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[TRANS] 120315 “Elisabeth”, Which Kim Junsu Is Actively Performing In, Tops Interpark’s Daily, Weekly, Monthly & Yearly Sales Charts
On 14 March, “Elisabeth” became a topic of discussion after it ranked 1st, in Interpark’s daily, weekly, monthly and yearly sales charts among 342 musicals.
The margin between the musical which ranked 2nd on the weekly charts with a sales figure of 4.7%, and “Elisabeth’s” 18.7%, proves “Elisabeth’s” exceptional popularity.
“Elisabeth’s” box-office boom is also unusual in the musical industry overall.
Although “Elisabeth” is being performed for the first time locally, it has been receiving much attention since a few years ago, for being the most anticipated production, catching the eyes and ears of audiences. After it opened, the response was explosive, and the seats were all sold out for consecutive days.
“Elisabeth” not only beat anticipated musicals such as “Notre Dame de Paris” and “Wicked”. It also surpassed “Doctor Zhivago”, which has received much interest as it features Jo Seung Woo, and French musical “Mozart Opera Rock”, to be ranked 1st on the sales charts.
Top actors and actresses including Kim Seon Young, Ok Joo Hyun, Ryu Jung Hwan, Song Chang Ui, Kim Junsu and Park Eun Tae showcase large-scale performances which encompass both perfect performances, and an ever-changing stage. Under the glamourous theme, the musical depicts the story of a true character, Queen “Elisabeth” from the Imperial House of Habsburg in Austria, and a fictional character, “Death”, who is in love with her beauty. The musical, which has both the elements of beautiful music as well as harmony, has been highly acclaimed worldwide for this reason.
Relevant personnel from Interpark expressed, “Not only were the presale figures very high, the response from the audience in the stands has also proven it to be the a top performance. Applause sounds after every scene, and the entire audience gives a standing ovation each time. This surprised even the members of the musical industry. Also, it has been a long time since a musical has had shows which sell out on both weekdays and weekends, irrespective of how the cast switches around.”
A member of the audience who watched the performance expressed, “It was large-scale, and with the actor’s and actresses’ good acting skills, coupled with their singing abilities, I think it was well-worth the money. It feels like I’ve been compensated for the high ticket price.” This member of the audience also said, “It is an interesting musical which is rare nowadays. I would recommend it to my friends, and I feel like watching it again and again,” expressing her satisfaction after watching the musical.
On another note, the musical “Elisabeth” will be holding performances at the Samsung Hall in Blue Square, Hannam-dong, till 13 May.
Source: [BaiduTVXQ + TV Report via Nate]
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[INFO] ‘Elisabeth’ OST will not include any recordings by Kim Junsu
Summarization of EMK’s notice about the release of “Elisabeth” OST
1. Musical “Elisabeth” OST was released by EMK. The OST includes:
- 3 CDs contained total 55 tracks of different versions of songs from the musical, which sung by Kim Sunyoung, Ock Joohyun, Ruy Junghan, Song Changeui, Choi Minchul, Park Euntae, Min Younggi, Jeon Dongsuk, Yoon Youngsuk, Kim Seungdae, Lee Junseo and Tang Junsang.
- 1 bonus DVD contained the making videos, interviews with the cast and music video
- A 112-page photobook of photos from ‘Elisabeth’ live performances
- 1 bonus DVD contained the making videos, interviews with the cast and music video
- A 112-page photobook of photos from ‘Elisabeth’ live performances
2. At the moment, actor Kim Junsu does not participate in this live performance OST. Because the negotiation with actor Kim Junsu’s agency has not yet finished, the production of actor Kim Junsu’s version OST is still unconfirmed. We will release another notice after receiving the answer from his agency.
3. The accurate information of the OST will be annouced on March 20. We sincerely apologize for the confusion caused by misleading information from the distributors and EMK musical community. From March 20, we wil start receiving orders of the OST at the theatre
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EMK’s low behaviour:
1. Excluded Xiahtod from the OST
2. Erased logo, background of photos taken by actor Kim Junsu’s fans and then sold them to Japanese fans.
3. Included activites that completely have no relations with Japanese fans who bought EMK tourist package, e.g. Japanese fans who came to see Xiahtod via EMK tourist pakage had to have dinner with actor Jeon Dongsuk.
