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Thread: Circus: Ten-Word Reviews
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Jahlove
Tied to the mast
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Artemis Fowl
Brain-box lad gets friendly with Elves. Butler = Butler.
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“Sing like no one's listening, love like you've never been hurt, dance like nobody's watching, and live like its heaven on earth.” - Mark Twain
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Uncle Pete
Loyaute me lie
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The Wizard of Oz
Wicked witches. Phony wizards. 19th century psychedelic dream. Published 1905.
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Even more so than I was before
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Pearl B4 Swine
Ship's Oyster-Shucker
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Grapes of Wrath
Derelict Okie family finds California disappointing in every way. Bummer.
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Oinkster
"I do a good job and I know how to do this stuff" D. Trump (speaking of the POTUS job)
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Jahlove
Tied to the mast
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Catch-22
Read this book? You're mad. Mad? You've read this book.
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“Sing like no one's listening, love like you've never been hurt, dance like nobody's watching, and live like its heaven on earth.” - Mark Twain
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art dunce
Shipmate
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The Brothers Karamazov
Three brothers (maybe four) hate their father. One commits patricide.
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Ego is not your amigo.
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Banner Lady
Ship's Ensign
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Anne of Green Gables & sequels
Orphan finds home. Leaves home. Finds home. Leaves home. Etc.
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Women in the church are not a problem to be solved, but a mystery to be enjoyed.
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Firenze
Ordinary decent pagan
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The Scarlet Pimpernel
Husband rescues French aristos. Wife fails to notice. Zut alors.
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Banner Lady
Ship's Ensign
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Little Women
Four girls grow up during the Civil War. Almost.
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Women in the church are not a problem to be solved, but a mystery to be enjoyed.
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Banner Lady
Ship's Ensign
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Mary Poppins, the series
Weird transcendental nanny administers drugs to children. Psychotropic adventures ensue.
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Women in the church are not a problem to be solved, but a mystery to be enjoyed.
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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Baby and Child Care
This Spock thought he knew it all. He was wrong.
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Jasmine, little cat with a big heart.
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Ariston
Insane Unicorn
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The Code of Canon Law
In these 1,752 things consists a small part of the law.
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“Therefore, let it be explained that nowhere are the proprieties quite so strictly enforced as in men’s colleges that invite young women guests, especially over-night visitors in the fraternity houses.” Emily Post, 1937.
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
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quote:
Originally posted by Belisarius:
Citizen Kane
{spoiler removed}
Goddamn, it, Bel! ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
Liaisons Dangereuses
French girls are easy.
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I cannot expect people to believe “
Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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Mamacita
Lakefront liberal
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quote:
Originally posted by Jahlove:
Catch-22
Read this book? You're mad. Mad? You've read this book.
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Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.
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Lyda*Rose
Ship's broken porthole
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Love Story
Love(Story) means "You really owe us an apology, Segal".
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"Dear God, whose name I do not know - thank you for my life. I forgot how BIG... thank you. Thank you for my life." ~from Joe Vs the Volcano
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Ariston
Insane Unicorn
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quote:
Originally posted by Lyda*Rose:
Love Story
Love(Story) means "You really owe us an apology, Segal".
Sorry.
Augustine's Confessions
Doesn't God know all this already? Rather pointless.
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“Therefore, let it be explained that nowhere are the proprieties quite so strictly enforced as in men’s colleges that invite young women guests, especially over-night visitors in the fraternity houses.” Emily Post, 1937.
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
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[AA, you are all kinds of awesome.]
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I cannot expect people to believe “
Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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Firenze
Ordinary decent pagan
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Far From the Madding Crowd
Rural beauty mucks people about but eventually marries solid shepherd.
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
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Casablanca
A guy and a girl meet in a bar. Great theme song.
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I cannot expect people to believe “
Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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Bob Two-Owls
Shipmate
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The Joy of Sex
Phwooar, euurr, hmmm, eek!, oh...looks more boring than fun.
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Marvin the Martian
Interplanetary
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The Karma Sutra
Half are physically impossible, the rest are crippling. Fun though.
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Hail Gallaxhar
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Belisarius
Lord Bountiful of Admin (Emeritus) Delights
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quote:
Originally posted by Kelly Alves:
Liaisons Dangereuses
French girls are easy.
The Scarlet Letter
Puritan girls are easy.
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Animals may be Evolution's Icing, but Bacteria are the Cake.
Andrew Knoll
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Firenze
Ordinary decent pagan
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Dombey and Son
Haughty businessman loses son. Second wife elopes. Wet daughter forgives.
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Marvin the Martian
Interplanetary
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quote:
Originally posted by Belisarius:
quote:
Originally posted by Kelly Alves:
Liaisons Dangereuses
French girls are easy.
The Scarlet Letter
Puritan girls are easy.
Don Juan
All girls are easy.
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Hail Gallaxhar
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Loquacious beachcomber
Shipmate
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The King's Speech
Inspirational tale of stammering upperclass twit transformed by persistant therapist.
[ 28. October 2011, 14:05: Message edited by: Silver Faux ]
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TODAY'S SPECIAL - AND SO ARE YOU (Sign on beachfront fish & chips shop)
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Chelley
Ship's Old Boot
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Harry Potter and the...
Wizard boy rubs scar, does hero stuff, gets bad guy.
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"I love old things, they make me feel sad."
"What's good about sad?"
