A knife attack on a radical of 'alternative dressers' near Leeds net week has left quaternary people seriously injured.
Police ar still investigating the attack at Rothwell's John O'Gaunts estate in the early hours of Thursday (August 28), which left peerless man with a severed ear.
A group of teenagers, said to be dressed in goth/emo clothing, were attacked after a grouping of boys leapt to the defense of two girls existence robbed at knifepoint. All had been camping overnight at Rothwell Country Park, according to the Yorkshire Evening Post.
A 26-year-old man is currently in a "critical simply stable" status at Leeds General Infirmary with head injuries, including a cut off ear. A 17-year-old son suffered head injuries and is in a stable condition, patch two further individuals cause since been released from hospital.
A man and deuce youths arrested on hunch of robbery and attempted murder remained in law custody yesterday.
It is understood that the teenage victims were 'goths and moshers'. Saturday (August 30) saw a gathering of alternative dressers gather outside Leeds Corn Exchange in a show of solidarity after the attack.
NME.COM user Sarah Webster got in touch to tell us that "there was a gathering outside the Leeds Corn Exchange [depicted above] of alternative dressers to point their financial backing and esteem to those who were injured whilst trying to protect others".
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Monday, 1 September 2008
Friday, 22 August 2008
30 Hospitals Across The Hudson Valley Region Of New York State Form Alliance To Ensure Patient Safety
�On Thursday, August 7, the Northern Metropolitan Hospital Association (NorMet) filed with the
United States Department of Health & Human Services, Agency for Healthcare Research &
Quality, to become a Patient Safety Organization. A new initiative offered thru the Federal
Government, this makes NorMet unitary of the first in the state and the nation to file, giving the 30
hospitals participating in the PSO unprecedented federal protections to bring forward critically
significant work to prevent patient safety errors and save lives.
Hospitals partnering with the NorMet PSO testament share information about quality of upkeep, identify
threats to patient safety, and then train and implement best practices. The finish is to become
among the safest hospitals in the nation, and in doing so, patient lives will be saved and
improved, and health tutelage costs rock-bottom.
"By endorsing NorMet filing as a Patient Safety Organization (PSO), the CEOs who draw these
hospitals have again demonstrated their commitment to delivering the safest, highest quality of
care," aforementioned Neil Abitabilo, President of NorMet. "Their commitment to delivering fantabulous care
with compassion to the people of the region is reiterated with their illusionist support of this new
initiative."
The NorMet PSO will be a nonprofit 501(c)3 establishment. Its mission will be to ameliorate the
safety and lineament of infirmary care for patients in the 30 hospitals throughout a septet county neighborhood
north of New York City. These hospitals own over 7200 acute-care beds, serving some 2.5
million people, and as of 2006, are providing annual services of approximately:
-- 260,464 inmate discharges;
-- 719,927 emergency room visits; and
-- 3,873,291 outpatient visits.
clearing theater, advocates with elected officials on behalf the 30 hospitals in the sevener county
region, and serves as involvement with numerous regulatory and health related agencies, all to support
the hospitals' ability to provide first-class clinical care with pity.
The NorMet Health Care Foundation [a 501(c)3] and Association [a 501(c)6] besides provide and/or
facilitates many educational services for members in the topics of quality improvement, disaster
preparation, workforce preparation, and wellness information engineering. Within the past quintuplet years,
NorMet has proudly served as one of the original 42 grantees for the US Department of Health &
Human Services, Office of the Surgeon General, on a national Medical Reserve Corps
demonstration project in disaster preparation. NorMet too partnered with area colleges as a
grantee of the US Department of Labor, in nurse education.
"The PSO is one more model of how our hospitals are consecrated to providing the highest quality
of care in the most efficient and safe ways possible. Not only do they realize that healthcare is
local, and a very human business, but they also understand the business and economic shock of
quality care, and are dedicated to delivering it!" terminated Abitabilo.
