Monday, 10 April 2017

New Owners Save The Ravenswood, 500-Year-Old East Grinstead Wedding Venue, From Developers


l to r: Tash Cronin, General Manager, Samantha Wordie, Weddings & Events Co-ordinator, Steve McArthur, outgoing owner, and directors Stuart Guy and Harrison Wood.

The Ravenswood had started to close down and plans were going ahead to convert the building into residential units, but East Grinstead-based Samantha Wordie of Samantha Wordie Photography and businessman Stuart Guy have now purchased the business and have saved the day.

East Grinstead, 10th April 2017 - The new owners of The Ravenswood Country House Inn, the beautiful wedding and event venue in Sharpthorne, near East Grinstead, have stopped the developers from moving in.

Steve McArthur who had successfully run and owned The Ravenswood and hosted hundreds of weddings since 1980, reluctantly decided it was time for him to retire. He passionately wanted his hotel to remain a wedding venue, but was forced to submit plans to convert the 500-year-old hotel into residential units in case he didn't find a buyer who was willing to keep The Ravenswood going as it was. Steve had, in fact, started to close the business down when, a few weeks ago, Samantha Wordie of Samantha Wordie Photography (someone very familiar with the world of weddings), noticed that The Ravenswood website was down while trying to find a wedding venue for a couple, and she called to find out why. She was told it was being sold, at which point she got in touch with her businessman friend, Stuart Guy, who got together with her and other friends to save The Ravenswood.

"Stuart and I had been looking for a venue to buy for a few years. When we found out The Ravenswood was being sold and possibly converted into apartments, we decided the place was too beautiful to be lost to developers and we got together to save it! It all happened by chance! I have many years of experience in the wedding business, and I have always wanted to run my own dream wedding venue. With all its character, charm and history, that's exactly what The Ravenswood is - not only for weddings but also for parties, conferences, concerts and all manner of other events. This is a dream come true for Stuart and me. We want people to know we're fully open for business and ready to take bookings right now!" says Samantha Wordie.

It's also business as usual for the Sunday Lunch & Live Jazz, which will still be held at The Ravenswood every Sunday from 12 Noon until 3pm as it always has been, and on Sunday 21st May 2017, 11am-3pm, The Ravenswood will be hosting a Wedding Fayre together with Empirical Events, the wedding show company.

The Ravenswood is indeed a unique property, set in 20 acres of beautiful lawns, gardens and lakes, with its 4 function rooms and 34 bedrooms, 6 of which have four-poster beds. The original part of the house was built in 1426 and over the years, it has had many interesting owners and occupiers, most notably Princess Beatrice, youngest daughter of Queen Victoria, as well as Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands.

For more information, please contact:

Samantha Wordie, Weddings & Events Co-ordinator
The Ravenswood Country House Inn 
Horsted Lane
Sharpthorne
West Sussex
RH19 4HY


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Tuesday, 6 September 2016

World’s First 24-Hour Going Supernova Facebook Live Marathon Explores the Limitless Nature of Human Potential


New audiobook serves up bite-size stories of legendary achievement to inspire the soul and ignite your passion and purpose!


LOS ANGELES - On Wednesday, September 7, 2016 at the stroke of midnight, the Going Supernova: The Bold Paths of 101 Superachievers audiobook will stream Facebook Live broadcasts for 24 hours to inspire the superachievers of tomorrow to reach for the stars and Go Supernova! The launch is scheduled to coincide with Labor Day Week to celebrate human achievement. Viewers can tune in and watch superachievers preview their stories, updating everyone on their latest achievements and sharing inspiration and shortcuts to success on how to boldly go where your own human potential may not have even dared to dream to go! Each superachiever will stream live on their own Facebook page with each video also being shared at: https://www.facebook.com/GoingSupernova

The marathon will kickoff with a special pre-show of Going Supernova author and mentorographer Molly Lavik streaming live interviews in the studio where the audio book was created on September 6th from 9:00 p.m. to midnight PDT at Plastic Dog Recording in Los Angeles, CA. The live streams will then continue throughout the entire day of September 7th with a list of the following superachievers scheduled to participate available by visiting:
http://www.mentorinsight.net/supernova-livestream-participants/

