Saturday, February 15, 2020

commuter-rail-fraser-valley-vancouver

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/commuter-rail-fraser-valley-vancouver

brooklyns-tallest-building-tops-out-designed-by-kpf

https://www.archdaily.com/915321/brooklyns-tallest-building-tops-out-designed-by-kpf

nyc

the-worlds-25-tallest-buildings

https://www.archdaily.com/779178/these-are-the-worlds-25-tallest-buildings

Observation decks

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observation_deck

tallest_buildings_in_Israel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Israel ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Israel#Under_construction


https://www.kpf.com/projects/azrieli-tower ,
https://www.dezeen.com/2019/01/04/kpf-azrieli-tower-skyscraper-tel-aviv-israel-tallest-building ,
https://www.nowtheendbegins.com/azrieli-architectural-firm-kpf-building-spiral-tower-tel-aviv-that-looks-like-tower-of-babel-666-million-dollars-end-times/

tallest_buildings_in_Montreal

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Montreal

wide highways




https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway_20_(Israel) ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway_20_(Israel)#Plans

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tel_Aviv_Savidor_Central_railway_station#/media/File:Tlvgenel002.jpg

largest_cities_and_towns_in_Canada_by_area

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_100_largest_cities_and_towns_in_Canada_by_area

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Monday, February 3, 2020

List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Alberta

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Alberta


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Calgary


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Edmonton

tallest_buildings_in_British_Columbia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_British_Columbia#Tallest_buildings BC


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_British_Columbia#Tallest_under_construction_or_proposed


https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/hudsons-bay-parkade-vancouver-holborn-group


https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=BC

Coquitlam


https://highpointbyledmac.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Highpoint-at-twilight.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Coquitlam#Tallest_buildings_under_construction

Soaring 51 storeys above Coquitlam’s hottest up-and-coming west end neighbourhood...
https://highpointbyledmac.com/?utm_source=nexthome&utm_medium=display&utm_campaign=targeting_31012019&utm_content=targeting_300x600_31012019&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIxpDulP225wIVSo9iCh0_mwXEEAEYASAAEgJtQ_D_BwE



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Coquitlam BC


https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=BC

hudsons-bay-parkade-vancouver-holborn-group

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/hudsons-bay-parkade-vancouver-holborn-group


https://urbanyvr.com/bay-parkade-redevelopment-concepts

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/community-amenity-contributions-cacs-vancouver

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/community-amenity-contributions-cacs-vancouver

tallest-building-los-angeles-bunker-hill

https://la.curbed.com/2019/1/15/18182927/tallest-building-los-angeles-bunker-hill-shenzhen-new-world


https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=26&status=15 LA

the urban intersection




https://la.curbed.com/2019/1/15/18182927/tallest-building-los-angeles-bunker-hill-shenzhen-new-world

Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Burrard Street Bridge and Granville Street Bridge and Cambie Street Bridge

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/granville-connector-bridge-pathway-design-configuration

The current Granville+Street+Bridge was built a generation after the Burrard+Street+Bridge. Both bridges should have had a lower deck for streetcars, tram-trains (LRT) and buses.  

The Cambie+Street+Bridge should have been built a couple of metres wider on its west side. Then a traffic lane didn't have to be reallocated for bikes. A slightly wider bridge would have allowed for 2 bike paths as well as 2 footpaths.

Somehow, Vancouver and BC keep doing a lot of things the wrong way.


skyscraperpage .com/ cities

https://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?10=1


https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/links


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Toronto


https://en.phorio.com/?t=overview&channel=687292558

seattle




https://en.phorio.com/safeco_plaza,_seattle,_united_states


https://en.phorio.com/?t=overview&region=858624931


http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=27&status=15

Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Granville Connector bridge-pathway-design-configuration

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/granville-connector-bridge-pathway-design-configuration


Skytrain-Canada Line maximum frequency and capacity issues

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canada-line-maximum-frequency-skytrain

A limited construction budget doesn't have to prevent an airport+line from eventually becoming a regional high capacity corridor. That is as long as it's designed with significant future capacity in mind. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case with the little YVR-Canada-Line.

