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At 4:57 p.m.(TX) on 052908 for "a journey in the Desert, said Dr. Tony Tung-tien Lei, Senior Advisor to U. S. Congresswoman Shelley Berkley" (g. c.):

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胡:願意給台灣國際空間
更新日期:2008/05/29 04:34 薛孟杰、李書良連線報導
總統馬英九在520就職演說提到希望中國大陸給予台灣國際空間,昨得到中共中央總書記胡錦濤的善意回應。胡錦濤昨日在與中國國民黨主席吳伯雄會談時表示,透過兩岸進行協商,關於台灣人民參與國際活動的問題,會找到解決辦法。他說,可優先討論台灣參與WHO的議題。

胡錦濤提到,關於台灣人民參與國際活動的問題,「兩岸和平發展共同願景」已經明確,促進恢復兩岸協商後,討論台灣民眾關心的參與國際活動的問題,包括優先討論參與世界衛生組織(WHO)活動的問題。

他說:「我相信,雙方共同努力,創造條件,通過兩岸進行協商,這些問題會找到解決辦法。」

對此,台灣學者認為,這是胡錦濤對於吳伯雄來訪所展現出的善意回應。政大政治系教授寇健文表示,胡錦濤願意做這種表示,顯示中共對於台灣爭取加入WHO一事的放鬆,「似乎有譜」。

淡江大學大陸研究所教授張五岳則認為,最近這段時間的兩岸在受到國民黨總統大選勝利、四川發生大地震等問題影響,雙方互動氣氛良好,而中共也明白台灣當前想要的是什麼,在這種情況之下,唯一可能會讓這種關係出現「逆轉」的,就是台灣的國際空間問題。

張五岳說:「這部分胡錦濤雖拋出善意,但具體上要如何進行,而不會在名稱議題上碰觸到雙方政治敏感的神經,恐怕還需要經過多番討論與協商。」

寇健文也提到:「畢竟兩岸協商管道都已經中斷那麼久了,如今雙方要達成互信並不容易,當前只能逐步透過協商一點一點的做,在建立起雙方互信之後,才能進一步去談台灣國際空間問題。」

北京大學國際關係學院教授牛軍也指出,台灣爭取國際空間,大陸過去就釋出過善意,但是當前最重要的還事先建立兩岸的互信。

寇健文表示,一旦能談到台灣加入WHO,先爭取國際觀察員資格比較有可能做到,但要如何克服名稱問題,讓台灣與大陸雙方都能接受仍有一定難度;張五岳說:「經貿問題是最先要解決的,加上今年申請加入WHO的時間點也過去了,等到經貿問題解決以後,台灣要叩關WHO,明年將會是一個觀察指標。」

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賴斯:馬上 有助緩和台海局勢
陪同英國外相米利班德拜訪史大胡佛研究院 國務卿期待兩岸重開對話

 英外相米利班德(前左)於胡佛研究院仔細觀看二戰時期蔣介石參加開羅會議與英首相邱吉爾會談珍貴史料。

【本報記者王慶偉史丹福報導】前來美國進行官式訪問的英國外相米利班德 (David Miliband),23日在美國國務卿賴斯 (Condoleezza Rice)與英國駐美大使沈沃德 (SirNigel Sheinwald)等人陪同下,到史丹佛大學胡佛研究院拜訪,並與胡佛研究院相關學者進行交流座談,主題環繞當前的中國議題。
米利班德在會談中提出他大力提倡的「責任主權」(responsible sovereignty)概念,他期待北京領導人除能回應本國公民要求外,也能使中國在國際社會上扮演更重要角色。

國務卿賴斯則在會議中特別提及台海局勢,她認為隨著馬英九當選總統以及國民黨重新執政,台灣新的局面將有助於和緩海峽兩岸過去幾年來的緊張關係,並重新展開對話。

參與對談的史大學者,包括胡佛研究院院長John Raisian,資深副院長David Brady、Richard Sousa、資深研究員Michael McFaul、Alvin Rabushka、Michael Boskin、Alice Miller、Nick Hope、研究員郭岱君與林孝庭等。美國務院發言人Sean McCormack、英國外交部氣候變遷特使 (Climate ambassador) John Ashton與英國駐舊金山總領事館人員,亦陪同出席此一會議。

與胡佛學者的會談結束後,米利班德外相特別在Raisian院長與Sousa副院長陪同下,前往檔案館參觀,除了英國相關史料館藏之外,館方還特別展示1943年的蔣介石日記,有關蔣參加開羅會議期間,與英國首相邱吉爾會面的相關記載,以及宋子文檔案裡有關抗戰時期中、英、美三方會商軍事議題的珍貴文件與照片;在相關人員的解說下,米利班德外相一行對於這些與英國近代史有關的珍貴中文史料,展現出極高的興趣,也對胡佛館藏留下極為深刻的印象。

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May. 29, 2008
Copyright Las Vegas Review-Journal

DIVORCE PROCEEDINGS: Gibbons accused

Wife's attorney alleges extramarital affair

By ED VOGEL
REVIEW-JOURNAL CAPITAL BUREAU
Gibbons Divorce

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Mrs. Gibbons, the person who has sacrificed the most and who has given her all to this man, should not be dismissed as if she were equally to blame, when under the circumstances it can be demonstrated on the record and to the public that she is blameless and that lust is the real villain here.

In short, by not stepping up and by not candidly admitting his fawning involvement with his frequent bar, lunch, dinner, and even grocery store companion, he has brought the spotlight down upon himself and upon the reason for the divorce.

It is so well accepted, and so well known that Judicial Notice can easily be taken of the fact that Mr. Gibbons' wife has been his greatest asset. She has worked relentlessly and tirelessly to advance his career, and had stood by his side, at the most critical time in his quest to be elected Governor.

