Access Dinghy Telltales, Nov 2006

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A Caring CommunityAUSTRALIA 2

India goes sailingINDIA 3Sailability FightersJAPAN 4

ISAF Access WorldsCANADA 4

FESPIC GamesMALAYSIA 5

Special Olympics ResultsAUSTRALIA 6

DAC rises from the ashesAUSTRALIA 6

Sailability PhilippinesPHILIPPINES 7Community-CorporatepartnershipAUSTRALIA

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Special Olympics RegattaAUSTRALIA 8

Event Calendar 8

PATRON: Governor General of the Commonwealth of Australia,His Excellency Major General Michael Jeffery AC CVO MC (Retd)

Nov, 2006Volume 7, Issue 3

SPONSOR

excited about the prospect of Timor

Leste joining the Sailability family.We are eagerly awaiting the

arrival of the container from Australia

and look forward to unloading all the

goodies inside. There has been much

planning and discussion with other

NGO's and INGO's as well as Ministe-

rial departments. Everyone has been

very positive in their responses and

can't wait to get involved. For many, it

is such a totally new and different ap-

proach to a complex situation, and thesimplicity of the program and the bene-

fits to all Timorese will be apparent. It

won't be long before we see sails on

the horizon and Timorese people using

the wind and enjoying themselves.

Thanks to everyone who has

donated equipment and we'll be sure to

send you some photos of the happy re-

cipients. You should all be very proud

of yourselves as we are of you! Many

thanks and love from Timor Leste.MORE ON PAGE 2

Recently the Access Dinghy Foun-

dation received funding from the Austra-lian Government, through the Timor Com-

munity Assistance Scheme (ETCAS) to es-

tablish Sailability Timor Leste. Australian

Volunteers International and ADF signed a

contract and John Hughan has been allo-

cated to the project for 18 months to co-

ordinate the establishment of Sailability.

Project funding will provide 6 x Access

Breeze, boat trailer, 20 x new lifejackets,

RIB and engine and the container for stor-

age, The container left Melbourne in lateNovember. Sailability Timor Leste will be-

gin in January 2007. Johns update:

After several attempts to meet

with His Excellency The Prime Minister

of Timor Leste, Dr Jose Ramos Horta,

the Nobel Peace Prize winner of 1996

has agreed to become the Patron of

"Sailability Timor Leste". He has

praised the work of Sailability World

and the Access Dinghy Foundation in

providing much needed programs in manycountries throughout the world. He is

Australia supportsSailability Timor Leste

Contact Access [email protected]

Access Dinghy Foun-dation will send an-

other container to

Timor Leste in 2007, so

start saving your excessequipmentonly good

quality and working

items please. Contact

[email protected]

Fishing boats, Watebo Beach, Baucau

In this issue


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Page 2 Volume 4, Issue 3Page 2 Volume 7, Issue 3

TIMOR LESTE continuedJackie Kay

The National Sailability Committee of Yachting Australiacomprises representative of the eight state and territory organiza-tions under the umbrella of Sailability Australia. There are 59 vol-unteer operated Sailability groups. These programmes provide astaggering 50,000 sailing experiences each year to disadvantagedand disabled communities. With Australias population of 20 mil-lion, there is a Sailability programme servicing an average 350,000head of population possibly the highest per capita rate in theworld.

Yachting Australia has successfully completed ProjectCONNECT, an Australian Sports Commission venture that encour-ages the inclusion of athletes with disabilities into sport. Sailabil-itys objective is the inclusion of sailors of all abilities into Sailing at

all levels. Sailability Australia works closely with Yachting Australiaand has made great advancements of achieving this goal.At club level, Sailability programmes are delivered in a va-

riety of ways - some by sailing clubs and some by Sailability clubs.But, however Sailability programmes are delivered, the commondenominator is a team of many 1,000s of dedicated and passion-ate volunteers who are committed to improving the lives of peo-ple with disabilities and disadvantaged communities. Australia a isa far better place for their contribution. Australian sailors are thewinners.

Photo below: At the NSW Access Championships heldat Kogarah Bay in September.

