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THE South African NationalCivics Organisation (Sanco) heldits three-day elective conferencein Kimberley over the weekend.

The conference was attended byfour of the five districts. TheNamakwa Region was absent.

Members of Sanco admittedthat they had lost influence overthe years and were seen as thepoor cousin of the three otheralliance partners, the ANC, SACPand Cosatu, since their last

campaigns including Asithenge,the rent boycott and Asithenge eDoropeni in the 1990’s.

At the event it was highlightedthat Sanco in the province wasfaced with the mammoth task ofrebuilding its branding withinthe community and had to tryand eradicate the challenges thatit was facing.

The document from the provin-cial general titled Building theorganisation and alliance rela-tions stated that the challengesSanco was faced with were a

lack of administrative supportand infrastructure, includingfull-time administrative staff andan organiser.

It was also highlighted that alack of marketing and communi-cation, including the relation-ships in branches, regions andprovincial structures, madeSanco’s work difficult.

The newly elected leadershipsaid it believed it could improvethe situation.

The conference was addressedby the chairperson of Cosatu,

Zam Nkosi of the national officeof Sanco, and Normal Shushu,provincial secretary of theSACP.

The former mayor of the SolPlaatje Municipality emerged asthe provincial chairperson andwas also elected to the NECalongside Winnie Ngobese andRobert Tsikwe.

Fourteen other members wereelected to the PEC while regionalchairpersons and their secretariesbecome automatic members of thePEC.

FROM the left are, front: PECmembers Vincent Diraditsile (who retains his position as provincial secretary), Helena English (deputy chairperson), Solly Legodi (provincial chairperson),Sicelo Williams (deputy chairperson), Thami Eiland (treasurer) and Brummer Maribe (provincial organiser); back: NEC members Winnie Ngobese and Robert Tsikwe.

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‘Members of Sancoadmitted that theyhad lost inf luenceover the years andwere seen as the poorcousin of the threeother alliance part­ners, the ANC, SACPand Cosatu.’

Sanco members ready to rebuild brandingConference a success

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PHOEBOE DE LA RAY has to pause acouple of times to prevent herself fromcrying during her interview with ExpressNorthern Cape.

Describing how difficult it is for her tosee how people die on a daily basis of theEbola virus, she struggles to find the rightwords.

“It is going better than I thought,” is herresponse as to how the Northern Cape orKimberley is responding to their fundrais-ing for Ebola. The team has put up a smallstall in an awareness campaign about theorganisation’s medical work throughoutthe world including its response to theEbola crisis in West Africa.

She explains how she and two of herteam members of Doctors Without Borders(MSF) are touring the Free State andNorthern Cape to raise funds for emergen-cy relief towards containing the Ebolaoutbreak in West Africa.

Kimberley is one of the smaller townsthroughout the country that the organisa-tion engaged with with their Face-to-Facetravel teams aimed at raising funds tosupport the Ebola response.

De la Ray was actually impressed at sucha positive response from locals in theseven days that they spent in Kimberley.

She is pleased that although the majorityof people that they spoke to did not knowabout them (MSF), they got an idea ofwhat they were talking about.

“They know that it (Ebola) should notreach our shores for sure.

“Money is the only thing that can stopthe spread, that is why we raise funds. Weare bombarded by this virus and we areaware that we are not safe from theoutbreak,” she emphasises.

On their desk is a register called a fieldpartner donation form on which thecommunity members are encouraged to

sign and pledge what they can afford.“Given the fact that this is a smaller

mall with only one anchor shop, it is alsoheart-breaking to realise how everyone iswilling to donate, but cannot due to beingunemployed.”

Touching on the question as to whetherthey have any idea of how far the countryis from the outbreak, she says that one cannever be sure enough.

She continues to mention that thiscampaign for funds is just an added effortthat they as a team make to save SouthAfrica.

She is positive that more funds can putSouth Africa on the map of having good

programmes, just like the TB and HIV andAids programmes.

According to De la Ray, the MSF hascome to the realisation that people wokeup too late about the Ebola outbreak.

“Still not enough is being done. It issuch a spreadable and contagious disease,with not enough facilities. It broke out inGuinea in March already and due to a lackof facilities some patients were sent home,where they continued to spread the diseasein their communities and died,” she said.