Gov. Jim Gibbons waits to enter a news conference Wednesday in Las Vegas to highlight a home loan program for teachers. The governor refused to answer questions about his divorce from his wife, Dawn Gibbons.
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Dawn Gibbons, first lady wants divorce proceedings to be public

Gov. Jim Gibbons talks to a reporter who asked about allegations leveled by Dawn Gibbons' attorney that the governor is seeking a divorce because of his involvement with another woman.
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CARSON CITY -- The attorney for first lady Dawn Gibbons accused Gov. Jim Gibbons of involvement with another woman, stating in court documents filed Wednesday that this is his real reason for seeking a divorce.

"Despite his disingenuous, shallow, and transparent protestation that his relationship with another man's wife is a mere friendship, his infatuation and involvement with the other woman is the real, concealed and undisclosed reason for his voluntary departure from the marriage and from the Mansion where he occasionally resided," wrote Cal Dunlap, the former Washoe County district attorney who represents the first lady.

The comment is part of a motion filed in Washoe County Family Court that seeks to open all records in the first couple's divorce case and to have proceedings conducted in public.

Citing incompatibility, the governor, 63, on May 2 filed for divorce from his 54-year-old wife after nearly 22 years of marriage. Three days later, at the governor's request, Carson City District Judge Bill Maddox ordered that the records be sealed and the divorce conducted in private.

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Dunlap said he did not identify the other woman "to spare embarrassment to her husband."

The woman is Kathy Karrasch, said several sources who requested anonymity, the wife of Reno podiatrist C. Craig Karrasch.

Recent phone records obtained by the Review-Journal show a single call placed from the governor's cell phone to Kathy Karrasch's cell phone on Jan. 10.

A family member who answered the cell phone Wednesday said Kathy Karrasch and her husband have separated for reasons unrelated to the governor.

The family member, who identified herself as the couple's daughter, said her mother had been advised not to talk to the media.

The high school sophomore said that Dawn Gibbons has had disagreements with her mother for years and wants to embarrass her for no legitimate reason despite her helping care for the Gibbonses' now 20-year-old son, Jimmy, when the couple were busy with their political campaigns.

Jim Gibbons is a former congressman, and Dawn Gibbons served in the Nevada Assembly.

Kathy Karrasch, 48, donated $870 to Jim Gibbons' 1996 run for Congress, according to election campaign records. At least $252.50 was an in-kind contribution for magnetic political signs.

Questions about the governor's fractured marriage followed him to Las Vegas, where they cut short a late afternoon news conference on a new state loan program that helps teachers buy homes.

Gibbons fielded one question about the loan program before he was asked about the allegations of infidelity. For his response in full, he referred the gathering of local media to a letter to the editor that was published in Elko's daily newspaper on Tuesday.

"I've answered this," Gibbons said. "I don't think it's appropriate for me to discuss my personal problems in the public, and I'm not going to do so. If you want to see my answer, you go turn to the Elko Daily Free Press."

In his letter to the Elko newspaper, Gibbons said he has known the woman, whom he did not name, for more than 15 years, adding "there is nothing inappropriate about that friendship."

"Saying I am 'involved' with her certainly leads readers to believe something that is not true," Gibbons said in the letter.

In his motion, Dunlap said Dawn Gibbons is entitled to a public court proceeding where "she can fix blame where it belongs, on the shoulders of the woman who has, for years, stalked the man who could give her the public persona and prestige that, apparently, she craves, and, for which she is willing to, concurrently, abandon her husband. And, he who has succumbed to the seduction of those wiles, should not be allowed to fix the blame, for the failure of the marriage, on anyone else but on the marital intruder and on himself."

Gary Silverman, the governor's lawyer, refused to comment on the allegations Dunlap raised in his motion.

Dunlap said Gibbons has been treating the first lady like a "castaway wife" though she stood up for him in October 2006 when he was accused by Las Vegas cocktail server Chrissy Mazzeo of trying to sexually assault her.

Las Vegas police investigated Mazzeo's charges and declined to file criminal charges against Gibbons.

But Dunlap said Mazzeo bears a "striking resemblance" to the Reno woman with whom the governor is involved.

Dunlap added that Mazzeo "like his wife now, was trashed" by the governor, and "the Public was again misled."

Dawn Gibbons has been the governor's "greatest asset," Dunlap said.

She has worked "relentlessly and tirelessly to advance his career, and had stood by his side, at the most critical time in his quest to be elected governor," Dunlap said.

"In short, by not stepping up and by not candidly admitting his fawning involvement with his frequent bar, lunch, dinner, and even grocery store companion, he (the governor) has brought the spotlight down upon himself and upon the reason for the divorce," Dunlap said in the court documents.

Dunlap charged that Silverman has threatened to retaliate against him and Dawn Gibbons "should the truth of his (the governor's) extracurricular activities become an issue in this case."

In the motion, Dunlap charged the governor has "deserted, abandoned and has shunned his wife without justification for that behavior."

He said Gibbons, by his acts, statements and innuendos, has suggested the marriage failed because of "some fault" on Dawn Gibbons' part and her unwillingness to work to save the marriage.

By opening records to public scrutiny and by conducting the divorce in public, Dawn Gibbons can "set the record straight and debunk the whispers and the propaganda," according to Dunlap's motion.

Depriving her of that right would be a "grave injustice" not only to her "but to the remaining trusting and believing public, if any, who expect integrity and truth from their elected officials," he added.

Under state law, one party in a divorce action can petition judges to have records sealed and the divorce trial conducted in private.

In his motion, Dunlap charges that law is unconstitutional when applied to public officials.

"There is no greater public property right in Court proceedings or need for public scrutiny of judicial proceedings than when the Plaintiff holds one of the highest offices in a state, in this case, the Governor of the State of Nevada, and then seeks to bar the press and the public from the contents of the Court and from Court Proceedings," Dunlap said.

The case has been moved to Family Court in Reno. District Judge Francis Doherty is slated to preside over the divorce.

Review-Journal writers Brian Haynes and Henry Brean contributed to this report. Contact Capital Bureau Chief Ed Vogel at evogel@reviewjournal.com or 775-687-3901.

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VARIETY OF INFLUENCES: What Makes Las Vegas Las Vegas

City shaped by desert heat and dreams of getting a fresh start

By JOHN PRZYBYS
REVIEW-JOURNAL

Illustration by David Stroud.

