Netherlands: Court considers civil lawsuit request against Netanyahu's challenger Gantz
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Gaza-born Ismail Ziada, who lost six relatives in a 2014 Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip, is seeking compensation from former chief of staff of Israeli military and now main opponent of the President Benjamin Netanyahu in the general elections, Benny Gantz, in The Hague, on Tuesday.
I was shot at a very close range with a rubber coated metal bullet in the head. I witnessed another boy being shot in the head next to me, dying on the spot, said Ziada about his encounters with Israeli army.
Benny Gantz's lawyer Thom Dieben argued that the 2014 Operation Protective Edge was to protect Israeli people from the rocket attacks [that were coming] from the Gaza Strip in the direction of Israel.
For the death of his mother, three brothers, sister-in-law and 12-year old nephew Ziada is allegedly seeking €536,600 ($592,200) compensation.
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???? French and Dutch Fishermen are Getting Worried About Brexit! ????
As it becomes clearer that the UK will be taking back control over its sea areas, the Dutch and French fishermen are getting concerned about the potential loss to their livelihoods.
Speaking on the Marr Show on BBC 1 this morning, Michael Gove, the Environment Secretary, said that no foreign fishing vessels will be allowed to fish within the 6-12 mile limit around the UK and that once the 200 mile exclusive economic zone was re-established we would have control over who could fish in our waters outside of the 12 mile limit.
This will of course impact on EU fishermen, especially the Dutch and French, who have come to rely on ready access to these areas. And they are getting understandably worried that Brexit will mean they have little or nothing left.
Putting the politics aside for a moment, there is of course a human element to this. Those fishermen and their families could be hard hit by Brexit, but this should not impact on the UK’s sovereign right to control her own waters. But it’s how we choose to manage the resurgence of UK fishing and the decline of foreign fishing operations in our waters that is all important.
Let’s remember that we had to manage the decline in activity of our own British fishing fleets that hit our coastal communities so hard over the past few decades, so it is achievable.
Also, I don’t remember many in the rest of the EU, or even amongst our own political classes, shedding a tear for our fishermen and their families as they laid up their boats or scrapped them. No, they were eagerly sacrificed at the altar of the great European Union experiment.
At the end of the day though, as a sovereign island nation, we should be enforcing all our international rights to the limits - or we risk losing them. We should not give up one inch on our exclusive economic zone. Our fishing rights are also an integral part of our nation’s food security, something that should not be treated lightly.
Wouldn’t it be great to see our ports, harbours and markets once again filled with the vibrancy of a growing and successful fishing industry feeding our people and helping our balance of trade by selling our fish into the European Union countries and further afield.
Another piece in the jigsaw of rebuilding an independent UK is being put into its rightful place.
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UK Votes To Leave EU - What Now - BBC News - by roothmens
The European Union (EU) is a politico-economic union of 28 member states that are located primarily in Europe. It covers an area of 4,324,782 km2 (1,669,808 sq mi), with an estimated population of over 508 million. It operates through a hybrid system of supranational and intergovernmental decision-making. Its institutions are the European Council, the Council of the European Union, the European Parliament, the European Commission, the Court of Justice of the European Union, the European Central Bank, and the European Court of Auditors.
The EU has developed an internal single market through a standardised system of laws that apply in all member states. Within the Schengen Area, passport controls have been abolished. EU policies aim to ensure the free movement of people, goods, services, and capital, enact legislation in justice and home affairs, and maintain common policies on trade, agriculture, fisheries, and regional development. The monetary union was established in 1999 and came into full force in 2002. It is composed of 19 member states that use the euro as their legal tender.
The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) and the European Economic Community (EEC), formed by the Inner Six countries in 1951 and 1958, respectively. In the intervening years, the community and its successors have grown in size by the accession of new member states and in power by the addition of policy areas to its remit. The Maastricht Treaty established the European Union under its current name in 1993 and introduced European citizenship. The latest major amendment to the constitutional basis of the EU, the Treaty of Lisbon, came into force in 2009.
