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Sunday, October 1st, 2006
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10:13 am - Memememememememe
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Go to your music player of choice and put it on shuffle.
Say the following questions aloud, and press play.
Use the song titles that come up to answer each question.
NO CHEATING.
How does the world see me?:
Harvy Danger - Flagpole Sitta
Apparently I'm a little odd and philosophical. That works.
Will I have a happy life?:
Puddle of Mudd - Heel over Head
Hrm, apparently my life is a failing relationship, so I guess not.
What do people really think of me?:
Queen - We are the Champions
I win!
Do people secretly lust after me?:
Gravity Kills - Guilty
Somone's got a load on their concience. ;)
How can I make myself happy?
Sixpence None The Richer - Kiss Me
Wow, good advice from Winamp.
What should I do with my life?
Great Big Sea - Kiss My Irish Ass
So drinking, fighting, and going to church.
Will I ever have children?:
Bob Seger - Night Moves
Well, maybe not, but sounds like I'll get practice. ;)
What is some good advice for me?
Tool - Sober
Yeah, I could stand to cut down on the drinking.
What do I think my current theme song is?:
Three Doors Down - Kryptonite
Mm, that's a good fit.
What does everyone else think my current theme song is?:
Song 2 - Blur
Hrm, I apparently come off as hardcore. :)
What song will play at my funeral?
The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
*shudders* Damn, that's true. And creepy.
What type of women/men do you like?:
The Cranberries - Dreams
Mmm. Yeah, I'm a big fan of an Irishwoman who can sing like that.
What is my day going to be like?
Smash Mouth - Allstar
Sounds like a good one!
Why am I here?
Stabbing Westward - What do I have to do?
Trying to decide what to do about a crush? Check.
What will people remember me for?
Default - Wasting My Time
Procrastinators of the world, unite! Tommorow...
What song will I get stuck in my head tomorrow?
Reel 2 Reel - Move it
Too late, it's stuck in my head -today-.
Are there people outside waiting to take me away?
HardWire - The Doctor Who Theme
It damn well better be Tom Baker, that's all I'm saying.
What will this year be all about?
Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Yeah. Seems like that sometimes.
Why was I ever born?
Rolling Stones - Paint It Black
Born to be depressed and angry? I don't agree, but history says so.
What song will be played on my wedding?
Live - The Dolphin's Cry
That's romantic-like. :)
For what I'd kill someone?
Voltaire - When you're evil.
Yeah. Truly irredeemably evil things should be destroyed for the good of the rest of the world.
What is the most precious thing in my room?
Fatboy Slim - Weapon of Choice
Yeah, I am proud of my swords.
With what song will I fall asleep to?
Metallica - The Struggle Within
Old Metallica is like comfort food for the ears.
With what song I'm gonna lose/ I lost my virginity?
Crazy Town - Butterfly
Well, it's got a good beat, and is on topic. ;)
What will be my last thought before I die?
Len - Steal My Sunshine
Yeah. Just right.
I feel so...
Three Doors Down - Here Without You
*sighs* Yeah, a little lonely. I miss my family and friends, even if I am living with one of the best of them.
Best song to describe my hidden sexuality?
Nickelback - Someday
.... yeah, it's been a bit.
Of what am I afraid?
The Cranberries - Zombie
Yeah, I do fear the undead.
My favourite quote:
Firefly - Main Theme
"Burn the land, boil the sea, you can't take the sky from me..."
I like to...
Everclear - Santa Monica
Lonely and dreaming of the west coast isnt exactly right... it's the midwest I miss.
I wanna ... you
REM - Shiny Happy People
I -do- want to make someone specific happy.
... me
Incubus - Pardon Me
Pardon me while I burst into flames...
What do I wanna do now?
Crystal Method - Trip Like I Do
Mind altering drugs aren't usually my style, but if you insist...
What do I actually desire?
Nickelback - Figured You Out
Yep.
What would I do to take over the world?
Tool - Aenema
Destroy all the stupidy and start fresh? Sounds like a plan.
