Fun Food

Watermelon Flower Art

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Miscellaneous American Cake Art - 4

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Miscellaneous American Cake Art - 3

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Gruesome Chinese Delicacies - 2

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Watermelon Art

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Miscellaneous American Cake Art - 2

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Gruesome Chinese Delicacies - 1

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Miscellaneous American Cake Art - 1

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Banana Art - 3

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American Cake Art - SMALL CAKES

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Underwater Restaurant at Hilton Maldives

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American Cake Art - TRAVEL

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Banana Art - 2

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American Cake Art - GADGETS

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Banana Art - 1

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Biggest Barbecue

2010-01-06T02:44:00.002+05:30

More than a thousand barbecue fanatics in Uruguay grilled up 12 metric tonnes (26,400 lbs) of beef on Sunday, setting a new Guinness world record while promoting the country's succulent top export.
Army personnel set up a grill nearly 1 mile long and firefighters lit six tonnes of charcoal to kick off the gargantuan cookout.
Some 1,250 people grilled the beef and about 20,000 spectators cried with joy when a Guinness judge confirmed the barbecue record had been broken.

American Cake Art - DOGS

2009-12-30T03:59:00.001+05:30

American Cake Art - CARS

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Watermelon People Art - 2

2009-12-16T03:36:00.001+05:30

World's Largest Chocolate Fountain - 2

2009-12-09T01:52:00.001+05:30

The record holding chocolate fountain is located in Las Vegas, inside Bellagio. With the hight of 27 feet, it’s the biggest chocolate fountain in the world. The fountain is filled with 2100 pounds of dark, milk and white chocolate.

Watermelon People Art - 1

2009-12-02T03:31:00.001+05:30

World's Largest Chocolate Fountain - 1

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Chewing Gum Art

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Giant Veggies - 2

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Gum Sculptures - 2

2009-11-04T01:42:00.001+05:30

Italian artist Maurizio Savini has distinguished himself by using a very unusual material for his sculptures: pink chewing gum. Here are some of his works.

Egg Funniness

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Giant Veggies - 1

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Gun Sculpture - 1

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Italian artist Maurizio Savini has distinguished himself by using a very unusual material for his sculptures: pink chewing gum. Here are some of his works.

Orange Art - 3

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Egg Sculpturing

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Orange Art - 2

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Orange Art - 1

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Vegetable Architectures -2

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Incidentally, has anyone noticed the lovely date?? 9/9/09?!

Artful Sushi - 3

2009-09-02T03:11:00.001+05:30

Freaky Food

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Fun Food Facts - 2: TT!!!!!!

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1. Sometimes frozen fruits and vegetables are more nutritious than fresh!
The longer that fruits or vegetables sit around waiting to be sold or eaten, the more nutrients they lose. But fruits and vegetables grown for freezing are usually frozen right after they're picked. Therefore, they have less time to lose their nutrients.

2. Instant coffee has been in existence since the middle of the eighteenth century

3. The dish chop-suey does not come from China. It was created by Chinese immigrants in California

4. You're more likely to be hungry if you're cold.

5. Frankfurter sausages were first created in China

6. Within 2 hours of standing in daylight, milk loses between half and two-thirds of its vitamin B content

7. Bakers used to be fined if their loaves were under weight, so they used to add an extra loaf to every dozen, just in case -- hence, the expression "baker's dozen"

8. Peanuts are used in the manufacture of dynamite

9. It has been traditional to serve fish with a slice of lemon since the Middle Ages, when people believed that the fruit's juice would dissolve any bones accidentally swallowed

10. The average person eats almost 1500 punds of food a year.

11. A portion of the water you drink has already been drunk by someone else, maybe several times over

12. Fast Food isn't new.
The remains of fast-food shops have been found in ancient ruins! Even ancient Greeks enjoyed take-out. The only thing that is new is the mass production, standard menus and recipes of fast-food "chains."

13. Carrots really can help you see in the dark...

105 Pound King Burger - 2

2009-08-19T02:58:00.001+05:30

New World Record - 105 Pound King Burger.

Fun Food Facts - 1. Thursday Thirteen.

