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  <&>Wellington Corpus of Spoken New Zealand English Version One</&>
  <&>Copyright 1998 School of Linguistics & Applied Language Studies</&>
  <&>Victoria University of Wellington</&>

  <&>side one</&>
  <&>5:56</&>
  

  <WSC#DPC041:0005:FR>
      yeah but it doesn't matter whether or not you've got it

  <WSC#DPC041:0010:FR>
      it matters whether or not your <&>6:00</&> parents have had it
      or your grandparents

  <WSC#DPC041:0015:JM>
      not that i know of no

  <WSC#DPC041:0020:FR>
      oh that's all right <latch>

  <WSC#DPC041:0025:JM>
      no <O>coughs</O> no <?>i no</?> there's er shouldn't be any
      problem there

  <WSC#DPC041:0030:JM>
      the only um <,> thing of course like <.>i</.> is that some of
      them are holding presentations and they're accepting c vs and er
      there's there are dates for interviews <,>

  <WSC#DPC041:0035:JM>
      but some of them are just sort of putting on presentations and
      that's about it <,>

  <WSC#DPC041:0040:JM>
      er whether or not it's actually worth going to the to the
      presentation only ones is anybody's guess <,>

  <WSC#DPC041:0045:JM>
      i'm certainly going to go to as many of the ones that are
      holding interviews as possible so i can get my hopefully get my
      name down <O>tut</O>

  <WSC#DPC041:0050:JM>
      there's a whole bunch of them it's the graduate employers thing
      that they hold over the next two months <,,> <{><[>so</[>

  <WSC#DPC041:0055:FR>
      <[>god i can't</[></{> wait till i'm a graduate

  <WSC#DPC041:0060:JM>
      yes <,,><&>3</&>

  <WSC#DPC041:0065:JM>
      <drawls>er</drawls> yes yes well mind you i don't i'm not sort
      of an official graduate yet i've still got to wait till the end
      of the <{><[>year and</[> i've still got to wait till the end of
      the month before i get my official <.>res</.> official results
      through <,> to confirm that i've actually got <.>s</.> you know
      <?>some</?> that i've got some confirmation of actually having
      my degree <&>7:00</&>

  <WSC#DPC041:0070:FR>
      <[>mm <,> mm</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC041:0075:FR>
      mm <,> oh well well at least you were <,> i remember when you um
      <,> you know <,> were basically um on unemployment benefit and
      sort of reading six books a day and and um <,> <{><[>you know
      <?>talking to yourself and</?></[> being bored to tears <latch>

  <WSC#DPC041:0080:JM>
      <[>yes <,> well still am</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC041:0085:JM>
      mm <latch>

  <WSC#DPC041:0090:FR>
      and now you you um are on an unemployment benefit you read six
      books a day and you have a degree at the end of it <,> <{><[><?>so
      it's</?> pretty good <O>laughs</O></[>

  <WSC#DPC041:0095:JM>
      <[>yes <,> yes well</[></{> i'd actually prefer a job <?>well</?>
      that's that's that's another <{><[><?>point</?></[>

  <WSC#DPC041:0100:FR>
      <[>but jeremy</[></{> you must admit though

  <WSC#DPC041:0105:JM>
      it's a step <{><[><?>of</?> it's a step</[> along the way
      <latch>

  <WSC#DPC041:0110:FR>
      <[>you must <?>admit</?></[></{> yeah so there

  <WSC#DPC041:0115:JM>
      yes

  <WSC#DPC041:0120:FR>
      and and and um <.>r</.> realising that pride is a terrible sin
      but even so hee hee <{><[>i got you to do that so there</[>

  <WSC#DPC041:0125:JM>
      <[>or sin is or sin is a</[></{> terrible pride yes

  <WSC#DPC041:0130:FR>
      <O>laughs</O>

  <WSC#DPC041:0135:JM>
      yes

  <WSC#DPC041:0140:FR>
      so i got i got you to do that so there <latch>

  <WSC#DPC041:0145:JM>
      yes <{1><[1>i know i i keep</[1> yes every time people ask me
      how i got onto this i usually tell oh it was a friend of mine
      who who suggested i go to varsity and er and <{2><[2>when she
      said that</[2>

