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Calvin

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Aug 24, 2017, 9:08:18 PM8/24/17
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CQ#500! And they said I'd never amount to anything!

CQ#1 appeared on 3 March 2010. Thanks to everyone who has been along for the ride.

1 Who won Best Actress Oscar in 1988 film "Moonstruck"?
2 Which two colours are most often confused by colour blind people?
3 In 1988 who became the first boxer to have won world championships in five different weight categories?
4 In which 1983 film does David Bowie portray an Allied Major in a Japanese POW camp?   
5 In which decade was the Irish potato famine?
6 Which R&B star married Whitney Houston in 1992?
7 What 2-word term refers to process of subjecting an author's scholarly work to the scrutiny of experts in the same field before publication?
8 What is the brightest star in the Earth's night sky?
9 Widely regarded as Napoleon's greatest military victory, near which city (then in the Austro-Hungarian empire but now in the Czech Republic) did the Battle of the Three Emperors take place in 1802?
10 According to the Bible, who did Pontius Pilate release instead of Jesus?


cheers,
calvin

Dan Tilque

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Aug 24, 2017, 10:01:43 PM8/24/17
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Calvin wrote:
> CQ#500! And they said I'd never amount to anything!
>
> CQ#1 appeared on 3 March 2010. Thanks to everyone who has been along for the ride.
>
> 1 Who won Best Actress Oscar in 1988 film "Moonstruck"?
> 2 Which two colours are most often confused by colour blind people?

red-green

> 3 In 1988 who became the first boxer to have won world championships in five different weight categories?

Sugar Ray Leonard

> 4 In which 1983 film does David Bowie portray an Allied Major in a Japanese POW camp?

King Rat

> 5 In which decade was the Irish potato famine?

1840s

> 6 Which R&B star married Whitney Houston in 1992?
> 7 What 2-word term refers to process of subjecting an author's scholarly work to the scrutiny of experts in the same field before publication?

peer review

> 8 What is the brightest star in the Earth's night sky?

Sirius

> 9 Widely regarded as Napoleon's greatest military victory, near which city (then in the Austro-Hungarian empire but now in the Czech Republic) did the Battle of the Three Emperors take place in 1802?

Austerlitz

> 10 According to the Bible, who did Pontius Pilate release instead of Jesus?

Barabbas

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Dan Tilque

Dan Blum

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Aug 24, 2017, 11:19:20 PM8/24/17
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote:

> 1 Who won Best Actress Oscar in 1988 film "Moonstruck"?

Cher

> 2 Which two colours are most often confused by colour blind people?

red and green

> 5 In which decade was the Irish potato famine?

1840s

> 6 Which R&B star married Whitney Houston in 1992?

Bobby Brown

> 7 What 2-word term refers to process of subjecting an author's scholarly work to the scrutiny of experts in the same field before publication?

peer review

> 8 What is the brightest star in the Earth's night sky?

Sirius

> 9 Widely regarded as Napoleon's greatest military victory, near which city (then in the Austro-Hungarian empire but now in the Czech Republic) did the Battle of the Three Emperors take place in 1802?

Austerlitz

> 10 According to the Bible, who did Pontius Pilate release instead of Jesus?

Barabbas

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Erland Sommarskog

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Aug 25, 2017, 3:33:08 AM8/25/17
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Calvin (334...@gmail.com) writes:
> CQ#500! And they said I'd never amount to anything!
>
> CQ#1 appeared on 3 March 2010. Thanks to everyone who has been along for
> the ride.

And thanks for running them this long!

> 2 Which two colours are most often confused by colour blind people?

Red and green

> 5 In which decade was the Irish potato famine?

1860s

> 7 What 2-word term refers to process of subjecting an author's
> scholarly work to the scrutiny of experts in the same field before
> publication?

Peer review

> 8 What is the brightest star in the Earth's night sky?

Sirius

> 9 Widely regarded as Napoleon's greatest military victory, near
> which city (then in the Austro-Hungarian empire but now in the Czech
> Republic) did the Battle of the Three Emperors take place in 1802?

