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Before we get to the actual prompt submission portion of this post, an administrative housekeeping note: From now on the Harlequin Kradam Fest will be held once a year (June-September) rather than twice. It is my hope that by holding the Fest annually we’ll get more people interested in participating, and by holding it in June rather than December we miss out on conflicting with all the holiday challenges, etc.
And now, onto our regularly scheduled Prompt Submission Post! *g* Welcome to our fifth round of Harlequin Kradam Fest! Please comment here with your prompts.
~We will accept prompts through July 5th.
~All of the prompts will be collated into a list and posted here at
harlequinkradam on July 6th for claiming. Prompts will be available for claiming (and you may post your fanfic or fanart submissions) from July 6th through September 30th.
You may submit:
~general prompts or more specific scenarios;
~prompts from the last round (just c&p them into a comment here), whether they were claimed and filled or not.
The only requirements are that the prompt be Kris/Adam and be of a Harlequin nature (which we will interpret broadly). Harlequin is a type of romance that includes everything from traditional to historical, intrigue to supernatural. If you’re not sure what we mean by the term ‘Harlequin’, check out the eHarlequin writing guidelines.
For more information about the Fest please read the rules on the community profile. If your question isn’t answered there you may ask us here at the Q&A post.
Please note: If you plan to post a fic this round that you started for a previous round, please make sure that the prompt you claimed is re-submitted for this round so that you can re-claim it.
Here are several more prompts to get us started:
~Kris Allen signs up for Theater 101 because it’s the only open course that fits his schedule. It’s not long before the professor learns what Kris has always known: he sucks at acting. Kris is handed over to the not so tender mercies of TA, Adam Lambert, who teaches Kris about acting, and a whole lot more.
~Single dad Kris Allen finally bows to the inevitable and hires a nanny to help him take care of his daughter/son. Picturing the staid nanny types who suck all the fun out of life, he tells the service that he wants someone who is imaginative and artistic. When Adam Lambert first appears on his doorstep, Kris isn’t sure he’s the right man for the job, but Adam soon convinces Kris otherwise.
~When photographs of Kris Allen kissing another man are posted on-line he refuses to deny that he is gay. His record company claims breach of contract, but they give Kris a choice: either he will be banned from performing publicly for the remainder of his contract and sued for damages, or he can agree to allow them to sell his contract to Adam Lambert, a man who has made no secret of his desire for Kris.
Now go ahead and submit your own prompts!
And now, onto our regularly scheduled Prompt Submission Post! *g* Welcome to our fifth round of Harlequin Kradam Fest! Please comment here with your prompts.
~We will accept prompts through July 5th.
~All of the prompts will be collated into a list and posted here at
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You may submit:
~general prompts or more specific scenarios;
For example:~blurbs off the back of Harlequin romance novels, or blurbs from the back of DVD cases, or scenarios you’ve made up yourself, or mix ‘em up; and
General Prompt: marriage of convenience
Specific Scenario: Kris Allen is the son of a wealthy businessman who must marry by his 25th birthday or lose the inheritance he plans to use to fund his own charity. He sees Adam Lambert, a struggling musician, perform one night and is smitten; Kris makes Adam an offer he can’t refuse.
~prompts from the last round (just c&p them into a comment here), whether they were claimed and filled or not.
The only requirements are that the prompt be Kris/Adam and be of a Harlequin nature (which we will interpret broadly). Harlequin is a type of romance that includes everything from traditional to historical, intrigue to supernatural. If you’re not sure what we mean by the term ‘Harlequin’, check out the eHarlequin writing guidelines.
For more information about the Fest please read the rules on the community profile. If your question isn’t answered there you may ask us here at the Q&A post.
Please note: If you plan to post a fic this round that you started for a previous round, please make sure that the prompt you claimed is re-submitted for this round so that you can re-claim it.
Here are several more prompts to get us started:
~Kris Allen signs up for Theater 101 because it’s the only open course that fits his schedule. It’s not long before the professor learns what Kris has always known: he sucks at acting. Kris is handed over to the not so tender mercies of TA, Adam Lambert, who teaches Kris about acting, and a whole lot more.
~Single dad Kris Allen finally bows to the inevitable and hires a nanny to help him take care of his daughter/son. Picturing the staid nanny types who suck all the fun out of life, he tells the service that he wants someone who is imaginative and artistic. When Adam Lambert first appears on his doorstep, Kris isn’t sure he’s the right man for the job, but Adam soon convinces Kris otherwise.
