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Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 23 Jun 1938, p. 3

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THURSDAY, JUNE 23RD, 1938 THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, POXVNIANVILLE, ONTARIO PAGE THREE YOUR WORLD AND MIN9E (Copyright) By John C. Ksrkwood A man wouid quickly die if lie'ing, fighting, is living on the ani- did not restore tbe wastes in bis '1mal leve]. Having rninds and sauls life by the intake of good. This 15: true of the mind and soul as ii there is obligation on us ta, use1 of the body. We cannot live on tbern, to develop them, ahways ourselves. Nature requires us ta looking forward Io ac4quiring and restore aurseives tram without. spieading the virtues wbich are heavenhy - the virtues and prac-1 In the matter of our bodies, we tices enjained on us by the Ser- instinctively and inevitably seek mon on the Mount and by aU the nourishment tramn outside aur-1 Scriptures. Christianity differsE -,;,-ves. Even thbe hour-old infant t ram other religions in its insist-1 turns ta it.s mothers breast for the ence on the cultivatian of meek- food needed by it. to keep it alive ness, kindliness, purity, solicmitude and ta heip it grow. Yet. when it for the welf are of our neigbbour, camnes te the realins of t he mmnd hanesty, integrity, gentie ne ss.t and the sou], many of us seem ta Sarne religions urge men to bet feel that we do not need to seek warlike, sefish, intolerant of oth- out nourishrnen t ram outside ers, cruel to s-laves, hustfui. cheat- sources. We go along day at ter ers. thieves, murderers. oppressors day just thinking a u r O W n f'fthe poDr. The gods of same re- thouglits and tiying ta get ahong. higians are just men's own can- in things rehated ta the spir.t. on ceptians; they are rnagn:fied or Our own experience and refhec- ýexalted men: they are utteriy dif- tions. ferent frorn the Gad and tihe Thinking cniy sur own thtrughits Christ and the saints crf aur Bible. and depending only on aur own These religions may point men ta éxperiences and ref lectiorr. caen a heaven - a lif e continul ng af -i lie likened ta a pcol of water un- ter death. That is ta say. there1 fed from any springs or streams: is a belief in immortality, but lifeI Just as the stagnant pool becomnes in the hereatter is imagined ta b? foui, sa do the mind and th.ý saul a langer portion of the things de-i which remain unfed. The ivbohe- sired on earth. There is just ta bie1 some 'pool is one having botl in- a larger enjayment cof f ieshyQ lets and outhets; and the whale- pleasures in the heaven of their3 some mmnd and soul bave inhets conception. and outiets. I wonder if I may dare ta sayg Take the retailer, the fermer. sometbing which is iikely to shock the iawyer, the teacher. the lab- and ofiend some of my readers. aurer, who do not draw into them- in bief it is this: I arn not very1 selves tresh lite: they perisb. mucb interested in my heeafter.r Their bodies may live on. and they 1 am persuaded that there is ob- l may lie continuously active in e- ligation on me to live divinely -f sPect of their kind af business; according ta the divine pattern -p yet their mindis and souls die, and whiîe I arn on tbis earth. Thist it is their minds and souls wbich conviction does not. ahas, make i malte them diff erent f rom- the me ive up ta the higli levels orfe beasts of the field and the fowls the Christ example. I arn much p of the air. Men and wamen wlio like the tarmer who gave as bisb Jet theanselves becorne not mucli reasan for nat buying a good bockf different froim the ower creations on the practice of farming, "I amn hase theïr ikceness to their divine not tarming now as gcrod as I Parent; in other words, they know liow." And, in.my case, I stai-ve the divnely-i mplian t ed am most certainly nat living now Quality of beavenly aspiration and as gooO. as I know how. ]et the days and the yeans pa&S 1g ofnrlad1ha wit haut imperishabie a c h i e v e- Ig otnrladIba ment. preachers talk about the lite at ter .