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So there we go. Another one of ours Pg.8 has been given the supreme power in Pg.8 Merchant Natishine the land. But now for a little bit of Pg.9 Eh bicn voila. autre des notres context. In a time when we've got , Un Pg.10 prend le pouvoir supreme du pays. problems with keeping Canada Mais permeltez, un peu de contcxte! cohesive with a bilingual and Pg.ll SUSK Non seulement est-il difficile de multicultural framework, we are barely prononcer son nom en francais, mais il presented with a man who can r a des difficultes a prononcer quoi que ce pronounce French, and barely speak his E language. Well, maybe soit en francais (ou en ukrainien) lui "heritage" 1 , 3 will consider himself meme. Comme 9a, Boubou est puni Bourassa pour avoir lu l'Accord Meech et l'avoir punished for having read the Meech and pris au sericux, et les groupes Lake Accord and taken it seriously, , be reassured maybe ethnic groups will () cthniques seront rassur£s que m£me si , l'Accord ne donne aucune guarantie en that even though the accord guarantees of multicultural AVE. SECOND CLASS 1 - ce qui concerne les droits de nothing in the way SoSPADINA l A L , rights, they will always have a chance TORONTO. multiculturalisme. Us auront toujours 'l ^ ,™, , REGISTRATION ONTARIO une chance dc sc fair voir ailleurs et to be shunted about in the bordello of M5S2H4 «0* dans 1'arene de gachis politique federale Canadian federal politics. Let's hear it . Canadienne. Vive les Cosaques! for dem Cossacks -
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Havel knew this all : , , along, and that's why (ironically) he (!) was elected president ! , In Ukraine, the People's , 1990- ., Movement for Perestroika (RUKH) ? , was transformed almost overnight from ' a loose coalition of opposition groups ? into , a political force the regime has to , deal with. Religious convictions have , gained a significance virtually unheard of since the Cossack era. Student , movements gained momentum in ( Poland and Ukraine, and now the ), , younger , generation is producing vital . stuff in music, art, and politics. In the diaspora, , the community has begun to . , mature at an , impressive rate, and is , ', ? , . 10 SUBSCRIBE! STUDENT « DON'T BE DISAPPOINTED! If you are a paid member of any Ukrainian Students' Club (USK) in Canada, then STUDENT is published bi-monthly by Student you will be receiving STUDENT regularly. Newspaper Publishing. Subscription rale is S6.00 for 1 issues. 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COUNTRY POSTAL CODE STUDENT, JANUARY-FEBRUARY, 1990, PAGE 2 ( ) , , . ? Traditions do not make money, that ', , ( and is why we , , , , should not maintain them. ! . Makes sense. for the ( ) ,, Perhaps beancounters in our , , , midst this statement is wonderfully clear. A great way to reduce expenses and spend the saved money on ...... ' important thing such as , , , But perhaps this is confusing because you are not , , completely sure of point. , my I , . ). A blasphemy was committed a . (: by Ukrainian () , , Student's Club (USC) this summer. The University of , Toronto's USC did not hold their annual Ivana Kupalo , . ceremony (and frivolous weekend drunk) due to the fact - that, according to the President , and Vice-President of . ( . Uiat club, this festivity never generated , any revenue for , , ), the club. I , Let's hear it for Capitalism! , , I Do any of our traditions generate revenue for anybody? Perhaps for the church, always assured of a . full house during the major celebrations Rizdvo and ! - Velykden' . But aside from the church who benefits ' , , from traditions? *52 - , - We could combine our beancounting with tradition .1989 ,? " , modification and create a new calendar which would , ". , , slot all our traditions into more economically - " beneficial time periods. We need to scrutinize our -- traditions in order to rationalize them and discard those 1989" . that do not generate appropriate revenue. The , . ,', possibilities are endless. , , ( ) In Ukraine our traditions are being destroyed by an ( occupier. Here, in a free country, we have discovered ? ? that freedom is the freedom to destroy our traditions )", ourselves. Could this be assimilation? , " After spending three and a half months meeting great Ukrainians while in Ukraine and Poland, to come . back and hear of this made me want to puke! llan'ba, , han'ba is an expression which pops into mind. Another ", " - is svoloch. " " Without our traditions, language and all the other , , cultural baggage our parents gave us, our existence in
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PAGE 3; STUDENT, JANUARY-FEBRUARY, 1990 Fear and Loathing §j|J§|J£ 'L. in Perebudova land .. | By Jack Faust Conference 90:
