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Fact Sheets
by Thompson, Darlene March 1, 2011

March 1, 2011

Hi all, Yes, this is another nagging reminder to those of you who haven’t taken the 5 minutes to fill in the fact sheets for the NARALO showcase (form at: https://spreadsheets.google.com/a/ttcsweb.org/viewform?hl=en_GB&formkey=dHY…) Here are the ALSs that have NOT responded yet, with their contact’s name: America@Large – Randy Glass Association for Community Networking – Michael Maranda Canadian Association for Open Source – Evan Leibovitch Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial E-mail – John Levine ISOC Quebec – Louis Houle Knujon – Garth Bruen People Who – Sylvia Caras Privaterra – Robert Guerra San Francisco Bay ISOC – Annalisa Roger The Alberta Community Network Association – Stephen Soucy Hawaii State Bar Association – Seth Reiss Web405 – Dennis Wilen Youth Helping Youth dba: Emerging Futures Network – Ted Ernst You know, it takes me at least a half hour a week to do these e-mails. Then when we get them all in its going to take hours and hours to compile them. I don’t mind doing this work but a little bit of cooperation would certainly be appreciated! D ᑕᓕᓐ ᑕᒻᓴᓐ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᖃᕆᓴᐅᔭᕐᕕᒋᔭᐅᔪᓐᓇᕐᑐᓄᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑎ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᖅᕕᖓᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᖓᑦ ᑎᑎᖅᑲᓂᐊᕐᕕᖓ 1000, ᐊᓪᓚᕝᕕᖓ 910 ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ dthompson(a)gov.nu.ca ᐅᖄᓚᐅᑎ: 867 975-5631 ᓱᑲᑦᑐᒃᑰᕈᑎ: 867 975-5610 Taliin Taamsan Nunalingni Qaritauyani Atuqtauningitnun Titiraqtia Nunavut Kavamangat Titiraqarvia 1000, Nayugaa 910 Iqaluit, Nunavut dthompson(a)gov.nu.ca Hivayautik : 867 975-5631 Kayumiktuk : 867 975-5610 Darlene Thompson Community Access Program Administrator Corporate Services Division Department of Education Government of Nunavut PO Box 1000, Station 910 Iqaluit, Nunavut, X0A 0H0 dthompson(a)gov.nu.ca Ph: 867 975-5631 Fax: 867 975-5610 Darlene Thompson Administratrice du programme d’accès communautaire Division des services ministériels Ministère de l’Éducation Gouvernement du Nunavut Case postale 1000, Succursale 910 Iqaluit Nunavut, X0A 0H0 dthompson(a)gov.nu.ca Tél. : 867 975-5631 Téléc. : 867 975-5610

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INVITATION / IPv6 Briefing Call - 4 March 1500 UTC
by ICANN At-Large Staff Feb. 25, 2011

Feb. 25, 2011

Dear All, The At-Large Community is invited to participate in a Community Briefing on IPv6 on Friday, 4 March 2011 at 1500 UTC. (0700 PST, 1000 EST, 1200 Buenos Aires, 1500 London, 1600 CET, 2000 Karachi, 2300 Hong Kong, 0200 Sydney (05.03)) There will be Spanish interpretation for this call. The call will be moderated by Olivier Crépin-Leblond and features a presentation by Leo Vegoda, Operational Excellence Officer IANA at ICANN. The agenda and participation instructions are available at: https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/Community+Call+on+IPv6+04.03.11 Please note the NEW Adobe Connect: http://icann.adobeconnect.com/ipv6march42011/ We have compiled a dial-out list based on past experience. See: https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/Community+Call+on+IPv6+04.03.11+ Dialouts Please contact staff(a)atlarge.icann.org if you are not currently on the list and require a dialout. Thank you. -- Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Seth Greene, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon, Kristina Nordström ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff[at]atlarge.icann.org website: www.atlarge.icann.org

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DOODLE / Community Call on IPv6
by ICANN At-Large Staff Feb. 23, 2011

