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Arbeiterwelt, or Workers World, is the official newspaper of the ruling Metzist People's Party.
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Ministry of Finance unveils economic details of the nation's first Five Year Plan
Dunburg, 19 March 4528

By Peter Holzer
Chefredakteur (Editor-in-Chief)


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Finance Minister Hans Schulz speaks before the Volksrat.

Today the Ministry of Finance has unveiled the economic details of the nation's first Five Year Plan, just one of three components of the plan, with the others being diplomatic strengthening and military improvement. Said latter components are to be implemented at a later unspecified date. In addition to the already broad economic aid proposed by Deltaria after the conclusion of Dundorf's membership summit into CARSS, the Ministry of Finance has proposed a mixed economic improvement plan, with the first implementation being a 20b Mark boost to the nation's tourism industry, along with the establishment of a national tourism service. Schulz also stated that the service would reach out to fellow Dundorfian embassies on foreign soil to possibly include flyers and brochures for said tourism program, encouraging foreign travel.

Other economic stimulus programs proposed by Schulz include a revamping of the nation's highway system through the establishment of a nationalized highway management agency. The nation's roads are in much need of redevelopment and many international roads that once belonged to the Artanian Union are in much need of revitalization. On said international roads, the general consensus amongst the Ministry of Finance has been nationalization as well. Briefly touching upon the diplomatic reforms included in the five year plan was a rigorous expansion of the nation's foreign office, with an additional 50b being poured into the nation's foreign office, putting it roughly on par with the nation's military funding. While Finanzminister Schulz has been scant on the details of Dundorf's diplomatic expansion, of which he states more will come when the "time is right", he has promised that the nation will commit to its cooperationist stance entrenched within the Metzistische Volkspartei's doctrine. "While I cannot exactly give details at the moment, as my office is still finalizing the structure of the Five Year Plan, I can assure you that we will devote this diplomatic expansion to the attraction of foreign investment and strengthening our diplomatic presence, both in our own continent and the rest of the world."

What was however extensively covered was the nation's vast military expansion, the final component of the Five Year Plan, which is expected to be the most quickest. With Deltaria already promising a permanent military base with a lengthy staff of over 500 soldiers on Dundorfian soil, along with combined training exercises, it is largely expected that the Ministry of Defense will cut an arms deal with Deltaria, along with building some of its own military equipment across the fatherland. General Marko Drache, once the nation's most powerful man, now chief of the general staff of the People's Revolutionary Army spoke at length about the nature of the military within the Five Year Plan. "We will treat our military in this Five Year Plan as Herr Schulz is treating the economy. A mixed approach of purchasing of Deltarian equipment, along with the construction of some of our own equipment here in the Fatherland is preferable. That way, as expansion of our military is the last proposal of the plan, it can be executed quickly and efficiently."

With an already large surplus in place with the adoption of moderate tax brackets, it is largely expected by fellow economic analysts that the plan will end with either an economic boom or a newly revitalized economy. With a welcome hand to foreign investment, as already explicitly defined within party doctrine, an economic stimulation is all but inevitable—The real question is the extent of the success that will be guaranteed after the conclusion of the plan. The recently formed state-run companies specified within the Establishment of Nationalized Companies law have already committed to both expanding the scope of their products on the mainland, while also allowing for exporting to foreign nations, so all manner of economic growth is possible for the distant future.
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Re: Dundorf Heute (Dundorf Today)

Postby thefalloutfan101 » Sun Feb 10, 2019 10:36 pm

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Neues Dundorf is a largely left-wing newspaper that covers mostly left-wing ideologies, from social democracy to communism.
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Dundorfian Tourism Office reports surge in foreign tourism
Dunburg, 29 March 4529

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According to reports recently published by the Dundorfian Tourism Office, foreign tourism into the nation has increased by an astounding 32%,
thanks to a recent 20 billion Mark boost in funding. Travel by Dundorfian nationals to other nations has also increased by about 24%.


Recently published statistics conducted by the Dundorfian Tourism Office, an integrated agency within the Ministry of Environment and Tourism have depicted a surge in foreign tourism both by outside tourists and by Dundorfian nationals. Percentages unveiled by the DTO reveal a staggering 32% increase of visit by foreign nationals, in part due to a rigorous travel promotion campaign spurned by the Ministry of Tourism in all Dundorfian embassies, along with limited television advertisements in foreign nations.

