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Just Born, actapublicurists & a falling mystery
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Just Born, actapublicurists & a falling mystery
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipANNOUNCER: What did John Fitch, "the inventor few remember," invent?
And what mysterious something fell from the sky and landed in Kecksburg, Pennsylvania more than 25 years ago?
Find out as we all play The Pennsylvania Game.
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Now let's get the game started.
Here's the woman with a self-professed thing for Ben Franklin, the host of The Pennsylvania Game, Lynn Cullen.
How do you do?
Thank you.
Thank you Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
I do sort of have a thing for Ben Franklin, but I'm starting to think it's gone on too long.
And I'm getting into Mark Twain.
If you want to know the truth, he hasn't been dead as long as I thought he might be a little more fun.
I don't know.
Anyway, how's about we meet our panel?
We have to do that, and let's do it.
It's a pleasure, in fact.
Our first guest needs no introduction, but I'll get-- I'll give him one anyway.
He's a regular on The Pennsylvania Game just like one of the gangs-- oh, for heaven's sakes, Bernie.
[laughs] LYNN CULLEN: Just like one of the gang on Cheers is what I was trying to say.
He's an author, and he's sort of cute too.
What do you think?
Bernie Asbell.
[applause] And she is a therapist.
I'm going to need her momentarily.
She conducts workshops on such things as assertiveness training, anger, conflict management, and procrastination.
So without further ado, please welcome Barbara Marder.
[applause] And trippingly on the tongue, he is senior vice president of AccuWeather in State College.
He is one of only two people in the world who has earned the status of certified consulting meteorologist.
Who's the other?
Mother Nature?
My heavens.
Please welcome Elliot Abrams.
[applause] Wow.
This is indeed an impressive bunch, but let's see if they've got the right stuff that this game requires.
Let's go to question number one.
ANNOUNCER: On August 22, 1787, John Fitch hosted the first public demonstration of his invention in Philadelphia.
20 years later in New York City, a fellow Pennsylvanian held an exhibition of his own and got all the credit.
What did John Fitch invent, A, the steamboat; B, dandruff shampoo; C, an altimeter; or D, a washing machine?
LYNN CULLEN: OK, pretty straightforward opening question.
Panel, why are you looking at it so confused, perplexed?
We need you to figure something out and plug in an answer.
Come on.
Steamboat, dandruff shampoo, altimeters, or washing machines?
Fitch did one of them.
You got your-- you got all your things in there, folks?
OK, Bernie, tell us the truth.
I said D, washing machine.
I was just sitting here, pitying myself for being first.
And that just-- it just went right-- it zoomed right in.
LYNN CULLEN: Washing machine?
Washing machine.
LYNN CULLEN: Washing machine.
Well-- Yeah, probably hand-operated.
LYNN CULLEN: Absolutely, I would think, in 17 whatever this was or 18 whatever this was.
Who knows?
Barbara.
You didn't tell me we had to remember which one.
Let's see.
I think I did A. LYNN CULLEN: Put it out there.
Did I do A?
LYNN CULLEN: And you did put A. Yeah, I did A because dandruff shampoo doesn't work usually.
And so why would anybody be remembered for that?
And I don't know what the third one is, and the last one seems too early, so.
LYNN CULLEN: OK, so you figure it had to be a steamboat?
BARBARA MARDER: No.
No?
Oh, my heavens, Elliot.
Well, I think it's pretty obvious that this has to be A because the situation is that if you're from Massachusetts, you might say that you're from Fitchburg.
And people say, you mean Pittsburgh?
And you say, no, I missed the boat.
So it must be a boat.
LYNN CULLEN: Oh, thank you audience.
That was my response, and you saved me the exhalation of breath.
Let's get the right answer.
ANNOUNCER: The answer is A, the steamboat.
In 1787, John Fitch demonstrated his steam-operated boat on the Delaware River in Philadelphia.
The accomplishment should have been an historic benchmark, but instead, it, like the unkempt inventor himself, was soon forgotten.
Two decades later, Robert Fulton presented his own version of the steamboat in New York, and Americans embraced him as its true inventor.
And although he didn't live to see his words come true, Fitch wrote, "The day will come when some more powerful man will get fame and riches from my invention, but nobody will believe that poor John Fitch can do anything worthy of attention."
