WELCOME TO OPINIONS BASED
ON FACTS (OBOF)
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THINGS YOU MAY HAVE MISSED (TYMHM)
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OVERVIEW
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Dec. 28, 2010
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SOCIAL SECURITY PART 1
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Dec. 30, 2010
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SOCIAL SECURITY PART 2
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Jan. 10, 2011
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SOCIAL SECURITY PART 3
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Jan. 17, 2011
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SOCIAL SECURITY PART 4
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Jan. 24, 2011
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SOCIAL SECURITY PART 5
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Jan. 31, 2011
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SOCIAL SECURITY PART 6
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Feb. 07, 2011
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SOCIAL SECURITY PART 7
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Feb. 14, 2011
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SPECIAL ISSUE
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Feb. 18, 2011
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SOCIAL SECURITY PART 8
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Feb. 21, 2011
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SOCIAL SECURITY PART 9
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Mar. 01, 2011
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SOCIAL SECURITY PART 10
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Mar. 07, 2011
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SS & MORE PART 1
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Mar. 14, 2011
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SS & MORE PART 1A
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Mar. 21, 2011
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SS & MORE PART 2
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Mar. 25, 2011
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SS & MORE PART 3
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Mar. 29, 2011
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Apr. 04, 2011
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Apr. 11, 2011
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Apr. 18, 2011
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Apr. 25, 2011
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Apr. 29, 2011
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SS & MORE PART 8
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May 02, 2011
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May 09, 2011
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May 16, 2011
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May 24, 2011
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Jun. 06, 2011
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Jun. 20, 2011
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July 05, 2011
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July 18, 2011
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July 19, 2011
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Aug. 03, 2011
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Aug. 15, 2011
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Aug. 29, 2011
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Sept. 12, 2011
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Sept. 26, 2011
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Oct. 10, 2011
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Oct. 24, 2011
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Nov. 04, 2011
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Nov. 07, 2011
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Nov. 21, 2011
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Dec. 05, 2011
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Dec. 19, 2011
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JAN. 03, 2012
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JAN. 05, 2012
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JAN. 17, 2012
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JAN. 31, 2012
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Feb.
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Feb.
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Mar.
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Mar.
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May
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EXTRA II
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June 01, 2012
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June 05. 2012
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June 07, 2012
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Sept. 11. 2012
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OBOF & TYMHM
PART 1
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Sept. 20, 2012
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OBOF & TYMHM
PART 2
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Sept. 24,2012
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OBOF & TYMHM
PART 3
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Oct. 02, 2012
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OBOF & TYMHM
PART 4
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Oct. 04, 2012
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OBOF & TYMHM
PART 5
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Oct. 09, 2012
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OBOF & TYMHM
PART 6
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Oct. 18, 2012
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OBOF & TYMHM
PART 7
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Oct. 24, 2012
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OBOF & TYMHM
PART 8
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Oct. 31, 2012
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OBOF & TYMHM
PART 8 EXTRA
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Nov. 04, 2012
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OBOF & TYMHM
PART 9
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Nov. 13, 2012
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OBOF & TYMHM
PART 10
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Nov. 20, 2012
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OBOF & TYMHM
PART 11
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Nov. 27, 2012
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OBOF & TYMHM
PART 12
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Dec. 04, 2012
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OBOF & TYMHM SPECIAL
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Dec. 11, 2012
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OBOF & TYMHM
PART 13
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Dec. 12, 2012
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IN THIS
ISSUE
1.
House of Rep. manipulations.
2.
Management is dumb.
3.
GOP Congressmen won't vote on taxes - they would be giving in to the Democrats.
4.
November jobs report.
5.
Washington
6.
Jobs take precedence over deficit.
HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVE
MANIPULATIONS.
Well, let's see where
the Congress stands on this tax issue.
First surprise, occurred Wednesday evening, December 5, 2012 when
Speaker of the House, John Boehner (R) Ohio, announced an adjournment until
Tuesday December 11, 2012, two days earlier than was expected. No reason given for the move.
I have my own opinion
for the change. You may recall, in my
last posting, I told you about the Minority Leader in the House, Nancy Pelosi,
(D) California, starting a Petition of Discharge in order to bring to the floor
of the House, the Senate approved tax bill, for a vote. Speaker Boehner has refused to bring it to
the floor, mainly, because it is almost assured to pass if it were given a
chance for a vote.
This procedure will
force a vote, if the Democrats can get 218 signatures on this petition. As of Wednesday night, they had 178, just 40
signatures short. It is my opinion, Speaker Boehner thought there was too much
of a possibility that they could get those signatures by the end of the week,
so he said, in essence, "let's get out of here." I think there is still a very good
possibility that they will get the 218.
Time will tell.
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MANAGEMENT IS
JUST PLAIN
DUMB.
So many
times Management cuts off their nose to spite their face, case in point. I read an article the other day that listed
about four fast food companies, (I have forgotten what ones and I can't find
the article again) were cutting back on employee hours so that they would not
have to provide medical benefits as required by the Affordable Care Act.
