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Caligula [[electronic resource] ] : a biography / / Aloys Winterling ; translated by Deborah Lucas Schneider, Glenn W. Most, and Paul Psoinos
| Caligula [[electronic resource] ] : a biography / / Aloys Winterling ; translated by Deborah Lucas Schneider, Glenn W. Most, and Paul Psoinos |
| Autore | Winterling Aloys |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
| Disciplina |
937/.07092
B |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
SchneiderDeborah Lucas
MostGlenn W PsoinosPaul |
| Collana | Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature |
| Soggetto topico | Emperors - Rome |
| Soggetto non controllato |
ancient history
ancient rome ancient sources biography brutality caligula career classical period dark dramatic engaging famous tyrant general audience historical analysis history buffs history human cruelty intense mental illness military nobility nonfiction notorious figures political science political system political thriller politics questioned sanity revolt roman emperors roman politics roman senate rome torture tyrant world history worship |
| ISBN |
1-283-33183-7
9786613331830 0-520-94314-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction: A mad emperor? -- Childhood and youth -- Two years as princeps -- The conflicts escalate -- Five months of monarchy -- Murder on the Palatine -- Conclusion: Inventing the mad emperor -- Epilogue to the English edition. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781510203321 |
Winterling Aloys
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 | ||
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A culture of conspiracy [[electronic resource] ] : apocalyptic visions in contemporary America / / Michael Barkun
| A culture of conspiracy [[electronic resource] ] : apocalyptic visions in contemporary America / / Michael Barkun |
| Autore | Barkun Michael |
| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (306 pages) |
| Disciplina | 306/.1 |
| Collana | Comparative Studies in Religion and Society |
| Soggetto topico |
Millennialism - United States
Conspiracies - United States Human-alien encounters - United States |
| Soggetto non controllato |
2001 terrorist attacks
9 11 american culture anthropology apocalyptic birther christian eschatology christian millennialists comparative religion conspiracist worldviews conspiracy theories conspiracy crime dark engaging hidden plots historical history intense kennedy assassination lively new world order cabals nostradamus oklahoma city bombing political religion right wing conspiracy theorists social sciences sociopolitical sub culture the illuminati ufo aliens ufo believers urban legends |
| ISBN | 0-520-95652-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Preface to the First Edition -- 1. The Nature of Conspiracy Belief -- 2. Millennialism, Conspiracy, and Stigmatized Knowledge -- 3. New World Order Conspiracies I: The New World Order and the Illuminati -- 4. New World Order Conspiracies II: A World of Black Helicopters -- 5. UFO Conspiracy Theories, 1975-1990 -- 6. UFOs Meet the New World Order: Jim Keith and David Icke -- 7. Armageddon Below -- 8. UFOs and the Search for Scapegoats I: Anti-Catholicism and Anti-Masonry -- 9. UFOs and the Search for Scapegoats II: Anti-Semitism among the Aliens -- 10. September 11 Conspiracies: The First Phase -- 11. September 11 Conspiracies: The Second Phase -- 12. Conspiracy Theories about Barack Obama -- 13. Conspiracists and Violence -- 14. Apocalyptic Expectations about the Year 2012 -- 15. Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Barkun Michael
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013 | ||
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The last gasp [[electronic resource] ] : the rise and fall of the American gas chamber / / Scott Christianson
| The last gasp [[electronic resource] ] : the rise and fall of the American gas chamber / / Scott Christianson |
| Autore | Christianson Scott |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (342 p.) |
| Disciplina | 364.66 |
| Soggetto topico |
Gas chambers - United States - History
Capital punishment - United States - History - 20th century |
| Soggetto non controllato |
1924
20th century america american history collaboration controversial dark death penalty eugenics movement gas chamber technology gas chamber germany hitler human cruelty human execution human history hydrogen cyanide industry law lethal gas chambers medicine method of killing military uses modern history nevada no witnesses out of sight politics power structures profit science united states war world war i. wwi |
| ISBN |
1-282-69765-X
9786612697654 0-520-94561-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION -- PART ONE. THE RISE OF THE LETHAL CHAMBER -- PART TWO. THE FALL OF THE GAS CHAMBER -- APPENDIX 1: EARL C. LISTON'S PATENT APPLICATION -- APPENDIX 2: PERSONS EXECUTED BY LETHAL GAS IN THE UNITED STATES, BY STATE, 1924 - 1999 -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784919703321 |
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Christianson Scott
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 | ||
