Today, 29 October 2008

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    20 1 TODAY Wednesday October 29, 2008 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY Wednesday October 29, 2008 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    Six brokerages here to compensate Vulnerable' Lehman investors
    645 1  -  CHEOWXINYI cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg SIX brokerages have decided to compensate vulnerable investors of disastrous Lehman-linked structured products, leaving ABN Amro as the only financial institution yet to take concrete action. In a joint statement issued yesterday by the Securities Association of Singapore (SAS), the
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    Lock icon Credit crunch to hit home
    705 1  -  CHRISTIE LOH MAS MACROECONOMIC REVIEW Economic growth next year to under-perform 4% to 6% range Wage growth expected to slow to 2%, down from 5% this year Jobless rate expected to rise christie@mediacorp.com.sg FIRST, fear grips the financial industry, the core of the unfolding crisis.
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      26 1 SINGAPORE'S SECOND MOST-READ NEWSPAPER Nielsen Media Index 2008 SOMEOFTHEBESTTHINGSIN LIFE ARE STILL FREE A PUBLICATION OF /AsdlaCorp MICA (P) 132/10/2007 HOTLINE 6822 2268 ADVERTISE 6333 9888
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      186 1 COLUMN Maria Siow Public hearings are becoming more common in China. And the fact that these hearings are being held, says our East Asia Bureau Chief, is a clear sign that the local governments understand the importance of public feedback. Page 21 COMMENT browning in oil' Now that there seems
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  • NEWS
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      Inflation should halve next year: MAS
      352 2  -  CHEOWXINYI cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) expects inflation to taperto 2.5 to 3.5 per cent next year but don't expect an immediate drop in prices across the board. "Headline inflation rates could be sticky downwards for a while as the prices of
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      Lock icon Taking bribes to take the rap
      626 3  -  LEONGWEEKEAT IN COURT More foreigners paying off locals to be fall guys for illegal massage parlours weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg KNOWN to some as "tuapek kong", he may not possess the powers of the namesake deity. Yet this person is sought after by some lawbreakers: He assumes
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      A tax to get S'poreans to save energy?
      459 3  -  TAN HUI LENG huikng@mediacorp.com.sg WITH Singapore having impressed upon its citizens on the need to conserve water, the Government is now looking at ways to do the same for energy. One point it is mulling: Whether to introduce legislation that will supplement
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      Lock icon It all began on the Internet...
      536 4 AGENCIES OBAMA ASSASSINATION PLOT Online meeting allegedly led white supremacists to hatch plot on Obama #s life WASHINGTON An online meeting between two young white supremacists a month ago led them to allegedly plot a national killing spree of blacks that would end with
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      Lock icon Taking controversy by the horns
      457 6  -  ZULOTHMAN MEMOIRS OF A JOURNALIST He pulled his punches for 30 years in The Straits Times, till now... zul@mediacorp.com.sg UNTIL his retirement in 1995, he was one of Singapore's most respected journalists, having made a name for himself as The Straits Times' Kuala Lumpur correspondent
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      Eggs here are not from China: AVA
      162 6 THE Agri-food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) said Singapore does not import any fresh eggs from China. Most of the eggs available here come from accredited poultry farms in Malaysia, while the others about 27 per cent come from local chicken farms. The AVA
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      Lock icon Belt up, bumpy ride ahead
      433 8  -  WONGSIEWYING CHANNEL NEWSASIA TOURISM TROUBLES 30 airlines on the brink of collapse due to worldwide slump siewying@mediacorp.com.sg THE tourism sector may be in for a hard landing next year if turbulence in the global financial markets continues. Industry watchers said smaller airlines and tour operators
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      Man who threw killer litter escapes jail, gets probation
      371 8  -  LEONGWEEKEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg IN A departure from sentencing precedents yesterday, a 36-year-old man convicted of throwing killer litter escaped jail and a fine. Instead, he was placed on probation. Probation orders are usually associated with young offenders who are under 21, or
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      Lock icon More expats head home as firms cut costs
      397 10 938LIVE ECONOMIC WOES Moving firm Crossroads expects rosy business with shipping volume up THE current technical recession in Singapore is not only affecting local employment, but also high-salaried expatriates. Moving companies such as Crossroads which specialises in helping foreigners, largely expatriates, to
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      Lock icon Logistics degree programme soon
      369 12 TREVOR TAN TERTIARY EDUCATION UniSIM offers Bachelor of Science in Logistics and Supply Chain Management TO MEET the growing need for more management employees in the logistics industry, SIM University (UniSIM) will be offering a Bachelor of Science in Logistics and Supply Chain Management in what
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        BETTER WORKPLACE SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS?
