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Wednesday, January 25, 2012 NYC’S #1 FREE DAILY NEWSPAPER WHAT THE 2012 OSCARS WILL LOOK LIKE {page 11} Max 43° Min 32° NEW YORK MANDEL NGAN/AFP/GETTY IMAGES Speech aimed at convincing 2012 voters on second term In starkly populist State of the Union address, president urges taxing rich, aiding housing {page 07} Metropolitik Debate: What ENTER FOR are they lying YOUR CHANCE about now? TO WIN A 6 MONTH MEMBERSHIP TO NETFLIX!! President Obama paused to hug Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords before his State Candidates piled on of the Union Speech. Giffords announced earlier this week she will resign from Congress to focus Obama in Florida Did Lwogw own .tmo etro.us/newyork/clubmetro on her recovery after being shot in the head in a Tucson, Ariz., shooting spree a year ago. ‘ObamaCare’ kill jobs? {page 08} for your c Shigann ucpe f otro C lwubi nM!etro and stay in thaen ldo orepc teoi vwe isnp gerceiaalt opffr iezress! 02 new york NYC’s #1 FREE DAILY WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2012 Accused rapist New program lets artists 1 works for Saudi Arabian prince make art for health care MANHATTAN. A man who trav- els as a member of an unnamed Saudi Arabian prince’s entourage is on trial this week for luring two Bronx hospital launches barter system for New female bartenders to The Plaza Hotel and allegedly rap- York’s uninsured creative class Artists who qualify ing one of them in 2010. Mustapha Ouanes, 60, is can paint, teach or perform in exchange for health accused of sexually assaulting care One hour of work can get you $40 of care the woman while she was drifting in and out of sleep. Ouanes’ lawyers argued the 47% encounter was consensual and How many hours would you playwright, said Colette Bar- Colette the women invented the rape spend painting to pay off a row, at the New York City claim after he refused to pay surgery? As part of a new pro- Health and Hospitals Corpora- for sex, according to The New gram in the south Bronx, tion. How does York Times. METRO/SV artists can paint, dance or sing When a group was sam- To help pay for their care, it work? In the news to their heart’s delight, all to pled in 2007, 47 percent artists can facepaint for hospi- offset hospital bills. of people in The Actors talized children, read poetry Cop pleads to The Lincoln Art Exchange, Fund, an artists’ or even lead yoga sessions for NEW YORK. Anyone unin- launched this month at the resource group, were hospital staff, she said. sured who is making a civil rights Lincoln Medical and Mental uninsured, according to Many of these artists are living through creative violation Health Center, offers strug- Renata Marinaro, direc- juggling part-time jobs, Bar- means is eligible, from gling New York artists without tor of health services at row said, or out of work fol- dancers to poets to musi- An ex-NYPD cop plead- health insurance a barter sys- the fund. lowing the end of a produc- cians, hospital officials ed guilty yesterday to tem — $40 in health care tion. Some take their chances said. The money can be violating the civil rights credits for every hour spent grams, the cost for that can be instead of monthly payments. used toward a wide of an unarmed black creating art. as low as $15 for some. A similar program at range of services like man he stopped and For example, if a dancer’s Although many artists Woodhull Medical Center in doctor visits, lab tests or frisked in Staten Island. Chen twisted knee lands her an qualify for reduced-cost health Brooklyn has attracted 400 emergency care. Michael Daragjati false- overnight hospital stay, 125 care, through the new pro- artists since opening in 2005. “I’ve gotten phone ly charged the man dancing hours could pay off a gram they can also barter to A City Council hearing to- calls from the whole Army drops with resisting arrest $5,000 bill —once she’s back pay with skills, not cash. day will discuss artists’ access gamut, from a clown to and later bragged harshest charge on her feet, of course. Just this week, as many as to health insurance. a photographer to more about the incident us- Most artists, however, sim- 50 interested artists called to singers, actors,” HHC’s ing a racial slur in a ply need a doctor’s visit. Un- inquire about the program, in- ALISON BOWEN Colette Barrow said. recorded conversation. LOWER EAST SIDE. One year after der low-income health pro- cluding a doodle artist and a [email protected] He faces up to a year in Lower East Side soldier Pvt. prison and was termi- Danny Chen committed nated from the NYPD. suicide after he was repeatedly METRO/CG tormented