The World and Everything in It - November 4, 2021

MARY REICHARD, HOST: Good morning!

When the United States left Afghanistan, Turkey’s political aims got a real boost.

MYRNA BROWN, HOST: Also missionaries often work in dangerous places. We’ll talk to an expert about how to mitigate those risks.

Plus 250 years ago, a young circuit riding preacher begins spreading the gospel in the American colonies.

And commentator Cal Thomas on the Republican victory in Virginia and elsewhere.

REICHARD: It’s Thursday, November 4th. This is The World and Everything in It from listener-supported WORLD Radio. I’m Mary Reichard.

BROWN: And I’m Myrna Brown. Good morning!

REICHARD: Up next, Kent Covington with today’s news.

KENT COVINGTON, NEWS ANCHOR: Kids vaccination drive kicks off » Healthcare providers are now administering Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to young children.

Children between the ages 5 and 11 received their first shots Wednesday just hours after the CDC granted final emergency use authorization.

CDC Director Rochelle Walensky spoke yesterday to parents who might be nervous about their children getting the kid-size doses.

WALENSKY: We have done our due diligence. Please know we have thoroughly reviewed all of the available safety, immunogenicity and efficacy data before recommending this vaccine for your child.

Some parents are relieved the shots are now available for young kids. Minivans lined up with children whose parents wanted them to get vaccinated before school Wednesday morning.

But a recent Kaiser Family Foundation survey showed two-thirds of the roughly 1,500 parents polled plan to wait or refuse vaccines for their kids. Several said they want more research about possible long-term effects and risks.

As for the known short-term side effects, New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Dave Chokshi says they’re pretty mild.

CHOKSHI: Arm pain, some fatigue, some headaches, some body aches; very similar to what we have seen with vaccination in adults, although the side effects appear to be more mild in children.

Since the pandemic started, more than 8,300 children have been hospitalized for COVID-19, and 94 have died. Serious infection is rare in young children, though roughly 5,000 have contracted an inflammatory disease linked to coronavirus infection.

Gov. Murphy declared winner of NJ election » Gov. Phil Murphy appears to have won reelection in New Jersey.

The vote was too close to call on Tuesday night. And the margin remained razor thin on Wednesday.

With about 90 percent of the votes counted last night, the Democratic governor led by about 1 percentage point. But most of the outstanding ballots were in solidly blue areas, leading political analysts to call the race for Murphy.

But Republican challenger Jack Ciattarelli said he’s not ready to call it quits.

CIATTARELLI: We want every legal vote counted.

But even if one assumes Murphy’s victory, still, Ciattarelli gave New Jersey Democrats quite a scare. And that, coupled with Tuesday’s GOP win in Virginia’s gubernatorial race could signal a rough climate for Democrats in next year’s midterm elections.

High court seems ready to strike down New York gun law » The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed ready to strike down a restrictive New York gun permit law.

Chief Justice John Roberts questioned why Second Amendment rights should be treated so differently from First Amendment rights.

ROBERTS: You don’t have to say when you’re looking for a permit to speak on a street corner or whatever that your speech is particularly important. So why do you have to show in this case, convince somebody, that you’re entitled to exercise your Second Amendment right?

He said “The idea that you would need a license to exercise a right is unusual with regard to the Bill of Rights.”

Roberts and the court’s conservative justices expressed concerns about the law. But the justices also seemed worried that a broad ruling could threaten gun restrictions on subways, bars, stadiums and other gathering places.

About half a dozen states restrict the carrying of guns to those who can demonstrate a particular need for doing so. The justices could decide whether those laws can stand.

Fed announces rollback of stimulus measures as inflation persists » With inflation on the rise, the Federal Reserve will begin dialing back the extraordinary stimulus it's provided since the pandemic erupted last year.

Fed chairman Jerome Powell announced Wednesday ...

POWELL: Beginning later this month we will reduce the monthly pace of our net asset purchases by $10 billion for Treasury securities and $5 billion for agency mortgage backed securities.

Those purchases were designed to hold down long-term interest rates to spur borrowing and spending. With the economy recovering, that's no longer needed.

But Powell said the Fed is keeping interest rates close to zero.

The announcement comes against the backdrop of surging prices across the economy — in food, rent, auto, and many other necessities.

