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Post by Ferryman on Aug 30, 2010 8:53:55 GMT -8
Someones bright idea way of getting rid of their "recycleables" on the Skeena Queen last night. Normally the blue bins are for paper, not empties as you can see!
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Post by stvfishy on Sept 2, 2010 21:12:40 GMT -8
Any bird watchers out there? I'm thinking Paragrin Falcons are common in Calgary... right??? www.am770chqr.com/News/Local/Story.aspx?ID=1273812Rain & snow aren't a problem, but posties won't put up with nasty hawk 8:15pm _QR77 Newsroom 9/2/2010 Rain, snow, sleet and hail may not stop the mail from getting through, but dive-bombing birds sure will. Canada Post has suspended mail service in part of the southwest Calgary community of Bayview because a hawk has been attacking the letter carrier. The hawk is so aggressive it even broke a bike helmet the female carrier was wearing to protect herself. A family of the birds is living in a tree in the community, but hasn't harassed any of the residents. Some people say they were told it's because the hawks think the carrier is a predator. Canada Post spokeswoman Theresa Williams says they'll try delivering the mail to the affected 150 homes again next week. (CFFR, ccg)
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Post by Northern Exploration on Sept 3, 2010 7:15:50 GMT -8
We have a Coopers Hawk that hunts almost daily in our backyard. Smaller, sleeker, with relatively long legs compared to the normal large hawks you see circling overhead. He dives right into bushes and shrubs going after the birds that congregate with the multiple bird feeders in the yard and next door. Kind of like the Pacific Buffet and all you can eat. His claws are impressive and he is smaller than the bird in Calgary. I can imagine the thud he would make striking even a helmet.
Similar is a Red Winged Blackbird that nests on the Port Credit waterfront near my house. He is quite selective who he dive bombs. Never women, always men, and just certain men. And by people's reaction you can tell how painful the peck is as he swoops over. And he is a small little bird compared to a hawk. So who knows why this hawk in Calgary hates Canada Post, but he has company.
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Post by BreannaF on Sept 5, 2010 1:57:48 GMT -8
Apparently I have a reputation.
Last week I took my 5-year-old grandson to the public library. After spending some time in the childrens book section, we made a quick loop through the grown-ups book section to find something for grandpa, too.
He must have been looking at all the pictures, because he pulled out a travel book about places to visit on the Kitsap Peninsula -- a book that happened to have a large drawing of a generic ferryboat on the cover.
It was a priceless moment: He pulled it out and with an excited voice said," Here's a good book for you, Grandpa. It is about ferryboats!" Well, it wasn't really, but it appears that everybody knows....... ;D
(And, yes, of course I took it home....)
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 5, 2010 11:58:29 GMT -8
I got to play a vuvuzela horn today. A friend brought it to church, and I tried it out before music-team practice.
It blows just like a trumpet, re the embrochure. It plays one note, a concert B-flat. I managed to also play a B-flat one octave up, and then also 2 octaves up. - So I was able to play 3 different B-flat notes.
It got boring really quick, compared to all the options of my trumpet and flugel-horn plus my variety of mutes.......and of course having all 12-notes on the scale available to me.
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Post by FNS on Sept 5, 2010 17:15:52 GMT -8
I got to play a vuvuzela horn today. A friend brought it to church, and I tried it out before music-team practice. It blows just like a trumpet, re the embrochure. It plays one note, a concert B-flat. I managed to also play a B-flat one octave up, and then also 2 octaves up. - So I was able to play 3 different B-flat notes. It got boring really quick, compared to all the options of my trumpet and flugel-horn plus my variety of mutes.......and of course having all 12-notes on the scale available to me. Have you tried that vuvuzela horn with a full organ with all the stops pulled out? Must be fun to hear that. That's if your church has an organ (with or without pipes). Just thought of something. If an organ piece ends with a B-flat chord, one could stand on the church's building balcony and play that horn with the final chord as an antiph (echo) stop sound. That's if the clergy ever allows that.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 5, 2010 18:58:32 GMT -8
Have you tried that vuvuzela horn with a full organ with all the stops pulled out? Must be fun to hear that. That's if your church has an organ (with or without pipes). Just thought of something. If an organ piece ends with a B-flat chord, one could stand on the church's building balcony and play that horn with the final chord as an antiph (echo) stop sound. That's if the clergy ever allows that. My church has electric guitar (with distortion), bass, drums, etc. Most have probably never heard a real pipe-organ. A different style of church music entirely. Church music is getting pretty diverse, these days. - just like ferry-boats: different eras, different styles, different purposes. The vuvuzela really just sounded like a low B-flat note on my trumpet. Pretty similar sounding.
