Streats, 19 October 2004

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  • 12 1 Streats TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2004 website: www.streats.com.sg e-mail streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 196/03/2004
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  • 526 1 Growing concern over foreign preachers espousing hate POLITICAL leaders and intelligence and law enforcement authorities across Europe are currently trying to raise a corps of imams to minister to the continent’s Muslims. This, they believe, is needed because Muslim clerics who arrive there from
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    • 48 1 MITA (P) 196/03/2004 i f f TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2004 website: www.streats.com.sg e-mail streats@sph.com.sg oiiceman foreigners Ww CHUI WEI LEONG PRODUCES SOFTWARE PROGRAMS THAT CAN MONITOR WHAT KIDS DO ON THE COMPUTER pagelO S-LEAGUE S YOUNG LIONS CAN NOW SIGN EIGHT, INSTEAD OF FOUR, FOREIGN PLAYERS page 33
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    • 208 1 W_M A A Pff IIA ll The stress of city life left me with little to look forward to UNTIL I DISCOVERED HAACH -m SPECIAL VALUE PACKAGE* For Her SslBo FOR 6 SESSIONS (usual: Ss37B for 6 sessions) For Acne or Slimming programmes only For Him SslBo FOR 6 SESSIONS
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  • Morning Rush
    • 335 2  -  Aussie news report on his gambling ‘untrue’ By ChuaKongHo AIROCEAN Group chief executive Thomas Tay (pictured) has rejected an Australian newspaper report which said that he lost As2s million (5530.6 million) over two years at a Melbourne casino. The report by the Herald
      Uanhe Zaobao  -  335 words
    • 293 2  -  By Christopher him COMMUTERS may soon have a reliable way of knowing when the bus they are waiting for will arrive at their stop. All they need do is send an SMS to *655 and they will receive a text reply on
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    • 373 3 Sars-prevention move to focus on Guangdong, says minister Wire services HONG KONG China hopes to avoid any new Sars outbreaks with a preventative plan that is likely to include a ban on the consumption of civet cats in Guangdong province restaurants, a newspaper reported yesterday.
      – Wire services; Reuters  -  373 words
    • 132 3  -  By Chita Kong Ho AWAIR, the defunct Indonesian private airline purchased by Air Asia and unnamed Indonesian partners, has an air operator’s licence which will allow it to launch international flights, a source close to the deal told Streats. Air Asia can now link the
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    • 433 4  -  Schools, art centres will bring 16,000 students, artists into the area By Khushwant Singh THE new city campus of the Singapore Management University will breathe new life into the already bustling commercial environment in the Bras Basah Road area when completed next June, Minister for
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    • 238 4  -  By. Khmhwant Singh ONE hundred surplus studio apartments in Eunos Crescent are being offered for sale in a ballot that started yesterday. The studio apartments, unlike those built earlier, are integrated with bigger flats in the same block. The HDB said that
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    • 197 6 AFP CHAIYAPHUM, Thailand The one-legged German at the centre of a HIV scare involving potentially hundreds of Thai women and girls was detained by a court in Chaiyaphum in northern Thailand on Monday on immigration offences. Mr Hans-Otto Schiemann (pictured), 54, who claims to be infected with
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    • 277 6 Use of Open Office software expected to cut ministry's costs, improve security Bloomberg THE Ministry of Defence (Mindef) yesterday said that it is introducing open-source software on 20,000 new personal computers, becoming the world’s latest government organisation to seek an alternative to Microsoft software. The ministry
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    • 126 8 BUZZSTOP AP CRUDE oil prices surged past an unprecedented US$55 per barrel yesterday as uncertainty swirls over production, high demand and tight global supplies ahead of the northern hemisphere winter. Crude for November delivery on the New York Mercantile
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    • 81 8  -  Text and picture by Ashleigh Sim Computer Space, the first video arcade game machine ever made, being installed by Mr Jeffrey Anderson, technical manager of US-based Videotopia, at the Singapore Science Centre's Planet Games exhibition. Visitors to the event will be able to try their hand at the
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    • 138 8 Dunking death trial THE first commando to take the stand accused of rashly causing the death of a combat survival trainee adhered to his testimony throughout two-and-a-half days of questioning by the prosecution. Lieutenant Jeff Ng Chin Fong, 27, yesterday calmly denied allegations that his
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    • 149 8 Shell gives cash for kilometres NINE Singapore Press Holdings journalists helped raise $lO,OOO for The Stra'its Times School Pocket Money Fund. To achieve this, they simply used their cars from Sept 30 to Oct 8. For every kilometre they drove, Shell Singapore pledged a
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    • 136 8 Higher veterinary standards cited AFP THE European Union has lifted a ban on imports of a number of animal products from China after veterinary standards improved, but pork, beef and poultry remained banned, the European Commission said yesterday. Chinese producers of shrimp, farm