        119 12 An international advisory panel will discuss ways to improve Singapore's workplace health management when they meet tomorrow in the Republic for a second time. Strategies to build workplace safety and health competencies are also on the agenda. The panel was formed in 2006 for
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        APPEAL FOR NEXT-OF-KIN
        61 12 Police are appealing for the next-of-kin of 69-year-old Lee SiewThim to come forward. Mdm Lee was a resident of the All Saints Home and passed away on Oct 18 at Changi General Hospital. Her last known address was Blkn,York Hill. The next-of-kin or anyone with information on
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      291 6 THE BEST-SELLING FINANCIAL EDUCATION IN SINGAPORE, KUALA LUMPUR S JAKARTA It is a very familiar story about almost everyone that has ventured into the world of Trading and Investing. It always begins with luck, evolves into greed, then complacency, and eventually painful loss. Why? Why is there a glaringly larger
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      178 7 SONY. Introducing Sony's New BDP-5350 Blu-ray Disc™ Player. THE REVOLUTION IN VISUAL ENTERTAINMENT. NE flDElitv nex rf T uRES PSi^^^^ F^^^"^ HD SQUNH WIDE RANGE |NTERA CTIVE FtM ■b«h OF MDVIES SELECTIONS I SONY Ej (*>• Official FIFA Partner U^™u.«|s If you've always marveled at the astounding clarity and remarkable
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      216 8 HOW IS THE FINANCIAL CRISIS IMPACTING YOUR LIFE? Get first-hand knowledge of the current U.S market downturn and how it affects Asia! It may sound crazy, but most people do not realize that economic slowdowns and financial crises are where fortunes are really made. I^^ Coming from Ground Zero from
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      383 9 THE NATURE OF BEAUTY >- Ngee Ann City Civic Plaza, Open to public 12noon to 9pm daily* Gifts from Mother Nature rare eems and diamonds, exquisite pearls and precious 3r j metals are celebrated in Asia's most luxurious jewellery festival, the Singapore JewelFest. Come revel in one-of-a-kind creations by iconic
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      276 13 AirAsia, your preferred airline WHEN YOU FLY FROM SINGAPORE! Only pay for fuel surcharge, taxes and admin fee. k Gef an£. G With 108 routes, 56 destinations and over 3000 weekly flights, B^*o^ no other airline connects you better in Asia. Jjf T«°oo he Kota Kinabalu Pekanbaru Bangkok KUala LUmpUr
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Chopper deal on hold
      353 14 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER MALAYSIAN MILITARY Funds will be re-allocated to benefit people hurt by crisis KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said yesterday the controversial multi-billion ringgit deal to buy a fleet of military helicopters has been suspended until the economy improves. News portal
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      Ex-MP's wife, in coma after plastic surgery, dies
      194 14 KUALA LUMPUR The wife of a former Malaysian member of parliament died yesterday after she had been in a coma following complications arising from cosmetic surgery. The Star newspaper reported that exLabuan MP Suhaili Abdul Rahman's wife Fatimah Wan Chik had a
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      Lock icon Push to protect Borneo's wildlife
      167 14 AP KUALA LUMPUR Conservationists said yesterday that they were planning a big push to protect Borneo's orangutans, pygmy elephants (picture) and other endangered wildlife by purchasing land from palm oil producers to create a forest sanctuary. The deal is meant to help stave off the
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      Lock icon Summit may be moved to Chiang Mai for 'nicer weather'
      265 16 AP BANGKOK Thailand is expected to relocate the Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean) annual December summit from Bangkok to the northern city of Chiang Mai, an official said yesterday. Foreign Ministry deputy spokesman Thanee Thongpakdi denied that the anticipated
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      Lock icon Kim likely to be in hospital
      370 16 AGENCIES AFP NORTH KOREAN POLITICS He is believed to be recovering from a stroke, says Japanese Premier TOKYO NorthKorean leaderKim Jong-Il is likely to be in hospital but is still capable of making decisions, Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso said yesterday, citing intelligence reports.
