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Discussion in 'Pistons and NBA' started by armygirl, Jun 3, 2008.
Dude, don't start this already. Spare us at least until he plays a few games. Come on!
I guess I realize this, but then I think,"Why do I even bother to listen to these interviews?" For instance when Stoney and Wojo mentioned Steven A Smith's Curry report, Dumars totally laughed it off. I guess that I just don't think Joe is as polished at communications as we sometimes make him out to be. he loses credibility when he could have used more diplomatic responses without overplaying his hand.
Why? You got anything else better to talk about from here until next November?
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Thats like ages from now. Sure hope several games are televised.
Dumars had to put some desperation into his confession, because no one will deal with him. He's too good. Watching Ainge take it over the fence, must've bit him right in the rump. I 'm glad he's at least talking hardball. He gives up more talent than he can afford. Can YKH rebound yet? I think he just wanted to move the coach.
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1/2 cup arils (seed/juice sacs): 59 calories, 0.5 grams fiber, 14.9 grams carbohydrates

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By h8go4s · PostedThis one? http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=31065300 Everything you need to know, paid for by your tax dollars.
By Juan Grande · PostedWhat's the flow like on the Rum, Moose?
By Avid Angler · PostedHi guys and gals, Does anyone know much about this lake? I don't fish this area of the state. We are looking to stay at Cedar Point Resort for a week. Just want to get to know the lake for what it is. Is it a bass, northern, pan fish or walleye lake? Or all of the above? The surveys don't look that impressive. Any good guides in the area? Thanks. Avid
By portageguy · PostedThe bite is on in Trout lake. Remote lake walleye fishing has been good. A leech or crawler has been producing nice fish. This last week Trout lake has been good for lake trout, walleye and bass. A camper had caught and released a 44 inch pike. Bass fishermen reported 100 fish days. The Y-store is looking into taking on BWCA permits. Please encourage and support them to do so.
By delcecchi · PostedOn many lakes it is possible to rent a boat for a reasonable price. Or to hire a guide who knows the area and the lakes.
By Sunset Lodge · PostedHello from the NW Angle of Lake of the Woods!
Here in Minnesota, water temps are in the low to mid 60's and the Walleyes keep rollin' in! Wind blown shorelines are giving up walleyes via leeches and crank-baits right along the weed line. Crawlers on a gold and/or orange spinner are producing fish out of the mud between 22 and 26 feet. Jigging has been tough this week with the strong winds, but the Mayflies have finally tapered off!!
Up on the Canadian side, bottom bouncing has been filling the live wells outside of monument bay between 24-28 feet. Jigging near Skeet and Kennedy Islands have seen nice sized walleye and numerous perch. Great smallmouth action can currently be had in Tranquil channel and the mouth of Johnston passage. Muskie fishing is still sporadic with high 40" class fish being caught from shallow bottom bays or just outside of them.
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By monstermoose78 · PostedThis is close to home for me. I love the dunes, but the refuge is messed up. The refuge told me they were brining native game birds back, so I was excited and said sharptailed grouse and the guy looked and me and said no ringnecked pheasants. I laughed at him and said really he said yes really. I told him ringnecked pheasants are invasive species he argued they are native and I walked out shaking my head. The refuge could be a strong hold for sharptailed grouse, prairie chickens, and water fowl if they managed for them. The dune could extend this area.
By CaptainSeabass · PostedG'day guys, I've started up this post as I will be visiting Minnesota (to be specific the Stuart Lake in the Ottertail Lake area) and I would love to hook into some fish! I'm originally from the Netherlands, have lived in Australia for the last 8 years working as a fishing guide, I have moved to Dallas TX with my wife and now we will be visiting my in-laws in Minnesota. I would love to catch Musky, which I know West Battle Lake holds, and of course Walleye. I have been trying to look for areas that hold smallmouth but was unable to find any. I don't have a boat up there or anything so I know I will be in a massive disadvantage for musky but I will give it a try with waders. I would love to get as many tips as possible! Cheers!
By thelars5 · PostedThis years West Central Bowhunter 60 will be held on August 12th and 13th with registration from 9am - 3pm Saturday and 9am - 2pm Sunday! Come to enjoy the rolling hills and grasslands of the Prairie Woods Environmental Learning Center. Little Crow Archers of Willmar & Swift County Archers of Benson have teamed up to host this 60-Target 3-D shoot. Shoot it in one day, or make a weekend of it and shoot both days! Our promise is that you will not be disappointed! Highlights include, Generous sized walking trails, On-site concessions, and seating deck! Stakes for : Adult, Youth, Traditional, and Cubs All on over 100 Acres! 90% Rinehart Targets Full Course (60-Targets) $23 Adults ~ $15 Youth 16 & under ~ $60 Family Max 1/2 Course (30-Targets) $14 Adults ~ $8 Youth 16 & under ~ $36 Family Max Shoot Location: Prairie Woods Environmental Learning Center 12718 10th St NE Spicer, MN 56288 GPS coordinates: N 45° 14.716 W 95° 1.777 @1.5 Miles West of Hwy 71 on County Road 29 www.littlecrowarchers.com
By osok · PostedPersonally I do seem to catch quite a few overs, some days it can be a challenge to find keeper fish ( stupid problem to have, huh?). One thing I notice is that all the fish seem to be very thick through out the classes. While I was tackling some honey-do's I noticed that the breeze was a bit stiff, I'm sure it was a challenge to maintain a line or consistent speed. Over all was it a good day for you?


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Fox News immediately responded to cost estimates of health care reform legislation by devoting far more attention to the estimate that the legislation would increase spending by $940 billion over 10 years than it did to the estimate that, including cost savings and revenue increases, the bill would actually reduce the deficit by $130 billion over the same period. On-screen graphics throughout Fox News' initial coverage referred to the cost estimate, while no graphics mentioned deficit reduction.
