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Cuomo, Oneida Nation begin payments to counties following 2013 casino settlement
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Oneida Indian Nation on March 11 initiated the first of “substantial dedicated payments” to Madison and Oneida counties, marking the formal approval of their “milestone” settlement. That’s how Cuomo’s office described the development in a news release about the payments. The release followed a conference call with reporters. […]
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Oneida Indian Nation on March 11 initiated the first of “substantial dedicated payments” to Madison and Oneida counties, marking the formal approval of their “milestone” settlement.
That’s how Cuomo’s office described the development in a news release about the payments. The release followed a conference call with reporters.
“The deal was a win for the Oneida Nation, for Oneida and Madison counties, and for the state of New York, and with the court’s sign-off today, the money will actually start flowing,” Cuomo said during the conference call.
Cuomo, along with Oneida Indian Nation representative Ray Halbritter, Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente, and John Becker, chairman of the Oneida County Board of Supervisors, discussed the details in that conference call.
“Madison County is going to receive $11 million. Oneida County will begin to receive its share of … $12.5 million in annual funds next month,” Cuomo said during his remarks.
Cuomo and Halbritter announced the transfer of $11 million to Madison County to settle tax claims, according to the Cuomo news release.
Madison County will also soon begin benefitting from annual payments of $3.5 million from the state pursuant to the agreement with the Oneida Nation.
New York, beginning next month, will also provide Oneida County with annual payments of between $10 million and $12 million from the state’s share of revenue from the Oneida Nation “net win” from slot machines.
Additionally, the state will provide Oneida County with an additional $2.5 million for the next 19 and one-quarter years to cover tax claims, according to Cuomo’s office.
U.S. District Court Judge Lawrence Kahn last week accepted the New York and Oneida Nation agreement of 2013 that settled decades of dispute and put to rest outstanding land claim, gaming, tobacco taxation, and revenue-sharing issues.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo last May 16 announced an agreement between the state and the Oneida Indian Nation that will have the Nation paying the state an estimated $50 million a year in Turning Stone Resort & Casino revenue in return for a guarantee that no other casinos are built in Central New York.
The court’s approval last week represented the “final step” in putting the full agreement into effect, Cuomo’s office said in the news release. The New York State Legislature, Madison County, Oneida County, the U.S. Department of Interior, and the New York State Attorney General had previously ratified the agreement.
“Last year, we said collectively enough is enough. Two-hundred years of conflict is too long. The uncertainty and the acrimony was preventing economic development in Central New York and we couldn’t afford to have it go on any longer,” Cuomo said.
The funds will target economic development in Central New York, including job creation in Madison and Oneida counties, the governor added.
It’s an agreement that’s not just a piece of paper with just words and a signature, Ray Halbritter, Oneida Indian Nation representative, said in his remarks during the call.
“It enshrines the shared vision we all have for the future of the region, as it is a financial agreement about shared revenues, so, economically this is big news.”
The leaders in both Madison and Oneida counties also shared their thoughts.
The $11 million check is a “much-needed” financial boost for Madison County that “satisfies” the back taxes, but also represents “more than that,” John Becker, chairman of the Madison County Board of Supervisors, said in his remarks during the conference call.
“It’s a signal that with the right leadership, long-standing disputes can be quelled and both sides can come to terms on an agreement that leads us to prosperity for all,” Becker says.
The Oneida Nation represents “value,” … not just to the state of New York but to [the Oneida County region] as the largest employer, Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente, said in his remarks during the call.
“This revenue [deal] is not just about settling past differences, it’s about working together in a partnership,” Picente said.
The 2013 settlement ended decades of litigation over property tax, land, and reservation issues.
The agreement grants the Oneida Nation exclusive rights to casino gaming in Central New York in exchange for sharing a portion of its gaming revenues with the state and local governments.
In addition, the agreement ends legal disputes over land claims by setting a cap of about 25,000 acres on land that could be under the Oneida Nation’s sovereignty.
The agreement also requires the Oneidas to adhere to minimum pricing standards and charge a sales-tax equivalent for cigarette sales to non-Indian customers, a requirement that ends “unfair” competition, according to Cuomo’s office.
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CNY unemployment rates rise compared to last month, but are down from a year ago
Unemployment rates in the Syracuse, Binghamton, Utica-Rome, and Ithaca metro areas rose in January compared to December but are down from a year ago, according to the latest New York State Department of Labor data released March 11. The jobless rate in the Syracuse area was 7.4 percent in January, up from 6.5 percent in
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Unemployment rates in the Syracuse, Binghamton, Utica-Rome, and Ithaca metro areas rose in January compared to December but are down from a year ago, according to the latest New York State Department of Labor data released March 11.
