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When a major violent incident takes place between the Mediterranean coast and the Jordan River, Deborah Sontag is dispatched by the New York Times to determine the "cause of death". She is also the designated expert at writing obituaries for both Palestinian and Israeli victims in the latest episodes of 'violence' that have claimed 484 Palestinian lives and 108 Israeli lives. Although she appears to have attended every Israeli funeral, Sontag's obituaries for the Palestinians can be quite brief. She has gained a reputation for writing one-word obituaries for the Palestinians. In a Sontag article, you never know if they are teenagers or children, their lives always seem so unimportant, and there is always that glaring lack of sympathy for the victims.
Sontag's report on the assault by the Israeli air force against the Nablus prison does not even bother mentioning that it was a war crime. Not only that, but a war crime involving the illegal use of American-supplied weapons. At the New York Times, Israeli war crimes are given automatic pardons based on 'security reasons' and the need to 'send a message'. Sulzberger has refined a formula for marketing Israeli state sponsored operations as legitimate acts of vengeance designed to kill Palestinians in acts of 'retaliation and deterrence'. Like their partners in the other sections of the Israeli lobby, a New York Times journalist is always ready to justify the latest round of criminal and random assaults against Palestinian civilians. Collective punishment is always endorsed as rational Israeli policy.
Reporting on the recent carnage in Tel Aviv, Sontag left no doubt that it was an act of terrorism by a single individual. Yet, that individual act of vengeance, by her reckoning, required an immediate 'retaliation' by Ariel Sharon. You can feel her personal outrage. A day after she reported the attack, she revisits the site to paint this picture; "This morning, at the beach-front site of the Tel Aviv explosion, the street still bore the stain of dried rivers of blood. It was littered with bone fragments and bits of scalp with hair attached. The acrid smell of burned flesh fouled the air." (Deborah Sontag, NYT, June 3,2001). When Palestinians are wasted by the thugs in Sharon's army, Sontag always fails to detect any discernible change in the quality of the air or any sign of "rivers of blood". The use of Israeli helicopter and other weapons of war against crowded refugee camps is never questioned. Whatever the Israelis deem necessary for their security is good enough for Sulzberger's crew. The notion of Palestinian security needs is too alien and problematic for the ethnic partisans on 43rd street.
On the subject of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, the story line at the New York Times is determined by an entrenched ideological dogma that is enforced with Stalinist zeal by the publisher, Sulzberger. Here is a little proof.
The average Palestinian teenager, being of Mediterranean stock, and due to the economic hardships of a brutal 34-year old Israeli military occupation, is probably slightly smaller in stature than an Israeli of Eastern European or Russian origin. But for the most part, they have approximately the same amount of blood running through their veins. Most of the Palestinians who have been killed by Israeli snipers, many of them teenagers, have taken bullets in the head and the chest, many bleeding to death as ambulances were obstructed from reaching the scene of the crime. So if there have been "rivers of dried blood" from Jewish victims of the current 'war', there must be an ocean of Palestinian blood that Sontag either failed to notice or neglected to report.
Now, considering that the Israeli army drew first blood, it would seem logical to assume that the first act of 'retaliation' should be credited to the Palestinians. While only one of every six victims is Israeli, almost all are portrayed as innocent civilians. Many organizations, including Israeli Human Rights groups, have documented that the majority Palestinians casualties were deliberately and callously murdered by Israeli occupation troops operating in a designated 'free-fire' zone. There is another important distinction. Although most Israeli casualties, including the Tel Aviv disco, were attacked by individual assailants, the Palestinians have been cut down by the army of the Israeli state. Indeed, the Israelis elected Sharon to kill as many Palestinians as required to put down the Palestinian independence uprising.
Sontag obviously believes in retaliation as a rational Israeli policy. Now, if she knows anything about Palestinians, she should realize that 'retaliation' is not a foreign concept to these Holy Land home boys. Being the original natives of the land, it was their ancient sages who came up with the original 'eye for an eye' concept.
There are those who recommend that the Palestinians try passive resistance against the land thieving Israeli settler movement backed by the full strength of the Israeli Army. But no one should mistake the Israelis for the British. The Israelis did not come to Palestine to organize and manage the natives on plantations; they came to evict the Palestinians from their native lands. They don't have British manners or any other sort of manners. In the absence of a Palestinian ability to deter Israeli violence, the Israelis will continue their creeping annexation of Palestinian lands. Israel's well armed settlers will continue to inflict humiliation on the unarmed native population living under the permanent threat of a very crude institutional violence that is the essence of Israeli military rule. The Israelis have one golden rule. They do whatever they can get away with.
The whole occupation has been an international criminal enterprise. If the United Nations had provided the Palestinians with protection, maybe there would have been fewer Palestinian casualties and less of a rationale for Palestinian retaliation or individual acts of vengeance. When Jewish demonstrators riot, the Israeli police are not even authorized to use tear gas, much less lethal shots to the head. The use of non-lethal force could also have reduced Palestinian casualties and reduced the risk of Palestinian retaliation.
So was the Israeli War Crime at Nablus prison a 'retaliation' for a suicide attack? More likely, it was the suicide attack that was retaliation for some one's brother or cousin who was among the 484 needless casualties of Israel's latest killing spree? The racist Israeli occupation has created a group of desperate young Palestinians who seem to be driven by the urge to take personal vengeance for their people and their kin. They are a decidedly new phenomenon in the Israeli/Palestinian struggle. As members of a generation that grew up under Israeli guns, they have collectively tasted the racist insulting behavior of Israelis settlers and soldiers who dominate every aspect of their lives. Most Israelis still subscribe to a religious and political ideology that makes no secret of their plan to steal and colonize additional Palestinian native lands.
Truth be told, an unlikely prospect at the New York Times, while Israel was dangling false promises of a Palestinian state, the Israeli settler movement continued to confiscate massive amounts of land and doubled the number of settlers. How they managed to sell this Oslo ruse to a feeble Arafat is another subject for another day. But why would the Israelis continue eating away at the meager portions of Palestine still in native hands and than let the clock run out on a final solution? Why elect a demented war criminal like Sharon of Qibya to crush an almost predictable uprising by a people who had been so cruelly duped? Because the Israelis still have fantasies of confiscating every square inch of Palestine. Many still hold onto the notion that, with enough ruthless application of military might, Palestinians will either have to accept living as a servile under-class to their Jewish lords and masters or will need to abandon their ancient ancestral homes. Using Sharon's language, William Safire of the New York Times still refers to the West Bank and Gaza as 'disputed territories'.
Here is an interesting statistic for those who believe that the Palestinians are driven by an irrational will to become 'martyrs'. The Kingdom of Jordan has some of the lowest suicide rates in the world as reported by the World Health Organization. Suicide is considered shameful to both Christian and Muslim Palestinians. The explanation for these acts of rage is that these kids want to retaliate against Israeli war crimes, even at the cost of their own lives. It takes an individual who has been completely tormented by the Israelis to resort to this kind of act. It takes a very angry young man whose brother or sister was murdered in cold blood by an Israeli sniper or a deranged settler. It takes a complete absence of hope resulting from a depressing life under the rule of a vicious foreign occupation army sent by a racist nation with the explicit intent of putting your people in a permanent choke hold.
If the 'journalists' at CNN and the New York Times would put aside their ethnic prejudices for a New York minute, they might see that suicidal bombers become infuriated before they become suicidal and before they become bombers. They are driven by a determination to retaliate for indiscriminate pounding by the Israeli army, air force and navy. In this latest spasm of Israeli violence, the Israelis have given each of 484 Palestinian families a reason to retaliate. The last thing Israel needs to do is give more Palestinians a reason for committing personal acts of vengeance. They can substantially reduce the risk of further antagonizing the Palestinians by immediately ending the military occupation and accepting the generous Palestinian offer to allow them to have a Jewish Supremacist State on 78% of the Palestinian homeland. It is extraordinary that the average Israeli is so blinded by their religious and ethnic chauvinism to not recognize the enormity of these Palestinian concessions. They are fools to think that the next generation of Palestinians will be more generous. They are even greater fools if they think that their historical mythologies will ever be anything more than a cruel joke to the native people of Palestine. Every Israeli needs to reckon with every individual Palestinian. Long after Israeli public relations victories on the pages of the New York Times fade into distant memory; long after Deborah Sontag's narrative is exposed as third rate propaganda, there will be the formidable task of sharing the land with those who have Palestinian memories.
Mr. Ahmed Amr is Editor of NileMedia.com in Seattle and a regular contributor to Media Monitors Network (MMN)
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Table of contents
- Introduction
- Main points
- Statistician's comment
- Things you need to know about this release
- Setting the scene
- What industry and occupations did non-UK nationals work in?
- What were the employment characteristics of foreign nationals in the UK?
- How skilled were non-UK nationals living in the UK?
