Today, 5 August 2008

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    10 1 TODAY Tuesday August 5, 2008 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    COLUMN
    43 1 AGATHA BRAZIL Matthias Teo is only six and the youngest gamer in the Singapore National Final. But he has a big dream of representing Singapore at the Asian Championship for the Guitar Hero 111 game, he tells our Voices Editor. Page 20
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    SINGAPORE
    81 1 THANKYOU, DAD Undergrad scholar Mohamed Najid is one of six students to receive the inaugural Mica Information Service Scholarship. He loves writing and English and spoke of his late father, former Today news production manager Mohamed Sultan, a major source of inspiration to him. Page 4 ONTHE HOOK Lawyer
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    WORLD
    36 1 BRAZEN ATTACK Two terrorists drove a truck at police officers jogging near their barracks, killing 16 of them and raising tension in the country as China gets set to open the Olympic Games. Page 10
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    PLUS
    37 1 GREAT OUTING It was amazing SlNGfest drew over 16,700 fans to Fort Canning Park who danced, cheered, sang and threw bras and assorted underwear on the stage where their idols provided a rollicking performance. Page 24
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    SPORTS
    54 1 HOT BUBBLE The world's best swimmers along with Singapore's stars are churning the lanes at the Water Cube, the attentiongrabbing Olympic swimming complex in Beijing, as they prepare for their events from Aug 9 to 17. Our Sports Editor Leonard Thomas, who was at poolside, gives his account of
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    The energy detective
    711 1  -  ESTHER NG ELECTRICITY BILLS Device to track power-thirsty appliances on trial in 200 flats estherng@mediacorp.com.sg LIKE many customers, Madam Teo Meow Eng, 62, was confounded when her electricity bill showed her usage had shot up from her monthly average of 417kwh to 681kwh in June, despite what
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    For small charities, one less step
    561 1  -  LINYANQIN yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg SMALLER charities could see some reprieve, with a new set of guidelines meant to bring about more transparent financial reporting rolled out for public consultation. Under draft proposals by the Accounting Standards Council (ASC), about 200 charities will no longer require external
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    Baby woes not just bosses' fault
    661 1  -  NEOCHAICHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg CHANGE the workplace culture to allow for more family time, some have been saying but would this truly boost the sagging birthrate? Out of 1,000 mums surveyed in April by the Working Mothers Forum (WMF), 3 in 5 would say "no, thanks"
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      Lock icon They escaped death on K2
      759 2  -  TEOXUANWEI AGENCIES MOUNTAINEERING TRAGEDY Two S #poreans could have been with 11 who died in avalanche xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg THEIR days' plan was to climb from Camp 3 to Camp 4, then return to base camp. Accomplished Singaporean mountaineers Edwin Siew and Robert Goh were on an
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      385 4  -  LEONGWEEKEAT MICA SCHOLARSHIPS weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg GROWING up, Mr Mohamed Najid used to hear tales from the newsroom as told by his late father, former Today news production manager Mohamed Sultan. Said Mr Najid, 19: "He would speak fondly about the news production process, how the team used
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      GPS saves the day, again
      296 4  -  ANSLEYNG AMID a rise in the number of attacks and robberies committed against cabbies, another taxi driver was robbed at knifepoint two days ago in the afternoon. A man had boarded the female cabby's taxi at Kreta Ayer Road and asked to be taken to
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon REN CI HEARING: SEPT 12
        96 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA The court case against the former honorary chief executive of Ren Ci Hospital Medicare Centre, Venerable MingYi, and two others has been adjourned to Sept 12. According to lawyers for the monk and others, this is to allow them more time to make
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        Lock icon ISKANDAR JOINT COMMITTEE MEETS
        115 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA The Malaysia-Singapore Joint Ministerial Committee for Iskandar Malaysia held its third working meeting here yesterday, reviewing the progress made by the four work groups on immigration, transportation, tourism and environment. They include initiatives to facilitate operational management of cross-border traffic, exemption of certain transportation
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        MORE HEALTHY FOOD IN RESTAURANTS HERE
        98 6 More restaurants are offering healthier food options as part of the Health Promotion Board's (HPB) Healthier Dining Programme. The number of food outlets taking part has jumped from 59 outlets in 2003 to 290 outlets. For a company to qualify, it has to lower