Percentages of Dundorfian nationals taking foreign vacations have also surged in recent months, at a rate of 24%. The most popular nations visited by Dundorfians according to the DTO are Deltaria, Kirlawa, Keymon (despite recent campaigns against Kalistan), and Dorvik. The surge in travel has created a significant boom for the nation's economy, with many economists hailing it as the first success of the nation's Five Year Plan. Finanzminister Hans Schulz, the brainchild behind the strategy of the plan, held a speech outside his office today announcing the same information while also congratulating the economic successes.

Today our tourism industry has surged practically overnight. As I'm sure you've already seen the reports published by the Dundorfian Tourist Office, and I'm sure that the nation's media will report on it also, so I'll spare you the numbers. What I am here today is to congratulate our nation on fueling a rising economy under a robust socialist system. This is surely the first of many successes to come of our nation's first five year plan, and that's not even factoring the economic stimulation our nation is to experience with our membership in CARSS. Let us work together, genossen, to build a stronger economy and future for our nation!

Proletarier aller Länder, vereinigt Euch!


As the Five Year Plan is expected to be executed in stages, the next economic stimulus to be executed by the nation is a revitalization of various national infrastructures, from various autobahns to state railways that have recently been nationalized. With the establishment of the Staatsbahn, a planned transnational railway to connect all five states, it is expected to create another tourism boom within Dundorf itself, along with connecting international rail commerce from Artania.
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Re: Dundorf Heute (Dundorf Today)

Postby thefalloutfan101 » Mon Feb 11, 2019 7:49 am

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Neues Dundorf is a largely left-wing newspaper that covers mostly left-wing ideologies, from social democracy to communism.
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National Highway Administration launches road and railway revitalization project
Großenborn, 7 June 4529

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Part of the nation's Five Year Plan, the revitalization project aims at expansion of state autobahns and various railway routes throughout the nation.

Long having been left unmaintained due to previous decades of extremely limited government intervention at the hands of the Minarchistische Partei, the various autobahns and interstate transit systems of the nation have been in dire need of renovation. Small village centers and rural townships across the nation have constantly reported to the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport of potholes that have long gone unpatched, even during the short rule of the PDS of the previous also shortlived Bundesrepublik. After a recent proclamation in the town of Großenborn today, it seems those concerns are soon to all but whittle away.

After receiving the news that the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport could utilize its current budget, which strangely remained unaltered in the recent budget allocation of the five year plan, along with a modest portion of the current 80b Mark surplus fund, Chairman of the Nationale Infrastrukturwerwaltung (National Infrastructure Administration) Rudi Kaulen, who also serves as the Minister of Infrastructure and Transport respectively wasted no time in outlining a broad plan for the repair, revitalization, and outright revamping of several of the nation's transit systems, namely the Autobahns and former international roadways left in minimal upkeep after Dundorf's leave from the Artanian Union. Herr Kaulen stated that the former roadways that were build under AU jurisdiction would be nationalized, but their access to other nations not blocked.

Speaking before a planning committee that was also allowed to be publicized by the press, Herr Kaulen stated that the decision to keep the roads leading out of the nation open and install border checkpoints in their place was largely to continue the nation's surge in foreign visitation. "Our nation has merely cursory checks at all our border checkpoints. The old former international roadways built on behalf of the AU have largely sat unexploited. We hope to change that. The National Infrastructure Administration is wholly supportive of furthering visits by foreign nationals to fuel our burgeoning tourism industry, along with establishing better connections to foreign imports."

Although the NIA's plans are just now coming out of their planning stage, the first project of the Administration is to create the "Südliche Autobahn", or Southern Highway. Aimed at strengthening the connections of Kronstein, Grozvic and Julstoch, the NIA plans to lay several thousand miles of new roadways in the region, along with constructing new border checkpoints at various openings. Along with the Südliche Autobahn is to be the construction of two railway systems, nearly running parallel to each other, with one being utilized for commercial imports, whilst the other serves domestic train travel. Unlike the SA, which has already been formatted as seen at the end of this publication, the NIA is reported to still be in the planning stages of what is being called the Staatsbahn, or State Railway.

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Proposed extent of the Südliche Autobahn, as drawn by the National Highway Administration.
The autobahn plans to begin at Großenborn, the site of the NIA's proclamation, moderately connecting the
Arbeiterstaat of Kronstein while completely connecting the Arbeiterstaats of Grozvic and Julstoch, before
terminating as border checkpoints at the borders of Kirlawa, Kundrati, and Hawu Mumenhes.
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Re: Dundorf Heute (Dundorf Today)

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Neues Dundorf is a largely left-wing newspaper that covers mostly left-wing ideologies, from social democracy to communism.
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Nationaler Fernsehdienst plans to roll out its first domestic televisions
Dunburg, 15 September 4529

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The state-owned company's first domestic television, a 32 inch LED flat screen TV, is slated to reach store shelves this spring, priced at 125 Marks.
Nationaler Fernsehdienst has also expressed great interest at exporting its product across Terra.


