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Expect quiet & cooler weather thursday afternoon through saturday afternoon.

Another storm system is expected to move through the region late saturday into sunday.

Additional strong to severe storms and heavy rain may occur with that one so we'll keep on watching it.

Thursday: a continuing chance of rain & storms, especially during the first half of the day.

Highs much cooler in the lower 70s.

Thursday night: partly cloudy and chilly.

Lows in the mid to upper 40s.

Friday: a mix of sun & clouds.

Cooler with highs in the 60s.

Friday night: chilly.

Lows in the upper 30s to lower 40s.

Saturday: 040920-intro more than 14- thousand americans have died from the coronavirus.

400-thousand are infected.

But officials say social distancing has been working to slow the spread.

Still, there is an urgent need for more medical equipment at hospitals.

Cbs's gwen baumgarnder has more.

040920-pkg the c-d-c is out with new guidelines to help keep essential workers on the job, even if they've been exposed to covid-19.

"take their temperature before they go to work, wear a face mask at all times, and practice social distancing" previous recommendations suggested self- isolating for 14 days.

"they want to go back, they are going stir crazy" the changes come as president trump looks for ways to reopen the country.

"it would be nice to be able to open with a big bang and open up our country."

Federal and state officials are still urging all americans to keep social distancing.

Don't get complacent about that /// new york it's not a time to get complacent new york governor andrew cuomo says the stay-at-home order is working.

Still, the state's daily death toll continues to grow.

New york "the bad news isn't just bad.

The bad news is actually terrible."

To make matters worse--the strategic national stockpile of equipment like masks and ventilators is nearly depleted.

California "while we've had a little support from the national stockpile we haven't relied on that" california signed a deal to get up to 200 million masks a month from china&and will also send equipment to other states.

California "we will avail ourselves to others in need, and that includes not just ventilators, but certainly would include issues related to ppe."

State leaders around the country say they've had to bid against one another when buying equipment.

040920-tag a spokesperson for the department of health and human services said what is left in the national stockpile will be used for the federal response effort.

Governor tate reeves spoke yesterday on the state's response to covid-19.

Reeves says despite pressure from the public, he will not close down churches.

He says the government does not have the right to shut down places of worship.

Instead, reeves is asking pastors to not hold easter sunday services.

Govenor reeves also explained how the state will determine when schools will return.

We are looking at all of our options.

I'll be speaking over the next couple of days with local school superintendents, school administrators.

I'll also be speaking over the next couple of days with our chairman of our board, state department of education, our director, superintendent, dr. wright and others.

We'll make a joint decision as we did when we intiially shut things down for the april 20th date.

We'll be having a conversation with them and and continuing to watch our data as it comes in on a daily basis.

A decision on whether schools will return on april 20 will be determined by next tuesday.

Gfxofftop happening tonight, cbs-affiliate w-j-t- v will be hosting a coronavirus town hall with governor tate reeves and state health officer dr. thomas dobbs.

You can watch the event right here on wcbi-tv.

The event air from 7 p-m to 8 p-m.

Gov.

Reeves and dr. dobbs will be answering questions from residents.

To find how how to submit a question, go to our website w-c-b-i dot com.

Mississippi has surpassed 2- thousand cases of covid-19.

Yesterday, the mississippi department of health reported 88 new cases.

They also announced eight new deaths bringing the state's death toll up to 67.

Nine of those counties are in the wcbi viewing area// okitbbeha county is reporting now 30 cases...17 have been reported in lowndes county.

To see the full list of counties visit m- s-d-h dot m-s-dot- gov// since april 5th more than 20- thousand covid-19 tests have been given statewide between m-s-d-h, u- m-m-c and commercial testing providers.

The tupelo public school district suspends its food delivery and pick- up programs after an employee tests positive for covid- 19.

In a press release, the school district says the employee worked in the transportation department.

Buses were used to take the food to various locations.

All employees who had contact with the worker in the last 14 days have been notified.

T-p-s-d is putting the programs on hold for two weeks, after that it will reassess the situation.

Preparations are underway as statewide drive thru coronavirus testing makes its way to webster county.

Today the university of mississippi medical center will lead testing operations in eupora located on 86 government ave.

The service is appointment only and will take place from 9 a-m to 4 p-m.

Patients being tested don't even have to leave their car.

