1,000 Smiles Project: Winter Clothing & Toys for Rural Areas of China

Martina Beszdesov, Scott Piusz, Ken Zheng, and Jones Zhang of CROWN RELOCATIONS SHANGHAI; AND Philip Benusa of CROWN RELOCATIONS CHENGDU with much appreciation to Sue Bishop, Parkway Health, Shanghai Rego International School, JZ School, The British International School Shanghai, Brits Abroad, The British Chamber of Commerce Shanghai, Squire, Sanders and Dempsey L.L.P., JWT, City of London Shanghai Rep. Office, Goodyear Tire Management Company (Shanghai) Ltd., A PLEINES MAINS, Wilhelmsen Ships Service, State Nuclear Power Engineering Company, KPMG, Environmental Resources Management, German Center, Abbott Laboratories, Mazars, Morning Tears Alliance, SHERPA'S, Marriott Executive Apartments Shanghai, Fried Frank, Plus Wines, The American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, Anheuser-Busch Inbev China, Marks and Spencer Commercial (Shanghai) Co. Ltd, Allens Arthur Robinson, Ascott China, Adidas, Consulate General of the Slovak Republic, and all individual donors.

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Dear All, Many thanks for your efforts that meant 1,137 people received 6,385 clothes, toys, and other items in Qinghai and Sichuan Provinces. A summary of the distribution is presented below. # of Site Beneficiaries Boxes 100 Guinan Tibetan Primary School and Sengduo Boarding School, Guinan 700 County, Qinghai Province 90 a Tibetan Village and a Tibetan Primary School in Luhuo County, Ganzi 144 Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province 24 Chubasang Tibetan Village and Karang Township Kindergarten, Xunhua 240 Salar Autonomous County, Haidong Region, Qinghai Province 5 Xingzhuang Village, Gonghe Township, Huangzhong County, Qinghai 27 Province 5 Jiemai Town, Dalag County, Golok Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, 26 Qinghai Province 224 1,137 # of Items 3,327 1,977 794 137 150 6,385

Sincerely, All Project Managers

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Martina Beszdesov, Scott Piusz, Ken Zheng, Jones Zhang of CROWN RELOCATIONS SHANGHAI, and Philip Benusa of CROWN RELOCATIONS CHENGDU with much appreciation to Sue Bishop, Parkway Health, Shanghai Rego International School, JZ School, The British International School Shanghai, Brits Abroad, The British Chamber of Commerce Shanghai, Squire, Sanders and Dempsey L.L.P., JWT, City of London Shanghai Rep. Office, Goodyear Tire Management Company (Shanghai) Ltd., A PLEINES MAINS, Wilhelmsen Ships Service, State Nuclear Power Engineering Company, KPMG, Environmental Resources Management, German Center, Abbott Laboratories, Mazars, Morning Tears Alliance, SHERPA'S, Marriott Executive Apartments Shanghai, Fried Frank, Plus Wines, The American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, Anheuser-Busch Inbev China, Marks and Spencer Commercial (Shanghai) Co. Ltd, Allens Arthur Robinson, Ascott China, Adidas, Consulate General of the Slovak Republic, and all individual donors

1,000 Smiles Project: Winter Clothing for Rural Areas of China

What? Where? Beneficiaries? When? Contribution?

100 boxes of clothes and toys (3,227 items) Guinan Tibetan Primary School and Sengduo Boarding School, Guinan County, Qinghai Province, PR China 700 people 27 November-15 December 2010 Crown Worldwide (shipping: Shanghai to Xining; local contribution = 650RMB

Implemented by Qinghai Drolma Education Charity Association in coordination with Pentok Institute www.pentok.org February 2011

Dear All, Your donation of 100 boxes of clothing included 591 pairs of pants, 507 T-shirts, 48 towels, 827 shirts, 5 cushions, 9 boxes of toys, 87 coats, 186 childrens coats, 80 pairs of shoes, 248 skirts, 236 shorts, 375 sweaters, and 122 scarves for a total of 3,227 items. These items were given to 497 students at Guinan Tibetan Primary School and to 190 students at Sengduo Boarding School. Guinan Tibetan Primary School. Around 100 parents of the students also received clothing. Sengduo Township is the poorest in Guinan. The township has 13 communities and much of the population (13,013) are Tibetan herders who have limited means of earning a living. The entire township has only about 20 people who have government-salaried jobs. Guinan Tibetan Primary School has a relatively large number of poor students with single parents. Clothing was given to 497 students at this school. Sengduo Boarding School is located in Sengduo Township Town and 190 students enrolled in this school received clothing. The Guinan Tibetan Primary School and Pentok Institute contributed 650RMB for transportation of the clothes from Xining to the schools. The project was implemented from 27 November to 15 December 2010. Recipients were selected using these criteria: single parent households orphans children living with their grandparents households with physically disabled family members households lacking sources of income families with more than two students families lacked male laborers

