From The Mailbox

Our Washington DC Field Reporter, Laura L was able to attend the Michael Kors event at Marymount University. She sends this cute photo and brief prelude with the promise of "details to follow...."Well, I had a FABULOUS Friday afternoon at the Michael Kors event at Marymount University! The staff at Marymount were terrific and treated the...

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John P Interviews Daniel Vosovic in San Francisco - Part One

Saturday, April 28th. 1:15 pm PST. The one and only Daniel Vosovic, the incredibly talented fashion designer from Project Runway’s sophomore season, arrives at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco to meet students from the Department of Fashion Design and his adoring public. The fan favorite from the hugely successful Bravo television...

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Andrae, Tim and Nick!

Photo from EvansWard/jpistudios.comHere is an article about Tim's appearance at FIDM - more to come!...

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Kate and Tim....

BPR Field Reporter Jonathan Trimm sent in this great photo of Kate and Tim... Can anyone offer a capti...

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From The Mailbox

First, here is an interview with Tim at ETonline. Thanks Jackie! Michael Kors enjoys a vintage cookbook. Thanks Wendie and Deb.Here and here are stories from fellow bloggers about meeting Kate and Tim. Uli Herzner's designs will be featured in HSN's Scoop Style. Thanks Kathryn.Here is more about Chloe on QVC.Here is an article in the LA Times about the book fair. There is a little interview with Tim.And just in case you...

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Deb Reports From the LA Times Festival of Books

The weather was incredibly cooperative as my mom and I headed to Westwood to see Tim and Kate at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. The traffic? Not so much. We arrived about ten minutes into Tim and Kate's presentation, after dealing with the congestion on the 405 freeway, and then having to hoof our way across pretty much the entire...

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From The Mailbox

Here is a nice interview with Tim from The San Diego Union-Tribune.Attention Palm Springs: Tim and Kate will be at Peppertree Bookstore from 5:00 - 7:00 today. Austin Scarlett is mentioned in this article from The New York Times. Here is a nice piece from a fashion blogger about Emmett McCart...

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Roz Reports From Santa Monica

Dear BPRs,It turned out to be a beautiful day in Santa Monica by the sea in California. This stop on Tim Gunn's book tour was at the Santa Monica library from 3:00 to 5:00 pm. I arrived at the library with my 81 year old mother who was visiting me from New York, who just the day before was introduced to Tim for the first time on TV when...

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From The Mailbox

This is Donna Hogan on her Train Wreck: The Life and Death of Anna Nicole Smith press tour with Jay. Thanks Chris.Did everyone see Nick Verreos on "Workout" this week? I missed it. I wonder if there will be a repeat....Speaking of Nick - he has been very busy lately! Fortunately he and David are very organized and always keep his blog...

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Win a Laura Bennett Original!

SoftSoap Nutra-Oil Body Wash is sponsoring a "Laura Bennett" sweepstakes! All you have to do is to fill out the form here, for a chance to win:Round-trip airfare for two to New York2-night hotel stay for twoDress designed by Laura Bennett, and$1000 spending money!Good luck BPRs!...

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From The Mailbox

More about Michael Kors at Marymount. (We have a field reporter!)Mychael Knight is in Chicago tonight. Wendy Pepper will be showing her newest collection at Cleveland Fashion Week on May 12th. Thanks Tom (in Beijing!)Here is a story about Tim Gunn on MSNBC. (I'm still waiting for his segment on The Today Show....) "Hot as a Pistol." Who could this headline be referring to?Dear Boston, If you would like Tim Gunn to add...

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Tim on Today

Be sure to watch Tim on The Today Show this morning. Also - there is a Project Runway Season One Marathon on Bravo.More news to come!ETA: Missed Tim on Today? Click here for the vid...

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Emmett McCarthy, Laura Bennett and Daniel Vosovic

Any ideas on what these three are doing?Hint #1: This photo was taken last night. Hint #2: They are judgesHint #3: Entertainment Wee...

