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From: ccoprdj@prism.gatech.EDU (Jorge Diaz)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.movies
Subject: Re: plot question
Date: 16 Oct 92 21:02:15 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

In article <Bw76Lp.2z@news.cso.uiuc.edu> sjs28257@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Stelter) writes:
>rchao@well.sf.ca.us (Robert Chao) writes:


>>When our gang jumped down into the garbage room on the Death Star, why
>>didn't the stormtroopers follow? Did they not see through the smoke?
>>Afraid of being ambushed? Afraid of getting their armor wet?
>>They could have shot into the garbage room, and the shots would have
>>ricocheted all over the place, which would have been cool!

>The 'troopers were probably well aware of what was down there--namely, the
>garbage monster.  They probably figured that it would finish Our Heroes
>off.

Or maybe they just knew that they could crush the heroes with the trash
compactor.  You think it's a coincidence that it just *happened* to
turn on at the time they were in there?
;-)

>As for why they didn't shoot down the shaft: maybe the shaft turned or 
>curved somewhere along the line, making a shot impossible.

If you remember, the room was "magnetically sealed."  When Han fired
a shot at it, the blast bounced off.  While it would be a great way for
the 'troopers to kill them (just shoot in there and they'll get hit
eventually), why risk having a shot bounce back out?  The compacter will
take care of them anyway.

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From: st1lv@rosie.uh.edu (McLeod, Stephen)
Subject: Re: Star Wars in French item
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: University of Houston
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 22:45:00 GMT

As a person still trying to learn french (with great difficulty unfortunately),
I would be interested in finding out where I could get an american standard
(NTSC?) format french language Star Wars.  Is there a catalog?  A kind soul?
A mail order rental outfit?
---
Stephen McLeod
The Eternal? Student
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From: ahchan@rd.hydro.on.ca (Arthur Chan)
Subject: Re: Deckard is NOT a Replicant
Organization: "Ontario Hydro - Research Division"
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 92 17:14:31 GMT

I did not follow the entire discussion on this topic.  This question must have
been answered before.  Please kindly tell me why didn't Deckard "expire" before
Roy, if he is a earlier model?

Arthur 
-- 
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Operations Research
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From: gjschmid@lambert.uwaterloo.ca (Greg Schmidt)
Subject: Looking for articles on Patrick Stewart
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 19:29:15 GMT

As the subject line says, I am looking for articles concerning Patrick
Stewart, better known as Captain Picard.  I am not posting this to any
of the numerous Star Trek groups, because I am looking more for articles
dealing with his career outside Star Trek (ie. when he was a Shakespearean
actor, Dune, etc.).  Articles in books, or widely available magazines
would be best (I don't have access to the Talahassee Telegraph or the
Indianapolis Inquirer, so articles in them are useless, unless you would
care to type them up for me).

Thanks in advance.
 _________________________________________________________________
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From: ss@wpi.WPI.EDU (Scott Streeter)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.movies,alt.models
Subject: Re: Halcyon ALIEN kits?
Date: 7 Oct 92 09:25:16
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA 01609-2280
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In-reply-to: ss@wpi.WPI.EDU's message of 7 Oct 92 09:20:37

>>>>> On 7 Oct 92 09:20:37, ss@wpi.WPI.EDU (Scott Streeter) said:

ss> Nostramo (sp?) (Big bucks. $185)

adrian> If the sign in our local model shop is correct, this one is a
adrian> limited release kit - 5000 worldwide.  That is why it is
adrian> expensive.

ss> A store right near me has one. I really want it, but not for that
ss> price.

Just to follow up on this, does anyone actually have this kit? If so
how is the quality?
--
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From: sdt8s@curry.edschool.Virginia.EDU (Stephen Daniel Tilson)
Subject: Re: DARTH VADER vs. T1000
Organization: University of Virginia
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 17:52:10 GMT

dug@hpopd.pwd.hp.com  writes:
> Yup, I loved this bit.  When I first went and saw the film, the bit with the
> T1000 in the helicopter annoyed me, because it should have crashed, but the
> next time I saw it, I saw the third arm.  Nice touch!

