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Sudbury Symphony Orchestra to perform at Lavenham Church Sudbury Symphony Orchestra is delighted to announce that their next concert will be on Sunday 27th March at 6 pm in Lavenham Church when we will be performing Elgar’s Cello Concerto with Thomas Isaac as soloist and Malcolm Arnold’s Symphony No. 5. Originally the Elgar Cello Concerto with Thomas Isaac was going to be performed in March 2020 but this concert was cancelled due to covid so it is great news that he is now able to perform it now with us. This is the third time that Thomas Isaac will have performed with the orchestra, the last time was in 2017 when he riveted the audience with his wonderful performance of Dvorak’s Cello Concerto. Thomas is co-principal cellist with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra having finished his post graduate studies with the Royal Academy of Music. He has also performed in Radio 3 concerts, in the Shanghai International Cello Festival, the Wigmore Hall and many other prestigious venues. Elgar’s cello concerto is one of THE cello concertos, in fact with the Dvorak concerto it is probably the most performed of all cello concertos. Elgar started composing it in 1918 and finished it in 1919. It is a lament for a lost world, haunted by autumn sadness. Beloved by audiences the world over for its sweeping and noble passages this will be a magical start to the evening. Malcolm Arnold’s music is better known than most people realise as not only did he compose many works for orchestra but he also wrote for the theatre, the ballet and he wrote the scores for more than 100 films, including Bridge on the River

Kwai, Thin Red Line, and David Copperfield. His style of music is unapologetically tuneful, very rhythmic with exciting and brilliant orchestration. His 5th symphony is an emotional rollercoaster from the opening oboe solo and evocations of past friends through to the wonderfully memorable tunes of the 2nd movement, the jazz rhythms of the 3rd movement and then the 4th movement with its many exciting mood changes. For this work we have assembled our largest orchestra ever, including a harp, a celeste, three percussion players and a full set of trombones and a tuba. The church will be filled with sound. This symphony is not often played so this is a wonderful opportunity to hear it performed live. The concert is at 6pm on Sunday 27th March in St Peter and St Paul’s Church Lavenham with doors opening from 5.30. Tickets are £15 for adults, £2 for children and are available from early March from the Guildhall in Lavenham, Peddars (King Street, Sudbury) and Sudbury Tourist Information (library). For ticket or any concert enquiries please email: info@sudburysymphonyorchestra. com. A limited number of tickets will be available on the door.

