8/02/2006 @ 23:09 GMT
jimray : Behind the FitzSimons story | Chi-Town Daily News - Geoff Dougherty's citizen journalism efforts appear to be taking off...
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8/02/2006 @ 23:08 GMT
gleuschk : Save the Date Reminders - I always thought 'bluestocking' was a slur
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8/02/2006 @ 23:08 GMT
Andy Baio : Make Your Own Oscar Pool - I'm voting for a Dukes of Hazzard sweep
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8/02/2006 @ 22:12 GMT
Rod Begbie : Threadless.com secret sale - T-shirts for $10 if you use their "secret" codes. [via] #
jimray : Secret sale at threadless! - Woo! 3 shirts for $30!
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8/02/2006 @ 22:11 GMT
deusx : Anne 2.0: Churning and Burning - "We need new paradigms for following what's happening in the blogosphere."
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8/02/2006 @ 22:11 GMT
deusx : Scripting for the Semantic Web SFSW2006 - "The workshop aims to bring together developers of the RDF base infrastructure for scripting languages with practitioners building applications using these languages."
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8/02/2006 @ 22:11 GMT
deusx : A Young Bush Appointee Resigns His Post at NASA - New York Times - "George C. Deutsch, the young presidential appointee at NASA who told public affairs workers to limit reporters' access to a top climate scientist and told a Web designer to add the word "theory" at every mention of the Big Bang, resigned yesterday, agenc
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8/02/2006 @ 22:11 GMT
deusx : Penny Arcade! - The Sporting Life - "I heard the refs were paid off by ... Gay Democrats? I don't know. Who do we not like?"
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8/02/2006 @ 22:10 GMT
deusx : Sci-Fi Hi-Fi - Blog Archive JSON is so hot right now! - "Awhile ago it dawned on me that JSON bears more than a passing resemblance to old-school NeXT plists, and that it would be pretty natural to write an NSDictionary category that could deserialize a JSON string into a Cocoa object graph."
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8/02/2006 @ 22:10 GMT
deusx : blakeseely.com - Blog » Blog Archive » +[NSDictionary dictionaryWithJSONString:] - "...since JSON is basically a series of key-value pairs, it would be a good match for NSDictionary - and it should be easy to create a dictionary out of a JSON string."
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8/02/2006 @ 22:10 GMT
deusx : CocoaJSON - "Blake Seely released some code yesterday to convert Cocoa datatypes to JSON. I've had similar code that Ive been meaning to put online for a while now. So now the world has gone from zero to two Cocoa code-bases to read/write JSON."
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8/02/2006 @ 22:10 GMT
deusx : Cocoa, JSON & Turbogears - "This post discusses how to use Cocoa to communicate with Turbogears powered web-applications."
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8/02/2006 @ 22:10 GMT
deusx : Phil Windley's Technometria | Using Google's Universal Authentication Engine - "With no fanfare at all, Google has created a universal login for anyone who wants to use it."
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8/02/2006 @ 22:10 GMT
deusx : Information Wants To Be Free » Blog Archive » Working on the book: lessons learned so far - "At this point, I can’t even imagine what life would be like if I didn’t spend every weekend doing research and writing. I mean, I do something book-related almost every day, so it’s completely sewn into the fabric of my life."
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8/02/2006 @ 22:10 GMT
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8/02/2006 @ 22:09 GMT
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8/02/2006 @ 22:09 GMT
gleuschk : [math/0602129] Derived categories of coherent sheaves - Tom Bridgeland's survey article for ICM 2006.
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8/02/2006 @ 22:09 GMT
gleuschk : Yale Math Skit, 1974 - did you know that Categories has destroyed more mathematics than co- and homology combined? (starring Craig Huneke and others)
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8/02/2006 @ 22:08 GMT
Andy Baio : Boing Boing interviews Rob Lord on Songbird - the open-source iTunes clone launched today, though the site is totally crushed
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8/02/2006 @ 21:11 GMT
Cameron Moll : Linotype A-Z typeface catalog - Linotype A-Z typeface catalog. At $16, this is an absolute steal. (Though shipping to the U.S. will run you another $25). 584 pages laden with typeface samples.
