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Heinrich
Nov 17, 2012, 11:37:24 PM11/17/12
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Israel rushed a fifth Iron Dome air defence battery into service in the Tel
Aviv area on Saturday, using it within hours to shoot down a rocket fired at
the coastal metropolis from the Gaza Strip.
But the successful interception, witnessed by a Reuters correspondent,
appeared to stretch the capabilities of the unit meant to provide coverage
for Israel’s biggest conurbation, which includes its main international
airport, 15 km (6 miles) inland.
Iron Dome’s radars, linked with other Israeli surveillance systems, spot
rocket launches from Gaza, hundreds of which have happened during
cross-border fighting that erupted on Wednesday.
The detection sets off sirens in the town targeted so people can shelter
while Iron Dome fires a guided interceptor missile. In the case of Tel Aviv,
the military says, this alert should provide 90 seconds before the rocket
closes in for impact.
But on Saturday it took less than that between the wail of the siren and the
explosive collision of metal on metal over a Tel Aviv beach.
The distinctive smoke-cloud left behind, like an inverted tear-drop, was
just a few hundred yards above ground - suggesting the rocket was on its
final descent when it was knocked out of the sky by one of two interceptors
shot at it.
Few of the hundreds of people who had ducked-and-covered on the boardwalk
looked upset about what might have been a close call. It was the third
rocket launch against Tel Aviv in 48 hours, without damage or casualties
being caused.
“Well that wasn’t such a big deal,” said a woman who had watched the
interception while clinging for protection to the trunk of a baby palm tree
on a traffic island.
POWERFUL WARHEAD
But there was no nonchalance in the faces of police specialists who streamed
to the scene in search of debris that might help them determine the design
of the weapon used.
Hamas, the Islamist group governing Gaza, claimed the attack and said the
rocket was an Iranian-made Fajr-5, which has a 75 km (46 mile) range and a
175 kg (385 pound) warhead – powerful enough to shear through a concrete
apartment block.
Israel has been trying to bomb these on the ground, and each one that
survives to be launched across the border means a boost in prestige for the
outgunned Palestinian guerrillas.
The fifth Iron Dome had not been not scheduled to come into service until
early 2013. The four other batteries are all deployed much further to the
south, protecting towns close to the Gaza border.
A military spokeswoman said Iron Dome has shot down at least 222 incoming
rockets since Wednesday – a 90 percent success rate. Interceptor missiles
are fired only when the system calculates the rocket being tracked might hit
a built-up area.
Iron Dome was first deployed in April 2011, outside the southern city of
Beersheba, going into action immediately in another flare-up of clashes with
nearby Gaza.
At the time, defence officials said the system provided protection against
rockets with ranges of between 5 km (3 miles) and 70 km (42 miles), as well
as mortar bombs.
They have since acknowledged that Iron Dome had proven unreliable for
missiles with ranges under 7 km (4 miles).
Made by state-owned Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd, the system is
truck-towed for easy transport, and Israel says it needs 13 of them for
satisfactory nationwide defence.
Iron Dome, along with Israeli ballistic missile shield Arrow, has received
extensive support from Washington, which seeks both to reassure and restrain
the Jewish state in the face of the nuclear advances of its arch-enemy Iran.
Read more:
http://forward.com/articles/166291/narrow-miss-for-tel-aviv-as-rocket-nailed-in-air/#ixzz2CXu0IGDs
Aviv area on Saturday, using it within hours to shoot down a rocket fired at
the coastal metropolis from the Gaza Strip.
But the successful interception, witnessed by a Reuters correspondent,
appeared to stretch the capabilities of the unit meant to provide coverage
for Israel’s biggest conurbation, which includes its main international
airport, 15 km (6 miles) inland.
Iron Dome’s radars, linked with other Israeli surveillance systems, spot
rocket launches from Gaza, hundreds of which have happened during
cross-border fighting that erupted on Wednesday.
The detection sets off sirens in the town targeted so people can shelter
while Iron Dome fires a guided interceptor missile. In the case of Tel Aviv,
the military says, this alert should provide 90 seconds before the rocket
closes in for impact.
But on Saturday it took less than that between the wail of the siren and the
explosive collision of metal on metal over a Tel Aviv beach.
The distinctive smoke-cloud left behind, like an inverted tear-drop, was
just a few hundred yards above ground - suggesting the rocket was on its
final descent when it was knocked out of the sky by one of two interceptors
shot at it.
Few of the hundreds of people who had ducked-and-covered on the boardwalk
looked upset about what might have been a close call. It was the third
rocket launch against Tel Aviv in 48 hours, without damage or casualties
being caused.
