There are 7 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Re: Digest Number 1025
From: "Krishna R. Regmi" <kregmi@yahoo.com>
2. Contaminated water caused nine deaths: Analysis report
From: Dr Rana Jawad Asghar <jawad@alumni.washington.edu>
3. WB News Release: New Sri Lanka Education Report, June 30, 2005
From: Dr Rana Jawad Asghar <jawad@alumni.washington.edu>
4. Jobs
From: Dr Rana Jawad Asghar <jawad@alumni.washington.edu>
5. Guide for Using OpenMED@NIC Archive.
From: "Naina Pandita" <mint1_us@yahoo.com>
6. HIV/AIDS in South Asia
From: Dr Rana Jawad Asghar <jawad@alumni.washington.edu>
7. International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific
From: Dr Rana Jawad Asghar <jawad@alumni.washington.edu>
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2005 15:46:07 +0100 (BST)
From: "Krishna R. Regmi" <kregmi@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Digest Number 1025
Dear All Members
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2005 07:23:35 -0700 (PDT)
From: Dr Rana Jawad Asghar <jawad@alumni.washington.edu>
Subject: Contaminated water caused nine deaths: Analysis report
Contaminated water caused nine deaths: Analysis report
http://thepakistaninewspaper.com/news_detail.php?id=2591
By Mansoor Malik
LAHORE, July 1: The Institute of Public Healths bacteriologist department has
confirmed that the samples of drinking water collected from the Ravi Road areas
were contaminated with sewerage water.
A clinical analysis report, which is expected to be released officially on
Saturday (today), says the samples contained Entamoeba.coli.
The report was confirmed by Punjab Health Minister Dr Tahir Ali Javed.
He said IPH bacteriology departments Dr Farkhanda had told him that the
samples showed contamination of sewerage water. Water pipes laid some two to
four decades ago had apparently broken down from different places and connected
with sewerage lines, he added.
He said the IPH would officially announce water and stool samples laboratory
examination reports on Saturday (today).
It may, however, be mentioned that former Nazim Mian Amer Mahmood had stated on
Thursday that there was no evidence that water contamination had caused deaths.
During the last three days, nine people fell a victim to water contamination in
Kasurpura, Marzipura, Shafiqabad and Chah Jumanwala (Ravi Road areas).
Meanwhile, in a bid to take preventive measures, the health department has
procured TAB-Cholera vaccine (for typhoid and cholera) and started giving to
population living in the affected areas. The department has procured some
40,000 vaccine doses from Islamabad.
It is learnt that some 300 contaminated water affected patients have visited
medical camps and received necessary medicines. Some 22 patients have been
admitted to the Mian Munshi Hospital.
Rana Jawad Asghar MD. MPH.
Coordinator South Asian Public Health Forum
jawad@alumni.washington.edu http://www.DrJawad.com
Typhoid Net http://www.typhoid.net
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 16:17:10 -0700 (PDT)
From: Dr Rana Jawad Asghar <jawad@alumni.washington.edu>
Subject: WB News Release: New Sri Lanka Education Report, June 30, 2005
--- southasia@worldbank.org wrote:
Contacts:
In Colombo:
Chulie de Silva
(94-11) 5561323
cdesilva@worldbank.org
In Washington, DC:
Benjamin Crow
(202) 473-5105
bcrow@worldbank.org
WORLD BANK LAUNCHES NEW REPORT: TREASURES OF THE EDUCATION SYSTEM IN SRI LANKA
Colombo, June 30, 2005âThe cardinal challenge facing Sri Lankan education
policy makers is to develop and sustain a high quality education system, says a
new World Bank report Treasures of the Education System in Sri Lanka: Restoring
Performance, Expanding Opportunities and Enhancing Prospects.â The Bank will
officially present the findings and policy implications of this analysis of the
Sri Lankan education system today at the Ceylon Continental Hotel.
The Sri Lankan education system has been commended in development policy
circles and in economic literature for its success in providing widespread
access to primary and secondary education. Although the country attained a high
level of human development for a low-income economy, Sri Lanka has lost the
initial advantage it had in Asia. âThe people of Sri Lanka have always placed
education very high on their list of priorities,â said Peter Harrold, World
Bank Country Director for Sri Lanka. âDevelopment initiatives and strategies
to
widen education access to the poorest and most disadvantaged economic groups
requires strengthening to improve the efficiency and quality of service
delivery so Sri Lanka can gain lost ground,â he added.
