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Latest post on 07 May 2011 - 01:55
I am type 2 but fortunatly I do not need injections I take metaformin instead as do my work collegues who also have type 2. Is your type 2 quite severe? as I do not know anyone with type 2 who has been prescribed injections, all are on some form of tablet. I really dont understand quite well why Metaformin(glucophage) isn't working alone for me, so My Doc prescribed Bayetta which is not an Insulin ....I am exercising + watching very much what I am eating yet the BS readings is awful:( Im sorry your having such problems. Alhamdulillah since I was diagnosed in 2007 I managed it with diet, then things started getting a little worse (basically because I was being naughty) so they put me on the tablets, but my sugars right now are fab even when I forget to take my meds. I hope you can find something that is able to get your sugars back on track, maybe ask if you can try the other medication some of the posters have mentioned.
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Latest post on 06 May 2011 - 15:36
Don't panic, if you return to uk on holiday etc you can hire a car on your UAE license. When you return permanently you just swop the UAE one for a uk one, just like you did here. You can drive a car for up to one year in UK on your UAE license however you can not swap your UAE license for a UK license as it is not one of the Designated Countries that DVLA accept.
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Latest post on 06 May 2011 - 14:20
I am type 2 but fortunatly I do not need injections I take metaformin instead as do my work collegues who also have type 2. Is your type 2 quite severe? as I do not know anyone with type 2 who has been prescribed injections, all are on some form of tablet.
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Latest post on 06 May 2011 - 12:36
Imanesmama things have changed. I just wish the UAE would allow low income expats to get medication at cost price through the govt hospitals. Oh yes I know things have changed and its a real shame especially for those that earn virtually nothing. I am diabetic and have RA so I am dreading what we will have to pay in insurance when we return to UAE.
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Latest post on 06 May 2011 - 12:23
The UAE has NEVER offered free medical treatment for expats. This is wrong until mid 80's there was no health card system, you could just walk into any gov clinics and get free treatment. Then health card came and it was 10 dhs a visit free medication, then dhs 20/prescription, then 50 dhs and now no more medication to expats in govt hospitals/clinics. I would like to know how many diabetics can afford dhs 600 per month for their basic medication and how many are driving buses, trucks on the UAE roads. Well in 13 years (1992-2004) with the exception of when I had my child, I was never charged a single dirham. Not for emergency treatement, for seeing a specialist, for having a couple of scans, for having stitches and seeing a plastic surgeon when a stray cat jumped out of a skip onto my head and back kicked my face etc.
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Latest post on 06 May 2011 - 12:17
I always find EK to be the most expensive the majority of the time. We travel to UAE 3 times a year and as I am the only wage earner in the family right now as my hubby is at Uni, I always choose the cheapest option at the time of booking. Out of 3 airlines (virgin, emirates and qatar). In the summer we flew Emirates, in March we flew Virgin, in October I have no idea who we will fly. I check flight prices every day as they can fluctuate from one hour to the other. When I booked our EK flights last summer we paid £675 each, just 2 hours after paying, I checked again and they had increased to £850 so was glad I booked them before they went up again. On checking flight prices for October last week, I was shocked to see Qatar wanted £2400 return for 2 adults and 1 child where EK was £1650 and Virgin around the same, as Qatar are normally the cheapest. Anyone know why Qatar now no longer fly out of Gatwick? when I checked the flight details on the £2400 flight it uses BA from gatwick to Manchester, then Qatar from Manchester-Doha-Dubai.
