Subject: [removed] Digest V2005 #125
From: [removed]@[removed]
Date: 4/20/2005 7:02 PM
To: [removed]@[removed]

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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2005 : Issue 125
                         A Part of the [removed]!
                             [removed]
                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Nig  [ charlie@[removed] ]
  Re: Johnny Dollar and others          [ Brent Pellegrini <brentpl@rocketmai ]
  OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK               [ "Jerry Haendiges" <Jerry@VintageRad ]
  4-20 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
  FREE DUKE ELLINGTON SEMINAR, Wednesd  [ jameshburns@[removed] (Jim Burns) ]
  WW II live [removed]              [ "Ted Kneebone" <tkneebone1@[removed] ]
  Apologies and Congrats                [ booksteve@[removed] ]
  Re radio in the battlefield           [ dixonhayes@[removed] ]
  Fron Lline WWII Broadcasts            [ "thomas" <evander800@[removed]; ]
  "New" Time Radio                      [ udmacon@[removed] ]
  Empire Of The Air                     [ Richard Fish <fish@lodestone-media. ]
  Re: Phil Harris mp3s                  [ "Candy Jens" <candyj@[removed]; ]
  Fred Allen's Final WML Appearance     [ "Kevin W." <batchman4@gbpackersfan. ]
  Damage to broadcast museum            [ "B. J. Watkins" <kinseyfan@hotmail. ]
  Norman Corwin play to air live        [ "B. J. Watkins" <kinseyfan@hotmail. ]
  PPB                                   [ "Walden Hughes" <hughes1@[removed]; ]

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Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 08:42:25 -0400
From: charlie@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Night!

A weekly [removed]

For the best in OTR Chat, join IRC (Internet Relay Chat), StarLink-IRC
Network, the channel name is #OldRadio.  We meet Thursdays at 8 PM Eastern
and go on, and on! The oldest OTR Chat Channel, it has been in existence
over six years, same time, same channel! Started by Lois Culver, widow
of actor Howard Culver, this is the place to be on Thursday night for
real-time OTR talk!

Our "regulars" include OTR actors, soundmen, collectors, listeners, and
others interested in enjoying OTR from points all over the world. Discussions
range from favorite shows to almost anything else under the sun (sometimes
it's hard for us to stay on-topic)...but even if it isn't always focused,
it's always a good time!

For more info, contact charlie@[removed]. We hope to see you there, this
week and every week!

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Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 08:43:35 -0400
From: Brent Pellegrini <brentpl@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: Johnny Dollar and others

I used to sit by the heater in the corner and listen to Johnny Dollar. I didn't know
what the hell an insurance investigator was but I remember the music and the tag about the 
action packed expense account and the fabulous insurance investigator. I sure didn't know
what an expense account was. The other shows I heard were The Lone Ranger, Gunsmoke, the
Whistler (I think. I listened in the late 50's)Big Jon and Sparkie, Don McNeils Breakfast
Club. That's about all I can remember. A little later I used to pick up a San Francisco
station at night in Seattle and heard some of the best comedy I've ever heard: Coyle and
Sharpe. Anyone out there ever heard of them? Mal Sharpe still shows up now and again and some
of their routines have been issued on CD. A friend of mine used to tape them on a reel to reel
recorder. Regarding Johnny Dollar,I think I may have written this before: I'm a private
investigator and I often get bogged down in a case. It's like writer's block. Sometimes
I get bogged down on dead ends and I just can't pick up the file and to review it to see what
direction to go. So I listen to Johnny Dollar (the serial), drink a strong cup of coffee and get
inspired to get off my ass and get some work done. 

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Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 08:44:13 -0400
From: "Jerry Haendiges" <Jerry@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK

Hi friends,

	Here is this week's line-up for the week of 4-17-05 on my Olde Tyme
Radio
[removed] Featuring Tom Heathwood's "Heritage Radio Theatre," Big John
Matthews and Steve Urbaniak's "The Glowing Dial" and my own "Same Time, Same
Station" broadcasts, being broadcast on demand 24/7 in high quality
streaming RealAudio at [removed]

Past archived broadcasts are also available there.

We look forward to having you join us!

