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German Journal of Urban Studies Vol. 46 (2007), No. 1 - Intercultural GardensUrban Places for Subsistence Production and Diversity
Christa Müller
Intercultural GardensUrban Places for Subsistence Production and Diversity
Urban Subsistence Production - A Contradiction in Terms?
Urban Subsistence Production: Supply Resource, Self-Help, Empowerment
Intercultural Gardens: Social Spaces for Communication and Integration
Growing Up in the Garden
Concern for Others and Other Things
Strengthening Diversity
The Approach: Participation and Resource-Orientation
The Stiftung Interkultur - International Networking and Coordination
Self-supply is once again gaining ground in cities, even in the wealthy North. It not only provides access to healthy food and meaningful activities but also gives underprivileged people scope for civic engagement in the field of sustainable urban development. In Germany intercultural gardens have been causing a stir in recent years. They are considered successful integration projects because they encourage participation and provide scope for formative action. Not only the soil but also the heterogeneous social community, the neighbourhood where the garden is situated must be turned over and refashioned. This centrifugal development in time and space envisioned by intercultural gardeners promotes integration in the real sense of the word, in which participants negotiate their reality with others and appropriate the new developments that arise in the process.
Urban Subsistence Production – A Contradiction in Terms?
Subsistence production in the city – at first glance this combination of concepts seems contradictory. Large cities, characterised according to sociologist Georg Simmel, by relations between "strangers who encounter one another in an aloof and indifferent manner in the public space," are considered the very opposite of rural regions where people know and are familiar with one another, perhaps economically dependent on one another. In the clear, dichotomous distinction between the "modern age" and "tradition," any transitional zones between these two poles of societal organisation are considered past history. In brief, subsistence production belongs in the country and has no place in the modern metropolis.
But does this modernisation theory stance reflect reality? Today the humanities, especially contemporary civilisation theory, are increasingly calling for the modern age to be seen as a sort of cumulative period, a period in which preceding epochs are by no means over and done with but still very much alive and kicking. Hartmut Böhme sums up this position as follows: "Although the modern age sees itself in opposition to all of history (otherwise it would not be modern), at the same time, and more than other epochs, it incorporates the present of all times (otherwise it would not be)." (Böhme 2006, 29)
As far as concrete space is concerned, such an "other theory of the modern age," means that the worldwide use of urban land for agricultural purposes can be interpreted not as contradictory or anachronistic but as an "authentically" and thus genuinely urban phenomenon. Especially since urbanisation continues to advance apace not only at the mental and cultural levels but also on the material and spatial plane, it must be asked whether there is any justification for still positing the existence of "province." In recent times, urban sociologists have even begun to claim that the history of urbanisation is at an end – they now see only city, everywhere in the world. There is talk of the "transnationalisation of urban life" (Eckardt 2004, 10).
In spite of the uneasiness that the notion of totalised urbanisation arouses, a complex understanding of urbanisation processes can identify seemingly opposing phenomena in the spectrum of societal trends, like urban subsistence production. Social reality, too, shows that the often disdainful dismissal of subsistence-economy activities as a rejection of "the past" now seems itself to be a thing of the past. On the contrary, subsistence activities like micro-agriculture, not least of all in the city, are becoming more of a lifestyle issue for a young, urban milieu for whom autonomy is not only a political tenet but something to be experienced materially (cf. Baier/Müller/Werner 2007). This is one side of the coin.
Urban Subsistence Production: Supply Resource, Self-Help, Empowerment
The other aspect of urban subsistence production is its function as a supply resource based on self-help and empowerment and which in many cities of the world must take on supply functions the failing state and the just as frequently failing market cannot perform. This is demonstrated by the thousands of huertas comunitarias in a Buenos Aires torn by crisis and by the several hundred community gardens in New York City or Toronto (cf. Arndt/Haidle 2004; Rosol/Weiß 2005; Meyer-Renschhausen 2004). For the urban poor – in the metropolises of the South and North – allotment gardening close to home has also offers an opportunity for obtaining high-quality food.
For example, the community gardens in the Canadian city of Toronto are integrated into a network of organisations combating hunger. As the Berlin urban planners Marit Rosol and Julika Weiß have shown in a study, the cause of hunger in Canada is not any scarcity of food but a lack of money among the growing number of the economically underprivileged. Low wages, high rents, and massive cutbacks in social security benefits mean that more and more people are going hungry in one of the richest countries in the world. People with very low incomes pay the proportionately highest rents – what is left is often insufficient to cover the cost of food.
"Non-profit organisations complain that the poor face the doubtful choice 'pay the rent or feed the kids.' That this is no publicity-grabbing exaggeration is shown by a study conducted by the Ontario Food Bank Association: 65% of food bank customers spend more than 65% of their income on rent (Food and Hunger Action Committee 2001)" (Rosol/Weiß 2005, 5).
Community gardens are hence an increasingly important tool in combating hunger. However, the researchers rightly warn against instrumentalizing them as a substitute for basic social security.
In large cities of the South, too, like Nairobi or Havana, a considerable proportion of the essential food supply is cultivated in the urban area – for home consumption and specifically to supply local markets (cf. Bakker et al. 2000). There, as in London and Los Angeles and in innumerable places around the world, NGOs, as well as local government institutions provide gardeners with infrastructure, initiate educational activities, network projects, and organise knowledge transfer.
Such institutions, like GreenThumb, a section of the New York Department of Parks and Recreation, or the USA-wide umbrella organisation American Community Gardening Association, are outcomes of politicisation of the community garden movement, which began in the 1970s. In New York it was the vacant lots, often the result of arson, in run-down and written-off parts of town that became inner-city oases through the engagement of the poor, points of departure for revitalising neighbourhoods – which paradoxically put them at risk of becoming more interesting as building land owing to the attractive greenery and social harmony they introduce into the area (cf. Meyer-Renschhausen 2004, 145 ff.).
