dear sinister:
Tim's youngest sister is fifteen. she had a headache
last night, and she went to bed. she was in bed when
his dad called to talk to him, and they passed the
phone around, and after he had talked to everyone at
the house, his dad asked if he'd like to talk to
Megan--he could wake her up. he said no, it was
okay--he talks to her online all the time.
you know my friend Abigail, that I think you met a few
times? her father died in January 2002. her father was
like my father, and he was my dad's best friend. (I
knew her since I was born.)
my dad told me that yesterday they were thinking about
him, 'cause they're at the Austin City Limits music
festival, and there are some bands there he thought
Graham (Abby's dad) would have liked. and he told me
that he was thinking how he wished I could be there,
too, and just how cool it is that we're all alive
right now, and that we get this wonderful if fleeting
experience of being here.
we get to play music and listen to music and hug each
other and feel good and hurt and walk around. and I
think about that a lot myself.
this morning, we were snuggling in bed. the phone
rang, and he let it ring. then it rang again, and he
reached over me to pick it up, and I knew something
was wrong.
I was thinking about how great life is Friday, I was
having a really wonderful day. I was sick all last
week, but Friday I felt better. and Tim's computer
parts all came in that day. and I met him at the shop,
and he gave me a mission, and then I got to go buy
computer games with Someone Else's Money. and it was
so blue and cloudless and bright, and the wind was so
cool, and I saw at least 10 monarch butterflies.
and then yesterday, I met Tim at the shop at closing
time, and we walked home on Wells St. because I had a
surprise to show him. and I showed him: there is an
aquarium shop on Wells that supplies the Shedd
Aquarium, and it has all saltwater fish and cichlids.
and we looked at all the pretty fish, and on the way
home, he took me down a street I had never been down
before, and it was due west, the sun was shining right
in our faces, and all of a sudden, maybe three blocks
from the apartment there was a lot with horses in it,
and hay. it's where they keep the carriage horses. and
I never knew.
Megan was unconscious this morning.
they took her to the hospital.
they did a scan.
she had an aneurysm. they were placing a shunt. they
were doing an angiogram. they were--are?--going to
move her to a hospital in downtown Houston.
Tim has gone, caught a flight to be with her and with
his family. I can't go; I have class; I don't have the
money to go unless something Really Bad happens. I
tried to be there for him today, but I was somewhere
else. he fed me. he made sure I got back to the dorms.
I'm thankful that he could go and be with his family.
I am thankful.
I am thankful that she's still alive
I am thankful that today the cafeteria made vegetarian
chili
I am thankful that I have a place to go to, where I
can be online and talk to friends
I am thankful that Tim himself is okay, and I'm okay,
and we're both in pretty good health
I am thankful that I am awake today--
please tell those that you love that you love them
today. do something pretty while you can.
thank you for reading this, sinister.
love,
lem
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She wouldn't look back. Ahead of her was the future, and, having a future,
it seemed churlish to ignore it.
She fumbled in her pockets for a cigarette, lifting it to her mouth and
leaving it there. She didn't like to smoke, but she liked the reassurance,
and the solidity, and the fact that it wouldn't clear off the next morning,
leaving her with only her dreams.
Such dreams. She often thought it was those that marked her out - a Strange
One, the mothers said. What the kids said was less kind, but she was
learning not to expect kindness from people. Or, not from these people
anyway. Perhaps someone, somewhere, far away..
Just in time, she jumped back from the kerb as, under the wheels of a
passing bus, a puddle became a fountain. She glared at the driver as he
laughed, and she thought of the boy at school who dreamed of being a bus
driver and, even now, spent all his days sitting on the back of a number 11,
going round and round, in a never-decreasing circle.
She thought of his eyes, and his mouth and she thought that she should never
have showed him her song. Boys were useless at keeping quiet. And yet this
one felt different, warmer, softer.
Less like a boy.
But, yet, not quite like a girl either.
