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'Enchanted' Sequel In Production, Will Go Straight to Disney+
One of the most requested Disney sequels ever is finally, officially in production. It's been almost 15 years since Enchanted did for Disney princess movies what Scream did for slashers; dismantling their cliches with good humor while reinventing their formula for a new generation. Consider this: When Enchanted hit theaters, Frozen was still six years away — and that movie's sequel came out over a year and a half ago.
At last, the new Enchanted — dubbed Disenchanted, tee hee — is shooting, with an expected premiere in 2022. Surprisingly, the film is going to bypass theaters entirely and go straight to Disney+ streaming. Almost the entire original cast is back for the new movie, including Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, Idina Menzel, and James Marsden. In a press release announcing the start of production, Disney provided the following description of the plot and cast:
"Disenchanted" stars six time Academy Award®-nominated actress Amy Adams as the hopelessly romantic and eternally optimistic Giselle now married and living in Monroeville; Patrick Dempsey ("Grey's Anatomy") as Giselle's husband, the cynical pragmatist Robert Philip; James Marsden ("X-Men") as the dashing but daft Prince Edward from Andalasia; Idina Menzel ("Frozen") as Nancy Tremaine, the former dress maker now married to Prince Edward; Maya Rudolph ("Saturday Night Live") as Malvina, Giselle's new adversary in Monroeville; Kolton Stewart (Nickelodeon's "Some Assembly Required") as Malvina's son; Yvette Nicole Brown ("Lady and the Tramp") as Rosalyn; Jayma Mays ("Glee") as Ruby; Oscar Nunez ("The Office") as Edgar; and introduces Gabriella Baldacchino as Robert Philip's now grown daughter, Morgan. Baldacchino, a 19-year-old from Glen Rock, New Jersey, makes her feature film debut in "Disenchanted."
Disenchanted will premiere on Disney+ in 2022. Better late than never, I guess.
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First Time Home Buyer Guide
Are you really ready to buy a home?
Buying a home is a huge, life-changing event. Not only is home quite likely the largest purchase you'll probably ever incur, but it could also take you decades to pay off.
If you're looking to buy a home, it shouldn't be because your married friends are becoming homeowners, or because it's "the financially mature adult thing to do."
In fact, you shouldn't even be looking to buy a home because market conditions are favorable, interest rates are low and home prices are trending down in your area.
You should become a homeowner because you WANT to be a homeowner. You have to want to take on all the responsibilities of homeownership, and you must be mentally ready to settle down in a single place for at least 5-6 years.
That's without mentioning the elephant in the room. You must also be financially ready to become a homeowner.
Improve your credit score
While purchasing a home in cash would be the homeownership's best-case scenario, for the vast majority of home buyers, the only way they'll be able to meet their homeownership goals is by means of a mortgage.
In order to qualify for a mortgage, you must be able to prove your ability to repay your loan. To do so, you need to have a good credit rating, a stable job, a sizable amount of cash to make an initial down payment as well as a number of other requirements.
Out of all of those requirements, your credit score is one of the most important factors that lenders will consider when you apply for a mortgage.
That's because all mortgages have a minimum credit score needed to qualify. And the higher your score, the better your terms will be.
For reference, according to TheLendersNetwork.com, the typical credit scores by mortgage type are:
FHA Loan - 580+
VA Loan - 620+
USDA Loan - 640 +
FHA 203K Loan - 620+
Conventional Loan - 620+
(Of course, these numbers could change depending on your area. Make sure to consult a trusted mortgage broker or mortgage agent to confirm the credit scores you need to have to qualify.)
Your first step towards improving your credit score is getting a credit report, so you know what your current score is (But be careful how many times you pull your score because checking your credit score too often can actually lower your credit score).
In the USA, you're entitled to get a free copy of your credit each year from the 3 major credit reporting bureaus (Experian, TransUnion, and Equifax).
To get a free copy of your credit report, go to www.annualcreditreport.com. Although there are a number of websites that offer "free" credit reports, annual credit report.com is the only website authorized by the Federal Trade Commission to provide free credit reports.
As you go through your credit report, analyze it carefully and see if you can spot any mistakes. If you do, you'll have the option to dispute those mistakes, which would improve your overall score.
At the same time, if you have a late payment or two, it's possible to get them removed. Call the company that registered them, and ask them to remove those late payments.
If you only have one or two late payments, there probably won't be any pushback, and the company will most likely remove them. But if you habitually make late payments, they likely won't.
Pay off your debt and build an emergency fund
Beyond your credit score, mortgage lenders use a metric called the Debt to Income (DTI) ratio. This metric measures your ability to manage your monthly payments, and repay your debts.
As a general rule, lenders prefer a DTI lower than 36%, with no more of that amount going towards housing expenses.
While the maximum DTI varies from lender to lender, the lower it is, the better the chance that you'll get qualified for a mortgage.
So in order to improve your chances of getting your mortgage approved, pay off as much of your current debt as possible.
Start by paying off your loans with the highest interest rate (typically your credit cards). Then use a debt repayment strategy, such as the waterfall method or the snowball method to get out of debt.
And once you're debt-free, stay debt-free.
Next, start building an emergency fund. Life is uncertain, and you never know what's going to happen. From job loss to sickness, it's always best to be prepared. Build up an emergency fund that's large enough to support you and your family for at least 3-6 months.
Save up for a downpayment
While it's possible to get mortgages that require a downpayment in the low single-digits, try to save at least 20% for a downpayment.
By putting down at least 20%, you'll avoid paying for private mortgage insurance, a better rate, and much more favorable terms.
Of course, it could very much be the case that a 20% downpayment is out of your reach. In that case, your real estate agent could help you find a first-time homebuyer program. Many of these offer single-digit down payments, such as FHA Loans and VA Loans.
Get preapproved for a loan
Once you have a substantial amount of money saved for your downpayment, you may think that now it's the time to start looking at home listings and hiring a real estate agent.
That's not entirely correct.
The next thing to do is to get a mortgage pre-approval.
