I can sympathize, Mr. Tapper! Infinite Jest is not only very long, but complex and strange. It demands your full attention, engagement - and access to a dictionary! But well worth the effort/time to read. One of my favorite books!
I had gotten through about one third of Infinite Jest when I was just about to give up on it. One day we had water in the basement bathroom where I would generally try to plow through it. The box I had it on (labeled "empty box") dissolved and the box and book went into the trash. I missed the box more. Unfortunately my wife didn't understand that I was relieved of reading the rest of the book and got me a new copy. I finished the book but not necessarily the end notes. I still miss the box more.
LOL! 😆 at lying Fake News CNN. Lying CNN host Jake Tapper said he would not interview GOP lawmakers who supported former President Donald Trump's claims that the election was stolen but emails with his booking team show that he did seek appearances on his show from some of the biggest endorsers of the election fraud allegations. CNN is a Joke! 👎🏻
3:00 Infinite Jest is a HARD read, prepare to look up words, about 2000 of 'em that you likely never heard of... AND a hundred pages of footnotes. Better to read about 5 to 10 pages/day... You'll be done in 7 months. 😂
Interestingly, I too have read most - if not all - of the L Frank Baum “Oz” books. It is also surprising to me that most people do not know there is actually a series of Oz book as Jake Tapper points out.
@@wurdnurd1 Well-spotted, Wurdnurd. That said, we should rejoice in Mr. Tapper’s recognition of one of America’s popular writers of the early 20th century.
Yeah, a few of these questions I could answer right away, but these questions about books I've read in my childhood or in high school would take me forever to answer.
Reading Infinite Jest is more of a project. Keeping track of my place in the footnotes (in the paper version) was the part that eventually forced me to give up.
"Who thought this was a good idea?" -by Alyssa Mastromonaco & Lauren Oyler is what I am reading....Great Read!!! But I adore: Edgar Allan Poe Douglas Adams Hunter S. Thompson Kurt Vonnegut I could do this all day😂🤣😂
I sought out (in multiple states) and devoured the Wizard of Oz books as well! There were 14 in total that I’m aware of. I have bought the collection for my nieces so they can also fall in love with reading. Great segment! Please do more of this.
i used to read a lot. i lost that when i got married. i lost a lot of things when i got married. i’m not married any more. a lot of things don’t come back but i’m not losing anything else and i’m cool with that.
I'm currently reading the ESV version of the Bible to see what everyone is so pissy about. I'd like to say that in all my years at Christian Academies and church, I oddly remember very little about the bible or any else about the religion. I'd like to add that one religion is not better than any other and religion is private so just because someone doesn't live by your religion's teachings it doesn't mean you should force your views upon them or treat them as less than you.
@@rockyjforay well, as any rational living being, I'm am just curious as to what religion is and where it began. Again, I did attend church and a Christian Academy for schooling, but remember very little. I feel like too many people are taking this established institution and manipulating it for their own personal agendas and whims. Some of questions I'm looking for the answers to: What is the bible. What is religion. Any factual accounts. Why people manipulate the words of it to excuse their actions. Among other things. And, I'm a Seventh Day Adventist Christian and believe in God and pray every night, but it feels like who or what God is to other people is not the same way I think of God is. Like, the bible is the account of other just living their lives and following their own paths and premarital "going into", among other things like that dude trying to give his daughter to strangers and telling the strangers they can do what they want with the daughters. I plan on reading the other versions and other religion's holy texts, but since the ESV is one of the more "complete", versions I thought I would start there. I'm also like, what if it is a collection of popular ancient fictitious works and it slowly evolved into religion today. Ha ha ha ha.
So many, so difficult to choose, but first thoughts. .. Jitterbug Perfume, The Four Agreements, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Autobiography of a Yogi, The Godfather.
OMG have I just met a new best friend?!?!?! I LOVE JITTERBUG AND PIMPERNEL!!!! Naughty confession time, i think the movie from the 30s did the ending to the scarlet pimpernel better than the book did. It's cute and makes you want to pinch Percy's cheeks for being such a... cheek!!!
