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340. May I now ask my next question. Would
you like to comment on your experience of bringing GM crops from
the US to the EC, and what is the EC indecision and unpredictability
that you referred to costing Monsanto?
(Dr Baker) In terms of the relationships between
the United States and Europe, the regulatory system that we have
here is somewhat more complicated in terms of the way it operates
than that in the United States. I would characterise it as less
efficient I think overall. The regulatory stringency in terms
of the evaluation of the data is, I would say, roughly equivalent
in both places. What that is leading to in particular with these
crops which are globally traded is an imbalance in the approvals
for these products around the world. As commodities in particular
are widely traded, that impacts on the trade of those products
because if they are not approved in one place then they cannot
be imported, or if they are produced in one place and not approved
in another place then there are problems with importing them.
In terms of what does it cost Monsanto, that is a difficult thing
to put a figure on. I can tell you that the delays that we experience
here, which are to a large extent due to paper pushing, are not
a question of the evaluation of the product which is all done
very well scientifically. It is a question of working out what
the regulation really means in terms of its operation and bureaucracy
and so forth, which means that we need to keep people employed
while all this is going on, so that we are ready to answer questions.
Those delays can be several years and we are using people sitting
around waiting to answer questions about the bureaucracy, not
about the scientific nature of the products. I cannot put a figure
on the cost, but it is actually costing us a lot in people in
a non-productive mode.
341. So in terms of the safety precautions
taken both in the EC and in America they would be about equal.
It is not a question that any system is different from another
in terms of the certainty that it gives about the product being
safe. It is merely about the way that the system is administered
that you would say is less efficient in Europe than it is in America?
(Dr Baker) I would say that is the prime difference.
In terms of safety evaluation, maybe my regulatory colleague can
(Dr Waters) I think if one looks at the data which
is provided and the safety assessment which is submitted in Europe
and one compares that to the safety assessment which is submitted
in the United States and even in Canada, Japan and Australia,
you will find a high degree of commonality in the type of information
which is required to come to a conclusion on safety. Where Europe
differs, as Dr Baker said, is in the procedures which are much
more complex in Europe because it involves a review by 15 Member
States rather than a single centralised authority. Obviously 15
countries means a range of cultures, different perceptions of
risk, and so in a European framework it is difficult to come to
an agreement on what is an acceptable or unacceptable risk. Those
sorts of discussions are essentially what have slowed down the
decision making process in Europe.
(Dr Baker) Some of those are unavoidable. Let
me give you one example: the translation of any material into
all of the different languages of the Community and making sure
that each translation means the same can lead to extensive delays
and problems. I am not suggesting that we should do away with
the languages but there is an issue.
342. Has your experience of the EC regulatory
system differed depending to which Member State you apply?
(Dr Waters) The answer can be divided into two
parts. The first part concerns research and development and the
second part concerns applications to market products throughout
the EU. As far as research and development is concerned, we have
been testing products across Europe since 1990. We have experience
in about 12 different countries now. I would say that the situation
today is relatively consistent. In the earlier years after the
adoption of the European Directive there were much more divergent
approaches because it was a learning process for both notifiers
as well as regulatory authorities. Over time, because of dialogue
between the various competent authorities, there is now a much
more consistent approach to dealing with risk assessment for Research
and Development purposes. Obviously there are still differences
between countries. We spend a lot of time filling out different
application forms in different languages to test the same plant
material. For the moment there is no procedure for having an EU-wide
authorisation which allows you to test plant material in multiple
countries. It is still very much a direct contact with the regulatory
authorities on a country by country basis. As far as marketing
is concerned, we have had experience with four different countries
in Europe with 10 different products. Our experiences have differed.
As we discussed a few moments ago, those differences really have
not been at the scientific level. The type of data which is expected
by the different countries is quite consistent and our experience
has been that the review process has been science based and has
been quite timely. The difficulties have come once the application
has been forwarded to the rest of the Community so, therefore,
to respond to your question I think that our experience across
those four countries where we do have experience is quite consistent.
It is only at the later stages of the process that we start to
run into procedural difficulties.
343. Could I ask you what you think about
the Commission's proposed amendments to the Directive 90/220?
You are very critical in the paper that you have kindly sent us
about Directive 90/220 as it exists. Could you say a bit more
about what you think of the proposed revisions to 90/220? Are
there any major problems with the existing Directive not addressed
by the Commission?
(Dr Waters) Perhaps rather than go into all the
details that are outlined in the written evidence I will respond
by outlining the key aspects of the regulations as far as industry
is concerned.
344. Of the proposed amendment.
(Dr Waters) Yes. I think in general terms the
way we would define a workable regulation is a regulation which
is firstly based on sound science; secondly that the approvals
are given in a timely manner and there is a degree of predictability
about the procedure and the amount of time that it takes to complete
the safety assessments. Thirdly, we think regulation should be
consistent with international regulations, and fourthly, the administrative
procedures should be proportional to the amount of risk. If one
applies those basic criteria to the Directive, as it stands today,
it clearly falls down in each of those areas. With respect to
the revision, I think it does go some way to correcting the inadequacies
of the current Directive. To give you some examples, there is
a genuine effort to try and bring clarity to how one goes about
risk assessment. The current Directive does not provide clear
indications on what one does with the information which is provided,
how one processes that information and how one comes to a conclusion
about whether a product provides a threat to the environment or
to human health. The new revision proposes a standardised approach
to conducting the risk assessment, so that is certainly a positive
aspect. Another positive aspect is the inclusion of referral to
the European Commission's Scientific Committees. This should strengthen
the scientific approach to the safety assessment. Another positive
aspect is improvements in transparency of the process. There are
now provisions for public consultation during the review which
we consider to be positive. On the other hand there are certain
weaknesses which the Commission itself pointed out when it reviewed
the Directive at the end of 1996, and some of those recommendations
have been taken into account. Others have not.
345. Could you say something about the ones
that have not in your view?
