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Henrico holds talks on ‘race issues’ - 4 CBC recommendations for Trump budget - 6 Dyson to discuss ‘Black Presidency’ - 10 The link btwn divorce and alcohol abuse - 14

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Redistricting reform advocates say the real ‘rigged system’ is gerrymandering SARAH McCAMMON

If the election results of 2016 were really about rejecting the political establishment, then Congress didn’t get the memo. After all, 97 percent of incumbents in the U.S. House of Representatives seeking reelection won even as national polls show overwhelming disapproval of Congress.

Advocates for redistricting reform hope voters are ready to pay more attention to the otherwise wonky issue of legislative districts are drawn, a system that’s helped send so many incumbents back to Washington and state capitols, year after year.

One group trying to change that system is One Virginia 2021, a nonpartisan organization that’s challenging the constitutionality of 11 state legislative district boundaries.

Executive director Brian Cannon says many of the Virginia General Assembly boundaries are so convoluted they no longer serve the people.

“I think when people scratch the surface on the concept of, ‘Are these elections rigged?’ it might not be rigged in the same way that Bernie Sanders or Donald Trump was saying it, but it doesn’t take you too long to get to gerrymandering,” said Cannon.

In the Virginia General Assembly, like in Congress, incumbents have a huge advantage; all who ran in the last election, in 2015, kept their seats. Cannon and his allies are waging a multi-front war on that system, which allows state lawmakers to draw the lines for

Voters and voting rights advocates protest gerrymandering. state legislative and Congressional districts. A decision in the Virginia case is expected next month.

Independent commissions In a separate effort, the group is also calling for the creation of an independent redistricting commission, similar to ones in Arizona and California. Cannon and his colleagues are traveling the state, showing a documentary about gerrymandering several times a month and pushing to elect candidates who support redistricting reform in Virginia’s statehouse races this fall.

Shane Brown runs a theater in Richmond that hosted a screening last week. He describes himself as a Democratic-leaning independent

and who’s concerned about the increasingly polarized nature of American politics.

“I think a lot of people are actually delving more and more into the intricacies of how all this works especially when you see how not knowing it can be crazy when you see it breaking down,” said Brown.

Cannon argues that competitivelydrawn districts would force lawmakers to be more responsive and work across party lines.

“There’s a number of ways to do this,” he said. “Anything would be better than our current system.”

National campaign The issue of partisan gerrymandering appears to be energizing voters in several states.

Last month in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, hundreds showed up for a meeting hosted by a group pushing for a nonpartisan redistricting commission.

Others, including Texas and Florida, have seen legal challenges to their congressional district boundary lines. In Wisconsin, a federal judge in November ruled state legislative districts unconstitutional as drawn

by Republican lawmakers.

The biggest pushback to redistricting reform tends to come from majority-party incumbents. In Virginia, Republican Chris Jones sponsored the bill that created the current districts for the House of Delegates.

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News Henrico ‘conversation’ series meant to discuss race, culture issues in county DAMIAN HONDARES CNS - The Henrico County Board of Supervisors held a meeting on Saturday a to discuss the county’s efforts to treat citizens fairly, regardless of racial, cultural or ethnic background.

Brandon Hinton, the deputy county manager for community services, said that the meeting — which was the first in the “Henrico Conversations” series — was a recognition that the county is changing.

“We’re changing in every way,” Hinton said. “Our black population has increased by nearly 50 percent since 2000, and our Hispanic and Asian populations have increased about 200 percent. We have refugee families coming from war-torn countries. There are 84 different languages spoken by the students in our school system. So we have to navigate service delivery to a changing population.”

Hinton said that the meeting had been inspired by Zulfi Khan, a selfdescribed “active citizen,” and the work he had done in gathering the community after the election.

In December, Khan held a gathering of the local Muslim community. He invited the members of local governments and police chiefs from Chesterfield, Richmond and Henrico, many of whom attended.

“The purpose of that gathering was to interact with the community and to give the community the confidence that the local government has goodness in its heart,” Khan said.

After the meeting, he was contacted

by John Vithoulkas, the county manager, who wanted to hold a similar event for the general public.

Khan contacted members of the local Hispanic, Muslim and Jewish communities, among others, inviting them to gather for a county-wide

meeting.

Patricia O’Bannon, the chairwoman of the board of supervisors, who represents Tuckahoe District, said that she realized the need for a community-wide meeting after the presidential election.

“After Donald Trump’s election, people who live in Tuckahoe and elsewhere contacted me and asked if they were going to be deported,” O’Bannon said. “I told them that they shouldn’t be upset and that things aren’t going to change if you’re here legally and you’re not breaking the law, but obviously there were concerns about how things were Frank Thornton going to be handled differently.”

She said that she wanted an opportunity to meet with the community to clear up concerns and dispel fears that she viewed as rumors.

“This is an outreach to the people in the county who, for whatever reason, feel threatened,” O’Bannon said.

“And we are also going to introduce them to the police department and explain what the police department does. A lot of these people are refugees who are not used to thinking of the police department as the good guys.”

Frank Thornton, the vice chairman of the board of supervisors, who represents Fairfield District, said that he hoped the meeting would promote a healthy dialogue about sensitive issues.

“Affluent communities don’t discuss those issues as much,” Thornton said. “Sometimes they don’t think they have as much of a problem in a certain area.”

But Thornton said that issues such as poverty were certainly prevalent in the county. He said that a person

Brandon Hinton could drive several blocks and see dramatic economic differences.

Thornton said the meeting would only begin a larger dialogue about a variety of issues that are on residents’ minds. That dialogue, he said, would be continued throughout the series.

“I hope that as a result of the dialogue, citizens will feel more like the citizens that they want to be,

(from page 1) “There’s no non-partisan way to do this,” Jones said. “Those who claim to be non-partisan if you look at most of their affiliations, they have party affiliations so it’s not nonpartisan. So I think you’re folly to think that’s the case.”

