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Case of the Purloined Play
THE PLOT THICKENS / When acclaimed local writer David Belke learned that =
a play shockingly similar to his own was being staged in Los Angeles, he =
and his agent were hot on the trail of the perpetrator
David Staples, The Edmonton Journal
Published: Sunday, May 06, 2007
EDMONTON - David Belke's hit play The Reluctant Resurrection of Sherlock =
Holmes is known for its clever plot, but it has nothing on the twists in =
the true-life tale that unfolded after Belke discovered the play had =
been plagiarized.

In recent months, Belke and his agent, Dale Harney, have used their own =
detective skills to track down and nail the culprit, Jack L. Herman of =
Kent, Ohio, a serial plagiarist of the theatre world and a man who =
carries around a terrible secret.

Belke's investigation into Herman started last fall -- at 12:55 p.m. on =
Sept. 25, 2006, to be precise -- when Belke got an e-mail from one Peter =
E. Blau of Bethesda, Md., who wrote: "The Unexpected Return of Sherlock =
Holmes, a comedy by Jack L. Herman, is being performed at the Sierra =
Stage in West Hollywood, and it appears to be a slightly revised version =
of your The Reluctant Resurrection of Sherlock Holmes (1992) ... Please =
tell me more ..."

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Edmonton playwright David Belke, right, and his agent, Dale Harney. The =
pair hunted down the perpetrator who plagiarized Belke's hit play, The =
Reluctant Resurrection of Sherlock Holmes.
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Belke had never heard of Peter E. Blau, who turned out to be an avid =
Holmes fan. Belke didn't know what to make of Blau's curious e-mail. "I =
was really quite puzzled by it. What he was saying was so weird."

Belke's 1992 play had been a runaway hit at Edmonton's Fringe Theatre =
Festival and elsewhere. A month-long run at Edmonton's Mayfield Theatre =
in 2005 had earned Belke $40,000, the biggest payday of his long and =
acclaimed career as a playwright. The play has been staged in several =
other cities by other theatre companies, who paid Belke the standard =
fee, 10 per cent of the house for professional companies, about five per =
cent for amateur companies, which amounted to paydays of a few hundreds =
dollars to a few thousand dollars for the playwright.

The play itself revolves around a haunted country manor, Baffleur =
Grange. Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the famed Sherlock Holmes books, =
is called in to solve the mystery of the haunting, only to find himself =
haunted by the character of Holmes, whom he had grown tired of and had =
stopped writing about a few years earlier.

On the Internet, Belke could only find a few descriptions of this new =
Holmes play in the What's On section of the Los Angeles Times. The =
descriptions provided little information, but one blurb did say that =
Unexpected Return was set at Baffleur Manor, which seemed odd to Belke. =
It was possible, he realized, that another playwright could have come up =
with the same idea as he had for a play about Doyle and Holmes, but the =
similarity of the names of the settings in the two plays, Baffleur Manor =
and Baffleur Grange, made him wonder if something more was afoot.

At once, Belke called Harney, who for the past 18 months had been trying =
to sell Reluctant Resurrection as a movie-of-the-week franchise in =
Hollywood. Harney offered to use his L.A. contacts to find out more =
about Unexpected Return and its producers, Coconut Productions.

Harney found a website for Coconut that listed the characters in =
Unexpected Return: Holmes, Doyle, Desmond, Abigail and Rose Westhaven, =
Robert Scrimshaw and others. Only one name was different than the names =
of the characters in Belke's play, that of Tomas Markoveitch, who had =
been rechristened with a French first name, Dumas Markoveitch.

Harney tracked down Coconut's producer, Bill Wolski, a used-car buyer =
and aspiring actor and writer, who had moved to Hollywood from Ohio in =
2002 to pursue a theatrical career.

Wolski didn't know what to make of Harney's story. Coconut was a small =
theatre company, he told Harney, just a bunch of budding actors who had =
chosen a play they loved, one that had been written by Wolski's good =
friend, Jack L. Herman, who still lived in Ohio. Herman had staged the =
play with amateur companies in Ohio several times, Wolski said, first in =
1999, then in 2000, 2002 and 2005.