Transportation infrastructure such as the Canada+Line, could have easily been designed to be expandable over the decades. However, its as if someone with a strong antigrowth & anti big city infrastructure agenda was able to make sure that this line was poorly designed.

There really should have been a long term plan to not only connect the Vancouver_International_Airport'sYVR_station to the Horseshoe_Bay_ferry_terminal and the Tsawwassen_ferry_terminal. Again, it was as if someone never wanted such a line to ever become a high volume transportation corridor linking West_Vancouver and Delta to the airport.

Such absurd 50 m stations, especially the underground ones, should have been designed with at least an extra 50 m of level clearance at each end. Instead, the joke that is the Canada Line was only designed to have two 20 m coaches with just enough space for an additional half-length coach. Wow, so this 2 car train can eventually become a 2.5 car train, but not a 5.

This joke of a 2 car train should have immediately opened with 3-5 car trains. Then ultimately, 8-10 car trains as needed. 

Its difficult to understand why so much infrastructure in BC has to always be so underbuilt. 
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canada-line-peak-hour-service-new-trains

There has been a multi-generational agenda to stunt or thwart the scale of infrastructure in BC. Long trains & wide bridges go against the congestive BC agenda. Allowing big & high capacity infrastructure in BC would be symbolic as well as indicative of properly planning for & efficiently managing growth. Why do that when you can just keep on implementing chokepoints & bottleneck planning overall?

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canada-line-yvr-airport-station-wayfinding





surrey-city-centre

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/surrey-city-centre-the-holland-development

tallest_buildings_in_Oceania

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Oceania#Tallest_buildings



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Oceania#Tallest_buildings_approved_or_under_construction

tallest_buildings_in_Honolulu

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Honolulu#Tallest_buildings

Downtown Vancouver office vacancy drops to lowest level in 11 years

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/cbre-vancouver-office-report-2019

Thursday, January 16, 2020

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/surrey-development-building-permits-2019

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/surrey-development-building-permits-2019

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/2710-kaslo-street-vancouver

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/2710-kaslo-street-vancouver

translink-slower-than-normal-service

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/translink-slower-than-normal-service

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/buses-stuck-vancouver-granville-street-bridge

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/snow-commuter-chaos-patullo-bridge-video

TCH in Greater Vancouver, BC vs. Montreal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JhfC4eY9L8


Of course Horseshoe+Bay is one of the bottlenecks on the BC part of the TCH.

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canada-digital-technology-supercluster-navdeep-bains

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canada-digital-technology-supercluster-navdeep-bains

North_American_rapid_transit_systems_by_ridership

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_North_American_rapid_transit_systems_by_ridership

Sunday, January 12, 2020

How Do Engineers Build Safe Bridges?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bt7bdinnk7I


Richard Hammond reveals how engineers made one of the longest bridges in the world earthquake-proof
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQf_vE7tOlw

Rio Antirio Bridge

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIqfMlrUoxw

subterranean-challenges

https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/research/a28771417/darpa-subterranean-challenge/

the Auckland Waterview Tunnel

https://www.nzta.govt.nz/projects/the-western-ring-route/waterview-tunnel ,
https://www.nzta.govt.nz/projects/the-western-ring-route/waterview-tunnel/drone-footage ,

https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/alice-the-giant-boring-machine-completes-auckland-excavation-q16285.html ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterview_Tunnel ,

https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/infrastructure/news/a17828/new-zealands-giant-drilling-machine-finishes-its-job ,


https://www.nzta.govt.nz/assets/projects/waterview-tunnel/waterview-tunnel-lanes-to-use-on-your-journey.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterview_Connection

https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?countryID=105&status=15

beautiful-libraries

https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/infrastructure/g30446675/beautiful-libraries/

temporary roads and movie sets


https://data--stream.blogspot.com/2014/09/movies-etc.html



https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=urban

cad

Seattle

https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?stateID=24&status=15

A-look-at-Austin's-new-crop-of-downtown-towers

https://archinect.com/news/article/150174901/a-look-at-austin-s-new-crop-of-downtown-towers

A mixed use tower can be quite an economical way of concentrating various services & features.

