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It is official, four candidates vying to lead the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) have been announced. The BU Voting Booth will be open for 24 hours to accept voting from the BU family.
273 responses to “Vote for DLP President”
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What is sad is that we go from pillar to post with you partisan people. The use of ‘partisan’is the blogmaster being charitable.
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“What is sad is that we go from pillar to post with your partisan people. The use of âpartisanâ is the blogmaster being charitable.”
look at the above comment as a brand new page in the next chapter of the Book of Bu
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Tell them William….they want to be selective about the injustices perpetrated on our ancestors and now rebooted for our current and future generations, but i got an article prepared for their backsides, in my next issue…They are not only evil, but criminal….as we have said all along….and need exposing everywhere….them and their black face pimps.
“You are assuming that it died from one ailment. Any industry will survive with free labour.
I said and repeat: it started to die when slavery was abolished. Operative word here : started.
Now, for your information,, it would not have lived if the Labour wasn’t so cheap after slavery was abolished.
You seem to forget the conditions under which black people were exploited as plantation workers right here in our country.
Our women were toiling from every frigging day while the owners were wining and dining at the yacht club and establishing Belleville and Strathclyde.
The sugar industry was never anything but slavery and the only reason it barely surviving today is that ignorant , spineless black governments subsidized it.
The same plantation owners systematically destroyed agriculture and poured all their money into other industry areas.
And let us move forward a bit. The offspring of the white plantocracy had no real interest in developing agriculture all they wanted was a “ good” cane crop. They controlled all the damn land. They invested in night clubs and other forms of tourist related entertainment.
Finally nobody with a social conscience or an ounce of humanity could ever believe that “ sugar made us free”.
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“The sugar industry was never anything but slavery and the only reason it barely surviving today is that ignorant , spineless black governments subsidized it.”
adding insult to ancestral injury, STEALING the taxes belonging to the descendants of the enslaved to prop up and boast about slavery…
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THE MORNING MIRTH AH THE MORNING MIRTH PRESENTED BY UNBALANCED MYOPIC MORONS
I LOVE TO READ BARBADOS OBITS, FOR OBITS CAN BE MOST REVEALING
HOW OFT DO WE SEE MENTIONED THE OFFSPRING OF THOSE WHOSE PARENTS TOILED IN THE FIELDS TO SEND THEM TO SCHOOL SO THAT THEY COULD TALK THE ABUNDANCE OF SHITE YOU SEE ON BU DAILY., OR TO BE ELECTED TO PARLIAMENT TO DESTROY THAT WHICH WAS BUILT UP
IN CONTRAST IT IS A JOY TO SEE THAT MANY BENEFITTED FROM OUR FAILED EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM, AND STUDIED HERE AND THERE AND PERSUED HIGHER EDUCATION AND NOW WORK LOCALLY AND ABROAD, NOT IN THE FIELDS BUT IN NICE AIR CONDITIONED OFFICES
CHILDREN AND GRAND CHILDREN AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN OF THOSE WHO TOILED IN THE SUN, NO LONGER TOIL IN THE SUN, BECAUSE SUGAR DID IN FACT MADE SOME FREE. AIDED BY OUR POOR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM.
I SEE THE ADVANCEMENT OF THESE OFFSPRING OF SUGAR WORKERS AS A TRIUMPH OF SUGAR AND OUR POOR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM.—–JUST ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE…..EVEN IF IT DOES NOT FIT THE NARRATIVE.
I GONE. YOU BETZAPAENIC BRIMBLERS MAY BRAY ON AND BRING MORE MIRTH., BUT TRY TO THINK……….IF YOU CAN
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There is hope
In 1999 the BLP won 26 of 28 seats and 27 of 30 in 2003. In 2008 the BLP lost to the DLP.53/58 followed by 10/20.
Clearly, an impressive election win does not mean peak performance. In reality, the BLP has done nothing that the followers boast of. Instead, the only achievement that they trumpet is 61-0.
Like you did in 2008, give them something to think of in 2027.
