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Thursday, August 20, 2009
i know a lot of us do that, but the thing is... we don't have too. we choose too.
buying a house that was "affordable" by california standards, but still has an unbelievable monthly mortgage puts pressure on me and boyfriend that i can't even begin to express. we didn't have to do that, but we chose too. has it made our life any better to have this house? has our quality of life gone up from home ownership? in all honesty, i don't think so. all it's done is take the majority of my money and make me feel trapped and pressured on a daily basis. putting ourselves in a situation where we are "required" to bring home a certain amount of money each month just to pay for where we live has affected everything else in our lives.
and it's weird because sometimes i'm torn.
i seem to be fully aware that we have brought this upon ourselves. and so when i think about accepting change into our lives- to achieve more balance- home ownership (at least in this state for the most part) seems to be the first thing that needs to go... unless we want to continue this vicious cycle. and trust me when i say that, it is vicious. i don't know. i'm just thinking about lots of things lately.. unsure about some of them.. questioning others..
like i said, it's a work in progress..
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- Angry Julie Monday said...
Ms. Jennster,
We have this discussion in our house all the time. We seriously pay out almost $4K a month to live in 1100 sq. foot in So. Cal. OH my fucking god, that's a lot of money.
I like the fact that I get to paint, decorate, etc. but is it really worth all of that.
I told my mom recently, that sometimes I wouldn't mind just walking away. She completely FREAKED out. Like screaming at me. I told her, it's not like how it was when you got married, etc. In the 70's and 80's the ultimate quest was to buy a house, own land.
I could care less. Tax deduction, yea okay. But sometimes, I feel that we have no freedom. We can't afford to travel, do things, etc. because we are stuck with the huge debt. Yes, we got into this ourself.
But now, 4 yrs later, I recently faced a 5% pay cut, and who knows what else? I pay over $200 a month in HOA fees, etc.
I def. will not judge anyone who walks away....that's just me. Because I'm there, I'm soo there.
- Audrey at Barking Mad! said...
I'm so glad you wrote this, although you risk raising the hackles on all the people who will say, "Well she knew what she was getting into when she bought the house and signed the note!" You know the ones I'm talking about.
Having said that...I think A LOT of people are having this discussion, either on an introspective level, or with their partners/spouses because there seems to be this realization that there is MORE to life than the things money can buy, and, is it really going to be worth it in the end? Are you going to be able to look back and say, "Gee, I'm really glad I worked all those hours (or at a job you don't like, you can insert any reason here). After all, I only missed a few major milestones in my child's life.."
I'm not suggesting ANYONE walk away from a debt or obligation. Not in the least. But I think people make decisions when it seems ideal and then things change. Shit happens. Our priorities realign.
This is just one of the reasons I'm glad I no longer live in So Cal. Believe me, it's not cheap where we are in Maine...add to that the fact that we are in a pricey neighborhood and surrounded by foreclosures. Our home lost close to $100K in value in the last YEAR alone and the city won't reassess our taxes. We don't stand a chance of regaining any of that value any time soon either...not with the local Naval Air Base shutting down in mere months. It's a major employer around here and a lot of those people are walking away from their homes because they can't sell their home for anything close to what they bought it for.
I love Maine. I love raising Gaby here and I love the quality of life here. But it's not an easy place to live...or MAKE a living!
Jenn...whatever decision YOU make will be the right one!
- jennster said...
julie.. totally. you feel me. i have thought about the fact that we just got ourselves into a 30 year loan right? what, we're going to have the damn thing paid off and then we're going to die. there's no way that if i want/need to retire before the loan is paid off that we would have enough money to pay the house payment. THEN WHAT???! i don't feel that owning a house has made us a stronger family. i actually feel more resentful and bitter than anything. and fucking trapped. and like all of my time is spent at work and I HAVE TO DO IT because lord help us if i don't work at this job and make this kind of money then we will lose the house. you know? the presssssure!!! it hurts.
and if 1 more person talks to me about the tax deduction, my head is going to explode. i don't know about you, but our tax deduction was a joke and what we got back last year on taxes was definitely not enough to make me do cartwheels or anything. hell, i got more money back at the end of the year when i was a single mom.
*deep breath*
thank you SO much for writing.
- jennster said...
audrey.. THANK YOU so much for writing too. i am loving the deep, and honest thoughts and sharing. truly. when i think about moving back to so cal, it makes me happy, but i also do not want to get into the same exact predicament that we're in up in nor cal. i don't want to repeat this cycle of feeling trapped, and all the money goes to a house. i kind of just want to LIVE LIFE and live it as carefree and happy and stressless as possible. i'm not sure you can do that owning a home in this state anymore, you know? and i'm not sure that i want my entire life to be about working to pay for a house, when i would be perfectly happy renting a really nice place that someone else ultimately fixes if there's a problem.
now that's not to say that i would want to pay rent on a place that is anywhere near the amount of a mortgage, you know? that defeats the whole purpose.
- Sober Mommy said...
Although I don't live in So Cal I do relate to your comments on feeling like you are working for a house AND that you know that you got yourself into the situation.
Oh, how I know..
I've thought long and hard about walking away as well - in fact I thought it just this morning. The problem was that although I could walk away most of the problems wouldn't walk away with me.
We (my dh and I) had to put ourselves on get out of debt program and hopefully, in 2011 we'll be down to just the mortgage but I know, until that time happens, that I'll feel your pain if not daily, then weekly...
Hugs to you!
- NGS said...
Reading stuff like this makes me so glad I have never bought a house. So many people judged my husband and I for continuing to rent (as we were looking at the place we eventually wound up renting the MAIL LADY for the building walked up to us and told us we should be buying instead of renting - WTF?! - she knew nothing about our financial situation), but the truth is that we are not in a financial situation to do so. We live semester to semester. I read in a magazine somewhere that if you're thinking about buying a home before you're 40, you should really think twice and three times and four times before leaping in. Thanks for just reiterating that for me!!
I totally understand.........your concerns are the number one reason why we DIDNT buy in California. Chris has a great job but there was NO WAY we'd ever be able to afford something decent in Cali without killing ourselves. IMO....and this is just me--if you can walk away, for fucks sake WALK AWAY.
