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  • On the very last day of British rule over its Hong Kong colony, we see an elegant but headless life-size clothing mannequin seated on a chair on the shop floor of Chinese clothing brand Shanghai Tang. In the brand's flagship store, the last hours tick away before the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the Peoples Republic of China (PRC), often referred to as "The Handover" on June 30, 1997. Midnight of that day signified the end of British rule and the transfer of legal and financial authority back to China. Shanghai Tang is an international clothing chain company, founded in 1994 by Hong Kong businessman David Tang Wing Cheung. This was the original store in Hong Kong's Pedder Street (in Central) providing the lead for 24 outlets worldwide.
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  • A shopping and entertainment hub in Londons West End, Covent Garden centres on the elegant, car-free Piazza, home to fashion stores, craft stalls and the Royal Opera House, empty during the coronavirus pandemic on the 10th May 2020 in London, United Kingdom. Covent Garden has experienced various stages of life. From humble beginnings as a Convent garden, it has moved through many guises over the centuries.  From a home to the aristocracy and the main centre of theatrical life in London it developed into the largest produce market in the world. The commercial vegetable market moved across the river to Nine Elms in 1974.
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  • A shopping and entertainment hub in Londons West End, Covent Garden centres on the elegant, car-free Piazza, home to fashion stores, craft stalls and the Royal Opera House, empty during the coronavirus pandemic on the 10th May 2020 in London, United Kingdom. Covent Garden has experienced various stages of life. From humble beginnings as a Convent garden, it has moved through many guises over the centuries.  From a home to the aristocracy and the main centre of theatrical life in London it developed into the largest produce market in the world. The commercial vegetable market moved across the river to Nine Elms in 1974.
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  • A shopping and entertainment hub in Londons West End, Covent Garden centres on the elegant, car-free Piazza, home to fashion stores, craft stalls and the Royal Opera House, empty during the coronavirus pandemic on the 10th May 2020 in London, United Kingdom. Covent Garden has experienced various stages of life. From humble beginnings as a Convent garden, it has moved through many guises over the centuries.  From a home to the aristocracy and the main centre of theatrical life in London it developed into the largest produce market in the world. The commercial vegetable market moved across the river to Nine Elms in 1974.
    _E6A1201.jpg
  • A Disney character Rapunzel from their film Tangled stands looking at women, exemplifying feminine beauty. The smaller than life-size model of the Disney character Rapunzel from their company’s film called Tangled stands in the window of their London store, seemingly looking out in admiration and delight at a young elegant woman wearing black. Advertising the forthcoming opening of the movie, the display of the central character exemplifies feminine health, beauty, and inadvertently, of American or white European values. The woman walks past oblivious at the attention that this fictitious person is affording them – her own lifestyle being an everyday personal choice of style and a statement about femininity and gender on this urban street.
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  • Looking up towards majestically tall Ash trees and blue skies, the sun glints off a window pane in an Edwardian age semi-detached house on Ruskin Park, Denmark Hill, SE24 (its post code) South London England. It is a beauitiful winter afternoon in this inner-city suburban district of Britain's capital, approximately 5 miles south from the River Thames. A couple are walking their dogs past an elegant line of period homes that were completed in 1908, the age of innovative building in the new 20th Century. The properties overlook the borough park named after John Ruskin, the renowned artist and commentator who lived in nearby Herne Hill. It looks an affluent area, a prosperous location to invest in a mortgage in uncertain times with market prices falling during the credit crunch and recession.
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  • A shopping and entertainment hub in Londons West End, Covent Garden centres on the elegant, car-free Piazza, home to fashion stores, craft stalls and the Royal Opera House, empty during the coronavirus pandemic on the 10th May 2020 in London, United Kingdom. Covent Garden has experienced various stages of life. From humble beginnings as a Convent garden, it has moved through many guises over the centuries.  From a home to the aristocracy and the main centre of theatrical life in London it developed into the largest produce market in the world. The commercial vegetable market moved across the river to Nine Elms in 1974.
    _E6A1246.jpg
  • A shopping and entertainment hub in Londons West End, Covent Garden centres on the elegant, car-free Piazza, home to fashion stores, craft stalls and the Royal Opera House, empty during the coronavirus pandemic on the 10th May 2020 in London, United Kingdom. Covent Garden has experienced various stages of life. From humble beginnings as a Convent garden, it has moved through many guises over the centuries.  From a home to the aristocracy and the main centre of theatrical life in London it developed into the largest produce market in the world. The commercial vegetable market moved across the river to Nine Elms in 1974.
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  • President Carlos Menem on a breed of horse that was once riden by President Gral. Juan Perón, La Rioja state, Argentina
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  • President Carlos Menem on a breed of horse that was once riden by President Gral. Juan Perón, La Rioja state, Argentina
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  • Woman dressed in akimono on her smart phone in the busy shopping district of Shijo Kawaramachi. Kyoto, Japan.
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  • President Carlos Menem on a breed of horse that was once riden by President Gral. Juan Perón, La Rioja state, Argentina
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  • Heavy traffic underneath a railway bridge near Waterloo in London, England, United Kingdom. The rivets and steel call back to a time long gone in terms of construction, while the flow and shape appear quite modern. Each rivet would have been heated, passed, driven in and sealed by hand.
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  • The Two Meeting inn. Historic Charleston housing  and architecture during the Christmas festivities, South Carolina, USA.
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  • Masatsugu Okutani, 41 relaxes reading a book at home in Paris before heading off to the offices of the Japanese food company Ajinomoto for whom he is the Marketing manager responsible for the Cos sales throughout Europe.
    20160114_shinto_paris_12660_1.jpg
  • Underneath Blackfriars Bridge in London UK. Following it's redevelopment. The rivets and steel call back to a time long gone in terms of construction, while the flow and shape appear quite modern.
