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The Refine Institute's High Tech Cosmetic Surgery Seminar:
A seminar titled "The End of the Knife: High-Tech/Less-Invasive Smartlipo, SmartXide DOT laser and Vectra 3-D Imaging System" includes a consultation with Dr. Andrew Gear, a cosmetic surgeon specializing in body contouring. 5:30 p.m. Free. The Refine Institute, 7725 Ballantyne Commons Parkway. 704-909-4800; www.refineinstitute.com.
Preventing Cancer With Nutrition:
Learn what foods contain cancer-fighting properties. Presented by the Naturopathic Physicians at Carolinas Natural Health Center. 5 p.m. Free. Earth Fare, 12235 N. Community House Road. 704-708-4404; www.carolinasnaturalhealth.com.
Charlotte Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia Support Group:
John Heath of the Social Security Administration will speak on Social Security Disability and Medicare. 7 p.m. Free. Sharon Presbyterian Church, 5201 Sharon Road. 704-843-1193 (leave a message).


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Slide your rings onto the tail to store them overnight or whist doing the dishes. He is a good weight so will be stable.
He is such a fab item that he looks great as a little ornament too.
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Le Rêve by SPI Cinemas is a cinema of dreams built to seamlessly integrate cutting edge technology with classic yet contemporary design and architecture. A well-crafted space where movie meets dream meets reality.
Corner of Hill Road and Water Field Road,Bandra West, Mumbai - 400 050044 4224 4224
Food and Beverage
Through Le Rêve, SPI Cinemas looks to up the ante of food and beverage associated with cinema theatres by bringing in Michelin Star culinary ace - Mickaël Besse. Indulge in anything between 'typically cinema' and 'high-end patisserie', all with a touch of Michelin class.
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Only in a dream can elements come together as well as they do at Le Rêve. State-of-the-art 4K projection from Barco, 3D technology from Master Image and a 2.4 gain silver screen meets Dolby's flagship object-based directional sound program, Dolby Atmos, to put you right with the characters amidst all the action.


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You are a team of adventurers and explorers. You find yourself trapped in a cursed temple with only a little time left before the temple collapses on your team. Your team must track down magic gems to lift the curse and find the way out. Navigate through the temple, find enough treasure gems and get out in time, and your team wins. If one person is trapped when the temple collapses, you all lose.
Escape is a cooperative real-time game with all players rolling dice and taking actions simultaneously. The right dice combos will let you explore new passages, enter rooms, collect gems you discover and leave the temple. But watch out, if you roll the cursed Black Mask, you'll need the help of a Golden Mask and your team to keep you moving. Players have exactly ten minutes to get out and win the game. Escape includes a spooky sound track to keep your time and two expansions to keep the play interesting.


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Jazzanooga Kickoff Reception is this Friday
The annual Jazzanooga festival is coming next month, but get jazzed up early by heading to the Kickoff Reception this Friday, headlined by jazz icon Rahsaan Barber and his Nashville quintet, Everday Magic. This taste of upcoming jazz magic is guaranteed to satisfy your hunger for this music genre—at least until April.
In 2005, Barber graduated from the Manhattan School of Music, mastered in jazz performance, and took off into a number of music styles, though jazz remained his favorite. He has played on well-known stages—the Lincoln Center and the Montreux Jazz Festival—along with Everday Magic and El Movimiento, a Latin jazz septet he co-leads.
He has also become a prominent producer after founding Jazz Music City, his record label, in August 2011. This group won the Editor's Pick in Downbeat Magazine.
Jazzanooga has so much to offer, including headliners Take 6, Gretchen Parlato, and Eric Roberson, and the reception allows you to experience the excitement right from the start. The reception runs from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on March 27 at the Robert Kirk Walker Community Theater inside the Memorial Auditorium.
Buy your tickets at jazzanooga.org and don't snooze through April's explosion of jazz culture.


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His Touch Me and Die beanie is by MadeMe, sold out.
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The White House released a statement by U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday on the 15th anniversary of embassy bombings in Tanzania and Kenya.
Wednesday marked the 15th anniversary of al-Qaeda's terrorist attacks against U.S. embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya. The attack killed innocent Africans and Americans alike and wounded more than 5,000 people.
"On this day, we honor the families of the twelve Americans who lost their lives, and we join with the people and governments of Kenya and Tanzania honoring the sacrifices of the African victims of this heinous act, which killed over 200 and wounded over 5,000," Obama said.
Obama recounted his visit to Dar es Salaam in July to pay tribute to the victims and meet with some of the survivors of the attack at a memorial to the fallen. He said the U.S. remains steadfast in protecting American men and women overseas while working with partners to combat violent extremism in East Africa, throughout the region and in the world at large.
"We continue to stand with our East African partners to bring terrorists to justice and will carry on our efforts to prevent these attacks in the future," Obama said. "On this day of remembrance, we extend our deepest thoughts and prayers to the families of those killed and wounded in the 1998 attack, and we join with our friends and partners in East Africa and around the globe in honoring their memory by building a safer, more secure, and more prosperous world."


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We sometimes joke around with MSNBC's always ridiculous and sometimes endearing Chris Matthews. Slate's Jack Shafer is not as charitable:
Nobody in TV news stir-fries his ideas and serves them to the audience faster than MSNBC's Chris Matthews. Drawing from a larder filled with old anecdotes, unreliable metaphors, wacky intuition, and superficial observations, the always-animated Matthews steers whatever's handy into the hot wok that is his brain.
Harsh but fair. Chris Matthews is a mostly benign, if inexplicable, national figure. He fits well in our buffoon politics and he probably would have improved the Senate.


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Lemon Fluff Salad
So easy, yet so elegant. The delicate flavor of lemon plays wonderfully against the fruit cocktail.