Covering 7.3% of the world population] the EU in 2014 generated a nominal gross domestic product (GDP) of 18.495 trillion US dollars, constituting approximately 24% of global nominal GDP and 17% when measured in terms of purchasing power parity. Additionally, 26 out of 28 EU countries have a very high Human Development Index, according to the United Nations Development Program. In 2012, the EU was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Through the Common Foreign and Security Policy, the EU has developed a role in external relations and defence. The union maintains permanent diplomatic missions throughout the world and represents itself at the United Nations, the World Trade Organization, the G8, and the G-20. Because of its global influence, the European Union has been described as a current or as a potential superpower.
The United Kingdom voted in a referendum on 23 June 2016 to leave the EU.
After World War II, European integration was seen as an antidote to the extreme nationalism which had devastated the continent. The 1948 Hague Congress was a pivotal moment in European federal history, as it led to the creation of the European Movement International and of the College of Europe, where Europe's future leaders would live and study together. 1952 saw the creation of the European Coal and Steel Community, which was declared to be a first step in the federation of Europe. The supporters of the Community included Alcide De Gasperi, Jean Monnet, Robert Schuman, and Paul-Henri Spaak.
In 1957, Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and West Germany signed the Treaty of Rome, which created the European Economic Community (EEC) and established a customs union. They also signed another pact creating the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) for co-operation in developing nuclear energy. Both treaties came into force in 1958.
The EEC and Euratom were created separately from ECSC, although they shared the same courts and the Common Assembly.
On 20 February 2016, British Prime Minister David Cameron announced that a referendum on the UK's membership of the European Union would be held on 23 June 2016, following years of campaigning for a referendum principally by the UK Independence Party. Debates and campaigns from the 20 February by parties for both Remain and Leave, focused on concerns regarding trade and the single market, security and migration. On 24 June 2016, the result of the referendum revealed that the UK voted to leave the European Union, with many in the Union shocked by the decision. The UK remains a member, but will begin negotiations that would last up to a maximum of two years according to the Lisbon Treaty, but will ultimately lead to an eventual exit from the Union.
Police escort for King and Queen of The Netherlands down St George's Terrace in Perth
Merkel comments on nuclear security summit and Ukraine; leaders photo
World leaders gathered on Tuesday for a group photo on the second day of the Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague.
The talks in the Dutch city are focused on bilateral co-operation on nuclear security and non-proliferation.
While the summit serves as the official purpose for the visit of several leaders to the Netherlands - including US President Barack Obama - the thrust of their diplomatic efforts is still focused on Ukraine.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel commented on the crisis on Tuesday.
She noted Russia's failure to adhere to the 1994 Budapest Memorandum - a document signed by the US, Britain and Russia in order to guarantee Ukraine's territorial integrity after it had surrendered its share of Soviet nuclear arsenals to Russia.
The fact that Russia, as a nation that has committed itself to the protection of the territorial integrity, particularly for Ukraine, has now violated this territorial integrity in that way, certainly is internationally a very bad example, Merkel said. I hope this will not set an example for others, but that danger is there.
Addressing the purpose of the two-day summit, she said that the question of nuclear security is far more than that of weapons and military goods.
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4K - ROTTERDAM City - the Netherlands 2019 #3
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Alongside Porto, Rotterdam was European Capital of Culture in 2001. The city has its own orchestra, the Rotterdam Philharmonic, with its well-regarded young music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin; a large congress and concert building called De Doelen; several theaters (including the new Luxor) and movie theatres; and the Rotterdam Ahoy complex in the south of the city, which is used for pop concerts, exhibitions, tennis tournaments, and other activities. A major zoo called Diergaarde Blijdorp is situated at the northwest side of Rotterdam, complete with a walkthrough sea aquarium called the Oceanium.
