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True, but Jesus also said to recognize the signs of his coming.
Matthew 24: 32-33
Now learn the parable from the fig tree: when its branch has already become tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near; so, you too, when you see all these things, recognize that He is near, right at the door.
Maybe the evidence the guy in the video presents is just one of the signs?
Possibly true! But its also very important to allow scripture to interprete your belief and to believe what scripture says! Not parts of it you choose! "No one knows the "DAY" "HOUR" That doesnt mean you will not know what week! He was basicly saying, 'keep your eyes open, be ready!
He said to keep watch, so you are ready!
I was responding to this entire post, actually. The fig tree parable is just one sign that he is near. There are even bigger signs that he is already here. But people don't readily accept things they can't see, touch, feel or taste. I guess that's why he said 'blessed are those that have not seen yet believe.'
I apologize if you felt I singled you out.
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This is an interesting thread,however there will be a problem with Nibilu (Wormwood?)before those eclipses.It can only be seen from the South Pole right now because it is coming from behind the sun.It will be visible may,2009 to just about everybody.In the past it has been blamed for the destruction of Atlantis and the Great Flood.It is about the size of Jupiter and will pass very close to Earth in 2012. I do believe in the rapture so I hope it occurs before this event.
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"Tis Better to be Safe than Sorry." - ancient boyscout saying
I've repented and converted to Christianity why?
If there is no God and we die, guess what? We just Rot in the ground and be gone with the ashes. A life time of you guys mocking "us Godly folks" means nothing either way cuz we'll be dead and could care less.
If there IS a God, then all the unbelievers would have something terrible waiting for you after death.
So still want to keep mocking Christians and any other silly God believers?
Do you all want to take the chance?
Originally posted by abelievingskeptic
That was an awesome video!..Thanks for the laugh.
I love the arrogance too btw. Since you are trying to save us and all because you are not going to be here.
If, by chance, you are still here in September would there be anything you would like to add to your thread? Would you admit to being wrong? Or are you going to change the date?
I say things are going to roll on as if normal. If I am wrong I will start a thread admitting you are correct and I am wrong. Just so you have a peace of mind while up there on your golden streets and all.
My guess is you would not admit it, but by all means, correct me if I am wrong. Also, If you are soooo concerned for the non believers here on ats that you took the time to make a video and upload it, what have you done for your loving family members?
Are they saved?..really saved? I think you should make sure...just in case. good luck.
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It is not the belief that i find obtuse or makes me want to mock the thread. It is the arrogance of the person making the statement.
I can tell you my reaction would have been completely different if the OP took a different attitude like: "ok here is something I believe may happen in your near future."
Something like that I would find more acceptable. Without all the preachyness. I don't think people on ats come here to be preached too...
just my pennies...
[edit on 26-8-2008 by abelievingskeptic]
Originally posted by Simplynoone
moocowman ...I believe that Jesus when he was in human flesh ...did not know at that time when maybe because it was not yet time for us to know that ... ..but surely he knows now ..once he ascended to the throne in heaven ...............
Forgot to add ...Col 2:9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily...this helps with that puzzle ....... ............
You cannot just take one scripture and say see ....there are more pieces to the puzzle than one can find in just one verse ...................
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Unfortunately, not everyone's retirement will start so seamlessly. Some hang-ups are outside your control, but the good news is there are a few proactive steps you can take to make the process smoother. Here are some things you can do and some issues to consider:
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If you want to have state income tax withheld from your retirement payments, this arrangement can be made once you are placed in full retirement status. Here is some additional information about tax withholding from your CSRS or FERS retirement benefit.
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8. Read up on health insurance and long-term care. You will be able to change your health insurance options during the annual open season much as you did while you were employed. The only difference is that now you will contact OPM and not your agency to make that change. You can elect long-term care insurance and dental and vision coverage after retirement. But if your parents, in-laws, or children would like to enroll in the federal long-term care insurance program, they must do so while you are still a federal employee. If you have a flexible spending account, be aware that you will not be able to continue this account after you are retired. OPM offers more information on insurance after retirement. 9. Understand your options for voluntary contribution elections. If you are retiring under CSRS or CSRS Offset and want to make a voluntary contribution election at retirement, you might find the CSRS and FERS Handbook Chapter 31 helpful. The National Institute of Transition Planning Inc., where I work, also offers resources, particularly on converting a Voluntary Contributions Account to a Roth IRA.
Tammy Flanagan is the senior benefits director for the National Institute of Transition Planning Inc., which conducts federal retirement planning workshops and seminars. She has spent 25 years helping federal employees take charge of their retirement by understanding their benefits.
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Well, It's about to happen. Miss A starts preschool tomorrow. My stomach is in a ball, as I consider the whole thing. I could never sleep on the night before school starting. That jumble of excitement, nervousness and fear of what the year would be like. Here I am, experiencing it for my daughter, since she is oblivious. I hope it goes well.
Anneke will likely be fine. There's a girl who jumps in with both feet, no peering over the edge to see how big the dropoff is -- just run and Geronimo! God love her!
I hate to admit this, but a big chunk of the reason we are starting her in preschool is that I'm at wit's end with her. She needs to be way more social than me, and I can't be dragging Fritz all over God's green acre to keep her busy. Plus, we need me to earn money. For that, I need some quiet time at home. I'm hoping that preschool/AM nap and both kids napping in the afternoon will allow me some time to work for money without having to give up on sleep altogether. Fingers are crossed.
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Grace & Anthony
One is the ongoing story of a deeply religious family's anguish over a dying adult daughter's fate. Grace Lee has asked to be removed from life support and allowed to die, but her parents believe that tantamount to suicide, and a sin. The woman remains competent to make her own decisions, and after asking that life support be discontinued, she changed her mind.
"Clearly she was badgered into this position by her parents," says the attorney for Grace Lee. "But in that context, what an incredible gift to give them at the end of her life."