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From The Mailbox

There is a great interview with Chloe Dao in Fashion Wire Daily. Thanks to everyone who sent this! Nick Verreos appears on Work Out tonight. Here is a People Magazine story about Sanjaya Malakar in Washington. Reality Blurred's take is always a hoot.Look for Season Two model, Tarah in the April issue of Marie Claire. Thanks Nancy W. Season Three judge Zac Posen is profiled on brandchannel.com. Don't miss his fabulous website...

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Tim's Next Stop on the Book Tour...

BPRs, Tim's next stop on the book tour is tonight, 7pm at Borders Books and Music 10 Columbus Circle New York, NY 10019 212-823-9775 Contact: Daryl Mattson.What questions would YOU like to ask Tim?...

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Tim and Sanjaya

Don't miss Andy's Blog entry today about Tim and Sanjaya. Hee. Here is the Defamer's take...Visit Wonkette for more photos of the event. None of Tim and Sanjaya though...Edited to add: Here is one more report from the event. It contains this observation:"Project Runway" judge Tim Gunn said that several guests tried to impress him with...

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Adrienne Reports from Politics and Prose

I was supposed to go meet Tim with some girlfriends, but everyone got all flaky and I decided to just go with my mom, Elaine. She's the one I watch Project Runway with anyway, so it seemed fitting. We got there about 5 minutes late and the event was in FULL swing! According to Renee's account of Olssons, there were only about 60 or so people...

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From The Mailbox

This Kara Janx bikini was featured on page 106 of the current issue of Harper's Bazaar. Thanks Maura. We have another report that one of Kara's dresses is featured in Redbook.Here is a great interview with Tim Gunn in the Hartford Courant. Here is another from the Seattle Times. Thanks Deb.Project Earth Day looks like it was a lot of...

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Malan Breton on eBay

Click here to go to Malan Breton's eBay listing. This lovely gown is a size eight....

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Attention San Francisco!

Daniel Vosovic will be at the Academy of Art University on Saturday April 28th. Check the flyer for details and please let us know if you are able to attend this event. Thanks Keld...

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Rob Reports From Lambda Rising

Went to Tim Gunn's book signing at Lambda Rising in DC this morning. He came in and spoke for a few minutes and then fielded questions from those who came for about 15 minutes or so. Most questions were about the show, with a few about his new job. A good number of people came, but it was hard to judge how many because of cramped quarters....

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Renee's Field Report from Olsson's Bookstore in Washington DC

BPR welcomes our newest field reporter, Renee, who sends us this FABULOUS report and promises to send photos soon. Thanks Renee.Tim Gunn, along with co-author Kate Maloney came to D.C. on a beautiful, warm, sunny Friday afternoon for their first book signing for “A Guide to Quality, Taste & Style” at Olsson’s Bookstore. I arrived after 2 p.m. and introduced myself to Robert Starner at Olsson’s as a new BPR contributor. ...

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Click Here For Something Fun!

(It's a Sneak Peek at a Project Runway Spoof from a new show produced by Rosie O'Donnel...

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Debra Messing at EMc2

Dear Laura:Debra Messing, actor and one of the judges for the Project Runway 2 finale visited EMc2 boutique today. Debra just had surgery on her hand from a skiing accident. Although the cast made it difficult for her to try on dresses, she did purchase a Kara Janx wrap tunic. (I think she is a Kara fan) Debra was so sweet and when I asked...

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Tim and Sanjaya: The Surreal Dinner

Okay, what would you give to listen in on the conversation tomorrow evening at People Magazine's table at the White House Correspondent's Dinner? Sanjaya Malakar, of American Idol ponyhawk fame, has just been given a coveted seat with Tim. Check out the rest:PEOPLE's other guests are recent cover subject Valerie Bertinelli, Tim Gunn from Project Runway, Zac Efron of High School Musical, comedian Eddie Izzard and Robert F. Kennedy...

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Attn: Washington D.C.

