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Rain

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RE: ilter kurcala (in reply to XXX

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Its because the rhythm of his music derives from flamenco, and not turkish music. I admit its experimental, and not everyone will be pleased by it. He seems to have made a solo album, im definitely gonna get it.


I understand the rhythm of his vocal melodies are flamenco and not turkish. It just sounds odd and does not work for me.

I own his new solo album, and there is some great playing and melodies on it. I wish it was an instrumental album, as I am not a fan of his voice.

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John O.

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RE: ilter kurcala (in reply to Rain

Agree about the voice. When listening to that popular tango I used to skip his verse...

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  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date May 4 2011 7:06:44
 
XXX

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RE: ilter kurcala (in reply to Rain

From Berk's new album. Could be kind of cross-over singing.
http://www.mediafire.com/?gkn578k44a6gtb9

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  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date May 4 2011 16:55:33
 
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RE: ilter kurcala (in reply to Rain

the guitar playr in the post video is ...................................

is ....................................

is .....................................


ANNOOOYYYINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

godddd , what kind of companiaro is that

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  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date May 4 2011 20:00:37
 
Rain

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RE: ilter kurcala (in reply to Ruphus

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Take your friend and visity Turkey during those days for a first understanding what kind of subjectivity, arbitrariness, injust and dismis your blind PC incorporates.
Be sure to understand what culture is.


Ruphus, you are very ignorant, so much so it makes you dangerous. I spend an average of 6 months a year in Turkey, and have been there during the Kurban Bayram many times, and I myself have ordered a sheep not a cow Ruphus to be slaughtered, and I can guarantee to you that the animal was killed in a very quick and humane way, following Islamic procedures. And I can assure you as well that many poor families that the meat was distributed to ate very well. It is not a massacre celebration as you so ignorantly state, no more than the millions of Turkey's that are killed in the USA during thanksgiving by families who can afford it.

To criticize so eagerly with little knowledge of what you Ruphus are talking about, makes you ignorant.

You state:

PS:
Just found out that the massacre celebration, due to pressure from the EU, will be prohibited in Turkey from this year on.

The day that Turkey agrees to that kind of racist pressure, I will denounce my Turkish citizenship.
As well you need to really check your sources before spewing such garbage.

P.S:

**** the European Union.

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  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date May 4 2011 22:05:27
 
John O.

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RE: ilter kurcala (in reply to Rain

Rain, the problem with people like him is that you just won't get through to him.

I think I could imagine where he's from, disliking Turks the way he does, and if it's true then all his arguments concerning how people treat each other's cultures, beliefs and human rights would all fall flat.

So Germany's Halocaust, Europe's Inquisition and Crusades, the US's slavery of blacks and slaughter of the Native Americans, the slaughtering between folk in Africa, Spain's Bull fights, Finland's annual whale slaughters, the many pets that are found leashed in the middle of nowhere by owners gone on vacation who couldn't find a caretaker, Asia's live skinning of animals for fur, and our much less than humane mass slaughter of animals for the supermarket aside - if certain negative but unfortunately common human traits fit to what he thinks the mentality of Middle Eastern folk is then nobody is going to change that.

That is why from now on we ignore the stinker

I know I will. Final statement - we've discussed this topic MUCH more than I meant to in this thread or ever on this forum.

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  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date May 4 2011 23:05:40
 
Rain

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RE: ilter kurcala (in reply to John O.

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That is why from now on we ignore the stinker


I agree John and I thank you for your intelligent comment.

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  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date May 5 2011 0:02:04
 
chester

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RE: ilter kurcala (in reply to John O.

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I think I could imagine where he's from


Greece? If so he has a right to be upset at the Turks - they stashed all their ammo inside the Parthenon and destroyed it. :P

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**** the European Union.


Rain, for someone who has a peace-dove for an avatar you sure are hostile.

Ruphus has stated before that he is German and now lives somewhere in the middle east where people treat each other like sh*t. He's entitled to his opinions and I personally think that he is a deep-thinker (long winded at times - granted).