By contrast, former Times editor Bill Keller recounts the death in England of his father-in-law, Anthony Gilbey, a fate that was accepted with humor and grace by the family, including the dying man himself, who replies to his physician's terminal prognosis, "So, no more whoop-de-doo."
Clearly, in the latter case, there was agreement that aggressive measures to prolong the dying process were not in the patient's best interest. For Grace Lee, best interest is more complicated. When she asked that treatment be discontinued, the interest would seem to have been hers alone. But amid her family's anguish, and stated hope for a miracle, her own best interests changed.
In his final days, Anthony Gilbey was able to state his wishes. And Grace Lee remains able to answer questions with nods or shakes of her head. Too often, the patient is beyond reach, and the decisions are between physician and family members, with no real sense of what the patient would want.
The Gilbey and Lee stories also share this: In the telling, the role of the nurse is trivial or non-existent.
"Anthony Gilbey's doctors concluded that it was pointless to prolong a life that was very near the end, and that had been increasingly consumed by pain, immobility, incontinence, depression and creeping dementia," Keller writes. "The patient and his family concurred. And so the hospital unplugged his insulin and antibiotics, disconnected his intravenous nourishment and hydration, leaving only a drip to keep pain and nausea at bay. The earlier bustle of oxygen masks and thermometers and blood-pressure sleeves and pulse-taking ceased. Nurses wheeled him away from the wheezing, beeping machinery of intensive care to a quiet room to await his move to the other side.'"
But was it "the hospital" doing all that unplugging, disconnecting and bustling, or was it a nurse?
In stories about Grace Lee's legal proceedings in various media, a search for the word "nurse" comes up empty.
Maybe this is understandable -- these are stories about medical decisions, which are the domain of the physicians, patients and families -- and, when they can't work it out, the courts.
But the nurse's role in such care is not to be overlooked. What must that feel like, to watch a patient wince or worse while you repeatedly perform procedures you know hold little or no therapeutic value? Nurses aren't making the decisions, but it is their job to deal with the consequences -- in particular, to be meticulous about bed sores and dressing and tube changes, because over the weeks or months of life support, only such meticulous care will keep the pneumonia and infections at bay, and for only so long. Grace Lee called her care "unbearable"; the humans providing that care are the nurses.
In an ongoing study of medical care deemed futile by Community Voices in Medical Ethics, which hosts this blog through its Community Ethics Committee, we have heard two stories told in retrospect by parents about aggressive, prolonged care for children when "giving up" felt inhuman. Years after the deaths of these children, the two parents still carry regrets of the "if I knew then what I know now" sort.
One has come to believe the child wanted aggressive treatment to end long before it did.
The other has this memory: When the child died, after months of aggressive life-saving attempts, the nurse quit. This dedicated nurse had stuck with the family throughout their ordeal, even while others refused to participate. But when the child died, the nurse, burned out, got out. There was no next patient for her.
And that's why I'm thinking about Anthony Gilbey's and Grace Lee's nurses.
NOTE: Keller's story provided an excellent insight into England's Liverpool Care Pathway.
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With dear Annie Kirkbride, much missed. Deidre and Denise, Coronation Street, ITV.
M'selle Guillotine cracks the whip, The Scarlet Pimpernel, BBC
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This contains a classic misheard lyric. The line "There's a bad moon on the rise" is often heard as "There's a bathroom on the right." Not only do many people sing the wrong lyrics, but John Fogerty himself sang the "bathroom on the right" lyric once during the "Premonition" concert. It can be heard after the last verse of the song quite plainly.
Fogerty would often have fun with this trope, sometimes pointing to a nearby bathroom from the stage when he got to the famous misheard line.
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The music makes this sound like a happy song, but the lyrics are very bleak, describing events that indicate a coming apocalypse.
As a result of this song, American football player Andre Rison's nickname was "Bad Moon," as in "Bad Moon Risin'." Rison was an all-pro wide receiver, but is also famous for having his house burned down by Lisa (Left Eye) Lopes, a singer with TLC who was his girlfriend at the time.
This has been covered by Nirvana, Bruce Springsteen, Bo Diddley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Emmylou Harris, The Reels, The Meteors, Thea Gilmore, Ann Wilson with Gretchen Wilson, Type O Negative, 16 Horsepower, Reels, Spitballs, Blue Aeroplanes, Lagwagon, Battlefield Band, Ducky Boys, Acoustic Shack, Ventures, Meteors, and Rasputina.
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Argentine soccer fans came up with a new version of this song after their team advanced to the World Cup finals in 2014 while the host country, Brazil, was eliminated in the semifinal. Set to the tune of this song, Argentines chanted, "Brasil, decime qué se siente tener en casa tu papa," which means "Brazil, tell me how it feels to be bossed around in your own home."
Even the team members were heard singing this taunt, but in the end Argentina did not take home the trophy, as they lost in the final to Germany, the team that beat Brazil.
This became the theme song of the demonstrators during the People's Park riots in Berkeley, California, in 1969.
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During a benefit for the Berkeley Hall School, a Vietnam veteran approached Fogerty and told him that he and his squad, who called themselves the Buffalo Soldiers, would blast "Bad Moon Rising" in their camp before going into the jungle on a mission. It was their way of getting pumped up for combat, but also their way of instilling fear in the enemy. In
Fortunate Son: My Life, My Music
, Fogerty expresses admiration for the man's courage, and regret that he cannot remember his name.
"Bad Moon Rising" is the signature walkout song for UFC fighter Jim Miller.
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In his memoir, Fogerty said he borrowed the guitar lick for this song from Scotty Moore's work on Elvis Presley's "
I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone
." Fogerty stresses that he wasn't trying to hide that he'd borrowed the lick and was instead openly "honoring it." In 1986, at an unspecified awards get-together, Moore grabbed Fogerty from behind and said, "Give me back my licks!"
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Camille, I had no problem either.
Jennifur Sun - Ramona
I really hope no one ACTUALLY thought that the words were "there's a bathroom on the right"
Dave - Greer, Sc
There are probably those out there who think I'm nuts but this song reminds me of all the weird weather that has happened over the last 3 or 4 years and the book of Revelation.