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Just two months into 2022, I had hoped that at long last everything seemed to be looking brighter at the end of the Covid Tunnel. I try to be a Pollyanna and find something good in every situation. Maybe I am becoming a grumpy old lady but all I see, read and listen to, seems to stress that the glass is always half empty. Watching the news, it is always indicating doom and gloom. The so-called experts who predict these tenuous facts, using phrases such as “Just, could be or maybe”; these predictions are really frightening to so many; making them depressed, anxious and perturbed. So being positive I have had the privilege to meet some super young people, I was asked to help with the Mock Interviews at The Thomas Gainsborough School with the year ten pupils. This is the third time I have been involved and I really enjoy meeting these enthusiastic teenagers and hearing about their hopes and aspirations for their future careers. It was great to meet some of the pupils that I had taught in Primary School. All far taller than me, considering I am only 5ft 3ins tall it isn’t surprising. I had a brilliant evening with the 2470 Sudbury Air Cadets and presented Flight Lieutenant Ralph Appleby with a framed certificate from Sudbury Town Council expressing their appreciation for his years of service. An even bigger surprise for my granddaughter Esther Booth when she was awarded the shield for the Best Cadet. Good job I had some tissues in my bag and water-proof mascara! The T.L.C. Care and Support Community in Great Cornard had a celebration of their opening a year ago. The Service Manager stated that she was thrilled that they had managed to persevere through the Coronavirus epidemic to make it such a success. These detached bungalows offer shared living for people with autism, learning disorders and epilepsy. Having a background in teaching special needs and knowing the difficulties they experience after they leave school, I was delighted to see the many activities they share to improve their quality of Village life. December 21 page form.qxp_Layout 1 23/11/2021 11:53 Page 3 We are planning some exciting activities for our Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in June, from Thursday 2nd when there will be a weekend of events, leading to the Lighting of the Beacon on the Croft just after 9.00pm on Sunday 5th by the new Mayor. We have already purchased the bunting, ordered extra tables for the street party on Market Hill, which will be on the Sunday afternoon. Finally, a huge thank you to Teresa Elford 663-007-95x135mm-SCN-PWS.indd 19/02/2021 Complimentary 1 whofullorganised my fund-raising meal The Christmas Present Trust is going steam held(orindietary Lydia’s Turkish Restaurant on ahead to provide a traditional meal " 99 Valentines Night, and all the wonderful equivalent) to anybody who, for whatever reason, new %!9 #friends who supported me. Naz and cannot be with family or friends on Christmas Day. Last year we were unable to Hasan hold the Omer, event owners of Lydia’s pulled the stops. Each lady was given a in the Ansell Centre as normal out and all therefore red rose on arrival, wethe made delivered 90+ meals around Hadleigh. This year we are and holding event£535 AND Suffolk and North Essex for my two charities ‘Hope for Tomorrow’ delivering meals – and we need volunteers to do so. and ‘Compassion’. I am so fortunate We need help setting up the Ansell Centre on Christmas Eve (and peeling the havewho so cannot many generous friendsonand vegetables!), help providing lifts totoguests get to the Centre their Providing unrivalled local knowledge, colleagues. own, help in the kitchen on Christmas Day, help delivering meals to those who combining traditional service with Stay safe, Sue Ayres are still not comfortable joining in a big indoor event and, most importantly, help a modern marketing approach talking with our guests and making the whole event go with a bang. If you think you can help on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day or Boxing Day (taking Thursday Marchplease 2022 contact Simon or Sarah Thompson at everything10th down) christmas.present.trust@gmail.com or call 07778 860267. Equally, if you know Garden Bugs - Cohabit, Conserve, Control. Guest Dr Ian Bedford anyonespeaker who would benefit from an invitation to this free event, please get in touch. % ) 4:$ !$ " 534; 43 / 6! Christmas to everyone in Hadleigh Come and join usMerry at 7:30pm in Acton Village Hall and may 2022 be a wonderful year(£4) for us all New members are always welcome, as are visitors

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Hello from everyone at Sudbury Library We have lots of groups and activities here in Sudbury Library. Our current offer includes Chat and Chill on Mondays from 10.30 till 12. This is a ladies’ conversation group, for anyone wishing to make friends and practice their English in a friendly, supportive environment. Toptime is a social group for adults on Tuesday afternoons at 2.30pm and we have a range of activities and events, including a book group, in place. Current timetables are available; call in to pick up a paper copy or see our website for details. Wordplay story-telling, songs and rhymes is for our smallest customers on a Thursday morning at 10.30am. We have our Play sessions immediately afterwards till midday. We now also have Storytime sessions for young children on a Saturday morning from 10.30am. Lego club is on Saturday afternoons at 2.30pm and costs just 50p per child. Come to our free activities on our Sunday Fundays. Our Children’s Book Group will be meeting on Saturday 5th March at 11 AM. Come along and discuss “Artemis Fowl” by Eoin Colfer. A new title will be available to pick up. We have a fundraising quiz night on Friday 18th March. See our website / social media or call in for more details. Tickets will be on sale soon! We have new bargain activity packs for sale at £2.00 each; Superheroes! Buy one and help support Suffolk libraries. Don’t forget, our colleagues at Babergh Customer Access Point are here on a Monday and Thursday for face-to-face advice and you can call to make an appointment on 0300 1234000. Their e-mail address is customer.services@baberghmidsuffolk.gov.uk Our current opening hours are 9am to 5pm Monday to Saturday and 10am to 4pm on Sundays and we can offer you browsing, printing, photocopying, scanning to e-mail and use of our computers. You can still use all our on-line services. We can be found in the usual places: - www.suffolklibraries.co.uk. We are also on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. We look forward to seeing you soon,

