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Star Wars in Swedish causes fan outrage

Society: 8 Feb 12
Star Wars, The Phantom Menace, is about to hit Sweden's cinemas in 3D, dubbed into Swedish, a move which has infuriated die-hard fans and prompting them to lobby for a boycott of the film. READ »

Swede charged following US child porn bust

National: 8 Feb 12
A 38-year-old Swedish man has been charged with child pornography crimes after a probe in the United States uncovered thousands of images that were traced to the man's home in southern Sweden. READ »

Swedish mother gave 3-year-old cigs and beer

Society: 7 Feb 12
A mother in Sweden has been charged with abuse and breach of alcohol laws after coaxing her 3-year-old to have beer and cigarettes. READ »

10-year-old girl stabbed in the throat at school

National: 6 Feb 12
A 10-year-old girl had her throat slashed with a knife outside a school in Gothenburg in western Sweden on Monday morning, according to police. READ »

Sheep herding Swedish bunny hops to net fame

Society: 2 Feb 12
A Swedish rabbit has hopped into the hearts of YouTube viewers worldwide thanks to a video displaying his impressive sheep herding skills. READ »

How Millennium films tap deep into Swedish angst

Lifestyle: 1 Feb 12
Is there any truth in the image of Sweden portrayed in the Millennium books and films? Stockholm University ethnologist Jonas Engman argues that the stories have tapped into Swedish fears that their society’s success is not all they had been brought up to believe. READ »

Supreme Court denies Pirate Bay right to appeal

Business & Money: 1 Feb 12
The Swedish Supreme Court will not grant the right to appeal in the Pirate Bay case, the court announced on Wednesday, marking the end of the four defendants' legal battle in Sweden. READ »

Police raid 17 homes in Swedish child porn sting

National: 31 Jan 12
Police have raided 17 homes across Sweden on the suspicion of child pornography crimes, after an investigation into internet chat conversations held between the suspects and a man arrested by police last year. READ »

Locked up paedophile accessed child porn

Science & Technology: 25 Jan 12
A man convicted for child pornography crimes and over seventy counts of child rape is believed to have smuggled a memory stick with child pornography into a Swedish psychiatric ward where he is serving time. READ »

Max von Sydow snags Oscar nomination

Society: 24 Jan 12
Swedish silver screen stalwart Max von Sydow, 82, became one of the oldest Academy Award nominees ever on Tuesday, while "Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" star Rooney Mara was nominated in the best actress category. READ »

EU to press Ethiopia over Swedish journalists

National: 24 Jan 12
The EU is continuing its efforts to convince the Ethiopian prime minister Meles Zenawi to immediately release two Swedish journalists jailed in the country for terror crimes. READ »

Volvo wagon Sweden's 'biggest film star'

Society: 20 Jan 12
When naming the Swedish model most often seen on the silver screen, many might guess Greta Garbo. But the correct answer is actually the rather unassuming Volvo 240 station wagon, according to a new ranking. READ »

Dutch court orders ISPs to block Pirate Bay

Business & Money: 12 Jan 12
Access to Swedish file sharing site The Pirate Bay was ordered blocked on Wednesday for clients of two internet service providers (ISPs) in the Netherlands following a ruling by a Dutch court citing copyright concerns. READ »

Movie's 'gunfire' prompts police response

Society: 10 Jan 12
A couple in northern Sweden who were watching a violent movie at home on Monday were surprised when police turned up in response to reports of gunfire and screams emanating from the apartment. READ »

Swede tells of friend's Africa bungee terror

Society: 9 Jan 12
A Swedish woman who filmed a terrifying video of her Australian friend's bungee-jump gone wrong in Africa was certain that she was witnessing her friend's death. READ »

Swedish sex hashtag takes Twitter by storm

Science & Technology: 9 Jan 12
When Swedish radio host Gurgîn Bakircioglu created a hashtag in Swedish, asking people to describe their sex lives with a film title, he had no idea that the topic would trend and become the second most tweeted topic on Twitter. READ »

Seven charged after burning victim with iron

National: 5 Jan 12
Seven men in central Sweden have been charged with kidnapping and aggravated assault after having abducted and tortured a man, burning him with an iron and hitting him with computer cables. READ »

