tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59449844266534033702024-03-14T08:46:02.088-07:00My Mechanical EyeJo Bradfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18297179504076210560noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5944984426653403370.post-57244098814925669422009-11-21T04:27:00.000-08:002009-11-24T04:50:00.813-08:00In the spotlight<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXBvEUiE6AZpeNCLWN0GRvBr503VrmqAJNI5cQgXOkRom3EM-RGowpomSff3oV1qGo2rZb8kj0f22wl37mwA94a2w7S7Y49VVn610UU6r2g7FFr4v04TaT2tPc7RPv-nxiPYBisiYQykw/s1600/embedded+press+interview.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXBvEUiE6AZpeNCLWN0GRvBr503VrmqAJNI5cQgXOkRom3EM-RGowpomSff3oV1qGo2rZb8kj0f22wl37mwA94a2w7S7Y49VVn610UU6r2g7FFr4v04TaT2tPc7RPv-nxiPYBisiYQykw/s640/embedded+press+interview.jpg" /></a><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">"Spotlight" by Jo Bradford</span></i><br />
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An image form the SimPress exercise I have just been on with MA Students in International Journalism and the Royal Marines. Here the simulated press interview a Dutch Marine about the situation at a vehicle check point.<br />
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</div>Jo Bradfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18297179504076210560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5944984426653403370.post-63400754247902359052009-11-20T14:41:00.001-08:002009-11-24T05:19:39.739-08:00the submariner<div style="padding: 3px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jobradford/3485965770/" title="photo sharing"><img alt="" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3232/3485965770_46f0da0c42.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jobradford/3485965770/">the submariner</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/jobradford/">Jo Bradford</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Barbados, 122 feet below sea level and slowly descending. Through the fore window here on the bridge, you can see the coral encrusted sea bed shelving away gradually in front of us as we dive.</span></span><br />
</div></div>Jo Bradfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18297179504076210560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5944984426653403370.post-27001011169183539622009-11-02T13:09:00.000-08:002009-11-20T15:30:39.275-08:00Let it ride<div style="padding: 3px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jobradford/3975984949/" title="photo sharing"><img alt="" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2572/3975984949_a2cb3254ef.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 2px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 2px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 2px;" /></a><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;">Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/jobradford/">Jo Bradford</a>.</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jobradford/4058549034/">Eastar TLR</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/jobradford/">Jo Bradford</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">I forget how much I enjoy working in good old black and white.... it was a pleasure working on this one in my darkroom, whichI usually use for more complex colour work, it was a simple pleasure to indulge in the simplicity of monochrome, what's not to love about an afternoon spent dodging and burning in the dark?</span></span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jobradford/3761705942/">cymbeline</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/jobradford/">Jo Bradford</a>.</span><br />
</div></div>Jo Bradfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18297179504076210560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5944984426653403370.post-69753987820069220022009-10-13T12:59:00.000-07:002009-11-24T04:55:27.816-08:00Claws and contentment<div style="padding: 3px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jobradford/368910140/" title="photo sharing"><img alt="" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/127/368910140_039a985ff2.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 2px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 2px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 2px;" /></a><span style="font-size: 13px;">,</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Being this close to those claws sets your pulse racing, but I felt confident in our proximity as I know this big guy was pretty relaxed. When a sloth bear is content, particularly after a meal, it will lay down somewhere quiet, and start to knit its claws together and snuffle into it's paws. Soon it's starts to make a soothing repetitive sound, known as Bear Song, rather like a lullaby, it is believed to aid the bears digestive process.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jobradford/167116079/">fox cub</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/jobradford/">Jo Bradford</a>.</span><br />
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</div></div><div style="text-align: center;">I spotted a huge rabbit warren in the woods and thought that with a bit of patience a stoat may turn up as there were stoat tracks on the ground all around. So I was sitting around in the bushes with my camera (a surprisingly common activity for me), thinking about moving (I had been sitting totally still for a few hours by now), when I heard a rustling in the clearing to my side, and looked across to see this little guy watching me, I had to move my lens round painfully slowly so as not to startle him, but he obligingly waited for me to get a single shot before he got up and walked off.<br />
</div>Jo Bradfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18297179504076210560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5944984426653403370.post-78738516189203370502009-09-20T13:08:00.000-07:002009-11-20T15:20:38.298-08:00silver<div style="padding: 3px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jobradford/3922098629/" title="photo sharing"><img alt="" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2540/3922098629_3a9f9f3f2f.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jobradford/3922098629/">silver</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/jobradford/">Jo Bradford</a>.</span><br />