Rotterdam features some urban architecture projects, nightlife, and many summer festivals celebrating the city's multicultural population and identity, such as the Caribbean-inspired Summer Carnival, the Dance Parade, Rotterdam 666, the Metropolis pop festival and the World Port days. In the years 2005–2011 the city struggled with venues for popmusic.[citation needed] Many of the venues suffered severe financial problems. This resulted in the disappearance of the major music venues Nighttown and WATT and smaller stages such as Waterfront, Exit, and Heidegger. Currently the city has a few venues for pop music like Rotown, Poortgebouw and Annabel. The venue WORM focuses on experimental music and related cutting edge subcultural music. There are also the International Film Festival in January, the Poetry International Festival in June, the North Sea Jazz Festival in July, the Valery Gergiev Festival in September, September in Rotterdam and the World of the Witte de With. In June 1970, The Holland Pop Festival (which featured Jefferson Airplane, The Byrds, Canned Heat, It's a Beautiful Day, and Santana) was held and filmed at the Stamping Grounds in Rotterdam.
There is a healthy competition with Amsterdam, which is often viewed as the cultural capital of the Netherlands. This rivalry is most common amongst the city's football supporters, Feyenoord (Rotterdam) and Ajax (Amsterdam). There is a saying: Amsterdam to party, Den Haag (The Hague) to live, Rotterdam to work. Another one, more popular by Rotterdammers, is Money is earned in Rotterdam, distributed in The Hague and spent in Amsterdam. Another saying that reflects both the rivalry between Rotterdam and Amsterdam is Amsterdam has it, Rotterdam doesn't need it.[citation needed]
In terms of alternative culture, Rotterdam had from the 1960s until the 2000s a thriving squatters movement which as well as housing thousands of people, occupied venues, social centres and so on From this movement came clubs like Boogjes, Eksit, Nighttown, Vlerk and Waterfront. The Poortgebouw was squatted in the 1980s and quickly legalised.
Rotterdam is also the home of Gabber, a type of hardcore electronic music popular in the mid-1990s, with hard beats and samples. Groups like Neophyte and Rotterdam Terror Corps (RTC) started in Rotterdam, playing at clubs like Parkzicht.
The main cultural organisations in Amsterdam, such as the Concertgebouw and Holland Festival, have joint forces with similar organisations in Rotterdam, via A'R'dam. In 2007 these organisations published with plans for co-operation. One of the goals is to strengthen the international position of culture and art in the Netherlands in the international context.
On 30 August 2019, it was announced by the European Broadcasting Union and Dutch television broadcasters AVROTROS, NOS & NPO, that Rotterdam will host the Eurovision Song Contest 2020, following the Dutch victory at the 2019 contest in Tel Aviv, Israel with the song Arcade, performed by Duncan Laurence. The contest will take place at the Rotterdam Ahoy, with the semi-finals taking place on 12 & 14 May 2020 and the final taking place on 16 May 2020. This will be the first time that Rotterdam has hosted the contest, and the first time The Netherlands has hosted the contest since 1980, when it was hosted in The Hague.
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SA to address ICC's assembly of state parties
Justice and Correctional Services Minister, Michael Masutha
will address the meeting of the Assembly of State Parties in The Hague in the Netherlands tomorrow on South Africa's decision to withdraw from the International Criminal court. South Africa's Constitutional Court today dismissed an application by the opposition Democratic Alliance to have direct access in a bid to challenge government's withdrawal from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court - a decision welcomed by the minister. The court found that the matter did not invoke the jurisdiction of the court, and that it was not in the best interests of justice for the court to hear the matter at this stage.
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Dutch Flat Hotel - HD1080
Soon after taking the Dutch Flat exit off of I-80, you’re driving through the peaceful streets of Dutch Flat and finding the restful seclusion you were after. Dutch Flat was once one of the richest gold mining towns in the state and is now home to a quiet, small community of permanent residents who choose to live here for the slower pace of life.