  <WSC#DPC041:0150:FR>
      <[1>i nagged you into it</[1></{1>

  <WSC#DPC041:0155:FR>
      <[2>nagged you</[2></{2> to death <{><[><O>laughs</O></[>

  <WSC#DPC041:0160:JM>
      <[>i didn't</[></{> actually need a um didn't actually need to
      sort of er have a university entrance and that i could just
      matriculate then there was no problem

  <WSC#DPC041:0165:FR>
      mm <latch>

  <WSC#DPC041:0170:JM>
      so i went on in in eighty eight and signed up and have been
      there ever since <,,>

  <WSC#DPC041:0175:JM>
      <{1><[1><?>god</?> <unclear>word</unclear> three and a half
      years <,>

  <WSC#DPC041:0180:JM>
      yes</[1> well yes <,>

  <WSC#DPC041:0185:JM>
      yes well anyway i got my two official er i've got my two
      unofficial results and all i have to do now is wait for <,> is
      is is hope is wait for them to become official <,>

  <WSC#DPC041:0190:JM>
      so i've got all my major requirements <?>at least</?> i'd better
      have <{2><[2>and</[2> it's just a question of er waiting for the
      end <.>y</.> well as far as that's concerned just wait <?>till</?>
      the end of the year and i get my degree and that's that <,,>

  <WSC#DPC041:0195:JM>
      as for anything postgraduate i think i'd rather i'd like to have
      some money first <,,><&>3</&> yes <,,> so

  <WSC#DPC041:0200:FR>
      <[1>and done brilliantly too so there</[1></{1>

  <WSC#DPC041:0205:FR>
      <[2>mm</[2></{2>

  <WSC#DPC041:0210:FR>
      yeah <{><[>oh well <?>you did that</?> postgraduate thing</[>
      this year

  <WSC#DPC041:0215:JM>
      <[><?>that's</?> of course keeping up <,> yes</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC041:0220:JM>
      yeah

  <WSC#DPC041:0225:FR>
      um <,,> well what i'm looking forward to do is is get my degree
      finished over and done with and out the way <&>8:00</&>

  <WSC#DPC041:0230:JM>
      mm

  <WSC#DPC041:0235:FR>
      which will be <?>should be</?> a GREAT <{><[>relief</[>

  <WSC#DPC041:0240:JM>
      <[>yes</[></{> yes yes however many decades it takes yes the
      eternal student

  <WSC#DPC041:0245:JM>
      mind you i actually read a science fiction novel about one of
      the main characters <,> was <{><[>a</[> <&>9:00</&>

  <WSC#DPC041:0250:FR>
      <[>i'll be</[></{> doing it fulltime next year <{><[>so</[>
      there and i won't have naughty children <,> jolly well playing
      up all the time AND because i won't be on d p b i won't have to
      have them every <?>single</?> week either

  <WSC#DPC041:0255:JM>
      <[>yeah</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC041:0260:JM>
      yes

  <WSC#DPC041:0265:FR>
      i'll be able to have them once a fortnight or once every three
      weeks if necessary

  <WSC#DPC041:0270:JM>
      yes or whenever <{1><[1>yeah</[1> yeah

  <WSC#DPC041:0275:JM>
      no i was just just <{2><[2>thinking you know i <.>act</.></[2> i
      actually read a science fiction story the main character
      <drawls>er</drawls> was being subsidised by his his <{3><[3>his</[3>
      one of his relatives <,>

  <WSC#DPC041:0280:JM>
      er <.>hi</.> his relative was paying all his bills so long <O>voc</O>
      you know <.>t</.> while he was at <.>s</.> university studying
      <,> so he just stayed at university and studied and studied <,>

  <WSC#DPC041:0285:JM>
      in the <.>end</.> and <.>ma</.> and <.>ma</.> and er er just
      raked in all the money which i thought was quite a good dodge i
      wish someone would do it for me

  <WSC#DPC041:0290:FR>
      <[1>yes</[1></{1>

  <WSC#DPC041:0295:FR>
      <[2>it'll be a GREAT relief</[2></{2>

  <WSC#DPC041:0300:FR>
      <[3><O>coughs</O></[3></{3>

  <WSC#DPC041:0305:FR>
      <O>laughs</O>

  <WSC#DPC041:0310:JM>
      the eternal student

  <WSC#DPC041:0315:JM>
      you know you'd sort of take up <.>bask</.> creative basket
      weaving and a bit of anthropology and next year do a bit of
      physics or bit of geology or a bit of archaeology and something
      like that

