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<h1 data-aos="fade-down" id="daily-dose">Daily-Dose</h1>
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<h1 data-aos="fade-right" data-aos-anchor-placement="top-bottom" id="contents">Contents</h1>
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<li><a href="#from-new-yorker">From New Yorker</a></li>
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<li><a href="#from-vox">From Vox</a></li>
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<li><a href="#from-the-hindu-sports">From The Hindu: Sports</a></li>
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<li><a href="#from-the-hindu-national-news">From The Hindu: National News</a></li>
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<li><a href="#from-bbc-europe">From BBC: Europe</a></li>
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<li><a href="#from-ars-technica">From Ars Technica</a></li>
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<li><a href="#from-jokes-subreddit">From Jokes Subreddit</a></li>
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<h1 data-aos="fade-right" id="from-new-yorker">From New Yorker</h1>
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<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Virtual-Reality School as the Ultimate School Choice</strong> - The conservative education activist Erika Donalds envisions a world where parents unsatisfied with their public schools can opt out by putting their kids in a headset. - <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-education/virtual-reality-school-as-the-ultimate-school-choice">link</a></p></li>
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<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>The Twilight of Mitch McConnell and the Spectre of 2024</strong> - On the dangerous reign of the octogenarians. - <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-bidens-washington/the-twilight-of-mitch-mcconnell-and-the-spectre-of-2024">link</a></p></li>
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<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Texas’s Dying Swimming Holes</strong> - Taking a dip in the summer was as central to the state’s identity as barbecue and Willie Nelson. Then came a population boom and climate change. - <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-the-southwest/texass-dying-swimming-holes">link</a></p></li>
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<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Mark Thompson, CNN’s New White Knight</strong> - After a turbulent year under new ownership, the cable news network is hoping that Mark Thompson, a veteran of the Times and the BBC, can turn things around. - <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-communications/cnns-new-white-knight-mark-thompson">link</a></p></li>
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<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Hurricane Idalia’s Explosive Power Comes from Abnormally Hot Oceans</strong> - By burning fossil fuels, humans force the oceans to soak up the heat equivalent of a Hiroshima-size bomb, over and over again. - <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-a-warming-planet/hurricane-idalias-explosive-power-comes-from-abnormally-hot-oceans">link</a></p></li>
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<li><strong>TikTok has transformed the concert experience</strong> -
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Fans rally before Taylor Swift performs during The Eras Tour at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood on August 7, 2023. | Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images
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Fans are creating new concert traditions for a new age.
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It started with simple nostalgia. In the wake of the pandemic, Craig Powers, a 38-year-old researcher from Tacoma, rediscovered his love for his favorite bands and albums. But as Powers dove deeper and deeper into the music world, he found himself not only returning to beloved artists, but discovering new music and albums. This was largely thanks to <a href="https://www.vox.com/tiktok">TikTok</a>, which constantly served him concert clips of stylistically adjacent musicians via his feed, a broad swath of emo, metalcore, and post-punk artists.
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At the peak of this new/old obsession, however, Powers realized a grim truth about social media: Watching bands on TikTok didn’t put money in those artists’ pockets, and streaming residuals are so paltry that listening to albums on <a href="https://www.vox.com/spotify">Spotify</a> or <a href="https://www.vox.com/youtube">YouTube</a> wasn’t enough. If Powers wanted to support all the new bands he was into, he couldn’t just watch concert clips on his feed: He needed to go to the concerts themselves.
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So Powers, who tells me he never does “anything half-assed,” started out 2023 with a goal of seeing 30 concerts before the end of the year. The journey he embarked on led him to recapture his love of live music, discover even more bands, and hit his goal far earlier than he expected: He took in concert number 30, Weezer, last month. And of course, he <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@craigwpowers">documented it all on TikTok</a>, where it all began.
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Powers isn’t the only person whose relationship to live entertainment has changed profoundly in recent years. The age of streaming media has brought with it increased access to concert footage, front-row fancams, and highly mobilized fanbases who approach everything about the concert season like it’s their job. From buying tickets (good luck) to prepping for the big night by carefully planning the perfect concert outfit, these fans do it all — and many of them do it on camera, sharing the whole experience with other die-hards online.
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Clearly we’re in a new era of concert media — and as with all eras, we’ve both gained and lost a little along the way.
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These aren’t your mom’s bootlegs
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Across a huge range of genres from K-pop to hardcore, streaming and sharing platforms like TikTok and <a href="https://www.vox.com/instagram-news">Instagram</a> are changing the way people think about streamed concert footage and viral moments from a live event. The savviest artists not only know that their audience will have their phones out, but anticipate it. Last year, Rosalía and TikTok jointly <a href="https://www.teenvogue.com/story/tiktok-and-rosalia-just-got-a-latin-grammy-nomination-together">earned a Latin Grammy nomination</a> for <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y51P8HNpwaM">a music film</a> full of bite-size, clippable moments, all filmed on mobile phones, that aired live on the platform. And Taylor Swift <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KudedLV0tP0">just announced</a> the release of an entire movie of her already-legendary Eras tour — conveniently dropping <em>before</em> the European leg of that tour kicks off.
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Livestreamed and social media-boosted concert clips have become so ubiquitous that it’s jarring to look back and remember that for most of the internet’s history, filming concerts at all was verboten. Blogs like <a href="https://www.nyctaper.com/">NYC Taper</a> and <a href="https://bbchron.blogspot.com/">BB Chronicles</a>, alongside an endless rotation of torrent servers, specialized in sharing concert clips and archiving bootleg recordings of vintage concerts. The website <a href="https://relisten.net/">Relisten</a> specializes in curating much of the live concert footage shared on the Internet Archive across decades — everything from the Grateful Dead to bluegrass band Trampled by Turtles. The undertone of all these websites boils down to “please don’t sue us”; many of these blogs include disclaimers stressing that their collections are meant to supplement, not replace, the live concert experience.
