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The Biden administration’s effort to conserve more public land; search and recovery efforts in Surfside; and July’s Classic Book of the Month. Plus: commentary from Whitney Williams, and the Tuesday morning news.


MARY REICHARD, HOST: Good morning!

President Biden’s new 30 by 30 plan is a broad vision for land conservation, and it has landowners worried.

NICK EICHER, HOST: Also recovery in Surfside, Florida. We’ll talk about the progress search teams have made and the challenges they still face.

Plus our Classic Book of the Month for July.

And encouragement from unexpected places.

REICHARD: It’s Tuesday, July 6th. This is The World and Everything in It from listener-supported WORLD Radio. I’m Mary Reichard.

EICHER: And I’m Nick Eicher. Good morning!

REICHARD: Now news with Kent Covington.


KENT COVINGTON, NEWS ANCHOR: Rescuers continue search in Fla. after demolition of remaining condo structure » Rescuers are searching through fresh rubble today in Surfside, Florida. They resumed their search on Monday, just hours after a demolition crew detonated explosives, bringing down what remained of a 12-story condo tower.

AUDIO: [Demolition]

That allowed crews to access areas they had been unable to get to, including bedrooms where people were believed to be sleeping when the building collapsed.

Captain Ignatius Carroll of Miami Fire Rescue said despite the dimming odds of finding more survivors, they’re not giving up.

CARROLL: The hope that the family has of being successful finding their loved ones — you know what, until we overturn every stone, we remain hopeful.

The death toll is on the rise as officials dig through the rubble.

Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said search teams found three more bodies.

CAVA: The world is mourning for those who lost their loved ones and for those who are waiting for news from the collapse. To lose your home and all your belongings in this manner is a great loss as well.

The official death toll stood at 27 on Monday night with another 118 people still missing.

Tropical Storm Elsa takes aim at Florida’s West Coast » The good news for rescue teams is that Tropical Storm Elsa has stayed well to the west of the Miami area and has not significantly interfered with the search.

The storm is now spinning over the Gulf of Mexico and could make landfall on Florida’s west coast this evening with winds now expected to be around 65 miles per hour.

John Cangelosi with the National Hurricane Center...

CANGELOSI: We do think it will actually make an official landfall somewhere, either somewhere near the Tampa Bay area or a little farther north near the Big Bend region of Florida.

The storm will likely cross into south Georgia tomorrow as a tropical depression.

Elsa was a Category 1 hurricane until Saturday morning, causing widespread damage on several Caribbean islands … where the storm was blamed for multiple deaths.

Japanese rescue teams search for survivors after mudslide » Meantime in Japan, rescue teams are searching for survivors in the wake of a devastating mudslide. WORLD’s Kristen Flavin reports.

KRISTEN FLAVIN, REPORTER: Workers dug through sludge and debris on Monday looking for dozens of people who may be trapped after a torrent of mud, trees and rocks ripped through a Japanese seaside resort town.

At least four people are confirmed dead and 80 were still unaccounted for two days after the landslide.

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said rescue workers are doing all they can “to rescue those who may be buried under the mud." Three coast guard ships, and six military drones were backing up hundreds of troops, firefighters and others toiling in the rain and fog.

Officials have rescued at least 25 people so far.

Days of heavy rains triggered the landslide Saturday morning in the town of Atami, about 60 miles southwest of Tokyo.

Reporting for WORLD, I’m Kristen Flavin.

UK set to roll back coronavirus lockdown measures » British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says his country will likely move ahead with plans to roll back coronavirus restrictions later this month. That’s when the country moves to the final stage of its lockdown-lifting roadmap.

JOHNSON: What we want to do is strike the right balance, and we are trying to move from a system of very elaborate government rules to one in which we rely on people to exercise personal responsibility.

Britain plans to scrap laws requiring face masks and social distancing on July 19th, though Johnson said a final decision will come on Monday.

He acknowledged that doing so will likely send COVID-19 cases higher, but with most of the country now vaccinated, he said it’s time to start rolling back lockdowns.

So far, 86 percent of U.K. adults have received at least one vaccine dose and 64% are fully vaccinated.

JOHNSON: What we have achieved with the vaccine rollout has put us in a very strong position by comparison with many other countries.