Critics have also raised questions about whether some proponents have failed to acknowledge the limitations of redistricting reform, instead of focusing on issues like voter turnout.

Reform advocates say while there are many potential approaches to drawing legislative boundaries, and no system is likely to be perfect,

that they’ll be more engaged in their community,” Thornton said. “And we might not feel comfortable getting into those issues like race and class, but eventually we’ll have to get into them. So we’re going to sit down and discuss and identify the problems and then think about solutions.”

Khan said the meeting would serve an important purpose that required something more than legislative work.

“Sometimes in our political process, we feel that we will get people elected and then that will resolve things,” Khan said. “But we never get to the level where we can change hearts and minds.”

Khan, who rejected any claims that he was in charge of the meeting, said that he was just doing his part as an active citizen to bring the community together.

“I have looked at everything going on and I blame myself,” he said.

“I’ve been living here for 20 years, and I might have known about certain prejudices. Why didn’t I do something about that? That’s what I am doing now. I need to play my part.” legislators shouldn’t be designing their own districts.

Ruth Greenwood, the deputy director of redistricting at the Campaign Legal Center, acknowledges that change can be a tough sell to lawmakers who control state legislatures - but she hopes they will take the long view.

“Maybe it will be 2020; maybe it’s 2030, but the Republicans will no doubt fall out of favor again, and the Democrats will be back ready to gerrymander,” said Greenwood. “And hopefully at some point, both sides will realize that it’s easier if we just have a fair, level playing system.” © NPR

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Va. schools encouraged to participate in statewide campaign to encourage safe teen driving Youth of Virginia Speak Out and the Virginia State Police are encouraging high and middle schools across the state to participate in a safety campaign for youth and teens to encourage safe driving behaviors and passenger safety. The campaign, called “Arrive Alive,” focuses on the increased risk these age groups face during the spring and summer months and during prom and graduation season. The campaign kicked off on March 20 and runs through May 5.

Middle schools will focus their campaign efforts on how to be a safe passenger, pedestrian, and

cyclist. High schools will focus on preventing such risky driving and passenger behaviors as driving distracted, speeding, driving with too many passengers, not wearing a seat belt, drowsy driving, underage drinking and driving, and joy riding or “cruising.”

Schools interested in participating in this exciting campaign, should contact Casey Taylor, program development coordinator at 540-3753596 or visit yovaso.org. Registering is quick and simple, and will provide schools with free resources to promote safe driving, passenger safety, and traffic safety.

The materials for middle schools will include: posters, tip cards, pledge banners, pencils, and sunglasses to promote passenger, pedestrian, and bike safety. High schools that register will receive: tip cards, prom/ floral Arrive Alive cards, “What to do After a Crash” cards, posters, pledge banners, Text Later Live Longer Stickers, and sunglasses to promote safe driving and celebrating responsibly.

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Trump courting of HBCUs ends with disappointing budget After meetings with the Trump administration last month, leaders of historically black colleges and universities expressed cautious optimism that the increased funding they requested might actually make it into the White House budget. It did not.

Instead, Trump’s first presidential budget released Thursday calls for “maintaining” $492 million in appropriations for HBCUs and minority-serving institutions.

Combined discretionary spending for those schools, however, is actually $577 million right now. The White House directed questions about the discrepancy to the Education Department, which did not respond to requests for comment.

There is no mention in the budget of any federal investment in scholarships, technology or campus infrastructure for historically black colleges that leaders requested. And instead of expanding Pell grants for low-income students to cover summer courses as they had asked, the budget raids nearly $4 billion from the program’s reserves.

“Less than three weeks ago, this administration claimed it is a priority to advocate for HBCUs but, after viewing this budget proposal, those calls ring hollow,” Rep. Alama Adams (D-N.C.), a graduate of the

largest HBCU, North Carolina A&T State University, said in a statement.

Johnny Taylor, president of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, said the proposed appropriations could be a lot worse considering the total amount of cuts on the table for the Education Department. He said HBCU advocates had to fight the Obama administration for funding, and stressed that the lines of communication remain open with the current administration.

“This is a process,” Taylor said.

“We’re already had phone calls with the administration to say that as we go into the specific lines of this budget, this is where we’d like you to consider increases. This is only stage one.”

There was plenty of skepticism when the Trump administration made overtures toward black school leaders, including from students who questioned whether their college presidents were only being used for photo ops. It didn’t help when Education Secretary Betsy DeVos called historically black institutions “real pioneers when it comes to school choice,” a statement that HBCU advocates said ignored that the schools were a response to racist Jim Crow laws that enforced segregation.

Despite the controversy, HBCU

leaders remained focused on funding and held out hope that Trump’s executive order regarding their schools would include some money.

It did not. The order, signed in February, directs the White House initiative on HBCUs to operate from the White House instead of the Education Department. While some viewed the move as a signal that the more than 100 historically black schools were a priority for the administration, others said it was purely symbolic without monetary support.

At the time, United Negro College Fund President Michael L. Lomax, who attended the ceremonial signing, lamented the lack of financial support in the order, noting that none of the funding recommendations were included. Nevertheless, he encouraged HBCU advocates to continue to work with the administration and Congress. Last week, the UNCF urged the president to reconsider federal funding commitments and sent a letter to the Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney reiterating recommendations made during last month’s meetings.

“President Trump pledged to do more for HBCUs than any other president has done before. However, this budget is not reflective of that sentiment,” Lomax said. “Without

strong federal investments, President Trump’s commitment to HBCUs and the rebuilding of African American communities will be promises unfulfilled.”

Historically black schools educated nearly 300,000 students in 2014, the latest figure available from the National Center for Education Statistics. Education Department data shows that three-quarters of all doctorates awarded to African Americans and 80 percent of black federal judges earned an undergraduate degree at historically black schools.

Though the federal government sets aside money in the budget for historically black colleges, those schools have not benefited from the same level of public funding as other institutions of higher education. The disparity in funding public HBCUs, in particular, has resulted in a series of lawsuits, including a decade-old case in Maryland that is still being fought in the courts.

