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> flasher-digest        Thursday, March 9 2000        Volume 01 : Number

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> In this issue:

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>    RE: FLASH: (OT) Work in the USA for foreigners...anyone done it?

>    RE: FLASH: Sending Flash via E-Mail

>    Re: FLASH: (OT) Work in the USA for foreigners...anyone done it?

>    FLASH: Flash movie disappearing when resizing

>    FLASH: Loop within MC?

>    Re: FLASH: (tech) AUDIO/SYNC with ANIM: help PLEASE

>    RE: FLASH: Sending Flash via E-Mail

>    FLASH: B&W Photographs and Flash for School Reunion Page

>    FLASH: Passing a flash variable between browser windows

>    FLASH: Colours

>    Re: FLASH: cant open .fla's on mac

>    RE: FLASH: Colours

>    Re: FLASH: Lost FLA file\ thanks jd

>    Re: FLASH: Stop and GO buttons

>    FLASH: Need Lightning

>    Re: FLASH: Smooth Scrolling Text

>

> ----------------------------------------------------------------------

>

> Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 10:55:37 -0500

>

From: "Englert, Rick" <RickEtriadperform [dot] com>

> Subject: RE: FLASH: (OT) Work in the USA for foreigners...anyone done it?

>

> This is exactly my experience also.  Well, option 1 at least.  I'm still

> working on option 2 ;-).  I'm Canadian working in the US, and man, it's

hot

> down here.  My igloo back home wouldn't stand a chance ;-).  My work visa

> falls under NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) though - I would

> investigate if there's any similar agreements between Australia and the

US.

> Rick

>

> - -----Original Message-----

>

From: Ricardo Madrazo [rmadrazolive365 [dot] com (mailto:rmadrazolive365 [dot] com)]

> Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2000 7:59 PM

>

To: flasherchinwag [dot] com

> Subject: RE: FLASH: (OT) Work in the USA for foreigners...anyone done

> it?

>

>

> Hey,

>

> It was my experience (I am a Mexican flash designer working in the US)

that

> the way to do it is to first secure a job offer.  You will probably need

to

> set up a week or two of interviews (target an area, ie. Silicon Valley, or

> Boston/NY, etc) where you WANT to go to and try to set up your interviews

in

> one or two weeks with several employers.  You will probably have to pay

for

> this expense yourself, unless one of the companies flies you out here and

> you use those days to interview with other potential employers as well (a

> bit of an ethics dilemma -- I wouldn't recommend it).

>

> Once you have a solid, written job offer, the company should take care of

> any and all sponsorship paperwork with the INS (Immigration and

> Naturalization Service) so you may legally work.  There will probably be a

> clause in your contract which ties you for at least a year or two to the

> company (which makes sense, given the costs involving bringing someone

from

> abroad).

>

> Either that, or marry an American :-) JK.

>

> HTH,

>

> Ricardo Madrazo

>    Multimedia

>    650-345-7400 ext. 211

>    http://www.live365.com/

>    The World's #1 Internet Radio Community

>

>

> - -----Original Message-----

>

From: ownerchinwag [dot] com [ownerchinwag [dot] com]On">mailto:ownerchinwag [dot] com]On Behalf Of Steve

> Minton

> Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2000 4:36 PM

>

To: flasherchinwag [dot] com

> Subject: RE: FLASH: (OT) Work in the USA for foreigners...anyone done

> it?

>

>

> Hi Tim

>

> The first thing to check is immigration laws and costs! Then I'd send your

> portfolio to companies. You don't mention which area of the USA. If you

have

> experience in the relevant field then you should be fine.

>

> But do check immigration costs and laws, they can sometimes be quite

heavy.

>

> HTH

>

> Steve Minton

>

> - -----Original Message-----

>

From: ownerchinwag [dot] com [ownerchinwag [dot] com]On">mailto:ownerchinwag [dot] com]On Behalf Of Tim Allan

> Sent: 09 March 2000 00:07

>

To: flasherchinwag [dot] com

> Subject: FLASH: (OT) Work in the USA for foreigners...anyone done it?

