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 Sammy Agar
Registered: 05/11/10
Posts: 524
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Wow. Just came across this today and decided to read it.  Who would have guessed that some entity would be on here trying to get a psychological profile of the people who trade ideas here. 
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 mogshroom
Stranger
Registered: 05/29/10
Posts: 28
Last seen: 25 days, 12 hours
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You are free to frame your response in any format which makes sense to you, but if you are stumped, here are some questions to answer:
1. What was your upbringing? Did your family have money? Were they religious? Did they discuss philosophy and/or spirituality with you?
I grew up very poor, and very anti-religious. My dad actually said I could join any cult I liked but was never to come home a Christian. We had lots of discussions about how we viewed things and ideas, and my mum's side of the family was very into the occult.
2. How was your educational experience? Did you enjoy school? Were you academically-oriented, or disinterested? How much of your education has found application in your daily life?
Technically I am a high school drop out with only a year 8 education! I was always really really smart and really bored with school - I found if I wagged a lot it would be slightly more interesting when I went back trying to catch up on bug chunks I had missed. So officially I flunked year 9 and 10 for lack of attendance, though they put me forward to the next grade anyhow. I finally fully dropped out without attempting VCE. Later I attended Uni as a mature age student but again had problems with my attendance due to boredom and never finished my degree. I have made several abortive attempts to gains some formal qualifications but I always get too bored and stop going. I find that frustrating. I do a lot of reading and that is mostly what I use in my day to day life - the things I have learned myself through reading and documentaries.
3. What career interests you? Are you working in this career now? Do you feel satisfied in your work, or is it mainly a paycheck job? What work would you do if you did not have to earn money?
After a number of years drifting aimlessly I am now really happy working in the not-for-profit sector in the field of social justice. It's definitely a paycheck job but I enjoy it and feel good about what I am doing. I doubt I would work at all if I didn't need money!
4. Has your philosophy/spirituality changed much over the years? Have you had epiphanies or rude awakenings which led you to reconsider your beliefs/values? At what age did you first become interested in philosophy/spirituality?
I have had several extremely profound religious experiences (unassociated with drugs) and developed my own religion when I was a child, and stuck with that for many years. These days I have a more Humanist point of view and have lost my previously Pagan leanings.
5. What are your core values? How are these values expressed in your daily life? Do you feel that your values are similar or dissimilar to those of the majority?
Entertainment - I can't stand being bored and have a really high value on being entertained, my friends are all incredibly entertaining people whatever else their charms may be.
Taking care of the ones I love - I am one of those people who express affection through loads of service and solicitude.
Security - I a tend to feel insecure and pay a lot of attention to getting and keeping my life as secure as I can.
Domesticity - I am a total home body and love just pottering about being domestic, cooking and cleaning etc.
Nature - LOVE being out in nature, plants and critters - it really helps to relax me.
I don't think my values are particularly remarkable.
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ReefeRnShroomS
ReefeRnShroomS
Registered: 04/23/03
Posts: 221
Loc: New Yawk, USA.
Last seen: 6 days, 4 hours
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Hi, and now the pigeon done died and im the pigeon please put it bak now G body and reefernshrooms and bball hip hop 33 dmk25 puffyjiggy25 puffyjiggy4eva and babytiga are all the same person and is chinese. this guy is chinese i sew u not.
i brought the super nintendo to skool the kardboard one and i lost my teddybear in bushwick. i rather not type the next one due to the fact of too many faggots on the internet becuz of that. but it not might not be close to that.
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Joan
Cookie Monster
Registered: 05/31/10
Posts: 272
Loc: Hell, obviously.....
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Hmmmmmm.......faggots on the internet.....interesting....
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deCypher
Registered: 02/10/08
Posts: 52,515
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ReefeRnShroomS said:
Hi, and now the pigeon done died and im the pigeon please put it bak now G body and reefernshrooms and bball hip hop 33 dmk25 puffyjiggy25 puffyjiggy4eva and babytiga are all the same person and is chinese. this guy is chinese i sew u not.
i brought the super nintendo to skool the kardboard one and i lost my teddybear in bushwick. i rather not type the next one due to the fact of too many faggots on the internet becuz of that. but it not might not be close to that.
