PCA Dana Point Concours on June 14, 2015, anyone going? Options

[sda4property@gmail.com]

Great Event to all who attended.
Certainly wish I had my Bee done however,
I was very happy to meet all the 914 crew,
And finally put all the email tags to names.

Hope to see you all in Red Rock.
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[Larmo63]

This was a real attention getter…..

[colingreene]

Best 914 ever

[Tom_T]

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif) .... Thanx to all your Teeners who turned out!

I tried to get around to all of you before I had to start judging at 9:45 or afterwards, but my alarm failed to go off & I was there just in time for the 8:45 judges meeting. No - I can't blame the wife this time. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)

It was great to see some of you again & meet new ones for the first time in person, to put faces to the screen names as others have said above.

Apologies to Steve's daughter, as this is the first year since I've done it in 2009 that the Porsche Tractor & trailer was not there to give the kiddies rides! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

Again as with our great turn-out in Temecula - I got a lot of comments from the other Concours judges, committee, other P-car owners, vendors/sponsors, etc. about how many 914s showed up, how nice they were & how nice it was for so many of the younger gen to participate in PCA events ... & then the eventual reminisences of how either their own earlier Porsche or a buddies was a 914, how great they handle, etc.

We 914 owners really are respected in the Porsche crowd now - as opposed to the 1970's snobbish tail-draggers who were really just jealous of how well our little squarish go-carts handle! Of course we still exchange jabs with each other in good humor!

Something it took Porsche another 35-40 years & gobs of electronic nannies to overcome in the tail-draggin' 911 clan! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Of note, while I was judging Full Concours - Engine (among 6 area judges on Exterior, Interior, Storage, Engine, Undercarriage w/ & w/out engine) - Both SoCal Andy & Dave/Toolguy had perfect scores ~ no or zero deducts!!!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/drooley.gif)

And as you know, Andy just drove 2000+/- miles for WCR in his! Dave - well lately Dave only drives his on & off the trailer! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) ... but still - out of the 7 Full Concours cars there - 2 914-6s, 2 early 911 & 912 (one 911 has 430,000+ miles & was the Peter Porsche Award winner at the Monterey Parade a couple of years ago), & 2 "modern" 911s (996/997) - BOTH 914s & the also driven 69 912 had perfect engines!

Much to Andy's chagrin - Dave won class for 914 in Full & the 912 won class & overall - but I'd bet that the overall scores were much closer. Several judges on the team commented that it would be almost impossible to pick a top score winner - & we don't tally the scores for each area - the scoring team does that.

Frankly, Andy got robbed on one 0.1 pt. by the interior judge which I wouldn't have deducted for his glovebox door not being perfectly centered at the ends - 1/16" at most difference, & I suggested a fix if he has another too-anal judge - since the door isn't really adjustable as we all know.

So here are some of my crappy & taken too fast cell phone pix of those I could get in the short time between the judges meeting & judging ....

As you saw in prior & much better pix - we had another 918 Hybrid Spyder at this Concours!!!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif)



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[Tom_T]

.... more 918 ....



^ Guy in the shorts & USC hat to wife: "But Honey, it really is a Hybrid, can't we get one!!??" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)



^ hard to see the "electric green" surround at the chrome in this pic, but great badging too! ^

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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif) And as a side note from somebody looking for a nice used Cayenne S - Why can't Porsche have decent colors available, like this Bitchen' Metallic Blue on the Macan S across from the 918!!?? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) BTW - the Macan S's pure Porsche biturbo 3.6L V6 is replacing the V8 in the newest gen Cayenne S!



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[Tom_T]

... 1 more Macan S ....



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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif) And BOTH of you guys coulda - woulda - shoulda gone into Display, cuz your 914s were both nice examples & several people commented that you shoulda ... even non-914 types!



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... although I do understand if money vs free was an object, but just don't be put off folks - all Porsches are appreciated here & they display well rashed track cars all the time & you saw several there!



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[Tom_T]

... more Woulda - Coulda - Shoulda Displayed!