4. When the “Elisabeth”‘s copyright manager went to Korea, EMK released notice saying taking photos and filming during the curtain calls were banned and they would take legal action upon fans who took photos. After the manager went back to Vienna, they took photos of the live performance then sold to Japanese fans.
5. On ‘musical day’ – EMK musical community, EMK only uploaded photos of other Tod and excluded actor Kim Junsu. They only uploaded his picture when fans started protesting.
6. EMK particularly gave discounts to students during the two weeks where actor Kim Junsu doesn’t have any performances due to his schedule in South America. They only gave discounts on the weekdays’ day show and charged full price on Wednesday night show and weekend show of actor Kim Junsu.
7. In the interview videos of the casts showed repeatedly in the lobby of ‘Blue Square – concert hall for ‘Elisabeth’, there is no actor Kim Junsu.
8. Organized a fansign event of all other actors, except actor Kim Junsu.
2. Erased logo, background of photos taken by actor Kim Junsu’s fans and then sold them to Japanese fans.
3. Included activites that completely have no relations with Japanese fans who bought EMK tourist package, e.g. Japanese fans who came to see Xiahtod via EMK tourist pakage had to have dinner with actor Jeon Dongsuk.
4. When the “Elisabeth”‘s copyright manager went to Korea, EMK released notice saying taking photos and filming during the curtain calls were banned and they would take legal action upon fans who took photos. After the manager went back to Vienna, they took photos of the live performance then sold to Japanese fans.
5. On ‘musical day’ – EMK musical community, EMK only uploaded photos of other Tod and excluded actor Kim Junsu. They only uploaded his picture when fans started protesting.
6. EMK particularly gave discounts to students during the two weeks where actor Kim Junsu doesn’t have any performances due to his schedule in South America. They only gave discounts on the weekdays’ day show and charged full price on Wednesday night show and weekend show of actor Kim Junsu.
7. In the interview videos of the casts showed repeatedly in the lobby of ‘Blue Square – concert hall for ‘Elisabeth’, there is no actor Kim Junsu.
8. Organized a fansign event of all other actors, except actor Kim Junsu.
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Even thought Junsu was excluded in the OST, EMK still put Junsu’s name first in the OST description
A fan called EMK and asked why there are no tracks of Junsu in this OST, EMK representative answered “Because this OST wasn’t for only Kim Junsu fans.”
From a Japanese fan’s blog: She bought the tourist package in order to watch the premiere of Elisabeth. While she was checking out at the hotel, a man approached her and asked whether she wanted to buy some photos. Those photos are Xiahtod’s photos taken during the live performance. She was surprised and asked about the copyright so he said these photos were only for regular customers. The price of one photo is 800yen.
DNBN Announce that Most Korean Fans of Junsu will BOYCOTT this OST.
[NEWS] “The Moon that Embraces the Sun” Finally Ends- All eyes on KBS and SBS: Which network will it be this time?
The era of “The Moon that Embraces the Sun,” which had given KBS and SBS dark/ominous times, is slowly fading away.
On March 14th, MBC’s 20 episode Wed-Thurs drama, “The Moon that Embraces the Sun,” finally reached its end.
[Omitted parts not related to Micky Yoochun and the drama “Rooftop Prince”]
Because of the recent circumstances (MBC’s success), SBS’s Wed-Thurs drama “Rooftop Prince’s” PR department is promoting “Rooftop Prince” more than ever [to try to combat MBC]. Because of the main actors, JYJ’s Park Yoochun and actress Han Ji Min, there is already hot anticipation from fans. Word of mouth from the network is that the script is good and because the Joseon King’s fantasty-romance piece is similar to “The Moon that Embraces the Sun,” the plan/hope is that viewers of “The Moon that Embraces the Sun” would transfer their attention to “Rooftop Prince.”