Via a press conference that was also broadcast on some major state television networks, the Nationaler Fernsehdienst, or National Television Service, a broadcasting provider/television manufacturer announced that it would begin production and release its first flagship domestic flat screen television sets. Mostly coming in sizes of 32, 42, and 52 inches, the three sets are largely modest in price, at 125 Marks for it's 32 inch model, 135 Marks for its 42 inch model, and a flat 150 Marks for its 52 inch model. The NFD had such prices in mind to make it so that no matter the size, a television with a sharp image and excellent sound quality could be easily affordable by all working class families of Dundorf. The manufacturer has also spoken about even more smaller sets, for use in restaurants, security rooms, and apartments being produced in the near future.

With the NFD's proclamation close to the end of the year, it is certain to make for a suitable holiday gift item around Hallowtide. The ruling Metzist People's Party's decision to take an allowing stance towards religion being practiced by the populace has contributed to a small economic success around the normal holiday seasons. In a bold and unusual move, the NFD has already began accepting pre-order for its flat screens in most electronic appliance stores across Dundorf, along with its website.

Vorsitzender des Ministerrat Franz Ehrler recently had the privilege to tour a production facility of the company's televisions, along with sitting down for a test viewing of the product's quality. Evidently being taken aback at the crystal clear image quality of the TV, along with what he described as "near cinema quality" of its built-in surround sound system, he proclaimed it yet another worthy product of a thriving socialist society, well desired to be in the homes of workers across the nation. Herr Ehrler would then go on to personally congratulate the NFD's Chairman of the Board, Michael Hopfer on designing a robust product.

Also discussed in the press conference would be the massive exportation of is product to various nations abroad, with Deltaria being a prime candidate to receive ample trade in Dundorfian electronics. However according to Board Chairman Hopfer its exports would not be exclusively to socialist nations, and that the company is fully willing to export its televisions to whatever nation so desires to acquire them. "We are wholly open to exporting our flat screen televisions worldwide to any discerning foreign nations who so desire them. After all, we are wholly accepting of foreign investment, both by our company, and the Metzistische Volkspartei's doctrine."

With some limited amounts of its smaller model, the 32 inch set already being put up on store shelves, it is likely to pick up to a frenzy towards the end of 4529.
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Second Party Congress of the MVP concludes with increased Metzist popularity
Dunburg, 18 September 4529

By Peter Holzer
Chefredakteur (Editor-in-Chief)


The conclusion of the second Party Congress of the MVP served to only strengthen and entrench the ruling Metzist Liberation Front and their leader who also serves as the party's First Secretary, Franz Ehrler. A man who no doubt has exuded more power than the nation's own Head of State, which despite being an equal office to the Head of Government is quickly being seen as a symbolic role, with more power being given to Herr Ehrler. If so, then our nation would inch further to a unitary parliamentary Metzist Republic.

Regardless, the Party Congress began without a hitch, with the commencement ceremony being a singing of The Internationale and a moving speech being read out by Erster Sekretär Ehrler. Congratulating the party on its recent developments and its commitment to the execution of the first Five Year Plan. Arbeiterwelt was gracious enough to be present for the commencement of Herr Ehrler's speech, and as such, have included a transcript below.

Liebe Genossen,

Today we begin this second Party Congress with an overwhelming sense of accomplishment and pride, near double to that of the atmosphere of our first Party Congress which began shortly after we secured a victory over the treacherous social democrats, who did nothing to achieve a firm end to our nation's instability. When our victory was secured, we negotiated an end to the military junta in just under a single year! Since then we've gone on to pass numerous reforms aimed at bettering the conditions of workers in our nation, left neglected for too long under decades of tyrannical rule by the extreme libertarian Minarchistische Partei. We ushered in a new age, a socialist age. A veritable renaissance of Metzist ideals and worker empowerment!

We brought Dundorf back onto the world stage and secured a newfound diplomatic friendship with Deltaria, a shining beacon of socialism in southern Terra. As I speak to you, genossen, workers have begun laying out the plans to connect our three southern states, greatly improving our access for foreign and cross country trade! Even now, our state-run television provider has now recently announced it will bring out its first domestic flat screen televisions! Fellow workers, all of you should be proud to be essential pieces of the massive industrialization that is being commenced as part of the Five Year Plan. Our economy is growing and our allies have committed to their own economic stimulus programs for our nation as well.