~When photographs of Kris Allen kissing another man are posted on-line he refuses to deny that he is gay. His record company claims breach of contract, but they give Kris a choice: either he will be banned from performing publicly for the remainder of his contract and sued for damages, or he can agree to allow them to sell his contract to Adam Lambert, a man who has made no secret of his desire for Kris.
Now go ahead and submit your own prompts!
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Date: 2012-06-15 07:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-06-15 09:28 pm (UTC)We will accept prompts through June 5th.
Is it possible you have the dates wrong? Today is June 15th...
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Date: 2012-06-17 11:09 am (UTC)Yet he can't trust anyone he knows since his win thanks to greedy ladder climbers controlling his every move, and Kris has few options outside of renewing because no one wants to go up again his entourage of producers, agents, and publicists. Also he needs a good reason to decline the contract or else the repercussions could make his life miserable.
So when his contract is about to expire and he must either renew or face fading into obscurity (or much worse), Kris approaches his once-best friend, the vivacious producer and singer Adam Lambert with a most outrageous proposition: marriage!
Adam's reputation is so dangerous that thirty seconds alone with him will break any anyone who is not as jaded as him. Still, Kris comes to him and the old sparks between them flicker into a raging fire. And, Adam still wants Kris — in his bed and on his label, wants him enough to legally shackle himself to his former friend.
But Kris' proposal comes with a condition: no sex after their wedding night. Kris will not become just another of Adam Lambert's conquests to be callously discarded. Kris' ultimatum leaves Adam with two choices: step up his game of seduction or surrender his heart to Kris again and convince him to be Adam's partner in more than just making records. [contemporary re-write of Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas]
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Date: 2012-06-17 11:14 am (UTC)→ When Kris was hired as personal assistant to Adam Lambert, he was ready to resist him--if Kris' sensible suits, glasses and severe hairstyle didn't do it, then his cool, untouchable manner would. However, during a working weekend away, Adam started getting very personal with his assistant. Without his glasses and prim clothes, Kris felt naked--which suited Adam just fine! [source (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/695304.His_Very_Personal_Assistant)]
→ The formidable Adam Lambert certainly had been deeply wronged in the past by Kris' father - but it had been nothing to do with him; in fact Kris didn't even know what had happened. But Adam was determined to get his revenge, and Kris was his instrument: he had lost one husband; in Kris he was getting another - whether he liked it or not! The man was a devil; but for Kris there could be no escaping him. [source (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2665829.Devil_Lover)]
→ Dare he strike a deal with this man? Kris knew his father's career would be ruined unless he intervened--and swiftly. One simple, human error shouldn't be held against him, Kris decided. And he was sure his employer, the handsome dynamic Adam Lambert, would understand.... But Adam's hardheaded response shocked him. He would help Kris, on one condition: that he pretend to be his lover! Kris felt uneasy at the cold calculation behind his offer. And even more uneasy at how disturbingly attractive he found Adam. Yet Kris had no choice. [source (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/695305.Only_Lover)]
→ Seeing Adam again after five long years was almost more of a shock than the traffic accident that had left Kris' brother in a coma. Why had Adam come? Instantly Kris relived the pain of loving him and losing him. But that was over now; he had his brother to think of. That was the most cruel irony of all, because for his brother's sake, Kris was forced to live with his husband again, pretending a love that didn't exist - except on Kris' side. [source (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/695309.Burning_Obsession)]
→ Adam was not a man to toy with. Kris Allen unleashed a storm when he set out to teach Adam Lambert a lesson. A storm with more fury than he'd ever expected. But Kris was tired of hearing about all the men his boss had affairs with, and so Kris announced to the newspapers that Mr. Lambert would finally be settling down and getting married. And the man? Kris himself! Hs little joke backfired, however. It wasn't too long before Kris began fervently wishing their mock engagement was a real one. [source (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/695352.Engaged_to_Jarrod_Stone)]
→ Kris' arrival in Los Angles was daunting. He'd been so delighted with the chance at a film role that his reception on the sound stage was a shock. Adam Lambert, the director, seemed convinced that Kris had landed the part by means other than his acting ability. Even worse, he doubted Kris' honesty! Initially, all Kris wanted was his approval of his acting. Then it became vital to have Adam respect him as a colleague and peer. For, foolishly, Kris found himself in love with a man who despised him! [source (http://www.paperbackswap.com/Set-Stars-Fire-Sally-Wentworth/book/0373103891/)]
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Date: 2012-06-17 02:05 pm (UTC)> Kris Allen knew things were bad when he got called to the dean's office at his university. He just didn't expect to see his estranged father when he arrived or the proposal his father offers him. Little does Kris know that by signing his name on the dotted line, he's agreed to become the personal blood donor to a vampire prince and there is not breaking this blood contract.
