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STUDENTS' E-MAIL NEWS FROM CZECH REPUBLIC
Faculty of Social Science of Charles University
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C A R O L I N A No 311, Friday, December 4, 1998.
FROM THE EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK (November 25 - December 2)
Parliament Approves Budget
The government's revised budget with a deficit of 31 billion crowns
was approved November 25 by Parliament's Chamber of Deputies. It passed
on its first reading with 113 deputies from 200 in favor: the governing
Social Democrats (CSSD), the Communists (KSCM) and all but two of the
Christian Democrats (KDU-CSL). There were 82 deputies against from the
Civic Democratic Party (ODS) and the Freedom Union (US). The original
budget, with a deficit of 26.8 billion crowns was rejected by Parliament
in the middle of October.
The budget assumes 574.1 billion crowns of income and 605.1 billion
crowns of expenses. The budget's specific disbursements will be
discussed January 12. During the interim the government will follow the
budget passed last week. According to economists, the increase in
investments from last year is a good sign, but where the government
invests will be decisive.
Prime Minister Milos Zeman said he was satisfied with the vote's
result, but a disappointed Parliament Chairman Vaclav Klaus (ODS) said
that changes from the original version were only cosmetic.
Klara Nedvedova/Sofia Karakeva
Farmers Block Transportation, Agriculture Minister Meets with EU
Farmers protested against the import of subsidized pork from EU
countries November 27 by blocking roads throughout the country. The
blockade, which surprisingly did not include Prague, caused long lines
on the country's roads.
Czech farmers are convinced that domestic agricultural producers
cannot compete with the subsidized goods - particularly pork - from the
EU. The sharp decline of pork prices internationally caused a reduction
in European producers' sales and the EU responded with an export subsidy
which reduced prices further. According to the Ministry of Agriculture,
Czech pork producers have lost 675 billion crowns. The farmers' blockade
was the climax of a series of attempts to make the government and the
public aware of the situation. An earlier blockade on the Prague-Brno
D1 highway saw the farmers loose a herd of pigs on the road. The pig
parade ended in front of the Office of the Government, the Straka
Academy.
Minister of Agriculture Jan Fencl discussed this problem with EU
Agriculture Commissioner Franz Fischler November 30 in Brussels and
December 1 he met in Bonn with his German counterpart, Karl-Heinz Funk
(Germany is the biggest exporter of pork to the Czech Republic). The
discussions will continue December 7.
Zuzana Janeckova, Pavel Novotny/Sofia Karakeva
Last NATO Member Ratifies Expansion
The Senate of the Dutch Parliament December 1 approved membership
of the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland in the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization. The ratification process, which requires the consent of
all 16 member states, thus came to an end. According to Czech Foreign
Minister Jan Kavan, the Czech Republic, as well as Poland and Hungary,
also have to meet minimal NATO military standards. He said the Czech
Army will be ready to join NATO at the beginning of March at the
earliest.
Jan Moravek/Milan Smid
Architect Jan Kasl New Prague Mayor
After weeks of negotiations to form a coalition for Prague City
Hall, 47-year-old architect Jan Kasl became the new mayor of Prague
November 26. A coalition agreement between the Civic Democratic Party
(ODS) and the Social Democrats (CSSD), which gives them a majority in
City Hall, allowed ODS to occupy the post of mayor. Kasl is not
a newcomer to local politics - from 1990-94 he served on the City
Council.
Kasl was elected mayor after negotiations with the second strongest
party in City Hall, the Freedom Union, broke down. The November 25
resignation of former Mayor Jan Koukal (ODS), who admitted he would not
have the support to be elected again, did not mean resolve the
ODS-Freedom Union disputes. Other candidates for mayor were Union leader
and former Environment Minister Martin Bursik and Communist Miroslav
Ransdorf. Bursik was not willing to take the same step as Koukal, which
essentially blocked the formation of an ODS-Union coalition.
ODS banded together with the Social Democrats in spite of the fact
that its election campaign was based on enmity towards the
post-Communists - one ODS slogan was We Will Not Give Them City Hall.
Various coalitions came into being in other cities which elect
a mayor. ODS and the Social Democrats formed a coalition in Hradec
Kralove, with the participation of independents. A coalition of
right-wing parties with the Social Democrats will continue in Ostrava.