Your generous help is appreciated by the recipients. We thank you for your contribution. Please contact us at info@pentok.org if you have questions in regarding to the project. Yours sincerely, Tsomo Jyid Program Operations Director Pentok Institute www.pentok.org

PHOTOGRAPHS On 27 November 2010, 147 boxes of donated clothing arrived in Xining, and 100 boxes were delivered to Guinan County Tibetan Primary School. On 30 November 2010, the Drolma Education Charity Association worker and teachers at the school gave the toys and childrens clothing to the students. Student recipients at Guinan Tibetan Primary School. On 1 December 2010, students and family members received coats. Translation: Thank you for bringing warmth and care to the students. 25 November 2011.

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Born in November 2000, Dawa Tserang, is a grade 2 student at Guinan Tibetan Primary School. His family makes a living on limited farmland. Dawa lives with his father. His mother left when Dawa was very young. Dawa's father stays at home to care for Dawa, rather than leave the local community to seek cash income. Dawa is one of the best students in his class. At the end of the 2010 fall semester, his grades were 93.5 in Tibetan, 81 in Chinese, and 71 in arithmetic.

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Renzin and Dorji Jar are both grade 2 students at Guinan Tibetan Primary School. Their family lives by herding sheep and yaks. Because of the long trip to school, Renzin and Dorji Jar visit home only twice a month. The clothes they received made their winter warmer.

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Drolma, Tsemo, and Shemba Tso are in grade 2 in Guinan Tibetan Primary School. Their families make a living on limited farmland, and lack male laborers. Drolmas younger brother has a heart disease and the family suffers from the associated expenses. Tsemo's parents divorced when she was very young and now she lives with her grandparents who are over 70 years old.

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Drolma, Dawa Tserang, Tsemo, Shemba Tso, Renzin and Dorji Jor.

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Recipient students from grades 1 and 2 at Guinan Tibetan Primary School were chosen based on their poverty.

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Tashi (b. 1976) has 2 daughters, who both attend Guinan Tibetan Primary School. Darjyi Gyal is the elder daughter who is in grade 3. Tashi said, Five years ago, we were unaware of the importance of education, especially for girls. We wanted to find good boys from good families for the girls to marry. Things have changed and I hope my girls will be exemplary, well-educated women whose lives are much better than mine. Thank you for giving us these clothes. They will keep us warm this cold winter. Thank you very much for your kindness.

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LETTER OF APPRECIATION

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Dear Donors,

Translation

Thank you very much for your kind thoughtfulness. The clothes that you so generously donated have directly benefited 497 students and their families at Guinan Tibetan Primary School. These items include 591 pairs of pants, 507 T-shirts, 48 towels, 827 shirts, 5 cushions, 9 boxes of toys, 87 coats, 186 childrens coats, 80 pairs of shoes, 248 skirts, 236 shorts, 375 sweaters, and 122 scarves for a total of 3,227 items. We thank you for taking the time to collect the clothes and send them to us from Shanghai. Here on behalf of all recipients and teachers at Guinan Tibetan Primary School, we thank you for your generosity and kindness in regards. We are extremely grateful for your support. Guinan Tibetan Primary School 2010.12.14

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PROJECT ACTIVITIES 2010 November 27 November 27 Program Activity Clothes Arrive to Xining Transported clothing to Guinan County Notes Tsomo Jyid (Pentok) coordinated QDECA representatives; Guinan school teachers checked the boxes

November 30 December 1 December 6 December 15 February 2011

Distributed toys and clothes to students Distributed clothes to students and their families Reviewed the implementation photos and report Wrote final report Submitted final report Background