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Latest post on 06 May 2011 - 11:56
Philly most of us come from countries where cancer treatment is not free. If I were in the US, my insurance would cover a small small portion of it, then the rest would be out of pocket. [b'>The UAE has NEVER offered free medical treatment for expats.[/b'> This is not true. It did for many years. I have nursed plenty of patients who benefited from this, including one premature baby born at 26 weeks to a family that were on holiday; his 3 month stay in NICU cost hundreds of thousands of Dirhams and the family were not charged one fil. That was only one of many similar cases, including many patients from MENA countries who came here specifically for free oncology care. This all started to change about 7-8 years ago. I agree, for years health care was free for everyone in UAE. In all the years I lived here I never payed a single dirham until I had my daughter in 2003 (probably about the time it began to change), even back then I only paid 2500 dirhams for a 4 month stay in Al Corniche Hospital, C Section, weekly bloodwork and weekly scans during those 4 long months ( I had complete placenta previa and placenta accreta). Glad to hear the news about Chemo for those already being treated. <em>edited by imanesmama on 06/05/2011</em>
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Latest post on 05 May 2011 - 23:48
My other real hate is smelly houses which I gained after years of being in my job. I work in social housing and have to visit homes that you would not even let a rat live in. I sometimes get the sweats while trying to interview someone while I sit surrounded by rubbish, dog turds on the carpet and a tenant who has probably not set foot in the bathroom for months. It got so bad once that while out with a collegue we stopped at someones house to check the tenant had cleaned it to my collegues expectations (complaints of nasty smells from neighbours) and as he opened the door I had to clutch hold of the drainpipe and was dry heaving. The tenant told my collegue "I cleaned the house, its as fresh as a daisy", so my collegue said "well going by the state of my collegue here I dont really think you did a good job". Now before I visit someone I ask around if their a known stinker or not as it just makes me physically ill and I have to prepare myself and take deep breaths so I dont heave ho while interviewing them. <em>edited by imanesmama on 05/05/2011</em>
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Latest post on 05 May 2011 - 23:39
OK so this is not a phobia, but it is something I hate......scary movies. How many of you like them. I just can't understand why someone would put themselves through the experience as well as the nighmares afterwards. I could never watch a scary movie, especially spirit / ghost ones. I can barely cope with Harry Potter. I love scary movies but not too graphic. My husband loves the SAW films, I watched one and that was enough, too much blood and guts and non stop nastiness for me. The last film I watched was called "The Human Centipede" now that gave me nightmares.
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Latest post on 05 May 2011 - 23:10
Bioderma. I started using this say 3 months ago. I cannot believe the difference. I was getting really dry skin but with oily t-zone and I had these bad oily spots that used to scar. I also had bad sun damage. After 3 months, I have seen an amazing difference. I am so pleased. I had the Bioderma consultant at Bin Sana Pharmacy in MOE photograph my skin and analyse it for me. I went back 3 months later and got her to do the same again. The sun damage has reduced and the lines on my face are slightly less than before. My spots have stopped and my skin is so hydrated. I use the following products Anti sebum soap bar The night anti blemish serum The day white serum THe body and face moisturiser The contour eye cream It is perfume free so doesnt irritate. Would never use Clarins, Clinique or anything like that ever again as its just expensive perfumed lotion for my skin. Give it a try. Someone recommend it to me so thats why I tried it Clinique is fragrance free and its ingrediants are very good too. I am a qualified skin care therapist and I would honestly say of all the skin care products not professional only, Clinique is the best. I agree with you on Clarins as it smells terrible and anything perfumed is not good for the skin.
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Latest post on 05 May 2011 - 23:06
My favorite is Dermalogica although right now I am using Clinique which I also love because its easier for me to purchase with the busy life I have, I can just pop into boots or debenhams on way home from work and stock up. I use the 3 step program cleanser 1 toner 1 Dramatically Different Moisturizer Then I also use the following daily All about eyes eye gel All about eyes de-puffing eye massager Repairwear Lift SPF15 Day cream Repairwear Lift SPF15 Night cream Redness solutions urgent relief cream under makeup (for when my rosacea plays up) Moisture Surge Face Spray (this is always in my handbag for a quick spritz as my office is very drying to the skin) I also use the following instead of the repairwear when I am in a different climate to UK or my skin feels stressed Superdefense SPF25 Age Defense Moisturizer Super Rescue Antioxidant Night Moisturizer All my makeup is also clinique edited by imanesmama on 05/05/2011 <em>edited by imanesmama on 05/05/2011</em>
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Latest post on 05 May 2011 - 16:34
Snakes, I hate them. I was staying at a farm in Hatta once and went to the bathroom, 2 mins after I came out, the houseboy went in and came out with a big snake that he found curled up behind the toilet where I had just been sitting. Lucky I had not put my foot on it because it was one that was quite dangerous. I also have a fear of those big transparent looking lizards you used to get come in the house in UAE (might of all fled now they have built everywhere)
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Latest post on 03 May 2011 - 23:27
Where is Waitrose??? Is it the same Waitrose company as in the UK? Told my husband I read on here some shop at Waitrose and he was so suprised to hear it was in UAE (he lived there 37 years and never realise one had opened). He is a bit of a food snob so is quite excited when we go back he can shop there.