“You can’t just have a photo op for HBCUs and not create more funding for them,” Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, said on a call with reporters last week. “These schools have been under austerity for years, and if they’re going to compete with others, they need more funding.” - wp

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VCU Health expert: African-Americans must be proactive and reactive to fight heart disease Sixteen years ago, Kinzo Evans was diagnosed with congestive heart failure. His stomach was swollen.

At night, he couldn’t lay prostrate to sleep because it was hard for him to breathe. He was also fatigued. Evans’ deteriorating condition eventually necessitated a heart transplant, which he had at VCU Health in December 2016.

After a follow-up appointment this month, however, Evans said he’s feeling better and ready to do more.

“I’m getting ready to start my physical therapy to rebuild my muscles and restore my body,” he said.

Evans is part of a demographic disproportionately affected by heart disease: African-Americans.

According to the American Heart Association, many African-Americans are prone to high blood pressure and diabetes, which are triggers for heart disease.

Evans’ doctor, Keyur Shah, M.D, a cardiologist at VCU Health Pauley Heart Center, is encouraging all who are susceptible to heart disease to be both proactive and reactive. He recently spoke with VCU News about ways individuals can safeguard their health against the disease.

What exactly is heart disease?

The heart is a muscular pump that delivers blood to the vital organs of the body. Normal heart function is dependent on healthy muscle tissue, normal functioning heart valves and a normal heart rhythm. Heart disease is a broad term referring to conditions that can disrupt any of these. Examples include blockages in the heart arteries leading to myocardial infarctions (heart attack), thickening of the heart walls from high blood pressure, leaky heart valves, irregular heartbeats and weakening of the heart from a virus.

In what ways does heart disease affect a healthy lifestyle?

Heart disease causes a wide range of life-threatening symptoms that can limit a patient’s quality of life. They can lead to chest discomfort, fatigue, shortness of breath, palpitations, light headedness and even fainting

communities and demographics take to be proactive against heart disease?

I think health screening is critical, especially if you have a family member with heart disease. I would recommend everyone visit their primary care physician routinely.

Factors that patients can control without a doctor include eating a healthy diet, exercising routinely, and avoiding smoking and excessive alcohol.

Keyur Shah and Kinzo Evans spells. As the disease progresses, patients can develop heart failure where the heart cannot pump blood efficiently to the body. Patients develop swelling, difficulty catching their breath, tiredness and damage to other vital organs.

“It is important to highlight that high blood pressure is highly prevalent in African-Americans. It is one of the leading causes of heart disease in younger African-American men.”

Why are African-Americans disproportionately affected by the disease?

This is an important question with complex answers that has social, genetic and medical components. It is important to highlight that high blood pressure is highly prevalent in African-Americans. It is one of the leading causes of heart disease in younger African-American men.

There is a need for early screening and treatment for prevention of the disease. But it goes beyond access to care and awareness of disease.

Medications have been shown to have differing benefits in AfricanAmericans. Therefore it is important to acknowledge that studies showing benefit of therapies in Caucasians don’t necessarily translate to African-Americans. Also, heart disease in African-Americans may be genetically and pathophysiologically distinct, thus warranting independent study.

What steps can people in these

What types of health care plans are in place at VCU Health Pauley Heart to treat current or potential heart disease patients?

There are numerous resources available at the VCU Pauley Heart Center that go beyond usual cardiovascular clinical care. We offer group classes to promote self-care and disease management for patients with heart disease. Patients can be seen in expert-led clinics for heart transplant, heart valve disease, cardio-oncology, irregular heartbeats and heart pumps. We also have multidisciplinary clinics for rare diseases of the heart such as cardiac amyloidosis, sarcoidosis and genetic heart disease.

How important is diet in preventing heart disease?

In general, a diet low in sugar and high in fruits and vegetables can lower the risk of heart disease.

Moderate exercise is also important for cardiovascular health.

Is heart disease hereditary?

Absolutely. Conditions that cause heart muscle disease are frequently hereditary. These include coronary disease, elevated cholesterol, aortic aneurysms and irregular heartbeats.

Several cardiomyopathies are also genetically inherited. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, dilated cardiomyopathy, left ventricular non-compaction cardiomyopathy, hereditary amyloidosis and arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy are a few examples.

Patients and their family members should seek consultation in specialized cardiology clinics with genetic counseling. © VCU News

NOTICE OF PRIMARY ELECTION CITY OF RICHMOND The State Board of Elections ordered Primary Elections be held in the City of Richmond on:

TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 2017 The purpose of these elections is to nominate candidates for the following offices that will be on the ballot in November:

Democratic Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, House of Delegates Districts 68, 69, 70, 71 and 74, Commonwealth’s Attorney, Treasurer and Sheriff

Republican Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, House of Delegates Districts 68, 70 and 71 Information about participating in a primary election as a candidate or in the general election as a non-party candidate can be found at www.elections.virginia.gov.

NOTE: A primary election will not be held for any office in which only one candidate qualifies to have their name appear on the ballot.

THE DEADLINE TO REGISTER TO VOTE IN THIS ELECTION IS MONDAY, MAY 22, 2017 Qualified residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia may apply for, or change, their voter registration online at www.elections.virginia.gov, or in person at the Office of the General Registrar, Room 105, City Hall, 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia. Office hours are 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday, except holidays. Applications are also available at all City libraries, post offices and DMVs. The deadline to apply for an absentee ballot through the mail for this election is Tuesday June 6, 2017. The deadline to apply for and vote an absentee ballot in person is 5:00 PM, Saturday, June 10, 2017, except in the case of certain emergencies. The Office of the General Registrar will be open for absentee voting during regular business hours, and from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM on Saturday, June 10, 2017. Persons with a VA DMV issued ID can also apply online for an absentee ballot through the mail at: www.elections.virginia.gov.

PHOTO ID IS NOW REQUIRED TO VOTE IN PERSON. See www.elections.virginia.gov for more information.