“Well that wasn’t such a big deal,” said a woman who had watched the
interception while clinging for protection to the trunk of a baby palm tree
on a traffic island.
POWERFUL WARHEAD
But there was no nonchalance in the faces of police specialists who streamed
to the scene in search of debris that might help them determine the design
of the weapon used.
Hamas, the Islamist group governing Gaza, claimed the attack and said the
rocket was an Iranian-made Fajr-5, which has a 75 km (46 mile) range and a
175 kg (385 pound) warhead – powerful enough to shear through a concrete
apartment block.
Israel has been trying to bomb these on the ground, and each one that
survives to be launched across the border means a boost in prestige for the
outgunned Palestinian guerrillas.
The fifth Iron Dome had not been not scheduled to come into service until
early 2013. The four other batteries are all deployed much further to the
south, protecting towns close to the Gaza border.
A military spokeswoman said Iron Dome has shot down at least 222 incoming
rockets since Wednesday – a 90 percent success rate. Interceptor missiles
are fired only when the system calculates the rocket being tracked might hit
a built-up area.
Iron Dome was first deployed in April 2011, outside the southern city of
Beersheba, going into action immediately in another flare-up of clashes with
nearby Gaza.
At the time, defence officials said the system provided protection against
rockets with ranges of between 5 km (3 miles) and 70 km (42 miles), as well
as mortar bombs.
They have since acknowledged that Iron Dome had proven unreliable for
missiles with ranges under 7 km (4 miles).
Made by state-owned Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd, the system is
truck-towed for easy transport, and Israel says it needs 13 of them for
satisfactory nationwide defence.
Iron Dome, along with Israeli ballistic missile shield Arrow, has received
extensive support from Washington, which seeks both to reassure and restrain
the Jewish state in the face of the nuclear advances of its arch-enemy Iran.
Read more:
http://forward.com/articles/166291/narrow-miss-for-tel-aviv-as-rocket-nailed-in-air/#ixzz2CXu0IGDs
Walt Hampton
Nov 18, 2012, 12:16:04 AM11/18/12
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"Heinrich" wrote in message
news:50a8660e$0$12468$2e0e...@news.tweakdsl.nl...
>Iron Dome, along with Israeli ballistic missile shield Arrow, has received
>extensive support from Washington, which seeks both to reassure and
>restrain the Jewish state in the face of the nuclear advances of its
>arch-enemy Iran.
The so-called "Jewish state" is headed for the same destiny as the USSR;
Debunked, demystified, and discredited....
The "Jewish state" has almost sucked all of its host countries dry. Europe
is already in economic collapse. Jew-S-A is the only thing keeping the Jews
alive. When the economic lifeline from here ends, it will be open season
on Yids everywhere.
news:50a8660e$0$12468$2e0e...@news.tweakdsl.nl...
>Iron Dome, along with Israeli ballistic missile shield Arrow, has received
>extensive support from Washington, which seeks both to reassure and
>restrain the Jewish state in the face of the nuclear advances of its
>arch-enemy Iran.
Debunked, demystified, and discredited....
The "Jewish state" has almost sucked all of its host countries dry. Europe
is already in economic collapse. Jew-S-A is the only thing keeping the Jews
alive. When the economic lifeline from here ends, it will be open season
on Yids everywhere.
The Peeler
Nov 18, 2012, 6:06:38 AM11/18/12
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On Sun, 18 Nov 2012 05:37:24 +0100, Dumb Heini, the heavily medicated Dutch
resident Nazi troll and laughing stock of sci and scj, wrote:
<snip the Dutch Nazi pig's usual inane copy & paste troll>
Did your wife actually return from "work" last night, Dumb Heini? I noticed
that you weren't trolling last night, you poor idiotic Dutch Nazi swine! LOL
--
Dumb Heini admits to living off his wife and being a stay-at-home:
"i told you before my wife and i swapped jobs so i stay at home to do the
household and she is going to the office"
MID: <h1Ybs.3823$EP3....@newsfe07.iad>
resident Nazi troll and laughing stock of sci and scj, wrote:
<snip the Dutch Nazi pig's usual inane copy & paste troll>
Did your wife actually return from "work" last night, Dumb Heini? I noticed
that you weren't trolling last night, you poor idiotic Dutch Nazi swine! LOL
--
Dumb Heini admits to living off his wife and being a stay-at-home:
"i told you before my wife and i swapped jobs so i stay at home to do the
household and she is going to the office"
MID: <h1Ybs.3823$EP3....@newsfe07.iad>
The Peeler
Nov 18, 2012, 6:08:21 AM11/18/12
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On Sun, 18 Nov 2012 00:16:04 -0500, "All Bark and No Bite", aka Walt
Humpton, aka Caroloony Reb, the subnormal moron and attested schizo from
schizoboy!