We Las Vegans have a confusing attitude about sex. We're offended by Strip porn pamplets but love uncovered Strip shows.
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The Whiskerino contest, a staple of the city's Helldorado celebration during the 1950s, is one example of how we reveled then -- and still revel now -- in cowboy culture.
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What is Las Vegas?

A place. An idea. A stereotype. And, for those of us who happen to live here, a city that defines us in ways we probably don't even realize.

Las Vegas is a place steeped in contradiction and shaped, either subtly or overtly, by both natural and man-made forces that, in turn, shape us.

That's why we batted around this question: What are the basic forces -- things, ideas, conditions -- that define Las Vegas and make it different from any other place in the world?

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Here are our conclusions. We don't pretend that our conclusions are the final word. Feel free to do some batting around of your own.

THE DESERT

Las Vegas is shaped in large part by the desert. The heat, dryness and wind have challenged everyone from the earliest American Indian inhabitants to the Mormons who settled here to everybody who has since passed through, visited or come to stay.

"We've perfected the art of going from air-conditioned room to air-conditioned room," jokes Michael Green, a history professor at the College of Southern Nevada.

For many Southern Nevadans, summer here is akin to winter in the country's colder climes: Dig in and wait for it to end. But that attitude, notes David G. Schwartz, director of the Center for Gaming Research at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, "leads to a culture that's less communal, because people spend less time outdoors, and I think people kind of turn inward."

The harsh summer climate also creates a "privatization of public spaces," Schwartz adds. "You're not going to stroll around the park. You're going to be inside of a mall."

Living in the desert "requires that we adapt to it," Green says. "That has its good side -- solar energy is becoming more important -- and it has its bad side. Look at the water we've wasted trying to create the front lawns that we had in the communities we moved here from."

SEX-SATURATED CULTURE

It's difficult to think of another American city that has such a confusing, ambivalent attitude about sex.

We hate porn pamphleteers on the Strip and proudly tell visitors that prostitution is illegal in Clark County. At the same time, we consider performing uncovered -- not "topless," thank you -- in a show on the Strip as valid a career path for young women as any other, and barely notice casino cocktail waitress outfits are more risque than an entire Frederick's of Hollywood catalog.

Our attitude toward sex, Green says, "makes us more enlightened in certain ways and less enlightened in others, less enlightened in the sense that we put that premium on attractiveness of humans, and especially females, and the human body."

At the same time, Green continues, our attitude toward sex does offer women the opportunity to "make a living in something that other communities might not consider proper. And while there is obvious exploitation, there is also a degree of opportunity, as I was reminded by a student who pointed out she makes three times what I did."

Yet, Green adds, "I'm also reminded of a former student of mine who was a nude dancer who told me once that she enjoyed the work and made a lot of money at it, but she was in school because she knew that, unlike me, she had a shelf life."

TRANSIENCE

Native Las Vegans remain rarer than a winning draw on an inside straight. But even transplants who have lived here for years may never stop thinking of themselves as expatriate-whatevers, rather than as Las Vegans.

Some newcomers, Schwartz says, have a "boomtown mentality." They want to get everything they can out of Las Vegas and move on. "We're like a modern-day Virginia City or Goldfield or Searchlight with nicer buildings.

"People move here and think, 'I'm going to get a great job and make $50,000 parking cars, and I'll do that a couple years, save up, buy a house, get a lot of equity, trade out and move back home.' And it doesn't always work."

In the meantime, that presumably temporary Las Vegan may be less concerned about the here than the where-next. Why make friends if you're just going to leave? Why support schools and libraries if your kids won't be here to use them? Why care about your neighborhood if it's only going to be "your" neighborhood temporarily. Getting involved in facing the community's problems has little relevance to people constantly looking ahead.

LAND OF REINVENTION

Of course, a forward-looking mind-set isn't necessarily a bad thing. If there is an upside to the transience that is a hallmark of this city, it's the notion that Las Vegas also is a place where you can reinvent yourself, throwing off your former life like a neon-bedecked butterfly emerging from a Rust-Belted chrysalis.

Newcomers, Schwartz says, can arrive in Las Vegas "free of family history, free of their own history and can really start from scratch."

It's a common story even among some of our founding fathers, who arrived in Las Vegas trailing pasts that were borderline unsavory (Benny Binion) or downright criminal (pick a Mafioso, any Mafioso) and transformed themselves into upstanding citizens.

This notion of reinvention even applies to the city itself. Here, Schwartz says, there exists "I don't want to say a hatred of the past, but definitely a disdain of the past."

CASINO CULTURE

Outsiders think it odd that casinos are so much more to Las Vegans than just places to gamble. They're also community centers, movie and show venues, banks where we cash our paychecks and places where we enjoy some of the best meals in town.

Here's another, more subtle, way in which casinos affect our lives: Because they operate 24 hours a day, "it means we lead our lives on a 24/7 schedule in ways other places don't," Green says.

"My dad was a dealer for 30 years, and my aunt in Phoenix used to say, 'Why don't you come down for the weekend?" My mother would say, 'Your weekend or our weekend?' My dad was off Wednesday and Thursday."

That, Green says, "can affect the development of community, the development of tradition, in ways that we don't really think about."

OLD WEST STATE OF MIND

The Wild West long has been tamed, but that doesn't mean Las Vegans still aren't enamored of what we imagine it to have been and are eager to adopt its virtues as our own.

Go back to the 1930s, when wide-open gaming became legal, Green says, "and you have a lot of people walking around (wearing) cowboy outfits, and not just to Helldorado Days.

"It was kind of part of building the image of this Western town. The first two hotels were the Last Frontier and El Rancho Vegas, with all the Western layouts. The slogan at the time was, 'Still a frontier town.' "

Las Vegans still revel in that cowboy state of mind. Our (lower-case-L) libertarian leanings make us live-and-let-live types. We wear cowboy boots and 10-gallon hats even if we've never been closer to a ranch than Helldorado, and we still have a grudging, almost childlike admiration of the Western-hero rugged individualist.