Hundreds of New York community gardens were razed and redeveloped at the climax of neo-liberal urban policy in the 1990s. Nevertheless, American urban policy is now unthinkable without such gardens. All big cities have meanwhile recognised that the gardens not only alleviate poverty but also bring greenery into urban neighbourhoods, improve air quality, and create room for civic engagement among the underprivileged.
Intercultural Gardens: Social Spaces for Communication and Integration
In Germany, intercultural gardens have been causing a stir since the mid-1990s. These social spaces, new in the German project landscape, not only serve urban recreational purposes and supply organic fruit and vegetables but quite deliberately pursue a further aim: intercultural communication and integration on the basis of a resource-oriented approach.
It was not by chance that the intercultural garden movement in Germany had its beginnings in an immigrant centre. In 1995 Bosnian refugees found themselves stranded in Göttingen, awaiting the end of the war in their home country, women unaccustomed to idleness who missed their big vegetable gardens. Together with the Ethiopian agrarian engineer Shimeles, they went in search of suitable land to cultivate even in exile. This was the start of a success story (Müller 2002; Shimeles 2002). The "Intercultural Gardens Network" coordinated by the Stiftung Interkultur (Intercultural Foundation) has now assembled more than 60 such garden projects in Germany alone, and about the same number are being developed (status: spring 2007; www.stiftung-interkultur.de)
Intercultural gardens bring together Germans and immigrants – very often with a refugee background – from all strata of society to cultivate fruit and vegetables, exchange seed and recipes, build small, wooden community houses and clay baking ovens, cook, organise barbecues, and celebrate. Working the soil together, which has allowed many to use their knowledge and abilities for the first time in Germany in an international context, also creates a field of learning that goes far beyond planting and harvesting garden produce. Especially in the winter months, the repertoire of a "well assorted" garden extends to language and computer courses, arts and crafts, sport, theatre workshops, intercultural environmental education, neighbourhood networking, music, lectures and counselling, many activities for children, further education in nutrition and gardening, factory tours and excursions.
Intercultural gardens do not look the same as the accustomed, traditional allotment garden areas. Generally there is at most one garden hut per project, and trimmed hedges or fenced-in plots are lacking. Discreet boundaries are the rule between the ten to eighty square-metre beds. Sometimes they are demarcated with shoes, sometime with rope, or, often indiscernibly for outsiders, only by different species of plant. Fences are rarely erected, only as protection against rabbits, dogs, and sometimes against young local troublemakers.
Apart from the private plots, all gardens have large common areas with a fireplace, sometimes a wooden building, playground apparatus, perhaps a site trailer for the children, and, in favoured areas, even a glasshouse where seedlings can be raised and winter vegetables grown for the market stand. The common areas are important for communication, for eating and drinking together, for play, and for the parties to which the gardeners regularly invite guests.
More women than men are to be seen in intercultural gardens. Because gardening is a female domain in many parts of the world, it is mostly women who take responsibility for the work and the socialising. They do so in keeping with their own ideas, and this is not the only reason why women benefit particularly from such gardens. It begins with the use of the German language, a must because it is the smallest common denominator. Moreover, the gardens offer women and children an escape from often cramped housing conditions. They are seen as a welcome extension of living space and scope for enterprise. They not only contribute to the family income. The gardens are places where one's own experience, cares and joys can be shared with other women. Many women can thus build self-confidence, often helping them to hold their own in family conflicts and to cope with the rapid development of society, which they mostly face in concentrated form in their children's consumption of the media.
Figure 1: Kassel International Womens' Garden: Networking women from all around the world.
Picture: Stiftung Interkultur.
Growing Up in the Garden
Not least of all for this reason, many participating parents are happy that intercultural gardens offer many amenities for children. In many projects, children have their own vegetable and flower beds. They, too, learn to negotiate about land, to understand complex interactions between animals, plants, and human beings; they observe the processes of nature and take part in excursions into the forest, to farms, and to environmental facilities. Like adult activities, child activities in intercultural gardens are based on personal initiative and on integrating the child's knowledge into new fields of experience.
Figure 2: Berlin-Köpenick Intercultural Garden: Early training is needed to become an expert in herbs.
Picture: Cornelia Suhan.
Not only plants grow in the garden. A Göttingen schoolgirl who had grown up in the Göttingen International Gardens described it as a "a great stroke of luck" that her mother had helped created this place. It had given her the opportunity to re-constitute her widely scattered family of origin.
"I was in the garden from the age of about three or four. Just about all the members of the Göttingen International Gardens are my 'aunts and uncles.' It's like a second home. You see each other here all the time. When we're in town, you notice how many people know me, give me a smile or greet me, or stop for a chat. And most of them know me from the garden."
International elective affinities not only substitute for family ties, they also enable new insights, for instance, into what it means for refugees in Germany to be able to supply their own needs, to give away surplus produce, to be givers and not dependent solely on handouts, to experience and "squander" abundance instead of always having to manage with meagre resources. At an early age, the Göttingen schoolgirl learned to taste the difference between homemade and bought, between high-quality organic vegetables and supermarket goods imported from afar. She experienced what it means to prepare meals in a public space, she listened to stories about zucchini and purslane, chickpeas and peppermint, tales from childhood, songs from many home countries, which blossom anew for a brief moment in the gardens, beautiful songs, sad songs.
What do immigrant children do with themselves if they lack these opportunities? Children who have the impression their parents have no say in the public sphere? Who see their often unemployed parents merely awaiting developments, unproductive, not fully occupied? Parents waiting in vain for their chance in life. What models take root in the minds of these children, and what value do they place on their origins?
Concern for Others and Other Things
Even if intercultural gardens offer no gainful employment – they at least offer many opportunities to take care of oneself and others and to contribute to the greater good, for example, to the future of our cities. Not least of all, the commitment of many intercultural gardens to sustainable urban development, ecology, and integration, to health and nutrition means that many gardeners recognise they are working not only for themselves. Thus a Kurdish gardener stated that her engagement in the association enabled her to do something for others, allowing her to lead a meaningful life:
"If we think only about industry and making money, that gets us nowhere in the end. We come to a point where you have everything but it's no longer a life. Nature is life. I'm proud to be an active member of an association that takes care of derelict sites and cultivates them instead of this building, building, building without end. And that, through the work of our members, at least in summer, we can harvest clean vegetables, not sprayed. That's very, very important. Most couldn't afford organic vegetables and fruit at all otherwise."