- Alison said...
By "walking away" I hope your commenters are not telling you to literally walk away from the house. I can understand not wanting to pay the mortgage on it, but I know that right now you can afford it (maybe some readers don't realize that). Sell the house and find something to rent that is more affordable and comfortable. If you "walk away" from it, you'll be even more miserable when you see your credit scores.
- jennster said...
i would never just walk away from it, but i would totally sell it and then maybe have some cushion for LIFE and living it, ya know? :)
- Grand Pooba said...
Living pay check to pay check is definately no way to live. I've been there! If the fact that you have a house that you love isn't enough to make you feel right about paying for it then I don't think it makes sense to keep it.
- norcalgirl28 said...
We have the "why do we pay so much to live in this county" discussion all the time. But then we think about the affordable places to live and wonder if we would WANT to live there and we can't think of anywhere else we would WANT to live. It really makes me feel completely stupid though when I watch House Hunters and see what you can get in other parts of the country. Like we could sell our house and pay cash for a house twice the size somewhere else. Doesn't that make us kind of stupid?? I actually thought of you the other day. There are two "bank owned" beautiful townhouses about a block away from your old house. I was just wondering how much they cost and if you could have bought one of those houses. It's all timing and there was no way to see any of this coming. Frank actually wanted to sell the house in December of 2007 when it was, literally, worth almost $275,000.00more than it is now and I thought he was crazy. He wanted to sit tight and buy again in two years. Who would have possibly imagined he would be right? You know what the inside of my house looks like...everyday I walk in and I think, how is this worth it if I can't afford to furnish it, replace the floor coverings, etc? I think people in other parts of the country think people in our counties are completely nuts..and maybe they are right. I completely understand where you are coming from. Hang in there my love. p.s. We are going to invite ourselves up one of these days. We will bring the pizza!!
- norcalgirl28 said...
p.s. Sorry about rambling, this post just hit close to home.
- jennster said...
norcal- i love the rambling!! it's crazy, it really is.. but so many things get wrapped up in 1 thing...
YES PLEASE COME UP!!!!! PLEASE! just let me know when! we would love to see you guys!!!!! :)
- Lara said...
Nothing wrong with a little introspection. In fact, it's very healthy and helpful. :)
- Donna Steinhorn said...
It's good to be introspective. And it sounds like you've made the decision to being to live a life of choice, rather than settling for the status quo or what's expected.
I'd suggest that the next thing you do is identify what you do want for your life...what do you value (freedom? convenience? culture?) When you can identify the things that are really important in your life, you can then begin to make choices that serve you. And by doing that you create a life that is not only uniquely yours, but is more likely to lead to genuine happiness. And isn't that really what we all want?
Keep up the good thoughts. Donna
- corrin said...
Wow - my husband and I are saving and praying to be able to buy a house this spring. The responsibility and the commitment makes us both nervous but we know we'll be much happier and we think that happiness will improve our quality of life.
I can absolutely understand how not everyone would have that same feeling. Especially when their house payment is more than my husband and I combined make in a month. I'm seriously seeing stars just thinking about writing a check for $4k every month.
My sister and husband have been going through this for the last 6 months..they realized after they bought the house how actually unhappy they have become. With 3 kids and basically not a lot of extra they decided to get rid of the house and downsize. Life has been a lot better since then. Good luck girl.....don't let a "house" harsh your mello girl!!!!!
- Anne said...
Hey Jenn,
Nothing wrong with being introspective - it's a part of life! Although not in exactly the same boat, I feel trapped at a job I no longer enjoy. I was emotionally split when they offered me an extension - rage that I have to stay, and a moral obligation to bring in money so we don't get behind on things.
There is definitely more to life than working long hours to prove yourself at a job. But there is definitely also something to having a happy home, whether you rent or buy. You just have to find the right balance for YOU, regardless of what the conventional rules of society tell you.
I mean... back to the job thing. I had a job I didn't like, so I quit. My parents sort of understood, but then again they were of the mindset that a job is a valuable asset, and if you're not up to snuff you'll get fired and the company doesn't care because there's 12 people waiting in line for work. Well, I'm on the mindset that it's my life and I need to be happy.
It's a mentality thing... I joke around with Jim's fiancee that you seem like you always have it all figured out, so you'll get there!


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The disappearing lake trick/
On Sunday 20 November it's the 36th anniversary of the 1980 Lake Peigneur drilling disaster. The shallow lake — almost just a puddle at about 3 m deep — disappeared completely when the Texaco wellbore penetrated the Diamond Crystal Salt Company mine at a depth of about 350 m.
Location, location, location
It's thought that the rig, operated by Wilson Brothers Ltd, was in the wrong place. It seems a calculation error or misunderstanding resulted in the incorrect coordinates being used for the well site. (I'd love to know if anyone knows more about this as the Wikipedia page and the video below offer slightly different versions of this story, one suggesting a CRS error, the other a triangulation error.)
The entire lake sits on top of the Jefferson Island salt dome, but the steep sides of the salt dome, and a bit of bad luck, meant that a few metres were enough to spoil everyone's day. If you have 10 minutes, it's worth watching this video...
Apparently the accident happened at about 0430, and the crew abandoned the subsiding rig before breakfast. The lake was gone by dinner time. Here's how John Warren, a geologist and proprietor of Saltworks, describes the emptying in his book Evaporites (Springer 2006, and repeated on his awesome blog, Salty Matters):
The other source that seems reliable is Oil Rig Disasters, a nice little collection of data about various accidents. It ends with this:
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Anna Murray
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Anna Murray (M.Phil, B.Mus, ARIAM) is a multimedia composer, musician and writer based in Dublin.
Anna obtained her Bachelor of Music degree from the National University of Ireland Maynooth in 2009, where she specialised in composition for mixed media. In 2011 she was awarded an MPhil degree in Music and Media Technologies from Trinity College Dublin, where her final project was The Echoes, a multimedia composition exploring the connections between text and music. She is also an Associate of the Royal Irish Academy of Music. Her work focusses on works for small ensembles or solo performers and electronics. She is also an audio-visual artist.