The removal of social distancing rules will allow nightclubs to reopen for the first time in 16 months, and people to once again order drinks at the bar in a pub.

The government will also stop instructing people to work from home if they can, leaving employers free to bring staff back to offices.

Gunmen abduct dozens of students from Christian school in Nigeria » A group of armed men kidnapped dozens of students at a Christian school in Nigeria on Monday. WORLD’s Anna Johansen Brown has that story.

ANNA JOHANSEN BROWN, REPORTER: The gunmen stormed Bethel Baptist High School in the town of Chikun in western Nigeria around 2 a.m.

Police say they fired their weapons sporadically as they kidnapped the students. Officials have not yet given the exact number of students abducted.

John Hayab, who is the chairman of Christian Association of Nigeria, said so far, 26 students had returned and he was hopeful that more would escape from their kidnappers.

This is the seventh mass kidnapping of students in Nigeria so far this year.

Criminals and terrorists carry out the kidnappings for ransom money. Many schools have had to shut their doors as authorities are unable to protect them.

Reporting for WORLD, I’m Anna Johansen Brown.

I’m Kent Covington.

Straight ahead: the Biden administration’s plan to expand federal land holdings.

Plus, the value of encouragement offered at just the right time.

This is The World and Everything in It.


MARY REICHARD, HOST: It’s Tuesday the 6th of July, 2021.

You’re listening to The World and Everything in It and we’re so glad to have you along today. Good morning, I’m Mary Reichard.

NICK EICHER, HOST: And I’m Nick Eicher. First up, conservation.

When President Biden took office in January, he immediately signed a flurry of executive orders. Among them was one titled, “Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad.” Within that executive order is a program that’s gotten little attention but could potentially have big ramifications.

REICHARD: It’s called 30 x 30, a goal to conserve 30 percent of U.S. land and oceans by the year 2030. But how the federal government plans to accomplish that isn’t yet clear. That lack of clarity is creating both hope and anxiety for landowners. WORLD’S Sarah Schweinsberg reports.

SARAH SCHWEINSBERG, REPORTER: Jack Hanson purchased his ranch in Northeastern California 40 years ago. He runs the operation with his wife, his two sons and their wives.

HANSON: We run about 500 mother cows, and a number of heifers and bulls and all the rest of the animals that go along with it. So enough to keep us busy for sure.

Hanson grazes most of his cattle on his own land. But it can’t support the entire herd. For the rest of his grass, Hanson buys a grazing permit from the federal government. That allows him to run his cattle on federally owned property.

HANSON: And the public lands grazing is extremely important to our operation and most public lands operations, obviously. It's a great complement to do the deeded property.

That public land access is especially critical during a drought like the one gripping the West now. Hanson needs all the grass he can get. That’s why the Biden administration’s 30 x 30 plan makes him nervous.

Hanson worries the federal government will cut off his access to public land in the name of conservation. That would be a big deal in America’s 12 Western states where the federal government owns nearly half of all land.

HANSEN: I personally have some anxiety over the national program… Obviously, the way it comes down the pipeline will be critical to the way we manage our operation and how successful our operation is.

Right now, there are a lot of questions and uncertainty surrounding the 30 x 30 plan. The biggest: What does the Biden Administration mean by conserve?

Some private property advocates worry the Biden administration wants to set land aside completely—as it would for a national park.

Under that definition, only 12 percent of U.S. land is conserved. To get to the 30 percent target, the government would have to protect another 440 million acres. That’s an area twice the size of Texas.

How exactly would the government do that? Margaret Byfield directs American Stewards of Liberty, a group that advocates for private property rights. She predicts the Biden administration will buy property from landowners.

BYFIELD: They've already signaled that one of the things they want to do is expand the national parks. So all the land owners that live next to the national parks are in that target zone for acquisition… There will be a push to expand areas around parks, state, federal wildlife refuges.

Byfield says the federal government could also try to restrict access to public lands. Or grow the size of existing conservation subsidy programs in order to control private property.

Under one initiative called the Conservation Reserve Program, the Department of Agriculture pays farmers not to plant crops on their land but allow native plants to grow instead. The Biden USDA has already said it wants to enroll 4 million new acres in the program.

