will it rescue the ailing postal service? i'll ask the woman tasked with saving it. >>> a new tell-all book has scientologists raging. anderson cooper describes the mystique behind one of the most secretive organizations in the world. >>> s.a.g. awards tonight. we'll give you a preview of who will win one of hollywood's biggest honors. . >>> good morning, everyone. i'm randi kaye. we begin with breaking news of a devastating fire in brazil. just moments ago, we got these first pictures of the tragedy there. in the last few minutes, we've gotten word of a massive jump in the death toll from the nightclub blaze in santa maria, in brazil. officials telling cnn that 220 people are dead. 220. that is up from the 90 that we were originally told. this is among the deadliest fires of this type in history. it was ten years ago that 100 people were killed in the station nightclub fire in rhode island. this fire today in brazil, more than twice the size of the fire in rhode island. the cause of this fire, still under investigation. but r

we need congress to get the postal service a much better deal. far the only related legislation that i'm aware of on the docket are four bills asking to name post offices after famous people. let's bring in congressman gerald connolly of virginia tonight. congressman, good to have you with us. >> great to be back with you, ed. >> this story bothers me because this is the government getting in the way of an operation that was successful. why did the lame duck session of the congress do this in 2006? >> you know, i think republicans really don't like the post office because it's very big, it's quasi governmental, and it's unionized. and what is ironic about their opposition and their determination to engineer it to fail, as you said is that it is the only service to be provided the american people mandated in the constitution of the united states, which they say they believe in. you can look it up in article 1, section 8. the post office is right there in the constitution of the united states. and i think we have a sacred obligation to make it work

of the stamp and the u.s. postal service office that we get this opportunity to have a national platform on which our culture affinities can be displayed. happy new year. (chinese) thank you mayor lee. every year the united states postal service in washington dc receives many applications for subject matter to be reflected on a postal stamp. we really want to thank the poster service committee for selecting every year for the happy new year stamp, or the lunar year thing, to be part of the commemorative stamp program. with us today is seven cisco postmaster rog cingara (sounds like). >> thank you for that kind introduction. i want to thank you for being with us today and for your support of the united states postal service. i know you have important business in washington to attend to. something about an inauguration. i really appreciate your taking the time out here today and inviting us us to city hall and being part of the celebration. thank you claudine. as always your support and your assistance have been instru

the u.s. postalto speed up cost-cutting measures, no marching orders from the board of governors directing the management to accelerate the restructuring of the postal service operations, and it's a strength in the postal service bottom line. no specifics from the postal service until all employees are informed, but measures previously announced include eliminating saturday mail delivery, a 50% cut in mail processing facilities by 2014 for a potential savings of $1.2 billion and altering its benefit payment obligations. last year the postal service lost number $16 billion. ran into its legal borrowing limit and defaulted twice on mandatory payments to the federal government since 2006. 168,000 jobs have been cut, along with $15 billion in annual costs, but the rest of that overhaul can't happen without legislation from congress. delaware democrat senator tom carper and republican congressman darrell issa are renewing efforts to renew the postal service in the new congress. they say the piece meal app

everything is automatic these days. >> that is the postal service who says the package was trapped inn endless mailing loop. each time it arrived in san francisco, the post office scanned the bar code and sent it back to boston. roger was tracking it online as it crisscrossed the country. it went from best to new hampshire, out to san francisco, then back to boston again. and it just kept going in the same circle for a month. >> i wondered how long it would go on, would it ever stop. roger contacted the postal service but he says no one knew how to stop sending the would, to boston. any said wait if it doesn't come back and get delivered after five days give us a call back. >> it didn't get delivered and the post office told him to wait some more. instead, he contacted 7 on your side. >> one concern was this box was just going to be a tattered mess with a beat up broken lens. >> we contacted the postal service and they came up with a plan to rescue the box from the vicious cycle. >> they intercepted it and said we have the package and we are putting it on this flight and it gets to sa