Feb. 23, 2011

Dear All, Following the recent news on IPv6, the At-Large Staff has been asked to organize a community briefing call on the issue. Leo Vegoda, Operational Excellence Officer IANA at ICANN, will talk about the transition from IPv4 to IPv6 and touch on several issues, including: Historical/Technical Aspects * Brief history of IPv4/IPv6 * Difference between IPv6 and IPv4 * Current status of the transition * Operational aspects/Technical challenges Policy Aspects * ICANN’s Role in the transition from IPv4 to IPv6 * Current policy situation and future challenges * How are Internet users affected by the transition? * Practical steps for At-Large to help with the implementation of IPv6 The teleconference will be moderated by the ALAC Chair, Olivier Crépin-Leblond and take about 45 60 minutes. Following the presentation, the participants will have the opportunity to engage in a discussion on IPv6 with Leo and Olivier. Please complete the attached Doodle poll to find a suitable time on either March 2nd, 3rd or 4th: http://www.doodle.com/3x2f87cxfgum4awx Reminder: green = have time yellow = could make time if absolutely necessary red = do not have time If you require interpretation for this call, please note the language next to your name on the Doodle poll - example: "name" + (ES) or (FR).Interpretation will only be provided if there is sufficient demand. This Doodle poll will close on Thursday 24 February at 2359 UTC. The date and time will be confirmed shortly thereafter. Thank you. -- Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Seth Greene, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon, Kristina Nordström ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff[at]atlarge.icann.org website: www.atlarge.icann.org

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ISOC's Sally Wentworth to speak at Canada Internet Forum 2/25
by Joly MacFie Feb. 22, 2011

Feb. 22, 2011

Internet Society Senior Manager for Public Policy Sally Wentworth is among the invited participants in the Canada Internet Forum <http://cif.cira.ca/> (CIF), taking place in Ottawa on Feb 25 2011. Organized by the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) the forum is the culmination of a consultation process that has involved six face-to-face meetings and an an online discussion. The forum results will in turn be carried forward to the forthcoming Internet Governance Forum (IGF). The CIF will be webcast and allow remote participation via Adobe Connect. Topics include digital literacy, online privacy, IPv6 adoption, access to broadband, and social media. - Agenda <http://cif.cira.ca/2011/01/cif-national-event-agenda/> - Webcast <http://webcast.cira.ca/cif001e> http://www.isoc-ny.org/p2/?p=1791 -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org --------------------------------------------------------------- -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org ---------------------------------------------------------------

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June ICANN meeting flip flop?
by gbruen＠knujon.com Feb. 17, 2011

Feb. 17, 2011

First Taiwan, then Jordan, now I'm hearing Melbourne Australia

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Re: [NA-Discuss] Unrest continues to be met with Internet lockdown
by Beau Brendler Feb. 16, 2011

Feb. 16, 2011

Eric wrote: > I see no point in revisiting the recent limited statements of ICANN or > ALAC, or their offered rationals, but I do see a point in attempting > to know what access models actually exist, and having data sufficient > to support predictive modeling of disruptive local policy on the > regional and global internet. How can we put something like this together? This kind of information-gathering would be helpful to the user community and could also probably be used to get the attention of the press. -----Original Message----- >From: Garth Bruen at KnujOn <gbruen(a)knujon.com> >Sent: Feb 16, 2011 11:50 AM >To: Eric Brunner-Williams <ebw(a)abenaki.wabanaki.net> >Cc: na-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >Subject: Re: [NA-Discuss] Unrest continues to be met with Internet lockdown > >Not proposing a re-write, just staying abreast > >> -------- Original Message -------- >> Subject: Re: [NA-Discuss] Unrest continues to be met with Internet >> lockdown >> From: Eric Brunner-Williams <ebw(a)abenaki.wabanaki.net> >> Date: Wed, February 16, 2011 11:44 am >> To: na-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >> >> >> Garth, >> >> Again, I never hope to be more than a minority of one, and while I >> read MENA IT news on NANOG, MENOG, Aljazeera (commercially censored in >> most North American broadcast/cable media markets) and through S/N >> feeds from or about contacts in West Asia and North Africa, I find it >> useful to distinguish what technical means are being deployed to >> effect some explicit or implicit state policy goal. >> >> I* know that targeted communications degradation was attempted first, >> affecting S/N data flows, and when either that failed, due to the >> scale of the S/N participating nodes (thousands of SMS and IPv4 >> capable devices sourcing audio and video capture data) or the policy >> goal required degradation of more instances of communications than >> just S/N, prefix withdrawals were announced by all access and transit >> providers with the exception of the Noor Group, who's prefixes were >> withdrawn later. >> >> The mechanism pursued by the Syrian state until last week, and the >> mechanism utilized by the Iranian state, during the last election, and >> recently, S/N blocking and rate throttling, and the mechanisms >> utilized by the Algerian state, the Bahrain state, the Lybian state, >> are distinct. >> >> The utility of "keeping score by technical means" is that it allows an >> analysis of whether other technical mechanisms such as deep packet >> inspection and content analysis, routine in North America and present >> also in Europe, but requiring high capitalization of the intercept >> platform, are keeping pace with the repressive state's policy >> requirements and the liberation social movements and the political >> organizations means of maintaining internal and external communications. >> >> I see no point in revisiting the recent limited statements of ICANN or >> ALAC, or their offered rationals, but I do see a point in attempting >> to know what access models actually exist, and having data sufficient >> to support predictive modeling of disruptive local policy on the >> regional and global internet. >> >> Eric >> >> * Some subscribers have attributed other mechanisms, or a lack of data >> sufficient to make any attribution. >> ------ >> NA-Discuss mailing list >> NA-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >> https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/na-discuss >> >> Visit the NARALO online at http://www.naralo.org >> ------ > > >------ >NA-Discuss mailing list >NA-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/na-discuss > >Visit the NARALO online at http://www.naralo.org >------

