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In the circle of eyeliner preferences, we're in the pencil-loving phase. They offer a convenience we can't ignore. Aside from sharpening them (which you have to do with these every 4-5 uses) they are efficient from a time, use and wear perspective. Also? The colors are, to invoke her phrase, pretty powerful. I tested Jet, which is the blackest of blacks, and Mahogany, which is a perfect mix of deep brown and grey. I'm eyeing up Black Plum and Smoke, though, I love the mysterious shades. Is it black? Brown? How about grey? No? Purple?
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One of the biggest challenges in the cybersecurity field is that there aren't enough qualified experts to manage the volume of attacks, alerts, audits, incident response drills, infrastructure upgrades and compliance reports. And that's not even getting into threat hunting or risk hunting. So, how do we get more skilled workers and white hats on board to fight the growing number of bad guys out there?
According to Ben Johnson, chief security strategist, Bit9 + Carbon Black, steps are being taken to make improvements – technology (in some situations) helps automate things, reducing the amount of human interaction needed, programs to incentivize entrance into the information security field are being formed, mainstream exposure in the entertainment industry, such as the movie Black Hat and the TV show CSI: Cyber, increases the "cool" factor, etc. However, the industry still has an urgent need for technology professionals, analytical thinkers and engineers. For those looking to get into a market that's currently red hot, and those looking to refresh their perspective, Johnson has identified some tips to keep in mind.
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Do note, however, that Clojure agents run in one of two threadpools (one intended for CPU-intensive tasks, and the other for I/O-intensive tasks). As such, this is quite different than the event-loop approach that Twisted uses (or async frameworks that utilize libraries such as libevent or libev). Twisted has the deferToThread functionality, which is ... well, not exactly close, really. Regardless, let's get started.
In the following examples, we're going to pretend we have huge files we'll be reading off a local disk.
What to Call
Clojure's agent function is very, very simple: you pass it a value (it's initial state) and some options, if needed. That's it.
To update its state, you use either the send or send-off functions. If you've got CPU-bound tasks whose state you want to manage with agents, then you should use the send function. If your tasks will be I/O-bound, then you should use the send-off function for updating agent state. (The threadpool dedicated for use by send has a fixed size, based on the number of processors on your system. The threadpool for send-off is exapandable with thread caching and keep-alives.) Since our examples are focused on disk I/O, we'll be using send-off. (they have the same signature, though, so the following usage information applies to both).
When you send-off something to an agent, you pass if a few things:
- an agent
- the action or update function
- any number of additional parameters you want the action function to consume
What to Write
So, we know what an agent looks like when bound and we know how we're going to send an update to the agent, but how might we construct the update itself? Perhaps like this:
As you can see, the first value that an action function takes is the "old" value of the agent -- the value that the agent has prior to the action that will take place. Once this function returns, the agent's value will be set to the return value of the action function. (What's more, if we needed to access the agent itself inside the action function for any reason, we could do so using the *agent* variable -- accessible within the scope of the action function).
Before we go on, let's take a look at this in action from the REPL:
The first thing we do is switch from the default namespace to one dedicated to our examples (this makes managing scope in the REPL much cleaner). Then we load a file that has the agent and action function defined. Then we tell it to run our fake "big read" function, asking it to run for about 10 seconds. As you can see, send-off returns the agent immediately. We then get the current value of the agent by dereferencing it. Finally our big read finishes, and we see it print how long it took. We then look at the agent directly, and then dereference it again -- both showing us what we'd expect: that the value of the agent has been updated to the return value of our big read function. Finally, we shutdown the agent threads and exit the REPL.
(The start-clojure script is wrapped with rlwrap so that I have access to a command line history, persistent over different sessions. The script boils down to this: rlwrap java -cp /usr/local/clojure-1.4.0/clojure-1.4.0.jar clojure.main.)
We've seen the agent in action now, but there's a bit more we can do. We'll take a look at that in the next post.


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As you might recall from history class, relations between Great Britain and the U.S. of A. have not always been so rosy. There was the little matter of the Revolution, of course. And then there was the Revolution redux, better known as the War of 1812 -- a little skirmish where the Brits burned Washington and nearly took Baltimore. That's where Fort McHenry comes in: inspired by the sight of his country's flag still waving proudly after a heavy British naval bombardment, Frederick lawyer Francis Scott Key wrote a poem that, when put to music, would become our National Anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner." Nowadays, the Brits and Americans get along fabulously, and Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine is one of Baltimore's biggest tourist attractions. Ah, progress. • More info.: Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
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As mentioned last month, the HBA has offered to help in the financing of the new press shop for Siddhanta Press. This help has resulted in the shipment of some $2000 worth of framing lumber for the shop, sufficient to do the roof and windows. It is schedule to arrive in Kauai in mid-month. Deva Rajan and Thamby Malott bore much of the time and expense in gathering and making the shipment. This is a significant step toward the building of the new shop which will provide proper quarters for the press. It is now located in what is to be the temple library. Several pieces of equipment are not able to fit in this cramped area and remain unused until the new quarters are completed.
Siddhanta Press is an extension of the Temple, giving out the darshan through the printed world. It is a religious project and not a business. The Shastras of Saiva Siddhanta Church describe its work: "Pamphlets, posters, posters, pamphlets, booklets, books, bulletins, and newspapers flew from the Siddhanta Press and found their way into welcome hands round the work. The world came to know of the sensibility of the Saivite path and thousands declared themselves to be Saivites through the publications of the Siddhanta press which carefully taught them how to become a member of the Saivite religion."
To date the press has produced 60,000 Inspired Talks, 15,000 New Saivite World Newspapers, 25,000 prashadam phamplets, 15,000 greeting cards, 25,000 Tirukural posters as well as lesser numbers of Master Course lessons, monastic vows, church reports, and church office forms. It has done short runs of specialized printing of Namakarana certificates and name hange announcements. All of these publications are given free. The only project the press has done to date and been paid for was 1800 calendars for the New York Ganesha Temple - the total payment of $1600 covered the cost of the materials. The completion of the new shop, which the HBA has greatly helped along, will further this distribution of free religious literature.
