From: owner-can-firearms-digest@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca (Cdn-Firearms Digest) To: cdn-firearms-digest@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Subject: Cdn-Firearms Digest V9 #747 Reply-To: cdn-firearms-digest@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Sender: owner-can-firearms-digest@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Errors-To: owner-can-firearms-digest@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Precedence: normal Cdn-Firearms Digest Wednesday, August 23 2006 Volume 09 : Number 747 In this issue: Divisions on Mideast alarming Liberals Less gun crime spurs guarded optimism T.O. dodges `summer of the gun' Re: Conservative pay attention Nuisance bears worse than ever for Kenora RE: Conservative pay attention Re: Conservative pay attention Re: Conservative pay attention Re: Conservative pay attention The Left and Crime I ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 07:23:22 -0600 (CST) From: Bruce Mills Subject: Divisions on Mideast alarming Liberals http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20060823.LIBERALS23/TPStory/National Divisions on Mideast alarming Liberals Key party members say discipline unravelling amid long leadership race CAMPBELL CLARK With a report from Jeff Sallot VANCOUVER -- Key figures in the Liberal Party warned yesterday that discipline within its caucus of MPs is unravelling over the issue of the Middle East conflict, in a party stretched over a long leadership race. Some candidates for the leadership called for MP Borys Wrzesnewskyj to be removed from his post as deputy foreign affairs critic over his reported assertion that Hezbollah should be involved in Mideast negotiations and removed from Canada's list of banned terror groups. That dispute is only the latest that has seen MPs and senators criticize their party's Mideast position, as well as the decision of Mississauga Liberal MP Wajid Khan to accept a post as Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper's adviser on the Middle East. Leadership candidate Bob Rae said he has concerns about MPs "freelancing" their views in public comments that will undermine confidence in the Liberal position. "It's a free world, but I think there has to be some discipline in recognizing the need to try to come to a common approach and a common point of view. I think that's what people look for in a political party. That's why we're all supposed to be working together." MP Irwin Cotler, who has pushed fellow members to come to a stronger defence of Israel in the crisis, said Liberals agree on the basic principles, but the party's message is inconsistent because it is in the midst of a long leadership race. Mr. Wrzesnewskyj, on a fact-finding mission in Lebanon organized by the National Council on Canada-Arab Relations, was quoted this week as saying it is unhelpful for Canada to isolate Hezbollah as a banned terrorist group and talks on a peace there will have to include the militia group. He has since issued a statement denying that he called for Hezbollah to be removed from the Canadian government's list of banned terror groups. Leadership front-runner Michael Ignatieff said it is not his role to decide whether Mr. Wrzesnewskyj keeps his post, but insisted the disputes on the Middle East are a sign of healthy debate. The incident led leadership candidate Gerard Kennedy, who counts Mr. Wrzesnewskyj as one of his most active caucus supporters, to distance himself from the reported comments, while noting yesterday that Mr. Wrzesnewskyj has issued a clarification. But leadership candidates Scott Brison and Carolyn Bennett both called for Mr. Wrzesnewskyj to resign as the party's associate foreign affairs critic, saying he cannot allow his views to be mistaken for party policy. Interim leader Bill Graham said yesterday he has not had a chance to speak with Mr. Wrzesnewskyj and no decision on his post has been made. The divisions over Mr. Wrzesnewskyj's remarks came after some prominent Liberals left the party over what they viewed as a neutral stand that did not support Israel -- a stand that has been criticized by caucus members such as Senator Jerry Grafstein. And some MPs complained that Mr. Graham should have firmly refused Mr. Khan's move to advise Mr. Harper while still a Liberal MP. Mr. Graham denied yesterday that he has lost grip on a scattering caucus. "They're expressing their views," he said. "We don't have an iron-clad discipline around our members." This week's three-day retreat in Vancouver has largely revolved around leadership politicking, with all candidates attending, and some unveiling their policy planks. Meanwhile, Conservative government spokesman Jason Kenney compared Hezbollah to the German Nazi party yesterday and said Canadian opposition MPs are providing political cover to the banned organization. Mr. Kenney, Mr. Harper's parliamentary secretary, said the Liberals in particular have a bad habit of appeasing Hezbollah. