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Ghost Graduation (Promoción Fantasma): School's Out Forever (Review)
Having recently discovered the comedic directing abilities of Javier Ruiz Caldera via the very entertaining Spy Time, it was brilliant to find another film by this director on Netflix; Ghost Graduation. This fantasy/comedy offering (original title Promoción Fantasma) from Spain has a ghost busting teacher who helps some dead students get out of school forever.
Modesto (Raúl Arévalo) learns at an early age that he can see and interact with dead people. Unlike the kid in The Sixth Sense, the departed that Modesto interacts with look like everyday people. These are normal looking and look nothing like the grim ghosts in M Night Shyamalan's film.
The young man grows up to be a teacher who is fired from every school he finds employment with. His social skills are mainly to blame as he isolates himself. Modesto attends therapy sessions and is told there are no ghosts and that he is gay.
The teacher hires on at Monforte, a school plagued by inexplicable events The school has an opening after s a literature teacher is flung out an upper story window. The events are caused by a group of dead former students who have failed to move on.
The quintet of deceased "Breakfast Club" members is comprised of stereotypes that work very well for the comedy. The school bad boy – Dani (Àlex Maruny), the Jock – Jorge (Jaime Olías), the party animal – Pink Floyd (Javier Bódalo), the loose girl – Marivi – (Andrea Duro) and the good girl – Angela (Anna Castillo).
The comedy begins in earnest when Modesto is hired as the new literature teacher. The rest of the film deals with his burgeoning romance with Tina, played by Alexandra Jiménez who worked with director Caldera in Spy Time. The school's headmistress has a thorn in her side with school council president Ortegui (Carlos Areces) who has a surprising connection to one of the ghostly students.
Ghost Graduation does what any really good comedy should do. It makes one laugh and cry. The film also shows that students are pretty much the same all over the world. The five ghosts of the school died during a 1990s Christmas party. The deceased were five students who were in detention in the library and they all perished in a fire. The kids are stuck at the school until they can move on.
The comedy is contagious, from the ghostly students freaking out that the new teacher can see and hear them to Modesto's reactions to his surroundings, it is all good fun. In terms of violence there is very little; a teacher thrown out a window twice is all there is. There is some partial nudity but no sex and no foul language in the subtitles.
The director show the same skillful handling of this comedic feature film that he demonstrated in Spy Time. Ghost Graduation is fast paced and at 88 minutes speeds by with all the momentum of a bullet train.
The film looks good, in terms of CG, except for the "vomiting" sequences where Pink Floyd spews copious amounts of pink liquid. The character died drunk and stayed drunk.
Arévalo is spot on as the social inept Modesto whose confidence grows as the film progresses. Jiménez plays the beleaguered school head very well and apart from being stunning, has comedy chops to spare. The actors playing the students were brilliant and for those who may have only discovered Anna Castillo; keep an eye on this one.
Caldera has adroitly handled two comedy offering out of a possible three. The last film, Three Many Weddings is the 2013 offering from a trio of films that began with Ghost Graduation. The Spanish movie is subtitled but this takes nothing from the enjoyment of this comedic haunted school tale.
This was another 5 star film from a director who won this reviewer over on Spy Time and had now solidified a reputation of being able to effortlessly do comedy. Streaming on Netflix watch this one. Now.
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Author Mike's Film TalkPosted on June 26, 2016 Categories EntertainmentTags Alexandra Jiménez, Comedy, Fantasy, Javier Ruiz Caldera, review, Sixth Sense, Spanish Cinema, The Sixth Sense, Video, World Cinema
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Correction: Boone Mall did not open in mid '70s. In fact, it opened in 1983. High Country Press apologizes for this error.
Aug. 31, 2012. At the annual meeting for the Downtown Boone Development Association on Thursday, DBDA President Dempsey Wilcox suggested that the days of free parking in downtown Boone should be over and added that a parking subcommittee of the DBDA will look into this matter in the future.
If this were to happen, it would be like stepping back in time. Boone had metered parking until the Boone Shopping Mall opened in 1983.
Once Belk's and a few other shops left downtown and moved into the mall, the meters were removed "in attempts to compete with the mall," Wilcox said.
