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If Chins Could Kill is a delightfully irreverent, yet oddly touching epic of ambition and disappointment, fame and anonymity, and lots of fake blood. Told in Bruces wry, sarcastic voice, it is a Hollywood from the bleacher seats look at his experiences in film and TV and at his status as a cult horror and sci-fi movie god. This man with the face of a matinee idol and the heart of a Stooge first attracted what has grown into an enormous cult following as the star of Sam Raimis legendary Evil Dead trilogy of thriller-comedies. With tireless good humor and biting wit, Bruce acted, produced, and directed his way through a bakers dozen of B horror films and space operas before finally enjoying mainstream stardom on prime-time TV. Deeply earnest and fiercely funny, this book tells the story of an unlikely star who continues to lead a unique double life as cult movie icon and regular Joe.
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Just Plain Fun.......2007-09-16
Who doesn't love Bruce Campbell? You've seen him in the Evil Dead movies, in Hercules and Xena, in Jack of All Trades, in Spider-Man, in The Hudsucker Proxy, in Brisco Country Jr, in Bubba Hotep and, most recently, in USA's Burn Notice. No matter what he's in, you know it's going to be a good-old fashioned, fun, rip-roaring good time with a healthy dash of humor and slapstick. And for Campbell's fans, this book doesn't disappoint either.
If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor is a fun autobiography - Campbell tells his story in simple, matter-of-fact terms without pulling any punches or overly philosophizing. He gives us what we want - humorous anecdoes and career highlights, as well as great behind-the-scenes tales. Granted, most of this book focuses on his early career and the making of/hoopla over Evil Dead and Evil Dead II. However, you'll also get insight into a number of other elements of his career, including the roles that got away (for instance - did you know he lost out to Billy Zane for the role of The Phantom?). This is also a quick read - I got through it in less than 24 hours. If you're looking for a fun read about one of our favorite actors, you can't go wrong with this one. Check it out!
No Joke.......2007-08-23
This was an excellent read!
Such a pleasant change from many auto biographies.
He is not afraid to be totally honest and take many stabs at his credibility.
Many laughs to be had
If Chins Could Kill:.......2007-08-10
An entertaining look into gorilla film making and the ins and outs of a working actor.
Not just for Bruce Campbell fans...........2007-06-27
"If Chins Could Kill" provides wonderful insight to how Hollywood and the movie industry really works. Far too often the glamour of film (part of the mystique, schmaltz, whatever) leaves us assuming everyone in Hollywood is running around in limousines, dining with Julia Roberts, and wondering where to put their millions. Obscure wage slave members of unions who have to fight the machine and at the same time be obsequious price takers, begging for any chance, are more the reality, and Bruce Campbell does a wonderful job of making the film industry come alive from the perspective of a clever Joe-Sixpack. A wry inside observer you'd welcome as your friend.
Thoroughly enjoyable on many dimensions.
HAIL TO THE KING, BABY.......2007-04-25
BRUCE CAMPBELL
IF CHINS COULD KILL:CONFESSIONS OF A B MOVIE ACTOR
HAIL THE KING BABY, Bruce Campbell has all ways been one of my favorite actors ever since I first had seen "EVIL DEAD". I have followed his career since then and have never been disappointed by any one of his performances ever. So you can only imagine how excited I was when I first heard about this book being published, in fact I rarely ever get excited about a book [Stephen King, Shawn Michaels, Kurt Angle, Eric Bischoff, & a few others are the exceptions]. After first purchasing this book I started to wonder something, how long will it take before I get to the filming on "Evil Dead" in this book. But as soon as I started reading from the first page I forgot all about that, I found everything he had written about his childhood and growing up extremely interesting. In fact how all of them [the crew, Raimi, Spiegel, Becker, Tapert, & all the rest] got together is one of my favorite parts about the book.
Of course from there things get real interesting when they all get together to film "Evil Dead", of course the chapter before this was excellent as it is the story of how they raised the money for the film, "Within The Woods" [the sample film they made to show investors]. But on to the "Evil Dead" section of the book, this has got to be one of the greatest things I have ever read. The problems these guys went through is amazing, for a film that was so good and looked like it was a blast to make was anything but for this group. It also is to bad that somebody burnt the cabin down, but things get even more interesting as the group goes on to put "Evil Dead" in film festivals. It was cool to see how they went on to get distribution for the film that launched their careers. Also it was cool to find out That Stephen King loved the film and had some input into the second "Evil Dead" being made. Of course "Evil Dead 2" & "Army of Darkness" were some very interesting sections in this book, especially since each one of them like the original are classics.
