BAHRAIN MEDIA KIT 2015 TARGET AUDIENCE the Local and Expat Community with a Thirst for Knowledge and Information About Cultural Happenings in the City

BAHRAIN MEDIA KIT 2015 TARGET AUDIENCE The local and expat community with a thirst for knowledge and information about cultural happenings in the city. Our readers are well-educated, quirky, active and tech-savvy. They are culturally-curious with creative jobs and hobbies, and like dining out at recommended restaurants, bars and cafes. Their disposable income is spent on keeping up with the latest fashion trends and gadgets, and their free time is spent with friends, on the island.

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OUR MISSION OUR VISION REGIONAL FACT Bahrain carries a bold, FACT Bahrain provides in-depth HERITAGE energetic and intelligent, yet neutral, coverage of the island’s local talent, FACT has already established itself voice. We value our reader loyalty and arts and cultural activities. We put as the monthly magazine of choice interaction, which is enhanced on our great emphasis on covering the in Bahrain, with sister titles in Qatar, social media platforms. We are smart, hospitality and dining scene, hidden Kuwait, and Abu Dhabi. FACT is one daring, and inspirational; we like to hotspots, and events happening of the most widely distributed and take risks and please our readers, as in Bahrain. We aim to highlight popular titles in the Kingdom. We well as promoting fun for the people and support local exhibitions and strive to bring international standards of Bahrain. community initiatives too, that will and edgy editorial voice to Bahrain. benefit our readers. READERSHIP PROFILE FACT Magazine is designed and edited to speciﬁcally target the urban, well- educated local and expatriate community in Bahrain that makes a large part of the mass consumer market. Our research shows that our readers are:

MONTHLY INCOME GENDER DISTRIBUTION READERS’ INTERESTS BD 2,000 + 55% 45% 25% Female Male Art & Culture CIRCULATION AGE DISTRIBUTION 27% 10,000 Hospitality (copies per month) 10% & Dining Under 20 yrs READERSHIP 25% 45% Motoring 90,000 20 – 30 yrs & Technology TARGET AUDIENCE 35% 30 – 40 yrs 23% 47% 53% Fashion LOCAL EXPATRIATE 10% 40+ yrs EDITORIAL

FACT Bahrain Edition is the country’s ﬁrst metropolitan culture magazine boasting international standards of design, as well as unparalleled editorial integrity. A ﬁercely local publication with a sophisticated edge, the magazine has in-depth coverage of Bahrain’s arts, fashion, culture, motoring, and dining, alongside all the best events, delivering probing features and up-to-date news from the island. Combined with a discerning review system by our team of experts, readers will never need to look elsewhere for all their lifestyle, retail and entertainment needs.