by soldiers in Valentine’s Day. Surprise! Crash vic’s mom Afghanistan, an Army investi- In the news gator dropped the most serious takes on NYPD charge in the case Monday. Spc. Ryan Offutt is one of eight soldiers accused of BROOKLYN. The mother of mocking Chen for his Chinese cyclist Mathieu Lefevre— the heritage. Offutt, the main al- latter of whom was killed by a leged perpetrator in the bully- truck last year — continued ing, was originally charged her criticism of the NYPD with involuntary manslaugh- Monday. Erika Lefevre said the ter, which carries up to 10 police failed to collect or pho- years in prison. He is now fac- tograph evidence from the Gay marriage ing negligent homicide, scene. An Accident Investiga- which only carries up to three tion Squad report revealed the up to NJ voters years in jail. METRO/SV crash investigator’s camera Gov. Chris Christie will was broken, accounting for relinquish his power the lack of photographic evi- Prison after to legalize gay dence of the crash, according marriage and let vot- parking dispute to The New York Times. ers decide via the bal- Lefevre, 30, was killed in Octo- lot in November, he ber. METRO/SV said yesterday. HARLEM. A man was sentenced Although Christie is to 17 years imprisonment yes- “Apparently, (the) opposed to same-sex terday for attempting to kill NYPD cares more marriage, he said, another man in East Harlem At four inches long, Madagascar hissing cockroaches are the world’s largest roach species. about investigating "Whether or not to re- in a fight over a parking space define hundreds of on New Year’s Day. Miguel JULIE LARSEN MAHER/WCS our family’s efforts Nothing says forever like a cockroach years of ... traditions Padilla, 45, fired a semiauto- to get information should not be decided matic pistol several times at by 121 people in the the man, who had his four- from it than about Statehouse ." year-old daughter with him, Valentine’s Day is right around the corner and what better way to show affection than to properly investigat- METRO/SV but instead injured a 13-year- name a Madagascar hissing cockroach for someone? The Bronx Zoo is offering the opportuni- old boy in a nearby vehicle. ty to name its new crop of cockroaches; a certificate will be e-mailed to your loved one, ing Mathieu’s Patatdeimllap tpelde amdeudr dgeuri.l ty MtoETRO/SV aton noorduenrc. i(nNga monine go fr itghhet sb ualgsso h gaoso bde feonr neax-mbeodyf irnie hnids so ar nhde rm hootnhoerr.s V-iins-itla bwro.)n xzMooET.cRoOm/CB/roach death.” ERIKA LEFEVRE 04 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2012 Bad money managers at the racetrack? At a time when Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to expand gam- bling in the state, the New York Racing Association is not curb- ing costs despite two critical au- dits by the state, New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said yesterday. A Tribute to the DiNapoli released a third audit yesterday about the rac- ing association, reporting that $11.5M Music of Motown it did not implement any of the nine recommendations for improved financial health that the state made in 2010. NYRA runs three horse rac- NYRA projected an $11.5 ing tracks in New York state, million deficit for 2011 including the Aqueduct race- and expects a $19.7 track in Queens. It also runs million loss from racing racetracks in Saratoga Springs operations in 2012. and at Belmont Park in Long Island. cal decisions, DiNapoli said. The Aqueduct racetrack is For example, NYRA has re- presents where Cuomo has future duced the cost of transporting plans to build a massive con- horses by $92,000 each year, vention center. but has not evaluated whether But NYRA expects to lose to charge owners when it Thursday, February 9 at 8 PM $19.7 million in 2012, Di- transports horses between Napoli said. He also said he's tracks. worried NYRA will mismanage “The organization still has Featuring the estimated $48 million in much work to do to carry out cash it expects to get this year the reforms we recommend- Boyz II Men in revenue from new video ed,” DiNapoli said. lottery terminals installed at Dionne Warwick Aqueduct. ALISON BOWEN [email protected] Paul Shaff er NYRA needs to make criti- Martha Reeves LOOSE DENTURES? 