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This shamefaced, don’t-ask-don’t-tell approach to bootlegging concerts has long since been obliterated by the seismic shift created by the era of smartphones. Though some artists still <a href="https://mynorthwest.com/3646988/comedians-musicians-adopting-no-phone-policies-shows/">attempt to ban phones</a> and recordings of live concerts, that ship has largely sailed. The order of the day is selfie sticks and vertical zoom. “Put down your phones and dance!” one TikTok user <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@localconcertbuddy/video/7199025335659138347">opined</a> earlier this year, only to be met with a chorus of users responding that they could hold their phones and dance at the same time.
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The mass mainstreaming of pop music fandoms has also profoundly changed the audience’s approach to concerts. In particular, <a href="https://www.vox.com/culture/21258262/k-pop-essential-playlist-guide-for-beginners">K-pop stan culture</a>, with its extremely structured process for the concert experience, has profoundly impacted the way fanbases across the world approach live performances: They are to be filmed, micro-analyzed, edited into fancams and bite-size, social-ready clips, and spread across the internet.
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Fans come to these concerts dressed to the nines, armed with fan chants, merch, <a href="https://thesoulofseoul.net/a-guide-to-kpop-lightsticks-what-to-know-and-where-to-get-them/">lightsticks</a>, and other shows of support like <a href="https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/a43948812/taylor-swift-friendship-bracelets-eras-tour-explained/">Swifties’ friendship bracelets</a>. Whether it’s through chants, sing-along, or call-and-response, many concerts are also more interactive than ever, and the expectation for audience engagement is high. Fans who show up for Beyoncé’s Renaissance tour better come prepared to carry their half of the performance. Meanwhile, Swifties now have so many fanchants they <a href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2023-07-31/the-unofficial-fan-chants-to-learn-ahead-of-taylor-swifts-la-shows">require explainers</a>. “Eras tour is becoming more and more like the rocky horror picture show and i love it,” one fan <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@tyvid5/video/7225499245938527534">commented</a> on a viral fanchant video from April, referring to the cult film whose famously interactive screenings have become a pop culture staple.
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<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@.hilarycortez?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="@.hilarycortez">@.hilarycortez</a>
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Tonight was phenomenal <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/renaissancetour?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="renaissancetour">#renaissancetour</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/renaissanceworldtour?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="renaissanceworldtour">#renaissanceworldtour</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/santaclara?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="santaclara">#santaclara</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/beyonce?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="beyonce">#beyonce</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/fyp?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="fyp">#fyp</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/foryou?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="foryou">#foryou</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/renaissance?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="renaissance">#renaissance</a>
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<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-7273396703275846442?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="♬ original sound - Lily ">♬ original sound - Lily </a>
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“Because of social media, in the last 10 to 12 years I’ve seen a shift from people just wearing jeans and a band T-shirt to concerts to curating looks wholly designed to be pictured on social media,” Sara Sirignano, a 23-year-old fan from Cleveland, told me. Sirignano and her friends “ritually plan[ned] out our outfits for weeks [and] months ahead” of shows, she said.
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“Genuinely would rather skip the show than not have a good outfit planned for it,” she joked. She’s seen multiple concerts this year, but the highlight, she told me, was catching the Lumineers in London and Harry Styles in Frankfurt, Germany, while on a backpacking trip through Europe.
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When she wasn’t seeing the shows in person, she was glued, like millions of other fans, to livestreams of Taylor Swift’s Eras tour — a production so regimented that multiple fans told me they knew the setlist and knew exactly which time to tune in every night during the tour to see which “surprise” song Taylor would be singing that night. Powers’ friends would tune in from the local bar and inform their bar mates what the surprise Taylor song was. Sirignano would bond nightly over the livestream with her sisters, who live in other states.
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Concert livestreams, in essence, have become an extension of the live event for millions of fans. This hybrid experience is uniquely defined both by this era of streaming and this era of <a href="https://www.vox.com/internet-culture">fandom</a>. Liz, a 22-year-old BTS fan from Los Angeles, traveled to multiple cities across the US and Canada to see BTS rapper Min Yoon-gi (a.k.a.<strong> </strong>Suga<strong> </strong>and Agust D) on his solo tour this year, and still livestreamed most of the concerts she didn’t get to see in person.
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“I was hunting down livestream links so I could watch every stop,” she told me. In privately recorded footage she shared with me, she and her friends watched the livestream of the final concert of the tour. There’s a dramatic moment when the stage goes dark unexpectedly, right before Suga brings out a special guest. Because they all knew the setlist so well by that point, Liz and friends start screaming excitedly before anything has even happened onstage.
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“There’s a super special type of joy when there’s a surprise on tour like a special guest or a new song,” Liz said. But, she stressed, “Even without the surprise, we were having a great time watching the same setlist for like … honestly the 20th time probably.”
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This seems to prove all prior hesitation about allowing fans to record and share the artist’s copyrighted material extremely wrong. There’s a tangible benefit to encouraging this level of fandom and even this remote form of the live concert-going experience. Indeed, many fans expect that they’ll be able to view concert streams and clips in advance as a form of homework and engagement with the concert and the music itself. Multiple fans I spoke to described learning the setlists for bands they were going to see on popular sites like <a href="https://www.setlist.fm/">Setlist.fm</a>, which has over 7 million setlists contributed by fans. This allows them to both familiarize themselves with the music and plan their arrival and departure times.
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For some, fans uploading concert footage and giving tips can also help alleviate anxiety around the logistics of concert planning. TikTok’s <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/concerttips">#concerttips</a> tag is full of <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@rileysconcertfootage/video/7270621512867089707">vital information</a> like when and how to buy tickets, where in the venue you want to sit, and how to prep for hours of concert activity. <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@yomrants/video/7153284077183880453">Phone etiquette</a> is a big subject as well: Reminders to bring your charger or a battery pack, free up storage for concert videos, and tips for how to get the best-quality concert footage when you record.
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The assumption that audiences <em>will</em> be recording is striking: No one I spoke with had any issues with the abundance of phones at concerts; not even the <a href="https://www.vox.com/culture/23835782/concert-attack-cardi-b-pink-ashes-movie-theater">recent spate of unruly concert disruptions</a> seemed to dampen fan enthusiasm. At this point in the life of the modern live event, there’s a built-in acknowledgment that the “live” part has already been mediated in multiple ways before the fan even arrives at the venue: By the concert clips you’ve already seen, by the setlists you’ve already memorized, by the big screens that help you see the singer, and by the phone you already have in your hand.