'Now I know just how Ingrid Bergman felt'

Lifestyle: 30 Dec 11
Contributor Julie Lindahl catches up with Paavo Turtiainen, a Manhattan-based chef and events planner featured in a new film detailing how Swedish screen legend Ingrid Bergman helped launch his extraordinary career. READ »

Swedish cop filmed naked female colleagues

National: 29 Dec 11
A Swedish police commissioner has been suspended after it was revealed that he had secretly filmed female officers in the nude with a video camera hidden inside a locker in the station's changing room. READ »

Five year sentence for Swede's child sex crimes

National: 27 Dec 11
A 45-year-old Swedish man whose computer contained more than half a million images of child pornography, including some featuring infants, has been jailed for five years for child pornography crimes and child rape. READ »

Swedish police hunt 'Halloween mask' killer

National: 27 Dec 11
The shooter who killed one man and injured two others at a cafe in Malmö in southern Sweden on Monday wore a mask like those seen in the 2010 Hollywood film "The Town" and remains at large, police said Tuesday. READ »

Swedish 'Dolce Vita' star begs Fellini fund for cash

Society: 23 Dec 11
Anita Ekberg, a former Miss Sweden who stared in "La Dolce Vita", is almost broke, prompting her to make a plea for cash from the foundation of the cult film's director Federico Fellini, according to Italian media reports. READ »

Sweden's 'youngest' file sharer, 16, found guilty

Science & Technology: 21 Dec 11
A now 16-year-old boy who had been turned in by his school for downloading films was convicted of violating Sweden's copyright laws by an appeals court on Wednesday, overturning a lower court's acquittal. READ »

'Tattoo' marketing angers Larsson's partner

Society: 21 Dec 11
Stieg Larsson's former partner has slammed the commercialization of the late Swedish writer's best-selling novel, “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo”, in connection with the release of Hollywood's adaption of the book. READ »

Rail service's hidden cameras 'illegal': agency

National: 20 Dec 11
Sweden's national rail service, SJ, has been slammed by the Data Inspection Board after it was discovered the company was filming staff with hidden cameras to stop widespread pilfering on trains. READ »

'Tattoo' star Rooney Mara laughs off 'bush' wig

Society: 16 Dec 11
Rooney Mara, who portrays hacker heroine Lisbeth Salander in the Hollywood remake of “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” has made light of the measures taken to ensure the star's hirsute nether regions were also in character for the film. READ »

Can Hollywood's 'Tattoo' capture Sweden's dark side?

Lifestyle: 16 Dec 11
As the world awaits the impending release of the Hollywood version of “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”, The Local's Geoff Mortimore looks at whether the capital of the US film industry can accurately portray Sweden's dark underbelly. READ »

Teacher's teen sex text leads to child porn stash

National: 15 Dec 11
A school teacher from southern Sweden was charged on Thursday after the investigation into a sex-themed text message he sent to a 13-year-old student revealed over 6 hours of child porn material on his computer. READ »

Bergman 'notes' go on the block in Stockholm

Society: 15 Dec 11
Personal notes, scribbled by revered Swedish film maker Ingmar Bergman to his housekeeper, were auctioned off in Stockholm on Wednesday, fetching more than had been initially estimated. READ »

Lars, 49, solves UK couple's Swedish photo mystery

Society: 13 Dec 11
The mystery surrounding several decades-old pictures found in a vintage camera purchased last August by a UK couple at an auction in south central Sweden has been solved. READ »

'Wheelchair man' jailed for four years for fraud

National: 10 Dec 11
A man in southern Sweden who scammed the Swedish social insurance agency for almost 14 million kronor ($2 million) has been sentenced to four years in prison. READ »

A truly international education at the heart of Berlin

Education: 7 Dec 11
If you want to study, but dread the bureaucracy and red tape of a traditional academic institution, and fancy a spell in one of Europe’s most dynamic cities at the same time, the ECLA in Berlin could be just the place for you. READ »

'No evidence bomber belonged to al-Qaeda'

National: 7 Dec 11
An unexploded bomb was left in the car of Stockholm suicide bomber Taimour Abdulwahab, investigators said on Wednesday, adding that there was nothing to indicate he was a member of the al-Qaeda terror network. READ »

