How many times have you heard and probably said it a time or two yourself, "man, what you see when you don't have a camera" ? Well yesterday I waited till after sunup to do my daily walk so took my camera along and consequently didn't see a thing of interest. This morning I left the house in the dawn's low light carrying the camera again and saw a deer first thing. To dark to get a picture! Dang!
Did see someone in the woods wearing a very bright orange vest. Might be deer hunting but the only legal way to take a deer at this time is with a bow and arrow. Guess he wanted to be sure that no one would shoot an arrow at him. Makes me feel kinda dumb, I always bow hunted dressed in camouflage wear.
Fingers be nimble, fingers be quit. Fingers jumped over to the send button and click.
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"I have never met a vampire personally, but I don't know what might happen tomorrow." — Bela Lugosi
About Me
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Sept 28
A full stress test is pretty much a big happening! Overall, the ordeal.....err I mean the procedure took about four hours. Ended hot and sweaty and not knowing anything. The major contributor to the fast heartbeat and heated body would be the speedy walk on the treadmill but I think that shut up in a room with three attentive good looking females, one with her hand on my back, helped to speed the heartbeat to the wanted 128 bpm. Actually it went higher than that but 128 was the goal. At 128 one of the ladies injected another dose of the radioactive material into my bloodstream through my IV.
One of the first happening was going to the second floor for the insertion of the IV and the first injection of the radioactive material. I told the girl delivering the stuff that it had caused the metal in my partial plate to get hot. That seemed to puzzle her and the other attending lady for a minute so I quickly admitted to joking.
Next thing I was sent into a machine to get a picture of my heart which took 20 minutes of laying very still with my arms up over my head. Man, that begin to hurt long before the 20 minutes were up.
Anyway, from there to the treadmill located on the first floor then a quick, first of the day, bite of food and a glass of water. After which, back up to the second floor for another 20 minute picture then back to the first floor for an echogram or whatever.
For some reason, and I can't blame the small hamburger that I had, my body developed, what could have been an embarrassing load of gas. I was able to control the area that it was allowed to escape but after we left the hospital the place was locked down.
We found out later that it wasn't locked down due to my sneaky gas releases but because of the admittance of a lady that was the victim of an attempted murder. Some feared the murderer would come to finish the act. He had also killed three others during the attempt on this lady. All happened near Holt Summit.
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"Look to your health; and if you have it, praise God and value it next to a good conscience; for health is the second blessing that money cannot buy; therefore value it, and be thankful for it." - Izaak Walton
One of the first happening was going to the second floor for the insertion of the IV and the first injection of the radioactive material. I told the girl delivering the stuff that it had caused the metal in my partial plate to get hot. That seemed to puzzle her and the other attending lady for a minute so I quickly admitted to joking.
Next thing I was sent into a machine to get a picture of my heart which took 20 minutes of laying very still with my arms up over my head. Man, that begin to hurt long before the 20 minutes were up.
Anyway, from there to the treadmill located on the first floor then a quick, first of the day, bite of food and a glass of water. After which, back up to the second floor for another 20 minute picture then back to the first floor for an echogram or whatever.
For some reason, and I can't blame the small hamburger that I had, my body developed, what could have been an embarrassing load of gas. I was able to control the area that it was allowed to escape but after we left the hospital the place was locked down.
We found out later that it wasn't locked down due to my sneaky gas releases but because of the admittance of a lady that was the victim of an attempted murder. Some feared the murderer would come to finish the act. He had also killed three others during the attempt on this lady. All happened near Holt Summit.
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"Look to your health; and if you have it, praise God and value it next to a good conscience; for health is the second blessing that money cannot buy; therefore value it, and be thankful for it." - Izaak Walton
Sept 26
Got yesterdays walk in after daylight. Saw a few things that I might not have noticed walking in the dark. Three spiders, a discarded banana peel, five vehicles passed me, the top of a huge tree laying on the ground just a little ways into the woods and the big old sun.