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text: Ok, decent first half to the game. We hung in there with the Pacers and finished the half 46-50. Here are some observations: - CV sighting. His only contribution was to take Hibbert out of the game, literally, with a stupid flagrant foul. Can't wait to be rid of this garbage. - Lance Stephenson should be our #1 target this summer. - We need to get rid of Jennings somehow if we want to have a winning team. - Ditto for Stuckey. - We need a coach who will pull Bynum out of the game immediately when he goes into Imgonnagetmine mode. - It would be quite foolish of us to part with Moose. Our bigs are not the problem. Our inability to use them is. - Smith leads all players with 15 pts. Moose is 10/9 with 2 steals in 11 minutes of play. - Something's wrong with KCP. I've not seen him play this bad on the defensive end. - Josh Smith is awesome when he aggressively attacks the basket.


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I saw the mention of unsprung weight, but I don't think 10 lbs is going to affect much...I've heard that "unsprung" weight shuold be multipplied by 4, etc, but I've never noticed a difference in ride quality from running Aluminum skinnies to the track for racing or wide steel/mags for racing on I-beam axles...besides, I'm betting his tube axles weighs a lot less than the I-beam he had...even with a rack on it? If not, it's neglibale IMO.
I also think he's fine with a greasable slip joint, as long and it's not "sealed tight", so air and grease have a place to escae under pressure...heck, my Peterbuilt has a similar thing (although it's spline with seals on the end) and my slip joint moves an easy 1.5 inches in daily use.
Just my thoughts.
rack on a tube axle
i am concerned about safety too.. i think that the rack was designed to pull on steering arms and take the vibration from them...with my setup the whole unit will move and there would be less shock at the inner tie rod ends.(because the whole unit moves with the axle and not the center section tied to the frame) True the whole unit will be moving but it will be cushioned somewhat by the tires and the suspension too.. if I thought that I was putting this equipment out of its range of operation then I would can it for sure...I saw at the summer nationals in worcester,ma a few yrs back, a coupe with this same setup and the owner claimed no problems.. as far as ugly..I think it is actually a cleaner look than a vega or mustang box hanging off of the frame..but then to each his own...a panhard may still be needed as the axle will still try to rock sideways on the shackles(side pressure while cornering),though not from the steering pulling or pushing on it...but if a sway bar is mounted then that may hold it some too aside from sway control.
the grease compression(brg removal works because it is confined in an area with no room to trave)l...with the extraction of the shaft the 1/2 inch this would not allow the shock transfer..still i would think that a thin coating might be better than the origional idea of filling and inserting...as retracting a shaft from filled tube wont allow air to enter down the shaft to the bottom...thanks for the thoughts on that
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If you go with this setup, use lithium grease and don't forget to drill the vent hole or the air in the tube will just push the grease out. I am still concerned about the safety issue. Why wouldn't you run a Vega steering box? This might just be one of those times when it is better and safer to follow the crowd.
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There is a guy who runs a rack hanging off the back of the axle on a sky high jacked up 37/39 Chev Coupe here in the Pacific North West. I used to see him at rod trots all the time. I didn't like the looks of it because it looks like a big scab hanging on the axle. I don't know what he ran for a steering column but he did drive the car for years with that setup and may still be running it.
Personally I don't like the looks of it (too cluttered) I am not sure how the rack takes the vibration of riding on the axle instead of the frame and some of the steering column setups to make it work may be suspect as far as safety goes. If it was a good idea to hang a rack on an axle some major rod suspension mfg would have had a kit out long ago.
Advantages may be that you wouldn't have to run a panhard rod and you may solve a clearance problem with that huge engine filling normal usable spaces for a conventional steering box.
If you can stand people pointing it out and questioning your wisdom for hanging it on the axle head on because it will for sure strike up a lot of conversations at rod trots.
rack on a tube axle
yes..when i said fille the tube with grease..i was thinking that the shaft would displace it causing complete coverage.then with the withdrawal of it the 1/2 inch would allow air to be compressed as it worked in and out..this "air" secton would not allow the grease to transfer shock up the shaft..at least that was the theory.. all things considered it may be just the ticket to just coat the shaft then slide it into the tubing....less chance of the "grease shock transfer"..
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I think I understand what you are doing. If you are just using the grease to lube the D shaft, that's one thing, but if you want to use the tube it siding into as a reservoir, that's another thing. Have you ever heard about using grease to remove a crankshaft pilot bearing? First you put grease in the bearing and then using a shaft the same size as the hole in the bearing, hit it with a hammer and the bearing pops right out. The reason this works is because the grease is not compressible. I'm thinking you would find the same thing happening here. If you are just lubing the shaft and the tube, then drill a small hole in the tube to vent the trapped air, otherwise you'll end up pushing the grease out when the shaft compress'.Hope this helps.
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well with the double d shaft retracted there would be a gap so a solid material transfer i dont beleive would be a problem. In fact i would think that the grease being a very pliable substance would have a dampning effect. Any up and down travel of the joint would be absorbed by the next universal joint further down the steering shaft. i dont see how movement would transfer up to the wheel as you say..explain? The whole point of the grease was to minimize any wear that may take place between the two mating parts. I suppose for insurance, i could put an inline vibration minimizer coupling.
As the suspension works, the steering shaft wiil lengthen and retract a tiny amount hence the slip joint. There might be a slight bump steer effect as one side of the axle goes up with the spring mount being a pivot point ,the joint will be moving in an arc which would have a slight turning effect on the shaft. I think it would be small.
I understand the added weight thing but i cant see adding the weight of the relatively light rack any difference than say going from a small tire on a mag wheel to a slightly larger one on a steely.even if it (the rack)were more by a few pounds it would still be minimum. The car wont have sportscar handling..they didnt when they were new...the straight axle is an old outdated setup which has its limits...(which is why that mustang frontend is so popular ,it fits and improves handling and ride) as long as it is safe for normal driving i will be happy...
i plan on a panhard or maybe a torsion/sway bar in front and /or back. ...and mounting the rack to the frame would induce ,(i beleive) more bump steer potential due to the pivot/arc geometry differences.
