The Premium European Kiwi Campaign, a project co-financed by the EU and Greece, initially entered the Canadian market in 2016.
There weren’t many expectations at the time as Canadian consumers knew little about Europe’s long-standing and strong traditions of growing and exporting kiwis.
Nobody really knew that Greek, Italian, French and Spanish farmers had been shipping kiwis globally since the 1970s.
In May 2016 when European kiwi farmers first came to Sial in Montreal, Canada, they met with fruit importers and consumers and explained their approach to producing top-grade kiwifruit that meet strict EU quality and safety standards.
The open-minded Canadians greeted the farmers and soon after that there was a great demand for European kiwifruit in Canada.
Since 2013, Premium European kiwi exports to Canada have increased by nine percent. Although Italy is the largest European exporter, averaging approximately 96,000 tons a year, Greece saw the largest increase in exports, growing consistently from 3,079 tons in 2013 to 9,743 tons in 2017 — an increase of 220 percent.
Michail Xekarfotakis, president of the Agricultural Cooperative NESPAR, coordinator of the Premium European Kiwi campaign saidL:
“European kiwifruits are cultivated, harvested and distributed with the highest quality standards.
“Although the trade sector has long appreciated kiwifruits coming from Europe, the consumers in Canada had low awareness on the fact that the European Union countries produce kiwifruits, let alone that they are among the best in the world.
“When we launched our campaign Premium European Kiwi we aspired to communicate this message; the warm welcome we have received from the Canadian consumers indicates that we have succeeded.”
From May 2-4, European kiwi farmers will once again be attending the Sial Canada event in Montreal, and will be at booth 2541 for further explanations of the significance of their kiwifruit.
Matthew Staikos, the CEO of an internet messaging company, was shot to death at point-blank range in Toronto’s Yorkville neighborhood on Monday.
The 37-year-old Greek entrepreneur was found fatally wounded by emergency personnel responding to reports of gunshots at Bay St. and Yorkville Ave. around 11:30 p.m. Monday. Toronto Police received reports that at least three gunshots were fired.
Staikos was pronounced dead at the scene. Police have not speculated on a possible motive in the shooting. A post-mortem examination has been scheduled for Wednesday.
Prominent Greek, successful Canadian
Staikos was a graduate of the mechanical and computer engineering program at the University of Toronto. He was the CEO of the internet messaging site Vleepo.
In 2003, he founded mobile application developer Torch Mobile, which was later acquired by Waterloo-based Research in Motion in 2009.
He’s the son of Nick Staikos, a Belleville-based home builder and developer.
Greek Ambassador in Canada Dimitrios Azemopoulos writing on Facebook expressed shock for Staikos’ death.
“He was a prominent Greek and a successful Canadian citizen. He made us all proud of his unbounded love for Greece and his great achievements in Canada.”
“I met him at the time when he was trying to become successful. I immediately realized that he will make it. But I never imagined that he would leave us so quickly, so unfairly, so violently,” Azemopoulos wrote.
SkyGreece, an airline based in Greece, cancelled three of its flights from and to the Toronto Pearson International Airport on Wednesday.
According to reporter Cindy Pom, the plane is parked at the Pearson airport because the company has not paid landing fees to the airport. She further alleges that she spoke to the president and one of the company’s co-owners, Ken Stathakis, who labeled rumors that the company is going bankrupt as “a bunch of BS.”
The airline faced a similar situation last week when SkyGreece flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport were continuously being delayed. As a result, people were left waiting for their flights in the airport for days. The company’s plane that was parked in Pearson airport ultimately flew on August 20, four days after it was originally scheduled.
SkyGreece was founded in 2012 by Greek-Canadians. Its fleet consists of two aircraft that transport passengers from and to Toronto from European destinations.
In response to a City News inquiry, Father Nicholas Alexandris, one of the company’s reported co-owners, directed the network to speak to the other co-owners. The network further reported that Alexandris apologized to a customer and informed them that he quit the company’s board two weeks ago.
During this year’s ceremony, exceptional graduates from Ontario’s 24 colleges will be honored for their significant social and economic contribution in business, community services, creative arts and design, health sciences, recent graduate, and technology in Canada and throughout the world.
