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Phoenix Club: Our social club is open, so drop in for a coffee and a chat, or browse our books at 4 for €1. We also have a selection of DVDs/CDs and Jigsaws at various prices
***Trips***
August
– 4th – Trip to Gib €20pp includes €1 for the driver Do remember that we have just 3 pick ups usually and we return from Gib at 16.30
– 15th – Almunecar Fireworks – spectacular fireworks every year €16ppp
– 25th – Benalmadena Market and Marina – browse the market then lunch at the Marina, bring some stale bread to feed the fishes €15pp
September
– 01st – Trip to Gib €20pp includes €1 for the driver Do remember that we have just 3 pick ups usually and we return from Gib at 16.30
– 22nd – Mini Hollywood in Almeria €56,50 includes coach, entry, lunch, show and zoo
October
– 6th – Trip to Gib €20pp includes €1 for the driver Do remember that we have just 3 pick ups usually and we return from Gib at 16.30
– 14th – Ballet de Kiev in Almunecar €55pp includes coach and show
– 18th – 21st – Mini break to Tavira, Portugal. Price includes ½ board accommodation at the 4* Hotel Vila Gale in Tavira, with wine, water and coffee at Dinner, day trip to Faro, Coach fare, tips and Tourist tax. €335pp sharing a double room and €435 Single Occupancy. Deposit €100 non-refundable. It is advisable to take out travel insurance. For more information please send me an email.
– 25th – Visit quaint Mijas Pueblo and the Mayan Monkey Chocolate Factory €16pp
December
– 23rd – 27th – Christmas Break at the Hotel Blue Sea Al Andalus in Torremolinos. Price includes full board at the 4* Hotel and includes a gala meal on Christmas Day, wine, etc with meals, coach fare and tips. Price €320 pp based on 2 sharing a double room and €415 for single occupancy.
Deposit €100 pp paid on booking and is non refundable. If we cancel, you will get your deposit back. Balance to be paid on or before the 19th September. It is always advisable to take out travel insurance
– We meet every Tuesday between 12 and 2 pm at Restaurant and Bar La Vega in Torre del Mar. The bar is just behind the Repsol Garage on the way out of Torre towards Benajarafe
For further information, please contact Gail on 951067723/626370695 or email phoenixsocialclub@yahoo.co.uk for more information or check out our FB page
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IV International Piano Festival of Malaga in Nerja:
Friday, the 21st of July at the Centro Cultural Villa de Nerja, from 20:00 hours. Performing will be the Symphony Orchestra of Malaga with David García-Carmona as a guest director and the entrance is free until capacity is full. FB
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We are part of the ADH Storage and Transportation company and as such have storage available in Competa and Puente Don Manuel. Very reasonable rates.
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Handyman service now available for those smaller jobs.
Water Deposit Installations: Due to the ongoing drought and current water restrictions SPW Construction are currently offering the following service.
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Hanningtons Kitchens and Bathrooms: We have been installing kitchens and bathrooms here on the Costa for 13 years. We pride ourselves on our professionalism, highest standards of work and customer service.
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My contact details can be found in the Sponsor’s Section at the bottom of every issue. Here are “before” and “after” pics from my latest job.
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Great Deals From “Upcycling Nerja”:
– Chocolate brown leather 2 seater sofa with matching chair very comfy Measurements 175 x 90cms 113 x 90cms Price 160€
– Cast iron bench table & 2 matching chairs. Black gloss Nogul stain Measurements: Table 111 x 64 x 64cms Bench 125 x 57 x 38cms Chairs60 x 57 x 38cms Price 250€
– Black metal stool New seat cushion Measurements 70 x 36 x 49cms Price 45€
– Tingby Ikea table 50 x 50 x 45cms (2 available) 15€ each
– Mirror natural ,grey, chocolate & coffee con leche, 155 x 56cms 75€
contact Jackie /nerja 672170429
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For Sale: Six large pasta/ serving dishes and large bowl, used, vgc. 25€. Collect, or can deliver to Nerja area.
Karen, Nerja. Email: kyoung2016@icloud.com
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For Sale: 2 pair of shoes. These shoes are brand new. They were ordered on the internet but cannot be returned. Original price was 39€ each pair. Price 15€ each pair. The sizes are not true to size hence the reason for selling.
I have measured each pair from the soles from toe to heal. 27 cm & 29 cm
Can meet down the coast if you want to try them out.
They are well worth 15€. Jane, Canillas de Albaida
janebs@hotmail.co.uk ; 637716703
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For Sale: Exercise bike- by Sports Tech. 150 euros
“Virtually” brand new, in excellent condition.