Not only does pre-approval give you peace of mind as you tour properties, but when you make offers, it shows that you're a serious buyer, and gives you a leg-up when making offers.
To get pre-approved, the financial institution will need to verify your financial information (proof of income, taxes, etc.) and submit your loan for preliminary underwriting.
Find the right realtor
The right realtor will help you find the right loan and the right lender and help you find the home you want. Since the buyer doesn't pay the buyer's agent commission, you have no reason why you shouldn't use a real estate agent as a buyer.
This realtor will also help you find the right loan and lending institution for you. This agent will guide you and help you find first-time homebuyer grants and programs.
This agent will also help you avoid common pitfalls that new home buyers may stumble upon.
Find a home for sale in your price range
Although we can all dream about the perfect home, unfortunately, reality forces us to consider what we can actually afford. And affordability is more than just buying the most expensive home your loan can get you.
You have to be realistic about the kind of property you can actually afford comfortably. Your household income, personal monthly expenses, property taxes, maintenance and utility costs will all factor into the price range you can afford.
In this case, your realtor can help you calculate the price range you can afford. Your agent can take into account your financial situation, the kind of home you actually need, and the kind of lifestyle you want to have and then put together a price range for your particular case.
At the same time, don't make your decision on the price range alone. Your choice of neighborhood can have a huge impact on your lifestyle. From your monthly expenses, how much time you spend on commuting, schools in the area, jobs, entertainment options, and so on.
Once your agent has a good idea of your price range, and choice of neighborhoods, they will then use all the property search tools at their disposal (MLS, list of contacts, pocket listings, etc.) to find a number of homes that meet your requirements.
Make a competitive offer within your budget
Once you find the right home, you need to work alongside your agent to make the most competitive offer as possible.
If the home has an open house, your agent could try to talk to the homeowners and find out why they're selling the home. Finding out that reason could give you great insight into why it's being sold, and how urgently they need to sell it.
A personalized letter could help you stand out from the competition.
If you're willing to wait until winter, you might be able to find some amazing deals as well.
Your agent can also help you put together a competitive offer based on comparable properties in the area.
Of course, you also have to make sure you stick to your price range. Don't make an impulsive offer higher just to beat the competition. Your goal is to find a great deal on your first time home.
Prepare for closing
Once your offer is accepted by the home seller, you'll start to go through the closing process. To help the entire process to go smoothly, you need to know what to expect when closing on a house.
The closing process can take anywhere from 30 to 45 days. This gives you plenty of time to tackle closing items.
In your offer, make sure to include any contingencies that let you walk away from the deal. These could include the home inspection revealing costly issues, or your mortgage approval falls through.
Of course, a mortgage approval doesn't mean you're in the clear. Lenders will check your credit, bank statements, income, and employment just before closing to make sure you're still able to handle your repayment.
If you make a big purchase, take out a line of credit or loan, or even close accounts, you could end up delaying or killing your loan altogether.
So as the date of the closing draws near, stay put financially.
In Conclusion
Homeownership is always an exciting prospect, especially as you get closer and closer towards making it happen.
But in order for your first home purchase to be successful, you have to make sure you understand what it entails, what to be wary off, and what you can actually afford.


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How Our Eyesight Changes as We Age
The majority of people will experience changes to their eyesight as they age.
It's essential to stay on the watch for signs of age-related vision loss the older we get. As eye health professionals, one of our priorities is making sure our patients are informed so that they both know what to expect and can minimize any risks they may have.
Common Age-Related Vision Changes
These are some of the most common vision changes associated with age:
- Needing more light to see by. As we get older, we often need more light to see by, so you might start needing a few more work lamps and reading lights in your life.
- Greater difficulty seeing to read and do close work. Over time, the lenses in our eyes can become less flexible, making it harder to focus on close-up things. This is called presbyopia.
- Increased sensitivity to glare. This can be particularly difficult while driving.
- Slight changes in color perception. The clear lens in the eye can discolor, distorting the colors we see somewhat.
- Reduced tear production. Having enough tears is essential for keeping your eyes healthy and for maintaining clear vision.
Age-Related Sight-Threatening Conditions
The above changes can be frustrating and things like presbyopia and dry eye can be treated with reading glasses and eye drops, but there are also more serious vision problems associated with age, such as glaucoma, retinal detachment, diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, and cataracts.
Many of these eye conditions can be treated, delayed, or even reversed, and improvements in technology and science may lead to even better prognoses in the future. Early detection is critical, which is why regular eye exams are so important as we get older.
What You Can Do for Your Eyesight
In between your eye exams, there's a lot you can do to promote your healthy vision. A major one is simply to live a healthy lifestyle. Stay active, eat healthy, and don't smoke. These will all reduce your chances of developing sight-threatening conditions, not to mention what they can do for your overall health! Just make sure to also wear UV-blocking sunglasses when you're out in the sun!
Meanwhile, if you struggle with eye strain, it could be because of screen time, particularly if you spend your work hours staring at a computer screen. To give your eyes a break, follow the 20-20-20 rule: every 20 minutes, spend 20 seconds focusing on something at least 20 feet away. Your eyes will thank you!
Your Lifelong Vision Health Is Our Goal!
It is impossible to overstate how important yearly eye exams are for your healthy vision. If it's been a while since we last saw you or if you've noticed any changes in your vision, there's no time like the present to schedule an appointment!


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Welcome to the Hearts On Fire Company, LLC ("HOF") web site (the "Web Site"). By accessing, using or posting anything to the Web Site, you agree to use the Web Site in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations and in accordance with the terms and conditions outlined herein (the "Terms and Conditions"). These Terms and Conditions may be updated from time to time without notice to you, and you further agree to be bound by the version of the Terms and Conditions that are in effect each time you visit the Web Site. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ANY OR ALL OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, DO NOT USE THE WEB SITE IN ANY MANNER. As used herein, the terms "HOF," "we" and "us" refer to Hearts On Fire Company, LLC, its subsidiaries, owners, affiliates, officers, directors, employees and agents.
