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William C. Friday oral history interview, 2012 May 1
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Creator
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Friday, William C. (William Clyde)
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Date Created
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2012-05-01
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Subjects--Topical
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Public universities and colleges--Administration, Women college presidents, Education, Higher, Education--Political aspects, Depressions
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In this interview, William "Bill" Friday, long-time president of the University of North Carolina System, shares his memories of Bonnie Cone, the founder of Charlotte College. He describes Ms. Cone's drive to establish a university in Charlot...
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William C. E. Pfischner oral history interview, 2017 May 22
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Creator
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Pfischner, William C. E., 1922-2022
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Date Created
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2017-05-22
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Subjects--Topical
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Physicians, Orphanages, Conscientious objectors, Medicine--Practice
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In this interview, Dr. William C.E. Pfischner discusses his thirty-year long career as a doctor for the U.S. Navy and for the Philadelphia Health Department, as well as his association with life partner Dr. Loy H. Witherspoon, founding chair of th...
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William "Whitey" Norman oral history interview, 2007 September 18
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Creator
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Norman, Whitey, 1926-
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Date Created
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2007-09-18
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Subjects--Topical
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Motorsports, Stock car racing, Stock cars (Automobiles), Automobile racing--accidents, Racetracks (Automobile racing), Automobile mechanics, Automobile racing drivers, Automobiles, Racing--Design and construction, Parties
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Whitey Norman recalls his career as a race car driver during the 1950s. Growing up on a tobacco farm in Yadkin County, North Carolina, he remembers how he was interested in driving from a young age. After serving as a tank driver in the Second Wor...
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Ward Simmons Jr. oral history interview, 2016 January 8
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Simmons Jr., Ward
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Date Created
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2016-01-08
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Subjects--Topical
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LGBTQ+ people, AIDS organizations, AIDS (Disease)--Social aspects, LGBTQ+ civil rights
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Ward Simmons Jr. discusses his life in Charlotte, North Carolina, his involvement in the Metrolina AIDS Project (MAP, a local AIDS service organization), and his advocacy for LGBT rights. [All times are approximate] [00:00] Mr. Simmons describes h...
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Tonderai Mushipe oral history interview, 2020 August 21
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Creator
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Mushipe, Tonderai Elton
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Date Created
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2020-08-21
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Subjects--Topical
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School shootings, College students, Compassion, Mental health services, Memorials, Collective memory
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Tonderai Mushipe, PhD student in the Department of Geography and Earth Sciences at UNC Charlotte, discusses his experiences in relation to April 30 2019 when a gunman opened fire on a classroom of students on campus. Mr. Mushipe describes how he h...
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Tonda Anne Taylor oral history interview 4, 2015 October 5
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Creator
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Taylor, Tonda, 1940-
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Date Created
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2015-10-05
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Subjects--Topical
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Coming out (Sexual orientation), Mental health care for LGBTQ+ people, Gay youth, Gay youth--Services for, Homophobia, Nonprofit organizations
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In this fourth of four interviews, Tonda Taylor, long-time activist for LGBTQ+ rights and founder of Time Out Youth (TOY) in Charlotte, North Carolina, recalls the beginning stages of TOY. Ms. Taylor discusses her previous psychiatric work with Ch...
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Tonda Anne Taylor oral history interview 3, 2015 September 15
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Creator
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Taylor, Tonda, 1940-
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Date Created
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2015-09-15
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Subjects--Topical
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AIDS (Disease), Coming out (Sexual orientation), Lesbian community, Gestalt therapy
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In this third of four interviews, Tonda Taylor, long-time activist for LGBTQ rights and founder of Time Out Youth in Charlotte, North Carolina, recalls her fraught relationship with her parents, her time spent living in New York City, and the trag...
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Tonda Anne Taylor oral history interview 2, 2015 July 9
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Creator
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Taylor, Tonda, 1940-
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Date Created
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2015-07-09
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Subjects--Topical
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Homophobia, Gay liberation movement, Lesbians, Lesbianism--Psychological aspects, Nonprofit organizations—Management, Outing (Sexual orientation)
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In this second of four interviews, Tonda Taylor, long-time activist for LGBTQ rights and founder of Time Our Youth in Charlotte, North Carolina, recounts her early adult life. She briefly describes her time at Charlotte College and Queens College,...
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Tonda Anne Taylor oral history interview 1, 2015 March 10
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Creator
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Taylor, Tonda, 1940-
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Date Created
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2015-03-10
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Subjects--Topical
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LGBTQ+ people, Feminism, Lesbians, Racism, Homophobia
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In this first of four interviews, Tonda Taylor, long-time activist for LGBTQ rights and founder of Time Out Youth, an organization that offers support, advocacy, and opportunities for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning (LGB...
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Tommy Feldman oral history interview, 2022 October 13
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Feldman, Tommy
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Date Created
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2022-10-13
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Subjects--Topical
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Graphic artists, LGBTQ+ people, Art and design, Coming out (Sexual orientation), NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt
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Graphic artist Tommy Feldman describes his life growing up in the Chicago suburbs, attending Columbia College in Chicago, meeting his husband Shane Windmeyer, moving to Bloomington Illinois, and setting up his business, Tyvola Design, in Charlotte...