Northern Metropolitan Hospital Association
www.normet.org
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Peggy Binzer
McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP
www.mckennalong.com
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United States Department of Health & Human Services, Agency for Healthcare Research &
Quality, to become a Patient Safety Organization. A new initiative offered thru the Federal
Government, this makes NorMet unitary of the first in the state and the nation to file, giving the 30
hospitals participating in the PSO unprecedented federal protections to bring forward critically
significant work to prevent patient safety errors and save lives.
Hospitals partnering with the NorMet PSO testament share information about quality of upkeep, identify
threats to patient safety, and then train and implement best practices. The finish is to become
among the safest hospitals in the nation, and in doing so, patient lives will be saved and
improved, and health tutelage costs rock-bottom.
"By endorsing NorMet filing as a Patient Safety Organization (PSO), the CEOs who draw these
hospitals have again demonstrated their commitment to delivering the safest, highest quality of
care," aforementioned Neil Abitabilo, President of NorMet. "Their commitment to delivering fantabulous care
with compassion to the people of the region is reiterated with their illusionist support of this new
initiative."
The NorMet PSO will be a nonprofit 501(c)3 establishment. Its mission will be to ameliorate the
safety and lineament of infirmary care for patients in the 30 hospitals throughout a septet county neighborhood
north of New York City. These hospitals own over 7200 acute-care beds, serving some 2.5
million people, and as of 2006, are providing annual services of approximately:
-- 260,464 inmate discharges;
-- 719,927 emergency room visits; and
-- 3,873,291 outpatient visits.
clearing theater, advocates with elected officials on behalf the 30 hospitals in the sevener county
region, and serves as involvement with numerous regulatory and health related agencies, all to support
the hospitals' ability to provide first-class clinical care with pity.
The NorMet Health Care Foundation [a 501(c)3] and Association [a 501(c)6] besides provide and/or
facilitates many educational services for members in the topics of quality improvement, disaster
preparation, workforce preparation, and wellness information engineering. Within the past quintuplet years,
NorMet has proudly served as one of the original 42 grantees for the US Department of Health &
Human Services, Office of the Surgeon General, on a national Medical Reserve Corps
demonstration project in disaster preparation. NorMet too partnered with area colleges as a
grantee of the US Department of Labor, in nurse education.
"The PSO is one more model of how our hospitals are consecrated to providing the highest quality
of care in the most efficient and safe ways possible. Not only do they realize that healthcare is
local, and a very human business, but they also understand the business and economic shock of
quality care, and are dedicated to delivering it!" terminated Abitabilo.
Northern Metropolitan Hospital Association
www.normet.org
Source
Peggy Binzer
McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP
www.mckennalong.com
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Tuesday, 12 August 2008
'Dark Knight' stays on top with $26M; 'Pineapple Express' is in 2nd place
LOS ANGELES - Batman was higher than Hollywood's newest pot heads.
"The Dark Knight" took in $26 one thousand thousand to finish as the No. 1 movie for the fourth straight weekend, beating the stoner comedy "Pineapple Express," which open in s place with $22.4 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
The weekend haulage lifted the Warner Bros. Batman sequel to No. 3 on the all-time domestic box office charts with $441.5 million, behind only "Titanic" ($600.8 million) and the original "Star Wars" ($461 million).
The last movie to stay No. 1 for four consecutive weekends was "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" in late 2003 and 2004, according to box-office tracker Media By Numbers. That movie did it during a a good deal slower time of year, with nowhere near the competition "The Dark Knight" has faced during Hollywood's busy summer season.
"It's about unheard of. Summer doesn't usually afford films that much of a wide-open playing field," said Paul Dergarabedian, president of Media By Numbers.
"The Dark Knight" should outperform "Star Wars" to become No. 2 on the revenue chart by this coming weekend.
However, the numbers reflect today's higher admission prices, and "The Dark Knight" will not glide path "Star Wars" or "Titanic" in terms of existent number of tickets sold. Taking inflation into accounting, "The Dark Knight" would need to pull in about $900 million to match the number of tickets sold for "Titanic" and around $1.2 billion to equal "Star Wars."