Molly says: "Please tweet this:
Get "Going Supernova Audiobook to accomplish your dreams and goals!" #GOSUPERNOVA http://www.audible.com/pd/Self-Development/Going-Supernova-Audiobook/B01KU8414C"
About Going Supernova: The Bold Paths of 101 Superachievers

Molly Lavik has curated the lessons and insights of 101+ superachievers in a collection of life stories that you, too, can use—no matter what your goal or past experience may be—to pave your own path to success, happiness, and self-fulfillment. She calls this concept Going Supernova, because it can help you, too, become one of the brightest stars in the universe!

One of the life stories (Chapter 112) is that of John Wood, social media expert and founder of WorldWidePR, entitled John Wood’s Story – From Loving Monty Python’s Flying Circus to Becoming its Number One Fan in the World.

Going Supernova: The Bold Paths of 101 Superachievers was recently released as an audiobook and is available from Audible, an Amazon company. To hear a sample and purchase the audiobook, go to: http://www.audible.com/pd/Self-Development/Going-Supernova-Audiobook/B01KU8414C

Going Supernova is also available for sale in both a printed and eBook format on Amazon (http://amzn.to/10SkLSs) and as a Nook book from Barnes and Noble (http://bit.ly/1w9N0Kv).

Mentor InSight, Inc. is a media and consulting company that provides guidance empowering superachievement by producing educational forums and tools for people to realize their full human potential.

Contacts
Mentor InSight, Inc.
Andy Pei, 626-539-4587
info@mentorinsight.net
www.mentorinsight.net
@GoSupernova
https://www.facebook.com/GoingSupernova

See also the official BusinessWire press release
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Thursday, 28 July 2016

FTM (Forget The Market) Reopens 3 Shares Options for a Limited Time. Aimed at Cautious Investors Looking for Consistent Performance and Profits



The investment fund took nine years of research and seven years of investor feedback to perfect, with essential lessons learned from each and every successful investment made.

Port Vila, Vanuatu, 28th July 2016 - Investment firm FTM today announced the reopening of three separate share options, projected to provide good yields suitable for those investors looking for consistent performance and profits. This is good news for cautious investors.

FTM has proven the value of solid experience and practical knowledge with more than 76 positive months of returns and NO negative months since inception, in March 2010.

History has shown that experience, in tandem with putting clients' needs first and ensuring capital preservation, counts for a great deal in financial circles. And the FTM management team have more than 60 years of financial industry experience between them.

FTM has demonstrated great resilience via more than 76 consecutive “NO LOSS” months, with a compound annualized rate of 8.74%. This consistently successful investment strategy dates back to 1997 and has been tried and tested throughout some of the worst market conditions, since the great depression.

FTM capital is secured at a rate of three (3) dollars of medical receivables for every one (1) dollar invested. These receivables are currently spread amongst 100 different insurance companies with a maximum of 10% tied to any one company. This “wise spread" strategy ensures the very safest environment for FTM clients.

At the recent FTM Share Issue Launch Event in London, Founder and Managing Director, Endre Dobozy, reminded his guests, “There is no such thing as easy fast money, given that Wall Street has lost over 45% of investors’ money, twice, over the past 13 years and that the average equity mutual fund investor has earned only 2.1% annually for the past 20 years." He concluded, “As of first half of 2016, Hedge Funds are up, on average, just 1.34%. Meanwhile FTM is up 3.73%, 4.93% and 7.98% in their respective share classes - and that is the proof of the pudding!”

The relaunched share options are the brainchild of FTM, a multiple Winner of the Best Fixed income fund offshore, with awards spanning from 2011–2016, and no less than eight prestigious wins to date (listed here http://FTMmutual.com/#abt_ftm).  That record of success speaks for itself.