“You know, it is so difficult to watch thevideos of the people dying of Ebola atwork. It is only that we have to face thereality,” she adds, fighting her tears.

She pleads with businesses, governmentand individuals to come on board to pledgeand make a difference in stopping theoutbreak.

According to Centre for Disease Controland Prevention (CDC) reports on theinternet, South Africa has only had 2 casesof the Zaire Ebola virus in Johannesburg.That was during the 1996 outbreak, whereone of the two had died. The cases werereported to have been imported.News24 reported on Friday that the UN

trust fund that was aimed at raising anestimated $1 billion to fight the epidemicthat had killed around 4 500 people, hadbarely $100 000 left in it.

The report further stated that donors hadgiven cash and non-cash contributionsworth about $376 million to specific UNprogrammes.

Money can curb Ebola outbreak

THE MSF team, Phoeboe de la Ray, Prins Moalafi and team leader, Bongo Maqungo, during their recent campaign against Ebola atthe Kimpark Shopping Centre in Kimberley. Photo: Boipelo Mere

BRANDON KOCK(28) and Koos Basson(40) were found guiltyon a charge of posses-sion of suspected sto-len goods by the Post-masburg Magis-trate’s Court on 10October.

The two were sen-tenced to 12 months’imprisonment forthe crime after beingarrested for posses-sion of suspected sto-len copper in April.

During the arrestson the Jenn-Havengravel road the policestopped and searchedthe suspicious-look-ing motor vehicle theaccused were travel-ling in.

The 160 kg of cop-per that was foundstashed inside the carwas confiscated, to-gether with the motorvehicle.

Cablethiefs getyear’ssentence

Symptoms of Ebola include:

) Fever (greater than 38,6°C or101,5°F);) Severe headache;) Muscle pain;) Weakness;) Diarrhoea;) Vomiting;) Abdominal (stomach) pain;) Unexplained hemorrhage (bleed-ing or bruising).Symptoms may appear anywherefrom 2 to 21 days after exposureto Ebola, but the average is 8 to10 days.Recovery from Ebola depends ongood supportive clinical care andthe patient’s immune response.People who recover from Ebolainfection develop antibodies thatlast for at least ten years.)

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THE Naana family in Camden wereamongst the ten fortunate families in theJTG District to be adopted by the JohnTaolo Gaetsewe Developmental Trust(JTGDT) for a period of ten months.In support of the nationwide campaign

of 67 blankets that started in July, stirredby the spirit of former President NelsonMandela, the JTGDT accumulated morethan 70 blankets which were donated bythe staff of the trust and board of trus-tees.During the week of 6 to 10 October, the

trust went on a visit to the identified tenimpoverished families in the John TaoloGaetsewe District to donate blankets,groceries and in some cases commit tobuild houses for them.The Naana family is headed by an

elderly man named Robert, who has toassist in supporting 13 of his dependantswith his old-age grant. The dependants arefour children and nine grandchildren whoare taken care of by their 21-year-old aunt.Five of Robert Naana’s grandchildren

receive child grants and the other grand-children not. There are six orphans in thehouse and everyone is cramped in atwo-room shack with no beds. There isalso a five-year-old disabled girl in thefamily who has to sleep on the floor likeeveryone else.Naana revealed that he would sometimes

go to bed hungry because he has to sharethe little pension money that he receivedwith the rest of the family.According to the family, the aunt is still

in the process of registering the childrenfor grants.“I’m very grateful to the trust and hope

they continue doing the good job that theyare known for,” he said happily.The other families that were identified

and adopted are from Pepsi, Magojaneng,

Maruping, Loopeng, Sedibeng, Nex,Bothitong, Olifantshoek and Camden.According to the trust, five of the

adopted families will receive houses.Tumelo Mpolokeng, CEO of the JTGDT,

made a pledge to the adopted ten familiesfor a year until next year July where they

will be providing some of them withgroceries every month.“To us as the trust it is a human

element that is aligned with one of ourPublic Benefit Activities being humanita-rian and welfare. We remain resolute toserving our communities,” he said.