~ c Kdeath, and they read from the Unquestianably the obligation Scriptures portions which tell of )on ail human beings is to Ut t the after-lif e - about the resur- Ithemselves abave animal leveis cof rection cof the body. I confess. lie..Jsteaîn,îutigplav r however, that 1am flot uplitted Nor m 1 Icamfonted by the e- flection that in heaven we may meet and have conversation with those whom we hcred on eartb. I E ver Wonder WLy believe in the immortaiity of the You'e Costipted? soul, but I own to being very mucli ____________ated in the damk concerning the man- ner cf lite in the hereatter; nom Do you ever have darys when YOU arn I greatly interested. What Jtast have ta drag yourseilf l when you feel tired, u, r does concern and intemest me is cause cf that constipation? Then how %Ne live on earth - in tirne why not fInd cut the real cause rather than in etemnity. And in of yotir trouble? my own case I ar nona trying to What have %fau had to eat live an eaf'tb in order that I shahl lately? Just thlngs like meat, have rewards in beaven. Work- bread and potataes? If that's t, ycru may not have ta o ok ay îng or living for rewards does nat farther. Itslilkely your trouble la seem to me ta be very noble.i you don't get enough "bulk." And Surehy we ought ta wcrk and live "bulk" doer't mean a lot o! food. as duty and conscience and en- It means a kind a! food that 151't lightenment 4nfonm us. The mo- consuned in the body, but leaVes te osntlv e natwt a soft "bulky" mnaw in the intes- te osntlv e natwt tines and aids elimination. expectation that ber child will e- If "bulk" la what you iack, your turn lier love. A man is not a ticket is a disb cof crsp crunchy good boakkeeper tom reward's sake. t KeUlogg's AU-Bran for breakfast Nor is a man virtucus - shouhd notE every day. It contains the "bulk" lie vixtuous - for the sake of re- you need plus Nature's great In- wro eas ffa.oede tetialto cvlanB wro eas ffa.Oede Bat t- every day. &an. plent nt da good deeds in arder ta win ofwater, and jain the "regulars"! praise. Made by ]Kellogg in London, Ont. Quite otten sameon: whom I bave helped in some way says ta *HAULING A complet. fleet of modern trucks make it economical te, have Knight 's do your long distance hauling. Everything we move is cern- ipletely insured. Just Telephone Bowxnanville 448 Complete, Safe Trucking Service KNIGRT'S HAULAGE SERVICE PACKAGES-1Oc e POUCH'ES-15c ë* 3,ilb. TINS-70c JCKX I arn fuUly aware that men ar enjoined to be virtuous and right eous and repentant for the sak of the rewards which will be give: t.hemi in heaven. But what woul we think of the quality of a boy' honesty if his mother or fathe said to hirn, 'Now, if you don' tell a lie, I'll give you 25 cents." Is flot that if e cheaply live4 which is always governed by mon ey? We hear the expression "cup board love", sign.ifying that ti- reason why persons do certaii things is to get some desired thinj in return. as Compensation. Ii the aflairs of business it is rigl to do t.hings for money; indeed we are under compulsion t: charge money for our merchan dise or aur service. My rule is t< charge rnoney for services givei which are for the financial en richmen, or bettermen- of thi muan or f irrn or organization serv, ed. TIrus. when a Young mai came ta me ta talk over the mat. ter of wlriether he should start ul in a Ptar*icular class of business I charged hirn for my advice. fo: I felt tha' I was preventing hir tram entering on an enterprîsý in which he was bound ta lasg very quickly quite $2000; bu when a Young man cornes to mg seeking counsel regarding what tg do voca*ionally, my acivice i gratis. J CK I began this contribution t( Thre Statesman by saying thatî man. in order ta byve above th( level of an ox's life. mnust take ir foodi of sor*s - food for the re- Placement of waste. 1 said tha, the man who goes on living. rely- ing only on his own thaughts an£ exjteriences. is like a stagnaný pool. Our stagnant state needs t< be changed - by inflow and out. f low of cleansing thoughts. Her( are somne of the cleansers which have in mmnd: Give us t.o wake with smiles Give us ta labour snùling. A. the sun lightens the world, sg may aur loving kindness mak( bright this house of our habi. tation. It is easy in the world to, livt after the world's opinion. It i! easy in solitude to live after oui own. But the great man is h4 who in the midst cof the crow( keeps wth perfect sweetnes, the independence of solitude. The arrow of prayer car never be shot aright withou; bringing down somge blessings If it brings not that which wf seek, it shahl bring us tha- which we need. Deferred duties ge ne raî11 mean neglected duties. The burden of suffering seerns a tombstone hung abou, aur necks. while in reality it i, only the weight which is neces- sary to keep dlown the divei while he is hunting for pearis. ENFIELD Ilten(lcd for last w eek) .