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Op/Ed & Letters

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Trump should consider CBC budget if he’s serious about helping black America REP. BOBBY SCOTT A nation’s budget is a document that reflects its priorities. President Trump just submitted his first budget to Congress, but we learned what was in it beforehand.

The president has proposed a $54 billion increase in military spending, which would be offset with deep cuts to programs that support education, rebuild our infrastructure, ensure clean air and water, and protect workplace safety and public health.

On top of that, the president has called for massive tax cuts that would primarily benefit the wealthiest among us and put the nation’s finances deeper in the red.

During the contentious 2016 presidential campaign, President Trump called for a “new deal” for black America. And in an unwieldy press conference just a few weeks ago, the president again mentioned his desire to propose policies that will help and uplift black America.

Unfortunately, we have yet to see any detailed proposal from the White House, and based on what we’re already learning about his first budget, Americans of all races, colors and creeds should be concerned.

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Americans, he need only look to the Conscience of the Congress: The Congressional Black Caucus. The CBC has been fighting for neglected and underrepresented Americans since its inception in 1971. And for more than three decades, the CBC has developed its own federal budget alternative that is often credited as being fiscally and morally responsible. The CBC has proposed its own budget regardless of who occupies the White House or which party controls Congress. The Fiscal Year 2018 budget cycle is no different.

For the last decade, I have had the privilege to lead the development of the CBC budget and CBC Chairman Cedric Richmond has asked me to do so again this year. I am proud The LEGACY welcomes all signed letters and all respectful opinions.

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to report that the Congressional Black Caucus is again proposing a bold, fiscally responsible budget that should serve as a guiding post for meaningful solutions that will move the black community and the rest of the nation forward.

First, the CBC budget proposes a fairer and more progressive tax code in order to meet the critical needs of the nation. The CBC budget calls for $3.9 trillion in revenue enhancements over ten years and proposes repealing many tax provisions that favor the richest of the rich. With this additional revenue, the CBC proposes a $1 trillion investment over the next decade to rebuild our nation’s failing infrastructure and revitalize historically underserved communities, while employing millions of hardworking Americans in desperate need of job opportunities.

The CBC budget also calls for protecting and strengthening the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to ensure universal health care for all Americans. In fact, the CBC budget proposes the creation of a public health insurance option in the ACA health insurance exchanges, which has scored as a cost savings for the American taxpayer – saving an estimated $121 billion over 10 years. In addition, to help support

and advance working families, the CBC budget calls for a $250 billion investment in the education system over the next decade to revitalize public schools, bolster Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and make higher education more affordable.

Lastly, the CBC budget protects programs that are vital pathways out of poverty and into the middle class by investing $300 billion over 10 years in social safety net programs that ensure all families have access to healthy food, safe housing, affordable childcare, and a secure retirement. And at the end of the day, the CBC budget actually improves the nation’s fiscal situation by reducing the deficit by more than $1 trillion over the next decade.

The Congressional Black Caucus will continue to fight for the needs of African Americans and other neglected and underrepresented Americans by proposing and advancing bold solutions to move our communities forward. We hope that President Trump and our colleagues in Congress will consider our budget as the right fiscal path for our nation.

Congressman Scott represents Virginia’s 3rd congressional district.

In Congress, he serves as the Ranking Member of the Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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P.T. Hoffsteader, Esq.

On ICE raids

Across the country immigrant families have been living in fear of President [Donald] Trump's Immigration Order. ICE agents have conducted raids in Texas, Southern CA, NC, SC and GA that have resulted in hundreds of arrests.

Federal officials claim that these raids were planned before the Trump election and inauguration. That raids targeted “known criminals” but they also arrested some immigrants without criminal records. The raids took place at homes and workplaces.

It has been reported that ICE had checkpoints and random sweeps in at least six states.

President Trump has promised to deport three million undocumented immigrants. Immigration activists say that the raids were larger than just six states. They report raids in Florida, Kansas & Northern Virginia. This has caused a rise in fear, anxiety and tension in immigrant communities.

Americans Resisting Minority & Ethnic Discrimination (ARMED) encourages immigrants to study and know their rights. Do not answer the door for anyone from ICE unless they have a warrant. Keep all documents close and if questioned, ask for an attorney to be present. Knowledge is power and it is important for immigrants and all Americans to know and understand their rights.

ARMED calls for fair and just immigration reform. Contact your congresswomen and men to let them know that we are opposed to the Trump administration’s actions and tactics. ARMED stands with the immigrant communities.

(ARMED), Harrisonburg

Way to prosperity

Virginia’s tax system is upside down. Regular Virginians pay a higher share of their income in state and local taxes than the wealthy and powerful. An array of recently proposed schemes to give new handouts to the wealthy and powerful would make it even more unfair.

Virginians can’t afford that. As part of our work to educate and inform the conversations and debates in Virginia around sound fiscal policy issues, we took a look at some of these ideas to see how they would impact Virginians at different income levels and the state budget when it comes to having the resources needed to invest in core public services.

Recent Virginia income tax proposals include HB2226, which would have cut the top income tax bracket by 0.75 percent; SB788, which would have cut all individual income tax rates by 1.0 percent; the Gillespie campaign’s proposal to cut each income tax bracket by 10 percent (a cut of 0.2 percent to the lowest bracket and 0.6 percent to the top bracket); the Stewart campaign’s forthcoming proposal; and former candidate Riggleman’s campaign proposal to create a flat 3 percent individual income tax.

Unfortunately, for those plans where details are available, much of the benefit would go to wealthy households, while working families would get far less and critical public services would be put at risk. For example, HB2226 would have given the top 1 percent a handout of over $3,800 while offering just $175 to a family of four with an income of $50,000 and no benefit to a fulltime minimum wage worker. SB778 would have given the top 1 percent

$5,400, while giving a middle-income family $483 and a minimum wage worker supporting two children $123.

