Twitter Updates for 2009-06-30

• CFtweet: $15,000 from Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc. to HOUSE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE INC on 06/29/2009 #
• It's official. You're NOT old until you're 68. http://bit.ly/poXnT #
• We're from the "Green Dam Youth Escort" filter, and we're here to help. http://bit.ly/SGDXs #China #
• Tax me. Bill me. But don't take my Nestle toll house cookies, E. Coli 0157. http://bit.ly/beuUj #
• Dana Wagner. Google lobbyist. How to spin against monopoly claims. http://bit.ly/kIsDe #
• Another European country slashing income taxes… http://bit.ly/dz5We #Hungary #
• AG Chris Koster: Better add this to "Operation Bark" – H3N8 canine flu virus watch http://bit.ly/LE4jZ #
• LaGuardia Airport is for the birds. http://bit.ly/pkWra #AOPA Geese & Planes don't mix. #
• MO Charter Public School Assn' – 1, KCPS – 0. http://bit.ly/F8qRP #JudgeCallahan #
• RT @Drudge_Report: al Qaeda warns France of revenge for burka stance… http://tinyurl.com/nabtra #
• PhRMA lobbying bar tab in DC these days…$50M? http://bit.ly/FwT5M #healthreform #
• YAHOO! Penny Baldwin, Brand management. http://bit.ly/eDfX5 #YHOO #
• Franken appears final in MN. http://bit.ly/1GjR9 #

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Twitter Updates for 2009-06-29

• RT @urbanreviewstl: Mayor Slay to dedicate the new City Garden (2 blocks of the Gateway Mall) at 10am Tuesday. http://www.citygardenstl.org/ #
• RT @Missourinet: AG Koster and Ag Dir Hagler speak on Operation Bark Alert, Central MO Humane Society, Columbia at 3 :15pm. #
• Another October day in June – awesome Missouri weather. #
• RT @KBIA: Sweet map pinpointing MO's stimulus funding http://tinyurl.com/nw6tsg #
• Congrats today to State Treasurer Clint Zweifel. http://bit.ly/10b7Gf His deposit law could help MO earn $10M + #
• RT @allenicet: My official Icet for Auditor web site is up and running at http://www.icetforauditor.com/ #
• RT @AmSol: It's being keep very quite right now, but we're hearing Card Check legislation will come back up in the Senate next month #
• 1st down & goal. US Supreme Court certifies American Needle vs. NFL. http://bit.ly/hm5mF #
• RT @CEAMOfficial: Charter school for dropouts)homeless gets state approval. Progress key for education reform http://bit.ly/15243F #
• BET Awards becomes another MJ tribute. http://bit.ly/9yiNW #JanetJackson #
• Thanks @techinciter This is good news. One charger for ALL cell phones. Micro-USB http://bit.ly/1af28I #
• CFtweet: $5,000 from FRIENDS OF CHRIS KELLY to MO HOUSE DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE on 06/29/2009 #
• StL Pilot report: Sunny, clear skies, but very windy at surface. Up to 23 knot from NW. #
• RT @CEAMOfficial: 35 states, $48.6B in education stimulus funds. MO has yet to apply. Deadline is Wed. http://bit.ly/sHat8 #
• Berlin, Germany: Lower income taxes would provide motivation, raise economic growth. Ms. Merkel. http://bit.ly/Inccy #
• @jcbhiggins Who does this sound like? http://bit.ly/2vsMnv #
• @PresReed Is this why MO still doesn't trust local police control? They still fire big cannons in the City. http://bit.ly/12jHQz #

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Twitter Updates for 2009-06-28

