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Tito's Murder Squads: German authorities are willing to investigate these crimes and to put the responsible people to jail
Posted By: Željko PeratovićPosted date: October 08, 2014 in: Human rights1 Comment
At that time Yugoslavia snapped four of the most wanted German RAF-terrorists. And what did Tito? He said that he will only deliver them when he gets several exiled Croats from Germany in return. Interesting to know that in that moment the German justice system refused such an option on juridical grounds. Germany refused the request from Belgrade and Tito has let the German left wingers run. This was no doubt a shock for Bonn, the government was totally embarrassed. This episode showed that you get yourself in trouble if you get involved with totalitarian Regimes.
"In any case, the documentary "Tito's Murder Squads' example is scrupulous journalistic work in which cover all important elements of the story on its clearing now work more Germans than what is happening in Croatia", concluded in his review of the film recently shown on German television Das Erste, Gordan Duhaček, a prominent Croatian journalist who specializes in foreign policy. I was talking with the creators of the film Frank Hofmann and Philipp Grüll. before shooting, during the shooting and after the television premiere. Here I transferring our last conversation.
Frank Hofmann
What is your idea with whom you're going to make a movie?
We have started in early 2013 in order to deal with the issue. Initially, we mainly dealt with the Djureković-case. But we were clear relatively quickly: This is part of an even larger, shocking story that has happened in German society. And we were both amazed that so little was known on this subject and no documentary film has been produced about this topic so far. So we decided to close this gap with a 45-minute documentary which should give the audience an idea of the whole issue.
Has this idea realized?
We hope so. Even though we know that even in a 45-minute-documentary we can show only a small part of what really has happened.
What kind of problems did you have while recording?
It was not easy for us to approach these issues. There were several reasons: First of all that the there wasn't a debate about these murder cases in Germany. It is also a topic where the information does not just lie in the street. We needed a lot of time to get us to open up access to information, to figure out how to approach former secret service employees and to build trust with contact persons. We had to ask for access to German archives and had to wait a long time for replies. In many cases our applications were refused. It was a lot of research in several countries with documents in multiple languages. All that was quite a challenge for us.
Philipp Grüll
Can you point out some of the interviewees in the film and why?
We were particularly impressed by Robert Zagajski, the son of the murdered Djuro Zagajski, and how he deals with the past. You never get the impression that he is embittered or that he wants revenge. He did not think in extremes like friend or foe like many others. He just wants to know what really has happened with his father when he was only 17 years old.
One of the most disturbing interviews was that one with Milan Dorić who spied exile Croats under the code name Hanzi in Germany. He said hello and immediately told us: No one was murdered for no reason. He said that while Robert Zagajski, the son of a victim, stood next to him. During the whole conversation one got the impression: Dorić knows so much more than he wants to say. And it was obvious: His connections to the German authorities are still fine. He even had German police investigation files at home.
How you from the German experience watching on the "Croatian Dealing with the Past" (absence public discussion about the events during socialism and Tito's era, the behavior of executive power that the extradition Perković and Mustač does not come..) ?
It's always difficult for a country to face the dark chapters of its past and we as Germans should certainly not give lessons here. But for Croatia EU membership was maybe a great opportunity to deal also with this past. Having in mind other EU member states that are going through such a process. Poland for example or even Germany with the communist past of the former GDR. Experiences like the one of the Berlin headquartered Stasi documentation authority that is connected with other similar authorities all over central and eastern Europe might be helpful for Croatia as well under the European Union umbrella. In that sense, maybe the European Union can even have a similar impact on Croatia like Western Germany on Eastern Germany. For all the people who still do not know who killed their relatives it would be very important, that Croatia and other former Yugoslav countries starts this process.
Josip Majerski, former double agent Yugoslav and German secret police
You have touched the fact that the German government knew that the Yugoslav secret police engaged in state terrorism on German soil. Is there any more to tell on the subject of what you are able to in the film?
What we have not really discussed in the film: Tito was not only important because he was a leader figure of the non-aligned countries. For a moment, he was also thought to be a key figure for the German government in the fight against left-wing terrorism. In the 70's Germany was under shock of the crimes of the german terror group RAF. And Yugoslavia was always seen as a possible refuge for the RAF terrorists. This is also a reason why Germany wanted good relations with Tito and the Yugoslav security forces. But in 1978 it became clear that the German strategy is not really paying off. At that time Yugoslavia snapped four of the most wanted German RAF-terrorists. And what did Tito? He said that he will only deliver them when he gets several exiled Croats from Germany in return. Interesting to know that in that moment the German justice system refused such an option on juridical grounds. Germany refused the request from Belgrade and Tito has let the German left wingers run. This was no doubt a shock for Bonn, the government was totally embarrassed. This episode showed that you get yourself in trouble if you get involved with totalitarian Regimes.
Former Head of Section for emigration of the secret police in Belgrade, Ivan Lasic, now lives quietly in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and probably never will welcome trial
How will the German media to accompany nearly trial Perković and Mustač?
More than 130 journalists have been accredited for the process and a majority of them works for German media. It will not be the number-one-issue in Germany, but the interest is unusually high for such a topic. And it is growing, because many journalists are getting aware that it might become an exceptional court case to follow. The former intelligence chief of another country will stand trial in Germany. That's new.
What messages will have a trial for the German public, and what for Croatian?
The court case could help in the best case to ensure that the German public gets aware of these murder cases, this state terror after all these years. For most of the people in Germany it is still completely unknown that the Yugoslav secret service has committed murders in the former Federal Republic. Many people are still thinking: Yugoslavia was a very nice country and Tito was not so bad. That he and his successors are responsible for probably the longest unsolved murders in postwar German history are responsible would probably shift the image of former Yugoslavia and Tito. The message to the Croatian public will be that murder is not barred in Germany and that – even if it took a while – German authorities are willing to investigate these crimes and to put the responsible people to jail. It could be that the Deliveries of Mustač and Perković were not the last ones.
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GlobeScan Foundation recognized for contributing to efforts of the United Nations
Dr. David Nabarro, Special Advisor to the Secretary-General on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Climate Change, recently wrote a letter of appreciation for public opinion metrics the GlobeScan Foundation provided in support of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and for our Survey of the Poor initiative.
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Doug Miller recognized as The Economist's "World in 2016" most noteworthy predictor
In a contributed article to The Economist's annual The World in 2016 special edition, GlobeScan Foundation President, Doug Miller has been recognised for his public opinion pointers to the future.
Upon the latest release of The World in 2017, Daniel Franklin, Editor of the Economist's "Year in 2016", took to a recent podcast to name Doug as the most noteworthy predictor of any of the contributors to their "World in 2016" magazine:
"I would like to take my hat off to at least one person, who is Doug Miller of GlobeScan, who we had a little piece from him on what you could tell on the basis of opinion polling on the future, and one of the things he pointed to was the drastic decline in the level of trust in American politics and institutions. He likened this to environmental devastation and said as a result of this you're almost bound to get a big political shock in the year ahead – and sure enough that's what we got in Donald Trump."
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The Empty Crib: 19 Country Poll on Family Size for The Economist
Our poll of 19 countries for The Economist reveals a neglected global scourge: the number of would-be parents who have fewer children than they want—or none at all.
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Global Citizenship A Growing Sentiment Among Citizens Of Emerging Economies: Global Poll
LONDON - For the first time in 15 years of tracking by GlobeScan, findings indicate that nearly one in two people (49%) surveyed across 14 tracking countries see themselves more as global citizens than citizens of their country. This sentiment is being driven by citizens of large emerging economies, according to a new poll for the BBC World Service.
The poll, conducted by GlobeScan among more than 20,000 people worldwide between December 2015 and April 2016, is being released as part of the BBC World Service Identity Season—a Spring season of broadcasts on the World Service's 27 language services exploring stories about how people identify themselves around the world.
Among all 18 countries where this question was asked in 2016, the poll suggests more than half (51%) see themselves more as global citizens than citizens of their country, against 43 per cent who identify nationally. This is the first time since tracking began in 2001 that there is a global majority who leans this way, and the results in 2016 are driven by strong increases since 2015 in non-OECD countries including Nigeria (73%, up 13 points), China (71%, up 14 points), Peru (70%, up 27 points), and India (67%, up 13 points).
Looking at the 14 tracking countries that have been surveyed repeatedly since 2001, a growing divide appears on the topic of global citizenship between respondents from developing economies and those from industrialised countries. At the height of the financial crisis in 2009, views were fairly similar across the two country groupings, with 48 per cent in seven OECD countries seeing themselves more as global citizens than national, and 45 per cent in seven non-OECD countries. This sentiment has continued to grow at a strong pace since then among respondents in emerging economies to reach a high of 56 per cent in both 2015 and 2016. Conversely in seven OECD countries it has followed an opposite trajectory, dropping to a low of 39 per cent in 2011 and remaining at low levels since (now at 42%). This latter trend has been particularly pronounced in Germany where the poll suggests identification with global citizenship has dropped 13 points since 2009 to only 30 per cent today (the lowest since 2001).
The poll also asked about the level of approval for different demographic developments changing the population make-up of their country, and results indicate public opinion is generally quite supportive of a number of trends shaping global society. In the 19 countries surveyed for this series of questions, three quarters (75%) of respondents approve of intermarriage between different races or ethnic groups, and more than six in ten (63%) approve of immigration from other countries (with 31% disapproving). Similar degrees of openness are observed on accepting refugees, with 62 and 57 per cent respectively supporting their country admitting refugees fleeing conflict generally, and from Syria in particular. On all of these statements, German attitudes stand out due to the unusually high percentage of respondents choosing "neither agree nor disagree," or that it "depends." A majority of Germans (54%) nonetheless approves the acceptance of Syrian refugees.
GlobeScan Chairman Doug Miller commented: "The poll's finding that growing majorities of people in emerging economies identify as global citizens will challenge many people's (and organisations') ideas of what the future might look like."
An additional question on the poll gave respondents a broader range of options to reflect on how they consider their identity. Results reveal the complexity of the issue and show how people can identify in different ways.
When offered a choice between five distinct identities, more than one in two citizens (52%) across 19 countries define their most important identity as citizens of their country, outnumbering those who view themselves as being a world citizen (17%), a resident of their local community (11%), or who identify themselves primarily through their religion (9%), or their race or culture (8%). Out of 19 countries, majorities or strong pluralities in 16 countries describe being a national citizen as the most important feature of their identity. National citizenship is the strongest in Kenya (84%) and Ghana (81%), followed by Russia (70%), Nigeria (68%), and Chile (64%).
Three countries stand out in the way their populations think about self-identity. Spaniards are by far the most likely to identify with world citizenship (54%). For 56 per cent of Indonesians, belonging to their local community is the strongest defining identity. And for Pakistanis, a strong plurality (43%) identify first as a member of their religion.
The results are drawn from a telephone and in-person survey of 20,823 adult citizens across 21 participating countries in total. Not all questions were asked in all countries. The poll was conducted for the BBC World Service between December 2, 2015 and April 15, 2016 by the international opinion research and consultancy firm GlobeScan and its national research partners. Within-country results are considered accurate within +/- 2.8 to 3.7 per cent 19 times out of 20. Urban-only samples were used in Brazil, China, Indonesia, and Kenya.
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Unfinished Business: Perspectives from the Sustainable Development Frontier
In The Regeneration Roadmap's first white paper, we reveal Pioneers' perspectives on progress made since the 1992 Earth Summit, highlight the need for business to take a lead in sustainable development and raise questions about the future.
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What Future For Sustainable Development?
New project seeks to accelerate pace and scale of change
LONDON - The Regeneration Roadmap, a joint initiative from GlobeScan and SustainAbility, launches today with the first of The Ray Anderson Memorial Interviews, a weekly series of videos featuring the most notable sustainable development pioneers from the past few decades. Building on these pioneer insights, the project will assess progress on sustainable development to date and help chart a course to a more sustainable future.
2012 marks the 20th anniversary of the Rio Earth Summit and the 25th anniversary of the Brundtland Report, Our Common Future, which together elevated the concept of sustainable development on the global policy agenda. The Regeneration Roadmap over the course of the year will bring together a wide range of leaders and influencers to determine how best to bring new energy and focus to the agenda.
Made possible by the generous support of presenting sponsor SC Johnson, sponsor DuPont and in partnership with Guardian Sustainable Business, this joint initiative by GlobeScan and SustainAbility – both celebrating their own 25th anniversaries this year – will particularly focus on the role that the private sector can take to fundamentally reshape – and make more sustainable – our society and economy.
"SC Johnson believes that the private sector has an important role to play in making the world a better place," said Kelly M. Semrau, SC Johnson Chief Sustainability Officer. "The Regeneration Roadmap is an excellent opportunity to bring influencers and business together to create a roadmap for sustainability leadership that is essential to the future."
Also launched today is the first in a series of The Regeneration Roadmap white papers – Unfinished Business: Perspectives from the Sustainable Development Frontier. Over the course of 2012, we will undertake a series of surveys – of experts, influencers and the general public – and will host a number of live events, to further inform the debate and catalyze new approaches to sustainable business.
"The Regeneration Roadmap is just the type of channel to spur dialogue and collaboration among industry, NGOs, academia, policymakers and other thought leaders to solve some of the world's most pressing challenges," said Linda Fisher, DuPont Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer. "DuPont is proud to be part of the conversation to find innovative solutions that can deliver sustainable growth now and in the future."
To view all of the Ray Anderson Memorial Interviews, please visit www.TheRegenerationRoadmap.com
In addition to presenting sponsor SC Johnson, sponsor DuPont and media sponsor GSB, The Regeneration Roadmap is delighted to have the support of Globe; the International Council on Mining and Metals; National Geographic; Net Impact; Report Comunicação: Starbucks; Sustain our Africa; Sustainable Life Media; UNEP; the World Bank; and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development.
Poll Reveals Majority of Sustainability Experts Fear Rio+20 UN Summit Will Be Wasted Opportunity
Multinational Corporations Expected to Play Key Role at June Summit
LONDON – According to a major international poll of sustainable development experts, a majority of opinion leaders surveyed (57%) view the Rio+20 United Nations Summit scheduled for June 20-22, 2012 as a critical opportunity to make progress on sustainability leadership, but very few (13%) think it will succeed.
As part of The Regeneration Raodmap, the GlobeScan/SustainAbility Survey polled 642* experts in sustainability from business, NGOs, academia and government in 77 countries. It found that most do not see a clear agenda for the summit (20%), and are not confident that key influencers and decision-makers will attend (35%). Although experts agree that the green economy and the institutional framework for sustainable development are the right themes for the summit, few experts believe that the conference will succeed in making significant progress in the transition to sustainable development.
The 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro was perceived by many stakeholders as a success due to notable achievements, including increased public awareness of the problems facing the global environment, landmark agreements including the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the creation of Agenda 21, and the establishment of international institutions such as the Sustainable Development Commission and the Business Council for Sustainable Development.
Whereas corporate entities were often thought to be at odds with the environmental and development goals of the 1992 Summit, corporate leadership is seen as key to ensuring a successful outcome at Rio+20 in June 2012. Experts say that global businesses need to work together to set priorities within an industry-specific context (70%) and that the private sector should both lobby national politicians on key issues ahead of Rio+20 (62%) and send CEOs to the Summit (61%).
"While the gap between the perceived importance of Rio+20 and experts' expectations of it is discouraging, we see a strong opportunity for business to apply its ability to get things done," says Eric Whan, GlobeScan's Director of Sustainability. "Most companies need clarity to act on the sustainability agenda, and certainty on the future of both global governance and the green economy has been sorely lacking. That's left only the precious few bold leaders to show the others the way forward."
SustainAbility Executive Director Mark Lee said, "The global experts' views captured in this survey make clear the urgency of the sustainability agenda heading into Rio+20. The question is whether leadership will emerge capable of generating any kind of breakthrough on commitments and progress in the near term."
*A total of 642 experts were surveyed online between December 2 and December 19, 2011.
Green Economy Will Boost Jobs And Economic Growth, According To Global Poll Of Consumers And Experts
LONDON – A Green Economy would have a more positive impact on major economic, social and environmental problems than today's economy, according to two new global surveys of consumers and thought leaders released today.
The polls, conducted by The Regeneration Roadmap in partnership with UNEP, surveyed 17,000 consumers across 17 countries and 1,600 sustainable development experts from business, civil society, government and academia from 117 countries.
Consumers worldwide say a Green Economy will be more effective than the traditional economy in improving nearly every challenge tested. Ratings are especially high for protecting the environment (70%), creating a better future for our children (68%), improving quality of life (61%) and addressing climate change (61%).
By a smaller margin, consumers also believe that a Green Economy will be more effective than today's economy in creating high paying jobs (32%) and increasing even short-term economic growth (31%). The only area where consumers are more doubtful of the effectiveness of a Green Economy is when it comes to generating low-paying jobs, on which opinions are split.
Strikingly, emerging market consumers are particularly likely to reject the notion that environmental and economic prosperity are mutually exclusive. Consumers in lower GDP per capita countries tend to be more optimistic about the impact of a Green Economy on all areas, especially when it comes to improving quality of life (70%), increasing long-term economic growth (58%), reducing poverty (44%), and creating high-paying jobs (43%).
Reinforcing the resonance of the concept of a Green Economy, when sustainability thought leaders are asked the same survey question as consumers, they are even more likely (by approximately 20 points) than consumers to think that a Green Economy will yield positive outcomes across almost all challenges examined. The sharpest exception relates to fostering short-term economic growth, where experts are less likely than consumers to anticipate immediate results.
The poll results speak directly to the terms of debate leading up to the Rio+20 Summit later this month, as UN Under-Secretary General and UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner comments: "The Green Economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication is one of the key, top themes for Rio+20. It is not an alternative pathway or a separate universe, but a way of realizing a sustainable century."
"It is clear that a transformation towards a low carbon, resource efficient, job generating Green Economy is happening in many countries across the globe and this survey underlines public support for its aims and aspirations. The challenge for world leaders, cities, companies and civil society this June is to back the smart policies and creative investment flows that will fast-forward, scale-up and accelerate this positive change," Steiner added.
Mark Lee, SustainAbility Executive Director, comments: "Sustainable consumption is a necessary element of a future sustainable economy and society. The strong alignment of consumer and expert stakeholder views on the value of a Green Economy provides hope that more consumers may be ready and willing to participate in the necessary transition."
Chris Coulter, GlobeScan President, comments: "The degree to which people in developing countries believe that a Green Economy will lead to more and better jobs is remarkable. Old concerns about a tradeoff between environment and development do not seem to apply today."
The findings come on the eve of the UN's World Environment Day, celebrated annually on 5 June with Brazil acting as the 'global' host for 2012 under the theme Green Economy: Does it Include You?
Other survey highlights include:
Seventeen percent of consumers across 17 countries say they understand "exactly what the Green Economy means" and a further 53% are "fairly sure" they do, suggesting that the Green Economy appears to be an accessible construct for consumers.
Consumers in Brazil, Argentina and Mexico are most optimistic that a Green Economy will improve quality of life. Those in Japan are least likely to think so.
Chinese, Hungarian and Mexican consumers would expect to see long-term economic growth as an outcome of a Green Economy more than those in all other countries surveyed. Western Europeans are least likely to agree.
International Polls Of Sustainability Experts And The Public Emphasize Growing Need For Private Sector Leadership On Sustainable Development
8 in 10 experts fear that governments will not take action short of catastrophe
LONDON – As world leaders prepare to gather at the G20 and Rio+20 conferences later this month, two major global surveys released today by GlobeScan and SustainAbility find that expert and public confidence in national governments when it comes to governments' ability to tackle global economic, environmental and social challenges are at severe lows. The findings suggest national governments will not take action unprompted - and that business has a unique ability to play a greater role in addressing sustainable development. Nearly eight in ten (77%) sustainability experts think a major catastrophe will need to occur for national governments to take action, and 68% identify a lack of political will as the greatest obstacle to making further progress on sustainable development.
The surveys are part of a series of initiatives by The Regeneration Roadmap in the lead up to Rio+20, a cross-sectoral collaboration that aims to accelerate progress in the transition to sustainable development. The findings are derived from an expert survey of 1,603 sustainability experts across corporate, government, NGO, and academic sectors in 117 countries and a public opinion survey of over 24,000 people in 23 countries.
The role of business in spurring government action on sustainability will be crucial. "Working with governments to establish a regulatory environment that supports sustainable development" (33%) is the second most frequent response among experts asked how the private sector can best contribute to sustainable development, after contributing technology and innovation (41%). Government experts are even more likely to highlight the need for business to collaborate with government (42%).
"The surveys make it clear that society has greater expectations for business than it did [at Rio] in 1992," said Dr. Rainer Feurer, Senior Vice President Corporate Strategy, Planning and Environment at BMW Group, a presenting sponsor of The Regeneration Project. "We think that those who see this as an opportunity rather than as a challenge will prevail in the long run. This is why the BMW Group strategically focuses on sustainable mobility solutions."
"Based on The Regeneration Roadmap's recent poll data, it's clear that there is much to do as we look ahead in terms of sustainability leadership," said Kelly M. Semrau, Chief Sustainability Officer at SC Johnson, also a presenting sponsor of The Regeneration Project. "SC Johnson believes that we all have a role to play, from public and private sector, and we're going to need to work together to set clear goals, priorities and action plans."
"We find ourselves in a very challenging dynamic," said Chris Coulter, President of GlobeScan. "Both the global public and experts have low expectations for governments to provide the necessary leadership to move us toward a sustainable footing, yet we need governments engaged to make progress quickly. It likely falls on business to not only continue to transform the economy but also cajole governments into action."
Mark Lee, Executive Director of SustainAbility, comments: "Our polls underscore the gravity of the sustainable development challenge and make it clear that business can contribute by supporting policy that accelerates sustainability progress, sharing technology and improving its own performance – actions which will close the trust gap faced by business regarding its own performance record."
Additional findings from the surveys
A sense of system breakdown: Nearly eight in ten (78%) sustainability experts believe the current economic system must be substantially overhauled and a similar percentage (77%) say that major catastrophes will need to occur before governments will act on sustainability.
New and collaborative models of leadership are key, including social movements and cross-sector partnerships - but government must be involved: Asked to rate the contribution of major societal actors on sustainability since the 1992 Earth Summit, 33% of experts rated the contribution of multi-sector partnerships to sustainable development since the 1992 Earth Summit as "good" or "excellent" - far higher than either government or business alone.
Failing grades on society's progress since the first Rio Earth Summit in 1992: A matter of weeks before the Rio+20 Earth Summit, fewer than half of the 24,000 citizens surveyed believe that society has become better at protecting the environment, improving economic wellbeing, and creating healthier and more equitable societies. Experts share this view for the most part, but were even more negative on health and equity.
About the Global Public Opinion Survey
Representative samples of approximately 1,000 adults per country in 23 countries (n=24,441) were interviewed face-to-face or by telephone between December 2011 and February 2012. Questions were rated by half samples in all countries. Polling was conducted by GlobeScan and its research partners in each country. In Brazil, China, Indonesia, Kenya, and Turkey, urban samples were used. The margin of error per country ranges from +/- 2.9 to 4.9 per cent, 19 times out of 20.
About the Survey of Sustainability Experts
The findings are drawn from a GlobeScan / SustainAbility survey of sustainability experts across corporate, government, NGO, academic, research, and service / media organizations in 117 countries. From mid-April to mid-May 2012, a total of 1,603 experts were surveyed online by GlobeScan, SustainAbility and The Regeneration Roadmap partners—ICMM, UNEP, Civicus, WBCSD, World Bank, CBSR, and GLOBE. Participants comprise a highly-experienced respondent pool: 58 percent have more than ten years of experience working on sustainability issues; 31 percent have five to ten years of experience; 12 percent have three to four years of experience.
Sustainability Expert Findings
Fundamental system rethink is required, according to experts
QUESTION WORDING: Below are pairs of statements that capture some current sustainable development debates. For each pair, please select the statement that is closer to your opinion.
Experts are pessimistic on government's ability to be proactive
National governments receive the worst performance ratings from experts when it comes to contributing to SD
QUESTION WORDING: How would you rate the performance of each of the following types of organizations in terms of its contribution to progress on sustainable development since the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio?
Sustainability experts identify lack of political will as the most significant barrier to progress
QUESTION WORDING: The Rio Earth Summit in 1992, and specifically its Agenda 21 document, provided an agenda for action toward sustainability. Please indicate which three of the following you think are the most significant barriers to progress on Agenda 21.
While we have made progress economically and environmentally in the past 20 years, experts believe we have lost ground socially
QUESTION WORDING: How would you rate society's progress globally in the past twenty years on the following challenges?
Global Public Opinion Survey Findings
The global public rates scientists and NGOs as making most progress on SD; governments viewed most negatively
QUESTION WORDING: How well would you say each of the following institutions are doing in helping make progress on these economic, social and environmental challenges? How about [ ], is it doing a very good job, a good job, a poor job or a very poor job?
Globally, people believe only moderate progress has been made since the first Earth Summit...
QUESTION WORDING: For each of the following challenges, please tell me whether you think it has got better, got worse, or stayed about the same over the last twenty years. Is that a lot or somewhat better/worse?
…but a large degree of optimism among the global public that further progress will be made in the next 20 years
QUESTION WORDING: And how optimistic or pessimistic are you that leaders will make progress in addressing each of these challenges over the next twenty years? How about…?
Consumers Call for Ambitious Leadership from their Governments at Rio+20 Earth Summit: Global Poll
As Holiday Shopping Season Begins, Study Finds Consumers Buying Less and Buying Better, While Price, Performance and Credibility Remain Barriers to Further Growing Sustainable Consumption
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Re:Thinking Consumption - Consumers and the Future of Sustainability

