Now A Map Reveals What Countries Are Best Known For- India For Bananas And Pakistan For Gay Porn

If there was ever a thing to unabashedly challenge your view of the world, it'd have to be this global map that apparently knows more about these countries than you ever did. And the difference is as good as a 360 degree flip.

India's not known for how colourful it is or how helpful its people are or even the Taj Mahal. According to this map, India's popular for its bananas. Our errant cousin and neighbour, Pakistan, apparently loves its gay porn. Now, who would've thought...

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This 'International number ones' map was created by David McCandless, and is a collection of data from sources that include Guiness World Records and the World Bank, to name a few. The index on the bottom of the map goes as high up as straight up 'nasty.'

Other audacious facts: France isn't the most romantic in the world. It's the most drunk on whiskey! And Colombia's not reeling under the weight of an oppressive economy; it's actually quite happy. 

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When the Taboo in the Society about Sexuality Caused a Divorce!

Since a girl is born, at every point of time people keep her reminding that she is born for a great purpose- to get married, to serve her in-laws and keep her husband and family happy. Oops.. sorry. Super happy!

 “ You don’t know cooking? Then what will you give you in-laws to eat?” As if they are on a hunger strike until a girl marry to their son. “You are so indiscipline, how you gonna survive after marriage?” ...and so on. 

But between all these lines, they never ever mention about the sex, an integral part of a healthy marriage. That is banned in girl’s dictionaries. 

However, after marriage, you're supposed to have as much of sex as you can and have a big family. 

In Indian culture they think it as the act of sin to think or discuss about sex before marriage. And this thought is so deeply rooted inside some girls psyche that they find it difficult to make this move after after marriage. 

Many times before, few of the newly wed brides have shared their depressing experiences and recently I got to read a story where a husband decided to open up on this and narrate his experience with his wife on Quora that how the taboo around sex in our country broke his marriage, and it is really heart rendering. 

We hope that no other girl is brought up to believe that sexuality is a sin.

Here it is in his own words:
 Our family arranged our match when I was 27 and she was 25. She seemed like a beautiful, educated and well spoken woman. Before our families made the match official, all I asked her was if she wants to get married out of free will (as opposed to family pressure) and if there is someone else she wants to be with.

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We got engaged and had a 4 month courtship period. We chatted and went on dates. I have female friends and I know how confusing this time can get for girls. I wanted to respect her space and didn’t make a move to get physically intimate. She said she was a virgin. I, too, was a virgin so I thought she might be feeling shy talking about the details.
Cut to our first night and we were at my parent’s home. I talked, showered her with compliments gifts and sang for her. After making the atmosphere extremely romantic, I leaned in for a kiss. To my horror, she jumped back. I was horrified that I had scared her. She said she didn’t feel comfortable, so I let it be.

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A week later, we kissed. Another 2 weeks later, she was *letting* me take off her clothes. I tried to stimulate her by caressing her breasts, back, neck in a lot of different ways but she never seemed to be aroused. In fact one day, to my horror, she ran into the bathroom and I could hear her sobbing. I felt guilty.

3 months passed and we still hadn’t had sex. I tried everything. I got her flowers, chocolates, gifts, cooked, sang for her, took her to dates, invited her friends over, cuddled and talked with her. I did everything Google came up with when I searched ‘romantic’. I was a good husband.

She couldn’t give me one reason for her behaviour because according to her she did love me & was attracted to me. She went to her parent’s place as we needed some time to clear out minds.

Then we finally had sex. I was ecstatic but she lay there with an expression like she was tolerating it. I dismissed it as the discomfort of her first time.

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About 8 months passed, she was still unresponsive. She never initiated anything and was always reluctant about anything new. After months of me nagging her about not telling me what she liked or disliked so that I can make sex better for her, she one day had a mental breakdown. She broke down crying loudly and didn’t stop for 2 hours. Between her mumbling & shouting, all I could understand was that she hated sex and felt dirty every time I touched her.

