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THERE will be many who applaud Immigration Minister Elsworth Johnson for firing back at the United Nations over the issue of shanty towns.

He has been bullish in his response after the UN raised concerns over issues of adequate housing, homelessness and poverty.

Mr Johnson criticised people who live in their ivory towers, they sit all the way where they are and they seek to cast judgements on Third World countries when what exists in their very own country are these issues.

His response is very much rooted in stirring up feelings about sovereignty and patriotism, as if hes asking who are these people to be coming over here and telling us were not handling these problems right.

It also very much fails to deal with any of the actual concerns that are raised. Snarling at UN experts doesnt stop what theyre saying from being true.

So ignore the red herring of sovereignty of course, The Bahamas has sovereignty, no one said it hasnt. Instead, lets look at what the experts actually said.

UN officials warned a community of Haitian descendants and migrants of up to 2,000 people is at a serious risk of becoming homeless.

If these homes are destroyed, they have nowhere else to go. You dont need the experts to know that, of course. Abaco is still struggling to repair after Dorian you know there is no space for 2,000 people suddenly without a roof over their heads.

More to the point, this isnt something new. Shanty towns have been in The Bahamas for decades. They wouldnt exist if there was more than enough accommodation for everyone.

Many of those now facing eviction are those who have been affected by Hurricane Dorian in the first place. As the UN team says, After several months of living in evacuation shelters, many of the survivors had to completely rebuild their homes it is these that the authorities intend to destroy.

All this in the middle of a pandemic.

The government is quite right to try to find a way to stop shanty towns being an eternal issue but its going the wrong way about it.

Simply knocking down the buildings without a plan for where the people will go will just see more houses being built and were back at square one.

Many of these people have legal status in this country as a survey in 2018 of shanty towns showed. And many are being employed in Abaco to help rebuild after Dorian. Part of the reason for that is, again, a lack of anywhere to stay for Bahamians. If youre a builder or a carpenter in Nassau and someone wants to hire you to fix a house in Abaco, where do you sleep at night while you work?

It is absolutely right that people should not be allowed to just start building on a piece of land they do not own but we need to see why these things happen. Remove the reasons before the problem develops deal with the cause and not just the symptom.

As for Mr Johnson, well, he goes on to talk about the problems facing Haiti and wanting to know what the UN is saying to governments who have created the socio-political phenomenon that causes Haiti to be the way she is today and What are they saying about the people who are assisting people who are dying on their way to The Bahamas?

We never hear from Mr Johnson himself on what he suggests The Bahamas do about these issues Haiti is our neighbour so dont we have a part in tackling such problems? We dont hear Mr Johnson talking about Haitis sovereignty in that regard.

No, it seems hes just trying to bark louder than the UN in a fight about sovereignty that doesnt exist while ignoring the actual problem that needs dealing with.

As the saying goes, there are none so blind as those who will not see.

A ROUND of applause for the outcome of a court case in the US. A Florida fisherman was caught illegally fishing in Bahamian waters. The outcome? He has to buy the Royal Bahamas Defence Force a new boat that can then be used to catch the next illegal fisherman, and the next.

A crime punished, the prospect of others getting away with crime reduced. Lets have more of that kind of punishment over here and make the criminals help those who would catch them.

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NASSAU, BAHAMAS The recent Blue Economy Think Tank hosted by the Strategic Development and Initiatives Unit of the Bahamas Development Bank (BDB) attracted over 340 registered participants and 20 panelists from The Bahamas and abroad, who examined ways in which Bahamians can benefit from sustainable use of the countrys vast ocean resources.

The events overarching theme was From Small Island State to Big Ocean Nation, highlighting the fact that the nations islands are scattered over an enormous marine area. The Think Tank explored ways to make use of ocean resources in the areas of food, bio extractives, maritime industry and arts/culture and tourism.

As Managing Director Dave Smith pointed out, the countrys economic exclusion zone is 46 times the size of the entire Bahamas, which represents an enormous opportunity for revenue generation.

