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		<title>Fiestas, festivals and events in the Philippines</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:22:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Filipinos celebrate many fiestas throughout the year. Every city, town, barangay and subdivision has its own fiesta. Filipinos are happy people and they like to celebrate something. For that reason they celebrate every occasion with smaller or bigger fiestas. Many of these fiestas are worth seeing because of the beautiful costumes, nice decorated floats and good local food and handicraft you will find there. Expat in the Philippines tries to make a list of the most important and most worthy to watch fiestas and festivals and events in the Philippines. Check the Fiesta Calendar Share and Enjoy<hr /><h2>Related posts:</h2><ul><li><a href="http://www.expatinthephilippines.com/calendar/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Festival Calendar">Festival Calendar</a><br />this section (and the underlying pages) is still under construction
Philippine festivals and events
Many people from around the world visit the Philippines to witness the many festivities that are being celebrated and the way how Filipinos celebrate a fiesta. These festivals</li><li><a href="http://www.expatinthephilippines.com/links/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: lots of links">lots of links</a><br />On this page you will find a lot of useful links. For your conveniance I have made them in catergories.

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If you know of other useful links, please let me know through the</li><li><a href="http://www.expatinthephilippines.com/calendar/january/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: January">January</a><br />STO. NIÑO FESTIVAL
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		<title>The 37th International Bamboo Organ Festival</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:04:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For lovers of nice and calm music there is the 37th INTERNATIONAL BAMBOO ORGAN FESTIVAL to be held at ST. JOSEPH CHURCH, in LAS PI&#209;AS CITY, February 23 to 29, 2011 at 8:00PM St Joseph Church has one of the finest organs in the world and almost all parts of the organ are made of bamboo which gives the organ a specific sound and makes the organ unique in the world. Read more about this organ at the Wikipedia page: bamboo organ St Joseph Every year in February a series of concerts are given with the organ as centerpiece. For this year 2012 the following concerts are prepared: CONCERTATE Music for Double Choir Thursday, 23 February Gala Concert (Invitational) Friday, 24 February (Repeat Concert) The 37th International Bamboo Organ Festival, celebrates the 400th death anniversary of Giovanni Gabrieli. He was an important Italian composer who popularized the &#8220;concertate&#8221; style, literally, the competition between two or more instrumental groups, what we now call: a concerto. His music will be featured in a setting similar to the practice in Venice: two, three or four ensembles (choral or instrumental) facing each other. Among the works to be performed are his &#8220;Omnes Gentes&#8221; ,&#8221;Plaudite&#8221; [...]<hr /><h2>Related posts:</h2><ul><li><a href="http://www.expatinthephilippines.com/calendar/february/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: February">February</a><br />NATIONAL ARTS MONTH
Whole month of February / Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila and elsewhere in the Philippines.
A tribute to the talent and creativity of the Filipino artists, highlights world-renowned Filipino masters, as well as the new generations influencing the</li><li><a href="http://www.expatinthephilippines.com/calendar/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Festival Calendar">Festival Calendar</a><br />this section (and the underlying pages) is still under construction
Philippine festivals and events
Many people from around the world visit the Philippines to witness the many festivities that are being celebrated and the way how Filipinos celebrate a fiesta. These festivals</li><li><a href="http://www.expatinthephilippines.com/emergency-situation-bulacan-and-pampanga/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: emergency situation Bulacan and Pampanga">emergency situation Bulacan and Pampanga</a><br />More than a week ago two typhoons hit the Philippines again and only a few days was in between them. First it wat Pedring followed by Quiel. The names are the Filipino names given to typhoons entering the Philippine Area</li></ul><hr /><small>Copyright &#169; ExpatInThePhilippines.com 2010<br /> <font color=#000000>&#171;PLEASE&#160;NOTE:&#160;&#160;You&#160;may&#160;be&#160;reading&#160;stolen&#160;content.&#160;Please&#160;visit&#160;the&#160;<a href="http://expatinthephilippines.com">author&#39;s site</a>&#160;to&#160;read&#160;the&#160;original,&#160;copyrighted&#160;material,&#160;and&#160;find&#160;even&#160;more&#160;great&#160;related&#160;content.&#187;</font><br />
