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Darren Appreciation Thread: General News about Darren for 2017

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This is cute.  Love how random fans worked together to quote the lyrics to "Bohemian Rhapsody." 

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Thread of Bohemian Rhapsody lyrics in response to Darren’s selfie

(Source: twitter.com)


Twitter Link:  https://twitter.com/darrencriss/status/871611793549819905

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Cute!

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Modest beginnings of Benj Pasek.  :amused

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So I will be going on vacation for part of next week.   This little forum has been rather quiet for a while, so I think I'll put it on vacation mode next week, so that I don't have to worry about it.   :happy face

*Jeremy*

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It was indeed quiet. Personally, it's a very busy month for me.

I hope you'll have a great time on vacation. Where do you go ?

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Jeremy, I hope the reason(s) you have been busy this month are positive reasons.  :happy face

Jeremy wrote:I hope you'll have a great time on vacation. Where do you go ?


And thank you-that's so nice of you. :happy face  I'm visiting relatives in northern California.  I'm really looking forward to the trip.



Darren's Schedule:


June 12-July2           Voting on Final 5 (Round 2) of Macy's iHeartRadio Rising Star Contest

July 5                        Winner of Macy's iHeartRadio Rising Star contest announced.  Winner gets to open the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas.



So Round 2 of Macy's iHeartRadio "Rising Star" contest starts Monday, June 12,  Please vote.  :happy face

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Darren's Schedule:

Today, June 11!        Surprise!  Darren is on Broadway Style and Today Tix's instagram stories on the red carpet for the Tony Awards! 

June 12-July2           *Voting on Final 5 (Round 2) of Macy's iHeartRadio Rising Star Contest starts Monday at 6 am ET! 

July 5                        Winner of Macy's iHeartRadio Rising Star contest announced.  Winner gets to open the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas.



*So Round 2 of Macy's iHeartRadio "Rising Star" contest starts Monday, June 12, at 6 am ET!   Please vote.  hedwigandtheangryinch - Darren Appreciation Thread: General News about Darren for 2017 - Page 9 3308115737
Source:  Computer Games Street Team

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Round 2 of Macy's iHeartRadio "Rising Star" contest starts TODAY, June 12, at 6 am ET!   The top 5 finalists are battling it out for first place.  The prize is huge:  Opening the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas!!  Such a huge opportunity to get great visibility and exposure for Computer Games!  Please show your support for Darren and Chuck.  Please vote.  hedwigandtheangryinch - Darren Appreciation Thread: General News about Darren for 2017 - Page 9 3308115737

You may vote by going to Macy's page:  http://macysrisingstar.iheartradio.com/

You also may vote by Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, GooglePlus (you can vote by GooglePlus if you have a gmail email address), and iHeart. 

On Twitter, RETWEETING other folks' tweets for Computer Games is the fastest way to vote.  I can reach 300 retweets/votes in less than 15 minutes on my iphone.  **(I find the fastest way to retweet is to retweet the tweets of folks who do not include pictures/photos in their tweets, because I can scroll faster. ) 

Twitter will then force me to take a break for 2.5 hours and then I retweet another 300 times.  So by retweeting, I can vote at least 1,000 times a day, PLUS going to Macy's page and casting 50 votes per account that I have on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, GooglePlus, and iHeart.  Of course not everyone has the time to vote this often (and I won't have the time this particular week since I'm getting ready to go on vacation), but simply do what you feel comfortable to help Computer Games be the OPENING act for the iHeartRadio Music Festival.  :thank you

Also for tips as to how to maximize your voting, go to Computer Games Street Team's very helpful and detailed notes:  Computer Games Street Team
(Link:  https://computergamesst.tumblr.com/post/160552919122/macys-rising-star-voting-guide  )


**I'll make a list of folks who I like to retweet because they have a steady stream of tweets (with no photos/pics).  Because of their many tweets (with no pics/photos), I can accumulate a lot of retweets quite quickly.  Sometimes these folks start the day with tweets that contain pics/phots, but if I scroll down their twitter page, I can usually find more tweets with no pics which increases my rate/pace of retweeting.  :happy face



Folks I like to retweet:

https://twitter.com/memeydarren  (@memeydarren )


https://twitter.com/shi4shi4  (@shi4shi4 )


https://twitter.com/princewarbler  (@princewarbler )

https://twitter.com/warblerwax   ( @warblerwax )




Note:  You can retweet your own tweets--so easy, right?  Each retweet = 1 vote!   And I will retweet old tweets of others (even if I retweeted them before) as long as the retweet symbol/icon (the two arrows) indicates my retweet counts.  Happy voting!