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Post by lmtengs on Sept 5, 2010 19:33:45 GMT -8
My church has electric guitar (with distortion), bass, drums, etc. Most have probably never heard a real pipe-organ. A different style of church music entirely. Church music is getting pretty diverse, these days. - just like ferry-boats: different eras, different styles, different purposes. The vuvuzela really just sounded like a low B-flat note on my trumpet. Pretty similar sounding. Am I the only one who prefers the old-fashioned church music, with the organ, the big choir, and all that shtuff?
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Post by FNS on Sept 5, 2010 20:07:35 GMT -8
My church has electric guitar (with distortion), bass, drums, etc. Most have probably never heard a real pipe-organ. A different style of church music entirely. Church music is getting pretty diverse, these days. - just like ferry-boats: different eras, different styles, different purposes. The vuvuzela really just sounded like a low B-flat note on my trumpet. Pretty similar sounding. Am I the only one who prefers the old-fashioned church music, with the organ, the big choir, and all that shtuff? "Canadian Viking", you're not the only one. I love this, too! Besides churches that have the traditional organ and choir we have here, the Seattle Symphony does this kind of music performances in Benaroya Hall with orchestra, concert pipe organ, and choir(s). I went to Mahler's "Symphony Of A Thousand" here in the Ben and the performance was beyond awesome! They had to build the stage out to accommodate all the performers for that concert. A limited edition CD may still be available of this concert. Then, we have Roosevelt High School to go to concerts here. They have restored their concert pipe organ and we sang that high school's fight song along with that instrument. So, we have a lot of options here. Traditional and modern church music styles and school and concert hall repertoire.
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Post by Northern Exploration on Sept 6, 2010 13:15:23 GMT -8
Am I the only one who prefers the old-fashioned church music, with the organ, the big choir, and all that shtuff? "Canadian Viking", you're not the only one. I love this, too! Besides churches that have the traditional organ and choir we have here, the Seattle Symphony does this kind of music performances in Benaroya Hall with orchestra, concert pipe organ, and choir(s). I went to Mahler's "Symphony Of A Thousand" here in the Ben and the performance was beyond awesome! They had to build the stage out to accommodate all the performers for that concert. A limited edition CD may still be available of this concert. Then, we have Roosevelt High School to go to concerts here. They have restored their concert pipe organ and we sang that high school's fight song along with that instrument. So, we have a lot of options here. Traditional and modern church music styles and school and concert hall repertoire. For me, nothing beats the pipe organ and a boy's choir in a big church on Christmas Eve. And when you hear the bell pealing when your arrive and leave, it gives you shivers up and down your spine. And in the one in five or six years when there are snow flurries as you leave, the you have a post card evening. I also go to a Christmas concert every year where the money goes to Christmas boxes for children. It is a combo affair. Each year a different Children's Choir participates, with a large choir made up from three different churches, with pipe organ and the National Salvation Army Band. It is a mix of a variety of styles from Carols to more modern pieces. My grandfather played the organ for years at a couple of churches. His style was unique. Hardly a pipe organ sound at all. He liked it LOUD. He liked it Jazzy. Other times his organ playing sounded more like you would hear the organist play during the silent movies, and very theatrical. As you can imagine it caused conniptions in the more staid church goers ;D. When I used to visit he would see how far he could go and would look over to see if he was making us giggle. During and just after the war his band used to play quite often at the Hotel MacDonald in Edmonton and that forever influenced his style. A concert pianist friend of mine said after hearing my grandfathers version of Polonaise by Chopin on the piano, "Enjoyable but he certainly takes liberties." He was pushing the boundaries and other times a more contemporary approach is preferable. Variety is the spice of life in my opinion. But the Vuvu? Still don't have me convinced Flug.
