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Kafka and Dostoyevsky

The Shaping of Influence

By: W.J. Dodd

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This book evaluates the importance of Dostoyevsky's life and imaginative fiction as a stimulus to Kafka's own writing. Dostoyevskian material is situated within detailed readings of particular works. The principle sources discussed are The Double, Notes from Underground, Crime and Punishment, and Dostoyevsky's (auto) biography. It is argued that Kafka's use of Dostoyevsky is driven by antagonism as much as by admiration.

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134921860X

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9781349218608

National Socialism and German Discourse

Unquiet Voices

By: W J Dodd

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National Socialism and German Discourse

Unquiet Voices

By: W J Dodd

In this discourse history, W J Dodd analyses the ‘unquiet voices’ of opponents whose contemporary critiques of Nazism, from positions of territorial and inner exile, focused on the ‘language of Nazism’. Individual chapters review ‘precursor’ discourses; Nazi public discourse from 1933 to 1945; the testimonies of ‘unquiet voices’ abroad, and in private and published texts in the ‘Reich’; attempts to ‘denazify the language’ (1945-49), and the legacies of the Nazi past in a retrospective discourse of ‘coming to terms’ with the Nazi past. In the period from 1945, the book focuses on contestations of ‘tainted language’ and instrumentalizations of the Nazi past, and the persistence of linguistic taboos in contemporary German usage. Highly engaging, with English translations provided throughout, this book will provide an invaluable resource for scholars of discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, and German history and culture; as well as readers with a general interest in language and politics.

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Springer

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331974660X

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9783319746609

Family Names of the Island of Newfoundland

By: E. R. Seary,W. J. Kirwin,Sheila M. P. Lynch

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Family Names of the Island of Newfoundland

By: E. R. Seary,W. J. Kirwin,Sheila M. P. Lynch

Traces the origins of nearly 3,000 surnames found on the eastern Canadian island, along with sometimes extensive information on etymology, genealogy, and Newfoundland history. Introduces the alphabetical catalogue with a survey of the history and linguistic origins, which include English, Welsh, Irish, Scottish, French, Syrian, Lebanese, and Micmac. Appends lists of names by frequency and frequency by origin, and surnames recorded before 1700. First published in 1977, reprinted four times, and here revised with additions and corrections and reset in a more convenient format. No index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773517820

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9780773517820

Takeover

How the Left's Quest for Social Justice Corrupted Liberalism

By: Donald Critchlow,W.J. Rorabaugh

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Takeover

How the Left's Quest for Social Justice Corrupted Liberalism

By: Donald Critchlow,W.J. Rorabaugh

“How did liberals get to be the way they are today?” That’s the question many Americans are asking as they witness the efforts of the most left-wing president in American history. At last, historians Donald T. Critchlow and W. J. Rorabaugh supply the answer. As the authors show, it is a mistake to see the Obama administration’s agenda as a single man’s vision. Equally flawed, they reveal, is the now-common argument that today’s liberalism is simply a continuation of early-twentieth-century progressivism. Today’s Left has embraced a more radical vision for transformative change: to remake all aspects of American life. Takeover delineates the sharp break in the history of modern liberalism that began in the 1960s. Critchlow and Rorabaugh show how leftists in pursuit of “social justice” went from protest rallies to the halls of power by rewriting the Democratic Party’s presidential nominating rules for their own benefit and using the courts to advance their radical agenda. The authors masterfully connect the dots in America’s recent history, showing the close links among such seemingly unrelated causes as radical environmentalism, nationalized health care, class warfare, abortion rights, feminism, regulating the free market, assisted suicide, sex education, and energy policies to reduce consumption. Takeover is a bold revisionist history that completely reshapes our understanding of the current political crisis.