BYFIELD: With all those conservation programs come the federal strings and the federal nexus so that it allows them to use different regulatory measures to eventually really direct and control the private property the way that they want to.

But other property rights advocates don’t see sinister plans behind 30 x 30.

Lesli Allison heads the Western Landowners Alliance. She says the Biden administration has involved stakeholder organizations like hers from the start. And she’s hopeful the administration is broadening the definition of conservation.

ALLISON: We see conservation as having several parts. There's preservation, then there's also restoration, right? Then, importantly, there's this thing we call stewardship. How do we be able to earn a livelihood on these lands and steward them for all the different values that society wants to see out of them from food and fiber, to wildlife, to energy, to recreation?

In May, the Department of the Interior released a preliminary report with recommendations for how the 30 x 30 plan should proceed. It embraced this more nuanced definition of conservation without spelling out many details. Details like how the government would determine when working land is also furthering conservation goals or what percentage of American land is then already conserved.

Lesli Allison sees the lack of detail as an opportunity for landowners.

ALLISON: When people criticize the plan for being light on details, we say that’s so you can be part of creating the plan. So let's do that.

But Margeret Byfield with American Stewards of Liberty says a lack of clarity creates an opportunity for the Biden administration.

BYFIELD: They're kind of trying to hide the ball because they will not define what they mean by conserve, and they're not being forthright with the American public on it.

Still, others say presidential administrations have no business making big changes to land use policies. Congress should do that. Katie Tubbs is an energy and environmental scholar at The Heritage Foundation.

TUBBS: Multiple administrations have interpreted the same laws wildly differently. And it's caused a lot of conflict and tension and wasted resources, and, frankly, environmental harm. So I think, ideally, Congress needs to get in this game and create some sense around how we manage lands.

Meanwhile, landlowers like Jack Hanson hope anyone visiting the federal land where his cattle graze can see how his herd makes it better—for everyone who calls it home. During the drought, Hanson is hauling water out to his cattle.

HANSON: Well, that's obviously used by wildlife as well, the angelets that are out there and let alone a lot of the insects and birds. When we develop resources to support our cattle operation. I think that those resources that we develop, are available and and desirable for a lot of the wildlife population that's out there. 

Reporting for WORLD, I’m Sarah Schweinsberg.


NICK EICHER, HOST: Next up, Surfside, Florida.

It’s been almost two weeks now since a 12-story beachfront condo building collapsed in South Florida.

We still don’t know how many people are dead.

As of last night, officials had recovered dozens of bodies and well over a hundred people remain missing.

But rescue crews have not given up. They’re still hauling away concrete and other debris bit by bit, hoping for a miracle.

MARY REICHARD, HOST: It’s a grueling and dangerous job.

And here to help us better understand the search and rescue effort though the eyes of a first responder is Gary Ludwig.

He is chief of the Champaign, Illinois, Fire Dept. and he is also the former president of the International Association of Fire Chiefs. Mr. Ludwig, good morning!

LUDWIG: Good morning, Mary.

REICHARD: Chief, if this were to happen in your town and one of your teams is first on the scene, walk us through how you handle this. What’s the first thing you do?

LUDWIG: Sure. The first priority for any of these scenes is safety, not only the firefighters, but also of those that are still in the building or those in the surrounding areas. So, one of the first things you want to do is establish a perimeter. It was evident that one building was down, and it was attached to another building. So the first thing you're gonna observe is that other building and what is the stability and is it going to come down or not? And so once you have that perimeter established, the first thing you want to do then after that is begin the rescue efforts of anybody that has immediate rescue that you can get out of the pile.

REICHARD: Help us to better understand what the dangers are in this kind of rescue operation where you’re digging through a collapsed structure. What are they up against?

LUDWIG: Sure. Obviously, the secondary collapse of the second structure, the pile itself is unstable. You might have burning going on, which we saw early on in the event. There were fuels that were burning underneath. So that's why when these teams come in, they have specialized equipment. They're FEMA teams organized around fire departments around the country. There are 28 teams. They're called Urban Search and Rescue teams—USR, for short. And they have a whole array of different types of equipment. And one of the things they're going to be monitoring is not only the stability of the structure using lasers and sensors, but they also have the ability to monitor the air and the water that's running off the structure. We learned the lessons of 9/11 of those rescue individuals that were working on the pile with phosgene gas and other types of toxic materials that were coming off the pile that were burning underneath. And so secondary collapse and any of the environment that you're exposed to are your main priorities.

