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		<title>France Bans TV Shows for Babies</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/08/21/france-bans-tv-shows-for-babies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:32:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From AP:
&#8220;France&#8217;s broadcast authority has banned French channels from marketing TV shows to children under 3 years old, to shield them from developmental risks it says television viewing poses at that age.
The ruling also ordered warning messages for parents on foreign baby channels that are broadcast in France _ such as Baby TV, which is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A French Baking School that Cares about  the Untouchables of India</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:26:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tucked away in Chennai, India (southeast coast of India in the northeast of Tamil Nadu), you&#8217;ll find an usual and unexpected establishment: a French baking school. The school was created by 25-year-old Alexis de Duclas, a graduate of Essec, one of France&#8217;s top business schools, and 24-year-old certified French baker, Antoine Soive, who had previously [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dimanche Dialogue Entre Florent Pagny, Xavier Darcos et Zidane</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/07/13/dimanche-dialogue-entre-florent-pagny-xavier-darcos-et-zidane/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:36:40 +0000</pubDate>
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Known for his raspy   voice and chart topping pop songs, Florent Pagny (left) sung his tax woes in the song, &#8220;Ma Liberté de Penser&#8221; (My freedom to think), and even though this happened long ago, France is rather merciless and never lets neither him nor anyone else forget about any of their past [...]]]></description>
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		<title>La Fête du Lait Bio 2008 &#8211; Organic Milk Festival</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/06/01/la-fete-du-lait-bio-2008-organic-milk-festival/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 06:37:27 +0000</pubDate>
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This organic milk festival is today in Bretagne (Brittany). Sorry about the late notice.
Learn more about organic products and how their production respects the environment (non-GMO, no pesticides or chemicals) and animal well-being, via this festival that every department in Brittany is celebrating with concerts, theater plays, debates and more. This isn&#8217;t just the organic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sarkozy&#8217;s Cultivated Anti-Intellectualism</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/04/03/sarkozys-cultivated-anti-intellectualism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 10:49:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From counterpunch:
&#8220;Nicolas Sarkozy, allegedly the most Anglophile (or rather Americanophile) president of the 5th Republic failed his Science Po degree in the late 70s because his English was so poor that he was barred from sitting the politics exams. In the run up to the war in Iraq, the allegedly &#8220;Anti-American&#8221; Chirac was able to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>La Rentrée et Le Plumier en bois</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2007/09/03/la-rentree-et-le-plumier-en-bois/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2007 15:22:49 +0000</pubDate>
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While Americans are lounging around this non-working Labor Day in the U.S., today the French are doing the opposite on what is called, La Rentrée, the big day where everyone &#8220;returns&#8221; to work or to school. It marks the end of all vacations. How sad.
In dedication to La Rentrée, I wanted to post about this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Perfect Your French by Playing Games and Puzzles</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2007/08/18/perfect-your-french-by-playing-games-and-puzzles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Aug 2007 10:53:43 +0000</pubDate>
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Amigo Software just released new French learning software for Mac and PC.From the site:
 &#8220;Learn French vocabulary using games and puzzles. Amigos French Puzzles includes over 2500 French words and expressions, divided into 75 categories and sub-categories for easy learning. Create unlimited fill in tests, crossword puzzles, word search puzzles and word games from these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>March 17 &#8211; 25 &#8211; Int&#8217;l Wildlife Film Festival &#8211; Albert, France</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2007/03/17/march-17-25-intl-wildlife-film-festival-albert-france/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2007/03/17/march-17-25-intl-wildlife-film-festival-albert-france/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Mar 2007 13:51:12 +0000</pubDate>
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The 17th Annual International Wildlife Film Festival begins tonight in Albert France, which is in the Somme Department (in the north of France, roughly between Paris and Lille, near Amiens). The festival features professional and amateur documentaries from all over the world that focus on the life of animals. Films are judged by a panel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>French students will get open-source software on USB keys</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2007/02/03/french-students-will-get-open-source-software-on-usb-keys/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Feb 2007 19:52:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[But will they actually use it or erase it then download and store games?  
~~~
 French authorities will give out 175,000 USB memory sticks loaded with open-source software to Parisian high-school students at the start of the next school year.
