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From: smccoy@dw3g.ess.harris.com (Cheshire Cat)
Subject: Re: Future Love
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 18:55:22 GMT
Organization: Harris Corporation Information Systems Division

rip brings up sheep again:
|> 
|> 'Scuse me Judi dear?  You badmouthing Montana again?  I'll have you
|> know my Mom and Dad live in Montana...  I grew up in Montana, and I'm
|> am damn proud *of* it!  Now just because we get this bad rep with
|> sheep, doesn't mean we don't all live normal lives.....  And besides,
|> like I keep telling you all, mutton don't testify!
|> 


Hey!  Didn't I hear somewhere that the reason cowboy boots don't
fit tight around your calf is so you have someplace to put the
sheep's legs (so they won't run away)?

*snicker*

---
Cheshire Cat		   Official Back Scratcher of the RFA

	We are secrets to each other
	Each one's life a novel
	No-one else has read.
		- Rush (Entre Nous)
From: 9999cs02@dt3.dt.uh.edu (Tina Marie!)
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
Subject: Re: Trademark..
Date: 12 Jan 1993 21:21 CST
Organization: University of Houston-Downtown
Distribution: world
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(Rob Geraghty) writes...
>deviass@ecf.toronto.edu (Deviasse Robert) writes:
> 
>>In article <10JAN199316255853@uhdvx3.dt.uh.edu> 9999cs02@uhdvx3.dt.uh.edu (Tina Marie!) writes:
>>>	I have no set fee....you just have to keep me happy....you know,
>>>love, charish, all those types of things...
>>       ^^^^
>>Ouch! You what to be charred and burned by love?
>>Well I've seen stranger things on ARC.
> 
>Actually "chary" according to my dictionary means being careful, which
>doesn't seem entirely unlikely - I think you always need to be careful
>in a relationship.  Careful to keep them happy, loved, all those types
>of things...
> 
>It's OK Tina, we really *did* know you meant "to love and to cherish..."
>;-)

	I love being understood....*contented sigh*

> 
>(wish I *had* someone to love and to cherish...)
> 

	Me too....

Tina Marie
Official TradeMark of ARC/RFA

"And love made death an illusion" -- Chthon, Piers Anthony

Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: jrsalt@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Julie Salter)
Subject: Re: Its Chat Time!!!!!
Organization: Salter, Inc.
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 17:28:14 GMT

lisad@dynamo.ecn.purdue.edu (Lisa Dominique) excitedly shares: 

>Yiiiippppppeeeeeeeeeeee!!    The Good Romantic Witch
>does a Dance of Joy!!    Last year's First Annual Fireside
>Chat in Bloomington was so full of warmth, love, and friendship.
>It was so wonderful.  This year's will be great too!

Yeah, it will be.  We already have 5 yesses and 8 maybies!

>> 	Steven is a major hunk.
>> 	But he's mine so forget it.
>>	Julie is a major babe but she's mine so just enjoy the view.
>
>*laughter*   You two are great.  I love you both so much!  *hugs*

Well he is!  ;)


>Those Chocolate Dipped Strawberries were wonderful, especially
>when shared with someone.... Right Erin??   *wink*

*slurp*  We'll definitely do THAT again!  Did anyone get that on tape
last time?


>YES YES YES!!!!   I will definitely be there.  I already have 
>my Golden Majique Romance Dust ready, and it is sitting safely
>in my Music Room, just waiting to make All spellbound!!  :-)
>And it gets stronger with each day, just like fine wine, so by
>June it will be VERY strong!!   *Romantic Smile*

Oh dear.  Look what happened LAST time we got dusted.  Wonder what will
happen THIS time! ;)


>I'll bring the non-alcholic champagne!  Found some *really*
>good stuff this year.  

I think I should stick to that stuff this year.  Its a deep dark secret
that Mrs. Salter can't hold her liquor worth beans. 


>Oh, this is gonna be so much fun.  Y'All don't want to miss it!!

No, they won't!  It WILL be fun...and not cost too much since house is
free and the food cheap!  And if you get rides with others who live
close by...hey, it could be a cheap vacation!


>The Good Romantic Witch skips to her broom, mounts it, 
>and takes off flying high in the sky doing whirly-s....

