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Davids calls for well-being 

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• By Louis Day 

NEW community board 

chairwoman Alexandra Davids 

believes it is time to look at doing 

things differently as the country 

begins to adjust to a new normal. 

As community boards are 

reinstated this week after ceasing 

over the lockdown period and 

alert level 3, Miss Davids who 

is now heading the Linwood- 

Central-Heathcote Community 

Board believes a real focus on 

community well-being is needed 

as the city looks to recover from 

the Covid-19 crisis. 

“I feel like we have got to a 

point now where we have all 

been in lockdown and we have 

all started to work out what is 

important to us and I think community 

well-being is something 

that will be at the forefront of our 

decision-making. 

“Hopefully, there will be a lot 

more decision-making based 

around that. We have to look 

at how we do things differently 

now,” she said. 

Miss Davids assumed her new 

role of chairwoman last month 

after Sally Buck stepped down 

from the position for health 

reasons. 

• Turn to page 2 

NEW ROLE: Linwood-Central-Heathcote Community Board chairwoman Alexandra Davids believes a focus on community 

well-being is needed as the city adjusts to a new normal. 

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 2020 




IT COULD be a while until 


the eastern suburbs start to 

see Lianne Dalziel’s campaign 

aspirations for the area come to 

fruition. 

During October’s local body 

elections, Ms Dalziel identified 

repairs to the eastern part of the 

city’s footpaths, pipes and roads 

as one of her main priorities for 

this term. 

“We need a fully integrated 

programme of works for the 

east, I have loosely called this 

the eastern alliance, which 

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MP for Ilam 

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Christchurch 

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RESIDENTS MOST affected by 

the new Northern Motorway are 

Connecting Your Community relieved to hear the Christchurch 

Northern Corridor opening has 

been delayed by six months. 

The CNC was due to open in 

the middle of this year, but last 

week the New 

Zealand Trans- 



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• By Georgia O’Connor-Harding 

THE earthquake-damaged 

former Sockburn Service Centre 

could finally be demolished in 

July – if the funding needed is 

obtained. 

port Agency 

It comes as the 

announced more 

Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton 

time was needed 

to complete the 

Community 

$290m motorwayten 

in its draft 

Board has writ- 

The original 

submission to 

scope of the 

the city council’s 

Readers respond 

Chance to 

would essentially be an alliance 

Helpless to 

Victorious 

Delay in 

Market day 

project has been Mark Wilson 

Annual Plan 

Mike Mora 

to supermarket 

farewell Holden 

of contractors who can take 

extended include 

stoked 

making mall 

goes green at 2019-2020, 

stop property 

captain the whole area bit by bit and 

a third southbound lane on 

requesting the city council addresses 

the budget gap so the 

rebranding 

in style 

systematically get the work 

the Waimakariri River bridge and 

flooding 

with cup done,” she said during the 

a clip-on win 

exit safer 

Cashmere HS 

cycleway. 

buildings can be removed as soon 

campaign. 

St Albans resident Mark Wilson 

as possible. 

Page 8 

Page 17 But chief executive Dawn 

GIRL BOSS: Julia Holmes wants to be a geneticist after Page high school, 3 and feels the GirlBoss Advantage programme will Page help 10 said the community are “somewhat 

thankful” for the delay. 

her achieve her dreams. 

Page 3 

PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN Page 11 said the final submission is yet to 

GIRL BOSS: Julia Holmes wants to be a geneticist after high school, and feels the GirlBoss Advantage programme will help Board chairman Mike Mora 

Baxendale said any request to 


PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN 

pursue a specific project in the 

“The community will be somewhat 

thankful for a reprieve of the 

• By Bea Gooding 

for biology, and from a young Julia is one of 25 young were often male-dominated, 


for biology, and from a young Julia is one of 25 young were often male-dominated, be completed but it was likely the 

east would have to be agreed 

age has always been interested women chosen around the with particular focus on science, 

technology, engineering 

age has always been interested women chosen around the with particular focus on science, 

technology, engineering requested. 

demolition of the site would be 

upon by council. 

FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD Julia 

effects of this motorway for six 

in how things worked, often country to participate in the 

FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD Julia in how things worked, often country to participate in the 

South New Brighton School pupil Jacob McMillan enjoying the foam pit at Christchurch School of 

City councillors are yet to pass 

Holmes is on a mission to 

months, but it’s still there. Until 

taking things apart just to put GirlBoss Advantage programme 

next month, designed She was shocked to hear the 

and maths. 