Tim Gunn will be making three stops in Washington tomorrow and Saturday. The first is tomorrow at 3PM: 04/20/2007 Olsson's Books 4187 7th Street NW Washington, DC 20004 Contact: Robert Starner, 202-638-7610Then on Saturday 04/21/2007 from 11:00 - 1:00 he'll be at:Lambda Rising 1625 Connecticut Ave NW Washington, DC 20009 Contact: Heidi (202) 462-6969Later on Saturday afternoon from 3:00 - 5:00 he'll be at: Politics and Prose...

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Kara Janx and EMc2 Available at Ravinstyle.com

Emmett's designs arehere and Kara's are he...

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Katie Champion for TRESemmé

Beautiful Project Runway Season 3 model (and friend of BPR) Katie Champion continues to work for TRESemmé. Glamorous Katie is now featured on the TRESemmé site and in a how-to video that demonstrates how bouncy, beautiful curls are achieved.Speaking of hair ... is anyone interested in BPR hosting a weekly 'party post' for Shear Genius? Just wonderi...

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Tim Gunn in Elle Magazine

Thank you Linda, Jenny and cjb for sending your sca...

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From The Mailbox

Project Runway favorite Nazri Segaro recently modeled for a Los Angeles Times fashion feature. Thanks Andrea.Don't miss Daniel Vosovic's latest blog entry on Outzone. Speaking of Daniel, here is an article featuring the NYLO Hotel chain. I can't wait to see Daniel's designs for the staff! Tim Gunn is featured in the current issue of Elle...

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David, Kaitlin and Nick on the Windsor Tour

I was thrilled to learn that Nick's Windsor tour would stop near my hometown of Scottsdale AZ - BUT I was going to be out of town on the day that they would be here. Fortunately Kaitlin was free and able to represent BPR at this event. She had a wonderful time at the store and loved visiting with Nick and David. The store was super-busy...

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Casting Begins Today for "Tim Gunn's Guide to Style"

NEW YORK, NY - April 16, 2007 - Bravo announced today that the first chapter of Tim Gunn's highly anticipated book Tim Gunn: A Guide to Quality Taste and Style (written by Tim Gunn and Kate Moloney publishing in May 2007 by Abrams Image, an imprint of Harry N. Abrams, Inc.) will be posted exclusively on www.BravoTV.com effective immediately....

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Season 4: A Cast of 12?

New York Magazine has a new article up today that profiles some of the hopefuls who auditioned last weekend. It also mentioned that "...about 150 designers from New York and similar calls in Chicago, L.A., and Miami will be whittled down by Gunn & Co. to the new season’s twelve contenders." This is the first time we had seen the cast size mentioned.Coupled with last week's press release that indicated "The contestants will...

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News From the Designers

Katherine Gerdes announces the launch of her online store. Congratulations Katy!Bradley Baumkirchner has been busy creating his Holiday 2007 line.Diana Eng's T-Shirt design is featured in the latest issue of Craft: magazine.Emmett McCarthy is mentioned in this article from AMNY.Emmett is also interviewed here in the Connecticut Post. This...

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From The Mailbox

Project Runway has inspired many spin-off fashion competitions. These are great fun between seasons. Ecologically minded fashion designers are preparing for an Earth Day Trashion Show in Southern Oregon.Meanwhile, Syracuse students celebrate Project Hallway.Another eco-friendly fashion show is planned for New York. This one is Project Earth Day. Tim Gunn himself will be on hand to discover America's most fashionable dog at...

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Malan Breton and Zulema Griffin Design for Action Against Hunger

Malan Breton and chef Cat Cora collaborated on this blue dress modeled by Melrose Bickerstaff. It was auctioned for $1000 to benefit Action Against Hunger. Photos by Mark Rupp.Edited to add - From Zulema: I had a wonderful experience at the event. I was paired w/ chef Marcus Samuelson of Aquav...

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An Interview With Project Designer Winner LRenah

Cycle Five of Chris Rogers's Project Designer is now complete. Chris invents weekly online challenges for fashion designers. The winner of Cycle Five is LRenah. You can read Chris's interview here, and see all of LRenah's designs here. Congratulations Chris on another successful season of Project Designer and congratulations LRenah for...

