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Koh Tao is a beautiful island located in the Gulf of Thailand, about 70 kilometers east of mainland Thailand. Part of an archipelago that also includes Koh Samui and Koh Phangan, the island is best known for its breathtaking natural beauty and diving and snorkeling opportunities. Koh Tao is known worldwide as one of the top destinations for divers. The island offers an abundance of diving schools and dive sites, ranging from shallow coral reefs to deep wrecks. The crystal clear waters and diverse marine biodiversity make it an ideal place to learn to dive or improve your diving skills. The island has several beautiful beaches with soft white sand and crystal clear water. These beaches offer excellent opportunities for sunbathing, swimming and relaxing. Koh Tao also has many opportunities for adventure activities such as hiking, rock climbing and kayaking. The island is covered in lush jungle and offers beautiful views from higher vantage points. Although Koh Tao is best known for its quiet and relaxing atmosphere, the island also has a vibrant nightlife. There are plenty of bars and restaurants where travelers can enjoy delicious food and drinks. Taatoh Seaview Resort is surrounded by tropical greenery on the eastern side of Chalok Baan Kao, situated in the southern part of Koh Tao.
Chalok Baan Kao Bay is an enchanting bay located on the south coast of Koh Tao, an island in the Gulf of Thailand. This bay is known for its beautiful beach, tranquil atmosphere, and crystal-clear water. The beach of Chalok Baan Kao is expansive and surrounded by lush green hills. The water is often calm and clear, making it an ideal spot for swimming and relaxation. Dive schools in the area offer courses and excursions for both beginners and advanced divers. Along the bay's shoreline, you'll find a variety of accommodations, ranging from simple bungalows to more luxurious resorts. There are also numerous restaurants and bars where you can enjoy the delicious local dishes. Chalok Baan Kao is renowned for its relaxed and friendly atmosphere, making it a popular choice for travelers seeking to avoid crowds and explore a quieter part of the island. In the vicinity, there are opportunities to explore viewpoints that offer panoramic views of the bay and the surrounding landscape.
Koh Tao is een prachtig eiland gelegen in de Golf van Thailand, ongeveer 70 kilometer ten oosten van het vasteland van Thailand. Het eiland maakt deel uit van een eilandengroep die ook Koh Samui en Koh Phangan omvat, en staat vooral bekend om zijn adembenemende natuurlijke schoonheid en de mogelijkheden voor duiken en snorkelen. Koh Tao staat wereldwijd bekend als een van de topbestemmingen voor duikers. Het eiland biedt een overvloed aan duikscholen en duiklocaties, variërend van ondiepe koraalriffen tot diepe wrakken. Het kristalheldere water en de diverse mariene biodiversiteit maken het een ideale plek om te leren duiken of om je duikvaardigheden te verbeteren. Het eiland heeft verschillende prachtige stranden met zacht wit zand en kristalhelder water. Deze stranden bieden uitstekende mogelijkheden om te zonnebaden, te zwemmen en te ontspannen. Chalok Baan Kao Bay is een betoverende baai gelegen aan de zuidkust van Koh Tao. Deze baai staat bekend om zijn prachtige strand, rustige sfeer en kristalhelder water. Het strand van Chalok Baan Kao is uitgestrekt en wordt omgeven door weelderige groene heuvels. Het water is vaak rustig en helder, waardoor het een ideale plek is om te zwemmen en te ontspannen. Duikscholen in de omgeving bieden cursussen en excursies voor zowel beginners als gevorderde duikers. Langs het strand van de baai vind je een verscheidenheid aan accommodaties, van eenvoudige bungalows tot meer luxe resorts. Er zijn ook tal van restaurants en bars waar je kunt genieten van heerlijke lokale gerechten. Chalok Baan Kao staat bekend om zijn ontspannen en vriendelijke sfeer. Het is een populaire keuze voor reizigers die de drukte willen vermijden en een rustiger deel van het eiland willen verkennen. In de omgeving zijn er mogelijkheden om uitzichtpunten te verkennen die een panoramisch zicht bieden op de baai en het omliggende landschap. Foto van het Taatoh Seaview Resort, omgeven door tropisch groen aan de oostkant van Chalok Baan Kao baai.