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Sofia University for IATE: Human rights and humanitarian aid
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The Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" participated in 2014 with students from the Department Arabic and Semitic Studies, completing a project in the field of Human Rights both in Bulgarian and Arabic. The project is completed and closed.
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Chalova, Ani
Ilieva, Tsvetlena
Samardzhieva, Irina
Tsvetomira Pashova
Tsvetomira Pashova is an Associate Professor of Arabic Linguistics in the Arabic Department of the Faculty for Classical and Modern Languages and director of the MA Program "Translation with an Eastern language". She delivers BA courses in Syntax and Text linguistics (Arabic) and MA courses in Contrastive linguistics (Bulgarian-Arabic) and Digital resources for the translator (terminology data bases and text corpora). Since 2010 she has supervised more than 15 Master theses aimed at the development of Bulgarian-English-Arabic term glossaries in different specialized fields. Her main research interests are in the field of Text linguistics.
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Hristina Chobanova (assistant professor)
Hristina Chobanova earned her M. A. degree in Arabic Studies at St. Kliment Ohridski University, Sofia – Bulgaria, then specialized in Complutense University, Madrid, Spain. She is now a senior assistant professor of Modern Standard Arabic and Arabic Dialects in the Department of Arabic and Semitic Studies at St. Kliment Ohridski University, Sofia, Bulgaria, and is teaching Arabic Dialectology as a visiting professor at the New Bulgarian University in Sofia. She has taught in the Arabic School of Middlebury College for seven summers since 2005. Hristina is now preparing her doctoral dissertation in the field of the Acquisition of Arabic as a second language. She is co-author of the Textbook in Modern Standard Arabic – an Essential course 2004, Ed. "Colibri", Sofia, Bulgaria.
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Objective: There has remained a need to better understanding of prognostic factors that affect the survival or risk in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), particularly in developing countries. The aim of the present study aimed to identify the prognostic factors influencing AIDS progression in HIV positive patients in Hamadan province of Iran, using random survival forest in the presence of competing risks (death from causes not related to AIDS). This method considers all interactions between variables and their nonlinear effects.
Method(s): A data set of 585 HIV-infected patients extracted from 1997 to 2011 was utilized. The effect of several prognostic factors on cumulative incidence function (probability) of AIDS progression and death were investigated.
Result: The used model indicated that using antiretroviral therapy tuberculosis co-infection are two top most important variables in predicting cumulative incidence function for AIDS progression in the presence of competing risks, respectively. The patients with tuberculosis had much higher predicted cumulative incidence probability. Predicted cumulative incidence probability of AIDS progression was also higher for mother to child mode of HIV transmission. Moreover, transmission type and gender were two top most important variables for the competing event. Men and those patients with IDUS transmission mode had higher predicted risk compared to others.
Conclusion: Considering nonlinear effects and interaction between variables, confection with tuberculosis was the most important variable in prediction of cumulative incidence probability of AIDS progression.