This had to be a misunderstanding, Wolski thought to himself. He was =
sure Herman had written the play because when Herman was at work on the =
script back in 1999, he had approached Wolski and told him he was =
writing in one particular character, Dumas, with Wolski in mind for the =
part.

Wolski also knew that Herman was quite vigilant about protecting =
copyright of his plays and had stapled to the front page of every script =
a note that said, "Copyright, 1999 Herman Plays & Publications. Caution: =
Professionals and amateurs are hereby warned that The Unexpected Return =
of Sherlock Holmes is subject to royalty. It is fully protected under =
copyright laws."

Wolski called Herman to sort out the matter. As soon as Wolski described =
Harney's allegations, Herman sounded sad, and a bit angry.

"Well, I guess I should have seen this coming," he told Wolski. "You =
being out in L.A. and producing my play and giving it as much publicity =
as you can, someone was bound to try and ride my coattails.

"I guess I should have gotten myself a lawyer before this happened, =
knowing it very well could happen. Someone is obviously trying to lay =
claim to my intellectual property."

That evening of Sept. 25, Wolski again talked to Harney, and the two =
went over the scripts of the two plays, Harney reading lines from =
Belke's version, Wolski checking them with Herman's version. The two =
plays started differently, but only because Herman had axed Belke's =
short opening scene. After that, the two plays ran almost word for word =
the same. Harney would read one line, only to have Wolski finish it.

"Oh my God, this can't be," Wolski said at last. "I can't believe this."

But, a moment later, the reality sunk in. "This is definitely a case of =
plagiarism. There is no doubt about it."

The next morning, Wolski called Herman and told him: "These scripts are =
very, very similar."

Herman didn't deny it, but had an explanation. He had been working with =
others on the script over the Internet, sending them copies to get their =
feedback and input. Someone in Canada must have seen his script and =
decided to put their own copyright on it, he said, essentially alleging =
that Belke was the thief, not him.

Wolski told Herman he had better call Harney and Belke to sort out this =
mess.

While Harney was dealing with Wolski and Herman, David Belke was doing =
his own sleuthing.

Hearing that Herman had first staged the play in 1999, Belke immediately =
wondered how the Ohio man had ever gotten his hands on the script. Belke =
had written his play on a typewriter. There were no electronic copies of =
it.

The most likely source, Belke decided, was the Playwrights Union of =
Canada, which sells copies of Canadian plays around the world. He =
contacted the union, and soon received a faxed copy of an invoice for =
six plays, including Reluctant Resurrection, sold to Jack Herman of =
Kent, Ohio, in 1999.

Harney was armed with this invoice when Herman called him on Sept. 26. =
At once, Herman launched into a rambling story about how he had been =
writing a play and collaborating with other people on the Internet, and =
that one of them must have stolen much of Belke's play without telling =
him, so that explained the similarities between the two works.

"Jack," Harney said, trying to stop Herman's babbling.

"Jack," he repeated, but still Herman continued his rapid-fire =
explanation.

"JACK!"

At last Herman shut up.

"Jack. I am holding the invoices from the Canadian playwrights union as =
we speak. The Reluctant Resurrection of Sherlock Holmes is right there."

There was a long pause.

At last, Herman spoke. "I'm sorry. I lied. I plagiarized it."

A short time later, Herman called Belke to apologize. Belke asked him =
why he had stolen the play.

"We were a small community theatre company and we couldn't afford the =
rights to your play," Herman said. "So we just did it without your =
permission."

"So that's why you performed my play," Belke said. "But why did you put =
your name on my play?"

"Well, I put my name on the play because I thought the community would =
be more likely to get behind the work of a local playwright."

By then, Belke realized he wasn't dealing with a professional theatre =
artist. "Obviously, you're in amateur theatre," he told Herman. "Jack, =
just what do you do for a living?"

Again, there was a long pause and silence.

And that's when Herman revealed his terrible secret.

"I know this is going to sound bad," he said. "I'm a police officer. A =
detective."

Belke could feel the synapses in his brain misfiring for a moment. =
"You're kidding!" he roared.

"No, no," Herman said quietly.