Holmes is on a mission to taking things apart just to put GirlBoss Advantage programme 

next month, designed She was shocked to hear the Main South Rd, has been a source 

and maths. 

The former service centre, on 

Gymnastics, which opened its doors to pupils while the school was closed due to fire damage. 

on any guidance to staff around 

make a difference in the world. 

decisions are made to put our 

them back together. 

make a difference in the world. them back together. 

•Story, more photos, page 5 

PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN this, she said. 

The year 11 St Margaret’s 

community first, then there is no 

That passion has landed her to mentor the female leaders news from her mother. 

The year 11 St Margaret’s That passion has landed her to mentor the female leaders news from her mother. 

of tension for years with residents 

•Turn to page 5 

College student has a passion 

relief,” he said. 

the opportunity of her dreams. of tomorrow in industries that • Turn to page 6 

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Romans and Pleated – with environmentally 

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the complex, Ohu Development 

with the idea and so I agreed that 

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will need to raise between 

we should use our Facebook page 

to tell exactly what assistance the 

$800,000 and $1.4 million in its 

as an avenue if anybody does 

community will need. 

second round of crowdfunding, 

need help. 

“It’s very early days and I 

which is planned to start on 

“I’m not sure how needed that 

think that we are just looking 

it will be because most of the supermarkets 

are providing online 

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at how we respond to the virus. 

The public will decide whether 

DEDICATED: Dave Bryce is passionate about gardening as it is sustainable and promotes healthy eating. 

GIRL BOSS: Julia Holmes wants to be a geneticist after high school, and feels the GirlBoss Advantage programme will help For us, it’s about responsiveness 

or not the second crowdfunding 

delivery and things like that but 


PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN to the central government 

bid will go ahead on that date. 

it’s just hard to know how it’s going 

to pan out. 

• By Jess Gibson 

the chairman of Redcliffs/Te Features and was one of seven At the moment, edible 

guidelines, the safety of staff 

In a survey by Ohu 


from a young age has always Julia is one of 25 young industries that were oten maledominated, 

with particular 

“I just think they [people] just 

WITH MORE than 100 edible 

Rae Kura Eco Village Group, recognised in the Residential items in Mr Bryce’s garden 

and the safety of our communities.” 

Development, people can 

been interested in how things women chosen around the 

species in his garden, Dave 

was successful at the Linwood- House Category. 

include pumpkins, courgettes, 

choose whether they think the 

WEST MELTON’S Julia worked, oten taking things country to participate in focus on science, technology, 

need to let us know what they 

Bryce would give any vegetable 

Central-Heathcote Edible 

The awards were presented to beans, lettuce, rhubarb, celery, 

It follows calls from 

crowdfunding campaign should 

Holmes is on a mission to apart just to put them back the GirlBoss Advantage engineering and maths. 

need and we’ll do our best to 

shop a run for its money. Garden Awards. 

Mr Bryce at a ceremony held at tomatoes, berries, nuts and 

Christchurch city councillors to 

continue, or should be paused 

make a difference in the world. together. 

programme next month, 

She was shocked to hear the 

help,” she said. 

the worst happens. 

Network] are about, that’s why tricky if the supermarkets stop 

Which is why the Mt 

He received a special 

the Matuku Takotako: Sumner herbs among others. 

stop rates increases in response 

until the Covid-19 outbreak is 

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news from her mother. 

Mrs Hodder said there is no “I just think anything to help we exist. 

working and things like that, and 

to the Covid-19 crisis. 

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Giving the voiceless a voice 

• From page 1 

Miss Davids said she wanted to 

instil an emphasis on engagement 

with communities across the board’s 

jurisdiction, with a focus on giving 

the voiceless a voice at a council level. 

Her passion for helping others was 

planted from an early age when her 

mother would put her to work at the 

Methodist Mission Food Bank as 

opposed to putting her into holiday 

programmes. 

“I think it was really to avoid paying 

for the holiday programmes because 

they are really expensive and she was 

on her own with three children, but 

it was actually a really great time and 

learning experience.” 

She has worked in a wide range of 

jobs which she believes has given her a 

well-rounded perspective of her ward. 

She worked in retail at Ballantynes, 

in a hotel, an office for a car transmission 

garage, where she even got to 

rebuild a couple of transmissions, and 

at a funeral home. 

This is now Miss Davids’ third term 

on the community board after first 

being elected in 2013, she began this 

term as deputy chairwoman. 

She described her introduction to 

local body politics as a “baptism of 

fire.” 

