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With my daughter's wedding fast approaching, I am almost in full panic mode as I try to get everything done, so I missed posting this last Friday.
Scrapbook Friday Freebie!
I really miss the days when my daughter played soccer! It took me a while to understand the game and the rather simple rules, but once I did, I came to truly love the game. Ashley ended up being a goalie and was pretty good at it for the level she played. The goalie is … Continue reading Scrapbook Friday Freebie!
Scrapbook Friday Freebie!
Happy Friday! Now that I'm retired, I'm having fun getting back to the things I love and getting my creative juices going. I've got so many photos to scrapbook so I can now go back to some of my past creations and go full steam ahead. With my daughter's upcoming wedding to plan, the garden, … Continue reading Scrapbook Friday Freebie!
Organizing for the "What if" Day!
There are so many places online that you have to register with a username and pick out yet another password. Some you may visit again, and others may end up forgotten.
3 Best Shower Games Your Guests Will Love
If there's one thing I can't stand at showers, it's when you go to a shower and the games that are played don't fit with the theme or don't take into account the people invited to the shower, especially if there is a variation of ages and people don't really know each other or much about the bride or groom.
Scrapbook Friday Freebie!
I love to play around with different fonts and word placement, especially if I find quotes or words of wisdom that can easily be used to enhance a scrapbook page that I'm creating. I used this quote for a graduation page I did for my son. Hope you can use it! Download the freebie here. … Continue reading Scrapbook Friday Freebie!
It's All About the Paint {Really}
...As you can see, paint may have the four components of pigments, binders, liquid and additives in common, but the formulations can vary depending on how the paint is going to be used. It is easy to see how paint usage and application would change the component ratios.
The Best DIY Chalk Paint Recipe {Truly!}
The wonderful thing about painting with chalk paint is that there is no right or wrong way to use this paint. You develop your own techniques as you go along for the effect you want.
The Best DIY Chalk Paint Ever {REALLY!}
The biggest craze to hit the DIY market has got to be chalk paint. What's not to love? There is virtually no prep required, it's easy to work with and is relatively cheap…….if you make your own.....
100+ Essential Oil Sources!
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Over-riding the master setting on posts per page
What is it that controls the number of posts on a page? I'm not talking about the front page. I mean an arbitrary page, like say, a custom tag page.
I have one now that I want to show about 50 or more headlines on. But it only will show 14… presumably because that is what the master setting says on the generic wordpress settings screen under "Blog pages show at most… X posts"
However for my special page, i want to over-ride this. How can I do it?
The relevant code is here:
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Metaphors for laughter are often surprisingly violent, from busting a gut to splitting your sides to tumbling down the jagged face of Joke Mountain. Break a funny bone with this GrouponLive deal to see Late Nite Catechism 3: 'Til Death Do Us Part at The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts. For $22, you get one ticket for balcony seating on Saturday, September 8, at 8 p.m. (up to a $42 value).
'Til Death Do Us Part, the third installment of the interactive comedy series Late Night Catechism, brings back the charismatic and hysterical Catholic nun known only as "Sister" to school audiences—whom she refers to as her students—in the dos and don'ts of holy matrimony and the sacrament of last rites. In this participatory theater piece, Sister switches between delivering cynical, tongue-in-cheek lectures on everything from current events to Martian baptism and interrogating couples in the audience about the health of their relationships.
The building that now houses The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts received its first architectural facelift in 1925 at the tender age of 21, when it was fitted with vividly painted plasterwork, marbleized columns, and mirrored walls. The renovated edifice served as a movie theater and then a creepy, abandoned building before two local businessmen tackled the project of making over the theater yet again in 2002. Though the project is ongoing, the auditorium today boasts a majestic, light-flushed performance hall; a long and extravagantly carpeted lobby; and a turquoise-skirted chandelier powered by thousands of commissioned fireflies. The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts is a non-profit organization.
The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts
The 2,300-seat Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts—which was built in 1904—underwent a massive renovation in 2002, restoring historic details and adding modern amenities. With seats in the upper balcony, guests enjoy vistas of the theater's elegant chandelier, gilt-etched walls, and ornate fourth wall.


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This is a resource page for your FIRST Lego League teams in finding funding, Please check this page often.
FIRST WASHINGTON has a limited number of private grants we are administering. These are available for all FIRST LEGO League teams. Preference is given to new and under served teams.
To apply for these grants go to: http://firstwa.org/grant-application The deadline is Thursday, September 14, 2017, 4 p.m.
Please contact Erin McCallum with questions.
Any FIRST LEGO League team with a Boeing Employee or Boeing Retiree as mentor may apply for this grant through Boeing. The Boeing Employee or Retiree must apply.
The grant application period will run through July 31, 2017. To apply for a Boeing grant, please visit the Boeing grant application page.
OSPI iGrants
iGrants have not yet opened for 2017-2018 due to extended legislative session. Please check back frequently and regularly because when it opens, the application period to apply will be short.
Only public school teams (4th-8th grade) are eligible to apply and teams must compete in FIRST Washington competitions during the 2017-2018 season. This is a highly competitive grant with awards up to $1,400 per team. If your team is a 4th, 5th or 6th grade team or combination you are eligible to apply.


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I've been thinking and praying about the future of CAFC…
So I'm just going to get straight to the point.
I'm no longer going to posting on Crystal's Adventures for Christ.
I've been thinking and praying about the future of CAFC…
So I'm just going to get straight to the point.
I'm no longer going to posting on Crystal's Adventures for Christ.
I got this cute little husky from Cracker Barrel today.. It was in New Mexico, but now I'm back in Texas.😁
Anyway I'm used my Kindle Fire for the pics, so it's kind of lousy.
I saw what Mexico looked like on the way to New Mexico. It was interesting… I didn't get pictures though.. 😣
Their buildings were brightly colored (like pink and lime green, etc) and I assumed that this is their culture. Idk.
Man, it just feels like yesterday it turned June and now we're over halfway through it! The weather is just… annoying. 😛 Humid and hot.. I miss California's weather. It was nice and sunny
, with a high chance of being sunburned. 😛
First order of business… I decided that I really don't enjoy doing Goal/assessment posts anymore. It feels like a burden to have to do it, so I just want to have the blog for fun and to post what I want to post. I might want to post goals and stuff sometimes, but it won't happen often.
Okay another thing. To be honest, I've been on a hiatus without letting you guys know. Sorry about that.
…. I'm going to continue being on the hiatus.
Please just bare with me here, guys.
I just can't handle posting on CAFC because I am having a VERY hard time right now.
One wordhintthingy: camp.
Anyways, what I will say is that I have been a little depressed and sad… and I bet you won't believe this, but I almost quit WordPress because of that. I don't have it in my heart to be active all of the time anymore (which is probably temporary)….I dropped out of doing a few blog tours, mainly because of going out of town pretty soon, but also because of how I'm feeling.
And if you're friends with me on Goodreads, you've probably noticed I haven't been as active on there either.
What's the point?
I'll post once in awhile, which could be tomorrow for all I know, but I have a feeling I won't be doing much for sometime. I'm going out of time this week (for about two weeks, I believe) and I'm kind of dreading it in a way, so please keep me in prayer. ❤
~ Crystal
Hey everyone! My cousin and I created this awesome book tag. 🙂
1) Add the tag graphic to your post.
2) Thank the person who tagged you.
3) Answer the questions.
4) Tag five bloggers.
5) And you're done!
Question #1: What is your favorite book with animals as the main characters?
The Adventures of Max and Liz and The Epic Order of the Seven are my favorite series. The only one I've read is the second book, The Schemer, the Dreamer, and the Robe.
Q #2: Tell us about the book!
I'm not good at explaining things, but I'll try my best. Keep in mind that I've only read the second book in the series, so I'm not exactly certain what the first one was about.
Max, Liz, Kate, and Al earned immortality (from the first book, which yeah sounds weird. :P). They have waited for centuries for a word from the Maker and then they get their first directive from God to serve him for important points in human history. They learn they are to work behind the scenes in the life of Joseph.
With the help of a British mouse and a camel, they must combat the forces of evil that are out to thwart their plans, leading them into mysterious adventures with pyramids and mummies. If Max and Liz fail in this mission, all of Egypt will suffer, and the Hebrew nation will never be born.
So basically this story is about Joseph. It's so awesome! You should totally read it! 😀
Q #3: Which is your favorite animal in it?
I don't know that I had any particular favorites… I suppose Al. He made me laugh when he was clueless and always wanted food. 🙂
Q# 4: What is your favorite scene in it?
Er, it's really hard to choose just one! I really liked most of Joseph's scenes, but I especially liked when he arrived at the slave market. I just found that interesting! Oh and I liked it when Joesph and Kate winked at each other. 🙂
Q #5: What is your favorite quote from the book??
I going to be honest. I don't remember liking a specific quote so I looked on GR to see if there was one that stuck out to me. There was only one, so I choose that one. I'm not exactly sure if it's from the book I read, but it kind of sounds familiar. Or am I just telling myself that? The world will never know….