Austerlitz

> 10 According to the Bible, who did Pontius Pilate release instead of
> Jesus?

Barabass


--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se

Peter Smyth

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Aug 25, 2017, 4:59:27 AM8/25/17
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Calvin wrote:


> 1 Who won Best Actress Oscar in 1988 film "Moonstruck"?
>
> 2 Which two colours are most often confused by colour blind people?
Red/Green

> 3 In 1988 who became the first boxer to have won world championships in
> five different weight categories?
Sugar Ray Leonard

> 4 In which 1983 film does David Bowie portray an Allied Major in a
> Japanese POW camp?   
>
> 5 In which decade was the Irish potato famine?
1860s

> 6 Which R&B star married Whitney Houston in 1992?
Bobby Brown

> 7 What 2-word term refers to process of subjecting an author's scholarly
> work to the scrutiny of experts in the same field before publication?
Peer Review

> 8 What is the brightest star in the Earth's night sky?
Sirius

> 9 Widely regarded as Napoleon's greatest military victory, near which
> city (then in the Austro-Hungarian empire but now in the Czech Republic)
> did the Battle of the Three Emperors take place in 1802?
>
> 10 According to the Bible, who did Pontius Pilate release instead of
> Jesus?
Barabbas

Peter Smyth

Marc Dashevsky

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Aug 25, 2017, 11:08:28 AM8/25/17
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In article <e55daff0-58ac-47fc...@googlegroups.com>, 334...@gmail.com says...
>
> CQ#500! And they said I'd never amount to anything!
>
> CQ#1 appeared on 3 March 2010. Thanks to everyone who has been along for the ride.
>
> 1 Who won Best Actress Oscar in 1988 film "Moonstruck"?
Cher

> 2 Which two colours are most often confused by colour blind people?
blue and green

> 3 In 1988 who became the first boxer to have won world championships in five different weight categories?
> 4 In which 1983 film does David Bowie portray an Allied Major in a Japanese POW camp?   
> 5 In which decade was the Irish potato famine?
1860s

> 6 Which R&B star married Whitney Houston in 1992?
Bobby Brown

> 7 What 2-word term refers to process of subjecting an author's scholarly work to the scrutiny of experts in the same field before publication?
peer review

> 8 What is the brightest star in the Earth's night sky?
Sirius

> 9 Widely regarded as Napoleon's greatest military victory, near which city (then in the Austro-Hungarian empire but now in the Czech Republic) did the Battle of the Three Emperors take place in 1802?
> 10 According to the Bible, who did Pontius Pilate release instead of Jesus?
>
>
> cheers,
> calvin



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Gareth Owen

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Aug 25, 2017, 4:22:14 PM8/25/17
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> writes:

> CQ#500! And they said I'd never amount to anything!
>
> CQ#1 appeared on 3 March 2010. Thanks to everyone who has been along
> for the ride.
>
> 1 Who won Best Actress Oscar in 1988 film "Moonstruck"?

Cheer

> 2 Which two colours are most often confused by colour blind people?

Red Green

> 3 In 1988 who became the first boxer to have won world championships
> in five different weight categories?

Roberto Duran?

> 4 In which 1983 film does David Bowie portray an Allied Major in a
> Japanese POW camp?

Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence

> 5 In which decade was the Irish potato famine?

1840s?

> 6 Which R&B star married Whitney Houston in 1992?

Bobby Brown

> 7 What 2-word term refers to process of subjecting an author's
> scholarly work to the scrutiny of experts in the same field before
> publication?

Peer review

> 8 What is the brightest star in the Earth's night sky?

Sirius

> 9 Widely regarded as Napoleon's greatest military victory, near which
> city (then in the Austro-Hungarian empire but now in the Czech
> Republic) did the Battle of the Three Emperors take place in 1802?

Prague?

> 10 According to the Bible, who did Pontius Pilate release instead of
> Jesus?