Serves 6 (2/3 cup)
1 (4-serving) package Jell-O sugar-free instant vanilla pudding mix
1 (4-serving) package Jell-O sugar-free lemon gelatin
2/3 cup Carnation nonfat dry milk powder
1 1/4 cups water
2 cups (one 16-ounce can) fruit cocktail, packed in fruit juice, drained (reserve liquid)
3/4 cup Cool Whip
1/2 cup (1 ounce) miniature marshmallows
In a medium bowl, combine dry pudding mix, dry gelatin, and dry milk powder. Add water and reserved fruit cocktail liquid to dry pudding mixture. Mix well using a wire whisk. Blend in Cool Whip Lite, fruit cocktail, and miniature marshmallows. Cover and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
Each serving equals:
HE: 2/3 Fruit, 1/3 Skim Milk, 1/2 Slider, 6 Optional Calories
120 Calories, 1gm Fat, 4gm Protein,
24gm Carbohydrate, 296mg Sodium, 0gm Fiber
DIABETIC: 1 Fruit, 1/2 Starch
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Why Sell With Fell Reynolds?
Pricing Your Property
At Fell Reynolds we know that an accurate valuation will help you achieve the best possible price for your property in the shortest possible time. Nobody wants their property to be under-valued and to potentially lose money or indeed to have it over-valued and to just sit on the market for ages waiting for a viewing. We are a RICS regulated company and take pride in demonstrating how we accurately value your property by using:
- Comparable reports to demonstrate recent sales and marketing activity in your sector of the market.
- Land Registry sold price data.
- An in depth assessment of current local market conditions.
- Analysis of current buyer demand for properties in your price range.
Marketing Your Property
I think it's important that my property reaches the widest possible number of potential buyers
We use both the latest technology and more traditional routes of ensuring your property reaches the widest possible audience of buyers in the most effective way. This includes but is not limited to:
- Posting on Rightmove, Zoopla and Fell Reynolds websites.
- Extensive advertising in the local newspapers.
- Displays in our prominently located offices on the High Street.
- High quality brochures using digital photography.
- Free floor plans.
But we don't just stop there as we will ensure that every buyer we know about will receive a personal introduction to your property from one of our experienced Sales Team by phone.
The thought of showing people around my home makes me nervous
A properly conducted viewing is not an easy thing to achieve and we don't ask our clients to do them unless they choose to. Fell Reynolds Folkestone is the only local agent who uses dedicated and professional viewings personnel to escort viewings and consequently:
- We rarely have to tell a good buyer that we can't do a viewing to suit their timing.
- We will know the buyer's "hotspots" and can lead them through the viewing accordingly.
- Importantly the Sales Team can as a consequence spend more time selling your property.
Staying in Touch
The last time I sold a property, I heard very little from my agent and they were very untimely in returning my calls
We know that selling your home can be a stressful time and the last thing you want is to feel out of the loop with what's going on. Honest and effective communication with our clients is at the heart of everything we do and we will:
- Issue monthly vendor contact letters or e-mails detailing and assessing your viewing and Internet activity and performance. These will be followed up by a telephone call from one of the team to discuss the statistics in person.
- Attempt to obtain feedback from viewings within 24 hours, which we will telephone or e-mail through to you as soon as we have it.
- Progress any sale by liaising with your buyer, their estate agent and solicitor to try and ensure the process is as stress free as possible for you.
Sale Agreements
I hear that mortgages have become difficult to get these days so how will I know that my buyer can afford to buy my property?
When we receive an offer on your property we not only use our experience to negotiate the best price but we also fully qualify your buyer by:
- Carrying out a full assessment of the buyer's position on any related sale.
- If a mortgage is required then we need to see the mortgage in principal document AND importantly proof of deposit funds.
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Purple Workbench weekends have a primary goal to give you dedicated time and inspirational space for your own creative projects. Although you might pick up some new interests and improve on some creative skills, the retreat itself is not a weekend packed with learning new things. Guests are encouraged to use this time to catch up on whatever it is you never seem to have time for. From classic creative hobbies like sewing or knitting, to more modern laptop projects of wedding albums, blogs, and digital scrapbooking. Guests have been known to come with a book and an appetite. Anything goes. This time is for you.


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Deputy Chief
Email: Barbara Arrighi
Deputy Chief Barbara Arrighi has been with the College since 1974. Barbara graduated from the Massachusetts State Police Academy in 1980, earned her bachelor degree in Police Administration from UMASS in 1985 and taught defensive tactics regularly at the regional Police Academy for many years. She is a certified sexual assault and domestic violence investigator. In addition to her duties leading the Campus Police Department, Barbara teaches self defense on campus and is the head instructor for the college's Karate Club. Barbara has been teaching for the Physical Education department since 1976. In 1994 Barbara began teaching Rape Aggression Defense (RAD) as part of her self-defense curriculum, which has been very well received by the Mount Holyoke College community. Barbara is a 8th Degree black belt in ShitoRyu Karate Do, and has achieved the title Hanshi, Shito Ryu International Karate (click on the link to Shihan Kai and you will find her!) - the highest ranking woman in her style in the world! See more about Barbara and the campus Karate Club. Barbara is a staff member for RAD and helped develop their keychain defense program. Barbara has a daughter who is a 2015 graduate of Harvard University. Among other interests she enjoys opera, Broadway shows, Patriots, Red Sox, sailing, bike riding and travel.


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Common Good
The sixth form students who are members of the justice and peace group are greatly valued by staff and have had a significant impact on the life of the school. As a group they have had the responsibility for selecting the charities and promoting support for them through assemblies."
Section 48 Report, January 2017
Bishop Challoner Catholic Federation of Schools, each year, makes a massive mark on the lives of so many people within the local area, nationally and internationally! We fundraising throughout the year towards our main charities including; CAFOD, St Francis' Family Centre (part of the Catholic Children's Society Westminster), Macmillan Cancer Support and Sylhet Aid. We are pleased to report that the final total for our Grenfell Disaster fundraising is £2794.26. Thank you to all those who helped to raise this fantastic sum of money.