	Jerry

Here's this week's lineup:

SAME TIME, SAME STATION with Jerry Haendiges

140th anniversary of the
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

YOU ARE THERE
Episode 1   7-7-47    "The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln"
Features: John Daly, Don Hollenbeck, Ned Calmer and Quincy Howe

CRIME CLASSICS
Episode 24 12-9-53 "The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln"
CBS SUSTAINED
Lou Merrill stars as Host: Thomas Hyland.
MUSIC: Bernard Herrmann.
Directors: Elliott Lewis and Ken McManus
Features: Irene Tedrow, Herb Butterfield, Barney Phillips, Clayton Post,
Mary Jane Croft, Betty Lou Gerson, Bill Conrad, Roy Glenn, Jack Edwards,
Junius Matthews and Sammie Hill

SUSPENSE
Episode 912    2-11-62    "The Man Who Went Back To Save Lincoln"
Features: Ian Martin and Jim Boles

YOU ARE THERE
Episode 79 9-5-49 "The Capture of John Wilkes Booth"
Features: John Daly, Don Hollenbeck, Ned Calmer, Quincy Howe, Douglas
Edwards, Richard Waring, Ken Roberts and Arthur Hannes
=======================================

HERITAGE RADIO THEATRE with Tom Heathwood

THE DEVIL & MR. O
(Synd)    Replay of LIGHTS OUT with Arch Oboler on 10/1/71 from the original
NBC transcription of 10/13/42 "Revolt of The Worms"

THE STORY OF DR. KILDARE
(Synd. MGM)   3/1/50 starring Lew Ayres and Lionel Barrymore in "Vernon
Pendleton - Hypochondriac" with Joseph Kearns as a most unusual patient.

DICK TRACY
(ABC-Blue)    5/1/45    - An episode from the story, "The Case of the Empty
Safe"
========================================

THE GLOWING DIAL with Big John Matthews and Steve Urbaniak

 Red Ryder - "The Range War"
originally aired February 26, 1942 on the Blue Network West
Starring: Reed Hadley, Franklin Bresee, Art Gilmore announcing.
Possible Sponsor: Langendorf Bread (no commercials or sponsorship heard)

Gunsmoke - "The Buffalo Hunter"
originally aired October 24, 1953 on CBS
Starring: William Conrad, Parley Baer, Richard Beals, Tom Tulley, John
Dehner, Jack Edwards, Ken Peters announcing.
Sponsors: Sugar Krinkles and Post Toasties

The Six Shooter - "Red Lawson's Revenge"
originally aired October 25, 1953 on NBC
Starring: James Stewart, Shirley Mitchell, Leoni Ledoux, Paul Richards,
Barney Phillips, Hal Gibney announcing.
Sustained

Frontier Gentleman - "The Cat Man"
originally aired August 10, 1958 on CBS
Starring: John Dehner, Martha Wentworth, Charlotte Lawrence, Joseph Kearns,
Barney Phillips, Harry Bartell, Bud Seawell announcing.
Sustained

Have Gun, Will Travel - "The Monster Of Moon Ridge"
originally aired March 8, 1959 on CBS
Starring: John Dehner, Ben Wright, Lawrence Dobkin, Virginia Christine, Jess
Kirkpatrick, Jeanne Bates, Hugh Douglas announcing.
Sponsors: Fitch Dandruff Remover Shampoo and the Rambler Ambassador V-8
====================================

Please feel free to contact me with any questions or requests for upcoming
shows.

            Jerry Haendiges CET <Jerry@[removed]; 562-696-4387

  [removed]  The Vintage Radio Place
  Largest source of OTR Logs, Articles and programs on the Net

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Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 08:44:25 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio List <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  4-20 births/deaths

April 20th births

04-20-1893 - Harold Lloyd - Burchard, NE - d. 3-8-1971
comedian: "Comedy Theatre"
04-20-1897 - Gregory Ratoff - St. Petersburg, Russia - d. 12-14-1960
panelist: "Information Please"
04-20-1898 - Sidney Lanfield - Chicago, IL - d. 6-20-1972
film director: "Screen Director's Playhouse"
04-20-1904 - Bruce Cabot - Carlsbad, NM - d. 5-3-1972
actor: "Hallmark Hall of Fame"; "Hollywood on the Air"
04-20-1908 - Lionel Hampton - Louisville, KY - d. 8-31-2002
vibraphone artist: "Jubilee"; "One Night Stand"; "Lionel Hampton and
His Orchestra"
04-20-1914 - Betty Lou Gerson - Chattanooga, TN - d. 1-12-1999
actress: Mary Marlin "Story of Mary Marlin"; Charlotte Wilson "The
Guiding Light"
04-20-1923 - Tito Puente - NYC - d. 5-31-2000
percussionist, bandleader: "Manhattan Melodies"
04-20-1924 - Nina Foch - Leyden, The Netherlands
actress: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Suspense"; "Cavalcade of America"
04-20-1926 - Elena Verdugo - Hollywood, CA
actress: Millie Bronson "Meet Millie"

