Well, here's a *tricky* topic, but what other websites do DU'ers like/recommend?

BillyJack

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Sat May-14-11 04:56 PM
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Well, here's a *tricky* topic, but what other websites do DU'ers like/recommend?

C'mon....we really can't spend ALL DAY here, as much as we love it.

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blondeatlast

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Sat May-14-11 04:57 PM
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1. Crack'd, The Straight Dope, and Jezebel. nt

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connecticut yankee

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Sat May-14-11 05:01 PM
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2. I never miss

lucianne.com

These people are totally deranged, but it gives you a good idea of what the Repukes are thinking.

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snagglepuss

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Sat May-14-11 05:03 PM
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3. Truthdig, Guardian CIF, Arts and Letters Daily. nt

Edited on Sat May-14-11 05:04 PM by snagglepuss

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SoCalDem

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Sat May-14-11 05:04 PM
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4. newslink.org

www.b3ta.com

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pacalo

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Sun May-15-11 04:25 PM
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42. I like b3ta, too...

but whenever I lurk there, I get a pop-up box asking for log-in info after about a dozen clicks. Do you get the same? Should I be concerned about that?

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SoCalDem

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Sun May-15-11 04:56 PM
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44. I never get any of those, but I use Firefox

& have blockers :shrug:

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Amerigo Vespucci

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Sat May-14-11 05:04 PM
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5. My daily "Top 10"...

Raw Story: http://www.rawstory.com/

Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/

Salon: http://www.salon.com/

Crooks & Liars: http://crooksandliars.com/

The Superficial: http://www.thesuperficial.com/

What Would Tyler Durden Do: http://www.wwtdd.com/

TMZ: http://www.tmz.com/

Rolling Stone: http://www.rollingstone.com

The Chive: http://thechive.com/

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/

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coalition_unwilling

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Sat May-14-11 05:09 PM
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6. My top 3 after DU:

Edited on Sat May-14-11 05:09 PM by coalition_unwilling

1) Antiwar.com -- run by a - GASP! - Libertarian but an excellent aggregator of anti-war news and opinions and truly global in scope
2) SmirkingChimp.com -- excellent aggegator of op-ed pieces with a progressive slant
3) CommonDreams.org -- excellent aggregator of op-ed pieces with a progressive slant

I find myself cycling between these four sites daily, with occasional pit stops at BartCop and DailyKos.

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dbt

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Sat May-14-11 05:10 PM
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7. Bartcop.com!

Still worthy of beer and travel money where certain other websites dropped the ball a decade ago.

Or more.

:evilgrin:

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unapatriciated

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Sat May-14-11 05:42 PM
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16. oh yeah

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KittyWampus

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Sat May-14-11 05:12 PM
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8. What other websites do YOU recommend?

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BillyJack

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Sat May-14-11 05:21 PM
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12. Thanks for asking.......

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socialist_n_TN

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Sat May-14-11 05:15 PM
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9. Well I'll bite.........

I wonder how long till this gets locked. :) Here are a few that I've been browsing lately. I'm assuming that there's no porn sites allowed. :rofl:

www.wsws.org

www.fifthinternational.org

and the American version:

www.workerspower.net

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Zax2me

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Sat May-14-11 05:17 PM
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10. Snopes. Sometimes Raw Story,Salon. Hit google a lot for news.

But nothing REALLY regular.
Often I'll start with Google news and just see where that takes me.
But I do enjoy my Snopes visits.

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sufrommich

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Sat May-14-11 05:19 PM
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11. I love Fark and Reddit. nt

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Frank Cannon

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Sun May-15-11 08:00 AM
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31. Me too.

Those two and DU are pretty much my time on the Internet.

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dixiegrrrrl

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Sat May-14-11 05:22 PM
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13. Here my morning list: they may not all be "DU approved".

http://www.ted.com/themes/browse

http://www.opednews.com/

http://gonzalolira.blogspot.com/

http://whowhatwhy.com/category/exclusives/

and a couple have been mentioned up thread.

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Kolesar

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Sat May-14-11 05:26 PM
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14. I love Ohio.com, but it about Akron and Ohio

They chose good national stories and have the best editorial page
www.ohio.com

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Ohio Joe

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Sat May-14-11 05:32 PM
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15. Some I like

Blues News - http://www.bluesnews.com/

Game Giveaway of the Day - http://game.giveawayoftheday.com/

Academic Earth - http://academicearth.org/

Contact Elected Officials - http://www.usa.gov/Contact/Elected.shtml

Acerv - http://acerv.us/

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MrScorpio

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Sat May-14-11 05:45 PM
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17. Buzzflash.com

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mopinko

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Sun May-15-11 09:50 AM
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38. support buzzflash. they are in dire straights.

i know someone who was an editor there, and got laid off. the economy has hit them hard.

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TheDebbieDee

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Sat May-14-11 05:50 PM
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18. www.fark.com. The political tab went from years of freeper lite

to enlightened in the course of about 8 weeks from the end of August to the end of October during the Presidential race of 2008.

There's still a lot of trolls there but no one really takes them seriously!

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alfredo

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Sun May-15-11 08:56 AM
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37. That's from my hometown. I need to renew my membership.

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burrowowl

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Sat May-14-11 05:53 PM
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19. I like

Commondreams.org
Buzzflash.com
smirkingchimp.com

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Nye Bevan

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Sat May-14-11 05:55 PM
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20. Wow. Smirkingchimp is still around?