I also got to see a dear tho didn't get to see as much of her as I would have liked. Before I left for the walk I took her a cup of coffee and then by the time I got back she was already up and dressed. So it goes.
Leaving now for the University hospital in Columbia where I'm to be the star in a stress test. I think they want you to take the test in a weakened and slow thinking mode as I'm not allowed to eat or drink anything, including coffee till after the ordeal is consummated. I've no problems which makes me believe the test were scheduled for someone to make a few extra bucks or because of my older age. Who knows?
Gotta get crackin!
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When you are through changing, you are through.- Bruce Barton
I also got to see a dear tho didn't get to see as much of her as I would have liked. Before I left for the walk I took her a cup of coffee and then by the time I got back she was already up and dressed. So it goes.
Leaving now for the University hospital in Columbia where I'm to be the star in a stress test. I think they want you to take the test in a weakened and slow thinking mode as I'm not allowed to eat or drink anything, including coffee till after the ordeal is consummated. I've no problems which makes me believe the test were scheduled for someone to make a few extra bucks or because of my older age. Who knows?
Gotta get crackin!
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When you are through changing, you are through.- Bruce Barton
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Oct 11
I can't believe it! After my walk and a small breakfast some friends are driving over to pick us up. What I can't believe is we are going to accompany them to Boonville. Hey! We were just there last Wednesday. Of course Glenda hitting a Royal Flush on that trip and bringing home some winnings may have unduly influenced her to accept the invitation. Oh well, I understand that I get to drive their car for the outing and we'll be gifted by the casino with a $5.00 dollar come on and a free 'ha' buffet. Who knows, maybe we'll win again.
Sometimes more than none is good which could lead us to sometimes more than one could be better. I almost made an error yesterday but just lucked out of not sending yesterdays note four times. After reading it I see that the forth one wasn't any better than the first one and in truth probably wasn't any better than none. Everyone knows how sorry a person I am so I don't think there is any need to apologize for these lackluster notes so I won't.
I think most would find a little note a relief from all of the daily received jokes that constitutes most of the bulk of everyone's in-box. At least I know I appreciate getting notes instead of jokes. Most of the time any joke someone receives, he'll/she'll get it four or five times then a couple of months later here it comes again.
Now that I think about it, I see that these notes could qualify as a joke and everyone almost got yesterdays four times............I give up!
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You can observe a lot just by watching.~Yogi Berra
Sometimes more than none is good which could lead us to sometimes more than one could be better. I almost made an error yesterday but just lucked out of not sending yesterdays note four times. After reading it I see that the forth one wasn't any better than the first one and in truth probably wasn't any better than none. Everyone knows how sorry a person I am so I don't think there is any need to apologize for these lackluster notes so I won't.
I think most would find a little note a relief from all of the daily received jokes that constitutes most of the bulk of everyone's in-box. At least I know I appreciate getting notes instead of jokes. Most of the time any joke someone receives, he'll/she'll get it four or five times then a couple of months later here it comes again.
Now that I think about it, I see that these notes could qualify as a joke and everyone almost got yesterdays four times............I give up!
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You can observe a lot just by watching.~Yogi Berra
Oct. 26
With a tornado watch in effect for Morgan and surrounding counties till 6:00 a.m. I think I'll not be stepping off my usual three miles till after daylight envelopes the path. I'll probably miss seeing the deer but I'd rather be blown sitting in my recliner than be blown off course. I know God will and has always been protecting me but I believe that he expects us to participate in the act of self preservation. Like jumping from an airplane flying at ten thousand feet without a parachute might indicate to God that you want to end it and he would probably bow to your wish.
I do, as most others, dream a lot. Some can't remember their dreams but I can remember most of mine and some are worth it. Three nights ago I met God and he put his arm around me. His arm was uncovered and I felt flesh against flesh. He did not say a word to me but I said to him that he was quite a bit larger a person than I had always pictured him. I also mentioned that he may not be a large person but being so reverend by me that he only seemed big. I became so emotional when I told the dream to Glenda that I had to pause and regroup several times and that has happened here somewhat. What a vivid experience!
