When he was 5 years old, he saw a picture of his father in full pads, as a linebacker for the University of Alberta — his first exposure to the sport of football. ", TIME reporter Sean Gregory visits MIT to speak with graduate student John Urschel about his new book, and his passion for both mathematics and football. In March 2015, Urschel wrote in the Players Tribune—the athletes-only journal started by former New York Yankee Derek Jeter—about why he continues to play football, given the injury risks and his flourishing career in mathematics. But the XFL, still a year away from its proposed start date, may have a fighting chance. His seemingly disparate talents in math and football started gaining some media attention, as a bright spot for Penn State in an otherwise dark period. And you’re going to have to put a lot of yourself into it and you’re going have to share your experiences with math, but also your experiences with football.”. Urschel explains that his mother tried to ensure that “whatever I wanted to be the only thing that would limit me was a lack of talent, bad luck, lack of hard work, but it wasn’t going to be the household I was born into or a lack of resources.”, Boston Globe reporter Ben Volin speaks with graduate student John Urschel about his new book “Mind and Matter: A Life in Math and Football.” “I love solving sort of interesting and tough problems that have to do with our world in some way,” says Urschel of his dreams for after he graduates from MIT. John Urschel (right) protects quarterback Joe Flacco during the Ravens’ visit to Foxborough to play the Patriots in December 2016.

In the summer of 2017, Urschel announced he was retiring from the NFL, at age 26, to pursue his mathematics doctorate full time. He credits her with recognizing and nurturing his natural interests — something that he hopes to do for his own toddler, Joanna, to whom he dedicates the book. NFL teams typically hold team workouts and other organized team activities (often shorted to “OTAs”) during the spring months, before official training camp begins in July. But training with the team at MIT, I started thinking about what had drawn me to football as a kid. … [I]f I’m thinking about math on the football field, this is going to get me killed. graph theory … By the time the Ravens selected him in the fifth round of the 2014 NFL draft, he had his master’s degree and had published a paper in a top linear-algebra journal. We wrote a few weeks ago about how developmental football is fundamentally flawed. They could outsprint me.". “I would love to see math teachers telling their students you can be an elite mathematician, you can be a top physicist, you can even dream to be the next Einstein.”, Graduate student John Urschel visits the Today Show to discuss his new book and what inspired him to pursue a PhD in mathematics. “Whatever the outcome, I very much hope that in our interactions with one another, we can hold ourselves to our usual high standards of kindness, decency, compassion, inclusion and mutual respect,” writes President L. Rafael Reif. He eventually did regain his facility for math, along with, surprisingly, his need to compete on the field. By developing novel electrochemical reactions, he hopes to find new ways to generate energy and reduce greenhouse gases. The two networks, which dominate daytime sports talk, will now include the XFL in their conversations and make the league relevant with free publicity. “It was like stepping into my personal vision of paradise,” Urschel writes of his first time walking through MIT’s math department in Building 2, noting the chalkboards that lined the hallways, where “casual conversations quickly became discussions of open conjectures.” Urschel was no less impressed by MIT’s football team, whose practices he joined each Monday during that first semester.
 In an interview with Sports Illustrated, Rams coach Sean McVay said he overanalyzed the Patriots leading up to the Super Bowl. "Most kids get their allowance by, you know, mowing the lawn — things like this," Urschel says. Seven Things for August 19, 2019, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. But look to the center of this peculiar Venn diagram, and you will find only a single name inscribed: John Urschel. Steve Belichick, the coach’s son, is not ready for play-calling yet. John C. Urschel is a PhD Mathematician (MIT) and retired professional football player who played college football at Penn State and was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens where he played his entire NFL career before announcing his retirement in 2017, at 26 years old. He didn’t go outside for days. But he insists they didn’t tip the scales. Follow him on Twitter @BenVolin. He had been thinking hard about stepping away, as he was already taking classes at MIT.

But Urschel doesn’t object when I cite his slip as a signal that he’s left football far behind. When I ask him to explain the math of the two-point conversion, he does with reluctance. “I felt like I was selling myself short,” he says. For those who see Urschel as a walking contradiction, or praise him as an exceptional outlier, he poses, in his book, a challenge: “So often, people want to divide the world into two: matter and energy. “I’m really happy with where I am in life right now,” Urschel said.