Afore you strap yourself info the following lump o' prose that reads the way a hardened mass of slush clings to the funny rubber flaps on the underside of a car, please keep in mind that despite the fact that it was Success written on a high produced by a substance no more offensive than four cups of tea (no-name Dominion, wiseass) in a row, the author wishes to assert that this paper with a distinguished colleague who thinks his sharing of space in SUSKites from across that Malarck's new book on drug trading is a journalistic revelation of sorts, Canada gathered in the snowy thfs in no way derogates from his pseudonymous (ha!) opinion that said book 'city of Edmonton, February is replete with alarmist crap guaranteed to abet fresh waves of fascist 16-18, for the annual SUSK oppression and upped budgets for coppers. The upshot of this is that a) Western Conference. . Some Malarck's book concentrates on the fact that assholes make money off drugs, delegates arrived from as far but ignores both the fact that assholes make money enforcing prohibition away as Montreal and Port against them, and the fact that the publication of his book coincides with a Credit. Other cities movement initiated by Moral Magnitude bozos arul Mistah an (Irak represented were Elobicoke, freak) Raygun to bomb a soundly grounded and responsible effort to legalize Toronto, London, Winnipeg, (non- addictive) and specific uses hard (Heroin, used for care oj soft of Saskatoon, Calgary and terminal cancer patients) drugs back into the Stone Age (Vietnam era cliche Vancouver. kids); and b) writers of better books than Malarck's recent product (T. Hosted by the Pychnon, fer one. Hunter S. Thompson, fcr another ) say plainly that use of Ukrainian Students' Club at certain substances is good for your readin' an' ritin' and possibly even your 5 the U of Alberta, the 'ritfimctic. Thankya. conference featured a session on events in Ukraine, with Dr. A session entitled Wiih all ihe politic al and weight of the political Bohdan Krawchenko, Dr. "Ukrainian uncertainties now facing us because juggcrnaught that presses down on Canadian David Marples and Professor Centennial Celebrations" with of the radically new look the globe people located under it. Solomea Pavlychko, a visiting Daria Porochiwnyk concluded has taken on. when commies are no And then, what to make of professor from Ukraine. the Saturday longer commies and we're not really Chyzhevskyj bullshit about Ukcs agenda. Later After a tour of the that evening, the sure whether they ever were, and lacking a literature because they lack SUSKites campus by known law-breaker at when we're not sure whether we a stale, and someone else's line (let's gathered St. John's and should draw attention to ourselves pin this sucker on Bernard Shaw, enemy of Socialism Ostap Institute for a lively zabava Skrypnyk, the conference- and take the opportunity to give all even if we're wrong. Now there was featuring DUMKA. goers wrangled with ever- of those who celebrate its demise a a glib asshole what should be given the The Sunday sessions healthy anarchistic kick in the ass, to some kicks; ever read his brilliant relevant question "What does focused on Club development, whom can wc turn for solace? The tripe about the fact that Stalin wasn't it Mean to be a Ukrainian in and provided an opportunity pages of the (shrunken) Globe and stallin, aaand that big communes is Canada?", after presentations for the conference-goers to
(late) Mail, where the end of history better fer big bellies - starvin to by Myroslav Yurkevich and address some of the problems is proclaimed? death ones that is - than BIG SUSK President Greg faced by USC's, and some How do wc deal with this thing CAPITALS?) that novelistic, BIysniuk. How events potential solutions. A hot- tub called Ukraine? The works of Wally dramatic, or any serious lit needs transpiring in Ukraine affect party brought the weekend's
Frost the former dissident turned army navy airforcc marines to be at this question was one theme events to a close, and gave radio jock? Dee Dee Donstov? all? in the discussion. everyone a chance to... well,
Mickey Hrushevskyj? Mickey Well do wc all go folkloric and you know. I mean, well... let's
McKostomarov? Pants Kulish? lissen to the beat, or do we all hop just say it was fun. We sang Lotsa people thinkin, can Ukcs do on Bandy bandwagons and set us up alot, too. it this time? Is Rukh for real? Is one of them government thangs that there enough of a historical tradition we can truly call our own? for us to go it alone? I mean hey, all Truth be lole, both bin tried, and wc had is poets, right? both done died, and both bcinn' tried
Historicity (what a buzz wcrd again now as wc speak, or listen, or yep, and) is always tied to the extent sleep. Both are fine as ends of spcclrums go, because that's what
Ukrainians know how to deal with.
