JF-S patiently spends hours looking for the perfect swallow shots and here he has very skillfully caught the swallow drinking at the pond and then flying off.
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Tea & Cakes are being served in the churchyard at Alsop, 11am – 4pm tomorrow (Monday). Please come along and support this event, in aid of Alsop Church. Stunning views, delicious cakes, not to be missed.
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Chatsworth Country Fair starts next Friday for 3 days. If you buy your single day ticket online at £18 you’ll be making a £2 saving. For the full programme of events click here.
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Horticultural Show – Sunday 2nd September
Classes for Gentleman Entries only
Tarbutt Trophy
for best exhibit in this section
62. 3 Decorated Cupcakes
63. A Sculpture made from Cheese
Below are some of the entries from 2010 & 2011, click on any photo to enlarge.
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- A sculpture made from bar snacks – 2010
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- Plate of canapes – 2011
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- Plate of canapes – 2011
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- Sculpture made from biscuits – 2011
Full Horticultural Show Programme
Photography Competition
Cookery & Kitchen Classes
For the entry form click here
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Business Peak District sent us details of a day event aimed at helping local businesses improve their on-line presence:
FREE BPD Network Event – 19 September Marketing – Bringing your website alive and keeping your customers happy,
Business Peak District would like to invite you to the second Network Event on Wednesday 19 September 9.30 – 12.30 at The Royal Hotel, Hayfield. Once again we have some excellent speakers to offer advice and tips about email marketing campaigns, using videos and images to bring your website alive.
Where? – The Royal Hotel, Hayfield SK22 2EP
When? – Wednesday 19 September 9.30am -12.30pm
What? – Marketing – Bringing your website alive and keeping your customers happy – for anyone looking to use their website and email marketing campaigns to better attract their customers
Why? – Promote your business locally, Networking and learn how to have an impressive visual website & carry out email marketing campaigns
How? – complete the Booking Form by Monday 17 September via Survey Monkey link below to reserve a place!
We have an event packed with informative and helpful advice such as:
- Duncan Wright, BSA Marketing, Glossop – a Practical Guide to email marketing campaigns
- Dina Holland & Anna Brown, Derbyshire Retail Help – Open all hours – online selling skills
- David King, David John King, Bamford – how to bring your website alive with video and images
- Networking opportunities Continue Reading »
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Better not say it too loudly, but we won our two matches last week and we have done the same again this week and one of the teams we beat are top of the league! Oh, and Edith Rider is playing out of her socks.
Matlock Tuesday League – Home – 21 August – Chatsworth.
Edith Rider and Rick Manning are on a bit of a roll. They won last week 21/8 and did the same this week. We won three out of the four games and although we did not do well in the fourth, because of Rick and Edith’s great win the win was complete . When we played Chatsworth on their green we won 71-49. On our green this week we won 71-53. How about that for consistency. Chatsworth are a little below us in the league and this good win will obviously keep them there. Penultimate game of the season next week, hopefully we will stay where we are in the league, mid table.
Next match – Away – Bradwell – 28 August 6.00pm.
Matlock Thursday Friendly League – Home – Matlock Park – 16 August.
Matlock are top of the division by a country mile, but they don’t have an Edith. Having lost two of the doubles 21-4 and 21-3, and losing 18-3 in the third we were lucky to get to double figures let alone win a game. Oh ye of little faith! It was Edith more than ably assisted by Ian Johnston, who not only got double figures, but got up to win the game 21-18. What a fight back. It still meant that we were down in the doubles 60-28.
In the singles games Edith was in crushing form again and Dot Hart won 15-0. You can’t do better than that. Could we actually begin to believe we could win the match? Could we win it, course we could. We won five out of the six games, and in the one we lost we were only 13-15 down. This gave us 88 points to 48, turning round the deficit from the doubles to give us a 116 to 108 win. What a match! Next week we play Bakewell. Can we win again? We still have our Edith.
Next match – Away- Bakewell- 30 August – 1.45pm.
John B.
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The blue box and bag are being collected tomorrow, don’t forget the new rules!
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Click on any of JF-S’s photos to enlarge.
