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Thief of Time
Thief of Time | Terry Pratchett
Everybody wants more time, which is why on Discworld only the experts can manage it -- the venerable Monks of History who store it and pump it from where it's wasted, like underwater (how much time does a codfish really need?), to places like cities, where busy denizens lament, "Oh where does the time go?"While everyone always talks about slowing down, one young horologist is about to do the unthinkable. He's going to stop. Well, stop time that is, by building the world's first truly accurate clock. Which means esteemed History Monk Lu-Tze and his apprentice Lobsang Ludd have to put on some speed to stop the timepiece before it starts. For if the Perfect Clock starts ticking, Time -- as we know it -- will end. And then the trouble will really begin...
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Robotswithpersonality
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And a marvelous Time was had by all. I particularly enjoy the Discworld rereads where it's only the second time through, and there are details I've forgotten that I get to discover all over again. Plotty bits, of course, but also just fun parts: transportation by Yeti, save points mirroring the video game sense of the term, the combat value of chocolate. 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/? The consideration of what it is to be human, as much bad as good, and vice versa, and how these traits work in personification of ideas, sprinkled throughout a cast that is considerably less human overall...I think Hogfather is the other book I know for certain features Susan Sto Helit. Might have to make that my next reread. 2mo
Robotswithpersonality 3/3 I'd completely forgotten that we met the history monks anywhere outside of Night Watch, it was lovely to retroactively feel like I was getting more background on Lu Tze. Could see owning this one as well, the library has the collectors hard cover edition, and it's pretty! 😍 2mo
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Aims42 Ah, the wisdom of Sir Terry Prachett 😆👍 2mo
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Emma doesn't mess around. And neither does Susan. 👏🏻😁

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bekakins
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Really enjoyed this… some very funny passages as usual & also pretty thought provoking with some interesting musings on the philosophy of time / history… #doublespin for April done!

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3y
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa
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I‘ll admit, I‘m one of the oddballs who does not always love the Death books (I tend to prefer the Guard & Witches), but I love Susan and the Monks of Time and for me that made this one a fun pick.

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Lucy_Anywhere The Guards are my favourite series within the Discworld, closely followed by the Witches 4y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Lucy_Anywhere Yes, I love both of them! But I will admit that the witches plus the Nac Mac Feegle are my personal favorite. 4y
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julesG
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Hello friends! Open discussion is in the FOLLOWING POST marked as a spoiler. Find the Thief of Time post & tap "show me" on the spoiler tag to join in the discussion. Join in whenever you can! Today. Tomorrow. Next month! The post will always be up so just tag each other & we'll jump in to discuss with you. Feel free to chat about anything!

#OokBOokClub #Discworld #SirTerryPratchett #TerryPratchett #PratchettPosse #ReadAlong #EpicBuddyRead

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#OokBOokClub

Welcome to the #OokBOokClub open discussion for #ThiefOfTime! Feel free to discuss anything! Don't forget to tag each other in the comments so your friends can see your reply. Have fun!

#Discworld #SirTerryPratchett #TerryPratchett #PratchettPosse #ReadAlong #BuddyRead #EpicBuddyRead

GingerAntics Maybe I‘m weird, but I was drawing parallels between this and Good Omens. The odd couple (in this case a trio) trying to prevent the end of the world. 4y
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julesG @GingerAntics Yes, there are some parallels. Why shouldn't there be? 😁 4y
GingerAntics @julesG I was thinking the same thing. I like that 11 years after GO, Terry explored what stopping the end of the world on disc world would be like, and how different the outcome was. There was nothing that made me think “oh this is GO all over again,” but every now and then their were glimmers. It made me smile. 4y
julesG @GingerAntics I've had this with Guards Guards, I'd see Shadwell and Newt in the watchmen. 4y
GingerAntics @julesG really? That one is on my wish list. Now I‘m really interested. 4y
DrexEdit Hey! It‘s only taken me all of 2020, but I‘m finally caught up with you all again! Speaking of parallels, I got deja vu with the sweeper character. Have we seen him in the discworld before? 4y
khooliha @DrexEdit He shows up (briefly) in Small Gods, and I think he might pop up in an upcoming book? 4y
julesG @DrexEdit 👏🏻 4y
DrexEdit @khooliha thanks! I was going to go looking through past books but there are a lot! ☺️ 4y
khooliha @DrexEdit There certainly are! I often forget how many. 4y
Iblu Ahahah the fifth horseman with a name nobody remembers.... like the fifth Beatles!!! 4y
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BookmarkTavern
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My mother knows that I‘ve been learning Welsh on Duolingo for the past little while, and she found me the one Discworld novel that‘s been translated into Welsh!