>

>

> This is off topic so feel freee to reply off list,

>

>

> I am looking at moving out of Australia and am investigating

> interactive(web)design work in the USA. Has anyone done somethig similar?

> What process is required for a company to emply foreigners, is ther some

> sort of sponsorship program, etc?? ANy info would be appreciated.

>

> Tim

>

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> Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 17:57:00 +0100

>

From: "Radical" <Radicalpuni [dot] osf [dot] lt>

> Subject: RE: FLASH: Sending Flash via E-Mail

>

> Try to send this mail to yourself and you'll be surprised.

> Not necessary to have some where on server flash file, you'd like to send

> with email

> You can send  swf file every time you sending e-mail.

> After you will create local html with embed flash movie, every time you

> choose your stationery the swf file will be sent as part of stationery.

>

>

> Best regards,

> Tyrunas Jakubauskas, manager

>

Jakubauskasmegalogika [dot] com

> www.megalogika.com

> Ph. +370 2 611537

>

>

> - -----Original Message-----

>

From: ownerchinwag [dot] com [ownerchinwag [dot] com]On">mailto:ownerchinwag [dot] com]On Behalf Of Tom Wolfe

> Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2000 4:22 PM

>

To: flasherchinwag [dot] com

> Subject: RE: FLASH: Sending Flash via E-Mail

>

>

> I can see the flash working in "stationery picker" but, when I bring up

the

> new email it's there but, not visible. Is there another step that I am

> missing?

>

> Tom

>

> - -----Original Message-----

>

From: Mountain, Mike J [Mike [dot] Mountaincapgemini [dot] co [dot] uk (mailto:Mike [dot] Mountaincapgemini [dot] co [dot] uk)]

> Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2000 10:08 AM

>

To: 'flasherchinwag [dot] com'

> Subject: RE: FLASH: Sending Flash via E-Mail

>

>

> You have to have the flash on a webpage then embed the link in a html

> friendly piece of "stationary" such as that provided by outlook.

>

> Mike M

>

> ++ -----Original Message-----

>

++ From: Kent Massey [kentddwinc [dot] com (mailto:kentddwinc [dot] com)]

> ++ Sent: 09 March 2000 14:11

>

++ To: flasherchinwag [dot] com

> ++ Subject: FLASH: Sending Flash via E-Mail

> ++

> ++

> ++ Does anyone know if it is possible to have a Flash movie

> ++ play within an

> ++ e-mail program? We have a client that wants to e-mail the

> ++ initial html file

> ++ and have it pull up the flash swf within the e-mail program.

> ++

> ++ Thanks. Please send any code examples if it is possible.

> ++

> ++ --

> ++ Kent Massey

> ++ (610) 658-9900 x102

> ++ Digital Design Works, Inc.

> ++ http://www.ddwinc.com

> ++

> ++

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>

> Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2000 13:02:28 -0300

>

From: Carlos Cardoso <cardosopobox [dot] com>

> Subject: Re: FLASH: (OT) Work in the USA for foreigners...anyone done it?

>

> >

> > Either that, or marry an American :-) JK.

> >

>

> Good Idea, but Julia Roberts doesn't answer my emails.

>

> []'s

>

Carlos Cardoso - cardosopobox [dot] com

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>

> ------------------------------

>

> Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2000 11:09:03 EST

>

From: "Bill Numerick" <bigwilly0219hotmail [dot] com>

> Subject: FLASH: Flash movie disappearing when resizing

>

> Hi all,

>

> Got a problem.  I've got some flash movies that i'm exporting from Flash

> with the setting set to export Flash 3 and image.  Works great except when

> it shows the flash and you resize the browser the flash movie then

> disappears and you get a blank html screen.  It doesn't even show the

static

> image.  Can anyone help me resolve the problem?

