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Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Watch: Mayor Denies Affair With LAPD Officer Anita Moreno
OFFICER ANITA MORENO WITH MAYOR VILLARAIGOSA OCTOBER 2005
Graphic Courtesy of ERS News
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has denied an affair with Anita Moren an LAPD officer assigned to his security detail, Eric Leonard reports:
L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has denied a rumor he had another affair with an attractive LAPD officer assigned to his protective detail.
The officer — already named in other news reports — was transferred to the bodyguard unit from a training division assignment in 2005, according to department records obtained by KFI NEWS under the California Public Records Act.
Ok, fair enough.
But, why was Officer Anita Moreno transferred to the protective bodyguard detail?
And is this the normal protocol for selecting Mayor’s security officers?
A denial is one thing but note the half-stonewall.
Will Officer Moreno answer questions from the press?
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Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Watch: In the Garden of Telemundo
Graphic courtesy of the Daily News – Note Cardinal Mahoney in the tree
In today’s episode of the Mayor Villar – Mirthala Salinas novella, Rick Orlov of the Daily News has a piece about the Mayor thanking his political friends for not piling on.First there was the Redemption Tour. Now, it’s gratitude time.
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is making the rounds among elected officials these days thanking them for not taking any shots at him – in the press, at least – over his marital problems.
The mayor has had private meetings, calls and dinners with various officials to express his gratitude and to renew pledges of cooperation with the City Council to continue to push his agenda.
“The mayor is just letting us know he appreciates that none of us were piling on during the height of the controversy,” said one official, who asked not to be identified.
Did the Mayor send flowers to the Los Angeles Times and the major television networks, too?
If this story had broken about Riordan or Hahn, there would already be calls for resignation or recall.
And, what is up with the silence from the LAPD about the use of the Mayor’s security detail to cover up the affair? This NEVER would have happened under Ed Davis.
Villaraigosa and Salinas wait out a pause in filming on the north steps of the state Capitol. Salinas is now a news anchor on Telemundo 52, June 19, 2006 (now on leave).
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Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Watch: Anita Moreno and the Mayor? #2 Did the Mayor Request Latina Security?
OFFICER ANITA MORENO WITH MAYOR VILLARAIGOSA OCTOBER 2005
Graphic Courtesy of ERS News
Luke Ford has four audio clips of a Sunday 5 PM KABC interview by Rob Nelson with ERS News‘ Eric Longabardi where he states:
During the 5 p.m. show, Eric says the mayor specifically requested that women on his security detail be Latina.
Attractive latina Anita Moreno skipped the normal process to get on the mayor’s security detail, presumably upon the request of the mayor.
Eric: “The attitude within the Spanish-language media is that Villaraigosa is their guy. He’s on their team. The slack they give him is over the line… They give journalistic heads-up way out of line…telling him in advance of questions so he doesn’t get side-swiped.”
Audio Clip # 1 is here: where Lonabardi discusses expenditure of public funds when Mayor Villar had his security detail present while he met Telemundo’s Mirthala Salinas for their persoanl relationship.
Audio Clip #2 is here: Lonabardi discusses the Mayor’s security detail and how LAPD officers are normally chosen from the Metro Division and Anita Moreno was not and had to be specifically requested from the Mayor. The LAPD and Mayor’s office will NOT explain why; and favorable press treatment of Mayor Villar from the Hispanic Spanish language media, for example, giving a journalistic heads up to Mayor Villar such as the questions prior to an interview.
Audio Clip #3 is here: Lonabardi discusses how sources in the Spanish language media have come to him and want this Mayoral preferential press treatment exposed in the media because it violates journalistic ethics. They welcome the Mayor’s exposure so it will stop.