Above her, the streetlamp flickered. The rest were broken: children -
younger than her - and stones, or bricks, or bottles. Everyone was hard,
everyone was untouchable and frightening and protected against everybody
else. She would leave them behind.
She would.
Except him, perhaps. She tried to think of other things but he kept coming
back:
'Judy... I don't know you'
Oh, but he did. Better than anyone. She already felt like she'd shown him
everything, but it was only a song, a stupid song. It meant nothing, just
like all the thoughts in her head. The thoughts that the tablets were
supposed to stop.
Except...she hadn't taken them. She reached in her pockets and fingered
one, and left it there. It was tempting, but it felt too easy, too
unbelievable. If it was going to work, it had to be harder than that.
Her secret. She'd go to the doctor's and she'd tell them how well she was
doing, how calm she felt these days and how the dreams didn't trouble her
any more and -
How could he say he didn't know her?
What did he want? It was so easy to tell with the other boys.
She'd had that, the other boys. That was the past. Ahead was the future.
She kept telling herself this, and hoped that at some point she'd be able to
believe it.
Past the posh houses on the corner where the new girl lived: tall and
elegant and already widely loved She considered stopping by, and saying
hello, just to see the shock on the face of her prospective host.
But no... the next morning... all around the school: ' I don't know. She
was just standing there on my doorstep, looking at me as if she thought I
was going to ask her IN'...
No. She didn't need that. She didn't need them. Let them stay inside,
she'd rather be alone.
Ahead, a light gleamed faintly behind trees. Saint Theresa's - the
churchyard looked safe and forgiving, but she knew better and kept walking.
She still remembered the day she'd found herself outside, pulling
frantically at the door handle, crying, and knowing inside that it had to be
locked. These things were always locked.
She lit the cigarette, fought the urge to retch as the smoke hit the back of
her throat, and put it out again. She didn't know why she liked to pretend.
They said she shouldn't think the things she did. Not at her age. The
dreams had to stop. She didn't tell them they'd got the dreams all wrong.
Tomorrow, she would talk to him. She didn't know what she was going to say,
but she would tell him. And, if he had nothing to say to her in return,
she'd give up on the books and learning and she would catch the first train
heading North.
Or South.
'London....yeah, London'
'SQUAWK! LONDON....YEAH LONDON!'
Silently, she cursed the parrot on her shoulder. She wished she knew where
it had come from.
The star above lit the way as she walked. She wouldn't look back.
Ahead of her was the future.
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that may or may not appear in friends of the heroes at some point. i'm
anticipating SO MANY responses from you lot to that mail i sent yesterday
that we won't have room for it.
just one response would be nice... you're probably all busy with lives, and
such.
i have just been unfortunate enough to catch five minutes of pop idol. i
went to shut the door because i couldn't concentrate with the television on
in the next room and my attention was caught by the fact that a contestant
was singing the beautiful stevie wonder song 'knocks me off my feet'.
he was criticised for picking a song that wouldn't be known by those
watching and wasn't a 'proper' pop song. two of the judges practically
admitted they hadn't heard of it. the other two thought it lacked
personality. which says a lot about them.
perhaps its a little too simplistic to say that mainstream pop music has
gone down the shitter because its controlled by people who have never
listened to stevie wonder.
but, fuck it, i'm going to say it anyway.
mainstream pop music has gone down the shitter because its controlled by
people who have never listened to stevie wonder.
there, i said it again. that makes it DOUBLY TRUE!
have nice evenings, or weekends, if you live to the west, and still have
some left.
i do love you, yknow
xx
ian
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Hi folks:
When last we spoke, I think I was living in NYC. Or maybe I'd already moved
to Seattle. In any event, I am now here in St. Louis, MO. It's not so
bad - in fact, it's better than I thought it would be. I'm keeping a blog
of my experiences here in the Midwest: http://djearlybird.blogspot.com.
("DJ Early Bird" is my DJ alter ego. My wife Callie gave it to me upon
noting that I'm always early for things. It's true. Plus it's a DJ name I
can continue to use when I'm, you know, older. Do they have Early Bird
Specials in Europe?)