I can't speak about Turkey as a whole because I've never been there (although I hear Istanbul is beautiful and the Turks know how to spice their meat just right) but I've met some 'young Turks' here in th US and they have mostly been very friendly - always love to talk about Soccer. :)

Anyway, I'm with Haitham. The guitarist is good but it's mostly just a mishmash of the Andalucian cadence with some guy wailing over it.
  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date May 5 2011 0:44:27
 
Rain

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RE: ilter kurcala (in reply to chester

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Greece? If so he has a right to be upset at the Turks - they stashed all their ammo inside the Parthenon and destroyed it. :P


Chester, LOL, Is that why there upset at the Turks.

I will always be hostile towards ignorance Chester, I will never greet it with open arms and tolerance. It is that mentality that brings peace to the world, not silence which has always lead to death and persecution.

Your comment says so much about your humanity and your lack of shame.
Who says something like "Turks know how to spice their meat just right".
Chester does.

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  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date May 5 2011 1:56:12
 
chester

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RE: ilter kurcala (in reply to Rain

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Chester, LOL, Is that why there upset at the Turks.

Well... The Turks and Greeks have had plenty of bad blood between them, I'm sure there are other reasons as well. Are you sure you're from Turkey? Not much of a history buff I see...

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I will always be hostile towards ignorance Chester, I will never greet it with open arms and tolerance. It is that mentality that brings peace to the world, not silence which has always lead to death and persecution.

Hostility is not the answer, unfortunately. Try staring at your avatar for a couple of hours and maybe the dove will show you the true way to deal with ignorance.

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Who says something like "Turks know how to spice their meat just right".

I don't understand what's wrong with that statement. A friend of mine visited Istanbul and was very impressed with his meals. If you find that offensive I apologize.
  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date May 5 2011 2:20:12
 
Rain

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RE: ilter kurcala (in reply to chester

Well... The Turks and Greeks have had plenty of bad blood between them, I'm sure there are other reasons as well. Are you sure you're from Turkey? Not much of a history buff I see...

OK chester, I think the best thing for me to do is just ignore you.
But I will give you and Ruphus some advice, just in case you find yourselves by accident in a room full of good and intelligent people, my advice be to be very quiet.

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  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date May 5 2011 2:42:55
 
chester

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RE: ilter kurcala (in reply to Rain

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OK chester, I think the best thing for me to do is just ignore you.


Just like you're ignoring that sense of reason that's hiding somewhere inside you?

I know it's there; all you have to do is open your mind and don't believe everything you think is true.

This isn't the first time I've seen you back out of a disagreement while citing some moral or intellectual superiority. Give it a break -- you're not fooling anyone.
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XXX

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RE: ilter kurcala (in reply to chester

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ORIGINAL: chester
Anyway, I'm with Haitham. The guitarist is good but it's mostly just a mishmash of the Andalucian cadence with some guy wailing over it.


Isnt that the same in flamenco?

Ps: any feedback from anyone about the last sample i uploaded?

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  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date May 5 2011 6:33:32
 
John O.

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RE: ilter kurcala (in reply to XXX

Keeping in mind this isn't flamenco, I got the feeling talking to my friend that Turkish singers don't have a problem with the accompanying guitarist giving all they have, whereas in flamenco the guitarist should stay in the background. I know if a flamenco guitarist started doing that the singer would probably smack him

What the guitarist is doing is all theoretically correct, whether you like it is personal taste of course.

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  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date May 5 2011 8:14:33
 
John O.

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RE: ilter kurcala (in reply to chester

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He is German


Yup, I knew it. Many Turks live in Germany, many Germans don't like it. I'm friends with many Turks. Looking back to the first half of the last century, I don't think Ruphus should be making speeches on how other cultures are intolerant and treat each other like crap. And no other culture in the world has been without sin at some point or another. It's all about having an excuse to hate people.

I've heard many US-Americans living in Germany, of course not integrated and unable to speak the language, who complain about Germans. Their ignorance pisses me off, too. Accept and try to understand the foreign culture you live in if you expect to be welcomed by it's people - otherwise leave.

Okay there we go. I'm done.

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  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date May 5 2011 8:33:29
 
XXX

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RE: ilter kurcala (in reply to John O.

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ORIGINAL: John O.

