Reading Log: Biography
READING
LOG: BIOGRAPHY
Day 1
Monday
Date: May 1, 2017
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Time
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13.50
– 14.20
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First Person
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J. K. Rowling
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Her biography
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Joanne
Rowling, best known as J.K. Rowling, was born on July 31, 1965, in Yate,
England. She graduated from Exeter University, then moved to Portugal to
teach English. There, she met and married the Portuguese journalist Jorge
Arantes. They had daughter, Jessica, was born in 1993. After her marriage
ended in divorce, Rowling moved to Edinburgh with her daughter to live near
her younger sister, Di. While struggling to support Jessica and herself on
welfare, Rowling worked on a book, the idea which had reportedly occurred to
her while she was travelling on a tratin from Manchester to London in 1990. She
published her first book, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone after a
number of rejection which made her become literary sensation in 1999.
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Sources
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The amount of words on text
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About 16 paragraphs
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What makes you interested in this
person
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I want to know the person behind Harry Potter series.
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Comment after reading
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She is really a great author, passed all the
struggles and did not give on publishing her novel.
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New Vocabularies found
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Franchise,
motley, band, cohort, hype, touted,
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Time
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13.50
– 14.20
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Second Person
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Lee Soo-Man
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His biography
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Lee Soo-man is a
South Korean music executive and record producer. He is best known as the
founder of S.M. Entertainment, a prominent South Korean entertainment company.
He is also called the 'President of Culture', as he was a pioneer of the
Hallyu Wave. Lee Soo-man made his debut as a singer in 1972, when he was a
student at Seoul National University. He was born in Seoul, South Korea on 18
June 1952, and attended Seoul National University between 1971 and 1979. He debuted
as a singer in South Korea in 1972, releasing songs such as
"Happiness" and "One piece of dream". Besides singing, he
also worked as a DJ and TV host.
In 1980, he formed
the band Lee Soo Man and 365 days. However, media censorship policies under
the Chun Doo-hwan government discouraged him from a career in the Korean
music industry.
1980–1985: Studying
in U.S.
1985–present:
Founding S.M. Entertainment
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Sources
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The amount of words on text
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4 paragraphs
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What makes you interested in this
person
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I want to know the person behind every successful boy/girlband.
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Comment after reading
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I wish I was born as her daughter, so I can meet all
of my idols freely.
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New Vocabularies found
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Franchise,
motley, band, cohort, hype, touted,
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Time
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13.50
– 14.20
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Third person
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Kang chan-hee
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His biography
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Kang Chan-hee (Born
January 15, 2000), better known by his stage name Chani is a South Korean
actor and singer. He began his career as a child actor. In 2015, He began a
part of pre-debut team under FNC Entertainment, "Neoz School" as a
member of the first group called NEOZ, he debuted in October 2016 with the
group name SF9.
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Sources
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The amount of words on text
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Two paragraphs
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What makes you interested in this
person
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He is a young talented idol that makes debut as an actor prior to his
debut as a member of SF9.
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Comment after reading
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Unfortunately, he becomes the idol rather than an
actor. I think he will be great in acting and have so many opportunities
rather than being an idol.
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New Vocabularies found
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Franchise,
motley, band, cohort, hype, touted,
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Time
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13.50
– 14.20
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Fourth Person
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Eddie Radmayne
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His biography
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Edward John David Redmayne
(born 6 January 1982) is an English actor of stage and screen. Born and
raised in Westminster, he studied history of art at Trinity College,
Cambridge, after which he briefly dabbled with a modelling career. 2006 make
debut in film.
Redmayne married
Hannah Bagshawe, a public relations executive, on 15 December 2014. Their
daughter was born in June 2016
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Sources
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The amount of words on text
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15 paragraphs.
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What makes you interested in this
person
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I want to know list of all the movies he was in.