@@kathrynpaine2788 girl, we clearly are on the same page (badum da). I also loved the old black and white film best. So charming. But the book... kissing the stones she walked on... a film could see easily make that comical or small. I imagine you get this:-)
I have a lot of Frank Baum's wizard of oz books and even my grandson read them. I read "One Good Deed," and want to read the new Harlen Coben book. However, I am anxiously awaiting the new Gabriel Allon book, "The Cellist" by Daniel Silva!!!
I'm actually reading Trevor Noah's book. It helps me relate. Thank you to all of you who support. I'm looking forward to picking up Seth Rogen's book and getting to know all of yours. Please send me some books. I'll be getting a PO box.
Thank you, you reminded me of the Hornblower Series by C S Forester. I started with "Beat to Quarters". I just loved the the name. I suppose I was about eight or nine years old. I literally devoured his words. It took me to another place. It took me to sea. He made me a reader. Thank you Cleveland Public Library, you brought me such joy.
Great book...anything that made me feel the feels stayed...anything else was donated to the thrift...I think my kid stole my copy...she's 25. Positive vibes from New Hampshire and remember to be kind to each other and yourself during this pandemic and social crisis
Deadfall by Robert Liparulo. Excellent thriller. Americans set loose in the Canadian wilderness, a town takeover and a mysterious weapon of war. Great pacing, likeable characters and comfortable writing style. Sequel is good too.
You know a person loves to read when the days of having to hold a paper book doesn't matter if you read one on a phone, a PC, in hard cover paper. Just 📚 Read ! Wish I could have read the Wizard of Oz chapters.
Sure, you’ll partake in any manner of literary intake source if a certain format is all that is available. Much like a starving vegetarian will always ultimately eat meat. But you always know your preference. You always know where your heart lies and what makes the process most enjoyable. That being an actual, physical book. The feel of it, the smell of it. Everything. Same as meat, I suppose 🍗🥓😂
@@daniellamcgee4251 You sound like somebody not quite equipped to be alive for their own species 🤣 A fucken starving vegetarian. Oh that’s priceless. I will carry this with me. Thank you 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂🤣😁🤣🤣🤣
I'm reading _All That Is Solid Melts Into Air_ by Marshall Berman, a postmodern look at the alienation from labor, nature, community, & self that occurs as part of capitalism, & Marvel Super Villains Unite: Super-Villain Team-Up complete collection.
I wondered if Infinite Jest might be the one he had not read - it's such an epic thing but so, so good. What a loss - if only he were still alive to be writing, it would be David Foster Wallace's new books I'd be stalking. RIP.
More people need to read. I read a lot when I was a child. I would read Stephen king to Stephen hawking but my favorite is Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. I was 8 the first time🤔
I read her Frankenstein when I was 48 and was shocked that it was a page-turner. I had no expectations and haven't stopped shaking my head since, that an 18 year old could write such a gripping and timeless story. Competing with one or two of the greatest poets then alive, Mary Shelley must have really been something. All that because somebody before TV existed said, "I've got it! Let's all write a scary story while we hang out here in Switzerland."
I never heard of any of these books, but I'm french Canadian so excuse me...try reading "Le Wapiti" a fascinating tale of "coureur de bois" and the US-Canada conflict of the tine, 1812.
Had to know that Jake was a real reader , anyone who really takes time to read always has multiple books on the go , and of course in many different topics. Nicely done Late Show ! 😆
I trust this man & hv bought and highly recommend the books he has written. Every book and author that he's mentioned here, including himself, are brilliant. Read them all!
I was also a HUGE fan of Baum as a kid. If I remember right, there were thirteen or fourteen by Baum, then another author took over when he died. One thing that always annoyed me about later authors was that they spelled "gnome" g-n-o-m-e. Is it the normal way? Sure, but Baum preferred to drop the silent g. I liked that bit of style on his part.
I also read a lot of books at once lol! Jake's tie is amazing btw. And I can't wait for The Devil May Dance! it sounds really cool. I hope Stephen does more of these :D also I'm reading Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett
LMAO he doesn't know why he can't get through Infinite Jest when MOST people can't get through the first 100 pages. It's the literary equivalent of an Escher drawing on acid.