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.... and from the little lot off the right about 1/4 the way up that hill ....



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And we'll try to get this problem fixed for next year! They cut out 1/2 the street parking with this no parking on one side all the way up. I'd heard that it was supposed to say something like "Reserved for PCA Porsche Event Parking Only" - not no parking period! Dang city bueraucrats! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)



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[Tom_T]

... This 914EV discussed above was indeed a clean enough judged entry to win in 914/914-6 Class under Specials for modified cars ....



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... but no matter what mods & tweaks that I've done, our cute little Westy was not allowed in! She's pouting here! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)



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[Tom_T]

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/pray.gif) ... And then there were the excellent 914-6 twins from here by Dave/Toolguy (Silver) & SoCal Andy (Screamin' Yellow) - as discussed above - on any given day, either one could beat the other, & both are worthy of taking overall in Full Concours - if the judging gods would just go their way! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/first.gif)



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[Tom_T]

... 1 more of Dave's -



I wish I'd gotten a shot of Dave's sweet custom built low-boy car haulers which he built for this car! It was the tandem axle one in a platinum grey metallic & silver with Porsche stickers, parked at the top of the hill cul-du-sac, just past the handicapped space. Rumor is Dave is applying for a handicapped placard so nobody can park behind his rig next year! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif)

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... I don't know his screen name on here, but he's won 914 class in Street for a few years running on this nice 10+/- year old resto, including last year when I judged in the Street Division (Exterior, Interior, Egine & Storage - IIRC I was Engine last year too) ....



^ I love his louvered rocker panels too! ^

Remember, we don't judge originality at these local Region & Zone 8 Concours, just preparation & presentation - just too many cars/models/MYs/sub-models/trims/etc. for anyone at this level to know them all! Originality does come into it at Parade on the national level judging though!

That's it for the 914s entered in judged categories! On to the Display guys next!

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[Tom_T]

... The 914 Corral ended up more like a Herd Round-up - with 914s spread around a couple of places, so getting a group shot didn't work out as Dave/toolguy suggested, by the time different ones in Display were taking off, the entered guys were still waiting for awards & their drive-up for presentation of same.

We did get great initial placement by the entry driveway just above the judging area & below the Marriott, thanx to Jim Hoyland & a couple of others there with Jim, but we had some non-914 interlopers.

Unfortunately you guys were off perusing cars when I ran up there for some quick pix before I had to start judging, so sorry I missed you Jim & others up there!

Thanx Again to all you Teeners who came out!

And a few others ended up down in the lower area with Ethan & Steve, which is where I'll start, since some of you may not have known they were over there.



Ethan probably thought he was getting off incognito, but several non-914 folks commented that they remembered his car from the article! He also came in handy to make the point that young folks are into 914s & Porsches, use them as DD's, & wrench &/or restore them themselves!

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Steve's green 6 is just purr-fect with those Mahle Gasburners! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/drooley.gif)
IMHO that wheel was perfectly designed for the 914 shape & look!

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And then I just (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif) Marathon Blue 914s! My fav factory paint color!

... if they only put that on Cayennes! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif)
Actually the 2006 Cayenne S Titanium Ediition did come in Iceland Silver - which is a bit paler version of a silvery-blue similar to Marathon, which is our top choice Cay-S in our current search - if we can find one with the proper fixes & updates.



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[Kargeek]

... 1 more of Dave's -



I wish I'd gotten a shot of Dave's sweet custom built low-boy car haulers which he built for this car! It was the tandem axle one in a platinum grey metallic & silver with Porsche stickers, parked at the top of the hill cul-du-sac, just past the handicapped space. Rumor is Dave is applying for a handicapped placard so nobody can park behind his rig next year! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif)

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... I don't know his screen name on here, but he's won 914 class in Street for a few years running on this nice 10+/- year old resto, including last year when I judged in the Street Division (Exterior, Interior, Egine & Storage - IIRC I was Engine last year too) ....



