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Super Rail multi-function rail concept aims to transform railway infrastructure
Super Rail multi-function rail concept aims to transform railway infrastructure The cost of rail infrastructure in America is between $40M-$500M per mile and is the reason why America is the poor cousin in regards to passenger rail. This article describes a construction methodology that attempts to...
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Balancing sustainability and performance with biodegradable lubricants
Balancing sustainability and performance with biodegradable lubricants With the construction industry under pressure to maximise its recovery and act on climate change, Shell has introduced its refreshed portfolio of Shell Naturelle biodegradable lubricants to help companies improve their environmen...
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Colas drives fleet safety innovation with Samsara dashcams
Colas drives fleet safety innovation with Samsara dashcams Colas Ltd, today announced it will partner with Samsara, the pioneer of the Connected Operations Cloud, to improve fleet safety. With Samsara’s video-based safety solution, Colas will leverage AI Dash Cams, driver coaching tools, and actiona...
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Building a better future with an Environmental, Social and Governance approach
Building a better future with an Environmental, Social and Governance approach There has been a complete shift in Environmental, Social and Governance Responsibilities, from nice-to-have to must-have, as it is now an important consideration in investment decisions. To solve the safety and productivi...
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UK keen on gigabit broadband but not Internet of Things
UK keen on gigabit broadband but not Internet of Things A total of 363 smart cities information and communications technology (ICT)-related procurements were made by UK local authorities in the six financial years spanning FY2015-16 to FY2020-21. Of these, less than half have resulted in an award be...
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MIT Geologists use erupted sea glass to take the Earth’s inner temperature
MIT Geologists use erupted sea glass to take the Earth’s inner temperature If the Earth’s oceans were drained completely, they would reveal a massive chain of undersea volcanoes snaking around the planet. This sprawling ocean ridge system is a product of overturning material in the Earth’s int...
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World of Concrete Asia returns to Shanghai with over 700 exhibitors
World of Concrete Asia returns to Shanghai with over 700 exhibitors China continues to be the biggest Concrete market in the world and the trend doesn’t seem to be slowing down any time soon, the implementation of China’s 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025) includes a boost in Construction demand with a...
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How haulage companies can drive more efficiencies as HGV driver numbers decline
How haulage companies can drive more efficiencies as HGV driver numbers decline As a result of both COVID and Brexit, the number of HGV drivers on UK roads has dropped by 100,000 and could lead to a shortage of as many as 257,000 drivers by 2022. Unless companies that operate HGV fleets become more...
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Geotab surpasses more than 100K telematics subscriptions in Europe
Geotab surpasses more than 100K telematics subscriptions in Europe As telematics technology continues to become an essential part of commercial fleet management across the globe, Geotab, a global leader in IoT and connected transportation — today announced that it has surpassed 100,000 organically g...
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SIS Consortium signs Italian A3 Naples to Salerno motorway concession
SIS Consortium signs Italian A3 Naples to Salerno motorway concession The SIS consortium (Sacyr, 49%; Fininc, 51%) has signed the contract for the concession of the Italian highway A3 (Naples-Pompeii-Salerno) for a period of 25 years. The planned portfolio during the concession period will reach 2,7...
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Articulated haulers are the perfect choice for tough tunnelling projects
Articulated haulers are the perfect choice for tough tunnelling projects Europe is home to many rail, road, and canal tunnels. With rail travel being a greener mode of transport, the region will see more tunnelling projects come about in the next few years. Scottish manufacturer Terex Trucks explain...
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STRABAG acquires two metro modernisation projects in Prague
STRABAG acquires two metro modernisation projects in Prague A consortium consisting of STRABAG a.s. and AŽD Praha s.r.o. was awarded the contract for the modernisation of the Jiřího z Poděbrad station in the centre of Prague, and an international consortium with the participation of the two group co...
