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This is something a friend of mine in Europe sent me. I think it is
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of high value if you ever go to Europe to have this file printed
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out with you. Read on.
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A guide to Europe:
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As to the European scene if you are interested in having a high old
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time over here then Amsterdam Copenhagen and Zurich are places not to
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miss.
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I haven't been to Copenhagen myself for over 15 years, but friends
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who were there say that an area called Cristiania is the place to go.
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It is a sort of large scale neo-anarchist pseudo-independent commune
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where apparently mj of various types can be had if you look. Also the
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Carlseberg and Tubourg breweries are worth a visit.
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Amsterdam, need we say more. I was there last month and the price
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was about 25 dutch guilders for 2g of hash or grass. a number of
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different varieties are available. All you have to do is go into the
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coffee shops and ask for a menu. It is fairly obvious which ones are
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the pleasant twee little places for the "normal" tourists, and which
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are the interesting coffee shops. There are also plenty of shady
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characters who hang about the streets willing to sell you anything.
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Don't buy hash or grass off them it'll cost you three times what it
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costs in the coffee shops and is probably more offensive to the local
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plod than buying it in the regulation outlets. The street sellers also
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offer speed, heroin, coke, e, and acid (treeps). The one hit of acid I
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bought (10 guilders) had no effect at all, so I rather think that
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these annoying bastards are just out to rob you blind. There is also
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the cannabis museum which is small but cheap enough to be worth a
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visit. The area of interest is within 15 min walk of the central
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station. As you walk over the bridge out of the station, veer slightly
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to the left and you'll find it.
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Zurich, well I've lived here for 20 months, with 3 left and I
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still haven't quite figured the place out. It is the most bizarre
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place I have ever lived. "The Park" where the scene used to be when I
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arrived has closed down but what the hell did the authorities expect,
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all the H users to simply go home and stop doing drugs. Foolish
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really. Almost any drugs can be had on the street here. You can walk
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past guys shooting up and dealers with little tables set out in front
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of them with syringes, spoons and candles laid out. The police look on
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and occasionally pick up the bodies. Unless you do dumb things like
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take photos it is perfectly safe. You may even be able to pick up a
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cheap stereo or mountain bike. At the moment the scene happens along
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the river just near the station, a road called Shil Quai. If you come
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out the front of the central station turn left so that you face the
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National museum (a nasty pseudo gothic thing). Walk to your left past
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the museum (Platzspits, literally needle park is behind it but now
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closed) and you will come to a a bridge over the Shil. Cross this and
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turn right down Shil Quai and almost instantly you will run into a
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group of people selling hash. They stand on the side walk just by a
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pedestrian crossing waiting for customers. The hash goes at a fairly
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standard price of 100sf for a stick which is about 8-10g depending how
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lucky you are. It is a standard price, but as there are usually at
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least 5 to ten people selling you get a reasonable choice. I have also
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seen some grass there but not a lot and mostly miserable quality. This
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is also the place to get acid, keys, buddhas, dragons and peace
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symbols have all been good value, avoid the planets and the palm trees
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which have been found to be very weak.
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If you go by and there is no one about hang out in the national
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museum for an hour (the only reason you'd want to waste time in there)
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and go back some one might have turned up. Further down Shil Quai you
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will run into the junk. Heroin and cocaine freely available, you can
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even get syringes if you really want. All very strange. The police
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sort of move people around simply to keep them from hanging out in one
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place and to allow the street cleaners a chance. This is Switzerland
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after all. Usually there is some activity somewhere along Shil Quai.
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If you walk all the way along you will eventually get to a road bridge
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over the river. This is Kornhaus bruke, which marks the end of the
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activity. There is a little foot bridge over the river here where the
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scene moves to when the bill shoo them away from Shil Quai. If you get
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up onto Kornhaus bruke and walk away from the river you come to Limmat
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Platz. On Saturdays there is a small market there. Cross over and go
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down the street opposite called Lang str. Not far down here you'll
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come across a branch of Werner's Head Shop, there is another further
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along Lang str and a third on Limmat Quai in the centre of town. The
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two on Lang str sell useful things like pipes, bongs and leather
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whips, the one in the centre of town sells T-shirts for the "normal"
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tourists. The Lang str area is the red light district of Zurich and
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certainly has more of an earthy feel to it than Bahnhoff str. and the
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posh parts of town. Lots of immigrants live round here and there are
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plenty of small but reasonable (for Zurich) restaurants and some good
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Fallafel and Kebabs can be found.