- Next steps
- Annual Population Survey: Quality and methodology
- Annex 1: Sector definitions used in this article
- Annex 2: Skill level definitions
- Annex 3: Nationality groupings by country
1. Introduction
This article and accompanying data provides information on the number and characteristics of migrants in the UK Labour Market in 2016. In particular, it focuses on industry, occupation, hours worked, earnings and skills. The data accompanying the article also provides information at a regional level. This article will underpin further short articles we intend to publish over the next year looking at individual topics in greater depth.Back to table of contents
2. Main points
In 2016, 11% (3.4 million +/- 0.2 million) of the UK labour market (30.3 million +/- 0.3 million) were non-UK nationals; EU nationals contributed 7% (2.2 million +/- 0.1 million) and non-EU nationals 4% (1.2 million +/- 0.1 million).
There are higher proportions of international migrants in some industry sectors more than others; particularly the 14% of the wholesale and retail trade, hotels and restaurants workforce are international migrants (508,000 (+/- 64,000) EU nationals are employed here) and 12% of the financial and business services sector's workforce are international migrants (382,000 (+/- 56,000) of which are EU nationals); 8% of workers in manufacturing are EU8 nationals.
701,000 non-UK nationals work in the public administration, education and health sector; over a quarter of EU14 workers (27%) and non-EU workers (29%) are employed in these industries.
The highest number of non-UK nationals are employed in elementary occupations (such as selling goods, cleaning or freight handling), in which approximately 669,000 (+/-86,000) non-UK nationals are employed (510,000 are EU nationals); this is followed by professional occupations, in which an estimated 658,000 (+/-83,000) non-UK nationals were employed (352,000 were EU nationals).
Non-UK nationals are more likely to be in jobs they are over-qualified for than UK nationals; approximately 15% of UK nationals were employed in jobs they were deemed to be over-educated for (in comparison to other workers), compared with almost 2 in 5 non-UK nationals (37% of EU14, EU2 and non-EU nationals and 40% of EU8 nationals).
EU2 and EU8 work more hours than UK nationals; half of working EU8 nationals (50%) and nearly two-thirds of EU2 nationals (61%) work more than 40 hours per week, compared to a third of UK nationals (32%).
Compared to the national average (median) earnings (£11.30 per hour), EU14 nationals earned more (£12.59) whereas EU8 and EU2 had the lowest (£8.33).Back to table of contents
3. Statistician's comment
"Today's analysis shows the significant impact international migration has on the UK labour market. It is particularly important to the wholesale and retail, hospitality, and public administration and health sectors, which employ around 1.5 million non-UK nationals.
"Migrants from Eastern Europe, Bulgaria and Romania are likely to work more hours and earn lower wages than other workers, partly reflecting their numbers in lower-skilled jobs. Many EU migrants are also more likely to be over-educated for the jobs they are in."
Anna Bodey, Migration Analysis, Office for National Statistics.Back to table of contents
4. Things you need to know about this release
This article considers international residents based on their nationality rather than their country of birth, following recommendations supplied to the Lords EU Home Affairs Sub-Committee1.
A non-UK national is an individual who resides in the UK but is currently a citizen of another country; this characteristic is referred to as their nationality.
It should be noted that a person's nationality can change over time. For instance, a person may come to the UK as an overseas national, but later apply for British citizenship. (Information on grants of citizenship by previous nationality is published by the Home Office2). Some non-UK nationals may have been born in the UK, such as children of overseas nationals.
The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union of 28 member states. Not all member states joined the union at the same time, which has led to countries being split into the smaller sub-groups: EU14, EU8, EU2 and EU other.
This article compares characteristics of the following nationality groups:
- EU other6
- non-EU
Data quality
Numbers presented in this article are estimates based on the UK household population only. As these are estimates, confidence intervals have been included to provide a measure of the margin of error for these estimates.
A confidence interval is the range within which the true value lies with known probability. For example, a 95% confidence interval represents the range in which, over many repeats of the sample under the same conditions, we would expect the confidence interval to contain the true value to lie 95 times out of 100. The uppermost and lowermost values of the confidence interval are termed "confidence limits".
The formula used to calculate this is contained in the data tables.
Data used in this analysis: Annual Population Survey
The analysis is largely based on the Annual Population Survey (APS) Jan to Dec 2016. The analysis also draws from data available in the APS 3-year pooled dataset Jan 2013 to Dec 2015 (the most recent available); this dataset provides a larger sample on which to conduct analysis, which allows more detailed analysis to be undertaken. This is a household survey.
Things to be aware of concerning the APS:
- a person's nationality is self-reported and is influenced by how a person perceives their nationality
- the survey is designed to measure household population stocks within the UK7; it does not measure the flow of non-UK nationals into and out of the UK8
- data is collected from individuals in households, but does not include most communal establishments (managed accommodation such as halls of residence, hostels and care homes); this means that students living in communal establishments will only be included in APS estimates if their parents (resident in a household) are sampled and include the absent student
- students living in non-communal establishments will be captured in APS sampling
- the APS will include long-term migrants and some short-term migrants although it is unlikely to include short-term migrants living in the UK for very short periods of time
This could have a disproportionate effect on certain categories of overseas nationals. For example, students and short-term or seasonal workers from overseas (such as those working in the agricultural industry) may be more likely to stay in communal establishments or be in the UK on a short-term basis and will therefore be excluded from the sample, resulting in their under-representation.
Things to be aware of concerning the APS 3-year pooled dataset Jan 2013 to Dec 2015:
- it is less sensitive to more volatile trends than 1-year datasets as this dataset encompasses 3 years
- changes to those eligible to travel to the UK from EU countries during the 2013 to 2015 period would not be specifically noted (that is, it does not specifically highlight the lifting of employment restrictions on nationals of Bulgaria and Romania in January 20149, which had been in place since both joined the EU in 2007, nor the joining of Croatia to the EU in July 2013)
Data has not been used from the International Passenger Survey (IPS) as this survey is a measure of the flows into and out of the UK, whereas the APS provides a better snapshot of the long-term household overseas population. More information can be found in a report published in December 2016, titled Note on the differences between Long-Term International Migration flows derived from the International Passenger Survey and estimates of the population obtained from the Annual Population Survey: December 2016. The most recent IPS estimates on flows were published on 23 February 2017 in the Migration Statistics Quarterly Report.
Information contained in the data tables
The data tables contain the data analysed in the article at a UK level and additional data at a regional level.
Policy and operational context
Immigration control operates differently for EU nationals exercising treaty rights and non-European Economic Area (non-EEA) nationals who, for example, generally require entry clearance visas and employers sponsoring them to enter the UK for skilled work. Further information about the operation of the "points-based system" for non-EEA nationals can be found in the Home Office's user guide to its Immigration Statistics. Information on policy changes relating to immigration control for work routes are produced by the Home Office and can be found in Policy and legislative changes affecting migration to the UK: timeline.
Notes for: Things you need to know about this release
- Evidence provided by ONS to the Lords EU Home Affairs Sub-Committee on 15 December 2015 states: "In many cases therefore, nationality is the preferable measure to use when seeking to understand the interactions of migrants with, for example the labour market, the benefit system, housing, education and health. With such a large proportion of those who are born abroad having now acquired British nationality it is not recommended that country of birth be used as a headline measure in analysis of such data."
- The latest edition is available in the Immigration Statistics Citizenship publication.
- EU14 are countries who were members of the EU prior to 2004: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland (Republic of), Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Sweden.
- EU8 are countries who joined the EU January 2004: Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia.
- EU2 is Bulgaria and Romania, who joined the EU in January 2007
- EU other contains Cyprus, Malta (both joined January 2004) and Croatia (joined July 2013)
- Resident population stocks refer to the number of people living in the UK.
- Flow of non-UK nationals refers to the number of people entering and leaving the UK.
- More information about the employment restrictions placed on Bulgarian and Romanian nationals is available in a report by the House of Commons Library, titled Ending of transitional restrictions for Bulgarian and Romanian workers.
5. Setting the scene
In 2016, the resident household population of the UK was estimated to be 64.7 million1 (+/-0.4 million). Table 1 shows how the household population has changed between 2011 and 2016. It shows that the estimate of EU2 nationals resident in the UK has increased by an estimated 273,000 between 2011 and 2016; this is likely due to the lifting of employment restrictions from Romanian and Bulgarian nationals in 2014. Otherwise, although the numbers have increased, the proportion of UK residents by nationality group has largely remained the same.
Table 1: UK resident population by nationality, 2011 and 2016
|( +/- )
|( +/- )
|(+/- 333)
|(+/- 357)
|(+/- 65)
|(+/- 49)
|(+/- 62)
|(+/- 21)
|(+/- 35)
|(+/- 6)
|(+/- 8)
|(+/- 78)
|(+/- 81)
|(+/- 349)
|(+/- 378)
|Source: Office for National Statistics
|1. Estimates are rounded to the nearest thousand. Totals may not sum due to rounding.
|2. 0~ indicates that a percentage has been rounded to 0, i.e. is less than 0.5%. It is not a true zero.
|3. These population estimates are likely to differ from the mid-year population estimates, scheduled to be published in June 2017, as they do not include communal establishments.
|4. Previously published 2011 estimates differ to these due to different countries classified within each nationality grouping. Please see Annex 3 for the country groupings used in this article.