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Post by Freeland on Sept 6, 2010 18:05:20 GMT -8
You guys are bringing back memories. My Dad played the pipe organ for several churches in the Ravanna, and View Ridge areas in the 50s. He had a pipe organ installed in our home by Balcon and Vaughan. Their were three or four ranks of pipes from the old Orpheum Theater. www.pstos.org/instruments/wa/seattle/orpheum.htmThe rest were three ranks of new pipes that were in separate chamber room. The pipes took up most of the basement. I remember as five year old at the end of day after turning up one rank of pipes someone would play Frosty the Snowman on the pipe organ for me before crew went home. ;D There is great web site for Seattle area organs. www.pstos.org/history/golden-wa.htmMy Dad had to sell the organ later when he had Cancer. My mother thinks it went to North Vancouver Canada, but I beginning to think it ended up at Pizza and Pipes in Vancouver Washington. If you want a great Classical CD ....find Saint Saens Symphony No 3 in C minor for "Organ" Emory on Whidbey
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Post by FNS on Sept 16, 2010 21:33:22 GMT -8
You guys are bringing back memories. My Dad played the pipe organ for several churches in the Ravanna, and View Ridge areas in the 50s. He had a pipe organ installed in our home by Balcon and Vaughan. Their were three or four ranks of pipes from the old Orpheum Theater. www.pstos.org/instruments/wa/seattle/orpheum.htmThe rest were three ranks of new pipes that were in separate chamber room. The pipes took up most of the basement. I remember as five year old at the end of day after turning up one rank of pipes someone would play Frosty the Snowman on the pipe organ for me before crew went home. ;D There is great web site for Seattle area organs. www.pstos.org/history/golden-wa.htmMy Dad had to sell the organ later when he had Cancer. My mother thinks it went to North Vancouver Canada, but I beginning to think it ended up at Pizza and Pipes in Vancouver Washington. If you want a great Classical CD ....find Saint Saens Symphony No 3 in C minor for "Organ" Emory on Whidbey We get to see the Saint Saens symphony quite often here in Seattle. Our Seattle Symphony is slated to perform this during this concert season. They also have free organ demos! Watjen Concert Organ Recital–DemonstrationsJoin Joseph Adam, Seattle Symphony Resident Organist, for free recital–demonstrations of the Seattle Symphony's 4,490-pipe Watjen Concert Organ. Performances take place on select Mondays at 12:30pm; the programs last approximately 30 minutes. October 4, 2010 Caminos del Inka Preview: Organ Music from South America Previewing Seattle Symphony's Caminos del Inka: A Musical Journey through the Inca Trail on October 22 December 6, 2010 Holiday Favorites January 24, 2011 Opera Transcriptions for Organ Previewing Seattle Symphony's two-part Opera Festival on January 27 & 29 March 14, 2011 Homage to Handel Previewing Seattle Symphony’s Songs of Cleopatra, presented as part of the American Handel Festival, on March 11 & 12 June 6, 2011 Viennese Classics: Music by Haydn, Mozart, Fuchs & Mahler August 1, 2011 A Virtuoso at the Organ: Celebrating the 200th Birthday of Franz Liszt Regular organ series:Oct. 11, 2010 7:30 PM Olivier Latry, organ Featuring works by Liszt, Dupré and Duruflé. Jan. 10, 2011 7:30 PM Joseph Adam, organ Featuring works by J.S. Bach, Vierne and Widor. Apr. 4, 2011 7:30 PM Paul Jacobs, organ Featuring works by Boulanger, Liszt and Reger. Organ works with the Seattle Symphony:Oct. 23, 2010 8:00 PM An Organ Celebration Gerard Schwarz, conductor Joseph Adam, organ Carole Terry, organ Mar. 31, 2011 7:30 PM Apr. 2, 2011 8:00 PM Apr. 3, 2011 2:00 PM Saint-Saëns' "Organ" Symphony Gerard Schwarz, conductor The Paramount Theatre has Silent Movie Mondays with organ scoring. There are just too many more organ events here to mention. And, let us not forget about our favorite one of all we await for each year: SAN DIEGO! Lastly, but not leastly, this thread is devoted to "why the sky is blue". The sky is usually blue over San Diego with starry evenings. They have an outdoor pipe organ at Balboa Park. They provide organ concerts and plane watching at the same time. Landing approaches are seen when Runway 27 is in effect, takeoff climbs when Runway 09 is in effect at KSAN. Planes usually takeoff and land against the wind.
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Post by Freeland on Sept 29, 2010 14:33:58 GMT -8
Wow, I have to see about going to see and hear the Saint Sean's Organ Symphony in March and April 2011.
I don't know if many people saw it or heard the Organ at the Opera House during Century 21. It was a rather large Organ that was lease during the Worlds Fair. My Dad got to play it one time at a Saturday open house. Of course it was electronic and to me it sounded more like and Orchestra then a real pipe organ. I not sure if it was a Wurlitzer or another brand. Maybe someone knows for sure. I remember seeing the Organ's big speaker was above the Opera House stage
One of the tragedies that happen at the University Congregation Church is that the Organist Bob Rank, and most of his Family drowned up at Lake Ozzette. There was only one daughter that made it to shore. A student of Organist Bob Rank's came into the Church in the evening, and broken into the organ and play the organ all night. I can't remember the student's name but my wife says in was later was on King TV. Bob Rank played for our wedding and the daughter that survived was in our Sunday School class that we taught. So it hit close to home.
Emory in Freeland.
