This article is about Florida authorities investigating how a small fire and a switch failure at an electrical substation outside Miami triggered a power failure that affected millions of people. When a nuclear power plant sensed the disruption, it shut down. In turn, the state's power grid triggered rolling blackouts Tuesday across the state.
More than 2 million people lost power at the peak of the outages, but electricity quickly was restored to most parts of the state.
Authorities said no injuries were reported.
Florida Power & Light President Armando Olivera said a disconnect switch failed at 1:08 p.m. ET Tuesday at an automated substation west of Miami, and a piece of equipment that controls voltage caught fire about the same time. Neither failure by itself would have caused a widespread outage, he said. The affected region ranged from Miami to Tampa, throughout Orlando and east to Brevard County, home to Cape Canaveral and the Kennedy Space Center. See a map of the areas affected »
The substation trouble set off a sequence of events that within two to three minutes had knocked numerous power plants off-line -- including the Turkey Point nuclear power plant south of Miami.
Olivera said Turkey Point's two nuclear reactors and a natural gas-powered generation unit automatically shut down when the plant's systems detected a fluctuation in the power grid.
"In a fraction of a second, the demand was far greater than the power plants that were online generating electricity could handle," he said. "When you have that kind of imbalance, we have a system that kicks in and it starts turning people's lights off, essentially balancing the demand with what's available." Miami International Airport, which has emergency generators, reported fewer than a dozen delays and had normal electric service back on within half an hour.
Schools remained in session during the blackout, said Cmdr. Charles Hurley, a spokesman for the Miami-Dade school system's police department. And Delrish Moss, a county police spokesman, said no major traffic problems had been reported.
"Most of the calls that we're getting have to do with people being stuck in elevators and things of that nature, and people concerned about what is going on," Moss said.
The outage struck as a strong cold front and scattered thunderstorms passed through the region -- including one that prompted a tornado warning for Fort Lauderdale, the National Weather Service said.
Stan Johnson, a spokesman for the North American Electric Reliability Corp., said eight generating units were off-line across the region.
My Opinion
I think its quite crazy to see that just a small accident could cause such a huge ruckuss. It affected so many people this disaster because of what happpened. I would be scared 2 if that happened to me. I just hope it wont if I'm stuck in an elevator or something i can't get out of at the time of the accident.
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Bill Gates sets up his own Linked In profile
This article is about Bill Gates helping out LinkedIn Corp.'s online professional network by setting up a profile on the service and posing a question to help draw more attention to a makeover of the Web site's front page. Microsoft late last year invested $240 million for a 1.6 percent stake in Palo Alto-based Facebook Inc., whose 66 million members make it the Internet's second largest social network behind News Corp.'s MySpace. Bill Gates is among Facebook members, although he reportedly stopped using the site recently because he was tired of sifting through the thousands of requests from requests from strangers who wanted to befriend him. Microsoft declined to comment Wednesday about Gates' status on Facebook. Meanwhile, LinkedIn will encourage its 19 million members to try out a new tool that will let them broadcast their daily activities to their connections.
My Opinion
I think that you shouldn't have to pay to be on sites which are almost like facebook and Myspace. I personnally think that people should try out new sites that are free instead of paying a fee on sites. People are on these sites to make new friends communicate with their family and send photoes and such and such.
My Opinion
I think that you shouldn't have to pay to be on sites which are almost like facebook and Myspace. I personnally think that people should try out new sites that are free instead of paying a fee on sites. People are on these sites to make new friends communicate with their family and send photoes and such and such.
Apple to reveal iPhone strategy for businesses, developers
This article is about Apple Inc. revealing software plans for its popular iPhone handset on March 6, including new features aimed at business and details on allowing outside developers to create applications for the device. A hit with consumers for its sleek design and web browsing capabilities, the iPhone has had a reputation for being less appropriate for business because of its lack of a physical keyboard and concerns its email programs lack the necessary security features and functionality. The iPhone so far runs only Apple software, though software made by outside developers can be accessed through the web. "There have been serious viruses on other mobile phones already, including some that silently spread from phone to phone over the cell network," he wrote. "As our phones become more powerful, these malicious programs will become more dangerous. And since the iPhone is the most advanced phone ever, it will be a highly visible target." The iPhone, which launched in the United States in June 2007 and has made its debut in a number of European countries, is still not available through a wireless carrier in Canada.
