DBKP: We're Moving and Growing!

In case you didn't notice, we're making a few changes.

We're moving to a bigger site (we're still going to be having this one for awhile, then we'll re-direct to the new one.) and we'll be able to offer our readers a lot more at the new location.

This is sort of a preview of the new place, not a final edition. A test run, if you will for several items.

Look for new features, new writers and some surprises. LBG's got some things up her sleeve, RAPH's been positively prolific and has a new project that I'm excited about and I'm going on a worldwide tour opening for U2.

Okay, so the last one's not happening, but you know how easy it is to get carried away.

In the meantime, let's hope no one has a stroke.

And pray for the poor, overworked staff.

We drive them like Eskimo sled dogs.

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Ain't That Something? Dept.

We saw this little ratings widget at Simply Jews and it intrigued us. So we headed over to Critics Rant to check it out.

We decided to put Death By 1000 Papercuts to the test. As the title says, "What level of education is required to understand your blog?" We wanted to know!

Below is what we found out:

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So now we can't get through the door because our head is swelled three sizes.

And if you are a regular reader, give yourself a pat on the back: we write to our readership. So far, no one's had any trouble reading or understanding us. Not sure how accurate the widget is, but we're not going to question it.

At least one of us ran out and bought a book on quantum mechanics.

The next time someone looks down on you for reading or commenting about Dog the Bounty Hunter. Or they think your web-surfing is low-brow stuff.

Just smile as you're walking away and mention that you read "Genius Level" articles everyday at DBKP.

by Mondoreb

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Failed War on Drugs: November Edition

The November Edition/Carnival of the Failed War on Drugs has LOTS of links to stories of interest from around the web.

Special thanks to Stop the Drug War for answering our call for links to reference material for this edition.

1 We'll start out with a story we did last month that asks the pertinent question: What's up with Britney's erratic behavior?
Does Britney Have an Oxycotin Problem?

2 A plethora of great links, sent by:

Stop the Drug War

Issue #510, Nov 16, 2007

• Editorial: They Know More Than They're Willing to Admit About the Drug War



• Feature: Presidential Contenders and Drug Policy II -- Republicans


• Feature: Would-Be North Dakota Hemp Farmers Have Another Day in Court


• Weekly: Blogging @ the Speakeasy


• Students: Intern at DRCNet and Help Stop the Drug War!


• Full of It: Rep. Mark Souder Souder Gets Called on His Characterization of HEA Reform Supporters


• Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories


• Medical Marijuana: Invited By "Pro-Family Group," Drug Czar's Chief Scientist Testifies at Tennessee House Hearing



• Marijuana: California Cops Destroy Pot Worth Twice As Much as State's Largest Legal Cash Crop, But Still Miss Vast Majority of It


• Marijuana: A Week After Initiative Vote, Denver Bites the Bullet -- Sort Of


• Popular Culture: One-Third of Hit Songs Contain Drug Use References


• Australia: Queensland to Increase Drug Penalties


• Death Penalty: Two More Executed for Drug Trafficking in Saudi Arabia


• Web Scan


• Weekly: This Week in History


• Job Opportunity: Drug Policy Alliance, Deputy Director, San Francisco Office

3

Russell Blackford presents Leave Hingis alone - on tennis and cocaine posted at Metamagician and the Hellfire Club.

4 And a few more from Stop the Drug War.


• Feedback: Do You Read Drug War Chronicle?


• Webmasters: Help the Movement by Running DRCNet Syndication Feeds on Your Web Site!


• Resource: DRCNet Web Site Offers Wide Array of RSS Feeds for Your Reader


• Resource: Reformer's Calendar Accessible Through DRCNet Web Site

And that's the November Edition of The Failed War on Drugs. If you have a link to a good source, graphic or story you've done or know about, pass it along to Hummmbert@gmail.com.
December Edition: December 15, 2007

Editions archived at: The Failed War on Drugs.

by Hummmbert




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Death By 1000 Papercuts: Sidebar Graveyard

Where do items go once they leave the DBKP sidebars?

To the sidebar graveyard, of course.