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But When news first broke a and when? administrative orientation forced to release internal doc- yesterday, The New York about year ago that the NYPD was process” for new officers, uments about the film. Times reported that nearly quietly showing the film as a according to The New York Muslim groups in New Islam 1,500 officers were actually training exercise for new re- Times. York City were outraged at the exposed to the film. dominating the cruits, top police officials dis- In all, 1,489 police officers news; yesterday, the Council “The Third Jihad” is narrat- world, you realize missed the claim, saying it — 68 lieutenants, 159 on American-Islamic relations ed by Zuhdi Jasser, a Muslim was only shown “a couple of sergeants, 31 detectives and demanded a review of all who says he is concerned that that they hold some times.” 1,231 patrol officers — have NYPD training on Islam. The few American Muslims spoke of the same goals But “The Third Jihad” was seen “The Third Jihad.” Islamic Circle of North Ameri- out against the 9/11 attacks. actually played on a continu- The film includes interviews ca is also calling for the resig- as al-Qaeda — and “This is the true agenda of ous loop over a period of be- with NYPD Commissioner nation of NYPD Commissioner much of Islam in America,” that’s what makes tween three months and one Ray Kelly and former Mayor Ray Kelly over the matter. Jasser says in the film. “A year, the Times reported. Rudy Giuliani, as well as strategy to infiltrate and them dangerous.” The revelation comes after Connecticut Sen. Joe CARLY BALDWIN [email protected] dominate America. We all ZUHDI JASSER, “THE THIRD JIHAD” the NYU Law School's Brennan Lieberman. 06 new york NYC’s #1 FREE DAILY WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2012 Occupy drops EMILY ANNE EPSTEIN/METRO Four CT cops still surrounded by police bar- suit over ricades. After the barricades No sleeping rules were removed, protesters Zuccotti Park changed their minds about accused of pursuing the suit, according Brookfield Properties, the NEW YORK. Occupy Wall Street to Alan Levine, an OWS company that owns Zuccotti protesters have dropped a law- lawyer. Park, maintained that its suit that argued sleeping repre- Levine said protesters are rules prohibit camping or racist policing sents a form of free speech af- no longer interested in sleeping and the use of tents ter the NYPD dismantled their returning to Zuccotti. and sleeping bags. The encampment in Zuccotti Park. “Nobody seems to care about company’s attorneys also Protesters were forced that anymore,” he told claimed the generators from the park on Nov. 15. The Reuters. “We’re not about to brought into the park by Accused of illegal searches at park was reopened to the pub- try to litigate that issue in the OWS in its heyday protesters presented lic after the eviction, but was abstract.” METRO/CG hazardous conditions. Latino businesses Claims they handcuffed victims, assaulted them Four East Haven, Conn., police Accused officers were arrested yester- day on charges of racial profil- harassment ing, excessive force and con- spiracy against Latinos in their community, prosecutors said. EAST HAVEN. The police The men — Sgt. John Miller conducted unreasonable and officers David Cari, Den- and illegal searches at nis Spaulding and Jason Zullo Latino-owned businesses — are accused of routinely in- and parked patrol cars in juring, threatening and intim- front of those businesses, idating Latinos with false ar- the indictment alleges. rests, false reports and harass- They also regularly ment, according to the federal conducted traffic stops of indictment. Latino customers enter- “They behaved like bullies ing or exiting those same with badges,” Janice Fedarcyk, businesses, towed their assistant director in charge of vehicles and arrested or the FBI New York field office, detained them. told a news conference in The indictment states Bridgeport. that the cops prepared “The officers have damaged false reports to support the reputation of their depart- their false arrests. Two ment. The residents of East officers are also accused Haven don’t deserve to need of blocking citizens from protection against those sworn videotaping police con- to protect them,” she said. duct, something that is Known as “Miller’s boys,” legal to do. REUTERS the four men are accused of extending their conduct to anyone who complained during lawful and unlawful about their behavior, includ- arrests. ing fellow police officers and “In some cases, the vic- members of the East Haven tims were handcuffed with Police Commission. their hands behind their “Miller led by example,” backs when they were as- the 18-page indictment states. saulted by officers,” it stated. The indictment accused “Some of the victims were Miller, Spaulding, Zullo and particularly vulnerable be- another unnamed officer of cause they were undocu- using unreasonable force mented aliens.” REUTERS news NYC’s #1 FREE DAILY WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2012 07 Obama bids for second rest of the world is increas- ingly affected,” IMF chief News in brief economist Olivier term in his SOTU speech Blanchard said at a news conference. REUTERS GETTY IMAGES Apple revenue surges past targets GETTY IMAGES SAN FRANCISCO.Apple Inc.’s President Barack Obama jobs home from overseas, Romney quarterly results blew past pitched new initiatives on jobs, ideas to help the troubled Wall Street’s expectations taxes and housing in an elec- home-mortgage market and paid tax at after U.S. consumers tion-year State of the Union ad- incentives for alternative en- snapped up near unprece- dress, making a sweeping case ergy development. 