I remember it from years ago but had forgotten about it.

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Curmudgeoness

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Sat May-14-11 06:31 PM
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21. Are there other things I can do with this computer besides DU?

I am shocked, just shocked!

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Louisiana1976

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Sat May-14-11 07:30 PM
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22. Daily Kos, The Dead Pelican (Louisiana news)

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I owe

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Sat May-14-11 08:31 PM
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24. Sorry, not into diaries

I'm not a 16-year-old high school girl.

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JNelson6563

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Sat May-14-11 08:28 PM
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23. Democrats For Progress

http://www.democratsforprogress.com/

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JTFrog

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Sun May-15-11 08:43 AM
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34. ^^ +1 n/t

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Capn Sunshine

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Sun May-15-11 02:45 PM
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41. Yeah Jules!

Finally a place where rational thought rules.

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JNelson6563

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Mon May-16-11 04:29 PM
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48. Hiya Cap'n!

How goes the reclaiming of the lost empire? LKemme know when you're in the market for a summer house in the cool north! :hi:

Julie

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Gregorian

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Sat May-14-11 08:38 PM
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25. Mountainbikereview, Practicalmachinist, B3TA

And a number of great college radio stations.

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druidity33

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Sat May-14-11 09:14 PM
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26. The NORML blog, Think Progress, Socialist Worker...

Juan Cole, CSM, Mother Earth News, MoJo Blog, The Progressive...

:)

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Odin2005

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Sat May-14-11 09:18 PM
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27. The Fourth Turning forums

http://www.fourthturning.com/forum/index.php

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beck47

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Sat May-14-11 09:22 PM
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28. Mike Malloy

Link www.Mikemalloy.com

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white_wolf

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Sat May-14-11 09:29 PM
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29. I'm a videogame fan.

So I spend a lot of time on various video game sites, gamespot, ign, etc. Lately I've been spending a lot of time on the "Star Wars The Old Republic" site waiting for it release, though at this point I'd be happy with a release date! Hurry up, Bioware.

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barbtries

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Sun May-15-11 07:24 AM
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30. the mudflats

daily kos, alternet, salon, the nation, nytimes, facebook, media matters, msnbc.com.

DU is always open on the other tab.

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Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel

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Sun May-15-11 08:35 AM
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32. Well there's now Foknewschannel too

Edited on Sun May-15-11 08:35 AM by Dont_Bogart_the_Pret

But here are my faves

http://maplight.org/ MAPLight.org, a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization, provides citizens and journalists the transparency tools to shine a light on the influence of money on politics.

http://www.bartcop.com/
http://www.freespeech.org/
http://www.npr.org/
http://www.thenation.com/
http://www.rense.com/

Lets not forget about Facebook. Yea it can be a pain, but I have met a new friends that are very political and the friends that turn out to be RightRingTeaBagdraggers get dropped!

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highplainsdem

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Sun May-15-11 08:39 AM
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33. TPM - TalkingPointsMemo.com

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/

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wingzeroday

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Sun May-15-11 08:48 AM
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35. cyberwar in the garden of eden

The internet.

/i/ntrusion.

Every site.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedy_Lamarr

Our mother. The everlasting wardriving Goddess.

Also, hug...glad to be here :)

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alfredo

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Sun May-15-11 08:54 AM
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36. DPreview.com, Slashdot, MacUpdate, Andrew Sullivan,

Boing Boing, TED, BBC, ESPN3. New Scientist, Harpers. Steve Huff Photo.

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blueamy66

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Sun May-15-11 09:51 AM
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39. Billy Jack

Cool...Prescott, AZ

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lovemydog

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Sun May-15-11 12:10 PM
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40. in addition to many sites listed above

I also enjoy these sites:

http://listverse.com/ lists on a variety of interesting subjects
http://www.songmeanings.net/ lyrics to songs, and interpretations from users
http://www.allmusic.com/ biographies and discographies on music
http://www.thedailybeast.com/ lively news
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/ cures my basketball fix
http://www.gamefaqs.com/ video game message board
http://www.theonion.com/ satire

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longship

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Sun May-15-11 04:34 PM
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43. My Favorite after DU...

Edited on Sun May-15-11 04:36 PM by longship

SGU - Skeptics Guide to the Universe
Best podcast in the universe... :evilgrin:

Pharyngula
PZ Myers science/atheism/political blog
Best science blog ever...

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On the Road

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Sun May-15-11 06:05 PM
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45. In Addition to DU,

I spend most of my time on Fark and BigBlueInteractive (NFL New York Giants).

Also like Lileks.com. Although his daily blog has gone downhill a little, his permanent exhibits on 20th century ads and ephemera are outstanding and quite funny.

Being without cable, I also spend time on Netflix, watch House and non-Netflix movies on Amazon.com, and watch The Daily Show and sometimes Rachel Maddow online.

Lots of other recommended sites, but those are the time-consuming ones.

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truth2power

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Sun May-15-11 06:24 PM
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46. Common Dreams. I guess some here don't like it because

they don't toe the party line. But that's ok.

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Left coast liberal

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Sun May-15-11 07:57 PM
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47. No, I'm pretty much here all day. ;-)

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rdking647

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Mon May-16-11 04:41 PM
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49. hannity.com (seriously)

Edited on Mon May-16-11 04:41 PM by rdking647

its fun driving the whack jobs insane. and if your careful to follow their bullshit rules you can do it for years

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