Audio Clip #4 is here: Lonbardi discusses the Mayor’s program on Univision: “Villaraigosa on Your Side.” And journalistic ethics violations regarding this program which cross the line. Sources inside Telemundo told Lonbardi that it was well known that the Mayor was sleeping with Salinas and that Telemundo management was either incompetent or deaf, dumb and blind. It got to the point that Mirthala Salinas announced “on air” that the Mayor’s wife filed for divorce while she knew full well she was the “other woman” – and everyone at Telemundo knew it; a caller states the security detail issue is a non-issue because he always has his security with him whether he is visitng his mother or Mirthala Salinas. But, as Lonbardi explains, the Mayor is not the President of the United States and at the end of the day dispenses with his security detail. There are LAPD protocols where they Mayor may request a discharge of his security detail. So, he could have dismissed the detail prior to visiting with Mirthala Salinas but did not do so; Since the story about their affair broke two weeks ago, Mirthala Salinas has been hiding out and using a PR spokesperson arranged through the Mayor’s office and Ameriquest Corporation (a large campaign contributor of the Mayor and his former employer, while he was out of office).
During the course of a television interview on June 19, 2006, Villaraigosa walks with Salinas outside the state Capitol.
Stay tuned…….
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Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Watch: Anita Moreno and the Mayor?
OFFICER ANITA MORENO WITH MAYOR VILLARAIGOSA OCTOBER 2005
Graphic Courtesy of ERS News
Eric Longabardi has the story:ERSNews has been investigating the alleged relationship of Mayor Villaraigosa and a female member of his LAPD security detail. The officer, who ERS/The Enterprise Report can reveal exclusively is 14-year LAPD veteran Anita Moreno, works on the Mayor’s protective security detail provided by the LAPD. Officer Moreno has previously worked for the LAPD’s Pacific Division and also for the training division of the LAPD over her long law enforcement career.
According to multiple sources, the mayor has had a relationship with officer Moreno of some kind. The exact nature of that relationship is still unknown. ERS sought comment from the LAPD, The Mayor’s office and directly from Ms. Moreno herself concerning any personal relationship she has had or does have with Mayor Villaraigosa. Prior to the publication of this report there was no response back to inquiries made by ERSNews from any of the contacted parties.
ERSNews has also confirmed that Officer Moreno has previously worked on the Mayor’s security detail dating as far back as late 2005. She is officially assigned to Chief Bratton’s office. According to the Chief’s office she is currently “on loan†to the Mayor’s office and ERSNews has confirmed she was working on the Mayor’s security detail as recent as today (7/20/07).
A week ago or so it was rumored over at Mayor Sam’s by an anonymous commenter that something may be up with the Mayor and a member of his security detail.
Also, that this person was “selected” by the Mayor to be on his security detail although she was not a member of the “Metro Division” from where the security detail officers usually are trained.
This story is weak because of the anonymous sourcing but Flap will put it out there because obvously somebody has been talking.
How about it readers? Anyone know the real poop on Anita Moreno and her REAL relationship to the Mayor?
LAPD Office Anita Moreno
Graphic courtesy of ERS News
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Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Watch: Telemundo Faces Ethics Dilemma in Mirthala Salinas Affair
Graphic courtesy of ERS News
Telemundo faces tough choice in ethics case involving newscaster
Spanish language broadcaster Telemundo finds itself in a tough position as it investigates a political reporter who had an affair with Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and then reported on air that he was splitting from his wife of 20 years.
Mirthala Salinas, 35, who has been on leave for two weeks while the station investigates her conduct, has said station managers knew of her relationship with the mayor before she anchored the news of his break up. As a result, Telemundo is likely to be second-guessed no matter what happens to Salinas.
Ethics experts have already blasted Telemundo affiliate KVEA for not conducting a probe when station managers were first informed of her relationship with Villaraigosa 11 months ago.
While some may paint the Salinas affair as an obvious conflict of interest, the private nature of the relationship may make it harder for Telemundo to apply ethics guidelines.
Private nature of the relationship? What are they talking about? Everyone in the newsroom and management at NBC/Telemundo knew for months that Mirthala had an ongoing illicit and secret affair with the Mayor of Los Angeles.
As Luke Ford asked: why hasn’t anyone done a story on Mirthala’s reputation as a Power Fuc**r.