Steps. Step it up, step on it, step out, step up to the plate, watch your step, all kinds of steps and steps are a very prominent fixture when you live or exist on the banks of the Lake of the Ozarks. Not being able to afford to live, our little place of existence sits fourteen steps from the water on the bank of Lake of the Ozark's Lick Branch Cove and seventeen steps down from the road. If you head for the lake from the upper level of the house you need to add fourteen more steps and then depending on what level you start from to get to the road you would add seven more steps up or seven down before you start on the outside seventeen up. As you might expect we've learned to watch our steps around here. We're like 5 1/2 miles from the dam by water and about 16 miles by land. I'm unable to figure out how many steps those numbers would total. Another kind of step is the way I'm trying to step around the fact that I again have nothing to say. What's new huh?
Just curious what your opinion might be, does a water impoundment such as the Lake of the Ozarks have only one long continuous bank or thousands of small ones?
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Life is the sum of all your choices.~ Albert Camus
I do, as most others, dream a lot. Some can't remember their dreams but I can remember most of mine and some are worth it. Three nights ago I met God and he put his arm around me. His arm was uncovered and I felt flesh against flesh. He did not say a word to me but I said to him that he was quite a bit larger a person than I had always pictured him. I also mentioned that he may not be a large person but being so reverend by me that he only seemed big. I became so emotional when I told the dream to Glenda that I had to pause and regroup several times and that has happened here somewhat. What a vivid experience!
Steps. Step it up, step on it, step out, step up to the plate, watch your step, all kinds of steps and steps are a very prominent fixture when you live or exist on the banks of the Lake of the Ozarks. Not being able to afford to live, our little place of existence sits fourteen steps from the water on the bank of Lake of the Ozark's Lick Branch Cove and seventeen steps down from the road. If you head for the lake from the upper level of the house you need to add fourteen more steps and then depending on what level you start from to get to the road you would add seven more steps up or seven down before you start on the outside seventeen up. As you might expect we've learned to watch our steps around here. We're like 5 1/2 miles from the dam by water and about 16 miles by land. I'm unable to figure out how many steps those numbers would total. Another kind of step is the way I'm trying to step around the fact that I again have nothing to say. What's new huh?
Just curious what your opinion might be, does a water impoundment such as the Lake of the Ozarks have only one long continuous bank or thousands of small ones?
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Life is the sum of all your choices.~ Albert Camus
Oct. 25
Leaves are falling big time, filling the gutters that need to be cleaned. Too, the crappie are biting big time, easy to catch but then need to be cleaned. My little mind is thinking nasty thoughts big time about all the chores and it needs to be cleaned.
What ever the attitude it is of the carriers own making and can always be improved or changed with a strong dose of the three D's, Discipline,
Desire, and Dedication! Some reality probably should be taken before the dose of the three D's is administered. There have been a few cases where the reality has created the need for a very much stronger portion of the Desire to be added to the dose of the three D's. A large shot of all that every day for me but sometimes it just doesn't take. I don't care! Bless life and all it gives!
I've not had a wordy urge for so long..........and at this time the urge is still missing. Maybe if I had a thought worth typing.........Tomorrow or the next day or the next or possibly the next. I'm pretty sure you won't be holding your breath. Sometimes relief is shown by exhaling.
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The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is.~C. S. Lewis
What ever the attitude it is of the carriers own making and can always be improved or changed with a strong dose of the three D's, Discipline,
Desire, and Dedication! Some reality probably should be taken before the dose of the three D's is administered. There have been a few cases where the reality has created the need for a very much stronger portion of the Desire to be added to the dose of the three D's. A large shot of all that every day for me but sometimes it just doesn't take. I don't care! Bless life and all it gives!