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  • London Alternative Fashion Week 2012 held at Spitafields Market, showing original and creative collections by a fresh crop of new designers with  innovative ideas and an emphasis on recycling. A group of models pose.
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  • A courtyard at the part-tudor building, the Staple Inn, on the 27th September 2019 in London in the United Kingdom.
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  • A courtyard at the part-tudor building, the Staple Inn, on the 27th September 2019 in London in the United Kingdom.
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  • Masatsugu Okutani, 41 relaxes reading a book at home in Paris before heading off to the offices of the Japanese food company Ajinomoto for whom he is the Marketing manager responsible for the Cos sales throughout Europe.
    20160114_shinto_paris_12914_1.jpg
  • London Alternative Fashion Week 2012 held at Spitafields Market, showing original and creative collections by a fresh crop of new designers with  innovative ideas and an emphasis on recycling. A group of models pose.
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  • During the evening rush-hour, an elegant lady walks southwards over London Bridge, on 14th May, in London, England.
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  • Zhang Lin, 23 at the Xiao Bai Hua Shaoxing Opera Troupe Co’s HQ’s,  plays with one of China’s oldest and noblest musical instruments, the Zheng, similar to Japan's Koto, which she taught herself to play as a young girl.
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  • Annual horse parade where rich and poor alike show off their horses in the colonial town of Granada part of the summer festivities around the country, Nicaragua
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  • Annual horse parade where rich and poor alike show off their horses in the colonial town of Granada part of the summer festivities around the country, Nicaragua
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  • Annual horse parade where rich and poor alike show off their horses in the colonial town of Granada part of the summer festivities around the country, Nicaragua
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  • Soldiers  of the Presidential Bodyguard begin the  Changing of the Guard ceremony as they march past the Central Secretariat towards the Rashtrapati Bhavan Palace. They march in formation for the 40 minute Saturday  ceremony where they will take up their posts in guarding the palace. They march from the grounds of the Palace up the Rajpath to the Central Secretariat, or Ministry of Defence and back to the palace grounds where they will hand the ceremonial keys to their replacement soldiers. The PBG is the Indian Army's preeminent regiment founded in 1773 during the British occupation, this handpicked unit began with a mere 50 men and today stands at 160 soldiers plus 50 support staff. It has a dual role, both as a ceremonial guard for the President of India, with all its finery at important state functions, as well as an elite operational unit for the Indian Army which has seen action in many battle fronts, in particular the on going disputed region of Kashmir.
    20071222_india_0148-3_1.jpg
  • During a performance of the Indian epic the Ramayana Ganga Thampi (center), plays the role of Sita the wronged wife of the exiled King Rama. She is both teacher and one of the stars of  the traditional and highly prestigious Kalakshetra school for the arts, Chennai. The school was founded in 1936 and due to its exacting and demanding schedule is considered India's formost classical dance academy of this ancient cultural art heritage that is informally known as "temple dancing" and that dates back to the Natya Shastra, the 2000 year old text that lays down the principles of Indian dramatic theory and performance. Tamil Nadu, India.
    20071125_india_0307_1.jpg
  • During a performance of the Indian epic the Ramayana Ganga Thampi (center), plays the role of Sita the wronged wife of the exiled King Rama. She is both teacher and one of the stars of  the traditional and highly prestigious Kalakshetra school for the arts, Chennai. The school was founded in 1936 and due to its exacting and demanding schedule is considered India's formost classical dance academy of this ancient cultural art heritage that is informally known as "temple dancing" and that dates back to the Natya Shastra, the 2000 year old text that lays down the principles of Indian dramatic theory and performance. Tamil Nadu, India.
    20071125_india_0284_1.jpg
  • Ganga Thampi, applies make up to her hands shortly before taking the staring role of Sita in the Indian epic Ramayana. She is both a teacher and one of the stars of  the traditional and highly prestigious Kalakshetra school for the arts, Chennai. The school was founded in 1936 and due to its exacting and demanding schedule is considered India's formost classical dance academy of this ancient cultural art heritage that is informally known as "temple dancing" and that dates back to the Natya Shastra, the 2000 year old text that lays down the principles of Indian dramatic theory and performance. Tamil Nadu, India.
    20071125_india_0166_1.jpg
  • Ganga Thampi, applies make up to her face shortly before taking the staring role of Sita in the Indian epic Ramayana. She is both a teacher and one of the stars of  the traditional and highly prestigious Kalakshetra school for the arts, Chennai. The school was founded in 1936 and due to its exacting and demanding schedule is considered India's formost classical dance academy of this ancient cultural art heritage that is informally known as "temple dancing" and that dates back to the Natya Shastra, the 2000 year old text that lays down the principles of Indian dramatic theory and performance. Tamil Nadu, India.
    20071125_india_0146_1.jpg
  • Ganga Thampi, applies make up to her face shortly before taking the staring role of Sita in the Indian epic Ramayana. She is both a teacher and one of the stars of  the traditional and highly prestigious Kalakshetra school for the arts, Chennai. The school was founded in 1936 and due to its exacting and demanding schedule is considered India's formost classical dance academy of this ancient cultural art heritage that is informally known as "temple dancing" and that dates back to the Natya Shastra, the 2000 year old text that lays down the principles of Indian dramatic theory and performance. Tamil Nadu, India.
    20071125_india_0127_1.jpg
  • Ganga Thampi, applies make up to her face shortly before taking the staring role of Sita in the Indian epic Ramayana. She is both a teacher and one of the stars of  the traditional and highly prestigious Kalakshetra school for the arts, Chennai. The school was founded in 1936 and due to its exacting and demanding schedule is considered India's formost classical dance academy of this ancient cultural art heritage that is informally known as "temple dancing" and that dates back to the Natya Shastra, the 2000 year old text that lays down the principles of Indian dramatic theory and performance. Tamil Nadu, India.