14 percent dented numbers of iPhones for a second term despite the “It’s time to apply the same and iPads, sending its slow U.S. economic recovery rules from top to bottom: No shares up 8 percent into and high jobless rate. bailouts, no handouts and no WASHINGTON. Mitt Romney record territory. Framed in what was labeled copouts,” an early speech tran- bowed to pressure and IMF cuts growth The world’s most valu- a starkly populist speech, most script said. gave a glimpse inside his forecast, warns of able technology of Obama’s proposals will face He also called again for personal fortune, releas- corporation returned to stiff Republican resistance, higher taxes on the wealthy — ing tax returns showing global recession form after a rare miss in limiting the chance of head- despite consistent Republican he pays a lower effective the previous quarter, way in a divided Congress be- opposition — and for further tax rate than many top WASHINGTON.The IMF assuaging investors’ fore the Nov. 6 general elec- pressure on China over its cur- earners. chopped its estimate for worries that its sheer size tion. rency and trade practices. Unlike Americans who 2012 global growth to 3.3 meant it was headed into a But the White House hopes While these initiatives do rely on a paycheck, Rom- percent from 4 percent just period of slower growth. Obama can gain enough trac- not offer a quick fix for high ney earns most of his in- three months ago and It sold 37.04 million tion with voters to help re- unemployment that threatens come from investment warned it could drop as low iPhones — its flagship prod- store faith in his economic Obama’s re-election prospects, profits, dividends and in- as 1.3 percent if Europe lets uct — and 15.43 million leadership as the Democratic his speech will be a chance to terest. The returns for the crisis fester for much iPad tablets, doubling from president defends himself turn up the heat on an unpop- 2010 and estimates for longer. For 2013, it predict- a year earlier and easily out- against escalating attacks by ular Congress and take control 2011 showed that he will ed growth of 3.9 percent. pacing already heightened Republican candidates vying of the campaign narrative. pay a total of $6.2 million “The epicenter of the expectations for a strong to face him. Taxes are the most divisive in taxes on income of President Obama danger is Europe, but the holiday season. REUTERS Obama pushed tax breaks issue at the heart of this year’s $42.5 million.REUTERS for bringing manufacturing election campaign. 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RICHARDS/AFP/GETTY IMAGES “The Iranians are …. “He keeps hinting Tweet roundup Metropolitik actively taunting us about attacking the … so [Obama] Fed, and he talks BRAYDEN cancels a military “Newt didn’t mention his about gold.” PAUL SIMMS fantasy of having space exercise with the sex. Probably for the It was difficult to find un- Israelis so as not to POLITICAL REALISM FOR best!” @timothypmurphy truthful remarks from Rep. THE URBAN PROLETARIAT “We’re headed to a be provocative?” “Gingrich trying to defend “The biggest issue Ron Paul, who spent much @METROPOLITIK GINGRICH wanting English as of the debate railing against Greece-type collapse, national language while that ... we have to U.S. military adventurism and [Obama] adds The former Speaker advertising in Spanish...” deal with ... that’s and our banking system. For complaints, suggestions and another trillion on incorrectly sums up the @CharlesMBlow crushing the On that latter point, Paul third-party communiques on top for Obamacare president’s relationship “‘Markets have to have economy, will crush seems overly optimistic on behalf of an embattled West and for his stimulus with Iran. Aside from the regulation to work.’ it even further and returning the dollar to the African monarchy, please e-mail fact that, according to re- @MittRomney now mak- gold standard, about which [email protected]. plan that didn’t ports, it was actually Israel ing