These are items we want to keep, but are no longer going to be on our sidebar. Take one last long look at them. Some have been on the sidebar since Day 1 of DBKP.

They're like old friends to some of us.

THE PAPERCUT CREW

* MONDOREB ----Raised by wolves, he was caught affixing 2000 Bush/Chaney stickers to cars in the SF area in 2004. After a stint in a re-education camp and briefly shilling for a mime, he dropped out of sight. Now he's back. This is his story.
* LITTLE BABY GINN----Out on the hard edge of life, she walks confidently: the 'click-clack-click-clack' of her stilletoes, her vivid scarlet lipstick and a half-smoked cigarette, her only companions. She writes because--well, no one is quite sure why. But write she does. This is her story.
* LUSCIOUS P------Our crack War on Drugs & Lifestyles reportress. The P is for Peach, as in Ripe, Juicy Peach. And thankfully, she's P, not PC, or we'd all be in trouble. When she hands in an article, wisps of smoke come off the page.
* RIDESAPALEHORSE----------Some whispered: he'd been a Ninja; others, that he was running from his past. A past that included one lively blonde and two dead bodies. We only know: when he walked in, he had a knife in his teeth and a fistful of Art.
* BABBAZEE-----She roared up in a '70 HemiCuda: a 'Zion Rules' bumper sticker on the back and an AK-47 out the window. She slammed on the brakes and said "I'm here for the Jewhad!". We knew then she was our kinda woman.
* HUGE SCROTUM MAN-------------(Scroticus Maximus) A natural optimist: life gave him huge testicles, so he has a ball. He brings the Java.

[This item made unnecessary since we added the "STAFF" earlier. We kept it around this long for old time's sake.]





[We kept this up for a long time and sent 4 emails without a response. If anyone has any info on this blogroll, drop us a line, we'd still like to join.]

EXTINCT and ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST:

THE DINOSAUR
Unable to adapt. (Pictured above: Hypsibema missouriense, the official state dinosaur of Missouri.)

THE DODO

Unable to defend itself from Europeans. Tasted like chicken.

THE EUROPEANS
Unable to defend themselves from continuing multi-cultural outrage. (Pictured above: Cheese map of France.)

[One of first and favorites, it's like waving good-bye as one of your children leave home. It will make a future appearance, probably in expanded form.]

I HATE KEITH OLBERMANN

Looking for Keith Olbermann-haters' articles and/or graphix for November 10, 2007 edition of I Hate Keith Olbermann.
Email to:Mondoreb

[Much as we love to hate him, the "I Hate Keith Olbermann" will only make the occasional guest appearance.]


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DBKP Blog Round-Up: November 9, 2007

Little Baby Ginn's look around the inhabitants of DBKP's "Own Private Blogosphere". Ginn takes a walk on the blog side and returns to bring today's snippets.

John Kerry’s Rapid Response Team has the goods SBVT, vows to be ready for 2012 elections.

How’s that for a fast reaction and “winning the news cycle?”

A mere 3 years after the election, John Kerry’s team has put together a bale of evidence, that were it not for his total non-involvement in the ‘08 Presidential election, would set forth a string of events, that if not unrelated, would surely land him in the Oval Office.

If only it had been a Time Machine instead of a Right Wing Smear Machine they used on him! Try rubbing the magic hat, John. Or borrow Mugabe’s Magic Staff (wink wink).
--Doc Weasel

The Casual Relationship and Code

We've talked about code, haven't we?

Only usually when I tell people about code, I'm telling a committed couple to talk in code so that they're not overtly saying something crude and off-putting like, I'm really kind of frisky so if you don't mind, would you please take off all of your clothes right now?

For some people that might be sexy, but not if one of those people has two X chromosomes.
--Everyone NeedsTherapy

Picture Proof... Hostage Taker Ahmadinejad Met With Khomeini

Previously, former US embassy hostages claimed that Ahmadinejad was one of their captors.
This was later denied by the regime and a former regime agent.