Suzanne, El Capistrano, Nerja
Contact: suzlegge@sky.com
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For Sale: Guitar. EKO 12 string from the 80s, Made in Italy. Needs repairs.
Body is EKO original. Neck might be from the stock of Les Paul Gibson Production. It was the time before they change from Italy to China.
Alert: Bridge, Strings, and Head need work! Price 85€ ono.
More pics on request. Call for any questions.
Destination and pick up in Torrox Park near Camping
Price 85€ ONO. Call Svend: Torrox 606423869
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Wanted: Undercounter fridge. A glass door display type would be ideal, with a door lock if possible. I am interested in buying a second hand fridge, in good condition, & I am willing to collect, if it is not too far to travel.
WhatsApp or call on 682672400. Garry, Competa
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Wanted: Armchair. Does anyone have any armchairs for sale? Contact zarzallico@hotmail.com
Michele, Torrox. Thank you
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Recommendations & Requests
When making a recommendation always include the phone number or website of the biz, service, etc., so readers can reach them.
Note: I can’t post third party email addresses.
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Sabadell cash point: I did receive a notification from Sabadell that the Torrox Costa ATM was shutting, but unfortunately cannot find it now. It said that a new ATM will be installed in El Morche (so perhaps closer to Carol who wrote about this yesterday). From memory it was somewhere near the Hotel Costamar, although in the meantime until the new one is up and running our nearest one is in Nerja, so very inconvenient for those of us in Torrox. Closing the branch has been a pain when having to trek into Nerja town centre to collect new cards as it’s not somewhere we usually go. Why they have two branches in Nerja but closed the busy one in Torrox Costa I’m not sure (probably cost cutting). I think you can withdraw cash from other banks but there will be a charge. I go to places where they don’t accept cards, so always have to have some cash.
Barbara, Torrox. wickseybAThotmailD0Tcom
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Air Conditioned Restaurants
If you know of any restaurants that serve meals in enclosed dining areas with real air-conditioning, please send in your recommendations for me to add to the list. Be sure to include the name of the restaurant, where it is located, and the opening hours if known. -Ed.
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Pizzeria La Sorrentina (Torre del Mar): The dining room is fully air-conditioned and the food was excellent. Address is Prlog. Paseo Maritimo de Poniente 69, Camping Laguna Playa, Torre del Mar 29740. Website with menus: https://lasorrentina.es/
Bar Restaurant El Callejon (Algarrobo Costa): Large, fully enclosed air conditioned restaurant. Urb Pueblo Nuevo, Edif Valparaiso. Algarrobo Costa.
(By tennis court and Rompeolas). Tel: 616369195
Website: https://www.facebook.com/elcallejonb
Buddha House Nepalese & Indian Restaurant (Torrox Costa): Delicious food and inside seating with installed aircon. Address, Av. del Penoncillo 11, Torrox Costa.
Asiatico Feng (Algarrobo Costa): Chinese food, aircon, dog friendly! Avenida Andalucia, 35 Bajo, Algarrobo, ES 29750
Iberostar Malaga (Torrox Costa Beach Resort) buffet restaurant: Has aircon. You do not need to be staying at the hotel. Website
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News & Articles
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{ Translations by www.DeepL.com/Translator }
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SPAIN
Price of standard butane gas cylinder in Spain drops to lowest it’s been in the last year: The price for a standard 12.5kg butane gas cylinder in Spain will drop by 4.89% from Tuesday 18 July to 15.18 euros, the lowest it’s been in the past year. Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/spain/price-for-butane-gas-cylinder-spain-drops-20230717170025-nt.html
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An economics professor from Seville dismantles President Sánchez in a video with a group of fellow economists- “It is false that employment is doing well in Spain”: {Translation} 07/15/2023
– {I’ve covered this topic, of Sanchez twisting statistics and distorting projections, in my editorial comments in previous articles. Guess I was ahead of the media-curve on this one. [Editor takes a bow] -Ed.}
– A group of economists have disseminated a video on social networks dedicated to dismantling what they consider to be “falsehoods” in the economic discourse of the President of the Government and PSOE candidate for re-election during the 23J general election campaign. Issues such as GDP, public debt, the minimum wage, pensions and fixed-term contracts came to light during the face-to-face televised debate with the candidate and president of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo. Sánchez defended that Spain “is going like a motorbike” while his opponent said the opposite: “We are worse off than four years ago”.
