Episode 6: A City in Crisis

Guaranteed Human. A win is a win. A win is a win.

I don't care what you're talking about.

Yep, that's me. Clifford Taylor the fourth. You might have seen the skits,

“my basketball and college football journey,”

or my career in sports media. Well, now I'm bringing all of that excitement to my brand new podcast, The Clifford Show. This is a place for raw, unfiltered conversations with athletes,

creators, and voices that not only deserve to be heard, but celebrated. So let's get to it. Listen to the Clifford Show on the eye-heart radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast.

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Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. When a group of women discover they've all dated the same prolific con artist. They take matters into their own hands. I vowed I will be his last target.

He is not going to get away with this. He's going to get what he deserves.

We always say that trust your girlfriends.

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Next in 2009, that was big moment for me. 84's big to meet. I'm Sam Jack, and I'm Alex E. Grish. Each episode we pick you here, unpack what went down,

and try to make sense of how we survived it. With our friends, federal comedians and favorite authors, like Mark Lamont Hill on the 80s. If you can, it was a wild year.

“I don't think there's a more important year for black people.”

Listen to look back at it on the eye-heart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. [phone ringing] Well, I don't know just once. I don't know if you've done it on my hands.

And January, 2001. Neil asks you, walked into a sheriff's office in Birdie County, North Carolina. He wanted a permit to buy a gun. I won't share of it in the time.

He came into my office, and he was active military. And he didn't have a high deal with a virgin gang. He pressed on, and I told him he would need that. Sheriff Greg Ackon's told Neil that,

without a local address, they couldn't issue him a permit. Neil came back a few months later. They told me he was going to get this shot, it was going to move back.

This time, Neil's ID had a local address. It belonged to a rundown farmhouse owned by Neil's parents. No one had lived there in decades. But Sheriff Ackon's wouldn't know that until years later,

when the gun had been used. You know, we do bunch of these permits, like everybody else does. And we don't actually go see if the people will at the address that they have on their driver's license.

We don't go to every house to make sure they're actually living there. There wasn't any reason not to give it a permit at that point. The next day, Neil walked into a gun store and paid $600 for a silver 40-colour per pistol. Not long after,

Neil asked you left Bertie County and made his way to Brooklyn. The silver 40-colour of the handgun was recovered. Somebody told me that. Was it a coincidence?

It was a good deal. There were times when I thought that he was unstable. And there were times when I got maybe he shouldn't carry a gun. He alleged he was a victim of blackmail. This is not just killing somebody because he won't deceive.

I'm Jamal Jordan, and this is Russia. By 2001, James Davis had been running and losing Democratic primaries for about five years. But then, James's chances improved overnight. A public vote establishing term limits for city council members went into effect.

Suddenly, Mary Pinkett, the popular 23-year incumbent for the 35th district, couldn't run again.

The Tisha James, or Tisch.

“She had done all of her chores over the years.”

She had done everything they ever asked her to, including some pretty unpleasant stuff. Journalists informed her candidate for New York City Council. Errol Lewis. You know, she had helped knock people off the ballot and done all that kind of stuff. And county said that they were going to annoyed her.

They weren't going to support James.

They were basically going to hand this seat to her.

The Tisha was Clarence Normans. Candidaming, she was the Machines Candidate. Reporter Eric Inkust. She had the support of the organization, and that was a big advantage. Councilman Charles Baron.

The machine is connected to Wall Street money. Real estate money. Private enterprise money. The machine has a battery of lawyers that will knock you off the ballot. And the Democratic Party controls local politics and black and brown communities in New York City.

They are almost impossible to beat. She was the darling of the neighborhood. And everybody was voting for her. And she was going to win. Shelley Hagen worked on Tisch James's 2001 campaign.

And then James Davis jumped in. And everybody was very scandalized by that. You know, who does he think he is? And he had a gun. That everybody knew he had.

And I had a couple of real shouting matches with him. Tisch knew Jamesy Davis the same way everyone all stood. She saw his face on posters. They crossed paths that political events. They knew each other a bit.

