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    Trains Good, Planes Bad (Whoo hoo!)
      A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To 'Joe Biden' Station: Federal Railroad Officials Abandon Stranded Train - The Note
        ABOARD ACELA EXPRESS #2250 -- Amtrak President and CEO Joseph Boardman had an appointment to keep, and he wasn't going to let the massive power outage that occurred Saturday on his rail line's Northeast Corridor stop him.
        And, neither were Federal Railroad Administration chief Joseph Szabo or Amtrak board member Jeff Moreland.
        The three were expected at the gala unveiling of the newly re-named Joe Biden train station in Wilmington, Delaware Saturday afternoon but they found themselves among the thousands of other Amtrak passengers who were temporarily stranded on trains along the popular Washington, DC to New York route.
      China's High-Speed Rail Under Fire. (bertb news feed)
        China's High-Speed Rail Under Fire.
        China's growing high-speed rail system is unprofitable, corrupt, and unsafe, according to recent reports in the Chinese press.
      May 7th! (Adam Curry's Gitmo Nation News Feed)
        May 7th!
        National Train Day 2011.
    BiodiversitŽe
      [VIDEO] No more nuclear power stations to be built in EU until after new risk assessment, says Commissioner
        The European Commission is to refuse permission for the construction of new nuclear plants in Europe until a full safety assessment of existing sites has been carried out. Speaking at EWEA 2011 in Brussels today, Climate Action Commissioner Connie Hedegaard said there must be a re-assessment of risk following the disasters in Japan.
      Adopt a wind turbine. really?? (Adam Curry's Gitmo Nation News Feed)
        Adopt a wind turbine. really??
        Breath of fresh air : Home.
    Haiti
      5:48AM: Wycleff Jean shot (Adam Curry's Gitmo Nation News Feed)
        Wycleff Jean shot
        In Crisis and Confusion, Haiti Votes for New Leader.
      BBC News - Haiti cholera 'far worse than expected', experts fear
        In the three months between October and December 2010, about 150,000 people in Haiti contracted cholera and about 3,500 died.
        Around this time, the United Nations projected that the total number infected would likely rise to 400,000.
        But researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, say this is a gross underestimate.
        They believe the toll could reach 779,000, with 11,100 deaths by the end of November 2011.
      Aristide Heading Home To Haiti. (pg.chrys news feed)
        Aristide Heading Home To Haiti.
        He "headed back to his country on Friday after ignoring US opposition to a homecoming some fear could disrupt Haiti's presidential election runoff on Sunday."
    Gitmo Nation
      Adam Curry's Simple Weblog: RFID in Vaccines. (Adam Curry's Gitmo Nation News Feed)
        Adam Curry's Simple Weblog: RFID in Vaccines.
        One of my (many) theories on the No Agenda podcast is about the intent to inject tracking devices into the population under the cover of vaccinations.
      Next Step for Airport Security: Scanners for Your Shoes | Danger Room | Wired.com
        The Transportation Security Administration announced this week that it's accepting proposals for a ,shoe scanner device. It could be a way to cut down on the aggravations of airline travel while still allowing officials to check for weapons and explosives inside a terrorist's Reeboks. The idea crashed and burned when the Department of Homeland Security first proposed it years ago.
      SecurID Company Suffers Security Breach. (Adam Curry's Gitmo Nation News Feed)
        SecurID Company Suffers Security Breach.
        The RSA Security division of the EMC Corporation said Thursday that it had suffered a sophisticated data breach, potentially compromising computer security products widely used by corporations and governments.
    Gitmo Nation East
      London 2012 may not allow mobile phones - UK Politics, UK - The Independent
        Picnics and mobile phones may not be allowed into the London 2012 Olympics under security measures produced by the Games organisers.
        Under powers granted by the Government to the London 2012 organisers, people will not be permitted to take flasks, thermoses and larger quantities of food with them to Olympic venues. They are included in a "non-exhaustive" list of banned and restricted items in the terms and conditions of booking Olympic tickets that went on sale this week. All bags will be scanned by x-ray machines as part of security.