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Heather Baugus Koury has been executive director of the American Institute of Architects Memphis chapter for more than a decade, and although she was just named to the distinguished status of Honorary AIA, she's never considered becoming a practitioner.
Instead, Koury prefers to leave the design to the professionals, allowing her to play to her strengths of organizing, programming and building community partnerships.
"One of the great things about my position beyond the programming, which is fantastic, is it's been like auditing a class for 10 years," Koury said. "It's been really exciting, the opportunities that I've had to learn about what architects do, how buildings are built."
After approaching college with the "fantasy career" mindset that she'd be a visual artist, Koury quickly realized her "brain didn't function that way." Koury received her undergraduate degree in art history at the University of Memphis before attending the University of Oregon for a master's degree in arts administration with a focus on community arts.
She's also certified in events management.
"I'd always focused on the visual arts or public art from an event standpoint – festivals and things and how they literally bring the community together," Koury said. "I never really thought about how architecture was kind of the ultimate form of the arts that really has such an important part in the success of a community or the failure of a community, depending on whether or not good design was applied."
Koury joined AIA Memphis in October 2002 as its first full-time director since being founded in 1953. Last August, approaching her 10-year tenure, she was named the AIA Executive of the Year – an honor that's traditionally gone to state-level AIA chapters or those in the largest metro areas in the U.S.
From an internal perspective, Koury has elevated AIA Memphis' brand and credibility by increasing its membership services and scholarships for emerging professionals. In fact, under her leadership, education grants to the chapter have increased by 500 percent.
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Moreover, Koury has grown the organization's programming from an annual calendar of 25 programs to more than 70 events, and special initiatives a year including significant and ever growing partnership-based programs.
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AIA Memphis has also been instrumental in helping realize the Discovering Architecture summer day camp for high school students and the Junior Girl Scout Architecture Badge Camp.
"Everything that AIA Memphis is being nationally recognized for is because we see the value in community partnerships and creating the programs and educational outreach efforts," Koury said. "A lot of what has gotten great exposure is through that constant dialogue that we have with partners in the community about what more can we be doing."
Building on the AIA 150 national initiative to encourage communities to focus on legacy projects, Koury steered the founding of the Memphis Regional Design Center under the AIA Memphis umbrella into the separate 501(c)(3) entity that it is today. She's currently working with archimania's Matt Seltzer to launch a local design alliance.
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This year I followed Stephen's king advice.
As I remember, maybe I'm wrong, when I read On Writing by Stephen King he said it was a good idea to read around 70 or 80 books. My objective this year was to do just that because I really believe you need to read lots to know the genres, the writing and everything that's out there.
I read lots this year, I'm so happy to say I read 84 books. I read contemporary YA and NA. I read paranormal YA, I read series. I read dystopian YA.I read craft books. Some books were proofreads and others were novels.
This is my year in books:
Now to this year favorites:
YA Contemporary: Coleen Hoover
NA Contemporary J. Lynn
YA Paranormal: Cassandra Clare (I know she's been here lots of years but I read all this year)
She's followed really close by Amy Plum and Myra McEntire.
YA Dystopian: Veronica Roth (She's brave and an excellent writer)


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In today's post I will be reviewing;
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- Manufacturer/Brand; Sheena by Sheena Douglass/ Paint Fusion
- Item number; 192729-000-000
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Reason For Buying
Having enjoyed the first Paint Fusion DVD with the floral stamps, when this Christmas one came out, I jumped on it.
- Stamp sheets covered; Holly, Ivy, Christmas Rose, Poinsettia, Garland, Christmas Tree
- Painting onto; glass, fabric, candles as well as card and boxes.
- You don't need to have watched the first DVD to use this, but it will help for how to prep the card surfaces to paint onto
Packaging; the DVD case itself is very flimsy. Not a patch on the quality of the first one.
Build Quality
Excellent production quality; great sound, lighting and camera work as well as superb content. The flimsy DVD case was the only let down, a shame for what is a quality product.
Value for Money
Excellent, I bought this as part of a bundle on C&C, including three of the stamp sheets. A great way to get the best from the stamp sheets as its much easier to review how to create the techniques when you watch someone doing it.
Would I buy it Again?
Yes! It's a new technique for me and I'm a visual learner. The practice sheets that come with the stamps are great but its a very useful reference for the techniques,
Summing up
I love Paint Fusion – even though I haven't done much, it's really boosted my confidence with painting. You can get amazing results when you use the stamps and paint over them using these techniques. If you are keen to paint but haven't had success in the past, I highly recommend Paint Fusion. It's for all ages and all abilities.
For more information about the products and to find Sheena on the web, please check out the links below.
- This is Sheena's website and blog. You can buy the DVD and related products from here too.
- This is Sheena's You Tube channel
- Sheena Douglass on Twitter
Thanks Sheena for another excellent video, I'll be collecting your stamps and any videos that you make to accompany them, great concept and really well put together. For this and the confidence in painting you have given me, many thanks.
Best wishes and thanks for reading, see you soon
Billie 🙂


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My radio interview with Tommy Schnurmacher on CJAD radio about Islamic Regime's involvement in Gaza and what the international community needs to do to stop the Islamic Regime in Iran the threat that it poses worldwide:
My article published in the Toronto Star discussing Islamic Regime's involvement in the current Gaza Conflict and Iran's support for Hamas and its proxy war against Israel.
While media have widely reported on the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas, few have picked up on the significant Iranian connection to the conflict. Indeed, one cannot comprehend the events of recent weeks without an adequate understanding of Iran's role in Gaza.
To begin, it should not be overlooked that many of the more than 1,000 missiles fired at Israelis in the past month were manufactured in Iran, transferred by Iran or built in Gaza with Iranian technology.
