In economic rebound, housing woes remain

Job growth and spending are showing signs of life, but the biggest continuing problem for most Americans is their homes.

Economic cheerleaders on Wall Street and in the White House are taking heart. The US has had three straight months of faster job growth. The number of Americans each week filing new claims for unemployment benefits is down by more than 50,000 since early January. Corporate profits are healthy. The S&P 500 on Friday closed at a post-financial crisis high.

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Robert is chancellor's professor of public policy at the University of California at Berkeley. He has served in three national administrations, most recently as secretary of labor under President Clinton. He has written 13 books, including 'The Work of Nations,' 'Locked in the Cabinet,' and his most recent book, 'Aftershock: The Next Economy and America's Future.' His 'Marketplace' commentaries can be found on publicradio.com and iTunes.

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Has the American recovery finally entered the sweet virtuous cycle in which more spending generates more jobs, more jobs make consumers more confident, and the confidence creates more spending?

On the surface it would appear so.

American consumers in recent months have let loose their pent-up demand for cars and appliances. Businesses have been replacing low inventories and worn equipment. The richest 10 per cent, owners of approximately 90 per cent of the nation?s financial capital, have felt freer to splurge. Consumer confidence is at a one-year high, according to data released on Friday.

The U.S. government has not succumbed entirely to the lunacy of austerity.?Republicans in Congress have just agreed to extend both a payroll tax cut and extra unemployment benefits, and the US Federal Reserve is resolutely keeping interest rates near zero.

Yet the US economy has been down so long that it needs substantial growth to get back on track ? far faster than the 2.2 - 2.7 per cent projected by the Federal Reserve for this year (a projection which itself is likely to be far too optimistic).

A strong recovery can?t rely on pent-up demand for replacements or on the spending of the richest 10 per cent. Consumer spending is 70 per cent of the US economy, so a buoyant recovery must involve the vast middle class.

But America?s middle class is still hobbled by net job losses and shrinking wages and benefits. Although the US population is much larger than it was 10 years ago, the total number of jobs today is no more than it was then. A significant portion of the working population has been sidelined ? many for good. And the median wage continues to drop, adjusted for inflation. On top of all that, rising gas prices are squeezing home budgets even more.

Yet the biggest continuing problem for most Americans is their homes.

Purchases of new homes are down 77 per cent from their 2005 peak. They dropped another 0.9 per cent in January. Home sales overall are still dropping, and prices are still falling ? despite already being down by a third from their 2006 peak. January?s average sale price was $154,700, down from $162,210 in December.

Houses are the major assets of the American middle class. Most Americans are therefore far poorer than they were six years ago. Almost one out of three homeowners with a mortgage is now ?underwater?, owing more to the banks than their homes are worth on the market.

Optimists point to declining home inventories in relation to sales, but they?re looking at an illusion. Those supposed inventories don?t include about 5 million housing units with delinquent mortgages or those in foreclosure, which will soon be added to the pile. Nor do they include approximately 3 million housing units that stand vacant ? foreclosed upon but not yet listed for sale, or vacant homes that owners have pulled off the market because they can?t get a decent price for them. Vacancies are up 1m from 2006.

What we?re witnessing is a fundamental change in the consciousness of Americans about their homes. Starting at the end of the second world war, houses were seen as good and safe investments because home values continuously rose. In the late 1960s and 1970s, early baby boomers got the largest mortgages they could afford, and watched their nest eggs grow into ostrich eggs.

Trading up became the norm. Homes morphed into automatic teller machines, as baby boomers used them as collateral for additional loans. By the rip-roaring 2000s, it was not unusual for the middle class to buy second and third homes on speculation. Most assumed their homes would become their retirement savings. When the time came, they?d trade them in for a smaller unit, and live off the capital gains.

The plunge in home values has changed all this. Young couples are no longer buying homes; they?re renting because they?re not confident they can get or hold jobs that will reliably allow them to pay a mortgage. Middle-aged couples are underwater or unable to sell their homes at prices that allow them to recover their initial investments. They can?t relocate to find employment. They can?t retire.

