Picnic in the Park, our free summer lunch program, will start in June, we have a capital campaign to buy a new building in Pocatello and there are several great food drives and fundraisers going on.

And then we have our most glittering event – the 10th anniversary of A Chefs' Affaire featuring nationally renowned Chef Tyler Florence. There are more details below, but we hope you will save the date – Saturday, June 7 – at the Boise Centre on the Grove. Our goal this year is to fund 600,000 meals. Please join us for a night of delicacies and delights.

This is the May edition of Idaho Foodbytes, The Idaho Foodbank's electronic newsletter, Volume VII, Number 5.

-- David Proctor

May Contents
1. Celebrated Chef Tyler Florence to Headline 10th Annual A Chefs’ Affaire
2. Picnic in the Park 2008 is Days Away
3. Letter Carriers Food Drive Delivers 208,000 Pounds
4. Pocatello: New Warehouse Comes Closer to Being a Reality
5. Hunger in the News
6. Ag Department Garden Sets Example for Gardeners Everywhere
7. Happiness Comes to Those Who Give
8. Your Next Phone Could Benefit the Foodbank
9. Gallery of Giving I: Food Drives
10. Gallery of Giving II: Full Sail and Sessions
11. Facts of the Month: Foodbank Facts
12. Quote of the Month: Chief Seattle
13. The Foodbank's 2008 Calendar

Saturday, June 7, at the Boise Centre

Celebrated Chef Tyler Florence to Headline 10th Annual A Chefs' Affaire

The Idaho Foodbank is proud to announce that well-known celebrity chef Tyler Florence will be our featured guest at the 10th annual A Chefs' Affaire fundraiser, presented by SYSCO Food Services of Idaho.

In addition to his active participation in the A Chefs' Affaire dinner and auction, Chef Tyler Florence will give a cooking demonstration prior to the dinner, presented by the Idaho and Eastern Oregon Onion Committee. Cooking demonstration tickets are $50, and seating is limited.

As always, A Chefs' Affaire promises to be an evening to remember. With mistress of ceremonies Michelle Edmonds of Today's Channel 6 on the podium and 20 of the Treasure Valley’s most talented chefs in the kitchen, you, our pampered guest, will be served a five-course gourmet meal and a wide assortment of Idaho’s finest wines.

The silent auction will feature a wide array of dining packages, merchandise and services from the area's restaurants, caterers, wineries, hotels and retailers. To top off the evening, auctioneer Larry Flynn will take bids on the participating chefs. They, in turn, will prepare feasts to remember for the winning bidders and their guests.

It will be an evening unlike any seen in Idaho, an evening of great fun, mouth-watering food, a celebrity chef and a room full of caring and very talented people.

Sexiest Chef Alive
Since 1996, Tyler Florence has been the star of several cable television cooking shows and a regular guest on numerous other programs. He was named the "Sexiest Chef Alive" by People magazine.

Tyler graduated from the College of Culinary Arts at the Charleston, South Carolina, campus of Johnson & Wales University in 1991. The university later awarded him an honorary doctorate and named a scholarship after him.

He hosted the programs Food 911 and How to Boil Water, and currently hosts Tyler's Ultimate. His culinary talents have been widely acclaimed by publications that include Food & Wine, GQ, Wall Street Journal and USA Weekend.

Chef Florence has also been featured on television commercials for the Applebee's restaurant chain and has contracts with Macy's, Mikasa and Braun.

A Chefs' Affaire, presented by SYSCO Food Services of Idaho, is set for Saturday, June 7, at the Boise Centre on the Grove. Tickets for the Tyler Florence cooking demonstration are $50. Tickets for the dinner and auction are priced at $125, $200 and $500. At the $200 and $500 level, only full tables of 10 will be sold. Tickets priced at $125 are available individually, for group purchases or for full tables. They all can be reserved by calling Melissa Tolman at 336-9643, ext. 258. Please join us for this fantastic evening.