Minister of Agriculture and Marine Resources Michael Pintard echoed these sentiments in his keynote address, saying: Sustainable use of ocean resources in tandem with economic development is simply a must.

Among the uses of ocean resources was energy. The energy session demonstrated the wealth of energy potential within Bahamian waters. Christopher Straughn, energy sustainability specialist with the Caribbean Development Bank, highlighted a recent study that found that The Bahamas has the highest renewable energy potential in the region with the biggest opportunity coming from near-shore wind.

Similarly, Mark Legacy, a Canadian businessman, indicated that given the Bahamian geography, pump storage hydro energy could provide sufficient power for the country to become a net exporter of energy. This sustainable energy technology could readily provide power and fresh water for agriculture and residential use in the capital and on the Family Islands.

Despite the countrys energy potential, high energy costs, nevertheless, were identified as a major challenge for commercial ventures like aquaculture development, addressed by Jon Chaiton during the Food of the Future panel.

Dr Marah Hardt, director of discovery at Future of Fish, presented on solutions that have successfully increased fisherpersons revenues by 20 percent. She pointed out that immediate opportunities exist in waste diversion in the fishing industry.

During the bio extractives segment, Dr Kirk Douglas, from the Center for Biodiversity at the University of the West Indies, expanded on products derived from fisheries waste, including biopharmaceuticals from conch blood and fish-based leather.

Vanessa Haley-Benjamin showcased her work in cell-based food production with mollusks, the next global step after the successful production of chicken and beef.

Michael Bowleg Jr outlined his work to explore how to successfully farm spiny lobster as well as how insect-based animal feed production for aquaculture and other species offers an opportunity for income generation for Bahamian farmers.

Bahamian creatives highlighted opportunities in the arts sector in a panel moderated by Tarran Simms of the Ministry of Tourism.

Award-winning Bahamian director and owner of Conchboy Films Lavado Stubbs spoke about how local history and culture connects to our relation to the ocean, and the intersection of the blue and orange (creative) economies.

COVID-19 has also increased the demand for Bahamian yachting professionals: participants were offered one of five spaces in a training course offered by Katie Storr, aimed at building skills in this area.

To support innovation in the blue economy, BDB is offering a grant of up to $7,500 in each of the four themes.

For more information on the BDBs Blue Economy Grant, contact sdi@bdb.gov.bs.

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In March of this year, Baha Mar Resorts and Air Ambulance Worldwide developed a programme that ensured that American guests staying at any of the three properties situated in Nassau would be quickly and safely flown home to the US should they test positive upon their arrival. The three properties include the Grand Hyatt Baha Mar, SLS Baha Mar and the Rosewood Baha Mar hotel.

The Travel with Confidence programme was the first of its kind, conceived and implemented by a resort where the cost of the emergency Covid-19 repatriation was covered in the cost of the stay. Baha Mar has instituted some of the worlds most rigorous Covid-19 testing protocols in order to keep guests safe and their stay at the hotel worry-free.

Baha Mar provides dining credit and private air travel

Their website includes the following pledge: Baha Mars Travel with Confidence programme pledges that should a resort guest test positive during their stay, Baha Mar will facilitate their quarantine with courtesy suite accommodations and a daily resort dining credit of US$150 per person per day, for up to 14 days or until the guest receives a negative Covid-19 result. Should the guest choose to leave The Bahamas earlier, Baha Mar will provide private air travel to the US mainland for the guest and their immediate family, free of charge.

Over half of the workforce in The Bahamas rely on tourism for their income, and it accounts for 50 per cent of the 5.17-Billion-dollar pre-Covid GDP of the island nation. The Travel with Confidence programme was initially designed to safely revive the tattered tourism industry and provide a welcome safe haven for the Baha Mars patrons. In doing so, it has become a beacon for a world struggling to find good news as it slowly emerges from a global pandemic.

The Balearic Islands have come up with a similar plan, covering the cost of repatriation for tourists if they have tested positive for Covid while in the Balearics and are therefore unable to take their scheduled flights home.

