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From: cynthia@ll.mit.edu (Cynthia Eldridge)
Subject: Re: 2 questions.  Please read.
Originator: cynthia@ll.mit.edu (Cynthia Eldridge)
Keywords: stretching, sparring
Organization: MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington MA
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 92 19:31:27 GMT


In article <1299@hydra.bucknell.edu>, cammarta@bucknell.edu (aaron cammarata `93) writes:
|> 
|> 	 A couple of quick questions I'd like some opinions on:
|> 1)
|> 	In the unfortunate event that you're attacked, say on the street somewhere, and you're not stretched out, as you would be before and during training, how do you deal with it?  Obviously, kicks aren't going to be as high,
|> and the danger of a sprain or tear is much higher.  How do you cope?  Any special ideas out there?


Don't forget the effect of adrenaline.  It tends to make you
more flexible pretty quickly.  

I also agree with the other opinions, that if kicks are used, 
they should be low.  They will be stronger and less risky.

--

Cynthia
Newsgroups: rec.martial-arts
From: izar@shuldig.huji.ac.il (Izar Tarandach)
Subject: Question on Musashi
Reply-To: izar@cs.huji.ac.il
Organization: Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 92 08:27:31 GMT


	I remember Sensei comenting that Musashi was twice defeated
while wandering in search for duels, and that one of the times it
was by a ninja using a war fan (a metal fan, not a guy that likes
war...). Having found no reference to this in the Go Rin No Sho, I
turn to the Net-wisdom in search for an answer: does anybody knows
the story, and also the other defeat ?

--izar
From: wdg@uncc.edu (doug gullett)
Newsgroups: rec.martial-arts
Subject: Great Lakes Chinese Martial Arts Tournament summary
Keywords: did anyone here attend??
Date: 13 Apr 92 13:18:03 GMT
Reply-To: wdg@uncc.edu
Organization: University of NC at Charlotte

Did anyone else go to the Great Lakes Tournament last weekend
(held in Cleveland)?  It was my first, so I'd love to hear what more
seasoned  MAs had to say about it.

I thought that the Masters Demos were fantastic!!  Eagle Claw,
Praying Mantis, Chen Tai Chi and Mi Tsung Lo Han were represented.
It was easy to see why those guys are called Masters.  The crowd
went crazy over a 3 sectional staff performance (the floor sure
took a beating ;^)).

I missed the Intermediate/Advanced fighting (had to catch my flight)
but really enjoyed the traditional weapon and open hand forms. The
pee-wee and teen fighting was much more intense that I thought it would
be, so I can imagine what the other levels did.

The range of styles was pretty amazing.  One martial artist did
a  particularly stunning advanced Snake form which won him
(I believe) first place.  Seeing some of this styles for the first
time was one of the reasons that I wanted to go in the first place!
I competed in one of the open hand forms competitions, but did not
win one of the four trophies (I guess I must have come in fifth ;^)).

Well in general I think that it was fairly judged and ran relatively
smoothly.  Do other tournaments settle ties with the two competitors
by repeating their forms for a second time?  Also I noticed the judges
inspecting weapons after each person perfomed.  I surmised that this
was to get a feel for how heavy each was to determine the difficulty
of the form (i.e. some staffs are thin/springy/light other thick/rigid/heavy).

Any comments would be welcome.

		thanks,
		Doug Gullett
		University of NC at Charlotte
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From: kcdutt@ofkin.Princeton.EDU (Kevin C. Dutt)
Subject: Book on TaekwonDo forms?
Organization: Princeton University
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 03:20:29 GMT

	I'm looking for a complete book on TaekwonDo forms (Taeguk, Pawlge, 
BlackBelt, and the traditional forms).  Does one exist?
From: Kevin_Deane@mindlink.bc.ca (Kevin Deane)
Newsgroups: rec.martial-arts
Subject: Re: Taekwondo
Date: 7 Apr 92 02:57:27 GMT
Article-I.D.: mindlink.11287
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada

Yeah, I know which article you were talking about.  It was pretty bad.  Give
some of the later issues a read.  They have some good articles in them.  The
last issue of TKD Times was very good though.
See ya.
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Subject: Re: Question on Musashi
From: karsten@nic.gac.edu (Karsten Hendrick)
Date: 14 Apr 92 13:13:14 -0600
Distribution: world

In article <12428@auspex-gw.auspex.com>  writes:

> > What should I do if there is a person who boasts about their Marital
> > Art skills and threatens to kill other people. 
 