Monday, December 30, 2019

wide roadways




https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Ruta_Panamericana_Buenos_Aires_Florida.jpg , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Buenos_Aires#/media/File:Ruta_Panamericana_Buenos_Aires_Florida.jpg , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Buenos_Aires#Gallery

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Mexico City Airports

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico_City_Texcoco_Airport ,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico_City_Texcoco_Airport#Facilities ,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico_City_Santa_Luc%C3%ADa_Airport ,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_busiest_airports_in_Latin_America#Latin_America_25_busiest_airports_by_passenger_traffic

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translink-compass-card-but no smartphone-app

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/translink-compass-card-smartphone-app

Hong Kong International Airport


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_International_Airport
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_International_Airport#/media/File:A_bird's_eye_view_of_Hong_Kong_International_Airport.JPG , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lantau_Island


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_International_Airport#Future_development

airports and buildigns



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_International_Airport
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/A_bird%27s_eye_view_of_Hong_Kong_International_Airport.JPG , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chek_Lap_Kok
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Paulo%E2%80%93Congonhas_Airport#/media/File:Sao_Paulo_Congonhas_2.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Paulo%E2%80%93Congonhas_Airport#Accidents_and_incidents


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_busiest_airports_in_Europe#2018_statistics

Wednesday, December 25, 2019

Dubai vs Vancouver

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2015/02/10/Stop-Dubai-zation-of-Vancouver


https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2014/07/14/Vancouver-Stop-Zoning

education-mega-centre...surrey

https://urbansurrey.com/tag/education-mega-centre


https://urbanyvr.com/gec-education-mega-centre-surrey


http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=2&status=15

https://www.vancourier.com/real-estate/55-storey-surrey-education-centre-to-become-region-s-second-tallest-building-1.23344651


https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/10138-whalley-boulevard-surrey-rize-alliance-passages


http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?stateID=1


http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?stateID=1&status=15

Kelowna's towers

https://www.kelownacapnews.com/news/landmark-7-breaks-ground-in-kelowna ,

http://www.kelownadailycourier.ca/business_news/article_4af48192-8d98-11e9-92fc-2731cab74bb7.html ,

https://www.kelownacapnews.com/news/new-23-storey-tower-for-kelownas-landmark-district ,

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Stober+Group/@49.8823634,-119.4697017,2918m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x7785da4e8f6a3e2a!8m2!3d49.881119!4d-119.4611079


http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=48&status=15




601 beach tower

https://rezoning.vancouver.ca/applications/601beach/documents/601BeachCres-DesignRationale.pdf


https://rezoning.vancouver.ca/applications/601beach/documents/03-viewstudies.pdf


https://rezoning.vancouver.ca/applications/601beach/documents/601BeachCres-ViewAnalysis.pdf


https://rezoning.vancouver.ca/applications/601beach/documents/601BeachCres-ShadowAnalysis.pdf


https://rezoning.vancouver.ca/applications/601beach/index.htm


https://guidelines.vancouver.ca/H005_2018Feb13.pdf


https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/601-beach-crescent-vancouver-new-design-renderings


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Vancouver#Tallest_buildings


https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/urbanized/category/architecture