However, it's hard to tell whether selling brothers Oreo cookies and compoolers, making Rukh representatives lisien-to droning speeches by our politicos, and doing the usual emigre bit of sending
everything from soap, to nuts over there will accomplish much in the way of creating our own civic (and other kinds of) culture. Hopefully, wc could do belter, and begin
thinking with the planet, in human terms, without the usual cruthches ranging from Pan-Slavism and the International, to Marshall Plan-style USA saves programs and Edmonton mall-sized McDonald's/AG Farbcn complexes.
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But overall the discussion (Toronto) - Emulating the various was generally . environmental non-confrontational and, except for 98 groups in Western Europe, some minor details, the basic , 21 12 ,22- 1918 Soviet Ukrainian principles of the program were environmentalists have proposed to adopted without any major amendmenls. form their own "green" political party. , The Another major point of discussion , proposal is contained . in a was the impact of Western program of Zelenyj Svit (Green companies on the fragile environment of Ukraine World) adopted at its first all-republic in the new , conference era of East-West business , - which took place in Kiev, , relationships , blossoming under , October 26-28. A copy of the program, perestroika. Occidental Petroleum, ,, along with the first issue of owned a new by U.S. industrialist Armand , 22 1918 Ukrainian cvnironmental Hammer, was strongly bulletin, was recently obtained by criticized for , the poor environmental record " ECOLOS, a Toronto-based Ukrainian of its petrochemical plants environmental group. in Kalush, near Ivano-Frankivsk, - " Details and in Odessa. of the new party are still "We regard Hammer as an : vague. An initiating committee has 20-30, environmental imperialist," , been struck lo prepare said , , an action plan. Myschenko. , However, according to one of the main While organizers the conference itself of the conference, it may be proceeded in a non-controversial tone, some time before a Ukrainian green the situation was somewhat party becomes a reality. more tense at a subsequent demonstration. : "In principle, the idea of " As seen in the video obtained by , transforming Zelenyj Svit into a green , ECOLOS, several hundred !!" party was broadly accepted," said Yurij ! demonstrators gathered al the entrance - Vasylovych Myschenko in a telephone of Zelenyj Svit and a people's deputy to the artists' building where interview. the "However, we are still a lo the Soviet parliament, and Dr. conference took place. Some carried ! young organization. Though (Zelenyj Dmytro Hrodzynskyj, emeritus of the placards calling for the termination of Svit) has united - many green groups, in fledgling all Soviet Ukrainian nuclear power plants in Ukraine. organizational and financial terms, we enviommentalist movement. In the "Our basic slogan is survival," said are not yet , fully prepared to form such foyer outside the Yuri ", of hall, there were Tkachenko, one of the leaders of , a party." "( poster displays about environmental Zelenyj Svit. addressing the ) Myschenko, who is secretary of problems in Ukraine and demonstrators. a photo and Zelenyj Svit and a member of the art exhibit. Suddenly there was a great Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Some the " ", of exhibited paintings commotion as one person was arrested : estimates that there are already about were extraordinarily by the ever-present Kiev morose and militia. The 200 known ' environmental groups apocalyptic, such as the painting of a crowd started chanting, "Release him." active , in every oblast of Ukraine. The bare tree with three large The fate , branches of the arrested , largest of these is in Kiev with a core pointed upward like a pitchfork. The demonstrator, or whether other arrests of about 300 activists. , tree is located near Chomobyl and was were made, is not known. However, due to space and featured in a documentary about the According to Myschenko, the financial constraints "!" not all of the 1986 nuclear plant disaster. Some say Soviet Ukrainian news media gave Ukrainian environmental groups were that it resembles the tryzub, and as an positive coverage of the conference, represented at the conference. In all, icon, it represents the though in I environmental some cases it was critical of some 300 delegates attended, mostly plundering of Mother Ukraine. the green party idea. There were also from Kiev, Odessa, Dnipropetrovsk, 3 , Banners about the displays present reporters from