My beautiful wisteria is blooming again!
Wisteria is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae (Leguminosae), that includes ten species of woody twining vines that are native to China, Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Southern Canada, the Eastern United States, and north of Iran. They were later introduced to France, Germany and various other countries in Europe. Some species are popular ornamental plants.
“It is spring again. The earth is like a child that knows poems by heart.”
― Rainer Maria Rilke.
Los Angeles. California.
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Compatible with LeLutka EvoX, each tone includes:
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Wearing: LeLutka Briannon head, Judy skin Porcelain tone, Jade eyes, Doux hair Stealthic bangs.
Music is not in the notes, it is in the silences between them: Mozart
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La música no está en las notas, está en los silencios entre ellas:
Mozart
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San Miniato al Monte is a basilica in Florence, central Italy, standing atop one of the highest points in the city. It has been described as one of the finest Romanesque structures in Tuscany and one of the most scenic churches in Italy. There is an adjoining Olivetan monastery, seen to the right of the basilica when ascending the stairs.
St. Miniato or Minas was an Armenian prince serving in the Roman army under Emperor Decius. He was denounced as a Christian after becoming a hermit and was brought before the Emperor who was camped outside the gates of Florence. The Emperor ordered him to be thrown to beasts in the Amphitheatre where a panther was called upon him but refused to devour him. Beheaded in the presence of the Emperor, he is alleged to have picked up his head, crossed the Arno and walked up the hill of Mons Fiorentinus to his hermitage. A shrine was later erected at this spot and there was a chapel there by the 8th century. Construction of the present church was begun in 1013 by Bishop Alibrando and it was endowed by the Emperor Henry II. The adjoining monastery began as a Benedictine community, then passed to the Cluniacs and then in 1373 to the Olivetans, who still run it. The monks make famous liqueurs, honey and herbal teas, which they sell from a shop next to the church.
The interior exhibits the early feature of a choir raised on a platform above the large crypt. It has changed little since it was first built. The patterned pavement dates from 1207. The centre of the nave is dominated by the beautiful freestanding Cappella del Crocefisso (Chapel of the Crucifix), designed by Michelozzo in 1448. It originally housed the miraculous crucifix now in Santa Trìnita and is decorated with panels long thought to be painted by Agnolo Gaddi. The terracotta decoration of the vault is by Luca della Robbia.
The crypt is the oldest part of the church and the high altar supposedly contains the bones of St Minias himself (although there is evidence that these were removed to Metz before the church was even built). In the vaults are frescoes by Taddeo Gaddi.
The raised choir and presbytery contain a magnificent Romanesque pulpit and screen made in 1207. The apse is dominated by a great mosaic of Christ between the Virgin and St Minias on its vaulted ceiling dating from 1297; the same subject is depicted on the façade of the church and is probably by the same unknown artist. The crucifix above the high altar is attributed to Luca della Robbia. The sacristy is decorated with a great fresco cycle on the Life of St Benedict by Spinello Aretino (1387).
Hwy 149 is how you access this marvelous view, located between Lake City and Creede Colorado.
Looking to the WSW, South Clear creek runs as far as the eye can see into this valley. Down this valleyee one finds (more or less in order): Troutvale Reservoir, Brown Lakes, 3 separately named "Hermit" reservoirs, a Hermit Lake and in the far distance is Simpson Mtn (14 miles from the camera).
Were you to continue in the direction the camera is pointed past the Simpson mountain, a significant waypoint would be Shiprock NM. (SE of the 4 Corners area; a mere 111 miles further on.)
earth.google.com/web/search/Slumgullion+Pass,+Colorado/@3...
Whoever is happy will make others happy.
Anne Frank
The Diary of a Young Girl
Chi è felice renderà felici gli altri.
Anna Frank
Diario
Here is another shot with the super zoom lens showing off her curves. This female Northern Harrier let me get very close for these shots. Now I just need a photo of the males.