Seven detained after suspected gang rape

National: 7 Dec 11
Seven men have so far been arrested on suspicion of gang raping a 29-year-old mother of two in Eksjö, in the south of Sweden. READ »

New breed of crazy Swedish chefs ride wave of YouTube fame

Lifestyle: 6 Dec 11
A loud-mouthed YouTube cooking show featuring dishes like 'meatloaf mayhem' and 'furious fishdicks' may soon dethrone the famed Swedish Chef as the pinnacle of Swedish culinary insanity, The Local's Joel Linde discovers. READ »

Police 'didn't want' pre-bomb video footage

National: 6 Dec 11
Swedish police weren't interested in a shop owner's offer of surveillance camera footage taken in the weeks before Taimour Abdulwahab blew himself up in central Stockholm last December. The footage has since been erased. READ »

Life sentence the 'only option': prosecutor

National: 2 Dec 11
Prosecutors are demanding life for the 28-year-old who killed a female guard at Flemingsberg remand facility south of Stockholm. The accused has admitted to his crimes, but wants a fixed sentence. READ »

Swedish TV slammed for Srebrenica 'denial'

National: 29 Nov 11
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has strongly criticised Sveriges Television for a documentary covering the massacre in Srebrenica. READ »

Spotify announcement prompts flurry of online rumours

Business & Money: 22 Nov 11
A promise by Swedish music streaming service Spotify on Monday to unveil a “new direction” has sparked a flurry of rumours and speculation about what sort of innovation the company may have in store. READ »

Stockholm International School celebrates its 60th anniversary

Education: 22 Nov 11
Stockholm International School has seen thousands of students pass through its doors since it was founded in 1951. To mark its fiftieth birthday, Maggie Dankiewicz, Valerie Evers, Caroline Engström-Roberts and the students of Grade 5 tell of its fascinating history. READ »

Stockholm reeling from giant chipmunk shocker

Society: 22 Nov 11
A huge display featuring giant chipmunks, unveiled on Sunday at an iconic Stockholm landmark, was met with outrage by onlookers and city officials alike, who were expecting more traditional Christmas decorations. READ »

Millennium film wins Emmy award

Society: 22 Nov 11
Swedish crime drama Millennium, based on the novels by Stieg Larsson, has won the prize for best TV movie at the International Emmy Awards in New York. READ »

Blackberry looks to crack Swedish smartphone market

Business & Money: 11 Nov 11
Canadian telecom giant RIM is hoping to convince Swedes to choose its Blackberry smartphone instead of the highly popular iPhone as the company attempts to penetrate the Scandinavian market. READ »

Rapace lands role in new Bond movie

Society: 8 Nov 11
Swedish actor Ola Rapace is in London to take part in the new James Bond film "Skyfall", according to his agent Aleksandra Mandic. READ »

Love is in the air at 2011 Stockholm Film Festival

Lifestyle: 7 Nov 11
As the 22nd edition of the Stockholm International Film Festival opens this week, The Local's Peter Vinthagen Simpson delves into the twin themes of love and director Alejandro González Iñárritu. READ »

School sued after pupil bullied on YouTube

Education: 4 Nov 11
A school in southern Sweden that failed to help a student who suffered two years of physical and verbal abuse from fellow students, who posted some of the incidents on YouTube, has been sued by Sweden's child welfare watchdog. READ »

Family torn apart after false sex abuse claims

National: 2 Nov 11
One call to social services was enough to land a Swedish couple behind bars and have their kids taken away for more than two months after an innocent situation was misinterpreted as sexual abuse. READ »

Indian dance troupe in rare Sweden show

Lifestyle: 27 Oct 11
While "Slumdog Millionaire" brought Bollywood music to the movie-going masses, the Indian embassy is aiming to broaden Swedes' appreciation of the culture of the sub-continent with a programme of classical dance. READ »

H&M launches 'Dragon Tattoo' fashion line

Society: 26 Oct 11
Swedish fashion retailer H&M is planning a line of clothing inspired by the hacker heroine made famous in the first of the best-selling Millennium crime thrillers, "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo". READ »