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Open Road Media

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1497644313

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Our Benevolent Feudalism

By: W.J Ghent

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Our Benevolent Feudalism

By: W.J Ghent

Reproduction of the original: Our Benevolent Feudalism by W.J Ghent

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3752349735

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Ars Quatuor Coronatorum

By: W.H. Rylands,W.J. Songhurst

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Ars Quatuor Coronatorum

By: W.H. Rylands,W.J. Songhurst

Ars Quatuor Coronatorum Volume 29

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Рипол Классик

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5873022569

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9785873022564

Purpose Beyond 2012

The Wisconsin Idea, Occupy Wall Street and Democracy's Future

By: Wj Reichertz

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Purpose Beyond 2012

The Wisconsin Idea, Occupy Wall Street and Democracy's Future

By: Wj Reichertz

Like many Americans, Ricky Vogt was searching for a career and purpose during the fallout from America's 2008 economic implosion. At the same time the nation was searching to resolve energy, environmental, and economic problems within a dysfunctional political system. This story explains how Vogt joined his fellow Americans as they fought amongst themselves in search of a better vision. He questions how community resolves the tension between intolerance and personal liberty; between the selfishness of trickle-down economics and the ideals of spirituality and our founding documents promoting the common good. The book depicts Vogt's evolving search for better solutions and a new way forward.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1469198770

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Politics and the Bench

The Judges and the Origins of the English Civil War

By: W. J. Jones

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Politics and the Bench

The Judges and the Origins of the English Civil War

By: W. J. Jones

Although there have been many studies of the English revolution and its more dramatic trials, until this book was published in 1971, little attention had been paid to the Long Parliament’s attempts to impeach a number of judges. This book describes how the judges became unpopular, selecting a number of themes – from the development of unanimous decision and opinions, to the role of the judges as agents and supervisors of government policies. The Long Parliament viewed them as the great instrument behind evil policies and believed they had attempted to usurp the power of legislation. Charles I is seen as placing too much reliance on his judges and his failure to realize that legality could not be a perpetual answer to political dissent in the end cost him his throne. The book is intended as an introduction for undergraduates.

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Routledge

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1000207838

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Downsizing the Planet Earth

By: W. J. Hodgkins

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Downsizing the Planet Earth

By: W. J. Hodgkins

You will see that author W. J. Hodgkins makes every attempt to help with the problems facing the Planet Earth. You will also see and hear meetings of the Universal Galaxy Overseers Committee (U.G.O.C.) on a distant galaxy. You will become involved with Mr. Uno, our Milky Way Galaxy Representative, for Planet Earth. You may hear at times about a Mr. Genocide.You will see Mr. Genocide as the planet Earth representative in the Milky Way Galaxy. You will also be introduced to Mr. Destroyer, who is one of four eight-foot robots who protect Mr. Genocide.You will also find in Mr. Genocide's book relevant facts involving America and other nations on Planet Earth. You will see Mr. Genocide attempts to make changes to the U.S. Congress. He will discuss UFO sightings in Britain and discus glaciers shrinking in North America from global warming.We know that simultaneous nuclear explosions on Planet Earth could cause Planet Earth to implode inward to the core of the planet, creating such a black hole that Planet Earth would be destroyed.

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Dorrance Publishing

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1434930572

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Honest Government

An Ethics Guide for Public Service

By: W J Michael Cody,R. Lynn

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Honest Government

An Ethics Guide for Public Service

By: W J Michael Cody,R. Lynn

Americans deserve honest government. This text addresses the need for a comprehensive statement of ethical behavior for public officials and employees at every level of government. Recognizing the need for legal reforms that focus mainly on campaign contributions, the authors examine the broader question of how we should measure the routine, day-to-day ethics of men and women in public service. By focussing more on attitudes and practices, the authors suggest that the highest standard of both ethics and competence should be demanded of all our public servants. The book identifies situations in which officials ought to act cautiously and presents the ethical rules that should be applied to each situation. The text presents a philosophy of public service and then moves to particular situations to which this philosophy must be applied: campaign finance; the campaign itself; behavior of elected officials, appointed officials, and public employees; the role of lobbyists; compensation for public servants; moving to and from the public and private sectors; ethical guidelines for lawyers and judges; the private lives of public servants; and enforcement of ethics. The final chapter discusses the sometimes competing forces of ethics and competency. Ethical guidelines are gathered in the appendix and serve as a useful starting point for ethics in any public service setting. The combination of persuasive and thought-provoking proposals for governmental ethics reform along with practical guidelines on how to maintain the highest possible standards of ethical conduct makes this an important text for students in ethics and government courses, as well as an imperative reading for public officials, whether elected, appointed, or career.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313390398

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The Volitional Theory of Causation

From Berkeley to the Twentieth Century

By: W. J. Mander

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The Volitional Theory of Causation

