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ZenMercury

I think a lot about many things, but don't like to think about one thing too much; I'm kind of a rambling man.

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181.The Competition

Hello again, and today is Friday, March 15, 2013. Tomorrow I get to go to the Delaware State Science Olympiad for the third time.

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180.If You Ever Need It

Hello again, and today was Thursday, the 14th of March. If you ever feel down, read this if you may. You have friends and they will help you get through this.

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179.Tugging At My Soul

Hello again, and today is Wednesday, March 13, 2013. My parents are going to court again. As always, my mom is accusing my dad, who hasn't accused her yet, which I know he will.

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178.The Melody Of Life

Hello again, and today is Tuesday, March 12, 2013. Have you ever heard the melody of the world around you, payed attention to it, and let it surround you. There is rhythm in the most banal of things.

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177.Small World

Hello again, and today is Monday, March 11, 2013. Do you ever notice how small of a world we experience. I mean, the whole entire world is HUGE, but our day to day world is so, so tiny.

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176.Stress

Hello again, and today is Sunday, March 10, 2013. If you are reading this it means you didn't commit suicide because of the stress of losing an hour yesterday, but that is neither here nor there.

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175.Daylight Savings

Hello again, and today is Saturday, March 9, 2013. Tomorrow we have to move our clocks an hour forward because of Daylight Savings time.

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174.Father Time

Hello again, and today is Friday, March 8, 2013. Sometimes I look back in time, or at least the short amount of time that I've been alive, and see how in life out of all the enemies, time is the...

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173.English Accents

Hello again, and today is Thursday, March 7, 2013. Most everybody here on Opuss speaks English. Now, we all speak in an accent.

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172.Don't Knock It

Hello again, and today is Wednesday, March 6, 2013. Have you ever had someone knock something you like even if it doesn't harm anyone. And they hadn't even tried it.

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171.Your Story

Hello again, and today is Tuesday, March 5, 2013. First of all, this post is more for people that don't identify with a particular religion.

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170.Lose Yourself

Hello again, and today is Monday, March 4, 2013. First off, the title doesn't have to do with the song, or maybe it does, I haven't heard it before.

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169.In Defense Of “Branded”

Hello again, and today is Sunday, March 3, 2013.

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168.Everyone's Faking It

Hello again, and today is Saturday, March 2, 2013.

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167.One Thousand Faces

Hello again, and today is Friday, March 1, 2013. I just got back from a school dance that was an amazing night ending off with a group chorus of Fun.'s ‘We Are Young’.

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166.Without Someone

Hello again, and today is Thursday, February 28, 2013. What is there in life without having someone by your side to share that time with you, be it a friend, relative, or lover.

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165.Why I Write

Hello again, and today is Wednesday, February 27, 2013. I write because it provides a rich and cultured medium in which to share your thoughts and project your emotions onto.

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164.Vive La Révolution(story)

Our revolution like all others had no beginning. Just a start. The balloon of hatred towards our French aristocrats and their “Ancien Régime” was inflating before anyone can remember.

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163.Moons Aligned

Hello again, and today is Monday, February 25, 2013. Thanks for all the support for my last Opuss, I really appreciate it.

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162.Stories From A Bench

Hello again, and today is Sunday, February 24, 2013. I want to tell y'all some stories that I want to tell you. So come on over and sit on this bench.

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161.Schadenfreude

Hello again, and today is Saturday, February 23, 2013. I do not condone any Schadenfreude. If you don't know what it means it is taking pleasure in others' misfortune.

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160.Lately

Hello again, and today is Friday, February 22, 2013. Lately I've been thinking about how I screw up a fair amount. Or how when I think I'm screwing up, and I'm actually not, I act too quickly.

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159.A Public Announcement

Hello again, and today is Thursday, February 21, 2013. I have an announcement to make to anyone and everyone here. I do not believe in any god. I also do not believe in no god.