    20071125_india_0100_1.jpg
  • Ganga Thampi, applies make up to her face shortly before taking the staring role of Sita in the Indian epic Ramayana. She is both a teacher and one of the stars of  the traditional and highly prestigious Kalakshetra school for the arts, Chennai. The school was founded in 1936 and due to its exacting and demanding schedule is considered India's formost classical dance academy of this ancient cultural art heritage that is informally known as "temple dancing" and that dates back to the Natya Shastra, the 2000 year old text that lays down the principles of Indian dramatic theory and performance. Tamil Nadu, India.
    20071125_india_0044_1.jpg
  • Ganga Thampi, teaches young   dancers  movement, rhythm and expression, known as "nritya" and seen here a lesson in "abhinaya", or stylized expressions at the traditional and highly prestigious Kalakshetra school for the arts, Chennai. The school was founded in 1936 and due to its exacting and demanding schedule is considered India's formost classical dance academy of this ancient cultural art heritage that is informally known as "temple dancing" and that dates back to the Natya Shastra, the 2000 year old text that lays down the principles of Indian dramatic theory and performance. Tamil Nadu, India
    20071120_india_0244_1.jpg
  • Ganga Thampi, teaches young   dancers  movement, rhythm and expression, known as "nritya" and seen here a lesson in "abhinaya", or stylized expressions at the traditional and highly prestigious Kalakshetra school for the arts, Chennai. The school was founded in 1936 and due to its exacting and demanding schedule is considered India's formost classical dance academy of this ancient cultural art heritage that is informally known as "temple dancing" and that dates back to the Natya Shastra, the 2000 year old text that lays down the principles of Indian dramatic theory and performance. Tamil Nadu, India
    20071120_india_0240_1.jpg
  • Ganga Thampi a classical dance performer and teacher in a quiet moment of meditative yoga before a lesson at the highly prestigious Kalakshetra school for the arts, Chennai. The school was founded in 1936 and due to its exacting and demanding schedule is considered India's formost classical dance academy of this ancient cultural art heritage that is informally known as "temple dancing" and that dates back to the Natya Shastra, the 2000 year old text that lays down the principles of Indian dramatic theory and performance. Tamil Nadu, India.
    20071120_india_0170_1.jpg
  • Young indian dancers  practice and train in the traditional and highly prestigious Kalakshetra school for the arts, Chennai. The school was founded in 1936 and due to its exacting and demanding schedule is considered India's formost classical dance academy of this ancient cultural art heritage that is informally known as "temple dancing" and that dates back to the Natya Shastra, the 2000 year old text that lays down the principles of Indian dramatic theory and performance. Tamil Nadu, India.
    20071120_india_0132_1.jpg
  • Young indian dancers  practice and train in the traditional and highly prestigious Kalakshetra school for the arts, Chennai. The school was founded in 1936 and due to its exacting and demanding schedule is considered India's formost classical dance academy of this ancient cultural art heritage that is informally known as "temple dancing" and that dates back to the Natya Shastra, the 2000 year old text that lays down the principles of Indian dramatic theory and performance. Tamil Nadu, India.
    20071120_india_0108_1.jpg
  • Ganga Thampi, teaches young  trainee dancers  movement, rhythm and expression, known as "nritya" and seen here a lesson in "abhinaya", or stylized expressions at the traditional and highly prestigious Kalakshetra school for the arts, Chennai. The school was founded in 1936 and due to its exacting and demanding schedule is considered India's formost classical dance academy of this ancient cultural art heritage that is informally known as "temple dancing" and that dates back to the Natya Shastra, the 2000 year old text that lays down the principles of Indian dramatic theory and performance. Tamil Nadu, India.
    20071119_india_0368_1.jpg
  • Ganga Thampi, teaches young  trainee dancers  movement, rhythm and expression, known as "nritya" and seen here a lesson in "abhinaya", or stylized expressions at the traditional and highly prestigious Kalakshetra school for the arts, Chennai. The school was founded in 1936 and due to its exacting and demanding schedule is considered India's formost classical dance academy of this ancient cultural art heritage that is informally known as "temple dancing" and that dates back to the Natya Shastra, the 2000 year old text that lays down the principles of Indian dramatic theory and performance. Tamil Nadu, India.
    20071119_india_0302_1.jpg
  • Ganga Thampi, teaches young  trainee dancers  movement, rhythm and expression, known as "nritya" and seen here a lesson in "abhinaya", or stylized expressions at the traditional and highly prestigious Kalakshetra school for the arts, Chennai. The school was founded in 1936 and due to its exacting and demanding schedule is considered India's formost classical dance academy of this ancient cultural art heritage that is informally known as "temple dancing" and that dates back to the Natya Shastra, the 2000 year old text that lays down the principles of Indian dramatic theory and performance. Tamil Nadu, India.
    20071119_india_0287_1.jpg
  • Students and teachers have lunch and rest after an intense morning's  session of dance practice and routines  at the traditional and highly prestigious Kalakshetra school for the arts, Chennai. The school was founded in 1936 and due to its exacting and demanding schedule is considered India's formost classical dance academy of this ancient cultural art heritage that is informally known as "temple dancing" and that dates back to the Natya Shastra, the 2000 year old text that lays down the principles of Indian dramatic theory and performance. Tamil Nadu, India.
    20071119_india_0239_1.jpg
  • Young indian trainee dancers  practice and train in the traditional and highly prestigious Kalakshetra school for the arts, Chennai. The school was founded in 1936 and due to its exacting and demanding schedule is considered India's formost classical dance academy of this ancient cultural art heritage that is informally known as "temple dancing" and that dates back to the Natya Shastra, the 2000 year old text that lays down the principles of Indian dramatic theory and performance. Tamil Nadu, India.