April 20th deaths

01-21-1924 - Benny Hill - Southampton, England - d. 4-20-1992
comedian: "Educating Archie"
03-27-1916 - Howard Merrill - NYC - d. 4-20-2002
writer: "Advs. of Leonidas Witherall"; "Leave It to Mike"; "Secret
Missions"
05-07-1892 - Archibald MacLeish - Glencoe, IL - d. 4-20-1982
writer: "Columbia Workshop"
06-06-1918 - Peter Donald - Bristol, England - d. 4-20-1979
actor, emcee: Ajax Cassidy "Fred Allen Show"; "Can You Top This?"
06-28-1904 - Hector Chevigny - d. 4-20-1965
writer: "Portia Faces Life"; "The Second Mrs. Burton"
07-09-1925 - Alan Dale - Brooklyn, NY - d. 4-20-2002
singer, actor: "Sing It Again"
09-19-1910 - Dresser Dahlstead - d. 4-20-1998
announcer: "I Deal in Crime"; "Death Valley Days"; "I Love a Mystery"
10-20-1897 - William A. Bacher - d. 4-20-1965
producer, director: "Al Jolson Show"; "Hollywood Hotel"; "Treasury
Star Parade"
10-26-1912 - Donald Siegel - Chicago, IL - d. 4-20-1991
film director: "Bud's Bandwagon"
11-08-1847 - Bram Stoker - Dublin, Ireland - d. 4-20-1912
author: "Mercury Theatre"; "Hall of Fantasy"; "Mind's Eye"
11-20-1890 - Robert Armstrong - Saginaw, MI - d. 4-20-1973
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
12-20-1889 - Ernest La Prade - Memphis, TN - d. 4-20-1969
conductor: "Collier's Hour"; "Orchestra of the Nation"
--
Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 08:58:42 -0400
From: jameshburns@[removed] (Jim Burns)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  FREE DUKE ELLINGTON SEMINAR, Wednesday Night!

(Forgive me, if this doesn't go our in time. The Duke Ellington Society,
in any event,  is well worth checking out (see the link, below).)

The Duke Ellington Society is actually a pretty neat group. For just
$[removed] annual dues, they have an annual holiday concert with jazz
greats, publish a monthly newsletter, and have mothly meetings--which
often include MORE performances.

'Thought some of you might be interested in the following:

FREE DUKE ELLINGTON SEMINAR,
TONIGHT (WEDNESDAY)

"What Else Can You Do With A Drum?"
Kenny Washington on Sonny Greer, Louie Bellson, and Sam Woodyard

The Duke Ellington Society
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20 7:30 PM 
Saint Peter's Church
619 Lexington Avenue at 54th Street
(Entrance on 54th, between Lex and Third; same building that houses the
York Theatre)

The consummate percussionist Kenny Washington will be our guest this
month. He will be guiding us through an examination of the styles of
Ellington's three most important drummers: Sonny Greer, Louie Bellson,
and Sam Woodyard. Kenny will bring plenty of musical examples from his
legendary recording collection and will also demonstrate the style of
each of the percussionists. Don't miss this opportunity to hear a master
drummer discuss the contributions of the Ellington band's rhythm
engines!

Kenny Washington is a musician, educator, historian, and radio
personality. Born in Brooklyn, he studied with Rudy Collins (former
drummer for Dizzy Gillespie) and attended New York's LaGuardia High
School for Music and Art. While still in his teens, Kenny worked with
Lee Konitz and recorded with the saxophonist's nonet in 1977. He worked
with Betty Carter from 1978-9 and Johnny Griffin in 1980.

Admission is free, to first-time visitors, to the Society.