QDECA workers and Tsomo Jyid Tsomo Jyid

Guinan Tibetan Primary School Guinan Tibetan Primary School was established in 1953 and was one of the first schools built in Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefectures. The whole school territory (including classrooms and grounds) covers about 41,140.70 square meters. Now there are 147 teachers at the Guinan Tibetan Primary School, of whom one teacher has a MA degree, 15 teachers have BA degrees, and the remaining teachers have Associate degrees. The school teaches 6 different grades. There are 54 classes, with 2,626 students in total, of whom 1,296 live in school dormitories. All the students at Guinan Tibetan Primary School are from 15 villages of four different townships in Guinan County. Many are from poor herding households. In total there are 1,691 male students and 935 female students. Qinghai Drolma Education Charity Association (QDECA) QDCEA is a non-governmental and non-profit organization based in Xining City founded by retired Tibetan teachers in Qinghai Province in 2007. The association focuses on promoting education in rural Tibetan communities and providing scholarships to university students in Qinghai Province. Since the establishment of the organization, Qinghai Drolma Education Association has held some holiday Tibetan and English training programs in rural villages and helped many university students meet the costs of their education. Pentok Pentok is a Tibetan word meaning to benefit and positively impact others. Pentok Institute is a grassroots initiative led by local women and committed to promoting sustainable education and leadership for women and girls in low-income Tibetan rural areas of Qinghai Province. See www.pentok.org for more information.

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Clothes and Toy Project for A Tibetan Village & Tibetan Primary School in Luhuo County Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, PR China
to Martina Beszdesov, Scott Piusz, Ken Zheng, and Jones Zhang of CROWN RELOCATIONS SHANGHAI; and Philip Benusa of CROWN RELOCATIONS CHENGDU with much appreciation to Sue Bishop, Parkway Health, Shanghai Rego International School, JZ School, The British International School Shanghai, Brits Abroad, The British Chamber of Commerce Shanghai, Squire, Sanders and Dempsey L.L.P., JWT, City of London Shanghai Rep. Office, Goodyear Tire Management Company (Shanghai) Ltd., A PLEINES MAINS, Wilhelmsen Ships Service, State Nuclear Power Engineering Company, KPMG, Environmental Resources Management, German Center, Abbott Laboratories, Mazars, Morning Tears Alliance, SHERPA'S, Marriott Executive Apartments Shanghai, Fried Frank, Plus Wines, The American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, Anheuser-Busch Inbev China, Marks and Spencer Commercial (Shanghai) Co. Ltd, Allens Arthur Robinson, Ascott China, Adidas, Consulate General of the Slovak Republic, and all individual donors

1,000 Smiles Project: Winter Clothing for Rural Areas of China

What? 160 boxes of clothes were received, (jackets, jeans, shoes, socks, gloves, beddings, pants, skirts, hats, bras, scarves, T-shirts, shirts, books, school-bags, pens, pencil boxes, glasses, sweaters, and toys). Where? Shuangma Village, Zongmai Township, Luhuo County, Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province. Beneficiaries? 144 People (71 females and 73 males) When? 15 December 2010 20 April 2011 Contribution: Crown Worldwide (shipping: Shanghai to Chengdu, and Chengdu to local areas-5,500RMB) by Lobsang Yeshi Rindzin TarshinIverson in coordination with Zongmai Township Government

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ZONGMAI TOWNSHIP Zongmai Township is a herding township in Luhuo County that has 6 administrative villages with 673 tent-dwelling families (2,892 people: 1,460 males and 1,432 females). Shuangma Village is the poorest community in the township with 69 tent-dwelling households with a total population of 312 people (157 males and 155 females). The main economic activity is herding livestock (70 head of livestock per family on average) and collecting and selling medicinal herbs in summer. DISTRIBUTION In Zongmai Township, Luhou County, the distribution management team gave clothes to the poorest families chosen by community members. Larger clothes were given to adults villagers while smaller clothes, toys, and school supplies were given to children.

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PHOTOGRAPHS Figure 1: Project manager Iverson (front) and Randal (back) pack clothes in strong fabric bags. Figure 2: Randal loads clothes on the truck. Figure 3: Shuangma Community members receive clothes. Figure 4: Clothes are sorted in categories. Figure 5: Tsering Luobu (b. 1965), Shuangma Community, puts selected clothing in a bag. Figure 6: Female Shuangma Community members put donated clothing in bags .

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Clothes for Karang Township, Xunhua County, Qinghai Province