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I just reread your posting. You might want to rethink filling the tube with grease. The grease in the tube would be non-compressible. Any movement would go through the whole assembly right up to the steering wheel. Even with out the grease, with nothing but air in the tube, there is still going to be a lot of movement and stress on your brackets. I hate to say this, but about the only thing I can think of would be to use a flexible shaft like those used on the Pinto's. With a torquey big block, that could be real trouble too.
I'm sorry, I don't mean to rain on your parade. I just want to present another point of view.
re: rack on a tube axle
Deuce is right ...unsprung weight is something that should be minimized as much as possible. It really has a negative effect on handling. Any handling issues get worse when you add more weight before the spring. Just curious, what was your reason for not mounting the rack on the frame? Are you going to run a panhard bar?
If it suites YOU ... OK
But the added weight of the rack on the axle ... adds unsprung weight ... something most rodders try to avoid ...
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On my 34 ford coupe frame with a 69 Lincoln 460, a Dodge omni manual rack was fitted and placed so that the ends were a straight shot at the steering arm ends. the slip joint was easily made by welding double D tubing to the shaft exiting the universal on the rack. Then a double D shaft will slip into the tubing and be overlapped by about 5". this tubing and shaft was used from a set up that had the plastic injected into the tubing to creat a collapsable shaft in case of an accident. What i did was removed the plastic so that the tubing would slide. the tubing will be filled with grease then the shaft inserted all the way in then withdrawn about 1/2"(to compensate for any suspension travel and length change. Brackets were made from 3/16 sheet with (under the main mount) a 3/8" pc cut to fit inside the bracket welded solidly to the axle to prevent any side to side flex. Then it was drilled and tapped for 3/8 bolts. Front veiw pic shows a relatively clean look with this setup and the 2" dropped stock crossmember...any additional unsprung weight will be, i beleive negligible...ps new boots and ends are on order
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The people of Great Britain believed their prime minister, Tony Blair was telling the truth concerning the need for their armed forces to fight in Afghanistan. Eight years have passed and the patience of most Britons has run out. A survey conducted by the newspaper, The Independent, reveals a majority of the country has concluded the war in Afghanistan is unwinnable and their sons and daughters should be headed home. About 52% want the troops home right away and nearly two-thirds of women do not believe there is any such thing as "winning the Afghan war." The vast majority of people are particularly upset at the poor level of equipment provided fighting men and women.
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The Monday Poetry Stretch at The Miss Rumphius Effect featured writing a poem about the things you love. Mine took shape in the form of a pantuom.
Early Morning
things I love
early dawn, wake before sunrise
slipper shuffle to writing room
coffee in hand
early dawn, wake before sunrise
word play, journal time
coffee in hand
quiet blankets the house
word play, journal time
old photograph invites a poem
quiet blankets the house
darkness gives way to gray
old photograph invites a poem
rain and wind strike up a chorus
darkness gives way to gray
grasp the pen and begin
rain and wind strike up a chorus
slipper shuffle to writing room
grasp the pen and begin
things I love
Laurie Purdie Salas is rounding up the poetry today. Enjoy.
Happy Reading.
Well done, Jone. I've never attempted writing a pantoum.
I like the "slipper shuffle to writing room."
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Well done! I had to look up what a pantoum was. I like the style and the way the repeating of lines keeps it revolving.
Someday, I promise, I'm going to try to write a pantoum, and when I do, YOU are going to be my teacher! I LOVE yours!
In the raffle bundle I won tonight at the KidLitCon dinner was a pack of notecards that I knew were your photos before I even looked at the back! Lucky me!!!
As a morning person, I totally identify with this poem!
Morning is my favorite time too. And I agree with everyone else. You really have captured it beautifully. I love your images.
Last year, my aunt's friend encouraged us to have a two generation photography show at the Church House Art Gallery in the First Reformed Church, Pompton Plains, NJ. Over tea and talk, my aunt and I decided to include a third generation, niece/great niece, Marcelle. There are thirty photos on display.
Here it is that day which I board a plane bound for the "Garden State." What it not known by my aunt is that Marcelle is arriving with me. A weekend of "Rush MacCulloch" women.
It is possible that my computer won't be out much. My aunt does not have Internet. I have not gotten Internet service for my Blackberry. I may be the only person in the world like that.
Journal I have. I will keep notes for posts when I return.
On another note, the beginning of the school year has been challenging. Later start time means later get home time. I am still adjusting. Do you know how many posts I have written in my head? It didn't help that in September there were two deaths in our family and news of family/ex-family that have terminal illnesses. Brings you up short, makes you think about what is important.
Have a wonderful fall weekend. Nominate those wonderfu, wonderful book.
Happy Reading.
Be sure to take some photos of the three generations and the photography show! And HAVE FUN!
I discovered a great Emily Bronte poem in my newly acquired book, A Year Full of Poems by Oxford. Found the book in Canada at a used book store. It was in great condition. Wonderful compendium for poems each month.
Fall, leaves, fall: die, flowers away
Lengthen night and day
Every leaf speaks bliss to me
Fluttering from the autumn tree.
I shall smile when wreaths of snow
Blossom where the rose should grow;
I shall sing when night's decay
Ushers in a drearier day.
–Emily Bronte
While I am not looking for drearier days, I do love the changing seasons. Kelly at Crossover is in charge of Poetry Friday today. Thanks, Kelly.
My bookclub meets this Sunday. We are discussing the Guernsey Literary and Potatoe Peel Society.
Happy Friday. Happy Reading.
Very nice!
Tomorrow, October 1, 2009 is a very big day in the Kidlitosphere. Tomorrow is opening day to nominate your favorite titles in many categories for the 2009 CYBILS.
Last year, I was on the Nonfiction Picture Book committee. Oh my, what a grand experience. This summer I was honored when contacted to be the organizer for this category. The panelists and the judges will be announced soon and we are all looking forward to our work.
A title can only be nominated once in a category so be prepared with perhaps your top five favorites. You may only nominate one title per category. Be sure to nominate by October 15, 2009. That's when nominations close.
Look here for updates. On February 14, 2010, the winners will be announced.
Happy Reading.
This is "Banned Book Week". I love teaching about this week to fifth graders. It gives me an opportunity to tie in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights at a level of their understanding.
