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Maryland News Connection November 9, 2010

“A popular government without popular information, or the meanit, is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy, or perhaps both."-

Public News ServicePublic News Service

Lark Corbeil, Founder

Susan Green, Development Director

Today’s Agenda: Media Environment, PNS BackStarting a News Service for Maryland

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Since 1996, Public News Service has been building a “progressive Awith state-level independent news services, now in 31 states (with A

GA, IN, MD, NJ, & TX in development)

Currently, tens of thousands of media outlets receive our conteand more than 8,000 nationally are regularly using our stories,reaching a combined weekly national audience of 24 million. Wdeliver high quality, commercially formatted public interest news tocommercial and non-commercial media outlets, including radio,television, web, and print, as well as in podcasts and searchable RSformats. We also offer a Spanish-language component that includetranslation of all our stories and a talk show booking service whereSpanish speaking experts may be interviewed in depth on local andnational radio.

An average of 15 to 45 media outlets (depending on the state) runeach story in traditional formats or online. About one-third of contenpicked up by national radio networks (Clear Channel, CBS, Sirius ONative News Network, WIN, etc.)

Support comes from foundations, nonprofits, socially responsiblebusinesses and individuals; scholarships for participation are basedsliding scale from $2,000 - $5,000/year. Participants may earmark tcontribution for reporting on up to four priority issues, and understanthey are supporting an independent network of journalists whose pais the public interest.

Who We AreWho We Are……

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State of the Media: “I hate to tell you, folksera of free air time is over. There’s a new

-Major Market political TV reporter, True Spin Confe

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PNS Combines The FragmenPNS Combines The FragmenFrom Pew Research Center for the People and the Pre

Integrators 23%Net New

Traditional46%

Disengaged14%

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Where people get NewsWhere people get News

A Snapshot of What Current Research Says on Secto

Television: Network News & Cable Evening network news programs on ABC, NBC and CBS reach about 27 millionnews shows on those networks are seen by 14.1 million viewers daily (accordi

Nightly newscast on PBS reaches 2.4 million viewers daily (according to its inte During prime-time hours, news programs on CNN, MSNBC and Fox News reac

combined while 1.6 million watch during daytime hours (according to ratings da

Newspapers About 54 million people still buy a newspaper each weekday (This number doe

along” rate of newspapers, which some estimate, depending on the paper, to betimes the circulation rate)

Online News Sites About 30 million Internet users go online for news each day with about 6.8 milli

blog each day In an Arbitron survey, 27% of respondents said they listened to online radio in t

(about 69 million people), which is up from 21% in 2008.

Traditional Broadcast or “Terrestrial” Radio Radio is a diverse medium that reaches the majority of the people, with 94 perc

years and older listening to traditional radio each week. 236 million Americans some radio in an average week in the fall of 2009 (a number that has been basfive years)

The numbers cited on this slide were extracted from Pew Research Center’s ThMedia 2010 at http://www.stateofthemedia.org/2010/

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“Public News Service is the silver lining in MSM.” Jan

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Commonwealth News Service

A statewide news service for MassachusettsProducer: Monique Coppola, 71 Commercial Street #420, Boston, MA, 02109 Ph: 888-320-9603 Fax: 360-656-7367 E-mai

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June 18, 2010

Health Reform Means New Rules for Hospitals – MA is Ahead of the Game

Boston, MA – Community Benefit Guidelines, which are issued to nonprofit hospitals and HMOs by the state Attorn

General’s office, are similar to what all hospitals nationwide will have to follow with the passage of health care refor

For those who watch the issue closely, Massachusetts is way ahead of the game. Comments from Amy Whitcom

Slemmer, executive director of Health Care For All; Joan Quinlan, executive director at MGH Center for Commun

Health Improvement; and Jessica Curtis, project director at Community Catalyst.

Intro: The passage of health care reform means new rules for all nonprofit hospitals, and Massachusetts looto be ahead of the game in meeting those requirements. That's because since 1995, the state A-G's office h

been issuing Community Benefit Guidelines – which are suggestions for nonprofit hospitals and HMOs how to address the health and social needs of underserved communities, much like required under federeform. Massachusetts hospitals recently filed their annual community benefits reports describing how theyworking on meeting the guidelines. Amy Whitcomb Slemmer of Health Care For All assessed the filings.