P.S. I may not be post as much as I usually do on this forum this week, due to being on vacation and trying to vote. 



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I'm adding to the list of folks whose tweets I like to RETWEET because they provide a steady stream of tweets (with no pics/photos, which allows me to scroll faster):

Folks I like to retweet:

https://twitter.com/memeydarren  (@memeydarren )

https://twitter.com/shi4shi4  (@shi4shi4 )

https://twitter.com/princewarbler  (@princewarbler )

https://twitter.com/warblerwax   ( @warblerwax )

and

https://twitter.com/warblerprince  (@warblerprince)







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Elsie Fest 2017


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Darren's Schedule:


June 12-July2           *Voting on Final 5 (Round 2) of Macy's iHeartRadio Rising Star Contest starts Monday at 6 am ET! 

June 17                     Concert at Macy's in NYC at 5:30 pm.  First 100 people to pick up wristbands at 10 am get a Meet & Greet

June 18                     Darren is a presenter at the Much Music Video Awards (show starts 9 pm ET/6 pm PT)

July 5                        Winner of Macy's iHeartRadio Rising Star contest announced.  Winner gets to open the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas.







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Todaytix Ad Campaign | Source

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broadwaynews wrote:
Theater ticketing platform TodayTix marks $100 million sales milestone with new visual identity and features

May 9, 2017

Ticketing platform TodayTix announced it has surpassed $100 million in sales and has unveiled a new visual identity.

[. . . ]

CEO and Co-Founder Merritt Baer tells Broadway News, “Our creative brand refresh extends on our promise to seamlessly connect the next generation culture lovers to theater. By offering theatergoers the ability to purchase tickets up to 30 days in advance, we can help bridge the needs of our theater partners, while providing best-in-class access for our growing base of almost 3 million users.”

Working with photographer Billy Kidd and celebrity actors including Darren CrissAriana DeBoseEva Noblezada and Sophia Anne Caruso, TodayTix says the brand’s new photoshoot and creative assets “celebrate diversity and inclusion in theater.”

“Bonded by a deep appreciation of the arts, we set out to reintroduce theater to our fellow millennials. Our new visual identity, developed by some of the minds behind our generation’s’ beloved brands including Shake Shack, Sweetgreen, Warby Parker and Saturdays NYC, continues to push the envelope of creative expression,” added Co-Founder Brian Fenty.

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I'm putting the forum on holiday mode until next week.  Hope everyone has a good week and weekend.  :happy face

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I took the forum off holiday mode.  Hope everyone had a good week and weekend. :happy face

 Darren's Schedule:


June 12-July2           Voting on Final 5 (Round 2) of Macy's iHeartRadio Rising Star Contest starts Monday at 6 am ET! 


July 5                        Winner of Macy's iHeartRadio Rising Star contest announced.  Winner gets to open the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas.


Keep voting everyone!  Let's keep Computer Games at the top of the Leader Board for Week 2!  :thank you





This is wacky and funny video.

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glenpowell: Taking Care of Business
@darrencriss @jonomatt 
#NewYorkStateOfMind #TankTopDontStop

June 15, 2017

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Glen Powell is an actor.  he was in Scream Queens and Everybody Wants Some!! (with Blake Jenner).  Jono Matt worked on Sons of Anarchy and Glee, as an assistant to Paris Barclay.  This is an interesting grouping.  I wonder if they are friends with Darren.  I googled Jono and found out that he and Glen Powell are in talks to write the script for a movie about Captain Planet.  http://www.slashfilm.com/tag/jono-matt/  Let the speculation begin!  :amused


Zelda Williams is an actor, and the daughter of Robin Williams.  She is a childhood friend of Darren.  heart




ha! :amused

 

Via Darren’s Instagram Story (June 17th, 2017)

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Cute video.  :happy face


Via Nathan Johnson and Tony Marion’s Instagram Story (June 17th, 2017)

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brownchompsoup: Last time IS was in Huntington, LI was for this kid. Fitting that 4 years later he was at the same STOP. I love when God makes funny things like that happen.. #darrencriss #TheD #huntington#listenuptour

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VOTE FOR COMPUTER GAMES in Macy's iHeartRadio Rising Star Contest!!