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Rotary Round-Up At one of the Rotary lunches last autumn, and having heard about the amazing work which Medical Detection Dogs do in identifying illness and supporting people with long-term health conditions, Sudbury Rotarians Anne and Jerry decided they would help train a dog. Now they have Golden Labrador Ernie living with them in their role as ‘socialising parents’. He will be two years old in April and began his training as a puppy. Ernie has to be with them all the time, including at night. Ernie has already won their hearts and that of anyone who meets him. Anne and Jerry have never had a dog before, so this has been a steep learning curve. Their first week meant they were late arriving for a Rotary meeting, explaining that, although Ernie is very well trained, he liked to assert his authority. They explained that their joining the meeting had been delayed by a temporary mislaying of Ernie, followed by a short incident involving some unsavoury material and rolling. The resulting ablutions were interrupted by Ernie who offered an enlightening demonstration of cavorting with a plant in his mouth! Sadly, Jerry discovered that his whistle was ineffective in these difficulties. Even so, Ernie passed his first exam on his suitability as a Medical Detection Dog with ‘flying colours’ on 17 February. Having passed this exam he will Golden Labrador Ernie, progress to his next training where he will learn to training to become a identify and alert his client to an imminent collapse Medical Detection Dog from the medical condition from which she suffers. This is just one example of Rotary members putting ‘service before self’, by offering their support to a charity and their time helping with training a dog, whose skills could help save someone’s life. Rotary crocus have repeated their carpet of purple near The Croft in Sudbury, reminding us of the international activities of Rotary, with their End Polio Now campaign and how close the world is to eradicating this devastating disease, by funding a vaccination programme in countries where polio is still endemic. Other international activities by the Sudbury Club include members taking part in a 5,000 steps challenge to raise funds for preserving and extending Mangrove plantations in Madagascar, working with an organisation named ‘Treekly’. Mangroves are a vital part of the world’s eco-system, providing as they do nursery areas for fish and other aquatic animals and for the growth of new trees. Sudbury members are also supporting the Rotary Action Group Against Slavery in working to deal with this issue across the world, as well as providing on-going funding for the Lend With Care programme, where money is loaned to support people in developing countries to set up their own businesses and become self-sufficient. So far, Sudbury Rotary has helped 375 entrepreneurs, 1,038 family members and has created 2,456 jobs. With Covid restrictions easing, members begin meeting again face-to-face in March and are very much looking forward to the fellowship and fun which they have as part of Sudbury Rotary Club. To find out more, please visit our website: www.sudburyrotary.com, email info@sudburyrotary.com, leave a message on the Club telephone (07341 290415) or visit our stand at Sudbury on Show on 5 March in the Town Hall.

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With the promise of longer, brighter days to come, we can begin to think about outside projects We are hoping to re visit our Courtyard Garden project in collaboration with The Bridge Project. It is always rewarding to work closely with other charities to provide a wider range of services/projects for our community. Another new project for us and other partners will be our ‘Repair and Recycle Shed’. This will be along similar lines to the ‘Man Sheds’ that have proved so popular across the country. We are at the planning stage with this project, but once it is up and running it will enable those attending to gain a wide range of skills from mentors, form new friendships and grow in confidence and ability. With birdsong on the air, we can begin to feel like Spring is not far away. For us humans singing is a way of expressing our joy and gives us a real ‘feel good factor’. If you love to sing why not come along to our community singing group on a Tuesday evenings. It is a very friendly and welcoming group that sings for the love of singing. Everyone is welcome and no previous singing experience is necessary. The group often goes out to Sheltered housing and residential homes to share the joy of singing with the residents. Our other Community groups are going from strength to strength. The Art and Craft group are now meeting 2 mornings a week. Karoline and the group are always pleased to welcome new members. The Open House ‘drop in’ and Open House ‘community lunches’ continue to provide a safe haven and a friendly atmosphere for those that attend (along with good home cooked food). Emma from Realise Futures joins us every Monday to help with various issues that may arise, including housing, health, budgeting etc. Everyone is welcome. The Diabetic eye screening will be returning to The Christopher Centre for March and April it will be lovely to have them back. We are also pleased to welcome the U3A film club on the last Friday of the month and The Sudbury Speakers club on the 3rd Tuesday of the month. The Sudbury Community Depot fundraiser stall will be at The Christopher Centre on Saturday 26th March 10a.m. There will be homemade cakes, bakes and preserves. There will also be take away curries. This is a very Important fundraiser for The Community Depot. Please support them if you can. Vegan supper club also returns to the Christopher Centre on Friday 25th March 7.30p.m. this is also a fundraising event for Sudbury Community Depot. We are always excited when we hear of new projects that offer opportunities for the more vulnerable members of society and as previously said we are always keen to work with other charities and Community groups that offer those services. Although The Bridge Project isn’t a new venture in one sense, it has been very exciting to hear of all the new plans going forward with their move to a new venue, whilst still keeping a presence in the town. It seems like 2022 is going to be a good and positive year for our community. Open House every Monday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Community Singing every Tuesday 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. C’art (arts and crafts) every Thursday and Friday from 10a.m to 12p.m. For further information email info@christophercentre.org.uk Tel: 01787313914 Depot curry orders email:sudburycommunitydepot@gmail.com or tel:07462108708. To book for vegan supper club email info@christophercentre.org.uk or sudburycommunitydepot@gmail.com Tel:01787313914 or 07462108708 The Christopher Centre and C’art will be at Sudbury on show Saturday 5th March at the Town Hall. Teresa Bishop