Seneca alumni Tony Lourakis is nominated for the prestigious technology Premier’s Award. Lourakis’ Complete Innovations, is one of the fastest growing global technology companies — occupying around 160 full-time employees — enables numerous customers across North America to track, optimize and manage vehicles and mobile workers from a single platform.
The young Greek-Canadian entrepreneur founded his first software and consulting company, Canlogic Solutions, at the age of 20, while enrolled as a Computer Science student at Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology. He currently serves as Cretan Association of Toronto “Knossos” President and is also a board member of the Hellenic Heritage Foundation.
Villa Hurmuses on Mykonos, Greece, has been named Top Private Pool Villa in Europe at the 2015 World Luxury Hotel Awards held in Hong Kong.
The five-bedroom villa is located on the island of Mykonos and is owned by Singapore-based Greek-Canadian Jeff Hurmuses and his Singaporean wife Sharon.
Close to a picturesque beach in the charming Mykonos town, the villa offers beautiful views of the island’s traditional white-washed villages, harbour windmills and famous sunset.
The five-star hospitality and luxurious property accommodates up to 10 people in five separate bedroom areas and offers all the amenities one can ever ask for, including a large private pool, bar and professionally-equipped kitchen.
Montreal-based company Transat A.T. Inc.,says that a German company has made a 54.5-million-worth euro offer to purchase its Transat France and Tourgreece tour businesses.
Transat France and Tourgreece tour businesses are worth about $80.3 million. Transat A.T. says it expects to seal the deal with TUI AG before the end of October as it’s pending various approvals.
Transat A.T. operates an integrated travel business which includes flights on its Air Transat airline and vacation packages in North America, Europe and other destinations. According to the Canadian Press, German TUI Group operates in 180 destinations around the world and employs 76,000 people in 130 countries, whereas Transat France and Athens-based Tourgreece combined have 800 employees.
Toula Antonopoulos (left) and her father Dimitrios ‘Jimmy’ Antonopoulos start the day at their Jimmy the Greek food court restaurant at First Canadian Place.
Dimitrios (Jimmy the Greek) Antonopoulos who build a Greek restaurant chain in Canada has been featured in an InsideToronto.com story.
Antonopoulos emigrated to Canada in 1963. As the youngest of six children born into a poor farming family in Nafplio, Greece, the now-78-year-old didn’t know a word of English. He had only a fourth grade education and little-to-no money to his name.
But, what he did have in spades, said daughter Toula, was “grit and foresight.”
“He had the vision and the belief in himself to make it happen,” she said of her father’s determination to build his Jimmy the Greek chain from the ground up — from a lone restaurant in downtown Toronto’s First Canadian Place to a thriving empire of quick-service restaurants.
InsideToronto.com says that when Antonopoulos first arrived in this country with his new bride, Helen, on his arm, the pair settled briefly in Montreal, where he worked making sandwiches at the local Woolworth’s cafeteria.
Upon the couple’s relocation to Toronto a few months later, he translated those new-found culinary skills first into work at a greasy spoon in Scarborough — where he learned to use a grill — and then at other local restaurants.
His first restaurant, the Epikourion, opened in 1979 at First Canadian Place. After a few slow years, the restaurant expanded — and by 1985, lunch-hour demand was so high that Antonopoulos was turning customers away because he simply couldn’t seat everyone in the small restaurant.
And that, Toula said, was when Jimmy the Greek was born. Today, Jimmy the Greek boasts 54 franchises across the country — including restaurants in Alberta, B.C. and Manitoba, as well as many in Toronto and the GTA.
Helen, with whom he would have celebrated 54 years of marriage this month, passed away in April — and without his “built-in best friend” at home in East York, he likes to keep busy.
Coming in to check on the business at First Canadian Place twice a week, Toula said, is what keeps her father going despite the devastating loss of Helen.
“Coming here is very therapeutic for him. They used to call him the mayor, because he was the longest tenant here and everyone knew who he was,” she laughed.
“He loves this building; he loves the people here; and most of all, he loves feeding them.”
Greek exporters of feta cheese will benefit from the CETA trade agreement between the EU and Canada for four reasons, the president of the Hellenic-Canadian Chamber of Commerce (HCCC) Konstantinos Katsigiannis said on Monday.
