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From: cburian@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu (Christopher J Burian)
Subject: Re: Googleplex (was Re: Chocolate...: )
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 04:00:57 GMT

boatman@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (Todd Boatman) writes:

>pel@maximo.enet.dec.com (Phillip E lujan) writes:


>>Nope, sorry CC; a googolplex happens to be a finite number.  It's something on
>>the order of 10 to the 100th power, though, so it's pretty big; but to para-
>>phrase Doug Adams, "That's just peanuts to Infinity".

10 to the 100 is only a little ole google.  
A googleplex is 10 to the 10 to the 100th power.  BIG BIG BIG.

>I seem to recall Carl Sagan telling the googleplex story many years ago.
>It seems that some guy showed the number to his daughter and asked her
>what it was...."it looks like a google" she replied.... and the rest
>is history.

True story!

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From: verwey@acs.ucalgary.ca (Mary-Ann Verwey)
Subject: Re: a gift for him
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 92 23:31:55 GMT
Organization: The University of Calgary, Alberta

In article <1992Dec16.105727.15661@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> rmair@nyx.cs.du.edu (Ross Mair) writes:
>verwey@acs.ucalgary.ca (Mary-Ann Verwey) writes:
>
>>rmair@nyx.cs.du.edu (Ross Mair) writes:
>>>
>>>Um, well since you asked for ideas from Nice guys  (NG[tm])...
>>>
>>>What would melt my heart on Christmas Eve...
>>>The presence of a special lady to give Chritsmas presents to...   :-(
>
>>Big soft snugs for Ross... I know how you feel, I'm in the same
>>boat myself Ross... SNUGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
>Aww gee, thanks Mary-Ann, and here's *SPECIAL HUGS* back to you.
>You must be the last surviving specimen of the near-extinct 'Nice Girl'???

Me a nice girl? Hmmmm ;) Well so I've been told... Thanks for the
special hugs Ross :)

>Maybe I should visit Calgary....
>I could solve this snow craving,
>and we could work on this 'hole' we both have....
>
>Whaddaya say???  :-)

MA chuckles... aww but I would much rather go somewhere warm :)
But if this craving is so intense you are welcome to come and
visit... me and my roomie will put you up for a visit:) 

XMASSNUGS!

mary-Ann

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Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 10:16:27 EST
From: Adam B. Repsher <ABR105@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
Subject: Re: Rip hurt Ariel's writst *pout*...
 <1992Dec11.210648.15005@sequent.com> <92349.200808AZLMH@ASUACAD.BITNET>
 <1992Dec15.185343.11175@sequent.com> <92350.171454AZLMH@ASUACAD.BITNET>

Hold on one second...
In article <92350.171454AZLMH@ASUACAD.BITNET>, Lisa Mae <AZLMH@ASUACAD.BITNET>
says:
>
>In article <1992Dec15.185343.11175@sequent.com>, rip@sequent.com (Paul T      )
>Taylor
>says:
>>Rip:
>>>>Grab reality by the balls, and squeeze....
>>>>                                          Tempus
>Ariel:
>>>Are you sure this isn't foreplay?
>>Rip:
>>Depends on whose reality you are grabbing!

>Why, does each man has his own reality?  Or is one reality like all the rest?
> *wicked grin*

No -- each *person* has their own reality--
just depends upon _how_ you Squeeze it...

some like it REALLY---      well...

               --Adam aka E.T. -- (and that's not for Extra Terrestrial)
___________________________________________________________________
Adam B. Repsher        |  Wait for it!  Wait for it!
abr105@psuvm.psu.edu   |  Anticipation is half the fun...
Penn State             |
-What they think and   |  ...so I've heard.      --Phil Collins
what I think usually   |___________________________________________
don't equate, so don't think that I represent them and they represent me
etc, etc, etc....
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From: boatman@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (Todd Boatman)
Subject: Googleplex (was Re: Chocolate...: )
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 22:01:17 GMT

pel@maximo.enet.dec.com (Phillip E lujan) writes:


>Nope, sorry CC; a googolplex happens to be a finite number.  It's something on
>the order of 10 to the 100th power, though, so it's pretty big; but to para-
>phrase Doug Adams, "That's just peanuts to Infinity".

I seem to recall Carl Sagan telling the googleplex story many years ago.
It seems that some guy showed the number to his daughter and asked her
what it was...."it looks like a google" she replied.... and the rest
is history.


