SUB CITY TAKE ACTION! TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED…PRE-SALE BEGINS TODAY

Posted on | December 12, 2008 | 4 Comments

SUB CITY TAKE ACTION! TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED
PRE-SALE BEGINS THIS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12 AT ARTISTARENA.COM THROUGH DEC. 19FIRST 30 PRE-SALE BUYERS FOR EACH DATE WILL RECEIVE A MEET-AND-GREET WITH
CUTE IS WHAT WE AIM FOR AND OTHER TAKE ACTION! ARTISTS
TICKETS GO ON SALE TO GENERAL PUBLIC DECEMBER 20
SUB CITY TAKE ACTION! TOUR TO BENEFIT DOSOMETHING.ORG
LINEUP INCLUDES HEADLINER CUTE IS WHAT WE AIM FOR ALONG WITH MEG & DIA, BREATHE CAROLINA, EVERY AVENUE, ANARBOR

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Sub City Take Action! Tour tickets go on sale via internet pre-sale this Friday through Artist Arena at https://tixx1.artistarena.com/takeactiontour. The pre-sale will run through December 19. Fans must first register with the site to purchase tickets. They will be emailed a username and password to take part in the exclusive pre-sale.

The first 30 fans to purchase tickets for each date will receive a meet-and-greet opportunity with headliner Cute Is What We Aim For and other Sub City Take Action! Tour artists.

Tickets go on sale to the general public on Saturday, December 20 at all ticket outlets.

The tour, now in its eighth year, featuring headliner Cute Is What We Aim For, along with Meg & Dia, Breathe Carolina, Every Avenue, and Anarbor, will once again benefit DoSomething.org, a national not-for-profit that believes young people have the power to make a difference. They inspire, empower and celebrate a generation of doers: young people who recognize the need to do something, believe in their ability to get it done, and then take action.

2009 Sub City Take Action! Tour Dates:

Feb 11 - Sauget, IL @ Pop’s
Feb 12 - Cleveland OH @ House of Blues
Feb 13 – Cheswick, PA @ Gravity Nightclub
Feb 14 – Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre
Feb 15 – Hartford, CT @ Webster Theatre
Feb 17 -  Boston, MA – The Palladium [VENUE CHANGE]
Feb 18 - New York, NY @ The Fillmore at Irving Plaza
Feb 20 – Baltimore, MD @ Ram’s Head Live
Feb 21 – Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre of the Living Arts
Feb 22 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
Feb 23 – Norfolk, VA @ The Norva
Feb 24 – Charlotte, NC @ Tremont Music Hall
Feb 26 – Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade
Feb 27 - North Myrtle Beach, SC @ House of Blues
Feb 28-  St Petersburg, FL @ The State Theater
Mar 1 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution
Mar 2 - Lake Buena Vista, FL @ House of Blues
Mar 4 – Pensacola, FL @ American Legion
Mar 5 – Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live
Mar 6 - San Antonio, TX @ The White Rabbit
Mar 7 – Austin, TX @ Emo’s
Mar 8 – Dallas, TX @ House of Blues
Mar 10 – Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theatre
Mar 11 – Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre
Mar 13 - Los Angeles, CA @ House of Blues
Mar 14 - San Diego, CA @ House of Blues
Mar 15 - Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues
Mar 16 – Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues
Mar 18- Sparks, NV @ The New Oasis
Mar 19 - San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
Mar 21- Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater
Mar 22- Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
Mar 23- Spokane, WA @ Knitting Factory
Mar 24 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Murray Theater
Mar 25 – Englewood, CO @ Gothic Theatre
Mar 27- St Paul, MN @ Station 4
Mar 28- Milwaukee, WI @ The Eagles Club (The Rave)
Mar 30- Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
Mar 31- Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall
Apr 1- Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart’s

HOPELESS RECORDS NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION SUB CITY ANNOUNCES THE 2009 TAKE ACTION! TOUR

Posted on | December 1, 2008 | 2 Comments

HEADLINER CUTE IS WHAT WE AIM FOR- ALONG WITH MEG & DIA, BREATHE CAROLINA, EVERY AVENUE, AND ANARBOR

THE ANNUAL CHARITY TOUR ENCOURAGES YOUNG PEOPLE TO MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT IN THE WORLD AND WILL AGAIN BENEFIT NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION DOSOMETHING.ORG

