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🔵 #UPR43 l TODAY @UNGeneva
🇧🇼 #Botswana’s human rights record will be examined by the @UN 🇺🇳 Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review for the fourth time.
📅 Wednesday 3 May 2023
⏲️ 9:00 – 12:30 (GMT+2)
📺 bit.ly/upr43botswana
📰 tinyurl.com/UPR43Botswana
🇧🇼 #Botswana’s human rights record will be examined by the @UN 🇺🇳 Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review for the fourth time.
📅 Wednesday 3 May 2023
⏲️ 9:00 – 12:30 (GMT+2)
📺 bit.ly/upr43botswana
📰 tinyurl.com/UPR43Botswana
🔵#UPR43 l LIVE at @UNGeneva.
WATCH 🇧🇼#Botswana’s Universal Periodic Review at the @UN🇺🇳 Human Rights Council⤵️
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WATCH 🇧🇼#Botswana’s Universal Periodic Review at the @UN🇺🇳 Human Rights Council⤵️
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Call an immediate #generalelection #Petition - Country List for 16th October 2022
Current: 852,789 signatures
Previous: 616,389 signatures.
Difference: 236,400 signatures.
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#NeverVoteConservative #GeneralElectionNow #WhoVotedForThis #GTTO
Current: 852,789 signatures
Previous: 616,389 signatures.
Difference: 236,400 signatures.
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#NeverVoteConservative #GeneralElectionNow #WhoVotedForThis #GTTO
1) #UnitedKingdom 842,029 (+232,982)
2) #France 2,298 (+660)
3) #Spain 1,285 (+361)
4) #UnitedStates 840 (+283)
5) #Germany 798 (+279)
6) #Australia 773 (+262)
7) #Netherlands 423 (+133)
8) #Canada 402 (+138)
9) #Ireland 387 (+130)
10) #Switzerland 320 (+110)
2) #France 2,298 (+660)
3) #Spain 1,285 (+361)
4) #UnitedStates 840 (+283)
5) #Germany 798 (+279)
6) #Australia 773 (+262)
7) #Netherlands 423 (+133)
8) #Canada 402 (+138)
9) #Ireland 387 (+130)
10) #Switzerland 320 (+110)
11) #NewZealand 306 (+113)
12) #Italy 233 (+79)
13) #Belgium 209 (+64)
14) #Portugal 206 (+71)
15) #Sweden 192 (+70)
16) #Denmark 131 (+47)
17) #Japan 113 (+34)
18) #Greece 106 (+33)
19) #Norway 104 (+33)
20) #IsleofMan 97 (+33)
12) #Italy 233 (+79)
13) #Belgium 209 (+64)
14) #Portugal 206 (+71)
15) #Sweden 192 (+70)
16) #Denmark 131 (+47)
17) #Japan 113 (+34)
18) #Greece 106 (+33)
19) #Norway 104 (+33)
20) #IsleofMan 97 (+33)
Call an immediate #generalelection #Petition - Country List for 16th October 2022
Current: 616,389 signatures
Previous: 606,921 signatures.
Difference: 9,468 signatures.
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#NeverVoteConservative #GeneralElectionNow #WhoVotedForThis #AntiGrowthCoalition
Current: 616,389 signatures
Previous: 606,921 signatures.
Difference: 9,468 signatures.
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#NeverVoteConservative #GeneralElectionNow #WhoVotedForThis #AntiGrowthCoalition
It is sad that a time like this a poll like this doesn't get millions of signatures 🙁
1) #UnitedKingdom 609,047 (+9,327)
2) #France 1,638 (+25)
3) #Spain 924 (+24)
4) #UnitedStates 557 (+7)
5) #Australia 519 (+8)
6) #Germany 511 (+10)
7) #Ireland 290 (+5)
8) #Canada 264 (+3)
9) #Netherlands 257 (+11)
10) #Switzerland 210 (+2)
2) #France 1,638 (+25)
3) #Spain 924 (+24)
4) #UnitedStates 557 (+7)
5) #Australia 519 (+8)
6) #Germany 511 (+10)
7) #Ireland 290 (+5)
8) #Canada 264 (+3)
9) #Netherlands 257 (+11)
10) #Switzerland 210 (+2)
Call an immediate #generalelection #Petition - Country List for 15th October 2022
Current: 606,921 signatures
Previous: 570,208 signatures.