"There's always been a love for the character who stands up to authority or stands up for himself," Green says. Whether it's John Wayne, Benny Binion or Bugs Bunny, "there's this admiration for people who say or do things we don't have the guts to do."

SOMETHING FOR NOTHING

Las Vegas is a city built on the perception that anybody can be a winner, that actions have no consequences and that we're entitled to pretty much anything we want, darn it.

Drop a few bucks into a slot machine and walk out a millionaire. Do anything you want to because, as the commercials tell us, what happens here stays here. And enjoy that comped meal, because no steakhouse in Omaha, Neb., would buy the argument that you've already purchased three meals so why shouldn't they give you one for free.

We have, in part, the mob and those individualistic resort proprietors of years past to thank for this collective entitlement complex. Back in the "pre-corporate" days of Las Vegas, casino bosses "understood the house was going to come out ahead in the end," Green says.

"If somebody came in and blew some money, comping that person to a $2.99 dinner was not a big deal," he says.

Today, the expectation for the freebie remains in the form of everything from slot club cards to a free drink when we cash our checks at the casino cage.

Getting something for nothing has a "basic human appeal," notes H. Lee Barnes, a novelist who teaches English and creative writing at the College of Southern Nevada. "It's just that, here, it's wide-open. It's in-your-face."

NEON

A city is defined not only by ideas but by things. And out of all of the things that define Las Vegas, neon is perfect.

It's bright and colorful, and its glow is reassuring. It's a perfect combination of the hard (glass tubes) and the soft (the gases inside the tube). Neon is garish and classy, scientific and artistic, practical and ethereal.

Sure, the popularity of neon signs is declining in Las Vegas. But, even today, if you were on "Password" and the clue was "neon," wouldn't you answer "Las Vegas"? And would the opening credits to "Viva Las Vegas" be quite as kinetic without that montage of neon signs?

"Neon was not invented for Las Vegas, but it certainly looks like it was a marriage made in heaven," Green says.

FAUX VEGAS AND THE VIRTUES OF FAKERY

We mean this in the best sense, but does anybody do fakery better than Las Vegas?

Want to visit a faux Eiffel Tower or a fake Lake Como? Want to see otherwise average-looking people burnished to supernova hotness? Want to indulge in the almost-always notion that one spin will change your life?

Welcome to Las Vegas.

Once, people went west to search for gold. And, Barnes says, "they dug their gold mines, and when the mines petered out, they built their cities."

Here, Barnes says, they created "an illusory place where you could mine money without having to dig for it. So marketing took the place of the shovel and the pick."

Of course, "how disappointing it is when visitors arrive in Las Vegas and discover that we don't all look like the people in the commercials?" Green adds.

"I mean, there is a degree of illusion -- call it illusion, call it fakery -- that you are going to win, and the chances are you aren't, the illusion that you're going to meet a goddess or an Adonis when your chances aren't that good."

The trick is to enjoy the illusion without taking it too seriously.

EPICENTER OF WEIRD

Pick a famous crazy person, any one. Odds are that, whoever you pick, he or she will have some connection, however tenuous, to Las Vegas.

Charles Manson. John Wayne Gacy. The 9/11 hijackers. Their paths all intersected with Las Vegas'.

It could be nothing more than coincidence. Or, maybe, simple probability: Everybody visits Las Vegas eventually, so why wouldn't the infamous drop by, too?

"We have so many different people visiting here," Green notes. "If you show up and you're a little weird, or a lot weird, who notices? And, you can blend in."

Las Vegas is the real-life urban equivalent of the Mos Eisley Cantina in "Star Wars" or "Rick's Cafe Americain" in "Casablanca": A place that attracts everybody, regardless of social standing, origin or morality. Here, in this crossroad city, "you're going to encounter all manner of people," Green says.

That's not necessarily bad. A crossroads is "where people with absolutely nothing in common can meet and interact and even have a meaningful conversation ... simply because you're at a crossroads," Green says. "I think that defines us in ways we don't realize."

And, if you're so inclined, a crossroads also is, Green adds, "a place where you can disappear into the woodwork."

Contact reporter John Przybys at jprzybys@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0280.

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 全球即時動態
胡錦濤:天災無情人有情
從抗震談合作感謝台灣同胞愛心吳伯雄:兩岸無法避免天災卻可永遠沒有戰爭

【特派記者李明賢、汪莉絹、林琮盛北京二十九日電】中共總書記胡錦濤28日與國民黨主席吳伯雄舉行「胡吳會」,雙方同意在九二共識下,儘速恢復海基、海協兩會復談。胡錦濤並提到,「促進恢復兩岸協商後,討論台灣民眾關心的參與國際活動的問題,包括優先討論參與世界衛生組織活動」;至於周末包機與大陸觀光客赴台,胡錦濤允諾「最短時間內辦成、辦好」。
胡吳會28日在北京人民大會堂登場,這是兩岸執政黨領導人首次歷史峰會。雙方在一小時工作會談前發表談話,分別從抗震經驗談到未來合作。

胡錦濤說,天災無情,人有情,台灣同胞的愛心、善舉感人至深,他代表大陸同胞,特別是災區同胞,向台灣同胞表示衷心的感謝。吳伯雄在結語中引用台北聯合報一篇社論強調:「兩岸無法避免天災,兩岸卻可透過努力,永遠沒有戰爭。」

吳伯雄在「胡吳會」中,首度提議舉辦國共「兩岸和平論壇」;未來兩黨是否就台灣國際空間、軍事互信機制等涉及兩岸和平穩定議題,展開先期溝通、討論,成為國共平台下階段可能努力的方向。

在兩會領導人互訪方面,吳伯雄當面提出邀請,希望在適當時候邀請海協會長訪問台灣。胡錦濤也回應說,在雙方方便的時候,進行兩會領導人互訪。

會談中,吳伯雄強調兩岸應牢牢把握住「和平、穩定、發展」這條時代主軸,希望在九二共識基礎上「擱置爭議、追求雙贏」,「先經濟、後政治」,從最沒有爭議的先著手,跨出重要一步。