The jobless rate in the Syracuse area was 7.4 percent in January, up from 6.5 percent in December but below the 9.3 percent posted in January 2013. The unemployment rate in the Utica–Rome region was 7.9 percent in January, up from 6.8 percent in December, but down from 9.8 percent in the year-ago period.
The unemployment rate in the Binghamton region was 8.1 percent in January, higher than 6.9 percent in December, but below the 9.7 percent posted a year ago, according to figures from the state Labor Department.
The jobless rate in the Ithaca area came in at 5 percent in January, up from 4 percent in December, but off from the 6.3 percent rate in January 2013.
The data isn’t seasonally adjusted, meaning the figures don’t reflect seasonal influences such as holiday hires. The unemployment rates are calculated following procedures prescribed by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The New York counties with the highest unemployment rates in January include Lewis at 10.2 percent and Jefferson at 10 percent. But, Bronx County had the state’s highest jobless rate in January at 11.2 percent. Hamilton County was also among the areas with the highest rates at 9.8 percent.
At 5 percent, Tompkins County had the lowest unemployment rate in New York during January, the state Labor Department said.
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TACNY announces winners of 2014 Celebration of Technology Awards
SALINA — The Technology Alliance of Central New York (TACNY) has announced the winners of its 2014 Celebration of Technology Awards and will hold a banquet to recognize the individuals and organizations on March 24. This year’s awards go to eight Central New York individuals and organizations: – Dr. Misty Blowers, a research scientist at
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SALINA — The Technology Alliance of Central New York (TACNY) has announced the winners of its 2014 Celebration of Technology Awards and will hold a banquet to recognize the individuals and organizations on March 24.
This year’s awards go to eight Central New York individuals and organizations:
– Dr. Misty Blowers, a research scientist at the United States Air Force (USAF) Research Laboratory Information Directorate in Rome, is recognized as the recipient of the Technologist of the Year. Blowers has a patent pending that is being used to classify space objects and has been applied to cyber operations for anomaly detection.
– Huda Suliman, Ph.D., a research scientist working in SRC Inc.’s Chemical-Biological Defense Group, will receive the Young Technologist of the Year honor. Suliman is the principal inventor for three unique biological identification assays for toxins that eliminate the need for live animal tests and allow first responders to quickly and easily identify potential hazards.
– Zack Banack, a 17-year-old independent game developer wins the Student Technologist of the Year. Banack has released three mobile apps: two games and an app that predicts the chance of a snow day, delay, or early dismissal for any U.S. school district. He is now a senior at Paul V. Moore High School in Central Square and plans to pursue a computer science degree at SUNYIT in Utica starting this fall.
– Lockheed Martin MST, with a plant in Salina, will be honored as the Technology Company of the Year. Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS), one of Lockheed Martin’s main products, was largely developed, tested, and managed in Salina.
– Lockheed Martin’s TSP-77 Radar Wind Farm Solution is named the Technology Project of the Year. Lockheed’s TSP-77 Radar Wind Farm Solution, which was successfully tested in Texas in 2013, provides enhanced signal processing capabilities that allowed the United Kingdom to expand its wind farms.
– Dr. Katie D. Cadwell, an assistant professor in biomedical and chemical engineering at Syracuse University’s College of Engineering and Computer Science, wins the College Technology Educator of the Year. Cadwell restructured chemical engineering lab courses at Syracuse University and hosts monthly luncheons for professors to share teaching methods and ideas.
– ESF Outreach, a program of SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, will be awarded the Science and Technology Outreach, Organization honor. ESF Outreach seeks to provide professional education programs for middle and high school students and their teachers regarding environmental topics.
– Brandon Murphy, a technology and project coordinator in the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry’s Outreach Office, will receive the Science and Technology Outreach, Individual honor. Murphy coordinates several ESF Outreach programs and also assists ESF in the High School dual-enrollment program.
The winners will attend TACNY’s 15th Celebration of Technology Awards Banquet March 24 at the Holiday Inn Syracuse-Liverpool on Electronics Parkway in Salina. For more information, visit www.tacny.org
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Federal government awards St. Lawrence professor Fulbright grant for research in Europe
CANTON — The U.S. Department of State has awarded Daniel Koon, a professor at St. Lawrence University in Canton, a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Grant to conduct research in Eastern Europe. Koon will use the funding to continue his research on the electrical resistance of semiconductors for six months in Prague, Czech Republic, St. Lawrence University
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CANTON — The U.S. Department of State has awarded Daniel Koon, a professor at St. Lawrence University in Canton, a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Grant to conduct research in Eastern Europe.
