Jack Clark Will Miss 3 Weeks – Torn Tendon / BASEBALL
[Jack Clark] hit his first home run of the spring yesterday, but he tore a tendon in his left leg while running it out and will be lost to the Yankees for three weeks. The injury occurred when Clark led off the second inning against the Orioles with a line drive that stayed just inside the left-field foul pole for a home run. Clark ran hard toward first base and appeared to slow up as he neared the bag. Clark, who signed a two-year, $3 million contract with the Yankees on January 6 after playing out his option with St. Louis, is recovering from a torn ligament in his right ankle suffered last September. An assortment of injuries sidelined him at various times with the Giants and the Cardinals. The Yankees said the calf injury was unrelated to his previous problems.
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Full Text: San Francisco Chronicle (pre-1997 Fulltext) Mar 18, 1988
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Human diseases mirrored in mice with new gene technique
In a report published in the March 10 issue of the British journal Nature, [Rudolf Jaenisch] and colleagues wrote: “This study constitutes the first example of the generation of an animal model of a human genetic disease by introducing precisely defined alterations into the normal gene and then transferring the mutant gene into transgenic mice.” The research was conducted on the gene that produces Type 1 collagen, a structural material essential for healthy bones and and tendons. The human collagen molecule is a chain of 1,000 amino acids. Of these, 333 are the amino acid glycine. If just one glycine in this chain is replaced by another amino acid, the collagen is defective, and the disease osteogenesis imperfecta results. The researchers made this kind of mutation in the gene that produces Type 1 collagen in mice. They transferred the genes into single-cell mouse embryos. The genes produced defective collagen. When the mice were born, they had the same defects as babies with osteogenesis imperfecta.
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Full Text: Orange County Register Mar 18, 1988
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EX-HUSKY ZEVENBERGEN SAYS SI TO SPURS
SAN ANTONIO – Phil Zevenbergen, renaissance man, is in the National Basketball Association. He then took the court last night with San Antonio, which had a roster spot vacated when it lost starting power forward David Greenwood for the season with an Achilles’ tendon injury March 8. Zevenbergen didn’t play a minute last night, but that’s fine with him. An eight-month veteran of the European leagues, he has seen enough of the world.
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Full Text: Seattle Times Mar 19, 1988
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Yankees’ Clark doesn’t expect he can play by Opening Day
New York Yankees designated hitter Jack Clark conceded Friday that he probably won’t be ready for Opening Day after tearing a tendon in his left calf Thursday. But that was all he was conceding. The Yankees estimate that the injury-prone Clark will be out for three weeks, which would mean he should be available for the second series of the season, beginning April 8 at home against Milwaukee. “I’ve never played in Yankee Stadium or seen it,” said Clark, who left St. Louis to sign a two-year, $3-million contract with the Yankees as a free agent. “Yankee Stadium might have to wait a little.”
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Full Text: Star Tribune Mar 20, 1988
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PROJECTION GRIM FOR 1990 OWNERS AVOIDING CONTRACT OBLIGATIONS FOR WHAT MAY BE A STRIKE YEAR