Yeah, but what about the scene (possibly cut from general
release, I saw it in a Hollywood screening room) in which Darth
Vader fights the T-1000?
--
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Steve's address is no longer sdt8s@poe.acc.virginia.edu;
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From: steelem@rintintin.Colorado.EDU (STEELE MARK A)
Subject: Dan Akroyd in Raiders???
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 22:46:16 GMT

Near the beginning of _Temple of Doom_, when Indy, Willie and Short Round
have arrived at the airport, they are met by someone stating that he had
spoken to his (Indy's) assistant and managed to secure three seats on a
cargo liner...
I was viewing this on an old TV using VHS and this person looked alot like
Dan Akroyd. I know that if an actor is under contract with one movie studio
and they appear in another studios film then there name will not appear in
the credits, sometimes actors will ask to have their names not placed in the
credits because the part was so small/they did it for fun. Because of this
I cannot check the credits to see if it is him, or who it really is.
Could someone please confirm or deny that this character is Dan Akroyd.

-Mark
steelem@rintintin.colorado.edu

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From: bx916@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Ross W. Starkey)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.movies,rec.arts.movies,alt.cult-movies
Subject: Re: Raw oysters, boiled dogs, tequila worms, calfskin wallets.
Date: 7 Oct 1992 23:18:51 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
Reply-To: bx916@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Ross W. Starkey)
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In a previous article, ben@abby.chem.ucla.edu () says:

>Re: Calfskin wallets:
>
>Because real animals are so rare; killing or harming them for any reason
>is illegal, and considered to be revolting, uncivilized, and generally 
>socially unaceptable.
>

Then I guess the world has gone veggie!  Well, I'm ready...  :-)

I guess that Deckard was sucking on a robotic tequila worm in that bar...

Really, now.  I gathered from the movie that animals were scarce, but
by no means extinct.  How about the line about a meal of raw oysters and
boiled dog?  They can't be as rare as the assertions of Zhora
and Rachel would suggest.

If they had been wiped out by radiation or toxins, humans would also be
experiencing problems and NO Japanese actress would have been promoting
the use of birth-control pills on ANY billboard!!

If they had been decimated (but not wiped out) by pandemic, unless 
humans had been somehow unaffected by the pandemic, we would have
had to develop a cure/treatment for ourselves which we would almost
certainly have extended to the domestic animals - dogs, cows, etc.

And I still don't know why the mere POSSESSION of a calfskin wallet
would be a crime.  It could be twenty years old, for crying out loud.

Hold on - I just had a brainstorm (the milk and cookies kept me awake).

I know... there was a nuclear and/or biological war between the
United States and Japan, which Japan won.  ALL animal goods are the
sole and proprietary right of Japanese citizens or soldiers to possess,
by law.  The actress is promoting the use of contraceptives AMONG
AMERICANS ONLY.
To apply for a civil service job (such as cop) one must be bilingual in
Japanese and English.  The Japanese are also working with good old boys
like Tyrell to replace persons of authority with replicants, so that
Deckard and Bryant are both replicants!

Everything is so much clearer now!

:-) :-) :-) :-) :-) 
(-: (-: (-: (-: (-:


-- 
Whom first, whom later         No one is fool enough to choose war instead of
did you kill in battle,        peace - in peace sons bury fathers, but in war
Patroklos, when the gods       fathers bury sons.  It must have been heaven's
were calling deathward? HOMER  will that this should happen...      HERODOTUS
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From: seanodon@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (Aragorn)
Subject: BR Director's Cut (was Re: TRON/HEAVY METAL/DUNE/BLADE RUNNER)
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 92 15:47:12 GMT

In article <9210152026.AA07760@rutgers.edu> BRADHAMP@ASHLEY.COFC.EDU writes:
>
>I read an article last week that said Ripley Scott's director's cut for 
>BLADE RUNNER is now REALLY out, although it hasn't reached my area.  
>Anybody know if and where it can be gotten on tape?

(stuff deleted)

Well, I don't know if it's on video tape (I've heard it is), but it just
came to Lafayette (IN) on the big screen.  Well, as big as those new strip
theater complexes are.  I'm looking foward to seeing it in Panavision.

