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5 Years in a row ranking in the DJ MAG top 100 DJs of the World, Tenishia holds his own as the most successful DJ/Producer in Malta, selling arena shows and appearing everywhere from TV to mobile phone adverts. Top 25 Maltese Icon (Times of Malta - Sunday Circle), IDMA Awards nominee and winner of several awards at the Malta Music Awards, Joven has travelled the World with his music performing at the most renowned clubs and festivals such as Tomorrowland, the Ministry of Sound in London and ...
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The Napoleonic Quarterly

Quartermaster Productions

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Taking the epic conflicts of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars three months at a time. Each episode features interviews with leading historians of the period - covering the campaigns, diplomacy and political dramas of an extraordinary 24 years.
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Welcome to Ross Recommends. The simple aim: To help you get more out of your spare time! We've never had more options on what we can watch, read, visit, eat, drink and generally do -- but the paradox of choice is that it can be paralyzing: Sometimes it feels like we spend longer scrolling through streaming channels than actually watching them! That's where Ross Recommends comes in. Every week, radio legend and former lawyer Ross Stevenson will be joined by experts and friends to talk about w ...
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Cities and Memory remixes the world, one sound at a time - a global collaboration between artists and sound recordists all over the world. The project presents an amazingly-diverse array of field recordings from all over the world, but also reimagined, recomposed versions of those recordings as we go on a mission to remix the world. What you'll hear in the podcast are our latest sounds - either a field recording from somewhere in the world, or a remixed new composition based solely on those ...
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Rabbi Daniel Yaakov Glatstein (רב דניאל יעקב גלאטשטיין שליט״א) is a American Orthodox rov, public speaker, author, prolific researcher, pulpit rabbi and teacher with a global following and one of the most popular English speaking Torah teachers in the contemporary Jewish landscape. The Rav has been invited by Yeshivos, synagogues, shuls, organizations, private homes and institutions around the world from Eretz Yisrael, Australia, South Africa, Gibraltar, London, United Kingdom and across the ...
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The Travel Diaries is a weekly interview series where journalist Holly Rubenstein chats to a special guest about their adventures around the world, and the travel experiences and destinations that have shaped their lives. Be transported to exotic and far flung places as Holly and her diverse range of famous guests take you on a journey through the seven chapters of their life's travel diaries, from their earliest childhood travel memory and the first place they fell in love with; to their al ...
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Ghibliotheque - A Podcast About Studio Ghibli

Michael Leader, Jake Cunningham, Steph Watts & Harold McShiel

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Welcome to the Ghibliotheque, the podcast that leafs through libraries of films from the world’s greatest animation studios. In 2018, Michael Leader, an avowed Studio Ghibli fanatic, sat down with Jake Cunningham, who had never seen any of the Studio’s work before. Together they looked at the history behind Ghibli's films (including Spirited Away, My Neighbour Totoro and Princess Mononoke), and got a critical perspective from Jake as a first-time viewer. They covered all of Studio Ghibli's f ...
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A beautiful and fun young woman dumped me with the parting shot that I was boring. Boring! Sadly, she was right. I’ve decided to do something about that. Since then, I've quit my career as a boring software engineer at a large corporation, hit the road in “Hotel Prius” sleeping at truck stops across the United States, traveled outside the Americas for the first time, managed a café in Malta, and met a lot of interesting people along the way. I have no plan except to say “yes” to whatever opp ...
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DJ Rodrigo Tancredi From the glorious sunshine of Brazil to the thriving cultural melting pot of London, DJ producer Rodrigo Tancredi has been a permanent feature in the pantheon of House Music for over a decade. He has been making the biggest of statements on the most iconic of stages including Egg Club London, Es Paradise Ibiza, Ibiza Rocks, Savannah Ibiza, Pikes Ibiza, IMS Malta at Dragonara Casino, Ministry of Sound, Fire Club, Electric Brixton, and many more. To have performed at these ...
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Dreamland

Natalie Gioia

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Collaboration / bookings: laskowskya@gmail.com Natalie Gioia is awarded singer, composer, musician and songwriter. There is no any music genre that is impossible for Natalie to overcome: a lot of EDM, Pop, Jazz and Rock songs are in her discography. Tracks with her vocals are known with the harmony, strong and at the same time soft vocals and the melodies full of soul, you won’t forget even while you are sleeping. The own style of singing makes Natalie unique what can blow away everybody in ...
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DAVID SERERO Singer Baritone, Actor, Producer and Recording Artist Actor and baritone, David Serero, has received international recognition and critical acclaim from all over the world. At 37 years old, he has already performed more than 2,000 concerts and performances throughout the world, played in over 100 films and TV series, and recorded more than 20 albums. He entered the prestigious WHO'S WHO AMERICA for demonstrating outstanding achievements in the entertainment world and for the bet ...
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PassBlue UN Podcasts