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      Family served faeces-laced gelato after making complaint
      190 16 SYDNEY A Sydney pub has been accused of serving chocolate gelato laced with frozen faeces to a family. Mr and Mrs Stephen Whyte, his wife Jessica and their three young children were at the Coogee Bay Hotel on Oct 5 when they were
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      Lock icon Retailers recall eggs
      333 19 AGENCIES CHINA'S FOOD SAFETY Suspect eggs pulled off shelves in southern China after discovery of melamine BEIJING Eggs suspected of being tainted with the industrial chemical melamine have been pulled from shelves of major retailers in southern China, state press reported yesterday. Retailers in Guangzhou began recalling
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      Lock icon China condemns 'terrorist' killings in Sudan
      196 19 AFP BEIJING China condemned the killing of five kidnapped Chinese oil workers in Sudan yesterday as an "inhumane terrorist" act, but indicated that its involvement in the war-torn country would not change. "We express strong indignation and condemnation for the inhumane terrorist deed of
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      HAVE YOUR SAY
      694 21  -  MARIA SIOW east asia bureau chief mariasiow@mediacorp.com.sg China allows more room for public feedback PUBLIC hearings are becoming more common in China. Take a recent one held in Changchun in Jilin province over proposed hikes in heating charges ahead of the winter months. Turning out for the
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    • EYE ON THE US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
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        Lock icon 'HANGING PALIN'CAUSES HALLOWEEN UPROAR
        129 22 AFP A Halloween figure resembling Republican vice-presidential pick Sarah Palin hanging by a noose has caused an uproar. Mr Chad Michael Morrisette has the effigy wearing Palin's trademark red jacket, glasses, high heels and a wig, hanging from the roof of his house in West Hollywood.
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        Lock icon JUDGE APOLOGISES FOR ANTI-OBAMA EMAIL
        115 22 AP A former Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice has apologised for signing an email to Jewish voters that linked a vote for Barack Obama to a second Holocaust. Ms Sandra Schultz Newman said on Monday: "I apologise to anyone who was offended by this misguided email."
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      Lock icon Obama is a socialist': McCain
      477 22 AFP INTERVIEW CONTROVERSY DAYTON (Ohio) Republican presidential candidate John McCain has renewed his bid to paint rival Barack Obama as a "socialist", saying remarks made by his rival in a 2001 interview proved he was hell-bent on largescale redistribution of wealth. In the interview, which
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      Lock icon Senate Republican found guilty of corruption
      322 25 AFP US SENATE ELECTIONS Ted Stevens' conviction may boost Democrats WASHINGTON A United States court on Monday found Republican senator Ted Stevens of Alaska guilty of corruption, one week before he is up for re-election in the narrowly-divided US Senate. Mr Stevens, 84, was
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      Lock icon Hudson's nephew found dead
      226 25 AFP CHICAGO Desperate pleas for the safe return of starlet Jennifer Hudson's seven-year-old nephew ended in despair on Monday when police found the boy's bullet-riddled body in an abandoned vehicle on Chicago's west side. Julian King (picture) had not been seen since Ms Hudson's sister discovered
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      Lock icon 1,000 Chinese workers protest over unpaid wages
      222 25 AFP BEIJING More than 1,000 textile workers took to the streets in eastern China after their employer apparently fled abroad, leaving four months of wages unpaid, a Hong Kong-based rights group said yesterday. The workers blocked four streets in downtown Wujiang city, Jiangsu
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      More people watching terrestrial television here
      507 28  -  Chang Long Jong THE FACTS Clarification necessary after'misleading' ad by Singapore Press Holdings Letter from 1 Deputy CEO (Television) MediaCorp Pte Ltd YESTERDAY, MediaCorp placed an advertisement in Today to inform readers of how our television channels had garnered more viewers year-on-year. The uptrend
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      256 30  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY PUTTING OTHERS FIRST What do you get for the child who has everything? That's a question Mr Richard Crane faced every year on his son's birthday. So one year, he just decided to ask him. The Crane family lived in a castle
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      I SAY DIFFERENT STROKES REQUIRED
      339 30  -  Ho Kong Loon Traditional ways of disciplining kids are now deemed harsh and stifling I REFER to "111-behaved pupils on excursion" (Oct 29). I share Mr Lionel de Souza's unhappiness and concern about how the school children had misbehaved, and the apparent lack of supervision
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      SPLITTING UPTHE CLASSES MAY HELP
      139 30  -  Arthur Lim 111-behaved? Here again shows the lack of tolerance in our society. Teachers will always remind their charges not to misbehave but children tend to get excited. We must accept that children need 'space' at times. The tour guides' primary role is to share
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      5 28 HAVE YOUR SAY. news@ newstoday.com.sg
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      37 29 The Numbers Don't Lie. Channel News Asia MediaCorp reaches out to more Singaporeans (1,888,000) with Channel NewsAsia and TODAY newspaper than The Straits Times and The Business Times combined (1,878,000). Source: Nielsen Ml 2008 (Past Week Reach)
