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10 year old kid almost chokes to death on chair lift

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janibelle
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I don't know if this has been posted already but up in Park City today some little dude got stuck to the lift by his backpack and hung down from the chair for a minute choking, on his backpack. He finally popped off his helmet and fell about 30 feet. I guess now his family wants to sue. I think it's with good reason though. Isn't the chair lift operator suppose to be watching to prevent these things from happening?
Dec 9 2004 11:51PM
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brouhaha8
Posts: 240 - Karma: 15
no they shouldn't sue, how would that have been the resort's fault or even the liftie's fault? It probably didn't even happen right at the bottom of the lift anyway




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Dec 9 2004 11:53PM
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kjfreerider
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chair lift people can only do so much like say take off your back pack but if the person doesnt take it off or cant before they get on the chair what then? nothin thats what. my guestion is where is this kids parrents probly off fucking in the bushs cuz it sure dont sound like there was anyone on the lift with the kid




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Dec 9 2004 11:54PM
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Jib_This
Posts: 8272 - Karma: 9
Last time I checked, you were supposed to take your backpack off before boarding a lift. It's not the resort's fault that the kid is a posterchild for abortion.







Bahahaha... or, you could call it the 'elitist snob' cult. Anyways, my family already owns a country club, so no thanks.

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Dec 9 2004 11:56PM
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Boards
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yeah fuck sueing. the kid is stupid for wearing his backpack. his parents are stupid for not teaching him life skills, like following the rules of the hill.

to paraphrase (beacasue i am not sure if he said exactly this)scott schmidt 'people who sue ski resorts should die'
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Dec 9 2004 11:57PM
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guddgulf17
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hahaha^ i got levitated by my backpack once. really fun, i tell you. but his parents shouldnt sue. thats just dumb, for a dumb mistake that anyone could make. if the kid died, then maybe. but not if hes fine. people are so sue happy in america, its like ' oh lets go spill hot coffee on ourselves at mcdonalds, then sue them and get rich.' soooooooo stupid. sueing has its place, but it is overused for the wrong purpose
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Dec 9 2004 11:58PM
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JackBach
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I'll have to agree, at least partially. The kid was 10? Yes, he is able to act on his own, but kids should be at least semi supervised and should def. be supervised if they have not mastered the rules of the hill, i.e. taking off your backpack.

The parents will sue, it will be settled out of court, they'll get their payout and the resort will step its regulation of said policies.







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Dec 10 2004 12:03AM
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janibelle
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I would sue. Or at least try. For that kind of brush with death, especailly at ten. The kid seriously thought he was going to die, hanging, from a chair lift. YOu know you would be pretty shocked, and pissed. But I see what you mean about having some life skills. He wasn't the brightest...
Dec 10 2004 12:04AM
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Jib_This
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^forget the kid, you should've been aborted.







Bahahaha... or, you could call it the 'elitist snob' cult. Anyways, my family already owns a country club, so no thanks.

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Dec 10 2004 12:07AM
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Ice-Is-Scary
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So he was wearing a backpackstrap around his neck and attached the other end to the chairlift? Sounds like a Darwin award in the making.


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Dec 10 2004 12:08AM
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Boards
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why sue janibille? what does it do? it drives up insurance costs and causes prices to go up for the consumer. take responsability for your own fucking lives. if it is not gross negligence sueing only acts to hurt the rest of society. one person may become rich off it, but that person should die.
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Dec 10 2004 12:13AM
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kjfreerider
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hahaha ice-is-scary is right. sounds like one of those stupid home videos people set up and reherse then send it into funniest home vidoe.




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Dec 10 2004 12:24AM
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switchskier88
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fuck that people need to take responsibility for there own actions, its not the lifties fault that these parents have a kid with a mental defect, whats he gonna do about that
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Dec 10 2004 12:28AM
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arsenal601
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yeah man, dont sue the resort













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Dec 10 2004 1:05AM
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arsenal601
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its like suing mcdonalds for being fat(which happened), or suing wal mart for selling you shit













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Dec 10 2004 1:05AM
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Fusion
Posts: 153 - Karma: 10
My question is how did he end up hanging?? Was it a t-bar or rope-tow or something?? I'm assuming by falling 30 ft it was a chairlift. How exactly does a backpack get caught on the chair?? Maybe I'm not looking at it right.
Dec 10 2004 1:37AM
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TheStamos
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I saw the video of it, it was like 30 feet into packed pow, i think he was ok, i was to busy laughing at him to listen.