Next day, I took her to a psychiatrist despite her revolts. The way she was reacting was not normal, but very scary for me. After 2–3 weeks for sittings, the doctor said that she had spent all her life hiding away from her own sexuality and that she has become averse to sex. She suppressed her sexual feelings to stay a virgin. So she couldn’t embrace her sexuality even when it was with her husband.

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The doctor said this complex is very common with Indian women and is never diagnosed. When porn, sex scenes in movies, masturbation, premarital sex is seen as something ‘bad’, it subconsciously makes sex an overall toxic thing for women and they suffer through it only as part of their wifely duties.

Despite being educated, having male friends, and a normal middle class upbringing, my ex-wife had suppressed her sexuality. She was averse to sex for a decade of her life after puberty, and society’s approval of marital sex didn’t make sex ok in her mind.

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Having sex with me was torture for her. And it would have gone unnoticed if I didn’t keep pressuring her to be more responsive and involved.
Today we are divorced. We talked intensively among ourselves, discussed with her psychiatrist, and went to couples’ counselling. It was the best decision for the both of us. She is single, happy, successful at her job, regained the health she lost during the year we were married, and sees a psychiatric to become a healthy sexual adult. 

Even if she stays celibate all her life, she is now on the road to feel more free and unburdened everyday.

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I can only imagine the trauma my ex-wife went through before her diagnosis. I just hope we someday live in a world where sex isn’t seen as a sin and girls aren’t subconsciously taught to be virginal and submissive. I hope no girl has to go through this trauma again. ”


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Exchange of scrapped notes ends, deposit them in banks till December 30

Over-the-counter exchange of high value notes, which were scrapped earlier this month, will stop from Friday, the government announced on Thursday. However, it also extended use of the Rs 500 note for some specific purposes up to December 15. "It has been observed that over-the-counter exchange of old currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 denominations has shown a declining trend," a finance ministry statement said after the government reviewed the situation.

"It has further been felt that people may be encouraged and facilitated to deposit their old Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes in their bank accounts. This will encourage people who are still unbanked to open bank accounts," it said.

From November 25 onwards, old notes can only be deposited in banks until December 30.

The government had permitted various exemptions for certain transactions and activities, such as buying cooking gas cylinders and railway tickets, payments at government hospitals, pharmacies, toll plazas and petrol pumps where payment could be made through old Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes up to November 24. It has now decided to extend the use of only the Rs 500 note for these transactions up to December 15. Use of the Rs 1,000 rupee note will not be allowed.

You can also use old Rs 500 notes to pay school and college fees. These entities must be central, state government, municipality or local body schools or colleges. Old notes can also be used for pre-paid mobile topup to a limit of Rs 500. 
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Wonderful Masterpiece created on the walls of Danapur Railway Station by the Artists of Walk for Bihar is getting viral on the social media.

Pictures of the wonderful masterpiece created on the walls of Danapur Railway Station by the artists of Walk for Bihar is getting viral on the social media. It is amazing to see such beautiful art in Patna. The Street Art at Danapur station is dedicated to the great mathematician Aryabhatta.  

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People of Patna will see more of this Street Art in the town by the end of November. You can also see one being made on the walls of NIFT, Patna. It is being made by famous Street Art artist Artez, who is from Serbia. There are many more places in town.

Who are the artists of Walk of Bihar?

A group of film makers and Artists from Mumbai who are organizing a month-long, massive Public Art Festival in Bihar’s capital city, Patna. Each Artist will produce larger-than-life original Artworks on the facades of public and private buildings. With the help of innovative and radical Street Art, Sculptures and Video Installations, they aim to give a clarion call for realizing Bihar’s potential in development, social justice and human liberty.

