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   Newsline(tm) Report 1890 - November 1 2013 The following is a closed   
   circuit advisory and not necessarily for air. With a report on   
   AmateurRadio Newsline’s current finances, here’s our producer Bill   
   Pasternak,  WA6ITF: -- Well, the last time I was on here with a   
   financial report I told you that I thought we had enough in the bank to   
   hopefully hold us over the summer months June, July and August, and   
   that I would not be asking for any contributions unless the sky was   
   falling.  Sadly, the sky is falling this year.  This is mainly because   
   we did not get some of the larger donations that we have come to count   
   on to keep us going over the lean summer months when people are away on   
   vacation. Right now, we only have a couple of hundred dollars left in   
   our bank account.  Most of that will vanish as we pay off our financial   
   obligation in regard to presenting this year’s Young Ham of the Year   
   Award and the outstanding bills which are quickly piling up.  And   
   unlike the years up through October 2009 when I retired from full time   
   employment, I’m now living on fixed income and honestly cannot afford   
   to underwrite the cost of bringing these newscasts to you. To be   
   candid, I do not like to lead off a newscast with an appeal such as   
   this, but we have no other method of getting the word out to you that   
   we need your financial assistance to keep Amateur Radio Newsline on the   
   air, and that we need it now.  To all of us involved, each donation is   
   looked upon as an ongoing vote of confidence in the quality of the news   
   and information that we provide each week.  And for this I add my   
   personal thank you. Remember, Amateur Radio Newsline is a 501c3, not   
   for profit corporation and your donations are tax deductible.  The   
   easiest way to donate is by going to our website at www.arnewsline.org   
   and clicking on the Pay Pal button.  Or you can mail a donation to the   
   address you will hear at the end of this weeks newscast. Whichever   
   method you choose, the all volunteer Amateur Radio Newsline team says   
   thank you so much for caring.  We promise to do all that we can to   
   continue bringing you the news and information you want to hear about   
   amateur radio and personal communications in the coming years. Thank   
   you.  I'm Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, and now this week’s newscast. --   
   Thanks Bill.  Now, Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1890 with a   
   release date of November 1 2013 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1. The following   
   is a QST.  Australia’s WICEN stands down as the brushfire menace eases;   
   A new satellite subband is coming to 2 meters; Congress is asked to   
   consider mandating regularly scheduled EAS tests and the South Sudan   
   will be on the air in mid-November.  Find out the detailsare on Amateur   
   Radio Newsline(tm) report number 1890 coming your way right  now.   
   (Billboard Cart Here)   
   ** RESCUE RADIO:  FOLLOW-UP - AUSTRALIAS WICEN STANDS DOWN AFTER FIRE   
   EMERGENCY The work of ham radio operators in the wildfire response has   
   come to an end down under.  Amateur Radio Newsline’s Jim Meachen,   
   ZL2BHF, has this follow-up report: -- Australia’s WICEN has stood down   
   from its assistance to fire-fighting efforts in the Australian state of   
   New South Wales.  This as more favorable weather conditions has lead   
   toward containment of the blazes that threatened the outskirts of the   
   city of Sidney as it raged through the Blue Mountains. WICEN had been   
   activated by the Volunteer Rescue Association to provide manpower after   
   a State of Emergency was declared.  Several of its members were sent to   
   Lithgow as part of a Volunteer Rescue Association team 24.  The others   
   had been held in reserve for later deployment as needed. With the worst   
   of the emergency now over, WICEN New South Wales President Compton   
   Allen VK2HDX has thanked the ham radio operators who made themselves   
   available in New South Wales time of need. For the Amateur Radio   
   Newsline, I’m Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF, in Nelson, New Zealand. -- In all,   
   the wildfires destroyed some 220 homes with an estimated insurance   
   value into the millions of dollars.  (VK3PC, published news reports) **   
   RESTRUCTURING:  NEW REGION 2 BANDPLAN INCLUDES ADDED 2 METER SATELLITE    
   SUBBAND More room on 2 meters for ham radio space operations is one of   
   the outcomes of a recent IARU Region 2 meeting in Cancun, Mexico. The   
   gathering whose minutes have now been published covered all Region 2   
   bandplans for all allocations from 137 kHz to 250 GHz.  Included is a   
   new allocation for the Amateur Satellite Service on 2 meters from   
   144.000 to 144.025 MHz. There is also a reference to Near Space   
