EarthWINS Daily #4.8
2/17/99
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 10:16:40 -0800 (PST)
From: Alice McCombs <amccombs@igc.apc.org>
Contents
1. WISCONSIN: Nashville web site
a. Nashville Chairman Responds to Nicolet Minerals'
Spokesman
b. Leveling the Playing Field by Using the Internet
2. USA Today & NY Times on 1872 Mining Law
3. U.N. Spokesperson for Native Americans
4. ENVIRONMENT-ECUADOR: Indigenous Communities Seek More
Reserves
5. Ted Turner Interview in E Magazine
6. Excerpts: GREENLines Issue #817
a. Op-Ed Buries Okefenokee Deal
b. Only Two Species Recovered from Valdez Spill
Stop the Siege!
Help the citizens of Nashville, Wisconsin
Tax-deductible contributions may be made to
Town of Nashville Legal Defense Fund
c/o Chuck Sleeter / Joanne Tacopina
P.O. Box 106
Pickerel, WI 54465
FAX: 715-478-2527
http://www.nashvillewiundersiege.com/index.html
Help@nashvillewiundersiege.com
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1. WISCONSIN: Nashville web site
a. Nashville Chairman Responds to Nicolet Minerals
TOWN OF NASHVILLE
P.O. Box 106
Pickerel, WI 5445
Phone: 715-478-2524 OR 715-484-4501
February 15, 1999
Dear Editor,
I would like to respond to two statements that Dale Alberts of Nicolet
Minerals, Co. made during his interview with the Associated Press in
regards to the Town of Nashville Legal Defend Fund site on the internet.
First, Mr. Alberts stated that Nicolet Minerals was willing to renegotiate
the Local Agreement contract that the former town board signed with
the
mining company.
In August, this past year, NMC was invited to a town board meeting and
the
current town board asked NMC if they were willing to renegotiate the
agreement. The town proposed sending the company the proposed changes
in
writing and allowing NMC 30 days to respond. The question put before
NMC
was, "Are you willing to renegotiate the local agreement?". Dale Alberts
stated three times, at that meeting, that NMC would not renegotiate
rthe
agreement. It surprises myself and other board members that Mr. Alberts
would make such a statement to the press six months later.
Second, Mr. Albert's stated that this dispute that the town has with
NMC,
"need not be played out in the courtroom. It could be played out across
the
kitchen table."
This statement sums up the problems that the residents in Nashville
have
had with NMC and with Exxon right from the beginning. We in Nashville
do
not "play out" anything across a kitchen table. We do everything openly
in
public meetings where the townspeople can see and hear what is taking
place.
We are currently involved in an open meetings violation lawsuit which
charges the former town board members with 16 open meeting violations
in
regards to this local agreement. The public was continuously shut out
of
the negotiating process prior to the signing of the agreement. The
former
board members will stand trial in June, 1999.
As a matter of fact, Rio Algom and Exxon have already "played out" events
across "the kitchen table". On April 4, 1997, three days after the
current
town board had been elected into office, the former board held a closed
meeting at the home of the town treasurer. There was no posting of
this
meeting and no minutes were recorded. We have been told by the former
board
that this meeting was attended by the entire former board and the former
town attorney. The purpose, we're told, was to discuss how to keep
the
current board from taking office.
However, the former town attorney billed the town $2,362.50 for that
meeting at the treasurer's home and the bill was later paid by Rio
Algom,
Ltd. and Exxon Minerals, co owners of the Crandon Mining Company.
Mr. Alberts and Nicolet Minerals have not been able to figure out that
we
no longer do business like that in Nashville. This board is committed
to
open and honest government. And it is because Nicolet Minerals operates
in
such a fashion that we need everyone's help and support.
