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‘Passing-on’ occurs when harm or loss incurred by a business is
passed on to burden that business’s customers or the next level
of the supply chain. In this thoroughly revised and updated second
edition, the authors provide the only available comprehensive
examination of passing-on in damages and restitution under EU law.
The analysis covers a broad range of contexts including competition
damages and the repayment of charges. The book offers a systematic
examination of the key questions facing parties in a passing-on
situation: When can downstream claimants bring an action? How can
claimants demonstrate sufficient proximity to the original harmful
act or unjustified transaction? Will the possibility of passing-on
be relevant to the estimation of the award? These questions are
assessed for actions against the EU, a Member State and private
individuals. Key Features: A specific focus on EU law and guidance
that will be relevant to lawyers throughout the EU A multi-faceted
and fully contextualised analysis of the defence of passing-on and
the position of potential claimants downstream in the supply chain
Practical suggestions for consistent approaches to passing-on in EU
law across existing and future contexts Extensive updates
comprising new case law and materials across all contexts examined
An expansion of discussions to encompass crucial new developments
since the first edition of the book This magisterial work is an
invaluable point of reference for practitioners working in damages
and restitution law, but also in other fields of commercial law,
including competition law and consumer law. Legislators and
policy-makers in the EU and beyond will also benefit from the lucid
analysis of the various policy choices made in the EU and US.
This ground-breaking book makes visible the global counter-movement
for environmental justice. Combining 500 in-depth empirical
analyses of environmental conflict with expansive theorising in
ecological economics and political ecology, Joan Martínez-Alier
reveals that though grassroots movements for socio-economic
sustainability are deeply diverse, there are profound global
patterns of environmental action and empowerment. Using rich
personal and community stories of conflict drawn from the Atlas of
Environmental Justice, Martínez-Alier analyses the commonalities
shared by environmental defenders and offenders respectively. Each
narrative is set within a cohesive framework, emphasising the
diverse vocabularies, iconographies, and valuation languages of
poor and indigenous activists without losing sight of the global
scale of climate action and biodiversity loss. Revealing the
circularity gap at the centre of the industrial economy, the book
focuses on the frontiers of commodity extraction and waste
disposal. Alongside exploring diverse geographies of resistance and
protagonists of conflict, chapters delve into commodity extraction,
corporate irresponsibility, unequal trade, and feminist
neo-Malthusianism. Land, Water, Air and Freedom will be essential
reading for students and scholars of environmental social sciences
and humanities, anthropology, geography, international relations,
and ecology. It will also guide activists seeking to understand
their place in the movements for environmental justice and
environmental sustainability.
Marcus and the Breakfast Club Investigators are back in The
Breakfast Club Adventures: The Ghoul in the School! From #1
bestselling author Marcus Rashford comes another exciting adventure
full of fantastic friendships, high-stakes mysteries and strange
goings-on! Written with Alex Falase-Koya and packed with tons of
illustrations by Marta Kissi, it's the perfect book for children
aged 8-11. There’s something strange going on at school . . . The
Breakfast Club Investigators haven't managed to solve a mystery in
months and Marcus is worried that the group is going to break up!
So when Gbenga, the captain of the school basketball team, comes to
ask for their help Marcus knows this might just be the
Investigator's last chance to prove themselves. The basketball team
have had a streak of bad luck, and Marcus and his mates are sure
there's more going on than meets the eye. As the mystery deepens
and they uncover one surprising clue after another, they discover
that someone – or something – has cursed the basketball team!
Can Marcus and his friends solve the mystery in time?
Marcus and the Breakfast Club Investigators are back and better
than ever, just in time for for a brand new investigation! The
Breakfast Club Adventures: The Phantom Thief is the third book in
an exciting mystery series by England International footballer,
child food-poverty campaigner and bestselling author Marcus
Rashford MBE, inspired by Marcus's own experiences growing up!
Written with Alex Falase-Koya and packed with tons of illustrations
by Marta Kissi, it is it the perfect book for children aged 8-11. A
mysterious figure is stealing from clubs all over Rutherford High!