Left to Right :Phil Jones - CEO, Yachting AustraliaJackie Kay - Access Dinghy Foundation & Sailability WorldGreg McCallumCEO, NSW Sports FederationPeter CochranChairman, NSW Association of Disability Sport

A CARING COMMUNITYwww.sailability.org/au/australia

Jackie Kay

THANK YOU TO DONORS

FOR SAILABILITY TIMOR

LESTE

Sailability Narooma NSW

Keppel Bay Sailing Club QLD

Royal Geelong Yacht Club VIC

Sailability Geelong VIC

Sailability Gippsland VICLatrobe Valley Yacht Club VIC

Vicki Harmon VIC

South Brisbane Sailing Club QLD

Horizon Sailmakers

And corporate sponsors

Maersk Australia

Patricks Defense Logistics

AusAID ETCAS

Australian Volunteers International (AVI)

To help the Timorese community, a call was sent out

Australia-wide to sailing clubs, sailmakers and boaters. The re-

sponse was phenomenal and donations of lifejackets, sails, cord-

age, an Access 2.3 and Paper Tiger as well as variety of boat bits.

As well as providing recreation and sporting opportuni-

ties, Sailability TL will teach local fishermen to convert their ca-

noes to sail so they are able to reach rich fishing grounds and

better feed the community. ADF has included an industrial sew-

ing machine in the container, so local Timorese can be trained to

re-cut and sew sails for the fishing fleet. ADF sponsor Maersk

Australia will take the container from Melbourne to Singapore,

then Patricks

Defense Logis-

tics will trans-

port the con-

tainer to Dili,

where it will re-

main as a storage

unit for the Sail-

ability equip-

ment.

20 ft container packed and ready to go to Diliwith not a millimetre to spare.


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India goes SailingAllan JonesSailability Pittwater, AUS

Helen Cregan and Allan Jones arrived in Hyderabad

early September, following the path of the three Access din-ghies donated by Sailability Pittwater and the Access Dinghy

Foundation.

In the centre of the southern State of Andhra

Pradesh, Hyderabad has a sailing club on the northern shores

of Hassan Sagar lake, where sailing training was in progress.

The President of Sailability India, Dipak Pradipak introduced

Fatima Bee, who is representing India in the FESPIC Games.

Fatima was born with a bone missing from her lower leg.

Following many operations, she now is able to train in Opti-

mist, Laser and Access Dinghies. Like most Indians, Fatima

does not swim and this generates some fear, overcome in part

by the stability and safety of the Access. This girl shows thedrive and spirit of good skippers the world around and should

do well.

The transport by truck of the Access 303 to the east

coast to Vizag was arranged and Helen and Allan flew there

to for the next sailing adventure, that is sailing the 303

through the surf to demonstrate it to 50 Sea Cadets gathered atRishikonda Beach, about 20 k north of the City. With careful

planning of a safe path through the waves, H&A with the blue

sails happily pulling, sailed in the Bay of Bengal. After a safe

return, Allan advised Dipak against using the dinghy in this

Allan Jones and Dipak Pradipak discuss accessible sailing. In India.C.S. Pradipak winner of Indias prestigious Arguna Award, is an

ISAF International Judge and is Vice President Rules & Measurementof the International Access Class Assoc.

The 2.3 sailing wit the Optimist fleet in Mumbai on TS Jawahar

venue. Next day, however the experiment was repeated with

an Indian crew, who after some surfing like that seen at

Bondi Beach, returned wet and bedraggled with a broken

mast and boom and a missing rudder blade.

Across the continent to the west coast to Mumbai

(Bombay) Helen and Allan were followed by a double 2.3

Access trucked again and this time delivered to the Sea Cadet

Training Ship Jawahar with greetings from Commodore

Rabi Ahuja. Rabi trains 1000 Cadets all under 18 years of

age in sailing skills, drill and most importantly, swimming.Helen and a senior cadet, Neeta Angre performed a

Hindu launching ceremony. This must have worked, as the

Access seemed quite at home among the Optimist dinghies

sailed by skilled boy and girl Cadets. Rabi, at dinner that

night at the Royal Bombay Yacht Club was delighted with

Helens suggestion that the Access remain for some time dur-

ing the school vacation, as he had a plan to purchase three

access 2.3s and use them to allow the Cadets to train young

people with Cerebral palsy from a nearby school in sailing

skills.