Sincerely,
Chuck Sleeter
Nashville Town Chairman
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b. EDITORIAL: Leveling the Playing Field by Using the
Internet
posted at http://www.nashvillewiundersiege.com/
Date: February 12, 1999
Appleton Post-Crescent
Appleton, Wisconsin
920-993-1000
PCNews@athenet.net
Permission to reprint given per Dan Flannery, deputy managing editor,
February 16, 1999
For subscriptions to the Appleton Post Crescent, visit
http://www.wisinfo.com/postcrescent
Our Views
These days David vs. Goliath battles that usually are easily won by
Goliath
can become more equal on the Internet. At least, that's what the Town
of
Nashville is hoping to accomplish by creating a Web site to raise funds
in
its battle to keep a proposed copper and zinc mine out of Forest County.
So far, so good. The town has generated more than $1,000 in donation
since
the Web site debuted on Monday.
We're not saying we agreem with the pro-mine and anti-mine forces, but
we
do give credit where it's due, and that's to the leadership that decided
to
use the Internet to level the monetary playing field a little. By reaching
out to the entire world of computer users, they have gone beyond the
financial resources of Forest County, a very rural spot in northern
Wisconsin.
The town hopes to raise at least $50,000 for the expected fight against
Nicolet Minerals. The town last year voted to rescind an earlier agreement
that supported the mine's development and gave financial benefits to
the
town. There is little doubt that this matter will end up in court,
and
there is less doubt that a protracted court battle would be prohibitively
expensive for a town with little or no industrial or retail base.
Even $50,000 wouldn't put the Town of Nashville on the same level as
Nicolet Minerals. But maybe it would make the company sweat a little
more.
Using the Internet for these purposes is exciting and encourages other
"underdogs" to not give up the fight either.
Yes, technology can be used for the right purposes.
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2. USA Today & NY Times on 1872 Mining Law
From: ResEnergy@aol.com
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 10:58:57 EST
Earlier this month, the U.S. Forest Service announced a
mining moratorium on 429,000 acres along the Rocky Mountain Range in
Montana.
Since that time both the New York Times and USA Today have printed supporting
editorials including strong calls for review and modernization of the
1872
Mining Law. The following text is from the USA TODAY In a seperate
e-mail,
I am sending you the text from the New York Times commentary.
I think this would be a good time for all of us to contact our federal
legislators and demand that the time is NOW to press this issue.
Tom Wilson
[USA TODAY]
>Mining laws cheat taxpayers
>
>OUR VIEW Stripping undeveloped land from firms a welcome move.
>
>A laudatory decision last week by the Clinton administration to withdraw
>mining access to 430,000 acres of Montana wilderness has the industry
fuming
>over lost wealth. To which the correct response is: tough.
>
>Montana's Front Range is one of the last unsullied ecosystems in the
northern
>Rockies, a great drift of grassland and forest reaching from the Continental
>Divide to the Great, Plains. Grizzly bears still range out onto the
prairie;
>elk still forage the forests. What possible excuse is there for selling
it at
>$5 an acre?
>
>The usual tired excuses just aren't convincing. Sure, mining creates
jobs and
>taxes. But the industry doesn't need federal subsidies to do that.
Indeed,
>given the industry's economic, strength, the least it could do is
pay a
>royalty on the resources it extracts. The gas and oil industry creates
jobs
>and generates tax revenue, and invests in exploration and pays royalties
and
>still makes a bundle.
>
>More to the point, the land-grabs authorized by the anachronistic
1872 Mining
>Law are so outlandish that jobs and taxes are beside the Point: Taxpayers
are
>getting snookered.
>
>In 1994, American Barrick Resources, a Canadian firm, purchased almost
2,000
>acres of public land in Nevada, containing an estimated $10 billion
in gold,
>for less than $ 10,000. Since 1993, the government has been obliged
to sell
>land containing an estimated $15 billion in minerals for a punk $26,000.
All
>told, 3.2 million acres containing an estimated $230 billion in hard-rock
>minerals have been sold at $5 an acre. Add the claims staked by prospectors
>and speculators, and more than 11 million acres of public land have
either
>been bought at $5 per acre or less, or claimed for $25 upfront and
$100 annual
>rent.
>
>For its part, the industry is worried less about a few mines in the
Rockies
>than with the threat that other land will be similarly withdrawn.
But what
>else can responsible stewards do? Lawmakers should be furious over
the
>squandering of public wealth, but the industry invests heavily in
Washington.
