tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89515189551869853262024-02-07T20:37:13.622+02:00Veeds of D'NialVeeds of Arabiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16609079024522754584noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951518955186985326.post-80389361826282159292013-06-07T01:51:00.001+02:002013-06-07T01:51:52.894+02:00Are the Pyramids Safe?<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Of course, not all the Pyramids are in tip top shape<br />
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Some of them, like these "starter" models in Dahshur have seen better days and are not recommended for climbing. </div>
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However, the US Embassy in Cairo recently issued an advisory about the very safety of visiting the Giza Pyramids and Egypt has responded with understandable petulance. Although I haven't been around for the latest revolutionary activities, I thought I would offer some perspectives.</div>
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To recap the news, here's the pertinent
portion of the Embassy's email to ex-pats who subscribe to the so-called "warden
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">Security Message to
U.S. Citizens No. 46: Incidents at the Giza Pyramids </span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">Thu,
May 30, 2013 at 7:26 AM</span></span></span></div>
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<i>>In recent weeks, the U.S. Embassy
has become aware of an increasing number of incidents at or near the Giza Pyramids.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: yellow;">The majority of these incidents are attributed
to over-aggressive vendors, though the degree of aggressiveness in some cases is
closer to criminal conduct. Other more serious incidents have been reported involving
vehicles nearing the Pyramids, with angry groups of individuals surrounding and
pounding on the vehicles – and in some cases attempting to open the vehicle’s doors.
While the motive is less clear (possibly related to carriage operators wanting fares),
it has severely frightened several visitors. </span><span style="color: cyan;">A common theme from many of these reports
is the lack of visible security or police in the vicinity of the Pyramids. </span><span style="color: #ea9999;">U.S.
citizens should elevate their situational awareness when traveling to the Pyramids,
avoid any late evening or night travel, utilize a recommended or trusted guide,
and closely guard valuables. </span></i></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<i>Though other tourist locations
have not been brought to Embassy attention, these measures are also recommended
at all crowded or popular tourist sites. Tahrir Square and the Sadat Metro stop
remain off-limits to Embassy personnel. Additionally, Simon Bolivar Square is
also an area that receives little, if any, direct police coverage and has been
an area frequented by gangs who throw rocks or molotovs at police beyond the
barricades, vandalize property in the square, or target individuals for
robbery. As a matter of general practice, U.S. citizens should avoid areas where
large gatherings may occur. > </i></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">____________________________________________</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">I've
color-coded the Warden message into three sections, along with the other excerpted
section (the last part of the message is not given because it deals with the Embassy's
standard verbiage.)</span>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxRNGDDVjagwf9UqmctysFWJOWIzoEGbNVnOkjdEDzZNi-kGirynOLe1-O4OoQuwtcnLPMh5K4XZ8H8rPwCqJQ5XUAC34tZEdeocEm-k0GRxT-5IY3cKc-vpBYqZz_nrqElL_c4oEeGV3X/s1600/JV-pyramid-hand.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">1) Aggressive
vendors...or thuggery?</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">
Having been to Giza on several occasions I've seen the best and worst of local Egyptian
vendoring. From one perspective, tourists in the Middle East and other economically
challenged places should come expecting a certain level of vendor haggling... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">...harrassment,
baksheesh, begging and general importuning. That's the price you pay for being a
tourist. If you don't want that, stay in your hotel and drink umbrella drinks by
the pool. However, at some point, the hectoring becomes uncomfortable...particularly
as the economy worsens dramatically and as the tourist trade drops off. </span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">One
day I was escorting a friend to the Giza Pyramids using a driver I hadn't used before
but who came recommended by my usual driver. He brought us to the base of the Sphinx
area where tourists usually depart, or else go to see the evening light show extravaganza.