This includes, for example, the Iranian-built Fajr 5 and the made-in-Gaza M-75, both of which have a range of 75 kilometres. In 2012, Iran openly admitted to having given Hamas the technology to manufacture the M-75. These weapons have been a strategic game-changer for Hamas, allowing it to extend its range of attack to Israel's two largest cities: Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. The longer-range M-302, which enabled Hamas to hit cities in northern Israel, was reportedly imported from Syria via Iran.
Hamas has long depended on the Iranian-Syrian axis for arms, training and funding. These resources have had serious implications for Gaza since Israel left the territory entirely in 2005, a move that opened a window of opportunity for a peaceful, democratic Palestinian state-in-the-making to emerge. Hamas and Iran quickly moved in and closed that window, with tragic implications for the people of Gaza.
A 2007 Hamas coup within the Palestinian Authority enabled the group to seize control of Gaza and proceed to build a remarkably advanced infrastructure of terrorism. The territory is now replete with tunnels, bunkers and underground missile launch pads. In recent days, Hamas even launched its own drones over Israel.
None of this would be possible without extensive funding from Iran. At one point, the government of Egypt revealed that Iran was funnelling upwards of $300 million annually to Hamas.
Additional numbers are equally staggering. Prior to Israel's current operation, terror groups in Gaza possessed an estimated 10,000 missiles. Hamas operatives, many of whom were trained in Iran, now also number at least 10,000. Palestinian Islamic Jihad, which is even closer to Iran than is Hamas, boasts several thousand fighters in Gaza. Analysts have noted that the two factions have been competing to see which one can fire missiles deeper into Israel.
Despite a falling-out between Hamas and the Iranian-Syrian axis when the group moved its headquarters out of Damascus in the wake of the Syrian civil war, co-operation in fighting the common enemy, Israel, has resumed. As former commander of British forces in Afghanistan and a seasoned analyst of terrorist groups, Col. Richard Kemp, told AFP: "Hamas were very badly damaged by the Israeli Defense Forces back in 2012, but since that time they have been re-equipped significantly by Iran and also by weapons from Syria."
Every missile made in Iran and fired by Hamas threatens Israeli civilians and puts Palestinian lives at risk by requiring Israel to take countermeasures. On that note, the news that Hamas is openly calling the people of Gaza to serve as human shields is particularly nauseating.
Iran's mentorship of Hamas in Gaza is modelled on its development of Hezbollah in Lebanon. In both cases, Iran seeks to advance the Islamic Revolution throughout the Middle East and support local groups willing to wage a proxy war with Israel. Unfortunately, those who pay the price for Iran's destructive ventures are Israelis and innocent Palestinians alike.
As an Iranian-Canadian who has spent years raising awareness of human rights violations inside Iran, it grieves me that Tehran's brutal agenda is now playing itself out in Israel and Gaza. Were it not for the Iranian regime's extensive role in laying the foundation for the current war, the past few weeks may have been very different for Israelis and Palestinians. Those of us in the West who care about peace in the Middle East should recognize that Tehran's fingerprints are all over the current round of violence.
Sayeh Hassan is a criminal defence lawyer in Toronto and a pro-democracy activist fighting to change Iran's Islamic regime. http://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2014/07/19/irans_fingerprints_all_over_hamasisrael_conflict.html
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This year the Anti-Semitic and hateful Al Quds rally, backed by the supporters of terrorist organization Hamas is scheduled to take place on Saturday July 26th at 2:00 p.m. on Queens Park.
Al Quds is an annual protest which aims to export the Islamic Revolution. Al Quds protestors (Khomeinists and Hamas supporters) call for the conquest of Israel and its replacement with an extremist Islamic State. Each year protestors raise the flag of Hezbollah a banned terrorist organization in Canada and hold up pictures of Khomeini the brutal Islamic dictator.
Canada is a country built on the principles of freedom, equality and respect for all. As Canadians we should be extremely concerned about Queens Park being used as a platform for hate speech and promotion of Islamic extremism!
To all groups, organizations and independent activists who oppose Islamic Extremism and support Canadian values:
1. Rally- Activists will gather for a rally against the Al Quds Hate Rally on Queens Park on July 26th 2014 @ 2:00 p.m.
2. Write press releases, articles and blog posts and voice your concerns about this "Hate Rally."
3. Contact the media (tv, radio, print, news blogs) and voice your concerns.
4. Use Twitter and Facebook to spread the word about the counter-rally and call to action. Encourage others to get involved! Say no to the promotion of Al Quds "Hate Rally" and Islamic Extrimism in Canada!


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If you had to reduce all 20th-century literature to a single question, that question would be: who are you? And by extension, who am I? It's a question that operates at deep philosophical levels, touching on our innermost being and sense of self. It's a question about how we describe our selfhoods, and how we process what happens to us, and who we want to be, and what are our dreams and fears, our most private needs, the things we daren't say even to ourselves. But it's also a very basic question, a question we can ask on a daily basis about anyone we might bump into: who is this guy? What's his story? Who is he pretending to be, and who is he really?
One of the reasons why The Great Gatsby is such an extraordinary work of literature is that it takes this question, a question that's central to so much 20th-century writing, and turns it into the fulcrum of the story. It is, as screenwriters like to say, right on the nose. Who is Gatsby? Not just in a deep philosophical sense, but also in a very basic and literal way, who is this guy, and where did he make his money, and what's he up to? Is he for real? We can see the outside - the money, the parties, the bling - but where did he come from? It's part of Mr F Scott Fitzgerald's genius that he shows us how exciting this question is to the world around Jay Gatsby. The people enjoying Gatsby's fabulous hospitality are turned on by wondering about the mystery behind it.
Ms Mia Farrow and Mr Robert Redford in Mr Jack Clayton's version of The Great Gatsby, 1974
Gatsby is a modern archetype. Economic booms create Gatsbys. For all the recent difficulties, there are more rich people than there have ever been, and so there are more men like Gatsby than ever before. (I was going to say there are more people like him, but that's wrong: the Gatsby archetype is not gender-neutral. A female adventuress is a thing of wonder too, but is a different kind of human riddle.) In the past couple of decades, new categories of Gatsby came into being all around us: hedge fund Gatsbys, commodity Gatsbys, dotcom Gatsbys, start-up Gatsbys, venture capital Gatsbys and IPO Gatsbys and every other variety of man who's made so much money so fast that for the rest of us there is a kind of built-in mystery to them. Without that mystery, there's no Gatsbyism going on: these are the kind of men about whom people enjoy speculating. Exactly how was it he made that first million? It's always a faintly titillating question.