> 	Use lawyer-fu, and report him to your local law enforcement for
> assault...  Lawyers are much more efficient weapons than fists :-)
> 
> 	Your mileage may vary.

But your bank account is guaranteed to go down if you use some
ambulance chaser to get back at a braggert.

I'm sure the guy does himself plenty of damage by talking like 
that, so why worry about it?  He's just trying to get a charge 
out of others.

My advice is to use saynothing-do and ignorehim-do, which are the
most underrated, effective forms of bully/braggart control
known to man.

Karsten Hendrick
karsten@nic.gac.edu
karsten@lavatch.gac.edu
From: mary@Cayman.COM (Mary Malmros)
Newsgroups: rec.martial-arts
Subject: Re: Book on TaekwonDo forms?
Date: 7 Apr 92 15:30:20 GMT
Organization: Cayman Systems Inc., Cambridge, MA
In-reply-to: kcdutt@ofkin.Princeton.EDU's message of 6 Apr 92 03:20:29 GMT


In article <1992Apr6.032029.18044@Princeton.EDU> kcdutt@ofkin.Princeton.EDU (Kevin C. Dutt) writes:

	   I'm looking for a complete book on TaekwonDo forms (Taeguk, Pawlge, 
   BlackBelt, and the traditional forms).  Does one exist?  

I don't know of any single book that has them all...that's a lot of
forms!  For practical as well as political reasons, I rather doubt
such a thing exists.  

Hee Il Cho has a series of books that include traditional forms 
(2 volumes, about nine forms to a volume) and Taegeuk (also
2 volumes, I believe).  Both of these obviously include both gup
and dan forms.  I don't know if he's got a book out with the Palgues.
I've looked at the traditional forms books and they are okay, better
than most I've seen, but obviously not as good as a live teacher.
He also has forms videos, which I haven't seen.
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From: sc1u+@andrew.cmu.edu (Stephen Chan)
Newsgroups: rec.martial-arts
Subject: Re: Effectiveness, swords, etc.
Date: 10 Apr 92 14:15:03 GMT
	<1992Apr9.225114.3431@craycos.com>
Organization: Comp & Comm - Telecommunications, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

sog@craycos.com (Steve Gombosi) writes:
> One-on-one, you are probably right. As Smith er,uh,points out, the point is
> superior for keeping *AN* opponent at bay. Sabers and katana are battlefield
> weapons by design, intended for use in "one against many" situations where
> one needs to render each opponent *completely* incapacitated as quickly
> as possible. Under such circumstances, a weapon which is good at *removing*
> limbs is preferable to one which merely *punctures* them. Besides, who
> *ever* said that kenjutsu didn't use the point???? Take a *good* look at
> iaido kata...

	[whiny voice on]
	Don't you hate it when you run someone through with your
sword, and all of a sudden it gets STUCK in their torso because of an
vacuum seal? And then, their buddy comes up and cuts your head
off, while you're trying to disengage the sword from their body.
	Ooooohhh...I *hate* when that happens...

Stephen Y. Chan		Programmer Analyst	CMU Telecommunications
stevec+@cmu.edu		(412)268-5115 [me] 	(412)268-4987 [FAX]
Newsgroups: rec.martial-arts
From: fischer@netmbx.netmbx.de (Axel Fischer)
Subject: Re: White: Color of Gis, Color of Mourning - ?
Organization: netmbx, Berlin, Germany
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 10:09:19 GMT

In article <1992Apr7.023051.2181@wam.umd.edu> beawoulf@wam.umd.edu writes:
>William K Glunt writes
>By the way, can anyone tell me about MA in various branches of the millitary?