Jennifur Sun - Ramona
Hm...I take issue with so many people claiming they misheard the lyrics to: "bad moon on the rise". Just to get a cheap laugh, they'll say they always thought the words were 'bathroom on the right' and frankly, it's a long, tired, worn-out joke that they heard years ago that wasn't that funny then and is even less so now. I was eleven years old when this song came out, listened to it on my parents' crappy old AM radio in the car and I ALWAYS knew Fogerty was singing "bad moon on the rise." The phrasing is rather poetic, and imo, Fogerty ought to keep the integrity of the song, his song, by singing the correct lyric at concerts. All that said, this is a classic tune with just the right amount of twang to compliment Fogerty's outstanding, wonderful-to-listen-to vocals.
Camille - Toronto, Oh
John Fogerty performed "Bad Moon Rising" 2011-12-08 with Miranda Lambert's girl-group, The Pistol Annies with Angaleena Presley and Ashley Monroe! At the Pistols' LA show Fogerty made a surprise appearance. Standing between Lambert, Presley & Monroe, Fogerty said, "I've got the best seat in the house!"
Deethewriter - Saint Petersburg, Russia Federation
"Bad Moon Rising" was the name of one of the player maps for the user-made Vietnam War modification to Battlefield 1942 called "Eve of Destruction". The map was a night themed scenario taking place in a swampy jungle, with only the full moon illuminating the play field.
Bob - Schenectady, Ny
To Josh, Totonto....
The song is also in the Kubrik Movie briefly. It is playing on the Snowcats' radio near the end.
Steve - Beechmont, Ky
To J. Fogery, Lodi, CA....
Mr. Fogery, if that is truy you, sir, I'd like to give you a personal thanks. My father and I had very few interests in common. He was into sports and such where as I was more into reading and science fiction, etc. The music of CCR was one thing we both loved and enjoyed together. Thank you so much for that.
Steve - Beechmont, Ky
It's true that this song was not written about Viet Nam, but the troops there did adopt it as an anthem. I saw Mr. Fogerty in an HBO concert for the Viet Nam Vets years ago. They went crazy when he did this one. On the last verse, the band stopped playing except the drums I think and Mr. Fogerty sang as if talking to the Vets theselves. "Hope you got your s--t together...". It was clear he knew how important the song and that verse was to them.
Steve - Beechmont, Ky
I think this song refers to hurricane Camille's devastation in 1969.
Chris - Beaumont, Tx
It's also been covered by the band Steel Train, but cool facts!
Daniela Mccormick - Okc, Ok
The flip-side "Lodi" peaked at No. 52; according to www.ask.com there are ten states that have a city or town named Lodi...
Barry - Sauquoit, Ny
This song has been parodied several times, but this one by Bob Rivers is the funniest:
You feel the pressure start to growin'
You feel the pressure getting' worse
You feel your bladder overflowin'
You feel a dam about to burst
Don't go against the wall
Just take off down the hall
There's a bathroom on the right
Don't go on the floor
Just move on down two doors
There's a bathroom on the right
You drank a fifth of cheap tequila
You chased it down with shots of gin
You feel your head begin to reelin'
You see the room begin to spin
Don't barf on my shoes
If lunch you're gonna loose
There's a bathroom on the right
Don't throw up on us
Go drive the porcelain bus
There's a bathroom on the right
There's a bathroom on the right
Esskayess - Dallas, Tx
I can't believe that the lyrics were thought with the bathroom on the right thing. I've been listening to this song for years and never heard it that way. After reading that, I even had to find my CD and listen to it, just to see where you were coming from.
Alayna - Gainesville, Fl
I believe this is a prophetic song about the coming events from the book of Revelation. Matthew 24 shows some of these things happening and will soon to be. I hope you've got your things together. Be prepared.
Clyde - Cocoa,, Fl
Regardless of what inspired this song it was THE vietnam Warrior's Anthem. I remember seeing a hall full of Vets start whistling, cheering, clapping or stomping along as the opening chords to "Bad Moon" were struck. These 200+ graying geezers --some in wheelchairs or leaning on canes were suddenly teenagers againm getting ready to "lock and load"....Sure the song is "Dark". But so its that macabre Paratroopers' Song with the cheeky refrain: "He ain't gonna Jump No More!"
Anna - Winnipeg, Mb
This song was the "Anthem" of the Vietnam War. I once watched a hall full of VietVets go absolutely NUTS when Fogarty hit the opening chords.They whistled, cheered, stomped, or clapped along. Watching them, I couldn't hold back the tears...
Sure it's "dark"...but so is that Classic Paratrooper's Song "Blood Upon The Risers" with it's cheeky "He Ain't Gonna Jump No More" refrain.
I hum this song to myself whenever I need a "Lift", or when I watch a Huey Helicopter go Whup-Whupping through the summer sky.
Anna - Winnipeg, Mb
I keep seeing the Devil and Daniel Webster references, but I believe it was a hailstorm, not a hurricane that came throuh New Hampshire.
Terrence - Indianapolis, In
It's about Nixon, though it's not necessarily about Watergate, since it would be a couple years before the nation found out about that. Spring of '69 and who had just become president in January?
Ed - Lebanon, Pa
There is a DJ here in Denver "The Boogie man" on Kool 105 that swears this song is about Watergate and Richard Nixon. He mentions it almost every time he plays it.
Robert - Denver, Co
I grew up thinking tat the words were "There's a baboon on the right" so thats what me and my dad sing, usually its when we are driving that it comes on, so I get to point at him and sing "Thres a babbon on the right" ahahahahaha
Nady - Adelaide, Australia
Bad Moon Rising is the second studio of Sonic Youth, released on the New York independent record label Homestead Records in 1985.
Vincent - Toulouse, France
The all-time happiest end-of-the-world song ever. Great to listen to and sing along!!