CULTURE CULTURE MASH UP

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN A DISORDERLY WORLD Five Hundred 5th March 8pm Years of Islamic Shaikh Ebrahim Center For Culture and Research Dr. Shaikh Mohammed Sabah Calligraphy Al-Salem Al Subah will deliver a Current - 13th April lecture on sustainable development 8am - 8pm as an alternative strategy to Bahrain National Museum address economic, environmental The exhibition is a breathtaking and human trajectories issues. 3,310 showcase of the ‘Art of the Book’ ZMirza Fact Jules from Ottoman era Turkey. Held in @FACT @RATALAL @Z_MIRZA collaboration with the Sakıp Sabancı RAMSEY LEWIS @FACTBahrain Museum in Istanbul, the exhibition JAPANESE MAKIE & PHILIP BAILEY Here are the tweets that caught our Never be afraid to @Esagashi Just One time this guy blocked features intricate examples from the EXHIBITION museum’s collection. It displays rare 2nd March - 6th April 5th March spend a little extra on looking at that a two way road because Korans, prayer books, calligraphy, 8am - 8pm 8:30pm attention this month. Follow us on landscapes, and illuminated Arad Fort he parked on the road & Bahrain National Performer, composer, pianist & 2 things... a bed and sundae gave me manuscripts by leading artists working Museum under the patronage of Ottoman sultans. This exhibition showcases a Grammy winner Ramsey Lewis joins twitter and check back next issue to shoes. If you’re not diabetes. went to the atm-how do traditional craft technique, featuring soul, gospel, singer, songwriter & you even have money lacquer objects sprinkled with gold percussionist Philip Bailey for an see if your tweet made the page! in one, you’re in the and silver powder to form decorative evening of jazz and R&B classics. other. with that brain #bahrain images that are distinctly Japanese. GHALIA BIN ALI José Carreras 3rd March 8pm Shaikh Ebrahim Center THE LEGENDARY For Culture BAB Market and Research 27th February – 1st March Talented Ghalia will perform Arabic TENOR 27th – 29th March folk & jazz traditions to contemporary Muharraqi: Father Tursday & Friday: 5pm - 9pm chillout and Indian classical music. and Son The Child and the Saturday : 10am - 9pm 4th March - 3rd April Magic Spells 6th March, 8pm world’s leading opera houses and chart- Akhtar Ali Alzadjali The sara Munya Sabkar Bilal Bushra ALWAN 338 topping albums over an illustrious solo career, Bab Al Bahrain & Manama Souq 7pm 7th – 9th March Bahrain National Teatre Following last year’s success , this 3rd March – 19th April Bin Mattar House Opera legend José Carreras’ golden voice will including his work with the ‘Three Tenors’. @M1ZAN1N @HAIRBALLX @YOITSMEMEJAY @BILALMOHDR @ARSHUB_J contemporary outdoor festival features This joint exhibition offers a unique transgenerational Friday: 4pm, Saturday: All day 11am & 4pm, Sunday: have audiences mesmerised in a night of pure local designers, creative participants selling Al Riwaq Art Space, insight through the works of acclaimed Bahraini operatic enchantment. He is considered one of That moment when No, I don’t want to When people who And why in the Why does lemon- products and taking part in interactive artist Abdullah Al-Muharraqi and his son Khalid Al- 11am Block 338 and Research C ultural Hall the most important opera singers in the latter you are strangling import my friends, don’t even know world am I still ﬂavored tea always events. Hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Al Riwaq Art Space presents Muharraqi. The ﬁrst-ever collaboration between the Tale of an exciting journey of how a half of the 20th century. The Spanish tenor located in the heart of Manama, Bab Al its annual public arts festival father-son duo, it presents a wide range of their latest naughty child who never listened to has been performing his moving renditions of Bahrain, the event will showcase the island’s focusing on the neighbourhood artworks, tracing the evolution of art from generation with your pants and Twitter. Can you export The Scorpions awake watching bird taste like pesticide? his mother became a caring person. timeless masterpieces on the stages of the heritage and entrepreneurs. of Adliya. to generation. a msg gets sent to them? pretend like they do. documentaries and 30. fact magazine someone you don’t #BahrainisBeLike #F1 sharing my life stories 32. fact magazine want to talk to. with you guy’s? LISTEN UP CULTURE FACT FINDS, SOCIAL MEDIA, LOCAL NEWS, THEMED ISSUES, LOCAL TALENT, TRAVEL, SCOOP, EVENTS CALENDAR, DIARY DATES GLOBETROTTER, INVESTIGATIVE FEATURES

CITY RIDES ARTS ARTS

Silkscreen Pop Art Workshop

An exciting workshop where you will learn the techniques commonly used by Andy Warhol, that are involved in preparing template layouts, as well as photographic processes, to achieve silkscreen prints. Intaglio Printmaking Workshop

Tis is the ideal for art professionals, curators, collectors, teachers and enthusiasts who are looking for a hands-on experience in printmaking through the traditional techniques used in Intaglio printmaking. Fabric Art Collage Workshop

Te focus here is on the process; you’ll learn a multitude of creative techniques for combining collage and painting, emphasising staying present with the work as it develops, rather than focusing on the outcome.