\nriversary services were well at. tended Sundav to hear Rev. S Davison, Bowmnanville, ifil a ternoor and Rev. R. H. XVvlie, Columibas in the evening. Singing hy the school ,vas well reîîdered under the leader. ship) of IMrs. F. Gilbert and MNrs. 1, Parr. The solos of M.\iss Gracc Starks andl Mr. S. Castie, Maple Grove, werc very much ap)preciated. MIonday evening the Young People's Union0 of Tyranie gave a first class program consisting of a plav "The Road Back" which wvas wcll giver and slendidly received. Between the .cts there wvas accordian music; firano duets and a solo by Miss H. Knox which nicelv fitted in mak- rig the program a success., Anniversarv Visitors: Mr. and .rs. E. Ormiston, Miss Rlaine, Bobcaygeon, Mr. and Mrs. T. Breck, Burketon, Mr. and M1%rs. W. Hos- kia. Misses Ella and Dorothy and ;len Hoskin. Burketan, Mr. Sam Castle and Mr. R. Wilson, Maple Grove. at Mr. Frank Gilbert's... Miss C. Samis, Oshawa, Miss M. Snowden and Miss Edna Swallow Maple Grave, Mr. and Mrs. Russell )rmiston, Enniskillen, Miss Verna Grif fin, Miss Emma Werry, To- ronto, \Ir. and Mrs. Collacutt and Marie, Bowmanville, at Mn. M. Samis'. . .. Mrs. D. Archer and Miss Lena MiacMillan, Mr. and Mrs. Bert McCulloch, Oshawa. .. . Dr. nd Mirs. W. 'M\cCull(och, Onono, at Mns. John McCulloch's ... Mr. and 'Mrs. P. Langmnaid aild Bennice. Oshawa, Mr. and Mns. Austin Fallis id daughtens. Oshawa, Mr. H. lilîson, XV. XVestlake, Solina, Mr. E.Trewin. Havdon, Mr. and Mns, %V, Staintion, Enniskillen. at M r. F. miis . . . \Mr. and Nrs. H as,n rookî-n at Mr. . Pas me that if and when be gets ich. he wiil give me sornethinga. Such a suggesetio)n - that I aided him hoping ta get a reward - is rather disgusting. It reduces my action ta a trading ievei. re te 's i't 1d e ýn ig In -it d. ýo ,n ie ýn ýp ie it le ýo is ao a le n .d it o0 G ar ac pi K n ri Ni Sr M a M at .Ni E. W Bc IM Bi arl ter Ra Ta A. Pa ni ai ani To Ni Gr r. as St, il.r Gil Sir NIc sidi hal F. Jonday, Junc 27th at 8 p.n. ta con- ier the selling or repairing of the ial1 at Enfield. L. C, Pascae and ýGilbert. Trustees. 24-1 BOWMANVILLE LEGIONAIRES HONORED AT DRUMHEAD SERVICE R. M. Cotton, J.P. Alex J. At Sunday's Magna Carta Drumhead Service at, the higli scbaeh grounds the tbree prarninent members crf the Bowrnanville Brandi cof tihe cana- dian Legian were honamed by the Pre-sentation orf Medials orf Menit which carried with thiernHanorary Memberships in tbe Provincial Cammnand orf ine Canadian Legion. Mm. Cotton was this branch's finst president and bas been largeiy instrumental Lyle PRev. C. R. Spencer in the brandi's success. Alex Lyle, Town Cherk af Bowmanville. is a Past President. Past Secretary, and was one of the. Vimny Pilgrirns two years aga. Major Spencer bas been Padre of the Brancb since its arganization and lias been most active in I±egion ail airs. It wauhd have been difficult ta have sel- ected three more wcrthy orf this hanor. A mazing Process Extracts Minute Specks of GoId From Ore At Lake Shore Refinery Weekly Newspapermen Sec Ilow Precious Metal is Refined-Scales that Weigh a Pen- cil Mark - $45,000 Buttons of GoId mine the gold is placed in an al- mest burglar preof vauht. it 15 taken by express car ta tie train under armed guard, placed in a special saf e and sent ta the Mint at Ottawa. The wbale system of extracting gcld 15 a spectacle wei wonth seeing. The refinery is a tremendous plant, and whule we have mentianed only one classi- fier tank there must be at heast a score afthtese tremendous tanks ahi working at the saine time. Only a couple orf men are requir- ed to supervise tbemn in a plant whicîb must be nearly as lange as the Goodyear. The Assay Office The assay office is another in- teresting point. Here tests are made ta tind the amounit of gold contained in a ton of are. 0f1 course