The Gillespie campaign’s proposal would give the top 1 percent almost $3,200 a year, while a family of four with an income of $50,000 would get just $246 and a minimum wage worker with two kids just $42. The Riggleman campaign’s proposal would give the top 1 percent about $14,500 a year, while actually raising taxes on a full-time minimum wage worker supporting a family of four.

By providing large handouts for those at the top and little benefit for regular working families, these sorts of income tax proposals would make Virginia’s state and local tax system even more upside down.

These proposals also mean forgoing revenue that is needed to create great schools, roads, and other vital public services. For example, one of the proposals would cost $1.3 billion in the first year it is fully implemented.

Let’s look at what that $1.3 billion could support. The state could put over 5,000 elementary and secondary teachers in the classroom, double Virginia’s investment in its preschool program paying the full cost of early education for an additional 17,400 students, and bring teacher pay up to the national average.

Recent experiences in North Carolina and Kansas shows that these income tax proposals harm a state’s economy by preventing investment in great schools and everything else that builds a strong foundation. Between 2006 and 2012, Kansas’s economy grew faster than the U.S. most years. Then the legislature and governor cut Kansas’s income tax rates starting in 2013, creating a huge budget deficit. Instead of growing the state’s

economy, Kansas’s GDP dropped by 1.1 percent while the national economy grew 1.3 percent. The next year, Kansas lagged the nation again. And in North Carolina, after policymakers cut income taxes, personal income growth lagged all their neighboring states. You can’t cut your way to prosperity.

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Medical care answers

Medical care continues to dominate our attention in this nation. I hope we don't have millions of people without health care in the next year or so. However, in reality we already do.

A 50-year-old woman told my wife and I that she seriously needs a knee replacement but she can’t pay her deductible and 20 percent. Together they would be several thousand dollars and on her waitress salary she can’t afford the surgery. She has medical care but she can’t afford to have a very needed surgery. If she falls over with a heart attack and is rushed to the hospital then her insurance will of course pick up a major part of her treatment but she will still be stuck with a big medical bill. That would be another crisis. I wonder if her heart would be able to withstand the shock of her medical bill?

The answer to medical care in America is to put everyone 65 and over on Medicare. We pay for it so we should receive it when the time comes. Make Medicare pay for everything and get rid of the supplemental insurance. We pay into Medicare all of our lives and then have to worry about supplemental insurance at 65. Congress should eliminate that hassle.

Glen Mollette

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Black Southern Baptists ‘pulling’ for Moore ADELLE BANKS RNS - Embattled Southern Baptist ethicist Russell Moore, the public face of the nation’s largest Protestant group, has at least one group of vocal supporters: African-American Southern Baptist leaders.

From the head of the SBC’s black fellowship to former Southern Baptist Convention President Fred Luter, these officials have made it clear that, as one of their statements said, “We are pulling for Dr. Moore.”

Moore recently met with Frank Page, president of the SBC’s Executive Committee, as news

swirled that Moore’s job as president of the denomination’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission might be on the line. Moore was a sharp critic of presidential candidate Donald Trump at a time when the overwhelming number of white evangelicals supported him.

But after the meeting, the two noted in a joint statement that “racial reconciliation” was among the topics they discussed as they “developed mutual understanding on ways we believe will move us forward as a network of churches.”

A total of 81 percent of white evangelicals voted for Trump. But

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“These elements comprise the core experience of and are introduced in the release of RCLI’s new video (RCLIweb.org/video).

“RCLI works to inspire and equip its annual class members to lead in their personal, professional, and public places of service,” notes that group, which is on the final legs of serching for “emerging Christian leaders from across the marketplace” to apply for the 2017-2018 class.

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Russell Moore the nation’s largest evangelical denomination is also striving to improve its race relations — especially given its Civil War-era history of defending slavery — and Moore has been one of the SBC’s most vocal champions of that effort.

Alan Cross, a Southern Baptist minister who authored a book on racism and Southern evangelicals, said the declarations by black Southern Baptists “were very strong and I do believe were key in moving this in a healthy direction.”

“Seeing the SBC led by AfricanAmerican pastors in calling for reconciliation in this divide is significant,” he said.

Two of three recent statements featuring black leaders’ support of Moore compare him to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., a leader whose messages about justice were rejected by some of his generation, including some Southern Baptists.

In an open letter recently published in Baptist outlets, Byron J. Day, president of the National African American Fellowship of the SBC, called for unity within the denomination.

“There are some who have suggested withholding cooperative dollars until Dr. Moore is either disciplined or fired. However, Russell Moore has done nothing worthy of discipline or firing,” he wrote.

“He has represented all Southern Baptists, contending for the highly

visible ethical issues of abortion and biblical marriage; but he has also addressed social injustices such as racism which have been long overlooked.”

Roger S. Oldham, spokesman for the SBC Executive Committee, confirmed that some churches have threatened to siphon donations away from the SBC but said those considerations do not relate to Moore alone. A study committee will investigate the reasons for those requests and determine how to resolve them.

“Over the past several months, we have received numerous phone calls from pastors and other individuals saying their churches were considering withholding or escrowing funds from the convention over a number of issues,” he said.

Other statements of support were issued after Moore wrote a column apologizing to Southern Baptists who thought he was critical of anyone who voted for Trump and after national and state Baptist organizations decided to consider investigations related to his agency.

Luter’s was the first name on a letter posted on the New Orleans Baptist Association website responding to a request received by the Louisiana Baptist Convention to study recent actions by the ERLC. “Dr. Moore speaks with a prophetic voice to this generation,” said Luter and other signatories, including black, white and Hispanic Baptists.

“We may not like everything that he says, but we fear what our faith community may become if we lose his voice.”

Moore has said that he is confident he will remain in his post. Ken Barbic, who chairs the ERLC board, has described Moore as “a Gospel centered and faithful voice for Southern Baptists.”

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ACLU-VA tells local PD not to comply with ICE & to avoid placing religious messages on cars The ACLU of Virginia has offered guidance to local law enforcement agencies in the areas of federal immigration law enforcement and placement of “In God We Trust” decals on official vehicles.