--
Bert to our resident schizo:
"The voices in your head are not a reliable source of information."
MID: <XnsA0E69C0A32C...@216.250.188.141>
Humpton, aka Caroloony Reb, the subnormal moron and attested schizo from
the States, wrote:
> The so-called "Jewish state" is headed for the same destiny as the USSR;
> Debunked, demystified, and discredited....
>
> The "Jewish state" has almost sucked all of its host countries dry. Europe
> is already in economic collapse. Jew-S-A is the only thing keeping the Jews
> alive. When the economic lifeline from here ends, it will be open season
> on Yids everywhere.
LOL!!! Thanks for keeping us entertained with your acute schizophrenia,
> The so-called "Jewish state" is headed for the same destiny as the USSR;
> Debunked, demystified, and discredited....
>
> The "Jewish state" has almost sucked all of its host countries dry. Europe
> is already in economic collapse. Jew-S-A is the only thing keeping the Jews
> alive. When the economic lifeline from here ends, it will be open season
> on Yids everywhere.
schizoboy!
--
Bert to our resident schizo:
"The voices in your head are not a reliable source of information."
MID: <XnsA0E69C0A32C...@216.250.188.141>
Carolina Reb
Nov 18, 2012, 7:28:01 AM11/18/12
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On Nov 18, 3:09 am, The Peeler <finishing...@themoronicRevd.invalid>
wrote:
wrote:
>
>
> Thanks for keeping us entertained
"Us" again, clown? How many of you "us's" are here THIS time?
>
> Thanks for keeping us entertained
Stewart
Nov 18, 2012, 7:44:22 AM11/18/12
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"Carolina Reb" <walt.h...@att.net> wrote in message
news:f61da0c8-3edc-4f1e...@k6g2000vbr.googlegroups.com...
More than one, which validates the term "us".
The Peeler
Nov 18, 2012, 7:59:15 AM11/18/12
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On Sun, 18 Nov 2012 04:28:01 -0800 (PST), "All Bark and No Bite", aka
--
someone-who-knows about our resident schizo:
"And once again, the impotent, inferior, senile moron
opens his big toothless mouth, and that horrible stench
of excrement befouls the air..."
MID: <k221gp$uib$1...@pcls6.std.com>
Caroloony Reb, the subnormal moron and attested schizo from the States,
wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for keeping us entertained
>
> "Us" again, clown? How many of you "us's" are here THIS time?
Well, start counting, if you are so interested, schizoboy! <G>
>>
>> Thanks for keeping us entertained
>
> "Us" again, clown? How many of you "us's" are here THIS time?
--
someone-who-knows about our resident schizo:
"And once again, the impotent, inferior, senile moron
opens his big toothless mouth, and that horrible stench
of excrement befouls the air..."
MID: <k221gp$uib$1...@pcls6.std.com>
Heinrich
Nov 18, 2012, 8:06:48 AM11/18/12
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"Stewart" schreef in bericht news:k8al75$7j5$1...@dont-email.me...
Carolina Reb
Nov 18, 2012, 8:10:50 AM11/18/12
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On Nov 18, 5:00 am, The Peeler <finishing...@themoronicRevd.invalid>
wrote:
>
>
the extent that I would care to expend time
counting "you-all." Why don't just go off
somewhere and "peel" something, and try
to live up to your moniker....
wrote:
>
>
> Well, start counting, if you are so interested
My interest can be rated as "mild," but not to
the extent that I would care to expend time
counting "you-all." Why don't just go off
somewhere and "peel" something, and try
to live up to your moniker....
The Peeler
Nov 18, 2012, 8:23:01 AM11/18/12
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On Sun, 18 Nov 2012 05:10:50 -0800 (PST), "All Bark and No Bite", aka
NO way! LOL
Caroloony Reb, the subnormal moron and attested schizo from the States,
wrote:
>> Well, start counting, if you are so interested
>
> My interest can be rated as "mild," but not to
> the extent that I would care to expend time
> counting "you-all." Why don't just go off
> somewhere and "peel" something, and try
> to live up to your moniker....
...and miss the fun of watching you hilarious fucked up schizo, schizoboy?
>> Well, start counting, if you are so interested
>
> My interest can be rated as "mild," but not to
> the extent that I would care to expend time
> counting "you-all." Why don't just go off
> somewhere and "peel" something, and try
> to live up to your moniker....