• A cautious Moody on Missouri's economic growth. http://bit.ly/rIlJa #MOpolitics #
• $6M in taxpayer-funded litigation: "Kleinsmith? Isn't that the guy that is sueing us?" Senator Charlie Shields http://bit.ly/eLadP #
• Read my lips. _ _ new taxes? David Axelrod negotiates health reform costs. http://bit.ly/mp31q #
• Early soccer (US v Brazil) preview by ESPN: Fight, no early goals, attack early. http://bit.ly/DOOoZ #sportsnation #
• Political Trivia: Is it Somalia, or Albany, NY? "How do you do a budget next year?" http://bit.ly/40aS5E #
• Arkansas: $330K spent by tobacco lobby – but a cigarette tax still went through. http://bit.ly/i7ola Up 56 cents – $72M. #
• NM: Another example of gov't databases not working smoothly – campaign finance. http://bit.ly/2pGTms #
• Brand marketing to young adults reviewed via Twitter. http://bit.ly/1AM6yp #
• 22 minutes. The average visit to Wal-Mart. Why variety (in consumer products) may no longer be the spice in mktg. http://bit.ly/QXNPG #
• Mindshare race: 60% google, Apple mid-50's, Bing up 20% in 2-3 weeks. http://bit.ly/Z0cEg #
• A Top 10 List of Super Athletes with Major Impact http://bit.ly/77NCA #Bostonherald #
• Weather days like today make lobbying your wife for a Harley Davidson a lot easier. #
• Farmington, MO: Thanks Sen Kevin Engler, sponsoring St. Joe parish picnic. Washers, mice races, ozark ingenuity 4 good cause #

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Twitter Updates for 2009-06-27

• RT @cqpolitics: Political Wire: Sanford Not Planning to Resign http://bit.ly/1175Rv #
• US vs. Brazil, for the soccer finals in Johannesburg today. http://bit.ly/aUpAf Should be a good match. #
• RT @clairecmc: I hope we can fix cap and trade so it doesn't unfairly punish businesses and families in coal dependent states like MO. #
• Pilots: Plane crash (St. Louisans in AR) reminds us to check weight/balance, & density altitudes, esp in hot air. http://bit.ly/Xr7z4 #
• CA: "..absolutely ridiculous. The governor has made us into budget scapegoats," Pres of AFL-CIO Local 2620 http://bit.ly/vuHw3 #
• Not so sweet: How a sugar beet lobbyist must wrestle with ObamaCare. http://bit.ly/qiVcf #
• Google's Eric Schmidt: "Worst is over (on economy)." http://bit.ly/dbEXF Impact of Bing $100M ad campaign. #
• TV Anywhere: http://bit.ly/ILcj5 More proof that TV, Music industries will act more like twitter #
• Show support for democracy in Iran add green ribbon to your Twitter avatar with 1-click – http://helpiranelection.com/ #
• RT @St_Louis_Blues: The Blues have selected defenseman Brett Ponich with their second round pick. #
• How to Spend Summer Vacation: by US Supreme Court Justices: Ireland, Austria, Rome http://bit.ly/1y4Inj #
• 800 miles/$8B. What @JayNixon needs to keep StL high-speed rail on track. http://bit.ly/GJdiN #
• St. Louis has one more right winger – Tyler Shattock, a new Blue – 4th Round Draft Pick #
• RT @allenicet: The MRP State Committee meeting just adjourned. A great meeting. #
• VID: Mid-Missouri & NASCAR share someone great – Carl Edwards, 99 http://bit.ly/T2n4g #ESPN #
• East-West Gateway Council of Gov'ts has Les Sterman departing to the east, after 26 years. http://bit.ly/46C82 #
• Deep Thoughts: "It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man." by Jack Handy #
• #NFL: "A league with one team would be like one hand clapping." http://bit.ly/1lo9a Antitrust case up for US Supremes #NBA #NHL #

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What if St. Louis, MO moved at the speed of Twitter?

By Travis Brown, Lobbyist

This weekend, Twitter co-founder and St. Louis, MO native Jack Dorsey, (known to most as @Jack) returned home to visit the Central West End neighborhood. By any accounts, his company’s exponential growth as a micro-blogging communications platform has been astounding in the last two years. For a better summary of Jack Dorsey’s personal views about Twitter, IWantMedia.com has a great 2008 article that breaks it down nicely.

For a CEO whose hand is on the pulse of an important grassroots communication tool (check out U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill’s updates at: @clairecmc for recent news), new ideas for revolutionizing our local lives must occur on a daily basis. That’s what got several of us thinking: what if the City of St. Louis, MO moved at the speed of twitter?