   Stations or NSS operations in the definitions section.  This is   
   believed to be the first mention of High Altitude Balloons in any   
   amateur radio band plan. IARU Region 2 is the organization of the   
   International Amateur Radio Union for the American continent. You can   
   view the entire document containing this and bandplans for all other   
   amateur radio spectrum on the web at   
   tinyurl.com/ANS300-IARU-Region-2-bandplans.  (ANS) ** RESCUE RADIO:    
   CONGRESS ASKED TO CONSIDER REGULARLY SCHEDULED EAS TEST A bill recently   
   introduced into the United States House of Representatives to   
   reauthorize the Federal Emergency Management Agency or FEMA includes a   
   provision that would require national EAS tests at least once every   
   three years. The measure is designated as H.R. 3300 and reauthorizes   
   FEMA through Fiscal Year 2016 at $972 million each year.  However about   
   $12 million of the total would provide Congressional authorization for   
   FEMA’s Integrated Public Alert and Warning System or IPAWS, which uses   
   several technologies to simultaneously send alerts through many   
   different channels.  This includes the EAS, along with wireless alerts,   
   Internet services and NOAA. The measure would also establish system   
   requirements and capabilities for IPAWS and gives certain stakeholders,   
   including federal, state, local and private sector entities, input into   
   its development.  (RW) ** RESCUE RADIO: FEMA AND NPR TEAM FOR ALERTING   
   DEAF TO EMERGENCIES The Department of Homeland Security has announced a   
   pilot project in cooperation with NPR Labs, to demonstrate the delivery   
   of the first-ever, real-time emergency alert messages to people who are   
   deaf or hard-of-hearing in five Gulf states. Twenty-five NPR affiliates   
   in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas have agreed to   
   participate in the venture to transmit emergency alert messages, such   
   as weather alerts, to 475 individuals who are deaf or hard-of-hearing   
   in the stations’ listening areas.  This to determine how effectively   
   the messages are being sent and received. The public radio stations   
   participating in the project will receive emergency alert messages from   
   FEMA’s Integrated Public Alert and Warning System.  The stations will   
   then broadcast the emergency alerts to specially designed FM Radio Data   
   System receivers that alert the participants with a flashing indicator.   
   The receivers can also show the content of the alert through the   
   receiver’s digital display.  Participants can connect a strobe light or   
   bed-shaker alerting device to the receiver to help ensure alerts are   
   noticed both day and night.  (RI) ** DX UP FRONT:  WAKE ATOL OPERATION   
   COMING ON THE AIR Up-front in DX, the Wake Atoll Commemorative K-9-W   
   DXpedition team has been approved for entry onto Wake Atoll and should   
   be operational by the time many of you hear this newscast. Their   
   equipment is already on the atol and in safe storage awaiting arrival   
   of the operators that was scheduled for November 2nd local time.  They   
   will then immediately set up antennas and the stations. As we go to air   
   team leaders say that they plan to begin operations on November 3rd and   
   continue until November 15th, once again local Wake Island time.  There   
   will be two CW and two SSB stations operational during this DXpedition.   
    More information and updates will be on the web at wake2013.org  (K9W   
   Management Team) ** DX UP FRONT:  SOUTH SUDAN TO BE ON NOVEMBER 14 - 28   
   An international group of hams, including CQ Magazine’s DX Editor Wayne   
   Mills, N7NG, is planning to operate from South Sudan as Z81X from   
   November 14th to the 28th.  This is the time period that includes the   
   CW weekend of the 2013 CQ World Wide DX Contest. According to Mission   
   Goodwill South Sudan spokesman Martti Laine, OH2BH, the group of ten   
   hams is led by International Amateur Radio Union Region One President   
   Hans Timmerman, PB2T, and includes two local operators. The operation   
   is hosted by South Sudan's Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications,   
   and will include a series of workshops aimed at developing a permanent   
   amateur radio licensing and regulatory structure.  On the operating   
   side, the plan is to activate all HF bands with an emphasis on 80 and   
   160 meters. QSL via OH0XX and we will have more DX news for you later   
   on in this weeks report.  (CQ) ** BREAK 1 Time for you to identify your   
   station.  We are the Amateur Radio Newsline, heard on bulletin stations   
   around the world including the KF4ADM repeater serving Williamsburg   
   Virginia. (5 sec pause here)   
   ** RADIO POLITICS:  SENATE CONFIRMS WHEELER TO FCC CHAIR The Senate   
   confirmed Thomas Wheeler as the next chairman of the FCC and Michael P.   
