Capitocome Blog

Citerna: La mia Inquadratura, Civette restaurant and Citernafotografia

2013-04-29T23:38:00.000+10:00

There are times when beautiful projects find a common path.

Sara Lusini's "La mia Inquadratura" is currently having an exhibition in one of my favourite restaurants in the Valtiberina (actually, it's more a concept than a restaurant) "Le Civette".

Here are some pics I've taken with my mobile.

"La mia Inquadratura" is part of the "Citernafotografia", the Festival of Photography in the Valtiberina.

Here is a Vine I have made.

VINE LINK

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Turning 30 in Amsterdam

2013-03-07T10:31:00.000+11:00

My "sister" Erika gave me this present for my birthday:

a luna park.

Actually, the biggest luna park: Amsterdam.

I really enjoyed it, and I have no words to thank Erika, and Mery's gang, to take me around, and make me feel a teenager when I was just turning 30.
Maybe more classy than a teenager.

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#BIT2013: things I felt in love with

2013-02-20T08:15:00.001+11:00

It's been a while since I wrote here on my blog...
I've sent a 2013 E-Card to most of you, but for those that didn't get it,
you can find it here.

As you can see, I finished the year in a not so conventional way.
In fact, the general attitude right now is to be content with what you have, and to try to survive this big financial crisis.
I don't believe so, and even if I understand and see the clouds over Europe,
I like when I hear the louder, optimistic voices over the general complaints.
This happened for me in #BIT2013 (International Tourism Exchange).

Best things of this year’s BIT:
3rd Place - Puglia: from communication to "experiencing the homemade pasta", from Carlo of Puglia Events to the hotspot for charging your phones... Puglia had the best vibes!

2nd Place - People I had crushes on: online relationships and communities HAVE TO BE SUPPORTED offline. That's the crush that you can have, and the strong connections you can create. Personally, I had a crush on a few travel bloggers:
Infoturismiamoci
Nonsoloturisti
Viaggiaredasoli
Viaggiovero
Flaneriefeminine

1st Place - my favourite moment wasn't within the Facebook/Google speeches, but the Benigni video at the beginning of "Travel Storytelling Opportunities".
So, as this is very Bella-style, here’s that video with subtitles.

Thank you Alessio Carciofi for sharing it with us. For Italian readers, the video showed was this:

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100 Flavours of Anghiari, Tuscany

2012-11-04T07:24:00.001+11:00

Anghiari is a wonderful,

medieval town in Tuscany and,

until the 4th of November,

hosts 'I Centogusti dell'Appennino'

(100 Flavours of the Appennino Mountains).

I Centogusti dell'Appennino

is a market/exhibition

dedicated to agritusmos and enogastronomy,

showing the excellence of food which comes from agriculture.

Here are some recent photos of Anghiari,

taken by Samuel Webster.

All the photos are by Samuel Webster. To see more, go to https://www.facebook.com/samuel.webster.aus

We're going to take you along, by updating our fan pages in FB (Samuel Webster or Bella), Twitter (Samuel Webster, Bella, or #BellaToscana) and in my blog Capitocome.

This is Sam's Bella Toscana official page and this is his website, where you can check out his amazing preview work/portfolio. A special thank you to all people that have already believed in his project, and to the project sponsor, Walks of Italy, which offers wonderful walking tours all over the country.

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#mangiamangia philosophy

2012-10-31T18:53:00.001+11:00

This is the

#mangiamangia philosophy

Ravioli by me and #NonnaRena

and photos by Samuel Webster

All the photos are by Samuel Webster, 

to see more... 

https://www.facebook.com/samuel.webster.aus 

We're going to take you along, by updating our fan pages in 

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This is Sam's Bella Toscana official page  

and this is his website, where you can check out his amazing preview work/portfolio. 

A special thank you to all people that have already believed in his project, 

and to the project sponsor, Walks of Italy, which offers wonderful walking tours all over the country. 

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Tuscany lifestyle

2012-10-26T02:34:00.001+11:00

I want to share with you

one of the L'Intrepida series of photos

by Samuel Webster.

This is what I mean for

lifestyle in Tuscany.

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The story of Il Fontanaro Organic Farmhouse & Alina Pinelli

2012-10-15T20:38:00.001+11:00

Once upon a time,

there was a clever girl, Alina Pinelli, working in communication just like me.

She quit it,

to develop her family's project,

ending up in the "glocal" philosphy.

Read the story of Alina below,

and watch the video of

Il Fontanaro Organic Farmhouse,

that we made for Bella Toscana.

