| |  When in Greece the revolutionaries evolute to common criminals by Thanos Kalamidas
The last few months Greece manages to become headlines all around the world and not for good reason all the time. It was the economic failure and now it is the murder of a known journalist and blogger in the early morning hours on the 19th of July | |
| |  Greek report by Euro Reporter
Reforms face legal testThe government faced fresh opposition to its planned pension and labour reforms yesterday, from within its own ranks and beyond, as the Court of Audit said at least five provisions in the proposed change | |
| |  The IMF's shadow by Thanos Kalamidas
It looks like the minute the International Monetary Fund put a foot in Greece cannot keep away from Europe and now with a new force warns Spain – they called it concerns - for problems and the time has come for some radical measures to ensur | |
| |  The Greek blaming game by Thanos Kalamidas
Let’s talk about football! I would love to write that and spend the next hour talking about the Europe league, the last games and my favourite football persona José Mourinho but …but the telephone rings and it is some friends from | |
| |  The Greeks and Europe by Prof. Francesco Tampoia
"Today there are no more Frenchmen, nor Germans, nor Spaniards, nor Englishmen. There are only Europeans” G. G. Rousseau, 1772. Some years ago, New York Times, Daniel Mendelsohn as usual in a fascinat | |
| |  Greek talking by Thanos Kalamidas
Even though I’m really proud to be Greek there are times like this last week that I feel really sad for the country I born and embarrassed for what people say for the country that mothered the western civilization. And when Finland’s M | |
| |  Conquered Europe by Dr. Gerry Coulter
In 146 B.C. Rome brought Greece to its knees and within half a century Greek culture (especially its philosophy and science), had permanently changed Rome. Hence the quip: “Rome conquered Greece – but Greece conquered Rome”. W | |
| |  Amarynthos raping justice (in Greek) by Thanos Kalamidas
Τις τελευταίες βδομάδες το ΔΝΤ και η κακομοιριά | |
| |  Greece's financial landmarks by Thanos Kalamidas
Greece is a country reference with historical landmarks not only for the nation but for the whole globe. Great battles, strangles for independence, freedom and democracy, the beginnings of philosophy and science, master personas, inspiring acts. A | |
| |  Nazis occupy Athens by The Ovi Team
27th April 1941; Nazis take and occupy Athens in Greece. Although Metaxas admired Mussolini and Hitler, he was a patriot. When, through the agency of his ambassador in Greece Mussolini demanded the right of Italian soldiers to enter Greek territor | |
| |  Chios Massacre by The Ovi Team
The Chios Massacre refers to the slaughter of tens of thousands of Greeks on the island of | |
| |  A handicap union and a trebling future by Thanos Kalamidas
In an extended survey lately in Norway about possible candidacy of the countr | |
| |  Greek Independence by Thanos Kalamidas
March 25th for the Greek people is a very special day and a dual celebration. On this day in 1821 the Greeks began a revolution against the Ottoman Empire that led to freedom and independence after 400 years of occupation and for the Greek Orthodo | |
| |  Father Andrew's church by Thanos Kalamidas
I’m not a religious person, on the contrary – and I have mention it often bef | |
| |  Greek report by Euro Reporter
Obama Invites PapandreouThe financial crisis and the way Greece is tackling its debt, the US-Greece bilateral relations, the Greco-Turkish relations, Cyprus, the issue of the FYROM name along with energy issues and the situati | |
| |  The Euro-tragedy by Thanos Kalamidas
And the talk about the Greek economy continues but it seems that nobody cares to listen the Greek prime minister or the Greek citizens, something that makes you wander what really is going on with the Euro and the European economy in general. | |
| |  The forced suicide of Socrates by The Ovi Team
On 15th of February, 399 BC the philosopher Socrates stood before a jur | |
| |  Greek report by Euro Reporter
PM talks tough but EU may offer helpPM George Papandreou committed his government to taking any measures necessary to fix Greece’s public finances, after being buoyed by the support he received from French President Nico | |
