tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-346084992011-12-30T01:59:23.787+02:00“When I look back on my ordinary, ordinary life - I see so much magic though I missed it at the time” - “Photograph” by Jamie CullumSannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07852901111205750422noreply@blogger.comBlogger591100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34608499.post-39326192444810219242009-04-07T18:55:00.004+02:002009-04-13T19:01:37.523+02:00

What a wonderful spent Saturday – a day in good company on a catamaran between Maputo and some of the surrounding islands. Our entire purpose was simply to relax, swim a bit around the boat, visit Ilha Portuguesa, and barbeque our brought food and freshly caught fish. We had a fantastic “Prodigal Son” for appetizer and we caught a couple of Barracudas on our way back to Maputo.Worth to be

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Somehow I had the expectation that moving to Maputo and working with a bigger and more structured or organised organisation would mean that we would be working more professionally. Well, I got surprised there!Here I am sitting in the office after 4 days out of office and I am having one person walking around yelling this and that and in particular bad-mouthing other organisations on how

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MS Annual Meeting took place in Chidenguele about 350km north of Maputo from the 4th to the 7th of March. I choose to end the long meeting with another night at a lodge another 100km north of Chidenguele – Závora beach Lodge to go for a long waited dive (I have not had an opportunity to dive since I left Pemba).The meetings which are usually a rather long and boring affaire were organised in a

Sannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07852901111205750422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34608499.post-88511698533885337572009-02-10T22:59:00.003+02:002009-03-17T18:59:40.269+02:00

Our visit to Australia started with 2 days shopping in Dubai – fantastic, but what a mad city and what an architectonical mixture. The whole city seemed to be under construction and I have never seen so many building cranes in my life. We stayed with some of Russell’s friends, a lovely couple with a nice house just outside Dubai centre. But Dubai was just a stopover for the real holiday, and I

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We arrived well in Maputo on the 3rd of January, moved into my wonderful new flat on the third floor with a view above the acacia tree tops in the street in the middle of the town. Unfortunately we caught rain on the road which means that most of the things packed on the back of the Hilux were rather wet and in a sad condition..... :(But having arrived in Maputo also means that a new chapter is

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The car is packed, I have said goodbye to colleagues and friends and we are hitting the road early morning. It is a long drive down (about 3000km of deviating road quality), but also a beautiful one and with lots of stops in new and old, known as well as unknown places.As we don’t know where we will be for New Year, I wish you all a great party and a fantastic new year full of joy and good

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Well, really nothing as the rain came early and with such strength that it became impossible to get there, though we had together with friends working there planned to visit Niassa Game Reserve and some of the luxurious hunting camps normally reserved for rich American tourist wanting to shoot the first game they lay their eyes on, but this as so many other great excursions will have to wait to

Sannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07852901111205750422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34608499.post-83752219402989642652008-12-15T07:15:00.000+02:002009-03-10T07:24:56.073+02:00

Goats, sheep, dogs and what have we not - they are everywhere and always wandering around without any obvious control or looking after, and constantly to the danger for everyone else in the traffic, as they seem to know little about traffic rules (which goes for most here anyway). And sometime one finds them in slightly unexpected places as one day as I drove home from work I found a herd of

Sannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07852901111205750422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34608499.post-19555789678690979662008-12-12T11:42:00.007+02:002008-12-12T12:14:54.540+02:00

Something like that a friend of mine asked me this Wednesday and off we were on a girls trip in a private helicopter (paid by her husbond employer/company I have to say - one of the oil companies, which has just finished the work for this year) and arriving 30 minutes later at Matemo Island Lodge about 150km north of Pemba for lunch and a quick dip in the ocean!What a great life!