Sweden, the Crimea, Kharkiv, Mykolajiv, . proclaimed. "Ecocide - No!". "We Holland and the United States. Qierkassy, Chemivtsi, L'viv and oilier " , demand a Chomobyl Nuremberg, and Myschenko indicated that Zelenyj , oblasts in Western Ukraine. , "Be active, not radioactive." Svit has formed close ties with other As well, there were - 300 guests at Discussion inside the conference environmental organizations in the conference, some of whom hall focussed primarily on Western and Eastern Europe, represented , environmental groups in organizational and program matters. particularly Greenpeace. He that said Poland, Czechoslovakia, Holland, "The purpose of the conference was lo Zelenyj Svit looks forward to working Canada and Sweden, including Peter consolidate the efforts and the together with ECOLOS. Wilkinson from Greenpeace and resources of the greens movement in One way diaspora Ukrainians can Adrian Ivakhiw from ECOLOS. Ukraine," explained Myschenko. help, said Myschenko, would be by A video of the conference, also Delegates also heard presentations providing technical and financial obtained by ECOLOS, shows a near- about Chomobyl and other support for the creation of an capacity lecture hall being addressed by environmental hotspots in Ukraine. independent institute of environmental Dr. Yuri Scherbak, one of the founders There was some debate about the studies in Ukraine.
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Narcotic tale in Merchants Misery (, of 12.03.89 .) By Jeffrey D. Stephaniuk
The cxplanalion of Canada's Malarek's lesson in geography intricate S10 billion a year drug continues with his description of scene is a lesson in geography Victor police raids for cocaine in Toronto ( ) Malarck style. bars; he visits crack houses and , . . Merchants of Misery traces describes the drug scene in Toronto, Merchants of Misery contains a , ,. , Canada's drug industry from its Vancouver and Montreal. detailed explanation of the system of money source to Canadian streets. While in Montreal, Malarck complicated . - - the profits from Heroin, for example, is supplied happened upon some of the former laundering, where funnclcd through to Montreal by Iranian immigrants kids of his youth, described in his drug sales are ? with connections to the Golden autobiography. Hey MalarekJ, Some banks to legitimate businesses. Even Crescent area of Southwest Asia, "a have become dealers, others users. if individuals in drug rings are convicted and jailed, their profits are . swath of sun-drenched mountains One of his friends commented that . - 3 cutting through Iran, Afghanistan "if the stuff was ever legalized you safe, "any enforcement program , . directed against the drug trade that . and Pakistan." might as well open up a bunch of . The author explains Hong Kong's new cemeteries and funeral parlors, docs not include an attack against
conncciion in ihc drug trade. Hong because you'll have a lot of bodies the proceeds is destined to fail in the Kong is home to wealthy secret dropping all over the place, long run." . - criminal societies called Triads, especially young bodies." Malarck concludes with a look at : - drug traffickers and . - , whose staggering wealth comes from The author spends several pages the allegiance of -, . guerrilla revolutionaries, and how , China White heroin. Many of these on the debate over legalization. He ? involved in Central millionaires are investing their concludes that these drugs should "U.S. officials 1 - the drug 1 money in Canada, in anticipation of never be legalized because the social America failed to address ' - return of to problems of the addicts would issue for fear of jeopardizing the war ! the 1997 Hong Kong not be ?! China. resolved. effort against Nicaragua. 16 () , , , 16 "" . : . - ( . "." .", , - , . ( ,7 , -- , ). , " ?"- , ' , 6 - 9 Wesrin . . , . , , 1 , ,,, , , , , , , , , , , . ,, , , , - The Choice is Yours , , ' . You have a whole lot of choices available to , , , you now. The credit union can help you , make the right ones for your financial future. ( , , I As a member-owner, you can help ) ,' determine the credit union's future too. , . II Choose the financial institution suited to . ," your needs. Come in and talk to us. , : ",", BUDUCHNIST (TORONTO) CREDIT UNION LTD
