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Dahr Jamail | The Brink of Mass Extinction
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t r u t h o u t | 07.21
Dahr Jamail | The Brink of Mass Extinction
http://truth-out.org/news/item/25051-dahr-jamail-the-brink-of-mass-extincti=
on
Dahr Jamail, Truthout: March through June 2014 were the hottest months on r=
ecord globally, species face extinction and rising sea levels threaten to d=
isplace entire populations of island nations. While a single extreme weathe=
r event is not proof of anthropogenic climate disruption, the increasing in=
tensity and frequency of these events are.
Thousands March for Water Rights in Detroit
http://truth-out.org/news/item/25062-water-rights-march-in-detroit
Ruth Conniff, PRWatch: On Friday, thousands of people marched through downt=
own Detroit to call attention to a major public health crisis as the city s=
huts off the water for residents who are behind on their bills. About 5,000=
people marched from the Cobo convention center to Hart Plaza near the Detr=
oit Water and Sewerage Department.
"Blood on American Hands": Richard Falk on Palestine
http://truth-out.org/news/item/25067-blood-on-american-hands-richard-falk-o=
n-palestine
CJ Polychroniou, Truthout: The latest carnage in Gaza is part of an ongoing=
Israeli imperial policy, but, as Richard Falk underscores in this exclusiv=
e interview, Israel always claims that its attacks against Palestinians are=
provoked by the Palestinians themselves.
Dean Baker | Cheap Talk at the Fed
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/25063-cheap-talk-at-the-fed
Dean Baker, Truthout: By calling attention to the overvaluation of social m=
edia and biotech companies, and junk bonds, Fed Chair Janet Yellen is putti=
ng financial professionals on notice. By not providing serious answers to h=
er arguments, these professionals may be looking for a new line of work if =
their bets go south.
Transgender Activists Speak Out Against Campaign to End Trans Military Ban
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/25015-transgender-activists-speak-out-ag=
ainst-campaign-to-end-trans-military-ban
Toshio Meronek, Truthout: As funding increases for a campaign to end the ba=
n on transgender people in the military, trans and gender-nonconforming peo=
ple are speaking out against that campaign, saying that instead, efforts sh=
ould focus on ending the military-industrial complex.
Blowback on the Border: The United States' Child Refugee Crisis
http://truth-out.org/news/item/25061-blowback-on-the-border-americas-child-=
refugee-crisis
Laura Carlsen, Foreign Policy in Focus: The US press has finally "discovere=
d" the crisis of unaccompanied minors piling up on the border. The dominant=
narrative has been that foolish parents are sending hapless children north=
to take advantage of loopholes in US immigration practices. This is just p=
lain wrong on every count.
"A Terrifying Night in Gaza": Sharif Abdel Kouddous Reports on Israeli Grou=
nd Invasion
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/25068-a-terrifying-night-in-gaza-sharif-=
abdel-kouddous-reports-on-israeli-ground-invasion
Amy Goodman and Juan Gonz=C3=A1lez, Democracy Now!: Sharif Abdel Kouddous r=
eports from Gaza as the Israeli military is pushing deeper into Gaza and th=
reatening to "significantly widen" its ground offensive. Israel maintains t=
he new ground offensive was needed to target tunnels used by militants, but=
many civilian facilities have been hit.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: A Majority of Americans Favors Action on Cl=
imate Change, and More
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/25075-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-maj=
ority-of-americans-favor-of-action-on-climate-change-and-more
In today's On the News segment: Congress may be divided on the issue of cli=
mate change, but the vast majority of Americans agree that we must do more =
to protect our planet; a South Florida developer is paving paradise to put =
up a Walmart; four years after the BP oil disaster in the Gulf, we're still=
seeing giant tar mats wash up on beaches; and more.
US Empire Reaches Breaking Point: Time to End It
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/25069-us-empire-reaches-breaking-poin=
t-time-to-end-it
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Popular Resistance: Not only is the US Em=
pire the largest in history, with more than 1,100 military bases around the=
world, but it has been the most destructive. As US Empire stretches to the=
breaking point, people are mobilizing.
Do Not GM My Food!
http://truth-out.org/news/item/25072-do-not-gm-my-food
Julio Godoy, Inter Press Service: Attempts to genetically modify food stapl=
es, such as crops and cattle, to increase their nutritional value and overa=
ll performance have prompted worldwide criticism by nutritionists, environm=
ental and agriculture experts, who say that protecting and fomenting biodiv=
ersity is a far better solution to hunger.
