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use Pie::KnowledgeBase;
use Pie::Engine;
use Pie::KnowledgeBase::Dumper;
use Data::Dumper;
require 'time_utilities.pl';       # For misc. functions (e.g. time/date stamp routines)
use Time::HiRes('gettimeofday');




use vars qw($Time $Second $Minute $Hour $Mday $Wday $Day $Month $Year);

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