Access to the FTM fund will be limited on a first-come basis up to US 3.5 million. Then it will be capped for around 2 years. Investors interested in knowing more should contact FTM via their website: http://FTMmutual.com/home/contact

About FTM

FTM is a dynamic investment product that places emphasis on capital preservation first and foremost, achieving consistent returns and maintaining low volatility. FTM succeeds by spreading investment risk between FX, Term Deposits and Capital Secured Investments. FTM’s performance is the result of their development of a more stable investment portfolio that provides ROI irrespective of market conditions. The predominant investment strategy used by FTM was born out of an opportunity created by inefficiencies of the US medical system.  Payment delays incurred by doctors, hospitals and medical practitioners in the treatment of personal injury cases had become overwhelmingly onerous. Since good cash flow is crucial to efficient operating costs, doctors, hospitals and medical practitioners are willing to accept less now, rather than waiting years for payment. This enables FTM to fund the purchase of discounted medical receivables and, by assuming the risk, generate a substantial return for clients.

Research and direct purchase of the receivables is done via Medical Accounts Receivables companies which act as a “money bridge” between insurance companies and medical patients. FTM behaves like a bank and loans money out for payment of medical procedures. It is heartening to know that while creating ROI for clients, many sick people are also being helped in the process.

FTM makes sense for all concerned.

For more information:

FTM: www.FTMmutual.com
Contact: Scobie Ryder: Kitaisshiki 6-20- 15 Gifu Japan 500-8227
E-mail: outflomedia@gmail.com
Tel: +81 907 0314360
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Tuesday, 5 July 2016

Does Corruption Prevail Within The Vanuatu Government?


Hard on the heels of a recent government scandal (9 October 2015), when 14 members of the Vanuatu Parliament, were sentenced to between three and four years’ jail for the crimes of corruption and bribery of officials; an even bigger scandal now threatens to reveal more corrupt business practises by ministers and senior officials, this time involving sums in excess of $2 million USD.

VRS, originator and exclusive Distributor of the Capital Investment Immigration Plan (CIIP) has lodged a lawsuit against the Vanuatu Government, alleging shady governmental dealings, perpetrated by a few self-serving Vanuatu government officials. (Sources say Chinese company PRG Consulting Limited is oiling the wheels!). This legal action involves: The Vanuatu Citizenship Commission, Immigration Department, the former Attorney General, The Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Prime Minister's Office (as the Minister responsible for Citizenship.)

This law-suit (Civil Action 1089 of 2015) alleges breach of contract, inducement to breach (including by means of acts that, in themselves break the law) and intentional damage with ramifications so severe, it could bankrupt the Vanuatu government, since the damages being sought by VRS could run into the hundreds of millions of dollars!

It’s not just VRS. Relying on its contract, VRS has appointed agents who have invested time, money and, worst of all, their personal reputations in promoting CIIP only to be told that, when they submit their cases, the government is not even willing to accept the hundreds and thousands, the millions of dollars that their clients wish to contribute to Vanuatu.

Do signed legally binding contracts mean nothing to the Vanuatu government? Can a nation that has had to appeal to foreigners for rehabilitation aid afford to refuse to accept business in a way that not only loses the intended revenue but exposes them to multi-million dollar lawsuits to boot?

Can Vanuatu survive losing its international business reputation, yet again?

Can they afford to be seen by the world as dishonest, unscrupulous and uncaring of the efforts and reputations of the network of people investing in promoting their interest?

Breach of contract is a very serious offence in any event; however when a legally binding agreement is deliberately broken at the hands of a few greedy politicians, threatening the future financial health of Vanuatu, it is time for crooked heads to roll.

If VRS succeeds in their court case, Vanuatu appears now to be in serious Jeopardy, because a few self-serving officials are destroying faith in the validity of binding government contracts. These individuals have defaced Vanuatu’s reputation, by blocking CIIP applications lodged by hard-working agents in good faith and closing the opportunity to generate viable income for much needed social improvements, that would benefit the people of Vanuatu.

It is truly despicable behaviour when men entrusted to do what is right for Vanuatu and its people, betray that trust through conspiracy and corruption. They must surely be named and publicly disgraced for their part in betraying Vanuatu, for personal gain!

This debacle will have massive financial ramifications; once again shaking the very foundations of the Vanuatu government. Corruption was said to be over and done with...

Far from it it seems. Where on earth and when will this end?