As a pianist and composer, Anna has studied with Leonora Carney, Adrian Vernon Fish, Gordon Delap, Donnacha Dennehy and Linda Buckley. She has had works performed by The Crash Ensemble, the Rhombus Ensemble, Philip Lawson, David Adams and the Gap Static Piano Trio and has also had works presented at the Hilltown New Music Festival.
She is a member of the Irish Composers' Collective, and is represented by the Contemporary Music Centre. Anna is co-director of Dublin-based new music production group Fractal with Philip Lawson, as part of which she is about to embark on an Irish national tour of new works for guitar and electronics with visuals, curated and engineered by herself and performed by Philip. She also plays keyboard, electronics and bass for The Manhattan Syndrome, and is a qualified piano teacher.
Anna is also a journalist in the area of music and the arts, and is an Editor for The Journal Of Music, as well as a contributer to a number of other publications. She also works in the area of arts management, independently and as part of Lundström Arts Management, and concert promotion, with the Irish Composers' Collective, Ergodos and others.


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Topping The Speed Ball's eagerly-anticipated, exquisite decor year after year is a responsibility that would cause some to crack under pressure. But to Amy Streeter, it's a welcomed opportunity to think outside the box.
For the last seven years, Streeter – the 11-year owner of Susan's Florist located off Preston Highway – has served as the floral chair of the premier Louisville gala, working alongside Bittners Vice President of Residential Design Ron Wolz. From chocolate roses and pheasant feathers to streaming garlands filled with snapdragons, Streeter's keen eye for striking design creates an atmosphere of elegant floral art at each annual Speed Ball.
For the 40th anniversary of the event, held at The Gillespie on March 2, the evening's floral theme will be entirely white, featuring hydrangeas, roses, orchids, tulips and trachelium, among other flower varieties.
The Voice-Tribune caught up with Streeter to learn more about her long-time involvement with The Speed Ball and what can be expected for the 40th installment of the spring soiree.
–Ashley Anderson, staff writer, The Voice-Tribune
Why an all-white theme for The Speed Ball this year?
One, we try to make it different every year because I think that brings a lot more interest for the guests. But at The Gillespie, because it is the new venue, we wanted to do something that would be very elegant and clean, because there's a lot of gold and it's kind of a deco theme there. So we wanted to do something that would be very elegant and upscale.
How long does it take to prepare for The Speed Ball?
As far as the actual setup, installation for the big pieces on-site, it's two full days – all day Friday and all day Saturday. But we start on Monday, so it's a week long for the actual (production of) the arrangements. (And) there are hours and hours that go before that between Ron and I in coming up with the recipes and sourcing all the flowers and the containers.
How many designers help you prepare the arrangements?
There will probably be eight of us that will be incorporated into the event.
Where will the arrangements be placed throughout the venue?
They'll be at the guest tables, so there are 43 tables, some upstairs, some downstairs. And we have four different designs that will be mixed throughout. This year we're going to do some white topiary trees that are probably almost 8 feet tall on some of the tables downstairs.
In the seven years you've worked with The Speed Ball, does one stick out the most?
I would say probably the year that we did the peacock (arrangement). It's been hard to top that because so many people saw it, and not only that night, but … there were openings at the museum, so that week I went back to the museum every day and watered it and fixed flowers, so that it was there from Saturday to Saturday. … That one was definitely like putting together a Rose Bowl parade float with chicken wire and all the rest.
How big of a role does the decor play in The Speed Ball?
I think it's a huge part of it, because people have high expectations for the flowers there. I think probably as much, if not more, than any other ball in town, the flowers are a huge part of it.
What's the day after The Speed Ball like?
The day after, we do the breakdown, and we take all the flowers and rearrange them in smaller containers so we can take them to nursing homes. So we distribute them throughout the community for people who don't get to attend the ball.
That Sunday we have all these volunteers come in, and I usually will try to do a little flower arranging class for them, just so they can do something in their own backyard. That we get to share that with people throughout the community is great too.
What do you love most about your work with The Speed Ball?
I think one of the things that I enjoy about The Speed is being able to do things out of the box. … Because the big pieces that we do are certainly not something that you would even see in somebody's home.
I think (The Speed Art) Museum is such a phenomenal jewel for Louisville, just like so many other things that we have that you don't realize until you maybe move away from Louisville or have children and start making field trips and those kinds of things. I think that it's important to give back, and so I feel like the museum is a piece of Louisville that everybody can enjoy, young and old, and we've got a lot of beautiful pieces in there. I've enjoyed working with everybody, and I feel like it's a wonderful thing that we have here in Louisville.
The 2013 Speed Ball will be held March 2 at The Gillespie, 421 W. Market St. Chaired by Jonathan and Tracy Blue, with creative direction from Bittners President Douglas Riddle, The Speed Ball will include cocktails, dinner catered by Corbett's, dancing and dessert, along with a performance by Indigo, a Ken Arlen Orchestra. As the Museum's largest fundraiser, the ball supports The Speed's many education programs, exhibitions and family activities.
For more information, visit www.speedmuseum.org or call 502.637.6363.Â
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Article written by me for Freshly Picked. Features their most adorable baby moccasin (I wish they came in my size)!
I wanted to make a little list on how to add color to your wardrobe! Tips and tricks just for you to try!
Start with 1 staple color
Then add 2 or 3 complimentary colors. Try to think of a fun color scheme!
Some tricks to putting colors together are first think of the season. In the Spring, pastel colors mixed bright flower colors. Summer colors are bright citrus mixed with cool relaxing colors. For Autumn warm earthly colors with harmonious natural colors. Winter is bold jewel tones matched with bright white.
Another trick to combining a nice color scheme is to think of interiors that suit you or art pieces or posters that you like the colors to. You are drawn to those colors, so use those colors in your outfit.
If you need a little more help with coming up with a color palette, try using a color wheel. Look at colors that are opposite on the color wheel, for example, blue and orange. They work very well together because they contrast against each other. With the color wheel there are different hues for each color. So a darker purple blue opposite color (it's complimentary) is a yellowy orange. Where as a more green blue complimentary color is orangey red. Using colors close on the color wheel works well too. But to make your outfit pop throw in a little of an opposite color on the color wheel.
Remember your clothing accessory options
Accessories are the easiest way to add color to your wardrobe. So remember them when you are putting your outfit together!