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For one lucky couple, this once-in-a-lifetime job opportunity could be the end of lockdown working from home blues. The location? There are two: a stunning private island in the Bahamas, and a gloriously vast estate in Naples, Florida. The pay? 100,000.

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Polo&Tweed are searching for an experienced couple to work as live-in staff on a private island in the Bahamas, offering potential candidates a lucrative escape from the usual 9-5. The role would include basic housekeeping duties and travel between their homes in Florida and the Bahamas where necessary. The role is expected to be a long-term position, and applicants must have the right to work in the US.

Salary for the right couple is around 100,000 including private accommodation in both households, along with health care and a myriad of other benefits. The desired couple would also get weekends off, allowing plenty of time to bask in the infinite beauty that Florida and the Bahamas have to offer.

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Works Minister Desmond Bannister.

By LEANDRA ROLLE

Tribune Staff Reporter

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HUMANS Rights Bahamas has again criticised the government for its response to calls from United Nation experts to halt demolition works of shanty towns on Abaco, saying recent comments made by Works Minister Desmond Bannister only emphasises that the governments actions are driven by discrimination and xenophobia.

Mr Bannister is the second Cabinet minister to be chastised by the local human rights watchdog group this week after Immigration Minister Elsworth Johnson was criticised for his statements on the matter.

The UN said the planned evictions and demolitions violate human rights to adequate housing and urged the Minnis administration to halt its plans to demolish dozens of homes on the storm impacted island.

However, both Mr Bannister and Mr Johnson have suggested that the government will not be swayed from its plans, arguing that the Bahamas is a country of laws that must be upheld.

On Tuesday, Mr Bannister told reporters Bahamians must decide if they want to live in a country like the Bahamas or a country like Haiti where there is dirt, garbage, shantytowns all over the place.

He also said exercises involving shanty towns in New Providence will be conducted soon, as residents have complained about illegal structures springing up.

Responding to his remarks yesterday, Rights Bahamas said: As for the unfortunate remarks of the Deputy Prime Minister Desmond Bannister, they only emphasise that the governments actions are driven by discrimination and xenophobia.

He is now the second Cabinet minister, after Immigration Minister Elsworth Johnson, to make flippant public remarks reminiscent of the intolerant utterances a former US President Donald Trump, who called Haiti and African nations shhole countries.

Nevertheless, Bannister is correct: the Bahamas should not want to be like what Haiti is today, the group added.

The breakdown of democracy, human rights and civil society in that long suffering country is the result of a number of geopolitical and historical factors not least the total disrespect and utter disregard for the rule of law by successive governments, for example that of Franois Papa Doc Duvalier, the dictator, who rode roughshod overdue process, the judiciary, and individual rights and freedoms.

It continued: We urge Mr Bannister and his colleagues to stop pushing us in the direction of Haiti and other failed states through their dictatorial, might makes right policies and actions. We implore them to act like they are in a modern democracy:

Respect the courts, respect the rule of law, respect due process. Stop riding roughshod over constitutional rights.

The Supreme Court in 2018 granted an injunction protecting shanty town homes in New Providence from destruction pending an outcome of a judicial review over the matter.

Government officials, however, have said homes in The Farm in Abaco and elsewhere are not subject to that injunction.

Progressive Liberal Party Leader Phillip Brave Davis recently told a local daily that the government should wait until the judicial review is completed before it moves to demolish homes.

Yesterday, Rights Bahamas commended Mr Davis for his defence of due process and the rule of law on the question of the governments egregious, extra-judicial home demolition project.

The Ministry of Works spearheaded the demolition of 45 incomplete and unoccupied structures in The Farm in April.

Last week, Mr Bannister said the government was ready to continue its actions in the community which could begin as early as this week.

However, sources on the ground told this newspaper that no occupied buildings have yet been demolished.

For his part, Social Services Minister Frankie Campbell told reporters this week that his ministry will offer some assistance to displaced shanty town residents affected by the governments demolition exercises, regardless of their legal status.

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Colleges werent exactly tripping over one another trying to sign Michael Strachan as a football recruit out of Liberty Christian Academy in Virginia during the spring of 2016.