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Dec 10 2004 1:45AM
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Ski_Instructor_Mike
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They get caught on the side seats. either around the chair pad or near the safety bar. I've seen it happen but it usually ends up that people just can't get off the chair.
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Dec 10 2004 1:45AM
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Fusion
Posts: 153 - Karma: 10
I see now...I guess my mountain doesn't have the safety bar things...little sketchy when the seats ice up.
Dec 10 2004 1:50AM
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MARCHILLY
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sueing people is for people you cant own up and take enough responsiblity on ther own. and thats why so many people sue in america...NO RESPONSIBLITY. fuck.
Dec 10 2004 1:57AM
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EndlessWinta77
Posts: 560 - Karma: 13
nobody should ever sue for pointless shit like that... it removes freedoms that we have and makes buisness owners overcautious... example: almost every pool in america has no diving/running/jumping signs... i dont recall seeing any signs like that in mexico where they actually built manmade rocks to jump off of....apperantly mexicans take responsibility for their own actions. shit happens man
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Dec 10 2004 2:02AM
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TheStamos
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Im a lifeguard, We put that shit up so instead of saving some fag's ass and taking the time to backboard them we keep our eye's on important thing's like how even our tan's our and if im getting to bronzed in the face. Have some fucking respect sitting on my ass all day is hard work. I laugh at the 9-5.



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Dec 10 2004 2:05AM
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EndlessWinta77
Posts: 560 - Karma: 13
^^^ so ya... i guess every ski area should put up no jumping/skiing fast signs up and regulate hardcore so that the ski patrol can sit around and get frostbite on their dicks eh? hows that sound
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Dec 10 2004 2:23AM
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OZPowderdude
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Not having saftey bars on chairlifts is etch, but i heard a resort in America got sued because some fat ass got caught in the saftey bar and was 'embarassed' so she sued the resort, so then the resort was told they had to take all the saftey bars off the chairs. Anyway over here in Australia some guy sued the local council because he went swimming at night when he had been drinking and popin pills and broke his back, anyway he sued for 4 million, it seems Australia just copies America these days
Dec 10 2004 3:12AM
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Dec 10 2004 3:12AM
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fredsters_s
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yeh americans you fucking operate a blame culture over there. take responsibility of your actions and how can you blame the resort because of an accident??? Some people (all over the world) need to realise that sometimes things happen which are nobody's fault.
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Dec 10 2004 4:56AM
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twintipteles
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'The kid seriously thought he was going to die, hanging, from a chair lift. YOu know you would be pretty shocked, and pissed.' Janibelle- whats ur point, if i tied a rope around my neck and jumped out my window i would prolly 'Seriously think i was going to die' and be shocked, so should i then go sue the rope company, or the company that made my windows big enough to jump out of. You just got owned, now go kill yourself and dont sue anyone
Dec 10 2004 8:00AM
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By purchasing a life ticket or a season pass, you assume all risks. That means if you choke on YOUR backpack because you didnt take it off on the chair you cant sue the mountain. Buy buying a pass or ticket, you basically signing the waver that signs your life away
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Dec 10 2004 8:16AM
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Ryno
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everyone is afraid. plain and simple. and i bet 1/2 u people who say you wouldnt sue would in a heartbeat if it was you.
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Dec 10 2004 8:18AM
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SkiLuigi1300
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haha ouch.. i saw something like this on this movie called death to snowboarders or something
it was about this raging skier person who killed all theses snowboarders for some reason.. it was pretty cool.. in the end the killer was some hott skier chick.I was dissappointed to see her die. But yeah.. relating that to thist event.. haha.. well in the movie the person ties this girls scarf to the back of the lift and she goes to get off of it and cant ride away and then it brings her back around and she hangs all the way back down the mountain.
haha has anyone else seen this movie?
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Dec 10 2004 10:05AM
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KeegLove
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man that sux i hope the kids ok hes gunna be so traumatized

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Dec 10 2004 10:07AM
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freestyler540
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Some people are sooo stupid.
At my ski center,someone got hit by a T-bar.She never looked to see if someone was comming.
She threaten to sue the center because of her ignorence.