But, a new photo that just surfaced in Iran may prove that Ahmadinejad did indeed have a hand in kidnapping Americans at the US Embassy in Tehran.
--Gateway Pundit

Meet Jessica the pet hippo and her family in South Africa.
--Geckofeeder

Ellen Foster, Republican suffragist

Ellen_fosterGrand Old Partisan salutes Ellen Foster, the pioneering Republican suffragist, born this day in 1840. Back in the 1870s and 80s, a third-party, the Prohibitionists, handed many election victories to the Democrats by splitting the conservative vote.
--Grand Old Partisan

Happy Trails!

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DBKP Blog Roundup: November 8 2007

Little Baby Ginn takes a stroll through DBKP's "Own Private Blogosphere" and brings backs snapshots of note and interest. Whether you agree with the items or not, they're interesting. Here's Ginn's latest goodies:

From CALIFORNIA YANKEE:
Genuinely Afraid

Former Republican congressional leader Newt Gingrich discusses the War On Terror at the National Press Club on August 7, 2007.

Referring to his grandchildren, Gingrich said:

I believe they are in greater danger of dying from enemy activities than we were in the Cold War … I am genuinely afraid that this political system will not react until we lose a city.

From ChenZhen's Chamber:
My 11⁄2 Years At LGF, Part VIII: Sockpuppet Revealed!
I’m going to conclude this series by treating the lizards to a little surprise…
Mr. Poopypants = ChenZhen

On one warm August afternoon, while sitting in front of a brand-new work computer, I decided to visit the site and noticed that LGF’s registration was open. Now, up until that point, I had been online for a few of these windows of opportunity, but I had always resisted the temptation to register another nickname. Sockpuppetry just isn’t my thing, after all. On this occasion, however, I felt that it wouldn’t be such a bad idea to have another account- just in case. I dunno, maybe I got the feeling that ”ChenZhen’s” banishment was imminent. Anyway, the problem was, I was drawing a blank on what name to give my impostor entity. Time was running out, and I had to think fast. What should the name be? Desperate, I looked up to the masthead to remind myself what site I was on (a reference to boogers, or so I’ve guessed), and the inspiration hit me. “Mr. Poopypants” was thereby, er…um…”hatched”.

From Chicago Ray:
Lawsuit Better Late Than Never By Judicial Watch

I'm puzzled as to why a group usually on top of things of this nature, particularly as it pertains to the Clinton's, hadn't filed this lawsuit at a much earlier time in regards to Hill and Bill's intentional stonewalling regarding the release of Clinton presidential documents from that time frame that Hillary is actively flouting and running on as her flimsy credentials for becoming the next president of our country.

From Cripes Suzette:

Dog Dogs Dog Cat Dog Puppies

1. Dog. After all is said and done, I want another corgi. I'm sure little purse-sized dogs are fine for the likes of Paris and Britney, and the big galoots do well for things like My Three Sons and the Brady Bunch, but once you've known a corgi, you can't do with any lesser personality.

One late addition from Everybody Needs Therapy, because--hey--how can you ignore a shout-out?

But creativity in the blogosphere abounds. For example, The Lost War on Drugs at Death by 1000 Paperclips will have you wondering (if you're me) where you've been. And I don't know where I stand on legalization, by the way, so no assumptions here. I'm probably not pro.

Doc, it's okay you're not pro. Life is all about growth and dealing with changing perceptions. Our parents probably aren't pro, either--and we still love them.

And that's the state of our Own Private Blogosphere, Thursday November 8 2007.

by Little Baby Ginn

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Blog Round-up: Wednesday 11-07-07

"Little Baby Ginn's Tuesday night stroll
through DBKP's "Own Private Blogosphere"

77 percent of people oppose driver's licenses for illegal aliens

“Voters oppose driver's licenses for illegal aliens by a nearly five-to-one margin, a new Fox 5/Washington Times/Rasmussen Reports poll finds.
As immigration politics explode into the presidential race, polls show Americans are taking a hard line on benefits for illegal aliens, including opposing driver's licenses and such taxpayer-funded benefits as scholarships at state colleges for illegal-alien students.”--On 1RedThread

Canary Is Singing

This does not bode well for Democrats and Hillary Rodham Clinton. When Krugman of the New York Times starts questioning the raison d'etre of the progressive Democratic Party, it spells trouble with a capital T in River City.--On Anna's Clue Tank

False Swastika Reports At The George Washington University Have Far Reaching Consequences

Sarah Marshak, The George Washington University Jewish student who reported that multiple swastikas were drawn on her dorm room door, has allegedly confessed to drawing some of the symbols herself.