    20071119_india_0169_1.jpg
  • A teacher adjusts a student's hand in the "mudra" (gesture) called "katakamukh" as well as teaching a  young dancer  movement, rhythm and expression, known as "nritya" at the traditional and highly prestigious Kalakshetra school for the arts, Chennai. The school was founded in 1936 and due to its exacting and demanding schedule is considered India's formost classical dance academy of this ancient cultural art heritage that is informally known as "temple dancing" and that dates back to the Natya Shastra, the 2000 year old text that lays down the principles of Indian dramatic theory and performance. Tamil Nadu, India.
    20071119_india_0090_1.jpg
  • Ganga Thampi, teaches young  trainee dancers  movement, rhythm and expression, known as nritya at the traditional and highly prestigious Kalakshetra school for the arts, Chennai. The school was founded in 1936 and due to its exacting and demanding schedule is considered India's formost classical dance academy of this ancient cultural art heritage that is informally known as "temple dancing" and that dates back to the Natya Shastra, the 2000 year old text that lays down the principles of Indian dramatic theory and performance. Tamil Nadu, India.
    20071119_india_0071_1.jpg
  • Young indian trainee dancers  practice and train in the traditional and highly prestigious Kalakshetra school for the arts, Chennai. The school was founded in 1936 and due to its exacting and demanding schedule is considered India's formost classical dance academy of this ancient cultural art heritage that is informally known as "temple dancing" and that dates back to the Natya Shastra, the 2000 year old text that lays down the principles of Indian dramatic theory and performance. Tamil Nadu, India.
    20071119_india_0035_1.jpg
  • Nobleman Nahar Singhji, also known as Rao Saheb  sits in his living room reviewing a book he has written at his lake side home on the grounds of the Deogarh Mahal Palace, now a heritage hotel.  This architectural jewel was, prior to it becoming so in 1996, a fortress - palace, dating back 340 years. It belonged to the Mewar aristocracy, their magnificent fort a fitting stronghold for one of its sixteen “umraos” - the most senior feudal barons attending on the Maharana of Udaipur, Rajasthan,
    20071114_india_0092_1.jpg
  • Nobleman Nahar Singhji, also known as Rao Saheb (center left), with his wife Rani Saheb (center), son, daughter-in-law and grandaughter, enjoy a relaxed breakfast in their lake side home on the grounds of the Deogarh Mahal Palace, now a heritage hotel.  This architectural jewel was, prior to it becoming so in 1996, a fortress - palace, dating back 340 years. It belonged to the Mewar aristocracy, their magnificent fort a fitting stronghold for one of its sixteen “umraos” - the most senior feudal barons attending on the Maharana of Udaipur, Rajasthan,
    20071114_india_0063_1.jpg
  • Nobleman Nahar Singhji, also known as Rao Saheb, relaxes  with his wife Rani Saheb on a terrace of the Deogarh Mahal (Fort - Palace) a 340 year old architectural jewel. She being the chief decorator of the now heritage hotel, after the family had no way of maintaining it's upkeep. His family belonged to the Umroa’s of Udaipur. “Lords” of the State of Mewar, paying allegiance to the Maharana of Udaipur. Eight generations of his family have lived in the Deogarh fort after which in 1996 it was converted into a hotel, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
    20071113_india_0333_1.jpg
  • Nobleman Nahar Singhji, also known as Rao Saheb, sits in the Sheesh Mahal suite of Deogarh Mahal (Fort -Palace) a 340 year old architectural jewel, now converted into  a heritage hotel after the family had no way of maintaining it's upkeep. His family belonged to the Umroa’s of Udaipur. “Lords” of the State of Mewar, paying allegiance to the Maharana of Udaipur. Eight generations of his family have lived in the Deogarh fort after which in 1996 it was converted into a hotel, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
    20071113_india_0016_1.jpg
  • Rehearsing Swan Lake at the Colón opera house, Buenos Aires city, Argentina.
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  • Soldiers  of the Presidential Bodyguard begin the  Changing of the Guard ceremony as they march past the Central Secretariat towards the Rashtrapati Bhavan Palace. They march in formation for the 40 minute Saturday  ceremony where they will take up their posts in guarding the palace. They march from the grounds of the Palace up the Rajpath to the Central Secretariat, or Ministry of Defence and back to the palace grounds where they will hand the ceremonial keys to their replacement soldiers. The PBG is the Indian Army's preeminent regiment founded in 1773 during the British occupation, this handpicked unit began with a mere 50 men and today stands at 160 soldiers plus 50 support staff. It has a dual role, both as a ceremonial guard for the President of India, with all its finery at important state functions, as well as an elite operational unit for the Indian Army which has seen action in many battle fronts, in particular the on going disputed region of Kashmir.
    20071222_india_0242_1.jpg
  • Soldiers of the Presidential Bodyguard regiment (also known as the PBG) prepare the final touches before they head out of their barracks to the Rashtrapati Bhavan,(the Presidential Palace),  the Presidential Bodyguard march in formation for the 40 minute Saturday Changing of the Guard ceremony where they will take up their posts in guarding the palace. They march from the grounds of the Palace up the Rajpath to the Central Secretariat, or Ministry of Defence and back to the palace grounds where they will hand the ceremonial keys to their replacement soldiers. The PBG is the Indian Army's preeminent regiment founded in 1773 during the British occupation, this handpicked unit began with a mere 50 men and today stands at 160 soldiers plus 50 support staff. It has a dual role, both as a ceremonial guard for the President of India, with all its finery at important state functions, as well as an elite operational unit for the Indian Army which has seen action in many battle fronts, in particular the on going disputed region of Kashmir.