they do not use a ton orf( ore to make their assay. They use1 just a smalh quantity which is1 mixed witb a red peywder, andt phaced in a crucible in a sinail electric turnace. The are is meit-x ed by tie terrific heat, the metalsc going to 'the bottom and the are3 rising to the top. When it 15 tak-c en from the fumnace the ore is ins the form of green glass, witl a - are Fathered by Life Inisuranice coat button on the bottom. This out the 24 haurs orf eacli day. in knob contains ail the mnetal in the the event orf a seriaus injury the ore. first aid office 'pliones the doctor This is treated and eplaced in an duty at that baur, and lie can anat ber- small furnace and in a reacli the mine in one minute. By ver3- short time the other metals the time he gets there t.he cage are dissolved and only the g01d is at the top orf the sbaft, the duc- nemains. The amaunt of gald maY tar's rubber mine ciathing is be only the size cf a pin point nealdy, and in one minute he is and again it may be so small that down in the mine attending the it cannat be seen witb the naked injured man. That makes two eye. minutes tram home ta the injured Remarkable Scales man who might be 5,000 teet un.- This tiny speck of gahd is rthen der the ground. taken ta anather room ta be Disposing of SiUt wveigbed on scales that are so fine The silt tram t.he mines is t.hat they can welgh gold which du.mped into Kirkland Lake whicli can only be seen tbrough a mi*cro- nealiy does nat eist any more, scope. To pet same idea of what the lake now being f illed with sult. these scales are capable orf doing Backtiil for tihe mine raises is aur guide tald us that one could baougbt in by railway car. The weigh a piece of Paper, then make sult however is not thrown eut un- a pencil mark on the paper and tii thepossible 50C WorthlOf 0f od weigh it again and get the weigbt per ton is taken cut. For many of the pencil mark. And that's years the mines did net bother some weighing. about thîs minute quantity, but a There were rnany other inter- new proces 1 being experimented esting tlungs we saw on that me- with ta extract the hast speck of morabie trip. A t r em en d ous gold. The whole system of ex- amount of itimber is used in the tracting the gold is being con- Lake Shore mine, and it was f ound stantiy improved by resea.rch men aur guide toid us, that the Wood who study the system as a fulil was attacked by a fungi growth time job. and wauld rot in about eight The Ming Industry manths. The research iaboratony Th odmngidutysa was cahled in to study tbe matter Tegodmnginutysa and tbey evolved a treatmen't tremendous industr3r. Whamt it thatsees t hae oercme hismeans ta canada may be said tKo ltroubl ohae. Al um e s ced in be the difference between bank- a huge dru.m and is treated 'Lnder ruptcy ta ndpmspry. Mstt cen- heavy pressure. The treatm nt ti' heidsr kptCn proed ucessuh s ameo!t.beý on its f eet throughaut the depres- lumber ýtreated in this mariner simon. It pays splendid wages, and stil sowir n ~an f frnu ~ conditions in the mines are g-en- tack althaugli it bas been under- ground since 1931. Sa! ety Measures W. T. Robson, who was our guide, told us of the satety meas- ures taken ta ensure safety in the mines. The drifts are sprayed with a special mixture to keep dawn dust and thus prevent sili- cosis, a type of tubencular disease caused by the miners inhaling quartz dust. Tliat is one of the big probhems of the mines today, and the researchl abaratonies are working day and niglit to tind a cure for this disease. A First Aid department is main- tained in the mine 24 hours eacb day. An attendant is ahways on hand and ininers are required ta bave the slightest cut or be'uise treated. 0f sPecial interest is the ar- rangements in case crf serious ac- cident. The mine exnploys a Chief Medical Officer whe with tour other docters comprise the mine staff.