Strengthening Diversity
The gardeners come from all over the world; in some projects more than 20 nationalities are represented. This diversity is deliberate. The statutes of most garden projects stipulate that as many national and socio-cultural backgrounds as possible are to be represented to avoid the cultural dominance of any one group. For one phenomenon is to be observed a every garden: all would prefer to bring in people close to them – and this often means members of their own ethnic group.
Figure 3: Berlin-Köpenick Intercultural Garden: Barbecue for the garden community.
Picture: Cornelia Suhan.
The monitoring research conducted by the Intercultural Foundation shows that the network now covers a broad range of organisational forms and characteristics. Each garden project sets its own main focus. Some concentrate on developing intercultural methods in environmental education work, other specialise in therapeutic work with traumatised civil-war refugees, others again focus on vocational training and the development of micro-firms in the fields of horticulture and catering.
Immigrants do not initiate all projects. Community or church groups, or committed private individuals often take the initiative. The motives for setting up intercultural gardens also differ from project to project. In some places it is the wish to resuscitate an old school garden, elsewhere the desire to create open spaces specially for Muslim women and children, to enjoy the healing powers of a garden, to provide greenery in a dormitory city, or a place in the city where people can find an occupation and come together.
As varied as the underlying motives are the forms of organisation, reflecting differences in the self-conception of the individual projects. Although some of the more recent projects have learned from the experience of such undertakings as the International Gardens Göttingen with its grass-roots democratic organisation, each project develops its own form independently. The spectrum is broad. Some projects first set up a charitable association (the Intercultural Foundation provides standard statutes in the context of its practical counselling), others emerge from existing associations or cooperate with such groupings to integrate the intercultural garden project into the larger organisation. Others initially do without a formal, written framework.
The Approach: Participation and Resource-Orientation
Founding an association usually proves to be the best path. Not only because registration as an association allows the projects to solicit funds. Registered association status, which endows the organisation with legal capacity, and the statutes drafted and adoped by garden members themselves are a guarantee for co-determination and participation, two key "side-effects" of community gardening. It is usually worth the effort to take the bureaucratic hurdles to setting up a registered association. Satsisfactory practical experience in many projects with participation, conflict management, and activation is also a reason why the resource-oriented, socially inclusive intercultural garden approach has attracted growing attention in the search for convincing integration concepts.
Germany is a country of immigration. After many years of "wait-and-see," of ignoring the issue, this fact has finally filtered through to all sectors of society. Having re-defined itself, the country now faces the question of how to meet the challenge in concrete terms. What needs to be done to meet the demands of a plural society? How can growing diversity be recognised, appreciated, and mediated while repeatedly establishing and promoting elements of a common basis? These maxims are all the more important in times when it is no longer possible to rely on an institution that had always played a key role in integration in the past: gainful employment – a life-long institution that forms identities, provides social security, and a high degree of social inclusion.
The increasing precariousness of formal employment is accompanied by a seemingly opposing trend: the hitherto scarcely perceived informal life and working worlds that had always existed alongside the formal markets for labour and goods are now becoming more and more important for identity formation and for societal inclusion processes. These processes, it must be stressed, will increasingly affect not only immigrants alone but also a growing section of the population who, although "native" to the country, are constantly on the brink of exclusion.
Social experience in intercultural gardens shows that it makes sense to develop and test integration concepts that involve immigrants from the outset on a footing of equality. The focus is not on keeping people in the "safe custody" of multicultural tearooms or "discussing" the problems of everyday life but rather on engaging in joint activities and giving shape to the immediate environs. In the case of gardens, it is the soil that first needs to be turned over and planted. But shape and vitality must also be given to the heterogeneous social community that gathers on the terrain – and to the neighbourhood community in which the garden is embedded. This centrifugal development in time and space promotes integration in the real sense of the word, in which participants negotiate their reality with others and appropriate the new situations that arise in the process. Resources in the form of tacit knowledge, social competence, and the willingness to learn gain a new locus and are modified as they connect up with novel circumstances, e.g. with the environmental debate in our latitudes. This means that picking up with the past, with what has been left behind, is subject at the moment of realisation to social differentiation through integration. The measure for the success of this process is the degree of involvement without – and here lies the real problem with many "integration measures" – participants feeling under pressure to abandon their identities as demanded, for instance, under the assimilation concept.
The task is rather to find new access to one's own identity and to negotiate it with others in a subtle communication process. Perhaps for this very reason, intercultural gardens are attractive not only for people with an agricultural background. On the contrary, they attract both former farmers and urban intellectuals. Such gardens are places where different languages, different classes, and different political leanings meet. Diversity cannot be reduced to ethnic difference; conflicts are inevitable. The difficult task facing the projects is to discover common ground. For this reason, no garden works "of its own accord." The people who are "thrown together" artificially in this manner do not get along without further ado. But the framework facilitates the ambitious plan: to give shape to a piece of land together, to watch something of one's own grow, and to compare with others, to exchange views on the growth of plants and about one's own successes and failures – these are the big and the small possibilities that a garden offers.
The Stiftung Interkultur – International Networking and Coordination
In unexpected ways, the idea of intercultural gardens is spreading in Germany, and now in many countries of Europe. Thus the International Gardens Göttingen were selected in the spring of 2007 by the London Sustainable Development Commission (LSDC) as one of eight international projects to be studied in the quest for inspiration for the urban policy of the future. In the course of its monitoring work, the Intercultural Foundation had had intensive contact with Britain at an early date, with the British Black Environment Network, and with the community gardens movement in the USA.
Extensive reports in the international, regional, and national press and on television, as well as in a growing number of academic publications coordinated by the Intercultural Foundation in the Intercultural Gardens Research Network have focused attention on the micro-worlds of intercultural gardens. Only a few years after the birth of the idea, there are now local authorities that propagate and promote intercultural gardens (in Berlin, for example, the Senate has adopted a measure under which district authorities may designate land and provide start-up equipment and materials), and Local Agenda groups, environmental associations, urban and landscape planning authorities, neighbourhood managements, and church organisations such as the Diakonie and Caritas have discovered the new social spaces.