This means of integrating disabled young people

with others in a common cause, is a wonderful way for sail-ing in the Access dinghy to be introduced to a country of

such diversity as India.

www.sailability.org/in/india

FESPIC GAMES, PORT DICKSON MALAYSIA

Vindhyala Ramesh Reddy and Fatima Bee of Hy-

derabad represented India at the FESPIC GamesSailing Championship. The Hyderabad 10K Foun-

dation has generously sponsored this young Indianteam in their first introduction to international sail-

ing competition.


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Volume 7, Issue 3Page 4

One woman who supported the activity of Access-

dinghy in Japan strongly, sadly disappeared in November

2005. It was my wife, NOBUKO. The activity of Accessdin-

ghy in Japan began in 1999. She stood at the top and pro-

moted this activity with me. She gave to it without sparing

economic support and time. Recently I left Tokyo and moved

to Osaka. I was worried that I couldnt contact the people

who want to have activity of Accessdinghy and need my help.

The people who said that they want to fight for

philosophy of Accessdinghy sailing for everyone held my

good-bye party from Tokyo. The Fighters helped the people

who still needed help for Come and Try of Accessdinghy inlocal Sailability group in Tokyo area.

Misaki Fisheries High School is training students to sail

Accessdinghy. In two years they hope to possibly set up a

The Sailability FightersNobi NishiChairman

The Inaugural Combined Access Class WorldChampionships has been scheduled between Cork Week

(Kingston, Ontario) and the IFDS Combined World Sail-

ing Championships (Rochester, New York). Both of these

events will include the SKUD 18 for the first time and are

within a days travel of Whitby.

The Whitby Yacht Club has a 300 boat marina in a

protected harbour and is about 40 km north-east of To-

ronto on Lake Ontario. There has been great enthusiasm

within the club for hosting the event.

This regatta is the first opportunity where sailors

of all abilities will compete in a World Championship re-

gatta including all Access Classes.

More information

www.accessclass.org and www.wyc.ca

2007 Combined Access Class WorldsWhitby Yacht Club, Ontario Canada

August 30September 5, 2007Participating ISAF affiliated classes in this event are:

Access 2.3 International class

Access 303 Recognised class

Liberty Recognised class

SKUD18 Paralympic 2 person

new experimental sailing subject of Marine Sports for

care old and handicap people. But the teachers at the

High School do not have sailing experience, so the Fight-

ers helped and ran all ten classes for the students.

Every month the group from Rainbow, drive for three

hours from Tokyo to hold Come and Try. They want to

set up a work place for handicapped persons where people

can also have the pleasure of sailing by Accessdinghy.

They need help for Come and Try because Rainbow does

not have any sailors. For this philosophy, the Fighters

help every Come and Try.

Kasumigaura is the second biggest lake in Japan and

Sailability Tuchiura organises three events each yearswhere 70 to 100 participants come. Their agenda is sail-

ing by Accessdinghy, wheelchair trial, and rowing canoe

and dragon boat. Sailability Tuchiura needs the help of

the Fighters.

Yokohama Bayside Marina, is the biggest marina in Ja-

pan, has two Accessdinghy but there are no volunteers,

so the Fighters help them. For three days during the

hottest days in summer, they introduced sailing to 150.

The Fighters led the activity of Sailability Ja-

pan this season. There are more stories but no space. Let

me say warm words of thanks to them here.

Thanks to the FIGHTERS: - Eiko Reiko Ryuu, Ma-sako, Kasumi, Motoshi, Yumiko, Tateyama, Miyata, Kei, Se-

kiya, Toshi and their families. www.sailability.com

Whitby Yacht Club


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2006 FESPIC GAMESThe biggest sporting event for athletes withdisabilities, outside the Paralympic Games.