The Fed has conceded that inflation now seems likely to last longer than it anticipated. Powell said the unusual circumstances surrounding the pandemic have made things hard to predict. And he added—quote—“We're learning now we have to be humble about what we know about this economy.”

Georgia sues Biden administration over contractor COVID-19 vaccine mandate » Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is taking aim at President Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates. His state has joined several others in suing the Biden administration over a mandate for federal contractors.

At a news conference Wednesday, Kemp told reporters that the White House is overstepping its authority.

KEMP: After telling Americans in July of 2021 that it was not the role of the federal government to mandate COVID-19 vaccines, the Biden administration is now forcing hard-working Georgians to choose between their livelihoods and a vaccine.

Democrats have called the litigation a “dangerous political stunt.”

Georgia brought the suit in tandem with Alabama, Idaho, Kansas, South Carolina, Utah, and West Virginia. It target’s President Biden’s executive order requiring vaccinations for all federal executive branch employees and contractors.

Florida has also filed a similar lawsuit.

I’m Kent Covington. Straight ahead: Ankara flexes its political muscle.

Plus, lessons for Republicans in Virginia.

This is The World and Everything in It.

MYRNA BROWN, HOST: It’s Thursday, the 4th of November, 2021. We’re really glad you’re with us for today’s edition of The World and Everything in It. Good morning, I’m Myrna Brown.

MARY REICHARD, HOST: And I’m Mary Reichard. First up: the nation of Turkey.

Turkey’s prime minister has led his country for nearly 18 years. Analysts credit Recep Tayyip Erdogan for the country’s dramatic economic growth during his first decade in office.

But they also blame Erdogan for rolling back democratic freedoms. Last month, he threatened to expel ambassadors from 10 countries, including the United States, for taking a strong stance on a human rights case.

BROWN: As alliances shift in both the Middle East and Asia, Turkey is making its own geopolitical calculations. WORLD’s Jill Nelson reports.

JILL NELSON, REPORTER: Turkey plays a strategic role in geopolitics: It’s the only country to straddle both the European and Asian continents. And it’s the only Muslim majority member of the NATO alliance.

But disagreements over a host of political and ideological issues have strained Turkey’s ties to the United States and other Western nations. During his presidential campaign, Joe Biden called Erdogan an autocrat in an interview with The New York Times.

And during a September interview on CBS's Face the Nation, Erdogan suggested he had not forgotten the president's criticism.

ERDOGAN: I really don’t know what Mr. President meant by saying autocrat.

The tension increased when Erdogan announced he would expel the U.S. ambassador and diplomats from nine other countries. They had publicly called on Turkey to release a philanthropist jailed four years ago.

Soner Cagaptay is director of the Turkish Research Program at the Washington Institute and the author of a recent book about Erdogan.

CAGAPTAY: So my take on this was Erdogan perhaps has realized that Turkish economy is broken beyond repair, and instead of trying to fix the economy and rebuild his base, he's hoping maybe that he can blame the collapse of the economy on the West, create a national hysteria, and get away with it.

But after creating a standoff with the West, Erdogan backed down and the ambassadors stayed.

Cagaptay believes the Turkish administration encouraged Erdogan to reverse the decision because a rupture with the West could further damage the Turkish economy.

Accusations of human rights abuses aren’t the only stumbling block between Ankara and Western capitals. Here are four key areas to watch that could affect Turkey’s standing in the West.

First, a flood of Afghan refugees into Turkey. Burak Bekdil is a fellow at the Middle East Forum.

BEKDIL: If Taliban's rule sparks a new wave of refugees into Iran and then into Turkey, and if say, a million more Afghans arrived in Turkey, this would be a Turkish problem, but also a European problem.

Bekdil says Turkey already hosts more refugees than any other country in the world, and their welcome is wearing thin. A new wave of refugees could over-tax the system. And Erdogan could unleash migrants on Europe as a way to cripple the European Union.

More than a million migrants and refugees made their way to Europe in 2015. That created a crisis as countries struggled to absorb that many people.

Second, increased tensions between Greece and Turkey. Bekdil says this is an ongoing problem.

BEKDIL: The two nations also have had 1,000 years in conflict. It's religious, it's ethnic.