>In 1997 and 1998, it spent an estimated $ 10 million on lobbying and
political
>contributions. Result: Every effort to reform the mining law has failed.
>
>After decades of playing cozy with developers, federal land managers
have
>started to wise up. New rules to hold mining companies accountable
for
>cleanups and to restrict logging roads are welcome attempts to rebalance
>resource use with conservation. But besides all that, this fight isn't
about
>national security or economic stability or land-use theory. The only
question
>here is: How much longer will the taxpayer be played for a sucker?
>
>
>In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed
>without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest
in
>receiving this information for non-profit research and educational
purposes
>only.
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[NY TIMES]
>Mr. Dombeck's Vision.
>
>Near the end of his State of the Union address, President Clinton
outlined a
>politically ambitious, plan to protect America's natural treasures
- its
>parks, wilderness areas and national forests. Skeptics wondered how
much of
>this grandly named "Lands Legacy Initiative" was real and how much
was
>rhetoric, and whether Mr. Clinton had the will to steer his ideas
through a
>Congress that has often been hostile to environmental initiatives.
Then, last
>week, came a reassuring down payment on the President's pledge. In
a speech in
>Missoula, Mont., Mike Dombeck, the head of the Forest Service, announced
a ban
>on mining activities along the 100-mile Rocky Mountain Front, one
of the
>richest wilderness areas in the lower 48 states.
>
>The announcement was important apart from its value as an indication
of Mr.
>Clinton's seriousness. To begin with, it will protect one of the jewels
of
>America's natural landscape, a rugged cascade of limestone and shale
extending
>100 miles south Of the Canadian border and. tilting eastward to the
plains.
>The front shelters a spectacular array of wildlife - e1k, mountain
goats and
>grizzlies - and interlaced with famous trout streams. It also offers
a
>tempting target for companies seeking minerals like gold, silver,
and copper.
>
>The announcement was also a clear signal that the Administration intends
to
>use its administrative powers to cushion the impact of the 1872 Mining
Law, an
>environmentally destructive relic that Congress has repeatedly refused
to
>change. The law allows companies to stake claims to unprotected
Federal lands
>and, if minerals are found, to take title for a few dollars an acre.
The law
>does not require companies to show that the mining operation will
not cause
>unacceptable damage to the environment, nor does it require them to
clean up
>afterward. The net result is a legacy of abandoned mines, mountains
of
>poisonous wastes and thousands of miles of dead streams.
>
> Mr. Dombeck's announced
ban will stop the mining companies before
>they can
>get started.
>
>Technically, this will require Bruce Babbitt, whose Interior Department
>oversees mining, to impose a moratorium on new claims. Mr. Babbitt
will
>happily do so. He detests the mining law, and has already imposed
a hard-rock
>mining ban on thousands of acres north of Arizona's Grand Canyon.
>
>Finally, Mr. Dombeck's announcement is further evidence that he means
to
>transform the culture of the Forest Service and make it an ally rather
than an
>enemy of environmental values. For years, the service has been a willing
>captive of the logging industry it is meant to regulate and an eager
servant
>of Western Congressmen who are far more-interested in harvesting trees
than in
>saving them. An. internal audit released last Friday revealed that
the service
>had done a generally poor job of monitoring private logging operations
on
>Federal lands and preventing damage to watersheds and wildlife habitat.
>
>In his two years on the job, Mr. Dombeck has made several important
if modest
>changes. But his speech promises much more, including a moratorium
on new
>roads in the roadless portions of the national forests, new rules
against
>clear-cutting and a far more disciplined approach to forest management.
Much
>of this, will not sit well with mining and logging interests and their
friends
>on the Congressional committees that underwrite Mr. Dombeck's agency.
The
>mining ban, for example, is effective immediately, but there will
be at least
>a year of comment and hearings before it becomes final. That leaves
plenty of
>time for Congressional mischief, and it would not be surprising to
see some
>outraged Congressman offer a bill to override Mr. Dombeck's and Mr.
Babbitt's
>administrative, authority.
