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<title>(What are we) waiting (for?)</title>
<link>http://www.drinksindustryireland.ie/article.aspx?id=4002</link>
<description><![CDATA[What with the late start to the Summer weather, the Local Property Tax due payment date (& the adding to it of last year’s uncollected Household Property Charge plus penalties) coupled with further restrictions in the offing in regard to the sale of alcohol, there’s not much to feel happy about these days.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 16:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Smirnoff grows global sales 4.5% - Impact</title>
<link>http://www.drinksindustryireland.ie/article.aspx?id=3999</link>
<description><![CDATA[Smirnoff continued growing global sales last year by 4.5% to reach 26.3 million cases, putting it top of the premium spirits league according to Impact’s latest Top 100 Premium Spirits Brands report.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 10:09:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>On- to off-trade shift slowing – C&amp;C</title>
<link>http://www.drinksindustryireland.ie/article.aspx?id=3997</link>
<description><![CDATA[A “notable slowing of volume shift from the on-trade to the off-trade” has taken place over the last year according to C&C which published its annual results recently.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 15:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Special offers &amp; low prices a top priority for Irish consumers post-downturn</title>
<link>http://www.drinksindustryireland.ie/article.aspx?id=3998</link>
<description><![CDATA[Irish consumers spend more time looking for special offers and low prices than they used to do and are more careful about how they use their credit cards. This finding emerged from research carried out last October by Toluna/Mintel into how the economic downturn has affected their lifestyle here in Ireland.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 17:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>IHF President calls for JLC abolition</title>
<link>http://www.drinksindustryireland.ie/article.aspx?id=3991</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Irish Hotels Federation welcomed the recent judgment by the Supreme Court declaring Registered Employment Agreements as unconstitutional – a ruling which the IHF states is in line with a 2011 decision where the High Court declared the Joint Labour Committee (JLC) system unconstitutional.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 12:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>NOffLA calls for Government to regulate alcohol retailing “immediately”</title>
<link>http://www.drinksindustryireland.ie/article.aspx?id=3989</link>
<description><![CDATA[A survey of NOffLA members has revealed that government inaction in regulating the retail of alcohol has had serious implications for independent off-licences.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Scots judge clears way for MUP</title>
<link>http://www.drinksindustryireland.ie/article.aspx?id=3992</link>
<description><![CDATA[The recent decision by the Scottish Court of Session that the Scottish Parliament has the legal authority to introduce a Minimum Unit Price for all alcohol sold in Scotland is likely to have repercussions here in that the Department of Health now seems likely to include MUP proposals as part of an overall package of measures to tackle alcohol abuse, thought by some to be for introduction later this month. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 16:34:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>2 in 5 publicans have reduced staff in Q1 of 2013</title>
<link>http://www.drinksindustryireland.ie/article.aspx?id=3978</link>
<description><![CDATA[Some 86% of publicans have expressed dissatisfaction with the level of support from Government for Irish business and some 39% have made reductions in staffing levels in the first three months of this year in attempting to stay open, according to an independent survey carried out by the Federation ahead of today’s conference.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 07:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>VFI critical of Government "stalling" on alcohol legislation</title>
<link>http://www.drinksindustryireland.ie/article.aspx?id=3986</link>
<description><![CDATA[Publicans are particularly irate at Government stalling on the introduction of regulations controlling the sale, promotion and supply of alcohol.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 13:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>'Playcations' Potential from Golf</title>
<link>http://www.drinksindustryireland.ie/article.aspx?id=3969</link>
<description><![CDATA["Forget about 'staycations', we believe that there is great potential in 'playcations'", Tony Lenehan, Head of Golf Tourism at Fáilte Ireland, said to-day, reports HospitalityeNews.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 12:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hottest food fashion trends for 2013</title>