Today, I put lots of books on the tables for the students to examine and come up with a list of common traits. Of course, no one thought about books being challenged or banned.
Then I asked for them to stand up if they had read some of the books: Bridge to Terabitha, The Goosebumps series, The Captain Underwear series, Harry Potter, etc. You get the drift.
Then we talked about that these books had all been challenged. And it was here that I could book talk the following books:
From the "We the People" series, The Bill of Rights by Michael Burgan. It is a no frills, very factual explanation of the Bill of Rights, what they are and how they are formed. Complete with maps, illustrations, photos, and great appendices, this is a great jumping off spot for the First Amendment.
The other book, We the People by Lynne Cheney, tells the story of the how the Constitution was written. Cheney offers up quotes, great sources at the end of the book. I think it gives a clear picture about how the founding fathers struggled. Really great to use in the beginning of the school year as classrooms are establishing their rules and expectations. Greg Harlin illustrated the book. He has done the painting for several of Cheney's books.
It is always fun to see the faces on students regarding my own experiences with book challenges, with learning that the have a right to read but until they are 18, their parents can also tell them what not to read, and the surprise that some books are on a challenged list.
The conversation today, provided a wonderful follow up to last weeks, "choosing a "good-fit" book since knowing what is appropriate for your family's values and beliefs ties back to book selection.
Nonfiction Monday is hosted by Wendie's Wanderings. Head over and see what is happening in the world of nonfiction this week.
Get ready. It is almost time to nominate for the CYBILS. Nominations open October 1 and close October 15. You can nominate one book per category. If the book has already received an nomination, be ready to nominate something else.
Tricia (The Miss Rumphius Effect) challenged us to write haiku riddles based on the book If Not for the Cat by Jack Prelutsky. I shared that book on this blog a while back.
Here are two I wrote this week:
thin spaghetti legs
neck, limber long gathers fish
graceful in flight
grey scarf of dawn
weaves diamond dewdrops in, out
top fir boughs vanish
Do you know what they are? Did you guess Blue Heron and Fog? Lots of great poetry can be found at Susan Taylor Brown.
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So last week a student came to me and asked, "Do you have a book with a camp for watching the total eclipse and a boy named Jack?" I raised my eyebrows because it just did not sound familiar. Asked my assistant and she didn't have a clue. Emailed the rest of the elementary library media specialists and sure enough a response, "Every Star a Soul by Wendy Mass". Well it was sent to me and I read it on the out of town trip this weekend.
I know what you are thinking. This is Nonfiction Monday not what MsMac read this weekend. Well, this morning I perused the book fair which was magically put up in my absence last week.
Lo and behold, Night Skyby Tammi Salzano jumped out at me. What a perfect companion book for Every Star a Soul.
The 48 paged book is chock full of constellations, an explanation of the name and when to best see them in the sky. Unlike H. A. Rey's The Stars, Night Skyfeatures the constellations from actual photos with the lines drawn atop. There is a list of the 10 brightest stars in the sky, a glossary, and other sky watching treasures. And of course, the publishers added some "glow-in the -dark features.
Any stargazer is going want to get this book and use as a resource. I wish I would have had it this past weekend as I looked at the Milky Way. (Where I was had very little light pollution.)
Title: Night Sky
Author: Tammi Salzano
Date Published: 2009
Pages: 48
Reading Level: Middle grades
Publisher: Tangerine Press
Source of Book: Book Fair Display
It is almost time to nominate your favorite books to the CYBILS. Panelists and judges for each category will be announced soon, very soon.
The third Kidlit Con will be happening in Washington, D.C. in October. Organized by non other than Mother Reader, it should be fabulous. I am soooo sorry not to be attending(family committments) More information is here.
Nonfiction Monday is hosted by Bookends. Thank you for letting others nknow about great nonfiction.
Happy Reading.
The Poetry Stretch prompt at The Rumphius Effect was to write a poem about work. Here is my contribution for the week:
Library Lady
library lady
what have you read lately?
need a book to take me places
library lady
do you have?
need a book to make me soar
library lady
what's the book with a boy name Jack?
need it to write a report
library lady
why did my dog have to die
need a book to hug
library lady
Wild Rose Reader is hosting Poetry Friday.
Library Lady, you have captured the voices of children PERFECTLY! (and the essence of your job!!!)
Library Lady
this is a good poem! Love the voices.
It's getting time to think about those Cybils' nominations for this year. Nominations open next month for a limited time.
Last year, Nic Bishop Frogswon in the Nonfiction Picture Book category for the CYBILS. This is no surprise as his photos are luscious, intriguing and readers are left wondering how he captured that shot. If you go to his website, he explains the how to in detail and tells about some of his trickery.
So I will not be surprised if Nic Bishop Butterflies and Mothsis nominated. This book is once again fabulously photographed. His facts such as there are 1790,000 moths and butterflies species in the world, one butterfly has a wingspan of almost a foot, and identifying the difference between moths and butterflies will fascinate the youngest readers. The photos support the text and I know my students will be pouring over this book for hours. I mean did you know the luna moth is mouthless?
BTW, it is not too late to become a CYBILS panelist or judge. Please email cybils09 (at) gmail (dot) com and include the following:
You might want to read more about being a panelist or judge here. I am heading up the Nonfiction Picture Book category so I will be looking for passionate bloggers about nonfiction.
Have you signed up for Kidlit Con 09? It will be fabulous! Hosted by the fabulous Mother Reader in Washington, D.C. I am not able to attend (sniff!) But it's shaping up to be a great event. Visit here to sign-up.
Finally Tricia at The Miss Rumphius Effect is hosting Non-fiction Monday.
Happy Reading.
I love the beginning of the school year and to me this poem, "Now" by Prince Redcloud says it best about the new year.
This poem can be found in Lasting Impressions by Shelley Harwayne, one of my all time favorites! She has done so much to instill the love of literature and writing in students.
Close the bar-b-que
Close the sun
Close the home-run-games we won
Close the picnic
Close the pool
Close the summer
Open school
–Prince Redcloud
Kelly (welcome back) at Crossover is hosting Poetry Friday today. You might want to stop and read more poetry.