The negative wealth effect of home values, combined with declining wages, makes it highly unlikely the US will enjoy a robust recovery any time soon.

Under these circumstances it?s not enough to rely on low interest rates and make it easier for homeowners who have kept up with their mortgage payments to refinance their underwater homes. The Administration should also push to alter the federal bankruptcy law, so homeowners can use the protection of bankruptcy to reorganize their mortgage loans. (Few will actually do so, but the change would give homeowners more bargaining power to get lenders to voluntarily alter the terms.) A second possibility if for the Federal Housing Administration to offer to take on a portion of a household?s mortgage debt in exchange for an equitable interest in the home, of the same proportion, when it is sold. Such debt-for-equity swaps could help homeowners now struggling to keep up with their mortgage payments, while not adding to the federal budget in future years when housing prices are expected to rise.

But whatever is done will not affect the fundamental change that?s come over Americans with regard to their homes. It?s not clear what will take the place of houses as the major investments of the American middle class.?

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A look at North Korea's relations and tensions (AP)

[unable to retrieve full-text content]AP - The United States and North Korea are in first nuclear talks since the death of Kim Jong II. Here's a timeline of some key developments of the north-south tensions in Korean history:

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March 2012: Free Continuing Education Events | Library ...

Here?s our monthly reminder of free training on the web. Confirm date and time when you pre-register, or follow the links for archive information. Webinars listed in Central Standard Time.

Thursday March 1, 2012
Nonfiction Spring Book Buzz II(School Library Journal)
Looking to do some end of the school year reference buying? Come and hear about new nonfiction from ReferencePoint, ABDO, and Scholastic. The webcast will include series books, standalone titles, books for reports, and books for general-interest reading.
Time: 12-1:00 p.m.

Engaging Volunteers During Difficult Economic Times?(InfoPeople)
With service levels at all time highs and funding elusive to meet the demand for service, many libraries are engaging volunteers more proactively or even for the first time. Involving volunteers in delivering library services can be rewarding, challenging, yet also time intensive. And, while volunteers may offer their services for free, there are still costs that need to be considered when planning a volunteer program.
Time: 2-3:oo p.m.

Monday March 5, 2012
The Horizon Report in Action: Emerging Technologies Today and Tomorrow (Educause)
Wondering what?s new in mobiles, electronic books, learning analytics, and other emerging technology areas? Join Malcolm Brown and Veronica Diaz of the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative as they review the Horizon Report and examine ways it can be put to work at your institution. During this live, one-and-a-half hour webinar, they will review various emerging technologies likely to have a significant impact on teaching, learning, or creative expression over the next five years and highlight how institutions across the world are implementing these technologies.
Time: 12-1:30 p.m.

Wanna Play? Gaming @ Your Library?(TL Virtual Cafe)
NPC? PvP? WoW? Does this sound like a secret code? Whether or not you know the meaning behind these acronyms, come join three ?gaming-positive? educators as they introduce you to gaming @ your library. Hear about the benefits of gaming, discover how to embrace games that respects the users and the medium, and learn how you can incorporate video games into your library ? even without paying a cent.
Time: 7-8:00 p.m.

Tuesday March 6, 2012
It Takes a Community to Bridge the Digital Divide (WebJunction)
Join us to hear about the key role that the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is playing in the broadband adoption challenge and the actions already underway for building digital communities. Learn how to get started with inclusion efforts from organizations who have taken the steps to implement practical programs which meet local needs and share your ideas about collaborative efforts which lead digital inclusion.
Time: 12-1:00 p.m.

Directors? Summit: Discover a 21st Century Roadmap for Community Outcomes (Library Journal)
Join us as we explore some of the key themes from the Library Journal 2011 Directors? Summit, held in partnership with Columbus Metropolitan Library. Garry Golden speaks and Patrick Losinski, executive director of Columbus Metropolitan Library (Ohio), will lead a discussion between Garry and the audience. Library Journal?s Editor-in-Chief Francine Fialkoff will give the welcoming introductions.
Time: 1-2:00 p.m.

