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..DISH OF THE WEEK with marcia morris For the marinade
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......... BARBECUED
BUTTERFLY LEG OF LAMB
with George Alpe v
IN the 2003 Guild of Q Butchers National Bar
becue Championships, held at the Royal Show-
ground, " Stoneleigh,- Warwickshire, propri etor of Alpe’s Butchers Mr George Alpe and his manager, Mr Duncan Smith, won the cup for, second reserve champi onship in the team com petition.
_ Mr Alpe has been run-' ning the butcher's shop in
Barbecue Association, which ran the competi tion, obviously took a lik ing to the pair’s Double Barrel Cannon of lamb and Porky Pine Steaks. In November, Alpe’s
Shawbridge Street, Clitheroe, for more than 10 years and he said: “We are very pleased with the achievement. We were up; against the best in the country”. . The judge for the World.
: Bolton,; in the. Norths., .West Product-Award, for:' their> traditiohab-porkS
sausages, together, with’a' silver medal at the Robin -
i Hood Competition,<heldf
become a great •favourite! with local shoppers,whoS want advice and a friend-' ly chat while buying their:- meat. All the m e at sourced:locally and is ' hung to mature for. taste > and tenderness. Now tha t summer is ;
by George’s father/ Mr Michael Alpe, in 1978 has;
eight full-time staff will be on hand to advise you on your needs for a barbe cue with such delights a s ; their own sausages, burg ers, kebabs, Chinese ribs,1 pork snizzles and tasty chops and steak and for this recipe for a butterfly leg of lamb. Ingredients
almost with iw,'it is time to dust off the barbecue*' and get those husbands' practising
their.grillirig/ techniques. If you call at Alpe’s, the
received a gold award'at the Reebok Stadium,'
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Organic growers know how
eldest son to Alsace, one of the most beautiful wine producing regions in the world, and home to some of the world’s loveliest and finest wines. We were there to visit two brilliant and exciting growers.
HOW do you stop snakes infesting your vineyard? That is one of the many problems faced by organic wine producers. Last week I took my
some of his 20 hectares of vineyards, there -he explained how they man aged the soil, which is where the work to produce fine wine is done. This is classic Riesling country, but the Pinot
Mystique The Horseshoe, Blackpool P lea su re Beach May to November
Vere is the acknowledged master of the mysterious. He makes people disappear - and whatever the audi ence do, they fail to discov er just how. This year's show is no exception. Pol ished and professional to the core, from the opening dance routines to comedian Tom Bright's "Andy Pandy" take-off, not for getting the sensuous sounds of singers Krystal Cooper and Gemma For- shaw, Mystique is captivat
from the top of Downham, through its lanes and along the main street, including points of historical interest along the way. During the past two
years Mrs Wrigley has rewritten the booklet, added photographs, sketches and pictures from old postcards, and improved the map. She said: “I have given
in Clitheroe, she used to Downham and Twiston
it a complete ‘makeover’.” Although she now lives
THIS is one of Mozart’s most entertain ing operas and Tim Supple’s direction of this Opera North production brings out much of the humour. I t is an opportunity for Matthew
Duffy, whose work I have long admired, is witty and appropriately contemporary, and raises issues of gender and racial
Sharp, as Papageno, the hapless bird- catcher drawn into the quest of Tamino (Phillipe Do) to rescue Pamina (Thora Einarsdottir), to display not only his voice, but also his clever comic acting. The translation by poet Carol Ann
comedy with the more serious aspects of the quest for knowledge and love and the conflict between light and darkness and
stereotyping in a way I did not expect to consider in opera. The staging is clever and contrasts the
Walk Around Downham and was written by Mrs Elizabeth Wrigley, who described the original as a historic walk through vari ous parts of the village. This took the reader
A BOOKLET produced five years ago has been completely updated by its Clitheroe author. The new book is called A
THIS fast-moving show is Blackpool in a nutshelll High-kicking dancers, fab ulous costumes, Northern comedy and lots of "did he really do that?" Illusionist Richard De
pool's only dine theatre bar and, with three perfor mances daily, even the staff have to be on their toes to cope with the hundreds who are passionate about Mystique.