Katsigiannis was speaking at a conference organised by the Thessaloniki Chamber of Commerce and Industry (TCCI) and the Exporters Association of Northern Greece (SEVE), under the auspices of the Canadian Embassy.
Firstly, CETA prohibits the sale on the Canadian market any product labelled “Greek feta” or bearing any sign, symbol, image and name that refers to Greece, unless it is made in Greece.
Secondly, there will be a clear indication that these products have been produced in Canada and, thirdly, with the exception of the older feta producers, new producers will have to label their products “feta-type cheese” or “feta-imitation cheese”.
Lastly, Greek-made feta is high on the list of Canadians’ preferences, due to its excellent quality.
Dan Kelly, chairman of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) with a membership of 109,000 small and medium-sized businesses, pointed out that Canadian businessmen are now open to this agreement and hence to their cooperation with European companies, especially due to the uncertain future of the NAFTA trade agreement, following the statements made by US President Donald Trump about its revision and the likelihood of its dissolution.
President of SEVE, Dr Kyriakos Loufakis said that Greek exports to Canada reached 137 million euros, down 3 pct, on a year-on-year basis. However, he said that the prospects of further development of bialteral trade between the two countries are good.
Senior Trade Commissioner of the Canadian Embassy, David Mallette, spoke about CETA’s “multifariousness”, noting that in addition to the 99% elimination of both sides’ duties (94% for agricultural products), the agreement will bring about changes to the imports process, the development of bilateral relations in the service sectors – financial services, telecommunications – in shipping and more generally in all areas of trade, services and investment.
Kiriaki Iordanou of Athens, Greece (left) and Ian Scott of Orangeville, Ontario (right)
Several years ago, Ian Scott of Orangeville, Ontario met Kiriaki Iordanou of Athens online and in September 2017 decided to take a much-needed vacation to Greece to meet in person.
At the time, Scott had no idea this recreational trip would also see the start of a new business venture.
Many people who had been to Greece had told him the food just tastes better there. It did not take Scott much time to realize that the reason for this could very well be due to the oregano which is found in almost all Greek dishes.
Greek Reporter contacted Ian who shared the beginning of his foray into Mediterranean cuisine:
“I discovered that true Greek oregano had a bold taste and aroma that I’ve never had with any oregano I’ve purchased in Canada,” Scott says.
“The oregano in Greece was so amazing that I brought back several kilos meant for personal use. But then I provided small samples to others who were curious and the reaction was nothing short of amazing.”
Originally, Scott’s trip was just to spend time with his friend in Athens. However, this journey was the first of several trips back and forth between Canada and Greece, as part of a business idea now known as KirIan oregano.
Kiriaki and Ian spent much time travelling through various parts of Greece trying to find the highest quality oregano and sampling many different producers’ best of 2017’s harvest.
“We managed to narrow down our favorite samples and then recruited Ms. Iordanou’s family and friends to blind taste and smell testing sessions to be certain that we’d import to Canada only the best we could find,” Ian tells Greek Reporter.
“Of course, it was a huge advantage as well to do business in Greece and to have the assistance and help of Greek-speaking friends,” Ian says. “None of the producers had much English, and none use email. I am so thankful to the entire Iordanou family for their support in this venture.”
Product launch
KirIan Greek Oregano was finally made available for sale in Canada after months of planning, research and package design.
“It’s been an exciting process,” Iordanou says while visiting Orangeville, Canada. “To be visiting this country during the time we are able to launch the product is wonderful!”
It is also important to mention that KirIan imported oregano has been officially lab analyzed by Greece’s Food Allergens Laboratory.
Although there are some who claim to be importing ‘wild’ oregano, it should be noted that harvesting wild herbs for commercial use is illegal in Greece. Consumers of such products are contributing to serious soil erosion problems and over-harvesting of wild mountain oregano.
“It was really important to us to ensure our product was the best available on the commercial market, and procured from producers who use only environmentally sustainable practices,” Ian says, adding:
“Our products will always be of the highest quality and produced in a way that does not damage the environment. In addition to the wonderful taste and aroma, it is also important to us to have a product that is pure. So many of the oregano brands available in stores have been proven to be adulterated with other non-oregano material.”
True Greek oregano (origanum vulgare hirtum) is also a different sub-species of oregano than most sold in North America. Much of the supply there comes from Turkey and some is actually common marjoram (not to be confused with sweet marjoram). Although members of the same family, these do not have the same bold flavor and aroma punch as origanum vulgare hirtum.