Cut 85 :12 "Health Care For All has done a comprehensive review of the hospital programs and plans that ha

been filed with the state, and were very encouraged by some of the innovative work that is underway arou

Massachusetts."

Tag: Examples of projects that meet the guidelines include new clinics, disease prevention programs asubstance abuse programs.

Second Cut: Joan Quinlan is with MASS General Hospital. She says partnering with the community, whiare what the guidelines suggest, are nothing new for her organization. She says the successes they have sehave been enormous. In Revere, where teen substance abuse was an issue, they worked on a variety of wato reduce it.

Cut 86 :12 "We worked to change policies; we changed social norms, so it became less acceptable for parents

host parties, or for people to have the attitude that drinking's a rite of passage."

Third Cut: Jessica Curtis is with Community Catalyst in Boston, an organization that tracks hospiactivities in Massachusetts, and nationally.

Cut 87 :10 "There’s already some progress here with hospitals working together with their communities so

Massachusetts following these new requirements shouldn’t be as difficult as other states that haven’t taken any st

forward."

OPTIONAL REPORTER WRAP: uses first soundbite(s)

LEAD: Community Benefit Guidelines – are suggestions issued by the state A-G's office for non –profit hospitaand HMO’s to address the health and social needs of underserved communities. For those who watch health issueclosely, Massachusetts is way ahead of the game as a result. Monique Coppola explains.

Cut 88 :30 Outcue...Monique Coppola reporting

Note to Editors: Whitcomb Slemmer is at: 617-275-2915. Quinlan: 617-724-2763. Curtis: 617-275-2859.

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Health Reform Means New Rules for Hospitals – MA isAhead of the Game

June 18, 2010

BOSTON - The passage of health care

reform means new rules for all nonprofit

hospitals, and Massachusetts looks to

be ahead of the game in meeting those

requirements. That's because since

1995, the state attorney general's office

has been issuing Community Benefit

Guidelines, which are suggestions fornonprofit hospitals and HMOs on how to

address the health and social needs of

underserved communities, much like

those required under federal reform.

Massachusetts hospitals recently filed

their annual community benefits reports

describing how they're working to meet the guidelines.

Amy Whitcomb Slemmer, executive direcector of Health Care For All , assessed the

filings.

"Health Care For All has done a comprehensive review of the hospital programs and,

regarding plans that have been filed with the state, we were very encouraged by some

of the innovative work that is underway around Massachusetts."

Joan Quinlan, executive director of MASS General Hospital's Center for Community

Health Improvement, says partnering with the community, which is what the guidelines

suggest, is nothing new for her organization. She says the successes they have seen

have been enormous. In Revere, where teen substance abuse was an issue, they

worked on a variety of ways to reduce it.

"We worked to change policies; we changed social norms, so it became less acceptable

for parents to host parties, or for people to have the attitude that drinking's a rite of

passage."

Jessica Curtis is project director for Community Catalyst in Boston, an organization that

tracks hospital activities in Massachusetts, and nationally.

"There's already some progress here with hospitals working together with their

communities. In Massachusetts, following these new requirements shouldn't be as

difficult as other states that haven't taken any steps forward."

Examples of projects that meet the guidelines include new clinics, disease prevention

programs and substance abuse programs.

Monique Coppola, Public News Service - MA

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Station Usage Report Health Reform Means New Rules for Hospitals – MA is Ahead of the Game

6/18/2010 Boston, MA – Community Benefit Guidelines, which are issued to nonprofit hospitals andHMOs by the state Attorney General’s office, are similar to what all hospitals nationwide willhave to follow with the passage of health care reform. For those who watch the issue closely,Massachusetts is way ahead of the game. Comments from Amy Whitcomb Slemmer, executivedirector of Health Care For All; Joan Quinlan, executive director at MGH Center forCommunity Health Improvement; and Jessica Curtis, project director at Community Catalyst.