In a recent letter to the Virginia Sheriff’s Association, the Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police, the Virginia Association of Counties, and the Virginia Municipal League, ACLU-VA Executive Director Claire Guthrie Gastañaga warned that local law enforcement agencies that cooperate with federal immigration enforcement risk making immigrant communities less safe and exposing themselves to the possibility of lawsuits.

“To effectively protect public safety, local law enforcement needs cooperation from local communities,” the letter states. “Local residents serve as witnesses, report crime, and otherwise assist law enforcement.

The foundation for this cooperation can often be destroyed when local police are viewed as an extension of the immigration system.”

Local law enforcement is under no legal obligation to cooperate with U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement detainers that seek to

Claire Guthrie Gastañaga detain people for up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released, and actually open themselves to lawsuits if they do so.

“These detainers are typically issued without a judicial warrant supported by probable cause,” the letter states. “Federal courts around the nation have held local law enforcement agencies liable for unconstitutional detentions under ICE detainers.”

In a separate letter to the same organizations sent earlier this month, the ACLU-VA urged local

law enforcement agencies against including religious messages on state, city or county-owned vehicles or official business cards.

“Because law enforcement officials carry with them the threat of force at all times, they must be exceedingly cautious when it comes to matters of faith in order to avoid actual or

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perceived religious coercion,” the letter states.

Officers of local law enforcement agencies similarly “may not proselytize employees, arrestees, witnesses, community members or anyone else they come into contact with while carrying out their official duties.”

Several local police and sheriff’s departments in Virginia have in recent months and years applied decals with the national motto, “In God We Trust.” In most cases, the decals are funded by a private entity, usually a church, to avoid criticism about misuse of tax dollars.

Regardless, the practice raises serious questions about potential employment discrimination and disparities in how people with different beliefs might be policed.

In both letters, the ACLU-VA urged each agency to apprise its members of these issues, and offered to serve as a resource for local law enforcement agencies seeking to adopt sound policies.

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Chuck Berry, fiery and flinty rock ’n’ roll innovator JON CARAMANICA Chuck Berry’s “Roll Over Beethoven” wasn’t the first rock ’n’ roll song, but it was the best and brashest of the genre’s early advertisements. Released in 1956, it opens with a nimble, bendy guitar riff — a prelude to the one that would be perfected a year later, on “Johnny B. Goode” — that serves as an intrusion and an enticement.

Then Berry describes the fever, “the rockin’ pneumonia,” that was soon to grip the country.

“My heart beatin’ rhythm/And my soul keep-a singin’ the blues,” he sang. “Roll over Beethoven/And tell Tchaikovsky the news.”

Plenty of artists would go on to cover “Roll Over Beethoven” — the Beatles streamlined and sweetened it; Electric Light Orchestra distended it into an overlong, pompous shuffle with a snatch of the Fifth Symphony; Paul Shaffer and his band made a sleek version as the theme to the 1992 film “Beethoven,” about a St. Bernard with the composer’s name.

But those covers lacked the panache, the transgressive potential, the unexpected twists and turns of the Chuck Berry originals.

Berry, who died on Saturday at his home near St. Louis, was the first true rock ’n’ roll superstar. When in his late 20s he emerged from St. Louis onto the national scene, the genre wasn’t yet codified. In its infancy, rock was hybrid music, and Berry was its most vivid and imaginative alchemist.

From the mid-1950s through the end of that decade, he concocted a yowling blend of hopped-up blues, country and then-emergent rhythm & blues that ended up as the template for what became widely accepted as rock ’n’ roll (though the term predated his rise).

He gave it virtuoso playing via guitar work that drew on country and the blues. He made it a songwriting genre with wry, detailed lyrics that helped shape the idea of American freedom via stories of teenage abandon or open-road adventure.

He embodied the music by giving it physical language, from his signature

Chuck Berry, shown in 1980, created a sound and style that made him rock ’n’ roll’s first true superstar. duck walk to his coiffure, which was equal parts structure and flair. (He also was a beautician, having studied hairdressing and cosmetology when he was still playing in small bands in St. Louis in the early 1950s.) And in performance, he sold the music hard, with eyes bulging, hips swaying and a sly smile that indicated he knew just how much he was pushing the envelope.

That archetype of rock ’n’ roll swagger would define the next couple of decades of global pop music.

Without his twitchy, gloriously accessible songs, there would have been no Rolling Stones, no Beatles, no Bob Dylan — at least not as we know them now.

While Elvis Presley, flaunting his

sexuality, was making himself into the original teen-idol pop star, Berry was being policed, both figuratively and literally. On songs like “Brown Eyed Handsome Man,” he sang, in judiciously coded language, about pushing back against segregation.

In his autobiography, he wrote that he changed a phrase in “Johnny B. Goode” from “little colored boy” to “little country boy” because he “thought it would seem biased to white fans.” Instead, he coded a tale of racial achievement in terms he felt would be more broadly palatable.

But Berry was still a successful black man in a pre-civil rights world, and as such, he was a target. He was prosecuted twice under the Mann Act, for bringing a minor across

state lines for immoral purpose. The first time he was convicted, but the conviction was overturned on appeal because of racial remarks made by the judge. The second time, he was convicted again, and he served more than a year and a half in federal prison. His career never quite recovered. White artists had been studying him, and were building up a version of rock ’n’ roll that no longer required Berry, nor his blackness.

So if, for the remainder of his very long career, he was a bit flinty, could you blame him? The tug of war between what he was expected to provide and what he hoped to receive was constant. He was obstinate about his influence. He demanded to be paid up front for performances.

He often toured with just his guitar, hiring local bands, not speaking to them and expecting them to know his music well enough to back him. (The results were spotty.)

Even when he was being celebrated, Berry grated. On the occasion of his 60th birthday, Keith Richards convened an all-star band to perform a pair of tribute concerts with him. They were filmed for a documentary, “Chuck Berry Hail!