>
>At that point, Mr. Dombeck will need White House support, and if the
President
>is as interested in creating an environmental legacy as he says he
is, he will
>give his forest chief all the help he needs.
>
>
>In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed
>without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest
in
>receiving this information for non-profit research and educational
purposes
>only.
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3. U.N. Spokesperson for Native Americans
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999
09:38:57 EST
Sender: "CT Network for Progressive Politics, Education, and Action"
From: "Doug P. Ivison" <LovIsMirac@AOL.COM>
Honorable Senators Dodd and Lieberman, and Honorable Representative
Shays:
While we encourage Israel to recognize the Palestinians, can we set
a powerful
example by giving Native Americans greater recognition?
Note that in many ways, we treat them as their own autonomous nations.
Could
we invite them to participate somehow in the U.N.?
Inviting addresses to the U.N. would be a helpful first step.
Could we also
sponsor a motion at the U.N., that Native North Americans be invited
to
appoint a spokesperson to represent them collectively in the U.N. General
Assembly?
They would make a very creative and positive contribution.
(( Note this address to the United Nations, by Hopi Elder Thomas
Banyacya at
http://www.alphacdc.com/banyacya/un92.html
This hot link can take you there:
<A HREF="http://www.alphacdc.com/banyacya/un92.html">Hopi
Message to the
United Nations - 12/10/92</A> ))
Doug Ivison
7 Loren Lane
Westport, CT 06880
LovisMirac@aol.com
From: E442@aol.com
Subject: Hopi Elder Passes into Spirit
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 14:29:11 EST
>The New York Times February 15, 1999
>
>Thomas Banyacya, 89, Teller
>of Hopi Prophecy to World
>By ROBERT McG. THOMAS Jr.
>
>Thomas Banyacya, who spent half a century on a tireless and often
thankless
>Hopi spiritual mission to save the planet from the ravages of modern
>materialism and greed, died the on Feb. 6 at a hospital in Keane Canyon,
>Ariz., about 40 miles from his home in Kykotsmovi on the Hopi reservation.
He
>was 89 and the last of four messengers named by Hopi elders in 1948
to warn
>the world of impending doom.
>
>The 15,000 or so Hopis are a small nation, but their sense of burden
is
>great. According to a 900-year~old religious tradition, the Great
Spirit
>Maasau'u, Guardian of the Earth, assigned them the duty of preserving
the
>natural balance of the world and entrusted them with a series of ominous
>prophecies warning of specific threats and providing guidance on how
to avoid
>them.
>
>The prophecies remained a secret oral tradition until 1948, when Hopi
>religious leaders, alarmed by reports of the atomic bomb's mushroom
cloud,
>which they saw as the destructive "gourd of ashes" foretold in the
prophecies,
>appointed Mr. Banyacya and three others as messengers to reveal and
interpret
>the prophecies to the outside world.
>
>Mr. Banyacya seems to have been an obvious choice. At a time when
many Hopis
>were beginning to embrace modern ways, even accepting the governmental
>jurisdiction of the United States, he had remained so steadfast in
his
>devotion to the sacred traditions and cherished sovereignty of the
Hopi that
>he had spent seven years in jail rather than register for the draft
in World
>War II.
>
>As he tirelessly explained, the Hopi, whose very name means "peaceful,"
>reject fighting in wars, especially for another nation. (His moral
stand
>apparently had an impact. In 1953, according to Hopi commentators,
after
>writing a letter to president Dwight D. Eisenhower, Mr. Banyacya helped
win an
>understanding with local Selective Service officials that any Hopi
who
>requested classification as a conscientious objector would receive
it.)
>
>Mr. Banyacya's special feelings for his culture emerged early. A native
of
>the Hopi village of Moencopi, he attended the Sherman Indian School
in
>Riverside, Calif., where he was so distressed at being required to
use the
>name Jenkins, which his father had accepted, that he later insisted
on using
>his Hopi name. At the all-Indian Bacone College in Oklahoma,
where he was a
>star long-distance runner, he chafed at the lack of attention to indigenous
>cultures and helped establish an Indian lodge where students sang
and
>performed traditional ceremonies.