Vancouver House tower

http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=28387

https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2019/11/11/Vancouver-House/


https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/1480-howe-street-vancouver-house-construction-june-2018

http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=1&status=15


https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/urbanized/category/architecture


https://archinect.com/news/tag/195/vancouver

house typs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nzqns8WQKKI

Unusual Abandoned Places

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=physA0PWsxM

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Sunday, December 22, 2019

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Sunday, December 8, 2019

Survey poll leaving-SF Bay Area housing crisis gentrification

https://sf.curbed.com/2019/3/27/18283377/survey-poll-leaving-bay-area-housing-crisis-gentrification 

https://sf.curbed.com/2019/12/6/20998566/sb50-2020-mar-gentrifiation-disapproval-vote-housing-wiener


kansas-city-missouri-free-public-transportation

https://www.curbed.com/2019/12/6/20998617/kansas-city-missouri-free-public-transportation

LA-Metro-Regional-Connector-honored-as-Project-of-the-Year

https://www.progressiverailroading.com/passenger_rail/news/LA-Metro-Regional-Connector-honored-as-Project-of-the-Year--59193 , https://www.progressiverailroading.com

https://www.metro.net/projects/connector ,

https://www.metro.net/projects/westside


trains

BART-announces-fare-hike-for-2020

https://www.progressiverailroading.com/passenger_rail/news/BART-announces-fare-hike-for-2020--59213 , https://www.progressiverailroading.com


https://www.progressiverailroading.com/passenger_rail/news/Caltrain-ramps-up-electrification-project--59192



trains


https://sf.curbed.com/

Honolulu Rail Transit

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honolulu_Rail_Transit ,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKxbZK0OeTg


https://www.honolulutransit.org/ride/design
Platforms are the locations where passengers will wait for and board trains. Stations will have one, two or three platforms, which can be either a side or center type of platform. Side platforms have tracks on one side and will be 240 feet long and 12 feet wide. Center platforms have tracks on both sides and will be 240 feet long and 30 feet wide. 
All platforms will be high-level (at the same level as the rail vehicle floor) to provide level boarding for all passengers and to accommodate wheelchairs, strollers, etc.
https://web.archive.org/web/20120422000617/http://www.honolulutransit.org/rail-system-guide/station-design-and-features.aspx

https://www.progressiverailroading.com/passenger_rail/article/Honolulu-transit-leaders-eye-late-2020-start-to-citys-first-passenger-rail-system--58258 , https://www.progressiverailroading.com


"The line will use 256 ft (78 m) four-car train sets, each with the capacity to carry about 780 passengers, similar in weight to light rail systems elsewhere in the United States (such as the MAX in Portland, Oregon), as opposed to heavier, and thus more expensive, lines found on rapid transit systems like the subways and elevated systems of Chicago and New York City."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honolulu_Rail_Transit#Rolling_stock ,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honolulu_Rail_Transit#Stations ,
https://www.youtube.com/user/honoluluonthemove/videos


https://www.curbed.com/2019/7/17/20698169/climate-mayors-transportation-senate-bill-peduto



trains

traffic-emissions and-transportation-in maryland

https://www.curbed.com/word-on-the-street/2019/5/30/18646017/traffic-emissions-transportation-maryland-hyperloop

climate-and mayors-widening-highways

https://www.curbed.com/2019/12/6/20802235/climate-mayors-widening-highways-emissions
Houston


https://the-loaf-etc.blogspot.com/2019/12/climate-and-mayors-widening-highways.html

amazon-leases-hudson-yards-office-space-hq2

https://ny.curbed.com/2019/12/6/20999619/amazon-leases-hudson-yards-office-space-hq2

Pollepel Island and Bannerman's Castle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollepel_Island#Bannerman's_Castle ,
https://ny.curbed.com/2018/6/22/17377214/hudson-valley-new-york-travel-bannerman-island

Piz Gloria Revolving restaurant...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piz_Gloria

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Piz+Gloria/@46.597285,7.9846935,13z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xba9bb981f1a1b693!8m2!3d46.5574809!4d7.8352793

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Her_Majesty%27s_Secret_Service_(film)#Filming