“Of course the heart of Mandela Day andthat of the former president is not aboutnumbers and statistics. Let us demonstratethat the legacy of Nelson Mandela is aliving one. Let us make Nelson Mandelaproud every day that fundamental system-ic issues are addressed.”

Trust helps ten needy families

THE John Taolo Gaetsewe Developmental Trust staff with one of the identified families, the Tshounyane family from Pepsi in the JoeMorolong Local Municipality. Photo: Supplied

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WORKING tirelessly towardszero cataract blindness in theNorthern Cape, Black MountainMining held its first cataractscreenings and operations inKimberley and Barkly-Westthroughout this week to markWorld Sight Day in October.Screenings and surgeries

were conducted in both townsover the entire week of 9October.The general manager of Black

Mountain Mining, AndréTrytsman, continued to encour-age everyone to get their eyestested and to remember that80% of blindness is preventableor correctable.In partnership with the

Northern Cape Department ofHealth, the South AfricanNational Council for the Blindand African Vision, the miningcompany is tackling blindnessin the Northern Cape andsupporting the World HealthOrganisation’s (WHO) andnational government’s Vision2020 strategy through thiscataract operations drive.The cataract operations drive

will also bolster government’sEye Care Awareness Month(ECAM) campaign aimed atraising awareness about theimportance of eye health,specifically around the preven-tion and treatment of avoidable

blindness.Observed on 9 October, World

Sight Day is an important daywithin the ECAM calendar. It isalso reported to be a crucialevent in the World HealthOrganisation’s Vision 2020programme which seeks toeradicate preventable blindnessby 2020.According to the company the

pilot project was introduced in2012, which saw the drivereportedly exceeding over 500cataract surgeries in theNorthern Cape to date.It states that previous

eye-care clinics were held inUpington, Calvinia, AlexanderBay and Aggeneys.“Cataracts are the major

cause of blindness in theseareas, alongside glaucoma.“While glaucoma is irreversi-

ble and can only be controlled,cataracts can be removedthrough a simple operation.Each cataract surgery, which isperformed in under 30 minutes,aims to return the gift of sightto each patient.“As a responsible corporate

citizen we recognise the rolethat we can play in workingwith our partners in govern-ment in the fulfilment of itsmandate. The cataract opera-tions drive helps us to contrib-ute to the sustainability of thecommunities we operate in,”Trytsman concluded.

Working towards zero blindness

A DOCTOR performing a cataract operation on one of the patients on 9 October. Photo: Supplied

} Dimakatso Lechwenyo

ALLOW me to take a moment and reflecton the roller coasters of lifeWhen I am high, trying to claim the

winds of wisdomWith my feet on the ground, my head in

the skyMy thought intact between reality and

what is rightMy fingers gripping to my truth . . . with

my heart beating and beating in my throatAllow me to colour the sky in mannaAnd may Jehovah awaken the rain-queen

in me so that I bring rainSo that every child who sleeps on an

empty stomach is fedSo that I can finally make peace that I

missed the blown bellyThat was conceived through love and

ChristBy the spirit that lives in my heartFor a moment there . . . for a moment

there I can relate to MaryYet my Joseph chased away Mary

because she was pregnant with anotherman’s childMaybe he missed the dream where the

angel visits Joseph . . .Maybe the unconditional love suddenly

came with conditionsIt is funny that nowadays it’s the believ-

ers that keep breaking the rulesIt’s the preference shares that no longer

yield tangible dividendsIts Zodwa and I that are left to feel crazy

because we chose to love wholeheartedlyThe trial balance is per imbalanceNicolas and the likes keeps wondering

how does Jehovah ask of Abraham tosacrificeHis own son?We no longer know what it means to be

faithfulWearing a condom makes it ok for a

married man to sleep around.Families are scattered and hearts are

meltedBecause the men, the fathers who ought

to be the disciples fell asleepWhen Jesus went up to the mountain to

prayHusbands are lying to wives and wives

are lying to husbandsVows have lost their meaning and trust is

compromisedLeaving the children at the door to mend

the broken piecesAccounting makes provision for previous

year’s mistakesYet life is too complex to accommodate

journals where values are compromised.My eyes have been opened and I would

not be doing myself poetic justiceIf I never shared every women’s story as

if it were my ownLife has a way of happening . . .Yet we each hold the title deed to who we