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ReefeRnShroomS
ReefeRnShroomS
Registered: 04/23/03
Posts: 221
Loc: New Yawk, USA.
Last seen: 6 days, 4 hours
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 Re: Who Are You? [Re: Veritas] 1
#12684858 - 06/04/10 11:46 AM (1 year, 11 months ago) |
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STFU who dong days why the fuk would i smoke wax in the bathroom for duh duh duh do you get that when i smoke a ciggarette eat food and do drugs that the girls don't look at it, yes this is true. you just did that to my buspar too you stupid fuk this is the final word of the day im talking about drugs on my cigarette you wont put it there, OH YOU WANT TO ACTIVATE IT? STFU stupid
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ReefeRnShroomS
ReefeRnShroomS
Registered: 04/23/03
Posts: 221
Loc: New Yawk, USA.
Last seen: 6 days, 4 hours
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oh yeah and the cue ball thing, STFU. you only did the cue ball thing to one person you stupid, it's me 11 brook street.
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ReefeRnShroomS
ReefeRnShroomS
Registered: 04/23/03
Posts: 221
Loc: New Yawk, USA.
Last seen: 6 days, 4 hours
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i use to live in new york now i live in massachusetts do you get the picture? and when i lived in new york and all those places my mom and sister didn't even look at it and now they're claiming i lived 20 some odd years in massachusetts, STFU
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ReefeRnShroomS
ReefeRnShroomS
Registered: 04/23/03
Posts: 221
Loc: New Yawk, USA.
Last seen: 6 days, 4 hours
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I DID NOT TEACH THAT I SAID SO PUT IT BACK YOU FUKIN FAGGOT
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ReefeRnShroomS
ReefeRnShroomS
Registered: 04/23/03
Posts: 221
Loc: New Yawk, USA.
Last seen: 6 days, 4 hours
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now this avatar bitch on cyph3r thinks that's showing off, you know what i say to that OH WOW WHO CARES, that's not showing off you stupid bitch you don't know shit, when you became the illuminati right? you didn't make it correctly. DUH!
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deCypher
Registered: 02/10/08
Posts: 52,515
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EL OH EL
Your posts are amazing, man. You are a modern day prophet.
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We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
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BluePixieWaves
Counting the Waves
Registered: 12/19/09
Posts: 1,646
Loc: Nowhere...Everywhere 
Last seen: 34 minutes, 3 seconds
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Re: Who Are You? [Re: deCypher]
#12710713 - 06/08/10 04:38 PM (1 year, 11 months ago) |
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I've met God across his long walnut desk with his diplomas hanging on the wall behind him, and God asks me, "Why?" Why did I cause so much pain? Didn't I realize that each of us is a sacred, unique snowflake of special unique specialness? Can't I see how we're all manifestations of love? I look at God behind his desk, taking notes on a pad, but God's got this all wrong. We are not special. We are not crap or trash, either. We just are. We just are, and what happens just happens. And God says, "No, that's not right." Yeah. Well. Whatever. You can't teach God anything.
~Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club, Chapter 30
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 Freedom
Will swim for food
Registered: 05/26/05
Posts: 4,494
Last seen: 6 minutes, 47 seconds
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Do you feel blame? Are you mad? Uh, do you feel like wolf kabob Roth vantage? Gefrannis booj pooch boo jujube; bear-ramage. Jigiji geeji geeja geeble Google. Begep flagaggle vaggle veditch-waggle bagga?
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BluePixieWaves
Counting the Waves
Registered: 12/19/09
Posts: 1,646
Loc: Nowhere...Everywhere
Last seen: 34 minutes, 3 seconds
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Re: Who Are You? [Re: Freedom]
#12710792 - 06/08/10 04:52 PM (1 year, 11 months ago) |
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Indeed...
