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Op-Ed: Radioactive cesium found in green Tea from Japan
Karen Graham
It has been four years since the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, and products keep showing up with contamination. Cesium 137 have been found in green tea samples, although in small amounts. But there's more we haven't heard about.
Japan governor approves first reactor restart
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Toukyo - The final obstacle to restarting two nuclear reactors in Japan was removed Friday when local politicians granted approval for a plant to go back online, more than three years after the Fukushima disaster.
Animals around Fukushima are still suffering
Tim Sandle
Fukushima - Animals and insects in the vicinity of Fukushima show higher rates of death and disease, according to new research. Scientists attribute these to the consumption of contaminated food.
Japanese get anti-radiation pills ahead of nuclear restart
By AFP
Tokyo - Japanese officials are handing out radiation-blocking iodine tablets to people living in the shadow of two nuclear reactors slated to restart this year, underscoring concerns about atomic power after the Fukushima crisis.
Fukushima radiation linked to Japanese monkeys' blood count
Tim Sandle
Fukushima - A new report suggests that Japanese monkeys have suffered health issues likely attributable to the Fukushima nuclear disaster of 2011.
Japan nuclear watchdog says two reactors safe to switch back on
By AFP
Tokyo - Japan's nuclear watchdog said Wednesday that two atomic reactors were safe enough to switch back on, marking a big step towards restarting the country's nuclear plants which were shuttered after the Fukushima crisis.
Fukushima manga makes it big
Ryan Hite
Tokyo - Like many of the thousands of men who have worked at Fukushima nuclear power plant over the past three years, Kazuto Tatsuta was driven by a sense of mission. He wrote his story through the words of popular Japanese media manga and it has become a hit.
Semiconductor facility starts growing lettuce – in Fukushima
Tim Sandle
Fukushima - IT giant Fujitsu, which runs a semiconductor factory in northern Japan, is experimenting with ways to create fresher, crispier lettuce.
Japan accused of 'cover-up' in radiation level reports
Karen Graham
People in Japan's Fukushima prefecture have been demanding government transparency in reporting radiation data for some time now, and the information has been slow in coming, especially with officials wanting residents to move back to the affected area.
Fukushima water decontamination system down again
By AFP
Tokyo - The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant said Tuesday it had shut down a key decontamination system used to clean radiation-tainted water, just hours after it came back online.Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) switched off its Advanced Liqui...
Fukushima operator restarts water decontamination system
By AFP
Tokyo - The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant said Monday it has switched on a key decontamination system that cleans radiation-tainted water used to cool the site's damaged reactors.Last week, Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) said it had discov...
Radioactive Fukushima waters detected by Canada's coastlines
Tim Sandle
Radioactive cesium isotopes have been detected in the waters off the coast of Vancouver, British Columbia, although the levels detected are said to be below the permissible limits for drinking water.
Thousands sue nuclear giants over Japan Fukushima disaster
By AFP
Tokyo - A class action lawsuit against nuclear suppliers General Electric, Toshiba and Hitachi has ballooned to more than 4,000 claimants who are seeking damages over the Fukushima atomic disaster, the lead lawyer said Wednesday.The claimants, hailing from Jap...
Japan marks 3rd anniversary of quake-tsunami disaster
By AFP
Tokyo - Japan on Tuesday marks the third anniversary of the quake-tsunami disaster which swept away 18,000 victims, destroyed coastal communities, and sparked a nuclear emergency that forced a re-think on atomic power.Remembrance ceremonies will be held in tow...
Japan marks 3rd anniversary of quake-tsunami disaster
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Tokyo - Japan on Tuesday marks the third anniversary of the quake-tsunami disaster which swept away 18,000 victims, destroyed coastal communities, and sparked a nuclear emergency that forced a re-think on atomic power.Remembrance ceremonies will be held in tow...
Fukushima still a grim time capsule three years after disaster
By AFP
Fukushima - In complete darkness, a group of men tried everything they could to save the Fukushima nuclear plant from catastrophe.
Japanese film 'Homeland' tiptoes into Fukushima nuclear debate
By Reuters
A Japanese farming family is forced from their home by the Fukushima nuclear disaster, living in cramped temporary housing under stress as they wait for permission to return to land work...
New highly radioactive leak at Fukushima
Justin King
Fukushima - Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) has admitted that another leak was discovered last Wednesday. The leak is estimated at 100 metric tons of highly radioactive material. It is the worst admitted leak since last August.
Japanese homeless recruited for Fukushima cleanup
Brett Wilkins
Sendai - Japanese private labor contractors are recruiting homeless people from around the nation to perform cleanup work around the Fukushima nuclear power plant destroyed by a March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and followed by a partial meltdown.
Scary removal of Fukishima fuel rods begins
Robert Weller
Tokyo - Pressure to complete the unprecedented work is rising because of fears a new major earthquake could decimate Japan and threaten the U.S. West Coast .
Satirical French 2020 Olympic cartoons spark outrage in Japan
Anne Sewell
Tokyo - The Japanese government is not amused, as two cartoons appear in a French newspaper — one depicting sumo wrestlers with additional limbs and the other set in front of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant — and both related to the 2020 Toyko Olympics.
Fukushima chief dies of cancer
Tim Sandle
Fukushima - The nuclear engineer in charge at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi power plant during the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl has died of cancer at the age of 58.
Fukushima hero dies of cancer
Jerry Nelson
Fukushima - The former Fukushima supervisor of damage assessment of the tsunami-devastated nuclear reactor has died of cancer. His decision not to follow a corporate order prevented Chernobyl-like explosions of overheated Fukushima reactors.
Op-Ed: Shocking raise in nuclear radiation 'safety levels' announced
R. C. Camphausen
Washington - Shocking is not only that the White House is significantly raising so-termed 'safety levels' for nuclear radiation in drinking water and soil, but also that mainstream media are all too quiet about this assault on people's health.