ing. And, of course, there is always Schnorbitzl The canine heavyweight makes several appearances on stage, adding that extra special dimension. The Horseshoe is Black
too. Amanda Thompson,, daughter of .managing- director Geoffrey Thomp son, who first conceived
There is a family touch
than 15 shows a year, she won the Michael Elliott Award for Director of the Year in 2002. Show tickets: 0870 444
5588 Elizabeth updates her village book
this show, produces and directs it. Now producing more,
lage of Hunawins was Christophe Mittnacht- from the Domaine of the same name, whose vine yards are 100% bio dynamic, the strictest way to produce organic fruit. First we were shown
The first in the small vil
£6.59 is a very easy drink ing, soft, dry white, lovely to drink on its own of all the Rieslings we tried. His basic wine at £7.89 is quite a bargain my favourite was from the “Muhlforst” vine yard which was a very clean, pure dry wine per fect with freshwater fish.
Blanc, Tokay and Gewurz- traminer all had quite a wonderful expression of pure fruit. 2001 PINOT BLANC at
the air, this disorientates the male and he. does not
High kicks and Northern comedy
word for small worm-like things which get into the grapes. The eggs of these are laid on the grape by a butterfly and then fer tilised at a later time by the male. By hanging a small capsule on the wires a hor mone is slowly released into
the road to the village of Lguisheim which looked like something straight from a Hans Christian Anderson book to visit Domaine Bruno Sorg. Here the wines are quite differ ent, being richer and con centrated wines in Alsace of all his wines. I thought his exotic Tokay Pinot Gris and particularly the GEWURZTROMINER at £8.79 a very big wine , spicy, rich and complex. The perfect wine with Ori ental food, but it goes very well with cheese. Snakes, this is a local
We then took off down
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Weekendpius
what’s on in the Ribble Valley compiled by Marcia Morris
All entries for inclusion to be on a listings form, available from the Tourist Information Centre in Market Place, Clitheroe, and handed in by the 10th of the month prior to the event
FINE music, humour and song will fill the streets of Clitheroe this weekend when the popular Great -Days Festival takes place for the e igh th year, s ta r t in g tomorrow evening with a concert in the parish hall featuring two acts from the North West. Bernard Wrigley, “The Bolton
Bullfrog”, will dispense his own special brand of humour and song along with the Oldham Tinkers Who continue to enjoy a huge fol lowing with their amusing take on Lancashire life. Festival Saturday is the day when
the streets of Clitheroe echo to the sounds of music and dance. Jugglers, mummers, musicians and
SheepFest will add to the entertain ment and in the afternoon Castle
This year the newly-conceived
noon will feature favourites Jez Lowe mid the Band Pennies, top class musi cians Real Time, and Marie Little, a popular performer.
EVENTS- JUNE 6TH TO 12TH
meets Thursdays, 9-30 a.m. to noon in the IT Learning Centre, old Co-op building, Henthorn Road, Clitheroe. Inquiries, tel. 01200 426063. June to July 12th - Blackburn Muse
Braille-It, a group to learn braille,
Days Festival, tickets and festival programmes available from the Tourist Information Centre. Street entertainers, sessions in the New Inn and concerts in the parish hall. 6th - Clitheroe Mountaineering
tion, meet Chester Avenue car park at 9 a.m. for Furness Abbey and Piel Island using train from Arnside to Dalton in Furness. 7th -Whalley Village Hall, three
cert by Leyland Brass Band, 8 p.m. To book, ring 01254 380923 7th - Clitheroe RamblersV-Associa-
Families welcome. Inquiries, tel. 01200 428766. 6th - Accrington Town Hall, con
um and Art Gallery, four new exhibi tions, open Tuesday to Saturdays 10 a.m. to 4-45 p.m. Admission free. 6th, 7th and 8th - Clitheroe Great
all day and concerts will take place in the parish hall in the afternoon and evening with artistes ranging from Flossie Malavialle, a French teacher, whose powerful voice and fine guitar playing will astound the audience, to the Tom Topping Band, from the Wirral and Asif Iqbal and Ali Zaidi with the music of South East Asia. The final concert on Sunday after
Street will become a stage and closed to traffic. Sessions in the New Inn will be held
colourful dancers will entertain shop pers and festival goers alike.
cert by Barnoldswick Brass Band, at 7-30 p.m.
tra summer concert at Westholme Theatre, Meins Road, Blackburn, at 7-30 p.m. Tickets from Clitheroe Music. 9th - Ribble Valley Diabetic Group,
line dancing at 8 p.m. 11th - Clitheroe Ramblers’ Associa
Family History and Heraldry Society, in Clitheroe Cricket Club at 7-30 p.m. Speaker Mr Alex Leonard on Samuel Wassal VC. Visitors welcome. 10th - Knowle Green Village Hall,
tion, meet 7 p.m. Whitewell.