  <WSC#DPC041:0320:JM>
      but of course the <.>e</.> the trouble was they kept changing
      the rules on him in order to try and get him to graduate
      <&>10:00</&>

  <WSC#DPC041:0325:FR>
      <O>laughs</O> <latch>

  <WSC#DPC041:0330:JM>
      so that they could then hand him a degree <,>

  <WSC#DPC041:0335:JM>
      and um he he he he had to keep ahead of them all the <.>s</.>
      all the time <,,> er er as it turned <&>pronounced surned</&>
      out of course he um he actually winds up getting a job

  <WSC#DPC041:0340:JM>
      it's just it's a science fiction story he winds up making
      contact <.>w</.> he <.>fi</.> winds up <{><[>helping a couple</[>

  <WSC#DPC041:0345:FR>
      <[><?>better than</?></[></{> real life <{><[><O>laughs</O></[>

  <WSC#DPC041:0350:JM>
      <[>well he</[></{> winds up helping a couple of extra
      terrestrial detectives track down a a an alien artifact <,>
      which er he which has apparently passed through his possession

  <WSC#DPC041:0355:FR>
      you wouldn't be talking about <?><&>name</&></?> by any chance

  <WSC#DPC041:0360:JM>
      no no this is no no <{><[>good heavens no</[>

  <WSC#DPC041:0365:FR>
      <[>sounds more</[></{> like him <{><[><O>laughs</O></[>

  <WSC#DPC041:0370:JM>
      <[>no this</[></{> is er a <{><[><.>rod</.> <,> it's</[> <title>doorways
      in the sand</title> er it's by roger zilasny

  <WSC#DPC041:0375:FR>
      <[>seven years to get a degree</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC041:0380:FR>
      well it took tony burden seven years to get a degree

  <WSC#DPC041:0385:JM>
      mm

  <WSC#DPC041:0390:FR>
      so there <{><[><unclear>word</unclear></[>

  <WSC#DPC041:0395:JM>
      <[>tony</[></{> got his in theology though didn't he

  <WSC#DPC041:0400:FR>
      um <latch>

  <WSC#DPC041:0405:JM>
      theology?

  <WSC#DPC041:0410:FR>
      no he did <,> he he did um um <,> i forget what you call it
      religious studies anyway down <{1><[1>down down</[1> in dunedin
      <,> for a year <{2><[2>i think it was um</[2> <,>

  <WSC#DPC041:0415:FR>
      but he he got his in english up here

  <WSC#DPC041:0420:JM>
      <[1>oh yeah</[1></{1>

  <WSC#DPC041:0425:JM>
      <[2>yeah <,> uh huh</[2></{2> <&>11:00</&>

  <WSC#DPC041:0430:JM>
      right <latch>

  <WSC#DPC041:0435:FR>
      but it took him a long time

  <WSC#DPC041:0440:JM>
      mm <latch>

  <WSC#DPC041:0445:FR>
      cos like me he's had frequent bouts with um mental <{><[>disturbances</[>

  <WSC#DPC041:0450:JM>
      <[>yeah</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC041:0455:JM>
      oh yes

  <WSC#DPC041:0460:FR>
      and it's they're just as debilitating for for him as they are
      for me <latch>

  <WSC#DPC041:0465:JM>
      mm

  <WSC#DPC041:0470:FR>
      so

  <WSC#DPC041:0475:FR>
      you know

  <WSC#DPC041:0480:JM>
      there is one thing i wish we could do with tony and that's sort
      of see if we can't sort of quite persuade him not to smoke in
      the house

  <WSC#DPC041:0485:FR>
      er <,> um well it would be rather like trying to persuade a um
      <,> a er <,> nuclear testing station not to leak radiation or um
      <{1><[1><O>laughs</O></[1> an an industrial <{2><[2>area not to</[2>
      produce um heaps <{3><[3>of um</[3> monoxide and <,> and um <{4><[4>various
      other um poisons</[4>