Even so, "The Dark Knight" has far outdone even its studio's expectations. Dan Fellman, head of distribution for Warner Bros., said he would have been felicitous if the movie simply exceeded the $205 jillion domestic summate of its predecessor, "Batman Begins."
It should top out at $510 million to $520 trillion, Fellman said.
"It has taken on a life of its possess, and in doing so got so much overconfident press and word of mouth that older audiences who unremarkably don't
Wednesday, 6 August 2008
BBC: Hells Angels Tried to Kill Mick Jagger
Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger was the target of an blackwash plot that the Hells Angels motorcycle gang attempted to run out in 1969, according to a new British Broadcasting Corp. documentary.
Jagger on the loose with his life only because a small boat used by the would-be assassins was swamped on the night of the planned hit, according to the report.
The Hells Angels planned to murder the super-slim, hip-shaking British rock-and-roll icon later on the
Johnny looks a Razor-fright
LOOK out ladies! JOHNNY BORRELL is back out on the town.
Russian teen ... Ekaterina IvanovaBig PicturesEnlarge
The RAZORLIGHT vocaliser spent a boozy night at London's Punk cabaret
and left hand looking kinda worse for wear.
According to reports he got behind the decks at the voguish club to spin a few
records at the Smash 'n' Grab nighttime.
Looking at the state of matter of him I count his head was in a bit of spin at the
end. RONNIE WOOD'S Russian bit on the side EKATERINA IVANOVA also
made an appearance on an evenful nox at the club.
Who let the cat our of dredge? ... JodieBigEnlarge
She concluded up leaving with a mysterious bloody cut to her leg after her male
companion was reportedly ejected for kicking a member of security.
Barely recognisable drag queen JODIE HARSH made a rare appearance sans
the make up.
He still looked better than the Z-lister world Health Organization inspired his stage name
though...
Russian teen ... Ekaterina IvanovaBig PicturesEnlarge
The RAZORLIGHT vocaliser spent a boozy night at London's Punk cabaret
and left hand looking kinda worse for wear.
According to reports he got behind the decks at the voguish club to spin a few
records at the Smash 'n' Grab nighttime.
Looking at the state of matter of him I count his head was in a bit of spin at the
end. RONNIE WOOD'S Russian bit on the side EKATERINA IVANOVA also
made an appearance on an evenful nox at the club.
Who let the cat our of dredge? ... JodieBigEnlarge
She concluded up leaving with a mysterious bloody cut to her leg after her male
companion was reportedly ejected for kicking a member of security.
Barely recognisable drag queen JODIE HARSH made a rare appearance sans
the make up.
He still looked better than the Z-lister world Health Organization inspired his stage name
though...
Merck To Sell Discounted Antiretrovirals To Mexico
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Mexican Health Secretary Jose Angel Cordova said drugmaker Merck has agreed to sell deuce antiretroviral drugs at a reduced monetary value in Mexico, the AP/International Herald Tribune reports.
Cordova aforementioned that Merck will sell Stocrin, a first-line antiretroviral, and Isentress, a newer antiretroviral, at discounts of up to 40%. Cordova added that about 22,000 HIV-positive people in the area being treated by the Public Health Department occupy Stocrin and about cc take Isentress (AP/International Herald Tribune, 8/1).
At a recent meeting with officials representing 50 humanitarian organizations, Mexican President Felipe Calderon announced that the country was in talks with the pharmaceutical industry to cut the price of antiretrovirals. Calderon as well said he would launch a committee to facilitate negotiate the price of drugs and work to achieve fairer prices to help HIV-positive people receive treatment.
According to Prensa Latina, antiretrovirals are four times more expensive in Mexico than in other countries with comparable incomes (Prensa Latina, 7/30).
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Mexican Health Secretary Jose Angel Cordova said drugmaker Merck has agreed to sell deuce antiretroviral drugs at a reduced monetary value in Mexico, the AP/International Herald Tribune reports.