"It was a good draw and maybe that was one of the factors that helped reinvigorate downtown. But the vigoration is done," Wilcox said, adding that the DBDA and Town of Boone should "probably" generate revenue from the parking.
Aside from the potential revenue, Wilcox cited people's confusion with the signs, which Wilcox called visually unappealing, and the ordeal of dealing with people wanting their tickets nixed.
He mentioned that hourly parking currently enforced creates a "parking annex" for ASU students traversing to and from 50-minute classes.
Currently metered parking is located on Queen Street. Wilcox said the current parking structure is "backwards" with free parking extremely close to the shops and metered parking farther away.
An employee of McLaurin Parking, which has a contract with the Town of Boone to manage parking, working in the downtown Boone office, said that she receives 10 or so complaints from people a week who want their tickets absconded. She added that this number would be much higher if it wasn't for the downtown business validation stickers.
She said many of complaints regard people who were confused about the intermittent signs. If a sign is not directly in front of their car, she said, some of those vehicle owners think those signs don't pertain to that particular space.
Steve McLaurin, a liason from McLaurin Parking with the Town Boone, said he had heard mentions of moving to all-paid parking but hasn't been involved in any detailed discussions of this matter yet. Based in Raleigh, he said he is coming to Boone in two weeks to discuss parking issues with town staff.
As for other municipalities with paid parking, he mentioned that Raleigh, for instance, has pay stations every four spaces, which conveniently take cash or credit card, as opposed to the traditional meters which only take correct change, such as those on Queen Street.
No pay rates have been discussed so far. The pay rates on the Queen Street meters are six minutes for 5 cents; 12 minutes for 10 cents; 30 minutes for 25 cents; and two hours for $1. There is also a parking lot next to Town Hall that is time based.
Bob and Karen Snead, owners of Dancing Moon, said that perhaps a variety of parking is needed, such as free 30 minute parking for those who just want to run into a shop real quick and pick up a needed item.
Karen added that for tourists, the metered parking will work smoother, stating that one-hour parking limit "makes it harder for shopping. She also said that "plenty" of customers avoid the store all together after making three loops trying to find a parking space.
Both agreed that the issue of accessible parking is a concern.
He also has customers that shop in two or three stores and eat lunch and come back to their cars with tickets on their windshield. Even though businesses can validate parking, if a customer receives two tickets, McLaurin Parking will only validate one ticket.
For one, he thinks paid parking would limit students who zip to and from 50-minute classes and the free parking in downtown Boone, but he is also concerned that students who don't mind paying for metered parking will fill all of those spots that are ideally reserved for shoppers.
Another pro of paid parking, Meier said, is that perhaps turnover of folks parking would be quicker.
"They'll come and go as soon as their business is finished," Meier said.
He said the time-limit signs are confusing and clutter the streetscape, and paid parking would generate some revenue for streetscape projects in the downtown district.
"I just want some standard practice everyone can understand without signs every 500 feet," Meier said, adding that "truth be told," a parking deck might solve many of the problems.
On Friday afternoon while the Queen Street metered lots were nearly full, an older couple received a parking ticket on Depot Street after visiting the Mast General Store. The couple swore they had only been parked for 30 minutes.


Women's Tennis defeated Davidson 7-0 Feb. 3 in its first Atlantic 10 match of the season, moving VCU to 3-2 on the season and handing Davidson its first loss.
Sophomores Paola Exposito Diaz-Delgado and Kanako Yano defeated Davidson's Samantha Armas and Alexandra Abele for the first doubles victory of the match, 6-2. Exposito Diaz-Delgado also provided the first singles win of the day with her victory over Megan Scholvinck, 6-1, 6-2.
Another Rams pair took a doubles victory, with senior Anna Rasmussen and sophomore Melissa Ifidzhen dominating Davidson's Scholvinck and Elizabeth Truluck, 7-6 (10-8). Junior Noumea Witmus defeated Alyssa Hahn in two sets — 6-0, 6-1 — scoring another singles point for the Rams.
VCU dominated in singles play, outscoring Davidson 73-24. Coach Paul Kostin said he was impressed with the Rams' performance.