My main reason for writing is to express my shock that Belle & Sebastian
will be coming to St. Louis in November. This news has just made my entire
year - as much as I like Missouri, it's not exactly a hotspot for touring
bands. Heck, I might even travel to Lawrence and Chicago to see them. If
any of you Sinisterinos are coming here, let me know - I'll pass along food
and drink recommendations.
back to lurking,
mike
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(by the way, if you're looking for THE POINT, scan down a page or so)
hello my darlings,
i wonder how you are these days? how you've grown? whether you're happier
than you were? whether you're wearing clean underwear now? i've told you
its important. you never know when you'll need to be wearing clean
underwear.
i wanted to talk to you about many things. however, i'm not going to. this
is partly because of the vast amount of cheap, cheap, cheap white wine still
sloshing its way through my system from last night and partly because of
that bloody tim burgess album in the next room... i'm meant to be reviewing
it but bloody hell its -
aahh, that's better. silence. silence is nice, but silence can stop you
from doing all the things in life you'd like to.
anyway, there was a point to this. so i'll come to it.
THE POINT:-
as you may or may not have noticed a certain scottish pop/rock/beat combo
will be releasing an album in the very near future. us chaps at friends of
the heroes (www.friendsoftheheroes.co.uk, that's
www.friendsoftheheroes.co.uk ) have decided to mark the occasion with an
issue devoted entirely to b&s, and we'd like you to help.
no doubt you're already jumping up and down in excitement at the prospect,
and wondering how best to go about this... so i won't keep you in suspense.
we're still planning the issue, but it seems likely that there will be an
article on 'b&s moments' (this will, of course, have a better title.
perhaps taken from some of the comments you lot will send in. you will, you
will, you will, you will...)
this can be anything - the moment you fell in love is a good one.
preferably with the band, although it could be the moment you fell in love
with your wife/ pamela anderson/ pvc/ pingu if you really want, as long as
you relate that back to the MUSIC.
perhaps there are lots of moments where you fell in love with them. you
don't only fall in love with a thing or a person once, you have to keep
doing it over and over again otherwise you forget why you loved them. tell
us about those moments when they made everything click, and feel right, and
gave you hope that you didn't have just a second before.
or, tell us about trying to fuck to 'space boy dream'...its your decision.
we also have a PROBLEM PAGE. recently, this has been run by sister janice
slejj, space travelling, disco-loving, alternative-gardening nun but it
will, for one week only, be written by a special guest (errr...some of you
may think the guest is more special than others, all i'm saying is that its
a semi-regular sinister poster and she LOVES YOU). this guest wants you to
write in with belle and sebastian related problems...
for example... 'i can't concentrate on my quantum physics p.h.d. because i
keep thinking about the way isobel campbell holds her cello'; ' i have been
spending too much time sleeping at bus stops, wondering how i got my name
and what i'm going to do about it'; 'i am an indie-boy, she says i'm too
skinny...boy'*; 'stuart murdoch says if i don't bugger off, he'll get a
restraining order'
that sort of thing. you can send them to either
ian(a)friendsoftheheroes.co.uk or rachel(a)friendsoftheheroes.co.uk and we'll
forward them on.
we're also thinking of doing a b&s anorak's page. full of really, really
useful things you didn't know about the band. while we're capable of doing
our own research (honest!) anything you could help us with would be nice...
any websites, sources of info, or just things you want to share (not LIES
preferably, unless they're really good/exciting/pervy ones. ken, any more
pictures of you in that pvc catsuit will be sent to your employers)
oh, and at SOME point, we're hoping to get hold of a copy of the bloody
album. it looks like all you other buggers have got one first. failing
that, we'll have a b&s issue without a b&s review. but hey that wouldn't be
such a bad thing, why conform to expectations anyway??
so, that was THE POINT. please write to either me, dimitra daisy, rachel
sunnyset or grainne grainney (why don't you have a funny list-name?)
off-list with any thoughts, suggestions, or random abuse. actually, send
random abuse to dimitra. she loves it.