Wonder if any MVP voters would like their ballots back now that George Bell has shown what a selfish bore he is. Bell, who took a hike Thursday when asked to DH, has put manager Jimy Williams in a corner. They’re not sure kids Rob Ducey or Sil Campusano are going to hit, but they’ve got to try them in center field now. If the Jays go with Lloyd Moseby in center and put Bell back in left, it’ll look like Bell is running the team. Bell puts MVP numbers on the board, but he’s hurting the cause with stupid stunts like Thursday’s . . . The Indians may offer catcher Todd Pratt back to the Red Sox. Pratt, Boston’s catcher at Winter Haven last summer, was rated a good prospect by most scouts. The Sox left him unprotected and Cleveland snapped him up with the first pick of the December draft. Chris Bando and Andy Allanson are Cleveland’s catchers, and keeping Pratt means Cleveland can carry only four outfielders. Ron Kittle, John Moses and Carmen Castillo are battling for the No. 4 job, and the Tribe would like to keep two of the three. The Sox can reclaim Pratt for $25,000 if Cleveland doesn’t put him on the Opening Day roster . . . Tigers manager Sparky Anderson wants to try outfielder Billy Bean at first base and move Darrell Evans to DH . . . Despite Jack Clark’s injury (torn tendon, left leg, out three weeks) Billy Martin is still optimistic. Billy plans to have the Yankee pitchers take batting practice all year to prepare for the World Series . . . Toronto manager Williams has tried Cecil Fielder at third this spring . . . There’s a greyhound named Stieb running at a track in St. Petersburg, not far from the Jays’ camp in Dunedin. In 1979, a 15-year-old baseball star for the Cincinnati Midland Cardinals bumped into Reds manager [John McNamara] at the neighborhood 7-Eleven store. The kids lived a mile and a half from McNamara, and their homes were separated only by the Royal Oaks Country Club. The kid asked McNamara how he thought the Reds would do. McNamara gave a courteous answer. And that is how Todd Benzinger first met John McNamara . . . Jose Santiago, Boston’s Game 1 starter in the 1967 World Series, is the new manager of the Single-A Miami Marlins . . . The folks at Rolaids announced that they’ll penalize relievers by deducting points for blown saves when calculating numbers for the relief awards in 1988 . . . [Wade Boggs]‘ “Cheers” walk-on will air March 31 . . . Did you know that the Red Sox signed free agent catcher Paul Gedman (brother of you-know-who) to a minor league contract? Young Geddy caught at Framingham State last year . . . The Sox will play their Pawtucket farm team at McCoy Stadium May 12 at 6 p.m. . . . Tonight from 10 to midnight on WEEI you can hear Sox general manager Lou Gorman along with Minnesota GM Andy MacPhail and Kansas City GM John Schuerholz discussing the ins and outs of baseball . . . Those who read “Shoeless Joe and the Iowa Baseball Confederacy” will be happy to know that W.P. Kinsella is coming out with a collection of baseball short stories — “The Further Adventures of Slugger McBatt.” . . . Quiz answers: (1) Lou Boudreau, Joe McCarthy and Frank Chance; (2) [Al Rosen], Jackie Jensen and Roger Maris . . . Happy 47th birthday, Pat Corrales.
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Full Text: Boston Globe (pre-1997 Fulltext) Mar 20, 1988
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AL NOTES
RHP Bill Wegman gave up one run in six innings and LHP Juan Nieves pitched six scoreless innings and allowed two hits in two games against California. … RH Tim Watkins, who pitched at Class A Stockton (Calif.) and Beloit (Wis.) last year has a 1.42 ERA in five appearances. “At the beginning of camp he was a long shot, but his shot it getting shorter now,” said BREWERS manager Tom Trebelhorn. Boston DH Sam Horn’s claim to the longest HR hit at Orlando’s Tinker Field didn’t last long. 1B Kent Hrbek of the TWINS hit a HR that almost cleared the press box on top of the adjacent Citrus Bowl in RF. “That was a legitimate 500-foot HR,” said Boston RHP Ed Lynch, the victim of Hrbek’s first preseason homer. … RHP Charlie Lea will be the fourth starter. He has a 0.56 ERA in 16 innings. CF Oddibe McDowell was scratched from the RANGERS’ lineup Sunday because of a sprained left ankle. McDowell sprained it in batting practice Saturday and aggravated it in batting practice Sunday. … RHP Brad Arnsberg was examined by Dr. William Andrews and was diagnosed as having an inflammation of the flexor tendon in his right elbow. Arnsberg will seek several other opinions. … RP Dale Mohorcic will have surgery today to remove a floating bone chip from his right elbow.
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Full Text: USA TODAY (pre-1997 Fulltext) Mar 21, 1988
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Gwynn Puts Finger on His Problem
San Diego Padres Tony Gwynn, who won the National League batting championship in 1987, underwent surgery on his left index finger to repair a malfunctioning tendon.