The Duke Ellington Society--TDES, [removed] celebrates the music of Duke
Ellington and of his collaborator, Billy Strayhorn. TDES' goal is to
develop an appreciation and understanding of their music, among all
people. The Society was founded in 1959, as the Duke Ellington Jazz
Society, devoted to promoting the appreciation of all aspects of
Ellingtonia.
Monthly meetings are held, at Saint Peters, and the Society's other
activities include publishing a monthly/newsletter magazine.

URL Link: The Duke Ellington Society
[removed]

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Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 10:28:11 -0400
From: "Ted Kneebone" <tkneebone1@[removed];
To: "Old Time Radio Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  WW II live [removed]

There is another live broadcast from WWII.  Two guys in a foxhole.  Can't
recall any more details, but I have a cassette of this report.

Ted Kneebone.  OTR website:  [removed]
1528 S. Grant St. - Aberdeen, SD 57401 - 605-226-3344

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Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 11:16:09 -0400
From: booksteve@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Apologies and Congrats
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Thanks to Derek for bringing to light my unintentional slight of my old
friend, Professor Yoggy. Gary and I go back to my second Cincy Con when he
played an evil giant opposite my Brave Little Tailor in Dave Warren's LET'S
PRETEND re-creation. In my stunned excitement at my wife and I receiving the
award this year, I was momentarily forgetful and I hope that Gary, author,
director and raconteur will forgive me. Sorry.

On a lighter note, congrats to Chris Holm for his BROOKS gig at Cincy. You
were great and quite frankly that song is still stuck in my head, too. I
don't think we had a chance to actually meet but say "Hi" next year. We don't
bite (at least not until you know us better).

Steven Thompson

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Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 11:51:05 -0400
From: dixonhayes@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re radio in the battlefield
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 I know I'll get the name wrong, but wasn't there an NBC correspondent named
Bert Syler that reported on the bombing of Manila, with occasional explosions
in the background?  I don't know if it was a wire recording or if it happened
to be going on live during his feed, but it's a very famous broadcast from
near the time of Pearl Harbor and I've heard it several times.

Dixon

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Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 12:32:10 -0400
From: "thomas" <evander800@[removed];
To: "old_time_radio" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Fron Lline WWII Broadcasts
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     Although there are few, if any, live broadcasts of combat from WWII, one
of the most spectacular wire recordings was made by Marine Sergeant Alvin
Josephy, who worked for WOR before the war. He describes wading ashore with
his fellow Marines as they launch an amphibious assault on Guam. This material
exists in the 'Goldin Archives' in both its original (unedited) form, and as
boiled down for broadcast on WOR.  Josephy and Sergeant Dick Mossen also
report from Iwo Jima, Peliliu and other locales.
     There are a great many exciting actualities from WWII, many from the BBC,
but they are broadcasts of recorded material for the most part.
   Tom van der Voort

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Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 13:09:54 -0400
From: udmacon@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  "New" Time Radio
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 I recently received a letter from the owner of Syracuse's "Full Cast Audio"
to particpate in the production of a childrens' book-on-CD box. The owner had
heard me on the air and thought my voice would be appropriate to one of the
characters in the book.

Since my Radio-TV course at Fordham University Class of 1960 was the last to
offer courses in radio drama writing I was delighted to participate.

(Last time I did any radio drama was in the late 50s at Brookyln Techincal
High School where New York City's Board of Education station WNYE-FM was
located. I did bit parts on such gems as "Safety Sam," "Americans To
Remember," and "Tales From The Four Winds" as a member of the All City Radio
Workshop. Did some sound effects too!)

Anyway, the experience was a delight. The narrator, of course, had the
principal part, and we first joined her in shifts reading the book all the
way through.

We then moved out to a recording studio north of Syracuse and recorded the
book, again only when our character was needed.

In some instances we'd be there for several hours interacting with the other
actors and the narrator; other times if the character had just one line in
the chapter we'd go into the studio, read it, and head on home.

I received a small stipend and will get two copies of the CD book when it's
released in a few months. It's called "Stop The Train," and it's a fun story
set in Oklahoma just after the land rush.

Best of all, I think I made a good impression on the director of the
production and will be asked back again to participate in other audio books.

I think radio drama is back (for ME anyway) but in a different form.
Hallelujah!