Tomatoes, Onions, Cilantro, (Chili) Peppers, Lime & Avocado – in all or some combination they can be found in many a Mexican dish. They are essential building blocks in the awesomeness that is Mexican Food; each playing a distinctive part in achieving a cohesive balance of flavor.
So, it makes sense to just combine all of the above and call it a day.
Truth be told this is less a recipe and more a combining of deliciousness. You best believe, when tomatoes are in season – their flavors bursting with peak sweetness and pop – you should be cooking up something that involves the delicious red orbs.
I'm not sure what you would call this. I've heard it referred to as Guacapico, which makes sense – but let's not kid ourselves – your taking pico de gallo and adding some avocado. Das it.
How could that not be good? I Think that's good don't you?
And that's what this is – just my pico de gallo recipe with diced avocado – with a one tiny changes, I use red onion for a peppery punch – but I don't go overboard with it. It's all about balance of flavor people!
Note #1: Since avocados aren't uniform in size (and pit sizes vary) it's up to you just how much avocado you use. I use the whole thing regardless of the size. But feel free to use as much as you'd like. A lot of avocado isn't a bad thing.
Note #2: I find that it's best to make your pico first and then dice and stir in your avocado before serving. It presents the avocado as it should be – as fresh and pillowy as possible.
3 Vine-ripened or 4 Roma Tomatoes – Seeded and diced.
1. Seed & Dice tomatoes. Add to a medium mixing bowl – sprinkle tomatoes with a bit of salt. Set aside.
2. Chop all ingredients – except avocado – add to bowl of tomatoes.
4. Add garlic powder, black pepper and vinegar.
5. Stir evenly and thoroughly.
6. Add diced avocado and gently stir to mix.