The only clue is a strange calling card left at the scene of the
crime. . . When the thief strikes just as Art Club is getting ready
for a big show, everyone is worried the exhibition will be
cancelled. As suspicion falls on one of the Breakfast Club
Investigators, Marcus and friends must race against time to find
the stolen painting and unmask the true thief before it's too late!
With diverse contributions from over 100 authors around the globe,
this comprehensive Encyclopedia summarises the developments of
ecological economics from the fundamental contributions to the more
recent methodological debates in the field. This Encyclopedia
further reflects the relevant state of research including past and
present major debates about particular concepts, theories, actors
and issues at hand. It provides an expansive list of topics
including sustainable development, the limits to growth,
agroecology, implications of thermodynamic laws for economics,
integrated ecologic-economic modelling, valuation of natural
resources and services, and renewable and non-renewable resources
management. With a strong normative focus, entries include
theoretical, methodological, and empirical contributions, as the
field orientates its efforts to improve environmental policy and
governance to enhance wellbeing, environmental quality, and social
justice. This unique reference will be a key tool to students,
scholars, policy makers and anyone else seeking to understand the
link between economic systems and the environment from the
perspective of ecological economics, business management,
environmental and urban studies. Key Features: Entries include
selected references for further study Entries by both leading
scholars and up-and-coming voices Addresses the links between the
ecological crisis and economic activity Over 90 entries with
accessible explanations of key concepts and methods
Multi-disciplinary approach across the fields of economics,
ecology, sociology, geography, and also political science and
history.
This timely book scrutinises the mechanisms for guaranteeing
respect for the rule of law in the European legal system. Focusing
on external relations, it assesses the capacity of the EU to
disseminate these values as a global actor and offers novel
suggestions for how this capacity could be exercised more
effectively. Using EU legislation and case law, the book identifies
the essential elements of the rule of law, and distinguishes the
general limits it places on the behaviour of public authorities.
Focusing on EU sanctions, trade policy and relations with
neighbouring and membership candidate countries, it argues that the
EU’s promotion of the rule of law internally and externally has
strengthened considerably over time. Nevertheless, given the
degradation of the rule of law on the international scene,
contributors call for an overhaul of EU rule of law policy to
uphold the EU’s ethical commitments and strengthen its
international standing. This book will be an important read for
scholars and students of European law, trade law and international
relations. Presenting detailed analyses of EU policy and case law,
it will also be highly useful for practitioners and policy-makers
seeking to promote human rights and democracy.
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Frida Kahlo. 40th Ed.
Luis-Martín Lozano
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Among the women artists who have transcended art history, none had
a meteoric rise quite like Mexican painter Frida Kahlo
(1907–1954). Her unmistakable face, depicted in over fifty
extraordinary self-portraits, has been admired by generations;
along with hundreds of photographs taken by notable artists such as
Manuel and Lola Álvarez Bravo, Nickolas Muray, and Martin
Munkácsi, they made Frida Kahlo an iconic image of 20th century
art.After an accident in her early youth, Frida became a painter of
her own free will. Her marriage to Diego Rivera in 1929 placed her
at the forefront of an artistic scene not only in the cultural
Renaissance of Mexico, but also in the United States. Her work
garnered praise from the poet André Breton, who added the Mexican
painter to the ranks of international surrealism and exhibited her
work in Paris in 1939 to the admiration of Picasso, Kandinsky, and
Duchamp.We access the intimacy of Frida’s affections and passions
through a selection of drawings, pages from her personal diary, and
an extensive illustrated biography featuring photos of Frida,
Diego, and the Casa Azul, Frida’s home and the center of her
universe.This book allows readers to admire Frida Kahlo’s
paintings like never before, including unprecedented detail shots
and famous photographs. It presents pieces in private collections
and reproduces works that were previously lost or have not been
exhibited for more than 80 years.