The other indispensable component for Gatsbyism is to be very good at spending money - by which I mean, lavish, un-conflicted, untortured, ambivalence-free. There is a type of very very rich person who attends to the spending of every cent as carefully as if they were very very poor. Gatsbys are the opposite of that. People are so troubled by money that there is something magical, and also troubling, about those few of us who seem not to be. Nobody understood this better than Mr Fitzgerald, and he gave this understanding to his most famous character.
Gatsby then; gatsby now
If the archetype still holds truer than ever, and there are more Gatsbys than ever all around us, that doesn't mean there haven't been some changes. The most important is that the new mystery men are more international. The modern Gatsby doesn't come from the place where he now struts his stuff - if he did, people would know too much about him. The mobility of the modern international rich is one of the most striking things about them. It's a mobility which parallels that of modern capital. The capital, which can go anywhere, goes to the place which is friendliest to it, and the people do the same thing. Contributing to this unprecedented mobility is the fact that the signifiers of super-wealth are now so international. The brands are the same everywhere you go; they speak the same language.
In terms of a tax regime's friendliness to international wealth, no great city beats London; add the ideal time zone and the language, and it's no mystery why London is the global centre of Gatsbyism. But the idea that place is important is a little misleading. Gatsbys live not in a place but in Gatsbystan, which might be in the sixth arrondissement, or Greenwich Village, or Knightsbridge, or their yacht. Just as it's not quite clear where they are from, it's also not quite clear where they live - in more than one place, for sure. Wherever there's a Gatsby, there's a string of empty properties somewhere else. There's also a party, and plenty of attractive people, and a whiff of mystery, and a sense that many of the people present are wondering exactly where and how all this ends.
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I look around our town and I see little acts of goodness everywhere: people volunteering to serve meals to the hungry, moms watching other moms' children so that they can go to doctor's appointments, friends generously sharing the bounty of their fields and kitchens. It warms my heart.
It also used to make me feel totally inadequate.
Whenever somebody did something kind for our family, I'd gratefully accept the favor and then realize: SHE has four children of her own at home! or HE works long, hard hours at his job! These people were caring so well for our family, but it almost seemed like WE should be caring for THEM. They had at least as much going on in their lives as us, yet they were giving to us on top of it all. How did they do it??? And what was wrong with me that I DIDN'T do more???
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I don't know about you, but it's easy for me to have kind IDEAS: I should send her a note, I should give him a call, I should cook them a meal, I should pay them a visit -- and then come up with a million excuses for why I shouldn't actually DO those things. For instance: Maybe I'll catch them at a bad time, maybe I'll say the wrong things, they're much better cooks than I am -- why would they want a meal from ME?, I have four young children, etc etc. etc.
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Whenever I've been on the receiving end of kindness, not once have I thought, That wasn't a great meal; I wish they hadn't brought it, or, If only they hadn't offered to babysit my children, or, It was so inappropriate for them to call and check on me! Not once. Because even if I didn't love the meal, or I didn't need a babysitter, or they said awkward things, I saw through the action to the love and concern behind it.
So this year, I've made my motto: JUST DO IT. When I wonder how a friend's doing, I try to send them an email or give them a call immediately, without worrying what they'll think. When I think somebody might need a night off from cooking, I try to take them a meal without worrying that it's not gourmet. In short, whenever I wonder whether I should do something kind, I try to skip the second-guessing and just do it. I could certainly do a lot more, but I'm learning that the difference between action and inaction is: just doing.
I'm writing this as we head into the winter holiday season. For many people, this is an extremely difficult time of year; a time when celebrations that call for gifts and feasting pose a challenge to those in need, a time when dark, cold days can heighten depression or loneliness. It's also a time when it's harder for those of us who are in a position to be generous to motivate ourselves to just do it; we're busy, it's cold, the roads are slick, yada yada yada. (During our first winter in Vermont, I was convinced that our community went into winter hibernation; social events stopped immediately after Christmas, and there were many friends whom we never saw until the spring thaw).
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The term that keeps coming up is "grittier."
"This is a West Side Story for a new generation," said choreographer Joey McKneely, describing the touring production of that classic musical that moves into Bass Hall for an eight-performance run, beginning Tuesday. "This is not a carbon copy of the original production. This show has a very different look and feel. It is less stereotypically 1950s. It tries to bring more reality to the gangs and has a much grittier feel to it."
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This touring production was born out of the 2009 Broadway revival directed by Arthur Laurents, who wrote the book (or story) for the original production. The new production enjoyed more Broadway performances than the 1957 original and the other two revivals.
"Arthur went back and took out some of the references that made it sort of a musical comedy in the 1950s," said David Saint, who directed this touring production. "He felt that the world and theater had changed since then and that people could have it a little less sugarcoated. This love story takes place in a hostile environment of bigotry and violence. The biggest difference is that Arthur wanted it to be a little bit grittier and more hard-hitting."
That 2009 revival, on which Saint served as associate director, also had more Spanish dialogue than the original. But that change has undergone some tweaking.
"It [the Spanish] alienated some of the English-speaking audience because they missed plot points," said McKneely. "But I believe that you do understand the scenes where they speak Spanish. It gives a more authentic feel to the Sharks as a group of Puerto Rican immigrants."
Saint said it took a while to arrive at the right mix of Spanish and English in this production.
"The Spanish was a long process to find the right amount," he said. "We had too much, then too little. And now, hopefully, just the right amount."
But, on the whole, this touring production will reflect that 2009 revival rather than the original.