Prince Adam Lambert is dying. He needs a blood donor with pure blood. When Kris is brought to him, Adam finds himself dealing with feelings he has never experienced before. Falling in love with his blood donor was never part of the contract.
When Kris's life is threatened, Adam will do anything to save him, even break every rule of his kind. He's even willing to give up his life to save the man he loves. But will it be enough and will it be in time? More importantly, will Kris accept a vampire prince as his mate?
> Vampire Prince Kristopher Allen must bond with his mate or forfeit succession to the throne. When Kris meets Adam Lambert he knows immediately that he’s found his mate, but there’s just one problem: Adam’s still human. Will Kris give up Adam, or the throne?
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Date: 2012-06-17 02:27 pm (UTC)> A Wedding is just what the kingdom needs. Adam is not happy because he is the one supposed to marry a prince he has never met before. also he cant seem to get his husband-to-be's assistant Kristopher out of his head.
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Date: 2012-06-18 09:42 am (UTC)Then there's Adam. At first I thought he was just a street kid, but the secrets he's keeping are as intense as his unearthly blue eyes. If he's what I think he is, he may be the only one who can help me. But something terrifying is closing in, and the one chance Adam and I have to stop it means losing everything I ever wanted and embracing the darkness inside me....
(source (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13060609-dark-kiss))
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Date: 2012-06-18 10:34 am (UTC)Life hasn't been easy on twenty-six-year-old Kris Allen, so a new start in Los Angeles may be just the change he needs. But the getting entrenched in the glamorous West Hollywood scene? Not so much. Friendly faces are few and far between, except for one that he's irresistibly drawn to. Adam Lambert, the guy with the rock-star good looks and the most incredible singer who's on the rise in the music world. He might just be his very own white knight.
But even when Adam inexplicably turns cold, Kris can't stop staring. Ever since he laid eyes on him, strange things have been happening. Streetlamps go out wherever he walks, and Kris has been having the oddest dreams: visions of himself in past lives' visions that warn him to stay away from Adam. Or else.
(source (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10118172-spellbound))
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Date: 2012-06-18 10:39 am (UTC)When his divorcing parents decide to split his brother’s ashes into his-and-her urns, Kris takes matters into his own hands. He’ll steal the ashes and drive cross-country with his best friend, Katy, to the one place Neil always dreamed of going, California.
Enter Adam Lambert. He’s a boy with a bad attitude, a classic-rock obsession and nothing in common with Kris’s brother. But Adam was friends with Neil, and when he insists on joining them, Kris’s just desperate enough to let him. With his alternately charming and infuriating demeanour and his belief that music can see you through anything, he might be exactly what he needs.
Except Kris wasn’t the only one hiding something. Adam’s keeping a secret that has the power to turn Kris’s life upside down again.
(source (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10947600-saving-june))
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Date: 2012-06-18 10:42 am (UTC)This puts him into conflict with Kris Allen, a very straight and very hot police detective. When passion flares between the two men, Kris is astonished. Is he really gay? And if so, what will this mean to his career, and his life? As the danger threatening Adam increases, Kris senses that nothing is as it seems, and wonders who is really after his newfound and forbidden love?
(source (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7090484-a-matter-of-time))
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Date: 2012-06-18 11:37 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-06-18 11:46 am (UTC)And what a deal! Kris becomes Adam’s play toy. Good thing Kris enjoys it. He’ll just play the game until he can turn the tables on the CEO. Or that’s the plan. But somehow, even knowing the CEO is a ruthless snake at the core, Kris still lets Adam worm his way right into Kris’s heart.
Cutting Adam out of his life is the best thing Kris can do. So why does it feel like Kris might never be able to breathe again? It doesn’t help that Adam’s every bit as heartbroken and miserable. So maybe Kris’s view of Adam was skewed by the media. But can he separate the ruthless CEO from the gentle, caring man who loves him? And can he trust either one?
(source (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6252862-the-wolfe-proxy))
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Date: 2012-06-18 12:16 pm (UTC)Adam's love and devotion are all Kris could have hoped for and more. But when his ordinary life meets and clashes with Adam's extraordinary lifestyle, Kris discovers that trust and fear can go hand in hand, and love is just a step away from danger.
(source (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6782412-warrior-s-cross))
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Date: 2012-06-18 12:26 pm (UTC)Finding in each other an unlikely ally, Adam and K are soon on the run from shadowy enemies. Forced to work together to survive, the two men forge a bond that ripens into unexpected passion. Adam sees the wounded soul beneath K's cold, detached exterior, and K finds in Adam the person who can help him reclaim the man he once was. As the day of Adam's testimony approaches, he and K find themselves not only fighting for their lives... but also fighting for their future. A future together.