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You may access or use this Web Site and its contents solely for personal, noncommercial use and for no other purpose. You may not modify, copy, link to, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer or sell any information, in whole or in part, obtained from this Web Site without the written permission of HOF. No right, title or interest in such materials is transferred to you by use of this Web Site. HOF may modify or remove this Web Site at any time without notice to you. You represent and warrant that you possess the legal right and ability to agree to these Terms and Conditions, and that all information or material that you submit to the Web Site is true, accurate and current. You agree that you will not: (i) submit any material that is copyrighted, protected by trade secret or otherwise subject to third party proprietary rights, including but not limited to privacy and publicity rights, unless you are the owner of such rights or have written permission from their rightful owner to post the material and to grant the rights to use such materials as provided in these Terms and Conditions; (ii) post on the Web Site any false information or misrepresentation that could result in liability or damage to us or any third party; (iii) submit any material that is unlawful, obscene, defamatory, libelous, threatening, pornographic, harassing, hateful, racially or ethnically offensive, encourages conduct that would give rise to criminal or civil liability, violate any law, or is otherwise inappropriate; or (iv) impersonate another person. By way of example only, you may not post a photograph taken by a professional photographer unless the photographer has granted you the right to make copies of the photo. You are responsible for any third-party fees, taxes or other charges incurred by you in accessing the Web Site (such as internet charges).
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Any message you send to us via e-mail, postcard, letter, voice mail, social media venue (such as Facebook® or Twitter®) or other transmission shall be and remain HOF's property, and HOF shall not be limited in any way in its use, promotional, commercial or otherwise. However, we will not use your full name in any such promotional use without your permission. You agree that no such messages will violate the rights of any third party or contain any libelous or otherwise unlawful materials. We save certain messages and e-mails on file for promotional and marketing purposes, but we are not required to and do not retain every such message. By sending us information about yourself on or through the Web Site or any social media site related to HOF, you automatically grant us a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, modify, transmit, translate, distribute, perform and display your information alone or as part of other works in any form, media, or technology whether now known or hereafter developed, and to sublicense such rights to others. You acknowledge that no compensation will be paid with respect to the use of your information. You represent and warrant that you have proper authorization for the worldwide transfer and processing among HOF, its affiliates and third-party providers of any information that you may provide on the Web Site or HOF related social media site.
Any information uploaded by you to the Web Site or provided to us in any way, including but not limited to photos, names, links, data, questions, comments, suggestions, or the like, shall be deemed to be non-confidential; we shall have no obligation of any kind with respect to such information and shall be free to reproduce, use, disclose, and distribute the information to others without limitation. We shall be free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how, or techniques contained in such information for any purpose whatsoever, including but not limited to developing, manufacturing, and marketing products incorporating such information.
You may request removal of any personal information you send us by sending a removal request email to firstname.lastname@example.com from the email address provided when you submitted the information.
Unsolicited Information
HOF and any of its employees do not accept or consider unsolicited ideas, including ideas for new advertising campaigns, new promotions, new or improved products or technologies, product enhancements, processes, materials, marketing plans or new product names. Please do not submit any unsolicited ideas, original creative artwork, suggestions or other works ("submissions") in any form to HOF or any of its employees. All such submissions will be destroyed without being read or considered.
Product Presentation
At HOF, we make every effort to represent our products as accurately as possible. However, due to photography techniques and differences in monitor color and display capabilities, images of products may appear slightly smaller or larger than actual size, and color may vary. Other items may be represented at a larger than actual size in order to clearly show details, or smaller than actual size in order to show the entire item. America Online users may experience blurry, distorted images due to proprietary AOL browser settings. Also, in compliance with FTC regulations and the standards set forth by our industry, the total carat weight of the diamonds shown on HeartsOnFire.com may vary by plus or minus 0.04 carats from the presented total weight. Additionally, when a piece of our fine jewelry contains more than one diamond, it is our policy to present an average grade for color, clarity, and carat weight. We always strive to provide our customers with the most accurate information in order to aid them in making an informed purchase.
Product Availability and Pricing
Although we update our inventory regularly, sometimes our product availability may change before there is time to update the information on our Web Site. The availability of items is subject to change without prior notice. Additionally, data, including but not limited to prices, may be erroneously displayed due to system or typographical errors. We reserve the right to correct any and all errors when they occur, and neither we nor our authorized retailers will honor any erroneous prices posted on the Web Site. If a product's listed price is lower than its actual price, we will, at our discretion, either contact you to determine if you want the product at the correct price or cancel the order and notify you or such cancellation. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause. If you have any questions about this policy or any other policy, please contact an HOF customer service representative at: firstname.lastname@example.com or 877-737-3328.
Private Sale
Private sales are authorized only with a clear communication of confidentiality of the purchase.
All sales are final. No credits, exchanges, refunds or alterations.
Shipping & Handling
HOF uses FedEx® as its preferred carrier. Signature is required for all deliveries. We do not ship to P.O. boxes. At this time, we cannot ship an online order to international destinations. As a security precaution to protect our clients from fraud, we will only ship to a valid address on file with the credit card company. To help expedite your order, simply call your issuing bank and provide them with your alternate shipping address.
Returns & Exchanges
We hope your experience and purchase have exceeded your expectations. If for any reason you are not satisfied, we will gladly accept your timely return for a full refund within 30 days with free shipping both ways. We cannot accept returns after 30 days from delivery. If it is within 30 days of delivery date and in good, sellable, like-new condition:
1. We will refund in full for all earrings, necklaces and bracelets
2. We will refund in full for all rings (including engagement rings) in women's finger sizes from 4 – 8 and men's finger sizes from 8 – 11.
Please note if an item is purchased with a Shopping Code at the point of checkout, the sale is final and cannot be exchanged or returned.
Returned merchandise should include the original packaging and be in the same condition as when it was received.
Please note the reason(s) for return on the Return/Exchange Card and whether you wish to exchange the item(s) or receive a credit. Enclose the Return/Exchange Card with your item(s). Please call our HOF Customer Service at 877-737-3328 to get a Return Authorization number to ensure proper return address and credit information.
