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Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Daily Random #885 Life like Manhattan NYC 2017 #Photography #MadameTussauds Photo essays & slideshows photokenarts.substack.com

An extreme close-up (forehead to bottom of lip) of a wax figure standing outside of Madam Tussauds' house of was in Times Square in NYC. This figure's bottom lip is exaggerated to the point where it can cover the entrance to his nostrils. Wearing an officer hat with shiny brim, the eyes shown wide open, peeking out from under the brim.

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Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Daily Random #884 Phoenix’s dance skating skills on display Central Park/Manhattan NYC 2002 #Photographs providing #cheerful thoughts. (Phoenix’s was/is one of the best dance skaters I’ve ever watched. With a hell of a sense of humor).

black & white photograph of "Phoenix" during a Fourth of July skating celebration. Providing individual dance skaters a few moments to show their skills in front of an audience of hundreds at New York City's Central Park Dance Skating Circle in 2001.

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Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Daily Random #883 New York State Pavilion/site of 1964 World’s Fair Flushing Meadows Corona Park/Queens NYC 2010 #Photography #1964WorldsFair

Black & white photograph taken at the remnants of the New York State Pavilion from the 1964 World's Fair in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens. The pavilion, long abandoned shown in the a winter's afternoon with snowfall on the ground. Looking up through the guy wires of the pavilion, into the sky, an airplane is seen on its way to nearby LaGuardia Airport. The Contrast of the mostly cloudy skies with the elevated platforms that were once restaurants place on a single pillar speaks to the architecture and style of the times.

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Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Daily Random #882 #Queensboro Bridge East River NYC 2010 #NewYorkCity #Photography 👉 visura.co/KNP125/purch...

A person walking away from camera along the overpass of the Queensboro Bridge above the East River on into Manhattan. There's a light coating of snow on the walkway as it continues to fall--as seen in the misty distance along the walkway. The latticework and walkway emphasizes the leading line pointing into the distance.

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Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Daily Random #881 Behind The Wall (by Jaume Plensa) Rockefeller Center/Manhattan NYC 2019 ——————————————————— To not see is submission to the unknown (—Kenneth Nelson) #Sculpture #Photography #GoingInBlind

Behind The Wall (a sculpture of polyester resin and marble dust by Jaume Plensa). Exhibited at the plaza at Rockefeller Center/Manhattan NYC 2019. 27 feet tall photographed from underneath as the person sculpted has their eyes covered by their hands.

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Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Celebrating a Ten Frames Thursday! View Through Younger Eyes… #Photography #ColorPhotography 👉 photokenarts.substack.com/p/ten-frames...

A color poster titled "Ten Frames #117" showing a sun-filled windy day as pedestrians make their way by covering their faces as the wind blows all around picking up anything not tied to the ground.

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Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Daily Random #880 Northern hemisphere, are you ready? Gapstow Bridge/Central Park/Manhattan NYC 2015 #FallFoliage #AutumnColors #FallingLeaves Photo essays & slideshows photokenarts.substack.com

Very colorful photograph taken of the Gapstow Bridge in the distance with trees and grass in the foreground. Brght red, yellows and burnt umbers, along with green grass dominate the colors of the green grass for a dramatic affect.

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Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Creatures of Habit. #HumanCondition #RoutineBehavior #PhotographyEssay 👉 photokenarts.substack.com/p/creatures-...

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Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Daily Random #879 World of a metropolis Midtown Manhattan NYC 2019 #Photography #PeopleInCrowds 👉 visura.co/KNP125/purch...

Color photograph taken on a crowded avenue of the city with pedestrians walking towards camera and away. Inches apart from each other. Shoulders bumping other shoulders in a tightly packed walkway.

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Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Here’s the latest weekly Monday essay! Creatures of Habit. #PhotoEssay #PhotographyPos 👉 photokenarts.substack.com/p/creatures-...

Black & white poster with a title "Creatures of Habit." The background photo shows a dozens of 35mm film cassette end caps lined in a row on a table with the light coming from above the photo.

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Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Daily Random #878 Museum goers, Metropolitan Museum of Art Manhattan NYC 1986 #MuseumMile #Photography Photo essays & slideshows photokenarts.substack.com

Black & white photograph showing the entrance to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan in winter of 1986 as seen through ionic marble columns. The photo shows the entrance from the upper balcony as glass doors are open and the blur of visitors enter and exit in motion blurs.

On the lower right side of the photo, a marble alcove is lit with a flood light aimed at a floral arrangement.