  <WSC#DPC041:0490:JM>
      <[1><unclear>word</unclear> <?>pity</?></[1></{1>

  <WSC#DPC041:0495:JM>
      <[2><O>laughs</O> he's a</[2></{2>

  <WSC#DPC041:0500:JM>
      <[3>pollution yeah</[3></{3>

  <WSC#DPC041:0505:JM>
      <[4><.>he</.> yes he's a hoopy frood</[4></{4> otherwise but i i
      really wish we could persuade him to give up smoking

  <WSC#DPC041:0510:FR>
      yes well his wife's been trying to persuade him for the last
      fourteen years

  <WSC#DPC041:0515:FR>
      i think she's sort of given up <O>laughs</O> <latch>

  <WSC#DPC041:0520:JM>
      well if his wife can't <.>w</.> well if <{1><[1>pauline</[1>
      can't do it <{2><[2>i don't see how we can yeah</[2>

  <WSC#DPC041:0525:FR>
      <[1><?>oh</?></[1></{1>

  <WSC#DPC041:0530:FR>
      <[2>i know <&>12:00</&> exactly</[2></{2> if pauline can't who
      <{><[>can</[> so um

  <WSC#DPC041:0535:FR>
      and he has tried i mean he he grizzles at me about eating <,>

  <WSC#DPC041:0540:FR>
      and he he you know what he calls us <latch>

  <WSC#DPC041:0545:JM>
      <[>yeah</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC041:0550:JM>
      what

  <WSC#DPC041:0555:FR>
      he's got a nickname for the two of us <latch>

  <WSC#DPC041:0560:JM>
      what

  <WSC#DPC041:0565:FR>
      madame vanity and mister selfpride <{><[><O>laughs</O></[>

  <WSC#DPC041:0570:JM>
      <[>oh god <,,> oh</[></{> so i'll <.>w</.> next time i see him i
      think i'll cut <.>ha</.> <.>ha</.> i'll take a hacksaw to the
      cable to the brake cable of his car or something <O>laughs</O>
      <latch>

  <WSC#DPC041:0575:FR>
      so you're mister selfpride and i'm <{1><[1><?>ms</?></[1> vanity
      <,>

  <WSC#DPC041:0580:FR>
      <{2><[2>he</[2> thinks i'm extremely vain because i um i had
      that t v in your in in my room that time <,> and you came in and
      said can i use our t v and i said well it's not being used at
      the moment so away you go <latch>

  <WSC#DPC041:0585:JM>
      <[1>oh</[1></{1>

  <WSC#DPC041:0590:JM>
      <[2><unclear>word</unclear></[2></{2>

  <WSC#DPC041:0595:JM>
      gee yes

  <WSC#DPC041:0600:FR>
      <O>laughs</O>

  <WSC#DPC041:0605:JM>
      yes <latch>

  <WSC#DPC041:0610:FR>
      and he he said who's t v is it

  <WSC#DPC041:0615:FR>
      i said well well it's his t v <,> and he said oh you've got it
      in YOUR ROOM <O>voc</O> <,>

  <WSC#DPC041:0620:FR>
      i i said <{><[>well</[> it's my video <,>

  <WSC#DPC041:0625:FR>
      i'm paying for the video

  <WSC#DPC041:0630:JM>
      <[>yeah</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC041:0635:JM>
      well you were paying for the <{><[>video put it like that yes</[>

  <WSC#DPC041:0640:FR>
      <[>i was paying for <?>that</?> at</[></{> that particular stage

  <WSC#DPC041:0645:JM>
      <O>clears throat</O> yes <latch>

  <WSC#DPC041:0650:FR>
      <?>and i went grizzle grizzle grizzle</?> and he said doesn't
      matter he's paying for the t v so there <&>13:00</&>

  <WSC#DPC041:0655:JM>
      mm

  <WSC#DPC041:0660:FR>
      but there'd been <{1><[1>equal</[1> equal comments and he said
      oh <,> oh there goes mister selfpride again <O>laughs</O> <{2><[2>so</[2>

  <WSC#DPC041:0665:JM>
      <[1>true</[1></{1>

  <WSC#DPC041:0670:JM>
      <[2>oh</[2></{2> <,> yes maybe we ought to find a way of slowly
      shooting him or something if there is such a way <{><[>of <?>course</?></[>