Freshman who reported swastikas drew them as well

Anti-Racist Blog fears that the consequences of Ms. Marshak's actions will be felt well beyond this student and The George Washington University. Unfortunately, Sarah's actions will unfairly put into question many actual incidents of anti-Semitism and anti-Jew racism on college campuses across the country. In addition, Ms. Marshak's conduct is going to be used to demonize Jews and Zionists more generally. This can already be seen on the Internet.--On Anti-Racist Blog

Bill Clinton: Stop Swiftboating Hillary!

Oh, for crying out loud. The Hillary campaign just keeps getting weirder. As you'll recall from last week, during the Democratic debate Hillary was asked about Eliot Spitzer's idea for giving driver's licenses to illegal immigrants. Her non-answer was such a monumental flip-flop that the other candidates were well within their rights to press her on it, as was Tim Russert, one of the moderators.--On Bilby's

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Now is DeWinter of Our Discontent

[NOTE: This is Part 1 of BabbaZee's eye-opening examination of the penetration of European mainstream political parties by White Supremacists and Neo-Nazis. Taking a page out of the Communist playbook, the Extreme Right has made gains in "conquering from within. And BZ nails them, despite their denials. First of a three-part series.]


A TOKEN OF HIS EXTREME:

Who is Filip DeWinter, and Why should you care?
Click here for a brief history,

What is that Odin's cross doing on his shelf at the end of the video, I asked myself? I know when I see it that is only used by two groups of people, Neo-Pagans and White Power groups. This is not an old clip, this is very recent.

That statue is in his HOME, on his shelf. IN HIS HOME.

The camera lingers on it intentionally.

This statue on his shelf in his personal study is symbolic of who he is.
There are not lots of knickknacks there, he is not a collector, there is only this one item.
Why?
Because it is of monumental import to him personally and he cherishes it.Filip DeWinter was born in Flanders on 11 September 1962 as Philip DeWinter.

To appear "more Flemish" he later changes the spelling of his first name to Filip.

The former president of the Flemish Socialists, Franck Vandenbroucke, will say of him:
"DeWinter is an authentic Nazi" and Louis Tobbak, former minister SP of the Interior, will add: DeWinter is "a psychopath" (quotations extracted the book "Vlaams Blok" by Hugo Gijsels, 1994)

At the end of the seventies DeWinter joins the Jongerenfront or young people front, the Flemish version of the Front de la Jeunesse .

Jongerenfront is at that time in Flanders allied with the Face of Youth (FJ), a group of neo fascist students related to the CEPIC .

1988:


Whoops, looks like he got busted practicing white mans taqiyya there...

Here's a nice picture of him from his Jongerenfront days, who does he remind you of here?

Here is the entire Dutch documentary with French subtitles on Vlaams Belang's Nazi connections that the clip above is extracted from. Even with out a translation the images are revealing and edifying.
Some of the language is intelligible too, even with my American ear. I am working on getting an English transcript for it:

To read the rest of the story, Click Here: Now is DeWinter of Our Discontent
at The Outraged Spleen of Zion
by BabbaZee
[NOTE: Babba's attracted the attention of some White Supremacists shortly after this first part was released. Part Two will be up here at DBKP shortly.]



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Same Question Today as Saturday: Is the Pakistan State Of Emergency a Coup?

We asked the question Saturday. We ask it again on Monday: Is the State of Emergency in Pakistan a coup?

Forbes has now reported what Death By 1000 Papercuts put up on Saturday (Pakistan's State of Emergency: Is This a Coup?) No one listened--except Reuters, who yesterday posted our BNN article as related content yesterday, where it was still up this morning.

Forbes asked as we did on Saturday and was answered by a Pakistani statement:

Pakistan's government on Monday denied rumours sweeping the country that the deputy army chief had placed military ruler President Pervez Musharraf under house arrest.