All is simple and restrained
until that rush exerted the strain
of the overborn wilderness -
collectively, what love pertained
Help is at hand, the heavens above,
a call from afar, my God -
the sky is the giddy limit
tonight abridged in an octave
Go, for heavens sake go
the cry soundbreaks the banks
of the overcautious valley
as we fly in hope for the morrow
from a salaciously sinking Sun
the given nod and the wink.
now fly in sleep for dreams set sail
embedded in the sky of passion
by anglia24
12h00: 30/03/07
© 2007anglia24
This is the same woman from my post So This is Love in case you missed the post. She is a Ukrainian now living in California with her husband and four young children. I was able to get some candid photos of them recently at a beach in La Jolla, Ca. I approached them afterwards and they shared their contact info with me. She was delighted to received several photos I took and has requested more! This scene is the Scripps Pier that I went that day to photograph when I came upon them.
513353 is a London Midland and Scottish Railway designed 12 ton unfitted Ventilated Goods Van, built at Wolverton Works in 1940 (Lot 1273), to diagram D2039 and is seen here in the yard at Swanwich, Midland Railway Centre, 25th January 2009.
This is a simple image of an Icelandic river, well of a part of it where the sediments of the glacial water leave impressive stains in the volcanic soil.
But this is also the cover image of a world gone mad. Of a world facing global warming. Of a world losing its morals and political turmoil. Of a world with segregation and racism. Of a world fighting a pandemic. Of a world, yet so beautiful and so precious, and the only one we have. Hope!
The first name that came into my mind for this image was ‘Sauron’ (in a 3x2 crop the bottom part resembled an iris, but ultimately I decided to simplify the composition and put more emphasis on the fire like upper part. Hence the name and reference to the legendary Billy Joel song.
By Kai Hornung
This is a panoramic drone photo of a haboob as it passed over the Franklin Mountains in El Paso, Texas. This haboob was generated by severe storms more than 100 miles to our east and it hit us with no warning. I just happened to spot it as it began to pour over the mountains and I was able to quickly get my drone airborne to capture the scene. We were blanketed by this dust cloud just a few minutes later.
LIMNI - ΛΙΜΝΗ (December 21, 2014)
Limni, on the island of Evia, is a small port, beach and tourist resort, which is beautiful the whole year round. It is located 80 km NW of Chalkida and about 150 km from Athens.
The island of Evia lies along the Eastern coast of Central Greece, and is accessible to the mainland via two bridges, an old wooden bridge and a contemporary suspension bridge. There are also frequent ferries to several parts of the island. It is 175 km long and is the second largest island in Greece, and the third largest in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Taken on the weekend of December 20-21, 2014 while my English wife Theresa Jane Brown and I were visiting friends.
Thanassis Fournarakos - Θανασης Φουρναρακος
Professional Photographer, retired.
Athens, Greece
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Just waiting for the toasted bread...
Bastian (mixed breed), 01.04.2017.
Olympus OMD EM5 Digital Camera
An old truck! Wow, I was blown away by the number of places we came across during our journey with old trucks and cars displayed. Of course, there is nothing like an old Holden or Ford from the 1980’s or 90’s or their “Ute” derivatives driving around in our country towns. Not that this is either! Even I know that.
This is a CN train running on CP's tracks in the directional running area of the Thompson/Fraser canyons. There was, of course, another engine on the head end of this train. In this photo you are looking at the unmanned tail end DPU.
“The music is not in the notes, but in the silence between.”
― Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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So as you can see My Deadpool is updated! The head is new, as I figured I would make his mask on a regular head to fit the scale of the other figures. I put the dots on the chest like they were in the movie, (zoom up on that) and the boots. As for the left eye, it is fixed now, but I don't feel like taking another photo (maybe later). I also outlined the black with a more vibrant black, making the suit look more... I dunno suit like. Finally I added some pouches, and other lines. I think I did really well on this updated figure.
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Here is another picture from Emily's senior photo session.