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<a href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2022-03-10/mitski-bruno-mars-silk-sonic-cell-phones-concerts">That shift has been hard</a> for some artists to adjust to. “When I’m on stage and look to you but you are gazing into a screen, it makes me feel as though those of us on stage are being taken from and consumed as content, instead of getting to share a moment with you,” the artist Mitski <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/mitski-phones-statement-tour-1312596/">wrote last year</a> in a since-deleted <a href="https://www.vox.com/twitter">Twitter</a> thread. “Concerts are weird now,” <a href="https://mashable.com/article/concert-culture-tiktok-matty-healy-harry-styles">Mashable opined</a> in January, arguing that the so-called <a href="https://sarahalessandrini.substack.com/p/tiktokification-tik-tok-music-industry">TikTokification</a> of concerts reduced elaborate stages to short viral clips and ruined their spontaneity.
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All this anxiety invites the question, then: If we already know what we’re getting before we roll up to the stadium, and if we’re not present in the moment because we’re on our phones filming, is there anything left to the “live” experience beyond what social media has already provided?
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Livestreams can tap into the experience — but live performance still retains its power
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“It started from the moment we got out of our car in the parking garage and started walking toward the arena,” Morgan Strehlow, a 33-year-old literary agent from Pennsylvania, told me about seeing Harry Styles in concert. “It did feel like a really powerful experience to be there among kind and joyful people and experience the unifying force of a passionate fandom.”
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For Strehlow and her sister, who live in different states, bonding over first Swift and then Styles had been a major post-pandemic highlight. Like Powers, Strehlow fell into her latest fandom obsession because of her TikTok feed. “I was indifferent before his tour went viral on TikTok,” she said. Once he was on her feed regularly, however, she said she realized: “His music and messages he spreads are really deep and meaningful and soulful. I loved that. I loved the inclusive fan base and concert environment he fostered and how he creates spaces to celebrate all kinds of love. So I wanted to go experience that, too.” She gifted her sister with tickets to one of Styles’s Austin shows last year. The two of them also saw Swift’s Eras tour and had kept up with the livestreams as well — but Strehlow stressed there was no substitute for the live experience.
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“So much of the concert experience for both Styles and Taylor Swift was about experiencing the stadium/arena full of shared joy and delight and love,” she said, “love for the music and the artist, and love for what they represent.”
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Some social media users have <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@nowthis/video/7212750390901624107">expressed concerns</a> about being spoiled for concerts. On TikTok, Sirignano admitted, she’d had to try to avoid being spoiled for the Eras tour. “The Taylor concert and Harry concerts are always everywhere online,” she said. “Clips are unavoidable.” She recalled failing to avoid a major “spoiler” for one of Styles’s surprise performances — <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZATxsSekgV0">a Halloween cover</a> of Britney Spears’s “Toxic” — after fans found out about the song in advance and “ruined it” by spreading it online.
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For Taylor, she said, “I was able to keep a lot of it a secret by consciously deciding to avoid it. But it is something you have to work hard to do.” Some artists try to maintain secrecy for as long as possible. When Beyoncé promoted her Renaissance tour on Instagram in May, she <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CsFSCtNMvrO/">posted footage without sound</a>, leaving fans excited to learn what songs accompanied each clip.
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Still, no one I spoke to felt like the presence of online streaming ultimately detracted from the main event. Fans also stressed that the little things all add up to make a huge experience. “I think getting ready with each other, listening to music, eating, drinking, taking photos, talking about what we’re most excited about for the show, etc., is almost half the fun of the show itself,” Sirignano told me. “I’ve been to Declan McKenna, Maisie Peters, Harry Styles, Taylor Swift, [and] Sabrina Carpenter, in the last few months alone, and we went through that ritual for each show.”
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“If it’s a good moment, it’s gonna feel exciting no matter what,” Liz told me. “Yes, knowing that a song is coming is one thing, but <em>experiencing it</em> live is still magical. Plus the stage mix always hits different, and live vocals are fire.” And after all, she said, “You go because live music is <em>good</em>.”
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Plus, there’s one thing that no amount of livestreaming can replicate: Community in a shared space, a.k.a. “<a href="https://www.vox.com/culture/23835782/concert-attack-cardi-b-pink-ashes-movie-theater">collective effervescence</a>.”
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“I have gained a greater appreciation for the work the artists put in, and I’ve rediscovered my love of live music,” Powers said. “I’ve also developed new friendships and deepened those with friends that attend shows with me.”
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“I remember in 2020 having a conversation with my sister about we would probably never go to another concert ever again and just kind of accepting that as the future,” Strehlow said. “But when we got the chance to finally go to one, and for an artist we loved, we were certainly not going to take it for granted.”
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As for whether livestreaming detracts from the experience in any way, she said it was all yummy apples to delicious oranges.
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“Livestreaming makes concerts more accessible to those who can’t buy tickets or travel for whatever reason,” she said. “A gift! Gathering with tens of thousands of delighted fans to see our favorite artist perform our favorite songs <em>live</em> and in person … A gift! Having the option to log off TikTok until my show … or having the option to stay home but still not totally missing out on the tour? Gifts!”
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In other words, if you’re feeling put off by too much social media in your concert-going habits, maybe it’s time for a reset — or time to broaden your horizons and learn to appreciate the many new ways fans are adjusting and expanding what it means to “attend” a concert in 2023.
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<li><strong>A Canadian study gave $7,500 to homeless people. Here’s how they spent it.</strong> -
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A man protests homelessness in Vancouver. Around 235,000 Canadians experience homelessness each year, and the rates continue to rise. | Mark Ralston/AFP via Getty Images
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The results show the power of cash transfers to reduce homelessness.
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Ray, a man in his 50s, used to live in an emergency homeless shelter in Vancouver, Canada. Then he participated in a study that changed his life. He was able to pay for a place to live and courses to prepare him for his dream job.