The Intercultural Foundation, the national coordinating organisation of the Intercultural Gardens Network advises the actors involved on setting up gardens, provides succinct information on the experience of other projects, issues news letters, organises knowledge transfer with politics and science, publishes research results in its own and the specialised media, supports projects financially, and organises networking meetings and conferences. The Intercultural Foundation is also currently involved in a European learning partnership under the EU GRUNDTVIK programme (framework for action under the European educational programme SOCRATES II).
The tremendous growth in public interest is justified. Intercultural gardens have now gained a trend-setting reputation as far as the consistent application of empowerment and resource orientation are concerned. Integration effects can be achieved with this method in other contexts, too. Intercultural gardens encourage participation and endow people with the power for formative action – these will in the long run prove pillars of an inclusive and plural immigrant society, which can become a reality only by activating all its members.
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The Best Tantrum Tricks
Try a Time-Out
"When my 16-month-old is acting out, I put her in a chair and hold her there with my hand on her abdomen. When a child that young has a meltdown, they often don't know how to pull themselves together. So I just hold her there and tell her to breathe deeply. We stay there until she calms down and I can talk to her about what happened."
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If done correctly, time-outs can be an effective method of disciplining kids. Watch this video to learn the do's and don't's of time-outs.
Look the Other Way
"With my 2-year-old, I basically just ignore her when she drops to the floor in a tantrum. She stops when she doesn't get attention or what she wants. When she stomps her feet and screams when she is frustrated, I ask her to calm down and try to use her words. So far this is working."
-- Alison Shields, Fair Lawn, New Jersey
Offer an Alternative
"My 21-month-old gets frustrated when he is not allowed to do everything his 5-year-old brother does. When he is really upset he will start banging his head against the floor. At first I was really alarmed by this. I started giving him a pillow, which many times only made him more upset. The one thing that seemed to work was saying, 'I know you are frustrated. Are you done hitting your head? When you are we can go read a book.' Eventually the idea of doing something else got him to stop."
-- Heather Martin, Franklin, Massachusetts
Never Give In
"If my 4-year-old acts out because he wants a cookie, then there is just no way he is going to get a cookie. And if he continues with that type of behavior, then he'll start losing other things as well. Now he realizes that tantrums and meltdowns are not going to get him anywhere, so he just doesn't have them."
-- Tanya Mitchell, Monument, Colorado
Dealing With Tantrums
Why do kids have tantrums? Watch this video for a guide to understanding your munchkin's fits and how to deal with them at home and in public.
Disciplining Kids of Different Ages
This video will show you how to approach discipline for babies, toddlers, and preschoolers.
Give Him an Ultimatum
"When my 3-year-old acts up, I remind him of something fun we have planned -- like a playdate or a trip to the park -- and then I let him know that if he can't handle it and behave, then we'll have to cancel the outing. That usually gets him to calm down pretty quickly."
-- Tina Bryson, Los Angeles, California
Keep Him Busy
"I don't want to worry about my 5-year-old acting out at the store, so I make sure to continuously engage him with activities and create tasks for him: Bring me this, look for that, hold this for a second, identify the color of a sign, watch the lobsters in their aquarium, and so forth. His little mind is so busy trying to help and catch up that he has no time to think about throwing a fit."
-- Barack Levin, Atlanta, Georgia
Find the Fun
"Backing my 6-year-old into a corner and demanding he do what I need him to do just doesn't work -- and it usually results in a tantrum. But I have found that he can be easily redirected. So when he starts to whine or throw a fit about doing something, I turn that activity into a game. If I can find some way to make it fun, then he's on board."
-- Kelly Lopez, Framingham, Massachusetts
Change the Location
When my 3-year-old is having a tantrum, I pick him up and bring him into another room -- even if it's to put him in his crib for a time-out. But removing him from whatever started the meltdown usually helps to stop it. And picking him up and holding him also offers some comfort to help him calm down."
-- Carrie Henick, Smithtown, New York
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Where does the Brighton Marathon / BM10k start and finish?
The start is located in Preston Park, from where the participants run through the city and finish up on the seafront on Madeira Drive. You can find further information in our Charity Hub and on the website.
What date is the event?
Are charity places refundable?
No, we are unable to refund any places purchased.
When must runners be registered by?
You must have registered your runners on our system by Friday 6th March 2020. There will be no exceptions made to this deadline.
Can I defer any unused places to the following year?
Do I have to fill a deferred place with the same runner?
No, the place belongs to you, the charity, and not the runner; we do not carry over any charity runner information against places, only the name of the charity. You can offer one of your places for the following year to the same person but they will need to complete another registration form, in the same way as for the previous event.
Can I transfer a place to another runner?
You can transfer charity places between runners up until Friday 6th March 2020.
When is the deadline to inform you of runner cancellations?
Do you have a waiting list of runners I can contact?
No, we do not keep a database of runners that were unsuccessful in getting a place; anyone who comes through to us once the general entries system has shut is directed to the charity listings page.
Do you have any advertising available?
I'm not receiving the event e-newsletter
How do I register my runners?
Runner Registration information about the process and system, along with user guides has been sent to all charities who have booked places in the Brighton Marathon 2019. If you cannot find these details, please email [email protected]
My runner is having problems with their registration
Please refer back to the registration email you were sent, within this email is a user guide which can be sent to your runners. If your runner is still struggling to register, do not register for them, please ask them to email [email protected]
I'm not running the marathon but I'm taking up one of our places as Team Captain
I want to run the race and I'm the Team Captain – does this mean I have a place?
Will you send runners their race packs?
No, we do not send out Race Packs to any of our participants; all Race Packs must be collected from the Brighton Marathon Event Village on the beach at Madeira Drive, on Friday 12th and Saturday 13th April 2019 and all participants must agree to this in the registration form.