But that was before she was his opponent. And then 2001 our relationship changed. We became bitter enemies. Tisch James. And it got pretty hostile.

He said something really fixes. One time I come to the effect that my name is James Davis. And if I were to marry you, you would be Tisch James Davis.

You will always be defined by me or something like that.

Well, he, yeah, he hated her. Still in Osno, worked on James Davis's campaign. He could be really nasty and intimidating to an opponent.

“And I think that was certainly his experience with Tisch.”

He was nasty to her. He put a campaign poster of himself, the big one, brain friend of a campaign officer. James's brother, Jeffrey Davis. So every day she went to the office and a team,

and every day he came out to us, they had to look at his face smiling. It was little strategies like that. It's to get me ahead a little bit. But despite James's reputation as a tough competitor, he was definitely the underdog.

Did I say to him, you've got this in the bag, and then quietly go, no, you don't. Probably a couple of times. Loupé Taj Medina was a press officer for the city council and lived in the 35th district.

Because Tisch is impressive. She understands politics, but more importantly, she's from the neighborhood. So she has the ability to connect. It's the same reason why even as we're talking about her,

and she is the state attorney general, everybody calls her Tisch. This was a unique moment, and maybe the chance that James, he Davis, had been waiting for. The incumbent of 23 years was out,

“and who knew when this would be up for grabs again?”

[music] Shelly Hagen remembers the morning of the Democratic primary. It was a clear sunny Tuesday. Tisch James was campaigning. So I was actually there with her when the report came in

that her plane had flown into a world trade tower, and I said, "Well, that doesn't happen. I didn't believe it." But it did happen. And then it happened again.

A second plane hit the second tower.

I ran home, I watched them come down on TV, and Petaki was a governor at the time. He called off the primary at about 10. But the polls had opened at six that day, and because the voting machines produced the physical results,

and were held in a storage space in the Domo neighborhood of Brooklyn, it was possible to see those initial standings. You get an X, you click a lever, and that's your candidate. Those were very easy to check,

and we were able to go down and look at them, and lo and behold, James Davis was ahead of Tisch James by more than a thousand votes, and it was a shock. James Davis and Tisch James weren't the only ones

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So dequire is a diplomat. In the early 2000s, he was living and working in the 35th district. He got to know James Davis when James was still a cop. We used to demonstrate together, we used to cross trouble together,

and we became friends. Then he ran for the city council seat against James Davis and Tisch James. And so dequire discovered a new side of his friend. He was a very, very tough competitor. They were during 9/11.

So, consider my name, C.D. Quay, and those cherished, they had these Muslim names. He said, "Are you going to vote for a Muslim after 9/11?" So, he used that very, very, very effectively to gain votes. As a campaign tactic in the month after 9/11,

it's no doubt effective to point out that your opponent is Muslim. But it's hardly the high ground. You can say there's something reckless about it. Even dangerous.

“The vigilante groups are trying to attack immigrants who were wearing their robes to go to prayers,”

the Muslim houses of worship. The James Davis seemed prepared to do what he had to do. Even if it rests in flaming hatred, and potentially violence against his friend and his community. We actually talked about that after the campaign.

He was very honest. He said, "I didn't mean that, but we were competing. I wanted to win." And he and I stayed to prays. On election night, James and his campaign staff and supporters

gathered in a rented event space in Berkinsharten, Brooklyn, to watch the results rolling. Hundreds of people was there. My brothers' posters were up on the walls, and they sent it on a microphone talking to the people.

I'm on the stage with them to the right. They count the numbers for pro-district. And such as such a district, James Davis. Such as such a district to James. And after a while, when it became Davis Davis Davis,

they said, "This race is over, and everybody's rolling." It had taken James years to get to this point. Trying to get on the ballot, running and losing against Ethan politicians with money and power behind them.

But he'd finally want to race against the Democratic Machine. Since they had run against each other in the mid-90s, there were Lewis to watch James Davis' evolution. He was a very good campaigner. He had his own style, and it was different from conventional style.

It's the equivalent of, like, in the 1960s, when everybody's boxing, flat-footed, and then here comes Ali, up on his toes.