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Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Crown Height/Brooklyn NYC 2020 #AbstractPhotography #NewYorkCity Photo essays & slideshows photokenarts.substack.com

Abstract color photograph primarily in white and black. Seemingly graffiti on a billboard in direct sunlight.

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Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Daily Random #876 Dance Partners, busking South Street Seaport/Pier 17/Lower Manhattan NYC 1999 #TouristTrap #Photography #Pier17 Photo essays & slideshows photokenarts.substack.com

Black & white photograph of two people seemingly dancing as a couple at Pier 17 on the South Street Seaport in Manhattan in 1999. They're busking for tips. On closer inspection, there's something off about the dancers. One of them is a mannequin (facing to camera). The other is an actual person attached to the mannequin mimicking the dance steps in unison. In the background are people watching in wonder while in the middle ground is a box where tourist can drop their tips.

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Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Daily Random #875 Secretariat Building (in honor of U.N. General Assembly Week) Midtown Manhattan #NYC 2018 #UnitedNations #Photography Photo essays & slideshows photokenarts.substack.com/notes

Color photograph of the Secretariat Building at the United Nations at 1st Avenue and East 42nd Street in Midtown Manhattan. Taken from across the street from the 42nd Street bridge at Tudor City.

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Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Daily Random #874 Project: Certified Realities Times Square/Manhattan NYC 2021 #PhotoEssay #Photography #Reflections ______________________________ View the project… 👉 knp125.visura.co/certified-re...

Color photo on the streets of Midtown Manhattan as a man seems to stare at himself in a window reflections as pedestrians mosey on by behind him. In the midst of the pandemic, life has taken it regular routine despite the ominous global crisis.

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Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It’s Ten Frames Thursday! The 116th. House Heads… #Slideshow #HouseMusic #Dancers #Photography 👉 photokenarts.substack.com/p/ten-frames...

Color portrait of two people shown at Riegelmann Boardwalk at Coney Island. The part of a series of portraits of lovers of house music colloquially called "House Heads." Lean on the other's shoulder as he looks into camera's lens, his friend is holding a small container of baby powder, a necessary part of a house dancer's arsenal for dancing.

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Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Daily Random #873 Coney Island House Brooklyn NYC 2017 #Photography #HouseMusic #HouseHeads More from the series... 👉 Visura.co/x/95338

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Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Daily Random #872 Baby swings Lower East Side/Manhattan NYC 1987 #Playground #LES #Photography Photo essays & slideshows photokenarts.substack.com

Color photograph taken at a playground in the Lower East Side of Manhattan in 1987, showing a pair of empty baby swing chairs hanging from it support bars. The chair on the left has the child safety guard in the down position while the swing on the right has the safety guard stuck in the up position. There rubber padding on the ground, beyond the swing set is a high chain link fence surrounding the rear of an apartment building with windows.

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Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Daily Random #871 Art in our hearts in progress World Trade Center/Manhattan NYC 2018 #Love #Photography #MuralArtwork

A color photograph of an artist on a lift as they paint a mural on the side of a building at the World Trade Center site. Viertical steps of rainbow colors as hearts are drawn within each colored strip.

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Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

ICYMI, photo essay... Last year this time. 👉 photokenarts.substack.com/p/broadway-a...

A color poster with title "Broadway & The Prince." with link to a photo essay about the famous intersection of Broadway & Prince Street in the trendy SoHo neighborhood Manhattan.

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Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Daily Random #870 Doorways & Hallways Manhattan NYC 2021 #Cityscape #Photography Latest project added to my website knp125.visura.co/certified-re...

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Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Daily Random #869 #Cannolis coming through! Little Italy/Manhattan NYC 2019 #FeastOfSanGennaro #Photography 👉 sangennaronyc.org/history/

Color photograph of a man holding a tray of cannolis as he walks through a crowd of attendees at the annual Feast of San Gennaro in Manhattan's Little Italy. The afternoon sun shines brightly onto the tray holder's face as the chocolate shelled cannolis waft by with vanilla cream filling.

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Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Daily Random #868 East Williamsburg/Brooklyn NYC 2019 #IndustrialZone #Photography Photo essays & slideshows photokenarts.substack.com

A color photograph showing a conceptual perspective of sky and earth. A partly cloudy sky with fluffy cumulus clouds passing over a cement mixing site separated by a cinder block wall with a billboard advertisement on it with the face of Dwayne Johnson. Behind the cinder block wall is the top edge of a cement mixing truck, a pile of gravel and cement and further in the distance is cement mixing tower.

