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Date Sent: 2008-07-18
Freedom's Phoenix Headline News for Friday, July 18, 2008 |
4 Cleared in Madrid Train Bombing -- US plans to station diplomats in Iran
Marvel Comics to Produce United Nations Comic Book -- NATO Hires a Coke Executive to Retool Its Brand -- Pakistani Bear Market Sparks Riots -- Ron Paul supporters mourn death of gay campaign chair -- Cop Threatens Starbucks For Coffee -- George W. Bush Sewage Plant makes ballot -- Home Construction Hits 17-Year Low -- US prepares to boost its forces in Afghanistan -- Ashcroft testifies on 'torture' memos -- Merrill Lynch Posts $4.7 Billion Loss As Write-Downs Climb -- Jonathan Turley: Evidence suggests Bush committed crimes -- Disgruntled Bank Employee Rats Out Accounts to IRS -- Chicago needs National Guard help to fight crime -- Heller, yes that Heller, is running as a Libertarian -- Surprise! Nevada GOP Won't Reconvene Convention -- Ron Paul: "Some Big Events Are About To Occur" -- Obama wants to create 'Civilian Police State Force' -- Restore the Constitution; Indict "Judge" Anderle - by Melinda Pillsbury-Foster -- Asshole judge objects to being so labeled -- How Mars and Alaska Are Alike -- Justices Rule for Individual Gun Rights? - by Mike Renzulli -- 60 Notable Quotes on the Iraq War -- MISH: SEC Restricts Shorting 19 Financial Stocks
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News Link • Police State
The Fourth Circuit’s Ominous Decision
by Jacob G. Hornberger
7-17-2008
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Future of Freedom Foundation
The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals just affirmed the Bush administration’s "enemy combatant" doctrine that allows a President and his military forces to designate anyone anywhere in the world as an "enemy combatant"--even Americans.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Strongest Material Ever Tested
7-17-2008
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Technology Review
The one-atom-thick sheets of carbon conduct electrons better than silicon and have been made into fast, low-power transistors. Now researchers have measured the intrinsic strength of graphene, and confirmed it to be the strongest material ever tested
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Homeland Security
Homeland Terrorist Preparedness Bill
07-17-2008
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The Onion - YouTube
"New Bill of Rights shall be drafted and approved by (CLASSIFIED)" - Read in the House of Representatives by Rep. John Haller (R) Pennsylvania 14th District.
My wife had to point out it was an Onion Spoof - Sounds toooo true to me
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Reported by:
Ernest Hancock
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News Link • China
In Changing Face of Beijing, a Look at the New China
07-17-2008
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New York Times
Each building, in its own way, embodies an intense struggle over the meaning of public space in the new China. And although at times terrifying in their aggressive scale, they also reflect the country’s effort to give shape to an emerging national id
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • United Nations
Marvel Comics to Produce United Nations Comic Book (starting to see a trend?)
07-17-2008
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www.associatedcontent.com
"Look...up In the Sky....it's United Nations Man...!" - "Comic Books are one of the best mediums available for educating children and adults of all ages in addition to teaching reading skills. The merger of pictures and word
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • NATO
NATO Hires a Coke Executive to Retool Its Brand
07-17-2008
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New York Times
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is determined to revamp its image, establishing a media operations center for Afghanistan and hiring an executive from Coca-Cola to manage the way the alliance is seen around the world. (Selling War like Soda?)
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Reported by:
Ernest Hancock
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
4 Cleared in Madrid Train Bombing (how much will the MSM cover this?)
07-17-2008
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New York Times
A Spanish court overturned the convictions of four men and upheld the acquittal of a fifth on Thursday in the convoluted legal proceedings relating to the 2004 Madrid commuter train bombings that killed 191 people in the deadliest attacks by Islamic
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Reported by:
Ernest Hancock
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News Link • World News
Pakistani Bear Market Sparks Riots
07/17/2008
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The New York Times
Angry investors stormed out of the Karachi Stock Exchange on Thursday, hurling stones and planters at the building in protest over slumping share prices.
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Mike Renzulli
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News Link • Eugenics
Ron Paul supporters mourn death of gay campaign chair
07-17-2008
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By LOU CHIBBARO JR, Washington Blade
“As far as his being out, I don’t think that he was ever in or anything like that,” said Jesse Benton, comm. director for the Paul presidential campaign. “But his romantic life was just not something that was discussed. He was the boss and that was t
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Corruption
Officer Accused Of Threatening Starbucks Managers For Free Coffee
07-17-2008
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TV 6 DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.