  <WSC#DPC041:0675:FR>
      <[>no no</[></{> you'd have to face the wrath of pauline <,>

  <WSC#DPC041:0680:FR>
      <{1><[1>believe me the wrath</[1> of <laughs>pauline would be
      the wrath</laughs> <{2><[2>indeed</[2>

  <WSC#DPC041:0685:JM>
      <[1>yeah that's true</[1></{1>

  <WSC#DPC041:0690:JM>
      <[2>oh</[2></{2> yes

  <WSC#DPC041:0695:FR>
      she's half german <?><O>voc</O></?>

  <WSC#DPC041:0700:JM>
      <O>laughs</O> don't ask which half yes

  <WSC#DPC041:0705:FR>
      <O>laughs</O> <{><[><O>laughs</O></[>

  <WSC#DPC041:0710:JM>
      <[>er</[></{> tell me how's their sproggy coming along

  <WSC#DPC041:0715:FR>
      oh he's as sick as a he's he's <,> TERRIBLE <{><[>terrible</[>

  <WSC#DPC041:0720:JM>
      <[>hasn't got the</[></{> measles has he there's <.>tha</.>
      that's drifting around

  <WSC#DPC041:0725:FR>
      oh god i'm glad my two <{><[><?>don't have it</?></[>

  <WSC#DPC041:0730:JM>
      <[>come to think</[></{> of it your two had had the measles yet?

  <WSC#DPC041:0735:FR>
      oh yeah

  <WSC#DPC041:0740:JM>
      over and done <{><[>with <,> mm</[>

  <WSC#DPC041:0745:FR>
      <[>OH they've</[></{> had mumps measles and chicken pox

  <WSC#DPC041:0750:JM>
      hopefully not all at the same time

  <WSC#DPC041:0755:FR>
      well i think they had one one lot right on top of the other <,>

  <WSC#DPC041:0760:FR>
      i got the mumps as an adult

  <WSC#DPC041:0765:JM>
      that's the worst yeah that's fairly bad when adults get it
      because that's that can be lethal <,>

  <WSC#DPC041:0770:JM>
      <{><[>the fact</[> that you're still <.>al</.> alive and kicking
      proves that it wasn't <,,>

  <WSC#DPC041:0775:JM>
      unless that's an amazingly remarkable hologram <&>14:00</&>

  <WSC#DPC041:0780:FR>
      <[>well</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC041:0785:FR>
      <O>laughs</O> <{1><[1>can't</[1> you see the er the k on my <{2><[2>forehead</[2>

  <WSC#DPC041:0790:JM>
      <[1><?>mm</?></[1></{1>

  <WSC#DPC041:0795:JM>
      <[2>no no</[2></{2> that's an <{1><[1>h <&>pronounced haitch</&>
      it's a little little little <&>pronounced lettle</&> letter h
      <&>pronounced haitch</&> you got to have</[1> <,>

  <WSC#DPC041:0800:JM>
      yes i wish they'd bring back er red dwarf i quite enjoyed that

  <WSC#DPC041:0805:JM>
      it <.>s</.> it it <,> <{2><[2>you got it quite</[2> it got it
      frequently got distinctly bizarre

  <WSC#DPC041:0810:FR>
      <[1>h it's an h that's right it's an h <,> that's right</[1></{1>

  <WSC#DPC041:0815:FR>
      <[2>mm <?>i'll say</?></[2></{2>

  <WSC#DPC041:0820:FR>
      oh well this is new zealand television for you

  <WSC#DPC041:0825:FR>
      anything of any decent standard they remove from it

  <WSC#DPC041:0830:JM>
      well yeah <{><[><?>forget</?> <unclear>word</unclear> <?>yeah</?></[>

  <WSC#DPC041:0835:FR>
      <[>heaven forbid that anything</[></{> decent should be shown on
      television <latch>

  <WSC#DPC041:0840:JM>
      i still haven't <.>forgiv</.> i'm i still ain't gonna be it's
      gonna be a while before i forgive t v er two for taking star
      trek off <?>and then</?> the next generation

  <WSC#DPC041:0845:JM>
      i was enjoying that

  <WSC#DPC041:0850:FR>
      you realise mumps isn't as lethal for women as it is for men