Indeed.
Poor John Fitch committed suicide at the age of 55.
Here's a guy who was operating the world's first regular steamboat service in 1790, and then Fulton comes along and takes credit for inventing it in 1807.
Figure that out.
Terrible.
Let's go to our second question.
ANNOUNCER: In the late 1800s, Endel and Moses Phillips began selling their wares from a pushcart to the coal miners of Pottsville, Pennsylvania.
Today, their company is well known across America.
What did they sell, A, shirts; B, cigars; C, screwdrivers; or D, pretzels?
LYNN CULLEN: Well, there it is.
At least dandruff shampoo isn't up there.
Come on, shirts, cigars, screwdrivers, or pretzels?
Mm.
The miners were on the receiving end of one of those four, and I need you to log in your responses.
And Barbara, I need you to explain yourself to me.
I picked pretzels because it just seemed like miners would be hungry.
LYNN CULLEN: [chuckles] Well, sure.
They also need shirts.
[chuckles] LYNN CULLEN: Absolutely.
Pretzels it is.
Elliott.
Well, I picked screwdrivers because I believed it would be pretzels, and it would be a cruel twist to have it be a screwdriver.
LYNN CULLEN: Oh, my.
Oh, no.
I wasn't warned you were a punster.
ELLIOT ABRAMS: Oh, was that what it is?
Yes, I think so.
Bernie.
BERNIE ASBELL: I picked cigars because half of the answers-- half of the questions we get, the answer is pretzels.
LYNN CULLEN: [laughs] Oh, it's going to be a long half hour.
Let's get the right answer.
ANNOUNCER: The answer is A, shirts.
In 1881, Endel and Moses Phillips fled Russia and settled in Pottsville, Pennsylvania.
Endel worked from their one-room loft on Norwegian street, handsewing work shirts and flannels.
Her husband, Moses, sold them from a pushcart to coal miners as they left the mines.
The shirts were so popular that soon Moses and his son, Isaac, were traveling to other Eastern Pennsylvania towns to sell their wares.
In 1922, John Manning Van Heusen, inventor of the collar-attached dress shirt, sold his patent to Moses Phillips.
The revolutionary Van Heusen collar combined with Phillips' high-quality shirts led to the creation of the Phillips-Van Heusen Company, now known as Van Heusen shirts, one of America's leading clothiers.
Well, there you have it.
Van Heusen shirts is headquartered in New York, by the way, but it was invented right here in Pennsylvania.
Great.
We get the bragging rights.
New York gets all the jobs.
Oh, well.
Moving on, let's get to know our panel a little bit.
Bernie, we all know you.
[chuckles] LYNN CULLEN: So you've got a new book about birth control pills.
Well, the biography of the pill.
LYNN CULLEN: The biography of the pill.
Yeah, but it'll be out in a little while.
Well, this is a revolutionary device.
I mean, the pill-- do you think the pill is responsible for women's liberation, the movement, coming as it-- you don't?
No.
No, not responsible for it.
It was one of those wonderful things in history that they happened at about the same time.
LYNN CULLEN: The sort of historical happenstance.
But they fed each other a bit, don't you think?
BERNIE ASBELL: I'm sure they did.
Indeed.
We'll look forward to reading that.
Truly.
Barbara, I've got this.
Somebody gave me this information that you recently knocked the socks off your friend when in a game of Trivial Pursuit.
You correctly answered the question, what's the toughest leg on a chicken?
Is that true?
I mean-- Doesn't everybody know that?
LYNN CULLEN: Well, no, because I can't imagine what the answer is.
Well, I grew up in chicken country in New Jersey, and I just started envisioning chickens around there scratching with their right leg.
And I figured that must be very muscular.
And so tougher.
LYNN CULLEN: And is that-- I mean-- Yes.
LYNN CULLEN: It's pulling my leg.
It's true.
That's a tou-- BARBARA MARDER: Oh, would I do that?
Oh, no.
Of course not.
OK.
The right leg is-- so they're all right-handed, right leg, the chickens.
BARBARA MARDER: Oh, we say-- Oh, never mind.
Let's move on.
Elliot.
So you're this-- one of only two meteorologist.