– Manuel Parejo Guzmán, who has been a professor of Financial Economics and Accounting at the Pablo de Olavide University in Seville for almost 21 years, is one of the experts who refuted the president of the Executive. His conclusion is that “Mr Sánchez is lying when he assures us that employment in Spain is going well”. “He talks about two million new people employed since he has been president, but he does not count the fact that in Spain we have fewer hours worked. Therefore, we are talking about more precarious employment. We cannot talk about quality employment because we are talking about fewer working hours for more people,” argues the director general of the Andalusian Cement and Environment Labour Foundation (Flacema).
– Parejo, who is a member of the Social Council of the University of Seville on behalf of the Governing Council of the Andalusian Regional Government, also questions the 14% drop in temporary contracts put forward by the Socialist candidate. “It is nothing more than the statistical effect of the labour reform”, he points out, since the unemployed and people with temporary jobs have become permanent, discontinuous workers, which is, he says, “a tool” to “distort the data”.
– Finally, the UPO professor is surprised that Sánchez places the threshold of full employment at 8% unemployment, when the State Public Employment Service (SEPE) itself sets this indicator at 4%. Furthermore, he recalls that Spain doubles unemployment in the Eurozone, has three times the youth unemployment rate and occupies the “worst position in female employment”. 55% of the employment created during the five years of Sánchez’s government has been public, he points out. “Therefore, it is false that employment is going well,” Parejo concludes.
– The video also features the economist and president of Freemarket, Lorenzo Bernaldo de Quirós, who states that “average growth during the legislature has been 0.4%, the lowest in the whole of the European Union and the Eurozone”. Doctor of Economics José María Rotellar questions the inflation figure provided by the president: “Since Sánchez has been in office, inflation has risen by 15.7%”, which in the case of food has meant a rise of 10.3% year-on-year.
– Economist Daniel Lacalle denies that “Spain is the fastest growing country in the EU”. “According to Eurostat data, there are nine countries that are growing not more, but much more than Spain”. In addition, he points out that Spain has not recovered the GDP of 2019, which is among the lowest of the surrounding countries. Source with video of economist, Spanish: https://sevilla.abc.es/andalucia/profesor-economia-sevilla-desmonta-sanchez-video-falso-20230715133151-nts.html & Video Link
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The Treasury raises the compensation of mileage expenses by 37%, six days before the elections (after 18 years without updating it): {Translation, summary}
– The Treasury has decided to raise the compensation granted by the State to citizens who use their personal vehicle to work after having them frozen for 18 years and less than a week before the elections. As of this Monday, employees who use their personal car, van or motorcycle to work will be entitled to compensation of 26 cents per kilometer traveled (10.6 in the case of motorcycles), 37% more than they could perceive until now.
– Potential beneficiaries are all workers who use their personal vehicle for work. It is important to point out that trips from the place of residence to the workplace are excluded. Source, Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5147979/0/hacienda-sube-seis-dias-elecciones-deduccion-gasto-kilometraje-irpf-llevaba-18-anos-sin-actualizarse/
ANDALUCIA
The Andalusian temperatures this week: {Translation}
– The heat wave announced by the State Meteorological Agency will bring temperatures above 42 degrees Celsius in different parts of Andalusia every day until Wednesday. The nights will also be torrid, with temperatures exceeding 20ºC in different parts of the autonomous region.
– On Tuesday, 18 July, temperatures will continue to be very high in the centre and south of the peninsula, exceeding 40ºC in large areas, and even reaching 42ºC locally in the Guadalquivir valley.
– Wednesday, in principle, will be the last day of this heat wave. In the Guadalquivir valley {pic} temperatures could locally exceed 42º.
– From Thursday 20 onwards, temperatures are likely to drop throughout the country, bringing the heatwave episode to an end, although it is likely that temperatures will still be high in the Guadalquivir valley on this day. Source, Spanish: https://www.malagahoy.es/andalucia/municipios-alcanzaran-temperaturas-maximas-semana_0_1812119087.html
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The highest temperatures recorded in Andalusia this Monday, 17 July: {Translation}
– From the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet). It has reached 44 degrees Celsius in Andalusia. Cordoba airport recorded the highest temperature of the day with 44.2 degrees Celsius. This value was taken at 18:00.
– The municipalities with the highest heat peaks are in Córdoba, Jaén, Seville and Granada. The list of the ten points with the highest maximum temperatures in the region is as follows:
Cordoba Airport: 44.2
Andújar (Jaén): 44
Prágdena (Córdoba): 43.2
Granada airport: 42.9
Jaén: 42.5
Baeza (Jaén): 42.5
La Puebla de los Infantes (Seville): 42.1
Priego de Córdoba: 42.1
Morón de la Frontera (Seville): 42.1
Arroyo del Ojanco (Jaén): 41.9
The number of localities that have exceeded 40 reaches twenty. In addition to the above, there are: Doña Mencía (Córdoba): 41.9; Loja (Granada): 41.6; Seville, Tablada: 41.3; Guadaduño Reservoir (Córdoba): 41.2; Seville Airport: 41.1; Benamejí (Córdoba): 40.7; Granada Air Base: 40.3; Hinojosa del Duque (Córdoba): 40.3; and Tomares (Seville): 40.1.