Participating alongside “Rooftop Prince” is MBC’s drama “King 2 Hearts,” which, because of the lineup of “invincible” actress Ha Ji Won, will be slightly tough for “Rooftop Prince” (to receive top viewer ratings). However, because there is such high appraisal of the script for “Rooftop Prince,” there are high expectations from within the network. Because “Rooftop Prince” is similar to “The Moon that Embraces the Sun,” it’s forecasted that it will not be “trampled over” by “King 2 Hearts.”
SBS’s “Rooftop Prince” and MBC’s “King 2 Hearts” will both air their first episodes on March 21st.
[NEWS] 120316 JYJ Jaejoong Receiving IV Treatments for Exhaustion
On March 16, JYJ’s Park Yoo Chun and actor Park Yoo Hwan laid their father to rest at the Seoul Memorial Park. The funeral ceremony took place at the Sungmo Hospital in Seoul, and fellow JYJ and C-Jes Entertainment members stayed by the brothers’ side throughout the ordeal. However, many noticed that Jaejoong was nowhere to be seen.
It’s been revealed that Jaejoong was unable to attend because he had collapsed in exhaustion. For the past three days, he could not stop his tears as he helplessly stood by Yoo Chun and his family. A representative stated, “Jaejoong has been crying nonstop since he arrived in Korea following the tour in South America. He showed signs of exhaustion, so we sent him home. He’s currently in a state where he’s not able to do anything, and he’s receiving IV treatments. He’ll need some time to rest and recover.”
[TRANS] 120316 JYJ’s Yoochun and Park Yoohwan lay their father to rest
On the morning of March 16th, brothers JYJ‘s Yoochun and Park Yoohwan buried their father to rest after holding a funeral ceremony at the Seoul Sungmo Hospital.
Their father had passed away on the 14th. Although Park Yoohwan was able to be by his side during his last moments, Yoochun had been away, and was unable to make it while on his way back. Upon hearing the unfortunate news, Yoochun had rushed to the hospital in tears.
Since March 14, JYJ’s Kim Jaejoong and Kim Junsu, Song Ji Hyo, and other individuals from C-JeS Entertainment stayed during the funeral proceedings.
Celebrities such as Han Ji Min, Alex, Kara’s Nicole, JUNO, Oh Seung Hyun, Jo Sang Ki, No Min Woo, Hong Seok Chun, Jung Seok Won, Kwak Yong Hwan, Jin Hyuk, Lee Tae Sung, Hong Kyung Min, Song Joong Ki, Yoo Ah In, Jun Tae Soo, Choi Myung Gil, Song Ok Suk, Lee Ki Kwang, Kim Hyun Joong and Kim Seung Woo paid their respects.
The funeral was conducted with Buddhist rites and he was laid to rest at the Seoul Memorial Park.
May he rest in peace.
TOP STAR NEWS Writes About JYJ (The Light & Shadow Surrounding JYJ)
As we know, JYJ has been facing a lot of difficulties especially being unable to perform in their own country due to some controversial issues. The group’s strong determination to continue their career as singers has received much attention from the media. They have been holding their world tours and traveling around the world for their concerts since that is the only way for them to perform on the stage and to promote their albums. Korean Media, TOP STAR NEWS recently reported and shared their thoughts regarding JYJ’s situation in Korea and also discussed about their growing popularity in the worldwide despite the controversial issues with their previous agency.
Check out the article written by TOP STAR NEWS reporter, Park Ji Hyuk and the original article with pictures here
The group JYJ put a period on their one year-long World Tour after visiting Chile and Peru. They held the World Tour, which is true to the name, by visiting 15 countries beginning with Thailand in last April, to Asia, North America, Europe and South America, and by mobilizing around 210 thousand people. JYJ was the ‘first’ singers who ‘exclusively’ succeeded to make a journey that even supposedly, internationally famous singers, commonly called as K-pop singers, have not made.
