Court says killer OC dentist
should go free
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Associated Press, by Staff
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Posted By: Ribicon- 3/11/2010 1:45:45 AM
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Santa Ana, Calif. — A state appeals court has ordered parole for a former Southern California dentist convicted of killing three patients with drug overdoses. A ruling Tuesday by the 4th District Court of Appeal said 63-year-old Tony Protopappas must be released from prison unless there is new evidence that he's a danger to society. Protopappas has served more than 25 years of a potential life sentence for second-degree murder. His attorney, Richard Pfeiffer, told the court Protopappas accepted responsibility and is remorseful for the deaths. Thirteen-year-old Patricia Craven, 23-year-old Kim Andreassen and
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How to Pollute a Mind:
Lessons from John Dewey
and Van Jones
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American Thinker, by Chuck Rogér
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Posted By: Photoonist- 3/11/2010 1:35:38 AM
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A new Ivy League ''fellow'' will soon have the opportunity to teach students his belief that white people are "steering poison into the people-of-color communities" and that America should give up its wealth to the American Indians. This June, Princeton University will welcome to its hallowed halls former Obama Green Jobs Czar Van Jones, a self-proclaimed communist. The story of how America started down a path leading to communist instructors in our classrooms begs to be told.
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L.A. County supervisors
spend millions
on pet projects
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Los Angeles Times, by Garrett Therolf
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Posted By: Photoonist- 3/11/2010 1:28:08 AM
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As Los Angeles County supervisors prepare to carve deeply into everything from public safety to social services, they also are spending millions in taxpayer dollars to burnish their public images, pay for chauffeurs, hold parties for friends and lobbyists and support pet projects. Each supervisor receives $3.4 million a year to spend as he or she sees fit, without any public vote or scrutiny. (Snip) Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas used $25,000 to buy a place in Who’s Who in Black Los Angeles.
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Obama through the Looking Glass
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American Thinker, by Lauri B. Regan
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Posted By: Photoonist- 3/11/2010 1:23:02 AM
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If there was ever a question as to what President Obama meant when titling his autobiography "The Audacity of Hope," he certainly offered Americans a peek through the looking glass during the televised health care debate two weeks ago. (Snip) The meeting was political, aimed at manipulating the public into buying into the talking point that the Republicans are the ''party of no.'' And it was a propaganda tool aimed at finally televising to the country the Democrats' positions, which are enshrined in distortions and dishonesty lest the public truly understand their implications on the future prosperity of the country.
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The 'Progressives'
Are Really 'Oppressives'
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American Thinker, by Ryan Scott Welch
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Posted By: Photoonist- 3/11/2010 1:16:54 AM
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Carl Von Clausewitz, who wrote the seminal work On War, noted that ''[w]ar is a mere continuation of politics by other means.'' If politics and warfare are a continuum, then military strategy should apply in politics and in the contest of political ideas. As a military officer, I study tactics as a part of my professional development. (Snip) In the battle of ideas, progressives, with the aid of their academic and media allies, have defined many of the terms and words that will be used. They are able to ''impose their will'' by defining the terms of the debate.
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Unprotected Speech
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Townhall, by Cal Thomas
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Posted By: Photoonist- 3/11/2010 1:10:32 AM
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The Supreme Court has decided to take a case that may change the boundaries for types of speech protected by the First Amendment. The case was brought by a Maryland man whose son's 2006 funeral was picketed by members of the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas. (Snip) Hentoff believes speech that might be construed as leading a person to act ''is a clear disturbance of the peace at a religious or any kind of event" and thus "is not protected by the First Amendment.''
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Obama Stimulating a
Marxist Revolution
Using Taxpayer Money
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Townhall, by Scott Wheeler
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Posted By: Photoonist- 3/11/2010 1:06:16 AM
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A Marxist group that has demanded the ''destruction'' of the U.S. and issued a call "to bring this government down" is the recipient of stimulus funds from the Obama American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). This same group, the Brecht Forum, has also called for the complete takeover of insurance companies and farms in America. (Snip) My own investigation uncovered the link to federal stimulus dollars providing financial support for the Brecht Forum. The grants from NYSCA were ostensibly provided for artistic projects,
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TARP Panel Finds Fault
With GMAC Bailouts
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New York Times, by Sewell Chan
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Posted By: Photoonist- 3/11/2010 1:01:59 AM
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Washington - A Congressional panel, in a report to be released Thursday, questioned the need for the Treasury Department’s $17.2 bailout of GMAC as the company dealt with the collapsing mortgage market in 2008 and 2009. (Snip) But the five-member panel said it took ''no position on whether Treasury should have rescued GMAC.'' (One member, Damon A. Silvers of the A.F.L.-C.I.O., recused himself from investigations concerning the auto industry.)
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CDC uses shopper-card data
to trace salmonella
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Associated Press, by David Mercer
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Posted By: Ribicon- 3/11/2010 1:00:39 AM
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Champaign, Ill. — As they scrambled recently to trace the source of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened hundreds around the country, investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention successfully used a new tool for the first time — the shopper cards that millions of Americans swipe every time they buy groceries. With permission from the patients, investigators followed the trail of grocery purchases to a Rhode Island company that makes salami, then zeroed in on the pepper used to season the meat. Never before had the CDC successfully mined the mountain of data that supermarket chains compile.