Stieg Larsson among top earning dead celebs

Society: 26 Oct 11
Swedish writer Stieg Larsson, author of the world acclaimed Millennium trilogy, has cracked Forbes magazine's list of top ten stars who are still earning big in the afterlife. READ »

Uppsala trio make YouTube hit with Robyn and cottage cheese mix

Society: 24 Oct 11
A grainy video of three young women crooning a tune by Swedish pop star Robyn and keeping the beat with empty cottage cheese containers is the latest YouTube sensation out of Sweden. READ »

Man paid teen boys to rape underage girl

National: 24 Oct 11
A 34-year-old man and two 16-year-old boys from central Sweden were charged with child rape on Friday, after the man had paid the two boys to rape a young girl and film the incident. READ »

UK pair seeks clues about mysterious Swedish photos

Society: 20 Oct 11
A UK couple are appealing to Swedes for help in gleaning clues about several decades-old photographs hidden in a vintage camera purchased at an auction in south central Sweden last August. READ »

Quality wins over Stockholm's foreign students

Education: 20 Oct 11
Since Sweden introduced university tuition fees for people from non-EU countries, students' expectations have increased. But those studying at Stockholm University say they are getting good value for money. READ »

Police child porn sting snags twelve Swedes

National: 19 Oct 11
Twelwe people were arrested in Sweden early on Wednesday morning suspected of spreading child pornography, according to the Swedish National Bureau of Investigation. READ »

Last minute reprieve for 90-year-old deportee

Society: 18 Oct 11
90-year-old Ganna Chyzhevska's imminent deportation to the Ukraine was stopped last minute by the European Court of Human Rights, pending a new review of the nonagenarian’s case. READ »

23 Swedish women guilty in child porn case

National: 18 Oct 11
All 23 women on trial for possessing and distributing child pornography were convicted by a Swedish court on Tuesday, along with a 43-year-old man believed to be the mastermind behind the network. READ »

Porn behind 11-year-old girl's abuse claims: court

National: 17 Oct 11
A man and a woman suspected of raping their three daughters have been released after a Swedish court ruled that testimony offered by their 11-year-old daughter could have stemmed from something she'd seen in a porn film. READ »

AWOL pirate's guilty verdict comes into force

Science & Technology: 14 Oct 11
The guilty verdict against Pirate Bay founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg has come into force after his failure to request his appeal be heard. He missed an original appeal hearing last year because he was ill in Cambodia. READ »

Swedish castles with sizzle: a sampler

Lifestyle: 13 Oct 11
Sweden is home to hundreds of castles featuring tales of bloodthirsty royals, quirky millionaires, adult-rated films, and other untold secrets. Check out The Local's selection of some of the country's more memorable manors. READ »

Stieg Larsson books to become comics

National: 12 Oct 11
Stieg Larsson's best-selling Millennium thrillers are to be turned into graphic novels, US comic-book powerhouse DC Entertainment said Tuesday after announcing that it had secured "worldwide rights" to adapt the trilogy. READ »

Famous Swedish director still missing

National: 9 Oct 11
Well-known Swedish film director Daniel Lind Lagerlöf, 42 years old, has been missing since Thursday, somewhere in Bohuslän in southern Sweden. READ »

Secluded Swedish castle reveals hidden Nazi past

Lifestyle: 6 Oct 11
A chance encounter with the granddaughter of a Swedish count gave contributor Roger Choate an inside peek at the mysteries of Rockelstad Castle, once a frequent destination for a notorious Nazi leader. READ »

Outrage over handcuffing of 12-year-old boy

National: 6 Oct 11
A YouTube video showing a 12-year-old boy being handcuffed and wrestled to the ground by two security guards in a Stockholm metro station has prompted strong reactions from family members, but police claim the guards did nothing wrong. READ »

Speeding Swede made to pay massive Swiss fine

Society: 6 Oct 11
A Swede who was fined 27,000 Swiss francs ($30,000) after being clocked driving his luxury Mercedes at 290 km/h in Switzerland last year has lost his appeal to have the fine reduced. READ »

Actor blackmailed over masturbation film

Society: 5 Oct 11
A 26-year-old man has been charged with blackmail after using a female online alias to demand money from a famous Swedish actor to prevent a film of him masturbating going public. READ »