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| Group JYJ, photo = C-JES Entertainment |
About 1~2 years ago, the television and newspapers rapidly started to use the words related to ‘K-pop fever.’ The public heard and saw these kinds of words especially after SMTOWN Live in Paris. It was still insufficient because it was their first time; however, one must pay attention that JYJ did not perform as part of some production company’s joint concert but held their exclusive concerts filled with ‘only JYJ’s songs.’
Recently in Japan, majority of idol groups went to Japan through Korean wave by KARA, Girl’s Generation and others. Naturally, there are more joint concerts by Korean singers. Some concerts, however, only used the value of ‘K-pop’ and singer who are not popular in either Korea or Japan while requesting high prices for tickets, 7000Yen~9000Yen. Of course, they were empty. Seeing those sights through SNS was even ashamed to be called as ‘Hallyu.’ JYJ did not get on the bandwagon; however, they became the first Korean group to perform in North America, Spain and Germany and South America only using their own music and name. After their South America Tour was confirmed, there was a demonstration to hold JYJ’s concert in Mexico.
But in reality, we cannot see JYJ and their performances in their country and places they should be mainly active: Korea and Japan. This is because their ex-company SM Entertainment and Japanese AVEX are implicitly (although it is too obvious) interrupting their activities. During a recent fan meeting, JYJ members stated “although we want to hold a concert right now, there are too many restrictions from renting the place, employing staffs, and etc. to hold concert in Korea.” In addition, they had many incidents and delays with releasing their albums because there was no distribution company, which readily accepted them.
Furthermore, JYJ had to run the concert by hiding the place of concert venue and only announcing to the audience who would attend the concert like a ‘007 mission’ because another Japanese concert venue suddenly notified the cancelation of rental. For example, the ‘JYJ Unforgettable Live Concert’ in Japan last fall had many twists and turns even during the preparation. Many incidents like the website of ticket sale being hacked, and the sudden cancelation by the bus Rental Company and etc. had occurred and some people even doubted if AVEX was interfering. (After the concert, there had been many postscripts that they lobbied mayor and government officials of Ibaraki, and police and threatened the companies of sound equipment and concert equipment.) As they realized it is extremely difficult to hold concerts in Korea and Japan, the used-to-be main places, JYJ turned toward the places others did not even look at.
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| JYJ performing at Ibaraki, photo = C-JES Entertainment |
All the concert venues were and the tour was held with AEG live, an international promotion company, and was mainly sponsored by Samsung. After I received this news, I thought these were really different from the concerts in Korea and Japan because no large company readily sponsors for concerts in these countries. JYJ who gained confidence through concerts in North America, held concerts in Korea in June. But the locations were not in Seoul but in Busan and Gwangju.
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| JYJ having tour in North America. photo = C-JES Entertainment |
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| JYJ at Busan concert, photo = C-JES Entertainment |
JYJ did not begin with large concert with tens of thousands people but started with small concerts. They held the first exclusive concerts in Spain and Germany with around 3,000 seats for each concert. These concerts might have been small stages to JYJ who had even performed on the stage of Tokyo Dome with around 50,000 people. However, these small stages were special to JYJ right now. While JYJ was performing in Europe, there was a controversy that the concert venues of JYJ were empty in Korea. However, those pictures were either taken before the concert or after the concert when most of the audience has left. Anyways, JYJ, who successfully held the first exclusive concerts in Spain and Germany among Korean idols, came back to Korea and prepared for individual activity like musical and drama.
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| poster of JYJ’s concert in Europe, photo = C-JES Entertainment |
This matter popped up right after they left to South America. Although the majority of the media reported as saseng fans about the controversy with as large battering as the name value of JYJ, what sasengs did to JYJ members unbelievable and they should rather be called as ‘criminals’ instead of ‘fans.’ Hitting members and taking picture of a member sleeping in a man-only sauna were basics. They even purposely caused car accidents. The pus, which has been festered in the fandom since their debut until now, just erupted. JYJ’s fandom even created a word ‘sasengbum’ (compound word of ‘saseng’ and ‘criminal’/ ‘saseng criminal’) and informed to use ‘saseng criminal’ instead of using ‘saseng fan’ and the brutality of ‘saseng criminals’ through SNS and blogs and other places.