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iHeartRadio: Vote for @Macys @iHeartRadio #RisingStar to enter to win a trip to the #iHeartFestival! iheartradio.com/risingstar


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IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER!!


TWEETING PARTY DATES FOR A BIG TIME PUSH to get more votes for Computer Games:

Sunday, June 25

and

Sunday, July 2

At 12 pm, and again at 7 pm in YOUR time zone






This is something to keep in mind:
Anon wrote:Anonymous asked:

Hi there! Can you please let people know that the ranking for the iHeart Rising Star contest is completely random - I contacted iHeart directly and they confirmed. So we may be in first, but we just as well may not. We really need to get voting, as our largest competition has people who have 75, 80, 100+ Google accounts that they are voting from, and are super persistent. I hope you can help spread the word, as I think we can win this thing, but we need everyone to help! Thank-you!! :happy face
dcriss-archive wrote:Of course!!
Also here’s a Voting Guide by @computergamesst and just in case here you can learn about the twitter limits.
No everyone go and VOTE, VOTE, VOTE!!!



What?  The competition's fans have 75 + Google accounts?  That is crazy!

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From dcriss-archive:

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REMEMBER!! the ranking for the iHeart Rising Star contest is completely random. The menu DOES NOT reflect the rankings!️ We need to vote A LOT!


Here’s a Voting Guide by @computergamesst and just in case here you can learn about the twitter limits.

Now everyone let’s get those boys to Vegas go and VOTE, VOTE, VOTE!!!




Link to Computer Games Street Team Voting Guide:  https://computergamesst.tumblr.com/post/160552919122/macys-rising-star-voting-guide

Remember, if you have several twitter accounts, consider using TweetDeck!  You can use Tweetdeck for tweeting AND for REtweeting to maximize your numbers of tweets or retweets!

Computer Games Street Team wrote:
# 3:  TWEETDECK

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Remember your saved accounts? They still have more use! If you have saved Twitter accounts available, there is a web application called Tweetdeck that allows you to be logged into multiple accounts at once and tweet/retweet from them simultaneously. I highly recommend that you use this application for mass voting efforts. It’s super easy to use as well!

First, go to tweetdeck.twitter.com and log into an account. I have my personal account as my main account and the many other accounts I run were added on for easy access.

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Once you’ve added all your accounts to Tweetdeck, you can start tweeting, selecting certain ones or all of them:

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You can even retweet from all the accounts simultaneously with little effort:

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So put those saved accounts to good use and let’s rack up some votes!
via Computer Games Street Team Voting Guide





I'm adding to the list of folks whose tweets I like to RETWEET because they provide a steady stream of tweets (with no pics/photos, which allows me to scroll faster):

Folks I like to retweet:



https://twitter.com/memeydarren  (@memeydarren )

https://twitter.com/shi4shi4  (@shi4shi4 )

https://twitter.com/masterofmymind2  ( @masterofmymind2 )

and

https://twitter.com/bruh_caroline (@bruh_caroline )

https://twitter.com/daItonwarbIers ( @daItonwarbIers )

https://twitter.com/WPCStreetTeamLA  (@WPCStreetTeamLA )

https://twitter.com/WPCPromo  (
@WPCPromo )

https://twitter.com/WPCServant/with_replies  (
@WPCServant )

https://twitter.com/snapbackcriss  ( @snapbackcriss )

https://twitter.com/princewarbler  (@princewarbler )

https://twitter.com/warblerprince  (@warblerprince)

https://twitter.com/darrenloverr3   ( @darrenloverr3 )



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Well done, Darren.  Yes, Happy Pride, everyone! heart

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Happy Pride Y'all! - via Darren’s Instagram Story (Instagram.com/darrencriss) 6/24/17







Darren Criss IG story 6/25/17 http://ift.tt/2t6ZUwE

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Darren playin’ with IG story and cracking us up! Via (darrencriss) IG 6/24/17 http://ift.tt/2sCGLlC

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Darren's Schedule:



June 12-July2           Voting on Final 5 (Round 2) of Macy's iHeartRadio Rising Star Contest starts Monday at 6 am ET! 