Happy reading. Welcome to a new school year!
Here's to another a great year!
This week sitting in meetings has been the order of the day. Next week the students arrive.
I discovered this wonderful poem in Naomi Shihab Nye's collection, This Same Sky, a Collection of Poems from Around the World:
The Pen
Take a pen in your uncertain fingers.
Trust, and be assured
That the whole world is a sky blue butterfly
And words are the nets to capture it.
–Muhammad al-Ghuzzi
Translated by May Jayusi and John Heath-Snubbs
We should all be fortunate to have students arrive thinking that words are the nets to capture the sky-blue butterflies.
ANNOUNCEMENT: Do you blog about YA and Children's books? The CYBILS Awards are in their fourth year and are looking for judges and panelists for the myriad of categories. If interested, you can find out more here.
This yer I am the organizer of the Nonfiction Picture Book (NFPB). Am excited to serve in this capacity.
Poetry Friday is over at Book Aunt. Thanks, Kate.
Happy Reading.
I think I'll have my students copy this poem into their writer's notebooks!
Writing and Enjoying Haikuby Jane Reichhold is a book chock full of goodness for anyone wanting to delve into this poetry form. The remaining two chapters (only four in the book) are "Enjoying Haiku with Other" and "Using Your Haiku Skills in Related Poetry Forms".
Chapter three covers attending poetry readings, getting work into magazines, and other ways to publish your work.
Probably one of the coolest things I read and will share with not only my poetry kids but drama kids is four things you want your audience able to do:
1. hear
2. think
3. react or feel
4. understand
The reading of poems or saying lines in a manner that the audience gets it is one of the biggest challenges at elementary school.
One great idea about organizing your haiku is to consider organizing by season and then by the categories or attributes of the seasons such as celestial, terrestrial, and livelihood. Other ways is to do so alphabetically or chronologically.
Reichhold has several suggestions about creating little haiku books to give as gives. One of my favorites was to recycle envelopes incorporating the envelope writing and stamps in the design of the book. She suggests that when putting together a book to organize the poetry seasonally beginning with spring.
I found her section on teaching haiku in the schools to be very helpful and am excited to work my young writers:
-encourage students to use their senses and create images from them
-get them to think outside and beyond themselves (a big challenge)
-suggest that the try using 6-8 words to begin.
-provide first ors second lines and have the students come up with the original third line to start.
-display the haiku.
Reichhold writes about getting published and talks about finding on-line publishing.
This is my news. My poem "Nirvana" was published on-line at Four and Twenty: A Short Form Poetry Journal. Click on the shirts, p. 22. Another poem, "Tatted Stories" will be featured on Sept 1.Both poems began as haiku.
I highly recommend Writng and Enjoying Haiku. In fact, I may buy a second copy to have at school so I don't have to carry mine back and forth. So glad I took the time with the book this summer.
Am back to school and next week will share a school-related poem. More poetry goodness can be found at The Boy Reader. He is featuring a book I adore, The City I Love by Lee Bennett Hopkins.
Happy Reading.
Congratulations on being published! Thanks so much for sharing all this about haiku lately. Best wishes for your new school year!
This is the ongoing book study I am doing with Jane Riechhold's book, Writing and Enjoying Haiku.
Reichhold's follows the twenty-four haiku techniques with a way to "actually get a haiku written." I tried it this week with a previously written haiku. She suggests selecting a someone else's, perhaps a style you like or a technique you admire and through this process you will revise it. I decided I had plenty of haiku for trying this idea.
The Process:
Take unlined paper and turn sideways: wider than tall
Left edge at the top, write the first line of the haiku, do the same in the middle of the paper for the second line and then at the bottom write the third line.
Work each line and come up with as many variations of the information by substituting nouns and verbs, relevant or not, Reichhold says" Let your inner self play with the words." Do this for the first two lines.
Next look at the third line of the original haiku. Does is fit with what you have written? Do you have a better ending?
Get a clean sheet of paper and now write your own haiku from the sets of three lines. Try all combinations.
Reichhold goes on to state "listening to your inner self is the most vital thing you can do" and to save and review in the days and months to follow.
foamy ocean waves
lace pattern on wet sand
crab scuttles alone
This haiku originally appeared in May 2007. Here is how I have revised it.
Foamy ocean waves
wave foam
ocean foam
lace foam
foamy ocean crochet
ocean crochet
Lace pattern on wet sand
wet sand lace
sand lace
foam lace on sand
foam crochet
Crab scuttles alone
Solitary crab scuttles
hermit crab scuttles
ebb tide remnant
crab scampers
Revision 1:
ocean crochet
solitary crab scuttles
ebb tide remnant
Revision 2:
solitary crab scuttles
over foamy crochet
ebb tide remnant
This chapter ends with two extensive checklists for revision, over 84 suggestions! And it is followed by Bashp's motto: Learn the rules, and then forget them." But first learn the rules."
Next week I will features ways to preserve your haiku, getting it published, and implications for teaching haiku in school.
Andi is hosting Poetry Friday at a wrung sponge. Find out what others are doing.
Happy Reading.
Very interesting! I'd like to try that. Thanks for sharing.
I'm fascinated by your writing process! Good for you for keeping up this study all summer long!
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A ferry headed to Victoria, BC tomorrow, time with my college pals this weekend is the reason I am posting a day early.
So enjoying Writing and Enjoying Haiku by Jane Reichhold. A fabulous book on the instruction of haiku. Today's reflection is about one of the techniques from the last half of the list.
Techniques thirteen through twenty-four include some of my favorites to write: the "yugen" or the mystery, "sacredness in common things", the paradox in which the haiku engages the reader and then leaves something to ponder further, and finding the divine in the common which tends to happen unconsciously.