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85 06/18/2010 94.5 Clear Channel

MA Affiliates -WJMN-FM

Boston, MA Boston MA 267,347

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Worcester MA 21,333

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Framingham, MA Boston MA 15,498

85 06/18/2010 640 Clear Channel

MA Affiliates -

WNNZ-AM

Westfield, MA Springfield MA 9,513

85 06/18/2010 96.1 Clear Channel

MA Affiliates -

WSRS-FM

Worcester, MA Boston MA 15,498

Worcester MA 46,013

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85 06/18/2010 1430 Clear Channel

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Everett, MA

85 06/18/2010 107.9 Clear Channel

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WXKS-FM

Medford, MA Boston MA 220,852

Cape Cod MA 1,393

Providence RI 8,259

Worcester MA 14,640

Portsmouth-Dover NH 11,589

85 06/18/2010 Clear Channel

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85 06/18/2010 90.9 WBUR-FM

1 Boston, MA

85 06/20/2010 1460 WBET-AM 1 Brockton, MA

85 06/20/2010 95.9 WATD-FM 1 Marshfield, MA

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88 06/20/2010 1340 WBRK-AM 1 Pittsfield, MA

88 06/20/2010 101.7 WBRK-FM 1 Pittsfield, MA

B 06/20/2010 1460 WBET-AM 1 Brockton, MA

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Unique number of stations that aired the story: 41Number of stations that ran more than one soundbite: 5

Estimated Audience Size: 800,888

Unique number of times the RSS story text or audio was accessed: 200

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B indicates the Word version of the broadcast script was downloaded in

addition to the email or fax; P means the web-ready text was downloaded.

2. RSS indicates the unique times times the public version of the text or

audio was accessed. We have just begun to promote this site so it will be

low initially.

3. Radio audience numbers are difficult to pinpoint precisely. These are

our standard estimates based on market share information. These

numbers show 1) the minimum # of stations that aired the story, usually

3-4 times according to Radio Advertising Age; and/or 2) the audience

numbers from the larger markets. Arbitron does not rate the other

markets. The "unique number of stations" is a conservative, but

confirmed number. Where we can not verify the network use, but w

told it is "highly likely", the audience numbers are shared here. Ho

the station will be counted in the "unique number" only if we ourse

can confirm the usage.

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Climate Change Paints Not-so-pretty Fall Allergy Picture inPA

October 13, 2010

HARRISBURG, Penn. - Pennsylvanians

who suffer from fall allergies are really

feeling the effects this year and,

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Federation (NWF), the future may only

hold more red eyes and runny noses.

Along with the wet and dry conditionsthat can affect the severity of allergy

seasons from year to year, there's a

larger factor at work – climate change –

according to NWF climate scientist, Dr.

Amanda Staudt. She points out that, as

we burn fossil fuels, we automatically

create more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

"Carbon dioxide is basically a fertilizer for a lot of these plants that produce allergenic

pollen."

There's a double whammy in several Pennsylvania cities in which people's asthma is

triggered by their allergies. NWF puts Philadelphia, Allentown, Scranton and Pittsburgh

in its Top 20 list of "Asthma Capitals" for 2010.

Another byproduct of our fossil fuel consumption is creating conditions that change the

way some plants grow, adds Staudt.

"We're allowing some trees to move further north, so places that typically didn't have a

lot of allergenic trees like oaks and cedars are going to start seeing more and more of

those over the decades."

She predicts says certain areas of the country will especially hard hit if fossil fuel

emissions aren't curtailed in, in short order.

"We're going to see increases in allergenic tree pollen across much of the Northeastern

United States, the upper Midwest, and the lower Mississippi Valley."

The NWF estimates that ragweed pollen, which hits most allergy sufferers hardest,

results in roughly $700 million in lost productivity nationwide, each year.

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Broadcasters

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What Public News Service IsWhat Public News Service Is…… andand

Your state new service is part of a growing network of state

news services that distribute to 10s of 1,000s of radio, TV, online outlets.

Your membership provides resources for skilled journalistsstories on issue categories you care about.

Your job is to pitch our producers, similar to every other meoutlet.

The difference is… …if you ask, our producer will tell you why a story will work

and suggest ways to improve it. …our producer will be looking for ways to cover the issue a

actively come to you for information. …this is not PR. Our goal is to insure maximum media pick

stories. To accomplish this, PNS must maintain its reputati

provider of independent, accurate, high quality, public interWe aim to balance the mainstream debate, privileging voicrepresent the public interest, while fostering understandingdivisiveness.

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Measuring EffectivenessMeasuring Effectiveness

More than numbers…people, policy & messaging.

1000s of progressive voices heard on MSM yearly; 100s trof shared core messages.