2009-08-13T00:42:00.002+05:30

1. Lemons contain more sugar than strawberries

2. The onion is named after a Latin word meaning large pearl

3. Half of the world's population live on a staple diet of rice

4. Potato crisps were invented by a North American Indian called George Crum

5. During a lifetime the average person eats about 35 tonnes of food

6. Ice Cream Is Chinese Food!
When the famous explorer Marco Polo returned to his homeland of Italy, from China in 1295, he brought back a recipe (among other things). The recipe, was a Chinese recipe for a desert called "Milk Ice." However, Europeans substituted cream for the milk, and voila..."Ice Cream." Ice cream has been a hit ever since!

7. The founder of McDonald's has a Bachelor degree in Hamburgerology

8. In France, people eat approximately 500,000,000 snails per year

9. The first breakfast cereal ever produced was Shredded Wheat

10. There are about 100,000 bacteria in one litre of drinking water

11. The Word "Salary" Comes From "Salt!"
Salt, our oldest preservative, was extremely rare in the past. So rare, in fact, that it was often used as pay. Imagine...earning a couple of tablespoons of salt for a hard-days work. Today, salt is so common that restaurants give it away for free, and packaged food contains so much that it's far too easy to eat too much salt (salt is also known as "sodium").

12. Cream is lighter than milk

13. Over 1,000 litres of beer are drunk in the House of Commons each week

Artful Sushi - 2

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Dark Chocloate

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Dark chocolate (as opposed to other kinds of chocolate) is considered healthy, and recommended for daily consumption in small amounts to maintain a healthy heart and lower cholesterol.

Dark chocolate is also an excellent energy source because it releases slowly into the bloodstream and does not elevate insulin levels. (Indeed, dark chocolate has a GI rating of a mere 22.) As a result, the sustained energy it provides is ideal for endurance activities and even weight training routines.

If you don't like dark chocloate, start with a very mild dark chocolate such as 45-55% cacao. A good example of this is Bournville, an easily available brand (in the UK) with distinctive packaging. Mild dark chocolate will taste similar to milk chocolate and won't be too bitter. If you are more adventurous, you can get dark chocolates that go all the way up to 100% cacao (i.e., unsweetened).

The formation of whitish spots, or bloom, on chocloate is due to a separation of some of the fat in the chocolate. While it affects the aesthetics of the chocolate somewhat, it isn't harmful to eat or use chocolate that has bloomed. Bloom is related to heat and humidity, so store chocolate in a cool, dry place free of odors.

Here are some excellent brands to try: Michel Cluizel, Perugina, Wedel, Domori, Amedei, Valrhona, Neuhaus, Marcolini, Lindt, Felchlin, Guittard, Scharffen Berger, Santander, Malagasy, Weiss, El Rey, Theo, Bonnat, Pralus, Castelain, Slitti, Dagoba, Green and Black's, and Ghirardelli.

Alcohol Trivia

2009-08-06T23:47:00.000+05:30

1. President Lyndon B. Johnson's favorite drink may have been scotch and soda. He would ride around his Texas ranch in an open convertible in hot weather. He drank his "scotch and soda out of a large white plastic foam cup. Periodically, Johnson would slow down and hold his left arm outside the car, shaking the cup and ice. A Secret Service agent would run up to the car, take the cup and go back to the station wagon (following the President's car). There another agent would refill it with ice, scotch, and soda as the first agent trotted behind the wagon. then the first agent would run the refilled cup up to LBJ's outstretched hand, as the President's car moved slowly forward."

2. Don’t swallow in Utah! Wine used in wine tastings in Utah must not be swallowed!

3. Adding a miniature onion to a martini turns it into a Gibson.

4. The longest bar in the world is 684 feet (or about 208.5 meters) long and is located at the New Bulldog in Rock Island, Illinois.

5. A drinking establishment is now located in the New York City building that once housed the National Temperance Society.

6. A tequini is a martini made with tequila instead of dry gin.

7. The body or lightness of whiskey is primarily determined by the size of the grain from which it is made; the larger the grain, the lighter the whiskey. For example, whiskey made from rye, with its small grain size, is bigger or fuller-bodied than is whiskey made from corn, with its large grain size.

8. Each molecule of alcohol is less than a billionth of a meter long and consists of a few atoms of oxygen, carbon and hydrogen.

9. Christopher Columbus brought Sherry on his voyage to the New World.

10. As Magellan prepared to sail around the world in 1519, he spent more on Sherry than on weapons.

11. Sixty-two percent of Americans report that they have used the service of a designated driver.

12. The founder of MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) no longer belongs to the organization. She resigned after it became increasingly anti-alcohol rather than simply anti-drunk-driving.