I wouldn't consider myself an avid reader, really more of a steady reader (as I read at least 2 pages every day as a rule: Mini Habits). Except for "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", there was not one book that Jake mentioned that I had even heard of, never mind having read them. One book that I would recommend is "Infidel" by Ayaan Hirsi Ali.
I prophesy many an individual dropping many a name of many a mispronounced book..meanwhile most people can and have barely read a pizza menu. Such is the reality we live in.
I just got my order of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William Shirer. I have a bet with myself which will happen first... the end of the Pandemic, or me reading the last page.
The Charlie Brown music was done by Vince Guaraldi, who was known before that for his one big hit, _Cast Your Fate to the Wind._ Here’s a link: czcams.com/video/TAh4gYZdDUg/video.html
Do more of this,
Books are needed!
Great recommendations here!
Yeah, do more of this, but with people who are actual readers, and not John Cena, for example...
@@hammun6 you think John Cena doesn't read? He most certainly does.
So nice to see how genuine he is about books and reading.
As a recently retired reading teacher, I LOVE these spots ❤️⭐️❤️⭐️❤️
Just AWESOME! !!!👍👍👍👍👍
Me too!!! English teacher here 🥰
I can sympathize, Mr. Tapper! Infinite Jest is not only very long, but complex and strange. It demands your full attention, engagement - and access to a dictionary! But well worth the effort/time to read. One of my favorite books!
I had gotten through about one third of Infinite Jest when I was just about to give up on it. One day we had water in the basement bathroom where I would generally try to plow through it. The box I had it on (labeled "empty box") dissolved and the box and book went into the trash. I missed the box more. Unfortunately my wife didn't understand that I was relieved of reading the rest of the book and got me a new copy. I finished the book but not necessarily the end notes. I still miss the box more.
Jake Tapper and books. 2 of my favorites. 😃💗
The Rachel Maddow books are amazing as well. Highly recommend checking Rachel’s books out.
I concur. Currently reading the Spiro Agnew book she co-authored.
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LOL! 😆 at lying Fake News CNN. Lying CNN host Jake Tapper said he would not interview GOP lawmakers who supported former President Donald Trump's claims that the election was stolen but emails with his booking team show that he did seek appearances on his show from some of the biggest endorsers of the election fraud allegations. CNN is a Joke! 👎🏻
It's so comforting to know I'm not the only person with multiple books going at a given time. 😂💜💜
I ADORE this segment.
3:00 Infinite Jest is a HARD read, prepare to look up words, about 2000 of 'em that you likely never heard of... AND a hundred pages of footnotes. Better to read about 5 to 10 pages/day... You'll be done in 7 months. 😂
Lol lol. Picked it up once and put it back.
Carrie. That’s my favorite book. Delve into that, Tapper. I dare you.
Jake: I would like to recommend Wally Lamb’s _I Know This Much is True._ It’s one of my all-time favorites, and the writing is so beautiful.
One of my all time favorite books! 🎉😊
Interestingly, I too have read most - if not all - of the L Frank Baum “Oz” books. It is also surprising to me that most people do not know there is actually a series of Oz book as Jake Tapper points out.
Now if only he didn't day "Frank L Baum" 🤣
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Well-spotted, Wurdnurd.
That said, we should rejoice in Mr. Tapper’s recognition of one of America’s popular writers of the early 20th century.
That's because most people only know The Wizard of Oz from the 1939 movie starring Judy Garland and maybe that weird mid-1980s sequel Return to Oz.
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, Uncle Dynamite by P.G. Wodehouse, and Don Quixote by Cervantes.
Elie Wiesel Night is my favorite book and I was so shocked he mentioned it
He must have answered these questions before .. It would take me ages to rummage through my brain in order to give adequate responses
They probably gave him the question beforehand to help the interview flow well.
Yeah, a few of these questions I could answer right away, but these questions about books I've read in my childhood or in high school would take me forever to answer.
Reading Infinite Jest is more of a project. Keeping track of my place in the footnotes (in the paper version) was the part that eventually forced me to give up.
I kept TWO bookmarks and made notes throughout.
That book is a complete fraud. I feel sorry for anyone that wastes their time on it.