TOUR DATES, TICKET INFORMATION FOR THE FEBRUARY & MARCH ‘09 TOUR TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON

Hopeless Records, through their non profit organization Sub City is pleased to once again organize and present the Take Action! Tour. The 2009 lineup will feature headliner CUTE IS WHAT WE AIM FOR, along with MEG & DIA, BREATHE CAROLINA, EVERY AVENUE, and ANARBOR. The annual nationwide charity tour, now in its eighth year, raises funds and awareness for youth involvement in charitable action, and for the second straight year Take Action has chosen not-for-profit organization DoSomething.org to benefit from the funds raised and to help spread the message of action to young people across the country.

DoSomething.org is a national not-for-profit that believes that young people have the power to make a difference. They inspire, empower and celebrate a generation of doers: young people who recognize the need to do something, believe in their ability to get it done, and then take action.

DoSomething.org CEO Nancy Lublin says of the not-for-profit teaming up with Take Action! Tour: “Music has always moved generations. We’re psyched to partner with Take Action! We believe that there is a lot of creativity and passion in generation Z (kids under age 25). Their idea of getting involved isn’t writing a big check or attending a charity dinner–they actually do stuff.”

Each Take Action tour stop is a unique experience where fans are exposed to a great show along with encouragement and information from the bands, charity partners, and sponsors about how they can get involved with causes that are important to them. In addition to the good time and inspiration, 10% of the ticket price from each ticket sold is donated to DoSomething.org, which makes each fan in attendance an active participant in financially supporting non profit action. To date Sub City, with the help of hundreds of thousands of young people, has raised over $550,000 through the Take Action initiative. The tour has previously featured many future stars including: The Plain White T’s, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Paramore, Every Time I Die, Jimmy Eat World, Avenged Sevenfold, Hawthorne Heights, Chiodos, Thrice, Anti-Flag, Silverstein, Dillinger Escape Plan, and many more.

This year’s headliner CUTE IS WHAT WE AIM FOR, touring in support of its second full-length release Rotation, is one of the brightest bands in the current music scene. Hailing from Buffalo, lead singer Shaant Hacikyan says of being on the Take Action! Tour: “It’s an awe inspiring opportunity to be a part of such an empathetic tour and cause. It has endured the years and has remained a staple based on its brilliant fuel: consideration. Knowing that we are able to do what we love and simultaneously lend a helping hand is a beautiful thing. We are beyond thrilled to be a part Take Action!”

A band on the brink of mass crossover appeal, Utah’s MEG & DIA is thrilled to be onboard as part of the Take Action! Tour.

“All five of us in Meg & Dia are very excited to be part of a tour that supports making ones community a better and more beautiful place,” Dia Frampton declares. “Many non-profit organizations get buried and do not receive the attention they deserve. We hope we can help point out the many places people can go, and hopefully will go, to donate time and money for good causes.” Meg Frampton adds: “We are so excited to be part of a tour promoting not just one particular organization or charity, but the single notion of how important it is to get out there and “do something” to help out with any part of the world that you feel passionately about and you feel is in need of a helping hand.”

Denver’s BREATHE CAROLINA, a two-piece band fusing elements of electronica and punk/post hardcore, touring in support of its latest release It’s Classy, Not Classic on Rise Records, is also quite aware of the impact the Take Action! Tour has. “I’m very excited to be a part of the Take Action! Tour because it promotes a positive message,” notes David Schmitt of Breathe Carolina. “I’m also pumped to make new friends and Cute Is What We Aim For has been a long time favorite of mine and to be able to share the stage with them will be amazing.”

