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Bob LeFridge :tinoflag:What is it with every minor party leader and their dog giving "State of the Nation" speeches? Today it's Seymour... the Minister for School Slop.In a SST piece - "David Seymour and the food fight he can’t win" - Andrea Vance argues that Seymour was better in opposition than he is in government."When questioned, he is rigid and defensive, with the demeanour of a man forced to eat a woke quinoa salad when he ordered a steak."Touché.<a href="https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360625194/david-seymour-and-food-fight-he-cant-win" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360625194/david-seymour-and-food-fight-he-cant-win</a><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/NZPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NZPol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Seymour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Seymour</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/SchoolLunches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SchoolLunches</a>

Nathaniel GregoryThis is also why they are in support of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ABA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ABA</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/conversion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#conversion</a> therapy, denying <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trans</a> kids <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/puberty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#puberty</a> blockers, putting <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cops</a> in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/school" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#school</a>, destroying the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#education</a> system, refusing to pay for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/schoollunches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#schoollunches</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wars</a> & <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/genocides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#genocides</a> that kill swathes of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#children</a> overseas, those "troubled <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/teen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#teen</a>" camps & <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/child" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#child</a> marriage.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Democrats</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Liberals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Liberals</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Conservatives</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Vote</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DemocraticParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DemocraticParty</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DNC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DNC</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RepublicanParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RepublicanParty</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RNC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RNC</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JDVance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JDVance</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Biden</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KamalaHarris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KamalaHarris</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TimWalz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TimWalz</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Democracy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fascism</a>

ClareBear :tinoflag:<a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/545471/creditor-blindsided-by-school-lunch-provider-libelle-group-going-into-liquidation" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/545471/creditor-blindsided-by-school-lunch-provider-libelle-group-going-into-liquidation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/nzpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nzpol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/schoollunches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#schoollunches</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/worstgovtever" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#worstgovtever</a>

Marsden""A Waikato school that does its own lunches says their model works so well they want the government to check it out so both taxpayers and students can benefit.... beneath Mt Te Aroha, the school did not opt in to the government programme and was going from strength to strength, said principal Neil Harray."<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NZPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NZPol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SchoolLunches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SchoolLunches</a> <a href="https://www.waikatotimes.co.nz/nz-news/360617813/how-school-made-its-lunch-programme-work" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.waikatotimes.co.nz/nz-news/360617813/how-school-made-its-lunch-programme-work</a>

Strypey"Our back in the day jam sandwich diet worked because there was no choice. Do you know how many jam sandwiches I’ve eaten since I got old enough to decide my own diet? It’s zero. And I bet it’s a similar number for the adults giving jam sandwich advice."<a href="https://theendisnaenae.substack.com/p/jam-sandwiches?r=uhf18" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://theendisnaenae.substack.com/p/jam-sandwiches?r=uhf18</a><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/SchoolLunches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SchoolLunches</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/@marsden" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@marsden</a>

Bob LeFridge :tinoflag:Failed supplier of David Seymour's school lunch slop, Libelle Group, owes creditors $14m. This suggests they've been in trouble for quite a while.Which begs the question, did Seymour & Co do any due diligence at all? Or was the decision to award a multi-million dollar government contract to an already collapsing business more of a philosophical one?<a href="https://www.odt.co.nz/business/school-lunch-provider-owes-more-14-million" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.odt.co.nz/business/school-lunch-provider-owes-more-14-million</a><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/NZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NZ</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/SchoolLunches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SchoolLunches</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/NZPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NZPol</a>

Marsden"Is the Prime Minister and the Associate Minister of Education trying to imply children are ungrateful if they find a fly or burnt plastic in their lunch? If a child is given a frozen lunch or one that is dangerously hot, are students guilty of impatience? While Oliver Twist famously asked ‘please sir, can I have some more?’, it seems our children are being told ‘nah, wait for it to thaw’."<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NZPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NZPol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SchoolLunches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SchoolLunches</a> <a href="https://joehendren.substack.com/p/seymours-lack-of-accountability-over" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://joehendren.substack.com/p/seymours-lack-of-accountability-over</a>

Jerry MeyerFor an administration that claims to want efficiency, cancelling this program is simply inefficient, and certainly shows a lack of care of farmers and children. But efficiency and care for the other is not what this administration*really* wants, is it?<a href="https://www.hppr.org/hppr-news/2025-03-14/usda-ends-programs-that-help-schools-and-food-banks-buy-locally-grown-food?mc_cid=22cfee61be&mc_eid=f1010f8799" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.hppr.org/hppr-news/2025-03-14/usda-ends-programs-that-help-schools-and-food-banks-buy-locally-grown-food?mc_cid=22cfee61be&mc_eid=f1010f8799</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#government</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/farmers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#farmers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#agriculture</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/schoollunches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#schoollunches</a>

Strypey"As a result, Dunbabin said they're seeing some children come to school on lunch days and not on other days."<a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/JohnGerritsen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JohnGerritsen</a>, 2025<a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/544587/school-lunch-provider-turns-to-australia-for-help" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/544587/school-lunch-provider-turns-to-australia-for-help</a>I wonder how much Rimmer is spending on truancy officers to in his attempts to increase school attendance? Maybe that money would be better spent on providing school lunches that students actually want to eat?<a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/SchoolLunches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SchoolLunches</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/truancy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#truancy</a>

