• What happened to the PNN folks?

    From om@om@iki.fi (Otto J. Makela) to sci.space.policy on Mon Feb 19 18:38:55 2024
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    For some reason, the PNN folks who were quite active on this group do
    not seem to have posted anything in a long while. Did they run out of
    active people, or money? Or did they finally figure out it doesn't work
    and quietly closed shop?
    --
    /* * * Otto J. Makela <om@iki.fi> * * * * * * * * * */
    /* Phone: +358 40 765 5772, ICBM: N 60 10' E 24 55' */
    /* Mail: Mechelininkatu 26 B 27, FI-00100 Helsinki */
    /* * * Computers Rule 01001111 01001011 * * * * * * */
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  • From Alain Fournier@alain245@videotron.ca to sci.space.policy on Mon Feb 19 13:09:33 2024
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    On 2024-02-19 11:38 a.m., Otto J. Makela wrote:
    For some reason, the PNN folks who were quite active on this group do
    not seem to have posted anything in a long while. Did they run out of
    active people, or money? Or did they finally figure out it doesn't work
    and quietly closed shop?

    Is it really necessary to wake up the trolls?

    /* * * Otto J. Makela <om@iki.fi> * * * * * * * * * */
    /* Phone: +358 40 765 5772, ICBM: N 60 10' E 24 55' */
    /* Mail: Mechelininkatu 26 B 27, FI-00100 Helsinki */
    /* * * Computers Rule 01001111 01001011 * * * * * * */

    01001110 01101111 00101100 00100000 01100011 01101111 01101101 01110000 01110101 01110100 01100101 01110010 01110011 00100000 01100100 01101111 01101110 00100111 01110100 00100000 01110010 01110101 01101100 01100101


    Alain Fournier

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  • From The Running Man@runningman@writeable.com to sci.space.policy on Tue Feb 20 18:51:41 2024
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    For some reason, the PNN folks who were quite active on this group do
    not seem to have posted anything in a long while. Did they run out of
    active people, or money? Or did they finally figure out it doesn't work
    and quietly closed shop?
    --
    /* * * Otto J. Makela <om@iki.fi> * * * * * * * * * */
    /* Phone: +358 40 765 5772, ICBM: N 60 10' E 24 55' */
    /* Mail: Mechelininkatu 26 B 27, FI-00100 Helsinki */
    /* * * Computers Rule 01001111 01001011 * * * * * * */

    What does PNN stand for?

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  • From Alain Fournier@alain245@videotron.ca to sci.space.policy on Tue Feb 20 15:48:04 2024
    From Newsgroup: sci.space.policy

    On 2024-02-20 1:51 p.m., The Running Man wrote:
    For some reason, the PNN folks who were quite active on this group do
    not seem to have posted anything in a long while. Did they run out of
    active people, or money? Or did they finally figure out it doesn't work
    and quietly closed shop?
    --
    /* * * Otto J. Makela <om@iki.fi> * * * * * * * * * */
    /* Phone: +358 40 765 5772, ICBM: N 60 10' E 24 55' */
    /* Mail: Mechelininkatu 26 B 27, FI-00100 Helsinki */
    /* * * Computers Rule 01001111 01001011 * * * * * * */

    What does PNN stand for?


    It stands for Propulsione Non Newtoniana (Italian, meaning Non-Newtonian Propulsion). A group of Italian people claiming that they have a
    propulsion system using no reaction mass. Something like a microwaves
    bouncing around in a closed cavity that they claim, without explaining
    the physics behind it, that it produces acceleration. They have video
    showing that it gives if I recall correctly some 200 mN of force. We
    tried to explain to them that because their microwaves heat one side of
    their apparatus more than the other side, the air is heated more on one
    side than the other. This differential in air temperature can explain
    the force that they measure, therefore, outside an atmosphere it
    wouldn't work. But they don't want any of that, they are sure that their "invention" will revolutionize rocketry.