Presenting a systematic article-by-article commentary on the
European Service Regulation (recast), and written by renowned
experts from several EU Member States, this book gives balanced and
informed guidance for the proper operation of judicial cooperation
in civil and commercial matters within the EU in the field of
cross-border service of documents. First setting out the origins
and evolution of the Regulation, the Commentary proceeds to analyse
in forensic detail the relevant case law of both the European Court
of Justice and national courts on cross-border service. It moreover
points the reader to the pertinent legal scholarship from various
EU jurisdictions, and provides a pathway for solving practical
problems surrounding the service of documents between Member States
of the European Union in civil and commercial proceedings. Key
Features: Systematic article-by-article analysis facilitates
navigation and reference Integration of the relevant case law
ensures a rounded interpretation of the Regulation Practical
approach provides tangible guidance for complex cross-border
proceedings Renowned team of contributors offer clarity and
insight/ Thanks to its in-depth but also practical analysis of each
provision of the Regulation, the Commentary will be a valuable
resource for judges, scholars and students of European procedural
law, as well as for practitioners involved in cross-border civil
and commercial litigation.
Positioning industrial relations in a discussion that is sensitive
to broader political, historical, and ideological tensions, this
insightful book offers reflections on the politics of de-regulation
that have developed in southern European work and employment
relations over the past 20 years. Interwoven with case studies from
Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain, the book reviews critical
debates and issues related to de-regulation in employment relations
and neoliberalism in southern Europe. Taking stock of major changes
and crises affecting these national contexts over time, from
austerity politics to the COVID-19 pandemic, chapters investigate
how new voices, actors, and social movements are beginning to
emerge and engage with the politics of work. The book ultimately
posits that debates on production and work need to pay closer
attention to changes in patterns of consumption and the changing
nature of worker voice, and highlights how these changes are being
used to undermine collective and social rights. Surveying political
shifts in collective worker voice and representation over time, the
book will benefit students and scholars of industrial relations,
labour studies, the sociology of work, and employment politics. Its
evaluation of the impact of de-regulation strategies imposed across
southern Europe will prove invaluable to practitioners and
policymakers involved in public employment and industrial
relations.
This innovative book explores the role of utopian thinking in law
and politics, including alternative forms of social engineering,
such as technology and architecture. Building on Levitas' Utopia as
Method, the topic of utopia is addressed within the book from a
multidisciplinary perspective. The book addresses central questions
surrounding utopian thinking: What are its implications for law and
politics? To what extent does it constitute a desirable vision?
What are its risks or dangers? How is utopia related to ideology?
An impressive selection of contributors reflect on the challenge of
utopianism and its attraction, advancing the global public debate
on social and political issues. Divided into three accessible
parts, this book discusses the relationship between utopia and the
law, the notion of utopian politics and utopia in architecture and
technology. Addressing the topic of utopia from a variety of
perspectives, this book will be an interesting read for academic
scholars and students in the field of law, legal and political
theory, philosophy, ethics, sociology, religious studies,
technology and architecture. In particular, it is relevant for
scholars who are interested in the dynamics of social, legal and
political change.
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The Creature Collection
Steve Brezenoff; Illustrated by Martín Bustamante
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On a field trip, two friends discover a hidden door that leads into
an ancient library. Strange snarls echo in the maze of shelves.
Just as the pair searches for the exit, they come face-to-face with
the collection’s keeper, the Archivist! This rogue librarian
gathers tales of the world’s oldest, most terrifying creatures.
Now she’s releasing the legendary monsters to take care of the
intruders. Can the powerful Librarian swoop in to help the friends
escape? Experience the Library of Doom like never before in this
gripping, full-colour graphic novel!
Marcus and the Breakfast Club Investigators are back and better than ever, just in time for a brand new adventure!
When a treasure hunt is announced at Rutherford School, Marcus teams up with his friends to win. But an otherwordly monster is set on spoiling their fun. . .
Using clues from a comic book, can the Breakfast Club uncover the mystery behind the monster and find the prize?
The Breakfast Club Adventures: The Treasure Hunt Monster is the fourth book in an exciting mystery series by England International footballer, child food-poverty campaigner and bestselling author Marcus Rashford MBE, inspired by Marcus's own experiences growing up! Written with Alex Falase-Koya and packed with tons of illustrations by Marta Kissi, it is it the perfect book for children aged 8-11.