Of course the whole book isn't about those three cult classics, in fact not all of it is about the film industry. But worry not all you TV fanatics out there, "Hercules, Xena, & Brisco County Jr." are all discussed in full detail, and if you were a fan of those shows like my self [DVD box sets are great] you will definitely be pleased with these sections. It was cool to find out about how he came into the director's chair, and learn more about his roll's on the shows. Of course he only appeared on "Hercules, and Xena" as were he starred in "The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.", but the first two is were he got a lot more time behind the camera as a director. Also his various television roles are discussed in the book as well as his various film roles, although I wish he would have discussed the "Maniac Cop" series and "Serving Sara" more, although "Maniac Cop" was discussed more so then the latter. Many other topics are discussed within the pages of this book, his family, childhood, and every day things are in here as well, and the fan conventions are talked about as well. I also have the version of the book with the extra section about "The Chins Across America", worth the purchase is all I can say.
This was a great book, and I highly recommend this book to any and everybody out there.
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This landmark collection of music originally sung onstage by children was released in 1993, and has become the most used collection of theatre music for kids. Now this same collection is available with a much needed companion CD of piano accompaniments. Child singers can practice with the recording as many times as they like ... until they drive Mom and Dad crazy! Includes: Castle on a Cloud Gary, Indiana I Whistle a Happy Tune It's the Hard-Knock Life Let Me Entertain You Tomorrow Where Is Love? and more!
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THE book to buy for young musical theatre fans!.......2007-03-31
If your youngster is looking to audition for musicals, or if he or she just wants to sing for fun, this is a great book to buy! The songs are not too difficult, but they are still "real" musical songs. This isn't a book full of songs sang by cartoon characters! The accompaniment tracks are alright, too. I teach theatre and musical theatre to middle school students, and I've used songs out of this book a lot. I highly recommend it for the beginner.
A Good Collection for Young Singers.......2007-01-23
The book itself is a nice compilation of songs from well-known shows. However, the CD music is not as good as I'd expect for this caliber of collections. Instead of Piano accompaniment, it would have been so much better if multiple instruments were used.
Useful book!.......2007-01-04
I have used this book with many of my younger voice students and it is always a hit with them. Some of the songs are hard, but some are really easy, so it is a good book to use with beginners, and accomodates them as they progress. I highly recommend this book.
a really great songbook!.......2000-06-22
a couple monthes ago my singing teacher sold me her extra copy of this songbook and ever since then I've been doing almost nothing except for songs from this book! I've done "Castle on a Cloud" "I Won't Grow Up" etc.. I highly recomend this book!
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Titles are: America the Beautiful Animaniacs The Ballad of Gilligan's Isle The Batman Theme C is for Cookie Can You Read My Mind The Chicken Dance Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead (Meet) The Flint- stones Fuzzy Wuzzy Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Happy Birthday High Hopes I Believe I Can Fly I Taut I Taw a Puddy Tat (I Thought I Saw a Pussy Cat If I Only Had a Brain I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony I'll Be There for You (Theme from Friends ). Titles include: Animaniacs C Is for Cookie The Chicken Dance Happy Birthday I Believe I Can Fly I'll Be There for You (Theme from Friends ) Journey to the Past Macarena Over the Rainbow Puff (The Magic Dragon) Scooby-Doo Theme from The Simpsons Tomorrow and many more!.
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Good beginner music book.......2006-08-19
A great way for young and old alike to learn to play fun songs on the piano. Easy to read notes and words make playing fun.
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Each word running fast across lips./A direct line to my hips, twist and shake./My voice another arm, another leg./My throat the Cape Canaveral of my soul.
This rockin' collection of twenty-four dynamic, original poems vividly captures a variety of musical experiences from the teen perspective. From playing in the school band to playing air guitar, from performing a favorite song to dreaming of stardom, the power of music is explored in passionate text and bold, energetic illustrations.
The rhythm and language of each poem reflect a different musical genre, including classical, hip-hop, jazz, folk, and reggae. Whether hitting drums "with more force/than a million recess bullies," rapping "no one can touch me, don't even try to front," or depicting the struggles of a garage band, this vibrant collection celebrates the importance of music for teenagers.
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...And shoot they do.......2002-10-04
I first heard poems from this book read aloud at a summertime pool party and it was true entertainment.