  <WSC#DPC041:0855:JM>
      er well i'll try hard to <.>av</.>

  <WSC#DPC041:0860:JM>
      well i had it anyway

  <WSC#DPC041:0865:JM>
      <{><[>i i got it</[> as a kid

  <WSC#DPC041:0870:FR>
      <[>well that's good</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC041:0875:FR>
      well it was absolutely disgusting

  <WSC#DPC041:0880:FR>
      i mean i lost a stone

  <WSC#DPC041:0885:FR>
      my neck and my face were out there

  <WSC#DPC041:0890:JM>
      we're talking the bloat look

  <WSC#DPC041:0895:FR>
      oh it was REALLY bad

  <WSC#DPC041:0900:FR>
      i mean i couldn't i could barely open my mouth

  <WSC#DPC041:0905:JM>
      oh yes <latch>

  <WSC#DPC041:0910:FR>
      i had to have a liquid diet <,>

  <WSC#DPC041:0915:FR>
      i couldn't move

  <WSC#DPC041:0920:FR>
      i mean i was just <&>15:00</&>

  <WSC#DPC041:0925:JM>
      mm

  <WSC#DPC041:0930:FR>
      um you know i was basically imMOBilised for THREE weeks and it
      took another week and a half before my face went down

  <WSC#DPC041:0935:JM>
      <drawls>mm</drawls> <,>

  <WSC#DPC041:0940:JM>
      i don't know i think about the worst dose of illness i had

  <WSC#DPC041:0945:FR>
      REALLY bad

  <WSC#DPC041:0950:JM>
      i don't know i i can't really think of anything really <,>

  <WSC#DPC041:0955:JM>
      worst dose of illness i had <?><.>w</.> had</?> were were my
      childhood diseases and that was it

  <WSC#DPC041:0960:FR>
      god well you were lucky <latch>

  <WSC#DPC041:0965:JM>
      anything that laid me up for more than a few days and that yeah
      was it was the mumps or <,> measles or chicken pox or something
      like that <,,>

  <WSC#DPC041:0970:JM>
      excuse me while i explode

  <WSC#DPC041:0975:FR>
      oh <,> <?>phew</?> <O>laughs</O>

  <WSC#DPC041:0980:FR>
      there goes the cat <O>laughs</O> it's all right pussy cat
      <latch>

  <WSC#DPC041:0985:JM>
      <O>sneezes</O> <,> <?><O>exhales</O></?> <latch>

  <WSC#DPC041:0990:FR>
      god you realise you just terrified your cat

  <WSC#DPC041:0995:JM>
      oh i did <?>just</?> shocking i sneeze <{><[>and er and <?>poor</?></[>

  <WSC#DPC041:1000:FR>
      <[><laughs>mm</laughs> he must have</[></{> ninety lives instead
      of <{><[>nine</[>

  <WSC#DPC041:1005:JM>
      <[>yeah</[></{> oh i i something shocking

  <WSC#DPC041:1010:JM>
      i i sneeze and poor honey leaps onto <{><[>leaps</[> onto the
      floor in a great panic

  <WSC#DPC041:1015:FR>
      <[><O>laughs</O></[></{>

  <WSC#DPC041:1020:FR>
      <O>coughs</O>

  <WSC#DPC041:1025:JM>
      whereas thad just sort of turns and <.>look</.> looks at me you
      know

  <WSC#DPC041:1030:JM>
      what are you moving for <&>16:00</&>

  <WSC#DPC041:1035:FR>
      yeah muffy does the same

  <WSC#DPC041:1040:JM>
      yes er mind you <.>s</.> come to think of it <?><&>name</&></?>
      my <.>o</.> other cat was just quite bomb proof

  <WSC#DPC041:1045:FR>
      you know my cat i i was busy lying there coughing and
      spluttering and <{><[>things</[> and my cat comes over <,> and
      he sits there and he STARES at me <O>laughs</O>

  <WSC#DPC041:1050:JM>
      <[>mm</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC041:1055:JM>
      yeah what are you doing making all that noise yes

  <WSC#DPC041:1060:FR>
      do you realise you're disturbing my sleep he says

  <WSC#DPC041:1065:JM>
      yes <&>16:25</&>
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