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On August 30, the Lithuanian-Russian International Transport Commission under the Ministry of Transport and Communications decided to expand the possibilities for carriers in Lithuania. From now on, Lithuanian road haulers will receive additional bilateral licenses and permits for the third-party cargo transporting.
It was decided to allocate 7,000 bilateral permits this year to Lithuanian carriers, with the "authorized third party freight" special sign, as well as 1,000 additional permits for the third-country cargo transportation.
Delegations have also approved quotas for the year 2019. Lithuania provides 170 000 bilateral licenses, including 21 000 – with the "authorized third party transportation" special sign and 12 000 permits for the goods of third countries transportation. Precise figures will be set at the next commission meeting.
It's important to remind that Russia is one of the largest export markets for transport services in Lithuania, followed by Germany. According to statistics, in 2018, in the first quarter, Lithuanian carriers provided transport services to Russia for 158 million Euro, which made 13% of Lithuanian export transport services. Compared to 2017, during this period, the export of transportation services to Russia increased by 16%.
Our specialists will help start the transport business in Lithuania. In the presence of both completely new transport companies, and companies with a history. Companies have a transport license for transport operations, a full package of documents confirming the state registration and official registration of the company. The company price already includes all the costs for re-registration and the company's management replacement.
We also provide consultations on the issues of corporate licensing; we help to prepare the necessary documentation for the company licensing.


Located in the South West of England, North Somerset borders Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset, Mendip and Sedgemoor. North Somerset covers an area of around 145 square miles and has a resident population of 206,000 living in 85,000 households.
The Council went live with the Liquidlogic Children's Social Care System (LCS) in 2007 and have recently undertaken a project to introduce mobile working to children's social work teams.
The decision was taken to introduce iPads to Children's Social Care Practitioners.
The Council took the decision to work closely with Liquidlogic to develop the LCS mobile working App, helping to define the required functionality as well as the look and feel of the App and the way it interfaces with the main system on the server.
The Mobile Working Project will transform the ways of working for significant members of staff working within Children's Social Care. It will enable workers to improve the service offered, and the efficiency of that offering, being out in the community, rather than behind a desk. The deployment of the Offline Mobile App will have quantified benefits and will assist with the financial challenges that North Somerset Council is faced with. Other factors included more time with children and their families, reducing travel time; enabling practitioners to have their office at their fingertips; improving practitioner work/life balance and providing a tool for recording in situ or shortly after a visit. The enabling mobile technology platform being deployed by the project has been chosen for its ability to dynamically replicate the forms and workflow held in the back office system. The capability is an essential prerequisite to having a flexible workforce in the future and a key element of council's transformation journey to become digital.
The next phase of the project is the launch of the enhanced IOS version, which adds functionality that will enable users to access and complete all forms, case notes and assessments, upload images and capture signatures digitally.
Work with your IT Colleagues to ensure your mobile device is set up to accept the App.
Work with your Children's Social Care practitioners to explain how the App works and provide them with sufficient support so that the benefits can be realised.


In 1986, just off his most disasterious flop yet, David Lynch decided to make a film that would become a trademark of the filmmaker's unique style, Blue Velvet. The film about a young man (Kyle McLaughlin) who stumbles upon a twisted underworld in his hometown would become one of the most divisive films among audiences and critics alike, not to mention being a mind-twister to boot. But does the film deserve such recognition? MovieDude Eric, Kent & Lobster find out.
Couldn't disagree more with Eric on his take on this film. I think you want too much hand holding that you will never get from Lynch. I find the plot and narrative relatively easy to follow and the gaps were straightforward to fill in compared to Lynch's other work. I guess I am the Gene Siskel camp on this one. Nice discussion overall though!