REICHARD: Tell us about the training rescue teams might receive to prepare them for disasters like this?

LUDWIG: Sure, these are highly specialized rescue teams that have specific certifications. And they're just not firefighters. These teams are a whole array of individuals with individual talents. For instance, there are structural engineers that are part of these teams. There are rescue personnel on site that provide medical support. There are canine handlers as a part of these teams, again, that they try to search for individuals within the rubble. There are individuals that have technical assistance that operate specialized equipment such as the lasers that we just talked about. And they're using another type of device called a Delsar system, which basically takes the entire site and turns it into an acoustic and sensor type of environment where they can hear heartbeats, they can hear breathing, they can hear all kinds of things. We've come a long way since 9/11, where we used to blow the air horns and have everybody stop just so we could listen so that we could hear some bang, banging or something like that. So these 80 member teams—that's what they call a heavy team—again, it's just not firefighters, it's a whole array of specialized individuals.

REICHARD: Part of the job in a situation like this is the somber discovery of human remains, a prolonged rescue effort like this must be so physically draining for those involved. Speak to the emotional aspect of this work?

LUDWIG: Yeah, it's, there's, there's no doubt it's emotional. And if you remember one of the firefighters from Miami, his daughter was in the pile. He was also searching. And so you have a kindred of you know, there's a kindred there, with the other firefighter. So you're emotionally tied to that and then you're also emotionally tied to a brother firefighter who has lost a child in there. And I can tell you what sustains you is that goal, that energy, that effort to continue to try to find survivors. So, even though it is physically taxing, I can tell you every one of those firefighters down there, and all the other members of those teams, they have the energy to do what they need to do. And then when you get off those piles after you've been released, then you have time to decompress. And it's interesting you ask this question, Mary, because one of the things that's unique is also members of these teams are mental health counselors. This is obviously gruesome work in some cases. Sometimes you may find the bodies not intact. And those are things that you take back with you. There's no doubt that -- you know one of the quotes that we have in our profession, I wish my brain could unsee the things that I have seen. And so part of that is the resiliency of our mental health counselors that help us to get through those things.

REICHARD: Chief, at what point does a “rescue” operation become a “recovery” operation? How do they make that determination?

LUDWIG: So, that is an interesting question. And that will be done by a team of individuals who will make that decision when they move from a rescue effort to recovery effort. As we speak, it's been a little over a week since they weren't able to hear any tapping on that Saturday after the collapse within the pile. And so, unfortunately, as the hours tick by, as the minutes tick by, that decision becomes closer. And I know that's not what the families want to hear, but I can assure you, every one of those members that are working on that pile down there, those firefighters and others, are doing the best they can to find if there's any remaining survivors. And that team, that decision, as I said, will be made by a host of individuals. And when that happens, they will become more aggressive as they remove the pile.

REICHARD: Chief Gary Ludwig has been our guest. Chief, appreciate your insight. Thank you.

LUDWIG: Thank you. It's been a pleasure.


NICK EICHER, HOST: If you love European football, you’ve got to be excited for the Euros with the semifinals cranking up tomorrow and the final this upcoming weekend.

The defending World Cup team France won’t be there, sadly, and I don’t want to confuse cause and effect here.

But France didn’t advance to the semis—maybe because six of their biggest fans weren’t on-hand to cheer them on.

The reason why is confusing—confusing for them, for sure.

You see, the Euros are spread out over 11 different venues around Europe, so you have to be precise when you buy tickets.

As it turns out, these six French fans intended to go to a match in Hungary, but they ended up traveling to Romania instead.

How in the world do you get that wrong?

Easier than you think. They traveled to Bucharest, but held game tickets to Budapest.

Budapest, Bucharest—easy to get wrong, difficult to correct the error. It’s a 10-hour drive. So they hung out in Romania and one of the fans told Sports Illustrated, “You know, we need to learn more about Europe.”

It’s The World and Everything in It.


NICK EICHER, HOST: Today is Tuesday, July 6th. Thank you for turning to WORLD Radio to help start your day.