“Aryabhatta,one of the scientist of ancient India, who digitalised the world by inventing the number 0.
Yes, "I WAS HERE", in the land where 0 was invented. I am so glad that I got a chance to paint the full facade of Danapur Railway Station  in WALK FOR BIHAR festival in my own style of comic book illustration. The wall stands there talking about the forgotten hero.” Says Nilesh Kharade. 

Visiual artist Nilesh started painting at an early age of 8. After persuing his Diploma in Fine Arts from Abhinav Kala Mahavidyalaya, Pune, he worked on realistic and gurative compositions where he made a mark in producing water colour textures and patterns. Nilesh is deeply inspired by renowned Indian artist Vasudeo Kamat. He has handled socially driven subjects like music, humanity, forms of energy, local heritage,global warming, terrorism etc. through his art. He also spent few years teaching at Sai College of Art, Pune.


Later Nilesh found his inclination towards Street Art as a form of expression and aspires to make his art reach out through the form of street art. Worked for many corporate offices and painted numerous public locations in Pune under the Street Art fraternity, today Nilesh works as a full time visual artist out of his studio in Pune.

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Why thousands of women in Iceland walked off the job at 2:38 p.m

For thousands of women in Iceland on Monday, fighting for equal rights meant ditching out on work early. 

Women across the country powered down their smartphones, closed their laptops, and canceled meetings at 2:38 p.m. to protest the gender pay gap, according to an Iceland Review report.

Women in Iceland come together to fight for equality, shouting OUT #kvennafrí #womensrights pic.twitter.com/vTPFwfSoVk

— Salka Sól Eyfeld (@salkadelasol) October 24, 2016

Why 2:38? The protestors didn't just choose a random time.

Women in Iceland make roughly 18% less than their male counterparts, according to the latest European Union data. Which is good, compared to a lot of other countries — including the United States (which ranks 28th on the World Economic Forum's Gender Gap Report; Iceland is first). But still pretty unfair.

Unless, of course, their work day was 18% shorter. Which means they'd get out at 2:38 p.m.

This isn't the first time women in Iceland have gone on strike.

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A photo posted by Áslaug Lárusdóttir (@aslauglar_) on Oct 24, 2016 at 10:04am PDT

In 1975, labor unions and women's rights organizations in the country organized the first Women's Day Off. According to a BBC report, 90% of women in the country participated, including domestic workers and stay-at-home mothers. The strike paralyzed the country, forcing many men to take their children into the office.

"Probably most people underestimated this day's impact at that time — later both men and women began to realise that it was a watershed," Styrmir Gunnarsson, a former newspaper editor, told the BBC.

Iceland's (and Europe's) first female president, Vigdis Finnbogadottir, who joined that first protest 40 years ago, believes the mass demonstration helped pave the way for her election five years later.

This 2016 protest is the fourth time Iceland's women have gone on strike — and the time of the walkout has gotten progressively later with each one as women's relative wages have increased.

In 2005, protestors walked off the job at 2:08 p.m. In 2008, they left at 2:25.

But 2:38 p.m. is still not late enough!

Frelsi og feminismi. Við systurnar viljum jafnrétti núna STRAX!

A photo posted by Dóra Júlía Agnarsdóttir (@dorajulia) on Oct 24, 2016 at 8:46am PDT

At that rate, the wage gap in Iceland will take more than 50 years to close on its own. A WEF report estimates that the global wage gap may take as long as 118 years to sew up. But if the first protest changed the way the country values women's labor, then perhaps the pressure from more massive events can speed up the clock.

Women of Iceland are gathering at Austurvöllur today to protest against the gender wage gap #kvennafrí

A photo posted by Reykjavik Grapevine (@rvkgrapevine) on Oct 24, 2016 at 8:54am PDT

Perhaps on a Women's Day Off not too long in the future, they'll be skipping out at the end of the day with their male colleagues.

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Sanitary Napkin or the Condoms: What should be available free of cost ?