Annually, we sing Christmas Carols at the St Joseph's Hospice in East London and we provide workshops for the local community such as #TechMums and Family Fun Day.
The Justice & Peace Committee
The new Justice & Peace Committee are made up from volunteer Sixth Form Students who are supported by Mr Hanlon (our Federation's Chaplain) and Mr Johnston (our Federation's Communications Officer). The JP Committee is founded on four central themes: awareness, campaigns, charity and prayer. Our Mission Statement - Christ at the Centre - will be our motivation to strive towards making a difference to the lives of all those who are our neighbours and are a part of God's creation.
Our newly formed Justice & Peace Committee are stepping out on their first journey by leading assemblies to all the year groups and planning a programme of activities and events to engage students to help with the refugee crisis. Please pray for us.
Our Justice and Peace Committee are:
- Genevieve - General Secretary
- Regan - Secretary
- Giuliano - Research Officer
- Phoebe - Public Affairs Officer
- Isabella - Events Officer
- Mariah - Creative Arts Officer
- Kathryn
- Oskar
- Monika
- Merrelle
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Facebook will be switching all brand pages to the new Timeline view this Friday. While this is a big change for many, a little understanding will make the transition that much easier. As announced at the Facebook Marketing Conference (#fmc) they called it "Mission control for your business on Facebook" and with the new platform, this holds true.
In no confusing terms, here's a brief run down on some of the new phrases and terms you'll need to know and understand for the transition to Facebook Timeline.
Cover Image
Your Cover Image is the large header area that appears at the top of your page. This is the first thing people will see when they come to your page now.
Cover Images should be 850 pixels by 315 pixels but may not contain any of the following:
- Price or purchase information, such as "40% off" or "Download it at our website"
- Contact information, such as web address, email, mailing address or other information intended for your Page's About section
- References to user interface elements, such as Like or Share, or any other Facebook site features
- Calls to action, such as "Get it now" or "Tell your friends"
(Source: Official Facebook Forums)
Pin Posts to Top
Facebook now allows you to pin certain status updates to the top of your Timeline, featuring them for up to seven days. This is great for showcasing or recognizing any special promotions or content.
Highlight or Star Stories
The Timeline view offers the ability to highlight certain photos and updates more than others. Use a combination of these to create an interesting and eye-catching page.
Message Fans
Fans now have the ability to message page admins directly. This feature can be turned on or off.
Timeline Events
Populating your timeline is simple with the historic events section. Timeline includes a handy condensed timeline at the top righthand side of the page. Add your company's founding information, or other changes along the way. Companies like Coca-Cola and the New York Times showcased the different phases of their companies throughout the years.
Are there any significant events for your company? Maybe you changed your name, maybe you moved into a larger warehouse or distribution facility. If you're an artist or musician perhaps it's when you played your first paid gig or when you got signed to your record label. Get creative with the tools around you.
Bye Bye Landing Tabs
Landing tabs are no longer the first thing people will see when they arrive to your page. This is both a gift and a curse for brands. For the past year or two people have been sinking countless dollars into robust landing pages. Now, application boxes open in the canvas window (760px now instead of the tab's 520px width) and still offer rich experiences, but clearly you're going to need to get creative to drive Facebook application traffic.
As the Timeline for Pages transitions to mobile, expect to see more changes and improvements on the Timeline for Brands platform. With the introduction of mobile ads Facebook wants people to spend more time on their site and application, and the timeline view turns a new chapter in this ever-changing social web.
If you need any help transitioning your pages and tabs over or just want some advice in general, I and my team here would be glad to help, just send a tweet or email.
What do you think about this transition to Timeline? Have you switched over your page already? Leave a link in the comments so we can take a look!
PS: Lately everyone has been asking me – How do I change the name of my Facebook Page?
If you have a terrible name for your Facebook page, change it now! Make sure it's descriptive and accurately describes the content. Avoid a lot of punctuation too.
To register for a name change on your page, click here.
Note that a Page is not a Profile, and should not be confused. Profiles are for individuals, and Pages are for brands, musicians, anything that isn't one "personal" being.


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Conquer Club is an online multiplayer variation of a popular world domination board game. Designed for the casual gamer, playing Conquer Club is not a time consuming process. You can take your turn in 5 minutes with your morning cup of coffee or in between classes. A game typically lasts several days, but hardcore risk takers can play multiple games at once and stay up all night strategizing their next move.
The game is played on a map (there is a wide variety of maps to choose from), divided into regions, which are grouped into zones. To start, three troops are placed on each region and they are randomly divided amongst the players. Any of the remaining regions that do not divide equally are made neutral. Players then take turns deploying troops, assaulting opponents and reinforcing their regions.
Risk all your troops on a daring land grab. Use diplomacy to coordinate a group assault on the game leader. Feel the thrill of victory as you crush your last opponent.
Deploying Your Troops
At the beginning of every turn you will collect a certain amount of troops. You will place your troops on any regions that you occupy. The game will ask you for the name of a region, and how many troops to place there, and will continue doing this until all of your troops are deployed. Once you deploy troops, there's no changing your mind, so give this some thought first!
Assaulting Your Enemies
You may now assault any opponent's region from one of yours, as long as both regions are adjacent and your assaulting region has a minimum of two troops. This part is optional in that you may choose not to assault anyone.
Each time combat is initiated, the game engine will generate a random intensity level for each troop involved. The outcome is determined by the intensity of the assaulting troops versus the intensity of the repelling troops. There are 6 possible intensity levels that may be assigned, listed here from weakest to strongest: 1. Pathetic 2. Sad 3. Decent 4. Strong 5. Awesome 6. Heroic.
