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(MSF President): 
Six months into

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the worst Ebola epidemic in history,

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the world is losing the battle to 
contain it.

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Leaders are failing to come to grips
with this transnational threat.

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At the beginning of September, addressing 
the member-states of the United Nations,

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the International President of the 
MSF reported on the failure

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of the present strategy for 
combatting Ebola.

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No group, including the MSF, can handle 
the explosion in the number of cases,

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the infection of dozens of medical workers,

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the collapse of the health systems in the affected countries.

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(MSF President): Many of the UN
member states here today

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have invested heavily in capabilities 
for responding to biological theats.

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You have a political and humanitarian responsibility to use these capabilities

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in the countries affected by Ebola.

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(Presenter): On the ground, the MSF
teams are overwhelmed.

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Since the epidemic started, they've handled more than 1000 confirmed Ebola cases

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across five treatment centers.

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Every new structure that is put up, such
as this one in the Liberian, Monrovia,

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has its beds filled up right away.

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(Lindis Hurum): In all of the zones, 
all of the districts of the city,

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people are falling ill and dying every day.

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They are asking for help; they don't
know what do do,

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because when they call on the health 
services, nobody comes for them.

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The system is entirely overwhelmed 
and the number of the sick is too great.

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The response is totally inadequate.

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(Presenter) Doctors Without Borders 
state that the restrictive measures

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that have been put in place,
such as enforced quarantines,

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do nothing but add to the panic
and the risk of losing control.

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The suspension of international flights 
is also entirely counterproductive.

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It complicates travel for volunteers 
and weakens countries in crisis.

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To halt the epidemic, we must not 
punish or isolate the affected countries,

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but rather increase the number 
of treatment centers

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to deploy more qualified personnel
and mobile laboratories,

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to finally regain control of this
unprecedented epidemic.

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We are obviously very happy

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about Chantal's release.

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It has been over a year,

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since July 11, 2013, actually,

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since we've had news.

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It's obviously an enormous relief

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for her MSF colleagues

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and for the crisis team that has been mobilized

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with great resources for over a year.

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Chantal is doing relatively well,

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as well as can be expected after 14 months in captivity.

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She's exhausted, she's lost weight;

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the final days of her captivity were very trying.

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She succeeded in escaping by taking advantage of military maneuvers.

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Three members of the team that were in Kamongo

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in July, 2013 remain missing.

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We keep our three colleagues in our thoughts,

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and we are keeping the crisis team in place

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actively searching and looking for contact,

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and we hope that very soon, our three colleagues

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will be able to follow Chantal's lead

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and regain their freedom.

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Impossible to flee

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while the bombing was underway;

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Impossible to return home,

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now that the report of the guns has ceased.

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For many residents of the Gaza Strip,

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the return of calm is a relative proposition.

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Still crammed together inside schools,

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or with multiple families sharing an apartment,

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they must sometimes live without running water or electricity.

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After this war,
I believe there is no more hope.

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What hope can people have after all this destruction?

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All the buildings have been destroyed.

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They say Gaza will need 20 years

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to rebuild,

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to re-establish all of its infrastructure.

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Everything here has been destroyed.

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The Israeli offensive "Operation Protective Edge"

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has caused over 2000 deaths,

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but also thousands of wounded.

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The return of calm is hardly noticed inside the hospitals.

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The most badly injured will need dozens of operations,

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and the others need to have their bandages changed

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and to receive their physical therapy.

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The psychological scars,

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particularly for the children,

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will also need to be attended to.

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Here is the Lietchuor camp at the end of August

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A sea from which boxes of refugees peek out.

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The ground is flat, and water stagnates on the clay soil.

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These conditions combine such that this camp,

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which shelters 36,000 refugees,

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becomes unliveable during the rainy season.

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The only remaining dry spot,

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a road that crosses the camp.

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Those who can survive in the camp
have found spots

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along the road,

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and have planted themselves there.

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Others who are not able to stay,

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find shelter among the area communities.

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Faced with these conditions,

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the Ethiopian agency in charge of refugees,

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and the UN, have decided to close the camp.

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But for the time being, there is no satisfactory resettlement plan.

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If the government is able to identify another location,

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close to Lietchuor Camp or elsewhere,

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at least for the rainy season,

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where all the refugees could be moved,

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that would be a great relief.

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Not only for these populations,

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but also for the government and the NGOs

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who are providing water, medical care,

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and other services to the refugees.

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While they wait, the MSF teams

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carry on their work.

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At Lietchuor, they have taken to

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keeping patients dry by elevating the tents for the hospital

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and the health center.

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But the rains, and the poor hygiene conditions,

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pose a grave threat to health and to the population.

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Respiratory infections and malaria

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are the primary complaints of patients.

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And a Hepatitis E epidemic has been declared.

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The doctors who work in the refugee camps understand

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that epidemics take hold rapidly

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in these sorts of conditions.

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To avoid this, it's necessary to enact a of practice

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that still remains uncommon:

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to organize vaccination campaigns

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on an emergency basis.

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Refugees all across the world

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require access to new vaccines

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because they are all vulnerable.

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We notice that for the most part,

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they are not up to date on their vaccinations,

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because of their displacement.

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So they really need to have access to all the necessary vaccines.

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The children, particularly fragile,

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can die from a simple respiratory infection.

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Yet there exists a vaccine, PCV vaccine,

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that can protect them against one of the principal bacteria

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responsible for pneumonia.

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Last July, in Uganda,

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10,000 infants under 2 years of age

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received the PCV vaccine.

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The beneficiaries: the refugees,

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but also the local communities

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affected by this massive influx of arrivals.

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South Sudan in 2013,

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Uganda today,

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and soon Ethiopia,

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MSF has decided to to universalize its vaccination campaigns

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among displaced peoples

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to protect the most vulnerable

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from preventable illnesses.

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But to achieve this will require

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that the barriers that exist today

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such as the high price of PCV vaccine,

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are eliminated.

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Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq,

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the impact of war is felt

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far outside the territory of Syria.

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The refugees bring with them their wounds,

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physical or psychological.

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On the other side of the border posts, the MSF teams

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take care of these people.

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Ramda is a Jordanian city 5 km from the Syrian border.

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In the surgery provided by MSF,

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Roukiya, a young 14-year-old Syrian girl,

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a rocket fell very close to where she was.

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My mother and my neighbor were killed in the blast,

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and I myself was injured,

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and I was afraid I wouldn't have legs anymore.

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I lost consciousness,

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At Roukiya's bedside, Dr. Alouache

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an Iraqi who fled his country

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at the beginning of the 1990s

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during the Gulf War.

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When I was a refugee, I recall,

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I was not able to offer medical assistance

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to my own people.

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MSF came to see me, and asked me

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to open a clinic.

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I was overwhelmed with joy.

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I thought it was finally a chance for me

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to give back some small portion of what I received.

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In order to give 3 million refugees

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a face and a voice,

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MSF has launched a project:

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"Beyond The War"

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a day with Doctors Without Borders

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in Iraq, Lebanon, and Jordan,

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to tell the story of their work

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and let us meet their patients.

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♪ ♪