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158.A Silence

Hello again, and today is Wednesday, February 20, 2013. Some people think I'm antisocial. Some people think that I'm cold. Some people think that I'm withdrawn. Some people actually know me.

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157.The Innocence Of Childhood

Hello again, and today is Tuesday, February 19, 2013. The innocence of childhood doesn't last. So if you're a kid, then enjoy it while you can.

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156.If I Were An Octopus

If I were an octopus, I'd live out in the sea with my fellow octopi. I'd fill the sea with onyx ink and glowing blue rings. If I were an octopus, the sharks and eels would starve.

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155.Little Things

Hello again, and today is Sunday, February 17, 2013. Life is a funny little thing, except it isn't that little.

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154.Other Times

Hello again, and today is Saturday, February 16, 2013. Sometimes I wish I was born before I was actually born, usually either in the Eighties or Nineties.

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153.Lies

Hello again, and today is Friday, February 15, 2013. How many lies do you tell in one day. And counting every lie too, even little white lies.

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152.Valentines Crime

Hello again, and today is Thursday, February 14, 2013.

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151.Valentine's Eve

Hello again, and today is Wednesday, February 13, 2013. Thanks for all of the support you guys gave on my 5 Valentines project, it's much appreciated.

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150.An Anonymous Letter

February 12, 2013 Dear Julia, I've only known you since the sixth grade, but In these three years I've fallen for you.

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149.Dear Mom

I understand that it has been some times,. Since I planned days before Valentines,. To give you this card,. That has all of my heart,. But despite all of this,. My love for you is bliss,.

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148.On Love

Half the time I write or talk about love It feels phony. Actually more than half the time, its probably closer to most of the time.

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147.My First Crush

I remember my first crush quite clearly. Her name was Danica Zimmerman and we both at the time were in the third or fourth grade, but more likely the third.

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146.A Sonnet For Modern Lovers

Viewing themselves through pixelated screens,. And seeing only profile picture fact,. Until bad chat connection intervenes,. Or find each other's opposites attract,.

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145.Tomorrow

Hello again and today is Thursday, February 7, 2013. It's only a week until Valentine's Day. And love is in the air.

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144.Discrimination

Hello again, and today is Wednesday, February 6, 2013. Discrimination is bad. In particular I'm talking about racism because like a hamster in its wheel, we get nowhere by using it.

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143.Acrostic Advice

Always listen to people with peeled ears, But take it in with a grain of salt, Cause good to come from your actions, Don't stress if you can't, Every day is different, Fear only monotony, fear, and...

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142.Dedication

Hello again, and today is Monday, February 4, 2013. Now today I'd like to talk about dedication if you couldn't guess from the title.

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141.Superbowl

Hello again and today is Sunday, February 3, 2013. Or as many Americans know today as; Superbowl Sunday.

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140.Friends

Hello again and today is Saturday, February 2, 2013. Some people like to brag that they have many friends. I don't.

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139.February And Other Shenanigans

Hello again, and today is Friday, February 1, 2013. This month we have groundhog day, presidents day, and arguably the most important; Valentines Day.

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138.Born For Death's Cycle

I learned today that I will die,. And that my soul has fates,. To be born into heaven's sky,. And die on hellish slates,. Twenty years ago I was born,. Into liars and hates,.

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137.The Past

Hello again, and today is Wednesday, January 30, 2013. Lately I've been thinking about the past. More specifically about the past that seems to be a lot better than how it is today.

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136.Tyche's Will

Hello again, and today is Tuesday, January 29, 2013. In our lives we leave a lot of things up to Tyche, the god of luck.

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135.Mirror

Hello again, and today is Monday, January 28, 2013. When you look in a mirror what do you see.

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134.How The Dead Haunt

Hello again, and today is Sunday, January 27, 2012.

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133.The Masquerade Of Midnight

The first somber sunday of September,. Was a night I do recall quite well,. And on that night was a frigid murder,. With quiet night pierced by obnoxious nil,. The victim with life escaping his soul,.