*giggle*  She looks so cute when she does that! :)

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Julie Salter<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
            President, Romantic Fire Association
  Wife of the Official Fireside Sex Advisor..AKA: Steven Salter
"Look into my eyes...you will see....what you mean to me......"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>email: jrsalt@silver.ucs.indiana.edu<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
Date: Sat,  9 Jan 1993 22:25:47 -0500 
From: Richard Iswara <ri0a+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: Trademark..
	<9JAN199318041300@uhdvx3.dt.uh.edu>
Distribution: world

9999cs02@uhdvx3.dt.uh.edu (Tina Marie!) writes:
> In article <1993Jan9.230450.21207@mtu.edu>, bacon@mtu.edu (Jeff Bacon) writes
> >But I don't have a TinaMarie...
> 
>         Very true..very true....But I am available to be borrowed, if you 
> really need me....:)

What's the membership fee per semester? How long do I keep you? And how
much is the late-return fee?

RickI, the RoadRunner
Getting ready to read TinaMarie!
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: puter@orphan.nashvil.ingr.com (PuterDude)
Subject: Re: Where did you meet your S.O.
Organization: Intergraph
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 16:09:55 GMT

 ssalter@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (-=[SLS]=-) woos his sweetie...

|To continue this thread in a.r.c. as well as a.r. 

And to continue in ARC only...

I have enjoyed playin' pool (billiards) since I was a teen. When I moved
to Huntsville (after winning a trophy or 2 in Louisville), I found a neat
place that held cash tournaments and had a live rock band in the next
room. 
	Bein' the flirtatious crazy person I am, I got to know all of the
waitresses before long (tippin' big kinda helped, too). One week I came
in, and there was a gorgeous new waitress back in the pool table section.
i wooed her, she wasn't impressed. I cooed her, she still wasn't impressed.
I told her who I worked for (which impresses almost everyone in HuntsPatch),
she yawned. I finally looked a little below her neck and commented that I
liked her bra. It was a bit cool inside, and she wasn't wearin' one. And
it was noticeable. *grin*   She wrote my number on her hand in ink, and
the rest is history. We've been diseased for over 4 years now...

-- 
(Puter is a deranged individual at puter@orphan.nashvil.ingr.com)
A diplomat is a man who can convince his wife she'd look stout in a fur coat.
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: jrsalt@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Julie Salter)
Subject: Re: Dieting...
Organization: Salter, Inc.
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 15:31:26 GMT

smccoy@dw3g.ess.harris.com (Cheshire Cat) shares: 
>
>With all the chocolate that is about ARC, I'd thought I would share 
>some dieting news:


Thanks a lot Scott.  That sure added to my day!

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Julie Salter<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
            President, Romantic Fire Association
  Wife of the Official Fireside Sex Advisor..AKA: Steven Salter
"Look into my eyes...you will see....what you mean to me......"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>email: jrsalt@silver.ucs.indiana.edu<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: boatman@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (Todd Boatman)
Subject: Re: A fireside story
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1993 03:29:19 GMT

{Sean Roberts' excellent imagination deleted for bandwidth}

Excellent Sean!  I always thought I had a good imagination, but you
did an excellent job of putting yours into words.

Again, bravo!

Hey Julie, this definately gets my vote for membership in the RFA.



-- 
Todd                              |  "The Wheel of Time weaves the Pattern
boatman@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu       |   of the Ages, and uses men's lives
The Official Detective of the RFA |   as thread" - Robert Jordon
From: darren@waikato.ac.nz
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
Subject: Re: Future Love
Date: 12 Jan 93 08:16:34 +1300
Organization: University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

In article <1993Jan9.222132.20847@mtu.edu>, bacon@mtu.edu (Jeff Bacon) writes:
> well, it's all in what's important to you...net.reading is a good
> way to procrastinate!
I'll second that!! I get all these people ringing me up at work here while
I'm trying to read news... what an earth do they think I'm here for? To help
them? Maybe I should... Nah! NEXT!
> -bacon
> who'd rather now plant trees than cut them 
Darren
who'd rather climb the trees and sit in them with the wind rustling the
leaves around me than plant them OR cut them.
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From: drieux@wetware.com (drieux, just drieux)
Subject: Guy troubles - They Can Be fixed you know...
Organization: Castle WetWare Philosopher and Sniper
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 23:19:54 GMT

peterw@coombs.anu.edu.au (Clare West) writes:
] maci9154@mach1.wlu.ca (macivor dawna) writes:
] 
] >I've been reading this group for a while and everyone seems so nice, I'm
] >hoping someone could help a bit.
] 
]  Welcome to ARC, the happiest place on the net.......at least we try to be

The point is open to debate.....

As for a guy who is trying to figure out where he is going,
try and look at it from his perspective.....