A completely different situation occurred in Olomouc and Ceske
Budejovice, where ODS won the elections but will not rule because
coalitions were formed by the Social Democrats, Freedom Union and the
Christian Democrats, joined by the Communists in Ceske Budejovice.
The only left-wing coalition between the Social Democrats and the
Communists was formed in Havirov.
On the contrary, the right wing will keep the city halls for itself
in Brno, Karlovy Vary, Usti nad Labem, Liberec, Pardubice and Zlin.
Marketa Kaclova/Denisa Vitkova
Government Submits Suspicious Privatization Cases for Review
Starting in 1999, the Supreme Control Office (NKU) will investigate
questionable privatizations cases, public tenders and management of
state finances and subsidies submitted by the Social Democrat government
November 26.
There are 20 companies on the list of privatization cases,
including CKD Blansko, the Trinec Ironworks, Crystalex Novy Bor and the
Janske Lazne State Health Institution. The Supreme Control Office should
review management of the Interior Ministry's Medical Insurance Company,
Sazka, Phare Fund and some school institutions, as well as the upholding
of regulations by private schools and the public tender for the Army's
information system. The activities of the Czech Republic's Land Fund
should also be reviewed.
It is not clear whether NKU will actually investigate the submitted
cases, because it is an independent office which the government cannot
control. The NKU has its own plan for investigation which, according to
NKU spokeswoman Julie Sebelova, will take into consideration the
government's submissions.
Pavlina Hodkova/Denisa Vitkova
David Rath Elected Head of Czech Physicians' Chamber
David Rath was elected president of Czech Physicians' Chamber (CLK)
November 28 in Olomouc at its 8th general meeting. Rath, chairman of the
Physicians' Union Club (LOK) received 234 votes from the 403 delegates
voting in the second round. Rath, known foremost as the organizer of
doctors' protests and strikes, defeated Ivan Vonek, the head of
hematology in Ceske Budejovice.
Rath's success might be connected with the fact that the doctors
were dissatisfied with the approach of former President Bohuslav
Svoboda, who was head of the organization since 1992. He could only be
elected to two terms, according to the chamber rules.
Helena Rognerova, director of Prague's Faculty Hospital Motol,
said, "The doctors elected a man who is a guarantee of more intensive
action." Rath, 32, supports for the most unified stance of all medical
organizations and common pressure to correct problems in the healthcare
system. He promised to promote the chamber's interests in intensive
negotiating with the health minister, to improve physicians' standing
with insurers and to support patient payments for extra services.
Michaela Prokopova/Jan Martinek
No D8 Expressway in Foreseeable Future
The Ministry of the Environment refused to grant permission for the
completion of the D8 expressway. The D8 was planned to be a part of the
route from Prague to Dresden. The most problematic leg lies between
Lovosice and the small village of Rehlovice and goes through the
protected nature preserve of Ceske stredohori.
Ecologists agree with the ministry's decision, but the Czech Roads
and Highways Central Office and communities close to the planned route
are disappointed. Usti nad Labem Mayor Ladislav Hruska said it is
essential to finish the highway for the further growth of the city and
northern Bohemia.
Their appeal will be judged by the ministry's Appeals Commission,
but the last word belongs to Environment Minister Milos Kuzvart. Kuzvart
is under pressure from some communities, construction companies and also
some colleagues from the ministry, who support the finishing of the
highway. He will also have to consider German interests, which count on
the Czech highway connecting with the planned German route through
Dresden.
Alena Smrzova, Tomas Kohout/Jakub Jirovec
Police Arrest 11 Skinheads
Police arrested 11 neo-Nazis after a Czech skinhead rally November
28. They were accused of supporting and propagating ideas leading to the
repression of human rights and freedom.
The skinheads had reserved a restaurant (Lidovy dum) in the small
village of Stahlavy in Pilsen (Plzen) County. More than 100 policemen
and two special units waited in the Pilsen train station and accompanied
them to Stahlavy. The skinheads were officially attending a concert; one
of the groups was Flag (Vlajka), which has had problems with the police
because of its fascist lyrics. Police inspected the skinheads and
arrested 11 who had Nazi symbols on their sleeves.