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MS had gathered representatives from MS Uganda, Kenya, and Mozambique and partner organisations to discuss how to form MS anti-corruption strategy, to draft a policy paper on anti-corruption and to design a curriculum for a training course on anti-corruption.The meeting took place in Tanzania - the nice and cooler setting of Arusha where MS has its training and conference centre – lovely! Just

Sannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07852901111205750422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34608499.post-49592707023212416112008-11-26T10:38:00.001+02:002008-12-12T10:41:15.690+02:00

The 19th of November was Election Day for the 43 municipalities in MozambiqueThere were queues all through the morning and several poll stations had to keep open much longer than the announced voting hours as the queues were still prominent. Unfortunately, I was not allowed to take pictures at the local polling station though I would have liked to take pictures of people casting their votes.

Sannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07852901111205750422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34608499.post-39971801424353438762008-11-04T09:47:00.010+02:002008-12-12T10:43:33.762+02:00

Rain, rain and rain – way too early for Cabo Delgado and very heavy for 2-3 days due to a cyclone in Madagascar and here we have the roads all shattered again just as we are on our way to the districts... but luckily there is now an oil company working in the region and they need the road too, so it was repaired within a few days – fantastic!We were off to Palma and Nangade again – probably the

Sannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07852901111205750422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34608499.post-89510158597856806542008-11-04T08:53:00.003+02:002009-03-17T18:48:52.896+02:00

So there I was in Olumbi, a little fishing village not far from Palma in the north of Mozambique, and to facilitate my work and show respect in general in a predominantly Muslim area I was wearing a long skirt, which made a group of women in the local market nodd approvingly and comment loudly on my apparently very well shaped bottom, saying something like We are enjoying seeing your kind wear

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There is a lot of talk about the importance of attracting tourists to the northern Mozambique, about the beauty of the country and the most beautiful beaches - but what does one see at first glance when arriving – RUBBISH! It is laying everywhere, people throw their rubbish as they wish, it is polluting the beaches, and even the public rubbish bins seem to have surrendered (those that exist) and

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It is amazing how many small things or episodes – fantastic, frustrating, and unpredictable – that everyday make one smile or puzzle or get one frustrated to the limit of being hysterical.It is difficult not to smile when the employee at the service station insists on calling you Amor and small talking with you while buying fuel or gas for the kitchen like were you an old friend; but on the other

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I do try to get the most out of my time here in Pemba (...and anywhere else), thus I once again wandered off for a long weekend to one of the beautiful and luxurious lodges that we have so plenty of here. This time though it was a girls’ trip, driving up (north) on a Friday (4 hours drive) and back again on the Sunday.Guludo is different than the traditional luxurious lodges as it is an eco lodge

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My guard’s wife (one of them) was pregnant and as the day arrived to give birth I had promised to drive her to the Maternity Ward.I must admit that I was greatly surprised when I went to pick her up and three other women stood ready to accompany her to the ward all equipped with plastic buckets, a couple of old towels or fabrics, and an old kettle and the like – and off we went with the woman in

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I hadn’t - which might be due to my limited knowledge of maritime life in general, but I happened to ran into one this weekend! I had a spectacular dive Sunday at the Tunnel area in Pemba. The Tunnel is situated at about 36m depth and is a beautiful crevasse-kind of tunnel one can swim through. The area is furthermore surrounded by big fan corals and has a rich aquatic life, and as of yesterday

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It exists – the perfect little tropical island with white pristine beaches and surrounded by turquoise water! I know, because I just spent a lovely long and very romantic weekend on one such! Medjumbe Private Island – an oasis in the blue sea...Medjume Island is part of the Quirimbas Archipelago (where one also finds Ibo Island previously mentioned on my blog) situated north of Pemba. The island

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Most of September has been the time for Ramadan - the fasting time for Muslims around the world, and Pemba, Cabo Delgado being primarily Muslim has been no exception. This means a daily struggle for a lot of people in a hot and humid environment.One told me that the saying for the Ramadan is as following; the first week it eats your fat, the second week it eats your muscles, and the third week it

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I had two weeks of work in Maputo and left almost immediately after coming back from the northern districts. Next to the many meetings that always fill up my agenda while being in Maputo, I had decided to drive up to Inhambane. The visit had several purposes: discussing a photo project with a friend, taking pictures for MS’ new calendar 2009 (which will be with the theme portraits and people),

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It is not difficult to spot who is the main clientele in Tofo – a magnificent dive spot 17km outside of Inhambane. Mozambique’s National beer 2M is even explaining to the visitors how to pronounce the national beer should there be any difficulties ordering the right drink.....!