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In 2016, within the UK, the household population aged 16 to 64 was estimated to be 41.0 million2 (+/-0.3 million).
Figure 1 shows that working immigrants tend to be younger than UK workers. More than half (estimated 53%) of non-UK working nationals aged 16 to 64 years old were between 25 and 39 years old.
Figure 1: Comparison of the age distribution of UK and non-UK nationals in employment aged 16 to 64 years old
Source: Annual Population Survey, Office for National Statistics
- Totals may not sum due to rounding.
- 13 April 2017: title amended to include "in employment".
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The data tables behind this release contain the estimates of the number and proportion of UK residents in each age band by detailed nationality group (UK, EU14, EU8, EU2, EU-other, non-EU).
Table 2 illustrates the percentage of employed, unemployed and economically inactive UK residents by nationality group. The proportion of those in employment was highest for EU8 and EU2 nationals (estimated 83%) whilst non-EU nationals had the lowest proportion of people in employment (estimated 62%); this reflects the fact that many non-EU nationals immigrate to study. Approximately three-quarters of nationals from the UK and EU14 countries were in employment (estimated 74% and 76% respectively). Slightly more than 1 in 10 (estimated 11%) of non-EU nationals stated study as the reason for their inactivity, which was the highest proportion compared with other nationalities. Non-EU nationals were estimated to also have had a higher proportion of residents who are inactive for other reasons, compared with the national average (estimated 22% compared with national average of 16%).
Table 2: Number and percentage of UK 16 to 64 aged population by nationality and economic activity, UK, 2016
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|Inactive: student
|Inactive: other
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|( +/- )
|( +/- )
|( +/- )
|(+/- 253)
|(+/- 58)
|(+/- 291)
|(+/- 50)
|(+/- 12)
|(+/- 57)
|(+/- 56)
|(+/- 6)
|(+/- 6)
|(+/- 10)
|(+/- 33)
|EU Other
|(+/- 7)
|(+/- 8)
|(+/- 59)
|(+/- 17)
|(+/- 26)
|(+/- 33)
|(+/- 74)
|(+/- 271)
|(+/- 63)
|(+/- 312)
|Source: Office for National Statistics
|1. Estimates are rounded to the nearest thousand. Totals may not sum due to rounding.
|2. The percentages contained in this table are not employment and unemployment rates.
|3. 'c' indicates that data is not available due to disclosure control.
|4. 'Inactive: other' includes inactivity for reasons such as retirement, illness, disability and looking after family.
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Figure 2 shows the percentage of non-UK nationals aged 16 to 64 years who were employed within the borders of a specific county or unitary authority in 2016. The percentage of non-UK nationals aged 16 to 64 years in employment in the whole of the UK was estimated to be 69%. Figure 2 shows that the majority of areas in the south of England were estimated to have a higher than average percentage of non-UK nationals in employment.
Figure 2: Percentage of 16-64 year old non-UK nationals in employment by county and unitary authority
UK, 2013 to 2015
Source: Annual Population Survey, Office for National Statistics
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The remainder of this article focuses on those aged 16 to 64 in the UK resident household population who describe themselves as being in employment.
Notes for: Setting the scene
1 and 2. Annual Population Survey 2016Back to table of contents
6. What industry and occupations did non-UK nationals work in?
This section presents an analysis of the following characteristics against a worker's nationality:
- sector of main job
- occupation of main job
The industry groupings presented are based on standard classifications, so present a broad picture. Within these classifications, there are likely to be further differences in the numbers of workers by nationality, which will be addressed in future analyses (See Next Steps).
Industry sector of workers
In 2016, the UK labour market was estimated to comprise 89% UK nationals and 11% non-UK nationals.
Figure 3 shows that within the energy and water and public admin, education and health sectors that more than 9 in 10 employed workers were UK nationals. EU2 nationals made up approximately 3% of the UK labour market; however, they represented approximately 8% of workers in manufacturing. Despite that almost 3 in 10 (estimated 27%) EU14 nationals worked in the public admin, education and health sector, they only contributed approximately 2% of the workforce.
In numerical terms, the sector with the highest number of non-UK nationals employed is the wholesale and retail trade, hotels and restaurants sector, in which approximately 761,000 (+/-96,000) non-UK nationals are employed, followed by the public admin, education and health sector, in which an estimated 701,000 (+/-85,000) non-UK nationals were employed. The highest number of EU nationals were also employed in the wholesale and retail trade, hotels and restaurants sector (estimated 508,000 +/-69,000), followed by financial and business services (approximately 382,000 +/-59,000).
Figure 3: Distribution of workers in each nationality group by industry sector
Source: Annual Population Survey, Office for National Statistics
- Data is unavailable for EU other nationals due to disclosure controls.
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These proportions will not reflect the full impact of additional short-term foreign workers in these sectors. For reasons outlined in the Things you need to know about this release section, short-term migrants are likely to be under-represented in the Annual Population Survey (APS); this affects some sectors more than others.
One sector that is likely to be under-represented is agriculture, forestry and fishing. There are a range of surveys that are able to capture aspects of the workforce in the agriculture industry, for example:
- June Agriculture Survey (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
- Labour Providers Survey (National Farmers Union)
- Annual Population Survey and Labour Force Survey (Office for National Statistics)
But, none of these surveys are designed to capture the total number of long- and short-term (seasonal) workers in the agriculture industry by nationality.
Figure 4 shows that, in 2016, the highest proportion of UK, EU14 and non-EU nationals worked in the public admin, education and health sector (estimated 31%, 26% and 28%) respectively. The highest proportion of resident EU8 nationals (estimated 26%) worked in the wholesale and retail trade, hotels and restaurants sector; 22% of EU8 nationals were estimated employed in the manufacturing sector.
These proportions reflect the sector in which people work rather than the type of job, for example, people working in the finance sector may include cleaning and administrative staff as well as finance professionals, and the same is true for other sectors.
Figure 4: Distribution of workers in each sector by nationality group
Source: Annual Population Survey, Office for National Statistics
- Data is unavailable for EU other nationals due to disclosure controls.
- Totals may not sum to 100% due to disclosure controls.
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Occupation of workers
Figure 5 shows the proportion of workers in each nationality group by occupation. 89% of workers are UK nationals and 11% are non-UK nationals. Approximately 21% of workers in elementary (such as selling goods, cleaning or freight handling) and process, plant and machine operatives occupations were non-UK nationals. The proportion of non-UK nationals in managers, directors and senior officials, associate professional and technical occupations, administrative and secretarial occupations, and sales and customer service occupations was lower than the occupation average across all professions.
In numerical terms, the highest number of non-UK nationals are employed in elementary occupations, in which approximately 669,000 (+/-86,000) non-UK nationals were employed, followed by professional occupations, in which an estimated 658,000 (+/-83,000) non-UK nationals were employed. This was the same for EU nationals, with 510,000 (+/-65,000) and 352,000 (+/-53,000) respectively employed in those occupations.
Figure 5: Distribution of workers in each occupation by nationality group
Source: Annual Population Survey, Office for National Statistics
- Data is unavailable for EU other nationals due to disclosure controls.
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Figure 6 shows that UK, EU14 and non-EU nationals were most likely to work in professional occupations (estimated 21%, 30% and 26% respectively). EU8 nationals were most likely to work in lower-skilled occupations; approximately half (51%) of EU8 nationals who worked in the UK were employed in the process, plant and machine operatives or elementary occupations. Almost one-third (estimated 31%) of EU2 nationals worked in elementary occupations.
The lowest proportion of both EU8 and EU2 nationals worked as managers, directors and senior officials (estimated 3% and 4% respectively). This does not necessarily mean that EU8 and EU2 nationals have a lower professional skill level than workers from other countries. EU8 and EU2 nationals may choose to work in lower-skilled roles to improve other skills, such as their English language skills, before moving on to more skilled labour.
Figure 6: Distribution of workers in each nationality group by occupation
Source: Annual Population Survey, Office for National Statistics
- Data is unavailable for EU other nationals due to disclosure controls.
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7. What were the employment characteristics of foreign nationals in the UK?
This section presents the following characteristics of workers in the UK labour market:
- whether workers were employed in the public or private sector
- the proportion of workers who were self-employed
- whether workers were full or part-time
- the hours worked by those in employment
- the median hourly pay
Public or private sector
Figure 7 illustrates how, regardless of nationality, a higher proportion of people worked in the private sector compared with the public sector in 2016. Approximately 5% of EU8 and EU2 nationals worked in the public sector compared with around 20% of UK, EU14 and non-EU nationals.
Figure 7: Distribution of workers in each nationality group in the public and private sector
Source: Annual Population Survey, Office for National Statistics
- Data is unavailable for EU other nationals due to disclosure controls.