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Govt. workers feel no economic pain
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Washington Times, by David M. Dickson
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Posted By: Photoonist- 3/11/2010 12:54:27 AM
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The recession and the ongoing jobless recovery devastated much of the private-sector work force last year, sending unemployment soaring, but government workers emerged essentially unscathed, according to data released Wednesday by the Labor Department. Meanwhile, the compensation for state and local government employees continued to easily outdistance the wages and benefits for workers in private business,
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Arab League calls for
ending support for talks
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Associated Press, by Staff
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Posted By: Photoonist- 3/11/2010 12:51:29 AM
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Cairo - The Arab League recommended on Wednesday to withdraw its support for indirect talks between Palestinians and Israelis due to recent announcements of new settlement building in east Jerusalem. The league's peace initiative committee's decision is only a recommendation and a final decision will have to be made by the foreign ministers of the Arab nations. (Snip) The committee recommended linking the cessation of plans to build the settlement housing units to any resumption of talks.
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Our Thelma and Louise moment
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Washington Times, by Dr. C. L. Gray
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Posted By: Photoonist- 3/11/2010 12:43:26 AM
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Last week brought bad news for universal health care. On Friday, the Daily Telegraph exposed Britain's National Health Service's secret plan to close hundreds of hospital wards after the next general election. Massive budget shortfalls will force Britain's government-run health care system to take this highly unpopular step in order to constrain costs. (Snip) But Britain's National Health Service demonstrates that what the government giveth, the government can also taketh away - especially when it runs out of money.
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Gates: Afghan exit could be accelerated
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Associated Press, by Anne Gearan
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Posted By: Photoonist- 3/11/2010 12:40:14 AM
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Pul-e-Charkhi - Afghanistan | Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates raised the possibility Wednesday that some of the U.S. forces involved in the Afghanistan surge could leave the country before President Obama's announced July 2011 date to begin withdrawal. Without giving specifics, Mr. Gates said, ''It would have to be conditions-based.'' (Snip) ''We will begin that transition no later than July of 2011, but the pace will depend also on conditions on the ground.''
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Lawyer in Sarah Palin case pushes to
keep out Internet evidence
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Knoxville News Sentinel [TN], by Jamie Satterfield
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Posted By: Ribicon- 3/11/2010 12:38:41 AM
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Knoxville - The attorney for a University of Tennessee student accused of illegally accessing former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's personal e-mail account is challenging a federal magistrate judge's authority to issue search warrants for Internet companies outside Tennessee. At a hearing today, U.S. Magistrate Judge Clifford Shirley gave attorney Wade Davies the green light to pursue his challenge despite a looming April 20 trial date for David C. Kernell. Kernell, the son of longtime Memphis Democratic state Rep. Mike Kernell, is facing trial on charges he used publicly available information about Palin to figure out the answer to her password
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Bush's union transparency
rules retracted under Obama
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Washington Times, by Chuck Neubauer
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Posted By: Photoonist- 3/11/2010 12:35:48 AM
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The Obama administration promised increased transparency in government but has rolled back rules proposed by the Bush administration that expanded the financial disclosure statements required of labor unions and their leaders. Since President Obama took office, the Labor Department has rescinded or delayed three sets of rules proposed by the George W. Bush administration that would have required unions and their leaders to more specifically detail their finances, according to a review of records by The Washington Times.
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Brazil leader rapped for
stance on Cuba dissidents
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Associated Press, by Marco Sibaja
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Posted By: Photoonist- 3/11/2010 12:28:29 AM
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Brasilia, Brazil -- Brazil's president came under withering criticism Wednesday at home and in Cuba for his deference to the island's communist government over political prisoners and hunger strikes for human rights. (Snip) Silva said hunger strikes should not be used to free people from prison, despite the fact that he himself engaged in a hunger strike as a union leader during his resistance to Brazil's military dictatorship. Brazil's media and critics focused most on a statement by Silva that they interpreted as comparing Cuba's dissidents with criminals in Brazil's largest city who run lucrative drug rings from behind bars
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Long-term use of osteoporosis
drugs linked to hip breaks
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USA Today, by Janice Lloyd
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Posted By: Photoonist- 3/11/2010 12:25:53 AM
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A popular group of drugs prescribed to slow bone loss may be putting some patients at an increased risk of hip fractures if taken for more than five years. Two new studies show the bones of some post-menopausal women who take bisphosphonates (Actonel, Boniva, Fosamax, Reclast) to ward off osteoporosis can stop rejuvenating and become brittle after long-term use. (Snip) ''These drugs are good drugs. They strengthen bone and protect you from fractures for a while. But in some people they can become deleterious after a period of time.''