The more troops involved on either side, the better the chances that side has of winning. But not all troops in the regions are necessarily involved. To be more specific, the game engine will assigned a random intensity level for each assaulting troop, less 1 troop that stays behind, up to a maximum of 3 troops. Likewise, the game engine will assign a random intensity level for each repelling troop, up to a maximum of 2 troops.
The outcome of combat is determined by comparing the strongest intensity levels of either side. If the assault was stronger, then the repelling region loses a troop. If the repel was stronger or equal, than the assaulting region loses a troop. This process is repeated once more if other troops remain involved on both sides.
Reinforcing Your Regions
When you are finished your assults, you may reinforce your repelling position. If desired, you may move some (but not all) of the troops from one of your regions to any connected region which you also occupy. The Reinforcements game option will determine how many of these reinforcement plays are allowed...
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Conquer Club Guide: 2.1 Strategy Guide
Here are some thoughts on large 2.1 games (no cards and flat rate to a point...). I truly believe that it is possible to progress well (and win) from pretty much any opening position in a 2.1 8 man no cards game. The trick is knowing how to develop from all of the possible first bonuses. I am assuming the reader has a good basic understanding of the game and so am only giving tips and hints directly related to 2.1 play.
My favorite online game at the moment is a website called Conquer Club. It's free to play, and you can upgrade to a paid membership for more benefits and privileges (mainly, more simultaneous games allowed and prettier medals). Basically, the game is just like Risk, but because it's online and computerized, it has many different rule options and many different maps.


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segunda-feira, 24 de novembro de 2014
Cartoon cards
I like these cards.
But there are a couple of them that make me think they lost their minds doing the pseudo-draws.
Look at the top card of Dave Concepcion.
I think this is the only card of him I possess.
I thought at first that they got carried away and turned the poor guy into a cartoon.
But then I saw the picture they inspired to produce the card.
I must say that here it's not card fault but Dave faults.
He, himself, has a cartoon face!
But following this card I have these couple.
I've seen these two players playing so I know well their faces.
And I must say that the last time I checked Phil Hughes didn't have oriental eyes.
And Andy Pettite didn't have CC Sabathia 's body!
And the little finger...I cannot start on that!
But all in all...This is a funny set.
I just need to understand the thing of the colours on the back changing from red to green. And if it means it is a double set only changing the card back foreground colour.
Publicada por Ana Lu à(s) 17:13
Etiquetas: 2009, andy pettitte, cards, dave concepcion, goudey, phill hughes, reds, upper deck, yankees
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The red backs and green backs are "separate" sets. There's a red back and green back for every card.ResponderEliminar
That Concepcion is the scariest cartoon card I've ever seen. http://nightowlcards.blogspot.com/2010/05/that-dave-is-one-scary-dude.htmlRespostas
So there are two sets based on the back colour. They love to make us waste money..Eliminar
Poor Concepcion, not only he's real cards are spooky enough they go and do this with his cartoon card. I can only imagine what it would be like he's card in Donruss DK set..
Lol... cartoon face. Love that term. It definitely needs to be added to the card collectors' dictionary.ResponderEliminar
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"Well Barack, I'm refereeing a ping pong match at the Mecca YMCA, but I definitely will come to your next meeting."
– Saudi King Salman
A note from our attorneys: This is not a real quote
That's not quite as bad as "I have to wash my hair."
So the Saudis do not trust Barry any longer ? Well, well, I don´t trust him either ( or the Saudis for that matter ). Yesterday I read about Seymour Hershs new report on the killing of Osama Bin Laden. It was sensational. And I trust Seymour Hersh. He said that the White House statements about the events in Abbotabad was so false and embellished that they could have been written by Lewis Carroll. And then a movie was produced on this material. Given how sloppy and uneducated many are today many see a movie with "real facts" as a given truth. Movies have replaced history books. Well, Obama stood there that night lying, took all the credit, PR and propaganda made him some kind of a hero ( remember the "gutsy call" thing ? ), and….got reelected. And we have to endure this presidency today.
The Mecca YMCA? Very funny. But wouldn't that be the Mecca YMMA, or YMIA?
Do they have an Arab band dressed like a cowboy, a construction worker, and a leather man?
OT: Keith, in case you missed it, this is Denzel Washington's commencement speech to compare to Michelle's. In case you're wondering why most of us didn't agree with the sympathy you generously gave her for her uninspiring effort ;)
This site was… how do I say it? Relevant!! Finally I have
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Today's simple joys:
- Grocery day with papa 👨🏽
- Read articles on elite daily 📄
- Bought new nose pad for my eyeglasses, colored contact lens, contact's solution and birthday gift for Clark's upcoming birthday 🎁
- Catch-up date with graceey @ Sta.lu mall 🐯 (korean dish x melona x original glaze doughnuts)
~ Supported one of my fave gurl, graceey, even though she's so late hahaha balak pang mang-talk**** eh haha joke luvvyuu 😝 and Woohoo! Finally, she claimed her Love Yourself' L & V version from CNA store, plus as in wooowwwwwwww, she got V and JK photocards (omgeee taekook shippin 🐯🐰❤)!!! Joy overload, besh!! I'm getting so excited for my albums too..hihi
Some of our snaps inside the Korean resto 😋
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Kirk Hammett is a bad guitarist
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First round is acceptance and the rest are rebuttals.
Kirk Hammett while he does in fact have some skill, he does not have a great deal of it, as a guitar player myself I enjoy songs with some technical tendencies (I.e. sweep picking, alternate picking in riffage, and key change). In Kirk Hammett's 30 years of being the lead guitarist of Metallica, he has done none of these techniques but instead has played sloppy lead fills and simple down picking riffs.
In case if my opponent, does not know of these guitar techniques, I will provide them with songs that include these techniques:
Riff (short repeated phrase usually in metal music but also in jazz).
Best song example of a riff - Smoke on the Water by Deep Purple.
Sweep picking -
This War is Ours by Escape The Fate (Intro only)
Alternate Picking in Riffage: (Moving the pick in an up and down motion while doing heavy riffing).