THE 10th ANNIVERSARY MENU

First Course
Smoked Idaho Trout Napoleon with Golden Idaho Caviar
Paired with Sawtooth Winery 2006 Pinot Gris
and Williamson Vineyards 2006 Viognier

Second Course
Chilled Roasted Mushroom Consommé with fresh Ravioli and Organic Vegetables
Paired with Indian Creek Winery Pinot Noir
and Three Horse Ranch Vineyards 2007 Reserve Chardonnay

Third Course
Sous Vide Five-Spice Pork Belly with a champagne vinaigrette, wilted greens, grilled Houlemi cheese
and fresh Idaho Strawberries
Paired with Weston Winery Cabernet Franc
and Snake River Winery 2006 Syrah/Grenache/Mourvedre

Fourth Course
Tenderloin of Beef Medallion and Canard duet with Huckleberry Risotto
Paired with Sawtooth Winery 2004 Cabernet Sauvignon
and Koenig Vineyards 2006 Estate Merlot

Fifth Course
Dark Chocolate Torte with fresh Idaho Raspberries
Paired with Carmela Vineyards Old Vine Sweet
and Parma Ridge Vineyards 2004 Syrah Merlot

We are enormously grateful to these sponsors, chefs, restaurants and wineries who make this gastronomical delight possible:

Sponsors
SYSCO Food Services of Idaho, CorpCasting, Albertsons/SUPERVALU, Hopkins Financial Services, Inc., Agri Beef (AB Foods, LLC), Idaho Statesman, KIVI Today’s Channel 6, Journal Broadcasting (The River and K-Hits), J. R. Simplot Company (Lisa Davis), Hewlett-Packard, Integrity Audio Visual, North by Northwest, Boise State Radio, Boise Weekly, Micron Technology Foundation, Inc., Idaho Business Review, Ellsworth Kincaid Construction, Fredriksen Health Insurance, Idaho Beef Council, Idaho Wine Commission, Holland and Hart, and Regence Blue Shield of Idaho.

Participating Chefs
Alan Turner, Event Executive Chef; Micah Simpson, Bonefish Grill; Richard Langston, Café Vicino; Randy King, Doubletree Riverside; Shannon deLeur, Eurest Dining Services/Micron; Mark Owsley, Gamekeeper Restaurant/Owyhee Plaza Hotel; Leslie Charles, Incredible Edibles by Leslie; Michael Mohica, Kanak Attack Catering; Patrick Brewer, La Vie En Rose; Jake Arredondo, Murphy's; Rory Farrow, Life's Kitchen; Kelsey Price, All Occasions Celebrations; Christine Reid, Pair; Paul Faucher, Seasons Bistro and Wine Bar; Gary Kucy, Tamarack Resort; Shane Zalac, Thomas Cuisine Management/MK Plaza/Parkside Café; Richard Mount, Thomas Cuisine Management/Simplot Food Group; Robert Jensen, Sodexo/Northwest Nazarene University; and Rod Roemmich, Chef Rod.

Wineries
Carmela Vineyards, Indian Creek Winery, Koenig Distillery and Winery, Parma Ridge Vineyards, Sawtooth Winery, Snake River Winery, Williamson Vineyard, Weston Winery and Three Horse Ranch Vineyard.

If you want to help with A Chefs' Affaire, please call Cindy Fenn at 336-9643, ext. 236. And be sure and watch our web site - www.idahofoodbank.org - for regular updates. Thank you for all your support.

A Chefs' Affaire photos and videos can be seen right here...

Nampa from June 9 – August 22
Picnic in the Park Will Run
June 6 – August 22

Picnic in the Park 2008, The Idaho Foodbank’s summer feeding program has expanded again. This year free lunch will be available to anyone between the ages 1-18, from June 6 through August 22, at 15 sites – 12 in Boise, one in Meridian and two in Nampa. The Nampa lunches will start June 9 and 10 (details below). Hours are from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for lunch and 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 for enrichment activities, Monday through Friday. Last year the program served 73,448 lunches.

This year's Boise sites are Ann Morrison, Cassia, Elm Grove, Fairmont, Ivywild, Manitou, Owyhee, Veterans Memorial and Winstead parks, plus the Boise Family YMCA (1050 W. State St.), Davis Apartments (970 N. 29th St.) and Northwest Pointe Apartments (3475 N. Five Mile Rd.). The lunches at the apartment complexes are open to all.