Positive policy developments: a bill to clean up the ChesapWatershed approved in PA and VA; NY voters indicate theimmigration issue politicized, they want immigration to be d

rational way; FL mandates that redistricting respect naturaboundaries to help stop gerrymandering. (174 discrete eveon issues PNS has been covering--sometimes for years--anetwork).

High degree of Initiative/Referendum success (i.e., OH vooverwhelmingly passed the nine children services levies onrecent ballot. CO votes down Amendments 60 and 61, and

101 all designed to reduce taxes that would have lead to jotaken away the ability to expand and improve roads and in

Continued growth of network based on word-of-mouth (31 years).

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Service Providers

Policy/Advocacy

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Results:Policy Change

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Public News Service amplifies public interestthrough credible reporting that is respected, cost-ef

proven results on mainstream and alternative media a

Core Values:

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We Can Make A Difference:

We all deserve a say in decisions that affect

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Government has a role to play.

Decisions made today must not compromise tom

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How it worksHow it works -- how stories come thow stories come to

1) You make annual pledge of support and earmark issue cbecome the producer’s ‘beat”

2) You pitch story ideas to the producer, and respond to the

3) (In a perfect world) you prep your spokesperson

4) Producer writes story, conducts interviews, and contactscheck (5-15 min.)

5) PNS distributes story to all media radio, TV and print outstate(s) in multiple formats (broadcast script, audio files, packages, print/online article, podcast.) Pitches to nationappropriate. Tweets/widgets/RSS available.

6) You receive emailed print version when the story runs andetailed Media Usage Report 2 days later.

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Reporting on our stories in compelling images for audiences in all of our sta

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“Although we have several grantees around the country that have been part o

(PNS), as a national foundation, we recently joined. In the current news lancritical role in bringing public-interest stories into communities around the

forward to using this growing network to build public will for policies and p

the well-being of vulnerable children and families.”

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Maryland News ConnectionMaryland News ConnectionAnnual Support Levels:Annual Support Levels:

Support Levels: The sliding scale is designed to enable participation for a broad arcost per membership is $5,000, which provides resources for production and distriall appropriate radio, TV, print and online outlets. Organizations, foundations, indivresponsible businesses who want to be part of a media solution are invited to makto make up the remainder of the support required.

Based on group’s annual budget:

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Each contribution gives us the resources to do about eight stories per year, depenthe state.

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Media Cost ComparisonMedia Cost Comparison

News is not paid media, and earned media is not free wheffort is factored in. Below are sample rates for commemedia:

1/6 page print ad for a nonprofit campaign in the Baltim(B/W, 1 time/weekday)

30-second radio spot on Baltimore’s 93.1 WPOC-FM radrive time is $225 per airing (as an example, a statewidsmall and large stations would be about $2,500)

30-second TV spot on Baltimore’s WJZ Channel 13 (Ca.m. on The Early Show is $350

Average minimum for a PR service to produce and diststatewide Audio News Release (ANR) is $2,000

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Maryland News ConnectionA statewide news service for Maryland to be launched in 2010

Your ability to get your organization’s vital message to the public is made more challenging by shrinkingnews staffs, collapsing newspapers and increasingly fragmented media. The good news is: the Maryland

News Connection (MDNC) is a vehicle that can provide high-quality news stories on a wide range ofsocial, community and environmental issues that many newsrooms want, but no longer coverthemselves.

MDNC will be part of the national Public News Service network of state-based public interest newsagencies that have sprung up to provide high quality, independent and professionally produced newsstories covering the public interest beat to local, regional and national news outlets to use as they see fit:by broadcasting, uploading to their own websites and printing. Currently, tens of thousands of mediaoutlets receive our content and more than 8,000 nationally are regularly using our stories, reaching acombined national audience of 24 million. You are invited to learn more and become a founding member.

Why a “Public Interest” News Service?

Our coverage lifts up public interest voices and issues so they are included in mainstream/commercial aswell as independent/non-commercial media outlets, with demonstrated success impacting people’sperspectives and effecting public policy. We’re solving three problems: providing content for hard-pressedmedia outlets; educating the public, and ensuring coverage for the critical issues and voices of our day.

What is our Reach?

The trend in media is “seamless” access. We distribute to radio, television, satellite, mobile devices, weband print outlets; provide public access to our material via our website www.publicnewsservice.org; andoffer podcasts and RSS feeds. We are unique in being welcomed by thousands of media outlets acrossthe political, geographic and commercial divides.