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132.In A Rut

Hello again, and today is Friday, January 25, 2013. I feel that as of late I've been stuck in a rut. Not only in my writing, but in school, and life in general.

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131.The Saddest Book

Hello again, and today is Thursday, January 24, 2013. I'm going to start this out with a question; What's the saddest book you've ever read.

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130.Hurting

Hello again, and today is Wednesday, January 23, 2013. I have a question. Is the pain what's the worst, or is it the getting through the pain that really hurts.

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129.Hypocrite

Hello again and today is Tuesday, January 22, 2013. If you say that you've never been a hypocrite, then you're not only wrong but also being a hypocrite by saying it.

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128.MLK Jr.

Hello again, and today is Monday, January 21, 2013. Today is also Martin Luther King Jr. Day. It's a good day to remember the all of what Mr.

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127.MY FEAR

Hello again and today is Sunday, January 20, 2013. My fear, among many others, is that i am going to grow old. Well, not just old, because we all have to do that, but an old stiff.

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126.A(nother) Story Idea

Hello again, and today is Saturday, January 19, 2013. I have another story idea. This time I thought of this: the fear you have that you don't like remembering you have.

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125.The Beauty Of The Earth

Hello again, and today is Friday, January 18, 2013.

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124.Life

Hello again, and today is, Thursday, January 17, 2013. Today I was informed that one of my friends' mother was in the hospital.

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123.Good and Evil

Hello again, and today is Wednesday, January 16, 2013. In this day and age, we tend to know what current good and current evil are.

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122.Time

Hello again and today is Tuesday, January 15, 2013. Here's a poem I wrote about time. Enjoy.

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121.FILDI

Warning, contains one swear word if you discount what one of the letters in the initialisms stand for. --------------------------------- Hello again, and today is Monday, January 14, 2013.

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120.I Remember

I remember when I went to elementary school. The school was called Heritage Elementary, and this had to have happened in third or fourth grade, probably fourth.

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119.Story Idea

Hello again, and today is Saturday, January 12, 2013. I have a story idea challenge type thing that you guys could or could not participate in. It's your choice to make.

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118.A Postcard From Paradise

Hello again, and today is Friday, January 11, 2013. Today I got my test results from a high school I applied to. I passed the test but have yet to know whether or not I'm getting in.

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117.Dear Past

Hello again and today is Thursday, January 10, 2013. Now this may seem foreign to you, writing for pleasure. As if. But by the end of the year ahead of you, you too will see the light in it.

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116.Best Of Opuss

#bestofopuss. Hello again, and today is Wednesday, January 9, 2013. Today is Best Of Opuss day and I'm going to participate.

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115.A Signature

Hello again, and today is Tuesday, January 8, 2013. If you've ever seen an old signature, then you know what one should look like.

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114.Sometimes...

Hello again, and today is Monday, January 7, 2013. I know that an upright citizen should have no evil thoughts, but we all have the demon inside of us.

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113.Words On A Page

Hello again, and today is Sunday, January 6, 2013. When you read stories from a book on a page, your imagination brings life to a new realm. A new realm that you and only you will see.

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112.The Trial

Hello again, and today is Saturday, January 5, 2012. Here's a poem I wrote for y'all. Enjoy.

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111.Be Yourself

Hello again, and today is Friday, January 4, 2012. Be yourself. Those two words carry a weight comparable to that of Atlas'.

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110.Camel Crushing

Hello again, and today is Thursday, January 3, 2012. If any of you know what it's like to fail at doing something, you know it can feel awful.

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109.Advice

Hello again, and today is Wednesday, January 2, 2013.

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108.Perspective

Hello again, and today is Tuesday, January 1, 2013. It's a new year and I'm probably going to keep writing the year as 2012 but I digress.

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107.New Years

Hello again, and today is Monday, December 31, 2012. Happy New Years Eve. So get ready to count down for the ball to drop and the clock's hand to mark midnight.

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106.Buisness

Hello again, and today is Sunday, December 30 2012. As a wise manager once said, “No, I'm not firing you. A good manager doesn't fire people. He hires people, then inspires people. People.