胡錦濤則強調,兩岸首先要建立互信,這對推動兩岸關係和平發展至關重要。胡錦濤說,「建立互信、擱置爭議、求同存異、共創雙贏」是國共努力的目標。胡錦濤說,反對台獨和堅持「九二共識」,是雙方建立互信的基礎;只要在這個核心問題立場一致,其他事情都好商量。

對於台灣參與國際空間,吳伯雄表示,台灣朝野一致希望要有安全、尊嚴、合理的國際空間,但「台灣意識不能扭曲成台獨意識」,這不利於兩岸關係,國民黨也無法認同。

胡錦濤回應說,「我們了解台灣同胞在這個問題上的感受」,大陸不會把台灣本土意識和台獨意識混為一談。

他說,兩岸發展存有一些歷史遺留的問題,一些癥結問題一時不易解決,應務實面對,妥善處理。

胡表示,國共三年前在新聞公報揭示的「兩岸和平發展共同願景」,明確提及「促進恢復兩岸協商後,討論台灣民眾關心的參與國際活動的問題,包括優先討論參與世界衛生組織的問題」。

胡錦濤並強調,只要雙方共同努力,創造條件,通過兩岸協商,「這些問題一定會找到解決辦法」。

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台当局将暂缓施行“去中国化”教育大纲http://www.sina.com.cn 2008年05月29日14:21 中国台湾网
  中国台湾网5月29日消息 岛内即将在明年施行的新教学大纲,引起台湾各界相当大的争议,台当局“教育部长”郑瑞城今天在指出,将暂缓实施新教学大纲,并且请相关单位作最后研究,近期内将宣布明确答案。

  据台“中广新闻网”报道,新教学大纲当中,规划了英文、自然分为AB版、延后分流,并且把中文基本教材由必修改为选修,其中的“去中国化”内容引发台湾各界争议。台当局“教育部长”郑瑞城表示,目前学生、家长对于新教学大纲还是感到非常焦虑,他倾向暂缓,并且召集相关部门讨论后,近期将会公布讨论结果。

  对于马英九曾经开出“5岁免费入学”、“高职免费”的竞选支票。郑瑞城认为,5岁免费入学的确可以执行。但对于“高职免费”入学,郑瑞城认为,如果只针对高职可能不是很好的措施,应该把台湾的一些私立高中也加入考虑范畴。

  郑瑞城也坦承,12年义务教育无法一下子就达成,但是可通过对高中和高职增加补助,以优质化、小区化作为先导计划。(沈鹏)

台湾发行邮票八月起将改回“中华”字样

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今日晚報 2008.05.29 
華時:台灣新方向 美國歡迎卻擔心
中廣新聞/劉芳

國民黨主席吳伯雄和中共總書記胡錦濤會面,開啟兩岸新頁。華盛頓時報今天以社論評析指出,美國歡迎降低臺海兩岸緊張氣氛之舉,同時卻也擔心台灣過於親近大陸後,將影響到美國利益。因此,美國應該在經濟、政治和戰略保持吸引台灣的誘因。

關於國民黨主席吳伯雄前往大陸進行六天的訪問,華盛頓時報昨天在頭版報導說,兩岸政黨高層的會晤開啟了新紀元。這則轉內頁的報導刊登了中共中央台灣辦公室主任陳雲林歡迎吳伯雄的照片,報導中並且說,陳雲林向吳伯雄率領的代表團一鞠躬,感謝台灣人民對四川地震的賑災義舉。

華盛頓時報今天社論的第一篇的標題是「台灣的新方向」。社論說,馬英九就任總統後,結束了和對岸的緊張關係,開啟了亞太地區的新紀元。現在吳伯雄和中共總書記胡錦濤會面,標記著兩個國家( two nations)六十多年來最高層的接觸。

社論表示,美國歡迎降低兩岸緊張氣氛之舉,但同時擔心兩岸關係過於親近,因為華盛頓希望維持台海現狀,持續台灣活潑的民主,並且繼續和台灣保有密切的經貿往來。此外,台灣也是美國西太平洋地區的重要的安全夥伴。

社論說,為了美國本身的長遠利益,美國必須繼續提供經濟、政治和戰略上的誘因,以吸引台灣對美國的注意和善意。

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吾 愛 吾 師 ------練馬可教授退休離台歡送會------

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練馬可教授於1955年東海大學建校之初來到台灣,以其「愛在他鄉」的基督大愛精神,默默地為台灣奉獻了四十四年,即將於1999年九月初榮退返回美國,而後到英國伯明罕大學進修考古學碩士。

練老師1933年出生於大陸福州,父親是協和中學的副校長兼傳教士,母親教授音樂及英文。1955年畢業於奧柏林學院,隨即到東海大學擔任英文教師兩年,之後接受當時擔任文學院長吳德耀博士建議,返美取得社會學碩、博士學位。1962年再度回到大度山上,曾擔任社會系系主任多年,為東海社會系建立堅強的基礎,培育無數社會學界菁英,造就許多傑出社會工作人員,曾獲教育部頒發「六藝獎章」。1985 年起,並擔任中華兒童福利基金會(C.C.F)董事,協助推展扶幼工作。1996年轉至台南神學院擔任宗教社會工作研究所所長,仍擔任東海大學兼任教授,1999年榮獲全國好人好事代表。

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洛杉磯新聞
賭城破壞查封屋 怵目驚心
馬桶灌水泥、淹屋燒地毯 整修費奇高上市難脫手

 賭城一棟被破壞的查封屋,內部簡直慘不忍睹。 (本報記者馮鳴台攝)

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【本報記者馮鳴台拉斯維加斯報導】大賭城地區被銀行查封的住宅比全國平均高三倍,很多不甘心的屋主被迫遷離後心生恨意,大肆破壞房屋,內華達檢察長辦公室說,這些人已觸犯法律。
從銀行手中接到委託代售的經紀去檢查屋況時,常常會嘆息受到嚴重破壞的房產,因為整修費用高到令人翻白眼,修理費可能比賣價更高。