THE POINT being over, i'll move on to BESIDE THE POINT
where is that, beside the point? clearly, its close to the point but people
seem to think it isn't a great place to be. but if you can see the point
from there, it can't be that bad, can it?
anyway:
BESIDE THE POINT
robin stout said:
4. I wonder who gave me *another* list crush?
5. I wonder if it was Ian Anscombe..
*another*?
well, actually, robin i'd been saving myself for a tall, buffed, blonde
bronzed adonis, but as casarotto keeps rejecting my advances i suppose
you'll do. you'll need to earn it, mind. but it'll be tax free, on your
back. not too difficult, once you've learned to relax.
don't complain. you've no IDEA what i had to do for MY vote. which i've
probably lost by now.
and then he said:
6. Where did I put my glasses?
7. Oh, there they are!
i know, i'm always leaving things up there too.
i also wanted to say that i'm REALLY JEALOUS of jamie and all the rest of
you who are getting to see camera obscura in the Fair City Of Nottingham
tonight. i was going to join you but i'm completely and utterly BROKE.
robin was right when he said their album was very good INDEED. (there's
another review here
http://www.friendsoftheheroes.co.uk/reviews/music/week27.html
although you might think 'very good indeed' is better. there, i've
mentioned friends of the heroes twice in an e-mail now, rachel. can i
please have my complimentary badge-and-vibrator set? and don't pretend you
don't know what you're talking about, because dimitra has shown me hers.)
i wish i was as cool as SOME people, who get mentioned on the
'underachivers....' (do we have a rude acronym for that?) sleeve notes (take
a look, you'll see who i mean..).
finally, its great to see all these good reviews for the new BELLE AND
SEBASTIAN album. perhaps very soon, i'll have to stop talking about the
likes of camera obscura and saying 'they make me feel like b&s used to' and
i'll just say 'they make me feel like b&s do'.
wouldn't that be something? the (electronic) rennaissance starts here.
oops, that wasn't the final bit, this is: aislers set - glasgow...who's
going? what are you doing? can you recommend somewhere very cheap to stay?
is there a picnic? tell me, cos i'm going to have to start saving (or
working out someone to borrow money from) NOW.
so, dears, that's our manifesto, pencil in a date, let me know when
something gives, i hope its not too late.
i love you all and i kiss you all. yes, even you..
i am not the milkman of human kindness, but if i was i'd leave you an extra
pint.
xx
ian
*stolen from archel playforth, of course
P.S. if you'd like a space-travelling disco-loving alternative-gardening
agony-aunt nun to solve your problems live on the modern interweb for
everyone to see, please write to sister janice. it'll help to break up all
the hard-drinking: the_space_shed(a)yahoo.co.uk
P.P.S. that's the last plug this mail, i promise.
P.P.P.S. that just begs for a pun about butt-plugs, but i'll leave that to
jay. consider that a challenge, dear.
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Hullo folks,
I finally got a cine film back from the developers that I'd been meaning to
get developed for ages, and half of it seems to be of Archel's brighton
picnic earlier in the year, with Mark and Ken running towards the sea,
trying not to get wet, then running away like a couple of nancy boys.
Unfortunately, neither of them actually fell in this time, but if I splice
the frames cleverly I can make them do a funny dance.
On Radio 4 on Thursday morning there was a small feature about how there are
so few British singers that sing with their own accents, preferring to put
on a faux american one instead. Their example of a band that does this was
the Rolling Stones, and their example of one that doesn't was the
Proclaimers*, who they had on as special star guests. Now, just before this
came on the radio I'd been listening to Camera Obscura's** amazing
Underacheivers Please Try Harder and wondering whether "I should be
suspended from class" really does rhyme with "I don't know my elbow from my
arse". And then I began to wonder about Struan's voice on Stay Loose, with
his "stalks of wilting grarse". I decided that he is an accent traitor. I
think we should send Craig, Charlie and Cuthbert Proclaimer around to his
house to stamp on his toy tractor. That'll teach him.
