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It doesn't take a rocket scientist to know this 'October Sky' soars
By Barry Reszel
Once more, Chicagoland musical theatre patrons are given the honor of an invitation to sit on the launching pad of a world premiere musical with a legitimate shot to reach the industry's highest heights.
Recent such offerings have included eventual Best Musical Tony winner Kinky Boots, Sting's The Last Ship, current Broadway mega extravaganza Amazing Grace, Chicago Shakes' Sense & Sensibility and Drury Lane's just closed phenomenon Beaches, to name just a few.
True aficionados ought not take opportunities like these lightly. For God's sake, people, it's not an invite to a second cousin's wedding, and it won't run the price of a Waterford goblet.
So do not think twice. Mentally RSVP yes; physically buy a ticket; pick up another for a friend; and get to Lincolnshire's Marriott Theatre's two-month launch party for the out of this world October Sky.
This tender new musical from local talents Aaron Thielen (book) and Michael Mahler (music and lyrics) has skyrocketing potential. It's based on the wonderful 1999 movie starring young Jake Gyllenhaal and lovely Laura Dern. The film adaptation comes from the 1998 autobiography of NASA engineer Homer H. Hickam, Jr., Rocket Boys. October Sky is an anagram of the original title, harkening back to a radio description of the Soviet spaceship Sputnik as it crossed the October sky in 1957. Universal Studios changed the title in the belief it would attract a wider audience, and the book was re-released with the name to capitalize on interest in the movie.
Aaron Thielen and Michael Mahler
Thielen's book is painstakingly true to the movie script, detailing Hickam and friends' maddeningly average high school existences in small town West Virginia until an attentive and caring teacher turns them from destined lives in the coal mine to national science fair winners, college scholarship recipients and, most importantly, believers in their dreams.
The central back story revolves around Hickam's coal miner-turned-management father, a depleting West Virginia mine and a mother who never pursued her own dreams of a better life than the one she lives. A full plot synopsis of October Sky may be read here.
Mahler's wonderful, country-laden score is an exquisite blend of ballad, soft rock and anthem that enhances the October Sky experience for fans of the book and movie and is sure to create enthusiasts among those coming to the compelling story for the first time. The nine-member Bluegrass band led by Patti Garwood provides the absolute perfect accompaniment. Among the many musical highlights, teacher Miss Riley's "Something That's Divine" is destined for regular airtime on Seth Rudetsky's Sirius XM show On Broadway. "Marching into Hell," "Never Getting Out Alive," "Look to the Stars," "Hey Did You Hear," "Solid Ground," "Stars Shine Down" and "The Man I Met" are titles to particularly listen for.
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Brilliant Director Rachel Rockwell leads the inspired world premiere cast, featuring dashing Nat Lewellyn as Homer and perfectly cast Johanna McKenzie Miller as Miss Riley. Alex Weisman is wonderfully memorable as nerd friend and fellow rocketeer Quentin. Susan Moniz and David Hess are stellar as Homer's parents as is Derek Hasenstab as Mr. Bykovski, the mine's machinist who helps the boys pursue their dreams. Joined by Homer friend Roy Lee (Patrick Rooney) and his stepfather Vernon (Neil Friedman), these "no small roles" are critically important characters, integral to October Sky's real focus—authentic, meaningful relationships (father/son, husband/wife, teacher/student, friend/friend) and common experience foundational to any pursuit of dreams.
This production's acting, singing and limited choreography are all first rate, and Theresa Ham's period costumes are exquisite. Thomas M. Ryan's effectively minimalist stage design is necessary for Marriott's theatre-in-the-round setting. His miner's shaft is particularly interesting, and the effects used for the boys' rocket launches, while not overly impressive, are certainly adequate.
All this said, this production is a Mercury flight with an eye to an eventual Apollo moon landing. Truly dramatic sets, stunning effects (preferably on a large proscenium stage) and some honest, painful editing (particularly in the first act) are among the elements necessary for such a lunar launch. Once they happen, the sky's the limit.
But that's for a future launchpad. The present invitation is to join in the inaugural liftoff of what just might be the next great American family musical. There isn't a reason on earth not to attend.
"October Sky" is presented at Marriott Theatre, 10 Marriott Drive, Lincolnshire, through October 11. Tickets ($50-$55 with some dinner packages available) are available here www.MarriottTheatre.com or by phone at 847-634-0200. Parking is complimentary.


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OPM has announced a 4-hr early dismissal, and isn't ruling out that they may move that further up if the storm starts to move faster. They aren't alone.
Why is there a photo of Nats Park in an article about Snow Dismissals?
This might be more appropriate – given that 100,000+ people will be flooding the metro this afternoon.


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HomeNewsGIRLFRIEND OF THE WEEK: FAUSAT OGUNBAYO Asking for $900 TRILLION
GIRLFRIEND OF THE WEEK: FAUSAT OGUNBAYO Asking for $900 TRILLION
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What is the going rate for taking a mother's children from her care at the ages of 10 and 12 and placing them in the foster care system for nearly four years with little or no reason? Fausat Ogunbayo says it's $900 trillion, a number most likely pulled from an aching heart that has YET to have her boys back with her. She's suing the State of New York and Ogunbayo is representing herself, citing in court papers, her boys have endured " terror, horror, grievous harm, time lost, substantial economic hardship and injuries," while in the foster care system.
According to the Staten Island Advance, the Administration for Children's Services (ACS) removed her boys because Ogunbayo appeared unstable and refused treatment, "She allegedly told a doctor her children's skin was becoming darker each day, due to radiation. In another incident, she wrote her children's school that the FBI and Secret Service were out to get the boys, ACS said in court papers."
[There was an episode on Law & Order where kids were getting sick from chemicals stored in a apartment building. I'm just saying. Maybe not so crazy.]
ACS also noted that Ogunbayo left her 10 and 12 year old children alone while she worked. But according to the New York Office of Children's Services, 12 or 13 is appropriate for leaving children unsupervised. [I started babysitting at 11].
The Advance also notes that "Ms. Ogunbayo submitted a November 2008 letter from the children's pediatricians, saying they seemed to be well cared for during the eight preceding years in which they were patients. Doctors also said they hadn't seen Ms. Ogunbayo behaving erratically."