Belke had one other thing to ask: why had Herman changed the first name =
of the Polish character Tomas Markoveitch? "You didn't change a word, =
but why in God's name did you change the name of that character to =
Dumas?" he said, giving the name a French pronunciation.

"I just thought the character was such a dumb ass," Herman replied, "so =
I changed his name to dumb ass."

Now, to understand Belke's reaction, you have to understand the proud =
and prickly artistic temperament. Belke loved his Tomas Markoveitch =
character and now this plagiarist, this philistine, had literally =
changed him into a dumb ass.

"I must admit that at that single moment I had never hated a man more in =
my life," Belke says.

Next, Herman called Wolski to apologize, but Wolski refused to answer =
the phone. Instead, Herman e-mailed him a note riddled with =
misspellings: "I am guilty of plagurizing Mr. Belke's work. I never =
meant to hurt anyone. ... But I am sorry Bill.

"... I have brought shame on myself, my family and my friends. I may =
loose my job, my home ... everything. But one of the things that I =
regret the most though is compemising your trust in me as a friend. I =
want you to know that it has never been easy knowing that I didn't write =
this work."

Herman repeated his claim he only plagiarized to help his struggling =
theatre company, but

Wolski didn't buy it. He clearly recalls Herman being proud of his =
Holmes play and promoting the play to various theatre companies.

Wolski and his own L.A. company decided to cancel their run of the play, =
refund the ticket money, and send out a press release outlining Herman's =
plagiarism. To this day, Wolski refuses to accept Herman's apology.

"I haven't spoken to him since. I absolutely refuse to. I think he's a =
liar. I think of him as a bad person."

Having uncovered Herman's plagiarism, Harney and Belke were determined =
to make him pay. "It's less about the money," Belke says. "It's more he =
kidnapped my child and tried to pass it off as his own. It was a theft =
of something I hold dear to my heart.

"On the one hand, you've got to admire the man's chutzpah, the sheer =
idiotic courage that he felt he could get away with it. But the fact of =
the matter is, he did get away with it for seven years. Probably what he =
was thinking is: who in Canada is going to notice?"

Belke also knew that in 1999 Herman had purchased five other plays, and =
several of them had the exact same names as other plays that Herman was =
now claiming as his own. If Belke didn't make a point with Herman, =
perhaps he would plagiarize many other works.

In the end, Herman agreed to pay Belke $2,500 in an out-of-court =
settlement.

Today, Jack Herman is at work at his policing job of 18 years at the =
Portage County Sheriff's Department, where he is in charge of concealed =
weapons permits.

In a phone interview, he repeats he only plagiarized Belke's play to =
help a failing amateur theatre company. "I'm not a bad person, I just =
did a bad (thing)," Herman says. "... It didn't seem like it was going =
to affect or hurt anybody. Of course, looking back now, I realize it was =
completely the wrong thing to do. I wouldn't appreciate it if someone =
had done it to me."

Herman says he was "a little shocked" the matter was still being talked =
about after he had settled with Belke. "Obviously, with my professional =
career, I don't want to have this kind of problem."

Herman says he has, in fact, written several plays. But did he =
plagiarize any others?

"No, no, that was the only play that I had that I needed to."

But in 1999, he bought five other plays besides Belke's, including =
Suddenly Shakespeare, the 1988 play by Kim Selody of St. Catharines, =
Ont. Herman's theatre company produced a play with the same name in =
2000, with Herman claiming authorship.

Did he plagiarize that one?

"No, I did not plagiarize that one, no."

After talking with Herman, The Journal obtained copies of scripts from =
both Herman's version of Suddenly Shakespeare and Selody's version.