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      Armed forces to the rescue
      436 6  -  NAZRYBAHRAWI SECURITYTHREATS Defence Minister on military's increasingly vital role in relief efforts, tackling new threats nazry@mediacorp.com.sg DURING the Boxing Day tsunami in 2004, Indonesian armed forces brought relief to the survivors in Aceh with the aid of foreign military personnel, some of whom also helped
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      Future leaders, speak up and enjoy your ice-cream
      379 8  -  ONG DAI LIN dailin@mediacorp.com.sg DEVELOPING leaders within a company to sustain growth, most participants at a leadership conference yesterday agreed, was a key strategy. But how to do so, when most Singaporeans are afraid to speak up? That was the burning question
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      He charged $50 for each cab ride
      433 8  -  ZULOTHMAN LAWYER SUSPENDED zul@mediacorp.com.sg AS A lawyer, his services did not come cheap. In fact, Mr Low Yong Sen charged $50 for each cab ride he took. But when one of his clients was billed $27,990 for conveyancing services, including $350 in "transport,
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      Lock icon Fresh border row brews as troops stay put
      244 10 AFP BANGKOK Thailand's military chief General Boonsrang Niumpradit yesterday asked Cambodia to withdraw its soldiers from around a second Khmer ruin along their joint border, raising fears of a fresh territorial dispute. The head of Thailand's armed forces said he had asked
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      Lock icon A huge embassy to reflect US-China ties
      181 10 AP BEIJING The United States has built a new embassy in Beijing and made it the secondlargest US diplomatic post in the world. The size of the new embassy is a testament to America's expanding relationship with China. Set on 10 acres of
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      Lock icon Police joggers killed
      360 10 AGENCIES PRE-OLYMPICTENSION Terrorists strike again in the most brazen attack so far in Xinjiang BEIJING China's Olympic run-up stuttered again yesterday as reports revealed that terrorists had killed 16 policemen in the Muslimpopulated Xinjiang region. According to the official version of the attack reported in the state-run
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
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        UMNO BEING PROBED FOR CORRUPTION
        107 12 Malaysia's Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) yesterday confirmed that it was investigating reports of corruption in the branch and divisional elections of the ruling United Malays National Organisation (Umno), local press reported. ACA's director-general, Ahmad Said Hamdan, revealed this following the arrest of a candidate for an
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        Lock icon QANTAS'PROBABLY SAFEST'IN THE WORLD
        136 12 AP Qantas Airways' chief executive Geoff Dixon yesterday said his airline is "probably the safest" in the world after Australia's aviation agency launched a review of its safety standards. The Civil Aviation Safety Authority announced the review Sunday after a Boeing 767 with 200 passengers on
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      Lock icon Pact with Muslim rebels blocked
      420 12 AGENCIES PHILIPPINE INSURGENCY Court issues ruling after thousands take to the streets MANILA The Philippine Supreme Court yesterday blocked the signing of a preliminary accord granting minority Muslims an expanded homeland, in yet another setback to efforts to end more than 30 years of deadly
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      Lock icon Solzhenitsyn, voice of suffering in the Gulag, dies at 89
      331 14 AP MOSCOW Mr Alexander Solzhenitsyn (picture), the Nobel Prize-winning author whose books exposed and chronicled the vast network of Stalin's slave labour camps, has died of heart failure at the age of 89. Mr Solzhenitsyn's unflinching accounts of torment and
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      Lock icon Three's a crowd, and also illegal
      380 14 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH ITALIAN LAW Mayor passes antigathering law while soldiers hit streets to help fight crime ROME An Italian city mayor has been accused of Fascism after he passed an edict banning groups of more than three people congregating in parks and public gardens.
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        THAI PM YELLS AT REPORTERS
        147 16 Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej on Sunday lost his temper at a group of reporters in a market after they waited half-an-hour for him outside a toilet, The Nation reported yesterday. The reporters had followed Mr Samak to a market after a reported tip-off he
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        CABBIE KILLED IN COPYCAT MURDER
        104 16 Copying violent computer game GrandTheftAuto, a Thai teenager robbed a Bangkok taxi driver and stabbed him to death in his cab. The 18-year-old student, whose name was withheld, was arrested on Sunday. "He confessed that he committed the crime because he had copied it from
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      The risk of double vision?