Some Canadians, however, have been able to purchase grey market versions of the device that are "unlocked" and thus free to run on Rogers' wireless network, which uses compatible technology.
My Opinion
I think that the Iphone is just like someother gagget that we don't really need in life. What purpose do we need it for? Sure, you can browse the internet, listen to music even call people, but really you could just buy a cellphone or an ipod for that kind of action. I also think that the internet in the Iphone is a target for viruses because who knows who can be watching you doing things on the internet. Some one can hack onto those things and watch you. Just like third party wedsites that are really not safe and could transmite a virus in your internet.
Some Canadians, however, have been able to purchase grey market versions of the device that are "unlocked" and thus free to run on Rogers' wireless network, which uses compatible technology.
My Opinion
I think that the Iphone is just like someother gagget that we don't really need in life. What purpose do we need it for? Sure, you can browse the internet, listen to music even call people, but really you could just buy a cellphone or an ipod for that kind of action. I also think that the internet in the Iphone is a target for viruses because who knows who can be watching you doing things on the internet. Some one can hack onto those things and watch you. Just like third party wedsites that are really not safe and could transmite a virus in your internet.
CRTC tells telemarketers not to fear do-not-call list
This article is about people who are complaining about getting inconvenient calls that they don't want. Companies that violate the list could be fined up to $15,000, while individuals could be fined up to $1,500. Consumers will have 14 days to file a complaint. The list is a list of phone numbers that are only important fot the people who you want to call you. In 2006, $4.1 billion was spent on telemarketing in Canada, generating $26.1 billion in sales and creating 155,000 jobs. Hill said hundreds of thousands of businesses in Canada engage in telemarketing annually.
In 1993, the CMA set up its own do not contact program, in which consumers register for free and CMA members risk being expelled from the organization if they do not comply.
But Hill said it is a not "comprehensive solution" and that is why the CMA urged the federal government to set up a national do-not-call list.
My Opinion
I would get frustrated to if I got calls that i didn't want. But I think that this list will help in some way because it will cut some of the calling numbers that you don't want to call you. I hope that they do make this likst because it will improve the situation.
In 1993, the CMA set up its own do not contact program, in which consumers register for free and CMA members risk being expelled from the organization if they do not comply.
But Hill said it is a not "comprehensive solution" and that is why the CMA urged the federal government to set up a national do-not-call list.
My Opinion
I would get frustrated to if I got calls that i didn't want. But I think that this list will help in some way because it will cut some of the calling numbers that you don't want to call you. I hope that they do make this likst because it will improve the situation.
Jumbo Jet No Longer Biofuel Virgin after Palm Oil Fuels Flight
This article is about about a 747-400 plane that traveled from London Heathrow Airport to Shiphol Airport in Amsterdam on a 40 minute flight burning a blend of 20 percent coconut and babassu oils mixed with regular petroleum-based jet fuel. Technicians from Virgin Atlantic, Boeing, GE Aviation (maker of the engine) and fuel provider Imperium Renewables now plan to analyze data collected during the flight to assess the engine's performance and pollution emissions. The Virgin Atlantic flight "is just to prove to industry that you can make fuel that has these cold-flow properties," (does not congeal at lower temperatures), says David Daggett, Boeing's technology leader for energy and emissions. As Boeing's Daggett says: "There are still a lot of hurdles to overcome, but 10 to 20 years is a reasonable time frame for production of biofuels from algae."
My opinion
Some may think "wow were putting about 20% organic gas fuels in the airplane so it will consume less toxic desel. But i dont think its going to help the planet that much because even if you would do this for a very long time, sure it would an impact but not a very great one like stop the path of global warming. But its a possibility of trying this new action and only time itself can say if it will help the environment or not.
My opinion
Some may think "wow were putting about 20% organic gas fuels in the airplane so it will consume less toxic desel. But i dont think its going to help the planet that much because even if you would do this for a very long time, sure it would an impact but not a very great one like stop the path of global warming. But its a possibility of trying this new action and only time itself can say if it will help the environment or not.
