HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: klinger@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Jorg Klinger)
Subject: Re: Bikes in the House
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 22:25:06 GMT

In <1992Nov05.134708.751@bnr.uk> datasbld@bnr.ca (Datasbuild) writes:

>The Nashville Flash (dab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu) wrote:
>: In article <16110233@hpsad.sad.hp.com> frankb@hpsad.sad.hp.com (Frank Ball) writes:

>I have rebuilt several bikes "indoors".  The most noticeable was an XS1100
>which I rebuilt in my first floor (UK) flat.  I assembled it downstairs though.
>It took four large blokes (well, me and three large blokes) to carry the motor
>downstairs.  They are a trifle on the large size...  The frame took up most of
>the space in the hall.  You never realise how large cartain parts are (like
>fairings and petrol tanks on XS1100s) until you bring them inside.

>Some bastards 'alf-inched it during the night following the re-assemble!!!!!!


>Nick (the Angry-Now Biker)   MAG 73516   DoD 1069   remembering dialling 999


>M'Lud.

  When I first moved to this town everything I had was in the back of my
van. Everything being mostly my 71 bonnie. The only decent cheap place I
could find was the top floor of a three story house. The stairwell was
so narrow that I couldn't get a bed (used foam) or a decent stuffed
chair (used foam) up there. I did however (being the beginning of
winter)manage to strip down the bike, pull of the front end, and with
the help of a friend pull the bike standing straight up on its back
wheel into the third floor apartment. I painted the frame and reasembled
it during the winter. People were absolutely amazed to find a fully
assembled bike in the spare bedroom. Halfways through the winter I moved
again, but this time to a main floor suite. I couldn't care at the time
but we shure must have done some damage to the stairwell. The bike was
styled after a flat tracker/drag bike theme and luckily didn't weigh
much.

__
   Jorg Klinger            |       GSXR1100        | If you only new who
   Arch. & Eng. Services   |          **           | I think I am. 
   UManitoba, Man. Ca.     |"The Embalmer" - IT175 |           - anonymous









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From: meh0570@ultb.isc.rit.edu (M.E. Herman)
Subject: Re: Motorcycle Specialist
Originator: meh0570@ultb
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 17:24:19 GMT

In article <weydaOu00iV3I2Ul9D@andrew.cmu.edu> Andres Tapia <at22+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
>I service Hondas, Yamahas, Kawasakis, Suzukis. I do repairs, painting,
>inspection, install racing kits and instruct riding skills.
>
>Call Richard: 335-9388 or 335-2361

 Which area code may I ask????

JC 

DoD #0746

Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: tgent@dale.ksc.nasa.gov (Tom Gent)
Subject: Re: '73 cow exhaust
Organization: NASA
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 18:31:54 GMT

In article <BxM1K4.Dn9@news.cso.uiuc.edu> cmhg1010@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Cy) writes:
>I have a question about a '73 Kawasaki H1D (500cc 2 stroke 3 cyl)
>exhaust system.
>
>  [stuff deleted]
>
>Some details:  I ordered the chromed system.  The plating job was
>really bad, looked like they did not properly clean the metal before
>plating it.  (Just a gripe)  The system feeds all three cylinders
>into one resonator.  The original system had three separate pipes.
>The Strader exhaust has the resonator and headers for the right two
>cylinders all welded together.  The header for the third cylinder
>is a short pipe bent in a U shape which feeds the exhaust into a
>manifold which goes to the resonator.  This piece does not fit!
>
>  [stuff deleted]


I don't believe it.  Besides, it sounds like a parody of the classic
"Cruel Shoes" by Steve Martin.

Could this be the sort of thing Ed keeps talking about?

Tom Gent
"That's every pair we have.  Unless you'd like to try ... The Cruel Shoes!"
-- Steve Martin
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From: randy@megatek.com (Randy Davis)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: The last one of its kind ?
Date: 9 Nov 92 23:12:46 GMT
Article-I.D.: megatek.1992Nov9.231246.19257
Reply-To: randy@megatek.com
Organization: Megatek Corporation, San Diego, California

In article <1dmm27INNfh@sixgun.East.Sun.COM> egreen@east.sun.com writes:
|In article 17134@megatek.com, randy@megatek.com (Randy Davis) writes:
|>  Ed, learn to edit your attribution lines a little better - I stated none
|>of the stuff you quoted...
|
|Yeah, so?
|
|Elsewhere on USENET you may be entitled to an apology.  Around here,
|you're God, so you should be able to fix such trivialities yourself.

  Damn!  You're right!