    Alain Fournier

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  • From The Running Man@runningman@writeable.com to sci.space.policy on Tue Feb 20 21:31:19 2024
    From Newsgroup: sci.space.policy

    On 2024-02-20 1:51 p.m., The Running Man wrote:
    For some reason, the PNN folks who were quite active on this group do
    not seem to have posted anything in a long while. Did they run out of
    active people, or money? Or did they finally figure out it doesn't work
    and quietly closed shop?
    --
    /* * * Otto J. Makela <om@iki.fi> * * * * * * * * * */
    /* Phone: +358 40 765 5772, ICBM: N 60 10' E 24 55' */
    /* Mail: Mechelininkatu 26 B 27, FI-00100 Helsinki */
    /* * * Computers Rule 01001111 01001011 * * * * * * */

    What does PNN stand for?


    It stands for Propulsione Non Newtoniana (Italian, meaning Non-Newtonian Propulsion). A group of Italian people claiming that they have a
    propulsion system using no reaction mass. Something like a microwaves bouncing around in a closed cavity that they claim, without explaining
    the physics behind it, that it produces acceleration. They have video
    showing that it gives if I recall correctly some 200 mN of force. We
    tried to explain to them that because their microwaves heat one side of
    their apparatus more than the other side, the air is heated more on one
    side than the other. This differential in air temperature can explain
    the force that they measure, therefore, outside an atmosphere it
    wouldn't work. But they don't want any of that, they are sure that their "invention" will revolutionize rocketry.


    Alain Fournier


    I once read a (fiction) book about futuristic spaceships and they claimed that a mass-less propulsion drive could be made by a huge electromagnet which would change its polarity so fast that the EM flux didn't have time to dissipate, thereby creating a repelling force.
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  • From Sylvia Else@sylvia@email.invalid to sci.space.policy on Wed Feb 21 10:12:30 2024
    From Newsgroup: sci.space.policy

    On 21-Feb-24 8:31 am, The Running Man wrote:
    On 2024-02-20 1:51 p.m., The Running Man wrote:
    For some reason, the PNN folks who were quite active on this group do
    not seem to have posted anything in a long while. Did they run out of
    active people, or money? Or did they finally figure out it doesn't work >>>> and quietly closed shop?
    --
    /* * * Otto J. Makela <om@iki.fi> * * * * * * * * * */
    /* Phone: +358 40 765 5772, ICBM: N 60 10' E 24 55' */
    /* Mail: Mechelininkatu 26 B 27, FI-00100 Helsinki */
    /* * * Computers Rule 01001111 01001011 * * * * * * */

    What does PNN stand for?


    It stands for Propulsione Non Newtoniana (Italian, meaning Non-Newtonian
    Propulsion). A group of Italian people claiming that they have a
    propulsion system using no reaction mass. Something like a microwaves
    bouncing around in a closed cavity that they claim, without explaining
    the physics behind it, that it produces acceleration. They have video
    showing that it gives if I recall correctly some 200 mN of force. We
    tried to explain to them that because their microwaves heat one side of
    their apparatus more than the other side, the air is heated more on one
    side than the other. This differential in air temperature can explain
    the force that they measure, therefore, outside an atmosphere it
    wouldn't work. But they don't want any of that, they are sure that their
    "invention" will revolutionize rocketry.


    Alain Fournier


    I once read a (fiction) book about futuristic spaceships and they claimed that a mass-less propulsion drive could be made by a huge electromagnet which would change its polarity so fast that the EM flux didn't have time to dissipate, thereby creating a repelling force.

    Transmitting electromagnetic waves using a directional antenna produces
    a net force. Not much of one, for sure, but some. It's a kind of photon
    drive.

    But it's still not mass-less, because the photons that form the electromagnetic waves have mass, and the attached craft is losing mass
    in proportion to the energy being radiated.

    Near a star, the required energy can be collected using solar panels,
    but solar sails of the same area work better.