The sticks will give the students, aged 15 and 16, the freedom to access their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Well Do You Know The World Map?</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2006/12/10/how-well-do-you-know-the-world-map/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Dec 2006 06:32:42 +0000</pubDate>
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Do you know where the Kingdom of Lesotho is? Then, I think you&#8217;ll get a better score on this game than I did. It tests your knowledge of world geography. You will see a name of a country on the screen and you must locate it on the map (use the zoom in or out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Franco-American Conversations &#8211; American High School vs. French Lycée</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2006/08/22/franco-american-conversations-american-high-school-vs-french-lycee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Aug 2006 13:01:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems like the French lycée (high school) system is a no-nonsense educational entity in France and compared to the American public high school (at least  to the public high school I attended in California), let&#8217;s simply say that we might as well be talking apples and oranges. This is not to say one is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Employers in France: Overcoming Biases</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2006/07/27/employers-in-france-overcoming-biases/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2006/07/27/employers-in-france-overcoming-biases/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jul 2006 09:35:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The part-time temp employment agency, Adia, launched a very eye opening and much needed awareness campaign encouraging employers to set aside their biases against people with physical differences, and instead, to adopt a more tolerant, compassionate and intelligent attitude. I hope prospective employers will see these ads, learn from them, then act accordingly.

Click on photo [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cheap Tickets for Students and Faculty</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2006/07/26/cheap-tickets-for-students-faculty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jul 2006 07:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re a student, you can find flights to a number of destinations for mega cheap if you book with Student Universe. I just looked at this site and right now; you can find a roundtrip flight from New York to London for $205. LA to Paris is only $499. So cheap! How can you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jeux Mac&#8217;s New Kids Game: Recycle</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2006/07/05/jeux-macs-new-kids-game-recycle/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2006/07/05/jeux-macs-new-kids-game-recycle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jul 2006 09:33:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Awareness for environmental issues have never been more imperative. The subject is so vast, where do we begin? How do we instill the importance of &#8220;green living&#8221; early in our kids? How can we make it &#8220;stick&#8221; and not go in one ear and out the other? Playing games, is an effective way to instruct [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Earth Day</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2006/04/22/earth-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Apr 2006 09:30:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The devastating impact of global warming has already begun. Think of all the victims of Katrina, tsunami in Asia, increasing mosquito-borne diseases, droughts and other earth changes. Those events are directly related to the environment and greenhouse gases. How many times have you talked about how weird the weather has become where you live? Remember [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learn French &#8211; A Budget Version</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2006/04/21/learn-french-a-budget-version/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2006/04/21/learn-french-a-budget-version/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Apr 2006 10:05:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[









Inspired by Pretzelbug&#8217;s comments in yesterday&#8217;s post, here are some tips and links if you happen to find yourself wanting to get a crash course in French before coming to France, Belgium or other French-speaking countries.
Free Online Resources to Learn French &#8211; There are several internet sites that offer free online French courses you can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Road Safety Video from France: This Will Stop You in Your Tracks</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2006/04/12/this-will-stop-you-in-your-tracks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Apr 2006 18:42:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Sécurité Routière, France&#8217;s Department of Road Safety has just released a spot for television that is so shocking and traumatizing, it&#8217;ll leave you in tears.

During the last several years, France has been trying to reduce their embarrassing statistics regarding the amount of fatal automobile road accidents due to drunk driving and negligent driving such [...]]]></description>
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		<title>City Love and The Cities Game</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2006/04/11/city-love-and-the-cities-game/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Apr 2006 11:07:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Travel to 45 cities all crammed into one cityscape! Maybe that needs some rephrasing.
Are you a world traveler? Think you know your geography and history and related trivia? Are you certain about that because I vaguely recall you often cutting all your classes and going to the beach or to the mall or anywhere that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sidaction &#8211; Action Against AIDS in France &#8211; Dial 110</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2006/03/30/sidaction-action-against-aids-in-france-dial-110/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Mar 2006 19:50:26 +0000</pubDate>
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SIDA in French means AIDS.
Every year in France (March 31, April 1 &#038; 2), there&#8217;s a fund-raising event for AIDS awareness, prevention and assistance called, Sidaction organized by a not-for-profit organization with the same name. 