And, the children had up to date immunizations, excelled at school and had near perfect attendance records.
Recently, the State Appellate Division vacated the Family Court's order saying, "Proof of mental illness alone will not support a finding of neglect," unless there's a causal link between the parent's condition and actual or potential harm to the child, said the court."
The court ruled the children must be returned to their mother, but ACS is planning to appeal, so they won't give them back.
By the way, in the state's custody, the oldest boy was arrested for marijuana possession just last year. There were no run-ins with the law when their mother cared for them.
$900 Trillion. The price Fausat Ogunbayo and her children have already paid is much higher.
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Today is a self-care day. It started with a weigh in at the Weight Watchers meeting, a walk with girlfriends, visiting a new yoga studio for a lunch time OM and a workout with the trainer later this afternoon. There are deadlines that are looming, phone calls to return and emails to answer. But if I don't take this time for me today the continuing weeks are going to get worse mentally!
Sometimes I find myself going so fast that I don't stop to do this until it's too late - I fear this is one of those times. Ever experience this? You know when you wake up and wonder how you got where you are RIGHT now and it's 10 years later?
Weigh in today was finally something to rejoice over! Down -2.6 pounds, I was actually pretty nervous getting on the scale this morning because of the travel I did last weekend.
Kept track of everything I ate (whether I knew the points or not) on my iTracker app - even if I nibbled!
What are you doing for a self-care day? Happy Wednesday!!!


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Irma's Business Interruption Claims
Contingent business interruption claims from Hurricane Irma could take years to resolve.
By: Alex Wright | September 20, 2017
Topics: Catastrophe | Claims | Health Care | Manufacturing | Property
Hurricane Irma tore through Florida and the Caribbean destroying tens of thousands of homes and businesses, forcing people to be evacuated, and causing an estimated $25-35 billion in damage. On a commercial scale, however, the industries hardest hit were hospitality, retail and construction, as well as health care and manufacturing, say experts.
But worse than the initial physical damage caused to their properties are the mounting business interruption (BI) and contingent business interruption (CBI) claims from companies forced to shut down because of the storm. At one point it was estimated that 62 percent of residents had lost power, exacerbating the problem and leading to issues such as mold.
And with further storms approaching, notably Hurricane Maria, there's the added challenge for claims adjustors of scrambling to try and differentiate the damage caused by each event, particularly in the more inaccessible areas. That's on top of trying to reallocate resources from other storm affected parts of the country including Texas.
"Hospitality clients and real estate clients including commercial condominiums and apartments have had some significant claims," said Marsh's U.S. property practice leader Duncan Ellis. "Then there are the school boards and retailers, from strip malls to individual big box stalls, a lot of whom have suffered significant damage."
Estimating overall insured losses in the "tens of billions," Lockton's national property claims director Sheri Wilson expects tourism and hospitals, nursing homes and assisted care facilities to be the worst affected in terms of commercial losses.
Duncan Ellis, U.S. Property Practice Leader, Marsh
"Florida's tourism industry is going to take a battering, not just because of the short-term damage, but with the high season just around the corner they are not going to be able to recover in time because of the lack of materials and manpower," said Wilson.
"The hospitals are a bit unique in terms of business interruption because they have so many different sources of revenue, so it takes time for that to work itself through the claims process and we won't know the true financial impact until later this year."
Willis Towers Watson's head of property broking Gary Marchitello also expects Irma to result in "significant business interruption losses" arising from extensive power outages, taking months to resolve.
"These business interruption claims could take months to calculate," he said. "Even if a specific property is not damaged, the insured's property may face other obstacles to its operations, for example it could be impaired by civil authority and/or it may not have a means of ingress/egress due to nearby road closures."
Beazley's head of property Mark Bernacki added: "A key part of the loss escalation will be what's covered under the extended period of indemnity. This allows the insured, post the normal period of indemnity, to pick up additional business interruption loss until the business can resume full operations."
Hospitality clients and real estate clients including commercial condominiums and apartments have had some significant claims. —Duncan Ellis, Marsh's U.S. property practice leader.
While Irma has forced many businesses to shut, Kevin Kavanagh, a partner at Wilson Elser LLP, believes that the longer-term implications are much worse, including lost jobs.
"How long can you be shut down and not be bringing in any money or paying your employees?" he said. "It's just devastating for smaller businesses, a lot of whom don't have contingent business interruption and barely enough business interruption to cover their losses."
Given the scale of the storm, it could also have a knock-on effect on the supply chain for months or even years down the line, said EY's Americas Insurance & Federal Claims Services Leader Allen Melton.
"Take for example a manufacturing facility that had to close before the hurricane, came back and discovered they have little physical damage to their facility, but they have suppliers that produce key components or raw materials that were either severely impacted or completely destroyed," he said.
"If they have coverage for contingent business interruption in their policy, they could have a fairly complex claim that could continue well into next year."
Another issue is mold. With its humid environment, Florida is susceptible to mold and other diseases like Legionella, exacerbated by the power outages resulting from Irma.
Sheri Wilson, national proprerty claims director, Lockton
Veronica Benzinger, chief broking officer at Aon Risk Solutions Environmental Services Group, said that mold has the potential to grow within 36 hours of water intrusion of a building. While many policies cover water intrusion, she said that they often don't extend to mold.
"The chances are that you are also dealing with potentially contaminated water full of chemicals, petrochemicals or biologics including sewage and so the process may become more extensive that just simply drying out, replacing wall board or pumping water out of your property," she said.
"The protracted period of no power will also add to the severity, potentially, of the loss, which combined with the humid environment and organic material to feed on, will only encourage mold to grow."
Alex Wright is a UK-based business journalist, who previously was deputy business editor at The Royal Gazette in Bermuda. You can reach him at [email protected]
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La Plagne - Les Coches, Paradiski, France: catered, sleeps up to 24 Ski-in ski-out Chalet Campanules offers features including sauna, wifi, spacious lounge with log fire, complimentary bar, and a fully catered service.