-- 
It's a 106 miles to Chicago, we got a full | Todd
tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes,    | The Official Detective of the
it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses.   | RFA
Hit it.  --Jake and Elwood                 | boatman@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu
From: diana@wetware.com (CatWoman )
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
Subject: Welcomes all around...
Date: 16 Dec 92 14:01:50 GMT
Organization: Castle WetWare MouseCatcher

For all the new people - and for all the
returning people - I extend my welcomes.
I have been reading a.r.c, and doing some
responding, but have not been able to 
welcome new folks personally as I would
have liked to.  Between some personal 
concerns, ThanksGiving, getting ready for
the TygerBoink, getting SICK for the TygerBoink,
and trying to get into the Xmas mood - I've 
been kind of side-tracked.

So - to all you newcomers, Purrs of Welcome...

CatWoman
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From: lastuka@acs.ucalgary.ca (Tina Lastuka)
Subject: Re: a gift for him
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 92 23:05:03 GMT
Organization: The University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada

>In article <92Dec17.235629.13188@acs.ucalgary.ca> lastuka@acs.ucalgary.ca (Tina Lastuka) writes:
>>> rip@sequent.com (Paul T Taylor) writes:
>>>>lastuka@acs.ucalgary.ca (Tina Lastuka) writes:
>
>>>
>>>Tina in black silk boxers.....  I wonder if my Mistress would loan me
>>>to you for awhile.....
>>
>>    No... the boxers are in his size... but the feel so good to
>>touch!  Stroke... stroke!
>
>MA grins at THLO and winks
>
>>   NYET .... on the mistress lending you to me... she knows my 
>>   nasty side!   :)  
>>
>>    MA would want you back in one piece... 



>True Tina but Rip is such a good slave, he would do his utmost to
>please you... wouldn't you Rip? :)


   My kind of slave... so Rip... what evening are you free! ;-)
   I wouldn't ask much... other then peeling me a grape every
   now and then!

   Tina



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          * TINA THE HAPPY LITTLE OPERATOR *      lastuka@acs.ucalgary.ca
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From: E. Lloyd Olson
Subject: I'm Baaaaaack!! [Insert Evil Grin]
Originator: icsu0237@nero.cs.montana.edu
Organization: The Forty-Third Annual Convention of the Grand, Mystic, Royal Order of the Nobles of the Ali-Baba Temple of the Shrine
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 06:47:35 GMT

Hi, All.
     I know I haven't been here lately, but I'm back (just in time for 
Christmas).  I also wrote a story (well, it's also sort of an essay);
Some of you may notice that my character names bear a more than slight
resemblance to the names of a few Net.Folks[tm].  This is not a 
coincidence -- I'm just not real good at thinking up stuff like names
so I use the names of people I know.  So here is my new story -- 
although I don't believe it will qualify me for membership in the RFA.
It's still a good read.  Enjoy.

----------Begin_included_file------------------------------------------------

"DID I ASK?"

     I have these two friends -- we'll call them Steve and Julie --
and I love them both dearly.  Right now, they are involved in a
Relationship;  and I am, for the most part, happy for them, though
I used to have something of a crush on Julie (I'm feeling much
better now).  The other day, I'm sitting around with some of my
friends, just shooting the bull, when Steve's roommate, Aahz, walks
in and starts making rather unsavory remarks about activities,
involving Julie and Steve, which are taking place in his room at
precisely this moment in time, which one would assume explains why
he chose to vacate the room and speak with us.  Now, at this point,
I surprised myself by reacting with frustration, bitterness, et
cetera.  So much for the setup.  Now for the dialogue.
     "Did I ask, Aahz?
     "Did I say, 'You know, I'm tired of being blissfully ignorant
-- I want to be miserable for a while.'?  Did I say, 'I wonder what
Julie and her boyfriend are doing right now, which I, most
conspicuously, am not.'?  Did I do anything whatsoever to indicate
that I have any interest at all in this young woman's sex life?
     "I think not."
     Looking back on it now, though, I think it was good for me to
hear Aahz's comments.  It forced me to more fully confront the fact
that this woman is, for me, unattainable;  it killed off a little
more of the dream and in so doing brought me closer to reality.  I
now deal with Julie and Steve more effectively than before (look,
Ma -- no hang-ups), and, with luck, I may eventually cease to
desire her entirely.  End of story.

----------end_included_file--------------------------------------------------

   So, Whaddaya Think?  Waiting breathlessly for C&C, I remain,
                                -Yrs. in Fear & Loathing,
                                    E. Lloyd Olson, Esq.

