10.Jul.2004
Amigaworld.net (website)
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Mailing list for AteoBus owners
For the owners of an AteoBus expansion there's now a mailing list at Yahoo been set up.
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(snx) (Translation: wk)
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10.Jul.2004
IOSPIRIT (ANF)
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IOSPIRIT: BlackIRC keyfiles online available
In the near past we have received several requests regarding the availability of keyfiles for the software title BlackIRC (development ceased in 2000). To help these interested users we offer an online version of BlackIRC 1.1 for sale. The online version contains a keyfile and the last released version of BlackIRC.
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(snx) (Translation: wk)
[News message: 10. Jul. 2004, 14:54] [Comments: 0]
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10.Jul.2004
PPA - Polish Amiga Portal (ANF)
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MorphOS board game: Kulce
Roman Grygier prepared a MorphOS game called Kulce. On the board there are some coloured balls which have to be put in horizontal, vertical or diagonal rows.
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10.Jul.2004
ANN (website)
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PerSuaSiVe SoftWorX: datatypes akGIF and akTIFF for free
Because of the end of the LZW patent Andreas R. Kleinert now made also the datatypes akGIF and akTIFF available free of charge so that they should appear on Aminet soon. The akGIF datatype archive is available for download on the author's website, too, but not the akTIFF archive due to its size.
(snx) (Translation: wk)
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10.Jul.2004
Mario Misic (ANF)
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BBoAH looking for musicians
The team of the BBoAH is still looking for people, especially songwriters and musicians/bands
or people who know to mix a song with the appropriate programs. It is planned to produce an AMIGA song that goes under the skin. For this they are looking for some helping hands to work on it within a non-profit-project. Idea and concept exist and are set.
People who want to spend some of their spare time for this project may write via e-mail to: Amigahardware@mariomisic.de.
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(ps) (Translation: wk)
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09.Jul.2004
(ANF)
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Programming language: Mattathias BASIC (alpha) released
A new alpha version of "Mattathias BASIC" has been released yesterday.
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09.Jul.2004
Dude (ANF)
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Sun present three dimensional desktop
With Project Looking Glass Sun present a three dimensional desktop for their Unix operating system 'Solaris'. Detailed explanations and various screenshots can be found on the project's website.
A video showing the 3D desktop in action is available as well.
(cg)
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09.Jul.2004
PC-Welt
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US-government warns of Internet Explorer
Because of the several lacks of security in the WWW browser Internet Explorer the
"United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team" which is an organization where the US government
has also some members warns of using the browser, at least if you have not changed some
preferences. Meanwhile the free author Paul Boutin advises to use Firefox instead of
the Internet Explorer. That seems to be not very special but this advice has been posted
in Microsoft online magazine Slate....
(cs) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 09. Jul. 2004, 14:22] [Comments: 0]
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09.Jul.2004
Golem IT News
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Golem: Mozilla-products avoid Windows lack of security
»Patch for Mozilla, Firefox and Thunderbird published
After on 7 July 2004 a dangerous lack of security has been found which only appears
on Windows systems at the three web applications Mozilla, Firefox and
Thunderbird now a patch is available for download. The lack of security allows an attacker
to execute program code on a different system.«
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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09.Jul.2004
Amigaworld.net (Website)
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Another video of AmigaOS4 with nativ Picasso96
Under the title link an
AmigaOS4 beta tester has published a video (20 MB)
which shows the speed of the new PPC-nativ version of Picasso96.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 09. Jul. 2004, 10:48] [Comments: 0]
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09.Jul.2004
Amigaworld.net (Website)
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Video of OS4-Prerelease-Party in Landskrona
Under the title link you can
download a video of the OS4-Prerelease-Party which took place from June 18th to 20th in
Swedish Landskrona.
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(snx) (Translation: dr)
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08.Jul.2004
ChaoZer (ANF)
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MorphOS: ColdRebootPatch
ColdRebootPatch patches the ColdReboot() function, allowing you to delay or even stall a reset (screenshot).