The Dutch Flat Hotel and Event Center is at the heart of this community. The first floor was built in 1852, and it operated as a hotel until it was abandoned in the 1970s. Recently renovated by new owners, modern convenience now meets historical accuracy. The hotel features all new electrical wiring, plumbing, a septic tank, water fixtures, a heating system, pillowtop mattresses and support beams to make this Old West hotel feel like home -- plus it’s now ADA compliant.
The hotel’s decor brings together the rough, Old West feel with the softer Victorian touch. Three ski resorts and the city of Auburn are within 30 minutes driving distance. The current owners are now unable to operate the hotel due to other obligations, so this turnkey business is ready for a new owner.
Stepping into the hotel for the first time, guests walk across the original hardwood floors and enter the lobby. The open fireplace warms the toes of new arrivals and is a gathering place for guests.
As part of the renovations, the Dutch Flat Hotel is now equipped with a full commercial kitchen ready to serve guests and the community. The modern setup includes two ovens, a commercial pizza oven, a large flat griddle, 6 stove top burners and three separate sinks. There is also ample shelving, cabinet storage, and modular counter space.
Breakfast is served in the comfortably elegant dining room for guests to start their day. Two bathrooms are nearby for the convenience of guests. Just next to the dining room is a more casually decorated sunroom where guests can sip tea at the cafe-style tables and take in the sunshine.
The Dutch Flat Hotel has six guest rooms available, each with its own bathroom: the Blue Sky Room (ADA compliant), Mountaintop Room , Bordello Room, Golden Drift Room, Puccini Room and Family Suite.. All rooms have new Stearns & Foster pillow-top mattresses, ceiling fans and modern bathroom fixtures, and all but the Blue Sky room have clawfoot tubs with shower heads.
On the third floor are two private bedrooms and a game room. Plumbing has been installed for a small kitchen, making it simple to convert. With adjustments to the handrailing on the third-floor porch, guests could make use of this space.
Cultivated tiers in the grassy back area are popular spots for wedding ceremonies and receptions. A wooden stage was recently built in the back with 150-year-old grape vines draped across the top; it has been used for music, wedding ceremonies and more.
Last used as the innkeeper’s quarters, a nearby cabin features an open floor plan, a recently renovated interior and a modern gourmet kitchen.
FOLLOW THE TRAM in The Hague ( den haag )
just a short vid of the tram in The Hague , it has got his own lane where other traffic is not allowed , except for public busses and sometimes taxis. Watch for the left or right entrance or exit , maybe a bit confusing , but you'll get used to it.
The Milosevic Trial, Day 2 (2-13-2002 part 1)
The war crimes trial of Slobodan Milošević, the former President of Yugoslavia, at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) lasted from February 2002 until his death in March 2006. Milošević faced 66 counts of crimes against humanity, genocide and war crimes committed during the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s. He pleaded not guilty to all the charges.
On 11 March 2006, Milošević was found dead in his prison cell in the UN war crimes tribunal's detention centre, located in the Scheveningen section of The Hague, Netherlands.
Dramatic moment police shoot knifeman at dutch airport
Dramatic moment police shoot knifeman at dutch airport
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UK Referendum - David Cameron Resigns As British Prime Minister - by roothmens
The European Union (EU) is a politico-economic union of 28 member states that are located primarily in Europe. It covers an area of 4,324,782 km2 (1,669,808 sq mi), with an estimated population of over 508 million. It operates through a hybrid system of supranational and intergovernmental decision-making. Its institutions are the European Council, the Council of the European Union, the European Parliament, the European Commission, the Court of Justice of the European Union, the European Central Bank, and the European Court of Auditors.
The EU has developed an internal single market through a standardised system of laws that apply in all member states. Within the Schengen Area, passport controls have been abolished. EU policies aim to ensure the free movement of people, goods, services, and capital, enact legislation in justice and home affairs, and maintain common policies on trade, agriculture, fisheries, and regional development. The monetary union was established in 1999 and came into full force in 2002. It is composed of 19 member states that use the euro as their legal tender.