The two plays are almost exactly the same, word for word.

dstaples at thejournal.canwest.com

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<H2>Case of the Purloined Play</H2>
<H4>THE PLOT THICKENS / When acclaimed local writer David Belke learned =
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Holmes is known for its clever plot, but it has nothing on the twists in =
the=20
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plagiarized.</P>
<P>In recent months, Belke and his agent, Dale Harney, have used their =
own=20
detective skills to track down and nail the culprit, Jack L. Herman of =
Kent,=20
Ohio, a serial plagiarist of the theatre world and a man who carries =
around a=20
terrible secret.</P>
<P>Belke's investigation into Herman started last fall -- at 12:55 p.m. =
on Sept.=20
25, 2006, to be precise -- when Belke got an e-mail from one Peter E. =
Blau of=20
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comedy by=20
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<P>Belke had never heard of Peter E. Blau, who turned out to be an avid =
Holmes=20
fan. Belke didn't know what to make of Blau's curious e-mail. "I was =
really=20
quite puzzled by it. What he was saying was so weird."</P>
<P>Belke's 1992 play had been a runaway hit at Edmonton's Fringe Theatre =

Festival and elsewhere. A month-long run at Edmonton's Mayfield Theatre =
in 2005=20
had earned Belke $40,000, the biggest payday of his long and acclaimed =
career as=20
a playwright. The play has been staged in several other cities by other =
theatre=20
companies, who paid Belke the standard fee, 10 per cent of the house for =

professional companies, about five per cent for amateur companies, which =

amounted to paydays of a few hundreds dollars to a few thousand dollars =
for the=20
playwright.</P>
<P>The play itself revolves around a haunted country manor, Baffleur =
Grange.=20
Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the famed Sherlock Holmes books, is called =
in to=20
solve the mystery of the haunting, only to find himself haunted by the =
character=20
of Holmes, whom he had grown tired of and had stopped writing about a =
few years=20
earlier.</P>
<P>On the Internet, Belke could only find a few descriptions of this new =
Holmes=20
play in the What's On section of the Los Angeles Times. The descriptions =

provided little information, but one blurb did say that Unexpected =
Return was=20
set at Baffleur Manor, which seemed odd to Belke. It was possible, he =
realized,=20
that another playwright could have come up with the same idea as he had =
for a=20
play about Doyle and Holmes, but the similarity of the names of the =
settings in=20
the two plays, Baffleur Manor and Baffleur Grange, made him wonder if =
something=20
more was afoot.</P>
<P>At once, Belke called Harney, who for the past 18 months had been =
trying to=20
sell Reluctant Resurrection as a movie-of-the-week franchise in =
Hollywood.=20
Harney offered to use his L.A. contacts to find out more about =
Unexpected Return=20
and its producers, Coconut Productions.</P>
<P>Harney found a website for Coconut that listed the characters in =
Unexpected=20
Return: Holmes, Doyle, Desmond, Abigail and Rose Westhaven, Robert =
Scrimshaw and=20
others. Only one name was different than the names of the characters in =
Belke's=20
play, that of Tomas Markoveitch, who had been rechristened with a French =
first=20
name, Dumas Markoveitch.</P>
<P>Harney tracked down Coconut's producer, Bill Wolski, a used-car buyer =
and=20
aspiring actor and writer, who had moved to Hollywood from Ohio in 2002 =
to=20
pursue a theatrical career.</P>
<P>Wolski didn't know what to make of Harney's story. Coconut was a =
small=20
theatre company, he told Harney, just a bunch of budding actors who had =
chosen a=20
play they loved, one that had been written by Wolski's good friend, Jack =
L.=20
Herman, who still lived in Ohio. Herman had staged the play with amateur =