"It's a little bit tricky because this production is based on the production Arthur did on Broadway," said Saint, who was so closely associated with Laurents that he was named executor of his estate when he died in 2011. "I have some freedom, but I also want to stay true to Arthur's vision. But I feel I knew Arthur well enough that I know what he considered most important."
McKneely was in much the same situation. He re-created the original choreography of Jerome Robbins for this production.
"[The choreography] is still 99 percent Jerome Robbins. There is just a little tweaking," said McKneely, who had worked with late choreographer. "It's about keeping it very emotional and keeping the level of dance as high as possible. I really try to bring the intensity and work ethic he brought to the material."
But rather than feeling hemmed in by Robbins' blueprint, McKneely found his task to be a joy.
"I'm really passing it down directly from the creator. It is so exciting to teach this material to young dancers and young actors, and watch how they blossom in front of my eyes. When I exposed these levels of emotions to the dancers and tell them you can dance to these emotions, I am amazed at how they soak it up and how they are so grateful to be given an opportunity to do such magnificent material. And it does change their lives," said the New Orleans native.
For Saint, the production provides a way to honor the memory of Laurents.
"This is the man who wrote the books to two of what many consider to be the greatest musicals ever written: West Side Story and Gypsy. He is probably the smartest man I ever met," said Saint, who has directed 11 Laurents-penned shows.
And being in possession of Laurents' personal papers has brought some goose-bump-inducing moments, such as the time he opened an old piano bench to find a yellowing piece of paper bearing a song and the notation, "To Arthur, This is a good one Daddy-O. Love, Lenny."
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The Afterlife of "Lost"
The series finale addressed that theme again, but in a slightly different way – specifically, from the perspective of death and the afterlife. Apparently, this ending has left a number of people confused and, in some cases, dissatisfied. It was revealed that the Flash-sideways story device employed this season actually took place in a Purgatory-type realm in which the souls of the characters needed to work out their redemption by remembering and ultimately letting go of their past.
After experiencing their awakenings, the characters (or their souls, actually) all gather in a church in order to take the final step into eternal life together. Jack Shephard, the doctor who becomes the primary hero of the story by sacrificing his life to keep hell from being unleashed, is the last character to discover the truth in the Sideways world. The soul of his father explains to him that the realm they're in exists outside of space and time - "Everyone dies some time, kiddo. Some of them before you, some of them long after you...There is no now here."
Some viewers are misreading the full group being there together as meaning they all died at the same time, that the entire series took place in Purgatory because they were dead the entire time. Christian's words clearly dispel that theory. There's also the fact that Hurley and Ben in the Sideways world reminisce about the period where they protected the island. That experience was a part of their real lives that they remembered in their awakenings so that again points to the reality that the island timeline was real and that others escaped the island alive (Sawyer, Kate, Clare, Miles, Lapidus, Richard and Desmond).
So what exactly does this ending in which everyone is dead really mean? When the castaways arrived on the island, they were, as Jacob described them, "alone." They were emotionally-crippled, lost souls without any genuine human connections. But through the love and responsibility they exhibited toward each other, they were able to grow as human beings and fulfill their real natures - to move past the tragedies, mistakes and obsessions that haunted them and eventually arrive in a state of grace. In fact, there was a promo for "Lost" before this final season began that was edited to Willie Nelson singing "Amazing Grace." For me, the lyrics in that song "I once was lost, but now am found, was blind but now I see" explains the process of what happened in the Sideways/Purgatory world and over the course of the series. Grace builds on nature. As such, the castaways became a means of each others salvation.
The communal aspect of the final scene in the church also resolves one of the story's earliest conflicts. In the first season after everyone is trying to adjust to surviving the island soonafter the crash, there are personality clashes and arguments about how best to run things. It gets to the point where Jack addresses the large group of castaways saying, "Every man for himself is not going to work...If we can't live together, we're gonna die alone." That's exactly what this group of loners learned to do over six seasons - live, love, sacrifice, and sometimes die together. And it makes all the difference. Because as their souls are ready to step into the final stage of the afterlife, they do it as a community. Learning to live together in their earthly lives resulted in their stepping into eternal life together too. As Christian Shephard explains, "The most important part of your life was the time you spent with these people. That's why you're all here. Nobody does it alone, Jack: you needed all of them, and they needed you ... to let go."
The notion of letting go leads me to another aspect of this Purgatory which doesn't leave everyone with the happy ending the castaways achieve. The Sideways/Purgatory world is somewhat reminiscent of the afterlife created by C.S. Lewis in his book "The Great Divorce" in which dead souls can gain entrance to heaven if they let go of elements from their earthly pasts that are holding them back from fully loving God. For instance, one "Bright Spirit" from heaven tries to talk a mother whose son died years ago to let go of her grief and anger so she can see him in heaven. The mother refuses saying, "You are heartless...The past was all I had." The Bright Spirit responds, "It was all you chose to have. It was the wrong way to deal with a sorrow." In other words, the very normal grief she felt after losing him became the core of who she was to the point that the resentment holds more sway over her than the opportunity to see her son again. Another Spirit later explains, "Every natural love will rise again and live forever in this country: but none will rise again until it has been buried."
This exchange reminds me of Eloise Hawking in the Sideways world. She appears to understand where she is and discourages Desmond from pursuing knowledge about the flashes that will make him realize he's dead because she knows that her son Daniel will then leave her. So instead of valuing Daniel's eternal happiness and maybe even joining him, Eloise prefers to possess him in the in-between world. Unlike Hurley & Libby or Sawyer & Juliet who remember their human love for each other and allow it to move them on toward something greater, Eloise is like the mother in Lewis' story. She chooses stagnancy over growth, an earthly possessiveness over a higher love.