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Piz+Gloria/@46.5623085,7.8352286,12494m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xba9bb981f1a1b693!8m2!3d46.5574809!4d7.8352793

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolving_restaurant

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_restaurants_in_Switzerland

arizona-groundwater-rules-water-tables-declining-parts-phoenix-tucson

https://www.azcentral.com/in-depth/news/local/arizona-environment/2019/12/05/arizona-groundwater-rules-water-tables-declining-parts-phoenix-tucson/3949004002/

Candlestick Park

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candlestick_Park


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatlemania#Last_concert

Tuesday, December 3, 2019

central-city-2

https://urbansurrey.com/2019/10/21/central-city-2-returns-to-council-for-re-consideration/

surrey education-mega-centre

https://urbansurrey.com/tag/education-mega-centre

https://urbansurrey.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/yw7ztox.jpg

skytrain-millennium-evergreen-extension-ridership



https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/urbanized/category/transportation ,

https://www.progressiverailroading.com/passenger_rail/news/Vancouver-residents-support-TransLink-expansion-improvement--59238 , https://www.progressiverailroading.com

public transit & transportation in general

https://www.sightline.org/research/transit-transportation/

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/skytrain-millennium-evergreen-extension-ridership

https://www.sightline.org/2019/07/17/how-to-unclog-traffic-and-improve-equity-in-seattle/


https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/urbanized/category/transportation

california-homeowners-have-20-uninhabited-bedrooms-for-every-homeless-person

https://www.sightline.org/2019/11/22/california-homeowners-have-20-uninhabited-bedrooms-for-every-homeless-person/


https://www.sightline.org/research/housing-urbanism/

why-seattle-builds-apartments-but-vancouver-bc-builds-condos

https://www.sightline.org/2017/08/14/why-seattle-builds-apartments-but-vancouver-bc-builds-condos/

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-gateway-tower-granville-bridge

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/1380-burrard-street-vancouver

https://www.sightline.org/research/housing-urbanism/

Thursday, November 28, 2019

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Monday, November 4, 2019

Vancouver's Canada-Line Skytrain

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canada-line-skytrain-new-trains-in-service

Building the 3rd line to not even have 80 m stations was so foolish. However, 50 m stations are quite a contrast from the long 152.5 m Montreal Metro stations.

Monday, October 21, 2019

urban surrey

https://urbansurrey.com/


https://urbansurrey.com/tag/education-mega-centre/

The Grand Avenue Bridge replacement project in Glenwood Springs, Colorado



https://www.crgov.com/DocumentCenter/View/21781/ENR-Mountain-States-Honors-XX-Winners-of-Annual-Best-Projects-Competition-_-2018-10-04-_-Engineering-News-Record_For-Festival-Park

tallest-buildings-in-denver

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Denver#Tallest_buildings


https://blog.usajrealty.com/posts/tallest-buildings-in-denver-change-is-a-coming

the-problem-isnt-automobiles-its-subsidizing-automobile-dependency

https://denverurbanism.com/2016/11/the-problem-isnt-automobiles-its-subsidizing-automobile-dependency.html



https://denverurbanism.com/category/transit

zoning-pollution-environmental-benefits-missing-middle-housing

https://denverurbanism.com/2019/04/zoning-pollution-environmental-benefits-missing-middle-housing.html


https://denverurbanism.com/category/transit

Denver RTD

https://denverurbanism.com/2019/01/rtd-marketing-problem.html

https://denverurbanism.com/category/transit

new-central-downtown-project-1144-15th-street

https://denverinfill.com/blog/2014/06/new-central-downtown-project-1144-15th-street.html


https://denverurbanism.com/category/transit

calgary


https://www.stockaerialphotos.com/media/7304f889-8989-475e-a6bd-09c4b3adbdca-calgary-skyline

Saturday, October 5, 2019

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Monday, September 23, 2019

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Thursday, September 19, 2019

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