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“I SEE THE ADVANCEMENT OF THESE OFFSPRING OF SUGAR WORKERS AS A TRIUMPH OF SUGAR AND OUR POOR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM.—–JUST ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE…..EVEN IF IT DOES NOT FIT THE NARRATIVE.”
Easter Assignment
Homework
Comparism Vs ComparisonCompare the Physical work of slavery and plantation work
Vs
Sitting around collecting fat blockages in your body around your gut spreading all overdiscuss pros and cons health issues of both ways of life and benefits of the middle ground for longevity
in 150-200 words
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It is all about messaging and govt setting tone and narrative
Here we goInvestigations find no evidence of abuse at GIS
Allegations and insinuations of human rights abuses at the girls’ compound of the Government Industrial School have been rejected by the institution’s hierarchy following “thorough” investigations into two recent scandals.
Minister of Home Affairs and Information Wilfred Abrahams, at a media conference on Thursday, said a police probe into a report of a girl being held naked in a cell last March and an internal investigation into an attempted escape in recent weeks, had both been put to bed.
Furthermore, he said, the latest incident reported earlier this month by a local newspaper had been “blown totally out of proportion”.
“We are satisfied that the escape was no escape. They did not actually try to go anywhere. It was completely blown out of proportion and that is the challenge we face with every single thing that happens at that school,” Minister Abrahams told reporters.
Abrahams, with consensus from GIS chairman Reverend Dr Lucille Baird, acting principal Ronald Jackman, and clinical psychologist Christa Soleyn, said there was no evidence of wrongdoing on the part of employees or management.
In relation to the foiled escape attempt, Reverend Baird said the board intervened swiftly to facilitate individual and group meetings that included Soleyn and Minister Abrahams, who both concluded the unrest was linked to bullying.
“There was no abuse from any of the staff members or from someone that was working there, and so we were able to conclude that with the young residents in a confined space, that is something that could happen, and we realised that once we could intervene and dispense the right counselling methods with the intervention of Ms Soleyn, we were able to bring that under some form of normalcy,” said Reverend Baird.
“We have been visiting subsequently on a weekly basis. The Minister met with the residents individually and he met with them as a group and he found the same thing. We found that it was just a matter of bullying among the residents and there was no evidence at all to say that there was abuse from the members of staff,” she added.
Over a year ago, the institution came under heavy scrutiny following the release of a photograph showing a naked girl, who was later said to be suicidal, lying in one of the cells.
It unleashed a barrage of public criticism, prompting an overhaul of the board and promises of sweeping reforms. In June 2021, Minister Abrahams asked the Commissioner of Police to appoint an investigating officer to find out whether there was merit to the accusations of wrongdoing levelled at staff.
“The police did their full investigation, talked to all of the staff, they interviewed some of the students, they interviewed everybody and found at the end of the day that there was no abuse of the student and there was nothing to warrant criminal charges,” said Abrahams.
“Of note is the fact that the young lady who was the subject of this, and her mother or her family, declined to comment or give evidence in this matter. But even though they declined to cooperate in the investigation, the police still did their full investigation… and as it stands now, for all practical purposes, that investigation has reached its natural end and we are satisfied that the young lady was not abused,” the Home Affairs Minister added.
Abrahams said he also reached out to former wards of the institution, who raised issues of abuse. However, he said none had expressed an interest in pursuing the matters.
Soleyn, meanwhile, said the board has been a “constant presence” at the facility and had been dealing with issues at the school in a “clinical” manner.
In the most recent case, she said, the so-called bullying which led the students to escape was not of a physical nature, but “teasing”.
“I think we have a view of how children who have behavioural challenges may act, but we are looking at it from the wrong lens.
They are testing boundaries, that’s what’s happening,” she said.
The psychologist added: “As far as their mental health, as far as we manage psychosocial programming, it’s really as professionals individually looking at what GIS has and seeing what suggestions we have, how we can strengthen it. But at the core, and I know I speak for the board in general, our heart is in it and the truth is we all were teenagers before as well and we do act out and there will be challenges, but we are equipping them with the skills to manage that interpersonal conflict.”