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Oil companies look at
permanent refinery cutbacks
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Los Angeles Times, by Ronald D. White
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Posted By: Photoonist- 3/11/2010 12:22:55 AM
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Some of the nation's biggest oil companies are looking at permanently reducing how much gasoline and diesel fuel they make, a move that analysts say would almost certainly trigger higher prices for drivers. Energy companies are suffering huge losses from refining because of slumping gasoline use -- a product of the economic downturn and changing consumer habits and preferences. (Snip) nergy industry executives say they are facing up to what was previously inconceivable: that the nation's appetite for petroleum products may never return to levels seen earlier in the decade
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GOP warns Reid of
reconciliation range war
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Washington Examiner, by Susan Ferrechio
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Posted By: Photoonist- 3/11/2010 12:11:58 AM
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Senate Republicans sent a letter Wednesday to Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., warning him they will block efforts to try to pass a health care bill using budget reconciliation, which would require just 51 votes for passage instead of the usual 60 votes. Republicans warned Reid that if they try to use the reconciliation process, the GOP would block any provisions in the legislation that violate a rule authored by Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., that prohibits its use for the creation of policy.
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Greek Crisis Is Over, Rest of
Region Safe, Prodi Says
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Bloomberg News, by Staff
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Posted By: fishmonger- 3/10/2010 11:33:01 PM
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The worst of Greece’s financial crisis is over and other European nations won’t follow in its path, said former European Commission President Romano Prodi. “For Greece, the problem is completely over,” said Prodi, who was also Italian prime minister, in an interview in Shanghai today. “I don’t see any other case now in Europe. I don’t think there is any reason to think the euro system will collapse or will suffer greatly because of Greece.” Greek officials are trying to convince investors they can cut the nation’s budget deficit, which at 12.7 percent of gross domestic
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Nancy Pelosi: ‘We’re
going to get started’
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Politico, by Carrie Budoff Brown & Patrick O'Conn
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Posted By: Photoonist- 3/10/2010 11:19:32 PM
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will start walking her members through major components of the final health care package Thursday as Democrats inch ever closer to a climatic vote on the landmark legislation. ''We’re going to get started,'' Pelosi said as she left the Capitol Wednesday night. ''We have some questions ... but we're hoping that we'll get those answered over the course of the reading. It's not much.''
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Nancy Pelosi aide knew of
Massa concerns in October
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Politico, by Jonathan Allen & John Breshnahan
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Posted By: Photoonist- 3/10/2010 11:18:08 PM
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The House ethics committee closed its investigation into sexual harassment allegations against former Rep. Eric Massa on Wednesday afternoon — even as an aide to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi acknowledged for the first time that her office learned of concerns about Massa far earlier than previously known. (Snip) Democratic insiders say Pelosi’s office took no action after Racalto expressed his concerns about his then-boss in October.
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Jeb Bush's son doesn't
expect dad to run in 2012
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Associated Press, by Staff
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Posted By: Photoonist- 3/10/2010 11:12:08 PM
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Raleigh, N.C. -- Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush's oldest son says he doesn't expect his dad to run for president in 2012. George P. Bush made the comments Wednesday at state Republican Party headquarters in Raleigh while in North Carolina on business. He says his father is enjoying the private sector while staying active in conservative causes and education reform.
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Phila. counting on census to
increase federal funding
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Philadelphia Inquirer, by Michael Matza
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Posted By: JoniTx- 3/10/2010 11:07:31 PM
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Hot rhythms pour from a sidewalk speaker at Centro Musical, a compact-disc shop near Fifth Street and Lehigh Avenue in a heavily Latino part of North Philadelphia. Largely Puerto Rican, the enclave called El Centro de Oro, or Golden Center, has swelled in the last decade with Dominicans, Colombians, Venezuelans, and other Hispanic immigrants.Most are in the United States legally and say so proudly. Others are not, and fear government notice. The result is a community widely thought to have been undercounted in the last federal census 10 years ago.
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Immigration provision has Hispanic
Caucus threatening ‘no’ health vote
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The Hill [Washington DC], by Jared Allen
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Posted By: fishmonger- 3/10/2010 11:00:52 PM
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A group of Hispanic lawmakers on Thursday will tell President Barack Obama that they may not vote for healthcare reform unless changes are made to the bill’s immigration provisions. The scheduled meeting comes as Democratic leaders and the White House are struggling to craft a final bill that will attract 216 votes in the lower chamber. (Snip) But immigration remains just as explosive an issue and carries the same potential to derail the entire healthcare endgame, a number of Democrats said. “It’s still one of those issues that’s out there,”
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Haiti presents Obama with
$14bn vision of a rebuilt
Caribbean paradise
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Times [UK], by Giles Whittell
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Posted By: Photoonist- 3/10/2010 10:58:24 PM
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Washington - Haiti’s President went to the White House yesterday with a vision of a Caribbean paradise waiting to be rebuilt after January’s catastrophic earthquake — and a price tag that could rise to $14 billion (£9 billion). President Préval and his Prime Minister, Jean-Max Bellerive, are in Washington with a sales pitch on which their country depends — but which depends, in turn, on persuading recession-hit donors that the corruption that has bedevilled Haiti for generations can at last be overcome.
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