>> roger contacted the postal service. ays no one knew how to stop sending the box back to boston. >> he said just wait, if it doesn't come back and get delivered after five days give us a call back. >> it didn't get delivered and the post office told him to wait some more. instead he contacted seven on your side. >> one of the concerns was that this box was just going to be this tattered mess with the beat-up broken lens inside of it. >> we contacted the postal service and the folks there came up with a plan to rescue the box from that vicious cycle. >> they intercepted it and said we have the package, we are putting it on this flight. as soon as it gets to san francisco, grab it. >> which they did. roger picked it up, opened the box and found the long-awaited traveling lens safely tucked inside. >> a happy ending. we found the package and it got delivered. >> it was really exciting. i was very happy. >> there is no guarantee a mistake won't happen when you mail a package, but the postal service said problems like this are

the postal service says the case is still sealed. so, the agency referred me to the department of justice. the department of justice was also tight-lipped about this. saying it won't confirm or deny that forrest is under federal investigation. or, if charges have been filed against him. looking ahead. based on new law, which went into effect on tuesday. public officials and employees convicted of a felony -- could ultimately be forced to forfeit their pension benefits. however. this case is still in the early stages and forrest has not been convicted of a crime. in the meantime. on monday, san mateo county superior court named an acting probation chief. stuart forrest has worked for the san mateo county probation department. for more than 40 years. he was appointed chief in 2009. in 2012. his salary was about 140- thousand dollars. >>> oakland is known as a sanctuary city for illegal immigrants. now - the mayor and council have made it an even more welcome place for them. beginning next month - illegal immigrants can get municipal i-

>> roger contacted the postal service. ne know how to stop sending the box back to boston. >> he said just wait, if it doesn't come back and get delivered after five days give as you call back. >> it didn't get delivered and the post office told him to wait some more. instead he contacted seven on your side. >> one of the concerns was that this box was just going to be this tattered mess with the beat-up broken lens inside of it. >> we contacted the postal service and the folks there came up with a plan to rescue the box from that vicious cycle. >> they intercepted it and said we have the package, we are putting it on this flight. as soon as it gets to san francisco, grab it. >> which they did. roger picked it up, opened the box and found the long-awaited traveling lens safely tucked inside. >> happy ending. we found the package and it got delivered. >> it was really exciting. i was very happy. >> there is no guarantee a mistake won't happen when you mail a package but the postal service said problems like this are extremel

the postal service could run out of money by october. ill the board of governors is saying don't act too aggressively and phase in new cost cutting measures to avoid damaging quality of service. the postal service hasn't revealed what measure it tends to pursue but it will reveal them once it informs postal employees of the details. >> you will let us know after that. >>> 47 after the top of the hour. coming up next on "the rundown", do you spend hours a day sitting at your desk or in front of a computer, bhieb the stools. it could kill you why you should be standing up. >> the glitz and glamor at the festivities. >> receive dos see has more coming up on "fox & friends". >> new york times taking a shot at judge andrew napolitano. he is going to drop by and defend himself. >> lance armstrong. he is perhaps the biggest liar of all times. he is apparently spilling the beans to oprah. does your kid have a runny nose? it might not be the flu. it could be fast food. fox and frindz kicks off in 11 minutes right now right here on "the fox news ch

despite near constant pleas for more revenue, the u.s. postal service is being investigated for runaway travel spending. the report comes from the postal service's office of the inspector general and finds that the agency overpaid employee travel expenses by more than $1 million. additionally, it claims that employees used government-issued travel cards for personal travel. the postal service has agreed to the watchdog's recommendations. feeling pressure after the newtown shootings, groupon is halting all gun-related deals. the daily deals company says it is responding to customer pressure and has canceled all planned any existing discounts for shooting range and clay shooting outings. the curtain is closing on 300 blockbuster stores across the country. according to a report, dish network is shutting down stores that are underperforming or near the end of a lease. dish bought the video rental chain in 2011, when it was bankrupt. the move is costing 3,000 employees their jobs. last year, the colorado economic development commission granted dish $

the postal service paid armstrong more than $30 million. under the law, if fraud against the government is proven, the penalty could be triple, more than $90 million. one interested viewer of the interview last night was david walsh, chief sports writer of the "london sunday times." his newspaper settled a libel lawsuit with armstrong back in 2006 and paid the cyclist nearly half a million dollars. walsh wants that money back. >> the sunday times was the only newspaper that i know that was consistently questioning lance armstrong, that had a position, the position was we didn't believe the guy. >> reporter: armstrong's legal opponents will mo doubt be tuning into part two of the interview tonight for more insight into the man who, for 13 years, was living a lie. >> was it a big deal to you? did it feel wrong? >> at the time? >> uh-huh. >> no. >> it didn't not even feel wrong? >> no. scary. >> did you feel bad about it? >> no. even scarier. >> reporter: both the department of justice and the u.s. postal service declined to comment on the lega