        Phones are unwelcome as they may disturb the action, along with banners, horns, whistles, drums, rattles and musical instruments. The 2012 Olympics will be free of vuvuzelas, the plastic horns that were the soundtrack to last year's soccer World Cup in South Africa.
        Liquids in containers bigger than 100ml, camera tripods and flags of countries not involved in the Games are also on the hit list as are umbrellas, which can be used as a blunt instrument, apparently.
        The rules also aim to safeguard the official sponsors of the Games from "objects bearing trademarks or other kinds of promotional signs or messages (such as hats, T-shirts, bags, etc) which Locog (the London 2012 organisers) believes are for promotional purposes".
      Rapiscan wins London 2012 security contract. (Adam Curry's Gitmo Nation News Feed)
        Rapiscan wins London 2012 security contract.
        Olympic organiser Locog has appointed Rapiscan Systems as the official security equipment and systems supplier for the London 2012 Games.
    Gitmo Nation Lowlands
      No Agenda and Shoes (Adam Curry's Gitmo Nation News Feed)
        No Agenda and Shoes
        We Are Change Holland demonstrated in The Hague today in memoriam of the 8th anniversary of the war in Iraq.
    Gitmo Nation Down Under
      Waste water analysis used to flush out drug users
        DRUG users could soon be caught out by their own excrement thanks to groundbreaking research techniques being developed and studied by universities in Tasmania and Queensland.
    United $tates of EURO-pe
      [VIDEO] No more nuclear power stations to be built in EU until after new risk assessment, says Commissioner
        The European Commission is to refuse permission for the construction of new nuclear plants in Europe until a full safety assessment of existing sites has been carried out. Speaking at EWEA 2011 in Brussels today, Climate Action Commissioner Connie Hedegaard said there must be a re-assessment of risk following the disasters in Japan.
    Ministry of Truth
      DADT Articles
        10:13PM: Accelerate repeal of 'Don't ask, don't tell' (Adam Curry's Gitmo Nation News Feed)
          Accelerate repeal of 'Don't ask, don't tell'
          The repeal legislation established only one requirement before the President, Secretary of Defense and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff could certify that the armed services were ready for repeal that the Pentagon had prepared the necessary policies and...
        10:07PM: DADT (Adam Curry's Gitmo Nation News Feed)
          U.S. Navy DADT Repeal Training Vignettes.
      U.S. ambassador to Mexico resigns - CNN.com
        The move by Ambassador Carlos Pascual comes amid tension between the United States and Mexico after a U.S. diplomatic cable released last fall by the WikiLeaks website quoted U.S. officials talking about "widespread corruption" in Mexican security agencies and "a dysfunctionally low level of collaboration." The cable, dated January 29, 2010, also described the Mexican army as "slow" and "risk averse" and concluded that only 2% of people arrested in Ciudad Juarez -- the most violent city in Mexico, wracked by drug-cartel-related killings -- were charged with a crime.
      4:35AM: Reverse Engineering RSA's ãStatementä (Newsmix)
        Reverse Engineering RSA's ãStatementä
        On March 17th, 2011, Art Coviello, RSA Security's Executive Chairman, posted a disturbingly murky statement on their website disclosing their discovery of an "APT" (Advanced Persistent Threat).
      Osama bin Laden in Iran, claims 'Feathered Cocaine' documentary | Mail Online
        Bin Laden has been housed in a guarded compound north of Tehran with his wife, several children and grandchildren since 2003, protected by the Iranian regime, according to Feathered Cocaine, an Icelandic film about the illicit multi-million-dollar trade in falcons.
        In the film, a disguised falcon smuggler from the former Soviet Union identified only as 'T-2' says he first met bin Laden in 2004 at a falcon-hunting camp in northeastern Iran.
        'I met him five times after 2004,' says the smuggler.
        'The last time we met was in October 2007. Every time, it was in Iran.'
      Playboy Interview with Reporter Helen Thomas, April 2011 Playboy Magazine
        Does Hochman, who is Jewish, believe Thomas is an anti-Semite?
      Act Now! Pirates Offer Discounts on Select Ransoms. (w.tromp news feed)
        Act Now! Pirates Offer Discounts on Select Ransoms.