Of course, there's someone who's even worse off than Eloise: Anthony Cooper. It's a Christian belief that God doesn't send people to hell; we send ourselves to hell by choosing to separate ourselves from the love and will of God. The one denizen of the Sideways/Purgatory world that appears to fit that bill is Anthony Cooper, John Locke's con-man father who was responsible for paralyzing him and who led Sawyer's father to shoot his own wife and then himself. One of the few characters who never demonstrated any redemptive qualities, Cooper is locked in a stroke-like frozen state, seemingly forever. Interestingly, in Dante's Inferno, the denizens of the 9th circle of hell are depicted as being frozen in a lake of blood and guilt. The choices Anthony Cooper made in his real life have left him with much blood on his hands. He also died unrepentant, so that final act of defiance against the natural moral law appears to have caught up with him here.
In the end - though the series ended showing everyone eventually dead - it can still be considered a happy ending from a Christian perspective. The main characters that viewers grew to love all lived their lives in a manner that will allow them to spend eternity together in heaven. Endings don't get any happier than that.
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- chele says said...
Awesome analogy!!
- May 25, 2010 at 12:27 PM
- Mary said...
Thank you! I've been thinking about this for days. Thank you for the Eloise Hawkings and Anthony Cooper explanation. You helped me understand what I was feeling about this show.
- May 25, 2010 at 3:41 PM
- Tony Rossi said...
Thanks for commenting, chele and Mary. I'm glad you both found the post insightful.
- May 25, 2010 at 7:18 PM
- fjm said...
A superb and thoughtful reflection. Thank you!
- May 25, 2010 at 8:44 PM
- Fran said...
This is a great reflection. I really like how you put all of this. I'm glad that you put this on Mary DeTurris Poust's FB page so I could find it! Thank you!
- May 25, 2010 at 9:17 PM
- Brian said...
Wonderfully said, I was very happy with how Lost ended and this only makes it that much better. :)
- May 26, 2010 at 12:25 PM
- Delores said...
*Now* I can live with the ending. Thank you! I am still kind of dissatisfied over some things (Jack's son) but overall happy. Mainly because I feel like I was right. I realized in the second season (I watched it all in one year via netflix) that this was about more than just the surface. And during the final episode I even commented to my husband that it was like the Great Divorce. So I just feel great that I was not totally wrong, and you have put it all into perspective -- one that I can live with and not be irritated with the writers over. Thank you!
- May 26, 2010 at 5:34 PM
- Tony Rossi said...
Thanks for all your comments! I think the writers did a great job overall despite some lingering loose ends. The show was ultimately about people, not the island, and that was the right focus in the end.
- May 26, 2010 at 7:12 PM
I love your point of view and this was my take on it as well. Thank you for writing it down!
- May 26, 2010 at 8:11 PM
- Erik said...
Brilliant post! I'm also glad that you mention in your last comment that it's not about the island. My brother was a bit angry that his questions about Jacob, the island and that man in black went unanswered, to which I replied that one of the points of the show is that when we die there will be things we don't understand, but what truly mattered here were the people in that room. Also, it's worth nothing that from start to finish, what gave Jack grief in the beginning of the series and in the alternate universe was that he could not find the body of his father, Christian Shephard [read: "Shepherd"](Even in the last episode, Kate observes with incredulity that she's entering a church for a man named "Christian Shepherd"). So the body of "Christian Shepherd" had disappeared. Only at the end does Jack find his father, who not only comforts him and explains what's important, but it's "Christian Shepherd" who opens the doors to the next life. Food for thought.
- May 28, 2010 at 2:20 AM
- Leah said...
I'm a little lost about the island and where all that fits in. There is so much focus on protecting the island that I was left feeling totally confused. So is it all a decoy and nothing about the island matters?
- May 28, 2010 at 4:58 PM
- Tony Rossi said...
I think everything about the island mattered, Leah, because everyone's experiences and choices there led to their redemption. The island remains some kind of cork that keeps evil at bay which is why Ben and Hurley still have to guard it so the island definitely still matters. Supposedly there will be a long scene on the Complete Series DVD set that explains more island mythology. I'd actually be okay if they left it alone. I felt the Jacob/MIB episode was probably the weakest of the season.
- May 28, 2010 at 7:02 PM
- Tony Rossi said...
Another thought occurred to me about the finale. In the Island world, Jack saw himself as responsible for Locke's death because Jack had left the island and then refused to go back when Locke asked him. Though Jack wasn't the direct cause of Locke's death, he did play an indirect part. In the Sideways/Purgatory world, Jack doesn't achieve his awakening until he fixes Locke. It's like Jack had to atone for the sin of doubting Locke during his life before he could move on.
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Benefit has some classic make up products – I mean, so classic they're ingrained into our beauty brains; Benetint….Hoola…Bad Gal etc. Whilst their products don't always for work me, there's no doubting that they are highly innovative, always creative and lead where other brands end up copying (the product and the packaging).
Wow, that sounds like an Oscar speech! But to be honest I am just feeling nostalgic, as I have a Benefit Ooh La Lift Under Eye Brightening Boost to review.
Benefit Ooh la Lift Instant Under-Eye Brightening Boost contains raspberry extracts and light-reflecting pigments to instantly perk up tired eyes. Can be applied on bare skin or over makeup.
Ooh La Lift I believe, is the first Benefit product I ever paid attention to. I was shopping with my aunt and I remember it being tested on a lady who had quite deep circles, and the shop lady applied a layer of this, and ZING! The circles had gone. My aunt didn't end up buying this product though because it had a chalky edge to it – it is a sheer light pink after all – and my aunts strong yellow skintone looked odd with it on.
Fast forward many years….
University…First Job…Fell for a boy….and Ooh La Lift has of course been worked on and reformulated over time.
There are SO many under eye concealers and brighteners out there, it's completely difficult to choose. Ooh La Lift is a BRIGHTENER not necessarily a CONCEALER. Some products that specifically brighten state that you can use concealer with it if you need serious coverage.
Ooh La Lift is indeed a very good brightener and I think the formula is better than it used to be. It's not chalky on the skin and sinks in to add brightness but also a sort of 'bouncy' glow. It works even on my olive skintone. If you don't need much coverage this can work on it's own, if you have dark circles then some concealer wouldn't hurt.