Those deemed as being high risk for infection can have their nose swabbed at the window.

Once tested, u-m-m- c will notify patients the results.

Maben is the latest town in our viewing area to go under a mandatory curfew.

Aldermen voted unanimously tuesday night to order an 8 p-m to 5 a-m curfew in town.

The order goes into effect immediately.

Anyone out after the curfew could be ticketed and fined.

A first offense is 250 dollars.

Second offense goes up to 500 dollars.

Maben city hall is also now closed to the public.

Utility payments and court fines can be put in the drop box at the front of the building.

Anyone needing to do face to face business must call city hall to set up an appointment.

The spread of the coronavirus is forcing many businesses to close, sparking waves of lay-offs.

As of last week.... more than 30 thousand mississippians have filed for unemployment benefits... and that number is rising..

The cares act... which was passed by congress and signed by president trump allows some who've lost jobs due to the pandemic to collect additional benefits..

But that news isn't helping people who haven't been able to get through to the mississippi department of employment services to ábeginá filing for unemployment.

Workers with m-d- e-s blame the issues on an unprecedented work load... " we have 250 phone lines coming into the agency, but remember, the economy was good, so it was a normal workload.

All of a sudden there are thousands and thousands of people trying to reach us at one time.

We have increased our capacity over to time, we are implementing a new call center next week."

" if the individual who has not had the chance to talk to someone or file their claim, eventually we will service them and any benefits they are due, that they haven't been paid for and qualified for, we will pay them those benefits."

M-d-e-s says it's doing its best to answer everyone who's filing a claim, and they're even working seven days a week now... for ore information on unemployment benefits..

Visit our website at wcbi dot com... the columbus municipal school district votes to discontinue their contract with golden triangle early college high school.

It's a decision that has some area parents upset.

Our cash matlock tells us what the school board is saying about the end of the g-tech program.

"when she found out she cried.

My husband had to console her because she was so upset."

Denise mize says her daughter was gearing up for her senior year in the gtech program.

She planned to graduate with a high school diploma and an associates degree... but now all of that has been taken from her.

Almost four years of hard work... gone.

"it made me really angry because my daughter has invested so much time in gtech because she was in band at her school prior and because we chose gtech she could not do extracurricular activities so if she was to have to go back to columbus high, she would miss out on that band scholarship that would help her with her college."

Another parent, shane tompkins, has a son enrolled in the gtech program.

"we invested into this thing and it's a four year program and our son's a freshman and we'd like to complete it because it has a a lot of the aspects of, i guess, education that we were excited about for our child."

Jason spears is the board president for the columbus municipal school district.

He says the decision to end the program was a tough one.

"we have to look at everything from state law, we have to look at everything from the fiduciary responsibility of the finances, and we have to make a decision for the community as a whole that's going to have the greatest impact long term."

One major deciding factor came to board members attention just this year.

"it was a "at risk" for all the different publict public schools that are here in this area that are the feeder schools that go into the particular program.

Those "at risk" students go through a selection process.

Over the last year and going into this next moa session, it has been broadened greatly.

By broadening it, it takes the initial feeder schools and includes other school that aren't feeder schools."

Spears says there are public school programs now that could potentially fill the gap the gtech program leaves behind.

Parents say that isn't good enough.

"yes you can do this dual enrollment, yes you can go online and do it, but it's not the same.

They're getting the best of both worlds."

Some parents... aren't taking 'no' for an answer.

"i will move.

I will do whatever i have to, to make sure my child attends gtech."

"we can't operate a district on the fear of repercussions.

We have to operate the district on facts, laws, and what is beneficial to all parties involved."

The contract for columbus municipal schools and the golden triangle early college high school program will expire on june 30th.

There's no word yet on whether the school will have any redress.

Administrators at e-m-c-c have not yet commented.

Toss to break intro vermont senator bernie sanders has ended his run for the white house&citing the country's battle against the coronavirus as a major factor.

His decision clears the way for former vice president joe bien to become the official democratic presidential nominee and challenge president trump in november.

Skyler henry reports from the white house.

Pkg vermont senator bernie sanders bowed out of the race for the democratic nomination...conce ding he's lost tremendous ground to former vice president joe biden since super tuesday.

"we are now some 300 delegates behind vice president biden and the path toward victory is virtually impossible".