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Horticultural Show – Sunday 2nd September
Full Horticultural Show Programme
For the entry form click here
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Parwich Memorial Hall
Management Committee – AGM
Wednesday 29th August, 7pm in the Memorial Hall
Agenda
1. Chairman’s opening remarks
2. Apologies for absence
3. Minutes of previous AGM
4. Matters arising
5. Reports:
- Treasurer’s Financial Report
- Chairman’s Annual Report
6. Election of committee members
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Residents and business owners in the Derbyshire Dales are being offered discounted driveway alarms to help deter thieves.
The wireless alarms are being made available at police stations in the district. They usually cost between £30 and £35 but are being sold at £20 to dales residents thanks to a subsidy from the Derbyshire Dales Community Safety Partnership.
The alarms are being promoted by the Safety Partnership – which is led by Derbyshire Dales District Council and the police.
Dales businessman Iain Wakefield, of Alkmonton, said: “As our vehicles are parked out in the open at the end of a long drive, John Bointon from the Safer Neighbourhood policing team suggested we install one of these battery-operated infrared driveway alarms to monitor any unauthorised access onto our property.
“When triggered, the monitor wirelessly activates a portable alarm that can be carried anywhere in the house up to a maximum of 90 metres away. No wiring was necessary and all the outdoor parts are fully waterproof.” Continue Reading »
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Thank you to JF-S for these photos.
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Patti B writes:
Fame at last. Your obsessed dressage correspondent has finally made it and has reached the dizzying heights of a photo on page 33 of Hello! Magazine. A smallish picture, on the bottom left of the page.
Actually – don’t let’s get carried away – it’s my medal cake that’s in the magazine. (That must have been the guy so rudely elbowing me out of the way to take a photo – only my good manners prevented me from giving him an equally rude mouthful – good job I didn’t!)
Still, it was a lovely surprise and I shall be giving away autographs at some future obscure event for an indescribably huge fee! I can also be seen helping to serve lunch in Parwich Memorial Hall every other Monday, so come along and join the fun – great food for just £5.
Patti B
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| What’s on Where this Week | |||
| Day | Time | Event | Location |
| Sunday | 10am | Family Service | Parwich Church |
| Sunday | 11.15am | Holy Communion | Alsop Church |
| Sun 19th | 5pm | Parwich Parish Council Planning Sub Committee | 1 Croft Avenue |
| Fri 24th | … | Blue Box Collection | Parwich |
| Sun 26th | 9.30am | Holy Communion | Parwich Church |
| Sun 26th | 11.15am | Mattins | Alsop Church |
| Sun 26th | 2.30pm | Methodist Service | Parwich Church |
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Guide Price £100,000 – £150,000 DETACHED BARN WITH FULL RESIDENTIAL PLANNING PERMISSION TO CONVERT TO A TWO BEDROOMED HOME standing in about 1.7 acres For sale by auction Wednesday 26th September at 3pm.
Rarely available a south facing traditional Derbyshire stone barn, set on the edge of the village offers the opportunity to create a fabulous 2 bedroomed home with stunning views in the Peak District.
When converted the property will enjoy a kitchen/diner, lounge, master bedroom with en-suite and further 1st floor bedroom and separate bathroom, a pleasant courtyard overlooking the properties two stone-walled fields and parking for vehicles.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Permission has been granted under planning application number NP/DDD/0412/0400. Full details can be found on the Peak District National Park Authority website.
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Parwich Crown Green Bowls Club
Having had the euphoria and excitement of the Parwich Olympiad it is back to the grind of weekly league matches. Cant’ believe we have only a few left before the end of another season.
Matlock Tuesday League.
Away – 14 August – Ashwood Park, Buxton.
Ashwood are a few points ahead of us in the league and we don’t usually do well on their green. We had a good win against them on our green in May, but their green can be very tricky, and so it proved to be. We had two good wins and two not so good losses. Rick Manning and Edith Rider played brilliantly in their game and won 21- 8. This gave us a really good base, and even though we lost two games they were by not so great a margin as Ashwoods losses. The final outcome was 68 to Parwich, 65 to Ashwood Park. The 3 points we beat them by are not sufficient to lift us above them in the league, but hopefully we won’t drop any lower either.
Next match – Home – Chatsworth – 21 August 6.15pm.
Matlock Thursday Friendly League.
Away – Lafarge, Hope – 16 August.