In 2013, when she ran for the then 

Hagley-Ferrymead Ward for both 

council and community board as 

a 27-year-old, her billboards were 

continuously being stolen and photos 

of herself viewable on her Facebook 

page, which media referred to as 

“glamour shots,” attracted a lot of 

publicity. 

However, Miss Davids did not think 

it was fair to call the photos “glamour 

shots.” 

“When I saw the articles calling 

them glamour shots, I thought but I’m 

not a glamour model at all, far from 

it, I pity the people who had to look at 

my shots,” she joked. 

As stressful as this experience was, 

Miss Davids felt it prepared her well 

for what lied ahead in her political 

career. 

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BUSY: Alongside 

her new role as 

chairwoman of 

the community 

board, Miss Davids 

also serves in a 

number of other 

roles including 

chairwoman 

of Keep New 

Zealand 

Beautiful and 

chairwoman of 

Local Government 

New Zealand’s 

community 

board executive 

committee. 

Aside from her new role, she is also 

chairwoman for Local Government 

New Zealand’s community board 

executive committee, chairwoman 

of both Keep Christchurch Beautiful 

and Keep New Zealand Beautiful, 

chairwoman of the Whitau School 

board, a representative on LGNZ’s 

young elected members committee 

and a trustee of the Graeme Dingle 

Foundation. 

On top of this, she also manages 

to find time to fulfil her duties 

as a Resource Management Act 

commissioner and role at the 

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CALLS HAVE been made to 

stop rates increases in response 

to the Covid-19 crisis. 

City counci lors James Gough, 

Sam MacDonald, Catherine 

Chu, Phil Mauger, Aaron Keown 

and James Daniels have sent a 

le ter to Mayor Lianne Dalziel 

asking her to lead a conversation 

as to how a zero per cent rates 

increase could be achieved this 

The city council is proposing 

an average rates increase of 4.65 

per cent acro s a l ratepayers in 

this year’s Draft Annual Plan 

which is cu rently under public 

consultation until April 5 and 

wi l be finalised before July 1. 

The 2018-2028 Long Term 

Plan also predicts a 50 per cent 

rates increase over 10 years. 

Said Cr MacDonald: “In 

the current environment it’s 

clear busine s as usual is not 

appropriate and the council 

needs to look at how we enable 

this 12-month rates increase 

freeze to occur, it’s crucial for 

the economic confidence of our 

city.” 

Ms Dalziel said the last thing 

the city council needed was for 

someone to hi the panic bu ton. 

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“Our residents and busine ses 

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on the impacts on a l aspects of 

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the council’s budget, which is urchNZ, the Canterbury Employers’ 

Chamber of Commerce 

not entirely funded by rates, and 

the consequences that wi l flow and other key players so we are 

from decisions we make. best prepared for the economic 

“The Annual Plan is not cha lenges that lie ahead.” she said. 

signed off for three months so City council chief executive 

we have time to ge this advice. Dawn Baxendale did not rule a 

A the same time, the council zero rates rise out. 

is meeting with our economic “We’re considering a series of 

development agency, Christch- 

options in light of the extraordinary 

circumstances related to the economy in response to the 

Covid-19. We wi l discuss these Covid-19 pandemic. 

options with elected members The biggest boost is $5.1 

as we develop the Annual Plan,” bi lion towards wage subsidies 

for affected busine ses in a l 

The push from city counci lors sectors and regions. 

for a freeze on rates rises comes •Tips for weathering virus, p3 

shortly after Minister of Finance 

•Mayor’s column, p9 

Grant Robertson announced 

a $12.1 bi lion package to aid •From the editor’s desk, p10 

Thursday, March 19, 2020 

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Julia’s on 

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ACTION: Six city counci lors including 

Catherine Chu, Sam MacDonald (top right), 

James Daniels (above left) and Aaron 

Keown have ca led on Mayor Lianne Dalziel 

to lead a conversation on how to achieve a 

zero per cent rates increase this year. 

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100th birthday celebrated via Zoom 

• By Devon Bolger 

GWENDOLINE Capill 

marked her 100th birthday by 

celebrating with family over a 

Zoom video call. 

She was expecting to celebrate 

her birthday on Monday with 

about 40 people. 

Her son-in-law Ross Gray 

said Mrs Capill still very much 

enjoyed the video call where she 

was joined by family and friends 

from all over the world. 

“A grand-niece from Los 

Angeles, friends and relatives 

from Australia and around New 

Zealand joined to congratulate 

her and wish her well. 