Waking The Demon by Bullet For My Valentine
Key Change -
Sweet Child o Mine by Guns N Roses (Solo)
Lead Fills - Short solos between riffs used in most Guns N Roses songs.
Down picking - Literally striking downward with the pick, used in pretty much every Metallica song.
Since I can rebut in round 2 I will do that first and then post my arguments for which I do not think that Kirk Hammett is bad guitarist. Since that is what we argue about.
For the start let me say that I don't like Kirk Hammett and I don't think that He is great. I rank him somewhere between average to decent. But to say that He is bad is exaggeration.
Now I would argue that technical skill is only one of the factors of what makes a great guitar player(or bad). Some of the other factors are versatility, impact, fame, feel, melodic expressions, phrasing, frontmanship, compositional skills, trained ear etc etc.
If you take a look at most top lists of greatest guitar players of all time you will see some very sloppy players on the top 20 places. Like Jimmy Page or Hendrix. While technical monsters like Batio or Rustey Cooley are nowhere to be found.
So Hammett was in the right band at the right time and He was great addition to the Metallica as a lead guitarist. He played and helped to made some of the most influential trash metal licks of all time. He influenced many guitar players and shaped trash metal of that time.
So to call him bad simply because He is not as skilled as someone else is really unjustified. As far as technical skill goes, there is always someone better. There is someone better then Batio or Morse in alternate picking, there is someone better then Becker or Rustey Cooley at sweeping, there is someone more versatile then Guthrie Govan, someone better with harmonics then Eric Johnson, someone faster then Shawn Lane, with better legato then Satch etc etc. Does that mean that those players are bad ? No they are perfectly fine for what they do. And that is creating the music and playing it the way they imagined it to sound.
Playing the guitar should not be a sport. Its an art. Its not about how many notes per second you play but what do you express with those notes.
That being said lets take a look at Hammett`s technique. He is great addition to Hetfield for riffing. I would argue that Hetfield has better timing for riffs though. As far as technique goes its not that advanced. Fast pentatonic solos usually in e minor. Some tapping, nothing too fancy. But He plays it with great style and furiosity and it sounds solid.
I do not find him sloppy, each note is clear to the point. Also Metallica riffs are not mostly simple down picking. Most of the trash riffs are too fast not to be alternate picked.
So I agree that He is not great. I agree that He is technically worse then Mark Morton. But to call him Bad you need much more then that. If He was bad He would not be in Metallica all those years.
While yes Kirk Hammett has in fact present some versatility with his guitar playing, he has not presented versatility as great as guitarists like John Pettrucci from Dream Theater who ranges from power metal to jazz and even to classical. Whereas, Hammett has really just done songs one after the other with similar song structure (Example - seek and destroy - similar song structure to Blackened). The only songs where he has shown a larger degree of versatility is Nothing Else Matters and Fade to Black, both songs have classical fingerpicking and chicken picking.
As for Jimmy Page being "sloppy", I personally have never heard him play sloppily so some song examples would be good. While my opinion on hammett's sloppy playing is present in songs like Seek and Destroy where in the solo he hits a wrong note that is dissonant to the em pentatonic scale.
While it is consensual that Hammett is not technical like Jason Becker or Fredrik Thordendal from Meshuggah, he is also void of being known as a guitar god like Dimebag Darrell or Rhandy Rhoads and in fact has never even been given the remotely the same amount of praise as those two have.
Even in comparison to other thrash guitarist like Kerry King from Slayer or Chris Broderick from Megadeth he is of meager talent. As well as the lead guitarist from Black Tide who is more than half his age can play circles around Hammett, I myself have been playing for 3 years and can already play most Metallica songs with little practice.
While yes the guitar is an art, but art also requires skill as with skill and strong knowledge in music theory can you achieve versatility.
I bid good luck to my opponent in the next round.
The point is that Hammett does not need to show anything else since He plays what is given to him and what He wrotes to suit the song structure. He uses fingerpicking because Hetfield wrote it that way and its a ballad so fingering strings there gives better sound then pick. Thats the reason fingerpicking was used. You dont know if Hammett knows more advanced stuff. Maybe He is just not showing it or He is not playing at his full potential.
If you for example take a look at Paul Gilbert in his Mr. Big years, you would think that he suck at technical skill. Thats because there is no place for shreding while playing ballads and pop. And in his racer x years he is a technical monster. So my point is that since Metallica was always popular metal, its lines were never meant to be shredded but to be melodic as possible with great riffs and catchy melodical lead fills to appeal to widest audience. Almost every single Metallica solo can be whistled under the shower. Try to do that with Malmsteens solos .
As for Page being sloppy I cant believe that you are not aware of this after 3 years of playing guitar. Maybe you havent listened to a lot of his live playing. On studio records He is not that sloppy but you can hear it there too ( listen to his hearthbreaker solo, the second part of solo with fast pentatonic runs. ) And on the live He often made mistakes and fluffed notes - the more so towards the end of Zep. It seems there were times that his picking hand, his fretting hand and his brain were all in different places at the same time. But He gets away with it (generally), because for him the guitar is more about feel than technical ability. And public feel that. So nobody thinks that He is bad bcs of some sloppiness .
Haha yeah , that note in Seek and destroy was a bum note. He even apologized for it. But one note is not nearly enough to call him sloppy. Show me more examples of his sloppiness .
Of course that He cannot be compared to Gods like Randy and Dimebag. They were forces of nature. Hammett is just good guitarist for what He does. They were among bests.
My main argument is that Hammett though far from great and overrated is also far from being bad. Its all relative to what He plays. What Metallica plays is simply not that demanding for nowadays standards. But They're the pioneers of what they do. Kirk is an average guitarist,but he's got feel and knows when to show off and when to make a smaller solo and let the others shine.Plus,he is a total beast live and always makes those solos more interesting.
Definitely no bad player.