The future of our nation has nowhere to go but forwards, Genossen! Let us build a strong socialist state together!
Proletarier aller Länder, vereinigt Euch!


A membership election of the MVP within the Parteikammer commenced not long after Herr Ehrler's rousing speech, and with a party firmly entrenched in the belief of Franz Ehrler and his Metzist Liberation Front, it was no surprise to see yet another surge in popularity for the ruling faction. Upon the results of the membership election, the smaller factions, namely the Syndicalist Front, and the United Leonidist Coalition accepted an offer by the Radical Armbrüsterists of a merger. After the close of the recent inter-party elections, current popularity estimates between factions of the ruling MVP consist of:

Metzistische Befreiungsfront: 78%
Radikal Armbrüsteristischen: 24%
Syndikalistische Front: 0% (Merged with Armbrüsterists)
Vereinigt Leonidistische Front: 0% (Merged with Armbrüsterists)
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Re: Dundorf Heute (Dundorf Today)

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MVP to enact sweeping foreign investment reforms before the Volksrat
Dunburg, 6 May 4530

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The MVP is soon to enact sweeping but moderate reforms in regards to foreign investment.
As Dundorf has no sea access the government has began reaching for foreign investment as much as possible.


Introduced before the Volksrat by the MVP and soon to be enacted are sweeping but moderate reforms in regards to foreign investment, a long planned proposal of the ruling Metzistische Volkspartei. Aimed at adding numerous regulations to foreign investment, bringing foreign companies under the jurisdiction of the nation's already binding economic and labor laws, along with establishing new provisions within its articles. Such provisions are namely the establishment of fines to be issued to foreign companies that defy the provisions of the legislation along with said preexisting laws, with expulsion of the company from Dundorfian soil possible if such violations are severe.

The violations outlined by the legislation are as follows:

-Attempting to cut corners during a slump in revenue, namely unexpected worker layoffs and sudden wage cuts
-Attempting to gain control of a native Dundorfian citizen's Publicly-owned Enterprise
-Trying to establish a monopoly in any given commercial or industrial field (heavy fines are to be issued for such an infraction, along with possible expulsion)
-Engaging in limiting control of workers salaries by way of encouraging laborers to use company stores, company currency, etc.


New provisions detailed within the law outlined that revenue be split evenly amongst the state and the foreign company if investment is funneled towards a state-run company, and that revenue be split amongst the state, the worker, and the foreign company if a Publicly-owned Enterprise receives foreign investment. A more controversial proposal seen by some in the Volksrat, believing that it may discourage some companies from investing in Dundorfian state industries was the provision that if a foreign company withdraws its monetary assets, then it formally consents to having its physical assets relinquished to the state and any outstanding revenue made prior to the withdrawal be split amongst the state and the company, as compensation.

Other small reforms in the legislation formally mandate foreign companies that employ Dundorfian citizens provide them high job safety standards, along with giving health coverage to workers should a rare circumstance present itself where a laborer does not have it. Alongside workplace reforms comes the encouragement of hiring both male and female workers to allow equal labor opportunities for Dundorfian citizens.
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Re: Dundorf Heute (Dundorf Today)

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Ministry of Defense conducts mixed rearmament of the Revolutionäre Volksarmee
13 March 4532

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Members of the Dundorfische Revolutionäre Volksarmee stand at attention during the Deltarian-Dundorfian combined exercises of 4529.

At the headquarters of the Dundorfian Armed Forces in Rittersheim today General Marko Drache announced the full commencement of rearming the nation's ground forces, named the Revolutionäre Volksarmee, or Revolutionary People's Army. Opting for a mixed plan of purchasing arms and equipment from Deltaria along with building some in the Fatherland. The choice for a mixed plan by General Drache was stated to be for speedy rearmament, a prelude to a more comprehensive plan of modernization of other facets of the Armed Forces.

The first notion of the rearmament would be the purchasing of several hundred copies of Deltaria's latest standard assault rifle, the DK-15. The Ministry of Defense also asked Deltaria's own Defense Ministry for possible schematics for the DK-15 to allow for home construction of the weapon on Dundorfian soil. The MoD also purchased some slightly outdated equipment from Deltaria, which General Drache stated was merely to allow for sufficient rearmament, which would then see the immediate replacement of the outdated models soon after. Other pieces of equipment planned to be purchased are PRIME's latest model of heavy cargo trucks, along with some aircraft.