Can we pick up the race packs on behalf of our runners?
We do not recommend that you take on the responsibility of collecting your runners' packs in the event that there is an issue getting them to the runner prior to the race. If, however, you still wish to do so then you can – runners can nominate someone to collect their pack on their behalf, instructions on how to do so are in your participant instructions (here for BM10k) under 'If You Can't Collect Your Race Pack'.
Do you have any charity parking available at the event?
No, we do not offer dedicated charity parking. We have our Park and Ride facility available once more, which is on sale here. Please act now if you need a space, as it sells out quickly. Further information can be found on our website: https://www.brightonmarathonweekend.co.uk/travel
It might also be worth checking out the JustPark website or app, which allows you to book parking space at an individual's property (please note, we are in no way affiliated with JustPark and cannot take responsibility should anything happen if you decide to utilise their service).
What is the Event Village?
The Event Village is a 3-day event in its own right, taking place across the entire weekend. It will open on the Friday, comprising all elements of what was previously the Exhibition (race pack collection, retail, massage etc.), finishing with Race Day itself, which will incorporate our post finish Beach and Charity Villages.
With this development comes the opportunity to purchase marquee space for use on the Friday and Saturday, in addition to Race Day itself.
How do I book space in the Charity Village in the Event Village?
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A lot was in store for the eager shoppers there. I too was super excited about it!
Look at their set up, It's very crisp and dainty. It really gives the warmest ambiance while shopping your fave Sky castle pieces.
The dessert bar is so cool! It's very pretty and of course, delicacies are so yummy!
Here I am enjoying my Sky castle experience. It was a privilege to take part on this event.
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With the lovely owner, Ms. Julia, thank you for inviting me dear! Goodluck and Godbless always!
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Salesforce Objects
Salesforce Objects are database tables which permit us to store data specific to the organization.
It is of two types –
- Standard Objects: Standard objects are that kind of objects provided by salesforce.com. Such as users, contracts, report, and dashboards, etc.
- Custom Object: Custom objects are that kind of objects created by us. It supplies information which is unique and essential to your organization. It is the heart of any application. It provides a structure for sharing data.
Properties of Custom objects –
- Custom fields
- Relationship to another object
- Page Layouts
- A custom user interface tab
Creating Salesforce Custom Object
- Follow this path – Setup – Build- Create – Objects– Click on new custom object button and enter label name, plural label and object name and also enter Record Name as a data type.
- To create record name there are two types of data types.
- Auto Number
We have also AN optional feature while creating objects-
- Allow reports: If we verify this checkbox then only these objects are available to make reports.
- Allow Activities: If we verify this checkbox then we are able to make activities on this object.
- Track Field History: When we verify this checkbox then merely we are to track fields. We can track up to 20 fields for a single object.
Now we have following deployment Status –
- In development: If we verify this checkbox, then this object is still in development mode. This is not present for deployments.
- Deployed: After selecting this checkbox then only it will be available for deployment.
The following options are available only when creating a custom object the first time.
- Add notes and attachments related list.
- Launch a new custom tab wizard after saving this custom object.
After completing all the details press the save button.
If we do not select "Launch new custom tab wizard" from object creation page, then the object would save without tab appearance. According to this case firstly we have to make a tab for this object. If we select this checkbox the object would save and tab would be created and appeared.
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A tab is like a User interface to build records for object and to view the records in objects.
There are three types of Tabs in salesforce –
- Custom object Tab
- Web Tab
- Visualforce Tab
Follow this path to create Custom tabs –
- Go to Setup – Build – Create – Tab – then click on a new tab and enter the details to complete the tab creation process.
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Me: Hi.. Yo whatsup?
Internet: Nothing much.. What about u?
Me: Nothing much.. just summer, summer rains, farmer sucides, and protests..You know India is not India without protests.
Internet:Oh yeah.. the protests. BTW I heard You guys in India don't like the freedom and connection i provide anymore.
Me: Oh.. So you have heard about it.. No hard feelings buddy.. It not us netizens favouring this you know.. the Telcos (Telecom companies).
Internet: I get that but why don't you do anything about it? I have been your saviour in times of distress, helping you to find materials for your assignments, Order stuff online, Find you the cheapest flight/movie tickets online, Chat with your buddies, post a selfie online, Share status updates, flirt with friends or strangers.. Then WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME?!
Me: I agree i agree, I totally agree.. But Its not us.. Its the Telcos. They seem to have brain washed the TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority Of India).
Its as if government are not capable enough to understand trivial FACTS. compartmentalizing the internet into First class, second class.. You know the cast system / divide and rule policy India is just sooo efficient in carrying out such acts of high intelligence. So basically if i was wanted to access a site like WordPress i will have to pay extra to just log onto it. And if..just hypothetically if.. tumblr has tipped the service provider. The users of that telecom service provider will be able to access Tumblr at a speed greater than the speed of light-no i am just kidding. The sped at which you access other selfhosting sites will be comparatively far lesser than the speed with which you can access tumblr. Marvellous idea right to snub the budding business and franchises which dont have money to tip the service providers in their favour. AAARRHH!! All this at a time when the Prime Minister 0f India is spreading the slogan "Make in India".
Internet: But according to my data analysis on content of the web India is a democratic country right! You have the right to save me from getting webbed.
Me: Yeah buddy. We are trying our best to you back in a neutral way. But The TRAI makes it a tad bit difficult.. Trai on March 27 put up a consultation paper on its website asking users to give their views on net neutrality in India. The last day for netizens to send their views to Trai on the subject is April 24. The consultation paper consists of 20 questions and guidelines spread over 118 pages.
The AIB (All India Backchod) and the netizens behind the savetheinternet.in website have made our review job easier.
Hey internet.. can you do me a favor? Just this one last time before you get divided.
Internet: Yeah ofcourse.
Me: Send this message across to people.
Internet: Your wish is my command.
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Family law expert reflects on sisters' Italy return
Deborah Awyzio has been practicing family law for over 15 years and joins us from Brisbane to reflect on the custody dispute around four sisters ordered to return to Italy from their Queensland-based mother.