Sanders' withdrawal comes just one day after the wisconsin primary..

Where voters cast ballots as the nation grapples with the coronavirus pandemic.

"i cannot in good conscience continue to mount a campaign that cannot win and which would interfere with the important work required of all of us in this difficult hour."

-nats- the progressive candidate saw strong support from young voters... by championing ideas like medicare for all and free college ... but failed to expand his base.

Sanders' decision makes biden the democratic party's presumptive nominee who will challenge president trump for the white house in november.

Bernie has always been a passionate voice for progress.

Sources tell cbs news...the former vice president spoke to sanders earlier in the day about his decision to suspend his campaign...one of several calls between the two opponents in recent weeks.

He didn't just run a political campaign he created a movement and that's a good thing for the nation and for our future.

Sanders says he intends to work with biden to keep pushing for policy change...but plans to stay on the ballot to collect delegates...and have an impact on the democratic party platform.

Skyler sanders cbs news the white house.

Tag cbs news has learned senator sanders had also been in touch with former president obama recently.

President trump issued a tweet blaming massachusetts senator elizabeth warren for sanders' decision...adding in part..."the bernie people should come to the republican party.'

Toss to break wx open summary: a strong cold front is pushing through this thursday morning.

Expect quiet & cooler weather thursday afternoon through saturday afternoon.

Another storm system is expected to move through the region late saturday into sunday.

Additional strong to severe storms and heavy rain may occur with that one so we'll keep on watching it.

Thursday: a continuing chance of rain & storms, especially during the first half of the day.

Highs much cooler in the lower 70s.

Thursday night: partly cloudy and chilly.

Lows in the mid to upper 40s.

Friday: a mix of sun & clouds.

Cooler with highs in the 60s.

Friday night: chilly.

Lows in the upper 30s to lower 40s.

Saturday: increasing clouds.

Some showers are possible late in the day and into the evening.

Highs in the low 70s.

Saturday night: rain & storms possible.

Lows in the mid to upper 50s.

Easter sunday: areas of rain and storms are possible.

Something else we will need to continue to monitor heading into the weekend.

Highs in the lower to mid 70s.

Early next week: drier and cooler weather moves in for monday and tuesday.

Mostly sunny with highs only in the 60s.

Stay connected with @wcbiweather on facebook, twitter, instagram, and the wcbi news app easter weekend easter weekend would typically be a time where you spend it with your loved ones and attend your respective church for the traditional word.

But due to the corona virus..

That won't be the case this year..

In a time of social distancing, churches have resorted to online streaming of services.

In result, it is making an impact on how churches celebrate easter weekend this year.

Church minster for first baptist church in columbus..

Jason morrow says despite not being able to gather this year, he is still looking forward to making this easter sunday memorable for people.

"easter sunday is incredibly a big deal to all of us and so we've adjusted.

We are reaching our people the best way we know how encouraging them and i'm looking forward to sunday even though it won't be all together i'm looking forward to celebrating easter sunday.

If you have any questions on how your church will be handling services, it is advised to contact them through social media or by phone.

Stimulus checks will start rolling out soon...but do you know how you'll use it?

Coming up...some smart tips to help you spend your check wisely.../ and later on sunrise...the impact covid-19 is having on air quality worldwide.../ more from experts about this unprecedented environmental change, still to come.../ we'll be right back.../ intro within the next few weeks, american tax payers will begin to receive their stimulus checks from the government.

For some, it will be a lifeline, for others, some padding for the time being.

But what should you do with that money?

Mary moloney has some suggestions in today's consumer watch.

Part of the two- billion dollar stimulus package from the government may be going right into your pockets.

And depending on how much you make and how many people are in your household, you could be receiving several thousand dollars.

With unemployment numbers skyrocketing and many others having their hours or wages cut, financial help cannot come soon enough..

So what should you do with that cash?

Money expert suze orman has some advice.

First, don't go blowing it.

Even if you are financially stable right now, a global pandemic is not the time to be making big purchases.

Suze orman/ host, women and money podcast: "it's your job out there, everybody, to really make the most out of every penny that you have right now."

But what about those who are now unemployed or have bills they need to pay?

The good news orman says, many of your creditors are willing to work with you.