(cg)
[News message: 08. Jul. 2004, 23:30] [Comments: 0]
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08.Jul.2004
From Sebastian Brylka found in "Die Zeit" (ANF)
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Die Zeit Web-Magazine: Cool Computer Art
Creative programmers demonstrate how they also use modest means towards a goal of great works. Amigas are mentioned relationally to the growing demo scene in this article by Aaron Koenig.
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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08.Jul.2004
Mario Misic (ANF)
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BBoAH Chat-Radio Session
This coming Saturday, the 10th of July, 2004, BBoAH is organizing a chat radio session at 8 pm. On this web-radio that evening the topic of Amiga shall be particularly discussed.
[rest of article not translated, the web-radio was also to include music by request]
(ps) (Translation: dm)
[News message: 08. Jul. 2004, 23:04] [Comments: 0]
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08.Jul.2004
Kultpower.de (ANF)
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Kultpower.de: New Test Reports, Articles and Kult Packages
Kultpower.de, the fan site for classic computer magazines, has again an update, after a long time:
New PowerPlay Test Reports from Powerplay 12/92: A.T.A.C. (MS-DOS), Burning Steel (MS-DOS), Hexuma (Amiga), LHX Attack Chopper (Mega Drive), NHLPA Hockey 93 (Mega Drive), Quest for Glory 3 (MS-DOS), Rex Nebular (MS-DOS), Silly Putty (Amiga), Spellcasting 301 (MS-DOS), Summer Challenge (MS-DOS), Super High Impact (Super NES).
In the Kult Games area there are a few new game gems to marvel at: Wing Commander 1 and 2, Eye of the Beholder 1, 2 and 3.
[rest of article not translated]
(snx) (Translation: dm)
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08.Jul.2004
ANN (Website)
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Garry Hare (KMOS) to Speak at Summer Breakout 2004
At "Summer Breakout 2004", an annual convention on the topic of networks, which takes place on the 14th of July in Petaluma, California, Garry Hare of KMOS Inc. will give a speech on wireless networks.
(cg) (Translation: dm)
[News message: 08. Jul. 2004, 18:02] [Comments: 1 - 10. Jan. 2006, 18:10]
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08.Jul.2004
Rene (ANF)
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New Law Forbids the Sending of Spam Mail
chip.de: From now on in Germany it's forbidden to spread unwanted advertisements by e-mail, SMS, and fax. This so-called spamming is forbidden in accordance with the Unlawful Competition statute that came into force today.
(cg) (Translation: dm)
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08.Jul.2004
ARD-Teletext Page 135
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Punishment for ex-Metabox CEO Domeyer
As may be read in ARD Teletext, former CEO Domeyer of Metabox AG has been sentenced to seven months and a penalty of 10,000 euros.
The judge found that Domeyer inflated the value of Metabox shares by filing false reports.
Follow-up: More articles about this
N-TV.de on 8th July, 2004: Metabox CEO Sentenced
Heise on 9th July, 2004: Punishment for the former Metabox CEO
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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08.Jul.2004
Dirk Martin (ANF)
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Convention: Fun Of Computing 2004
On the 2nd and 3rd of October the convention FUN OF COMPUTING is taking place in the main building of the Ilmenau (Germany) Technology and Founders Center. Since 1997 this gathering has been organized by Amiga-Center Thüringen, and is now offered for the 5th time. It offers interested visitor a look at news, developments and trends having to do with computers.
(cg) (Translation: dm)
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08.Jul.2004
MorphOS-News.de (Website)
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Emulator: MAME V0.84 for MorphOS
Fabien Coeurjoly has released version 0.84 (13.5 MB) of the Multi Arcade Machine Emulator for MorphOS.
Changes since version 0.72:
- Bumped to 0.84 common tree
- Optimized blit speeds, especially on Pegasos II
- Supports on-the-fly window/screen switch (alt-enter by default)
- Not compiled with GCC 3.x this time, as this led to some nasty bugs
- Improved GUI (history.dat and mameinfo.dat support, favorites list, ...)
- Command line interface mode changed:
- Now uses the official mame syntax (mame.elf -showusage) for help
- Also supports mamerc config files
(snx) (Translation: dm)
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08.Jul.2004
Golem IT News
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Golem: Googles Against Google
«Stelor wants to terminate the trademark "Google."