>
>Although his later efforts to persuade the world to respect nature
and
>protect the environment under the threat of a devastating "purification,"
>produced indifferent results, along the way he forged spiritual alliances
with
>indigenous people around the world and was credited with reviving
interest
>among American Indians in their native cultures.
>
>Mr. Banyacya, whose work was supported by donations, traveled widely
in the
>United States and abroad, something that was made a bit tricky
by his refusal
>to apply for an American passport. It was a reflection of his spiritual
appeal
>that he managed to attend several foreign conferences using a Hopi
passport
>encased in buckskin.
>
>Although his appointment as interpreter of the prophecies gave him
a broad
>mandate, from the beginning his main focus was on securing a hearing
at the
>United Nations in accordance with an ancient prophecy to take the
Hopi message
>of peace, as he put it, "to the Great House of Mica on the Eastern
shore where
>the nations come together to solve world problems without war."
>
>Although he was often warmly received by United Nations officials,
his
>efforts to give a speech were repeatedly rebuffed. But then, as he
explained,
>the elders had told him to knock on the door four times.
>
>On his fourth attempt, in 1992, he was allowed to make a brief speech
at the
>General Assembly hall, but on a day when the General Assembly was
in recess.
>only a few delegates were present when he carefully sprinkled cornmeal
on the
>podium and then delivered his message stressing the need for world
leaders to
>listen to those still living in harmony with nature.
>
>A fierce opponent of uranium mining and a variety of other industrial
>assaults on the environment, Mr. Banyacya warned that an endless quest
for
>material wealth would destroy the balance of the world yet he did
not reject
>all modern conveniences. His United Nations address and several other
messages
>can be found on the Internet at www.alphacdc.com Ibanyacyal banyacya.html,
a
>site maintained by the Alpha Institute.
>
>Mr. Banyacya, whose family asked that his survivors
not be identified,
>leaves several children, grandchildren and great~grandchildren.
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4. ENVIRONMENT-ECUADOR: Indigenous Communities Seek
More Reserves
Topic 480
ENVIRONMENT-ECUADOR: Indigenous Com
newsdesk
The Inter Press Service in English 3:10 PM Feb 15, 1999
Copyright 1999 InterPress Service,
all rights reserved.
Worldwide distribution
via the APC networks.
*** 12-Feb-99 ***
By Gabriela Malo
QUITO, Feb 12 (IPS) - Representatives of indigenous groups in
Ecuador have asked the government to block any attempts to exploit
further areas Amazonia, much of which is now a protected zone.
Last month, the government declared the the Cuyabeno-Imuya
region, and the territory of the Tagaeri and Taromenane in the
Yasuni National Park off limits to any oil, timber, mining and
colonization activities.
The Minister of Environment, Yolanda Kakabadse said that the
measure was a demonstration of the respect for the collective
rights and knowledge of the Huaorani, Siona, Secoya and Cofan
indigenous groups, and of the Quichua communities that live on the
reserves.
Cuyabeno-Imuya, located on the border with Peru, is an area of
435, 500 hectares, most of it permanently flooded lowlands and
swamps with sensitive and fragile eco-systems. It has a great
number of lagoons and rivers, among them the Cuyabeno, the
Aguarico and the Zabalo, which it shares with Peru.
The Tagaeri and Taromenane territories, located in the center
of the Yasuni National Park, represent about 650,000 hectares.
There is also an oil sector there, but there has been no
geological or seismic surveys.
The Indians belonging to the Huaorani group are opposed to
external intervention and the Tagaeri and Taromenane have remained
isolated from the outside world, and have rejected any attempts to
be contacted. In 1987, two missionaries who arrived in the
territory were killed.
After the government's protection order on these two areas, the
national oil company Petroproduccion announced that it would
cease all its activities, despite the potential of the oil
reserves in the area.
By declaring these areas - with their enormous potential for
mining and oil - as preserves, the Ecuadoran government is setting
an example for all of the Americas, by privileging environmental
conservation over other considerations, said spokespersons for the
firm.