Record levels of radiation in greenling fish found near Fukushima
Anne Sewell
Fukushima - Two years after the nuclear disaster, TEPCO has found a greenling fish in the waters near the crippled Fukushima plant, with a record quantity of radioactive cesium - 7,400 times the country's limit for safe human consumption.
Unseen dangers from the Japanese tsunami may linger for decades
Robert Myles
The debris from the tsunami which struck eastern Japan two years ago today could still be washing up on the western seaboard of Canada and the United States decades from now with, as yet, unknown consequences for marine life.
1000's protest nuclear energy in Tokyo on Fukushima anniversary
Anne Sewell
Tokyo - In the run up to the second anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that caused the disaster at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant, tens of thousands have taken to the streets of Tokyo in protest against nuclear power.
Fukushima two years on — The plight of 300,000 displaced Japanese
Robert Myles
Monday March 11 is the second anniversary of the tsunami which inundated Japan's eastern seaboard causing an estimated 16,000 deaths and the Fukushima nuclear disaster, a legacy that will last for generations.
Nuclear power opponents host vigil for Fukushima at N.Y. facility
Leigh Goessl
Buchanan - Opponents of nuclear power have planned a vigil in Westchester County, N.Y. this weekend, to coincide with the anniversary of the Fukushima disaster.
China resumes construction of biggest nuclear power plant
Katerina Nikolas
Construction work on China's biggest nuclear plant has resumed again after the country's ban on new nuclear power stations, following Japan's Fukushima disaster, was lifted.
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Serious Sam publisher mocks Origin, allies with Steam
Serious Sam 3: BFE publisher Devolver Digital has mocked Electronic Arts over its proprietary Origin service, sending out a press release to say that its own service, Krundle, was cancelled and that BFE will proudly come to Steam instead.
"I think we could have revolutionized how I make a shitload of money," said CFO Fork Parker. "But the reality is Steam is an amazing digital platform. That's where we want to distribute our top-tier titles like Serious Sam 3: BFE to generate the kind of revenue it takes to buy things like velvet-covered jet skis. Holy crap, did I just invent those?
"I guess consumers could also sign-up for EA's Origin service if they are into 10-year-old train simulators. But you can be sure those sons of bitches will never deliver in-game nachos."
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- December 01, 2008, Edited by Claudia Hine, Managing Editor
Being "square" has become the new cool trend in pouchmaking. A unique, box-like profile combines the best features of a stand-up pouch with those of a true flat bottom bag.
Plastic Packaging Technologies (PPT) becomes a trendsetter with the installation of a high-speed Totani SG-6 pouchmaking machine that utilizes patented "box pouch" technology. Explains David Staker, president of PPT, "The new SG-6 pouch machine manufactures a very innovative packaging configuration that seems to be attracting considerable interest…it consists of a side-gusseted, flat-bottom bag. The bag truly has a flat bottom, so it stands well and 'cubes out,' so it can be more efficiently packed, shipped, and staged for display by retailers."
The finished pouches generally use the same fill/seal equipment as traditional stand-up pouches, allowing end-users to seamlessly transition to the more efficient product.
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The box pouch offers five panels capable of registered print. The side panels are formed with a secondary web, which can incorporate an altogether different, or clear, material that allows consumers to see the contents of the pouch. Resealable features can include slider closures and press-to-close zippers, as well as pour spouts.
"One of the unique features of the Box Pouch is that the side gussets terminate near the top but below the closure system, so the package is easily resealable using press-to-close or Pactiv's Slide-Rite closure technology," notes Staker. "And because the gusset terminates, it makes for a very clean, easy to fill, and easy to open bag."
The SG-6 produces box pouches at speeds as high as 100/min. The finished zipper box pouch reportedly is more compact and shelf-stable than a traditional stand-up pouch and generally results in a reduction of materials consumption by approximately 10%-15% versus other formats used to package comparable volumes of product.
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Established more than 35 years ago, PPT manufactures printed and laminated film packaging and overwrap and a full line of converted bags and pouches for a variety of markets and end uses. The company serves the food packaging, pet food/treat, consumer products, lawn/garden, industrial, healthcare, and security markets.
The SG-6 is the fourth Totani bagmaking machine in operation at PPT's 110,000-sq-ft facility. In addition to the SG-6, the company also operates two Totani stand-up pouch machines and a Totani capable of manufacturing quad-seal and back-seam pouches and bags.
"We have developed a very strong relationship with the Totani organization," says Staker. "We obviously think very highly of them and the way in which they conduct their business. We believe their machines are simply among the best in the world at pouchmaking. We absolutely always look at what the overall market has to offer, but we have not found anyone else that offers the same capabilities, with the level of quality and commitment to service, and the same format as Totani and the SG-6."
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Five Oxfordshire Under 14 players had a week to remember after featuring in the HSBC Road to Wimbledon event at SW19 and meeting Tim Henman.
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Broadhurst reached the last 16 before, with Gujral and Phillips making it to the main draw of the girls event.
Craig is still involved in the consolation event, but Green found the going tough and suffered an early exit.
Ed Green's fine run continued when he reached the final of the under 14 event at the Yonex Abingdon Open.
The county's No 1 lost 6-2, 6-2 to Yorkshire's Matthew Clegg having beaten Ben Moore, of Leicestershire 6-0, 6-2 in the semi-final.
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The People's National Congress - Reform is a socialist political party in Guyana led by David A. Granger. The party currently holds 22 of the 65 seats in the National Assembly. In Guyana's ethnically divided political landscape, the PNCR is supported primarily by Afro-Guyanese people.[1]
The party was formed following the 1957 general elections by a merger of the Forbes Burnham-led breakaway People's Progressive Party and the United Democratic Party (most of whose support came from Afro-Guyanese urban middle class).[2] In the 1964 elections it won 22 of the 53 seats and despite receiving fewer votes than the PPP, it was able to form the government in coalition with the United Force,[2] with Burnham becoming Prime Minister. It remained in power following suspected fraudulent elections in 1968, 1973, 1980 and 1985,[3] but was defeated by the PPP in the 1992 elections, since which it has remained in opposition. The party narrowly lost the General Election for the first time as Former President Desmond Hoyte became Leader followed by, Robert Corbin in 2002 and later, David Granger in 2011 to the run up of the General Elections as Presidential Candidate. David Granger lost the Presidency to now, President Donald Ramotar of the PPP/C.