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    • MOVIES
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        Confessions of a film critic
        1205 32  -  GENEVIEVE LOH THE PLUS LIST io films we're supposed to hate but secretly love <genevievehh@mediacorp.com.sg 1 GREASE 2 (1982) BETTERTHAN: High School Musical 1,2 and 3 put together The mayor of "It's so bad, it's actually good" town, this underrated film (having lived in the
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        Funnier than the sum of its sins
        261 36  -  GENEVIEVELOH MOVIE REVIEWCHOKE Film adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk's novel is more than just a dirty joke genevieveloh@mediacorp.com. sg UNLESS it involves banging a stranger in an airplane bathroom, Victor Mancini (the irresistible Sam Rockwell) isn't quite a stand-up guy. Choke's main character is
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        It's all there in black and white
        175 36  -  DARREN HO MOVIE REVIEW LAKEVIEWTERRACE "EVERYONE'S a little bit racist," sing the puppets of Avenue Q, But in Neil Labute's new film, Lakeview Terrace, Samuel L Jackson is a lot psychocrazy racist. Jackson stars as Able Turner, a disciplinarian black policeman who detests
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        196 36 Scream you're on candid camera MOVIE REVIEW [REC] IF YOU had staggered out of the cinema with a bout of nausea after watching Cloverfield, better bring a barf bag to this zombie flick by way of shaky cameras. [REC] is an NCI6 Spanish horror movie about a TV reporter and
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      644 39 AGENCIES GREAT SCOT United boss also criticises Chelsea executive Kenyon, pumps up Ronaldo LONDON In a rare candid interview, Alex Ferguson has admitted that he was surprised some scribes have already billed Luiz Felipe Scolari as a better manager, and also insisted Peter Kenyon's defection
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      295 39 AGENCIES LONDON Former Arsenal captain Tony Adams was named Portsmouth's new manager yesterday. Harry Redknapp's former assistant Adams and coach Joe Jordan were placed in caretaker control of the team and took charge for Sunday's 1-1 draw at home to Fulham. Adams had
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      369 40 English Premiership Arsenal vTottenham LONDON Emmanuel Adebayor is confident that Arsenal are back in contention for the Premier League title after their 2-0 win over West Ham on Sunday. Arsenal look to be in good shape for the North London derby tonight (tomorrow morning,
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      550 42  -  MILTON TAN SINGAPORE FOOTBALL Champions show their class to set up a red-hot clash at Yishun Stadium next week NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League 2008 SAFFC 2 Young Lions o sports@newstoday.com.sg LIKE all championship-chasing sides do in the tense run-in to the end of the season, SAFFC
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      464 42  -  MILTON TAN 001 BOON KEONG NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League 2008 Tampines vGeylang Utd Tampines Stadium, 7.45pm THEY are the giants of the east, two clubs rich in history and who have been represented by some of the best players Singapore fans have ever seen.
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      266 43  -  SHAMIR OSMAN SINGAPORE'S national women's hockey team were due to fly to Sri Lanka tomorrow for the 3rd Women's Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) Cup in Matale, which was scheduled to be held from Nov 2-9. But a series of bomb blasts in Colombo and elsewhere since
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      139 44 PHOTO COURTESY Pick up tips on how to incorporate innovation in your small and medi-um-sized business at the Today-HP Total Care Seminar tomorrow. Speakers will include Ms Jocelyn Chng (picture), managing director of sauce maker Sin Hwa Dee Foodstuffs, and innovation catalyst Ronald Dalderup. Ms Chng,
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      459 44  -  KELVIN CHOW kelvinc@mediacorp.com.sg IN THEORY, many small businesses know they should be going high-tech but they lack the technical know-how and fear that they might not be able to afford the move. The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) has identified these fears as
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      337 46 BLOOMBERG YTL-MACQUARIE PRIME DEAL YTL CORP, Malaysia's biggest builder, will spend $285 million for control of Macquarie Prime Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit), owner of stakes in two Singapore malls Wisma Atria and Ngee Ann City. YTL, which is based in Kuala Lumpur, will
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        136 48 This Halloween, the Night Safari has a closet full of scares awaiting visitors, as it transforms into a giant "Haunted Forest" with spooks at every corner. The entire park will be Halloween-themed until Saturday, with activities running mainly on Friday and Saturday. "Ghosts" and "ghouls"
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      723 48  -  CAROLINE BAUM BUSINESS COMMENT Analysts, once again, are churning out new "theories' THREE months ago, the world was running out of oil. Remember? Everywhere you turned, you heard whispers that the day of petroleum reckoning was at hand. Now there's too much oil, prodding
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      373 49 AGENCIES FINANCIAL HELP JAPAN is preparing a package of wide-ranging financial measures after an emergency meeting called yesterday by Prime Minister Taro Aso when he told senior officials to act to fend off further damage from the global financial crisis. There was immediate action in
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