I've not had a wordy urge for so long..........and at this time the urge is still missing. Maybe if I had a thought worth typing.........Tomorrow or the next day or the next or possibly the next. I'm pretty sure you won't be holding your breath. Sometimes relief is shown by exhaling.
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The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is.~C. S. Lewis
Oct. 10
Cool is here with kinda cold gaining on the backstretch. I think the lack of heat would be a good time to sit in the kitchen. I'm a bit hungry this morning so I may not wait for the kinda cold.
A trip to Jeff City for a visit with Lena and friend ruth then on to Columbia for a visit with the doctor. This visit is only one of the regular scheduled kind. You know, just to make sure all the health things are as good as I feel. My demise is stalking me and has been for over 69 ears and it could jump out and get me anytime. But, until something like that happens I like to have the doctor look around and give me his opinion on how close that life stealing crook seems to be.
'Drop a line', is another wonder for me but if you find some time we would appreciate it if you would 'drop us a line'. 'If you find the time' should never be used because it is so inaccurate. Time is not and will never be a consideration or something that you need to look for. The real word is priorities! People never have been without the time to do what they want. It all hinges on how you prioritize. I must be nuts in saying all this! I dread the knowledge as to our lack of importance. However, 'what is' will continue being 'what is' as well as 'what was' will forever be 'what was'. Unless you're like Clinton and have the time to doctor it all up. It is still 'was' but it's possible, sometime in the future, our 'what is' won't be so sure about the 'what was'.
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Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.~Albert Einstein
A trip to Jeff City for a visit with Lena and friend ruth then on to Columbia for a visit with the doctor. This visit is only one of the regular scheduled kind. You know, just to make sure all the health things are as good as I feel. My demise is stalking me and has been for over 69 ears and it could jump out and get me anytime. But, until something like that happens I like to have the doctor look around and give me his opinion on how close that life stealing crook seems to be.
'Drop a line', is another wonder for me but if you find some time we would appreciate it if you would 'drop us a line'. 'If you find the time' should never be used because it is so inaccurate. Time is not and will never be a consideration or something that you need to look for. The real word is priorities! People never have been without the time to do what they want. It all hinges on how you prioritize. I must be nuts in saying all this! I dread the knowledge as to our lack of importance. However, 'what is' will continue being 'what is' as well as 'what was' will forever be 'what was'. Unless you're like Clinton and have the time to doctor it all up. It is still 'was' but it's possible, sometime in the future, our 'what is' won't be so sure about the 'what was'.
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Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.~Albert Einstein
Oct 14
Cool is here with kinda cold gaining on the backstretch. I think the lack of heat would be a good time to sit in the kitchen. I'm a bit hungry this morning so I may not wait for the kinda cold.
A trip to Jeff City for a visit with Lena and friend ruth then on to Columbia for a visit with the doctor. This visit is only one of the regular scheduled kind. You know, just to make sure all the health things are as good as I feel. My demise is stalking me and has been for over 69 ears and it could jump out and get me anytime. But, until something like that happens I like to have the doctor look around and give me his opinion on how close that life stealing crook seems to be.
'Drop a line', is another wonder for me but if you find some time we would appreciate it if you would 'drop us a line'. 'If you find the time' should never be used because it is so inaccurate. Time is not and will never be a consideration or something that you need to look for. The real word is priorities! People never have been without the time to do what they want. It all hinges on how you prioritize. I must be nuts in saying all this! I dread the knowledge as to our lack of importance. However, 'what is' will continue being 'what is' as well as 'what was' will forever be 'what was'. Unless you're like Clinton and have the time to doctor it all up. It is still 'was' but it's possible, sometime in the future, our 'what is' won't be so sure about the 'what was'.
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Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.~Albert Einstein
A trip to Jeff City for a visit with Lena and friend ruth then on to Columbia for a visit with the doctor. This visit is only one of the regular scheduled kind. You know, just to make sure all the health things are as good as I feel. My demise is stalking me and has been for over 69 ears and it could jump out and get me anytime. But, until something like that happens I like to have the doctor look around and give me his opinion on how close that life stealing crook seems to be.