(Dr Waters) An example would be the timeliness
of decisions. One of the major barriers to approvals has been
delays which have taken place particularly in the phase of drafting
of the Commission decision, and voting by the Member States. Time
limits have been introduced but not for every stage of that process,
so there is still a reasonably high degree of uncertainty about
the procedure itself and how long that procedure will last. Other
concerns are that the complexity of the Directive has actually
been increased by placing time limits on the authorisations. It
is now proposed that any authorisations must be renewed every
seven years. This adds to the lack of predictability and the uncertainty
in the procedure from the point of view of companies who are investing
in the development of products. There is only the certainty that
products will be authorised for seven-year periods and it is not
assured that the authorisation will be renewed. Also I mentioned
risk and administrative procedures being linked. The new proposals
for the Directive, although they categorise products in the Research
and Development part of the Directive, they do not do that under
the marketing part of the Directive. For example, products which
are imported for processing purposes but which are not intended
for planting in the EU must undergo a similar safety assessment
to products which are to be planted here. There is no attempt
to try and introduce simplified procedures for products where
the risk is considered to be lower than it is for products which
are planted in the EU.
346. In the paper you kindly sent us, in
paragraph 21 you say: "... some Member States are using national
variety registration procedures to add further conditions to the
marketing of GM varieties. These conditions are, in some respects,
contrary to Community (90/220/EEC) decisions, are not science-based
and are an additional burden to industry, which decreases the
competitiveness of European agriculture without providing additional
safeguards." Can you expand on that statement and can you
tell us which are the Member States you are referring to in the
evidence you put before this Committee?
(Dr Waters) Perhaps as a word of clarification
first of all, before a genetically modified variety can be marketed
in the European Union it requires clearance under a number of
pieces of regulation. It requires authorisation under the 90/220
Directive, it requires authorisation under the Novel Foods Regulation
and it also requires that the variety enters national variety
registration procedures which are usually administered by national
Ministries of Agriculture. The purpose of those variety registration
procedures is to ensure that the product provides agronomic advantages
for farmers and also to characterise the identity of a particular
variety. The example that I was referring to was not a Monsanto
product but it is the first product which has been grown in the
European Union, which is the insect protected maize. This product
went through the 90/220 review process. It was subjected to a
thorough environmental risk assessment, where all the possible
questions that one could ask about interactions with the environment
were addressed and the product was approved for planting throughout
the European Union without any specific conditions attached to
that with respect to monitoring for interactions with, for example,
microbial populations in the soil and in the gut of the animals
which are fed with the maize. In light of this 90/220 decision
the varieties were then registered under national variety procedures
in both Spain and France and in both cases the variety approval
was given on the condition that further studies were carried out
to investigate interactions with micro-organisms and other organisms
in the environment. The concern there is that these interactions
were considered under the European procedures, and they were considered
to represent no adverse risk for the environment, yet because
varieties had to go through this additional regulatory step these
Member States used this as an opportunity to attach additional
conditions, relating to risk which had previously been considered
to be negligible.
347. Do you know of any other countries
besides Spain and France who have been resorting to these tactics?
(Dr Waters) To my knowledge these are the only
two countries where genetically modified varieties have been approved
for cultivation in the EU.
348. In the evidence you gave, in paragraph
16 you said that many considerations should be out of scope. Could
you give us some indication of what considerations you think should
be out of scope for the regulators?
(Dr Waters) In the written evidence a number of
examples were given. Some of them date back several years but
they illustrate the way in which the Directive is being interpreted
differently by different Member States, and perhaps part of the
problem lies in the lack of clarity in the scope of the Directive
itself. To give you a couple of examples, the first one concerns
criteria which have no relation to protection of the environment
or human health, which is the objective of the Directive. An example
of this is objections which were raised by Member States concerning
the labelling of seed bags as well as food products derived from
the genetically modified grains. Clearly this labelling is a criterion
which is not related to the safety of the product, but Member
States raised objections to the marketing of products on the ground
that the labelling proposals were inadequate. That is one example
of a non-scientific criterion being used as part of the safety
assessment. Another example, which does relate to scientific criteria
which would be covered by other legislation, is the example of
the presence of pesticide residues in the genetically modified
grain. These aspects are covered by the Plant Protection Directive
91/414, yet these questions were raised in the context of the
90/220 Directive and should have been considered to be out of
the scope of 90/220, but within the scope of another piece of
349. Going back to the labelling question,
what might be considered out of scope then would perhaps raise
its head in a different area in the issue of segregation. You
would not know how to segregate certain types of foodstuff. You
talk about very strict guidelines and constraints on what should
be regulated. Do you not think those could actually be counter
productive in the long term?
(Dr Baker) In terms of the labelling under the
90/220 Directive, as Dr Waters was saying, it concerns the product,
in other words in that case the seeds which are being sold. They
would be labelled anyway. We in fact put that in our submission.
In response, it was the Commission which was arguing that labelling
was out of scope to be included in the regulation, even though
de facto you would sell those seeds labelled. In other
words, this question of out of scope is in fact more to do with
the lack of clarity in the regulation itself as to what is included
and what is not included. We have no problem with it, but it must
be clear in terms of what we are supposed to provide in terms
of evidence and data and that is where the debate comes from to
a large extent.
(Dr Waters) As a follow-up to the discussion on
labelling, the response of the Commission to this impasse was
to actually go back and modify the Directive to require labelling
of the seed bags even in the absence of any environmental or human
health concerns. Therefore, while the Directive was being modified,
all of the product approvals were put on hold and companies initially
volunteered to label seed bags as containing genetically modified
seeds; it is now mandatory to do so. This was an example of an
out of scope objection but it nevertheless blocked the approval
process and in order to remove that blockage the Commission resorted
to modifying the Directive to make this an acceptable objection.
350. On labelling for information, at paragraphs
19 and 37 of the Monsanto evidence there is reference to labelling
for information being a barrier to trade. Would you like to elaborate
on that?