The publication is the most comprehensive and scientific analysis of the
education system in Sri Lanka ever undertaken by the World Bank. The report
provides extensive statistical data and examines âPolicies, Enrolment and
Organization of the Education Systemâ and presents in the second chapter a
strong case on the âEconomic and Social Benefits of Investing in
Education.â
The chapter on âResources and Service Delivery in Educationâ that follows
analyses education investment in Sri Lanka, with a special focus on public
investment, internal efficiency, and the quality of service delivery.
âStatus,
Challenges and Policy Responses to Educationâ examines several important
dimensions of education quality and presents four case studies undertaken
especially for this report. The last chapter, titled âTraining and Links to
the
Labor Market,â seeks to fill an important information gap by undertaking an
analysis of technical education and vocational training. This analysis
complements the preceding study of the general education system. The discussion
is enriched by comparative information on the various aspects of the education
systems of a number of countries around the world, including Argentina,
Australia, Chile, Columbia, Egypt, India, Lesotho, New Zealand, Northern
Ireland, South Korea, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States of
America.
âSri Lanka needs to look beyond universal access to primary education, which
it
achieved many years ago, to second and third generation reforms to develop a
high quality education system for economic prosperity and social well being,â
said Harsha Aturupane, Senior Economist, World Bank, who headed the study team
and is the main author for the report. âWe need to shift the focus of the
capital budget from classrooms, administration buildings, and staff rooms,
which have been the past focus, to science laboratories, computer centers,
libraries, and activity rooms in future. Similarly, in the recurrent
expenditure budget, free up resources from the salaries bill for teaching
learning material,â he added.
As the first component of the new wave of aid for education that will flow from
this report, the World Bank is leading the efforts of donors to help the
Ministry of Education and the Provincial Councils prepare a five-year rolling
plan to develop the basic and secondary education systems in the country. The
report lays the foundation for the World Bankâs future support to the
Education
Sector in Sri Lanka, commencing with a US$60 million World Bank Education
Sector Development Grant planned for 2006 â 2010.
In Sri Lanka, the World Bank has been the leading donor to the education
sector, providing foreign assistance worth more than US$200 million over the
last 10 years.
For more information on World Bank activities in Sri Lanka, please visit:
http://www.worldbank.org/lk
Rana Jawad Asghar MD. MPH.
Coordinator South Asian Public Health Forum
jawad@alumni.washington.edu http://www.DrJawad.com
Typhoid Net http://www.typhoid.net
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2005 08:59:00 -0700 (PDT)
From: Dr Rana Jawad Asghar <jawad@alumni.washington.edu>
Subject: Jobs
Job Title - Volunteers
Job Location - Nepal (Gairidhara, Kathmandu)
Organisation - Nepal Reliance Organization
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/res.nsf/db900SID/OCHA-68JLVD?OpenDocument
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Job Title - Asia Tsunami Sri Lanka - Zone Manager
Job Location - Sri Lanka (Colombo)
Organisation - World Vision
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/res.nsf/db900SID/OCHA-6BETRC?OpenDocument
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Job Title - Country Coordinator
Job Location - Sri Lanka (Colombo)
Organisation - Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/res.nsf/db900SID/OCHA-6CCD6T?OpenDocument
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Job Title - Asia Area Senior Health Advisor
Job Location - Bangladesh (Location of position to be determined - possibly
Bangladesh, Vietnam, Nepal, etc)
Organisation - Save the Children
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/res.nsf/db900SID/OCHA-6DMKUA?OpenDocument
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Job Title - Asia Tsunami - Zonal Civil Engineer
Job Location - Sri Lanka (South: Galle District, Batticaloa District -East,
Jaffna District North)
Organisation - World Vision
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/res.nsf/db900SID/OCHA-6DMUX9?OpenDocument
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Job Title - Asia Tsunami - District Senior Engineer
Job Location - Sri Lanka (South: Kalutara, North: Jaffna, North:
Mullaitivu)
Organisation - World Vision
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/res.nsf/db900SID/OCHA-6DMUTM?OpenDocument
--Job Title - Volunteer for Environment
Job Location - Nepal (Kathmandu, Pokhara)
Organisation - Hands for Help Nepal
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/res.nsf/db900SID/OCHA-6DN7HL?OpenDocument