Wayne - Las Vegas, Nv
A fun song. A commonly misheard lyric is "There's A Bathroom on the Right"/
Martin Sheen - Lima, Oh
This song was used in an episode of The Simpsons. When a man collapses of a stroke, Marge Simpson tells her husband to do CPR. Homer Simpson desperately replies by singing, "I see a bad moon rising." Marge replies, "I said CPR, not CCR!"
Rich - Chicago, Il
Thanks Alexander. Actually we had fish raining on our deck and the Discovery Channel is making a program on it. I can't find any lyrics on the internet that include the part about fish a-fallin'. Does anyone know where this came from?
Carl - Folsom, Ca
To Carl, Folsom, CA
When a storm such as a hurricane or tornado pass over water they can pick up fish. Thus fish falling from the skin, random as it may be, is a warning of the coming storm.
Alexander - Pittsburgh, Pa
I have a version with a last verse "I see the fish, they're a-fallin'. I see fish everywhere. I hear the shad and smelt a-callin'. I see the end is very near." Does anyone know where this came from?
Carl - Folsom, Ca
Written as a reaction to Nixon's election, this CCR classic -- heavily influenced by the Buck Owens "Bakerfield Sound" -- is both vague and immediate enough to outlast its era, a feat even "Fortunate Son" couldn't quite pull off. When there's trouble on the way, this obdurately bouncy and relentlessly catchy number can somehow evoke the moment, whatever it is. Two minutes so perfect they feel like a lifetime.
Bertrand - Paris, France
One of the coolest songs ever....last concert of John Fogerty I went to the band ended and left the stage and it was all black and you thought the show was over.Then you hear the opening riffs of "Bad Moon" and the lights go up and Fogerty and the band had snuck back on stage and ripped into "Bad Moon" and it was sooooo freaking cool.And to the poster who suggested Fogerty ripped off the Stones for this I say "YEAH RIGHT",Fogerty has to rip off no one for his material and CCR was so much better than the Stones and "Bad Moon" is far superior to anything the Stones did with the possible exception of "Satisfaction".
Mark - Byrdstown, Tn
YES WE MUST overanalyze everything to death and when Charonte receives me I'm going to ask him what is his favorite song and overanalyze it with him!!!lol
Garoud - Arica
It seems prophetic in that Bad Moon Rising could refer to radical Islam, A crescent moon is their symbol.
Bill - Nlr, Ar
Good Lord, people! Must we analyze everything to death?
Dd - Indianapolis, In
This was used throughout The Shining BOOK, only. The main character, Jack or something, the father not the son, is constantly humming the song and singing it. I read it awhile ago but that's mostly what I remember of it.
Josh - Toronto
One poster earlier was exactly right-it came out at the same time we were in a struggle to liberate People's Park in Berkeley.May,1969.It was perfect for the time and was also popular among the Weatherman faction of SDS who truly believed that if you were going to be at The Days of Rage in Chicago in October"You had to be quite prepared to die"They were"the voices of rage and ruin"back then.
And I thought the lyrics were actually,"theres a bad moon on the RIGHT",as in Right wing politics repressing the Movement.
Maybe thats just my spin.
Doug - Oakland, Ca
This song also played in an episode on the TV Series "Tour of Duty" about an army platoon in Vietnam, which also helped launch the career of Ving Rhames. C.C.R. will alway's be my favorite band. I can still remember the first time I heard Bad Moon Rising. I was working late at night in a hay field and it was on the radio of the truck. I was hooked on CCR from then on. If you ever read this John Fogerty, thanks for decades of enjoyment of the greatest music ever written.
Paul - Laddonia, Mo
I love this song. CCR rules.
Joe - Bellingham, Wa
lol, I love this song, it's such a nice way of saying it's the end of the world and everyone's gonna die! In my opinion anyways...
Emily - Pittsburgh, Pa
oh. and i bet he said bathroom on the right because that is the line the lyrics "bad moon on the rise' are mistaken for. The first 9 times i heard this song i thought thats what he said.
Daniel - Cincinnatti, Or
I disagree. I think J.Fogerty might chose to live in lodi. considering it is a great ccr song. And as for the meaning of Bad Moon Rising, I think it's obvious: The End of the World. nothing more nothing less.
Daniel - Cincinnatti, Or
A great song that rivals The Beatles in length (the famous two and half minute long songs...).
Voodoocat - Zimbabwe, United States
The cheeriest "end of the world" song I've ever heard (with the possible exception of R.E.M.) I love the part where John Fogerty sings "Hope you are quite prepared to die" - he sounds almost as happy as Johnny Olsen shouting "Come on down!" on the Price is Right!
Clarke - Pittsburgh, Pa
J. Fogerty, it's too bad that CCR wasn't from Lodi. They were from El Cerrito, CA. Lodi is in the middle of nowhere; no former rock star would choose to live there.
Ro~jo - Saratoga, Ca
I saw a John Fogerty concert live and he said "There's a bathroom on the right." I don't get why, but maybe there's nothing to get. Maybe it was just a commedy act he came up with in the middle of the song maybe not though. Great song anyway.
John - Kalamazoo, Ky
I've always wondered about that bathroom on the right. Folks in the audience crossing legs tightly and wiggling? I feel so much better now, knowing that I was actually hearing what's on the CD, that the audience is OK, and that the floor's dry.
Nick - Raleigh, Nc
For me CCR was a very good band and I can say that "Bad Moon Rising" is a super good song. From time to time I hear it on the Belgian radio called "Classic 21"; it's always a joy to hear it again and I don't care what it is about, that's not important for me.
Teresa - Mechelen, Belgium
There is no lead singer of CCR, that band is no more. You can just call me Willie, of Willie and the Po' Boys. I can't believe no one has replied to my song interpretation. Is everybody that disappointed that the song isn't about Vietnam or war protests?
J. Fogerty - Lodi, Ca
I know a song from Creedence Clearwater Revival called "Lodi" so me too I would like to ask to
J. Fogerty of Lodi if he is the lead singer of the CCR. If it is you I would like to say that I like your voice and your songs very much and that
"Bad Moon Rising" is my favorite one.