Fatal beating an 'execution': prosecutor

National: 5 Oct 11
The female prison guard who was beaten to death by an inmate at a Swedish jail on Monday was alone with the 28-year-old offender at the time of what prosecutors have called an “execution”. READ »

Sweden warns Syria over dissident harrassment

Politics: 4 Oct 11
Sweden and France on Tuesday warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime against attacking or intimidating Syrian opposition in exile, amid reports of assaults and threats in several European capitals. READ »

Anita Ekberg to spend 80th in Italian hospital

Society: 27 Sep 11
Swedish actress Anita Ekberg, made world famous through the fountain kiss in the cult film "La Dolce Vita", is going to spend her 80th birthday convalescing in an Italian hospital. READ »

Spotify and Facebook in music partnership

Business & Money: 23 Sep 11
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday presented a partnership with Swedish firm Spotify, to make its popular music streaming service an integral part of the social media website's platform. READ »

Ikea blasts linked to extortion scheme

Business & Money: 21 Sep 11
Officials at Swedish retail giant Ikea have confirmed that the company is the target of an extortion attempt following a string of blasts and other incidents at Ikea outlets throughout Europe. READ »

Holding the hate at bay - defending free speech in the internet age

Analysis & Opinion: 20 Sep 11
As Swedish news outlets reassess their policies regarding online comments amid an ongoing debate about "internet hate", The Local's Peter Vinthagen Simpson argues that free speech is too important to be left to fend for itself in an online Wild West. READ »

Man faces eviction for laughing too loudly

Society: 16 Sep 11
A Swedish man is set to be evicted from his rental apartment in Gothenburg in western Sweden after complaints from neighbours about his incessant laughter. READ »

Foraging for Sweden's autumn delights

Lifestyle: 13 Sep 11
As the chill of autumn starts to sweep across Sweden, food blogger Maia Brindley Nilsson offers some tips about how to find some of the culinary treasures hidden in Sweden's forests. READ »

'It's changed my view of humanity': prosecutor

National: 13 Sep 11
On Tuesday the trial against 24 people for possessing and distributing child pornography opened in Sweden, in a case that has drawn widespread attention as all but one of the defendants are women. READ »

Pirated movies traced to Swedish film body

Science & Technology: 8 Sep 11
The Swedish Film Institute (SFI) is facing file sharing allegations after an anti-piracy company traced films that had appeared on filesharing site The Pirate Bay to an IP address at the Institute. READ »

YouTube 'game' sends Swedish teen to hospital

National: 3 Sep 11
A 14-year-old boy was taken to hospital with severe burns after classmates threw flammable liquids on him and then lit a match as part of a 'game' which entailed making films to be posted on YouTube. READ »

Director alters ending in Millennium movie

Society: 2 Sep 11
David Fincher, the director of the forthcoming Hollywood version of the Stieg Larsson novel The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Män som hatar kvinnor) has changed the ending of the story READ »

Sweden looks to regulate camera-wielding patients

Society: 31 Aug 11
Swedes are increasingly using mobile phone cameras to document their contact with the healthcare system, prompting authorities to act to curb the practice. READ »

15-year-old Swede beats filesharing charges

Society: 30 Aug 11
A 15-year-old boy who had been reported to police by his school for violating Sweden's copyright laws was acquitted by a court in Gothenburg on Tuesday in what a prosecutor called an “absurd” ruling. READ »

Pirate Bay founders start 'legal' filesharing site

Business & Money: 30 Aug 11
Two founders of filesharing website The Pirate Bay have launched a new online platform that they say respects the rights of copyright holders. READ »

Swedish TV duo quaff Hitler champagne in Kamprad tribute

Society: 25 Aug 11
Swedish TV comedy pair Filip Hammar and Fredrik Wikingsson cracked open a bottle of champagne once belonging to Adolf Hitler on Wednesday as a tribute to the renewed focus on Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad's Nazi past. READ »

Swede: 'terrorist' name behind US visa delay

National: 25 Aug 11
A Swedish filmmaker and television host claims he has not yet received a visa to the United States because authorities think his name is similar to that of a terrorist's. READ »

STOFF: a journey through the Cosmos with Britain's Nick Field

Lifestyle: 25 Aug 11
In the midst of Stockholm's Fringe Festival, British poet Nick Field talks to The Local's Caroline Bursell about theatre, lipstick, and how Swedes are secretly Brits. READ »