This book presents young writers with a wide variety of writing
activities, all designed to give them practice in skills they meet
in the school curriculum. Based around the theme of a holiday,
writing tasks include letters, diaries, emails, stories, cartoons
and summaries, all presented in a friendly, encouraging format.
Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given
area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject
in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of
travel. They are relevant but also visionary. Explaining why
contemporary problematic phenomena require a more expansive
understanding than what is allowed in conventional organizational
studies scholarship, this forward-looking Research Agenda brings
insights from recent feminist new materialisms and critical
posthumanist theorizing into the field of organization studies.
Marta B. Calas and Linda Smircich have assembled herein an
international and transdisciplinary community of scholars, whose
research in fertile transnational spaces demonstrates the
differences this novel scholarship could make in the domain of
organization studies. The book serves as a tool and means for
questioning fundamental metatheoretical premises and knowledge
production practices, focusing particularly on those which,
unwittingly, may be contributing to issues of concern across the
globe. Chapters further articulate which premises and practices may
help in decentering the 'common sense' nature of the field,
facilitating engagement with affirmative possibilities for a world
that is straying further from conventions. Coining the phrase
'thinking-saying-doing-otherwise' as an ontological shift and a
call to action, the book ultimately highlights the importance of
transdisciplinary, transnational research collectivities for
accomplishing necessary changes. Providing novel critical
approaches by intersecting feminist new materialisms with
organization studies, this dynamic Research Agenda will prove
invaluable to early and more established scholars interested in
future-oriented organization and management research and practices
in business studies and the sociology of organizations.
This engaging Research Handbook offers a comprehensive overview of
research on social factors and mental health, examining how
important it is to consider the social context in which mental
health issues develop. It illustrates how social factors contribute
to problems with mental health and how society, in turn, responds
to people diagnosed with psychiatric disorders. Expert contributors
provide an in-depth review of the history of social factors and
mental health, and also discuss how boundaries between disorders
such as bipolar and borderline personality disorder can be blurred
and contested. Past and current social factors are thoroughly
reviewed such as refugee mental health, stressors linked to
discrimination based on race, gender or sexual orientation,
exposure to police violence and the impact of the recent COVID-19
pandemic. The challenges and stigma faced by those diagnosed with
disorders, alongside prejudices and discrimination in the health
care system are also examined. The Research Handbook on Society and
Mental Health will be an excellent resource for scholars studying
social issues in relation to mental health or illness and
researchers wishing to take an interdisciplinary approach by
studying biopsychosocial factors. Mental health providers
interested in well-rounded learning and those people experiencing
and living with mental illness will find the alternative viewpoints
to mainstream psychiatry and psychology informative and
illuminating.
Investigating the changing forms, dynamics and trajectories of the
artisan and craft sector, this timely book considers the
opportunities, challenges, and uncertainties associated with
artisanal businesses in new economic times. Exploring how artisanal
and craft products remain vibrant embodiments of tradition,
heritage, authenticity and creativity, the book explores how these
qualities are being harnessed and transformed to enable artisanal
businesses to exploit the opportunities presented by technological
innovation and evolving consumption patterns for their future
viability and vitality. Revolutionary advancement in digital
technologies offer 'game-changing' possibilities for artisanship
and craft, across a spectrum ranging from production practices to
e-commerce. But such technological advancements also present
challenges to how artisanship sustains its important 'traditional'
associations, and how it builds on its relationship with the
ethical, the sustainable and the local. Featuring an international
range of case studies, chapters exemplify how artisanal
organisations can revitalise their business models, using
innovative branding and marketing strategies, and entrepreneurship,
to utilise the best of both the past and the future. This
cutting-edge book will prove invaluable to students and scholars of
marketing, business studies and sociology who are interested in
contemporary innovation in artisanship and craft. With practical
advice from industry experts, it also serves as a useful resource
for practitioners and stakeholders within the artisanal and craft
sector who might be concerned with the impact of digitalisation on
the field.