PNS also has a pilot TV project and bilingual news options across the country. Our stories dramaticallyincrease the impact and visibility of our supporters’ issues as well as the wider community.

By providing content to other media outlets in the format of their choice, we leverage access to peoplewho are hard to reach otherwise. As new media tools arrive, our content adapts easily and supportsrapidly changing news environments.

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MDNC is funded by memberships, grants and gifts from foundations, organizations and individuals.Supporters may earmark their contributions for reporting on priority issues areas, with the explicit

understanding that all editorial authority rests with MDNC. Supporters are welcomed and invited to helpour producers keep on top of local issues. Each completed news script with audio is sent out to mediaoutlets statewide, and national networks when appropriate. Shortly thereafter, an electronic list isavailable detailing the media outlets that used each story, which is updated perpetually.

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Email to [email protected] OR fax a hardcopy to 208-247-1830.

Name of Organization: _____________________________________________________________

Please circle the coverage area(s) that you want to support. It is understood that member groups earmark theirmemberships for reporting on up to four priority issue areas (fewer selections means more reporting on each) and nontrol of the editorial content. This preserves the independence critical to the success of the news, while also

providing the resources to more deeply cover the complex issues of our time.

Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Environment Philanthropy

Animal Welfare Environmental Justice Public Lands/Wilderness

Arts & CultureFamily/Father Issues Rural/Farming

Budget Policy & PrioritiesGLBTQ Issues Salmon Recovery

Campaign Finance Reform/Money inPolitics Global Warming/Air Quality Senior Issues

CensusGun Violence Prevention Smoking Prevention

Children's IssuesHealth Issues Social Justice

Citizenship/Representative DemocracyHIV/AIDS Prevention Sustainable Agriculture

Civil RightsHousing/Homelessness Teen Pregnancy Prevention

Community IssuesHuman Rights/Racial Justice Toxics

Consumer SafetyHunger/Food/Nutrition Urban Planning/Transport.

Criminal JusticeImmigrant Issues Waste Reduction/Recycling

DisabilitiesInternational Relief Water Quality

Domestic Violence/Sexual AssaultLivable Wages/Working Families Welfare Reform

Early Childhood Education Mental Health Women's Issues

EducationNative American Issues Youth Issues

Endangered Species & WildlifeNuclear Waste Other:

Energy PolicyPeace

Please take a moment to add any other details on specific issues your group works on:

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ContactsPlease list all the contact persons for your organization so that we can keep the key players pluggedinto the service. We need at least one, but as many as five, media contacts. Secondary media contactsare back-up for when primary contacts can’t be reached. For media contacts, please include as much

contact information as possible. We need one person identified as the billing/invoices contact.

We email stories and media outlet usage reports to our members. These detail which outlets in whichmarkets picked up the story, as well as the estimated minimum listening audience. Contacts can receivescripts and/or reports for either just the issues circled on the prior page, or for all the stories your stateservice produces, or no email at all. Please select email preferences for each contact.

A) Name:___________________________________ Title: __________________________ Primary media contact Secondary media contact Billing/invoices contact

Email preferences: Stories: only issues selected on page 2 OR all issues OR none

Reports: only issues selected on page 2 OR all issues OR noneWork Phone: ________________________ Cell Phone:_________________________

Home Phone: ___________________ E-mail: ______________________________________

Mailing address if different from main address:

B) Name:___________________________________ Title: __________________________ Primary media contact Secondary media contact Billing/invoices contact


Reports: only issues selected on page 2 OR all issues OR none

Work Phone: ________________________ Cell Phone:_________________________

Home Phone: ___________________ E-mail: ______________________________________


C) Name:___________________________________ Title: __________________________ Primary media contact Secondary media contact Billing/invoices contact




Home Phone: ___________________ E-mail: ______________________________________


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D) Name:___________________________________ Title: __________________________ Primary media contact Secondary media contact Billing/invoices contact




Home Phone: ___________________ E-mail: ______________________________________


E) Name:___________________________________ Title: __________________________ Primary media contact Secondary media contact Billing/invoices contact




Home Phone: ___________________ E-mail: ______________________________________


F) Name:___________________________________ Title: __________________________ Primary media contact Secondary media contact Billing/invoices contact




Home Phone: ___________________ E-mail: ______________________________________ Mailing address if different from main address:

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