So, here’s a few predictions under a St. Louis-style “fantasy twitterverse:”

First, when you land at Lambert St. Louis International Airport, your mobile device would recognize your location, and offer up the top five transportation options available to you. By the time you leave baggage claim, you will have made your selection based on a competitive bid tweeted back to you.

Then, suppose you’re in a hurry to Grandma’s house, but you want to swing by Ted Drewe’s for their famous concretes in the dog day heat. Your mobile device might ping, poke, or otherwise authorize release of your moving proximity to the Frozen Custard location servers operating nearest to you. Then, you direct message customer service, and after the order is made, the Custard shop responds to a tweet order when you are three minutes or less away (not before – or it will swelter). The transaction might debit from your PayPal account, operate off of your Bluetooth feature once arrived, or simply paid in cash without delay.

So your plans fall through, and you’re considering going to the St. Louis Cardinals game. No sweat. Simply search the game day single game ticket office, and they would present live tweetfeeds of those with available tickets and their prices. Tweetpic views from each section would also be viewed, as well as options to find everyone else who might be in the Stadium right now.

The next day, as you’re packing to leave, you receive a tweet from your Southwest flight crew – looks like your return flight to KSFO might be delayed 45 minutes. Not only does their text message keep you posted as you clear security, but it also offers you a few small deals, like a free Starbucks Coffee or Cardinals t-shirt to smooth over your inconvenience.

Granted – a little beyond today’s world. However, if we were to lead with integrating these technologies, wouldn’t we help upgrade our “Gateway to the West” designation?

Twitter Updates for 2009-06-26

• CFtweet: $13,000 from Express Scripts, Inc. to CIVIC PROGRESS ACTION COMMITTEE on 06/25/2009 #
• RT @CoMissourian: Former Missouri basketball player DeMarre Carroll drafted by Memphis: http://bit.ly/8BkFJ #
• CFtweet: $50,000 from Life Sciences Fund of the Greater KC Chamber of to FRIENDS OF TILLEY on 06/25/2009 #
• G8 moves in to save Hawaii from North Korean fireworks. http://bit.ly/113n1T #
• H1N1 Update from Scotland – Make sure you keep your bagpipes clean. http://bit.ly/14Nr8O #
• CPR flunks Virginia – F grade for campaign finance disclosure. http://bit.ly/9cpnI #
• S482 – welcoming the US Senate into 2009's twitterverse. http://bit.ly/WrRq4 Efiling campaign records. #
• Another thing School House Rock left out; Evangelicals need Lobbyists, too. http://bit.ly/G0aOA #NAE #
• When did Congr hearings become lobbyist "whack-a-mole" ID games? http://bit.ly/hSMww #
• Why Brand Loyalty of your product is more like a one night stand, than a relationship. http://bit.ly/CbfdO #
• RT @AmSol: Rep John Boehner: “…the US people are going to remember this vote.This will be a defining moment” http://bit.ly/taxuR #
• Benjamin Wittes, Brookings. The next name you need to follow on detaining terrorist suspects: http://bit.ly/fXEJE #
• Will Chris Koster's AG Investigation of Fedex dampen interest in StL RAMS ownership? http://bit.ly/3rdqY7 #
• Today's StL twitter buzz is that Twitter Co-Founder @Jack is in the Lou, #followfriday @MayorSlaydotcom @clairemc @PresReed #
• The magic of micro-blogging: freer elections, breaking news from iPhones, and weird nuggets like this. http://bit.ly/e2m2E #
• Thank you, #Sante. http://bit.ly/DPD4a #
• @bwahby Great chat with Pete last evening. Cities need more urban progressives committed to historic preservation, now more than ever. in reply to bwahby #
• He built Cirrus Design. Retired to advocate general aviation. Now he wants to build his own single engine jet. http://bit.ly/qdLD7 #
• CFtweet: $9,000 from Clarkson Construction Company to AGC-MO-PAC on 06/26/2009 #
• CFtweet: $19,800 from REPUBLICAN 15TH SENATORIAL DISTRICT COMMITTEE to SCHMITT FOR SENATE on 06/25/2009 #
• CFtweet: $50,000 from Life Sciences Fund of The Greater Kansas City to FRIENDS OF TILLEY on 06/25/2009 #