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Fwd: craigslist Founder Craig Newmark to Keynote NCUC Internet Policy Conference on 11 March in San Francisco
by Joly MacFie Feb. 16, 2011

Feb. 16, 2011

FYI ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Robin Gross <robin(a)ipjustice.org> Date: Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 2:12 PM Subject: craigslist Founder Craig Newmark to Keynote NCUC Internet Policy Conference on 11 March in San Francisco *NCUC@ICANN: Internet Governance and the Global Public Interest* 11 March 2011 – Westin St. Francis Hotel -- San Francisco * * *Public Interest Groups to Discuss Controversial Plans to Add New Domains at San Francisco ICANN Meeting Pre-Event* * * *craigslist Founder Craig Newmark to Keynote Internet Policy Conference* (San Francisco) ICANN’s Non-Commercial Users Constituency (NCUC) is pleased to host a policy conference *“NCUC@ICANN: Internet Governance and the Global Public Interest”* <http://www.tinyurl.com/NCUC-SF> on Friday 11 March 2011 at the Westin St. Francis Hotel at Union Square in San Francisco. The all-day civil society policy conference will be held immediately before the 40th International ICANN Meeting takes place at the same historic hotel in San Francisco over the next week. NCUC’s conference is targeted at international Internet governance participants, as well as Bay Area law and policy experts, digital rights activists and other civil society organizations concerned with Internet governance policies. *“NCUC@ICANN: Internet Governance and the Global Public Interest”* will explore a number of Internet policy issues in which NCUC is engaged, including panel discussions on censorship, privacy, intellectual property rights and domain name take-downs. Panelists will examine the appropriate role for national governments vis-à-vis other stakeholders in Internet governance. The conference will also consider ICANN’s ability to address the concerns of developing countries and serve the global public interest. Internet entrepreneur Craig Newmark, founder of the popular website craigslist.org will deliver a keynote address at the conference during lunch. For many years, he has been a vocal advocate of free expression on the Internet, and a strong supporter of many nonprofits that work, online and offline, to serve and unite people worldwide. "ICANN's work in the area of Internet freedom is vital to the future of all enterprises online, and I'm pleased to be a part of this important program," said Newmark. ICANN Chairman of the Board of Directors Peter Dengate Thrush will deliver the closing remarks at the NCUC policy conference. Former ICANN Board Member Karl Auerbach will lead a discussion on the emerging issue of an independent compatible domain name system and the challenges and opportunities such services provide for Internet users. The conference is free and open to the public, but advance registration is required to attend. NCUC plans to webcast the policy conference and provide online remote participation for those who cannot attend in person on 11 March in San Francisco. The conference host, NCUC, represents more than 200 non-commercial organizations and individuals engaged in Internet policymaking within ICANN’s Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group (NCSG). NCUC’s membership includes educational institutions, human rights groups, religious institutions, development-oriented nonprofit organizations, consumer groups, individuals and other non-commercial participants. For more information on the NCUC conference, including a detailed discussion agenda, speaker list and online registration, visit the website<http://www.tinyurl.com/NCUC-SF> or email conference organizer Robin Gross Robin(a)IPJustice.org. NCUC@ICANN Conference Website: http://www.tinyurl.com/NCUC-SF NCUC Website: http://ncdnhc.org/ ICANN’s 40th International Meeting Website: http://svsf40.icann.org/ IP JUSTICE Robin Gross, Executive Director 1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 USA p: +1-415-553-6261 f: +1-415-462-6451 w: http://www.ipjustice.org e: robin(a)ipjustice.org -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org ---------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: [NA-Discuss] Unrest continues to be met with Internet lockdown
by Beau Brendler Feb. 16, 2011