November 26-30 2006

The FESPIC (Far East & South Pacific) Games are a Regional

Games for athletes with a disability. This was the 9th and last FESPICGames and will be succeeded by the Asian Paralympic Games. Sailing was

included for the first time and was conducted by the Malaysian Yachting As-

sociation (MYA) on behalf of KL06, in conjunction with the International

Association for Disabled sailing (IFDS). Sailing was conducted from theAdmiral Marina & Leisure Club at Port Dickson, two hours south of Kuala

Lumpur where the majority of other sports are being contested.

Equipment was the International Access 2.3 and Access Liberty,

(ISAF Recognised Class). Both are becoming increasingly popular withinthe Asian region and are very easy for new sailors to adapt to. The regatta is

a supplied equipment event, with the Liberty fleet provided by the Access

Dinghy Foundation thanks to the support of Maersk Lines and Maersk Lo-

gistics who transported the boats from Australia. The Access 2.3 fleet hasbeen provided by the MYA and Sailability Singapore.

Following IPCs policy of encouraging more females into sport,

four divisions were held Male and Female in both 2.3 and Liberty. The

overall winner being calculated by individual medal tally.The next Games will be held in Manila in 2011. Full individual results:

www.fespickl06.com.my/rs2006/bm/sa/schedule.aspx

NATIONAL MEDAL TALLY

Gold Silver BronzeSingapore 2 1 1Malaysia 1 1 1China 1

Australia 1 2Philippines 1CambodiaIndiaJapanNew ZealandVietnam

COMPETITOR REPORT

Cherrie Pinpin (PHI) - Liberty

EXCERPTFor full report www.sailability.org

In the thick of things on the water, regatta summed up

with too many exclamation marks (but with good reason) Thrills!

Excitement! Zigzagging between the milling colorful Access 2.3s

and Libertys before the race! Scanning the skies for storm

buildup! Makerel skies and mares tails!

Horrid starts from being in the wrong position at the

wrong time! Agony! Desperate climb upwind to overtake the race

leaders! Buckets of sweat! Chinese girl struggles to free her rudder

tangled on a buoy! Yay! Fleet thinks it can finally get ahead for

once! Wondering for the millionth time what secret engine propels

the Chinese girl's pink boat as she rockets ahead of the

pack! Outrage! Everyone demanding to know if her boat has been

weighed down like everyone else's! Of course, silly people! Grrr!

Just as we crawl painfully around the leeward mark, hit

by sudden vicious squall! Libertys heel nearly into the sea! Sur-

prise and then not as I slide to leeward in my seat! Wind! At

last! Pelting rain! Hearts soar!

Adrenaline kicks in! Muscles bunch as we fight to

maintain control while accelerating for the mark! Thrill! The Lib-

ertys sing! This is what they like! Punching thru waves in lumpy

seas! Peering thru the rain for the rapidly disappearing finish

line buoy! Horizon disappearing in a grey wipeout! Crack of

lightning! All boats must go home NOW! Race abandoned? But

I must finish this! Finish buoy sighted! I'm thru! Now the mad

dash for the marina! Delight! Regret! They won't allow another

race in this wind! Rats!

Four days of heart attack racing! Joy! Sorrow! Outrage!War! Hope! Pool party time! Everyone dives into the Admiral

Marina pool where we're not allowed to be! Enemies on the wa-

ter, pals ashore! Hooray! Dance of joy! It is done! See you all in

the upcoming regattas!

IFDS Technical DelegatePauline HarrisonThis event has been highly successful at a number of

levels. The FESPIC Games Sailing Competition has

involved ten Asian countries, many of which are new to

international competition. The sailors range from one

past and a promising number of emerging Paralympi-

ans, to one who sailed on the sea for the first time here

on the Strait of Malacca. All have gained from the

experience. The rising standard of sailing reflected the

growing support of their national sailing authorities.

The venue at Port Dickson is magnificent. All the com-

petitors have enjoyed themselves ashore and delivered

some outstanding performances on the water. I sin-

cerely hope that the high standards set in Port Dickson

will, in the future, secure a place for Sailing in the

Asian Paralympic Games.


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Australian Special Olympics

Selection Regatta Results

Volume 7, Issue 3

ARSONISTS WORKAFTER THE FIRE IN MAY 05

After a devastating fire destroyed the DobroydAquatic Club at Five Dock in May 2005, the new DACclubhouse was opened on Saturday, 18

thNovember.