“I loved hearing the testimonials first-hand from those who have received our oregano samples while I have been visiting here,” Iordanou says. “Yes, the taste and aroma is the proof that oregano from my country can really add a big flavor hit to Canadian cuisine.”
“And now, Canadians can have the closest thing to a real Greek salad without having to visit Greece!
“We’ll have to work on that Canadian feta though,” Iordanou smiles.
KirIan Oregano is available online and will also be available through selected retailers.
The Premium European Kiwi Campaign, a project co-financed by the EU and Greece, initially entered the Canadian market in 2016.
There weren’t many expectations at the time as Canadian consumers knew little about Europe’s long-standing and strong traditions of growing and exporting kiwis.
Nobody really knew that Greek, Italian, French and Spanish farmers had been shipping kiwis globally since the 1970s.
In May 2016 when European kiwi farmers first came to Sial in Montreal, Canada, they met with fruit importers and consumers and explained their approach to producing top-grade kiwifruit that meet strict EU quality and safety standards.
The open-minded Canadians greeted the farmers and soon after that there was a great demand for European kiwifruit in Canada.
Since 2013, Premium European kiwi exports to Canada have increased by nine percent. Although Italy is the largest European exporter, averaging approximately 96,000 tons a year, Greece saw the largest increase in exports, growing consistently from 3,079 tons in 2013 to 9,743 tons in 2017 — an increase of 220 percent.
Michail Xekarfotakis, president of the Agricultural Cooperative NESPAR, coordinator of the Premium European Kiwi campaign saidL:
“European kiwifruits are cultivated, harvested and distributed with the highest quality standards.
“Although the trade sector has long appreciated kiwifruits coming from Europe, the consumers in Canada had low awareness on the fact that the European Union countries produce kiwifruits, let alone that they are among the best in the world.
“When we launched our campaign Premium European Kiwi we aspired to communicate this message; the warm welcome we have received from the Canadian consumers indicates that we have succeeded.”
From May 2-4, European kiwi farmers will once again be attending the Sial Canada event in Montreal, and will be at booth 2541 for further explanations of the significance of their kiwifruit.
Matthew Staikos, the CEO of an internet messaging company, was shot to death at point-blank range in Toronto’s Yorkville neighborhood on Monday.
The 37-year-old Greek entrepreneur was found fatally wounded by emergency personnel responding to reports of gunshots at Bay St. and Yorkville Ave. around 11:30 p.m. Monday. Toronto Police received reports that at least three gunshots were fired.
Staikos was pronounced dead at the scene. Police have not speculated on a possible motive in the shooting. A post-mortem examination has been scheduled for Wednesday.
Prominent Greek, successful Canadian
Staikos was a graduate of the mechanical and computer engineering program at the University of Toronto. He was the CEO of the internet messaging site Vleepo.
In 2003, he founded mobile application developer Torch Mobile, which was later acquired by Waterloo-based Research in Motion in 2009.
He’s the son of Nick Staikos, a Belleville-based home builder and developer.
Greek Ambassador in Canada Dimitrios Azemopoulos writing on Facebook expressed shock for Staikos’ death.
“He was a prominent Greek and a successful Canadian citizen. He made us all proud of his unbounded love for Greece and his great achievements in Canada.”
“I met him at the time when he was trying to become successful. I immediately realized that he will make it. But I never imagined that he would leave us so quickly, so unfairly, so violently,” Azemopoulos wrote.
The three Greek Canadians who launched ΤΣΑΙ (Tsai), the carbonated Greek mountain tea beverage, have childhood experiences of their parents giving them the traditional mountain tea as medicine when they were ill.
Growing up in Canada, James Roumeliotis, Manny Favas and Vagelis Tassopoulos had experienced the beneficial properties of Greek mountain tea, given generously to them by their parents. The green “hairy” stems and leaves are an integral part of the Greek collective consciousness.
Now the Greek Canadian entrepreneurs turned the mountain tea into a modern refreshment, served sparkling and cold but with all the benefits of the “medicine” Greeks still use when they catch a cold or have a sore throat.