'This is not true. There is no truth in it. He is at Aiwan-e-Sadr (the presidential palace) and has met with foreign diplomats,' a senior government spokesman told Agence France-Presse

What we wrote on Saturday:

State of Emergency or a coup? The Constitution is now suspended: is this an Army take-over? Though the Washington Post and others are saying President Musharraf is declaring a state of emergency, other sources are saying that Musharraf is not fully in charge here. It's the Chief of Army Staff who declared the State of Emergency, not President Musharraf.

That was on Saturday. This is Monday and still, questions about who is in charge in Pakistan continue.
[NOTE: We also posted this article on Diggs on Saturday. However, their users wouldn't have known it--it was quickly buried.]

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DBKP Interview with Marcus Wilder: Paradise Not Only 72 Virgins But "Boys Like Pearls"

Not Only Will "Boys like Pearls" be Provided,
They'll be "Refreshed"?!?

A new book is out on Pakistan and it might raise a few eyebrows--both in the United States and in Pakistan. "Naive and Abroad: Pakistan, Travel in a Land of Mullahs" just came out and Death by 1000 Papercuts had a chance to sit down (in the blogosphere sense) with author, Marcus Wilder. We recruited Noblesse Oblige's Pakistan Powerhouse, Thanos, to join us in questioning the author on his travels and stays throughout Pakistan.

It proved to be both interesting and informative.

MONDOREB: Welcome Marcus to the Land of 1000 Papercuts!

MARCUS WILDER: Thank you for this opportunity.

MONDO: No problem. Let's do it!

LITTLE BABY GINN: What place in your book would you most like to return to and why?

MW: Peshawar, without question. Peshawar is the most interesting city I have seen in a lifetime of travel. I saw Bali before the runways were lengthened to serve 707s. I saw Bangkok before the boom. I knew the
Mexico of the 1950s, the Madrid of the 1960s. Peshawar tops these and everywhere else I've been. Peshawar is a place to hang out.

THANOS: Which group is more feared in
Pakistan, The Taliban, or the ISI [The Directorate of Inter-Services Intelligence] ?

MW: I do not think the peoples of the NWFP [Northwest Frontier Province] fear in the sense we know fear. A Pathan's attitude is that HE is the one to be feared.

The ISI is by far most powerful WHERE THAT POWER CAN BE APPLIED but I did not sense the ISI is feared. In those societies, today's enemy is tomorrow's friend is the next day's enemy. In the book I write that the Pathan's loyalties shift with the mountain wind. The Gabby Afghan was an ISI agent, just doing his job.

[NOTE: The Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence (also Inter-Services Intelligence or ISI) is the largest and most powerful intelligence service in Pakistan. It is one of the three main branches of Pakistan's intelligence agencies. From Wikipedia.]

Pakistan's Northwest Frontier Province
GINN: Which place has changed the most due to Islamist violence?

MW: The Northwest Frontier Province. These have been violent places for as long as anyone knows, but the Afghan war and now Al-Queda brought efficiency to the violence...better tools for violence...more reasons for violence. Not everyone is displeased. Perhaps the more things
change, the more they stay the same.

GINN: Which place would you not want to return to?

MW: Chitral. There is nothing there. I might consider using Chitral as a base for exploring more remote areas. I do not speak well of Chitral in the book.

MONDO: What comment on everyday life in Pakistan can you offer?

MW: I would use this opportunity to talk of the burkah. The purpose of the burkah is to prevent arousing uncontrollable urges
in passing men. Presumably, women cannot be expected to resist these uncontrollably urged men. In fairness, rape is common - burkah or no burkah.

To prove rape, a woman must have four male witnesses. Since the male witnesses are invariably the rapists, this defense tactic never works. If there are not four male witnesses to testify for her, the woman is blamed. She can be flogged. She can be stoned. At a minimum, her husband will beat her severely.

The burkah is not Islamic. Muslims adopted that custom from a primitive tribe they converted to Islam. The damage has been done.

MONDO: Advance publicity about "Naive and Abroad" speaks of this as an 'expose'. What does it expose? Anything in particular?