Items which are to be built in the Fatherland to aid in rearmament are amphibious vehicles, assault vehicles, fighters, and various weaponry.
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Re: Dundorf Heute (Dundorf Today)

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Science Minister Untermann expresses interest in joint Dundorfian-Deltarian space operations
Dunburg, 26 March 4532

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The headquarters of the Ministry of Science and Technology in Dunburg. Recently, Science Minister Therese Untermann has expressed "great interest"
in joint Dundorfian-Deltarian space operations.


In a recent address from her office, Minister of Science and Technology Therese Untermann recently expressed great desire and interest in the establishment of joint Dundorfian-Deltarian space operations, namely spaceflight operations and the launching of a Dundorfian satellite into orbit. Untermann has cited Deltaria's commitment to advancing its spaceflight program, regardless of the failures that have occurred, as a driving factor for the wish of cooperation. Ending her deliberation with a bold proclamation that her office will see the first Dundorfian in space, it has certainly fueled patriotism across the ruling MVP and the nation.

But one roadblock has already been laid before Untermann's dreams for Dundorf to reach the cosmos: Who shall be the most likely candidate for such a venture? The answer may not be quite so difficult as previously thought. In fact, a candidate has already been called as of the time of this publication, evidently having been chosen long in advance for such an occasion to present itself. The candidate is no other than Friedrich Heißler, accomplished pilot in the Dundorfian People's Air Force and esteemed party functionary within the MVP. Holding the rank of Generalmajor and having an effortlessly charming persona, it seems his fate to touch the stars was meant to be.

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Armed Forces portrait of Heißler, showing his rank of Generalmajor.

Untermann has also announced that she will discuss such matters with Deltaria's own Science Minister in the coming days.
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Conclusion of first five year plan sees reinvigorated Dundorfian economy, but jumbled legislature
Dunburg, 7 March 4533

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The economy, through the planning of Finanzminister Schulz has seen it be reinvigorated, but with the side effect of a jumbled legislature.
Shown here, workers at an industrial plant in the southern Dundorfian town of Karlsborn in Grozvic survey equipment.


As the announcement of the conclusion of the first Fünf Jahr Plan by its architect, Finanzminister Hans Schulz, economists under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Finance's Survey Office released the details of the outcome of the Plan. From its execution in 4529 to its conclusion today, the Dundorfian economy saw a rapid upheaval in several sectors, bringing it back to a stable economic power but still being somewhat sluggish compared to its strongest ally, Deltaria, despite a strong foreign investment campaign on behalf of state-owned companies like the Nationaler Fernsehdienst. And while infrastructure revitalization plans are merely in their infancy, the first portion of the Südliche Autobahn in Kronstein was reported to have been successfully finished, with the next portion being set to break ground in the summer.

Other areas of economic growth include the Dundorfian tourism industry, which saw gradual increases since the beginning of the Ministry of Tourism's campaign. Last year, reported percentages of travel by foreign tourists were estimated to be at a strong 45%, a staggering 13% increase since the start, and a 6% increase of numbers from last year's reported numbers. The continuation of cursory border protocols also helped further increase travel by Dundorfian nationals moreso over the past half decade, with Dundorfian foreign vacations being at a whopping 51%, much higher than said percentage of foreign tourism. The aforementioned Nationaler Fernsehdienst released the sales numbers of its line of flat screen televisions yesterday and revealed that over 625,000 units were sold throughout the course of the Plan across the Fatherland, and foreign sales topping well over 700k, being sold mostly to Keymon, despite the nation's ongoing turmoil.

But the new economy seems to have not gone without side effects. Recent political developments shortly before the beginning of the 4531 election saw an illegal party form and make sweeping gains from within the elections for the Volksrat, plunging the nation into a brief constitutional crisis. The matter was thankfully resolved after the MVP invoked the Nationaler Sicherheitsgesetz and the illegal "Nationale Partei" be swiftly disbanded from within the Volksrat and their representatives apprehended by the Volkspolizei. Since then, the MVP has gone on to call the 4531 gains by said short-lived party illegitimate, with their gains being formally recognized as "in absentia" seats under the claimed jurisdiction of their party.

The ruling MVP also declared that the massive gains of the Nationale Partei to be that of election machine errors, with Franz Ehrler announcing that the government would focus on improving election equipment for the current session of the Volksrat. Numerous proposals for snap elections have been submitted before the Volksrat but all have been strangely struck down by the MVP, with no clear reason given for them. When asked by Neues Dundorf about said legislation ordering snap elections being defeated, a member of the MVP from within the Volksrat vaguely commented: "We had proposed snap elections in the first place. When the time comes and the floor is clear of any outstanding legislation, we shall bring forth our proposal."
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