It is well known that Salinas had sexual relationships with both Speaker of the California Assembly Fabian Nunez and former City Council President and now California State Senator Alex Padilla.
Mayor Villaragosia and Mirthala Salinas both attend the (SVREP)
Southwest Voter Registration Education Project Latino Vote 2005 Banquet
in Los Angeles. Salina’s former boyfriend California’s Speaker of the
Assembly Fabian Nunez is also in attendance.
(July 15th, 2005)Balancing Telemundo’s responsibility to Salinas with what it owes the public could explain the length of the investigation.
“There’s what they have to do legally. But then the other issue is what they owe their audience to recover their credibility. That’s a completely different question,” said Kelly McBride, ethics group leader at the Poynter Institute, a journalism foundation in St. Petersburg, Fla.
The station might also be carefully considering how to change the culture that allowed Salinas to continue in her job after revealing she was secretly dating the mayor.
Station managers said they removed Salinas from the political beat when the affair became known.
“I don’t think you can be complicit in dishonest behavior, even if it is private behavior and especially if it involves a very powerful public official,” McBride said.
Station spokesman Victor Franco declined to discuss the situation.KNBC fired Kyung Lah for her convoluted affair with a KNBC producer. Remember?
Remember who fired Kyung Lah, “Today in L.A.” producer Jeff Soto, and 11 p.m. news producer Jim Bunner – General Manager Paula Madison.
Manuel Abud VP/GM KVEA-TV/Telemundo & Paula Madison former
General Manager KNBC-TV Los AngelesFrom Eric Longabardi
Sources inside NBC/Universal confirm to ERSNews that Paula Madison, former General Manager of KNBC-TV and now head of diversity for NBC/Universal had the authority and was in fact the person who was responsible for removing Salinas from the political reporting beat due to her personal relationship with the Mayor. ERSNews sought direct comment from Ms. Madison about her role in the case, but was referred to NBC/Telemundo spokesman Victor Franco, who declined comment, saying only that the internal investigation of the matter was nearing completion and they withhold any comment until it was complete. Asked by ERSNew.com when that would be, spokesman Franco would only say “soon”.
So, will Paula Madison pull the trigger on Mirthala Salinas and fire her?
Doubtful……
If they do terminate her, the resulting lawsuit against NBC/Universal/Telemundo will put all of management under oath to testify as to what they knew and when they knew it. Management knew about the affair and “covered it up” to enrich their station’s access to the Mayor’s office.
Mirhtala Salinas will NOT be fired.
Ethics dilemmas for NBC and Telemundo?
What ethics?
Stay tuned…….
During the course of a television interview on June 19, 2006, Villaraigosa walks with Salinas outside the state Capitol.
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Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Watch: Mirthala Salinas Question of the Day
“The little firecracker with the Chiclet smile†and Mayor Villaraigosa
Why Doesn’t The News Media Camp Outside Of Mirthala Salinas’s Studio City Condo?
But, he only has it part right.
Mayor Villar is their ideological soul-mate of the LEFT. And the LEFT in the media take care (spelled burying the dirt) of their AMIGO in City Hall.
Does Mirthala live in Sherman Oaks or Studio City? And why is a city lobbyist and political contributor to the Mayor having anything to do with where the Mayor’s girlfriend lives or her mother lives or they both live?
KNBC, where are you when we need you?
Has KNBC pursued legal action to obtain the Mayor’s calendar and his Blackberry e-mails, like they promised?
City Councilman Antonio Villaraigosa is interviewed by reporter Mirthala Salinas of Telemundo at Factor’s Famous Deli on May 19, 2005 in Los Angeles
Update:
Now, the LAPD is stonewalling the press citing security concerns on whether the Mayor’s police bodyguards were with him ( at public expense) when he was visiting/screwing/having dinner with Telemundo political reporter Mirthala Salinas.
Villaraigosa was asked at a news conference this month if taxpayers subsidized his relationship with Salinas and he answered with two words: absolutely not. He did not elaborate.