Direct Action to Survive in Detroit
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/25074-direct-action-to-survive-in-detroit
Marina Sitrin, Z Communications: Israel has cut off all water to Gaza. Detr=
oit has shut off the water to more than 4,000 families, with another 140,00=
0 up next. But while the government of the United States goes along with po=
licies that mirror Israel at war with an entire people, Detroit residents a=
re showing that real power comes from below.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
Senate Bill Would Hold Corporate Executives Criminally Accountable for Not =
Disclosing Lethal Product Defects
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/senate-bill-would-hold-corpor=
ate-execs-criminally-accountable-for-not-disclosing-lethal-product-defects
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: It is an egregious double standard to h=
old citizens criminally accountable for causing deaths while companies are =
let off the hook.
Pretending It's Not Rape: The Politics of a Violation and a Community That =
Covered It Up
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/pretending-it-s-not-rape-the-=
politics-of-a-violation-and-a-community-that-covered-it-up
Report: Government Agents "Directly Involved" in Most High-Profile US Terro=
r Plots=20
Read the Article at The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/21/government-agents-directly-inv=
olved-us-terror-plots-report=20
Renewables Account for More Than Half of 2014's New US Energy Capacity
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/renewables-account-for-more-t=
han-half-of-2014-s-new-us-energy-capacity=20
Reports: Texas Gov. Rick Perry to Deploy 1,000 National Guardsmen to the Bo=
rder=20
Read the Article at NPR
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/07/21/333564162/reports-texas-gov-=
perry-to-deploy-1-000-national-guardsmen-to-border=20
"Indiscriminate" Bombing in Gaza Pushes Death Toll Beyond 500
Read the Article at Common Dreams
https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/07/21
US Court Says Warrant for Access to All Content of Email Account Is Justifi=
ed
Read the Article at Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/18/us-usa-tech-warrants-idUSKBN0FN2F=
U20140718
Five Innocuous Activities That Can Get You Put in the Government's Antiterr=
orism Database
Read the Article at Courthouse News
http://www.courthousenews.com/2014/07/14/69465.htm=20
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Senate Bill Would Hold Corporate Executives Criminally Accountable for Not Disclosing Lethal Product Defects </strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: normal;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.2"><strong>Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: </strong>It is an egregious double standard to hold citizens criminally accountable for causing deaths while companies are let off the hook.</p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=FLDdBuMt9wT%2Fp8aRRuZgMJbAa7LbeVLu"><strong>Read the BuzzFlash Commentary</strong></a></p>
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Pretending It's Not Rape: The Politics of a Violation and a Community That Covered It Up</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=vGK5IeGfOUjCbQaT3dboD5bAa7LbeVLu"><strong>Read the Article at BuzzFlash</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Report: Government Agents "Directly Involved" in Most High-Profile US Terror Plots</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=7UbF7t51NJy0Sl8RMCvrOZbAa7LbeVLu"><strong>Read the Article at The Guardian</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Renewables Account for More Than Half of 2014's New US Energy Capacity</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=N8Tf2%2B1E%2BxCxEcCglhWQcVvIxDX3oNDh"><strong>Read the Article at BuzzFlash</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Reports: Texas Gov. Rick Perry to Deploy 1,000 National Guardsmen to the Border</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=XKHLrLGX%2BDJERwzUOjFuOZbAa7LbeVLu"><strong>Read the Article at NPR</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>"Indiscriminate" Bombing in Gaza Pushes Death Toll Beyond 500</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=djGmf12bBfwYYVtVbKWf45bAa7LbeVLu"><strong>Read the Article at Common Dreams</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>US Court Says Warrant for Access to All Content of Email Account Is Justified</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=cRhpYM%2FYK75l7Li%2BlBU9eZbAa7LbeVLu"><strong>Read the Article at Reuters</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Five Innocuous Activities That Can Get You Put in the Government's Antiterrorism Database</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=hvvXq6ag%2F21pB9nUdSRX8ZbAa7LbeVLu"><strong>Read the Article at Courthouse News</strong></a></p>