This new 2-volume set aims to share and preserve ethnic and
traditional knowledge of herbal medicine and treatments, while also
emphasizing the link between biodiversity, human nutrition, and
food security. Ethnic Knowledge and Perspectives of Medicinal
Plants is divided into two volumes, with volume 1 focusing on the
traditional use of curative properties and treatment strategies of
medicinal plants, and volume 2 addressing the varied nutritional
and dietary benefits of medicinal plants and the practice of
Ayurveda. Both volumes stress the importance of bioresources for
human nutrition and nutraceuticals based on ethnic knowledge and
the need for efforts to protect biodiversity in many regions rich
with medicinal plants. Exploring the benefits of medicinal plants
in disease prevention, treatment, and management, Volume 1
discusses the traditional use of medicinal plants as promising
therapeutics for cancer, liver conditions, COVID-19, and other
human ailments. It examines the efficacy of Ayurvedic and Chinese
herbal medicine, Indian traditional medicine, and other ethnic
herbal practices used by indigenous peoples of Azerbaijan, South
America, Turkey, India, etc. A variety of plants are discussed, and
the ethnomedicinal applications of over 100 wild mushrooms for
their medicinal and healthcare purposes are elaborated on. While
volume 1 focuses primarily on natural plant resources for
addressing specific health issues, volume 2 looks at traditional
medicinal plant use for their nutritional and dietary benefits,
while also encouraging the preservation of biodiversity for healthy
and sustainable diets. The volume presents information on over 2200
vascular plant taxa from 127 families as well as many taxa from
leaf parts, fruits, underground parts, floral parts, seeds, and
more that have potential use as edible food plants. Ethnic
knowledge on the wild edible mushrooms is an emerging area, which
is unique and is dependent on the folk knowledge of tribals; this
volume discusses the unique nutritional attributes of wild edible
mushrooms (206 species belonging to 73 genera) in Southern India.
The authors look at various lichens as nutritional aids and
medicine and as flavoring agents and spices. Fucoidans derived from
the seaweeds (and spirulina) are described for their antioxidant
activity, nutritional and anti-aging properties, antiviral
activities, anti-cancer properties, anti-diabetic properties, and
more. The authors also examine how ethnicity affects
healthcare/nutritive systems at different levels through various
dynamics such as lower income, inability for services uptake,
disputes among different ethnic groups, cultural attitudes (some
ethnic group are vegetarian), lack of socio-economic resources, and
disease prevalence. Together, these two important volumes aim to
preserve and disseminate the valuable ethnic knowledge of medicinal
plants gained over thousands of years and to promote the value of
integrating and safeguarding biodiversity.
Feminist Frontiers in Climate Justice provides a compelling
demonstration of the deeply gendered and unequal effects of the
climate emergency, alongside the urgent need for a feminist
perspective to expose and address these structural political,
social and economic inequalities. Taking a nuanced,
multidisciplinary approach, this book explores new ways of thinking
about how climate change interacts with gender inequalities and
feminist concerns with rights and law, and how the human world is
bound up with the non-human, natural world. With contributions from
leading scholars in law, feminism, human rights and politics, this
book considers how equality is conceptualised experienced and used
in policies, law and practice that are integral to climate justice.
Chapters reveal how international and national policy and legal
frameworks fall short on gender equality and climate justice.
Overall, the book demonstrates that the climate crisis demands an
ambitious and transformative approach to equality, including
developing feminist ideas of care and social reproduction, to
reconstruct law and policy towards a more just world for all. This
ground-breaking book will be essential reading for scholars across
many areas of law including environmental law, human rights, public
international law, law and gender, and law and development. Its
discussion of the international framework alongside in-depth case
studies and assessments of women's mobilization strategies will
also be highly relevant to social scientists, officials in
international organizations, policymakers, lawyers and activists.
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Centaurs (Paperback)
Suma Subramaniam; Illustrated by Martín Bustamante
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Look into the forest and listen carefully! You see the chest and
head of a man, but you hear the rhythmic gallop of hooves. It’s a
centaur, a strong and brave creature. Have you wondered where
centaurs dwell and what they eat? How tall do they grow and how
heavy? Wonder no more! Striking illustrations and matter-of-fact
text take you on a thrilling journey to learn all about centaurs.