Barrabas

swp

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Aug 25, 2017, 4:23:28 PM8/25/17
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On Thursday, August 24, 2017 at 9:08:18 PM UTC-4, Calvin wrote:
> CQ#500! And they said I'd never amount to anything!

congratulations!

> CQ#1 appeared on 3 March 2010. Thanks to everyone who has been along for the ride.

it's been fun, with only a few bumps along the way.

> 1 Who won Best Actress Oscar in 1988 film "Moonstruck"?

cher

> 2 Which two colours are most often confused by colour blind people?

red, green

> 3 In 1988 who became the first boxer to have won world championships in five different weight categories?

thomas hearns

> 4 In which 1983 film does David Bowie portray an Allied Major in a Japanese POW camp?   

merry christmas mr. lawrence

> 5 In which decade was the Irish potato famine?

1845-1852, so you will need to count both the 1840s and 1850s

> 6 Which R&B star married Whitney Houston in 1992?

bobby brown

> 7 What 2-word term refers to process of subjecting an author's scholarly work to the scrutiny of experts in the same field before publication?

peer review

> 8 What is the brightest star in the Earth's night sky?

the dog star aka sirius a

> 9 Widely regarded as Napoleon's greatest military victory, near which city (then in the Austro-Hungarian empire but now in the Czech Republic) did the Battle of the Three Emperors take place in 1802?

austerlitz, which is now called slavkov u brna I believe

> 10 According to the Bible, who did Pontius Pilate release instead of Jesus?

barabbas (barabus is a character in "vampire:the masquerade–bloodlines")


swp

Pete Gayde

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Aug 25, 2017, 5:14:18 PM8/25/17
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:e55daff0-58ac-47fc...@googlegroups.com:

> CQ#500! And they said I'd never amount to anything!
>
> CQ#1 appeared on 3 March 2010. Thanks to everyone who has been along
> for the ride.
>
> 1 Who won Best Actress Oscar in 1988 film "Moonstruck"?

Cher

> 2 Which two colours are most often confused by colour blind
> people?

Red and blue

> 3 In 1988 who became the first boxer to have won world
> championships in five different weight categories?

Sugar Ray Leonard

> 4 In which 1983
> film does David Bowie portray an Allied Major in a Japanese POW camp?
>   

The Man Who Fell To Earth

> 5 In which decade was the Irish potato famine?

1850s

> 6 Which R&B star married Whitney Houston in 1992?

Brown

> 7 What 2-word term refers to process of subjecting an author's
> scholarly work to the scrutiny of experts in the same field before
> publication?

Peer review

> 8 What is the brightest star in the Earth's night sky?

Polaris

> 9 Widely regarded as Napoleon's greatest military victory,
> near which city (then in the Austro-Hungarian empire but now in the
> Czech Republic) did the Battle of the Three Emperors take place in
> 1802?

Brno

> 10 According to the Bible, who did Pontius Pilate release
> instead of Jesus?

Barabbas

>
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>

Pete Gayde

Mark Brader

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Aug 27, 2017, 7:29:13 PM8/27/17
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"Calvin":
> CQ#1 appeared on 3 March 2010. Thanks to everyone who
> has been along for the ride.

And thanks to you for appearing them!

> 1 Who won Best Actress Oscar in 1988 film "Moonstruck"?

Cher.

> 2 Which two colours are most often confused by colour
> blind people?

Red, green.

> 3 In 1988 who became the first boxer to have won world
> championships in five different weight categories?

Ali?

> 4 In which 1983 film does David Bowie portray an Allied
> Major in a Japanese POW camp?

"Empire of the Sun"?

> 5 In which decade was the Irish potato famine?

1860s?

> 6 Which R&B star married Whitney Houston in 1992?

Brown.

> 7 What 2-word term refers to process of subjecting an
> author's scholarly work to the scrutiny of experts in

Peer review.

> the same field before publication?
> 8 What is the brightest star in the Earth's night sky?

Sirius.

