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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
Announcement of Requirements and
Registration for ‘‘Stop Bullying Video
Challenge’’
Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Health Resources and
Services Administration’s (HRSA)
Maternal and Child Health Bureau,
located within the Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS), announces
the launch of the ‘‘Stop Bullying Video
Challenge.’’ Bullying is unwanted,
aggressive behavior among school aged
children that involves a real or
perceived power imbalance. The
behavior is repeated, or has the
potential to be repeated, over time.
Bullying can affect everyone—those
who are bullied, those who bully, and
those who witness bullying. Bullying is
linked to many negative outcomes
including impacts on mental health,
substance use, and suicide. The Federal
Partners for Bullying Prevention is a
Federal workgroup which is comprised
of 9 departments, with 34 offices within
those 9 departments, dedicated to
preventing and ending bullying in
schools and communities across the
nation. HRSA and the Federal Partners
are launching a video challenge that
will encourage and motivate youth to
prevent bullying.
The goal of the contest is to create an
impact through accepting videos that
demonstrate:
1. Peer-to-peer communication,
2. Positive messaging, and
3. Promotion of the
www.stopbullying.gov Web site. By
using these guidelines, contestants will
create relevant, youth-designed videos
that stand to increase knowledge about
bullying and how to prevent it.
DATES: Contestants can begin
submission of tools on August 7, 2012,
until the end of the submission period
October 10, 2012. Judging will take
place between October 11 and December
2, 2012. Winners will be notified and
prizes awarded no later than December
31, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin
Reiney, MPH, CHES; Public Health
Analyst, 301–443–5848.
AWARD APPROVING OFFICIAL: Mary K.
Wakefield, Ph.D., R.N., Administrator,
Health Resources and Services
Administration.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
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Eligible Entities
This video contest is open to U.S.
middle and high school students aged
13–18 at the time of entry. Contestants
may be individuals or groups (including
but not limited to middle and high
schools located in the U.S., and youth
advocacy groups incorporated in and
located in the U.S.). An individual,
whether participating singly or in a
group, must be a citizen or permanent
resident of the U.S. If the contestant is
under 18 years of age at the time of
entry, the contestant must have
permission from a parent or guardian,
and an adult must complete and submit
the contest entry form. Contestants/
submitters must also have all the
necessary permissions for individuals
heard and/or seen on the submitted
video. The permission of the parent or
guardian of each person under the age
of 18 who is seen or heard in the video
is also required. Contestants in this
category are encouraged to submit group
entries. Employees and contractors of
the Federal government are not eligible,
nor are their immediate family
members. The Contest is subject to all
applicable Federal laws and regulations.
Participation constitutes contestant’s
full and unconditional agreement to
these Official Rules, which are final and
binding in all matters related to the
Contest. Eligibility for a prize award is
contingent upon fulfilling all
requirements set forth herein.
Competition Submission Period and
other Submission Requirements
Contestants must submit their videos
between August 7 and October 10, 2012.
Each contestant must complete and
submit the required information on
www.challenge.gov for the video entered
into the Contest. Groups of more than
one individual must submit a contest
entry through a single designated
individual or school within the group.
Once a submission is made, the
contestant may not make any changes or
alter the submission until the judging is
complete and winners announced.
Contestants remain owners of the
intellectual property rights of their
submissions. Contestants must upload
their video to YouTube as private. To do
this, select ‘‘Privacy Settings,’’ mark
video as private, enter the YouTube
username ‘‘stopbullyinggov’’ in the box
that appears below, then select ‘‘save
changes.’’ Videos must be uploaded to
YouTube in one of the following file
formats: WebM, MPEG4, 3GPP, MOV,
AVI, MPEGPS, WMV, or FLV.
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Contest Guidelines
(1) All tools must be submitted
through the Stop Bullying Video
Challenge Contest page located at
https://stopbullying.challenge.gov.
(2) Individual contestants must be a
U.S. citizen or legal resident to enter
and win. U.S. Government employees,
contractors, or grantees and their
immediate family members are not
eligible to win.