Teresa - Mechelen, Belgium
This comment is addressed to J.Fogerty in Lodi, CA: This is just a simple question, sir. And it has a Yes or No answer> ARE YOU THE TRUE JOHN FOGERTY THAT WAS THE LEAD SINGER, SONGWRITER, AND LEAD GUITARIST FOR CCR?
Tomcat - Richmond, Va
The song is about Judgement Day, when man will be held accountable for his sins. "The voice of rage and ruin" will be the Lord giving the order to rein fire and brimbstone down, the rivers will overflow, the earth will quake. This song is asking you to get your life in order for the end is coming soon. It's word for word from Revelations.
J. Fogerty - Lodi, Ca
it is very possible it is about vietnam.the opening lines,i see the bad moons arising i see troubles on the way i see earthquakes and lightning i see bad times today. ok alot of fighting in vietnam was at night from what i understand it was the first war that night fighting took place maybey by the cover of a full moon. earthquakes could be mortars,gernades and other explosive devices. and the lightning could be the firing of automatic rifles.
dont go around tonight ,its bound to take you life could mean dont go away from the platoon because if you are caught alone there is less of a chance of survival than if you stay with them.
i hear hurricans a blowing, i know the end is coming soon,i fear the rivers over flowing i hear the voice of rage and ruin. ok hurricans could be helocopters,or napalm, mabey more possibly napalm because he states i know death is coming soon the river could be rivers of blood and voice of rage and ruin could be the vietnamease. the lastpart could mean you best be right with god,because you will die for everything we do to them they do back.
i could be very wrong in the analogy of the song but that is what i get from it.someone mentioned paint it black back in the 80's there was a tv show called china beach that was about vietnam just a little fact i thought i would share
Anthony - Oakland, Nj
I've heard many times Bad Moon Rising is a song about the vietnam war, perhaps a protest song. it may be about a soldier going out on a night mission with an ominous feeling that he won't make it back. the "hope you're prepared to die...one eye is taken for one eye" line perhaps signifies that the soldier will get his karma payback for the enemy soldiers that he killed. although this is one of the best ccr songs of all time, it leaves me with a really uneasy feeling.
Mike - Houston, Tx
The use of this song in "An American Werewolf in London" was genius.
Adam - Poplar Bluff, Mo
I am really curious as to what these lyrics actually mean. I have a couple differnt friends who all give me different meanings for this song. And all I want is the truth. I've grown up on this song and I really don't like listening to music if I don't even understand the lyrics. But the beat is so great and its been a staple in my family for so long. So if anybody truly knows what the lyrics mean, please, let me know...
John - San Diego, Ca
My brother posted the comment below about having a friend who's father wrote "bad moon rising". And although his friend's father was personal friend's with ccr, he didn't write the song. He had helped then co write a couple other songs that were never used and were later thrown away. I talked to her dad about it and cleared this up. From what I understand he had told his daughter he wrote the song, but had to come clean tonight after I aproched him about it. I don't know how he could take credit for a great song like "bad moon rising"
Lisa - New York, Ny
This song is quoted in Stephen King´s The Shining. It marks the upcoming of the blizzard who kept Jack, Wendy and Danny stuck in the Overlook Hotel.
Joepeople - Oklahoma City, Ok
I wonder if this song was written as a result of the 1966 floods in New Orleans... and is that why everybody on BBC radio 2 seems to be playing it the last couple of weeks?
Riitta - Drumnadrochit, Scotland
Hurricanes have eyes...
Joseph - Modesto, Ca
This was written about the election of President Nixon.
Cal - Vicksburg, Ms
My favorite song of Creedence Clearwater Revival, even if I don't understand the meaning of this song, it's always good to hear it again, it has a superbeat.
Teresa - Mechelen, Belgium
Aactually, the CCR song that was used in "Twilight Zone: The Movie" was "Midnight Special", not "Bad Moon Rising." It was placed in the beginning when Albert Brooks picked up Dan Ackroyd when Ackroyd asks him if he "wants to see something REALLY scary?" It also plays when Ackroyd drives John Lithgow away in an ambulance at the end of the movie.
Lisa - Manchester, Ct
Bad Moon Rising was also play every night as the Spookies were taking off on missions in Vietnam war. Why? i don't know. Guess someone liked the song and it fit the occassion.
Tina - Tampa , Fl
I think that this song is about mutually assured (nuclear) destruction. The line "One eye is taken for an eye" seems to me to indicate this. I also think that the "happy" sound of the song may be a kind of sarcastic view of this. Almost like the Country Joe and The Fish song, "looks like I'm Fixn' to die Rag. "Whoopie! We're all gonna die"!
Patrick - Boston, Ma
It also appeared in the movie My Girl. Great Chick Flick!! :-)
Amber - Sydney, Australia
The Rolling Stones were among one of the most influential groups in rock history, just like the Beatles, and have influenced many. One group especially being Creedence Clearwater Revival, and their song: "Bad Moon Rising." The song deeply influenced by the Stones' "Paint It Black".
The two songs have many similarities. The songs both use a word in the titles that indicate darkness: black and moon. The songs start out with similar lyrics: ?I see a red door ?? and ?I see a bad moon ?? ? same words and same meter. Both songs use death references: ?Paint it black? and ?It?s bound to take your life.? The opening riff of "Paint It Black" also has the same notes as the beginning of the instrumental bridge of "Bad Moon Rising". And, one more influence: The lyrics from "Paint It Black", ?I could not foresee this thing happening to you!?, are replied in "Bad Moon Rising" that say: ?Looks like we?re in for nasty weather!? And, even though the music is vaguely similar, it is more the lyrics that bond these two songs.
Brandon - Seattle, Wa
Perhaps CCR deliberately made the music friendly and catchy because they knew that, if people were paying attention to the lyrics, the song would quickly be banned. I admit; I myself was too busy enjoying the music to have any idea what the lyrics were about, until I checked them here. I mean, compare this to "Eve of Destruction"- similiar lyrics, but "Eve"s music is quite intense and serious sounding, so people actually listened, resulting in it's ban (although it also made it extremely popular).