Again in this league we are a few points behind Lafarge and in the game on our green earlier in the season we had a draw against them. In the doubles games we won two out of the three with Audrey and Harry Bunting winning really well by 21 points to 12. The score after the doubles was 52 Parwich, 43 Lafarge. Audrey also played in the singles games, because we were so short of players and had a great win 15-12. With the good start we had in the doubles and sharing the singles three all, the final score was 121 to Parwich, 119 to Lafarge. Again not quite enough points to take us above them in the league.
Next match – Home Matlock Park – 23 August – 1.45pm.
John B.
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Thursday – 3.30pm
Please leave your green bin out, there have been some delays this week with collections, but Derbyshire Dales say that the contractors should reach Parwich at some point today/tonight.
4.45pm
They made it!
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Ashbourne Show – Saturday 18th August – Osmaston Polo Ground
Gates open to public from 9am
The entertainment and range of exhibits promises to be bigger and better than ever. The Main Ring programme is detailed below but please note it is subject to change.
0800 – HOYS Ridden Hunter Classes
1115 – Private Driving
1245 – JCB Dancing Diggers
1310 – Scurry Driving Class 1
1345 – Vintage Tractor Parade
1415 – Private Driving Exercise Class
1430 – Scurry Driving Class 2
1500 – Grand Parade of Livestock
1545 – Parade of Hounds
1600 – JCB Dancing Diggers
1625 – Scurry Driving Championship
Tickets are cheaper if purchased in advance. For full details click here.
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A party of four ducks visited the pond briefly tonight, but JF-S is wondering what are they?
Click on the photo to enlarge.
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Just so no-one is confused it is the regular green bin collection tomorrow (Thursday) and the black rubbish bin on Friday.
The blue box and bag are not collected for another week.
Thursday – 3.30pm
Please leave your green bin out, there have been some delays this week with collections, but Derbyshire Dales say that the contractors should reach Parwich at some point today/tonight.
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Parwich Parish Council
Planning Sub Committee Meeting
at 1 Croft Ave on Sunday 19th August – 5pm
Peak Park have asked Parwich Parish Council to re-examine planning application number: NP/DDD/0312/0264 & NP/DDD/0312/0266 (Installation of air-to-air units at ten flats on Smithy Close and four flats on Rathborne Croft) in the light of new advice from Environmental Health. As this application requires a response from the Council before the next scheduled meeting in September a subcommittee meeting has been arranged. This meeting is open to the public. If you wish to attend please leave a message on 665. Depending on numbers there may be occasions when the subcommittee will have to relocate and hire the Memorial Hall.
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Tissington and Carsington area residents asked to set local policing priorities
As you may be aware, each of our Safer Neighbourhood policing teams hold a meeting every three months to set priorities, offering residents the chance to select what their local police officers and other agencies target.
The aim of our e-forum is to make it easier for you to have a say on priorities. Simply reply by clicking here to this email and tell us what you would like your team to target.
Your concerns will be sent to the Tissington and Carsington area Safer Neighbourhood Policing Team and they will discuss all responses at their next forum meeting which will be held on:
Wednesday 29th August starting at 7.30pm at Bradbourne Village Hall.
Each team works in partnership with local agencies, which include parish, town, district and county councils, housing associations, Derbyshire Youth Service, Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service, Neighbourhood Watch among others, to help keep your area a safe, clean and pleasant place to live.
Priorities can include a wide variety of issues, including anti-social or nuisance behaviour, graffiti or vandalism, speeding, parking or anything which you feel impacts on the quality of life for you and your neighbours.
You are still more than welcome to attend the meeting if you would prefer to speak to officers in person or you can also call our non emergency telephone number, 101.
You can be reassured that we will listen to your concerns, act on them and maintain our commitment to provide a high quality policing service to everyone in the High Peak and Derbyshire Dales.
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The public consultation on the draft five-year management plan for the trails is now open.
The Peak District National Park Authority owns and manages four multi-user recreational trails within the Peak District. These are:
•Tissington Trail
•High Peak Trail
•Monsal Trail
•Thornhill Trail
All four trails are popular with a wide variety of users, including walkers, cyclists and horse riders. As the trails are old railway lines, they offer easy-to-access routes within areas of beautiful landscape that are rich in wildlife and historic interest.
The Authority has prepared a draft management plan for the four trails to guide their management over the next five years. Recognising the importance of the trails to both locals and visitors from further afield, we would now like to give the public the opportunity to comment on the plan.