(3) Individuals creating the video
must be 13–18 years of age.
(4) Videos must be submitted by an
adult, age 18 or older, with one youth
lead indicated on the submission form.
In cases where the contestant/submitter
is an 18-year-old submitting on their
own behalf, that individual can also be
designated as the youth lead.
(5) An adult must complete the
contest entry form and provide valid
contact information.
(6) The permission of the parent or
guardian of each person under the age
of 18 who is seen or heard in the video
is also required.
(7) Entries will be judged by an expert
panel on the basis of creativity and
originality, quality, technical accuracy,
and content of the message. HRSA
reserves the right not to select a winner
if none of the entries received are
judged to be of high quality based on the
above criteria.
(8) The video must be an original
creation by an individual or group of
individuals between the ages of 13 and
18. No copyrighted music, video, or
images may be used in the video.
(9) The submitted video must not
infringe on any third party rights.
(10) Videos previously produced for
compensation and videos already
posted on www.stopbullying.gov are not
eligible.
(11) The winner(s) must provide a
copy of the original video file to receive
the prize funds.
(12) By submitting a video to this
contest, contestants grant a royalty-free
license to copy, distribute, modify,
display and perform publicly and
otherwise use, and authorize others to
use, your video for any educational
purpose throughout the world and in
any media.
(13) HRSA reserves the right to make
your video available to the general
public from its Web site and to
distribute it to groups and any other
organizations interested in showing it
for educational purposes, including, but
not limited to, on internet sites, at
conferences and events, on television,
and other media outlets.
(14) HRSA will disqualify any entries
deemed to contain offensive material.
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(15) You must have a consent form
filled out and signed by each person
appearing or heard in the video, and
his/her guardian if s/he is a minor. If
your video is chosen, you must provide
copies of these signed consent forms.
(16) Entries must be received or
postmarked by October 10, 2012. The
winner will be notified via email and
announced on the contest Web site in
December.
(17) Each entrant must agree to these
terms and conditions, or, if a minor, his/
her parent or legal guardian.
Formatting Requirements
(1) The video must be 30 seconds to
60 seconds in length, and close with a
visual mention of
www.stopbullying.gov;
(2) You may enter multiple versions
(30 seconds to 60 seconds) of your
Public Service Announcement (PSA);
(3) The video cannot have been
submitted previously in a promotion or
contest of any kind or exhibited or
displayed publicly through any means
previously;
(4) The video must not contain
material that violates or infringes
another’s rights, including but not
limited to privacy, publicity or
intellectual property rights, or that
constitutes copyright or license
infringement;
(5) The video must not contain brand
names or trademarks;
(6) The video must not contain
material that is inappropriate, indecent,
obscene, hateful, defamatory,
slanderous or libelous;
(7) The video must not contain
material that promotes bigotry, racism,
hatred or harm against any group or
individual or promotes discrimination
based on race, sex, religion, nationality,
disability, sexual orientation, gender
identification or age; and
(8) The video must not contain
material that is unlawful, in violation of,
or contrary to the laws or regulations in
any state where the video is created.
Winner Selection and Judges
Following the deadline for
submissions, a panel will judge the
videos for accuracy of the information
and its compliance with the video
requirements shown above. A panel of
expert judges will then choose the top
three videos submitted. The top three
videos will be posted on
www.stopbullying.gov and recognized as
the winners of this PSA contest. The
grand prize winner will be selected from
the top three videos by a public majority
vote via challenge.gov. All three
winners will receive a prize. There will
be one grand prize award of $2,000 and
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two runners-up awards of $500 given to
winning contestants. An expert panel of
judges, qualified by training and
experience, will evaluate the
submissions on the criteria identified
below. Judges will be fair and impartial,
may not have a personal or financial
interest in, or be an employee, officer,
director, or agent of, any entity that is
a registered participant in the
competition, and may not have a
familial or financial relationship with
an individual who is a registered
contestant. The panel will provide
expert advice on the merits of each
submission to HRSA officials
responsible for final selections for
award.