13. Vassar College was established and funded by a brewer.

Vegetable Architectures - 1

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Most Popular Ice Cream Flavours

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Yummy, this is one thursday thirteen, for which I REALLY enjoyed the researching part. I think I like no 6 - Chocolate Chip the most. WOW! 3.9% of the world agrees with me!!! :)

1. Vanilla, 29%

2. Chocolate, 8.9%

3. Butter pecan, 5.3%

4. Strawberry, 5.3%

5. Neapolitan, 4.2%

6. Chocolate chip, 3.9%

7. French vanilla, 3.8%

8. Cookies and cream, 3.6%

9. Vanilla fudge ripple, 2.6%

10. Praline pecan, 1.7%

11. Cherry, 1.6%

12. Chocolate almond, 1.6%

13. Coffee, 1.6%

Happy TT everybody!

Largest Lobster in the World

2009-07-29T01:33:00.001+05:30

This gigantic pink prickly lobster was caught by a fishing vessel about 238 meters away from the South coast of England. Its size exceeds that of a usual lobster by approximately 5 times. It is the record holder for both its length - about 60 cm and for its weight - 4.2 kg.

Alcohol Trivia - 5. Thursday Thirteen :)

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1. Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected President of the U.S. in 1932 on a pledge to end National Prohibition.

2. During World War II, reduction of consumption activists argued that soldiers should not be permitted to drink alcohol beverages. However, General George C. Marshall, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, insisted that such prohibition would be 'harmful to the men in the service."

3. The consumption of alcohol was so widespread throughout history that it has been called "a universal language."

4. Opposition to the enforcement of Prohibition increased as people became disillusioned with the Noble Experiment. Montana became the first state to repeal its enforcement of Prohibition, doing so in 1926 (Prohibition lasted from 1920 through 1933).

5. Shochu, a beverage distilled from barley, was the favorite beverage of the world’s longest-living man, Shigechiyo Izumi of Japan, who lived for 120 years and 237 days. He was born on June 29, 1865 and died on February 21, 1986. 52
The U.S. Marines’ first recruiting station was in a bar.

6. Only 30% of adults in the U.S. believe that drinking can form part of a healthy, balanced life. This is in spite of the fact that moderate drinking is associated with better health and greater longevity than is abstention.

7. Bourbon is the official spirit of the United States, by act of Congress.

8. One glass of milk can give a person a .02 blood alcohol concentration (BAC) on a Breathalyzer test. That’s enough in some states for persons under age 21 to lose their drivers license and be fined.

9. Letters from “increase alcohol taxes” can be used to spell “Alert: Halt excess excise taxes on alcohol.”

10. Fermentation within the body is essential for human life to exist.

11. At the request of a distiller, Louis Pasteur began his pioneering research by investigating the process of fermentation, by which all alcohol beverages and many other foods are produced.

12. Fermentation is involved in the production of many foods, including bread (bread “rises” as it ferments), sauerkraut, coffee, black tea, cheese, yogurt, buttermilk, pickles, cottage cheese, chocolate, vanilla, ginger, catsup, mustard, soy sauce. and many more.

13. Heavy taxes, which more than double the price of a typical bottle of whiskey, rum or other distilled spirits beverage, encourages the production and sale of dangerous bootleg alcohol.

Sculptures Made From Food Cans - 4

2009-07-22T03:02:00.001+05:30

Exhibition of Sculputres made from Food cans held in New York on 9th November.

Alcohol Trivia - 4... Thursday Thirteen...

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1. During World War II, a group of alpine soldiers who were stranded in mountain snows survived for an entire month on nothing but a cask of sherry.

2. White lightning is a name for illegally-distilled spirits. All spirits are clear or "white" until aged in charred oak barrels. Moonshiners skip the aging process to reduce risk of arrest, hence the name of their product. Moonshining is profitable because the taxes on legally-produced spirits are so high.

3. It is estimated that the federal government takes in 14 times more in taxes on distilled spirits than producers of the products earn making them. That does not include what states and localities additionally take in taxes on the same products.

4. President Jimmy Carter's mother said "I'm a Christian, but that doesn't mean I'm a long-faced square. I like a little bourbon."