LEIGH SALES, PRESENTER: Deborah Awyzio has been practising family law for more than 15 years and was in court for this afternoon's decision. She joined me a short time ago from Brisbane.
Deborah Awyzio, was this the decision that was expected today?
DEBORAH AWYZIO, FAMILY LAW PRACTITIONER: Yes, it certainly was expected in the legal fraternity. It really just confirms that the Hague Convention principles have been applied and upheld by the court.
LEIGH SALES: You were in the court today. How emotionally charged was the environment?
DEBORAH AWYZIO: The mother was very emotional upon the decision being delivered. She was upset, crying. The court had to be adjourned for a period of time to enable her to gather her emotions so that she could give instructions to her legal representatives.
LEIGH SALES: The judge condemned the public nature of the mother's campaign. What did the legal fraternity make of that?
DEBORAH AWYZIO: It's accepted in legal circles in the Family Court arena that it's not in the best interests of children for them to be exposed to scrutiny and to be involved in the conflict. And it's thought amongst legal professionals that it's not good for children to be drawn into the proceedings by engaging with the media. So that type of behaviour is never acceptable in the Family Court's eyes.
LEIGH SALES: The daughters expressed an opposition to returning back to Italy. The judge said that that was not going to be taken into account. Why is that not taken into account, particularly when one of the girls is 15? Surely that's old enough to have an opinion as to what you want to do.
DEBORAH AWYZIO: The judge also made a finding of fact that the children's wishes had been influenced by the mother or members close - in the mother's family. So, he then said that those wishes had to be taken in that context, that they had been influenced, and also on the basis that the mother had expressed to the children that she would not be returning to Italy and the judge found that it may be that she will decide to return to Italy.
LEIGH SALES: What happens to the girls between now and when they return to Italy?
DEBORAH AWYZIO: Well, an order was made this afternoon for a warrant to issue directed to the Australian Federal Police and the Australian Federal Police are currently in the process of taking the girls into their possession and they will then deliver them to a representative from the Department of Communities who then has to make the arrangements for their return to Italy. So, the order has immediate effect and my understanding is that's the steps that would be being taken by the Federal Police at the moment.
LEIGH SALES: Why would that happen given that there's no suggestion that the mother has abused them or neglected them?
DEBORAH AWYZIO: There was evidence before the court and the judge referred to it in his judgment about her not - well not her, but members of her family not complying with court orders in the past. So it really - orders like that are made to ensure that the court's orders are given effect to. It's not a case that she's going to cause them any harm, but it's just a mechanism to ensure that the court's orders are given effect.
LEIGH SALES: Are there any avenues of further appeal for the mother?
DEBORAH AWYZIO: Yes, the mother can lodge an appeal against this decision. In fact at the end of the judgment today her legal representative sought for the order not to take effect immediately, indicating that she may file an appeal and an application to stay the return order. However, the judge said that that application would be dealt with if it was filed and he didn't stay the execution of the order, so it remains in effect as of now.
LEIGH SALES: Deborah Awyzio, thank you very much for making time to speak to us.
DEBORAH AWYZIO: Thank you, Leigh.
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Many who criticize Donald Trump claim they are only following the past experience by those who were opposed to 'their' President Barack Obama when he occupied the Oval Office. There seems to be a significant difference, however. With Obama the opposition was focused on his liberal agenda, his apparent lack of interest in maintaining a strong military force, his acquiescence to deals with our trading partners throughout the globe and his lackluster efforts dealing with the escalating problems of legal and illegal aliens who displace many in the American work force, but also add to the burdens in the nation's schools, hospitals and prisons.
Although Trump is not the only president who has been hit with a deluge of criticism, it appears much more vitriol than has been seen in modern times. Whereas Obama faced opposition to his ideologies, with Trump, the almost blind opposition seems much more personal and disruptive.
There are those who claim that Trump and his own party brought on his combative approach to politics. Going back to his presidential announcement speech, concerning our southern border, on June 16, 2015 when he said, "When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're sending people that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with them. They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people."
Then there was Fox News' Megyn Kelly's opening question at the first presidential debate. She asked, "You've called women you don't like 'fat pigs,' 'dogs,' 'slobs,' and 'disgusting animals.' Does that sound to you like the temperament of a man we should elect as president?"
Donald Trump was never supposed to win the Republican nomination, much less the presidency. It took a while for most of the Republican establishment to come on board. But except for a few outliers, such as John McCain and Lindsey Graham, they did. The Democrats never have!
Although Obama's policies faltered, his popularity didn't. Hillary Clinton was his ordained successor, destined to become the 45th president. Even though she had years in the public eye, it didn't translate into accomplishments. Thus, she was forced to run as an Obama surrogate continuing his move toward bigger government and more social programs. The Democratic hierarchy pulled every dirty trick they could to get her to the nomination and disadvantage the other Democratic candidates. But coupled with the fact Clinton was a poor campaigner and the looming prospect that with her as president, the Supreme Court would turn liberal for possibly generations to come, Trump swept the Electoral College in the biggest upset in recent memory.
Evidently, those that are behind Obama's rise to power, as well as continuing with Hillary Clinton's succession (sometimes referred to as the 'shadow government'), haven't given up. Faced with uphill battles, in the House and Senate, their plan appeared to switch to creating disruptions at Trump rallies and demonizing him. Not adept at the art of politics, Trump took the bait, by 'counter-punching' and tweeting at every accusation. Despite their efforts, Trump's personal appeal, his tireless campaigning and growing dissatisfaction with the status quo won him the presidency.
Although Trump has lifted the restraints of many, if not most, of Obama's over-reaching Executive Orders, he gets little credit. Instead, the media is caught up in his failure to overturn Obamacare and revelations concerning some of his appointees that were made public by 'leaks' that have plagued Trump and his administration since taking office.
The media went into a frenzy when Trump accused Obama of obtaining those leaks by 'wiretapping' him and his administration. Still trying to come to grips with their unexpected loss, the Democrats have tried to divert Trump's allegations by tying Russian' interference to Trump's election win. That relationship has yet to be proven, but the Democrats are still trying to push that supposition.