Are you nervous about wearing color? Start with your shoes. It's the easiest thing to add to your wardrobe to give you that bang in your outfit.
More on this to come.
Bright Lipstick
Don't be afraid! If you've tried colored lips and you hated it, perhaps it wasn't the right color! There are endless amounts of color. Find the shade that works for you skin tone but also works with your color scheme.
Don't just think of socks for when you are wearing sneakers or boots. A bright sock makes a statement mixed with a strappy shoe.
I love matching my red sunglasses with my lipstick!
Add layers
Layering brings a new dimension and fresh perspective to pieces. You might already have clothes that you can layer in your closet right now!
Try one of these layers ideas:
Try putting a long sleeve-button down shirt under a sleeveless dress or add a sweater over a dress.
Layer a dress over pants.
Wear visible and fun socks with strappy shoes.
Put layers of jewelry.
Layer a longer shirt under a shorter one.
Mix up a crop top shirt/sweater with a dress.
Try wearing an untucked flowy short blouse with a skirt and a belt around it.
There are endless options; it's just about thinking them up!
Add a scarf/bandana
A scarf is a very overlooked accessory, but it's such a fun way to bring color, creativity and dimension to your outfit. Think of all the different types of scarves there are: small, skinny, large, wool, silky, extra long, knitted, cotton, solids, patterned!
So now the next trick is what to do with a scarf.
Tie it around your bag
Tie in your hair. The ways are countless ways whether it be turban, the forehead scarf, the full head wrap, the front twist, the headband, the retro knot, the banded bun, the big bow, the knotted front bun, the list can go on and on.
Wrap or tie it around your neck. There are endless options and different ways to tie around the neck.
Use it as a belt
Find a way to match one piece of your outfit to an accessory
Whether it is your shoes, your lipstick, or jewelry, sunglasses, this trick is an easy way to pull a look together and make it feel cohesive is repeating the same color in your outfit.
Remember the texture of your clothes and mix-matching different patterns
Try mixing up different textures. Maybe it is a silky dress with a knitted sweater. Mix small patterns with larger patterns. This gives dimension to your outfit.
Colors should make you feel confident. But if you think colors don't suit you perhaps you just haven't found the right hues for your skin tone. Try holding colors against your face and see which looks the good.
Just have fun when you dress! It's about how it makes you feel! Find the right clothes for your body and the most complimentary colors for you skin tone. That way everything you wear can POP! Try some of these tips + tricks out and I hope you feel confident in what you wear!


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The latest statistics from Transport Scotland have confirmed that one hundred and sixty-eight people were killed in reported road accidents in Scotland in 2015, which is a reduction of 17% compared to 2014.
The statistics are based on the number of road casualties reported to the police in Scotland in 2015. The figures show the total number of casualties fell by 3% between 2014 and 2015 from 11,307 to 10,968, the lowest number since records began. As well as the decrease in fatalities between 2014 and 2015, the number of people seriously injured also decreased by 6% to 1,596.
There were three fewer pedal cyclists killed than in 2014 and 15 less pedestrian fatalities. There were also three less motorcyclists killed and nineteen less car user fatalities.
2015 saw a 7% reduction in car users seriously injured, motorcyclist seriously injured decreased by 21% and there was also a slight reduction in pedestrians seriously injured; however, there was a 3% increase in pedal cyclists seriously injured and bus casualties seriously injured increased from 28 to 49 between 2014 and 2015.
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The Geneseo men's hockey team finished their regular season on the road over the weekend, falling to Brockport 2-1 on Friday. The Ice Knights (16-9-0, 10-4-0 in the conference) won four out of their last five regular season games to clinch second place in the SUNYAC.
On Friday, the Ice Knights played the Brockport Golden Eagles, who needed a win at home to make the playoffs. After a scoreless first period, Brockport scored on the power play two minutes into the second period on a shot just past junior goaltender Derek Jokic.
The Golden Eagles extended their lead in the third period on a backhander four minutes in. Geneseo was finally able to break through with five minutes left in the game when junior Mathieu Cyr assisted senior Mike MacDonald on his 14th goal of the season, a one-timer, past the Brockport goalie. The Ice Knights continued to apply pressure to the Golden Eagle defense, but were unable to score the tying goal in the final minutes.
Geneseo struggled on the normally potent power play, going zero for eight in the game. Jokic made 22 saves on 24 chances in the losing effort. "They probably worked as hard as any team who had their backs up against the wall," said head coach Chris Schultz. "This year, I don't think people gave Brockport credit for how hard of a working team they are."
The Ice Knights now prepare for the SUNYAC playoffs which have undergone rule changes this year. The playoffs now consist of a one-game series instead of the traditional best out of three game series. "It will favor upsets because if a team catches another team on an off-night, anybody can win," said Schultz. "Good teams come to play every night though, regardless of the situation. I like the playoff structure because it will enable the SUNYAC champion to be better rested for the NCAA Tournament."
Geneseo and Oswego received byes in the first round of the SUNYAC playoffs for being the top two teams. In the quarterfinals, third-seeded Plattsburgh defeated sixth-seeded Brockport 9-2, and fourth seed Buffalo State fell at home in double over time to fifth-seeded Fredonia. The Ice Knights will host Plattsburgh on Saturday, Feb. 24 at 7 p.m. at the Ira S. Wilson Ice Arena in a rematch of the past two SUNYAC championship series, both of which were won by Geneseo.
"We'll be stressing special teams, competing hard, defensive zone responsibilities and faceoffs," added Schultz. "Regardless of who we are scheduled to play, these three aspects are the most important heading into the weekend."


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La Raza Cósmica
Published in 1925, La Raza Cósmica (The Cosmic Race) is an essay written by late Mexican philosopher, secretary of education, and 1929 presidential candidate, José Vasconcelos to express the ideology of a future "fifth race" in the Americas; an agglomeration of all the races in the world with no respect to colour or number to erect a new civilisation: Universópolis.
As he explains in his literary work, armies of people would then go forth around the world professing their knowledge. Vasconcelos continues to say that the people of the Iberian regions of the Americas (that is to say, the parts of the continent colonised by Portugal and Spain) have the territorial, racial, and spiritual factors necessary to initiate the "universal era of humanity".
