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	<title>The XM ChallengeIpé Sunrise and Sunsets &#8211; The XM Challenge</title>
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		<title>Ipé Sunrise and Sunsets</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[We have a beautiful ipé hardwood tree in our yard. Every year this tree fills with yellow blossoms and looks like one huge flower. This is considered one of the best hardwood trees in the jungle. Just to give you some idea of how special this wood is, if you google &#8220;Bill Gates floor ipe&#8221; [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<div>We have a beautiful ipé hardwood tree in our yard. Every year this tree</div>
<div>fills with yellow blossoms and looks like one huge flower. This is</div>
<div>considered one of the best hardwood trees in the jungle. Just to give</div>
<div>you some idea of how special this wood is, if you google &#8220;Bill Gates</div>
<div>floor ipe&#8221; you will find an article which says Bill used ipé in his</div>
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<p>Here are a couple of sunsets from the other side of our home.</p>
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