Search his name on any of the major recruiting sites and see what you come up with.

Well wait

It was hard to blame those schools. Here was Strachan, an interesting recruit good size, good speed but one with many questions. Among them: How quickly could this native of The Bahamas with limited experience in the game develop? And would he manage to qualify academically given the challenges with meeting core-class requirements and the minimum SAT score after changing countries in the middle of high school?

Coming from The Bahamas, I didnt know what the ACT and SAT even were, Strachan said. So, I was a bit late in the process. And most of the schools werent willing to be patient with me.

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A historic steam locomotive is set to pass through parts of Berkshire this summer.

If you're a keen trainspotter then you won't want to miss this as the 45596 Bahamas is set for heritage rail operator The Railway Touring Company to pass through both Reading, Newbury and Slough.

It comes following the news that the Flying Scotsman will also be gracing our county later this month.

The Bahamas, which was built in 1935, is part of a busy summer of steam, following the easing of Covid restrictions.

On Saturday, July 24 Bahamas will be at the head of the West Somerset Steam Express as it departs London Paddington, picking up at Slough, Reading and Newbury, on route for the Bristol channel resort of Minehead.

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Then on Sunday, August 1, the Bahamas will haul The Royal Duchy special train from Slough and Reading, at Taunton.

It will then stop at Exeter as it heads into Cornwall where passengers can visit local areas there.

Other trips are planned through Kent and Surrey

The historic locomotive was built more than 85 years ago for London Midland & Scottish Railways and following extensive restoration returned to mainline running in 2019, according to The Railway Touring Company.

The days out will be the Bahamas' first departure from the capital in decades.

We are very excited to have secured these dates with Bahamas, said The Railway Touring Companys MD Kelly Osborne.

We look forward to working with the Bahamas crew to provide some great days out recreating the golden age of rail travel.

Passengers will travel on vintage rail coaches and can enjoy a dining service with full English breakfast and a four-course dinner on board as they watch the scenery go by.

Alternatively, travellers can opt for first class service with morning coffee, bacon roll and pastry with a savoury dish on the return or bring along their own picnic.

Demand for a journey is already high following the Covid restrictions.

Kelly Osborne added: Already a number of our steam excursions for this summer are full. After a very tough 15 months for the heritage rail industry, its tremendous to see such enthusiasm and support from people.

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NASSAU, BAHAMAS Minister of Immigration Elsworth Johnson said yesterday that the governments decision to demolish the shantytown in The Farm, Abaco, is in the best interest of The Bahamas, notwithstanding appeals from the United Nations to forgoe the destruction of the homes in the community.

The work being done is fully in keeping with the laws of The Bahamas as a sovereign and democratic country, Johnson told Eyewitness News.

The laws that are being applied I think are internationally accepted in terms of how persons should live and construct houses. If you go almost anywhere around the world there are regulations and rules to construct housing suitable for human habitation.

It is surprising nothing is said about those persons who are in the process of constructing and this is a problem that we face nationally and those who intend to construct.

Last week, United Nations human rights experts called on The Bahamas to halt planned demolitions of approximately 600 homes at two unregulated settlements known as the Farm and the Farm Road in Abaco.

The experts cited health and humanitarian concerns that the community of largely Haitian descendants and migrants numbering up to 2,000 people, including many women and children, are at serious risk of becoming homeless as a result of the clearance expected to take place today.

The government is expected to tear down those structures today.

Final eviction notices were affixed to homes in English and Creole last week.

According to Johnson, The Bahamas has done a very good job at applying its laws.

He said the government and its agencies continue to do what is best in the interest of The Bahamas and to protect the fundamental rights and dignity of individuals.

He said it was surprising, however, that the UN said nothing about the conditions in Haiti, which create the propensity for loving people to move from their country.

He continued: Nothing is said about those persons who assist them to come. I think we have been doing a phenomenal job in terms of a small country having to face the ravages of COVID-19, climate change for which the world agrees, third world countries like The Bahamas are not responsible for. But we are the recipients of the devastating effect of it and we saw that with Hurricane Dorian.