> 9 Widely regarded as Napoleon's greatest military
> victory, near which city (then in the Austro-Hungarian
> empire but now in the Czech Republic) did the Battle of
> the Three Emperors take place in 1802?

Marengo?

> 10 According to the Bible, who did Pontius Pilate
> release instead of Jesus?

Barabbas.
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m...@vex.net November 30, 1987

My text in this article is in the public domain.

Bruce Bowler

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Aug 28, 2017, 2:55:26 PM8/28/17
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On Thu, 24 Aug 2017 18:08:17 -0700, Calvin wrote:

> CQ#500! And they said I'd never amount to anything!
>
> CQ#1 appeared on 3 March 2010. Thanks to everyone who has been along for
> the ride.
>
> 1 Who won Best Actress Oscar in 1988 film "Moonstruck"?

Cher

> 2 Which two colours are most often confused by colour blind people?

Red and Green

> 3 In 1988 who became the first boxer to have won world championships
in
> five different weight categories?

Tyson?

> 4 In which 1983 film does David Bowie portray an Allied Major in a
> Japanese POW camp?
> 5 In which decade was the Irish potato famine?
> 6 Which R&B star married Whitney Houston in 1992?
> 7 What 2-word term refers to process of subjecting an author's
scholarly
> work to the scrutiny of experts in the same field before publication?

Peer review

> 8 What is the brightest star in the Earth's night sky?

Sirius (the Dog Star)

> 9 Widely regarded as Napoleon's greatest military victory, near which
> city (then in the Austro-Hungarian empire but now in the Czech Republic)
> did the Battle of the Three Emperors take place in 1802?
> 10 According to the Bible, who did Pontius Pilate release instead of
> Jesus?

Barabus

>
> cheers,
> calvin

Chris F.A. Johnson

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Aug 28, 2017, 3:08:03 PM8/28/17
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On 2017-08-25, Calvin wrote:
> CQ#500! And they said I'd never amount to anything!
>
> CQ#1 appeared on 3 March 2010. Thanks to everyone who has been along for the ride.
>
> 1 Who won Best Actress Oscar in 1988 film "Moonstruck"?

Cher

> 2 Which two colours are most often confused by colour blind people?

Red and green

> 3 In 1988 who became the first boxer to have won world championships in five different weight categories?
> 4 In which 1983 film does David Bowie portray an Allied Major in a Japanese POW camp? ????

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

> 5 In which decade was the Irish potato famine?

1840s

> 6 Which R&B star married Whitney Houston in 1992?
> 7 What 2-word term refers to process of subjecting an author's scholarly work to the scrutiny of experts in the same field before publication?

Peer review

> 8 What is the brightest star in the Earth's night sky?

Sirius

> 9 Widely regarded as Napoleon's greatest military victory, near which city (then in the Austro-Hungarian empire but now in the Czech Republic) did the Battle of the Three Emperors take place in 1802?

Austerlitz

> 10 According to the Bible, who did Pontius Pilate release instead of Jesus?

Barrabas


--
Chris F.A. Johnson

Calvin

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Aug 29, 2017, 11:21:59 PM8/29/17
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On Friday, August 25, 2017 at 11:08:18 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:

> 1 Who won Best Actress Oscar in 1988 film "Moonstruck"?

Cher

> 2 Which two colours are most often confused by colour blind people?

Red and Green

> 3 In 1988 who became the first boxer to have won world championships in five different weight categories?

"Sugar" Ray Leonard

> 4 In which 1983 film does David Bowie portray an Allied Major in a Japanese POW camp?   

Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence

> 5 In which decade was the Irish potato famine?

1840s
As Stephen noted it arguably extended into the early 1850s so that is also an acceptable answer.

> 6 Which R&B star married Whitney Houston in 1992?

Bobby Brown

> 7 What 2-word term refers to process of subjecting an author's scholarly work to the scrutiny of experts in the same field before publication?

Peer Review

> 8 What is the brightest star in the Earth's night sky?