        They're overstocked! They're slashing prices! They won't be undersold! Sound like a local mattress sale commercial? Nope, it's actually a Somali pirate gang talking about the great deals they're offering on ransoms.
    Elite$
      [VIDEO] I love sound of Farrafe in the morning
      Nigel Farage Blasts Eurocouncil President Van Rompuy For Cozying With Gaddafi As Recently As December.
      Rubber Bullets Fly at Anti-Obama Protest In Rio - Kenneth Rapoza - BRIC Breaker - Forbes
        Obama will arrive in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday and give a speech to invited guests in downtown Rio. Originally, the speech was to take place at the CinelÌ¢ndia square in the city, but was changed on Friday. The Embassy did not give a reason for the change. Rumors on the street and in the local press were that security officials were worried of a possible terrorist attack against Obama in open air in light of the UN Security Council resolution against Libya on Thursday.
      National Lampoon chief arrested in alleged $200-million Ponzi scheme | L.A. NOW | Los Angeles Times
        Timothy Durham, 48, is accused in a federal grand jury indictment of defrauding investors through his loan company and using the money to support expensive homes and cars, a 100-foot yacht and travel on a personal jet.
      Clinton Argues for 'Consumption Tax' on E-Commerce. (dennisc news feed)
        Clinton Argues for 'Consumption Tax' on E-Commerce.
        On the issue of taxes applied to Internet retailers, President Bill Clinton appeared to more fully shift away from the laissez-faire stance he struck while in office, arguing that a "consumption tax" should be placed on e-commerce.
    Bank$ters
      Want cash from an ATM? Pay a $5 fee - Yahoo! Finance. (dennisc news feed)
        Want cash from an ATM? Pay a $5 fee - Yahoo! Finance.
        JP Morgan Chase is currently testing the $5 ATM fee in Illinois and a $4 ATM fee in Texas -- both for non-customers who use its ATMs -- to see if they bring in enough revenue to introduce nationwide, according to sources familiar with the tests. A Chase spokesman declined to...
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      Does Anne Hathaway News Drive Berkshire Hathaway's Stock? - Atlantic Mobile.
      Blowing a Hole in Dodd-Frank. (dennisc news feed)
        Blowing a Hole in Dodd-Frank.
        Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is close to a decision to exempt the $4 trillion-a-day foreign-currency market from key provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act requiring greater transparency in the trading of derivatives.
    Cyber War$
      Ex-Goldman Computer Programmer Gets 8 Years Prison - CNBC
        U.S. District Judge Denise Cote imposed the sentence of 97 months on Aleynikov after hearing federal prosecutors recommend eight to 10 years.
        "You exhibited malice by turning on your employer by taking massive quantities of code over several months you were motivated by greed and supreme disloyalty," Cote told Aleynikov.
        Aleynikov's lawyer had originally asked for a sentence of probation but in court on Friday suggested two years was adequate.
    Military Industrial Complex
      F-35/JSF Aircraft Cost Approaching $1 Trillion Mark. (dennisc news feed)
        F-35/JSF Aircraft Cost Approaching $1 Trillion Mark.
        The JSF is to be operated by the US Marine Corps, US Navy and US Air Force. According to the report, almost $300 billion is required to purchase the 2,458 airframes destined for service, while $650 billion more is required for operations and for maintenance purposes. Previously,...
    Hollywood Wackers
      Jessica Alba, Christina Aguilera and Others Added to Hacked Nude Pic Probe - FoxNews.com
        The celebrities, all female, now include Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato Christina Aguilera, Vanessa Hudgens, Scarlett Johansson, Ali Larter, Busy Philipps, Miley Cyrus, Emma Caulfield, Addison Timlin and Renee Olstead,
    CelebritŽe Ambassadors
      [VIDEO] Japan Earthquake: U.S. Charities See Smaller Donations from Americans Than After Haiti and Other Disasters
      "There has not been a telethon, which is driving me crazy," said Wayne Elsey, CEO of Soles4Souls, a charity he created following the 2004 South Asian tsunami.
      Ono and Reed to play tsunami benefit shows UK.