- All are pniv-ate practitian- ens, but it is soarranged t.hat ane (Continued on Page 10) Help lmprove your personality wlth WrIgIoy's Ouim. Keep your teeth white, breath sweet, by using healthful Wrigiey's Oum d 1lY-aj millions do. The chil- dren also love the delicious re- freshing flavoyr of Wrlgley'a Double Mint. Take some home today. cs.x By B. H. Mortlock -vided into trwo Parties and -taken Continued fram hlast week) onl surface trips througb the Lake S. The last day of aur whirlwind Shore and Wright - H.argreaves e trip tbrough Northern 0ntao Mines and refineries. The ladies eO mining camps was spent at Kirk- were guests at a nratinee in one ýe land Lake. The train had left Orf the theatres. -Timmmns early Saturday morning At the Lake Shore Mine and shortly after fine o'clock It was aur pleasure ta be with re pulled into the station at Swa.s- Editar Geo. W. James on -the trip is tika. Here, Charlie Tresidider, through the Lake Shore mine. We ir Manager of The Northern News were welcomed by General Man- Le of Kirkland Lake, had a number ager E. W. Todd, and splendid o f strearniined buses ready ta guides were provided -ta show us 'whisk the perty off ta Kirkland thraugh the refinery wbere the Lake, some seven miles away. gald is extracted from the are. n Kirkiand Lake is in rnany re- We are going ta explain, as ispects a much mare attractive sinply as we know how. just what ,e town than Timnuns. We saidpracess is involved ini ext.racting rect. Ki.rklancl Lake has been so hoiv the are was niined and closed busy growing in the past ten years that. portion of aur story by leav- yfrom a village ta a MunicipalitY ing the are in a storage building. g cof more than 20.000 people, that it We wvill go on fram there, ,t hasn't bad tine tW change its The are is first put through a isstatus. and 50, it is still legally crusher which reduces it ta the the Township of Teck", a.nd its 'size of srnall gravel. It is then put rmunicipal counicil is presided aver through a pulverizer whicb cuts it by a Reeve. Kirkland Lake. ike 'dawn to the consistency of sa.nd. every other Nartbern Ontarioa It is reduced ta silt, by passing tow, as tsunemployment pro>b-'through tremendaus drunms in lem. This however is due entirely i which are thousands of steel balis to f lating population. The town ,which cantinually crush the sa.nd. it.self, with the Lake S h o r e,. As it is reduced to the silt stage Wright -Hargreaves and T e c k- it rises ta the top of the water a.nd Hughes Mines, is really prasper- overflows into huge tanks. aus. There are no layafis and thei These tanks which ar e 50 feet mines are working 24 haursa day. 365 days a year. It bas notth acrosçs and 1 feet deep are filled apperane o a bom own with xater. Tbey are called class- Timmins. The homes are much lfe ak o t si hs ak -more pretenticus and there are that -the real process of extracting few shacks. The business section the gold commences. is in many ivays far more modern 1 Cyanide Ils Used ethan rnany municipalities in Sou- Witli the silt and t.he 'water is thern Ontario. . mixed cyanide, a drug which re- 0f a total of $50.554.623 in gold duces the gond ta a liquid state. sproduction i.n the first six montbs Throughaut the whole process un- eof 1937. $20,603,649 vas produced tili t reaches -the gold pres.the li in the Kirkland Lake area. While gold is suspended in liquid form. etwa fit ths of the value was mined As the cyanide does its work, the there, the number of tons of are silt, whicli is constantly agitated maîled was only one quarter of by huge paddles. overflows the the total, illustrating the high tanks and gaes on ta its next Pr'o- grade of ore mined there. cess along long runways. The sit Kirkland Lake is the home orf tîhat has not been reduced ta its the Lake Shore Mine. Canada's refining stage is again sent t'hru' largest producer, -and eleventh the litge drumns and reground un- largest producer in the world. til it, taa, rises ta the top and Kirkland Lake mines exnploy 4200 overfla'ws. mnen, with -an average month3iY The soluble goid, still mixed payroll of $584.000 and a total an- witli the fine siût. then rois nual payroll of $7 millions. through a fine screen, which takes A Fine Building out ahI the wood in the mixture. It was raining heavily when we It is perhaps surprising that Wood arrlved in Kirkland Lake. We were Shoul11d be present in soiid rock, tiaken directay tothe office of The but a cansiderable amount of Wood Northern News when Manager is extracted. Charlie Tresidder and bis staff The mixture then passes on ta made bis g'uests rlgbt at home, its next process in wbidh all t.he