However, when recently denied free coffee from new management, Garvin allegedly told managers that he could change the police department's response time if they refuse to give him complimentary drinks.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Bush Administration
Proposed George W. Bush Sewage Plant makes ballot
07-17-2008
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news.yahoo.com
The measure certified Thursday would rename the Oceanside Water Pollution Control Plant the George W. Bush Sewage Plant.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
Watchmen (1st trailer)
7-17-2008
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Apple (requires Quicktime for Mac or Windows)
Watchmen is set in an alternate 1985 America in which costumed superheroes are part of the fabric of everyday society, and the “Doomsday Clock” - which charts the USA’s tension with the Soviet Union - is permanently set at five minutes to midnight.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Foreign Policy
US plans to station diplomats in Iran for first time since 1979
07-17-2008
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www.guardian.co.uk
The Guardian has learned that an announcement will be made in the next month to establish a US interests section - a halfway house to setting up a full embassy. The move will see US diplomats stationed in the country. (Do you feel better???)
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Reported by:
Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
U.S. Economy: Home Construction Hits 17-Year Low (Update2)
07-17-2008
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Bloomberg.com
July 17 (Bloomberg) -- Builders started work in June on the fewest single-family U.S. homes since 1991 and manufacturing in the Philadelphia region contracted for an eighth straight month, signaling the economic slowdown is worsening.
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Reported by:
Ernest Hancock
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News Link • WAR: About that War
U.S. prepares to boost its forces in Afghanistan
07-17-2008
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LA Times
Senior U.S. military officials are developing plans to speed the deployment of thousands of additional troops to Afghanistan, including possibly pulling the next brigade scheduled to go to Iraq this fall and sending it to Afghanistan instead.
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Reported by:
Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Media: Television
HBO grabs most Emmy nominations; cable in spotlight
07-17-2008
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Rueters
HBO got the most Emmy recognition of any U.S. network on Thursday as "John Adams" and "Recount" helped the cable channel grab 85 award nominations and burnish its reputation for quality programs.
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Reported by:
Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
UPDATE: Merrill Lynch Posts $4.7 Billion Loss As Write-Downs Climb
07-17-2008
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money.cnn.com
The investment bank wrote off another $9.75 billion in value of complex securities, bad hedges with shaky bond insurers, mortgage-related assets and high risk loans. That brought Merrill's total write-downs in the year-old credit crisis to about
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Reported by:
Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Torture
Ashcroft testifies on 'torture' memos
07-17-2008
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LA Times
That was the way former U.S. Atty. Gen. John Ashcroft today described his decision to back off controversial Justice Department legal opinions produced by then-Deputy Assistant Atty. Gen. John Yoo.
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Reported by:
Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Eugenics
Barack Obama Raised $52 Million in June
07-17-2008
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New York Times
Together, the Obama campaign and the party have about $92.3 million in the bank, which is slightly less than Republicans, who began July with about $95 million.
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Reported by:
Ernest Hancock
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
Disgruntled Employee at Tax Haven Bank in Secretive Lichtenstein Rats Out Accounts to IRS (video)
7-17-2008
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ABC News
Now in hiding, the former employee hacked into LBT's computers, downloaded account summaries and names, and turned them over to the IRS. Under existing rules, he stands to get a cut of all evaded taxes the IRS collects on.
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Reported by:
Chip Saunders
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News Link • Bush Administration
Jonathan Turley: Evidence suggests Bush committed crimes
7-17-08
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Rawstory.com
The problem, Turley says, is that Pelosi has already rendered a "not guilty" verdict on the impeachment question, and the hearing organizers are making sure they won't be exposing any additional criminal activity.
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News Link • Police State
Obama's 'civilian national security force'
07-17-08
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World Net Daily
In talking about his plans to double the size of the Peace Corps and nearly quadruple the size of AmeriCorps and the size of the nation's military services, he made this rather shocking (and chilling) pledge: "We cannot continue to rely on o
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Jennifer Burk
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News Link • Police State
Governor: Chicago might need National Guard help
07-17-08
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ABC 7 Chicago
Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has offered his assistance in fighting what he calls an epidemic of crime in Chicago. The governor would send in Illinois state troopers and National Guard equipment to stop the violence. He was meeting Wednesday
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Jennifer Burk
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Nevada GOP Won't Reconvene Convention
6-17-2008
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Las Vegas Sun
Executive Director Zachary Moyle says the party didn't get a necessary quorum of delegates to agree to participate in a July 26 convention in Reno. He says the state executive board will now appoint delegates to the national convention.