</div></div>Jo Bradfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18297179504076210560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5944984426653403370.post-61643534557602030822009-09-10T11:46:00.000-07:002009-11-24T05:03:40.414-08:00Why robins sing in winter<div style="padding: 3px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jobradford/100467113/" title="photo sharing"><img alt="" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/30/100467113_f9ba607673.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jobradford/100467113/">Why robins sing in winter</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/jobradford/">Jo Bradford</a>.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">The sound of a robin chirping in winter is a good sign, say scientists.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">It means the bird has built up enough fat reserves to survive the cold nights and has enough energy left to defend its territory.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The bird traditionally sings in spring to attract a mate but in winter, when food is short, it faces a dilemma.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Should it spend its time hunting for food to get through the next cold snap or burst into song?<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Researchers in the west of England think they have the answer: the bird sings at dawn if it has enough energy left over from keeping warm at night. It is all part of a complicated biological mechanism to regulate fat reserves. John McNamara, of the University of Bristol, said: "Because birds can't predict exactly how much energy they need to survive the night, they need to build up enough fat reserves by dusk to cater for the worst-case scenario. "And as most nights are not that cold, they should have enough energy reserves left over at dawn to sing."<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The Bristol team studied wild and captive robins. The captive birds were trained to weigh themselves on electronic balances. It turned out that the birds stored extra fat when food started to become scarce and the nights got colder. When it was warmer at night, they had more fat left at dawn and were able to sing.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Mike Everett, of conservation charity the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, told BBC News Online: "This interesting research confirms that healthy, well-fed robins have the best chance of survival in harsh weather. "It also underlines the importance of feeding robins and other small birds in our gardens during the winter - feeding which, in the most severe weather, really can mean the difference between life and death."<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The research, published in the winter edition of the Natural Environment Research Council journal Planet Earth, should aid conservation efforts. According to Bristol scientist Innes Cuthill, it will give us a better understanding of how bird species react to climate change.<br />
</div>Jo Bradfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18297179504076210560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5944984426653403370.post-67673795937868352522009-08-19T13:08:00.000-07:002009-11-24T05:02:55.210-08:00the race<div style="padding: 3px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jobradford/3911316335/" title="photo sharing"><img alt="" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2494/3911316335_d080e5b330.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jobradford/3911316335/">the race</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/jobradford/">Jo Bradford</a>.</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jobradford/3928651834/">vert</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/jobradford/">Jo Bradford</a>.</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jobradford/3922098631/">happy days</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/jobradford/">Jo Bradford</a>.</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jobradford/3906548548/">happiness</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/jobradford/">Jo Bradford</a>.</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jobradford/3673291998/"></a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/jobradford/">Jo Bradford</a>.</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;">Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/jobradford/">Jo Bradford</a>.</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;">Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/jobradford/">Jo Bradford</a>.</span><br />
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</div></div>Jo Bradfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18297179504076210560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5944984426653403370.post-85502197560923469032009-02-20T11:32:00.000-08:002009-11-20T15:23:05.135-08:00en famille<div style="padding: 3px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jobradford/166987227/" title="photo sharing"><img alt="" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/64/166987227_12b5ad942d.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jobradford/166987227/">en famille</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/jobradford/">Jo Bradford</a>.</span><br />
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</div></div><div style="text-align: center;">One of the photographs I took for the book and dvd project called "The Heart Of A Garden"<br />