    So there's a reason we don't use photon drives.

    Sylvia.
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  • From Doctor Who@support@selnet.org to sci.space.policy on Wed Feb 21 09:18:42 2024
    From Newsgroup: sci.space.policy

    On Tue, 20 Feb 2024 15:48:04 -0500, Alain Fournier
    <alain245@videotron.ca> wrote:

    On 2024-02-20 1:51 p.m., The Running Man wrote:
    For some reason, the PNN folks who were quite active on this group do
    not seem to have posted anything in a long while. Did they run out of
    active people, or money? Or did they finally figure out it doesn't work
    and quietly closed shop?
    --
    /* * * Otto J. Makela <om@iki.fi> * * * * * * * * * */
    /* Phone: +358 40 765 5772, ICBM: N 60 10' E 24 55' */
    /* Mail: Mechelininkatu 26 B 27, FI-00100 Helsinki */
    /* * * Computers Rule 01001111 01001011 * * * * * * */

    What does PNN stand for?


    It stands for Propulsione Non Newtoniana (Italian, meaning Non-Newtonian >Propulsion). A group of Italian people claiming that they have a
    propulsion system using no reaction mass. Something like a microwaves >bouncing around in a closed cavity that they claim, without explaining
    the physics behind it, that it produces acceleration. They have video >showing that it gives if I recall correctly some 200 mN of force. We
    tried to explain to them that because their microwaves heat one side of >their apparatus more than the other side, the air is heated more on one
    side than the other. This differential in air temperature can explain
    the force that they measure, therefore, outside an atmosphere it
    wouldn't work. But they don't want any of that, they are sure that their >"invention" will revolutionize rocketry.


    Alain Fournier

    Which was of course the wrong explanation.

    We have tests on a scale with up and down thrust.

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  • From The Running Man@runningman@writeable.com to sci.space.policy on Wed Feb 21 10:59:52 2024
    From Newsgroup: sci.space.policy

    On 21/02/2024 00:12 Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> wrote:
    On 21-Feb-24 8:31 am, The Running Man wrote:
    On 2024-02-20 1:51 p.m., The Running Man wrote:
    For some reason, the PNN folks who were quite active on this group do >>>>> not seem to have posted anything in a long while. Did they run out of >>>>> active people, or money? Or did they finally figure out it doesn't work >>>>> and quietly closed shop?
    --
    /* * * Otto J. Makela <om@iki.fi> * * * * * * * * * */
    /* Phone: +358 40 765 5772, ICBM: N 60 10' E 24 55' */
    /* Mail: Mechelininkatu 26 B 27, FI-00100 Helsinki */
    /* * * Computers Rule 01001111 01001011 * * * * * * */

    What does PNN stand for?


    It stands for Propulsione Non Newtoniana (Italian, meaning Non-Newtonian >>> Propulsion). A group of Italian people claiming that they have a
    propulsion system using no reaction mass. Something like a microwaves
    bouncing around in a closed cavity that they claim, without explaining
    the physics behind it, that it produces acceleration. They have video
    showing that it gives if I recall correctly some 200 mN of force. We
    tried to explain to them that because their microwaves heat one side of
    their apparatus more than the other side, the air is heated more on one
    side than the other. This differential in air temperature can explain
    the force that they measure, therefore, outside an atmosphere it
    wouldn't work. But they don't want any of that, they are sure that their >>> "invention" will revolutionize rocketry.


    Alain Fournier


    I once read a (fiction) book about futuristic spaceships and they claimed that a mass-less propulsion drive could be made by a huge electromagnet which would change its polarity so fast that the EM flux didn't have time to dissipate, thereby creating a repelling force.

    Transmitting electromagnetic waves using a directional antenna produces
    a net force. Not much of one, for sure, but some. It's a kind of photon drive.

    But it's still not mass-less, because the photons that form the electromagnetic waves have mass, and the attached craft is losing mass
    in proportion to the energy being radiated.