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MURDER TRACKER
AC
The murder trackers from right here on BU
At the current rate for this year it would come in at approx 50% reduction from 2017It was trending up under the dlp and peaked in 2019 unsay the blp since then it been trending back down.. so come again
Year Murders
2017 31
2018 32
2019 49
2020 41
2021 32
2022 5 -
I will now make my vote.
Never vote for a man wearing anything yellow. That is the last step before the pink outfit.Of the remains two, only one has something of Barbados on him. Eastwick gets it.
Forgive me, if I don’t take these things seriously.
I should have waited, but I know someone will still correct my Eastwick.
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A pappyshow that will haunt them forever more…no mention of the 1800s laws they used against black children…who the hell gets incarcerated for wandering in the 21st century …except in a backward slave society…
this article is not even worth a whole read…
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DAVID HAS UPDATED THE COMMENTS TOOLBAR
The Bush Doctor says “Legalise It, I’ll Advertise It”
Peter Tosh – Brand New Second Hand (Version)
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There is a whole lot more to write about that they gotta fix, they think that demoralizing, terrorizing black children and land thefts is the only thing that will end up in print…not by a long shot…they got much more to do, clean up, reverse, STOP, and it will all be printed and published before they can figure out most of them.
next time around, no free copies..
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baje wrote
MIA IS AN EXPERT ON: THE FOLLOWING:
BEGGING BEGGING BEGGING
BORROWING BORROWING BORROWING
but he forget her biggest feature that stats wid B
CANT HELP IT AS A PUBLIC SPEAKER I LOVE ALITTERATION
CAN WUNNUH FILL IN THE OTHER ” B” WORD(S) BESIDES BLOW HARDTHIS POST WILL GET TEK DOWN CAUSE GP IS NOT REALLY ALLOWED TO JOIN IN THE DISCUSSION, UNLESS HE FITS
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William SkinnerApril 15, 2022 3:26 AM
Sugar was pure death for the black race.
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This cannot be true in Barbados where the slave population thrived and doubled between 1680 and 1834.
The facts speak for themselves.
Go and check the 1680 census and the 1834 Slave Returns for Barbados and you will see what I am saying is true.
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“There was no abuse from any of the staff members or from someone that was working there, and so we were able to conclude that with the young residents in a confined space, that is something that could happen, and we realised that once we could intervene and dispense the right counselling methods with the intervention of Ms Soleyn, we were able to bring that under some form of normalcy,” said Reverend
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Wuhloss the police policing itself
End of storySad that the media is just as useless as govt in covering up stories
Here is a case that govt took to doing its own investigations absent from. other forms of outside investigators throws this story into the hands of the media and the media prints it as the Gospel truth
Not even a whimper of a word to ask the Minister in question about the investigation
Just print whatever the media is told
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William….the good news is, it’s all come to a head…..and writers got it recorded for prosperity…
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Angela….that’s why AOP exists….they feed the useless politically trapped conventional media a bag of lies to distribute for misleading the public and misdirection…media has evolved to match the times and these are still stuck in the same old…
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William SkinnerApril 15, 2022 3:26 AM
Finally nobody with a social conscience or an ounce of humanity could ever believe that “ sugar made us free”.
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Sugar Cane made us free!!
Sugar output was limited by milling capacity and windmill horsepower by the fickle nature of the wind.
There were no major rivers as in Suriname which Bajan Quakers first settled in the early 1650’s or in Guyana which Britain took 150 years later to drive water mills and provide 24/7 grinding.
The Quakers needed a port in our neck of the woods where shipping could be revictualled.
They operated across the globe but more particularly to North America and developed international businesses which could subsidize Barbados, and other islands in the Eastern Caribbean, which would permit safe passage for their ships to North America.
Sugar cane made it possible to control weeds, hold moisture in the ground and was critical to producing provisions from the land.
The alternative would have been shipping provisions from North America to Barbados with a high loss of product due to limited shelf life.