@@Smoove_J I feel sorry for anyone who thinks Infinite Jest is a fraud.
Just read his account of a luxury cruise experience. The wit and wisdom of DFW is all there, in about 1200 less pages.
@@shepinchains1 Cv
"Who thought this was a good idea?"
-by Alyssa Mastromonaco & Lauren Oyler
is what I am reading....Great Read!!!
But I adore:
Edgar Allan Poe
Douglas Adams
Hunter S. Thompson
Kurt Vonnegut
I could do this all day😂🤣😂
I adore what you adore! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
....just read anything by the late PD James.
I sought out (in multiple states) and devoured the Wizard of Oz books as well! There were 14 in total that I’m aware of. I have bought the collection for my nieces so they can also fall in love with reading.
Great segment! Please do more of this.
i used to read a lot. i lost that when i got married. i lost a lot of things when i got married. i’m not married any more. a lot of things don’t come back but i’m not losing anything else and i’m cool with that.
Positive vibes from New Hampshire and remember to be kind to each other and yourself during this pandemic and social crisis
@@tammystockley-loughlin7680, same to you.
🤗 Oh, please don't give up on reading. Visit your library 📖🔖So many books waiting to be discovered 📖📖📖
I'm currently reading the ESV version of the Bible to see what everyone is so pissy about.
I'd like to say that in all my years at Christian Academies and church, I oddly remember very little about the bible or any else about the religion.
I'd like to add that one religion is not better than any other and religion is private so just because someone doesn't live by your religion's teachings it doesn't mean you should force your views upon them or treat them as less than you.
@@rockyjforay well, as any rational living being, I'm am just curious as to what religion is and where it began. Again, I did attend church and a Christian Academy for schooling, but remember very little. I feel like too many people are taking this established institution and manipulating it for their own personal agendas and whims.
Some of questions I'm looking for the answers to:
What is the bible.
What is religion.
Any factual accounts.
Why people manipulate the words of it to excuse their actions.
Among other things.
And, I'm a Seventh Day Adventist Christian and believe in God and pray every night, but it feels like who or what God is to other people is not the same way I think of God is. Like, the bible is the account of other just living their lives and following their own paths and premarital "going into", among other things like that dude trying to give his daughter to strangers and telling the strangers they can do what they want with the daughters.
I plan on reading the other versions and other religion's holy texts, but since the ESV is one of the more "complete", versions I thought I would start there.
I'm also like, what if it is a collection of popular ancient fictitious works and it slowly evolved into religion today.
Ha ha ha ha.
Listen up, godboy, I treat anyone who can’t distinguish between reality and fantasy as mentally inferior.
So many, so difficult to choose, but first thoughts. .. Jitterbug Perfume, The Four Agreements, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Autobiography of a Yogi, The Godfather.
OMG have I just met a new best friend?!?!?! I LOVE JITTERBUG AND PIMPERNEL!!!!
Naughty confession time, i think the movie from the 30s did the ending to the scarlet pimpernel better than the book did. It's cute and makes you want to pinch Percy's cheeks for being such a... cheek!!!
@@kathrynpaine2788 girl, we clearly are on the same page (badum da). I also loved the old black and white film best. So charming. But the book... kissing the stones she walked on... a film could see easily make that comical or small. I imagine you get this:-)
The Canterbury Tales was awesome. Read that back home in Trinidad. It made me a bit of an Anglophile too lol
Now you can read the Ant and Bee books! ;-)
I never thought of Scientology and the Rat Pack, but the dates line up.
I'm currently reading "The Power" by Naomi Alderman. Please do more of these!
I have a lot of Frank Baum's wizard of oz books and even my grandson read them. I read "One Good Deed," and want to read the new Harlen Coben book. However, I am anxiously awaiting the new Gabriel Allon book, "The Cellist" by Daniel Silva!!!
I’d love to hear this from all guests
Misfire. Most people do not read. They await with but their mouth open, awaiting whatever regurgitation they have turned their head toward.
I'm actually reading Trevor Noah's book. It helps me relate. Thank you to all of you who support. I'm looking forward to picking up Seth Rogen's book and getting to know all of yours. Please send me some books. I'll be getting a PO box.
