When things in your life seem , almost too much to handle,
When 24 Hours in a day is not enough,
Remember the mayonnaise jar and 2 cups of coffee.
A professor stood before his philosophy class
and had some items in front of him.
When the class began, wordlessly,
He picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar
And proceeded to fill it with golf balls.
He then asked the students, if the jar was full.
They agreed that it was.
The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured
them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly.
The pebbles rolled into the open Areas between the golf balls.
He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.
The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar.
Of course, the sand filled up everything else.
He asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with a unanimous 'yes.'
The professor then produced two cups of coffee from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar, effectively
filling the empty space between the sand. The students laughed.
'Now,' said the professor, as the laughter subsided,
'I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life.
The golf balls are the important things - family,
children, health, Friends, and Favorite passions –
Things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, Your life would still be full.
The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, house, and car.
The sand is everything else --The small stuff.
'If you put the sand into the jar first,' He continued,
there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls.
The same goes for life.
If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff,
You will never have room for the things that are important to you.
So...
Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness.
Play With your children.
Take time to get medical checkups.
Take your partner out to dinner.
There will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal.
'Take care of the golf balls first --
The things that really matter.
Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.'
One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the coffee represented..
The professor smiled.
'I'm glad you asked'.
It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem,
there's always room for a couple of cups of coffee with a friend.'
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Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Monday, December 14, 2009
Do you know the Gas cyllinder in your kitchen has an expiry date ?
Do you know the Gas cyllinder in your kitchen has an expiry date ?
Yes, it's true.
It's written in the inner side of the top portion. The 12 months of an year are divided into four parts, as below :
Jan, Feb, March stand for A
Apr, May, June stand for B
Jul, Aug, Sept. stand for C
Oct, Nov, Dec. stand for D
If the cyllinder has the marking c-12. It means that the expiry date of the cyllinder is Maximum September of 2012.
Similarly, if the cyllinder has the marking A 09. It means that the expiry date of the cyllinder was maximum March 2009.
Therefore, while taking a gas cyllinder from any gas company, we must check the expiry date and act accordingly. Otherwise, the expired filled cyllinder can be very dangerous as in case of expired medicines or expired food products. It means the cyllinder is no more capable of holding the pressure of the gas filled and can expload.
with best regards
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Yes, it's true.
It's written in the inner side of the top portion. The 12 months of an year are divided into four parts, as below :
Jan, Feb, March stand for A
Apr, May, June stand for B
Jul, Aug, Sept. stand for C
Oct, Nov, Dec. stand for D
If the cyllinder has the marking c-12. It means that the expiry date of the cyllinder is Maximum September of 2012.
Similarly, if the cyllinder has the marking A 09. It means that the expiry date of the cyllinder was maximum March 2009.
Therefore, while taking a gas cyllinder from any gas company, we must check the expiry date and act accordingly. Otherwise, the expired filled cyllinder can be very dangerous as in case of expired medicines or expired food products. It means the cyllinder is no more capable of holding the pressure of the gas filled and can expload.
with best regards
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Sunday, December 13, 2009
Friday, December 11, 2009
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www.RWABhagidari.blogspot.com, is a blog being launched as a common platform for the interaction of all the RWA's of the East Delhi District. Presently it will cover the problems & issues related to East Delhi District and soon it is very likely to be extended to other districts of Delhi. It will be regularly updated with the news & issues related to RWA's as well of the general public of East Delhi district areas.
This blog can be a communication link between all the RWA's of East Delhi as well the Bhagidari Cell of Delhi Government. Around 100 Contributors from RWA's of various areas of East Delhi will be allowed to upload the news, requests, complaints, suggestions related to their areas. As a result the complete RWA community will be able to understand the problems of various areas & remedies required.
The Blog can be subscribed by anyone including the members of RWA's as well general public. As a result, all the subscribers will get the detailed updates into their mail box directly. They can also add the comments on various issues raised in the blog.
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This blog can be a communication link between all the RWA's of East Delhi as well the Bhagidari Cell of Delhi Government. Around 100 Contributors from RWA's of various areas of East Delhi will be allowed to upload the news, requests, complaints, suggestions related to their areas. As a result the complete RWA community will be able to understand the problems of various areas & remedies required.
The Blog can be subscribed by anyone including the members of RWA's as well general public. As a result, all the subscribers will get the detailed updates into their mail box directly. They can also add the comments on various issues raised in the blog.
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Regulator to verify power discoms’ expense claims
Delhi’s private power distributors are in trouble again.
