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Official Great Works Draft (2 Viewers)

Okay, I thought I'd get all of my makeups in tonight, but I have a very early morning, so that won't be happening. Should be able to check in around 2PM ET to get back to my picks. Like I said, light drizzle but no downpours.

 
Chiwawa said:
Chiwawa said:
MisfitBlondes' Pick

36.07 Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean (Acting Performance)

At the first read-through, Depp surprised the cast and crew by portraying the character in an off-kilter manner. After researching 18th century pirates, Depp compared them to modern rock stars and decided to base his performance on Keith Richards. Verbinski and Bruckheimer had confidence in Depp, partly because Orlando Bloom would be playing the traditional Errol Flynn-type character. Depp also improvised the film's final line, "Now, bring me that horizon.", which is the writer's favorite line. Disney executives were initially confused by Depp's performance, asking him whether the character was drunk or gay. Michael Eisner even proclaimed while watching rushes, "He's ruining the film!" Depp responded, "Look, these are the choices I made. You know my work. So either trust me or give me the boot." Many industry insiders also questioned Depp's casting, as he was an unconventional actor not known for working within the traditional studio system.

Depp's performance was highly acclaimed by film critics. Alan Morrison found it "Gloriously over-the-top... In terms of physical precision and verbal delivery, it's a master-class in comedy acting." Roger Ebert also found his performance "original in its every atom. There has never been a pirate, or for that matter a human being, like this in any other movie....his behavior shows a lifetime of rehearsal." Ebert also praised Depp for drawing away from the way the character was written. Although he disliked the film, critic Kenneth Turan enjoyed Depp's performance, but Mark Kermode wrote it was some of Depp's "worst work to date... under [director Gore Verbinski]'s slack direction Depp defaults to an untrammelled showiness not seen since the sub-Buster Keaton antics of Benny & Joon." Depp won a Screen Actor's Guild award for his performance, and was also nominated for a Golden Globe and an Academy Award, the first in his career. Film School Rejects argued that because of the film, Depp became as much a movie star as he was a character actor.
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Johnny Depp's turn as Jack Sparrow, a pirate if played by Keith Richards, is the most entertaining performance of the year, and perhaps the best swashbuckler since Errol Flynn. Depp has said that he chose to play Sparrow as a Rolling Stone because Pirates are themselves rock stars: Long-haired rebels pillaging the establishment, turning a life of travel into an extended sex romp—at least that explains Depp's mascara. Sparrow is a bit swishy, but he's certainly athletic enough to command a stage—he's the star slinking around the stage, seducing and commanding the crowd. Essentially, that's what a captain of a sea crew does. Jack Sparrow is completely full of ####, but the sort of #### that gets one out of a tight spot and unites men for a cause of greatness. A guy this slimy must always be looking for a way out, and Depp highlights this in his eyes that seem all the brighter by the eye make-up. Depp understands what made Flynn's pirates successful, and used an analogy to create the most fun character in American movies this year—this should not, but will be, forgotten at awards time.
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There'll be no living with her after this.Johnny Depp turned a one-off performance into a Disney franchise that was both adored by critics and the masses. Given that is usually an either/or and because of the hands on approach he took in developing this brilliant character, this performance deserves seriously high rankings in the acting performance category.
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The performance was ruined by Horrible Hair, and the fact the dude had scissors for meathooksNo human could overcome those acting challenges

 
TidesofWar said:
Chiwawa said:
Chiwawa said:
MisfitBlondes' Pick

36.07 Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean (Acting Performance)

At the first read-through, Depp surprised the cast and crew by portraying the character in an off-kilter manner. After researching 18th century pirates, Depp compared them to modern rock stars and decided to base his performance on Keith Richards. Verbinski and Bruckheimer had confidence in Depp, partly because Orlando Bloom would be playing the traditional Errol Flynn-type character. Depp also improvised the film's final line, "Now, bring me that horizon.", which is the writer's favorite line. Disney executives were initially confused by Depp's performance, asking him whether the character was drunk or gay. Michael Eisner even proclaimed while watching rushes, "He's ruining the film!" Depp responded, "Look, these are the choices I made. You know my work. So either trust me or give me the boot." Many industry insiders also questioned Depp's casting, as he was an unconventional actor not known for working within the traditional studio system.