“I love solving sort of interesting and tough problems that have to do with our world in some way. He played college football at Penn State and was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the fifth round of the 2014 NFL Draft.Urschel played his entire NFL career with Baltimore before announcing his retirement on July 27, 2017, at 26 years old. After a rookie season in which he started three games, plus two in the playoffs, he felt ashamed that he was putting off his Ph.D. work until he finished pro football.

He also writes about how impressed he was with Bill Belichick and his embrace of mathematics and unconventional wisdom.

He recommends books about calculus via his Twitter feed. “There’s a misunderstanding that we are building a little practice facility,” Mark Hart, the Panthers’ vice president for development, told The State newspaper in April. This rule is a significant one — not only does it open up game-changing pass interference calls to instant replay, it marks the first time that a team can challenge to put a penalty flag on the field when none is originally called. News for the next era, not just the next hour. Urschel does share interesting insights about his three years with the Ravens. PhD Student, MIT. Urschel has prided himself in remaining at the head of the class. Fourth annual social impact pitch event gathered global Solve community to connect, collaborate, and meet the 2020 Solver Class. I had a fun time in the NFL and I wouldn’t change it even if I could. I think all day.”, Urschel dedicates much of his new memoir, Mind and Matter: A Life in Math and Football—written with his partner, the journalist Louisa Thomas—to espousing the importance of problem-solving. Wave and particle. .
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When he was 5 years old, he saw a picture of his father in full pads, as a linebacker for the University of Alberta — his first exposure to the sport of football. ", TIME reporter Sean Gregory visits MIT to speak with graduate student John Urschel about his new book, and his passion for both mathematics and football. In March 2015, Urschel wrote in the Players Tribune—the athletes-only journal started by former New York Yankee Derek Jeter—about why he continues to play football, given the injury risks and his flourishing career in mathematics. But the XFL, still a year away from its proposed start date, may have a fighting chance. His seemingly disparate talents in math and football started gaining some media attention, as a bright spot for Penn State in an otherwise dark period. And you’re going to have to put a lot of yourself into it and you’re going have to share your experiences with math, but also your experiences with football.”. Urschel explains that his mother tried to ensure that “whatever I wanted to be the only thing that would limit me was a lack of talent, bad luck, lack of hard work, but it wasn’t going to be the household I was born into or a lack of resources.”, Boston Globe reporter Ben Volin speaks with graduate student John Urschel about his new book “Mind and Matter: A Life in Math and Football.” “I love solving sort of interesting and tough problems that have to do with our world in some way,” says Urschel of his dreams for after he graduates from MIT. John Urschel (right) protects quarterback Joe Flacco during the Ravens’ visit to Foxborough to play the Patriots in December 2016.

In the summer of 2017, Urschel announced he was retiring from the NFL, at age 26, to pursue his mathematics doctorate full time. He credits her with recognizing and nurturing his natural interests — something that he hopes to do for his own toddler, Joanna, to whom he dedicates the book. NFL teams typically hold team workouts and other organized team activities (often shorted to “OTAs”) during the spring months, before official training camp begins in July. But training with the team at MIT, I started thinking about what had drawn me to football as a kid. … [I]f I’m thinking about math on the football field, this is going to get me killed. graph theory … By the time the Ravens selected him in the fifth round of the 2014 NFL draft, he had his master’s degree and had published a paper in a top linear-algebra journal. We wrote a few weeks ago about how developmental football is fundamentally flawed. They could outsprint me.". “I would love to see math teachers telling their students you can be an elite mathematician, you can be a top physicist, you can even dream to be the next Einstein.”, Graduate student John Urschel visits the Today Show to discuss his new book and what inspired him to pursue a PhD in mathematics. “Whatever the outcome, I very much hope that in our interactions with one another, we can hold ourselves to our usual high standards of kindness, decency, compassion, inclusion and mutual respect,” writes President L. Rafael Reif. He eventually did regain his facility for math, along with, surprisingly, his need to compete on the field. By developing novel electrochemical reactions, he hopes to find new ways to generate energy and reduce greenhouse gases. The two networks, which dominate daytime sports talk, will now include the XFL in their conversations and make the league relevant with free publicity. “It was like stepping into my personal vision of paradise,” Urschel writes of his first time walking through MIT’s math department in Building 2, noting the chalkboards that lined the hallways, where “casual conversations quickly became discussions of open conjectures.” Urschel was no less impressed by MIT’s football team, whose practices he joined each Monday during that first semester.
 In an interview with Sports Illustrated, Rams coach Sean McVay said he overanalyzed the Patriots leading up to the Super Bowl. "Most kids get their allowance by, you know, mowing the lawn — things like this," Urschel says. Seven Things for August 19, 2019, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. But look to the center of this peculiar Venn diagram, and you will find only a single name inscribed: John Urschel. Steve Belichick, the coach’s son, is not ready for play-calling yet. John C. Urschel is a PhD Mathematician (MIT) and retired professional football player who played college football at Penn State and was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens where he played his entire NFL career before announcing his retirement in 2017, at 26 years old. He didn’t go outside for days. But he insists they didn’t tip the scales. Follow him on Twitter @BenVolin. He had been thinking hard about stepping away, as he was already taking classes at MIT.