In a simple world one could clearly just be a guy,
and just do guy things....

Now one has to decide a whole rack of issues....

1. Monoamory v. polyamory

2. Hetro v. bi v. homo v. nuetral

3. top v. bottom v. NoneOfThatKinkyStuff

4. traditional traditional v. progressive traditional v. progressive progressive

5. Politically Korrect In Conversation and Moral Degenerate in Bed.

6. Politically Korrect in Bed, and speachless otherwise.....

7. Is one of these Women Actually a Member of the International
Communist Konspirakii?

8. Does One of these Women Respect me for whom I am,
or am I just a Sex Object to them both?

9. Is there really more than just Sex between the genders?

10. Does she really use the Wrong OS? And will we be able to
form a compatible network solution that does not require
major investment in trans architectural intervention....
{Oh God, Ask me about this one....}

Being a Guy is NOT what it use to be....

ciao
drieux




-- 
Modern Day Problems:

"lets get linear, I want to get linear, linear"
				Olivia Newton Algegra
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: psnow@cwis.unomaha.edu (Paul Snow)
Subject: Re: Who am I?
Organization: University of Nebraska at Omaha
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1993 02:49:57 GMT


Mary Epperson writes:
|> 
|> PS:  Who's Next?

 Guess it's my turn...

 I'm rather new here myself... and haven't been around as much as I would like
 lately... been reeeaaalll busy ...sheepish grins...

 I'm the Official Cloud-Watcher of the RFA... if you look long enough and in 
 the right frame of mind... you will see their beauty...

 IRL I am a network administrator at a small college in Nebraska. I started 
 reading this group because of general attitude around here.. that of loving
 life in the good and the bad...

 I will finish my first story.. and then write others... but not tonight..
 It is almost 9 and I have a very special appointment with a very
 wonderful lady whom I met on the nets before in person... smiles
 While that is not why I am here.. it is a quite wonderfu result..

NEXT....


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|Paul Snow     **HUGS**       email to: psnow@ns.ccsn.edu                    |
|Official Cloud-  **SMILES**     Don't feel a fool tripping over your feet,  |
|Watcher of the RFA  **  8-)  **    when your eyes are fixed on the clouds...|
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+   

   ...Remember, a rainbow may end in a pot of gold,
        but it begins in the clouds...

Organization: Masters student, Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
Date: Mon,  4 Jan 1993 03:05:44 -0500 
From: Richard Iswara <ri0a+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: Best Place for a Sunset...
	<93Jan04.003339.15830@acs.ucalgary.ca>
Distribution: na

verwey@acs.ucalgary.ca (Mary-Ann Verwey) writes:
********all deleted except parting thoughts*******
> Mary-Ann (Mistress to Rip, a very very good slave)

Well this is new to me. Mary-Ann is a very very good slave? So who is  the
lucky Master(s?)? Or is it Mistress(es?)?

RickI, the RoadRunner
Envying this lucky person who top MA


Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: rmair@nyx.cs.du.edu (Ross Mair)
Subject: Re: Combined Report on the Australasian mini-Chat
Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 93 08:22:24 GMT

rip@sequent.com (Paul T Taylor) writes:

>In article <peterw.726060454@coombs> peterw@coombs.anu.edu.au (Clare West) writes:
>>Hi everyone!
>>
>>The Australasian mini-Chat is almost over, and Canberra has laid on a
>>beauty of a storm for us - thunder, lightning and torrential downpour.
>>We are now sitting inside warm and dry but this was not the case a few
>>hours ago when we out walking in it - getting absolutely soaked.
>>
>>Clare: Tell me Ross, what are you impressions of the weekend?
>>
>>Ross: Hi All, I should start by pointing out that this post is written
>>whilst wearing no underwear......... (Now that should get you all
>>talking!!!!  :-) )
>>
>>(BTW Rip - that's no male *or* female underwear!)

>**bunch deleted**

>So, if it wasn't male or female underwear, just what *kind* of
>underwear aren't you wearing?

He just doesn't get it - does he!!
*NO* underwear whatsoever.....

Just a very tight pair of lime green short belonging to Clare's brother.
(The choice of dry clothes was not wide, but I was thankful for anything
dry, regardless of what it looked or felt like!)


>>Fortunately for the morality of the dinner I *was* wearing underwear.
>>(female underwear Rip)

>I bet *that* took some of the fun out of it.... >;-)

>I glad you all had a good time.  I remember meeting the gang the
>first time in Virginia.  It was just like Ross says, it's like you
>are long lost family or something.  You meet, hug, and you go about
>like you all grew up together.... 'S great!