Having said that – I don't do racoon eyes. I don't mind a bit of shadow…makes the face look a bit human. I personally would just cover any circles with foundation then dab this on top (it can go on top of make up too).
You can put this in the fridge too to make it nice and cool.
The result – you can see this skin is glowy but not too racoon like:
I have tons of under eye concealers but this is one I will have this one in rotation, especially at the weekend when I all I use is Estee Lauder Skin Tint and a bit of this concealer. I've noticed that lots of companies are making brighteners and things, and a lot of them are just quite chalky. This has a nice texture and is great for people who don't need that much coverage.
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While the 3DS is the flagship handheld at the moment, Nintendo hasn't forgotten about the DSi, with plans to release two new colours for the device "as early as this week".
The two colours are "Matte Red" and "Matte Blue". A sneaky Olympic-themed marketing move? They've only been announced for the North American market at the moment, so maybe!


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Former hedge fund manager Shah Gilani notes:
In creating MERS, these institutions actually changed the land-title system that this country – for much of its history – has relied upon to determine legal ownership status of land titleholders.
Not only did the lenders sidestep (read that to mean avoid) paying billions of dollars in fees to local governments, they paid themselves from the fees that MERS collected.
MERS is facing class-action lawsuits and civil racketeering suits around the country and their members are being individually named in all these suits. One suit alleges that MERS owes California a potential $60 billion to $120 billion in unpaid land-recording fees.
If suits against MERS and all its members are successful, unpaid recording fees and fines (that can be as much as $10,000 per incident) would make every one of them insolvent.
MERS is a shell company, with no employees. However, its parent does have employees.
As Bloomberg notes:
MERS Inc., which holds the liens, has no employees, and MERSCORP, the parent, has only about 50, [the MERS spokeswoman said].
Plaintiffs' lawyers will undoubtedly argue that the "corporate veil should be pierced". In other words, they'll argue that MERS hasn't followed normal corporate formalities (or is inadequately capitalized), and so the big banks which own it should have to pay any judgments against it. I am not sure who will win that argument.
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For me I guess if I had to choose one staple, it would be a bottle of decent soy sauce.
That being said, the amount of 'staples' we are carrying around with us as we still go nomadically from house to house until we can get into our own house, is scary. Like 2 boxes and 3 large grocery bags full. I need to really streamline. But then my mom shows up with gorgeous kombu and katsuobushi and...
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Hmmm way to many(onions, garlic, herbes de provence, bullion cubes). Hmm really hard to decide on a single one as I'd probably be lost without atleast the first three.
Ohh well undecided I am then ;)
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Also, oregano, grated black pepper and dijon mustard.
I also use dried chili peppers sometimes, specially when cooking mushrooms. These are great because they'll last forever even if you use them from time to time and they are sold in big boxes.
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An update on the homeless subjects interviewed to date:
Last of a three-part series.
An update on the homeless subjects interviewed to date:
Roger�s tent is still up and running in a wooded lot on the edge of town. The property owners have either given their blessing to the little tent village, or they�ve stayed silent allowing them to stay. The encampment is still clean, although Roger�s little domicile has puddles of water and smells strongly of the roll-your-own cigarettes that he seems to eat like candy. In situation, he�s pretty much where he was when I met him, a philosopher accepting his station in life.
Ron, who said he�d found himself in the RCS shelter as a result of �piss-poor planning,� is no longer there � he was dismissed from the shelter for on-going violation of rules. Director of Operations Bob Howe says that he�s dropped by once or twice to say hello, but nobody seems to know where he�s staying.
Reggie, the admitted addict, is, like Roger, pretty much in the situation as when I met him. He still helps out at a local ministry where, his supervisor says, �he works like a trooper.�
Amy, who traded domestic abuse for homelessness, is still at the shelter and describes herself as a den mom to the newer residents in the women�s dorm. She has had a couple of interviews but has not been hired, and the state still has her children. They�re in a group home now, she says, but at least they�re together and receiving help for their post traumatic stress disorders.
Gina, the Kentucky woman who�d lived in a truck with her boyfriend, daughter and dog for 10 days, has managed to find a second job and is working to pay off her deposit. Things are still tight, she says, but the world is definitely looking up.
The homeless are not without their advocates or help.
For instance, tent-dweller Roger�s declaration of the local police as �Mayberry RFD� is not completely without merit. �People are human and it�s in our nature to help,� Sgt. Todd Conway said. �We don�t just look at them and forget about them. We try to help them.�
While panhandling � aggressive begging on the streets for money � is stopped when reported, police don�t automatically haul the panhandlers in on the first offense.
�If we can sit there and talk, and then figure out their problems, we can figure out how to help them,� he said.
The police will try to direct the homeless to organizations where they can receive help � Religious Community Services (RCS) for instance. In cases of obvious mental illness, the Crossroads program at CarolinaEast Medical Center can be used. Area agencies are also setup to help deal with problems of addiction � a major cause of homelessness.
When squatters are found, usually living in tents in wooded areas, the police do not automatically throw them out. �If they can find a landowner who allows them to set up a tent, there�s nothing illegal about it,� Conway said. The usual procedure is to alert the landowners to the situation. If the landowners want them removed, then the police order the squatters to clean up their site and go.
Liability is a frequent reason landowners order the homeless to move on. Another might be a problem that the homeless can make for themselves, when they trash the area where they are camping.
RCS is probably the best-known resource to help the homeless, most prominently through its 20-bed shelter.
Those beds are generally divided between a men�s dorm, a women�s dorm and a small family dorm �all three are currently occupied.
The shelter is meant as only a temporary measure and, according to Juliet Rogers, director of shelter services, 90 days is the maximum length of stay. Four or five days tends to be the average.
If you find yourself in need of shelter, a stay at RCS begins at police headquarters, where you must show an ID and submit to a check to be sure there are no warrants against you or that you are not a sex offender.
Once approved, a resident must obey stringent rules � first and foremost, a zero drug and alcohol tolerance is laid down. Fighting or other disruptions can get a person kicked out. From 8 a.m. to noon the shelter is closed and a strict 6:30 p.m. curfew is in place. Lights go out at 10. One shelter resident teased that she was being treated like a troublesome child with all the curfews, though she said she could live with it while she gets her life together.