Depp's performance was highly acclaimed by film critics. Alan Morrison found it "Gloriously over-the-top... In terms of physical precision and verbal delivery, it's a master-class in comedy acting." Roger Ebert also found his performance "original in its every atom. There has never been a pirate, or for that matter a human being, like this in any other movie....his behavior shows a lifetime of rehearsal." Ebert also praised Depp for drawing away from the way the character was written. Although he disliked the film, critic Kenneth Turan enjoyed Depp's performance, but Mark Kermode wrote it was some of Depp's "worst work to date... under [director Gore Verbinski]'s slack direction Depp defaults to an untrammelled showiness not seen since the sub-Buster Keaton antics of Benny & Joon." Depp won a Screen Actor's Guild award for his performance, and was also nominated for a Golden Globe and an Academy Award, the first in his career. Film School Rejects argued that because of the film, Depp became as much a movie star as he was a character actor.
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Johnny Depp's turn as Jack Sparrow, a pirate if played by Keith Richards, is the most entertaining performance of the year, and perhaps the best swashbuckler since Errol Flynn. Depp has said that he chose to play Sparrow as a Rolling Stone because Pirates are themselves rock stars: Long-haired rebels pillaging the establishment, turning a life of travel into an extended sex romp—at least that explains Depp's mascara. Sparrow is a bit swishy, but he's certainly athletic enough to command a stage—he's the star slinking around the stage, seducing and commanding the crowd. Essentially, that's what a captain of a sea crew does. Jack Sparrow is completely full of ####, but the sort of #### that gets one out of a tight spot and unites men for a cause of greatness. A guy this slimy must always be looking for a way out, and Depp highlights this in his eyes that seem all the brighter by the eye make-up. Depp understands what made Flynn's pirates successful, and used an analogy to create the most fun character in American movies this year—this should not, but will be, forgotten at awards time.
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There'll be no living with her after this.Johnny Depp turned a one-off performance into a Disney franchise that was both adored by critics and the masses. Given that is usually an either/or and because of the hands on approach he took in developing this brilliant character, this performance deserves seriously high rankings in the acting performance category.
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The performance was ruined by Horrible Hair, and the fact the dude had scissors for meathooksNo human could overcome those acting challenges
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were you referring to my pick or postradamus' weaker one?
 
I know that others love him, but I just can't stand Johnny Depp. I loved two films he was in, which I won't mention in case one of them is selected. My wife loves the guy and has dragged me to every film he's been in- and I hated almost all of them, especially Edward Scissorhands and Pirates both of which featured terrible overacting IMO. The worst though was Benny and Joon. I hated that movie.

 
timschochet said:
I know that others love him, but I just can't stand Johnny Depp. I loved two films he was in, which I won't mention in case one of them is selected. My wife loves the guy and has dragged me to every film he's been in- and I hated almost all of them, especially Edward Scissorhands and Pirates both of which featured terrible overacting IMO. The worst though was Benny and Joon. I hated that movie.
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I can't say that I am surprised that you just don't get it.
 
MisfitBlondes said:
Edward Scissorhands Edward Scissorhands Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
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Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Captain Jack Sparrow Empire Award for Best ActorIrish Film Award for Best International ActorScreen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading RoleNominated — Academy Award for Best ActorNominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading RoleNominated — Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best ActorNominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best ActorNominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or ComedyNominated — Online Film Critics Society Award for Best ActorNominated — Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best ActorNominated — Satellite Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or ComedyNominated — Saturn Award for Best ActorNominated — Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best ActorMost Incredible Awesome Outstanding Stupendous Fantastic Exceptional Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role - Keith Richards Movie Critic Awards
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Suck it.
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Inspired by an episode of Tom and Jerry I recently watched with my baby daughter...

37.07 (727th pick) - Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in in C-sharp minor - Composition

Franz Liszt

Tunes for 'toons. :lmao:

 
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Uncle Humuna said:
Inspired by an episode of Tom and Jerry I recently watched with my baby daughter...

37.07 (727th pick) - Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in in C-sharp minor - Composition

Franz Liszt

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Thanks - I had it down as #18 on my predraft list. But...

