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Tagged: 13C4, Bumsted, careful thought etc
[In process]
Background*
Part 1**
Part 2*** From a follow-up to the newslist discussion about anthropology and climate change–
Q. “So…what can we do to solve this problem? Can we think like engineers?”
Please, don’t. Not even anthropological engineers. For example, see this — (more…)
Categories: AI/AN · Alaska · Eskimo · Kuskokwim · NZ · New Mexico · Pueblo · anthropology · communities · environmental change · planning · public involvement · sanitation · sciencing · solid waste
Tagged: 13C4, Biocultural Science, Bumsted
This article comes via NationTalk, native newswire, employment and tender service
Study probes link between soapstone and cancer - Waterloo Record
Forty-six-year-old Jimmy Cookie feels dizzy and has trouble breathing every time he carves into a slab of soapstone.
Now, University of Manitoba researchers are looking at whether Cookie’s lung problems could be linked with the traditional soapstone carving that’s popular in his home community of Sanikiluaq, Nunavut.
Soapstone (also known as steatite or soaprock) is a metamorphic rock, a talc-schist. It was used prior to the invention of pottery or ceramics for bowls in the Americas. It also conducts heat well and is mostly inert, thus its use for stove (cooking) utensils, sinks, and laboratory countertops. Alaska soapstone (now rare) can be transformed into gorgeous sculptures.
Although chemically inert for the most part, the stone is a soft material and scratches easily into fine, fibrous particles (talc, actually. In some rocks, a form of asbestos I believe The soapstone dust composition showed breathable asbestos fibers from the amphibole group (tremolite-actinolite). The results suggest talc asbestosis occurrence among soapstone handicraft workers.). The dust can penetrate lungs deeply and irritate the tissues leading to talcosis or talc pneumoconiosis (similarly to silicosis or asbestosis).
Wikipedia isn’t very helpful on the mineralogy and the physical structure. See the articles cited here–
http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=17249489
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2004 Jul 23;53(28):627-32.
Changing Patterns of Pneumoconiosis Mortality — United States, 1968–2000
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Pneumoconioses are caused by the inhalation and deposition of mineral dusts in the lungs, resulting in pulmonary fibrosis and other parenchymal changes. Many persons with early pneumoconiosis are asymptomatic, but advanced disease often is accompanied by disability and premature death. Known pneumoconioses include coal workers’ pneumoconiosis (CWP), silicosis, asbestosis, mixed dust pneumoconiosis, graphitosis, and talcosis. No effective treatment for these diseases is available. This report describes the temporal patterns of pneumoconiosis mortality during 1968-2000, which indicates an overall decrease in pneumoconiosis mortality. However, asbestosis increased steadily and is now the most frequently recorded pneumoconiosis on death certificates. Increased awareness of this trend is needed among health-care providers, employers, workers, and public health agencies.
One of the classic cases of cancer from use of minerals in traditional arts is
Malignant mesothelioma. A cluster in a native American pueblo.
Driscoll RJ, Mulligan WJ, Schultz D, Candelaria A
N Engl J Med. 1988 Jun 2; 318(22): 1437-8
Unfortunately, there isn’t a publicly available copy on the Internet and no access to journals in Bethel. As I remember the article–
Mesothelioma is an asbestos caused lung cancer. In this case a cluster was found that had nothing to do with brake repair or mining. Instead, people discovered the fire resistant mat they used for soldering silver jewelery also whitened dance moccasins when used as a buffing surface. In addition, the mat had a tendency to flake after substantial use as a fireproof work surface. The mat was an old-fashioned fire resistant mat, made of asbestos.
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Tagged: 13C4, Analytical Anthropology, Biocultural Science, Bumsted
from NAEP Native Access to Engineering Programme First aboriginal food guide balances traditional, practical
and from CBC [read the entire story here]
“Bannock, berries, wild game and canned milk are part of a new version of Canada’s Food Guide, created specifically for First Nations, Inuit and Métis.