My greatest desire?
Jimmy Eat World - The Middle
It's only in my head I feel left out and looked down on, eh.
I have ... in my pants!
Evanescence - My Immortal
Amy can be in my pants any time she wants to. Really, I don't mind.
Wanna have for X-mas:
ISU Band - The Iowa State University Fight Song
Yeah, getting back into school would be a great christmas present.
I like to lick:
System of a Down - Chop Suey
Chinese food for the win!
I would say ... to my first love
Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight
"Save tonight, and fight the break of dawn. Come tommorow, tommorow I'll be gone..."
Yeah. Life is too short to not act out of fear.
Wanna screw...
Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now - Techno Remix
:)
Why am I still writing this stupid questionairre?
Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
Yeah, I am kinda chilling today.
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| Friday, July 14th, 2006
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10:29 am
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Yes, this reads as a bit extreme, but I think he's got some good points.
"We all know Dick Lamm as the former Governor of Colorado. In that context his thoughts are particularly poignant. Last week there was an immigration-overpopulation conference in Washington, DC, filled to capacity by many of American's finest minds and leaders. A brilliant college professor named Victor Hansen Davis talked about his latest book, "Mexifornia," explaining how immigration - both legal and illegal was destroying the entire state of California. He said it would march across the country until it destroyed all vestiges of The American Dream!
Moments later, former Colorado Governor Richard D. Lamm stood up and gave a stunning speech on how to destroy America. The audience sat spellbound as he described eight methods for the destruction of the United States.
He said, "If you believe that America is too smug, too self-satisfied, too rich, then let's destroy America. It is not that hard to do. No nation in history has survived the ravages of time. Arnold Toynbee observed that all great civilizations rise and fall and that 'An autopsy of history would show that all great nations commit suicide.'"
1. "Here is how they do it," Lamm said: "Turn America into a bilingual or multi-lingual and bicultural country. History shows that no nation can survive the tension, conflict, and antagonism of two or more competing languages and cultures. It is a blessing for an individual to be bilingual; however, it is a curse for a society to be bilingual. "The historical scholar Seymour Lipset put it this way: 'The histories of bilingual and bi-cultural societies that do not assimilate are histories of turmoil, tension, and tragedy.' Canada, Belgium, Malaysia, Lebanon all face crises of national existence in which minorities press for autonomy, if not independence. Pakistan and Cyprus have divided. Nigeria suppressed an ethnic rebellion. France faces difficulties with Basques, Bretons, and Corsicans."
2. Lamm went on: "Invent 'multiculturalism' and encourage immigrants to maintain their culture. I would make it an article of belief that all cultures are equal. That there are no cultural differences. I would make it an article of faith that the Black and Hispanic dropout rates are due to prejudice and discrimination by the majority. Every other explanation is out of bounds.
3. "We could make the United States an 'Hispanic Quebec' without much effort. The key is to celebrate diversity rather than unity. As Benjamin Schwarz said in the Atlantic Monthly recently: 'The apparent success of our own multiethnic and multicultural experiment might have been achieved not by tolerance but by hegemony. Without the dominance that once dictated ethnocentrically and what it meant to be an American, we are left with only tolerance and pluralism to hold us together.'"
4. Lamm said, "I would encourage all immigrants to keep their own language and culture. I would replace the melting pot metaphor with the salad bowl metaphor. It is important to ensure that we have various cultural subgroups living in America reinforcing their differences rather than as Americans, emphasizing their similarities."
5. "Fourth, I would make our fastest growing demographic group the least educated. I would add a second underclass, unassimilated, undereducated, and antagonistic to our population. I would have this second underclass have a 50% dropout rate from high school."
6. "My fifth point for destroying America would be to get big foundations and business to give these efforts lots of money. I would invest in ethnic identity, and I would establish the cult of 'Victimology.' I would get all minorities to think their lack of success was the fault of the majority. I would start a grievance industry blaming all minority failure on the majority population."