May I say it's amazing book 👏🏽 great choice 👍
Oh love this video! Please let it be a series with every guest!!
Watership Down!
*Also check out 'Earth Abides' by George R. Stewart.
Black rabbit.... that was a hard reality.
Alot like animal farm in teaching the brutality of reality.
Frith, yes! 🐇
Thank you, you reminded me of the Hornblower Series by C S Forester. I started with "Beat to Quarters". I just loved the the name. I suppose I was about eight or nine years old. I literally devoured his words. It took me to another place. It took me to sea. He made me a reader. Thank you Cleveland Public Library, you brought me such joy.
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett.
I can honestly say that I have read Infinite Jest. I don't think I could read it again. It contains multitudes. Bizarre multitudes.
These are great, thank you.
day one of waiting for someone else that had read Where The Red Fern Grows
I've read it. Decades ago. When I was middle school age.
@@LeesaDeAndrea so did I but it hasn't been too long but I am definitely getting my own copy
Great book...anything that made me feel the feels stayed...anything else was donated to the thrift...I think my kid stole my copy...she's 25. Positive vibes from New Hampshire and remember to be kind to each other and yourself during this pandemic and social crisis
Deadfall by Robert Liparulo. Excellent thriller. Americans set loose in the Canadian wilderness, a town takeover and a mysterious weapon of war. Great pacing, likeable characters and comfortable writing style. Sequel is good too.
You know a person loves to read when the days of having to hold a paper book doesn't matter if you read one on a phone, a PC, in hard cover paper. Just 📚 Read ! Wish I could have read the Wizard of Oz chapters.
Sure, you’ll partake in any manner of literary intake source if a certain format is all that is available. Much like a starving vegetarian will always ultimately eat meat. But you always know your preference. You always know where your heart lies and what makes the process most enjoyable. That being an actual, physical book. The feel of it, the smell of it. Everything. Same as meat, I suppose 🍗🥓😂
@Connie Jenni Talking about books, sweetheart. About people enjoying actual books yet still being happy to read them in digital format.
@@ivareskesner2019 I have been a starving vegetarian, and the last thing I wanted to eat was meat. Myth busted, sweetheart! *BOOM!*
@Connie Jenni You did all that with a _’huh’?_
@@daniellamcgee4251 You sound like somebody not quite equipped to be alive for their own species 🤣 A fucken starving vegetarian. Oh that’s priceless. I will carry this with me. Thank you 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂🤣😁🤣🤣🤣
BtW Jake you have a good read on everything, that’s what makes you a good journalist 😬
I'm reading _All That Is Solid Melts Into Air_ by Marshall Berman, a postmodern look at the alienation from labor, nature, community, & self that occurs as part of capitalism, & Marvel Super Villains Unite: Super-Villain Team-Up complete collection.
His book is out on my bday and concerns my birth year!
The Scarlet Pimpernel
That was a nice
Kudos, he handled that ‘gottcha question’ very well.
Jurassic Park is my favorite book. Read it so many times.
Thanks Jake Tapper, Stephen Colbert, Et Al.🙂
Yes, do more of these segments!,
No connection whatsoever within my own reading.
I wondered if Infinite Jest might be the one he had not read - it's such an epic thing but so, so good. What a loss - if only he were still alive to be writing, it would be David Foster Wallace's new books I'd be stalking. RIP.
I'm just glad to hear someone talk about books that doesn't include a reading of Sam I am, and a rant about 'cancel culture'.
Please keep this segment going. Love these!
I just finished "Farthest North" by Nansen. I read all non fiction.
"Desperate Journeys, Abandoned Souls" -Edward E. Leslie.
Jake's amazing. How does he have time to read let along write a book? Reading is a wonderful way to relax and feed your brain. Will try to do more.
Never heard of most of these... maybe I should go to the store
My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George was my childhood favorite. The idea of just getting away from it all. Even then. 🙃
More people need to read. I read a lot when I was a child. I would read Stephen king to Stephen hawking but my favorite is Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. I was 8 the first time🤔
I read her Frankenstein when I was 48 and was shocked that it was a page-turner. I had no expectations and haven't stopped shaking my head since, that an 18 year old could write such a gripping and timeless story. Competing with one or two of the greatest poets then alive, Mary Shelley must have really been something. All that because somebody before TV existed said, "I've got it! Let's all write a scary story while we hang out here in Switzerland."