My first blog post three years ago was based on a haiku prompt, the yugen. There is a photo with the haiku of a summer thundercloud.
messenger spirit
waving summertime greetings
twilight clouds gather
Today I read this and wonder if there is enough mystery or sacredness of common things within the haiku? Are summer thunderclouds common enough? When I revised it for my print on demand book, Solace au Naturel, I revised it this way:
spirit orchestra
sky harp melodies ascend
heavenly bridges
diaphanous souls given
solace, vessel left behind
How could I revise it to make it stronger yet?
spirit orchestra
solace for diaphanous souls
vessels left behind
spirit orchestra
diaphanous souls
vessels left behind
twilight clouds
sky harp melodies bridge
Reichhold makes me rethink and revise. ( and I am going through all the haiku in Solace au Naturel to revise) Perhaps revision is never completed. Next week I will share some from her "haiku revision check list".
Poetry Friday Round-up is at The Miss Rumphius Effect. Thanks, Tricia.
BTW, Pam C. aka Mother Reader has opened up registration for the Third Annual Kidlit Con. It's the weekend of October 16-18, 2009 in Washington, DC and promises to be a smashing event. More information here.
Happy Reading.
Reichhold's book sounds great. Thanks for the tip.
Have fun with your friends!
ooh, I am all about the mystery… like take 2 a LOT. Nice!
Sounds like a great book, Jone!
I am thrilled that the Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award (WCCPBA) has several of the nonfiction books from last year's CYBILS Nonfiction Picture Book nominee list. It is a vast improvement over last year's list. Some one must have been listening.
Two titles on the list made our CYBILS short list. One is Wangari's Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa, written and illustrated by Jeanette Winter.
I briefly mention the book last winter in my blog post about the CYBILS shortlist. Never got around to fully sharing the book for Nonfiction Monday.
"Peopel fight over water, over food…we plant the seeds of peace."–Wangari Maathai. This quote is found in the back of the book.
Wangari's Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africais the story of Wangari Maathai, a Kenyan girl who went to America to school and upon returning home from her studies discovered that land stripped of its beautiful tree. Wangari proceeded to make it her mission to revive the land. She began in her own backyard and encouraged other women to do the same. Eventually the "Green Belt Movement" planted over 30 million trees.
Wangari's work had such an impact that she was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2004 for her work.
Winter uses spare vocabulary and vivid acrylic painting in a folk style to depict this lovely story. She includes an author's note at the end of the story. I am thrilled to share this book with students this coming year.
Title: Wangari's Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa
Author: Jeanette Winter
Date Published: 2008
Pages: 32 pages
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Publisher: Harcourt Children's Books
Source of Book: Silver Star Library
Nonfiction Monday is hosted by Diane Chen at School Library Journal this week. Head there for other great nonfiction titles.
Happy Reading.
I am spending the summer with the book Writing and Enjoying Haiku by Jane Reichhold. Reichhold's written about twenty-four techniques to improve your haiku. This week features the following techniques:
Using a Metaphor
Using a Simile
Using the Sketch or Shiki's Shasei
Using Double Entendre for Double Meanings
Using Puns
Using Wordplays
Some interesting pieces of information were discovered in these techniques. I was particularly fascinated by "Shiki's Shasei." Shiki, a Japanese poet made it his mission to "depict a thing just as it is." He was not fond of the many common techniques used and he pointed overuse of the techniques by poets. He loved simplicity, the telling it as he saw it.
I read this as my husband I were traveling through the Columbia River Gorger early Thursday morning. I decided to try the "sketch":
early morning
sun on wide river
After reading this section, I think the key to writing haiku is to mix the techniques up and do not overuse any particular one. In the end Shiki was guilty of what he accused others.
Good news: I was informed today that two of my poems will be published in the August short form poetry journal, Four and Twenty. One poem will be a "Featured Poem of the Week" and another will be in their monthly journal.
Poetry Friday is at Sylvia Vardell at Poetry For Children.
Happy Reading.
Congratulations on the publication of your poems in a journal!
I love the Pacific Northwest–and would relish an opportunity to travel through the Columbia River Gorge.
Thanks for joining the Poetry Friday gathering and congratulations on your publications! Woo hoo for you!
Congratulations on being published in that journal!
CONGRATS! Your summer work paid off!
Yellow Star by Jennifer Roy is a rare blend of poetry and memoir. Roy has retold the story of aunt Sylvia, one of 12 children who survived the Lodz ghetto during World War II. The story is broken up into five parts with a factual overview of each section. Then, Roy brilliantly tells her aunt's story in poetic free verse. The book includes a timeline at the end.
Aunt Sylvia did not share her story with many for almost 50 years. Thankfully, she agreed to taped phone interviews which Roy used as the basis for the story. She creates a strong first person character in Sylvia as we see the invasion of Poland by the Germans through her eyes.
Sylvia is just four at the story's beginning. She is among the 270,000 Jews rounded up and put into the ghetto with barbed wire. At ten, Russians liberate the ghetto's 800 survivors of which 12 are children. She has seen it all the brutality, the need to hide in the cemetery with her father, and not allowed to be outside for four years, hiding in the cellar with other children.
In the final push to get all the Jewish people on the trains to concentration camps, it is indeed a miracle that the children and their families survived the Lodz ghetto.
I have always been fascinated with the period of history. It has been about two month's but I keep coming back to a scene in which her father had her hide in the cemetery as he did not believe the Germans when they said would keep everyone safe. This book is on the reader's choice list for my state. I am looking forward to sharing it with my staff and students. I am thankful that Jennifer Roy decided to honor here aunt by writing her story. She almost didn't, having avoided talking about the Holocaust for years.
Title: Yellow Star
Author: Jennifer Roy
Date Published: April 15, 2006Pages: 242 pages
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish ISBN-10: 076145277X
Source of Book: Listened to audio book from public library.
Nonfiction Monday is rounded up at Wrapped in Foil today.
I noticed five great finds at the Bridget Zinn Auction this weekend:
David Macinnis Gill commented on his donation, an audio of his book Soul Enchilada. If the audio book reaches a bid of $50.00, he will also throw in a signed copy of the book.
A first edition, signed by Maurice Sendak of Dear Mili by Wilhem Grimm was just added. This donation has been in the works for a while and just came through.
Another amazing selection of books with few bids is the "Texas Author Basket" Including The Underneath by Kathi Appelt, Eternal by Cynthia Leitich Smith, and Get Organized Without Losing It by Janet Fox.