| |  Nikos Kavvadias by The Ovi Team
Nikos Kavvadias born in January 11, 1910 and he was a poet and writer; currently | |
| |  Greek report by Euro Reporter
Budget set for green lightGreece’s 2010 budget, which is aimed to start chipping away the country’s soaring deficit, was due to be passed through Parliament last night following further arguments between PASOK and | |
| |  The dance of Zalongo by The Ovi Team
The term Dance of Zalongo (Greek: Χορός του Ζαλόγγου Horós tou Zalóngou) refers to an event in Greek history, and to a popular dance song commemorating this event | |
| |  George Seferis' Nobel Prize by The Ovi Team
December 10th 1963, George Seferis awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature "for | |
| |  The lost dignity of the Greek media by Thanos Kalamidas
Η απόσταση που με χωρίζει με την Ελληνική δημοσ | |
| |  Some are bound to guard Thermopiles by Thanos Kalamidas
A few weeks ago a young reporter from Greece contacted me, asking for an interview for a documentary for the Greek television regarding the events of the Athens Polytechnic in the 70s. The email was kindly written and showing a good professiona | |
| |  Athens Polytechnic uprising by The Ovi Team
The Athens Polytechnic uprising in 1973 was a massive demonstration of popular rejection of the Greek military junta of 1967-1974. The uprising began on November 14, 1973, escalated to an open anti-junta revolt and ended in bloodshed in the ear | |
| |  Heroes and non-heroes by Anna Oistros
Ήρωες και ... αντιήρωες του Πολυτεχνείου | |
| |  Några är tvungna att vakta Thermopiles by Thanos Kalamidas
För några veckor sedan kontaktade en ung reporter från Grekland mig och bad om en intervju för en dokumentärfilm för grekisk tv angående händelserna i Atens yrkeshögskola (Athens Polytechnic) på | |
| |  Odysseus Elytis by The Ovi Team
Since the last few days we are talking about Nobel Prizes, a Greek poet Odysseus Elytis , was awarded the Literature Nobel Prize and it was announced on the 18th of October 1979, exactly 30 years ago. | |
| |  The Greek day after by Thanos Kalamidas
Days before the Greek national election I wrote an article emphasizing that the result of this election is very critical for all the major political parties in Greece and the period that is going to follow might change the Greek political scene | |
| |  Greek report by Euro Reporter
Greek voters seek clear directionAcross Europe, pundits are declaring the death of socialism, but, on the eve of a general election, opinions polls suggest Greeks may buck this trend, and vote the left-wing opposition PASOK | |
| |  An answer for the Greek election by Thanos Kalamidas
Living abroad means I only reach the latest news from Greece through friends or through the internet, and I have to admit that internet is a real luxury to somebody who has experienced life abroad for decades. To give you an example when I live | |
| |  Debating Greek democracy by Thanos Kalamidas
Watching the debate between the leaders of the six main Greek parties one night and then a day after watching another debate between the two main opponents – Prime Minister K. Karamanlis and opposition leader G. Papandreou – I have | |
| |  Alexander the Great by The Ovi Team
September 20th supposed to be the date of birth for the Ancient Greek General, Alexander the Great. So some brief information for the great conqueror and king. Alexander III of Macedon, popularly known as Alexander | |
| |  Greek report by Euro Reporter
Election countdown: PASOK's 100-day agenda | |
| |  Mountain lobsters and the fall of Karamanlis by Thanos Kalamidas
Reading in the news about the Greek Prime Minister’s resignation, and call for national elections, I was fascinated to find out that everybody connected the early resignation with the summer wildfires and the disastrous way the government | |
| |  Greece on election fire (in Greek) by Thanos Kalamidas
Εάν το Πανελλήνιο Σοσιαλιστικό Κόμμα και ο αρχ | |
| |  Athens on fire ...again! by Thanos Kalamidas
This is not the first time, nor the second or the third; all my adult life I remember fires in the summer. The only thing that has changed is that we used to call them forest fires, and now we call them wildfires; there is no forest left! If pe | |