“As a Greek in Canada, I have much pride for my culture and am anxious to share it,” Roumeliotis told the Greek Reporter. “Since Greek food products and the Mediterranean diet are quite popular — especially Greek yogurt over the years — my wish was to piggyback on that popularity and success, as well as to share with the general and health-conscious local and American population a product that I was raised with and that is very good for you,” he said.
As Roumeliotis explains, TΣΑΙ — made of Greek mountain tea (Sideritis-Scardica type) — as well as being a flavorful, refreshing beverage is also an antioxidant that gives a phyto-nutrient boost. Unlike green tea, he says, it is caffeine free, made with organic tea herbs and is a low-sugar/calorie alternative to most tea beverages.
Scientific studies confirm that the Greek mountain tea is packed with flavonoids and antioxidants. lt has been consumed for centuries by Greeks for its multitude of
benefits, the main one being that it maintains a healthy immune system.
The Greek Canadian entrepreneur claims that TΣΑΙ is made of organically grown, handpicked herbs from elevations exceeding 4,000 ft (1219 mt) in the mountains of central Greece. This single varietal, unprocessed super herb produces a distinctly aromatic and refreshingly delicious tisane which is mild and smooth tasting without any bitterness.
The initial natural flavors of the beverage are Ginger & Honey and Mediterranean Citrus & Ginseng. Additional flavors will be added in the coming months along with a non-carbonated version.
Computer entrepreneur Michael Lazaridis. Photo: Wikipedia
Greek-Canadian entrepreneur and computer scientist Mike Lazaridis is a restless spirit. In 2013, the Canadian magazine Maclean’s ranked him tenth on the list of the most powerful people in Canada.
Ironically, that was the year Lazaridis left his seat on the board as vice-chairman and director of BlackBerry Limited, a high tech company he co-founded in 1984 as “Research in Motion.”
The name of his first company was appropriate, because the man never stops pushing the limits, always searching for where computer technology can go next. An avid believer in quantum information science, Lazaridis founded a new research center for that area of study in Ontario.
Lazaridis has now turned his full attention to Quantum Valley Investments, a fund which targets commercial applications in quantum information science. Along with Doug Fregin, the co-founder of Research in Motion, he announced their new $100-million business fund in March 2013.
“Quantum Valley”
At the same time as he founded Research in Motion, in October 2000, Lazaridis also started up the “Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics” in Waterloo, Ontario, with $100 million of personal funds. He also received $10 million in contributions from fellow RIM executives Jim Balsillie and Doug Fregin.
In 2008 Lazaridis contributed another $50 million to the PITP.
After his further establishment of the Institute for Quantum Computing at the University of Waterloo in 2002, what insiders now call the “Quantum Valley” was born.
The next step for the computing research visionary was the creation of the Mike & Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre at the University of Waterloo in 2012. The building is home to the leading-edge Institute for Quantum Computing and the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology.
The center is built to the most stringent possible standards for quantum and nanotechnology experiments; controls for vibration, humidity, temperature, and electromagnetic radiation were included in the building plans. The center was described by Professor Stephen Hawking as a “work of architectural genius.”
The two institutes now house more than three hundred researchers and students who are focused on creating technologies which can harness the power of quantum mechanics to transform computing.
Photo: Quantum Valley Investments
Quantum Valley Investments
One can see striking similarities between Quantum Valley in Waterloo, Ontario, and Silicon Valley. Quantum Valley Investments has assured that plenty of funding, expertise and support is provided to researchers so they can produce the best possible commercial applications using quantum information science.
At the same time, the Lazaridis Institute trains executives in how to create and manage high-tech companies. The QV campus comprises workers who are tasked with research in all aspects of technology, from basic research to the final commercial product. Everyone is very close to each other, so all the researchers and employees can collaborate easily.
According to Forbes, researchers at the University of Waterloo and Quantum Valley own their own patents. The intellectual property of an inventor is protected, and he or she has no obligation to share it with the university or Quantum Valley.
As a result, Waterloo students and researchers have created more than 162 spinoffs and links with associated companies to date, enabling Canada to rank fifth in the world in quantum technology patent applications.
The Greek-Canadian entrepreneur believes that the creation of general-purpose quantum computers which can break into today’s public encryption systems is probably 10 to 15 years in the future. Quantum simulators which can mimic a quantum computer’s operations will be commercially available in five to ten years.