No, no, that-- What that is-- there are several different designations that I have.
And apparently, one group does not generally apply for as designation.
LYNN CULLEN: I see.
And so there are only two people that did.
LYNN CULLEN: Oh.
[chuckles] It's not-- there are a lot of-- LYNN CULLEN: So we made it sound like you were like-- LYNN CULLEN: No, no.
There are a lot of certified consulting meteorologists.
OK. See, how often are you correct with your forecast, seriously?
ELLIOT ABRAMS: Oh.
Every time one of my forecasts is not wrong, it's believed to be correct.
[audience laughing] Ah, yeah.
Let's get back to the game, I think.
I think I'm going to forecast that we've got another question coming up here.
ANNOUNCER: Dr. Charles Glen King was a nutritionist and professor at the University of Pittsburgh.
In 1932, at the age of 34, King made an important finding.
Did he discover, A, the link between a high-cholesterol diet and heart disease; B, Vitamin C, which prevents scurvy and malnutrition; C, the role of Vitamin A in preventing blindness; or D, the importance of calcium in preventing osteoporosis?
34?
LYNN CULLEN: Well, whichever one he did, we'll thank him for it.
All those are pretty wonderful things to have discovered, but we need to figure out which one Dr. King did discover.
1932 would be the year.
Please guess or choose and lock it in.
Quickly, quickly, quickly.
And Elliot, we're coming-- Bernie.
Bernie?
BERNIE ASBELL: You want me to answer.
I want to know-- I don't want you to answer.
I want you to choose so Elliot can say what he chose.
Elliot.
What'd you choose?
I forget what I chose, whether I chose A for Vitamin-- no, it's B for Vitamin C. No, no.
It's C for Vitamin A and B for one of those vitamins.
But-- LYNN CULLEN: What'd you choose?
Whatever.
I chose C, I think.
LYNN CULLEN: He chose C for Vitamin A.
Thank you so much.
And Bernie.
Well, I chose D because that's where my finger went while I was thinking Elliott always gets his forecasts right.
It's just sometimes the day is wrong.
LYNN CULLEN: [chuckles] Barbara, we're all going to need a psychiatrist before this is over.
Oh, God.
Me too.
I chose C and only because it just seemed the right time of the country, you know?
LYNN CULLEN: Yeah.
Sure.
Oh, brother.
Let's find out if, in fact, C or D is correct, which is the responses we've received.
ANNOUNCER: The answer is B, Vitamin C. Dr. King received his master's and doctorate degrees from the University of Pittsburgh, where he taught from 1921 to 1941.
It was there in 1932 that he first isolated Vitamin C in the juice of lemons.
His discovery later enabled researchers to conclude that the vitamin has a major impact in preventing scurvy and malnutrition.
In all, King researched and wrote more than 200 articles about the beneficial effects of vitamins and proper nutrition.
He also is credited with linking malnutrition with some degenerative diseases.
LYNN CULLEN: OK, there it is.
We have a very close game at this point.
We've only had a few questions.
Why shouldn't we?
Barbara and Elliot both have 1.
Bernie, you don't have a thing yet.
That's so unlike you.
So 1 and 0.
And let's give him a hand for that one.
[applause] OK, here is our first clue for our Mystery Pennsylvanian.
Listen up.
Born in Pittsburgh in 1952, this tall, dark, and talented actor made his film debut at the age of 22 with Charles Bronson.
Mm.
Born in Pittsburgh, '52, this tall, dark, and talented actor made his film debut at the age of 22 with Charles Bronson.
If you can figure out who this mystery Pennsylvanian is, stick his name right there on your first line.
You'll get 3 points for it a little bit later.
And while you're mulling it over, we'll leave that up in the air and let our next question, in fact, take us up in the air.
ANNOUNCER: On December 9, 1965, something unexpectedly dropped in on Kecksburg, Pennsylvania.
What it was continues to divide this rural Westmoreland County community.
What fell from the sky and landed in Kecksburg more than 25 years ago?
Was it A, Kosmos 96, a Soviet space probe; B, a paper parachute carrying a hydrogen bomb, C; a Soviet spy, or D; a UFO?
LYNN CULLEN: Ooh, sounds rather sinister.