:moneybag:

...I'm a listener. For me its music appreciation 101. I have a feeling the SME, being a performer, someone with a higher level base knowledge, will have a significantly different perspective. No clue how that will translate in the rankings.

For where I took them, though, can't complain about these:

14.14 Toccata And Fugue - Bach (4th on my cheatsheet)

35.07 Orpheus in the Underworld/Infernal Galop - Offenbach (10th)

37.07 Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 - Liszt (18th)

Over 40 of the 60 are gone now - yet its hardly gonna be slim pickings. Still some really awesome stuff out there.

 
Chiwawa said:
timschochet said:
I know that others love him, but I just can't stand Johnny Depp. I loved two films he was in, which I won't mention in case one of them is selected. My wife loves the guy and has dragged me to every film he's been in- and I hated almost all of them, especially Edward Scissorhands and Pirates both of which featured terrible overacting IMO. The worst though was Benny and Joon. I hated that movie.
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I can't say that I am surprised that you just don't get it.
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I get it. I just don't like it.
 
MisfitBlondes said:
timschochet said:
I know that others love him, but I just can't stand Johnny Depp. I loved two films he was in, which I won't mention in case one of them is selected. My wife loves the guy and has dragged me to every film he's been in- and I hated almost all of them, especially Edward Scissorhands and Pirates both of which featured terrible overacting IMO. The worst though was Benny and Joon. I hated that movie.
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Pssst, Tim. The overacting is what made Pirates great. HTH.
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Not for me. I couldn't stand those two films. I refused to see the third.
 
But as I said, there are two movies featuring Depp that I completely love. One of them was the first "mainstream" effort by one of the great "Midnight film" directors ever. The other featured Depp as a director himself.

 
on top of being Incredible Hulk Angry, I came down with a completely debilitating flu which knocked me on my ### yesterday.

Please skip me while I try and catch up.

 
Making up 36.06...

36.06 - The Merchant of Venice - William Shakespeare - Play

I couldn't come out of this draft without a Shakespeare play in my arsenal, and I'm happy to get Merchant this late. It probably fell because of its possibly controversial message, but I'm still taking it here. It's disturbing when read in the "traditional" (i.e., anti-Semitic) interpretation, but it's actually quite moving when read with Shylock as a sympathetic character. IMO, both are legitimate interpretations, and I obviously prefer the latter. My Shakespeare professor actually encouraged us to read it as a critique of both Christianity and Judaism, as none of the characters, Christian or Jewish, end up without egg on their faces.

A bit of Shylock sympathy history from wiki, with a sweet speech:

Many modern readers and theatregoers have read the play as a plea for tolerance as Shylock is a sympathetic character. Shylock's 'trial' at the end of the play is a mockery of justice, with Portia acting as a judge when she has no real right to do so. Thus, Shakespeare is not calling into question Shylock's intentions, but the fact that the very people who berated Shylock for being dishonest have had to resort to trickery in order to win. Shakespeare puts one of his most eloquent speeches into the mouth of this "villain":

Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions; fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, heal'd by the same means, warm'd and cool'd by the same winter and summer as a Christian is? If you ##### us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that. If a Jew wrong a Christian, what is his humility? Revenge. If a Christian wrong a Jew, what should his sufferance be by Christian example? Why, revenge. The villainy you teach me, I will execute, and it shall go hard but I will better the instruction.
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Without spotlighting, if anyone hasn't seen the newest film adaptation, it's actually pretty good.
 
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31.10 - Thatguy (autoskip)

32.11 - Thatguy (autoskip)

33.10 - Thatguy (autoskip)

34.11 - Thatguy (autoskip)

35.10 - Thatguy (autoskip)

35.11 - El Floppo (autoskip if not here in first 15)

35.12 - Mister CIA

36.10 - El Floppo (autoskip if not here in first 15)

36.11 - Thatguy (autoskip)

36.16 - Doug B (autoskip)

37.05 - Doug B (autoskip)

37.06 - Abrantes (autoskip)

37.09 - Big Rocks (autoskip)

37.10 - Thatguy (autoskip)

37.11 - El Floppo (autoskip if not here in first 15)

37.12 - Team CIA (autoskip)

37.13 - Uncle Humuna - Up

37.14 - MisfitBlondes

37.15 - Bob Lee Swagger (autoskip if not here in first 15)