(Dr Baker) I think first of all one should say
that this is a comment rather than a point of criticism. Labelling
for information can always be instituted by any community for
whatever reason. Generally speaking, labelling is information
which relates to some type of safety or health consideration about
a particular product but, as has recently been done here in Europe,
labelling can be required for informational purposes, and also
to tell the population what is in the product. However, in this
particular instance with commodity crops which we mentioned earlier
on, they are traded internationally and, of course, there are
derived food products from them. Then there are requirements in
that trade as to how you label products from other nations and
therefore one gets into an argument about whose labelling regulation
is the best and what is consistent with the international trade
rules. So there is an area here which needs to be looked at in
terms of the effect of labelling on international trade and on
other third countries. It is not to say that there is not a trade
issue here, but one needs to be a little careful as to how this
is all implemented.
351. In the evidence which the Sub-Committee
has been having on this subject, I think it would be fair to say
that most of it has signified that consumer acceptability is enhanced
if labelling is adequate. Do you agree with that?
(Dr Baker) I think we have said that earlier on.
If we take the example of the potato, in fact even though they
were higher priced, they were labelled and there was increased
consumer uptake of that particular product, so, generally speaking,
yes, I think we would agree with that.
352. Could I just ask a further question
on labelling. Do you think then that there should be some international
labelling standards that would help with these international products
and who might do it?
(Dr Baker) I would say there should be some consistency
in international standards.
353. Would you see it as something that
the WTO might be asked to look at?
(Dr Baker) Undoubtedly it would be.
(Miss Foster) These issues are also addressed
by Codex's evidence.
354. You have been involved in marketing
GM crops now, as you have just explained, in several countries.
What lessons in allaying public concern have you derived from
these experiences and what response has there been so far to your
new advertising campaign?
(Miss Foster) One of the lessons that we have
learned is that we were marketing GM soya in Europe before there
was any agreement at EU level on labelling requirements. In the
United Kingdom the situation was helped vastly by the fact that
we did have a voluntary code of labelling devised by the food
industry. One lesson to be learned is that it really does help
if all these provisions are in place before the food is marketed,
otherwise people have this sense that it is there by stealth and
that is not the intention. In the United Kingdom we are lucky
in that the IGD, the Institute of Grocery Distribution, has devised
a voluntary code of labelling which is being followed by the United
Kingdom food industry and that has been very helpful. We welcome
the fact that we do now have an agreement at EU level on labelling
provisions. The importance of giving consumers information has
been a very important lesson and that means information before,
during and after the introduction onto the market. Again we have
to acknowledge all of the activity by the United Kingdom food
industry, both manufacturers and retailers and the Government,
in terms of giving consumers more information. As a company, we
were of course so far removed from the ultimate market that we
did not initially become involved in this process, but we very
much welcome the efforts by those who were much closer to their
consumers and who knew the kind of information and reassurances
that people required. One of the areas that people are still unsure
about is the degree of regulation that this food goes through
before it is permitted on to the market and I would certainly
like to think that we would be able to reassure consumers more
in terms of the regulatory process. We have to bear in mind that
in the United Kingdom we have been introducing this food against
an overall background of consumer concern about food safety, about
risk assessment and about confidence in the regulatory authorities.
I hope that a lot of these concerns will be addressed by the creation
of the Food Standards Agency. As to the response to the new advertising
campaign, we are encouraged by this. It has been running now for
almost four weeks. The feeling was very much that it was time
for us to come out and support the rest of the food industry and
not put the entire burden on them, but to take responsibility
ourselves for providing more information, so there has been a
public information campaign where, as you know, we have acknowledged
quite openly that there are differences of opinion. We believe
that it is important that people understand this and they have
access to the range of opinion about genetic modification in the
hope that people will read the available information and make
up their own minds. We publicise a call centre and our website
address. So far, we have had over 2,000 calls to the call centre
and 700 of those people have wanted to speak to our live operators,
and mostly they have been questions from the everyday consumer
wanting to know more about the science, the regulatory system,
and the products in which these foods appear as food ingredients.
We have sent out over 1,000 information packs and these information
packs contain information from a variety of sources. We have been
careful to include information from a range of different sources,
from the Food & Drink Federation, from the IGD (Institute
of Grocery Distribution)the survey they did on consumer
attitudesand from the Institute of Food Research giving
more information and in very straightforward and simple language
about genetically modified soya. We have had about 7,000 visits
to our website, so we are very encouraged by the response. Yes,
there has been some criticism of the campaign, but in acknowledging
that it is a controversial issue, we expected that there would
be some criticism. Our overall reaction is that it has been a
very positive exercise and we have received a lot of support from
other parts of the industry. We have no regrets at all about embarking
on this course of action.
355. It would appear that GM crops have
been much more accepted by the consumers in the United States
than they have in the EC countries. Why might this, do you think,
be the case?
(Miss Foster) There have been a range of suggestions
put forward for this. United Kingdom consumers are quite suspicious
about the application of science and technology to the food supply,
whereas in the United States consumers there are much more ready
to accept scientific progress. There is also a distinction in
the degree of confidence people have in the regulatory agencies.
The Food & Drug Administration has developed over the years
a degree of confidence that is not shared by United Kingdom consumers
in our regulatory process for reasons that I think have been well
rehearsed and we all understand. I think these are the two main
reasons and there are certainly distinctions that we do have to
take on board. It has also been suggested that in the United States
consumers are much more relaxed about the argument that this brings
benefits to the US agricultural industry, whereas again in the
United Kingdom people do not appear to be as persuaded by arguments
that GM technology could bring benefits for farmers.
356. Do you not sometimes feel that the
reassurances that you give the public are somewhat over-comforting?
I notice in the current campaign that you have, and I quote from
it, you say that "rigorous tests have been undertaken throughout
Monsanto's 20-year biotech history to ensure our food crops are
safe and nutritious as a standard alternative". Dr Waters,
I wrote down what you said a few moments ago with regard to maize
and you said that it had been introduced, "...where all the
possible questions...were addressed...", yet since that has
happened, there has been a good deal of publicity, as an example,
with regard to genetically modified maize with regard to possible
impacts on lace-wing insects. Now, I do not want to get into the
particular case of the lace-wing because that work, I understand,
was done in a laboratory and in practical terms it seems extremely
doubtful whether the lace-wing can get at the larvae of the corn
borer. I do not want to get into the detail of that, but it is
the principle. Can I ask Dr Waters, when all possible questions
were addressed with regard to that type of maize, was that particular
possibility addressed at that time or was the impact on the lace-wing
a surprise to you when this scare story appeared from the laboratory
work in Switzerland? I think it probably was a scare story. What
I am getting at is, is there not a whole raft of secondary impacts
of introducing genetically modified organisms which cannot possibly
be covered in the initial stage of certification when you tell
us, and I quote again, I rub your nose in it, as it were, "all
possible questions were addressed"? It is impossible in scientific
terms to address all possible questions when you are introducing
something because there are so many other issues, like a different
type of lace-wing problem, that could exist. Is there not a whole
range of these things under the surface which could appear and
does this not alarm you because it alarms the public?