a case for regulating crush freedom ... he lauds Gingrich in the create private-sector who delayed this exercise, derivatives, mortgages.” that’s Obamacare.” above quote. Economists Aside from hitting the Ronald jobs.” ROMNEY Gingrich downplays the @AndrewKroll SANTORUM surveyed by the University Reagan trifecta — Romney, president’s toughest-ever “Newt is right. Obama of Chicago, however, unan- Gingrich and Santorum name- This one quote from Rom- sanctions against Iran. sent the Iranians the We know that vocal conser- imouslyoppose the move. dropped the right-wing icon all ney, as NYMag points out, wrong message by launch- vatives oppose the Afford- in their first at-bat to speak — “fits three lies into a single ing the military action that able Care Act — and will do what did the candidates focus sentence,” which is impres- brought down Qaddafi. and say anything to kill it — on at Monday night’s debate? sive for any politician and Oh, wait...” @DavidCornDC but the idea that mandated Well, they lied — not just surely deserves accolades “Note there was big insurance is bad for the through their teeth, but via from both sides of the aisle applause to Paul’s dovish economy is just wrong. A their lips and tongues as well. for its contribution to the comments about Cuba. mandate, in this case, bene- art of politicking. 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For more information or to see if you qualify, please call us at 1-800-RUCARES Or email us at [email protected] ACCR-CPC is also a member of NYC Child Care Resource & Referral Consortium news NYC’s #1 FREE DAILY WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2012 09 When sun attacks: Telecommuting Health. Mushrooms a fact of life for fifth of workers Geomagnetic storm NEW YORK. About one in five workers around the globe, particularly employees in the Middle East, Latin America The strongest geomagnetic “When it hits us, and Asia, telecommute storm in more than six years frequently and nearly 10 per- it’s like a big was forecast to hit Earth’s cent work from home every magnetic field yesterday, and battering ram that day, according to a new it could affect airline routes, Ipsos/Reuters poll. pushes into Earth’s power grids and satellites, the Telecommuting is particu- U.S. Space Weather Prediction magnetic field. larly popular in India where Center said. That energy causes more than half of workers A coronal mass ejection — a were most likely to be toiling big chunk of the Sun’s atmos- Earth’s magnetic from home. But the job phere — was hurled toward field to fluctuate.” option is the least popular in Earth on Sunday, driving ener- A major solar eruption Hungary, Germany, Sweden, ONSAGER gized solar particles at about 5 France, Italy and Canada, million miles an hour, about NASA VIA GETTY IMAGES where fewer than 10 percent five times faster than solar par- the center said in a statement. The brains of people tripping on magic mushrooms have of people work from home. ticles normally travel, the cen- Flights diverted Astronauts aboard the Interna- given the best picture yet of how psychedelic drugs work. REUTERS ter’s Terry Onsager said. tional Space Station may be ad- Scientists say such drugs could be used to treat depression. This energy can interfere vised to shield themselves in 53% with high-frequency radio com- Delta Air Lines said it is specific parts of the spacecraft ISTOCKPHOTO munications used by airlines to diverting some flights on to avoid a heightened dose of Putting the truth to a ‘get-well trip’ navigate close to the North Pole polar routes between solar radiation, Onsager said. in flights between North Amer- Detroit and Asia to avoid The space weather center Two separate studies into the effects of psilocybin, the active Believe working from home ica, Europe and Asia — so some disruptions to aircraft said the storm’s intensity ingredient in magic mushrooms, showed it does not increase, can increase family conflict routes may need to be shifted, communications by a strong would probably be moderate or but rather suppresses, activity in areas of the brain that are because of the blurred Onsager said. solar radiation storm. The strong, levels two and three on also dampened with other antidepressant treatments. boundaries between work It could also affect power storm has caused minor a five-level scale, five being the Psilocybin’s dampening action on this area may make it a and private time grids and satellite operations, disruptions for U.S. airlines. most extreme. REUTERS useful and potentially long-acting antidepressant. 