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Full Text: The Sporting News Mar 21, 1988
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AL NOTES
The MARINERS may open with nine pitchers. “We don’t need our fifth starter until April 18,” said manager Dick Williams. RHP Ken Dixon, acquired from Baltimore, is not throwing with as much velocity as scouting reports indicated, said a concerned GM Dick Balderson. “I’m not as strong as I should be,” said Dixon, “and I don’t want to push it.” … New LF Mickey Brantley finds the position a major adjustment after playing CF and RF most of his career. “LF is definitely the toughest position to play in the outfield,” he said. … RHP Bill Swift’s spring performance could earn him a roster spot. “He’s sound,” said Williams. “He threw himself back in the picture.” RANGERS manager Bobby Valentine inserted RHP Jose Cecena Monday in the ninth inning with two outs and a man on. Cecena struck out Pittsburgh 3B Bobby Bonilla on three pitches. Valentine has been waiting to see Cecena in such a situation, and he liked the way the 24-year-old responded. “It was set up perfectly,” Valentine said. “He sat around all day. He sat around during the B game and he sat around during this game. Then we got him up in time, he had a home-run hitter up and he threw three quality pitches.” … Thus far in the spring, LHP Mitch Williams has admitted to a motivation problem. On Sunday, he said he felt much better. In his own words, he finally felt the adrenaline pumping.“Yeah,” Williams said, “I’m starting to feel it a little bit. My mechanics were good and it felt more like a game.” … RHP Brad Arnsberg was examined by Dr. Frank Jobe Monday in Vero Beach, Fla. Arnsberg, sidelined since August, is suffering from inflammation of the flexor tendon in his right elbow. IF-OF Steve Lyons wanted to be in the lineup so badly Monday that he placed a wager with WHITE SOX manager Jim Fregosi. If Lyons got a haircut, he could start. And at 12:30 p.m. EST, one hour before the game against Toronto was to begin, Lyons’ curly locks were shorn. “I told him I’d do anything to get in – and this is one of them,” said Lyons, who bumped C Ron Karkovice from the starting lineup. If Lyons were to catch one inning in the majors this season, he will have played every position except pitch. “They (pitchers) haven’t said `you don’t know what you’re doing back there,’ yet,” Lyons said. … Fregosi threw batting practice for the first time Monday and fooled a few hitters with his changeup. “My control was good – I’ve been working on that all spring,” Fregosi said. … DH-OF Harold Baines, limited to DH duties last season because of a knee injury, understands Toronto’s sullen George Bell, who has made it clear he wants to play OF, not just DH. “He’s not hurt. He’s got a gripe,” Baines said. … Neither RHs Bobby Thigpen and John Davis nor LH Ray Searage, who will be the relief corps, have pitched a full season in the majors.
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Full Text: USA TODAY (pre-1997 Fulltext) Mar 22, 1988
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SPORTS DOCTOR The elbow: Bad match with tennis
The elbow was not designed for the tennis player. When a person plays tennis, a fairly large muscle in the forearm pulls on a small attachment on the elbow, resulting in injury either from one big strain or numerous small strains. The usual injury is to the outer part of the elbow, which provides the thrust for the backhand stroke. The first, unfortunately, is age, as muscles and tendons become less flexible. The second is the quality of your stroke. “Leading with the elbow” on the backhand – hitting the ball with the elbow in front – is extremely stressful. (I am sure no one will admit to tennis elbow now that I’ve called its victims “old with a lousy backhand.”)
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Full Text: Providence Journal Mar 22, 1988
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AL NOTES
3B Rene Gonzales is hitting .348, second on the ORIOLES to SS Cal Ripken. But Baltimore traded for 3B Rick Schu this week, creating a three-way battle for the starting job with rookie Craig Worthington (.222). Gonzales believes he should be considered the favorite to start. “I hate to look at it any other way. I’ve done everything asked of me,” Gonzales said. … OF Jeff Stone, in his first day as an Oriole, wore No. 35, but hopes for a lower number. “Thirty-five feels big,” Stone said. “I want a number from 20 on down. Thirty-five’s too big. It’s holding me back.” Stone isn’t sure what number he wants. “Got to see what’s available.”…… RANGERS …RHP Brad Arnsberg will undergo exploratory surgery on his sore right elbow in April. The surgery will be performed by Dr. Frank Jobe in Los Angeles. Jobe believes Arnsberg may have a tear in his medial collateral ligament. If that is the case, Jobe will do a ligament reconstruction, transferring a tendon from Arnsberg’s left wrist to the elbow. … RHP Dale Mohorcic had four bone chips removed from his right elbow in surgery Monday in Birmingham, Ala. Mohorcic is expected to be sidelined for at least a month. Manager Doc Edwards may have found his opening-day lineup. The new faces from last year are 1B Terry Francona, who signed with the INDIANS just before camp, and SS Jay Bell. The major change will have last year’s SS Julio Franco at 2B. In Franco’s first start at 2B Tuesday, he singled and had a two-run double against Milwaukee. Bell made his first start at SS Tuesday and singled and scored a run. … …C Brian Dorsett is expected to undergo arthroscopic surgery on his right elbow on March 30.