(Dr Waters) I will certainly choose my words more
carefully next time, and I should not have been so emphatic or
so black and white. Clearly there is always a degree of uncertainty
about any new product introduction. I think what the safety assessment
tries to do is to establish beyond any reasonable doubt that the
products are safe for the environment and for human health. One
can imagine all sorts of questions, and the most obvious ones
are certainly addressed as part of the safety assessment. Clearly
one cannot address every imaginable question. Having said that,
there are provisions in the Directive that once new scientific
information does become available, such as the information you
were citing, clearly this information would have to be referred
to the regulatory authorities who would reconsider the assessment
that they had done previously in the light of this information.
In the specific example you cited, this clearly was addressed
in the safety assessment, although this experiment that you referred
to related to a product from a competitor company, but, generally
speaking, the question of the effects of these plants on beneficial
insects, such as lace-wings, has been examined in the course of
the safety assessments. For example, in the case of Monsanto's
insect-protected maize, we actually measured the levels of beneficial
insects in the field during our research and development programmes,
prior to submitting the marker applications. The results of these
studies, which are field studies and which we consider to be more
relevant than the results from a laboratory study, although we
should not dismiss that because it is clearly important information
and we should take that into account, but the question was asked
and the question was addressed under the field conditions and
the results of those field studies demonstrated that there was
no impact of the Bt protein in the maize plants on the
populations of the lace-wings. On the contrary, the levels of
beneficial insects in the transgenic plots was actually higher
than it was in those plots which had been treated with insecticides,
so there were positive indications on the impact on beneficial
insects. To go back to your point, clearly there is no absolute
answer. One can conduct all of the safety assessments to prove,
with reasonable certainty, that the product is not going to present
a risk and one has to move forward on that basis, but leaving
open of course the possibility to gather new information after
the product has been commercialised and to continue to evaluate
the safety of the products which have been marketed.
357. I think, if I may say so, that is one
of the most revealing answers we have had in this enquiry. Just
let me try a little further. You agree in that answer that the
introduction of crops like this is in a way a leap in the dark,
but so is the introduction also, I would agree, of new pesticides,
new chemical applications to crops. I think the key question the
public want to know is, is this leap. the extent to which it is
a leap in the dark which we seem to agree about, a bigger leap
in the dark with genetically modified crops than anything else
we have known in the past in terms of agricultural development?
(Dr Waters) I would respond to that by saying
that we would have a great deal of information prior to launching
one of these products commercially. For example, in the case of
soya beans, they have been cultivated and consumed for centuries,
so we have a tremendous amount of information about the interactions
between soya beans and the environment and also in nutritional
terms, so one has to start the safety assessment from that platform.
We are not talking about the introduction of completely exotic
species or completely new molecules; rather we have a high level
of understanding about the crop that we start with, and the genetic
modification is a simple modification in terms of the number of
genes which one introduces relative to the number that are already
present in the soya bean plant. We are talking about tens of thousands
of genes which are already present and, in most cases, we are
adding only one or two genes, and because of the minor changes,
one can focus the characterisation on the changes which are made.
Before a product can be authorised for marketing one has to characterise
the changes which have been made and one has to demonstrate that
those changes are stable both over time and also in different
genetic backgrounds and so that demonstration of stability allows
us, at least to some extent, to project forwards and extend our
conclusion of safety from the present to the future. That is the
sort of assessment which needs to be done up-front, but that is
not to say that these products are then put on to the market without
any follow-up. On the contrary, certainly it is in our interests
to make sure that the products that we market maintain the properties
that we have demonstrated prior to launching them and we need
to ensure that our customers are satisfied that the product is
working as they would expect, so there is a whole system of product
stewardship in place which allows ourselves, the distribution
chain and our customers to follow the product under a commercial
setting, and this network provides a mechanism for feedback on
the product performance and any adverse effects, should any appear,
subsequent to commercialisation. That sort of information will
be quickly fed back to Monsanto and we would respond accordingly.
358. Could I just follow on from that question
because it is a very interesting point that Lord Jopling has raised.
I seem to remember that when Professor Klausen developed the landrace
pig in Denmark in the 1950s, which he did with traditional breeding
methods, and there was no use in those days of biotechnology,
it was a long time before he bred out all the throwbacks that
came as a result of his change in breeding patterns. The outcome
of this new pig was enormous because consumers had a different
type of the product which they wanted. Would you agree that in
fact that system of developing new breeds or new products as a
result of traditional breeding methods is just as likely or in
fact is probably more likely to produce something where you do
not know what might come out of it than the GM produced new products?
Would that be your view?
(Dr Baker) I think it is certainly true to say
that the regulatory stringencies for what you might call traditional
products are not at an equivalent level, which is I think really
what you are asking, and it comes back to Lord Jopling's point.
359. But, as a science, that is the issue.
Here we are in the position where for a long, long time it has
been the economic need and pressure to improve continually the
products that we are dealing with in the agricultural world and
there are plenty of examples of how this has happened in the past,
but we have used traditional systems. Those traditional systems
are not in themselves necessarily simple or straightforward, as
I know from experience, and they create all kinds of side-effects
unless and until it becomes pure. Would you argue from a scientific
point of view that the present methods, using GM and biotechnology,
to produce new products and breeds is a cleaner, a more precise
system of doing it than the old system of breeding and developing
new products and new species?