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The <a href="https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2222103120">newly published, peer reviewed PNAS study</a>, conducted by the charity <a href="https://forsocialchange.org/">Foundations for Social Change</a> in partnership with the University of British Columbia, was fairly<strong> </strong>simple. It identified 50 people in the Vancouver area who had become homeless in the past two years. In spring 2018, it gave them each one lump sum of $7,500 (in Canadian dollars). And it told them to do whatever they wanted with the cash.
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“At first, I thought it was a little far-fetched — too good to be true,” Ray said. “I went with one of the program representatives to a bank and we opened up a bank account for me. Even after the money was there, it took me a week for it to sink in.”
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Over the next year, the study followed up with the recipients periodically, asking how they were spending the money and what was happening in their lives. Because they were participating in a randomized controlled trial, their outcomes were compared to those of a control group: 65 homeless people who didn’t receive any cash. Both cash recipients and people in the control group got access to workshops and coaching focused on developing life skills and plans.
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Separately, the research team conducted a survey, asking 1,100 people to predict how recipients of an unconditional $7,500 transfer would spend the cash. They predicted that recipients would spend 81 percent more on “temptation goods” like alcohol, drugs, or tobacco if they were homeless than if they were not.
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The results proved that prediction wrong. The recipients of the cash transfers did not increase spending on drugs, tobacco, and alcohol, but did increase spending on food, clothes, and rent, according to self-reports. What’s more, they moved into stable housing faster and saved enough money to maintain financial security over the year of follow-up.
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“Counter to really harmful stereotypes, we saw that people made wise financial choices,” Claire Williams, the CEO of Foundations for Social Change, told me.
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The study, though small, offers a counter to the myths that people who become poor get that way because they’re bad at rational decision-making and self-control, and are thus intrinsically to blame for their situation, and that people getting free money will blow it on frivolous things or addictive substances. <a href="https://www.givedirectly.org/research-on-cash-transfers/">Studies have</a> <a href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/research/dime/brief/Cash-Transfers-and-Temptation-Goods">consistently shown</a> that cash transfers don’t increase the consumption of “temptation goods”; they either decrease it or have no effect on it.
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“I have been working with people experiencing homelessness as a family physician for years and I am in no way surprised that the people who received this cash used it wisely,” Gary Bloch, <a href="https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/5/3/18524482/canada-health-doctor-prescribing-money-income-poverty">a Canadian doctor who prescribes money to low-income patients</a>, told me.
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“It should be fairly self-evident by now that providing cash to people who are very low-income will have a positive effect,” he added. “We have seen that in other work (conditional cash transfer programs in Latin America, guaranteed annual income studies in Manitoba), and I would expect a similar outcome here.”
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What’s more, according to Foundations for Social Change, giving out the cash transfers in the Vancouver area actually saved the broader society money. Enabling 50 people to move into housing faster saved the shelter system $8,277 per person over the year, for a total savings of $413,850. That’s more than the value of the cash transfers, which means the transfers pay for themselves.
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The research team also looked at what’s effective at changing the public perception about cash transfers to homeless people. They found that pointing out how cash transfers actually produce net savings for society, as well as showing how homeless people spend the money, are both effective ways to counter stereotypes among the public.
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“People think that the status quo is cheap, but it’s actually incredibly expensive,” Williams said. “So why don’t we just give people the cash they need to transform their lives?”
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The benefits — and limitations — of giving people free money
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Williams developed the idea for experiment, called the New Leaf Project, when her co-founder sent her a link to a 2014 TED talk by the historian <a href="https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/7/26/8909436/rutger-bregman-utopia-for-realists-ubi-open-borders">Rutger Bregman</a> titled <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIL_Y9g7Tg0">“Why we should give everyone a basic income.”</a> It argued that the most effective way to help people is to simply give them cash.
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The general idea behind basic income — that the government should give every citizen a monthly infusion of free money with no strings attached — has gained momentum in the past few years, with <a href="https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2020/2/19/21112570/universal-basic-income-ubi-map">several countries running pilot programs to test it</a>.
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And the evidence so far shows that getting a basic income tends to boost <a href="https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/2/9/18217566/finland-basic-income">happiness</a>, <a href="https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/nze99z/the-mincome-experiment-dauphin">health</a>, <a href="https://www.centreforpublicimpact.org/case-study/basic-income-grant-big-namibia/">school attendance</a>, and <a href="https://www.vox.com/2019/4/6/18297452/finland-basic-income-free-money-canada">trust in social institutions</a>, while <a href="https://publicpolicy.wharton.upenn.edu/live/files/308-summary-universal-basic-income">reducing crime</a>. Recipients generally spend the money on <a href="https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/10/8/20902839/universal-basic-income-stockton-trial">necessities like food, clothes, and utility bills</a>.
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But Williams and her collaborators decided that rather than give people monthly payments, they’d give one big lump sum. “The <a href="https://www.princeton.edu/haushofer/publications/Haushofer_Shapiro_UCT_QJE_2016.pdf">research</a> shows that if you give people a larger sum of cash upfront, it triggers long-term thinking,” as opposed to just keeping people in survival mode, Williams explained. “You can’t think about maybe registering for a course to advance your life when you don’t have enough money to put food on the table. The big lump sum at the front end gives people a lot more agency.”
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That’s what it did for Ray. In addition to getting housing, he used the cash transfer to take the courses he needed to become a front-line worker serving people with addictions. “Now I can work in any of the shelters and community centers in the area,” he told me, adding that receiving a cash transfer had felt like a vote of confidence. “It gives the person their own self-esteem, that they were trusted.”
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Not everyone was eligible for a cash transfer, however. The study only enrolled participants who’d been homeless for under two years, with the idea that early intervention most effectively reduces the risk of people incurring trauma as a result of living without a home. And people with severe mental health or substance use issues were screened out of the initiative. Williams said this was not out of a belief that there are “deserving poor” and “undeserving poor” — a woefully <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/12/the-undeserving-poor/266507/">persistent frame on poverty</a> — but out of a desire to avoid creating a risk of harm and to ensure the highest likelihood of success.