>thank you,
>
>BRADHAMP@ASHELY.COFC.EDU

Your welcome,
Aragorn
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From: drue@citi.umich.edu (Chris Tanis)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.movies
Subject: Re: Tremors
Date: 12 Oct 1992 12:47:41 GMT
Organization: University of Michigan
Reply-To: drue@citi.umich.edu
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>mjb@cs.nott.ac.uk (M J Brownlow)

>Tremors is absolutely brilliant, and anyone who doesn't like it had better
>run like god damned bastards (pardon my French) if they come near me and try
>to slag it off!

I laughed from beginning to end of Tremors, and I still think you should 
switch to decaf!  :)

-- 
Chris Tanis
drue@ifs.umich.edu 
Center for Information Technology Integration
The University of Michigan      Ann Arbor, MI  48103
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From: ghost@openage.openage.com (Glenn Host)
Subject: Where is Arnie now?
Organization: Open Age, Inc.
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1992 03:46:58 GMT

Almost every year Arnold S-word has been fdoing a movie, usually
two - one heavy action movie (Commando, Predator, T2, Total Recall,
Running Man) and one duo-film (Twins, Red Heat, Kindergarden Cop)
but since T2 he has not made any movies!

What is his next movie or is he taking a break or his
he spending his time campaigning for Bush
(definitely a job for Arnie right now!)

-- 

                      Glenn E. Host - Reston, VA
Very grateful guest of Openage - the best SCO service shop in the area
************* my views represent no one - not even myself. ****************
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From: spiff@netcom.com (Mark Schumann)
Subject: Re: Halcyon ALIEN kits?
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 15:01:47 GMT

In article <SS.92Oct7092516@wpi.WPI.EDU> ss@wpi.WPI.EDU (Scott Streeter) writes:
>>>>>> On 7 Oct 92 09:20:37, ss@wpi.WPI.EDU (Scott Streeter) said:
>
>Just to follow up on this, does anyone actually have this kit? If so
>how is the quality?
>--

I have a friend who works for a hobby shop, so he opened up one of the 
Nostromo kits to have a look.  He says it's to die for.  Parts are
plastic, resin, rubber, and white metal.  An incredible kit, but far
too expensive.



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From: haro@triton.unm.edu (..KANEDA..)
Subject: Re: Deckard as 6th Replicant doesn't hold water
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 92 03:02:25 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque


HA!

how do you know that Riddly Scott wasn't trying to plug LEGEND, by showing the
unicorns?


OR

Maybe Scott has a things for Unicorns!

RICK
From: rchao@well.sf.ca.us (Robert Chao)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.movies
Subject: plot question
Date: 16 Oct 92 01:26:59 GMT
Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link


When our gang jumped down into the garbage room on the Death Star, why
didn't the stormtroopers follow? Did they not see through the smoke?
Afraid of being ambushed? Afraid of getting their armor wet?
They could have shot into the garbage room, and the shots would have
ricocheted all over the place, which would have been cool!
-- 
Robert Chao
Oakland, California
From: ss@bigwpi.WPI.EDU (Scott Streeter)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.movies
Subject: Re: Alien kits again
Date: 13 Oct 92 18:20:38 GMT
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA 01609-2280
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In-reply-to: adrian@cs.hw.ac.uk's message of 13 Oct 92 14:02:20 GMT

>>>>> On 13 Oct 92 14:02:20 GMT, adrian@cs.hw.ac.uk (Adrian Hurt) said:


adrian> Name			Scale	Price (U.K. pounds)
adrian> --------------------------------------------------- 
adrian> Alien Creature		1/9	18.99

Yes me again. Exactly which kit is this? I could identify all but this
one. It it the Alien 3 alien?

--
 Scott Streeter                             Keeper of the Star Wars Archive
 ss@wpi.wpi.edu                             wpi.wpi.edu        130.215.24.1
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From: eaobrien@vax1.tcd.ie
Subject: UP
Summary: Deckard may still be 6th replicant
Reply-To: eaobrien@ashe.cs.tcd.ie
Organization: Trinity College Dublin
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 18:51:31 GMT

Reasons for believing Deckard is a replicant:
 (based purely on cinematic release of Blade Runner; no "missing" scenes)

  a)Hasn't anyone noticed that Roy Batty addresses Deckard by name ?
    How is he supposed to know his name unless he already knows him ?
    [Presuming Deckard is not a public figure]

  b)After the shooting of Leon, Deckard's eyes flash red briefly, like unto
    Roy's in his first scene.
  
  c)Deckard's apartment is full of old photos similar to those carried by 
    Leon/Rachel.

  d)Would Gaff have let  Deckard, regarded as the best man in the Blade Runner
    unit, form alliances with replicants unless he knew that Deckard had not 
    long to last ?
    