Have you been looking for a first edition signed copy of Wildside by Steven Gould? It only has one bid.
Finally, can you believe there is an offer to critique a manuscript and some books that are still waiting for a first bid? Susan Berger will critique 20 pages of a manuscript. She also includes her books, Jamie's Dream and Earthquake.
We are in the final week of the Bridget Zinn Auction. Bidding closes at 11PM on Saturday, May 30, PST.
Happy Reading.
I signed up to participate in the "48 Hour Reading Challenge" from 7 PM Friday to 7 PM Sunday. My goal to read six of the 2010 Sasquatch Reader Award and 2010 YRCA nominees. I forgot (until packing)that I would be out of town with friends all weekend.
Happy to say that yesterday was spent in the car for almost nine hours and I read. I read four of the six (bolded and starred are ones read) books:
**The Return of the Killer Cat. Fine, Anne
Brendan Buckley's Universe and Everything In It. Frazier, Sundee
**Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Stuart Little. Gifford, Peggy
**Ten Ways to Make My Sister Disappear. Mazer, Norma Fox
**No Talking. Clements, Andrew
Elijah of Buxton. Curtis, Christopher Paul
I could have started Elijah of Buxton and had planned to but then I saw my copy of Silksinger by Laini Taylor, started already and pleading to be read. So I rewarded myself by sticking my nose into its pages. Soon I was taken away with Whisper to find the city of Nazneen. It total I read 559 pages which will pale in comparison to those who cleared their calendar to read. But I tried and after two years of not participating due to conflict, I am happy that I could try once more.
Now rereading the rules, I did not check in. I did not blog. I read on Sunday. Well, there is next year!!
Last weekend I was invited to join the Summer Revision Smackdown at Holly Cupala. So last weekdid I state my goals? Did I do any revising? No and only in my head. Doubt that counts for anything. So thank goodness for a new week!
My revision goals this week:
To make the changes based on our May writer's critique group meeting.
To revise at least two haiku to submit for publication.
We raised $16,000 with the two auctions (one local and the on-line). Checks are arriving in the mail daily. The Paypal is operational (and taking a fee, bleh!)
If you have not heard from me, please contact me at macrush53 at yahoo dot com. I was gone for the weekend. Tonight's plan? To go into the "spinning room" to email folks and catch up on all things auction.
Yes, revision in your head counts for something! Keep at it and let us know how you're doing! xo holly
Yearlong Reading Challenge
This year I encouraged students to keep track of their reading hours. The challenge was to read 3500 hours during the year. And if they did reach goal the winning classroom could dress me up as a character of their choice.
It is interesting to see how individual teachers approach this challenge. Some with real vigor and encouragement. Others not so much. Some tie it in with their classroom reading time recording. Others let students take responsibility.
This year the school recorded 2650 hours of reading. Just shy of the goal. Three classes recorded over 100 hours, two classes recorded over 200 hours and three classes recorded over 300 hours. Among those three competition was fierce.
Funny how what looks great on paper doesn't necessarily translate into practical application. I get lost in the minutia of writing out individual stars for students who read a certain amount of hours. I stopped the idea of building a Lego castle based on hours years ago. But what I notice is that students would track their hours just because. And I believe that is my ultimate goal. And yesterday when I announced that the winning three classrooms would get popsicles for their efforts, the response was amazing. One girl's parents wrote that their daughter had to go to the dentist and hope would not miss getting a popsicle. Another boy, a 5th grader, was so excited, his mother emailed the teacher wondering what she had to buy for the class not knowing that MsMac was purchasing. Sometimes it is the little things.
As a thank you for their effort, I donated $30.00 to the Humane Society. We have a "Read to the Dog" program. Lisa, a Humane Society volunteer and her dog, Chance come weekly and listen to kids read. As a thank you to them, we collect food and supplies for the Humane Society. I am thinking perhaps next year a donation to the Humane Society will be the "prize" for the reading challenge.
Returning Library Books
Library books were due June 5. Yesterday I called almost 90 parents to remind their child that the book needed to be returned or the fine paid. Fifth grade will suffer the most if fines are not paid. Imagine next fall, excited to be a middle schoolers. Activities to participate in and then be told, "You have a library fine." Some fifth graders do not want to imagine this.
As I write this post, a fifth grader is in the library to read and finish his book, the last thirty pages. Another fifth grader told my assistant, "please come back, I have 10 pages left." I guess there can be worst things in the world than getting a library book returned.
Then there are the students who do not have the financial means to pay for lost books. Today two brothers came in with four books from their home libraries. The books are slightly rag tagged but the pride in the two that they had taken responsibility was priceless.
I think that's the lesson here, take responsibility. Do the right thing. Which is exactly what another fifth grader did; paid up on a fine from fourth grade. Last year her denied losing the book. This year he went with "I already paid." (no record). In the end he paid and announced to me that he had signed up for the summer reading program at his grandma's library. Hooray!
Summer might be hit and miss with Tuesday Tidbits. Have a wonderful summer and read!
Just returned from vacation with daughter's family. We traveled to Disneyland. Thanks to Tricia I captured some of the experience.
Dance toward the castle with granddaughter
Infectious delight and wonderment
Seen on the face of a four year old
Not to be missed
Exuberance, the word of the day
Yesterday I was that child
Let Grandmother hold my hand
As we explored this place together
Never forgotten
Dream wishes granted
Tabatha A. Yeatts is hosting Poetry Friday. Hop over to see what others are offering today.
I am doing my own book study. I picked up Jane Reichhold's book which has sat on my book shelf for the last two years. I have frequently thumb through it reading snippets. This summer, however, I decided to make it my focus. My goal is sharing what I have learned and thought about each week until I return to school or finish the book.
In the opening pages of Writing and Enjoying Haiku, the author states, "I want this book to be your book –with sentences underlined, comments written in margins, your poems on fly leaves…" It is such an invitation to make it your personal class with the author. I love that! It reminds me of the work I did in Denver last winter, the idea to really be thinking about your reading and make notes as you read. So along with the book I have my pen, sticky notes and highlighter.