Suze orman/ host, women and money podcast: "your mortgage companies, your credit card companies, the utility companies, all of you should go online to your service provider, and they will tell you there."

And when it comes to prioritizing your spending right now, here's orman's advice -make sure you have health care -spend on food and shelter first - don't borrow to pay bills they're the least comfortable seats on the airplane-- and now-- delta isn't even booking them anymore.

The middle seats.

It's an effort to create a little more distance between passengers to try and prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

No middle seats through the end of may actually-- and they're also going to put a pause on automatic, advance seat upgrades-- to make sure there's enough room between people.

Delta and other airlines have been slashing schedules with fewer and fewer people flying.

Waffle house just found out its signature product is as popular online as in its restaurants.

With most locations closed, a plan to sell its popular waffle mix through its website was an unexpected success.

Waffle house announced yesterday that it sold out of its bags of waffle mix in just four hours.

The company didn't know there was such pent up demand for its know there was bags of waffle mix in just four hours.

The company didn't know there was such pent up demand for its signature waffles.

On twitter, the company says they are re-ordering and should have the mix re-stocked next week.

Voofftop you can now have "goofy" snacks despite the covid- 19 pandemic.

Disney properties are closed due to the outbreak.... but there are new features on the mouse house's app which include disney park recipes.

One item you can now make at home is the disney churro.

Another is the disney dole whip pineapple treat.

No word yet on when disney plans to re-open its parks.

040920-vo disney plus is nearing its global subscriber goal -- four years early.

The streaming service has 50 million paid subscribers just five months after it launched... the company had predicted that it would reach 60 to 90 million by 20-24.

Disney plus got a bump after launching just a few weeks ago in several countries including india, the u-k, france, and germany... it's unclear if the coronavirus pandemic played any part in its growth.

Now to today's sunrise question of the morning...it's cherish an antique day...so we are asking...what's your most cherished antique?

Head over to our facebook page, wcbi-tv, and give us your response.

Later on during sunrise we'll see what some of you have to say.

Now here's tom eble with sports.

As the sports world continues to wait when normalcy will return....mississippi state baseball head coach chris lemonis says the future roster of the diamond dogs will depend on what happens to the mlb draft due to the pushbacks caused by the coronavirus outbreak, the draft could change from forty rounds to just five, depending on the delay..

Lemonis says players like jordan westburg and justin foscue have a good chance to go pro regardless of what the decision is...but nothing is certain for other pro eligible players lemonis says the uncertainy makes roster building the hardest its ever been "the hardest thing for me right now is they keep saying they're going to back to draft up, and back the draft up.

I mean, it may be a situation where we may not know our team in late july.

That's the really hard part if this draft keeps getting pushed back.

We're just trying to make the best decisions with our team, trying to figure out all the possibilities that could happen during that time but the major league draft is going to have a huge effect to our team."

The mlb and mlbpa agreed on a resolution that would have the draft as early at june 10th, its original date, or as late as july 20th the signing deadline will be no later than august 1st need some good news today?

Former mississippi state head football coach joe moorhead buys lunch for the starkville police wx animation summary: a strong cold front is pushing through this thursday morning.

Expect quiet & cooler weather thursday afternoon through saturday afternoon.

Another storm system is expected to move through the region late saturday into sunday.

Additional strong to severe storms and heavy rain may occur with that one so we'll keep on watching it.

Thursday: a continuing chance of rain & storms, especially during the first half of the day.

Highs much cooler in the lower 70s.

Thursday night: partly cloudy and chilly.

Lows in the mid to upper 40s.

Friday: a mix of sun & clouds.

Cooler with highs in the 60s.

Friday night: chilly.

Lows in the upper 30s to lower 40s.

Saturday: increasing clouds.

Some showers are possible late in in a city that's no stranger to smog - over the past few weeks, the skies of los angeles have seen a major shift.

With california's 'safer at home' order entering its fourth week - the air in los angeles is now among the ácleanest in the world.

In a city that's no stranger to smog - over the past few weeks, the skies of los angeles have seen a major shift.

With california's 'safer at home' order entering its fourth week - the air in los angeles is now among the ácleanest in the world.

"this should be the air that we're breathing on a daily basis&" dr. yifang zhu is a professor of environmental health sciences at ucla - and says l-a is experiencing one of its longest periods of 'good air' quality in decades.