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Post by Freeland on Sept 29, 2010 14:48:15 GMT -8
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Post by Low Light Mike on Oct 8, 2010 17:21:03 GMT -8
If you go to this webpage, and click on "listen" and then "spirit player", you'll listen to some music. - but you'll also see a WSF ship sail across your screen. ;D www.spirit1053.com/
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Post by EGfleet on Oct 8, 2010 17:29:18 GMT -8
If you go to this webpage, and click on "listen" and then "spirit player", you'll listen to some music. - but you'll also see a WSF ship sail across your screen. ;D www.spirit1053.com/Hmm, given the layout of the Olympics (and the length of the name) I'd say it was the Issaquah...
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Post by Low Light Mike on Oct 12, 2010 9:06:40 GMT -8
For people who watch the TV show "The Big Bang Theory":
- I recently saw a re-run episode where Sheldon and his friends take a train-trip.
Sheldon is a train-nerd, and there are some interesting parallels to him on the train vs ferry-nerds on a boat.
For example, one of the other guys wanted to know if the car had a bar or washroom (doesn't matter what it was). - Sheldon couldn't just give the simple answer. Instead, he had to recite all the facts of the car and it's manufacturer/designer, etc.
I saw a brief glimpse of myself in that....
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Post by Nick on Oct 12, 2010 15:46:55 GMT -8
For people who watch the TV show "The Big Bang Theory": - I recently saw a re-run episode where Sheldon and his friends take a train-trip. Sheldon is a train-nerd, and there are some interesting parallels to him on the train vs ferry-nerds on a boat. For example, one of the other guys wanted to know if the car had a bar or washroom (doesn't matter what it was). - Sheldon couldn't just give the simple answer. Instead, he had to recite all the facts of the car and it's manufacturer/designer, etc. I saw a brief glimpse of myself in that.... You're not the only one... I have the first three seasons on DVD, and watched that episode not that long ago. I saw the same things... I'm not sure I want to admit how Sheldon-like I can be sometimes.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Oct 14, 2010 16:53:30 GMT -8
You're not the only one... I have the first three seasons on DVD, and watched that episode not that long ago. I saw the same things... I'm not sure I want to admit how Sheldon-like I can be sometimes. Here's the clip on Youtube. The nerdy part about the train-car starts at 2:25 of the clip
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Post by lmtengs on Oct 14, 2010 18:29:35 GMT -8
You're not the only one... I have the first three seasons on DVD, and watched that episode not that long ago. I saw the same things... I'm not sure I want to admit how Sheldon-like I can be sometimes. Here's the clip on Youtube. The nerdy part about the train-car starts at 2:25 of the clip I've never been much of a fan of that geeky humour, but I must admit, that's pretty good ;D
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Post by WettCoast on Oct 15, 2010 22:20:23 GMT -8
Canadian funny-man Lorne Elliot is currently touring BC and was in Kitimat this evening. He was very funny as I expected and even through in a number of BCF jokes re the Queen of Nanaimo, Horseshoe Bay, Sewell's Marina and the alleged problem with wacky tabacky amongst some crew. (yeah, he actually should have been talking about the QOB, but it was funny nonetheless.) Mr. Elliott was for many years the host of CBC Radio's hit comedy program Madly Off In All Directions. If you get a chance to see him performing near you, do so! www.lorne-elliott.com/
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Post by Neil on Oct 21, 2010 20:27:09 GMT -8
I was listening to one of CKNW's stable (stable seems like an appropriate term) of right wing talk show hosts the other day, and some story about young people and crime prompted her into a dissertation on how morality is declining with today's teens and they just don't have respect for other people's rights or personal dignity. There were some comments about rap music and b-tches and ho's, which made me think that she probably really didn't listen to much music that's been made since Gordon Campbell was first elected.
But it made me think about how often I've heard that kind of remark about young people. It seems to be a part of the human condition that every generation thinks the next generation is going to hell in a handbasket. I've read literature from the 1700s where elders- those over 35- think young people dress funny and have no manners. I suspect that cavemen sat around and dissed their kids for wasting fire and cooking meat too long. If every generation regressed as much as elders think they're regressing, by now we'd all be back to swinging from trees and bashing each other over the heads with stone clubs.
I guess old people and young people never change. Maybe they're not meant to understand each other.