FORTHCOMING EVENTS - JUNE 13THT019TH
Centre touring exhibition of Catrin Howell’s ceramic creatures. 13th - Community Centre, Langho, a
meet at Clitheroe Interchange at 9-30 a.m. for Kirkby Lonsdale, with leader Bernard Warren. To book tel. 01200 428117.
jewellery making workshop from 9-30 a..m. to 3-30 p.m. Must be pre-booked. 14th - Lancashire Countryside
14th - Knowle Green Village Hall,
Events, Beacon Fell close-up in sum mer, a stroll through woods and moor
land. Meet Bowland visitor Centre at 2 p.m. 15th - Clitheroe Ramblers’ Associa
the theme “Cloth Cap and Clogs”. 17th - Clitheroe Ramblers’ Associa
tion, meet Chester Avenue car park at 9-30 a.m. for Gearstones and Wold Fell (Ribblehead), 11-miles. 15th - Clitheroe Sunday Market with
tion, meet Chester Avenue car park at 10 a.m. for Spring Wood, Under Pendle and Sabden Valley. 17th - Pendleton Village Hall, WI
meeting with guest John Zamorski on “Living with 10,000 Bees”. Competition for a honey recipe and a flower stall. 17th - Knowle Green Village Hall,
Club weekend meet at the Gillerth- waite Outdoor Centre, Ennerdale.
tion, meet 7 p.m. Sabden.
line dancing at 8 p.m. 18th - Clitheroe Ramblers’ Associa
18th - Knowle Green Village Hall, sequence dancing at 8 p.m. 19th - Clitheroe Mountaineering
items from the Rachel B.K. Shuttle- worth collections on display and talk at 2 p.m. in the Estate Block at the hall. • Details of some of the above events
19th — Friends of Gawthorpe Hall,
course meal at 6-30 p.m. followed by music, singing and dancing to the Garage Band. Admission by ticket only available from Whalley Post Office. Inquiries, tel. 01254 824312.
can be found in adjacent "Lifestyle" advertisements.
O A booking service for the theatres
and events in the region is available from the Tourist Information Centre, Market Place, Clitheroe, tel. 01200 425566.
what’s on in the North-West compiled by John Turner
Salford Quays. Until June 7th. Box office: 0870 111 2000. A LITTLE LOCAL
DREN. By Salman Rushdie. Lyric Theatre,
Bolton Octagon. June 5th to 28th. Box office: 01204 520661
DIFFICULTY. Oldham Coliseum. Until June 14th. Box office: 0161 624 2829. STEEL MAGNOLIAS.
Lyric Theatre, Salford Quays. June 8th. Box office: 0870 111 2000. SAILOR BEWARE.
FASCINATING AIDA.
with the new-book, is now working on a “living histo ry ” of the village in the 20th Century, using local stories. She said: “People in
live in Downham, where family members have made their homes since 1918. Mrs Wrigley, pictured
Kaydee Bookshop, the Tourist Information Cen tre, Clitheroe, and Chat- burn Post Office. (CR210503/1)
Humour aplenty at Magic Flute
good and evil as represented by Sarastro (Mark Coles) and the Queen of Night (Helen Williams).
with “La Traviata”, “Manon” and “Rusalka”.
PIPPAMUNRO
ny’s semi-staged production of Berlioz’ “Damnation of Faust” where I enjoyed the performance of Lilli Paaskivi as Mar guerite, particularly her rendition of the Ballad of the King of Thule, and also the forceful singing of Petri Lindroos who stood in as Mephistopheles. I am already looking forward to Opera North’s return to The Lowry in November
but for me it was just an evening of good singing and fun. I was fortunate to see the same compa
I know that there are supposed to be undertones and references to freemasonry,
their parents and grand parents.” The book is available at
have been most helpful, talking about their own memories and memories of
MOND. Comedy. Burn ley Mechanics. June 13th. Box office: 01282 664400. IF I WAS A GIANT.