The rally ended two hours later than planned. There were no other
incidents.
Radan Dolejs/Jakub Jirovec
NEWS IN BRIEF
* Irenej Kratochvil, deputy director of the National Security Office,
was appointed director of the Office for the Documentation and
Investigation of Communist Crimes December 1. He will replace Marian
Gula, who resigned November 15 after causing a traffic accident while
driving under the influence.
* The Czech government decided to stop privatization of medical
facilities for five months. Flaws in previous privatizations were the
reason given for the step by Health Minister Ivan David.
* The Czech and Slovak Defense Ministers Vladimir Vetchy and Pavol
Kanis signed an agreement on technical cooperation November 30.
* Slovak Culture Minister Milan Knazko met his Czech counterpart
Pavel Dostal in Prague November 30. They agreed on the further
development of the Czech-Slovak cultural cooperation, and their
intention was included in the signed protocol which should substitute
for the Czech-Slovak Culture Treaty, which still has not come into
existence.
* Vice Miss Czech Republic Alena Seredova (whose name means something
approximating ugly) finished in the top 10 in the Miss World
competition. She took the place of Miss Czech Republic Katerina
Stocesova because Stocesova's English was not as good as Seredova's.
Stocesova won the Queen of the World competition in Germany, which took
place at the same time. The Czech media and public displayed a great
deal of interest in the pageants.
Marketa Lajdova, Vladimir Vorechovsky/Linda Kholova, Lenka Nejezchlebova
FROM SLOVAKIA
Kovac to Run for Re-Election
Former Slovak President Michal Kovac confirmed his intention to run
again for the presidency. "Yes, it is my final decision that I am going
to run for re-election as the president of Slovakia," said Kovac
November 24. The popular election of the president will be held in the
spring.
Kovac's sudden decision throws the government's plans into chaos.
The government coalition, supported by Kovac during the general
elections, has agreed to support Rudolf Schuster, chairman of the
coalition's smallest party, the Party of Civic Understanding (SOP).
Veronica Macias/Zuzana Janeckova
ECONOMY
Merger of Pilsener and Radegast Called off
The announced merger of the two largest Czech breweries, Pilsener
Urquell (Plzensky Prazdroj) and Radegast Nosovice will not happen.
Japanese owner Nomura withdrew its third proposal for merger from the
Office for the Protection of Economic Competition.
Nomura, through IMP Finance, holds a majority in both breweries. In
rejecting an earlier merger proposal, the office ordered Nomura to sell
its majority in one of the breweries. Nomura is negotiating the sell its
60-per-cent share in Radegast with Holland's Heineken and Britain's
Bass.
Petr Kupec/Zuzana Janeckova
Exchange Rates at the Czech National Bank
(valid December 4)
country currency
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Australia 1 AUD 18.869
Belgium 100 BEF 87.902
Great Britain 1 GBP 50.440
Denmark 1 DKK 4.771
ECU 1 XEU 35.552
Finland 1 FIM 5.965
France 1 FRF 5.408
Ireland 1 IEP 45.958
Italy 1000 ITL 18.311
Japan 100 JPY 25.685
Canada 1 CAD 19.671
Luxemburg 100 LUF 87.902
IMF 1 XDR 42.078
Hungary 100 HUF 13.841
Netherlands 1 NLG 16.093
Norway 1 NOK 4.086
New Zealand 1 NZD 15.889
Poland 1 PLN 8.656
Portugal 100 PTE 17.691
Austria 1 ATS 2.578
Greece 100 GRD 10.746
Germany 1 DEM 18.130
Slovakia 100 SKK 83.716
Slovenia 100 SIT 18.835
Spain 100 ESP 21.318
Sweden 1 SEK 3.759
Switzerland 1 CHF 22.242
USA 1 USD 30.238
CULTURE
Group 42 Exhibit at City Library
Fifty years have passed since the end of the artistic collective
Group 42, but its first retrospective exhibit has just opened at the
Prague City Library. The exhibit presents a cross-section of Group 42's
works, including photographs, paintings and illustrations.