In a March 2 interview on MSNBC, Evelyn Farkas, Obama's former assistant secretary of defense for Russian Ukraine and Eurasia, referred to gathering 'intel' on Trump ahead of his transition to the White House. "I was urging my former colleagues, and frankly speaking, the people on the Hill -- it was more actually aimed at telling the Hill people. Get as much information as you can, get as much intelligence as you can before President Obama leaves the administration, because I had a fear that, somehow, that information would disappear with the senior people who left."
This past February, Obama's national security adviser, Susan Rice reportedly made numerous requests to unmask the identity of persons in Trump's transition team from raw intelligence gathered by the NSA, even possibly Trump himself. Rice was only an appointed staff member of President Obama's White House team and supposedly had no authority, in that role unless it presented a danger to national security. Even then, her responsibility was to report this directly to her boss, the President. According to these same reports, she had been surveilling the Trump team for more than a year.
On Thursday, January 12th, only eight days before Obama left office, his administration finalized new rules that would allow the National Security Agency to share information from its vast international surveillance apparatus with the 16 other agencies that make up the U.S. intelligence community. As with the early false reports issued on the Benghazi attack and calling Bowe Bergdahl a patriot *, Susan Rice appears to have been Obama's point person.
It now seems reasonably safe to say that President Obama set in motion a methodology, at the least, to use existing surveillance mechanisms to monitor activities in Trump's new administration and disperse any information recovered to those who might want to undermine the credibility of Trump's incoming team.
If these allegations turn out to be true, this may be the 'bombshell' that could bring indictments to several in Obama's administration. Maybe then, President Trump will get the respect he deserves, especially since he made good on the line Obama drew in the sand if Syria used chemical weapons!
* This is not the first time Rice's veracity has been questioned as Obama's spokesperson. Although she still clings to her statements on the Sunday morning talk shows, her false reporting on the reason for the attack on Benghazi has prompted a Congressional investigation. She has also written "Obama built broad coalitions to combat the Islamic State." The truth is that this coalition stood by as ISIS grew from being the "JV," as Obama described it, to having committed 140 terrorist attacks in 31 countries, as reported by CNN


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Governments to raise $22 billion from carbon pricing in 2015: report
|Governments around the world will this year raise around $22 billion from schemes putting a price on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions such as taxes or emissions trading systems, a report on Wednesday showed.
The role of carbon pricing, in efforts to curb rising emissions blamed for global warming, has gained prominence this year after several multinational companies including oil majors said such a price is needed to spur investment in low-carbon energy.
The figure is up 46 percent from an estimated $15 billion raised in 2014, the report by industry group the Climate Markets and Investment Association (CMIA) showed.
"Revenues from carbon pricing appear likely to continue to increase around the world, and continuing debate will be needed about how these funds should best be used in future," it said.
Europe, which has an emissions trading system (ETS) as well as carbon taxes in some countries, accounted for almost three quarters of the revenue, the report said.
Under EU ETS rules, the European Commission encourages nations to spend cash generated through auctions of carbon permits on green energy, but there is no requirement to do so.
Benchmark EU ETS prices were 6.17 euros/tonne in 2014 compared with an average so far this year of 7.57 euros Reuters data showed, adding to the overall revenue increase.
Britain's domestic carbon tax also almost doubled and pricing schemes in France, California and Quebec were expanded this year.
Negotiators from more than 190 countries will meet in Paris from Nov. 30 to thrash out a United Nations climate deal. However, U.N. climate chief Christiana Figurers said on Tuesday the talks will not deliver a global carbon price.
"We hope there will at least be a reference to the role of markets in the Paris text which can support the various national and regional initiatives," said CMIA executive director Richard Folland.
Some 40 nations and over 20 cities, states and regions already have a price on CO2 emissions.


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Below are some examples of films submitted to the Young Filmmakers' Contest in previous years.
Below are some examples of films submitted to the Young Filmmakers' Contest in previous years.
Short Films 2013
Short Films 2014
Short Films 2015
Short Films 2016
Short Films 2017
Short Films 2018
Documentaries 2016
Documentaries 2017
Barney and Quackers
Common Threads
Spring and the Storm
Main Street
The Escape
Penguins Gather
A Show Gone Wrong
Eat Healthy Be Strong
Pen Pals
Space Connections
Never Judge a Book
Noises in the Night
Cookie Conflict
The Staring Contest
Where Do Animals Go in Winter?
La Nouvelle Ecole
Coffee Pants
The Library
I Speak English Now
Do I Listen To…
Magic Doodles
The Alien Choice for Mayor
Easter Fairy
Fork in the Road
Detective Darb
Empty Streets
The Switch
Stalker in the Meadow
Birdwatchers' Club
Sport Stacking
Unheard Sounds
Just Business
Meet Me at the Nick
Love Connects Us to Everything
The Best Cannonball Ever
Strangely Beautiful
Lucy and the Test Answers
Kid v. Haunted House
Sidekick Dilemma
Do Not Choose To Be a Hero
Documentaries can be simple and easy to make. The best way to learn is to watch a bunch of them to see how they are made and the different forms they take. Here are some classic documentary forms with examples, many from the Young Filmmakers' Contest.
Performative- A first person narrator shares their own perspective on a topic they are connected to.
Expository- This classic form consists of visual footage with narration and/or interviews.
Participitory– A narrator on screen takes the audience to explore a place or situation, often emphasizing the perspectives of people encountered.
Observational- No narrator or interviews, just footage of a place or situation from a "fly on the wall" perspective.
Poetic- Images, music, and words may be used to convey an artistic impression of the subject.
Reflexive (Mockumentary)- A comical spoof on the documentary form.
See more examples of student documentaries on our Gallery page and at C-Span's Student Cam.


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Finn Rezz, one of the heads of the Portland Chapter of The Satanic Temple, said that The After School Satan Club is a program focused "on science and rational thinking."