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I've met God across his long walnut desk with his diplomas hanging on the wall behind him, and God asks me, "Why?" Why did I cause so much pain? Didn't I realize that each of us is a sacred, unique snowflake of special unique specialness? Can't I see how we're all manifestations of love? I look at God behind his desk, taking notes on a pad, but God's got this all wrong. We are not special. We are not crap or trash, either. We just are. We just are, and what happens just happens. And God says, "No, that's not right." Yeah. Well. Whatever. You can't teach God anything.
~Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club, Chapter 30
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lucydforme
Lord Of The Socks
Registered: 01/22/09
Posts: 237
Loc: East Coast
Last seen: 8 days, 6 hours
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Re: Who Are You? [Re: Veritas]
#12909098 - 07/16/10 07:15 PM (1 year, 10 months ago) |
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1. I was born, adopted, and raised in an upper middle class family in the suburbs of New Jersey. My family has some wealth as we vacation every year, but we tend to conserve our cash as well. Both of my parents are roman catholics, my father served as an altar boy for his local parish while he was young, and my mom continues to regularly visit church every weekend. My parents were never big on allowing the ideals of anything other than Catholicism into my house, which led me to have a very secluded view on my religion/spirituality until i took a philosophy course in high school.
2. My school career is still in progress, and to this date I'd say it has gone fairly well. I enjoy the daily scheduling/routine, but mostly i enjoy the social interaction with others that schooling brings. As far as academics go, I would say that I have been disinterested, because the curriculum seems to be lacking challenge. A fine example of this was my sophomore year of high school, in which I failed the first 2 marking periods (intentionally), then proceeded to get A's for my midterm, final, and two other markings periods, ending my semester with a B+. As for every day life, school has helped in very subtle ways. I may know something from school, but be unaware of where I learned it. I'd say the most applied thing from school would be my Language classes.
3. I'm currently working toward my career of being a pharmacologist, with getting a Ph.D in Chemistry and either Biology or Psychology. Sadly, I have not been able to find a job locally that would enable me to practice my chemistry, but i just have to keep looking. Also, being unemployed blows. As for what I would be if money was never an issue, I would most likely stick with chemistry, psychology, or join the peace corps, all of which I would hopefully be able to help people in.
4. My general philosophy on life has changed greatly over the years. It began with a change in my religious views after my first philosophy class. From that point on, I have constantly reevaluated my ideals to what they are today, and what they can possibly be in the future. I happened to have multiple epiphanies while under the effects of psychedelics, in that I tend to enjoy simplifying things beyond what a normal person would. My first major one was with salvia in that I realized on my scale of exactly how insignificant my life is towards the greater picture of the universe. I first became interested in philosophy during my senior year of high school, in which I took a philosophy elective class, the class has led me to this point today, and I'm very happy that I became interested when I did.
5. My main value is happiness, I believe everyone should be happy, not in the sense of emotion, but in the sense of being. I am happy because I exist. On a daily basis I attempt to please others, so that they will become happy, I currently am attempting to create said happiness to my mother, who believes happiness comes from money. My values are complete opposite of society, in that I care nothing for money, fame, or power. I would consider being a happy, broke, peasant a better life than that of any thing else.
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Funny story, this whole "world" that we know everything about, well, that's all good and well, but we know nothing about the rest of that vast everything we call the universe.
Everything I say is heresay. All fiction for a fictional character.
Rule yourself, let no one else rule you. Down with government, and up with responsibility.
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JustinTime
Strangerer
Registered: 03/29/09
Posts: 244
Loc: Germany
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All the girls call me donkey dick.
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DizzzEAN
Stranger
Registered: 07/20/10
Posts: 2
Last seen: 1 year, 7 months
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Im from Ottawa Ontario. My family was kinda catholic and I went to a catholic school. After a few years in this catholic school I became a very serious catholic, more serious than my family. I was always the "smart" kid in school, spelling bees and reach ahead programs all that crap. Once I got to the age of 12 though I started rejecting my faith, slowly because I was what you might call a god fearing catholic. Felt alot of guilt and shame all those nice catholic feelings. By the time my senior year rolled around I was a pot-smoking philosophical calm person.