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 07:24:06 -0600 (CST) From: Bruce Mills Subject: Less gun crime spurs guarded optimism http://www.canada.com/globaltv/ontario/story.html?id=cdd2e185-8036-4281-9565-e4948e580f10&k=10713 Less gun crime spurs guarded optimism 'Some don't like to have more police, but we need it' Natalie Alcoba National Post Wednesday, August 23, 2006 http://a123.g.akamai.net/f/123/12465/1d/media.canada.com/reuters/olcanat_iptc/2006-08-20t160952z_01_nootr_rtridsp_2_news-crime-usa-col.jpg?size=l TORONTO - A dramatic drop in the number of shootings in the city has sparked a cautious optimism that last year's record-setting wave of gun crime was an anomaly. At this time last year, there were 171 ''shooting occurrences,'' according to Toronto police. This year, there have been 134. The number of gun-related homicides is also sharply down: two-thirds of last year's murders by Aug. 22, 2005, were shootings; gun crime accounts for less than half of this year's homicide tally. "This year, thank God, was a good year," said a father of three who lives in public housing across from Flemington Park in North York's Lawrence Heights neighbourhood. There were several shootings in the cluster of 2,500 public housing units located around the Allen Road, north of Lawrence Avenue. One killed Leroy Whittaker, a 46-year-old father whose murder remains unsolved. Residents here measure the change by colour or, rather, the absence of it: They have seen less yellow police tape in their neighbourhood this summer. "That's how I know something is wrong," explained one Lawrence Heights resident. The Flemington Park father of three admitted he was nervous speaking to a reporter in his neighbourhood, and because of that he would not give his name. "People don't know who you're talking to," the 40-year-old explained, then lowered his voice. "Some don't like to have more police, but we need it." More officers on the street is but one initiative born out of last year's violent year, when law enforcement, politicians and religious leaders cried out for a strategy to end the bloodshed. In 2005, guns killed 52 of the 78 people who were murdered in Toronto. The Toronto Anti-Violence Intervention Strategy includes a roving team of 16 to 18 officers who flood "hot" spots as they flare up, providing a marked street presence, and doing compliance checks on paroled offenders. In turn, more people are coming forward with information to assist in investigations, police say. Word that a gangster's anonymity may not be as sacred is surely getting out, said Staff Sergeant Ian Lamond, of 31 Division. "No one wants to go to jail," he said. Staff Sergeant Kathryn Martin, of North York's 32 Division, credits a number of major busts this year -- the dismantling of Rexdale's Jamestown Crips gang; arrests in the Jane Creba murder -- with removing many of the key characters allegedly embroiled in the city's gang war. "Everybody is really hopeful that [2005] was as bad as it's going to be, and that it can only get better," Staff-Sgt. Martin said. Still, crime analysts warn against reading too much into the year-to-date statistics. "It is too early to say whether anything we've been doing has had any impact," said Anthony Doob, professor of criminology at the University of Toronto. He also notes it is not shocking for two consecutive years to turn out differently. "Since last year was high, you would expect it to be down," he said. "If last year was really low, you would expect it to go up." A steady, sustainable plan that eliminates the lure of a lucrative thug life with jobs for young people is what Toronto's marginalized neighbourhoods really need, officials and religious leaders say. The moral teachings start at home, said Pastor Al Bowen, a familiar face around the Jamestown projects in Etobicoke's Rexdale neighbourhood and a vocal anti-gun advocate. He said parents must not stand for even the slightest form of delinquency. Rev. Bowen has been encouraged by a relatively quiet summer in Rexdale, but said there is still a mountain to climb to get residents to speak frankly about their challenges. "These people want nobody to talk about their community. They feel like they live in a leper colony," he said. "Kids can't be hired if they have a Jamestown address.... People pay a social price for living in Jamestown." Residents of Lawrence Heights have had to sacrifice some of their peace of mind in the gang war. A 28-year-old mother said she is still rattled by the occasional popping sound, even if it turns out to be fireworks. "I only come out here if there are people around," she said. The 40-year-old father who supported a greater police presence said he still fears for the safety of his children, seven, six and one-and-a-half years old. His three-bedroom apartment is proving too small for his growing family, and he would like to move to a bigger home. But he decided against one particular public housing townhouse because its windows are too low and bullets may stray in. nalcoba@nationalpost.com © National Post 2006 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 07:41:42 -0600 (CST) From: Bruce Mills Subject: T.O. dodges `summer of the gun' http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1156284610675&call_pageid=968332188492&col=968793972154&t=TS_Home T.O. dodges `summer of the gun' Shootings plunge in Toronto Police work, youth options cited BETSY POWELL CRIME REPORTER Aug. 23, 2006. 