A few random things that are in my head right now:
1. The Duke is spot on about In The Country and Wrapped Up In Books.
2. Does anyone know if Mick Cooke really wrote You Don't Send Me?
3. Why did John Sullivan never write a spin-off from Only Fools and Horses
called "Denzil"? Such a wasted opportunity.
4. I wonder who gave me *another* list crush?
5. I wonder if it was Ian Anscombe..
6. Where did I put my glasses?
7. Oh, there they are!
Robin x
* The Proclaimers' new album is OUT NOW!! They like their girls with
glasses! http://www.proclaimers.co.uk/
** Camera Obscura's new album is OUT NOW!! They like their girls with
glasses! http://www.camera-obscura.net/
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Fuck me, it's the Duke of Harringay.
The best thing about that post was how I have gone
from being disappointed by (my two fleeting hearings
of) the new album to trouser-splittingly excited at
the prospect of falling in love with N!E!W! Belle and
Sebastian songs. I'm sure there'll still be a Clunker
or two (Stevie Jackson is the new Isobel - discuss),
but hey, we already know that Lord Anthony is worth
£12.99 of anyone's money, so it's not going to be that
big a risk.
Dukey, old chum, do you still read the list? if so, I
wonder who else out there might return to the fold,
surfing the triumphant crest of Stuart 'n' Trevor's
pop tsunami?
The DV(ant) mentioned the Aislers Set gig in Glasgow
on October 17th. I'm sure to be there - are we getting
on at the moment, DV, or will you be challenging me to
a duel to protect the honour of a certain young lady
friend of yours? Hassocks before dawn! Or is that
cassocks? Cassowaries? Rheas? Chris Reas? Regardless,
this is the best opportunity for a Sinister
free-for-all outside the no-doubt ur-exclusive
DuCkWank launch parties.
Keep the faith, as a wise man once said,
Mark xxxx
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Hello to all, hope all is ok.
I haven't posted in ages, not after my computer totally crashed and I had to
use the recovery disc... and moved to BT. Then there were
Viruses............................... In fact I'd probably better
re-introduce myself; Jamie 26 from Nottingham, UK and I have a huge passion
for music from the 1960's to the present day. A good thing I do as I've
managed to accumulate in excess of 6000 records/cd's..... I'm not boasting
though!!
I can't say I have a lot to say, which is another reason why I haven't
posted. Just had my attention drawn to sinister by Mark Casarotto pointing
out the original Tigermilk LP, how I wish I had the odd £200 or so to get
it!! So thanks to Mark for the info....
A full weekend of gigs this weekend for me, and any fans that live around
Nottingham that don't know, and it's unlikely that you won't know if you're
fans, that Camera Obscura are playing the Rescue Rooms tomorrow night (is
this allowed on Sinister, if not sorry!) Sunday night is Stereototal, with a
support band whose lead singer is apparently called "Moo" and the drummer is
"Elvis."
I'm sorry there's nothing more I can add to that, just wanted to say "hi,"
and perhaps there'll be more to say next time.
Take care,
Jamie.
:o)
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Hi everyone,
I know this is advertising an' all, but a former (and
extremely delightful and well brought up) sinisterine
is reluctantly offloading an original copy of
Tigermilk on Electric Honey, and I thought it was
worth bringing to your attention.
You can find the details at
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2559267657&category=22…
This is something a bit special, and it doesn't come
up for sale every day. Go on, spoil yourself...
I'll post proper like soon in penance for explicit
advertising. Oh, and see some of you later tonight at
How Does It Feel To Be Loved :)
Mark xxx
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Hi Sinister,
I know I was supposed to have leave but I haven't dared
yet and what the fuck: i want to be here.