For three to five-year- olds. Octagon Theatre, Bolton. June 14th. Box office: 01204 520661. I ’LL BE BACK
Quays Theatre, Salford Quays. June 24th to June 28th. Box office: 0870 111 2000. TOP RANK GROOVY.
Bolton. June 21st. Box office: 01204 520661. BRIEF ENCOUNTER.
THE PEA. For three and over. Octagon Theatre,
BEFORE MIDNIGHT. Oldham Coliseum. June 19th to July 12th. Box office: 0161 624 2829. THE PRINCESS AND
Blackpool Grand The atre. June 10th to 14th. Box office: 01253 290190. DR PHIL HAM
SIDE. Blackpool Grand Theatre. Until June 7th. Box office: 01253 290190. MIDNIGHT’S CHIL
theatre BESIDE THE SEA
5th to 7th. Box office: 0870 401 6000. SATURDAY NIGHT
BANKOK. Lowry Plaza, Salford Quays. June 20th to July 6th. Box office: 0870 111 2000.
Lyric Theatre, Salford Quays. June 23rd to June 28th. Box office: 0870 111 2000.
SUMMER HOLIDAY.
lege Academy of Visual and Performing Arts, Preston Charter The atre. June 19th and 20th. Box office: 01772 258858. THE LADYBOYS OF
and Fylde Light Opera. June 18th to 21st. Box office: 01253 290190. FAME by Preston Col
FEVER Manchester Palace Theatre. Until June 7th. Box office: 0161 242 2524. GUYS AND DOLLS. Salford Musical Theatre. Quays Theatre, Salford Quays. June 10th to 14th. Box office: 0870 111 2000. OLIVER. Blackpool
ENS DOOR. Blackpool Grand Theatre. June 15th. Box office: 01253 290190. HALLE SUMMER
CLASSICS. Bridgewater Hall, Manchester. June 19th and 21st. Box office: 0161907 9000. SYD LAWRENCE
ORCHESTRA. Blackpool Grand Theatre. June 22nd. Box office: 01253 290190.
ley Mechanics. June 7th. Box office: 01282 664400.
THE NEW
tabla). Bridgewater Hall, Manchester. June 10th. Box office: 0161 907 9000. ARTS IN THE PARK
Cardinal Newman Col lege Limelights Theatre Company. Preston Char ter Theatre. June 26th. Box office: 01772 258858.
musicals HOLLYWOOD AND
BROADWAY. Manches ter Opera House. June
2003. Corporation Park, Blackburn. With Liber ty X and Royal Liver pool Philharmonic. July 12th and 13th. HALLE SUMMER
BARN. CRGS Swing Band. The Great Barn, Gawthorpe Hall. June 14th
CLASSICS. Bridgewater Hall, Manchester. June 14th. Box office: 0161 907 9000. BIG BAND IN THE
SIA AND SUBHANKAR BANERJEE (flute and
SQUADRONAIRES ORCHESTRA. Preston Charter Theatre. June 8th. Box office: 01772 258858. RAKESH CHAURA-
MAMMA MIA. Burn
COLLEGE OF MUSIC SYMPHONY ORCHES TRA. Bridgewater Hall, Manchester. June 27th. Box office: 0161907 9000. HALLE SUMMER
Guild Hall. June 24th. Box office: 01772 258858. ROYAL NORTHERN
POPS. Bridgewater Hall, Manchester. June 28th and 29th. Box office: 0161 907-9000.
BEAUTY. Birmingham Royal Ballet. Lyric The atre, Salford Quays. June 17th to 21st. Box office: 0870 111 2000.
School of Contemporary Dance. Quays Theatre, Salford Quays. June 5th. Box office: 0870 111 2000. THE SLEEPING
VERVE 2003. Northern
wortham. Dance Centre. Preston Charter Theatre. July 5th. Box office: 01772258858.