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Early September we once again headed north. This time we came to Nangade to have public debates and discussions targeting the youth. The debates circled around social engagement, participation, active citizenship, voluntarism, associations, and local governance. Our objective was to engage the youth in the local development, let them participate and take responsibility for the development in

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Time is as always running, and I cannot believe it has already been weeks since I was on holiday! I have been in and out of the northern districts with my colleagues visiting focal points, local councils, and having interesting talks with the oil companies in the region. Furthermore I have been desperately trying to organise a mini holiday of the very exclusive kind with Russell for my birthday

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Another little event in the busy agenda of Pemba – an international kite surfing competition had been organized in the beginning of August on the lovely beaches of Murrebué. Knowing nothing about kite surfing I kept to my camera and got a few good shots of the amazing stunts the guys were pulling off!- And of course congratulations to Stephane from France who won the competition!

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And then I am back in Pemba after another hectic but nice holiday in Denmark, where I only managed to do about 80% of what I had hoped for (much better than last year though!) – just as I am back after my first ever photo exhibition, a great experience and a lot harder work than expected. The whole idea of having holiday (= relaxing) and setting up two photo exhibitions in two different cities at

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It is time for holidays which for me also means to visit Denmark. I will leave on Saturday the 7th of June arriving in Denmark Monday the 9th of June. I will be in Denmark for 5 weeks meaning I am due to return to Pemba on the 14th of July. Hopefully I will get at chance to see many of you during the next weeks and as always I have rented a summerhouse (same as last year in Rågeleje), this time

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I have been back in Nangade for another 4 days to drop off the three trainers that were to implement our training programme for local community councils and women. We are conducting two training; firstly a training course for women on project elaboration in the context of the local development grant, which is part of local governance; and secondly a training course for the local council and

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It was once again time for a colleague and myself to visit the northern districts, this time to prepare for some training activities we are to conduct in Nangade and Palma in May; training for local community councils and local leaders on decentralisation, participatory planning, and project elaboration.Palma seemed different this time, more friendly than I remembered it, but you are still far

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From Pemba to Maputo - or from Rovuma to Maputo as it is often referred to - a road trip of a bit more than 3000km long through an amazingly beautiful country, on dusty roads, roads full people transporting all sorts of things, roads full of bicycles, full of goats and chickens, and finally on roads full of potholes!The road trip was legitimate work, as a company vehicle needed to be driven to

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The first National Democratic Election for the 47 seats in the National Assembly in Bhutan was carried out Monday, March the 24th ending a hundred years of absolute Monarchy and beginning a new phase of constitutional Monarchy.I send my sincere congratulations to BHUTAN and in particular to the “Bhutan Harmony Party” (Druk Phuensum Tshogpa) and Lyonpo Jigmi Thinley for having won an overwhelming

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A week in Cape Town is just not enough; I believe a minimum of 10 days is required for any first time visitor; – I for sure could have spent a whole month there! I will describe the way that led me to Cape Town another time, but let me just mention here that 3000 km of dusty road to Maputo surely made me ready for some luxury 2-3000km further south!Cape Town is a fantastic cosmopolitan something

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For quite some time now I have been engaged in taking photographs, hardly a new interests as one can gather from this blog, but during the last 10 months I have been enrolled in the New York Institute for Photography’s professional photo course. It is not because I expect to launce myself as a professional photographer any day soon, but rather a result of a serious interest, which I would like to

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Happy Lhosar to all and for us who are still to say Happy New Year in general to a few – we are today granted a second change! ;)Unfortunately not much Chinese New Year or Lhosar here in Mozambique, but I will make sure I have my own little celebration – strongly in need of some dragoons though!HAPPY LHOSAR!!!