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Heidi Klum on QVC Saturday

Heidi Klum will be selling her jewelry on QVC today. Also, Simply. Chloe Dao premieres on May 10...

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From The Mailbox

The Palm Beach Post reports from the Miami Auditions. Hi Uli!Here is an article about the New York auditions from the New York Sun. Thanks Lynn.Attention Washington DC: Tim Gunn will be in town signing books next Friday and Saturday. Click here for more information. Thanks Deb.Are you a Canadian designer? There is still time to apply from Project Runway - Canada. Good luck!Variety.com reports on the latest reality shows...

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From The Mailbox

From The New York Times, here is a very interesting article about Tim Gunn. Thanks Deb.Tim also will be attending the White House Correspondent's Dinner in Washington on April 21, as a guest of People Magazine. More here.Here's a clip from MTV News from the NYC auditions. That looks like BPR regular Valerie we see. Hi Val!Malan Breton will...

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Trish's Dish From The Season Four Auditions

BPR Welcomes back Ace Field Reporter Trish, with her "View From the Back of the Line." Thanks again Trish!At the last day of Project Runway's 3 day season 4 auditions in New York City, no one seemed to make it, but no one really seemed to care!I arrived at the Westin Hotel Monday afternoon and went to the end of the line (which wasn't really as long as I expected it to be - maybe because it was the last day?) There were several...

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Minnie Driver Wears Malan Breton Couture...

...in the current issue of New York Moves. Congratulations Mal...

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BIG NEWS!

According to this press release, season four will premiere in the fourth quarter of 2007. Thanks Liz.More on Bravo from Variety.Meanwhile, here is a comment from Tim Gunn about the audition turnout in TVGuide.com. Thanks Wendie. And now for something fun... here is a fellow blogger's interview with Tim Gunn about his book....

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From The Mailbox

Happy Birthday Mychael Knight! He's twenty-nine years old today. Click on the link for photos of his party. Thanks, Pam.BPR's own Ken Fron was recently featured in an article in the Chicago Sun-Times. Congratulations, Ken!Kayne Gillaspie has updated his website. His shoe designs will be available soon! Thanks Michelle!Here is an interview...

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From The Mailbox

Heidi Klum's latest jewelry line will soon be featured on QVC. Myitthings is sponsoring a contest where you can win $1000 for writing about your favorite fashion "it" things. Celebrity judge is Santino Rice.SkyOne is bringing Project Runway to the UK. Finally, here is a New York Post article about the Project Runway auditions. BPRs, do you have any theories on why the turnout was so low this season? I honestly don't believe...

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Attention Seattle:

Seattle Metropolitan, University Book Store, and Project Runway guru Tim Gunn have teamed up to track down The Most Stylish Man in Seattle. Gunn, the chief creative director of Liz Claiborne Inc. and soon to be star of the Bravo network's Tim Gunn's Guide to Style, will be in Seattle to promote his new book, A Guide to Quality, Taste, &...

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Meet Tim Gunn

Meet Project Runway’s Tim Gunn! On April 27th, Project Runway’s Tim Gunn will be at the FIDM Museum Shop on the Los Angeles campus to promote his new book, Tim Gunn: A Guide to Quality, Taste & Style. A Q&A session with Tim begins at 11:30 A.M. and he’ll be signing books from 12 – 2 P.M. Career Development & Placement Center The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising 919 South Grand Avenue, Suite 202A Los...

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Project Runway Auditions in NYC

The air was brutally cold for April and the wind was brisk making those standing in the long line at the Westin entrance on 42nd Street seem even more determined. For the first day of Season 4 auditions in New York City the turnout seemed neither smaller or larger than last year. The only different trend I noted was that there were far fewer...

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Did You Audition for Season Four?