Wednesday March, 7, 2012
American FactFinder: The Census Bureau?s Online Data Retrieval Tool?(NCompass Live)
This session will show you how to navigate the Census Bureau online data portal called American FactFinder. The system has recently been totally redesigned and has several new features. We?ll give you tips and shortcuts for obtaining the data you need. American FactFinder is the key place to retrieve information from the 2010 and 2000 Censuses, annual socio-economic data from the American Community Survey, and a variety of other commonly used Census data sources.
Time: 10-11:00 a.m.

EBSCOhost Basics For Public Libraries (EBSCOhost)
Help your library patrons find exactly what they are looking for.? This 30-minute webinar will discuss publication searching, journal alerts, and demonstrate how to find cover stories when a patron can?t remember the periodical name or issue. Sign up today!
Time: 12-12:30 p.m.

Thursday March 8, 2012
Spring Picture Book Announcements (School Library Journal)
Interested in picture books? Attend SLJ?s Spring Picture Books webcast to learn about the season?s line up from OwlKids Books, NorthSouth, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Children?s Book Group and Candlewick Press.
Time: 12-1:00 p.m.

It?s All About the Money: Corporate Fundraising for Children?s Programming in Public Libraries (InfoPeople)
Corporate sponsorships are a perfect solution to gain funding for children?s programs in public libraries. In this webinar we?ll show you how to target the right companies, approach them with confidence, and get them to donate with ease. With a little bit of planning and effort, your library can raise money, obtain food donations or gift cards, and other resources to help you run a successful children?s program.
Time: 2-3:00 p.m.

Friday March 9, 2012
Social Metadata for Libraries, Archives and Museums (OCLC)
Metadata helps users locate resources that meet their specific needs. But metadata also helps us to understand the data we find and helps us to evaluate what we should spend our time on. Traditionally, staff at libraries, archives, and museums (LAMs) create metadata for the content they manage. However, social metadata?content contributed by users?is evolving as a way to both augment and recontexutalize the content and metadata created by LAMs.
Time: 11-12:00 p.m.
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Bozarthzone! Social Media for Trainers (InSyncTraining)
Explore the use of free technologies like blogs, wikis, Facebook, Twitter, and online groups to help build communication, increase participation, and enhance transfer of training to the job. We?ll both define and demystify each tool. You will get ideas for applying low-cost collaboration strategies to your own training programs?both classroom and online!
Time: 1-2:00 p.m.

Wednesday March 14, 2012
The Progress Principle: Sparking Employee Engagement and Performance(AMA)?
Leaders face a formidable challenge in keeping employees engaged in their work?deeply involved and fully committed. Traditional motivators, like incentive systems, can get people to show up and do the work. But it takes something more to spark the passion that leads to the highest levels of creative productivity. This webcast unravels the secrets of inner work life?the usually hidden emotions, perceptions, and motivations that arise as people react to events in their work day. You?ll discover how what you say and do every day can drive positive inner work life throughout your organization and fuel great performance for the long term.
Time: 11-12:00 p.m.

My EBSCOhost Folders (EBSCOhost)
This one-hour online training session will review the functionality of using My EBSCOhost Folder. Topics to be covered include creating custom folders, managing content in the folder(s), alerts (creating, updating and checking the status), and sharing folders.
Time: 12-1:00 p.m.

How to Produce a Video, Put it on YouTube and Measure Results (Nonprofit Webinars)
YouTube is one of the most popular destinations on the world wide web, but nonprofits are underutilizing this free platform for video messaging. In this one-hour webinar, we?ll discuss strategies for producing effective web videos for internal and external communications, advancement, development, public information and recruitment.
Time: 2-3:00 p.m.

Thursday March 15, 2012
Avoiding Wrong Turns on Your Leadership Journey (AMA)
Research conducted by Marshall Goldsmith and Associates over a period of 10 years has identified a list of 20 attitudes and behaviors that are surefire career killers. In this insightful discussion, Marshall Goldsmith delves deeper into some of the worst offenders on this list and suggest ways that you can stop sabotaging yourself and your career and instead, get where you want and deserve to be in your organization.
Time: 11-12:00 p.m.