      Yoko Ono, Lou Reed and Sonic Youth are to perform at special fundraising gigs to boost aid efforts in tsunami-hit Japan.
      Best headline ever!
      Justin Bieber Joins Celebrity Charity Auction To Save The Earth.
    Underreported News
      Anti-war protesters arrested near White House - KiiiTV3.com South Texas, Corpus Christi, Coastal Bend
        More than 100 anti-war protesters, including the man who leaked the Pentagon Papers, were arrested outside the White House on Saturday in demonstrations marking the eighth anniversary of the U.S.-led war in Iraq.
    Libya
      U.S. & International Coalition Forces Begin Military Action Against Libya | C-SPAN
        "This is a broad international effort," Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said from Paris. "The world will not sit idly by while more innocent civilians are killed. The United States will support our allies and partners as they move to enforce" the resolution.
      Pentagon: 112 missiles fired on Libya thus far - World Watch - CBS News
        "To that end, (the missile attack) struck more than 20 integrated air defense systems and other air defense facilities ashore."
      Who do you think you are? (Adam Curry's Gitmo Nation News Feed)
        Who do you think you are?
        Farrakhan goes on a rant on Chicago radio about Obama calling for Qaddafi to step down
      China regrets multinational air strikes in Libya : World News Australia on SBS
        "We hope Libya can restore stability as soon as possible and avoid further civilian casualties due to an escalation of armed conflict," it added.
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      Obama meets with members of Congress on Libya - The Oval: Tracking the Obama presidency
        Some members of the bipartisan congressional delegation are here at the White House, while others are on a secure conference call.
      Declaration of war by the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
        After Congress repealed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution in January 1971 and President Richard Nixon continued to wage war in Vietnam, Congress passed the War Powers Resolution (Pub.L. 93-148) over the veto of Nixon in an attempt to rein in some of the president's claimed powers. Today, Congress recognizes no claimed power of the president to wage war outside of the War Powers Resolution.
      Article One of the United States Constitution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
        To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;
        To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;
      War Powers Resolution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
        The War Powers Resolution of 1973 (50 U.S.C. 1541--1548) was a United States Congress joint resolution providing that the President can send U.S. armed forces into action abroad only by authorization of Congress or if the United States is already under attack or serious threat. The War Powers Resolution requires the president to notify Congress within 48 hours of committing armed forces to military action and forbids armed forces from remaining for more than 60 days, with a further 30 day withdrawal period, without an authorization of the use of military force or a declaration of war. The resolution was passed by two-thirds of Congress, overriding a presidential veto.
      [VIDEO] I love sound of Farrafe in the morning
      Nigel Farage Blasts Eurocouncil President Van Rompuy For Cozying With Gaddafi As Recently As December.
      Obama on presidential war-making powers - Salon.com Mobile
        TheU.N. SecurityCouncil Resolution authorizing military force in Libya does not, on its face, compel U.S. involvement, but news reports(and common sense) suggest that American participation is likely. That has led to debates over whether the President is constitutionally empowered to order military action in Libya without Congressional approval, whether it be in the form of a declaration of war or at least some statutory authorization to use military force(my views on the substance of this new war are here).
        I will simply never understand the view that the Constitution allows the President unilaterally to commit the nation to prolonged military conflict in another country -- especially in non-emergency matters having little to do with self-defense -- but just consider what candidate Barack Obama said about this matter when -- during the campaign -- he responded in writing to a series of questions regarding executive power from Charlie Savage, then of The Boston Globe:
        Q. In what circumstances, if any, would the president have constitutional authority to bomb Iran without seeking a use-of-force authorization from Congress? (Specifically, what about the strategic bombing of suspected nuclear sites -- a situation that does not involve stopping an IMMINENT threat?)
        OBAMA: The President does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation.
        As Commander-in-Chief, the President does have a duty to protect and defend the United States. In instances of self-defense, the President would be within his constitutional authority to act before advising Congress or seeking its consent.