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Multidimensional Change in Sudan (1989–2011) [[electronic resource] ] : Reshaping Livelihoods, Conflicts and Identities
| Multidimensional Change in Sudan (1989–2011) [[electronic resource] ] : Reshaping Livelihoods, Conflicts and Identities |
| Autore | Casciarri Barbara |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY, : Berghahn Books, 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (392 p.) |
| Disciplina | 964.4043 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
AssalMunzoul A. M
IretonFrancois |
| Soggetto topico |
Natural resources--Sudan--Management
Sudan--Politics and government--1985- Sudan--Social conditions--21st century Natural resources - Management - Sudan History & Archaeology Regions & Countries - Africa |
| Soggetto non controllato |
africa
civic conflict contemporary sudan cultural change dark diplomacy engaging geographical viewpoint globalization historical independence movement insights from fieldwork intense major transformations national identity natural resources political science political regional conflict regional studies retrospective social change social science social sciences south sudan sudan sudanese history tragic water management |
| ISBN | 1-78238-618-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Multidimensional Change in Sudan (1989-2011); Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Notes on the Transliteration of Arabic Terms; Abbreviations; Introduction - Multidimensional Change in Sudan (1989-2011): Insights from Fieldwork; Part I - Land Issues and Livelihoods in the Capital Region and Rural Areas; Chapter 1 - Old-Timers and Newcomers in Al-Salha: Dynamics of Land Allocation in an Urban Periphery; Chapter 2 - Urban Agriculture Facing Land Pressure in Greater Khartoum: The Case of New Real Estate Projects on Tuti and Au Se'id
Chapter 3 - Access Strategies to Economic and Social Resources among Recent Migrants on the Outskirts of Khartoum: The Example of Bawga Al-SharigChapter 4 - Contested Land Rights and Ethnic Conflict in Mornei (West Darfur): Scarcity of Resources or Crises of Governance?; Part II - Water Resources at the Core of Local and Global Interactions; Chapter 5 - Sudan's Hydropolitics: Regional Chess Games, National Hegemony and Local Resistance; Chapter 6 - Local Management of Urbanized Water: Exchanges among Neighbours, Household Actions and Identity in Deim (Khartoum) Chapter 7 - Domestic Water Supply and Management in North Kordofan Villages: Al-Lowaib as an ExampleChapter 8 - Water Management among Sudanese Pastoralists: End of the Commons or 'Silent Resistance' to Commoditization?; Part III - New Actors, New Spaces and New Imagination on Conflicts; Chapter 9 - Asian Players in Sudan: Social and Economic Impacts of 'New-Old' Actors; Chapter 10 - Oil Exploration and Conflict in Sudan: The Predicament for Pastoralists in North-South Borderline States; Chapter 11 - What Place in Khartoum for the Displaced? Between State Regulation and Individual Strategies Chapter 12 - Activist Mobilization and Internationalization of the Darfur CrisisPart IV - Reshaping Languages, Identities and Ideologies; Chapter 13 - The Islamic Movement and Power in Sudan: From Revolution to Absorption into the State; Chapter 14 - Language Policy and Planning in Sudan: From Local Vernaculars to National Languages; Chapter 15 - 'One Tribe, One Language': Ethnolinguistic Identity and Language Revitalization among the Laggori in the Nuba Mountains Chapter 16 - Between Ideological Security and Intellectual Plurality: 'Colonialism' and 'Globalization' in Northern Sudanese Educational DiscoursesEpilogue - A New Sudan?; Bibliography; Contributors; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797163903321 |
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Casciarri Barbara
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| New York, NY, : Berghahn Books, 2015 | ||
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Our nation unhinged [[electronic resource] ] : the human consequences of the War on Terror / / Peter Jan Honigsberg ; foreword by Erwin Chemerinsky
| Our nation unhinged [[electronic resource] ] : the human consequences of the War on Terror / / Peter Jan Honigsberg ; foreword by Erwin Chemerinsky |
| Autore | Honigsberg Peter Jan |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (333 p.) |
| Disciplina | 345.73/056 |
| Soggetto topico |
Prisoners of war - Legal status, laws, etc - United States
Detention of persons - United States Human rights - Government policy - United States War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 Prisoners of war - Legal status, laws, etc - Cuba - Guantanamo Bay Naval Base Combatants and noncombatants (International law) |
| Soggetto non controllato |
2001
21st century afghanistan america american judicial system american policy american soldiers bush administration criminal investigation dark discussion books engaging foreign policy guantanamo human rights abuses hunger strikers imprisonment injustices intense litigation men at war national security nonfiction political september 11 terrorism terrorist imprisonment tragedies trial us constitution war on terror warfare |
| ISBN |
1-282-77249-X
