Monday, September 26, 2005

 

Building Insurance - News: 26 September 2005

Post-Election Security in Afghanistan - Council on Foreign Relations
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Wolseley plc Preliminary Results for the Year Ended July 31, 2005
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Letters to the editor
I read with considerable interest your editorial, "So who needs a legislature?" (Sunday, Sept. 18). You argue that the large number of ballot measures represents a threat to the well-being of the citizens of Oregon.
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Hurricanes: How to help, who's been helping
Austin Yellow Bike Project 5 p.m. Saturday. Bikes and locks will be distributed to anyone displaced by the hurricane. Austin Convention Center, west side, Third and Trinity streets.
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Sunday, September 25, 2005

 

Building Insurance - News: 25 September 2005

As farming challenges increase, a new crop of cooperation buds
Published Jul 11, 2005 - 17:10:44 CDT. Innovation and cooperation are vital to the continued survival of farming in Yolo County. A little luck wouldn't hurt, either.
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County helps man fix code violations
Published Sep 18, 2005 - 18:51:24 CDT. County Code Compliance Officer Heidi Hernandez could have just issued Lemuel Nelson a clutch of fines for his Guinda home, which was violating several codes.
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For Some, Gleam Off Sunshine State
TAMPA - One clear thought struck Jessica Sager as she sat in her living room, watching the despairing crowds in New Orleans. "I saw those people with no water, thirsty, hot, begging for help," she says, "and I thought, 'That could be us.' I saw myself and my kids in that place."
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Katrina's lessons should prepares us for next 'Big One'
The hope, in the last couple of weeks, is that we have learned something. We, as a nation, have been quick to blame everybody in office today for the events surrounding the destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina.
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Saturday, September 24, 2005

 

Building Insurance - News: 24 September 2005

Post-Election Security in Afghanistan - Council on Foreign Relations
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Increased foreclosures expected in S. Florida as housing market cools
Florida's overheated housing market has had an unintended benefit: Foreclosures are way down because struggling owners can usually sell for a profit and get out from under their debt.
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Colorado has 600 new jobs in works
Colorado is set to gain an additional 600 jobs from an unnamed employer, the state's top economic development official said Friday. Later Friday, sources told the Rocky Mountain News that Juniper Bank was expected to establish a call center in Colorado Springs, creating 450 new jobs.
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Wait continues for expanded CHIP benefits
HELENA - When election results came in last November, activist Mary Caferro was ecstatic: Montana voters had sent a clear message to expand health care coverage for those in need, including thousands of children.
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Friday, September 23, 2005

 

Building Insurance - News: 23 September 2005

Katrina turns the poor into the destitute
WASHINGTON Before Hurricane Katrina, they were among the poorest of America's poor. In the hardest hit counties, some 305,000 people not only lived in poverty, their families' income fell below 50 percent of the poverty line about $7,500 for a family of three.
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A Conversation with Vicente Fox Quesada [Raw transcript; Federal News Service, Inc.] - Council on Foreign Relations
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N. Aurora church to hold fundraiser
NORTH AURORA Members of the Cornerstone Community Baptist Church said they would rebuild after a fire destroyed their church. And they have planned a fundraiser Saturday to help them do so.
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Group Health joins Vulcan bandwagon
Group Health is moving its headquarters to a new Vulcan building in South Lake Union, becoming the latest in a string of big tenants won...
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Thursday, September 22, 2005

 

Building Insurance - News: 22 September 2005

California may lower quake insurance rates in wake of Katrina
SAN FRANCISCO As federal, state and local officials grapple with the financial and physical ruin wrought by Hurricane Katrina, momentum is building to make earthquake insurance offered by the semi-public California Earthquake Authority more affordable.
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Nazi hunter was a "deputy for the dead"
Simon Wiesenthal was very open about why he became a tireless Nazi hunter: He didn't want to meet millions of Holocaust victims in the afterlife...
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Supporters of CHIP want spots filled
HELENA - When election results came in last November, activist Mary Caferro was ecstatic: Montana voters had sent a clear message to expand health care coverage for those in need, including thousands of kids.
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Chipping away at uninsured
Jon Ebelt IR Staff Photographer - State Rep. Mary Caferro, D-Helena, says the state should be doing more to encourage uninsured Montana children to sign up for the Children's Health Insurance Program, which has funds to expand its rolls by up to 3,000 kids this year.
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Wednesday, September 21, 2005

 