What they did ship from North America to Barbados directly related to re-provisioning of their ships was salted cod with a long shelf life and of course lumber for ship repair.
These commodities fed the population, including the slaves and provided housing as well for all.
Ever wonder why Bajans love their salt fish?
It was a complicated undertaking which involved many facets, one of which was Sugar Cane production as a cover crop which required labour.
It is the Quakers who brought about the ending of the slave trade and the abolition of the slave trade itself.
“Sugar made us free” should really be “Sugar Cane made us free” and if you want to be more accurate and give credit where credit is really due, “Quakers made us free”.
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“William….the good news is…. head…..and writers got it .. for prosperity…”
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@ William SkinnerApril 15, 2022 12:30 AM
Our Supreme Leader chose Big Sinck because he demeans our local men. Everyone at the World Bank will now think that our islanders can’t count to three.
I therefore strongly support Chris Sinckler’s selection for this high post. This will once again confirm all the prejudices of the High Lords from the North and disprove BLM and WOKE that all men are equal.
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GPApril 15, 2022 8:24 AM
I SEE THE ADVANCEMENT OF THESE OFFSPRING OF SUGAR WORKERS AS A TRIUMPH OF SUGAR AND OUR POOR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM.—–JUST ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE…..EVEN IF IT DOES NOT FIT THE NARRATIVE.
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It isn’t only the immense human contribution sugar made to Barbados, its contribution is there to be seen in the physical infrastructure in the Deep Water Harbour (1961) and QEH.
The Tourist Industry has always depended on the infrastructure created by the Sugar Industry which blossomed and bloomed a century after slavery with the advent of steam in the mid 19th century, the internal combustion engine, technology and horror of horrors, fossil fuel!!
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The road to hell is paved with good intentions is a proverb or aphorism. An alternative form is “Hell is full of good meanings, but heaven is full of good …
Disregard the poster below playing devil’s advocate for fun..
“It isn’t only the immense human contribution sugar made to Barbados, its contribution is there to be seen in the physical infrastructure in the Deep Water Harbour (1961) and QEH.
The Tourist Industry has always depended on the infrastructure created by the Sugar Industry which blossomed and bloomed a century after slavery with the advent of steam in the mid 19th century, the internal combustion engine, technology and horror of horrors, fossil fuel!!”
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don’t have to think, we think one thing and type another, all the time…and the sky still hasn’t fallen…
John…and now ya will have to DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN…without FREE LABOR from Black people…
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African Online Publishing Copyright ⓒ 2022. All Rights ReservedApril 15, 2022 7:41 AM
The sugar industry was never anything but slavery and the only reason it barely surviving today is that ignorant , spineless black governments subsidized it.
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Let me see if I can soothe your troubled heart.
Every patient treated at the QEH,
every ship bringing goods and visitors that docks at the Deep Water Harbour and feeds our economy and us,
every plane landing at what was once known as Seawell, the name of a Sugar Cane Plantation
can only avail themselves of these services because of the sugar industry.
The Government of Barbados is not subsidizing the sugar industry, it is repaying the country’s loans to it.
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although those on BU can always volunteer…sheeple don’t mind..John can be the overseer…
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“The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.”― Omar Khayyám
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John…yall can see no way out of dependency and loans and handouts because yall have no vision…the people’s taxes have subsidized these cursed slave plantations for over half century…even the loans taken in the people’s names goes to keep them functioning for one reason or the next, the information is available, check it out, i do research for my book so won’t share it on here…..even the disgusting drax plantation is subsidized by taxes.
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Nor will I: ever write a word that fades in light, this I must be certain; else lay desolate at bight.
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@blogmaster
It appears the new format with the actual comments will reduce the number of commenters that a visitoe can see immediately.Can you imagine a new visitor just seeing two long comments….. one by AC and the other by Lorenzo or even worse … a single comment from me,??
Please reconsider.
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Then it puts an onus on commenters to post responsibly. Less is more.
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Where your mind goes your energy flows, clear the blockages and release the stagnant energy. Let it go.