9786612772498 0-520-94312-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- The Cuban Iguana and American Jurisprudence -- Foreword -- Opening -- INTRODUCING THE TERM ENEMY COMBATANT -- JUSTIFYING HARSH INTERROGATIONS AND TORTURE -- ASSERTING ABSOLUTE POWER AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF -- YASER HAMDI, AMERICAN CITIZEN -- JOSE PADILLA, AMERICAN CITIZEN -- ALI SALEH KALAH AL MARRI , AMERICAN RESIDENT -- PREVENTIVE DETENTION -- I. Guantanamo and the Road to the Supreme Court, 2002 - 2004 -- II. Inhumane Treatment of Detainees at Guantanamo -- III. The Administration under Siege, 2004 - 2006 -- IV. Winds of Change, 2006 - 2008 -- THE EVOLUTION OF EXTRAORDINARY RENDITION -- CASE STUDY: KHALID EL-MASRI -- CASE STUDY: MAHER ARAR -- CASE STUDY: ABU OMAR -- VIOLATING HUMAN RIGHTS LAWS -- JOHN WALKER LINDH -- RICHARD COLVIN REID -- ZACARIAS MOUSSAOUI -- THE LACKAWANNA SIX -- Closing -- Addendum: Visiting Guantanamo Bay -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788802603321 |
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Honigsberg Peter Jan
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 | ||
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Rough and tumble [[electronic resource] ] : aggression, hunting, and human evolution / / Travis Rayne Pickering
| Rough and tumble [[electronic resource] ] : aggression, hunting, and human evolution / / Travis Rayne Pickering |
| Autore | Pickering Travis Rayne |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (223 p.) |
| Disciplina | 599.9 |
| Soggetto topico |
Hunting, Prehistoric
Hunting and gathering societies Fossil hominids Human evolution Social evolution |
| Soggetto non controllato |
aggression
aggressive attack ancestors anthropology ape men archaeological evidence archaeological record archaeology archeology biology dark diet and evolution early human hunters emotional detachment engaging evolution historical history hopeless tactic human aggressiveness human evolution human hunters human predation hunter gatherers hunting intense large game hunters life sciences man versus nature man vs nature popular science proto humans social science wooden spears |
| ISBN | 0-520-95512-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. A Man among Apes -- 2. Prehistoric Bloodsport -- 3. Tamping the Simian Urge -- 4. Conceiving Our Past -- 5. Death from Above -- Coda -- Notes -- References -- Index |
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Pickering Travis Rayne
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2013 | ||
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The Third Reich Sourcebook / editors, Anson Rabinbach, Sandeer L. Gilman
| The Third Reich Sourcebook / editors, Anson Rabinbach, Sandeer L. Gilman |
| Autore | Rabinbach Anson |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxvii, 923 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 943.086 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
RabinbachAnson
GilmanSandeer L |
| Collana | Weimar and now : German cultural criticism |
| Soggetto topico | National socialism - Germany - History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
adolf hitler
comprehensive collection cultural policy dark education engaging european jewry fine arts genocide german history german renaissance government pronouncements history of modern germany history holocaust ideology intense jewish cultural league law national socialism nazi germany nazism and holocaust political politics popular culture primary sources sexuality society the world wars third reich translated documents war crimes wwii |
| ISBN | 0-520-95514-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Part I. The beginnings of National Socialism : The Munich years and the legacy of the war -- Nazism in power: 1933 -- The political religion: Führer cult, ceremonies, and symbol -- Part II. The National Socialist worldview : Between myth and doctrine -- Racial science -- Germany's colonial mission -- Part III. Antisemitism: the core doctrine : Jews: the visible enemy -- Eliminating the Jews: from the Nuremberg Laws to Kristallnacht -- Part IV. Nationalizing German youth : Educating the race: children and adolescents -- Higher education: science, history, and philosophy revised -- Part V. The racial community : Women and "the woman question" -- Marriage and the family -- Eliminating "superfluous life": "asocials," criminals, the handicapped, and the mentally ill -- Healthy and unhealthy sexuality -- The German soul and psyche -- Part VI. The churches : The Nationalist Socialist state and Christianity -- Part VII. National Socialism and the arts : Literature: official culture and its outcasts -- The visual arts: German art vs. degenerate art -- Music: Wagner cult vs. degenerate music -- Cinema: entertainment and propaganda -- Politics and entertainment: theater, radio, and television -- Jewish culture under Nazi persecution: the Jewish Cultural League -- Part XIII. Work, industry, modernity : Industry and labor: the four-year-plan, beauty of labor, and strength through joy -- Modernizing Germany: the Autobahn and Americanism -- Part IX. Body culture, sports, public amusements : The 1936 Olympics and the world of sports -- "Amusmang": laughter and the Third Reich -- Part X. War, conquest, and the annihilation of the Jews : The Holocaust begins: violence, deportation, and ghettoization, 1939-1942 -- The annihilation of European Jewry, 1942-1945 -- Total war: 1939-1945 -- Part XI. Resistance : Communists, Socialists, youth, and the conservative resistance -- Part XII. Defeat : Hitler's last will and testament. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792004603321 |