The literary and artistic Group 42 was established November 27,
1942. However, its core began to come together in the late 30's around
the painters Frantisek Gross and Frantisek Hudecek, sculptor Ladislav
Zivr and photographer Miroslav Hak. Originally they intended to form
a Surrealist group, but they never came to be. In 1937 Gross, Hudecek,
Hak and Jan Kotik and Jiri Kolar were featured in the First Salon in the
corridors of the E. F. Burian Theater.
The essay The World in Which We Live by critic and theorist
Jindrich Chalupecky became the fundamental ideal of Group 42. It
expresses the idea that "not only through theme, but also through
meaning and goal is art nothing more than the everyday and frightful
drama of man and reality." In Group 42's work reality is comprised by
the city, its inhabitants, machines and periphery (e. g., the painting
Liben Gas Reservoir by Frantisek Gross or The Petrin Observatory by Jan
Smetana).
Their first exhibition was held in the Nova Paka Gallery November
27, 1942. Painters Kamil Lhotak and Jan Smetana joined as new members
then. In 1945 Karel Soucek and youngest member Bohumir Matal joined.
Writers Jirina Haukova and poet Jan Hanc were also members.
In its brief postwar existence Group 42 exhibited abroad - in
Paris, Brussels, Antwerp, Liege in 1946 and in Locarno in 1947. The
impressions from the journey to Paris also appeared in works of members
of Group 42. Group 42's activity came to a close in 1948.
The exhibit in the City Library lasts until February 28.
Katerina Kolarova/Katerina Kolarova
SPORTS
Sparta Will Spend Winter in First Place of Soccer League
The 15th and last round of the Gambrinus Soccer League autumn
session left reigning champion Sparta Praha embedded in first place
before the winter break thanks to better ratio between goals scored and
allowed. It outstripped autumn's biggest surprise, Teplice. Both teams
played their last 1998 matches at home. Sparta defeated Hradec Kralove
without much problem, finishing the first half of the season without
a loss.
Teplice welcomed ambitious Olomouc and defeated it 1-0. The away
team finished the match with nine players and with a defender as goalie.
Eight minutes before the game ended referee Liba sent off Olomouc
goalkeeper Petr Pizanowski for using his hands outside the penalty box.
Because coach Milan Boksa had already used all three possible
substitutions, he could not send a new goalkeeper on the field. National
team defender Milan Kotulek then wore the keeper's gloves and did not
allow a goal.
Results of the 15th round: Sparta - Hradec Kralove 3-1, Teplice
- Olomouc 1-0, Pribram - Liberec 1-0, Ostrava - Opava 1-1, Blsany
- Slavia 2-2, Jablonec - Plzen 2-0, Zizkov - Karvina 1-0, Brno
- Drnovice 3-2.
Josef Koukolicek/Mirek Langer
Gambrinus League Standings after the autumn half-season:
(wins, ties, losses, goals scored and goals allowed, points)
Total Home Away
W T L GS GA PTS W T L GS GA PTS W T L GS GA PTS
1 Sparta 8 7 0 33:11 31 5 2 0 21:4 17 3 5 0 12:7 14
2 Teplice 9 4 2 32:16 31 4 3 1 15:8 15 5 1 1 17:8 16
3 Drnovice 7 6 2 27:19 27 4 4 0 15:9 16 3 2 2 12:10 11
4 Slavia 6 7 2 21:15 25 6 2 0 15:3 20 0 5 2 6:12 5
5 Olomouc 6 6 3 20:18 24 4 3 0 12:7 15 2 3 3 8:11 9
6 Blsany 7 2 6 25:21 23 6 1 0 17:5 19 1 1 6 8:16 4
7 Zizkov 6 3 6 17:23 21 5 2 0 11:6 17 1 1 6 6:17 4
8 Opava 5 5 5 26:28 20 5 3 0 18:11 18 0 2 5 8:17 2
9 Ostrava 3 10 2 20:13 19 3 4 0 13:4 13 0 6 2 7:9 6
10 Brno 4 4 7 16:20 16 3 1 3 8:9 10 1 3 4 8:11 6
11 Hr. Kralove 4 4 7 18:23 16 4 2 2 15:11 14 0 2 5 3:12 2
12 Liberec 3 7 5 15:20 16 2 6 0 11:8 12 1 1 5 4:12 4
13 Plzen 4 3 8 12:23 15 4 3 1 10:7 15 0 0 7 2:16 0
14 Jablonec 3 4 8 16:25 13 3 1 3 9:8 10 0 3 5 7:17 3
15 Pribram 3 4 8 9:20 13 3 1 3 6:6 10 0 3 5 3:14 3
16 Karvina 3 2 10 13:25 11 3 1 4 8:10 10 0 1 6 5:15 1
Nordic Skiing World Cup: Neumannova Wins Gold, Rygl Silver
The new series of the nordic skiing World Cup started with success
by Czech athletes. Katerina Neumannova provided the best result, winning
the 5-kilometer freestyle race in Muonio, Finland. Martin Koukal
finished seventh in the 10-kilometer race.