Alina says, "We bought a ruin from the 18 century more than 30 years ago, with about 50 acres of land, and gradually restored it into a country home for our family. We started planting olive trees until we reached the present number of 2000. Now, we produce our own extra virgin organic olive oil, honey and saffron. We have also expanded and developed the property, transforming it into a small tourist rural resort accommodating up to 18 guests with very high comfort and great personal care for our guests, since they are like friends for us, not just customers. We like to share with our guests our love for local, genuine food matched with great wines from our cellar (approximately 2500 bottles from all over Italy and the world), organizing cooking classes, and wine and oil tasting. We also love to transfer our passion and interest for the country life to our guests and we suggest and organize visits to many artistic and cultural destinations in the surrounding Umbrian and Tuscan towns."

All the photos are by Samuel Webster, 

to see more... 

https://www.facebook.com/samuel.webster.aus 

We're going to take you along, by updating our fan pages in 

Fb Samuel Webster or Bella 

Twitter Samuel Webster or Bella #bellatoscana  and in my blog Capitocome. 
This is Sam's Bella Toscana official page  

and this is his website, where you can check out his amazing preview work/portfolio. 

A special thank you to all people that have already believed in his project, 

and to the project sponsor, Walks of Italy, which offers wonderful walking tours all over the country. 

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Museo di Ferragamo for Bella Toscana

2012-10-11T08:08:00.000+11:00

What impressed me the most of our interview and visit with

fabulous Paola Gusella

in the Museo di Ferragamo

was:

A)the reason of his success, which is the title of our video

B)yes, I have to admit that, a pair of

red

sparkling

shoes.

I was in love,

first sight.

Watch the video that we made

for Bella Toscana

in Museo di Ferragamo.

All the photos are by Samuel Webster, 

to see more... 

https://www.facebook.com/samuel.webster.aus 

We're going to take you along, by updating our fan pages in 

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Twitter Samuel Webster or Bella #bellatoscana  and in my blog Capitocome. 

This is Sam's Bella Toscana official page  

and this is his website, where you can check out his amazing preview work/portfolio. 

A special thank you to all people that have already believed in his project, 

and to the project sponsor, Walks of Italy, which offers wonderful walking tours all over the country. 

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#IF2012 a Pisa, Arezzo & Fotografia, and "50 Giorni di Cinema Internazionale" a Firenze

2012-10-06T07:26:00.002+10:00

...just back in Tuscany after the Milano Fashion Week,

I thought... I might get bored.

Nope, apparently everything is going on here.

This weekend, for example, in Pisa there is

the Internet Festival #IF2012:

opportunities for exchange and learning are provided by the over 100 experts, influencers, critics, politicians, entrepreneurs, top users, artists and passionate users from around the world.

You can follow me on Twitter

twitter.com/BELLAblogging

Meanwhile, in Arezzo, until the 7th of October

there is the Festival of Photography,

which needs no explanation...

Photo source: http://www.micheleberti.it/

And last, but not least,

"The 50 days of International Cinema Festival"

in Florence,

which has hosted in past editions more than 50.000 visitors yearly, attracting the masses with a schedule composed of: full-length film, short films, docufiction, artist videos, previews, meetings with the authors, talks etc (from InToscana website)

25 Oct- 14th Dec

Photo source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/yellow-pentax

Who's coming?

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September in Tuscany

2012-09-14T06:53:00.001+10:00

September in Tuscany is just fantastic...

fairs, "sagre", festivals, history and culture

which end up in heaps of wine and food.

Just in and around Arezzo,

in the first 2 weeks,

you will find

Giostra del Saracino in Arezzo,

Palio della Balestra in Sansepolcro, and

Palio dei Lumi in Pieve Santo Stefano.

Watch the video that we made

for Bella Toscana about the start of
Palio dei Lumi.

All the photos are by Samuel Webster, 

to see more... 

https://www.facebook.com/samuel.webster.aus 

We're going to take you along, by updating our fan pages in 

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Twitter Samuel Webster or Bella #bellatoscana  and in my blog Capitocome. 

This is Sam's Bella Toscana official page  

and this is his website, where you can check out his amazing preview work/portfolio. 

A special thank you to all people that have already believed in his project, 

and to the project sponsor, Walks of Italy, which offers wonderful walking tours all over the country. 

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Behind the Chianti Postcard

2012-09-03T07:56:00.001+10:00

I remember when I was in Sydney,

and everybody was asking me

"are you really from Tuscany?"

It was a funny question, 'cause I couldn't see "the postcard".