"Know that you are loved and you are able." -Gillamon
― Jenny L. Cote
Okay. I tag:
Kellyn Roth @ Reveries
Loren @ Let's Be Lost
Julia @ The Barefoot Gal
Kate Willis @ Once Upon an Ordinary
And you!!!
Thank you for reading!
~ Crystal
Kellyn Roth is having a blog tour for her books in The Chronicles of Alice and Ivy series, and I thought I'd help her out by posting about it. Are you interested? 🙂
That's right, ladies and gentleman! And now, the event you've been looking forward to since the day you were born ….
Okay, perhaps you haven't been waiting that long, but several of you have commented in such a way that led to me to believe that there was some excitement about the launching of the new covers for The Dressmaker's Secret and Ivy Introspective.
Now, regardless of your excitement – or lack of – continue reading (if you haven't already skipped ahead to view the covers, beast). After all, the blog tour signups are also opening today, and I have a lot of fun announcements about the party we'll be having!
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Hello fellow adventurers! Today, I welcome to you at my stop for Amanda Tero's blog tour for the release of her wonderful new book, The Secret Slipper.
Continue reading "Book Spotlight- The Secret Slipper + interview with author + more"
I scream
You scream
We all scream for books!
What a greeting! Anyway, I saw The Goodreads Tag on The Write Books Blog and she said anyone and everyone could do it. That's why I'm here today. 🙂
If the question's referring to the last published book I read, then this one:
I've been reading the Warriors series… and it feels like there is a zillion books or something. Anyway, I'm reading the Dawn of the Clans, a spin-off of the books that started it all. I recently finished book two, Thunder Rising. Now I'm currently reading book three, The First Battle.
Um, on GR I have a lot listed that I'm currently reading (and some of them are still packed away), so I'll list the most recent ones.
The First Battle (Warriors: Dawn of the Clans #3)
I like this author's Minecraft books, so don't judge me. (although the cover is a bit iffy) 😛
Yeah, but I pretty much base it on my liking of the book and if it was good. I really don't don't give any in-depth reviews unless I need to (such as reviewing it for someone) or I really like it.
Yes and I think I am doing quite well.
Although, half of the books I read might be picture books. 🙂
Who wouldn't?! Well, I really don't have too many. A few:
Tigerheart's Shadow (Warriors Super Edition #10)
I'm not an author-person…. for some series, yeah, but otherwise… Here are some that I like: Erin Hunter, Janette Oke, and Mark Cheverton.
Yes, multiple groups. Either they're christian, Marvel, or poll related. Fun Fact: I'm not really active in most of them unless I want to be.
Eh, I have 38 shelves. I do need them. 😛
Star-Wars, classics, favorites, library-books, etc.
I tag… dun dun dun da- You! I'm not certain who's been tagged, and we all know it can be annoying having to do the same tag again, so makes sense.
~ Crystal
This is the second book review I have posted on my blog and I hope to post more! 🙂
"Rose Red trusts no one with her secret. She hides in the forest, her face veiled in rags, shunning the company of all save her old father and her nanny goat. Her life is bleak and lonely.
Until she meets a privileged young man sent to spend his summer in the mountains. Headstrong young Leo startles everyone by befriending Rose Red, and together they begin searching for the monster rumored to be stalking these lands.
But the hunt, which began as a game, holds greater risk than either imagines. Soon both are forced to test their trust in each other as a far more terrifying scourge puts their entire land at risk."
Book: Veiled Rose (Tales of Goldstone Wood #2)
Author: Anne Elisabeth Stengl
Rating: 1 Star/DNF
To be honest, I couldn't finish this book.
First, I really didn't understand a thing that was going on. Of course, this is the second book so I should read the first one at some point. Second, I'm a little disappointed in Bethany House. I thought that they only published good books. I suppose you could think that I'm expecting books that I will like for sure from them, considering that they're a christian company, but that's not the case. I haven't seen a thing in Veiled Rose that made me feel like this was christian fiction. It really seemed secular, in my opinion. I decided to check out/research the author… it never mentioned her being a christian so now I'm questioning if the book was even aimed at Christians at all. Perhaps Bethany House only published it because it was supposedly "clean"? I even checked out reviews to see what everyone else thought of it… and it's apparently dark, frightening, etc. I wasn't aware of this, and that, in my opinion, is not god-honoring… plus, in my heart, I felt like God was telling me not to read this, so I listened after I finished chapter 4.
The book in general: Like I said, I didn't understand a thing. To me, Leo is a boring character… at least from the point I stopped at. I honestly did enjoy chapter 4, about Rose Red. Otherwise… 😛
The book did seem to possibly include magical elements, since dragons and stuff were discussed, but I'm not completely certain about that part.
I don't recommend it, unless you somehow like dark books. I don't understand how anyone could, but everyone is entitled to their own opinions. 🙂
I'm sorry for the short review, but there wasn't too much to say about Veiled Rose.
At least this book can finally go back to the library.
This was written in my own words and opinions.
For the categories, I used Goodreads to check what genres the book was listed under.
March and April were the distraught months of the year! As most of you know, I moved. Plus, I've been sick every month of the year so far. Guess what?
I'm sick again… It's getting a little old. 😛
I wasn't able to post my March Assessment and I needed to do April's, so I'm cramming a lot into one post!
I finally got around to putting together this post. I decided to keep posting about the move from where I left off. That means you'll have to wait longer for the awesome pictures I got while driving to Wisconsin
drowning in boredom half of the time… sorry. #sorrynotsorry
Now first…. let me do something.
Starting with my awesome cereal box collection. And there is also a granola bar box.
My awesome Star Wars collection. I did keep this stuff, if you want to know. 😉
And look! I also found some movie tickets in my collection…. 😛
I apparently loved collecting Moshi Monsters trading cards and Mcworld (A McDonald virtual world that was removed) codes. I even have some Club Penguin trading cards as well…. 0.0
So there. My awesome stupid collecting pack-rat skills has been revealed!
~ Crystal


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We've only had a few days experience with our new espresso machine, but I feel confident in saying that the Strada is a lovely can of worms. One I'm happy to open, and at the same am terrified of. Pressure profiling, or as we call it, "the dark arts", is something that has largely interested and intimated me. Each day behind the bar, we strive to remove any unnecessary variables from our working environment. So to open the door for endless variables and possible inconstancies, just seemed "wrong". We shouldn't have been surprised then that, like all things that seem "wrong", pressure profile is awesome and highly addictive.
We were fortunate enough to be able to hook up the Strada along with our Robur on Monday at the Metropolis lab. Our first shot, Metropolis's El Salvador La Fany, ran a bit slow and the first attempt at controlling the paddle was not unlike driving a Mack truck-white knuckles, sweaty palms, and a little bit of pee in your pants. A grind adjustment or two later, we were pulling good volume and time with a fairly moderate extraction rate.
Then it was nerd time... We pulled a few shots, dissected the phases, and took note. The La Fany had impressively buoyant body and really intense acidity. At a standard triple basket extraction, (21g, 200.5F, 23 sec, 1.5oz), with no pre or post infusion, the acidity was overly sharp and heavy, the finish a bit astringent, and overall, the coffee lacked clarity. The body was, in my opinion, perfect. However, I tend towards a syrupy mouthfeel, so to be less subjective, the body was almost obnoxiously thick. The dissection showed that the first phase had body like an anvil, but nice soft sweetness. The second phase was like sucking on a lemon with a sore throat. Easy enough fix, we dropped the dose a couple grams and introduced a 3 second pre-infusion at 3bars with a ramp up to 9 thinking this would surely take a few pounds off the body and probably dull the acidity a bit. Nope. The body thinned for sure, but the acidity was still a nightmare. Time to evoke evil. We kept our pre-infusion time, added a ramp down to 6bars at 17 seconds, and a slow kill at 22 seconds. The result was liquid "doing it". The body was still there and the acidity had rounded out to the point of being more like a mandarine orange, as opposed to the unripe lemon it was, thus allowing the sweetness to come through with great clarity. The cup was sweet, clean, and complex, all with a small adjustment of the paddle. Ef-ing scary. We dissected the new parameter and found that the first phase did, indeed, have a more palatable body. It had also lost a bit of sweetness, but.. eh. The second phase, now experiencing a pressure drop, was a different beast entirely. Not much lost in body, but the sharpness was 97% gone. The third phase was also cleaner, almost unidentifiable.
Suddenly, it all made perfect sense, painfully obvious even. The days of simple dose/grind adjustments, temp surfing, and basket swapping in order to achieve a desired flavor profile are officially becoming archaic. Being able to pinpoint specific moments of the extraction where you'd like to change the rate is an amazing feature. I felt like a 80 year old, sending my first email, like I'm living in the future. Though some of my previous thought on pressure profiling remained. In the wrong hands, it could be a dangerous tool. Though once you've played around with it, the effect that pressure has on extraction is simple to grasp. If you've ever turned the stereo up during your favorite part of a song, you pretty much get it already.