    20071222_india_0121-3_1.jpg
  • The grand finale of a performance of the Indian epic the Ramayana Ganga Thampi (center), plays the role of Sita the wronged wife of the exiled King Rama. She is both teacher and one of the stars of  the traditional and highly prestigious Kalakshetra school for the arts, Chennai. The school was founded in 1936 and due to its exacting and demanding schedule is considered India's formost classical dance academy of this ancient cultural art heritage that is informally known as "temple dancing" and that dates back to the Natya Shastra, the 2000 year old text that lays down the principles of Indian dramatic theory and performance. Tamil Nadu, India.
    20071125_india_0316_1.jpg
  • Ganga Thampi, applies make up to her feet shortly before taking the staring role of Sita in the Indian epic Ramayana. She is both a teacher and one of the stars of  the traditional and highly prestigious Kalakshetra school for the arts, Chennai. The school was founded in 1936 and due to its exacting and demanding schedule is considered India's formost classical dance academy of this ancient cultural art heritage that is informally known as "temple dancing" and that dates back to the Natya Shastra, the 2000 year old text that lays down the principles of Indian dramatic theory and performance. Tamil Nadu, India.
    20071125_india_0193_1.jpg
  • Ganga Thampi, applies make up to her face shortly before taking the staring role of Sita in the Indian epic Ramayana. She is both a teacher and one of the stars of  the traditional and highly prestigious Kalakshetra school for the arts, Chennai. The school was founded in 1936 and due to its exacting and demanding schedule is considered India's formost classical dance academy of this ancient cultural art heritage that is informally known as "temple dancing" and that dates back to the Natya Shastra, the 2000 year old text that lays down the principles of Indian dramatic theory and performance. Tamil Nadu, India.
    20071125_india_0091_1.jpg
  • Ganga Thampi, applies make up to her face shortly before taking the staring role of Sita in the Indian epic Ramayana. She is both a teacher and one of the stars of  the traditional and highly prestigious Kalakshetra school for the arts, Chennai. The school was founded in 1936 and due to its exacting and demanding schedule is considered India's formost classical dance academy of this ancient cultural art heritage that is informally known as "temple dancing" and that dates back to the Natya Shastra, the 2000 year old text that lays down the principles of Indian dramatic theory and performance. Tamil Nadu, India.
    20071125_india_0069_1.jpg
  • Ganga Thampi, applies make up to her face shortly before taking the staring role of Sita in the Indian epic Ramayana. She is both a teacher and one of the stars of  the traditional and highly prestigious Kalakshetra school for the arts, Chennai. The school was founded in 1936 and due to its exacting and demanding schedule is considered India's formost classical dance academy of this ancient cultural art heritage that is informally known as "temple dancing" and that dates back to the Natya Shastra, the 2000 year old text that lays down the principles of Indian dramatic theory and performance. Tamil Nadu, India.
    20071125_india_0014_1.jpg
  • Ganga Thampi, teaches young   dancers  movement, rhythm and expression, known as "nritya" and seen here a lesson in "abhinaya", or stylized expressions at the traditional and highly prestigious Kalakshetra school for the arts, Chennai. The school was founded in 1936 and due to its exacting and demanding schedule is considered India's formost classical dance academy of this ancient cultural art heritage that is informally known as "temple dancing" and that dates back to the Natya Shastra, the 2000 year old text that lays down the principles of Indian dramatic theory and performance. Tamil Nadu, India
    20071120_india_0186_1.jpg
  • Ganga Thampi, teaches young  trainee dancers  movement, rhythm and expression, known as "nritya" and seen here a lesson in "abhinaya", or stylized expressions at the traditional and highly prestigious Kalakshetra school for the arts, Chennai. The school was founded in 1936 and due to its exacting and demanding schedule is considered India's formost classical dance academy of this ancient cultural art heritage that is informally known as "temple dancing" and that dates back to the Natya Shastra, the 2000 year old text that lays down the principles of Indian dramatic theory and performance. Tamil Nadu, India.
    20071119_india_0334_1.jpg
  • Ganga Thampi, teaches young  trainee dancers  movement, rhythm and expression, known as "nritya" and seen here a lesson in "abhinaya", or stylized expressions at the traditional and highly prestigious Kalakshetra school for the arts, Chennai. The school was founded in 1936 and due to its exacting and demanding schedule is considered India's formost classical dance academy of this ancient cultural art heritage that is informally known as "temple dancing" and that dates back to the Natya Shastra, the 2000 year old text that lays down the principles of Indian dramatic theory and performance. Tamil Nadu, India.
    20071119_india_0299_1.jpg
  • Ganga Thampi, teaches young  trainee dancers  movement, rhythm and expression, known as "nritya" and seen here a lesson in "abhinaya", or stylized expressions at the traditional and highly prestigious Kalakshetra school for the arts, Chennai. The school was founded in 1936 and due to its exacting and demanding schedule is considered India's formost classical dance academy of this ancient cultural art heritage that is informally known as "temple dancing" and that dates back to the Natya Shastra, the 2000 year old text that lays down the principles of Indian dramatic theory and performance. Tamil Nadu, India.
    20071119_india_0292_1.jpg
  • Ganga Thampi, teaches young  trainee dancers  movement, rhythm and expression, known as "nritya" as well as focusing on the gesture of the hands known as "katakamukh" at the traditional and highly prestigious Kalakshetra school for the arts, Chennai. The school was founded in 1936 and due to its exacting and demanding schedule is considered India's formost classical dance academy of this ancient cultural art heritage that is informally known as "temple dancing" and that dates back to the Natya Shastra, the 2000 year old text that lays down the principles of Indian dramatic theory and performance. Tamil Nadu, India.