It happens to be a place where a great many camel-ride vendors and guides hang out...but,
notably, it is <i>not</i> the place where you obtain your entrance pass. That's up the
hill and around a bend, where the tour buses park. Typically, one gets "assigned"
a guide when you get out of your vehicle, which you're free to take or not. Eventually
though you will give in and allow a friendly Egyptian local to negotiate a camel,
carriage or horse ride, or at least a walking tour. (My advice is to get up on a
camel for a small fee, take your pictures, and then simply stroll through the three-pyramid
area). However, on this occasion, the driver tried to drop us off down by the Sphinx/exit
area and we were immediately beset upon by zealous vendors. I firmly...loudly...asked
the driver why the hell was he bringing us here and instructed him to drive up to
the entrance. All the while, the vendors were walking or running along, sticking
their hands out and even into the front of the car. I think I may have scared the
driver because he shot off and in a minute deposited us at the proper location,
up on the hill. </span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">Needless
to say, my companion was scared to death, but our journey proceeded without
further ado. </span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">Note
the Warden's phrase <i>"</i></span><i>it has severely frightened several visitors."
</i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">This was certainly the reaction of
my companion that day. Fortunately, I knew the lay of the land on that occasion
but I can easily imagine the variety of reactions than can infuse these
situations. And some people are more easily frightened than others.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="color: cyan;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">2) Lack of visible
security.</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><span style="color: cyan;"> </span>This is a
pretty significant item, for tourists anyway. There is typically very little
visible security at the Pyramids to start with…and the uniformed individuals
you do see are often busy collecting fees for posing with you or for setting
you up with a guide. For North Americans and Europeans used to having their
national treasures guarded by a corps of severe-looking, armed officers who
appear ready to jump into action, the security force at the Pyramids is
woeful-looking indeed. One might say this is one of the charms of a free-market,
laissez-faire touristic scene, but it could be unnerving when locals get
over-zealous and certainly thuggery can come into play.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">3) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>US citizens should elevate their awareness.</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is certainly true when traveling anywhere, and, one might say,
especially in the gun-fervored US where anything from a movie theatre to <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a grade school can be the scene of a
mass-murder. So this is sound advice in a place where revolutions have been
taking place on a yearly basis.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">In
effect, then, the Embassy is advising visitors to the Pyramids to be extra
careful around an area that has traditionally been considered a safe haven.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">The
Egyptian government has quite understandably reacted quickly and firmly with a
message of, if not outrage, at least, great annoyance at the Embassy's
cautions. And well they should. After all, tourism is a very significant
portion of Egypt's economy and <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>has
dropped at least a third, if not more, in just three years.</span> <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKtMXcoALxxBVXTFMiLyj8cr57Rj4GlwHIImB5HHXCekz5vF4N4oxvmdarWjBKJn9b0M4LQogOV3Z26nnZQtIOMYbj5QwXTeBa4ykIr3XQfKGNXtNS4b2a-1O7UgFrFvj-kMlKS4jzbxOV/s1600/camelrider-Cherepes%2528679%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKtMXcoALxxBVXTFMiLyj8cr57Rj4GlwHIImB5HHXCekz5vF4N4oxvmdarWjBKJn9b0M4LQogOV3Z26nnZQtIOMYbj5QwXTeBa4ykIr3XQfKGNXtNS4b2a-1O7UgFrFvj-kMlKS4jzbxOV/s200/camelrider-Cherepes%2528679%2529.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">A <span style="color: #3d85c6;">ministry statement</span> on Saturday says the warning is "baseless." Egypt's
Antiquities' Ministry insists the pyramids' area in Giza, Cairo's twin city, is
"totally secure" and that the overall situation for tourists has
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from various readers' comments I've been seeing attached to news stories, this
touristic hooliganism (my new term for overzealous touts) is prevalent and