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Latest post on 03 May 2011 - 23:20
I lived with an Emirati family who had 4 daughters, they often went out shopping alone and then met up with their friends once finished for coffee. Maybe the girl in question was waiting to meet her friends. And they do sometimes strike up conversation believe it or not, had one do it to me just 3 weeks ago in I.B Mall as we were browsing Clinique, turns out she was from the same family as my ex emirati partner and we stood chatting for over 20 mins as she waited for her friends to come out of a clothes shop. I stand corrected although it does surprise me. I am very good friends with 3 Emirati families here and none of the young girls go to the mall without friends or family accompanying them. It would also be unusual for the girls to strike up a personal conversation with a stranger, particularly a lady not in an abaya, but again maybe those I know well are more conservative. I do still believe that the comments from ratarsed are ficticious. A fake next to a real bag will always have differences even if they are subtle. I also know some families who do not let the girls go out without mum and sisters with them, but some these days seem to be quite trusting, especially if the girls were able to attend Uni outside UAE. I bought a load of fake bags at Dragon Mart, they look great on the outside but inside they are tat. Infact my lovely gucci has recieved so many compliments until they hear me open the zip, it sounds cheap cheap cheap lol, like someone scraping a spoon down a cheese grater.
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Latest post on 03 May 2011 - 23:07
I'd second the great service in Karama! At least they actively encourage you to buy. Was out with my fake channel today. Sitting in Mercato mall and this sweet, dressed to the nines Emirati girl came up to me with an identical bag in another colour. She said "oooh, I love this colour. I wanted one of those." I smiled and said hers was very pretty too. So she sits down and we compare the bags. No joke mine was identical. Totally identical apart from the colour. I looked inside and everything - we were comparing make up at that point. I know there are many women who claim to spot a fake at 100 paces but Ms designer Emirati couldn't... I asked where she got hers and she said "oh Paris... you couldn't get this colour here." Hilarious. I did ponder whether she had actually got hers in the same shop as me in Karama but I figured everything else (jewelry, watch) looked pretty real that her bag was real. I think you may have had a ratarsed dream. There is not an iceballs chance in He!l that a Emirati girl would strike up a personal conversation with a stranger nor would she be alone at the Mall. If you are going to tell porky pies at least make them semi believable. I lived with an Emirati family who had 4 daughters, they often went out shopping alone and then met up with their friends once finished for coffee. Maybe the girl in question was waiting to meet her friends. And they do sometimes strike up conversation believe it or not, had one do it to me just 3 weeks ago in I.B Mall as we were browsing Clinique, turns out she was from the same family as my late emirati partner and we stood chatting for over 20 mins as she waited for her friends to come out of a clothes shop. <em>edited by imanesmama on 03/05/2011</em>
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Latest post on 30 April 2011 - 16:06
Get the salon to do a strand test, that will tell you if your hair can handle it or not. Our salon always did this anyway before any colour or straightening treatment as everyones hair reacts differently.
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Latest post on 29 April 2011 - 20:07
I used to hoist mine up a little and sit on the hoisted up fabric, still go it stuck in the wheels sometimes. Other problem was getting it stuck in the wheels of supermarket trolleys, damaged a few like that.
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Latest post on 29 April 2011 - 11:01
I think this is a great decision by the government. I hope in the future their rules will become even tougher and only professionally trained staff be allowed to work in salons (meaning someone who has a NVQ, CIBTAC CIDESCO recognised qualification). I owned a salon on the trade center road and used to attend a lot of Dermalogica training courses and it was full of salon staff who had no qualifications at all, it horrified me to be honest. Unless your properly trained how can you diagnose and treat someone correctly (ie give the correct facial etc). When purchasing some of our equipment from one of the well known beauty supply companies in UAE, you could purchase anything from faradic machines to ultrasound machines without proving you were qualified to use them. We had quite a few clients who had things like scalp burns, pigmentation on their legs from wax being applied far too hot, scaring on their face from salons who used extreme methods of extraction, the list goes on. My brother-in-law who is a plastic surgeon at Rashid Hospital also told me that some salons illegally offer botox and fillers claiming they have a doctor on board when in fact its the untrained therapist doing the work. He has seen quite a few patients who have recieved severe damage to their skin from untrained therapists. One of the dirtiest things I ever saw was when we were thinking of first opening a salon. We were visiting salons that were up for sale. I walked into a salon in Karama and there sat the salon owner over a portable heater, heating up the used fabric wax strips and trying to pick the hairs off them so she could re-use them. I just looked at her and walked out. Add to the list some of the places that offered beauty training qualifications. Once visited one just out of interest (I am already professionally trained) and the woman claimed her certificate was world wide recognised, when I mentioned NVQ, CIDESCO etc she did not have a clue), her certificate was worthless and she was charging something like 4,000 dirhams back then. I was quite rude and told her that in all honesty her certificate was only usefull for blowing my nose on. <em>edited by imanesmama on 29/04/2011</em>
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Latest post on 27 April 2011 - 22:23
Lady Isabella Trixie-Mill and Lord Salem Betsy-Kuwait (have no idea of my husbands road as he was born in Kuwait. <em>edited by imanesmama on 27/04/2011</em>
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Latest post on 27 April 2011 - 17:32
Yes they did wash the windscreens, it was a mad rush for them to finish before lights went green. Remember them also selling single roses sometimes also.