PS.  A holiday reminder:  Both Holly and Mistletoe are Highly Toxic!
From: pel@maximo.enet.dec.com (Phillip E lujan)
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
Subject: Re: Chocolate...: )
Date: 12 Dec 92 18:57:31 GMT
Reply-To: pel@maximo.enet.dec.com (Phillip E lujan)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation

In article <12DEC199210482070@uhdvx3>, 9999cs02@dt3.dt.uh.edu (Tina Marie!) writes:
|> (Phillip E lujan) >actually Sean Roberts< writes...
|> >By the way, isn't this the place all those Gummi-bears fell into?  I mean,
|> >chocolate is one of the two perfect foods, but *CHOCOLATE COVERED GUMMI BEARS*?
|> >YEEEUUUCKKKK!!!!!!!!!  :-b
|> > 
|> 
|> 	*smile* Tina looks around, finding some that didn't land in the 
|> 	ARC Chocovat, and hands then to you..."Here you go....".  Then,
|> 	she dives head-first into the vat, splashing you with chocolate.
|> 	Coming to the surface, she realizes what she's done, and hops out.
|> 	"OH! I'm so sorry!", she exclaims..."Looks like all that chocolate
|> 	will have to be licked off....", she says with a grin...
|> 
|> Tina Marie
|> Official TradeMark of ARC/RFA
|> 
|> "And love made death an illusion" -- Chthon, Piers Anthony

Was that last bit there an offer, TM?  >;-)  I've only ever had two other girls
lick chocolate off of me... (We still had our clothes on, folks.  No lewd
comments.)  Seemed only fair at the time, though; they *were* the ones who
poured it on me...

---------
Sean Roberts, chocoholic but attending meetings
Only slightly sticky...
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From: puter@orphan.nashvil.ingr.com (PuterDude)
Subject: Re: ...Hecklers invade Brentwood, TN...
Organization: Intergraph
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 21:15:07 GMT

 boatman@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (Todd Boatman) looks NICE!!!
|puter@orphan.nashvil.ingr.com (PuterDude) needs his eyes examined:

|>One cup of coffee on you. Oops!!! I didn't LITERALLY mean ON you, but
|>that shade of brown goes great with that silk shirt...  :)
|
|Silk?  No way.  I only wear silk in the summer.  I like wool skirts
|this time of year, they don't show coffee stains as much :-}

And that shade of lipstick goes WELL with that coffee. Hmmm... Those
legs ain't bad, either. Will your wife let ya out to play?

|Anyway, my sonic screwdriver didn't work, and when I called the company
|they said they have no record of my order.  Oh well, maybe I can learn
|something *usefull* at this meeting I'm going to Thursday night.

*OUCH* right back... Hey, JC told me to ask about Omaha. :)   Anyways,
you ain't gonna get nuthin' outta MY presentation, if I have to beat
it back outta ya! There'll be no learnin' anythin' while *I'm* around!

-- 
(Puter is a deranged individual at puter@no1home.nashvil.ingr.com)
The Lord prefers common looking people.
That is the reason he made so many of them.	-- Lincoln
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From: 9999cs02@uhdvx3 (Tina Marie!)
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
Subject: *sigh*
Date: 20 Dec 1992 21:16 CDT
Organization: University of Houston-Downtown
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: uhdvx3.dt.uh.edu
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41A   


	Well, I met her tonight.  The girl.  The wife.  

	Maybe I should explain.  See, I had this friend/boyfriend/lover.  
Things were perfect for 6 months or so...we had been friends, started dating.
He was my first lover, and one of my first true loves.  We broke up because
we loved each other too much.  Yeah, you heard that right.  He was Indian, 
and he told me before we started dating that he would marry the girl his 
parents chose for him.

	Well, after we broke up, we didn't talk much, and I hadn't seriously
talked to him in about a year.  I had heard he was going back to Bombay to
get married last month, but it didn't really sink in.

	Last night, I was at a Christmas party.  He and his new wife were there.
I had no idea what that was going to be like.  I ended up leaving early,
and going home and crying myself to sleep.  I missed him, I wanted to 
tell him so, but I didn't want to hurt either of them.  So, I was 
friendly to her, and she's really nice.  Educated, bright, not the
most beatiful woman in the world, but pretty.

	They don't seem to be head over heels in love with each other, but
then, they've only known each other the month they've been married.  That 
will come with time, and I'm sure they'll be very happy.

	I'm glad he's happy, but why do I hurt so bad????

	Sorry... I just needed to talk...