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Headgate Theatre March Season March is a month of firsts at the Headgate. From Headgate Theatre Productions’ first musical to the theatre’s first evening of music inspired by the lockdown period. From 2nd – 5th March Headgate Theatre Productions present their first ever musical: I Love You Because. This hilarious production is loosely based on Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice and is set in early 2000s New York City. Evoking noughties romantic comedies such as You’ve Got Mail, this show is sure to be a heart-warming crowd-pleaser. With a 2:30pm Saturday matinee, there are plenty of opportunities to see this fantastic show. On the 15th of March we have Chinese Boxing, a one-man play from Mark Kitto (Colchester Fringe). The setting is a lecture hall in 1912, the year of the foundation of the Republic of China. Sir Claude Macdonald, former British Minister to Peking, is giving a dramatic talk that explores the ‘Boxer Rebellion’, an uprising against foreigners that involved a 55-day siege. Kitto lived in China for 18 years and has written countless books and articles about the topic. This show is followed by a Q&A session. During the first lockdown, award-winning pianist Mátyás Bacsó challenged himself to write a composition every day in the month of April. The result is April in my Mind, an evening of energising and reflective compositions punctuated by Mátyás’ entertaining anecdotes. Friday 25th March at 7:45pm More information about upcoming events is available on their website and social media, by calling the Box Office on 01206 366000 or emailing tickets@headgatetheatre.co.uk Full March Show List: 2nd – 5th I Love You Because (7.45pm, 2.30pm Saturday Matinee) 15th Chinese Boxing (7.45pm) SUDBURY July page form.qxp_Layout 1 20/06/2018 12:01 Page 17 18th – 19th Pirates of the Curry Bean (7.30pm on Friday and at 1pm and 5pm on Saturday) 25th April in my Mind (7.45pm)