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| a picture reported by JYJ fans showing damage done by saseng: The picture was taken in a man-only sauna and a saseng posted on the blog about the behind story that she asked the taxi driver to take the picture |
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| a picture reported by JYJ fans showing damage done by saseng: The captures above are from JYJ’s private DVD, which were shoot secretly according to fans. The capture below is about the story of personal experience with saseng by Jisung who acted together with Kim Jaejoong on “Protect the Boss.” |
Because Jisung mentioned Kim Jaejoong during his birthday party, we expected a warm story. But, he said saseng taxis blocked Kim Jaejoong’s car including cars of Jisung and those of other staffs. They requested to open the way. Those taxis opened the road to let other cars pass and blocked the road again in front of Kim Jaejoong’s car.
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| a picture reported by JYJ fans showing damage done by saseng: The picture was taken by saseng at the funeral of the late Park Yongha |
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| a picture reported by JYJ fans showing damage done by saseng: Captures from CCTV installed by saseng at the parking lot of Park Yoochun |
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| a picture reported by JYJ fans showing damage done by saseng: Saseng took pictures from a hotel across the house of Park Yoochun |
The media, which first reported, probably wanted to bury the success of JYJ from South America by deteriorating the image of JYJ; however, the majority of the media presses gave prominent coverage on the problem of ‘saseng’ instead of reporting it was JYJ’s fault. A press media even used ‘sasengbum’ (saseng criminal).
JYJ members, who arrived at Peru after twists and turns, entered the press conference hall with heavy expressions instead of excited expression with anticipation for the concerts, and talked about the controversy of ‘saseng’ in Korea after talking about their concerts. Members expressed as ‘living in a prison without bars’ about actions done by sasengs. JYJ members said “Although we tried to avoid and get away from sasengs, we were stuck in the place and received more tremendous mental stresses. In the beginning, we tried to endure as a celebrity because we receive love from fans. These repeated incidents by some saseng fans caused our daily lives to collapse down. These torments are inexpressible.” They lowered their heads with an apology “We would like to apologize for our wrongful actions in the past.” The press conference, which JYJ should have expressed their expectations and aspirations about concerts in South America that they have never visited in their lives, became the place to explain and apologize for the controversy in Korea.
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| JYJ’s concert in South America, photo = C-JES Entertainment |
JYJ successfully finished the concerts in Chile and Peru under this controversy and criticisms. They gathered around 9,000 people with concerts in Peru and Chile. Especially in Peru, the airport helped JYJ to leave through V.I.P gateway because so many fans came to see JYJ at the airport. Local terrestrial televisions aired special broadcasts, which JYJ cannot even dream about in Korea, and even Reuter and CNN Chile gave prominent coverage. JYJ did their best in concerts in South America by even singing ‘Intoxication,’ Kim Junsu’s solo single released in Japan.
As the result, local fans went extremely excited and many fans fainted during the concert. Some fans even asked reporters who went to cover the concert in Peru, and to fans in South America, meeting JYJ and their party was ‘the event of a lifetime.’ Their first World Tour came to an end leaving many stories.
Finishing this World Tour, the director Baek Changjoo from C-JES Entertainment, the agency of JYJ, stated “Because it is JYJ, they could have done World Tour. They are really popular that they can hold an exclusive concert in any country around the world. We gained confidence and know-how. This is the reason why we are expecting the tour next year.”
Korean presses reported their successes using phrases like ‘K-pop fever’ and tried to get ‘K-pop’ on the JYJ’s bandwagon. They should, however, regard it as meaningful that JYJ’s World Tour has been done using only ‘JYJ’s music’ unlike ‘joint concerts with music programs’ held in many places around the world. The World Tour was the outcome of ‘JYJ-pop’ instead of ‘K-pop’ as many fans describe.