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It should be noted that there are nationality restrictions on some public sector roles that may prevent a non-UK national from working in such a role. For example, only nationals from the UK, the Republic of Ireland, the Commonwealth, the European Economic Area (EEA), Switzerland and Turkey are eligible for employment in the UK Civil Service1. Exceptions to this rule do exist, however.
There were an estimated 6.7 million (+/-0.1 million) workers employed in the public sector in 2016, according to the APS. This is higher than the estimate published in the Public sector employment, UK: September 2016 statistical bulletin, which estimates that in September 2016 total UK public sector employment was 5.4 million; however, these figures do not provide a breakdown by nationality. It should be noted that public sector estimates in the Annual Population Survey (APS) are self-reported. This means that survey respondents classify themselves as public or private sector workers, which does not necessarily correspond to the national accounts definition used for public sector employment estimates2. This is because, for example, if an individual is a caterer in a hospital, then their work environment could be described as public sector, whereas they could actually be employed by a private company and contracted to work in the hospital.
Overall, 14% of those in employment within the UK were self-employed. Figure 8 below compares the proportions of self employment by nationality. It illustrates that EU2 nationals living in the UK in 2016 had the highest proportion of 16- to 64-year-olds who were self-employed (estimated 25%), whilst UK nationals had the lowest proportion of those self-employed alongside EU14 nationals (estimated 14%).
Figure 8: Distribution of workers in each nationality group who are employees and self-employed
Source: Annual Population Survey, Office for National Statistics
- Data is unavailable for EU other nationals due to disclosure controls.
- The percentage of unpaid family workers and employees on government schemes rounded to 0%.
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The APS 2016 provides limited information on the sectors in which self-employed persons work, due to small sample sizes.
Figure 9, therefore, displays estimates produced using the APS 3-year pooled dataset Jan 2013 to Dec 2015, which can provide more detailed information due to the larger sample sizes.
It shows the proportion of self-employed workers by the industry sector they worked in. Almost half of (48%) EU2 nationals were self-employed in the 'Construction' sector. A higher than average proportion of non-EU nationals was found to work in the 'Wholesale and retail trade, hotels and restaurants' sector (estimated 19% to 12%). Almost 1 in 3 (estimated 30%) EU14 nationals were self-employed in 'Financial and business services', compared with an average of approximately 23%.
Figure 9: Distribution of the self-employed in each nationality group by sector
UK, 2013 to 2015
Source: Annual Population Survey, Office for National Statistics
- Data is unavailable for EU other nationals due to disclosure controls.
- Totals may not sum to 100% due to disclosure controls.
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Working pattern
In 2016, 75% of those in employment worked full-time. The proportion of EU8 and EU2 nationals who were full time workers is estimated to be more than 4 in 5 (estimated 82% and 88% respectively).
Figure 10 shows that the higher proportion of full-time EU8 nationals was due to a slightly higher proportion of EU8 males who worked full-time. This pattern was mirrored when looking at females; more EU8 female nationals worked full-time compared to the national average. Male non-EU nationals had the highest proportion of workers who were part-time.
Figure 10: Distribution of workers within each sex and working full- or part-time by nationality group
Source: Annual Population Survey, Office for National Statistics
- Data is unavailable for EU other nationals due to disclosure controls.
- The columns corresponding to each nationality sum to 100%.
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The highest proportion of full- and part-time UK nationals were employed in the public admin, education and health sector. Female UK nationals contributed almost half of the public admin, education and health sector workforce (estimated 46%); however, the highest proportion of male workers from the UK were employed in the financial and business services sector (estimated 18%). EU14 workers shared the same pattern, with the highest proportion of female workers being in the public admin, education and health' sector (estimated 39%), whilst the highest proportion of male workers from EU14 countries were employed in the financial and business services sector (estimated 26%).
The highest number (107,000 +/-19,000) of male EU14 nationals worked in the financial and business services sector if working full-time, yet were more likely to work in the wholesale and retail trade, hotels and restaurants sector (22,000 +/-8,000) if working part-time. The highest proportion of non-EU nationals worked in the public admin, education and health sector (250,000 +/-26,000) if working full-time, and worked in the wholesale and retail trade, hotels and restaurants and the public admin, education and health sector (98,000 +/-16,000 and 89,000 +/-15,000 respectively) if working part-time.
This data is available for all sectors in the data behind the release.
Hours worked
Figure 11 shows that at least half of EU8 and EU2 workers (estimated 50% and 61% respectively) worked more than 40 hours per week compared with around a third of UK nationals (estimated 32%). On average, 1 in 5 UK and non-EU residents worked below 25 hours per week (estimated 20%); however, a smaller proportion of resident EU nationals (regardless of country grouping) worked below 25 hours a week.
Figure 11: Distribution of workers in each nationality group by hours worked
Source: Annual Population Survey, Office for National Statistics
- Data is unavailable for EU other nationals due to disclosure controls.
- Hours worked refers to the total usual hours worked in a week, excluding overtime.
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Hourly pay
When comparing the average gross hourly pay3 by nationality, the median is chosen as the main measure; that is the data value at which 50% of data values are above it and 50% of data values are below it. We present the median because the distribution of earnings is not symmetrical, with more people earning lower salaries than higher salaries; this is consistent with our other publications, such as the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), our preferred measure of earnings.
The hourly pay estimates collected in the Annual Population Survey (APS) are self-reported and have the potential to be incorrectly estimated by respondents. ASHE collects information directly from a business's payroll and is deemed to be more accurate, but it does not collect information on an employee's nationality. Therefore, as no other source is currently available, the hourly pay by nationality group estimates from the APS are presented here.
When comparing the analysis for all UK employees (of all nationalities), the differing methods used to produce earnings data result in a different median wage being produced. For example, in 2016, a median wage of £12.10 is estimated using ASHE data whilst the APS estimate of median wage stands at £11.30 (both estimates exclude overtime).
Please also note that self-employed persons, (approximately 14% of UK residents aged 16- to 64-years-old), are not included4; this measure is collected for employees and those in government training programmes only. Please see the Next steps section for more information on how we plan to develop these estimates in the future.
Figure 12 shows that EU14 nationals received the highest median hourly pay at £12.59 compared with the national average of £11.30; this can be explained by the fact that almost 2 in 5 (37%) of EU14 nationals were employed in high-skilled jobs, the highest proportion in comparison to other nationals (please see the Skills section for more detail). This is followed by UK nationals who received £11.53 per hour, non-EU nationals with £10.97 per hour and £9.35 for nationals from Cyprus, Malta and Croatia. EU8 and EU2 workers received the lowest median hourly pay, compared with all other workers, receiving £8.33; again a possible explanation for this is that EU8 and EU2 nationals have a higher proportion of workers in low-skilled jobs (please see the Skills section for more detail).
Figure 12: Median gross hourly pay of workers by nationality group
Source: Annual Population Survey, Office for National Statistics
- Hourly pay may include overtime and any bonuses received.
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Notes for: What were the employment characteristics of foreign nationals in the UK?
- As stated in the Civil Service Nationality Rules: Guidance on checking eligibility.
- Definition stated in A Brief Guide to Sources of Public Sector Employment Statistics.
- Gross hourly pay is the amount of pay received per hour before tax, National Insurance and other deductions.
- Self-employed workers are not included due to difficulties in obtaining accurate information without complex questioning. This is because self-employed workers do not necessarily receive a salary and may receive payment in ways other than money.
8. How skilled were non-UK nationals living in the UK?
This section presents the skill level of working UK residents in three ways. These are:
- by highest qualification level achieved
- by the skill level of their occupation
- by whether a worker had an education level that is "matched" to their occupation, or whether they were over- or under-educated
The Home Office published analysis in 2014 on the skill level of workers in the UK labour market over a 10-year period (ending 2012). This release is available to read at Employment and occupational skill levels among UK and foreign nationals.
The highest qualification achieved
The Annual Population Survey provides information on the highest qualification level a person has achieved. It should be noted that the highest qualification achieved does not define whether a person can work in a job requiring that level qualification. For example, a person may have one GCSE at A* to C, however, usually a job at Level 2 would require five GCSEs of A* to C. A worker may also have relevant experience that negates the need for a higher qualification level. It also does not tell us whether a person was working in a job that was appropriate for their education level.
When looking into the highest qualification achieved by nationality, the following was found:
- more than half of EU14 nationals (estimated 57%) had a degree or equivalent qualification, similar to non-EU nationals (estimated 52%)
- approximately one-third of UK nationals had a degree or equivalent (estimated 33%)
- Almost one-quarter (estimated 24%) of EU8 nationals had a degree or equivalent; the lowest proportion compared with all other nationalities
There were a high proportion of non-UK nationals who stated their highest qualification is an "other qualification". When interpreting this result, it should also be noted that foreign qualifications can be difficult to capture within the survey, and a person with a foreign qualification, other than a degree or equivalent, is often classified as having an "other qualification".
Skill level of occupation
Occupations can be aggregated to four groups and these groupings represent the skill level of the job, rather than the person. These classifications are as follows:
- high (for example, chief executives, teacher, engineer)
- upper middle (for example, accommodation managers, electrician)
- lower middle (for example, administrator, childminder, hairdresser)
- low (for example, farm worker, cleaner, waiters or waitresses)
Please see Annex 2 for more information on these groupings and the occupations contained within them.