(Dr Waters) It is a new tool for breeders. Breeders
will continue to hybridise existing varieties and select out those
offspring which provide the best performance. The introduction
of genetic engineering allows the breeder to be more specific
in what he does. For example, using traditional breeding methods,
he may be able to produce progeny which have improved resistance
to disease, for example, but there may be associated with that
a decrease in the yield potential, simply because one is dealing
with multiple genes and multiple interactions. In the case of
biotechnology, the breeder is now able to introduce a specific
gene for disease resistance into a high-yielding variety without
having to be concerned, or certainly not to the same extent, about
interactions, so it is a much more precise tool and it allows
the breeder to gain in efficiencies.


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text: Tunis - Tunisia's justice minister on Tuesday condemned as terrorism a spate of overnight attacks on government offices by gangs including Islamist hardliners, warning that those guilty would be punished.However, the rampage in several areas of the capital Tunis and in the northwest, has raised questions over the real mastermind of the violence and renewed doubts over whether the Islamist government, albeit moderate, is able to stamp it out.Police fired tear gas to quell the violence by a mixed group of ultra-conservative Salafists and other attackers, who torched and pillaged a local court in west Tunis and attacked several police stations in the north of the capital, ministry spokesperson Khaled Tarrouche said.Seven officers were slightly injured in the clashes and over 50 people arrested, he added.Justice Minister Nourredine Bhiri condemned the "terrorist act" and pledged that the guilty would "pay a heavy price"."These are terrorist groups which lost control, they are isolated in society," Bhiri told radio Shems FM.The Salafists have in recent weeks intensified their violence in Tunisia, and several towns in the northwest have seen police stations torched and bars attacked by the radical Islamists, some armed with clubs and swords.Act of violence Moderate Tunisians express deep concern over the rising power of the radicals since the revolution that toppled the regime of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and subsequent elections ushered in a new Islamist government.While the government has been criticised by al-Qaeda for not calling for Islamic rule in the North African nation, moderate Tunisians have questioned if it has been too lax in dealing with radicals such as the Salafists.Monday night's events have also sparked questions on who masterminded the rioting.Several commentators noted that it came just two days after al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri called on Tunisians to rise up to claim sharia law, while others wonder if it was a plot by Ben Ali's regime to destabilise the country and reclaim power."The fact that the violence erupted in several places at the same time makes us think that it was organised," said Tarrouche, adding that an investigation had been launched.He added that security forces have been deployed to all the sites concerned and "will not allow any act of violence".At Essijoumi in west Tunis, the court prosecutor's office was burnt down while the wreckage of a civil protection truck remained in the middle of the road early Tuesday."A group of criminals attacked the court at around 22:00. There was a lot of destruction, and computers were stolen," state prosecutor Amor Ben Mansour told AFP.Powerful union "It's serious because the court represents the sovereignty of the state," he added.Other areas, including Ettadhamen and Intilaka in the west of the city, were also hit by the violence.In the northern suburb of La Marsa, rioters tried to force their way into an art gallery where several paintings had been slashed a day ago by Islamists.Exhibition director Luca Luccatini has filed a suit and said the violence was the result of a mix of "fanatism, manipulation and a desire to become news".The regional office of the powerful union UGTT in Tunisia's north-western town of Jendouba was also burned early on Tuesday by Salafist groups, TAP agency said.The Salafist movement comprises several branches. Some adherents focus strictly on religion, some are politicians and some are jihadists who see violence as a legitimate means to impose their faith.Researchers put Salafist numbers in Tunisia at around 10 000.


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Offering Unique Wood Burnings, Sun Catchers, and Decor - Let's meet this mom of 2 beautiful little girls, Kelly from K3Creations!
1) How did you start creating?
I've been crafting most of my life, my mother was always crafty and always had some type of craft to do with us kids. I also come from a family of carpenters, hence a love for working with wood.
2) What is your favorite thing about creating?
I feel so accomplished when I create something that I think is good, and there's no words for the pride I feel when I can make someone's day with one of my creations.
3) Where do you find your inspiration?
Nature mostly
4) Tell us about what you sell.
I sell wood burned chests, plaques, spoons, and pretty much any wood items I can get my hands on. I also sell some bead creations, mainly my tree of life sun catchers. Each sun catcher is unique and beautiful. I use a 3 to 5 inch metal ring, wire, and glass beads to make my sun catchers in the shape of a tree of life symbol.
5) How did your shop get it's name?
An old friend use to call me K3 because I was the third Kelly he knew, and 3 is a powerful number so I decided to use it for my shop.
6) Do you have any advice for other sellers?
Have patience and take great pictures. I sometimes have to wait a week for just the right weather just so I can get my sun catcher in the perfect light, but the wait is so worth it.
7) How do you balance your Etsy shop, your children, and your everyday schedule?
Hopefully with a little grace.
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And as a special bonus for the readers here she left us a coupon code to use!
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Guwahati, June 20 (IANS) Ahead of the annual Ambubachi festival at the historic Kamakhya temple here in Assam's main city, an arrested ULFA militant revealed that a powerful bomb was planted in a bid to disrupt the festivities.
A joint team of police, army and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) recovered the powerful improvised explosive device (IED) from Khanamukh area near Jalukbari in the early hours of Saturday, police said.
Police said the IED, weighing about one kg, was recovered following a revelation by the cadre of the anti-talk faction of the ULFA, who was arrested on Friday night from Boko near Guwahati.
Guwahati Commissioner of Police Mukesh Agarwala told newsmen that police received intelligence inputs that some anti-social elements might try to disrupt the Ambubachi festival, which begins on Monday.
A large number of devotees have already thronged the historic shrine located atop the Nilachal Hill in the city.
"We had inputs that some elements might try to target the Kamakhya temple, particularly in the run-up to the Ambubachi festival. We have intensified security in and around the temple as well as across the city due to the threat perception and have put the forces on alert to thwart any such attempt by the militants," Agarwala said.
ULFA cadre Dipak Rabha, who revealed the information, was released from jail earlier this month. He had been arrested from Azara area, while he was carrying extortion money amounting to Rs.8.5 lakh from Guwahati to South Salmara, police said.


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I've written a python daemon that checks the orientation of a tablet pc from a built in accelerometer (currently hdaps based ones only supported), and then it rotates the screen such that it fits the physical orientation.