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Job Title - Volunteer for Health and Sanitation
Job Location - Nepal (Kathmandu, Pokhara, Chitwan)
Organisation - Hands for Help Nepal
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/res.nsf/db900SID/OCHA-6DN7LC?OpenDocument
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Job Title - Fundraising Volunteer
Job Location - Nepal (Kathmandu)
Organisation - Hands for Help Nepal
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/res.nsf/db900SID/OCHA-6DN7QC?OpenDocument
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Job Title - Volunteer Teacher
Job Location - Nepal (Kathmandu, Bhaktapur, Patan, Pokhara, Chitwan)
Organisation - Hands for Help Nepal
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/res.nsf/db900SID/OCHA-6DN7N2?OpenDocument
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Job Title - IDP Advisor, L-3
Job Location - Nepal (Kathmandu)
Organisation - UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/res.nsf/db900SID/OCHA-6DNBZ3?OpenDocument
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Job Title - Project Co-ordinator
Job Location - Sri Lanka (Ampara)
Organisation - Merlin
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/res.nsf/db900SID/OCHA-6DRJ9F?OpenDocument
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Job Title - Logistics Administrator
Job Location - Sri Lanka (Batticaloa)
Organisation - Merlin
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/res.nsf/db900SID/OCHA-6DRJEX?OpenDocument
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Job Title - Public Health Specialist
Job Location - Sri Lanka (Batticaloa)
Organisation - Merlin
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/res.nsf/db900SID/OCHA-6DRJC8?OpenDocument
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Job Title - Logistics Manager
Job Location - Sri Lanka
Organisation - CHF International
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/res.nsf/db900SID/OCHA-6DRLFZ?OpenDocument
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Job Title - Project Director
Job Location - Sri Lanka (Colombo)
Organisation - Nonviolent Peaceforce
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/res.nsf/db900SID/OCHA-6DSLB5?OpenDocument
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Job Title - Team Manager
Job Location - Sri Lanka (Colombo)
Organisation - Nonviolent Peaceforce
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/res.nsf/db900SID/OCHA-6DSLE9?OpenDocument
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Job Title - Programme Manager
Job Location - Sri Lanka (Colombo)
Organisation - Nonviolent Peaceforce
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/res.nsf/db900SID/OCHA-6DSLCR?OpenDocument
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Job Title - Political Party Expert
Job Location - Nepal
Organisation - National Democratic Institute for International Affairs
URL Address -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/res.nsf/db900SID/OCHA-6DTHE8?OpenDocument
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Rana Jawad Asghar MD. MPH.
Coordinator South Asian Public Health Forum
jawad@alumni.washington.edu http://www.DrJawad.com
Typhoid Net http://www.typhoid.net
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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2005 09:51:03 -0000
From: "Naina Pandita" <mint1_us@yahoo.com>
Subject: Guide for Using OpenMED@NIC Archive.
Dear Friends,
We have now prepared a step by step Guide for using the OpenMED@NIC
Archive and any other EPrints based Archive. The PPT slides are
available from the following URL: http://openmed.nic.in/135/ and all
are welcome to download and further use the material (this is in Open
Access).
Regards,
Naina Pandita
Scientist "F",
Indian MEDLARS Centre
National Informatics Centre,
A-Block, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road,
New Delhi 110003
India
http://indmed.nic.in
http://openmed.nic.in
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2005 07:34:47 -0700 (PDT)
From: Dr Rana Jawad Asghar <jawad@alumni.washington.edu>
Subject: HIV/AIDS in South Asia
WB Briefing: HIV/AIDS in South Asia is Everyoneâs Business
For more information:
In Kobe: Dominique De Santis
e-mail: desantisd@unaids.org
Mobile Tel. 81-80-1006-9753
In Tokyo: Tomoko Hirai
e-mail: thirai@worldbank.org
Tel: (81-3) 3597-6650 Mobile: 090-5496-8066
In Washington: Jim Rosenberg
e-mail: jrosenberg@worldbank.org
Tel: (202) 473-2767
http://www.worldbank.org/saraids
KOBE, Japan - July 1, 2005
The fight against HIV/AIDS in South Asia will not be won only by those already
proudly dedicated to wearing the emblematic red ribbon. It will be won when
those who donât really think AIDS affects them directly wake up and make
ittheir business too; make it everyoneâs business. This is the message that
the
World Bank team is taking to the 7th International Conference on AIDS in
Asia-Pacific beginning in Kobe, Japan on July 1.