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ANPS Bali Leadership Forum 2016
27 Tuesday Sep 2016
Posted ANPS, Conferences, Indonesiain
27 Tuesday Sep 2016
Posted ANPS, Conferences, Indonesiain
11 Sunday Sep 2016
Posted higher education, Uncategorizedin
Indonesian Universities are improving their ranking on QS rankings each year, showing that Education in Indonesia is slowly improving. Last year University of Indonesia was 358th place world wide, this year, they have moved up quite number of places to 325th. Congratulations and well done. SVP students are alumni at all of these Universities, but UI is probably always the most favourite for our students.


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Variety of eBook formats
6 x 9 in. paperback; 200 pages
Author: J. L. Lawson
Six Leaks A'leaking It is said that people could do amazing things if they were able to harness the vast energies that are otherwise wasted in the course of a single day's activity. That is perhaps most clearly seen through the way in which people generally approach their simplest actions—so cluttered with unnecessary and extraneous movements that should a snapshot be taken at any given moment during their progress, it is oft times difficult to say just precisely what they are actually doing.
These are a series of Short Stories illustrating six ways we lose that vital energy necessary for any inner progress we might be inclined to pursue.
Read an excerpt below or read it at the Voyager Press page:
Excerpt, Six Leaks A'Leaking, Chapter: Pending Dilemma © J. L. Lawson 2012
"It can't be the way you say!" Emma balked and whined as her father tried again to explain the reality facing her. "Maybe I didn't explain it right? You don't really get it! None of my friends say anything about their dads not letting them wear 'em!" She took a deep breath for the coup d'grace, "You can't know; you're not a girl and you're too old to get it anyway!" and she stomped out of the foyer determined to go and sit in her room, even if it meant being tardy to school. This was just another example of her dad's inability to see her side of the situation.
She stared at her reflection in the mirror on the back of her door. She turned this way and that way. "You sooo can't see anything…" she hesitated, "well nothing really…" The scrap of cloth pinch-hitting for a skirt hanging from her hips totally matched the rest of her outfit. Just because her socks actually covered more of her skin than her skirt, "…That's stylin'!" she reaffirmed to herself. She pushed at one side and tugged a little at the other, shimmied and shook a few times just to see for herself that everything stayed in place and voila! "I look great!"
Her father rapped at her door. "Emma; perhaps I am out of touch, but please humor me. I can't abide having my little girl appearing in public in essentially a thong-bikini-with-ruffles as an outfit…"
"It's not public!" Emma shot back through the door, "It's just school!"
She could see him sighing, even though the door intervened. She was going to win this round, she just knew it. With that expectation looming nearer, she pushed and tugged her 'skirt' into its proper situation—practically not there at all. She smiled at her reflection, "Let Willow get an eyeful of this and choke!" she snarled contemptuously at her absent rival as she performed a maliciously erotic runway turn in front of the mirror. She grinned coquettishly and posed for herself.
"At least put on a jacket, Emma; please?" her father moaned in surrender.
She glanced at the clock. Ten 'til eight; tardy, but what an entrance! "Sure, of course I'm wearing a jacket! That is what I came back here to get… Daddy, you are so cute!" she equivocated, rushing to throw her favorite faux fur over her shoulders and open the door at the same time.
He couldn't even look at her anymore; it was too scary a prospect. What was it his wife warned him before she left—'she's not your little girl anymore?' How utterly defeating. Girls should just skip over the thirteen to seventeen years. Maybe set up an island somewhere they can all live and have it out at each other and not infect the rest of the world… His thoughts clouded both their moods as they rolled up to the side entrance of the high school.
"Just promise me you'll keep the volume low today; okay duckling?" he begged as she swept out of the car.
She giggled and blew him a kiss. "Thanks daddy, twelve decibels, no more!" As she slung her book bag over her shoulder, her jacket slipped off that shoulder at the same time and the "volume" was cranked to the max as she wriggled toward the fortress doors beneath the classroom windows reaching up above her.
"Cripes!" he really couldn't bear to see what Emma had wrought.
Ten years later.
Looking down from her office windows, three stories above the entrance to the building, she was fixated by the figure of a young woman hurrying across the street through traffic to reach their doors. What drew her attention, however, wasn't the girl's maneuvering, but her obvious disdain for anything resembling conservative office fashions. Her thoughts drifted back to a fading memory.
"…Miss Hammer," Ms. Utica, the Umberto & Zachs V.P. of North American Operations continued in an ambivalent tone that was lacking any real sincerity, "I simply want to reinforce what has already been said; it is not the policy of this company that our Account Managers seduce our clients to gain their good will and investment…"
Emma glanced up from her evaluation of the avant-garde costumed street-crosser, "Seduce?"
"That's not my opinion, mind you;" Ms. Utica added cautiously, "that's the considered input from Mr. Salinger, the CFO? Remember him?" she added unnecessarily. "Personally, I think your numbers speak for themselves. That you happen to be this company's very own siren and bring in more traffic than our other offices put together… Well, just turn down the 'volume' for a week or so. That'll do the trick, I'm thinking! Oh! I almost forgot, and do please repair the damage our other reps have wreaked on our good standing with Lloyd's. Your assistant mentioned an appointment this afternoon…" she winked and sauntered back to her office, closing the door behind her.
Emma Hammer entered the final touches to her monthly report and reached for her clutch and document bag in one motion as she rose to leave her office for another appointment. Her walk was more of a march of triumph and her bearing was as regally provocative as ever. Nothing could dampen her attitude today. "Maybe a treat is in order…" she reflected, "…cappucino and a croissant, then to the Lloyd's building and a shiny new, biggest ever account!"
Her shoulders were almost a separate entity from her torso, which were a foreign colony of movements from her hips and legs. Yet somehow, with years of entrenched practice, her walk was a symphony of allurement. She didn't even notice, completely, the heads she turned as she glided from the bottom of Fifth Avenue and the U & Z offices, across Washington Square toward Astor Place and this week's favorite coffee bar.
"Miss Hammer!" Jacqueline tried a smile as the chimes tinkled above the door announcing Emma's entrance. "I have a fresh selection of jams and preserves. Can I tempt you with a warm croissant to go with your latte this morning?"
"You're clairvoyant Jacqueline! Would that new selection include apple butter?" Emma tossed back to the proprietress without missing a step.
Jacqueline sighed in covert relief. "I must have ESP; here you are Miss Hammer…" and she set the small jar of sweetness next to the aromatic roll and steaming latte in front of her most demanding client. "Another new account today?" she inquired absently, though secretly eager to hear.
Emma tossed her hair to the side, sipped the coffee drink; foam decorated her upper lip and stayed there. Jacqueline didn't say a word.
"As a matter of fact, Norris & Lloyd Ltd. is going down the primrose path today, and that should cap this month's—this whole year's figures, two months early. I'm planning on a bit of holiday after this evening's endeavor…"
Jacqueline turned to greet another customer, but replied earnestly, "Please drop in around three, then. I have a new chef and he's experimenting with chocolate sauces…" Emma visibly quivered. Jacqueline must have been psychic.
As the door chimes tinkled behind her, and all eyes in the cafe marked her passage crossing the front glass toward the Metro, there was a muted sigh of yearning expelled almost at once from the lot of them—male and female. Emma Isabel Hammer was a force of natural selection. She rang up the 'gym' as she walked and confirmed her mid-day appointment with her trainer after class. Then she dialed ahead to Eliot Lloyd's executive assistant.
"…Ten-fifteen to Eleven? Plenty of time; pencil me in Dolly. I'm almost around the corner just now and wouldn't miss a pre-emptive strike for the world. Certainly I'm keeping my Four-thirty, this is just an aperitif for the main event later… Thanks Dolly, you so deserve next Wednesday's Spa treat! Ciao…"
Maybe she put too much wiggle in her sashay turning the corner from the Wall Street Metro exit. Maybe the atmosphere was lighter or heavier or something. Whatever it was, Emma Hammer snapped the stiletto heel of her left shoe. She froze as if hearing the growl of a tiger near at hand. Every sense and thought in her body recoiled in the stillness. Her mind raced and became quiet, her left foot was still poised above the ground as if terrified to touch the earth once more. The traffic on the sidewalks of lower Broadway thrummed around her and there she stood near to Trinity Church and like the statuary on the spires above, she was an iconic monument to poise in that sea of chaos. The profundity of the stillness into which she was plunged lasted seemingly interminably. She felt a terror in the occasion as if abandoned in an inner silence she'd never encountered—or at least rarely. As the crunching, frenetic throes of traffic insisted attention once more, her thoughts turned to her mental directory of nearest boutiques. She had twenty-five minutes to bag a second pair of power shoes and make her covert debut—Lloyd's pre-emptive walk-by: Operation Appetite. Even though her assignment to the Lloyd's account was a given, and her own confidence in her research afforded a successful conclusion, Emma left little to chance.
The transience of the episode of inner silence was washed away from her and in a single motion she reached to remove her right shoe, grasped at the lost heel lying shamelessly just behind her left foot, as she slipped off the maimed left shoe. All her movements appeared directed and with purpose after the years of long and practiced habitual paradigms of acting. As a girl, when her Literature teacher introduced Shakespeare, Emma encountered and claimed: "…All the world's a stage…" as her own raison d'etre. How ever thin she may have stretched that concept over the years, she had tortured her every nuanced movement into the service of that vision of 'appearance.' Of course along the way had crept in more than a few extraneous motions: an extra wriggle here, an over-pose there, an ephemeral sigh sprinkled hither and thither absently. And those were just the ones she noticed at odd moments. On the whole she was quite convinced that she was the model of fluid feminine expression—in that she was not too very distant from reality. But what a toll it was taking on her daily energy and focus.