“With this guide, First Nations, Inuit and Métis will have a tool to make more informed choices and nurture a healthy future by building on the traditions and values of a proud past and present,” Federal Health Minister Tony Clement said after unveiling the new food guide at a Yellowknife school Wednesday.
- What are the main differences between Eating Well with Canada’s Food Guide and Eating Well with Canada’s Food Guide – First Nations, Inuit and Métis?
Eating Well with Canada’s Food Guide – First Nations, Inuit and Métis reflects the importance of both traditional and store-bought foods for Aboriginal people living in Canada.
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/food-guide-aliment/fnim-pnim/index_e.html
Some culturally specific examples of single servings include:
* Leafy vegetables and wild plants: 125 millilitres, cooked; 250 millilitres, raw.
* Berries: 125 millilitres.
* Bannock: 35 grams (a piece about five by five by 2.5 centimetres).
* Traditional meats and wild game: 75 grams, cooked.
- “We are pleased to see ‘country food’ being recognized in the Canada Food Guide as an essential element of a nutritious diet for Inuit,” commented Mary Simon, President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami. “Country food for Inuit includes caribou, Arctic Char, seal, whale, walrus, muskox, ptarmigan, and many other plants, animals, and fish. This Food Guide will be a useful tool to educate Inuit youth across the Arctic and in the South.” http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ahc-asc/media/nr-cp/2007/2007_44_e.html
Eating Well with Canada’s Food Guide: First Nations, Inuit and Métis
Health Canada
HC Pub.: 3426
Cat.: H34-159/2007E-PDF
ISBN: 978-0-662-45521-9
Help on accessing alternative formats, such as PDF, MP3 and WAV files, can be obtained. This publication can be made available on request on diskette, large print, audio-cassette and braille (and in French). Contact Publications, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0K9
E-Mail: publications@hc-sc.gc.ca
Tel.: 1-866-225-0709
TTY: 1-800-267-1245
Fax: (613) 941-5366
Canada First Nations have done some extraordinary nutrition and dietary research.
The Centre for Indigenous Peoples’ Nutrition and Environment (CINE) is an incredible idea. Harriet Kuhnlein, the first director, does excellent work with communities. CINE was one of the models for formulating an autonomous, community-based Center for Human Ecology, (northern Pueblos, New Mexico.)
See also
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Additional information about | Lydia T. Black 1925 to 2007 |
| Prof Black obituary | (right click to save as MS Word document download)
| In Memoriam, Lydia T. Black | (pdf file, 480kB, right click to download and save)
Article published on Monday, March 12th, 2007, By SCOTT CHRISTIANSEN, Kodiak Daily Mirror
http://www.kodiakdailymirror.com/?pid=19&id=4480
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Categories: AI/AN · Alaska · Eskimo · anthropology
I just received notice my friend and guide, Dr. Lydia T. Black, an anthropologist whose research restored to Alaskan peoples important features of their history and culture, has died early this morning in Kodiak, AK, with family, friends, and Orthodox services present. She was 81.
from the family (to be continued)–
Dr. Black’s research of the Russian period in Alaska revealed aspects of Alaska Native culture and history which had been lost or forgotten. Her book Aleut Art is representative of her career in this respect as it provides a comprehensive look at both the techniques used to create and the symbolic meaning of a variety of pre- and early contact Aleut arts and crafts.
Dr. Black was born in Kiev, USSR, on December 16, 1925. She completed her B.A., M.A. (Brandeis University, 1971) and Ph.D. (University of Massachusetts – Amherst) by 1973, when she accepted her first academic post at Providence College. While teaching at Providence College, she also served as part of the staff of Brown University’s Arctic Institute. She moved to Alaska in 1984 in order to be closer to her research interests, accepting a position at University of Alaska-Fairbanks, whence she retired in 1998 in order to contribute her skills to St. Herman’s Theological Seminary in Kodiak, AK.
From 2001, she devoted her time to writing and lending her expertise to a variety of individual and collective projects and volunteered as a teacher of Russian history at Saint Innocent’s Academy.