Difference: 36,713 signatures.
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#NeverVoteConservative #GeneralElectionNow #WhoVotedForThis #AntiGrowthCoalition
Current: 606,921 signatures
Previous: 570,208 signatures.
Difference: 36,713 signatures.
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#NeverVoteConservative #GeneralElectionNow #WhoVotedForThis #AntiGrowthCoalition
Parliament will debate this petition on 17 October 2022.
You'll be able to watch online on the #UK #Parliament #YouTube channel youtube.com/UKParliament
Need the petition to be at least 1 million signatures by then.
You'll be able to watch online on the #UK #Parliament #YouTube channel youtube.com/UKParliament
Need the petition to be at least 1 million signatures by then.
1) #UnitedKingdom 599,720 (+36,255)
2) #France 1,613 (+88)
3) #Spain 900 (+45)
4) #UnitedStates 550 (+43)
5) #Australia 511 (+24)
6) #Germany 501 (+36)
7) #Ireland 285 (+23)
8) #Canada 261 (+28)
9) #Netherlands 246 (+16)
10) #Switzerland 208 (+16)
2) #France 1,613 (+88)
3) #Spain 900 (+45)
4) #UnitedStates 550 (+43)
5) #Australia 511 (+24)
6) #Germany 501 (+36)
7) #Ireland 285 (+23)
8) #Canada 261 (+28)
9) #Netherlands 246 (+16)
10) #Switzerland 208 (+16)
Call an immediate #generalelection #Petition - Country List for 9th October 2022
Current: 570,208 signatures
Previous: 555,757 signatures.
Difference: 14,451 signatures.
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#NeverVoteConservative #GeneralElectionNow #WhoVotedForThis #AntiGrowthCoalition
Current: 570,208 signatures
Previous: 555,757 signatures.
Difference: 14,451 signatures.
sydesjokes.blogspot.com/2022/10/call-i…
#NeverVoteConservative #GeneralElectionNow #WhoVotedForThis #AntiGrowthCoalition
1) #UnitedKingdom 563465 (+14286)
2) #France 1525 (+36)
3) #Spain 855 (+14)
4) #UnitedStates 507 (+17)
5) #Australia 487 (+15)
6) #Germany 465 (+13)
7) #Ireland 262 (+6)
8) #Netherlands 233 (+7)
9) #Canada 230 (+5)
10) #Switzerland 192 (+5)
2) #France 1525 (+36)
3) #Spain 855 (+14)
4) #UnitedStates 507 (+17)
5) #Australia 487 (+15)
6) #Germany 465 (+13)
7) #Ireland 262 (+6)
8) #Netherlands 233 (+7)
9) #Canada 230 (+5)
10) #Switzerland 192 (+5)
11) #NewZealand 177 (+4)
12) #Italy 143 (+4)
13) #Portugal 132 (+5)
14) #Belgium 125 (+1)
15) #Sweden 107 (+3)
16) #Denmark 79 (+1)
17) #IsleofMan 72 (+3)
18) #Norway 67 (+1)
19) #Greece 66 (+1)
20) #Austria 58 (0)
12) #Italy 143 (+4)
13) #Portugal 132 (+5)
14) #Belgium 125 (+1)
15) #Sweden 107 (+3)
16) #Denmark 79 (+1)
17) #IsleofMan 72 (+3)
18) #Norway 67 (+1)
19) #Greece 66 (+1)
20) #Austria 58 (0)
Ready for a #WHA75 tweet thread recap?!