are and what we want to beIt is time we stopped the war inside and

pardon our own mistakesTo find our ears in the sky and listen to

the voice that sings madness to humanbonesTo catch the winds that laugh with the

soul when the heart is burdenedWoman . . . Sister-friend keep moving

forward until you find your warmthI found mine in poetryThe metaphors from my mouth have

given me life as a paintingAnd decisions as a paintbrushAs I crisscross the rock art of my humble

beginning and at times so rocky endingsI gave to him the battle on a silver

platterTo focus all energies on winning the warI found my fire living in the shadow of

modernisationBreathing lessons and customs that were

lost and through generationsI hold onto the reminder that the summer

sun kisses your lips like a loverLoving you enough to bare your troubles

for another dayWhispering in your ears that the winters

of here and now are not a diseaseThat cannot be curedSo breathe,BreatheBreathe and live againMany would love to see you fallYet wear those heels and prove to the

world that if your yesterdays were shoesThey were made for walking . . .

Find your fire . . .

Dimakatso Lechwenyo

} Boipelo Mere

THE Northern Cape Economic Develop-ment Agency (NCEDA) and the Interna-tional Convention Solutions (ICS) beingat loggerheads has been highlighted as aconcern by the DA in the NorthernCape.The DA aims to raise pertinent

questions and probe the matterthoroughly during the NCEDA’sannual report tabling.Eyebrows were raised a

week ago when theNCEDA published apublic notice in themedia that all bookingsat the MittahSeperepere ConventionCentre (MSCC) shouldbe placed through them.The notice further

stated that the ICS nolonger had a legal right tooperate at the premises.The latter published an advert

in response, stating that it has the legaland exclusive right to operate the centreand premises. It further warned thatany bookings not done through the ICSwould result in no event and could notbe honoured.“This means that bookings can only

be done through the ICS,” stated thenotice.According to the DA, the management

of the MSCC has long been a cause formajor concern for them.“Apart from the abrupt manner in

which the NCEDA terminated thecontract of the service provider, manyquestions remain about the manner inwhich the centre is being managed. It

seems that the correct tender processeswere not followed in the decision toappoint the service provider,” stated theDA in a statement.The opposition party continued by

accusing the Department of EconomicDevelopment of not having any contin-gency plan in place and that thefinancial transactions relating to theMSCC is shrouded in secrecy. It also

revealed that the contract of thecurrent service provider hasbeen extended continuallyon a monthly basis.

“Does the departmentnow have the necessarycapacity to operate thecentre? If the capacityexists within thedepartment, why wasthe decision taken tooutsource the responsi-

bility through a publicentity to a service provider

in the first place? Who isbenefiting from these decisions?

“In the 2012-’13, as well as the 2013-’14annual report of the NCEDA, theAuditor General (AG) indicates thattransactions relating to the MSCCcannot be substantiated. The onlytransactions backed by sufficient auditevidence are the payments made to theservice provider in terms of the contrac-tual agreements.“So we don’t know if the MSCC is

generating a profit and, if there is aprofit to speak of, who receives it.“Is it a case of the provincial govern-

ment footing the bill for everythingfrom construction and maintenance torates and taxes, with the profits beingpalmed in by private service providers?”

FOR card skimming or cloning a cardskimming device is used to fraudulentlycopy bank customer details stored on themagnetic strip of a debit or credit card.Whenever a person presents their card

for payment they run the risk of beingskimmed.However, the majority of skimming

incidents in South Africa are recordedaround ATMs and, to a lesser extent, atretail merchants when bank cards arepresented for payment. The customer andcard information is often used to manufac-ture counterfeit cards used to makefraudulent transactions.Shopping safety tips:

) Ensure your card never leaves yoursight. Most restaurants and shops haveportable card-swipe machines so thereshould be no reason for your card to leaveyour sight. If the person needs to use adifferent machine always accompany thatperson.) Ensure your card is not swopped foranother card after paying.) Use cash instead of your card if you haveany suspicions.) Monitor you bank statements for anyunusual transactions.) If married, reconcile your accounttransactions with your spouse on a regularbasis.