I never heard of any of these books, but I'm french Canadian so excuse me...try reading "Le Wapiti" a fascinating tale of "coureur de bois" and the US-Canada conflict of the tine, 1812.
Had to know that Jake was a real reader , anyone who really takes time to read always has multiple books on the go , and of course in many different topics. Nicely done Late Show ! 😆
Reading 'All We Can Save' right now. Excellent. Just finished The Broken Earth series (sci fi) which was excellent. Also just started The Overstory.
The Black Jacobins by C.L.R. James
I trust this man & hv bought and highly recommend the books he has written. Every book and author that he's mentioned here, including himself, are brilliant. Read them all!
Untamed, by Glennon Doyle. Excellent!
Stephen’s face is beat to the gods here
I was also a HUGE fan of Baum as a kid. If I remember right, there were thirteen or fourteen by Baum, then another author took over when he died. One thing that always annoyed me about later authors was that they spelled "gnome" g-n-o-m-e. Is it the normal way? Sure, but Baum preferred to drop the silent g. I liked that bit of style on his part.
I also read a lot of books at once lol! Jake's tie is amazing btw. And I can't wait for The Devil May Dance! it sounds really cool. I hope Stephen does more of these :D
also I'm reading Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett
Cool. We should get an annual update. That was interesting.
A very long advertisement for Jake's book.
How dare he spend literally 30 seconds plugging his book at the end of a segment about books.
Infinite Jest is infinitely entertaining and absurd.
Sorority snaps for the Hornby drop! I recently picked up a young adult from him and devoured it in a night.
Watership Down.
Amazon adventures sold me on reading
LMAO he doesn't know why he can't get through Infinite Jest when MOST people can't get through the first 100 pages. It's the literary equivalent of an Escher drawing on acid.
Devil May Dance--Did you work in anything about director Billy Wilder?
I wouldn't consider myself an avid reader, really more of a steady reader (as I read at least 2 pages every day as a rule: Mini Habits). Except for "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", there was not one book that Jake mentioned that I had even heard of, never mind having read them.
One book that I would recommend is "Infidel" by Ayaan Hirsi Ali.
I tried reading Infinite Jest. Gave up about 50 pages in. Not for me!
Yay!! Book club!! ✨📚 🐛 🤓✨
No comic books.
neat
1984 By George Orwell
Susanibo
Jake's Book Club! Move over Oprah!!!
PLM 🇵🇸❤✊🏽🌏👀
add more twice
I prophesy many an individual dropping many a name of many a mispronounced book..meanwhile most people can and have barely read a pizza menu. Such is the reality we live in.
Roald Dahl? The same Roald Dahl who is not a big fan of Israel? Thank you for standing with Palestine, Jake Tapper! /s
Reinforce Fetterman at Gettysburg
i go where daddy goes :)
Actually, no, I have never wondered about this.
ssshhhh, your stupidity is showing.
Now Jake , for the last question, do you read, or watch TV ?
I hate to point it out but the guy that starts this video looks like he goes to the same tan artist as Donald Trump
I just got my order of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William Shirer. I have a bet with myself which will happen first... the end of the Pandemic, or me reading the last page.
The Charlie Brown music was done by Vince Guaraldi, who was known before that for his one big hit, _Cast Your Fate to the Wind._ Here’s a link: czcams.com/video/TAh4gYZdDUg/video.html
💜2021✨what ya readin'?...
#MillenniumLanceAndTheOpenScroll 🌹
Daniel 11-12 Revelation 20-21
keeping the Faith 💜😎
Search for truth and follow it ❤🌿
#GazaUnderAttack
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Stephen, can you please get Donald J. Trump to answer these questions. Thanks in advance!
Oh, that would be hilarious.
One book I will not read is Jake Tapper's. Here his list is just boring. Not a single classic writer on it.
Search for truth and follow it ❤🌿
#GazaUnderAttack
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#SaveSheikhJarrah
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