05:56 AM Everybody's still holding their breath, but the gun violence many feared would once again dominate a Toronto summer has not materialized. Consider the numbers: # The last fatal shooting took place July 17, when a man was gunned down on a nightclub rooftop in the entertainment district. Since then, there have been three slayings, all the victims beaten to death. # The last reported gunfire injury occurred Aug. 14. # As of yesterday, Toronto had recorded 44 homicides for the year, 20 of them gun-related, compared with 48 killings at this time last year, 31 of them committed with a firearm. # The city has had 181 shooting victims — including homicides — compared with 239 this time in 2005. So how has Toronto avoided a sequel to the "summer of the gun?" Some suggest, hopefully, that last summer and the bloody autumn that followed will turn out to be a blip in the statistics, the reason so much attention was paid to gun violence in 2005. Last year was the city's worst ever for gun violence, with 52 of 79 homicide victims shot. Many credit police commitment to tackling gang violence, including two massive raids over the past 11 months that zeroed in on two northwest Toronto communities terrorized by gangsters. Last September, police targeted the Ardwick Blood Crew, making dozens of arrests, followed this past May with a raid on the Jamestown Crips, which resulted in the arrests of more than 100 people. Police say those anti-gang initiatives, in addition to the July roundup of suspects in teenager Jane Creba's murder, cleared the streets of many gun-toting thugs. Likwa Nkala, who supervises the youth outreach program for the Violence Intervention Project, said that while tougher enforcement appears to have had a positive impact, increased funding and a co-ordinated effort by the city and province to boost youth employment and other summer youth programs is what really made the difference. "In the past years what's happened is when you arrest the older youth who've been getting involved with stuff, you leave a vacuum. And the younger kids come in and fill it up by starting to do what they saw their older siblings doing," he says. "This time there was engagement for the younger youth." While he is optimistic about the way things are going, Nkala warns, "There's stuff that's still going on that is a red flag for those of us who have to deal with it. If something isn't done to engage those kids now, it's going to get worse with time." Some wonder if there was also, at the street level, a desire for things to settle down, a feeling that things had grown too hot as last year wore on, culminating in the midday shooting at a funeral a month before the Boxing Day slaying of Creba on a Yonge St. block crowded with shoppers. But that theory — along with the credit given to police crime-fighting strategies — met with skepticism from an 18-year-old who was in jail on gun charges at this time last year. "If somebody wants to shoot somebody, somebody will do that," he says. "Right now, everybody's thinking it's going to die down, but you don't know what will happen tomorrow or next month." Yet the teen and others believe a new emphasis on job creation and youth-oriented programs has made a difference. He and another 18-year-old — neither wanted to be identified — have spent the summer working as youth counsellors at the Rexdale Community Health Centre, near Jamestown, the location of this spring's gang takedown. One of them was among those taken into custody, though he says he is innocent. The other was in a young-offender facility last summer while Toronto was rife with gun violence. "I want to make a change; that's what I'm trying to do," says the youth, who reports he was released early from the facility because of good behaviour. "I've been through a big reality check. I'm trying not to go back to the same place where I was before, because the whole of last year, when you're hearing about the summer of the gun, I was in jail. It was crazy." But it also helped firm his resolve to steer clear of crime. "Just thinking about what could happen ... just thinking about what could really honestly happen to me." Both young men feel targeted and harassed by police for being gang members "even if we do have a job," says the youth who was arrested in May. Since his release, he's been planning youth events, organizing meetings and trying to help raise money for a leadership retreat planned for next week in cottage country. "The reason why people