Dr. Black is survived by her four daughters, Anna Treiber of Appleton, WI; Maria McEvoy of Houston, TX; Elena Black of Dennis, MA; Zoë Pierson of Kodiak, AK and by six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
A funeral service of Orthodox rite will take place at Saint Paul Lutheran Church, Kodiak, Alaska at 12:00 p.m., Saturday, March 17 2007. Burial, will take place at the City of Kodiak cemetery and will be followed by a repast at the Kodiak Senior Center at 4:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting that memorial contributions be made to | Saint Innocent’s Academy |, P.O. Box 1517, Kodiak, AK 99615. 
( | St Innocent’s Academy | older website)
See | St Innocent of Alaska Bicentennial (Ioann Veniaminov) |
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Happened to run across something else at the Internet Archive (Wayback Machine). They do a number of virtual library collections.
The russian orthodox church : organization, situation, activity
Pages which mention Veniaminov. The entire book can be downloaded in various formats.
The book was published about 1957-58 by the church in the Soviet Union, according to its introductory remarks.
Identifier therussianorthod00unknuoft
Call Number AMZ-3736
Media Type texts
Contributor Trinity College – University of Toronto
Title The russian orthodox church : organization, situation, activity
Date 19–?
Publisher S.l.] : Published by the Moscow Patriarchate
Language eng
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The Yup’ik Eskimo language Bible (sponsored by the Alaska Moravian Church) is also getting a major revision. It is written in the Roman or Latin script. See previous post
This version described in this newstory,
is written in the Inuit script, Inuktitut
The Inuktitut syllabary is actually only used in Canada, especially in the new Canadian territory of Nunavut, the population of which is 85% Inuit. In Greenland and Alaska the Latin alphabet is used to write Inuit, and in Siberia Inuit is written with the Cyrillic alphabet.”
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A new edition of the Moravian Bible — a landmark work in Inuktitut — will soon be available, more than 200 years after it was first produced.
German missionaries began spreading the Moravian faith in Labrador in the 1750s. The first translations of parts of the Bible followed years later, although the process was done gradually.
In fact, there are no less than 10 separate volumes, which has caused confusion for congregations since. “They kept losing the books that they were trying to use, every time they did a service or a Bible study,” said Sabina Hunter, a lay minister in Happy Valley-Goose Bay.
There were also errors in translations….
The Canadian Bible Society hopes to have the new edition of the Moravian Bible available for use by next spring….
The publications can be ordered here. There are also Bible picture stories in Yup’ik available from the on-line store.
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I ran across this resource for those in charge of Sunday Schools when I was with the Moravian Book Store project.
http://www.moravianboardofce.org/resource/
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I had a chance to help Prof. Lydia Black with her organizing of the Veniaminov Bicentennial, by acting as a digital translator. 2007-03-13 Lydia T. Black 1925 to 2007
Ioann Veniaminov is the world’s most famous Alaskan, except in Alaska and the USA.
http://www.uaf.edu/univrel/media/FY98/026.html
I was fortunate to find the Orthodox Church in America
http://www.oca.org which hosted the Internet exhibitions and related conference materials. The original website is no longer extant, but some parts are available from the Wayback Machine. I have some additional photos posted here, St Innocent Bicentennial
Proclamation by Tony Knowles, Governor of the State of Alaska, September 9, 1996
Communities throughout the United States, Russia, and England are observing Veniaminov’s contributions to Alaskan, Russian, and American history by presenting exhibitions and conferences, and the publishing of new books of his writings. Such observances will be prominent in Alaska where Veniaminov served as missionary priest and bishop from 1825 through 1852. A major exhibition featuring the life and legacy of Veniaminov will travel to many communities in the state.
John Veniaminov (Bishop Innocent) is honored by Alaska Natives for his dedication to preserving Native languages, for his development of the Aleut orthography, for many translations into Aleut, and for his pioneering development of a Tlingit Alphabet. He is also honored as a teacher, founder of the first school at Unalaska and of the first Orthodox school, seminary, and orphanage at Sitka.