The Rams were defeated by ETSU Feb. 1 in a 4-3 finish during their return to the Thalhimer Tennis Center.
Senior Philip Mobuis and junior Inaki Rivero Crespo defeated ETSU's Sergi Fontcuberta and Miguel Este in the first doubles victory of the match, 6-1. Sophomore Rayane Stable and junior Javier Amantegui followed up with another doubles victory after defeating Juan Lugo and Chris Mikrovas, 6-2.
For the first singles point of the day, senior Arvid Noren defeated Lugo in No. 3 singles, 2-6, 6-2, 7-5. ETSU's Yusuf Khamis defeated sophomore Inigo Torre Martin in No. 4 singles in three sets 6-1, 5-7, 7-5.
Stable defeated Fontcuberta in three sets — 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (15-13) — to win VCU its third point of the match, but it was not enough to win.
Coach Anthony Rossi expressed disappointment after the match.
Next week, Women's Tennis will take on Maryland at home Feb. 9 at 11 a.m. Men's Tennis will travel to Philadelphia Feb. 9 to take on Penn State at 10 a.m.


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When it comes to cruising, last-minute travel doesn't always mean buying a ticket in the days immediately before the ship sails, since itineraries can sell out months in advance. Instead, deals often pop up a few months before the departure date when other cruisers cancel on the last day reservations can be refunded. In other cases, the cruise line may cut the rate for less-popular cruises a few weeks before sail date if rooms are unsold. In order to get the cheapest last-minute deal, you must be flexible on your accommodations and be willing to travel in months other than those in the summer.
The cruise routes considered most popular, or most booked, are the least likely to have last-minute deals because staterooms sell out well before sail day. If you want to get the cheapest deal on a cruise, look for itineraries that don't tend to book up months before. Call the cruise lines, browse online cruise forums, and ask friends who have traveled by cruise to determine which itineraries don't tend to be as full. Focus on less-popular cruise routes to get the cheapest fare.
Cruising is more than just a mode of travel for some folks -- it's a culture. As a result, many online forums exists where veteran cruisers offer seasoned advice to new cruisers. Take advantage of these forums by asking which itineraries out of your port of choice are the least popular, and if anyone has gotten a spectacularly cheap deal. While forum users can't speak for the cruise line, they may offer a wealth of knowledge based on years of shopping around for cheap trips.
If you have previously traveled on a particular cruise line, opt in for its past-guest communications. The cruise line will email you last-minute deals when it has a particular itinerary offering slashed prices out of your port of choice. Even if you haven't cruised before, check out any newsletters or deal notification programs. This way, the cruise lines automatically alert you, and you won't have to scour quite so hard for the cheapest deal.
Be flexible when it comes to cabin class. You are unlikely to get the cheapest deal if you are dead set on traveling first class. If you're willing to stay in a stateroom on a lower deck, you often can get a much better deal on your fare.
Look for the cheapest fares in off-peak times, like right before the December holidays, and during the months of January and February. You also will find cheaper fares during hurricane season for trips to the Caribbean and other hurricane-prone destinations.
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Run the Break
Tennessee's vets use experience to fuel comfortable team win over #20 Washington
Posted byDavid McDaniel November 18, 2019 Posted inUncategorizedTags:Basketball, NCAA, tennessee
Lamonte Turner & Jordan Bowden lead the way on Saturday afternoon as the Vols defeated #20 ranked Washington in Toronto 75-62. UT jumped out to a 16-7 lead early in the first half and never looked back.
Bowden had 16 of his 18 points in the first half while firing jumpers with success all around the arch. Turner had an extraordinary game in his own right, finishing with 16 points, 7 boards, and 8 assists. Which was impressive enough to be named the player of the game for the James Naismith Classic.
Tennessee played a tight rotation throughout the night with only seven players making it into the box score. Freshman Olivier Nkamhoua provided a nice defensive spurt off the bench when John Fulkerson needed a break. The other four Tennessee starters played 35 minutes or more which is absolutely insane in terms of conditioning.
With that being said, UT was sharper than they've been all season playing this tight knit group. Yves Pons continues to absolutely dazzle with his development. His athleticism is now being matched with a lovely lefty shooting touch that is extremely consistent. He punished Washington all night as the free throw line extended cutter against the 2-3 zone. He also met Jay Z's nephew, Nahziah Carter, at the rim for a huge blocked dunk in classic Yves fashion in the first half.