Figure 13 shows that almost 2 in 5 EU14 nationals (estimated 37%) were employed in high-skill jobs; this compares with almost 1 in 10 (estimated 8%) EU8 nationals. The chart also shows that an estimated 69% of EU8 nationals and 61% of EU2 nationals were employed in low- or lower-middle skilled jobs, in comparison to less than 50% of nationals from the UK, EU14 and outside the EU.
Figure 13: Distribution of workers in each nationality group by skill level of occupation
Source: Annual Population Survey, Office for National Statistics
- Data is unavailable for EU other nationals due to disclosure controls.
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Skills mismatch and education attainment
Determining the skills mismatch1 of a worker and their job enables comparison between a worker's highest qualification and the average level of qualification held by those in the job. This looks to determine whether a worker2 is:
- matched
- over-educated
- under-educated
This measure is based on a methodology we have previously produced. For further information on the methodology of this measure, please see the original article titled Analysis of the UK labour market - estimates of skills mismatch using measures of over and under education: 2015.
Figure 14 shows the proportion of workers, by nationality, who were over-educated, under-educated or whose education level matched their job role. The graph shows that across all nationalities, the majority of workers had the appropriate skill level for their work. Looking at the specific nationality groupings, UK nationals were equally likely to be under- or over-educated whereas this wasn't true for non-UK nationals. More than 1 in 3 non-UK nationals (regardless of country grouping) were estimated to be over-educated compared with other workers; approximately 1 in 2 were estimated to be matched and around 1 in 10 under-educated.
As previously shown, many foreign workers were young and well-educated. One explanation for the proportion classed as over-educated is that they may have sought employment in the UK to do lower-skilled jobs in order to experience life in the UK and gain other experiences (such as learning English), rather than as a career move.
Figure 14: Distribution of workers in each nationality group by whether they are matched, over-educated or under-educated for their job
Source: Annual Population Survey, Office for National Statistics
- Data is unavailable for EU other nationals due to disclosure controls.
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This measure is also explored by industry sector and the data are contained in the data tables.
Notes for: How skilled were non-UK nationals living in the UK?
- Defined by previous ONS methodology as the comparison of how far educational attainment of groups within the UK workforce differs from the average education level for their occupations.
- Matched are individuals in employment whose highest level of educational attainment lies within one standard deviation of the mean for their given occupation. Over-educated have a highest educational attainment greater that one standard deviation below the mean. Under-educated have a highest educational attainment greater than one standard deviation above the mean.
9. Next steps
This article, by its very nature, has provided a high level overview of migration and the UK labour market. It will underpin further shorter articles that will provide more in-depth coverage of the topics discussed. In particular, these shorter articles will also provide a regional angle. We are also planning to release further articles analysing the activity of non-UK nationals who are resident in the UK, starting with housing in May 2017.
The article has highlighted several areas where more information is available for the UK as a whole but where these other sources cannot be broken down by nationality. The following sections highlight where more analysis can be done to improve the evidence base.
Current data sources
The Annual Population Survey (APS) provides information on the activity of migrants in the labour market at a UK level (for example, the industry sectors they work in). When exploring this topic by region, not all data are available. There is a growing requirement for these data to be available at a local level, which current data sources are not designed for.
Future data sources
The use and linkage of administrative data will enable us to provide much more detailed analysis at smaller, more local levels of geography. Linked data could provide information that may be able to fill the information gaps, for example:
- sectors with a high number of short-term migrants employed
- income of non-UK nationals at a local level (for both employees and self-employed)
- industry and occupation of workers at a local level
- tax contributions at a local level
- benefits received at a local level
- more robust estimates of hourly wages of EU and non-EU migrant workers
Possible data sources that may provide additional information are administrative data held by other government departments, for example the Department for Work and Pensions and Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs, linked with the Migrant Worker Scan1.
It is possible that access to these data sources will enable us to produce statistics with detailed breakdowns at a more local level, which are meaningful and add further insight. However, it should not be assumed that data sources collected for one purpose will necessarily be suitable for other purposes.
More information
International migration data and analysis: Improving the evidence, released on 23 February 2017, highlighted the development plans for international migration statistics. This article covers development areas for both the stocks (the activity of migrants currently in the UK) and the flows of migration (the activity of migrants entering and leaving the UK).
This article covers the information that is currently available about non-UK nationals' activity in the UK labour market and highlights the data gaps. It highlights the partial information we have available on the industry and occupation sectors that foreign nationals are employed in, information on their earnings and information regarding the self-employed. These areas are the main focus of development for statistics relating to the activity of residents in the UK labour market.
Notes for: Next steps
- The Migrant Worker Scan (MWS) contains information on all overseas nationals who have registered for and been allocated a National Insurance Number (NINo).More information can be found in Quality Assurance for Administrative Data (QAAD) document for the Migrant Worker Scan, published in January 2017.
10. Annual Population Survey: Quality and methodology
The Quality and Methodology Information document contains important information on:
- the strengths and limitations of the data and how it compares with related data
- uses and users of the data
- how the output was created
- the quality of the output including the accuracy of the data
11. Annex 1: Sector definitions used in this article
This article uses the Standard Industrial Classifications 2007 (UK SIC 2007) to define an industry or sector (group of industries). These are used to classify business establishments and units by the type of activity in which they are engaged. For more information, please view UK SIC 2007.
In the Annual Population Survey, an interviewer asks a respondent what their firm mainly make or do. From the answer, the interviewer determines the UK SIC 2007 code of their job. The industries used throughout this article are defined in Table 3.
Table 3: Industries contained within each sector
|Industries included
|Agriculture, forestry and fishing
|Energy and water
|Mining and quarrying
|Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply
|Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities
|Wholesale and retail trade, hotels and restaurants
|Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
|Accommodation and food service activities
|Transport and communication
|Transportation and storage
|Information and communication
|Financial and business services
|Financial and insurance activities
|Real estate activities
|Professional, scientific and technical activities
|Administrative and support service activities
|Public admin, education and health
|Public administration and defence; compulsory social security
|Human health and social work activities
|Other services
|Arts, entertainment and recreation
|Other service activities
|Activities of households as employers; undifferentiated goods-and services-producing activities of households for own use
|Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies
|Source: Office for National Statistics
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12. Annex 2: Skill level definitions
This article uses the Standard Occupational Classifications 2010 (SOC 2010) to define an industry or sector (group of industries). These are used to classify business establishments and units by the type of activity in which they are engaged. For more information, please view SOC 2010.
In the Annual Population Survey, an interviewer asks a respondent what their main job was in the week prior to the interview and what they mainly did in that job. From the answer, the interviewer determines the SOC 2010 code of their role.
Skill level is derived from grouping the SOC 2010 codes, which have been grouped into the skill levels associated with the occupation. Table 4 contains the groupings of SOC 2010 codes that form each skill level.
Table 4: Occupations contained within each skill level
|Skill level
|Standard Occupational Classifications 2010 included
|Corporate managers and directors
|Science, research, engineering and technology professionals
|Health professionals
|Teaching and educational professionals
|Business, media and public service professionals
|Upper middle
|Other managers and proprietors
|Science, research, engineering and technology associate professionals
|Health and social care associate professionals
|Protective service occupations
|Culture, media and sports occupations
|Business and public service associate professionals
|Skilled agricultural and related trades
|Skilled metal, electrical and electronic trades
|Skilled construction and building trades
|Textiles, printing and other skilled trades
|Lower middle
|Administrative occupations
|Secretarial and related occupations
|Caring personal service occupations
|Leisure, travel and related personal service occupations
|Sales occupations
|Customer service occupations
|Process, plant and machine operatives
|Transport and mobile machine drivers and operatives
|Elementary trades and related occupations
|Elementary administration and service occupations
|Source: Office for National Statistics
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13. Annex 3: Nationality groupings by country
Table 5 displays the countries included in each nationality grouping used within this article. This is consistent with the nationality groupings used in our labour market releases.
Table 5: Countries contained within each nationality group
|Nationality group
|Countries included
|United Kingdom
|United Kingdom
|European Union 14
|Spain (except Canary Islands)
|Spain (not otherwise specified)
|Canary Islands
|Vatican City
|Republic of Ireland
|European Union 8
|Czech Repblic
|Czechoslovakia (not otherwise specified)
|European Union 2
|European Union - other
|Countries not classified elsewhere
|Source: Office for National Statistics
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Phil Taylor powered to his fourth Stan James World Matchplay Championship title with an 18-10 victory over Richie Burnett in the final at Blackpool's Winter Gardens tonight.
The nine-times world champion never looked in danger of defeat throughout the event and his showdown with the 'Prince of Wales' proved just as one-sided as his four previous matches.
Amid an electric atmosphere, Taylor, whose 17-9 semi-final win over Martin Adams last night had been his closest encounter of the tournament, turned the screw on Burnett with a devastating mid-match burst.