Tuesday March 20, 2012
Making the Ask: Getting People to Give, Volunteer and More (Nonprofit Marketing Guide)
Not getting the results you expected? You might not be asking the right way. Much of our work in nonprofit marketing and fundraising is about persuasion. How can we convince people to support our work with their time or money, or to change their own behaviors? It all starts with asking for what we need in a clear, convincing way.
Time: 12-1:00 p.m.

Scoop on Series Nonfiction: What?s New for 2012 (Booklist)
An hour-long continuation of our popular series of webinars on series nonfiction for youth, featuring presentations from five of the top publishers in this booming field: ABDO, Lerner, DK, Enslow, and Scholastic. Books for Youth senior editor Daniel Kraus moderates.
Time: 1-2:00 p.m.

Digital Preservation: Audio and Video Formats (InfoPeople)
In the last of our four-part series on Digital Preservation, this webinar presents and explains basic formats and standards used in digital audio and video collections for libraries, archives, and museums. Participants in this webinar will be able to make informed decisions about digital audio and video projects and revisit their planned or existing projects with an eye to making sure they will be useful sustainable into the future.
Time: 2-3:00 p.m.

Wednesday March 21, 2012
Mind Matters! Getting Results Through Psychology (AMA)
Setting expectations, directing, delegating, enforcing policy, if you?ve been doing the same thing and not getting anywhere, listen to this webcast for new techniques that tap into the human psyche. Because understanding the root reasons of human behavior allows you to make different choices about how you manage and what kind of results you get. Thought, behavior, personality ? all three affect everything from having a preference for a particular employee to how often you voice your opinions in a group.
Time: 11-12:00 p.m.

Being Customer Focused: New and Emerging Trends in Customer Service (InfoPeople)
Libraries offer a compelling set of resources and services to meet the needs of their communities. But old service models often focus on the needs of the library first, and the user second. Retail establishments such as bookstores, coffee shops, information services, computing services, and purveyors of e-readers are all encroaching on the library?s core user base by replicating services traditionally associated with libraries. They really know what they?re doing, and we can, too!
Time: 2-3:00 p.m.

Collaborating with Partners on Joint Grants: Do?s And Don?ts (Nonprofit Webinars)
More and more funders prefer (or require) organizations to leverage their resources by collaborating with complementary partners. In a world where competition is often more common than cooperation, how do we navigate these waters? This workshop will showcase some successful collaborations that involved joint grantseeking, and offer pointers on how you can succeed too!
Time: 2-3:00 p.m.

Thursday March 22, 2012
Nonpartisan Voter Participation Basics for Nonprofits(Nonprofit Vote)??
We?ll cover the basics of voter engagement for nonprofits?like voter registration, voter education, candidate engagement, and get-out-the-vote efforts?and explain how to stay nonpartisan. The discussion will focus on ways maximize your impact while integrating outreach into services you already provide.
Time: 1-2:00 p.m.

Spring Mystery Announcements (Library Journal)
While library budgets remain tight and the rise of ebooks have flattened print book circulation, Library Journal?s recently published 2012 Book Buying Survey also finds that mysteries still rule supreme in public libraries. These mystery lovers will be coming to you for the latest titles by their favorite authors and new discoveries by rising stars.
Time: 2-3:00 p.m.

Tuesday March 27, 2012
Adult Programs on a $0 Budget (WebJunction)
In just a few short years, the Laurens County Library, in rural South Carolina, has created an impressive and well attended series of adult programs on a shoestring budget. Join us for a webinar to learn how the library selects topics, recruits presenters, raises funds, and promotes through effective public relations practices. Find out what Laurens has done that works, what doesn?t work, and learn how your adult programming can make your library a valued community hub, building awareness and increasing usage of all your services.
Time: 1-2:00 p.m.

Wednesday March 28, 2012
Improving the User Experience Through Usability Testing (GLA)
Stephen Francoeur, a user experience librarian at Baruch College (New York, NY) will give an introduction to usability testing and how it can be used to create a more user-friendly library website.
Time: 1-2:00 p.m.