Aside from the above there are also the following: Screen Printing Posters Workshop, Silkscreen Weekend Workshop, Drypoint & Chine Colle Weekend Workshop, Linocut Printing Weekend Workshop, Mono Print Workshop, and Creative Monoprinting Weekend Workshop - plenty to choose from! PORSCHE HAVE GONE TO GREAT LENGTHS TO PRESENT THE MACAN AS ‘A GROWN UP 911’ RATHER THAN A ‘BABY CAYENNE’. SO, Art Attack HOW SUCCESSFUL HAVE THEY BEEN IN THE DELIVERY? FACT HEADS OFF TO SCENIC RAS No solid experience is required for you at Albareh to participate – just a creative willingness AL KHAIMAH IN THE UAE TO FIND OUT… and a curious attitude for art will help you If art is a hobby or passion then you to enjoy what’s on ofer, as you’ll be in the might want to take note of the great safe hands of creative director, printmaker FROM THE OUTSIDE, there’s no mistaking at your fngertips. It features the same large, and painter Ahmed Emam. where the Macan gets its DNA from, however raised centre console as the Cayenne and workshops and classes taking place at Porsche try to present it. From a distance, Panamera that makes you feel like you’re Albareh Art Gallery. FACT learns Ahmed Emam many would mistake it for the Cayenne, and sitting in the cockpit of a jet, with all the even up close they’re very similar. While the Sport, Sport Plus and suspension settings more about what’s on ofer… Ahmed leads the workshops at Albareh. Macan is visibly smaller when the two are conveniently featured. Born in Cairo he has a BA in Fine Arts, parked next to each other, the main tell is Te Macan is currently being ofered in just Albareh has grown to become one of and is a well-experienced lecturer and the one-piece ‘clam shell’ bonnet the Macan two specifcations, the Macan S, with a 340hp the most cutting-edge galleries in town, GO: Workshops are to be resident of several technical graphic features. Interestingly, this is the biggest 3.0l V6 biturbo engine, and the Macan Turbo, participated in at a cost – to and the art space now hosts fab events and ﬁnd out all the latest times workshops, having founded numerous single piece of aluminium ever used in a car’s with a 400hp 3.6l V6 biturbo. Both feature activities, for youngsters and adults, who and prices, call 1771 7707. printmaking projects in Egypt and Saudi bodywork, according to Porsche. a permanent all-wheel-drive system, and want to get involved. Tere are a whole host Arabia. He’s also participated in more than Te interior of the Macan is superb. Porsche’s superb and lightning-quick PDK of programmes for you to dabble in, led 60 local and international exhibitions, so Comfortable and cosy, it almost feels tailor double-clutch transmission comes standard on by creative experts, and held at either the it’s safe to say that anyone attending one of made to the driver, with a fgure-hugging all models, which is something the Cayenne Nasser Al Yousif Print-making Studio or his workshops is in good hands and should sports seat holding you in place for fast has never featured thus far. the Abcad Studio. prepare for a fun, learning experience. cornering, and controls that are all literally To demonstrate the Macan’s abilities,

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ARTS MOTORING EXHIBITIONS, REVIEWS, INTERVIEWS, Q&A ISLAND RIDES, CAR AND MOTORBIKE TEST DRIVES

PLUGGED-IN NOKIA XL: BOLD, APP-LICIOUS Today’s tech-savvy generation of smartphones and tablets means BRIGHT AND the world is at your fngertips, literally! FACT has three great apps to download for your device, keeping you plugged-in to all BEAUTIFUL the best techie help for every area of your life... Nokia has gone and done it again. Te phone company has recently launched a range of afordable smartphones into the ‘X’ family tree. We take a look at the colourful Nokia XL model to see if this new device can hold its own in the fast-growing and competitive mobile market… EDUCATION HEALTH AND FITNESS PHOTOGRAPHY Udemy (Android, iOS) Johnson & Johnson 7 Minute PicsArt (Android, iOS) Udemy is a platform that offers thousands (Android, iOS) PicsArt is one of the fastest growing photo- INTRODUCTION of courses in a variety of subjects, with Make every minute count! Johnson & Johnson editing apps with incredible amount of features Nokia is undoubtedly one of the forefathers of the simple and intuitive methods of learning. fitness professionals highlight the benefits of to edit and add effects to your images. You can modern phone industry, renowned for the sturdy build Using this app you can browse, purchase seven minute workout. Exercises in the app are add filters, magic modes, burst modes, time quality of its devices, yet it seems that the Finnish and view content in a variety of courses deliberated to build both aerobic and muscular laps and effects, while capturing a photograph. frm wasn’t quite prepared when the colossal wave that range from learning a second fitness and can be performed anywhere The app provides tons of trendy effects, of smartphones hit the market and demand for such language to software development, with few minutes to spare. The app contains masks, corrections and colour adjustments to devices surged to an all-time high. Tankfully, Nokia cooking to graphic design, and pretty much body resistance exercises, a dozen different create a ‘picture perfect’ image. Create your has married with Microsoft and the Windows Phone to everything in-between. If you are keen to workouts with different variations. All you need drawings with virtual pencils or add shapes launch not one, but three Android devices into the ‘X’ learn with just a click of the button and is a chair, a wall, and your own body weight. and colours from the drawing menu. It’s a family, and the Nokia XL is the daddy of them all. virtual methods, this is just the app for you! Stay in shape in no time! whole new world of editing!