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From: jjonsson@alexandria.lib.utah.edu
Subject: Re: Sneakers Press Pack
Organization: Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 01:27:40 GMT

In article <719075999snx@childsoc.demon.co.uk> mike@childsoc.demon.co.uk (Michael Bernardi) writes:

>"Sneakers" was discussed in this weeks edition of Film 92 on BBC TV.
>One of the points covers was a "computerised Press Pack" which was available
>to persons with a computer, apart from the press.

>Has anyone come across this item and/or know where it can be found?
>                 Mike
>--
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> The Children's Society, Edward Rudolf House, Margery Street, | worth living
> London, WC1X 0JL, UK    Voice: +44 71 837 4299    Charity Reg. No. 221124

I have this press kit for the PC. I wonder how I could convert it into a 
binary and post it? If someone wants to tell me how they can write me. . .


Jeff Jonsson
Marriott Library System Support, University of Utah.
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From: jk87377@cc.tut.fi (Juhana Kouhia)
Subject: Re: Deckard as 6th Replicant doesn't hold water
Organization: Tampere University of Technology
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 92 17:32:08 GMT


In article <1992Oct6.103019.19815@lut.ac.uk> K.R.Catchpole3@lut.ac.uk
(Uncle Bill Burroughs) writes:
>
>Call me a stupid moron

As you wish.

>but I thought one of the main themes in BR
>was the fact that Deckard IS NOT a replicant but the job was so inhumane that
>to cope he had to disconnect himself from his emotions, thereby BECOMING what
>he hunted as those he hunted became more human.

It is still the main theme, because 'Deckard is a replicant'--claim
comes out only at the end, when Deckard finds the folded unicorn from
the floor.

Juhana Kouhia
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From: BRADHAMP@ASHLEY.COFC.EDU
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.movies
Subject: TRON/HEAVY METAL/DUNE/BLADE RUNNER
Date: 15 Oct 92 20:23:38 GMT






I read an article last week that said Ripley Scott's director's cut for 
BLADE RUNNER is now REALLY out, although it hasn't reached my area.  
Anybody know if and where it can be gotten on tape?

I saw DUNE advertised on a cable channel as the LONG VERSION, and it was
FOUR HOURS LONG!  Alas, I do not have cable.  Does anybody know about this?

Are TRON and HEAVY METAL available on tape?  if so, how can I get copies?
If not, why not? [they were both really good flicks]


thank you,

BRADHAMP@ASHELY.COFC.EDU
From: jatg5423@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (John A. Ternent)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.movies
Subject: Dune (longer version) FAQ?
Date: 13 Oct 92 22:13:16 GMT
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana

Hi, all.

Sorry if this is an FAQ, but there's a version of Dune playing on
two nights here in Illinois (on Fox) that has a LOT of scenes that
were not on the videotape release.  Does anyone know where to get
the long version and how to distinguish the two (Aside from looking
at "Running time")?

Thanks,

John Ternent
jatg5423@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
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From: jreece@sousa.intel.com (John Reece)
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Subject: Re: BR: Raw oysters, boiled dogs, tequila worms, calfskin wallets.
Date: 7 Oct 92 16:19:19 GMT
Reply-To: jreece@sousa.intel.com
Organization: Intel - Information Technologies

In article <1aogbkINNcl0@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> Ross W. Starkey,
 bx916@cleveland.Freenet.Edu writes:
>In Blade Runner (all cuts), why would Rachel turn in a guy for giving
> her a calfskin wallet?  What's the big deal about calfskin?  Not like
> the world's gone veggie or anything... 