How to comment
1. Download a copy of the draft management plan
2. Email your comments to Abi Ball at: abi.ball@peakdistrict.gov.uk
3. The consultation period will run for six weeks until midnight on Monday 17 September 2012.
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Locally picked and photographed by JF-S
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Warm up to energy bill savings – before it’s too late
Time is running out for Derbyshire Dales residents to take advantage of lofty savings on their energy bills.
In the past year Derbyshire Dales District Council has helped local people save over £43,000 in energy bills and is urging local householders and private tenants to sign up to a scheme for free and discounted loft insulation and cavity wall insulation.
Last autumn 326 Dales households prepared for winter and beat rising energy prices by applying for subsidised loft and cavity wall insulation, resulting in an annual CO2 saving of 220 Tonnes.
Chairman of Derbyshire Dales District Council’s Environment Committee, Councillor Steve Bull, said: “The recent weather, which has felt more like October than July, should prompt local people to prepare for winter now to save cash when you really need the energy.
“Funding for the free and discounted scheme the District Council runs in partnership with Warmstreets ends in December 2012, so our advice is call us now.”
Call 0800 043 9569, or if calling from a mobile 0333 557 9569. Alternatively, visit warmstreets for more details. Warmstreets provides deals in renewable technologies, external wall insulation, replacement heating systems and other home improvements.
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This year there is a rather special judge for the Photograph competition: an ex-Kodak specialist. He has had a great deal of experience in judging at various shows and competitions. He will not just be awarding points for technical merit but will be looking for originality and interest. If you enjoy using a camera please have a go at the classes in this year’s show on Sunday 2nd September.
For details of all other classes click here.
For the entry form click here.
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Final pilates summer class tonight in the Memorial Hall, starting at 6.30pm.
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Parwich First Responders have received a donation of £527 from the Ashbourne branch of Waitrose. The sum was raised through customers choosing which charity they would like to support via their green counters. So, many thanks to those of you who wanted to see our group receive these funds and also to Waitrose for their generous scheme.
Thanks, Sue H
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A record number of visitors visited the Manifold Show yesterday, so thank you JF-S for sending in some interesting photos of the event.
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Please find attached some piccies of where I was working, just in case you wonder what I have been doing for the last few weeks….. Val S
My Olympic role was to manage a team of 10 staff who had to get information on events from the sports’ organisers and venues to journalists at the Main Press centre (MPC) so that they could write about, or commentate on, Olympic events.
My desk was in the centre of the newsroom behind what were effectively 3 walls of shelves – known as ‘the press pigeon holes’. At the back of me was a wall of the building, so I was effectively penned in – but there were doors! Continue Reading »
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Graham J writes:
Thanks to all those who helped on the PP5 night – we managed to raise £392, which will again go to Parwich Memorial Hall funds.
This year, the race itself raised £315 – which was a bit down on last year, due to a slightly reduced entry (were we competing with a small event in London?) – and we spent a bit more on trophies and prizes. Sandra and Fiona added a further £77 through their hard work on the raffle on the night.
Thanks again to all who helped and made it such a fun evening for both runners and spectators.
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IMPORTANT: These details have been updated elsewhere. Please click here for our most recent property round-up.
Here is the current list of properties for sale or rent in our area, correct as at August 12th 2012.
- Fernlea House, Main Street, 4 bed detached, £725,000.
- Lilac Cottage, 4 bed detached, £500,000.
- Pikehall Lane, 3 bed bungalow, £479,000.
- Creamery Lane, 4 bed detached, £475,000.
- Monsdale Lane, 3 bed detached, £375,000.
- Church Walk, 2 bed barn conversion, £375,000.
- Greenlow, Alsop-en-le-Dale, 3 bed bungalow, £350,000.
- The Square, former village shop, £349,000.
- Mount Pleasant, 3 bed, £300,000.
- Rathbone Croft, 3 bed semi-detached, £220,000.
- NEW: Sycamore Cottage, 3 bed semi-detached, £210,000
- West View, 2 bed terraced, £175,000.
- The Old Farm House, Pikehall, 3 bed barn conversion, £995 PCM.
- Pikehall Farm, workshops/commercial units, £4000 PA.
The list will be updated again next month. Until then, you will be able to find it on the INFO page, via the SITE MAP, and in the ELSEWHERE ON PARWICH.ORG section on the right hand side of this page.