(source (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6382879-zero-at-the-bone))
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Date: 2012-06-22 08:32 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2012-07-14 11:29 am (UTC)I was out of the country, so just now saw this
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Date: 2012-06-26 07:52 pm (UTC)Adam is feeling betrayed and rejected, so what will he do when Kris stands in front of his door week (or month) later? will Kris fight to get Adam back and finally stand up for his man?
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Date: 2012-06-27 10:28 pm (UTC)Adam stays with his son in LA. He's on his child school frequently(baseball practice) and met Joey(Kris' husband) and became friends. They shared stories about their husbands but one unfortunate day he caught him kissing with someone in school bathroom.
When both Kris & Clint came home from Iraq/Afghan both couples agreed to have a party in Adam's house. There he came to know Kris and wanted to tell him about Joey but what he didn't know Kris already knew it and that he had a bad news for Adam too.
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Date: 2012-07-03 11:32 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-07-05 08:28 pm (UTC)Adam’s all sleek black and sparkly and gorgeous, so Kris should totally feel out of place, and yet he feels like he’s known Adam all his life. Kris has never gotten along with anyone so well, and he’s feeling comfortable in their friendship until Adam informs Kris that he plans on making Kris his mate, despite Kris’ objections that a werefox and a werewolf can’t be a mated pair.
Can Adam prove to Kris that the ways they’re similar matter more than the ways in which they’re different, and make him believe that love really does conquer all?
~Kris Allen’s band won a contest to open for famous singer Adam Lambert when his tour stopped in Little Rock. Problem was, Kris didn’t remember entering the contest, nor did he want to see Adam again.
Adam Lambert hasn’t been able to stop thinking about Kris since the day he left for LA to make it big. He’s decided that he wants Kris back, and he’s not above doing something underhanded if that means he gets to have Kris in his life again.
~Kris Allen, fresh off a world tour, is suffering from exhaustion. His management sends him on a tropical vacation for a month. Kris thinks a month on his own is going to suck, until he meets the gorgeous bartender.
Adam Lambert gave up on his dream of becoming a rock star. He serves drinks to the tourists on the beach during the day, and seduces them into his bed at night. He thinks it’s enough, until he meets cute and sexy Kris Allen.
Will Kris be able to convince Adam that he should take a chance on Kris, and give his dream another shot?
~Kris Allen and Adam Lambert were once the best of friends, brought together by a common experience. Kris even thought he was in love with Adam, but time and distance have separated them. It’s been several years since Kris has even seen Adam, until someone starts killing the American Idol winners.
Adam freaks out and kidnaps Kris because he doesn’t believe that Kris will take the proper precautions on his own. Kris can call no one for help, mainly because Adam left Kris’ phone at his house so no one could trace him, but also because his family was complicit in said kidnapping.
Kris is determined to remain irritated with Adam for kidnapping him, but being with Adam 24/7 reminds Kris how much he likes Adam and enjoys hanging out with him. And just why he fell in love with him in the first place. Kris finds himself less concerned with the madman killing Idols, and more worried that he won’t be able to hide his growing feelings from Adam.
~Kris Allen’s first love was music, but when he was drafted by [baseball franchise of your choice] right out of high school, he figured it was too good an opportunity to pass up, so he packed his guitar, along with his favorite glove and bat, and headed to [wherever their triple A team plays].
Kris is doing pretty well. Even though he’s a bit homesick, he gets along with most of the guys on the team, and he’s even heard rumors that he might be sent up to the majors if they need a back up [catcher], just to give him some experience at that level. He misses playing with his dad, and his friends, but he’s got his guitar and his roommate doesn’t care if he plays it in their room, so Kris figures he’s doing alright.
Until he walks into a club he’d never been in before and meets Adam Lambert. Adam has a voice like an angel (or the devil, Kris thinks, because it makes him want to do very naughty things to the other man), and he’s gorgeous to boot. Just when Kris believes he’s chosen the path his life is going to take, Adam comes along and makes him rethink that.
~Kris Allen has realized that he made a mistake when he left his music career behind. Now he’s mounting a comeback, and opening for Adam Lambert during his summer concert tour would be a coup, but there’s a catch: Adam wants Kris as more than his opening act.
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Date: 2012-07-05 08:29 pm (UTC)~Adam Lambert’s days of tabloid notoriety are behind him if he wants to keep his record contract. To complete his newly reformed image, his management wants him to settle down and get married. Adam refuses to even consider the idea until he meets his prospective husband, Kris Allen.