| |  Greek Report by Euro Reporter
President briefed on immigration agendaThe course of Greece's migration policy was the topic of discussion between President Karolos Papoulias and Interior Minister Prokopis Pavlopoulos this week. | |
| |  Greek report by Euro Reporter
The appropriate time to return the Parthenon Sculptures to Greece | |
| |  Blog's anonymity and a Greek prosecutor (in Greek) by Thanos Kalamidas
Βρε παιδιά τι παίρνετε εκεί στην Ελλάδα και δεν | |
| |  The Parthenon Sculptures and the Acropolis museum by Thanos Kalamidas
Parthenon is a global monument and a symbol of western civilization. Parthenon stands in the middle of Athens, the city that took its name from the goodness protector of culture and education for 24 centuries. It will always be there, incised in t | |
| |  Greek Report by Euro Reporter
Rally Acropolis with Finn at the finish lineMikk | |
| |  Greek report by Euro Reporter
Immigration policyTravelling to Norway and Sweden (June 9-10), Foreig | |
| |  Greek Report by Euro Reporter
EU anti-doping conferenceThe city of Athens is hosting the first EU conference o | |
| |  A Greek president in Helsinki (In Greek) by Thanos Kalamidas
Τελικά ποιός κυβερνάει αυτή τη χώρα; Θυμάται κα | |
| |  Karolos Papoulias by The Ovi Team
Karolos Papoulias was born on June 4th, 1929, in Ioannina, Epirus. His father was Major General Grigorios Papoulias, a member of the heroic military academy class of 1911. He died in September 1936 as a result of the hardships he suffered durin | |
| |  The British Museum: Just do it by Asa Butcher
In the very first issue of Ovi magazine I wrote a letter to Thanos in our | |
| |  Greece from abroad by Thanos Kalamidas
Friends and people I meet for the first time often ask me how I feel about my country after living abroad for so long. The usual answer is schizophrenic and then depending of the person I try to explain the love and hate relationship you build wit | |
| |  Migration in Greece - An open wound (in Greek) by Dimitra Karantzeni
Κοινωνική καταπίεση. Πολιτική εκμετάλλευση. Ρα | |
| |  Greek Report by Euro Reporter
The official visit of the Greek President Dr. Karolos Papoulias to Finland | |
| |  Greek report by Euro Reporter
Greek PM Karamanlis in NicosiaThe European Union is the most effective guarantee for Cyprus's security and for this reason, the existing system of guarantees is superfluous and antiquated, Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis said in N | |
| |  It happened in Athens by Thanos Kalamidas
When the tragic events in Helsinki, Finland unveiled and we all read about the young boy that shot his classmates and teachers in the local school I wrote an article talking about the identity crisis and the chances the new generation has to deal | |
| |  Greek Report by Euro Reporter
The NATO summitThe 60th Summit Meeting of NATO Heads of State and Government took place in Strasbourg on April 3, where Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis met with US President Barack Obama discussed bilateral and international issues on | |
| |  Seferis' denial to dictators by Thanos Kalamidas
It is very difficult to describe to anybody who hasn’t lived something similar, how it was during the Greek military dictatorship in Greece. It is difficult to explain it even to people who have lived dictatorships and when you actually live | |
| |  40 years: Giorgos Seferis & his famous statement (In Greek) by The Ovi Team
Συμπληρώθηκαν το 2000 τα 100 χρόνια από τη γέν | |
| |  European elections - who cares (In Greek) by Dimitra Karantzeni
Τον προσεχή Ιούνιο – και συγκεκριμένα μεταξύ 4 κ | |
| |  The fragile democracy (In Greek) by Dimitra Karantzeni
ΕΛΛΑΔΑ : H ΕΥΘΡΑΣΤΗ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ ΤΩΝ ΗΜΕΡΩΝ ΜΑΣ | |
| |  Prison break a la Grec by Thanos Kalamidas
Over the last few days the whole of Greece has laughed at the latest unbelievable achievement of the Greek government and the security forces. Actually, the Greek police forces have been the target of lot of laughter and tears over the last few mo | |
| |  Denial and guilt by Thanos Kalamidas