DRAWING PRIZE. The Lowry, Salford Quays. Until 22nd June. Box office: 0870 1112000.
exhibitions THE JERWOOD
DANCE SHOW by Pen- THE HALLE. Preston
WEAVERS. Preston Char ter Theatre. June 15th. Box office: 01772 258858. HALLE SUMMER
Manchester Opera House. June 15th. Box office: 0870 4016000. THE HOGHTON
POPS. Bridgewater Hall, Manchester. June 15th. Box office: 0161 907 9000. JUDITH DURHAM.
ROCKIN’ ON HEAV
Club indoor meeting in Clitheroe Crick et Club at 8 p.m.
PUPILS from Stonyhurst College and St Mary's Hall were in fine voice at the Blackburn Festival of Speech and Drama when they scooped a record num ber of medals. "These are our best
results and medal haul ever from Stonyhurst College and St Mary's Hall! We are very proud of them," said Johanna Egar, head of the atre studies at Stonyhurst College. Local results: Flannan
O'Mahony (16) and Jessica Macfarlane, Hurst Green (16) - first place in duo logues, 16 years and over.
Record medals from festival Matthew Lambert (13),
Moor Side Lane, Wiswell - first Place in Lancashire dialect, 15 years and under, first place in Lancashire dialect overall finals, sec ond place in verse speaking, 14 years and under, second place prepared prose, 14 years and under. Brittany Ashworth (13),
Bashall Eaves: first place in solo drama, 14 years and under, first place overall in
Moor Side Lane, Wiswell, and Sarah Moss (13), Chipping Road, Chaigley - third place in duologues, 15 years and under. Matthew Lambert (13),
(13), Hurst Green - first in open verse poetry, 16 years and under. Charlotte Moore (eight),
Whalley - first place in verse speaking, nine years and under. Pictured, from the left,
back, are college pupils, Matthew Lambert and Brittany Ashworth, front is St Mary's Hall pupil Alas dair Macfarlane. (s)
Cameo Victorian stamps give flavour of British colony life
colonies in Africa, has been described as the beef in the Senegalese bun. A glance at the map will explain why. It is a narrow piece of land on the banks of the Gambia River, with Senegal to the north and the south. The colony was administered from Sierra Leone, of which it was a dependen cy until 1843, and much of the early mail was between the two territories. The display was essentially about
stamps, beginning with the first adhesives issued in 1869. These stamps are known as “cameos”, because of their embossed albi no profile of Queen Victoria. They are said to have been modelled on
was produced at a cost of £10 8s. Id. Sub sequent issues, with perforations and new values, were similar, and the cameo design persisted until 1898. Amazingly, some of the little sheets have survived, and Mr
A NATIONAL “Carers’ Week” is being marked by
the well-established local network.
place at the Hyndbum and Ribble Valley Carers’ Link headquarters in King Street, Accrington. On Tuesday, there is a ‘Take a Break” tea party and fund-raising event.
ers’ Link displays at health centres, doctors’ surgeries and community hospitals. Several events are taking
for carers from 10 a. m. to 3-30 p. m. on Wednesday. There will also be Car
Council’s debating cham ber will be the venue for a 'time out” call-in session
Ribble Valley Borough
carers session Magic shopping spree .The town band will be
Time out for
• WIZARDS and witches will be the theme of Clitheroe’s latest Sunday shopping spectacular. • ? *
; day-long entertainments • which it is hoped;will , draw in big crowds to
• Clitheroe on June 15th'.V, The organisers; who have appealed, to
i .Clitheroe traders to open on that Sunday to add to
.' aged up to 11. . _
: . Stallholders and propri e to rs arid staff of theCal**
! the appeal of the day, are arranging a fancy dress competition for children'
; And, just,like Harry • Potter, a display of owls will be a
fitting.additiori to the celebrations and
: v ins will dress in appropri ate gear.
: in attendance and organ isers are hoping for better
j they .can .'operate the swing boats as an added
attractionforthechil- dren.
four special Sunday themed-events this sum- •meri'' ‘‘
< ’ .On July 13th, it will be
?
-.acloth caps ^arid;clogs; i/everit'and on August 10th • jiRoundheadSand. Cavai.r •/•;.lierswin coincide wth the; * 300th'anniversary of the' vtPeiidle witchcraft trials!/-.