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		<title>3rd Philippine International PyroMusical Competition</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:36:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you are a lover of beautiful firework displays (like me), and you live in the Manila area, now there&#8217;s a chance to see The 3rd Philippine International PyroMusical Competition. It will be held at the Bayside, behind the Mall of Asia Complex at Pasay City in 12 shows spread over 6 Saturday nights in February and March of 2012. According to the organisation the first show will start at 7 PM, but like last year Filipino time will probably be involved so it might be later. Every night there are two shows of each around 20 minutes. The organisation is done by Platinum Fireworks, Inc. At SM Mall Of Asia, the sea and sky meet for the most breath-taking display of explosive colours and electrifying music, the world has ever seen! Manufacturers from all over the world are participating. SCHEDULE 11 Feb 2012 – South Korea and Malta 18 Feb 2012 – United Kingdom and Spain 25 Feb 2012 – Finland and Portugal 03 Mar 2012 – China and The Netherlands 10 Mar 2012 – Australia and Canada 17 Mar 2012 – Italy and Philippines Get ready for the Brightest show on earth … starts at 7:00 PM For [...]<hr /><h2>Related posts:</h2><ul><li><a href="http://www.expatinthephilippines.com/emergency-situation-bulacan-and-pampanga/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: emergency situation Bulacan and Pampanga">emergency situation Bulacan and Pampanga</a><br />More than a week ago two typhoons hit the Philippines again and only a few days was in between them. First it wat Pedring followed by Quiel. The names are the Filipino names given to typhoons entering the Philippine Area</li><li><a href="http://www.expatinthephilippines.com/the-37th-international-bamboo-organ-festival/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: The 37th International Bamboo Organ Festival">The 37th International Bamboo Organ Festival</a><br />For lovers of nice and calm music there is the 37th INTERNATIONAL BAMBOO ORGAN FESTIVAL to be held at ST. JOSEPH CHURCH, in LAS PI&#209;AS CITY, February 23 to 29, 2011 at 8:00PM

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		<title>license plates in the Philippines, follow-up</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:19:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes Filipinos are strange people. They are proud to be a Filipino, but like to live abroad. They do not like their country called a Third World Country, but keep on throwing garbage in the streets and pee everywhere. They love their country a lot, but hate products manufactured in the Philippines. If they own a car they like the car to have a foreign look, as if they bought it abroad, as if it was imported! For that reason some clever business people have imported used European License plates, most of them temporary plates, to sell them to Filipino car owners for high prices. Those plates are placed behind the Filipino license plate so only a small part is visible. When you are on the road you must have noticed these double plates on cars. In two earlier posts I wrote already about it and showed you the pictures of those plates which are available in stores and markets. See: my first post about license plates and the follow-up post. Just a few days ago I was in a hardware store, Handyman this time, and suddenly I saw these brand new fake license plates probably produced in the Philippines [...]<hr /><h2>Related posts:</h2><ul><li><a href="http://www.expatinthephilippines.com/license-plates-in-the-philippines/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: license plates in the Philippines">license plates in the Philippines</a><br />
When you drive your own car in the Philippines, but also when someone visits this country, you might notice that several cars have double license plates. Usually a foreign plate and a local plate on top.
Having something IMPORTED is very</li><li><a href="http://www.expatinthephilippines.com/something-imported/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: something imported">something imported</a><br />Filipinos in general like to possess things if they are imported. They do not like to buy their local products, especially if it concerns durable goods, perfumes and clothing.