She backtracked to the nearest refuge of cultured footwear, and in less time than it took to hail a taxi she was in a forced march—albeit as casually as possible—to the revolving doors of the Lloyd's building. "With minutes to spare…" she lauded herself as the elevator rose and she smoothly arranged her blouse to reveal without exposing.
The doors opened, a gentleman stepped aside to allow her egress as she cleared her throat behind him. Smiling and entranced he gulped in her wake as the doors closed on him. She winked to Dolly who carefully shot her eyes toward the imposing double doors not fifteen paces from her desk. She held up three fingers and Emma detoured toward a corridor and the refuge of the Ladies' room she knew was at hand.
Inside, she glanced at her watch, straightened her shoulder bag, appraised the substitute shoes and wished them luck. When she stepped back out of the women's sanctuary into the hallway, she could hear the approaching voices on the other side of the fortress's double doors. Without a hint that she knew they were opening behind her, she leaned over the side of Dolly's desk. With her rear profile toward the corner office she asked in a soft almost imperceptible voice, "Dolly dearest, do they see me?"
Dolly didn't even look passed her; she knew as well as Emma that the cessation of voices at the double doors could only mean one thing. She nodded with a slight smile fleeting across her eyes. Emma didn't look back either, but with a flourish of shoulders and hips, a subtle turn of profile offering her 'facade' to her audience for a moment's appreciation, she headed for the elevator as if on an errand of urgency.
"Miss Hammer?" a man's voice tinkled through her like chimes.
She counted to two and looked over her shoulder toward the voice, careful to not turn fully toward him again. Her eyes caught both gentlemen at once and she nodded to them as if acknowledging the crowds at a parade held in her honor. "Mr. Lloyd. Mr. Anshutz. I will try to reschedule…"
Eliot Lloyd turned to his Assistant, Dolly, plaintively, "Has my Four-thirty with Miss Hammer been postponed?"
Before Dolly could respond, Emma answered with sympathy, "Perhaps next week; truly I will try to stay in the city…"
Eliot Lloyd demanded, "Dolly whatever has intervened on my calendar, move it. I will keep my Four-thirty with Miss Hammer…" With his face turned to Dolly, his demand concluded, he glanced back toward where Emma had been standing. The elevator doors were set to close. He called, "Four-thirty is still a go, Miss Hammer!"
Unseen by the gentlemen, Emma smiled to Dolly through the closing doors, "As you wish, Mr. Lloyd!" she replied almost loud enough for all to have heard—but not quite. She let out a sigh, and would have giggled had there not been two pair of ears accompanying her down to the mezzanine.
Her phone chimed; she opened it and heard Dolly's voice whisper, "…Especially well-played. Neither gentleman was sure if you heard Eliot, I'm supposed to make sure… You are an artist, Emma Hammer!"
"Thanks Doll. Be sure to ask for Lawrence at the Day Spa; even if he's too soft on your shoulders, he's easy on the eyes…" Dolly's embarrassed titter erupted as Emma closed the connection. The doors opened to the sedately sumptuous mezzanine. She stepped toward the stairs leading to the foyer. "Now; for a wardrobe change and a bite to eat…"
With perhaps a bit more sway in her step than necessary, Emma Hammer emerged onto the street. A breeze raced along the sidewalk and her silk blouse was pressed to her back. "Wardrobe change indeed!" She summoned her strength and faced the wind, turning heads was a matter of course; she didn't even try to conceal her figure in the face of nature's airy spotlight.
After a couple hours 'hunting' through the few boutiques she favored, and a nibble to maintain her stamina, Emma ducked into the opened doors of the Glannen Day Spa and crossed the foyer with a wave to Dave at the desk. Navigating the corridor and then into the changing room, she encountered only a few ladies struggling to appear ignorant of her passage. She set a special key to the lock of a private entry and exited the common locker room into her own 'apartment.' Her trainer came in shortly after.
"Shenade, please 'ask' Vernon to repair the outside entrance today; I'm not passing through the common rooms to get in here even one more time!"
Shenade's voice answered from the hall to her left, "Certainly Miss Hammer, and might I suggest you refrain from referring to him as an 'autistic savant' in the future. He does have some feelings somewhere down inside after all is said and done—no matter how well hidden they may appear. Your One-o'clock session is waiting… I'll be in the weight room when you're through."
"I'm practically on the mat as we speak…" Emma retorted and opened a side door into a brightly windowed dojo lined with seven kneeling students around a venerable looking old woman kneeling in the midst of them.
In a reverent tone she said, "G'day Sensei," and took her place at the vacant position with the others who inclined their heads to their teacher.
Sensei Ru returned a modest bow, paced slowly from the center of the room and went to one knee. "Let us see just what you remember," she enunciated in clipped tones. "Ronald, center."
The only male among her pupils rose and advanced to kneel in the spot she'd vacated at the center. He lowered his head and breathed slowly. Emma turned her head slightly to see Master Ru nod to the nearest student on her left. The girl was on her feet, and as silent as death stalked Ronald from behind. She leapt toward his neck without even a whisper of a sound. Her movement was enough however to alert Ronald to impending attack. He turned his shoulders only enough to raise a hand toward the descending threat, but the girl was quicker. In mid-air she brought her left foot suddenly forward and stabbed at his hip.
Sensei Ru waited no time to send another and another from those circling the mat, into the attack. Ronald had shifted only barely in time to avoid being pinned by the initial onslaught. That attacker had been deflected and was rolling unharmed in front of him. He was still on his knees as he shifted in a fluid circle to prepare for the imminent simultaneous attack of Emma and another student from opposite sides. Emma veered toward his still outstretched leg, as her partner-in-assault slid toward his support leg. Unable to leap directly up, Ronald was forced to decide in the instant which was the greater threat to his stability. He chose poorly.
Emma grasped his outstretched leg in both her hands as she hand-sprang over his head. Her partner swung through beneath him as if he weren't solid. His arms grabbed futilely at both women, but as their momentum was directed in opposite directions, he was spread-eagled at once. The original attacker was already poised for a leap into the air above and down onto his unprotected head as he went down. Sensei Ru called, "Stop!"
They all returned to their former places around the mat. "Now, Ru continued, "What was Ronald lacking?"
Ronald himself spoke, "Master, I am still using my eyes to guide my body."
Ru nodded and glanced from one to the other of her pupils. She inclined her head to Emma. "Hammer; center."
Emma had dreaded this more than anything. She knew as well as any of her class that she was no where near even Ronald's depth of presence. But she obediently rose and took position at the the center. Her mind drifted to that morning's shock when her stiletto betrayed her on the sidewalk. She was filled suddenly with that altered time and space of silence that was such a rare visitor to her usual active consciousness.
She felt a trembling in her thigh and shifted her weight distinctly to remedy the sensation. One of the students landed on the mat in a forward roll beyond where here shoulder had been a split second before. A quivering presence tickling her neck behind her right ear which caused her to rotate her shoulders and raise her right elbow and forearm. A press of cloth and mass greeted her hand; she allowed herself to orbit the passing body, her hand still grasping the cloth she'd first encountered was there.
She struggled to regain that ineffable quietude dancing just at the rim of her emotions, as the third and fourth sensations called out for her response. Her head turned of its own accord; she thought she was watching herself from the outside looking in. Her left hand shot out to greet the nearest 'visitor' and almost at the same instant her right foot swept backward to greet the second. She rose in an almost elegant pirouette to stand and open her eyes facing her teacher—the two would-be assailants' momentum carried them through the air in opposite directions from her as if shot from cannons.
Emma shuddered with a sudden realization that she was inhabiting her own skin once more and was bowing to her sensei. The applause of her comrades was too much like the splattering of rain on windows for her to readily acknowledge their adulation at her accomplishment. Master Ru inclined her head to Emma.
"Now then Hammer, perhaps you will describe for your partners where you have just been, and how four assailants were unable to distract you from that refuge?"
Emma shrugged and shook her head slowly. "Honestly Sensei; I was here… I know that I was; but truthfully? I haven't a clue as to how this just happened…"
Master Ru clapped her hands together once in a loud: pop! "Then your journey will be a struggle. You must undo much to regain the simplicity of that secret haven within you." Turning to the rest of the class, "Enough for today. Silence is more than the absence of sound and fury; it is the presence of your self. Seek your selves earnestly." She bowed to them all, winked to Emma and sat her self down in the center of the mat as she had been at the outset.
Her students knew enough to absent themselves quietly as their teacher assumed her posture of meditation. Glynnis, the girl who had joined Emma in the initial attack on Ronald, asked her in a whisper, "Do you suppose she's always here? I mean has anyone ever seen her anywhere else but in this dojo?"