It’s like the postman who always knocks twice the way news surrounding the Nazi era hit this last week. I never lived that era, born long after, but my father had very vivid memories since he was a young man during WWII and, of course, other | |
| |  The Olympic Hymn by The Ovi Team
ORIGINAL GREEKΑρχαίο Πνεύμα αθάνατο, αγνέ πατέρα | |
| |  Greek report by Euro Reporter
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| |  Karamanlis: Go home! by Thanos Kalamidas
The only way for hope to survive is to defend these kids and their right to the dream. This is the only thing I can think about over the last few hours while a funeral is under way in Athens - the funeral of a fifteen year-old boy murdered by an i | |
| |  Athens on fire by Thanos Kalamidas
While I’m writing this I’m listening to Greek radio that often interrupts its usual Sunday evening relaxing sports program to have special bulletins with news from the centre; and everything finishes with the prelude that the street fi | |
| |  The Greek monks in business (Greek) by Thanos Kalamidas
Το καλοκαίρι του 1999, το τελευταίο | |
| |  Tatoulis and other Greek stories (In Greek) by Thanos Kalamidas
Ο Τατούλης, ο Σημίτης κ | |
| |  Grèce: les forêts du mont Hymette succombent àl’urbanisation d’Athènes by Newropeans-Magazine
Elle devait former un « poumon de verdure » au sein de la capitale grecque, mais la forêt du mont Hymette est en train de succomber à l’appétit vorace des promoteurs | |
| |  Karamanlis in Salonica by Thanos Kalamidas
Φαντάζομαι ότι τις τελε | |
| |  A silent martyr by Thanos Kalamidas
Most likely most of you have no idea what it means to live under a dictatorship and I really hope none of you will ever experience anything even close to it. How can you defend your self against dictators who would arrest a ten-year-old boy and th | |
| |  Drama, Northern Greece by Citronella
Some photos from Citronella, all from northern Greece around the city Drama.For the full Drama, Northern Greece Exhibition, click | |
| |  Turkey's EU future and Greece (In Greek) by Dimitra Karantzeni
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| |  Scandals and Media ...in Greek by Dimitra Karantzeni
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| |  Greek Report by Euro Reporter
Government’s green agendaTop government figures, including what appeared to be half the Cabinet, yesterday expressed their commitment to curbing pollution and dealing with climate change on World Environment Day. Environment and | |
| |  Wicked is the world by Trol
Somehow it is expected among fellow Greeks that as a Greek myself I would feel some particular attachment to the Aegean Sea, enough to exclude any other destination for my summer vacation, while I personally have often preferred and favoured other | |
| |  Reforestate, if you dare (in Greek) by Dimitra Karantzeni
Αυτή θα μπορούσε κάλλιστα να είναι η εντο | |
| |  EU's Regional Policy and Kurdish Question by Europe & Us
The Republic of Turkey has a credibility problem regarding solutions to the Kurdish question. Accepting Kurds as interlocutors seems difficult for those ruling elites whether they are old-style Kemalists or new-fa | |
| |  Missing Alex - A Greek thriller (in Greek) by Dimitra Karantzeni
Τα νέα έκαναν το γύρω του κόσμου… O Άλ | |
| |  Some thoughts on the Greek fires (In Greek) by Dimitra Karantzeni
Το περυσ | |
| |  Hooligans & Youth (Greek) by Dimitra Karantzeni
«Βάνδαλα άτομα που βιαιοπραγούν στο όνομ | |
| |  It Was All Greek to Me by Clint Wayne
Back in the summer of 2004 I found myself, like a lot of my fellow football compatriots, cheering on the Greek National team as they took on the hosts Portugal in the European Nations Football Final. Of course you understand that this had absolut | |
| |  100 history and one misery that must go! by Thanos Kalamidas
Too many times over the last few years I have written articles about the lethal responsibility of the billionaire owners of football teams and their potential to destroy the world’s most popular sport. Without any real sense of their acti | |
| |  Whither Democracy in America? Part 3: Myths and Lessons of Athenian Democracy by Dr. Habib Siddiqui
In 1871, Walt Whitman, the great poet of America, wrote, "We have frequently printed the word democracy, yet I cannot too often repeat that it is a word the real gist of which still sleeps, quite unawakened, notwithstanding the resonan | |