I think it has an advantage over some of the other scripts out there in that my daemon exposes a dbus interface that can be used to control it. For example, I wrote another script that connect to the running daemon to disable automatic rotation and switches to manual rotation. I mapped one of the buttons by the screen to it.
This is my first program that I've released, so initially it might have some problems/bad design decisions because I've only tested it on my ThinkPad X61T running Ubuntu Karmic. So I'm open to suggestions and criticism.
You can find more details about the project here: AutoRotate
- Automatic screen rotation based on the physics orientation when in tablet mode (read via hdaps module)
- Changing from laptop mode into tablet mode automatically rotates the screen 180 degrees, even if the tablet is in a horizontal orientation
- Fixes orientation of the mouse buttons and wacom stylus
- Minimum treshhold for change of rotation so small deviations wont change the screen
- Can be controlled via dbus
- Control script (manual-rotate.py) that can disable automatic rotation and rotate the screen 90 degrees. Returns to automatic rotation after doing a full cycle.
Future Features/Plans:
- GUI for controlling the daemon
- Support other laptops with different accelerometers
- Better documentation
Installation Instructions for Ubuntu Karmic Koala:
- Make sure you have a working accelerometer that is reading the proper orientation. For ThinkPad X61T, you have to compile the tp-smapi-source kernel module manually.
- Add my ThinkPadX61T PPA repository by appending the following line to the end of the /etc/apt/sources.list file:
Code:deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kkrizka/thinkpad-x61t/ubuntu karmic main
- Update apt-gets package list:
Code:sudo apt-get update
- Install the script and necessary packages:
Code:sudo apt-get install wacom-tools python-xrandr autorotate
- To have auto-rotate.py autostart on GDM. This way it will be available to all users, even during login. This is done by adding the following line to the end of the /etc/gdm/Init/Default file before the exit 0 command:
- Restart GDM to start the daemon:
Code:sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart
- Swivel down your screen into the tablet mode, and tilt it at around 45 degrees to test if the script works!
The following are instructions for using the control script. I should note that this script also works without a daemon running, in which case it just rotates the screen to the next rotation. With the daemon running, it disables the daemon and rotates the screen 90 degrees. After it does a full cycle, it re-enables the daemon.
- Open the keyboard shorcuts panel, found under System->Preferences->Keyboard Shortcuts.
- Click the Add button to create a new custom shortcut.
- In the window that pops up, specify
Name: Rotate Screen
Command: manual-rotate.py.
- Close the window by clicking Apply.
- Find the new shortcut at the bottom of the keyboard shortcuts of the window, and map it to a button.
- Close the keyboard shortcuts window, go into tablet mode and press the button that you mapped in the previous step to the manual-rotate.py script.
I would also give some credit to the authors of the following scripts, because their work taught me how to accomplish certain tasks:


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Ranbir Kapoor plays a game of soccer every week
When he is home in Bandra he plays with his neighbours, and when he is out on shoot he engages locals to kick the ball with him.
A source close to the actor says, "He makes sure he practises for one and half hours every day. Whether in the country or outside, Ranbir never misses his chance to play. He has been playing football ever since he was 14."
The actor, who has formed a football team along with Abhishek Bachchan and Bunty Walia, will play a match with the Indian cricket team towards the end of this month. "Ranbir has been practising his moves since the last seven months," adds the source. Says Ranbir, "We have been practising every Sunday. One needs a lot of stamina to play this game and we are getting there."


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Published: Monday 9th February 2015 by The News Editor
Motorists no longer need to display proof of payment of car tax on their windscreens but many drivers have been slow to ditch the disc, according to an AA/Populus survey.
The emergence of electronic checks led to the scrapping of the vehicle excise duty car tax disc last October.
But a poll of 19,887 AA members showed only 20% had removed the disc, with 43% leaving it as a reminder when the tax was due.
Younger drivers aged 18-24 (26%) were most likely to have ditched the paper disc, while 22% of drivers in north-east England, but only 15% in London, have got rid of it.
Women (45%) and older drivers aged 65 and over (45%) were most likely to have kept it in place as a reminder, while 18% had simply forgotten to remove it.
As many as 8% had not removed it because the car would "look odd" without it, with Londoners most likely to think this.
AA president Edmund King said: "The tax disc may have been scrapped four months ago but it seems to be stuck in our motoring conscience."
Published: Monday 9th February 2015 by The News Editor


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Ending U.S. Dependence on Foreign Oil
November 30, 2001
The remedy for energy price spikes and control of U.S. energy prices by the Organization of Oil Producing Countries (OPEC), says economist William L. Anderson, is the repeal of restrictive energy policies that have exacerbated our dependence on OPEC oil.
Among his recommendations:
- Do away with policies aimed at forcing individuals and businesses to "conserve" energy beyond what they would naturally do given market prices.
- Do not enact new taxes aimed at forcing up gasoline prices and depressing current demand, because such measures would artificially and uneconomically depress current demand but do nothing to encourage oil companies to produce more oil and gas.
- Do not increase Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards -- "feel-good" measures that distort production markets by overvaluing fuel and undervaluing other resources, while doing little to reduce gasoline consumption.
Instead, the government should take the following steps:
- Deregulate oil and gas markets so that consumers and producers may enjoy the benefits of free markets.
- Enact common sense environmental regulation, including the opening of oil fields offshore and in Alaska.
- Cut gasoline taxes, because a "true" free market price would more accurately reflect conditions of supply and demand and provide markets that are much better suited to meet the nation's energy needs.
Each of these measures, Anderson says, will permit oil markets in this country not only to work properly, but also will make the U.S. economy less vulnerable to periodic oil shocks due to overseas events.
Source: William L. Anderson, "Uncle Sam's Energy Mess: How the U.S. Government Empowers the OPEC Cartel and Takes Power from the People," Studies in Social Cost, Regulation, and the Environment No. 5, March 2001, Institute for Research on the Economics of Taxation.
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Republican Sen.-elect John Boozman of Arkansas says he hasn't decided whether to support a GOP moratorium on earmarks in the Senate, even though he backed a similar ban as a congressman.