say it's quieter is because you have more youth off the street, not because they're in jail. It's because they have jobs now; before it was barely any youth having jobs." The pair are working on a proposal to try to secure grant money for the retreat from a private company. Ekua Asabea Blair, the centre's executive director, is among those who believe increased investment in social infrastructure has been key. "I have to think the (gang) raid helped but I think, more importantly, we have to give a lot of credit to the United Way, City of Toronto, ministry of health, different levels of government (that) are talking to each other right now (and coming up with) co-ordinated strategies." She's delighted with the jobs the centre was able to offer five Jamestown youth "who've had experience with the criminal justice system, who've never been in this kind of employment setting before. "I think all of these wonderful things have helped to make Jamestown a quiet place this summer. It's amazing. The employment opportunities, the kids are busy ... and they're gaining some income and being exposed to different parts within their community." Not all of the vaunted employment programs have worked as well as hoped. The Toronto Board of Trade's "Youth One" challenge to local businesses to create 1,000 jobs for at-risk teens by Sept. 1 had produced only 82 positions by the start of the high school summer break. But many young people have benefited from such initiatives. Among the believers is Mary Anne Chambers, Ontario's minister of children and youth services, who is attending "graduation" ceremonies this week for some 900 youth who found jobs through the province. "These kids simply need the opportunity to pursue their dreams like other kids," Chambers says. "What is often held against them is something they have absolutely no control over, that they have not contributed to, and it's basically a stereotype that they fall into through no fault of their own." She doesn't like to talk about youth employment in the context of "crime avoidance" but rather within the framework of "opportunities." "The tough-on-crime approach is important for those young people who need to understand that they're going to have to step up to the consequences of their misbehaviour. But we cannot forget there are young people who live in communities who do not get selected when there are opportunities available, who we should not ignore. We just cannot ignore these kids." Kemmi Jacobs, manager of children and youth services for Toronto Community Housing Corp., says the growth of city, provincial and private initiatives has been part of the change and indicates that "the message has gotten home that we need to invest in youth, that basically young people need a whole range of different resources." ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 07:42:29 -0600 (CST) From: "mred" Subject: Re: Conservative pay attention - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edward Hudson" > On 2006 Aug 22, at 10:12 PM, Christopher di Armani wrote: >> >> At 05:41 AM 8/21/2006, : >>> Is it possible that the Conservative Party is NOT screwing us, but >>> they >>> are on our side and just can not talk about it? >> >> I think this is closer to the truth than most of us want to >> admit. If the public meeting Stockwell Day attended in Surrey >> recently is anything to go by, he said to an RFC member (paraphrased, >> as I can't recall the exact words) "Keep up the pressure. Keep >> writing us on this issue". > > From a previous post 2006 July 12: > > Clive Edwards and I attended our CPC MP's barbeque last Saturday and > were told the following in no uncertain terms: > > "No political party in Canada will ever get rid of > licensing." Strahl made it very clear that C-21 (plus a future > attempt to implement lifetime licensing) was as far as the > Conservatives were willing to go on this issue. > > Strahl said "you're wasting your time trying to get the law > changed. You'll never get a political party in Canada to go as far > as you want to go. It will never play in downtown Toronto where the > votes are more important." > > Any suggestions as to why a cabinet minister would say this ? > > Sincerely, > > Eduardo UHUH, BECAUSE ITS THE TRUTH ?they havent reckoned on the Libertarian Party yet ..........the 500,000 votes going their way from the RFC would mean alot. Thats 500,000 votes the CPC doesnt get? or the Liberals . Its too bad that one has to become politically active to maintain our rights but thats the nature of the beast today. Our rights have been prohibited so long by beaurocrats (yes, beaurocraps, not government ) that it will take generations to get them back , and possibly a revolution. A case in point is the refusal of the CFO to refuse CCW to elegible citizens. ed/ontario ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 08:13:56 -0600 (CST) From: Bruce Mills Subject: Nuisance bears worse than ever for Kenora