In what is being viewed as its most significant directive, the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) on Thursday ordered a physical verification of all the assets that private power companies claimed to have purchased in eight years to build a robust infrastructure and showed it as capital expenditure.
If the verification finds that discoms exaggerated their expenditure figures, the extra amount will be adjusted through altering the power tariff.
In other words, power tariff may get slashed substantially.
“Consumers have always complained discoms did not upgrade substations, transformers, etc, and breakdowns were increasing,” said DERC secretary A.K. Tewary. “Now we will know if discoms overstated the figures.”
As per the agreement, the discoms — North Delhi Power Limited and BSES Rajdhani and BSES Yamuna — get an assured 16 per cent return on their capital expenditure. This amount is usually realised through an increased power tariff, although the government may pick up the tab and offer subsidy without impacting tariff.
Together the discoms claimed to have put in place infrastructure worth Rs 6,000 crore.
DERC has appointed Hydera-bad-based Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI) for the exercise. The ASCI will check purchase orders and actual delivery of each asset, entry of such assets in the register, installation on site, location and more.
“We are open to any scrutiny,” said a BSES spokesman. An NDPL spokesman refused to comment.
with thanks source : http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/newdelhi/Regulator-to-verify-power-discoms-expense-claims/Article1-485207.aspx
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In what is being viewed as its most significant directive, the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) on Thursday ordered a physical verification of all the assets that private power companies claimed to have purchased in eight years to build a robust infrastructure and showed it as capital expenditure.
If the verification finds that discoms exaggerated their expenditure figures, the extra amount will be adjusted through altering the power tariff.
In other words, power tariff may get slashed substantially.
“Consumers have always complained discoms did not upgrade substations, transformers, etc, and breakdowns were increasing,” said DERC secretary A.K. Tewary. “Now we will know if discoms overstated the figures.”
As per the agreement, the discoms — North Delhi Power Limited and BSES Rajdhani and BSES Yamuna — get an assured 16 per cent return on their capital expenditure. This amount is usually realised through an increased power tariff, although the government may pick up the tab and offer subsidy without impacting tariff.
Together the discoms claimed to have put in place infrastructure worth Rs 6,000 crore.
DERC has appointed Hydera-bad-based Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI) for the exercise. The ASCI will check purchase orders and actual delivery of each asset, entry of such assets in the register, installation on site, location and more.
“We are open to any scrutiny,” said a BSES spokesman. An NDPL spokesman refused to comment.
with thanks source : http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/newdelhi/Regulator-to-verify-power-discoms-expense-claims/Article1-485207.aspx
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MCD tax : Netas feel differently
Fri, Dec 11 11:30 AM
New Delhi, Dec. 10 -- A day after MCD commissioner KS Mehra announced a 5 per cent increase in property tax, the political brass of the civic body said it was not in favour of adding to the burden of taxpayers, especially those from the middle-class and lower middle-class.
Instead, it was planning to get defaulters in the tax net. "We want more people to be brought into tax net and are working towards it.
The additional taxes are just at the proposal stage," said Mayor Kanwar Sain. He said he wasn't in in favour of burdening those who are paying taxes.
"The idea is to increase our revenue by increasing taxes charged from malls, 3-star hotels etc. Their turnover is huge but they are paying pittance as taxes presently," he said.
MCD commissioner KS Mehra had on Wednesday had proposed a 5 per cent increase in the house tax rate being levied. The increase is much more for commercial properties.
For rented commercial property, tax has increased from 10 per cent to 20 per cent, which is almost a 100 per cent increase in the annual amount being paid as property tax, according to traders. The increase for self-occupied commercial properties is 5 per cent from 10 per cent to 15 per cent.
MCD has also proposed to bring some commercial enterprises under a special category and charge 20 per cent from them. "We do not want to burden people belonging to the middle-class and lower middle-class.
We will make changes in the proposed budget in the coming days," said Subhash Arya, leader of the MCD House.
with thanks source : Hindustan Times
Taken with thanks from : http://in.news.yahoo.com/32/20091211/1053/tnl-mcd-tax-netas-feel-differently.html
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New Delhi, Dec. 10 -- A day after MCD commissioner KS Mehra announced a 5 per cent increase in property tax, the political brass of the civic body said it was not in favour of adding to the burden of taxpayers, especially those from the middle-class and lower middle-class.
Instead, it was planning to get defaulters in the tax net. "We want more people to be brought into tax net and are working towards it.
The additional taxes are just at the proposal stage," said Mayor Kanwar Sain. He said he wasn't in in favour of burdening those who are paying taxes.