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Dec 10 2004 10:10AM
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Ryno
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if you had the chance to sue and become a get-rich-quick, you would all take it. people are lazy and dont wanna work for money anymore
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Dec 10 2004 10:24AM
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EndlessWinta77
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there are legitimate reasons to sue.... being a dumbass isn't.... remember when the dumb cunt sued mcdonalds becuase teh coffee was to hot? wtf has gone wrong with our society
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Dec 10 2004 2:28PM
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zachakskibum
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there retarted if they sue, its the kids fault
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Dec 10 2004 2:31PM
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janibelle
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i'm not saying the kid shouldn't have known better (or maybe he did, i see people on the lift all the time that are too lazy or whatever to take their packpacks off). but to some extent it was a total freak accident. i would want a little compensation. maybe he won't win the case, but what if he died there? the resort would close, maybe chair lifts would be re-engineered, who knows. at least bring it to peoples' attention so they can learn from it. just dismissing the whole thing as 'child stupidity' is a waste...
Dec 10 2004 8:25PM
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nilzlet
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sorry, my little bro isnt too smart. my parents are gonna sue now.



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Dec 10 2004 8:33PM
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Jib_This
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^and letting you live, rather than aborting you, was also a waste. But if we let that by, we can certainly let this situation go by.

The kid was a retard, the parents were irresponsible in letting the kid take a lift by himself, as he clearly wasn't able to, and the lifty probably did what he/she could to get the kid to safely remove his backpack (like you always should when boarding a lift) and get on the lift safely.







Bahahaha... or, you could call it the 'elitist snob' cult. Anyways, my family already owns a country club, so no thanks.

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Dec 10 2004 8:34PM
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skier27
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'PEOPLE WHO SUE SKI RESORTS SHOULD BE SHOT!!!!' sueing is so fucking gay.. if your retarded enough to get choked by a backpack on a chairlift then you ought to be dead..



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Dec 10 2004 8:41PM
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janibelle
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^^fuck you. i can't believe how much shit i'm getting for starting a discussion. fuck this.
Dec 10 2004 8:43PM
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Jib_This
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^welcome to newschoolers, where talk of suing ski resorts isn't well accepted.







Bahahaha... or, you could call it the 'elitist snob' cult. Anyways, my family already owns a country club, so no thanks.

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Dec 10 2004 8:49PM
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TheWorst
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what the fuck is a little 10 year old kid doing carrying a back pack anyways? does he think hes c00l or something?
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Dec 10 2004 9:18PM
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triebby
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stupid sueing pansies, its the kids fault, dont sue the area.


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Dec 10 2004 9:22PM
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duhamelski
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i hate sue happy people. lets corrupt the judicial system to earn a few undeserved bucks.
Dec 10 2004 9:28PM
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cheddershredder
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That's what he gets for wearing a backpack while skiing-- Only people in school and gay people where back packs
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Dec 10 2004 9:40PM
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eastAR5
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i got my doorag caught in the lift one time i panicked and got ran over



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Dec 10 2004 10:54PM
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fourdskate
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i think it's just an unfortunate accident, and nobody's really to blame. they should just be more clear about not letting kids wear backpacks on the lift, with a picture of a little kiddo hanging from the lift or something.
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Dec 10 2004 11:12PM
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InfernoHits
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people should not be able to sue for their own ignorance, nievity, mistakes, whatever you want to call it. The kid messed up why should the resort suffer.
Dec 10 2004 11:44PM
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proZach
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doesnt the little message on the back of the ticket not let you sue? i remember going up the lift and reading the back of those. it said like the mountain is not responsible for any injury/death/possetional loss.....and you cant sue.
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Dec 11 2004 12:12AM
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Public-k2-Enemy
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unless the liftie forgot to mention to take off the back pack, its solely the kid's fault. and i know shit happens, but there are rules for a reason. the mountain is a big playground. even though resorts seem safe, lifts are heavy machinery nonetheless. im sure the kid will look back at the footage some day and be happy it was a powder day and laugh it up

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Dec 11 2004 12:43AM
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MADr.
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sueing actually will probly net his parents a few grand and make some lawyer really fuckin set



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Dec 11 2004 3:03AM
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