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105.Repost

Hello again, and today is Saturday, December 29, 2012. Today is repost day so I've dug up my first Opuss ever. It is called “A Compilation Of Experiances”.

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104.Opuss

Hello again, and today is Friday, December 28, 2012. Or if you're new here, hello and welcome; welcome to the land of Opuss.

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103.A Thoughtless Naught

Chapter 2 The takeoff and flight time was quite ordinary as flights go. There was some mundane turbulence in the air but it wasn't comparable to what was there during landing.

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102.A Thoughtless Naught

*note this continues off from an Opuss a little more than a month old with the same title (but different number).

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101.Merry Christmas

Hello again, and today is Tuesday, December 25, 2012. So that means that today is Christmas. So Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night.

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100.Xmas Eve And 100th Opuss

Hello again, and today is Monday, December 24 2012. Today is Christmas Eve here.

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99.Love

Hello again, and today is Sunday, December 23, 2012. I don't know how to tell someone I love that I love them. I don't know if I should say it elaborately or just bluntly.

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98.Armageddon (Two)

Hello again, and today is Saturday, December 22, 2012. So it's nearing midnight and we're all still here. Or this is the afterlife and we just haven't realized it yet. Today is an important day...

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97.Armageddon

Hello again, and today is Friday, December 21, 2012. So today we didn't all die. Or yet, at least, the clock's hand hasn't stuck twelve yet. And the Mayans might have been the latecomer type.

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96.The Pale Green Horse

Hello again, and today is Thursday, December 20, 2012. Here is the last one of the poems for the four horsemen. This horse is called death.

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95.The Black Horse

Hello again, and today is Wednesday, December 19, 2012. This is the third horseman, named famine. Enjoy.

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94.The Red Horse

Hello again, and today is Tuesday, December 18, 2012. Here's the next poem for the second horseman, the red one, Enjoy.

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93.The White Horse

Hello again, and today is Monday, December 17, 2012. For the next four days I'll be creating poems, each one for a different apocalyptic horseman, seeing as the world is supposed to end by Friday.

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92.To Whom It May Concern

Hello again, and today is Sunday, December 16, 2012. This isn't going to be addressed to any one Connecticut family specifically, but instead addressed to whom it may concern.

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91.Sandy Hill

Hello again, and today is Saturday, December 15, 2012. I had plans to make this post about dreams and their fantasy but, now that joy seems out of place. I just learned about it today.

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90.The Angel From Darkness

Hello again, today is Friday, December 14, 2012. Here's another poem, a sonnet, that I wrote for y'all. Enjoy.

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89.Politico

Hello again, and today is Thursday, December 13, 2012. I don't know why, but right now I feel in the mood for discussing one of the three forbidden topics; politics.

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88.Pandora's Box

Hello again, and today is Wednesday, December 12, 2012. Today I was unfortunately reminded about a remark I made a few years back whose long shadow finally caught up with me.

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87.Christmas Poem

Hello again, and today is Tuesday, December 11, 2012. Here's a poem about the upcoming Christmas holiday for y'all. Enjoy.

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86.The End Of The World

Hello again, today is Monday, December 10, 2012. In eleven days the world is supposed to end. According to the Mayan calendar, our beloved Earth will hit its expiration date on the 21st of December.

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85.Who

Hello again, today is Sunday, December 9, 2012. When people ask me who I am, I usually have no answer. But even with no response, I know that I'm a person, I know I am.

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84.Love

Hello again, today is Saturday, December 8, 2012. What is love. Some say its when the breath of a person taken away just by being with the other person.

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83.Ten Words

Hello again, today is Friday, December 7, 2012. I'll cut this intro bit short and just get on with my poem for the Ten Word Challenge from Burrahobbit. Enjoy.

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82.Winter's Coming

Hello again, today is Thursday, December 6, 2012. If you live in the northern hemisphere, that means that winter's a-coming.

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