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Twitter Updates for 2009-06-25

• RT @Drudge_Report: ABC ObamaCare Special Turns Into Presidential Filibuster… http://tinyurl.com/lvqfsd #
• The Commonfund Institute outlines foundation, endowment performance http://bit.ly/11Zy2J #
• 6 Months, No Leader – Missouri State Board of Education. We may curtail Somalian piracy before MO hires a Commissioner. #
• RT @Missourinet: Gov. Nixon meets with Cap Press Corps this morn on the state budget. Budget – July 1st. Nixon has proposed $100M cut. #
• Others who won a NBA national championship at 37? Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. LeBron will need a lot more magic dust for Shaq's hands. #
• @jrosenbaum You're on. Go Bucks. Should be a fun NBA draft year. Looks like UCONN's Thabeet is Grizzly-bound after all. in reply to jrosenbaum #
• Finding the "Control-Alt-Delete" button for the National GOP Brand? http://bit.ly/kJR8d #
• @fox2now More about Arches that have invaded StL that have nothing to do with Rep. Cynthia Davis http://ow.ly/15G7Df #
• If using twitter creates a "tweet," then is using Microsoft's Bing's search result technically "bonging?" #Olympics #
• @lslay RT @PERTZFOX: Missy Slay to talk about Fair St. Louis Next at FOX2NOW.COMShe claims Mayor Francis Slay as her 1st cousin #
• SBC Merger talks, a quest for younger viewers, repositioning from absolutist ideas http://bit.ly/3uQFKR @CoMissourian #
• Look there – that US Supreme Court keeps ruling in favor of individual kids again. http://bit.ly/oZUWU #
• RT @Missourinet: Gov. Nixon signs the education budget today at Parkview HS in Springfield. #
• @DonCalloway Agreed. Shaquille O'Neal with LeBron James = team trouble for others in NBA. in reply to DonCalloway #
• RT @ChadLivengood: Governor @JayNixon also signed the following bills into law today: HB914, HB283, SB196 & SB154. #MOpolitics #
• @DavidMJackson What's up with Micheal Jackson's cardiac arrest? #
• One day after @JayNixon proclaims Kenny Rogers Day, http://bit.ly/D4gKn Sikeston, MO Rep. Ellen Brandom packs in great golf event. #
• @travisfitzwater You keep up this PGA pace, your swing will be "Tigerian." Good seeing @ShaneSchoeller that far from home, too. #
• It's stop beating at 50. http://bit.ly/S4xDa #
• NPR breaks down healthcare lobbyist showings like a Don King boxing event. http://bit.ly/zArSe #
• If confirmed, our country will need to work out this grief, I vote for Billie Jean on Karaoke in every place able. http://bit.ly/9iXwB #

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Twitter Updates for 2009-06-24