And by conventional terms, it's like, "Oh, that'll never work."

“And he's just knocking one person out after another, right?”

So, here's James. You know, when the conventional wisdom was billboards or a waste of time, signs and windows are kind of a waste of time, because the dominant theory was that's not how people make their decisions.

You basically have to do a lot of personal networking, and everything else is a waste of time. He basically reversed that. He said, "Well, we'll start with the billboards, and we'll do that for four or five years.

And then when you see me on the street, you'll feel like you're already know me." So, he just had a whole different theory. And as Tish found out, that theory actually paid off in 2001.

James had forgotten election day at dawn. And he was exhausted because six o'clock in the morning till 11 PM and night. So, he was tired like this said, "We did it." And then he said, "I'm going to spend some time with my ancestors."

I'm going to go hang out with some dead folks. Meaning my father, my grandmother, my niece. So, as the rest of his staff partied, James drove to the Evergreen Cemetery in Bushwick. The gates were closed, but you can stand out in front of the cemetery.

And just say, "Thank you. We did it." And just remember where you came from. And you could do that anywhere, but that night he chose to go there and peace.

And then when home he went to bed. Jeffrey knew that for his brother as gratifying as his moment was.

It was just the first step on a long path to bigger things.

And for both of them, the belief that it was inevitable may have felt like a necessary kind of faith. You'd know that it's going to happen because you're that confident in yourself. It happened in his part of the journey.

But the ultimate was being a president in the United States.

A win is a win. Yep, that's me, Clifford Taylor the fourth. You might have seen the skits, the reactions, my journey from basketball to college football, or my career in sports media.

Well, somewhere along the way, this platform became bigger than I ever imagined. And now I'm bringing all of that excitement to my brand new podcast, The Clifford Show. This is a place for raw, unfiltered conversations with some of your favorite athletes,

creators, and voices that not only deserve to be heard, but celebrated. One week I'll take you behind the scenes of the biggest moments in sports and entertainment. And the next we'll talk about life, mental health, purpose, and even music. The Clifford Show isn't just the podcast.

It's a space for honest conversations,

stories that don't always get told,

and for people who are chasing something bigger. So, if you've ever supported me, or you're just chasing down a dream, this is right what you need to be. Listen to the Clifford Show on the I Hard Radio app, Apple Podcast,

or wherever you get your podcast. And for more behind the scenes, follow @ Clifford, and a TikTok podcast network on TikTok. In 2023, former bachelor star Clayton Eckerd,

found himself at the center of a paternity scandal. The family court hearings that followed revealed glaring inconsistencies in her story. This began a years-long court battle to prove the truth.

“You doctored this particular task twice in silence, correct?”

I doctored the test once. It took an army of internet detectives to crack the case. I wanted people to be able to see what their tax dollars were being used for. Some like the greatest disinfectant.

They would uncover a disturbing pattern. Two more men who'd been through the same thing. Greg Olesby and Michael Marancini. My mind was blown. I'm Stephanie Young.

This is LoveTrap. Laura, Scott Stelpoise. As the season continues, Laura Owens finally faces consequences. Ladies and gentlemen,

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He plays stupid games, you get stupid prizes. And rule two, never mess with her friends either. We always say that trust your girlfriends. I'm Anna Sinfield. And in this new season of the girlfriends.

Oh my god, this is the same man. A group of women discover they've all dated the same prolific con artist. I felt like I got hit by a truck. I thought how could this happen to me.

The cops didn't seem to care. So they take matters into their own hands. I said, oh hell no, I vowed. I will be his last target. He's going to get what he deserves.

Listen to the girlfriends. Trust me, babe. On the iHeart radio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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And I'm Alex English. Each episode, we pick a hair, unpack what went down, and try to make sense of how he survived it. Including a recent episode with Mark Lamont Hill waxing all about crack in the eighties. To be clear, 84 is big to me, not just because of crack.

[laughter] I'm down to the talk about crack or date, but yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. No, I'm just so y'all know. I mean, at this point, Mark, this is the second episode where we've discussed crack. So I'm starting to see that there's a through line.