When someone visits family or friends the Philippines from abroad they are</li><li><a href="http://www.expatinthephilippines.com/uvvrp-or-color-coding-in-manila-ncr-philippines/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: UVVRP or color coding in Manila NCR Philippines">UVVRP or color coding in Manila NCR Philippines</a><br />There are 16 cities and municipalities in the National Capital Region (formerly known as Metro Manila). The MMDA has made rules to lesser the volume of traffic in the streets and these rules are under the UVVRP program of the</li></ul><hr /><small>Copyright &#169; ExpatInThePhilippines.com 2010<br /> <font color=#000000>&#171;PLEASE&#160;NOTE:&#160;&#160;You&#160;may&#160;be&#160;reading&#160;stolen&#160;content.&#160;Please&#160;visit&#160;the&#160;<a href="http://expatinthephilippines.com">author&#39;s site</a>&#160;to&#160;read&#160;the&#160;original,&#160;copyrighted&#160;material,&#160;and&#160;find&#160;even&#160;more&#160;great&#160;related&#160;content.&#187;</font><br />
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		<title>abbreviations in the Philippines</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:08:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The use of abbreviations in the Philippines is very common. They are used for practicaly everything with a little longer name or sentence, just like everywhere in the world. I have the impression that Filipinos are using abbreviations more than elsewhere in the world, but that&#8217;s just my opinion. Official offices have such abbreviations where non-English foreigners like this Expat in the Philippines (yours truly) sometimes are puzzled what the meaning is. They are even used on TV and in newspapers without further explanation. A few examples: &#160; DOJ &#160;Department of Justice DepEd Department of Education MOA &#160; Mall of Asia (one of the the largest malls in the world, located in Pasay, and has 780 shops + 300 dining establishments, several cinemas, bowling lanes, amusement centers, department store, super-supermarket and more) GMA &#160;Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (the former president), but GMA is also a TV network GenSan &#160; &#160;General Santos City NCR &#160;National Capital Region (the former Metro Manila) and a very nice one: &#160;Luzviminda. This Abbreviation is used &#160;to name the three largest regions in the Philippines: &#160; LUzon VIsayas &#160;MINDAnao, &#160;but I know that many women in the Philippines also carry the same name If you have abbreviations [...]<hr /><h2>Related posts:</h2><ul><li><a href="http://www.expatinthephilippines.com/how-filipinos-are-my-point-of-view-part-3/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: How Filipinos are (my point of view) part 3">How Filipinos are (my point of view) part 3</a><br />In my first post about this subject I told you already about several things, typical Filipino. My second post gives more of these typical Filipino things.

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Aggressive Movements and Pointing
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		<title>musician&#8217;s property</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 06:57:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I was visiting a subdivision to see if there was a nice house to buy when I spotted a remarkable fence around an open lot. The metal structure on top of the wall was formed in musical script with many notes and musical symbols. The owner of the lot must love music a lot or be a musician I suppose. No house was build yet, just the fencing was made so far and already a few years old seen the state it was in. If the music can be played I do not know, maybe someone from my readers can try and tell us. But I think it&#8217;s all just fantasy notes. Share and Enjoy<hr /><h2>Related posts:</h2><ul><li><a href="http://www.expatinthephilippines.com/buying-property-headaches/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: buying property headaches">buying property headaches</a><br />[caption id="attachment_3703" align="alignleft" width="250" caption="house for sale"][/caption]

When Flor and I moved to the Philippines in 2008 we decided to rent for some time and see if and where we were going to buy a property to live. We decided to</li><li><a href="http://www.expatinthephilippines.com/art-in-the-philippines/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: art in the Philippines">art in the Philippines</a><br />When it comes to artists in the Philippines, there are a lot. Painters, musicians sculpturers and many more.