part of the problem for the postal service is that there is less mail going through the system. that is combined with high costs come including money. the postal service must set aside to pay health benefits for future retirees. all of you who send that stuff through sale mail i got it when we could wnload an hd movie in like two minutes. [ male announcer ] once you've got verizon fios internet, you get it -- the difference 100% fiber optics makes. but don't take our word for it -- ask a real fios customer. ask me why fiber optics matters. ask me about the upload speeds -- they're sick! [ male annncer ] so go online and send a tweet to a real fios customer. last chance to get fios for just $89.99 a month for 2 years with a 2-year agreement. plus get $300 bacack. visit got2getfios.com for america's fastest, most reliable internet. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800-974-6006 tty/v. >> back now with some good news. >> it is not going to be that bad. a rough. last week. now we are looking at milder temperatures on the way. tuesday and wednesday, highs in

>> they sponsored him. >> bill: the u.s. postal service sponsored armstrong. >> yes. >> bill: that's taxpayer money, right? >> yes. >> >> they sponsored him and thought he was clean. >> one of the conditions of the contract sponsorship that he not use any of the -- bill in the contract. >> correct. vials of it. >> bill: they are in the suit. if it's ruled so, he has to pay triple damages. >> doesn't have to pavement. >> could be. >> bill: what does floyd get? >> floyd gets 30% of whatever. >> under the whistle blower statute he will get a portion of the ultimate award that is deemed appropriate. >> for the u.s. postal service? >> yes. >> encouragement for people to tell the truth. >> it comes right down to. armstrong is in big trouble. then he has got a whole bunch of other suits. >> that's just one of the suits. >> bill: there were sponsors that -- one sponsor is looking for $20 million. >> sca promotions dallas based promotions company. >> lost approximately 150 million in future earnings. >> done. >> i wonder why he did this wit

he's in talks now about saying, well, we might hear this in oprah, willing to give back some of the postal money. he will lose that money in court anyway and more and willing to say he's willing to give it back is just a move. he's deny, deny, deny until there's not a penny to be gained anymore and then see what you can gain from confessing. >> david, you never hold back. people will tune in to hear lance armstrong's confession. i think most probably assumed at this point with the evidence and the conversations that have taken place he was guilty of something. is there any way this guy can save his name or is it gone for good? >> can lance armstrong save his name? interesting question because cycling is a nish sport. i could ask 100 people to name a cyclist and say lance armstrong and then name two cyclists and 99 people probably look at me like i have no idea but there are reservoirs of people in this country who feel very connected to him because of the fight against cancer, because of of livestrong and the yellow bracelet and whatnot and so i'm curious to see if he can rebuild his reput

the u.s. postal christmas packages and junk mail, but it's no longer enough. >> to get back to long-term financial stability, though, the postal service needs to reduce costs by $22.5 billion by the year 2016. >> it's not just the internet. in fact, it's not even mostly the internet. the biggest bottom line problem is that congress requires the postal system to prepay future pensions and future health benefits for retirees. it couldn't keep up last year and defaulted on two payments. the post master general has proposed restructuring pension payments, consolidating processing centers and closing post offices and eliminating saturday mail. throughout its history, the post office has been the nature's central nervous system and it remains the cheapest way to deliver the printed word to any spot in the u.s. also, it's the go-to place to honor local icons. >> hr-3637. a bill to designate the facility of united states postal service located at 401 old dixie highway in jupiter, florida, as the roy post off

the u.s. postal service is upping the cost of a stamp by a penny this weekend. now it will cost 46 cents to send a letter. 33 cents for a postcard and for the first time ever, the postal service is going to start offering a global forever stamp for $1.10. >>> there is a truth in the battle over the debt limit. the house passed a bill that business the country another 4 months before default but the measure forces the senate to do something it hasn't done in four years. cbs news reporter randall pinkston explains how republican leaders in the house now have senate democrats cornered. >> the house will come to order. >> reporter: lawmakers in the house passed legislation allowing the government to continue to borrow money and pay its bills. the senate is also expected to approve the measure that suspends the debt limit until may and prevents turmoil in the financial markets. >> we will not risk the full faith and credit of the united states. >> reporter: republicans came up with the plan reversing course from just a few weeks ago when they wanted to use the debt l