NO way! LOL
The Peeler
Nov 18, 2012, 8:25:20 AM11/18/12
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On Sun, 18 Nov 2012 14:06:48 +0100, Dumb Heini, the heavily medicated Dutch
resident Nazi troll and laughing stock of sci and scj, wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for keeping us entertained
>
> "Us" again, clown? How many of you "us's" are here THIS time?
> -----
>
> More than one, which validates the term "us".
>
> no it does not you are suffering from a mmultiple personality syndrom
It's a simple plural, poor bi-polar Dumb Heini! If you don't understand what
resident Nazi troll and laughing stock of sci and scj, wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for keeping us entertained
>
> "Us" again, clown? How many of you "us's" are here THIS time?
> -----
>
> More than one, which validates the term "us".
>
> no it does not you are suffering from a mmultiple personality syndrom
a plural is, ask your wife and daughter if they should come back today
again! <BG>
--
Dumb Heini listing his medication:
"haldol, lithium, risperdal and an extra dosis of citalopram"
MID: <UtF4s.214$RV2...@newsfe14.iad>
Stewart
Nov 18, 2012, 9:26:07 AM11/18/12
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"Heinrich" <Hein...@Ruhrgasnet.de> wrote in message
news:50a8dd6b$0$21581$2e0e...@news.tweakdsl.nl...
>
Heinrich
Nov 18, 2012, 9:33:32 AM11/18/12
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"Stewart" schreef in bericht news:k8ar5u$bd0$1...@dont-email.me...
The Peeler
Nov 18, 2012, 9:53:55 AM11/18/12
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On Sun, 18 Nov 2012 15:33:32 +0100, Dumb Heini, the heavily medicated Dutch
Dumb Heini! Any other questions I can answer for you? <BG>
--
Dumb Dutch Nazi Heini's idiotic "mind" in action:
"he doe idiotes not type god but g-d the idiot"
MID: <8Yj4s.37$H37...@newsfe06.iad>
resident Nazi troll and laughing stock of sci and scj, wrote:
>> no it does not you are suffering from a mmultiple personality
>> syndrom
>
> You suffer from goyness
>>
>
> proud to be a goy !!! tell me how many palie babies did you ki ll today?
I can't talk for him, but, personally, I killed 3 and a half today, poor
>> syndrom
>
> You suffer from goyness
>>
>
> proud to be a goy !!! tell me how many palie babies did you ki ll today?
Dumb Heini! Any other questions I can answer for you? <BG>
--
Dumb Dutch Nazi Heini's idiotic "mind" in action:
"he doe idiotes not type god but g-d the idiot"
MID: <8Yj4s.37$H37...@newsfe06.iad>
systemfa...@hotmail.com
Nov 18, 2012, 10:08:14 AM11/18/12
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On Sunday, November 18, 2012 6:16:02 AM UTC+1, Carolina Reb wrote:
> "Heinrich" wrote in message
>
> news:50a8660e$0$12468$2e0e...@news.tweakdsl.nl...
>
>
>
> >Iron Dome, along with Israeli ballistic missile shield Arrow, has received
>
> >extensive support from Washington, which seeks both to reassure and
>
> >restrain the Jewish state in the face of the nuclear advances of its
>
> >arch-enemy Iran.
>
>
>
> The so-called "Jewish state" is headed for the same destiny as the USSR;
>
> Debunked, demystified, and discredited....
>
>
>
> "Heinrich" wrote in message
>
> news:50a8660e$0$12468$2e0e...@news.tweakdsl.nl...
>
>
>
> >Iron Dome, along with Israeli ballistic missile shield Arrow, has received
>
> >extensive support from Washington, which seeks both to reassure and
>
> >restrain the Jewish state in the face of the nuclear advances of its
>
> >arch-enemy Iran.
>
>
>
> The so-called "Jewish state" is headed for the same destiny as the USSR;
>
> Debunked, demystified, and discredited....
>
>
>
> When the economic lifeline from here ends, it will be open season
>
> on Yids everywhere.
From your lips to God's ears....
>
> on Yids everywhere.
Stewart
Nov 18, 2012, 12:59:45 PM11/18/12
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"Heinrich" <Hein...@Ruhrgasnet.de> wrote in message
Stewart
Nov 21, 2012, 6:25:33 PM11/21/12
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news:0bfd891b-afbf-4351...@h16g2000vby.googlegroups.com...
-------
IOW, you are full of shit.
IOW, you are full of shit.
Carolina Reb
Nov 21, 2012, 8:40:27 PM11/21/12
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Go screw yourself, Lambsky.
cedo....@gmail.com
Nov 21, 2012, 9:46:33 PM11/21/12
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That's a shame.