Bill Gates sets up his own Linked In profile
Bill Gates sets up his own Linked In profile
Bill Gates is helping a web companies to be successful. Will more people be encored to pursue careers in science and technology? They have a new teal that will let them bracts there work of over 19 million people. This allows them a lot more then linked casebook. Gates is planning the company’s footer. Microsoft solvent try buying Yahoo instead they should try to by other ones that aren’t so expensive. It has a take over that they goon to make a public stock in one ore tow years. Microsoft has invested $240 million for a 1.6 percent stake in Palo Alto-based Face book Inc., whose 66 million members make it the Internet's second largest social network behind News Corp.'s My Space. He stop looking using this web site because to many people try to become bill gates friend. They are gent block people to connect to him. The people like to look up UN him so he is gone to you this.
Do Microbes Make Snow?
this article is about finding out if microbes make snow.Microbes may be responsible for snow—and rain for that matter. They are certainly involved in much of the man-made snow that ski resorts use to cover for Mother Nature's winter lapses.Microorganisms is bacteria that produces proteins in their cell walls that bind water, even when they are dead...as a result bacteria can help snow form at warm temperatures. Because that’s how you would know that some ski resorts add dead microbes to the mix in they're snow making machines. Now scientists discovered that such biological precipitation catalysts in natural snows such as Montana and Antarctica.in the article it says that microbiologist Brent Chirstner collected snow samples from 19 different sites.They found microbes in all of the samples, and the highest concentrations in the least remote areas.in an attempt at gauge weather those microbes were catalysts of their snowflake vessels, the team exposed them to heat as well as an enzyme in tears that punctures bacterial cell walls both of which reduce the ice forming ability of many microbesThan they put the particles into purified water and discovered that they were no longer to freeze water as affectively at warmer temperatures.
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they’re saying that there’s a bacteria that’s causing it to snow in Texas and Florida where it never snowsI don't really know what they're talking about but it sounds really cool. What I mean is that I like what they're saying about it and the microbe thing with the snow it’s really cool.I like everything that has to do with snow, I love snow.
Its natural that it snows. But for it to snow in Florida its not really good because if they grow plants or oranges and anything else they grow is going to die because of the snow.
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they’re saying that there’s a bacteria that’s causing it to snow in Texas and Florida where it never snowsI don't really know what they're talking about but it sounds really cool. What I mean is that I like what they're saying about it and the microbe thing with the snow it’s really cool.I like everything that has to do with snow, I love snow.
Its natural that it snows. But for it to snow in Florida its not really good because if they grow plants or oranges and anything else they grow is going to die because of the snow.
Life under Ice
Scienceist found a big block of ice that was floating in the ocean that had a bunch of sea creatures in the block of ice… there where living at the sea floor when I guess the water froze and the sea creatures died and froze but they don’t know why they died… I think that this is an amazing thing that they found and that this could explain why the earth is getting warmer and stuff you know I was amazed bye what they found here and that they should keep studying this they might tell people what happened a long time ago… and stuff so that they know what went wrong and stuff that’s why I think this thing is important.. This idea over all is really cool. Well that what I think about this project… and they should keep studying they sea life back then… and what they looked like and what the sea creatures today evolved from…
Do Microbes Make Snow?
They say that microbes make snow in some skiing hills they add dead microbes to there snow making machines… the microbes bind the water together to make snow.. So there saying that microbes make snow in a way but not natural way though. But this can be really use full because global warming is causing snow to melt so yeah ski hills can use this to make there snow and not go out of business.. I think that the idea of this is really cool because I love to snowboard. And yeah global warming is going to take that away so yeah I think that its really cool idea… and like people who like ski and snowboard for a living well like this idea too because with out no snow no skiing and snowboarding.. so yeah that’s why I think that this idea is a really cool idea..