A woman from Kenya, Jaqi Jb W, has begun the debate on the social media by posting her photo with a sanitary napkin packet citing that “SANITARY PADS should be FREE condoms should be sold. Sex is a choice whereas menstruation ISN'T ...lots of girls are suffering out there because they can't afford pads. Please help me campaign this issue by sharing this post #Jointhecampaign #keepthegirlsinschool”

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Thousands of people have liked it and by now, around 21,783 peoples have shared it on the facebook until now.

Where many people are applauding and supporting her initiative, there are people who are criticizing her for comparing the necessity of sanitary napkins with the condoms.

It is a fact that many countries have a free condoms program to encourage the use of condoms to prevent HIV/AIDS. However, there is no program for the free sanitary napkins when 70 % of all reproductive diseases are caused by poor menstrual hygiene.

Before Jaqi Jb W, a man from Coimbatore-India, Arunachalam Muruganantham has dedicated a huge portion of his life to developing a machine that can produce low-cost sanitary pads for generating awareness about traditional unhygienic practices around menstruation in rural India.

 

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In 2014, TIME magazine placed him in its list of 100 Most Influential People in the World. In 2016, he was awarded Padma Shri by Government of India.

For many, buying sanitary pads is as easy as buying bread and milk. But, sanitary pads are an unaffordable luxury for countless girls and women in many parts of the world. They are at a permanent disadvantage as they are forced to stay at home, as they are unable to afford this basic necessity.

Sanitary pads are sold at a rate of 40 times the cost of the main ingredient – cotton and less percentage of women can afford to buy sanitary pads. The rest of them who are in resource-poor settings, improvise makeshift pads from old clothes, rags, newspapers, bits of mattress, and other readily available materials.

A great initiative Jaqi Jb W, we support your cause!!

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And Here We Are, Kabaddi World Cup 2016 Champions!!

The finals of the Kabaddi World Cup 2016 was between the two stallions of the sport- India and Iran. 

Both the skippers posing with the trophy just before the match:-

Though India was struggling in the first half with Iran leading the first half, they made a heroic comeback in the second half to win the kabaddi world cup third time in a row by beating Iran by 38-29.

Before the match, India's skipper Anup Kumar sent a message to everyone. This is what it says:

After registering a terrific win against Iran, social media got flooded with messages from people across the globe congratulating team India.

Whatsapp Rolls Out Video Calling Feature!!

Whatsapp, the most popular messaging app has just rolled out video calling feature. But this video calling feature is only available to windows phone user. The video calling feature has not been rolled out for iOS and android users and there are no plans for rolling out video calling feature for them any time soon. But we can expect this feature to be soon available to iOS and android.

First reported by Spanish website OneWindows.es, WhatsApp Beta users on Windows Phone are able to make video calls on WhatsApp. Users were not required to update their WhatsApp app.

To make video calls via whatsapp you just need to click on the call button and then choose between “Voice” and “Video” calling option. This video calling option also allows users to toggle between front and back camera. Just as you get notified for missing a “voice” call over whatsapp, you will also be notified for missing a video call.

Here's Why James Bond Says Sorry For Pan Bahar Ad!!

Under fire for endorsing Pan Bahar, Hollywood star Pierce Brosnan said he was "deeply shocked and saddened" by the criticism and that the company had made "unauthorised and deceptive use" of his image to endorse its entire range of products.

In an exclusive statement to People magazine, Brosnan said he had agreed to advertise a single product only , and that it was presented as "all-natural containing neither tobacco, supari, nor any other harmful ingredient".

Since Brosnan's statement was reported late Thursday night, a comment from the manufacturers of Pan Bahar was not immediately available. The James Bond actor said he has demanded that the company remove his image from all their products.

Brosnan's contract says he was to advertise a "breath freshenertooth whitener" which wouldn't include an ingredient that turns saliva red. "Having endured, in my own personal life, the loss of my first wife and daughter as well as numerous friends to cancer, I am fully committed to supporting women's healthcare and research programs that improve human health and alleviate suffering," the statement said.