Brett - Edmonton, Canada
The song also appeared in the movie Blade(Wesley Snipes). Great song, happy sounding, but dark lyrics...Well dark for CCR.
Brian - Paoli, In
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Job Title: Managing Director – Oil & Gas (Upstream/Downstream)
Location: Nigeria
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- The incumbent shall be responsible for the performance of the company, which would generally be dictated by the board's overall strategy.
- The position will report to the Board of Directors through the Chairman.
- Implement Operational and Sales Strategies as per the company's Strategic Business Plans
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Special equipment: a 10-inch springform pan and a wooden skewer
Position an oven rack in the middle of the oven and preheat to 325 degrees F.
For the crust: Mix together the graham cracker crumbs, butter, sugar and salt and press into bottom of a 10-inch springform pan. Bake until golden brown, 15 to 18 minutes. Cool completely. Wrap up the bottom and sides of pan with a large piece of foil and put in a large roasting pan.
For the filling: Beat the cream cheese and sugar, in a large bowl, with an electric mixer on medium speed for 1 minute. Add the sour cream and mix until just combined. Add the heavy cream and mix until just combined. Mix in the eggs, by hand, 1 at time. Then mix in the vanilla, lemon juice, by hand as well, until just combined. (Overmixing can turn your cheesecake into a souffle.)
Using a ladle, divide the cheesecake batter into 4 separate bowls. Dye each a separate color; blue, pink, purple and yellow. Add enough food coloring so that the colors are very vibrant and intense.
Use an ice cream scoop or large spoon to drop spoonfuls of the batter onto the crust, alternating the colors, until all the batter has been scooped. Use a wooden skewer and drag it through the colors to marble them for tie-dye effect, making sure the skewer reaches down to the bottom of the pan. Transfer the pan to the roasting pan. Add enough hot water to come about halfway up the side of the springform pan.
Bake until the outside of the cake is set and the center is still slightly loose, about 1 hour 20 minutes. Turn the oven off and leave the cheesecake in the oven for another hour. Remove the cheesecake from the roasting pan to a cooling rack. Run a knife around the edge and cool to room temperature. Cover and refrigerate at least 8 hours.
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Fryer has served on the COHBA Board of Directors since 2007 and on the COHBA Executive Committee since 2014. He served as Parade of Homes Chairman in 2015 and is a Certified Professional Builder by the Oklahoma State Home Builders Association. Don is also a certified graduate builder and a licensed real estate professional. Don studied at the University of Oklahoma and the University of Central Oklahoma with a BAA in Marketing. His wife and business partner, Emily, studied Cornell with a degree in Hotel and Restaurant Management. She also earned her Masters in Transpersonal Psychology.
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Post subject: Looking for a motivational buddy or advice
I am 26 and 220lbs. Fortunately I carry weight well, so my self esteem isn't a big issue (though I would like to be a little more svelte for my super hot boyfriend - although he loves me for me, I do have a bit of vanity), but I realize the health issues, and I have been having trouble sleeping lately...I fear possibly some sleep apnia.
I used to be pretty active in high school (vollyball and cheerleading) and maintained a pretty nice weight until my junior year. Then teenage depression hit, and I gained weight not by eating, but by stopping pretty much all physical activity.
Recently (the past few years) I have been trying to get my weight back to a "point where I was happy" which is around 135-140 (I'm 5'2" and think it's sexy to be a little curvaceous). My problem is three fold.
1. I can exercise, I hate it for the first two weeks, but then my body starts to crave it (I get kinda sick if I don't) but it takes getting over those two weeks. And getting over those two weeks is hard.
2. I can lose weight. I even got my weight down to 190 in a reasonably quick amount of time (over several months), and was very proud of myself, but I have a habit of cutting back when I am successful for some reason...like, I am seeing results, and "reward" myself by allowing some laziness.
3. I love to cook, however, in the past 8 months I have gotten into a very very bad habit of eating A LOT of fast food. I know I need to stop. We got snowed in for about 2 weeks, and as soon as we could get out, my boyfriend and I went to Burger King while we were out running errands, and I felt so sick afterward. I know it's bad for me, but it's really convenient and my boyfriend loves it.
So, I guess I just need some support and advice as far as maintaining the goal and not slacking off once I see a couple of results. If anyone has had the same problem, and has any advice, I would love to hear it.
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Welcome! I know just what you mean in #2, I also catch myself sometimes thinking that this is the lowest weight I've been since the end of middle school, so I could stop here and be happy. But I remind myself that I will look and feel better if I keep going! If I stop here, I will regret not meeting my goal, and those extra pounds I could have lost might lead to health problems later in life!
Fast food is definitely a habit to break, or at least cut back on. Just check out its "nutritional" info online, it's enough to terrify anyone!
Maybe to get over those first two weeks of exercise, you can reward yourself (not with food!) after you complete it. New exercise clothes, music or a movie... there are lots of options!
Good luck, keep us updated on your progress!
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Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 3:40 am
Post subject: Totally in the same boat
I totally understand where you are at. I am 27 and weigh 216 lbs. I don't really have self esteem issues, but just feel gross lately.
I too have the ability to lose weight but lately have lacked the motivation and the right people to help motivate.
I love to work out once I get into it, but once I fall out of it (like now) I just can't get back into it.
Our big difference, I don't cook. I eat out a lot and am always looking for easy recipes that are healthy.
My biggest issue with my weight right now is my health. I have gained a lot of weight in the last couple years, and it has all been in my stomach. I know that this is the worst place to carry it and am hoping to get to a healthier place.