It looked like the 34-year-old Welshman, the 1995 Embassy world champion, would give OThe Power' a stern test when the first 10 legs were shared even though Burnett was struggling for consistency on the treble 20.
Burnett's darts were frequently straying into the adjacent five and one beds yet he managed to take three successive legs to draw level at 5-5.
The equaliser came as 40-year-old Taylor missed five darts at a double - but the brief hope it gave Burnett did not last long.
A two-minute interval followed which enabled Taylor to regroup, and he immediately embarked on a stunning run of eight successive legs which effectively put the outcome beyond doubt.
His opponent started missing doubles when given the opportunity and Burnett was left shaking his head in frustration as Taylor romped 13-5 ahead.
Burnett was not finished and pulled back to 16-10 with a brilliant 71 checkout which brought a handshake from Taylor, but two legs later it wasall over.
The Stoke player even declined the chance to finish in spectacular style on the bullseye, instead leaving himself double top which he slotted with his first dart having paused to soak up the adulation of his adoring fans.
@Text:''Richie didn't hit his doubles tonight, he gave me some chances and I took them,'' said Taylor, who was repeating his World Matchplay triumphs of 1995, 1997 and 2000.
''But he never gave up and came back with some big scores. He'll be back and he must hold his head high after the week he's had here.
''On paper the whole tournament should have been much closer as I think this has surpassed the world championship now because of the strength of the field. But I was under no pressure tonight.
''One thing I'm gutted about, though, is not achieving a nine-dart checkout.''
Burnett admitted he had been distracted by the partisan crowd cheering on Taylor, though he stressed it had not affected his game.
''It's very difficult for me to win in front of an English crowd,'' said the man who was Taylor's semi-final victim in Blackpool last year.
''I feel like they are taking the mickey out of me sometimes - it can be very intense. If I play aggressively, I feel like it all comes back at me.
''When Phil is banging in the big scores the stage can be a very lonely place to be. I'm sure I can overcome it but it is a handicap.
''I never felt right at all tonight. I couldn't get my first dart in the treble 20 and the way I played it should really have been 18-0 to Phil.
''But I'm happy with the week I've had and I can build on this. I think darts needs Richie Burnett and I'm a determined sort of guy, so maybe next time I can win this.''


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Readers Sound Off on EMTALA, ACOs and the Future CEO
Today, in what will become a regular H&HN Daily feature, I'm handing the blog over to my readers and their thoughts on recent blogs, articles, podcasts and videos:
Robert Sigmond responds to Emily Friedman's recent piece on the 25th anniversary of EMTALA and its long-term impact:"When I started working with hospitals in the 1940's on the Pennsylvania Hill-Burton plan, none of the hospitals that I remember ever charged for service in the Emergency Department. When I took my wife to the Emergency Department at the hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in the middle of the night with a terrible toothache back then, there was no way that I could pay for the care. The staff explained that they were not allowed to take tips! By the 1950's, Hill Burton requirements and the rapid growth of prepayment plans and the early insurance offerings had started to change all that, even before Medicare and Medicaid in the 1960's."
Debra Gerardi, R.N., writes in response to How to Build an Effective Accountable Care Organization, written by Abe Levy, M.D., Aric Sharp and Scott Hayworth, M.D.:
"Adopting a proactive approach to conflict management and improving conflict competency among leaders will be a necessary component of any successful ACO. In addition, the Joint Commission has required this as a component of accreditation and as such it is an invitation to leaders to think of conflict management strategically as a core component of achieving overall safety and high quality care for patients."On Don't Use That Kind of Language Here, a blog I wrote about the importance of clearly written signage, pamphlets and forms for patient communication, Cheryl Allen, R.N. writes:
"I've been an R.N. for 30 years, and sometimes when I go to the doctor I have no idea what they're asking. The form says have you ever had any of the following...Rash, well who hasn't had a rash? Do they want me to put yes—even though it only lasted three days or do they want me to put no because it wasn't significant?"Scott Mason responded to Dan Beckham's article CEOs Under Scrutiny, about the changing expectations hospital boards have for their CEOs:
"Rather than punt to a health system in the absence of a thoughtful strategy or simply put off succession planning, progressive boards may be required to embrace non-traditional models in the selection of their future leaders. It has long been the model in healthcare for CEOs to come up through operations. This has worked to a point. But it is my observation that operations has very little to do with strategy; there is almost no crossover. Future CEOs in healthcare, as Dan noted, must be strategic. And to the extent that operations is important, it may be more a need for familiarity with physician practice and freestanding ambulatory operations (growing) rather than just hospital operations (shrinking). At the same time, we should not forget that 'culture eats strategy for lunch.'"And finally, Daniel Fell, from Chattanooga, T.N., responded to How CIOs Can Stay Relevant, a podcast interview with Spencer Hamons, corporate project manager for the Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation in Alaska, on the importance of CIOs in smaller markets:
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Unemployment has been a key feature of economic turmoil in recent years and the focus of governmental policy worldwide, but there are some signs of improvement in new jobs being posted. Richard Miranda talks about the implications for his generation.
Out-of work young people have been of particular concern due to the well-documented consequences long-term youth unemployment can have on both the individuals themselves and society as a whole.
As a 24-year-old that graduated from university just as the recession was getting into full swing, I can testify to the difficulty of the job market for people my age. I've taken bar work to make ends meet and worked as a paid intern in order to get the experience necessary to gain further employment. I remember one instance where I applied for a job and was sent a letter of rejection that congratulated me on making it to the final 25 applicants out of 300. Bear in mind that this was a six-month contract for an entry-level position paying just above minimum wage. Among my friends this is not an isolated example.
I've been lucky in that I have not been unemployed for any substantial length of time, but after a year living in London I was forced to move back in with my parents as I could not afford it. I have since joined the ranks of the self-employed as I was finding permanent work either too difficult to get, or not suitable for what I wanted to do. With this being the case for a graduate, I can only imagine the immense difficulties facing young people who haven't gone on to further education.
So although the recent figures are promising, we should not get our hopes up quite yet. The Director of Policy and Professional Services for the REC himself tempers the statistics by noting that there is a "need to address the disconnect between the skills employers are looking for and what job-seekers have to offer".
Although youth unemployment in the UK has not reached the disastrous heights seen in Spain and Greece, where roughly half of all young people are out of work, it is still worryingly high here. As of November 2011, there are over one million 18-25 year olds out of work in the UK, the highest number since comparable records began in 1992. Measures have been taken to curb unemployment, but tackling this major dilemma is not proving to be a straightforward task.
So it comes as good news that the number of job positions posted in March rose at the highest rate in eight months, according to the Recruitment and Employment Confederation. As unemployment is tied to job creation, this is a promising sign. Of particular note is that the number of permanent positions has risen for three consecutive months. This is very positive, as until now a large proportion of jobs being created have only been part-time leaving many, although working, still underemployed.
The British economy is still struggling and showing little sign that it will revert to its pre-recession self any time soon. Its unpredictable nature will always make it difficult to create more jobs as a way of reducing youth unemployment. What is necessary is more investment in young people from an early age to help them develop key skills that make them employable. To do this on a large scale, a hard look is required at Britain's current educational model. It must also be recognised that there is no quick fix – in order to implement the widespread, institutional change vital to curbing youth unemployment, a long-term strategy is crucial. Initiatives like the government's new Youth Contract are positive first steps, but much more needs to be done. The issue of youth unemployment is extremely pressing, and must be clearly addressed if Britain is going to develop into a healthy society in the future.


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Why the sudden interest in mezcal? If you check in with the folks behind country music star Toby Keith's recently introduced brand Wild Shot, imported by Shaw-Ross, loving mezcal is nothing new — it's just that those inspired by the rustic and smoky Mexican spirit have kept it mostly to themselves until now.
Of course, Keith's brand has had a leg up, given his profile and restaurants. (Toby Keith's I Love This Bar & Grill, with 11 locations across the United States, are serving plenty of Wild Shot, according to his spokesperson). But rather than jumping on a bandwagon, Keith has been a long-time mezcal admirer, especially for the potent flavor it can pack when compared with many contemporary, smoothed-out tequilas.
The Mezcalita. Photo and recipe below courtesy of Wild Shot Mezcal.
Mezcal Cocktails Crisscross the Nation
Meanwhile, a growing number of bars and restaurants — Mexican-themed and otherwise — have jumped on board with both feet as the supply and range of styles of the "other" agave spirit continues to increase in the U.S. market.
For example, some of the fine-dining Mexican restaurants owned and operated by world-renowned José Andrés marked their annual tequila and mezcal festivals in March. At China Poblano in Las Vegas, the celebration featured complimentary tastings open to the public and diners. The libations — the highlight of the festival — include the Oaxacan Swizzle (Del Maguey Mezcal 'Vida,' ruby port, fresh-pressed apples, lime, ginger and housemade orange bitters) and El Bahio (Sombra Mezcal, roasted pineapple juice, lemon and cardamom).