to Martina Beszdesov, Scott Piusz, Ken Zheng, and Jones Zhang of CROWN RELOCATIONS SHANGHAI, and Philip Benusa of CROWN RELOCATIONS CHENGDU with much appreciation to Sue Bishop, Parkway Health, Shanghai Rego International School, JZ School, The British International School Shanghai, Brits Abroad, The British Chamber of Commerce Shanghai, Squire, Sanders and Dempsey L.L.P., JWT, City of London Shanghai Rep. Office, Goodyear Tire Management Company (Shanghai) Ltd., A PLEINES MAINS, Wilhelmsen Ships Service, State Nuclear Power Engineering Company, KPMG, Environmental Resources Management, German Center, Abbott Laboratories, Mazars, Morning Tears Alliance, SHERPA'S, Marriott Executive Apartments Shanghai, Fried Frank, Plus Wines, The American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, Anheuser-Busch Inbev China, Marks and Spencer Commercial (Shanghai) Co. Ltd, Allens Arthur Robinson, Ascott China, Adidas, Consulate General of the Slovak Republic, and all individual donors What? Where? 24 boxes of clothes (770 items) and toys (24) Chubasang Tibetan Village & Karang Township Kindergarten, Xunhua Salar Autonomous County, Haidong Region, Qinghai Province Beneficiaries? 240 people (48 households) + 30 kindergarten pupils When? December 2010 Contribution? Crown Worldwide (shipping: Shanghai to Xining; local contribution = 700RMB (Xining to Karang)

Kunchok Dorje (Karang Central School) & Kelsang Norbu (Stongkha Charitable Association)
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SUMMARY _______________________________________________________________________________________ Kunchok Dorje, a teacher at Karang (Ch. Galeng) Township Central School, received the clothes and toys in December 2010. Chubsang Village residents are Tibetan farmers cultivating highland barley, wheat, rapeseed, and potatoes. Some households keep a small number of goats, cows, yaks, and pigs. This livelihood is for subsistence. In summer, most laborers leave to the village to puruse cash income as construction workers. Expenses such as sending children to schools, especially higher level education, and medical treatment are significant expenditures. The clothes were collected and counted by the village committee, and then equally divided among villagers. Each household received 16 pieces on average. For this mpoverished village, these clothes were a much-appreciated gifts in cold winter.

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PHOTOGRAPHS _______________________________________________________________________________________ Figure 1. Tsemo Drolma, a young mother with two children, received nice winter clothes for her family. She said that she was very happy to receive such good quality clothes. Figure 2. Dondrup and Lhamo, an old couple with 7 family members, received nice clothes for their family. Dondrup said that the clothes were much better than new clothes in the local market, which are of very poor quality. Figure 3. Rinchen Tso, a young mother with two children, received 10 pieces of clothing for her family. Figure 4. Karang Kindergarten with 30 students, is a private kindergarten run by a local teacher, received 4 boxes (52 toys) for the children. The children were delighted to receive so many toys. Figure 5. Kindergarten children playing with the toys. Figure 6. Yangchen, a 4-year old girl, was excited to play with this toy.

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__________________________________________________________ Clothes and Toy Project for Xingzhuang Village, Gonghe Township, Huangzhong County, Qinghai Province, PR China
to Martina Beszdesov, Scott Piusz, Ken Zheng, and Jones Zhang of CROWN RELOCATIONS SHANGHAI, and Philip Benusa of CROWN RELOCATIONS CHENGDU with much appreciation to Sue Bishop, Parkway Health, Shanghai Rego International School, JZ School, The British International School Shanghai, Brits Abroad, The British Chamber of Commerce Shanghai, Squire, Sanders and Dempsey L.L.P., JWT, City of London Shanghai Rep. Office, Goodyear Tire Management Company (Shanghai) Ltd., A PLEINES MAINS, Wilhelmsen Ships Service, State Nuclear Power Engineering Company, KPMG, Environmental Resources Management, German Center, Abbott Laboratories, Mazars, Morning Tears Alliance, SHERPA'S, Marriott Executive Apartments Shanghai, Fried Frank, Plus Wines, The American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, Anheuser-Busch Inbev China, Marks and Spencer Commercial (Shanghai) Co. Ltd, Allens Arthur Robinson, Ascott China, Adidas, Consulate General of the Slovak Republic, and all individual donors What? Where? Beneficiaries? When? Contribution? 22 boxes of clothes and toys (127 items) Xingzhuang Village, Gonghe Township, Huangzhong County, Qinghai Province 27 people January 2011 Crown Worldwide (shipping: Shanghai to Xining) SUMMARY The 5 poorest families (total of 27 people) in Xingzhuang Village, Gonghe Township, Qinghai Province received toys, coats, pants, skirts, blankets, and cushions. This contribution meant the families did not have to spend cash to purchase clothes. from
Snowland Service Group (SSG) #110 North ZhaquRoad, Jiegu Town, Yushu Prefecture, Qinghai Province, PRC Postal code: 815000 Phone: 0976-882-3925(Yushu) 0971-6366977(Xining) Fax: (0)976-882-3925 E-mail: ssgroup@vip.sina.com Website:http://www.tibetssg.com 66

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TRANSLATION Dear Donors, We are Xingzhuang Village in Gonghe Township. The 27 recipients express gratitude to you for your kind donation of clothing. As a farming village in Gonghe Township, Xinghzuang Village has low farming yields that only meet the needs of local villagers. Thus, for the 5 families, your donation relieved the burden of purchasing new clothes and avoid the cold this winter. We again say thank you very much and wish all your dreams come true in this 2011.