Good morning. I’m Nick Eicher.

MARY REICHARD, HOST: And I’m Mary Reichard.

Coming next on The World and Everything in It: our Classic Book of the Month.

Today Emily Whitten recommends an encouraging Christian classic from the 1970s. She says it’s an easy read yet full of deep spiritual truths to savor long after you finish.

EMILY WHITTEN, REPORTER: Joni Eareckson Tada begins her 1976 autobiography titled Joni with a life-altering diving accident. At 17 years old, she took a thoughtless dive off a raft in the Chesapeake Bay and fractured her spine. The impact caused immediate paralysis from the neck down. In her confusion, she floated in the water, desperately hoping someone would notice her distress. Here’s Tada reading the audio version of her book.

JONI TADA: Everything was going dark. I felt Kathy’s arms around my shoulders lifting. Oh, please, God, don’t let me die. And just before fainting, my head broke the water’s surface. Air—beautiful, life-giving, salt-tinged air. I choked in oxygen so fast I almost gagged, gasping, gulping in mouthfuls. “Oh, thank you, God! Thank you!” I managed.

Slowly, Tada began to see the graveness of her injury.

CLIP: I blinked to clear my mind and dissolve the confusion. It didn’t seem to work because I saw my arm slung lifelessly over Kathy’s shoulder. Yet I thought it was still tied to my chest. I looked down at my chest, but my arms were not tied. I realized with growing horror my limbs were dangling motionlessly. I could not move them.

Tada grew up in a Christian home, but she struggled to accept that God would let her remain paralyzed. She suffered from depression and suicidal thoughts. Finally, one night in the darkness, Joni turned to the Lord.

CLIP: God, if I can’t die, show me how to live. Please. 

God answered that prayer in the days and weeks that followed. He brought spiritual healing and great fruitfulness. She began to work within her limitations to reach people with the gospel. She became a public speaker, a ministry she continues today through interviews and podcasts. Many people enjoy the paintings she does by holding a paintbrush in her mouth, as well as the hymns she records. In 2017 she led this hymn at the Getty Sing! Conference.

CLIP: Man of Sorrows what a name...

Tada wrote other books over the years, and she founded a ministry called Joni and Friends to provide physical and spiritual help to struggling families around the world.

CLIP: Our passion is to see people and special needs families embrace Christ, embrace the circumstances that God puts them in, and embrace life.

Her autobiography has been translated into over 40 languages and it’s impacted millions of readers. I recently sat down with one of them. Christian mom Shannon Lowe reviewed the book on her blog, Simply Living for God. She says she found out about the book when a friend texted her a few pages.

LOWE:  I knew the basics of her story. And so when my friend recommended this book, I decided, “Why not?” I might as well get it. So I ordered it and started reading it and couldn't put it down.

Lowe herself struggles with a number of physical and emotional challenges. At the age of 28, just a few months after having her only son, doctors diagnosed her with stage 3 colon cancer. That led to numerous surgeries and 12 rounds of chemotherapy. She now faces an upcoming surgery this July to remove her colon. So, she relates to Joni’s struggle to stay positive amidst trials.

Lowe reads one scene from the book that’s stuck with her.

LOWE: So her dad finally asked, “What's the matter?” And she said, “I don't know. I'm just depressed.” And he said, “Why?” She said, “Look around. Everything here I see you built this. You created it. You're going to leave a legacy of these things behind.” And he said, “Joni, you've got it all wrong. These things that I've done with my hands don't mean anything. It's more important that you build character. Leave something of yourself behind. You see, you don't build character with your hands.”

Why does this passage mean so much to her?

LOWE: It's not what I look like, what I'm able to do that matters. It's my character and how I respond to these situations. And how I share God's goodness through them to others. That's what I leave behind.

Lowe also says Tada’s daily mining of Scripture really resonated with her.

LOWE: The more she looked inward the worse it became. So she realized she had to look outward. She had to look upward to Jesus. She turned back to the Bible. Those passages just jumped out at her. It reminds me of my life. When I do those things even through the hard times, my life is so much better. And I'm so much less bitter because His word is dwelling in me.

Tada’s book offers profound truths, but Lowe says it’s also very readable. It feels like Tada is sitting on the other side of the room from you, chatting over coffee. She plans to read the book aloud with her son who is almost 10.