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Comment after reading
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New Vocabularies found
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Franchise,
motley, band, cohort, hype, touted,
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Day 2
Thrusday
Date: May 4, 2017
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Time
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28
minutes
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First Person
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Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle
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His biography
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Sources
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The amount of words on text
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What makes you interested in this
person
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I am a fan of Sherlock Holmes, so I want to know the
creator of Sherlock Holmes.
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Comment after reading
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His life is full of pain, having left by the person he loved during
his time writing the series of Sherlock Holmes.
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New Vocabularies found
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Daring,
prosperous, vivacious, culminating, excesses, erratic, obscure, bigotry,
loathed, prevalent, epoch, gruelling, bevy, demented, confinement, pursuit,
phial, whaler, verge, amiable, exultation, occult, opted,
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Time
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5
minutes
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Second Person
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Aoyama Gosho
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His biography
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Sources
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The amount of words on text
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What makes you interested in this
person
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I want to know the creator of Detective Conan’s
life. How can he make such a genius character like Detective Conan.
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Comment after reading
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I just knew he also was involved in making character of Hamtaro.
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New Vocabularies found
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Time
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5
minutes
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Third person
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Stephenie Meyer
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Her biography
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Sources
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The amount of words on text
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What makes you interested in this
person
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She is one of my favourite authors, and I want to
know her journey in making Twilight Saga series.
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Comment after reading
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New Vocabularies found
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Garner,
amassing, florid, eschewed, flesh, frenzied, spree
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Time
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3
minutes
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Fourth Person
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BoA
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Her biography
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Sources
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The amount of words on text
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What makes you interested in this
person
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I am curious at how she could debut at such very
young age.
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Comment after reading
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She debuted at the very young age, how can she still maintain good
personality until now?
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New Vocabularies found
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Time
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5
minutes
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Fifth Person
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Antoine de
Saint-Exupery
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His biography
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Sources
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The amount of words on text
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What makes you interested in this
person
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I am currently reading his book The Little Prince, I
am curious about the process of making such imaginative book.
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Comment after reading
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New Vocabularies found
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Day 3
Friday
Date: May 5, 2017
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Time
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11
minutes
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First Person
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Leo Tolstoy
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His biography
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Sources
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The amount of words on text
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What makes you interested in this
person
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I want to know his background when writing Anna Karenina
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Comment after reading
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New Vocabularies found
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Acclaimed,
finesse, spawned, pilgrimage, embark, notoriety, reap, jarring, conceded,
begrudging, espousing, lieu,
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Time
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8
minutes
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Second Person
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Taeyeon
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Her biography
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Sources
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The amount of words on text
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What makes you interested in this
person
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I am a fan of her, so I need to know more about her.
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Comment after reading
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New Vocabularies found
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Day 4
Saturday
Date: May 6, 2017
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Time
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6
minutes
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First Person
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Jessica Jung
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His biography
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Sources
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www.snsd.wikia.com/wiki/jessica
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The amount of words on text
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What makes you interested in this
person
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She is one of my favourite member in SNSD, even
though she is no longer member of SNSD.
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Comment after reading
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New Vocabularies found
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Time
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11
minutes
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Second Person
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M. A. K. Halliday
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His biography
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Halliday
was born and raised in England. His fascination for language was nurtured by
his parents: his mother, Winifred, had studied French, and his father
Wilfred, was a dialectologist, a dialect poet, an English teacher with a love
for grammar and Elizabethan drama.
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Sources
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The amount of words on text
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What makes you interested in this
person
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Hoping I will understand about his theory of
Systemic of Functional Grammar.
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Comment after reading
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I feel like reading an academic book rather than a biography. The content
of his biography is filled with all of his theory about language.
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New Vocabularies found
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Foremost,
trajectory, enumerating
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Time
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20
minutes
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Third Person
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Sandara Park
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Her biography
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Sources
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The amount of words on text
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What makes you interested in this
person
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I want to know about her life journey before making
debut as a Korean artist.
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Comment after reading
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New Vocabularies found
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