PassBlue UN Podcasts

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Each month brings a new president to the UN Security Council and each month PassBlue talks to the diplomats and the experts to give you insight into the stakeholders and the agenda. Our podcast takes you inside the United Nations and beyond the carefully written policy speeches to where the real work is being done: the unscripted debates on the most pressing issues of our time. Hosted by PassBlue reporters Damilola Banjo and Kelechukwu Ogu. Available on iTunes, Spotify, and wherever you get ...
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The time? The early 1990s. The place? Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The event? The birth of investment migration. One man who was there and who has lived to tell the tale is Eric Major, Latitude Group Executive Chairman. Eric draws on three decades in the game on The Global Passport Investor powered by Latitude. He meets with select guests to talk about Residency and Citizenship by Investment. Do you want to navigate the world of economic citizenship and second residency? Eric's your expert guid ...
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Founded in 1891, Fenech & Fenech Advocates is the longest established law firm in Malta. Its legal expertise spans numerous practice areas including Corporate, Commercial, Shipping and Maritime, Aviation, Tax, Immigration, Litigation, Employment, Data Protection, Financial Services, Telecoms, Media and Technology (TMT) and Intellectual Property. In addition, the Firm’s associated company, Fenlex Corporate Services Ltd, is an authorised company service provider that has, since the late 1980s, ...
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REK