Sirius / Alpha Canis Major

> 9 Widely regarded as Napoleon's greatest military victory, near which city (then in the Austro-Hungarian empire but now in the Czech Republic) did the Battle of the Three Emperors take place in 1802?

Austerlitz

> 10 According to the Bible, who did Pontius Pilate release instead of Jesus?

Barrabas


Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 500
1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 69 Stephen Perry
1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 8 62 Chris Johnson
1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 8 64 Gareth Owen
1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 66 Dan Blum
0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 7 54 Dan Tilque
0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 6 50 Peter Smyth
0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 6 51 Erland S
1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 6 55 Mark Brader
1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 5 39 Pete Gayde
1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 5 48 Bruce Bowler
1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 36 Marc Dashevsky
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
8 9 3 3 6 7 11 10 5 10 72 65%

Congratulations Stephen.

cheers,
calvin

swp

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Aug 29, 2017, 11:50:14 PM8/29/17
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On Tuesday, August 29, 2017 at 11:21:59 PM UTC-4, Calvin wrote:
> On Friday, August 25, 2017 at 11:08:18 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:
> > 3 In 1988 who became the first boxer to have won world championships in five different weight categories?
>
> "Sugar" Ray Leonard

bzzzzt!

see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_boxing_quintuple_champions

Erland Sommarskog

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Aug 30, 2017, 3:22:13 AM8/30/17
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Calvin (334...@gmail.com) writes:
>> 5 In which decade was the Irish potato famine?
>
> 1840s
> As Stephen noted it arguably extended into the early 1850s so that is
> also an acceptable answer.
>
> Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10
> 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 6 51
> Erland S

But 1860s is not which is what I entered, so I don't deserve that point. (I
seem to recall that someone more went with that decade, so you may what
make a general review.)

Mark Brader

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Aug 30, 2017, 4:05:54 AM8/30/17
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Erland Sommarskog:
> But 1860s is not which is what I entered, so I don't deserve that point. (I
> seem to recall that someone more went with that decade, so you may what
> make a general review.)

I did, but I was guessing.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "Mark is, as usual, correct."
m...@vex.net --John Lawler

Peter Smyth

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Aug 30, 2017, 8:55:40 AM8/30/17
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swp wrote:

> On Tuesday, August 29, 2017 at 11:21:59 PM UTC-4, Calvin wrote:
> > On Friday, August 25, 2017 at 11:08:18 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:
> > > 3 In 1988 who became the first boxer to have won world championships
> > > in five different weight categories?
> >
> > "Sugar" Ray Leonard
>
> bzzzzt!
>
> see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_boxing_quintuple_champions

It depends which of the various versions of the world championship you are
counting.

Hearns fifth title was the WBO Super Middleweight Championship in Nov
1988, however it is somewhat dubious whether that should be considered a
legitimate title. The WBO had only been formed a few months earlier and
his opponent for the newly created vacant title, James Kinchen, was hardly
world championship quality.

Peter Smyth

Calvin

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Aug 30, 2017, 9:57:51 PM8/30/17
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On Wednesday, August 30, 2017 at 1:21:59 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:


> > 3 In 1988 who became the first boxer to have won world championships in five different weight categories?
>
> "Sugar" Ray Leonard

I'm now also accepting Thomas Hearns as well as Leonard.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_boxing_quintuple_champions

The whole thing is a bit of a farce given the multiple bodies which hand out sometimes dubious titles, and the insignificant differences between some of the weight divisions. But that's boxing.

And I've corrected the scoring for Erland on Q56.

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 500
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 72 Stephen Perry
1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 8 61 Chris Johnson
1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 8 63 Gareth Owen
1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 65 Dan Blum
0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 7 54 Dan Tilque
0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 6 51 Peter Smyth
1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 6 55 Mark Brader
1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 5 40 Pete Gayde
0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 5 45 Erland S
1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 5 48 Bruce Bowler
1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 36 Marc Dashevsky
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
8 9 4 3 5 7 11 10 5 10 72 65%


cheers,
calvin

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