"The idea is to increase our revenue by increasing taxes charged from malls, 3-star hotels etc. Their turnover is huge but they are paying pittance as taxes presently," he said.
MCD commissioner KS Mehra had on Wednesday had proposed a 5 per cent increase in the house tax rate being levied. The increase is much more for commercial properties.
For rented commercial property, tax has increased from 10 per cent to 20 per cent, which is almost a 100 per cent increase in the annual amount being paid as property tax, according to traders. The increase for self-occupied commercial properties is 5 per cent from 10 per cent to 15 per cent.
MCD has also proposed to bring some commercial enterprises under a special category and charge 20 per cent from them. "We do not want to burden people belonging to the middle-class and lower middle-class.
We will make changes in the proposed budget in the coming days," said Subhash Arya, leader of the MCD House.
with thanks source : Hindustan Times
Taken with thanks from : http://in.news.yahoo.com/32/20091211/1053/tnl-mcd-tax-netas-feel-differently.html
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Will house tax hike plug hole in MCD's coffers?
NEW DELHI: MCD might have proposed an increase in property tax for both residential and commercial properties, and new taxes - to better its services - but at the other end, crores of rupees are still spilling out of its coffers due to a lack of proper checks and balances.
Salaries paid to ghost employees is not the only problem. MCD is also losing money because of dishonoured cheques received as payment for property tax. The civic agency's budget says it loses crores in this manner, but there is no accounting of the exact amount. MCD has now decided to set up a committee at the central level to monitor the matter and initiate action against defaulters.
Said MCD commissioner K S Mehra: "Most dishonoured cheques we get are meant to be payment for property tax. The matter is not always pursued. But action will now be taken against defaulters."
Neither has MCD's attempt at bringing more people into the tax net been very sucessful. It had come up with an amnesty scheme earlier this year under which people who had not paid tax, would not be levied a penalty or interest on the pending amount. The last date for the scheme was October 31. But only 46,070 people came forward, from who MCD got Rs 100 crore.
Said Leader of the House Subhash Arya: "We were expecting to get Rs 1,000 crore. We have now extended the payment deadline to December 31. The Survey of India is carrying out a survey of properties in Delhi, details of which will be made available to MCD so that we can take action against property tax defaulters. Right now only nine lakh people pay property taxes, while there are 30 lakh properties in Delhi."
According to sources, the major defaulters are residents living in unauthorised regularised colonies. Meanwhile, government bodies like the Metro and Delhi Development Authority also owe MCD over Rs 500 crore. Said an MCD official: "The matter concerning Metro is ongoing in court, while the DDA issue has been taken up with the L-G."
But the money drain continues. MCD loses crores of rupees over parking. For instance there are over 250 illegal car parks in MCD areas. Said an MCD official: "We tried legalising some of these parking lots but did not get permission from the traffic police."
with thanks Source : http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Will-house-tax-hike-plug-hole-in-MCDs-coffers/articleshow/5324981.cms
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Salaries paid to ghost employees is not the only problem. MCD is also losing money because of dishonoured cheques received as payment for property tax. The civic agency's budget says it loses crores in this manner, but there is no accounting of the exact amount. MCD has now decided to set up a committee at the central level to monitor the matter and initiate action against defaulters.
Said MCD commissioner K S Mehra: "Most dishonoured cheques we get are meant to be payment for property tax. The matter is not always pursued. But action will now be taken against defaulters."
Neither has MCD's attempt at bringing more people into the tax net been very sucessful. It had come up with an amnesty scheme earlier this year under which people who had not paid tax, would not be levied a penalty or interest on the pending amount. The last date for the scheme was October 31. But only 46,070 people came forward, from who MCD got Rs 100 crore.
Said Leader of the House Subhash Arya: "We were expecting to get Rs 1,000 crore. We have now extended the payment deadline to December 31. The Survey of India is carrying out a survey of properties in Delhi, details of which will be made available to MCD so that we can take action against property tax defaulters. Right now only nine lakh people pay property taxes, while there are 30 lakh properties in Delhi."
According to sources, the major defaulters are residents living in unauthorised regularised colonies. Meanwhile, government bodies like the Metro and Delhi Development Authority also owe MCD over Rs 500 crore. Said an MCD official: "The matter concerning Metro is ongoing in court, while the DDA issue has been taken up with the L-G."