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VILLAGE DESCRIPTION Xingzhuang Village has 1,390 people (270 households) of whom 712 are Han Chinese and 678 are Tibetan. Most villagers cultivate barley, wheat, rape, potatoes, and beans. On average, the per capita income per year is 2,200RMB, earned from selling vegetables and engaging in migrant labour in places such as Xining City. However, income depends on a family's ability to operate a greenhouse, and go outside the village to do migrant work.

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Sanzhi Jie (b. 1953): I am a single father. My wife died two years ago. I have three children. My eldest son is 20 and he helps me take care of our farm land so that his younger sisters can attend school. My eldest son stopped school after high school, because our family cannot afford the tuition. We own around 6 mu of agriculture land. We grow barley, wheat, potatoes, and rapeseed. Each year we earn about 4,000RMB by selling potatoes, barley, and wheat. Sometimes, my son does construction work in Xining City and can earn about 5,, from May to July, from this canearn about 5,000RMB. We really want our two girls to continue their education so for this we work very hard. The clothing your gave us was really helpful by reducing what we will spend on clothing. Thank you.

Xiucuo (b. 1986): I am 24 the the mother of two children. I gave birth to my first child when I was 20, and now my second child is 2 years old. I am illiterate. I married into my husband's home in this village when I was 19 years old. My husband is a farmer. I really liked the toys you provided. They are very good for my children. And also the clothing. Thank you very much.

Guangque Jie (b. 1970): My family consists of my wife, me, and my daughter. My wife is disabled and cannot do a lot of farm work. My daughter is 18 and will attend college next fall. We are all very happy, and would like to try to support her education. My wife is very good at making small handicrafts which she sells and earns a small income. The clothing was very helpful. We will spend less money on clothes and save more money for our daughter's educaiton. Thank you.

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__________________________________________________________ Clothes and Toy Project for Impoverished Tibetans Dalag County, Golok Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Qinghai Province, PR China
to Martina Beszdesov, Scott Piusz, Ken Zheng, and Jones Zhang of CROWN RELOCATIONS SHANGHAI, and Philip Benusa of CROWN RELOCATIONS CHENGDU with much appreciation to Sue Bishop, Parkway Health, Shanghai Rego International School, JZ School, The British International School Shanghai, Brits Abroad, The British Chamber of Commerce Shanghai, Squire, Sanders and Dempsey L.L.P., JWT, City of London Shanghai Rep. Office, Goodyear Tire Management Company (Shanghai) Ltd., A PLEINES MAINS, Wilhelmsen Ships Service, State Nuclear Power Engineering Company, KPMG, Environmental Resources Management, German Center, Abbott Laboratories, Mazars, Morning Tears Alliance, SHERPA'S, Marriott Executive Apartments Shanghai, Fried Frank, Plus Wines, The American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, Anheuser-Busch Inbev China, Marks and Spencer Commercial (Shanghai) Co. Ltd, Allens Arthur Robinson, Ascott China, Adidas, Consulate General of the Slovak Republic and all individual donors

What? Where?

5 boxes of clothes and toys (150 items) Jiemai Town, Dalag County, Golok Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province, PR China

Beneficiaries? When? Contribution?

26 people May 2011 Crown Worldwide (shipping: Shanghai to Xining) SUMMARY

Mr. Palzang works for Law Popularization Office, Dalag County, Golok Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province. He helped distribute the clothes and toys to a community of resettled pastoralists in Golok Prefecture. Palzang received 5 boxes of clothes and toys in Xining; a total of 150 items. He found a truck and had the clothes transported 600 km to the distribution site. The clothes and toys benefitted 26 people.

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No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

Names Wotse Yitso Palmo Gukyab Lhatso Demo Tsekyid Drupo Palde Lhamo Tselha Tsering Lhakyab Manlha Gonp Trapo Rapo Karpo Dronpo Rinchen Kyab Dorje Tse Tsebo Marlo Ngotse Tsering Trabo Namtse Lhamo Rinpo Lopo Tsering Lhamo Rinchen Lhamo

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Children got clothes and toys before adults

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