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(Message started by: hiyathere on Sep 14th, 2007, 11:30am)
Title: Survey
Post by hiyathere on Sep 14th, 2007, 11:30am
just a little survey to see where everyone lives, so maybe I can get a general idea of where this forum is most popular.  ;D
Title: Re: Survey
Post by ThudanBlunder on Sep 14th, 2007, 11:37am
You are invited to lead by example.  ;)

Great Britain.  
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Post by Aryabhatta on Sep 14th, 2007, 11:55am
India.
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Post by SMQ on Sep 14th, 2007, 12:01pm
Michigan, USA

--SMQ
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Post by rmsgrey on Sep 14th, 2007, 1:13pm
NW England (and, no that's not a typo for New England...)
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Post by ima1trkpny on Sep 14th, 2007, 1:29pm
California, USA
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Post by JohanC on Sep 14th, 2007, 2:47pm
Spain
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Post by Sameer on Sep 14th, 2007, 2:55pm
California, USA
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Post by mikedagr8 on Sep 14th, 2007, 3:59pm
Melbourne, Australia  8)
Title: Re: Survey
Post by TenaliRaman on Sep 15th, 2007, 12:12am
ditenaliramana  ::)










India
Title: Re: Survey
Post by Aurora on Sep 15th, 2007, 3:39am
Southern England
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Post by Grimbal on Sep 15th, 2007, 1:33pm
Geneva, Switzerland.
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Post by hiyathere on Sep 15th, 2007, 4:33pm
I'm in Pennsylvania , U.S.

Wow. people are all over the place here. Although I still can't understand what TenaliRaman said  ;D

Anyways, it appears most of you are from English speaking countries (obviously), but I thought most people would be from the  U.S. or Canada.  :P There are  quite a few people here from European countries.
Title: Re: Survey
Post by denis on Sep 15th, 2007, 10:12pm
Ottawa, Canada
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Post by Eigenray on Sep 15th, 2007, 11:46pm
New York, USA
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Post by BNC on Sep 16th, 2007, 1:05am
Israel
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Post by towr on Sep 16th, 2007, 6:57am
I'm from the Netherlands (btw not Holland)
Title: Re: Survey
Post by pex on Sep 16th, 2007, 6:58am

on 09/16/07 at 06:57:17, towr wrote:
I'm from the Netherlands (btw not Holland)

I am from Holland.  :)
Title: Re: Survey
Post by Sameer on Sep 16th, 2007, 12:38pm

on 09/15/07 at 16:33:44, hiyathere wrote:
I'm in Pennsylvania , U.S.

Wow. people are all over the place here. Although I still can't understand what TenaliRaman said  ;D


It was a rebus!! See if you can figure it out!!



on 09/16/07 at 06:58:50, pex wrote:
I am from Holland.  :)


And yet you are still from Netherlands!!  ;)
Title: Re: Survey
Post by towr on Sep 16th, 2007, 12:49pm

on 09/16/07 at 12:38:02, Sameer wrote:
And yet you are still from Netherlands!!  ;)
Not necessarily, the US has numerous towns called Holland

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d3/HollandAmerica.png/500px-HollandAmerica.png
Title: Re: Survey
Post by pex on Sep 16th, 2007, 12:50pm

on 09/16/07 at 12:49:06, towr wrote:
Not necessarily, the US has numerous towns called Holland

Okay, okay... I live in Rotterdam, in the province of South Holland, The Netherlands.

Better?  ;)
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Post by Sameer on Sep 16th, 2007, 1:13pm

on 09/16/07 at 12:49:06, towr wrote:
Not necessarily, the US has numerous towns called Holland


And 1 Netherlands in MO, 1 Netherland in TN. 2 Nederland (1 each) in TX and CO.  ;)
Title: Re: Survey
Post by JiNbOtAk on Sep 16th, 2007, 5:10pm
Ipoh, Malaysia.
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Post by hiyathere on Sep 17th, 2007, 4:49am

on 09/15/07 at 22:12:05, denis wrote:
Ottawa, Canada


I used to live in Ottawa... until my mom got married again... I want to go back  :P
Title: Re: Survey
Post by denis on Sep 17th, 2007, 6:38am
Oh yeah? Which part of Ottawa were you in?

Depending on how long ago you left Ottawa, it might surpise you to learn that Ottawa has now over 1.2 million population (from the 400,000 5 years ago)  since they amalgamated all the suburbs (Nepean, Gloucester, Cumberland...) into one big city.
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Post by hiyathere on Sep 17th, 2007, 9:43am

on 09/17/07 at 06:38:44, denis wrote:
Oh yeah? Which part of Ottawa were you in?

Depending on how long ago you left Ottawa, it might surpise you to learn that Ottawa has now over 1.2 million population (from the 400,000 5 years ago)  since they amalgamated all the suburbs (Nepean, Gloucester, Cumberland...) into one big city.