   O’Rielly to fill another vacancy at the agency. Wheeler’s confirmation   
   came after Senator Ted Cruz removed a hold on his nomination after   
   meeting with Wheeler on Tuesday afternoon, October 29th and Wheeler was   
   confirmed that evening. His nomination was partnered with that of   
   O’Rielly, a Republican, to draw bipartisan support. Their confirmations   
   came in a unanimous vote. (published News Reports) ** ENFORCEMENT:  FCC   
   ISSUES $15000 TO UNLICENSED BROADCASTER The FCC has issued a Notice of   
   Apparent Liability in the amount of $15,000 to Florida resident Juan R.   
   Nieves, Jr..  This for his alleged operation of an unlicensed radio   
   transmitter on the frequency 97.7 MHz in the city ofSummerfield.    
   Amateur Radio Newsline’s Norm Seeley, KI7UP, has the  details: --   
   According to the FCC,  agents from the Enforcement Bureau’s Tampa   
   Office used direction-finding to locate the source of the transmissions   
   on several occasions last May and June to an FM transmitting antenna   
   located at a residence in Summerfield, Florida.   On each of those   
   days, the agents took field strength measurements of the station’s   
   signal and determined that it exceeded the limits for license free   
   operation under Part 15 of the Commission’s rules. On June 25th the   
   agents inspected the unlicensed radio station and interviewed Juan R.   
   Nieves, Jr..  He admitted renting the residence housing the station,   
   owning the transmitter, and being the sole responsible party for the   
   unlicensed operation.  In fact, he claimed to have operated the station   
   on 97.7 MHz for over a year.  He also stated that he had been in the   
   broadcast industry for many years, was a former officer of a low power   
   station in Summerfield and knew he needed a license to operate. Now in   
   proposing the $15,000 penalty the FCC says that it finds that the   
   violations in this case warrant a proposed forfeiture above the base   
   amount.  The record evidence in this case shows that Nieves was an   
   officer of a low power FM station, and was expected to be familiar with   
   the Commission’s licensing requirements.  Nevertheless, he operated the   
   unlicensed station for over a year, in deliberate disregard for the   
   Communications Act and the Commission’s rules.  As such the FCC finds   
   that an upward adjustment of $5,000 in the forfeiture amount is   
   warranted. For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I’m Norm Seeley, KI7UP, in   
   Scottsdale,  Arizona. -- Nieves was given the customary 30 days from   
   the October 24th issuance date to pay the proposed $15,000 fine or to   
   file an appeal.  (FCC) ** ENFORCEMENT:  FORMER MISSOURI HAM FINED $500   
   FOR UNLICENSED OPERATION The FCC has fined Jared A. Bruegman, the   
   former KC0IQN, of Bolivar, Missouri, $500.  This, for transmitting   
   without a license in the Amateur Service 20 meter band. Last February,   
   the FCC issued Bruegman a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture   
   in the amount of $10,000 after its agents observed an unlicensed radio   
   transmitter operating on 14.312 MHz from a residence in Bolivar in   
   December 2012.  Bruegman was the only person at home at the time and   
   admitted to owning the radio transmitting equipment. In his response to   
   the Notice of Apparent Liability Bruegman claimed that the $10,000   
   would be a financial hardship and requested that the FCC cancel the   
   proposed fine.  He also submitted the required financial records to   
   back up his claim. Now in a Forfeiture Order released October 23, the   
   FCC has reduced the fine to $500 stating that there is a sufficient   
   basis for such a reduction but not to outright cancel the forfeiture.    