Emma smiled in spite of herself, and whispered, "I practically live here myself and I've never seen Master Ru outside of these walls…"
Behind them, Master Ru coughed, "Do not mistake what you perceive, for what actually is…" and she chuckled.
The two ladies stared into each other's incredulity and hurried through the main doors and out.
Ronald remarked off-handedly, "Nice, Hammer. Very well done today." That was the most Ronald had spoken to any fellow student since he'd joined the classes eight months before. He ducked into the men's locker room just as suddenly, and was gone. Emma gave Glynnis a squeeze of her hand and retreated toward her own rooms—with a knot of her fellow students looking after her.
Glynnis muttered under her breath for each of them left standing in the corridor. "…And her own apartments nearby to Master Ru… She should have made it to this level by now!"
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As her door closed behind her, she murmured, "What happened in there today? What happened on the street corner today? What is happening to me?" Her thoughts evaporated as quickly as they intruded. She crossed the room, tossed her loose martial clothing in a heap revealing her skin tight workout garb beneath. She slipped on her sneakers and went out the door opposite the one through which she'd entered. The clanging of weights echoed from the passage around the corner ahead. She offered a furtive smile to Shenade and began a series of stretches that she hadn't, and wished she had, performed before her recent class.
Later, sweating and hungrier than she thought she'd be, Emma showered, donned the trophies of her earlier shopping expedition and headed for the Norris & Lloyd building to arrive at the moment of her arranged appointment. She knew Eliot Lloyd and his partner Willa Norris would insist upon moving their meeting to Angelina's—their habitual business dinner haunt—so she ignored the muted rumblings of her own stomach. Willa was hovering over Dolly's desk as Emma emerged from the elevator for the second time that day.
She turned, following Dolly's gaze. "Ah, Miss Hammer; so shall Umberto & Zachs land another five star client this afternoon?"
Willa's voice didn't sound exactly skeptical. Perhaps the tone was clandestine envy or disdain. Dolly had made it as clear as she could to Emma during their first interchange that Willa Norris wasn't a woman to pass over lightly. She was a force in her own right; it had been rumored that it was herself that pulled all the strings—though a junior partner at Norris & Lloyd, New York—her tentacles were deep in the international administration of the company, with direct connections to their parent organization: the Selena Trust Institute for Rutatois Relations (STIRR).
Emma cocked her head respectfully, "My principals are hopeful that I shall. It is of course wholly up to your and Mr. Lloyd's discretion whether Umberto & Zachs is the right fit for both your North American and international programs in service of the Selena Trust. I happen to think we are."
Willa chuckled and it wasn't readily clear whether she was entertained or disgusted. Eliot Lloyd came through the double doors behind them at that moment. "Grand! Shall we step into the conference room then and hear what U & Z have sweetened their latest offer with—besides assigning a new Account Manager to us?" Willa's tight-lipped smile betrayed her acknowledgement of the obvious ploy. She had rather liked the previous representative.
Emma sauntered to her left, a little to the side of Willa Norris, as if she'd made the walk to the Lloyd Executive Conference Room a thousand times. Her poise and confidence were compelling; even Willa caught herself shuffling to keep a step ahead of their 'guest.' At the entrance, Eliot smiled to another gentleman standing near at hand, "Brian, would you please let Anschutz and Collier know that we should be down to Angelina's in about…" he glanced to Willa and Emma, "…forty-five?"
Emma didn't wait for Willa to respond. "Perhaps less, my proposal is as simple and straight-forward as ever my principals have offered."
Willa snickered, "And yet, here we are on our third round of negotiations from as many representatives in as many weeks…"
"Not everyone in our offices sees the same vision, Ms. Norris." Emma was as smooth as syrup; she added, "Had I been here two and a half weeks ago, and not in Dubai, we would likely not be chatting just now in the hallway."
Eliot held the door for them and they crossed to seats near one end of the long table. The late afternoon light filtered through the glass from the softly illumined spires, towers and glistening facades of the lower east end of Manhattan. The door eased itself closed behind Eliot Lloyd as Emma's voice soothed, "Allow me to be concise…"
Forty minutes later, and with an evidently very contented Willa Norris leading the way, the conference moved downstairs to Angelina's. Anschutz and Collier were already rattling the ice around in their second high-balls as the partners and Emma joined them. Angelina's was an interesting favorite retreat for those particular folks, as the atmosphere and clientele of the establishment were neither sedate nor particularly elegant. What it lacked in decorum, it completely made up with in service and cuisine; both of which were employed as soon as Willa and Eliot reached the corner where their associates waited.
For her part, Emma appeared to be at home, though she'd only been in the place once before, and that had been just that very morning reconnoitering for this occasion. Eliot began to regale the table with his and Willa's acceptance of the last U & Z proposition, but the others' attention was still rather glued on Emma herself. She ignored their stares and instead maintained a rapport with Willa that she had consummately achieved over the last half hour.
Willa noticed the unabashed stares on Emma's account. "Rolly, George, perhaps you'll listen better if Miss Hammer and I excuse ourselves for a moment?" Turning to Emma, who was already rising at the suggestion, "Shall we freshen up a little?"
Quietly Emma followed her through the dining floor proper to the adjacent lounge. "Emma… If I may call you Emma…" Emma nodded casually. Willa continued, "It has not escaped my attention that you are both a little younger than myself, in better shape and have all the moves a debutant would envy. So tell me Emma Isabel Hammer, who are you?"
A thousand other questions might have been asked and Emma would have replied adroitly and with assurance in her voice. This question hadn't been on her radar.
"Ms. Norris…" she began.
"Please, I am Willa to my peers and you have this day entered that circle," Willa confided easily; gone was any hint of acerbic disdain.
"Willa," Emma countered cordially, "I suspect you aren't making an esoteric or existential inquiry, so let me just say that I am precisely who I appear to be." Then she checked herself and added in a note of affinity, "As much as any of us are, I suppose."
Willa cackled and drew the attention of several fellows along the bar near at hand. "Touché! I don't suppose I might've answered any better or with more conviction. Now, let's you and I agree to work on this project as equals seeking the same aims. Do you believe that is possible?"
Emma was inwardly relieved. She'd almost expected Willa to make a pass at her, not petition for an ally in a common business struggle. "Willa Helena Norris, I consider it an honor to join you in such an endeavor. Shall we see if your partners…" Willa held up a finger and cocked her head. Emma smiled and corrected herself, "…If our partners are ready to look past my appearance and gaze instead at our mutual futures?"
"After you…" Willa held out her hand and Emma proceeded, without a thought to the precedent being established between them.
One month later, beyond the other end of the Brooklyn Bridge…
The clatter and squeal of the shopping cart wheels were grating enough; not finding the the hot chocolate packets without those annoying marshmallow floaties was irksome. "I'm obviously not the only one needing a cocoa fix…" A shabbily groomed young woman in an odd assemblage of running pants, Dead concert t-shirt under a rumpled striped oxford cloth dress shirt muttered to herself as she pushed boxes out of the way to see if what she wanted was hidden in the back of the shelf. That her costume was a clash of color and pattern wasn't lost on any shopper in the market. That she was also seemingly oblivious to the rest of her environment—earphones firmly embedded in her ears beneath a flurry of tawny brown hair escaping from beneath a Yankees ball cap—just made her appear that much more of a mis-informed alien dropped off in the wrong neighborhood grocery.
The muted sounds of an approaching shopper and a 'distant' voice disturbed her search. "Melanie? I thought you were sick in bed?!"
Melanie looked up sheepishly in the direction of Dolly's voice. She pulled down one of the earbuds.
"I… uh… I do have a raving temperature," she began to respond as a cascade of boxed products streamed from the shelves onto the floor behind her. "I had to call in sick today; I was so achy and nauseous this morning. But then this afternoon, well, I got a craving for hot cocoa and cinnamon rolls, you know, to have something on my stomach at least."
Her acquaintance from the Lloyd's offices was kind enough to not roll her eyes. Dolly continued to watch as Melanie futilely tried to re-arrange the chaos she'd visited on the shelves around her.
"Comfort food, I get; but don't you think maybe soup or maybe even some fruit would help your body more than those?" Dolly glanced at the several packages of sweet rolls and melting pints of ice cream strewn in Melanie's cart. Melanie ignored the assertion and unconsciously ran her hands through her hair ostensibly straightening the unruly mess.
"I know, but still…" she looked furtively up and down the aisle for no apparent reason. As she tossed the box of the hot cocoa mix she didn't like into the cart, she thrummed her hands rhythmically on the cart's handle and continued, "I missed the conference call with your bosses, but I did already turn in my projections and schedules for the Drummond project… Anything I should know?" She shivered as a wave of fevered chill rushed through her.
"Nothing new actually;" Dolly reached to a shelf across the aisle and retrieved a box of soda crackers. She turned to finish her shopping list and smiled to Melanie. "Don't worry; get some more rest tonight and tomorrow. Everything will no doubt still be there when you get back. Some thing's never change." She patted Melanie on the forearm and pushed her cart on down the aisle.
"Thanks;" Melanie called after her, "See ya soon I hope…"
Dolly looked over her shoulder and nodded genially.