Judging Criteria
Message and Appropriateness to Theme
(50%)
• The message is effective at
promoting greater public awareness
about bullying issues and conveys clear
and concise steps that can be taken to
motivate youth to prevent bullying.
• Involves kids talking to kids. While
working with adults to communicate the
message is encouraged, the PSA should
feature youth addressing their peers on
the issue of bullying.
• Communicates a positive message.
The focus should be on how youth can
be more than a bystander, rather than a
PSA that solely explains why bullying
is wrong. HRSA encourages creating a
video that promotes an environment
where kindness and respect for others
matters.
• The anti-bullying message is
supported by information found on
www.stopbullying.gov, and includes the
Web site URL for 3 seconds at the end
of the video.
Creativity & Originality (30%)
• Video concept and approach is
unique.
• Entrant employs innovative
methods to convey the message.
• Audio and visual enhance, rather
than distract from, the underlining
message.
Audience Appeal/Quality (20%)
• Audio quality—any dialogue that
can be easily understood; music and/or
sound effects are of adequate fidelity.
• Visual quality—video production
appears professional; any visual effects
contribute rather than distract from
message.
Winners and Recognition
Winners will be identified and
notified prior to the date of public
announcement and promotion of
winners. All winning tools will be
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featured on www.stopbullying.gov and
www.challenge.gov, and via social
media channels, including, but not
limited to, Facebook, Twitter, and
YouTube pages. There will be up to 3
winners.
Intellectual Property Rights
All videos submitted to the Stop
Bullying Video Challenge remain the
intellectual property of the individuals
who developed them. However, the
Federal Government maintains a nonexclusive, royalty-free license to use,
reproduce, publish, distribute and
exhibit the submission/winning video
in any and all formats or manner for
educational, training and other
information purpose consistent with the
Federal Partners for Bullying
Prevention’s mission. Submissions will
be made available free of charge to the
public. The Federal Government also
reserves the right to make all submitted
videos available for partners and local
access stations to feature winners or
local contestants.
Publicity
Except where prohibited,
participation in the Contest constitutes
the winner’s consent to use of the
winner’s name, likeness, photograph,
voice, opinions, and/or hometown and
state information by the Contest’s
sponsors and/or agents for promotional
purposes in any media, worldwide,
without further payment or
consideration.
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The contestant warrants that the
identified individual(s) involved are the
sole author(s) and owner(s) of the
Contest submission, that the Contest
submission completely originates with
the identified participants, that it does
not infringe upon any copyright or any
other rights of any third party of which
the contestant(s) is aware, and that it is
free of malware. The contestant cannot
submit material that participating
individuals between the ages of 13 and
18 did not create and do not own. The
contestant cannot take material from
any other source.
Liability
The contestant/submitter agrees to
assume any and all risks and waive
claims against the Federal Government
and its related entities, except in the
case of willful misconduct, for any
injury, death, damage, or loss of
property (including any damage that
may result from a virus, malware, etc.,
to Government systems utilized to play
the video), revenue, or profits, whether
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from their participation in the
competition, whether the injury, death,
damage, or loss arises through
negligence or otherwise. The contestant/
submitter shall be liable for, and shall
indemnify and hold harmless the
Government against, all actions or
claims for any claim, demand,
judgment, or other allegation arising
from alleged violation of an individual’s
trademark, copyright, or other legally
protected interest in videos submitted to
the Federal Government.
Privacy Policy
Personal information collected for this
contest will only be used to contact
video submitters about the contest. The
contest winners’ names (and the names
of any honorable mentions selected)
will be announced publically, after
consultation with the winner and any
honorable mentions, as a part of the
Stop Bullying Video Challenge award
recognition process. All information
collected is subject to the ChallengePost
privacy policy located at
www.challengepost.com/privacy.