Beautiful spring weather encouraged some 300 friendsand supporters of DAC and Sailability to celebrate theofficial opening. Speakers included Angelo Tsirekas,Mayor of Canada Bay; Angela DAmore State MP; DACClub President, Peter Wrigley; Sailability President WayneTeagle and DAC Patron Stan Burnicle.

Through the tireless efforts of the Building Com-mittee, the new clubhouse is an outstanding example ofUniversal Design, with accessibility considering memberswho have mobility difficulties with ramps, internal eleva-

Dobroyd Aquatic Clubrises from the ashes

tor, two wheelchair accessible bathrooms as well as anew wider balcony that accommodates tables andchairs. The spectacular harbour views have notchanged.

Eleven years ago, when DAC established stronglinks with the newly established Sailability Dobroyd,members of DAC brokered new ground in the world ofsailing, with the inclusion and acceptance of peoplewith disabilities. Saturday demonstrated that this strongand cohesive community is flourishing. While the club-house is just bricks and mortar, it is the focal point thatbrings everyone together in a unified force of kindred

spirits. [email protected] DOBROYD AQUATIC CENTRE CLUBHOUSE

DIVISION 1Access 2.3 Single1. (Level 5) Bronwyn Ibbotson (ACT)

2. (Level 5) Sonja Gilmore (QLD)

3. (Level 5) Shane Atkins (NSW)

DIVISION 2Access 2.3 Double

1. (Level 2) Catharine Keir / Christine Elliott (ACT)

2. (Level 4) Sonja Gilmore / Belinda Hill (QLD)3. (Level 4) Bronwyn Ibbotson / Allister Peek (ACT)

DIVISION 3Access 303 Double1. (Level 5) Allister Peek (ACT)

2. (Level 5) Belinda Hill (QLD)

DIVISION 4Access 303 Double

1. (Level 1) Nicole Bartley / Tina Starr (QLD)

1. (Level 2) Stephen James / Michael Leydon (ACT)2. (Level 2) Joel Bud / Allan Jones (NSW)

3. (Level 2) Nathaniel Quan / Pat McMaster (NSW)

1. (Level 3) Warren Hawkins/ Neville Perrett (QLD)


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.Amanda, the first Maersk volunteerOn Sunday the 19thof November I volun-

teered for the Sailability program at Dobroyd, Five

Dock for the first time. Having no clue about sailing

and a touch of nervousness about interacting with un-

derprivileged people, I was a little apprehensive aboutvolunteering for such a program. I can honestly say

that from the outset all my fears were put to rest by

the huge welcome we received from the other volun-

teers. They showed us the ropes (literally) and put us

to work rigging up boats, launching them and getting

sailors into them.

By volunteering, I was witness to a number of

inspiring people and also humbled by the tenacity of

the volunteers who strive to make Sailability a suc-

cess. I took my family down and I encourage you to do

the same there is something for everyone to do even

if you dont want to go near the water.The huge grins on these sailors faces and the

independence they gain from being in a sail boat is

possibly the highlight of their week. I encourage you

to be a part of this worthwhile program and give

something back to our community.

Since 1998 Maersk Australia (then P&O Nedlloyd) has

been sponsor of the Access Dinghy Foundation. By shipping

containers of Access boats to accessible sailing clubs through-

out the world, Maersk has been instrumental in the development

of sailing programs for disadvantaged and disabled communities,

enabling 100,000s to experience the freedom of sailing.

Now, Maersk

Australia and ADF have

expanded and consoli-dated their association.

Maersk personnel have

been invited to volun-

teer with Sailability to

experience first-hand

the joys that sailing can

give sailors with dis-

abilities.

Initially the

project will operate in

Sydney, but will expand

to other locationswhere Maersk have of-

ficesMelbourne, Bris-

bane and Perth.

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to experience sailing, and help grow the sailing com-munity.

After the meeting, we all went to the boat

dock, to do 1-on-1 intro to sailing within calm MYC

waters, using the Access 2.3 dinghies, a yellow and an

orange boat with matching color sails. There were the

4 disabled folk who participated and a some interested

volunteers, Eric Cadiz and I were the "instructors".