Claiming that the Darwinist ideologies are "scientific" theories only created to validate, explain, and justify ethnic superiority and to repress others, Vasconcelos attempts to refute these theories and goes on to recognize his words as being an ideological effort to improve the cultural morale of a "depressed race" by offering his optimistic theory of the future development of a cosmic race.
Usage of phrase
The phrase, "La raza cósmica", in English "the cosmic race", embodies the notion that traditional, exclusive concepts of so-called "race" and nationality can be transcended in the name of humanity's common destiny. It originally referred to a movement by Mexican intellectuals during the 1920s who pointed out that so-called "Latin" Americans have the blood of all the world's so-called "races": European, Asian-descended native Americans and Africans, thereby transcending the peoples of the "old world".
Vasconcelos also used the term when he coined the National Autonomous University of Mexico's motto: "Por mi raza hablará el espíritu" (For my race the spirit will speak).
It has come, often in its shortened version "La Raza", to refer to the mixed race people of Latin America, i.e., primarily mestizos, mulattos, and zambos or all three combined. Vasconcelos also used the expression, "la raza de bronce" ("the Bronze race"), in this same sense.[citation needed]
See also
- Chicano
- Hispanic
- Latino
- Mexican American
- Mestizo
- Mulatto
- Multiracial
- Race and ethnicity in Brazil
- Race (United States Census)
- Race of the Future
José Vasconcelos, La Raza Cósmica (Mexico D.F., Espasa Calpe, S.A., 1948), 47-51


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Well, our last Odd Eats experience with ambergris might have been distinct smelling but at least it was subtle. This week's Odd Eats is everything but! Durian is one of the naturally strongest smelling fruits I've ever come across. And apparently I'm not the only one who feels that way. In Singapore, it is actually forbidden to even have any of the fruit with you on public transport and in some hotels because its odor is considered so revolting by some. One thing's for sure: it seems to be a love-it-or-hate it kind of food.
This tropical fruit is native to Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia but is now also grown in Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Myanmar, India, Sri Lanka, the West Indies, Florida, Hawaii, Papua New Guinea, the Polynesian Islands, Madagascar, southern China, northern Australia, and Singapore. A quick trip through the interwebs reveals a range of interesting descriptions of the fruit from the flattering, "…a food of the most exquisite flavour it is unsurpassed," to the slightly less-than, "Its taste can only be described as…indescribable, something you will either love or despise. …Your breath will smell as if you'd been French-kissing your dead grandmother." (Gotta love Tony Bourdain).
My first experience with durian was a few years back in Taiwan where I ingested it only through my nose in the open air produce markets. One smell and I was sure I didn't want to eat it. So since I was already biased I decided to try this infamous fruit out for the first time right alongside my boyfriend who is a passionate durian lover. And wow did we have differing opinions!
First off, I shall we say… affected THREE freezers in the process of eating this fruit. I transported it from friend's house to friend's house and left all their ice boxes smelling… distinctive. Through a plastic bag and a paper bag… fully frozen…distinctive. The interesting thing to me is that my reaction to the smell and his reaction to the smell are essentially opposite even though we actually describe the smell in a similar way. It should be noted that his first taste of durian was at the age of six traveling through Southeast Asia. My first taste was at the elderly age of twenty seven. I'm already a closed-minded, crotchety old lady!
So what I can only describe as a sweet tropical fruity richness followed by a pungent rotten onion smell, he describes as, "Yum!" He said one whiff and his mouth waters like crazy. His descriptors of its taste included onion, garlic, fruit liqueur, "a little banana in there," natural gas, garbage, "the essence of tropical countries," heavy cream, garlicky ice cream and "this can NOT be low cal."
I would agree with all of those, especially the onions, the natural gas, the garbage and, strangely, the fruit liqueur. I can't compare it to another fruit because to me the fruitiness is unlike any other. It truly is sweet and rich, pulpy and meaty, like cherimoya with an even thicker custard consistency, but its aftertaste, which seems to travel up your throat, down your nose, and then back up and around again for hours after consumption, is incredibly powerful and I personally found it extremely unpleasant. However, I must say: I could definitely see developing a taste for durian. It's rich, it's distinctive and it's truly tropical. And I mean I do love onions…
In sum: Creamy, fruity, odiferous… polarizing. There simply is no other fruit like durian.


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Sandro Sammarco has posted an update on the official forum regarding the current state of play regarding the 2.2.03 patch. You can read it here.
Month: December 2016
News Update
Following the live 24 hour Christmas stream held by Frontier there were a number of questions answered by David Braben. You can find a summary of those comments here, or look at the complete list of new on "The Future, it's on the list…"
Beta 2.2.03 – Update #4
On the 20th December Frontier released another update for the 2.2.03 Beta patch. The patch notes can be seen here.
Beta 2.2.03 – Update #3
On the 16th December, Frontier have released the third Beta to their 2.2.03 patch this morning. You can read the patch notes, here.
Happy Birthday Elite: Dangerous
The game is two years old today! For those interested to see how the game has grown, click HERE for a list of features since its initial release. And looking to the future, here's a few of the things Devs, some time ago, were looking forward to seeing most….
Networking Changes – 2.2.03
Senior Programme Howard Chalkey posted on the official forum regarding some changes to the networking coming in the 2.2.03 patch that Frontier are currently working on. You can read them here or below:
"We're constantly trying to improve the underlying systems code in the game, as well as the gameplay, but sometimes it can be difficult to diagnose and fix problems when you can't reproduce them in-house. In order to help understand the causes of instancing and connection problems, we have been working recently with the Fuel Rats, to collect network logs of any rescue attempts that didn't go as smoothly as they should.
"Some of the issues we have seen from these reports have already been fixed in the live game, with hot-fixes to the servers. If you're already in a wing with another player, and you're trying to meet up, then you should be assigned to the same server when jumping into the system (even is one player is un USA and the other is in Europe.)
"We have a number of fixes to the networking code which we're testing in this new beta, but in order to explain the changes I'll first need to explain about 'Turn'. When we're trying to set up a connection between two player machines, it's sometimes the case that due to the way the routers or firewalls are configured, it's not possible to establish a direct connection. In this case, we follow an internet standard called TURN (rfc5766) to relay the packets from one player to the Turn server, then back to the other player.