A dispute over Aegean Sea boundaries brought the two countries to the brink of war last year. The sea between Greece and Turkey contains hundreds of islands, and Greece controls most of them. Turkey has angered its neighbors by exploring for gas in territory claimed by Greece and Cyprus. Bekdil says these disputes will likely continue.

BEKDIL: But the most important thing is to keep these two difficult neighbors from a military conflict.

The Biden administration last month signed a defense cooperation agreement with Athens in an effort to bolster Greece’s defenses against Turkey.

The third red flag to watch for is Erdogan’s budding friendship with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Washington Institute’s Soner Cagaptay says Putin was the first leader to reach out to Erdogan after the 2016 coup attempt. And he highlights the significance of the two leaders meeting at Catherine the Great’s palace in St. Petersburg:

CAGAPTAY: His messaging to Erdogan was the following: “My predecessor, Catherine the Great, started a tradition of bullying you Turks. I, ‘Putin the Great,’ can end it. Let's have a handshake.” That was the beginning of the Erdogan-Putin relationship in which Putin cast himself as Erdogan's protector. I think Erdogan sees that Putin is the protector of threatened leaders globally.

Turkey jeopardized relations with Washington and its NATO partners by purchasing a Russian missile defense system in 2019. The United States warned Turkey the system posed a security threat. When Ankara went ahead with the purchase anyway, Washington kicked Turkey out of the F-35 fighter jet program.

Erdogan says he’s moving forward with a second purchase from Moscow and he wants to recoup the money paid to Washington for the F-35s. President Biden and Erdogan are expected to meet in the next few months to discuss the dispute for a second time.

The final area that could affect relations between Turkey and the West is the Turkish presidential election scheduled for 2023.

Bekdil says this will likely be Turkey’s most critical election in modern history. And he believes if it were held tomorrow, Erdogan would win. And that would boost his Islamist agenda.

BEKDIL: Erdogan is an Islamist of the rather Hamas or Muslim Brotherhood flavor. His political mission is not about building a Sharia based system in Turkey. It's different. All the same, this is not the end of the story. All Islamists in Turkey, including Erdogan, feel a kind of ideological kinship with groups like the Taliban.

But Cagaptay says Erdogan’s political party is losing supporters. The opposition swept local elections two years ago in several big cities.

CAGAPTAY: Unless he delivers phenomenal economic growth, he's not winning elections in 2023. Luckily for him, they're still down the road. But if they're held today, there's no chance that he'd be getting to 50 percent.

And if Turks elect a more moderate leader, that could improve Turkey’s relationship with the West.

CAGAPTAY: I would not give up on democracy in Turkey. Here's why: Turks have been voting in free and fair elections since 1950, longer than the Spaniards. I think Turkey is a democracy that has fallen under an autocrat, and I think the democratic part of Turkey is making a comeback, given the new parties forming, opposition unifying, and being, of course, rejuvenated in the wake of their victories against Erdogan in local elections in 2019.

Reporting for WORLD, I’m Jill Nelson.

MARY REICHARD, HOST: Up next: the risks on the mission field in Haiti and beyond.

MYRNA BROWN, HOST: It’s been more than two weeks since a violent gang in Haiti kidnapped 17 missionaries with a faith organization based in the United States.

They remain in captivity, with gang leaders demanding millions of dollars in ransom money for their release.

The abductions underscore the risks to missionaries, not only in Haiti, but in many other countries as well.

So how can ministries mitigate those risks while still carrying the gospel to some of the darkest corners of the world?

REICHARD: We’re joined now by an expert to help answer that question. Due to safety concerns, we will not be using his real name or that of his ministry. For this conversation, we will call him Jay. Jay has a military background, and he assesses risk on the mission field and advises missionaries about safety.

Jay, good morning to you, sir!

JAY, GUEST: Good morning. It's wonderful to be here.

REICHARD: How do the risks right now in Haiti compare to the dangers in other poor or even war-torn countries?

JAY: Well, Haiti is certainly in the news for the hostage event that's currently taking place right now. And really the chaos that rules the streets in Haiti, with the assassination, recent assassination of their president and a severe earthquake—7.2, I think it was. And on top of that, it’s the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere. So you've got all these different factors that play into the security environment. But really—there's a lot of similarities and what's happening in Haiti is not unknown in other parts of the world is what I'm saying, but it's certainly getting the headlines right now.