Ladislav Rygl got the silver in the nordic combined event in
Lillehammer, Norway. He defeated all opponents except the clearly
superior winner of the event, Norway's Bjarte Engen Vik. On the
contrary, the ski jumpers' performance was a disappointment. They had
trouble qualifying for the main competition, Jakub Janda's 17th place in
the middle hill event was their best result.
Jirka Wazik/Mirek Langer
Sarka Kasparkova Jumps for Track and Field Athlete of the Year Title
Triple jumper Sarka Kasparkova was proclaimed the queen of the
Czech track and field November 26. The reigning world champion won two
European silver medals this year: in the Indoor European Championships
in Valencia and in outdoors in Budapest. She managed to end the
traditional men's domination of the track and field throne, becoming the
first woman to win the poll. Her coach, Michal Pogany, won the award as
top coach.
Runner Helena Fuchsova was a big rival of Kasparkova. She also
recorded a very successful season, crowned by a silver medal in the
European Championships in Budapest and by participation in the World Cup
for the European team as the only Czech in the event.
Lukas Vydra finished third, thanks mostly to his bronze in the
800-meter race in the European Championships in Budapest and the Czech
record in the same distance. He also won the Discovery of the Year
category.
According to track and field specialists and sport journalists,
pole vaulter Adam Ptacek was the best junior. He managed to win the only
medal for the Czech Republic in the junior World Championships in
Annecy.
Results of the Track and Field Athlete of the Year Poll:
1. Sarka Kasparkova (triple jump) 1,631 points, 2. Helena Fuchsova
(400 meters) 1,449, 3. Lukas Vydra (800 meters) 1,239, 4. Tomas Dvorak
(decathlon) 1,060, 5. Ludmila Formanova (800 meters) 860, 6. Daniela
Bartova (pole vault) 733, 7. Roman Sebrle (decathlon) 627, 8. Tomas
Janku (high jump) 407, 9. Andrea Suldesova (1,500 meters) 308, 10.
Zuzana Kovacikova-Hlavonova (high jump) 285.
Tomas Kohout and Alena Smrzova/Mirek Langer
Best Handicapped Athletes Meet in Prague Castle
The 10-best handicapped Czech athletes received awards from
President Vaclav Havel during the Czech Paralympic Committee celebration
in Prague Castle's Spanish Hall November 26.
Visually disabled downhill skier Katerina Tepla won the poll. She
won three gold and one silver medal in the Winter Paralympic Games in
Nagano. The executive presidium of the Czech Paralympic Committee
elected 10 deserving athletes without deciding the order. Tepla was
accompanied by Radim Beles (track and field), Jolana Davidkova and
Martin Zvolanek (table tennis), Ivana Kumpostova, Vera Stillnerova and
Lukas Urbanek (swimming), Roman Musil (cycling), Sabina Rogie (downhill
skiing), Zdenek Sebek (archery).
Katerina Kolarova/Mirek Langer
Hockey Extraleague: Slavia in Deep Crisis
Slavia Praha found itself in a crisis for the first time this
season. Zlin scored 10 goals on Slavia in the 24th round and then Sparta
finished them off by deciding the Prague intracity derby by five goals
in nine minutes of the first period. "We are in crisis, as soon as we
allow a goal our defensive system, which was our pride before,
collapses," assistant coach Ladislav Slizek said. The match between
Prague teams was attended by 12,000 spectators.
Although Trinec remains third in the standings, club management
fired coach Alois Hadamczik because of conflicts with general manager
Tomas Herstus. Jaroslav Jagr, coach of the French club LKL Grenoble,
became Hadamczik's successor.