Brosnan said he had the "greatest love and affection for India and its people". He added, "I would never have entered into an agreement to promote a product in India that is dangerous to one's health."

Here's the TV Ad:

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Wait What? Virat Kohli's Girfriend's Name Asked In Class 9 Examination!!

Some time back, the Indian Air Force engineering exam featured a question on Indian actor Deepika Padukone, leaving social media stunned.  

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Now, a Maharashtra school has gone a step further and asked students a rather absurd question about Indian cricketer Virat Kohli.

For their Physical Training or PT exam, class nine students of Chacha Nehru Hindi High School in Bhiwandi had to name the Test captain's girlfriend, reports Local News Network. The multiple choice question offered students these options to pick from - Priyanka Chopra, Anushka Sharma and Deepika Padukone.

Here's what their question paper looked like:

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Karnataka Billionaire's Daughter's Wedding Invite Includes A LCD Screen And This Is What It Looks Like!!

Gali Janardhan Reddy, one of the richest politician of Karnataka as well as a mining baron has sent out a boxed invitation for her daughter’s wedding and is surely going down in history.

The wedding invitation box does not have a written invite but a LCD screen which comes alive as the box opens and plays a minute-long video of Reddy, his wife, bride Brahmani and groom Rajeev Reddy.

This exorbitant wedding invite comes at a time when people are trying to cut unnecessary cost from the wedding.  This wedding invite will put Bollywood movies to shame as it has all ingredients such as horses, lip-syncing, music, introduction of the couples, etc. 

Well, this won’t come as a surprise for those who have attended a wedding hosted by Reddy in which he spent Rs 20 crore and the guests were flown in via helicopter.

As per various reports, Shah Rukh Khan, Prabhudeva, Tamannah and Katrina Kaif may perform at the wedding, which is scheduled for November 16.

For those of you who can’t register who Reddy is, this former BJP member spent more than three years in jail in connection with the Ballary illegal mining case. He used to have a 15kg gold throne as well. 

Chicken Taken Into Police Custody After Found Trying To Cross The Road

Police in East Marketgait, Dundee, were called to an incident on October 7 in which a feathery bird was spotted wandering across the tarmac in the middle of rush hour.

It was seen at around 8.30am and officers arrived after drivers reported the endangered hen.

The chicken was "giving passing motorists cause for concern," Tayside Police Division police said.

Officers managed to capture the lone bird and take it back to the station.

On Facebook, the police forced added: "The SSPCA has been contacted and will be attending to take care of the chicken until the owner is traced. "Police are appealing for any information as to why the chicken was crossing the road."

Tayside police posted an appeal on Facebook in a bid to find the chicken's owner.

It was soon shared by more than 1,000 people – and dozens of locals commented.

Although not particularly helpfully.

"I think it was being egged on by someone," Bill Barclay said.

Ann Sellars predictably commented: "To get to the other side."

Chris Elcombe added: "I suspect fowl play..."

"She was afraid someone would Caesar!" wrote Enn Cee Nadz.

And that man Bill Baclay popped up again, this time with: "Was it not just playing Chicken with the motorists."

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Deer Found Dead With Tree Branch Up Its Rear and Mcdonald’s Bag Covering Its Head

Police and the RSPCA are probing the sadistic killing of a deer which was found with a tree branch forced up its rear and a McDonald's bag over its head.

The sickening discovery was made on a cycle path in Slough, Berkshire, by passer-by Shouvik Chatterjee, who was out walking when he stumbled upon the mutilated animal.

The 42-year-old believes the deer had not been dead long as the blood was still wet.

Mr Chatterjee, of Slough, Berks, said: "I thought it was somebody's dog just relaxing there but it was very disturbing and disgusting. It did shake me up.

"The poor animal, the face was covered with a McDonalds paper bag, it was completely covered and there were flies all over it.

"The worse part of it was it looked like somebody had forced a tree branch up the backside. That was really gross.