Google launches website-building application
what this article is about
google launched a website building application that allows anyone too edit or create web sites
im thinking about this in 2 different ways.
i think that this is for people to have more fun on the internet,i dont really think its good because wut if people put wrong stuff on their websites,im not really gonna name anything you must know what im talking about,i think google is okay that way it is now.
the other way i look at is that the website they make if it can connect with their friends it would be a way to do it, or other stuf like that
google launched a website building application that allows anyone too edit or create web sites
im thinking about this in 2 different ways.
i think that this is for people to have more fun on the internet,i dont really think its good because wut if people put wrong stuff on their websites,im not really gonna name anything you must know what im talking about,i think google is okay that way it is now.
the other way i look at is that the website they make if it can connect with their friends it would be a way to do it, or other stuf like that
News Bytes Of the Week—Robot Race to the Moon
The first one to get robot on the moon well win $20-million prize… deferent people are competing in this event people from different universities and stuff.. I think that this idea is really cool but then really stupid because the one who wins the prize well be hated by other people that worked on there robot for a long time well probably get mad and like hire a hit man to kill him or something… but yeah in a way its really cool but if you look at in bad way it’s a really stupid idea… well that’s what I think about it. And its hard work to get a robot in to space and it cost a lot to so yeah it might cost a lot so the loser well have no money.. so yeah there’s a lot of down sides to this thing.
Polar research ship returns to Europe after 'fantastic' 1½-year journey
Google launches website-building application
There is a new soft where on Google what allows multiple users to make there on website. This will help people to make there website whit out having a lots of problems whit it. It allows the user to get information from other sites and post it on to that page and you need no knowledge of HTML or web designing skills. They are literally adding an edit batten on to the web site. Google ethnologic is developed from Jot Spot a company a company Google acquired in October 2006. Jot spot allows the put on wikis that multiple users can do what they want on that site. They are bringing the wikis out of the land of the nerds and try to publish it for more people. There are three versions al free with ten GB with different where hens, and there is a fourth one that cost 50$ per year per user. It was relates when Google had a confers in
I like this project:
Because they make it easer for you to make a web site. If you friends want to some thing on the site they can it is very help full.Quebec ponders electronics recycling law
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I like this project because:
They try to help the environment.
NASA shows off rover armed with Canadian-made drill
NASA shows off rover armed with Canadian-made drill
They have made a new robot and to find water and it has a Canadian drill. This is one of the tow robots they want to talk about in there conversayshin. This robot was built by researchers at the Robotics Institute of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh Notec is best known for building the 3D laser camera. Later in 2008 it will have a partner that allows crushing the rock and heating it to get water out of it. They are testing other wheals rate now to at Exploration Conference in Denver
I like about this project because:
They are searching for water so that would mean they can youse it in poor countries and help them to get more fresh water.
Google launches website-building application
Google launched a website building application that allows anyone too edit or create wed sites the reason for this is that so people can have more fun with the internet… as they say so agree with this so don’t I don’t really think that there should be such a thing because this can causes a lot of problems like bullying because if you allowed to edit so website you can out mean stuff about people to so that’s one of the problems that this thing could cause.. There service comes in there different services.. but over all I think that if there where no problems In the world this would be a really cool idea but with the problems in the world I don’t think this thing should even be there……. But that’s what I think of it but people well thing in a different way so yeah….
Polar research ship returns to Europe after 'fantastic' 1½-year journey
The ship was stuck in the high artic because it got stuck in the ice they had to wait tell I t melted before they can go home… while they where there they studied the ice and they could see that the climate was changing because of the different types of ice I don’t know how they do it but that’s what they said they where doing. I think that they should go back and study that ice more to tell people more people that global warming was real. It took them a 1 ½ to get back home because they froze in while they where studying the ice… its really cool that they can tell what’s happing to the climate bye looking at ice.
NASA shows off rover armed with Canadian-made drill
The Canadian-made drill is a small robot... It’s used to find water and drill dip in the gowned for rocks and minerals. It’s a really cool small robot that the Canadians came up with and that they should send one to the moon or other planets to find water and if there water there has to be life on the planet so that would be a really cool idea. But the reason there not sending it is because they don’t know if it well be able to go in to space I don’t know why but they said that is can with stand cold heat so I think It would be able to go in to space. This idea is a really good one because with this robot you would be able to find water and stuff so that’s why it’s a cool idea.
Neutron oddball
Neutron Oddball
In our galaxy we have lot’s of star and other things but the neutron star is the most weirdest out of all of them in a picture it shows that on its own the magnetic field lines surrounding the ultra dense stellar remnant. It is really weird looking from the picture in this magazine. The neutron star is 205 and 1000 light years away from earth. They are also studying 10 other stars that are also weird but now the Neutron star is the weirdest out of all of them. What do I think about this? I think who ever wrote this wrote it well and I think it is a very exciting topic.