<link>http://www.drinksindustryireland.ie/article.aspx?id=3967</link>
<description><![CDATA[Fáilte Ireland has produced research showing that consumers are willing to spend that little bit more on local produce which offers a sense of place and a true taste of the region. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 10:54:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>WiFi dispels the loneliness of the single diner</title>
<link>http://www.drinksindustryireland.ie/article.aspx?id=3977</link>
<description><![CDATA[The notion of dining alone in public is not so off-putting to many customers any longer thanks to the widespread availability of WiFi in pubs, cafés and restaurants according to a new report from OnePoll commissioned by O2 in the UK.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 16:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Diageo’s Paul Walsh to step down</title>
<link>http://www.drinksindustryireland.ie/article.aspx?id=3961</link>
<description><![CDATA[Paul Walsh is to step down as Chief Executive of Diageo at the end of June to be replaced by Ivan Menezes, formerly Chief Operating Officer at the drinks giant.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 13:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Largest licensed trade ‘Gathering’ in Ireland set for September</title>
<link>http://www.drinksindustryireland.ie/article.aspx?id=3960</link>
<description><![CDATA[One of the biggest licensed trade events of the year is due to kick off next September 29th as part of ‘The Gathering’.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 16:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Kilbeggan Irish Whiskey – the secret’s out in the US</title>
<link>http://www.drinksindustryireland.ie/article.aspx?id=3955</link>
<description><![CDATA[Kilbeggan Irish Whiskey from Ireland’s oldest operating distillery unveiled a new look and 360-degree marketing campaign in the US on St Patrick’s Day.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Last chance to enter Great Carvery competition</title>
<link>http://www.drinksindustryireland.ie/article.aspx?id=3953</link>
<description><![CDATA[The deadline for the fourth Great Carvery of the Year competition, launched by rugby ace Tommy Bowe, is fast approaching.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 12:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Operating profits down 37% at Gleeson Group</title>
<link>http://www.drinksindustryireland.ie/article.aspx?id=3951</link>
<description><![CDATA[Operating profits at Gleeson Group fell by 37% to €4.73 million in the year to 30th June 2012 from €7.47 million the previous year.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 08:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Durty Nelly’s gets new owners</title>
<link>http://www.drinksindustryireland.ie/article.aspx?id=3944</link>
<description><![CDATA[Durty Nelly’s in Bunratty, County Clare, has new onwers in Martin Scully and Mary McCoy from Dublin. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 08:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Packaged water set to overtake carbonates consumption in 2 years – Canadean</title>
<link>http://www.drinksindustryireland.ie/article.aspx?id=3950</link>
<description><![CDATA[Over the past few decades the demand for packaged water has rocketed exponentially. Just 10 years ago world consumption stood at 100 billion litres, reports Canadean. Since then - and despite the global downturn - volumes have actually doubled. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 16:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Baggot Inn Beer Tower</title>
<link>http://www.drinksindustryireland.ie/article.aspx?id=3949</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Baggot Inn has become the first pub in Ireland to introduce a ‘Beer Tower’ for its customers.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 13:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Campo Viejo Tapas Trail launched</title>
<link>http://www.drinksindustryireland.ie/article.aspx?id=3941</link>
<description><![CDATA[Food and wine enthusiasts joined Spanish wine brand Campo Viejo in the The Odeon on Harcourt Street, Dublin, recently, to launch the return of the sell-out Campo Viejo Tapas Trail for 2013 and its expansion to Cork City for the first time.  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 11:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Eristoff awarded ‘Excellent’ in 2013 Ultimate Spirits Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.drinksindustryireland.ie/article.aspx?id=3942</link>
<description><![CDATA[Eristoff, one of the fastest-growing vodka brands in the world, recently achieved an ‘Excellent’ award in the 2013 Ultimate Spirits Challenge, scoring an impressive 91 points out of 100 in the blind taste test, positioning the brand in the ‘Highly Recommended’ category. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 12:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Kazbar’s Eoin O’Neill – a Disaronno ‘Mixing Star’</title>
<link>http://www.drinksindustryireland.ie/article.aspx?id=3943</link>