HOF recommends that you insure the merchandise for the full retail value of the product and use a carrier that offers shipment tracking for all returns. HOF is not responsible for items lost during return shipment.
HOF offers this refund program for purchases made at heartsonfire.com in the U.S. only.
Please note that any Hearts On Fire items purchased from an independent retail partner cannot be returned directly to Hearts On Fire, and must be returned or exchanged at the retail location where the original transaction was made, in accordance with that store's policies.
Credit Card Use
HOF accepts the following credit cards for online purchases:
• American Express
• MasterCard
• Discover
Credit Cards: The total dollar amount of your order is allocated at the time your card is approved, payment (transfer of funds) will occur at time of order. If the amount charged exceeds your credit limit, your order will be automatically cancelled.
Sales Tax
Sales tax is automatically applied to your HOF order for all states except New Hampshire, Montana, Oregon and Delaware. The terms contained herein are subject to change as taxation regulations continue to evolve.
You shall be responsible for compliance with applicable laws and regulations regarding payment of all use taxes, duties and other taxes and the declaration of goods in your state or country of residence. Your purchase may be subject to use tax unless it's specifically exempt from taxation. For any purchase which HOF does not collect sales tax, your state may require you to report such purchase and remit tax on a sales, use or individual income tax return. Forms and corresponding instructions may be found on your state website.
Order Status and History
You will receive updates regarding the status of your order, including when your item(s) ship, to the email address you provided when ordering. Log in to Your Account to access web order status and history.
Order Cancellation
You may cancel any HOF online order as long as the order status is "in process." If order status is "shipped," it cannot be cancelled. To cancel, log in to Your Account, select "View Purchase Order History", click on the desired order number, and then select CANCEL next to the item(s) you wish to cancel.
Counterfeit Warning
HOF merchandise is available exclusively from heartsonfire.com and authorized HOF retail jewelers. Buyers should be wary of purported HOF merchandise sold through unauthorized channels. Beware of counterfeits.
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All contents are protected by U.S. and international copyright, © 1996-2021 Hearts On Fire Company, LLC. All rights reserved. HEARTS ON FIRE, THE WORLD'S MOST PERFECTLY CUT DIAMOND, THE MOST PERFECTLY CUT DIAMOND IN THE WORLD, the Chevron design, DREAM, ACCLAIM, ADORATION, BELOVED, CAPTIVATION, DESIRE, ELATION, FELICITY, FIREBURST FULFILLMENT, GRACIOUS, GRANDEUR, HOOPLA, INSPIRATION, JUBILATION, LIVE INTENSELY., LOVE INTENSELY., OBSESSION, PERSUASION, PROPORTION SCOPE, RAPTURE, REFINED, REFLECTION, REPERTOIRE, SEDUCTION, SERENITY, SIGNIFICANCE, SOLITUDE, SUBLIME, TANTALIZING, TRANSCEND, TRIUMPHANT, ULTIMATE RECOGNITION EXPERIENCE, WHIMSICAL and WONDROUS are registered trademarks of Hearts On Fire Company, LLC. AMOROUS, ASCEND, BROCADE, CONVERGENCE, CULMINATION, DELIGHT, DISTINCTION, DIVINE, DUETS, ENCAPSULATE, ENCHANTMENT, ENDEAVOR, ENJOYMENT, ENRICHMENT, ENTICING, ENVELOP, ETERNE, IDEALISTIC, ILLUSION, INDISPUTABLE, INSTINCTIVE, INTERMINGLE, MULTIPLICITY, MYSTICAL, PROVACATIVE, RESPLENDENT, SILK PAVE, SIMPLY BRIDAL, SUCCESSION, STUNNING, SWEEPING, TEN TABLE DIAMOND, TIMELESS, TRULY BRIDAL, UNMISTAKABLE and YOU STAND OUT FROM A CROWD WHEN YOUR HEART'S ON FIRE are trademarks of Hearts On Fire Company, LLC. All jewelry designs and images thereof are the exclusive copyrighted property of Hearts On Fire Company, LLC. Any use of the trademarks, jewelry design, the jewelry design images and/or other images, or any other copyrighted material is expressly prohibited unless otherwise agreed to in a signed writing by Hearts On Fire Company, LLC. Hearts On Fire Company, LLC actively and aggressively enforces its intellectual property rights to the fullest extent of the law.
All product information, product ordering codes and prices are subject to change without notice. This Web Site may also contain trade names and trademarks of other companies that are the property of their respective owners.
We or our designees will investigate notices of copyright infringement and take appropriate actions under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Title 17, United States Code, Section 512(c)(2) ("DMCA"). Pursuant to the DMCA, written notification of claimed copyright infringement must be submitted via U.S. registered mail to our Designated Agent as follows:
Hearts On Fire Company, LLC
Attention: Legal Department
P. O. Box 52172
Boston, Massachusetts 02205
To be effective, the notification must include the following:
- A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
- Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed.
- Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to locate the material.
- Information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provide to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and if available, an electronic mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted.
- A statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or the law.
- A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
Use of the Web Site or any social media site is at your own risk. Unless specifically noted, this site, any social media site, their contents or the information available on or through them is provided on an "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" basis without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including warranties of title or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Neither HOF, nor any of its affiliated or related companies, nor any of the employees, agents, content providers or licensors of any of them, makes any representation or warranty of any kind regarding the Web Site, social media sites, the content, any advertising material, information, products or services available on or through the Web Site, and/or the results that may be obtained from use of the Web Site, social media site or such content or services. All express or implied warranties, including without limitation warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, warranties against infringement, and warranties the Web Site will meet your requirements, be uninterrupted, timely, secure or error free, are specifically disclaimed. HOF and its affiliates are not responsible or liable for any damage to, or virus that may infect, your computer equipment or other property.