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Latest post on 27 April 2011 - 09:39
I agree about being overpriced I am short and round and before my recent trip back I shopped in Evans in UK. On a visit to Sahara Mall we popped into Evans and I was wearing one of their dresses. It cost me 180 dirhams in UK yet there it was in Sahara on sale for 360 dirhams double what I paid even with the VAT added. <em>edited by imanesmama on 27/04/2011</em>
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Latest post on 27 April 2011 - 09:32
I never saw Mozzies in Dubai but when I lived in Ajman opposite the sea I used to get eaten alive during the high humidity times. I remember sitting on my computer working with towels wrapped around my ankles because thats where they used to attack me. The blighters still managed to get me.
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Latest post on 26 April 2011 - 22:24
Oh I loved Bold and the Beautiful, best program on Ch33 in my opinion. Also loved Martha Stewart, who they used to stick on quite a bit as well as some woman doing a program about making things like table decorations from egg boxes etc. Cant believe we really only had that channel for so many years. I eventually got Star TV, I think that was one of the first english sat services on offer, although could be wrong.
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Latest post on 26 April 2011 - 15:40
I have also really enjoyed reading everyones memories. I am so glad so many think the Old Dubai was much better than it is today. My heart broke when I had to leave (Married a Morrocan in 2003 who was an absolute monster, after finding out being married to a Brit and having a child did not give him automic rights to the UK passport he sent us back to UK with Zero). Fortunatly I am married again and the family all live in UAE so I now get to travel back and forth and we are moving back for good next year inshaAllah). As I said before, no one ever believes me when I tell them how Dubai and UAE used to be, like its a figment of my imagination, but we all know of course thats so far from the truth.
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Latest post on 26 April 2011 - 00:33
I had a C Section to deliver my daughter in 2003 at Al Corniche Hospital Abu Dhabi I had been in Al Corniche almost 4 months (never stepped outside the door of the hospital in all that time) due to a massive bleed when I was almost 23 weeks. I had complete placenta Previa so the only option was a C Section. Because I had been in there so long I had quite a few of the obs in the operating room with me just because they all wanted to see me finally deliver after looking after me for so long. As well as Previa when they started the C Section they also found I had Placenta Accreta (where the placenta kind of acts like a tumour and starts growing through the uterous and it had started to attach itself to my bladder so my C Section was a real risky business. However it all went brilliantly despite all the problems going on inside me. I was fully awake thanks to a spinal and loved it (I know that sounds weird but we were all laughing and joking while my main Ob was working on me). I got through it just fine and my Ob despite her horror at finding out I had the accreta, never let it show on her face. Mine took over 2 hours because of the work they had to do on the accreta. I was up and running around less than 24 hours afterwards which amazed everyone and refused morphine until the nurse told me off for trying to be superwoman, rolled me over and shoved a needle in my backside. I have a high pain level and it was sore, more a burning feeling when I twisted my body to the side or went to get out of bed, but it was not too bad. When I look back the most painful thing for me was when they put the IV lines in. I had 2 in each hand (not sure why but one was incase of huge blood loss due to my previa and one was for the usual stuff they give you, not sure why I had a total of 4 They removed the dressing etc the following morning, helped me to the shower and when I took a look at my incision it was so neat, just a red line (I was given invisible stitches). I was most scared about them removing the catheter, but when they pulled it out the next morning I did not feel a thing. I was allowed to go home 5 days later and stepped out into fresh air after my long hospital stay. <em>edited by imanesmama on 26/04/2011</em>
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Latest post on 26 April 2011 - 00:00
Anyone ever used to go to Ajman Marina Club??? We used to play bingo there lol. I was forever winning the jackpot and virtually every week won first prize in the raffle. I think in total I won 4 washing machines, 3 bikes, 6 mobile phones, half a dozen food blenders and at least 4 hifi systems. They had a disco next door, cant remember its name though.