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  • Ganga Thampi, teaches young  trainee dancers  movement, rhythm and expression, known as nritya at the traditional and highly prestigious Kalakshetra school for the arts, Chennai. The school was founded in 1936 and due to its exacting and demanding schedule is considered India's formost classical dance academy of this ancient cultural art heritage that is informally known as "temple dancing" and that dates back to the Natya Shastra, the 2000 year old text that lays down the principles of Indian dramatic theory and performance. Tamil Nadu, India.
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  • Nobleman Nahar Singhji, also known as Rao Saheb, stands in discussion with his wife Rani Saheb in the Sheesh Mahal suite of Deogarh Mahal (Fort -Palace) a 340 year old, she is the chief decorator of this architectural jewel, now converted into  a heritage hotel after the family had no way of maintaining it's upkeep. His family belonged to the Umroa’s of Udaipur. “Lords” of the State of Mewar, paying allegiance to the Maharana of Udaipur. Eight generations of his family have lived in the Deogarh fort after which in 1996 it was converted into a hotel, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
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  • The sitting room in Villa Spaletti Trivelli Hotel, a 5 star, antique boutique Hotel in Rome, Italy.
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  • Breakfast room in Villa Spaletti Trivelli Hotel, a 5 star, antique boutique Hotel in Rome, Italy.
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  • The finalists of the French leg of tandems surfing’s world tour pose in Seignosse, Left to right: , Dhelia Birou, 20, and  Clement Cetran; Caroline and Loic; Jeremy Boisson, 24, and  Julie Desarnaud, 17 and finally Rico Leroy, 35,  and Sarah Burel, 19. Tandem surfing is a hybrid of surfing and acrobatics. It originated in the 1930s in Hawaii when the Waikiki Beach boys would take female tourists for rides on their boards it has since evolved into an international competition sport (run by ITSA) where couples perform complex gymnastics on surf.
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  • The finalists of the French leg of tandems surfing’s world tour pose in Seignosse, Left to right: , Dhelia Birou, 20, and  Clement Cetran; Caroline and Loic; Jeremy Boisson, 24, and  Julie Desarnaud, 17 and finally Rico Leroy, 35,  and Sarah Burel, 19. Tandem surfing is a hybrid of surfing and acrobatics. It originated in the 1930s in Hawaii when the Waikiki Beach boys would take female tourists for rides on their boards it has since evolved into an international competition sport (run by ITSA) where couples perform complex gymnastics on surf.
    tandemsurfers29_1.jpg
  • Rico Leroy, 35 and  Sarah Burel, 19, demonstrating a tandem Surfing lift the day before the French Tandem Surfing finals. Tandem surfing is a hybrid of surfing and acrobatics. Originating in the 1930s in Hawaii when the Waikiki Beach boys would take female tourists for rides on their boards it has since evolved into an international competition sport where couples perform complex Gymnastics on Surf.
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  • Tandem Surfer Dhelia Birou, 20 is lifted by her partner  Clement Cetran during a training session on the beach at Seignosse, France. Tandem surfing is a hybrid of surfing and acrobatics. Originating in the 1930s in Hawaii when the Waikiki Beach boys would take female tourists for rides on their boards it has since evolved into an international competition sport where couples perform complex Gymnastics on Surf.
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  • Eric Andre and Ophelie; Rico Leroy, 35, and  Sarah Burel, 19 show off skills developed for competitive tandem surfing, the French leg of the world tandem tour, Seignossse. Tandem surfing is a hybrid of surfing and acrobatics. It originated in the 1930s in Hawaii when the Waikiki Beach boys would take female tourists for rides on their <br />
Boards. It has since evolved into an international competition sport where couples perform complex Gymnastics on Surf.
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  • Marie and Julien tandem surfers exit the surf during a heat at the French leg of the world tandem tour at Seignossse. Tandem surfing is a hybrid of surfing and acrobatics. It originated in the 1930s in Hawaii when the Waikiki Beach boys would take female tourists for rides on their boards. It has since evolved into an international competition sport where couples perform complex gymnastics on surf.
    tandemsurfers22_1.jpg
  • A couple examine a scoring chart at the French Tandem Surfing Finals. The competitors are competing for a share of  $3000 dollars in  prize money. Contestants are judged on different types of lifts which are scored according to their difficulty with certain lifts getting many more points. <br />
Tandem surfing is a hybrid of surfing and acrobatics. It originated in the 1930s in Hawaii when the Waikiki beach boys would take female tourists for rides on their boards it has since evolved into an international competition sport where couples perform complex Gymnastics on Surf.
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  • Jan and Virginie return from the water not entirely happy with their performance at   the French Tandem Surfing Finals.  Surprisingly rarely for this sport, they are a couple on and off the water which might explain why they were arguing and why they left the event shortly after the picture was taken.
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  • Tandem surfers Dhelia Birou, 20 and  Clement Cetran, take time out at an event in Seignosse, France. Tandem surfing is a hybrid of surfing and acrobatics. It originated in the 1930s in Hawaii when the Waikiki Beach boys would take female tourists for rides on their boards.
    tandemsurfers17_1.jpg
  • Tandem surfers Dhelia Birou, 20 and Clement Cetran, practising lifts prior to the French leg of the tandem surfing world tour. They are hoping to win prize money of  up to $1200. Tandem surfing is a hybrid of surfing and acrobatics. Originating in the 1930s in Hawaii when the Waikiki Beach boys would take female tourists for rides on their boards.
    tandemsurfers15_1.jpg
  • Rico Leroy, 35 and Sarah Burel, 19, demonstrating a tandem Surfing lift the day before the French Tandem Surfing finals. Tandem surfing is a hybrid of surfing and acrobatics. Originating in the 1930s in Hawaii when the Waikiki Beach boys would take female tourists for rides on their boards. The sport was most popular in the 50s and 60 s. It is however currently enjoying a renaissance after several decades in the doldrums thanks mainly to the work of Rico Leroy, a passionate ex-French pole vaulter who has set up the International Tandem Surfing Association  (ITSA).