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AnatomySpine and backSpine
Curvature and movements of the vertebral column
Curvature and movements of the vertebral column: want to learn more about it?
Last reviewed: January 17, 2020
The spine (also called the vertebral column or spinal column) is composed of a series of bones called vertebrae stacked one upon another. These vertebrae articulate with each other. There are four regions of the spine which are alligned in a way to form the four curvatures of the spine.
The vertebral column is also capable of various range of motions and movements, such as anterior flexion, extensions, lateral flexion and rotation. All of those are important in allowing you to perform your daily activities and to function as a human being. Major function of the spine is generally to protect the very sensitive spinal cord, and its shape is specific in a way most adeqate for compensation of the mechanical trauma.
Structure 33 vertebrae:
Cervical spine - C1 -> C7, where the C1 is labeled as the atlas, C2 as the axis
Thoracic spine - T1 -> T12
Lumbar spine - L1 -> L5
Sacrum - S1 -> S5 fused into unique bone called sacrum
Coccyx - 3-5 fused vertebrae that form the tailbone
Shape Cervical curve (C2-T2) is convex forward; laterally viewed looks like a inward curve which is called cervical lordotic curve
Thoracic curve (T2-T12) is concave forward and is called thoracic kyphotic curve
Lumbar curve (T12 - sacrovertebral angle) is convex anteriorly and is called lumbar lordotic curve
Sacral curve (sacrovertebral articulation - coccyx) is concave forward and is called sacral kyphotic curve
Movements Flexion, extension, lateral flexion, rotation (torsion)
Clinical significance Dorsopathies, osteoporosis, fractures, dislocations of vertebrae
All of anatomical information about the spine and as well as the clinical relations will be described in this article.
Primary curvatures
Secondary curvatures
Dorsopathy
Clinical correlation
Fractures and dislocations of the vertebrae
Excess thoracic kyphosis
Excess lumbar lordosis
The spine consists of the four regions that shape the four curvatures.
The vertebral curvatures provide a flexible support (shock-absorbing resilience) for the body. The thoracic and sacral (pelvic) curvatures are concave anteriorly and are referred to as kyphoses (singular: kyphosis). They appear during the fetal period of embryonic development, hence they are also termed primary or developmental curvatures.
The primary curvatures are retained throughout life as a consequence of differences in height between the anterior and posterior parts of the vertebrae.
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Anatomy, location and general features of the thoracic spine.
The cervical and lumbar curvatures are concave posteriorly and convex anteriorly, being referred to as lordoses (singular: lordosis). They appear later (although before birth) and are accentuated in infancy by support of the head and by the adoption of an upright or erect human posture. As a result, they are termed secondary or acquired curvatures.
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Structure and location of the lumbar spine and features of the lumbar vertebrae.
Secondary curvatures are maintained by differences in thickness between the anterior and the posterior parts of the intervertebral discs (IV discs). The cervical curvature becomes fully evident when an infant begins to raise (extend) its head while prone and to hold its head erect while sitting.
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The lumbar curvature becomes apparent when an infant begins to assume the upright posture, while standing and walking. The lumbar curvature is more pronounced in females and ends at the lumbosacral angle formed at the junction of L5 vertebra with the sacrum. The sacral curvature also differs in males and females. That of the female is reduced so that the coccyx protrudes less into the pelvic outlet.
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Overview of the features of the typical cervical vertebrae and atypical cervical vertebrae.
Spinal curvatures are classified as a spinal disease or dorsopathy when they are exaggerated in an individual. It includes the following abnormal curvatures:
Excess Thoracic Kyphosis is an exaggerated kyphotic (concave) curvature in the thoracic region, also called hyperkyphosis. This produces the so-called "humpback" or "dowager's hump", a condition commonly resulting from osteoporosis.
Excess Lumbar Lordosis as an exaggerated lordotic (convex) curvature of the lumbar region, also known as "lumbar hyperlordosis" or "swayback". Temporary excessive lordosis is common during pregnancy.
Scoliosis, or a lateral curvature of the spine, is the most common abnormal curvature, occurring in 0.5% of the population. It is more common among females and may result from unequal growth of the two sides of one or more vertebrae, so that they do not fuse properly. It can also be caused by pulmonary atelectasis (partial or complete deflation of one or more lobes of the lungs) as observed in asthma or pneumothorax.
The range of movement of the vertebral column varies according to the region and the individual. Movements are extraordinary in some people, such as acrobats who begin to train in early childhood. The mobility of the vertebral column results primarily from the compressibility and elasticity of the IV discs. The following movements of the vertebral column are possible: flexion, extension, lateral flexion and rotation (torsion). The range of movement of the vertebral column is limited by the:
Thickness, elasticity, and compressibility of the IV discs
Shape and orientation of the facet joints
Tension of the articular capsules of the zygapophysial joints
Resistance of the back muscles and ligaments (such as the ligamenta flava and the posterior longitudinal ligament).
The back muscles produce movements of the vertebral column, but the movements are not produced exclusively by the back muscles. They are assisted by gravity and the action of the anterolateral abdominal muscles. Movement of the vertebral column are more free in the cervical and lumbar regions than elsewhere.
Abnormal curvatures in some people results from developmental anomalies; in others, the curvatures result from pathological processes. The most prevalent metabolic disease of bone occurring in the elderly, especially in women, is osteoporosis. It is characterized by net demineralization of the bones caused by a disruption of the normal balance of calcium deposition and resorption. As a result, the quality of bone is reduced and atrophy of skeletal tissue occurs. Although osteoporosis affects the entire skeleton, the most affected areas are the:
neck of the femur (thigh bone)
the vertebrae
the metacarpals (bones of the hand)
the radius (of the forearm)
These bones become weakened and brittle, and are subject to fracture.
Fractures, dislocations, and fracture-dislocations of the vertebral column usually result from sudden forceful movement e.g. a forceful flexion of the vertebral column, as occurs in automobile accidents or from a violent blow to the back of the head. The following are some common types:
Compression/Wedge fracture - Compression/Wedge fracture can result from excessive flexion of the vertebrae leading to fractures affecting the anterior part of the vertebra. This also causes a slight abnormal bending anteriorly.
Axial burst fracture - This is also caused by an excessive flexion, resulting from accidents like a fall from a height. However in this case, the vertebra loses height on both the anterior and posterior sides.
Flexion/distraction (Chance) fracture - This fracture may result from accidents causing a vertebra to pull apart or become distracted from an adjacent vertebra due to forceful excessive flexion.
Transverse process fracture - An excessive rotation or extreme lateral flexion may cause this form of fracture. However, this fracture is uncommon and when it does occur, it does not affect stability.
Fracture-dislocation - This condition results in an unstable injury to the bone and some associated soft tissues of the vertebra involved. It is characterized by a displacement of the vertebra from alignment with an adjacent vertebra, causing serious spinal cord compression.
This is clinically shortened to kyphosis, although this term actually applies to the normal curvature here, and is colloquially known as humpback or hunchback. It is characterized by an abnormal increase in the thoracic curvature, resulting in the vertebral column to curve posteriorly. This abnormality can result from erosion of the anterior part of one or more vertebrae (e.g., caused by osteoporosis). Dowager's hump is a colloquial name for excess thoracic kyphosis in older women resulting from osteoporosis. However, excess kyphosis also occurs in the elderly men.
Osteoporosis especially affects the horizontal trabeculae of the trabeculae (spongy) bone of the vertebral body. The remaining unsupported vertical trabeculae are less able to resist compression and sustain compression fractures, resulting in short and wedge-shaped thoracic vertebrae. Progressive erosion and collapse of vertebrae also results in an overall loss of height, and the excess kyphosis leads to an increase in the anteroposterior (AP) diameter of the thorax.
This abnormality is clinically shortened to lordosis, although once again this term actually describes the normal curvature here. Colloquially, excess lumbar lordosis is known as hollow back or sway back. It is characterized by an anterior rotation of the pelvis (the upper sacrum tilts anteroinferiorly) at the hip joints, producing an abnormal increase in the lumbar curvature, resulting in the vertebral column to curve more anteriorly.
This abnormal extension deformity is often associated with weakened trunk musculature, especially the anterolateral abdominal muscles. To compensate for the alterations to their normal line of gravity, women develop a temporary excess lumbar lordosis during late pregnancy. This lordotic curvature may cause low back pain, but the discomfort normally disappears soon after childbirth. Obesity in both sexes can also cause excess lumbar lordosis and low back pain because of the increased weight of the abdominal contents (e.g., "potbelly") anterior to the normal line of gravity. Loss of weight and exercise of the anterolateral abdominal muscles facilitate correction of this type of excess lordosis.
This can also be referred to as crooked or curved back. It is characterized by an abnormal lateral curvature that is accompanied by rotation of the vertebrae. The spinous processes turn toward the cavity of the abnormal curvature, and when the individual bends over, the ribs rotate posteriorly (protrude) on the side of increased convexity. Scoliosis is the most common deformity of the vertebral column in pubertal girls (ages 12-15 years).
Asymmetrical weakness of the intrinsic back muscle (myopathic scoliosis), failure of half of a vertebra to develop (hemivertebra), and a difference in the length of the lower limbs are causes of scoliosis. If the lengths of the lower limbs are not equal, a compensatory pelvic tilt may lead to a functional static scoliosis. When a person is standing, an obvious inclination or listing to one side may be a sign of scoliosis that is secondary to a herniated IV disc.
Habit scoliosis is supposedly caused by habitual standing or sitting in an improper position. When the scoliosis is entirely postural, it disappears during maximum flexion of the vertebral column. Sometimes there is kyphoscoliosis, excess thoracic kyphosis combined with scoliosis, in which an abnormal AP diameter produces a severe restriction of the thorax and lung expansion.
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Benjamin Aghoghovwia
Latitia Kench
Thoracic and lumbar spines
Thoracic vertebrae
This is an article about the anatomy of the thoracic vertebrae. Including some clinical notes such as intervertebral disc herniation. Start learning here.
This is an article covering the anatomy and clinical aspects related to the lumbar vertebrae. Learn all about the lumbar spine at Kenhub now!
This is an article covering the articulations and bony landmarks of the sacrum, including related pathologies such as fractures and degenerative processes.
Intervertebral discs
This is an article covering the anatomy (structure, innervation) and embryology of the intervertebral discs. Learn about this topic now at Kenhub!
Vertebral column (spine)
Anatomy of the vertebral column (spine), including vertebrae structure, joints, ligaments and neurovasculature. Learn this topic now at Kenhub!
Structure of the spinal cord
The spinal cord is comprised of various regions of grey and white matter, which house the ascending and descending tracts. Learn about its structure here.
This article covers the anatomy of the spinal cord, including its structure, tracts, and function. Learn this topic now at Kenhub!
Joints and ligaments of the vertebral column
This is an article covering the anatomy and clinical correlation of the joints and ligaments of the vertebral column. Learn about this topic now at Kenhub.
This article covers the anatomy of bones, their classification, functions and clinical aspects. Learn about this topic at Kenhub!
Learn now at Kenhub the signs and symptoms, causes, investigations and treatment of a herniated disc.
Clinical case: Radiculopathy and surgical treatment
This clinical case discusses the anatomical and surgical considerations and complications of radiculopathy. Click now to learn more at Kenhub!
Clinical Case: Degenerative Sacrolisthesis
This is a clinical case of sacrolisthesis, a type of spondylolisthesis. Click here to learn about its signs, symptoms, radiology, and surgery at Kenhub!
Deep back muscles
Description of the anatomy of deep back muscles, including their attachments, innervation and functions. Click now to learn more at Kenhub!
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Bones and ligaments of the thoracic and lumbar spines.
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Benjamin is quite a stocky character; well built with large muscle mass and a layer of long fur to mask it, making him look cuddly yet fierce. He is of a standard size but bulky 34 in. high and 102 lbs in lupus form, 45 in. high and 158 lbs in secui form, and 79 in. high and 210 lbs in optimal form. His paws are worn and hard with many scars. He has an average tail which is slightly curled with waxy, long, slightly wavy thick fur that covers most of the rest of his body---which is quite spiky and unpleasant to touch if brushed the wrong way. Most of his fur is clumped into spikes, giving him a haphazard and rugged appearance. In optimal form, the wavy long hair of his mane is usually pulled back straight into a bum with some shorter strands spiking outward and over his features. His fur is grey & sandy agouti with tan points, residual white and overlaying black/brown saddle and a black back stripe. His ears are large and long like a Dobermans, one sticks straight up and curls backward slightly while the other flops over to the side. He has sharp features: narrow eyes, high cheekbones, sharp jaw and long wide muzzle. He has brown eyes that turn gradually into a grey-blue around the edge of the iris. His expression's that of a grimace or a scowl naturally. On his back he bears the scars of being beaten and whipped, most covered by his long fur or clothing, unnoticed. He wears a dirty and stained custom crafted button-up vest of scavenged jean clothing that he has to take off when shifting. This vest is embroidered on the back with wool of an eagle in flight. Along with the vest, he wears a pair of baggy shorts made from soft leather with dangles at the bottoms of traditional native origin. He uses a belt of deer skin to secure it and to hold a sheath for his knife as well as a clothed pouch and leather canteen. On his hands, he wears one brass knuckles and three silver bands on the other. Personality: Benjamin is lawful-neutral. He is afraid to get close to anyone and feels that everyone doesn't like him. He doesn't answer to anyone or anything. On the outside he is not very expressive emotionally or verbally, he likes to keep conversations short and to the point. Hidding his emotions from most people causes him to act out on those emotions usually aggressively, but he wouldn't dare hurt anyone he cares about. He hates love, because it hurts, and hates romantic relationships but longs for one. He's broken from a broken childhood of abuse and neglect and often takes after the ways his mother had tried to save him to be but more so the aggressive nature his father was. He is very sympathetic of survivors of abuse and gravitates towards them as broken people gravitate towards one another. He swears alot and is quite arrogant, blunt, and doesn't give two shits about anyone who he doesn't know. He likes to hunt, it's therapeutic for him. He can fight, and often provokes it. He's not real "touchy-feely" but has a sensitive side and only shows the slightest bit of vulnerability with the people he trusts most, or if he is under the influence of alcohol. He hates himself but hides it under his arrogance and makes people hate him before they get to know him. He isn't a sexual person and is to awkward to get into a relationship like that anyway. If you have the chance to know him and somehow get close to him he will be loyal to you till the end and will express his loyalty in a follower/soldier type fashion. In short- he is an insufferable prick badass redneck romantically challenged broken child with a sensitive side.
Biography: Ben was born into a broken family living in a slum household in the Maine area. His mother tried to raise him right, but it wasn't long before she died, leaving him and his brothers to the wrath of their drug loving, drunk father. His brothers left before much could happen, as they were older. Ben, however, dealt with his fathers' beatings for most of his young life before his father died of an overdose. Following his fathers' habits, he would drink but never do drugs, he would "never be like his father". He never cared much about anyone as he went hunting and wandering, getting drunk and making a few loner friends here and there to get drunk with and hunt with then forget about. Most of the time he was on his own, though, wandering, pretending not to care when he cares all too much. He's never had a real family or real friends. Hopefully, maybe, someday someone or something will happen to come into his life and change him for the better.
Relations: All are dead or not known to him.