>

> Thanks

>

> - -Bill

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> ------------------------------

>

> Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 11:05:04 -0500

>

From: jefferis <jeffpetersonsales [dot] net>

> Subject: FLASH: Loop within MC?

>

> I am trying to set an MC to loop 3 times but not all the frames.

>

> I have a label at frame 5 labelled "blue"  and a loop action at frame 15

> would like it to loop for 3 times and then go to the next frame which has

> a stop action [frame 16].

>

> Is this possible?

>

> The action I've written so far doesn't seem to work:

>

> Set Variable: "count" = "1"

> Loop While (count <=3)

>       Set Variable: "count" = "count +1"

>       Go to and Play ("blue")

> End Loop

>

> Jeff

>

>

> Jefferis Peterson, Pres.

> Web Design and Marketing

> http://www.PetersonSales.net

> Tel & Fax. 724-458-7169

>

> ICQ 19112253

>

> ------------------------------

>

> Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2000 11:16:24 -0500

>

From: Randy Kato <rkatobraincraft [dot] com>

> Subject: Re: FLASH: (tech) AUDIO/SYNC with ANIM: help PLEASE

>

> CJ,

>

> As you've noticed, syncing audio and animation is not one of Flash's

strenghts

> since how the movie plays is dependent upon the target machine. With a

heavy

> animation (like yours with lots of bitmaps and alpha tweens -- especially

at

> full-screen), the processor is already taxed and causes a situation where

the

> sound might play at normal speed where the animation is chugging. This is

with

> it set to 'event.'

>

> Using 'stream,' the way I understand it tries to get the audio and anim to

play

> together, but at the cost of altering both. Stream uses markers (not sure

what

> the exact term is) in each frame to control the streaming, so it adds

quite a

> bit of file size as well.

>

> We've had good success using the event setting with a couple of other

> techniques. Of course, optimizing the animation so that it's as smooth as

> possible is one. The other is to try breaking up the sound, if possible.

For

> example, if there are breaks in the sound you can use shorter clips and

start

> them in the exact keyframe where it syncs up with the anim. That way, if

the

> anim plays too slow it won't fall out of sync too far before it hits

another

> keyframe where it matches up again.

>

> But unless I'm missing something, your audio doesn't really need to "sync"

> right (I checked the exe)? You're just concerned with length? If that's

the

> case, loop the sound. You could probably get away with a very small clip

that

> loops and save a lot of weight.

>

> As for your other concerns, converting the bitmaps to vector would be a

good

> idea, but you should re-create them in vector rather than using trace

bitmap.

> Most of them look like they could easily become vector graphics.

>

> Also, if this is playing directly from a hard drive, then pretty much any

> slowdowns you see are due to the Flash movie being too complex for the

target

> machine. No need for a preloader since the whole file is already fully

loaded.

>

> HTH,

> rk

>

> cj wrote:

>

>

> please reply to cjposteudoramail [dot] com

> >

> > I am working on a :25 second piece where I am having problems

> > with the animation not playing with the audio. The music runs out before

> > the animation does - at least for the first part of the anim (the

animation

> > is

> > REALLY slow!).

> > The second part seems to run fine.

> > The entire animation is fine in the timeline & plays fine in the

timeline.

> >

> > I have the .exe for download if you want to see what I'm talking about:

> > http://www.wwa.com/~cjpost/flashexe

> >

> > I'm wondering if it has to do with the 10-15 JPGs imported and not

"broken"

> > up to

> > convert

> > to vector graphics has anything to do with it - causing playback

> > problems/memory

> > issues.

> >

> > Any ideas on how I can better this? It's not for the web, but rather a

> > presentation which will be played FS from an .exe file.

> >

> > I have played with the audio settings to stream or event and while

stream

> > did have it play back in "sync", it was as if someone was "rushing" the

> > music

> > so it plays in time and also there was alot of dropping of frames in the

> > animation.

> > I'm also wondering if checking the audio file properties & settting the

> > audio

> > export settings

> > will help any.