Here at Ice and Fire we aim to provide you with an outstanding ski experience. Come and join us in our warm and cosy ski-in ski-out chalet in Les Coches, part of the snow-sure Paradiski resort for a holiday to remember.
After a busy day on the pistes come back and relax in our comfortable lounge sitting around the log fire. Enjoy a tasty home made afternoon tea, wind down in our sauna, curl up with a film in our tv room, or enjoy a drink with friends from our complimentary chalet bar. We've got free wifi too if you need to keep up with the world.
Dinner starts with cocktails and canapés in the lounge, followed by a four course evening meal served in our spacious dining room. The menu changes daily but the aim is excellent quality home cooking made from fresh local ingredients, served with selected bottled wines.
Chalet hosting at Ice and Fire begins long before you leave home; in fact it begins the moment that you book your holiday. We can arrange in chalet ski fitting and overnight ski servicing, book transfers, ski hire and lift passes for you. Once you're here we can help you plan out your ski trips on the best runs and tell you about the mountain restaurants we like to use.
Our aim is to give you a real home from home experience. All you have to do is relax and enjoy so contact us now to start your holiday.
Ski-in ski-out location in the heart of Paradiski.
Spacious lounge and dining room with log fire.
TV room with satellite tv and nintendo wii.
Complimentary bar with beer, wine and soft drinks.
Book exchange and board games to borrow.
Hotel quality white linen, towels and bath robes with a mid week towel change.
Large communal balcony and a private balcony for most rooms.
Borrow cots, highchairs and childcare equipment free of charge.
Big discounts for whole chalet bookings.
No single supplements for single rooms.
Free booking service for transfers, lift passes, ski hire etc.
We offer breakfast and afternoon tea each day, and a four course evening meal 5 night a week in our spacious chalet dining room.
Start your day with a leisurely breakfast. Begin by helping yourself from our continental choice of fresh french bread and croissants, yoghurts, cereals, fresh fruit, tea, coffee, and juices which are all offered daily. Or why not go for the hot option - it changes daily but firm favourites with our guests are home-made pancakes; scrambled eggs with bacon bits and fried egg served with mushrooms and grilled tomatoes.
A ski holiday wouldn't be complete without afternoon tea when you come back in from the slopes. Bread, butter, jam, tea, coffee and of course a freshly baked cake or tart is laid out ready for your return - all you have to do is put the kettle on!
We have a complimentary bar with beer, wine, soft drinks, tea and coffee available all day. So, whether you fancy a beer after a hard day on the slopes, or a glass of wine before dinner, please help yourselves.
Dinner is a social affair. We begin with a cocktails and canapes in our spacious chalet lounge, followed by a four course evening meal served with selected bottled wines. Our menu varies on a daily basis but the premise is simple - take good quality ingredients and modern recipes and combine them to create delicious home cooked food. Our final course each evening is a cheese course, giving you the oppertunity to sample the local cheeses which this region is famous for.
Chalet hosting at Ice and Fire begins long before you leave home, in fact it begins the moment that you book your holiday.
Our free booking service takes the hassle out of the holiday for you even before you arrive in Les Coches, La Plagne. We can reserve taxis or airport transfers for you; book lift passes, ski hire or ski school, organise a creche, babysitter or kids club for the children - you can even have your luggage delivered directly to the chalet for you!
Before you arrive at the chalet, we contact you to ensure that your stay is tailor-made to your requirements. We ask you to complete a booking form and we use the information that you include to ensure that everything is ready for your stay.
Worried about travelling with a cot or high chair for the children? No problem, we can arrange for you to borrow one for free. Just realised that one of your group is a vegan? No problem, we will happily cater for you. Want to celebrate a birthday or anniversary ? Let us know what you fancy, we can make some recommendations, and then once you've chosen, we can book a restaurant, massage or apres ski activity for you.
Once in resort, our chalet team are friendly yet professional, and here to help whenever you need us. Why not have a look through our extensive information folder for ideas of things to do in the area, ask us for our recommendations for runs to ski on, or let us suggest a restaurant to try at lunchtime?
So from the moment that you get in touch you can sit back, relax, and enjoy your holiday.


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Ramadan 2013 – Pearls of Peace – 20 of 27
Channel: Mufti Menk
Series: Mufti Menk - Ramadan 2013
Day 20, Sunday
salaam aleikum wa Rahmatullahi wa barakaatuh
Bismillah R Rahman r Rahim al hamdu Lillahi Rabbil alameen wa Salatu was Salam O Allah Muhammad Al amin Nabina Muhammad wa ala alihi wa sahbihi Jemaine
butterbean omental BMB accenting Elijah Medina we're back. We commence by praising Allah subhanho wa Taala sending blessings and salutations upon Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, his entire household and all his companions. And we ask Allah subhanho wa Taala to bless every single one of us and to grant us goodness.
Brothers and sisters, we have a few more days left for this beautiful month of Ramadan. The question is What have we benefited or what have we gained from this month? And if we have not yet gained We ask Allah subhanho wa Taala to make us from those who can make use of the last few days. And we ask Allah subhanho wa Taala to make us such that we become serious the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam during the last 10 nights of Ramadan used to be much more serious in acts of worship, not to say he was not before that but he took it to a different level. It's important for us to do the same. May Allah subhanho wa Taala forgive us and May this Ramadan be a means of change in our lives
that will be positive that will draw us closer to our maker. Brothers and sisters surak look man named after a very wise man Allah subhanho wa Taala peace and blessings be upon him and every one of us. In this surah Allah makes mention of the advice of this man to his son.
And some of the narrations make mention of the fact that he was from Africa and Nova which is the Sudanese region we ask Allah subhanho wa Taala to bless us. This would mean that Allah is making mention of a worshipper of his who said something that was full of wisdom, he was granted wisdom by Allah. So what are these pieces of wisdom? You will find in them repetition of the laws of Allah subhanho wa Taala but mentioned in a beautiful way. Allah says, What if Carla Lupo man only Benny mentioned or remember when Luqman said to his son, now he made mention of many things from amongst them. He says in verse number 13 of the surah yada yada to Sheikh Milla Yamuna. Yeah. Do you know
what that means? It does not mean Oh my son. It means my Oh my dear, beloved little child, my little son, a beautiful way of calling your child. From this we can draw a beautiful pearl. How do you address your children?