Was it A, Soviet space probe?
Was it a hydrogen bomb?
Was it a Soviet spy?
Or was it a UFO?
Log in.
And Bernie, what do you think?
Well, I said UFO because unidentified flying object can be anything.
LYNN CULLEN: [laughs] So you're right no matter what-- As long as it's not identified.
LYNN CULLEN: OK. D. Barbara.
BARBARA MARDER: I said a UFO because I want it to be a UFO.
LYNN CULLEN: I know what you mean.
And Elliot.
I have no idea what it was, but whatever it is, I hope it didn't hurt anybody.
I picked A. LYNN CULLEN: You picked A.
You put a Soviet space probe.
Sure.
LYNN CULLEN: OK, let's find out.
ANNOUNCER: The answer is D, a UFO or unidentified flying object.
On December 9, 1965, a brilliant orange fireball streaked across the sky and was seen by thousands of eyewitnesses and at least six states and Canada before plummeting to Earth in a secluded wooded area near Kecksburg, Pennsylvania.
Immediately following the incident, the area was sealed off by orders of the US Army and state police.
Witnesses say they saw the military haul away an object covered with canvas that resembled a Volkswagen beetle.
Meanwhile, the US Air Force labeled the sighting a meteor that was never found, but UFO researchers disagree.
They say the eyewitness descriptions suggest something extraterrestrial, and they consider the Kecksburg incident one of America's most compelling UFO mysteries.
LYNN CULLEN: So there you have it.
Yes, a compelling UFO mystery.
There you have it.
And then your radar didn't pick it up either, Mr. Abrams.
OK, let's see if you can pick up on this next question.
ANNOUNCER: In 1946, Garry and Caroline Myers of Honesdale, Pennsylvania, a husband and wife team of psychologists and educators, quit their jobs, borrowed against their life insurance, and started something that is today enjoyed by more than 2.6 million children in 150 countries.
Did they create A, Erector Set; B, Highlights for Children magazine; C, Discovery Toys; or D, The Berenstain Bears?
LYNN CULLEN: Mm.
All wonderful things to have created, whatever they did, Erector Set, Highlights magazine, Discovery Toys, or The Berenstain Bears.
Take a shot at it.
And Barbara, what'd you pick?
I did B just because Highlights is such a delightful magazine.
LYNN CULLEN: It is, isn't it?
Yeah.
LYNN CULLEN: Absolutely.
OK, we've got Highlights.
Elliot, what do we have from you?
I picked the same thing and for no apparent reason.
It just was near the top of the list, and it's one of the four choices.
LYNN CULLEN: OK, it's a good an answer as any.
Bernie.
BERNIE ASBELL: I picked D with a high degree of confidence because that was an answer to a question about three, four years ago and I missed it.
I'm going to keep trying, and I think it's right this time.
ELLIOT ABRAMS: You know the answer then.
Barbara and Elliot don't like hearing that certainty from you, but let's find out.
ANNOUNCER: The answer is B, Highlights for Children magazine.
In 1946, Garry and Caroline Myers quit their jobs at children's activities and worked from two tiny rooms above a garage in Honesdale, Pennsylvania on their very first issue of Highlights magazine.
Although they've since moved their business operations to Columbus, Ohio, the editorial offices remain in Honesdale.
Likewise, the magazine's most popular and best-known features continue to be the Goofus and Gallant cartoon and the hidden picture feature.
Highlights magazine boasts the largest circulation of any children's magazine in the United States today.
LYNN CULLEN: And a little highlight about Highlights, the founders' grandchildren are now the CEOs, which is sort of delightful, isn't it?
The score at this point in the game-- Bernie, don't listen.
Barbara, 3; Elliot, 2; and Bernie, 1.
Whoo.
[applause] OK, here's our second clue on the Mystery Pennsylvanian.
His leap to recognition came in 1983 when he proved he had the right stuff.
His leap to recognition came in 1983 when he proved he had the right stuff.
Born in Pittsburgh, '52, tall, dark, and talented actor made his film debut at the age of 22 with Charles Bronson.
The blank looks on the panel are matched in the audience.
I can see that and undoubtedly at home as well.
Bernie's writing something down.