Two goalkeepers managed feats of derring-do as they each assisted
a goal - Opava's Pavel Cagas in a game against Ceske Budejovice and
Vsetin's Roman Cechmanek in a game against Sparta. Karlovy Vary's
gunpowder was evidently wet, as the team failed to score in two
consecutive matches, including the western-Bohemian derby against Plzen.
On the contrary, Litvinov improved, beating Plzen for the first
time in more then three years. Since that game Litvinov's roster has
been toughened up by 1985 world champion Miloslav Horava, who played for
the Slovak team in Zvolen. Another world champion, Michal Sykora,
finished his association with the NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning. He refused
a relegation to the club's farm team and the club stopped paying him. He
preferred to return home. "We closed a deal with Sparta in five minutes,
the other teams really had no chance," Sykora said after signing
a four-year contract.
Results of the 24th round: Karlovy Vary - Plzen 0-3, Vsetin
- Sparta 3-1, Vitkovice - Opava 3-0, Ceske Budejovice - Litvinov 1-1,
Jihlava - Trinec 2-1, Pardubice - Kladno 3-1, Slavia - Zlin 5-10.
Results of the 25th round: Sparta - Slavia 6-0, Zlin - Vitkovice
3-3, Pardubice - Karlovy Vary 2-0, Opava - Ceske Budejovice 3-2, Trinec
- Vsetin 3-2, Kladno - Jihlava 2;2, Litvinov - Plzen 3-2.
Pre-played match of the 29th round: Plzen - Trinec 2-2.
Standings: 1. Vsetin 37 points, 2. Zlin 35, 3. Trinec 35, 4. Sparta
29, 5. Plzen 29, 6. Ceske Budejovice 28, 7. Karlovy Vary 25, 8. Slavia
24, 9. Pardubice 23, 10. Litvinov 23, 11. Vitkovice 20, 12. Opava 20,
13. Kladno 14, 14. Jihlava 12.
Stepan Etrych/Mirek Langer
European Hockey League: Czech Teams End Group Play
Only one of three Czech teams in the European Hockey League
- Sparta Praha - advanced to the quarterfinals. It lost in the last
match to Russia's Magnitogorsk 2-3 at home, but it kept first place
thanks to better ratio of goals scored and allowed.
Two other Czech teams finished in last place in their groups. In
their last matches, Jihlava lost to Eisbaren Berlin 2-4 and Litvinov was
defeated by Russia's Kazan.
Stepan Etrych/Mirek Langer
SPORTS IN BRIEF
* The Czech men's basketball national team lost 63:79 to Italy, but
still remains in third place in group E standings. The qualification
match was played in Prague November 29. The team still has a chance to
qualify for the final tournament of the European Championships in France
in 1999.
* The Czech men's handball team completed qualifying play for the
World Championships in Egypt in 1999. It tied 22-22 with Norway November
28 in Trebon. After a surprising win by Israel over Turkey, the Czechs
remained in second place in the group standings. But only the winner of
the group - Norway - will go to the Handball World Championships.
* The hit of the 11th round of the top Italian soccer league was the
match between two rivals from Rome - Lazio and AS Rome. Pavel Nedved,
a Czech national team player who plays for Lazio, faced Czech coach
Zdenek Zeman, who coaches AS Rome. Lazio led 3-1 12 minutes before the
end, but massive pressure from AS Rome brought two goals in four minutes
and the final score was 3-3.
Petr Wilfer/Petr Novy
WEATHER
Advent began over the weekend, but I don't feel like anyone up
there was interested in this fact. Instead of sending some snow storms
or small snow-gifts to prepare for a white Christmas, there was a thaw
throughout the country. And only God knows why the weather was so
inconsistent. We had to wait to see some really chilly days with a great
frost and about minus 10 degrees Celsius/14 degrees Fahrenheit in the
morning, with the temperature rising to the freezing point during the
day. And the weather was quite awful for the drivers, who had to combat
freezing and icy conditions. "Saint Barbara's day (December 4) with snow
and Christmas with mud," claims an old Czech saying. Barbara will not be
with snow, but I think that will have only a very small effect on our
muddy Czech Christmas.
Marketa Lajdova/Petr Novy
English version edited by Michael Bluhm.
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