REICHARD: Now, we should make it clear that you’re not involved in any way in the situation now in Haiti. But I know you're keeping a close eye on this crisis. What are you watching for as you observe this hostage situation from the outside?

JAY: Yes, that's correct. We don't have anybody directly in Haiti or working in Haiti right now. So one open source talks about FBI is on the ground, and that they had made contact with them. And that's really about all I do know, behind the scenes. What I can tell you is that from my perspective, I'm watching very closely how this ministry, this faith-based ministry is reacting to it, what public statements they’re making, and so forth. I'm watching it very closely and seeing how this happens, because our missionaries can also face the very same threats and risks and dangers. And so I want to make sure that we're prepared to learn from what's happening here.

And it's kind of—I hate to call it a case study, because these are real people. And they're in very dire situations. What the ministry said was that we should be praying for them because they have a unique opportunity to love their enemies. And so that's what we're praying for. We're praying that through this awful situation, that Christ will use this to really spread the gospel even among these kidnappers. We would all love to see their conversion as well and that this be resolved through the work of Christ in the sharing of His gospel.

REICHARD: Christians are clearly called to carry the gospel into some dark places. Where do you think the line is between recklessness and faith?

JAY: And that, of course, is a great question. Because we go out in obedience to Christ. We're spreading the gospel. And by the command of Christ, who tells us God all the world, that means we're going into dangerous places. Where it becomes reckless is when you go there without any plan. Jesus told his disciples that when you go into a city and they persecute you, flee to the next city, so have yourself an exit strategy. If you're going there with the purpose of spreading the gospel, then you can embrace the danger. But if you're going there simply for the danger, that's reckless.

REICHARD: Let’s talk about practicalities. There’s security, and then there’s armed security. I wonder if that’s something ministries should consider, to raise money for? Any thoughts on that?

JAY: That's very interesting. Armed security. So I know like, for most places, you're not allowed to bring arms across a border. So there would be that hindrance. But if you're thinking in terms of hiring it in the field, I guess there could be some uses for it. If you needed an armed escort, for instance, to get to where you're ministering, then that might be an option. But I would think that that would be not the norm, but that would be an exception. And I think, ultimately, you're going to want to go to these places, unarmed—armed only with the gospel and the Sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. So I think that's ultimately what your goal is.

REICHARD: Last question today: what advice would you give to anyone considering a mission in a dangerous place?

JAY: God bless you. I mean, there are places that are dangerous that desperately need the gospel. Haiti is one of them. Afghanistan, there's all these places that we've seen news where all this danger, they all need the gospel. The peace of Jesus Christ is the only thing that will deliver them from the actual real life trauma that they endure day to day. So, I would say you're welcome to come. But have a good theology of risk. be able to balance the risk that you're willing to take. Be prepared for them. Don't go to a place where the risks are beyond what you're able to prepare for. Now you're tempting fate. Now you're tempting your faith. And in the sense testing God. So if you're not prepared, then you shouldn't go. But if you have a heart to go, you can prepare. You can join an organization, you can work with their risk managers or their security managers to help prepare you for those dangers while you go out specifically to preach the gospel.

REICHARD: Our guest today assesses risk on mission fields and advises missionaries on staying as safe as is possible. Jay, thank you and may God bless the work you’re doing!

JAY: Thank you very much. Grace and peace to you and thank you for what you're doing for the Kingdom.

MARY REICHARD, HOST: Most of us know someone whose backyard is the bane of the neighborhood. Unapproved chickens, cars on cinder blocks, that sort of thing.

Well, folks in Washington County Minnesota have been concerned for years about one of their neighbors—he’s got an air-strip in his back yard.

BROWN: What?

REICHARD: That’s right. Eighteen years ago, a man built a 2000 plus foot long runway in his 80 acre backyard. You know, for personal use.

Jeffrey Walker is a licensed pilot and he registered his airstrip with the Federal Aviation Administration. It even shows up on Mapquest. The problem is Washington County bans planes from taking off and landing inside city limits. So officials have been after him for years.

The case keeps getting dismissed for one reason or another.

But officials are hoping they’ll finally get their day in court as a jury trial has once again been rescheduled for February.

Neighbors are said to be keeping an eye on Walker as they fear he might be a flight risk.