http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20060823.NATS23-5/TPStory/TPNational/Ontario/ Nuisance bears worse than ever for Kenora Kenora, Ont. -- Police here say this promises to be one of the worst years on record for nuisance bears. Sergeant Pete Olson says they have already been dealing with a large number of bears in the city since late July. Normally they don't see these kind of numbers until September or October. Kenora animal control officer Sarah Fairfield says officials have responded to about 150 calls of nuisance complaints. Eighteen bears have been removed from the city -- 16 by live trap and two by chemical immobilization or tranquilizer dart. CP ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 08:24:32 -0600 (CST) From: "Ed Sieb" Subject: RE: Conservative pay attention Maybe it was a rare moment of candour? Ed Sieb ======================================== Edward wrote: Clive Edwards and I attended our CPC MP's barbeque last Saturday and were told the following in no uncertain terms: "No political party in Canada will ever get rid of licensing." Strahl made it very clear that C-21 (plus a future attempt to implement lifetime licensing) was as far as the Conservatives were willing to go on this issue. Strahl said "you're wasting your time trying to get the law changed. You'll never get a political party in Canada to go as far as you want to go. It will never play in downtown Toronto where the votes are more important." Any suggestions as to why a cabinet minister would say this ? Sincerely, Eduardo ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 08:36:40 -0600 (CST) From: Edward Hudson Subject: Re: Conservative pay attention On 2006 Aug 23, at 7:42 AM, mred wrote: > > Our rights have been prohibited so long by beaurocrats that it will > take generations to get them > back , ... . > > A case in point is the refusal of the CFO to refuse CCW to eligible > citizens. There seems to be an obvious double negative above. But understanding the point to be that CFO "refuse CCW to eligible citizens," what does that mean ? Sincerely, Eduardo ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 11:27:14 -0600 (CST) From: "mred" Subject: Re: Conservative pay attention - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edward Hudson" > On 2006 Aug 23, at 7:42 AM, mred wrote: >> >> Our rights have been prohibited so long by beaurocrats that it will >> take generations to get them >> back , ... . >> >> A case in point is the refusal of the CFO to refuse CCW to eligible >> citizens. > > There seems to be an obvious double negative above. > > But understanding the point to be that CFO "refuse CCW to eligible > citizens," > > what does that mean ? > > Sincerely, > > Eduardo I dont know what you mean a "double -negative"? Have you tried to get a CCW or somebody you know ? ed/ontario ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 12:06:22 -0600 (CST) From: Bruce Mills Subject: Re: Conservative pay attention mred wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Edward Hudson" > >>On 2006 Aug 23, at 7:42 AM, mred wrote: >> >>>Our rights have been prohibited so long by beaurocrats that it will >>>take generations to get them >>>back , ... . >>> >>>A case in point is the refusal of the CFO to refuse CCW to eligible >>>citizens. >> >>There seems to be an obvious double negative above. >> >>But understanding the point to be that CFO "refuse CCW to eligible >>citizens," >> >>what does that mean ? >> >>Sincerely, >> >>Eduardo > > > I dont know what you mean a "double -negative"? > > Have you tried to get a CCW or somebody you know ? > ed/ontario Perhaps I can sort this out: MrEd initially wrote: "A case in point is the refusal of the CFO to refuse CCW to eligible citizens." "Refuse" is a negative; a "refusal to refuse" is a *double* negative, which cancel each other out, to make the statement into a *positive* one. If someone "refuses to refuse" to issue a CCW permit, that means that they actually *agree* to issue said permit. I'm sure that MrEd really meant to say: "A case in point is the refusal of the CFO to *issue* CCW to eligible citizens." Hope this helps. Yours in Liberty, Bruce Hamilton Ontario ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 12:06:56 -0600 (CST) From: Bruce Mills Subject: The Left and Crime I http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=16612 The Left and Crime by Thomas Sowell Posted Aug 22, 2006 The general mindset of the political left is similar from country to country and even from century to century. The softness toward dangerous criminals found in such 18th century writers as William Godwin and Condorcet has its echo today among those who hold protest vigils at the executions of murderers and who complain that we are not being nice enough to the cutthroats imprisoned at Guantanamo. The specific issues change from place to place and from time to time but the mindset remains remarkably similar. What is also different from country to country and from one era