John Veniaminov was an accomplished builder, having designed and constructed the National Historic Landmark Cathedral of St. Michael in Sitka. He also built the first Church of the Holy Ascension at Unalaska. State, federal, and private monies are presently restoring this National Historic Landmark which contains many of the architectural features from the original church of 1825.
The occasion of the rededication of the historic Unalaska church is an appropriate time to proclaim the Veniaminov Bicentennial.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Tony Knowles, Governor of the State of Alaska, do hereby proclaim 1997: The Veniaminov Bicentennial Year in Alaska, and encourage all Alaskans to join in recognizing the contributions to Alaska of this great Russian missionary, scholar, and statesman.
DATED: September 9, 1996
Introductory page—
http://web.archive.org/web/19970812043126/www.oca.org/whats-new/
On-line Exhibit
http://web.archive.org/web/19971028124412/www.oca.org/whats-new/ Announcements/1997-0208-UAF.html
Prof. Lydia Black, Ph.D. at the conference
St Gabriel Orthodox Church, Kongiganak, Alaska
1997 —
http://web.archive.org/web/19971028124531/www.oca.org/OCA/AK/ pim-index.html
2006 — Parishes in Alaska
http://www.oca.org/DIRlists.parish.state.asp? location=AK&x=22&y=16&SID=9&CLASS=P&TYPE=STATE
Biography
Biography of St. Innocent of Alaska
http://www.oca.org/HSbioinnocent.asp?SID=7
“Indication of the Way into the Kingdom of Heaven,” written by “the Apostle of. Alaska” — Saint Innokenty Veniaminov. …
http://www.stvladimiraami.org/pamphlets/wayintokingdomofheaven.pdf
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In 2004 I set up this discussion page linked from our regular webpage that I set up through the ISP. The QuickTopic is a wonderfully easier way to update information than a regular webpage or even a blog.—
Views: 403, Unique: 179
Since 1943, the Moravian Book Store has served the peoples of the Yukon Kuskokwim Nushagak region, along the Bering Sea in western Alaska. We specialize in Alaska Native arts and crafts (especially of Yup’ik and Cup’ik Eskimo and Athabascan traditions), regional gospel music, books about western Alaska, and supplies for churches in the Villages.We’re the only bookstore in a 200-mile radius. The nearest highway for deliveries is 400 miles away. In its 61 years of operation, the Book Store has evolved with the communities. The core needs for the Book Store have not changed, although the mode of service delivery has. The Book Store functions as a library, living museum, and technical marketing center in areas of—
- support for regional artisans and craftspeople
- ecumenical support for literacy, for spiritual, ethical, philosophical quests (in indigenous languages as well)
- support for maintenance and flourishing of history, culture, traditions
- provision of mementos and commemorations for visitors and local families to celebrate their traditions and customs
The Moravian Book Store is a unique asset for the regional economy. We provide a regular, retail outlet and marketing and business development information for artisans. Unlike outlets in Seattle or Anchorage, we are based in the cultural region of the artisans.
We are based in Bethel, see the description here
http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CIS.cfm
Ecologically, http://www.fs.fed.us/colorimagemap/ecoreg1_akprovinces.html
Culturally, http://www.uaf.edu/anlc/index.html
or http://www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/features/yupik/
or http://www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/yupik/
or http://mcclungmuseum.utk.edu/specex/yupik/yupik.htmindex.html
Moravian Church history,
http://www.alaskamoravian.org
or http://www.moravian.org/history/
or http://www.mcsp.org/who_history.htm
or http://www.mcnp.org/
[new source, see comment 2 below]
The Moravian Book Store
PO Box 327
Bethel, Alaska 99559
phone/fax
email
[current hours seem to be Monday to Saturday, 1 to 4 PM.]