Their mission is to fight against AIDS and to improve the quality of life for the people touched by AIDS. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Napoleon Conquers Podcasting</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2006/02/10/napoleon-conquers-podcasting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2006 15:10:03 +0000</pubDate>
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remember the famous words of france&#8217;s emperor napoleon bonaparte?&#8221; ne te laves pas, j&#8217;arrive! (don&#8217;t wash, i&#8217;m coming!) ok, so he wrote that to josephine (and eiuw) but it works here. sort of? maybe not. anyway, napoleon is coming!
the podcasting network (tpn) has just released news that napoleon is taking on podcasting. in this podcasted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>French Blogger Garfieldd and Institutional Homophobia</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2006/01/20/french-blogger-garfieldd-and-institutional-homophobia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2006 21:53:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[buzzing on the french blogosphere lately: the story of a montpellier-based blogger named Garfieldd who blogged about his life as a closeted gay man. he was also a high school principal until some teachers at a neighboring school recognized him on his blog. he was then reported to the region&#8217;s education administration, who then launched [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In France: English that isn&#8217;t English</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2005/12/18/in-france-english-that-isnt-english/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2005 20:38:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ptinfrance</dc:creator>
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just as english uses french words incorrectly, (i.e., in the u.s., &#8220;rendez-vous&#8221; has more of a connotation of a tryst or a (romantic) date &#8211; in french, you can have a rendezvous with the dentist, a simple and innocent appointment) &#8211;  inversely the french will sometimes use english words incorrectly. i guess i shouldn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abbe Pierre Releases a CD</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2005/12/11/abbe-pierre-releases-a-cd/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2005 20:02:26 +0000</pubDate>
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founder of Emmaüs, 93 year old abbot pierre, (who recently released his book, my god why) has released a CD called, &#8220;avant de partir&#8221; (before leaving). on it he recites 14 short passages from the bible followed by the lord&#8217;s prayer. the &#8220;spiritual testament&#8221; is his recited voice with a background of music by french [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Black Paris &#8211; Tours and Courses</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2005/11/29/black-paris-tours-and-courses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angry B</dc:creator>
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&#8220;&#8230;the myth of color-blind France is complex and flawed.
Nonetheless, it has exercised a powerful attraction upon both
[B]lack Americans and the French themselves.&#8221; ~Tyler Stovall,  Paris Noir: African Americans in the City of Light
&#8220;In Paris, I lived in all parts of the city&#8211;on the Right Bank and the Left, among the bourgeoisie and among les [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Le Bac (French Diploma) Loves Some Jimi Hendrix</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2005/11/23/le-bac-french-diploma-loves-some-jimi-hendrix/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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a cool tidbit about exam questions for the french high school diploma (the bac) &#8211; via Yahoo and AFP:
&#8220;When France&#8217;s high school students sit next June for the exam that determines if they graduate, culture-and-arts majors will be quizzed on a song by 1960s drugs-and-love rock icon Jimi Hendrix, according to the education ministry&#8230;&#8221;
Read the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beaujolais Nouveau &#8211; November 17</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2005/11/17/beaujolais-nouveau-november-17/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ptinfrance</dc:creator>
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wine fanatics everywhere are probably already filled with beaujolais nouveau right now as i write this post! today is the official release of the beaujolais region&#8217;s (lyon to the south of burgundy) special wine (vin de primeur) made from gamay grapes and released the third thursday of november every year.
how is it different than other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CNN&#8217;s &#8220;Geography&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2005/11/09/cnns-geography/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ptinfrance</dc:creator>
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i often run into europeans who SWEAR that americans have no concept of GEOGRAPHY, not knowing where anything is. i usually try to defend that generalization to an extent stating that is overly exaggerated to declare such biases &#8211; but after seeing this &#8220;map&#8221; of &#8220;france&#8221; on CNN as was reported by french television 2, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>France to Erase History From its Textbooks?</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2005/10/21/france-to-erase-history-from-its-textbooks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2005/10/21/france-to-erase-history-from-its-textbooks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ptinfrance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[a law was passed in france to put a positive SPIN in textbooks related to its painful colonial past, making it mandatory to enshrine in textbooks the country&#8217;s &#8220;positive role&#8221; in its colonies.
do i hear revisionism? since when is colonialism POSITIVE?
[via France Orders Positive Spin on Colonialism]
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