Cordova aforementioned that Merck will sell Stocrin, a first-line antiretroviral, and Isentress, a newer antiretroviral, at discounts of up to 40%. Cordova added that about 22,000 HIV-positive people in the area being treated by the Public Health Department occupy Stocrin and about cc take Isentress (AP/International Herald Tribune, 8/1).
At a recent meeting with officials representing 50 humanitarian organizations, Mexican President Felipe Calderon announced that the country was in talks with the pharmaceutical industry to cut the price of antiretrovirals. Calderon as well said he would launch a committee to facilitate negotiate the price of drugs and work to achieve fairer prices to help HIV-positive people receive treatment.
According to Prensa Latina, antiretrovirals are four times more expensive in Mexico than in other countries with comparable incomes (Prensa Latina, 7/30).
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Thursday, 3 July 2008
Josh Hartnett - Josh Hartnett To Star In West End Version Of Rain Man
Josh Hartnett has signed to star in a stage version of Rain Man, it has been confirmed.
The Pearl Harbour actor is to play car dealer Charlie Babbitt, the role originated by Tom Cruise in the 1988 film, in a limited run of the play from August.
British actor Adam Godley, Olivier-nominated for Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick as well as Mouth to Mouth, is to follow in the Oscar-winning footsteps of Dustin Hoffman by playing Raymond Babbitt, Charlie's autistic brother.
In a statement, Harnett, 29, said it always been his "intent to work on the London stage".
"While I've had many opportunities, it was only when I read the complex and charismatic character of Charlie Babbitt that I knew the time was right," he added.
"I feel very fortunate to make my London bow with such an esteemed producer and director and I'm also looking forward to working with Adam Godley, who is an extraordinary talent. Can't wait to live and work in London, a city I adore!"
Nica Burns, the show's producer, told industry trade newspaper the Stage he and the team behind the show were "very excited".
He continued: "Josh was our first choice for the role from day one. He hasn't done stage work for a while, because he has been so popular on film."
Burns also revealed Hartnett had rejected film roles to take the West End part and said he predicted the Black Dahlia star would complement Godley wonderfully.
"This is not the film on stage, it's a theatrical adaptation of what is a really great story," he added.
The play, written by Dan Gordon, is to have a limited run at the Apollo Theatre from August 28th.
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Slash launches Sunset Strip Music Festival
The first-ever Sunset Strip Music Festival kicked off in Los Angeles last night (June 26) with a tribute to iconic club owners and a heavy dose of music.
Slash, comedians Cheech and Chong and Michelle Phillips of '60s 'California Dreamin' crooners The Mamas and the Papas paid tribute to Lou Adler, Mario Maglieri and Elmer Valentine, owners and proprietors of legendary Sunset Strip establishments the Roxy, the Whisky A Go Go and the Rainbow Bar.
"I moved into this neighbourhood when I was six years old," Slash told the crowd at the House Of Blues when paying tribute to the men. "I started making fake IDs when I was 15 or 16 so I could sneak into the Rainbow. I loved that place and it still maintains its original integrity today," he said.
Each man was honoured at a moving ceremony hosted by Sugar Ray frontman Mark McGrath before Camper Van Beethoven, Soul Asylum and Everclear delivered nostalgic, hit-filled sets.
Indie rockers Camper Van Beethoven led off with their 1989 hit 'Pictures Of Matchstick Men' and ran through tracks that combined elements of rock, ska, and Eastern European gypsy music.
Soul Asylum frontman Dave Pirner put his band through the paces during a straight-ahead rocking set, pausing just once to thank festival organisers and the other bands sharing the bill.
Everclear concluded the night with all-out rockers including 'Everything To Everyone' and 'Father Of Mine'.
"It's cool to be home in LA and it's an honour to play the Sunset Strip Music Festival," said frontman Art Alexakis before launching into a crowd-pleasing cover of Hall & Oates' 'Rich Girl'.
The Sunset Strip Music Festival continues this weekend with sets by artists including Hot Hot Heat, Juliette Lewis & The Licks, Mickey Avalon, Slash and B Real of Cypress Hill at various venues along the Strip.
--By our Los Angeles staff.