Definately - it was great! I couldn't believe we got on so well, esp
given that meeting new people can terrify me!

--
Ross
Official Personal Bodyguard to Lis, the Good Romantic Witch
***********************************************************
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 05:36:27 -0500 
From: Richard Iswara <ri0a+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: Trademark..
	<10JAN199316255853@uhdvx3.dt.uh.edu>
Distribution: world

9999cs02@uhdvx3.dt.uh.edu (Tina Marie!) writes:
> Richard Iswara <ri0a+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes...
> >What's the membership fee per semester? How long do I keep you? And how
> >much is the late-return fee?
>
>         I have no set fee....you just have to keep me happy....you know,
> love, charish, all those types of things...
        ^^^^^^^
Well lady, I'll see if I could find a fire hot enough to char you. Is
there anyone interested in char-girlled Tina? Btw, are you a public
library? Or is an anonymous ftp available?

RickI, the RoadRunner
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat,soc.singles,alt.romance
From: maci9154@mach1.wlu.ca (macivor dawna)
Subject: Re: Guy troubles - They Can Be fixed you know...
Organization: Wilfrid Laurier University
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 14:51:46 GMT

In article <1993Jan5.231954.625@wetware.com> drieux@wetware.com (drieux, just drieux) writes:
>peterw@coombs.anu.edu.au (Clare West) writes:
>] maci9154@mach1.wlu.ca (macivor dawna) writes:
>] 
>] >I've been reading this group for a while and everyone seems so nice, I'm
>] >hoping someone could help a bit.
>] 
>]  Welcome to ARC, the happiest place on the net.......at least we try to be
>
>The point is open to debate.....
>
>As for a guy who is trying to figure out where he is going,
>try and look at it from his perspective.....
>
>In a simple world one could clearly just be a guy,
>and just do guy things....
>
>Now one has to decide a whole rack of issues....
>

[points deleted to save space]

>
>Being a Guy is NOT what it use to be....
>
>ciao
>drieux
>
>

So what in the world do all these debatable points have to do with the
problem I'm having?  Am I missing the point or something?  I'm totally lost!

Smiles,
  Dawna =)

Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: deviass@ecf.toronto.edu (Deviasse Robert)
Subject: Re: Trademark..
Organization: University of Toronto, Engineering Computing Facility
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 02:48:00 GMT

In article <robg.726716989@citr.uq.oz.au> robg@citr.uq.oz.au (Rob Geraghty) writes:
>deviass@ecf.toronto.edu (Deviasse Robert) writes:
>
>>In article <10JAN199316255853@uhdvx3.dt.uh.edu> 9999cs02@uhdvx3.dt.uh.edu (Tina Marie!) writes:
>>>	I have no set fee....you just have to keep me happy....you know,
>>>love, charish, all those types of things...
>>       ^^^^
>>Ouch! You what to be charred and burned by love?
>>Well I've seen stranger things on ARC.
>
>Actually "chary" according to my dictionary means being careful, which
>doesn't seem entirely unlikely - I think you always need to be careful
>in a relationship.  Careful to keep them happy, loved, all those types
>of things...
>
>It's OK Tina, we really *did* know you meant "to love and to cherish..."

Of course I knew you meant "to love and to cherish". I just pointed out
the typo as a gentle tease. Looking back on it, it was a little insensitive,
so I hereby withdraw the observation.

> (wish I *had* someone to love and to cherish...)

Don't we all ....

But that which is precision is difficult to attain, almost by definition.
(Observe my signature.)

Take care
    Robert


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| EMAIL: g2devi@cdf.utoronto.ca |    are the things we cherish the most."     |
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From: verwey@acs.ucalgary.ca (Mary-Ann Verwey)
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
Subject: Re: Holiday blues
Date: 8 Jan 93 10:05:28 GMT
Organization: The University of Calgary, Alberta

In article <93Jan08.022858.22678@acs.ucalgary.ca> lastuka@acs.ucalgary.ca (Tina Lastuka) writes:
>In article <1993Jan3.124638.11006@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> rmair@nyx.cs.du.edu (Ross Mair) writes:
>>jennings@chainsaw.fishkill.ibm.com () writes:
>>
>>>In article <1992Dec31.154038.10762@mtu.edu>, bacon@mtu.edu (Jeff Bacon) writes:
>>
>>>> why is 30 such a dreaded number?
>>
>>>Mary-Ann, you are as young as you feel and do!!!! ALWAYS remember that!
>>
>>Or as young as the man you feel..... :-)
>>(And I'm not 30 yet!)
>
>   Or as young as the man that feels you ....  :-)

MA grins hugely at Tina and nods... Got a point there ;)

>   30 wasn't bad... it some of those years after 30 that can be
>   a bitch!