The mayor has set a high benchmark for accountability for himself: “Honesty and ethics in City Hall start at the top,” he said a few days after being sworn in 2005, when he imposed reforms intended to ensure integrity in city government.
Across the nation, law enforcement routinely takes extensive measures to protect the security of high-profile public officials. Last year Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said the Hispanic mayor received death threats during the national debate on immigration reform.
Robert McCrie, a professor of security management at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York, said the city can reasonably argue that dates, locations and times for upcoming travel can be regarded as private for security reasons. But there is no threat to the mayor by confirming after the fact that he was accompanied on a trip by a police security detail, he said.
“It’s an expenditure of the public purse to accompany the mayor on such trips. It’s therefore a matter that reasonably can be provided to the public,” McCrie said.
Stonewall and cover-up are the norm for a Los Angeles Mayor who pledged honesty and ethics in City Hall.
How quaint……… How ridiculous…….
Hypocritically scandalous.
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Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Watch: What and When Did Telemundo/NBC Know About the Villaraigosa – Mirthala Salinas Affair?
Graphic courtesy of ERS News
As Flap was driving home from Ventura last night from his CPR renewal course, KFI’s John Ziegler was laughing at Telemundo/NBC and their “COVER THEIR ASS” investigative story on the Villaraigosa – Mirthala Salinas affair.The inside poop is that management and staff KNEW Villaraigosa and Salinas had a “personal relationship” for months or years.
Eric Longabardi mentions this in his piece from yesterday.
Manuel Abud VP/GM KVEA-TV/Telemundo & Paula Madison former
General Manager KNBC-TV Los AngelesSo, is the Ana Garcia piece, investigating her “own shop,” since Telemundo and KNBC operate out of the same facilities, really a FAUX ATTEMPT to investigate the affair and the Mayor?
Probable.
And why has NBC/Telemundo been reluctant to fire Salinas while NBC had no hesitation to dump and fire Kyung Lah?
Isn’t it obvious?
Telemundo and NBC were as big a MEDIA WHORE as Mirthala Salinas. Her relationship with the Mayor gave them exclusive access to stories. Information and access = media dollars.
The scandal here is as much Telemundo’s as it is Mirthala’s.
So, Flap asks again: What you gonna do, Telemundo?
The TRPI 20th Anniversary Gala Dinner. Mayor Villaraigosa and Speaker of
the California Assembly Fabian Nunez are in attendance. Mirthala
Salinas is there as well.
(May 18th 2006)Mayor Villaragosia and Mirthala Salinas both attend the (SVREP)
Southwest Voter Registration Education Project Latino Vote 2005 Banquet
in Los Angeles. Salina’s former boyfriend California’s Speaker of the
Assembly Fabian Nunez is also in attendance.
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Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Watch: KNBC Television Requests Mayor’s E-mails and Calendar
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KNBC Calls On Mayor Villaraigosa To Release E-Mails, Official Schedule
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s relationship with a television reporter is raising new questions about his conduct as it relates to city business, KNBC News reported.
Under California’s Public Records Act, KNBC reporter Ana Garcia asked the mayor to show the station his e-mails and his official calendar.
But, according to Garcia, the mayor’s attorneys refused to turn over most of the things the station requested.
Finally, a MSM outlet is investigating Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and his sordid love affair with Telemundo Channel 52 political reporter Mirthala Salinas.
The transcript of the report is here.
Luke Ford has the audio of the report here.
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Telemundo Channel 52 political reporter Mirthala Salinas with whom the Mayor has admitted to having an affair
So, what is the FLAP?
1. The Mayor is stonewalling the press and the public’s right to know his schedule, his communications and what he does on the “public’s dime.”
2. Mayor Villar has preferentially given interviews and press access to his girl friend, Mirthala Salinas.
3. Hizzoner availed himself of a private jet to fly to Rosa Parks funeral, paid by a special interest and campaign contributor, Ameriquest Corporation because the Mayor could not timely take a commercial flight because he wanted to spend time with Mirthala Salinas at her Studio City condominium.