So many
Managers, either don't know or forget, what they really want from
employees. What every Manager should
want from his or her employees is "Maximum Production." Now, you can not ORDER
maximum production and you can't get it by setting up production standards,
individual goals, or by using Time and Motion studies to determine what a
person should be doing.
There
is only one way you can get maximum production and that is to create a climate
in which the employee wants to give you maximum production.
Of course, you have to talk with them about
problems and mistakes, but if you create the right climate the employee will
walk through fire for you and that is maximum production.
Now, what does that have to do with medical
benefits? It does one simple thing. It makes the employee happier and is one step
closer to creating a climate in which they want to give you maximum production
AND THAT IS WHAT YOU REALLY WANT.
Maximum production will wind up improving that
bottom line of profit, which will more than offset the cost of the medical
benefit. When you get maximum production
from all employees you won't have to have so many employees. If you can cut down just one employee,
depending on the size of your company, you will save money that can be applied
to the cost of the medical benefit.
That medical coverage will mean a great deal to an
employee and as to what that employee wants to do for you and they will begin
to give you maximum production.
~~~
GOP Congressman Won’t Extend Middle Class Tax Cuts To Avoid Giving
‘Control’ To Democrats
Igor Volsky
Think Progress / News Report
Published: Sunday 9 December 2012
NOTE FROM FLOYD:
This article points out the thing that
bugs me the most. When legislators put their party above the good of the
country, it shows that they should not be there at all. Everything I have heard along this line comes
from Republicans. I have never heard a
Democrat say anything like this.
The Republican Party is in total
disarray. They don't know who is in
charge of the Party and I have been reading where a number of House Republicans
are not that thrilled about the way Speaker Boehner is doing his job. Also, there are a number of House Republicans
that have signed Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's Discharge Petition. Last I knew, she only needed 23 more
signatures and she would be able to bring the tax bill, that the Senate has
passed, to the floor of the House for a vote.
Earlier this week,
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) sought to overcome the GOP’s
resistance to voting on a Senate-passed measure that would extend Bush-era tax
cuts to middle class Americans by introducing a discharge petition
that, if signed by 218 members, could force the House to take-up the measure.
Some Republicans, weary of the overwhelming public support for raising rates on
the richest two percent of Americans, have urged the GOP leadership to allow
the vote, but have yet to formally sign Pelosi’s discharge.
Republican
leadership continues to insist on extending tax cuts for all Americans, while
President Obama said he would only sign legislation that would maintain
reductions for individuals who earn $200,000 or less and couples who make
$250,000 or less.
But in a recent
photo-op with constituents, Rep. John Duncan (R-TN) explained why Republicans
are refusing to give in. The Tennessee
CONSTITUENT
1: Are you going to sign the discharge petition?
CONSTITUENT
2: Well if you sign the discharge petition, you’ll immediately extend the tax
cuts for the middle class.
CONSTITUENT 1: Yea, why would you not want to do that?
Watch it:
If Congress does
not act before the end of the year, taxes will increase for all Americans. Polls show that “nearly half” of Americans believe tax cuts
“for people earning more than $250,000 should expire while they should continue
for those earning less, while 32 percent said the tax cuts should continue for
everyone.”
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NOVEMBER JOBS REPORT
Today’s report from
the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) shows that private sector businesses added
147,000 jobs last month. Total non-farm payroll employment rose by 146,000 jobs
in November. The economy has now added
private sector jobs for 33 straight months, and a total of 5.6 million jobs
have been added during that period, taking account of the preliminary benchmark
revision.
The household
survey showed that the unemployment rate declined from 7.9 percent in October
to 7.7 percent in November, the lowest since December 2008. The labor force participation rate declined by
0.2 percentage point last month. Over
the last 12 months, the unemployment rate has decreased by 1.0 percentage point
as a result of growing employment, and the labor force participation rate has
been essentially unchanged.
According to the
establishment survey, in November employment rose notably in retail trade
(+52,600), professional and business services (+43,000), and leisure and
hospitality (+23,000). Manufacturing
lost 7,000 jobs, and construction was down 20,000. However, the manufacturing sector has added
jobs in 28 of the last 34 months, gaining half a million jobs over that period,
the most for any such period since the mid-1990s.
Government lost
1,000 jobs, as federal government payrolls decreased by 5,000, state government
payrolls increased by 6,000, and local government payrolls declined by 2,000.
As the
Administration stresses every month, the monthly employment and unemployment
figures can be volatile, and employment estimates can be subject to substantial
revision. Therefore, it is important not to read too much into any one monthly
report and it is informative to consider each report in the context of other
data that are becoming available.
~~~
As Washington Fiddles over the Fiscal
Cliff, the Real Battle
Robert Reich
NationofChange / Op-Ed
Published: Tuesday 11
December 2012
As Washington fiddles over the fiscal
cliff, a larger battle over inequality is being waged all over America
The debate over the fiscal cliff, for example, is really
about tactical maneuvers preceding a negotiation about how best to reduce the
federal budget deficit. This, in turn,
is a fragment of a bigger debate over whether we should be embracing austerity
economics and reducing the budget deficit in the next few years or,
alternatively, using public spending and investing to grow the economy and
increase the number of jobs.