"Don't really blame her for evacuating; I'm probably contagious," she muttered, tapping her foot and looking at the rows and rows of products on the shelves around her as if confused and trying to remember what else she'd come to the market to fetch. She pushed the cart briskly off, apparently remembering the other items on her wish list. She reached the end of the aisle and headed for the dairy section.
Half way across the store she shuddered again, rolled her eyes and wheeled the cart around in a 360 that would bring a smile to a stunt driver, to go back the way she'd come. "I guess when Dolly got crackers I thought I got them too! I am so losing it…"
Back and forth across the market she pushed and pulled her cart; doing in half an hour what could have been done in ten minutes. She waited fitfully in line at the front to at last begin arranging her groceries on the check-out stand conveyor. For every few items she removed from the cart, she inspected the next item as if not recognizing it as what she'd selected. She peered at it, looked around to the store at large, shrugged and absently put it with the others on the conveyor. All the while her feet were tapping to a tune she couldn't get out of her mind—that Leonard Cohen song that was synced with her throbbing headache before she pulled her earbud out to talk to Dolly—the one she neglected to put back in her ear. The result of which had birthed a one-sided pulsing within her tortured brain-case.
With shopping totes in hand, she ambled out and around the corner to her street. Without noticing that she wasn't actually able to reach the hair blowing into her face with her hand, but as if it had a will of its own, it persisted in attempting to raise the tote load and accomplish its habitual duty to her tresses, to no avail. Her 'unique' march-walk caught the attention of the delivery guy just stepping onto the sidewalk from a neighbor's brownstone.
"Miss Armitage?" he posited uncertainly. She looked up from studying the grey mottled cement at her feet.
"Hey Jerry," she tried to be winsome and friendly, but her shakiness overrode the attempt.
"You shouldn't be out and about like that! Pardon me for saying so but you don't look so good…" he stammered arresting the comment no woman wanted to hear. "I mean, shouldn't you be in bed?"
She sighed; nodded absently, as her hand finally managed to reach her forehead and push her hair behind her ear. The loaded shopping bag banged against her chest then her face. She gasped in surprise and pain, and tottered unsteadily. He reached for her elbow, but too late. She dropped the tote. There was a dull crunch from the bag as it hit the sidewalk.
"Uh oh," he grimaced sympathetically, and bent down to see what was oozing out of the fabric, adding yet another splotch to the bespotted cement.
"That's just great…" her voice accused through clenched teeth. Her now feed hand went to her nose and she felt the tenderness of a bruise rising. "You had to grab at me like that?!"
Shocked in dismay, Jerry blanched. "But I… I mean you just…" He shoved his clipboard under his arm and stood up innocently with the dripping tote in one hand. In the voice of the falsely accused, but none-the-less embarrassed, "I'm really sorry Miss Armitage." She yanked it from him as he escaped to the safety of his truck and slid the door shut.
"So much for OJ." Melanie ignored the dripping mess that trailed after her the half block father on to her own steps.
Her landlady, Beth, was just leaving on an errand as she reached the stoop. "Melanie! What's that making a mess on the landing?"
Melanie shrugged, "Orange juice. Just one more thing gone wrong this week."
Beth tsked; "I'll ring Billy to mop this up. Gotta catch the 5:50 bus or miss happy hour…" she was still mumbling as she fumbled through her purse for her phone.
Melanie let herself into the foyer and looked up at the stairs. "Maybe I should leave this bag here and come back down to unload the unspoiled things…" She made a motion to set the tote down beside the door, then thought better of it and stood up again with it still in her hand. "No; if I hurry up the steps it won't drip too much and I'll save a second trip down and up again."
She turned for the stairwell and reached for the bannister out of habit. The tote in that hand banged against the newel and another cracking noise issued from the bag. Her voice was truly pitiable. "Aahng! What is up with this! Why is the world out to get me today?!"
Determined to keep to her 'plan,' she tried to hurry up the steps. The first twelve steps weren't a gigantic struggle, but just as she reached the landing, her foot caught the last riser and her momentum carried her like a linebacker toward the wall. As her face neared the sudden stop, in what seemed like slow motion her knee struck the floor, she ducked her shoulder down and averted her face from a second impact. The thud seemed distant, not like it was herself there on the landing at all; like it was someone else, some where else.
Footsteps above her rattled her back to the ache in her shoulder and side of her head and nose. "Miss Armitage! Here let me help you up. Anything broken?" Billy, the kind-witted handy-guy that served the building under Beth's command, held her arm and raised her back to her feet. He lifted the totes now strewn out of her grasp across the landing. "Miss Armitage? There's stuff broken in these bags." He pointed out the obvious with considered insight.
Leaning against the reassuring solidity of the wall, Melanie nodded, "Yeah, I know. I was trying to hurry up the stairs to keep from dripping on everything…"
Billy interrupted, looking at the glistening trail that led downstairs to the front door. "Shouldn't have run up the stairs with…"
She seized on his words as an accusation. Before she could defend her decision she shuddered again from chill and fever. Billy's expression made him look even more like an offended puppy than usual. "Gosh. You're as white as a sheet, and sweaty. You're sick, Miss Armitage. Here," and he herded her toward the flight leading up to her apartment, "I'll carry these; you hold the railing. You should really get to bed."
She stood before her own door and stared at it stupidly as if she couldn't fathom how to make it open. Billy's keys jangled behind her, then he was reaching passed her and unlocking the dead bolts. "You go on to the bathroom and fix yourself up, Miss Armitage. I'll put these in the kitchen sink. You can get to them later…" He held up the soiled shopping totes, but Melanie was oblivious to her surroundings.
The sound of her front door closing and Billy's steps receding down the stairwell outside only emphasized her detachment from herself. She woodenly went through the motions of running a wet cloth over her face, plodded into her bedroom and fell toward the bed. She hit the edge and simply rolled to the bedside rug on the floor. She pulled at the comforter and dragged it from the bed onto herself already at the threshold of oblivion.
Fidgeting in front of the stove in the morning, waiting impatiently for the pot to boil, Melanie tried to review for herself why she ached so badly and why she woke up on the floor next to the bed. There was a rap on the front door.
"Maybe I should just go on into work…" she concluded aloud as she looked through the peep hole at the distracted face of Billy handy-guy.
"Miss Armitage," his voice came through clearly, "I just wanted to let you know that…" The door opened. Melanie attempted a genial smile. "…I got all the orange juice cleaned up and I, and I…" He was curiously at a loss for words as his eyes met her face.
She didn't miss a beat. "Oh! the orange juice! I remember now. Thank you Billy!"
He wasn't sure how to take that last admission, still fascinated that Melanie's face was overly puffy and smeared on one side with creases from an obviously uncomfortable sleep.
"Uh, yes ma'am. Well just thought I should tell you. Didn't want you to give it too much thought and all…" he splattered and turned to return to his morning chores.
Melanie put a hand to her face and felt the rumpled creases. "Thank you Billy, really. Thank you," and she shut the door heaving a sigh of chagrin, her back pressed against its solid reassurance. The kettle whistled.
"Finally!" She scurried wobbily back to the galley kitchen and poured the steaming water into the waiting coffee filter over her cup. She took a deep breath. "It's a new day. I'm a wreck. It's only Tuesday and I shouldn't go near other people." She let the brewing liquid drain a little, poured in the last bit of hot water and decided. "So off to the office with Melanie-girl!"
It was a poorly reasoned decision perhaps compelled by habit. In any case, she was showered and dressed inside the half hour and sipping her coffee as she turned the lock-latch closed on her flat. She took a deep breath and followed her feet down the flights to the sidewalk below. Another deep breath as she gazed both directions up and down her street. The morning's chilled breeze played irreverently with her irregularly conceived miss-mash of an outfit.
"Maybe a half-day at the office and a couple hours at the gym." Her feet turned her toward the subway entrance. "Definitely a couple hours at the gym."
After an uneventful passage on the underground train, Melanie stood in front of the elaborately unassuming facade of "the office"—the Norris & Lloyd Ltd. New York City presence of STIRR. A little light-headed, but still determined, Melanie pushed through the heavy door and put on her best professional air.


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Manchester City 0-0 Manchester United
The Manchester derby ended goalless but wasn't without its drama, with a red card and a disallowed goal
The Future is Manc Expectations were high when Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho took over the Manchester teams this season, and both have ...
Goalkeeper: David De Gea (Manchester United) Probably the hardest choice of the XI, Mourinho has managed a wealth of world-class goalkeepers. Vitor Baia, ...
An inspired Zlatan Ibrahimovic guided Manchester United to their fifth EFL cup in a dramatic encounter with Southampton. There were many talking ...
The Manchester derby ended goalless but wasn't without its drama, with a red card and a disallowed goal
Who makes the Special One's All-time XI?
The EFL Cup final between Manchester United and Southampton, saw the red devils emerge victorious winning 3-2
The Mancunion analyses each of the top six Premier League teams' chances of getting a crucial Champion's League place for next season
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Dane Massey compares the top 6 with some of the world's leading international sides, where flair, confidence, and a hunger for success reign supreme
Tariq Chastanet-Hird reviews Manchester United's season so far
Rooney is as good as Henry and Suárez in the Premier League era
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Manchester United faced Hull City in the first leg of the EFL Cup semi-final. How did they fare individually against the Tigers?
