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General Bar
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Catagory |
Artvoice 2007 WINNERS |
| best
lesbian-friendly bar |
ROXY's |
| best gay-friendly bar |
MARCELLA |
| best male bartender |
Jimmy at Cathode |
| best dance club |
MARCELLA |
| best karaoke |
ROXY's |
| best vocal
ensemble |
Gay Mens Chorus |
| best club dj |
Lil Joe - Marcella |
| best activist
group
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AIDS Community Sevices
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| best draq queen
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Fanta-see Island |
| best drag king |
Geo Metro |
| favorite amateur
sports team |
Queen City Roller Girls |
| favorite amateur
athlete |
Queen City Roller Girls Mia Maler |
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Personal Comment about artvoice ( a subjective
website ) |
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Thank you
all for nominating this website for the second
year as one of buffalo's best The people voted
for who they wanted, in what ever category they
wanted. They
Chose They Voted.
and BuffaloGayBars got nominated and I Thank
YOU. Maybe next year the categories
can be a bit clearer. Most
of the gay bars kicked butt just being nominated
against the huge straight clubs and bars.
The gay bars are outnumbered like 50 to 1??
12 percent of the population has made sure
buffalo knows were to go to party and dance and
even eat.
About Best Drag
Queen:
V has not been in Buffalo for over a year - ( i
always liked V and even wrote her bio with her
one night, for marcella and this site )
you were told about V in an effort to allow one
of buffalos actual queens to be voted for.
I like all the nominated Queens and believe them
all to be the best in buffalo but i would also
include Jayme Coxx, Raquel, KeKe and about 3
others. I personally have never seen
anyone working harder than Jayme ok maybe KeKe.
They are all the foremost Queens in Buffalo and
have done a lot of work for and with the drag
Community. I sincerely believe there
should not be a best queen but a small group of
queens that can represent Buffalo.
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Catagory |
Gay Nominations |
Artvoice 2007 WINNERS |
Gay Buffalo 2006 |
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best actor |
Chris Kelly |
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| best
lesbian-friendly bar |
Adonia’s
Miss Kitty’s Roxy’s Club
Marcella Buddies II |
ROXY's |
Roxy's |
| best gay-friendly bar |
Q Cathode Ray Club Marcella Roxy’s
Buddies II
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MARCELLA |
Marcella |
| best male bartender |
Jimmy at Cathode Ray Don at Club
Marcella Jimmy at Underground |
Jimmy at Cathode |
Steve
Marcella |
| best female bartender |
Jamie Cudney at Roxy’s Jen-9 at Roxy’s Jennifer
at Underground |
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| best martini |
Club
Marcella |
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| best happy hour
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Buddies II |
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Cathode Ray Buddies II |
| best place to
watch a game
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Buddies II
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Buddies |
| best dance club |
Club
Marcella Roxy’s |
MARCELLA |
Roxy's |
| best karaoke |
Roxy’s
Q
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ROXY's |
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| best old man bar |
Buddies II
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| best vocal
ensemble |
Buffalo Gay Men’s Chorus |
Gay Mens Chorus |
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| best club dj |
DJ Lil Joe
DJ Lady Atram DJ Julia |
Lil Joe - Marcella |
Lil
Joe Marcella |
| best place to
find a lover |
Roxy’s |
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| best annual
festival |
Gay
Pride |
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Gay Day Darien Lake |
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best annual fundraiser |
Dining Out for Life (AIDS Community
Services) |
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| best activist
group
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AIDS Community Sevices
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AIDS Community Sevices
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Bufstate Pride alliance |
| best draq queen
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Vanity Vogue Malibu Fantasee Island V FYA
Valentino |
Fanta-see Island |
V |
| best drag king |
Buddy
Lee Mikey Lykesit Geo Metro
Jim Class Bud Wyzer |
Geo Metro |
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| favorite amateur
sports team |
Queen City Roller Girls |
Queen City Roller Girls |
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| favorite amateur
athlete |
Queen City Roller Girls |
Queen City Roller Girls Mia Maler |
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| best local web
site |
buffalogaybars.com |
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buffalogaybars.com |
| best bar food |
Buddies
II |
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Buddies |
| king or queen of
charisma |
Jamie Cudney |
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GBLT pick up bar - |