Rodrigo & Kerol

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REK (Free Yourself) Bookings: marie@reklive.com ReK is a diverse Brazilian DJ/Producer duo, spawned from a visit to the iconic white isle of Ibiza and a love for authentic house and techno prowess. Following an unforgettable experience in Space’s club room in 2011, R&K (Rodrigo & Kerol) found themselves entranced in electronic dance music and it soon became clear that this was a path they wanted to follow. Influenced by the likes of Luciano, Carl Cox, Masters at Work, Roger Sanchez, Simon Du ...
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It seems that dealing with media has gotten harder over the last few years. Social media, trolls, fake news, alternative facts… what does this mean for democratic societies? We believe that the preservation of democratic values, stable governments and a peaceful life in a diverse society critically depend on the ability of forming one’s own opinion by neutral media. So how to deal with all the challenges the new information era brought on us? We invite experts from different European countri ...
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"This piece is a collaboration between composer Sarah Jenkins, sound artist Noah Lawson and poet Shukria Rezaei, and was created for the Odyssey Ensemble. The foundation for the piece is the recording provided by the Cities and Migration Sounds project, in which is heard the celebration of a group of West African migrants who had recently been resc…
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"Both of my parents were from Malta. As I child growing up in Brixton in the 1980s, there was a very small Maltese community. I would go to Maltese mass with my parents. There was never an organ being played for people to sing along too, but everyone used to sing in Maltese. My parents migrated to the UK after World War Two as there was no work. I …
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Three Kenyan women are returning home from Libya through an IOM repatriation scheme. They were forced to abandon their larger suitcases when checking-in, and were attempting to repack their belongings into their carry-ons and an IOM-issued tote bag in the departures lounge. Migrants from other countries were also being repatriated on the same fligh…
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This is the sound of asylum seekers, mostly from West Africa, onboard the rescue ship the Ocean Viking in the Mediterranean, on the evening of the 27th of December 2022. Very early that morning, they had been rescued from a perilously overcrowded rubber boat in the middle of the sea, hundreds of kilometres from land and without life jackets or navi…
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What does urban sprawl sound like in a traffic-choked city? This recording is of a street intersection in a residential part of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. The whistle is from a policeman who has been instructed to stand amidst the traffic so as to over-ride the traffic lights, because the traffic lights can't deal with the volume of urban traffic. Bishke…
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This is recording of a midday, midweek mass attended by a few elderly women in the cathedral in Victoria, Gozo, and is a sound that is deeply embedded in my memory of place and immediately connects me to the experience of growing up in Malta. I am not religious but lived with my Maltese family and went to church as everyone did, saint or sinner! It…
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"The harrowing journey of these migrants is incredibly powerful and emotional. The field recording is their celebration after being rescued at sea by the Ocean Viking. My musical contribution hopefully speaks to this moment. It's a moment of relief, joy, community, and compassion." Ocean Viking celebration reimagined by Eulipion Corps. Part of the …
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"When I received the original recording, I’ve noticed this kind of a strange reflection that exist in an environment of recording. All sounds, despite whole noisiness of the space, were somehow reflected almost like a regular delay line. I took this phenomenon as a main subject in composition. "During the work on the material, I’d been trying to "z…
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"This field recording made me think of different layers of migration - firstly, the population’s general tendency to move to the capital from other parts of the country. Secondly, the people moving between the parts of the city. Thirdly, an internal migration - drifting away from the traffic jam to a dreamlike space where the environmental sounds a…
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"The original field recording and story was a testament to home, a sound, a smell, a feeling that takes us back to somewhere we once called home. I wanted to capture some of that in a hazy distant feel of the first part of the track, the distant sounds of church bells in a hazy memory, but I wanted the second part of the track to be powerful, drive…
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"This track is composed entirely from samples taken from the original recording. I have worked with the textures, resonances and naturally occurring rhythms in the recording. The sounds of the train moving along the tracks, the mechanical sounds of doors opening and closing, and the movements and voices of people on and off the train, as well as th…
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Dominic is an immigrant from Senegal, West Africa, who has been living in Padova in Italy for a number of years, performing as busker in the same spot every single day. We had been enjoying listening to his beautiful voice and songs from his home every time we visited the city for several years until last year we finally stopped and spoke to him to…
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In the recording, we hear the arrival of Trenitalia 20984, a regional train headed to Trieste Centrale station. As the train comes to a stop, voices of Italians and migrants are audible, suggesting a diverse mix of individuals disembarking. The migrants, predominantly from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India, among other nationalities, are intercepted…
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This sound comes from the local church of the town in northern Italy where I grew up. It's been a regular, dependable, unchanging part of my life until I left home, and even after I left home, first moving cities, and then countries, and only came back to visit. The "campana della sera" (evening bell) used to ring every night at 21:00 for exactly f…
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This recording was made in the midst of my migration from Russia to Uzbekistan, through Kazakhstan. At this moment, I have been in a position of forced exile for a little over a month. If I were to describe my condition, the words would be shock, depression and complete confusion. But at the same time there is hope for the best. At the time of reco…
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"Dear Dominic, "This is dedicated to you: a true inspiration for me. "I am also a musician and sound worker immigrant, Italian in Berlin. Here I am with my flute, trying to weave my celebration of you and your music, now our music. "I am immensely proud of you as an immigrant and a musician, to succeed in changing the landscape of a city by bringin…
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"I didn't know much about Eritrea, or its history, so it was interesting to dig deeper in to that history and that of Eritrean culture, the Eritrean diaspora and the church in Rome where the field recording was made. I kept the field recording as it was, and looped it for ten minutes, as I found the recording powerful and wanted to keep that going …
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"The field recording notes really struck me, especially that feeling of shock and confusion. I’m realizing that the sense of a place, the experience of it, those feelings don’t exist in themselves, but they’re a conversation/confrontation with the listener’s sense of self. "I played flute along with the recording, and that maybe acts as the "self,"…
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"Nostalgia from the east" fuses techno beats with Indian sitar, tabla, and Arabic vocals, creating a unique blend of modern and traditional sounds. Inspired by a field recording from the bustling streets of India, the track captures the essence of migration and cultural exchange. The ambient street noises serve as a backdrop, adding depth to the rh…
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This recording captures the vibrant and dynamic sounds of a neighborhood in motion. As we listen, we hear the distinct bark of dogs, a common presence in many communities, signaling either the arrival of their owners or responding to the bustling street life. The intermittent honking of cars weaves through the audio, painting a picture of a busy ro…