Koon will use the funding to continue his research on the electrical resistance of semiconductors for six months in Prague, Czech Republic, St. Lawrence University said in a news release.
With the Fulbright, Koon will be able to take a full-year sabbatical while continuing his research, according to St. Lawrence.
The government also awarded Koon a Fulbright scholarship in 1981, which he used for travel and research in what was then West Berlin, Germany, the school added.
Koon has spent the past two decades measuring and mapping the resistance of silicon wafers, which is considered an” important quality-control issue” for the semiconductor industry, St. Lawrence said.
The measurements allow him to characterize how a specific shape and the placement of electrodes on a microchip affect how much of the specimen that the measurement samples, how much error will result from misaligning the electrodes, and how much heating can skew results, according to St. Lawrence.
The results could have “very important implications” in the microelectronics industry, where smaller and smaller devices “drive the need for ever more compact-resistance probes,” Koon said in the news release.
“By making precise calculations for a variety of cross and cloverleaf-shaped specimen geometries, based on some theory developed by myself and colleagues at the Technical University of Denmark, and by confirming these in the laboratory with my colleagues at the Institute for Chemical Technology in Prague, I hope to provide a wide overview of which geometrical shapes and electrode placements provide the most accurate, most tightly focused diagnostic, as well as reducing unwanted effects,” Koon said.
The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs sponsors the Fulbright program, St. Lawrence said.
It provides funding for students, scholars, teachers, and professionals to undertake graduate study, advanced research, university teaching, and teaching in elementary and secondary schools, the school added.
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Universities, colleges eye ways to lower energy usage
SYRACUSE — Whether it’s to help keep costs down or recruit new students, embracing energy efficiency is a hot topic on college campuses these days. Colleges and universities spend an average of $1.95 per square foot on electricity and 15 cents on natural gas, according to a recent study, entitled “The Changing Energy Landscape and
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SYRACUSE — Whether it’s to help keep costs down or recruit new students, embracing energy efficiency is a hot topic on college campuses these days.
Colleges and universities spend an average of $1.95 per square foot on electricity and 15 cents on natural gas, according to a recent study, entitled “The Changing Energy Landscape and its Effect on College Campuses in the Northeast, from CHA Consulting, a unit of CHA (Clough Harbour & Associates). CHA is headquartered in Albany and operates an office in Syracuse.
Those energy costs have increased about 77 percent in the past decade, and the average university or college spends about $105,000 annually on energy costs for a 50,000-square-foot building. Multiply that by 15 buildings across a campus, and energy costs are a big concern, says Michael Tsakaloyannis, director of energy and infrastructure at CHA.
“There has been a lot more interest in energy conservation and some of it is for financial reasons,” Tsakaloyannis says. The other component is the changing attitude of students, who are concerned with things like how large a campus’s carbon footprint is or if the university has a climate action plan.
“We’ve seen that both of these factors are motivating colleges to upgrade,” he says. Firms such as CHA can assist universities with that process, he contends, starting with conducting studies to help campuses learn their energy-usage statistics and come up with a plan to implement effective conservation measures.
Those measures can include an array of projects, Tsakaloyannis says, ranging from lighting upgrades to large projects such as the combined heat and power plant that Cornell University installed following the 2009 release of its climate action plan. Cornell has a goal of reducing its carbon emissions to zero and achieving carbon neutrality by 2050, and the 15 megawatt, combined heat and power plant has already reduced greenhouse emissions on campus by 32 percent, according to the CHA study.
“It’s a more efficient way of producing energy,” Tsakaloyannis says of the plant, which produces electricity and captures the “waste” heat generated during that process to utilize for campus heating requirements.
The project is so successful that other schools tour Cornell to learn more about it and see if a similar project would work on their campuses, he says.
Cornell has also taken things a step further and made energy conservation a lifestyle on campus through an online dashboard where anyone can monitor the energy usage in Cornell buildings and by hosting fun contests that promote a “greener” life on campus.
“When you educate and have that information out there, you will drive energy conservation,” Tsakaloyannis says. Typically, such efforts can yield between 2 percent and 5 percent additional reduction in consumption as people adopt conservation-friendly habits.
Whatever approaches a university decides to take, government and utility incentives are available to make projects more feasible, he adds. The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) offers incentives to cover up to 50 percent of the cost for energy audits right on through to specific projects. In addition, many power companies offer an array of incentives to help make projects more affordable, Tsakaloyannis notes. “We’re all kind of in this situation of tough times and difficult budgets, so you have to use your resources wisely,” he says.