The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) and the European Economic Community (EEC), formed by the Inner Six countries in 1951 and 1958, respectively. In the intervening years, the community and its successors have grown in size by the accession of new member states and in power by the addition of policy areas to its remit. The Maastricht Treaty established the European Union under its current name in 1993 and introduced European citizenship. The latest major amendment to the constitutional basis of the EU, the Treaty of Lisbon, came into force in 2009.
Covering 7.3% of the world population] the EU in 2014 generated a nominal gross domestic product (GDP) of 18.495 trillion US dollars, constituting approximately 24% of global nominal GDP and 17% when measured in terms of purchasing power parity. Additionally, 26 out of 28 EU countries have a very high Human Development Index, according to the United Nations Development Program. In 2012, the EU was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Through the Common Foreign and Security Policy, the EU has developed a role in external relations and defence. The union maintains permanent diplomatic missions throughout the world and represents itself at the United Nations, the World Trade Organization, the G8, and the G-20. Because of its global influence, the European Union has been described as a current or as a potential superpower.
The United Kingdom voted in a referendum on 23 June 2016 to leave the EU.
After World War II, European integration was seen as an antidote to the extreme nationalism which had devastated the continent. The 1948 Hague Congress was a pivotal moment in European federal history, as it led to the creation of the European Movement International and of the College of Europe, where Europe's future leaders would live and study together. 1952 saw the creation of the European Coal and Steel Community, which was declared to be a first step in the federation of Europe. The supporters of the Community included Alcide De Gasperi, Jean Monnet, Robert Schuman, and Paul-Henri Spaak.
In 1957, Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and West Germany signed the Treaty of Rome, which created the European Economic Community (EEC) and established a customs union. They also signed another pact creating the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) for co-operation in developing nuclear energy. Both treaties came into force in 1958.
The EEC and Euratom were created separately from ECSC, although they shared the same courts and the Common Assembly.
On 20 February 2016, British Prime Minister David Cameron announced that a referendum on the UK's membership of the European Union would be held on 23 June 2016, following years of campaigning for a referendum principally by the UK Independence Party. Debates and campaigns from the 20 February by parties for both Remain and Leave, focused on concerns regarding trade and the single market, security and migration. On 24 June 2016, the result of the referendum revealed that the UK voted to leave the European Union, with many in the Union shocked by the decision. The UK remains a member, but will begin negotiations that would last up to a maximum of two years according to the Lisbon Treaty, but will ultimately lead to an eventual exit from the Union.
Geert Wilders Won't Win - The System Will Stop Him
Geert Wilders may be leading in the polls, but his most cunning enemy hasn't even been discussed yet. The Dutch electoral system forces coalition governments, and Wilders and his PVV cannot hope to form a coalition based on the likely success of his political opponents. Not only will PM Mark Rutte’s VVD refuse to co-operate with Wilders, but so will many other establishment parties.
Furthermore, unless Wilders can gain the support of influential parties like CDA, SP, PvdA or D66, the right-wing populist won’t even be given the opportunity to try to form government. The Dutch system allows the Tweede Kamer to bypass the largest party in the lower house and allow smaller parties to attempt to form government first. This means that while the PVV may have the largest number of seats in the Dutch parliament, Wilders could be robbed of becoming the next Prime Minister of the Netherlands. As a result, its highly unlikely Wilders will be the next Dutch PM, and the European Union can stress more about Le Pen instead.
Reaction from Tripoli to ICC arrest warrants
(27 Jun 2011)
1. Wide of news conference
2. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Mohamed Al Qamudi, Libyan Justice Minister:
This court is nothing but a cover for the military operations of NATO. NATO that tried time and again and declared it frankly that it would assassinate the brother leader and his family. These actions of NATO are themselves crimes against humanity, crimes that the ICC (international criminal court) should tackle and deal with. And this is a good opportunity for us to declare that the Libyan state will indeed prosecute NATO for his crimes committed in Libya.