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, Ukraine for Restructuring (Rukh ), accomodation is provided), an end to Ukraine calling upon them to support the Ivan Drach, the head of the Rukh compulsory regime in student people's deputies Sakharov, Tykhonov, , , , secretariat, Mykhailo Horyn, and the quarters, autonomy for reaching Popov, Muramov and Afanaseyev who former political prisoner Yury Badzyo. faculties, the , adoption of democratic called for a strike to enforce the the second day the congress the statutes for On of higher education, military demand for article 6 of the constitution students held a demonstration in education to be made , voluntary and the to be removed. Student activists central Kiev with Ukrainian national right of students to be a , part of the organized on 1 1 December a strike in , . flags. Because of this the authorities decision making process in higher Kiev University, the ARt and education- refused the congress premises on the Polytechnic Institutes and at the The USS and , ,. third day. Confederation stand historical faculty of the pedagogic , also for the was A proposal put forward by the removal of the ruling institute. ideology Lviv-based Student Brotherhood of Marxism-Leninism in the , (Studentske Bratstvo ) to an national , form , education process, for Association of Ukrainian Independent minorities tn Ukraine to have the right , Student Organizations, rather than the of education in their own language, to alternative USS. The Kiev delegates, introduce Ukrainian history, . supported by others, looked upon the philosophy and political courses. , USS as a professional student . organization which understands that to satisfy ail the students' needs would . only be possible in a free democratic , Ukraine. , ., ,, , ,. , ,. ,, !, :
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with pv fit v aid and advice, but is , coming forward with concrete propositions and action. And so , you sec, the responsibility to produce an issue that was adequately responsive was quite daun tings. We are not , enough of a regullar periodical beset with teeming correspondents and because we 1989-90 , contributors mainly publish in a North American environment. This is an environment whose titutlar political leader has , hesitated before offering support to the peoples who sought to liberate themselves in almost every instance, , after , and who within a month the -. , massacre in armamen Square resumed '. trading relations with the butchers. . , , Therefore, we do not find it surprising that we are surrounded by both a whirlpool of historically virtually , significant events, and by a " " X "" , total student apathy. To be fair, we . , did not know where to begin ourselves, and then where to leave off. And thus, , ( this issue does not have articles on the , ), assault of citizenry by the security ,, . a , , police in Lviv in October (apart from , poem by O. Pokalchuk), nothing on the films shown in the Toronto Film -- -,. Festival and the mini-fest organized by , ' , Prof. Bahrii, the tour of the Ne Zhurys , " ensemble, the influence of changes in ", (, , , Ukraine on the diasporic community, ( ) the election of Prof. Mokryj to the ). , Polish parliament as a Solidarity . representative, the successive defeats ,"" ' , suffered by the Communist Party throughout Europe (including the — ( coumtries) and the role of Baltic 1 , ) students these victories, changes in , in . Canadian immigration policy with regards to people from Eastern Europe , . and the Soviet Union, on the , centennary of the birth of our patron, , , Nestor Makhno (October 1 989), and, , , , , well, count the topics. (27 1989) ,-- We will publish such articles in , the future, some of which we have on -- , hand, and some we will receive as - -- submisions (RIGHT?) We have to ,,, () — realize that we can only get out of this — , - ( morass we are mired in (of - ,, Russification or of assimilation) ) together. "As for the cynical," to quote Leonard Cohen, "such as we were , , " yesterday, let them step with us, or rot , , in their logical shrouds. We have , raised a bright white flag, and her is , our battered fathers' cup of wine, and , , now is music until morning and the morning prayers lay us down. We , who dance so beautifully, although all , such dances end." , , ,,, , ." .KGB .-,, -, ',, ,
STUDENT, JANUARY-FEBRUARY, 1990, PAGE 10 Association of Free Journalists established in Ukraine The Latest: SUSK