破壞房屋洩憤的招數讓任何人看了都心驚,砸破玻璃、拆櫥櫃、打破門,在抽水馬桶內灌水泥,放水淹房屋、燒地毯,打破牆把牆內電線剪斷,一棟外表完好如新的房屋,裡面可能慘不忍睹。

專做查封屋的華裔經紀朱俊安表示,值得修理的房子他會用一筆整修金先進行整理再上市賣,有一次他在一棟房子花了三萬餘元整理,是一間被原屋主大破壞的房屋,工程完畢後將整修費加上去再上市賣,結果房屋上市很久卻賣不掉。

最平常見到查封屋庭院雜草叢生,如果有泳池也變成廢棄的骯髒池塘,斷水斷電後,水池日漸發黑,住在隔壁鄰居深受其害且抗議無門。

查封屋另一後遺症是棄養寵物。南內州寵物救助中心最近接收幾百隻被棄養的貓狗,都是屋主放棄房屋後狠心留下來的可憐小傢伙,該中心正大力鼓吹民眾領養,但新加入的寵物持續不斷,成為大賭城區另類房市後遺症。

雖然執法機構抓了幾名利用次貸造假文件藉買賣房屋騙錢的貸款經紀,仍無法制止一些受損失的屋主採用不法手段發洩不滿。內華達州檢察長呼籲屋主切莫以身試法,運用假離婚、宣告破產的人,持早會被查到犯法行為。

許多兩、三年前高價買屋的賭城屋主,不甘心房價下跌必須付高額貸款,鋌而走險故意放棄已買的房屋,讓銀行查封,再由家中信用好的一人再買一棟便宜的房屋居住,認為這樣就能逃避法律責任,熬過七年信用追究期,再重新建立信用紀錄。

也有人故意不再付銀行貸款,再以兒女名義將原屋向銀行以短售低價買回,把跌落房價的損失轉嫁給銀行,表面上似乎天衣無縫,實質上留下更壞的違法證據,連兒女一齊拖累犯法。

2008-05-28

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寄給朋友| 友善列印|字級設定:
吳釗燮:陳總統後期 台美關係倒退到最低水平
更新日期:2008/05/29 08:59 吳寧康
已經提出辭呈的台灣駐美代表吳釗燮,在接受日本產經新聞訪問時指出,民進黨政權後期的台美關係,是自從台灣在1990年代正式民主化之後,在政治方面來說,幾乎倒退到最低水平的階段。

產經新聞29日報導,在台美關係低迷的背後,除了台灣前總統陳水扁的台獨志向之外,像是北韓核子問題等,美國在國際議題的處理上對中國的依賴增強,也都造成政治平衡上的變化。

吳釗燮表示,台美之間去年來,貿易和投資等實務交流進行順利,但是陳水扁政府推動的「以台灣名義加入聯合國」等,則因為和美國的基本政策不合,而在政治方面上有所對立。而這對陳水扁政權後期的影響,則包括台美之間的高層安保對話會議延後、美國政府對陳水扁過境予以冷處理等。

對於台灣未來的環境,吳釗燮表示,短期來說,台灣不受中國統治的這個現狀是不會產生問題;但中國對國際社會的影響力、以及經濟實力在持續擴大中,美國也有許多議題尋求中國支持,在這種情況下台灣面臨的環境一點也不好。

報導提到,學者出身的吳釗燮是在去年4月,成為第一位民進黨籍的駐美代表;他在國民黨贏得總統大選之後提出辭呈;一般認為出身海軍的國民黨和親民黨駐美代表袁健生,將會接任吳釗燮的職務。

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2008.05.29

時勢造英雄 吳伯雄成功展現手腕
【中時電子報毛嘉慶/特稿】

早在馬英九以直航、開放陸客觀光作為主打政見,並獲得過半選票支持當選總統那一刻起,就注定未來幾年中,最重要的大事,莫過於兩岸。同文、同種的民族,因為日本侵略、國共鬥爭,導致兩岸至今未解之局,但兩岸錯綜複雜的關係,已從之前「時代的悲劇」,演進到目前成為大多數國人期待鬆綁的「新時代契機」。國民黨主席吳伯雄率團登陸商談,雖然充滿政治味,卻也讓老百姓寧願一試。
最重要的原因,就是台灣需要中興、需要繁榮,特別是在百物飛漲、只有薪水不漲的當下,沒有人願意再過苦日子;也因此,曾經的「殺朱拔毛」、「光復大陸」口號早已不復存在於下一代印象中,取而代之的,反而是必須依靠大陸急起的經濟實力,讓資金流入台灣、活絡百業。

吳伯雄與中共領導人胡錦濤會談時,強調「先經濟、後政治」,談的是包機直航,卻也刻意、再三強調國民黨總理孫中山與南京的關連性,中共有意開放的四個對台直航口岸,初期規劃北京、上海、廈門、廣州,吳伯雄「軟軟的要」,硬是加入了一個南京,而且中共也很可能同意。此舉一方面展現了過去八年僵局,吳伯雄幾天就搞定的形象,另一方面,也讓各界見識到「高竿政治外交手腕」。

放眼望去,當今台灣政局,要挑出比吳伯雄更務實、有彈性的政治人物,恐怕難上加難。儘管兩岸對於「九二共識」中「一個中國、各自表述」尚未正式締約、實行,但吳伯雄在大陸、台灣塑造的氣氛卻相當成功,「擱置爭議」、對問題視而不見的操作,卻又弔詭的很合理。因為雙方都能體認,如果還要在「正統」、「主從」作文章,硬功夫比拚的結果絕對是兩敗俱傷、繼續徒勞無功。

也因此,吳伯雄的北京行,基本上已獲豐碩果實,直航、週末包機,就等六月中兩會復談「水到渠成」。但中國人的「內行」總在內鬥中,接下來,國內恐怕又要上演扣「紅帽子」的藍綠之爭,但因為藍太大、綠太小,政治實力加上現勢、趨勢,國民黨絕對可以發揮重新執政後的首波戰力。