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Slash, comedians Cheech and Chong and Michelle Phillips of '60s 'California Dreamin' crooners The Mamas and the Papas paid tribute to Lou Adler, Mario Maglieri and Elmer Valentine, owners and proprietors of legendary Sunset Strip establishments the Roxy, the Whisky A Go Go and the Rainbow Bar.
"I moved into this neighbourhood when I was six years old," Slash told the crowd at the House Of Blues when paying tribute to the men. "I started making fake IDs when I was 15 or 16 so I could sneak into the Rainbow. I loved that place and it still maintains its original integrity today," he said.
Each man was honoured at a moving ceremony hosted by Sugar Ray frontman Mark McGrath before Camper Van Beethoven, Soul Asylum and Everclear delivered nostalgic, hit-filled sets.
Indie rockers Camper Van Beethoven led off with their 1989 hit 'Pictures Of Matchstick Men' and ran through tracks that combined elements of rock, ska, and Eastern European gypsy music.
Soul Asylum frontman Dave Pirner put his band through the paces during a straight-ahead rocking set, pausing just once to thank festival organisers and the other bands sharing the bill.
Everclear concluded the night with all-out rockers including 'Everything To Everyone' and 'Father Of Mine'.
"It's cool to be home in LA and it's an honour to play the Sunset Strip Music Festival," said frontman Art Alexakis before launching into a crowd-pleasing cover of Hall & Oates' 'Rich Girl'.
The Sunset Strip Music Festival continues this weekend with sets by artists including Hot Hot Heat, Juliette Lewis & The Licks, Mickey Avalon, Slash and B Real of Cypress Hill at various venues along the Strip.
--By our Los Angeles staff.
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Star Wars: The Toy Battle
In what is regarded as an unparalleled promotion involving the toy chain Toys 'R' Us and a production company, the theatrical release of Star Wars: The Clone Wars will be accompanied by a July 26 midnight opening of Star Wars "boutiques" at more than 225 of the toy retailer's outlets. Noting that Star Wars toys have been a hit at Toys 'R' Us stores since 1977, the company said that it also plans to promote the August 15 release of the film with a countdown clock in every store, "so fans can count the minutes to each of this year's continuing galactic milestones, including the theatrical release of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, the premiere of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated series on Cartoon Network and the release of Star Wars: The Clone Wars on DVD." The company also indicated that some products timed for the movie's release will be available exclusively at Toys 'R' Us and at a website the company plans to launch on July 26 to promote the toys, http://www.Toysrus.com/StarWars. They include two LEGO starships and several space and land vehicles that appear in the movie, created by Hasbro.
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Adam Ant
Artist: Adam Ant
Genre(s):
Rock
Discography:
Wonderful
Year: 1995
Tracks: 11
Antics in the Forbidden Zone
Year: 1990
Tracks: 21
One of the seminal figures of new wave, Adam Ant (born Stuart Leslie Goddard) had several distinct phases to his calling. Initially, he explored a jaggy, guitar-oriented post-punk with his group Adam and the Ants before giving way to a more pop-oriented, glam-tinged musical direction that brought him to the top of the charts. After that had escape its course, he refashioned himself as a mainstream isaac Merrit Singer, which enabled him to stretch his life history out for a mates of age. Once it seemed that his musical career had evaporated, he made an unexpected comeback in the early '90s as an adult alternative artist. During all this time, he recorded various great pop singles and had a surprisingly big shock on alternative john Rock.
Adam Ant formed Adam and the Ants with guitar player Lester Square, bassist Andy Warren, and drummer Paul Flanagan in London in 1977. The group's attack was more theatrical than most punk rocker groups, incorporating sadomasochistic mental imagery into their concerts. During this time, the group's lineup was reasonably unstable, with Square beingness replaced by Mark Gaumont. The banding released their debut, Dirk Wears White Sox, on the independent label Do It in 1979. Dirk was an ambitious and somewhat dark album, filled with arrhythmic rhythms, angular guitar riffs, and elements of glam careen crept into Adam's vocals; Adam reacquired the rights to the record book in 1983, reissuing it in a resequenced and remixed form, with the tracks "Catholic Day" and "Day I Met God" replaced by "Zerox" and "Recoil," as well as including a new variation of "Cartrouble."