3. Cutaway of cameraman
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Khaled Aaim, Libyan Deputy Foreign Minister:
The ICC's claims to international jurisdiction and judicial independence are in any instance questionable, where not simply false. The court's approach has been marred by obvious double standards and endemic judicial irregularities. The ICC has become the European equivalent of the US tribunal of the Guantanamo Bay.
5. Wide of news conference
STORYLINE:
Senior Libyan government officials reacted on Monday to news that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants for leader Moammar Gadhafi, his son and his intelligence chief for crimes against humanity.
Judges have announced that Gadhafi is wanted for orchestrating the killing, injuring, arrest and imprisonment of hundreds of civilians during the first 12 days of an uprising to topple him from power after more than four decades, and for trying to cover up the alleged crimes.
The warrants turn Gadhafi, his son Seif al-Islam Gadhafi and intelligence chief Abdullah al-Sanoussi into internationally wanted suspects.
The court order raises pressure on the Gadhafi regime, already targeted by daily air strikes, and NATO clearly hopes it will encourage key allies to abandon him.
But it also gives Gadhafi less incentive to accept a peaceful settlement that would see him leave power, something he has shown no indication of doing, because of the subsequent threat of arrest.
This court is nothing but a cover for the military operations of NATO. NATO that tried time and again and declared it frankly that it would assassinate the brother leader and his family. These actions of NATO are themselves crimes against humanity, crimes that the ICC (international criminal court) should tackle and deal with, Mohamed Al Qamudi, Libyan Justice Minister, said at a news conference.
This is a good opportunity for us to declare that the Libyan state will indeed prosecute NATO for his crimes committed in Libya, Al Qamudi added.
The court in The Hague, Netherlands, lacks police powers, and the force most likely to arrest Gadhafi appears to be the rebels battling to oust him.
Gadhafi's regime rejected the court's authority and dismissed the charges as politically motivated.
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Promyki Krakowa: film dokumentalny [ENG/DUTCH SUBS]
Movie with English/Dutch subtittles!
Film dokumentalny, zawierający unikalne nagrania archiwalne, wywiady z członkami zespołu oraz z jego założycielką, Romą Krzemień.
Film składa się z 3 części:
Część 1: Początki zespołu 0:09
Część 2: Promyki Krakowa w Holandii 5:38
Część 3: Promyki Krakowa - więcej niż zespół 44:59
Nagrania zrealizowano w latach 2013 - 2017
Scenariusz i reżyseria:
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Kamery:
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Judyta Ćwik - Wójcikowska
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Montaż:
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Napisy polskie i angielskie:
Tomasz Kruczek
Napisy holenderskie:
Jacob Beeksma
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Operation Torch (8–16 November 1942, formerly Operation Gymnast) was an Anglo–American invasion of French North Africa, during the North African Campaign of the Second World War. Torch was the debut of the mass involvement of US troops in the European–North African Theatre.
The Soviet Union had long pressed the US and British to start operations in Europe and open a second front, to reduce the pressure of German forces on the Red Army. While US commanders favored Operation Sledgehammer, a landing in Occupied Europe as soon as possible, British commanders believed that it was premature and likely to end in disaster and proposed landings in French North Africa. On 28 July, the Axis Afrika Korps, under General Erwin Rommel, captured Mersa Matruh, in Egypt, only 140 miles (230 km) from Alexandria.
Landings in north-west Africa would reduce pressure on Allied forces in Egypt, secure Allied naval control of the south-west Mediterranean and enable an invasion of Southern Europe in 1943. The U.S. President, Roosevelt, suspected that such landings would rule out an invasion of western Europe in 1943 but agreed to support the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
Senior US commanders remained strongly opposed to the landings and after the western Allied Combined Chiefs of Staff (CCS) met in Washington on 30 July, General George Marshall and Admiral Ernest King declined to approve the plan. Roosevelt gave a direct order that Torch was to have precedence over other operations and was to take place at the earliest possible date, one of only two direct orders he gave to military commanders during the war.
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