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“If there was null effect from people receiving the cash, from an investor perspective it could be seen as a ‘waste of money’ because it didn’t actually demonstrate impact in somebody’s life,” Williams said. “We just wanted to start small, and the idea is that with subsequent iterations we’ll start relaxing those parameters.”
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She also said it was a difficult decision to include a control group of people who wouldn’t receive any cash, but ultimately, the control group was deemed necessary to prove impact. “We knew that we needed the rigor, because people would be skeptical about giving people cash. We wanted that evidence base that can assuage some of people’s concerns when they want to see the hard facts,” she told me.
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Going forward, the research team plans to try replicating this study with a much bigger sample of people, and expanding it to other cities in Canada and the US. Based on feedback from study participants and a Lived Experience Advisory Panel — a group of people who’ve experienced homelessness — the team will offer a new array of non-cash supports to both the cash recipients and the control group, including a free smartphone.
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The team also hopes to work with other populations, like people exiting prison and people exiting sex work. To Williams, the time feels ripe.
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“I think the pandemic has really softened people’s attitudes to the need for an emergency cash payment when people fall upon hard times,” she said.
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In fact, Canadian lawmakers are currently considering a <a href="https://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/44-1/bill/S-233/first-reading#:~:text=SUMMARY,with%20respect%20to%20the%20framework">bill</a> that would create a national framework for a guaranteed income to cover basic living expenses for people over age 17. That would include temporary workers, permanent residents, and refugee claimants.
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It’s worth noting that cash on its own probably isn’t enough to end homelessness.
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“While I have no problem with providing cash to people who need money, the solution to homelessness is housing,” Bloch told me. “Especially in a city like Vancouver where housing supply is low and rents are astronomical, it will be very hard to sustain a homelessness intervention without offering long-term affordable housing. I would not want to see these findings used to take pressure off the critical need to provide both long-term affordable housing and long-term income security.”
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That said, Bloch added, “If this study serves to counteract some people’s perception that people who are homeless and/or low-income can’t be trusted with extra income, that’s great. It’s a myth we need to bury once and for all.”
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<em><strong>Update, September 2, 8 am: </strong></em><em>This story was originally published on October 27, 2020, and has been updated to include details about the peer-reviewed study on the New Leaf Project, and about Canada’s guaranteed income bill. </em>
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<li><strong>Consider the road trip</strong> -
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<img alt="An illustration of a car parked on the edge of a cliff, as a man and a dog sit and look out at a beach in the distance." src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/AdQAZJAtqUU44SKO4Y86ql1prrI=/164x0:4735x3428/1310x983/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/72604974/GettyImages_1326411737.0.jpg"/>
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Avoid the airport chaos, roll your windows down, and take to the road for a trip to remember. | Getty Images/fStop
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Airports are a nightmare. What about driving instead?
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The theory of relativity is felt most strongly in a vehicle. A broken AC, busted speakers, or your brother-in-law’s stories from his frat days can make the miles pass so slowly, you wonder if the universe needs a change of battery. Yet, sitting shotgun with the love of your life with a perfect windows-down breeze, it feels like you could drive for days.
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There’s only so much you can control inside a car, and how much you prepare will make all the difference in how your ride feels. So if you’re planning a long car trip and the road ahead feels daunting, we’ve gathered some tips from experts to help. I personally became an expert last year, by surviving, nay, thriving, on a 10-day trip moving from one corner of the country to the other.
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Here’s how you can put more joy into travel on the open road.
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Why the car?
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The open road has become the shinier option again as airports around the country descend into madness. The shortage of <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-future-of-flying-more-delays-more-cancellations-more-chaos/">32,000</a> commercial pilots, mechanics, and air traffic controllers is estimated to cause issues for the next 10 years.
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Even if you avoid the long security lines and the nearly <a href="https://www.transtats.bts.gov/OT_Delay/OT_DelayCause1.asp?20=E">one out of every four</a> flights that are delayed, you’re packed tight with The Others, unable to move your elbows without having to apologize. Of course a plane is faster than a car, but if you factor in the 90-minute arrival window, drive to the airport, luggage wait time, and driving to your destination, it may be closer in duration than you might initially think.
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In your own car, there’s a looser limit on what you can pack, and you can take more than a three-day supply of shampoo. Plus, driving yourself can save you the trouble of needing to book a rental car for your destination.
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In a <a href="https://www.utires.com/articles/road-trips-survey/">survey by United Tires</a>, almost nine out of 10 people said road trips are “one of the best ways for families to bond.” Or kill each other. Let’s help you make it the first one.
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Primp and prep your ride
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“Do we need seat cushions?” I texted my best friend.
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“No,” she responded so quickly that I was sure she knew my Amazon cart was full of anxiety purchases. She would soon fly to Seattle to drive with me and all my worldly possessions 2,993 miles to Florida, across the street from her house, where I was moving. I was determined to make sure that the 43 hours we would spend in the car together would not be a stress test of our friendship.
|
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I was in disaster-prevention mode. How could we keep the vibe high?
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I tried to think of anything that could be mildly annoying. My first thought was the sun. For this, I got two sets of sun shades, and they were the MVP of the trip. The <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00X2TUW1I/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06_s02?ie=UTF8&psc=1">first set</a> expanded on wire rims and stuck to the glass, and were see-through. They gave us shade, but didn’t black out the outside world entirely.
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The <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B2PYX8ZJ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06_s01?ie=UTF8&th=1">second set</a> came in the shape of each window of the vehicle, and used magnets to stick to the frame, providing a complete opaque box. This made security easier, with no one being able to see in the car. It also made it into a dressing room when needed.
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I purchased <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09XJ6MV2B/ref=syn_sd_onsite_desktop_0?ie=UTF8&pd_rd_plhdr=t&th=1">seat belt covers</a>, so that in our summer tank tops, we didn’t have rough straps digging into our collarbones. Even to this day, when people get in my car, they feel them and say “Ooh.”
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I probably didn’t need the <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07RM1PRLS/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1">padded steering wheel cover</a>, but you know what, that breathable microfiber was a lifesaver on my sweaty hands driving at noon in the Nebraska sun.