Andrés Oyamel Cocina Mexicana in the Washignton, D.C., area, is offering guests informational cocktail sessions and dinners with tastings. The mezcal drinks include Joven Avocado (avocado-infused mezcal, Cocchi Americano, grapefruit syrup, grapefruit juice, Hellfire Bitters and avocado leaf) and the High Tea (Los Nahuales Reposado Mezcal, chamomile tea, honey and housemade tobacco bitters). Clearly, mezcal has taken its place among the sip and shooters as well as the cocktail creators.
New York City-based spirits impresario John Henry, who is launching his own brand called El Buho, says mezcal is appearing more and more as a finishing float on Margaritas and other tequila cocktails and that variations on the Oaxcacan Old Fashioned, originally conceived by Philip Ward of Mayahuel, have become more common as a cocktail-venue standby.
Andrés is just the latest and highest profile operator taking a shine to Mexican moonshine, as it once was called. In Los Angeles, Bricia Lopez has collected an extensive array to serve at her sandwich joint Guelaguetza. Called The Mezcaleria, the bar opens in the evening with about 50 mezcals, with sub-varieties clearly marked: Most mezcals are produced using the espadin agave, but there are other varietal agaves, and new brands and some older producers are expanding the category by producing 100% varietal mescals; the Mezcaleria features Pierde Almas' tobaziche and Fidencio's madre cuixe, among many others.
Mezcal, Defined
Just as all Cognacs are brandies but not all brandies are Cognacs, all tequilas are mezcals but not the other way around. Mezcals are produced from a variety of approved agave plants and distilled in more places than the five states where tequila production is allowed. Tobala, dobadaan, dasylirion and other agave varieties, such as madre cuixe and tobaziche, now are emerging at bars that specialize in the category, and the authority that controls such things in Mexico has approved a certification program, presented in New York last fall by Doug French of Scorpion mezcal.
Most mezcals are considered an acquired taste and generally are more rustic, smoky — even a touch rubbery — than tequila, although the agave character is always present in quality brands. Americans who are fueling the growth of tequila have started showing more interest in its country cousin.
New York City's Mayahuel was among the pioneers in turning good mezcals into great cocktails, and many others have followed suit. At nearby Viktor & Spoils, mezcal madmen Steve Olson, Andy Seymour and Leo DeGroff have gathered a range of mezcals menued by agave species (espadin, tobala, madrecuixe) as well as some cocktails to bring novices into the realm of mezcal, Seymour's La Grita De Dolores in particular (crema de mezcal, Tanqueray 10, Bittermans Chocolate Mole Bitters and grapefruit peel).
Also in NYC, suddenly a hotbed of tequila and mescal, Salon Hecho puts mezcal center stage in cocktails and infusions — with avocado leaves, strawberries, juniper berries or pineapple — called curados. Hecho carries 11 bottles from five makers (Del Maguey, Ilegal, Los Amantes, Pierde Almas and Los Nahuales). In Chicago, Masa Azul recently opened with 10 mezcals, three sotols, and four of its 13 listed cocktails including one or the other.
Just as the wave of new tequilas has broadened the main agave spirit's popularity, the many new imported mezcal brands are creating a tide that will lift several boats. Keith's Wild Shot initially garnered notice because he's the first celebrity to take on the category, but given the extra attention mezcal is getting, soon we can expect others to try on the agave craze for size.
Courtesy of Wild Shot Mezcal.
1 oz. Wild Shot Silver
½ oz. Triple Sec
6 oz. of Margarita Mix
Shake ingredients with ice and serve in a salt-rimmed rocks glass.


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Jeff Jarvis does a far better job at analyzing this than I can (http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/03/16/there-goes-the- neighborhood/). Why doesn't the rest of the press do at least a modicum of research to explain that 300,000 instead of just reprinting a few press releases?
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/16/business/media/16fine.html? _r=1&oref=slogin
By JULIE BOSMAN
Published: March 16, 2006
The Federal Communications Commission leveled a record $3.6 million fine yesterday against 111 television stations that broadcast an episode of "Without a Trace" in December 2004, with the agency saying the CBS show suggested that its teenage characters were participating in a sexual orgy.
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The story did note "The orders are in response to more than 300,000 consumer complaints about programming that viewers found indecent, profane or obscene. Many complaints are lodged in large numbers by organized groups and not by independent viewers" but it didn't investigate further – do these 300,000 represent more than one point source?
I wonder how many stories even noted that this is an Astroturf campaign. E! Online quoted Martin as saying the number of complaints were going up but then said that the complaints actually fell by 86%.
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Another example of why it is so very dangerous to have Federal Speech Commission – the existence of "telecommunications" lends legitimacy conflating regulation technology with regulating morality. Conversely the perceived need to regulate morality requires regulating technology. It's as if the FCC/FSC stays alive because of the self- references. Another case where we should be doing garbage collection rather than relying on naïve reference counts. The London times noted the inconsistency with the US Constitution but no hint that the books are being cooked.
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Diffractive Optics and Nanophotonics
Resolution Below the Diffraction Limit
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In this book the authors present several examples of techniques used to overcome the Abby diffraction limit using flat and 3D diffractive optical elements, photonic crystal lenses, photonic jets, and surface plasmon diffractive optics. The structures discussed can be used in the microwave and THz range and also as scaled models for optical frequencies. Such nano-optical microlenses can be integrated, for example, into existing semiconductor heterostructure platforms for next-generation optoelectronic applications.
Chapter 1 considers flat diffractive lenses and innovative 3D radiating structures including a conical millimeter-wave Fresnel zone plate (FZP) lens proposed for subwavelength focusing. In chapter 2 the subwavelength focusing properties of diffractive photonic crystal lenses are considered and it is shown that at least three different types of photonic crystal lens are possible.
With the aim of achieving subwavelength focusing, in chapter 3 an alternative mechanism to produce photonic jets at Terahertz frequencies (terajets) using 3D dielectric particles of arbitrary size (cuboids) is considered. A scheme to create a 2D "teraknife" using dielectric rods is also discussed. In the final chapter the successful adaptation of free-space 3D binary phase-reversal conical FZPs for operation on surface plasmon-polariton (SPP) waves demonstrates that analogues of Fourier diffractive components can be developed for in-plane SPP 3D optics.
Reviewing theory, modelling and experiment, this book will be a valuable resource for students and researchers working on nanophotonics and sub-wavelength focusing and imaging.


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Published on 09 July 2019
Budding filmmakers in Horowhenua will be able to put their talents to the test these school holidays in the 72-Hour Film Challenge.
Horowhenua District Council, Life to the Max and Muaūpoko Tribal Authority are running the Challenge in the second week of the school holidays, starting from Monday 15 July.
Council's Community Development Advisor, Michelle Rogerson, said young filmmakers would each have 72 hours to plan, shoot and edit a short film.
"It can be up to five minutes long, and must be made with original footage taken during the 72 hours of the Challenge," she said.
The Challenge is open to people aged between 12 and 24 years who live in Horowhenua, and films are to address the theme 'How can we transform Horowhenua for future generations?'
"We wanted to encourage young people to think about their vision for our district's future, as well as giving them an opportunity to hone their creative and technical filmmaking abilities," said Ms Rogerson.
The Challenge kicks off at Youth Space at Te Takeretanga o Kura-hau-pō on Monday with a masterclass by award-winning local producer Hiona Henare, which will cover aspects of filmmaking such as scripting, casting, working with actors, telling a visual story and organising a production team.
Ms Henare said the Challenge was a fantastic opportunity to gain valuable skills, and she encouraged young people to take part.
"If you have a desire to make film, don't hold back. You'll learn about composing content to deliver a powerful message, leadership, digital storytelling, engaging with the community and local iwi, and rules around copyright, consent and publishing," she said.
A $500 Best Film prize judged by a panel of industry filmmakers is up for grabs, as well as prizes for second and third place, and for Best Dramatic Actor, Best Script and Best Editor.
In addition, Muaūpoko Tribal Authority is offering two Young Producer Award internships. Winners will get $150 and the opportunity for first-hand voluntary work experience on a feature film with Ms Henare.
Participants must register at www.bit.ly/72hrFilmChallenge by Friday 12 July, as an individual or a group of up five people. Registration is free, but participants will need to provide their own camera or phone, and have access to a desktop or laptop computer for editing.
Further information is available by contacting Youth Space at Te Takeretanga o Kura-hau-pō on Facebook or by telephone on 06 368 1953.
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After ending up yet again with a corrupt sd-card, my patience is officially over. I want the Raspberry Foundation to admit their boards destroy sd cards, and I expect them to come up with a solution.
1. It's not a PSU issue.
I'm using a 5V -2.5A psu that came with an official kit.
2. It's not a quality issue of the SD card
Cheap cards will corrupt after a few days. High Quality cards will corrupt after a few weeks. You cannot leave a Rapberry Pi on for a month 24h/24h without corruption. Using high quality cards only delays the inevitable. I've used Sandisk, Duracell, and other well-known manufacturers sd-cards, they all fail in after a few weeks of 24/7 use.