General Conditions
HRSA reserves the right to cancel,
suspend, and/or modify the Contest, or
any part of it, for any reason, at HRSA’s
sole discretion. Participation in this
Contest constitutes a contestant’s full
and unconditional agreement to abide
by the Contest’s Official Rules found at
https://stopbullying.challenge.gov.
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3719.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Announcement of Requirements and Registration for ``Stop Bullying
Video Challenge''
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA)
Maternal and Child Health Bureau, located within the Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS), announces the launch of the ``Stop
Bullying Video Challenge.'' Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior
among school aged children that involves a real or perceived power
imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be
repeated, over time. Bullying can affect everyone--those who are
bullied, those who bully, and those who witness bullying. Bullying is
linked to many negative outcomes including impacts on mental health,
substance use, and suicide. The Federal Partners for Bullying
Prevention is a Federal workgroup which is comprised of 9 departments,
with 34 offices within those 9 departments, dedicated to preventing and
ending bullying in schools and communities across the nation. HRSA and
the Federal Partners are launching a video challenge that will
encourage and motivate youth to prevent bullying.
The goal of the contest is to create an impact through accepting
videos that demonstrate:
1. Peer-to-peer communication,
2. Positive messaging, and
3. Promotion of the www.stopbullying.gov Web site. By using these
guidelines, contestants will create relevant, youth-designed videos
that stand to increase knowledge about bullying and how to prevent it.
DATES: Contestants can begin submission of tools on August 7, 2012,
until the end of the submission period October 10, 2012. Judging will
take place between October 11 and December 2, 2012. Winners will be
notified and prizes awarded no later than December 31, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin Reiney, MPH, CHES; Public Health
Analyst, 301-443-5848.
AWARD APPROVING OFFICIAL: Mary K. Wakefield, Ph.D., R.N.,
Administrator, Health Resources and Services Administration.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Eligible Entities
This video contest is open to U.S. middle and high school students
aged 13-18 at the time of entry. Contestants may be individuals or
groups (including but not limited to middle and high schools located in
the U.S., and youth advocacy groups incorporated in and located in the
U.S.). An individual, whether participating singly or in a group, must
be a citizen or permanent resident of the U.S. If the contestant is
under 18 years of age at the time of entry, the contestant must have
permission from a parent or guardian, and an adult must complete and
submit the contest entry form. Contestants/submitters must also have
all the necessary permissions for individuals heard and/or seen on the
submitted video. The permission of the parent or guardian of each
person under the age of 18 who is seen or heard in the video is also
required. Contestants in this category are encouraged to submit group
entries. Employees and contractors of the Federal government are not
eligible, nor are their immediate family members. The Contest is
subject to all applicable Federal laws and regulations. Participation
constitutes contestant's full and unconditional agreement to these
Official Rules, which are final and binding in all matters related to
the Contest. Eligibility for a prize award is contingent upon
fulfilling all requirements set forth herein.
Competition Submission Period and other Submission Requirements
Contestants must submit their videos between August 7 and October
10, 2012. Each contestant must complete and submit the required
information on www.challenge.gov for the video entered into the
Contest. Groups of more than one individual must submit a contest entry
through a single designated individual or school within the group. Once
a submission is made, the contestant may not make any changes or alter
the submission until the judging is complete and winners announced.
Contestants remain owners of the intellectual property rights of their
submissions. Contestants must upload their video to YouTube as private.
To do this, select ``Privacy Settings,'' mark video as private, enter
the YouTube username ``stopbullyinggov'' in the box that appears below,
then select ``save changes.'' Videos must be uploaded to YouTube in one
of the following file formats: WebM, MPEG4, 3GPP, MOV, AVI, MPEGPS,
WMV, or FLV.
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Contest Guidelines
(1) All tools must be submitted through the Stop Bullying Video
Challenge Contest page located at https://stopbullying.challenge.gov.
(2) Individual contestants must be a U.S. citizen or legal resident
to enter and win. U.S. Government employees, contractors, or grantees
and their immediate family members are not eligible to win.