The schedule from KNBC video report
Mirthala Salinas’ condominium in Studio City
As Flap said yesterday, THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG.
KNBC will be successful with their information request – even if they have to obtain a court order. And who knows what other distracting and/or inopportune liaisons (with food and wine) the Mayor has had with Mirthala Salinas over his Mayoral tenure.
In the meantime, the sounds of crickets are heard at the Los Angeles Times and Telemundo.
Stay tuned…….
During the course of a television interview on June 19, 2006, Villaraigosa walks with Salinas outside the state Capitol.
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Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Watch: Mirthala Salinas and the New York Minute
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Telemundo Channel 52 political reporter Mirthala Salinas with whom the Mayor has admitted to having an affair
Ana Garcia of KNBC Channnel 4 television will have a video report on the 11 PM PDT news that shows unprecedented and exclusive press access given by the Mayor to Mirthala Salinas when the Mayor traveled to New York City in March 2006.
As Flap says: THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG.
Stay tuned…….
Mayor Villaraigosa and Telemundo political reporter Mirthala Salinas in March 2006 trip to New York
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Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Watch: Monday Antonio and Mirthala
While everyone is waiting Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to emerge from self-imposed media exile and begin his political rehabilitation we will review:
Here is a round-up from Kevin Roderick at LA Observed:
- George Skelton: “Villaraigosa was heralded as a rising star until very recently. Now he’s in danger of flaming out….Turns out he lacked the self-discipline to avoid scandal.” LAT
- Gregory Rodriguez: “In both mayoral campaigns, Hahn aides whispered to me and others about having a ‘nuke bomb’ about Villaraigosa’s alleged extramarital lapses…Having followed his career, covered him and talked to countless others about him in the years since, I am not the least bit surprised by his current predicament.” LAT
- Tony Castro: “Praying for the mayor is her way of handling her anger and disillusionment about his affair – an affront she, like a lot of Latinas, is taking personally. So much of an affront, political analysts say, that it threatens his longtime core support: Latinas for whom Villaraigosa was once the Latino prodigal son.” DN
- Tim Rutten: “Clearly, the mayor would not be in the fix he’s in — and it’s quite a fix — without the emergence of a vigorous online media that is reshaping the city’s political landscape….Salinas and Villaraigosa have behaved recklessly in an environment that, for better or worse, has become unforgiving.” LAT
- Earl Ofari Hutchinson: “She is not a nameless, faceless woman swept up in an impassioned affair with Villaraigosa. She is a respected and influential newscaster known to thousands of viewers. They rely on her to present an objective and honest appraisal of the personalities and the issues that she reports on. That’s not to say that Salinas didn’t report objectively about Villaraigosa. It just raises questions.” DN
- “All I can say is that if I were him, I wouldn’t make any plans to run for the Democratic nomination [for governor] in 2010,” said [Larry] Gerston, a political science professor at San Jose State. LAT
- Chris Weinkopf: “Villaraigosa has so far shown no sense of wrongdoing, let alone contrition. It’s ironic, because he should know better than anyone the heartbreak a departing dad can inflict.” DN
- Mariel Garza: “Villaraigosa will do a little squirming, give us all the sad eyes (except maybe a special wink for that cute young reporter on the side), and wait it out until Paris Hilton gets in trouble again and the cameras move on….But Salinas might have to go to Salinas to get a job in Spanish-language TV news after this.” DN
- Editorial: “If Salinas is telling the truth, then the station was guilty not just of violating journalistic standards, but of violating the integrity of one of its star reporters.” DN
- “While Salinas insists she has conducted herself in an ‘appropriate way,’ her former lover is fighting for his political life.” U.K. Sunday Mail:
- “He seemed so great, San,” says L.A., her voice cracking just a bit. “A great image — hardworking, charismatic, so politically adept — you know, one of those captivating guys that brings people together and gets things done….And we all bought it.” San Antonio Express-News
City Councilman Antonio Villaraigosa is interviewed by reporter Mirthala Salinas of Telemundo at Factor’s Famous Deli on May 19, 2005 in Los Angeles
And here is Kevin Roderick over at KCRW:
As most everybody now knows, Antonio Villaraigosa has a girlfriend on the side. He’s had her for most of the two years he’s been in charge at City Hall.