Tina Marie
Official TradeMark of ARC/RFA

"And love made death an illusion" -- Chthon, Piers Anthony
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 11:10:24 EST
From: Adam B. Repsher <ABR105@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
Subject: RE: Sunsets (was RE: Still Stunned)
 <92351.093345ABR105@psuvm.psu.edu>
 <16DEC92.20944545.0058@lafibm.lafayette.edu>

In article <16DEC92.20944545.0058@lafibm.lafayette.edu>,
CE42@lafibm.lafayette.edu (CE42) says:
>
>In article <92351.093345ABR105@psuvm.psu.edu> ABR105@psuvm.psu.edu (Adam B.
>Repsher) writes:
>>How about those great sunsets in good old Pennsylvania!...
>>There's a great view from my *dorm room* --- AACK!
>
>Hey! Exactly what is wrong with Pennsylvania!!!! ;-)
>
>I live next to a farm in central PA, and at this time of year, after the
>corn's been cut down, you can see for miles.  And when the sun sets
>in the winter after a snow, there is the most beautiful reflection...
>for twenty years, and they still take my breath away.
>

NOTHING is wrong with Pennsylvania!!!!    it's the dullness of a
*dorm room* that i was refering to :)
(although it's got a wonderful stereo system to play romantic
music over while sitting next to the toasty furnace...;)
anyone want to join me?

--Adam
___________________________________________________________________
Adam B. Repsher        |  Wait for it!  Wait for it!
abr105@psuvm.psu.edu   |  Anticipation is half the fun...
Penn State             |
-What they think and   |  ...so I've heard.      --Phil Collins
what I think usually   |___________________________________________
don't equate, so don't think that I represent them and they represent me
etc, etc, etc....
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From: oneil@cwis.unomaha.edu (Sharon O'Neil)
Subject: Re: Save Me!
Organization: University of Nebraska at Omaha
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 12:10:41 GMT

oopcv@Msu.oscs.montana.edu writes:

>(Unrelated)  Doesn't anyone believe in love at first sight anymore?  This is
>supposed to be the *romance* group, and I was wondering.  Is there no passion
>left in the world anymore?

Well, I don't believe in love at first sight, but that doesn't mean I'm not
romantic.  Love at first sight to me seems silly, since it jumps the gun on
*everything*.  To me, romance is something that happens between two people
who care about each other.  For love to exist, there has to be a mutual
admiration.  In other words, friendship.  I want to be an *equal* with the
man who is my significant other.  And yes, I have had such relationships and
yes, they were quite passionate.

For me, love is something that starts slowly, but endures.  Love at first
sight isn't really love: it is infatuation.  It burns, but it burns quickly,
and then is gone.  Infatuation doesn't last.  Love does.

>All this talk about companionship seems kind of dull.  I'll take a rapid
>heartbeat any day!

Then, I'm afraid that you don't want love.  Love needs more than a "rapid
heartbeat" to last.  Love needs friendship.  I hate to resort to song lyrics,
but herein lies my philosophy: "Long-stemmed roses are the way to your heart,
but he needs a way to your head.  Satin sheets are very romantic, what 
happens when you're not in bed."  (Not that I don't like long-stemmed roses
or satin sheets, but there has to be more than just that.)

>Okay, so I'm bored....

None of this is to say that I am against infatuation.  I'm not against dating
a guy just because I think he's good looking.  It's just that when it comes
to having a long-term relationship, there has to be something more.  It's 
got to be possible to talk to the guy.

>Cheryl

sharon 
oneil@cwis.unomaa.edu

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From: erc@unislc.uucp (Ed Carp)
Subject: Re: what is love? (my $0.02)
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Organization: Unisys Corporation SLC
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 02:58:52 GMT

Agree.  Totally.  I tell a lot of people "I love you" - sometimes I get the
most unexpected responses!  Sometimes shock - it saddens me that those three
simple words are usually met with paranoia and suspicion. :(
-- 
Ed Carp			erc@apple.com, erc@saturn.upl.com	801/538-0177

Who and what would you be if you went beyond your deepest fears?
From: 01ksdavis@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu (Rebel without a pause.)
Newsgroups: alt.romance
Subject: Re: Do Men Enjoy Hurting Women?
Date: 18 Dec 92 22:59:04 GMT
Organization: BSU Journalism Dept.

In article <stone.724633049@cwis>, stone@cwis.unomaha.edu (Travis Stone) writes:
> 
> The folk of A.R. have impressed me with their savvy and willingness
> to offer advice and opinion, so I thought I could get some feedback from
> y'all concerning a perplexing aspect of male/female behavior.
> 
> I have a friend (a lady) who is unmarried, and has a boyfriend who is
> apparently seeing somebody else on the sly.  She *knows* he is, and
> has told this dude that she's not an idiot and he isn't fooling anybody.