Do you use words of love and respect? And at the same time, affection that draws them close to you? Are you a person who doesn't even like to address your child screaming and yelling, swearing and shouting the whole day? If that's the case, we have learned nothing from the Quran. here Allah is saying this wise man knew how to talk to his child. Yeah, Buddha Yeah. Oh, my beloved son. Oh, my beloved little son. Amazing. Analyze making mention of that word here Boonen May Allah subhanho wa Taala make us from those who take the matter of addressing our children seriously. We need to show maximum love and affection. And that is when they will understand and realize that what we are
saying is good for them. It's better for them. But if you yell from one side of the house, expecting them on the other side of the house, to understand that you are the boss, it's not going to happen. Believe me, it no longer works that way. We need to control ourselves, my mothers and sisters, my brothers and fathers who are here this evening and who will be listening to this. Remember, fight your knifes fight yourself, fight the evil in yourself to come across as best as you can, especially to your children. That is your test. You need to build the next generation before you die by the will of Allah subhanho wa Taala This is the text. What's the point of us enjoying life disobeying
Allah instruction when our children will disobey or not in a bigger way, unless Allah has mercy on them. May Allah have mercy on us as well as an offspring. So he says, Oh, my beloved little son, do not associate partners with Allah for Indeed, the Association of partnership with Allah is the biggest form of oppression, it is called loom in the Arabic language. It has a very deep translation, it would actually mean to put something where it does not belong. It's known as Lulu to play something where it does not belong. So the biggest misplacement of something would be if a person was to worship anyone or anything besides his own creator and maker. So then he continues to
say, and oh, my beloved Son, remember that Allah subhanho wa Taala has enjoined upon us to be kind to our parents and hear the voices take a pause and the divert to the rights of the parents, especially the mother hammer
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me alone makes mention of how the period of gestation was so difficult upon the mother, and how the mother
breastfed the child or fed the child at that initial stage. And this is why my beloved mother's, it's not going to be easy. It's not going to be easy during the period of gestation during the pregnancy, number one, number two is, childbirth is not just going to be a walk over, it will be challenging some habits slightly easier than others. May Allah make it easy upon you. And looking after the child thereafter, is part and parcel of the opening of your door into paradise. Some will be calling, your door will open even quick for as long as you treat them correctly. There's no point in getting upset and smacking up a little child who's only two months old. If that's the case, what
door to paradise. This is why people used to say, you know, heaven lies under the feet of your mother. People have also spoken about the authenticity of that narration. But now the question is if that mother herself is not going to heaven than what heaven is under her feet, Allah protect us. This is why make sure that you have heavenly qualities you will guide your child now Allah subhanho wa Taala protect us and grant us goodness. So this verse or these verses continue to make mention of something powerful. If your parent one or both of them happens to be a disbeliever still, you owe them respect, still you owe them kindness and still you have to obey that instruction on condition
that they do not order you to do that which is bad, which is against the instruction of Allah subhanho wa Taala.
So this is made quite clear in verse number 15 and thereafter, verse number 16, Allah subhanho wa Taala says, Yamuna in
fill out on the TV.
Oh my beloved middle son, you need to know that even if it is a weight of a mustard seed worth of a deed or of anything, even if it is a little mustard seed, anywhere in the skies on the earth or within a rock, not underneath the rock inside the rock, Allah will bring it forth that deed is going to be seen that item is known by Allah He knows it definitely Allah. His knowledge encompasses absolutely everything. So my son, this would obviously you cannot hide from Allah. Nothing you do can be hidden from Allah subhanho wa Taala you need to know he knows about it and he knows very well about it. And he is waiting and he gives you a moment and you need to turn to him before your final
time comes up May Allah subhanho wa Taala bless us and grant us a turning point.
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was berala I saw back four items mentioned in that verse number 17. Oh, my beloved child, establish your prayers. Now the other day when I said establish your prayers, someone sent me a message saying, How can the previous prophets have said establish your Salah when Salah was a gift to Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam in Morocco before that there was no Salah. My brothers and sisters do not be fooled. Every nation has a different type of a Salah it's a prayer. Their prayer was slightly different. But the prayer we have today and we've engaged in we believe is a specific Salah for the soma. That does not mean the others did not engage in Salah Salah was there from the
beginning from the time of May Allah subhanho wa Taala has peace and blessings be upon all the messengers, but the way they established it was slightly different. We have the Roku and the sujood in a specific order. We have to read and say specific words and so on. This is the blessing of Allah. So this man is telling his child Oh my beloved little child, establish your prayer. Develop your connection with Allah, even if it means your inching day. But don't ever go back on your achievement. We ask Allah Subhana Allah to Allah to bless us. How many of us are ready and prepared to develop our link with our maker and to solidify the bond such that tomorrow will be better than
today, and today is definitely better than yesterday. I mean,
that to us, we can inch forward in Sharla and we can move forward, you know, inching forward is obviously better than not moving forward at all. But if a person is serious, they don't need to inch forward. They can move in leaps and bounds by the will of Allah subhanho wa Taala. So he says, Oh my beloved child, establish your prayer and enjoying that which is good, instruct people to do good. We should all be doing this and shall tell people do good. You know, tell people encourage them to do something that is
Good you'll achieve a reward and discourage them from bad when they stop you achieve a reward. Imagine if you took someone stopped drinking in a nice way. And if they stopped by the will of Allah you achieve a reward because of their abstention. Amazing, amazing. These are the gifts of Allah subhanho wa Taala. Then he says, Oh my son, bear patience regarding that which has reached you in terms of destiny, sometimes, you know, calamity strikes, difficulty strikes, everyone is tested. This man is telling his son Oh, my son is big allama sabak Bear patients regarding that which has struck you or which got to every one of us needs to learn this lesson. You want happiness, you want
peace, you want serenity, patience, Allah is going to test you and you need to know that Allah subhanho wa Taala tests will come more to those whom he loves even more in Allah either Abdullah Abdullah, the Hadith says when Allah loves someone, when Allah loves someone, he trusts that person, and he trusts them even more. May Allah subhanho wa Taala, bless us and grant us goodness. So these are the four points mentioned in that verse, the next verse, he says, verse number 18, to his son,