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Underground |
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looking bar |
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Buddies |
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GBLT myspace site - |
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gayqueencity06 Raquel |
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gay show - GBLT in bars or pride - |
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Stripteasers |
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GBLT media personality ( radio, tv etc) - |
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Keith Kelly |
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drag promoter - benefits, shows etc - |
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Jayme Coxx |
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GBLT bar owner - |
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Chris/Dave at Buddies |
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GBLT performer ( non-drag - theater, dance, etc ) -
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Kendall |
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Buffalo Style Gay Bashing $70 at a time |
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A very strange situation exists out side Buffalo' Largest Gay Club. and as far as is known - only at a GAY club. A PARKING TRAP . 3 parking spaces are reserved as "11-4 am Taxi Parking only " and they don't have any signs on the parking meters associated with those spots and the only parking sign is located behind where people park. (first picture )it is located half way back to Shea's theater. They used to have a sign on the pole in front of the cars up about 10 feet in the air and at an angle that the street lights blocked clearly seeing it. ( now missing in picture 2 ) Why would they put taxi parking spot outside a parking lot ??? 2 taxis were seen entering the parking lot to load or drop off passengers. In addition - there is a fire hydrant located below the only taxi sign where a taxi could easily stand al night and day waiting for a fare. The taxi could move if the hydrant was needed. Most if not all the taxi parking is and should be located at the corners parking slots around the straight bars. ( not in picture 3 ) In that way traffic can turn corners most of the time with more room. Considering it was a Friday night after the sabers game and ( as always ) everyone had already left the city by 11pm - the bars only half full - they still enforce it. At $70 a pop - and towing and storage fees - this is very lucrative business for Mayor Brown, and we all know how he neglects anything GAY in this city ( not a single gay person working in his office - no participation in any gay events by any one in his office ) It is especially shame full that police are asked to write tickets at the first bar in Buffalo to support officer Parette with its own benefit. The gay population as a whole are know to be the most legal and non-violent group. If it were a legitimate parking problem - then why aren't the meters that people can actually see - marked clearly with taxi parking signs. The buffalo people try to follow the law but are being tricked into getting tickets. Again if it is a legit problem - why aren't taxi parking located at the corners of the streets.
Where are the Judges in this city - they are allowing this situation - with bad signage - to continue - All cases must be thrown out and money refunded - since this deplorable situation began last summer.
  
It's only a parking bash at one bar - so nobody cares
COPY AND PASTE THIS ARTICLE AND SEND IT HERE TO THE MAYOR
In this city - nobody probably will bother |
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A
Thursday Night In Buffalo |
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Pretty Soon ( but not soon
enough ) The temperature will warm up and Thursday in
the Square will start having bands again this year.
The patios will open up and the bars will begin to fill.
I thought i would wander around at least a few of the
Buffalo Gay Bars on a Thursday night, to get a
preview of what to expect this spring and summer.
Over all, the city crowds in the Chippewa zone were
running slow - plenty of parking around only a few
people seen walking around. It could be that
everyone is planning on going out this Saturday night
for St Patrick's day.
My first stop was at
Miss Kitty's, it was early, only 11pm, but they
had a really good band playing live. It was very
laid back, comfortable atmosphere and the band seemed to
just add that extra touch. They have live bands
every Thursday and just about the most intimate, close
place in the city to have them. I didn't
stay long, although i wanted to, it was that relaxing,
but i wasn't planning on a late night and had other bars
to visit. A stop over to Q was next on my list,
ok, it was a little bit too crowed for me, but they have
some of the best looking customers and bartenders
around. The people all seemed to know each other
and talked in little groups. Next stop was Cathode
Ray. The bar had a nice crowd, Steven was behind
the bar, so you knew the drinks were good. A
few were shooting pool and some new music videos were
shown on the TV's. Adonia's was next.
they were having a karaoke night, and the guy singing
was great, and cute plus. Adonia's is such a nice
bright looking bar, and somehow seems cozy and warm.