    Near a star, the required energy can be collected using solar panels,
    but solar sails of the same area work better.

    So there's a reason we don't use photon drives.

    Sylvia.

    The idea was that the repulsive force would come from the EM field and not any photon mass ejection.

    Photon mass ejection from an antenna would be similar to a solar sail, I imagine.

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  • From Dean Markley@damarkley@gmail.com to sci.space.policy on Wed Feb 21 04:24:13 2024
    From Newsgroup: sci.space.policy

    On Wednesday, February 21, 2024 at 3:18:44rC>AM UTC-5, Doctor Who wrote:
    On Tue, 20 Feb 2024 15:48:04 -0500, Alain Fournier
    <alai...@videotron.ca> wrote:

    On 2024-02-20 1:51 p.m., The Running Man wrote:
    For some reason, the PNN folks who were quite active on this group do >>> not seem to have posted anything in a long while. Did they run out of >>> active people, or money? Or did they finally figure out it doesn't work >>> and quietly closed shop?
    --
    /* * * Otto J. Makela <o...@iki.fi> * * * * * * * * * */
    /* Phone: +358 40 765 5772, ICBM: N 60 10' E 24 55' */
    /* Mail: Mechelininkatu 26 B 27, FI-00100 Helsinki */
    /* * * Computers Rule 01001111 01001011 * * * * * * */

    What does PNN stand for?


    It stands for Propulsione Non Newtoniana (Italian, meaning Non-Newtonian >Propulsion). A group of Italian people claiming that they have a >propulsion system using no reaction mass. Something like a microwaves >bouncing around in a closed cavity that they claim, without explaining
    the physics behind it, that it produces acceleration. They have video >showing that it gives if I recall correctly some 200 mN of force. We
    tried to explain to them that because their microwaves heat one side of >their apparatus more than the other side, the air is heated more on one >side than the other. This differential in air temperature can explain
    the force that they measure, therefore, outside an atmosphere it
    wouldn't work. But they don't want any of that, they are sure that their >"invention" will revolutionize rocketry.


    Alain Fournier
    Which was of course the wrong explanation.

    We have tests on a scale with up and down thrust.
    Tests in a vacuum?
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  • From Snidely@snidely.too@gmail.com to sci.space.policy on Wed Feb 21 15:20:42 2024
    From Newsgroup: sci.space.policy

    Alain Fournier asserted that:
    On 2024-02-19 11:38 a.m., Otto J. Makela wrote:
    For some reason, the PNN folks who were quite active on this group do
    not seem to have posted anything in a long while. Did they run out of
    active people, or money? Or did they finally figure out it doesn't work
    and quietly closed shop?

    Is it really necessary to wake up the trolls?

    May not be a problem. The Google Groups gateway to usenet is now
    turned off, I believe, and these people were too sophisticated to use a
    mere newsreader.



    /* * * Otto J. Makela <om@iki.fi> * * * * * * * * * */
    /* Phone: +358 40 765 5772, ICBM: N 60 10' E 24 55' */
    /* Mail: Mechelininkatu 26 B 27, FI-00100 Helsinki */
    /* * * Computers Rule 01001111 01001011 * * * * * * */

    01001110 01101111 00101100 00100000 01100011 01101111 01101101 01110000 01110101 01110100 01100101 01110010 01110011 00100000 01100100 01101111 01101110 00100111 01110100 00100000 01110010 01110101 01101100 01100101


    Alain Fournier

    /dps "-1, 0, 1"
    --
    Why would I want to be alone with my thoughts?
    Have you heard some of the shit that comes out of my mouth?
    -- the World Wide Web
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  • From David Dalton@dalton@nfld.com to sci.space.policy on Thu Feb 22 05:33:16 2024
    From Newsgroup: sci.space.policy

    On Feb 21, 2024, Snidely wrote
    (in article <mn.ab987e8266f7a635.127094@snitoo>):

    Alain Fournier asserted that:
    On 2024-02-19 11:38 a.m., Otto J. Makela wrote:
    For some reason, the PNN folks who were quite active on this group do
    not seem to have posted anything in a long while. Did they run out of active people, or money? Or did they finally figure out it doesn't work and quietly closed shop?