Hail! Rock ’n’ Roll,” which began as a glowing commemoration of Berry’s talent and reach and ended up a document of his intransigence. His guitar playing and singing were electric, and so was his quarreling.

Berry seemed inclined to believe that rock ’n’ roll belonged to him and no one else. In that documentary, Jerry Lee Lewis said that the first time the two met, they fought over who was the true king of the genre.

And Berry had a particularly fraught push-and-pull friction with the white artists who benefited the most from the style he innovated.

In the documentary, Richards is his leading antagonist. And many years later, Richards told a story about being backstage at one of Berry’s shows and laying eyes on Berry’s guitar, sitting in an open case.

Enthralled, he began to play it, but when Berry caught him in the act, Richards recalled, he punched him dead in the face. © NYT

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HU annual ‘Read-In’ selects Dyson’s ‘The Black Presidency’ STAFF REPORT A book by popular Georgetown University professor, Michael Eric Dyson, is this year’s choice for the Hampton University School of Liberal Arts and Education Read-In, taking place March 22 and 23.

Since 1988, the Hampton University Department of English has hosted the Read-In, an event designed to offer all segments of the university community and surrounding communities the opportunity to focus on one particular book for study and discussion.

Through the years, the department and the School of Liberal Arts and Education have selected, primarily, works of fiction by African-American authors such as Ernest Gaines’ A Gathering of Old Men, Ishmael Reed’s Flight to Canada, Alice Walker’s The Color Purple, Toni

Michael Eric Dyson Morrison’s A Mercy, Mat Johnson’s PYM: A Novel, Jeff Hobbs’ The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League, and Tayari Jones’ Leaving Atlanta.

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the changing landscape of race and blackness in America.

“Although a new administration has assumed leadership of the White House and our country, Dr. Dyson’s work on former President Barack Obama remains timely as the country begins to take a look back at our first black president’s work and accomplishments,“ said Margaret Dismond Martin, Hampton University Read-In chair, director of the Liberal Studies Program, and assistant professor of English.

In the book “The Black Presidency: Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in America”, critics note that Dyson’s practiced flair for language and metaphor comes through as he makes a layered argument about American political culture and the narrowness of presidential speech.

The book argues that Americans lived under a black presidency — not so much because the president was black, but because Obama’s presidency was bound by the rules and rituals of black respectability and white supremacy.

Dyson, a bestselling author of such

works as “Making Malcolm X”, was granted an exclusive interview with Obama for the book, and Obama’s own voice shines through. Along with interviews with Eric Holder, Al Sharpton, Maxine Waters, and others, this intimate access provides a unique depth to this engrossing analysis of the nation’s first black president, and how race has shaped and will shape the country’s understanding of his achievements and failures, alike.

Dyson is a best-selling and awardwinning author. His speeches and books both provide some of the most significant commentary on modern social and intellectual thought today, interwoven with a combination of cultural criticism, race theory, religion, philosophical reflection, and gender studies.

The Hampton University Read-In begins with a opening session at 6 p.m. in the university’s Ogden Hall, during which Dyson will discuss and entertain questions about the book.

The event is free and open to the public and additional activities are scheduled for March 23.

(from page 8) Arlington, Texas, pastor Dwight McKissic, who suggested that predominantly minority churches may want to determine their future contributions to the Southern Baptist Convention based on the final decision on Moore’s status in the denomination.

“The implications of the Executive Committee’s investigative report is staggering and could be tantamount to an earthquake in the Convention,” McKissic predicted.

“If Moore is marginalized or fired, 80-90 percent of Southern Baptist Black Churches who share Moore’s views on President Trump, would also simultaneously feel as if their political convictions regarding the current President of the United States would also be officially reprimanded, rejected and rebuked by the Southern Baptist Convention.”

McKissic proposed the original language for the resolution adopted at last year’s SBC annual meeting

Dwight McKissic that called for repudiating the Confederate flag, a step Moore called for the previous year, saying “Let’s take down that flag.”

When that statement was adopted, Moore said Southern Baptists “made history in the right way.”

“This denomination was founded by people who wrongly defended the sin of human slavery,” he said. “Today, the nation’s largest Protestant denomination voted to repudiate the Confederate battle flag, and it’s time and well past time.”

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Study concludes that divorce increases risk for developing alcohol use disorders Divorce is causally related to a significant increase in risk for

development of alcohol use disorders, according to a new study. conducted by researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University and Lund University in Sweden.

The study, titled “Divorce and the Onset of Alcohol Use Disorder: A Swedish Population-Based Longitudinal Cohort and Co-Relative Study,” has been published in the American Journal of Psychiatry.

It found strong causal associations between divorce and the subsequent onset of alcohol use disorder, with the rates of the first onset of alcohol use disorder increasing after divorce around sixfold in men and more than sevenfold in women.

“The study shows that interpersonal relationships can have a profound influence on risk for alcohol use disorder,” said first author Kenneth S. Kendler, M.D., professor of psychiatry and human and molecular genetics in the Department of Psychiatry, VCU School of Medicine. “Social factors are really important.”

The study is an extension of a study that the same research team published in the American Journal of Psychiatry, which showed that

marriage is causally related to a significant reduction in risk for development of alcohol use disorders.

That study found that marriage might help protect against alcohol use

problems.

As with the prior study, the study on alcohol use disorder and divorce found that the cause for increased risk of developing alcohol use disorder after a marriage dissolves can be definitively tied to the loss of the protective elements of marriage. “Married partners tend to look out for each other and reduce dangerous behaviors like smoking and drinking,” Kendler said.

“It is not the stress of the divorce that is predominantly causing the increased risk of developing alcohol use disorder. It is the loss of the protective elements of marriage.”

The research team published a study in the journal Addiction in December, which explored the genetic and environmental factors that account for the correlation between alcohol use disorder and divorce.