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    • 89 8 AN 89-year-old man has died of cholera here, the first fatality of the current outbreak, the Ministry of Health said yesterday. The victim first suffered diarrhoea on Oct 4, and later collapsed and died on Oct 13. A stool culture showed that he had cholera. Of eight
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    • 101 8 PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday met Mr Robert Ehrlich, governor of the US state of Maryland, who is in Singapore on a two-day visit as part of a business-focused mission to the region. It is his first trip here. The leaders discussed national security issues
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    • 106 8 Reuters A CHINESE court has cleared a magazine of libel charges filed by a state-owned real estate developer in what is seen as a landmark ruling for freedom of speech. The People’s Intermediate Court in Tianhe district in the southern city of Guangzhou on Oct 12
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    • 101 8 -AFP THE body of a Hong Kong man believed dead for five months was thrown out with the rubbish during renovation work on a rundown home, police said yesterday. The body of 74-year-old Au Yeung Wan Shing was so stiff when a workman cleared out the
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    • 224 5 J «i. iJQ choice of TV stars! Singapore celebrities vouch for Beijing 101's effectiveness. “Beijing 101's success stories have been featured by The Sunday Times, The Business Times, Shin Min Daily News and etc.” “Beijing 101 had won many international awards over the years, e.g.: United States, France and China.”
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  • Financial
    • Article, Illustration
      611 10  -  Entrepreneur Chui Wei Leong has produced software programs that help parents track what their children are doing on the computer lYoynli ftrepreneursjj By Janice Wong YOU could say that Mr Chui Wei Leong, 34 (pictured), is a personal computer (PC) policeman. He has started a business selling three
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    • 84 10 ■AP YANGON A Singapore-registered consortium will drill five new oil wells in central Myanmar before the end of the year, The Myanmar Times reported yesterday. Myanmar Petroleum Resources Exploration and Production Private Ltd will spend about US$9 million (Ssls million) drilling the wells in the Mann
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    • 81 10 Bloomberg HONG KONG Melco International Development Ltd, controlled by Macau gambling tycoon Stanley Ho and his son, plans to raise a net HK$377 million (SsBl million) sellin'g new shares. The Hong Kong-based company is selling 75.9 million shares for HK$5.2O each, it said in a
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    • 86 10 Bloomberg NEW DELHI Wipro Ltd, India’s third-biggest software services exporter, said yesterday that companies are starting to spend more on technology leading to higher demand. The technology budgets of customers “are just about beginning to increase”, said Mr Suresh Senapaty, Wipro’s chief financial officer, in an interview.
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    • 100 10 Reuters LONDON Corporate crime cost British business more than £4O billion (Ssl2l billion) last year and the problem is getting worse, a report by advisers and accountants RSM Robson Rhodes LLP said yesterday. “The £4O billion cost to business is staggering and could be just the
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    • 377 12  -  India central bank rejects proposal to allow 54 new branches annually: report By 1 Chug Kong Ho INDIA’S central bank has reportedly turned down a Singapore proposal to allow its three banks to open 18 branches a year each under the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation
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    • 148 12 Reuters SINGAPORE The country’s exports fell in September from August, but at a slower rate than expected, as electronics shipments moderated due to weak demand from key markets but chemicals and petrochemicals saw steady growth. Government data yesterday showed that non-oil exports fell a seasonally
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    • 375 14  -  Airline wants more liberalisation, especially in UK market By 'ChuaKongHo SINGAPORE Airlines’ sale of its 6 per cent stake in Air New Zealand was a logical move as it ‘didn’t make sense’ to hold a minority stake without board representation, said
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    • 24 14 *AS AT OCT 18 US$: 551.679 Ss: RM2.264 553.027 Ss: HK54.641 EURO: 552.093 Ss: 24.72 BAHT Ss: 65.11 YEN Ss: 5,424 RUPIAH
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    • 262 14 NEW DELHI The former Singapore-based head of Asian emerging markets at Alliance Capital Management Holding was cleared of all wrongdoing by the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) here on Friday. It reversed the Aug 9, 2003, order of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi)
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  • Comment
    • 835 16  -  By WILLIAM PESEK Jr Bloomberg ON Oct 12, a small conference was convened in New Delhi on India’s huge debt load. The focus was on the need for the new government to be more open and avoid the backroom manoeuvres that left Asia’s No 4
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    • 265 16 Linden U.S. University Fair A PORTRAIT OF U.S. UNIVERSITY LIFE m mm PARTICIPATING UNIVERSITIES American University Bentley Binghomton University, State University of New York Bowling Green State University Broward Community College Bryont University Butler University California State University, Chico California State University, San Bernardino Chapman University Cleveland State University Duquesne