    Is it really necessary to wake up the trolls?

    May not be a problem. The Google Groups gateway to usenet is now
    turned off, I believe, and these people were too sophisticated to use a
    mere newsreader.

    I think it is not turned off yet, at least new posts from Usenet
    are still showing up on Google Groups, and they havenrCOt yet
    edited their pinned message at the top of each group to
    say that they have cut off access. I suspect that they wonrCOt
    do it until office hours start in Pacific Standard Time (UTC - 8 hrs).
    --
    David Dalton dalton@nfld.com https://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page) https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page) rCLAnd the cart is on a wheel; And the wheel is on a hill;
    And the hill is shifting sand; And inside these laws we stand" (Ferron)

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  • From asps@asps@asps.it to sci.space.policy on Wed Feb 21 12:29:09 2024
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    Il giorno luned|4 19 febbraio 2024 alle 17:38:58 UTC+1 Otto J. Makela ha scritto:
    For some reason, the PNN folks who were quite active on this group do
    not seem to have posted anything in a long while. Did they run out of
    active people, or money? Or did they finally figure out it doesn't work
    and quietly closed shop?
    --
    /* * * Otto J. Makela <o...@iki.fi> * * * * * * * * * */
    /* Phone: +358 40 765 5772, ICBM: N 60 10' E 24 55' */
    /* Mail: Mechelininkatu 26 B 27, FI-00100 Helsinki */
    /* * * Computers Rule 01001111 01001011 * * * * * * */
    PNN want Mars
    Dei Krusty ce ne servirebbero 8 per la PNN to reach Mars
    We need of:
    Kilopower-a(o-aKRUSTY, Kilopower Reactor Using Stirling Technology) |? un progetto sperimentale volto a produrre un nuovo concetto per i-areattori nucleari-ausati nell'esplorazione spaziale[1]. Il progetto |? iniziato nell'ottobre del 2015, sotto la guida della-aNASA-ae del NNSA (National Nuclear Security Administration) del dipartimento per l'energia. I reattori Kilopower saranno disponibili in 4 taglie in grado di produrre da 1 a 10 kilowatt di potenza elettrica (1-10 kWe), continuamente per 12-15 anni. Il-areattore a fissione-autilizza l'uranio 235-aper generare calore che viene trasportato ai convertitori Stirling tramite tubi di calore passivi di-asodio.
    https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilopower
    Dei Krusty da 10 kilowatt ce ne servirebbero 8
    4 per lrCOastronave PNN
    con 24 dipoli a V come questo www.asps.it/mao4.jpg (ready for Mars)
    e 4 krusty da lasciare su Marte
    Astronave PNN che faccia la spola tra Terra e Marte portando le essenziali sfere di acqua
    LrCOappropriazione di Marte |? in base al principio preistorico: PRENDETE e vi sar|a dato :-)
    You are free to colonize mars By rocketry :-)
    Follow
    https://www.propulsion-revolution.com/
    quo fata ferunt
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  • From om@om@iki.fi (Otto J. Makela) to sci.space.policy on Thu Mar 14 10:16:11 2024
    From Newsgroup: sci.space.policy

    Alain Fournier <alain245@videotron.ca> wrote:

    On 2024-02-19 11:38 a.m., Otto J. Makela wrote:
    For some reason, the PNN folks who were quite active on this group do
    not seem to have posted anything in a long while. Did they run out of
    active people, or money? Or did they finally figure out it doesn't
    work and quietly closed shop?

    Is it really necessary to wake up the trolls?

    And they think we are the trolls.