However, Korean broadcasting industries are still frigid to JYJ who was the first Korean artists to complete the World Tour. Even their names cannot be mentioned due to the pressure of large production company. This is the reality of JYJ, who is like ‘Voldemort’ from ‘Harry Potter.’ It has been over a year since the court has granted an injunction allowing JYJ to freely take part in the entertainment business. JYJ, however, only appeared as singers in the celebration stages for the Drama Award and IAAF World Championships in Daegu, which were not directed by entertainment department.
Although JYJ are extremely popular that they are even treated as state guests in other countries, they are more recognized with their individual activity as actors or musical actor than as singers in Korea. It is very unfortunate that they cannot freely release albums or dream to appear in music programs although they are extremely popular singer group JYJ. Although one does not know how long the lawsuit against the ex-company SM Entertainment will take, one hopes the day when they can freely sing on television will arrive soon.
source: 14March2012 Top Star News + gokpop
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[TRANS] 120314 JYJ & The Feverish Night of Kpop Phenomenon in Lima
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[NEWS] 120314 Park Yoochun’s Rooftop Prince Shooting Adjusted As Father Passed Away
The father of JYJ’s Micky has passed away on the morning of March 14th, 2012 due to illness. But because “Park Yoochun is on the way back to South Korea after the end of the JYJ’s World Tour Concerts at South America’s Chile and Peru, he didn’t know the news of the death of his father immediately”.
Park Yoochun arrived at Incheon International Airport on the afternoon of March 14th, 2012 together with Kim Jaejoong and Kim Junsu.
The younger brother of Park Yoochun, Park Yoohwan received the bad news when filming the TV Series The Strongest KPOP Survival, and the shooting was canceled. As because of the death of his father, the shooting of Micky Yoochun in SBS TV Series Rooftop Prince becomes difficult at least temporarily.
However, as many scenes of Park Yoochun has been shot before the start of South America World Tour, thus the episode 1 and 2 have been completed and doesn’t affect the debut of the drama. However, the schedule of shooting for the drama will inevitable have to adjusted, according official related to SBS.
[DONATION] Wreath for Yoochun’s father
Hello,
As many of you may have learned already, we received the sad news that Yoochun’s father passed away.
All our prayers and thoughts go to his family, and we hope that they will stay strong in such a difficult situation.
We would like to send flowers to his father funeral to express our condolences to Yoochun, Yoohwan and their family.
We believe that the love from JYJ’s fans will also help him and his family to go through this painful moment of their life.
This flower will be sent in name of ”JYJ family” (or JYJ international fans).
Paypal account: secretgirl91000@gmail.com
Donate with you name, country and mention that it is for the “Flower wreath for YC’s father.”
Deadline: March, 15th
Here is the list of people who donated – if you want to add information you didn’t put in the paypal donation (like your country) let us know.
If you donated and your name doesn’t appear here – let us know as well (we will update this regularly).
If you donated and your name doesn’t appear here – let us know as well (we will update this regularly).
Thank you
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Dear all,
We are deeply saddened by the news of the passing of Yuchun and Yuhwan’s father.
Our prayers and thoughts are with him and Yuchun’s family.
We, 6002Sky, will be sending our condolences through a special chrysanthemum flower wreath to his family under the name of Park Yuchun and JYJ International Fans. Should you want to contribute, please send us details of your plans by Thursday March 15, 3PM KST via 6002sky@gmail.com so that we can help co-ordinate.
And as our show of love and respect to Yuchun and Yuhwan, most of the Chunsas will change their twitter display profile (DP) to a white chrysanthemum for three days.
We leave you with a poem that a fellow Chunsa has so kindly shared :
I am not gone
I remain beside you
Just look in a different form
Look for me in your heart
And there you will find me
in our love which forever lives on
In those moments when you feel alone
Look for me in your thoughts
And there you will find me
in sweet memories that burn strong
Every time a tear
Forms in your beautiful eyes
Look up to heavens
And there you will see me
Smiling down from God’s glorious skies
To Park Yuchun and Park Yuhwan, our thoughts and love are with you
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