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At the other end of Lang str near Helvetia platz there is a flea
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market on Saturdays at a place called Kanslei. The Kanslei flea market
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is a junk market the place that goods get recycled. A more antique
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style market takes place at Burkli platz right by the lake, and an
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alternative but quite expensive market can be found in Rosenhof, a
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little square off Neiderdorf str. Neiderdorf str is the place that you
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will run in to all the conventional tourists and party goers. The
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street is lined with bars and street performers.
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The alternative guide to Zurich finishes at the lake, which in the
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summer is fine to swim in. There are several swimbads where you can
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pay to jump in the water and a couple of parks where you can jump in
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for free. On hot summer evenings the parks along the north shore of
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the lake turn into a zoo. People hang out sitting round fires and if
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you were really desperate for a toke you could probably find some
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stoners down there willing to share some with you.
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Switzerland's National day is August 1st and rather than doing
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anything organized people just seem to buy shit loads of fireworks and
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take them down to the parks by the lake and let them off. If you only
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plan to spent one day in Zurich August 1st could be a fun day to pick.
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The shops will all be closed, but the bars and restaurants will be
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open and of course Shil Quai is the only place you can do 24 hour
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shopping in this town.
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This information was correct at the time of writing. The local authorities
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reserve the right to change it without notice. with luck they wont interfere
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too much.
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below is a small map that might help you find some of the places mentioned
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above.
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central
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NM | BH |
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~ /Shil
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~ /Quai
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~ / lang str
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BH Bahnhoff
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NM national museum
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X hash sellers
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LP Limmat Platz
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HP Helvetia platz
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KL Kanslei
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KB Kornhaus bruke
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Z Cafe Zahringer
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Cafe Zahringer is a sort of alternative cafe veggie food etc, nothing special
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but next to it is a bar the Bierflusse I think. It is amusing as it is one
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of the few gay bars in Zurich and the guys that hang out there can often
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be outrageously dressed. The back area of the bar is hard core leather
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but the front appears quite normal except for the rather thick smoke.
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You can pick up some really good hash in here some times, much better
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quality than on Shil Quai. The only problem is that it is harder to spot
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the dealer here as he won't hawk his wares obviously. More expensive
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but worth the little extra.
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---cut here---
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I will forward mail to the author.
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mtymp15@epx.cis.umn.edu
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--
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It is better to light a candle then to curse the darkness....
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mtymp15@epx.cis.umn.edu OR muffman@tfsquad.mn.org
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meow
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Message-Id: <m0nbXpf-0002oiC@ichaos.nullnet.fi>
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Date: Wed, 24 Mar 93 17:57 EET
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From: jlaiho@ichaos.nullnet.fi (Juha Laiho)
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To: cklausme@jarthur.claremont.edu
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Subject: Re: ARCHIVE: europe
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In article <C4CvJ6.Gy5@news.claremont.edu> you write:
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>This is something a friend of mine in Europe sent me. I think it is
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>of high value if you ever go to Europe to have this file printed
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>out with you. Read on.
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A couple of comments to your guide. This is based on my InterRail journey
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around the continental Europe last summer.
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> I haven't been to Copenhagen myself for over 15 years, but friends
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>who were there say that an area called Cristiania is the place to go.
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True..
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>It is a sort of large scale neo-anarchist pseudo-independent commune
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>where apparently mj of various types can be had if you look. Also the
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You don't have to look for. When you come into Christiania, there'll
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be people hissing "hash" to your ears. Didn't test the quality at that
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time, though (I've had hash just two times). I visited Christiania just
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to really see what it is. And I kinda liked it. I think if one would like
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to buy anything there, he ought to go to the Cafe' Woodstock, near the main
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entrance. Anyway, ALL drugs are illegal in the Denmark, it's just that local
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authorities look Christiania through their fingers. And the Christianians
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don't want trouble with the authorities, so EVERYTHING BUT HASH/GRASS is
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explicitly FORBIDDEN in Christiania.
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>Carlseberg and Tubourg breweries are worth a visit.
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Sp: Carlsberg, Tuborg.
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> Amsterdam, need we say more. I was there last month and the price
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Don't forget the Heineken brewery museum. Great place, they have (naturally:)
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English-speaking guides.. A tour lasts around 2 hours. 1 hour of knowledge
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about beer and brewing, including history of beer &c. 1 hour of beer;
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drink as much as you want. If you happen to have birthday when you visit
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there, they may have some surprise for you. And this guided tour costs
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(err.. not sure about this..) 2 guilders. Includes the beer. Hicc..BURP!
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Warning! Heineken beer is quite strong..
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..Wolf
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