But the money drain continues. MCD loses crores of rupees over parking. For instance there are over 250 illegal car parks in MCD areas. Said an MCD official: "We tried legalising some of these parking lots but did not get permission from the traffic police."
with thanks Source : http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Will-house-tax-hike-plug-hole-in-MCDs-coffers/articleshow/5324981.cms
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Thursday, December 10, 2009
Surprise factor in the property taxes between NDMC & MCD areas
It's really a surprise that on one hand, as a relief to the tax payers of NDMC areas, the residents are being allowed to pay the property taxes on the older basis, whereas, residents of MCD areas are being targeted with slew of new taxes & rate hikes soon.
Do you think it is fair ?
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Do you think it is fair ?
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'Why not nail the defaulters first?’
Residents have thumbed down the proposed increase in property tax, in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi’s budget for next year. Although the civic agency claims that the number of property taxpayers is increasing, it has still not been able to deal with those evading tax.
Approximately nine lakh people pay property tax to the civic agency currently, but according to the municipal corporation, there are more than 30 lakh properties in the city. Clearly, it is missing more than two-thirds of its taxes.
“We are the honest tax payers who have been paying our taxes every year without fail, why should we take the burden of the defaulters? The MCD should come up with a strategy to make the defaulters pay. Increasing property tax is not the solution. They are forcing us to leave Delhi,” said Rajiv Kakaria, member of Greater Kailash-I resident welfare association.
The civic agency had recently launched a scheme asking all the defaulters to pay their dues, but to no avail.
“The civic agency is unable to provide basic facilities, and rather than improving them, it is burdening the innocent population. Price hike is hurting our pockets already. We were expecting the BJP-led MCD to be more sensitive towards our needs, but it seems to have disappointed us equally,” said VK Arora, a resident of Anand Vihar.
To determine the exact number of property owners in the city, Survey of India is carrying out a survey, a report of which will be soon made available to the MCD.
The report is expected to give an exact idea of the number of property owners, taxpayers and tax evaders in the city.
Please read the detailed news by clicking the headline above.
Source with thanks : Hindustantimes.com
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Approximately nine lakh people pay property tax to the civic agency currently, but according to the municipal corporation, there are more than 30 lakh properties in the city. Clearly, it is missing more than two-thirds of its taxes.
“We are the honest tax payers who have been paying our taxes every year without fail, why should we take the burden of the defaulters? The MCD should come up with a strategy to make the defaulters pay. Increasing property tax is not the solution. They are forcing us to leave Delhi,” said Rajiv Kakaria, member of Greater Kailash-I resident welfare association.
The civic agency had recently launched a scheme asking all the defaulters to pay their dues, but to no avail.
“The civic agency is unable to provide basic facilities, and rather than improving them, it is burdening the innocent population. Price hike is hurting our pockets already. We were expecting the BJP-led MCD to be more sensitive towards our needs, but it seems to have disappointed us equally,” said VK Arora, a resident of Anand Vihar.
To determine the exact number of property owners in the city, Survey of India is carrying out a survey, a report of which will be soon made available to the MCD.
The report is expected to give an exact idea of the number of property owners, taxpayers and tax evaders in the city.
Please read the detailed news by clicking the headline above.
Source with thanks : Hindustantimes.com
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Slew of new taxes and rate hikes soon
If you own a house in the city, be prepared to spend more on property tax.And worse: if you work in an area under the jurisdiction of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), it means shelling out even more.
These are proposals made by the civic agency — which controls 96 per cent of Delhi’s area — in its budget estimates for the year 2010-2011.
This will help the corporation earn an additional of Rs 500 crore a year, said MCD commissioner K.S. Mehra.
Mehra has proposed an increase of five per cent in property tax rates in all categories — residential and commercial. The MCD area has been divided into eight categories — A to H — wherein category A stands for upscale colonies.
If the proposal goes through, the tax rate of 10 per cent will go up to 15 per cent and from six to 11 per cent. In effect, this means you pay 50 per cent more. So, a person who was paying property tax of Rs 13,000 a year will now have to pay Rs 19,500.
“We want to provide better services and for this we need more funds,” Mehra said.
There is even more bad news.
In addition to the proposed property tax hike, the Municipal Valuation Committee (MVC) will revise the unit area values (per square metre) under which there could be a minimum increase of 24 per cent.
This means apart from a hike in tax rates, the unit area values may also increase. Together, property tax could go up by 66 per cent. For instance, the unit area value of category A is Rs 630 per sq m. If the proposal is accepted, it will be hiked by 24 per cent to Rs 781 per sq m.
“With new area values, the rates may go up to 35 per cent,” said a senior MCD official.