while at the same
time she fell out of the mouth. Don't turn your cheek to people. And this is an Arabic statement that would mean do not show haughtiness and arrogance to people, you know, you turn your face in that arrogance, and don't walk on the earth with haughtiness. We've mentioned this before, this is being repeated. And Allah has repeated this in the Quran because it is a difficulty that if we don't search ourselves properly, we might not even pick up that we actually come across very arrogant. If you don't study yourself hard, you might not tell that I'm a person who everybody really thinks I'm tough to get along with and I'm arrogant. But if you study and you check hard, you know, then
inshallah we will be able to resolve the matter or deal with it, at least something came to my mind, there was a man who told his son, Listen, my son, if I come across arrogant, let me know the most arrogant person but he used to beat up the child. So the chances Dad, you the best day, the best day well, I don't want to be beaten obviously. So the moral of it is when you are asking people to help you be ready to listen to the nastiest things, because believe me, we might be the some of the nastiest people, but people are too frightened because we are wealthy or because we have position or because we are just so violent, that people are so frightened to tell us that you know what your
attitude stinks. May Allah protect us. May Allah subhanho wa Taala not make us from those. So this is something we learn. Then he says wako CTV machico
powerful verse. When you walk, you need to walk moderately, don't rush that you trip, and don't even walk so slowly that people think you're loitering. It happens sometimes, you need to study you need to make sure that you are moderate in your walk, don't stamp your feet again, teaching us how to walk in the Quran in more than one place. Imagine how many of us have studied the way we work? And we look at it amazing. The Quran is made mention of it in many places, not just one. And then Allah says that he told his son
What will
lower your voice Lower your voice? So this is something we need to learn you want respect? Speak with a low voice? Not that you whisper when you need to address 1000 people No. But when you want to come across to people speak in the correct volume. Because you need to know if you yell You sound like a donkey. That's what this verse says. And the verse actually says in
Swati la sala hammy indeed the most detested of all sounds and all sounds is that of a brain donkey. The brain donkeys you know when donkeys bred What do you hear? You hear a sound you don't know what they say. But you know, there's something happening here. Either they're in pain, or they're giving you a message or they don't want to go or they want to go, you don't have a clue. So when we yell and scream, whether it's at home, whether it's at the workplace, whether it's on the road, no matter where it is, you know, the road rage of today, people swear, I know when I visited Egypt, once mela Grantham goodness and ease as we are speaking, there is a lot of turmoil there. Now Allah subhanho
wa Taala, bless them and those across the globe. And the driver we were sitting with, bumped into the car in front, and the two of them came out and started yelling at each other so loud, they were screaming at each other. And I thought somebody's going to beat somebody up and the one was screaming louder than the other. So the other one said, okay, it's okay, fine. And he walked into his car and they both went away. I told him what happened. He said, you're in Egypt when you knock somebody and it's a minor issue. The one who screams louder is the one who was right.
So to be honest, if that's the case, it means nothing. You come out and you yell and yell. If that's the case. We can all have competitions out to scream. May Allah protect us.
It doesn't make you right or wrong. Remember, fight your nerves to lower the volume of your voice. You earned a lot of respect. I remember once I entered the classroom, and they were making a loud noise, and when I went in, I started speaking very softly. And I started with this lesson. And in no time everyone was silent. I didn't even say keep quiet, because they wanted to listen what's going on. But I was so low in volume, but intentionally that they would only be able to hear me if they were all silent, so they had to drop silent. So this is a tactic it's a way of doing things. May Allah subhanho wa Taala bless us and grandma's goodness and ease and may He open our doors. So
brothers and sisters inshallah we all ready to work on our volume by the will of Allah. Allah He will solve a lot of your problems in your houses and everywhere he resolved so many matters. If you stay away from vulgar language, stop swearing, even joking me. You know, there are words that just blurting out of our mouths big big swear words, we don't realize they snatch away our goodness, they chase away the angels of mercy, really they do? And what happens then we start screaming and yelling. What if we eradicate this in our lives? I promise you your home will be a happier home. You will have peace in your home just because dad no longer sways. And you know what, ma'am? No longer
yards from the other corner. Sometimes the moms have a bad habit from the room three rooms down there screaming and yelling, either calling the maid or calling the daughter or someone else and then they come out they emerge. They walk all the way to this. I've been calling you for half an hour you didn't hear me? Well, ma'am, why didn't you walk to me half an hour ago I would have heard you
yelling from that side. You know, there is no loud hailer that we can hear sometimes people cannot hear you and you think we ignoring you? No, ma'am. Nobody's ignoring you. You need to be intelligent enough. Here's the advice of Luqman go and look at it. walk all the way there and then you will have to whisper and I will still hear you. Believe me. May Allah grant us is this is really a jewel because it's in the Quran. Allah cannot put it here unless it is beneficial for us. Subhana Allah, then Allah subhanho wa Taala tells us towards the end of that Surah Surah Look, man, do not let this world deceive you. It is only for a short period of time. And don't let the devil deceive you. Yeah.
verse number 33 of Surah cookman Allah says, Oh people, you should know that the promise of Allah to you is the truth. So do not let this dunya deceive you, this worldly life deceive you, you should know who you are, where you are, how you are developing and the fact that you are going to be answerable to Allah for everything and you are going to get to him very very soon. And he says Allah says and don't let the big deceiver deceive you. Who is the big deceiver shaitan Allah protect us the next Surah Surah is such that named after the frustration that is in that particular surah and immediately after the frustration Allah is describing, Allah is describing those who believe and
they fall prostrate for Allah. What are some of the qualities I only want to mention one that are Jaffa Jo Ma, Ma Ma Ji
verse number 16.
Allah describes them Allah make us from amongst them. Do you know what he says? He says those people they are the ones who sides forsake their beginnings at night and they stand up for Allah subhanho wa Taala. They pray to Allah they call out to Allah hoping in Allah subhanho wa Taala His mercy theory is often his punishment, and they spend that which he has given them. So at night, like we've said a few days ago, my brothers and sisters, it is not hard to set your clock once a month, once a week. Okay once in a while, and you get up at night when everyone is asleep solely for the sake of Allah so that at least my name and yours can be written even once from amongst these who spend the
night calling out to Allah.