Take care, protect your card

DA concerned about MSCC

‘So wedon’t know

if theMSCC isgenerating a profitand, if there is aprofit to speak of,who receives

it.’

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THE MEC for Roads and Public Works,David Rooi, promised that the Greenpointcommunity would no longer be botheredby over-flooding and burst pipes duringthe rainy seasons.That is after the construction of the

2,5 km long storm water drainage canalwhich is in progress under the ExpandedPublic Works Programme (EPWP).The canal, which saw exactly 55 youths

employed, will now mitigate the effects ofoccasional flooding that brought hardshipto the community during the rainyseasons.According to the department, the

programme was funded by the provincialgovernment and implemented by the SolPlaatje Local Municipality.It was reportedly completely free from

external consultants and other serviceproviders.It instead relied on government officials

to monitor and oversee the programme ata huge saving to the government as fundswere retained in the programme to beploughed back into the project to createmore jobs.

“To date the turn-over at the site hasbeen more than 200 work opportunitiescreated, indicating the popularity andusefulness of the programme,” explainedRooi.Rooi was explaining the success of the

project to the minister of Public Worksand the deputy minister, Jeremy Cronin,during the recent MinMec tour in Kimber-ley.The deputy minister emphasised that it

was through projects like these thatgovernment made communities aware thatit cared. He said that engagement with thecommunity was crucial to everyone.“This 1,1 km that is already completed

shows the love that the bridge was builtwith. All because it is on Sol Plaatjemunicipal land,” added Cronin.Motivating the workers on site, the

minister of Public Works, Thulas Nxesi,reminded them that they would be talkedabout in years to come.“You must take this project seriously,

because they will be talking about thework that you have done. This will alsogive you the necessary experience for thefuture,” said the minister to the workersbefore departing to another site visit.

Canal will put anend to flooding

THE minister of Public Works, Thulas Nxesi, speaks to the EPWP workers of the stormwater drainage canal in Greenpoint during the recent MinMec visit to the Northern Cape.

Photo: Boipelo Mere

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THE founders of the Ba’One IntellectualDisability Centre in Kuruman had thevision to create a safe haven for youthswith special needs.This vision and dream of Lena Fredman,

Cynthia Ntwaeagae and Eunice Mabutiwanewas realised when they opened the centrein 2010.The planning for this centre commenced

in 1999. When it opened, they had 12 youngpeople in attendance. Today they take careof 76 youths and they have a waiting list.“We were concerned about these young-

sters who finished their schooling in aspecial needs school, but thereafter theyhad nowhere to go. They couldn’t study.They were a nuisance to society. Some ofthem were mistreated and some evenraped,” said Fredman, school manager.At the centre, the youths are trained in

different skills such as woodwork, beading,leather work, patchwork, papier-maché,knitting, painting, welding and weaving.“We serve the whole John Taolo Gaetse-

we District (JTG). We applied to the JTGTrust for funds. The JTG Trust introducedus to the Maphalane Disabled Children’sTrust in Kimberley.“We are so excited as they are going to

build eight new workshops for us. Theywill also build a hostel so that we can

accommodate up to 60 youths. There willalso be a kitchen, dining room and admini-stration block,” said Fredman.Fredman’s vision for the future is to

train the youths and through the SmallEnterprise Development Agency (Seda)these youths can be accredited for theirskills.“If they are well trained, then they can

open their own small businesses.”“Youths, who are successful in their

ventures, can also train other youths withspecial needs and therefore enable them tosell their projects.”Fredman is also responsible for assessing

youths with intellectual disabilities.“Cynthia and I are both trained to work

with intellectually challenged youths.”The staff of the Ba’One Intellectual

Disability Centre are all volunteers. Theyhave used their own pensions to start thiscentre and do their work.“We sanction ourselves for the youth. We

do this because we are passionate aboutthese youngsters and we want to give thema better future.”Currently there are nine staff members

and anyone is welcome to volunteer andassist the staff members with the challengesthey face.) For more information, contact Fredmanon 082-345-9565 or Mabutiwane on 073-124-3956.