“Gwen is an amazing person, 

extremely agile of mind with a 

remarkable memory and still 

able to look after herself with the 

most minimal of assistance,” he 

said. 

Mrs Capill grew up and lived 

in Phillipstown until she was in 

her 60s and has been an active 

member of the community. 

This includes being the chairwoman 

of the Phillipstown School 

committee for many years. 

In 2010 she was presented 

with a Spreydon/Heathcote 

Community Board Community 

Service Award for her extremely 

long span and range of 

commitment to Christchurch 

communities. 

“She has experienced the tail 

end of the 1918 flu pandemic, the 

full force of Covid-19 100 years 

later, interspersed with the Great 

Depression, World War 2, the 

Christchurch earthquakes and 

more. 

“She has managed to keep 

smiling and inspiring others 

throughout all of these events,” 

Mr Gray said. 

“Gwen has a wonderful 

sense of humour, and mischief, 

and follows the fortunes and 

misfortunes of the nation with 

great interest.” 

Mrs Capill now lives in an 

independent cottage at the 

Cashmere View Retirement 

Village. 

CONNECT: Gwendoline Capill of Cashmere made the most 

of her 100th birthday during the Covid-19 pandemic by 

celebrating over a video call with the help of her daughter 

Lorraine Gray. 

Journey to raise 

funds for kids’ 

mental health 


CANTABRIANS keen to make 

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News 

‘Super-volunteer’ loves making himself useful 

• By June Peka 

WHILE THOUSANDS are 

champing at the bit to get back to 

work to keep the wolf from the 

door, Maurice Taylor’s restless 

itch is for a very different reason. 

He just loves turning out for 

work and making himself useful. 

It’s what he’s done almost every 

day since he left school 63 years 

ago. And while he was paid for 

his labours for 50 of those years, 

nowadays he’s on the pension 

and works for love – and companionship. 

Until this Covid-enforced 

retirement, Mr Taylor turned up 

for duty at the Vinnies charity 

store in Papanui three days a 

week. He lives in Belfast, and 

takes full advantage of the free 

bus service for gold card holders, 

which drops him nearby. 

He first offered his services to 

the Stanmore Rd branch of the 

same charity. 

“It was the only shop I knew 

about really. I went in two or 

three times and put my name 

down. But in the end they said 

there wasn’t enough room there 

for another person. In that big 

shop, really? I think they just 

looked at me and thought ‘he’s a 

bit past it.’ But there’s still plenty 

of life left in some of us old fellas, 

even at 78.” 

As it turned out he didn’t even 

PASSIONATE: Maurice Taylor, 78, loves volunteering at the 

Vinnies charity store in Papanui as it “keeps him out of trouble.” 

have to apply at the Papanui store. 

Popping in one day to find his 

daughter Barbara (also a volunteer) 

needing a lift with something, 

he made himself useful and 

was asked by manager Polly Fisher 

if he’d like to help out officially. Of 

course, it was a yes. 

On any given day in normal 

times Mr Taylor will turn his 

hand to anything except the till, 

and driving the truck. Most of 

the time he’ll be found behind 

the scenes – unloading the truck, 

setting up bales and plastic storage 

containers, folding and sorting. 

He calls himself a general hand, a 

dogs-body, a gofer, a rousie. 

Ms Fisher calls him a supervolunteer. 

“Honestly, they lucked out 

when they turned Maurice 

away over there. I feel incredibly 

blessed to have him. I know if 

I’m clear about what I want done, 

I can leave him to it, and it will 

be done. I can count on him 

completely. He’s helped us no end. 

When he teamed up with Cassandra 

to work on linen – that’s 

measuring and folding sheets 

and curtains and smaller items 

while Cassandra irons – they 

grew the linen department about 

five-fold. We have customers 

who come in especially to check 

out our well-presented linens.” 

That’s big praise for a boy who 

didn’t do that well at school. 

“To be honest I was a bit of a 

handful. They didn’t know what 

to do with me. I couldn’t spell 

and I couldn’t remember stuff. 

I was too clever for a special 

class but not up there with the 

normal class. I fell somewhere 

in-between and was always being 

tested to see how capable I was. 

“The trouble was called short 

term memory loss – I’ve always 

had it. It’s a fault. That, and the 

fact that I just hear what I hear. 

I don’t read between the lines. 

Like when I was 15 a teacher 

found me taking a nap at school 

and he said I might as well be at 

home, so I went home, and got 

into trouble for that. Another 

thing is that I can find anything 

on a map. I don’t remember 

street names, or even peoples’ 

names often. I get around that by 

calling everyone here ‘granny.’ 