It has in the movie.  In the short story that provided the kernel for the 
movie most if not all animals are extinct.  The only animals available
for pets are replicants.  Hence the line when Deckard's cornering the 
replicant dancer and he asks her if her snake is real.


-- 
John Reece			"This lifeboat is full"	
Not an Intel spokesman
From: ss@wpi.WPI.EDU (Scott Streeter)
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Subject: Re: Halcyon ALIEN kits?
Date: 7 Oct 92 09:20:37
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA 01609-2280
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In-reply-to: adrian@cs.hw.ac.uk's message of 7 Oct 92 12:33:10 GMT


ss> Nostramo (sp?) (Big bucks. $185)

adrian> If the sign in our local model shop is correct, this one is a
adrian> limited release kit - 5000 worldwide.  That is why it is
adrian> expensive.

A store right near me has one. I really want it, but not for that
price.
--
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 ss@wpi.wpi.edu                             wpi.wpi.edu        130.215.24.1
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From: cliff@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Cliff Chen)
Subject: Re: TRON/HEAVY METAL/DUNE/BLADE RUNNER
Organization: HAC - Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 14:37:21 GMT

In article <9210152026.AA07760@rutgers.edu> BRADHAMP@ASHLEY.COFC.EDU writes:
>I read an article last week that said Ripley Scott's director's cut for 
>BLADE RUNNER is now REALLY out, although it hasn't reached my area.  
>Anybody know if and where it can be gotten on tape?

	Yes, it's out.  But not on videotape!  Just on 16 and 35 mm.  Give
it time.  It was just released on film about a month ago.

>Are TRON and HEAVY METAL available on tape?  if so, how can I get copies?
>If not, why not? [they were both really good flicks]

	TRON, yes.  As for getting a copy...you might try talking to
someone at the local Disney Store.  They could probably order it for you.
	Heavy Metal...no.  Not legally anyway.  There has not and will
never be a videotape of Heavy Metal.  Something to do with contract
disagreements.  If you do want a copy of it on videotape, you may want to
try checking out a fair sized science fiction convention (ala WorldCon,
BaltiCon, etc.).  There are usually vendors selling illegally produced
copies of the movie.  Although, a while ago, I heard that the process of
transferring from 16mm film to videotape causes a noticable sound quality loss.

					Cliff Chen
					cliff@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu
From: sjs28257@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Stelter)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.starwars
Subject: Re: Lynch directing SW (Re: Cast of 'Prefix' T
Date: 14 Oct 92 23:51:24 GMT
Article-I.D.: news.Bw4y9p.4AB
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana

braca2@cspyr1.cs.adfa.oz.au (BRAY CHRISTOPHER) writes:

>pip@pro-freedom.cts.com (David Pipgras) writes:

>>>If it would have been anything like Dune (Long Version), ROTJ

>>Ohhhhh......Ick !!!!  Jedi like Dune ????  Let me guess, Jabba would be a
>>large facelss worm that snakes through the sands of Tatooine, both Rebel
>>and Imperial forces (or at lest the actors) would not have a clue, and, the
>>the film's most touching scene, Yoda, just before his death, instructs Luke
>>on how to properly scream at the Emperor....

>Hey dickwad, dont insult a great movie.  RotJ would be nothing like Dune,
>for starters Lynch probably would have not written very much of the script
>(one of the reasons Dune is soooo far out), and would have had some input
>from Lucas, creating a very well rounded, fascinating film; and I agree
>it would have surpassed any other sf film around.

You bet.  We'd get to see Kyle MacLachlan (sp?  Aw, who cares?) recast as
Luke and Sherilyn Fenn as Leia.  (Actually, that last one doesn't sound too
bad... :)  The Emperor would be this immensely fat guy with boils all over
his face, and instead of Admiral Ackbar, we'd get the mutant baby from
"Eraserhead."  Vader would take off his mask: he'd be the Elephant Man.
Yoda would be played by the dancing midget from the Black Lodge, and the
giant would get to play Chewie.  As for Han...hell, I dunno.  Willem Defoe,
maybe.

I'd better quit before I start giving Mr. Lynch ideas.  The idea of "Fire
Walk With Me 2: A New Hope" just gives me the willies.



                                    --Steve Stelter
                                      sjs28257@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
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