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Diving is still a hit and absolutely fantastic though I am increasingly getting frustrated with the lack of a good diving atmosphere in Pemba; an atmosphere where you discuss and learn a bit about the maritime life, what you are seeing in the water; and an atmosphere where you explore new sites with good and thoroughly briefings.Fortunately I am living in a place where there are many dive sites

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As the sweat is steadily running down my spine it is somehow difficult to elevate a big enthusiastic Christmas mood thinking of duck, rice pudding and the like... Christmas seems very far away here in Pemba, but nevertheless we have managed to gather a little group for a surprisingly Danish like Christmas dinner.Both Christmas and New Year will for my part be celebrated in Pemba this year,

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The rainy season started early this year making many roads inaccessible until sometime in April, thus it has been pouring down the last days of October, just as I once again was up in the northern districts (or in the ‘field’) working.I just came home from 8 days in the districts visiting the three most northern districts of Cabo Delgado; Palma, Nangade, and Mueda. Together with colleagues from

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Another field visit around end of June was a revisit to Ibo island, one of my favourite spots with an amazing atmosphere that drawn me each time I am there. This time I went to Ibo with Karibo and local organisation from Ibo, who had invited me for their General Assembly.The trip to ibo quickly turned into a family excursion having the vehicle full with people inside the cabin as well as behind.

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As I am coming home from my last field visits this time to Palma, Nangade and Mueda with my partner organisations here in Pemba, I realised that I never got around writing about my last interesting and hilarious visits to Mueda (a northern district) and to Ibo island both places I visited in June. So here come a few stories from those visits before I get back to my newest visit to the north.In

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What do you do when you suddenly stand with the dead body of your beloved dog? Unfortunately I had to find out, as my dog – Fidel Castro – got hit by a runaway taxi driver just outside my house last weekend. Besides the fact that I was awoken in the middle of the night with the words “Senhora the dog is dead, the dog is dead” I did had difficulties understanding I was looking at my now dead dog

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A few images from this lovely country!An acrobat at Wimbi beach in Pemba; an old truck in the town of Inhambane; Sale of peanuts in the market in Inhambane; a little house in one of the districts in Inhambane, Piri Piri for sale at the roadside in Inhambane, and lastly a view over Pemba bay.

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Yesterday, Wednesday Indonesia experienced a large earthquake which 8 hours later caused Tsunami warning along the Mozambican coast. The public information from various sources was at best contradicting itself, but nevertheless the Mozambican authorities kept the following recommendations for precaution until late Wednesday night; do not go sailing or fishing, do not walk along the beaches or

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As I left Denmark I was fully equipped with diving equipment (among other goodies) for a long season of diving in Pemba, which of course has already been inaugurated during our long weekend beginning of September! And though we saw large steams of king fish and other large fish as well as crocodile fish and scorpion fish we did not see any sea turtles, which I would have liked to. I am also still

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Home at last after a long journey, – too long if I should be honest. I must have flown half the continent around twice due to my meeting in Tanzania on my way home from holiday in Denmark. But I managed to come home with around 60kg in luggage and without losing anything on the way, which I find amazing in itself.It was good to be back in Denmark, but way to short a visit to really have time to

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On my way home from holidays in Denmark, I passed by Tanzania for an advocacy symposium organised by MS titled “Structural causes to poverty – is advocacy the answer?” There were participants from organisations (international as well as local) throughout southern and eastern Africa.To my disappointment the point of departure for the discussions was structural causes to poverty rather than

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July came and disappeared before I had a chance to really follow what happen. I started with two weeks in Maputo with work and a Portuguese refreshment course. And with this language there are always linguistic issues that need to be adjusted...! As always it is great to be back in Maputo, a city I’m still enjoying fully! But at the same time it is becoming increasingly frustrating to

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Wau, what a fantastic new world that has open its doors for me, introducing me to some of the wonders surrounding us outside the reach of the normal eye and which is letting me forget the daily trivialities!I have finally started diving and I am now officially a licensed open water PADI diver looking at beautiful corals and swimming around accompanied by fish in all sizes and colours and with me