^ I love his louvered rocker panels too! ^

Remember, we don't judge originality at these local Region & Zone 8 Concours, just preparation & presentation - just too many cars/models/MYs/sub-models/trims/etc. for anyone at this level to know them all! Originality does come into it at Parade on the national level judging though!

I built my car or I should say I completed my car 27 years ago before the internet before there were any support groups with discussion boards etc. I started my bare shell project in 1981 and completed in 1988. I used to do full concours and later entered in street. I have many years of class trophies. This in the snobbish days of not being a real Porsche. I did all the work with body paint mechanical in my rented shop. A lot of parts were NOS out of parts obsolete's warehouse of now un obtainable factory stuff. I was a kid in a candy store. I sometimes re live my project looking at yours. I ended up with .5 tenth deduction as I had no time to prepare. I got out of the hospital in ICU from a blood clot Saturday night! Good time with the teeners!


That's it for the 914s entered in judged categories! On to the Display guys next!

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[Tom_T]

.... And now for the "Front Gate Crew" ....



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... And then Mike/Cuda got there a bit later & "held the watch" until almost the bitter end, along with his folks & sister? in her yellow Cayman, also on Display down below...



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While I tried to get around to meet-n-greet & Thank everyone from here who came out, & to get at least a pic or two of your 914s - I know I missed a few, so hopefully we'll meet up again at a future event, & hopefully others on here caught some pix of any 914s which I missed while judging etc.

Next up are LA at the Santa Monica Airport's Museum of Flying on July 12 - I know, I know .... Bruce has G&R now on the same day - so maybe make it a two-fer that Sunday!?

... and then San Diego is at Shelter Island on Aug 22 with a kinder start time, with judging starting at 11:30, & Display cars are only $10 with their placement starting at 9:15 - 10:30 & judged cars at 8:30 - 9:30.

Las Vegas - err Lost Wages - is Sept 20th IIRC, but check the Zone 8 calendar.

Santa Barbara Region is Oct 18 up in Thousands of Oaks - or Thousand Jokes as we called it!

Golden Empire is in Bakersfield Oct. 25.

Arizona is Nov. 7th - after the cactus stops frying out there!

You can get links to all of these & the past events (for downloadable posts from some - like Temecula & Festival of Speed) at this link...

http://www.zone8.org/calendar.php

This calendar of events also a great way to see the range of events offered by PCA Zone 8 & its Regions, & then each Region has their own social events - both low & high brow.

Our OC Porsches & Doughnuts every 3rd Sat. 8:30 - 10-ish at the Krispy Kreme at "The Outlets' in Orange ust off the SR22 Garden Grove Freeway is one example of a low key gathering open to anyone & everyone!

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That's All Folks!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif)

Post more pix..... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif)

[Tom_T]

... I don't know his screen name on here, but he's won 914 class in Street for a few years running on this nice 10+/- year old resto, including last year when I judged in the Street Division (Exterior, Interior, Egine & Storage - IIRC I was Engine last year too) ....



^ I love his louvered rocker panels too! ^

Remember, we don't judge originality at these local Region & Zone 8 Concours, just preparation & presentation - just too many cars/models/MYs/sub-models/trims/etc. for anyone at this level to know them all! Originality does come into it at Parade on the national level judging though!

I built my car or I should say I completed my car 27 years ago before the internet before there were any support groups with discussion boards etc. I started my bare shell project in 1981 and completed in 1988. I used to do full concours and later entered in street. I have many years of class trophies. This in the snobbish days of not being a real Porsche. I did all the work with body paint mechanical in my rented shop. A lot of parts were NOS out of parts obsolete's warehouse of now un obtainable factory stuff. I was a kid in a candy store. I sometimes re live my project looking at yours. I ended up with .5 tenth deduction as I had no time to prepare. I got out of the hospital in ICU from a blood clot Saturday night! Good time with the teeners!


That's it for the 914s entered in judged categories! On to the Display guys next!

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I bolded & italicized your embedded reply in the quote above, cuz I had a hard time finding it about your car, so maybe others too. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

Geez Kargeek ... I didn't know you were up here in Orange too!