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This summer morning basic camp was attended by 14 students from Eugene, Salem, Hillsboro, home schooled/online teaching academies and from the Corvallis area schools. Same camp activities were repeated for the afternoon session attended by 10 students and two science teachers from the David Douglas High School, a targeted school from Portland. The advanced camp was attended by 13 students for the local and regional areas. Students learned and explored the world of modern biology involving the complexities of DNA, proteins, Mendelian genetics, genetic markers and their use in plant forensics (identifying different rice varieties), tropical plant adaptation, honey bee biology, plant and bacterial DNA isolation and preparing it for whole genome sequencing, followed by bioinformatics analysis. Students also transformed a tobacco plant with a foreign reporter gene and visualized their genetically modified (GMO) plants at the end of the camp. The GMO exercise and discussion on pros and cons, contributed to the understanding of the technique and its routine use by the researchers. Through the use of DNA and protein model-building kits, laboratory experiments and computer analyses – participants gained basic understanding of biology, genetics, biotechnology and bioinformatics. The Advanced camp was attended by 13 students, with many of them having attended the previously held basic camp. In the advanced camp, students, learned about the cancer biology, analyzed histological samples from normal and cancer tissues and cultured cells; isolated and sampled different proteins on an electrophoresis gel and assembled and annotated the sequenced bacterial genomes (from basic vamp) leading to analysis on their phylogenetic similarity, thus learning about genetic variation and speciation.
The camp was funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) awards to Pankaj Jaiswal and Jeff Anderson from Department of Botany and USDA-NIFA award to Jeff Chang from the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology. Sequencing supplies were provided by Illimina Inc. Pankaj Jaiswal's laboratory organized the event in coordination with Cathy Law, Director of the OSU STEM Academy, with voluntary support provided in the form of instruction and camp activities by the faculty, postdoc scholars and graduate students from the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology and Department of Horticulture in the College of Agricultural Sciences and Department of Pharmacy in the College of Pharmacy. Specifically, Faculty (BPP: Jeff Chang, Sushma Naithani, Jeff Anderson, Aaron Liston; HORT: Ramesh Sagili; PHARMACY: Arup Indra and Gitali Ganguli Indra); Faculty Research Assistant (BPP: Justin Preece and HORT: Hannah Lucas); Graduate Students (MCB: Matthew Geniza, Noor Al-Bader, Ed Davis, Sharmeen Chagani; BPP:Kevin Weitemier; PHARMACY: Shan Li, Mai Le and Evan Carpenter); Postdoctoral Scholars (BPP: Parul Gupta, Austin Meier, Alexandra Weisberg and Elizabeth Savory). NSF funds also provided scholarships to needy and minority students in addition to supporting the week long boarding and lodging of the students and teachers from David Douglas High School from Portland. BPP supported extracurricular activities for the Portland School to showcase the OSU campus and student activities. Computer lab access was provided by the department of Horticulture. CGRB provided the sequencing facility, high performance cyber-infrastructure for teaching and tour of their facility. OSU-STEM Academy Director was supported financially for the duration of the camp by the NSF funds. In all 37 students and two teachers participated in the camp. It also provided opportunity for our students, researchers, staff and faculty to contribute to the K-12 STEM outreach program as part of their activities on community outreach, education, learning and skill development, a major goal recognized by the OSU.


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Opera 9.62 Closes Security Holes
Norwegian provider Opera Software is releasing almost weekly security updates for its Opera browser. Version 9.62 is to address what the company deems two of its most critical security problems.
Opera Software found that its browser was subject to cross-site scripting attacks due to a bug in the links panel (see the advisory).
Another security breach designated as even more severe targeted the history search function. Passing certain parameters to the function could allow scripts executing arbitrary code to be injected into the search results page (see the advisory). Users are warned that if they opened public demonstrations of this issue, they could have altered certain Opera settings and that these settings need to be restored manually. Upgrading to 9.62 does not repair these settings.
The update to 9.62 is recommended for all Opera browser platforms (Linux, Windows and Mac OS X among them). Next to the security patches, the release also provides the Presto 2.1.1 rendering engine. Various download locations for the popular platforms are available.
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Gnome is Celebrating it's 20th Birthday
More than 33 releases since the first release of Gnome.
SQL Server Comes to RHEL; OpenShift Comes to Azure
Microsoft and Red Hat expand their partnership.
LibreOffice 5.4 Released
Comes with improved support for Microsoft Office file formats.
Red Hat to Drop Support for Btrfs
The company is building their own storage solution called Stratis.
Reinvent your network with DevOps tools and techniques:
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Endless OS, a Distribution Without Internet
A new version of Endless OS has been released.
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They encourage people to take time out and work on open source projects on Friday.
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The Hyperion Class Heavy Cruiser is a pre unification ship design and service between 58 BTF and 40 BTF and was the main escort for the Colonial Fleet during the Cylon war.
List of HyperionEdit
Clarkstown: Destroyed
Prometheus: Survived the first day of the Cylon Revolt however with is destroyed with days of the start of the Cylon War as it was caught in port resupplies. Destroyed over the moons of Jericho during the Battle of Jericho.
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My friend Amanda brought me some edamame hummus the other day and I was super excited to try it!
I also ate this easter chocolate "bunny"... which my cousin and I decided looks a lot more like a hamster. Agree?
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
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I want to see the back!!! But it's so cute!!!ReplyDelete
And it totally looks like a hamster.
Kim, your haircut is beautiful! Instant way to feel like spring is here & to show off cute earrings!ReplyDelete
i agree with rachel, i would like to see the back please! do you like it?ReplyDelete
Thanks to you, I had a dream last night that I bit off someone's finger and it snapped like a carrot (no, I'm serious...strange).ReplyDelete
:) Cute hair!!!
Yum! Edamame hummus! I will have to look for it at TJ.ReplyDelete
I love the tongue shot of Mosie! :)
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(The Hosting News) – After months of searching for a CEO to replace Steve Ballmer, Microsoft has finally named its new chief executive, Satya Nadella.
The 22 year Microsoft veteran has previously served as Executive Vice President of Microsoft's Cloud and Enterprise group, as well as leading the Server and Tools Business division.
"During this time of transformation, there is no better person to lead Microsoft than Satya Nadella," stated Microsoft founder, Bill Gates. "Satya is a proven leader with hard-core engineering skills, business vision and the ability to bring people together. His vision for how technology will be used and experienced around the world is exactly what Microsoft needs as the company enters its next chapter of expanded product innovation and growth."
Microsoft also announced that Gates will step down as Chairman of the Board of Directors and take a new role on the board as Founder and Technology Advisor where he will support Nadella in "shaping technology and product direction."
Board member and former Symanec CEO, John Thompson, will replace Gates as the new chairman.
"Our industry does not respect tradition – it only respects innovation. The opportunity ahead for Microsoft is vast, but to seize it, we must move faster, focus and continue to transform," states Nadella. "I see a big part of my job as accelerating our ability to bring innovative products to our customers more quickly."


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There are quite a few things that you could have going on but the first thing I would suspect is a lost engine/trans ground. I've seen issues with corrosion at the ground cable's eyelet crimp and I've even seen the eyelets pull off the cables. If the transmission range sensor can't ground through the case then it can't report what gear you're in.
If you have jumper cables I would recommend running a cable from the negative battery terminal to a clean, unpainted metal part on the engine or trans and see if it cranks. If so then you've lost engine ground.
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Morimoto Yūsuke (森本 裕介) is a software engineer who began competing on SASUKE when he was just 15. He is the fourth and youngest grand champion, achieving Kanzenseiha in SASUKE 31 at the age of 23.
He made his debut in SASUKE 18 where he performed well in the race, beating competitors such as Nagano Makoto and getting a very high number, #91. During the competition, he was fast. Although he got caught on the Pole Maze, he was able to pass it in good time. When he got to the Jumping Spider, he hit the trampoline correctly, but failed to get his legs up to the walls.
He returned in SASUKE 19, wearing #71. Wearing all black (resembling Nagano Makoto), he made it to the Pole Maze but lost a lot of time there as the pole got stuck. He eventually got out with little time left and was able to face the Jumping Spider again. This time the obstacle was much harder, yet he was able to beat it, unlike many that day. He made it to the new Half-Pipe Attack but lost his footing and missed the rope.
He has competed in SASUKE 21 and again failed the Jumping Spider. In SASUKE 22, he was unable to scale the Soritatsu Kabe and timed out on the obstacle. He was cut from both broadcasts. However, in an interview with Morimoto, his results were revealed.
At the age of 19, Morimoto returned to SASUKE for the 27th competition. Although he was digested, he finally cleared the First Stage as many did for their first time that day. In the Second Stage, Morimoto would fail the Metal Spin.