until the economy gets better and the government stabilizes, it's not likely to
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said, careful tourists who don't mind tipping the occasional guide and camel
jockey -- it's only fair -- should find themselves safe and secure. And you may
have the Pyramids and Sphinx all to yourself to boot.</span></div>
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<br />Veeds of Arabiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16609079024522754584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951518955186985326.post-86047365857314802622012-01-17T15:13:00.000+02:002012-01-17T15:13:57.836+02:00Cycle-mania<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I love seeing how many people Egyptians can pile onto a motorcycle.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: right;">Three for the road </div>Veeds of Arabiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16609079024522754584noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951518955186985326.post-52780770952332910572011-12-20T23:33:00.001+02:002011-12-22T13:35:45.498+02:00Mysteries of CairoOk, there are probably many more pressing mysteries of the ages to be solved in Egypt, but these three stick out notably.<br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">1. Why do residents of my apartment complex refuse to shut the front door? Not gonna do it. Nope. Won't take the extra 5 seconds to close a perfectly good glass door.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi26OocbNO4ItYbb8-otb6tLsX8N4GFNliQpoSAl8stgcruq2jfyp0xW4XeCHz1_MfRJSPunSJDxjLxhJgWZvwQvuFGI8xHcx1rqasQhg3PcFXdQx7JIPvxg9yQB9FfZ7fIEBIaLedqWZID/s1600/frontdoor-garbage%2528340%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi26OocbNO4ItYbb8-otb6tLsX8N4GFNliQpoSAl8stgcruq2jfyp0xW4XeCHz1_MfRJSPunSJDxjLxhJgWZvwQvuFGI8xHcx1rqasQhg3PcFXdQx7JIPvxg9yQB9FfZ7fIEBIaLedqWZID/s320/frontdoor-garbage%2528340%2529.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div>The problem with the 24X7 open door policy is twofold: <br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong><em>First,</em></strong> it gives the army of neighborhood stray cats easy access to the plastic bags of garbage that residents put out each night. I wouldn't mind the unsealed plastic and paper bags if we could just keep the cats from tearing them apart. And the resulting garbage strewn about also encourages the ants and other bugs to join in the fun.</div> <br />
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</tbody></table><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong><em>Second</em></strong>, it lets the cold air into the building...and craftsmanship here being what it is, it's not exactly built to air-tight tolerances. In fact, I can feel the cold air coming in through my flat's own front door on the 2nd floor.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I even made up a nice, polite sign in Arabic--hand lettered by an Egyptian colleague--asking people to close the door.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">It was torn down. Twice.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I simply cannot think of a good reason <em>not</em> to shut the door. The push bar makes it easy for both adults and children to open from outside and it is just as easy to close.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Someone even installed a hook and latch system to keep the door from closing inadvertently. I can report that the hook and latch system -- both of them in fact -- are now missing.</div><br />
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2. I've mentioned this before but it bears further investigation: What's with all the drivers driving around with headlights off at night? I've heard several theories, each one more half-baked than the last, which brings the recipe down to about 1/16th-baked I guess.<br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I'm surprised the markets haven't equipped the carts with horns.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: black;">.....</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: black;">.....</span></div></div>Veeds of Arabiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16609079024522754584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951518955186985326.post-43867924859627706882011-11-26T12:57:00.003+02:002011-11-26T13:29:36.824+02:00Faces of Tahrir<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-size: x-small;">Cairo, Tahrir Square</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">November 23, 2011</span><br />