Surely there is NO room for government ministers driven by personal greed; blatantly abusing power, sinking into rampant bribery and corruption. Especially since Vanuatu is a country built on Christian principles, with a deep-rooted belief in justice, honesty and fairness.

Footnotes:

According to the above legal case and information provided by VRS to its agent network, the Capital Investment Immigration Plan (CIIP) was initially proposed and developed by Vanuatu Registry Services Limited, in late 2012. Vanuatu duly passed and enacted all necessary legislation and regulations, changing its constitution to recognise dual citizenship in December 2013 (gazetted in January 2014). The objective of CIIP is to create local jobs, stimulate the economy, help to keep the national budget balanced and to facilitate and attract overseas investors. CIIP is managed exclusively by VRS under a legal contract with the Vanuatu government and the funds raised are and have been applied strictly in accordance with the provisions of the law and contracts with the Government

For more information, please contact:

Dr  Louis Beaumont MD. (Retired)
18 Bloomfield Court
2 Brisbane Road
London
E10 5NY

drbeaumont35@gmail.com
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Friday, 15 April 2016

WWPR Press Release: Mark Roberts Motion Control Celebrates 50 Years of Innovative Robotics

This year MRMC celebrates its 50th anniversary

LONDON, UK, April 13, 2016 - Mark Roberts Motion Control, the award-winning manufacturer of cutting-edge solutions for motion control and broadcast robotics, celebrate their 50th anniversary this year!

MRMC designs, manufactures and assembles motion control rigs which have been used in hundreds of major blockbuster movies – Avengers, Skyfall, X-Men and Harry Potter to name but a few – as well as thousands of commercials. The company also creates pan-tilt and multi-axis robotic heads and controllers along with tracking technologies for multiple industries –Television, sports, security and surveillance. MRMC’s client list includes Boeing, Space-X, Sony, Nikon, Harris and many other blue chip companies.

Bolt CineBot – the fastest , high-speed camera robot in the world!
The robotics company had its humble beginnings 50 years ago, when in 1966, Australian born engineer, inventor and part time racing driver Mark Roberts set up a company servicing early rostrum camera systems, many of which were mostly manually controlled. He found that by using very early computers (analogue, then later digital) he could automate much of the process of using an animation stand and dramatically increase its speed and ease of use. He also developed new and better mechanics, which revolutionised the use of rostrums/animation stands, especially in TV stations – most of the major European TV stations ended up with Mark Roberts.

In 1977, with the release of Star Wars, the techniques of using motion control for special effects came to the world’s attention. From that point onward, Mark Roberts Film Services as it was then known, created better, larger and faster bespoke motion control rigs.

The company later changed its name to the current Mark Roberts Motion Control (MRMC), as it diversified in to other types of robotics – investing heavily in research of different types of automated image acquisition.

“We are proud to reach this 50-year milestone! While we are at the forefront of the market, we still retain the core values that put us on the map – providing robust robotics and systems that give our customers the tools they need to realise their creative visions.” - Assaff Rawner, Managing Director

MRMCs engineering prowess earned them an Academy Award for their Milo system. First built nearly 25 years ago, to date, not a single rig has ever been decommissioned.

MRMC will be starting their 50th anniversary celebrations at NAB, showing off its latest high-speed Cinebot arm together with new computer vision automation and wireless robotic solutions. There will also be some celebratory giveaways, so make sure you ask for your free 50th anniversary pocket ninja!

To read a little more about the history of Mark Roberts Motion Control visit http://www.mrmoco.com/mrmc-celebrates-its-50th-anniversary-2/ 

About Mark Roberts Motion Control

MRMC is the leading designer and manufacturer of motion control rigs and robotic camera systems. From live broadcast, film, television & product photography, to security, surveillance and education, MRMC creates a wide-range of standard or bespoke systems for multiple industries. www.mrmoco.com

For more information, please contact:

Dorian Culmer
+44 1342 838000
dorian@mrmoco.com
http://www.mrmoco.com


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Wednesday, 19 August 2015

The 24th Annual Saint Hill International Arts Festival 2015 - A Great Success!