  I keep forgetting I got deified a while back.  I'm still new to it, and
trying to figure out a way to wave my hands (twitch my nose, whatever), and
get you a bike...

  So, if you suddenly end up with a bike and can't figure out where it came
from, you'll know I figured it out, OK? :-)

Randy Davis                            Email: randy@megatek.com
ZX-11 #00072 Pilot                            megatek!randy@uunet.uu.net
DoD #0013                                     ucsd!megatek!randy
Rec.motorcycles Deity, KotE, KotSO
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From: behanna@phoenix.syl.nj.nec.com (Chris BeHanna)
Subject: Re: R100GS final drive trouble
Organization: NEC Systems Laboratory, Inc.
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 92 22:21:07 GMT

In article <1992Nov10.145900.21519@osf.org> jsm@rosencrantz.osf.org (John S. Morris) writes:
>In article <1992Nov10.032913.15496@research.nj.nec.com> behanna@syl.nj.nec.com writes:
>>
>>	Here goes:  BMW's suck llama spit.
>>
>>I don't think I'd mind owning a K-bike, as long as it wasn't orange and
>>yellow.
>>
>Send this to the Department of Dedundancy Department.

	Read the whole post.  I admitted to being ornery.

>I don't recall any orange or yellow K bikes. The Daytona orange R90S
>however has to be one of the most beautiful paint jobs I've ever seen.

	The K1 is orange and yellow.  Looks like a Fisher-Price item.

-- 
Chris BeHanna	DoD# 114  KotHLF  1983 H-D FXWG Wide Glide - Jubilee's Red Lady
behanna@syl.nj.nec.com	          1975 CB360T - Baby Bike

Disclaimer:  Now why would NEC agree with any of this anyway?
From: egreen@east.sun.com (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Cops Suck!  Cops Suck!
Date: 11 Nov 1992 16:52:34 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, RTP, NC
Distribution: world
Reply-To: egreen@east.sun.com
NNTP-Posting-Host: laser.east.sun.com

In article 1dr619INN59s@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu, jrd@po.CWRU.Edu (John R. Daker) writes:
>
>That's basically it.  Cops Suck!
>
>Goodfornothing muthereffing sonofawhores!

sonsofwhores, actually.

Unless you mean to imply that they are all sons of the same whore, in
which case it would be sonsofawhore, so your original usage was still
incorrect.

I have no idea why they would eff said whore...

---
Ed Green, former Ninjaite |I was drinking last night with a biker,
  Ed.Green@East.Sun.COM   |and I showed him a picture of you.  I said,
DoD #0111  (919)460-8302  |"Go on, get to know her, you'll like her!"
 (The Grateful Dead) -->  |It seemed like the least I could do...
From: mikesteg@syclone.detroit.sgi.com (Mike Stegbauer)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: MSF=Infallible (was Re: Motorcyclist Hits Bicyclist on Skyline Blvd.)
Date: 13 Nov 92 20:00:10 GMT
Reply-To: mikesteg@syclone.detroit.sgi.com (Mike Stegbauer)
Organization: sgi

In article <1992Nov13.001653.25508@lclark.edu>, garyb@lclark.edu (Gary Bliefernich) writes:
|> In article <9901072@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM>, jld@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Jeff Deeney)
|> wrote:
|> >
|> > Did you know that the majority of fatal head injuries incurred by
|> > helmetless riders have resulted in death?  I rest my case.
|> 
|> If it's a fatal head injury, doesn't that automatically end in death??
|> And if they are going to enforce helmet laws for bikes, then they should
|> be mandatory for "ALL" vehicles on public roads, Bicycles, cars, rollerskates
|> skateboards, and for boats as well./gb

Well, my bicycle only goes 30-35 mph (with me on it) and I do wear a helmit.

Cars ?!?!?  Come on, if we mandated helmets, their wouldn't be any women on 
the road doing makeup.  Hmmmmm......

Boats ?!?!?  This difference with a boat is.. when your forehead hits the dash,
the rocking of the boat pulls it right away, so their is no sustained impact.
 (I'm kidding)

Seriously, I don't think anyone has a right to make me wear a helmet, but I 
always will anyway, and I'm glad I was the last time I fell off my bike, even
though my head never touched the ground.


mikesteg
From: karish@pangea.Stanford.EDU (Chuck Karish)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Motorcyclist Hits Bicyclist on Skyline Blvd.
Date: 7 Nov 1992 20:55:35 GMT
Organization: Mindcraft, Inc.
NNTP-Posting-Host: pangea.stanford.edu

In article <Bx676M.JnB@news.iastate.edu> tomes@iastate.edu () writes:
>Since you accuse me of something that we warn students about in MSF courses,
>namely cockiness or "I know everything there is to know why should I learn
>more?" attitudes, you have obviously not taken one of our courses.