Boozman told The Associated Press on Thursday that he's looking forward to the discussion among Republican senators on a proposal to effectively bar any Republican from getting earmarks. Boozman says he wants to see what all the options are, and says that there are some projects that are worthwhile and deserve funding.
South Carolina Republican Sen. Jim DeMint is proposing the GOP ban.
Boozman, a congressman from northwest Arkansas, defeated Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln in last week's election. She criticized him for supporting a similar measure in the House.


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Businesses that are not sure how to allocate their social media resources might want to focus mainly on Facebook, Google+, YouTube and Twitter.
That's because new research has found that those networks are the top four social networks in the world as ranked by the number of active users. Facebook was the most popular social network, with 51 percent of those using the Internet also using the network, an eMarketer report found. That number is set to grow, reaching 60 percent of active Internet users before the end of the year.
Those users are not only logging in to Facebook on their computers, but they are also accessing the network on their smartphones and tablets in increasing numbers. That presents a large opportunity to businesses.
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"Growth in social network usage came especially from the mobile phone and tablet, which were increasingly used for a variety of social activities," the eMarketer report said. "Watching videos on Facebook saw among the biggest jumps in usage, with viewing increasing by 47% on both PC and mobile, and nearly doubling on the tablet. Messaging friends on a one-on-one basis via Facebook also grew substantially on mobile phones and tablets."
Smartphone and tablet users are also accessing Facebook in a number of ways that could benefit brands. The number of Facebook users who liked a page promoting articles or products increased across personal computer, mobile phone and tablet users in the early part of this year. Additionally, users from across all platforms were more likely to follow a group or like a page that was created by a brand during the early part of this year.
Even with the popularity of Facebook, businesses that neglect other social networks are not getting the most out of their social media efforts. Twenty-six percent of Internet users are active users of Google+, making it the second-most popular social network in the world. That number is driven by popularity in other parts of the world, eMarketer reports. YouTube is viewed by a quarter of Internet users, while Twitter is used by 22 percent of Internet users. Active users are defined as having signed onto the network at least once a month.
Just 8 percent of Internet users were active on LinkedIn, while even fewer (4 percent) were active on Pinterest. Those networks were the 12th and 14th most popular social networks in the world. Other regional social networks made up the rest of the top 15.
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Hi there :) My name is Eva. I live in the heart of Central Europe in Hungary in a small village near to Budapest with my husband and our 3 wonderful children. They are my most important models for LO. I have been scrapping for two years. I am a member of the following Hungarian scrapbook community: www.scrap.hu and www.scrapbook.hu . I am also interesting another craftman activity for example xcross, knitting, bobbin lace etc. I won a first prize two times in the bobbin lace exhibitions.
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Laboratory experiments suggest that calcifying developmental stages of marine invertebrates may be the most ocean acidification (OA)-sensitive life-history stage and represent a life-history bottleneck. To better extrapolate laboratory findings to future OA conditions, developmental responses in sea urchin embryos/larvae were compared under ecologically relevant in situ exposures on vent-elevated pCO2 and ambient pCO2 coral reefs in Papua New Guinea. Echinometra embryos/larvae were reared in meshed chambers moored in arrays on either venting reefs or adjacent non-vent reefs. After 24 and 48 h, larval development and morphology were quantified. Compared with controls (mean pH(T) = 7.89–7.92), larvae developing in elevated pCO2 vent conditions (pH(T) = 7.50–7.72) displayed a significant reduction in size and increased abnormality, with a significant correlation of seawater pH with both larval size and larval asymmetry across all experiments. Reciprocal transplants (embryos from vent adults transplanted to control conditions, and vice versa) were also undertaken to identify if adult acclimatization can translate resilience to offspring (i.e. transgenerational processes). Embryos originating from vent adults were, however, no more tolerant to reduced pH. Sea temperature and chlorophyll-a concentrations (i.e. larval nutrition) did not contribute to difference in larval size, but abnormality was correlated with chlorophyll levels. This study is the first to examine the response of marine larvae to OA scenarios in the natural environment where, importantly, we found that stunted and abnormal development observed in situ are consistent with laboratory observations reported in sea urchins, in both the direction and magnitude of the response.
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Today feels like Christmas because today is the day we found out that James Franco will be the next celebrity "honored" by a Comedy Central Roast. But it isn't happening until Labor Day! Will there even be any jokes left to make about the actor-writer-etcetera by then? Here's some of the great Franco-roasting work that's already been done by comedians on Twitter.
Comedy Central is roasting James Franco. This Is the End.
– Jaydi Samuels (@JessCallMeJaydi) July 10, 2013
Doctors say it could be up to a week until I get my test results back, but I just want to know now if I'm a James Franco art project or not…
– Mark Leggett (@markleggett) July 8, 2013
James Franco seems like a real laid back dude, who doesn't take himself too seriously.
– Andy Kindler (@AndyKindler) May 25, 2013
James Franco is an anal gerbil away from being young Richard Gere.
– Vanessa Ramos (@thatRamosgirl) March 16, 2013
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The intrigue of James Franco is you can't tell whether he's bored or tired.
– Louis Virtel (@louisvirtel) March 11, 2013
James Franco of all trades, master of none.
– Dave Horwitz (@Dave_Horwitz) June 5, 2013
I wonder how long it takes in the morning for James Franco to come to terms with the fact that he woke up as James Franco again.
– bobby finger (@bobbyfinger) May 29, 2013
So annoyed someone tried to do another Faulkner adaptation. Specifically that it wasn't me. Specifically that it was James Franco.
– Louis Peitzman (@LouisPeitzman) May 26, 2013
just saw "oz". as i left, james franco handed me a 16-minute, black-and-white documentary of me watching it. it was fucking awful.
– Chris Kelly (@imchriskelly) March 10, 2013
a cold, rainy day in Los Angeles. Gonna have some tea, curl up under my warm comforter and take a nice little James Franco
– Matt Oswalt (@Puddinstrip) March 8, 2013
James Franco just climbed out from under my kitchen sink in a bear suit and ran out saying "I'll explain everything later!"