– For Tuesday, the maximum temperatures will relax a little, although they will continue to be very high in the interior of Andalusia. Meteorology forecasts peaks of 42 degrees in inland Córdoba and Jaén. Unlike Monday, the red alert for extreme temperatures will not be activated in any area of Andalusia. Source, Spanish: https://www.malagahoy.es/andalucia/temperaturas-mas-altas-registradas-Andalucia-lunes_0_1812120421.html
AXARQUIA
Record low for La Viñuela Reservoir as reserves fall to 8.9%: {Translation} 17July23, 13:18h
– The reserves of La Viñuela continue to fall, marking a new historic low. Until now the reservoir had not fallen below 9% and it has now passed it. Today, it is at 8.94% of its total capacity and holds only 14.7 cubic hectometres, when it is the largest reservoir in the province, as it can hold up to 164 hectometres. In order to save water, the municipalities of the Axarquia region have approved a series of measures to consume as little as possible and to ensure that there are reserves for the autumn. In total, the seven reservoirs in Malaga are at 28%.
– The Junta de Andalucía approved in the last drought committee that the supply in the region should reduce its consumption by 20%. As a result, the local councils took the decision to prohibit street washing, car washing, watering gardens, refilling swimming pools and closing beach showers. It is true that the restrictions are different in each municipality, as it depends on the resources available to them.
– In the case of Vélez-Málaga, Benamargosa, Moclinejo, Iznate, Almáchar and El Borge are cutting the water supply at night.
– In Torrox, Nerja, Vélez-Málaga, Rincón de la Victoria and Algarrobo the water in their showers has been cut off. In addition, street washing, refilling swimming pools and watering gardens have also been banned, among other measures.
– The seven reservoirs in Malaga total 174 hectometres
The reserves of the seven reservoirs in the province total 174.88 hectometres. This means that in Malaga there is only 28% of the water that all the reservoirs can hold. The situation of La Viñuela {pic} is the most serious, but the rest of the reservoirs are in a very similar situation. In the Guadalhorce Valley region, the three reservoirs – Conde del Guadalhorce, Guadalhorce and Guadalteba – have 111.84 hectometres of water. The first of these is at 21% of its capacity with 14.2 hectometres and the Guadalhorce reservoir holds more than twice as much water as this: 35.39 hectometres, but is at 28%. As for the Guadalteba reservoir, it is still the one with the most water in the whole province with 62.2 hectometres and is already at 40% of its capacity.
– El Limonero (31.1%) has already dropped to six hectometres and Casasola (34.3%) still has seven hectometres, making it the two reservoirs in Malaga with the lowest reserves to date. The situation at the Concepción reservoir is similar to that of Guadalteba. It is currently the second reservoir in Malaga with the most water, with a total of 33 hectometres, which means that it is at 59% of its total capacity. Photo: Daniel Perez. Source, Spanish: https://www.malagahoy.es/malaga/minimo-historico-Vinuela-reservas_0_1812119482.html
MALAGA PROVINCE
Chaos in healthcare- “Waiting lists go up, operating rooms and staff close to the limit”: {Translation}
– Doctors and nurses from Malaga have gathered in front of the monument to health workers in the Plaza de la Solidaridad to denounce the “cuts” in hospitals and health centres.
– The Andalusian government “has reduced the workforce by 1,000 workers” in the province, by not renewing the contracts that ended on 30 June. This is a “very high” percentage of “drastically” reduced staff who “occupied structural and vacant posts”, denounced Juan Carlos Navas, secretary general of the CCOO Malaga health department.
– The union leader warns that the holiday plan is “insufficient” and services are being closed as there are no staff to attend to patients. The “workers themselves are appealing to users to make complaints”, because “they can’t cope any more, they can’t make it”: “The lack of professionals is so desperate that they are not going to be able to ensure the quality of care with the closure of rooms, operating theatres and outpatients’ surgeries. The waiting lists are going to skyrocket”.
– The rallies will continue to call for the recruitment of more staff. Source & photo credit, Spanish: https://andaluciainformacion.es/malaga/1313697/caos-en-la-sanidad-suben-las-listas-de-espera-cierran-quirofanos-y-personal-al-limite/
NERJA
A total of 34 shows make up the Verano en los Cangrejos (Summer in the Crabs) program: {Translation}
– A total of 34 shows make up the Summer in the Crabs program, which will be held between July 31 and September 2.