   It gave him the customary 30 days from the date of it issuing the   
   Forfeiture Order to pay or make arrangements to pay the fine.  If he   
   fails to do so the matter can be turned over to the Department of   
   Justice for further enforcement action.  (FCC) ** PUBLIC SERVICE:    
   OREGON HAMS TEAM WITH FRS IN EMCOMM EXERCISE The Emergency Volunteer   
   Corps of Nehalem Bay, Oregon recently held a training exercise where it   
   activated its local Map Your Neighborhood captains’ emergency   
   communications operations.  This, using the combined resources of   
   citizens with FRS radios and local ham radio operators who were asked   
   to set up a spontaneous net. According to news reports, the Map Your   
   Neighborhood captains responded with professionalism and competency.    
   Moreover the operation by the hams taking part in the exercise was   
   described as simply being great. The article in the North Coast Citizen   
   Journal stated that that everyone was proud of the community and its   
   team of volunteers.  13 hams out of the 28 living in the area took part   
   in the emergency preparedness exercise.  (CitizenJournal.com, eHam.net)   
   ** RADIO BUSINESS:  ELK ANTENNAS AND DAYSAVER POWER SUSTEMS TO MERGE   
   DaySaver Power Systems is merging with Elk Antennas. DaySaver products   
   will continue to be offered by Elk, which says that that the transition   
   from DaySaver Power Systems to Elk Antennas should be seamless, with no   
   interruption in order fulfillment or warranties. Currently, the   
   DaySaver.com website will continue to operate, but in the future the   
   link will likely take you to the Elk Antennas site at ElkAntennas.com   
   for an expanded array of products with the DaySaver name. According to   
   Elk Antenna’s Jim Siemons, AF6PU, the merger helps fulfill Elk’s goal   
   of expanding its product line for portable, remote and emergency   
   communications.  Both companies service the Amateur, Commercial,   
   Military and Public Safety Radio Services.  (Press Release) ** NAMES IN   
   THE NEWS:  FIRST AND ONLY 2 METER DXCC IN SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE Some   
   names in the news.  Back in 2011 to Bob McQuarrie, ZL3TY was awarded   
   the first 2 Meter DXCC ever issued in the southern hemisphere.  This   
   after he contacted and confirmed contacts with 102 countries.    
   McQuarrie was also the first New Zealand amateur to achieve DXCC in   
   mixed VHF 6 meters and 2 meters using digital technology combined with   
   his CW skills and moonbounce.  Now comes word that his name and call   
   have been inducted in the New Zealand Hall of Fame.  We say   
   congratulations.  (SARL) ** NAMES IN THE NEWS: VE3RHF NEW RAC DIRECTOR   
   FOR ONTARIO SOUTH Rod Hardman, VE3RHF has  been recently elected as the   
   Radio Amateurs of Canada Director for Ontario South.  His term as   
   Director will be for the two years starting January 1, 2014 and ending   
   December 31, 2015. (RAC) ** NAMES IN THE NEWS: MIKE CALLAGHAN, WA6KPD   
   RETIRES And congratulations also to Mike Callaghan, WA6KPD, who   
   recently announced that he plans to retire on November 1st after a long   
   and distinguished career in broadcasting.  Callaghan was the chief   
   engineer for station KIIS-FM in Los Angeles.  This is a position that   
   he has held for only a few months shy of 40 years.  You can read the   
   story of his fascinating life in the broadcast engineering field at   
   tinyurl.com/Mike-Callaghan-retires  (RW) ** HAM HAPPENINGS: INSPIRING   
   YOUTH AT THE ARRL MIDWEST CONVENTION Inspiring youth will be an   
   important part of the upcoming ARRL Midwest Convention slated for   
   Joplin, Missouri on November 8th and 9th.  And to help meat this goal   
   New York City educator Carole Perry, WB2MGP will join forces with   
   former Astronaut, Colonel Steve Nagel, N5RAW, to bring the magic of two   
   way radio and spaceflight to youngsters in a Joplin school: -- WB2MGP:    
   “He and I are going together to a high school where we will be goin a   
   presentation in front of an assembly of gifted science students and   
   ohers who will be able to ask questions of astronaut Nagel.” -- Then on   
   convention Saturday, WB2MGP will be hosting a Youth Forum with Steve   
   Nagel, N5RAW, taking part: -- WB2MGP:  “Astronaut Nagel is going to be   
   coming to my Youth Forum.  I’m going to have a 9-year-old give a very   
   exciting presentation.  One of the Youth Advisors for the ARRL will be   
   giving a small presentation and then we will be opening up for   
   questions for astronaut Nagel from the audience which I hope as it is   
   in Dayton contains a lot youngsters in it so that they can be inspired   
   by the sheer presence of this incredible human being who has been in   
   space.” -- In addition to Steve Nagel and Carole Perry there will also   
   be a Ham Radio in Space presentation featuring Eddy Paul, KYØF; Jeremy   
   Widner, ACØDX and Randy Schulze, KDØHKD.  They will provide those   
   attending their session with information how to successfully get on the   
   FM ham radio satellites, in most cases with equipment they already own.   