But Urschel doesn’t object when I cite his slip as a signal that he’s left football far behind. When I ask him to explain the math of the two-point conversion, he does with reluctance. “I felt like I was selling myself short,” he says. For those who see Urschel as a walking contradiction, or praise him as an exceptional outlier, he poses, in his book, a challenge: “So often, people want to divide the world into two: matter and energy. “I’m really happy with where I am in life right now,” Urschel said.

“I love solving sort of interesting and tough problems that have to do with our world in some way. He played college football at Penn State and was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the fifth round of the 2014 NFL Draft.Urschel played his entire NFL career with Baltimore before announcing his retirement on July 27, 2017, at 26 years old. After a rookie season in which he started three games, plus two in the playoffs, he felt ashamed that he was putting off his Ph.D. work until he finished pro football.

He also writes about how impressed he was with Bill Belichick and his embrace of mathematics and unconventional wisdom.

He recommends books about calculus via his Twitter feed. “There’s a misunderstanding that we are building a little practice facility,” Mark Hart, the Panthers’ vice president for development, told The State newspaper in April. This rule is a significant one — not only does it open up game-changing pass interference calls to instant replay, it marks the first time that a team can challenge to put a penalty flag on the field when none is originally called. News for the next era, not just the next hour. Urschel does share interesting insights about his three years with the Ravens. PhD Student, MIT. Urschel has prided himself in remaining at the head of the class. Fourth annual social impact pitch event gathered global Solve community to connect, collaborate, and meet the 2020 Solver Class. I had a fun time in the NFL and I wouldn’t change it even if I could. I think all day.”, Urschel dedicates much of his new memoir, Mind and Matter: A Life in Math and Football—written with his partner, the journalist Louisa Thomas—to espousing the importance of problem-solving. Wave and particle. .
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When he was 5 years old, he saw a picture of his father in full pads, as a linebacker for the University of Alberta — his first exposure to the sport of football. ", TIME reporter Sean Gregory visits MIT to speak with graduate student John Urschel about his new book, and his passion for both mathematics and football. In March 2015, Urschel wrote in the Players Tribune—the athletes-only journal started by former New York Yankee Derek Jeter—about why he continues to play football, given the injury risks and his flourishing career in mathematics. But the XFL, still a year away from its proposed start date, may have a fighting chance. His seemingly disparate talents in math and football started gaining some media attention, as a bright spot for Penn State in an otherwise dark period. And you’re going to have to put a lot of yourself into it and you’re going have to share your experiences with math, but also your experiences with football.”. Urschel explains that his mother tried to ensure that “whatever I wanted to be the only thing that would limit me was a lack of talent, bad luck, lack of hard work, but it wasn’t going to be the household I was born into or a lack of resources.”, Boston Globe reporter Ben Volin speaks with graduate student John Urschel about his new book “Mind and Matter: A Life in Math and Football.” “I love solving sort of interesting and tough problems that have to do with our world in some way,” says Urschel of his dreams for after he graduates from MIT. John Urschel (right) protects quarterback Joe Flacco during the Ravens’ visit to Foxborough to play the Patriots in December 2016.