Monday, February 25, 2008
robot race to the moon. - Reward-20 million dollars
This will be a rather amusing event for me to watch as i see through this so called 'scam'. Now, ten million dollars is not a lot of money dealing with rocket ships and moon data. This Google lunarX program are using people to get their information. They don't even have to pay for built of the ship so if there is a problem it doesn't effect them in any way. A satellite that does the exact same thing costs around... 300 million ! Google's spending-20 million. Percentage of things going wrong-0%. Things might go wrong with the builder but this is not the problem of Google now is it. If they were to build it and something went wrong it would be a waste of 300 million dollars! I could think of 300 million people that need that money (including me). A few million to New Orleans, i few million to the Afar people. These guys maybe be rocket scientist but obviously they have to economic skill. Sorry to say but Google... you finally did something wrong.
jumbojet biofuel good or disastrous
Airline flies jumbo jet powered by biofuel
When I read this article I was so happy that they have finally found a way to stop using gas for planes but then I read that it has more emissions of greenhouse gasses, which is very bad. Of course if some work was done on it, it could have good effects on the environment. But if they think they made it right and they didn’t, they would destroy the atmosphere or something else horrible like that. Of course if they do make it right it will be a huge step for man I mean actual artificial fuel. And if they can do it with planes they (of course) can do it with cars and any other gasoline run vehicles. So all I’m saying is that they should make sure the fuel is right before they use it.
When I read this article I was so happy that they have finally found a way to stop using gas for planes but then I read that it has more emissions of greenhouse gasses, which is very bad. Of course if some work was done on it, it could have good effects on the environment. But if they think they made it right and they didn’t, they would destroy the atmosphere or something else horrible like that. Of course if they do make it right it will be a huge step for man I mean actual artificial fuel. And if they can do it with planes they (of course) can do it with cars and any other gasoline run vehicles. So all I’m saying is that they should make sure the fuel is right before they use it.
Sunday, February 24, 2008
wind replacing oil in texas and maybe in the the world?!
This article is informing us that:
The wind turbines that recently went up in
Texans are even turning tapped-out oil fields into wind farms,oil is turning into an alternative energy!!!
Wind turbines were once a not considered form of electrical generation. But with the huge concern about greenhouse gases from coal-burning power plants, wind power is booming!!!!
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My opinion:
I think this article is very important, i think these changes are really good, and they will make a really really positive and good change in the world!I think it would be great if wind turbines keep expanding to more cities and places; like the article said they would!
Why do i think that?
Because oil, gas and coil are the main forms of producing energy, all of this are extremely bad for the enviorment because they cause alot of pollution, and damage to people, also, we are basically finishing them up, and we need them and use them every day, I think its really good that people are finding other options and ways of replacing and not wasting oil, this options are also much healthier options for the people, the enviorment, the animals etc!!
I really hope wind turbines keep expanding!!! I thought this article was really interesting and really important!!
Maria Rubio!
Cool Penguins
This article talks about one kind of damage that Global Warming is causing.
The penguins that live on Crozet Archipelago in the Indian Ocean are suffering and are leaving less because the water is getting warmer. This animals are use to live in really cold climates and they are adapt to this kind of environment, they get their food from fish living in these oceans and also have their babies there.
But as all animals, this penguins take care of their offsprings for a while when they are just born, they give them food and them they go and leave them there so the babies have to survive by themselves and get their food, but this can't happen if the climate is not adecuate for them, so this brings a lot of consecuences, like making the penguin population go down and if later on this keeps going then the life of teh penguins would be shortened and if this keeps going on the penguins can be extint as many other animals that are in danger because of global warming and many other issues.
So what scientists are doing is puttin electronic ID tags to the penguins to know where they are and to identificate each of them and see how long they live and if they go back to take care of their babies or to see how the population is growing or coming down.