   More on the convention and its special ham in space youth events are on   
   line at www.arrlmidwestconvention.com.  (ARNewsline(tm), AMSAT, WB2MGP)   
   ** BREAK 2 This is ham radio news for today’s radio amateur.  We are   
   the Amateur Radio Newsline with links to the world from our only   
   official website at www.arnewsline.org and being relayed by the   
   volunteer services of the following radio amateur: (5 sec pause here)   
   ** WORLDBEAT:  INDIA'S FIRST MULTI-MODE RADIO SCOUTING REPEATER OPENED   
   A new repeater dedicated for use by scouts has come to the airwaves in   
   India.  Hosted by the Malabar Amateur Radio Repeater Society the VU2MJJ   
   system came to life on October 20th during the 2013 Scouting Jamboree   
   on the air. The VU2MJJ repeater is located at the Malabar club station   
   and reportedly has wide coverage in South India.  It is also the first   
   D-STAR capable repeater in India that can also relay other digital and   
   analog modes including traditional FM. VU2MJJ operates on 145.450 Mhz   
   with the standard minus offset shift. (Southgate) ** WORLDBEAT:    
   FRIEDRICHSHAFEN LECTURES AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD Six of this years   
   lectures presented at Germany’s Ham Radio gathering are now available   
   as PowerPoint slides with synchronized audio.  Available programs   
   include Tom Perera, W1TP’s talk on the Enigma and other historic cipher   
   machines; John Alexander, G7GCT’s small cipher machines presentation   
   and Chris Duckling, G3SVL’s, 100 Years of the RSGB and its   
   International Partners.  If you are interested in finding out more, go   
   to www.dokufunk.org/talk on the World-Wide-Web.  (Southgate) ** RADIO   
   IN SPACE:  ESA DRIVES FORWARD WITH ALL-ELECTRIC TELECOM SATELLITES The   
   European Space Agency is set to begin development of a new generation   
   of satellites propelled by solar electric thrusters as it signs a   
   contract with SES of Luxembourg for development of this project.  This   
   for the next phase of the Electra project. Electra is described as a   
   partnership between European Space Agency and satellite operator SES to   
   define, develop and validate in space an electric only propulsion   
   platform for geostationary telecommunication satellites of around 3   
   tones.  The first launch is expected by the end of 2018.  (ESA) **   
   EXTRATERRESTRIAL COMMUNICATIONS:  LASER SPEED DEMO IN SPACE NASA has   
   used laser technology to transfer data over the 239,000 miles to and   
   from the moon.  This at a speed of 622 megabits per second. Badri   
   Younes is NASA's deputy associate administrator for space   
   communications and navigation.  In a press release he said that his   
   agency is encouraged by the results of the demonstration of the Lunar   
   Laser Communication Demonstration to this point.  As such NASA is   
   confident that it is on the right path to introduce this new capability   
   into operational service soon. The space agency’s Lunar Laser   
   Communication Demonstration is the first two-way space communication   
   system to use a laser instead of radio.  Younes calls it the first step   
   on NASA’sroadmap toward building the next generation of space   
   communication  capability. The Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration   
   is hosted on NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer or   
   LADEE satellite.  (NASA) ** WORLDBEAT:  SOMALI BROADCAST STATION   
   ATTACKED The National Union of Somali Journalists says that it is   
   shocked by the latest violent attack on the media in Puntland, which   
   involved a double bomb strike on a private radio station in Galkayo.    