"It was very disturbing, that was why I did not share the picture, even to my wife. "It was very sadistic. Why would you do that to an animal?"

After contacting the RSPCA, software company worker Mr Chatterjee was told to stay with the animal only to be called back saying it could not be collected until the next day as there was no one available.

An eight-year-old girl, also of Slough, was left traumatised when she found the body of a dog half an hour later.

The animal had a rock forced into its mouth and a concrete slab dropped on it, just over a mile away from where the deer was discovered.

Thames Valley Police are investigating the incidents and have appealed for anyone with information to come forward.
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Baby Girl Offered For Sale On EBay For 5000 euros!!

A baby girl was put up for sale on eBay with a variety of photos showing her sleeping in different outfits.

Police are investigating after the one-month-old infant, called Maria, was listed with an asking price of 5,000 euros (around £4,510).

According to the listing, which was taken down by the auction site within half an hour, Maria lives in the city of Duisburg in western Germany’s state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

The seller titled the advert: ‘Child, 40 days old named Maria for sale.’

It included photographs of the dark-haired baby wearing a variety of sleepsuits.

The listing quickly went viral on social media and internet forums where users were worried for the safety of the child and scandalised that somebody would post something like this.

It is not yet clear whether the eBay seller really wanted to make money out of the baby or whether it was supposed to be a joke.

eBay spokesman Pierre Du Bois said the company removed the listing and informed the police as soon as they were aware of the matter.

He said: ‘We received a lot of complaints from users and we immediately pursued the matter. In such a case, we provide the authorities with all available information.’

Mr Du Bois said that eBay suffered from its fair share of hoax listings including both bad jokes and attempts to defraud users.

‘We immediately ban these providers. We have specially trained teams which keep track on such cases and quickly react,’ he said.

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Two SUVs registered in Gujarat was stretched beyond permissible limits to look like Hummer Limousine

The Deputy RTO’s office in Navi Mumbai recently seized two Scorpios which were illegally modified. The two SUVs registered in Gujarat was stretched beyond permissible limits to look like  Hummer Limousine.  

The heavily modified vehicles were being rented out for functions. The interiors of the seized cars feature a bar, a TV and LED lighting. 

Authorities said the vehicles were extended by 1.6 meters and the chassis altered at a cost of around Rs. 25 – 30 lakh per vehicle. They have also asked the owners to produce the documents failing which the registration of their cars would be cancelled and the vehicles could be consigned to scrap as the modification are illegal. 

While it is a cool thing to have fancy modifications on your car, many are still unaware of the fact that it is illegal.

Here is what you can do to modify your car 

First, get the modification plans approved by the original car maker. 

Modify the car according to the approved plan.

Get the modified car approved by the original car maker. 

If approved, the owner has to get the car certified at one of three government-approved certifying agencies.

Once cleared by them, an RTO certificate will enable the owner to drive around town without being pulled up.

Here is what you can't do

No coloured bulbs

According to the Rule 102 of the CMVR, the indicator bulbs should have amber colour only. Also, the permitted flash rate is between 60-120 flashes per minute. 

No fancy horns 

It is illegal under the Rule 119 (2) of the CMVR. The rule does not permit any vehicle to have a multi-tone horn or a horn that is unnecessarily harsh. The horn of the vehicle should not exceed 115dB. 

No tainted glass

The use of these has been banned by the government under the Rule 100 (2) of the CMVR. Also, the windshield need to be 70 per cent translucent.

No olive green colour

This is not permitted under law, under Rule 121 of the motor vehicles act. This colour is only specifically permitted for the defence department.

No fancy number plates

Under section 77 of the CMVR, a number plate must be of plain white color with a reflective surface for private vehicles on which the numbers should be in English and Arabic numerals with a font size of 6 cm high and 2 cm thick for letters and 9 cm high and 2 cm thick, with 1 cm gap between letters and border of the plate. 
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