Their crowd hadn't come in yet but the bar area was full
and the bartenders busy. And honestly that guy had
a really good voice ( and everything else ).
On to Marcella. They have a Dj night, trying to
bring new and sometimes famous Dj's for a night of
dancing. It's not really a gay or straight night.
The crowd hadn't really begun coming in yet. it was only
about 12 am. They play a lot of new music that i
hadn't heard yet. It's a good way to hear new
music and see a lot of very cute guys and a lot of
girls. They were probably straight but eye candy
is nice. Since I had to get up the
next day. I decided to end the night at Roxy's and make
a few videos of their StripTeasers. The
crowd was very mixed and had the energy that the Roxy
environment promotes. It was like they
didn't want to sit still, they just wanted to party.
I personally think it was Julia playing the horny-est
music that got people going. Roxy's calls it
bringing sexy back, I call it bring horny back.
When the show began the crowd circled the stage area.
The show was really fun, and I guess i made a new life
long best friend from years ago. I took some
video, with permission, that turned out a bit dark, but
it will give a good idea, what the show is like - and
show you my new friend. Next time -
Underground and Buddies. |
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A
BENEFIT for Officer Patricia A
Parete & Officer Carl E.
Andolina |
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A BENEFIT for Officer
Patricia A Parete & Officer Carl E. Andolina was held at Club
Marcella on Friday December 15, raising $6,132. Friends,
family and Buffalo Police co-workers were prominent in their
support. The 3 local News stations all reported live from
inside the club. The Food and raffle items were donated by
Prima Pizza, Holly Farms, Sue's Deli, Melony's Sweets And Grecthen
at Miss Lutions. A special thanks goes to Joey Marcella for
arraigning the benefit, supplying his club and his people and 3 hrs
of open bar. The leading members of the Buffalo Gay Community
came out in support of this event. As pictured above: Julia
from Roxy's, Dave from Buddies II, Joey Marcella from Marcella And
Roz from Miss Kitty's. The Buffalo Mayor and government
leaders were very noticeable in their absence, as were several of
the smaller Gay bars and organizations. The Buffalo police supply a
life or death service protecting the downtown nightlife in Buffalo.
Those who appreciate and applaud the gallantry of these two officers
were present. -A
few Pictures HERE
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Buffalo Place
wants to close all the bars at 2am |
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a man was grazed by a bullet last Sunday morning and a
16-year-old boy was seriously wounded when he was shot
in the head in late October Buffalo
place wants all the bars to close at 2am. Buffalo
Place Inc. is the not-for-profit organization dedicated
to improving the economic health and quality of
life in Downtown Buffalo. Buffalo Place activities are
partially funded by special charges paid over and
above property taxes within Downtown’s Special Charge
District. Any amendment to change the closing time for
bars require action by the Erie County Legislature. |
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Watch how you dress |
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Most of the bars in
downtown Buffalo in co-operation with the city are preventing
anyone entering their bars in any attire even coming close to
gang colors. The Gay bar owners want and will have a
safe and secure club No Bandanas, No Do Rags.
The Buffalo police are also watching. Also a
reminder that a car trunk is more secure and less visible place
to keep you coats, purses or anything else, you don't want to
take in a bar. |
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ADONIA'S |
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WELCOMES KATHY EVERY FRIDAY HAPPY HOUR "LET THE PARTY BEGIN"
D.J.SARA ROCKS THE NIGHT AWAY. CARLA EVERY TUES. &
WED. NIGHT- STOP IN & SAY HI
IT'S BACK
,KARAOKE FEATURING "THE BIG D" THURSDAYS START
TIME 8PM CARLA BEHIND THE BAR CHECK OUT HER
GREAT VOICE!!!
COMING SOON
TOM AND JERRY HOLIDAY DRINKS-
NOW AVAILABLE BAREFOOT WINE- $10.00 A BOTTLE
GIFT CERTIFICATES ON SALE NOW |
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Miss Kitty's |
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bands check their website for dates and times
HERE |
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BEST OF GAY BUFFALO
2006
The opinions are in.