People staying at the shelter are also required to earn their keep with chores.
�We have people coming out of prison, people coming out of mental institutions, and a lot of transients,� Rogers said. �We�re seeing the fastest growing number of homeless is women and children.� Census is usually at 16 or 17, with about 200 homeless moving through in a year.
RCS also assists its homeless guests with clothing, meals and resources.
But RCS also works to keep those on the verge of homelessness in their homes. Executive Director Michael McMillan described the organization�s curious Rental and Utility Assistance program:
Every Tuesday morning at 8 a.m. upwards of 20 or 30 families show up who are facing eviction or termination of their utilities. The RCS budget doesn�t allow it to help that many families, but it holds a drawing from which eight families are selected to receive help. Payments are then made directly to the landlords or utilities to assist with $200.
The families must prove their need, McMillan said, and RCS can only give the assistance if the landlord or utilities will not still evict or cancel services after payment is made.
The Salvation Army deals with 10 to 15 homeless a week, according to Whitney Morton, corps officer. The Army�s assistance focuses on food, clothes, blankets and sleeping bags. �Occasionally we have sleeping bags,� she said, �and for our homeless population that don�t have a cupboard we supply backpacks.� Canned goods go out as well � usually the pop-top kind.
The MERCI Clinic provides for some homeless � and for the nearly-homeless, Director Priscilla Miller said. �I have a number who are not homeless, but they�re on the brink,� she said. �One small incident might be the one that puts them over the line.�
While she said that MERCI does all it can to help, assisting the indigent presents some real challenges.
�We don�t want to deny anybody,� she said, �But those who are homeless, it is difficult to get them qualified.�
�We get a lot of �couch surfers,�� she says � that is, people who sleep on couches in friends� or others� homes at night, who cannot meet eligibility requirements for proof of income.
If they have no direct proof of income, they need a notarized letter showing that someone is providing them with shelter and food. �If they�re on a different couch every night,� she said, �who is going to be that person?�
Another problem is that, to get meds, pharmacies require that clients can show they are making at least $8,000 a year, including the food stamps and rental value.
�And the hardest part is, the patients we have not seen before, we are not going to be able to take them in any time soon,� she said. �We are really, really busy. We can�t handle the care of everyone who needs it.�
Miller said that, like many other community needs organizations in the area, MERCI is in need of more money, space and volunteers. Still, �We find a way to do it. We go through everything and find a way to make it work.�
Area churches are sometimes inundated with calls for help. �When is our church not approached by the homeless?� Susan Pate Greenwood, senior pastor at Centenary United Methodist Church, said. �Sometimes the homeless come asking for help with a place to stay for a night or two, some for help with getting enough medications they can�t afford, some come for help with food. Some come to ask us to pray for them; some just want someone to listen to them.�
Most churches have food pantries and, under some circumstances, they will assist in such items as gas and housing needs. However, most primarily work with the homeless through monetary and physical assistance through RCS.
Many of those with mental health issues wind up in the care of CrossRoads CarolinaEast�s adult mental health care wing. Ron England, director of the program, estimated that 23-24 percent of the patients are homeless, many of them couch surfers.
It does not surprise him that so many homeless have mental illness. �Within our community, out of every 10 vehicles you pass, two or three of them are going to have serious mental illnesses,� he said.
The patients arrive in many ways: delivered by police, from the emergency room, other organizations or on their own. Some are locals and others are individuals moving through the area.
�We have homeless patients that are not permanent residents,� he said. �They come to the center because they�ve stopped taking their meds and they need help getting back on track.�
The hospital absorbs the cost of dealing with the homeless. �That�s one thing about this hospital,� England said. �They have never asked, �Can they pay for this care,� but, �Do they need this care?��
He said that Crossroads deals with a lot of depression and schizophrenia among the homeless.
As soon as patients are admitted, England said, the staff begins planning their discharge. �We start looking for resources� inpatient psychological care is not a cure. It�s only Step One.�
He said that support through family, if possible, and other organizations after release is vital � and, the biggest problem of all, so is a place to stay. �An individual cannot maintain mental health unless they have stable housing.�
England admits that, even though resources are available, the area needs more. He lists three specific needs: First of all, short and long term housing. The other specific needs he sees are a way of seeing that meds are available to the homeless who need them, and that transportation is available to them.
�With our current resources,� he said, �we all have to work that much more closely together.�
Tharesa Lee, the former non-profit coordinator for the City of New Bern, agrees that housing is one of the greatest needs in the area.
She is a member of the Neuse Trent Housing Alliance, an organization made up of representatives from roughly 30 different organizations and formed for the purpose solving the problem of chronic homelessness in the area. Meeting the first Wednesday of every month, the NTHA is putting together a 10-year plan.
�We�re coming together to find solutions, to get permanent supportive housing in our area,� she said.
In permanent supportive housing, people move from temporary shelters to a longer-term house for a year. Here, they pay rent and receive budget and other counseling to help them to stand on their own. �People in shelters can get Medicare,� she said, �But they don�t know how to get housing.
�This may take three years, it may take five, but at least the process is beginning," she said.
Lee believes that many people in the area are unaware of the homeless problem in Craven County. �They go about their daily lives and they�ve got so much to take care of,� she observed, �that they don�t realize the problem. They don�t think of that.�
But, �I believe that we are responsible for the knowledge that we get,� she said. �When you have it, you are responsible to do something about it.�
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You probably guessed that we'll be in the Parking Protection Area for the Olympics . The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) is working with residents and businesses in the area to make the process of getting Games-time permits as hassle-free for us as possible.
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Mon, 16 February 2009
Lotsa economic open-line time. Controversy over aid to Palestinian refugees... did the Obama administration entitle refugee status to Palestinians? Conflicting stories. Then, what's being done to the dollar? Rep. Dan Burton. The Chinese say they hate us...why?
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