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Heck, what about a evating the discourse self in a ridiculous situation of the eighth season of “The contestant who isn’t white? But on Twitter, Paris Hilton by vying for the “love” of Bachelorette.” Although there isn’t it confusing enough for lit- wants to share, Albert some stranger while a group is no word on what kind of role tle children when their parents Brooks is making light of other similarlydressed peo- Maynard’s 6-year-old daughter date multiple people/make out of his Oscar snub and ple do the same on national TV, will play in the series, the ABC half-dressed in hot tubs with- Sarah Silverman is mak- that’s fine. You are a (semi-) ra- press releases are quick to out being on network TV? ing sense of the world. tional adult and that’s your point out that Maynard is the Here’s hoping ABC won’t show- weird bag. However, it’s when first single mom to star in the boat the little girl for ratings, @CormacCMcCarthy kids are involved that I get series. Maynard’s little girl also like they did with single dad Ja- Sitting on a balcony the heebie-jeebies. appeared on “The Bachelor.” son Mesnick’s 4-year-old son Ty watching far hills. It was announced yesterday Look. It’s great that single on “The Bachelor.” Emily Maynard will try to find love on national television — White spire peaks. I feel that Emily Maynard, the 25- moms can be on “The Bache- Let’s leave that poor parent- for a second time — as the new “Bachelorette.” blessed. Despite the year-old single mom who was lorette.” In fact, the series ing to “Teen Mom,” shall we? stabbers the day has been kind. Jolie gets @ParisHilton Had fun at Sundance, (even more) just got back to LA. I Talking points will be posting some frosty iPhone pics from my Seal speaks trip soon. Stay tuned... out about divorce Awards season is @AlbertBrooks apparently getting I got ROBBED. I don’t News of Heidi KlumandSeal’s awkward, as mean the Oscars, I separation has come as a Angelina Jolie mean literally. My pants surprise to Hollywood — and to hasn’t warmed and shoes have been Seal himself. But the British Aniston Franklin Aubry to George stolen. singer is putting on a brave Clooney’s new face, insisting their split won’t Franklin calls off More Berry and girlfriend, Stacy Keibler, @SarahKSilverman get ugly. “We’re just not those and sources say that’s just how according to Us Weekly. wedding Aubry drama Behind every great big kind of people — we never real- she likes it, according to the Jolie and Brad Pittreport- bully there’s a great big ly have been,” he says in an in- Daily Mail. “She wants to focus edly shared a private jet bully terview with PBS talk show host on herself and hopefully Aretha Franklinhas called off Gabriel Aubry, Halle Berry’s ex- with Clooney and Keibler Tavis Smiley. “We’ve never becoming a mother,” a source her planned summer wedding to boyfriend and the father of her to the Palm Springs Film been attracted to that. Of says. “She is thinking of launch- Willie Wilkerson, according to daughter, is reportedly being in- Festival, and sources say course it’s a difficult situation ing her own fashion line which Hollyscoop. “Will and I have de- vestigated for criminal child en- the plane couldn’t get that we have to handle right would allow her to spend more cided we were moving a little too dangerment and battery, accord- there fast enough. now and it’s never easy. In time at home.” The source adds fast, and there were a number of ing to TMZ. Law enforcement “Angelina refused to terms of our love and respect that Aniston has not scheduled things that had not been sources say Aubry allegedly acknowledge that Stacy for each other, that hasn’t any movies in the “foreseeable thought through thoroughly,” shoved his nanny into a door was even on the plane,” a changed at all.” future,” telling her agents “she Franklin says in a statement. while she was holding his and source says. “Angelina needs a break.” Rumors circulat- “There will be no wedding at this Berry’s 3-year-old daughter, went out of her way to ig- Will Aniston be a ed last week that Aniston is six time. We will not comment on it Nahla. The investigation was nore her, from takeoff to stay-at-home mom? months pregnant, and reps for any further because of the very launched after the nanny filed a landing. She would not Cormac the actress have neither personal and sensitive nature of police report, and Child Protec- even look Stacy’s way. She McCarthy Jennifer Anistondoesn’t have confirmed nor denied the it. We appreciate all of the many tive Services is reportedly mount- was not having it.” any new acting gigs lined up, reports. well wishes from friends.” ing an investigation.

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