san francisco. there you can go pitch your own tent but have these comfort stations where can you take an indoor shower, use the facilities and not in the great outdoors, which i enjoy personally. i'm crazy like that. but they also have these tented bungalow camps that are a little bit fancier and you actually get an actual hard floor and hard wooden floor and a bed, too. >> tell me about stoney creek in delaware. >> stoney creek in delaware. i'm a big foodie, you know this. for our second annual food issue coming out this july, i decided

we should take a page out of the idea from europe, which is you stay on a farm and do it close to home. feather-down farms is a company that started in europe and is now in america. there is two of them in new york state and one outside of chicago. i'm guessing there is going to be a lot more. the idea is you go and stay with your family on a working farm. if your kids think carrots actually come from the supermarket, this is a great place to educate them a little bit and you get to pick up your own eggs for breakfast, you stay in kind of a lux environment. you actually have electricity in your -- actually a wood-burning stove in that one. i feel it is like a fun environment and you get to learn a little bit. >> tell me about these tented resorts. they seem really fascinating. >> well, it is fun because the idea of safari has come to the u.s. you go all the way to africa to stay in a tent but have luxury. now you can go glamping right in the u.s. a place in montana is called the resort of paws up. they do this especially well. it is a lux experience and you

pay for it but you get a camping butler. if you want a fire, you go like this, s'mores in a minute. so you stay in a place that has electricity. >> that's like ranger smith in a tux. >> no, they're much more casual. do you feel like you are camping. it is not like you get an experience to the point you aren't experiencing it but you are really sleeping in fatherbe feather king side bed. my friend amy told me about this and i think it is such a great idea. she did this with her whole family. you can rent a summer camp for your whole family if you're having a family reunion or at a place in maine, can you go just for a week. there are ten to 11 other families. all the other activities you love, archery, arts and crafts -- >> short cheating. >> don't do that! but that's available, today. >> thank you so much. great ideas. there is more information on our website, todayshow.com. coming up, we've got a gift

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june is a big month for celebrations. father's day, graduations, and of course those june weddings. on father's day alone, americans will spend nearly $9 billion on presents. if you need some unique ideas that don't cost quite thatch, we a "today" contributor elizabeth mayhew. some of these ideas are unusual. for example, you can give your husband rocks or your father rocks. >> this is literally a drink on the rocks. there's called sea stones. you get them -- c-stones.com.

you keep these rocks in the freezer, then pop them into your drink and it won't dilute the drink. >> you're helping your father or husband not have diluted drinks. >> for the handy manned, a magnetic wrist band, your nuts and bolts won't fall, you can be right up on your ladder. >> i can use those. that's a handy idea. >> woody's meat and potatoes soap. what's great about this, it is 13 bucks. what's so cool is you use it for your hair, your body. it is a one-stop shop in soap for your dad. >> he'll like the name of it as well. this is a good gift if it comes with the beer bottles it carries. >> built in new york. neoprene so it keeps the drinks cold. it is much more convenient than a big tote. you can fill it with his favorite microbrews or whatever. it is great just to take to tailgating or beer on the go. >> why is this not like giving your husband something that --

we don't want to get a copymaker for mother's day. why isn't this like giving your husband -- >> a lot of dads like grilling. sliders are the in thing. you go to restaurants now, everything's like sliders this, sliders that. this is a little basket so can you make small little hamburgers. it keeps them in the basket so it cooks the perfect temperature and you can just flip it. >> now move on to graduations. >> this is a company called luxury attache. it is a very upscale concierge service. they can get you back-stage passes to bruce stringstein or whatever. what you can do is give your grad a special one-time offer. this is just going on through august. for $200 you give them access to this organization that they would never otherwise have. >> they get to pick and choose what they want? >> they can do like trips, anything you want. they'll plan it and do it for you. >> that sounds good. i like this. >> this is amazing for any of these categories. it's $89 at walmart from black

and decker. it is just a one-stop tool kit. i just -- it's there, it's in a case. any grad, anybody would want this. >> i caught all the guys playing with this on the floor before the segment so i know that's a winner. >> for a traveler, $23 for these fun luggage tags. get them personalized. any time you get something personalized it makes for a nice gift because you've taken the time to put their initials and you can see your bag as it is coming off the -- >> that's keen. what's this? >> speaking of bags, this is called tote a ton. $35 from samsonite. it is the size of a trunk. yet it weighs -- you can feel it. it weighs nothing. it found down to nothing so if you need extra storage or if you're moving, anything on the go, packing up your dorm room or going to your dorm room. then i love this. it is from the container store. it is a giant backpack for laundry. you give that to them. it is $25. give it to them with quarters or laundry card. they're going to be doing their own laundry whether they're