In SASUKE 29 he had number #79. He cleared the First Stage for the second straight time, with 9.69 seconds left. Morimoto then broke the streak of 10 straight Second Stage failures before him by speeding through the course to clear with just 0.81 seconds remaining. The Third Stage was timed to clarify the competitor, if any, that cleared the stage in the fastest time. He struggled for over a minute on the Iron Paddler. However, because of the timer, he was allowed to rest for as long as he wanted, unlike in other competitions where a competitor can only rest for 30 seconds. After resting for over 5 minutes, he became the first person to beat the Crazy Cliffhanger. He cleared the next two obstacles, the Curtain Cling and the Vertical Limit with ease. However, on the Pipe Slider, he almost cleared but his foot slipped and fell down in the water.
He went the farthest in the tournament, which has led to him being selected as Japan's representative in SASUKE ASEAN Open Cup 2014, which was held in February 2014 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. There, he put on a strong showing for Team Japan and earned a silver medal.
With all this, he was invited back to SASUKE 30 and wore the coveted #3000 (#100 In regular tournaments). In SASUKE 30 he cleared the First Stage with 11.16 seconds left on the clock. In the Second Stage Morimoto took the raised time limit too much for granted and as a result timed out on the Wall Lifting.
Morimoto also competed in American Ninja Warrior: USA vs. The World. He first competed in the Second Stage of the first match against Brian Arnold and Stefano Ghisolfi. Morimoto started strong, but due to his height he was unable to catch the Butterfly Wall and failed the match after Brian Arnold cleared the stage. In the Third Stage, Morimoto competed in the Second Match with Joe Moravsky and Stefano Ghisolfi. Morimoto managed to clear the stage and according to sources should've won his match as he finished a few seconds faster than Ghisolfi, however, NBC used cutaways to the crowd to add time to his run that he didn't take, thus making it seem as if he went slower than Ghisolfi.
Morimoto donned the #91 bib for SASUKE 31, the same starting position as the tournament he debuted in. He beat the First Stage with little trouble, clearing with 9.26 seconds left. In the Second Stage, he got revenge on the Wall Lifting and cleared with 19.41 seconds, the fastest time of the day. He put up a strong performance in the Third Stage, clearing the Iron Paddler, which he struggled two years ago, with ease. He cleared the Crazy Cliffhanger a second time, becoming the only man to ever do so. He then struggled with the Vertical Limit Kai, but passed it, and got his revenge on the Pipe Slider, landing with both feet on the landing platform. He made it to the Final Stage for the first time, becoming the only competitor to do so in that tournament. In the Final Stage, Morimoto showed great speed. He finished the Spider Climb at a great pace, reaching the Tsuna Nobori with around 20 seconds left. He climbed with a blistering speed but ended up having to push his body to reach the final button. This did not cause him any trouble as he achieved kanzenseiha with 2.59 seconds left, becoming the 4th person in history to enter the honor roll and the first competitor to beat the Final Stage in his first attempt since All-Star Akiyama Kazuhiko sixteen years ago. He did not compete in Sasuke 32 due to college and work.
In a Nico Nico broadcast with Inui, it was confirmed that Morimoto would return for SASUKE 33, where he would be #100. Morimoto marked his return with a First Stage clear with 6.60 seconds left, before passing the Second Stage with 16.51 seconds remaining - a time quicker than anybody else. In the Third Stage, with the other competitors already eliminated, Morimoto carried out his attempt as the last man standing. He got past the Drum Hopper Kai, but was unable to beat the Flying Bar, and the tournament ended with no Third Stage clears.
|Failed Jumping Spider (First Stage)
|Failed Half-Pipe Attack (First Stage)
|Failed Jumping Spider (First Stage)
|All Cut
|Failed Soritatsu Kabe (First Stage)
|All Cut. Time Out.
|Failed Metal Spin (Second Stage)
|Failed Pipe Slider (Third Stage)
|Failed Jump.
|Failed Wall Lifting (Second Stage)
|Time Out. Third Wall.
|2.59 seconds left. Last Man Standing
|Failed Flying Bar (Third Stage)
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4X1RF has spotted me 4 times already (still only 0722z) and DK0SC was spotting me during the very early hours. I assume DK was Es but 4X may be F2?
UPDATE 0935z: I have now been spotted 11 times already in Israel on 10m WSPR today between 0614 and now.
UPDATE 1015z: LB9YE (1533km) spotted by Es at 1002z. 4X1RF has now spotted me 12 times already today by multi-hop Es or F2, not sure which.
UPDATE 1123z: Looking at the 13 spots of my 10m signal this morning monitored by 4X1RF there appears to be a slow QSB on the signal with peak levels separated by 90-120 minutes. I shall continue to look for this but there is a pattern. WSPR is ideal for seeing this sort of phenomenon.
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Travel Guide| Sedona, Arizona
^ Hideaway House located in Sedona, Arizona is my favorite place to dine in Sedona. With spectacular views of Sedonas signature Red Rock Canyons and delicious Italian cuisine who could go wrong! After raving on and on about this place my roommate Moira, and I stopped to grab lunch before hitting the town to do some spiritual shopping. We ordered the Garlic Cheese Bread Blossom as an appetizer and the Gluten Free Roasted Peach and Caramelized Pancetta. My favorite will always be the Roasted Peach and Carmelized Pancetta pizza, I highly recommend this dish! Side note, the patio is dog friendly and they are dog lovers!
^Earthbound Trading Co. is my favorite shop in Sedona. This store has many unique spiritual items and gifts. In my eyes Earthbound Trading Company is a Spiritual Urban Outfitters. This hot spot is a must when traveling to Sedona.
^Center for the New Age is a unique spiritual store found across the street from the Tlaquepaque Arts & Craft Village. This shop offers customers a wide variety of spiritual products, anything from Tarot Cards to Healing Crystals can be found here.
^Tlaquepaque Arts & Craft Village is home to the most tourist filled Sedona hot spot! Tlaquepaque is the perfect spot to shop and explore. Many shoppes in this area offer exquisite art, and unique gifts. Keep in mind, this is a heavily populated tourist destination in Sedona.


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The all new Hilux gets a much more modern look that falls in line with Toyota's latest design language with a muscular-looking bumper, and a sizable three-slate grille.
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The deadline for submitting information for this column is 5 p.m. Thursday. Kathy Smith can be reached at 262-246-4737 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Easter egg hunt
Menomonee Falls will hold an Easter egg hunt at 6 p.m. Friday, April 14, in Village Park, on Garfield Drive, west of Appleton Avenue.
Organized by the Menomonee Falls Knights of Columbus, the event includes the Easter Bunny, Tickles and Moo Moo clowns and balloon animals. True Fire Safety will also be on hand. The egg hunt starts at 7 p.m.; bring a basket.
Call the Knights clubhouse manager at 262-251-7830 for more information.
Rummage/bake sale
The Christian Women's group at St. Boniface Catholic Church will hold a rummage and bake sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 22, in Sippel Hall, W204 N11940 Goldendale Road, Germantown.
Call the church at 262-628-2040 for more information.
Identity theft
"How to Prevent Identity Theft" will be presented at 7 p.m. Monday, April 24, at the Menomonee Falls Public Library, W156 N8436 Pilgrim Road.
A Menomonee Falls Police Department detective is the speaker.
Call the library at 262-532-8900 for more details.
Art guild
The Art Guild of Menomonee Falls will hold its next monthly meeting at 6 p.m. April 25, at the Menomonee Falls Public Library.
The guild is made up of art enthusiasts, patrons of the arts and professional artists working to make the arts an integral part of the community. The group meets until 6:30 p.m. for social time and artistic exchange, a business meeting is held from 6:30 to 7 p.m. and the evening ends with an artistic development workshop from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Visit artguildmf.org or call the library, 262-532-8900, for more information.
School art
Student art from parochial schools in Menomonee Falls will be on display at the Menomonee Falls Public Library through Saturday, April 29.
Call the library at 262-532-8900 for more information.
St. Mary's Senior Social, 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Thursday, April 13, St. Francis Room, N89 W16297 Cleveland Ave., Menomonee Falls. Church, 262-251-0220.
55+ group of Falls Presbyterian Church meets, 9 a.m. Saturday, April 15, for breakfast and fellowship at Ally's Bistro, N72 W13350 Lund Lane, Menomonee Falls. Church, 262-251-1111.
Trivia Night, 6 p.m. Saturday, April 22, St. Anthony School, N74 W13646 Appleton Ave, Menomonee Falls. Teams: 2 to 10 players, $20 a player. Bring own food and nonalcoholic beverages. RSVP required by Saturday, April 15. Carol Buettner, email@example.com or www.stanthony-parish.org.
Germantown Historical Preservation Commission meets, 6 p.m. Monday, April 17, Germantown Village Hall, N112 W1700 Mequon Road. Commission, 262-250-4700.
Mostly Mystery Book Club meets, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 18, Butler Public Library, 12808 W. Hampton Ave., Butler. Library, 262-783-2535.
Historical Book Club meets, 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 18, Butler Public Library. Library, 262-783-2535.
Religions of the World series: Islam, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 18, Good Shepherd Catholic Church, N88 W17658 Christman Road, Menomonee Falls. Speaker: Janan Najeeb, president of the Milwaukee Muslim Women's Coalition. Church, 262-255-2210.


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