Oh and the trees and bench were really there out by the lake!
must view LARGE
Since my last post , I've been receiving tons of emails from people owning one or more cut heads, asking me how to better take care of them and make them happy. Well, I'm sorry I couldn't reply to everyone individually and I'm not an expert myself, but here are some basic rules to follow:
#1 conserve the head in a dry place away from direct sunlight (to avoid degradation)
#2 make sure the head always wears sunglasses (even if exposed only to artificial light)
#3 never feed the head (not even when it complains)
#4 make sure the head is heavily exposed to at least four hours of television and/or pop music on a daily basis (to avoid consciousness)
#5 hire someone metaphysical but funny to babysit the head on Saturday nights and take it out for a drink (but remember that the head must drink responsibly)
[This image shows you how to apply rules #2 and #5, if you guys want the full tutorial, just drop me a line. Hope that helps.]
for the Flickr Museum of Fine Art: some random reflections on clonation, a fascinating and disquieting theme
This, too, is a Valentine's Day trip a few years back. It was such a beautiful day, and surprisingly mild for February. Glad we were able to enjoy the beach for Valentine's! Hope you enjoy as well!
Cape Disappointment Coast Beach
Cape Disappointment State Park
Ilwaco, Washington
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81017 is approaching Nuneaton with a London bound parcels train, on the right 85011 is keeping the track free of snow.
81017 was built by Birmingham Railway Wagon and Carriage Company at Smethwick, it entered service as E3020 27/04/1961. It was withdrawn 15/07/1991 and scrapped at Cooper's Metals (Attercliffe) 03/01/1992
85011 was built at Doncaster Works as E3066, it entered service 17/04/1963. Under TOPS it was to become 85011 and in 11/10/1990 as an 85/1 85114. That career did not last as it was withdrawn 01/07/1991 and cut by M.C. Metals (Springburn) 01/02/1993
Copyright Geoff Dowling (29/12/1976): All rights reserved
This is not normally a highlight of the Mt Cook area. In fact it is often quickly walked past in the rush for Hooker Lake. But it actually has a beauty worth stopping for.
I gave this a B&W treatment because, to be blunt, it was the wrong time of day with some very harsh light. But it did bring out the rugged landscape mix of snow and boulders.
4 shot panorama.
This is my entry for the Macro Mondays theme of “My Favourite Novel (Fiction)”. The book I am representing is “Altered Carbon” by Richard Morgan. This is carbon in the form of a matchstick, altered by burning it.
Happy Macro Monday!
As it is monochrome, also including in my 100x project.
This image is dedicated to my friend Fjodor, a.n.a Polježičanin who is celebrating his thousandth upload and more than 500k views. Congratulations my dear friend, I’m wishing you all the best in the future.
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The Øresund Bridge connects Danish capital city of Copenhagen, and the major Swedish city of Malmö. This shot is taken from Swedish side.
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The Erechtheion (or Erechtheum) is an ancient Greek temple constructed on the acropolis of Athens between 421 and 406 BCE in the Golden Age of the city in order to house the ancient wooden cult statue of Athena and generally glorify the great city at the height of its power and influence. The Erechtheion has [a] prominent position above the city and [its]porch of six Caryatids, remains one of the most distinctive buildings from antiquity. [...].
The real stars of the Erechtheion are without doubt the Caryatids or korai as they were known to the ancient Greeks. [...]. Their clinging Doric clothes (peplos and himation) and intricately plaited hair are rendered in fine detail. Their bold stance and the firm set of the straight standing leg give the impression that the task of bearing the weight of the porch entablature and roof is effortless. Rather cleverly, the straight leg also creates folds in their clothing remarkably similar to the flutes on an ordinary Ionic column. [...].
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by Mark Cartwright (Ancient History Encyclopedia)
published on 03 December 2012
This species is a far northwestern North American breeder... mostly in Canada, but including our northern border states and Alaska. It passes through our lower western states only during its migratory excursions. This was my second sighting up here and I'm not that familiar with this species. The prior observation here was in 2017. I spotted both sexes this weekend. This may be a first-year bird... but the color differences of the females are very subtle and you likely need ideal lighting to make this distinction. Males tend to have darker head markings than this.