Building Insurance - News: 21 September 2005

The Memorialist: Memorials Are For The Living; Who Was Tom Murphy?
There is a common belief within the memorial industry that memorials are for the living who survive the death of a loved one. Certainly, the memorial provides a permanent place for family to connect both emotionally or spiritually with their loss of a loved one.
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Northern Plains could become 'Saudi Arabia' of wind energy
Before considering a wind energy project, it's important to "crunch" all the numbers to make sure the benefits of building a wind turbine will outweigh the costs, said Bill Haman, industrial program manager with the Iowa Energy Center.
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Bayou struggles back from Katrina's crippling blow
A Florida-based shrimper unloaded his first post-Katrina catch from the Gulf of Mexico at Bayou La Batre on Tuesday, a milestone at the storm-battered site where part of the fishing fleet is still idled by hurricane damage.
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(AFX UK Focus) 2005-09-21 13:43 GMT: Wall Street outlook - Rita concerns pressure stocks, lift crude - UPDATE 1
LONDON (AFX) -- Concerns over Hurricane Rita's strength and path weighed on stock-market futures and the U.S. dollar on Wednesday, and gave renewed strength to energy futures.
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Building Insurance - News: 21 September 2005

Few reinforce their houses
If a storm like Hurricane Iniki ever hits O'ahu, about 38 percent of the island's homes 59,000 structures would likely be destroyed or heavily damaged. That means more than 100,000 people could be homeless, at least temporarily.
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Rita concerns pressure stocks, lift crude
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Concerns over Hurricane Rita's strength and path weighed on stock-market futures and the U.S. dollar on Wednesday, and gave renewed strength to energy futures.
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FEATURE-Hospital forgotten during Katrina looks for future
NEW ORLEANS, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Dr. Peter De Blieux struggled for four days to get desperate and impoverished patients safely out of flooded Charity Hospital in downtown New Orleans. Now he is fighting to get them back.
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Electric rates to rise
Electric rates will rise 34.1 percent over 2 1/2 years, starting with a 9 percent hike Nov. 1, to finance a new 200-megawatt power plant, the Springfield City Council decided Tuesday.
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Thursday, September 15, 2005

 

Building Insurance - News: 15 September 2005

Home From Home Austin opens arms to New Orleans guests, longing to return
Three days after a helicopter plucked them from the balcony of their New Orleans apartment, Lester Sampson and Irma Louis found themselves wandering around Downtown Austin in the grip of one of Katrina's side effects.
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From The Archives
The Times-Picayune today is expanding the number of pages and the number of copies it is printing as residents return and businesses reopen in the metro New Orleans area after Hurricane Katrina.
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Village Financial opens
This is turning out to be the summer Springfield-based independent banks add in-house financial services. The breaking news is of veteran financial consultant Nadia Cavner joining The Signature Bank as vice president and board member.
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LIC to foray into real estate biz
In a bid to get more returns from its properties, Life Insurance Corporation of India has identified 70 sites, spread across the country, for development of either residential or commercial projects.
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Wednesday, September 14, 2005

 

Building Insurance - News: 14 September 2005

Village Financial opens
This is turning out to be the summer Springfield-based independent banks add in-house financial services. The breaking news is of veteran financial consultant Nadia Cavner joining The Signature Bank as vice president and board member.
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billingsgazette.com - Montana and Wyoming news and classifieds
DBC Family Birth Center education class. "Welcome Baby." Labor and birth class. 7-9:15 p.m. For more information or to register, call Healthline at 255-8440 or (800) 252-1246.
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Decent Work trains 400 association executives
Winneba (C/R), Sept. 13, GNA - A month-long two-phase training programme on "Association Building," initiated by the Ghana Decent Work Pilot Programme (GDWPP), with funding from the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has taken off at Winneba.
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Triathlon: ITU Votes Not to Sanction WTC Races
"We must protect our collective interests," said ITU President Les McDonald.
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Tuesday, September 13, 2005

 

Building Insurance - News: 13 September 2005

Bush makes 1st visit to streets of New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS - The bodies of more than 40 mostly elderly patients were found in a flooded-out hospital in the biggest known cluster of corpses to be discovered so far in hurricane-ravaged New Orleans.
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Dozens Found Dead at New Orleans Hospital
NEW ORLEANS The bodies of more than 40 mostly elderly patients were found in a flooded-out hospital in the biggest known cluster of corpses to be discovered so far in hurricane-ravaged New Orleans.
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Village Financial opens
This is turning out to be the summer Springfield-based independent banks add in-house financial services. The breaking news is of veteran financial consultant Nadia Cavner joining The Signature Bank as vice president and board member.
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Above the water, plans float for rebuilding city
Even with much of the city still covered by tainted waters and its population dispersed, even with the power still out, the communication...
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Monday, September 12, 2005

 