MW: That does not refer to an incident. The book began as a straightforward travel journal. I read the news daily - on the
Internet - in THE TELEGRAPH, THE TIMES, DER SPIEGEL (In English), THE GUARDIAN, THE NEW YORK TIMES, and THE INDEPENDENT. I read THE ECONOMIST weekly. As I worked on polishing the hand-written travel journal into a book, news articles from these publications kept popping up with information about aspects of Islam and Islamic societies. It was almost as if the book took itself out of my hands. A travel
journal grew into an exposé. What I read in newspapers forced outside reading. You see the result. The book turned itself into an exposé. I deny responsibility.

MONDO: We hear about how Muslims in the Middle East hate America and the eternal question in some quarters seems to be "Why do they hate us?" Did your travels shed some light on this?

MW: If I have a claim to understanding the peoples I met, I would say meeting the peoples...interacting with them as human beings...seeing that from their perspective their point of view is natural and right
gave me some understanding. I have seen up close - under friendly circumstances - how different they are from anyone we know in the West. They were unfailingly kind to me.

It is important to understand that many of these people hate Americans in the abstract, but all fall all over themselves to be kind to the American standing before them. Given the choice between getting a green card or going directly to Paradise, most would take the green card.

THANOS: Do you see the MMA adherents growing or shrinking in power?

MW: I am embarrassed to say I do know just now know what the MMA is.

MONDO: Do you have another interesting tid-bits your book offers to the reader; like your burkah information?

MW: Paradise.

GINN: Paradise?

MW: Not only will seventy-two female virgins be supplied in Paradise, but an unlimited number of boys like pearls as well. The virginity of the females will not be restored, but the boys will be "refreshed." I
never learned what women are promised in Paradise. Perhaps they get to be [one of] the seventy-two virgins.

GINN: What place in Pakistan most seemed like home?

MW: I felt at home - I would not have thought to use that expression, but it fits - in Peshawar, and in the villages. It is easy to feel at home where everyone likes you. Thank you for your question. It makes me think.

MONDO: Marcus, could you tell us a little about yourself? Your background or upbringing?

MW: I am street-fluent in Spanish and German, learned largely on the street. I was born in the Mexican border country of South Texas in 1937. My formative years were the 1950s, probably the best time ever to be a kid in what may have been the best place ever to be a kid. I had a bicycle, a horse, a .22, and room to roam. What more could a boy want, video games?

In the first grade, the Ursuline sisters taught me to read...to love reading. Everything since can be directly or indirectly attributed to - or blamed on - that love of reading. Reading can lead anywhere. I love books, guns, horses, odd places, and beautifu, intelligent women.

I wish I could be as successful with beautiful, intelligent women as I am with guns and horses. Perhaps if I had as much practice with beautiful, intelligent women...

MONDO: Lots of guys would be lining up for that kind of practice. What kind of lifestyle do you lead now?

I have no TV, no cell phone, and no credit cards. My watch, my cameras
and my pen are precision mechanical devices from a more civilized time.

MONDO: Thank you Marcus. A storehouse of unique information about Pakistan, its people and the region in general. More than a travel book, more than a book on radical Islam: Naive and Abroad gives a rare glimpse into a way of life that may soon disappear. The book is Naive and Abroad: Pakistan, Travel in a Land of Mullahs by Marcus Wilder. It available from Amazon and as an ebook from iUniverse.

MW: Thank you.

The book promises "Adventure, Dry Humor, Daring Exposé, Keen Observation, Accurate Reporting, and Informed Commentary". DBKP thinks that is a fair assessment. We'd like to thank Thanos from Noblesse Oblige for his contributions.

Finally, the words any author wants to hear: This is a good read. Go buy the book!

[NOTE: The book is available at Amazon for $15.41,
discounted from $16.95. Any bookseller will order the book at full
retail.

The e-book is available for $6 - yes, six - from iUniverse in
their bookstore. The link is too long to use successfully here. To
save $9, the buyer will have to manually go to the iUniverse site and
click on their Bookstore tab, upper right.]
Want up-to-the-minute news and analysis of Pakistan?
Noblesse Oblige is what you're looking for.
See Thanos' comment #1 on this post for a bit of information to fill in some blanks on a few items here.




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