The results are not fair. The voting is tainted. People
have voted multiple times. But when all is said and done,
those who care about the gay bars in Buffalo NY have made sure
they have told the visitors to Buffalo which bar to head to when
they come to town. The visitors will now have to see
for themselves which bar deserves which title, and hopefully
next labor day, they will cast their own vote.
The myspace votes are HERE (without the names) - exactly as they
were received. This opinion vote is meant to be a fun
competition, but if anyone wants to personally see see them and
compare to the published list - i will show them.
* votes shown do not include
myspace votes if >22 lead in poll |
| Best of Gay Buffalo
2006 |
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| best
lesbian bar |
Roxy's |
* 95-6 |
| best
gay bar |
Marcella |
54-52-27-13 |
| best
drag performer |
V |
*54-22-21-11 |
| best
looking GBLT bar |
Marcella |
49-46-26 |
| best
GBLT bar/restaurant food / snacks / bbq |
Buddies |
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| best
GBLT social organization ( health, aids, groups etc ) |
Bufstate Pride alliance |
57-30-5 |
| best
GBLT myspace site |
gayqueencity06 |
* 55-27-15 |
| best
gay show - GBLT in bars or pride |
Stripteasers |
65-36-12 |
| best
dj in a GBLT bar |
Lil Joe Marcellas |
* 66-22-20 |
| Best
GBLT Dance Club |
Roxy's |
* 68 35 |
| best
bartender in a GBLT bar |
Steve
AT Marcella |
40-37-29-13 |
| best
GBLT media personality ( radio, tv etc) |
Keith Kelly |
51-46 |
| best
GBLT event |
Gay Day Darien Lake |
* 51-29 |
| best
drag promoter - benefits, shows etc |
Jayme Coxx |
* 82-10 |
| best
GBLT blog or website |
Buffalogaybars |
* 70-14 |
| best
GBLT bar owner |
Chris/Dave at Buddies |
57-42-35 |
| best
GBLT performer ( non-drag - theater, dance, etc ) |
Kendall |
* 47-16-15 |
| best
GBLT happy hour bar |
Cathode Ray Buddies II |
40-40-19 |
| Best
sports Bar |
Buddies |
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GBLT pick up bar |
Underground |
* 59-33 |
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Artvoice
BEST OF BUFFALO 2006-07 coming out this Thursday
Gay Only ?
Winners
are :
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Best Drag Queen V
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Best Club DJ Lil Joe
@ Club Marcella’s
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Best Dance Club Club Marcella
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Best Vocalist
Buffalo Gay
Men’s Chorus
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Best Lesbian-Friendly Bar
Roxy’s
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Best Gay-Friendly Bar Club Marcella
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Best Annual
Fundraiser
AIDS Community Services
Cause for Celebration
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Best
Local Radio Personality
Val
Townsend
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Best Actress Leah Russo
(bartender Roxy's)
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ArtVoice
2006-07 Best of
Buffalo Top 5 in the
city
Gay
Only
Nominations
were :
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Best
Local
Web
Site
www.buffalogaybars.com
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Best
Drag
Queen
Vicky
Vogue
Vanity
Vogue
Malibu
Jayme
Coxx
Fanta-see
island
Chevon
davis
Armani V
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Best
Club DJ Lil Joe
@ Club
Marcella’s
Jessica
@ Roxy’s
SkaBear
for Bear
Night at
Buddies
II
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Best
Entertainer
The
Stripteasers
Malibu
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Best
Martini
Fugazi
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Best
Happy
Hour
Buddies
II
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Best
Dance
Club
Roxy’s
Club
Marcella
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Best New
Club
New
Marcella’s
Adonia’s
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Best
Vocalist
Buffalo
Gay
Men’s
Chorus
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Best
Lesbian-Friendly
Bar
Roxy’s
Q Miss
Kitty’s
Club
Marcella
Adonia’s
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Best
Gay-Friendly
Bar
Underground
The
Cathode
Ray Q
Fugazi
Club
Marcella
Buddies
II
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Best Bar
food -
-Buddies
II
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Best
Bartenders
Jamie at
Roxy’s ,
Aimee
Zinzola
at
Roxy’s
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Best
Local
Radio
Personality
Val
Townsend
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Best
Actress
Leah
Russo
(bartender
Roxy's)
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