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Full Text: USA TODAY (pre-1997 Fulltext) Mar 23, 1988
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O’Sullivan calls it a career after KO defeat to Boucher
[Donovan Boucher], the reigning Canadian welterweight boxing champion, stunned [Shawn O'Sullivan] with a series of jabs early in the second round of his second title defence and then finished the Toronto boxer with a flurry of punches that dropped O’Sullivan heavily to the canvas. Boucher, who at 146 1/2 weighed in one-half pound heavier than O’Sullivan, saw his record climb to 17-1. O’Sullivan, 25, closed out his professional career at 17-3. O’Sullivan’s first loss as a professional was a third-round TKO to American Simon Brown in June, 1986. That loss was followed by a nine-month layoff to repair damaged ligaments and tendons in O’Sullivan’s right hand.
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Full Text: The Vancouver Sun Mar 26, 1988
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Gwynn tells all his skeptics that he’s OK and stop asking
All this in [Tony Gwynn]‘s first game just two weeks away from the surgery that repaired a tendon in the base of the index finger on his left hand. Just as Gwynn promised. Initially, Gwynn wasn’t supposed to play until tomorrow against the California Angels in Palm Springs. Two at-bats were the prescription. Because Gwynn was having a hard time throwing, manager Larry Bowa had penciled him in as the designated hitter. That’s when Gwynn asked Dr. Merlin Hamer, who performed the surgery, to accelerate his recovery period. Hamer checked the motion in Gwynn’s hand Thursday and gave him guarded approval.
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Full Text: The Tribune Mar 26, 1988
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Two weeks up and Gwynn’s back in lineup, as promised
By the way, [Tony Gwynn] is batting .555 this spring. o o o Pitcher Keith Comstock was cut yesterday, along with four other Padres. Comstock is a survivor, having played 11 years of pro ball all over the world. “I’ve now been cut in five different countries,” said the 32-year-old lefty, who coached girls basketball for eight years. “I’ll have to talk it over with my wife to see if I’ll play in Las Vegas. Some day I want to be a coach so I want to stay in the game now. That’ll be the argument I’ll use on her. One thing I know about this organization, they give coaching jobs to people for what people know, not what they did. And that’s great” … The Yuma portion of schedule ends today. The Padres move on to a four-day swing in Palm Springs against the California Angels. It was just two weeks ago, on March 11, that Gwynn underwent surgery to repair tendon damage to his left index finger. He vowed he would come back in 14 days despite what the skeptics were saying. At this point in his career, people should know better than to doubt Tony Gwynn.
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Full Text: The San Diego Union Mar 26, 1988
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NHL Fight Time Never Fun Time for Linesmen Who Must Restore Order
While breaking up a fight several years ago, [Ryan Bozak] wrapped up a player and pulled him away from his opponent, only to lose his balance. The result was a dislocated shoulder for Bozak, knocking him out of the playoffs and costing him about $6,000 in lost income. [Bob Hodges] cut the back of his hand several years ago when he reached up to shield his face from a skate blade, only to have the blade slice so deeply that tendons were severed. Doctors needed 40 stitches to close the wound, and Hodges was hospitalized for three days. One night, Bozak said, he and [John D'Amico] were working a game between the New York Islanders and the Toronto Maple Leafs. The referee was [John McCauley].
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Full Text: Los Angeles Times (pre-1997 Fulltext) Mar 26, 1988
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Tom Blair
Life in the city: At the Chamber of Commerce film bureau, director Wally Schlotter isn’t worried about tepid reviews for “Little Nikita.” He’s too busy counting receipts from the movie’s filming here last year: $800,000 spent in San Diego, including 2,000 hotel nights, an $83,000 restaurant/bar tab and $12,000 for police services … Public Broadcasting cameras will be filming Tuesday when Erich Bloch, head of the National Science Foundation, and presidential science advisors (dating back to FDR) gather for a public symposium at UCSD … City Hall impasse on Friday: City Clerk Chuck Abdelnour, on crutches with a torn Achilles’ tendon (dancing), and Asst. to the City Mgr. George Penn, on crutches with a torn Achilles’ tendon (basketball), pulling in opposite directions on the fire door leading to the second-story landing.