SoCal Andy, you & I & maybe some others have our own little "Orange 914 Cadre" going! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Hope all is okay with that blood clot now! Were you at St. Joseph's?

My wife whom you met with the pink hat is an RN there, & we met when she took care of my Grandfather in CCU in the 1980's, but she's in the MRI/CT section nowadays.

Great job on such short time available! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif)

Cheers! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
Tom
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[Kargeek]

... I don't know his screen name on here, but he's won 914 class in Street for a few years running on this nice 10+/- year old resto, including last year when I judged in the Street Division (Exterior, Interior, Egine & Storage - IIRC I was Engine last year too) ....



^ I love his louvered rocker panels too! ^

Remember, we don't judge originality at these local Region & Zone 8 Concours, just preparation & presentation - just too many cars/models/MYs/sub-models/trims/etc. for anyone at this level to know them all! Originality does come into it at Parade on the national level judging though!

I built my car or I should say I completed my car 27 years ago before the internet before there were any support groups with discussion boards etc. I started my bare shell project in 1981 and completed in 1988. I used to do full concours and later entered in street. I have many years of class trophies. This in the snobbish days of not being a real Porsche. I did all the work with body paint mechanical in my rented shop. A lot of parts were NOS out of parts obsolete's warehouse of now un obtainable factory stuff. I was a kid in a candy store. I sometimes re live my project looking at yours. I ended up with .5 tenth deduction as I had no time to prepare. I got out of the hospital in ICU from a blood clot Saturday night! Good time with the teeners!


That's it for the 914s entered in judged categories! On to the Display guys next!

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I bolded & italicized your embedded reply in the quote above, cuz I had a hard time finding it about your car, so maybe others too. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

Geez Kargeek ... I didn't know you were up here in Orange too!

SoCal Andy, you & I & maybe some others have our own little "Orange 914 Cadre" going! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Hope all is okay with that blood clot now! Were you at St. Joseph's?

My wife whom you met with the pink hat is an RN there, & we met when she took care of my Grandfather in CCU in the 1980's, but she's in the MRI/CT section nowadays.

Great job on such short time available! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif)

Cheers! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
Tom
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Tom we will have to get the Orange crew together some time in the near future. I need more excuses to get my car out of the garage.

I was at St Jude entertaining the nurses in ICU after being in the catheter lab where they snaked a catheter tube up my leg and then another down from my juggler in the neck and blast out the clot. Talk about technology, they did a second procedure with a water jet, pumped fluid with a rotating sprayer to dissolve the clot. All while you are awake feeling like you are in an alien abduction! Just like cleaning sludge out of an oil passage! Discharged Saturday, drove myself home! Nurses are the backbone of medical treatment, I know to be good to them!

[Tom_T]

Tom we will have to get the Orange crew together some time in the near future. I need more excuses to get my car out of the garage.

I was at St Jude entertaining the nurses in ICU after being in the catheter lab where they snaked a catheter tube up my leg and then another down from my juggler in the neck and blast out the clot. Talk about technology, they did a second procedure with a water jet, pumped fluid with a rotating sprayer to dissolve the clot. All while you are awake feeling like you are in an alien abduction! Just like cleaning sludge out of an oil passage! Discharged Saturday, drove myself home! Nurses are the backbone of medical treatment, I know to be good to them!

Just sent you an email with my contact info.! .... & maybe Andy can do the same!?

That sounds so strange to being doing while awake! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/alien.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/alien_2.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/very_first_smiley[1].gif)

Glad to hear that your unscheduled maintenance system flush at St Jude went well! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Cheers! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
Tom
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[Socalandy]

Sounds good on the Orange group and I bet we could get more from the surrounding area too.

Had a good time in Dana Point and a great showing of 914's with 3 winning their class and me with 1st looser. more cleaning (IMG:style_emoticons/default/FERG.gif) I refuse to trailer my car!!!