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@David, re “Then it puts an onus on commenters to post responsibly. Less is more.” That’s one perspective but u may be shooting yourself in both knees here!
A visit perusal of comments previously allowed an opportunity to see if any of the ‘RESPONSIBLE’ commenters had in fact said something and that (for me anyhow) would be the click bait to a topic or the impetus to add a further comment myself.
Your current look is quite ‘fresh’ and visually appealing with font and layout changes but as noted with those full comments now quoted it gives space only for 4 or 5 posts…. and be assured that more of the IRRESPONSIBLE commenters will flood that view … thereby REDUCING the interest to ‘join the discussion’ because it looks as if only the BSers had anything to say.
Maybe u can show the opening 5 words only of the comment thus allowing more initial post views!
I expect that your focus is clicks after visit to the blog which ideally then leads to vigorous and responsible commentary but if ur new format REDUCES that then what’s have you benefited.
Just saying!
Lata.
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@Dee Word
The blogmaster is working with the new block design by WordPress. To go back to the legacy arrangement calls for buying plugins from WordPress and the cost benefit is not adding up.
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Planning to remove mine to another platform for that same reason….too limited in scope and wiggle room, not worth the high costs, already got more than my fair share………i imagine for a blog it’s even worse…
Heather…good news for me one of the grands has kicked off the WP upgrade as a learning experience, with the more experienced family members guiding along the way, could still take a while though, time constraints, anyhow you look at it, time is a problem…
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What am wondering is when some of the BU experts are going to help blogmaster move his blog in a direction that has more benefits….i need no such help…
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The new format sucks
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William…looka look…
“Ahead of his one-day visit to Barbados on Friday evening, Rwandan President Paul Kagame has called for solidarity among African and Caribbean countries saying they must work together to advance their common positions and interests globally.
Addressing a joint sitting of the Houses of Parliament in Jamaica on Thursday, the Rwandan President, who is ending his three-day state visit today, said Africa and the Caribbean must open direct lines of communication.”
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The news keeps getting better and better.
“He also wants direct people-to-people exchanges, particularly for the youth and entrepreneurs.”
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Who won the 24hrs poll?
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African Online Publishing Copyright ⓒ 2022. All Rights ReservedApril 15, 2022 1:17 PM
William…looka look…
“Ahead of his one-day visit to Barbados on Friday evening, Rwandan President Paul Kagame has called for solidarity among African and Caribbean countries saying they must work together to advance their common positions and interests globally.
Addressing a joint sitting of the Houses of Parliament in Jamaica on Thursday, the Rwandan President, who is ending his three-day state visit today, said Africa and the Caribbean must open direct lines of communication.”
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Rwanda has already secured open direct lines of communication with the Mother Country.
https://www.npr.org/2022/04/15/1093006759/uk-plan-to-fly-asylum-seekers-to-rwanda-draws-outrage
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@dpD👍
👍@blogmaster👍
I do not envy the blogmaster. They fuss with him, disagree with him (often not in a nice way) and then vote on whatever he does.Keep up the good work David👍. May the good Lord give you strength.
😀(Today, I am on that side (GP) of the fence)
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Rules for living…
There really is no need to pick one of the sides discussing the existence of God. What matters is how you treat your fellowman.Be kind, be loving and be helpful. Assist the weak, feed the poor and comfort those in distress. If we all adopted this approach then we would have heaven on earth.
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John…do you see HOW MUCH they are paid for the asylum seekers…..and they have full control of the people who are guests in their country….stop reading shit into it that’s not there…the taxpayers are pissed that so much is spent and they will have to usurp other countries as processing sites…
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Besides, it’s the men being sent and they don’t want to go…lol
trying to mixup AFRIKAN DESCENDANTS from the Caribbean who have all rights to enter any country in Afrika,
with Syrian and other refugees being airlifted to a processing center where they are monitored 24/7…is more than a little crazy..have you seen their living arrangements….
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@ WURA
Maybe the jokers would listen to him !
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@ David
I’ll be willing to make a financial contribution if required/requested.
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