The club is a direct response to the fundamentalist Christian Good News Club, a "Bible-centered" after-school program "whose purpose is to evangelize boys and girls with the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ and to establish (disciple) them in the Word of God and in a local church for Christian living."
In a press release sent out by the Satanic Temple, the organization wrote, "Unlike the Good News Club, After School Satan Club does not try to convert children to one religious ideology."
"Instead," the release continued, "it teaches children to think for themselves."
The Satanic Temple describes itself as "a non-theistic religion." It's a national group, headquartered in Salem, Mass.
The first installment of the program, an open house parents, students, teachers and staff, was set to happen on Oct. 19, but the group has moved that date to an unspecified day in November.
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Making your own organic bread is pretty fancy already.
But a new artisan bakery in Auckland is going one step further - by making its own flour, too.
It's the new eating trend taking off overseas and now it's arrived in New Zealand.
Amano Bakery, at Britomart, is installing its own flour mill in what its owners say is a bid to introduce customers to a truly fresh eating experience.
The establishment is owned by the Hip Group, which runs several hot-spot restaurants and cafes around Auckland City including Milse, Ortolana, Kohi Corner, Rosie, Provenance and St Heliers Bay Bistro.
Co-owner Scott Brown said installing a flour mill aligned with their goal of providing fresh, sustainable and truly good food.
"In the bakery, instead of just buying flour from beautiful wheat growers who mill the flour, we decided to do it ourselves because we wanted that fresher flour.
"We found it really hard, in New Zealand, to get good boutique and consistent flour and so that's why we decided to go and do it ourselves - so that we can have that ultimate experience of fresh, fresh, fresh flour," he said.
"It's all about pushing the boundaries and doing the world's best. We always try to keep on pushing our chefs and our staff to become better at what they do and have more quality over what they're doing."
As well as making flour for fresh breads, croissants and other pastry delights, the mill will also be used for a new pasta bar the bakery is due to set up.
Diners will be able to choose their pasta dish and see the pasta being made in front of them.
A number of bakeries in Australia and the US have started using their own in-house flour mills.
And closer to home, Amano isn't the only eatery taking up the trend.
Parnell restaurant Pasture offers customers home-baked sourdough made from grains it mills on site.
"It's not hugely common, it's very boutique," Brown said.
Amano will host a convention next week where bakers from around New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific will gather to talk and learn about all things bread.
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Ultimately, taking things back to basics was what Amano's food was about, Brown said.
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Tuesday 19th June 2018
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The Manhattan Nonviolence Initiative and the Manhattan Arts Center have teamed up to bring Empty Bowls back to Manhattan.
Empty Bowls is a fundraiser to fight hunger in MHK. All proceeds from the event will be donated locally to
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. Local artists donate hand-made bowls for the event. Local restaurants donate soup and bread. Community members buy the bowls and enjoy soup.
Public Bowl Make Days @ MAC:
Come make a bowl in our clay studio. Try the wheel or build one from a slab. Volunteers will be available to give you a hand.
Sunday, February 10, 3-5:30pm
Sunday, February 24, 3-5:30pm
Cost: $10 per bowl (cash or check only)
Soup Lunch @ First Congregational Church
Saturday, March 30, 11am - 2pm, 700 Poyntz Ave.
Bring your coupon from a bowl make day or make a donation at the door.
Premade Bowls:
Available for a $15 donation at MAC starting March 4.
Strecker Nelson West Gallery
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Artisan bowls will be available at the Soup Lunch on March 30.
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Date: Jun 14, 2019 | Time: 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Grooving in the Garden - Miss Jubilee - at The Magic House. Every second Friday of the month, June 14th through September 13th, families can enjoy singing and dancing to live music in the front garden and samples of Andy's Frozen Custard (while supplies last). Included with the regular admission fee to the Museum.
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The Magic House, located in Kirkwood, Missouri, is a nationally recognized, hands-on, children's museum that offers more than 100 hands-on educational exhibits. Kid-centered special events are held throughout the year, plus Free Family Nights on the third Friday of each month. Special exhibits are on display at different times, as well.
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"Blue Sky innovation is a methodology that complements the traditional innovation practice," notes Frost & Sullivan's Global Director for Growth Implementation Solutions, Mark Simoncelli. "This method introduces new aspects to the innovation process to incorporate varied information sources in a flexible, but structured, manner to nurture ideas into new and breakthrough innovations."
At GIL 2013: Africa, Frost & Sullivan will explore why companies need to approach innovation differently, how to run Blue Sky ideation, and provide examples of how the Blue Sky innovation process differs from traditional innovation management.
Ludwick Marishane, a 22-year-old South African demonstrating visionary innovation and leadership, will be honoured with the Growth, Innovation, and Leadership 2013: Africa Award at this year's event. This young and inspiring entrepreneur invented DryBath™, a proprietary blend of a biocide, bioflavonoids, and moisturisers yielding one's ability to bathe without water. Today, DryBath™ aims to save the lives of millions of people globally affected by preventable diseases caused by poor hygiene and sanitation. Google has named him one of the 12 brightest young minds in the world and he is currently rated as best student entrepreneur in the world (Global Champion of the Global Student Entrepreneurs Awards 2011).
GIL 2013: Africa
The Global Community of Growth, Innovation and Leadership
15 August 2013
The Table Bay Hotel, Cape Town, South Africa
Learn More: http://gil-events.gilcommunity.com/
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What is 5K? How do I get started?
The "K" in 5K stands for kilometer, which is the equivalent of 0.62 miles. Therefore, a 5K race is 3.1 miles long—a reasonable distance for beginning runners to conquer.
Most runners will finish a 5k in approximately 25 to 40 minutes.
Running your first 5k may seem daunting. Train gradually for eight weeks before your first 5k. This will make the race seem much more manageable.
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- Week 1 – 60 second jogging, then 90 seconds of walking
- Week 2 – jog for 90 seconds, then walk 2 minutes
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- Week 5 – jog for 8 minutes, then walk 2 minutes
By week 6 of your training, you should be jogging about 2 miles without walking. In weeks 7 and 8, try to work up to jogging 2.5-2.75 miles without walking.
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