問題是,國民黨和總統府內部會不會出現主導權之爭?吳伯雄面對頭號亞洲強權,都可以冷靜展現政治謀略,若某些藍營政治新貴想搶主導權,是否會獲得馬英九首肯,進而引發另一波內鬥?值得觀察,更值得政治人物以大智慧面對。

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中廣
寄給朋友| 友善列印|字級設定:
吳伯雄:包機直航陸客來台很快實現
更新日期:2008/05/28 19:00

國民黨主席吳伯雄今天下午在北京人民大會堂和中共總書記胡錦濤會面,雙方都同意兩岸兩會的制度性協商應該早日恢復,恢復協商後首先要處理的就是週末包機和陸客來台問題,由於胡錦濤也希望這兩項措施能早日實現,吳伯雄對此持樂觀態度,認為應該很快就能實現(繆宇綸報導)

吳胡會歷時一小時,吳伯雄會後在北京飯店舉行國際記者會,他表示,會談雙方都用誠懇的態度,明確的口氣會談,他對這次會談感到「滿意」。吳伯雄說,兩岸都有共識,就是趕快建立互信,並且擱置爭議,求同存異,雙方對某些問題「當場就有共識」,兩岸兩會的制度性協商應該早日恢復,大陸觀光客來台也要盡雙方最大努力「在短期內實現」,週末包機則希望盡雙方努力「早點實現」,這一點胡錦濤總書記說得非常清楚『海基會海協會一旦恢復協商,首先要解決的就是週末包機直飛的問題,是大陸觀光客開放到台灣的問題,這兩個就接著來......』

吳伯雄強調他無權替海基海協兩會作宣布,但他也表示,只要雙方真的全力以赴,他對這兩項政策的實現「審慎樂觀」,應該是很快的事情,他也相信既然胡錦濤總書記都這樣說了,「效率應該很快」。吳伯雄表示,國共平台和兩岸兩會是「相輔相成」的,猶如人的兩隻腳,相互合作才能「行遠致穩」。

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賴斯:馬上 有助緩和台海局勢
陪同英國外相米利班德拜訪史大胡佛研究院 國務卿期待兩岸重開對話

 英外相米利班德(前左)於胡佛研究院仔細觀看二戰時期蔣介石參加開羅會議與英首相邱吉爾會談珍貴史料。

【本報記者王慶偉史丹福報導】前來美國進行官式訪問的英國外相米利班德 (David Miliband),23日在美國國務卿賴斯 (Condoleezza Rice)與英國駐美大使沈沃德 (SirNigel Sheinwald)等人陪同下,到史丹佛大學胡佛研究院拜訪,並與胡佛研究院相關學者進行交流座談,主題環繞當前的中國議題。
米利班德在會談中提出他大力提倡的「責任主權」(responsible sovereignty)概念,他期待北京領導人除能回應本國公民要求外,也能使中國在國際社會上扮演更重要角色。

國務卿賴斯則在會議中特別提及台海局勢,她認為隨著馬英九當選總統以及國民黨重新執政,台灣新的局面將有助於和緩海峽兩岸過去幾年來的緊張關係,並重新展開對話。

參與對談的史大學者,包括胡佛研究院院長John Raisian,資深副院長David Brady、Richard Sousa、資深研究員Michael McFaul、Alvin Rabushka、Michael Boskin、Alice Miller、Nick Hope、研究員郭岱君與林孝庭等。美國務院發言人Sean McCormack、英國外交部氣候變遷特使 (Climate ambassador) John Ashton與英國駐舊金山總領事館人員,亦陪同出席此一會議。

與胡佛學者的會談結束後,米利班德外相特別在Raisian院長與Sousa副院長陪同下,前往檔案館參觀,除了英國相關史料館藏之外,館方還特別展示1943年的蔣介石日記,有關蔣參加開羅會議期間,與英國首相邱吉爾會面的相關記載,以及宋子文檔案裡有關抗戰時期中、英、美三方會商軍事議題的珍貴文件與照片;在相關人員的解說下,米利班德外相一行對於這些與英國近代史有關的珍貴中文史料,展現出極高的興趣,也對胡佛館藏留下極為深刻的印象。

2008-05-28

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 全球即時動態
胡吳會 宣布兩岸正式復談

【特派記者汪莉絹 陳志平 李明賢 林琮盛北京廿八電】中共總書記胡錦濤與國民黨主席吳伯雄,28日進行「胡吳會」,宣布海協、海基兩會正式恢復協商。
中南海27日晚間正式告知國民黨大陸訪問團,「胡吳會」28日下午3時30分開始會談,中央電視台將對兩岸三地及全球華人,進行10分鐘的現場實況轉播,顯示北京當局對5月20日以後兩岸新局高度重視與期待。

中斷九年的海協、海基兩會復談,進入倒數計時。大陸海協會27日表示,已收到海基會要求協商陸客赴台觀光及開放周末包機的來函,「胡吳會」宣布兩會復談後,海協會將回函海基會,同意重啟兩岸兩會制度化協商管道,於6月中旬在北京就開放陸客赴台觀光及周末包機展開協商。

對於胡吳會,參與會前協調的國民黨副秘書長張榮恭表示,此次會談模式與連戰2005年和平之旅相同,國共兩黨代表將分別坐兩列長桌,雙方採面對面方式磋商。

國共雙方出席人士,國民黨部分由吳伯雄領軍,包括副主席關中、林豐正等16人,中共包括總書記胡錦濤、國務委員戴秉國、中央辦公廳主任令計劃、國台辦主任陳雲林等人。

胡吳會談結束後,國民黨將在下榻的北京飯店舉行記者會,國共雙方也將各自發布新聞稿,對外說明會談細節。張榮恭預告「胡錦濤談話會有重要內容與突破」,強調中方將會持續擴大「擱置爭議」的部分。

據兩黨默契,胡錦濤會談過程將釋出兩岸復談的高度善意,但國共雙方將不觸及復談具體時間表。國民黨人士解釋,兩岸復談應由海基、海協兩會接手,時間在6月中旬,包機直航與觀光客等技術問題,也將由兩會接手處理。