Stelor Productions, a maker of child's toys and operators of the kids website Googles.com, has filed at the US Patent and Trademark Office that the trademark "Google" used by the search website Google must be cancelled. »
Read the complete Golem article under the title link.
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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08.Jul.2004
WHDLoad (Website)
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WHDLoad: New Packets through 8th July, 2004
With WHDLoad it's possible to play games from your hard-drive that were previously thought of as floppy-only. The following packets have been added or updated since our last announcement:
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08.Jul.2004
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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New APC&TCP Newsletter
As of today the new newsletter from APC&TCP is active. Updates to the pages of APC&TCP, DigiBoosterPro, and Amiga Future are posted in the newsletter. Beyond that there is information about software updates of the APC&TCP software house.
Subscribers to the old APC&TCP newsletter and the Amiga Future
mailing list are being automatically subscribed to the new newsletter. If you would like to subscribe, send an e-mail to newsletter-subscribe@apc-tcp.de.
To unsubscribe send an e-mail to newsletter-unsubscribe@apc-tcp.de. Both of the old mailing lists will be eliminated in the next few days.
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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07.Jul.2004
Lou Vidal (ANF)
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Queens Amiga User Group: Website updated, "CD32 Video Editing Station"
The Queens Amiga Users Group website has been updated. The expanded member project section now features pictures and a short description of a video editing station based on a CD32.
Along with the announcement of the resumed summer meetings the site
features the latest in the ongoing OS4 demos, visit QAUG for more info.
(cg) (Translation: cg)
[News message: 07. Jul. 2004, 23:11] [Comments: 0]
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07.Jul.2004
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New Amiga dealer - handle with care
An amigaworld.net member pointed out that there's a new presumably British Amiga dealer called amigashop.co.uk. But just a few hours later, there are lots of indications suggesting that one should be very cautious when dealing with this entity:
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(cg) (Translation: cg)
[News message: 07. Jul. 2004, 21:33] [Comments: 0]
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07.Jul.2004
Amiga.org (Website)
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Amiga.org Magazine: Spare issues of the pilot still available
There are still some spare issues of the pilot of the 'Amiga.org Magazine', a currently frozen
international print magazine in English language, available as Ron van Herk
('Palpatine') just reports at
Amiga.org.
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(snx) (Translation: ub)
[News message: 07. Jul. 2004, 13:04] [Comments: 0]
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07.Jul.2004
Amiga.org (Website)
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Fileshare game: Secrecy
Secrecy (38 KB), is a strategy game for two to four players. It is a
so called file share game i.e. one does a turn, saves the
game and sends the file to the next player.
An editor for different arenas is included with the game.
(snx) (Translation: ub)
[News message: 07. Jul. 2004, 11:29] [Comments: 0]
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06.Jul.2004
ANN (Website)
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AROS: New ata.device finished
How AROS-Exec tells, the AROS-Exec
a new ata.device was finished by Michael S. The drive is completly new.
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(snx) (Translation: gf)
[News message: 06. Jul. 2004, 21:58] [Comments: 0]
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06.Jul.2004
ANN (Website)
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Event: NASS IV (France)
On July, 10th and 11th the event NASS IV in La Rochelle in France take place.
Showed are the AmigaOne XE/G4, AmigaOS4 and the game 'Shadow of the Beast' in a deluxe-version
(snx) (Translation: gf)
[News message: 06. Jul. 2004, 13:26] [Comments: 0]
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06.Jul.2004
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WinUAE 0.9.90 announced
The WinUAE team announced the next version of the emulator yesterday: WinUAE 0.9.90 ("WinUAE 1.0 public beta"). Changes since the last version:
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(cg) (Translation: cg)
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05.Jul.2004
amigaworld.net (Website)
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AmigaOS 4: ClicketyFlip and CPUClock
The commodity 'ClicketyFlip' from Peter Gordon flips screens when the user double clicks with the middle mouse button. The same author is responsible for the AmiDock extension (i.e. a 'Docky') 'CPUClock' that contains a CPU time meter and a digital clock.