        Obama's answer seems dispositive to me on the Libya question: "The President does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation." And he went on to say that the President could constitutionally deploy the military only "in instances of self-defense." Nobody is arguing -- nor can one rationally argue -- that the situation in Libya constitutes either an act of "self-defense" or the "stopping of an actual or imminent threat to the nation." How, then, can Obama's campaign position possibly be reconciled with his ordering military action in Libya without Congressional approval (something, it should be said, he has not yet done)?
        And here's what then-Sen. Hillary Clinton said in response to the same question from Savage; it's at least as clear as Obama's answer:
        The President has the solemn duty to defend our Nation. If the country is under truly imminent threat of attack, of course the President must take appropriate action to defend us. At the same time, the Constitution requires Congress to authorize war. I do not believe that the President can take military action -- including any kind of strategic bombing -- against Iran without congressional authorization. That is why I have supported legislation [GG: also supported by Obama] to bar President Bush from doing so and that is also why I think it is irresponsible to suggest, as some have recently, that anything Congress already has enacted provides that authority.
        Leading Democrats constantly argued the same thing during the Bush years: that Presidents lack the power to order military actions in non-emergency, non-self-defense situations without Congressional approval; indeed, they insisted that even the attack on Iraq, which (unlike Libya) was justified as necessary for self-defense, required Congressional approval [and, needless to say, the always-principled Republicans routinely argue that Presidents do possess unilateral war-making power whenever there is a GOP President, but argue the exact opposite when there is a Democratic President]. There has to be some purpose to Article I, Section 8's assignment of the power "To declare War" to Congress; what is it? As Yale Law Professors Bruce Ackerman and Oona Hathaway put it:
        No existing statute or treaty allows this action. Gaddafi isn't linked to Al Qaeda, so an attack against him isn't supported by the resolution authorizing force against terrorists involved in 9/11. If Obama goes it alone, he must return to Bush-era assertions that the president, as commander-in-chief, can unilaterally launch the nation into war. . . .
        We are at a crossroads. President Obama can deal a death blow to our constitutional commitment to checks and balances in war-making. Or he can establish a precedent in constructive congressional engagement which will serve as a model for the foreign policy challenges of the twenty-first century.
      Rundown of each UN country's contribution to the Libya no fly zone (Adam Curry's Gitmo Nation News Feed)
        Rundown of each UN country's contribution to the Libya no fly zone
        Wie doet wat voor no-flyzone LibiÃ«? - VK Dossier: De opstand in LibiÃ« - VK.
    Vaccine$
      Fifth case of bird flu detected in Japan (Adam Curry's Gitmo Nation News Feed)
        Fifth case of bird flu detected in Japan
        Japanese health authorities say they have detected a fifth case of bird flu in an outbreak that has seen more than 600,000 chickens culled.
    Fal$e Flag
      Tsunami warning exercise (Adam Curry's Gitmo Nation News Feed)
        Tsunami warning exercise
        March 23d fornthe pacific
    Arab Spring
      France24 - Hundreds of Islamists stone Egypt's ElBaradei
        "We don't want you," the mob shouted, throwing stones, shoes and water at the former UN nuclear watchdog chief as he turned up at a Cairo polling station, five weeks after president Hosni Mubarak was ousted by mass protests.
        "He lives in the United States and wants to rule us. It's out of the question," one of them said.
        "We don't want an American agent," said another.
        ElBaradei beat a retreat to his car and left without voting at the polling station in Muqattam, a largely poor district in south Cairo.
        "Went 2 vote w family attacked by organized thugs. Car smashed w rocks. Holding referendum in absence of law & order is an irresponsible act," he wrote on Twitter.
      Egyptian Chronicles: The Friday of Dignity in Syria : The start of revolution
        The Friday of Dignity in Syria : The start of revolution
      Chavez And Castro Critisize attack on Libya
        Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez condemned military strikes against Libya on Saturday, accusing the United States and its European allies of attacking the country to seize its oil.
      Clooneys War (Adam Curry's Gitmo Nation News Feed)
        Clooneys War
        South Sudan army-militia clashes kill 69: army.