Mr. David Granger has also secured the position of Leader of APNU (A Partnership For National Unity), which is a coalition formed by smaller political parties and the PNCR. As a coalition they competed in the 2011 elections and won 26 seats total. The PNCR is the main block of that coalition which was formed in July 2011 by, Guyana Action Party (GAP), National Front Alliance (NFA), Working People's Alliance (WPA) and Justice For All Party (JAP). Mr. Granger further secured the position of, Leader of the Combined Opposition which includes APNU and AFC (Alliance for change).
Arms of the party[edit]
The Guyana Youth and Student Movement is the Youth arm of the party.
The National Congress of Women is the Women's arm of the party.
Making policy[edit]
The People's National Congress's policy-making process was designed to involve as many members as possible, and support the relationship between the party in the country and the party in Parliament. This paper explains the institutions which drive the policy-making process.
Biennial Congress[edit]
The Biennial Congress (BC) is the sovereign body of the party, as it has been throughout the party's history. Congress debates reports submitted by the Central Executive Committee and resolutions on contemporary issues.
General Council[edit]
The General Council (GC) undertakes strategic oversight of the policy development between Congresses. This is chaired by the party chairman and is made up of member of the CEC, MPs, NCW, GYSM and Officers of regional party groups. The General Council meets each quarter.
Central Executive Committee[edit]
The People's National Congress's Central Executive Committee (CEC) is the governing body of the Party. The Party Leader, Chairman, Vice Chairman and fifteen (15) members of the Executive Committee are elected at the Biennial Congress. The General Secretary is appointed by the Leader, from among the fifteen elected members. Ten members are co-opted to the Central Executive by the Leader and other elected members. In addition each of the Party's 10 Regions elects a representative to the Central Executive Committee, and the Chairpersons of the Youth and Women arms of their representatives are also Central Executive Committee Members.
Regional Party Organisation[edit]
Party Committees are elected annually at the following levels. 1. Regional 4. Neighbourhood 2. Sub Regional 5. Group 3. District
The basic unit of the party is the group, which consists of no less than twelve (12) members. The voice of the party membership on party policies is heard through their interaction at all of these levels, through the year and also at the Annual Conferences.
New Nation The New Nation is a weekly newspaper reflecting the views of the party, which is widely circulated locally and overseas.
Other members of PNCR[edit]
- Ms. Amna Ally
- Ms. Deborah Backer
- Mr. Lance Cranberry
- Mr. Dave Danny
- Mr. David Pollard
- Dr. Carl Hanoman
- Mr. Christopher Jones
- Mr. Desmond Fernandes
- Ms. Vanessa Kissoon
- Ms. Volda Lawrence
- Mr. Aubrey Norton
- Dr. George Norton
- Ms. Clarissa Riehl
- Mr. Keith Scott
- Ms. Africo Selman
- Mr. Anthony Vieira
- Mr. Mervyn Williams
- Ms. Jennifer Wade
- Ms. Cheryl Sampson
- Mr. Ernest Elliot
- Ms. Judith David
- Mrs. Joan Baveghems
- Dr. John Austin
- Mr. Oscar Clarke
- James Anthony Bond
- Malika Ramsey
- ^ "Guyana voters head to polls to choose new government". BBC News. 29 November 2011. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
- ^ a b Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p. 354. ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- ^ Nohlen, p355
External links[edit]
- People's National Congress-Reform
- A Partnership For National Unity
- Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham Foundation
- PNCR Facebook
- Guyana Youth & Student Movement
- Apnu Guyana Facebook
- David Granger Facebook
- David A. Granger Facebook


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Glued this earlier this year, but never grouted until today when I grouted the Nativity and triptych and had lots of left over grout. Fiddly little things bore me lately, but had to finish it.
Thanks, y'all. I bought the form from Shelby, the teacher at the Hacienda last year in Puerto Vallarta - that one and the tulips. She had tons of cut outs. I was sorry later that I had bought such fiddly little things, but since I paid $25.00 each for them, I was forced to mosaic them. They w/be very easy to cut from pine or MDF - don't know why YET that I bought things I could have made. Thanks for your comments.


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The problem of a dismal pay structure for the officers and men fighting terrorists risking their lives needs to be addressed at the earliest.