We all learned about it because the little Daily News outhustled the Times and forced the mayor to cop to his secret life.
In this same spot three weeks ago, I admitted to not knowing if the mayor was having an affair. I had heard the rumors, like most of the journalists who observe Villaraigosa.
I knew that he came with a reputation as a womanizer.
But I never tried to prove he was cheating on his wife, Corina — I didn’t care that much.
I care more now, after a flurry of plot twists that would make for a pretty steamy telenovela.
Ok, the press was giving Hizzoner a PASS and a big one at that…..let’s move on…..
Telemundo 52 reporter Mirthala Salinas, top left in red, at a news conference by Villaraigosa outside Gov. Schwarzenegger’s office in Sacramento on June 20, 2006, when the mayor was stumping for a bill that would give him more control over the L.A. Unified School District.
Flap’s friend Mayor Sam has some juicy links, tidbits and poop:
Latinas in Los Angeles are reportedly dropping their support for the Mayor in droves. Many of them who supported Villaraigosa in the past are saying never again. One woman interviewed by the Whittier Daily News prays and lights candles for the Mayor and his estranged wife as a way of “handling her anger and disillusionment.”
Reports are that Mayor V plans to begin a major rehabilitation effort starting Monday including an all out assault on potholes and alleged spiritual counseling from Cardinal Roger Mahoney.
Well, maybe Bill Clinton will be called in for damage control as well. But, what about Sabrina Kay and the mystery Metro LAPD officer and for that matter as Luke Ford raised yesterday, what about these possibles:
Cecile Ablack
Tina Choi, planning commissionerUnnamed Deputy on mayor’s security detail
Cynthia Ruiz (president of the Board of Public Works of the City of Los Angeles)
Celine Cordero (Homeland security for Los Angeles)
Jennie Carreon de Lacey (LAUSD school administrator)
Patricia Higuera (more, more) Pregnant Latina La Raza Activist Attorney
Haco Hoang – Policy analyst for mayor, Poli Sci prof gets smashed on this thread
Flap understands why Cardinal Mahoney will counsel Mayor Villar – SEX ADDICTION. Mahoney knows all about this affliction, now doesn’t he?
Los Angeles City Planning Commissioner and Philanthropist Sabrina Kay
Radar Online reports that Mayor Villaraigosa’s situation definitely presents a big problem for Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
Writing in the Daily News Earl Ofari Hutchinson says that the Mayor’s relationship with Mirthala Salinas “crosses the line” and raises troubling questions when an elected official has an affair with a journalist.
Newsbusters points out that he LA Times makes quite a dumb point in an editorial claiming that Republicans seem to get away with affairs more than Democrats. I guess they forgot about Bill Clinton avoiding conviction on impeachment. The more I think about it I don’t see the point of the Times’ logic.
The Inland Valley Daily Bulletin is living in some kind of fantasy world. The paper editorializes that these sex scandals won’t hurt the Mayor and that he has some kind of “potential.”
Ok, is that enough for Monday morning?
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s admission that he has a relationship with TV anchor Mirthala Salinas comes less than a month after he announced his separation from his wife of two decades, Corina Villaraigosa. She filed for divorce the next day.
One more…….
Corina might be the most sympathetic character in the affaire d’mayor. But Mirthala Salinas, the proverbial other woman, loses a lot as well. Besides being cast as the evil interloper and a serial-Latino-politician-dater, her rising journalistic star is falling. She’s lost her credibility, her reputation and maybe even her high-profile job at Telemundo. After that, not even Rocky Delgadillo would date her.
OUCH……
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