Marysville, Michigan natives EVERY AVENUE have taken 2008 by storm with the release of their debut, full length record Shh, Just Go With It, endless touring, and the release of their new music video for, “Think Of You Later (Empty Room).”  They are excited to look ahead into 2009 and kick off the year on the Take Action! Tour.  “Using music to promote a good cause is something we are honored to be a part of.  Take Action! highlights the importance of how little things can make huge impacts,” says vocalist Dave Strauchman.  “We can’t explain how much it means to us to be involved with DoSomething.org. They are a great non-profit organization and the Take Action! Tour is a unique opportunity for bands and fans to come together and move forward to make changes in their community. It goes to show the significance that even one person can have.”

Hopeless Records’ ANARBOR hail from Phoenix, Arizona and the early buzz on the band’s recent digital release, The Natural Way, indicates that big things are in store for the pop-rock four-piece. Speaking of their involvement, front man Slade Echeverria explains, “When we first heard that we were going on Take Action tour, we were all so excited to be a part of the amazing line up. The best part of Take Action is the charity aspect.  We’re so proud to be supporting Sub City and DoSomething.org by playing our music and are honored to be chosen to represent the Hopeless/Sub City family on this tour.”

About Hopeless Records and Sub City: Founded in 1993, Hopeless Records is a Southern California independent record label home to breakout artists All Time Low, There For Tomorrow, Anarbor, The Human Abstract, and many more. Throughout the 15 year history of Hopeless Records the label has released over 100 albums and launched the careers of Avenged Sevenfold, Thrice, and Melee. In 1999 Hopeless Records formally started supporting non-profit organizations under the Sub City name with charitable albums, tours, and events. Now itself a registered 501c3 non profit organization, Sub City continues this mission of raising funds and awareness for worthy causes and to date has raised over $1.5 million dollars for over 50 non-profit organizations.

Tour dates and ticket information for the 2009 Take Action! Tour will be announced shortly along with information about the annual Take Action! compilation

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myspace.com/breathecarolina
myspace.com/everyavenue
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Take Action Grant Winners [Update]

Posted on | June 18, 2008 | 1 Comment

Take Action Grants, empowered by MySpace Impact, the Hot Topic Foundation and Hopeless/Sub City Records, were awarded to 9 amazing young people who want to make change in their communities, with a focus on everything from music and art education to suicide prevention and poverty. Find out what they’ve been up to below..

Sub City Records Grant
James Bearden, Age: 18, State: New Mexico
I Love Life


James was inspired by the need for suicide awareness, while understanding that 75% of suicides had given notice or warning to a friend or a family member, the answer of an initiative for awareness was a clear beginning. James and his organization set out to raise awareness through education, in the hopes that a person in need may not want to talk right away but an informed friend, family member, or teacher would know from this suicide prevention program to be persistent, and through persistence the distraught person would be willing to get help.
In order to address the problem James and his organization created an awareness and prevention month at their high school, which kicked off March 1st. He used the grant money to create the event and rent the space in order to host a dance and a rock show, both for charity to support the I Love Life Foundation and the Second Wind Foundation. The events were a success and encouraged the participants that teenagers can make a difference in any community. Their fundraising has continued as they are now selling t-shirts with profits going to support their selected charities.

Sub City Records Grant
Naima Green, Age: 21, State: California
eXchange (Cape Town-East Palo Alto Music Program)


Talisman is a group of singers dedicated to the sharing of stories through song, through a repertoire rooted in the musical traditions of the African Diaspora, they strive to reach across the many borders of today’s world. This year, Talisman will embark on a project connecting young artists in Cape Town, South Africa and East Palo Alto, California. Talisman will use ‘eXchange’ to explore common circumstances affecting youth communities in both America and South Africa. Talisman’s tour to South Africa, we will culminate the project by filming a music video with the students in both East Palo Alto and Cape Town. By drawing on the everyday lives and cultures of these students, the hope is to facilitate mutual understanding that will be culturally enriching and help to develop artistic abilities and self-expression.

Sub City Records Grant
Chester Eastwood, Age: 22, State: New Hampshire
Alpaca Paper Service


Alpaca Paper Service wants to help lead the way to a promising future and creative change for the developmentally disabled population, as a small business that was designed with developmentally disabled adults in mind to work jobs through which they can interact within their community. This paper service has brought awareness of the capabilities of the DD Population, while it is staffed fully by DD Adults, as the employees have an opportunity to interact with their community as they make their daily deliveries. The Alpaca Paper has used its grant money to start the business, and is already a success in the mind’s of the community at-large, as well as the employees who now have a new experience within the realm of their careers. Chester and the Alpaca Paper Service hope to eventually sponsor an adaptive sports team to further interact within their own community.