It doesn’t get me into too much 

bother.” 

Mr Taylor left school at 15 to 

learn how to be a glass beveller 

at Smith and Smith’s Dunedin 

workshop, before moving on 

to the Woolstores, the Woollen 

Mills and then farming at 

Milton and Lumsden where he 

and his wife raised a family of 

four girls. 

He wrangled his class 5 driver 

licence while driving a truck and 

fork lift for the railways, before 

moving to Christchurch more 

than 20 years ago to be near his 

ageing mother. 

Life is good to him, Mr Taylor 

says. He lives alone, but with family 

nearby and looks after himself 

well. He collects stemmed drinking 

glasses and small soft toys with 

messages attached, many picked 

up at the Vinnies. 

“I know how to grow and cook 

my own veggies, I experiment a 

bit with easy, but different recipes. 

I enjoy getting along to the 

Darnley social club in Kaiapoi 

where I help out with the garden 

and get a lovely meal. I feel sorry 

for young ones going through 

this lockdown, who have big 

families, big rents and no vegie 

gardens. 

“But I don’t feel guilty about 

pinching someone’s job. Because 

this one doesn’t put money in the 

bank, but it’s still useful to the 

community, and keeps me out of 

trouble.” 

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• By Jacob Page 

JAMES LISSAMAN has carved 

out a niche for himself as a jack 

of all trades for Canterbury 

Basketball. 

The 41-year-old Burwood 

resident is the organisation’s 

community basketball manager, 

but his reach can be felt throughout 

all levels of the game in the 

region. 

Basketball’s popularity has 

surged in recent years with 177 

weekend teams playing in Canterbury 

each weekend last year 

compared to just 81 in 2013. 

The 2020 season will hopefully 

get underway next month at the 

earliest if coronavirus restrictions 

ease. 

“My role is varied,” he said. 

“I commentate on games, writing, 

website development, photography 

and co-ordinating the 

Lincoln University scholarship as 

well as my competition draws. 

“I try to be that contact point 

for people and volunteers in our 

community.” 

In 2006, Lissaman and his 

wife, Pina, went over to Indiana 

State to do a Masters in Sport 

and PE Coaching. 

“We went for two years and 

coached basketball at a division 3 

college and then came back. 

Lissaman had a taste of the 

DYNAMIC DUO: James Lissaman and wife Pina commentating 

a National Basketball League game. 

PHOTO: NBL 

organisation a decade ago before 

raising a young family drew him 

back to teaching. 

“Late in 2009 to 2012, I worked 

part time as the competitions 

manager which was far smaller 

of a role than what it is now. I 

wasn’t paid particularly well so 

I went back to primary teaching 

purely for financial reasons. 

“I came to the realisation that I 

didn’t particularly enjoy teaching 

and I was spending more time 

there than at home with my oldest 

child.” 

Fortunately, a new role lured 

him back. 

“I did that for a year and then 

the community coach developer 

role came up at Canterbury Basketball. 

That was the first time 

they’d had that role in a number 

of years, so I applied, got that, 

and did it for three years. 

“The competitions side of 

things continued to grow so I 

eventually moved around and 

organised the draws for that, and 

Lori McDaniel came on to do the 

coaching role. 

“It’s not a nine-to-five role. A 

lot of the people are volunteers, 

so being that contact point is 

important.” 

He said variety was stimulating. 

“I go into work thinking I’m 

going to complete certain tasks 

and then other things pop-up 

like the lockdown over Covid-19 

and what an altered season 

would look like for us. Then 

it’s working out how much 

communication we have with 

our members so that we aren’t 

firing out stuff to them all the 

time, but also giving them 

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we are giving them what they 

need once it is definitive.” 

Lissaman said he played all 

sorts of sports during his school 

days but it was not until he tried 

basketball during year 7 at Cathedral 

College that he found a 

sport to stick at. 

“It was the first sport I played 

for more than two seasons and 

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He said the numbers boom in 

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No 1. 

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“Finals night last year was 

packed. The growth over the last 

couple of years has been amazing.” 

He said the people involved 

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would ensure the sport could 

adapt to life after the lockdown. 

“We’ve been through the 

earthquakes and lost our courts 

at QEII. We had to farm our 

teams out all over the city because 

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The discussions we’ve had with 

people around contact tracing and 

sanitisation have been positive. 

“It will just come down to what 

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He said he remains as passionate 

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“The great thing is that I can 

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the ability to learn new skills 

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