In the summer of 2017, Urschel announced he was retiring from the NFL, at age 26, to pursue his mathematics doctorate full time. He credits her with recognizing and nurturing his natural interests — something that he hopes to do for his own toddler, Joanna, to whom he dedicates the book. NFL teams typically hold team workouts and other organized team activities (often shorted to “OTAs”) during the spring months, before official training camp begins in July. But training with the team at MIT, I started thinking about what had drawn me to football as a kid. … [I]f I’m thinking about math on the football field, this is going to get me killed. graph theory … By the time the Ravens selected him in the fifth round of the 2014 NFL draft, he had his master’s degree and had published a paper in a top linear-algebra journal. We wrote a few weeks ago about how developmental football is fundamentally flawed. They could outsprint me.". “I would love to see math teachers telling their students you can be an elite mathematician, you can be a top physicist, you can even dream to be the next Einstein.”, Graduate student John Urschel visits the Today Show to discuss his new book and what inspired him to pursue a PhD in mathematics. “Whatever the outcome, I very much hope that in our interactions with one another, we can hold ourselves to our usual high standards of kindness, decency, compassion, inclusion and mutual respect,” writes President L. Rafael Reif. He eventually did regain his facility for math, along with, surprisingly, his need to compete on the field. By developing novel electrochemical reactions, he hopes to find new ways to generate energy and reduce greenhouse gases. The two networks, which dominate daytime sports talk, will now include the XFL in their conversations and make the league relevant with free publicity. “It was like stepping into my personal vision of paradise,” Urschel writes of his first time walking through MIT’s math department in Building 2, noting the chalkboards that lined the hallways, where “casual conversations quickly became discussions of open conjectures.” Urschel was no less impressed by MIT’s football team, whose practices he joined each Monday during that first semester.
 In an interview with Sports Illustrated, Rams coach Sean McVay said he overanalyzed the Patriots leading up to the Super Bowl. "Most kids get their allowance by, you know, mowing the lawn — things like this," Urschel says. Seven Things for August 19, 2019, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. But look to the center of this peculiar Venn diagram, and you will find only a single name inscribed: John Urschel. Steve Belichick, the coach’s son, is not ready for play-calling yet. John C. Urschel is a PhD Mathematician (MIT) and retired professional football player who played college football at Penn State and was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens where he played his entire NFL career before announcing his retirement in 2017, at 26 years old. He didn’t go outside for days. But he insists they didn’t tip the scales. Follow him on Twitter @BenVolin. He had been thinking hard about stepping away, as he was already taking classes at MIT.

But Urschel doesn’t object when I cite his slip as a signal that he’s left football far behind. When I ask him to explain the math of the two-point conversion, he does with reluctance. “I felt like I was selling myself short,” he says. For those who see Urschel as a walking contradiction, or praise him as an exceptional outlier, he poses, in his book, a challenge: “So often, people want to divide the world into two: matter and energy. “I’m really happy with where I am in life right now,” Urschel said.

“I love solving sort of interesting and tough problems that have to do with our world in some way. He played college football at Penn State and was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the fifth round of the 2014 NFL Draft.Urschel played his entire NFL career with Baltimore before announcing his retirement on July 27, 2017, at 26 years old. After a rookie season in which he started three games, plus two in the playoffs, he felt ashamed that he was putting off his Ph.D. work until he finished pro football.

He also writes about how impressed he was with Bill Belichick and his embrace of mathematics and unconventional wisdom.