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Sany sells 98,705 excavators in 2020 to become top global excavator company
Sany sells 98,705 excavators in 2020 to become top global excavator company Sany, a leading manufacturer of the construction equipment and heavy machinery space, has become the world’s number one company in excavator sales by selling 98,705 excavators in the year 2020 globally. The brand registered...
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Meet the new Doosan DX140W-7 and DX160W-7 Stage V Wheeled Excavators
Meet the new Doosan DX140W-7 and DX160W-7 Stage V Wheeled Excavators Doosan Infracore Europe has launched the new DX140W-7 and DX160W-7 Stage V compliant wheeled excavators. These new ‘7’ models provide significantly higher performance in every area than the previous generation Stage IV machines. Th...
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Entegra Attachments acquires Hercules Machinery and Titan Metal Worx
Entegra Attachments acquires Hercules Machinery and Titan Metal Worx In late June, Entegra Attachments, LLC of Saint Charles, IL acquired two companies formerly owned by Zeus Holdings, Inc.; Hercules Machinery Corporation (HMC) and Titan Metal Worx, both of Fort Wayne, IN. Hercules is a manufacturer...
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Liebherr celebrates 50th machine delivered to Mainka in Germany
Liebherr celebrates 50th machine delivered to Mainka in Germany Mainka Bau GmbH & Co. KG, a leading specialist company for industrial construction projects from Lingen, is extending its fleet. This year the company is investing in 17 new Liebherr earthmoving machines, which are to be delivered i...
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Top 4 reasons for Poor Contractor Safety Performance
Top 4 reasons for Poor Contractor Safety Performance FEFO Consulting recently joined SAP on their Future of Mining podcast to discuss contractor safety. They also covered this topic in a recent workshop organised by the National Safety Council of Australia (NSCA). What are the challenges when balanc...
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Doosan Bobcat charges ahead with $70m Manufacturing Campus in North Carolina
Doosan Bobcat charges ahead with $70m Manufacturing Campus in North Carolina Doosan Bobcat North America, a global leader in the compact equipment industry, today held a ground-breaking ceremony to commemorate the start of construction for a new $70 million, 600,000-square-foot manufacturing, wareho...
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Graco launches new Air Assist and Airless Spray Guns
Graco launches new Air Assist and Airless Spray Guns Graco Inc., a leading manufacturer of fluid handling equipment, announces the launch of PerformAA™ air assist (AA) and airless spray guns. The new line of manual and automatic applicators delivers performance above all with material-specifi...
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dSPACE and Cepton to provide 3D Lidar Simulation for autonomous applications
dSPACE and Cepton to provide 3D Lidar Simulation for autonomous applications Cepton, a Silicon Valley-based supplier of state-of-the-art, intelligent lidar-based solutions, and dSPACE, a leading provider of simulation and validation solutions, are collaborating closely to enable easier adoption of l...
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Iteris wins city-wide safety and mobility contract in Lake Forest, California
Iteris wins city-wide safety and mobility contract in Lake Forest, California Iteris, Inc., the global leader in smart mobility infrastructure management, today announced it has been selected by the City of Lake Forest, California for a multi-year smart mobility program to reduce congestion and impr...
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Quanergy 3D LiDAR aids Waste Incineration Plant reduce environmental impact in China
Quanergy 3D LiDAR aids Waste Incineration Plant reduce environmental impact in China Quanergy Systems, Inc., a leading provider of OPA-based solid state LiDAR sensors and smart 3D solutions for automotive and IoT, today announced a new smart LiDAR deployment automating waste plant operations, to ens...
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Mexico drives to reduce Freight Emissions
Mexico drives to reduce Freight Emissions Experts from global energy and environment consultancy Ricardo are leading an international consortium to support the Mexican Government’s plan to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the freight sector. Over the next 12 months, specialists in sustainabl...
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Bank of England talks cryptocurrency and Britcoin
Bank of England talks cryptocurrency and Britcoin Britcoin, the Bank of England’s reported digital currency, rather than overtake Bitcoin, will push the cryptocurrency’s price higher, affirms the CEO of one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory, asset manager and fintech organisation...