15-year-old Swede faces filesharing charges

Science & Technology: 24 Aug 11
A 15-year-old Swedish boy who distributed 24 films, including Rush Hour, The Social Network, and True Grit, on internet filesharing sites, is one of the youngest Swedes ever to be charged with violating Swedish copyright laws. READ »

Man admits placing spy camera in girls' shower

Society: 24 Aug 11
A middle aged man has confessed to being the person who put up a camera that was discovered in a girls' shower at a sports club in western Sweden. READ »

McDonald's advert fakes 'Swedish' farmland

Business & Money: 23 Aug 11
The pristine countryside which serves as the backdrop for a McDonald’s commercial highlighting Swedish agriculture the burger giant's cooperation with farmers in Sweden isn't actually Swedish. READ »

Stieg Larsson sequel '70 percent finished': Baksi

National: 23 Aug 11
Kurdo Baksi, confidant and author of an expose book on deceased Swedish crime writer Stieg Larsson, has claimed that the manuscript believed to be the fourth book in the Millennium series is almost complete. READ »

Swedish alcohol monopoly launches 'booze camera' iPhone app

Business & Money: 22 Aug 11
Drunken Swedes can now record their boozed-up antics with a new iPhone app launched on Monday by a subsidiary of the country's state-owned alcohol monopoly. READ »

Peeping tom camera found in girls’ showers

National: 21 Aug 11
A tiny spy camera disguised as a towel rack was discovered in a women’s shower room in western Sweden. Officials say video from the hidden device was ”for sexual purposes.” READ »

Making the most of the 2011 Malmö Festival

Lifestyle: 18 Aug 11
As Sweden's southern metropolis of Malmö gears up for this year's Malmö Festivalen, contributor Caroline Bursell previews some of the event's main attractions. READ »

The Local’s Quick Guide to Stockholm's Culture Festival 2011

Lifestyle: 15 Aug 11
As the Stockholm Culture Festival gets set to kick on Tuesday, The Local's Caroline Bursell offers up a few suggestions to help visitors get the most out of the Swedish capital's annual cultural odessy. READ »

YouTube talking twins celebs to pitch Swedish broadband service

Business & Money: 15 Aug 11
A viral clip of babies in conversation is a Swedish broadband provider's latest YouTube-inspired commercial, which premieres on television on Wednesday as the start of their autumn campaign. READ »

Man arrested for filming child rapes

National: 13 Aug 11
A 34 year-old man from Gävle, in eastern Sweden, was arrested on Friday afternoon on suspicion of four cases of child rape, which he has also filmed, according to reports in Swedish media. READ »

Stockholm film festival honours Huppert

Society: 12 Aug 11
The Stockholm film festival on Friday honoured French actress Isabelle Huppert with its Bronze Horse lifetime achievement award in a tribute to her work. READ »

'The Busking Project' stops by Stockholm

Lifestyle: 11 Aug 11
Aiming to become the first to explore busking on a global scale, one American and two Englishmen set off to travel around the world to document street performers. Contributor Lina Sennevall meets them in Stockholm. READ »

Swedes drop sticks for Quidditch cup

Lifestyle: 9 Aug 11
In the wake of the cinema release of the final instalment of the Harry Potter films, Hogwarts devotees are gearing up to clash their imaginary broomsticks at the Swedish National Quidditch Cup which begins on Friday. READ »

Masses greet Stockholm Pride march

National: 6 Aug 11
Thousands of people lined the streets of Stockholm on Saturday to take part in what organisers claim to be the single largest event in Scandinavia, The Stockholm Pride Parade. READ »

Gothenburg tram driver charged for racial slur

National: 5 Aug 11
A Gothenburg tram driver has been charged with racial agitation after uttering slurs into the trolley's speaker system in reference to a group of teenage boys. READ »

Swedish MMA star Alexander Gustafsson mauls his way to the top

Lifestyle: 5 Aug 11
Alexander Gustafsson, a hulking Swede known as “The Mauler” has risen to be one of the toughest fighters in mixed martial arts (MMA), explains contributor Ryan O’Leary. READ »

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