July 5                        Winner of Macy's iHeartRadio Rising Star contest announced.  Winner gets to open the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas.


August 26                 In the Cosmos/WordTheatre






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Aw, I really want to go to this.  Sterling Brown of This is Us and The People vs. O.J. Simpson:  American Crime Story is also in it!   Bah Humbug.  I have a wedding to go to! 

WORDTheatre wrote:

In the Cosmos at the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre | WordTheatre | Giving Voice to Great Writing

In the Cosmos at the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre
August 26 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
WordTheatre®️ takes you on a wild ride through the universe. From creation myths to the Big Bang to alien life forms, a constellation of actors will bring to life the story of the Cosmos in the words of the great poets, astronomers, comics, mythologists, musicians, philosophers, scientists, cosmological physicists, astronauts, and mystics. Accompanied by rousing renditions of classical and contemporary music, we will contemplate our galaxy with such visionaries as David Bowie, Elton John, Monty Python, Copernicus, Galileo, Einstein, Carl Sagan, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Stephen Hawking, and Diane Ackerman. Featuring musical artists Inna Faliks, Starr Parodi, Jonathan Sacks, Amy Keys, Red Mandala, Lizzie Ball, and many more.


Created, directed, and produced by Cedering Fox
Cast: Bellamy Young (Scandal); Bruce Vilanch (Hairspray on Broadway); Darren Criss (American Crime Story); Fred Melamed (Lady Dynamite); Gil Birmingham (Hell or High Water); JK Simmons (Whiplash); Joey King (Fargo); Lesley Nicol (Downton Abbey); Omar Dorsey (Queen Sugar); Rhashan Stone (Mass Effect: Andromeda); Ryan Michelle Bathe (This Is Us); Stephen Tobolowsky (Silicon Valley); Sterling K. Brown (This Is Us)

Note:  For some reason, the "Purchase Tickets" button wasn't working for me.  But you also can go to this link to buy tickets:  https://www.fordtheatres.org/calendar/wordtheatre

Tickets go for $35, $55 and $75.  The theater seats about 1,200. 

The theater is in Los Angeles, California.  It is outdoors.



Darren and Mia are at the Hollywood Bowl to see Queen with Adam Lambert perform.  :happy face


Via Darren’s Instagram Story (June 27th, 2017)

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Cute pic--I like how happy Darren looks.  Mia looks very rock.  :happy face
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_mattsteinberg: found somebody to love, well many people. #queen

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http://bit.ly/disneysongbook


In which Darren talks about Prince of Egypt, Hunchback of Norte Dame, and Stephen Schwartz. Also featuring Alan Cumming and Rachel Bloom.

wnyc wrote:
EXTRA: The Magic of Disney

June 27, 2017





Almost everyone has a favorite Disney song. There's something for everyone, it's like a proto-songbook training we unknowingly receive as babes. Is magic too strong a word to describe the glimmering nostalgia that only a Disney song can provoke? We don't think so. And neither do our Naked American guests like Glee's Darren Criss, the always-sappy Alan Cumming, and the upcoming Rachel Bloom, from the hit TV musical show, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend!

We begin this Naked American EXTRA by clearing up some confusion about the Prince of Egpyt's Disney affiliation and dig deeper into the components of standout songs from your/our favorite Disney movies like Hunchback of Notre Dame, Beauty and The Beast, and host Julian Fleisher's favorite, The Little Mermaid. You can hear Alan Cumming's delight in his Disney find.





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Keep VOTING!!!

Voting end Sunday July 2, at 11:59 pm ET.  Vote until almost midnight (ET) on Sunday July 2! 

Computer Games Street Team wrote:
Voting Period Two:
6/12/2017 at 6:00am ET - Voting on Final 5 Begins

7/2/2017 at 11:59pm ET - Voting on Final 5 Ends


Winner Announced:

7/5/2017
via Computer Games Street Team Voting Guide:  https://computergamesst.tumblr.com/post/160552919122/macys-rising-star-voting-guide


Remember on this Sunday, July 2, at 12:00 noon (your time) and 7:00 pm (your time), there is a tweeting party.  The goal is to get as many folks as possible tweeting and Retweeting for Computer Games at those times on Sunday. 