We're about to tweet it all Agenda Item 15 #WorkingforHealth #Healthworkforce
Recordings, Committee B, who.int/about/governan…
@JimC_HRH @GHWNetwork @readycat @MarsdenPa @MLMcIsaac @SioCFitz @WHO @WomenDeliver @Atul_Gawande @daktari1
We're about to tweet it all Agenda Item 15 #WorkingforHealth #Healthworkforce
Recordings, Committee B, who.int/about/governan…
@JimC_HRH @GHWNetwork @readycat @MarsdenPa @MLMcIsaac @SioCFitz @WHO @WomenDeliver @Atul_Gawande @daktari1
@JimC_HRH @GHWNetwork @readycat @MarsdenPa @MLMcIsaac @SioCFitz @WHO @WomenDeliver @Atul_Gawande @daktari1 1/1 #WHA75 #Working4Health #USA "We are interested in co-sponsoring the resolution! The Biden Initiative will focus on protecting #healthworkforce, advancing digital tech, e.g. telemedicine and there must be equity" @USAIDGH @POTUS @Atul_Gawande @IFMSA
@JimC_HRH @GHWNetwork @readycat @MarsdenPa @MLMcIsaac @SioCFitz @WHO @WomenDeliver @Atul_Gawande @daktari1 1/2 #WHA75 #Working4Health #China "Welcomes the progress on the Global strategy on human resources for health: Workforce 2030 and is interested in co-sponsoring the resolution"
2022 has brought new #Covid narrative -
1 #Virus getting weaker
2 #Vaccine situation fine as is
3 We don't need #publichealth measures any more
Really?
Some of my colleagues from academia, @WHO & @ApiJectCorp worked to put together this 🧵
#50CovidBeliefs
1 #Virus getting weaker
2 #Vaccine situation fine as is
3 We don't need #publichealth measures any more
Really?
Some of my colleagues from academia, @WHO & @ApiJectCorp worked to put together this 🧵
#50CovidBeliefs
Full pdf at injectionsafetyaccess.com/50-covid-belie…
Thx commenters & others fighting to get story right
@EricTopol @DrEricDing @JeremyFarrar @paimadhu @ashishkjha @ASlavitt @PeterHotez @rajpanjabi @globalhlthtwit @LawrenceGostin @Craig_A_Spencer @mvankerkhove @DrAbdiMahamud @krishna_u
Thx commenters & others fighting to get story right
@EricTopol @DrEricDing @JeremyFarrar @paimadhu @ashishkjha @ASlavitt @PeterHotez @rajpanjabi @globalhlthtwit @LawrenceGostin @Craig_A_Spencer @mvankerkhove @DrAbdiMahamud @krishna_u
& those fighting to get #COVID19 narrative right in #media-even harder!
@jriggers @rosafurneaux @iamandyhoffman @georgia_coan @megtirrell @paisleydodds @ButiniCecilia @KatherineEban @NPRMichel @yveyong @PostOpinions @latimesopinion @NPR
#50CovidBeliefs
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@jriggers @rosafurneaux @iamandyhoffman @georgia_coan @megtirrell @paisleydodds @ButiniCecilia @KatherineEban @NPRMichel @yveyong @PostOpinions @latimesopinion @NPR
#50CovidBeliefs
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LIVE with @DrTedros at the Partnership for African Vaccine Manufacturing - From Aspiration To Action event ⬇️
#VaccinEquity
#VaccinEquity
@DrTedros "When we last spoke in April, #COVID19 vaccines had already been rolling out around the world for 4 months. Since then, some countries have managed to vaccinate the majority of their populations, and are well on their way to widespread coverage with boosters"-@DrTedros
@DrTedros "But back in April, most of the 🌍’s countries, including most African countries, did not have anywhere near enough vaccines to cover all #healthworkers, or all at-risk groups, never mind the rest of their populations. That remains the case"-@DrTedros
@DrTedros "Today is a momentous day for global health. WHO’s Member States decided to embark on the process of drafting and negotiating a new convention, agreement or other intl. instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response"-@DrTedros #WHASpecial
@DrTedros "The significance of this decision cannot be overstated. Just as countries have united in the past to adopt treaties against tobacco, nuclear, chemical and biological weapons, climate change and more..."-@DrTedros #WHASpecial #PandemicTreaty
"The global #HIV epidemic has faded from the headlines, but it is not over. Far from it.