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Thanks to our dressage correspondent Patti B, who snapped these three shots aboard the party boat…
Patti’s medal cake at the dressage party
Continue Reading »
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Thanks to JF-S for these two snaps:
Damiao scoring Brazil’s 3rd goal
Celebrations
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| What’s on Where this Week | |||
| Day | Time | Event | Location |
| Sunday | 9.30am | Mattins | Parwich Church |
| Sunday | 2.30pm | Methodist Service | Parwich Church |
| Monday | 6.30pm | Summer Pilates |
Memorial Hall |
| Thursday | …pm | Green Bin Collection | Parwich |
| Saturday | 9am | Ashbourne Show | Osmaston |
| Sunday | 10am | Family Service | Parwich Church |
| Sunday | 11.15am | Holy Communion | Alsop Church |
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Well, it’s the final episode in the two week(ish) saga of Team PB. What heights they scaled!
If you recall, three members of Team PB were in the main draw for the prestigious Greenaway Trophy: the ‘Blue Ribbon’ event of the whole games. 52 competitors had assembled in Wirksworth, with Rick Manning and John Barnett acting as pace makers for Team PB’s star gold-winning player from last Sunday, Ian Johnston.
The competition went well for the first round, with all three getting through. Unfortunately, John was then knocked out in the second round. Rick managed to keep going until the quarter final, but again he was beaten.
This left Ian on his own, carrying the flag. He would have liked it to have been the Cross of St Andrew, being the brave Scot that he is, but he had to settle for a mythical Union flag.
Battling away on his own now, with no Team PB members around him, Ian finally succumbed to defeat in the semi-final. What a journey it had been!
So, no fairytale finish for Team PB… but then there is always next year.
Oh, and the Greenaway Charity finished off well over a thousand pounds to the good. Best result of all. really.
Back to the grind of Matlock League Bowls next week.
– John B
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My day at the Olympics from JaneB
There have been some fantastic posts sent in from our various Olympic correspondents, so instead of doing a written post I have created a photo diary with captions of my day at the Olympics on Wednesday, which gives an overview of the whole Olympic Park.
When I was a child, as a family we went to Crystal Palace on several occasions to the Three A’s athletic meetings and watched athletes like David Hemery, David Jenkins and Alan Pascoe, future Olympic medalists. So in 2012 it was great to go to the London Olympics with my Dad.
I have nothing but praise for the organisation of the Olympics, it is something in Britain that we should be proud of. In the weeks leading up to the Olympics the British press desperately tried to leap on any potential negatives, now of course the papers are full of the triumphs of the event.
The evening of athletics was unforgettable, but for me it was more than the races, it was the whole atmosphere and positive attitude that made spending the day in the Olympic Park so totally unique.
Left click on any photo to open as a full screen slide show. Continue Reading »
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Now in its 7th year, Y Not is a festival whose annual growth is perpetual. Like a fine wine, it matures with age, and Y Not is now indelibly marked on the summer festival calendar; it’s no longer the tiny gathering in the Peak District that it once was.
The Nottingham Post have published an excellent – and very detailed – review of last weekend’s Y-Not festival. Click here to read it.
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Parwich Oddfellows
Joining Cavendish Lodge Hartington,
8th September for their celebration.
Start time 13.30 Hartington RBL
Anyone interested please contact
M Edge 01335 390461
D Swindell 01335 390541
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We will be updating this post throughout the day, so keep checking back for more updates as we get them!
Patti B writes:
Hi Everyone,
It seems that not all of you were bored out of your mind by the step by step ravings of a dressage groupie, and would like more of the same.
First, I have been asked to put a little background to our interest in a less than popular sport – that, of course, is before we won a Gold Medal at the Olympics!
Some of you know that Alice is a professional dressage rider and trainer, who has also trained to Grand Prix level, but you may not know that she worked for Carl Hester for a year before University and has been in continuous training with him for the last fifteen years. In that time, we have become good friends with him and have watched all the hard work, tears and tribulations that have been associated with his journey to a Gold Medal. So we have obviously taken a keen interest in these games. I have also been his chief cake maker – always making sure he has ‘slimming’ carrot cake when he is watching his weight!
Today, I shall be sending you quickie reports as they are happening.
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