'Drop a line', is another wonder for me but if you find some time we would appreciate it if you would 'drop us a line'. 'If you find the time' should never be used because it is so inaccurate. Time is not and will never be a consideration or something that you need to look for. The real word is priorities! People never have been without the time to do what they want. It all hinges on how you prioritize. I must be nuts in saying all this! I dread the knowledge as to our lack of importance. However, 'what is' will continue being 'what is' as well as 'what was' will forever be 'what was'. Unless you're like Clinton and have the time to doctor it all up. It is still 'was' but it's possible, sometime in the future, our 'what is' won't be so sure about the 'what was'.
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Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.~Albert Einstein
Oct. 13
Sleep, sleep, wherefore art tho sleep? I don't know if it is common or not but there was a time when sleep would come to me and bug me till I went to bed. Back then I didn't give sleep too much thought. After the bugging I'd go to bed and sleep was right there.
Then came a time when I began thinking about sleep and what the lack of it could do to my next day so, off to bed and sleep would close in on me pretty quick. Now going to bed is the beginning of a big hunt. Mostly looking for sleep in all the wrong places. I believe that as some age they gain much knowledge, so much that it becomes hard to organize. Too, many chunks of knowledge come only in bits and pieces which create natural questions which also gets stuck into the clutter.
At least that is the way it is with me. Trying to find sleep at this phase, I lay myself down and visit most all these unorganized happenings or bits of knowledge, work on an answer or two, usually without results, then somewhere along the line sleep and I get together. It seems the clutter keeps building during every day making it a longer and longer hunt every night.
I must be a sportsman. I hunt a lot during the night then fish around for something to type everyday. I always find sleep so I guess that makes me a better hunter than fisherman.
Who knows what goes on behind closed minds? Does ever a 100% truth escape that pen?
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Imagination disposes of everything; it creates beauty, justice, and happiness, which are everything in this world.~Blaise Pascal
Then came a time when I began thinking about sleep and what the lack of it could do to my next day so, off to bed and sleep would close in on me pretty quick. Now going to bed is the beginning of a big hunt. Mostly looking for sleep in all the wrong places. I believe that as some age they gain much knowledge, so much that it becomes hard to organize. Too, many chunks of knowledge come only in bits and pieces which create natural questions which also gets stuck into the clutter.
At least that is the way it is with me. Trying to find sleep at this phase, I lay myself down and visit most all these unorganized happenings or bits of knowledge, work on an answer or two, usually without results, then somewhere along the line sleep and I get together. It seems the clutter keeps building during every day making it a longer and longer hunt every night.
I must be a sportsman. I hunt a lot during the night then fish around for something to type everyday. I always find sleep so I guess that makes me a better hunter than fisherman.
Who knows what goes on behind closed minds? Does ever a 100% truth escape that pen?
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Imagination disposes of everything; it creates beauty, justice, and happiness, which are everything in this world.~Blaise Pascal
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Oct 3
Another day is under way in which thankfully, Glenda and I get to participate in again. My little contribution may not mean much to a lot of people but it sure means a lot to me.
Yep, we're all blessed to be here but how humbling it is to look up at the sky during a clear dark night and see the trillion stars. If you think about it, the earth isn't even as much as a grain of sand on a huge beach somewhere. This makes one realize that the occupants on the grain of sand are about as far beneath the line of relevancy to the universe as to be a nothing. Thank God for seeing fit to put us on this tiny thing anyway!
These thoughts fuel the words that have been used on me so often, "Larry, you live in your own little world." I'm thinking we all live in our own little worlds! To us, this is a huge earth that we live on yet we all still live in our own little world. Unknowingly we may be a tad relevant in another's little world but the real relevancy is to ourselves. That real time stuff can only be found in our own little world.