The minister also pointed to the governments resources, fiscal constraints and budgetary obligations that must be met.

We are now faced with housing, healthcare, school and providing social welfare and needs of everybody who finds themselves within The Bahamas, Johnson said.

And so, I would have wanted to have heard that if we were in breach of any laws, then we review that, but I think we have to continue as a sovereign country to apply our laws to say to all and sundry this is how we must build.

He said while some Family Islanders complain about an inability to get Crown Land, there are those who enter The Bahamas and simply construct homes.

He called the longstanding situation untenable, echoing sentiments of Minister of Public Works Desmond Bannister, who has promised to resolve the shantytown matter.

We are in a very difficult situation and we have to do what is in the best interest of The Bahamas, and those persons who live there, and that includes every woman, man, child, boy and girl, Johnson said.

Asked about the displacement of the residents, whose homes are destroyed a recurring element of the demolition exercise, Johnson said almost every day Bahamians face being put out of homes by the court for failed payments, or failure to meet mortgage obligations.

The Privy Council, our very highest court, has said when you go and build, whether you build on private or government property and you build there without proper authority, not owning the land where you build, you do it to your own disadvantage, Johnson added.

And you cannot force anybody when they come to say not just the property, but what you have constructed does not belong to you. And a lot of these people understand this. This is the law of the land.

A Supreme Court judicial review of the shantytown matter is ongoing.

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Abaco shantytown demolitions will continue despite scolding from UNBannister warns New Providence squatters are next

NASSAU, BAHAMAS Deputy Prime Minister and Public Works Minister Desmond Bannister suggested yesterday that the government will move forward with the demolition of shantytowns on Abaco, insisting that he has a job to do in eradicating illegal dwellings.

Bannister was responding to an appeal from United Nations human rights experts to halt planned demolitions of approximately 600 homes in unregulated settlements on the island.

He insisted that the government will do what is in the best interest of the Bahamian people, adding that there could be consequences of him not doing his job.

The consequences of me not doing my job is we can have a spread of E. coli in Abaco, he told reporters outside Cabinet.

The water in Abaco could be contaminated and people could be sick.

We could have a constant widespread anomie in this country where people decide that they can go in other peoples land and take it over.

The public works minister advised that he received a number of complaints from Bahamians on New Providence, who claim there are shanty houses being built on their private properties.

Bannister said the government intends to conduct an exercise in the capital to deal with the matter very soon.

It has come to a point where we have to decide whether we will have a society like The Bahamas, or we will have a society like Haiti, he continued.

And if any of you have been to Haiti, you will see what happens there dirt, garbage, shanty houses all over the place.

We have to decide if thats what we want. If we dont want that, we have to decide that we will take a stance in this interest of our country.

Hurricane Dorian destroyed the two largest of the six shantytowns on Abaco The Mudd and Pigeon Peas in September 2019.

Following the storm, the government issued an order with immediate effect preventing anyone from building or developing in The Mudd, Pigeon Peas, Sandbanks and The Farm and cleared down the debris from those storm-ridden areas.

The government was expected to tear down the remaining structures in the Farm on Monday, after issuing eviction notices, however, there was no movement on demolition.

The deputy prime minister and public works minister said yesterday that he is just carrying out his job.

If those folks want to make a statement about The Bahamas, then I think as a country, as we are deporting people, if they want them to come to their neighborhood and put a shantytown in their neighborhood Bannister added.

We are just trying to live in law and order and we are just trying to protect the health and well-being of Bahamians.

UN call on govt to follow international treaties

On Friday, UN experts cited health and humanitarian concerns that the community of largely Haitian descendants and migrants numbering up to 2,000 people, including many women and children, are at serious risk of becoming homeless as a result of the clearance expected to take place.

The UN human rights experts urged the government of The Bahamas, which currently holds the vice presidency at the Human Rights Council, to ensure that its internal policies are implemented in full compliance with international human rights standards, the statement said.

Responding to emailed questions from Eyewitness News, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Housing Balakrishnan Rajagopal advised that there are currently no ongoing talks with the government and the organization regarding the matter.