(3) Individuals creating the video must be 13-18 years of age.
(4) Videos must be submitted by an adult, age 18 or older, with one
youth lead indicated on the submission form. In cases where the
contestant/submitter is an 18-year-old submitting on their own behalf,
that individual can also be designated as the youth lead.
(5) An adult must complete the contest entry form and provide valid
contact information.
(6) The permission of the parent or guardian of each person under
the age of 18 who is seen or heard in the video is also required.
(7) Entries will be judged by an expert panel on the basis of
creativity and originality, quality, technical accuracy, and content of
the message. HRSA reserves the right not to select a winner if none of
the entries received are judged to be of high quality based on the
above criteria.
(8) The video must be an original creation by an individual or
group of individuals between the ages of 13 and 18. No copyrighted
music, video, or images may be used in the video.
(9) The submitted video must not infringe on any third party
rights.
(10) Videos previously produced for compensation and videos already
posted on www.stopbullying.gov are not eligible.
(11) The winner(s) must provide a copy of the original video file
to receive the prize funds.
(12) By submitting a video to this contest, contestants grant a
royalty-free license to copy, distribute, modify, display and perform
publicly and otherwise use, and authorize others to use, your video for
any educational purpose throughout the world and in any media.
(13) HRSA reserves the right to make your video available to the
general public from its Web site and to distribute it to groups and any
other organizations interested in showing it for educational purposes,
including, but not limited to, on internet sites, at conferences and
events, on television, and other media outlets.
(14) HRSA will disqualify any entries deemed to contain offensive
material.
(15) You must have a consent form filled out and signed by each
person appearing or heard in the video, and his/her guardian if s/he is
a minor. If your video is chosen, you must provide copies of these
signed consent forms.
(16) Entries must be received or postmarked by October 10, 2012.
The winner will be notified via email and announced on the contest Web
site in December.
(17) Each entrant must agree to these terms and conditions, or, if
a minor, his/her parent or legal guardian.
Formatting Requirements
(1) The video must be 30 seconds to 60 seconds in length, and close
with a visual mention of www.stopbullying.gov;
(2) You may enter multiple versions (30 seconds to 60 seconds) of
your Public Service Announcement (PSA);
(3) The video cannot have been submitted previously in a promotion
or contest of any kind or exhibited or displayed publicly through any
means previously;
(4) The video must not contain material that violates or infringes
another's rights, including but not limited to privacy, publicity or
intellectual property rights, or that constitutes copyright or license
infringement;
(5) The video must not contain brand names or trademarks;
(6) The video must not contain material that is inappropriate,
indecent, obscene, hateful, defamatory, slanderous or libelous;
(7) The video must not contain material that promotes bigotry,
racism, hatred or harm against any group or individual or promotes
discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability,
sexual orientation, gender identification or age; and
(8) The video must not contain material that is unlawful, in
violation of, or contrary to the laws or regulations in any state where
the video is created.
Winner Selection and Judges
Following the deadline for submissions, a panel will judge the
videos for accuracy of the information and its compliance with the
video requirements shown above. A panel of expert judges will then
choose the top three videos submitted. The top three videos will be
posted on www.stopbullying.gov and recognized as the winners of this
PSA contest. The grand prize winner will be selected from the top three
videos by a public majority vote via challenge.gov. All three winners
will receive a prize. There will be one grand prize award of $2,000 and
two runners-up awards of $500 given to winning contestants. An expert
panel of judges, qualified by training and experience, will evaluate
the submissions on the criteria identified below. Judges will be fair
and impartial, may not have a personal or financial interest in, or be
an employee, officer, director, or agent of, any entity that is a
registered participant in the competition, and may not have a familial
or financial relationship with an individual who is a registered
contestant. The panel will provide expert advice on the merits of each
submission to HRSA officials responsible for final selections for
award.
Judging Criteria
Message and Appropriateness to Theme (50%)
The message is effective at promoting greater public
awareness about bullying issues and conveys clear and concise steps
that can be taken to motivate youth to prevent bullying.