7. "My sixth plan for America's downfall would include dual citizenship and promote divided loyalties. I would celebrate diversity over unity. I would stress differences rather than similarities. Diverse people worldwide are mostly engaged in hating each other - that is, when they are not killing each other." "A diverse, peaceful, or stable society is against most historical precedent. People undervalue the unity it takes to keep a nation together. Look at the ancient Greeks. The Greeks believed that they belonged to the same race; they possessed a common language and literature; and they worshipped the same gods. All Greece took part in the Olympic games. A common enemy Persia threatened their liberty. Yet all these bonds were not strong enough to over come two factors: local patriotism and geographical conditions that nurtured political divisions. Greece fell. "E. Pluribus Unum" -- From many, one. In that historical reality, if we put the emphasis on the 'pluribus' instead
8. "Next to last, I would place all subjects off limits ~ make it taboo to talk about anything against the cult of 'diversity.' I would find a word similar to 'heretic' in the 16th century - that stopped discussion and paralyzed thinking. Words like 'racist' or 'xenophobe' halt discussion and debate." "Having made America a bilingual/bicultural country, having established multi-culturist, having the large foundations fund the doctrine of 'Victimology,' I would next make it impossible to enforce our immigration laws. I would develop a mantra: That because immigration has been good for America, it must always be good. I would make every individual immigrant symmetric and ignore the cumulative impact of millions of them."
9. In the last minute of his speech, Governor Lamm wiped his brow. Profound silence followed. Finally he said, "Lastly, I would censor Victor Hanson Davis' book Mexifornia. His book is dangerous. It exposes the plan to destroy America. If you feel America deserves to be destroyed, don't read that book."
There was no applause. A chilling fear quietly rose like an ominous cloud above every attendee at the conference. Every American in that room knew that everything Lamm enumerated was proceeding methodically, quietly, darkly, yet pervasively across the United States today. Every discussion is being suppressed. Over 100 languages are ripping the foundation of our educational system and national cohesiveness. Barbaric cultures that practice female genital mutilation are growing as we celebrate 'diversity.'
American jobs are vanishing into the Third World as corporations create a Third World in America - take note of California and other states - to date, ten million illegal aliens and growing fast. It is reminiscent of George Orwell's book "1984." In that story, three slogans are engraved in the Ministry of Truth building: "War is peace," "Freedom is slavery," and "Ignorance is strength."
Governor Lamm, walked back to his seat. It dawned on everyone at the conference that our nation and the future of this great democracy is deeply in trouble and worsening fast. If we don't get this immigration monster stopped within three years, it will rage like a California wildfire and destroy everything in its path, especially The American Dream."
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| Tuesday, July 11th, 2006
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12:52 am
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Well, that job never came through... so here's a meme.
If you're on my friendslist, consider yourself tagged.
(Click here to post your own answers for this meme.)
| ✓ I miss somebody right now. (All my friends back in Iowa.) |
✓ I don't watch much TV these days. |
✓ I own lots of books. |
| × I wear glasses or contact lenses. (I need new glasses.) |
✓ I love to play video games. |
× I've tried marijuana. (Fuck no! I get allergic reactions to it at concerts!) |
| ✓ I've watched porn movies. (Who hasn't?) |
× I have been the psycho-ex in a past relationship. |
× I believe honesty is usually the best policy. |
| ✓ I curse sometimes. |
× I have changed a lot mentally over the last year. |
✓ I carry my knife/razor everywhere with me. |
( it goes on... )
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| Tuesday, June 20th, 2006
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5:22 pm - New job on the horizon.
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So, I just got back from my first interview for a new job. Working as a crew member in an old-fashioned country-style barbeque joint here in Texas, called Rudy's. Great place, best BBQ I've had in the state. Fun part is, it pays better than my current job as a Geek Squad Agent, and offers full-time with comprehensive benefits. I'm going to do my best to get this, as more and more I discover I -despise- retail, and miss foodservice work.
current mood:  hopeful
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| Tuesday, April 25th, 2006
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5:31 am
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Insomnia = Late night gym.