to another is the amount of resistance encountered by the left, which determines how far they can go in practice. The United States has always been more resistant to the left than most European countries have been. Often we can see where the American left is headed by seeing where the European left has arrived. A new book on crime in Britain shows what happens when the mindset of the left prevails throughout the criminal justice system. That book is titled "A Land Fit for Criminals" by David Fraser. Within living memory, Britain was one of the most law-abiding nations on the face of the earth. When Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew visited London right after World War II, he was so impressed with the honesty of the British and their respect for law and order that he returned home determined to make Singapore the same way. Today it is Singapore that is one of the most law-abiding nations in the world while Britain's crime rate has risen to the point where, for the first time, it now exceeds the crime rate in the United States. What happened in the intervening years was the rise of the British left's dogmas about crime to complete domination of the country's legal system and its political and media elites. Today, a burglar caught in the act by the police in Britain is almost certain to get a warning. If he has previous burglary convictions, he may get a sterner warning. But he is unlikely to face anything so draconian as being put behind bars. Burglary has been described as a "minor" offense by leaders of both the Conservative and Labor parties in Britain. Rare cases where burglars are put in prison are criticized by the media. The left's ideology on crime, including their disdain for property crimes, has spread across the political spectrum to all who wish to be considered up to date. That ideology is essentially the same on both sides of the Atlantic but in Britain it has achieved far greater unchallenged dominance. Among the dogmas of the left is that putting people in prison fails to reduce crime and that the social "root causes" of crime must be dealt with to prevent it beforehand and that "rehabilitation" through various programs "in the community" are more effective than locking up criminals. None of this is new and the rationales for it go back at least two centuries. What is remarkable is how mountains of hard evidence to the contrary have been ignored, evaded, or simply lied about, on both sides of the Atlantic. David Fraser's book "A Land Fit for Criminals" examines that evidence at length and exposes the fraudulence of the claims used to try to justify continuing to be lenient to criminals as crime rates have soared in Britain. There are similar mountains of evidence against the left's crime dogmas in the United States and this evidence is similarly ignored, evaded or lied about by those on the left. It is just that the left faces stronger opposition here so that it has not achieved the pervasive dominance that it has in Britain -- yet. In both countries, ideologues have the support of "practical" politicians and bureaucrats who simply do not want to spend the money needed to build and maintain enough prisons to put career criminals away for many years. Those weighing costs and benefits define "costs" as government expenditures. But the costs paid by the public, just in economic terms, vastly exceed the cost of more prisons. But that does not count for either the ideologues or the "practical" politicians and criminal justice bureaucrats. Dr. Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and "Applied Economics" and "Black Rednecks and White Liberals." ------------------------------ End of Cdn-Firearms Digest V9 #747 ********************************** Submissions: mailto:cdn-firearms-digest@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Mailing List Commands: mailto:majordomo@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Moderator's e-mail address: mailto:akimoya@cogeco.ca List owner: mailto:owner-cdn-firearms@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca FAQ list: http://www.magma.ca/~asd/cfd-faq1.html and http://teapot.usask.ca/cdn-firearms/Faq/cfd-faq1.html Web Site: http://teapot.usask.ca/cdn-firearms/homepage.html FTP Site: ftp://teapot.usask.ca/pub/cdn-firearms/ CFDigest Archives: http://www.sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca/~ab133/ or put the next command in an e-mail message and mailto:majordomo@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca get cdn-firearms-digest v04.n192 end (192 is the digest issue number and 04 is the volume) To unsubscribe from _all_ the lists, put the next five lines in a message and mailto:majordomo@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca unsubscribe cdn-firearms-digest unsubscribe cdn-firearms-alert unsubscribe cdn-firearms-chat unsubscribe cdn-firearms end (To subscribe, use "subscribe" instead of "unsubscribe".) 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