Limitation of Liability and Damages
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, we disclaim and exclude all other terms, conditions and warranties in relation to the products and services and any orders placed through the Web Site, whether express or implied by statute or otherwise or arising from any previous course of dealing or usage or trade practice.
Nothing in these conditions of sale limits or excludes or excludes our liability for any liability which cannot be limited or excluded by applicable law. Subject to the preceding sentence, our liability will under no circumstances exceed the actual amount paid by you for the product or service that you have purchased through the Web Site, nor will we under any circumstances be liable for any loss of production, work, data, use, business, goodwill, reputation, revenue or profit, any diminution in value, costs of replacement for goods or services, or any indirect, consequential, incidental, special or punitive damages or losses, including, but not limited to, lost profits, whether direct or direct, regardless of the form of action, including, without limitation, contract, tort (including negligence), strict product liability or otherwise, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages.
Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you.
By use of this Web Site or HOF social media site, you agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless, HOF, each of its affiliated companies, and each of its respective partners, suppliers, subsidiaries, licensors, officers, directors, shareholders, employees, representatives, contractors and agents, from any and all liabilities, claims and expenses (including, but not limited to, claims for defamation, trade disparagement, privacy and intellectual property infringement) and damages (including attorneys' fees and court costs) arising from or relating to any allegation regarding your use or misuse of the Web Site, social media site or any violation of these Terms and Conditions.
We reserve the right at all times to disclose any information as we deem necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, or to edit, refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, in our sole discretion.
Governing Law and Jurisdiction
This Web Site (excluding any links) is owned and controlled by HOF from its offices within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States of America. By accessing this Web Site or HOF social media sites, both you and HOF agree that the statutes and laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without regard to conflict of laws, will apply to all matters relating to use of this Web Site. In addition, you agree to the exclusive personal jurisdiction and venue of the Suffolk County Superior Court and the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
We recognize that it is possible for you to obtain access to this Web Site from any jurisdiction in the world, but we have no practical ability to prevent such access. This Web Site has been designed to comply with the laws of the State of Massachusetts and of the United States. If any material on this Web Site, or your use of the Web Site, is contrary to the laws of the place where you are when you access it, the Web Site is not intended for you, and we ask you not to use the Web Site. You are responsible for informing yourself of the laws of your jurisdiction and complying with them.
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(Excerpted from: Father Gerald Fitzgerald Manuscript by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J.
Father Gerald had a keen awareness, bordering on mystical experience, of Christ's abiding presence in the Holy Eucharist. When he drafted the Rule of Life for the Paracletes, he directed that they spend, "A personal Holy Hour daily, spent whenever this is possible in a chapel where Our Blessed Lord is present eucharistically. This is your Holy Hour given with Mary to Jesus." (Paraclete Customs, p. 10).
In his conferences to priests, whether his own Paracletes or others, he returned to the same directive: spend an hour a day before the Blessed Sacrament, besides the Mass and Divine Office. His praise of this practice and the promises he assured those who followed it, were lavish, almost extreme:
If the holy hour is so important, it is well to know how to make it, at least to have some framework within which to pray before the Blessed Sacrament.
What Father Gerald recommends is only a suggestion. He recognizes that "as a soul advances in the spiritual life, all formal framework becomes less important." Still, it is useful for a priest to have some method available, for himself and for others whom he urges to under take this basic Eucharistic devotion.
One method is based on the four word aspiration and prayer, Adoro Te Rex Gloriae, I adore Thee, King of Glory. The idea is to divide one's holy hour into four quarters: "You spend the first in adoration; you spend the second in thanks; you spend the third quarter in reparation; and finally you spend the last quarter in giving something to God." (D-152).
Adoration. Every prayerful posture of the soul before God should begin with adoration. In fact every prayer, no matter what other form it may take, is basically a form of adoration.
The soul abases itself before the Divine Majesty and repeats quietly either verbally or in its own depths that offering: Adoro Te I like the repetition: Adoro Te adoro Te -- devote. I adore You I adore You I adore You with devotion. My God. Now if a man has any depths of intellectual concept he does not need to get beyond that word God. My God! Thou Who hast brought me out of nothingness. (D-152-153).
All around us, in the world of nature, are countless reasons for adoration. Or better, all around us the universe of space and time is adoring its Maker.
We see the majesty of the mountains round about us: we have our ear gradually attuned to the harmonies and symphonies that are going around even down into the insect world. There is the whole voice of nature and it is a harmonious voice: little robins breaking their hearts with joy in the morning and saying thanks to God in the evening when they sing their vespers and compline. The majestic beauty of the moon as it moves a symbol of the Mother of God, taking its light as Mary takes all from God, taking all its light from the sun Mary takes her glory from the Son of God and casting it into the dark; the beauty of the stars set as so many candles upon the altars of the universe. (D-153).
So it is. "All except God's rational creatures, do adore, according to their nature, even the stars singing in their orbits as they obey with exactitude the law of their Creator." Sublime thought, but also terrifying, that "All but men and angels, all but fallen men and fallen angels obey the rule of their Creator, the raison d'etre of their being."
This brings us back to the first purpose of the holy hour, to adore the Divine Majesty. Why should adoration before the Blessed Sacrament be specially commended and, for Father Gerald, be commanded to God's priests? The reason is not far to seek. It is hidden in the mystery of the Incarnation.
Father tells the priest that, by the power of his ordination, he brings down on earth today the same fullness of the Godhead corporally that came down to Palestine at the dawn of Christianity. This Godhead is therefore present near him, as near as was the Savior to His earthly contemporaries when they heard Him say, "I and the Father are one," or as was Thomas when he bowed down in adoration before the Risen Savior and acknowledged Him as "My Lord and my God."
We realize that this great infinite majesty of God has been gathered up and placed in the womb of a Virgin maiden and then by the beautiful, mystical extension of her virginity in fruitfulness of the virgin priest of the Catholic Church and wombed in the golden tabernacle with the very same purpose that God the Creator without whom was made nothing that was made, from the bosom of His Father to the bosom of Mary and now to the bosom of the Church where we by our submission to the discipline of the Church have been privileged to bring forth in the fruitfulness that makes us even more than Joseph fruitful to God the Father in the bringing of His Son into the world: Et Verbum caro factum est et habitavit in nobis and the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us. (D-154).