Vet John Fulkerson banged with Washington's big men in the paint and had success. He finished the game with 14 points and 6 boards in 29 minutes played. His glue guy mentality cannot be put into numerical value, but he really plays the role of Draymond Green for this team. It's not always pretty, but it sure is effective. He looks to be the guy stepping up as UT is still devoid of a true center.
Josiah Jordan James continues to become comfortable in the orange & white and showed flashes of a really special talent in Scotiabank Arena. He finished with only 9 points, but they were all big league moves. With one bucket being a catch and shoot three, while another was a pull up off the dribble. He also recorded a nice dunk after UT was able to break down Washington's press look. James could become a really special player for this Volunteer team in time.
It felt like a big time game from the tip, and it was evident that Tennessee's guys were just used to being there. Just another day in the office, no big deal. Lamonte Turner controlled the pace of the game the entire night, hypnotizing the Huskies into playing at UT's pace. Bowden provided the Chris Lofton mentality of "you better not leave me open" while scoring at will.
I've written this at least five times it feels like now, but these guys are the heart & soul of this team. On Saturday night, Tennessee looked like they could compete with anybody in the country with Rick Barnes at the helm and the two seniors keeping everyone in check.
Tennessee has two tune-up games against Alabama State & UTC before a big match-up with Florida State on November 29th. The Seminoles have already defeated preseason top 10 team Florida earlier in the season, so one could expect a battle of power five conference schools.
UT is rounding into form early on in the season. With the loss of three key starters to the NBA following last season, many weren't sure what to expect from this team. It feels as if there is a massive chip on this team's shoulders to prove they're still an elite college basketball team. Only time will tell, but I wouldn't count these guys out. And I don't think any inexperienced team in the country wants to play Tennessee..
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Fully updated throughout, this hands-on guide gives you quick access to current information on project management concepts and practices. Project Manager's Portable Handbook, Third Edition, offers concise, practical details on the fundamental knowledge, skills, and attitudes required to manage projects. Written by world-renowned project management experts, this compact reference summarizes best practices for defining, designing, developing, and producing project results. Handy tables, charts, m odels, and callout boxes illustrate pertinent information in this essential on-the-job tool.
First, be warned: this is not an easy read! Some may be put off by the brevity of the book that tries to cover a lot of stuff.
With that said, if you manage to read it, it is very good reading and covers most of the reality of project management, including traps and tricks. In fact, I would go so far as calling it recommended reading if you want to work as a project manager.
But beware, it is not a 101 type of a book, more of a book for the advanced student.


Textografo is a unique text to diagramming tool. The syntax based approach feels strange at first but if you're looking for a logical, drag and drop free way of flowcharting and diagramming, it's one of the best of its kind.
Textografo is a unique flowchart software that uses syntax commands rather than the traditional drag and drop approach of most diagramming tools.
Textografo claims that this makes it "the fastest diagramming tool on the market".
In this review, we take a closer look at this to text to diagram maker and see how it measures up.
Most diagram software requires you to drag, drop and connect elements in order to draw diagrams such as flowcharts and org charts.
Textografo does things differently. It's a text-based flowchart maker that requires to you enter a sequence of commands which it then translates into a flowchart.
Textografo can be used by anyone although it's generally most popular with business analysts, designers and marketing teams.
Some of the most common reasons people use it are for Process Analysis, Business Operations, Software Development, Sales & Marketing and Customer Service.
Textografo stores everything in the Cloud so teams can easily share and view diagrams. You can also attach virtual post-it notes with comments, thoughts, team instructions and more.
The idea behind this is that it's both quicker and easier to connect shapes and objects in order to create your diagrams.
There's no doubt that it takes longer to get up and running with Textografo than normal diagram apps. For a start, you need to know the various syntax needed to create diagrams.
Hashtags such "#circle" are used to create shapes and actions like "#decision" are used for connections.
Everything is typed in the repository in the left hand margin and your diagram appears bit-by-bit in the main canvas on the right.