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Thank you! I did get out today, this will be my walking week, and then I am going to try and get back into jogging using the About Running program:
I hate jogging, but my dogs love it because they can go a normal pace instead of pulling at the leash for me to go their speed. I used to jog twice a day in high school for vollyball, and I have 2 dogs, so, maybe I can get back into it. I even got fitted for proper shoes from Portland Running Company. I know I have to start back up, because the other day I got an asthma attach from physical activity, and I ONLY get attacks when I am sick...it's a bad sign that my health has deteriorated to a point where physical activity will trigger an attack.
But, I also ate McDonald's today since I was tired from a very long meeting and didn't want to cook, even though I have perfectly good chicken in the freezer that I can bread and broil, and broccoli that needs to be steamed (I LOVE steamed broccoli)...sigh. And I know about the nutrition "values" of fast food. I even watched Super Size me when it first came out and got so sick watching it I threw up and gave up fast food and all soda (that's what took me to 190) but my bf loves it and still has the 21 year old body that doesn't get effected by it at the moment. So it's hard.
The lowest weight I was was 106, but that was as a freshman, and I felt I needed a bit more weight on me to be attractive, I was too bony, that awkward teenage weight.
I've tried thinking of rewards, and I haven't come up with any that I stick with, or that I have the discipline to not just cave and get anyway.
I think that's what I mostly lack...discipline.
betsyboog - I know where you're coming from. It feels so daunting when you have to start, like you're pushing against a huge wall, or pulling against the something huge (the pull of the comfy couch in the warm house maybe?) but then it all seems silly a couple weeks later when the movement comes naturally, and you wonder what all the fuss was about.
I've decided that I will just start with walking. The dogs haven't been walked in so long, and my 4 month old puppy needs to be properly leash trained. Just a walk around the block, with some good music, and then you get into a groove with a good song that just makes your feet want to move. I found that's the best way to start. I pick songs with good beats and just move with them, match their pace, maybe shake my booty a little as I walk...I'm sure I look ridiculous, but it's fun, LOL.
My middle is were a lot of my weight is as well; my abs and my butt. I'm not so concerned about the rest of my body, but I am getting REALLY worried about my abs because I now have that horrid overhangy pooch thing, and I'm seriously afraid I will have to get surgery to correct the skin...*weeps* I am HOPING that with proper exercise it will shrink up OK.
But thanks guys, for the encouragement, and sharing. It's always nice to know you're not the only one who has the same obstacles to overcome.
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Post subject: Way to Go!
At least you got started with the walking. Next time you HAVE to eat fast food go for the salad with chicken or if necessary.. a kids meal.
I just joined. I thought that the Challenge would be something fun to do. I too was very active in high school -- cheerleading & soccer. I while in college and through the first few months of my pregnacy I taught aerobics and was a personal trainer. My son is now 6. When I got pregnant with him, I was at 135 I had gained a few pounds after a knee surgery. When I went in to deliver him I weighed 176 (most of which I gained in my last trimester.) Anyway, after complications I had an emergency Caesarian. I never went below that weight again. I have touched it a few times but I still weigh more than I did at full term pregnancy. My max weight was 202 and I am not far off of that now at 198. I know what to do I just don't commit myself to doing it. I have promised myself that this time I will succeed. We can do this.
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2016 Kick-Off Party
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Registration closed January 21, 2016 11:59 PM on January 21, 2016 11:59 PM CST Registration ends January 21, 2016 11:59 PM on January 21, 2016 11:59 PM CST Registration opens December 12, 2015 8:00 AM on December 12, 2015 8:00 AM CST Registration runs from December 12, 2015 8:00 AM to January 21, 2016 11:59 PM
BMW CCA HEART OF DIXIE 2016 KICK-OFF PARTY and AUTO-X
Sunday, January 24
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100 Ben Chapman Drive
Hoover, Al 35244
Food, Drinks, and Free Prizes!
(Including a Free DE Slot for our 2016 Driving School at Barber Motorsports Park)
Adults $15 Per Person, Children 10 and Under Free.
Please join us once again for the annual kickoff party for your BMW CCA chapter. Ready for some fun, food, and friends? AND AUTO-X! AND the new BMW I8 !
"Wow, that sounds interesting! Interactive? Entertaining? Tell me more".
The program will include:
- Review of the upcoming calendar of events
- Introduction of the new Heart of Dixie Officers
- Mike Renner, BMW Performance Center, bringing the new BMW I8 !
- Tom Williams BMW, bringing several new BMW models
- BMW games with gifts and prizes awarded to the winning team
- Raffle prizes - Including a FREE Driving School Slot for our 2016 DE at Barber Motorsports Park
- Auto-X event in the Civic Center parking lot
The Auto-X will enable those in attendance a chance to test their skills (and their BMW) with a fun and exciting course around the cones.
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Imagine for a moment that, when you try to communicate, no one can understand you. You might feel frustrated and lonely. Many of those with disabilities can feel isolated and at a loss for community; but it doesn't have to be that way.
As I travel across the country, visiting our network of UCP affiliates, I am constantly reminded of the importance of our work and awestruck at the life-changing stories of people with disabilities. At UCP, we believe in a life without limits, and while this might seem an idealistic endeavor, that is far from the truth. Together with nearly 100 affiliates, we work to advance the independence, productivity and full citizenship of people with a spectrum of disabilities by supporting more than 176,000 children and adults every day -- one person at a time, one family at a time. Our work centers on the inclusion in every facet of society of individuals with disabilities. Through the programs, resources and dedication of our affiliates, individuals across the globe are gaining independence and forging their own paths.
With the aid of an iPad, Bartek from UCP of Greater Dane County -- who has autism and has long struggled to communicate with those not intimately familiar with his mannerisms and unique speech patterns -- is able to make a grocery list, have a conversation with medical personnel, make choices for his leisure activities at work and at home, and share how he's feeling. Since using the iPad, his family has noted his increased confidence in his ability to independently communicate. Perhaps most importantly, Bartek himself now feels a much larger sense of belonging and contribution in all areas of his life.