Everyone had a great time!

The first meeting of disabled and volunteers got together at

the Manila Yacht Club at 10am last Saturday, 29 July 2006. This waspossible because Sailability Singapore kindly donated two Access

Dinghies to start our program. Jerry Rollin presented the Sailability

Philippines wish list for volunteers to take positions on the commit-

tee, some to take care of the administration part, others to assist in the

boats or to help assist the disabled and other duties. Volunteers might

also get a chance to crew in the bigger yachts once they pick up sail-

ing skills, so everyone wins.

The initial reason for needing to form Sailability Philippines

quickly is to develop a pool of Filipino disabled sailors for interna-

tional and local competitions. The FESPIC Games in Malaysia is hap-

pening in November 2006,

followed by the 2008 Beijing

Paralympic Games, both of

which are ISAF and IFDS-

supported. The 2nd reason is

of course to allow everyone

Sailability PhilippinesCherrie Pinpin

Cherrie Pinpin in Port Dickson,Malaysia, representing Philip-pines at the FESPIC Games.

ADF sponsor, Maersk works alongside Sailability

Establishing a community-corporate partnership

Nov 06Amanda and Wes preparing to experience an Access at Dobroyd


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Upcoming Regattas

2007March3-4 Victorian Access Championships

Royal Geelong Yacht ClubGelong, Victria [email protected]

10-11 WA Be Active Access CshipsRoyal Perth Yacht ClubPerth, AustraliaRachael [email protected]

24-25 South Aust Sailability CshipsGoolwa Yacht Club

Goolwa, South Australia, AUSApril6-9 Australian & International Cships

Sailability Adelaide Sailing ClubAdelaide, South Australia

[email protected] 1 French Access Championships

Club de Voile du parc de Saint CyrPoitiers, [email protected]

20-22 UK Access ChampionshipsRutland Sailing Club,Edith Weston, RutlandJohn Morley 01572 [email protected]

30-Sept 5 ISAF Combined Access WorldChampionshipWhitby Yacht Club, Ontario CANADAChris [email protected]

7-15 IFDS Disabled World ChampionshipRochester Yacht ClubRochester, New York USA

Keith Burhans [email protected]

Special Olympics RegattaNov 17-19, Lake Tuggeranong ACT

Nathanial Quan (NSW) - Third in Div 4My dad asked me if I would like to go to Canberra for the sail-

ing regatta. I sailed with Dobroyd almost two years just for

fun. Ive never been in a competition before. This is my first

time racing and partnering with Patrick McMaster from ACT. I

had no idea about the courses. I was excited but anxious be-

cause Ive never met Patrick before. We had a good talk and he

made feel me at ease. During the races I did almost all the

steering by myself. I did my best and had fun. I wish I had

more time for practice. I hope to get selected in the Australian

team to compete in the world games in Shanghai next year.Everyone at the regatta was very friendly and the weather was

just right for our sailing.

Unified Sailor, Helen Cregan (NSW)Fourth Division 4

My skipper, Alyse enjoyed the racing- her first time, and was very

pleased with what we achieved- it was only our second time sailing to-

gether. There was a great sense of a achievement from both competi-tors and family/friends, with lots of excitement and applause when

competitors returned to shore. The Scouts provided great support at

the shore as the competitors finished, as it was beach launching and

centreboards needed to be raised on return. I felt the whole regatta

was well organised with Terry Peek, the Racing Director and co-

ordinator, and we were lucky the weather changed from snow on the

peaks.

The first Special Olympics NationalRegatta for sailors with intellectual disabili-ties has been hailed as an outstanding suc-cess. The two days of spirited competitionattracted enthusiastic sailors from ACT,NSW and Queensland. The event was a

joint initiative of Special Olympics Australiaand the National Sailability Committee ofYachting Australia.

See results on Page 6, but special

mention for outstanding performancegoes to Allister Peek and Catharine Keir &Christine Elliott, winning six of six races.

Congratulations & well done all sailors

Nathanial Quan (L) and Patrick McMaster

Belinda Hill (Qld) & Allister

Peek (ACT) . 2nd & 1st re-spectively Level 5

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