The more recent study is a complementary analysis of the study published in May, showing that spousal loss through divorce is associated with a large and enduring increase in risk for alcohol use disorder. The study was based on a population-based Swedish sample of 942,366 married individuals born between 1960 and 1990 who were married and residing with their spouse in or after 1990 and had no

personal history of alcoholism prior to marriage. The correlative design of the study supported the conclusion of the causal effect of divorce on the development of alcoholism.

“This important work by Dr. Kendler and his team has farreaching implications and is from a longstanding and highly productive international collaboration,” said Peter F. Buckley, M.D., dean of the VCU School of Medicine.

The results could help in the development of effective social treatments to combat the disease.

“If a person is about to get a divorce, you could spend a lot of time tuning their medication, but if you could preserve the marriage you would likely have a stronger affect in preventing alcohol use disorder,” Kendler said. “We

have put the causal effect of divorce on alcohol use disorder development on firm scientific basis.”

The research team is currently engaged in a follow-up study that examines how having children impacts the development of alcohol use disorders.

“We are still digging away at this rich and informative line of research,” Kendler said.

Kendler, director of the Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics at VCU, collaborated on the study with Jessica Salvatore, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Psychology in the VCU College of Humanities and Sciences, as well as with Lund University researchers Sara Larsson Lönn, Ph.D.; Jan Sundquist, M.D., Ph.D.; and Kristina Sundquist, M.D., Ph.D.

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The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance site has been established on VSU’s campus in Singleton Hall, Room 333, and is being staffed two days a week, Tuesdays from 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. through April 11. The service will be closed during the university’s Spring Break, March 12 - March 19.

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27-year-old breaks new ground as one of the youngest American holding a U.S. FCC license At age nine, Freddie Figgers’ father, Nathan, bought him an old non-working IBM personal computer at a local Goodwill Store. Figgers, in his attempt to fix it, took that computer apart five times. On the sixth try, he got it working. He was thrilled - and has since never looked back.

Now, the 27-year-old is founder and owner of Figgers Communication, a privately held company that provides cellular, mobile broadband, home phone and international calling services. He is one of the youngest African-Americans to receive an FCC license to operate a mobile company. In addition to owning his own telecommunications company, Figgers owns four patents with an additional two others pending.

Most recently, Figgers has developed a custom-designed cellular phone, the “Figgers F1”, that has gold trimming, high-definition display, dual SIM capability, multiuser capability, automatic antitexting functionality and super-fast charging.

Figgers designed and manufactured the Figgers F1 in the USA for its 4G

Freddie Figgers Voice over LTE Network, trying to capitalize off the $420 billion mobile phone industry.

“I’m using all of my capital to learn and develop new ideas,” said Figgers who has self-funded his business

Lawmakers blast Trumps budget U.S. senators representing the Chesapeake Bay Watershed blasted President Trump’s budget released that would zero out funding for the Environmental Protection Agency’s Chesapeake Bay Program and severely cut funding for other core programs to maintain and restore the health of the Bay, which is an economic lifeline for the region.

Led by Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.), senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), Bob Casey, Jr. (D-Pa.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Joe Manchin (D-W.V.), Chris Coons (both D-Del.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined together as a regional delegation to immediately urge appropriators to reject the shortsighted and dangerous cuts put forward by

Trump.

In their letter, the lawmakers note that Trump’s budget cannot be taken seriously.

“He claims to want to help strengthen our economy and create jobs while simultaneously wanting to eliminate critical federal investments that allow Chesapeake Bay states like Maryland to prosper,” said Cardin. “The president needs to understand that a healthy Bay means a healthy economy and this cannot be accomplished without a strong federal partner. Less pollution means more oysters and crabs, healthier farmland, more boats and tourism on the water, and more jobs. As a region, we are urging appropriators to quickly reject the president’s budget before the

from the start. “I’m reinvesting in this business.”

Figgers’ entrepreneurial savvy began as a teenager. At age 13, he started working for the city of Quincy as a computer technician absurdity of his proposed cuts causes ripples of uncertainty and fear across the entire Chesapeake Bay watershed economy.”

“Thousands of Delawareans and millions across our region depend on a clean and healthy Chesapeake Bay. Slashing the funding that allows the EPA to maintain this environmental and economic resource is shortsighted and irresponsible,” said Carper. “It’s critical that we keep fighting to protect the Chesapeake Bay so that our children and grandchildren can enjoy it the same way we have for generations.”

"At a time when Chesapeake Bay health is finally showing signs of improvement, this administration ought to be doubling down on efforts to reduce pollution, not drastically cutting back,” said Casey. “I will continue to fight for additional resources to help Pennsylvania and

and network administrator in its NetQuincy department, setting up the city’s network and helping residents. At 16, Freddie started his first company, Figgers Computers, repairing computers and installing wireless area networks. By age 18, he created a cloud-based hosting network and his own computer operating system.

Eager to launch his own mobile communications company, Freddie designed a VOIP - Voice Over Internet Protocol network - that transmits voice to and from the USA from more than 80 countries’ landline and mobile connections. He achieved another milestone in 2011, when the company received approval from the FCC to own a spectrum, leading to the construction of the company’s first cellular tower.

“I’ve had a pretty good life,” said Freddie, who was raised by his adoptive parents in Quincy, Florida, located just outside of Tallahassee.

“My parents really supported me . . . I am continuing to be innovative because I know that's how I can try to stay ahead of the competition.”

all Chesapeake Bay states meet their cleanup obligations.”

“The president’s budget proposal to entirely eliminate funding for the Chesapeake Bay cleanup effort is incredibly short-sighted. The Chesapeake Bay is an essential economic engine in this region, supporting thousands of jobs in the fishery and tourism industries and generating millions in revenue each year,” Warner said. “Since the implementation of the Chesapeake Bay Program in 1983, we’ve seen tremendous improvements in the health of the Bay. “I strongly urge congressional appropriators to reject the president’s request, and look forward to working with the entire regional delegation to Congress to ensure we don’t endanger the years of progress that have been made in restoring the health of the Chesapeake Bay.”

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