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"The recording and the story behind it were so pure and real that I couldn't do much. I used the recording with almost no processing and then a simple melody came out naturally. The drone of a Lyra 8 sustains the entire piece and it blends perfectly with the soundscape of the recording. "Promises" is a statement about leaving, coming back and imagi…
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"Sourya's recording from the balcony of her grandmother's soon-to-be demolished house in Kolkata struck me sonically as a conversation between the different sounds on the street - crows, cars, bicycles. "It also moved me as a story - at some time in our lives, in some circumstances or other, we all have the experience of saying goodbye to a place f…
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This recording was taken with an iPhone-mounted mic in a late spring afternoon, just before the supper time as I was walking along a beautiful narrow pedestrian-only passage along the mountain and the river carving through the mountains in norther Tehran. Along this road many restaurants line-up one after the other on the edge of the mountain and t…
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Between 1997-2000, me aged 7-10, my mother and I used to live at my grandparents house. For a few years now, this house had been abandoned, with no one living there and the house falling into disrepair. More recently, this house has been sold and slated to be demolished for a new property to be developed there. Before the handing over of the house …
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Here, you can listen to an old man playing his accordion in the Armenian quarter of Jerusalem. The Armenian presence in Jerusalem dates back to the 4th century AD, coinciding with Armenia's adoption of Christianity as its national religion, leading to the settlement of Armenian monks in the city. Consequently, this community is recognized as the ol…
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I. Breathing Steps II. Lightwell III. To fight? No, to sing! "In the field recording I chose, a street musician plays and hums the tune of the Kozachok on the accordion, while people are heard passing by in Jerusalem’s Armenian Quarter. I was immediately captivated by the sound of the accordion, but also by the unforced openness with which the musi…
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David, my diving instructor at Amed in Bali told me that he had moved to Indonesia more than 20 years ago after growing up in West London. David is a lovely guy and clearly adores where he lives - he suggested that his life in Bali had been made possible, alt least in part, by selling his one-bedroomed flat in West London. His small business employ…
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"Rob tells us about David, a British diving instructor, and Ketut, his Indonesian colleague and friend. While the two men share the sunrise in Amad, Rob notices the stark difference of perspectives between them. One emigrated easily to Indonesia, while the other does not have the resources to make this choice of moving abroad. "The field recording …
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A riot breaking out in the old refugee detention centre in Moria on the island of Levos, in Greece. Detainees broke out of the camp after a child was allegedly beaten, setting part of the camp on fire and breaking down the fences. Police eventually intervened, firing tear gas and forcing detainees back into the camp. The riot took place in April 20…
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This recording was made in early 2016, while gathering material for a BBC radio documentary about Hungary's hardline migration policy. Inmates in the prison behind the Marianosztra Monastery were feeding metal tape through stamping machines to make razor wire to fortify Hungary's border fences against migrants and refugees. The razor wire was also …
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In this recording you have a typical soundscape of Sisimiut’s “dogtown” during winter. Amidst the sound of recreational snowmobilers and dogs howling and pulling at their chains, two Greenlanders are preparing traces and getting their pack of dogs ready to go dogsledding in the backcountry. 4,500 years ago, the Inuit migrated from Canada to Greenla…
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This is a poem in Dari about the fire that devastated the Moria refugee camp in September 2020, leaving many thousands without shelter. It's by a young Afghan called Zabi who recorded it on his phone and sent it to me for a radio documentary I was making about the fire's survivors a year later. I never met Zabi, but he kept in touch as he smuggled …
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This is the sound of a ferry for the island of Chios loading at the port of Piraeus in the spring of 2016. I recorded it standing on the deck looking out at the densely packed tents of refugees and asylum seekers in empty warehouses on the harbour side. Many of them had arrived from the islands on similar ferries, often hidden in the backs of truck…
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I moved from Australia to Sisimiut, Greenland in 2021. I’d visited several times before as a tourist and had fallen in love with the place so much that I spent a couple of years positioning myself professionally so that someone would give me a job so I could get a work visa. When most people imagine the animals of Greenland, they immediately think …
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I returned to Empantchá, a neighborhood in Bissau, in 2021 hoping to find the families of the abandoned houses I encountered during the rainy season of 2020. The neighbours told me they would be back for the dry season. In this recording, you can listen to a conversation between the head of the household, my interpreter, and myself. Our discussion …
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"I am first generation born in Australia. All my ancestors were Hungarian, which also was my first language. I grew up in Australia with migration stories of escape from Soviet Hungary in the 1950s as well as horror stories from WW2. "The only migration sounds from Hungary was ironically the sound of a razor wire machine pressing out bales of letha…
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"Fire is a very powerful element, and despite the fact that it can devastate everything it touches, it can also provide the warmth and sustenance necessary to survive. We live in times of war, and I believe that Zabi's poem invites us to reflect and be empathetic about the situation experienced not only by him and his family but by thousands of peo…
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"In my work, I have extensively explored themes of migration; it is a topic that moves me deeply. The field recording, I must admit, is challenging and intense, given its source: a riot at a refugee detention centre in Greece. I wanted to construct a piece that transmitted the build-up and reasons for the riot and gave way to other viable possibili…
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"The field recording of the ferry for the island of Chios loading at the port of Piraeus in the spring of 2016 moves and inspires me because of its background story and the picture that comes to my mind while listening and reading about it, followed by a taste of anger and injustice. The vivid dichotomy between the densely packed tents in empty war…
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"Scientists think that humans migrated north of the Arctic Circle with their dogs about 25,000 years ago and began using them to pull sleds roughly 3,000 years ago. So, the Greenland dog is a very old breed of man’s best friend. For thousands of years, they have been used by Innuits and Greenlanders for travel and survival in the Arctic. It was als…
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"I gravitated towards this raven recording from Greenland for a few reasons. Personally, I love birds, have two pet parrots, and find ravens quite captivating. As someone who grew up and spent most of his time in the Pacific Northwest, I regularly see and hear ravens. I love hearing the strange repertoire of sounds they produce, and they can even m…
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"I like the rhythm of the conversation in the original field recording so I have written a soundtrack piece to go with it. As it's based in Africa so I have used African drum sounds to create a sense of place. I have then overlayed various melody rhythms using instrument sounds that I felt matched the drums. "I have also used processed samples from…
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"The field recording that I worked with is from 2016 and was captured by Maria Margaronis. It contains the voice of Mohammed, one of the many refugees who were stuck in a makeshift camp in Greece, as they were trying to make their way up north into central Europe. I wasn't aware of this incident back then so I did a little digging and read a few ne…
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