"Bug no 1: Prematurely Skipping to Turn
"Because of the timeouts and retries, it normally takes around 15 seconds to decide that a direct connection isn't working, so we should switch to using Turn. Now we know that we're never going to be able to set up a direct link between certain types of routers, and we're exchanging info on the router type along with the connection addresses, so in those cases where we know we're not going to succeed with a direct link, there's an optimisation to go straight to Turn: however this wasn't taking into account those cases where one of the players had set up manual port forwarding on his router (in which case a direct connection should be possible.)
"In the latest beta, if you have configured manual port forwarding, this info is also passed to the other player, so we don't skip straight to Turn when a direct connection should be possible.
"Bug no 2: Incorrect Letter Fragmentation
"The networking code exchanges packets from one machine to another; each packet contains one or more letters, but a packet cannot be more than 1500 bytes (maybe less, depending on the MTU.) One of the network logs from the FuelRats showed an error where a large letter (over 4k bytes) had been broken into smaller letters for transmission, but then one of those fragment letters was still too big to fit into the packet. This bug would eventually result is a p2p disconnection.
"What was happening was at the time the letter was being broken into fragments, it was using the theoretical maximum packet size for the connection; however when it came to put the second or subsequent fragments into a packet, the buffer size for the packet was actually smaller than expected (because it was communicating over Turn!) This bug is also fixed in the current beta.
"Bug no 3: Initialisation Race Condition
"One of the things we need to do at startup is to identify the type of router: this can sometimes take several seconds. In some cases, we were connecting to the server before this process was complete, and passing incomplete connection details to the server (in particular, this left out the Turn details) – these incomplete connection details would then be passed on to other players, and if a direct connection proved to be impossible, it would not then be able to fall back to using Turn. We have a fix for this in the pipeline for beta3.
"Bug no 4: Handling Port Forwarding
"As mentioned above, some players set up a manual port forwarding rule on their router, so that (for example) any packets coming in on the router's external port 5100 should be mapped to their PC's local port 5100. They would then set port="5100" in their appconfig.xml. However this port forwarding usually only applies for incoming packets: when the PC sends a packet out, the router may select a direct random external port to transmit from. This means that when our server receives the packet, it thinks that random port number is the one to reply to (which works, because the router can see it's a reply), and it also uses it when telling other players about how to connect to the machine (which typically will not work).
"Back in summer 2015, we added another appconfig setting, eg. routerport="5100" which means the game will tell the server that manual port forwarding is in use, and the server should reply to that port 5100. However this new setting was not adequately communicated to the players, and relatively few have set this option.
"In beta3, the game will assume that if you have set port="5100" in your appconfig.xml, this means that you have set up port forwarding in your router, and the routerport option should no longer be necessary (unless you're using a different port number, I can't see why you would want to do that, but I'm not going to prohibit it)
"For most players using a domestic broadband router, manual port forwarding should not be necessary – if the router supports UPNP the game can tell the router what ports to use. In the current beta, only around 1.5% of the connections are from players with manual port forwarding.
"I'd like to thanks the Fuel rats (especially Cmdr Absolver, Cmdr Termite Altair and Cmdr Curbinbabies) for their help in investigating these problems, along with Cmdr Jan Solo for his log files with evidence of the race condition bug. We will continue to look into bug reports: if you think there's a networking issue, please submit a support ticket, and supply network logs if possible, but I hope this fixes will make a noticeable improvement to network stability."
Q&A – 'Missions' Live Stream
The current situation is that missions are an on going development and have had a couple of overhauls since their inception. The team are currently working on the current 2.2.03 Beta with some reward passes (to get the right pay outs) as well as some fixing certain outstanding issues. The following is a best attempt to transcribe most questions brought up in the live stream.
Q. When will players be able to share winged missions and how will it be rewarded?
A Shareable wing missions are something they want to do, but are not in the immediate roadmap and will not be in 2.3. A lot of considerations have to be taken into account in about how they will work which in turn raises a lot of questions in multiplayer – which are much more difficult to solve.
Q. What's the reason for the low number of missions given by a faction?
A. Currently in live version it's mostly a technical problem. They share an allocation with normal missions. So if there were 40 missions total, they will be shared unequally between passenger missions and normal missions. In the current Beta, they've fixed a bug and introduced another bug, which lowers missions numbers but this has been fixed and there should be around 20 missions generated.
Q. Will engineers ever give you missions for rewards you need?
A. For now, no – they will not be able to give you missions because they are not factions. Maybe in the future it will be possible, but 4 engineers do have factions (Quent – Sirius) Those factions who are attached to engineers, could give missions on their behalf.
Q. Have you considered ED community to provide missions outlines?
A. Missions seem very simple, but they are actually more complicated. So giving them to community via a GUI would be a lot of work. They only have so much time and it's difficult.
Q. Any plans for same system missions rather than having to jump to another?
A. This is currently possible as there is a 0 and 500 light year limit for their generation. However this means that missions are often not generated in the same system. A variant could be made but it would be complicated and would have to work for all variations.
Q. Every missions offers ++ mission increase, not + or +++.
A. This is a known issue. Currently being fixed by designers on internal builds and will be going out in near future.
Q. Missions filters?
A Missions are not generated per player. They are created for everyone who goes to that system for the next 15-60 minutes of time. It could be possible in the future where in theory you could have a filter, but it requires GUI work and it's not currently a high priority.
Q. I dont seem to be making any enemies, only friends and allies from missions?
A. Failing a mission leads to making enemies. A mission reward pass is currently underway and a recent pass was made to make sure that in an assassination mission killing a pirate lord will give the pirate faction a negative effect.
Q. Passengers missions requiring luxury cabins are hard to come across. Any chance they could be made more common?
A. Yes, they can be and the feedback will be looked at. Problem is that making them too popular will generate too many and will then be given to players who are unable to take them if they have no cabin. This can be frustrating for the player.