Building Insurance - News: 12 September 2005

(AFX UK Focus) 2005-09-12 07:00 GMT: AFX UK at a glance share guide
LONDON (AFX) - Leading shares are expected to start the week firmer, building on a solid performance on Wall Street on Friday, and as oil prices paused for breath overnight, dealers said.
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Finding affordable housing in Bennington County no easy task
BENNINGTON COUNTY -- She's from Williamstown, Mass. and he's from Manchester. Now, they don't have a sidewalk or a tub, and their dirt basement leaks.
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(AFX UK Focus) 2005-09-12 06:46 GMT: AFX UK at a glance share guide - weekend
MARKETS FTSE 100 5,359.30, up 18.50 FTSE 250 7,851.10, up 44.40 DJIA 10,678.56, up 82.63 Nasdaq Comp 2,175.51, up 9.48 S&P 1,241.48, up 9.81 Gold 449.55 usd (447.15 usd) Oil - Brent Oct 62.84 usd (63.08 usd) WEEKEND PRESS * The non-executive directors of troubled supermarket group WM MORRISON are to meet shortly to appoint new headhunters to find a replacement for the chief executive Bob Stott -
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R'ville Council cuts insurance costs
Approximately $8,000 was saved from Russellville's budget recently after council members sat down and tweaked insurance coverage for city-owned structures.
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Sunday, September 11, 2005

 

Building Insurance - News: 11 September 2005

Mid-Valley in brief
CORVALLIS The 18th annual clothing giveaway at Circle Church of Christ, 2020 N.W. Circle Blvd., begins Tuesday. Hundreds of articles of clothing for all ages and sizes have been gathered and are available free of charge to anyone in need.
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The Lima News
Are we ready? LIMA Sitting on a park bench in Faurot Park, watching his son playing on the slides, Thomas Johnson isn t sure this region or this country can handle another disaster.
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Flooded with woe
CHICAGO When New Orleans residents return to their dwellings, they will find that their homeowners' insurance policies likely will not cover the damage caused by the extensive flooding throughout the city.
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Katrina swamps bank regulators with calls
WASHINGTON One man asks why don't ATM cards work. A woman lost her credit cards, checkbook and all forms of identification in Hurricane Katrina. Another caller asks that Navy SEALs be sent to fetch bodies from submerged neighborhoods.
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Friday, September 09, 2005

 

Building Insurance - News: 09 September 2005

Suzette Cooke for Kent mayor
Kent's next mayor will have to guide the city through explosive growth, changing demographics and tight budgets. The candidate best positioned...
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Mayor seizes warehouse as center for FEMA
Mayor Bill White commandeered a vacant supermarket Thursday so it could be used as a central location for administering federal aid to Katrina evacuees in the area. White had been involved in negotiations for several days with the owners of a large empty warehouse at 6059 South Loop East that once housed an Auchan supermarket.
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Home With the grain
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Mark Callison is on a quest to save old wood. When the 30-year-old Mission Hills, Kan., man hears about a barn slated for demolition in the Midwest, he's there. Board by board, he and a crew of two others deconstruct about 20 barns each year.
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Fitness Calendar for the week of September 5, 2005
For information or to make an appointment at any of the Missoula-area sites, call 543-6695 or the number listed. Tuesday, Sept. 6 - Missoula Red Cross Center, 3 to 6 p.m.; and Kalispell Red Cross Center, sponsored by State Farm Insurance, noon to 5 p.m.
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Thursday, September 08, 2005

 

Building Insurance - News: 08 September 2005

PENNYWISE ADVICE FOR THE WALLET: Make budgeting a family affair
Creating a budget that really works requires input from your whole family: You are all in this together.
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Globeinvestor.com: Sask. couple have solid retirement plan
In Saskatchewan, a couple we'll call Greg and Nicole are raising three small children and trying to plan for the time when the kids will have left home and become financially independent. Greg, 39, is a health care professional; Nicole, 38, is a stay-at-home mom.
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The Connecticut Post Online - Business
Unions gave birth to Labor Day more than 100 years ago, but today's celebration finds the labor movement in flux at a time when workers are confronting a mixed bag of prosperity and flagging fortunes, depending upon what they do for a living.
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Flooded with woe
CHICAGO When New Orleans residents return to their dwellings, they will find that their homeowners' insurance policies likely will not cover the damage caused by the extensive flooding throughout the city.
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Building Insurance - News: 08 September 2005