it's not even mostly the internet, the biggest bottom line problem is that congress requirings the postalto prepay future pensions and future health benefits for retirees. it couldn't keep up last year and defaulted on two palts. throughout its history, the post office has been the nation's central nervous system and it remains the cheapest way to deliver the printed word to any spot in the u.s. also the go to place to honor local icons. >> hr 3637, a bill to designate the facility of the united states postal service located at 401 old dixie highway in jupiter, florida as the royce shallard blue post office. >> the nicky mcdaniel bacon post office. >> in the last congress, lawmakers passed 45 bills renaming post offices. it did not g

i am honored to represent the postal service. today is an exciting service. we are proud to celebrate our special time with our friends and the asian community. appreciate the beauty of the stamps for them to use in the new year greetings to families and friends and we capture that beauty this year into celebrating the lunar year stamp. the stamp features the firecrackers that scare off evil spirits and renew hope for the future. the staff is available today at all post offices to help you prepare for the two-year mailings,, greeting cards , party invitations and gifts. we don't have stats available-for-sale at city hall but we do at this table here. we can put the date of issue postmark on them. we have cancellations at lincoln station and also add chinatown for the next 60 days. we are providing the cancellations of those two stations. on behalf of the united states postal service i will like to invite mayor lee and our guests to unveil and dedicate the 2013 lunar new year stamp, year of the snake (chinese). >> i would like to invite representatives from oca

and hi tom i'm calling because i'm concerned about the postal service and what seems to be the purposeful you know bankrupting of it. i heard from senator sanders on the efforts that he's made to. sort of put it put a band-aid on but i believe that you know since the congress changed over from one hundred twelve to the one hundred thirteenth that all of those efforts have not died and that there's nothing happening that's going on to say to the postal service is there any have heard anybody talking about simply repealing the oh so closely jand the republicans push through in order to since begin destruction yes absolutely paul thanks for raising that topic appreciate that the for those people who don't know what paul and i are talking about let me just you know a thirty second or sixty second here history lesson back in two thousand and six the post office was doing really really well post office by the way is in the constitution ben franklin invented it before he helped invent america has been around forever and the post office was so. profitable essentially was showing so much surplus t

. >> forget the fiscal cliff, we are close to falling off the postal cliff and hostess will move forward with plans to sell their brand. jane king is live from the new york stock exchange. >> all kinds of cliffs going on these days. and major money problems for the post office, and congress, still, hasn't take were steps to help out the postal service so it is on track to run out of cash in october. if that happens, it will not be able to pay workers or buy fuel, so that means our mailboxes will be e. the postal service and financial situation is getting worse and losing an estimated $25 million every day. wonder bread is closer to having a new owner, the maker of tasty cake is the lead bidder for the twincies and the rest of the knack cakes are separate. >> and in the single digits across the board on the stock exchange and apple may not be as cool with the younger folks, the iphone maker could be lose their grip on the teens. the cupertino based giant has done a good job with the older folks but the younger generation is all about samsung galaxy and losing facebook after a survey shows

it did not get around to a bill overhauling the postal system to keep it solvent. thanks for watching "state of the union" i'm candy crowley in washington. head to cnn.com/sotu. fareed zakaria "gps" is next. >>> this is gps the global public square. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. i'm fareed zakaria coming to you from davos, switzerland. i interviewed one king, seven prime ministers and one head of government. we'll see them in coming weeks. this week one king and one prime minister. we'll start with the king of jordan, abdullah ii. his nation sits in turmoil between syria, egypt, iraq and saudi arabia. despite some protests, jordan hasn't had its own arab spring. everyone was watching the parliamentary elections this week. will they satisfy protesters or inflame them? we'll get the king's reaction. then, the prime minister of r h russia dmitry medvedev. some call it a new cold war. who's to blame and will russia help in syria? we'll discuss it all. >>> also, the algerian hostage crisis that left dozens dead. is this a sign of a grav