I am nowhere near fluent enough to read it yet, but I am so unbelievably happy I have it! It‘s going to sit on my nightstand as incentive to practice! ❤️

MySharonaK I was so pleased to see there‘s a welsh version! Are you in Wales as well? 4y
Read-y_Picker Your mom is awesome 💕 4y
BookmarkTavern @MySharonaK I am not! I wish! 😅 I live in the USA, but I have ancestors that immigrated from Wales, and I‘ve always wanted to travel there! @Read-y_Picker I definitely think so! ❤️ 4y
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MySharonaK @ozma.of.oz it‘s awesome that you‘re studying Welsh on duolingo! Hope you can visit Wales when things get better in the world! So cool of your mum to get you this book 4y
tenar What a lovely gift! Good luck with your Welsh! 4y
RainyDayReading I‘ve been trying to learn Welsh through duolingo as well! I haven‘t found any other way to learn it, so I‘m glad duolingo has it! 4y
Clare-Dragonfly That is so cool!! 4y
Clare-Dragonfly @shanaqui — Welsh + Pratchett made me think of you! 4y
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khooliha
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Meanwhile, the praise is getting nervous!
#OokBOokClub

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khooliha
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Okay, but real talk - the romance? Why? I get Susan yearning for someone like herself, but I feel like she doesn't interact much with Lobsang. Like, I thought she had more going on with Unity (and why did poor Unity have to die??)!
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khooliha
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The parts of this book I like, I REALLY liked, and the parts I didn't left me pretty cold. Fortunately there's way more of the first part! Less confusing than I remembered too.
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khooliha I think Lobsang has a similar problem to William from the last book - I don't think he's terribly interesting? This seems to be a theme with one off lead dudes. 4y
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khooliha
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Glad to see that last paragraph from someone who has spilled so much ink over fictional cops. Not surprised, but glad.
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khooliha
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I had forgotten that my copy of this book has text bleed over from the previous page, which is making reading more irritating than it should be. Great!
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khooliha
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On to the next #OokBOokClub book and my vague memory of it is that it's confusing - let's find out!

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GingerAntics
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I love a good Discworld adventure and this is no exception. This is almost like the Good Omens of Discworld. It has an unlikely team that‘s trying to prevent the destruction of everyone and everything. I love Susan as a teacher and all the cool things she can do for her students. I also love that the parents are upset they‘re learning and enjoying it, and that they can‘t wait to do their homework.
#TerryPratchett #TheifOfTime #Discworld @julesG

monkeygirlsmama I only ever read one DiscWorld book, eons ago. And I've always intended to return to the start of the series and read through them all, but as of 20+ years later I still haven't done so. I must soon remedy this situation. 4y
GingerAntics @monkeygirlsmama there are a lot of them. I read the wrong. I started with the first companion. I‘ve hopped around the Discworld books since then. 4y
monkeygirlsmama @GingerAntics The one I read way back when was Soul Music. Do you not need to read them in order? 4y
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julesG
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#OokBOokClub-ers, our Discworld adventure continues TODAY with #TheThiefOfTime!

Looking forward to our discussion next month!

Happy reading!

#Discworld #SirTerryPratchett #TerryPratchett #PratchettPosse #ReadAlong #BuddyRead #EpicBuddyRead

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julesG
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#OokBOokClub

Just a friendly reminder that next month we'll be reading #ThiefOfTime! Dig out your books, put in your library holds, or place your orders! The next Discworld adventure continues on January 8th! Woohoo!

If anyone wants to be tagged/untagged for future posts please let me know! Happy to oblige!

#Discworld #SirTerryPratchett #TerryPratchett #PratchettPosse #ReadAlong #BuddyRead #EpicBuddyRead

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rwmg
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The Auditors want to bring the world to an end but they have reckoned without one thing - chocolate.

Not so many parallells with our world in this one but it was still a great story, though I wish the ebooks were better formatted so that changes from one scene to another were more obvious.

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A chocolate you did not want to eat does not count as chocolate. This discovery is from the same branch of culinary physics that determined that food eaten while walking along contains no calories.