– “A free open-air cultural programme for the whole family” – All the performances will begin at ten o’clock in the evening, except for the children’s festivals on Sundays, which will start at nine o’clock.
– The activities will begin with the musical “Mamma Mía” by Lorena Díaz, on 31 July at ten o’clock in the evening.
– The shows include flamenco, pop, regional dances, jazz, dance academies, magic, choirs, children’s festivals, theatre and poetry, with El foro de la luna llena.
– The World Day of Folklore will take place on 22 August, which will feature the folk groups of Nerja, Rio de la Miel and Frigiliana.
– There will also be three plays, such as “De pronóstico reservado”, “El asesinato de Julio César” and “Buenas noches, Europa”, which will put the finishing touch. The latter is a work of La red Andaluza de Teatros and has received several awards and nominations for the Max awards. Source, Spanish: https://www.nerja.es/un-total-de-34-espectaculos-componen-la-programacion-verano-en-los-cangrejos/
EUROPE
Wildfires near Athens prompt evacuations:
– A wildfire raging near Athens, Greece, has prompted authorities to evacuate a nearby residential community with thousands of seaside homes. The fire broke out in Kouvaras, roughly 27 kilometers (17 miles) southeast of the capital, damaging several homes. A spokesman for the regional fire department said, “It’s a difficult fire, the winds are really strong.”
– High winds with gusts of up to 70 kph (45 mph) have fanned the flames as it devours vegetation and threatens nearby buildings.
– Greek authorities say as many as 150 firefighters are on the scene, using 40 fire engines and 11 extinguishing aircraft to get the blaze under control.
– Greece’s Hellenic Fire Service also reported that a second blaze had broken out in woods near the resort town of Loutraki, about 90 kilometers west of Athens.
– On Monday evening, authorities said police arrested a “foreigner” for allegedly causing the fire near Kouvaras. Full article: https://www.dw.com/en/greece-wildfires-near-athens-prompt-evacuations/a-66256861
SCAMS
Guardia Civil warns about a popular ‘sick child donation scam’- how it works and what to look out for: {Translation}
– The Guardia Civil has warned through its social networks of a new type of scam that attempts to take advantage of good faith and compassion to deceive its victims. The new scam, dubbed by the Guardia Civil as the ‘donation scam’, is based on falsifying documents and appealing to people’s empathy for the supposed (and non-existent) plight of a supposedly sick child in order to obtain money.
– In the Guardia Civil’s post, the steps that the scammers follow to deceive the victims and get their hands on the money through lies are described:
*Location strategy: the scammers place themselves near busy places and hand out photocopied documents requesting financial help for a small child.
*Deceptive documentation: They use photocopies simulating official documents informing of a serious handicap of a minor.
*Lists of donations: they show lists of supposed donors to give credibility to the scam.
*They take advantage of compassion: they manipulate emotions by appealing to people’s good faith in order to obtain money.
– To avoid falling for this type of scam, the Guardia Civil urges people to try to verify the existence and authenticity of charities before making donations. They also recommend calling 062 if a scam of this type is detected or suffered. Source, Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5148204/0/guardia-civil-lanza-un-aviso-sobre-popular-timo-las-donaciones-como-funciona-esta-estafa/
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https://www.cinesur.com/es/cine/mk2-cinesur-el-ingenio
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Petrol Prices – Updated daily: These are the fuel stations in Malaga province with the lowest prices. The price data for 95 and 98-octane petrol and diesel fuel is updated every day. See it here:
https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/updated-daily-these-20220314114157-nt.html
Weekly Markets
Monday: Torrox Costa
Tuesday: Nerja, Salobrena
Wednesday: Rincon de la Victoria, Algarrobo Costa
Thursday: Velez Malaga, Torre del Mar, Frigiliana
Friday: Almunecar, Salobrena, La Herradura- Summers only
Saturday: Competa, Mezquitilla@Algarrobo behind the Sala Ottowa
Sunday: Velez Malaga, Nerja Car Boot
Taxi
Nerja 952 524 519
Torrox: 952 531 030
Frigiliana: 952 533 231
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Emergency Services.: 112
National Police: 091
Guardia Civil: 062
Ambulance: 061
Fire Station (Bomberos): 080
Emergency English Help Line: 902 102 112
Local Police
Torrox: 952 539 828
Nerja: 952 521 545
Frigiliana: 952 533 126
Torre del Mar: 952 549 238
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