IMG_3770; Townsend's Warbler
İşte gidiyorum
Birşey demeden
Arkamı dönmeden
Şikayet etmeden
Hiçbirşey almadan
Birşey vermeden
Yol ayrılmış, görmeden gidiyorum...
" I tried to find what Order is. I was excited about it, and I wrote many, many words of what Order is. Every time I wrote something, I felt it wasn't quite enough. If I had covered, say, two thousand pages with just words of what Order is, I would not be satisfied with this statement. And then I stopped by not saying what it is, just saying, "Order is." And somehow I wasn't sure if was complete until I asked somebody, ad the person I asked said, "You must stop right there. It's marvelous; just stop there, saying, 'Order is.' "
John Lobell (Between Silence and Light)
Srinagar is a city in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region. It is the largest city and summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, which is an Indian-administered union territory. Wikipedia
For Freight Car Friday here's a then and now comparison. This is a look at some articulated double stack well cars entrained on Norfolk Southern train 264 (intermodal Park Manor Yard in Chicago to Ayer, MA) running as train Z264 on CSXT trackage rights seen crossing the ancient double stone arch bridge over the icy Quabog River at about MP 75.5 on modern day CSXT's Boston Subdivision, the once and forever Boston and Albany Railroad. This is the new routing for this service as described in the previous post and plainly illustrates one of the main reasons why....the ability to double stack containers, something that was precluded from happening on its traditional ex Boston and Maine routing because of restricted clearances inside the 4.75 mile long Hoosac Tunnel.
This train always features dozens of JB Hunt Containers as the Arkansas carrier has a partnership with Norfolk Southern and BNSF and is an anchor customer for this train. JB Hunt is the fourth largest trucking company in the US by revenue an began business in 1961 growing from 5 trucks to a fleet of 13,000. More importantly the company owns the largest fleet of privately owned containers in the US with over 100,000 and plans to grow to 150K!
This commitment to intermodal goes back to company founder Johnnie Bryan Hunt's landmark 1989 deal with then Santa Fe Railroad president Mike Haverty.
You can read more about that here:
www.jbhunt.com/blog/intermodal/35-years-intermodal-innova...
www.jbhunt.com/blog/enterprise/jb-hunt-difference#:~:text...
Mr. Hunt passed away two decades ago but I can't help but imagine he'd be pleased to see this train and the investment made by the railroad in support of their long standing partnership.
Warren, Massachusetts
Friday September 26, 2025
"Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer – and often the supreme disappointment." Ansel Adams
On the World Photography Day, this is my tribute to one of the best photographers of all time. A great inspiration for me.
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There is quite a difference in winter versus the warm months in observing the eating habits of pheasants. In the summer time unless you are out very early in the mornings or happen to catch them searching for bits of gravel to serve as grit to help their digestion, pheasants often are more hidden as they seek things to eat. They normally have a menu with more entries on it than they do during the winter.
The phrase “scratching out a living” goes all the way back to the 14th-15th centuries when in the older farming communities the farmers “scratched” the land using more primitive tools.
By the 18th-19th centuries, the use of the phrase gained uses beyond that of farming to include anyone who was barely making ends meet in their day to day struggle.
Jump ahead until today and the phrase applies to a broad spectrum of normally physically hard, low paying jobs or an unstable work life.
I grew up in an era when there were only a few government help agencies and can well remember my folks talking about people around them during the Depression and beyond who spent many years on community “poor farms”.
Poor farms were quite prevalent at one time in the US and folks who were unable to work due to age, disability or other factors were housed and fed in exchange for helping to produce food and maintain a farm. Local governments ran the farms as they were considered a cost-effective way to care for the needy rather than simply doling out monies to individuals.
It carried negative connotations for participants, particularly because they were labeled “inmates.”