Ken’s SESAW News Suffolk & Essex Small Animal Welfare Reg charity no 1124029 Spring has definitely arrived. The Now you don’t see birds that’s are something singing, the flowers every day. Maisie, the springer and are blooming, the dewy grass is I were meeting the lovely people Lush steaming in the morning sunatand Cosmetics Ipswich because they were there is aninair of quiet optimism as donating profits prepare from their Pot the volunteers forCharity our first cream SESAW. Suddenly proper tofundraising event we in saw two a years. Yes, we through will be back with our human striding the precinct with Fair at thestrapping Old School, Long aEaster tall contraption to his back. Melford, CO10 on Sunday Apparently it was9DX the Google Earth3rd guy, April. mapping the precinct with a 360 ̊ camera. Expect the usual And I thought he wide was selection there justof to stalls, crafts, and plants, me! flowers Mind you, Maisie and I photograph raffle, Jeanette’s Terrific Tombola, were soon the centre of attention again and yummy homemade cakes and but I really didn’t know where to look snacks. Do come along between when her back tummy 10am she to rolled 3pm, on you’ll get aforwarm tickles. That dog embarrassing! welcome from allisofSO us including Frank IPayne should about and Maisie. She whoexplain will be selling signing arrived one Christmas, in copies atofSESAW his autobiographical great pain, hardly able to walk.has Luckily books. Our Octogenarian led our talented vet was able to correct a birth defect onlife herand legs. patiently endured a long recovery period, an interesting hasShe plenty of tales to tell. His as story in Blitz torn Londonand andlicking progresses through changed everyone who remaining calm herbegins dressings were National Service onto careers in journalism and football cared for her. Twoand years later our Spaniel enjoys life, goes for short walks and Speaking of sport, 10K family-friendly fun event takes place loves nothing better the thanNayland a squeaky toy. on Sunday 10th July, starting at Little Garth School, Nayland, are CO6looking 4JR. Our volunteers Once again, SESAW is one of the charities benefitting from extremely forward to this attending the popular, multi-terrain run through the beautifulEight Constable countryside. Ash Green Music Routes for all ages and abilities, book your place Festival now at www.nayland10k. on 21st July and co.uk then it’s all systems go for That reminds me, it’s time for my daily run around the garden now the our own Open Day and grass is dry. A wet undercarriage is extremely uncomfortable if you are a FunChihuahua. Dog Show, 12 - 4 pm vertically challenged dog like me, Kenny (the Boss) on Sunday 29th July at the Sanctuary. Suffolk & Essex Small Animal Welfare, Reg.Charity No.1124029. Lots to see, do and eat Stoke Road, Leavenheath, CO6 4PP 01787 210888 www.sesaw.co.uk plus entertainment from HUG - the Hadleigh Ukulele Group! We are still in need of raffle prizes for this, our happiest day of the year. Please join us, you might even see me, Kenny (the Boss)

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Sudbury Dramatic Society A Bunch Of Amateurs Sudbury Dramatic Society is once again back on track, after the postponement of the Quay Christmas pantomime, and is working hard on the March 2022 Quay Theatre production, A Bunch of Amateurs by Ian Hislop and Nick Newman, which is on at The Quay from Tuesday 1st to Saturday 5th March at 7.45pm Washed-up Hollywood star, Jefferson Steel is deceived by his agent into playing King Lear at, or he so he believes, Stratford Upon Avon. He slowly realises that he is actually about to play with an amateur company in the small English town of Stratford St Mary with an enthusiastic and passionate group of people who are working hard to save their theatre and are hoping a famous face can swell their coffers. Expecting a suite at a fancy hotel, the Hollywood actor finds himself lodging in a bed and breakfast and expected to perform Shakespeare in a barn. The arrogant, demanding actor, once top of the Hollywood A list, struggles with the ignominy of it all. The play shows the comical, jealous and adoring efforts of the group as they slowly get under Jefferson’s skin and start to change his outlook on life. A Bunch of Amateurs leads up to some small sections of Shakespeare’s King Lear being performed by the cast in full costume on a cobbled together set, which the audience see gradually taking shape during the play is directed by Belinda Hasler, who had to postpone the production from November 2020 due to the pandemic, and is delighted to finally be ‘all systems go’ with an excellent cast, ready for a March production! A Bunch of Amateurs is on at The Quay Theatre from Tuesday 1st to Friday 5th March at 7.45pm and tickets are available from The Quay Theatre Box Office on 01787 374745 or online at www.quaysudbury. com or via www.sudburydramatic.com.