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  • Vocal
    • 89 18 WHEN visiting Boat Quay very often with friends I have been annoyed by aggressive touts. They thrust food menus in front of passers-by and walk alongside them, speaking loudly and urging visitors to patronise the restaurants they work for. Some have even tried to stop
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    • 93 18 SINCE the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Arts Central has stopped telecasting Earth Vision, which used to be aired weekdays, 9pm to 10pm. I found the programme interesting as it gave an insight into animal/insect life and behaviour. Few other shows appeal to me. Media Corp
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    • 197 18 IN her letter “Don’t direct your anger at animals” (Streats, Oct 15), Ms Celene Oh errs in assuming that my annoyance is directed at animals, in particular dogs that bark incessantly at high pitch at all hours of the day and night. I agree with her
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    • 96 18 I APPLAUD the Agri-Food Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) on its successful hosting of a pet adoption drive on Sunday. However, I wonder if they could take a bolder approach by organising an islandwide sterilisation programme. This would be a more long-term measure for solving
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    • 204 18 THERE is a poet in all of us, and Streats must be commended for publishing excerpts from two awardwinning poems, written by students Dawn Lim and Judith Huang of Hwa Chong Junior College, along with Mr Philip Lee’s commentary “Poetry for better or for verse”
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    • 203 18 WE refer to Ms Esther Ong’s letter “Eye centre’s steep fee” (Streats, Oct 12), concerning the Eye Centre’s charge for medical insurance forms. The Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC) charges a fee for medical reports and medical insurance forms which ranges from $2O to $77
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    • 121 18 I REFER to Mr David Kwok Ng Kan’s letter “We need a loop service” (Streats, Oct 4). Service CSS 605 used to run between Sin Ming Road Terminal and Bukit Merah Interchange via Bukit Purmei Avenue. However, due to weak demand over the years, it
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    • 89 18 HAVE YOUR SAY E-mail us at streats@sph.com.sg or write to The Editor, Streats, News Centre, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Singapore *****4. You should include your name, address and contact number. We reserve the right to edit your letters for brevity and clarity. By your writing to us, it shall be
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  • Global
    • 423 20 Allawi extends deadline; US forces focus on Fallujah AP BAGHDAD A deadline for an offer to buy weapons in Sadr City and other locations in Iraq was extended to Thursday as interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi called on Iraqis to surrender their arms, respect
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    • 207 20 SINGAPORE The talk in Jakarta is that Indonesia’s new Cabinet, to be announced tomorrow, is likely to include two Chinese officials, including one woman. Among the names that have surfaced are Dr Mari Pangestu and Mr Lin Che Wei, Lianhe Zaobao reported yesterday.
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    • 135 20 afp BEIJING China’s increasingly sophisticated sperm bank industry is facing severe problems as it does not have enough semen to satisfy voracious public demand, state media said yesterday. South China’s Guangdong Human Sperm Bank, one of five official centres across the country, is approached
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    • 462 22 Works minister to submit explanation for project failures PUTRAJAYA Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said yesterday that he will study Works Minister S Sarny Vellu’s report addressing the complaints against government projects before deciding whether to release it to the public. “I’ll have
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    • 204 22 AP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia’s sultans are trying to screen candidates for honorary titles more carefully, after some recipients were arrested for graft and other crimes, news reports said yesterday. The sultans of nine Malaysian states and governors of four other states give out various honorary titles
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  • Medical
    • 299 24  -  By Sarah Ng FREE dental check-ups will be offered to Singaporeans for 10 days in the three months starting Oct 30. More than 160 volunteer dentists and dental surgery assistants will be rostered to provide basic consultation for about 6,000 people at Suntec City (Oct 30
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    • 283 24 BUSINESS ■SizHfir waß&i vj&Qi Ini mil. pmmpml U<frM&MpXXtrMi otdes od 9 99 ■mzZK&t ’tftfzsisZiigi m z& 0£ wm. m mm gam %:f *£<■&*}.<&: fjfi'f S'Jct m In 2004, The University of Western Austrolio (UWA) was honoured by the Good Universities Guide with the highest five sfor rankings in four important
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  • Driving ambition
    • 595 26 Some people in Singapore such as Derek Ling-are getting spanking new cars for free. CHRISTOPHER UM investigates CARS can cost more than an HDB flat in Singapore, and many drivers think nothing of taking seven-year loans to pay for their vehicles. Yet there are several people each
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  • EasyStreats