• RT @WestWingReport: MO is also a key swing state in Obama 2012 strategy. If game were in, say, Calif. or Boston, would he go to All-Star? #
• CFtweet: $8,400 from Save Our Ballot Inc. to MISSOURI S.O.S. BALLOT on 06/22/2009 #
• CFtweet: $5,000 from PB AMERICAS, INC. to DOOLEY FOR ST LOUIS COUNTY on 06/22/2009 #
• SC Gov Sanford: Don't cry for me Argentina… http://bit.ly/R7VLK #
• RT @TheEconomist: Watch The Economist moderate a panel of economic predictions in New York on YouTube #NY http://ow.ly/fIOJ #
• Lobbyists can now use All for Good. http://bit.ly/Xro5l Thanks google! #
• @missourischoools RT @Missourinet: MO METS Coalition, B of A to announce classroom tech grants this morn at Bolivar Middle School #
• Not the kind of brand advertising Frito-Lay execs had in mind for their product. http://bit.ly/MEbIM #
• Mitt Romney's quiet return in 2012? http://bit.ly/11kj4y #
• RT @CEAMOfficial: Fuller: "Are you creating schls for the 21st cent? Are U teachn students to live in the 21st cent or create the 21 cent?" #
• Monsanto's Hugh Grant begins new Roundup on herbicide business. http://bit.ly/xKVnz #
• MN: Should a judge dictate chemo cancer treatments to your child? http://bit.ly/jZMAW Video #
• Today's political trivia installment of: "Is it New York State, or Somalia?" http://bit.ly/XjMLL #
• Global sports brand values: NFL $4.5B, MLB $3.9B, NBA $2.3B http://bit.ly/CHf4d SportsPro Mag #
• StL RAMS Owners: Didn't get the Fedex letter yet. Someone have a tracking number? #
• Business Poll: Confidence in Small Business: 67%, in Big Business: 16%, one pt behind Congress http://bit.ly/HDfol #
• StL Redbird Rookies cross-train on Jazz, Arts, Health. Only thing missing: Chess? http://bit.ly/4a5Nq #
• For those curious, there is a small Rolla, MO team in place to see if the Earth ever moves. http://bit.ly/yLvn8 #
• USA Football taps KC to replacesthe late Jack Kemp with Chiefs President Carl Peterson. http://bit.ly/VluZX Go Carl! #
• VOUCHER ALERT: Didn't our highest Court just validate IDEA public monies to private sources? http://bit.ly/VDoiB #
• RT @EconUS: Inside man – A fmr lobbyist (and govr) thinks about making a run for the White House http://ow.ly/15G250 #
• "A Cow Empathy Museum?" http://bit.ly/158L86 #
• FB RT: Rodney R Hubbard in DC Just finished visiting Sen. McCaskill office advocating for Education Reform. #
• Something blazing besides the heat is @TeamTilley 's golf tourney. Sold out in Farmington, MO. #MOPolitics #
• RT @WestWingReport: Briefing. Ed Sec'y Duncan shows up, talks about changes to student loans, tuition tax credits, Pell grant programs. #
• @SenJeffSmith When you get back to StL, let's visit about another documentary idea: "Can a Governor get to Argentina anymore?" #
• MO Straw Poll: Rep. Jason Grill (D-32, Kansas City): Those favoring fewer state income tax brackets? 74.9% Yes, 10.2% No #
• MO Straw Poll: Rep. Jason Grill (D-32, Kansas City): "Do away with term limits?" 19.7% Yes, 73% NO #
• RT @WSJ_Econ: Economists React: Fed Keeps the Punch Bowl Full http://tinyurl.com/mavsbw #
• Monsanto's job news today was like the 1st Star Wars Scene where star ships dropped trash before zooming to lightspeed. Buy MON. #
• "Health care reform is on life support," Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN). A $2 trillion yoke? http://bit.ly/Frtzf #
• Governors, Auditors: In a day of surprise affairs, at least you can say this didn't happen to you. http://bit.ly/1BatQn #
• Apple iPhone Sport Sensors? Real-time data from a boxing glove, a pitch, or NASCAR seat http://bit.ly/38CU5 #

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Twitter Updates for 2009-06-23