      437 16  -  NAZRY BAHRAWI ASEAN+3ANDTHEEAS Two regional forums side by side may cause overlap: CSIS co-founder nazry@mediacorp.com.sg IS THE emergence of the East Asia Summit (EAS) the reason why China's interest in the Association of South-east Asian Plus Three (Asean+3) forum has waned? That was the question
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      312 18  - Stand still, please Lionel DeSouza Tan Chor Hoon NATIONAL DECORUM Show respect for Anthem when it is played or sung Letter from IN A few days' time, Singapore will be celebrating its 43rd year as an independent and democratic nation. To commemorate, the 15 Group Representation Constituencies (GRCs) and 9
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      228 20  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY WHEN PARENTS REMARRY Yesterday, we talked about blended families and the special challenges they typically face. Our focus was on the kids and their difficulties in accepting a step-parent or living with new siblings. But the more serious problem common among reconstituted
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      Lock icon ONE YOUNG GUITAR HERO
      754 20  -  AGATHA KOH BRAZIL COFFEE WITH voices editor agatha@mediacorp.com.sg He #s 6, still in preschool and loves Iron Maiden PARENTS, because they shelter, clothe and feed their children, think they know everything about their offspring especially if he is still a pre-schooler. So you should have seen
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      1322 22  -  MAYO MARTIN mayo@mediacorp.com.sg The unsung heroes of theatre need more than just a pat on the back ACTOR, director and playwright. This is the holy trinity of theatre. But while they bask in the limelight of each performance, other faceless entities wage a perpetual battle against
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      Lock icon A rollicking outing
      823 24  -  DZULKARNAIN ANDRA DZULKARNAIN ANDRA SINGFEST2OOB i6 700 people packed Fort Canning Park. Next year, leave the picnic basket at home plus@newstoday.com.sg IT WAS amazing, truly exciting and worth the effort; the single most momentous event of this reporter's life to have climbed the most number of steps
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      Two-and-a-half S'poreans in new race
      345 24  -  MAY SEAH may@mediacorp.com.sg THE Amazing Race Asia is back for a third season, but with a twist: Instead of watching just two Singaporeans competing as a pair against other teams from the region, you'll also see a third Singaporean playing for another team. Last season,
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      Lock icon I crave for ice now
      727 26  -  EVELINE GAN EATING DISORDER Yearnings could be a sign of nutritional deficiencies eveline@mediacorp.com. sg WHILE other expectant mothers crave for things such as decadently rich sweets, well-greased steaks and preserved plums, I found myself crunching on ice something which I had never craved for throughout
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      ASK THE DOC
      330 27 ELIMINATE MY ECZEMA, PLEASE QUESTION BY ITCHY I developed eczema on both arms earlier this year, during the warmer months. I applied hydrocortisone (ointment used to treat allergies and inflammation) on the affected areas. After a week or two, the skin was less inflamed. However, I noticed
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      1375 28 LIFESTYLE PARENTAL GUIDANCE II DRAMASUTRA THE SUITE LIFE OF ZACK CODY Frequency of the City: Campus Edition Let Fate Decide Janji Diana II Bowling Arts Central, gpm Channel 5, Bpm Suria, 9.30pm Kids' Central, 6pm Vocalist/pianist Yunus and guitarist Zuhri are "Dream- i.aW »-N l^l™ slslslsmißM jißi^slsKsA^sHisHKlslsaHsal fall" from NIE.
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      986 29 BEIJING BUILD-UP Swimming is a sellout, as Spores team get comfortable in the Water Cube sports editor in beijing 'eonard@mediacorp.com.sg I'VE been passing it every day for the last three days; it guards the National Stadium, it grabs attention even on its
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      260 30  -  LOW LIN FHOONG REIGNING world champions Croatia lived up to their top billing at The Road to Beijing Pre-Olympics Water Polo Invitational, when the European side finished top of the table yesterday after five days of competition at the Singapore Sports School.
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      319 30  -  LOW LIN FHOONG SINGAPORE fans are among scores worldwide who have been allegedly duped of millions of dollars in a global scam involving tickets for the Beijing Olympics. Gerald Lim, 50, the father of Singapore's Olympic swimmer, Lynette,
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      683 30  -  LOW LIN FHOONG IT'S INTHE GENES Not since 1904 have the US seen three siblings in the same Olympic team linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg FOR eight years, American taekwondo exponent Steven Lopez could only share with his siblings the experience of being an Olympian, winning gold medals at the 2000
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      390 31 AFP BAGHDAD Iraqi woman sprinter Dana Hussein needed more than just sporting determination to get to the Beijing Olympics she had to survive bombings, sectarian fighting and even a sniper shooting. This week the 100- and 200--metre sprinter will become only the
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      644 31 MCT BEIJING BUILD-UP HANGZHOU (China) Lithe and swift, 16--year-old Lv Mingjia has become an elite women's long jumper for China, but not because of her deep love for the track and field event. Rather, trainers looked at her body a few years ago,
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      659 32 BEIJING SHOWDOWN Federer'sfumblings have added a touch of intrigue to the Olympics tennis event BEIJING After the final point of the match, the one where Roger Federer's precision had betrayed him yet again, the really tall guy on the other side of the net collapsed