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MB Crusher equipment lends a hand in indoor construction sites
MB Crusher equipment lends a hand in indoor construction sites Everyone knows how working indoors presents multiple problems: it means facing everyday difficulties such as limited access, manoeuvring in a tight area, extensive coordination of incoming and outgoing trucks, managing materials with lit...
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Healthier Highways is leading the way to promote road worker health
Healthier Highways is leading the way to promote road worker health Article by Steve Perkins, Managing Director of Steve Perkins Associates, working with Elaine Gazzini, Programme & Technical Director at Connect Plus. Covid-19 has thrown the issue of workplace health into the spotlight. Exposure...
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Move Asia returns for another influential Urban Mobility virtual event
Move Asia returns for another influential Urban Mobility virtual event Asia’s most important mobility event, MOVE Asia returns from 7-9 September 2021 to bring together the entire urban mobility ecosystem, with key decision-makers, leading players, and disruptors from all across the different...
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New York Art Exhibition features classic British Road Signs by Margaret Calvert
New York Art Exhibition features classic British Road Signs by Margaret Calvert The distinctive iconography of British road signs will be featured as part of an exhibition taking place at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York this summer. The exhibition, ‘Automania,’ which opened on 4 July fe...
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Komatsu optimises CE series PC200-10M0 hydraulic excavator for Southeast Asia
Komatsu optimises CE series PC200-10M0 hydraulic excavator for Southeast Asia Komatsu Ltd. is set to launch the 20-ton PC200-10M0 hydraulic excavators under the CE series, designed for use in urban civil engineering applications, such as residential land development and road construction, in Southea...
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GKD Technologies rebrands with a fresh new look
GKD Technologies rebrands with a fresh new look For over 25-years GKD has focused on developing technology and solutions that keep people safe by supplying construction and industrial sectors with the next generation of flexible, modular safety solutions, which include height, slew and load safety c...
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Ferrovial sells its Environmental Services business in Spain and Portugal to PreZero
Ferrovial sells its Environmental Services business in Spain and Portugal to PreZero Ferrovial has reached an agreement to sell its Environmental Services business in Spain and Portugal to PreZero, an enterprise of Schwarz Group, as part of the process of divesting Ferrovial Services. The transactio...
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Cenex-LCV2021 and Cenex-CAM2021 open for visitor registration
Cenex-LCV2021 and Cenex-CAM2021 open for visitor registration Registration is now open for visitors to attend the annual Cenex-Low Carbon Vehicle (LCV2021) and Cenex-Connected Automated Mobility (CAM2021) events at UTAC Millbrook Proving Ground on 22nd and 23rd September 2021. Registration to attend...
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Gaist and TRL partnership accelerates road network Digital Twins
Gaist and TRL partnership accelerates road network Digital Twins The development of a national ‘digital twin’ of our roads which could revolutionise how we plan and manage the road network, is set to accelerate following a collaboration between TRL and Gaist. Gaist, the world-leading provider of roa...
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Department for Transport gives green light for the first Electric Motorway in the UK
Department for Transport gives green light for the first Electric Motorway in the UK The Department for Transport has awarded funding through Innovate UK to a consortium to lead the UK’s first ever study on the electrification of long range trucks with dynamic charging, using overhead wires on motor...
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Remote control Bobcat working on the cutting edge in Spain
Remote control Bobcat working on the cutting edge in Spain The main business area of Vitrac Obra Pública is earthmoving, from small excavations to large earthworks anywhere on the island of Mallorca, one of the Balearic Islands in Spain. The company also carries out civil works contracts for both...
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Rio Tinto signs renewable energy agreement in Madagascar
Rio Tinto signs renewable energy agreement in Madagascar Rio Tinto has signed a power purchasing agreement for a new renewable energy plant to power the operations of its QMM ilmenite mine in Fort Dauphin, Southern Madagascar. This project, which uses solar and wind energy, will significantly contri...