In Meridian, Picnic in the Park lunches will be served at Storey Park, also June 6 – August 22. In Nampa, lunch will be at the Boys and Girls Club (316 Stampede Dr.) starting June 9.

There are no income or attendance requirements. All young people have to do is show up, have lunch and enjoy the lunches and enrichment activities.

This program is important for thousands of children in the Boise area. Some 36% or about 8,000 of the children in Boise schools depend on free or reduced-price lunches during the school year. Those children are at risk of going hungry during the summer when school breakfasts and lunches are not available. Across the street from the program in Veterans Park, for instance, is Taft Elementary where 76% of the kids are on the free or reduced program. Down the street is Whittier, where 91% qualify.

Those are the types of kids we need to reach this summer.

The Picnic in the Park program is a collaboration between The Idaho Foodbank and a number of partners, including Boise City Parks and Recreation, Albertsons, the US Department of Agriculture, the Idaho State Department of Education, United Way of the Treasure Valley, and generous individual donors, and will include programs by Humphreys Diabetes Center and Ada Community Library.

Our thanks to all concerned for making such an important program possible.

For more information, contact Vonda Pattee at vpattee@idahofoodbank.org or 336-9643, ext. 260, or...
...click here to see the Picnic in the Park page...

When the letter carriers rolled into the post offices with trucks full of food, some 450 volunteers helped them unload it into carts, separate canned from dry to prevent crushing and load it into Foodbank trucks. At left is the Overland Trail station. At right is the group at the Main Post Office.

Thank You!

Letter Carriers Food Drive Delivers
208,000 Pounds

Saturday, May 10, was a beautiful day for a food drive, and the results of the 16th annual National Association of Letter Carriers Food Drive reflected that beauty. Treasure Valley residents donated, and 450 amazing volunteers packed into trucks, 207,976 pounds of food, $8,162.57 in cash and three boxes of cell phones, which will be recycled and the income added to the cash total.

This compares favorably to the 199,649 pounds and $5,841 donated last year.

This was the largest one-day food drive of the year, and it will supply the Foodbank and our partner agencies with one-third of the food-drive food that will be collected this year.

Big thank-yous to everyone who participated, especially all the letter carriers – you went above and beyond. We also are indebted to Mike Morrison of the National Association of Letter Carriers, who organized the drive again this year; all the volunteers who moved more than 100 tons of food in one day; and to the generous postal patrons who put their food out and made this year's drive such a success.

The sponsors who made the drive possible included the National Association of Letter Carriers, the National Rural Letter Carriers Association, US Postal Service, WinCo Foods, Valpak, AFL-CIO, Campbell Soup, United Way, Albertsons, CBS 2, Tim and Barbara Grant, USF Reddaway, Idaho Center for Professional Truck Driving, A Company, West Coast Paper, Idaho Statesman, Tates Rents, W.E. Enterprises, Mayor David Bieter’s office, West Coast Paper, St. Alphonsus RMC, Food Service of America, Angela R. Stewart Design and Middleton Schools. We also say thank-you to every one of our wonderful 450 volunteers.

The national results are still being collected, but in 2007, the drive delivered 70.7 million pounds of non-perishable items donated by patrons to local food organizations. It was the fourth consecutive year the total surpassed 70 million pounds. Last year’s figure brought the overall total for the nationwide drive’s history to 836.2 million pounds.

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(Left) Kevin Trussel, Heinz plant manager, presents a check for $15,000 to Dorsey Hill (in the boa), who chairs the Pocatello capital campaign, and Roy Lacey, the Foodbank's vice president of operations. (Right) Scott Olson, Wells Fargo's regional vice manager, announces a $10,000 gift toward the new building.

Pocatello Perspective

New Warehouse Comes Closer to Being a Reality

Generosity has been overflowing in Pocatello recently. On April 15, at a sneak peak of the Foodbank’s new eastern Idaho facility, the donations and pledges announced that evening pushed the total of the capital campaign to $750,000, three-fourths of the way to being able to pay for the new building.

Located at 555 S. First Ave. in Pocatello, this renovated building will be a vast improvement over our present location. It will increase total space from the current 11,000 square feet to nearly 21,000, almost triple the available cubic feet for storage and allow the Foodbank to increase distribution in eastern Idaho from 1.2 million pounds to 3 million pounds.