Keeping in mind this isn't flamenco, I got the feeling talking to my friend that Turkish singers don't have a problem with the accompanying guitarist giving all they have, whereas in flamenco the guitarist should stay in the background. I know if a flamenco guitarist started doing that the singer would probably smack him


Which track are you referring to?
In general i guess it depends more on the singer maybe? Coz if you look at what modern players do, they do quite some stuff too while accompanyning. That first Ilter video was too crowded in the playing for me too (if you mean that track). But all this Öykü/Berk thing is IMO pretty close to what is common in flamenco. But then again, the question "what is flamenco?" does not interest me at all I just enjoy the music.

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  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date May 5 2011 9:27:52
 
John O.

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RE: ilter kurcala (in reply to XXX

Yeah the first video. He is really giving all he has there..

Gotta agree with you there, just enjoy the music if you like it...

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  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date May 5 2011 9:33:07
 
XXX

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RE: ilter kurcala (in reply to John O.

Ah ok you meant the Ilter vid. Well i didnt enjoy THAT one too much, but only because of musical aspects, not flamenco rules etc.
The playing was just too crowded and too much "solo" fill-ins. More chords would have been better. But still i think he is a great guitarrist, as the other videos of him clearly show!

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  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date May 5 2011 9:37:28
 
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RE: ilter kurcala (in reply to Rain

Thx rain nice find .

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  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date May 5 2011 11:17:39
 
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RE: ilter kurcala (in reply to John O.

John O.,

I told you before that I believe that you are trying to be a good person, but you don´t realize how your super ego ( as psychological term ) is overriding your sense for congruence.

You call me ignorant and applaud Rain for his intelligent comments.

The same guy who calls the islamic slaughter procedure "humane way".
For your information:
That means ripping through the throat with the animal still alive, then hanging it up upside-down so that its heart keeps pumping until all the blood has drained. You can read up on the internet how long a dying that means, depending on the species and how the throat has been slit.
( I can´t link to it, as corresponding regimes tend to suppress thelike wordly info on the internet.)

All that painful procedure billions of times, only because someone once for arbitrary reason, and ground-up dismiss of fellow creatures concern, stated that sloughtering should be done that way.
Unspeakable torture for absolutely no reasonable cause.
But why should folks care to think such through, yet over the course of centuries, if the pain only ain´t their god damned own?

Next, Rain compares the archaic massacre and its disgusting yearly happenings which the world has noticed sufficiently in the media , with the US Thanksgiving, as if millions of Americans would be getting themselves living animals and sloughter them how they please to anywhere in bathrooms, on balkonies, garages, streets and yards.

In case that you didn´t know, vast of Thanksgiving turkey in the US come ready from shops.
And while there is a lot to be said about western conveyor belt slauther houses and the subhuman occurances there, they still differ on principle from muslim slaughtering procedure, not to mention the absolute dismiss on default with letting everybody go about it to their individual ignorant liking.

The question is whether Rain likes his white dove broiled or damped.

Further, with his intelligent comment denying the cruel facts ...

quote:

Municipalities and ordinary citizens should act responsibly when sacrificing animals during next week’s Kurban Bayram holiday and avoid the amateurish accidents that have sullied Turkey’s image abroad, an Istanbul veterinary official has said.

“Don’t poison the nation’s image during the Feast of the Sacrifice,” Dr. Muhsin Öztürk, assistant director of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality’s veterinary affairs department told a recent meeting of municipal employees of the Marmara Municipalities Union, or MBB.

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=8220don8217t-poison-the-nation8217s-image-during-the-sacrifice-holiday8221-2010-11-10
... categorizing the EU policy for a stop of such barbarism as "racist pressure" and intending to denounce his Turkish citizenship what´s he planning to stay with as more suitable? With "racist" German citizenship maybe?

Germany, left with much too much elucidation homework yet to do, certainly could do without out of all enrichment through ancient mindset. In my opinion Rain should broaden his horizon instead of condemning secular progress in Turkey, whilst in the same time taking adavantage of life style and commodity in the West.


I am upset by bull fights, wale sloughtering, all the other points you listed and many more distinct issues.

If you may get your head around it: I dislike not only the traditional backwardedness and cruelty in the Orient and in Asia; I dislike menkind and how they do despite all the fallow means of information and technological capacity, yet in the third millenium.
And the more ignorance and retardedness will affect fellow people, creature and invironment the more I dislike it.