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Reported by:
Brock Lorber
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News Link • Gun Rights
Heller, yes that Heller, is running as a Libertarian
7-17-2008
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Washington Post
Heller may not have brought his gun with him to register, but he was armed with a load of candidate petitions. Heller is collecting signatures to run for the House seat currently held by Eleanor Holmes Norton as a libertarian candidate.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
San Francisco Bay Area: Home Prices Plunge, Foreclosures Rise
7-17-08
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CalculatedRisk.blogspot.com
Last month foreclosure resales made up 28.7 percent of all Bay Area resales, up from 27.6 percent in May and 3.5 percent a year ago. They ranged from as little as 3 percent of resales in San Francisco to as much as 57.7 percent in Solano County.
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News Link • Economy - International
Ron Paul: "Some Big Events Are About To Occur"
7-17-08
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PropagandaMatrix.com
There are reasons to believe this coming crisis is different and bigger than the world has ever experienced. Instead of using globalism in a positive fashion, it's been used to globalize all of the mistakes of the politicians, bureaucrats and cen
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News Link • Eugenics
Did Obama call for the creation of a 'Civilian Police State Force' on July 2nd?
7-17-08
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PropagandaMatrix.com
"We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded," Obam
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
How Mars and Alaska Are Alike
7-17-2008
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Space.com
Little did Bucknell University geology professors Craig Kochel and Jeffrey Trop know, as they were working in Alaska, that they would soon predict one of the most important planetary observations ever made. [very good science]
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Asshole judge objects to being so labeled
7-17-2008
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Ocala Star-Banner
When the judge asked Muller to clarify her remark, Muller repeated it. He charged her on the spot with direct criminal contempt of the court " a second-degree misdemeanor" and Muller was promptly handcuffed by a court bailiff and taken into custody.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • LOVE
Power of Attorney = Marriage? Get Real...
7/17/2008
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SILive.com
On 9/11, surviving spouses were directed to the rescue area of New York City... but domestic partners were sent back home to find paperwork. No married couple was asked to produce a marriage license.
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Reported by:
Mike Shipley
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Quotes on Iraq: Sixty Notable Quotes on the War in Iraq
07-17-2008
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Mondoreb
Everyone seems to have been quoted, one time or another, on the War in Iraq. Pro-war, anti-war, Hollywood, comics: we've collected 60 of what we felt were the most interesting.
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Reported by:
Randy Ricochet
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Tossed To The Dogs
7-17-08
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Michael Shedlock / Mish
Is this a hint of the banks and brokers the Fed and SEC want to protect at all costs? Or is this some kind of setup play, an open invitation to short the others before the same stunt is pulled again.
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News Link • Federal Reserve
SEC Restricts Shorting 19 Financial Stocks
7-17-08
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Michael Shedlock / Mish
The best defense against misinformation is the truth. To paraphrase Jack Nicholson, the market can’t handle not having the truth. Lack of information leads to lack of confidence. ....
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News Link • Weird/Offbeat News
Spate of Hidden Sharpened Spikes Found in Lake, Parks
07-17-2008
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Ginn
Seattle’s Green Lake Park authorities are horrified over the discovery of machine sharpened metal spikes planted in the bottom of the lake while in the Netherlands three spike-lined pits have been found in parks. Huh?
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Randy Ricochet
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News Link • Humor
HOMELAND SECURITY MARTIAL LAW BILL (spoof)
7-17-2008
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Onion News Network
While reading the proposed HR8791 Bill to members, Rep. John Haller (R-PA), who apparently hadn't read the Bill prior to his live reading, at one point, softly exclaims "Jesus!", obviously shocked at the "classified" content.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Weird/Offbeat News
South Carolina Not So Gay About Gay Ads
07-17-2008
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Ginn
South Carolina is not “So Gay” after all. An overseas ad aired in London calling South Carolina “So Gay” has been pulled.
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Randy Ricochet
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News Link • Homeland Security
Amtrak Adds a Scene to the Security Theater Stage
07-16-2008
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USA Today
While teams of counterterrorism agents swoop into rail stations and randomly search passengers, undercover agents in disguise scan the crowds while other agents in full combat gear carry semiautomatic guns & patrol the platform...
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Terry Bressi
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News Link • Corruption
Law School Dean Calls Conference to Plan Bush War Crimes Prosecution
7/16/08
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abajournal.com/news/l
The dean of MSoLA is planning a conference to map out war crimes prosecutions, and the targets are President Bush and other officials. Lawrence Velvel, says “plans will be laid and necessary organizational structures set up, to pursue the guilty as l
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Thomas Costanzo
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