Unfortunately, the need has long been obvious. During 2007, the number of requests for help at the Pocatello warehouse jumped 40%. But with the limited space of the present building, some donated food had to be redirected to Boise or other states. At other times the warehouse was bare. The new building will greatly diminish that problem.

The Foodbank will also provide office space for other non-profit agencies to lower their costs and will make the conference room available to the community.

Our thanks go to Dorsey for leading such a dynamic campaign, to all the other campaign committee members and the wonderful donors who have made this important step possible.

More News from Pocatello

Feeding the 5,000 Families
The final totals are in for this year's community wide, ecumenical food and funds drive. Volunteers collected 11,842 pounds of food and $15,043. It was another remarkable year for this landmark effort. Thanks to everyone, donors and volunteers alike.

April Extravaganza
After 14 years, this "hair-raising" event has earned a spot on Pocatello's social calendar. The Extravaganza is a competitive hair-fashion show for cosmetology students that raises funds for the Foodbank. This year's competitors were the School of Hairstyling in Pocatello, the Paul Mitchell Academy of Rexburg and the Cosmetology School of Arts and Sciences in Burley. Before a crowd of 225, the 126 models from the three schools competed in 16 divisions and raised $938 for the Foodbank. Thanks to organizers Linda Mottishaw, Lee Reilly and Karen Richardson. What a great example of turning a competition into an event that benefits the entire community.

If you would like to help us with this capital campaign, our donation page is just a click away...

Hunger in the News

Food Costs Continue to Rise
A recent BIGResearch poll found that close to half of those surveyed said the price of groceries are influencing their budgets "very much," and 36% said their budgets are affected "somewhat." Even with a slowdown in prices forecast, it's projected that cereal and baked goods will rise another 7.5 to 8.5%, and food prices overall will continue to rise another 4 to 5% this year. Last year, food prices rose 4.2%, egg prices rose 29%, and dairy products were up 7%. A gallon of milk now costs the same as a gallon of gas in some cities.

Demand for Help is Up
Demand for food at The Idaho Foodbank has increased by 10-20% in the past year.

Unfortunately, this is not news at American food banks. America’s Second Harvest – The Nation’s Food Bank Network conducted a survey of 180 of its member food banks April 28 through May 2, 2008 to assess the challenges that face the nation’s charitable distribution system as economic conditions weaken. Almost 99% (98.89%) of food bank respondents stated they have experienced an increase in the number of clients served within the past year. Food banks cited as contributing factors:
* 92.78% the rising cost of fuel
* 91.67% the rising cost of food
* 46.11% mortgage or rent issues
* 43.33% rising unemployment
* 42.22% rising underemployment
* 31.11% the inadequacy of food stamps
* 81.11% of surveyed food banks have indicated that they are currently unable to adequately meet the demand without having to reduce the amount of food or their operations.

The New Hungry
The face of hunger in the United States is changing with many of the working poor requiring foods stamps in order to eat, program officials say.

There are 27.5 million people receiving food stamps with more than 41% of the aid going to working families, up from 30% in 1998, USA Today reported this month.

Food stamp offices are "seeing people from various occupations that they have never seen before," Vic Todd, an administrator at Oregon's Office of Self-Sufficiency Programs, told the newspaper.

"There's pride in being able to take care of yourself," said Philomena Gist, Columbus, Ohio, a mortgage company employee with a master's degree, who was laid off last year and now receives food stamps. "I'm not supposed to be in this condition," she told USA Today.

Times are hard for many people right now, but you can help. Just click here to make an easy online donation...

(Left) First lady Lori Otter and Agriculture Department Director Celia Gould watch as volunteers plant the new garden behind the department headquarters. Mrs. Otter holds a basket of radishes, part of the first crop to come out of the huge garden.
(Right) Volunteers of all ages and sizes finish planting the 1.5 acre field.

C'mon and Grow-a-Row!

Ag Department Garden Sets Example for Gardeners Everywhere

When the nice people at the Idaho Department of Agriculture gardens, as you might imagine, they really garden. In fact, it might be more accurate to describe the newly tilled land behind the department headquarters on Old Penitentiary Road as a small farm.