Lazaridis’ Brilliant Career
Mihalis (Michael) Lazaridis was born on March 14, 1961 in Istanbul, Turkey to Greek parents having roots on Chios Island. He was five years of age when his family moved to Canada in 1966 and settled in Windsor, Ontario.
Lazaridis was fascinated by science at a young age. At twelve, he won a prize at the Windsor Public Library for reading every science book in the library.
In 1979, he enrolled at the University of Waterloo, majoreing in electrical engineering with an option in computer science. He dropped out in 1984, just two months before he was scheduled to graduate.
With a $15,000 loan from his parents, a small government grant and a contract from General Motors, Lazaridis, Mike Barnstijn and Douglas Fregin launched their first business, Research in Motion. Lazaridis was awarded an honorary degree in the year 2000.
In 2015, the research entrepreneur donated $200 million to Ontario’s Wilfrid Laurier University for a new technology-focused management institute at their business school. The school was renamed in his honor as the Lazaridis School of Business & Economics.
With information from Quantum Valley Investments and Wikipedia
The Canadian company HEXO was recently granted a license to cultivate and produce medical marijuana in Greece.
The company has already declared that it wants to become ”one of the top three global cannabis companies,” and the authorization from the Greek authorities opens up the entire market of the European Union to the firm.
The Canadian company plans to establish its production in Thessaly, Greece, the region which contains Greece’s largest plain, thought to be suitable for cultivation.
HEXO Corp is pleased to announce that its affiliate, HEXO MED S.A. has received a medical cannabis installation license….
”Receiving licensing in Greece will allow us to bring know-how and brands powered by HEXO to the European market. The new facility will also drive value for current and future Fortune 500 partners by giving them access to licensed infrastructure internationally with the vision of capturing first-mover advantage in the burgeoning European cannabis market,” the company’s statement notes.
Several years ago, the Left-wing SYRIZA government legalized the use and production of medical cannabis in Greece, putting the country in the forefront of this relatively new sector of the economy.
The use of cannabis for recreational purposes, however, remains illegal throughout the country.
So far, Greek authorities have granted six licenses to companies which intend to produce medical cannabis in Greece.
It is projected that the burgeoning industry is capable of bringing Greece’s public revenues up to a possible €600 million, funds which are still much needed as the country tries to find its way out of the eight-year-long financial crisis.
The CANVAS cannabis store in Ontario is expanding, with a new location in Mount Dennis in Toronto and its Greek-Canadian owner will donate 50 per cent of profits from its opening days to a local food bank.
The community-focused CANVAS store is the first residential cannabis retailer in Ontario to be solely owned and operated by a woman, the Greek-Canadian Helene Vassos.
With the opening of her second store, Vassos has also become the first licensee in all of Ontario to open a second location under her own retail operator license, rather than through a franchising model.
The announcement of the second store in Mount Dennis comes only months after Vassos’ entry in Ontario’s emerging cannabis retail business.
“From day one, we focused on building for the future and meeting the growing need for cannabis products within Toronto communities,” said Vassos, who became quickly known for CANVAS’ excellent customer service.
“Our goal has always been to bring a personal touch to the cannabis retail experience,” says Vassos, whose first store opened in December on the Danforth and has seen booming business since then.
Vassos also attributes part of the first CANVAS store’s success to its thriving neighborhood and sophisticated clientele.
Opening the second store in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic was admittedly an unexpected part of Vassos’ growth plan.
Like its original location, the Mount Dennis store will adhere to the strict coronavirus preventative measures required. A plexiglas shield at the front entrance for pick-up orders is set in place, hand sanitizer will be provided to all customers, appropriate social distancing will be adhered to and staff members will be wearing masks and gloves.
The traditionally warm customer service of the Danforth store will be provided at the Mount Dennis location as well.
“We know our customers by name, we engage with them, and we’ve formed strong relationships,” Vassos says. “It has been a wonderful, positive experience that I look forward to replicating in Mount Dennis.”
“You have to believe in yourself and your skills, and believe that you’ve created something that is of value to the community,” she adds.
Vassos says she has established high standards and procedures through ongoing collaboration with government agencies, the Ontario Chamber of Commerce and her colleagues in the retail cannabis industry.
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