On #WorldAIDSDay, we commemorate those we have lost, and commit to protecting those at risk"-@DrTedros
On #WorldAIDSDay, we commemorate those we have lost, and commit to protecting those at risk"-@DrTedros
@DrTedros "#WorldAIDSDay is one day a year, but almost 38 million people around the world live with #HIV every day"-@DrTedros
Countries should continue to apply an evidence-informed & risk-based approach when implementing travel measures in accordance with the International Health Regulations bit.ly/3o7Xr1d
Blanket travel bans will not prevent the international spread of #COVID19. They can instead adversely impact global health efforts during a pandemic by disincentivizing countries to report & share epidemiological and sequencing data bit.ly/3o7Xr1d
"Everybody knows that pestilences have a way of recurring in the world… There have been as many plagues as wars in history, yet always plagues and wars take people equally by surprise"
-@DrTedros #WHASpecial
-@DrTedros #WHASpecial
"Those words were written by the French writer Albert Camus in his classic novel La Peste – The Plague – in 1947. 74 years later, they have a disturbing prescience"-@DrTedros #WHASpecial
🔴 Global #Omicron CASES
27 Nov 2021, 21.00
#Confirmed 99 (#Probable 1,010)
-SouthAfrica 83 (990)
-Botswana 6 (9)
-England 2
-HongKong 2
*-Italy 1
*-Israel 1 (7)
-Belgium 1
*-Germany 2 (1) (not in GISAID yet)
-Czech (1)
*new
@BNODesk @GISAID 1/
newsnodes.com/nu_tracker
27 Nov 2021, 21.00
#Confirmed 99 (#Probable 1,010)
-SouthAfrica 83 (990)
-Botswana 6 (9)
-England 2
-HongKong 2
*-Italy 1
*-Israel 1 (7)
-Belgium 1
*-Germany 2 (1) (not in GISAID yet)
-Czech (1)
*new
@BNODesk @GISAID 1/
newsnodes.com/nu_tracker
-#SouthAfrica🇿🇦, had the 1st known #Omicron #B11529 variant samples discovered on 23 Nov 2021.
-#Botswana🇧🇼, was the 1st country with #OmicronVariant.
-#England🇬🇧, announced the first 2 cases today. They’d been travelling in Southern Africa. UK has ~500 daily SA travellers. 2/
-#Botswana🇧🇼, was the 1st country with #OmicronVariant.
-#England🇬🇧, announced the first 2 cases today. They’d been travelling in Southern Africa. UK has ~500 daily SA travellers. 2/
-#HongKong🇭🇰, 1st 36YO asympt male had travelled in SA🇿🇦, 2nd 60YO male got it from him as airborne in quarantinehotel probably as P1 was using mask with valve (banned now). Both 2x BNT💉
-#Italy🇮🇹, P1 had travelled in #Mozambic🇲🇿, he had 2x💉. Asympt. 3/ napoli.repubblica.it/cronaca/2021/1…
-#Italy🇮🇹, P1 had travelled in #Mozambic🇲🇿, he had 2x💉. Asympt. 3/ napoli.repubblica.it/cronaca/2021/1…
🔴Excellent 🧵 again from @trvrb👏
#OmicronVariant really seems weird, interesting and terrifying. #OpenData #OpenScience will save the world now. Global cooperation and openness. This is no time for ’normal’ greed (nationalism, 💉patents), as the globe and future are shared. 1/
#OmicronVariant really seems weird, interesting and terrifying. #OpenData #OpenScience will save the world now. Global cooperation and openness. This is no time for ’normal’ greed (nationalism, 💉patents), as the globe and future are shared. 1/
What we can already say is that the world must be grateful to #SouthAfrica🇿🇦 #Botswana🇧🇼 @Tuliodna @ceri_news @nicd_sa, all experienced with #Sequencing (HIV, BetaVariant): THANK_YOU🌼.