[Tom_T]

NO Andy! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif)

You got 2nd place in Full Concours against a strong competitor's very nice resto, but he's not going to as many events - so it's your 4 top scores of the season buddy for overall Zone 8! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif)

PS - I'm pretty sure that from my 1/6th of the scores on Engine & talking with all the other judges - I think that it was Brett with the red 912, Dave's & your 914-6's as 1, 2, 3 as overall top scores in Full Concours - in front of the other four 911s in the division!

Plus I think I solved your out-of-state show dilemma in my email to you today! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)

Wait & see com Jan 2016! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/popcorn[1].gif)

So how about a just drive, hang out & eat doughnuts & drink coffee event? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

Krispy Kreme "Porsches & Doughnutz" is this Saturday 6/20 8-10 am off the SR22 at State College in Orange at The Block/Outlets ...

This is an open to all & informal event ... maybe a good chance for a group pic??

Too many tail-draggers in that pic below .... we gotta fix that!

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Gary Labb invited you to Porsche Club of America - Orange Coast Region's event



PCA-OCR Krispy Kreme Gathering
Saturday, June 20 at 8:00am
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts - Orange, CA in Orange, California


People start gathering about 8 am... usually there until 10 am... Come enjoy some coffee and doughnuts, some nice people, some great conversation, and of course, some very nice cars...
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BTW - I made the pitch to the Zone 8 Rules Committee to change the Concours classes to separate out the 914 & 914-6 in the easiest Wash & Shine Division - as it is in all the others, so that folks who DD &/or AX their 914s & want to enter in the future, don't have to be grouped in with all of the 911s & 912s.

W&S only judges the exterior & interior, so you basically clean & detail your 914 a bit & you're good to go, or just bring it unprepared & screw the trophies! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

Cheers! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
Tom
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[Tom_T]

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By the way ... with Andy's 4th Concours at this OCR event, as of now I think he's maybe in 3rd or 4th place overall in all of Zone 8 vs. 33 competing in all car models' classes for the Full Concours Division so far, & can probably complete what other stuff he needs to qualify for a 2015 Zone 8 award if he does so!

I was looking back as far as 2009 & no other 914s have done enough Concours to even qualify for a Zone 8 year end award - since it takes a minimum 4 in a year & either 51% of all or 33% + 1 out-of-state & 300 volunteer or judging service points.

Final standings are taken for the top 4 score events of the year. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/popcorn[1].gif)

Andy has maybe +/- 3 more CdEs which he could still do better scores in to catch up the +/- 0.4 - 1.4 points which he's behind the two #2's/3's & #1 respectively. I'm guessing at this point cuz they haven't posted last Sunday's scores yet in the overall standings.

So lets (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cheer.gif) at the upcoming events!

He's tuned into a real CW! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/pray.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/FERG.gif)

It's been a loooong time since a 914 has won anything at the Zone level here! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

Maybe someone should add a YELLOW 914 smilie to the list at the left in his honor!!?? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif)

Cheers! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
Tom
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[Tom_T]

In reading my June 2015 Panorama last night, I came across Andy's car featured in the Regions' News section on pg. 114 at the Cal Inland Region's Concours at the College of the Canyons in Santa Clarita CA (near 6 Flags Tragic Mountain).

It helps get coverage for our 914s when the Concours Chairman or organizer is a Teener from way back in the start, like Mike F. who did the write-up took the pix. It took Andy hours to wipe Mike's (IMG:style_emoticons/default/drooley.gif) off his yellow screamer! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

IIRC he won class & 2nd overall in Full Concours in that one.

BTW - For those who don't get Panorama - the subscription to Panorama is only $46 a year & comes with another local PCA Region monthly magazine &/or e-Zine in most areas, admittance to many free & some paid exclusive Porsche events throughout the year and .... oh yeah, PCA Porsche Club membership for 2 - you & an "Associate" (spouse, kid, friend or whomever you name)! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

FYI - Excellence is about the same cost per year without the other goodies! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)

Cheers! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
Tom
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