The first case of HIV/AIDS in South Asia was reported in India in 1986. Today,
just 19 years later, more than five million HIV-positive people live in India.
A million more infected people live in the other countries of South Asia.
HIV/AIDS has gained a foothold in the region.
The challenge today, both for the countries and the donors which support them,
is to do everything possible to prevent the further spread into a full-scale
epidemic the likes of which we have seen in other parts of the world with
devastating social and economic impact. All of the governments in South Asia
have intensified their fight against HIV/AIDS, but the virus is continuing to
spread faster than their efforts.
The cultural diversity of South Asia is rich but there are risk factors for
HIV/AIDS that are common to all countries. Health systems are over-burdened,
many poor have to travel far from home to work, while others are forced to sell
sex for their own survival. Illiteracy and isolation exclude millions from
access to adequate information and services. Drug use by injection is
increasing, and women do not have the power to negotiate safe sex.
Avoiding a full-blown epidemic is possible, but it will take effort across
entire societies to make HIV/AIDS everyoneâs business. The regionâs
political
leaders have to show the way with commitment and leadership. But this will
not be enough. It will also take the sustained dedication of civil society
leaders. And not just nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) but those in the
private sector, the media, religious bodies, academia, and the arts. It will
also take donors like the World Bank and others to work in stronger unison to
support comprehensive multisectoral programs. In addition to the obvious
health sector involvement, HIV/AIDS has to be top-of-mind across the board as
the business of the transport ministry, education (public and private), urban
and rural development and law enforcement.
HIV/AIDS is still commonly seen as a problem to be dealt with by the health
departments, doctors and health workers alone. The only way to move faster
than the HIV/AIDS epidemic is to attack it from all angles. This means
including it in the school health curricula and encouraging heads of
universities to get involved to break the silence and stigma. This means that
transportation projects include HIV/AIDS training and prevention measures to
project employees, as well as truckers and migrant workers. This means that
the police are sensitized to help prevent discrimination and harassment of
highly vulnerable populations, such as sex workers, the peers who deliver
HIV/AIDS services or who are themselves HIV positive. This means that when we
help women mobilize to learn to read or start a savings and loan that we also
teach them about HIV/AIDS.
Businesses of course have a key communications and advocacy role early in the
epidemic. They will be among the first to feel the impact of the AIDS epidemic
as it evolves through their workforce, with direct consequences for a company's
bottom line. The cost of doing nothing includes increased medical expenditures
and health insurance costs, funeral and death benefits, as well as higher
recruitment and training needs due to lost personnel. Other financial impacts
include the effects of higher absenteeism and staff turnover, reduced
productivity, declining morale and a shrinking consumer base. And while
revenues shrink, costs of doing business rise due to disruptions in supply
chains similarly affected by an epidemic. For all these reasons, the early
involvement of the private sector is critical to curbing an epidemic in regions
where prevalence rates are high as in parts of South Asia.
There have been some good examples already in South Asia of responsiveness by
government, civil society, and the private sector. For example, Indian
Railways is currently providing services to its workers, including voluntary
counselling and testing centres, and care and treatment for HIV-positive
employees, complementing the government contributions of the National AIDS
Control Organization. In Sri Lanka, the armed forces have set up voluntary
counselling and testing centres and condom promotion in military camps, and
have integrated HIV/AIDS education into the curriculum for new recruits. In
Bhutan, the police force has introduced HIV/AIDS and sexually-transmitted
infections (STI) education to officers and their families to promote safer
behaviours and reduce stigma.
Private companies in India have also begun to move. Apollo Tyres, Ambuja
Cement, L&T, Usha Martin and Ashok Leyland have workplace knowledge programs
about HIV/AIDS, reaching throughout their groups and, importantly, to their
supply chain partners. They are establishing clinical facilities, and
supporting or scaling-up awareness and prevention efforts to the communities
with whom they interact on a daily basis.
These are precisely the right sort of forward-thinking examples that will make
all the difference but they are still hard to find. Political leadership at
the highest level needs to call upon key sectors of society to act; resources
need to be channeled into key (health and non-health) sectors to support their
programs; and capacity needs to be developed to design and implement effective
programs.