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FACT Bahrain aims to be the ultimate source of information, advice and happenings on the island. Hospitality clients will have the opportunity for editorial support through foodie features and venue reviews. Fashion clients will also be able to get maximum product promotion in their chosen feature page. FACT Bahrain creates a great balance between editorial and client support.

INTERIORS

GO: Visit Pottery Barn at Bahrain City Centre or shop the latest collections online at www. potterybarn.com Tel: 8000 1020 POTTERY BARN HAS MADE A NAME FOR ITSELF BY CREATING BEAUTIFUL PIECES WHILST KEEPING THE HIGH QUALITY THAT WE ALL WANT IN HOME FURNITURE. THEIR NEW COLLECTIONS STICK TO TRADITION AND BRING THE LATEST FASHIONS, AS Autumn vibes WELL AS COMFORT, INTO YOUR HOME.

Cosy Home Comforts very time we walk past Pottery Brown leather Barn, something new catches sofas, sturdy wooden our eyes. It’s one of those shops bed frames, and earthy that you could spend hours in, kitchen utensils all Esimply just browsing and picking begin to make your out furniture for your dream home. Now house feel like a home it’s the turn of the new product ranges and give it a cosyness for Autumn and Winter, which we were and warmth that is essential for this time immediately taken by. of year. Socialising is a big part of life in throughout the new lines of furniture - Tere is something for every the home, but something we can often something that we’re glad to see. part of your home, meaning you can neglect in our furniture and decor choices. Te level of craftsmanship is clearly make comfort a theme rather than a Pottery Barn have brought socialising high too, something that Pottery Barn requirement, all the while remaining back to the forefront with long tables pride themselves on, with thick wooden stylish. Te use of dark colours not only that allow you to have extra dinner guests bed frames and Spanish themed tables. refects the season we’re approaching, but and alfresco-inspired dining utensils It’s a world apart from clean-cut Ikea also gives a homely feel with these new that make it seem only natural to host furniture that graces most modern homes, and varied pieces. a full house! As well as being beautiful, and that’s why we adore the collections - all the furniture is refreshing. It’s taken they’re homely, cosy and built to last. inspiration from traditional pieces from If you’re a fan of entertaining, around the world – meaning you won’t traditional furniture with a stylish twist, see any chrome on black which can make and comfort to the fullest, then Pottery homes look cold. Barn ticks all the right boxes to prepare Instead you’re flling your nest with your home for the perfect super snug warmth, not only due to the brown autumn evenings. and tan colour choices, but also with the woodwork that is so prominent

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COLLECTION FOCUS COLLECTION FOCUS