We are getting some audition stories in the comments as well as in our mailbox. Here is an example:Hey guys,I love the Blogging Project Runway site, I think I might have auditioned for the hope of being blogged about by you guys as much as actually being a Project Runway designer. I didn't get to meet any of you while I was out there as it was a quick in and out trip, I hope you had as much fun as I did.CLick here to continue...

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Attention Los Angeles!

It's not too late! Bravo has added an extra day of casting on Friday. Click here for more details. Good luck from BPR!Meanwhile, click here for The Dish which includes beautiful photos of Jeffrey's collection from his recent showing in ...

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BPR in NYC

This is the long line of hopefuls in front of The Westin Hotel in NYC this morning. The Scarlett is on duty covering the auditions. She has a LOT planned for today so stay tuned to BPR for all of the news from New Yo...

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From The Mailbox

Beverly Hills People.com interviewed Nick Verreos at the Globe Trekk event. Nick mentions that he recently did a segment of "The Simple Life" with Paris Hilton and Nicole Ritchie. We'll have to be on full BPR alert for that episode! Thanks Martin.Here is an interview with Jeffrey Sebelia in LA Downtown News.Here are some great photos of Chloe Dao's benefit at Lot 8 last week. Click here to watch a video interview with Emmett...

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Sunday Morning at The Standard

After breakfast Kaitlin and I headed outside to say good morning to the designers in line. There were quite a few. As we rounded the corner Kaitlin said, "Mom, there's Jeffrey Sebelia." We had walked right by him. Good thing she was observant.Sure enough, there was Jeffrey with Michael Rucker. We introduced ourselves and asked to take...

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Project Catwalk on YouTube

We know that many of you have wanted to see Great Britain's version of Project Runway and we certainly wish that it was available on DVD. For now, you can watch both Seasons 1 and 2 on YouTube.UPDATE: Sorry folks. It seems that YouTube took this down "due to a copyright claim by Fashion Cents LLC." If the folks from Fashion Cents are reading...

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From The Mailbox

Tim Gunn was recently featured in Fortune magazine. Click on the image at the right for a larger view. Thanks Anne.Season Three will soon be airing in Latin America.LA Weekly was at Jeffrey Sebelia's Cosa Nostra Show....

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Tim Will Be Back! (Officially)

Well, we sort of knew this all along, but it's nice to see that all of the "I's" have been dotted and the "T's" crossed. Thanks to our friend Maureen Ryan at the Chicago Tribune for this one:The Weinstein Company, Bravo, and Miramax are pleased to announce that Tim Gunn will return for the fourth season of the Emmy-nominated premier fashion design reality series PROJECT RUNWAY. Gunn will re-join the show as a mentor along with...

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Breakfast with Tim Gunn

I had a hard time getting the kids up on Sunday. "Come on, breakfast with Tim at 7:30!" I said brightly. Dan wouldn't budge. Kaitlin said, "I don't feel very well." (Two margaritas the night before....) I said, "Well, maybe a cup of coffee will help."We went down to the restaurant and ordered some coffee and juice. Tim arrived freshly shaven...

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From The Mailbox

Here is Tim Gunn doing an interview about "salad fashions." I remember this from last year when Jay McCarroll designed many of the garments. They are really creative. This is sponsored by Wish-Bone and it sounds like Tim is the host this year. Click here for more info. "I think that one could still take a nibble..." Hee. Thanks Deb. ETA: Click here to enter Wishbone's Salad Fashion contest. Make it work!Here is an early...

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More From the Pool Bar

It was getting late and still no Santino. I kept checking the entrance and at last, there he was! He was exactly as you would expect: lean and tall and wearing a hat. I greeted him and brought him up to our group. Nick and David were still there and honestly, I didn't sense any animosity between Santino and Nick at all. They gladly posed...

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Saturday Night at the Pool Bar

I was a little bit lost in LA without any internet access. Most hotels have "business centers" but The Standard's was "down." We checked the local Starbucks but they didn't have internet either. I asked at the desk and they recommended a local Kinko's so off I went. I'm glad I checked because I had a message from Santino Rice, whom I...

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