moving into their first apartment or into their college dorm. >> now move on to weddings. here is a sweet idea, photograph. >> a lot of people now given the economy really want money for a wedding gift. a lot of times it is questionable, you don't know how much to give. there is a great website called the weddingenvelope.com. they have a questionnaire, you fill out the questions, where do you live, are you going to the wedding, and it calculates what the best amount of money is for you to give based on all the criteria. that's one thing. now another is there's nothing more personal than pictures so blu blurb.com. take pictures at the wedding of the day and put together this nice wedding album for them. this is one of my favorite companies. personalized ice buckets. then can you also get for $199 a wine fridge and also this is from bed bath & beyond. then wind de.com, three years o

wine, one to open on your first, third and fifth anniversary. >> that is a sweet idea. elizabeth, thank you so much. >> happy summer. >> you too, darling. coming up next, the secret to making a delicious roasted chicken greek style. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

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this morning in "today's kitchen," we're going greek. with the beautiful weather outside, you don't want to spend a lot of time in the kitchen. our hot chef has a fast and delicious roasted lemon-garlic icken. jim, good to have you back. so you have little kids and you're cooking two different restaurants. how do you manage? >> lot of running around. but this is a real easy recipe. one of key things here is the chicken has to be boneless. treat the marinade. little peel of the lemon. >> start off with olive oil. you put all of the peel of the lemon in there. >> correct. little bit of garlic.

>> what kind of spices? >> dry greek oregano. just put a small pinch of salt in there when you make your marinade, just to season it up a little bit. use that spoon. i'll squeeze that lemon. use the natural colander of the hands. perfect. pour that right over the chicken. you let that marinate just for about a half-hour or so. >> are you using what was a whole chicken that you've deboned. >> ask your butcher to do that for you. this is actually an amish grain-fed chicken. you can get this in the market or you can use any corn-fed chicken like other varieties as well. >> is it better this way with the whole chicken rather than the chicken breast? does it taste better? >> you have the best part of two worlds here, your breast and your thigh all in one shot. so here you get your pan hot. completely boneless. put it in skin-side down. bring that temperature -- we're not going to put it in the oven.

bring the temperature down to medium. about eight minutes, lower down to low about four minutes. after that point, this is where you're at. see how it's shrunken? you get the nice, crispy. golden, brown and dliselicious. then for about four minutes depending on the calibration of your stove. you can serve these pan juices with the chicken after you're done. i pull it out, always let it rest. >> because it cooks some more, right? >> you see that juice that collects there? that's going to be your sauce. take your chicken. i tossed up a greek salad. you're running into that season of tomatoes. take a couple of pieces of that dark meat. we're going to get into that long island season pretty soon, too, which is going to be great. cut that breast here.

a whole chicken here, you can feed four people easily. we do that at home all the time. kids love it. i always give that piece with the bone to the kids because they love to gnaw on that. we're actually missing a spoon. >> just drizzle it right on. >> look at that. >> looks so good! >> this is for ann. she loves her salad. we're giving ann the whole bowl. >> okay. all right. i meet eat all of that. jim, your food is so authentic and there is so much integrity because you stay with what's pure and you just accent it. >> can i ask you, how do you make the salad dressing on the greek salad so perfect? >> a red wine vinegar with a little bit of olive oil. we actually use smashed garlic in that just for favoring accent. you're not actually going to bite into the garlic but i always like to put it in there, salt, pepper and a little greek oregano. >> always great. great to have you here. it's deliciousness as always,

"gbd," golden-brown and delicious. we have more coming up, including summer toys for your children. and keeping your teens safe when they start to date. hoda and kathie lee coming up next. but first your local news and weather. >> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am sarah caldwell. a pikesville home known as the center of suspicious activity is under investigation after an assault tuesday night. police were called to the home of the 3700 block of michelle way after receiving a 911 call. investigators say an 18-year-old woman was found suffering from

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>> good morning. the sunshine is out and did the temperatures are responding. the last of the rainy activity is moving offshore. a couple of days of good weather before the storms off must begin to threaten us for next weekend. today, mostly sunny skies.

8287. -- 82 to 87. rain chances, he and humidity, coming in for the weekend. >> we will see you back here for 11 how many ways can you be comfortable? an energy efficient infinity air conditioner by carrier can save you up to 56% on your cooling costs, while also reducing your impact on the environment. which is better for where you live,

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