At the time of its button, Dirk Wears White Sox wasn't a critical or commercial success, and the band felt the pauperism to rework their image. Ant hired Malcolm McLaren, the manager of the Sex Pistols, to help redefine their range. McLaren garbed the band in plagiarizer outfits and suggested a more accessible and pop-oriented, rhythmic magnetic declination on punk. Adam and the Ants followed his advice, preparing real for a new album. However, McLaren persuaded all of the Ants to leave Adam, victimization them as the core members of Bow Wow Wow. Adam Ant at once formed a new variation of the Ants, adding guitar player Marco Pirroni, bassist Kevin Mooney, and drummers Terry Lee Miall and Merrick (born Chris Hughes). Pirroni, in peculiar, became selfsame crucial in the band's musical charge, co-writing the absolute majority of the songs with Adam, thence origin a collaboration between the duette that would persist in into the '90s.
Goaded by a relentless, driving beat and chanting melodies, the new band's first album, 1980's Kings of the Wild Frontier, became an tremendous strike in the U.K., launching trey Top Ten hit singles, including the number deuce "Emmet Music." The band's success was helped by a serial of visually enticing videos, prominently featuring the penny-pinching, giving Adam Ant decked proscribed in pirate gear. Prince Charming, released the undermentioned class, retained the same formula as Kings of the Wild Frontier, spawning 2 issue unrivaled singles, "Stand and Deliver" and "Prince Charming." Even though the album was a commercial winner, the formula was origin to have on thin.
Afterwards Prince Charming, Adam Ant ditched the Ants for a solo career, retaining Marco Pirroni as a songwriting quisling and a load-bearing musician. Adam's number 1 solo album, Quaker or Foe, was released in 1982 and featured the numeral one single "Dainty Two Shoes" and the Top Ten title cut. Although his side by side album, 1983's Undress, had some highlights and hit singles, it pronounced the terminal of his reign as one of Britain's top crop up stars.
Released in 1985, the Tony Visconti-produced Vive le Rock had some fun moments, only the operation was besides studied and the record didn't gain whatsoever hit singles, so Adam Ant pursued a amazingly successful life history in acting. In 1990, Ant made a comeback with the catchy hit single "Room at the Top" from the Manners & Physique record, but the album failed to produce another hit single. For the side by side five long time, Ant concentrated on acting.
By the time Adam Ant returned to recording in 1995, echoes of his music could be heard in the spiky singles of Elastica, the neo-goth industrial rock of Nine Inch Nails, and the pseudo-glam of Suede. Instead of capitalizing on the burgeoning new wave revitalisation, Adam Ant's 1995 comeback Marvellous had little to do with the stylish, intensely rhythmic medicine he made in the early '80s. Instead, the album repositioned him as a more mature pop-rocker, with crafted songs that featured acoustic guitars as conspicuously as electrics. The album was a mince strike in the U.S. and the U.K., as was the single "Marvellous."
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Artist: The Contrast
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Year: 2005
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Jerry O'Connell Needs a Sports Bra
Cate Blanchett 'addicted' to having children
Cate Blanchett says having children is "addictive".
The 'I'm Not There' actress recently gave birth to third son Ignatius Martin with her husband Andrew Upton and says the couple can't wait to further expand their brood.
Cate - who also has sons Dashiell John, six, and four-year-old Roman Robert with Andrew - said: "Having kids is very addictive, if you can, if you're able to and it's your choice and you've got a supportive relationship."
The actress recently revealed becoming a mother has made her a better person and improved her life considerably.
She said: "You realise how much love you're actually capable of. It's like more doors open in your personality that you didn't even realise were there.
"It's a trip, being a parent, a privilege - even though it means you get a lot less sleep!"
Cate and Andrew - who have been married for 10 years - are based in Australia, where they also work as co-directors of the Sydney Theatre Company.
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