Can't tell about military but the german police teaches JuJutsu to the
5th kyu (yellow belt).

You get a few lessons where you mainly learn throws and holding techniques.

Nothing that really helps out. You can work out for free more, but
officially you have completed your training with the 5th Kyu.
-Axel
-- 
fischer@netmbx.de                                                   DoD #0228
CBR600F2 (street) - NS400R (track)
From: sog@craycos.com (Steve Gombosi)
Newsgroups: rec.martial-arts
Subject: Re: Posting guidelines
Date: 15 Apr 92 14:04:27 GMT
Organization: Cray Computer Corporation

In article <sgfapINNln4@agate.berkeley.edu> upload@cogsci.Berkeley.EDU (Michael Robinson) writes:

<Lots of quotes deleted>

>This, along with several other recent articles, gives me an idea for an
>amendment to the posting guidelines for this group which I believe could
>greatly increase the quality of discussion.
>
>The idea is this:  no one will be permitted to write declarative sentences 
>about any art unless they have personally trained in it for at least a
>month.
>
>Comments?

Make it a decade.

Steve
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From: bud@ms.uky.edu (William K Glunt)
Subject: Re: Real Martial Artists
    <19389@sybase.sybase.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1992 17:12:00 GMT
Organization: University Of Kentucky, Dept. of Math Sciences
X-Bytes: 

 Speaking of real martial artists (hows that for a smooth blend?),
I got my Thorick Chow tape the other day.  I've only had time to
watch it a few times,  but I must say I'm quite impressed.  Thorick
has a very good understanding of what he's about.  Thanks Thorick!!!

Osu!

Bud
-- 
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************************| Then you are probably better than most people!
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From: bud@ms.uky.edu (William K Glunt)
Subject: Re: Which is most effective? Point/Edge weapons.
    <kubjc0INNokg@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> 
    <1992Apr10.182812.27132@relay.nswc.navy.mil>
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1992 00:16:17 GMT
Organization: University Of Kentucky, Dept. of Math Sciences
X-Bytes: 

In article <1992Apr10.182812.27132@relay.nswc.navy.mil> snorthc@relay.nswc.navy.mil (Stephen Northcutt) writes:
>I caught this off another newsgroup, it sure is one way to make a point!
>
>      Sometimes, as the CIA knows, killing has to be done at close
>      range.  For this purpose, a valuable weapon is the ice pick with a
>      blood arrester attached.  The blood arrester is a cloth wrapped
>      near the tip of the ice pick.  When the pick is shoved into the
>      victim, the spurting blood is absorbed by the blood arrester.
>      People who see the victim fall will probably think he has had a
>      heart attack.  While the onlookers try to help the victim, the
>      assassin uses this valuable ten or fifteen seconds to escape
>      unnoticed.
>
>===================================================================
>            

 I read this in one of the 'How to kill' books from Palladin many
years ago...for political assasinations, they made the arrester look
like a campaign button.  Heh heh.

Bud

-- 
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************************| Then you are probably better than most people!
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From: doug@eng.umd.edu (Douglas N. Cohen)
Subject: Re: Bruce Lee on...
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 92 17:52:45 GMT
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park, College of Engineering
Summary: hunor
Followup-To:      doug:  <doug@eng.umd.edu> : <doug@lpf.umd.edu>
Keywords: -=-=-< humor >-=-=-

In article <1992Apr14.023813.23710@wam.umd.edu> beawoulf@wam.umd.edu writes:

>Karsten Hendrick writes
>> In article <43325@as0c.sei.cmu.edu>  writes:
>> 
>> > Besides this, I think virtually everyone has annointed Bruce Lee with a
>> > god-hood of which he is undeserving.  He was a good martial artist.  I  
>think
>> > there are many who are much better.  
>> 
>> I'm not trying to hardtime you or anything, this is just curiosity.
>> Which martial artists do you consider to be exemplary fighters?
>>   
>
>
>JACKIE CHAN IS GOD !!!!!!!!!!!! 
>
>He an extremely good martial artist. The characters he portrays are shown to  
>lose fights (unlike El-Bruce Pres-Lee), and everything you see in his movies  
>was done for real with no trick photography or anything. when he jumps out of a  
>plane in flight and falls w/o a parachute into the ocean, you know Jackie (aka.  
>God, Great One, he who makes mortals quake in abject fear) actually did jump  
>into the ocean from a plane in flight. Plus he shows bloopers in the  
>end-credits of his figths, like all the times his barfing dragon block (tm)  
>missed and he got nailed. Therefore, logically, and with no emotian clouding my  
>argument, he is God. :-)

	who could argue with this....  * i'm * convinced...
	another opinion, worth what you paid for it!
	as always, i am/at:

	     doug:  <doug@eng.umd.edu> : <doug@lpf.umd.edu>

	-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-< a ghost in the machine >-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

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From: boucher@neon.csl.sri.com (Peter K. Boucher)
Subject: Re: If these postings are a representative sample of the arts...
Reply-To: boucher@neon.csl.sri.com (Peter K. Boucher)
Organization: SRI International, Computer Science Lab, Menlo Park, CA
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 03:35:27 GMT

>>> 
>>>    You know, for a while there, I was seriously considering studying  
>>>    martial arts. 
>>>    Then I started reading this newsgroup.
>>> 
>> you're right, of course.  i hope you get a chance to read alt.sex
>> before you reach puberty.
>> 
>> ;-> ;-> ;-> ;-> ;-> ;-> ;-> ;-> ;-> ;-> ;-> ;-> ;-> ;-> ;-> ;-> ;->
>> 
>> --
>> jonathan byrd
>> jon@apollo.med.utah.edu
>
>
>you sure say alot about the attitudes and integrity of us practitioners.   
>thanks
>
>-gumby

This brings up a valid point.  Any idiot ( e.g., me 8^} ) can post
whatever garbage they want here, and it doesn't say anything at all
about the attitudes and integrity of M-A practitioners.  

Clearly, these postings are not a representative sample of the arts.

I've noticed that in order to get any useful information from this
newsgroup, I have to wade through mounds of drivel.  This, however
is not an intelligent reason to stop considering studying martial
arts.

Pete    (boucher@neon.csl.sri.com)
From: bae@Auspex.COM (Brian Ehrmantraut)
Newsgroups: rec.martial-arts
Subject: Re: 2 questions.  Please read.
Keywords: stretching, sparring
Date: 8 Apr 92 17:27:36 GMT

In article <1299@hydra.bucknell.edu>, cammarta@bucknell.edu (aaron cammarata `93) writes:
> 2) When sparring, what goes through your head?

	Ideally, "nothing".

-- 
		Brian A. Ehrmantraut

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Newsgroups: rec.martial-arts
From: beawoulf@next04wor.wam.umd.edu (Yilmaz W. Rona)
Subject: MA in Millitary
Reply-To: beawoulf@wam.umd.edu
Organization: Workstations at Maryland, University of Maryland, College Park
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 02:50:01 GMT


Since the response was so overwhelming the last time I posted this question,  
I'll try this again:

Could someone tell me what kinds of MA instruction goes on in the millitary?

I am most interested in the instruction that Naval personel have access to.

						Yilmaz Rona

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From: dsmythe@netcom.com (Dave Smythe)
Subject: Re: How to choose a Martial Art discipline?
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 92 22:13:21 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Distribution: na

In article <1992Apr9.174759.8051@bnr.ca> naldrett@bcarh893.bnr.ca (Steve Naldrett) writes:
>Don't know anything about Tiger, Hsing-I, and Ba Gua.  Are
>these Kung Fu styles?  If someone could post a list of
>different Kung Fu styles, and how they differ, I would
>like to see it.