We also have eggs on the table right now. [laughter] Why are you finishing that sentence? Yes. I don't think there's a more important year for black people.

Really, yeah.

“For me, it's one of the most important years for black people in American history.”

Listen to look back at it on the iHeart radio app. Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. [music] In the late '90s, the same Davis began to rise in Brooklyn. Neil asks you seem to be going in the opposite direction.

After that whole thing happened with Mario, he changed a lot. This is a close friend of Neil's who wanted to remain anonymous. He really struggled for years when they broke up with Mario. We all kind of worried about him. He had this breakdown if that changed everything for him.

He was like kind of lonely and he'd always fought a little bit off.

And he was like, "Oh, what a coincidence.

I have a conference here that weekend."

“On the ended up staying like in the same hotel as us and kind of inviting himself.”

He's definitely did not get the impression that he was there for a conference. I mean, he went down to the casino and a robe and slippers with a cigar. It was funny, but it was very like you needed the attention. And when I looked back at it now, I was thinking, "Those are what I kind of as cries for help." [music]

Neil had contracted HIV. And he believed that his boyfriend Mario had given it to him. This was supposedly why Neil had attacked him with a hammer. His old roommate Cliff Nass said that the HIV medication made Neil feel sick.

And he wasn't sure Neil always took it.

[music] In 1997, Neil found for bankruptcy. This guy who would buy tickets for Jamaica or Las Vegas in the win, who seemed to live the high-life was secretly broke. He lived in a nice place, you know, a nice car in the city.

We'd go to clubs, he'd buy drinks, he'd spend money. We went to Vegas. He got a sweet, absolutely no idea that he was not doing well financially. I mean, he bought a BMW, cash, Cliff Nass.

“What to motorcycles, $7,000 each cash, like, just, okay?”

It may be that Neil's diagnosis and his finances were actually connected. Neil told Cliff that, when he learned he had HIV, he took up what's called a "fightatical settlement." "Viatical settlement is when somebody sells their life insurance policy and exchange for immediate cash." Jack Glory is a queer historian and author.

During the late '80s and early '90s, theatrical settlements were advertised in gay magazines and were directed at gay men living with HIV. A lot of the ads have this very kind of like serene vibe to them. The one ad that's really stuck in my memory is two men holding hands. They're watching the sunset. They're on some tropical beach scene.

You could get some quick cash and people did all sorts of things with that money. Some people paid for medical expenses, some people took a dream vacation around the world. This may explain why Neil had money to burn.

“But he seems to have spent what he had from his medical settlement.”

And he was still alive. He loses touch with his friend Emmanuel Xavier. His old roommate Cliff Nass stops talking to him. It may be that Neil felt he had run out of options in New York City. He had been in the Army Reserve in Fort Dick's New Jersey.

Now he enlists in the Air Force and leaves New York for a post at Seymour Johnson Military Base in Goldsboro, North Carolina. That's where he gets the permit from Sheriff Ekens and buys the gun. That would kill James Davis. When is the wind?

When is the wind? Yep, that's me, Cliff Nass. You might have seen the skits, the reactions, my journey from basketball to college football or my career in sports media. Well, somewhere along the way, this platform became bigger than I ever imagined.

And now I'm bringing all of that excitement to my brand new podcast, The Cliff Nass Show. This is a place for raw, unfiltered conversations with some of your favorite athletes, and voices that not only deserve to be heard, but celebrated. One week I'll take you behind the scenes of the biggest moments in sports and entertainment, and the next we'll talk about life, mental health, purpose, and even music.

The Cliff Nass Show isn't just the podcast.

It's a space for honest conversations, stories that don't always get told,

and for people who are chasing something bigger. So, if you've ever supported me or you're just chasing down a dream, this is right what you need to be. Listen to the Cliff Nass Show on the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast. And for more behind the scenes, follow @Cliff Nass, and a TikTok podcast network on TikTok.

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It took an army of internet detectives to crack the case. I wanted people to be able to see what their tax dollars were being used for. Some like the greatest disinfectant.