    • 676 27 f} Indian movie wasrecmeh u St ngapore, taking adva^f° m sc^SHARLEm^ e fanSTB mtc hasceMvnu, mTm ™gedto b)g Oicturej strains of a Bengali song echoed trough Raffles Place last Monday ey ening, startling and intriguing office Workers, who stopped to stare as P°pular Bengali actor Jeet sang and
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    • 483 28  -  By Sharon Soh AFTER a three-month break, Tien Court is back with a newly renovated, classy interior that cost $1.5 million. But it isn’t just the fresh interior that is appealing. Patrons will be drawn to the sure-handed Chinese cooking of Tien Court’s long-time master chef Ho
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    • 369 31 ■AP NEW YORK As jazz enters its second century, the music that had its humble origins in street parades, dance halls and brothels is moving to one of the world’s most Prestigious addresses. The new home of Jazz at Lincoln Center is the
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    • 136 31 FIZZA Hut has a new pan Pizza for those who enjoy Japanese food. Its Teriyaki Chicken Pan Fizza has a topping of teriyaki chicken pieces, mushrooms, green capsicums and white onions on teriyaki sauce, and !s sprinkled with crispy seaweed strips, bonito flakes a nd white
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    • 119 31 DOZENS of “pirated” copies of the new, yet-to-be-released book by Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez are being sold in Colombian capital Bogota. A spokesman for the publishing house said the work is being traded in Colombia’s capital for as little as US$4 (556.71), reported BBC News
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    • 123 32 A gene that lets a plant’s roots tell the leaves to stop growing when conditions are bad such as when water is scarce or soil is too compacted has been identified by University of Utah scientists. This finding may help scientists develop ways to genetically engineer
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    • Happenin’
      • 60 32 WOMEN IN FILM Till Oct 22, Bpm Great World City Tickets at $5 at GV Grand; $lOO -$2OO (charity screening on Oct 22) Catch this festival which captures the work of women film-makers from Asia. Today, there is a series of shorts such as Korean film Oh! Beautiful Life,
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      • 45 32 DURRENMATT EXHIBITION Till Oct 31, llam-7pm The Arts House Free Take a look at the works of acclaimed Swiss playwright Friedrich Durrenmatt, whose plays and book have inspired Hollywood blockbusters and art films. You can also view designs by renowned Swiss architect Mario Botta.
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  • Page 32 Miscellaneous
    • 417 32 Break fast: 6.53 pm. Yourdailyhoroscope IP AQUARIUS JAN2O-FEB 18 by Kelli Fox at Astrology.com Rejuvenation is a good idea, but hold that thought for another day. Your resources are drained. Once you secure your lifeline, you can resume your climb to the top of the world. GEMINI MAY2I-JUN2I You assume
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  • Sports
    • 467 33  -  Move aimed at ensuring steady supply of talent to national team §y Tan Kim Han Eight. That is the number of foreign sports the under-23 Young Lions Ca n sign next season. But, like other S-League clubs, they Ca n field only four in
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    • 227 33  -  By Lim Han Ming HOUSEWIFE Ranah Osman (above) has never heard of woodball, let alone played the game. But when the 5 5-year-old mother of four tried it for the first time three weeks ago, she became interested immediately. Woodball is a lawn game where a
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    • 456 34 United striker will be keen to replicate his Champions League form against the Czechs -AFP CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Sparta Prague vs Man United PRAGUE -Wayne Rooney (left) gets his second taste of Champions League action tonight (tomorrow morning, Singapore time) when Manchester United take on Sparta Prague
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    • 185 34 AFP MUNICH Bayern Munich manager Felix Magath held crisis talks with his players in the wake of their 0-1 home reverse against Schalke 04 in the Bundesliga. Magath called his galaxy of stars in for an intense two-hour meeting on Sunday to
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    • 16 34 TONIGHT (tomorrow morning,. Singapore time) TOMORROW (Thursday morning, Singapore time) TOTALGOALS^^^^^^ HALF FULL TIME
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    • Article, Illustration
      461 35 Benitez feels Deportivo’s confidence will prove crucial AFP CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Liverpool vs Deportivo La Coruna LIVERPOOL Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez (right) will come up against some very familiar faces when his team tackle Spanish outfit Deportivo La Coruna in the Champions League at Anfield tonight (tomorrow morning, Singapore
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    • 179 35 Wire services London Striker Adrian Mutu could face the sack by Chelsea and a lengthy ban after testing positive for cocaine, it Was reported yesterday. Newspapers said the 25-year-old Romanian had tested positive for the drug at Chelsea’s training ground last
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    • 111 35 GOLF AP PALM DESERT, California Annika Sorenstam made a classic charge on Sunday to win her fourth Samsung World Championship by three shots over Grace Park. Trailing Park by three shots with five holes to go, Sorenstam rallied with an eagle, birdie and three pars. “Today, it was
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