BILL KNOWLTON: "Bluegrass Ramble," WCNY-FM ([removed]) Syracuse, WUNY ([removed])
Utica; WJNY ([removed]) Watertown NY. On the web: [removed]. Sundays: 9 pm to
midnight EST (since 1973) 315-457-6100

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Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 13:34:38 -0400
From: Richard Fish <fish@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Empire Of The Air

Lee Munsick wrote:

Recent references to David Ossman's dramatic production of "Empire of
the Air" intrigue me. I am ashamed to say that this is something of
which I have not been aware. I have both the video and the original
book, two special parts of my personal archives, which now definitely
should include the radio version!

Can anyone tell me where and how I may obtain a copy and in what
format(s)?

The program is available as a 2-CD set from The Lodestone Catalog.
Here's the URL for this program:

[removed]

And if that doesn't work for some reason, just go to

[removed] and do a search for "Empire."

It's quite a production. The blurb says in part, "David Ogden Stiers,
Steve Allen, Jayne Meadows, Edward Asner and Bonnie Bedelia, among the
superb cast of [removed]"

Richard Fish
--
"Post proofs that brotherhood is not so wild a dream as those who profit
by postponing it pretend." -- Norman Corwin, 1945

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Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 13:36:58 -0400
From: "Candy Jens" <candyj@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Re: Phil Harris mp3s

 Recently someone mentioned some files on [removed] rpm-era.  I
subscribed, then found out there are over 70,000 files there!  How does one
find a particular file(s)?  I know how to combine/decode once I've found
something, but is there an index or search function?  Thanks!

Candy

[ADMINISTRIVIA: Newsreader how-tos are available by searching for help on
whichever you use on Google or other search engines. Each one is different in
how it manages on- or off-line searching/reading, and some are
[removed] than others. Searching oin-line help and Google is the best
bet for any specific newsreader.  --cfs3]

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Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 15:03:58 -0400
From: "Kevin W." <batchman4@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Fred Allen's Final WML Appearance

I hope this makes it on the list on time.

Just wanted everyone to know. Tonight at 2:30AM CDT, on the Game Show Network,
Fred Allen makes his final appearance on What's My Line, six day before his
death.

Tomorrow night will be the tribute show aired one day after his death.

Kevin Wondrash
Two Rivers/Madison, WI

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Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 16:36:42 -0400
From: "B. J. Watkins" <kinseyfan@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Damage to broadcast museum

Many thanks to Sean Dougherty for posting the link to the LA Times story
about the damage to the Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters museum. I had no idea
it was that serious, and potentially tragic to broadcasting history. I had
only heard that there was some contamination in the clubroom and that was
why there were no monthly Nostalgia Nights this year. The extent of the
damage wasn't discussed at the PPB luncheons either. Let's hope that someone
with VERY, VERY, VERY deep pockets will come to the rescue of these
priceless and irreplacable artifacts.

Barbara

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Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 18:25:53 -0400
From: "B. J. Watkins" <kinseyfan@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Norman Corwin play to air live

Hi,

I haven't seen anyone post this yet so thought I'd share this email I
received with you. See below.

Barbara

Greetings,

Please join the 28 students of Jamm 404, the Radio Drama course at the
University of Idaho, in Moscow, ID, as they produce two live radio plays
this Thursday night, April 21st, at 6:30pm pacific time at the Borah Theatre
in the UI Student Union Building.

A studio audience is welcome!

The first play will be "Untitled," a play written by famed radio playwright
Norman Corwin in 1944 and updated by him just for use by this class! The
play is about a soldier killed in battle and the people who remember him.

The second play is "Pernicious Tales of Intrigue, Volume 1," an original
radio play written by senior Jamm major Tony Ganzer. It's about ghosts at
KUID- TV.

The students have worked many long hours practicing their parts and
producing the sound effects for the plays. Many of the sound effects will be
performed/produced live on stage as the plays unfold.

If you can't attend the plays at the Borah, then please listen to the live
broadcast locally over KUOI, [removed], or online worldwide at [removed]

And please feel free to share this message with friends of live radio plays!

Thanks,

Glenn Mosley
Director of Broadcasting
University of Idaho

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Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 21:00:32 -0400
From: "Walden Hughes" <hughes1@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  PPB

Hi Everybody,

the fire was not near the museum of TV and Radio but it damage the wonderful
collection of Pacific Pioneers Broadcaster.  It will cost $500,000 to move
two collections and to clean them up.  Both PPB and the collection of Magic
was effected.  Take care,

Walden Hughes

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