Good luck in next round Pro
However, this is a debate and I might as well continue to oppose. It is a fact that Kirk Hammett started playing guitar at age 15 (same age as slash) which in my opinion is rather late in comparison to guitarists like Zakk Wylde who started at age 8 and Ritchie Blackmore who started at 11. Those two guitarists aside, slash's guitar experience is on par with Hammett's and I must say that the two are rather similar but slash has always written more notable riffs like Sweet Child O Mine and Paradise City while Hetfield wrote most of the guitar riffs for Metallica and Hammett just played along.
That's pretty much all I had to use as rebuttal. I bid luck to my opponent for the final round.
Take the "Death" for example. As Chuck Schuldiner had more technically advanced ideas He would basically change band members on each album.
Also Jason Becker said that He needed to perfect the sweeping since He heard Serrana in his head and though that its impossible to be played on guitar. He made it possible.
I would call those people- constantly progressing composers in a context of complexity of technique.
However there are players that are still good but stay very close to the usually level of their play. For example Adrian Smith and Dave Murray form Iron Maiden. Same with Hammett ( though I consider them better then him ) .
Yeah it might be a bit old to start playing at 15. Or is it ? Satriani started at 14. Shawn Lane at 14, Vai started playing at 13. Petrucci at 12... 1-3 years makes really no difference between those players. And is least important factor in my opinion (unless someone started at 25 :D ).
Yeah Hammett vs Slash I would vote for Slash. But thats bcs I like slash more. Though I like Metallica more then G&R.
The problem of debates as this is is that Pro need to specify in more details in what aspect is He bad and compared to who.
If title was "Hammett is worse guitar player then Petrucci in technical skill" then nobody could argue that. But to call him generally bad player according to widest of standards would be a bit far stretched.
Hammett is overrated and far from great player but I don't think that anyone can objectively call him bad.
Thx for the very interesting debate Pro. Keep them coming and whats more important keep playing and enjoying the guitar. Never make a sport out of it. It loses magic then.
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Reasons for voting decision: First I would like to say I don't know who Kirk Hammett is. Moving on. Perhaps Pro should have made the resolution "Kirk Hammet is a bad guitarist compared to [insert guitarist]", because bad in my book just means "of poor quality". Con makes the right move in distinguishing a lack of technique from poor guitar playing. I'm feeling convinced that Hammett is at-least not a "bad" guitarist because of, 1. his influence on metal and other guitarists, and 2. people believe his msuic sounds good. Pro could have argued that these things don't make someone a good guitarist, but since he doesn't dispute that I won't either. By the time R4 comes around it seems even Pro agrees that technique isn't the axiom of being a good guitarist. So, since I felt Con firmly established that comparing guitarists to determine if their good/bad wasn't the best idea, I vote Con.
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Is Priscilla married? If not are you available?
I'm not married…and hey young guys, I am definitely not searching.
What are your hobbies?
I love reading, swimming and mirror dancing.
Which schools did you attend?
I had my pre-school education at Dolly Memorial at Labone way back in the 90s; and proceeded to Christian Home to attend my primary education, then from there to Seven Great Princes Academy for JHS. I had my senior high education at Ola Girls Senior High School, after which I enrolled at the University of Ghana where I graduated successfully with majors in Psychology.
Do you have favourite actors?
I love all the actors and actresses but I think movies that have Yvonne Nelson fascinate me the most... and she's my role model.
Will you act nude if the money is big?
Errr... hmm, charlie! It'll depend on the script and the production house. If it's a great storyline for a renowned production house then why not, but I'm not sure I'll pose nude on any mediocre stage. Lol... I'm not desperate. Ha hah... Even wait oo, how many times have you seen any of these celebrated actors go nude in movies, it's really rare to find that.
Do you have any advice for new and young actors?
The little advice I have for any young one who wants to take acting as a profession is that first and foremost, there must be the passion for it, because if there's no passion for it then there's no zeal to want to commit yourself to the job. And secondly, they should slow down in wanting to get the money and fame too quickly. When it's your time to make it big, you'll surely reap the benefits.
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This was the moment two kayakers were rescued after finding themselves stranded a mile offshore.
One of the men – wearing a lifejacket and t-shirt – had fallen from their tiny boat . The 21-year-old had been in the water for more than 20 minutes and was trying to swim ashore with the blue boat. His friend, who was the same age, was trying to row.
As the RNLI team reached the men in Moelfre, Anglesey , the swimmer told his rescuers he would not be able to get in their boat, called Enfys.
"Medical wise are you OK?" one of the crew said to him.
"Yeah, I'm fine," he said, "I just couldn't pull myself up in there, I haven't got any upper body strength."
"The two young men were very lucky to be spotted so soon and although they were wearing buoyancy aids, they had very little protective or warm clothing to be so far offshore," RNLI volunteer helmswoman, Dwynwen Parry, said.
Another RNLI volunteer spotted the boat battling 30mph offshore winds while out walking at 4.30pm on Tuesday. The lifeboat was there in 10 minutes.
"He called the station, we have high powered binoculars, and we saw one person in the water and the other one paddling like mad trying to get back to shore," a spokesman said.
The man who had come off could have suffered hypothermia if he remained in the water.
"Because there were only two of them they were struggling to get him back on," the spokesman said.
"Kayaks are very unstable."
The two had the "bare minimum" of safety gear.
"They perhaps thought they were going for a paddle around the bay, but they were not prepared for a worst case scenario," the spokesman said.
"The worst case scenario was that they would not have been spotted and been separated from the kayak. They did the right thing by staying with the kayak."
The RNLI currently has a campaign called #RespectTheWater which focuses on the dangers that catch people out.
The men were handed over to Moelfre's coastguard team on Traeth Bychan beach.


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Tuesday, June 21, 2016
Thursday, June 16, 2016
the many faces of james
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Thursday, June 9, 2016
its a girl thing // cranberry
this i need to do this afternoon:
* finish scoring the kiddo's math pages
* fold and put away the mountain of clothing that is currently covering my bed.