Q. Do you feel removing rank locks from missions removed the feeling of progression from the game?
A. No, dont feel it did. Removed some brick walls in terms of missions offered.
Q. For multi stop passenger missions can we be paid for each leg?
A. A big difference with VIP passengers is thatg they get disgruntled if they dont make the complete trip. This is an important part of carrying them and as per real life 'you'd probably do anything President Obama asked of you if he was in your taxi.' This make them different to regular missions.
Q. Procedurally chain missions were removed, will they return?
A. These were courier missions. Feedback made them feel that they didnt realise they were providing the kind of experience they wanted. But it was partly a test bed to find out how missions could progress into different areas of the game.
Q. What is limiting factor in introducing new mission types?
A. If you take the example of generating a mission aftger scanning an object – A design would have to be made, be looked at, signed off. Then they'd have to create mission progression elements and then variable generators, then look at creating a new template. Then there's the side panel, inbox messages, what happens when you abandon the mission – plus there's testing and GUI time, plus whether they think it actually adds to the game and how it affects other teams schedules and fits into the overall schedule.
Q. Can be accept missions we dont have cargo space for?
A. The main reaspn they dont allow this is because the missions needs to know you can complete it and it doesnt look at every other ship you own in the game before generating the mission. More complicated missions with more variables lead to more edge cases which would create more errors and abandoned missions. These were actually removed some time ago, for just this reason.
Q. Elite only missions?
A. Adam under impressions that there were some in the game and it looks like it's a bug that will be looked at.
Q. More missions after encountering NPC's through the inbox?
A. These dont appear hugely often but more of these would generate a higher server load. However, a greater chance of getting these missions is to stay in one place for 15 minutes or longer. At this point a server request is made to generate one. Maybe in the future more will be generated depending on what you scoop – a black box for instance. These only ever happen in populated systems.
Q. Military missions?
A. Aware of desire for something along these lines and they dont have anything to announce soon, but it is being looked at as a possibility.
Q. Is it possible to have more variation for the 'opposition to a mission' in terms of the ships sent after you?
A Yes, technically possible but requires a lot of balancing. They could generate wing to come after you, or change the type of ship coming after you but no ETA and guarantees. The logic has to get more complicated based on rank and again more time is required to get it done.
Q. Will missions be added for 2.3 or 2.4?
A. Nothing to announce in terms of passenger missions for 2.3.
Q. Any chance of increasing variety of ways missions brances can change if items are scanned or salvaged?
A. This is always being looked at in terms of the missiosn template system. For example, Nav Beacon scanning.
Q. Missions to pick up crew once your ship is lost.
A. Possible, but a question that goes beyond the teams remit and into multicrew.
Q. Will there be missions that require top tier loadouts?
A That's the challenge and it's very difficult. A simple delivery mission has at least 6 variables which creates a lot of possibilities in terms of what can and can't be generated for a player.
Q. For material missions rewards can you consider increasing their drop rates in missions?
A. This could be done and they will take on board the feedback, but those materials cost money in the form credits you'd get from the missions, which would then generate lower credit rewards.
Q. Can the timelimit for Colonia missions be increased?
A. This was a bug and missions will now only be generated in Colonia.
Q. On the fly missions are fun but rare.
A. Getting in space missions in the future could be coming in the future, but is likely to be a way off.
Q. More missions to give better reputation and influence?
A Yes, they will be looked at once the current credit pass has been looked at. Balancing passes take a long time due to the scale.
Q. Will Jaques station get missions soon?
A. Yes, it will be coming soon, but it needs testing first.
Q. Example of missions generation:
A. Two missions, go from one station, one to a close station one to Hutton Orbital creates a lot of differences due to the scale of the game.
Finally, Passenger missions additional destinations will be made optional for the player.


text: On the blessed day of Ashura we gathered at the Mill Road site for prayers to celebrate the start of works. As well as architects, diplomats, contractors, engineers and other consultants, the happy event was attended by representatives of the city's different masjid communities. The event began with a Qur'anic recitation by Imam Isa Karadere, and ended with a beautiful dua by Mahmut Özdemir.


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Since late 2006, James Fallows has been providing regular coverage on China for The Atlantic Monthly. His first piece for the magazine was subtitled "Our Man in Shanghai..." and the retro phrase caught our eye not only for its imperial overtones (the frequency with which it is used to describe newspaper reporters is unnerving, since the phrase calls up Graham Greene's title, Our Man in Havana, a book about nothing so much as bad intelligence), but also for its gender implications. After all, "our man in China" is just as often a woman (as has been the case in the past; for instance, this report--dated language intact--from Time on their reporter Annalee Jacoby). Here are a few we follow regularly.
1. Luisa Lim has been reporting for NPR for more than two years, and her in-depth reporting has covered forced abortions, Thames Town (outside Shanghai), and her own difficulty reporting in China.
2. At the Wall Street Journal's "China Journal," Sky Canaves tracks the daily trends from Hong Kong.
3. Maureen Fan at the Washington Post makes an effort to include regular people in her detailed reports.
4. Luisa Lim is not alone at NPR. Not only has NPR created a homepage, "China: In the Spotlight," but this recent report on land seizures after the earthquake at "Marketplace" (broadcast on NPR) indicates that Lisa Chow is another lively voice on public radio (the end of the report, when Chow catches the party secretary red-handed attempting to seize local land, is alone worth a listen).
5. We've mentioned Sexy Beijing (and its frontwoman Anna Sophie Loewenberg) at China Beat before. Recently, though, Loewenberg has been doing features for "All Things Considered" (also on NPR). Listen here or view the full episode at YouTube.


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Did I necessarily need a book about "20 Tools to Power Up my Teaching"? Probably not…on the surface.[Edited to add Link to Adam and Steve's Untangling the Web Padlet from Iste which is pretty GREAT!]
However, my teachers needed it and this tool, this one book just made my new life so much easier. Untangling the Web, written by the amazing Steve Dembo and Adam Bellow is probably one of my most fantabulous takeaways from ISTE, because that is where I bought the book! Adam even signed it. (insert #geekbumps and #nerdgasms) If you haven't seen the most amazing keynote ever, you need to stop reading and WATCH IT NOW! (Jump to 25 minutes in)
What I love about Untangling the Web is that it is not just a checklist of tools, but a guide with ideas on how to use them. In addition, there are pages of "tweets" embedded within each section with feedback from their PLNs regarding each tool. I found people to add to my personal learning network that were not a part of it before. How cool is that?