From Berkeley to the Twentieth Century

By: W. J. Mander

This book presents a history of the volitional theory of causation—the philosophical proposal that volition, or will, of the same or broadly the same stamp as that which we experience in our own deliberate and voluntary doings, should be taken as the basis for all causality. Few today know much about the volitional theory of causation, and even fewer have given it any serious attention. But if current opinion regards this suggestion as an unusual one, of minor importance, the historical record shows otherwise, revealing that it is a theory which has been proposed and developed again and again throughout the modern era. Its obscurity is only a recent phenomenon. Starting at the beginning of the Early Modern period and progressing right up the modern times, the historical discussion takes in both supporters and critics, as well as both famous and less well-known figures, to tell the story of a long-running debate which contemporary history of philosophy has forgotten. The principal figures discussed are Berkeley, Hume, Reid, Maine de Biran, Schopenhauer, Mansel, Mill, Martineau, Alexander Campbell Fraser, Borden Parker Bowne, and G.F.Stout, although many other philosophers are also considered. The book ends with a consider of the philosophical merits of the theory.

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Oxford University Press

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0192693239

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The Mind of the South

By: W. J. Cash

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The Mind of the South

By: W. J. Cash

Ever since its publication in 1941, The Mind of the South has been recognized as a path-breaking work of scholarship and as a literary achievement of enormous eloquence and insight in its own right. From its investigation of the Southern class system to its pioneering assessments of the region's legacies of racism, religiosity, and romanticism, W. J. Cash's book defined the way in which millions of readers— on both sides of the Mason-Dixon line—would see the South for decades to come. This fiftieth-anniversary edition of The Mind of the South includes an incisive analysis of Cash himself and of his crucial place in the history of modern Southern letters.

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Vintage

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0679736476

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On Ankylosis or Stiff-Joint : A Practical Treatise on the Contractions and Deformities Resulting from Diseases of Joints

By: W. J. Little

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On Ankylosis or Stiff-Joint : A Practical Treatise on the Contractions and Deformities Resulting from Diseases of Joints

By: W. J. Little

Reprint of the original, first published in 1843.

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3368729748

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Kennedy and the Promise of the Sixties

By: W. J. Rorabaugh

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Kennedy and the Promise of the Sixties

By: W. J. Rorabaugh

Explores life in America in the early Sixties when Kennedy was President.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521816173

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9780521816175

The Real Making of the President

Kennedy, Nixon, and the 1960 Election

By: W. J. Rorabaugh

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The Real Making of the President

Kennedy, Nixon, and the 1960 Election

By: W. J. Rorabaugh

When John Kennedy won the presidency in 1960, he also won the right to put his own spin on the victory-whether as an underdog's heroic triumph or a liberal crusader's overcoming special interests. Now W. J. Rorabaugh cuts through the mythology of this famous election to explain the nuts-and-bolts operations of the campaign and offer a corrective to Theodore White's flawed classic, The Making of the President. War hero, champion of labor, and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, JFK was long on charisma. Despite a less than liberal record, he assumed the image of liberal hero-thanks to White and other journalists who were shamelessly manipulated by the Kennedy campaign. Rorabaugh instead paints JFK as the ideological twin of Nixon and his equal as a bare-knuckled politician, showing that Kennedy's hard-won, razor-thin victory was attributable less to charisma than to an enormous amount of money, an effective campaign organization, and television image-making. The 1960 election, Rorabaugh argues, reflects the transition from the dominance of old-style boss and convention politics to the growing significance of primaries, race, and especially TV-without which Kennedy would have been neither nominated nor elected. He recounts how JFK cultivated delegates to the 1960 Democratic convention; quietly wooed the still-important party bosses; and used a large personal organization, polls, and TV advertising to win primaries. JFK's master stroke, however, was choosing as a running mate Lyndon Johnson, whose campaigning in the South carried enough southern states to win the election. On the other side, Rorabaugh draws on Nixon's often-ignored files to take a close look at his dysfunctional campaign, which reflected the oddities of a dark and brooding candidate trapped into defending the Eisenhower administration. Yet the widely detested Nixon won almost as many votes as the charismatic Kennedy, even though Democrats outnumberd Republicans by three to two. This leads Rorabaugh to reexamine the darker side of the election: the Republicans' charges of vote fraud in Illinois and Texas, the use of money to prod or intimidate, manipulation of the media, and the bulldozing of opponents. White and others helped shape persisting impressions of both candidates, influencing the way Nixon conducted subsequent campaigns and the Democrats nurtured the Kennedy legacy. The Real Making of the President gives us a more sobering look at all of that, fundamentally reshaping our understanding of one of the nation's most memorable elections.