'And finally, the case of the headless flying rabl SLEEP in a house at Railway View, china
rabbit.The rabbit, normally a gai Uitheroe, was disturbed during the early ornament, was thrown through the da h°urs of Sunday morning by a headless a bedroom window at around 2 a.m.
*. This is the second of; - X
.■ weather than during the . last Sunday event so that
the stamps of Heligoland, at that time a British Dependency. The little Colony of the Gambia was short of funds so De La Rue, the printers, economised by printing the stamps in very small sheets of 15 with out perforations. A total of 656 sheets of the first issue
showed many stamps. The Gambia, the smallest of the British
A DISPLAY and talk on the stamps of the Gambia offered numerous highlights to Ribble Valley Philatelic Society. The speaker was Mr J. Roberts, who
Roberts was able to show a number of them in original pristine condition.
The second half of Mr Roberts’ display
consisted of the stamps of Edward VII and George V. These were of the “key plate” type, i.e., the design common to all the colonies, with only the name changed. He emphasised the length of time
between ordering new stamps and their subsequent delivery several months later. The Gambia Post Office ran out of sup plies of certain values and recourse had to be made to local printers who were not used to security printing. Inevitably, errors occurred. These stamps are rare and rarer still used “on cover”. The final part of the display consisted
of the “Badge of the Colony” issue of George V. The badge, which features an African elephant and a palm tree, is the subject of a very beautiful design of picto rial stamps used by the Gambia in the years before the war. An interesting fea ture of this part of the display was a study of the “TPO River Gambia” postmarks, which were used on the mail boats which plied the 250-mile-long Gambia river. At the conclusion of the talk, a vote of
thanks was proposed by the society chair man, Mr Simon Nanson.
Tony Goodbody
solo drama finals, first place in prepared prose, 14 years and under, first place in Bible reading. St Mary's Hall - Alasdair Macfarlane
Platform Gallery, A Ruthin Craft
mock auction in aid of St Leonard’s Scout Group. Viewing from 6-30 p.m. bidding from 7 p.m. 14th - Clitheroe Naturalists’ Society,
talk on the treatment of diabetes on holiday or during illness at 7-30 p.m. in Young Farmers’ Centre, Lincoln Way, Clitheroe. 10th - Ribble Valley Branch of the
7th - Gisburn Parish Church, a con 7th - Blackburn Symphony Orches by Tim Procter YET another report on
happy with progress being made towards reusing pre viously developed land for conventional housing - it was top of the Lancashire borough’s list in 2001/2. Only schemes which meet a specific local need are now allowed on housing zone land previously unused. The plan lists a variety of strategies prepared, grants
has set out the guidelines for such reports. This may explain why the document makes little play of the fact that key features of the housing scenario, such as market forces, are largely outside its control. The council is clearly
prehensive Performance assessment system has prompted the “how well do we deal with balancing the local house market” self- examination. The Audit Commission
housing will be considered by Ribble Valley Borough Council members tonight. The Government’s Com
Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, June 5th, 2003 15
Housing market comes under scrutiny as local needs claim top priority
my which provides high- quality jobs and integrating a supply of affordable homes with it is a key prior ity. “We will not have suc ceeded in developing a wholly sustainable commu nity if we can point to an adequate supply of afford able housing for young peo ple, yet many of them leave the Ribble Valley daily to find employment, leisure facilities and enjoyable shopping facilities.” The council must investi
given and housing-user groups consulted, but acknowledges that more needs to be done. Developing a local econo
housing problems caused by deprivation and low demand must not prevent us recognising hardship within the areas, especially within particular groups
gate ways to ensure that a significant proportion of housing built is affordable, says the report, hinting that policies should be developed to enable some schemes to be quite small. “The relative absence of
and isolated rural areas,” says the report. “Our service must always
be researched and con structed to identify those problems and focus on their solution.” Younger council tenants
need to be encouraged to take part in liaison groups and more houses should be built per hectare without compromising quality. Other aims of the coun
empty privately-owned properties,
• encouraging energy-
efficient measures all across the board, © reducing the number of
council dwellings needing improvement, • adapting homes for the
disabled, • providing support so
that people can live in their own homes and © working with other
agencies to reduce crime and the fear of crime. The report will go before
the council’s housing com mittee tonight.
cil’s various plans include: • reducing the number of
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