It was enough to read one of your postings, though, that
contained the same smarmy smugness that's right there in
your response.

MSF graduates don't have a lock on common sense, and they
don't learn skills that protect them from all possible
accidents.

A bicyclist who doesn't hear a quiet motorcycle overtaking
him and who turns without looking might well have turned in
front of an even quieter car.  There are some surprises
from which we cannot defend ourselves without incurring
unacceptable tradeoffs (staying home, making continual
noise with horn or exhaust system).
--

    Chuck Karish          karish@mindcraft.com
    (415) 323-9000 x117   karish@pangea.stanford.edu
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From: crsg9887@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Chad R. Sandstrom)
Subject: Re: Silver lining if Clinton gets elected
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 15:29:26 GMT

jrwaters@eos.ncsu.edu (JACK ROGERS WATERS) writes:

>In article <lf5ni5INN9s9@appserv.Eng.Sun.COM> bender@oobleck.eng.sun.com writes:
>>tjohnson@atcc5.prime.com (Tod J Johnson) writes:
>>: In article <1992Oct24.055506.21183@ncsu.edu> jrwaters@eos.ncsu.edu (JACK ROGERS WATERS) writes:
>>: >                            Clinton gets neglected president:
>>: >                              Communism didn't work.
>>liberals?  LIBERALS?!?!?  The damn Republicans have been taking MY wealth
>>God Bless America, and pass the ammunition!
>>mike
>I have never accused Bush of being a Conservative (tm) but the main
>problem is the Democratic (read LIBERAL) congress.  Draft dodging?
>I'm not saying it was a good war but neither did you.
>By the way, if you Liberals are going to waste your time smoking pot,
>I don't have statistics 
>I loved hearing Gore criticize Bush 
>Jack Waters II

Much Yammering about politics carefully snipped...

Yo, maybe be you should just read Pirsig's Lila and come
back in eight weeks when you've finished and give a report.

Chad Sandstrom "Don't Believe the Hype" #1993
From: cdw2t@dayhoff.med.Virginia.EDU (Clifford David Weston)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: high mileage
Date: 13 Nov 92 01:48:45 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Virginia

In article <berck.721562461@cs.rulimburg.nl> berck@cs.rulimburg.nl (Peter Berck) writes:

>Bleah, I've 88000km on my cx500 and she's just broken in (is that the
>correct expression, whatever), so there.

As I pull into the garage at school, there's a VFR750 parked squarely in the
middle of the space reserved for motorcycles.  I contemplate moving his bike
to one side of the spot, think better of it, and wedge my bike in while
avoiding the exhaust blast he won't care if he gives my paint later.

I mutter something about poser a*shole and am overheard by a physical plant
guy there.  I mention that the jerk probably doesn't ride more often than once
a month.  The guy asks why I say that; I point out that, although it's been
raining intermittently the past three days, even his *tires* are clean.  As
well, I read "7400 miles on the clock .... and the fork sticker says '1986'.
A*swipe runs it about 100 miles a month.  Wanker."  He laughs, I'm annoyed that
a) he took the whole space, and b) he has the money to buy that nice a bike and
barely ever ride it.  I should have put a little puddle of oil on the pavement
under it.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|        Cliff Weston           DoD# 0598          '92 Seca II (Tem)       |
|                                                                          |
|               This bike is in excellent condition.                       |
|               I've done all the work on it myself.                       |
|                                                                          |
|                     -- Glen "CRASH" Stone                                |
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From: tomes@iastate.edu
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Tracks
Date: 10 Nov 92 01:31:21 GMT
Article-I.D.: news.BxH88A.E1A
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA

In article <1992Nov10.005136.2638@ichips.intel.com> mikel@ichips.intel.com writes:

>+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
>|								| | | | |   |
>| Mike Lee							| | | |	|   |
>| mikel@ichips.intel.com					 \     /    |
>|								  \   /	    |
>|			 #94 - Team Banana Cream Pie		\	/   |
>|			      SUZ GSXR-1100			 \_____/    |
>|									    |
>| "Peeling Away From The Bunch" 					    |
>|									    |
>+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Just another fruit speedily in search of a piece, eh? (of pie, you sickos)

Just curious: why would you part out two usable bikes?