It’s The World and Everything in It.

MYRNA BROWN, HOST: Today is Thursday, November 4th. You’re listening to WORLD Radio. Good morning. I’m Myrna Brown.

MARY REICHARD, HOST: And I’m Mary Reichard. Coming next on The World and Everything in It: a story of perseverance and devotion.

250 years ago, a young preacher from England arrived in Philadelphia. His name: Francis Asbury.

BROWN: What began as a reform movement within the colonies became one of the largest denominations in America—the Methodist church.

WORLD’s Paul Butler combed through Asbury’s journals. He pieced together a few selections to tell the story. 

PAUL BUTLER, REPORTER: The first entry in Asbury’s journal begins with his account of volunteering to go to America. On August 7th, 1771, Asbury writes that he feels compelled to go—a call that had been growing for a year and half while ministering as a circuit rider in England.

John Wesley commissions the 26 year old who then heads home to inform his family and friends. According to Asbury: “none opened their mouths against it, hoping it was from God.”

So less than a month later, Asbury sets out for America with 10 pounds in his pocket—a gift from his friends. After a few days of horrible sea-sickness, Asbury pulls out his pen and writes this entry on September 12th, 1771:

JOURNAL: I will set down a few things that lie on my mind. Whither am I going? To the New World. What to do? To gain honour ? To get money? No: I am going to live to God, and to bring others so to do...

Throughout the seven and a half week trip he preaches frequently to the crew and fellow passengers to little effect. Toward the end of the voyage, he writes how this is good preparation for what awaits him:

JOURNAL: October 13, 1771: Many have been my trials in the course of this voyage; from the want of a proper bed, and proper provisions, from sickness, and from being surrounded with men and women ignorant of God, and very wicked. But all this is nothing. If I cannot bear this, what have I learned?

Two weeks later, Asbury arrives in America.

JOURNAL: October 27, 1771: This day we landed in Philadelphia...When I came near the American shore, my very heart melted within me, to think from whence I came, where I was going, and what I was going about. But I felt my mind open to the people, and my tongue loosed to speak. I feel that God is here…

Asbury immediately jumps in with both feet. His preaching was inspired by John Wesley.

RITTER: You know, one thing that Asbury noted when he looked at other preaching and preachers around him was a lack of evangelism in their preaching.

Christopher Ritter is pastor of First Methodist Church in Geneseo, Illinois. He says that Asbury’s doctrinal distinctives were also a key part of his preaching.

RITTER: The first Great Awakening had a very Calvinistic bent to it, you know, through Jonathan Edwards and others. And I think the Methodist voice in that was one of free grace. All must be saved, all can be saved, all can know that they're saved and all can be saved to the uttermost...That's a very Methodist distinctive.

His journal includes his many sermon texts, and an extensive catalog of his preaching appointments—often multiple times a day. And not just on Sundays. Everyday of the week. Oftentimes at 5 in the morning or late in the evening so that the gatherings won’t interfere with people’s daily schedules. He preaches in courthouses, taverns, schools, barns, and the open air. His early ministry is fruitful, but not everyone is enthusiastic.

JOURNAL: Friday, Dec. 11, 1772: Before preaching...a church minister, came to me and charged me with making a schism. I told him that I had authority from God. He then laughed at me. After preaching, the parson went out, and told the people they did wrong in coming to hear me...

The young horseback evangelist records many of his physical and spiritual battles in the pages of his journal. He struggles with frequent headaches, health problems due to exposure, and at times dread and depression.

JOURNAL: August 5, 1773: My mind has lately been much tortured with temptations; but the Lord has stood by and delivered me...

Over the three volumes of Asbury’s journals, readers glimpse the gradual maturing of the preacher, as well as the growth of Methodism from a reform movement to its own denomination. Again, Christopher Ritter:

RITTER: When a lot of English clergy went home during the American Revolution, he stayed, and he traveled many, many miles. And you know, he was not the golden throated orator. But he became someone highly recognizable, some say more recognizable than George Washington or Thomas Jefferson. Because he traveled so much, people knew who he was. He preached the gospel, he started churches, he extended the work. And so I think his legacy is someone who worked against the grain of his culture to bring the gospel in new ways.