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STATEMENT OF LAURA E. DUFFY UNITED STATES ATTORNEY SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA - - - BEFORE THE UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION - - - HEARING ON PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE FEDERAL SENTENCING GUIDELINES WASHINGTON, D.C. MARCH 17, 2011 Madam Chair and Members of the Commission: Thank you for the opportunity to testify on behalf of the Department of Justice and federal prosecutors across the country regarding the Commission's proposed amendments and issues for comment related to drugs and firearms offenses. I am the United States Attorney for the Southern District of California. I have been a federal prosecutor for my entire 18-year legal career, which I began in Washington, D.C. as a member of the Attorney General's Attorney Honors Program. I first joined the Criminal Division's Money Laundering Section and later moved to the Narcotic and Dangerous Drug Section (NDDS). As a trial attorney in NDDS, I participated in large drug trafficking investigations all around the country. Initially, my work involved prosecutions against U.S.-based trafficking organizations that were distributing narcotics imported from Colombia and Mexico. Then, in 1995, I was detailed to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of California in San Diego, which was a major hub of narcotics importation by Colombian and Mexican drug organizations – including the Tijuana Cartel (also known as the Arellano-Felix Organization or AFO), a ruthless drug trafficking organization controlling the Tijuana, Baja California Norte corridor. From the mid-1990s through 2006, the AFO is believed to have been responsible for importing thousands of tons of cocaine and marijuana into the United States and murdering hundreds of people. From 1997 through 2008, I was the lead prosecutor in several Southern District of California cases against members of the AFO and Mexican Mafia gang members who killed and maimed in Mexico and the United States on behalf of the AFO. I led cases against AFO leadership figures, including the Arellano-Felix brothers and several of the AFO's highest-ranking members. All of these targets were charged with racketeering, including homicides and other acts of violence, drug trafficking, money laundering, extortion, and criminal forfeiture. -2- Through the narcotics, money laundering, and firearms trafficking cases that I prosecuted over the years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney, and in my current role as U.S. Attorney, I have become intimately familiar with the unique and significant challenges faced by law enforcement and citizens within communities on both sides of the U.S.-Mexican border as the result of cartel-related activity. Despite falling violent crime rates nationally, drug and firearms offenses continue to present serious public safety challenges. A successful campaign to curb these offenses – and the violence that so often goes hand-in-hand with their commission – requires not only a strong federal law enforcement response, but also an appropriately strong federal sentencing policy. The Department is eager to work with the Sentencing Commission as it continues its efforts to advance fair, tough, and smart sentencing policies relating to drug and firearms offenses. Drug-related violence, increasingly including gruesome murders, has skyrocketed in recent years in Mexico and particularly along its border with the United States. A tragic example of this violence hit home last month when Mexican gunmen believed to be members of an international drug syndicate ambushed and killed Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE") Agent Jaime Zapata and wounded ICE Agent Victor Ávila, Jr., while the two were working in -3- Mexico. Although drug-related violence has long existed in Mexico, the bloodshed has escalated in recent years to unprecedented levels as the drug cartels vie for trafficking routes; use violence as a tool to undermine public support for the Mexican government's vigorous counter-drug efforts; and use violence to intimidate the public, government officials, and rival cartels. Thousands of men, women and children are being killed in Mexico each year. Unfortunately, along the border, seeing and hearing about the violence in Mexico is far too familiar. I am regularly briefed on massive gun battles erupting in the streets of neighboring Tijuana or other border cities. Warring cartels often are armed with everything from semi-automatic handguns and assault-style weapons to truck-mounted .50-caliber rifles. This goes on just a few miles from San Diego, and this level of firepower means that local police forces in Mexico are outgunned, leaving only the thinly stretched Mexican Army with the capacity to disrupt and prevent some of this brutality. The cartel-related violence is not limited to Mexico. Although Mexican drug traffickers and their enforcement squads commit violent crimes (including kidnappings and home invasion robberies) primarily in Mexico, some of their criminal activity extends to and affects U.S. communities as well. For example, in -4- January of last year, members of a Tijuana-based drug trafficking organization, who are being prosecuted in the Southern District of California, unsuccessfully targeted an individual for murder in San Diego because the individual "disrespected" a senior member of the criminal organization. In February of last year, another member of this drug trafficking organization, also being prosecuted in the Southern District of California, provided a confidential informant with a "hit list" naming four individuals living in San Diego who were to be targeted for assassination. And, just last week, a Mexican cartel member housed at a federal prison in downtown San Diego put out a "hit" on a witness who is testifying for the government in his trial, requiring the FBI to take immediate steps to protect and relocate the witness. According to the National Drug Intelligence Center's 2009 National Drug Threat Assessment, of all drug trafficking organizations, Mexican drug trafficking organizations represent the "greatest organized crime threat to the United States," with cocaine trafficking being the leading drug trafficking threat. Mexican and Colombian drug trafficking organizations generate, remove, and launder between $18 billion and $39 billion in wholesale drug proceeds from the United States annually, a large portion of which is believed to be smuggled in bulk cash across -5- the border into Mexico. This currency further fuels the drug trade and its attendant violence. It is no secret that these drug trafficking organizations often carry on their campaigns of violence, intimidation, and smuggling with firearms illegally trafficked from the United States, where firearms can be purchased or obtained in a variety of legal and illegal ways. In diverting firearms from lawful commerce, firearms traffickers deliberately use so-called "straw purchasers" to circumvent the background check and record- keeping requirements that otherwise apply in order to supply firearms to persons prohibited by U.S. law from possessing them. The same tactics are commonly used to obtain firearms for transmission to members of Mexican drug cartels. For example, this month, the Southern District of California will complete a DEA- supported prosecution against a firearms smuggling cell responsible for transporting nearly 100 high-powered semi-automatic pistols and semi-automatic rifles, including AR-15s and AK-47s, from the United States to Mexico. The Tijuana-based organization was led by an individual who recruited straw purchasers to accompany members of the organization from San Diego to