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Veeds of Arabiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16609079024522754584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951518955186985326.post-47722845777715115612011-09-27T21:10:00.003+02:002011-10-01T10:50:30.312+02:00Emblematic Egypt<div><a href="http://jveeds.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Veeds of Arabia</span></a> is now in Cairo (and we promise that's the last time he'll refer to himself in the 3rd person).<br />
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My Riyadh followers may remember that I started posting as soon as I hit the ground in order to capture first impressions before things started becoming ordinary and expected.<br />
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In Cairo I decided to sit on it for a few weeks first to discern what I'm calling the emblematic elements that give the city its particular character. I'm zipping right past the pyramid schemes, camel jockeys and other tourist attractions because, well, because I haven't seen any of them yet. I've actually been holed up in New Cairo across from a very pleasant souk and a couple small malls.<br />
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And here's what I've seen that seems to be emblematically Egyptian:<br />
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<strong><span style="color: yellow;">1.</span></strong> <strong>Shisha </strong>(sometimes spelled sheesha) -- Sure, they have shisha in Jedd<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibw51yem2Deq8fxfPDRx6WKOhhFuydePFlrbldYQK6ySGU90w44P7_lKxFxQIfXoi2ISe0lp9b_eUKx0k3JT8X5Z0aaBGc7FkYR2AVyT95-e3yANtO0RwvxNIRdfRet1S5aua0IRo0BawU/s1600/Shisha-men%2528213%2529.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657075772751807010" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibw51yem2Deq8fxfPDRx6WKOhhFuydePFlrbldYQK6ySGU90w44P7_lKxFxQIfXoi2ISe0lp9b_eUKx0k3JT8X5Z0aaBGc7FkYR2AVyT95-e3yANtO0RwvxNIRdfRet1S5aua0IRo0BawU/s400/Shisha-men%2528213%2529.jpg" style="cursor: hand; float: right; height: 217px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 292px;" /></a>ah and Beirut and everywhere else in the Middle East, but nowhere have I seen men and women of all ages so pre-occupied with it. Egyptians seems to be as obsessed with flavored smoke as Saudis are with covering up their womenfolk.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: yellow;">2.</span></strong> <strong>Delivery motorcycles</strong> -- It seems everything in Cairo is deliverable, from McDonalds hamburgers to Obelisk wine. And it tends to get delivered by a massive corps of men zooming around on motorbikes. </div><br />
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<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657077929669026290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNtc_T1ufH4yPEGGxWl2Sx8Ef-MmmXQCU32PxzXsa3rWbgUnTg7VrlAyTw5HCGqXDUCdQx2w8QwhytQgEHK0wH535J7Wt8G67ax053kwp1fZLod3lniUGxaZ0zGzWpGjxrNz5gyKdrFPeT/s320/biker-sleep%2528209%2529.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 167px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 189px;" /><strong><span style="color: yellow;">3.</span></strong> <strong>Backgammon</strong> -- You can pretty much count on seeing a backgammon game at any given <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvw4hXTrvdhgmyVrHFEin6JZQgN4j-aPTUFvajhGOdoszLxJJvrHSby1gxDglcuUOpwPTCB_L4DMG2Pm-p5MIEsZBNlRCmMhFV0SCrIVrlRl5_jNoqDHN6hlphXsSJq59BfhSLSd1qKfIa/s1600/backgammon%2528214%2529.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657078432568658562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvw4hXTrvdhgmyVrHFEin6JZQgN4j-aPTUFvajhGOdoszLxJJvrHSby1gxDglcuUOpwPTCB_L4DMG2Pm-p5MIEsZBNlRCmMhFV0SCrIVrlRl5_jNoqDHN6hlphXsSJq59BfhSLSd1qKfIa/s400/backgammon%2528214%2529.jpg" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 165px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 235px;" /></a>street corner cafe. I was lost one day in the Shobra area and immediately started looking for the old gents playing backgammon. Sure enough they helped me find an Internet cafe, but not before inviting me to sit and drink some tea with them.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: yellow;">4.</span></strong> <strong>Bumpy streets</strong> -- It's almost as though they've gone out of their way to add bumps, ditches and speed bumps to every roadway. And it's not like Cairo is built on a mountainside a fault line or has Pennsylvania Turnpike cracks and potholes.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: yellow;">5.</span></strong> <strong>Cars without headlights at night</strong> -- I've heard various explanations ranging from "saving battery life" to "headlights disconnected"; either way, this no-headlights stuff is scarier than the vehicles weaving around in traffic. At least you have a sporting chance with a vehicle you can see.<br />
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