CP Tomes

Why did the chicken cross the road? To get to the track entrance, of course...
From: gnome@pd.org (mike mitten)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Anybody know about 1982 Suzuki 850's?
Date: 12 Nov 92 20:07:33 GMT
Article-I.D.: emoryu1.1393
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

First off, thanks to everyone who responded, via posts and email, to
my questions in 'what is Too Much Power?'  You all told me what I
wanted to hear.  :-)

I just made an appointment to look at the bike on Sunday, and I was
wondering if anyone had any experience with this bike.  It's a 1982
Suzuki 850, with a shaft drive (sorry, I didn't get its specific
collection of 'S's, 'X's, 'Z's, etc).  The guy says it doesn't look
so good, but it runs, and that's all I'm concerned about.  (well, it
also can't clash with my tattoos, but they're basic black, so they'll
go with any color scheme)

Is there anything specific I should look for on this bike?  Or on
*any* ten year old bike, for that matter?

Thanks,

      -Mike

Mike Mitten - gnome@pd.org - ...!emory!pd.org!gnome - DoD#522
Irony is the spice of life.
From: rxkgre@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au (Geof Evans)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Virago euro style twin?
Date: 11 Nov 92 09:02:03 GMT
Organization: RMIT Computer Centre
NNTP-Posting-Host: minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au

markt@cup.hp.com (Mark Thompson) writes:

>Does anyone know the specific model number or name of the 900~cc Virago that
>is setup as an upright european style v twin sporty.  I have seen only
>a few and would like to know more about them, what years they were made
>displacement, and so on.

>Mark

*>>> In the US it is the XV920-RH model...over here in OZ and in
     other markets it is the XV1000-RH. Great machine I must say
     I have been very pleasantly surprised again and again by it's
     increasingly widespread riding characteristics and it's bloody
     incredible ability in ALL conditions under 180kph. Europe got 
     another model called the TR-1 but it is ugly by comparison.
     These RH model XV's look like a cross between a Duke and a Hog.
     Won "Bike of the Year" in 1981/82 in OZ and now I know why.
     Sold here from '81 to '83 I think and they displace 981cc.
     Mine dynoed at 54kw (that's 72 bhp) at the crank and torque
     output is...ah...a little more than lot's. In fact 80% of maximum
     torque is available from 2000 rpm all the way to redline (8000 rpm)
     so they are *very* grunty. Suspension is brilliant as is cornering
     clearance and the brakes are pretty good though they do respond to
     stainless lines for a bit firmer feel. And that seat ! The wife and I
     did a coupla 1000 kay (600 mile) days last year and it only hurt a       
     little bit. If we'd kept it down to six or eight hundred we'd not
     have suffered at all. That was with our thick sheepskin of course.
     Tank holds 19 litres (*two* petcocks) but consumption is only average
     ('specially for a V-twin) at 38 (thrashing thru' the twisties) to up 
     around 45 mpg when cruising in the outback. With a nice set of 4"
     megaphones (with baffles 8->...) it sounds good'n'grunty too.
     Ours has 127,000 km up after one rebuild so they keep on keeping on.
     Easy to look after and maintain...a big aircooled V-twin, what could
     be better ? Bloody nuthin' if you ask me. 'Cept another big aircooled
     V-twin. Guzzi, Harley, Duke. That sorta thing. 'Scuse me but the lights
     just went green. Ciao for now.
-- 
  ___________________________________________________________________  
|| Geof Evans                 | DOMAIN: rxkgre@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au  ||
||   If they *really* wanna know...tell 'em that God was drunk.      ||
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From: mack23@avalon.eecs.nwu.edu (Chris Walsh)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Won't be in Colorado...
Date: 9 Nov 92 17:12:55 GMT
Article-I.D.: eecs.1992Nov9.171255.5141
Organization: My desk in the Tech building

In article <1dhemlINNo8i@morrow.stanford.edu> karish@pangea.Stanford.EDU (Chuck Karish) writes:

>I don't buy the idea that it's civilized for the majority
>to reserve the right to discriminate against unharmful
>minorities with whom they disagree, and that's exactly
>what this law does.

Yes.  Unfortunately, however, laws specifically protecting the rights of
"queers", the disabled, blacks, women, and so forth reinforce the idea that
the appropriate solution to the problem of discrimination against someone
based solely on characteristic x is to pass a narrowly-worded law that 
specifically protects people with characteristic x from discrimination.  Since
x can be so many things, we wind up with umpteen such laws, and expend a hell
of alot of energy getting there.  It would be so much damn better if people
could simply tolerate the "x-ness" of others, unless it harmed them (I would
not, for example, want to be prohibited from firing a practicing pyromaniac!).