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REMEMBER!! the ranking for the iHeart Rising Star contest is completely random. The menu DOES NOT reflect the rankings!️ We need to vote A LOT!

Here’s a Voting Guide by @computergamesst and just in case here you can learn about the twitter limits.

Now everyone let’s get those boys to Vegas go and VOTE, VOTE, VOTE!!!






RETWEETING is faster than tweeting.  If you tweet the tweets of the folks below with the necessary phrases (#RisingStar) PLUS (either Computer Games or #ComputerGames or @weplaycomputers ), you could RETWEET 300 votes in 15 mins!  Fast & easy votes!  After 300 votes, Twitter will force you to take a break for 2.5 hours, then RETWEET another 300 votes, etc.


Here is the list of folks whose tweets I like to RETWEET because they provide a steady stream of tweets (with no pics/photos, which allows me to scroll faster):


Folks I like to RETWEET (the top 2 @memeydarren and @shi4shi4 are superstars; they have been tweeting a massive amount of tweets steadily since Day 1.  I discovered @masterofmymind2 and others later, but they also have been great with their many, many tweets for days and days, for Computer Games):



https://twitter.com/memeydarren  (@memeydarren )

https://twitter.com/shi4shi4  (@shi4shi4 )

https://twitter.com/masterofmymind2  ( @masterofmymind2 )

and

https://twitter.com/bruh_caroline (@bruh_caroline )

https://twitter.com/daItonwarbIers ( @daItonwarbIers )

https://twitter.com/WPCStreetTeamLA  (@WPCStreetTeamLA )

https://twitter.com/WPCPromo  (
@WPCPromo )

https://twitter.com/WPCServant/with_replies  (
@WPCServant )

https://twitter.com/snapbackcriss  ( @snapbackcriss )

https://twitter.com/princewarbler  (@princewarbler )

https://twitter.com/warblerprince  (@warblerprince)

https://twitter.com/darrenloverr3   ( @darrenloverr3 )



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Interesting interview:  :happy face


Darren Criss on being an LGBTQ Ally: ‘It’s about championing connectivity & compassion’ | Source

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Why is it important for the straight community to be allies with the gay community.  It's no different than why it is important for us to love each other, to treat everybody  with respect.  Yeah to me it's no different than all things, for women's rights, for black lives matter. . . . Yeah duh.

It's all about treating each other with respect, about supporting each other, valuing each other.



"Be a human being.  Be compassionate. Care about your fellow man."

Great quote.  Care about your fellow human being.  :happy face




"It's championing connectivity and compassion." 

Yes!



I really like when he said:
"One has to be educated and mindful of as many things as you can about other people's experiences, so that there is a sensitivity and compassion . . .


He feels strongly about supporting the LGBTQ community because playing Blaine Anderson was a learning experience for Darren, in terms of realizing how much Blaine as a character, and Blaine and Kurt, as a gay couple in mass media on mainstream TV, symbolized to some folks in the LGBTQ community. 

I like how he clarified that as a straight person, he doesn't himself know the struggles that gay individuals experience, but yet, he can connect with them through knowing what it feels like to be scared and alone, and feeling marginalized. There is some shared commonality. 

I also have been mindful that I cannot really understand what it feels like to be gay, or transgender, or what it feels like to be an African-American individual in this society, for example.  Unless I am a member of these communities, I cannot possibly know what obstacles and struggles they face.  Just as some of my friends, even those who are liberal, cannot understand the experiences of growing up Asian-American in the U.S, even though some of my friends sometimes seem to feel that that they understand my experiences more than I understand my own (which I feel minimizes and devalues my experiences).  All that one can do is to care enough to really try the best that one can to connect and understand as much as one can, as Darren said--to educate oneself and be sensitive to others' experiences--and to show our  support as much as possible of each other, and to support how valued every individual is.



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Nice pic.  They both look lovely.  :happy face  While at the Hollywood Bowl for Queen and Adam Lambert.
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