The words themselves flow musically -- as do the rhythms of the poems. They're just as fun to read aloud as they are to hear aloud.
Not for cozy, bedtime reading, The Songs Shoot Out of My Mouth should be "played."
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Kids Music Collection
Zobeida Perez
Manufacturer: Alfred Publishing Company
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Songs compiled in this collection were very carefully selected for the kid in all of us. Includes: (Meet) The Flintstones * Linus and Lucy * Baa! Baa! Black She ep * 'A' You're Adorable * 'C' Is for Cookie * Happy Birthday * America * The Star-Spangled Banner * I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)* T ake Me Out to the Ball Game * Talk to the Animals * I Believe I Can Fly * Over the Rainbow * The Pink Panther * Star Wars (Main Theme) * We're Off to See the Wizard.
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great content - bad format.......2003-08-12
I have enjoyed learning to play many of the songs in this book. As a parent, it has allowed me to play songs my kids know. Unfortunantly the presentation is flawed. First, the book does not stay open! - making two-handed piano play difficult. Second, some of the music is hard to read. There are different reproductions - some are very are clear and some look like multiple generation photocopies.
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The Kid's Collection - Recorder Fun! 3-Book Bonus Pack
Manufacturer: Hal Leonard
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Easy arrangements of over 50 great songs, including: Dora the Explorer Theme Song, The Farmer in the Dell, London Bridge, Mary Had a Little Lamb, Oh! Susanna, SpongeBob SquarePants Theme Song, This Old Man, and many more.
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Explore all the mystery and magic of the land of the Pharaohs - ancient Egypt and its civilization, customs, and treasures with this innovative song collection for Grades 2-5. This whole language collection lets you use music across the curriculum to enhance learning and open the door to discovery. It comes complete with 6 original songs, movement and costume ideas, and short rhyming script ideal for presenting a 15-minute program. The Teacher PLUS enrichment activities include math, science, art and writing projects along with reproducible games, puzzles and student song sheets. Perform the songs with piano or use the Performance/Accompaniment CD for extra pizzazz. Lead your students on an exciting adventure into history and love of learning. Available: Teacher's Handbook and ShowTrax CD. Performance Time: 15 minutes. For Gr. 2-5.
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The Jumbo Collection of Piano Solos for Kids (Piano Solos for Kids Series)
Robert Schultz
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100 titles, 144 page book for only $12.95. Selected, arranged and edited by Robert Schultz. Contents organized by categories: Children's Songs/Folk Songs/Classical Themes/Popular Songs/ TV and Movie Themes/All time Fav- orites. Includes complete alphabetical index of all 100 titles; preface included. The largest collection of piano solos ever released in the 15 year history of this well known and highly successful series. As with all the books in the Piano Sol9s For Kids Series, this collection is designed to be a compatible supplement to all beginner and first year piano methods.
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From Mexico to England, Australia to Russia; from polka and waltz to a rumble in the jungle, kids can move to all corners of the globe with this hoppin' collection of songs from John and Alan and the "Around the World" kids! These 12 original songs each focus on a different country, making this a creative collection of multicultural material for developing motor skills and motivation. Each song includes a suggested teaching plan with easy-to-follow movement ideas. Available: Song Collection, CD (full performance only), VHS Video. For gr. K-4.
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The perfect answer for those Christmas solo needs at church or school! These 15 carol arrangements are very flattering to child singers. The vocal range of the book generally spans middle C up a ninth. Children will be inspired to excel by hearing each song sung by someone their own age. Practice accompaniments are also on the CD. Includes: Away in a Manger The Friendly Beasts It Came upon a Midnight Clear Mary Had a Baby O Come, Little Children Silent Night What Child Is This? and more. Perfect for performances or just stay-at-home singing fun! Away In A Manger Bring A Torch, Jeannette, Isabella Go, Tell It On The Mountain He Is Born, The Holy Child (Il Est Ne, Le Divin Enfant) Infant Holy, Infant Lowly It Came Upon The Midnight Clear Mary Had A Baby O Christmas Tree O Come, Little Children Once In Royal David's City Rocking Silent Night The Friendly Beasts The Sleep Of The Infant Jesus What Child Is This?