Two more men who'd been through the same thing. Greg Olesby and I command Cheney. My mind was blown. I'm Stephanie Young. This is LoveTrap. Laura, Scott State Police.

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There's two golden rules that any man should live by.

Rule one, never mess with a country girl.

He plays stupid games, you get stupid prizes. And rule two, never mess with her friends either. We always say that trust your girlfriends. I'm Anna Sinfield. And in this new season of the girlfriends.

Oh my god, this is the same man. A group of women discovered they've all dated the same prolific con artist. I felt like I got hit by a truck. I thought how could this happen to me. The cops didn't seem to care.

So they take matters into their own hands. I said, oh hell no, I vowed. I will be his last target. He's going to get what he deserves. Listen to the girlfriends. Trust me, babe.

On the iHeart Radio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

“Do you remember when Diana Ross double tap little Kim's boobs?”

Little Kim's boobs at the VMAs? Oh, what when Kanye said that George Bush didn't know I'd black people? I know what you're thinking. What the hell does George Bush got to do a little Kim? Well, you can find out on the lookback at a podcast.

I'm Sam J. And I'm Alex English. Each episode, we pick a hair, unpack what went down, and try to make sense of how he survived it. Including a recent episode with Mark Lamont Hill,

waxing all about crack in the eighties. To be clear, 84 is big to me, not just because of crack. [laughter] I'm down to talk about crack old day, but yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, at this point, Mark, this is the second episode where we've discussed crack.

So I'm starting to see that there's a through line. We also have eggs on the table right now. [laughter] Are you finishing that sentence? Yes.

“I don't think there's a more important year for black people.”

Really? Yeah.

For me, it's one of the most important years for black people in American history.

Listen to look back at it on the iHeart Radio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. James Davis was now an elected official, but he was still the same guy. Council member, Larry C. Brook.

James always carried his piece with him, and a few people like, "Why does he always have to show his gun?" When he's been in over, you can see his gun. A lot of women in A.D. had no problem with it. That's a change.

He lets you know, you know, a bag of baby. Tasty we was. James might have been the only one that had a gun on the floor. As a politician, James has focused on connecting with the people of his district, talking with them, hearing what mattered to them.

He was not a policy walk. When it came to the more technical side of work on the council, he looked at people like Larry. He noted, "I would have the bills that I'm going to be on." This sponsor, and James was just grab my sheet,

and he just copied with a hat, and then he submitted. That's who he was. He never had the profano

of an established politician. Never.

That's where I found out Sharpenin. The political activist and preacher who was a major figure in Brooklyn, starting in the 1980s.

“And I think that that was part of the magic of what he did.”

The style didn't change. He's still at the outside of style. He still was comfortable going in the middle of the projects by himself, talking. As his brother, Jeffrey said, and like James told many other people,

his sights were set on bigger things than the New York City Council. You could almost smell the ambition. You knew this guy wanted to be something. He would ask me about how did I always generate a lot of media. And I told him, "People know us throughout with this news through New York One."

You get about 30 seconds, 45 seconds. You got to figure out how you put a 15-minute speech in the 30 seconds. And he said, "How you do that?" I said, "If you can make it a slogan."

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“He would constantly try to be in the news.”

Councilmember Yvette Clark.

And there was an article, a complimentary article written about me in the tombs.

He'd say, "Clark, I see you make the tombs." I think you mean the tombs. I'm going to read "Make the tombs." New York Times reported Michael Cooper. I would call him up to interview him about something.

There was one time when I missed him. And I came in the next morning. And there was a voicemail on my phone machine. And it was Chambertavis called me back. And then he interviewed himself.

Like taking the role of the reporter asked him a question. And then him had to turn them. James Davis joined the city council at a moment when New York was in total crisis. It was just a few months after 9/11.

And because of a new law establishing term limits, 37 of the 51 council members were brand new. Certainly it's not ideal to have a new mayor and a almost entirely new city council after the worst terrorist attack in the history of the country.

Council member, Christine Quinn. Tax revenues just plummeted. And there was real questions whether the city would survive. Councilmen hire a monster. The economic engine that the World Trade Center was

to this city was enormous. And to suddenly lose that, it was catastrophic. Councilmen Charles Baron. You projected the certain amount of income.