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洛杉磯新聞
洛城新語/從災難中收成

四川大地震的拯救生命工作已近尾聲,待開展的,是防疫、去險和重建階段。向死難者致悼,向災民致慰,向災區送暖之外,平心靜氣想一想,大地震考驗中國,也帶給中國極不尋常的積極改變。
一曰人心人性。中共建政以來,毛澤東發動幾次政治運動,極大程度地傷損中國人的心性,政治和社會鬥爭的對立、背叛,造成整個民族性格的退縮、陰暗、冷漠和自私。這次大地震中,竟一體推倒人心高築的壁壘,藉由災變援助,最大程度地流瀉人性的惻隱之心、關懷之情。這十多天,中國人民聲息一致、目標相同,13億人合為一體。政治運動未達到的矯正,北京奧運會欲帶來的凝結,竟由天災地變一夕催生。人道的中國、關懷的中國,從共產主義的僵硬軀殼中破繭而生;民族的驕傲,在人心人性激揚,在關懷而不在鬥爭中產出,這是極寶貴的實踐和實證。

二曰政治蛻變。溫家寶總理第一時間趕到災區,救援撫慰災民,某種程度而言,扭轉中國形象,挽救中共政權,將危機化為契機,譏評轉為讚美。繼之胡錦濤主席劍及履及調動資源救災,所展現的是國家領導人「以民為本」的服務心態,而不是往昔的無上威權。以民為本、為民所用,不再流為官腔大話,而是真實呈現。這對封建傳統的中國、體制森嚴的中共,都是顛覆。「人民養的」官員、幹部和軍隊,要用親民、愛民、拯民於水火的行動來回報,要走到第一線、最基層去表達。至於解放軍,從天安門的屠戮手、政權的鐵衛隊,一改面目,空降、架橋、闢路、洩洪、涉險救難,真正成為人民的保母。

三曰現代化管理。豆腐碴工程的戕害,於地震中一覽無遺,人神共憤。學校的建築品管,今後可望煥新面貌、真正落實。相應而來的,道路、橋樑、高樓的品質,從驗工到消防,從監管人員素質到制度重釐,一整套的管理都必須開動起來。該拆者拆,該廢者廢,這其實是走向現代化的必要陣痛。大地震加強中國現代化管理的動機和實踐。從唐山到汶川大地震,32年走來,顯然猶有不足,有待以另外30年相約為期,為一個公共設施安全有保障、管理有制度的全面改造而努力。四川大地震,痛定思痛,盼望是刺激中國公共設施管理現代化的起點。

「當榮耀的時光,如草上珠露的光彩流逝,我們縱難挽回,也不再哀傷,而要從殘遺中產生力量」……爰引英國詩人華滋華斯的詩作片語,向死難者致悼,向災民致慰,與海外華人共勉:即使在災難中,我們也要堅毅收成。

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胡锦涛:积极化解台湾同胞在两岸关系上疑虑http://www.sina.com.cn 2008年05月28日18:27 新华网
  新华网北京5月28日电 中共中央总书记胡锦涛28日在与中国国民党主席吴伯雄会谈时表示,我们关心、尊重、信赖台湾同胞。对一些台湾同胞在两岸关系问题上存在误解和疑虑,我们不仅会基于同胞情怀予以理解,而且会采取积极措施予以化解。

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2008.05.28

吳胡會拍板 北京、上海、廈門、廣州直航桃園
【中時電子報毛嘉慶/北京報導】
中國國民黨黨主席吳伯雄與中共總書記胡錦濤於二十八日下午三點半,在國際媒體高度矚目下,於北京人民大會堂會面。(照片/美聯社)

國民黨主席吳伯雄今(二十八)日與中共總書記胡錦濤,於北京舉行歷史性的兩岸執政黨高峰會,獲得的具體成果,除了在六月中旬宣布海基、海協兩會復談,最實質的就是中共將開放北京、上海、廈門、廣州四地與桃園機場直航。初期將透過週末包機、互載旅客作為宣示,第一位重量級人物將是大陸海協會新任會長來台,目前呼聲最高的就是中共國台辦主任陳雲林。
對於部分人士指稱吳伯雄此行並未以「總統」稱呼馬英九,而是以「馬先生」帶過,吳伯雄表示,這是擱置爭議的一部份,「他不提中華人民共和國,我就不提中華民國」。

兩岸定點直航,下一位受惠的可能就是吳伯雄自己。據了解,胡錦濤邀請他於北京奧運開幕時擔任貴賓,但是否成行仍有待回國後決定。至於全國人民期待的大熊貓「團團、圓圓」,吳伯雄主動向胡錦濤提及「期待能夠早日到台灣定居」,胡錦濤給予正面回應指出,只要台灣的貓熊館準備好了,隨時送到。

歷史性的「吳胡會」今天下午在北京人民大會堂北京聽舉行,從參與接待吳伯雄的政治層級顯示,其政治意涵等同接待外國元首,而且胡錦濤以台灣人民幫助四川震災為開場白,充分顯示對台互動善意,這場會晤的實質效應持續發酵,台灣方面也相當期待。

為了達成實質意義,吳伯雄要求胡錦濤「促成兩會復談,向人民負責,對歷史交代」。他表示,兩岸人民莫不懷抱求和平、求穩定、求發展、求繁榮的強烈意志,國民黨在台灣重新執政,基於向人民負責、對歷史交代使命感,兩岸應該好好把握住「和平、穩定、發展」這一條時代主軸。

他建議兩岸在九二共識基礎上「擱置爭議、追求雙贏」、「先經濟、後政治」,讓兩會復談、七月實施週末包機、陸客觀光,並讓「深受台灣小朋友、各界所歡迎的一對大熊貓」來台。

為了化解部分台灣民眾、大陸百姓對兩岸關係的疑慮,吳伯雄技巧性提及,對岸已故領導人鄧小平曾說:「實踐是檢驗真理的唯一標準」,希望透過週末包機,開放大陸居民赴台旅遊,從實踐中去檢驗這項政策的正確性、消除疑慮。吳伯雄說,這些想法,也與胡錦濤不謀而合,至於其他政策,則有待回國後進一步討論,交給相關部門處理。

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