Bob LeFridge :tinoflag:An Invercargill principal reports that Seymour's school lunch fiasco is reaching absurdity. They received 600 macaroni cheese lunch packs from Western Australia yesterday and "...about a third were not eaten."From Western Australia!How much longer will Luxon allow Seymour to keep up this charade? Pay peanuts... get slop.<a href="https://www.odt.co.nz/southland/principal-slams-use-aussie-school-lunches" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.odt.co.nz/southland/principal-slams-use-aussie-school-lunches</a><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/SchoolLunches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SchoolLunches</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/NZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NZ</a>

Strypey<a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/HatTip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HatTip</a> to <a href="https://mastodon.social/@norightturnnz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@norightturnnz</a> for the link to this story;<a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/544486/school-lunch-failures-original-contractors-ready-to-offer-alternatives" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/544486/school-lunch-failures-original-contractors-ready-to-offer-alternatives</a>Like the Irex ferry cancellation, this is further proof that whenever the NatACTs try to fix what they claim is "wasteful spending", they end up spending more public money for inferior results.Unlike Irex, which is difficult to unf%& k, school lunches can be fixed by canning Rimmer's penny-pinching failure, and going back to the local providers it displaced. Fingers crossed.<a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/NZPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NZPolitics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/SchoolLunches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SchoolLunches</a>

Bob LeFridge :tinoflag:A firm contracted by Compass to deliver 125,000 New Zealand school lunches each day has gone into liquidation.The Libelle Group didn't last long. How far are we into the school year?If around 350,000 kids are receiving Seymour's slop each day, there's a third of capacity vanished, just like that.Is it possible that churning out cheap slop at $3 a unit doesn't make financial sense, once Compass have taken their cut?<a href="https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/school-lunch-provider-goes-liquidation" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/school-lunch-provider-goes-liquidation</a><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/NZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NZ</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/SchoolLunches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SchoolLunches</a>

ClareBear :tinoflag:<a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/544429/school-lunches-provider-libelle-group-auckland-goes-into-liquidation" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/544429/school-lunches-provider-libelle-group-auckland-goes-into-liquidation</a>how does skidmark spin this?<a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/nzpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nzpol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/schoollunches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#schoollunches</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/debacle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#debacle</a>

Reece<a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/543671/christopher-luxon-on-school-lunches-go-make-a-marmite-sandwich" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/543671/christopher-luxon-on-school-lunches-go-make-a-marmite-sandwich</a>Ok, Mr. Luxoff... go make a marmite sandwich for yourself, too. That will be your lunch at parliament every damn day.Edit to add hashtag<a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/nzpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nzpol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/schoollunches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#schoollunches</a>

ClareBear :tinoflag:Are you all sorted with your marmite sandwich for lunch? <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/nzpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nzpol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/schoollunches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#schoollunches</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/worstgovtever" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#worstgovtever</a>

Rupert BrackenburyIf it can't feed hungry children, why do we even have a government? <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/nzpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nzpol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Luxon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Luxon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/NactionalFirst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NactionalFirst</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/SchoolLunches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SchoolLunches</a>

Marsden"There’s been a bunch of advice from everyday people, many of whom are older and whose kids aren’t kids anymore. This advice tends to go along the lines that children should learn to eat what they’re given, like we used to. If they get hungry enough, they’ll stop being fussy. I’ve been trying to put my finger on exactly what’s wrong with this. "<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FoodCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FoodCulture</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SchoolLunches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SchoolLunches</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NZPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NZPol</a> <a href="https://theendisnaenae.substack.com/p/jam-sandwiches?r=uhf18" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://theendisnaenae.substack.com/p/jam-sandwiches?r=uhf18</a>

Strypey"Footnote Two. Still, in one sense, David Seymour is providing a valuable life lesson to the younger generation. Kids, if you don’t fight back, some politicians really will try to make you eat shit."<a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/GordonCampbell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GordonCampbell</a>, 2025<a href="https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2502/S00036/on-school-lunches-and-the-coalition-government-eating-the-young.htm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2502/S00036/on-school-lunches-and-the-coalition-government-eating-the-young.htm</a><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/SchoolLunches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SchoolLunches</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a>

Bob LeFridge :tinoflag:NZ's ongoing school lunch saga doesn't get any better. These comparison photos show what students at Porirua’s Mana College were served last year compared to the cheap slop Seymour ordered. I know which of the two I'd choose to eat.Six local people lost their jobs when Seymour awarded the contract to multinational Compass. <a href="https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360595992/what-school-lunches-looked-wellingtons-mana-college-last-year-and-what-they-look-now" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360595992/what-school-lunches-looked-wellingtons-mana-college-last-year-and-what-they-look-now</a><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/NZPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NZPol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/SchoolLunches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SchoolLunches</a>

DoomsdaysCWHT <a href="https://kolektiva.social/@AIF_Massachusetts" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@AIF_Massachusetts</a> "Somerset County March 1st in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Skowhegan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Skowhegan</a>, Maine:(Note that the image we posted before says 1:30 but the Facebook page says 2:30. We will update if we find more information)Neighbors for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CommonGround" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CommonGround</a> Rally"<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1050816263754788/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/events/1050816263754788/</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Maine</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SkowheganMaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SkowheganMaine</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Somerset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Somerset</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Unite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Unite</a>! <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Medicaid</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SNAP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SNAP</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AffordableMedications" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AffordableMedications</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SpecialEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SpecialEd</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VeteransHealthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VeteransHealthcare</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VeteransBenefits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VeteransBenefits</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SchoolLunches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SchoolLunches</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Privacy</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Security</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ShennaBellows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ShennaBellows</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ImakeSchesslerJandreau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ImakeSchesslerJandreau</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MattTownsend" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MattTownsend</a>

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