Arizona, where they purchased firearms. The individuals purchasing firearms obtained false -6- Arizona drivers' licenses and used the licenses to make multiple firearms purchases over the course of a year. Once purchased, the firearms were loaded into hidden compartments in vehicles and driven back to San Diego before being transported across the border into Mexico where they were delivered to members of the Arellano-Felix Organization. Unfortunately, this type of conduct is occurring all along the Southwest border. So, too, are our prosecutions. In fact, the U.S. Attorney's Office in the District of Arizona recently indicted 34 individuals for the same type of conduct. And just last week, the U.S. Attorney's Office in New Mexico indicted 11 individuals – including the mayor, police chief, and a village trustee of Columbus, New Mexico – with similar offenses. These cases clearly illustrate how violent Mexican drug cartels are able to shop for their weapons here in the United States. As my fellow U.S. Attorney in Arizona, Dennis Burke, said at the time that the indictment in Arizona was unveiled, "[t]he massive size of th[e Arizona] operation sadly exemplifies the magnitude of the problem." Notably, the cartels' appetite for obtaining high-powered firearms from the U.S. and the impact of straw purchasers who feed this appetite extends well beyond the U.S.-Mexican border. In January, for example, a federal judge in -7- Minnesota sentenced Paul Giovanni de la Rosa for firearms trafficking. De la Rosa had smuggled more than 100 guns into Mexico, and had crossed the U.S.- Mexican border 20 times for that purpose. De la Rosa purchased the guns from a licensed dealer in Minnesota after making false statements on the required firearms application. Of the 100 firearms smuggled, 42 were FN Herstal, model 57, 5.7- mm pistols. This type of firearm is in high demand by Mexican drug cartels because the pistols have 20-round magazines and fire small rifle rounds capable of piercing body armor. This is indicative of the kinds of crimes that demand tough sentences to ensure that these criminal networks are disrupted, dismantled, and deterred. It is important to keep in mind that firearms trafficking – whether to Mexico or within the boundaries of the United States – poses serious public safety issues right here at home. Obtaining and transporting firearms with the intent of diverting them to illicit uses or prohibited persons is, by its nature, a dangerous activity that lends itself to violence. Moreover, historical data show that trafficked firearms frequently end up being recovered as crime guns. While legally acquired firearms can certainly be misused, the risk of misuse is far greater when the firearm was obtained illegally in the first place. Persons intent upon hunting or sport shooting do not acquire their weapons from traffickers; nor do they use false identification -8- or straw purchasers to acquire their guns. Rather, persons intent on covering their tracks and committing violent crimes often do. For example, my office recently prosecuted a case in which a straw purchaser bought a shotgun in San Diego for his friend who, under federal law, was a prohibited person. Within days of the purchase, the true buyer – the prohibited person – used the shotgun to murder his work supervisor and kill himself. These cases must be prevented and prosecuted, and the Department is committed to doing both. As federal law enforcement officers, our efforts to disrupt this violence are robust and multi-faceted. We aggressively indict drug and murder suspects in the United States, and we work closely with the Mexican security forces and the Mexican Attorney General to seek extraditions and investigate crimes. We also are collaborating with our state and local law enforcement partners at home and throughout Mexico to provide assistance and training in combating drug and gun trafficking. However, while the Department and our law enforcement partners have increased enforcement efforts, it will also take tough, targeted, and thoughtful sentencing policy to get more gun- and drug-runners off the streets and into prisons, and to deter those who might be thinking about taking their place. -9- One way that we can protect our citizens from violence at home while at the same time assisting our Mexican partners is through targeted increases in the penalties for certain firearms offenses here in the United States. In our view, the sentencing guidelines should more firmly and fairly treat firearms offenders in a manner that recognizes the serious harm caused by those who engage in illegal trafficking of firearms and reflects more accurately the culpability of those who attempt to facilitate the transfer of firearms across the border. Currently, many firearms traffickers receive sentences that do not reflect the seriousness of their conduct and, consequently, others are not deterred from engaging in the same conduct. Modest but meaningful increases in sentences for certain firearms offenses would address the serious harm that these offenses pose to the public, incapacitate dangerous offenders, and serve as a strong deterrent to those considering firearms trafficking. The Department supports amendments to the sentencing guidelines this year to increase gun trafficking penalties in both Parts K and M of the guidelines. We continue to urge the Commission to act with particular focus on issues relating to straw purchasing generally and specifically on straw purchaser transfers intended to facilitate firearms export, firearms trafficking, and cross-border firearms trafficking. - 10 - In particular, the Department supports the Commission's amendment of the primary firearms guideline, USSG §2K2.1, in this amendment year. The Department recommends the following amendments in response to the questions the Commission posed for comment. Straw Purchasers With respect to straw purchaser issues, the Department believes that the Commission should raise, by two (2) levels, the alternative base offense levels applicable to defendants who are convicted of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(a)(6), 924(a)(1)(A), or 922(d) . The current, relatively low base offense levels (and resulting guidelines ranges) applicable to straw purchasers likely reinforce the view of some courts and members of the public that straw purchasing offenses are non-serious cases involving technical recordkeeping or paperwork violations. Increasing the base offense level and providing guidance regarding the serious harm such offenses pose would properly reflect the true role and culpability associated with the offense. Specifically, the Department supports amending USSG §2K2.1(a)(7) to provide for an increased base offense level of 14 if a defendant is convicted under 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(a)(6) or 924(a)(1)(A). - 11 - Similarly, the Department supports amending USSG §2K2.1(a)(6) so that it provides for a base offense level of 16 and applies not only to cases where the defendant is a prohibited person or convicted of transferring to a prohibited person, but additionally to cases where a defendant is convicted under 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(a)(6) or 924(a)(1)(A) and committed such offense with knowledge, intent, or reason to believe that the firearm would be transferred to a prohibited person (effectively, bearing the same culpability as the defendant convicted under § 922(d)). The Department also supports a similar amendment for straw purchasers in cases involving large-capacity, semi-automatic firearms or 26 U.S.C. § 5845(a) weapons, such as machine guns, sawed-off shotguns, grenades, and rockets – all of which are, unfortunately, being used in the kind of narco-trafficking warfare