I left Canada about a year and a half ago. I used to live in Sandy Hill, east of downtown Ottawa, in-between Rideau river and canal.
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Post by denis on Sep 17th, 2007, 10:31am
Sandy Hill!! Small world. I lived there for 19 years on Goulburn ave. This is where I grew up. Now I live in the suburbs but I work at a University of Ottawa.
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Post by Three Hands on Sep 17th, 2007, 11:24am
Currently SE England
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Post by hiyathere on Sep 17th, 2007, 3:04pm

on 09/17/07 at 10:31:46, denis wrote:
Sandy Hill!! Small world. I lived there for 19 years on Goulburn ave. This is where I grew up. Now I live in in the suburbs but I work at the University of Ottawa campus in Sandy Hill right on the Rideau Canal.


Both my parents went to U of O  ;D, and I might have too, if I was still living there... and I miss Sens games...
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Post by Sir Col on Oct 27th, 2007, 4:55am
Cheshire, England.
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Post by gotit on Nov 2nd, 2007, 5:15pm
Kolkata (India).
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Post by JiNbOtAk on Nov 2nd, 2007, 6:37pm

on 11/02/07 at 17:15:39, gotit wrote:
Kolkata (India).


I knew it as Calcutta, when did you guys change them ?  :P

By the way, how far are you from Mumbai ? ( Just wondered, since I'm a Bollywood closet fan.  ;D )
Title: Re: Survey
Post by Sameer on Nov 2nd, 2007, 8:35pm

on 11/02/07 at 18:37:49, JiNbOtAk wrote:
I knew it as Calcutta, when did you guys change them ?  :P

By the way, how far are you from Mumbai ? ( Just wondered, since I'm a Bollywood closet fan.  ;D )


It has been few years now. Mumbai is on Western side of India bordering Arabian Sea.. Kolkatta on the eastern side very close to Bangladesh!! There are roughly ~2000 km apart!!

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Post by JiNbOtAk on Nov 3rd, 2007, 12:37am

on 11/02/07 at 20:35:40, Sameer wrote:
It has been few years now. Mumbai is on Western side of India bordering Arabian Sea.. Kolkatta on the eastern side very close to Bangladesh!! There are roughly ~2000 km apart!!


Dang, and I was thinking of sending my regards to Kajol, just in case gotit met her up in the streets.  ;D
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Post by gotit on Nov 3rd, 2007, 8:44am

on 11/02/07 at 18:37:49, JiNbOtAk wrote:
I knew it as Calcutta, when did you guys change them ?  :P

By the way, how far are you from Mumbai ? ( Just wondered, since I'm a Bollywood closet fan.  ;D )


Yup. It was Calcutta but its name was changed about 4 yrs ago. And its quiet far from Mumbai-about 1500kms. Btw, one of my aunts lives in Mumbai. And may I ask you who is your bollywood's favourite actor.
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Post by william wu on Nov 3rd, 2007, 11:49am
California, United States.
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Post by JiNbOtAk on Nov 4th, 2007, 5:56pm

on 11/03/07 at 00:37:19, JiNbOtAk wrote:
Dang, and I was thinking of sending my regards to Kajol,just in case gotit met her up in the streets.  ;D



on 11/03/07 at 08:44:55, gotit wrote:
And may I ask you who is your bollywood's favourite actor.


Pretty obvious, eh ? ( Aishwarya is a close second though )
Title: Re: Survey
Post by ima1trkpny on Nov 4th, 2007, 7:41pm

on 10/27/07 at 04:55:40, Sir Col wrote:
Cheshire, England.


Suddenly the cat makes sense  :P
Title: Re: Survey
Post by JiNbOtAk on Nov 4th, 2007, 8:32pm

on 11/04/07 at 19:41:27, ima1trkpny wrote:
Suddenly the cat makes sense  :P


Yes, but I've always wondered about the monkey..
Title: Re: Survey
Post by mikedagr8 on Nov 4th, 2007, 8:34pm
??? I remember the monkey, but what is being referred to here? I'm lost. :-[
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Post by ima1trkpny on Nov 5th, 2007, 5:45am
[quote author=mikedagr8 link=board=news;num=1189794657;start=25#39 date=11/04/07 at 20:34:04]??? I remember the monkey, but what is being referred to here? I'm lost. :-[/quote]

I was referring to Alice in Wonderland... the Cheshire Cat.
Title: Re: Survey
Post by gotit on Nov 5th, 2007, 11:39am

on 11/04/07 at 17:56:23, JiNbOtAk wrote:
Pretty obvious, eh ? ( Aishwarya is a close second though )


Well, Kajol is my favourite too. And Rani Mukherjee comes next in the list.
Btw, my choices have nothing to do with the fact that the mother tongue of both of them are same as mine.
Title: Re: Survey
Post by Sir Col on Nov 5th, 2007, 11:55am

on 11/04/07 at 19:41:27, ima1trkpny wrote:
Suddenly the cat makes sense  :P

;)


on 11/04/07 at 20:32:17, JiNbOtAk wrote:
Yes, but I've always wondered about the monkey..