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Definition of Ziggurat. a tower that is tiered and rectangular in shape and occasionally topped by a holy place. Examples of Ziggurat in a sentence. 1. The shape of the ziggurat is very similar to the shape of a pyramid.
ziggurat, pyramidal stepped temple tower that is an architectural and religious structure characteristic of the major cities of Mesopotamia (now mainly in Iraq) from approximately 2200 until 500 bce. The ziggurat was always built with a core of mud brick and an exterior covered with baked brick.
The remains of the ziggurat were rediscovered by William Loftus in 1850. The remains of the ziggurat consist of a three-layered solid mass of mud brick faced with burnt bricks set in bitumen.
: an ancient Mesopotamian temple tower consisting of a lofty pyramidal structure built in successive stages with outside staircases and a shrine at the top also : a structure or object of similar form.
Ans – Ziggurat- The sacred area had the temple tower which was called 'Ziggurat'. The ziggurat was dedicated to the patron god of the city.
Here's the STEM challenge: Students must design a Ziggurat structure that contains a marble run track. The goal of the stem challenge is to create a design that has the longest properly-functioning marble run track. The marble run can travel up, down, around, or inside the Ziggurat structure.
Unlike the Egyptian pyramids, a ziggurat was a solid structure with no internal chambers. An external staircase or spiral ramp provided access to the top platform.
The Ziggurat at Ur has been restored twice. The first restoration was in antiquity. The last Neo-Babylonian king, Nabodinus, apparently replaced the two upper terraces of the structure in the 6th century B.C.E.
Many of the ziggurats have been destroyed over the past several thousands of years. The famous huge ziggurat of Babylon was said to have been in ruins by the time Alexander the Great conquered the city in 330 BC. The ziggurat at Chogha Zanbil is one of the last surviving ziggurats.
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zig·gu·rat | \\ ˈzi-gə-ˌrat \\. : an ancient Mesopotamian temple tower consisting of a lofty pyramidal structure built in successive stages with outside staircases and a shrine at the top also : a structure or object of similar form.
The height is actually speculative, as only the foundations of the Sumerian ziggurat have survived. What we know for sure is that at the top of the ziggurat there was a temple dedicated to the moon god Nanna, the patron deity of Ur and, on the lower levels, there were other rooms, but only priests were allowed on the structure.
— Bridget Alex, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 June 2021 In the children scaling the ziggurat, indulging concrete's imaginative possibilities. — Kelsey Ables, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2021 The meeting was taking place in the shadow of Ur's magnificent ziggurat, the 6,000-year-old archaeological complex near Nasiriyah in southern Iraq.
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A fashion designer from Denmark, Malene Birger has been crowned by MTV Europe as the Fashion Queen in Copenhagen. Moreover, Wear Global nominated Birger's boutique for having the finest decor and design in the city.
Since 2003, she has operated her fashion brand and prior to this, she has been involved in the fashion world since 1989. The same year she studied at Danish Design School. At Jackpot, a company by Carli Gry, she was a fashion designer. Following this, she was the women's wear chief designer at Marc O'Polo in Stockholm. Until 1996, she gained all the experience as she possibly could as well as trained and educated herself about the workings of the fashion industry. A year later, she founded her debut company, Day Birger et Mikkelsen. In addition to this, she created the By Malene Birger label.
Birger became the ambassador of the Danish United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund. In order to raise money for the cause, she designed bags and shirts for selling.
For her design capabilities, she was presented with the Danish Design Award in 2002. She was also given the Guldknappen from Alt for Dummies, a national fashion magazine, in 2004. After one year, she got the Scandinavian Design Award. In 2008, the Malene Birger's company won the brand of the year award by Costume Norway.
Although Birger describes her female customers to be ones who work, are busy and travel, she also believes that every person out there has the freedom to choose from the choice of brands available to her. According to Malene, each woman has her own sense of beauty and she should feel a natural magnetism to the brand.
Malene's personal way of dressing is a blend of modern plus classic basics in her wardrobe, such as black shirt, noir pants, coal-black blazer, dark colored dress and a wool cardigan. She thinks that being classic is forever stylish. Birger feels that people with the most superior styles are the ones who understand that looking charming and impressive is not about following the latest trends. Instead, people should wear what best describes and expresses them – one should mix the new seasons with the old ones to stand out from the crowd.
Birger has always been interested in fashion. She was inspired by her mother's and grandmother's keen observation for fashion. The process of designing and stitching any kind of clothing impressed Malene even though at an early age she didn't know much about it. As a child, she always longed for transformations and this quality of her made her parent berserk. She not only kept changing the furniture settings of her room, but also kept sewing her clothes from old materials. For fun, she wore her grandmothers jewelries, lingerie and shoes and danced.
Malene is no doubt a perfectionist, not just at work but at home as well. As she grew up, her fondness for fashion increased and while taking a formal fashion training, she enjoyed every bit of whatever she learned. She likes to make meaningful things, even the word fun has a serious connotation for her.
In her past time in order to relax, she loves to paint, read about art and keep herself updated in interiors. Her belief is that she needs to develop herself on a personal level so that she can make her business progress.