Asbury was often ill during the last two years of his life. Near the end, on November 19th, 1815, he writes:

JOURNAL: I die daily—am made perfect by labour and suffering, and fill up still what is behind. There is no time or opportunity to take medicine in the daytime, I must do it at night. I am wasting away with a constant dysentery and cough.

Asbury’s journal ends just a page later with an insignificant entry: “We met a storm and stopped at William Baker’s.” It’s a fitting end to the journal. No final reflection. Just faithful service to the very end. He dies a few months later, after preaching from his deathbed to a small gathering.

Pastor Ritter reflects on what today’s Methodist church might relearn from their early American founder.

RITTER: In today's Methodism, we're really concerned about institution and position and credentials. And really, Asbury started his ministry without any of that. Basically it was a man and a horse and a Bible and a willingness to go. He was somebody that didn't lean on his credentials. He didn't lean on the institution. He just leaned on the gospel. And I think that's something we could all stand to get back to.

A final word from Asbury’s journal in 1773:

JOURNAL: My God! When will my trials end? At death. Lord, be ever with me and save me, or my soul must perish at last. But my trust is still in God, that he will ever help me to conquer all my foes.

Reporting for WORLD, I’m Paul Butler.

MARY REICHARD, HOST: Today is Thursday, November 4th. Good morning! This is The World and Everything in It from listener-supported WORLD Radio. I’m Mary Reichard.

MYRNA BROWN, HOST: And I’m Myrna Brown. Here’s commentator Cal Thomas on what happened on election day this week.

CAL THOMAS, COMMENTATOR: My how quickly things can change with the right message and the right messenger.

Glen Youngkin’s impressive victory over Democrat re-tread Terry McAuliffe in the race for Virginia governor ought to be a reminder that kindness wins over name-calling and that issues are more important than personality.

Parents in Virginia saw the curtain pulled back on the indoctrination of values counter to their own in public schools. McAuliffe denied Critical Race Theory was being taught in public schools, but a visit to the Virginia Department of Education webpage shows it is being promoted in three different instances, including in 2015 when McAuliffe was governor. The site also references a presentation that encourages teachers to “embrace Critical Race Theory” in “order to re-engineer attitudes and belief systems.” The constant focus on race, class and division is wearing thin and it would appear, at least in Virginia, that many voters have tired of it.

Can we move on from divide and conquer in favor of promoting togetherness as Americans? In his victory speech that is what Youngkin did, speaking less about himself and more about his fellow Virginians and fellow Americans. Donald Trump take note.

Lt. Governor-elect Winsome Sears achieved historical success once before when in 2002 she became the first Black Republican woman elected to the House of Delegates, defeating a 20-year incumbent Democrat. Her victory is a slap in the face to those Democrats who keep pitting us against each other.

It was a clean sweep for Republicans as they also took back the office of attorney general and flipped the House of Delegates from Democrat to a GOP majority. Suddenly, all those claims that Virginia has turned irreversibly blue seemed to have been wishful thinking by Democrats and the media, which kept promoting it as a state lost forever to Republicans. Independents, who helped Joe Biden win the state by 10 points last year, moved in large numbers to Youngkin.

Vice President Kamala Harris predicted before the election that results in Virginia would forecast what next year’s congressional races will look like, as well as the 2024 presidential contest. Republicans can only wish she has the gift of prophecy.

The New Jersey Governor’s race was another shock to Democrats in a deeply blue state. And Minneapolis voters apparently took a sanity pill and refused to cancel their police department, despite millions of dollars that poured into the city from left wing groups, most of them outside the city and state.

Youngkin perfectly positioned himself when it came to Trump and his supporters. He did not reject Trump’s endorsement, but neither did he dwell on it, or ask the former president to campaign for him. Those rural voters who voted for Trump appeared comfortable voting for Youngkin. Will that strategy work elsewhere? It might. A lot depends on whether Trump runs in 2024.

Youngkin and his administration will be judged on whether they are able to fulfill their promises, which is as it should be.

I’m Cal Thomas.

MARY REICHARD, HOST: Tomorrow: John Stonestreet will join us once again for Culture Friday.

And, a new film about a woman who endured persecution for her faith and learned the true power of forgiveness.

That and more tomorrow.

I’m Mary Reichard.

MYRNA BROWN, HOST: And I’m Myrna Brown.

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