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rwmg
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“No one would be that stu—”

Susan stopped. Of course someone would be that stupid. Some humans would do anything to see if it was possible to do it. If you put a large switch in some cave somewhere, with a sign on it saying “End-of-the-World Switch. PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH,” the paint wouldn‘t even have time to dry.

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Soubhiville
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Another great Discworld novel! I had not read this one before. I love the character Susan, who is Death‘s granddaughter. She can really take control of most situations.

Sietje is making sure there are no critters under there. The rain really brought out some flowers!

runswithscissors007 I‘ve just finished my first disc world novel and I am hooked! I always knew I would be.😬😬😬 4y
candority Beautiful! 4y
Gissy Beautiful!🌺🌸 4y
MemoirsForMe Gorgeous! 😍 4y
Hooked_on_books That purple is gorgeous! 😍 4y
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Soubhiville
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I probably won‘t last too long out in the 100 degree heat, but I‘m trying for a bit.

squirrelbrain Phew! 🥵 4y
Hooked_on_books Oh yikes! I wouldn‘t even try. 😂 4y
Leftcoastzen Too darned hot . 4y
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Soubhiville @squirrelbrain @Hooked_on_books @Leftcoastzen I lasted about 20 minutes. Just before I took the photo Sietje had been laying in the sun. She loves being out there, no matter how hot! 4y
Bette She's a hot dog! 😛 sorry. Bad joke. ❤️🐶 4y
kspenmoll I am amazed you tried! Sizzling! 4y
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Soubhiville
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So true, isn‘t it?

I‘m headed into Discworld again.

TobeyTheScavengerMonk Now more than ever, it feels like. 4y
MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm Well now we know what caused 2020... 4y
MariaW 😍 4y
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AbbaZabba02
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I have still not caught up on my record keeping.

Tomorrow. Tomorrow I will update my book count, if not the dates I finished them.

Today is knitting and more Pratchett. Though to be fair, every day now seems to be knitting and Pratchett.

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khooliha
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Had to look up Liaisons to be reminded what, exactly, it was, and instead of talking about the Picard storyline (seek consent EVERYONE ON STAR TREK) I drew a line to another Discworld touchstone. Chocolate it an important part of a piece of Liaisons and the experience of chocolate is surprisingly emotional in Thief of Time.
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Megabooks Interesting choice!! Troi getting sick of chocolate was one of the amusing parts. I didn‘t particularly care for the Picard storyline either. 6y
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Runner5ive
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Been house sitting and pet minding for a friend, so I've been without my usual distractions at home. Hence, I've been doing a lot of reading. This was probably one of my favourite Discworlds. One thing Pratchett does I hate is the small chapters that don't set the scene - I like to know from the first few words where the characters are, for context. Pratchett is good with the social commentary though. Overall, enjoyed this one.

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Minervasbutler
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Discworld 26 revolves around the sinister Auditors and the construction of a perfect clock which will stop Time. As usual it's fairly pointless trying to make much logical sense of the plot. This one has a big role for Death, as well as Death's granddaughter Susan. The last fifty pages are devoted to a desperate attempt to make some kind of sense of the plot, leaving less space for the jokes, but overall this is a worthy addition to the canon.

Aimeesue Tick. 6y
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The Auditors had tried to understand religion, because so much that made no sense whatsoever was done in its name. But it could also excuse practically any kind of eccentricity. Genocide, for example. By comparison, a lack of tea drinking was easy.

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DGRachel Truth! 6y
julesG 😂😂😂 So true! 6y
LazyDays 😱😆 6y
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If children were weapons, Jason would have been banned by international treaty. Jason had doting parents and an attention span of minus several seconds, except when it came to inventive cruelty to small furry animals, when he could be quite patient. Jason kicked punched, bit, and spat.... He was definitely a boy with special needs. In the view of the staff, they began with an exorcism.

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Briary
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Apparently the appropriate cure for impending reading slump is Pratchett. Shall now enjoy some Death with chocolate. 🍫

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Maike
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Susan is back to save the Discworld‘s Time. I love her as a character and was glad to see her save humanity with chocolate 😄👍🏻

Ms_T I love the notion that humanity can be saved by chocolate 🍫 6y
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jpmcwisemorgan
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I thought other Littens might appreciate this one - it‘s clipped from a much longer passage, which is also worth checking out. #restless #Quotsy #QuotsyMay18 #LitsyQuoteChallenge

TK-421 I love this scene ❤️ 7y
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TK-421 ❤️ 7y
TricksyTails 💙💙💙 7y
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TK-421
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"The perfect #moment is now. Be glad of it." #QuotsyApril18 #QuotsyCatchup I've posted this quote before, but I thought it was fitting for this prompt.