A am a culturist, noticing things as they occure without regard of where on earth it be.
And I suspect our planet to be unique in space with its paradox discrepancy of available information and practical insanity.

Now, how you´re going to file what does not exist in the ready-made drawer of political correctness, John?
Can you think of the unthought?
I am sure that you could sometime.

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John O.

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RE: ilter kurcala (in reply to XXX

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as the other videos of him clearly show


This one hasn't been posted yet I don't think. Far from flamenco, but some very nice smooth jazz:


I've got to say probably he gets that picado so fast because he plays much more sloftly than the average flamenco guitarist needs to. You can see that here.

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  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date May 5 2011 12:48:01
 
XXX

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RE: ilter kurcala (in reply to John O.

jeez, he starts to scare me! I dont think many flamenco guitarrists could pull that off. At 2:15 you see his right hand starting with picado then switching to what looks like classical hand position? Im sure he started with classical in his beginnings.

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  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date May 5 2011 14:39:28
 
Rain

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RE: ilter kurcala (in reply to John O.

He is amazing on all aspects: musicianship, technique, diversity, sense of rhythm. He reminds me of one of my favorite guitarist Rapahel Rabello. To all that is not familiar with Raphael Rabello, I highly recommend his Cry my Guitar and Todos os Tons cd's.

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  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date May 5 2011 18:50:24
 
chester

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RE: ilter kurcala (in reply to XXX

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Isnt that the same in flamenco?


:)

I just didn't think there was anything cohesive in the music, it is nice for what it is but I would hardly call it a 'song'.

quote:

Okay there we go. I'm done.

I don't understand why you keep insisting that there's something wrong about talking about ideology and beliefs. At the end of the day it's much more important than drooling over some guy that makes nice sounds by plucking strings.
  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date May 5 2011 18:57:16
 
Rain

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RE: ilter kurcala (in reply to chester

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I don't understand why you keep insisting that there's something wrong about talking about ideology and beliefs. At the end of the day it's much more important than drooling over some guy that makes nice sounds by plucking strings.


Perhaps you and Ruphus are on the wrong forum.

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  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date May 5 2011 19:16:04
 
XXX

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RE: ilter kurcala (in reply to chester

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ORIGINAL: chester
I don't understand why you keep insisting that there's something wrong about talking about ideology and beliefs. At the end of the day it's much more important than drooling over some guy that makes nice sounds by plucking strings.


That, my friend, highly depends on the quality of the "talking" and in this case i clearly prefer to spend my time drooling over guitarrists, instead of discussing ideas that are close to racial/cultural theories.

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  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date May 5 2011 19:27:42
 
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RE: ilter kurcala (in reply to XXX

Deniz and Rain just hit it. This is TOTALLY off topic for a flamenco forum, so go somewhere else to discuss more important things if you wish.

The other point is that as I wrote before I don't want to discuss this with Ruphus and whenever I give my 2 cents he of course will give his. So I'm stopping here.

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  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date May 5 2011 20:55:59
 
chester

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RE: ilter kurcala (in reply to John O.

Ok ok I got it, you dislike talking about cultural/racial stuff.

The beauty of discussing these things on a flamenco forum is that we all know that we're on the same page regarding our love of music and the guitar and I feel like it will cause most people to be more open to each others' ideas and a great learning opportunity, but I guess I was wrong.

So cheers guys, it's been an 'interesting' (hostile) thread and you may resume discussing Ilter...
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XXX

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RE: ilter kurcala (in reply to chester

Sorry, im not open for racism. (or culturalism, which works the same as racism, but instead of a biological on a cultural level)

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  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date May 6 2011 6:26:13
 
John O.

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RE: ilter kurcala (in reply to chester

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Ok ok I got it, you dislike talking about cultural/racial stuff.


Not true! My brother-in-law studied cultural anthopology, spent a lot of time in Africa and South America. I do learn a lot talking to him, he actually sets me straight every now and then.

quote:

The beauty of discussing these things on a flamenco forum is that we all know that we're on the same page


Yeah, unfortunately we're not. And sometimes these thoughts sit so deep that you just can't change them. None of us will enlighten each other. So let's get back to discussing our common love...

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