37.16 - Scott Norwood

37.17 - DC Thunder

37.18 - Genedoc/Bonzai

37.19 - Tirnan (autoskip if not around)

37.20 - Yankee23Fan

 
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It's getting more and more difficult for me to be here all day. For the remainder of the draft, if I don't pick within the first 15 minutes of my OTC time, go ahead and skip me. :)

 
timschochet said:
As far as "The Mist" goes, I'm Ok with it, but you might want to check with Mr. Krista. Much earlier in the draft I asked him about "The Metamorphosis" and he said he did not see that as a short story. Isn't "The Mist" just as long?Again, I'm OK, but the category judge needs to decide.
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Mr. krista4 says this is a novella and therefore doesn't qualify.
 
Good morning. Per our judge, "The Mist" is disqualified as a short story.

The Merchant of Venice is, of course, a play that should be important to every Jew, including myself, as it was one of the first attacks against anti-Semitism in literature. But well beyond that, like so many of the Bard's works, it is extremely high quality. The output of this guy was astonishing.

 
Bob Lee Swagger said:
Making up 36.06...

36.06 - The Merchant of Venice - William Shakespeare - Play

Without spotlighting, if anyone hasn't seen the newest film adaptation, it's actually pretty good.
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:unsure: Also, just wanted to say how much I love this one for memorable quotes - probably because we read it in Lit class either in junior high or my h.s. freshmen year, so it stuck with me.

The quality of mercy is not strained (something of a personal mantra for me)
all that glisters is not goldMany modern readers and theatergoers have read the play as a plea for tolerance, as Shylock is a sympathetic character. Its hard to say if that is what the Bard intended, but Shylock's speech ("When you pr ick us, do we not bleed?") is from my viewpoint intended to paint him as a tragic figure to be sympathized.

I love the character of Portia, the climatic trial scene, the convoluted logic of a pound of flesh and not one ounce more or one drop less - personal fav, glad you got this one, and a terrific value at this stage.

 
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Tim, I've read a bunch of your posts now in several threads covering many topics. It's occurred to me that you might be jewish. Is that true?

 
37.13 CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (Structure)

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator, intended to collide opposing particle beams, of either protons at an energy of 7 TeV per particle, or lead nuclei at an energy of 574 TeV per nucleus. The Large Hadron Collider was built by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) with the intention of testing various predictions of high-energy physics, including the existence of the hypothesized Higgs boson[1] and of the large family of new particles predicted by supersymmetry.[2] It lies in a tunnel 27 kilometres (17 mi) in circumference, as much as 175 metres (570 ft) beneath the Franco-Swiss border near Geneva, Switzerland. It is funded by and built in collaboration with over 10,000 scientists and engineers from over 100 countries as well as hundreds of universities and laboratories.[3]
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With an ability to change our understanding of the world around us and give us the reasons of our own existence, CERN’s LHC is for now the most spectacular and important technological marvel modern science has created. The particle accelerator is 17 miles in circumferenceand will surely make the coming two decades the most exciting for modern physicists. It’s truly amazing creation that could answer the questions about the creation and existence of this universe itself!
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The LHC is the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator.[15][16] The collider is contained in a circular tunnel, with a circumference of 27 kilometres (17 mi), at a depth ranging from 50 to 175 metres underground.

The 3.8 m wide concrete-lined tunnel, constructed between 1983 and 1988, was formerly used to house the Large Electron-Positron Collider.[17] It crosses the border between Switzerland and France at four points, with most of it in France. Surface buildings hold ancillary equipment such as compressors, ventilation equipment, control electronics and refrigeration plants.

The collider tunnel contains two adjacent parallel beam pipes that intersect at four points, each containing a proton beam, which travel in opposite directions around the ring. Some 1,232 dipole magnets keep the beams on their circular path, while an additional 392 quadrupole magnets are used to keep the beams focused, in order to maximize the chances of interaction between the particles in the four intersection points, where the two beams will cross. In total, over 1,600 superconducting magnets are installed, with most of each weighing over 27 tonnes. Approximately 96 tonnes of liquid helium is needed to keep the magnets at their operating temperature of 1.9 K, making the LHC the largest cryogenic facility in the world at liquid helium temperature.