Poor farms gradually petered out by the middle of last century with many in Minnesota closing in the 1930s due to government programs starting up such as Social Security in 1935 and the growing prevalence of nursing homes.
(Photographed near Cambridge, MN)
Polonnaruwa is home to a vast monkey population living among the impressively preserved ruins.
Ps : should I crop :p ?
Enjoy your sunday evening,
I am waiting for Dumazile, an approaching typhoon.
Levanzo is the smallest of the Egadi Islands in the Mediterranean Sea west of Sicily, Italy.The ancient name of the island was "Phorbantia" which is a sort of plants growing there.Levanzo is famous for the "Grotta del Genovese" with Neolithic cave paintings and Palaeolithic graffitoes.The only built up area, in which most of the population is concentrated, is located on the southern coast of the island in a bay called the "Cala Dogana" with its white houses to reject the light of the sun.
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Yes, I realise this topic has already been talked over many times on our humble photo gallery. This time however, we have another big developement in front of us.
The famous Polish ban on photography had not really been in power, no matter what any person said. You were fully permitted to photograph anything you want, as long as you were on public grounds, which is a reasonable idea. All is to change now though.
My first post in this "no photo" topic has been published on 6.02.2024, when the Polish Ministry of National Defence published a draft of the ordinance containing the description of a "Photography forbidden" sign, along with many other things. This ordinance is what is required for the photo ban to be implemented in practice, as per a law published all the way back in 2022. The draft remained all that, just a draft, up until... this very day, 3.04.2025. It is now a full-blown ordinance of the allmighty Minister himself.
The published version can be seen on the official government service Dziennik Ustaw - dziennikustaw.gov.pl/DU
The ordinance itself, numbered 432 can be seen here - dziennikustaw.gov.pl/DU/2025/432 - contains a PDF file with the ordinance and a graphical display of the sign.
From now on, any person responsible for the security of an object of critical infrastructure (whatever that means...) will be able to hang out these legal signs and there is nothing the poor citizen can do about this, even when standing on public grounds.
*The ordinance comes into effect 14 days after its publishing, you have time until the 17th of April. For real now.*
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Photo was taken in Knurów (Krywałd), the old sign is on a wall of a tiny explosives production facility.
Photo by Piotrek/Toprus
Yangon (formerly Rangoon) is the capital of the Yangon Region of Myanmar. Founded in the early 11th century by the Mon people, the city became the capital of the country under British rule following three Anglo-Burmese wars (1824-1826, 1852-1853, and 1885). It remained the capital after independence from the British was acheived in 1948. The capital was moved to Naypyidaw some 330 km (205 mi.) to the north in 2006.
The Shwedagon Pagoda is 112 m (367.5 ft.) tall and lies atop Singuttara Hill in Yangon. It is the most sacred Pagoda in Myanmar. In 2018, the pagoda was added to the UNESCO Tentative List of World Heritage Sites. The submission states: "According to legend, the Shwedagon Pagoda was constructed more than 2,600 years ago, which would make it the oldest Buddhist stupa in the world. Currently scholarly research by historians and archaeologists indicate that the pagoda was first built between the 6th and 10th centuries AD." and "According to local chronologies dating from the 14th century CE, the Shwedagon is believed to enshrine the bodily relics of the historical Buddha, Gautama, as well as artifactual relics purported by long tradition to be associated with the three other most recent previous Buddhas of our present era (kalpa). The enshrined relics include: eight strands of hair from the head of Gautama Buddha, as well as a piece of the robe believed to have belonged to Kassapa Buddha, a water filter attributed to Konagamana Buddha, and the staff of Kakusandha Buddha." The crown at the top of the stupa is decorated with 5,448 diamonds and 2,317 rubies. A 76-carat diamond is set at the highest point of the stupa.
"It is a curious fact, and one to which no-one knows quite how much importance to attach, that something like 85 percent of all known worlds in the Galaxy, be they primitive or highly advanced, have invented a drink called jynnan tonyx, or gee-N'N-T'N-ix, or jinond-o-nicks, or any one of a thousand variations on this phonetic theme."
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