Antonio Vargas, president of the Confederation of Indigenous
Nations of Ecuador (CONAIE) said in an interview that the Indians
not only were in agreement with this government measure, but that
his organization has been advocating the need for it since it was
formed twenty years ago.
The Ecuadoran Indians are now demanding that another 60,000
hectares in the Amazon province of Pastaza (a frontier region
shared with the Shuar group), be declared a reserve.
Pastaza is the only province which still has significant forest
areas untouched by modern civilization, the indigenous leader
said.
He also said that he supported the initiatives of the Shuar
Federation to prevent oil activities by the U.S. firm Arco in the
Shuar territory, on the border with Peru.
The Ecuadoran Constitution of August 1998 established the
collective rights of the indigenous people and that they would be
"consulted about plans programs for exploration of non- renewable
resources on their territories and which can affect their
environment or culture."
The president of the CONAIE also stressed the benefits that the
preservation of the Amazon would have for all humanity.
(END/IPS/gm/ag/en/ea/99)
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5. Ted Turner Interview in E Magazine
Topic 40
info
en.alerts
10:09 PM Feb 15, 1999
(at emagazine.com)
Update For List: E Magazine
"Basically, if we keep doing dumb, short-sighted, nationalistic things,
rather than be thinking what's best for the whole planet and thinking
long-term, then we're going to become just as extinct as the dodo.
We're
headed for catastrophe."
--Ted Turner
Cable News Network CEO Ted Turner definitely isn't afraid to speak his
mind. Starting from humble beginnings with a small Atlanta UHF television
station and modest resources back in 1970, Turner's determination and
outspoken style changed the face of television. That same dynamism
is now
directed toward environmental ventures: Turner actively crusades for
cleaner transportation, sustainable population growth, wilderness
conservation and greener business.
Turner, who is president of his own foundation, the flamboyant owner
of the
Atlanta Braves, a major western landowner, creator of the Goodwill
Games, a
famous yachtsman, and maybe even a presidential candidate, gave some
$25
million to grassroots environmental groups last year. The Turner Foundation
also started the Turner Endangered Species Fund to involve private
landowners in conserving imperiled species, including desert bighorn
sheep,
Mexican wolves, California condors, and black-tailed prairie dogs.
According to the Foundation's executive director, Peter Bahouth, "There
are
450 groups being funded by the foundation now." Turner really made
news a
year ago when he announced plans to start a foundation dedicated to
helping
the United Nations, with an initial donation of $1 billion, paid over
10
years. The funds are reserved for population and women's projects,
and for
programs directly helping the environment and children.
Find out what makes Ted Turner tick -- in his own words -- in the current
issue
of E / The Environmental Magazine...
http://www.emagazine.com/january-february_1999/0199conversations.html
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6. Excerpts: GREENLines Issue #817
Topic 52
RFeather
list.actgreen
7:00 PM Feb 16, 1999
(at albq.defenders.org)
GREENLines, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 1999 from GREEN,
the GrassRoots Environmental Effectiveness Network,
A project of Defenders of Wildlife
(505) 255-5966 or E-mail rfeather@defenders.org
(c) GREEN/Defenders of Wildlife 1999
a. OP-ED BURIES OKEFENOKEE DEAL: An editorial
in the 2/11 Atlanta
Constitution criticized the recently announced agreement to pay DuPont
Co. $90 million to not develop land adjacent to the Okefenokee Swamp.
The editorial calls giving such a large amount of money to Dupont for
profits it may or may not have realized "inappropriate." Other
buy-
outs of pristine lands near Yellowstone and in California's Headwaters
forest, combined with the Dupont offer, could "encourage speculators
to
target projects not for their economic value but for the danger they
pose to national treasures."
b. ONLY TWO SPECIES RECOVERED FROM VALDEZ SPILL:
On 2/9 Reuters reported
only two species, the bald eagle and river otter, have fully recovered
ten years after the infamous Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska. The
Exxon
Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council issued a report on the state of Prince
William Sound's wildlife, which says only half of all species are
recovering. The other half, including several bird species, harbor
seals, and killer whales show no signs of recovery.
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(202) 682-9400 fax: (202) 682-1331
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