	I do not know your friend, but i hope that she told him that she
didn't approve of him doing this.  (For some guys, if they are merely 
notified by there girlfriend/wife/lover/whatever that they know what is
goin on, all it means to them is that they know whats going on and not
saying anything about it is the same as agreeing with the action.

> The thing is, her knowing hasn't had the expected damping effect you'd
> think it would.  I vouchsafed the opinion that he's doing this because
> the thrill of cheating adds a certain "zest" to the game, as well as
> a boost to his ego---think of how it must feel, having one woman already
> and then having another come along, vying for your attention.

	This theory of mine (personally I have been in the same situation
just this year, but I have stayed true to the one I love) would do a great
deal of explaining.  I can't vouch for what is going on in the other guy's
mind (as I said, I have been in the same shoes, but never wanted to go
wandering in them) but I would hazard a guess that he's thinking something
along the lines of "Well, since she didn't say No to me about this, then
she must actually agree and want me to do this."
 
> I'd like to hear what *you* folks out there think---both the ladies
> AND the gentlemen---as to what motivates a man to actively engage
> in such hurtful behavior towards a woman. 

	It should be duly noted that not only guys cheat.  So do women.
As a matter of fact, in the strictest sense of the meaning the other
women is cheating just as much as the man involved is.  Instead of trying
to pick from acceptable single stock, she decides to go for the guys who
are already spoken for in some way or other.

> The gal I mentioned above
> asked me what I thought, and the rather lame line of reasoning out-
> lined above was all that I could offer.  I hope to be able to take
> your responses and show them to her---she's very perplexed by her SO's
> willful waywardness, and can't understand it.           
> Come to think of it, *I* can't understand it either.  Your insights
> are wanted and welcome, either here or in E-mail.
> 
> Thanks in advance, gang.
> 
> ...T.R. Stone
	Hope this helps.
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	Kyle S. Davis		01ksdavis@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu?	R R 2 BOX 103
Disclaimer:  If anybody else has my opinions,                   Alexandria, IN
then I have been cloned while sleeping!                            46001
From: bhchan@soda.berkeley.edu (Billy H. Chan)
Newsgroups: alt.romance
Subject: Re: what is love? (my $0.02)
Date: 14 Dec 1992 07:15:13 GMT
Organization: U.C. Berkeley, CS Undergraduate Association
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Keywords: love

In article <lyra.724275329@camelot> lyra@camelot.bradley.edu (Heather Loresch) writes:
 >IMO love is something you have to share with as many people as you
 >can. i'm not talking commitment love. i believe in sharing a special
 >commitment with one person, someone to spend my life with. but love
 >comes in so many different forms, you can't direct ALL of your love at
 >just one person. you deny yourself so much that way. i dunno.
 >sometimes i scare my friends because i tell them i love them. at this
 >point in time, most of my closest friends are men and they think i
 >mean something else. i just try to tell them that they are important
 >to me. 
I agree totally, and I'm glad someone thought that way too.   What a 
relief. :)
However, a few questions:
	You can give all the love you want, to all the people you
want, but what if you want something, some small token of
appreciation in return?  Love is given freely, is it wrong to expect
something in return?  Or am I just missing the point? :(

	Oh, and how do you tell the people you love that they are
important to you, when your (plural) definitions of love is
different, and that you didn't realize there was such
miscommunication until too late. (how to remedy?)

>lyra@camelot.bradley.edu

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From: petitc@vccsouth17.its.rpi.edu (Christopher Jon Petit)
Subject: Re: I've just been "LJBF"ed
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 22:54:47 GMT

kjberte@cray.com (Kurt Bertelsen) writes:


>I've just been "LJBF"ed.  I didn't even see it comming.  She
>wants to "try to work it out with her old boyfriend."  I was just 
>starting to think about what to do for our one year.  

  OUCH!  Personally, I think she's giving you a snowjob---she's probably
just bored and wants to get her options opened up again.

>Do I return the christmas gift I already bought her?  Is it to petty?

  It depends---if it was a very romantic gift, then undoubtedly RETURN THE
THING---but you may want to get a 'safe' gift.  And if it wasn't romantic,
then you should return it if it makes you feel better and helps the healing
process along---the missing x-mas gift won't be that badly missed (if at all),
but if you wish to remain friends, you must heal your torn psyche.

>Why does it hurt soooo BAD?!  

  The closer you get to someone, and the more they mean to you, the more it
hurts.  So, a solution---ask out total strangers?

-- 
Now on sale, in Aisle 5 of the Divine Supermarket---Lives, and Clues.  Buy
yours now and avoid the rush!  They make great Christmas gifts!
"I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right
to say it."  - Voltaire.
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