My opinion: I like a lot all sea animals so this article makes me feel bad because it's letting me know that the life of this animals and many other is in danger and that it can only be stopped if people care enough about them so that they can change they habits and make global warmind don't act so fast, so knowing that there is people that cares about the life of the animals makes me feel better and also makes me want to do something about it, like telling other people that don't believe in Global Warming that there are a lot of things going on that are true and that can be prevented, not just for the animals but for everyone.
by: Marcela Murillo Trujano
The penguins that live on Crozet Archipelago in the Indian Ocean are suffering and are leaving less because the water is getting warmer. This animals are use to live in really cold climates and they are adapt to this kind of environment, they get their food from fish living in these oceans and also have their babies there.
But as all animals, this penguins take care of their offsprings for a while when they are just born, they give them food and them they go and leave them there so the babies have to survive by themselves and get their food, but this can't happen if the climate is not adecuate for them, so this brings a lot of consecuences, like making the penguin population go down and if later on this keeps going then the life of teh penguins would be shortened and if this keeps going on the penguins can be extint as many other animals that are in danger because of global warming and many other issues.
So what scientists are doing is puttin electronic ID tags to the penguins to know where they are and to identificate each of them and see how long they live and if they go back to take care of their babies or to see how the population is growing or coming down.
My opinion: I like a lot all sea animals so this article makes me feel bad because it's letting me know that the life of this animals and many other is in danger and that it can only be stopped if people care enough about them so that they can change they habits and make global warmind don't act so fast, so knowing that there is people that cares about the life of the animals makes me feel better and also makes me want to do something about it, like telling other people that don't believe in Global Warming that there are a lot of things going on that are true and that can be prevented, not just for the animals but for everyone.
by: Marcela Murillo Trujano
Global Warming, Up Close and Personal
This article is abaut global warning , haw peapole dont really know that this is sereaus .
You think you know climate change. You've seen An Inconvenient Truth. You've noticed the changing and warming weather patterns in your part of the world. You're beginning to suffer from acute ecoanxiety. But to really see global warming in action, you'd need to travel to the Arctic, where climate change is already kicking into high gear.
But some peapole really care abaut the gloval warming, and they are encouraging us to help.
To help raise awareness of the damage climate change is wreaking on the polar regions, next month Steger will be leading a team of six young adventurers on a 1,400-mile, 60-day-long dogsled expedition across Ellesmere Island, in the far Canadian Arctic.
my opinion
i think thet we souuld really think abaut the gloval warming , this is not only in the antartic , this is happening in all the world and this will affect you to , in mexico there is not inofe water so people are dying of thirst and you are waisting it.
also , dont use your car every time you need to go out .
we really need to help the world and do some thing about it , help rise mony etc ..
You think you know climate change. You've seen An Inconvenient Truth. You've noticed the changing and warming weather patterns in your part of the world. You're beginning to suffer from acute ecoanxiety. But to really see global warming in action, you'd need to travel to the Arctic, where climate change is already kicking into high gear.
But some peapole really care abaut the gloval warming, and they are encouraging us to help.
To help raise awareness of the damage climate change is wreaking on the polar regions, next month Steger will be leading a team of six young adventurers on a 1,400-mile, 60-day-long dogsled expedition across Ellesmere Island, in the far Canadian Arctic.
my opinion
i think thet we souuld really think abaut the gloval warming , this is not only in the antartic , this is happening in all the world and this will affect you to , in mexico there is not inofe water so people are dying of thirst and you are waisting it.
also , dont use your car every time you need to go out .
we really need to help the world and do some thing about it , help rise mony etc ..
News Bytes Of the Week—Robot Race to the Moon
This article is about a contest where private companies are fighting for the Google Lunar X Prize. It is a $20 million dollar prize for the first privately owned spacraft that launches and lands on the moon. Then must rove on the lunar surface for at least 500 meters then transmit video and pictures back to Earth. If no one completes the mission by the year 2012, the prize is reduced to $15 million. The contest closes by the year 2014.
I think that this is a great idea because it shows that companies can make their own launch sites and robots in order to do this. Maybe then the Government will realize that other people are capable of doing the kinds of things. On the other hand I think that the $20 million could be used for something else like feeding starving children across the world instead of redoing something that has been done already.
I think that this is a great idea because it shows that companies can make their own launch sites and robots in order to do this. Maybe then the Government will realize that other people are capable of doing the kinds of things. On the other hand I think that the $20 million could be used for something else like feeding starving children across the world instead of redoing something that has been done already.
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