The Northern News building was time and dust is remi dand in itself a revelation to most of from this machine cornes what the pub:ishers. It is a new bîuld- appears to be clear water.. This ing only opened in 1937 and is clean water however still contains modern in every respect. The la- the gold in its liquid state. The dies were eniertained in the spa- liquid passes on then ta its most c'ous Tresidder apartiment above, important stage, its trip tbrougli which we were told is air condi- the gold press. The gold press 15 . ioned. The News is one of Can- sometbing like the presses used in ada's very finest weekly newspap- the Goodyear plant, on.ly the ers, and is a forner winnen 0f the Presses are borizontal instead of Pearce Editoriai Page TrophY. vertical. The liquid is re<juired to won by The Statesman this year. pass tbrcugb a series orf screens It would be safe ta dub the build- mnade of a heavy cloth and parer ng as the "Globe and Mail Build- treated with a zinc solution. Tbe ing of the Northi." The News bas clot.h rernoves ail reinaining silt. mode'rn printing machinery, an1 and the goid. as- soan as it toucli- tlp-to-date news gathering de- es the zinc treated paper returns partment, thle ftnest of storage1 to solîd formn and sticks ta thle facilities, and is aIl together one! r aper. When the liquid Passes of the f inest weekly newsgaperi into the press it contains $9 or offices we have ever visite-d.* Its s10 worth of gold to the ton. paper is always prof use]y illus- When it leaves the press it con- trated with pictures of local af- 'tains on.ly 50c ta 75er worth of fairs. It maintains a radia dep'art- gald. The wate'r is tîhen returned ment and ane of its reporters and is later taken t.hrougb the broadcasts news daily. press again ta extract the remain- Lunch at the Curling Club ing gold. The publishers were entertalned Eiectric Furnaces at a noon l'anclieon at the Curling on certain days eacb week the Club. The lunchi was served in paper sheets are removed trom the club room, .whle in the rink the Press. Weighed and placed in- itself the f arners' market was at- ta buge electric furnaces which tracting bundreds of customers. consume the paper and melt the At the luncheon Reeve Carter' of metal wbicb f ails into a sbatt Kirkiand Lake extended a most known as the "button." At eacb cordial welcome. He is a very operatian 0f the furnace a bttton genial Irisbrnan wbo bas grown weigbing about 85 lbs. is produc- up with tbe tawn. In the course ed. This is flot pure gold. but of bis address lie expressed the contains alsa silver, lead and other hope that The Nartbern News metals. A button is warth about would always rernain a weekly $45.000. Laiter the button Is agaîn newspaper, because tbe weekly meited, and tbe other metals sep- newspaper vwas Sa much dloser ta arated and the gold poured inta the people. "Only thase who are bricks. These bricks are stihi not fitted for bard wark should came pure gold, but nearly so. ta the nortb" the Reeve told bis Elaborate precautions are tak- audience. Han. Paul Leduc, Min- en for the safety of the gold. ister of Mines, and others made Since our trip, however, we noted short addresses which were broad- in -the press that a coniderable cast. suan In gold was stolen train one Af ter lunch thie group waz di- o! the mines. M the Lake ShoreI These are a few of the things that Life Insurance r2eans te thousands upon tbousands cf Canadian bornes wbich have lest their breadwinners. Countless farnilies, wbich migbt ether- wise be dependent on relief or charity, are fat hered by Life Insurance--day after day, year after year. educate children and give tbem a fair, start in life -money te enable many a mother te carry on single-handed. Canada canr weIl be proud of those tbrifty, far-sighted men in Life Insurance build such financial security for their loved enes. whose savings LIFE INSURANCE GUARDIAN 0F CANADIAN HOMES ------ -------L-U W ARM,comfortable homes! Three To these families, Life Insurance meals a day! Suficient dothing nieans rnoney te pay the bills--money te Buck'enghom FINE TI lm THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO PAGE THREE and other necessities et 111e. 1 1

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