After 2 years far away, I could see "the postcard",

and now I've been taking Samuel Webster

behind "the postcard"

with the Bella Toscana project,

and yes, I'm really from Tuscany.

Here are some photos of the Chianti area.

All the photos are by Samuel Webster, 

to see more... 

https://www.facebook.com/samuel.webster.aus 

We're going to take you along, by updating our fan pages in 

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Twitter Samuel Webster or Bella #bellatoscana  and in my blog Capitocome. 

This is Sam's Bella Toscana official page  

and this is his website, where you can check out his amazing preview work/portfolio. 

A special thank you to all people that have already believed in his project, 

and to the project sponsor, Walks of Italy, which offers wonderful walking tours all over the country. 

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BELLA TOSCANA: Archivio Diaristico Nazionale Foundation

2012-08-21T21:55:00.000+10:00

The Archivio Diaristico Nazionale Foundation was born in 1984 in Pieve Santo Stefano,

a little village in Tuscany which was almost completely destroyed during the Second World War, from an idea by the writer and journalist Saverio Tutino.

There are a total of 7000 documents including memoirs, diaries, letters and autobiographies. While travelling for Bella Toscana, we had the opportunity to spend time in the archive, finding our way through many interesting diaries. This video is our way to say thank you, and to show the archive to the rest of the world.

All the photos are by Samuel Webster, 

to see more... 

https://www.facebook.com/samuel.webster.aus 

We're going to take you along, by updating our fan pages in 

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Twitter Samuel Webster or Bella #bellatoscana  and in my blog Capitocome. 

This is Sam's Bella Toscana official page  

and this is his website, where you can check out his amazing preview work/portfolio. 

A special thank you to all people that have already believed in his project, 

and to the project sponsor, Walks of Italy, which offers wonderful walking tours all over the country. 

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Scorcio: a glimpse of Florence

2012-08-17T01:31:00.001+10:00

After the people of Florence...

We've tried to capture the city,

so here are some

"scorci" (glimpses).

All the photos are by Samuel Webster, 

to see more... 

https://www.facebook.com/samuel.webster.aus 

We're going to take you along, by updating our fan pages in 

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This is Sam's Bella Toscana official page  

and this is his website, where you can check out his amazing preview work/portfolio. 

A special thank you to all people that have already believed in his project, 

and to the project sponsor, Walks of Italy, which offers wonderful walking tours all over the country. 

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People and stories in Florence

2012-08-15T03:10:00.001+10:00

We started Bella Toscana in Florence

with the people

and their stories.

There is our favourite guy in the historical San Lorenzo food market.

then there is Luca, who gives new life to lost soul furniture in San Frediano

Roberto, who offered us a coffee, a real one, while telling us the secrets of the market.

I want to point out that not one of them had time to stop and pose,

but they had no problem sharing their stories with us.

All the photos are by Samuel Webster, 

to see more... 

https://www.facebook.com/samuel.webster.aus 

We're going to take you along, by updating our fan pages in 

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Twitter Samuel Webster or Bella #bellatoscana  and in my blog Capitocome. 

This is Sam's Bella Toscana official page  

and this is his website, where you can check out his amazing preview work/portfolio. 

A special thank you to all people that have already believed in his project, 

and to the project sponsor, Walks of Italy, which offers wonderful walking tours all over the country. 

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#BellaToscana, Between Tuscany and Umbria

2012-08-10T20:58:00.003+10:00

... while we're in Chianti,

I just want to share with you a few photos of

Il Fontanaro Organic Farm House

on the border between Tuscany and Umbria.

If you believe in

green hills,

natural food,

slow living,

this is the place.

All the photos are by Samuel Webster, 

to see more... 

https://www.facebook.com/samuel.webster.aus 

We're going to take you along, by updating our fan pages in 

Fb Samuel Webster or Bella 

Twitter Samuel Webster or Bella #bellatoscana  and in my blog Capitocome. 

This is Sam's Bella Toscana official page  

and this is his website, where you can check out his amazing preview work/portfolio. 

A special thank you to all people that have already believed in his project, 

and to the project sponsor, Walks of Italy, which offers wonderful walking tours all over the country. 

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Il Fontanaro organic farm house for #BellaToscana

2012-08-02T12:22:00.000+10:00

Bella Toscana is arriving in Tuscany.

We are just on the border

between Tuscany and Umbria

@ Il Fontanaro,

a real

Heaven on Earth.

With Alina and Lucia,

the owners,

you'll get the best of a

real organic farm house lifestyle.

This video is about our first night in Fontanaro:

making pizza,

celebrating with Champagne,

and ... yes, being a bellydancer.