Hot Topic Grant
Arielle Barrientos, Age: 17, State: Mississippi
Strings with Wings


After volunteering in Saltillo, Mexico, Arielle was inspired by the need for a classical music experience in the area, where she had brought her passion of music to teach underprivileged children to play violin. Working with her organization, Strings with WINGS, she set out to create an education program to teach underprivileged students, and involve them in a bilingual theatrical piece, to prove that music can transcend poverty lines. The students have begun their instruction, and with a benefit dinner she has had great success in raising money and awareness. Arielle has received a donation of 10 retired violins, and over 40 music books, while using her grant money to promote the program through benefits, and has raised over $11,000.

Hot Topic Grants
Jourdan Urbach, Age: 17, State: New York
Children Helping Children


Jourdan founded Children Helping Children in order to raise funds for national medical organizations, hospitals, and cutting-edge research organizations targeting neurological disease, as well as to inspire and empower young musicians. By hosting “Concerts for a Cure” all across the globe, Children Helping Children hopes to save lives through music. Jourdan recruits entrepreneurial philanthropists and the country’s young, talented musicals to step up and join forces to create high visibility and profits for their targeted charities and medical research through these benefit concerts. CHC has raised over $1.4 million to be used for vital music therapy materials, surgical scholarships, home healthcare, and progressive research. Recently, he performed at Red Carpet 2008 Associated Television International Heroes Among Us Awards, and received the Young Hero Award from ATI; and his work continues to raise money and awareness, through holding concerts around the world, including his next planned concert for 2009 in El Salvador.

Hot Topic Grant
Linda Salinas, Age: 23, State: California
Arts as a Vision for Change


Inspired by her community of Richmond High School, where a high crime rate and increasing violence between students has lead to a need for action, Linda organized Arts as a Vision for Change. Working to increase awareness and to bring students from different ethnic backgrounds together, the organization has created a mural project where students will come together to work for the benefit of the school. By creating a dialogue for change, and building a vision for a better community, people now feel invested in the school as a part of the larger community. Linda used her money to buy supplies for the Graffiti Battle, which was a great success, and now the students can reflect upon their visions for the future, as their bright and hopeful murals will be displayed around campus.

MySpace Grant
Stevie Peacock, Age: 14, State: Florida
Project KINDNESS (Kids In Need Deserve New Elementary School Supplies)


Stevie created Project KINDNESS, and for four years she has collected donations of school supplies to children in need. Recently she has focused her efforts in the Memorial Elementary School in Arcadia, Florida, which was affected by Hurricane Charley in 2004. In addition to donating supplies, Stevie has read to the students, brought juice and cookies, and even delivered Holiday gifts. She has been very successful and able to use her grant money to buy essential supplies for the classroom such as crayons and glue sticks, and this year was able to expand her efforts and donate 150 backpacks to Habitat for Humanity families, as her successful project is ongoing.

MySpace Grant
Andrew Chow, Age: 22, State: New York
East Harlem Health Outreach Partnership (EHHOP)


EHHOP was founded in 2000, by Mount Sinai medical students who banded together to explore ways to more fully connect with the East Harlem community, where the large volume of uninsured patients became the impetus for the project. In 2004 East Harlem ranked worst out of 42 New York City neighborhoods in the category of “avoidable hospitalizations,” where 29% of residents have no personal doctor. Since its opening in May 2004, EHHOP has been staffed by Mount Sinai medical students, and volunteer workers; and functions as a primary care clinic that often serves as the first step for many patients with potentially disabling acute and chronic medical conditions to obtain much needed medical care, and education. Andrew and EHHOP used their money to aid in the costs of supplying entirely free medications to their patients, which is a unique feature to their clinic, and ran a total cost of $23,905 for the 2007-8 fiscal year. The program is ongoing as it continues to serve the underserved and uninsured in East Harlem.