5. President Thomas Jefferson was the new U.S nation's first wine expert.

6. It's impossible to create a beverage of over 18% alcohol by fermentation alone.

7. Temperance activists, who strongly opposed the consumption of alcohol, typically consumed patent medicines that, just like whiskey, generally contained 40% alcohol!

8. In Malaysia, drunk drivers are jailed and so are their spouses.

9. Spectators at Indy car races consume more blush wine than the average American, according to interviews of 200,000 adults in the top 75 markets. The inteviews also found that golfers drink domestic beer 64% more often than imported beer and that attendees of R&B, rap or hip-hop concerts are 94% more likely than the average person to drink champagne.

10. The word "liquor" is prohibited on storefronts in some states of the U.S.

11. Letters from “drink to your health” can be used to spell “ideal heart diet.” 9. Drinking alcohol in moderation reduces the risk of heart disease by an average of about 40%.

12. Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president of the US, stated that "It has long been recognized that the problems with alcohol relate not to the use of a bad thing, but to the abuse of a good thing."

13. Beer and Bras. British men have been found twice as likely to know the price of their beer as their partner's bra size. A poll reported in Britain's Prima magazine found that 77% of males knew how much their beer costs but only 38% knew the correct size of ther mate's bra.

Sculptures Made From Food Cans - 3

2009-07-15T03:02:00.001+05:30

Exhibition of Sculputres made from Food cans held in New York on 9th November.

French Food Facts... Thursday Thirteen!!

2009-07-09T01:47:00.000+05:30

1. The famous Petit Suisse ("little swiss cheese") of Gervais are not from Switzerland, but from Normandy, in France.

2. Crêpes, one of the most popular food in Europe, originate from Brittany, in the west of France.

3. Wine has been made in France since Roman times.

4. There are 450 different wine appellations in France. There are tens of thousands of small wine-producing domain, but only 15% of all French wines enjoy the marketing benefits of AOC designations.

5. Bordeaux alone has over 9,000 different châteaux.

6. 72% of the adult French population finds it difficult to understand French wine labels.

7. In 2004, France produced 56.6 millions hectoliters of wine.

8. Wines from the North of France (e.g. Alsace) are usually made from a single variety of grape (e.g. Pinot Noir), whereas wines further south are typically blends of varietals (e.g. Carbernet Sauvignon + Merlot), which is why they do not mention them on the label like in Australia, California, Chile or South Africa.

9. France produces some of the world's most famous liqueurs, such as Grand Marnier, Cointreau, Triple Sec, Mandarine Napoleon, Cognac, Armagnac, Crème de Cassis, Pastis, Chartreuse, etc.

10. There are about 2 new cooking books published every day in France.

11. There are over 300 kinds of cheese made in France.

12. French people are the second biggest consumers of alcohol per capita in the Western world - after Luxembourg...

13. Foie gras may be part and parcel of French cuisine, but its origins go back to 4,500 years ago in Ancient Egypt, from where it spread to Greece (500 B.C.E.), then to the Romans, ancestors of the modern French.

Artful Sushi - 1

2009-07-08T03:10:00.000+05:30

Sculptures Made From Food Cans - 2

2009-07-01T03:01:00.001+05:30

Exhibition of Sculputres made from Food cans held in New York on 9th November.

Snake Drink

2009-06-24T02:55:00.000+05:30

Would You Dare To Drink This?

Alcohol Trivia - 3 : Thursday Thirteen! (3)

2009-06-18T01:47:00.002+05:30

1. Alcohol consumption decreases during the time of the full moon.

2. Drinking lowers rather than raises the body temperature.

3. Drinking causes an illusion of increased heat because alcohol causes the capillaries to dilate and fill with more warm blood.

4. Rhode Island never ratified the 18 Amendment establishing Prohibition.

5. "Whiskey" is the international aviation word used to represent the letter "w."

6. Most vegetable, and virtually all fruit juices, contain alcohol.

7. There are 83 dry towns and villages in Alaska.

8. There is a cloud of alcohol in outer space with enough alcohol to make four trillion-trillion drinks. It's free for the taking. . . but it's 10,000 light years away from Earth.

9. In West Virginia, bars can advertise alcohol beverage prices, but not brand names.

10. The Mayflower, well-known for bringing the Pilgrims to the New World, ordinarily transported alcohol beverage between Spain and England.

11. Wine has about the same number of calories as an equal amount of grape juice.
Johnny Appleseed probably distributed apple seeds across the American frontier so that people could make fermented apple juice ("hard" cider) rather than eat apples.