– Kevin Seccia (@kevinseccia) February 11, 2013
what are you running from James Franco?
– shelby fero (@shelbyfero) January 23, 2013
James Franco started talking & we were like "he's hot AND cool." Then he talked more and we were like "okay, stop talking."
– Susan Burke (@ThatSusanBurke) January 22, 2013
"I bet I"d be good at that." – James Franco, on everything.
– Joshua Malina (@JoshMalina) March 3, 2013
When James Franco gets really angry, he turns into Mark Ruffalo.
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I hate it when I'm having sex with a guy and he says, "Dude, I'm not gay. I'm James Franco and this is just a project I'm working on."
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Beauty & the Beast Dominates
Beauty and the Beast dominated the box office this weekend, as predicted. It opened to $170M domestically, and it beat Finding Dory for biggest US premiere of a PG movie. Globally, the film opened to $350M.
Katy Perry Gets OK to Buy Old Covenant
A couple of years ago I told you that Katy Perry was trying to buy an old covenant, but the nuns weren't letting her. Apparently, they were accusing her of witchcraft — they were upset that she went to Salem, Mass. A judge just ruled, though that the house is Katy's if she wants it.
Autistic Character to Appear on Sesame Street
Sesame Street has a new face in town. On April 10th, they'll be introducing their newest character, Julia, who has autism. She's existed in print & digital illustrations for about a year and her first TV debut is set for next month.
Demi Lovato Celebrates Sobriety by Helping Charities
Demi Lovato continues to be on one of the coolest in the business. To celebrate her fifth anniversary of her sobriety, she drove around LA and passed out to checks to different charities. She wrote a $5k check to an animal rescue place, for examples.
Drake Admits to Drunk Texting JLo
Drake dropped his More Life playlist this weekend and in the song Free Smoke, he admitted to still drunk-texting JLo sometimes, despite the two of them no longer hooking up.
Timberlake & Timbaland Working Together Again
Good news Justin Timberlake was spotted at the studio with Timbaland again… so hopefully we have some new music on the way.
Adele Stops Down to Yell at Security
Adele was performing in Australia the other night and stopped her show to yell at one of the security guards who kept telling people to sit down. Adele said "if you don't like dancing, don't come to an F-ing music show."
Mel Gibson Spotted in Boston
Mel Gibson was seen in town over the weekend. He was visiting STIP by Strega, and posed for a photo with the chef and the GM. Mel will begin filming Daddy's Home 2 in Boston soon.
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The mainland leadership will appoint Xi Jinping , the party secretary of Zhejiang and a rising political star, as the new party boss of Shanghai, according to sources.
The appointment is part of sweeping leadership changes in Tianjin and provinces including Shandong , Qinghai and Shaanxi .
Mr Xi, 53, will replace Han Zheng , the city's mayor, who has been Shanghai's acting party secretary since September when Chen Liangyu , the former party boss and a member of the Communist Party's powerful Politburo, was sacked and arrested for corruption.
Zhang Gaoli , the party secretary of Shandong and also a rising star, will replace Zhang Lichang as the party secretary of Tianjin, while Li Jianguo , the party secretary of Shaanxi, will succeed Zhang Gaoli as Shandong's party boss.
Zhao Leji , the party secretary of Qinghai, will become the party secretary of Shaanxi, while Qiang Wei , a deputy party secretary of Beijing, will become Qinghai's party chief.
The latest reshuffle is expected to fuel already intense speculation that more leadership changes are pending in several other key provinces and municipalities, including Beijing, Guangdong and Jiangsu .
That would pave the way for sweeping reshuffles of the party's Politburo and its Standing Committee, the country's highest governing body, at the party's 17th congress, scheduled for autumn.
Mr Xi's appointment is also likely to signal that the central government will soon wrap up its anti-graft investigation in Shanghai, where a dozen senior municipal government officials and prominent businessmen have been arrested for their alleged involvement in a 3 billion yuan scandal over the city's pension fund which culminated in Mr Chen's sacking.
Until recently, some overseas media had speculated that Liu Yandong , the minister of the United Front Work Department, was a frontrunner for the top party post in Shanghai.
However, analysts said the promotion of Mr Xi, known for his open and pro-business outlook, should not be a big surprise because he was one of the most prominent princelings - children of former top government officials and party elders. His father is the late Xi Zhongxun , a former top party official.
The announcement of the appointments of Mr Xi and the other officials could come as early as today, sources said.
It remains unclear whether Mr Han will continue as Shanghai's mayor or, as widely rumoured, become a governor or party secretary of an industrial province.
The promotion of Zhang Gaoli, Shenzhen's party secretary in the late 1990s, is also not unexpected. As Tianjin party secretary, he is expected to become a Politburo member. Zhang Lichang, whom he replaces, has reached retirement age.
Mr Qiang, the top Beijing official in charge of law and order, made his way up from the Communist Youth League, the power base of President Hu Jintao .
It remains unclear who will take over as Zhejiang party boss but sources said Zhao Hongzhu, a deputy minister of the party's Organisation Department in charge of personnel reshuffles, was a strong candidate.
Mr Xi had been widely tipped to play an important role in the new leadership lineup following the 17th party congress, at which Mr Hu is expected to consolidate his power by removing the remaining influence of his predecessor Jiang Zemin and promoting his supporters to the top echelons of power.
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That sandwich doesn't look ready, kinda like the team.
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It needs to be massive, I was thinking messenger style, but if it looks halfway pretty I don't really mind, it needs to fit in lots of sewing its and bits and probably a meter or two of fabric and a couple of patterns too, with room for the general phone/purse/keys/bottle of water stuff too... maybe lots of pockets, are pockets hard though?
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Deuces Wild is an online video poker game where all the deuces – those are the "2" cards – are wild cards. Just like a real poker game, you can choose your bet, receive your cards, and either hold or exchange cards for new ones. If you end up with any winning poker hand, you can win real cash. How much you win really depends on what your winning hand is. For example, a three-of-a-kind will give you a small pay-out, while a straight or a flush will give you a bigger payout. But if you should be lucky enough to get a royal flush, you will win the huge jackpot.
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