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Maxon Racing: Two-Race Weekend For Rob Maxon; Rebounds Nicely At Lebanon Valley To Stay In Title Hunt
September 14, 2018 Rob Maxonbobbychalmerspr
POWNAL, VT – As the season winds down, Rob Maxon and his #96 Dane's Auto Parts team has been heating up, with two wins recently at their Saturday night home, the Lebanon Valley Speedway. This past weekend, the team took on two nights of action and came away with solid runs during both.
On Friday night, Rob battled back from two issues in the first turn at Albany-Saratoga, one of which landed him on his roof, to bring home a 17th place finish in the 2018 edition of the Northeast Crate Nationals.
"We had a really good car on Friday night," Maxon said. "It was a lot better than it has been up there this season. We were really good on the outside, started 19th and had gotten to up to 10th. However, that's when all hell broke loose."
While working the outside, Rob went a bit too high in turn one and the rest, as they say, is history.
"The cushion had started to go away," he said. "I got into the corner pretty well but caught a rut between one and two and the car snap-rolled."
Even with flipping his car over, Rob was able to get back into the race and charged as far forward as he could.
"They got me back on my wheels and it was stuck in high gear," he said. "I needed a push to get it out and when I hit the start button, it fired right up so we kept going. It was actually pretty good even after the flip. I was just a little loose off the corners because of the left side body and spoiler damage."
In the end, Rob came home 17th Friday. Then, it was on to Lebanon Valley where the team is in a tight points battle with only two races remaining heading into the night. Rob started in 12th and was working his way forward until a spin by another competitor collected him in turns three and four.
"We had a good run going early but the car was a little tight," he said. "I wasn't able to get the drive we needed to get under people to make passes. I just made a bad decision on the set up for the main event. I should have left it alone after the heat."
Even with the spin and having to go to the rear of the field, Maxon was able to rally to finish ninth on the evening. He now sits fourth in points, but is just a mere 15 markers behind leader Whitey Slavin heading into Championship night this Saturday at the Valley of Speed.
"We're going into Saturday just like it's any other night at Lebanon," he said. "We're going there to bring home the win."
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Songs for Ophelia by Theodora Goss
Sara Cleto and Brittany Warman
Issue: 23 March 2015
Theodora Goss's poetry collection Songs for Ophelia is, in many ways, a paradox. It is compact yet sprawling; readable but deceptively complex; delicate, even spare, yet commanding and rich in imagery; Romantic, with a nineteenth-century sensibility but relevant and contemporary. As Catherynne Valente says in "A Weaponized Elegance," her introduction to the collection, "Goss's language fits together like gems in a complex crown, a diadem of images and motifs, resting gently on the head, but with a deceptive weight. Ethereal willows . . . ponds, moors, woods couple with moments of intensely human, domestic realism . . . to create achingly genuine scenes" (p. xiv). Valente uses three words—otherworldly, delicate, and elegant—as touchstones to describe Goss's poetry, noting how it reclaims and revitalizes these characteristics, too often considered too feminine (and therefore negative), to create quietly powerful verse. As Valente acknowledges, "Women who write, most particularly those who write poetry and prose that dances with poetry at the town hall every Friday night, are often critically caged in that pretty prison of otherworldly, delicate, elegant" (p. xiii), and while Goss embraces this aesthetic, her words "tap the heart with a hundred tiny blows of a glass-maker's hammer until it shatters" (p. xiv).
Theodora Goss is one of the most exciting writers working with the fantastic today—a composer of both poetry and short stories, her work is representative of the stereotype-shattering directions the fantastic genres have been moving in over the past several years. Drawing upon and playing within the realms of fantasy, science fiction, folk literature, and weird fiction—always with a literary sensibility—Goss deftly bends genre. Her poetry has been nominated for the Rhysling Award several times, winning in 2004 for "Octavia is Lost in the Hall of Masks" (Mythic Delirium), and in 2008 her short story "The Singing of Mount Abora" (Lightspeed Magazine) won the World Fantasy Award. A collection of her work has been long awaited and this one does not disappoint.
Songs for Ophelia is divided into four sections—Spring Songs, Summer Songs, Autumn Songs, and Winter Songs. While the poems are collectively linked through recurrent themes, language, and references to a mythic, haunting willow tree, each song season has its own distinct tone. "Spring" is largely concerned with the new and uninitiated. In "The Elf King's Daughter," a poem evocative of the English ballad tradition and fairy lore, Goss invites you,
Mortal, [to] stare
at her small feet shod in leaf-green velvet
her small hands pale and fay
among the wood anemones
in early May (p. 6)
Echoing the poetry of William Blake, innocence wars quietly with lived wisdom as Goss's spring trembles on the edge of experience.
Goss's skill with structure, meter, and rhythm is also apparent from this first section. Several poems demand to be read aloud. "What the Ogre Said" trips across the tongue in a particularly pleasing way—
Call to me, darling,
I'll make you an answer
you cannot despise,
the wildest romancer
with loveliest lies
inspired by your eyes,
surprisingly charming,
my pretty, my starling,
my sorrowful prize (p. 9)
The "Summer" songs are livelier and more daring, with a violent edge to them. In "The Ophelia Cantos," one of our favorite poems in the collection, Goss offers a critical yet poignant reflection on the trend of men painting Hamlet's doomed lover, in which the virginal, objectified girl regains her subjectivity:
surrounded by the water-lily stems
her face appears an enigmatic mask:
a drowned Medusa in her snaking hair.
The lilies gape around her like pink mouths
telling us nothing we can understand (p. 39)
That which is unknowable, particularly with regard to nature, is a theme of several poems here, including another standout of this section, "The Stones by the Stream." In this balladic poem, a woodsman attempts to impose a particular vision of femininity upon a fae woman, only to realize, too late, that she cannot be known or tamed.
The "Autumn" section carries a sense of warning, the chill of death in the air, but the poems remain robust, in love with life and new experiences. Among our favorites of this section are the "Red Riding Hood" retelling "What Her Mother Said," in which Little Red's mother advises her, "When the wolf finds you, remember:/ be courteous, but evasive. No answer/ is better than a foolish one" (p. 66), and "The Witch" where supernatural power is tempered by loneliness, impracticality, and forgetfulness.
The collection ends with Goss's "Winter" songs: cold, frosty poems that often imagine the warmth of the spring to come. In "The Bear's Daughter," for example, the child of Beauty and her bear-beast wanders through her father's silent, icy castle and "dreams of the south . . . she dreams of pomegranates and olive trees" (p. 100). "Winter Scene," however, more fully embraces the soft enchantment of winter itself in a dreaming, short poem that recalls the end of James Joyce's short story "The Dead."
The recurring motif of the willow tree serves many functions in the collection. It is suggestive of witches and witchcraft, and more generally, of feminine power. The willow tree, often associated with grief, has been used by many authors to signify impending tragedy and death for female characters—notable Shakespearean examples include Ophelia and Desdemona. In her poems Goss acknowledges this literary/historical trope but reclaims the willow as a feminine source of strength.
The folkloric resonances throughout the collection are strong and varied. Goss brings new life to very old stories—"Beauty and the Beast," "The Children of Lir," ideas of phantom lovers and ghostly brides, mythology from various cultures, and more. She often gives voice to the "otherworldly" and marginalized, to the characters that have been silenced in traditional lore, instilling both her poetic aesthetics and subjects with a quietly feminist slant. "The Witch-Wife," for example, links a woman's freedom to being a witch, a fact which does not escape her entirely earth-bound husband. Equally striking is the way in which Goss's poetry seems to frequently be in conversation with that of the nineteenth century. Goss has a PhD in English literature, a fact made apparent by her insightful responses to some of the most famous work of the Romantic and Victorian periods. One of the best examples of this is the piece "Vivian to Merlin," in which she speaks from Vivian's perspective and completely rewrites the story Alfred Lord Tennyson presents in his own, well-known "Merlin and Vivien" of 1859. In this poem, instead of casting Vivian as a heartless temptress responsible for Merlin's downfall, Goss absolves her of blame and reveals the truth of her love for the wizard. Indeed Goss's choice to spell "Vivian" with an "a" seems to be an early indication that the woman of this poem will not be the woman we think we know. The poem "Lucy" offers a similar revision, evoking William Wordsworth's "Lucy poems" and throwing a quite different spin on them. While Wordsworth's Lucy has no subjectivity—his "Lucy poems" explore the poet's memories of an idealized young girl after her death—Goss's Lucy is active and vital: "Far off in the towns the men are dreaming in their degrees/ but above the forest the death's-head of the moon sails on and sees/ Lucy, laughing and prancing among the dancing trees" (p. 79). Goss also alludes slyly to Keats's "Ode on a Grecian Urn," noting how the scene is like "animated . . . artwork on an urn"—but here "truth" and "beauty" are the province of exuberant life rather than eternal stasis (p. 78).
Though Goss's poetry is richly informed by folklore and the work of her nineteenth-century predecessors—and there is something undeniably nostalgic and distantly "once upon a time" about her verse—her poetry is also distinctly her own. She reworks traditional themes and materials with conscientious innovation, bestowing her own "otherworldly, delicate, and elegant" perspective while re-imbuing the familiar images with new strength.
Sara Cleto and Brittany Warman are PhD candidates at the Ohio State University, where they specialize in folklore and nineteenth-century literature. They are also creative writers—their work can be found or is forthcoming in Apex, Goblin Fruit, Ideomancer, and others. They blog at saracleto.com and brittanywarman.com.
© Copyright 2015 Sara Cleto and Brittany Warman
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package org.hibernate.envers.test.integration.proxy;