Even this larger debate is just one part of what should
be the central debate of our time — why median wages continue to drop and poverty
to increase at the same time income and wealth are becoming ever more
concentrated at the top, and what should be done to counter the trend.
With a shrinking share of total income and wealth, the
middle class and poor simply don’t have the purchasing power to get the economy
back on solid footing. (The wealthy
don’t spend enough of their income or assets to make up for this shortfall, and
they invest their savings wherever around the world they can get the highest
return).
As a result, consumer spending — fully 70 percent of
economic activity — isn’t up to the task of keeping the economy going. This
puts greater pressure on government to be purchaser of last resort.
The dilemma isn’t just
economic. It’s also political. As money
concentrates at the top, so does power. That
concentrated power generates even more entrenched wealth at the top, and less
for the middle class and the poor.
A case in point is what’s now happening in Michigan
Legislators in the Michigan state House, followed almost immediately by
Republicans who dominate the state Senate, voted Thursday afternoon
to eliminate basic union organizing and workplace protections for both public
and private-sector workers. Michigan
Republican Governor Rick Snyder says he’ll sign the measure.
This anti-labor blitzkreig was launched and coordinated
by “Americans for Prosperity” – a group developed and funded by the right-wing
industrialists and billionaire campaign donors Charles and David Koch, to “pave
the way for right to work in states across our nation.”
The Koch brothers are the same ones, not incidentally,
who several years ago backed a group called “Citizen’s United,” on its way to
the Supreme Court for an opinion by the Court’s Republican majority that opened
the floodgates to big money corrupting our federal and state governments. (The brothers Koch have also entertained
Justices Scalia and Thomas at strategy meetings they’ve organized of Republican
donors.)
Connect the dots: As unions have withered, the middle
class’s share of total income and wealth has dropped. The decline of the median wage in America
And as the super-rich have grown even wealthier, they’ve
been able to extend their power through the Supreme Court and the Republican
Party – advancing a war on the middle class.
These moneyed interests may lose a skirmish or two,
particularly at the federal level when the public’s attention is focused there
(Michigan Michigan
They’ve taken on our tax system, successfully raising
taxes on the middle class and the poor (Social Security payroll taxes, sales
taxes, and user fees) while reducing their own top marginal tax rates. They’ve taken on public spending — cutting
government workers and programs the poor and middle class depend on (teachers
and school budgets, social workers and family support services, job training
and unemployment insurance, to name only a few.)
And they’ve taken on the unions that once negotiated good
wages on behalf of the middle class and of those who aspired to join it.
The result has been a degree of inequality this nation
hasn’t witnessed since the days of the robber barons of the late nineteenth
century – an inequality that’s harming our economy as much as it’s undermining
our democracy.
As Washington fiddles
over the fiscal cliff, a larger battle over inequality is being waged all over America
~~~
Today’s Job Numbers Show Why Job-Creation Must
Take Precedence Over Deficit Reduction
Robert Reich
NationofChange
/ Op-Ed
Published: Friday 7 December 2012
Today’s jobs report shows an economy that’s still moving
in the right direction but way too slowly, which is why Washington’s continuing obsession with the
federal budget deficit is insane. Jobs and growth must come first.
The cost of borrowing is so low — the yield on the
ten-year Treasury is near historic lows — and the need for more jobs and better
wages so high, and our infrastructure so neglected, that it’s insanity not to
borrow more to put more Americans to work rebuilding the nation.
Yes, unemployment is down
slightly and 146,000 new jobs were created in November. That’s some progress. But don’t be blinded by the hype coming out of
Wall Street and the White House, both of which want the public to believe
everything is going wonderfully well.
The fact is some 350,000
more people stopped looking for jobs in November, and the percent of the
working-age population in jobs continues to drop — now at 63.6%, almost the
lowest in 30 years. Meanwhile, the
average workweek is stuck at 34.4 hours.
The slowness of this recovery isn’t because of Hurricane Sandy
The reason the economy is still under-performing is
demand is inadequate. Businesses won’t create more jobs without enough
customers. But consumers can’t and won’t spend because they don’t have the
money. Unless or until the private
sector — businesses and consumers — are able to boost the economy, government
must be the spender of last resort.
But the nation has bought into the Republican frame of
thinking that we have to “get our fiscal house in order” before the economy can
get back on track. Even though Barack
Obama was reelected and Democrats gained seats in the House and Senate, that
frame is still dominating debate.
Even though we’re near a fiscal cliff that illustrates
how dangerous deficit reduction can be when so many people are still
unemployed, the White House and the Democrats seem incapable of changing the
frame of debate.
Jobs must come first. Job creation must be our first priority.
~~~
If the good Lord is willing and the creek don't rise, I'll talk with you
again next Tuesday, December, 18, 2012.
God Bless You All
&
God Bless The United States Of America
Floyd
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