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Full Text: The San Diego Union Mar 27, 1988
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Bowa’s bullpen `in shambles’ as Padres end stay in Yuma
Sierra continued his searing spring when he came into the game with the bases loaded and one out in the fifth. It was Candy vs. Candy with Sierra facing Candy Maldonado. After getting ahead in the count, Sierra served up a double-play ball to get out of the inning. The rookie right-hander, who turns 21 today, has given up just one run in his last 14 innings. [Larry Bowa] said he may move [Eric Nolte] to the bullpen. If that happens, Bowa would have a starting rotation of Ed Whitson, Eric Show, Jimmy Jones, Andy Hawkins and Mark Grant, all right-handers. “What good is a left-hander,” Bowa said, “if you can’t get a lefty out? You might as well have right-handers.” o o o Right fielder Tony Gwynn went 2-for-3 with line-drive singles to right and left, improving his average to .583. Gwynn played six innings and hopes to go seven today against California in Palm Springs (1 o’clock, Channel 5). Gwynn, who underwent surgery to repair tendon damage to his left index finger March 11, may DH to rest his hand … Gwynn will be featured in the AT&T Baseball Challenge Thursday on ESPN. Gwynn is defending champion in the contest that benefits the Special Olympics … Third baseman Chris Brown was hit above the left elbow with a pitch in the second inning and left the game in the third when the arm tightened. He said the injury is not serious.
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Full Text: The San Diego Union Mar 27, 1988
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Instinct Changed Riles
Shortstop Ernest Riles of the Milwaukee Brewers is trying to come back from a cut tendon and nerve damage in his hand that he suffered last season.
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Full Text: The Sporting News Mar 28, 1988
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LOCAL TEENS ARE TALENTED WEIGHT TANDEM
Twin brothers Todd and Scott Slaughter are seriously considering a career in the professional wrestling ring after graduation from J. Sergeant Reynolds Community College. “There aren’t many teen-agers with the tendon and ligament strength to handle that kind of weight,” said the Slaughters’ coach, Mike Craven, who supervises their workouts at Mike’s Gym in Mechanicsville. After classes most days, the twins drive together in their 1957 Chevy (“not exactly in mint condition,” says Todd) to Mike’s where they always serve as each other’s spotters.
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Full Text: Richmond Times – Dispatch Mar 29, 1988
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I can’t live off last year, Dawson says Improvement is in his plans
Slowed by hamstring and tendon problems in his left leg, [Andre Dawson] nonetheless has hit safely in six of his last eight games (11-for-25, .440) with two doubles, two homers and four RBI. The offseason recognition is one of the reasons Dawson forced his free agency on the Cubs. Even after his best seasons in Montreal, Dawson was not asked to make personal appearances, to speak at dinners, to sign autographs, to make endorsements. Anyone wanting Andre Dawson for next winter better start making requests soon. Even if he can match his numbers of last season, Dawson will cut back in the offseason.
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Full Text: Chicago Sun – Times Mar 29, 1988
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Booker’s slam carries Leopards by Eagles, 9-0 Series: Baseball
SPRING HILL – Even before beginning play Tuesday, Hernando High shortstop Ygenio Booker might have guessed things would not go his way. During infield practice, for instance, an errant throw nailed Booker on the wrist just above his glove hand. It was the same bone he slightly fractured during basketball season. Booker managed to temporarily shake off both that injury and a strained tendon in his back – an aggravation of a football injury – to hit a grand slam and spark Hernando to a 9-0 win over Springstead during second-day play in the five-team Springstead Invitational.
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Full Text: St. Petersburg Times Mar 30, 1988
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MONROE DOCTRINE: EXAMPLE, NOT TALK, LEADS THE CAVALIERS
Two years ago, Monroe inadvertently drove his hand through some plate glass, severing tendons and nerves. He came close to losing use of his right hand forever. Even now, there is little feeling. He senses pressure, that’s all. Yet, [MONROE]‘s athletic career never skipped a beat. Monroe recalls attending Hopkins’ games as a youngster, “and as I got older, I didn’t mind seeing them get upset.” He roots for the underdog, apparently. When time came to attend college, Monroe had no interest in Hopkins. To this day, he doesn’t know how much the Blue Jays were interested in him. He never gave them the chance to find out. “The first time they talked to me, I told them not to bother,” Monroe recalls.
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Full Text: Richmond Times – Dispatch Mar 31, 1988
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