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AUSA partners with Renta Group Oy to rent articulated dumpers in Poland
AUSA partners with Renta Group Oy to rent articulated dumpers in Poland To say that the rental sector is gaining more and more volume compared to traditional sales today no longer surprises anyone. It is therefore important that the leading machinery manufacturers strengthen their positions in this...
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GSSI showcasing the UtilityScan Compact GPR System at Utility Expo 2021
GSSI showcasing the UtilityScan Compact GPR System at Utility Expo 2021 GSSI, the world’s leading manufacturer of ground penetrating radar (GPR) equipment, will be showcasing its UtilityScan® compact GPR unit at the Utility Expo 2021, to be held at the Kentucky Exposition Center from September 28-30...
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Electric Assisted Vehicles reveals their all-electric mid-mile urban van
Electric Assisted Vehicles reveals their all-electric mid-mile urban van Electric Assisted Vehicles Limited (EAV), the Oxford-based sustainable zero-emissions transport manufacturers, have today revealed LINCS, a modular multipurpose lightweight vehicle designed to provide urban light commercial van...
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Making our professional lives more sustainable
Making our professional lives more sustainable There is a growing shift towards sustainability in every aspect of our personal lives. Whether at home or work, finding ways to reduce our carbon footprint has become a focus for many people. This reflects the transport we use, how we power and heat our...
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EIB launches public consultation to redefine their transport lending priorities
EIB launches public consultation to redefine their transport lending priorities The European Investment Bank (EIB), as one of the largest financiers of European transport infrastructure and mobility solutions, today launched a new public consultation on its support for the sector. The aim is to rede...
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Four ways to ensure successful industrial equipment sales
Four ways to ensure successful industrial equipment sales Industrial equipment covers a lot of different types of machinery. But whether you are selling fixed or mobile industrial equipment, you need to take the same steps to ensure successful sales. Here are four ways you can go about it. Provide C...
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The World Bank commits to support resilient recovery in Jamaica
The World Bank commits to support resilient recovery in Jamaica The World Bank’s Regional Vice President for Latin America and the Caribbean, Carlos Felipe Jaramillo, completed a three-day visit to Jamaica. This was his first official visit within the region since being appointed to the post in May...
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International Energy Agency examines Smart Cities and the race to Net Zero
International Energy Agency examines Smart Cities and the race to Net Zero A new International Energy Agency (IEA) report for the G20 Italy Presidency examines how cities can be a key to a net-zero emissions future as digitalisation opens up a range of new opportunities The world’s cities can play a...
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Mindtech raises $3.25m for AI Vision Synthetic Data Training Platform
Mindtech raises $3.25m for AI Vision Synthetic Data Training Platform Mindtech Global, developer of the world’s leading end-to-end synthetic data creation platform for training AI vision systems – today announced closing a $3.25 million funding round. The round was led by NPIF – Mercia Equity...
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Construction and face coverings – to mask or not to mask
Construction and face coverings – to mask or not to mask There is a lot of discussion in the UK at the moment about masks, as from 19 July, it is no longer legally required to wear these in England. The Government is leaving the decision on whether or not to wear masks down to ...
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Wirtgen celebrates 60 years of innovation and rich history
Wirtgen celebrates 60 years of innovation and rich history Construction machinery from Windhagen is in use all over the world today. In addition to Wirtgen cold milling machines, which are found on virtually every road rehabilitation construction site, the machine manufacturer also produces technolo...
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Collins Earthworks chooses versatility with new Cat 637K Coal Bowl Scrapers
Collins Earthworks chooses versatility with new Cat 637K Coal Bowl Scrapers Earthmoving professionals Collins Earthworks has invested in several new Caterpillar machines, including four new Cat® 637K Coal Bowl Scrapers with push/pull systems. Finning UK & Ireland, exclusive distributor of Cat pr...