* laundry
* play with my puppy.
places I'd rather be today:
* the beach. always the beach.
* Paris
* Italy
* Goldendale
simple things i love at the moment:
* lemonade
*captain crunch cereal
*morning coffee, afternoon coffee, after dinner coffee
* the sound of the rain outside my window
*listening to Lydia pretend to talk on the phone
* ice cream
* watching my siblings watch a movie
Tuesday, June 7, 2016
How to Get Dressed // Book Review
How to Get Dressed
by Alison Freer
Costume Designer Alison Freer's styling kit is a magic bag of tricks, built to solve every single wardrobe malfunction on earth. TV and film productions wait for nothing, so her solution have to work fast. In How to Get Dressed Alison distills her secrets into a fun, comprehensive style guide focused on rethinking your wardrobe like a fashion expert and making what's in your closet work for you.
...instead of repeating boring style "rules" Alison breaks the rules and gets real about everything from bras to how to deal with inevitable fashion disasters. Including helpful information such as how to skip ironing and the dry cleaners, remove every stain under the sun and help clueless men get their sartorial acts together, How to Get Dressed has hundreds of insider tips from Alison's arsenal of tools and expertise.
- From the back cover
I'd never read a fashion book before, but was interested in a review by one of my favoritest bloggers, so I started reading this with high hopes. The book itself is adorable, with gold and polka dot accents all the way through. I love books that are not only interesting, but are also designed attractively and adorable, and this book was both! And her tips and tricks are insanely practical. It's stuff real people can use, not a book of designer clothing and tips only people with a huge budget can use. Practical advice for using what you have, altering to make things more flattering, and what to buy intentionally instead of just splurging on lots of stuff,
I would definitely recommend this book to those interested in dressing intentionally and learning to be practical, frugal, and comfortable with their wardrobe.
I would definitely recommend this book to those interested in dressing intentionally and learning to be practical, frugal, and comfortable with their wardrobe.
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Friday, June 3, 2016
These are a few of my favorite things // 07
+ reading books with Lydia
+ being busy
+ late night ice cream
+ funny conversations with James {4}
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First President - Best President?02.04.2012 | 19:42
Zviad Gamsakhurdia is ranked third in the ranking of the project of the First Channel of Georgian Television "Georgia's Big Ten". Some consider him the savior of the country, others - a dictator and an adventurer; and someone calls him the best president. Currently, there are a lot of his supporters in Georgia.
"Merab, Georgia is captured. We must liberate it", Zviad Gamsakhurdia told his friend, the national hero Merab Kostava.
Initially, Gamsakhurdia had some supporters, although later, they left him. Someone due to the pressure; someone has been receiving money from the KGB; there were other reasons. These men were patriots, but no longer able to engage political activity, since the fight with bare hands against the Soviet empire was not possible that time.
Referendum to discuss the issue of Georgia's independence and withdrawal from Soviet Union, was held on March 1991. That time 99% of the population voted for independence, and April 9, 1991, Georgia, led by Zviad Gamsakhurdia, withdrew the USSR.
Georgia faced the question either to stay under Russia's influence, or to move under the influence of the United States. Gamsakhurdia was against both of the options. He tried to save Georgia as original and neutral country. And big countries could not forgive it to him.
Dali Kviraia, a spokesman for the public movement "Round Table":
"I especially remember a peculiar form of his remarks, which was more like a caress. He was a true leader. "I must do it. And I must do it in time", he used to say.
Maka Razmadze, journalist:
"The first Zviad Gamsakhurdia's appearence on TV took place at the time of my TV-program. It was the program "Kviriake", which was broadcasted live. I have often personally heard Zviad, Merab Kostava and Louise Sakiashvili, drinking red wine and singing. These were memorable evenings.
Father Archil Mindiashvili:
"Mister Zviad was blessed by God. Zviad could have brought Georgia out of hell."
Teimuraz Koridze, Gamsakhurdia's supporter:
"When he was almost unanimously elected the chairman of the Supreme Council, I wanted to congratulate him. He sat in a small room alone, writing. "Congratulations", I said aloud. He looked up in surprise. "Have we fought for something?" The power for him was one of the means of spiritualization free Georgia.
Nodar Savtvaladze, MP for Gamsakhurdia:
"Zviad was already president when we left for the western Georgia on business. On the way there we visited a village where my 86-year-old grandmother lived. There was my brother. Zviad was master of ceremonies. And when he said a toast to my old grandmother, he knelt and kissed the hands of my grandmother. He adored the elders, he loved talking with them".


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In just a month, teams will guide this 300-pound, 6-foot-tall humanoid robot in a series of simulated trials as part of NASA's Space Robotics Challenge.
Meet Valkyrie: She's 6 feet and 2 inches tall, weighs about 300 pounds, and cost $2 million — and one day this humanoid space robot, or more likely her much more advanced descendant, might help humans colonize Mars.
Although that ultimate goal is still a long ways off, Valkyrie, a prototype developed by NASA's Johnson Space Center, will take her first Martian-specific test next month, as 20 teams guide a simulated version of the robot through a set of scenarios. Winners may take home a hefty prize: $1 million is on the table.
Valkyrie: A Tour
At first sight, Valkyrie looks not unlike Iron Man, the glowing circle on her chest marking her status (blue when motors are engaged, for example). But draw back the infrared-transparent faceplate and instead of Tony Stark, you'll find a whirring LIDAR sensor that's constantly scanning the surroundings for objects and obstacles.
Cameras and sensors abound on Valkyrie — in addition to a MultiSense SL camera on her head, which combines laser, 3D stereo, and video to get a sense of the environment around her, additional "hazard cameras" look ahead and behind from her torso. On each three-fingered hand, 38 sensors help maintain dexterity. Numerous small motors (actuators, in engineer-speak) control the robot's 44 degrees of freedom, including seven-jointed arms.