12. White wine gets darker as it ages while red wine gets lighter.

13. "There's no free lunch." Pennsylvania outlawed free lunches in 1917 to prevent taverns from giving free sandwiches to customers who bought beer to drink with them. This led some shop keepers to sell sandwiches and give away the beer.

105 Pound King Burger - 1

2009-06-17T02:56:00.000+05:30

New World Record - 105 Pound King Burger.

Sculptures Made From Food Cans - 1

2009-06-10T03:00:00.000+05:30

Exhibition of Sculputres made from Food cans held in New York on 9th November.

Alcohol Trivia - 2: TT 2

2009-06-04T04:47:00.001+05:30

1. Martha Washington enjoyed daily toddys. In the 1790s, "happy hour" began at 3:00 p.m. and cocktails continued until dinner.

2. Tom Arnold, Sandra Bullock, Chevy Chase, Bill Cosby, Kris Kristofferson, and Bruce Willis are all former bartenders.

3. Frederick the Great of Prussia tried to ban the consumption of coffee and demanded that the populace drink alcohol instead.

4. President Lincoln, when informed that General Grant drank whiskey while leading his troops, reportedly replied "Find out the name of the brand so I can give it to my other generals."

5. Being intoxicated had desirable spiritual significance to the ancient Egyptians. They often gave their children names like "How Drunk is Cheops" or "How Intoxicated is Hathor."

6. The Pilgrims landed at what is now Plymouth, Massachusetts, rather than continue sailing because they were running out of supplies, especially alcohol beverage.

7. The bill for a celebration party for the 55 drafters of the US Constitution was for 54 bottles of Madeira, 60 bottles of claret, 8 bottles of whiskey, 22 bottles of port, 8 bottles of hard cider, 12 beers and seven bowls of alcohol punch large enough that "ducks could swim in them."

8. During the reign of William III, a garden fountain was once used as a giant punch bowl. The recipe included 560 gallons of brandy, 1200 pounds of sugar, 25,000 lemons, 20 gallons of lime juice, and five pounds of nutmeg. The bartender rowed around in a small boat, filling up guests' punch cups.

9. The Manhattan cocktail (whiskey and sweet vermouth) was invented by Winston Churchill's mother.

10. Desi Arnaz's grandfather was one of the founders of the largest rum distillery in the world.

11. If a young Tiriki man offers beer to a woman and she spits some of it into his mouth, they are engaged to be married. Hmmmmm.....that makes the single life seem a little more attractive.

12. Among the Bagonda people of Uganda, the several widows of a recently deceased king have the distinctive honor of drinking the beer in which his entrails have been cleaned.

13. Alcohol is considered the only proper payment for teachers among the Lepcha people of Tibet.

Yummy Coffee...or rather, BEAUTIFUL Coffee... - 2

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Yummy Coffee...or rather, BEAUTIFUL Coffee... - 1

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Alcohol Trivia - 1 : TT 1

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1. The Chagga people of Tanganyika believe that a liar will be poisoned if he or she consumes beer mixed with the blood of a recently sacrificed goat.

2. Beer is mixed with saliva and blood for a drink that is shared when two Chagga men become blood brothers.

3. The national anthem of the US, the "Star-Spangled Banner," was written to the tune of a drinking song.

4. The shallow champagne glass originated with Marie Antoinette. It was first formed from wax molds made of her breasts.

5. Beer was not sold in bottles until 1850; it was not sold in cans until 1935.

6. In the 1600's thermometers were filled with brandy instead of mercury.

7. A raisin dropped into a glass of champagne will repeatedly bounce up and down between the top and the bottom of the glass.

8. As late as the mid-17th century, the French wine makers did not use corks. Instead, they used oil-soaked rags stuffed into the necks of bottles.

9. The corkscrew was invented in 1860.

10. The longest recorded champagne cork flight was 177 feet and 9 inches, four feet from level ground at Woodbury Vineyards in New York State.

11. In the 1800's, rum was considered excellent for cleaning hair and keeping it healthy. Brandy was believed to strengthen hair roots.

12. The purpose of the indentation at the bottom of a wine bottle is to strengthen the structure of the bottle.

13. In the U.S., a barrel of beer contains 31 gallons, which is equivalent to about 330 twelve-ounce bottles or cans.

A city made of biscuits... - 2

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A city made of biscuits... - 1

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