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wonderful for even the youngest children.......2007-06-09
my children are 6 and 7. they love this touching story of beethoven. we have taken many a long car ride and this cd is always our companion. it would be a good idea to also get a background book of beethoven for your children as they may become so intested, as mine did, that they simply had to know more about him. i bought the teachers notes that go with this. i would have done better to get a more thorough book, but it has served us well. this cd is highly recommended
Terrific For the Whole Family.......2007-04-24
Beethoven Lives Upstairs CD is an intriguing imaginary story told by a child who lives in the apartment below the elderly, deaf Beethoven, whom the child believes to be a mad man. The story of Beethoven's life and his greatness as a musician, even after becoming deaf, is woven through a series of letters the child writes to a relative who teaches the appreciation of Beethoven and his music. It is a beautifully written story of the great and tragic composer's life, interwoven with marvelous renditions of his most beloved music. This is one of the Symphony of Stories for all ages collection of Classical Kids CD's from Children's Group. You and your children will want to own all of them and listen to them again and again!
Beethoven Lives Upstairs.......2005-01-18
Excellent story for the entire family to enjoy. Music and information is blended together to make the audio version of this story enjoyable for a wide range of ages. Great way to introduce kids to famous composers in a format that is interesting and fun. And, the listeners don't Have to sit still while the story is being read.
one of an excellent series.......2000-11-07
I started buying this series for my 6 year old one year ago. She received "Mr Bach comes to Call" for her seventh birthday. She has spent hours listening to it and then to other Bach CDs. The music is well selected and the historical content is described quite well. Her imagination has really been excited. As we live in Germany for the moment she has expressed a wish to visit Liepzig to see Bach's grave. We have four in this series now and think they are brilliant. All of us enjoy listening especially on long car journeys. Great entertainment with educational value.
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Out of Time: History and Evolution in Anthropological Discourse (Ann Arbor Paperbacks)
Nicholas Thomas
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Despite the enormous amount of work that has attempted to combine historical and anthropological approaches in recent years, few books have outlined the underlying premises that make integration of the two fields difficult. In Out of Time, Nicholas Thomas argues that a "historical perspective" cannot simply be added to conventional anthropology, which systematically takes ethnography "out of time." Drawing examples from the Polynesian anthropological literature, he points to discredited social evolutionary ideas that have persisted even after apparently dramatic theoretical shifts and to the need to take seriously sources that anthropologists have previously dismissed.
When it was first published in 1989, Out of Time generated much-needed discussion on the appropriate models for historical anthropology. Thomas considered that both the historical structuralism of Marshall Sahlins and neo-Marxist regional systems theory had failed to transcend crucial limitations of conventional anthropology. Yet they provided elements of a more stimulating and critical perspective, which would also take account of contemporary political developments in the Pacific region.
For this second edition, Thomas has added an afterword that reflects on the book's initial reception and brings its critique up to date. He suggests a need to historicize the professionalization of anthropology as a discipline to understand shifts in practice and the need to acknowledge the historical specificity and limits of all forms of cultural knowledge, whether "Western" or indigenous.
Out of Time will be a useful text for graduate courses in anthropology, history, and cultural studies.
"This book displays rare integrity: Thomas' intellectual stance toward the theoretical approaches of others is fully consistent with his own discursive practices." --Contemporary Pacific
Nicholas Thomas is Senior Research Fellow, Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, Australian National University.
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Entertainment-Education and Social Change introduces readers to entertainment-education (E-E) literature from multiple perspectives. This distinctive collection covers the history of entertainment-education, its applications in the United States and throughout the world, the multiple communication theories that bear on E-E, and a range of research methods for studying the effects of E-E interventions. The editors include commentary and insights from prominent E-E theoreticians, practitioners, activists, and researchers, representing a wide range of nationalities and theoretical orientations.
Examples of effective E-E designs and applications, as well as an agenda for future E-E initiatives and campaigns, make this work a useful volume for scholars, educators, and practitioners in entertainment media studies, behavior change communications, public health, psychology, social work, and other arenas concerned with strategies for social change. It will be an invaluable resource book for members of governmental and non-profit agencies, public health and development professionals, and social activists.
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Television, Ethnicity and Cultural Change (Comedia)
M. Gillespie
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Television, Ethnicity and Cultural Change explores postmodern issues of migrancy and diasporic cultures.
Marie Gillespie's in-depth study, examining how television and video are being used to recreate cultural traditions within the "South Asian" diaspora in London, offers an invaluable survey of how cultures are shaped and changed through people's recreative reception of the media. Looking specifically at young people's preoccupation with television narratives, Gillespie discovers how they both reaffirm and challenge parental traditions, at the same time formulating their own aspirations towards cultural change.