The power of Untangling the Web, lies in its social community with access to video tutorials. As one community member Bobbi Capwell stated, it is a way for teachers to meet and mingle that may be easier than twitter. I agree with that. For some teachers, the comfort of a community geared towards one idea is a great segue into expanding to the twitter world, if they so choose.
For our teachers, every single tool in this book will be new. It is a truth that can't be ignored. I'm happy that they will have a handy guide to ease the transition into a world with access.
For the record, I learned some fantastic tools as well like capzles, an awesome tool for creating a visual timeline. I've known about easelly, but I've never used it and my book gives me a more hands on guide.
With the book, digital companion, online community and videos… Dembo and Bellow thought of everything!
If that is not enough, check out the book trailer created by Dennis Grice. It's #FreakishlyFantastic


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Taking Care of Your Needs
Last year I made a number of big observations about myself. One of them was that I was - to borrow a tech term - DDOSing myself. I wasn't giving myself the opportunity nor the space to allow my needs, my wants, and my desires to take any kind of shape.
Looking back at that piece, I found one throwaway sentence I want to come back to.
I'm thus carving out a space where I can get my needs met and also still be a non-jerk.
At the time I wasn't quite sure what that space would look like, so I didn't discuss it much. That post was more about the fact that, oh yeah, I have needs - and they are important. At the time, giving myself permission to feel that was a big step forward.
Just having that feeling is a great start, but I felt a little lost on what to do next.
Knowing Your Needs
I find it useful to check in with myself about my needs. Then, and only then, can I deal with them in a satisfying way. Here's a few ways I approach this.
First, is it immediate? If my stomach is rumbling, I'm hungry. I should try to not wait until I finish my current task to take care of myself unless I am physically unable to do so (like, say, giving a talk.) Whitney & I discussed this in episode 1 of Designing Yourself. (transcript here, below edited slightly for clarity)
...I can definitely remember times when I've held off going to the bathroom because I've really got to finish this screen or I've really got to finish this thing. And for goodness' sake, your body's saying, hey, we've got to go now. ... that's a part of self-care. And it's really weird to me, and very troubling when it's a matter of something like going to the bathroom. These are really basic things. ...these are super basic, and we deny them. We say, "Hey, that can wait." Is that really taking care of yourself, really?
Short answer, no! It's not! If it's immediate, take care of yourself now. NOW.
All right. If it's not immediate, then I start to figure out when I can satisfy myself. For instance, if I feel the need to move my body, I check in with myself and see what I can do. Can I do something now like stand up from my desk and take a walk? No? Okay. That's sad. I think about time next: can I find a time soon that I can do this?
Mind you, a part of me will be upset if I can't find that time right now, but I need to call on other, calming parts of myself to say, "No, it's cool - we won't let this slip. It's important." One example: I would very much like a massage. But it requires a bit of planning (checking the schedule, finding a babysitter, scheduling the appointment, finding the money for it in my budget...) so I can't do it right now. Thus, I'll pop it in my to do list and prioritize it appropriately.
If the need isn't immediate and I feel it's important, then yes, it comes down to prioritizing this against everything else in my life, which is probably the most difficult thing to do. A massage for me isn't just a one-hour period of rest and care; it's also the planning that goes into it, including putting myself in a state of mind and presence where I can truly enjoy the massage and not feel stressed. That is not trivial!
The planning piece, then, includes all of those tasks outlined above plus this: is there anything that my family needs that is more important at that particular moment? Now, I always used to default to, "Yes!" in an effort to be selfless. But I found that if I always did that, I was actually not helping because it meant I was saying no to self-care. And when you don't take care of yourself, then you can't take care of others. Simple as that.
(I'm also in a position where I'm not, say, taking full-time care of a family member, or the like. I recognize this is a luxury and a privilege.)
At some later time, I'll (hopefully) come back to my to do list and break out "Get a massage" into discrete tasks. It's mechanical, but the mechanical parts of me need to lend a hand so I can have my needs met. Otherwise, I'll feel longing and sadness over having "Get a message" on my list and seeing no forward progress on it. And then I'm not really taking care of myself.
It's important
Again, self-care is important. Over time, you'll find an amount of care that you need. Sometimes it will be a lot more and sometimes it may be less. But be sure to not cut it out of your life altogether.
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Kiev, Ukraine. With the future of corruption and a free ride depending upon setting up courts to hear corruption cases, the Poroshenko administration prepares for a new life of trying to stay one step ahead of the NABU detectives as the IMF ordered crackdown starts.
The government launched a drive to fight corruption last year under which judges and other public sector workers are required to detail their wealth in an online database. About 30 judges, with annual salaries ranging from $10,000-$13,000, own Porsches, according to their declaration for 2015 and others have huge sums of cash just laying around the house.
"The weakest link in our fight against corruption is the Ukrainian court," Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said at a press conference in April. Groysman was speaking shortly after Transparency International released figures showing that Ukraine ranked 131 out of 176 countries in the World Ranking of Corruption Perception.
One judge declared a 2015 salary of $10,354, a watch costing 68000 hryvnias, and cash in hryvnias, euros and dollars worth the equivalent of $383,000, according to the 2015 online declaration he filed.The Ukrainian judge acknowledged in an online declaration that he owns a Breguet watch worth nearly a third of his annual salary and keeps piles of cash at home.
Ukraine is trying to show its international supporters and lenders that it can tackle entrenched corruption, including in the judiciary. Ukraine's next welfare payment of a $17.5 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund will depend on Kiev showing progress on reforms including anti-corruption measures.
The Ukrainian government, activists and anti-corruption officials have said the judiciary acts as a shield for corruption and distorts the business environment.
The central bank complains that the judicial system has hampered its efforts to shut down banks it believes are engaged in nefarious practices such as money-laundering. It says that courts have given rulings that allowed 12 banks to stay open when they should have been closed, according to several central bank statements.
The wealth declarations of some of Ukraine's most famous politicians and public officials have been pored over by the media and anti-corruption activists. If the prosecutors are right, Ukraines judges have a totally destructive influence on Ukraine's business climate.
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