CHEF’S TABLE

Le Domain [34] Call 1600 0222 for more information

HIS CHEF BENGT Tis brand new season has everything to put you in the mood for a relaxed warm weather. With the boating season CARLSSON just round the corner, add a bit of sunny sensation to your wardrobe. Inspired by a Te Domain is home to many nautical theme, the men’s collection boasts speciality restaurants and the one sandy tones and seaside stripes. Tis person running the entire show style fows through easily in the entire with his team of 38 chefs is the spring/summer collection, from shirts and knitwear to light jackets and accessories. executive chef for the entire hotel - Casual classic blues teamed with earthy Chef Bengt Carlsson. FACT met couldn’t get enough of the beurre blanc and with mandarin sorbet and vanilla quenelle. It tones and textures conjure a beach side with the chef at Le Domain [34] to lemon foam that went with the dish. was the perfect fnish to a great meal (even image transporting you to the open seas! taste his culinary delights! “We try and use a lot of citrus this for some of us who don’t have a sweet tooth) time of year since it’s in season and it breaks as it cleansed the palate beautifully. Swedish Chef Bengt has been in Bahrain nicely with the other components of the Te restaurant niches itself as serving about a year, since the pre-opening phase dish,” he tells us. food from south of France, which is a little and start up phase of the hotel. Trained in “To me the philosophy around food bit lighter than the traditional French fayre. classic French food, he has worked around is the less the chefs do the better, so you “I enjoy working with seafood and MassiMo Dutti’s Europe and Dubai. His sommelier training need a very good product to start with. We vegetables because you need to be very helped him a lot to understand favours import most of the vegetables from Spain, precise and it’s a way for the chef to show and how they all work together (it was no seafood from France, and let the favours of his skills. I also enjoy eating this food. spring/suMMer wonder that we were feeling extremely talk for themselves.” Coming to Bahrain has been very nice as privileged and excited about the whole Next up on the menu was the main the seafood, especially the local prawns, is tasting!) course of rack of lamb, herb crusted with amazing,” he says. ColleCtion Te restaurant itself, located on the 34th herbes de Provence mixture (rosemary, Te restaurants experiment with foor, overlooks the open sea and provides a thyme, tarragon, parsley and a touch of cooking techniques and are kitted out with HER magnifcent view of the entire city. Dijon mustard), served over fnely cut the latest technologies and fancy machines The restaurant We began with tasting two starters ratatouille (courgette, aubergine, bell peppers and everything is done in-house (slow Te women’s new season is all about itself, located (lucky us) – the frst was a vegetarian starter, and tomato sauce). Te meat was so tender cooking, water baths etc). on the 34th vacationing in the sun with picture perfect ﬂoor, overlooks a take on the classic French salad (normally it melted in your mouth. It came with a tian “We implement molecular gastronomy weather. Tis collection will instantly the open sea a quiche or a pie with onions). Tis however, of potatoes (thinly sliced potatoes) baked in in our day to day cooking. We don’t do it and provides transport you to a sublime vision of a magniﬁcent had a puf pastry base, topped with marinated butter and stock (to die for), with tomatoes to showcase where it’s applicable, we do it beautiful bright sunshine. A tour of the view of the red onions, frisse, shaved goats cheese, semi- and rosemary jus to go with it. to enhance the favours. We don’t want to entire city. places that inspires this sentiment results dried tomatoes, olives and diferent herbs. It We were then treated to one of the show of; we want to use the advantages it in a portfolio of traveller style. It’s simple, was extremely fresh and light – a perfect blend most delicate desserts - citrus mosaic served gives us. yet elegant, without any artifcial frills and of savoury and sweet favours. “It’s how you eat in France - it’s not just puts quality at the forefront. Everything Have fun in the sun “We fnd dried or sundried tomatoes the food; it’s your friends, the occasion, the from tops, trousers, fowing skirts to with nautical stripes are too hard, so we do it ourselves,” Chef experience of the whole meal itself.” relaxed casual knits have a sense of holiday Bengt explains. Tis philosophy and Chef Bengt’s spirit with muted earthy colours that evoke and beach side hues! Te second starter was pan seared passion for true French cuisine has us comfort and quality at its best! scallops on fennel and citrus salad. Te convinced that we will defnitely be coming scallops were cooked to perfection and we back for more! 84. fact magazine fact magazine .85 100. fact magazine fact magazine .101

FASHION AND BEAUTY DINING COLLECTION FOCUS, STYLE ROUND UP, LOCAL VENUE REVIEW, CHEF’S TABLE, BAHRAIN BITES, DESIGNERS, BEAUTY BUZZ RESTAURANT OPENINGS, DINING PROMOTIONS

LISTEN UP ARTS ARTS

INTERVIEW Naturally artistic by nature, Zahra Ali’s talents go far and beyond the normal helm of sketching, painting and poetry. One of the few self taught local artists, her sand drawings will have you mesmerised from the very frst few strokes. It beggars belief to see the transformation of sand from 2D portraits to 3D scenes. FACT caught up with this young artist to fnd out more about her and her unique art.