~When Adam Lambert left college early to hone his craft ‘on the job’, the classroom wasn’t the only thing he left behind. Over the years Kris Allen tried to forget the young man who’d stolen his heart and then left him without a word, but he’s never quite managed.
Years later, when Adam hasn’t yet made it big, and Kris is on the verge of giving up his dream of playing music and going back to school, they both try out for American Idol. Sparks fly when they are finally reunited during Hollywood Week, but Kris is afraid that Adam will break his heart once more. Can Adam convince Kris that he’ll never leave him again?
~Kris Allen is the heir to the Allen fortune. He is expected to finish college with a degree in business and go to work for the family, learning the business from the ground up and eventually taking it over from his father. Kris is prepared to give up his dream of becoming a musician and settle down with the perfect wife until he meets Adam Lambert and discovers a passion he’d only before found in his music. Will Kris accept the life everyone expects of him, or choose the life that makes him happy?
~After bad investments [or reason of author’s choice] leave the Allen family broke, Kris Allen turns to the one person he knows will be willing to loan his father the money . . . for a price. Adam Lambert is a scoundrel, but he’s never lied about one thing – his desire for Kris. Will Kris be able to hide his own attraction for the other man long enough to complete their business arrangement and get out in one piece?
~Unable to make it on his music alone, Kris Allen takes a job as a personal assistant to the flamboyant, charismatic and infuriating glamrocker Adam Lambert. Working for Adam becomes a challenge in more ways than one when Kris finds himself attracted to the other man.
~Adam Lambert and Kris Allen had been in love once, but that was years ago. When they meet up again Kris is determined to maintain a distance between them; Adam is equally determined to win Kris back.
~Adam Lambert’s a little tipsy when he mistakes Kris Allen for a fan and takes him home for the night [or blows him off, author choice]. Things are a bit awkward when Adam realizes that the Kris he met the night before is the same Kris Allen his band is supposed to be opening for on their upcoming tour. Can Adam convince Kris that he’s not quite the player [or jerk] he appears to be, and show him that they’re perfect for each other?
~Kris Allen wakes up in the hospital having lost his memories of the last six months of his life. The one thing he remembers is Adam Lambert, and the love they share. Adam takes Kris home from the hospital to the home they share, but things feel strange to Kris. What happens when he remembers the truth, that Adam left him for another man and has just been playing a role to help Kris get his memory back? Can Adam convince Kris that he truly loves him? Can Kris trust him?
~Kris Allen and Adam Lambert were once friends. Now they’re being forced into an arranged marriage so that Adam’s family doesn’t lose their home and standing. Kris had been in love with Adam when they were growing up, but Adam only had eyes for Bradley Bell. Kris believes that Adam is pining for his ex and only marrying Kris to help out his family. He agrees to the marriage only if they never have to share the same bed. Can Adam convince Kris that he is the one Adam loves?
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Date: 2012-07-05 08:29 pm (UTC)~Mistaken identity.
~Baby left on doorstep.
~Mail order bride.
~Amnesia.
~Secretary/boss (or similar relationship, ie, nurse/doctor).
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Date: 2012-07-18 05:35 pm (UTC)Detective Kris investigating criminal and needs Adam's help to infiltrate his compound, guys wife is HUGE Adam fan & wants to hire him for a party, Kris poses as member of the band (he does play guitar and keys) to get in, Adam is maddeningly cavalier about it being good fun like a 007 film (tho has unequivocally stated he does NOT want pussy galore) while Kris trying to be serious and keep them all from being discovered. since hes new Kris raises suspicions til Adam infers hes there as Adams new boy toy and now he has to play the role...
Detective Kris investigating criminal who owns a nightclub and has Adam as his kept boy on the down low, Kris has no respect for Adam but decides to try to befriend him to get info and maybe bug his place to get criminal on tape talking to associates. but as Kris gets to know Adam something seems wrong, he doesnt seem happy at all, is he really living this life voluntarily or does the criminal have somehting over him that makes him stay? Does Kris car enough to find out and maybe help him or does Adam find out he's being used and end the relationship?
i will never get enough marriage of convenience
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Date: 2012-07-18 05:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-07-18 05:56 pm (UTC)Kris is a professional baseball player that is in the closet, Adam is a professional ice skater that is quite flamboyant, they meet at an all star sporting event and sparks fly. Does Kris acknowledge his attraction to Adam, can a longer term relationship even happen if Kris is in the closet?
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Date: 2012-07-18 05:58 pm (UTC)