in which Mexican cartels are now engaging. However, rather than appending such an amendment to section 2K2.1(a)(4)(B) (where offenses involving such weapons already are addressed and a base offense level of 20 applies), the Department proposes amending USSG §2K2.1(a)(5). That guideline currently applies only to 26 U.S.C. § 5845(a) weapons. Under the Department's proposal, that guideline would: (a) include offenses involving semi-automatic firearms capable of accepting a large-capacity magazine (that is, assault-style weapons); and (b) apply - 12 - to defendants convicted under 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(a)(6) or 924(a)(1)(A) who committed such offenses with knowledge, intent, or reason to believe that the firearm would be transferred to a prohibited person. This would result in a base offense level of 18 in such cases and would avoid the incongruous result of a straw purchaser who buys an assault weapon for a prohibited person being treated more harshly under the guidelines than a prohibited person who purchases the same weapon for himself at a gun show. Firearms Crossing the Border The Department believes that those who facilitate the trafficking of firearms across the borders of the United States, whether directly or indirectly, deserve significant prison sentences. Hence, we support an amendment of USSG §2M5.2 that lowers the threshold for increased penalties in certain cases involving cross- border trafficking of small arms and/or ammunition where all such arms and/or ammunition were possessed solely for personal use. While USSG §2M5.2 serves to ensure that tough sentences are imposed if a firearms offense becomes an import/export offense, the Department does not believe that USSG §2M5.2 adequately accounts for all cases in which an offender smuggles, attempts to smuggle, or facilitates the smuggling of firearms across the - 13 - border. Indeed, because federal prosecutors pursue the vast majority of firearms cases under 18 U.S.C. §§ 922 and 924 – not 18 U.S.C. § 554 or 22 U.S.C. §§ 2778 and 2780 – the guideline at section 2M5.2 does not apply in a large number of relevant cases. The Department also supports, therefore, an amendment of the current USSG §2K2.1(b)(6) to provide for a three (3)-level enhancement where a defendant possessed a firearm and/or ammunition while leaving or attempting to leave the United States or possessed or transferred a firearm and/or ammunition knowing, intending, or believing that it would be transported outside of the United States. The Department also believes that the Commission should permit cumulative application of any cross-border enhancement with the guidelines currently provided in USSG §§2K2.1(b)(5) 1 (regarding trafficking) and (6) (regarding use, possession, or transfer of a firearm in connection with any other felony) as the proposed amendment addresses distinct conduct that appropriately should be considered in gauging the true nature of the offense. Cumulatively, these enhancements would bring the offense levels in Part 2K applicable in cross- border trafficking cases in line with those in Part 2M. While the Department has suggested ways to achieve these important goals regarding firearms sentencing policy, we are committed to working with the 1 The Department recommends extending the definition of an "individual whose possession or receipt of the firearm would be unlawful" for purposes of the trafficking enhancement to include a felony conviction of any kind. - 14 - Commission on the specifics of these proposed amendments and are eager to engage in constructive dialogue aimed at crafting firm but fair evidence-based sentencing policy for firearms offenses. * * * Drug Sentencing Policy and the Fair Sentencing Act In October 2010, the Commission promulgated a temporary, emergency amendment to the federal sentencing guidelines to implement the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010, which addressed the disparity in federal sentencing policy between offenses involving crack cocaine and powder cocaine; repealed the mandatory minimum penalty for simple possession of crack cocaine; and refocused sentencing policy for all drug trafficking offenses by emphasizing consideration of the defendant's role, attendant violence, and certain aggravating and mitigating factors. On October 8, 2010, the Department submitted a letter to the Commission, indicating the Department's support of the Fair Sentencing Act's broad reforms and detailing the Department's response to particular issues for comment posed by the Commission. The Commission now proposes to promulgate as permanent, without change, the emergency guidelines that temporarily implemented the Act. The Department supports promulgation of the - 15 - emergency amendment as a permanent guideline, to the extent it is consistent with Congressional intent. 2 In addition, the Commission asks for comment on issues that arise from its continued work on the guidelines applicable to drug trafficking. 3 First, the Commission seeks comment on whether with respect to all drugs the base offense levels of 24 and 30, rather than 26 and 32, should correspond with statutory mandatory minimum penalties. The Department continues to recognize the Fair Sentencing Act's emphasis that sentencing considerations should focus not only on drug quantities, but on the essential nature of the criminal conduct at hand. See Department of Justice Comment Letter, Oct. 8, 2010, at 2-3. However, in achieving the Act's laudable goal of better differentiating the culpability of drug traffickers, the record does not indicate that Congress intended to replace a penalty scheme that factors drug 2 The Department maintains its positions regarding certain aspects of the amendment as detailed in its October 8, 2010, letter commenting upon the emergency amendment proposed at the time. However, because the Commission, after due consideration, declined to implement the temporary amendment consistent with the Department's recommendations, there is no need to re-address those issues now. 3 The Commission is not, at this time, requesting responses to its inquiry regarding whether permanent guidelines implementing the Fair Sentencing Act should be included in U.S.S.G. §1B1.10(c) as an amendment that may be applied retroactively to previously sentenced defendants. - 16 - quantity into the complex calculus of determining the serious nature of a defendant's criminal conduct. The drug quantity for which a defendant is accountable is a valid initial measure of the seriousness of the criminal conduct – regardless of specific harms for which the defendant may be accountable under the sentencing guidelines, the defendant's role in the offense, and any mitigating circumstances. In addition to contributing to more widespread drug abuse and related harms, significant drug quantities often are associated with systemic violence or other systemic harm at some point in the distribution chain. Further, the statutory mandatory minimum sentencing scheme established at 21 U.S.C. §§ 841 and 960 similarly reflects a policy of greater punishment for involvement with a greater quantity of dangerous drugs. Those statutes do not presume a defendant's role in the offense or personal accountability for violence or other incremental harm. Likewise, the limitation of statutory minimum sentences established at 18 U.S.C. § 3553(f) (the "safety valve") affords relief based on the absence of certain aggravating factors or defendant characteristics, and does not presume, based on the presence of certain mitigating circumstances, that the - 17 - underlying trafficking activity is intrinsically less serious because the defendant is eligible for the relief. In the last cycle of guideline amendments, the Commission moved Zones