| |  A survey with many edges (in Greek) by Thanos Kalamidas
Πριν από λίγες μέρες έγραψα για τον Τσίπρα με το | |
| |  A Short Story of Greek DIY Punk Passion by Zorba the Freak/Sakaflias
Once upon a time there were two guys. One (Zorbas) lived in the capital of Greece while the other one (Sakaflias) came from a little corner of the Greek countryside called Trikala. For many years they had been unawar | |
| |  Blogs, sex and lies by Thanos Kalamidas
Η Ελληνική κυβέρνηση του κ. Καραμανλή όλο | |
| |  Greek Reporter by Euro Reporter
Skopje just like UK! Athens and Skopje have about two weeks to respond to the latest UN proposals for resolving their dispute over what the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (Fyrom) will be called. UN mediator Matt | |
| |  The Tsipras phenomenon (in Greek) by Thanos Kalamidas
Καιρό τώρα σκέφτομαι να γράψω κάτι για το | |
| |  When I had enough (in Greek) by Thanos Kalamidas
Όταν πριν από ένα χρόνο περίπου αποφάσιζ | |
| |  The Siemens Connection by Thanos Kalamidas
Reading the financial news for the last few years I get the strong feeling that fraud and scandals have become the most common issue between big companies and I suppose that’s another sign of globalization. Coming to globalization, putting a | |
| |  Long live the new archbishop! (in Greek) by Thanos Kalamidas
Ο θάνατος του Αρχιεπισκόπου Αθηνών Χριστ | |
| |  Turkey: Karamanlis, Al Bashir and Alliances Of Civilizations by Europe & Us
A visit to Turkey for a Greek prime minister must have been the most troublesome. In fact Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis was barely able to make the visit that had been announced in 2005. Or since 1959, when Greece's legendary polit | |
| |  Spinaloga: The graveyard of Hansen's disease by Thanos Kalamidas
Off the shores of Crete there is a small island that symbolizes a very old embarrassing story, not only for Greece, but for the whole world and that’s why you will not find long reports or historical facts in any encyclopedia. Spinaloga is a | |
| |  Reporters in crisis (in Greek) by Thanos Kalamidas
Δημοσιογραφία σε κατάσταση υστερίας. | |
| |  Greek report by Euro Reporter
A DilemmaGreece’s leading transport experts are divided over whether politicians should risk unpopularity and introduce congestion charges in cities that suffer traffic problems. A professor has said that any “poli | |
| |  Suicide justice (Greek) by Thanos Kalamidas
Πριν τα Χριστούγεννα έγραψα ένα άρθρο με | |
| |  Comical, but tragic (In Greek) by Thanos Kalamidas
Πριν από λίγες μέρες με επισκέφτηκε Έλληνας που | |
| |  Grece: mobilisation de la rue contre la reforme du regime des retraites by Newropeans-Magazine
Devant les initiatives de Costas Karamanlis, le Premier ministre grec, qui souhaite réformer rapidement le régime des retraites, la société grecque se mobilise. D’importantes manifestations sont prévues le mercred | |
| |  Greek Report by Euro Reporter
Pensions not under threat People’s pensions will not be reduced as a result of the reforms the government wants to introduce; Employment and Social Security Min | |
| |  A memory from the Polytechnic in Athens by Thanos Kalamidas
Η πορεία του 1980 για το Πολυτεχνείο, ήταν η τε | |
| |  Andreas, we lost by Thanos Kalamidas
Ανδρέα ...χάσαμε! Με έκπληξη και χωρ | |
| |  A tragedy by Thanos Kalamidas
I have often mentioned that I grew up and met adulthood during one of the darkest times of the Modern Greek history, during the seven years of the military dictatorship. And I have often said that it is very difficult to d | |
| |  Thucydides - The Historian by Jack Wellman
Many feel the birthplace of history was Ancient Greece. If that is true, the child prodigy was Thucydides. The word 'history' comes from the Greek historia, and liter | |
| |  Greek elections (in Greek) 3/3 by Thanos Kalamidas
Το τι συμβαίνει αυτή τη στιγμή στο ΠΑΣΟΚ ε | |
| |  Greek elections (in Greek) 2/3 by Thanos Kalamidas
Για την παρουσία του κυρίου Καρατζαφέρη τ | |
| |  Fires...in Greek by Thanos Kalamidas
Τελικά είτε μου αρέσει είτε όχι, νιώθω υποχρεωμ | |
| |  Greek-report by Euro Reporter