> >

> > The whole "pre-load" is more for a web site isn't it? I mean, since it's

> > playing

> > from

> > a server and not your hard drive.

> >

>

> Also, please reply to cjposteudoramail [dot] com. I'll be checking that for

> > most of the day today. THANKS SO MUCH.

> >

> > CJ

> >

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> ------------------------------

>

> Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2000 08:33:01 -0800

>

From: 2Nerotik <2nerotiknisa [dot] net>

> Subject: RE: FLASH: Sending Flash via E-Mail

>

> Doesn't work with all programs like Eudora for example...

> I tried, I can embed HTML content, graphics, sound but not Flash.

>

> At 05:57 PM 09/03/2000 +0100, Radical wrote:

> >Try to send this mail to yourself and you'll be surprised.

> >Not necessary to have some where on server flash file, you'd like to send

> >with email

> >You can send  swf file every time you sending e-mail.

> >After you will create local html with embed flash movie, every time you

> >choose your stationery the swf file will be sent as part of stationery.

>

> and PLEASE trim your posts, this was way to long.

>

>

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> ------------------------------

>

> Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 10:23:32 -0600

>

From: "DeJarnett, Gary" <a3gddtechmail [dot] admin [dot] ttu [dot] edu>

> Subject: FLASH: B&W Photographs and Flash for School Reunion Page

>

> Thanks for the tips Hiro,

> As far as preloading, I'm still searching for ideas on how to entertain

the

> ex-students from the school, and get them into the "old school spirit"

mood

> while images are loading.  I would want this to be something randomized so

> it's not boring the second time someone goes to the site.

> The photographs will only be used to try to create a "reminiscing" sort of

> mood for the school reunion page, so the quality (sharpness, etc..) of the

> image will not be of utmost importance so long as people can recognize

their

> old friends.  I know I've seen pages on the net with this "remember the

old

> times" look, but I just can't remember where they are now (or how to

achieve

> this).  Does anyone have any suggestions on decisions I should make before

> even scanning the images (resolution, etc.) or for achieving an "olden

days"

> look?

> Thanks again for the input,

>

Gary (dejarnettttu [dot] edu <dejarnettttu [dot] edu (mailto:dejarnettttu [dot] edu)> )

>

> * Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2000 10:20:57 -0800

> * From: Hiroshi Nakahara

> * Subject: RE: FLASH: B&W Photographs and Flash

>

> * Import all images in .bmp or png format...the flash exporting

> process will allow you to toggle the quality of JPEG compression.

> * and this I learned recently, but when you fade the b/w in and out.

> set your alpha percentages from 0% to 99%, because for some reason, if you

> tween your images from 0% to 100% alpha, the images reshift and jump

around.

> * also, if you're planning on fading alot of images, it would be wise

> to set a preload action for your images to load first.  You can do this w/

> the "if loaded" command in the actions menu.

> * Hiro

>

> ------------------------------

>

> Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 11:18:13 -0500

>

From: Marty Gerich <mgerichteamcarney [dot] com>

> Subject: FLASH: Passing a flash variable between browser windows

>

> Here's my dilemma:

>

> Is there a way to pass a flash variable from one browser window containing

> just html to another browser window containing the flash content?  I'm

> looking to send a simple Boolean variable when a "close" gif button is

> pressed in the first window to the swf in the second window.

>

> Thanks very much in advance,

> M. Gerich

>

mwgerichannap [dot] infi [dot] net

>

> ------------------------------

>

> Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 16:34:56 -0000

>

From: Mark Hirst <mhirstoxfordaviation [dot] net>

> Subject: FLASH: Colours

>

> Can I ask, what colour depth do most of you designers work to these days?

> Do we still have to use the '216 web safe' colours or can we up the bit

rate

> by now?