companies in Ohio several times, Wolski said, first in 1999, then in =
2000, 2002=20
and 2005.</P>
<P>This had to be a misunderstanding, Wolski thought to himself. He was =
sure=20
Herman had written the play because when Herman was at work on the =
script back=20
in 1999, he had approached Wolski and told him he was writing in one =
particular=20
character, Dumas, with Wolski in mind for the part.</P>
<P>Wolski also knew that Herman was quite vigilant about protecting =
copyright of=20
his plays and had stapled to the front page of every script a note that =
said,=20
"Copyright, 1999 Herman Plays & Publications. Caution: Professionals =
and=20
amateurs are hereby warned that The Unexpected Return of Sherlock Holmes =
is=20
subject to royalty. It is fully protected under copyright laws."</P>
<P>Wolski called Herman to sort out the matter. As soon as Wolski =
described=20
Harney's allegations, Herman sounded sad, and a bit angry.</P>
<P>"Well, I guess I should have seen this coming," he told Wolski. "You =
being=20
out in L.A. and producing my play and giving it as much publicity as you =
can,=20
someone was bound to try and ride my coattails.</P>
<P>"I guess I should have gotten myself a lawyer before this happened, =
knowing=20
it very well could happen. Someone is obviously trying to lay claim to =
my=20
intellectual property."</P>
<P>That evening of Sept. 25, Wolski again talked to Harney, and the two =
went=20
over the scripts of the two plays, Harney reading lines from Belke's =
version,=20
Wolski checking them with Herman's version. The two plays started =
differently,=20
but only because Herman had axed Belke's short opening scene. After =
that, the=20
two plays ran almost word for word the same. Harney would read one line, =
only to=20
have Wolski finish it.</P>
<P>"Oh my God, this can't be," Wolski said at last. "I can't believe =
this."</P>
<P>But, a moment later, the reality sunk in. "This is definitely a case =
of=20
plagiarism. There is no doubt about it."</P>
<P>The next morning, Wolski called Herman and told him: "These scripts =
are very,=20
very similar."</P>
<P>Herman didn't deny it, but had an explanation. He had been working =
with=20
others on the script over the Internet, sending them copies to get their =

feedback and input. Someone in Canada must have seen his script and =
decided to=20
put their own copyright on it, he said, essentially alleging that Belke =
was the=20
thief, not him.</P>
<P>Wolski told Herman he had better call Harney and Belke to sort out =
this=20
mess.</P>
<P>While Harney was dealing with Wolski and Herman, David Belke was =
doing his=20
own sleuthing.</P>
<P>Hearing that Herman had first staged the play in 1999, Belke =
immediately=20
wondered how the Ohio man had ever gotten his hands on the script. Belke =
had=20
written his play on a typewriter. There were no electronic copies of =
it.</P>
<P>The most likely source, Belke decided, was the Playwrights Union of =
Canada,=20
which sells copies of Canadian plays around the world. He contacted the =
union,=20
and soon received a faxed copy of an invoice for six plays, including =
Reluctant=20
Resurrection, sold to Jack Herman of Kent, Ohio, in 1999.</P>
<P>Harney was armed with this invoice when Herman called him on Sept. =
26. At=20
once, Herman launched into a rambling story about how he had been =
writing a play=20
and collaborating with other people on the Internet, and that one of =
them must=20
have stolen much of Belke's play without telling him, so that explained =
the=20
similarities between the two works.</P>
<P>"Jack," Harney said, trying to stop Herman's babbling.</P>
<P>"Jack," he repeated, but still Herman continued his rapid-fire=20
explanation.</P>
<P>"JACK!"</P>
<P>At last Herman shut up.</P>
<P>"Jack. I am holding the invoices from the Canadian playwrights union =
as we=20
speak. The Reluctant Resurrection of Sherlock Holmes is right =
there."</P>
<P>There was a long pause.</P>
<P>At last, Herman spoke. "I'm sorry. I lied. I plagiarized it."</P>
<P>A short time later, Herman called Belke to apologize. Belke asked him =
why he=20
had stolen the play.</P>
<P>"We were a small community theatre company and we couldn't afford the =
rights=20
to your play," Herman said. "So we just did it without your =
permission."</P>
<P>"So that's why you performed my play," Belke said. "But why did you =
put your=20
name on my play?"</P>
<P>"Well, I put my name on the play because I thought the community =
would be=20
more likely to get behind the work of a local playwright."</P>
<P>By then, Belke realized he wasn't dealing with a professional theatre =
artist.=20
"Obviously, you're in amateur theatre," he told Herman. "Jack, just what =
do you=20
do for a living?"</P>
<P>Again, there was a long pause and silence.</P>
<P>And that's when Herman revealed his terrible secret.</P>
<P>"I know this is going to sound bad," he said. "I'm a police officer. =
A=20
detective."</P>
<P>Belke could feel the synapses in his brain misfiring for a moment. =
"You're=20
kidding!" he roared.</P>
<P>"No, no," Herman said quietly.</P>
<P>Belke had one other thing to ask: why had Herman changed the first =
name of=20
the Polish character Tomas Markoveitch? "You didn't change a word, but =
why in=20
God's name did you change the name of that character to Dumas?" he said, =
giving=20
the name a French pronunciation.</P>
<P>"I just thought the character was such a dumb ass," Herman replied, =
"so I=20
changed his name to dumb ass."</P>
<P>Now, to understand Belke's reaction, you have to understand the proud =
and=20
prickly artistic temperament. Belke loved his Tomas Markoveitch =
character and=20
now this plagiarist, this philistine, had literally changed him into a =
dumb=20
ass.</P>
<P>"I must admit that at that single moment I had never hated a man more =
in my=20
life," Belke says.</P>
<P>Next, Herman called Wolski to apologize, but Wolski refused to answer =
the=20
phone. Instead, Herman e-mailed him a note riddled with misspellings: "I =
am=20
guilty of plagurizing Mr. Belke's work. I never meant to hurt anyone. =
... But I=20
am sorry Bill.</P>
<P>"... I have brought shame on myself, my family and my friends. I may =
loose my=20
job, my home ... everything. But one of the things that I regret the =
most though=20
is compemising your trust in me as a friend. I want you to know that it =
has=20
never been easy knowing that I didn't write this work."</P>
<P>Herman repeated his claim he only plagiarized to help his struggling =
theatre=20
company, but</P>
<P>Wolski didn't buy it. He clearly recalls Herman being proud of his =
Holmes=20
play and promoting the play to various theatre companies.</P>
<P>Wolski and his own L.A. company decided to cancel their run of the =
play,=20
refund the ticket money, and send out a press release outlining Herman's =