Carolina Reb
Nov 21, 2012, 10:17:14 PM11/21/12
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On Nov 21, 6:46 pm, cedo.nul...@gmail.com wrote:
> That's a shame.
Not to worry. Time is on our side. It took almost
80 years for the Yid-Bolshevist USSR to come
down. Once the financial support from the
bankrupt Western World ends, the same fate
awaits so-called "Israel." Yids can never
comprehend that by killing their hosts, they
will kill themselves. Use of the Brazen Bull
for what remains will be essentially a clean-up
operation.
> That's a shame.
Not to worry. Time is on our side. It took almost
80 years for the Yid-Bolshevist USSR to come
down. Once the financial support from the
bankrupt Western World ends, the same fate
awaits so-called "Israel." Yids can never
comprehend that by killing their hosts, they
will kill themselves. Use of the Brazen Bull
for what remains will be essentially a clean-up
operation.
NoSpamAtAll
Nov 22, 2012, 12:35:57 AM11/22/12
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In article <28b622b2-bd4b-4652...@googlegroups.com>,
<cedo....@gmail.com> wrote:
[...]
You aussies just *love* it when people die, right?
Aussie genocides of the past:
-----------------------------
"The second consequence of British settlement was
appropriation of land and water resources. The combination
of disease, loss of land and direct violence reduced the
Aboriginal population by up to 80% between 1788 and 1900.
A wave of massacres and resistance followed the frontier
of British settlement. By the 1870s all the fertile areas
of Australia had been appropriated, and Indigenous communities
reduced to impoverished remnants living either on the fringes
of Australian communities or on lands considered unsuitable
for settlement".
(from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_Australians)
And current aussie genocides:
------------------------------------------------
http://www.pcug.org.au/~wildwood/earlyviva.htm
"Australian governments all sought to influence the destiny of East
Timor. This destiny became one of the longest ongoing acts of genocide
since the European Holocaust of the Second World War. I am reminded of
the French Vichy Government of that war which supplied and organised
the freight train convoys that carried persecuted Jews to the Nazi
ovens. Canberra's warts-and-all allegiance with Jakarta; the almost $2
billion in bilateral aid; the million of dollars in military gifts,
defence training and defence co-operation; and the political lobbying
in the international arena for Jakarta's position, all helped to
create a similar cattlewagon, transporting the East Timorese to their
diabolical fate." Jim Aubrey, editor, 'Free East Timor: Australia's
culpability in East Timor's genocide'.
<cedo....@gmail.com> wrote:
[...]
You aussies just *love* it when people die, right?
Aussie genocides of the past:
-----------------------------
"The second consequence of British settlement was
appropriation of land and water resources. The combination
of disease, loss of land and direct violence reduced the
Aboriginal population by up to 80% between 1788 and 1900.
A wave of massacres and resistance followed the frontier
of British settlement. By the 1870s all the fertile areas
of Australia had been appropriated, and Indigenous communities
reduced to impoverished remnants living either on the fringes
of Australian communities or on lands considered unsuitable
for settlement".
(from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_Australians)
And current aussie genocides:
------------------------------------------------
http://www.pcug.org.au/~wildwood/earlyviva.htm
"Australian governments all sought to influence the destiny of East
Timor. This destiny became one of the longest ongoing acts of genocide
since the European Holocaust of the Second World War. I am reminded of
the French Vichy Government of that war which supplied and organised
the freight train convoys that carried persecuted Jews to the Nazi
ovens. Canberra's warts-and-all allegiance with Jakarta; the almost $2
billion in bilateral aid; the million of dollars in military gifts,
defence training and defence co-operation; and the political lobbying
in the international arena for Jakarta's position, all helped to
create a similar cattlewagon, transporting the East Timorese to their
diabolical fate." Jim Aubrey, editor, 'Free East Timor: Australia's
culpability in East Timor's genocide'.
someone-who-knows
Nov 22, 2012, 12:37:50 AM11/22/12
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In article <1b5770df-3102-4de2...@y6g2000vbb.googlegroups.com>,
Time is *not* on your side, ancient nazoid pig. You are
old and dying, and the tide in the US is turning against
you.
Time is *not* on your side, ancient nazoid pig. You are
old and dying, and the tide in the US is turning against
you.
Stewart
Nov 22, 2012, 7:58:02 AM11/22/12
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news:59586368-9eaa-4092...@ib4g2000vbb.googlegroups.com...
A little testy today, Mrs. Reb?
On Nov 21, 3:25 pm, "Stewart" <gorta...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> IOW, you are full of shit.
Go screw yourself, Lambsky.
------
>
>
> IOW, you are full of shit.
Go screw yourself, Lambsky.
A little testy today, Mrs. Reb?
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