The 1.5 acres has a host of caretakers. It was tilled and planted by department volunteers (on their own time), along with students from Adams Elementary, Boise High and Boise State. It will be cared for by volunteers from Agriculture and other state agencies, former prison inmates on probation, students and others. Some artistic volunteers also built whimsical scarecrows that, if nothing else, add a lot of fun to the garden.

And the produce will come to the Foodbank to distribution to hungry Idaho families.

Legislative Humor
The idea started as a joke. During the recent legislative session, when the Agriculture Department’s budget was under review by the Joint Financial Affairs Committee, Rep. Bert Brackett of Rogerson presented Department Director Celia Gould with a bouquet of the noxious weeds he picked in the untended lot behind the department.

Director Gould took the joke in good humor, but she began to think about that state-owned land and what could be done with it.

When she proposed the garden, Gov. Butch Otter included $1,500 for it in the department budget, Seminis Seed Co. donated most of the seeds and first lady Lori Otter made a few calls to round up donations.

The resulting project is informally called the Lori Otter-Bert Brackett Memorial Garden. It will produce potatoes, peas, spinach, radishes, tomatoes, peppers, beans, squash, watermelon, cucumbers, corn and pumpkins.

Grow-a-Row
"In an agricultural state like Idaho, there's simply no excuse for people to go hungry," said Lori Otter at the public unveiling of the garden on May 22. "Every community should have this kind of a program."

Roger Simon, the Foodbank's president and CEO, said he hoped the garden would persuade gardeners across the state to join the Foodbank’s Grow-a-Row program and grow an extra row of produce to donate. Farmers, he said, can do the same or simply allow non-profit groups to glean leftover produce in their fields. "And, growing a vegetable garden at work is a great way to increase camaraderie and feed wonderful fresh vegetables to people needing greater nourishment," Roger added.

Anyone with interest in the Grow-a-Row program can contact Mark Ehlhardt at the Foodbank – 336-9643, ext. 243 or mehlhardt@idahofoodbank.org.

Whether you are a gardener or not, we need your help. This link will help you get started...

Happiness Comes to Those Who Give

A series of new psychology experiments have found that people are happier when they spend money on others, such as gifts to charity, than when they spend the money on themselves. The findings were published in the March edition of the journal Science.

The study was divided into three parts. In the first, 632 people were asked how much of their income they spent on specific items. In the second, scientists asked people who received bonuses or windfalls what they spent money on. In both groups, those who spent a higher percentage on "pro-social activities" such as non-profits were significantly happier than those who paid bills or spent the money on themselves.

In the third part of the study, the scientists instructed 46 people to spend a gift of either $5 or $20 on themselves or another person. Those who donated even a small amount to a charity showed real gains in happiness.

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Your Next Phone Could
Benefit the Foodbank

If you are looking for your next cell phone, The Idaho Foodbank and PhonesForGood.com have teamed up to offer you a way to save money and benefit the Foodbank.

PhonesForGood.com is an online cell phone retailer that partners with non-profits to help them raise money. The company offers a complete selection of new phones at discount prices, and many are free with the purchase of a calling plan. As a Foodbank supporter, you can get a good deal on your next cell phone purchase, and for every phone and plan purchased through the PhonesForGood.com web site, the company will donate $40-$50 toward the fight against hunger.

The company offers phones from AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, Nextel and T-Mobile. The web site is easy to navigate and lists prices so you can compare them to your present service. Just remember to select The Idaho Foodbank as your organization of choice. And thank you in advance.

Just click here to check out the cell phone bargains...

Gallery of Giving I
(Left)
Eight schools participated in this year’s Kiwanis Easter Basket of Need food drive and generated a fantastic 7,878 pounds. The photo is of the hard working girls at Heritage Middle School. Our deepest thanks to everyone who participated this year.