</div>Jo Bradfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18297179504076210560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5944984426653403370.post-46009762935063850452008-12-20T12:30:00.000-08:002009-11-20T12:48:42.443-08:00Robbie Williams<div style="padding: 3px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jobradford/1935342581/" title="photo sharing"><img alt="" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2104/1935342581_5304adf874.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jobradford/1935342581/">Robbie Williams</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/jobradford/">Jo Bradford</a>.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Spent the evening in Las Vegas at the Mandalay Bay Hotel on the strip. I was there as Press for taking part in the Warner Brothers Music Awards. Amongst the guests there were Robbie Williams, David Bowie, Salt and Peppa, Kid Rock, Justin Timberlake, Coolio and of course loads of actors and tv stars too. Madness ensued as the night wore on. Rode in a lift down to the basement after party with Kid Rock who seemed afraid to stop grabbing his crotch for fear something would fall off.... we did a very bizarre interview at the bar with Coolio and hung out with Peppa in her back stage dressing room. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Managed to break a camera and lost the film in it wich sadly had all the Bowie pics on it. :(</div>Jo Bradfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18297179504076210560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5944984426653403370.post-28920520067228949852008-11-20T11:30:00.000-08:002009-11-20T15:22:36.047-08:00robin redbreast<div style="padding: 3px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jobradford/100467112/" title="photo sharing"><img alt="" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/19/100467112_5357453241.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jobradford/100467112/">chubby little robin redbreast</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/jobradford/">Jo Bradford</a>.</span><br />
</div></div><div style="text-align: center;">One of the photographs I took for the book and dvd project called "The Heart Of A Garden"<br />
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</div></div><div style="text-align: center;">I came across this rare Indian Tiger while filming in the wilderness of Bangalore<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jobradford/426823105/">tiger</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/jobradford/">Jo Bradford</a></span><br />
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</div></div><div style="text-align: center;">This tiger silently appeared out of the bushes to my left as I was taking a picture of another tiger a bit further away - I held my breath waiting, it was so close I could almost touch it - and it just walked on by and lay down in the sun a few feet away.<br />
</div>Jo Bradfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18297179504076210560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5944984426653403370.post-91609787063817409992008-10-20T14:26:00.000-07:002009-11-20T14:57:42.456-08:00tigress<div style="padding: 3px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jobradford/274645906/" title="photo sharing"><img alt="" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/102/274645906_56c6b04ef9.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jobradford/274645906/">tigress</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/jobradford/">Jo Bradford</a>.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">An exciting initiative to protect India’s tigers is underway. Recent events have confirmed what those in the field have been saying for years. The Indian tiger is in deep trouble. The poaching onslaught continues, compounding the habitat loss and degradation isolating many of India's protected areas.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The Satpuras are part of the Central Indian Highlands, a series of hills covered by teak and bamboo forests straddling northern Maharashtra and parts of Madhya Pradesh, and one of the tiger's last strongholds. They are the largest contiguous expanse of tiger habitat in India, spread over 6,500kmsq, and encompassing 13 protected areas (PAs) - mostly connected by forest corridors allowing migration and genetic exchange - and five tiger reserves.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">There is no doubt of the Satpuras' potential as one of the most important regions for the long-term survival of the striped cat. When Born Free decided to step up its tiger conservation work in India, rather than dissipate funds in several regions, it was felt more would be gained by focusing on a 'landscape area'.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">It is early days, but hopes are that this will be a significant step forward for the conservation of the tiger and its habitat in central India.</div>Jo Bradfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18297179504076210560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5944984426653403370.post-25513496786391094972008-10-17T14:27:00.000-07:002009-11-20T15:00:30.514-08:00Tiger<div style="padding: 3px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jobradford/426822894/" title="photo sharing"><img alt="" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/170/426822894_53277abcd6.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jobradford/426822894/">tiger</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/jobradford/">Jo Bradford</a>.</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">Taken in Bangalore near the Bhanagatta Reserve, Southern India</span></span><br />
</div></div>Jo Bradfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18297179504076210560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5944984426653403370.post-30652401471057138572008-10-15T14:26:00.000-07:002009-11-20T15:09:29.668-08:00the fighter returns<div style="padding: 3px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jobradford/426823218/" title="photo sharing"><img alt="" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/158/426823218_a42e16b59b.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jobradford/426823218/">the fighter returns</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/jobradford/">Jo Bradford</a>.</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;">Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/jobradford/">Jo Bradford</a>.</span><br />
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</div></div><div style="text-align: center;">One of the images from the 2008 HEFAC course run by our company Blue Dot Media Safety. Training young journalists in first aid and health and safety in Hostile Environments. Here students on an MA in International Journalism learn how to deal with casualties when shot at in a car in a hostile environment<br />
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