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We seem to have lost quite few words from our past. However, since the Pandemic, we have quite a few new ones. I recently found some words that were frequently used in Suffolk a few hundred years ago. If we read a local farmer’s diary two hundred years ago these entries would be a prime examples: After a snapsis of bread and bang, followed by a mug of Pim we started to grab our sneeds and start work in the lower pightle before the sun was fully up. We managed to catch an Owd Sally as well, so that will make a few tasty meals. After a breakfast of bread and BANG (poor quality hard cheese) and a mug of PIM (a very weak beer). And a sneed was the handle of a scythe. The Pightle would have been a small meadow and an Owd Sally was a common slang term for a hare or Botsy for a rabbit. These were usually killed by a very accurate skilled shot from a catapult. Weak beer was often drunk as it was safer than pond water. This was because fresh water was not always available, quite a few villagers didn’t have access to a well, so pond water was often used, although it could have been quite contaminated! There was the very sad demise of the Wetheringset family from Wattisham Village who suffered with ‘Ergotism’ an unpleasant disease caused by mould on Rye that had infected their contaminated pond water that caused severe loss of their limbs and eventual death. I loved some of the words that were used to describe the weather, whatever the centuries folk always discuss the weather. Baffled – corn or grass knocked by the wind. Hefty – rough weather, Leasty – dull and wet, Rafty – windy, wet and cold. Roky – misty, Slub – mud and mire, Slud – slush, Staithe – hot and oppressive . Maybe we should do more to protect words, traditions, songs and dances from our rich history. Sue Ayres

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Sudbury Heritage Centre offers a free solution to the rainy-day problem of bored children and frazzled parents as well as hours of entertainment for anyone else at any time. Forget old fashioned museums, this is a gem. Both at the Town Hall and online, the Heritage Centre is stuffed with stories and pictures of the events and people that have shaped the town. These range from the time of the dinosaurs to the Covid pandemic. Recent comments in the Fun with fossils visitors’ book include: ‘wonderful, fascinating, enlightening’ and ‘an absolute joy to visit’. Children are drawn to the story behind a Hundred and One Dalmatians published in the 1950s that has led to four Disney films including Cruella first screened last year. Author Dodie Smith did her shopping in Sudbury, used the services here and bought some of her puppies from breeders in Acton. The novelist and playwright chose Sudbury as a location for her plot of a hunt for a litter of dalmatian puppies abducted by the wicked Cruella de Vil. The fictional parent dogs stopping to drink outside St Peter’s Church. The moment is recorded on the former drinking fountain which is now a flower bed. At the last count we had 16 dalmatian ornaments in the display along with Dodie’s typewriter, strongbox and other memorabilia. A quiz sheet based on this collection is one of seven inviting children to be a detective in the Heritage Centre. In the history booth, a screen presentation includes a child-friendly story of Simon of Sudbury who lost his head in the Peasants’ Revolt and on Saturday mornings all ages can take our fossil challenge using clues to identify Jurassic fossils found in and around the town.

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Our largest exhibit is a two-metre scale model of the German Zeppelin that bombed Sudbury in 1916 with fatal consequences. The actual airship was New dalmatian recruit - gift of the length of a Premier League football deputy mayor Ellen Murphy pitch and half as long again. Just one of the insights into the lives of real people in wartime including the friendly invasion by American bombers in WW2. That is just one of the town’s links with North America told on the walls, on screen and online. Other topics chosen at random include the silk industry, railways, pubs and brewing, open cast mining, top entertainment (200 year ago) and the ongoing fame of Gainsborough and Mark Catesby our two best known artists. Go to: sudburyheritagecentre.co.uk to view the range of offerings including Sudbury Photo Archive which has more than 1,300 images of the town and its people, dating back to the dawn of photography. You will also find us on facebook at https://www.facebook. com/sudburyheritagecentre and https://www.facebook.com/ sudburyphotoarchive. **The Heritage Centre is run entirely by volunteers and we would welcome more. Do come and visit us on Saturday, 5 March between 10am and 3pm when Sudbury on Show will be showcasing community organisations in the town. Val Herbert

Kersey Through the Centuries gives us a new and exciting picture of Kersey life through the ages. Based on a broad selection of records, it follows the peaks and troughs of Kersey’s history and contains true accounts of fascinating and sometimes gruesome events. Kersey’s prosperity peaked in the 15th century at which time a new breed of successful clothiers emerged who became landowners and challenged the aristocratic status quo. Many of the village’s beautiful buildings originate from this period, preserved mainly due to the poverty in later centuries which precluded redevelopment.

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