>

> ------------------------------

>

> Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2000 08:36:26 -0800

>

From: "Michael Dunn" <mdunnthemericaagency [dot] com>

> Subject: Re: FLASH: cant open .fla's on mac

>

> Have you tried Flash Typer? It fixes fla's or swf's that are downloaded

and

> unreadable by Mac (usually cause they are pc format I think). Just drag

the file

> onto the program (either fla or swf version) and voila! you've got

yourself a

> working file.

>

> - --

> Michael Dunn

> The Merica Agency

>

> ------------------------------

>

> Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 16:47:12 -0000

>

From: "Mountain, Mike J" <Mike [dot] Mountaincapgemini [dot] co [dot] uk>

> Subject: RE: FLASH: Colours

>

> Depends on your clients audience......but if you can do it in "websafe",

and

> it looks good, then why risk dissapointing your client?

>

> Mike M

>

> ++ -----Original Message-----

>

++ From: Mark Hirst [mhirstoxfordaviation [dot] net (mailto:mhirstoxfordaviation [dot] net)]

> ++ Sent: 09 March 2000 16:35

>

++ To: 'flasherchinwag [dot] com'

> ++ Subject: FLASH: Colours

> ++

> ++

> ++ Can I ask, what colour depth do most of you designers work

> ++ to these days?

> ++ Do we still have to use the '216 web safe' colours or can we

> ++ up the bit rate

> ++ by now?

> ++

> ++ flasher is generously supported by...

> ++ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

> ++      flashforward2000 and The Flash Film Festival

> ++   "The World's Premier Flash Solutions Conference and Expo"

> ++  March 27-29, Nob Hill Masonic Center, San Francisco, California

> ++

> ++ -Register before Feb 25 and save $200!!-- www.flashforward2000.com

> ++ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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>

> ------------------------------

>

> Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2000 18:08:46 +0100

>

From: Chris de Deugd <cedariaxs4all [dot] nl>

> Subject: Re: FLASH: Lost FLA file\ thanks jd

>

> Dear John Dowdell,

>

> Thanks for your help, I will certainly keep it in mind.

> I made the very foolish mistake to think that a FLA could not be

overwritten

> by an AIFF file, (or any other sort of file ) which had the same name. I

was

> so shocked when it did, that I wasn't too clear about the problem. I

didn't

> really 'lose' it - I replaced it's contents for something else.

>

> Had I only made a regular back up..

> Nevertheless, I find that the remaining SWF gives a lot of information,

> because of it's frame by frame playback option: I am still working on the

> reconstruction, but it is going very well.

>

> Thanks for your advice.

>

> Chris de Deugd

> - ---------------------------------------------------

> This what what it was all about:

>

> Love's Philosophy :

> My first animation film made with Flash

>

> http://www.xs4all.nl/~aria/pages/love.html

>

>

> John Dowdell wrote:

>

> > At 9:58 AM 3/7/0, Chris de Deugd wrote:

> > > Just lost the .fla of a film I'm working on.

> > > Someone please help !

> >

> > If this was in Flash 4.0, then the new "Clap Hands" feature will let you

> > find it no matter where it was misplaced. (Okay, that was my weak

attempt

> > at humor.... ;-)

> >

> > Chris, I'm sorry you lost your file, but I'm not sure how others can

help.

> > If it's somewhere among the folders then that's one thing, but if the

> > computer's plug got pulled while working on the only copy of a file,

that's

> > another thing entirely.

> >

> > I don't know if the following will help in this situation, but it's

useful

> > across _all_ computer work:

> >

> > --  Do a "Save" of the file after every minor milestone... every ten

> > minutes or so, whenever you take a breathing spot

> >

> > --  Do a "Save As" to a backup copy after every major milestone, perhaps

> > every hour or so. This gives you a trail of archives, and lets you

quickly

> > backtrack and change your mind, or avoid potential file damage... it

gives

> > you an archive.

> >

> > --  Save to another drive after every session. They say the only people

who

> > haven't lost a hard drive are those who will, so archiving your editable

> > files to a different drive will protect against this class of problems.