Anyways, I got to meet Sarah and Stevie last night,
because they were in Stockholm doing promotion! AH! it
was so great and they were so sweet. And it was really
nice, because except for some, er, tears afterwards (it
wasn't breaking down and screaming oh my god over and
over again, it was more like "ah, that was so nice, ah
it was too nice, oh no, i'm starting to cry, how
awkward!". Not with them, of course. They didn't see
that. They had gone back into their hotel by then. But
I was thrilled. And I even took a photo with Stevie. I
did that last time I met them too but that photo was
not that good. But he promised me to put on his best
boyband smile, when I told him my plan of taking a
photo and saying "This is the last Backstreet
Boys-esque thing I'm asking of you", and I handed over
a letter which they promised everyone would see. AH!
Dearest B&S, I love you so much.
Other stuff that's happened that's great: DAMIEN RICE
IS COMING TO SWEDEN; THERE IS NO AGE LIMIT AND I'VE GOT
TICKETS! HURRAH! Damien Rice is so damn lovely. I am
really, really excited.
Last week I got a lovely letter from Anders, and fear
not my friend, I wrote the answer the very same night,
but there are no stamps at home and I always forget to
buy. So sorry Anders. The letter will be a-coming soon.
Conversation:
Me: I dropped out of Sinister, sort of, with a dramatic
post and all, but people e-mailed me nice things and
now I want to stay on...
Stevie: Well it's ALWAYS nice to be wanted, so, I'd
say, Stay on!
Me: Well, yes, and people might be impressed with the
fact that I met you guys too.
Stevie: Well in that case Astrid, I'd prepare for
disappointment.
Me: Oh stop it.
It was all very nice, however, and afterwards me and
Amanda celebrated by sharing a chocolate croissant and
the nearest 7-Eleven. Life is great people, when a
chocolate croissant at a 7-eleven is nice.
it was a bit humiliating though, because I walked off
with the wrong change, and it was a long line and the
rude guy who worked there was like "HELLO?! HELLO!
YOU'VE GOT THE WRONG CHANGE!" and I had to get my
wallet out of my bag again, search for the right money,
and then try and change it. Oh. It might sound very
innocent, but if there's one thing I hate it's those
kind of things.
I have to go to my Business Economics class now, and
for the first time in the whole term, I'm not really up
to it. probably because I didn't do the homework. AH
yes. Must be that.
So, I'm back. Sorry.
love
Astrid
x
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+-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+
+-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+
+-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+
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Yes, that's right folks, I cheated... sort of.
With the near arrival of the highly anticipated (at least to me) Dear
Catastrophe Waitress, I have been doing some research (including the
Sinister List) as far as track list, etc. I came upon the Amazon.com
website where you could pre-order DCW. Now, who would want to pre-order
a CD from the web when it ships the day the CD is released? I mean,
come on, that means you get the CD days AFTER release, right? Well... I
found out not in this case. Amazon.com had a special starting September
14th that allowed users to pre-order the CD and IMMEDIATELY after
ordering, allowed the purchaser to listen to the album IN FULL streaming
from online. Now, I bantered back and forth with myself wondering
whether or not I want to hear songs before they were "officially"
released, but I just couldn't stand it any longer. A day after I
learned of this special, I pre-ordered the CD and I haven't been able to
stop listening to the new album.
I recognize some of the songs from the Brooklyn, NY show in the States
(at which I proudly waited 6 hours outside the gates for a front
standing position, hehehe) and I am just as taken aback with hearing
them on the album than I was live. For those of you that have more
patience than I, I applaud you. B&S music cures my ailments and puts a
smile on my face no matter what external circumstances. *hugs B&S*
Anyway, I also wanted this to serve as a hello to the list as I have
just been granted non-nursery status and look forward to corresponding
with you all and exchanging great B&S stories. Thanks to Honey for
hosting a place where we can do that!
Sincerely,
Tim
belle-sebastian(a)insidemyhead.net
p.s. - Anyone that went to the Brooklyn show August 19th that happened
to talk to a couple from Norway and Israel, please drop me a line at the
above e-mail address. I lost their e-mail and I'm hoping they talked to
someone else and maybe gave it to them as well. Thank you!!
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+-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+
+-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+
+-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+
+-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+
+-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+
+-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+
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