Nota bene 2006
Annual Moravian Church Supplies
Sunday School Commentary (Higley’s)
try first, Far North Christian Bookstore, 1-800-492-0438, ask for Leah
Higley Publishing Corp.
PO Box 5398
Jacksonville, FL 32247-5398
1-877-323-4550
fax 904-396-5087
Daily Texts
Interprovincial Board of Communications
PO Box 1245
Bethlehem, PA 18016-1245
http://www.moravian.org/publications/dailytext/
Elzbieta Macdonald, E-mail pubs AT mcnp DOT org
1-800-732-0591, ext. 38
fax 610-866-9223
Wall calendars
Messenger
318 E 7th Street
Auburn IN 46706
http://www.messengerline.com
ask for Ms Chris Smith, E-mail casmith AT norwood DOT com
1-800-799-1940 ext 4344, fax 1-800-747-0716
Candles (these traditional beeswax candles are home made, by church elders, on a volunteer basis; not a business)
Moravian Women Candlemakers
PO Box 126
Gnadenhutten, OH 44629
OR contact the Pennsylvania Moravian Book Shop, Inc. 1-888-661-2888
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not current information
12-22-2005 09:21 PM AK (US)
Inside Bethel News
Yup’ik Old Testament Translation trial publication
by Peter Green, Co-Coordinator
On behalf of the Alaska Moravian Province and the Yup’ik Old Testament Translation Project committee, I would like to announce that we now have printed trial publications available of the Old Testament.
This trial publication consists of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy plus Psalms and Proverbs, all in one book. Our Moravian churches are being sent a number of copies and for those who would like to have their own, there are limited copies available at the Moravian Bookstore for $10.00 each. People must understand that this is a trial publication and not the final print. We continue to pray that someday we will have the final printing of the whole Old Testament books.
Without the help of the Holy Spirit and team effort, we would have not been able to reach this far in our work. I want to thank the committee members for their faithfulness and commitment in this task they are challenged with.
Thank you to Ringo Jimmy and Ina Anaver Carpenter for additional support by reading and reviewing. Also, I thank our outside consultants from the American and Canadian Bible Societies.
Just like everybody else, we do run into obstacles but God’s blessings are never-ending. It appears that sometimes obstacles appear to confirm that it is something that God would like to be done. We are planning on the books of Job, Judges, Jeremiah, Joshua, Ezra, Ezekiel and Ruth as our next set for trial publication. We ask for your prayers as we continue this work.
The Moravian Bookstore hours are: Wednesday thru Saturday 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
We hope that everyone will have joyous season as we celebrate the birth of our Lord Jesus, may He bring strength and comfort. God bless you all!
YOTTP committee: Jones Anaver, Co-Coordinator; Translators – Mary Jane Mann and Alice Fredson; Editor – Elsie Mather; members: Jacob Nelson, John P. Andrew, and Elsie Jimmie.
http://deltadiscovery.com/insidebethelnews/insidebethelnews.html
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12-13-2005 10:11 PM AK (US)
From BoingBoing, the on-line magazine/blog comes this item — instructions for making what looks like a Moravian Star from the 1958 Better Homes & Gardens
http://swapatorium.blogspot.com/2005/12/spiky-star.html
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Store message index–
National Public Radio Ethicist: Boy Scout Policies, and More on Furs /m2
Our December hours /m5
Photo– December 11, 2004 an hour before doors open. /m6
We have a limited number of unique items /m7
Mission Lake summer view, looking North (prior to 1996). Book Store is circled. /m8
Christmas hours /m9
We need your feedback, please. Committee discusses shutting down only bookstore in Bethel Tundra Drums, 2004 October 7 /m10
A Special Sale for Slaaviq /m12
Book Store status /m13
Planning Decision Step One, /m15
Step two in decision process /m14
Funding available for planning /m18
Annual Moravian Church Supplies /m19
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Mission Lake summer view, looking North (prior to 1996). Book Store is circled.