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The glove compartment had reading material, wipes, and napkins. I made sure a cooler was accessible, and to keep things exciting, I brought bougie treats to ration out across the journey, from smoked salmon to a ginger dark chocolate bar. We packed reusable plastic plates and bamboo cutlery to reduce waste.
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I also organized the hell out of the car. I have one of those deep center consoles, and I put mini Tupperware in there to separate and store coins, cords, and various sauce packets I’ve collected, a habit I became more serious about since I heard about <a href="https://www.today.com/food/man-trapped-snow-5-days-survived-taco-bell-hot-sauce-t149767">that man</a> trapped in his snowed-in vehicle who survived five days on <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/man-eats-sauce-packets-taco-bell-survive-five-days-trapped-snow-fire-sauce-1350018">Taco Bell hot sauce</a>. My best friend mocked this sauce container, until she got a gas station sandwich on the very last day that, lo and behold, lacked both mayo and mustard, two mainstays stocked in the sauce container.
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Safety first
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If you’re handy, you can check out your car yourself. Look at the brakes, tires, and fluids. But if you’re anything like me, you should get a professional thumbs up.
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“If you’re maintaining your car properly, you may not need to take it to a mechanic or a technician to have them take a look at it,” said David Bennett of AAA, an ASE master certified technician with more than 35 years in the industry. Be sure to head to the mechanic shop well in advance of your road trip — don’t take your car in the week of or day before your trip. “If something’s wrong, and they have to order a part, you want to give them time to be able to do that,” Bennett said.
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AAA’s <a href="https://www.aaa.com/autorepair/articles/what-to-have-in-your-car-emergency-kit">emergency kit list</a> includes a flashlight and extra batteries, first-aid supplies, drinking water, non-perishable snacks for both people and pets, car battery booster cables, emergency flares or reflectors, a rain poncho, a basic tool kit, duct tape, gloves, and shop rags or paper towels. May I also recommend peanut M&Ms?
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Bennett also suggests bringing a blanket or towel to lie down on in case you need to look under the car, and gloves in case things get messy (or in case the chocolate melts).
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Other safety tips include a paper map, because you never know when GPS can fail. And also, please, get a phone holder that <em>actually</em> holds the phone. Not the one you bought off Instagram with a suction cup that couldn’t hold a pouf to a shower tile. Who wants to spend time searching the floor of the passenger side for your iPhone? It’s as annoying as it is unsafe.
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Speaking of emergencies, let’s talk music. Download your playlists in advance so you don’t lose your flow. I have a playlist called “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5FSKLd6UqYe13ZxC2i41Vd?si=zxUpm4quTTyYV0E8WLJRwA">Belting</a>,” which is my favorite list to sing, and you may create more harmony in the car if you use Spotify’s Blend feature, which creates playlists that pull from each person’s taste.
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It’s a great idea to discuss the entertainment ahead of time. If you run out of things to talk about, you might have lined up a podcast you both want to check out. If you’re not lucky enough to be traveling with someone you’re particularly close to, it might be a good idea to fill the air with an audiobook.
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“If you’re traveling with a friend, have them bring their favorite album, or their favorite mix or whatever,” said Bennett, “and see if maybe you’ll learn something new.”
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Plan for the what-ifs
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<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="kunw1N">
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While you’re out there on the open road, you still have to think about being prepared.
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“I would not let your gas tank fall below a quarter of a tank at any point in time,” Bennett said. “Because you never know when you could get stuck. We’ve seen it in wintertime. We’ve seen it in summertime.”
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It’s only when people are stuck for hours that they usually remember that gas is their entire power source on the road. You need gas for heating and for cooling, as well as the radio and even to charge your phone.
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He also suggested packing a cooler with drinks and food, evoking the <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/cars-far-can-see-drivers-stranded-hours-95-virginia-winter-storm-rcna10840">2022 I-95 shutdown in Virginia</a> that had some people locked in their vehicles overnight.
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“Plan ahead for the what-ifs,” he said.
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Aside from entertainment, it’s good to come with at least a loose route and stopping plan. The king of the road trip apps in my opinion is <a href="https://roadtrippers.com/plus/?utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=381870787&adgroupid=1168781278804493&utm_content=73048917301496&utm_term=roadtrippers&matchtype=e&network=s&device=c&msclkid=724b04309b0a16adcc5160e553f00493">Roadtrippers</a>, which allows you to create a trip and search along the route for everything from places to camp to restaurants to mechanics. You can add stops to your trip, and get automatic estimated drive time and gas cost. You can add collaborators to share the trip, so that your passenger has a way to find out how much time you have left without interrupting your high notes during “Bohemian Rhapsody.”
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<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="zD9fUG">
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Roadtrippers has the option to get offline maps, but it’s still a good idea to bring a printed map for any location you’re planning to drive through.
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Who are you wearing?
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“It’s all about the clothing,” said Brandon Schultz, contributor to <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Fodors-Best-Road-Trips-USA/dp/1640974571/ref=pd_ybh_a_sccl_11/141-0365352-8785865?pd_rd_w=SB7t0&content-id=amzn1.sym.67f8cf21-ade4-4299-b433-69e404eeecf1&pf_rd_p=67f8cf21-ade4-4299-b433-69e404eeecf1&pf_rd_r=7RC0QWDTSEMHEY41JA86&pd_rd_wg=6fDk7&pd_rd_r=ea77d5ab-f3b2-41dc-b22b-feb03beb7419&pd_rd_i=1640974571&psc=1"><em>Fodor’s Best Road Trips in the USA</em></a>. “With so much time spent sitting in a small space, you’ve got to be comfortable.”
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</p>
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<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="EjiEM3">
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He suggests loose-fitting clothes, and long sleeves and pants whenever possible to keep you warmer when it’s cold outside, but also keep you comfortable if the air conditioner is on in summer. He also mentioned that the extra padding with layered clothing helps pad your joints when jostling with the car doors, consoles, and each other.
|
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</p>
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<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="i2ocS1">
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But it’s also important to not overpack.