Feb. 16, 2011

It's not me that needs convincing. Evan and Gareth (and you) would need to argue that case, and they have made their opinions on the matter known. And I am in agreement that if producing a statement that says not much more than "freedom good, lockdown bad" would do more harm than good, then we shouldn't. But if we could take to them something that resonates, such as an information source as Eric proposes, or, call me crazy, is there something we could do/create/publish, given our technical and political expertise, that might somehow help users find their way around an Internet block? Information always seems to find a way...is there an alternative conduit? Or some sort of technical/legal intersection that would give us a lever on which to craft a statement? In addition, it would be good to hear from as many ALSs as possible on this issue. -----Original Message----- >From: Marc Rotenberg <rotenberg(a)epic.org> >Sent: Feb 16, 2011 12:41 PM >To: Beau Brendler <beaubrendler(a)earthlink.net> >Cc: Garth Bruen at KnujOn <gbruen(a)knujon.com>, Eric Brunner-Williams <ebw(a)abenaki.wabanaki.net>, na-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >Subject: Re: [NA-Discuss] Unrest continues to be met with Internet lockdown > >Relevant article in todays NY Times: > > "Egypt Leaders Found ‘Off’ Switch for Internet," Feb. 15, 2011 > http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/16/technology/16internet.html?hp > >This issue is not going away. ALAC should >develop a position. > >Marc. > > > >On Feb 16, 2011, at 12:36 PM, Beau Brendler wrote: > >> Eric wrote: >> >>> I see no point in revisiting the recent limited statements of ICANN or >>> ALAC, or their offered rationals, but I do see a point in attempting >>> to know what access models actually exist, and having data sufficient >>> to support predictive modeling of disruptive local policy on the >>> regional and global internet. >> >> How can we put something like this together? This kind of information-gathering would be helpful to the user community and could also probably be used to get the attention of the press. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Garth Bruen at KnujOn <gbruen(a)knujon.com> >>> Sent: Feb 16, 2011 11:50 AM >>> To: Eric Brunner-Williams <ebw(a)abenaki.wabanaki.net> >>> Cc: na-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >>> Subject: Re: [NA-Discuss] Unrest continues to be met with Internet lockdown >>> >>> Not proposing a re-write, just staying abreast >>> >>>> -------- Original Message -------- >>>> Subject: Re: [NA-Discuss] Unrest continues to be met with Internet >>>> lockdown >>>> From: Eric Brunner-Williams <ebw(a)abenaki.wabanaki.net> >>>> Date: Wed, February 16, 2011 11:44 am >>>> To: na-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >>>> >>>> >>>> Garth, >>>> >>>> Again, I never hope to be more than a minority of one, and while I >>>> read MENA IT news on NANOG, MENOG, Aljazeera (commercially censored in >>>> most North American broadcast/cable media markets) and through S/N >>>> feeds from or about contacts in West Asia and North Africa, I find it >>>> useful to distinguish what technical means are being deployed to >>>> effect some explicit or implicit state policy goal. >>>> >>>> I* know that targeted communications degradation was attempted first, >>>> affecting S/N data flows, and when either that failed, due to the >>>> scale of the S/N participating nodes (thousands of SMS and IPv4 >>>> capable devices sourcing audio and video capture data) or the policy >>>> goal required degradation of more instances of communications than >>>> just S/N, prefix withdrawals were announced by all access and transit >>>> providers with the exception of the Noor Group, who's prefixes were >>>> withdrawn later. >>>> >>>> The mechanism pursued by the Syrian state until last week, and the >>>> mechanism utilized by the Iranian state, during the last election, and >>>> recently, S/N blocking and rate throttling, and the mechanisms >>>> utilized by the Algerian state, the Bahrain state, the Lybian state, >>>> are distinct. >>>> >>>> The utility of "keeping score by technical means" is that it allows an >>>> analysis of whether other technical mechanisms such as deep packet >>>> inspection and content analysis, routine in North America and present >>>> also in Europe, but requiring high capitalization of the intercept >>>> platform, are keeping pace with the repressive state's policy >>>> requirements and the liberation social movements and the political >>>> organizations means of maintaining internal and external communications. >>>> >>>> I see no point in revisiting the recent limited statements of ICANN or >>>> ALAC, or their offered rationals, but I do see a point in attempting >>>> to know what access models actually exist, and having data sufficient >>>> to support predictive modeling of disruptive local policy on the >>>> regional and global internet. >>>> >>>> Eric >>>> >>>> * Some subscribers have attributed other mechanisms, or a lack of data >>>> sufficient to make any attribution. >>>> ------ >>>> NA-Discuss mailing list >>>> NA-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >>>> https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/na-discuss >>>> >>>> Visit the NARALO online at http://www.naralo.org >>>> ------ >>> >>> >>> ------ >>> NA-Discuss mailing list >>> NA-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >>> https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/na-discuss >>> >>> Visit the NARALO online at http://www.naralo.org >>> ------ >> >> ------ >> NA-Discuss mailing list >> NA-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >> https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/na-discuss >> >> Visit the NARALO online at http://www.naralo.org >> ------ >