B and C (non-incarceration zones) down the sentencing table and made additional changes rendering alternatives to incarceration in drug cases more available. At this juncture, it makes sense for the Commission to pause and study the results of those amendments prior to incorporating an additional two-level reduction into the Drug Quantity Table. We strongly support sentencing policy that promotes individualized sentencing under the guidelines and considers a variety of aggravating and mitigating factors. Indeed, subsequent to the Supreme Court's Booker decision, courts have greater flexibility in sentencing; as a result of the "Holder Memo," federal prosecutors have greater flexibility; and, as a result of last year's guideline amendments, courts have still more flexibility in cases where they believe the guidelines call for an unduly harsh sentence. In light of all of this increased flexibility – coupled with guideline sentencing policy that emphasizes consideration, in addition to drug quantity, of the defendant's role, aggravating circumstances, and mitigating circumstances – a two-level reduction in the Drug - 18 - Quantity Table is not warranted until further information is presented and can be considered. The Department urges the Commission, therefore, to retain the Drug Quantity Table as promulgated in the temporary amendments and to engage in a careful study that focuses on whether the amendments designed to implement the Fair Sentencing Act, along with other recent amendments designed to alleviate unduly harsh sentences for low-level, non-violent drug offenders, are achieving the goal of drug sentencing policy that seeks to produce fairer sentencing by gauging the true nature of drug-related conduct. For the same reasons, the Commission should not adopt any proposal to reduce the offense level where there are no aggravating offense circumstances or offender characteristics. Although it may be appropriate to reduce a sentence for certain mitigating circumstances, a quantity-based presumptive sentence should not be viewed as requiring special circumstances (something a defendant "works up to" through aggravating conduct or characteristics). The Department does believe, however, that additional guidance regarding application of the adjustments for both aggravating and mitigating role could be helpful. In drug cases, "role in the offense" often is the subject of contentious litigation and, possibly, is the most frequently litigated sentencing issue. Before - 19 - undertaking consideration of any specific changes to the commentary, however, we would urge the Commission to conduct an extensive review of cases and to identify any specific unwarranted disparities in the application of USSG §§3B1.1 and 3B1.2 as well as any notable conflicts in the reported case law. The Commission also asks whether it should consider (1) expanding application of the so-called "safety valve" so that it applies to defendants who have more than one criminal history point, but otherwise meet all other safety valve criteria; or (2) providing a similar downward adjustment to drug trafficking defendants who truthfully provide to the government all information and evidence the defendant has concerning the offense. The Department opposes adoption of any guideline proposal that would expand the application of the safety valve to defendants whose criminal history disqualifies them for statutory safety valve eligibility. The statute limits application of the safety valve to defendants with one or fewer criminal history points and the guidelines should mirror this approach. We would, however, be open to working with the Commission and Congress to consider adjustments to the statutory safety valve that might lead to expansion of its applicability to, for example, offenders with two criminal history points. - 20 - The Department also opposes adoption of any proposal that would provide a downward adjustment to defendants who provide information concerning their offense but otherwise do not qualify for safety valve application. Again, the Department believes that existing offense levels and the protections of the safety valve appropriately represent the seriousness of the offense. A reduction for accepting responsibility and/or a departure for substantial assistance provides an adequate avenue for sentence reduction in these circumstances, and there is no need to provide an additional benefit when there is no incremental mitigation. * * * As we all recognize, unwarranted sentencing disparities, and even the mere perception of unwarranted sentencing disparities, undermine the core goals of sentencing reform. On the other hand, equity and public confidence in the criminal justice system are boosted when courts and prosecutors are guided by policy that promotes the justifiable differentiation between defendants based on the circumstances of their cases that have bearing on culpability. The Fair Sentencing Act of 2010, therefore, was an important step in ensuring a fairer federal criminal justice system. - 21 - The Department supports the broad reforms of the Act to (a) reduce the crack and powder cocaine penalty disparity; (b) increase penalties for offenders who use violence, prey on vulnerable victims, or maintain crack houses or drug establishments; and (c) reduce penalties modestly for non-violent drug offenders while ensuring that any offender who traffics a substantial quantity of a drug is imprisoned for at least two years. We urge the Commission to promulgate a permanent amendment implementing the Fair Sentencing Act and to revise the guidelines to increase penalties on offenders involved in the type of straw gun purchases that facilitate gun trafficking across the borders of the United States and fuel Mexican drug cartels. The Department believes that, collectively, these amendments will improve public safety, particularly with respect to gun and drug offenses that continue to plague our nation. We also believe that this combination of measures will help control correctional populations and costs, a goal that has become essential as our nation faces austere federal budgeting that reduces federal enforcement dollars available to our investigators, prosecutors, prison system, and probation service. - 22 - Thank you for the opportunity to share the views of the Department of Justice on these important topics. We value the Commission's hard work on these matters that are so critical to law enforcement, and look forward to working with the Commission. - 23 -
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Thursday, June 26, 2014PSW Staff 06/26/14 10:23 AM,Auralex Acoustics has introduced SoniCell acoustical panels, a cost-effective 1-inch treatment with high absorptive properties that provides a way to improve speech intelligibility in environments needing Class A fire-rated materials. Light weight and easy to handle, SoniCell panels are available in either white or a charcoal gray color that blends into many dark open architecture commercial ceilings. The panels are well suited for environments such as nightclubs, restaurants, gymnasiums, recording studio live rooms, multi-purpose rooms, industrial facilities and more. Specs… View this story
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Wednesday, April 30, 2014Peter Janis 04/30/14 03:12 PM,This article is provided by Primacoustic Just like large big commercial studios, smaller and home studios suffer from acoustical interference that can make it more difficult to mix, especially when surrounded with the sound effects and ambiance that now typifies today's stereo and 5.1 surround sound mixes. In professional studios, the walls are strategically treated with fabric-covered absorptive panels on the sides, front, rear and sometimes on the ceilings. The key to improving intelligibility (or our ability to discern… View this story