What the heck am I talking about? I saw a falling star this morning and now think it must have been a spaceship that somehow got me aboard and messed me up before returning me. Funny, I can't remember any of that.
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There is an objective reality out there, but we view it through the spectacles of our beliefs, attitudes, and values.- David G. Myers
Yep, we're all blessed to be here but how humbling it is to look up at the sky during a clear dark night and see the trillion stars. If you think about it, the earth isn't even as much as a grain of sand on a huge beach somewhere. This makes one realize that the occupants on the grain of sand are about as far beneath the line of relevancy to the universe as to be a nothing. Thank God for seeing fit to put us on this tiny thing anyway!
These thoughts fuel the words that have been used on me so often, "Larry, you live in your own little world." I'm thinking we all live in our own little worlds! To us, this is a huge earth that we live on yet we all still live in our own little world. Unknowingly we may be a tad relevant in another's little world but the real relevancy is to ourselves. That real time stuff can only be found in our own little world.
What the heck am I talking about? I saw a falling star this morning and now think it must have been a spaceship that somehow got me aboard and messed me up before returning me. Funny, I can't remember any of that.
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There is an objective reality out there, but we view it through the spectacles of our beliefs, attitudes, and values.- David G. Myers
Sept 28
Yes dear, I am still doing the daily walks. So far this year I have accumulated 837 miles of the extra daily three miles plus walks. Since I began last year I've got 1644 miles logged. My weight varies quite a bit daily but I can say that I've lost at least forty pounds so far.
Every morning I wake around 4:00 am. This morning I got up at 3:50 and yesterday it was 4:19. Most of the time I lay there until 4:00.
I make a stop in the bathroom then into the kitchen I go. Poor myself a cup of coffee over three ice cubes then let Mikey out for his doo. Let him back in then down the stairs to feed and free Tomi from his room. Then back up to drink the coffee and pour another with only two ice cubes. A tooth brushing, a shave then a shower is next. There are times that I accidentally wake Glenda who says she is ready for coffee so I get her a cup. As I drink my second one I lay all the eggs etc out for her to fix for our breakfast. I usually pour myself a third cup of coffee with two ice cubes then go down to put my shoes on. Check some of the emails then put on my head lamp, grab my spot lamp then go up and drink my third coffee.
There are time were Glenda is ready for her second cup so I fulfill that desire then out the door around 5:00.
Back by 6:00 or there about I have another couple cups of coffee as I read the emails then play blitz or poker while I await for Glenda to get up. She stomps on the floor when breakfast is ready so up I go to eat. Two fried eggs, a piece of meat of some kind, a Mexico jalapeno and a piece of toast does me. Sometimes the jalapenos very hot and sometimes they are just right.
Every morning I wake around 4:00 am. This morning I got up at 3:50 and yesterday it was 4:19. Most of the time I lay there until 4:00.
I make a stop in the bathroom then into the kitchen I go. Poor myself a cup of coffee over three ice cubes then let Mikey out for his doo. Let him back in then down the stairs to feed and free Tomi from his room. Then back up to drink the coffee and pour another with only two ice cubes. A tooth brushing, a shave then a shower is next. There are times that I accidentally wake Glenda who says she is ready for coffee so I get her a cup. As I drink my second one I lay all the eggs etc out for her to fix for our breakfast. I usually pour myself a third cup of coffee with two ice cubes then go down to put my shoes on. Check some of the emails then put on my head lamp, grab my spot lamp then go up and drink my third coffee.
There are time were Glenda is ready for her second cup so I fulfill that desire then out the door around 5:00.
Back by 6:00 or there about I have another couple cups of coffee as I read the emails then play blitz or poker while I await for Glenda to get up. She stomps on the floor when breakfast is ready so up I go to eat. Two fried eggs, a piece of meat of some kind, a Mexico jalapeno and a piece of toast does me. Sometimes the jalapenos very hot and sometimes they are just right.
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