Oh, boy.  I think Mikel Evins has posted a list like this before, so
I'm not going to write any comparisons (someone who has archived the
group might be nice enough to grep back through for his posting), but
here's a partial list of the styles that are part of the Fukien
lineage Shao-Lin Temple MA system:

5 classical animals
-------------------
tiger, crane, dragon, leopard, snake

Other animals
-------------
Eagle, monkey, bear, horse, bird

Insects
-------
Mantis, roach, centipede, bee

Plants
------
10,000 Lotus blooming (you wouldn't believe it if I described it anyway),
various things called "Plum Blossom" this or that

Internal
--------
T'ai Chi Ch'uan, Ba Gua Chang, Hsing-I Ch'uan, Liu-Hsing
  (plus golden snake and possibly others)

Chi Kung-ish
------------
Iron-{man,palm,bone, etc.}, The 49 I Chin Ching, Hua To 5 Animal Play,
Ho T'ien Ch'i, Shin T'ien Ch'i
(sorry if I've just butchered the romanizations...)

Hard external styles
--------------------
108 Lo Han, China Hand, "Connecting Fist"  (not sure if it's a separate
style -- reminds me of Lo Hans)

Grappling
---------
Chin Na, various ground-fighting forms in other styles (like 8 immortals)

Miscellanea
-----------
Drunken, 8 immortals, Cotton Fist, Fist of Hua

Weapons
-------
Short stick (kai pang), double-ended staff (bo/pang), single-ended staff
(kuen), spear (chang), nunchaku, sanchaku, tonfa, sai (cha), single-edged
broadsword (dao), double-edged straight sword (jian ?), hook swords,
knives, kwan dao, chain whip, meteor hammer, rope dart, shuriken/shaken,
monk spade, hand axe, (and plenty I've forgotten :-).

Oh yeah, and fists, feet, knees, elbows, heads, arms, shoulders, ...  ;-)

D

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From: david@xlnt.com (David Johnson)
Newsgroups: rec.martial-arts
Subject: Re: Breaking
Date: 7 Apr 92 16:59:18 GMT
Article-I.D.: xlnt.988
Organization: XLNT Designs, Inc (XDI)

In article <willimsa.702504201@unix1.tcd.ie>, willimsa@unix1.tcd.ie (Gavin Williams) writes:
|> Some of you out there may remember a passage in Funakoshi Sensei's book,
|> 'My Way of Life'.  In it he refers to any people who boast about breaking and
|> use it, among other things, as a demonstration of skill.  He says that they 
|> are very much distanced from the true meaning of Karate.  (I can get the actual
|> quote if there is enough interest.)
|> 
|> My question is, how would you reconcile this with the practice among certain
|> forms of Martial Arts (I know TKD does it and have heard that others may), of
|> breaking boards and blocks etc. as part of the proficiency examinations for 
|> gradings and advancement?
|> 
|> 
|> (This is not a trick question, or style-bashing, I *do* want to hear 
|> your responses.)

For one thing, Funakoshi, though well respected, is not running things now and
is not the patriarch of most systems.  Systems do change and evolve over
time.

When you become a teacher, you should
teach the best you know how.  If that includes breaking it is alright, it is
your call.  I personally do not agree but I am not the teacher.  There is no
ABSOLUTE proof that there is no value in breaking so if a particular teacher
thinks there is value in it then let that teacher require breaking proficiency.

-- 
David Johnson
XLNT Designs, Inc. (XDI)
david@xlnt.com
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Newsgroups: rec.martial-arts
From: fittery@arcturus.uucp (Elmer Fittery)
Subject: Any judo people out there that also do aikido?
Organization: Rockwell International
Distribution: ca
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 92 19:05:46 GMT

My son has been doing judo for about five years.  He is currently
10 years old.  My observation of his style is it is very much
linear/lateral.  He doesn't do much rotation at all.  Believe me
(I am a San-Dan) I have tried to get him to understand that twisting
when one makes throws makes it more likely that a throw will work
correctly.  He just started aikido and hopefully the concepts will
blend in with his judo.  Specifically I am talking about using more
finesse and not so much strength.  Anybody have any comments?