Emily attends UCP of Rhode Island and uses an iPad to help her write but also as an incentive for transition from one activity to another. Emily participates in therapeutic horseback riding and, before the iPad, she had a difficult time being "all done" with the activity and returning the helmet. Now, a portion of her time on the horse is videotaped with her iPad, allowing her to watch it once she returns the helmet; helping her transition much more easily. It's the first thing she wants when she wakes up and the last thing she wants to let go at bedtime.
Technology has increased this independence, helping to build bridges toward an inclusive society. Just a few years ago, the costs of many assistive devices were far too great for the average family -- and often even care providers -- to supply to a loved one. Increasingly, more affordable devices allow individuals with a disability to participate in activities that are second nature to most, including a child telling a parent they love them, a young girl participating in a classroom discussion with her peers, a young man discussing his health with his doctor, or even a woman creating a shopping list. It is this belief in independence for all which has led UCP to not only advocate for a life without limits but to develop its Life Labs project to explore and ensure an equal playing field. Today, I'd like to share a story from Joe on how a new software program that his local UCP affiliate helped him obtain is allowing him to live without limits. Joe writes:
My computer has an acrylic plate with holes set just above the keys. I hold a stick in my left hand and slide the stick across the plate until it is right over the key I want. Then, I aim the stick into the hole, striking the desired key. All of my writing is done this way.
WordQ is the software that I needed to help with writing. It is a word prediction program and helps me write faster. Thanks to a grant from UCP, I now can write with less effort and fewer keystrokes.
I cannot read well. But, I can scan my regular mail into my computer and then read it with this program. I can read newspaper articles on the Internet and emails. I can scan whole books into my computer and then have them read to me with this program.
I have written and published two books, Keeping Up With Jerry that showcases people who influenced my life and It Has Been A Great Ride that is a collection of my short stories and poetry. This software will help me publish more books.
With the many advances in technology, my life is continuing to change for the better. I can write instructions for my care providers and compose emails to friends and family members. With WordQ, I am on an equal basis with other writers.
Joe from UCP of Central California hard at work; writing with help from software program WordQ.
Joe is one of many who demonstrates the impact that a seemingly small donation -- in the case of the WordQ program, $199 -- can make in aiding an individual the opportunity for independence and a life without limits. I continue to be moved by those around the nation who want to help people like Joe to achieve a life without limits. I want thank them -- and hopefully you -- for making these stories a reality.
This blog is part of our #GivingTuesday series, produced by The Huffington Post and the teams at InterAction, 92nd Street Y,United Nations Foundation, and others. Following Black Friday and Cyber Monday, #GivingTuesday -- which takes place for the first time on Tuesday, November 27 -- is a movement intended to open the holiday season on a philanthropic note. Go to www.givingtuesday.org to learn more and get involved.


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Headliner: Full plate for Pfizer oncology chief
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Pfizer's Andy Schmeltz has a problem that many of Pfizer's competitors would love to have. Schmeltz's US Oncology Business Unit is in the midst of three launches of innovative new medicines—all approved by FDA within the past 14 months. Not that he's complaining. He may even be crowing a bit
"It's really a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for colleagues," says Schmeltz. "Particularly on the commercial side of the business, to have three new molecular entities over a one-year time frame is a wonderful opportunity, and each of these new medicines has its own story that's going to enable Pfizer to be set up for success."
The most recent of these, Bosulif, an orphan drug to treat chronic myelogenous leukemia, got the green light from FDA in September. It's the company's first entry into the hematology space. Inlyta, for kidney cancer, won FDA approval for second line use in January, and Xalkori, together with its companion diagnostic from Abbott, won approval for treatment of ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer in August, 2011, blazing a path for personalized medicine. The approvals made Pfizer a top ten player in oncology. By 2020, the firm aims to crack the ranks of the top three.
"If there's a point in time to step up to the plate and put it into overdrive, this is that time," comments Schmeltz. "These are really distinct medicines in terms of their profiles and tumor types, but the principles remain the same – understanding your customers, understanding the competitive dynamics and focusing on the critical success factors. In the US, it's a common set of customers and customer expectations, in terms of the environment and ensuring that the drugs are easy to access and get reimbursement."
Pfizer Oncology fields a sales force of around 200 in the US, and sales reports in to Schmeltz.
"The first two years after launch are the critical point in time to set the trajectory and uptake of these medicines," says Schmeltz. "So we have to kind of pulse focus. It's critical we have the right type of managers to balance that, so a lot of my time is spent reinforcing the accountability and focus and the setting of standards of our sales management team."
His mantra: Plan to execute and execute to plan.
Schmeltz came to pharma fresh from business school, having earned an undergraduate degree in economics, but found work in consulting dissatisfying. He wanted to do something meaningful and so, while at the University of Chicago, he took an internship with Abbott Labs and stayed for eight years, rising to head of US immunology and launching Humira. Then Pfizer came calling. The company had bought Pharmacia and was looking to build up its HIV-fighting franchise. Schmeltz, who had worked on Kaletra and Norvir at Abbott, was a perfect fit, and he and his wife, having just started a family, were ready to move back to New York from Chicago. He joined Pfizer as director, team leader of worldwide HIV/AIDS marketing and soon moved on to head worldwide commercial development of the company's infectious disease portfolio and then, in 2006, to serve as chief of staff to then-worldwide pharma head Ian Read.
He and his wife have three kids—two boys, eight and ten, and a ten-month-old girl—and live in Montclair, NJ. When he's not ferrying the kids around, the Pittsburgh native likes to unwind with fantasy football, Steelers games and taking the rowing machine for a spin (he was on his college crew team).
Schmeltz's secret to leadership: picking the right managers and empowering them. He looks for self-starters with a mix of "hard skills"—analytics, planning and organization—and "soft skills" such as communication and emotional intelligence."When you have a team of leaders that are rock solid with both those hard skills and soft skills, you've got the leaders that are going to enable you to be successful."


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Coping as a Family
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Do you have a loved one or friend who lives with a mental health and/or addiction problem?
If Yes, this meeting is for you.
With sharing comes hope, strength, and wisdom.
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