He recommends books about calculus via his Twitter feed. “There’s a misunderstanding that we are building a little practice facility,” Mark Hart, the Panthers’ vice president for development, told The State newspaper in April. This rule is a significant one — not only does it open up game-changing pass interference calls to instant replay, it marks the first time that a team can challenge to put a penalty flag on the field when none is originally called. News for the next era, not just the next hour. Urschel does share interesting insights about his three years with the Ravens. PhD Student, MIT. Urschel has prided himself in remaining at the head of the class. Fourth annual social impact pitch event gathered global Solve community to connect, collaborate, and meet the 2020 Solver Class. I had a fun time in the NFL and I wouldn’t change it even if I could. I think all day.”, Urschel dedicates much of his new memoir, Mind and Matter: A Life in Math and Football—written with his partner, the journalist Louisa Thomas—to espousing the importance of problem-solving. Wave and particle. .
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As he got older, she encouraged him further, and often competitively, with games of reasoning and calculation, such as Monopoly and Battleship. I am currently a fifth-year PhD student at MIT math, and have the pleasure … MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Grad student John Urschel tackles his lifelong balance of math and football in new memoir.


So how many players does he suspect have CTE? “Suddenly, surprisingly, I had a strange feeling: I felt torn,” he recalls. It sounds like it is going to be a disaster. I am primarily interested in theoretical results and provable guarantees for practical algorithms/problems, which often lead to new and improved algorithms. It takes up a great deal of your time, and it’s not easy.

When Schiano left in late March, pretty much anyone else that Belichick would consider for defensive coordinator already had his job for 2019 lined up.

"But when we ran, they put me to shame. You just show up. He also writes about how impressed he was with. Urschel’s new memoir—Mind and Matter: A Life in Math and Football, … Parry, who was the referee for the Patriots-Rams Super Bowl, said that instant replay would likely have added three pass interference penalties, including a crucial one that would have been called against Stephon Gilmore on a long pass breakup against Brandin Cooks. He says he was reluctant to return to pro football that summer, and realized throughout that season that he couldn’t wait for Sundays and the prospect of cracking open a math book and tackling problems with collaborators back at MIT and Penn State. . Yes, choosing football was the right decision . The streak continues!!! Graduate student John Urschel speaks with Jamison Hensley of ESPN about his efforts aimed at empowering and encouraging more Black students to pursue careers in STEM fields. Urschel was the starting left tackle in the 2015 playoff game when the Patriots unveiled a new eligible-ineligible trick formation that confused the Ravens and ignited a Patriots comeback. This fierce drive earned him a full ride to Penn State University, where he forged a lasting connection with the college and its football team. “I’m fighting against the idea of blindly applying formulas you just learned, and instead teaching students to use their brains,” Urschel says. John Cameron Urschel, a Canadian mathematician has now become a retired professional American football guard and center. Graduate student John Urschel appears on Good Morning America to discuss his new book chronicling his career and passion for football and math. The article outlined a brain study of 111 deceased NFL players, showing 110 of those players had signs of CTE, or chronic traumatic encephalopathy, associated with repeated blows to the head. “I could obsess over a problem for days, for weeks, thinking of nothing else, the way someone might obsess over a girl,” he writes in his own book.

When he was 5 years old, he saw a picture of his father in full pads, as a linebacker for the University of Alberta — his first exposure to the sport of football. ", TIME reporter Sean Gregory visits MIT to speak with graduate student John Urschel about his new book, and his passion for both mathematics and football. In March 2015, Urschel wrote in the Players Tribune—the athletes-only journal started by former New York Yankee Derek Jeter—about why he continues to play football, given the injury risks and his flourishing career in mathematics. But the XFL, still a year away from its proposed start date, may have a fighting chance. His seemingly disparate talents in math and football started gaining some media attention, as a bright spot for Penn State in an otherwise dark period. And you’re going to have to put a lot of yourself into it and you’re going have to share your experiences with math, but also your experiences with football.”. Urschel explains that his mother tried to ensure that “whatever I wanted to be the only thing that would limit me was a lack of talent, bad luck, lack of hard work, but it wasn’t going to be the household I was born into or a lack of resources.”, Boston Globe reporter Ben Volin speaks with graduate student John Urschel about his new book “Mind and Matter: A Life in Math and Football.” “I love solving sort of interesting and tough problems that have to do with our world in some way,” says Urschel of his dreams for after he graduates from MIT. John Urschel (right) protects quarterback Joe Flacco during the Ravens’ visit to Foxborough to play the Patriots in December 2016.