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“I’m a chronic overpacker, so I know it’s not easy, but you will spend a lot of time cooped up in a vehicle, wishing for more space,” said Schultz. “Luggage, entertainment, snacks — it all eats up the little room you already have, so bring less and thank yourself later.”
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Consider your personal security
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</h2>
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Kay Kingsman, who writes <a href="https://theawkwardtraveller.com/all-about-kay-kingsman/">The Awkward Traveller</a>, started road tripping as an Army brat, making drives like Alabama to California with every move.
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</p>
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She loves the freedom of the road, the fact that you can be spontaneous, turning down any side road you want. But, as a Black woman, she also must consider her safety. Many cities have Black Facebook groups that she uses as a resource for road tripping.
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</p>
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<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="AzrGMO">
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“If I’m driving somewhere I’ve never been, I will post in that group asking if there’s any particular spots or towns along the drive that I should avoid stopping through (aka <a href="https://www.abhmuseum.org/sundown-towns-the-past-and-present-of-racial-segregation/">sundown-esque towns</a>) just for an added bit of reassurance in my drive from people in the area,” she said. It’s a sad reality, but drivers should always consider the safety of their route, surroundings, and destination.
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</p>
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<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="senFLu">
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Kingsman keeps a taser and pepper spray in her car just in case. And once, when she was followed for about an hour, even off an exit and into a parking lot, she was glad to have her dashcam.
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||
</p>
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<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="7Fk82C">
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If she’s traveling alone, she plans ahead so that she won’t have to stop for gas in the dark. With this, she travels by herself quite a bit, recently completing two months driving around 14 states in the southeastern US. “I usually do at least one good road trip a year,” she said, “if not more.”
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</p>
|
||
<h2 id="DoaBXb">
|
||
Lessons from 10 days on the road
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||
</h2>
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<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="iDCG8X">
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It helps to vary the style of travel from day to day. My best friend and I drove two long days, including one of 12 hours on the road, in order to make it for Tedeschi Trucks at Red Rocks. Then we rested for two days. We stayed with friends, and we stayed in a nice hotel. The trip felt like a flight of beer, but for cities. A taste of Park City, a sip of Nashville.
|
||
</p>
|
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<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="uRner3">
|
||
Make time for silliness. We pulled over for the <a href="https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g39147-d12449395-Reviews-World_s_Largest_Czech_Egg-Wilson_Kansas.html">world’s largest Czech egg</a>, and we were not disappointed. Communicate about the goals for reaching the location and how much temporal padding to have; enough so that you can dally, but not so much that you stress out your co-pilots.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="HzgDCw">
|
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And with all the prep, the drive turned from a chore to an adventure, the miles under our tires practically the best part.
|
||
</p>
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<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="Oy8zxJ">
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<a href="https://www.vox.com/authors/paulette-perhach"><em>Paulette Perhach</em></a><em> is a freelance writer and writing coach covering creativity, personal finance, business, life design, and travel.</em>
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</h2></li>
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||
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<h1 data-aos="fade-right" id="from-the-hindu-sports">From The Hindu: Sports</h1>
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||
<ul>
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||
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Sky Fall shines</strong> -</p></li>
|
||
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Zimbabwe cricket great Heath Streak dies aged 49</strong> - Heath Streak was a key member of Zimbabwe teams that were competitive against cricket’s bigger nations in the late 1990s and early 2000s.</p></li>
|
||
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Najam Sethi slams Asia Cup scheduling after Pallekele washout</strong> - Under the hybrid model, four games are scheduled in Pakistan, and the rest in Sri Lanka.</p></li>
|
||
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>PSG sells midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum to Saudi side Al-Ettifaq</strong> - No financial details were given by PSG but the deal was reportedly worth 10 millions euros ($10.8 million).</p></li>
|
||
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>KL Rahul to be included in India’s World Cup squad; Samson misses out</strong> - Rahul has been recuperating at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru post a thigh surgery, and he will have one final round of fitness drills before flying out to Sri Lanka</p></li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h1 data-aos="fade-right" id="from-the-hindu-national-news">From The Hindu: National News</h1>
|
||
<ul>
|
||
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Assam doctor alleges threats from family for embracing Hinduism; family claims kidnap</strong> - In the video, the doctor claimed that she had irked her family by converting to Hinduism and they have threatened to kill her, leading her to go into hiding.</p></li>
|
||
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>PM Modi’s interview: BJP leaders hail visionary leadership, Opposition raises questions on price rise, unemployment</strong> - Irrespective of the size of the GDP, every voice matters, Mr. Modi told PTI in an exclusive interview conducted late last week at his Lok Kalyan Marg residence.</p></li>
|
||
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>KCR favours simultaneous elections as he is with the BJP, says Revanth Reddy</strong> - He released a letter given by Mr. KCR to the Law Commission of India in 2018 favouring simultaneous elections</p></li>
|
||
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Amit Shah terms Udhayanidhi remarks as ‘insult to Sanatan Dharma’ made for ‘votebank politics’</strong> - Amit Shah said the ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu, and its ally in the State Congress, have insulted ‘Sanatan Dharma’ for votebank appeasement</p></li>
|
||
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Shivamogga teacher transferred for allegedly asking students to ‘go to Pakistan’</strong> - The Department of School Education has ordered a departmental inquiry against the teacher</p></li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h1 data-aos="fade-right" id="from-bbc-europe">From BBC: Europe</h1>
|
||
<ul>
|
||
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Threats, insults, and Kremlin ‘robots’: How Russian diplomacy died under Putin</strong> - Russian diplomacy is no longer about co-operation but “putting Westerners in their place”, say ex-Kremlin insiders.</p></li>
|
||
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Berliners rave against motorway extension threatening cultural venues</strong> - Clubbers hold street party protesting against plan to flatten 20 venues in path of ring road extension</p></li>
|
||
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Ukrainian billionaire Ihor Kolomoisky held in anti-corruption drive</strong> - Ihor Kolomoisky is accused of fraud and is the latest target of Ukraine’s anti-corruption drive.</p></li>
|
||
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Ukraine war: Nobel Prize invitation to Russia and Iran withdrawn</strong> - The U-turn comes after strong criticism against it in Sweden as well as by Ukraine.</p></li>
|
||