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8/02/2006 @ 21:09 GMT
Linkorama : Can open source innovate? - Old technology (like wikis, in SocialText's case) made relevant to the masses through the masses. That is, through open source. SocialText, then, is an innovative open source company that isn't commoditizing an existing market - they're growing a new mark
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8/02/2006 @ 21:09 GMT
deusx : The Scientific Activist: Reporting from the Crossroads of Science and Politics: BREAKING NEWS: George Deutsch Did Not Graduate From Texas A & M University - "Through my own investigations I have just discovered that George Deutsch, the Bush political appointee at the heart of administration efforts to censor NASA scientists (most notably to prevent James Hansen from speaking out about global warming), did not
jimray : BREAKING NEWS: George Deutsch Did Not Graduate From Texas A & M University - Kid who told actual scientists to add psuedo-religious statements to their reports didn't actually graduate from college.
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8/02/2006 @ 21:09 GMT
jimray : A Young Bush Appointee Resigns His Post at NASA - George Deutsch is leaving NASA, probably for some cush job helping some right wing asshole get elected in middle America somewhere
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8/02/2006 @ 21:08 GMT
Rod Begbie : The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee - Joy & I saw this on Broadway last weekend, and absolutely loved it. Both funny and moving, and the theatre is brilliantly decked out like a school gymnasium, inside and out! Highly recommended. #
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8/02/2006 @ 21:08 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Amazing Photos of China - Amazing Photos of China: beautiful countryside
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8/02/2006 @ 21:08 GMT
jkottke : Scientists find "lost world" of undiscovered animals in the Foja Mountains of western New Guinea - Scientists find "lost world" of undiscovered animals in the Foja Mountains of western New Guinea. "Their finds included more than 20 new frogs, 4 butterflies and a number of plants, including 5 new palms and rhododendrons with the largest flowers on recor
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8/02/2006 @ 20:08 GMT
Rod Begbie : Rentaghost The Musical - UK Theatre Production - Classic British kids TV show turned into a touring musical by Joe Pasquale! (via my sister, whose email had the subject line "Yes, really") #
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8/02/2006 @ 19:12 GMT
Cameron Moll : Make your own ringtones - Wired: Make your own ringtones. Just in case you've been dying to get those New Kids on the Block tracks on your mobile but couldn't find them anywhere.
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8/02/2006 @ 19:12 GMT
Cameron Moll : HyperStrike - HyperStrike. Sharp little site with a minimal dose of Flash and unique column arrangement on the secondary pages. Via CSS Import. [via]
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8/02/2006 @ 19:12 GMT
Cameron Moll : Navigation Magnification - Navigation magnification using CSS. Kinda like the Mac OS X dock. Highly experimental. Highly questionable where it would be useful. But hey, that's what makes sandbox stuff like this fun.
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8/02/2006 @ 19:12 GMT
Cameron Moll : iTunes billion songs scroller is cool - iTunes billion songs countdown. LOVE the scroller at right. Brilliant. Oh hey, I just saw Herbie Hancock scroll by. And there went Johnny Cash.
jkottke : Neat counter and waterfall of purchased albums as Apple counts down to 1 billion songs purchased on the iTunes Music Store - Neat counter and waterfall of purchased albums as Apple counts down to 1 billion songs purchased on the iTunes Music Store. (thx, scott)
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8/02/2006 @ 19:11 GMT
Cameron Moll : Variable fixed width layout - Variable fixed width layout. Now isn't that title ironic. Richard catalogs this recent trend as seen in the wild.
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8/02/2006 @ 19:11 GMT
Cameron Moll : Bubble 1.0 browser plug-in - Dude, this is so reminiscent of Bubble 1.0. Wasn't there a thing that did the same 5 years or so ago? Speak up if you remember (comments on).
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8/02/2006 @ 19:11 GMT
Douglas Bowman : Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Derek takes a sentimental walk through his history of home audio, one that surprisingly hits close to home.
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8/02/2006 @ 19:10 GMT
deusx : Raw - del.icio.us Reading Lists - "Ok, a quick way of collecting a list of resources is to use del.cio.us through its bookmarklet. So I'll find a few feeds (the feeds, not the blogs) and tag them "readinglist"."
Philippe Janvier : del.icio.us Reading Lists - "...how you can easily create your own dynamic del.icio.us "reading lists" with XSLT." [via] #
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8/02/2006 @ 19:10 GMT
deusx : Tim Anderson's ITWriting - SOAP is insane, says Del.icio.us founder - "One fun remark: avoid using "SOAP, Corba or something insane" for your API - del.icio.us doesn't even use REST, Schachter said, but rather POX - plain old XML. His logic is that simple APIs are available to a larger subset of developers - why limit your
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8/02/2006 @ 19:08 GMT
Andy Baio : Video: Pac-Man on campus - incidentally, these YouTube clones are popping up like weeds
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8/02/2006 @ 19:08 GMT
jkottke : Blockbuster films are getting more expensive and accounting for less of Hollywood's box office take - Blockbuster films are getting more expensive and accounting for less of Hollywood's box office take...is Hollywood's emphasis on big movies nearing its end? I've always thought it was dumb that the movie industry put so many of its eggs in so few baskets.