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Thursday, April 10, 2014Sam Berkow 04/10/14 02:31 PM,If one could listen to only the direct sound of a loudspeaker, the world would be a very different place! Unfortunately, free field listening, where you have no reflections, room modes or ambient noise, is hard to achieve in everyday life, so we listen to loudspeakers in real rooms. The interaction of a loudspeaker system and a room can be very complex to understand, model or measure! One way to measure this interaction is to measure the impulse response of… View this story
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Thursday, March 20, 2014PSW Staff 03/20/14 02:13 PM,At the Berner Rathaus (English: Bern Town Hall) in Switzerland, voice intelligibility has been greatly improved with the installation of two steerable Meyer Sound CAL 64 column array loudspeakers. The system is implemented in the Grossratssaal, the acoustically challenging main legislative chamber of the 15th century Gothic structure. Project design was handled by Daniel Zurwerra of Suhr, Switzerland-based Virtually Audio. "Voice reinforcement in this space is challenging for several reasons," recounts Zurwerra. "First, the reverberation time is more than two… View this story
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Tuesday, March 18, 2014PSW Staff 03/18/14 11:31 AM,Saint Louis University's newly opened Center for Global Citizenship is both a practical initiative to bring several campus services under a single roof, and a strongly symbolic move that represents the school's commitment to its internationally diverse student body, drawn from 101 nations around the world. When this wide-ranging group assembles in the new Center, it receives powerful and highly intelligible sound provided by RoomMatch loudspeakers and PowerMatch amplifiers from Bose Professional Systems. TSI Technology Solutions, a division of TSI… View this story
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Wednesday, March 12, 2014PSW Staff 03/12/14 09:59 AM,Opened in 1998, Benaroya Hall in Seattle hosts one of the last concert halls—the S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium—to be built in the U.S. that was entirely devoted to the acoustic delights of a full orchestra; as such it has in recent years fallen foul of the irresistible movement towards multipurpose concert venues. As Mark Turpin from acoustic consultants Jaffe Holden (Norwalk, CT) points out, "You can't build concert halls like that anymore; it's just not financially viable." The nub… View this story
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Thursday, February 27, 2014Bob Thurmond 02/27/14 05:36 PM,How many sound systems are in use? Many millions, for sure, and they're found in all types of venues and for all kinds of programs. So one would think we'd know exactly how to do it by now. But there seems to be plenty of examples to prove that we don't. Why should this be? What is it we don't yet understand? Do we even know enough to know what we don't know? Perhaps we should start by trying to… View this story
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Tuesday, February 18, 2014PSW Staff 02/18/14 10:38 AM,Housed in a mid-19th century Catholic Cathedral, the 500-sanctuary of New Birth Church in Oakland presented an acoustically challenging environment when Concord, CA-based Premier Media Integration (PMI) was recently brought in to design and install a new audio system, along with acoustical treatment. Graham Cooper, president of PMI, contacted Rocky Giannetta, principal of Layer 8, to assess the room's acoustics and assist with systems design. With Giannetta's acoustical measurements documenting a reverb time of 3.8 seconds, Layer 8 created an… View this story
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Tweek or tweetOctober 31st 2008 8:34 am
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It is halloween today and i got a treat. Ah ma made some tonic soup and I got egg yolk, black chicken and some very tasty egg white for supper. Fomfomfom said if it doesn't kill me, it will be very good for me. I agreed enthusiastically.
Ppp and pppOctober 30th 2008 6:42 am
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Fomfomfom and ah bee were talking last night about how old they feel. I arrived in january 2004, so the time before that was pre-pingping(they were young) and time after was post-pingping(and then they are old). I giggled in a corner as the old bags reminisced and later fomfomfom said, yo, benchmark, time for bed.
Still too loudOctober 29th 2008 7:45 am
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I remembered I had a play date,so I went downstairs on time. But my playmates didn't show up. I was a little upset until I heard someone cry on the second floor. I thought perhaps they were being punished and their mother didn't allow them to come down. I thought, there are times to be sympathetic and times to be angry. This time, I was sympathetic.
Too loudOctober 28th 2008 6:19 am
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I met niki and his 2 sisters. But they were stuck on the balcony on the 2nd floor, so we were shouting to each other and we have a date for tomorrow. We will play together on the 1st floor instead of shouting.
Mexican jumping beanOctober 27th 2008 7:47 am
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I was surprised to meet a shih tzu I'd never seen before today. But I have seen her owner around so she must have been staying at home most of the time. Anyway, her name is dou dou, it means bean. But I don't know what kind of bean she is.
Egg yolk is like a moonOctober 26th 2008 9:13 am
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It is apparently fomfomfom's birthday today. I was confused, coz I remembered her birthday as a different date. Ah ma told me it's her lunar birthday. Well, I thought maybe i'll wait till it's her solar birthday before I sing her a birthday song. Besides, I need time to learn the song. I want to be able to present fomfomfom with the traditional chinese birthday song.
Sorrow Part IIIOctober 25th 2008 10:56 am
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The good thing is I didn't have a sorrowful day; Fomfomfom was the one. And it was real sorrowful too, if you ask me. It's okay Fomfomfom, today didn't happen. Your day got swallowed up in a black hole.
Sorrow Part IIOctober 24th 2008 7:40 am
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It was a sorrowful start to a day. I woke up, tail waggin'. I looked at cha expectantly, only to be told it's raining. No morning walk. I went out to look at ah ma sorrowfully, but it was still raining. Fomfomfom woke up and I looked at her sorrowfully, only to be told fomfomfom can't stand the misery and so she went out to escape my sorrow and have her morning cuppa.
My sorrowOctober 23rd 2008 8:14 am
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Cha came back with a SPCA doggie calendar. Dogs are featured every month and they are all ex-strays or unwanted pets with their own story. Fomfomfom thought their pasts are so sad, so she told me I'm a lucky doggie. I said, I have my sad stories to tell too. Just that no one will listen. So fomfomfom offered to listen to my sorrows.
I don't like curry flavoured twistiesOctober 22nd 2008 8:22 am
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I was on my morning walk when we came across the uncle who sweeps up leaves. He said, "hello pingping! There's a black cat here!" I was pleased. It's good to have them well trained. So I showed my appreciation by barking up a storm.
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