Outreach to Hispanic/Latino Populations ? Tu Biblioteca! (InfoPeople)
Engaging the ever-growing Spanish-speaking/Latino population in your library?s programs and services presents interesting and rewarding opportunities. This webinar will explore various efforts to identify new opportunities, funding resources and community partners to expand your library?s potential to serve this community.
Time: 2-3:00 p.m.

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Face-to-Face Solicitation, But Were Afraid to Ask?From Preparation to Closing the Gift (Nonprofit Webinars)
The single best way to achieve the greatest gift possible?and deepen a donor?s relationship with your organization?is through a face-to-face solicitation. This webinar will provide you with the background, skills and techniques to help you prepare for the encounter and conduct the conversation that will move a giver to the next stage in becoming a life-long donor.
Time: 2-3:00 p.m.

Content Creation for Teens (GLA)
Instead of just merely collecting ?stuff? and lending it out to patrons, more and more libraries are encouraging their patrons to ?make something? at the library. Whether it be the hackerspace at the Fayetteville Free Library, the YOUMedia lab at the Chicago Public Library, or smaller programs at other libraries throughout the country, libraries are offering more programs to encourage their patrons to be prosumers instead of just simply consumers.
Time: 2:15-3:15 p.m.

Thursday March 29, 2012
Introduction to Corporate Giving (Grant Space)
Explore the world of corporate support and tools and resources on corporate giving. Seeking to target companies that might fund your organization??Join us for an introduction to the world of corporate support for nonprofits and funding research tools to help you identify corporate prospects.
Time: 12-1:00 p.m.

Unraveling the Mobile Web (O?Reilly)
This is a series of three webcasts so please be sure to register for series two and three. In this first series of three, Mobile Web browsing is exploding and with it the importance of Mobile Web Performance. Studies show that Mobile users expect equal or better performance than desktop, where they demand 2s load times. In this webcast presentation, we?ll go over the different aspects of mobile: network, hardware & software. We?ll review the challenges each presents, understand how they affect web performance, and show ways to overcome those challenges.
Time: 12-1:00 p.m.

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Dream job? Live in a capsule in Hawaii eating astronaut food.

Has it always been your dream to live like an astronaut without actually going into space? Now is your chance. Scientists at Cornell and the University of Hawaii are looking for participants for a study on nutrition in space.

If you?ve always dreamed of being an astronaut here?s the next best thing, and the location couldn?t be more idyllic. Scientists from Cornell and the University of Hawaii are conducting a 120-day Mars exploration analog study in a simulated Mars habitat on the lava fields of the Big Island of Hawai?i. The study will focus on the diets of six volunteers, who will be required to live and work like astronauts, including suiting up in space gear whenever they head outside of their habitat. But the emphasis will be for participants compare two types of foods: crew-cooked vs. pre-prepared, in order to avoid what has been termed ?menu fatigue? over a long-duration mission. Applications are currently being taken for the job.
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Jean Hunter, associate professor of biological and environmental engineering at Cornell and several colleagues have received a $947,000 NASA grant for the study, the Hawaii Space Exploration Analogue & Simulation, or HI-SEAS. Hunter said current astronauts on the International Space Station not only tire of eating foods they normally enjoy but also tend to eat less, which can put them at risk for nutritional deficiency, loss of bone and muscle mass, and reduced physical capabilities. Plus, all foods decline in nutritional quality over time, and only a few of the many available astronaut foods have the three-to-five-year shelf life required for a Mars mission.

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So, the participants will also help determine how being on a landed mission on Mars would make different ways of cooking ? and perhaps gardening ? possible, which would give the astronauts more food variety and relieve menu fatigue.

So, the study will help determine the palatability of ?instant? foods and food prepared by the crew from shelf stable ingredients, and determine whether food acceptability changes over time. It will also help estimate use of crew time, power, and water for meal preparation and cleanup, for both instant and crew-cooked foods and determine if crewmembers? taste and smelling acuity change over time.

Participants chosen will need to attend a workshop and two-week training mission. Round trip travel, food and lodging expenses are provided. The crew will receive $5,000 as compensation. The researchers said the qualifications for people applying for the study are similar to those required by NASA for their astronaut applicants.