According to ucla researchers - since mid march - the region's air quality has improved by 20 percent.

They also found a 40 percent drop in microscopic air pollutants linked to heart and lung ailments.

All that's attributed in large part to an á80% reductioná of vehicles on l-a's famously congested roadways.

"so it's not surprising to see our air improve, air quality improve.

It's not only southern california where lockdowns are having a positive environmental effect.

In new york - researchers saw carbon emissions from cars and trucks fall nearly 50% compared to this time last year.

And satellite images show a 40% drop in air pollution in china after travel bans were issues and factories closed.

While the improvements are impressive - zhu says it's up to all of us to decide how long they'll stick around.

"our normal life can have this kind of air, we have technology, we have policy that is ready to go&" she says it shouldn't take a pandemic to bring about this kind of positive change.

Chris martinez, cbs news, los angeles.

Toss to break beth jeffers: hi, welcome to get fit.

I'm beth jeffers joined here with whitney brown.

Whitney brown: hello.

Beth jeffers: we're at the fitness factor all by ourselves still, but you're at home and we want you stay fit- whitney brown: that's right.

Beth jeffers: -while you're at home.

So does wcbi, so they ask us to come out and show you some workouts.

This is the more favorite- whitney brown: ever.

Beth jeffers: -at the fitness factor of all our training clients.

All you need is a deck of cards.

I bet yours is going to be a little bit smaller than this, but that is fine.

But for our sake, we love a big deck of cards.

What you will be doing ... whitney, why don't you explain the exerci- whitney brown: okay.

The way that the game works is that you've got your cards in your deck, including jokers if you'd like put them in.

That's optional.

One thing to keep in my mind is this is a very high-volume workout, which means there's a lot of reps.

If at any point you need to take out the face cards, that's one of the ways that we modify- beth jeffers: great way.

Whitney brown: -this.

Or you can just do half of the deck or three quarters of it.

Make sure it works for you, but do know that it is high-volume.

All you need is one weight or if you have two small weights you can combine them and make one weight, right?

Beth jeffers: yeah.

Whitney brown: we're just going to play through the cards.

You might want to shuffle them, too, just in case.

We have our face cards are equivalent to a certain number of reps.

Of course, our twos, threes, fours, all the way up to 10 you'll do 10 reps of that exercise.

Ace is 14 reps, king is a 13, queen is a 12, a jack is an 11 and a joker is 10 burpees or 10 skaters.

And don't worry, you don't have to memorize this.

We've got these all in- beth jeffers: right.

Whitney brown: -a printable version for you at wcbi.com.

We're just going to play the game as it unfolds.

Our diamonds equal a certain exercises, our clubs, our spades and our hearts.

Let's talk about that really quickly.

Beth jeffers: right.

Okay.

If i turn over four of diamonds, whitney will see four of diamonds and she knows she goes to diamonds, she will do four rows on each side.

Two- point rows.

A diamond equal a row.

Whitney brown: that's right.

Beth jeffers: k?

Let's say i do the queen of clubs.

I go down here, i look at clubs.

They're jump squats or squats.

A queen equals 12, so she's going to do 12 squats or 12 jump squats.

Whitney brown: glad it's not an ace.

Beth jeffers: yeah.

Okay.

King, wow.

Okay king, you look down here to the hearts.

That would be push-ups.

A king equals 13.

13 push- ups on your knees, on your toes, on wall; your call.

K?

And lastly, our spades, we haven't had one of those yet.

We did a jack, so you do jump lunges reverse lunges.

You can make it as high as you want or as low as you want.

Whitney brown: you forgot one card.

Beth jeffers: uh-huh.

Here's the dreaded one - the joker.

You would do 10 burpees.

Do you need to demo that?

Whitney brown: i'll do it on a step.

Beth jeffers: yeah.

Or you could do 10 skates if you wanted.

And then, obviously, after you get done with your deck ... and like whitney said, take the face cards out if you're new to this because you don't want to get super sore.

Whitney brown: no.

It's tough.

Beth jeffers: it's not worth it, okay?

Great work out.

Fun work out.

Have fun with it.

Whitney brown: it is fun.

Beth jeffers: go to wcbi.com to get it and enjoy.

Whitney brown: let us know what you think.

Beth jeffers: yeah.

Whitney brown: this is our favorite one.