Recognizing who is present on the altar, the priest responds accordingly, and prays, "I adore Thee."
Petition. If adoration is the first attitude of a believing soul in the presence of the Word Incarnate, petition is the logical second. As a person realizes whom he is addressing, that it is the Lord of the Universe, here in human form; and he pauses to reflect on his own great misery, almost without reflection he will ask the Savior to give him what he needs. Where to begin? Begin by asking Jesus, Who is God, for His love.
What is the most precious thing that a man can have? To love Jesus. Without any doubt, without any qualification. To love God is God's greatest gift. As a matter of fact, the man who truly loves God with the proper motive, loves God for Himself, already possesses God and is already sure of heaven. For to love God is heaven it is to possess heaven by anticipation. And not to love God is the commencement of hell. That is why there is so much unhappiness in the world.
So ask above all for the grace to love God and that will please Our Lord very much. It surprises Him for so many people to come to Him and ask Him so many things. Like the father in a family or a mother the little ones come in during the day: Mother can I have a cookie Mother, can I do this, Mother, can I do that? But suppose one little precocious child, very sweet and very thoughtful, didn't ask anything and the mother or dad said: All the others have asked for something, what do you want? And the little one said: Daddy, I just want to love you I don't want anything except your love. Where is the father that would not catch up the little one and hold it tight to his heart? Where is the mother who would not be touched to the depth of her being by her little son or daughter who wanted nothing but to be loved?
This is the better gift, this is the gift that harmonizes with the philosophy and spiritual program of St. Theresa: she was avid and she was asking for the better grace, and the supreme grace is caritas to love God. "In the bosom of the Church my Mother," she said, "I will be love." That is what she aspired to. (D-155, 156).
Passing beyond the petition to love God, who is in the Eucharist as man out of love, priests are encouraged to pray for other priests, especially for those who are spiritually sick.
Father Gerald was always making references to the priest-guests at Via Coeli. He knew how desperately they needed the Eucharistic prayer of their brothers in the priesthood.
It just happens today that we had perhaps a record the telephone rang more than five times we have five priests about to come to Via Coeli and what a sadness, for out of five priests, four of them are coming other than the first time. They are returning defeated, wounded, and we must set to work again. So we need the grace not to be discouraged; we need the grace to go on and on and on; we need the grace to whisper to Our Lord: "Lord, You never were discouraged even though You knew that even up to the Last Supper, Your chosen disciples whom You trained Yourself would still be disputing who was going to be first in the Kingdom." They would be so slow to understand even in the Resurrection. Does not the dullness of the hearts of His Apostles call forth a cry from the Heart of Jesus? Does He not say: Slow of heart ought not Christ to have suffered and so enter into His glory?
Or as He upbraided them when He came through the barred doors in His glorified Body, on Easter Sunday and He rebuked them for their tardiness to believe. So we must never be discouraged by human nature. And the only way not to be discouraged by human nature is to look with a very fixed look towards the Divine Master. Remember all the times that He has forgiven us that He has pardoned us individually and out of the greatness of His patience with us, learn to be patient with these men of God who failed God over and over and over again.
Is it not true that only by great patience that Jesus has conquered in our individual lives? And if we then if Christ has triumphed in our souls by patience, shall we find a better way to let Christ triumph for us in the souls of others? Then by patience upon patience upon patience even when it is necessary for us to dismiss someone, let it not be because of our impatience, but because it has become evident that patience towards an individual must be sacrificed for the common advantage of the Community as a whole. Ask for priests who are dying obdurate and are refusing the sacraments, so that they may at the last moment capitulate to God's grace and be saved. (D-156, 157).
But the prayer should be not only for priests. "Ask for your brothers and sisters in the world, ask for non-Catholics the grace of conversion, ask for dying sinners the grace that they make a little act of faith, perfect charity in their hearts." Then on a personal note, "Pray for the next one of your dear ones to die. Then when the telegram comes saying that someone has died suddenly, what a consolation. You don't know who, but you leave it in the hands of God."
Reparation. The next stage in the holy hour, which may actually pervade the whole sixty minutes, is the practice of reparation.
Preoccupied as he was with the moral failures of priests, Father Gerald specially urged priests (and all the faithful) to offer their prayers and trials for priests.
What reparation (is needed) for the sins of priests. O how precious to Christ is a priest who comes to Him and offers with his bare soul to wipe the terrible spittle and filth that unworthy priests cast each day upon Our Lord. It is true that the physical sufferings of Our Lord are at an end: but the source of those physical and mental anguishes that He bore in the Passion are today and tomorrow and all the tomorrows till the end of time. And it is effectively true that if I make reparation today, Jesus will see that reparation together with Veronica's reparation as He went the Way of the Cross. I went with the angel of consolation to Gethsemane I went with Simon of Cyrene and lifted the cross from His aching shoulder I was in the consolation that His Mother spoke to Him as He passed by I was in the eyes of John when John lifted his lily face as a chalice to meet the eyes of Divine Love.
Learn the art of reparation and then the very little things that bother you, the little trivia of human limitations around us, the little contradictions and disappointments, can all be gathered up and offered in reparation they become the myrrh of life. (D-158)
This art of reparation is mainly the practice of resignation. We resign ourselves to the trials and difficulties God sends us, and thereby expiate for the offenses committed against Him. Prayer before the Blessed Sacrament serves the purpose of motivating our wills and prayerfully uniting ourselves with Christ in the Eucharist, whose very presence on earth is a form of reparation.
Love. The final disposition of heart with which to keep the holy hour is affective charity.
In Father Gerald's vocabulary, gratitude and love are almost the same. We love God because He has so loved us. We thank Him for His goodness to us by our "goodness" to Him, that is by giving Him our hearts.