How's your Latin? impudens simia means [hide]cheeky monkey[/hide].
Title: Re: Survey
Post by gotit on Nov 5th, 2007, 12:01pm

on 11/05/07 at 11:55:56, Sir Col wrote:
;)

impudens simia means [hide]cheeky monkey[/hide].


And what does et macrologus profundus fabulae mean?
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Post by Three Hands on Nov 5th, 2007, 12:58pm
My Latin is a bit rusty, but I think it's [hide]big fat liar[/hide].
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Post by Sir Col on Nov 5th, 2007, 1:25pm
I suppose that's the gist of it. It translates [hide]great speaker of profound nonsense[/hide].  ;D
Title: Re: Survey
Post by gowrikumar on Nov 7th, 2007, 9:02am
Hyderabad (India)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyderabad,_Andhra_Pradesh
Title: Re: Survey
Post by Three Hands on Nov 7th, 2007, 12:21pm

on 11/05/07 at 13:25:36, Sir Col wrote:
I suppose that's the gist of it. It translates [hide]great speaker of profound nonsense[/hide].  ;D


I thought I was missing some of the finer edges of the translation. Although the translation of "fabulae" is, if I remember my vocab correctly, a little more generous than "nonsense" - especially considering "fabulations" quite happily derives from the Latin...
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Post by JiNbOtAk on Nov 8th, 2007, 8:09pm

on 11/05/07 at 11:55:56, Sir Col wrote:
How's your Latin? impudens simia means [hide]cheeky monkey[/hide].


That explains it, my latin knowledge is non-existent. Although I think there is a significant different between a great speaker of profound nonsense and a big fat liar.  :P


on 11/07/07 at 09:02:35, gowrikumar wrote:
Hyderabad (India)


Ahh, another Kajol fan ?  ;D
Title: Re: Survey
Post by Sir Col on Nov 9th, 2007, 12:17am

on 11/08/07 at 20:09:14, JiNbOtAk wrote:
Although I think there is a significant different between a great speaker of profound nonsense and a big fat liar.  :P

Isn't a lie a statement that does not relate to reality? Surely that is a nonsense? And isn't profundity the art of showing a deep insight? Hence "profound nonsense", which is a deeply insightful false statement that combines subtlety and intellect, must be a clever and deceitful lie. I suppose the only objection I could make would be the reference to my rotundity. But would you expect anything less from a big far liar?
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Post by towr on Nov 9th, 2007, 1:48am

on 11/09/07 at 00:17:22, Sir Col wrote:
Isn't a lie a statement that does not relate to reality? Surely that is a nonsense?
No, I'd say a lie very definitely does relate to reality: it opposes reality in some way. A lie is intended to deceive someone by misrepresenting reality; you can't lie without knowing (or at least caring about) the truth.
If a statement doesn't relate to reality (or rather does not acknowledge that it matters *), it's either fantasy or bullsh*t (depending on the purpose), or possibly lacking any sense altogether: flurblegurgle! (Tragically, that doesn't actually lack all sense, thanks to the context..)


*) Even in the most reality-ignoring stories/statements, typically some rules of reality are followed; be it causality or actors etc. Otherwise it wouldn't have any meaning for those that utter it or hear it.
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Post by Grimbal on Nov 9th, 2007, 7:33am

on 11/09/07 at 00:17:22, Sir Col wrote:
I suppose the only objection I could make would be the reference to my rotundity. But would you expect anything less from a big far liar?

That shouldn't be a problem.  If you claim you are a big fat liar, you prove* that you are not big and fat.

*  ::)
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Post by mikedagr8 on Nov 9th, 2007, 2:19pm
Can a liar ever say he is lying? ::) - Knights and Knaves
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Post by Grimbal on Nov 9th, 2007, 2:58pm
This is a lie and a liar can not say he is lying.  8)
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Post by mikedagr8 on Nov 9th, 2007, 2:59pm
Sure you've said it correctly now?  ::)
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Post by Grimbal on Nov 9th, 2007, 3:00pm
I takes many tries to do it right the very first time.
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Post by tiber13 on Nov 21st, 2007, 4:07am
box with dial up,
in a park,
on a hill
in the middle of nowhere, canada
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Post by Iceman on Jan 12th, 2008, 8:29am
Croatia.