I'm most interested by the mind and dreams. I like to think we can shape our own destinies with our thoughts, you know the whole "The Secret" business. One thing that probably really fucked me up on this thoughts become reality way of thinking was in grade 10. I pushed carts at a grocery store and I remember for a week I kept visualizing money all shift every shift (It was a terribly slack job with no social interaction so all I did was think) and one day I found a bag with 3000$ cash in bills and rolled up coins. Eventually I realized I was being too materialistic, and this materialism sent me into a pretty deep depression.
I think I've had alooot of epiphanies, which is one of my problems I'm always searching for an epiphany some event that will reveal some secret knowledge that will change my life and send me into a world of endless happiness and abundance. Maybe Im bipolar or some shit who knows. For a year of my life I thought I was the next Jesus (privately not publicly) and one day I would save the world from chaos and its sea of troubles.
This is however one of my favourite epiphanies. It was the summer after grade 10 and I was at my cottage stoned pondering about life when suddenly I realized that trees must be the happiest of all life forms. All they do is grow and jizz (or reproduce whatever you want to call it) they accept everything and anything and they re beautiful, the lungs of the earth. They don't have the ability to cause harm. They are a natural shelter to tons of organisms. They do so much good and yet they don't really do anything at all. Got me thinking maybe the less we try and solve problems the more they will get solved and the more efficient and useful we will become. Another interesting fact A tree is in constant growth yet the growth is never visible or noticeable in the present moment. If we could all be as trees, extracting nutrients and other needed physical things from the earth subconsciously and without having to exert any physical effort we could support our consciousness and have ample time to develop our mind patiently and without frustration.WE WOULD BE SO FUCKING SMART.
Fuck I just rambled so hard but theres no way I'mnot posting this now that Ive been typing for like 20 mins
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Fluxburn
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Registered: 10/22/04
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Loc: Oakland, CA, USA
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Re: Who Are You? [Re: DizzzEAN]
#12935046 - 07/22/10 10:37 AM (1 year, 10 months ago) |
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Who are you? Deep down you know precisely who you are. Whoever your hero's are influenced you to be like them. Then you have your more dominate personality traits. But who you really are is what you want in life. Your actions determine your direct reality.
Whatever you really want, is who you are. I want to be free from all that controls me negatively, so I can be happy. I suggest you take a stand against your own mind, and all the negative thoughts that are inside your mind; psychological warfare.
It's almost funny, but if you think about it so much of life is negative. Watch TV; the news is so negative. Read a news article about how most shampoo's don't have vitamins that reach your hair so you buy X brand that does. Or even better yet read a news article on the stock market about being rich buying X stocks that are going hit a downturn in the next few days which are overvalued. The world is full of people trying to bring you down, to make you suffer, make you pay. Take responsibility for your actions, control your mind, be analytical of everything you see, hear and take in.
The war is a daily battle. So many horrible people in this world. Only so many good people. Do me a favor and instead of bringing people down with negative emotions, do something to help someone. You will find that by helping someone, you received help as a direct result of that action. You can change you life into a positive reality where you can be free from negative emotions and be happy. Perhaps someday, we can cure evil once and for all.
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Freedom
Will swim for food
Registered: 05/26/05
Posts: 4,494
Last seen: 6 minutes, 47 seconds
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Re: Who Are You? [Re: Veritas]
#12935220 - 07/22/10 11:14 AM (1 year, 10 months ago) |
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Alright, I've been here long enough to fill this thing out.
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1. What was your upbringing? Did your family have money? Were they religious? Did they discuss philosophy and/or spirituality with you?
I was abandoned in the forest by my parents, where I was 'fortunate' enough to be raised by Ents. Just because you've watched a couple of hobbit movies doesn't mean you know shit about Ents. Not only was there no money, I was forced to believe in this 'spirit of the forest' crap, and I was always made fun of for not being a tree.
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2. How was your educational experience? Did you enjoy school? Were you academically-oriented, or disinterested? How much of your education has found application in your daily life?