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Ukraine war: US sees ‘notable progress’ by Ukraine army in south</strong> - The US praise comes as Kyiv admits the fighting against strong Russian defensive lines is tough.</p></li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h1 data-aos="fade-right" id="from-ars-technica">From Ars Technica</h1>
|
||
<ul>
|
||
<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>A look into the REM dreams of the animal kingdom</strong> - Animals’ “active” sleep phases look very much like REM. - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1964996">link</a></p></li>
|
||
<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Apple details reasons to abandon CSAM-scanning tool, more controversy ensues</strong> - Safety groups remain concerned about child sexual abuse material scanning and user reporting. - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1964978">link</a></p></li>
|
||
<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>BMW’s Neue Klasse points to a radical reinvention for future sedans</strong> - Innovations making it to production include a full-screen heads-up display and e-ink. - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1965050">link</a></p></li>
|
||
<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Two book readers recap a very non-book-ish Wheel of Time season 2 premiere</strong> - The Wheel turns, and new seasons come and pass, leaving reviews that become legend. - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1965179">link</a></p></li>
|
||
<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Fungi could be the answer to breaking down plastic junk</strong> - Enzymes that break down a polymer in wood can also handle polyethylene. - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1965224">link</a></p></li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h1 data-aos="fade-right" id="from-jokes-subreddit">From Jokes Subreddit</h1>
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<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>My grandfather told me this one not long before he died</strong> - <!-- SC_OFF --></p>
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A man is in his boat out on the lake with a bucket full of fish that he had just caught. A wildlife officer spots him and pulls his boat up alongside. Seeing the bucket of fish in the man’s boat, the wildlife officer asks to see his fishing license.
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<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom">
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The man tells the officer that he doesn’t need a fishing license.
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The wildlife officer looks down at the bucket and says “you definitely need a license to be catching fish, I can see that you’ve been fishing today. You have live fish right there.”
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<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom">
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The man says “oh no, those are my pet fish. I just brought them out here for the day to enjoy the lake.”
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</p>
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<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom">
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“Pet fish?” Replied the wildlife officer
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<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom">
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“Oh absolutely, I let him out of the bucket and they swim around and play, but when I whistle they all jump right back in. They are very well trained.”
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<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom">
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The wildlife officers scratches his chin, then says. “I’ve never heard such a. Well I’ve got to see this.”
|
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<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom">
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The man dumps the bucket of fish into the lake, then calmly turns and looks at the wildlife officer.
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<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom">
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The wildlife officer says. “Well, call them back.”
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<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom">
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The man says “call who back.”
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The wild life officer says “your pet fish.”
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when an angel comes to him with a message that he needs to attend to. Not wanting to leave the Gates unattended, he looks around for help. Just at that moment, he sees Jesus coming around the corner so he calls him over.
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“Hey Jesus, can you help me out? I need to take care of something. Could you manage the Gates for a while?”<br/> “Sure,” answers Jesus. “Just tell me what you need me to do.”<br/> St. Peter explains: “It’s pretty easy. Every time someone wants to enter Heaven, you sit down with him and have a little chat about what he used to do when he was alive, who his family was. That sort of stuff. And then you decide whether they are allowed entry or not.”<br/> “Sounds ok, I got you.” Jesus says.
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Thanking Jesus, St. Peter leaves.<br/> After a few minutes, the first person, an old man, approaches the Gates of Heaven.Jesus welcomes the man and invites him to sit down.<br/> “So,” Jesus starts “tell me something about yourself. What was your profession during your life on earth?”<br/> “I was a carpenter.” the old man answers.<br/> “Hey nice! Just like my father.” Jesus remarks. “Tell me something about your family.”<br/> The old man sighs and looks sad. “I used to have a son, but I lost him.”<br/> Kindly, Jesus asks him “Can you tell me more about your son?”<br/> “Well,” the old man says, taking a deep breath. “It was kind of a strange story. He was born without being conceived and he had holes in his hands and feet.”
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Stunned, Jesus leans forward and looks at the old man, his voice a mere whisper. “F-f-father?”
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Full of hope, the old man looks up into Jesus’ eyes and whispers
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“Pinocchio?”
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the wife said to her husband, “Honey if I were to die, would you get remarried?” The husband thought for a moment and then said, “Well, yes I think I would.” The wife wasn’t too happy about this, she spent some time in quiet thought. Then, after a while she said, “Honey, if I were to die and you were to get remarried, would you give your new wife my jewelry?” “Well honey, I guess I would.” The wife wasn’t too happy about this either. She spent a little more time in thought while they continued their drive, and then said, “Honey, if I were to die and you were to get remarried, would you give your new wife my handbags?” The husband paused for a moment and then said, “Well sure, I think I would.” The wife was again a little dismayed with this and spent a little more time in thought. Then she said to her husband, “Honey if I were to die and you were to get married again would you give your new wife my golf clubs?” “No,” he said, “she’s left-handed.”
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<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Goferprotocol"> /u/Goferprotocol </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/16814d7/a_man_and_his_wife_were_driving_down_the_road_and/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/16814d7/a_man_and_his_wife_were_driving_down_the_road_and/">[comments]</a></span></p></li>
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I would not have joined the gym if I had any loose clothing.
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<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/ES_FTrader"> /u/ES_FTrader </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/1685wbn/my_fitness_instructor_advised_me_to_wear_loose/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/1685wbn/my_fitness_instructor_advised_me_to_wear_loose/">[comments]</a></span></p></li>
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Rabbi Isaac said: “Fourteen other rabbis here agree with me, Rabbi Herschel, please just accept our position.”
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Rabbi Herschel begins to pray along with two other rabbis who take his side, when all of a sudden, a great booming voice says: “I am Adonai, the Lord, and Rabbi Herschel is right” and the sky goes back to normal.
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Rabbi Isaac says: “Please accept our position, you are outnumbered 15 opinions to four now.”
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