We cannot afford to miss any opportunity that will help people understand this
devastating affliction, protect themselves and give their support and
understanding to those already infected.
Across South Asia, the World Bank is assisting national programs which are
working to prevent the further spread of HIV/AIDS. Between the three important
principles of concerted action underpinning our work, none is more important
than the other so they are called the "Three Ones":
· One agreed HIV/AIDS Framework that provides the basis for coordinating the
work of all partners;
· One National AIDS Coordinating Authority, with a broad based multisectoral
mandate; and
· One agreed country level Monitoring and Evaluation system.
With a commitment to date of about US$380 million in South Asia, the Bank
supports projects in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, and
assessment work in Afghanistan and Maldives. The World Bankâs expertise lies
in helping to strengthen the public institutions - the Ministries of Health,
Education, Uniformed Services, and Transportation, to deliver effective HIV
prevention and care services to the people of these countries. But we also
work with NGOs, which can deliver HIV/AIDS support to the poorest, most remote
and hardest to reach communities. We support private sector involvement, and
we support community mobilization and community-based interventions that enable
open discussions about HIV/AIDS, reduce stigma, and help prevent
discrimination.
The International Finance Corporation, the private sector investment arm of the
World Bank Group, recognizes that HIV/AIDS is as much a business issue as it is
a development and humanitarian concern. Since 2000, the IFC AIDS program "IFC
Against AIDS" has worked to increase the private sectorâs role in fighting
the
epidemic.
By making HIV/AIDS the business of everyone, South Asia has a fighting chance
of staying ahead of an epidemic. And when every minister in every ministry and
every CEO in every boardroom has HIV/AIDS on their agenda, that will be good
business and good for business.
Rana Jawad Asghar MD. MPH.
Coordinator South Asian Public Health Forum
jawad@alumni.washington.edu http://www.DrJawad.com
Typhoid Net http://www.typhoid.net
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2005 07:38:07 -0700 (PDT)
From: Dr Rana Jawad Asghar <jawad@alumni.washington.edu>
Subject: International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific
--- "Mathurot Chuladul, Thailand" <mathurot@hdnet.org> wrote:
> Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2005 13:03:41 -0400
> Subject: [hif-net] ICAAP News: International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the
> Pacific
> To: "HIF-net" <hif-net@dgroups.org>
> From: "Mathurot Chuladul, Thailand" <mathurot@hdnet.org>
>Event: ASIA HIV/AIDS conference news and views
SEA-AIDS eForum Resource Team
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Seventh International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (7th ICAAP)
Kobe Convention Center, Japan: 1-5 July 2005
Dear friends,
We are pleased to inform you that ICAAP and the HDN Key Correspondent (KC)
team are providing the ICAAP News - the daily on-site coverage from the
conference. As not everyone has the opportunity to attend the ICAAP
conference, valuable voices and experiences will be missing from the
discussions.
To help more people to benefit from the conference, and to improve the
quality of conference discussions, we would like to create an opportunity
for off-site ICAAP participants to read the coverage in the ICAAP News and
add their voices to the debate.
The ICAAP News will be distributed through:
- The conference web site at http://www.icaap7.jp;
- The SEA-AIDS eForum; and
- The SEA-AIDS eForum web site at www.healthdev.org/eforums
To receive the ICAAP News and related materials by email, you will have to
be a member of SEA-AIDS.
If you are not yet a member, send a blank email to:
join-sea-aids@eforums.healthdev.org
To comment on or contribute to the KC on-site coverage, SEA-AIDS members
can send postings to: sea-aids@eforums.healthdev.org
Action! Please FORWARD THIS MESSAGE onto colleagues and friends who would
be interested in following this regional conference.
For media organisations seeking ICAAP-related contacts/interviews, please
contact: Mathurot Chuladul, Programme Coordinator at mathurot@hdnet.org or
call +81 908 483 9667
SEA-AIDS eForum Resource Team
Email: sea-aids@eforums.healthdev.org
Web: http://www.healthdev.org/eforums
Rana Jawad Asghar MD. MPH.
Coordinator South Asian Public Health Forum
jawad@alumni.washington.edu http://www.DrJawad.com
Typhoid Net http://www.typhoid.net
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