May Allah subhanho wa Taala bless us with that even in the month of Ramadan. Sometimes we are awake and ready we are ready to go to sleep just at the time when we are not supposed to sleep. And this is why you find a lot of the young people and I'm sure I'm correct. They will tell you, they sit up until two three o'clock then they say look, let's just have something to eat now and we will sleep we won't get up for support because it's already late. Rather that means you're going to sleep through 5g that means you're fast you're damaging if you're shooting through the fast, mela protect us. No. Get up again for sure. Even if it means just
A little bit because what is even more important is the fact that that is such a blessing moment. If you were to call out to Allah, even by mistake, perhaps that I will be answered.
Allah, it's a reality, that time when people may you know where it might come out of your mouth, that you know Allah, bless me. And you might be blessed Allahu Akbar, Allah. May Allah subhanho wa Taala grant us the ability to understand the importance of this. So these are some of the qualities, then we have suited to the surah Allah subhanho wa Taala right at the beginning makes mention of the importance of lineage. And the fact that you cannot deny your lineage. There is a narration which says anyone who calls themselves with a name besides that lineage of their fathers will not smell the scent of paradise.
So remember this, that means you are Son of so and so that must come out. You don't deny that you need to make it clear. The minute you are trying to hide that you are playing with your paradise my brothers and sisters, you're playing with your paradise, we don't do that. If it is done in a deceptive way, then you are definitely playing with your paradise. May Allah subhanho wa Taala protect us and grant us ease. This is why Muhammad sallallahu alayhi salam was looking after they didn't have your law. And he was known commonly as a demon Mohammed Zayed the son of Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam. So Allah revealed verses to say, Don't call him say the son of Muhammad
Sallallahu wasallam call him his own father's name.
Him who
called him by the names of their fathers, that is just that is the most just that is what justice is in the eyes of Allah subhanho wa Taala. Now Allah bless us and grant a strength.
Let's press the red button.
In our societies once a divorce happens, you know what mom does, sometimes she goes back and takes out dad's name. So no one must know what's happening this child called by my name so what happened? You are removing every every little leak that the child had with the dad because you hate the child's father. That does not make you want to now come and compete with Allah. Allah decided that that's going to be the father love him or hate him. He could have turned out to be a drunkard or a drug addict. He is the father the name needs to stay calm what made this is the best. Pick up the Quran and read Surah Al Azhar and your eyes will open it's not too late to change things my brothers
and sisters, you can hate your dad to the tee that is another issue that you have, you will have to deal with that you will have to have this hate management and management. But you need to know no matter how terrible he is, even if he's a murderer, and even if he is jailed and executed, you are still his son. Come what may? Allah subhanho wa Taala bless us, this is Islam and on the Day of Judgment for your information you are called so and so the son of so and so with your father's name. May Allah bless us and I'm not making a mistake here. Some people say no you called by your mother's name, you are called by your father's name straight it's done. May Allah subhanho wa Taala bless us
and grant us ease. A lot of people get agitated and upset when we talk about these things because we are guilty my brothers and sisters it is affecting society. May Allah bless us.
Let's move on. Then Allah subhanho wa Taala tells us that Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, you know the best of creation was sent to us. And like we've been saying, in such a way that if we were to
look for peace, and if we were to look for salvation, and if we were to look for goodness, we would only find it if we tried to emulate every single aspect of his life. sallallahu alayhi wasallam so Allah says in verse number 21, lapada can Allah confy rasulillah he was Mattoon Hashanah to Lima, john
McAfee, indeed, in Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, for you. There is a beautiful example to be emulated and followed for those who are looking forward to the meeting with Allah and those who are looking forward to the last day they believe in it, and they are preparing for it. So if I want a beautiful last day, which means the Day of Judgment I want to have resurrection was Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, I need to become more serious about following him. If I want to be resurrected with anyone else, I need to be more serious about following them. Because the audience is Alomar. Oh, man, a person will be resurrected with whomsoever He loves. So it depends if you're,
you know, pop stars of today happen to be those whom you're trying to emulate. Like I seen people cut their hair like a little monkey because they said there's a footballer who does that.
When all those little monkeys will be resurrected, we don't want to be there. So what you do cut your hair properly one size and say
Hamas Allah Sallam told me I'm not allowed to love my hair more than Allah, Allah. Allah comes first, then my hair comes second. So if I'm supposed to cover it, I will cover it because as beautiful as my hair is my Allah comes first.
May Allah bless us. You can even shave your head if that's what it means. Allah subhanho wa Taala does goodness, not for the sisters, by the way.
So this is the example we are supposed to be emulating everything. Look at the way he spoke, look at the way study his life without studying his life, will you be able to know what he did? The answer is no. This is why we say study the life of Muhammad Sallallahu Sallam study he soon try your best. And remember one thing, and I'm going to say this because we are guilty, how many sooner? Are they perhaps hundreds of 1000s we in our lives will not be able to engage in more than 1020 if you're lucky, maybe 30. And the man next door will be engaging in perhaps 30 or 40. And because they are 100,000, he's 30 or 40 might be totally different from the 30 or 40 that I am engaging in. But
because he doesn't have a few things that I have. I look at him and say this guy's a bad Muslim, not realizing he has qualities in him that I don't have amazing. You know, I might be swearing my mother and he doesn't he looks after his mother. Like she's the queen of Queens Allahu Akbar.
And he speaks to his spouse with such utmost respect. Perhaps he might have a weakness he doesn't have a wristwatch in his pocket. But you have a miswak Mashallah. And you think you know what, I have arrived at paradise on my back there is a Samson Jana. Let's see. Allah subhanho wa Taala bless us all. When you grant us goodness, never think that my brothers and sisters,
we ask Allah subhanho wa Taala to open our doors, grandest ease and goodness listen to what Allah says addressing the wives of Rasulullah sallallahu Sallam but obviously the lesson is for all our women folk. Verse number 33 wacana v mo da da da da da da.