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Re: [NA-Discuss] Unrest continues to be met with Internet lockdown
by Garth Bruen at KnujOn Feb. 16, 2011

Feb. 16, 2011

Not proposing a re-write, just staying abreast > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [NA-Discuss] Unrest continues to be met with Internet > lockdown > From: Eric Brunner-Williams <ebw(a)abenaki.wabanaki.net> > Date: Wed, February 16, 2011 11:44 am > To: na-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > > > Garth, > > Again, I never hope to be more than a minority of one, and while I > read MENA IT news on NANOG, MENOG, Aljazeera (commercially censored in > most North American broadcast/cable media markets) and through S/N > feeds from or about contacts in West Asia and North Africa, I find it > useful to distinguish what technical means are being deployed to > effect some explicit or implicit state policy goal. > > I* know that targeted communications degradation was attempted first, > affecting S/N data flows, and when either that failed, due to the > scale of the S/N participating nodes (thousands of SMS and IPv4 > capable devices sourcing audio and video capture data) or the policy > goal required degradation of more instances of communications than > just S/N, prefix withdrawals were announced by all access and transit > providers with the exception of the Noor Group, who's prefixes were > withdrawn later. > > The mechanism pursued by the Syrian state until last week, and the > mechanism utilized by the Iranian state, during the last election, and > recently, S/N blocking and rate throttling, and the mechanisms > utilized by the Algerian state, the Bahrain state, the Lybian state, > are distinct. > > The utility of "keeping score by technical means" is that it allows an > analysis of whether other technical mechanisms such as deep packet > inspection and content analysis, routine in North America and present > also in Europe, but requiring high capitalization of the intercept > platform, are keeping pace with the repressive state's policy > requirements and the liberation social movements and the political > organizations means of maintaining internal and external communications. > > I see no point in revisiting the recent limited statements of ICANN or > ALAC, or their offered rationals, but I do see a point in attempting > to know what access models actually exist, and having data sufficient > to support predictive modeling of disruptive local policy on the > regional and global internet. > > Eric > > * Some subscribers have attributed other mechanisms, or a lack of data > sufficient to make any attribution. > ------ > NA-Discuss mailing list > NA-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/na-discuss > > Visit the NARALO online at http://www.naralo.org > ------

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Unrest continues to be met with Internet lockdown
by Garth Bruen at KnujOn Feb. 16, 2011

Feb. 16, 2011

Algeria: http://news.oneindia.in/2011/02/13/algeria-internet-block-facebook-democrac… Iran: http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2011/02/iran_tries_internet_censorship.html Bahrain: http://angryarab.net/2011/02/15/internet-disruption-in-bahrain Unblocked in Syria: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12434079; but teen blogger still jailed: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/02/201121514319413714.html ------------------------------------- Garth Bruen gbruen(a)knujon.com http://www.knujon.com http://www.linkedin.com/pub/4/149/724 Linkedin Group: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1870205 Blog: http://www.circleid.com/members/3296/ Twitter: @Knujon Shop: http://www.cafepress.com/knujon Bookstore: http://astore.amazon.com/knujocom-20

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