The brains of the robot are two Intel Core i7 computers, which combine the sensors' input and determine the best course of action. And, while testing is generally done with a power cord in place, Valkyrie also has a battery pack that's good for about an hour.
All of that sensing, computing, and moving will be essential to Valkyrie's future mission on Mars. While NASA initially developed Valkyrie (or, as she was initially called, R5), for disaster relief, in 2014 the agency changed course to reconfigure her for deep space. As one of a class of "caretaker" robots, Valkyrie might help set up living compounds on Mars, maintaining power and life support systems until the humans arrive.
Space Robotics Challenge
To that end, Valkyrie and the humans developing her are now facing space-based trials, such as the the Space Robotics Challenge that takes place in June. Here's the setup:
In the not too distant future, R5 has arrived on Mars along with supplies ahead of a human mission. Overnight a dust storm damaged the habitat and solar array, and caused the primary communication antenna to become misaligned. R5 must now repair an air leak in the habitat, deploy a new solar panel, and align the communication antenna.
So basically, Valkyrie will replay the plot of The Martian, minus the part about growing potatoes.
Twenty teams will compete in the challenge, which is entirely simulated: teams will issue computer commands to a virtual Valkyrie, who will operate within a virtual Martian backdrop. But virtual doesn't mean easy — teams will have to deal with strictly defined tasks, limited bandwidth, and a built-in latency designed to mimic the communications delay between Earth and Mars. You can follow the teams' progress on Twitter.
But the Space Robotics Challenge is only one step of a marathon. NASA has also provided MIT and Northeastern University with Valkyrie prototypes for further development; Northeastern's Valkyrie is hosted at the NERVE (New England Robotics Validation and Experimentation) Center of University of Massachusetts, Lowell. A third group at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, purchased a Valkyrie prototype from NASA.
These three teams are teaching Valkyrie complex subjects, such as how to walk across uneven surfaces and grasp different-shaped objects. They're also learning how robots and humans can best communicate with each other.
Why a Humanoid?
Whether you follow Valkyrie's progress on Twitter or see a live demo of her abilities, as I did at the NERVE Center in April, one thing soon becomes clear: making a humanoid robot is hard. On the one hand, it's pretty incredible to watch a person-shaped machine walk up and down a ramp or navigate a doorway. On the other hand, it's also incredible how much work it has taken to get here.
"Valkyrie can currently walk over flat terrain by balancing her weight at all times," says Taskin Padir (Northeastern University). "That's why it looks slightly different than human walking." The ability to walk on soft or uneven terrain, he adds, is the next goal.
Watch Valkyrie show off her balancing skills in this video:
Replicating humans' ability to walk has long been a robotics goal, but it's still not foolproof*, which is why space-based robots (such as Spirit, Opportunity, and Curiosity) have so far still relied on wheels to get around. But when it comes to, say, building human habitats on Mars, robots will have to be human-shaped — because ultimately, it will be humans, not robots, living and working on Mars.
* At least one other humanoid robot has made strides in walking ability, but Atlas, created by Boston Dynamics, is different from Valkyrie in some key ways. It can navigate freakily well across uneven terrain thanks in part to its hydraulic power, but fluid pressure (and possible accompanying leaks) is not particularly well-suited to space. So Valkyrie uses less powerful but more reliable electric actuators to keep her balance.


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Khalaesi Resident: Absolutely the awesomest place to hang out, with one of the best hostesses on SL. I salute you Mara,,,
4 months ago today my husband took me here on our first date and we fell in love on your ship thank you so much for making this ship it truly is the ship of dreams.
hi mara, ty for beautiful music and atmosphere every time, i really appreciate it!
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Thank you for your time Mara you have a beautiful classy place here :))
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Hi Mara... been a while since I was last here but this has to be the most amazing creation in Sl
I had the pleasure of visiting the ONLY true replication of Titanic in the US. They used the real authentic findings and may I say I had to share with you. You have such a beautiful replica in SL. And thank you for giving us a place to relive one of the worlds greatest wonders......Titanic.
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Konstantinos Koutras, Consul General of Greece
Honorary Chairperson
Amb. Vasilios Philippou, Cyprus Consul General
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John Callimanis
|Theodora Goulas
Peenelope Karageorge
Minos Papas, Technical Consultant
Amalia Cosmetatou, Advisor
Aspa Bitis, Hellenic American Chamber of Commerce
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Lydia Vangelo Callimanis
Frances Gretes
Connie Ioannides
Aspasia Katerinis
Emmanuel Katsoulis
Artemis Kohas
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Pares Mallis
Frances Moschou
Patricia Moschou
Toula Sifnaios
George Stephanopoulos
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The mission of the New York City Greek Film Festival is to establish a presence for Greek films in New York City and environs. The festival aspires to bring the best work of Greek filmmakers, past and present, to New York and to show the films in the most up-to-date screening facilities.
Working in an economic environment that makes the financing of motion pictures particularly difficult, today's Greek filmmakers are reinventing themselves and enlivening the critical discourse. They are drawing the attention of audiences worldwide and winning major awards at international film festivals.
The New York City Greek Film Festival is proud to be a part of this exciting renaissance and is committed to bringing these films to New York and to the world's most discriminating audience.
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The HACC was founded over sixty years ago to promote commercial and cultural ties between Greece and the US. Today it is a thriving organization of successful entrepreneurs devoted to strengthening the bond between the two countries.
The HACF was established in 2010 to promote Hellenic heritage and culture.
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Arnica is a difficult plant to grow, but well worth it. This plant prefers sandy acid soils, rich in humus. Arnica grows in the central and northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere. It is slow to germinate, sometimes taking as long as two years, so the best way to propagate it is by root division in the spring. Arnica produces large daisy-like flowers in the mid-summer to early autumn. This is a protected plant in Europe.
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