Television, Ethnicity and Cultural Change is an important contribution to current debates in audience studies.
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The Cultural Revolution of China’s Maoist era has come and gone, yet another cultural revolution of a different sort has been sweeping through China in the 1990s. Although recently much interest has been focused on China’s economy, few Westerners are aware of the remarkable transformations occurring in the culture of ordinary people’s daily lives. In China’s New Cultural Scene Claire Huot surveys the wide spectrum of art produced by Chinese musicians, painters, writers, performers, and filmmakers today, portraying an ongoing cultural revolution that has significantly altered life in the People’s Republic.
Western observers who were impressed by the bravery of the demonstrators in Tiananmen Square—and stunned at the harshness of their suppression—will learn from this book how that political movement led to changes in cultural conditions and production. Attending to all the major elements of this vast nation’s high and low culture at the end of a landmark decade, Huot’s discussion ranges from the cinematic works of Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, and others to emerging musical forms such as rock, punk, and rap. Other topics include television, theater, and avant-garde art, the new electronic media, and subversive trends in both literature and the visual arts.
With a comprehensive index of artists and works, as well as a glossary of Chinese words, China’s New Cultural Scene will enlighten students of Chinese culture and general readers interested in contemporary Asia.
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Franklin discovers through his new teacher that learning about different people and places can be fun.
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Convergence of Telecommunications and Broadcasting in Japan, United Kingdom and Germany: Technological Change, Public Policy and Market Structure (Waseda/Curzon International Series, 1)
Koichiro Agata
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A engaging inquiry into the history of South African film and its future - one that focuses on the country's cultural history while squarely facing questions of race.
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Archie Bunker's America: TV in an Era of Change 1968-1978
Josh Ozersky
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Archie Bunker’s America discerns what was “in the air” as television networks tried to accommodate cultural and political swings in America from the Vietnam era through the late 1970s. Josh Ozersky’s spirited examination of the ways America changed television during a period of intense social upheaval, recuperation, and fragmentation uncovers a bold and beguiling facet of American cultural history. From the conflict-based comedy of All in the Family and such post-sixties frolics as Three’s Company to tendentiously apolitical programs like Happy Days, Ozersky describes the range and power of television to echo larger schemes of American life.
Around 1968, advertisers who were anxious to break into the lucrative baby-boomer demographic convinced television networks to begin to abandon prime-time programming that catered to universal audiences. With the market splintering, networks ventured into more issue-based and controversial territories. While early network attempts at more “relevant” programming failed, Ozersky examines how CBS struck gold with the political comedy All in the Family in 1971 and how other successful, conflict-based comedies turned away from typical show business conventions. As the 1970s wore on, the innovations of the previous years began to lose their public appeal. After Vietnam and Watergate, Ozersky argues, Americans were exhausted from the political turbulence of the preceding decade and were ready for a televisual “return to normalcy.”
Straightforward, engaging, and liberally illustrated, Archie Bunker’s America is peppered with the stories of outsider cops and failed variety shows, of a young Bill Murray and an old Ed Sullivan, of Mary Tyler Moore, Fonzie, and the Skipper, too. Drawing on interviews with television insiders, trade publications, and the programs themselves, Ozersky chronicles the ongoing attempts of prime-time television to program for a fragmented audience—an audience whose greatest common denominator, by 1978, may well have been the act of watching television itself. The book also includes a foreword by renowned media critic
Mark Crispin Miller and an epilogue of related commentary on the following decades.
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a tour-de-force survey of the 70s.......2003-04-23
If you love the 70s, especially all the great cheesy TV shows of the time, this books is for you. It's super smart and funny, as the author, Josh Osersky, takes you on a guided tour of the times, and how shows like Three's Company and the Love Boat tell us the true story of America in the 70s. One of the best books I ever read!!!!
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The American Thriller: Generic Innovation and Social Change in the 1970s (Crime Files)
Paul Cobley
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What is the American Thriller? Has it developed over time? What was it like in the past? This is a book about thrillers and gaining knowledge of what American thrillers were like in a specific period-the 1970s. Analyzing '70s texts about crime, police, detectives, corruption, paranoia and revenge, The American Thriller aims to open the debate on genre in light of audience theory, literary history, and the place of popular fiction at the moment of its production.
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Autoaffection: Unconscious Thought in the Age of Teletechnology
Patricia Ticineto Clough
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