The annual Classical Concert was performed this year, for the first time, outdoors in the grounds of Saint Hill Manor under a beautiful old Cedar tree.
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East Grinstead - From 2nd to 9th August 2015, Saint Hill Manor was host to a wide range of artists from many countries around the world during this year's Saint Hill International Arts Festival.

The week consisted of performances, an Arts Quiz and many different workshops on subjects including creativity by South African documentary maker Chris Dresser, film-making by local videographer Mark Gibson, writing by award-winning author Roger Ellory, drawing by local artist Jane Moore and how to make a living as an artist from a business management point of view by local businessman Tom Shuster.

Film-making by Mark Gibson. Photo: Jane Billing
RJ Ellory's talk on writing for a living. Photo: Vicky Ellory
Local artist Jane Moore. Photo: Jane Billing
Tom Shuster's talk on how to make a living as an artist. Photo: Jane Billing
Mike Ricketts is quizmaster for the Arts Quiz. Photo: John Wood
The Art Garden, which took place on Saturday 8th August, has become a Saint Hill Arts Festival favourite even though it is only its 2nd year running! The Art Garden was the invention of Neil Lemon and is coordinated by Angie Lemon. It had the highest number of artists participating in one day during the festival and this year, it included 25 artists from Mexico, Australia, Venezuela, Hungary, Holland and many local artists and painters. Many children enjoyed the facepainting and painting activities with Katy Newell while musicians entertained everyone all day long, and the Art Garden was attended by around 150 people.

Hungarian painter Judit Szabo with her paintings and those of Magdolna Szabo also. Photo: Angie Lemon
The ever-popular Art Garden. Photo: Jane Billing
The grand finale of the festival on Sunday 9th August was a performance of Schubert's Octet in F Major by The Blaze Ensemble of London. Since the weather on the day was so glorious, it was decided to hold the concert in the grounds beneath one of the magnificent Blue Cedar trees which made for a beautiful setting. The concert was well attended and guests included local dignitaries.

The Blaze Ensemble of London performing under the Cedar tree. Photo: Tabitha Hardy
Each year, Sheila Gaiman, the festival's Executive Producer, presents the Lifetime Achievement Award to an artist of great merit. This year, it was presented to bassoonist and director of The Blaze Ensemble of London, Tom Hardy. Tom has played with many of the UK's leading orchestras and ensembles including the English Chamber Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, and the Welsh National Opera.

Tom Hardy receiving his Lifetime Achievement Award from Sheila Gaiman. Photo: Jane Billing
"Thank you to everyone who attended this year's festival. Art, whichever form it might take, is inherent in all of us; it reaches and simulates our deepest emotions. L. Ron Hubbard, himself an exceptional artist in many fields, wrote in his book Science of Survival: "The elevation of a culture can be measured directly by the numbers of its people working in the field of aesthetics." We look forward to welcoming you to next year's festival, our 25th, which promises to be a very special quarter-of-a-century International celebration," said Sheila Gaiman.

About the Saint Hill International Arts Festival

The Saint Hill International Arts Festival was inspired by Scientology's founder, L. Ron Hubbard who stressed the importance of the role that art plays in society and he strongly encouraged artistic creativity in all its forms. The purpose of the Festival is to inspire artists into greater productivity. Saint Hill Manor was L. Ron Hubbard's family home from 1959-1967.

Contact details:

Festival management:
comm@arts-festival.org
www.arts-festival.org

Media relations:
John Wood
jw@worldwidepr.net
+44 777 152 0001
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Saturday, 11 April 2015

Unique Personal Account of the Liberation of Belsen Concentration Camp Marks its 70th Anniversary

Liberating Belsen Concentration Camp - A Personal Account
by (former) Lt-Colonel Leonard Berney R.A. T.D.

"Liberating Belsen Concentration Camp - A Personal Account by (former) Lt-Colonel Leonard Berney R.A. T.D." is the only book published that recounts the events that led up to the British Army’s uncovering of the Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp and its 60,000 prisoners, and their subsequent liberation.

Forewords by Nanette Blitz Konig, Belsen survivor and former classmate of Anne Frank, and Major-General Nicholas Eeles CBE, with the introduction by the Oscar®-nominated film director Joshua Oppenheimer.