"It's happy for deep people!"
Sally Sparrow to Kathy - Doctor Who
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Chelley
Ship's Old Boot
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Lord of the flies
Revolting tale of little savages doing grim stuff to rest.
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"I love old things, they make me feel sad."
"What's good about sad?"
"It's happy for deep people!"
Sally Sparrow to Kathy - Doctor Who
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Sir Kevin
Ship's Gaffer
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A film
Space girls are easy
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If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Writing is currently my hobby, not yet my profession.
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Sir Kevin
Ship's Gaffer
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Three Men in a Boat:
Three bachelors up the Thames have trouble with pineapple can.
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If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Writing is currently my hobby, not yet my profession.
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Bob Two-Owls
Shipmate
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Last Tango in Paris
Old bloke butters up young woman, rejected with a bullet.
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BessLane
Shipmate
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Pillars of the Earth
It takes a very long time to build a cathedral
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It's all on me and I won't tell it.
formerly BessHiggs
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Hedgehog
Ship's Shortstop
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The Maltese Falcon
Detective gets the bird but doesn't play the sap.
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"We must regain the conviction that we need one another, that we have a shared responsibility for others and the world, and that being good and decent are worth it."--Pope Francis, Laudato Si'
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Firenze
Ordinary decent pagan
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Hamlet
Haunted prince kills murderer - and a lot of other people.
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Ariston
Insane Unicorn
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Being and Nothingness
Not much ado about nothing.
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“Therefore, let it be explained that nowhere are the proprieties quite so strictly enforced as in men’s colleges that invite young women guests, especially over-night visitors in the fraternity houses.” Emily Post, 1937.
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Ariston
Insane Unicorn
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Much Ado About Nothing
Lots of witty flirting. Dull subplot involving main characters.
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“Therefore, let it be explained that nowhere are the proprieties quite so strictly enforced as in men’s colleges that invite young women guests, especially over-night visitors in the fraternity houses.” Emily Post, 1937.
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Uncle Pete
Loyaute me lie
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Romeo & Juliet
Boy meets girl. Clan rivalry. They die.
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Even more so than I was before
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BessLane
Shipmate
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Rats Pete...you beat me to it
Oedipus
Man kills dad, boinks mom, blinds self and goes mad.
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It's all on me and I won't tell it.
formerly BessHiggs
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Belisarius
Lord Bountiful of Admin (Emeritus) Delights
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Emma
Being stuck in a boring village can overstimulate your imagination.
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Animals may be Evolution's Icing, but Bacteria are the Cake.
Andrew Knoll
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Dafyd
Shipmate
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Don Quixote
Knight thinks windmills are giants. Peasant thinks proverbs are clever.
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we remain, thanks to original sin, much in love with talking about, rather than with, one another. Rowan Williams
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Dafyd
Shipmate
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The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy
Tristram describes Uncle Toby. I have only two words left.
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we remain, thanks to original sin, much in love with talking about, rather than with, one another. Rowan Williams
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Louise
Shipmate
# 30
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The Scottish Play
Supreme authority derived from weird bints in farcical moorland ceremony
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Hedgehog
Ship's Shortstop
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The Dubliners
Tales with no beginning, no end and damn little middle.
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"We must regain the conviction that we need one another, that we have a shared responsibility for others and the world, and that being good and decent are worth it."--Pope Francis, Laudato Si'
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Loquacious beachcomber
Shipmate
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The Godfather
Family values for accepting relatives, choosing friends, solving unpleasant situations.
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TODAY'S SPECIAL - AND SO ARE YOU (Sign on beachfront fish & chips shop)
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Uncle Pete
Loyaute me lie
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Lady Chatterley's Lover
Gamekeeper shags lady of the Manor. Tears before breakfast. Boring.
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Even more so than I was before
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Ariston
Insane Unicorn
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The Catcher in the Rye
Adolescent anxt and shallowness. Why is this profound?
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“Therefore, let it be explained that nowhere are the proprieties quite so strictly enforced as in men’s colleges that invite young women guests, especially over-night visitors in the fraternity houses.” Emily Post, 1937.
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Firenze
Ordinary decent pagan
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Daniel Deronda
Never marry for money. Become a Zionist instead. Or sing.
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Rex Monday
None but a blockhead
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The Book of Common Prayer
Whatever time, whatever date, Say the words. Fill the plate.
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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Dead Until Dark
Vampires out of closet. Blonde chick digs one. Reads minds.
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Jasmine, little cat with a big heart.
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Ariston
Insane Unicorn
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Burlesque et Obscenite Chez les Troubadours*
Rewards geekery in three different languages at once. Recommended.
*It's a book of dirty medieval Occitan poetry, often involving puns on Latin grammar. No, seriously.
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“Therefore, let it be explained that nowhere are the proprieties quite so strictly enforced as in men’s colleges that invite young women guests, especially over-night visitors in the fraternity houses.” Emily Post, 1937.
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Lyda*Rose
Ship's broken porthole
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Orlando
Renaissance boy becomes Enlightenment woman becomes Victorian author becomes mother.
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"Dear God, whose name I do not know - thank you for my life. I forgot how BIG... thank you. Thank you for my life." ~from Joe Vs the Volcano
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Barnabas62
Shipmate
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Annabel
A hermaphrodite's life explored perceptively in a brilliant first novel.
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Who is it that you seek? How then shall we live? How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land?
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