How can intuition research inform practice? As the use of intuition
in business has become more widely accepted, companies struggle to
understand how to use this additional resource efficiently, while
corporate trainers and university educators lack tools to develop
it as a skill. This truly international Handbook provides relevant
answers with: chapters by academics and practitioners, written in a
concise, digestible format to make it accessible to non-academic
readers empirical studies from multiple industry/service sectors
that demonstrate an integrated use of intuition and analysis in
decision making studies from industry and education that
demonstrate how to develop intuition, including a ground-breaking
research in problem solving non-Western perspectives illustrated on
case studies from Japan and China use of language protocols/methods
to bring intuition into our awareness new research into
group/collective intuition (based on language analysis and quantum
physics) research related to sensing and sense making. Due to its
focus on bridging theory and practice, the Handbook is of value not
only to academics and organizational researchers but also to
industry professionals, corporate trainers and university educators
who search for answers on how to incorporate intuition into a
common skill set. Accessible in style, it will also appeal to
educated business readers. Contributors include: A. Antonietti,
B.T. Bakken, A. Bas, D. Bscak, R.T. Bradley, H. Cairns-Lee, B.
Colombo, V. Doerfler, M. Egorov, A.N. Gani, S. Germagnoli, J. Gibb,
L.M. Gillin, M. Goller, M. Grant, A. Groessler, T. Haerem, C.
Harteis, S. Henwood, P. Iannello, L. Isenman, K. Isomura, A.
Kobayashi, G. Lufityanto, N. Meziani, F. Nilsson, A.-C. Nordvall,
A. Pircher Verdorfer, J. Pretz, A. Price, M. Sinclair, G. Soosalu,
B. Steffen, S. Streukens, S. Teerikangas, M. Turunen, L.
Valikangas, A.C.R. van Riel, M. Wang, X. Wang, K. White, J.
Woiceshyn, K. Zulkosky
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Fairies (Paperback)
Suma Subramaniam; Illustrated by Martín Bustamante
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R280
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Gaze at that sparkling light, dancing in the sky! It’s a fairy,
one of the mythical world's greatest treasures. Have you ever
wondered where fairies live? What do they eat and how do they use
their magic? Wonder no more! Striking illustrations and
matter-of-fact text take you on a magical journey to learn all
about fairies.
From forming friendships to learning new skills, join a lively
bunch of kids as they discover what school is really about and how
to make the most of it. With delightful illustrations, inventive
flaps and gentle humour, this book will help boost confidence and
calm any back-to-school nerves.
This comprehensive and essential Commentary examines both the
origins and effect of the EU's 2015 Payment Services Directive
(PSD2). Addressing a significant gap in the available literature,
the book is divided into two parts: Part I analyses the legislative
provisions of the Directive, while Part II explores the PSD2
implementation experience in selected EU Member States as well as
in the United Kingdom.
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Confession
Martín Kohan; Translated by Daniel Hahn
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Brutal and overwhelming, Confession wrestles with the legacy of
Argentina’s past and the passions of one young girl. There are
mysteries in the world of man, just as there are in the Kingdom of
God, and that they too, albeit quite differently, are unfathomable.
When Mirta López looks out the dining room window, she sees a
slim, self-possessed older boy on his way back from school. It’s
1941 in provincial Argentina, and the sight of the Videla’s
eldest son has awakened in her the first uncertain, unnerving
vibrations of desire. Naturally, she confesses. But she cannot stop
herself. Thirty years later, Videla is a general, leading the
ruling military junta, and a cell of young revolutionaries plot an
ingenious attack on him, and the regime. Writing from the
present into the past, Martín Kohan maps the contours of
Argentina’s 20th Century, but finds his center in one
woman—devout, headstrong, lit up with ideas of right and
wrong—not the grand historical figures of her lifetime’s
omnipresent, brutalizing history. “There is an art to keeping
lives constant, not allowing them to be altered by facts that are
merely external.” And there is great beauty in Confession , its
decades and landscapes, and the legacy of love and guilt playing
out in one family and against the background of dictatorship’s
traumas.
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