MySpace Grant
Elliot Goldstein, Age: 16, State: California
Carts for the Homeless


With a desire to create a new form of help for homeless people that focused on improving their lives within their own lifestyle, Elliot began his organization, Carts for the Homeless. By creating a durable, plastic cart with specific features such as a tarp for rain, water basin, and lockable storage mechanism, CFTH hopes to increase the quality of life for many homeless people in Los Angeles. He will use his grant money to help build the prototype cart, and buy materials, and then work with members of his organization to build these carts, with the hope of impacting the lives of others.

2008 Sub City Take Action Tour, Presented By Hot Topic Raises Over $75k For Do Something

Posted on | April 18, 2008 | 3 Comments

The recently wrapped, seventh annual 2008 Take Action! Tour came to a fiery culmination after two months and 34 shows, with one last hurrah in New York City on March 23, 2008. The tour, whose mission is to create a better world, one voice and one action at a time, continues to inspire and make change in a proactive manner.

The Impact of the 2008 Take Action! Tour:
• Over $75,000 raised for Do Something which helps young people make a positive difference in the world - based on 10% of ticket revenue and additional tour related fundraising
• Over 27,000 fans in 34 cities proved that the world can be made a better place one voice at a time
• Nearly 7,000 copies of the Take Action Volume 7 Compilation already sold
• Take Action Grants, empowered by the Hot Topic Foundation, MySpace Impact and Hopeless/Sub City Records, were awarded to 9 amazing young people who want to make change in their communities

“Working with the Take Action Tour was awesome. Not only did we raise money to fund amazing young change-makers, but we also brought the message of Do Something to thousands of young people across the US,” says Do Something CMO, Aria Finger

Headlining band Every Time I Die, along with From First To Last, The Bled, August Burns Red, and The Human Abstract, united fans across the U.S. and Canada in support of Do Something, an organization that issues grant-money youths to make change around the causes they are passionate about.

Based on 10% of all 2008 Take Action! Tour ticket sales and additional tour related fundraising, Hopeless & Sub City Records will donate over $75,000 to Do Something. In addition, 5% of the retail price for each Take Action! Volume 7 Compilation CD sold, as well as revenue from merchandise initiatives, will also be donated.

Founded in 1999 by Hopeless Records, Sub City operates with the mission to make a positive impact that goes beyond music. With well over 35 releases and counting to go along with the annual Take Action! Tour, Hopeless/ Sub City Records surpassed the one million dollar donation mark last year.

Hopeless/ Sub City would like to thank all the bands and labels involved this year that brought the message directly to fans that each one of us can take action and make the world a better place. Thank you as well to Jamie Kelsall and everyone at APA for again booking an amazing tour, and thank you to Mike Cubillos and Jose Martinez at Earshot Media for their help in promoting this great cause.

The mission of Take Action continues this summer on Warped Tour with the Take Action Non-Profit Area providing a home for all charitable outreach to fans on the tour.

2008 Take Action! Tour Artists:
Headliner- Every Time I Die, with – From First To Last, The Bled, August Burns Red, The Human Abstract

2008 Take Action! Tour Sponsors:
Hot Topic, the music lifestyle mall retailer (hottopic.com), was once again the title sponsor of the tour. Hot Topic is a natural fit, as they demonstrate a passion for music in everything they do. Hot Topic has been an enthusiastic supporter of the Take Action cause since the inception in 1999, helping to save countless lives and educate millions of people to make a difference. Additional generous sponsors of the 2008 Take Action Tour – tour producer Live Nation, MySpace, Purevolume, Guitar Center, Alternative Press, Absolutepunk.net, Etnies, Fanscape and Rockett Clothing.

2008 Take Action! Tour Charity: Do Something puts its money where its mouth is by distributing weekly $500 grants to young people with an idea about how to make a difference in their community. Last year alone the site issued over $240,000 to young people who are making changes in communities around the globe. Do Something has reached over 10 million young people, age 25 and under, and helped them take action themselves.