When I was surfing the internet I found something strange. At least for Filipinos. The artist: Kiri Dalena expresses herself by creating beautiful</li><li><a href="http://www.expatinthephilippines.com/buying-real-estate-tips/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: buying real estate tips">buying real estate tips</a><br />On several sites on internet I have found a lot of tips and other useful stuff what you need to know if you like to buy a property in the Philippines. I have collected them and put them all together</li></ul><hr /><small>Copyright &#169; ExpatInThePhilippines.com 2010<br /> <font color=#000000>&#171;PLEASE&#160;NOTE:&#160;&#160;You&#160;may&#160;be&#160;reading&#160;stolen&#160;content.&#160;Please&#160;visit&#160;the&#160;<a href="http://expatinthephilippines.com">author&#39;s site</a>&#160;to&#160;read&#160;the&#160;original,&#160;copyrighted&#160;material,&#160;and&#160;find&#160;even&#160;more&#160;great&#160;related&#160;content.&#187;</font><br />
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		<title>Chinese New Year 2012, year of the Dragon</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:59:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[January 23, 2012 is Chinese New Year. Many countries with Chinese communities celebrate this festivity. One of the TV channels is broadcasting a live event from Querino Grandstand and takes whole evening with a countdown to midnight. The Philippines has a large Chinese Community, and several large stores and chains are owned by Chinese. Those stores are lavishly decorated with red lanterns and golden accents. They sell lots of smaller and larger decoration items. One of the many examples is SM, owned by a Chinese descendant Henry Sy. All SM malls and stores are decorated for this yearly event, or should I say happening because it really is a happening when you see dragon and lion dance groups enter these premises. With lots of drums (noise) they dance through the stores and malls trying to get all the red envelopes put there by the owners. In those envelopes there’s money. Donating money to the Lions and Dragons brings luck and good business for the stores. Today January 22 and the coming days you will see these groups all over the country visiting malls and shops to enforce luck for the stores they are going to. KUNG HEI FAT CHOI !! [...]<hr /><h2>Related posts:</h2><ul><li><a href="http://www.expatinthephilippines.com/happy-new-year/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Happy New Year">Happy New Year</a><br />Expat in the Philippineswould like to wish all visitors&#160;
A Very Happy, Prosperous, Healthy and successful 2012&#160;click here for the fireworks 
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The Filipinos celebrate many fiestas throughout the year. Every city, town, barangay and subdivision has its own fiesta. Filipinos are happy people and they like to celebrate something. For that reason they celebrate every occasion with smaller or bigger fiestas.
Many</li><li><a href="http://www.expatinthephilippines.com/flowers-having-funny-faces/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Flowers having funny faces">Flowers having funny faces</a><br />Some flowers and orchids sometimes have funny faces or other images in them. Do you see a young lady here, or something else?

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		<title>Manila, Toughest Place to be a Bus Driver</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:13:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you read my post More fun in the Philippines ? This story is not part of that, but in a way it has to do with it. The following story I found on the Internet. By Patrick Camara Ropeta, ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau, Posted at 02/26/2011 Toughest Place to be a&#8230; Bus Driver?, this part of a BBC series exploring difficult working conditions around the world, has chosen Manila as the toughest place for drivers due to appalling road conditions in the city. The documentary followed the experience of John West, a British bus driver from London who spent a week in Manila to try his luck as a jeepney driver. &#8220;I know about Imelda Marcos and the shoes, but not much beyond that&#8221; he said. &#8220;It wasn&#8217;t what I was expecting at all.&#8221; The filmmakers revealed dangerous driving conditions in Manila, exposing lack of discipline by local drivers, lack of coherent traffic rules, lack of health and safety regulations, and chronic road congestion. The documentary is extraordinarily factual and we have high praises for the truths and realities presented,? enthused May Altarejos-Cueva from Project CARES, a Philippine initiative promoting road safety. ?We are happy that there is a [...]<hr /><h2>Related posts:</h2><ul><li><a href="http://www.expatinthephilippines.com/taxi-in-the-philippines/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: taxi in the Philippines">taxi in the Philippines</a><br />Writing about taxi's in the Philippines is not an easy task. There are different taxi's all with their own specialties.