Mehra has also proposed an imposition of 20 per cent commercial tax on rented non-residential properties and ‘high-end non-residential’ properties such as hotels and malls.
For professionals, tax may be levied on those who work in MCD areas and earn more than Rs 30,000 per month.
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Source with thanks : Hindustantimes.com
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These are proposals made by the civic agency — which controls 96 per cent of Delhi’s area — in its budget estimates for the year 2010-2011.
This will help the corporation earn an additional of Rs 500 crore a year, said MCD commissioner K.S. Mehra.
Mehra has proposed an increase of five per cent in property tax rates in all categories — residential and commercial. The MCD area has been divided into eight categories — A to H — wherein category A stands for upscale colonies.
If the proposal goes through, the tax rate of 10 per cent will go up to 15 per cent and from six to 11 per cent. In effect, this means you pay 50 per cent more. So, a person who was paying property tax of Rs 13,000 a year will now have to pay Rs 19,500.
“We want to provide better services and for this we need more funds,” Mehra said.
There is even more bad news.
In addition to the proposed property tax hike, the Municipal Valuation Committee (MVC) will revise the unit area values (per square metre) under which there could be a minimum increase of 24 per cent.
This means apart from a hike in tax rates, the unit area values may also increase. Together, property tax could go up by 66 per cent. For instance, the unit area value of category A is Rs 630 per sq m. If the proposal is accepted, it will be hiked by 24 per cent to Rs 781 per sq m.
“With new area values, the rates may go up to 35 per cent,” said a senior MCD official.
Mehra has also proposed an imposition of 20 per cent commercial tax on rented non-residential properties and ‘high-end non-residential’ properties such as hotels and malls.
For professionals, tax may be levied on those who work in MCD areas and earn more than Rs 30,000 per month.
Please read the complete news & boxes by clicking the link abovr.
Source with thanks : Hindustantimes.com
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Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Relief for tax payers in NDMC areas
Wed, Dec 9 12:30 PM
New Delhi, Dec. 9 -- People living in New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) areas can now pay their property taxes based on the old method. The civic body has introduced a new way of calculating tax-the unit area method, which is based on the floor area. But many residents are opposed to the new system. They said the method jacked up their property tax substantially. Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit had called a meeting of residents and civic body officials on Tuesday to discuss the property tax issue. "We had a meeting with the chief minister and she has assured to re-look into the matter. She has suggested residents can pay taxes based on earlier years' method and file their objections if they have any," said Atul Bhargava, president of New Delhi Trader's Association. According to the residents, the chief minister has assured them that if the need be, the matter would be referred to the Home Ministry. "The new property tax scheme introduced by NDMC is unfair and on an average property tax liabilities are going up by more than 20 times compared to the previous method. We informed the CM that property tax under NDMC is 25 times higher compared to MCD. If Delhi is one why have two different methods of calculating tax?" added Bhargava.
"The civic body proposes to value all properties in NDMC areas at the same rate. As such, posh Khan Market and Khanna Market are supposed to be valued on the same basis. This is unfair," said Anshu Tandon, president of the Khan Market Welfare Association.
with thanks : HINDUSTAN TIMES
Taken from : http://in.news.yahoo.com/32/20091209/1053/tnl-relief-for-tax-payers-in-ndmc-areas.html
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New Delhi, Dec. 9 -- People living in New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) areas can now pay their property taxes based on the old method. The civic body has introduced a new way of calculating tax-the unit area method, which is based on the floor area. But many residents are opposed to the new system. They said the method jacked up their property tax substantially. Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit had called a meeting of residents and civic body officials on Tuesday to discuss the property tax issue. "We had a meeting with the chief minister and she has assured to re-look into the matter. She has suggested residents can pay taxes based on earlier years' method and file their objections if they have any," said Atul Bhargava, president of New Delhi Trader's Association. According to the residents, the chief minister has assured them that if the need be, the matter would be referred to the Home Ministry. "The new property tax scheme introduced by NDMC is unfair and on an average property tax liabilities are going up by more than 20 times compared to the previous method. We informed the CM that property tax under NDMC is 25 times higher compared to MCD. If Delhi is one why have two different methods of calculating tax?" added Bhargava.
"The civic body proposes to value all properties in NDMC areas at the same rate. As such, posh Khan Market and Khanna Market are supposed to be valued on the same basis. This is unfair," said Anshu Tandon, president of the Khan Market Welfare Association.
with thanks : HINDUSTAN TIMES
Taken from : http://in.news.yahoo.com/32/20091209/1053/tnl-relief-for-tax-payers-in-ndmc-areas.html
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