School was a joke. Ents are dumb.
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3. What career interests you? Are you working in this career now? Do you feel satisfied in your work, or is it mainly a paycheck job? What work would you do if you did not have to earn money?
I work in a wood fired steam locomotive, splitting wood and putting it in the fire. Take that Treebeard!
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4. Has your philosophy/spirituality changed much over the years? Have you had epiphanies or rude awakenings which led you to reconsider your beliefs/values? At what age did you first become interested in philosophy/spirituality?
I've always known its a bunch of shit, but at the same time been irrationally optimistic.
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5. What are your core values? How are these values expressed in your daily life? Do you feel that your values are similar or dissimilar to those of the majority?
See number 4.
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XDS
alive at dawn
Registered: 07/10/10
Posts: 446
Last seen: 9 months, 29 days
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Re: Who Are You? [Re: Veritas]
#12944592 - 07/24/10 07:52 AM (1 year, 10 months ago) |
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It is really interesting reading people's replies to this survey.
Here are my answers:
1. What was your upbringing? Did your family have money? Were they religious? Did they discuss philosophy and/or spirituality with you?
My family is jewish, my parents are religious but I am not at all. The only sign left of it is that i had half my dick chopped off...
My parents aren't educated to a high level but worked hard to make sure that my brother and I were. They didn't discuss philosophy or spirituality with us much though we both had a religious upbringing.
2. How was your educational experience? Did you enjoy school? Were you academically-oriented, or disinterested? How much of your education has found application in your daily life?
I was sent to a boarding school in England and then went to Oxford. I was very successful in class and was kind of fast tracked, with special classes in Philosophy from the age of 17. I was introduced to philosophy by a teacher when I was around 12 and he used to get us to write down our thoughts on different metaphysical and ethical issues. I studied Mill at school then at university studied a wide range of philosophy, Pre-Socratics, Plato, Descartes, Hume, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche. My studies haven't been directly applicable to working life but I have moved up the pay scale fast.
3. What career interests you? Are you working in this career now? Do you feel satisfied in your work, or is it mainly a paycheck job? What work would you do if you did not have to earn money?
I am not interested in a career at all. I got kicked out of my first university for taking drugs and not doing my work so I had to go back again. It was half intentional because I really never wanted to just move into some career that takes over your life. I currently work for an internet retailer, the work can be challenging but overall it isn't something you would get excited about. I hope to write for a living eventually and work on that a lot in my spare time.
4. Has your philosophy/spirituality changed much over the years? Have you had epiphanies or rude awakenings which led you to reconsider your beliefs/values? At what age did you first become interested in philosophy/spirituality?
I was educated to have a very rationalist/scientific outlook on life and this remains, but taking psychedelics noticeably altered my outlook, made it wider. A girl I met at uni and lived with for 8 years studied anthropology and is currently doing a phd. She introduced me to a lot of books on small scale societies in the Amazon, Papua New Guinea and Africa with their completely non-rationalistic, magical cultures.
5. What are your core values? How are these values expressed in your daily life? Do you feel that your values are similar or dissimilar to those of the majority?
My core values...Ethically, I feel that people should take responsibility for their actions as I feel everyone has the ability to creatively shape their lives. I am british and confirm to the stereotype of generally being polite, though I see this pervading into my ethical standpoint. I don't feel a huge responsibility for the lives of others but I will never actively attempt to cause anyone harm.
On a social basis, I believe in large government making sure that all sections of society have access to the benefits of that society and to prevent the accumulation of too much wealth into the hands of a few.
I believe that government should have no right to legislate on how people lead their lives as long as their actions can bring no harm to others. Therefore, I believe that all drugs should be legalised and their production monitored and checked for safety much as with alcohol. I guess this is self serving but it is stupid that I can get in trouble with the state as a grown man for doing what I enjoy and find fulfilling.
I guess I don't have a strong set of core values other than the desire to find interest in the world, to understand it and the subtle harmonies that exist even in the most mundane events.
Edited by XDS (07/24/10 08:09 AM)
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