Is the Pacific Rim Championships (Judo) a big tournament for kids
in the 9 to 12 year old category?

From: larryp@hpmwtd.HP.COM (Larry Pendergrass)
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 19:04:27 GMT
Subject: Periodical Aphorism
Organization: HP Santa Rosa Site (NMD MTA MWTD). - Santa Rosa, Ca.
Newsgroups: rec.martial-arts



     "I converted what seemed to be a failure - indeed a final failure - into
     a new success. The secret is not to mope, but to get out of bed in the
     morning."

						 Izzy Stone
Newsgroups: rec.martial-arts
From: c9103432@cc.newcastle.edu.au
Subject: State Of Mind
Organization: University of Newcastle, AUSTRALIA
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 02:55:41 GMT

I just wanted to know what people thought about your state-of-mind when
fighting - that doesn't mean free-sparring.
Do you believe that you should have a state of *no-mind* ? If so why ?
Wouldn't that mean that if you weren't scared or angry that you wouldn't 
have an adrenalin rush and so be at a disadvantage ?
Should you go berzerk ? Then you would be out of control and maybe do things
that you shouldn't e.g accidently kill somebody.
I know that it depends on the situation because in some fights i have been
in I have been scared/angry and really went crazy, but in others I knew 
exactly what I was doing (although I was drunk at the time and so I can't
remember whether or not I had an adrenalin rush).
Maybe it depends on whether you initiate the fight. If I have hit somebody
first then I don't seem to be as scared. But if I  get hit first or have a 
punch thrown at me then I seem to be in a state of violence, rather than of
being able to think as clearly. 
How about some opinions by people that have been in fights and know what 
I'm talking about ?
			John Simon
From: jon@zeus.med.utah.edu (Jonathan Byrd)
Newsgroups: rec.martial-arts
Subject: Re: If these postings are a representative sample of the arts...
Date: 15 Apr 92 22:08:12 GMT
Article-I.D.: zeus.JON.92Apr15170812
Organization: University of Utah

In article <1992Apr15.170921.1@gallua.gallaudet.edu> CADS_COLE@GALLUA.BITNET (Kevin Cole; Washington DC) writes:


   You know, for a while there, I was seriously considering studying martial arts. 
   Then I started reading this newsgroup.

you're right, of course.  i hope you get a chance to read alt.sex
before you reach puberty.

;-> ;-> ;-> ;-> ;-> ;-> ;-> ;-> ;-> ;-> ;-> ;-> ;-> ;-> ;-> ;-> ;->

--
jonathan byrd
jon@apollo.med.utah.edu
From: snorthc@relay.nswc.navy.mil (Stephen Northcutt)
Newsgroups: rec.martial-arts
Subject: Re: Which is most effective? Point/Edge weapons.
Date: 10 Apr 92 18:28:12 GMT
Article-I.D.: relay.1992Apr10.182812.27132
Reply-To: snorthc@relay.nswc.navy.mil (Stephen Northcutt)
Organization: Naval Surface Warfare Center

I caught this off another newsgroup, it sure is one way to make a point!

      Sometimes, as the CIA knows, killing has to be done at close
      range.  For this purpose, a valuable weapon is the ice pick with a
      blood arrester attached.  The blood arrester is a cloth wrapped
      near the tip of the ice pick.  When the pick is shoved into the
      victim, the spurting blood is absorbed by the blood arrester.
      People who see the victim fall will probably think he has had a
      heart attack.  While the onlookers try to help the victim, the
      assassin uses this valuable ten or fifteen seconds to escape
      unnoticed.

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