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#LyX 1.1 created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/
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\lyxformat 2.16
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\textclass article
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\language english
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\inputencoding default
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\fontscheme default
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\graphics dvips
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\paperfontsize 12
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\spacing single
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\papersize letterpaper
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\paperpackage a4
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\use_geometry 0
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\use_amsmath 0
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\paperorientation portrait
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\secnumdepth 3
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\tocdepth 3
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\paragraph_separation indent
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\defskip medskip
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\quotes_language english
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\quotes_times 2
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\papercolumns 1
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\papersides 1
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\paperpagestyle plain
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\layout Title
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\begin_inset External Bitmap,"filename.txt","parameters"
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\end_inset
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THIS IS THE TITLE OF THE DOCUMENT
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\layout Author
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by Fee LyX
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\layout Date
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June 12, 1972
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\layout Standard
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\begin_inset LatexCommand \tableofcontents{}
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\end_inset
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\layout Section
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Basic Philosophy
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\layout Standard
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The basic philosophy of LyX is that you should worry about the content of
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what you're writing and not the form.
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\layout Subsection
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How LyX does it
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\layout Standard
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LyX uses LaTeX, a document preparation system designed by Leslie Lamport
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in 1985.
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It, in turn, was built up from a typesetting language called TeX, created
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by Donald Knuth in 1984.
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LaTeX is designed around a philosophy similar to that of LyX.
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Leslie Lamport once said (see reference
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\begin_inset LatexCommand \cite{lamport}
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\end_inset
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):
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\layout Quote
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The function of typographic design is to help the reader understand the
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author's ideas.
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For a document to be easy to read, its visual structure must reflect its
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logical structure.
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Quotations and computer programs, being logically distinct structural elements,
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should be distinguished visually from one another....
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Since LaTeX can't understand your prose, you must explicitly indicate the
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logical structure by typing special commands....
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As you are writing your document, you should be concerned with its logical
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structure, not its visual appearance.
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\layout Subsection
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Why LyX is better
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\layout Standard
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\begin_inset LatexCommand \label{sec:lyxbetter}
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\end_inset
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LyX can be useful to more people than LaTeX.
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It's considerably easier to learn, because you don't need to learn LaTeX
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(which is practically a programming language).
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LyX is basically like other
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\begin_inset Quotes eld
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\end_inset
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What you see is what you get
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\begin_inset Quotes erd
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\end_inset
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word processors, except that LyX is
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\begin_inset Quotes eld
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\end_inset
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What you see is what you mean
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\begin_inset Quotes erd
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\end_inset
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.
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In this way, it combines the ease of use of word processors with the power
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of LaTeX.
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This is a Good Thing.
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Also, the file format is platform independent.
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Best of all, it's FREE!
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\layout Section
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Features of LyX
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\layout Standard
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LyX has many features which make writing documents easier.
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\begin_float footnote
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\layout Standard
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After all, why else would you want to use it?
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\end_float
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I'm
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\shape italic
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very excited
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\shape default
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to talk about them.
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Here's a list of just a few.
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\layout Itemize
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LyX worries about margins, and footnote numbering for you
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\layout Itemize
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LyX makes it simple to write and edit mathematical formulae
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\layout Standard
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For a more philosophical discussion of why LyX is better than lots of other
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word processors, see Section
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\begin_inset LatexCommand \ref{sec:lyxbetter}
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\end_inset
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, which can be found on page
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\begin_inset LatexCommand \pageref{sec:lyxbetter}
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\end_inset
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.
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\layout Section
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Lame attempts to use other LyX stuff
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\layout Standard
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I wrote a program the other day.
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It looked like this.
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\layout LyX-Code
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5 REMARK MY AWESOME PROGRAM
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\layout LyX-Code
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10 PRINT
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\begin_inset Quotes eld
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\end_inset
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I'M AWESOME!
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\begin_inset Quotes erd
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\end_inset
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\layout LyX-Code
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20 GOTO 10
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\layout Standard
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After all that scientific thinking, I started feeling more artistic, so
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I wrote this haiku
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\layout Verse
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LyX is really great
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\newline
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Typesetting word processor
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\newline
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It saves so much time
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\layout Section
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Math Stuff
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\layout Standard
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My favorite equation is the solution to a quadratic equation.
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If
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\begin_inset Formula \( ax^{2}+bx+c=0 \)
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\end_inset
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(eq.1), then
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\begin_inset Formula \( x=\frac{-b\pm \sqrt{b^{2}-4ac}}{2a} \)
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\end_inset
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(eq.
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2).
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\layout Standard
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Another favorite equation is the basis of calculus:
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\begin_inset Formula \( f'(x)\equiv \lim _{\Delta x\rightarrow 0}\frac{f(x+\Delta x)-f(x)}{\Delta x} \)
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\end_inset
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(eq.
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3).
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\layout Section
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Notes
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\layout Standard
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A couple notes about LyXifiying this file:
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\layout Itemize
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I was able to remove the lines made with dashes.
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They were there purely to separate the title and references from the rest
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of the document.
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LyX (LaTeX) knows enough to separate these parts of the document with space.
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\layout Itemize
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I didn't bother putting the math equations in display mode.
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Also, I didn't use LyX' automatic equation numbering, because it's not
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described in the
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\emph on
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Tutorial
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\emph default
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.
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\layout Itemize
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I didn't have to type the word
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\begin_inset Quotes eld
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\end_inset
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References
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\begin_inset Quotes erd
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\end_inset
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below.
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LyX automatically writes it (or the word
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\begin_inset Quotes eld
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\end_inset
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Bibliography,
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\begin_inset Quotes erd
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\end_inset
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depending on the textclass) when you select
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\family sans
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Bibliography
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\family default
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style.
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\layout Bibliography
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\bibitem {lamport}
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Lamport, Leslie.
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\emph on
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LaTeX: A Document Preparation System.
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\emph default
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Addison-Wesley, Reading, Massachusetts, second edition, 1994.
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\the_end
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