> >

> > (The SWF file just contains the delivery artwork, and doesn't contain

the

> > range of editing structures in the FLA file... this is similar to how a

> > Shockwave DCR doesn't contain the range of editing structures in a

Director

> > DIR, or how a Fireworks GIF doesn't have the range of editing structures

in

> > a Fireworks PNG file. We can't reconstruct editing structures from the

bare

> > delivery file, so it's very important to keep a range of backups as the

> > work progresses.)

> >

> > I don't know if the above was of help, but I hope your project gets back

on

> > track.

> >

> > jd

> >

> > John Dowdell, Macromedia Tech Support, San Francisco CA US

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>

> Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2000 18:54:24 -0000

>

From: "Ben Park" <parkibaldsiteria [dot] net>

> Subject: Re: FLASH: Stop and GO buttons

>

> I have a similar problem. With Flash 3, I created a map screen. All of the

> islands plus some other dots on the islands are buttons. Well, when I open

> the original .fla file into flash 4, it looks fine. BUT, if you do test

> movie, it draws red boxes round all the islands. Is there a reason for

this?

> It didn't do it in Flash 3.

> If I export it, it exports it also with all red boxes covering the

islands.

> The islands are symbols that have been converted into buttons. Some are

> overlapping one another though - could that be the reason why it doesn't

> work?

>

> Any ideas anyone?

>

> Ben

> P.S. If anyone wants to see the map screen, to get an idea of what I'm on

> about, the screen is at http://www.siteria.net - just click on the yellow

> "To Travel Agents" button to view the map.

>

> - -----Original Message-----

>

From: Donald <druideoe-magical [dot] org>

>

To: flasherchinwag [dot] com <flasherchinwag [dot] com>

> Date: 05 March 2000 02:07

> Subject: Re: FLASH: Stop and GO buttons

>

>

> >Yea I am interested in the answer also.

> >

> >Jefferis wrote:

> >

> >> Can you create global go and stop buttons?

> >>

> >> I've created instances of buttons that remain on the timeline

throughout

> >> the movie [1 scene].  In the Flash with buttons enabled, it plays and

> >> stops the sequence just as you would think it would [ stop button is a

> >> stop action, play is a play action], but it doesn't work in the

published

> >> document...

> >>

> >> Do you have to keep the buttons on a different level and use tell

> targets?

> >>

> >> And the same for globally turning sounds on and off?

> >>

> >> Jeff

> >>

> >> Jefferis Peterson, Pres.

> >> Web Design and Marketing

> >> http://www.PetersonSales.net

> >> Tel & Fax. 724-458-7169

> >>

> >> ICQ 19112253

> >>

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> ------------------------------

>

> Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 11:16:33 -0600

>

From: Tom Rowe <TRowemetrotechnologies [dot] com>

> Subject: FLASH: Need Lightning

>

> Hello all,

>

> Does anyone know of any samples or tutorials on how to make a lightning

> effect?

> Thanks in advance.

>

> Tom

>

> ------------------------------

>

> Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 17:21:36 -0000

>

From: "Shaun Brazier" <shaunbcontactbox [dot] co [dot] uk>

> Subject: Re: FLASH: Smooth Scrolling Text

>

> Thanks Helen.  I now understand.!

> My problem now though, is that the text in the text box is not publishing

as

> antialiased.  It looks terrible next to the rest of the movie.  How can I

> stop this from happening?

>

> Any ideas?

> Thank you for your help

>

> Best regards

>

> Shaun

>

> <original message snippet>

> Frame1 (label=upstart), no frame action

> up-button action:

>   On (Roll Over)

>       Set Variable: "answer.scroll" = answer.scroll-1

>       Go to and Stop ("upstop")

>   End On

>

> Frame2 (label=upstop), frame action=stop

> up-button action:

> On (Roll Over)

>       Set Variable: "answer.scroll" = answer.scroll-1

>       Go to and Stop ("upstart")

> End On

>

> Regards,

> Helen

>

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