Hurry, as the deadline is 11:59pm Hawaii time on February 29th, 2012. You can find more information and the application form at the?HI-SEAS website.?You can also check out their?Facebook page.

Good luck (Pomaika`i)!

Nancy Atkinson is Universe Today's Senior Editor. She also is the host of the?NASA Lunar Science Institute podcast?and works with the?Astronomy Cast?and?365 Days of Astronomy?podcasts. Nancy is also a NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador.

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Less popular Details of Id theft | Galen Thoughts

Many details about identity theft are common knowledge. Identity fraud continues to be rising yearly for at least a decade, and possesses exploded wildly combined with growth of the world wide web about Polycom telepresence equipment. Some hackers steal your private data and then sell on it in private forums to other, would-be thieves. Phishing websites collect your personal information to facilitate identity theft, the list goes on.
Yet you?ll find lesser known facts about identity theft that might help shape your promises to prevent it and the way to monitor correctly.

Many, however, not a good majority, of cases of identity theft involve family members and good friends. Parents purchased children?s Ss # to have charge cards and also home mortgages after their particular credit is turn off. Unfortunately, this ruin?s their child?s credit just as they?re starting their particular lives. And many financial institutions won?t permit the loans be forgiven unless the child presses charges against the relative as an example designer inspired sunglasses.

Making up a Ss # (SSN) over a credit card application is identity theft as well as fraud. Since credit scoring will depend on the Ss #, utilizing a false one brings about them checking somebody else?s credit.

Illegal aliens making use of your Ss # are committing identity theft as well as fraud, whether takes place name too or only your SSN with their name. This is accomplished to feed background record checks and find out if they?re legal to work in america. Identity fraud has also involved American born kids of illegal aliens. Once the child carries a Ss #, the parent uses that SSN to work and submit an application for credit. Unfortunately, the teenager can discover they now have a lengthy work background are near chance of audits from the IRS when they try to work at a take out joint. The IRS may say they owe taxes on another job or need to explain the Earned Taxes Credit (EITC) claimed when they were a small.

Impersonating someone?s identity is increasingly used to access health improvements. From using another?s Medicaid card and ID to listing the health insurance information of the friend, this gives someone not permitted the advantages to have free or discount care. Unfortunately, in addition, it adds incorrect information towards the correct person?s medical records. This may bring about bills delivered to someone who never even received care. In rare cases, the health insurance cap is around christmas jumper to reached along with the person paying of the medical health insurance premiums struggles to get care due to medical health insurance fraud.

When someone is working making use of your Ss # after which claims retirement benefits, the payments head to whomever retires first. When it isn?t you, you?ll face an uphill battle to prove the cash will the wrong person. High are since yet no court cases in which the person received the advantages paid towards the identity thief.

Basic shredding of one?s bank statements is sound advice but of limited use. Anywhere your Ss # and contact information are listed is at risk of ID theft. Your doctor?s office might be hacked along with your personal information stolen just as easily and reliably because Department of Automobiles. An attorney?s records range from the SSN, hair straightners themselves, allowing people that steal legal records to view more information for identity theft. You can?t control the data security of all of these countless locations where this post is stored.
Whilst you cannot be 100% protected from identity theft, it is critical to stay sharp. Catching identity theft early is paramount to preventing financial ruin. You?ll find services to assist protect your identity, but everyone?s situation differs, and this is probably not the best choice for you personally.

Source: http://ferforjetasarim.com/the/less-popular-details-of-id-theft/

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Scales tipped against Daphne on 'Loser'

Daphne Dortch, the latest contestant eliminated from NBC?s ?The Biggest Loser,? says she?s happy to leave the drama of the show and return home to family. On Tuesday, she talked about her elimination last week with TODAY's Natalie Morales and Al Roker.

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Iran: two worlds meet, over tea (Reuters)

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Reuters - Mina and Mohammad stood on opposite sides of the political barricades when protests against Iran's rulers erupted into mass street violence; she, a student demanding democratic reform, he a member of the hard-line Basij militia that helped crush the greatest challenge ever to the Islamic Republic.

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