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Post by lmtengs on Oct 21, 2010 21:06:10 GMT -8
It made me think about how often I've heard that kind of remark about young people. It seems to be a part of the human condition that every generation thinks the next generation is going to hell in a handbasket. I've read literature from the 1700s where elders- those over 35- think young people dress funny and have no manners. I suspect that cavemen sat around and dissed their kids for wasting fire and cooking meat too long. If every generation regressed as much as elders think they're regressing, by now we'd all be back to swinging from trees and bashing each other over the heads with stone clubs. Or maybe this time we really are heading to the dumps? Think of it, music is full of curse-words, disrespectful references, etc, and kids these days speak those terms, even IN SCHOOL, IN FRONT OF TEACHERS. For the first time ever, our planet is being destroyed, so that wouldn't help my generation with everyone panicking about Earth becoming a crisp black breadcrumb. Also, it's so easy for us now to do wrong to others, with all this online social media and stuff. It's so much easier to shout your hate on somebody on places like Facebook and email and web forums. Heck, even I've done it once or twice. If you really think about it, people should require 'internet usage licenses', available only to those over the age of 25 who have shown that they are mature enough to use the internet respectfully, responsibly, and wisely. This means I wouldn't be able to use the internet for another decade, legally, but sometimes I think it wouldn't be that bad of a thing to do. This way, immature kids (yes, I'm calling 24 year-olds kids) wouldn't be throwing swears and posting disgusting photos or information about themselves or others. I know the victim of recent rave rape "gang-bang" in Pitt Meadows, which I bet has been heard of as far away as Kazakhstan by now. This kind of thing likely wouldn't happen if internet licenses were mandatory. Same deal with cellphones and the like. They shouldn't be used for health issues among children, and the disrespectful use of them all over: In classrooms, at work, at the dinner-table, etc. So yeah, that's my viewpoint on this issue. If we don't want our society to head to the dumps, we must set more regulations regarding the use of certain items. BUT, do not think that regulations and structure are good everywhere. For example, when most of the 'wiser' members of this forum were kids, I'd bet their parents would let them go two cities over when they were 12. These days? Nope. Parents need to give their children an idea of freedom so they can gain street-smarts that they'll need later in life. Play-fighting was okay years ago. Today? Nope. If a parent sees their kid play-wrestling, the kid is put on 'time-out'. We need to let our kids get experience with ruff-n'-tumble play. It gives them the ability to gain emotional and physical strength, as well as knowledge in self-defense and once again, street-smarts. It seems like parents ARE replacing this ruff-n'-tumble play with something though, BUT these replacements are nothing close to the proper unstructured play that kids need. What I'm talking about is structured sports like football, soccer, hockey, Martial arts, and others. Parents seem to be thinking that this is a replacement for ruff-n'-tumble play. Is it really? No. The child gets no street-smarts from any of this, and the only skills they gain are skills pertaining to that one 'tunnel vision' aspect of the sport. In martial arts, at least your kid learns how to defend themselves, right? Maybe. BUT will they ever find a good place to actually use this? Likely, sometime in their life. But they're more likely to karate-chop someone that's bothering them, which could result in the victim being injured badly. Kids don't know when to use self-defense tactics. When you're 11, you don't have proper judgement as to what's a situation worthy of using your skills in. Also, in this structured play, your parents are watching you 24/7, as well as many other adults and people. This puts unwanted stress on a child which could harm them in the long run. I could go on ranting all night about how hyper-parenting, the internet, and all these other things are damaging our society, but I think I'll bring an impromptu end to this now. Nobody would likely read on past here anyway! ;D
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Post by mrdot on Oct 21, 2010 21:10:42 GMT -8
you know many years ago when my shipwatchin began some folks blamed all the ilks on the socalist hoardes, and things are still the same, only the brand names have changed, and those evels and ethenic clensings are still very much alive. mr. horn pointed some of them out to me, but the same intollerence that existed on the cpr princess boat is very much allive in 2010. back then we thought medicare was a socalist plot and the work of the devel, and later day apostles thot global warming was a socalist plot, and so on. In the name of God, people are still doing the same things and extolling the intollernces. mrdot.
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Post by Neil on Oct 21, 2010 21:27:14 GMT -8
For the first time ever, our planet is being destroyed, so that wouldn't help my generation with everyone panicking about Earth becoming a crisp black breadcrumb. Also, it's so easy for us now to do wrong to others, with all this online social media and stuff. It's so much easier to shout your hate on somebody on places like Facebook and email and web forums. Heck, even I've done it once or twice. Degradation of the environment is nothing new. Forty years ago the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland caught fire, from all the sovents, oil, and industrial waste in it. Not much longer back than that, the Thames was an open sewer, and the air in Charles Dickens' London was poison to anyone with respiratory problems. What's changed, relatively speaking, is our awareness. Yes, the internet gets abused, by kids and adults alike. People have always had a problem with unfettered freedom, especially when they can be anonymous. I agree with mrdot: we don't really change as much as we think we do. Evolution is a very slow process.
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