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8/02/2006 @ 18:08 GMT
kaninka.net : Vonnegut's Blues for America - And how come the people in countries we invade can't fight like ladies and gentlemen, in uniform and with tanks and helicopter gunships?
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8/02/2006 @ 18:08 GMT
jkottke : CEO pay and perks can be a good indicator of how healthy a business is - CEO pay and perks can be a good indicator of how healthy a business is, so it makes sense that investors are interested in just exactly how much chief executives make. "We shouldn't expect to see a dent in executive compensation anytime soon. But in the l
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8/02/2006 @ 17:09 GMT
deusx : futurilla: Joshua Schachter of del.icio.us - "JS is talking about what they've learned in building del.icio.us"
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8/02/2006 @ 17:08 GMT
philgyford : Aerial Photographs of Mexico City (English) - Some amazing photos, particularly the two of low income housing. (via Boing Boing)
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8/02/2006 @ 15:08 GMT
deusx : Lappy 486 - Strong Bad Email #143 - It's Strong Bad's intro to technology!
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8/02/2006 @ 15:08 GMT
deusx : Lappy 486 - Strong Bad Email #144 - Wherein Strong Bad narrates every day lives as movies
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8/02/2006 @ 14:08 GMT
deusx : 365 tomorrows - Seeing is Believing - "He could barely hear them over the colors and shapes of the room. "...a new vision thanks to sight based on""
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8/02/2006 @ 14:08 GMT
znarf : Netvibes welcome Safari Users ! - Netvibes now compatible with Safari ! #
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8/02/2006 @ 11:08 GMT
kayodeok : Microsoft Security Advisory (913333): Vulnerability in Internet Explorer Could Allow Remote Code Execution - Microsoft is investigating new public reports of a vulnerability in older versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer. Based on our investigation, this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the user's system in the security contex
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8/02/2006 @ 10:08 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : How low can Google go ? - How low can Google go ?: "I am referring to sacrificing good user experience on their SERP for making more cash." Amr is swinging at Google again.
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8/02/2006 @ 10:08 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Feedster: the Friendster of Blog Search? - Feedster: the Friendster of Blog Search?: "Feedster has too high of a mountain to climb to get back in a leadership position. And new, well funded competitors are on the way. I’m not betting against Jeremy on this one."
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8/02/2006 @ 10:08 GMT
Andy Baio : Canadian customs censoring adult DVDs at the border - the list reads as both bizarre and arbitrary
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8/02/2006 @ 09:09 GMT
Andy Baio : Clearbits - icon set customizable with CSS to change background color or shape [via]
deusx : Clearbits - SOME RANDOM DUDE - "Clearbits is a small spinoff of the Bitcons icon set that allows for CSS-based coloring and framing."
Cameron Moll : Clearbits - change the icon color with CSS - Clearbits. GIF icons with what I call "reverse transparency" to allow the color of the icon to be set by CSS. It's an easy trick, perfect for apps that are customized by the user, e.g. forum software.
Paul Hammond : Sanscons » SOME RANDOM DUDE - The inspriation behind making a CSS-centric icon set came from Chameleon made by Dan Cederholm
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8/02/2006 @ 09:09 GMT
Andy Baio : Sketch Swap - draw a picture, get one in return; also, File Swap
Wayne Burkett : Sketch Swap - Fun. #
Rod Begbie : Sketch Swap - Silly fun little webapp -- Draw a picture, submit it, get a new one in return. [via] #
Philippe Janvier : Sketch Swap - Une petite application amusante pour échanger des dessins. A essayer au moins une fois :) [via] #
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8/02/2006 @ 09:09 GMT
Andy Baio : Cupid Mistake - a particularly good Perry Bible Fellowship this week
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8/02/2006 @ 09:09 GMT
Andy Baio : Blurb - brilliant book creation software for on-demand publishing, a la Cafe Press
jimray : Blurb - Really beautiful looking personal publishing
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8/02/2006 @ 09:08 GMT
Andy Baio : Video: Nacho Libre trailer - quite possibly the best and/or worst movie of the year
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8/02/2006 @ 09:08 GMT
Andy Baio : WINE running on Intel iMacs? - if true, the ability to run Windows apps in a natural way could be huge [via]
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8/02/2006 @ 09:08 GMT
Andy Baio : BitTorrent to crack down on use of name - I was afraid this would happen eventually
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8/02/2006 @ 08:08 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : music, wine and will - music, wine and will: "Simply by making it more likely for us to remember certain things, we are more likely to make decisions biased in a certain way. There's no compulsion, nobody has their free-will wrenched from their conscious grip."