Headquartered in Albany, CHA (www.chacompanies.com) is an engineering and design firm. The company has offices across the state including Buffalo, Newburgh, New York City, Rochester, and Syracuse. CHA also has offices in Georgia, Massachusetts, Ohio, Texas, Florida, Virginia, Vermont, North Carolina, Illinois, Indiana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Connecticut, Missouri, Wisconsin, and South Carolina, along with a number of international locations.
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Gillibrand urges USDA not to close 250 offices, including some in New York
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D–N.Y.) today urged the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) not to close 250 offices nationwide, including up to 10 offices in
Some employers start preparing for upcoming health-plan excise tax
More than one-third of the nation’s employers surveyed (36 percent) are already focusing on possible changes to health-care benefits as they anticipate the upcoming excise tax, which takes effect in 2018. That’s according to a survey entitled “Health Care Reform: The Road to Implementation” that Mercer conducted in May 2013. Mercer is a New York
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More than one-third of the nation’s employers surveyed (36 percent) are already focusing on possible changes to health-care benefits as they anticipate the upcoming excise tax, which takes effect in 2018.
That’s according to a survey entitled “Health Care Reform: The Road to Implementation” that Mercer conducted in May 2013. Mercer is a New York City–based human resource and financial-services consulting firm.
Often referred to as the Cadillac tax, the excise tax is a 40 percent levy on the cost of medical coverage above thresholds that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) sets.
Under the terms of the ACA, so-called “Cadillac” health-insurance plans worth more than $10,200 for individuals or $27,500 for families face a 40 percent excise tax starting in 2018.
“It’s 40 percent on the amounts over [those totals], so it would be the excess benefit over that dollar cap,” says Thomas Flynn, principal with Mercer based in its Pittsford office.
The numbers are different for retirees or those in high-risk professions, including $11,850 for single coverage and $30,950 for family coverage, he adds.
The tax will be permanent and apply to both fully insured and self-funded employer plans, according to the website of Minnetonka, Minn.–based UnitedHealthcare, which operates an Upstate office in DeWitt.
The upcoming excise tax on high-cost health plans is proposed to both slow the rate of growth of health costs and finance the expansion of health coverage.
“If they’re [subscribers are] willing to keep the plan, then we’re [the federal government] going to put a penalty that’s really going to make them think not just twice but maybe five times about not changing it,” Flynn says.
The seeks to shift consumers’ belief that if they have to pay more expenses themselves, through higher deductibles and out-of-pocket expenses, they’ll avoid unnecessary or overly costly procedures.
The federal government is saying if the nation wants to start controlling health-care costs, then consumers “have to stop being insulated from costs,” Flynn says
“These high-cost plans are normally the ones where that exists, either totally or with the majority of services rendered,” Flynn says.
Application of the health-care excise tax is based on cost of the premiums, or the premium equivalents under a self-funded plan, he notes.
It’s applied based on what the employee pays, flexible-spending account contributions, and health-reimbursement account and health-savings account dollars that are part of the plan, he says.
“This tax looks at the full complete cost of the plan,” Flynn adds.
The Mercer survey also included statistics about what steps employers are taking to avoid the tax in 2018.
More than half have introduced a consumer-driven health plan (CDHP) or taken steps to increase enrollment in an existing CDHP; 48 percent plan to add or expand health-management programs; and 28 percent indicated they would drop a higher-cost health plan, the survey found.
When employers look at all the costs of health-care reform, they’re starting to ask consultants such as Flynn about what other costs are “out there.”
“The excise tax is certainly one of those ones that people want to get out in front of just for those reasons,” Flynn says.
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St. Joseph’s opens North side training center
SYRACUSE — St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center formally opened a training center at 500 N. Salina St. in Syracuse on Feb. 28. The hospital announced the event in a news release distributed March 7. Crews renovated the site, which was previously home to a branch of HSBC Bank, to create 19 classrooms. St. Joseph’s is
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SYRACUSE — St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center formally opened a training center at 500 N. Salina St. in Syracuse on Feb. 28.
The hospital announced the event in a news release distributed March 7.
Crews renovated the site, which was previously home to a branch of HSBC Bank, to create 19 classrooms. St. Joseph’s is preparing its employees for the launch of a new electronic health-record system on May 1.
The center, which includes 50 certified trainers, welcomes its first class on March 3, St. Joseph’s said.
“The new training center provides a foundation for growth through employee education and leadership development across the organization, now and in the future,” AnneMarie Czyz, vice president for clinical and educational services and chief nursing officer, said in the news release.