Ran 1.5 miles in 20 minutes.
Pulldowns, triceps press, biceps curl, bench press, overhead press, shoulder press, and flys. Oh, and 2 hours in the pool.
Maybe now I can sleep.
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| Thursday, April 20th, 2006
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9:42 pm
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Once again, I have commited gym.
Ran 1.65 miles in 20 minutes tonight. Pretty good for me.
Leg press, leg curls, leg extensions, hip adduction and abduction, glute press, calf raises, and 20 lengths of the pool complete the workout.
Oh, and new personal record. I leg pressed 400lbs for 4 reps tonight, and that was at the end of the set. Mmmm legs.
As I get some sweat equity and pain worked into this, I am starting to feel like less of a hypocrite. After all, I find athletic, fit women attractive, yet how could I expect anyone to be attracted to someone who takes the kind of care of themselves that I used to? Ah well, 6 more months of this and I may be getting closer to my standards. And I love challenging myself.
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| Monday, April 17th, 2006
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1:51 am - Food.
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Ok, so I did some math. Figuring for 3 meals, 2 snacks a day, I consume roughly 1645 calories a day. A body the size of mine burns about 2400 staying this weight. Every time I hit the gym, I kill roughly 500 calories on running days, 200 or so on off-days. Therefore, if I hit the gym 5 days a week, (3 running/weights, 2 off-day stretching and swimming), and do 200c worth of housework on the weekends, the math says I'll be 8125 calories in debt each week. At 3500 calories per lb of fat, that's 2.32 lbs of fat a week off of the Kiefer. Of course, the number I exceed standing metabolisim by will go down as my body gets smaller, and needs less calories to stay functional... but the increased pace of my running regimen will make up for that. I'm going to try this plan for 1 week, starting today, and if it works out without me being constantly hungry, or too heavily inconvienenced, then it will be sustainable.
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| Friday, April 14th, 2006
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6:19 pm
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I hurt. This is to be expected, going from PC Potato to actual excercise.
Today : 1.75 miles in 20 minutes of intervals. 5 mins each warmup and cooldown.
Dips, pulldowns, biceps curls, chest press.
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| Wednesday, April 12th, 2006
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7:04 pm - Thus returns the exercise journal.
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Woot!
The Goal : running 3 miles on a regular basis, in 2 months.
Today : 20 mins interval running : 1.56 miles.
This is all part of my master plan. You see, I am a hambeast. A fatty. 6'4, 280 lbs of man-chub. Body Mass Index of 34.7 (obese) I despise this. My family also carries high risk conditions for high blood pressure, diabetes, and major depression. All of wich my fitness level makes me more susceptiable to. So, I'm doing something about it. My goals are simple.
1. To lose somewhere in the neighborhood of 50 lbs, reducing my BMI to 28. This may not be entirely doable, as I am built really heavily, so body fat measurement is forthcoming.
2. To be able to max out for my age bracket on the Army Physical Fitness Test, since the APFT is a pretty decent measure of overall fitness.
3. To be able to keep up with a certain Sgt of my aquaintance, as I am not capable of this at the moment.
4. To look and feel more attractive. I do not find hambeasts attractive, so I do not feel at all attractive being one.
Time period : 6 months. So I have until 12 September 2006.
My diet has allready shifted to drop soda, add breakfast, and eat vegetables constantly. Oh, and drink a gallon and a half or so of water a day, since it's tasty. Weight loss is entirely calories in < calories out. I do take a multivitamin to make sure I get enough of everything important.
We'll see how this goes. I'm starting short term with my goals for the next 2 months.
1. Get established in the exercise routine, and get used to always doing it.
2. Be capable of running 3 miles straight.
3. Be capable of 50 push-ups and 100 situps in a sitting.
current mood:  accomplished
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| Friday, March 17th, 2006
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3:17 pm
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| Wednesday, March 15th, 2006
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6:29 pm - Firey deathtraps!