You mean I have more pleasantness to look forward too *chuckles*

SNUGS

Mary-Ann


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verwey@acs.ucalgary.ca             of darkness, they will pull you through
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From: robg@citr.uq.oz.au (Rob Geraghty)
Subject: Re: anti-happy people attack ARC
Organization: Prentice Centre, University of Queensland
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 06:36:43 GMT

IDJMW@ASUACAD.BITNET writes:

>yes yes, i admit it, i'm anxious, i'm angstful, i'm depressed, but i'm
>recently dumped on. it's not my fault!! i swear!!
>i've had all the romance beaten out of me.....

Jody, I know how you feel.  I'm sorry to hear you got dumped on, but
it's no reason to give the whole idea of romance away!  Did you have
good times when you were together?  Did you learn something out of the
relationship?  Look at it this way - there's *lots* of people in the
world, and there's lots who you might be attracted to, and who might be
attracted to you.  But it may be that in a lot of cases it wouldn't work
out.  I know that there is someone out there who *is* right for you.
You just have to find each other.  When the time is right, you will.

If a realtionship doesn't last, it doesn't mean it was wrong.  I'm not
contradicting myself here - you may only be meant to spend a short time
together.  But look at the happiness and the love and the learning you
shared.  Look how it makes you wiser.

Look for him when he arrives.  Sooner than you think.

*HUGS*

Rob
Official Journeyman-Harper of the RFA.


>j.
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robg@durian.citr.oz.au     | The gift of love, the joy of life
CITR                       | And the making of music in all its forms
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: bacon@mtu.edu (Jeff Bacon)
Subject: Re: unhappy attack ARC
Organization: Michigan Technological University
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 16:11:28 GMT

In article <93007.185333ICSJM@ASUACAD.BITNET> <ICSJM@ASUACAD.BITNET> writes:
>seems like everyone coming down on this idjmw lady, OR is she right and we
>think or fantisize that ARC is such a happy place for us.  Maybe we should
>be in her group, but then if we did that there wouldn't be an ARC.
>I started a controversial subject, the other day, and my God, the roof fell
>half the people in this group, had nothing but negitives to say.
>After you think about that, maybe you aren't as happy as you think.  I think
>idjmw has some guts to post here......cut her some slack.....who knows,
>there may even be a better group then this somewhere.  May be ARC should not
>allow anyone in, unless they they show some sign of prejudice, or bigotry??

ARC is just another group. It's a heck of a lot more tied together here,
more perhaps of a sense of community than something like comp.unix.questions.
The people here choose to be rather more up. This does not make them 
non-negative. It is part of the human balance. Some good some bad.

I could say more but I won't. 

-bacon
"don't you know that it's only life, there is no wrong there can be no right"
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: phantasm@iastate.edu ()
Subject: Still here, GRW...
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 22:56:16 GMT

From Lis:

> Phantasm, you are getting sly on us!!   *teasing smile*

It must be the company I am keeping...

phantasm
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: bacon@mtu.edu (Jeff Bacon)
Subject: Re: anti-happy people attack ARC
Organization: Michigan Technological University
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 22:51:10 GMT

In article <93007.152351IDJMW@ASUACAD.BITNET> <IDJMW@ASUACAD.BITNET>(Unjolly Jo) writes:
>but but but but....

something wrong with your butt??

>i agree with M. that us angsters are, deep down, just as romantic
>as anyone, and it isn't that we don't want to be happy, or that
>we can't be happy, or that we think we're too smart to be happy,
>we (and i really hesitate to generalize for all my buds on angst)
>may not have the trust, the faith, or the hope necessary to
>indulge in something that might seem as unattainable as love
>
>hell, i'd enjoy a carriage ride in the park as much as the next person,
>silly little gifts for no reason, a kiss on the palm of my hand
>
>it just ain't gonna happen anytime soon!

now there's a hell of an attitude!! stop that!!! :(
Geez. What do you want? You want me to fly down there and hold your hand
and take you on that carriage ride?? will that cheer you up???

>jo
>(deep heavy sigh)

*sigh*
people.

:)

-bacon
somehow managing to keep something resembling a positive attitude
(except today, I'm feeling grumpy) (well, only kinda anymore, just tired)
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