Involves kids talking to kids. While working with adults
to communicate the message is encouraged, the PSA should feature youth
addressing their peers on the issue of bullying.
Communicates a positive message. The focus should be on
how youth can be more than a bystander, rather than a PSA that solely
explains why bullying is wrong. HRSA encourages creating a video that
promotes an environment where kindness and respect for others matters.
The anti-bullying message is supported by information
found on www.stopbullying.gov, and includes the Web site URL for 3
seconds at the end of the video.
Creativity & Originality (30%)
Video concept and approach is unique.
Entrant employs innovative methods to convey the message.
Audio and visual enhance, rather than distract from, the
underlining message.
Audience Appeal/Quality (20%)
Audio quality--any dialogue that can be easily understood;
music and/or sound effects are of adequate fidelity.
Visual quality--video production appears professional; any
visual effects contribute rather than distract from message.
Winners and Recognition
Winners will be identified and notified prior to the date of public
announcement and promotion of winners. All winning tools will be
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featured on www.stopbullying.gov and www.challenge.gov, and via social
media channels, including, but not limited to, Facebook, Twitter, and
YouTube pages. There will be up to 3 winners.
Intellectual Property Rights
All videos submitted to the Stop Bullying Video Challenge remain
the intellectual property of the individuals who developed them.
However, the Federal Government maintains a non-exclusive, royalty-free
license to use, reproduce, publish, distribute and exhibit the
submission/winning video in any and all formats or manner for
educational, training and other information purpose consistent with the
Federal Partners for Bullying Prevention's mission. Submissions will be
made available free of charge to the public. The Federal Government
also reserves the right to make all submitted videos available for
partners and local access stations to feature winners or local
contestants.
Publicity
Except where prohibited, participation in the Contest constitutes
the winner's consent to use of the winner's name, likeness, photograph,
voice, opinions, and/or hometown and state information by the Contest's
sponsors and/or agents for promotional purposes in any media,
worldwide, without further payment or consideration.
Copyright
The contestant warrants that the identified individual(s) involved
are the sole author(s) and owner(s) of the Contest submission, that the
Contest submission completely originates with the identified
participants, that it does not infringe upon any copyright or any other
rights of any third party of which the contestant(s) is aware, and that
it is free of malware. The contestant cannot submit material that
participating individuals between the ages of 13 and 18 did not create
and do not own. The contestant cannot take material from any other
source.
Liability
The contestant/submitter agrees to assume any and all risks and
waive claims against the Federal Government and its related entities,
except in the case of willful misconduct, for any injury, death,
damage, or loss of property (including any damage that may result from
a virus, malware, etc., to Government systems utilized to play the
video), revenue, or profits, whether direct, indirect, or
consequential, arising from their participation in the competition,
whether the injury, death, damage, or loss arises through negligence or
otherwise. The contestant/submitter shall be liable for, and shall
indemnify and hold harmless the Government against, all actions or
claims for any claim, demand, judgment, or other allegation arising
from alleged violation of an individual's trademark, copyright, or
other legally protected interest in videos submitted to the Federal
Government.
Privacy Policy
Personal information collected for this contest will only be used
to contact video submitters about the contest. The contest winners'
names (and the names of any honorable mentions selected) will be
announced publically, after consultation with the winner and any
honorable mentions, as a part of the Stop Bullying Video Challenge
award recognition process. All information collected is subject to the
ChallengePost privacy policy located at www.challengepost.com/privacy.
General Conditions
HRSA reserves the right to cancel, suspend, and/or modify the
Contest, or any part of it, for any reason, at HRSA's sole discretion.
Participation in this Contest constitutes a contestant's full and
unconditional agreement to abide by the Contest's Official Rules found
at https://stopbullying.challenge.gov.
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3719.
Dated: August 1, 2012.
Mary K. Wakefield,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2012-19225 Filed 8-6-12; 8:45 am]
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