she refired from the postal -- refired from the postal service for work this for 44 years and it's hardin all that time she never called out sick. ford says there were days when she did feel under the weather but she felt it was her duty to get people their mail. >> didn't you want to go to the mailbox and get a letter? and you go and want a letter. i want to make sure you get one. >> so it's duty you feat duty. >> right. neither rain sleet or snow. >> or sickness. ford worked short of 11,000 days without missing one day of work. her perfect record raised the pension to 5%. >>> working out by just standing up sound like it's not going to work. something a couch potatoe could do. >> we will introduce you to a new way of working out no treadmills all you have to do is just stand for ten minutes and do that. >> do that. >> and you may need to work out if you do like the late night snacking. so we will tell you what you can do to curb that urge to eat late at night. >> it's called grazing. i woke up with this horrible rash on my right side. an intense burning sensation like somebody had set

the hike comes as the postal service continues to struggle in desperate need for help from congress. in the past year the postal service cut hours of thousands of post offices and consolidated some of its plants. so get that penny ready. forever stamps. >> get the stamps now. >> the forever stamps -- it just flabbergasts me they don't transition their stuff to more online and make their money that way. it sounds easier than it could be but that's why they're losing customers right? >> they still have the infrastructure there that you know there are still people out there delivering the mail and there's really not much they can do about that. the reason that the post office makes any money nowadays is direct sales. the brochures that go out in the junk mail. that's where all the money goes out. >> the biggest cost is health insurance and retirement right? >> people. >> people. >> i still send letters though. >> me too. >> i like letters. all right jess. >> thanks jess see you in a bit. >>> if you suffer from migraines and constant headaches you may want to avoid certain types of weathe

. >> a piece of mail got stuck in the negligenter world, a postal loop. el finney is here to track it down. >> problem started when computer coding says one thing and hand written address said something different. the mail is sent into oblivion. it happen to this package. we helped set it free. >> roger toms from san francisco likes to take picture was his boxesy camera from the 190s. the kinld you peer into with a hood over your head. >> you have a lot of resolution and can make very nice prints. >> however, roger didn't have the right lens to take tick pic tours from a distance. when a collector offered one for $65 roger snapped it up. >> it began a long process of that. >> why is he laugh something. >> it's all about what happened after the seller mailed the lens in massachusetts. >> it got stuck in the postal sits system started to go back and forth. >> a clerk put the wrong coding on the mailing label saying it was going to boston. the hand written address said to san francisco. so... you can imagine the state of confusion that resulted. >> so efrk is

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but late last year, the united states anti-doping agency produced evidence that the u.s. postal team ran what it called "the most sophisticated, professionalized and successful doping program the sport has ever seen." armstrong sat down for an interview with oprah winfrey which will air on thursday, but today, winfrey spoke to charlie rose on "cbs this morning." >> did he confess? did he come clean in the manner that you expected? >> i would say he did not come clean in the manner that i expected. it was surprising to me. i would say that, for myself, my team, all of us in the room, we were mesmerized and riveted by some of his answers. but i think the most important questions and the answers that people around the world have been waiting to hear were answered and certainly answered... i can only say i was satisfied by the answers. >> pelley: we have confirmed that armstrong offered at least a limited confession in that interview. we spoke to a rider who was once armstrong's trusted lieutenant. tyler hamilton helped him win the tour de france. but in an interview for the showtim

but when he joined the u.s. postalrvice team, he saw veteran riders getting preferential treatment. they would be giving white lunch bags between races. he wanted his lunch bag, too. >> the doctor at u.s. postal service said that i had enormous potential. so basically eventually when i was given my first white lunch bag, it was a sign to me that they believe in me, they believe in my potential and they believe in me -- my long-term talent. >> the launch bags contained the banned drug epo, designed to raise a cyclist's hematocrit levels. >> it's a percentage of red blood cells in your body. they carry oxygen to your muscles. basically the higher your red blood cell percentage, the better your muscles are going to operate under stress. so in laymen's terms, the more red blood cells you have, the faster you're going to ride a bike. >> what was the doctor's solution to raising these levels? >> a couple of months before -- maybe a month and a half before my first tour de france, it was epo. >> under uci rules at the time, r