We'll find out what later, and we'll move on to our next question.
ANNOUNCER: In 1932, the Just Born company relocated its operation from New York City to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
What product does Just Born produce?
Is it A, diapers; B, Christian literature; C, jelly beans; or D, skydiving equipment?
LYNN CULLEN: Now there's a bit of a range for you to choose from, diapers, Christian literature, jelly beans, or skydiving equipment.
Just Born.
And I'm just dying to know what you picked.
Elliot.
I picked A.
It was right there at the top.
It was-- LYNN CULLEN: That was the reason last time.
No, I realize that, but I have excellent reasons for each of these.
And that's as excellent a reason as I'm going to give.
LYNN CULLEN: OK, OK. Well, I'll accept it as such then.
And Bernie.
BERNIE ASBELL: Well, A is much too obvious, but B, C, and D are irrelevant.
So I went back to A. LYNN CULLEN: [chuckles] Right.
Got two diapers.
Do we have a third diaper?
No, no, no, no.
A is obvious, and it should be the answer.
That's why I chose C. LYNN CULLEN: You went with jelly beans?
Yeah.
LYNN CULLEN: All right.
OK, let's find out if Barbara is on to something here.
ANNOUNCER: The answer is C, jelly beans.
Back in the 1920s, candymaker Sam Born liked to display his new confections in his New York City shop window with a sign announcing they were Just Born.
Today, Just Born employs nearly 300 people and is owned by the Born and Shaffer families who moved the company to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in 1932.
Just Born makes 10 billion jelly beans each year.
Laid end to end, that's enough jelly beans to stretch around the world four times.
Their smaller egg-shaped Teenie Beanee gourmet jelly beans are one of President Reagan's favorites.
Just Born is also famous for their marshmallow Peeps and Bunnies.
In fact, they make more marshmallow candies than anyone else in the US.
Isn't that wonderful?
Listen, that information was submitted by Dr. and Mrs. William Fogleman of Bethlehem, and we thank them for it and thank them with a subscription to Pennsylvania Magazine.
Hey, let's meet a Pennsylvanian we can all be really, really proud of.
ANNOUNCER: Joni Phelps of Warren, Pennsylvania has been blind almost half her life.
She began losing her eyesight in high school and by age 30 relied on a guide dog.
In 1993, at the age of 54, she became the first blind woman ever to accomplish something.
Was it A, skydive from an airplane; B, swim across the English Channel; C, read, in braille, the complete writings of Bernie Asbell; or D, scale Mount McKinley?
LYNN CULLEN: OK. [chuckles] Bernie, you might have an unfair advantage on this one.
I don't know.
Did she?
I mean, all extraordinary feats, to be sure.
Skydive from an airplane, swim the English Channel, read the complete writings of Mr. Asbell, or scale Mount McKinley.
Bernie?
Well, it can't be C because I haven't read all the complete works of-- A, I remember something about a blind lady skydiving.
LYNN CULLEN: OK, you think she jumped out of an airplane.
God bless her.
BARBARA MARDER: She's my heroine.
I mean A.
It has to be.
LYNN CULLEN: You think so?
Yeah.
LYNN CULLEN: Jumped out of a plane.
Oh, yeah.
LYNN CULLEN: Elliot, what did she do?
Sounds good to me.
LYNN CULLEN: She jumped out of a plane?
Must have jumped out of a plane.
LYNN CULLEN: OK, we have unanimity of opinion on the part of our panel, but-- ELLIOT ABRAMS: We're probably all wrong.
LYNN CULLEN: --do we have the right answer?
There's the question.
ANNOUNCER: The answer is D, climb Mount McKinley.
On May 15, 1993, after a winter of working out with the trainer, lifting weights, and learning to tie knots, Joni Phelps and her twin sons set out on their 16-day adventure.
Roped to her sons for safety, the trio climbed to the 20,300 foot summit of Mount McKinley, the highest peak in North America.
Extraordinary woman.
She missed her step, misstepped at about 9,000 feet with a plunge, a 9,000 foot plunge under her, and then obviously regained her footing.
Wow.
And you guys thought you were living dangerously appearing on The Pennsylvania Game?
Whoo, let's get another question.