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Latest post on 25 April 2011 - 21:37
I remember the Lodge when it lost its license. Spent a happy christmas day there one year having christmas dinner, the place was packed.
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Latest post on 25 April 2011 - 19:34
On the rare occasions I did go back to UK and told people where I lived they were clueless, when told it was in the arabian gulf, I always always got asked if I lived in a tent in the desert. I know Dubai and UAE had to change with the times but I am so glad I got to live there when it was so simple. I will always treasure those memories.
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Latest post on 25 April 2011 - 18:07
Is the Lilley club the one on the beach, the only place that was allowed to serve booze after Sharjah went dry? If it is the place I am thinking of I always remember sitting in there during Ramadan in the evening with my best friend, both in Hijab while her husband played pool. We were in there New Year when it was about to turn 2000, in our abaya's being rowdy with our pepsi's. <em>edited by imanesmama on 25/04/2011</em>
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Latest post on 25 April 2011 - 18:02
Just wanted to add this was not emirates though. I called and checked with the airline before booking and they said as long as the card holder showed the card at the time of checkin it would be ok whether it was the passenger or not. Emirates may have other rules though.
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Latest post on 25 April 2011 - 17:54
Not sure if its the same in UAE as UK but I booked my husbands flight from UK to UAE with my debit card and just had to show it when he checked in at the UK end. Maybe you can still pay with your card and when they check in at the airport, show the card the flight was booked on. They normally only ask for it at the first part of the journey, after that they do not need it. I know hubby did not need it when he flew back from UAE on the return part. <em>edited by imanesmama on 25/04/2011</em>
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Latest post on 25 April 2011 - 17:15
My first apartment in Dubai was 6,000 dirhams a year, my first villa in Ajman was 25,000 dirhams a year, right on the corniche with swimming pool. 200 dirhams used to get you a trolley full of food in choithrams plus a tacky handbag and matching pair of shoes lol. Taxi from Karam to Chicago Beach hotel in Jumeriah 8 dirhams I remember the Pearl, your right about not a patch on Fawlty Towers. Used to sit at and have lunch sometimes at the Hilton near the creek and always found it so empty, lucky to find 4 people in the pool. Flight from UK to Dubai was always half empty even at peak times. UAQ bet thats changed, such an outdated emirate back then. My late partners uncle was the ruler of UAQ back then (was married to his aunt) so we used to visit a lot, not much there just a few shops selling fabric and junk but I loved it there, we used to set up tents in the winter in the desert there and have BBQ's until 5am in the morning. I noticed on my trip this time (arrived back to UK saturday) that good old Al Mulla Plaza is still the same though, reminds me from the outside of a phyciatric hospital for some reason, one of the only things in my opinion still as is. One of my hangouts back then was the offshore sailing club, very difficult place to find, sort of tucked away somewhere in Jumeriah if I remember correctly and the ski club (think it was called that). Glad I am not the only one who remembers and misses the good old days. Friends that visit now never believe me when I tell them how it used to be and that the place actually had a soul.
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Latest post on 25 April 2011 - 16:18
Do you know all those years I lived there I got lost every single time I drove somewhere in Sharjah, have no idea why. Always had to stop and call for assistance lol even when I moved to Ajman and had to drive through it a lot.
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Latest post on 25 April 2011 - 16:05
Oh gosh I remember the Hard Rock stuck out on its own lol I used to sit on the beach where Burj Al Arab is now, was not too happy when they fenced that area off to build the thing.
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Latest post on 24 April 2011 - 22:37
I am no longer in UAE but will be returning next year for good inshaAllah I first lived in UAE at the begining of 1990 until 2004 and wore Abaya for most of that time. The locals loved seeing me dressed like that and I never recieved any negative reaction. It helped that 99% of my friends were local and for a time I lived with a local family on a huge farm in Al Awir. I also do not look English at all and was mistaken even by locals for being local myself until they heared my voice. You rarely saw a western women in Abaya back then, due to UAE not really being well known to most of the world. Most expats were Brits and generally the non arab'locals who wore them were Brits married to Emiratis. But now when I visit my husbands family, everyone seems to be wearing them although the way they are now worn is totally different to when I was living there. I see nothing wrong with wearing one to be honest so buy one and give it a go. I miss wearing mine a lot, it became kind of like a security blanket. <em>edited by imanesmama on 24/04/2011</em>
 
 
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