import javax.persistence.EntityManager;

import org.junit.Test;

import org.hibernate.ejb.Ejb3Configuration;
import org.hibernate.envers.test.BaseEnversJPAFunctionalTestCase;
import org.hibernate.envers.test.Priority;
import org.hibernate.envers.test.entities.onetomany.ListRefEdEntity;
import org.hibernate.envers.test.entities.onetomany.ListRefIngEntity;
import org.hibernate.proxy.HibernateProxy;

/**
 * Test case for HHH-5750: Proxied objects lose the temporary session used to
 * initialize them.
 *
 * @author Erik-Berndt Scheper
 *
 */
public class AuditedCollectionProxyTest extends BaseEnversJPAFunctionalTestCase {

    Integer id_ListRefEdEntity1;

    public void configure(Ejb3Configuration cfg) {
        cfg.addAnnotatedClass(ListRefEdEntity.class);
        cfg.addAnnotatedClass(ListRefIngEntity.class);
    }

    @Test
    @Priority(10)
    public void initData() {
        EntityManager em = getEntityManager();

        ListRefEdEntity listReferencedEntity1 = new ListRefEdEntity(
                Integer.valueOf(1), "str1");
        ListRefIngEntity refingEntity1 = new ListRefIngEntity(
                Integer.valueOf(1), "refing1", listReferencedEntity1);

        // Revision 1
        em.getTransaction().begin();
        em.persist(listReferencedEntity1);
        em.persist(refingEntity1);
        em.getTransaction().commit();

        id_ListRefEdEntity1 = listReferencedEntity1.getId();

        // Revision 2
        ListRefIngEntity refingEntity2 = new ListRefIngEntity(
                Integer.valueOf(2), "refing2", listReferencedEntity1);

        em.getTransaction().begin();
        em.persist(refingEntity2);
        em.getTransaction().commit();
    }

    @Test
    public void testProxyIdentifier() {
        EntityManager em = getEntityManager();

        ListRefEdEntity listReferencedEntity1 = em.getReference(
                ListRefEdEntity.class, id_ListRefEdEntity1);

        assert listReferencedEntity1 instanceof HibernateProxy;

        // Revision 3
        ListRefIngEntity refingEntity3 = new ListRefIngEntity(
                Integer.valueOf(3), "refing3", listReferencedEntity1);

        em.getTransaction().begin();
        em.persist(refingEntity3);
        em.getTransaction().commit();

        listReferencedEntity1.getReffering().size();

    }

}

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After completing his studies in 2013 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2013, Drew Binsky decided to move to South Korea and teach. Armed with a double degree in Economics and Entrepreneurship with a double major degree Drew did the unthinkable and moved to South Korea to become a teacher of English. The latter didn't sit well with his parents. While commenting on his move, Drew's father said;
"With two degree my son ran off to teach English in another country?"
On the other hand, his mother Ellen was surprised by his son's decision since she didn't expect his son would ever move to work abroad. While commenting on his son's decision, Ellen said;-
"You know we are very traditional we send our kids to university, and we expect them to come back to Arizona armed with their degree and join their colleagues in the corporate sector. I didn't expect my son will move and work outside the US."
Though his parents were against the idea of him moving to South Korea to teach English, his career took a different turn. From teaching English, Drew translated to a blogger and progressed to making short travel videos. The latter has led to him creating awesome videos that have granted him 500 million views online. Within two years Drew had made a name for himself built a brand, and now he is reaping from his decision of venturing off and starting something new.
Drew Made $154,000 from His Marketing Avenues
Through his marketing activities online and brand partnerships Drew was able to make $154,000 last year which is much more than what most people in the corporate sector make. For Drew being an influencer for firms such as Booking.com and pushing their advertising pieces of YouTube and Facebook was beneficial for him leading to him making $154,000 last year. Though his salary varies from time to time, his earnings can be at highs of $30,000 while on the lower side $1,000. The latter goes hand in hand with the number of views got from a video with more views leading to high returns. Though Drew motivation doesn't revolve on making money his passion is on traveling.
During his travels, while making travel videos, Drew tries his best to keep his traveling expenses on the lower side to break even when it comes to making profits. So far he has traveled to 163 countries worldwide. However, he plans to create one video per day.
"It takes hard work commitment and perseverance." Drew "You can't just wake up in the morning and poof you are a professional golfer after one PGA tour. It's the same to me as a content creator. I can't make it overnight after one successful video."
Drew Success Came After A Few Years
While overseas, Drew first worked as a teacher turn blogger but went into content creation later on where he had a travel blog up and running. At first, the travel blog didn't pay much. Alongside running the blog, Drew also posted videos of his travels across the globe on his Snapchat account. His breakthrough came when he posted videos of his trip from North Korea and got 10 million views from his posts leading to his career taking off.
With his success evident in his finances from last year which stood at $154,000 questions such as when are you coming back to look for a job in the corporate sector from his mother are now a thing of the past. His parents Ellen and Danny have now accepted that their son isn't getting a job in the corporate sector anytime soon to the point that his father Danny said;-
"It's astonishing how the current generation is figuring things out, five, six, ten years ago what my son is currently doing didn't exist at all."
Although at first, his parents weren't of the idea of their son moving abroad, through their son they have also been able to travel overseas. "We had never left the US, but now we are traveling to places such as Thailand and Vietnam. The travels have opened our lives to various cuisines, cultures, and areas." Ellen.
Social media is a new avenue that is giving firms together with individuals a channel to generate income through promoting businesses which leads to them generating revenue from these activities. On the other hand, it's helping individuals such as Drew create a brand which turns to a business leading to them making an income from their marketing services. For Drew through marketing other businesses and posting his travel videos has helped him generate $154,000 last year. Now he has a brand coined out of his name Drew Binsky. As his parents accept what he is currently doing it makes him happy and also motivates him to work harder.
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The Passover Story for Kids (mini-sode)
For centuries, families have used a book called the Haggadah, to tell the story of Passover and pass down the traditions and lessons of the story to their children, relatives, and friends.
Because there is explicit suffering and death in the Passover narrative, it is not always an easy story to tell. In this mini-episode special, PJ Library shares a simple, sweet, child-friendly version of the story of Passover, adapted from Exodus.
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The story of Passover is not just a story. It's a collective remembrance of the Jewish people, passed down for generations. The tale itself starts with an act of forgetting: The new pharaoh of Egypt has forgotten about the history of Joseph and the Israelites in his country, and now he sees them as outsiders. This act of forgetting sets in motion a terrible saga of slavery. Reading the story reinforces a key teaching of the Torah (the first five books of the Bible): Treat the stranger fairly, because you were once slaves in Egypt. Here are a few other versions of the story to enjoy with your family.
Browse other Jewish children's books about Passover
The main ritual of Passover is the seder, a carefully choreographed meal held on the first two evenings of the holiday. The seder is designed to provoke questions from children and to provide an opportunity for telling the story of how the Israelites were redeemed from slavery and given the gift of the Torah.
Here are some great ways to involve kids during the seder:
5 Ideas for a Child-Friendly Seder
Acting It Out: An Awesome Kid-Friendly Seder Idea
Getting Kids Involved During Passover
Planning a Child-Friendly Seder
Printable Paper Passover Scene
Teaching Kids to Say the Four Questions
Have I Got a Story For You is a production of PJ Library
Executive producers: Meredith Lewis, Alli Thresher
Director: Alli Thresher
Additional production: Craig Rossein
Website design: Christina Rizer
Audio editing, mixing and mastering: Peter Moore
Theme music: Penelope Alizarin Conley
Score: Peter Moore
Recorded at Palace of Purpose Studios in Malden, MA.
Cover art: Barb Bastian
Narrator, Rita Toomey: Madelaine Ripley
Story Narration: Rachel F. Hirsch
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If you want more stories like these, then sign up for PJ Library, and we will send your child an age-appropriate, expertly curated Jewish children's book every month.
PJ Library is a free program for families raising Jewish children from birth through 12 years old, offering books that capture kids' imaginations with fun characters and vibrant illustrations. PJ Library stories are a fun, easy way to share Jewish culture and values with your child.


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