All the photos are by Samuel Webster, 

to see more... 

https://www.facebook.com/samuel.webster.aus 

We're going to take you along, by updating our fan pages in 

Fb Samuel Webster or Bella 

Twitter Samuel Webster or Bella #bellatoscana  and in my blog Capitocome. 
This is Sam's Bella Toscana official page  

and this is his website, where you can check out his amazing preview work/portfolio. 

A special thank you to all people that have already believed in his project, 

and to the project sponsor, Walks of Italy, which offers wonderful walking tours all over the country. 

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Do you want to spy Rome from the keyhole? #BellaToscana

2012-07-28T20:21:00.000+10:00

Arrivati (once arrived)

in Rome,

what's the best B side option of the

eternal

most beautiful

city in the world?

To spy it from keyhole!

"This famous view of Rome is seen through the keyhole at the end of Piazza dei Caveliere di Malta, Aventino."

To describe the strong feeling of people

for this city,

I want to use this caption, 'cause it says

in Roman slang

"Rome, you'll be eternal inside me"

All the photos are by Samuel Webster, 

to see more... 

https://www.facebook.com/samuel.webster.aus 

We're going to take you along, by updating our fan pages in 

Fb Samuel Webster or Bella 

Twitter Samuel Webster or Bella #bellatoscana  and in my blog Capitocome. 
This is Sam's Bella Toscana official page  

and this is his website, where you can check out his amazing preview work/portfolio. 

A special thank you to all people that have already believed in his project, 

and to the project sponsor, Walks of Italy, which offers wonderful walking tours all over the country. 

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Venice for Bella Toscana project

2012-07-24T17:57:00.002+10:00

It was pretty hard to find the

B side of Venice

on a busy Sunday but...

we made it, as we had a good pizza in the

"not too touristy"

AI BARI trattoria,

and we found another side of the city,

just off the Rialto-S.Marco paths.

All the photos are by Samuel Webster, 

to see more... 

https://www.facebook.com/samuel.webster.aus 

We're going to take you along, by updating our fan pages in 

Fb Samuel Webster or Bella 

Twitter Samuel Webster or Bella #bellatoscana  and in my blog Capitocome. 
This is Sam's Bella Toscana official page  

and this is his website, where you can check out his amazing preview work/portfolio. 

A special thank you to all people that have already believed in his project, 

and to the project sponsor, Walks of Italy, which offers wonderful walking tours all over the country. 

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what's Caffè Freddo #BellaToscana

2012-07-24T17:41:00.000+10:00

After enjoying

fab Ugo Mulas B/W exhibition

at the Triennale,

I've explained to Samuel Webster

what's a Caffè Freddo.

I hope you like it...

All the photos are by Samuel Webster, 

to see more... 

https://www.facebook.com/samuel.webster.aus 

We're going to take you along, by updating our fan pages in 

Fb Samuel Webster or Bella 

Twitter Samuel Webster or Bella #bellatoscana  and in my blog Capitocome. 
This is Sam's Bella Toscana official page  

and this is his website, where you can check out his amazing preview work/portfolio. 

A special thank you to all people that have already believed in his project, 

and to the project sponsor, Walks of Italy, which offers wonderful walking tours all over the country. 

...d'you know what I mean? 

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Bella Toscana, starting from Milano

2012-07-21T20:43:00.001+10:00

First days of #BellaToscana project

with Samuel Webster,

we've been surrounded by art

Thanks so much to the chief of Brera

for taking us around

and to Patrizia Favero.

Great to see the Duomo,

have an aperitivo in Princi,

see the Addio Anni '70 exhibition

@Palazzo Reale.

All the photos are by Samuel Webster, 

to see more... 

https://www.facebook.com/samuel.webster.aus 

We're going to take you along, by updating our fan pages in 

Fb Samuel Webster or Bella 

Twitter Samuel Webster or Bella #bellatoscana  and in my blog Capitocome. 
This is Sam's Bella Toscana official page  

and this is his website, where you can check out his amazing preview work/portfolio. 

A special thank you to all people that have already believed in his project, 

and to the project sponsor, Walks of Italy, which offers wonderful walking tours all over the country. 

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Made in Italy FUGA o NON FUGA?

2012-07-21T08:31:00.005+10:00

Grazie a Romy

che me l'ha linkato.

3 anni dopo essere andata in Australia.

Anche questo è essere Italiana.

Dubbio made in Italy from Zero on Vimeo.

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Bella Toscana, the B side of a postcard

2012-07-19T22:54:00.000+10:00

Cosa farà Bella adesso?