on YouTube. I was searching for sand animation and how to draw it, but there were no lessons available. So, I watched the videos and learnt by following her hand movements.” Zahra uses a special sand to create all her drawings. She explains why the sand used is so important. “I get the sand from Saudi Arabia. It’s soft and doesn’t clump up when wet. Te desert sand is not the same. Tere are diferent qualities - some artists use sea sand, but I don’t like it because the “ I was searching for sand hen weW frst met Zahra, we were pleasantly sand particles are big, and the one that I use surprised to see a sweet down to earth girl, is very fne.” animation and how to draw it, but who is also exceptionally talented. You It is amazing to see that a painting there were no lessons available. will be stunned (just as much as we were) takes Zahra only about 15 minutes to make Desert to know that Zahra started sand painting, and some as less as two to fve minutes. So, I watched the videos and when she was in Jordan studying aircraft Some of Zahra’s work has been learnt by following her hand engineering (aviation, communication and exhibited on Bahrain TV, Hala Bahrain movements.” instruments!) Show, at National Day in Budaiya, in the “I liked this art and in my part time I UAE and in Jordan (where she drew the Greens: would draw pictures by sand on the foor,” logo of her college). She speaks enthusiastically about her she says. “I’m self-taught and have had no She is also an avid sketcher. “My aspirations for the future. “I want to use this professional training. I’ve been doing it for favourite paintings are my charcoal and art in my profession. I want to tell a story a year and a half. When I was studying, I pencil sketches. I started drawing and with sand painting and make advertising didn’t have a lot of time to draw (maybe sketching when I was four or fve years old. videos about aircrafts, and the correct way an hour), but now that I have fnished my to use aircrafts. I want to make a safety HealtHy studies and while I’m looking for a job, I’m video by sand painting and to show the doing this part time. I want to do something importance of airplanes by drawing.” professional, but this will always be my With great vision in mind, Zahra is hobby.” optimistic about her future. We haven’t seen Zahra’s style of drawing varies from the end of her; on the contrary, it’s just the & Hearty portraits to sceneries. beginning for this bright young lady. We Talking about where she got her wish her all the very best for the future and inspiration from, she says “I liked the work to keep the sand fowing! Call 36994033 for more information or of a sand artist from Ukraine – Kseniya Instagram ZOZA_ART Get your fve-a-day now as the Bahraini Simonova (winner of Ukraine’s Got Talent). I learnt this by watching her videos Farmers Market is back for those looking 60. fact magazine fact magazine .61 to boost their health, save some dinars, and support the local economy… HOSPITALITYAn apple a day keeps the doctor away - so & HEALTH LOCAL TALENT the saying goes! But, we all know that in most of Bahrain’s major supermarkets, HOTELfruit and vegetable HOTSPOT is quite overpriced , SPA REVIEW, WEEKEND FACT FOCUS, Q&A, INTERVIEWS, YOUNG (BD3 for Iceberg lettuce – what?!). Whether it’s because the big supermarkets STAYCATION,charge a premium, as many like to do , HEALTH ADVICE their shopping in one ROOMplace rather than REVIEWS ENTREPRENEURS, LOCAL PROJECTS roam the island for one item at a time, or too. You can pick up home grown produce because of the import charges – the further at local (code for a LOT cheaper than oranges (and any other food for that supermarkets) prices, ranging from lettuce, matter!) travels, the more expensive it gets. carrots, tomatoes, and herbs and spices. By So, we hear you ask, how do you keep making a purchase you’re not only bagging stocked up on fresh fruit and veg for that fresh foods, you’re supporting many low- all-important healthy lifestyle? Simple. income Bahrainis as well. Te Bahraini Farmers Market! It’s a great It’s organised by the National option for those living in and around the Initiative for Agricultural Development Budaiya area, bringing together fresh local and Marine Resources, and this year 30 GO: Te Bahraini produce from farms all over Bahrain. Bahraini farmers are participating in the Farmers Market Set in the idyllic Budaiya Garden, market, until the end of May. takes place every this is more than just a place to take a You’ll also fnd vendors selling Saturday from 8am shopping trip; it makes for a great day out traditional snacks, foodstuf and beverages to 12pm at Budaiya so, get the family together, and head down Garden, until the to the Bahraini Farmers Market for a end of May. unique (and healthy) shopping experience.

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