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Rabinbach Anson
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2013 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Uncanny bodies [[electronic resource] ] : the coming of sound film and the origins of the horror genre / / Robert Spadoni
| Uncanny bodies [[electronic resource] ] : the coming of sound film and the origins of the horror genre / / Robert Spadoni |
| Autore | Spadoni Robert <1964-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (204 p.) |
| Disciplina | 791.43/6164 |
| Soggetto topico |
Horror films - United States - History and criticism
Sound motion pictures - History and criticism |
| Soggetto non controllato |
20th century american culture
20th century american film history american culture american film history american movie history audience reception cinema classic horror cinema dark dracula early sound film film studies filmmaking frankenstein hollywood cinema horror genre horror movies intense modality movie studies sound film svengali the hollywood review of 1929 uncanny theater united states of america universal pictures vampires ventriloquism |
| ISBN |
0-520-94070-9
1-281-38562-X 9786611385620 1-4356-5365-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. The Uncanny Body of Early Sound Film -- 2. Ludicrous Objects, Textualized Responses -- 3. The Mystery of Dracula -- 4. Dracula as Uncanny Theater -- 5 Frankenstein and the Vats of Hollywood -- CONCLUSION -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Films Cited -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782160903321 |
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Spadoni Robert <1964->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2007 | ||
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Uncanny bodies : the coming of sound film and the origins of the horror genre / / Robert Spadoni
| Uncanny bodies : the coming of sound film and the origins of the horror genre / / Robert Spadoni |
| Autore | Spadoni Robert <1964-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (204 p.) |
| Disciplina | 791.43/6164 |
| Soggetto topico |
Horror films - United States - History and criticism
Sound motion pictures - History and criticism |
| Soggetto non controllato |
20th century american culture
20th century american film history american culture american film history american movie history audience reception cinema classic horror cinema dark dracula early sound film film studies filmmaking frankenstein hollywood cinema horror genre horror movies intense modality movie studies sound film svengali the hollywood review of 1929 uncanny theater united states of america universal pictures vampires ventriloquism |
| ISBN |
0-520-94070-9
1-281-38562-X 9786611385620 1-4356-5365-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. The Uncanny Body of Early Sound Film -- 2. Ludicrous Objects, Textualized Responses -- 3. The Mystery of Dracula -- 4. Dracula as Uncanny Theater -- 5 Frankenstein and the Vats of Hollywood -- CONCLUSION -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Films Cited -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996248205703316 |
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Spadoni Robert <1964->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2007 | ||
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Vietnam [[electronic resource] ] : state, war, revolution, 1945-1946 / / David G. Marr
| Vietnam [[electronic resource] ] : state, war, revolution, 1945-1946 / / David G. Marr |
| Autore | Marr David G |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (744 p.) |
| Disciplina | 959.704/1 |
| Collana | From Indochina to Vietnam: Revolution and War in a Global Perspective |
| Soggetto topico | Indochinese War, 1946-1954 |
| Soggetto non controllato |
activism
aix en provence asian history august revolution battles colonialism coup de force dark drv government engaging ground force invasions hanoi history ho chi min independence intense jingoism lively military mobilization modernization nascent state nationalism negotiations page turner peace talks revolution revolutionary euphoria saigon southeast asia history uncertainty vietnam war vietnam vietnamese villages war drama warriors |
| ISBN | 0-520-95497-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Forming the DRV Government -- 2. The Government at Work -- 3. Defense -- 4. Peace or War? -- 5. Seeking Foreign Friends -- 6. Material Dreams and Realities -- 7. Dealing with Domestic Opposition -- 8. The Indochinese Communist Party and the Viêt Minh -- 9 Mass Mobilization -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Sources -- Index |
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Marr David G
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2013 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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