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National Public Radio (2005)
Ethicist: Boy Scout Policies, and More on Furs
NPR (audio) – Washington,D.C.,United States
… statement. Pamela Bumsted manages the Moravian Bookstore in Bethel, Alaska, which serves the Native peoples along the Bering Sea. She …
Google Alert for: Moravian bookstore “http://npr.streamsage.com/google/programlist/feature.php?wfid=4135909″
[see The Ethicist: Boy Scout Policies, and
More on Furs http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4135909
Oct-31-2004, All Things Considered
...Boy Scout Policies, and More on Furs. This week with the Ethicist, we'll hear from some listeners who wrote in with suggestions for the ethical use of old furs. Also, NPR's Jennifer...
The Ethicist:
The Lure of an Inherited Mink
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4113413
Oct-17-2004, All Things Considered
...The Lure of an Inherited Mink. Is it ethical to wear an old fur coat? After all, you didn't harm any new animals. This week, Ethicist Randy Cohen of The New York Times Magazine...]
For information on where to send your furs, please call or write us.
We need your feedback, please. While the last day of 2004 retail sales is December 24, we will be working on your proposals and suggestions through January. Manager
Moravian Book Store weighs fate, may close
Committee discusses shutting down only bookstore in Bethel, By Naomi Klouda Tundra Drums, 2004 October 7The Moravian Book Store Committee wants to hear from the public before determining whether the only bookstore in Bethel should become a relic of history.
Between now and January 2005, the committee would like to hear feedback from the customers and “partners” who have depended on the store to help sell their art works. In its 61 years of operations, the Moravian Book Store has tried to evolve with the times, said committee said in a prepared statement.
“We’re the only bookstore in a 200-mile radius. We provide a regular retail outlet (not just Christmas craft fairs) and a marketing and business development resource for artisans, the statement read.
The committee points out that unlike outlets in Seattle or Anchorage, the store is based in the cultural region of the “visual, written and oral arts” of the people it serves. And although some artists have moved into the Internet age by selling goods online, “most craftspeople do not participate full time in the business of art,” it said.
Manager Pamela Bumsted said the store has already received numerous suggestions through interacting with customers and a suggestion box placed on the counter.
The suggestions range from enlarging the book selection to providing a place for emerging artisans who want to learn the business, Bumsted said.
Some in Bethel see it as good place to set up a visitor’s center. “There’s no other way of centralizing information about the villages. We already have a lot of visitors stopping by to look at regional maps and regional businesses, and we always had calls from environmental consultants about historical buildings because we’ve focused on history, culture and literacy.”
Another suggestion is to become a publisher of more historical items, such as “Bethel: The First 100 Years,” which is in demand but out of print.
The Moravian Church has been active in Bethel since 1885. In 1943, the Moravian Mission store opened to help its members obtain Yup’ik Bibles, hymnals and other Christian literature. Arts and crafts were added to help artisans in the 1950s. And at one time, it sold church organs.
Today, the store is a “must-stop” for Bethel visitors for its stock of Yup’ik, Cup’ik and Athabascan arts. It functions as a museum, a library and a technical marketing center. Plus it also sells books about Western Alaska and supplies churches in the villages.
The role expanded to offer support for regional artisans, including elders who no longer receive the Longevity Bonus. And it serves as an interface between artists and international customers.
“But, does the store still serve a useful purpose?” the committee asked in its prepared statement. “The Book Store Committee doesn’t think we have given the service our customers, consignors, and long-time vendors deserve. We need to evaluate the purpose of the bookstore and re-think how to best serve the communities. Perhaps simply, the time for the store has passed?”
When the church synod meets in January, they will take up the following questions:
Keep operations as they are. Close the store. Use the building for a youth center or another purpose. Lease the store and or building to someone else. Create a new business. Obtain additional funding to evolve the nonprofit services into a creative knowledge center. The committee would like to hear from the public. Write to P.O. Box 327, Bethel, AK 99559-0327, or
mbs_camaiAThotpopDOTcom.
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Step one in strategic planning for store
Step two
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