Centre gives hope to the disabled

USING newspapers and papiermaché tech-niques, this beautiful ornamentwas createdby the youths of the Ba’One Intellectual Di-sability Centre, which is situated near Kuru-man. Photos: Ilse Watson

BEAUTIFUL leather handbags made by thespecial needs youth from the Ba’One Intel-lectual Disability Centre.

A BEAUTIFUL wall decoration was created from wire.

GORGEOUS patchwork blankets for your home.

TEACHERS, volunteer workers and youths from Kuruman attended the Small EnterpriseDevelopment Agency’s (Seda) information morning that was held at the Eldorado Hotelin Kuruman last Thursday.

YOUTH from the Ba’One Intellectual Disabi-lity Centre also created this colourful woo-den chair as part of their creative projects.

THE owners ofThe Dirt Friendare from the leftItekoleng Gaet-sosiwe, BernitaAdams, MagnetaAdams, IkelengMotlopi and LizleWitbooy. Theyare happy thattheir laundrybusiness is goingfrom strength tostrength. Kolo-mela assistedthem in startingthe business bysupplying themwith machineryand materialsand providingthem with thetraining to beable to renderproper services.Photo: Supplied

THE Kimberley police areinvestigating a case ofrobbery that allegedlyoccurred in HadisonPark, Kimberley, lastThursday.The police reported that

at approximately 18:30a 55-year-old femaledriver of a Mercedes-Benzwas robbed near AvivaRoad by three mendriving a silver VW PoloClassic.The three men reported-

ly forced the woman offthe road and coerced herto stop before they alljumped out of the VWPolo.The men allegedly then

pulled the woman out ofher vehicle and shovedher around.Passing motorists

witnessed the incident,

stopped to assist andapprehended one of thesuspects.According to the

police, the two othermen fled the scene afterthey had robbed thewoman of a very valua-ble diamond ring whichthey forced from herfinger.The suspect was handed

to members of the FlyingSquad on their arrivaland the victim wastransported to hos-pital for medical treat-ment.The SAPS asks

anyone with informa-tion regarding theincident to call Det. WOMarcus Mafaro on079-504-7011 or send ananonymous SMS to32211.

Robbery underinvestigation

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IT is all systems go for this coming Satur-day’s recruitment drive for soccer lovers.Local supporters’ clubs are ready to

register and revive the love of socceramongst Northern Capers where they willengage in a motorcate through the streets ofGaleshewe. The recruitment drive will startat the Pick n Pay in Galeshewe from 11:00

until 13:00.The motorcade will then move to Galeshe-

we Colour Blocking where more recruitmentwill be done. The recruitment drive is aimedat constituting different supporters’ clubsinto teams for an upcoming tournament.According to the public relations officer of

the supporters’ club, Phongo Babeile, thesteering committee, which representssupporters from the four PSL teams Chiefs,

Pirates, Sundowns and Celtics are busyorganising a soccer tournament on 8 Novem-ber for players from different supporters’clubs. The tournament will be held at the ARAbass Stadium in Kimberley where localclubs will be awarded trophies and medals.The tournament is aimed at promoting

sport as a way of promoting health andcurbing drug and alcohol abuse. For moreinformation, phone Babeile on 071-884-4994.

Tournament aimed at promoting soccer

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COACHING CLINICS for badminton arealready in progress at the Mayibuye CulturalCentre in Galeshewe.Children from all over Kimberley are

being ferried to the centre in an effort topromote badminton. On the first day of theexhibition, at least 55 children from MoleheMampe and the Thusong Children’s Homeparticipated in the coaching clinics.The children were coached by some of

their peers, who are also South AfricanGames champions, Mark van der Nest andRobert Summers.The two young boys were also assisted by

the Northern Cape Development Transforma-tions officer at the Department of Sport, Arts

and Culture, Nobethu Methuli, and U-C Cupchampion in the Northern Cape, ThapeloNdlovu. According to Methuli, the clinicswas an effort by the department to introduceother kinds of sporting codes to the youngchildren in Galeshewe.

Children try their hand at badmintonTHE children who attended the first coaching clinics at the Mayibuye Cultural Centre.

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