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So, once again, I have changed cars. The Cavalier I -was- driving decided to lose it's electrical system -and- start leaking gas. All in one day. So I sold it, for more than it was really worth, and bought a -real- car. a 2004 Ford Focus SE. I know, I've given in and actually financed my first real car. Scary, isn't it.
current mood:  nervous
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| Monday, March 13th, 2006
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2:05 am
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A very interesting paper on the nature of boredom and 'ADD' from a couple years ago resides [url=http://www.reciprocality.org/Reciprocality/r1/]here[/url].
It's an interesting take on things. I can honestly say that, now that I'm outside of the school system and have been for a few years, the 'symptoms' of my ADD are very useful. Since I don't get locked into one project or goal, I can out perform almost all of my co-workers due to being adapted to focusing on multiple tasks at once. As a computer repair technician, it is not uncommon for me to be working on 3-5 PC's, talking to a co-worker, and/or researching on the web all at the same time. Yet despite all this 'wasted time', I complete more units than any of my coworkers.
I have a sneaking suspicion that the 'lack of concentration' seen as a disorder is actually a valueable adaption in the sensory overload of modern society. After all, the more information you can process at once, the better noise/signal ratio you can take from it. It is seen as a disorder in children because their minds are not well enough developed to be able to filter all that noise and still bring the rest into focus. After all, in nature, being totally monofocused on the task at hand leads to something sneaky hitting you from behind and eating you.
But hey, I could be wrong.
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| Wednesday, March 8th, 2006
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2:08 am - Meme!
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Well, that's one of my theme songs. The other is 'The Unforgiven'.
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| Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006
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3:35 am
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It's 3:30 in the morning, and I'm still awake. Staring at the ceiling, wondering why I'm not asleep. Really, I know why I'm not asleep. I'm nervous about work tommorow. I'm unsettled, and trying to decide what to do about it. And I just got done watching the new episode of Bleach.
The unsettled is going to take a couple more weeks to go away. Let my schedule settle out, give me better control of when I get to be home, and I'll be pleased.
And let me start to push myself again, and see how far I can go...
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| Monday, February 20th, 2006
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12:21 am
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| The Movie Of Your Life Is Film Noir | 
So what if you're a little nihilistic at times?
Life with meaning is highly over-rated.
Your best movie matches: Sin City, L. A. Confidential, Blade Runner |
I'm not exactly surprised. After all, I -do- look good in a trench coat and fedora.
Here's lookin' at you, toots.
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| Tuesday, February 14th, 2006
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12:00 am
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| Thursday, February 9th, 2006
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2:04 pm
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Amazing. Somehow, the Geek Squad Agents at my new store -all- get Saturday through Monday off this week. What ever will I do with 3 days off? *evil grin*
current mood: cheerful
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| Thursday, February 2nd, 2006
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10:05 pm
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So, one week into my life in Texas... and I'm still almost entirely happy. Work is getting me hours, doing store building and stocking since we're not open, and getting ready for New Employee Training for all the people we've hired. I actually got to unload a couple 55' semi trailers of pallets today. I -hurt-, but I havent't gotten this much exercise at work since I quit delivering for Sherwin-Williams.
As for home, I just bought a new wok, and seasoned it last night. It's wonderful, and I cook so much better with the proper tools. I'm keeping an eye on Joy's Pug-monster while she's stuck at work... and he's being -too- cute.
I am happy here. And I haven't been able to say that for a long time.
current mood: happy
current music: Henry Rollins - Spoken Word
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| Thursday, January 26th, 2006
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12:37 pm
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And now I leave for Texas. Someone should probably warn them that something wicked their way comes....
current mood: jubilant
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| Sunday, January 15th, 2006
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11:03 pm
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Allright, so I'm losing it. Waaay too happy right now, even if I am running around like a headless chicken. I just got a job... in San Antonio, Texas. It starts in 2 weeks. So I have.. 12 days, as of today, to get me and all my worldly goods 1000 miles to the south. And I couldn't be happier. *dances*
current mood: ecstatic
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