This year’s school-by-school totals were:

Lake Hazel Elementary – 2,756 pounds
Peregrine Elementary – 1,811 pounds
Heritage Middle School – 1,336 pounds $5.00
Meridian Middle School – 1,186 pounds
Crossroads Middle School – 493 pounds
Frontier Elementary – 104 pounds
Chief Joseph Elementary – 98 pounds
Discovery Elementary – 94 pounds

(Right)
Michael Labrador of Eagle and Troop 26 decided to do a food drive for his Eagle Scout project. Working at the Albertsons at Eagle Road and State Street he singlehandedly rounded up donations that totaled 1,001 pounds, then delivered it to our Boise warehouse. Great job, Michael. Thanks!

Another way to give is to use the Foodbank's virtual food drive. Just click here for a look...

Gallery of Giving II
The generous souls at Full Sail and Session beer, working with three local distributors, will once again donate $1.00 to The Idaho Foodbank for every case of Full Sail and Session sold in Albertsons during the months of June & July. The distributors that have joined this campaign are Hayden in the Boise area, Sun Valley and Twin Falls; Grayson in Pocatello; and Golden Eagle in Idaho Falls. Last year this program raised $1,500 for the Foodbank.

We are grateful to Full Sail and Session, to Albertsons and to Hayden, Grayson and Golden Eagle distributors for their generosity and for their willingness to continue this excellent community-oriented program.

If you want to donate different grocery items, just click here to see what is on the shelves...

Fact of the Month

The Idaho Foodbank is a private, independent, non-profit corporation that has distributed 65 million pounds of food to hungry Idaho families since 1984.

You make what we do possible. And we hope you will continue to help feed hungry families. Just click here to start the process...

Quote of the Month

"Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect. "

Chief Seattle, 1786 - 1866

A leader of the Suquamish and Duwamish Native American tribes. The city of Seattle was named after him.

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The Foodbank's 2008 Calendar

May 31 – American Bikers Aiming Towards Education (ABATE) scavenger hunt to benefit The Idaho Foodbank. 233-8811. Pocatello

May 31 – Bogus Creek Ranch Wine Walk, 3-9 p.m. Canned food and cash donations accepted to support the Foodbank. Admission $46 for wine tasking, wine walk, dinner, discussion and dancing. Reservations required at 887-7880. Boise

June 7 – A Chefs' Affaire, the 10th anniversary gala celebration, featuring Chef Tyler Florence. Boise

June 6 – August 22 – Picnic in the Park. Free lunches in Boise city parks and Storey Park in Meridian for children ages 1-18. Call Jim Zieglmeier, 336-9643, ext. 232. Boise

June 9 – August 22 - Picnic in the Park. Free lunches for children 1-18 at the Boys and Girls Club (316 Stampede Dr.) and the Salvation Army (403 12th Ave. S.).

July - Warhawk Air Museum will offer 10% all gift store items for a can of food. Call 465-6446. Nampa

June 19-21 - The Gene Harris Jazz Festival will collect food and fund donations at each of its summer concerts, including Club Night on June 19 and the free concerts on Friday and Saturday, June 20 and 21, at the Gene Harris Band Shell in Julia Davis Park. More information at http://geneharris.org/. Boise

July - Ameri-Serv will take $5 off its $90 air conditioning maintenance service for each food item donated, up to six items. Save up to $30 for six items of non-perishable food. Ada County call 342-4328; Canyon County call 467-2665.

September 8-14 – Albertsons Boise Open presented by Kraft. The 72-hole golf tournament and associated activities are set for Sept. 8-14 at Hillcrest Country Club. Ticket sales can benefit the Foodbank. http://www.albertsonsboiseopen.com/tickets/tickets.php
Boise

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Thank You!
The Idaho Foodbank is a network of 200 non-profit agencies statewide, is an affiliate of America's Second Harvest - The Nation's Food Bank Network and is proud to be supported by several United Ways in Idaho. For the second consecutive year we have been awarded the coveted four-star rating by Charity Navigator and judged to be the most efficient non-profit organization in Idaho. That means your donations go further at the Foodbank than at any other non-profit in Idaho. Please consider helping us feed hungry Idahoans by donating online today.

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Thank you for supporting The Idaho Foodbank in the fight against hunger. Idaho is the 13th hungriest state as measured by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Your donations of time, food and cash meant that with the help of more than 200 partner agencies your Foodbank could distribute 5.25 million pounds of badly needed food to Idaho families in 2007 and 65 million pounds since 1984.

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