Finalmente rispondo alla domanda di amici/fans intorno a me, dopo aver lavorato gli ultimi mesi 7 giorni su 7 a Milano, cosa farò per queste vacanze?

Farò parte del progetto di Samuel Webster "Bella Toscana", un blog- viaggio fotografico in e intorno la Toscana, con lo scopo di mostrarvi com'è veramente la vita qua, come un LATO B DI UNA CARTOLINA, toccando tutti gli aspetti: la Bella Vita, la gente, il cibo, il vino, la moda, handmade, la musica, l'arte ecc.

Vi porteremo in giro con noi, aggiornando le pagine

Fb Samuel Webster o Bella

Twitter Samuel Webster o Bella #bellatoscana

e il mio blog Capitocome.

Questa è la pagina ufficiale Bella Toscana,

e questo è il suo sito,

dove potete vedere il suo favoloso lavoro/portfolio.

Un grazie speciale a tutte le persone che hanno già creduto in questo progetto, e allo sponsor Walks of Italy, che offre meravigliosi tour in tutto il Paese.

What is Bella going to do next?

I'm finally answering the question of friends/fans around me, as I've been working last few months 24/7 in Milano, what am I going to do for holidays?

Well, I'm going to join Samuel Webster's project "Bella Toscana",

which is a photographic and blogging trip in and around Tuscany,

with the aim of showing you which is the real life here,

the sort of B SIDE OF A POSTCARD,

touching all the aspects:

la Bella Vita, people, food, wine, fashion, handmade, music, art etc.

We're going to take you along, by updating our fan pages in

Fb Samuel Webster or Bella

Twitter Samuel Webster or Bella #bellatoscana and in my blog Capitocome.
This is Sam's Bella Toscana official page

and this is his website, where you can check out his amazing preview work/portfolio.

A special thank you to all people that have already believed in his project,

and to the project sponsor, Walks of Italy, which offers wonderful walking tours all over the country.

...d'you know what I mean?

...capitocome?

RIP Mr Pininfarina, one of the main ambassadors of Made in Italy

2012-07-04T18:46:00.000+10:00

RIP S.Pininfarina.

photo source: netcarshow.com

"In un mondo così sensibile al successo economico,

la creatività vince la sua battaglia con l'economia

perché solo chi è capace di produrre continuamente innovazione nel proprio processo creativo

può avere successo."

Sergio Pininfarina.

photo source: article.wn.com

"In a world so clearly focused on economic success,

creativity thrives

because only he who walks the path of continuous innovation

can be truly successful.

Sergio Pininfarina."

photo source: auto-mobilia.eu, you can buy there this great image

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Diane Pernet 's next step from ASVOFF to SHADOWS OF AN ICON exhibition

2012-06-25T06:56:00.003+10:00

Celebrating “destiny” as its theme, the short film contest for ASVOFF Milan 2012 was launched as an ‘open call’ several months ago by Diane Pernet on her blog ASVOF www.asvof.com. Films selected for competition are limited to one minute in length and explore a diverse range of perspectives on destiny. Explaining how the theme came about, Diane says:

“Destiny is interesting here because, like fashion, it can be fuelled by both the exceptionally trivial and the hugely profound. At the same time, it’s also a very personal concept and one that’s pretty puzzling for most people – yet strangely revealing too. So all this mirrors fashion in a way. And if you think of life as one big film, then destiny is that slippery moment just after the projection of the final frame. The cinema goes black and the audience holds its breath as the credits begin to roll. No one really knows what destiny looks like because it only appears after we’ve expired. But that doesn’t necessarily mean we shouldn't ponder it. Or try to shape it.”

Well, I personally thought it was amazing,

just as destiny is.
Let's not try to shape it!

Next step: going to the

DIANE PERNET, SHADOWS OF AN ICON exhibition
IMMAGINI PRIVATE DI UN’ICONA DELLA MODA

curated by Cristiano Seganfreddo
opening: 25 giugno 2012 18.00 – 21.00
Corridor and Stairs – by Mauro Grifoni
via S.Spirito,17 – Milano
exhibition date
23rd June - 15 September 2012

www.ashadedviewonfashion.com
www.maurogrifoni.com

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Fashion Film day #10 Despair by Alex Prager

2012-06-22T15:32:00.002+10:00

In occasion of A Shaded View on Fashion Film (ASVOFF)

-the first annual festival in the world about fashion films-

23-27 June, Milano

I'll be publishing once a day

a short fashion film.

Day #10

Despair by Alex Prager

I would love to have suggestions from you.

photo source: artslant.com

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