I remain open to dialogue and discussion to resolve this matter in ways that fully comply with the international legal obligations assumed by The Bahamas, Rajagopal said.

Asked whether the UN is considering providing housing or some level of assistance to those migrants, should the Bahamian government decide to go through with its demolition plans, Rajagopal noted that that is the obligation of The Bahamas.

The primary obligation to ensure housing and other assistance to the migrant population of Haitians, as well as others who are at risk of losing their right to housing in The Bahamas, remains that of the government of Bahamas, he said.

However, the international community, including by acting through the UN, can provide assistance in this regard if necessary.

A Supreme Court judicial review of the shantytown matter is ongoing.

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Saturday, 8 May 2021, 4:48 pmPress Release: UN Special Procedures - Human Rights

GENEVA (7 May 2021) UN human rights experts* todaycalled on the Bahamas to halt planned demolitions this weekof approximately 600 homes at two informal settlements knownas the Farm and the Farm Road on Abaco island.

Acommunity of Haitian descendants and migrants numbering upto 2,000 people, including many women and children, are atserious risk of becoming homeless as a result of theclearance expected to take place on 7 May.

Theplanned forced evictions and demolitions constitute aserious violation of the human right to adequate housing andwill result in arbitrary internal displacement, theexperts said. To make things worse, this is scheduled tooccur during the COVID-19 pandemic, threatening to expose analready vulnerable minority to all kinds of risks for theirhealth and safety.

Most of these people havenowhere else to go. If their homes are destroyed, they areat serious risk of falling into homelessness and extremepoverty. While it is important to move away from informalsettlements lacking in safety and infrastructure, vulnerableminorities should not be left behind in the Governmentsefforts to rebuild more resilient communities.

Inearly September 2019, Hurricane Dorian ravaged several partsof the Bahamas islands, completely destroying severalinformal settlements on Abaco, where many Haitian migrantsand Bahamians of Haitian origin used to live. After severalmonths of living in evacuation shelters, many of thesurvivors had to completely rebuild their homes it isthese that the authorities intend to destroy.

Inaddition to the risk of becoming homeless, some migrantsamong the residents of the two informal settlements fearthat they may be detained and deported, the UN expertssaid.

In recent years, there have been reports ofundocumented migrants experiencing ill-treatment indetention, before being deported. Families have also beenseparated as a result.

We urge the Government ofthe Bahamas to immediately cease further evictions andhousing demolitions. Furthermore we call on the Governmentto review its migration policy, which includes thewidespread use of detention and expulsion of migrants,the experts said.

The Supreme Court of the Bahamas hasalready granted court orders to halt evictions in informalsettlements on the Bahamas main island NewProvidence.

We urge the Bahamas to follow due legalprocess and respect existing judicial orders. This includesnot only waiting for the outcome of the Supreme Court fullreview of the Governments policy to demolish informalsettlements, but also to ensure full adherence tointernational human rights standards governing relocations,evictions, and internal displacement.

People livingin informal settlements need to be consulted, receivesecurity of tenure, and either be allowed to remain wherethey currently live - or if they need to be relocated forsafety reasons - be properly rehoused and provided withaccess to water, sanitation, electricity and access to otheressential public services.

The UN human rightsexperts urged the Government of the Bahamas, which currentlyholds the Vice Presidency at the Human Rights Council, toensure that its internal policies are implemented in fullcompliance with international human rightsstandards.

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* Theexperts: Mr. BalakrishnanRajagopal, SpecialRapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the rightto an adequate standard of living, and on the right tonon-discrimination in this context. Mr.Michael Fakhri, SpecialRapporteur on the right to food.Ms. Tlaleng Mofokeng,SpecialRapporteur on the right to physical and mentalhealth. Mr. Felipe GonzlezMorales, SpecialRapporteur on the human rights of migrants.Ms. CeciliaJimenez-Damary,SpecialRapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally DisplacedPersons. Mr. Fernand deVarennes, SpecialRapporteur on minority issues.Mr. Nils Melzer, SpecialRapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or DegradingTreatment orPunishment.

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