Attica’s worst fire in decades The worst forest fire in more than a decade ravaged some 3,000 hectares of Mount Parnitha, one of the few oases of g | |
| |  Discriminative fan... (in Greek) by Romanos Dragasis
Από την περασμένη Πέμπτη στην Ελλάδα - και με αφο | |
| |  Motive ...football (in Greek) by Thanos Kalamidas
Όταν μοναδική πηγή πληροφόρησης από την | |
| |  Media made in Greece (In Greek) by Thanos Kalamidas
Σκοπός μου ήταν πάντα να γράφω κείμενα στ | |
| |  It is all ...Greek by Thanos Kalamidas
Τελικά αυτό που μας ενώνει στην Ελλάδα δε | |
| |  Sofia's Letters from London #4 by Sofia Gkiousou
Coming from a Mediterranean country, the first thing you realise about London is that it’s difficult to get accustomed to the food. Even for me, a dedicated cook of Greek cuisine and experimental fusion (which | |
| |  Posa einai ta arthra? by Thanos Kalamidas
Πόσα είναι τα άρθρα; Αγαπητοί συν | |
| |  The Antikythera Mechanism by Louie Parsons
A computer in antiquity would seem to be an anachronism, like Athena ordering takeout on her cellphone, but a century ago pieces of a strange mechanism with bronze gears and dials were recovered from an ancient shipwreck off the coast of Greece. | |
| |  Caffeinated: Countryside VS the City by Giorgos Vrachliotis
The longest traffic jam I’ve ever seenCountryside VS the CityRight now I’m travelling through some forests returning to the city from a weekend at my parents house in Corfu island and I’m th | |
| |  Caffeinated: Congratulations suckers! by Giorgos Vrachliotis
Congratulations suckers!You succeeded in making me flee this shithole. In other words, a short intro-duction to the Greek higher education system.The basic idea...... or at least what it | |
| |  Thirty-three years of duty! by Thanos Kalamidas
It must be over two years ago, since a known Iranian editor-director in Finland was showing off to some office girls saying that he’s an experienced commander because, during the Iran-Iraq war, he was a captain | |
| |  What did the Finn see? by Thanos Kalamidas
Αγαπητοί συντρεχαλητές στις skate-λεωφό | |
| |  28th of October in Greece, the OXI day by Anna Oistros
Πίσω από τους πολέμους υπάρχουν άνθρ | |
| |  What happened with BLOGME.gr by Thanos Kalamidas
Το κείμενο που ακολουθεί είναι αυτο | |
| |  Local elections with European colour by Ergo te Lina
In the municipality of Vamos (Chania-Crete), the pre-elections speeches and pamphlets were also in English because many of the assembled voters of Vamos emanate from countries inside the European Union and have the right to vote in the elect | |
| |  Football terrorism? by Thanos Kalamidas
Here I was listening to the game in total concentration, the Serbians had the ball and I started to worry, the goalkeeper catches and I take a deep breath. Wednesday night and I am following my national team on the r | |
| |  The shame is always with us by Ergo te Lina
Mehmet Ali Birand’s text is translated from Turkish by Ergotelinen Click here to read the original Turkish text. | |
| |  Hiç unutamam. by Ergo te Lina
Click here to read the article in English. 50 yıl önce İstanbul’da yaşananların canlı t | |
| |  Nikos Kazantzakis: The truth of an alleged excommunication by Anna Oistros
For over fifty years since his death, everybody believed that the Nobel Prize winning Greek author Nikos Kazantzakis had been excommunicated from the Greek Orthodox Church. This was not true. | |
| |  Passion for the Christ by Asa Butcher
A few hours ago I completed my first Nikos Kazantzakis’ novel and a few minutes ago, while researching some details for this review, I started reading it again. This novel marked a number of other firsts for me, I had never read any Greek li | |
| |  Spicing up history by Asa Butcher
Pepper...is hot and scorches, just like the sunSalt...is used as needed to spice up one's lifeCinnamon...is bitter and sweet, just like a womanMy experience with Greek films begins with Zorba the Greek | |
| |  Καρυκεύοντας την ιστορία by Asa Butcher
Σκηνοθεσία και σενάριο Τάσος Βουλμέτης | |
| |  Kitten Stevens by Thanos Kalamidas
Does the name Yusuf Islam say anything to you? You might have read something about this name a few months ago when the FBI and American customs forbid him entry to the US because he had suspected links with | |
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