    01010111 01100101 00100111 01101100 01101100 00100000 01110011 01100101 01100101 00100000 01100001 01100110 01110100 01100101 01110010 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01000001 01001001 00100000 01110100 01100001 01101011 01100101 01101111 01110110 01100101 01110010 00101110
    --
    /* * * Otto J. Makela <om@iki.fi> * * * * * * * * * */
    /* Phone: +358 40 765 5772, ICBM: N 60 10' E 24 55' */
    /* Mail: Mechelininkatu 26 B 27, FI-00100 Helsinki */
    /* * * Computers Rule 01001111 01001011 * * * * * * */
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  • From Von Ottone@vonottone@test.invalid to sci.space.policy on Thu Mar 14 10:18:19 2024
    From Newsgroup: sci.space.policy

    On Thu, 14 Mar 2024 10:16:11 +0200, om@iki.fi (Otto J. Makela) wrote:

    Alain Fournier <alain245@videotron.ca> wrote:

    On 2024-02-19 11:38 a.m., Otto J. Makela wrote:
    For some reason, the PNN folks who were quite active on this group do
    not seem to have posted anything in a long while. Did they run out of
    active people, or money? Or did they finally figure out it doesn't
    work and quietly closed shop?

    Is it really necessary to wake up the trolls?

    And they think we are the trolls.

    01010111 01100101 00100111 01101100 01101100 00100000 01110011 01100101 >01100101 00100000 01100001 01100110 01110100 01100101 01110010 00100000 >01110100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01000001 01001001 00100000 01110100 >01100001 01101011 01100101 01101111 01110110 01100101 01110010 00101110

    The PNN shop is alive.

    We continue with experiments and improvement of the prototype.
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  • From Alain Fournier@alain245@videotron.ca to sci.space.policy on Thu Mar 14 05:50:24 2024
    From Newsgroup: sci.space.policy

    On 2024-03-14 4:16 a.m., Otto J. Makela wrote:
    Alain Fournier <alain245@videotron.ca> wrote:

    On 2024-02-19 11:38 a.m., Otto J. Makela wrote:
    For some reason, the PNN folks who were quite active on this group do
    not seem to have posted anything in a long while. Did they run out of
    active people, or money? Or did they finally figure out it doesn't
    work and quietly closed shop?

    Is it really necessary to wake up the trolls?

    And they think we are the trolls.

    01010111 01100101 00100111 01101100 01101100 00100000 01110011 01100101 01100101 00100000 01100001 01100110 01110100 01100101 01110010 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01000001 01001001 00100000 01110100 01100001 01101011 01100101 01101111 01110110 01100101 01110010 00101110


    01001100 01001111 01001100 00100000 00111010 00101101 00101001


    Alain Fournier

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  • From om@om@iki.fi (Otto J. Makela) to sci.space.policy on Thu Mar 14 13:12:35 2024
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    Von Ottone <vonottone@test.invalid> wrote:

    The PNN shop is alive.
    We continue with experiments and improvement of the prototype.

    I would be interested in hearing about progress and experiments which
    have been conducted, preferrably without added raspberry sounds.
    --
    /* * * Otto J. Makela <om@iki.fi> * * * * * * * * * */
    /* Phone: +358 40 765 5772, ICBM: N 60 10' E 24 55' */
    /* Mail: Mechelininkatu 26 B 27, FI-00100 Helsinki */
    /* * * Computers Rule 01001111 01001011 * * * * * * */
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  • From Von Ottone@vonottone@test.invalid to sci.space.policy on Thu Mar 14 13:53:31 2024
    From Newsgroup: sci.space.policy

    On Thu, 14 Mar 2024 13:12:35 +0200, om@iki.fi (Otto J. Makela) wrote:

    Von Ottone <vonottone@test.invalid> wrote:

    The PNN shop is alive.
    We continue with experiments and improvement of the prototype.

    I would be interested in hearing about progress and experiments which
    have been conducted, preferrably without added raspberry sounds.

    Sounds good. I will post here as soon as data becomes available to me.
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