(UPA) On December 6 in Greg Blysniuk Kiev, the In the coming months declaration notes that much The Alumni Association is first meeting of although the orgnizing has been influence on society by the planned. For the still looking for committee for the formation of an mass more Alumni. media is great To pre-empt any letters from first time INDEPENDENT ASSOCIATION OF in the USSR this is io a while, SUSK If any Alumni are reading controlled by a totalitarian regime, Mike Tysohladchuk of P.E.I., will hold FREE JOURNALISTS (Vitna and a full slate of this, please look for the therefore, there are no means of free here's a SUSK update, and conferences Assotsiatsia Vilnykh Zhurnatistiv this academic Alumni ad in this issue, and ) communication. The Union of was held. A declaration was some comments. Note that year. The drawn up Journalists Club at UWO send in your address. of Ukraine is a branch of SUSK which was signed by the deputy editor much of this information may hosted ihe SUSK the Union of Jouranalists of Eastern has done without an Alumni of Molod Ukrainy Anatoly the , Zybkov, USSR, be rather dated. But I'll Conference, "which does fulfill its November 10-12, Association for far too long. first deputy editor of the journal functions, include it it does not fulfill anyway, as it's in London. The energy Radyanske literaturoznavslvo Yury and , professionally, nor socio- been a while since the last team spirit of the Tsekov, editor of the jourrnal UWO Club The SUSK brochure that I economically, nor politically the needs STUDENT. Pamialky Ukrainy. Aleksander showed why it is of journalists". one of the boasted about in the last Nczhyvyj, a journalist at RATAY fastest growing Clubs in The declaration further stales that the article I wrote for STUDENT (Ukrainian state radio and television glasnost is being SUSK Congress was a success. interfered with, and SUSK network. has yet to be printed. But it information service). My kola that the guarantees of freedom You'll remember Congress was virko of the will be. As always, money Tsy , editor of word are subject to the dictate of the held way last Ukrinformahropromu back August in The SUSK Western Conference and that elusive beast and , Volodymyr political censor. People therefore, Dudka, correspondent of Molod Ottawa. It was hosted by the will be (or was) February 16- overworked excuse "lack of often receive truthful information from Ukrainy k, Ivan Besmertnyj, Serhei other Carleton TJSC, although no one 18, in Edmonton, time", are to blame. for sources. They consequently felt hosted by Look Halushko, Halyna Krybenko and from the impelled to form an Independent host USC registered. the U of A Club. it to be distributed some time Vitaliy Portnikov. Association of Free Journalists with Impressive. this year. The meeting was held in the the aim of exchanging information and editorial offices of Radianska Ukraina As for SUSK National For now that's all. Give me a arranging free access to the mass with Of special significance, was Congress, it will 20 journalists present. The media. take place in call if you have any the presence of three students Toronto, hosted by the questions. Better yet, send from Ukraine at Congress. Erindale USC, some time in me a letter and enclose a The three were Demian August. Incidently, Erindale generous cheque for the SUSK Malarchuk and Andrii is turning into quite the debt. Vynnychuk, representing powerhouse under the
Studenske Bratstvo from Lviv, effective leadership of a and Bohdan Tkachenko, a committed exec. Look-out U journalism student from Kiev. of T. This was of special significance because their arrival marked the realization of the first student exchange between Ukraine and Canada that was not arranged through the regular Soviet channels. This 'was between students of our respective countries, and no intermediaries. The first of many, hopefully. Dear SUSK Alumni: Of course, a new SUSKecutive Over the years many people have been a part ol Canada's was elected. Of the 14 various Ukrainian Students' Clubs. Unfortunately, little success has been achieved in maintaining conlacl with former members. individuals that were elected This year, the SUSK National Executive would like to begin re- that day, 8 (eight) are from establishing lies between our organization and its alumni. The first step in achieving this formidable task is to develop an west of the Manitoba/Ontario accurate mailing list. border. And to think that this happened when the It would be appreciated if you would take the lime to complete that and mail the form appears with this ad. There is space Congress was , held in the provided lor your own address, as well as space for the EAST. It appears that the addresses of other alumni that you have maintained contact wilh. # # # By completing Ihis form you will assisl us in taking the first steps SUSK POWER BASE has in organizing an Alumni Association (or SUSK. shifted ominously to the
Tltank-you for your cooperation in this matter. West.
Andrew Horbay SUSK Alumni Coordinator
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