the u.s. postal service cycling team from 1998 to 2000. but andreu was ostracized after he and his fiancee-- now-wife-- betsy, testified in 2005 that armstrong acknowledged using performance-enhancing drugs. >> for my wife and i, we've been attacked and ripped apart by lance and all of his people and all his supporters, repeatedly, for a long time. i just wish they wouldn't have been so blind and opened up their eyes earlier to all the signs that indicated there was deception there, so that we wouldn't have had to suffer as much. and it's not only us, i mean he's ruined a lot of people's lives. >> suarez: regulators from the official bodies that police cycling are also speaking out. the head of the world anti- doping agency-- david howman-- has demanded armstrong make his confession under oath.at he told the associated press "he's got to follow a certain course. that is not talking to a talk show host." armstrong vehemently denied doping for more than a decade, insisting he'd been tested hundreds of

. >> how the postal service is honoring the emancipation proclamation ending slavery in our country. >> two men are called heros for breaking up a robbery. how the quick thinking helped save a man being attacked on the street. >> and it's cold out there this morning. but it's going to get colder. i will tell you when coming up. >> reporter: interstate 97 is nice and clear. but we have a crash on route 50. i will have details coming up on good morning maryland. >>> new this morning, a los angeles photographer died while trying to snap pictures of a ferrari believed to be owned by justin bieber. it happened tuesday in l.a. and police say that the paparazzi was hit by a vehicle after taking photos of a white ferrari. california highway police say that the car was stopped by police in the same area that day. we are told that they confirm the man was killed on a roadway he was a paparazzo and chasing bieber's ferrari. authorities say bieber was not in the car at the time of the traffic stop. >>> it's been 150 years since the signing of the emancipation proclamation and in honor of that, t

aww man. [ male announcer ] returns are easy with free pickup from the u.s. postal service.l even drop off boxes if you need them. visit usps.com pay, print, and have it picked up for free. any time of year. ♪ nice sweater. thank you. ♪ as we start ooff our new year -- it s important tt take a moment tt emember the llves we lost that have helpee to shape our future... future... mike wallace / jouunalistdavy jones / monkees singersun myung moon / unification church fouuderppyylis dillee / comedienne tonyyscott / director marie colvin / journalistandrew breitbart / publisher and blogger helee gurley brown / cosmopolitan editoo-in-chiefadam "mca" yauch / beastie oys rapper dunnee / boxing trainero sheeman hhmsley /actor eenesttborgnine / actoryitzhak shamir / former israeli prime ministtr arthur ochs sulzberger / new york times publisherdick clark / television hoot neil armssrong / astronnutsally ride / astronautmaurice sendak /"where the wild things are" authorwhitney houston / singerandy griffitt / actorrrchard daason / family feud hostlarry hagman / aatorhector camacho / box

the u.s. postal service is closer to the brink of bankruptcy. it's estimated by march the agency could struggle to operate. the postal service had no debt as of 2005, but because of email and congress requiring it to pre-fund healthcare benefits for future retirees, the usps is cash- strapped. one other mention - a federal appeals court ruled post office gave special treatment to netflix, and can no longer discriminate against other mail-order companies. the challenge was filed by video game rental service gamefly. the video gaming industry continues to lose players. sales of games and consoles were down 22% in 2012. sales declined 9% the previous year. it's attributed to players trending toward new digital devices and game producers such as microsoft investing in more popular titles only. the industry could face challeges ahead as gun control measures are expected out of washington. video game creators met with vice president joe biden last week. the obama administration is seeking information from the industry on factors that influence violenc

it's not even mostly the internet, the biggest bottom line problem is that congress requirings the postal system to prepay future pensions and future health benefits for retirees. it couldn't keep up last year and defaulted on two palts. throughout its history, the post office has been the nation's central nervous system and it remains the cheapest way to deliver the printed word to any spot in the u.s. also the go to place to honor local icons. >> hr 3637, a bill to designate the facility of the united states postal service located at 401 old dixie highway in jupiter, florida as the royce shallard blue post office. >> the nicky mcdaniel bacon post office. >> in the last congress, lawmakers passed 45 bills renaming post offices. it did not get around to a political overhauling the postal system to keep it solvent. >> i'm cached crndy crowley in washington. if you missed any part of today's show, find us on i-tunes, just search state of the union. fareed zakaria, gps is next. >> this is gps, the global public square. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. i'm far

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