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Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Daily Random #867 Box Office,Governors Island New York City 1987 #CoastGuardStation #Photography #MovieTheater 👉🏽 www.govisland.com

A color photo of the movie theater box office that was located on Governors Island in New York City back in 1987. The wooden enclosed space with window showing singns... Tickets were $2.00USD, Sprite soda was served there, and they didn't accept paper bills larger the $10USD. A fluorescent light is turned on in the booth. Just outside the booth, to the left is tea black frame door with three sets of window from top top bottom. A reflection of the surrounding area is shown off the glasses of the doors and ticket booth.

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Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

And COVID-19 was just supposed to go away… Feb. 10, 2020 “Looks like by April, you know in theory when it gets a little warmer, it miraculously goes away.” Feb. 24, 2020 “The Coronavirus is very much under control in the USA… the Stock Market starting to look very good to me!”

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Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

It's a "Ten Frames" Thursday slideshow Forever 1999 #Photography #NewYorkCity #FlashbackTiming 👉 photokenarts.substack.com/p/ten-frames...

A color poster wth the title "Ten Frames 115" with the Midtown Manhattan skyline seen from atop a building in Lower Manhattan's Financial District.
Above the skyline are white puffy cumulus clouds as the sun shines down through the moment of clear sky as they move across the sky over NYC.

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Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Daily Random #866 NYFW/New York Fashion Week Lincoln Center/Manhattan NYC 2012 (in honor of NYFW 2026 just ended for Sp/Su 2027) Photo essays & slideshows photokenarts.substack.com

Black and white photograph taken at Lincoln Center in Manhattan New York City during New York fashion week 2012. A fashion maven dressed in a black hooded full length split open dress peers just in front of their right shoulder toward camera with a look of patience and intensity.

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Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Daily Random #865 Governors Island NYC 1987 #GovernorsIsland #Photography #NewYorkCity Photo essays & slideshows photokenarts.substack.com

Color photograph of a seemingly rural scene. A white picket fence lined along a sidewalk with a patch of grass just outside of it. A 20 foot high street lamp is just on the other side of the corner of the picket fence. A mostly clear blue sky occupies the top 2/3 of the photo. A red stop sign has bee pitched into the grass. Just beyond the stop sign is a body of water, a river. The photo feels barren.

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Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Daily Random #864 Do you remember the time Upper New York Bay/NYC 1988 #Skyline #TwinTowers #WorldTradeCenter #Photography Photo essays & slideshows photokenarts.substack.com

A color photograph of the Lower Manhattan skyline taken from Red Hook Brooklyn. From this vantage point the view is looking northward with Governors Island in the middle ground as the Lower Manhattan skyline rises from behind. The unique things about it is, it's a view as the skyline looked in 1988. The tallest building by far is are the Twin Towers by seemingly being twice the height of other building in the financial district. In the foreground is Upper New York Bay as a sailboat skims the surface during the golden hour of the setting sun.

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Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Daily Random #863 Yesteryear reminder Greenwich Village NYC 2005 #AppleiPod #Photography #Halloween

A black-and-white photograph taken at the annual Halloween parade in Greenwich Village New York City, 2005. A parade participant looking into camera dressed in an Apple iPod suit fresh with huge earplugs. On the display is Michael Jackson's Thriller.

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Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Daily Random #862 Manhattan NYC 2005 #CentralPark #Photography Photo essays & slideshows photokenarts.substack.com

A black & white photograph of seemingly abstract objects. Newly trimmed hedges in four separate levels from bottom to top I various shades of gray.

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Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Daily Random #861 City as canvas Lower Manhattan NYC 2000 #Cityscape #Photography Photo essays & slideshows photokenarts.substack.com

A black & white photograph taken in the Foley Square area of Lower Manhattan in 2000. A man is sitting on the opposite side of a series of benches set in a large circle. He's seen from behind on the opposite side of the circle of benches. With his arms leisurely spread out across the top plank of the backrest and legs spread out from his body in a very relaxed position as the sun is beaming down into his face

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Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

It's "Ten Frames" Thursday! Featuring "Theory Over Time No.48" #TimeLapse #Photography 👉 youtu.be/HX0qAn6VUq0?...

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Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Daily Random #860 Hell’s Kitchen/Manhattan NYC 2003 #StreetFestival #Photography Photo essays & slideshows photokenarts.substack.com

A color photograph taken at a street festival in Midtown Manhattan in 2003. A vendor selling hot corn on the cob off the grill. Two people are behind the tables, one cooking the corn wrappers in their husks, another is selling the prepared corn on the cob to customers. The point of view is from the side of the grill slightly below the grillers chest, so the camera is looking up into their faces.