Superconducting quadrupole electromagnets are used to direct the beams to four intersection points, where interactions between accelerated protons will take place.Once or twice a day, as the protons are accelerated from 450 GeV to 7 TeV, the field of the superconducting dipole magnets will be increased from 0.54 to 8.3 teslas (T). The protons will each have an energy of 7 TeV, giving a total collision energy of 14 TeV (2.2 μJ). At this energy the protons have a Lorentz factor of about 7,500 and move at about 99.9999991% of the speed of light.[18] It will take less than 90 microseconds (μs) for a proton to travel once around the main ring – a speed of about 11,000 revolutions per second. Rather than continuous beams, the protons will be bunched together, into 2,808 bunches, so that interactions between the two beams will take place at discrete intervals never shorter than 25 nanoseconds (ns) apart. However it will be operated with fewer bunches when it is first commissioned, giving it a bunch crossing interval of 75 ns.[19]

Prior to being injected into the main accelerator, the particles are prepared by a series of systems that successively increase their energy. The first system is the linear particle accelerator LINAC 2 generating 50 MeV protons, which feeds the Proton Synchrotron Booster (PSB). There the protons are accelerated to 1.4 GeV and injected into the Proton Synchrotron (PS), where they are accelerated to 26 GeV. Finally the Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) is used to further increase their energy to 450 GeV before they are at last injected (over a period of 20 minutes) into the main ring. Here the proton bunches are accumulated, accelerated (over a period of 20 minutes) to their peak 7 TeV energy, and finally circulated for 10 to 24 hours while collisions occur at the four intersection points.[20]

CMS detector for LHCThe LHC will also be used to collide lead (Pb) heavy ions with a collision energy of 1,150 TeV. The Pb ions will be first accelerated by the linear accelerator LINAC 3, and the Low-Energy Ion Ring (LEIR) will be used as an ion storage and cooler unit. The ions then will be further accelerated by the PS and SPS before being injected into LHC ring, where they will reach an energy of 2.76 TeV per nucleon.
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It is anticipated that the collider will demonstrate the existence of the elusive Higgs boson, the last unobserved particle among those predicted by the Standard Model.[7][8] Experimentally verifying the existence of the Higgs boson would shed light on the mechanism of electroweak symmetry breaking, through which the particles of the Standard Model are thought to acquire their mass. In addition to the Higgs boson, new particles predicted by possible extensions of the Standard Model might be produced at the LHC. More generally, physicists hope that the LHC will enhance their ability to answer key questions such as:[9]

- Is the Higgs mechanism for generating elementary particle masses in the Standard Model indeed realised in nature?[10] If so, how many Higgs bosons are there, and what are their masses?

- Are electromagnetism, the strong nuclear force and the weak nuclear force just different manifestations of a single unified force, as predicted by various Grand Unification Theories?

- Why is gravity so many orders of magnitude weaker than the other three fundamental forces? See also Hierarchy problem.

- Is Supersymmetry realised in nature, implying that the known Standard Model particles have supersymmetric partners?

- Are there additional sources of quark flavour violation beyond those already predicted within the Standard Model?

- Why are there apparent violations of the symmetry between matter and antimatter? See also CP-violation.

- What is the nature of dark matter and dark energy?

- Are there extra dimensions,[11] as predicted by various models inspired by string theory, and can we detect them?
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krista4 said:
timschochet said:
As far as "The Mist" goes, I'm Ok with it, but you might want to check with Mr. Krista. Much earlier in the draft I asked him about "The Metamorphosis" and he said he did not see that as a short story. Isn't "The Mist" just as long?Again, I'm OK, but the category judge needs to decide.
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Mr. krista4 says this is a novella and therefore doesn't qualify.
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noellas can be placed in the novel category. There's a couple in there I think already.
 
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krista4 said:
timschochet said:
As far as "The Mist" goes, I'm Ok with it, but you might want to check with Mr. Krista. Much earlier in the draft I asked him about "The Metamorphosis" and he said he did not see that as a short story. Isn't "The Mist" just as long?Again, I'm OK, but the category judge needs to decide.
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Mr. krista4 says this is a novella and therefore doesn't qualify.
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noellas can be placed in the novel category. There's a couple in there I think already.
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He can repick if he wants.
 
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