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University Press of Kansas

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0700618872

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9780700618873

The Hill-Forts of the Welsh Marches

By: W. J. Varley

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The Hill-Forts of the Welsh Marches

By: W. J. Varley

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

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Read Books Ltd

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147335627X

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The History of the Anglo-Catholic Revival from 1845

By: W. J. Sparrow Simpson

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The History of the Anglo-Catholic Revival from 1845

By: W. J. Sparrow Simpson

First published in 1932, The History of the Anglo-Catholic Revival from 1845 is a sober and judicious history of the Catholic Revival in the Church of England by a very well-known Anglo-Catholic scholar with an established reputation. The scope of the book is clearly shown by the chapter headings—The Movement after Newman’s Secession; The Apostolic Succession; The Decisions of the Courts on Doctrine; The Rise of Ritualism; Eucharistic Vestments; Confessions to a Priest; The Treatment of Ritualism; Three Representative Documents of the Revival; The Spiritual Independence of the Church; The Movement in the Twentieth Century; and Conclusion.

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Taylor & Francis

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1040253520

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9781040253526

The Search for Order

Biblical Eschatology in Focus

By: W.J. Dumbrell

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The Search for Order

Biblical Eschatology in Focus

By: W.J. Dumbrell

The Bible's eschatological framework is spread across the table for all to see in The Search for Order, showing the unfolding of God's total plan for history - not just the last days. In a world disordered by sin, Scripture describes God's goal as a reordering of corrupted creation, according to William J. Dumbrell. The author takes into account current positions as he looks for the big eschatological picture with the same thorough approach to biblical theology he brought to The End of the Beginning and Covenant and Creation. In the resulting thematic survey students are allowed to draw their own conclusions about the Bible's overall position on the climactic scenes of history. Ultimately they learn to conceive of eschatology less as an expectant construction of future events than as a theological approach to comprehending what God is doing today.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1579107966

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Structural Integrity and Reliability in Electronics

Enhancing Performance in a Lead-Free Environment

By: W.J. Plumbridge,R.J. Matela,A. Westwater

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Structural Integrity and Reliability in Electronics

Enhancing Performance in a Lead-Free Environment

By: W.J. Plumbridge,R.J. Matela,A. Westwater

Knowledge itself is soon obsolete; It is a blunt instrument. Only by understanding can problems be solved and progress achieved. Reliability in performance of electronic equipment, in the face of demands for continuing miniaturisation and the anticipated abolition of lead containing solders, represents a major engineering challenge. The involvement of numerous disciplines; such as electrical, electronic, mechanical, manufacturing, and materials engineering together with physicists and computer specialists, adds to the complexity of the situation. Nevertheless, with electronics being the World's largest industrial sector, the potential rewards to the winners are substantial. This book aims to provide the ingredients for understanding, together with knowledge of reliability in interconnection technology and of the implementation of lead free solders. It is strongly contended that such a combination forms the necessary basis for greater structural integrity and enhanced performance The text is essentially in three parts: The intentions of the Part I component {The Materials Perspective, Chapters 1 6) are to present a snapshot of the current, but rapidly changing, global scene and to establish a firm understanding of the fundamentals surrounding interconnection performance. With potential readers possessing a broad spectrum of knowledge and expertise, this is essential. It could be argued that the reason for the limited progress made in this field to date has been due to the difficulties encountered in communicating effectively across the discipline boundaries.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1402026110

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9781402026119

Ars Quatuor Coronatorum

By: W.J. Songhurst

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Ars Quatuor Coronatorum

By: W.J. Songhurst

Ars Quatuor Coronatorum. Volume 36 (1923).

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Рипол Классик

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5873017204

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9785873017201

Descriptive Physical Oceanography

An Introduction

By: George L. Pickard,W. J. Emery

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Descriptive Physical Oceanography

An Introduction

By: George L. Pickard,W. J. Emery

The rapidly developing field of oceanography has necessitated the publication of a fifth edition of this classic textbook. The revised version provides an introduction to descriptive (synoptic) oceanography and contains updated information on topics such as the heat budget, instruments and in particular, the use of satellites. The sections on equatorial oceanography, sea-ice physics, distribution and El Nino have been completely rewritten. The book is further supplemented by text on thermohaline circulation, mixing and also coral reef oceanography.

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1483287262

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