• A renewed push for community service volunteering. http://bit.ly/7UJpF #
• Daily Kos Poll shows only 8% GOP support from Hispanics http://ow.ly/15FVrX #
• Fundraising 2009: NRSC $17.2M raised. DSCC $17M. http://bit.ly/17DXOQ #
• A few too many advocates may have watched WIll Smith’s “Enemy of the State” http://bit.ly/S8qhe #
• CFtweet: $5,000 from MO Optometric PAC to MO HOUSE DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE on 06/22/2009 #
• You can vote for a public official on Alive St. Louis Magazine’s success contest. http://bit.ly/11xcbo Find out who. #
• RT @stlbeacon: ACLU sues over Lambert Airport TSA interrogation of fundraiser for Ron Paul group http://bit.ly/vxqYx #
• They call me the wanderer, yeah, I am a wanderer….http://ow.ly/15FX0P #
• In California, your kid just loss $210 in family value off your state tax exemptions. http://bit.ly/Tzk9b #
• My lobbying blog of why Brad Pitt’s charity brand advocacy still isn’t easy in the Big Easy. http://bit.ly/d4RTN #
• @Missourinet Here’s great public service success fighting METH in Montana. http://bit.ly/FY7Tq Attacking drug demand. #
• Three NFL headbanging lineman from the Dallas Cowboys show how sports & music brands collide. http://bit.ly/gzia4 #
• RT @digg_politics: “Why Obama’s Geeky New CIO Wants to Put All Gov’t Info Online” – http://digg.com/d2uYuf?t8 #
• Kellogg Foundation Unites to Serve – only NM, MS, MI, & N’Orleans http://bit.ly/gBuKM #
• Find out what @newtgingrich and MO’s Dick Gephardt are doing together tomorrow at noon. http://bit.ly/Yir6O #
• 45 people dead after US Drone strike at alleged Taliban-related funeral attendance. http://bit.ly/1a7OOA #
• A solution for SC Governor security staff; follow Albany, NY Senate Democrats by holing up in your chamber. http://bit.ly/18CMfd #
• Should doctors ditch wearing white coats? http://bit.ly/ljbSm Science perceptions vs infection. #
• RT @St_Louis_Blues: Congrats to Brett Hull, who will be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame on Nov. 9. 10 years in St. Louis. #
• @jrosenbaum @chadlivengood Is it time for MNEA to encourage public charter schools in Columbia, Springfield, MO? http://bit.ly/402e4g #
• RT @davecatanese: RT @KrisKetz: President Obama will attend the All Star Game in St. Louis and he will throw out the first pitch. #
• Not a Governor’s list on which most want to serve. http://bit.ly/tKxJx #
• CFtweet: $5,000 from Bartimus Frickleton Robertson Gorny P.C. to SLY JAMES FOR MAYOR on 06/23/2009 #

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How Missouri Lobbyists Can Use All for Good

By Travis Brown

This week, First Lady Michelle Obama launched awareness for serve.gov. Thanks to the Google volunteer programmers that work 20% of their time on free form ideas, there’s now a new website rolled out called: www.allforgood.org (makes you wonder what the Microsoft Bing executives are doing to compete too, doesn’t it?).

An important role of a state or federal lobbyist can be sharing ways to expand charity in targeted areas, preferably around client priorities and/or the legislative districts of your colleagues in public service. That used to mean that your time and/or pro bono advocacy was limited to your physical presence traveling to a corporate office or a policymaker’s district. Today, thanks to open source API technology like All for Good, you can find creative ways to link community advocates, volunteers for political action, or small donor philanthropic patrons much easier.

Here’s how this can work. Suppose you had a healthcare lobbying client that wanted to sponsor some kind of senior outreach in Mid-Missouri, like Jefferson City, MO or Columbia, MO. On their site, you can see a search tab to enter location. When you do, you will first see a google map showing successful activities with active listings. In this example, item D in my location search sends you to volunteer match in Boone County.

The good news is that the collaboration also screens by issue, too, in your given location. This enables you to target lobbying for specific things, like public education. Suppose I want to find school partnerships in St. Louis, MO. In my search, it identifies, maps, and connects item G, Loyola Academy of St. Louis.

Obviously, the idea here is to link, share, facebook evite, tweetup, blog, or somehow promote an efficient way to give back to your targeted neighborhood. If it takes off anything like they hope, it could become a tremendous research for legislators, event planners, philanthropists, lobbyists, association managers, and engaged citizen leaders.

Quotes from a few individuals who supported the site that got us thinking:

“All for Good makes it easier for Americans to find a way to help others — to give someone a break — in a new spirit of volunteerism,” said Craig Newmark, Founder and Customer Service Representative, craigslist.

“I have been impressed — and inspired — by the way the people behind All for Good are putting their expertise in technology and the new ways we communicate at the service of service. By connecting those who can help with those in need, All for Good is an exciting step down the road of turning our impulse to serve into acts that reduce the human suffering that has been exacerbated by the hard times we are facing. Now, more than ever, we must mine the most underutilized resource available to us: ourselves. And All for Good can help us do just that,” said Arianna Huffington, Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief, The Huffington Post.

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