plagiarism. To this day, Wolski refuses to accept Herman's apology.</P>
<P>"I haven't spoken to him since. I absolutely refuse to. I think he's =
a liar.=20
I think of him as a bad person."</P>
<P>Having uncovered Herman's plagiarism, Harney and Belke were =
determined to=20
make him pay. "It's less about the money," Belke says. "It's more he =
kidnapped=20
my child and tried to pass it off as his own. It was a theft of =
something I hold=20
dear to my heart.</P>
<P>"On the one hand, you've got to admire the man's chutzpah, the sheer =
idiotic=20
courage that he felt he could get away with it. But the fact of the =
matter is,=20
he did get away with it for seven years. Probably what he was thinking =
is: who=20
in Canada is going to notice?"</P>
<P>Belke also knew that in 1999 Herman had purchased five other plays, =
and=20
several of them had the exact same names as other plays that Herman was =
now=20
claiming as his own. If Belke didn't make a point with Herman, perhaps =
he would=20
plagiarize many other works.</P>
<P>In the end, Herman agreed to pay Belke $2,500 in an out-of-court=20
settlement.</P>
<P>Today, Jack Herman is at work at his policing job of 18 years at the =
Portage=20
County Sheriff's Department, where he is in charge of concealed weapons=20
permits.</P>
<P>In a phone interview, he repeats he only plagiarized Belke's play to =
help a=20
failing amateur theatre company. "I'm not a bad person, I just did a bad =

(thing)," Herman says. "... It didn't seem like it was going to affect =
or hurt=20
anybody. Of course, looking back now, I realize it was completely the =
wrong=20
thing to do. I wouldn't appreciate it if someone had done it to me."</P>
<P>Herman says he was "a little shocked" the matter was still being =
talked about=20
after he had settled with Belke. "Obviously, with my professional =
career, I=20
don't want to have this kind of problem."</P>
<P>Herman says he has, in fact, written several plays. But did he =
plagiarize any=20
others?</P>
<P>"No, no, that was the only play that I had that I needed to."</P>
<P>But in 1999, he bought five other plays besides Belke's, including =
Suddenly=20
Shakespeare, the 1988 play by Kim Selody of St. Catharines, Ont. =
Herman's=20
theatre company produced a play with the same name in 2000, with Herman =
claiming=20
authorship.</P>
<P>Did he plagiarize that one?</P>
<P>"No, I did not plagiarize that one, no."</P>
<P>After talking with Herman, The Journal obtained copies of scripts =
from both=20
Herman's version of Suddenly Shakespeare and Selody's version.</P>
<P>The two plays are almost exactly the same, word for word.</P>
<P>dstaples at thejournal.canwest.com</P><BR><BR>
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