This definitely takes some getting used to although once you've got the hang of it, it's a breeze to use and fast to create flowcharts.
There are some other useful touches to Textografo too such as integration with Confluence for smoother workflows and Google Drive for storage.
You can integrate the Textografo API in your own applications to draw within them directly.
Textografo claims to be "40% faster than Visio" when it comes to making flowcharts. This is a bold claim and it really depends on how good you are with the respective apps.
If you're an expert in Textografo, you can certainly whip-up flowcharts very quickly. But that would take a high level of competancy with the app. However, experienced Visio users will also be able to draw flowcharts very quickly and the actual difference is negligible.
Certainly when it comes to more complex diagrams, Visio would win out as Textografo is nowhere near as advanced or complex.
The other big drawback is that Textografo can't import or export Visio files. There are far better Visio alternatives for Mac than Textografo which offer much of what Visio does and more.
SmartDraw for example is the best we've tried and the only Visio like app on Mac that can export to Visio VSDX format.
The biggest problem we had with Textografo is that you can't drag or drop anything.
Sometimes, you just want to make a few minor adjustments without having to resort to syntax and it's frustrating having to go through all the code to work out what needs changing.
However, Textografo is purely syntax based and doesn't pretend it's anything else so you either learn to live with this or use a traditional diagram tool instead.
The lack of Visio import too is a problem if you're looking for something to replace Microsoft's tool although Textografo is focused more on flowcharting than Visio.
Textografo is available in two plans.
The Essential Plans is $8 per month but only allows up to 5 diagrams and 50 shapes per diagram. It also adds Textografo branding to everything so it's not practical for professional use.
The Premium Plan is $14 per month and allows unlimited diagrams and unlimited shapes. Other advantages include revision history, SVG export support and 24 hour customer service.


Kai Magazine have appeared again this week as they have recently announced their PC remake of the MSX2 game ' Life on Mars ' will be arriving on Steam soon. Developed by the same company, Life on Mars is an action platformer in a Metroid style that is set in the caverns of Mars on a mission to find out what happened to the colony that lost contact with the United Nations. You'll be exploring, investigating, finding improvements to your suit, finding weapons and battling powerful mutants while also trying not to die horribly!
As we said before as this is a remake of an MSX 2 game, it will feature much higher quality graphics and music, as well as additional features including a flamethrower and a rather nasty boss. For further details please see the steam page, and await a release at some point this August!


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Stephen Hawking is not only respected as a brilliant scientists, but loved for his down-to-earth character and witty sense of humor. Yet again, he showed that he isn't some egghead trapped away in an academic ivory tower.
Speaking by hologram to an audience in the Sydney Opera House, he delighted the audience when he responded to a question by a fan of the pop band, One Direction.
During a serious talk streamed in from Cambridge University in the UK, which covered subjects like the unexplained mysteries of the universe, the public perception of science and the future of humankind, the conference was livened up when a member of the audience asked Stephen Hawking what would be the cosmological effect of Zayn Malik leaving One Direction and breaking the hearts of millions of girls across the world.
Rather than turning his nose up at the question, the professor humorously replied, "Finally, a question about something important," says the Guardian.
"My advice to any heartbroken young girl is to pay close attention to the study of theoretical physics, because one day there may well be proof of multiple universes."
"May like to know that in another possible universe, she and Zayn are happily married," says the Independent.
The professor also didn't shy away from making some personal comments about his own life. Referring to the recent award-winning film about his life, "The Theory of Everything," he admitted that he had been a little bit nervous, because it was based on his former wife's book.
On a more serious note, he stated that he believed that the future of mankind depended on the colonization of space, if humanity were to still exist in a thousand years.
He also said that he felt people had too much of an "ambivalent attitude" to science and they distrust it because of a lack of understanding and fear. He advised people to learn more about science if they were to do something about dangers to the planet like the greenhouse effect, nuclear weapons and genetic engineering, reports the Guardian.
However, he left the conference on another witty note, when he quoted Captain Kirk from Star Trek, saying: "Now beam me up, Scotty," and his hologram then burst into a light beam and he disappeared from the stage.