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la, la La says, remain indoors. Now, this would mean obviously, there's a hadith of Rasulullah sallallahu Sallam which says, Lisa bayto, your home must be spacious for you, you must not each one to walk out every time, then you won't be happy, you must be happy at home. In the sense, this is also for the menfolk, were unnecessarily you don't need to just find yourself out, spend your time with your children and so on, you will find a lot of peace and comfort. But if you are outside all the time, those whom you are meant to be with. Really, where are they going to get their guidance from? Who will they achieve their comfort from? So spend more time at home for the men for the
women? You don't come out unless obviously you have to come out. But some people they cannot stay indoors? Not at all. They are irritated within the house. May Allah protect us and grant us goodness and ease. We are supposed to feel the comfort of our homes. And we are supposed to spend much more time there. Yes, if you have to emerge, you may emerge. It's not wrong to come out of the house. No, not at all. But remember, unnecessarily to have this bad habit of wanting to go out every little while. It's great to put pressure on your marriage, perhaps you end up in a divorce, you know, so that, that someone sent me a little WhatsApp message. But Allah protect us. May Allah safeguard us,
you know, he calls his his new bride, Angel, Angel every little while he says Angel Angel Angel. me like wow, quite impressed very sweet of him. So a year later, he meets him and he says how's your angel? He says she turned out to be the angel of death.
Allah protect us.
Because the men don't spend time at home. And sometimes the angel don't want to spend time at home either. So what happens? You get into the place where Angel supposed to be there's no angel, you come out, you start screaming and yelling. And you know what a month down the line marriage is broken? May Allah protect us. Really, we need to be happy with one another so that we can both be called angels because we have angelic qualities. I mean, I mean, so brothers and sisters, it's important for us to understand that Allah subhanho wa Taala then says do not beautify and adorn yourself like the period of ignorance, like the first period of ignorance. You know? Who are you
supposed to try and impress? Well, a young girl will tell you my future hasn't been okay. You know, it's a little bit dangerous because sometimes you just might like the makeup on your face and that's it. And two years down the line the factory has stopped making that makeup that suits your face. So then what happens? No More people are into Mac in such a big way that believe me Mac might go bust next year then what will happen? You have to shift and then husband mind says you're no longer looking like the way I like to you know, so my brothers and sisters, be careful when you want to beautify yourself, ask yourself, you beautify yourself for your spouse. Yes, indeed. Today is the
other way around. When we leaving home, beautify ourselves properly. When you go to the mall, Allahu Akbar to the mall. And husband says okay, I'm busy watching TV here. So husband's looking at other women on the screen and his woman is being used
by other men at the mall law, this is what's happening. So Allah subhanho wa Taala warns us, you're supposed to be blessing for your spouse, even the menfolk. It's not just for women. The man comes home and says, You're never dressing for me. Well, do you dress for her? Question? It's a very important question. May Allah protect us. One uncle tells me you know my wife. Every time I give her a hug, she's smelling oil and
whatever. So I told him, I said, uncle, stop eating that.
You are blaming your spouse you wanted to cook. And at the same time you you wanted not to smell of the food that she's cooking. either get to cook and sort the problem out or stop eating them start eating something that will not be smelling. May Allah protect us. These are serious issues in society. We have issues people are not dressing up for one another because they don't realize they don't understand that you know what it takes two to tango, as they say believe needs to reality. May Allah subhanho wa Taala bless us and open our doors. So this is why my brothers and sisters remember that. Yes. Dressing up for others, especially the spouse dressing up for others. That is something
that is frowned upon in the Sharia, we need to make sure that we mend that and this is why Allah subhanho wa Taala says while at about what Gina Babu Jinja helia to Allah and on top of that, he says establish your prayer and give out from the arms and the charities May Allah subhanho wa Taala bless us and grant us goodness. I'd like to make mention of one more verse which is very, very close in meaning to the one we just spoke about. Allah instructs us messenger sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was number 59 of the same
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It's a beautiful long verse, the gist of it. Allah says, Oh Nabi sallallahu, alayhi wa salam, O Messenger of Allah subhanho wa Taala. Allah says, tell your wives, and your daughter's and believing women to dress with an outer garment to dress with an outer garment. And this is when leaving the home, when in the presence perhaps or passing by a non Maha, an outer garment. Amazing. A dual Bab is something that is worn on top of your ordinary clothing. So this would make two things wrong to walk out without the outer garment would not be the ideal Islamic way. And remember, when we say it's not the ideal Islamic way, there will be negatives as a result, you might think, or you might
not think it, but you will face it at some stage in either in the future, or sometimes even immediately. But the second thing is people wear a cloak, sometimes underneath they've got absolutely nothing. So it's even worse sometimes. So we need to address both these issues where the outer garment means you've got some clothing inside and then you throw on something as you leave the home. This is the respect the for answers you will be recognized as a chaste woman. People will not harm you they know that this person here is a believer so my mothers and sisters Look, this is a beautiful instruction. So beautiful ally with Allah. The Creator is so lovingly telling his
messenger Oh Nabi sallallahu, alayhi wa sallam, tell your wives, tell your daughters and tell the believing women out there to have this overclock. May Allah bless us, are we ready to listen to this? insha Allah, Allah if we are we will achieve a lot of peace. And even if the whole world thinks if you become a nun, believe me it's better to be a happy person who's dressed properly in the eyes of Allah subhanho wa Taala than a person who does not dress appropriately wanting to please every Tom, Dick and Harry and at the same time, we are supposed to be pleasing Allah subhanho wa Taala. So we ask Allah to grant us peace. Today, the decisions of marriage that are being made in a
lot of cases are wrong. It's more like a lucky duck where you've made a decision unica has done and you just waiting you know what will happen you don't know because what law he the way we've operated the way we've dressed the way we've interacted the way sometimes we've got to meet one another is sometimes through the channels that are not heavenly channels. They are not spiritual channels, they are not decent channels, but highly indecent May Allah subhanho wa Taala bless us and protect us may grant us goodness and ease inshallah we meet again tomorrow until then, was all Allahu wa salam o Baraka Nabina Muhammad Subhana, Allah Subhana Allah homovanillic Masha Allah, Allah Allah


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Lions WR Kenny Golladay having a breakout year: 'Now it's just me'
Kenny Golladay leads the Detroit Lions with 64 catches and 1,005 yards receiving
Lions WR Kenny Golladay having a breakout year: 'Now it's just me' Kenny Golladay leads the Detroit Lions with 64 catches and 1,005 yards receiving Check out this story on Freep.com: https://www.freep.com/story/sports/nfl/lions/2018/12/17/detroit-lions-kenny-golladay/2342091002/
Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press Published 7:24 p.m. ET Dec. 17, 2018 | Updated 8:09 p.m. ET Dec. 17, 2018
Lions wide receiver Kenny Golladay catches a pass against Bills cornerback Tre'Davious White during the first half Dec. 16, 2018, in Orchard Park, N.Y.(Photo: Adrian Kraus, AP)
Kenny Golladay has far exceeded his own expectations in his breakout second season, and the Detroit Lions receiver appears poised for even better in years to come.