    Oil Cabal
      Oil price soars after UN resolution against Muammar Gaddafi | Business | The Guardian
        Middle East tensions send cost of crude to $117 per barrel, but falls to $114.50 after Libyan leader announces ceasefire
      Potential new deep water oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico-100 mile sheen reported - Tallahassee Environmental News | Examiner.com
        Independent pilots, including John Wathen of the Waterkeeper Alliance, andåÊBonnie Schumaker with Wings of Care, are currently flying out to investigate the spill. Schumaker reports having seen the sheen on Friday, March 18, and confirms that it is rapidly expanding.
    Devil Weed
      Pull menthol cigarettes, FDA advisers urge -- The Chart - CNN.com Blogs
        The Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee met to evaluate the available science on the impact of menthol cigarettes on public health, including children, African-Americans, Hispanics, and other ethnic and racial minorities. The group determined menthol cigarette smokers do not have a greater risk of diseases related to smoking when compared with non-menthol cigarette smokers. But, menthol in cigarettes increased experimentation, raised the risk of progression to a regular smoker, increased smoking among kids, and their availability increased the chance of addiction--and even the degree of addiction in children.
      Smoking Bans Hitting Home (w.tromp news feed)
        Smoking Bans Hitting Home
        At least half a dozen Manhattan co-ops are expected to ask shareholders during annual meetings this spring to vote on an all-out smoking ban that would prohibit residents from lighting up in their own homes, real estate attorneys say.
      Feds Threaten Marijuana Dispensaries Nationwide (Adam Curry's Gitmo Nation News Feed)
        Feds Threaten Marijuana Dispensaries Nationwide
        In a little-publicized memo, the U.S. federal government has indicated that the gloves are off regarding medical marijuana dispensaries, regardless of state laws.
    EQ Machines
      Benjamin Fulford claims US caused Tsunami using nukes (robertleather news feed)
        Benjamin Fulford claims US caused Tsunami using nukes
        Benjamin Fulford claims US criminal cabal caused Tsunami using nukes and created the current nuclear crisis to account for the released radiation. ... and lots more. Brave genius of our time or total crackpot? You decide.
    Out There
      Squirrel attacking residents of Vermont neighborhood | Seattle News, Weather, Sports, Breaking News | KOMO News | Offbeat
        Several people in Bennington say they've been attacked by a squirrel over the last few weeks.
        Kevin McDonald tells the Bennington Banner he was shoveling snow when the squirrel jumped onto him. He says he threw the animal off, but it twice jumped back onto him. A game warden says there have been other reports, too.
      Prince Charles: We must save the squirrel. (bertb news feed)
        Prince Charles: We must save the squirrel.
        "It cannot be beyond us to put the red squirrel back in its rightful place within this country's wildlife and thus give untold pleasure to our successors in years to come."
      Can atom smasher be used as a time machine? - Technology & science - Science - LiveScience - msnbc.com
        In a "long shot" theory, physicists propose that the world's largest atom smasher could be used as a time machine to send a special kind of matter backward in time.
      8:13PM: Iconic blast from the sun (Adam Curry's Gitmo Nation News Feed)
        Iconic blast from the sun
        A huge loop of magnetism and hot plasma erupted from the sun's southwestern limb today. SDO photographed the iconic blast, which is not expected to hit Earth.
      Only need four hours of sleep? You could have a genetic mutation - The Globe and Mail
        They naturally feel refreshed and ready to go -- at 4 a.m. These 'short sleepers' have a mutation on a gene known as hDEC2 that regulates their sleep-wake cycle. This mutation allows them to function on less sleep, researchers say.
      Earthquake Machine
        This webpage details the model made by Ross Stein and demonstrated most recently at the May 2000 USGS Open House by the Earthquake Hazards Team. The website has been constructed due to the great public interest shown at the Open House, particularly by teachers. This website includes a TV documentary film clip, animation and photographs of the model 'in action', a lengthy model description, and associated diagrams. It also includes technical specifications to aid those wishing to build their own model.
    VIDEO
      YouTube - American Soldiers Are WAKING UP!! SUPPORT OF TAKING AMERICA BACK!!! (StopTheRobbery2)
        Listen to and SUPPORT those American Veterans that are now AWAKE and MAD AS HELL!!
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