Speaking to priests bound to a life of celibacy, the exhortations to the love of Christ in the Holy Eucharist take on a special significance. "When you give your love to God you give Him that for which He created your heart: the reason He refused to give that heart up to the daughters of men." As a priest prays before the tabernacle, he is exercising his liberty in a way that no irrational creature can.
It is true the stars give their light and glory, but they cannot do otherwise. The birds sing their songs, but they cannot do otherwise; the flowers cannot help but be beautiful; the orchards cannot but be fruitful according to a fixed law. But you and I, dear Fathers, we can voluntarily, willingly give something to God. And what can a man give to God that He does not already possess? We can give Him our love. (?-???).
This is consistent with the Church's traditional understanding of the four ends of the Mass: adoration, petition, reparation and grateful love. Worship of the Holy Eucharist reserved on the altar should take on the same four ends. As a priest gets into the habit of making his daily holy hour, his daily Mass will take on a deeper meaning. It will also gain for him, other priests, and the faithful the graces that the Redeemer intends to confer through the sacrifice-sacrament of the Mass.
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Terror Danjah feat. Meleka – You Make Me Feel
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Le1f – Plush
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When it comes to Gwyneth Paltrow, I've been feeling lately like we've been excluded from some joke. Here we are shaking our heads at her embarrassing try, and everyone else, the Hollywood folks, the famous people, they're all jerking off to it like it's some kind of newly discovered brilliance. Part of that, of course, is typical celebrity sycophantism, but at the same time, it's not like she's losing any ground either. Someone wants to give her a record deal, someone wants to keep bringing her back onto Glee, someone keeps inviting her to sing at major award shows, someone is sending her beautiful cashmere coats and these amaaaaazing boots – seen here last night in London out for dinner with Stella McCartney. And that's another thing: she's still rolling with the "right" people – "right" by definition in her mind, that is.
It is certainly fun right now for those who hate her to laugh at what we perceive as stumbles, but in order to truly enjoy the situation, wouldn't it be more satisfying to see her fall from grace in the eyes of those who matter to her? Because you must know, what YOU think isn't important to the G. The G is sustained on the opinion of a circle to which you, me, we'll never belong. And in that environment, I'm not sure that she's lost a step at all. Even Tina Fey came to her defence recently in an interview with InStyle (source).
So… disappointingly…is she really the loser here? The Chicken Soup sensibility that we've all been culturally programmed to follow would dictate that someone who needs to put in so much effort to appear to have it all is far from having it all, I guess. And the old Gwyneth would never want to be perceived as having to put in any effort to achieve the same results, yes, that's true too. I suppose you could also argue that in throwing herself into all these… projects… she's avoiding something that's truly eating away at her former perceived perfection. But these people, her ilk, they don't keep score by the same standards that we do. They certainly don't subscribe to Chicken Soup. If they're bred to believe that infidelity is but a minor inconvenience, if they're conditioned to accept that love is more pragmatic than it is passionate, if achievement is measured by whether or not you get invited to the most exclusive places, I'm actually not sure Gwyneth is losing as much as we thought she is.
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Deblurring Images Using the Blind Deconvolution Algorithm
This example shows how to use blind deconvolution to deblur images. The blind deconvolution algorithm can be used effectively when no information about the distortion (blurring and noise) is known. The algorithm restores the image and the point-spread function (PSF) simultaneously. The accelerated, damped Richardson-Lucy algorithm is used in each iteration. Additional optical system (e.g. camera) characteristics can be used as input parameters to improve the quality of the image restoration. PSF constraints can be specified by a user-specified function.
Step 1: Read Image
Read a grayscale image into the workspace. The deconvblind
function can handle arrays of any dimension.
I = imread("cameraman.tif"); figure;imshow(I);title("Original Image"); text(size(I,2),size(I,1)+15, ... "Image courtesy of Massachusetts Institute of Technology", ... "FontSize",7,"HorizontalAlignment","right");
Step 2: Simulate a Blur
Simulate a real-life image that could be blurred (e.g., due to camera motion or lack of focus). The example simulates the blur by convolving a Gaussian filter with the true image (using imfilter
). The Gaussian filter then represents a point-spread function, PSF
PSF = fspecial("gaussian",7,10); Blurred = imfilter(I,PSF,"symmetric","conv"); imshow(Blurred) title("Blurred Image")
Step 3: Restore the Blurred Image Using PSFs of Various Sizes
To illustrate the importance of knowing the size of the true PSF, this example performs three restorations. Each time the PSF reconstruction starts from a uniform array (an array of ones).
The first restoration, described by J1
and P1
, uses an undersized array, UNDERPSF
, for an initial guess of the PSF. The size of the UNDERPSF array is 4 pixels shorter in each dimension than the true PSF.
UNDERPSF = ones(size(PSF)-4);
[J1,P1] = deconvblind(Blurred,UNDERPSF);
title("Deblurring with Undersized PSF")
The second restoration, described by J2
and P2
, uses an array of ones, OVERPSF
, for an initial PSF that is 4 pixels longer in each dimension than the true PSF.
OVERPSF = padarray(UNDERPSF,[4 4],"replicate","both"); [J2,P2] = deconvblind(Blurred,OVERPSF); imshow(J2) title("Deblurring with Oversized PSF")
The third restoration, described by J3
and P3
, uses an array of ones, INITPSF
, for an initial PSF that is exactly of the same size as the true PSF.
INITPSF = padarray(UNDERPSF,[2 2],"replicate","both"); [J3,P3] = deconvblind(Blurred,INITPSF); imshow(J3) title("Deblurring with INITPSF")
Step 4: Analyzing the Restored PSF
All three restorations also produce a PSF. The following pictures show how the analysis of the reconstructed PSF might help in guessing the right size for the initial PSF. In the true PSF, a Gaussian filter, the maximum values are at the center (white) and diminish at the borders (black).
figure; subplot(2,2,1) imshow(PSF,[],"InitialMagnification","fit") title("True PSF") subplot(222) imshow(P1,[],"InitialMagnification","fit") title("Reconstructed Undersized PSF") subplot(2,2,3) imshow(P2,[],"InitialMagnification","fit") title("Reconstructed Oversized PSF") subplot(2,2,4) imshow(P3,[],"InitialMagnification","fit") title("Reconstructed true PSF")
The PSF reconstructed in the first restoration, P1
, obviously does not fit into the constrained size. It has a strong signal variation at the borders. The corresponding image, J1
, does not show any improved clarity vs. the blurred image, Blurred
The PSF reconstructed in the second restoration, P2
, is very smooth at the edges. This implies that the restoration can handle a PSF of a smaller size. The corresponding image, J2
, shows some deblurring but it is strongly corrupted by the ringing.