3. It's not related to a specific Pi model
I own the original PI, the Pi 2, Pi 3, and Pi Zero. The only one that didn't fail (yet) is the Pi Zero, but I assume it's only a matter of time. I'm keeping an eye on it.
4. It's a known issue
Google raspberry pi and destroyed sd cards, and you'll get plenty of hits... And the attempts to blame it on the user (it's your sd card, it's your psu...). It's not a user issue, it's time Raspberry Foundation finally gets this.
5. USB boot is not a workaround
Because people with a Pi, Pi Zero and Pi 2 don't have a USB boot option.
Final words
I was hoping I could use the Pi as small linux computer that is suitable for 24/7 use. I now know this will never be the case. If there are alternatives (being able to use the raspberry camera module would be a nice bonus), I would like to know. I'm willing to pay extra, that's not an issue.
I'm just tired of building stuff on a platform that destroys my hardware eventually. I'm about to send the bill of all my sd cards that I spent money on to the Raspberry Foundation and ask for compensation. UK is still a EU country, I live in a EU country, the EU has strict rules about this. You just can't sell hardware that destroys users' stuff and get away with it.


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7 Books that Influenced Boston Entrepreuneurs and Innovators
As the temperature steadily drops and the orange and red of fall replaces the green of summer, the sight of yellow school busses and the Green Line jam-packed with new faces are the visible signs that we are officially at the start of a new academic year.
In the tech world, education always returns to the top of the "hot topic" list this time of year. However, this year there seems to be some bigger players involved in the education sector: Google just announced a partnership with EdX to bring online classes to the world, Udacity just created the Open Education Alliance with Google and AT&T, and MOOC provider Coursera is starting to see a profit (via TechCrunch).
A lot of the trends in education are based on the premise that many people who want to further their education are motivated enough to do so on their own through Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). However, there is a ton of debate in both the tech and education sectors about whether or not the online innovation is improving education. Yes, courses are available to more people than ever; anyone, if they choose, can get the equivalent of a college education or teach themselves computer science.
They just have to be motivated.
So how are MOOC's any different than an influential book? I'm really not sure yet.
In many of my interviews with entrepreneurs, innovators, and startup founders, more often than not, unprodded, they will often talk about how a book or two played an enormous role in their thinking as they set off on their startup adventure. There are even a handful that pop up again and again, The Lean Startup, The Four-Hour Workweek, etc. No one, as of yet, has referenced an influent online course they took.
Here are some of the more interesting books that local startup founders, VC's, innovators, and entrepreneuer's say played an influential role in their career or life:
Ben Saren, Influential - The E-Myth Revisited
In my recent interview with Saren about his new politics-changing project, he couldn't say enough about the role that Michael E. Gerber's E-Myth (Revisited, there are a few versions) played as he started his first company and impacts many of the decisions he makes as a founder.
The book, which tries to dispel some of the wrong (and often business ruining) assumptions of founders has been a favorite of entrepreneurs since it was first published in 1986.
For Saren, the most prescient topic had to do with the different types of founders. While reading the book, he identified with the idea that successful companies need more than just 'technicians' to run a business. Seeing the possibility of combining his leadership skills with other innovative thinkers, Saren applied many of the theories of Gerber's book to his successful companies including CitySquares, which was acquired in 2010.
Jeff Bussgang, Flybridge Capital Partners - Younger Next Year
Bussgang wrote a great blog post about some of his favorite books a couple of years ago. When I pressed him to pick one, he said that Younger Next Year by Chris Crowley and Henry Lodge, was the one book that, "Keeps me on my toes and focused on health and wellness!"
Here is what he had to say about the book in the blog post:
"One of my softball teammates pushed this one on me and I adored it. I've given it to a dozen friends as a gift - encouraging them to maintain the philosophy that health, fitness and well-being does not have to degrade as you get older."
Brian Halligan, HubSpot - Blue Ocean Strategy
Halligan picked a book that was influential in the early days of the now monster HubSpot.
As he explained, "When we first started HubSpot, Dharmesh and I used Blue Ocean Strategy to map out our approach. The book is great at challenging you to differentiate from not only your competitors, but your alternatives."
Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant, written by W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne argues for creating untapped new market spaces that are "ripe for growth" instead of getting bogged down in the unpleasant world of battling competition for market share in an ultra-competitive market.
Cort Johnson, Terrible Labs - Love is the Killer App
Johnson, the founder of Terrible Labs, said the one book that played a role in the early days of his business planning was Love is the Killer App by Tim Sanders.
As Johnson said, "It shed light on how to go about building relationships which are ultimately the foundation of a successful career." He added, "I'm sure if I read it now I would laugh, but at the time it was the perfect book for me to read."
Dave Balter, BzzAgent - Diffusion of Innovations
Balter, the founder of BzzAgent and a part of Boston Seed, said that the book that had the biggest impact on him and his career/life was Everett Rogers breakdown of "how new ideas spread via communication channels over time."
As Balter explained, "He put true science to how ideas spread." He added that the book, "makes the 'tipping point' look like a pop culture afterthought."
"If you want to know about the power of advocacy and word of mouth, this book is the fountain from which everything else springs."
Rob Go, NextView Ventures - The Black Swan
Go had a whole handful of books that were influential on his life and career (including Different by Yongme Moon and Geoff Smart and Randy Street's Who), but singled out Nassim Nicholas Taleb's The Black Swan.
As Go said of the book, "Being a VC and entrepreneur requires a completely different view of risk than we are typically tuned to. This book is a great primer and is extremely thought provoking for anyone dealing with long-tail, asymmetric outcomes."
Keith Cline, Dissero and VentureFizz - Inbound Marketing: Get Found Using Google, Social Media, and Blogs
Cline, the brains behind this operation and someone who truly has his pulse on the Boston tech scene, told me that Dharmesh Shah and Brian Halligan's Inbound Marketing blew his doors off when he first read it years ago.
As he explained, it really opened his eyes and played an important role in how he approached Dissero and later VentureFizz.
What are some of the books that I missed, that played an important part in your career/life?
Dennis Keohane is a staff writer for VentureFizz. You can follow Dennis on Twitter (@DBKeohane) by clicking here.


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imgur Is A Fantastic Chrome Extension For Uploading And Sharing Photos
imgur is a fantastic way to share photos for many reasons. It loads extremely fast, is easy to use, and does not have all the restrictions that some other photo sharing sites have. There is a reason that the picky folks at Reddit use imgur as their go-to place for sharing the latest memes and other awesome photographs.
I've tried almost every photo sharing service on the web, and no matter what, I always find myself coming back to imgur because there just is nothing better. Well if you use Chrome, you can make imgur even better with its Chrome extension.
This awesome extension adds features that dedicated imgur users will absolutely love. Just like imgur itself, the extension is incredibly easy to use. It is packed with convenient features, and is a must-have extension for anyone who loves sharing pictures on the Internet. It makes getting that all important Reddit karma quicker and easier than ever before.
Getting this extension up and running is incredibly easy. You simply need to visit its page on the Chrome Webstore and click "Add to Chrome." It will take a few seconds to install, and you will be ready to start making the most of sharing your photos.
You can also connect the extension to imgur.com through its API. This allows you to make full use of your imgur account through the extension. This way, when you upload a photo to imgur with the extension, it will go to your images folder on your imgur account. You can use the extension without this, but connecting it allows you to make the most of the features imgur offers.
The icon for the extension simply brings you to a webpage where you can execute all of the extension's cool features.
This extension does all kinds cool stuff with imgur that is designed to make your life easier. My personal favorite is the ability to copy and paste images directly to it from your clipboard. This means you can press Print Screen, and paste the screenshot right onto the extension's screen for easy sharing. You can also see an image on the web and copy and paste it to have it uploaded to imgur in an instant. It is, without a doubt, one of the quickest ways I have ever seen to upload pictures.
You can also drag and drop images to the extension to upload them. This is very easy to do, and it works exactly as you would expect. Images upload incredibly quickly, which is a staple of imgur.
The extension adds a "rehost image" option to the right-click menu on all photos. This allows you to take any picture and upload it to imgur in an instant. Once you do this, the image will show up on the extension page automatically.
All of your uploaded images show up on the extension page, and on there, you have some options for messing with the photos. Mousing over an image will bring up a few links. On the top left, you have the option to make a meme with it, on the top right you can quickly edit the images. On the bottom of the image you can delete the image and copy its URL.
On the top of the extension page you will see an option to download and delete all of your images. You can access the options for imgur account.
On the options page you can choose whether to freeze GIFs, whether to copy link to clipboard when you use the right-click rehost option, whether to open a new tab on rehost, and some other useful options. It's not the most tweakable extension on the market, but its default settings do exactly what you need them to.
Overall, this is a great extension if you use imgur all the time. It has lots of options and features, and it works exactly as advertised. If you like sharing images, this is an extension that you need to have installed on your computer.
Related topics: Google Chrome, Photo Sharing.
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