ANNOUNCER: Timothy J. Hughes of Williamsport, Pennsylvania is a former vice president of operations for Little League Baseball, Inc. and one of the country's leading actapublicurist.
Is he A, a procurer of public opinion; B, a newspaper collector; C, a medical writer; or D, an athletic supporter and publicist?
LYNN CULLEN: All right.
Let's keep those titters under control, honest to Pete.
An actapublicurist, surely you know what that is, a procurer of public opinion, a newspaper collector, a medical writer, or an athletic supporter.
Ha ha ha.
Barbara.
BARBARA MARDER: I picked D because I didn't know if I could say it with a straight face.
LYNN CULLEN: Well, you haven't said it yet.
I'm not going to.
LYNN CULLEN: Elliot.
I think this person might cure newspapers, and so it could be a medical writer or a newspaper collector.
LYNN CULLEN: You've picked B.
Yes.
LYNN CULLEN: And finally-- BERNIE ASBELL: That's what I did.
LYNN CULLEN: What?
I picked B. I mean, I just-- I couldn't see Patty Satalia choosing an answer like D. She's our producer, you know?
LYNN CULLEN: She is our producer.
You think it's a newspaper collector?
Yeah.
All right.
Well, we shall see.
ANNOUNCER: The answer is B, newspaper collector.
In 1989, Timothy Hughes threw in the towel at Little League Baseball, Incorporated and turned his hobby collecting newspapers into a full-time business.
In the basement of his climate-controlled home are literally thousands of rare and early newspapers with news of upheaval catastrophe and sensation.
Lincoln slain, the Titanic sunk, man on the moon.
The original newspapers sell for anywhere from a few dollars to several thousand dollars, depending on the paper's condition and content.
Hughes, who has customers from around the world, may be the country's largest dealer in old and historic newspapers.
LYNN CULLEN: OK, this is it.
Last chance on the Mystery Pennsylvanian.
Your final clue.
Listen up.
He is best known for his startling on-screen transformations.
He is best known for his startling on-screen transformations.
Sleep to recognition came in 1983 when he proved he had the right stuff.
Born in '52 in Pittsburgh.
Made his film debut at the age of 22 with Charles Bronson.
Oh, boy.
Oh, boy.
Me thinks they don't have the slightest idea.
That's true.
LYNN CULLEN: Well, we call him the mystery Pennsylvanian because he's a mystery to our panel.
Let's see what-- Bernie, you wrote something on the second shot.
I can't remember his first name, but the guy who starred in The Right Stuff was somebody Harris.
LYNN CULLEN: Harris-- And I chose him for question three because I chose him for question two.
And I figured I might as well stick with him.
Might as well stick with him.
Loyal sort you are.
And Barbara, you've got a big blank there.
BARBARA MARDER: A lesson in humiliation.
LYNN CULLEN: [chuckles] BERNIE ASBELL: [chuckles] LYNN CULLEN: Ellie, you can't write now.
Stop that right now.
You picked what?
A famous actor A famous actor.
And perhaps a-- is there a Christopher Reeve?
LYNN CULLEN: Christopher Reeve.
Yeah.
But that's not who it is.
LYNN CULLEN: Well, we'll find out.
Who knows?
Who knows?
I don't know if that's-- I don't know if he-- let's find out.
ANNOUNCER: Jeff Goldblum left his hometown of Pittsburgh to study acting at the highly regarded Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City.
Throughout the '70s, he worked both on and off Broadway and landed cameo roles in such films as Nashville and Annie Hall.
By 1983, he captured major roles in The Right Stuff and The Big Chill.
He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of a mad scientist turned Brundlefly in David Cronenberg's horrific thriller The Fly and more recently as a dinosaur-battling scientist in the box-office hit Jurassic Park.
Jeff Goldblum, a famous Pennsylvanian.
Absolutely.
Well, there it is, Jeff Goldblum.
And Barbara, you ran away with the show.
You won, and you won a gift basket from Just Born of Bethlehem, PA. Make yourself more marshmallow candies than anywhere else in the world.
You guys were wonderful.
BERNIE ASBELL: Are all those diapers?
I thank you for it.
Audience, you were fantastic, and I thank you as well for joining us.
Hope you'll join us again when we play The Pennsylvania Game.
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