   According to the information received from the site of the attack,   
   gunmen hurled two hand bombs at Radio Daljir, at around 10 p.m. local   
   time on Tuesday, October 15th.  Eyewitness said that the attackers were   
   riding in sedan with no plate number.  No one was injured in the   
   assault.  More is on-line at tinyurl.com/somali-broadcaster-bombed    
   (Published news reports) ** ON THE AIR:  OQ4CLM CELEBRATES LIBERATION   
   OF KNOKKE, HOLLAND On the air, special event station OQ4CLM is on the   
   air through November 15th to commemorate the liberation of the town of   
   Knokke, Holland by Canadian troops in 1944.  This is the 32nd time the   
   station has taken to the airwaves.  More information is on the web at   
   www.oq4clm.be  (ON4RO) ** ON THE AIR:  CELEBRATING 200 YEARS OF THE   
   NETHERLANDS Fred Weidema, PA0FAW, of Arnhem Holland will be operating   
   as PG200NL, between November 2nd and the 29th.  This in celebration of   
   200 Years of The Netherlands. As of now, he will mainly be active on   
   CW, but he hopes to also use SSB and some digital modes if locations   
   become available. In his announcement, Fred notes that he is an   
   International Short Wave League member and can be worked or listened to   
   by I-S-W-L members for the organizations Monitor award.  QSL go to   
   PA0FAW either direct, via the bureau or electronically using eQSL.  SWL   
   reports are obviously also very welcome. (PA0FAW) ** DX In DX, YL2GM is   
   currently reported on the air from Sao Vicente Island as D44TYL.    
   Activity has been mainly 20 and 15 meters SSB.  The length of his stay   
   is unknown.  QSL via YL2GM. HB9EYP will be on the air from Zanzibar   
   between November 2nd and the 9th possibly using the call 5H3JJ.    
   Activity will be QRP on 20 through 6 meters with 10 watts into a Windom   
   antenna from a beachfront location. QSL via his home callsign either   
   direct, via the bureau or electronically using Logbook to the World.   
   Members of the DX Friends group will activate San Andres Island as 5J0R   
   from November 1st to the 10th.  Operations will be on 160 through 6   
   meters using CW, SSB and RTTY.  Visit their Web page at   
   dxfriends.com/SanAndres2013 for more information and QSL via EA5RM.   
   DL7VOA will be active as 6V7D from Senegal between November 29th and   
   December 7th.  His operation will be mainly on CW, with some SSB, on 40   
   through 10 meters. QSL via DL7VOA. A group of operators from India will   
   be operating from the Lakshadweep Islands from November 20th to the   
   10th of December as VU7AG and VU7KA. Theywill be active on 160   
   through10 meters using CW , SSB  and RTTY.  QSL via  W4VKU Lastly, a   
   team of 8 operators will be active from the rare Banda Besar Island   
   between November 10th to the 15th.  Callsigns have not been announced   
   yet but operations will be on 40 through 10 meters using CW and SSB.    
   Look for more details to be forthcoming at oc157.blogspot.co.uk. (Above   
   from various DX news sources) ** THAT FINAL ITEM:  POLICE SAY ALLEGEDLY   
   INEBRIATED MAN CONFUSED $20 BILL WITH CELL PHONE And finally this week   
   a story out of Minnesota that kind of speaks for itself.  Here’s Don   
   Wilbanks, AE5DW: --   
   Call this one enforcement of a truly different kind as in trying to   
   make a phone call without a phone.  This as a Minnesota man is been   
   charged with public intoxication after he allegedly tried to make a   
   phone call using a $20 bill. Iowa City Police on foot patrol on the   
   pedestrian mall recently noticed the man passed out on a bench at 2:30   
   a.m. on a Saturday morning.  The officers said that the man smelled   
   strongly of alcohol, had watery, bloodshot eyes, slurred speech and   
   poor balance. When officers requested identification, the man   
   reportedly grabbed money from his wallet and handed to the officers   
   instead.  Police say officers then offered him the chance to call his   
   friends from his cell phone but instead he placed a $20 bill to his ear   
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   receivers or transmitters so for the police that was enough.  They   
   placed the unidentified man under arrest for his own safety. I’m Don   
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