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8/02/2006 @ 07:10 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : why Apple really ditched PowerPC
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8/02/2006 @ 07:10 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : scientists discover hundreds of new species in remote New Guinea
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8/02/2006 @ 07:08 GMT
deusx : WP lightbox JS WordPress plugin - "WP lightbox JS is a WordPress plugin that enable you to use lightbox JS script to overlay images on the current page."
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8/02/2006 @ 07:08 GMT
deusx : ESBN - Electronic Standard Book Number - Heard about this on the TWiT podcast from Leo. Maybe I'm missing something, but isn't this what URLs and URIs are for?
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8/02/2006 @ 07:08 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Report a Spam Result to Google - Report a Spam Result to Google: I've always wondered where this form was...
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8/02/2006 @ 05:08 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : LinkedIn is becoming people search - LinkedIn is becoming people search: "Somehow, subconsciously, LinkedIn has become my people search engine of choice."
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8/02/2006 @ 04:08 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Udi Manber leaves A9 - Udi Manber leaves A9: "John Battelle reports that A9 CEO Udi Manber is leaving the company to join... yes, wait for it... Google." This is *very* interesting...
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Andy Baio : Visualizing relationships and geographies of New York Times articles - Aaron dumps the RDF daily, so you can hack on it yourself; mashups, please!
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8/02/2006 @ 03:09 GMT
merlinmann : Richard Scarry - "...there are two types of people: those who grew up reading Richard Scarry, and those who remain perpetually maladjusted to society."
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8/02/2006 @ 03:09 GMT
kayodeok : Becoming an Email Ninja - Here are a few of my favorite (and the site’s most popular) posts on that heated topic of email - how to better deal with email as a recipient, and how to improve the lives of others as a better sender
deusx : Recap: Becoming an Email Ninja | 43 Folders - "...one of the issues that consistently draws the most folks here is anything that helps them deal with email."
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8/02/2006 @ 03:08 GMT
deusx : Raw - Ideal RSS Readers - "I'm becoming increasingly convinced that extending (human-readable) content-oriented approach is the quickest path to a more generalised data-oriented (i.e. Semantic) web."
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8/02/2006 @ 03:08 GMT
znarf : Netvibes welcome the blogmarks module - Oh yes ! #
mbertier : Netvibes welcome the blogmarks module - Netvibes.com Blog - TAGADAPOUET ! #
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8/02/2006 @ 02:09 GMT
kayodeok : Microsoft Security Advisory (914457): Possible Vulnerability in Windows Service ACLs - Microsoft is aware of published information and proof-of-concept code that that attempts to exploit overly permissive access controls on third- party (i.e., non-Microsoft) application services.
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8/02/2006 @ 02:09 GMT
kayodeok : I was using chat in Firefox, and my browser crashed. - AdBlock often interferes with Gmail's chat features, causing Firefox to crash. Our engineers are working hard to fix the problem, but in the meantime, disable AdBlock for testing purposes, and clear your browser's cache. Then, log back in to Gmail
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8/02/2006 @ 02:08 GMT
deusx : Paolo Valdemarin Weblog - My ideal RSS reader - "My problem is that I'm not getting what I would really like from any of the available readers."
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8/02/2006 @ 01:08 GMT
jkottke : Mashup sport: chessboxing - Mashup sport: chessboxing. "The basic idea in chessboxing is to combine the no.1 thinking sport and the no.1 fighting sport into a hybrid that demands the most of its competitors - both mentally and physically. In a chessboxing fight two opponents play al
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8/02/2006 @ 00:09 GMT
jimray : Exxon: America will always rely on foreign oil - Or, to put it more bluntly, "Fuck you, George, we used to be homeys"
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8/02/2006 @ 00:09 GMT
Rod Begbie : Refund Please - Keep track of items you purchase from Amazon -- If they drop the price within 30 days, you can get a quibble-free refund. I got back $9 from them today for four CDs I purchased last month! I might try and make a bookmarklet or GreaseMonkey script to han [via] #
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