Direct download:
ClicketyFlip.lha (31 KB)
cclock_docky.lha (9 KB)
(cg)
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05.Jul.2004
amigafuture.de (Website)
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Script based demo creator: Karate-Fighter 1.0
Karate fighter is a script based demo creator used to create visual ('scene') demos. The program requires at least a 68020 CPU, supports AGA and RTG and has been successfully tested on various emulators.
(cg) (Translation: cg)
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05.Jul.2004
Martin (DaFreak) Rebentisch (ANF)
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Music: Liquid Skies records #074
The scene group "Liquid Skies" released their 74th music pack today containing the track "Fantazja" from the Polish musician Maxus. The cover has been designed by DaFreak.
- Title: Fantazja
- Artist: Maxus
- Style: Trance
- Length: 4:21
- Format: mp3
- Size: 4.0 MB
The zippped file is available for download here.
(cg) (Translation: cg)
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03.Jul.2004
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Electronic television magazine: TView 1.3.16
TView is a kind of a TV programmes magazine: it downloads the programme of an unlimited number of European TV channels on your computer and lists it sorted by time or TV channels. Furthermore does TView contain an alert function.
In version 1.3.16 were some smaller bugs removed.
Direct download: TView_1.3.16.lha (84 KB)
(cg) (Translation: wk)
[News message: 03. Jul. 2004, 20:19] [Comments: 0]
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03.Jul.2004
amigafuture.de (website)
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Pegasos: Boot Creator v0.6
Marcin 'Morgoth' Kurek has released a new version of the Bootcreator. This program creates boot menus for the OpenFirmware of the Pegasos making the start of different operating systems easier.
New in version 0.6 is the [ABORT] command making it possible to exit the boot menu.
(cg) (Translation: wk)
[News message: 03. Jul. 2004, 17:31] [Comments: 0]
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03.Jul.2004
amigafuture.de (website)
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News reader: Newscoaster hosted by Sourceforge.net
The website of the MUI based news reader "Newscoaster" has now moved to newscoaster.sourceforge.net.
Anyone who wants to work on Newscoaster is asked to contact the author Mark Harman to get access to the CVS archive.
(cg) (Translation: wk)
[News message: 03. Jul. 2004, 17:24] [Comments: 0]
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03.Jul.2004
Martin Wolf (ANF)
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New screenshots of the Tales of Tamar 3D map
Tales of Tamar is a round based fantasy, strategy & and role playing game for Amiga, PC & Mac. Versions for Linux and Java are under development. Martin Wolf wrote:
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(cg) (Translation: wk)
[News message: 03. Jul. 2004, 17:20] [Comments: 0]
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03.Jul.2004
amiga.org (website)
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Audio player: Streamer 2.09 (beta)
"Streamer" plays Shoutcast Internet radio, MP3 and RealAudio files that are received via a HTTP connection. Streamer supports MPEG decoder hardware (MAS and Delfina). Version 2.09 offers the following improvements:
- Better HTTP support
- Support of "URL encoding" (spaces or special characters in an URL)
- Simple HTTP authentication
- Now works with WinUAE, too
The author asks for feedback, especially from users with hardware MPEG decoders.
(cg) (Translation: wk)
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03.Jul.2004
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Amiga Alpe Adria: webcam and first photos
There are now first images available from the Amiga Alpe Adria event taking place today in the Italian Udine. Further ones will be added soon. A webcam has been installed, too.
(snx) (Translation: wk)
[News message: 03. Jul. 2004, 12:57] [Comments: 0]
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03.Jul.2004
Olaf K. (ANF)
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PPaint: Version 7.1c now with GIF support on Aminet
Since the GIF patent expired meanwhile, Cloanto has updated the Aminet archive of PPaint 7.1c (3 MB) to support this file format.
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(snx)
[News message: 03. Jul. 2004, 11:59] [Comments: 0]
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03.Jul.2004
amiga.org (website)
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Hardware "hack": Prometheus in desktop case
Jim "Redrumloa" Farley by Anachronism Industries has found a way to built a "Prometheus" PCI busboard into a (closed) A3000 or A4000 desktop case. To do this are no modifications necessary for the Prometheus or the A4000.
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(cg) (Translation: wk)
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