You projected the certain amount of expenses.

And Bloomberg said we two billion sure.

There was no good solution. But in the end, the decision was made to increase property taxes by 18.5%. A huge amount. None of these brand new city council members wanted to go back to their districts to defend that.

They're only political protection with the fact that they were all voting for it. But James Davis would not play ball. 18% is too high. And I challenge anyone to challenge my authority as a councilman because I'm the last person that you want to fight.

He was one of the few council members who voted against the tax hike. I thought it was some politics. He was doing so as people could say he voted against it. People were very upset with James. Council Speaker Gifford Miller.

Looks like you had to either step up and take the responsibility so that we can save the city or not. And he didn't. And James hit back at Speaker Gifford Miller in the press. If a school yard bully hits you,

“the only thing you can do is hit him back.”

Otherwise, we may as well throw it out all the council members and that speaker Gifford Miller act like a dictator and run the city of New York. And if you're on the city council, one of the best ways of getting press attention is to argue with the speaker.

James Davis was the new generation of a different kind of leadership. He was much more forceful. Much more confrontational. Hank Signkopf is a political consultant who worked on Mayor Bloomberg's campaign.

Knowing James Davis, you probably had a fight with Gifford Miller once a week. Because that would be his nature. He pointed his finger in my face to say, "You better support this property tax hike

or this going to be repercussions." The repercussions may seem petty. The city took away James's parking pass. Gifford Miller removed him from his committees. But for James, it all worked as a political theater.

James was an exceedingly thrilled to be removed from those committees because it was like Benny got attention for being this independent guy. In October 2002, city council member Charles Baron invited James on an official mission

to the African nation of Symbabway. People would criticize and rob it with Gabby, the president of Symbabway saying he was a tyrant. He was killing his own people, all of this. So I said, "James, that's not true.

Let's go on a fact-finding mission to Symbabway." Charles gave James his own take on the complicated history of the country and Mugabe shifting approach to the white colonialist farmers,

who Mugabe was now forcing to return land to the black population.

“Then New York contingent had two important meetings.”

Each shows a side of James' Davis, the fighter and the would-be peacemaker. We met with the white farmers. I'll never forget James.

"You guys are wrong, man."

You said, "You all can't take the land

“and not expect them to take it back from you.”

Now that they're free." You know, that's their land. You stole, you killed them. That's the confrontational James Davis. The fighter.

And so we had a nice meeting with the white farmers. And then we met with the president Mugabe at the way James was something else. He said, "Mr. President, why don't you get together with these guys?"

"Why don't you try to tell the president about fight these folks for 20, 30 years?" "Why don't you just come together and stop criticising each other?" And Mugabe looked at him like, "It's he added his mind."

But that was James, a kind of nice stuff but old enough to say that to a president. [music]

“In the summer of 2003, James is growing up for an election.”

This time, as the incumbent, his opponents would be Tony Herbert, a putty act of a member of a district, and someone named off the Alasquio. And I know who had just moved to Brooklyn

and was trying to make a name for himself in the 35th district.

In that summer, the two men meet for the first time.

That's on the next episode of Rochak, Murder at City Hall. [music] Rochak, Murder at City Hall, is a production of "I Heart Podcasts" in partnership with Best Case Studios. It's based on "Death in the Chamber" by Brent Katz.

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[music] A win is a win. Yep, that's me, Clifford Taylor the fourth. You might have seen the skits, my basketball and college football journey, or my career in sports media.

Well, now I'm bringing all of that excitement to my brand new podcast, The Clifford Show. This is a place for raw, unfills of conversations with athletes, creators, and voices that not only deserve to be heard, but celebrated. So let's get to it. Listen to the Clifford Show on the "I Heart" radio app, Apple Podcast,

or wherever you get your podcasts. And for more behind the scenes, follow @ Clifford, and @ TikTok podcast in that work on TikTok. In 2023, Bachelor Star Clayton Eckard was accused of fathering twins, but the pregnancy appeared to be a hoax.

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