Btw, I used to live in Woodford Green, a part of the North East London suburb of Woodford. When I arrived with my parents to the above suburb, I had nine months. It is a long shot, but if Shelly and Tamsyn are, perhaps, members on this forum, this is hello from your young friend you used to play with. I left when I was five, so I don't remember much about Woodford Green.  
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Post by HiddenHeart on Jan 20th, 2008, 2:06am
Bangladesh !
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Post by Noke Lieu on Jan 21st, 2008, 10:36pm
Fyshwick. (not that I live here)

Whilst that means not much to most, to Aussies of a certain age (ie maybe greater than 16) it means a WHOLE lot.

It's the suburb of the Australian Capital Territory that houses all the *ahem* entertainment venues *ahem* that politicians might frequent on their long stints away from home. From my office, I can see Adult World and Hello Sexy, The Spice of Life etc...

It's alos where (until recently) one of the few places in Aus where one could buy fireworks over the counter.
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Post by mikedagr8 on Jan 21st, 2008, 11:59pm

on 01/21/08 at 22:36:27, Noke Lieu wrote:
Fyshwick.

Whilst that means not much to most, to Aussies of a certain age (ie maybe greater than 16) it means a WHOLE lot.

It's the suburb of the Australian Capital Territory that houses all the *ahem* entertainment venues *ahem* that politicians might frequent on their long stints away from home. From my office, I can see Adult World and Hello Sexy, The Spice of Life etc...

It's alos where (until recently) one of the few places in Aus where one could buy fireworks over the counter.


It's a nice suburb as I've heard...  ::)
Yes it means a lot to those of us who know about it.
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Post by Hippo on Mar 9th, 2008, 1:38pm
Prague, Czech Republic
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Post by Master of Everything 42 on Mar 12th, 2008, 5:08pm
wow. people are from everywhere
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Post by blauweogen on Apr 12th, 2008, 11:00am
Sunny Daytona Beach, FL

Oh and Blauweogen is Dutch - inside joke ( I'm not from Holland OR the Netherlands
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Post by Azgard on Apr 22nd, 2008, 1:46pm
Yay for Canada, eh?
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Post by Stewie on Apr 26th, 2008, 6:55am
Sunny FL here
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Post by DeMark on May 4th, 2008, 7:36am
Croatia.

Not that it really matters, having in mind that it's been more than 2 years from my last post here.

Nevertheless, I drop by every couple of months to check how you guys are doing.

*stalk-stalk*  ::)
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Post by towr on May 4th, 2008, 7:43am
Wow, it's been a while. How're you doing?
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Post by DeMark on May 4th, 2008, 7:59am
Quite fine, thanks for asking. I've moved, started college in a place where I still can't go online... I'm balancing between being grateful that I have time for serious work instead, and having serious webstinence crisis. Serious either way   ::)

What about you, towr? I see people have started to worship you around here... opening fan clubs (http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=news;action=display;num=1209700308) and everything  ;D
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Post by towr on May 4th, 2008, 8:08am
I finished my master's degree last year, and started on a bachelor in philosophy which I hope to finish this year (I did a lot of philosophy in previous years that count toward it). After that I fear I'm going to have to at last consider finding a way to be useful to society (in the sense of having a taxable income).
Aside from that everything is eerily the same as it has been for years.
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Post by ssa on May 4th, 2008, 11:21am
I'm from Croatia too.  :)
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Post by JiNbOtAk on May 5th, 2008, 2:23am

on 05/04/08 at 07:36:14, DeMark wrote:
Not that it really matters, having in mind that it's been more than 2 years from my last post here.


I just noticed your post in the What Happened section. It has been a while, good to see you !! ( Noticed you changed your avatar )
Title: Re: Survey
Post by DeMark on May 5th, 2008, 8:57am
Aw, thanks  :) I wasn't sure people would remember me.
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Post by black_death on May 18th, 2008, 11:08pm
India
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Post by Quasar on Aug 9th, 2011, 2:12pm
I`m from Romania
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Post by beingblogger on Jan 5th, 2012, 4:01am
I am from India.
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Post by khuram4u on Jan 11th, 2012, 6:31am
Portsmouth, Great Britannia
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Post by StubbyNubbs on Feb 17th, 2012, 3:15pm
south Florida, USA
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Post by frankrizal on Feb 17th, 2012, 4:40pm
I'm from the Philippines..  8) 8)
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Post by mrmoneyguru on Mar 2nd, 2012, 9:03pm
Jersey is in the house
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Post by oyasumynasai on Apr 25th, 2012, 7:59pm
Ha Noi, Viet Nam  ;D
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Post by cartoonle on Dec 1st, 2012, 11:42am
Slovenia
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Post by merciFrance on Jan 28th, 2013, 11:29am
France Paris
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Post by undesigned on Mar 21st, 2014, 2:04am
Hello, I`m from Bucharest, Romania and i`m glad to meet you all :)
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Post by bal on Jul 5th, 2014, 9:16am
Budapest, Hungary

Nice to meet you all  ;D


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