Golladay, coming off a seven-catch, career-high 146-yard game in Sunday's 14-13 loss to the Buffalo Bills, said Monday he has eclipsed every individual goal he had coming into the season, in part because of the thinned-out cast around him.
"Well of course I wasn't expecting to be by myself, so that plays a factor in it," Golladay said. "You got to think, I was with two other guys. One guy left and now there's just two of us, and then he gets injured and now it's just me. So it's different. So the goals I did set, I kind of blew those out the water, which is good. Which is good. Like I just said, it just gives these coaches an opportunity to see what I can do by myself with not the help of other guys around me."
Golladay leads the Lions with 64 catches through 14 games, and surpassed the 1,000-yard receiving mark Sunday for the first time in his career.
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He opened the season as part of what the Lions hoped would be a three-headed monster at receiver, but the group has been whittled to Golladay and backups.
The Lions traded Golden Tate, their receptions leader each of the past four years, to the Philadelphia Eagles in October, and placed Marvin Jones, coming off an 1,100-yard season, on injured reserve in late November.
Golladay has commandeered the bulk of the targets since Jones last played Nov. 11, but also the majority of the defensive attention as the Lions have struggled to maintain a vertical passing game.
Lions wide receiver Kenny Golladay catches a pass in the second quarter on Sunday, Nov. 4, 2018, in Minneapolis. (Photo: Brad Rempel USA TODAY Sports)
Bruce Ellington and TJ Jones serve as the Lions' No. 2 and 3 receivers, and Ellington missed the Bills game with a hamstring injury.
On Sunday, Golladay had a team-high eight targets, the same as the rest of the Lions' receivers (TJ Jones, Brandon Powell and Andy Jones) combined, and battled double coverage most of the day.
He ripped an interception away from Bills cornerback Levi Wallace in the second quarter and outjumped Tre'Davious White for a 40-yard gain a few plays later to set up the Lions' second touchdown.
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"He's a special player," tight end Levine Toilolo said. "Downfield, one-on-one, he's tough to cover and you can put the ball up and he goes and makes some special plays, special catches, and that's what we count on him to be here."
Golladay declined to say what his goals were coming into the season — "I really don't share them with nobody, not even my mom," he said — but even he agrees he has established himself as one of the NFL's premier receivers with his performance this year.
"Some games I didn't have a lot of catches or yards, and that's fine," he said. "I wasn't used in that game but we still won. It has its pros and cons, but I definitely think I'm up there with some of the good receivers. I just got to continue to keep working. I'm still young. This is my second year and I definitely feel like I'm able and capable of doing what all those guys are doing."
Kenny Golladay steals the ball from Bills defensive back Levi Wallace. (Photo: Tom Szczerbowski, Getty Images)
While many of Golladay's best catches this season have been of the contested variety, the 2017 third-round pick said he doesn't feel like getting separation from defensive backs is an issue.
According to the NFL's Next Gen stats, Golladay averages 2.3 yards of separation on balls thrown his way, which is more than Marvin Jones, Mike Evans and A.J. Green.
"A catch is a catch," Golladay said. "It really doesn't matter. You're not going to get much separation in the NFL, so when you say is creating separation a thing I need to get better at, I went 7 for 8 (on catching passes thrown my way Sunday)."
With two games left, Golladay is on pace to finish with the most receiving yards by a Lion since Calvin Johnson had 1,214 yards in his final season of 2015.
He said "the sky's the limit" for him and the Lions offense going forward, especially with Marvin Jones due back from his knee injury next year.
"(Eleven's) still here and that's my dog," Golladay said of Jones. "I would never call him a sidekick, and I'm sure he wouldn't call me a sidekick. It's more like (we're) Batman and Superman."
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They're Back! Chapel Hart Return to "America's Got Talent" Tonight
The country trio will take on the next round of competition with a can't-miss live performance.
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Country music's fastest-rising stars are making their return to America's Got Talent tonight!
Chapel Hart, the Mississippi trio whose Dolly Parton- inspired "You Can Have Him, Jolene," earned a Golden Buzzer and rave reviews from Parton herself, will take to the hallowed stage again for a highly anticipated live performance.
"Make sure you check your local listings for NBC and the showtime," the season 17 frontrunners said in an Instagram announcement.
Danica and Devynn Hart, along with their cousin Trea Swindle, make up the buzzy group. During their first appearance on AGT last month, they told judge Simon Cowell that they weren't having much success in the music industry because of the way they look.
"You just got to break down that door, and you may have just broken down the door with that performance, trust me," Cowell said.
And break down the door they did. Their appearance on the reality competition series catapulted their single "The Girls Are Back in Town" to the number one spot on iTunes and even landed them an invitation to make their Grand Ole Opry debut.
In tonight's Qualifiers episode, 11 performers will take the stage live from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium. Judging will be turned over to the viewing audience to vote their favorite performer into the final round. Fans can vote by using the AGT Official App or going to NBC.com.
America's Got Talent will air tonight at 8 p.m. EST on NBC. Voting will close Wednesday morning at 7 a.m. EST.
Go get 'em, girls!
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