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Warwick Ward sells first New CASE 721G Wheel Loader in Great Britain
Warwick Ward takes on first New CASE 721G Wheel Loader in Great Britain CASE Construction Equipment dealer Warwick Ward has sold and delivered the first NEW 721G wheel loader to Blackpole Recycling Ltd based in Worcestershire. At the customer’s request, Warwick Ward modified the new 721G model so th...
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ARC Asia Forum focused on Accelerating Digital Transformation
ARC Asia Forum focused on Accelerating Digital Transformation The online annual ARC Industry Forum Asia titled Accelerating Digital Transformation in a Post-COVID World, from July 13-15, 2021, witnessed record-breaking registrations of over 2,500 delegates for the two language tracks – Japanese and...
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Rubber modified asphalt as a proven circular solution for scrap tires
Rubber modified asphalt as a proven circular solution for scrap tires The U.S. Tire Manufacturers Association (USTMA), in partnership with the University of Missouri and The Ray, a non-profit proving ground for sustainable transportation technologies, today published a state of knowledge report that...
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Abu Dhabi Fund for Development supports road infrastructure development in Rwanda
Abu Dhabi Fund for Development supports road infrastructure development in Rwanda Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), the economic development arm of the UAE government, signed an agreement with the Government of Rwanda to provide a concessionary loan valued at USD 15 million (AED55 million) to f...
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Fluke brings Test and Measurement experience to the Solar Industry
Fluke brings Test and Measurement experience to the Solar Industry The new Fluke IRR1-SOL Solar Irradiance Meter makes the critical measurements needed for installing, testing, and maintaining photovoltaic systems New energy technologies, like solar, require specialized test tools to efficiently pro...
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Mercedes-Benz acquires electric motor technology company YASA
Mercedes-Benz acquires electric motor technology company YASA Mercedes-Benz today announced the acquisition of YASA, a pioneer in next-generation electric drive technology. Under the terms of the acquisition, YASA will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of Mercedes-Benz, developing ultra high-perf...
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Allison Transmission introduces TerraTran propulsion solution for construction and mining
Allison Transmission introduces TerraTran propulsion solution for construction and mining Allison Transmission, a leading designer and manufacturer of conventional and electrified vehicle propulsion solutions and the largest global manufacturer of medium- and heavy-duty fully automatic transmissions...
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Saint-Gobain NA and Ecomedes launches buyers portal to simplify Sustainable Materials
Saint-Gobain NA and Ecomedes launches buyers portal to simplify Sustainable Materials Saint-Gobain, the world’s largest building materials company, and ecomedes, developer of the leading sustainable building products platform, today announced a partnership to deliver a comprehensive sustainability d...
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Hiboo enables construction companies to calculate their carbon impact
Hiboo enables construction companies to calculate their carbon impact Thanks to Hiboo’s solution, equipment users and renters are now able to collect and measure the CO₂e (the CO₂ equivalent) emissions related to the fuel consumption of each equipment. This unit, created by the IPCC, takes into acco...
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Quanergy 3D LiDAR selected for V2X Smart City deployment in Korea
Quanergy 3D LiDAR selected for V2X Smart City deployment in Korea Quanergy Systems, Inc., a leading provider of OPA-based solid state LiDAR sensors and smart 3D solutions for automotive and IoT, today announced its 3D LiDAR solution has been selected to support the development of an Information, Com...
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Sintavia develops Copper 3D Printing Technology
Sintavia develops Copper 3D Printing Technology GRCop-42 material parameter and furnacing specification to enable full alloy adoption Sintavia, LLC, a designer and 3D printer of a new generation of flight and launch components, announced today that it has developed proprietary printing technology fo...
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Metawave selects Analog Devices Beamforming Technology for Turbo 5G Repeater
Metawave selects Analog Devices Beamforming Technology for Turbo 5G Repeater Metawave today announced that its TURBO 5G repeater is the first platform of its kind to use Analog Devices’ ADMV4828 beamforming chipset. This enables Metawave’s TURBO platform to reach an overall system gain that is unatt...
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