In the summer of 2017, Urschel announced he was retiring from the NFL, at age 26, to pursue his mathematics doctorate full time. He credits her with recognizing and nurturing his natural interests — something that he hopes to do for his own toddler, Joanna, to whom he dedicates the book. NFL teams typically hold team workouts and other organized team activities (often shorted to “OTAs”) during the spring months, before official training camp begins in July. But training with the team at MIT, I started thinking about what had drawn me to football as a kid. … [I]f I’m thinking about math on the football field, this is going to get me killed. graph theory … By the time the Ravens selected him in the fifth round of the 2014 NFL draft, he had his master’s degree and had published a paper in a top linear-algebra journal. We wrote a few weeks ago about how developmental football is fundamentally flawed. They could outsprint me.". “I would love to see math teachers telling their students you can be an elite mathematician, you can be a top physicist, you can even dream to be the next Einstein.”, Graduate student John Urschel visits the Today Show to discuss his new book and what inspired him to pursue a PhD in mathematics. “Whatever the outcome, I very much hope that in our interactions with one another, we can hold ourselves to our usual high standards of kindness, decency, compassion, inclusion and mutual respect,” writes President L. Rafael Reif. He eventually did regain his facility for math, along with, surprisingly, his need to compete on the field. By developing novel electrochemical reactions, he hopes to find new ways to generate energy and reduce greenhouse gases. The two networks, which dominate daytime sports talk, will now include the XFL in their conversations and make the league relevant with free publicity. “It was like stepping into my personal vision of paradise,” Urschel writes of his first time walking through MIT’s math department in Building 2, noting the chalkboards that lined the hallways, where “casual conversations quickly became discussions of open conjectures.” Urschel was no less impressed by MIT’s football team, whose practices he joined each Monday during that first semester.
 In an interview with Sports Illustrated, Rams coach Sean McVay said he overanalyzed the Patriots leading up to the Super Bowl. "Most kids get their allowance by, you know, mowing the lawn — things like this," Urschel says. Seven Things for August 19, 2019, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. But look to the center of this peculiar Venn diagram, and you will find only a single name inscribed: John Urschel. Steve Belichick, the coach’s son, is not ready for play-calling yet. John C. Urschel is a PhD Mathematician (MIT) and retired professional football player who played college football at Penn State and was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens where he played his entire NFL career before announcing his retirement in 2017, at 26 years old. He didn’t go outside for days. But he insists they didn’t tip the scales. Follow him on Twitter @BenVolin. He had been thinking hard about stepping away, as he was already taking classes at MIT.

But Urschel doesn’t object when I cite his slip as a signal that he’s left football far behind. When I ask him to explain the math of the two-point conversion, he does with reluctance. “I felt like I was selling myself short,” he says. For those who see Urschel as a walking contradiction, or praise him as an exceptional outlier, he poses, in his book, a challenge: “So often, people want to divide the world into two: matter and energy. “I’m really happy with where I am in life right now,” Urschel said.

“I love solving sort of interesting and tough problems that have to do with our world in some way. He played college football at Penn State and was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the fifth round of the 2014 NFL Draft.Urschel played his entire NFL career with Baltimore before announcing his retirement on July 27, 2017, at 26 years old. After a rookie season in which he started three games, plus two in the playoffs, he felt ashamed that he was putting off his Ph.D. work until he finished pro football.

He also writes about how impressed he was with Bill Belichick and his embrace of mathematics and unconventional wisdom.

He recommends books about calculus via his Twitter feed. “There’s a misunderstanding that we are building a little practice facility,” Mark Hart, the Panthers’ vice president for development, told The State newspaper in April. This rule is a significant one — not only does it open up game-changing pass interference calls to instant replay, it marks the first time that a team can challenge to put a penalty flag on the field when none is originally called. News for the next era, not just the next hour. Urschel does share interesting insights about his three years with the Ravens. PhD Student, MIT. Urschel has prided himself in remaining at the head of the class. Fourth annual social impact pitch event gathered global Solve community to connect, collaborate, and meet the 2020 Solver Class. I had a fun time in the NFL and I wouldn’t change it even if I could. I think all day.”, Urschel dedicates much of his new memoir, Mind and Matter: A Life in Math and Football—written with his partner, the journalist Louisa Thomas—to espousing the importance of problem-solving. Wave and particle. .

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