Beth jeffers: comment of facebook.

See you soon.

Announcer: for more get fit with the fitness factor, go to wcbi.com a link between pollution and brain function and do students fall behind when forced to do online learning?

Nancy chen has some of the day's top health stories.

A timely new study suggests online learning can be just as effective as traditional schooling.

Researchers in the u-s and russia compared the achievement of students who attended a college engineering class versus ones who took the same class remotely.

They found that both groups of students earned roughly the same grades... though they noted the ones who studied online didn't enjoy it as much./// another new study points to a possible link between air pollution and cognitive decline.

Neurologists at brown university say longterm exposure to toxic particles may speed the loss of mental abilities in some people.

The report's authors said the phenomenon was observed even in places where federal regulators consider the air to be safe./// and researchers in europe say a mentally ill mother appears to be more dangerous than a mentally ill father.

An article in the british medical journal describes how children are more likely to be physically injured when exposed to their mother's disorder.

The risk of a child getting hurt was higher for common mental illnesses including depression and anxiety./// those are some of the day's top health stories.

Nancy chen, cbs news.

Toss to wx summary: a strong cold front is pushing through this thursday morning.

Expect quiet & cooler weather thursday afternoon through saturday afternoon.

Another storm system is expected to move through the region late saturday into sunday.

Additional strong to severe storms and heavy rain may occur with that one so we'll keep on watching it.

Thursday: a continuing chance of rain & storms, especially during the first half of the day.

Highs much cooler in the lower 70s.

Thursday night: partly cloudy and chilly.

Lows in the mid to upper 40s.

Friday: a mix of sun & clouds.

Cooler with highs in the 60s.

Friday night: chilly.

Lows in the upper 30s to lower 40s.

Saturday: increasing clouds.

Some showers are possible late in the day and into the evening.

Highs in the low 70s.

Saturday night: rain & storms possible.

Lows in the mid to upper 50s.

Easter sunday: areas of rain and storms are possible.

Something else we will need to continue to monitor heading into the weekend.

Highs in the lower to mid 70s.

Early next week: drier and cooler weather moves in for monday and tuesday.

Mostly sunny with highs only in the 60s.

Stay connected with @wcbiweather on facebook, twitter, instagram, and the wcbi news app intro tyler perry buys groceries for seniors and andrea bocelli will perform live on easter sunday.

Cbs's danya bacchus has your intro intro tyler perry buys groceries for seniors and andrea bocelli will perform live on easter sunday.

Cbs's danya bacchus has your eye on entertainment.

Gayle king is opening up about being self- quarantined.

The cbs this morning anchor admitted to e-t's kevin frazier--it is a very difficult time to be single.

0:58 "when you are here, me, myself and i in my apartment.

I love my apartment.

The other day i walked by the mirror and said hi gayle, how ya doing&just so i could hear another human voice."

King says one of the hardest parts of self isolation is there is no end in sight.

She also said she believes something good is going to come out of all this pain./// andre bocelli will perform live easter sunday from italy's empty duomo cathedral.

The performance, titled "bocelli: music for hope" is being offered as a global live stream on the opera singer's youtube channel.

It set to begin at 1pm eastern and 10am pacific-a time when most viewers would have been attending church services./// after seeing the growing number of covid-19 cases in louisiana, new orleans native tyler perry is giving back.

"louisiana's tyler perry paid for your grocery bill today."

"are you kidding me that is great.."

Perry teamed up with grocery story winn-dixie joined to provide free groceries in all 29 louisiana stores during the senior and high risk shopping hour./// that's your eye on entertainment.

Danya bacchus, cbs news, los angeles.

Toss to break an unofficial tourist attraction born from a decades-old underground fire ...is about to meet its end.

Confused?

Jeremy roth explainsit all in today's take a look at this!

An infamous stretch of road in pennsylvania known as the "graffiti highway" ... is being shut down for good the colorful abandoned road was once a stretch of route 61 it was closed in 1993 due to a mine fire that's been burning underground for over 50 years residents fled, turning the area into a virtual ghost town since then, the graffiti-covered road has become an unofficial tourist attraction the property's owner recently decided to cover the road, which they say is hazardous as crew began hauling in material, visitors stopped to get one last look "we didn't know any of this was going on ... guess we picked the right day to go."

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