Thank you for the quick #Omicron discovery and global alert. Thank you for your honesty.
2/
Thank you for the quick #Omicron discovery and global alert. Thank you for your honesty.
2/
Like #China🇨🇳 in 2020, have 🇿🇦🇧🇼 been now extremely fast & open online, working by the principles of #OpenScience #OpenData. China solved in a week the #SARSCoV2 gen code publishing results online — allowing #US🇺🇸 to start vaccine development next week. 3/ mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/id…
According to @GISAID gisaid.org/hcov19-variant…
The #B11529 variant #SARSCoV2 was detected in South Africa's Johannesburg area on Nov. 22, and swiftly came to dominate & spread to neighboring #Botswana & #HongKong .
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The #B11529 variant #SARSCoV2 was detected in South Africa's Johannesburg area on Nov. 22, and swiftly came to dominate & spread to neighboring #Botswana & #HongKong .
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La #variante"Nu" B.1.1.529: segue un thread con le poche info che abbiamo. Ma non c'è da andare nel panico, ve lo spiego. Iniziamo. 1/21
#COVID19
#COVID19
What do we know about the B.1.1.529 variant of SARS-CoV-2 with a very large number of mutations
An updated thread on emerging evidence.
An updated thread on emerging evidence.
B.1.1.529 is a newly designated variant of SARS-CoV-2 github.com/cov-lineages/p…
This would not have been possible without the exemplary work of researchers in Africa who have sequenced and deposited the genomes in public domain which forms the basis of this variant designation.
This would not have been possible without the exemplary work of researchers in Africa who have sequenced and deposited the genomes in public domain which forms the basis of this variant designation.
The lineage (variant) is characterized by 32 conserved spike mutations A67V Δ69-70 T95I G142D/Δ143-145, Δ211/L212I ins214EPE G339D S371L S373P S375F K417N N440K G446S S477N T478K E484A Q493K G496S Q498R N501Y Y505H T547K D614G H655Y N679K P681H N764K D796Y N856K Q954H N969K L981F
Daily Bookmarks to GAVNet 11/14/2021 greeneracresvaluenetwork.wordpress.com/2021/11/14/dai…
This mineral shouldn’t exist on Earth’s surface. But researchers found it inside a diamond.
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#diamonds #minerals #discovery #botswana #davemaoite
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#diamonds #minerals #discovery #botswana #davemaoite
Ground-Penetrating Radar Reveals Entire Ancient Roman City
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#archaeology #GroundPenetratingRadar #mapping #DataAnalysis #ResearchResults
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#archaeology #GroundPenetratingRadar #mapping #DataAnalysis #ResearchResults
🥃 🧵 This is #Botswana, where all human life began. Today it is a stable, well-functioning democracy w/ the highest standard of living and lowest corruption in Africa.
And the country likely wouldn’t exist without alcohol prohibition.
A #LiquorThread. 🥃 🧵 1/
And the country likely wouldn’t exist without alcohol prohibition.
A #LiquorThread. 🥃 🧵 1/
For decades since its independence in 1966, Botswana was an island of black sovereignty & stability between apartheid South Africa and white-supremacist Rhodesia. Some say it was the inspiration for #Wakanda in the movie #BlackPanther. 2/
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But to understand the political origins of this real Kalahari country, we need to examine the colonial history of what was then known as Bechuanaland...
and how booze was the lifeblood of European colonization. 3/
and how booze was the lifeblood of European colonization. 3/
In addition to conducting the #science underpinning evidence-based #conservation tools, Taronga also supports their roll out. For example, Taronga supports a #carnivore #coexistence officer, Tshepo Ditlhabang, on @BPCTrust’s “Re Mmôgô” project in #Botswana #ScienceWeek
This #coexistence officer provides the community with access to evidence-based #HWC mitigation tools, including eye-cow, and is working to provide protective livestock collars, and flashing lights (#lionlights) at overnight enclosures.