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  • A beautifully simple white cotton shirt by couturier Margaret Howell is displayed in the company's workshop factory in Edmonton, North London. England. Ironed without creases, the garment has been set on a dress making tailor's dummy made by Kennett and Lindsell of Romford Essex. The pure white shirt is seen against a similarly-toned white wall and lit by daylight. Howell is one of Britain's more understated of couture brands alongside more flamboyant personalities. Howell admits to being "inspired by the methods by which something is made .. enjoying the tactile quality of natural fabrics such as tweeds, linen and cotton in a relaxed, natural and lived in look."
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  • A Japanese buyer watches a male model walk the catwalk of couturier Margaret Howell's Fashion Week show rehearsal in the company's retail flagship and design studio at 34 Wigmore Street, Central London England. Making notes on his clipboard as he looks at the striding man, the audience has yet to arrive so we see a largely empty scene that usually  serves as a shop. Howell is one of Britain's more understated of couture brands alongside more flamboyant personalities. Howell admits to being "inspired by the methods by which something is made .. enjoying the tactile quality of natural fabrics such as tweeds, linen and cotton in a relaxed, natural and lived in look."
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  • An employee of British couturier Margaret Howell models a simple white top in the company's retail flagship and design studio at 34 Wigmore Street, Central London England. In a back rooom studio workshop, the group of 5 staff with Margaret Howell in the middle, they dicsuss the positives of the garment that is considered for a forthcoming collection. Racks of clothes are in the background and they sit around a trestle table. Howell is one of Britain's more understated of couture brands alongside more flamboyant personalities. Howell admits to being "inspired by the methods by which something is made .. enjoying the tactile quality of natural fabrics such as tweeds, linen and cotton in a relaxed, natural and lived in look."
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  • Historic Charleston housing  and architecture at the Battery, South Carolina,USA.
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  • Detail shot in Villa Spaletti Trivelli Hotel, a 5 star, antique boutique Hotel in Rome, Italy.
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  • Rico Leroy, 35 and Sarah Burel, 19, during a training session  the day before the French Tandem Surfing finals. Tandem surfing is a hybrid of surfing and acrobatics. It originated in the 1930s in Hawaii when the Waikiki Beach boys would take female tourists for rides on their boards it has since evolved into an international competition sport where couples perform complex Gymnastics on Surf.
    tandemsurfers21_1.jpg
  • Rico Leroy’s Surfboard Anglet, near Biarritz, South West France.
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  • Tandem surfers Dhelia Birou, 20 and Clement Cetran, take time out at an event in Seignosse, France. Tandem surfing is a hybrid of surfing and acrobatics. It originated in the 1930s in Hawaii when the Waikiki Beach boys would take female tourists for rides on their boards.
    tandemsurfers7_1.jpg
  • A surfer makes his way down to the beach at Seignosse, South of France. Tandem surfing is a hybrid of surfing and acrobatics. It originated in the 1930s in Hawaii when the Waikiki Beach boys would take female tourists for rides on their boards.  The sport was most popular in the 50s and 60s. It is, however, currently enjoying a renaissance after several decades in the doldrums thanks mainly to the work of  Rico Leroy who set up The International Tandem Surfing Association  or ITSA.
    tandemsurfers5_1.jpg
  • Tandem surfers practising prior to the semi-final, French leg, tandem surfing world tour: (Eric Andre and Ophelie foreground,  Dhelia Birou, 20 and  Clement Cetran  background).  Competitors are judged on different types of lifts which are scored according to their difficulty as well as general grace and surfing prowess. Tandem surfing is a hybrid of surfing and acrobatics. Originating in the 1930’s in Hawaii when the Waikiki Beach boys would take female tourists for rides on their boards.
    tandemsurfers_1.jpg
  • A detail showing the fine stitching of a cotton dress by couturier Margaret Howell in the company's workshop factory in Edmonton, North London. England. In close-up, the eye is drawn into the centre of focus where the buttons are held in a criss-cross stich in its four holes. There are pins in this still prototype design as it evolves from an idea on paper to an actual garment. The fine check pattern of its fabric is beautifully sewn together in this fine and intricate dress. Howell is one of Britain's more understated of couture brands alongside more flamboyant personalities. Howell admits to being "inspired by the methods by which something is made .. enjoying the tactile quality of natural fabrics such as tweeds, linen and cotton in a relaxed, natural and lived in look."
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  • Vicksburg, Mississippi at dusk. This elegant historic town with its pillar fronted houses and cotton legacy  is transformed as the remains of a storm at sunset  turn the sky iridescent. There are perhaps defining moments on all big trips. Arriving in Vicksburg, Mississippi at dusk just as a  huge thunderstorm was beginning to break was one of them. It had been raining so hard, that an alligator had mistook the four-lane Interstate for the swollen Mississippi beside it and tragically met its death there. But as we drew into elegant Vicksburg, with its pillar-fronted houses on hilly streets, something astonishing happened. The sky, the result of a hot, setting sun, and the remains of a storm, was suddenly alive with an iridescent glow, so otherworldly, it looked like a space ship had landed. A rainbow stretched between two red brick towers, and you could just hear hear a steamer's horn, as it edged its way down the mighty Mississippi.
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  • Vicksburg, Mississippi at dusk. This elegant historic town with its pillar fronted houses and cotton legacy  is transformed as the remains of a storm at sunset  turn the sky iridescent. There are perhaps defining moments on all big trips. Arriving in Vicksburg, Mississippi at dusk just as a  huge thunderstorm was beginning to break was one of them. It had been raining so hard, that an alligator had mistook the four-lane Interstate for the swollen Mississippi beside it and tragically met its death there. But as we drew into elegant Vicksburg, with its pillar-fronted houses on hilly streets, something astonishing happened. The sky, the result of a hot, setting sun, and the remains of a storm, was suddenly alive with an iridescent glow, so otherworldly, it looked like a space ship had landed.  A rainbow stretched between two red brick towers, and you could just hear hear a steamer's horn, as it edged its way down the mighty Mississippi.