Admittedly, the Colo amendment is a cleverly worded crypto-law designed to
prevent a perceived queer power-grab.  Point is, there'd be no need for anyone
to try to grab such power (not that I think homosexuals in this case *are*) if
they could count on just being left alone to go about their business.  The
audacity of people (particularly in western states -- whatever happened to
rugged individualism?) in not minding their own damn business in such matters
is truly brain-numbing.  I can't see any reason to give a shit whether my
tenants/employees/neighbors are white/black/atheist/gay/disabled/Jewish/cagers
unless they use that fact as a way to get something of mine.  Presumably, if
I let them live their lives happily, they won't.

ObMoto: see penultimate sentence, above.

--
Chris Walsh                 "DoD stands for "People Who Can't Spell (or Count)"
Technet Network Administrator                           --Peter D. Smith
2145 Sheridan Rd.            
Evanston, IL 60208          "Satan oscillate metallic sonatas" 
DoD# 0671						--suomynona
From: joe@mpd.tandem.com (Joe Senner)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Break-in (what is it?)
Date: 13 Nov 92 04:43:04 GMT
Reply-To: joe@woody.UUCP (Joe Senner)
Organization: /dev/null

egreen@east.sun.com writes:
>joe@woody.mpd.tandem.com (Joe Senner) writes:
>>does that mean that if someone asks what DoD is and I tell them the truth
>>*in public* that you won't kill me?
>The true meaning of the DoD is neither helpful nor friendly, so...
>No.

No it doesn't mean you won't kill me or no you won't kill me?

you're such a complex fellow ed, it's hard for me to keep up with you
sometimes...  ;-)

-- 
Joe Senner                                          joe@rider.cactus.org
Tandem Computers Inc.                               joe@mpd.tandem.com
From: spencer@hailwood.asd.sgi.com (Paul Spencer)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Whuzza MKM1000?
Date: 12 Nov 1992 03:25:49 GMT
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: hailwood.asd.sgi.com

davet@loowit.wr.tek.com (Dave Tharp CDS) says:
>
> They were very rare in this country.  The only one that I ever saw
> passed me on the San Diego freeway near Long Beach in 1985.

Wanna buy it? From BMW Owner's News, Sept 1992, page 61:

> 1983 MKM 1000. Built by Michael Krauser, mint
> condition. 714-534-7734.

....paul

-- 
Paul Spencer                 Silicon Graphics Advanced Graphics Division
spencer@sgi.com                                Mountain View, California
From: meb4593@galileo.rtn.ca.boeing.com (Michael Bain)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Cycle World: the Pot Calling the Kettle Black?
Date: 5 Nov 92 22:11:44 GMT
Organization: Boeing Commercial Airplane Group, Seattle

rwert@well.sf.ca.us (Bob Wert) writes:
- Dear Cycle World,
- 
- I just received your December issue in the mail and while reading the 
- "UPS and DOWNS" section, I came across your "DOWN" to Britain's 
- Performance Bikes magazine.
- 
- As a long-time subscriber, I am writing to express my dissatisfaction 
- with your holier-than-thou attitude concerning the cover of PB's cover 
- showing the tartan-clad bike and rider.  In my opinion, the cover was 

Assuming that they took the time the read the mag, this is probably just
a case of journalistic jealousy.  If CW had half the wit of PB, they
would be twice the mag that Motorcyclist is.  (I'm not implying that
Motorcyclist is witty in the least, either).

-- 
Michael "Chuck" Bain                       meb4593@icdfs.ca.boeing.com  
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		       "Visualize Whirled Peas"
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From: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers)
Subject: Re: Ninja 250 - hard braking causes oil starvation.
Reply-To: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
Distribution: na
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 01:52:51 GMT

jbothwel@bnr.ca (James Bothwell) writes:

>This past weekend I noticed the oil pressure light comes on 
>when I maximum brake.  Is this normal?  If not, what should
>I look at in the engine??  Are there baffles that can be 
>installed in the oil pan??  The oil level is correct.  Thanks.

I dunno if it's normal for your engine, but on my old '78 GS1000E (even
when it was brand new) I could consistently get the oil pressure light
to come on in the last few feet/mph of a maximum stop. Since it was a
roller bearing engine, and engine speed was close to idle at the moment,
I never worried about it. Better to have the oil pickup optimized for
acceleration I think.
-- 
Blaine Gardner @ Evans & Sutherland  blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com  BIX:blaine_g
580 Arapeen Drive, SLC, Utah 84108           Favorite road signs:
Dumper of Dirtbikes #46             FJ1200   Winding Road Next 77 Miles
My other motorcycle is a Quadracer           Caution: Passing Areas Not Marked
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