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"There was, of course, nothing there. At least, nothing #macabre... ...unless you counted the piece of chocolate half gnawed by rat teeth and a note in heavy gothic lettering saying: SEE ME and signed by a very familiar alpha-and-omega symbol and the word Grandfather." #QuotsyJan18

Cathythoughts 😬😬😬👍🏻 7y
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“Questions don't have to make sense, Vincent," said Miss Susan. "But answers do.” #questions #QuotsyJan18

MelAnn I love your username! 7y
MelAnn TK421, why aren‘t you at your post? .... Because I‘m reading a good book! (edited) 7y
TK-421 @MelAnn Thanks! 😂Good one! I'm not the only one not at my post...There's another Litten with an almost identical username: I'm TK-421, and he's TK421! If you're looking for more people to follow, check him out 😊 7y
MelAnn Hehee I already do! When I noticed you I was confused because I thought I already followed you Hehee 7y
TK-421 @melann That happens a lot 😂 7y
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“No other species anywhere in the world had invented boredom. Perhaps it was boredom, not intelligence, that had propelled them up the evolutionary ladder.” #Invention #QuotsyJan18

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Listening to Terry Pratchett and watching the rain from one of the comfy chairs at Starbucks.

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TK-421
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“The universe is, instant by instant, recreated anew. There is in truth no past, only a memory of the past. Blink your eyes, and the world you see next did not exist when you closed them. Therefore, the only appropriate state of the mind is surprise. The only appropriate state of the heart is #joy. The sky you see now, you have never seen before. The perfect moment is now. Be glad of it.” #QuotsyJan18

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Returning to the Discworld for #twentysix #novemberbythenumbers

This is number #26 of 41 total Discworld novels (sadly I don‘t own the full series... yet).

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Just saw this quote on Instagram and had to share. Especially since I did not want to eat this mini-Twix! Definitely not! I just unwrapped it because the cat loves the foil and wants to play with it.

BarbaraTheBibliophage My favorite axiom in this vein is, “If you break it open, all the calories fall out.” 🤪 7y
julesG @BarbaraTheBibliophage Good one. Need to remember it. 7y
Reecaspieces 😜🤣 7y
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RaimeyGallant Important. 7y
mcipher I want to print that and hang it in my cube at work. 😂 7y
MommyOfTwo 😆 7y
SandyW I wish out were so. 7y
SandyW @BarbaraTheBibliophage Thank You! From now on I'll be breaking open all my chocolates and other highly caloric goodies. 🍦🍩🍰 7y
BarbaraTheBibliophage @SandyW You‘re welcome! 😏 7y
Cathythoughts Very good to know 😉 (edited) 7y
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Soubhiville
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The last of my pretties arrived today! The latest 4 of the Terry Pratchett signature series released in the last couple of months.

I‘m going to reread the whole series in 2018. I‘m so excited to start! Discworld makes me 😁 so happy!

#PratchettsPosse

Tamra Very eye-catching! 7y
Booksnchill Beautiful! 7y
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rubyslippersreads 😍📚😍 7y
Moray_Reads I'm so jealous. All of these are on my Christmas list, let's hope my family get the hint! 7y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa A couple of us are going to read (or reread) that series next year. I think @TricksyTails was organizing it. 7y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa And those editions are so gorgeous! 7y
Laura317 Where did you get these from? I am collecting the books, but I‘d love to have pretty editions of them! @Soubhiville (edited) 7y
Soubhiville @Laura317 book depository seems to be the only place they‘re available. 7y
Soubhiville @Moray_Reads best of luck! 7y
Laura317 @Soubhiville Thanks!! Adding to my Christmas wishlist. 7y
Soubhiville @Riveted_Reader_Melissa I couldn‘t remember who was hosting it... I‘ll take a look, thanks! 7y
Rudis Gorgeous! 😍😍😍 7y
AmyG I am looking forward to reading Discworld, too, in 2018. I'm a Pratchett newbie. Those books are beautiful! 7y
TricksyTails 😍😍😍😍 Oooh!! So lovely!! I want these so badly! 7y
ReadingEnvy Wow these are beautiful 7y
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