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<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Dahr Jamail, Truthout:</strong> March through June 2014 were the hottest months on record globally, species face extinction and rising sea levels threaten to displace entire populations of island nations. While a single extreme weather event is not proof of anthropogenic climate disruption, the increasing intensity and frequency of these events are.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=KmzxlMjgoqlyZ8Q8AtkHWJbAa7LbeVLu"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=A7l5WFccPKyr%2FZPPiK887ZbAa7LbeVLu"><strong>Thousands March for Water Rights in Detroit</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Ruth Conniff, PRWatch:</strong> On Friday, thousands of people marched through downtown Detroit to call attention to a major public health crisis as the city shuts off the water for residents who are behind on their bills. About 5,000 people marched from the Cobo convention center to Hart Plaza near the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=7fjCiHikD12iq%2BaTKbBsIpbAa7LbeVLu"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=X7INc7uEsX5Geg9BZPdyX5bAa7LbeVLu"><strong>"Blood on American Hands": Richard Falk on Palestine</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>CJ Polychroniou, Truthout:</strong> The latest carnage in Gaza is part of an ongoing Israeli imperial policy, but, as Richard Falk underscores in this exclusive interview, Israel always claims that its attacks against Palestinians are provoked by the Palestinians themselves.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Ou13MvYBUuw5c3HMex8FA5bAa7LbeVLu"><strong>Read the Interview</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=BvpER9aXDX1oDoy5ypeTy5bAa7LbeVLu"><strong>Dean Baker | Cheap Talk at the Fed</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Dean Baker, Truthout:</strong> By calling attention to the overvaluation of social media and biotech companies, and junk bonds, Fed Chair Janet Yellen is putting financial professionals on notice. By not providing serious answers to her arguments, these professionals may be looking for a new line of work if their bets go south.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=zDUhh2haUt19XcFLP%2BDAcpbAa7LbeVLu"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=2YtNv9eTssGAYTAr7cTxipbAa7LbeVLu"><strong>Transgender Activists Speak Out Against Campaign to End Trans Military Ban</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Toshio Meronek, Truthout:</strong> As funding increases for a campaign to end the ban on transgender people in the military, trans and gender-nonconforming people are speaking out against that campaign, saying that instead, efforts should focus on ending the military-industrial complex.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=1DCPT99waicDDh5hzK7ENZbAa7LbeVLu"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=lgZNIVv%2BFyPz1H7prTb6TZbAa7LbeVLu"><strong>Blowback on the Border: The United States' Child Refugee Crisis</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Laura Carlsen, Foreign Policy in Focus:</strong> The US press has finally "discovered" the crisis of unaccompanied minors piling up on the border. The dominant narrative has been that foolish parents are sending hapless children north to take advantage of loopholes in US immigration practices. This is just plain wrong on every count.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=K9yHMJKzNs0YHWSi8dNY1JbAa7LbeVLu"><strong>"A Terrifying Night in Gaza": Sharif Abdel Kouddous Reports on Israeli Ground Invasion</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Amy Goodman and Juan González, Democracy Now!:</strong> Sharif Abdel Kouddous reports from Gaza as the Israeli military is pushing deeper into Gaza and threatening to "significantly widen" its ground offensive. Israel maintains the new ground offensive was needed to target tunnels used by militants, but many civilian facilities have been hit.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=D%2F%2B8NqWJtAJ4sedsrvu815bAa7LbeVLu"><strong>Watch the Video and Read the Transcript</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=yMbayZ9CdtLehFsoDgI8%2FZbAa7LbeVLu"><strong>On the News With Thom Hartmann: A Majority of Americans Favors Action on Climate Change, and More</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>In today's On the News segment:</strong> Congress may be divided on the issue of climate change, but the vast majority of Americans agree that we must do more to protect our planet; a South Florida developer is paving paradise to put up a Walmart; four years after the BP oil disaster in the Gulf, we're still seeing giant tar mats wash up on beaches; and more.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=3dVCUPm0vx9d2fBscJXuNJbAa7LbeVLu"><strong>US Empire Reaches Breaking Point: Time to End It</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Popular Resistance:</strong> Not only is the US Empire the largest in history, with more than 1,100 military bases around the world, but it has been the most destructive. As US Empire stretches to the breaking point, people are mobilizing.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=kYCmWHN900iU7E9NWKGH%2FZbAa7LbeVLu"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=hj96fb%2FqPU%2FT5%2FDDBBLSa5bAa7LbeVLu"><strong>Do Not GM My Food!</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Julio Godoy, Inter Press Service:</strong> Attempts to genetically modify food staples, such as crops and cattle, to increase their nutritional value and overall performance have prompted worldwide criticism by nutritionists, environmental and agriculture experts, who say that protecting and fomenting biodiversity is a far better solution to hunger.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=YPyK5o22yRhuoMHxlHY%2BJpbAa7LbeVLu"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
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<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Marina Sitrin, Z Communications:</strong> Israel has cut off all water to Gaza. Detroit has shut off the water to more than 4,000 families, with another 140,000 up next. But while the government of the United States goes along with policies that mirror Israel at war with an entire people, Detroit residents are showing that real power comes from below.</p>
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