PENNYWISE ADVICE FOR THE WALLET: Make budgeting a family affair
Creating a budget that really works requires input from your whole family: You are all in this together.
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Globeinvestor.com: Sask. couple have solid retirement plan
In Saskatchewan, a couple we'll call Greg and Nicole are raising three small children and trying to plan for the time when the kids will have left home and become financially independent. Greg, 39, is a health care professional; Nicole, 38, is a stay-at-home mom.
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The Connecticut Post Online - Business
Unions gave birth to Labor Day more than 100 years ago, but today's celebration finds the labor movement in flux at a time when workers are confronting a mixed bag of prosperity and flagging fortunes, depending upon what they do for a living.
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Flooded with woe
CHICAGO When New Orleans residents return to their dwellings, they will find that their homeowners' insurance policies likely will not cover the damage caused by the extensive flooding throughout the city.
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Building Insurance - News: 08 September 2005

PENNYWISE ADVICE FOR THE WALLET: Make budgeting a family affair
Creating a budget that really works requires input from your whole family: You are all in this together.
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Globeinvestor.com: Sask. couple have solid retirement plan
In Saskatchewan, a couple we'll call Greg and Nicole are raising three small children and trying to plan for the time when the kids will have left home and become financially independent. Greg, 39, is a health care professional; Nicole, 38, is a stay-at-home mom.
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The Connecticut Post Online - Business
Unions gave birth to Labor Day more than 100 years ago, but today's celebration finds the labor movement in flux at a time when workers are confronting a mixed bag of prosperity and flagging fortunes, depending upon what they do for a living.
Read More...

Flooded with woe
CHICAGO When New Orleans residents return to their dwellings, they will find that their homeowners' insurance policies likely will not cover the damage caused by the extensive flooding throughout the city.
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Monday, September 05, 2005

 

Building Insurance - News: 05 September 2005

PENNYWISE ADVICE FOR THE WALLET: Make budgeting a family affair
Creating a budget that really works requires input from your whole family: You are all in this together.
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Globeinvestor.com: Sask. couple have solid retirement plan
In Saskatchewan, a couple we'll call Greg and Nicole are raising three small children and trying to plan for the time when the kids will have left home and become financially independent. Greg, 39, is a health care professional; Nicole, 38, is a stay-at-home mom.
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The Connecticut Post Online - Business
Unions gave birth to Labor Day more than 100 years ago, but today's celebration finds the labor movement in flux at a time when workers are confronting a mixed bag of prosperity and flagging fortunes, depending upon what they do for a living.
Read More...

Flooded with woe
CHICAGO When New Orleans residents return to their dwellings, they will find that their homeowners' insurance policies likely will not cover the damage caused by the extensive flooding throughout the city.
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Friday, September 02, 2005

 

Building Insurance - News: 02 September 2005

Moving Day: Arts Academy charter school heads for its temporary home
It takes more than a building to make a school, but just try holding classes without one. Until Friday, the Salt Lake Arts Academy, a charter school for grades five through eight, didn't have a home for the coming school year. It's not the only charter school struggling to find space for its programs. The academy's administrators signed a contract Friday with owners of a building at 275
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N&P set to open trailblazing branch
A trailblazing new branch is to be launched in Norfolk by Norwich & Peterborough Building Society. N&P is opening its first advice-only branch in the 275m Chapelfield shopping complex in Norwich next month.
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BUILDER Online: Home Building News, Home Plans, Home Design Ideas and Building Products for Home Builders
BUILDER Online provides home builders with home building news, home plans, home design ideas, and building product information, helping them manage their home building operations efficiently and profitably.
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Executive privilege
Employees of Colorado's Public Employees' Retirement Association have received all sorts of perks. Until this year, they could bank 52 weeks of personal-leave time, then cash out at retirement or resignation. Now, employees can bank 26 weeks.
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Thursday, September 01, 2005

 

Building Insurance - News: 01 September 2005

Moving Day: Arts Academy charter school heads for its temporary home
It takes more than a building to make a school, but just try holding classes without one. Until Friday, the Salt Lake Arts Academy, a charter school for grades five through eight, didn't have a home for the coming school year. It's not the only charter school struggling to find space for its programs. The academy's administrators signed a contract Friday with owners of a building at 275
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N&P set to open trailblazing branch
A trailblazing new branch is to be launched in Norfolk by Norwich & Peterborough Building Society. N&P is opening its first advice-only branch in the 275m Chapelfield shopping complex in Norwich next month.
Read More...

BUILDER Online: Home Building News, Home Plans, Home Design Ideas and Building Products for Home Builders
BUILDER Online provides home builders with home building news, home plans, home design ideas, and building product information, helping them manage their home building operations efficiently and profitably.
Read More...

Executive privilege
Employees of Colorado's Public Employees' Retirement Association have received all sorts of perks. Until this year, they could bank 52 weeks of personal-leave time, then cash out at retirement or resignation. Now, employees can bank 26 weeks.
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