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      265 32 SYDNEY Australia's five-time Olympic gold medallist lan Thorpe (picture) will sue the French newspaper L'Equipe and one of its journalists for defamation over a drugs controversy, his spokesman said yesterday. The French sports newspaper in March last year published details of a
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      587 33 CONTENDERS AND PRETENDERS Reds coach refuses to make any predictions for the upcoming season Rafael Benitez has never needed much to bemoan Liverpool's relative lack Bof resources compared to Manchester United and fchelsea. I Despite having spent £20.3 million ($56 million) on Robbie Keane,
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      235 33  -  SHAMIR OSMAN I RELIANCE Communications and Singapore-based company Profitable Group yesterday denied reports that they were preparing separate bids for Newcastle United, while the Premier League club themselves denied that owner Mike Ashley is ready to sell. Sunday's News of the World reported that Reliance chairman
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      158 33 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH LONDON With the idea of a "39th game" proving too controversial, certainly in the short- to medium-term, England's elite clubs are determined to exploit their international popularity by staging minicompetitions in places like Asia, Australia, Africa and North America, during a 12-day
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      450 34 AP DRUGTESTING Dope cheats snared before they can board flight to Beijing BEIJING There's one good way of avoiding a rash of doping scandals at the Olympics: Catch the drug cheats before they get there. The policy seems to be working ahead of the
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      283 34  -  MILTON TAN LEAGUE leaders SAFFC's advantage at the top of the NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League 2008 could be reduced to a point today, after Gombak United held them to a 1 -1 draw at their Choa Chu Rang Stadium last night. Home United, who visit bottom club Balestier
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      432 34  -  MILTON TAN We have to keep the same spirit, go out and enjoy our football and hopefully, I will also get some chances to score. NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League 2008 Balestier Khalsa v Home United Toa Payoh Stadium, 7.45pm sports@newstoday.com.sg KENGNE Ludovick, Home United's
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      402 36  -  DOWJONES SHIPBUILDING RESULTS S #pore-listed shipbuilder has healthy order backlog COSCO Corp has posted a 60-per-cent rise in second-quarter net profit and said its order book for ship building and repair work remains intact. Net profit for the three months ended June 30 was
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        124 36 BLOOMBERG Maybank may lose up to RM3.4 billion ($1.35 billion) if it proceeds with a decision to buy PT Bank Internasional Indonesia (Bll), the Wall Street Journal said, citing an unidentified source. Maybank had agreed to buy 56 per cent in
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        51 36 Singapore Exchange (SGX) is tying up with the Agricultural Bank of China to lure more Chinese firms to list here. The two have signed a memorandum of understanding to establish the first formal cooperation to promote listings on SGX. This will include exchanging information and organising
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        111 37 BLOOMBERG Sing Tel has said talks are in progress for it to invest in a Chinese phone operator as part of its plans to drive earnings through emerging markets. "We track the developments closely," chief executive Chua Sock Koong said in an interview at a conference
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        51 37 Wilmar International, the world's biggest palm oil trader, has appointed Francis Heng as chief financial officer effective from Sept 1. Mr Heng, 48, is currently serving notice as the chief financial officer at Sing Tel. He will be replaced by Ms Jeann Low Ngiap
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        68 37 Neptune Orient Lines has appointed Mr Eng Aik Meng as the president of its container shipping unitAPL. He will succeed Mr Ron Widdows, who was last month appointed as NOL group president and chief executive. Mr Eng will shortly rejoin NOL from supply chain
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      340 37  -  KELVIN CHOW FAMILY BUSINESS After eight decades, food manufacturer knows how to adapt to ups and downs kelvinc@mediacorp.com.sg ANY firm that keeps rolling through eight decades of ups and downs must know a thing or two about what it takes to survive. As Hock Lian Huat
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      293 38 JADASON ENTERPRISES 7.5 cents I Underperform CIMB downgrades the firm from "neutral" and cuts the price target to 8 cents from 13 cents. It saidjadason's Q2 FY2OOB results were below forecasts due to falling orders and costs associated to the closure of loss-making Malaysian operations. Saying the outlook
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      585 38  -  ESTHER FUNG TELCO DYNAMICS More choice for customers in fixed broadband services market esther@mediacorp.com.sg THE last of Singapore's three major telcos is entering the fixed broadband services market, with Mobile One (Ml) piggy-backing on rival Star Hub's access points to deliver high-speed Internet into people's homes.
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      124 38 BLOOMBERG BANYAN Tree Holdings, an operator of luxury resorts and hotels, expects opportunities to buy distressed assets, its chairman Ho Kwon Ping said yesterday. It operates 65 spas and 23 resorts in markets such as Indonesia and China and plans to open 50 properties globally
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      157 38  -  ESTHER FUNG SINGAPORE'S manufacturing sector expanded in July for a second consecutive month, after three months of contraction, according to the latest Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) compiled by the Singapore Institute of Purchasing and Materials Management (SIPMM). The index posted a reading of 51.6, up
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