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Tom Warshauer oral history interview 2, 2017 February 19
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Creator
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Warshauer, Tom, 1956-
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Date Created
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2017-02-19
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Subjects--Topical
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Gay community, City planning, Cities and towns--Growth, Gay activists, LGBTQ+ culture, Sexual orientation--Political aspects, Gay and lesbian film festivals, Fund raising, AIDS (Disease), Discrimination--Law and legislation, Transgender people--Legal status, laws, etc.
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In this second interview, Tom Warshauer discusses his arrival in Charlotte in 1990 to work with the city's planning department. He explains that he was initially apprehensive of Charlotte's conservative culture and planned to stay in the...
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Tom Warshauer oral history interview 1, 2017 January 22
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Warshauer, Tom, 1956-
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Date Created
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2017-01-22
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Subjects--Topical
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Jews--Social life and customs, Young gay men, Parents of queer people, Coming out (Sexual orientation), Discrimination, LGBTQ+ culture, AIDS (Disease)--Social aspects, City planning
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Tom Warshauer discusses his life as an openly gay man and his forty year career as an architect and city planner. Mr. Warshauer describes his experiences growing up in a Jewish family in Wilmington, North Carolina during the 1960s, the discriminat...
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Terry Burris oral history interview 2, 2021 June 17
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Creator
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Burris, Terry
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Date Created
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2021-06-17
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Subjects--Topical
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Transgender people, Gay clubs, Gay bars, Beauty contests, Drag queens, Female impersonators
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In this second of several interviews, Terry Burris, aka Tiffany Storm, proprietor of Chasers Bar and Grill in Charlotte North Carolina, discusses her experiences as a contestant in the Miss Gay America pageant during the 1990s, and her success in ...
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Terry Burris oral history interview 1, 2021 June 3
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Burris, Terry
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Date Created
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2021-06-03
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Subjects--Topical
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Transgender people, Gay clubs, Gay bars, Drag queens, Drag shows, AIDS (Disease)--Psychological aspects
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Terry Burris, whose stage name is Tiffany Storm, discusses her life, and her career as a drag queen, nightclub manager and proprietor in Charlotte, North Carolina. [All times approximate]. Ms. Burris introduces herself as the third owner of Chaser...
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T. Taylor Warren oral history interview 2, 2006 January 12
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Warren, T. Taylor (Thomas Taylor), 1925-2008
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Date Created
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2006-01-12
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Subjects--Topical
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Sports photographers, Photography of sports, Photojournalism, Stock car drivers, Stock car racing, Motorsports, Motorsports--Economic aspects, Women automobile racing drivers, African American automobile racing drivers, Automobile racing managers, Automobile racing--Employees, Automobile racing--Sociological aspects
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Motorsports photographer T. Taylor Warren reflects in this second interview on the culture of NASCAR during the 1950s-1980s and on how the stock car industry has changed through the time of the interview in 2006. He begins by discussing the Nation...
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T. Taylor Warren oral history interview 1, 2005 December 7
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Warren, T. Taylor (Thomas Taylor), 1925-2008
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Date Created
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2005-12-07
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Subjects--Topical
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Stock car racing, Motorsports, Racetracks (Automobile racing), Sports photographers, Photography of sports, Photojournalism, Photography--Equipment and supplies, Hasselblad camera, Photography--Techniques
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T. Taylor Warren reflects on his life, his photography career, and the early days of photographing NASCAR racing. He recalls his budding interest in photography as a boy and describes his education at Rochester Institute of Technology and the teac...
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Sybil Lynne Scott oral history interview, 2007 November 24
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Scott, Sybil Lynne
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Date Created
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2007-11-24
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Subjects--Topical
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Motorsports, Stock car racing, Stock cars (Automobiles), Automobile mechanics, Racetracks (Automobile racing), African American automobile racing drivers, Automobile racing drivers, Racism in sports, Automobile racing--accidents, Automobile racing drivers--Family relationships
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Sybil Scott discusses the 30-year stock car racing career of her father, Wendell Scott. Mr. Scott is, to date, the only African American driver to win at NASCAR's highest level. Ms. Scott recalls how she and her siblings helped their father during...
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Susan Shackelford oral history interview, 2017 September 27
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Creator
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Shackelford, Susan
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Date Created
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2017-09-27
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Subjects--Topical
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Women journalists, Women sportswriters, Sports for women--Social aspects, Lesbians, Women political activists
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Susan Shackelford, journalist, sportswriter, editor, author, writing coach and consultant, who has operated her own business in Charlotte, North Carolina since 1982, discusses her life, her work, and her political activism. She relates her formati...
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Sue Spayth Riley oral history interview, 2005 September 13
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Riley, Sue Spayth, 1920-2006
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Date Created
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2005-09-13
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Subjects--Topical
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Unitarian Universalist churches--Education, Open plan schools, Education, Preschool--Curricula, Preschool teachers, School integration, Progressive education--Philosophy, Teacher-student relationships
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Sue Spayth Riley describes her experiences as the founder and director of Charlotte's first integrated and open preschool, the Open Door School. Ms. Riley attributes her decision to establish the Open Door School to a combination of influence...
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Steve del Vecchio oral history interview, 2023 March 27
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Del Vecchio, Steve
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Date Created
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2023-03-27
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Subjects--Topical
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Gardening, Gay men--Identity, AIDS (Disease), Gay community, Drag, Gay press publications, LGBTQ+ press
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Steve del Vecchio discusses his lifelong career as a gardener in the Charlotte area and his identity as a gay man since his family moved to the city in the 1950s. Topics discussed include the different clients Mr. del Vecchio worked for including ...