<description><![CDATA[Eoin O’Neill of Waterford’s Kazbar was the winner of this year’s Disaronno Mixing Star Competition which had a heavy emphasis on showmanship with each bartender having to relate their cocktail to a movie either through articulating it in their presentation or incorporating it into their demonstration.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 16:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>€563,000 pre-tax losses at Edward Dillon’s</title>
<link>http://www.drinksindustryireland.ie/article.aspx?id=3938</link>
<description><![CDATA[Edward Dillon & Co suffered pre-tax losses of €563,000 in the year to 30th September 2012 on a turnover that remained flat at €86.9 million.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>‘Nun’ for me thanks   </title>
<link>http://www.drinksindustryireland.ie/article.aspx?id=3940</link>
<description><![CDATA[Gardai who raided a Listowel pub at around four in the morning were confronted by the unusual sight of 21 nuns at the bar staring serenely back at them.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Now is a Good Time for Bulmers</title>
<link>http://www.drinksindustryireland.ie/article.aspx?id=3939</link>
<description><![CDATA[Bulmers Original Irish Cider is entering a new advertising era with its latest integrated marketing campaign and brand platform Now is a Good Time.  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Cassidy Wines increases pre-tax losses</title>
<link>http://www.drinksindustryireland.ie/article.aspx?id=3934</link>
<description><![CDATA[Pre-tax losses at Cassidy Wines to 31st May 2012 rose 140% to €461,610 compared to the previous year’s Operating Loss figure of €192,333 after sales decreased by nearly a fifth to €16.83 million during the year due to the loss of a distribution agreement with one of the multiples.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Guinness's new 'surge'</title>
<link>http://www.drinksindustryireland.ie/article.aspx?id=3937</link>
<description><![CDATA[The famous Guinness 'surge', unique to every pint of the stout, takes centre-stage in the brand's latest campaign which launched recently across the island of Ireland.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Value-for-money Ireland returning</title>
<link>http://www.drinksindustryireland.ie/article.aspx?id=3936</link>
<description><![CDATA[Our image as ‘rip-off Ireland’ is beginning to subside with the passing of the Celtic Tiger.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:34:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Findlaters features strongly in Worlds Most Admired Wine Brands </title>
<link>http://www.drinksindustryireland.ie/article.aspx?id=3930</link>
<description><![CDATA[The 2013 edition of Drinks International’s annual report into the World’s Most Admired Wine Brands, released recently, found wines from Findlater Wine & Spirit Group’s portfolio featuring strongly.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>HBR to help fund pubs &amp; hotels under unsustainable debt</title>
<link>http://www.drinksindustryireland.ie/article.aspx?id=3929</link>
<description><![CDATA[Global equity funds Blackstone and Kennedy Wilson’s move into Ireland by investing in big hotels like the Burlington and the Ritz-Carlton as well as other large projects indicates a renewed interest in the Irish hospitality industry.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Official launch of Hennessy Fin de Cognac</title>
<link>http://www.drinksindustryireland.ie/article.aspx?id=3932</link>
<description><![CDATA[Fin de Cognac, Hennessy’s latest addition to its Cognac collection, was officially launched with a tasting at No 25 Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin, recently.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>ABFI points the way</title>
<link>http://www.drinksindustryireland.ie/article.aspx?id=3928</link>
<description><![CDATA[In a recent submission to Government, ABFI expressed the drinks industry belief that the best way to find impactful, long-term solutions to the problem of alcohol misuse is by working in real partnership with all relevant stakeholders. But the submission also pointed out a number of significant challenges to present restrictions on domestic alcohol advertising. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Diageo to cease operations at its Waterford Brewery</title>
<link>http://www.drinksindustryireland.ie/article.aspx?id=3925</link>
<description><![CDATA[Following a review of its operations Diageo Ireland has decided to cease operations at its Waterford site by the end of this year.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Town with no cinema hosts 5th Corona Fastnet Short Film Festival</title>
<link>http://www.drinksindustryireland.ie/article.aspx?id=3926</link>
<description><![CDATA[Now in its fifth year, the Corona Fastnet Short Film Festival takes place in Schull, West Cork, from 22nd to 26th May. It was launched recently at a Cinematographer’s Party at The Bodega in Cork’s Cornmarket Street.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:24:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>“Demonising” the drinks industry must stop - DIGI Chairman tells Oireachtas Committee</title>