When someone arrives at Manila International Airport there are the completely yellow painted taxi's. These are the official airport taxi's, they</li><li><a href="http://www.expatinthephilippines.com/return-or-comeback/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: return or comeback">return or comeback</a><br />If the right word to use is 'return' or 'comeback' I don't know. Fact is that we have returned from Bicol where we have spend some time to celebrate my father-in-law's 96th birthday. We have come back to Manila a</li><li><a href="http://www.expatinthephilippines.com/driving-in-the-philippines-2/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: driving in the Philippines #2">driving in the Philippines #2</a><br />Driving in the Philippines is difficult because of the fact that traffic rules and signs are merely suggestions than rules. Almost nobody is following them. This also goes for motorcycles. I wrote something on driving in manila already before, check it</li></ul><hr /><small>Copyright &#169; ExpatInThePhilippines.com 2010<br /> <font color=#000000>&#171;PLEASE&#160;NOTE:&#160;&#160;You&#160;may&#160;be&#160;reading&#160;stolen&#160;content.&#160;Please&#160;visit&#160;the&#160;<a href="http://expatinthephilippines.com">author&#39;s site</a>&#160;to&#160;read&#160;the&#160;original,&#160;copyrighted&#160;material,&#160;and&#160;find&#160;even&#160;more&#160;great&#160;related&#160;content.&#187;</font><br />
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		<title>Best Husband in the World</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 02:49:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It doesn&#8217;t happen every day that I am proud to tell you something about myself. But today I am happy to announce that I am nominated, together with a few million others, to be the next &#8220;Best Husband in the World&#8220;. Do not ask me how I know this, but a special friend of mine send me already a picture of the medal for the final winner and it comes with a certificate issued by this company Best Husband certificate I only wonder how I get nominated because I am not really behave as such: I fart, I burp, I smoke too much, I spend too much time at my computer, do not bring my wife always where she wants, get up late every day, do not wash dishes and more like that. But I am still proud of the nomination!! Share and Enjoy<hr /><h2>Related posts:</h2><ul><li><a href="http://www.expatinthephilippines.com/doomsday-postponed/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: doomsday postponed">doomsday postponed</a><br />[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="350" caption="Harold Camping"][/caption]It is May 24 today and we are still alive, nothing happend May 21.
According to the 'prophet' it is due to an error in his calculations that nothing serious happend a few days ago.
It will</li><li><a href="http://www.expatinthephilippines.com/birthday-celebration-in-pioduran-2/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: birthday celebration in Pioduran #2">birthday celebration in Pioduran #2</a><br />During the afternoon and evening we had contact with some nieces who are living in Holland through Yahoo Messenger. In this way they had the feeling that they were included in the party too.
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		<title>screw it in the Philippines</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 04:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I first saw the name of this store in the Philippines I started to laugh at the ingenuity of Filipinos to find a name for their business. I wrote already a few times about this name giving thing in the Philippines. Remember Mang Donald for newly opened fast food restaurant? See the Mang Donald post, or the Brad Pitt name use, or Copyrights a farce?. But it is not always copying names. Filipinos also invent sometimes funny names for their businesses. Along Tuazon Ave in Cubao you can find this hardware store selling all kinds of screws, bolts and nuts. If they do other things than selling screws I do not know. Share and Enjoy<hr /><h2>Related posts:</h2><ul><li><a href="http://www.expatinthephilippines.com/funny-and-remarkable-advertizing-signs-in-the-philippines/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: funny and remarkable advertizing signs in the Philippines">funny and remarkable advertizing signs in the Philippines</a><br />In the Philippines, shop owners and private persons, but also the authorities are advertizing to the public, just like in other countries. In the Philippines however you can find funny or not necessary signs along the street, on light posts</li></ul><hr /><small>Copyright &#169; ExpatInThePhilippines.com 2010<br /> <font color=#000000>&#171;PLEASE&#160;NOTE:&#160;&#160;You&#160;may&#160;be&#160;reading&#160;stolen&#160;content.&#160;Please&#160;visit&#160;the&#160;<a href="http://expatinthephilippines.com">author&#39;s site</a>&#160;to&#160;read&#160;the&#160;original,&#160;copyrighted&#160;material,&#160;and&#160;find&#160;even&#160;more&#160;great&#160;related&#160;content.&#187;</font><br />
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