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Or maybe not as it is very difficult to establish a daily routine when I am never here! Which is something my dog seems to disapprove off as well. While being in Tanzania my dear dog had ran away, he was found again nothing but skin and bones and with a lot of wounds, but I guessed with an important lesson that the world outside is not near as interesting and fantastic as it might seem like from

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Situated close to Arusha and Mount Kilimanjaro – TCDC, MS’ Training Centre has the perfect setting for a 3 weeks training course. The facilities meeting any course participant here are good – even a squash court can be found here and I had of course brought my racket; but nevertheless I couldn't help feeling I had landed in some sort of extended school camp....A quick note on the course itself…

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Saturday morning at 9 am – off we went on our grand weekend expedition to Lake Manyara National Park and the famous Ngorongoro Crater – Noah’s Arc itself as I have named it. And the amount of wildlife we saw over the weekend in the two parks was amazing and quite diverse since the scenery is rather unlike.We started our visit to Lake Manyara National Park by being chased by a young male elephant

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In mid/late February I went with my direct counterpart and a member organisation of FOCADE – AMA (environmental association) to a little island north of Pemba in other for us to assess and assist in the conduction of an advocacy workshop.The workshop itself is not much to write about; as much as the lack of pedagogical and participatory methods surprised me negatively, did the actual level and

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I entered this year 2007 on a beach some 200-300km north of Maputo in good company. And just as this year’s first lunch, which seemed very alive, I expect this year to be full of life and excitement; – we had crabs for lunch on 1st of January and 2 ran away over the lawn while children and guard were jumping and screaming in different directions (and probably for different reasons), one succeeded

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Line visited me over Christmas and we decided to spend Christmas eve at Ilha de Moçambique and after a few wild days (and nights) in Maputo, ilha was the perfect choice.Ilha de Moçambique is situated in the province of Nampula in the northern Moçambique and accessible from the main land by an approximately 1,6km long narrow bridge. And as the island itself is very little there is no real need

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Pemba, a nice little and beautiful coastal town with about 100.000 inhabitants in the town itself, the most beautiful beach in Africa (!) and a hot and humid climate; - this is my new home.The house itself is a nice little house, very hot, and with a nice little garden in front and a view which allows me to follow the daily life and rhythm of passing people, cars, and goats. There are 3 guards at

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Wau, how easy you get swept into a nice and comfortable life in Maputo with its lovely atmosphere, great music places and open and friendly people, before you know of it you have made yourself some wonderful friends here. The last weeks in Maputo disappeared faster than I hoped for. I so easily got use to the rhythms of this city, and today I cannot help thinking “thank God (or MS) for my partner

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So here I am in exciting and exotic Mozambique surrounded by new sounds and new smells (thank god for no Doma!) and I can hardly believe I have already been here for 2 weeks, as I already feel I have met many fantastic people here in Maputo though impatiently as I am, I can’t wait for more things to happen and to get more involved socially.I started my language course right away and I’m slowly

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Here I am with my new weblog or blog as it seems to be referred to. These last days have been very busy trying to organise myself before departure for Mozambique and as I write the movers are moving the last things to my storage.I know, I started this blog a little ahead of myself as I have already uploaded a few of my pictures from Cuba and Bhutan, - I guess I couldn’t wait to try out this new

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Already 3½ months since I left Bhutan; - on one hand it seems like yesterday, on the other hand Bhutan seems light years away. The last weeks and months in Bhutan were hectic, they always are, but nevertheless full of great experiences and though there are things I never got to do or places I never visited that I would have loved to visit, then there also have to be something left for next time I

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Cuba is full of life, music, dance, mojitos and the most inspiring and fantastic atmosphere, – who would not like to stay in Cuba? But for the Cubans, Cuba is also poverty, separation from family members abroad, and limited rights. Nevertheless Cuba is worth a visit any day and before you know it your hips start moving to those rhythms of Cuba…!December 2005/Janurary 2006

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