Stephen Hawking's efforts to popularize science in a lighthearted way can also be seen his recent participation in the famous Monty Python's "Galaxy Song," shown in the video below.


Ronnie Dean Harris aka Ostwelve, is a St?:lo/St'át'imc/Nlaka'pamux multimedia artist based in Langley, BC. He got his start with professional graphic design at the age of 14 and in the same year, he began co-hosting the "When Spirits Whisper" radio show along side Gunargie O'Sullivan on CO-OP Radio 100.5 FM (formerly 102.7 FM).
Over the years, he has worked on number of media projects, as an actor and composer for APTN/Showcase dramatic series "Moccasin Flats" for two seasons as a performer and a lead character, and in the subsequent film project "Moccasin Flats: Redemption" in 2007. He was a Content Manager + Contributor to Revolutions Per Minute – RPM.FM, an Indigenous Music Culture website where he also hosted a podcast. Ronnie is featured in the National Film Board musical documentary "The Road Forward", and the Knowledge Network's "Looking At Edward Curtis", both directed by Marie Clements. He is currently performing as the voice of "Dad/Walter" on upcoming PBS series "Molly Of Denali".
Ronnie has also been very active in creating and facilitating workshop programs for youth in media arts and hip-hop. Currently he is working as the Program Director for "Reframing Relations" with the Community Arts Council of Vancouver delivering programming for indigenous and non-indigenous artists to interface with students and youth in schools and communities around the concept of reconciliation.


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Welcome Play for Peace Burundi!
Posted in: Burundi, Healing Play
Sam and Sarah Towers have been active Play for Peace trainers for about 15 years. Living in Washington, they are working with Washington State University's 4-H Youth Development Program and have been supporting Trauma Healing and Reconciliation Services (THARS) in Burundi, East Africa, with a garden project. Over the past four years, Sam and Sarah have provided training and online consulting for the THARS center and have been very impressed with the dedication and efforts of their partners.
Burundi is one of the smallest, yet most densely populated countries in Africa. It shares a border with Rwanda, Tanzania, and Congo. In 2016, Burundi was ranked 184 out of 188 in the Human Development Index and is considered one of the poorest countries in the world.
Like neighboring Rwanda—which experienced the unspeakable horrors of genocide when the Hutus attempted to decimate the Tutsi population in 1994—Burundi has faced ethnic violence and massacres between the two groups since gaining independence in 1962. There, two events were considered genocides: the 1972 mass killings of the Hutu population and the 1993 mass killings of the Tutsi population.
Although peacekeeping attempts have been made and some of the violence has subsided, the situation in the country is unstable. In 2015, new conflicts broke out due to the president's decision to run for a third term. Hundreds of people were killed and 200,000 have fled the country. Due to this political instability, Sam and Sarah had to delay their travel plans to Burundi. In February 2019, they were finally able to travel there to visit students, teachers, and staff at THARS and to conduct Play for Peace trainings in different schools in Burundi.
THARS is a group of psychosocial practitioners and peacemakers who focus on healing traumas from violence, particularly sexual violence, which is mainly (but not exclusively) used as a weapon against women and children. THARS believes that the seeds of tomorrow's peace grow in the soil of today's healing and reconciliation.
Since Play for Peace uses cooperative play to release tension and help people cope with trauma, THARS was very interested in learning about its methodology. Sarah and Sam visited their garden projects and then toured six different schools in Burundi to conduct Play for Peace sessions. They met 600 highly enthusiastic students during the sessions, all who were thrilled about the games and the activities. Despite knowing very little English, the kids happily participated in all of the activities and also proudly presented their gardens, patiently answering questions through an interpreter. The students had prepared and practiced for the visit with original songs, their best clothes, welcome signs, and plays they had written themselves. While touring the gardens, the children began singing, "We shall overcome," which was highly emotional.
"We are planning to use these games in our community meetings as well as in the schools", explained one of the staff members. One of the parent volunteers, John, was exceptionally energized by the games and is now planning to lead play sessions during community meetings.
The group in Burundi has officially registered as a Play for Peace club with THARS as its partner organization. They are eager to meet the global learning community and connect with Play for Peace clubs around the world, sharing the same values of cooperation, inclusion, caring, and fun.
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