Five favorite phrases, sentences, etc underline in the this weeks' reading (pages1-52, which cover chapters one and part of two):
"Haiku acts as a door to our past." In writing haiku, the focus is on the here and now. In reading, haiku, you open the door once again to the past.
"For me, the way I live in order to be prepared to receive haiku inspiration is more valuable than the poems I finally do write…(…I do believe they are given as gifts)…" This affirms my own thinking about writing, that when a poem comes to me so effortlessly, I have received a gift. And I must work at being aware, nonjudgmental, and living with simplicity. The author expands on these and others.
"Haiku is based on what the author observes." In re-reading my haiku, I can see times when I have not observed the outside world but have gone in the direction of the telling others about what they think, feel, believe. I strive to put away the personal pronouns and just report what is there.
"Poetry is what happens between the words." In haiku those spaces are short, the brevity of the form creates a real need to create visual images rapidly. Each reader bring their own experience to the experience; what I see as I read maybe totally different from your picture.
"Haiku should not be a run-on sentence or sound like a complete sentence with each line fitting neatly into the next." The reading I did this week talked a lot about going beyond the Americanized 5-7-5 form of Haiku. There is an in-depth explanation about the language differences between Japanese and English which can change a writer's perspective about haiku. I have been fighting the need to use the 5-7-5 pattern for years. It comes naturally most days (partly because it was so ingrained in me). It is not necessary. What need to have is to have two distinct sections in the haiku.
Just as I enede my reading for the week, Reinhhold listed 6 rules for writing haiku:
1. Write in 3 lines, short, long, short without counting syllables.
2. Have a fragment and a phrase.
3. Have an element of nature.
4. Use present tense verbs.
5. Avoid capitals and punctuation.
6. Avoid rhymes.
The first two are rules that I know but will look closely at my own work. They are two areas that need improvement.
The next section of the book shares twenty-four valuable techniques. I will divide and share the techniques over the coming weeks.
Poetry Friday is being held at Jama Rattigans' Alphabet Soup.
Happy Reading.
Sounds like an interesting book, Jone! Thanks for the heads up!
My four and a half year old grand-daughter visited on Saturday. It was a perfect day for sitting on the patio swing and reading books together. It marked the first time she sat and listened to not just one book but several. Thank goodness for the stack of picture books received from publishers.
Among the books I read was Shape by David Goodman and Zoe Miller. The bold shape filled cover with the letters slightly raised just invites the reader to peek inside.
Shapes of all kinds and ways to create shapes are described in the book. My favorite was the way to make a star with fingers. We had to wait for grandpa to return home to do it though.
The book includes both 2-D and 3-D shapes. It also covers tessellation, patterns and symmetry. Granddaughter and I spent a lot of time on this book. Text is minimal with the focus on visual presentation. We poured over the pages looking for the specified shape. After the book, granddaughter wanted scissors to make her own shapes.
Miller and Goodman have a fun blog about shapes. This book is a winner for young and old. I enjoyed its creative presentation
Title: Shape
Author: David Goodman and Zoe Miller
Date Published: 2009
Pages: unpaged
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Publisher: Abrams Books
Source of Book: Sent by publisher.
In Need of Chocolate is hosting Non-fiction Monday today. Head over and find out what others are reading.
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In Writing and Enjoying Haiku (my book study for the summer), Jane Reichhold writes about 24 techniques to consider when writing. I am going look at 6 per week over the next four weeks, applying them to my own haiku. Two weeks ago, I introduced the book.
The first six:
1. Technique of Comparison: looking for how two different things look similar to create a single event.
2. Technique of Contrast: creating opposites within the three lines creates excitement.
3. Technique of Association: "how different things relate or come together", a Zen term for it is "oneness".
4. Technique of the Riddle: probably the oldest of the poetic techniques, the trick is to state as in puzzling terms as possible.
5. Technique of Sense-switching: speak of the sense of one thing and then switch to a different sense organ, also called "synesthesia".
6. Technique of Narrowing the Focus: !st line, wide angle, 2nd line, normal lens, and 3rd line zoom in close up.
Based on the above techniques, I see ways to revise the following haiku to create a stronger piece.
Original Draft
morning confession
cacophony of crows
clamor in treetops
prayer litany: caw-caw-caw
solitude punctuated
Draft Two using the Technique of Narrowing the Focus:
clamor in treetops
cacophony of crows
Draft Three using the Technique of Sense-switching:
treetop clamor
cacophony of crows
morning tea sipped
Draft Four using the Technique of Contrasts:
treetop clamor
cacophony of crows
I like these drafts and feel that the haiku packs more punch as a result. I have to wonder if it also has to do with cutting words.
Maybe you will try some haiku revision. Let me know if you do. For me, my biggest challenge in haiku revision is to move away form the 5-7-5 pattern.
A list of participants for Poetry Friday is over at A Year of Reading, hosted my Mary Lee! Thanks for taking some of your summertime relaxation to host us!
Happy Reading.
Wow! I agree that your drafts got stronger with the revisions! Each one took the haiku in a slightly different directions…but the clamor and cacophony remained!
Thanks for this discussion and your book notes. I have been working on/struggling with some haiku and really appreciate exercises like this. Maybe I'll get some in shape for a Poetry Friday to come?
This is so interesting. Love seeing the progression.
Oh this is great! I am going to have to get that book. I think your revisions show perfectly how a haiku becomes leaner & more powerful. I have always tried to include a strong contrast of two sharp images in my haiku. Whether you switch senses, images/things, or focus, it's the comparison that leaves room for the reader to make a jump to meaning. The break or turn is where the essential haiku power is hidden. You've done a fine job of showing us that here.


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Variable - I can send you some, if you like. You know, for observation/educational purposes. :-D
I have one on Now. Just not too sure how it is doing. Have not inspected the hive after i put it on. I will let you know when I get the weather to open her up and look.


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So far the best book for learning the su
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I think the book is about the right size, not to large and daunting for when you want to learn. Full of great tips and advice on learning the application and producing your book
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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