Take Action Grants, empowered by MySpace Impact, the Hot Topic Foundation and Hopeless/Sub City Records, were awarded to 9 amazing young people who want to make change in their communities, with a focus on everything from music and art education to suicide prevention and poverty. Find out about the Do Something Take Action Grant Winners below, we’ll keep you informed on the progress of their projects.

• James Bearden, 18, of Milan, NM for his suicide prevention project I Love Life that includes a suicide prevention month at his high school, a kick-off assembly, a concert, a fund-raising dance, and speakers from a teen suicide awareness organization.
• Naima Green, 21 of Stanford, CA for her project The eXchange (Cape Town-East Palo Alto Music Program). The eXchange project aims to connect two groups of students living in less than ideal conditions in Cape Town, South Africa and Palo Alto, California.
• Chester Eastman, 22, of Center Conway, NH for his project The Alpaca Paper Service which is run and operated by developmentally disabled adults who want to work jobs that let them meet and interact with people in their community.
• Arielle Barrientos, 17, of Biloxi, MS for her project Strings with Wings. For Strings with Wings, Arielle has organized a group of fellow musicians who will travel to Mexico this June to run a Violin workshop for the children of Saltillo, Mexico.
• Jourdan Urbach, 17, of Roslyn Heights, NY for his project Children Helping Children–Saving Lives Through Music which raises funds for national medical organizations, hospitals and cutting edge research targeting neurological disease.
• Linda Salinas, 23, of San Pablo, CA for her project Arts as a Vision for Change which brings together community and student organizations together to talk about their vision for Richmond High School and ultimately beautify a school that students can feel proud of, and bring color onto a campus that has no windows.
• Stevie Peacock, 14, of Venice, FL for her project, Project KINDNESS which stands for Kids In Need Deserve New Elementary School Supplies. Stevie organizes supply collections and then donates the supplies to impoverished schools in and around Arcadia, Florida.
• Andrew Chow, 22, of New York, NY for his project, East Harlem Health Outreach Partnership (EHHOP), which is a student-run free clinic serving the uninsured residents of East Harlem.
• Elliot Goldstein, 16, of Los Angeles, CA for his project, Carts for the Homeless. CFTH will provide homeless people with a functioning, durable cart with features such as a pull out tarp for rain, a water basin, and a lockable mechanism so their belongings are not stolen, all designed with their lifestyle in mind.

Take Action Volume 7 In Stores Today!

Posted on | March 4, 2008 | No Comments

Take Action! Volume 7, the soundtrack companion to this year’s Take Action! Tour Presented by Hot Topic hits stores TODAY! Take Action! Volume 7 continues Hopeless/Sub City’s belief in offering fans the best value for the lowest price possible and this year’s release does not disappoint. The annual charity compilation is bigger and better than ever featuring 20 tracks and 20 music videos on DVD. Consisting of the best bands in alternative, punk, indie, hardcore, and metal music, the compilation will sell for a staggeringly low suggested retail price of $6.98.

Artists on this year’s compilation include tour headliners Every Time I Die, as well as Silverstein, Chiodos, From First to Last, Emery, Motion City Soundtrack, All Time Low, Cute Is What We Aim For, Valencia, Meg and Dia, Thrice, The Bled, and many more. Music videos on the DVD include Plain White T’s, All American Rejects, and Hellogoodbye among several others.  

Released in conjunction with the start of the 2008 Take Action! Tour Presented by Hot Topic, a yearly jaunt featuring the best new rock artists, this year’s edition features Every Time I Die, From First To Last, The Bled, August Burns Red, and The Human Abstract. The six-week tour launches February 14 inDetroit and wraps up March 23 in New York City. Tickets for the entire tour are on-sale now.

The Take Action! Tour and CD will benefit non-profit organization Do Something, a group that gives young people the opportunity to personally help change the world, by donating 10% of all ticket sales and 5% of the suggested retail price for each Take Action! Volume 7 compilation sold. Putting their money where their mouth is, Do Something distributes weekly $500 grants to young people with an idea about how to make a difference in their community. In 2007 alone, the site issued over $240,000 to young people who are making changes in communities around the globe. Last year Do Something reached over 10 million young people, age 25 and under, and helped them take action themselves.

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