London - In this first-hand memoir, former Lt-Colonel Leonard Berney captures the drama and horror encountered by the British Army, and recounts the heroic efforts by the liberating troops to provide food, medical care, housing, and rescue the thousands upon thousands of concentration camp survivors. 
On 15th April 1945, the then 25-year-old Leonard Berney (now 95 years old) was one of the officers of the advance party detailed to take over Belsen Concentration Camp from the Germans and one of the first of the liberators to go through its gates. 
"We drove the length of the camp and back; it was nearly half a mile long. Announcements were made in German and other languages that the British Army had arrived to take over the camp; the inmates were now safe but had to stay where they were. As we drove along the camp’s main road we saw dead bodies lying beside the road, and many hundreds of emaciated men and women prisoners still mostly behind barbed wire. 
"We saw many long wooden huts with corpses littering the ground between them. In open areas at the rear of the huts, more piles of corpses. At the end of the road, we saw a large open mass grave containing hundreds of corpses. The sights, the stench, the sheer horror of the place, were indescribable." 
"Then at the end of the road, we arrived at a large pit partly full of corpses, both men and women—there must have been several hundred."
This is the only book to be published that recounts:
  • the events that led up to the British Army’s uncovering of the Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp and its 60,000 prisoners
  • how the Army dealt with the unprecedented horror that existed in the camp
  • how the surviving prisoners were rescued
  • how the inmates were evacuated
  • how the Royal Army Medical Corps established the world’s largest hospital to care for the many thousands of sick and emaciated ex-inmates
  • how the survivors were rehabilitated and cared for
  • how they were repatriated to their own countries
  • why many thousand refused to return ‘home’ and 
  • the eventual establishment of the Belsen Displaced Persons camp, the largest DP camp in Germany. 
It includes a foreword by Belsen survivor Nanette Blitz Konig, a foreword by the General Officer Commanding Scotland and Chairman of the Royal Artillery Historical Trust, Major-General Nicholas Eeles CBE, and an introduction by Oscar®-nominated film director Joshua Oppenheimer whose work includes "The Act of Killing" and "The Look of Silence", both of which document the genocide that took place there during the Indonesian Killings of 1965-66.

Leonard Berney was a senior British Army officer who participated in the liberation of the Camp, who was in charge of evacuating the ex-prisoners to the vast Rehabilitation Camp that the Army set up, and who was then appointed as the Commandant of that Camp until its management was handed over to the United Nations, and who gave evidence against the SS guards at the Belsen War Crimes Trial.

Leonard Berney as a 2nd Lieutenant, aged 18 in 1939 before the outbreak of war.

Some responses to "Liberating Belsen Concentration Camp":


"I wept through much of your account of the liberation of Bergen-Belsen. Minutes after I reached the end, I felt the urge to start again from the beginning." 
Joshua Oppenheimer

"The importance of your historical observations are more relevant today than ever before. Thank you for devoting your energy and talent to the task."
Judy Sheindlin (Judge Judy)

About the Author

Leonard Berney was born in London in 1920. After leaving St Paul’s School, Hammersmith in 1938 he joined the Territorial Army as a Second Lieutenant. At the beginning of 1939 he and his Anti-Aircraft Regiment were mobilized for full-time military service in the defence of London. He took part countering The Blitz and the V1 flying bomb attacks. In August 1944 he was in Normandy as the Staff Officer, Anti-Aircraft Defence, of XIII Corps of the British 21st Army. This is his personal account of his experience of the Liberation of Belsen Concentration Camp and as the Commandant of the Displaced Persons camp that housed the survivors. Following his time at Belsen, he was appointed Military Governor of Schleswig-Holstein and was released from the army at the end of 1946, rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. He pursued a business career until he retired. Today, Leonard Berney is regularly asked to deliver lectures on the Liberation of Belsen, by groups such as Congregation Ner Tamid, Las Vegas and Greenwich University, London and he is often asked to take part in documentaries on the Holocaust such as Night Will Fall which was broadcast on television in twenty countries around the world to mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2015. Leonard now lives on the residential ship The World. In his 95th year when he wrote this book, he has to be one of the very few survivors of the liberators of the infamous Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp.

Leonard Berney today
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