LOWE: I want him to read this to see this modern day hero of the faith, how she overcame it. She never says that she's perfect and handled this well. She says just the opposite. She always points to the Lord to say even when I didn't handle it well, He was faithful and still is and brings her through this.

If you’re looking for conversational yet substantive reading this summer, I hope you’ll consider our Classic Book of the Month, Joni by Joni Eareckson Tada. Ultimately, it’s the story of one woman’s remarkable journey to Christian maturity. Joni deals with the fullness of life—friends, boyfriends, faith healers, and many struggles of the soul. In all these things, her story inspires and points to God’s goodness even in the darkest moments.

I’m Emily Whitten.

CLIP: Man of Sorrows what a name, for the Son of God who came, ruined sinners to reclaim. Alleluia, what a Savior!


MARY REICHARD, HOST: Today is Tuesday, July 6th. Good morning! This is The World and Everything in It from listener-supported WORLD Radio. I’m Mary Reichard.

NICK EICHER, HOST: And I’m Nick Eicher. Commentator Whitney Williams is the mom of three boys, and within the first 10 words of today’s commentary, that much will be obvious.

WHITNEY WILLIAMS, COMMENTATOR: “From the same mouth come blessing and burping,” James 3:10 says. Or, at least that’s how it translates in the Williams’ household.

To the delight of his two brothers, my 4-year-old son Luke recently discovered his God-given ability to burp-on-command.

COLT: Ready, three, two, one … burp!

LUKE: [burps, followed by peals of laughter]

“It just comes from my heart,” Luke tells his fans when they ask how he does it.

From that same gassy heart and mouth come blessings, as well, and most often I stand to benefit.

I must be one of those people who carries her emotions on her face. Either that, or Luke is extremely emotionally intuitive. But nevertheless, as I was helping my three children buckle into their car seats a few days ago, Satan decided to send some flaming Nerf arrows my way. The “anxiety” arrow focused my mind on all of the to-dos that come along with being a wife, mother, WORLD employee, maid, meal planner, chef, referee, screen time guardian, teacher, remote control car technician—I felt overwhelmed.

Then Satan hit me with the “inadequate” arrow: I’m giving it my all and it still isn’t good enough, I need to do more. Be better. I’m failing. Finally, the ‘fear’ arrow: Am I making the most of my time with my children? Cherishing them enough? Am I going to have regrets when they are grown? Am I pushing them to Christ or away from Him? The what-ifs fired through my neurons faster than my brain could process them.

“God, help me. Help.”

That’s when Luke piped up, shielding me from the arrows: “Mom, you’re a good mom. You’re a special mom from God.”

It was as if Christ himself took my troubled face into His hands and reminded me of His love; reminded me that in my weakness, He is more than enough. Luke’s words reminded me that, though I am certainly not perfect, with God’s mercy and grace, I am a great mom to my boys; that I was made for such a role as this.

Proverbs says “Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones” … “life-giving water.”

And… “Like apples of gold in settings of silver is a word spoken in right circumstances.” (Not the pendant I’d pick out at the jeweler’s, but still a welcome gift.)

How long might I have hunched under Satan’s siege had Luke not showered me with those words of encouragement?

How many times do we, ourselves, choose to offer burps instead of blessings?

Proverbs 3 says “Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to do it. Do not say to your neighbor, ‘Go, and come again, tomorrow I will give it’—when you have it with you.”

Look out upon the battlefield! Run to that soldier hunched under the weight of Satan’s siege. Hold up your shield and speak life, that he may continue on in the fight. Luke’s got his hands full over here.

MIX: Three, two, one … burp!

LUKE: [burps, followed by peals of laughter]

WHITNEY: That’s skill! I can’t do that. 

I’m Whitney Williams.


NICK EICHER, HOST: Tomorrow: politics in Georgia. A high-profile Republican just announced his campaign for Senate in 2022. We’ll talk about how that could affect the balance of power in Washington.

And, Narcan. We’ll take you to a training session for first responders hoping to save drug addicts from overdoses.

That and more tomorrow.

I’m Nick Eicher.

MARY REICHARD, HOST: And I’m Mary Reichard.

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Go now in grace and peace.


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