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Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Daily Random #859 Some city streets are quite surreal Lower East Side/Manhattan NYC 2017 #Photography #WallMural #ChinatownNYC

A street corner on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, boarding the neighborhood of Chinatown. A roll down security gate covers a storefront on the corner, abutting it is a Deli/Grocery. Or is it?

It's a mural of a Deli/Grocery as seen from across the street.

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Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

What's in a Photography Contest? #PhotoEssay #Photography 👉🏽 photokenarts.substack.com/p/whats-in-a...

A poster in black & white, showing an extreme close up of my own face from forehead to just above the top lip. The poster's title is "What's in a Photography Contest? A Personal Frame of Mind"

A leading to a recent weblog that I wrote about my experiences in entering a few photography contest recently.

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Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Daily Random #858 Wrapped Tompkins Square Park/Manhattan NYC 2022 #DanceMusic #Photography #Passionate Photo essays & slideshows photokenarts.substack.com

A color photograph of two dancers as seen from behind one of them as they're wrapped in each other's arms. As a couple of people move behind them in the background, a pair of hands and arms are wrapped around the person with their back towards camera with their head wrapped in a brightly colored head wrap of yellow/orange.

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Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Daily Random #857 Grilling Jerk Chicken West Indian American Day Parade/Brooklyn NYC 1999 #JerKChicken #Photography #WestIndianParade Photo essays & slideshows photokenarts.substack.com

A color photograph showing a Jamaican man standing over a hot grill handling about twelve pounds of chicken leg and thighs. Smoke from the grill fill the surrounding air with the same of Jerk Chicken at the annual West Indian Day Carnival on Brooklyn's Eastern Parkway in September of 1999

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Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Daily Random #856 Beetle vibrations Lower East Side/Manhattan NYC 1986 #Cars #Volkswagen #Photography

A vibrant color photograph of two Volkswagen Beetle cars parked one in front of the other as seen from behind from the right hand side. The car closest to camera is a bright red color while the one in front is a bright yellow. Contrasting a visual vibration between the two complimentary colors.

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Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Daily Random #855 The man's restroom Riis Beach, Queens NYC 2011 #Photography #NewYorkCity #CultureWars Photo essays & slideshows photokenarts.substack.com

A black & white photograph taken in an empty men's restroom at a beach in New York City. The typical fixtures abound. Ceramic tile, urinals, wash basins/sinks, toilet stalls, and a flood of outside light coming in through the windows positioned above the fixtures. The unique feature of the restroom is its slight curved interior.

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Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Daily Random #854 Passageways #Flatiron District/Manhattan NYC 2011 #Photography #NewYorkCity #Underground 👉 photokenarts.substack.com

A black & white photograph of a passageway in the New York City subway system. A rather long passageway leading into and out of the 23rd Street Broadway line. Walking up a set of stairs to an intermediate landing leading to this long passageway of about 125 feet at which is another set of steps ultimately leading to the street level of the station.

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Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Check out my new post! It’s Ten Frames Thursday! Another one-minute slideshow. #Photography #videoSlideshows #LunaPark 👉 photokenarts.substack.com/p/ten-frames...

A black & white poster titled "Ten Frames #113, One Minutes." An amusement park. ride full of riders shown upside down during the running of their amusement ride in Coney Island

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Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Daily Random #852 Bon Odori No Uta Bryant Park/Manhattan NYC 2007 #JapaneseFolkDance #Photography

A black & white photograph taken at the annual New York City Buddhist Church Obon Festival in Bryant Park in 2007. In the photograph are three women moving around in a very large circle, dressed in Kimonos of various designs in the middle of one of the most important dances of the festival Bon Odori no Uta.

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Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Daily Random #851 Midtown Manhattan NYC 2018 #Raining #Photography #SoakingWet 👉 visura.co/KNP125/purch...

A color photograph taken in Midtown Manhattan on a very rainy day. standing on the corner, behind people beginning to cross the street, only one person is holding an umbrella. Two people without umbrellas are walking with their shoulders hunched over with that typical "dodging raindrops" physicality to their bodies, soaking wet to through their clothes.

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Kenneth Nelson @photokenarts.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The weekly Monday essay, it’s about memories! #Photography #Memory #Substack 👉 photokenarts.substack.com/p/wine-park

A black & white photograph of a decades old painted mural on a brick wall. Having been covered over with graffiti since originally painted, some of the essence of the original mural continues to shine through, the decades of weather and deterioration.

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