While deterring hungry #carnivores, flashing lights also deter #elephants, themselves a major cause of #HWC but also a vital part of the ecosystem. Research led by @TempeAdams at Elephants without borders showed lights deterred field incursions doi.org/10.1017/S00306…
One approach to reducing #HWC and its impacts is to develop tools that promote human-wildlife #coexistence. An eye-catching project conceived by Taronga scientist @HWConflict is one such example. #ScienceWeek PC: Bobby-Jo Vial.
By hijacking a common anti-predator signal and applying it in a novel context in #Botswana, the team were able to reduce livestock losses to #lions. nature.com/articles/s4200… PC: Bobby-Jo Vial.
The eye-cow approach was very successful in reducing predation by #lions, and Taronga produced detailed “how-to” guides to using the technique with locally available resources, prompting interest and subsequent trials in Peru, USA, India, and Kenya. carnivorecoexistence.info/african-carniv…
BRIEF INTRODUCTION OF THE SITUATION- a thread🧵 Did you know that Canadian fossil fuel company ReconAfrica is trying to drill for oil in the sensitive Okavango watershed, upstream of the world-famous #OkavangoDelta ?
ReconAfrica is a Canadian-registered junior oil and gas company that wants to open up a huge, new sedimentary basin in Namibia and Botswana called the Kavango Basin. They have started exploratory drilling in the Kavango region in northeastern Namibia. MAP @NatGeo
ReconAfrica’s license areas, one in #Namibia and one in #Botswana, cover a total of 34,325 sq kms. These licensed areas lie over part of the Okavango River Basin and border the Okavango River, which together feed into the Okavango Delta. un.org/Depts/Cartogra…
#COVID_SSA Week 61 UPDATE to 8/5/21 – 36,291 new #COVID19 cases last week (-12% on Week 61) and 973 deaths (-4%). W Africa now -70% below peak for new cases, Central -5%, E -64% and Southern -89%. THREAD👉 for more details @NIHRglobal @AfricaCDC 1/10> 👉
39/ 46 sub-Saharan African countries have had a resurgent 2nd wave, which 28 have suppressed. #Congo #Kenya #Mali are in a 3rd wave.
#Botswana has yet to control W1
Last week
- the long 1st wave in #Togo peaked
- #Djibouti suppressed its 2nd wave
- #Congo entered 3rd wave
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#Botswana has yet to control W1
Last week
- the long 1st wave in #Togo peaked
- #Djibouti suppressed its 2nd wave
- #Congo entered 3rd wave
2/10>
Seven countries reported >1,500 cases last week
#SouthAfrica 11,975 (+41%)
#Ethiopia 4,155 (-42%)
#Kenya 3,185 (-15%)
#Cameroun 2,696 (+20%*)
#CaboVerde 1,984 (-2%)
#Angola 1,622 (+23%)
#Madagascar 1,578 (-22%)
* Trend from 2 week rolling average (intermittent reporting)
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#SouthAfrica 11,975 (+41%)
#Ethiopia 4,155 (-42%)
#Kenya 3,185 (-15%)
#Cameroun 2,696 (+20%*)
#CaboVerde 1,984 (-2%)
#Angola 1,622 (+23%)
#Madagascar 1,578 (-22%)
* Trend from 2 week rolling average (intermittent reporting)
3/10>
THREAD #COVID_SSA Weekly UPDATE (W46). Sub-Saharan Africa's 46 countries recorded 171,674 new cases (⬇️-2%) and 4,913 (⬆️+14%) deaths last week. We now classify 24 countries with 'resurgent transmission'. 4 more have yet to control their 1st wave @NIHRglobal
More details 👉
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