Finally, the PSF reconstructed in the third restoration, P3
, is intermediate between P1
and P2
. The array, P3
, resembles the true PSF very well. The corresponding image, J3
, shows significant improvement; however it is still corrupted by the ringing.
Step 5: Improving the Restoration
The ringing in the restored image, J3
, occurs along the areas of sharp intensity contrast and along the image borders. This example shows how to reduce the ringing effect by specifying a weighting function. The algorithm weights each pixel according to the WEIGHT
array while restoring the image and the PSF. In our example, we start by finding the "sharp" pixels using the edge function. By trial and error, we determine that a desirable threshold level is 0.08
WEIGHT = edge(Blurred,"sobel",.08);
To widen the area, we use imdilate
and pass in a structuring element, se
se = strel("disk",2);
WEIGHT = 1-double(imdilate(WEIGHT,se));
The pixels close to the borders are also assigned the value 0
WEIGHT([1:3 end-(0:2)],:) = 0;
WEIGHT(:,[1:3 end-(0:2)]) = 0;
title("Weight Array")
The image is restored by calling deconvblind
with the WEIGHT
array and an increased number of iterations (30
). Almost all the ringing is suppressed.
[J,P] = deconvblind(Blurred,INITPSF,30,[],WEIGHT);
title("Deblurred Image")
Step 6: Using Additional Constraints on the PSF Restoration
The example shows how you can specify additional constraints on the PSF. The function, FUN
, below returns a modified PSF array which deconvblind
uses for the next iteration.
In this example, FUN
modifies the PSF by cropping it by P1
and P2
number of pixels in each dimension, and then padding the array back to its original size with zeros. This operation does not change the values in the center of the PSF, but effectively reduces the PSF size by 2*P1
and 2*P2
P1 = 2; P2 = 2; FUN = @(PSF) padarray(PSF(P1+1:end-P1,P2+1:end-P2),[P1 P2]);
The anonymous function, FUN
, is passed into deconvblind
last. See the section Parameterizing Functions, in the MATLAB Mathematics documentation, for information about providing additional parameters to the function FUN
In this example, the size of the initial PSF, OVERPSF
, is 4 pixels larger than the true PSF. Setting P1 = 2
and P2 = 2
as parameters in FUN
effectively makes the valuable space in OVERPSF
the same size as the true PSF. Therefore, the outcome, JF
and PF
, is similar to the result of deconvolution with the right sized PSF and no FUN
call, J
and P
, from step 4.
[JF,PF] = deconvblind(Blurred,OVERPSF,30,[],WEIGHT,FUN);
title("Deblurred Image")
If we had used the oversized initial PSF, OVERPSF
, without the constraining function, FUN
, the resulting image would be similar to the unsatisfactory result, J2
, achieved in Step 3.
Note that any unspecified parameters before FUN
can be omitted, such as DAMPAR
and READOUT
in this example, without requiring a place holder, ([]


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MOSCOW – A newly arrived Russian science lab briefly knocked the International Space Station out of position Thursday when it accidentally fired its thrusters.
For 47 minutes, the space station lost control of its orientation when the firing occurred a few hours after docking, pushing the orbiting complex from its normal configuration. The station's position is key for getting power from solar panels and or communications. Communications with ground controllers also blipped out twice for a few minutes.
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Flight controllers regained control using thrusters on other Russian components at the station to right the ship, and it is now stable and safe, NASA said.
"We haven't noticed any damage," space station program manager Joel Montalbano said in a late afternoon press conference. "There was no immediate danger at anytime to the crew."
Montalbano said the crew didn't really feel any movement or any shaking. NASA said the station moved 45 degrees out of attitude, about one-eighth of a complete circle. The complex was never spinning, NASA spokesman Bob Jacobs said.
NASA's human spaceflight chief Kathy Lueders called it "a pretty exciting hour."
The incident caused NASA to postpone a repeat test flight for Boeing's crew capsule that had been set for Friday afternoon from Florida. It will be Boeing's second attempt to reach the 250-mile-high station before putting astronauts on board; software problems botched the first test.
Russia's long-delayed 22-ton (20-metric-ton) lab called Nauka arrived earlier Thursday, eight days after it launched from the Russian launch facility in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.
The launch of Nauka, which will provide more room for scientific experiments and space for the crew, had been repeatedly delayed because of technical problems. It was initially scheduled to go up in 2007.
In 2013, experts found contamination in its fuel system, resulting in a long and costly replacement. Other Nauka systems also underwent modernization or repairs.
Stretching 43 feet (13 meters) long, Nauka became the first new compartment for the Russian segment of the outpost since 2010. On Monday, one of the older Russian units, the Pirs spacewalking compartment, undocked from the station to free up room for the new lab.
Nauka will require many maneuvers, including up to 11 spacewalks beginning in early September, to prepare it for operation.
The space station is currently operated by NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hei, Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur; Oleg Novitsky and Pyotr Dubrov of Russia's Roscosmos space corporation; Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Akihiko Hoshide and European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet.
In 1998, Russia launched the station's first compartment, Zarya, which was followed in 2000 by another big piece, Zvezda, and three smaller modules in the following years. The last of them, Rassvet, arrived at the station in 2010.
Russian space officials downplayed the incident with Dmitry Rogozin, head of Roscosmos, tweeting: "All in order at the ISS. The crew is resting, which is what I advise you to do as well."


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