<link>http://www.drinksindustryireland.ie/article.aspx?id=3923</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Drinks Industry Group of Ireland addressed the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications today and discussed the implications of possible legislation on the banning of drink companies’ sponsorship for major sporting events.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>GAP expresses disappointment at WHO head’s stance on participation</title>
<link>http://www.drinksindustryireland.ie/article.aspx?id=3921</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Global Alcohol Producers Group representing many of the leading global wine, spirits and beer producers, has expressed its disappointment at comments made in the British Medical Journal recently by the WHO’s Director General Dr Margaret Chan.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>RCPI calls for MUP introduction &amp; outlet restrictions</title>
<link>http://www.drinksindustryireland.ie/article.aspx?id=3918</link>
<description><![CDATA[A new report by the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland calls for the introduction of minimum pricing and a restriction on the number of outlets selling alcohol.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 09:24:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Former VFI President fires shots in raid on pub</title>
<link>http://www.drinksindustryireland.ie/article.aspx?id=3917</link>
<description><![CDATA[Former VFI President Gerry Mellett had an unnerving experience recently when he had to discharge a shotgun over the heads of four raiders to his Ardattin Inn in Mountmellick.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Secret Service checks hotels</title>
<link>http://www.drinksindustryireland.ie/article.aspx?id=3914</link>
<description><![CDATA[The US Secret Service is checking out secure accommodation in hotels along the border as part of the massive police operation in the run-up to the G8 summit of world leaders this June, reports HospitalityeNews.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 08:54:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Banks are coming! Part II -- Banking on reality</title>
<link>http://www.drinksindustryireland.ie/article.aspx?id=3916</link>
<description><![CDATA[In this, our second part of Pat Nolan’s two-part feature
on the banks and the licensed trade, he concentrates on how to work with your bank for the best outcome.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>100,000 kegs a year go missing</title>
<link>http://www.drinksindustryireland.ie/article.aspx?id=3910</link>
<description><![CDATA[Some 100,000 beer kegs went missing last year in what’s becoming a well-organised racket, believes the Irish Brewers Association. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dicey Reilly’s of Ballhyshannon -- profit in diversity</title>
<link>http://www.drinksindustryireland.ie/article.aspx?id=3906</link>
<description><![CDATA[Nobody was more surprised than Brendan and Sinead O’Reilly when they walked away with this year’s NOffLA Off-Licence of the Year award. But the O’Reilly enterprise in Ballyshannon, County Donegal, is more than an award-winning off-licence. That forms but a third of the overall O’Reilly operation there. Pat Nolan pays them a visit to see for himself.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Kate Webb - Sailor Jerry’s new Global Brand Manager</title>
<link>http://www.drinksindustryireland.ie/article.aspx?id=3902</link>
<description><![CDATA[Kate Webb has joined William Grant & Sons as Global Brand Manager for Sailor Jerry, its fast-growing lifestyle rum brand.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bars in Berlin</title>
<link>http://www.drinksindustryireland.ie/article.aspx?id=3901</link>
<description><![CDATA[A 25-strong delegation of LVA Council members paid a visit to Berlin at the end of January to learn from the German on-trade operation. Drinks Industry Ireland reports.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:24:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bronagh Hunt - Sailor Jerry’s new Global Marketing Manager</title>
<link>http://www.drinksindustryireland.ie/article.aspx?id=3900</link>
<description><![CDATA[William Grant & Sons has appointed Bronagh Hunt as Global Marketing Manager for Sailor Jerry, its fast-growing lifestyle rum brand.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>West Europe slowest as beverage volume growth shifts to Asia - Canadean</title>
<link>http://www.drinksindustryireland.ie/article.aspx?id=3898</link>
<description><![CDATA[Provisional estimates for 2012 from Canadean suggest that global commercial beverage growth was on a par with that in 2011 in an environment still rocked by global financial fragility and political instability in some regions. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 08:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
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