Skorton to leave Cornell for Smithsonian post in 2015
ITHACA — Dr. David Skorton, president of Cornell University, will leave in mid-2015 to become the next secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, the university announced on March 10. Smithsonian Institution, located in Washington, D.C., is the world’s largest museum and research complex, Cornell said in a news release. Cornell is Central New York’s largest employer,
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ITHACA — Dr. David Skorton, president of Cornell University, will leave in mid-2015 to become the next secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, the university announced on March 10.
Smithsonian Institution, located in Washington, D.C., is the world’s largest museum and research complex, Cornell said in a news release. Cornell is Central New York’s largest employer, according to CNYBJ Research.
The Smithsonian board of regents voted to approve Skorton’s appointment on March 9, Cornell said.
Skorton, who is also a board-certified cardiologist, will remain president and continue all the duties and activities of his office at Cornell through June 30, 2015, the university said.
Skorton and his wife, professor Robin Davisson, will relocate to Washington, D.C.
In reaction to the announcement, Skorton said in the Cornell news release that he is “honored to be chosen.”
“The mission of the Smithsonian, ‘The Increase and Diffusion of Knowledge,’ resonates deeply with me and mirrors the collective mission of the remarkably talented community of scholars, students and staff with whom I have had the privilege to collaborate at Cornell these past eight years. While I look forward to beginning my new assignment, I am delighted that the timing will enable me to commemorate Cornell’s sesquicentennial as president,” Skorton said.
Robert Harrison, chairman of the Cornell University board of trustees, in the news release called Skorton’s tenure at the school “stellar.”
“When he departs next year, he will leave Cornell in a historically strong position, having regained its financial stability, elevated its rankings across key disciplines, increased student access, and greatly expanded its presence in New York City and around the world,” Harrison said.
Harrison will soon appoint a committee to lead the search for Cornell’s 13th president, the school said.
Skorton became Cornell’s president on July 1, 2006. He holds faculty appointments as professor in the departments of medicine and pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City and in biomedical engineering in the College of Engineering on Cornell’s Ithaca campus.
In addition to his work as an administrator and a cardiologist, Skorton is also a biomedical researcher, musician, and an advocate for the arts and humanities, Cornell said.
Skorton earned his bachelor’s degree in psychology in 1970 and his medical degree in 1974, both from Northwestern University.
He completed his medical residency and fellowship in cardiology at the University of California, Los Angeles, according to Cornell.
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UnitedHealthcare Community Plan adds four Upstate counties to service area
UnitedHealthcare (UHC) Community Plan announced it has added four additional upstate New York counties to its service area for Medicaid Managed Care and Family Health Plus. The addition of Lewis, Seneca, Wayne, and Ontario counties brings the number of New York counties in the service area for UHC Community Plan to 38, the health insurer
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UnitedHealthcare (UHC) Community Plan announced it has added four additional upstate New York counties to its service area for Medicaid Managed Care and Family Health Plus.
The addition of Lewis, Seneca, Wayne, and Ontario counties brings the number of New York counties in the service area for UHC Community Plan to 38, the health insurer said in a news release.
Medicaid Managed Care and Family Health Plus are state-government sponsored health-insurance programs, UHC added.
The programs are available throughout Central and Western New York, along with the Hudson Valley, Long Island, and in New York City, according to UHC.
In addition to Lewis, Seneca, Wayne, and Ontario, the 38 counties also include Broome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Clinton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego, St. Lawrence, and Tioga in Central New York and the Southern Tier.
Additional counties include Albany, Bronx, Chautauqua, Columbia, Essex, Fulton, Genesee, Kings, Monroe, Nassau, New York, Niagara, Orange, Queens, Rensselaer, Richmond, Rockland, Suffolk, Ulster, Warren and Westchester, UHC said.
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan offers programs for adults and children who may qualify for Medicaid and Child Health Plus. These programs offer “comprehensive” health coverage, including preventive care, primary care, hospitalization, prescriptions and other services, “often with little or no cost,” according to UHC.
UnitedHealthcare continues expanding its service area and wellness programs so more eligible New Yorkers and their families can access “affordable, quality” health-care [coverage], particularly preventive care, Pat Celli, president of UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of New York, said in the news release.
The company last August announced plans to hire more than 60 new employees to support its recent expansion in New York.
In that news release, UHC indicated it employs more than 4,000 people in 18 locations across New York, following “significant” expansion in its Kingston and Tonawanda locations during 2012.
The health insurer hired more than 1,000 employees to support growth at these two locations alone, the company said.
UnitedHealthcare, a business of Minnetonka, Minn.–based UnitedHealth Group, Inc. (NYSE: UNH), serves nearly 4 million New York residents with a care-provider network of 232 hospitals and more than 58,000 physicians and other health-care professionals statewide, the company said.
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