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  • Casino on converted steamer, Vicksburg, Mississippi at dusk. This elegant historic town with its pillar fronted houses and cotton legacy  is transformed as the remains of a storm at sunset  turn the sky iridescent. There are perhaps defining moments on all big trips. Arriving in Vicksburg, Mississippi at dusk just as a  huge thunderstorm was beginning to break was one of them . <br />
<br />
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“It had been raining so hard, that an alligator had mistook the<br />
four-lane Interstate for the swollen Mississippi beside it and tragically met its death there. But as we drew into elegant Vicksburg, with its pillar-fronted houses on hilly streets, something astonishing happened.<br />
The sky, the result of a hot, setting sun, and the remains of a storm, was suddenly alive with an iridescent glow, so otherworldly, it looked like a space ship had landed.  A rainbow stretched between two red brick towers, and you could just hear hear a steamer's horn, as it edged its way down the mighty Mississippi
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  • One staircase entrance to Kino Lucerna cinema in the marbled atrium kiosk in Lucerna Gallery, on 19th March, 2018, in Prague, the Czech Republic. Lucerna is the most elegant of Nove Mesto’s many shopping arcades runs through the art-nouveau Lucerna Palace 1920, between Stepanska and Vodickova streets. The complex was designed by Vaclav Havel grandfather of the former president, and is still partially owned by the family. It includes theatres, a cinema, shops, a rock club and several cafes and restaurants. Here St Wenceslas sits astride a horse that is decidedly dead; it’s safe to assume this is a reference to Vaclav Klaus, president of the Czech Republic from 2003 to 2013.
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  • Contemporary stained glass windows by V Stanek and J Sebek featuring cherubs in a garden on the upper floor of the Lucerna Cinema, on 19th March, 2018, in Prague, the Czech Republic. The most elegant of Nove Mesto’s many shopping arcades runs through the art-nouveau Lucerna Palace 1920, between Stepanska and Vodickova streets. The complex was designed by Vaclav Havel grandfather of the former president, and is still partially owned by the family. It includes theatres, a cinema, shops, a rock club and several cafes and restaurants.
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  • Cinema-goers buy tickets for Kino Lucerna in the marbled atrium kiosk in Lucerna Gallery, on 19th March, 2018, in Prague, the Czech Republic. Lucerna is the most elegant of Nove Mesto’s many shopping arcades runs through the art-nouveau Lucerna Palace 1920, between Stepanska and Vodickova streets. The complex was designed by Vaclav Havel grandfather of the former president, and is still partially owned by the family. It includes theatres, a cinema, shops, a rock club and several cafes and restaurants. Here St Wenceslas sits astride a horse that is decidedly dead; it’s safe to assume this is a reference to Vaclav Klaus, president of the Czech Republic from 2003 to 2013.
    prague-190-19-03-2018.jpg
  • Contemporary stained glass windows by V Stanek and J Sebek featuring cherubs in a garden on the upper floor of the Lucerna Cinema, on 19th March, 2018, in Prague, the Czech Republic. The most elegant of Nove Mesto’s many shopping arcades runs through the art-nouveau Lucerna Palace 1920, between Stepanska and Vodickova streets. The complex was designed by Vaclav Havel grandfather of the former president, and is still partially owned by the family. It includes theatres, a cinema, shops, a rock club and several cafes and restaurants.
    prague-186-19-03-2018.jpg
  • Contemporary stained glass windows by V Stanek and J Sebek featuring cherubs in a garden on the upper floor of the Lucerna Cinema, on 19th March, 2018, in Prague, the Czech Republic. The most elegant of Nove Mesto’s many shopping arcades runs through the art-nouveau Lucerna Palace 1920, between Stepanska and Vodickova streets. The complex was designed by Vaclav Havel grandfather of the former president, and is still partially owned by the family. It includes theatres, a cinema, shops, a rock club and several cafes and restaurants.
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  • In the marbled atrium where the tickets can be bought for the cinema, hangs David Cerny’s sculpture called Kun, an equestrian sculpture of  St Wenceslas in Wenceslas Square in Lucerna Gallery, on 19th March, 2018, in Prague, the Czech Republic. Lucerna is the most elegant of Nove Mesto’s many shopping arcades runs through the art-nouveau Lucerna Palace 1920, between Stepanska and Vodickova streets. The complex was designed by Vaclav Havel grandfather of the former president, and is still partially owned by the family. It includes theatres, a cinema, shops, a rock club and several cafes and restaurants. Here St Wenceslas sits astride a horse that is decidedly dead; it’s safe to assume this is a reference to Vaclav Klaus, president of the Czech Republic from 2003 to 2013.
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  • Interior of Lucerna Gallery, on 19th March, 2018, in Prague, the Czech Republic. Located between Stepanska and Vodickova streets in Prague 1, Lucerna is the most elegant of Nove Mesto’s many shopping arcades runs through the art-nouveau Lucerna Palace 1920, between Stepanska and Vodickova streets. The complex was designed by Vaclav Havel grandfather of the former president, and is still partially owned by the family. It includes theatres, a cinema, shops, a rock club and several cafes and restaurants. In the marbled atrium hangs artist David Cerny’s sculpture Kun, a wryly amusing counterpart to the equestrian statue of St Wenceslas in Wenceslas Square. Here St Wenceslas sits astride a horse that is decidedly dead; it’s safe to assume this is a reference to Vaclav Klaus, president of the Czech Republic from 2003 to 2013.
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