Business Planning: 1998 Supplement to Second Edition (University Casebook Series)

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A directory of virtually every business in the state! In depth information on each business location. You can use our premier database to find new customers and grow your sales and profits. You can create your own direct mail campaigns. Our information is simply the best for telephone sales or research; we make millions of phone calls every year to verify our information. Our credit rating codes can help you evaluate probable credit worthiness for small trade accounts, qualify prospects, and manage financial risk. You can analyze your competition, plan your next sales and marketing campaign, or establish new sales territories.

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Mosby's War Reminiscences and Stuart's Cavalry Campaigns
Colonel John S. Mosby
Manufacturer: Dodd, Mead & Co.
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ASIN: B000T61UGS

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'Mosby's War Reminiscences and Stuart's Cavalry Campaigns'' by Colonel John S. Mosby, C.S.A. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co.: 1887. Volume packed with the Confederate officer's Civil War recollections.

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Mosby's war reminiscences: And Stuart's cavalry campaigns
John Singleton Mosby
Manufacturer: The Archive Society
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Mosby's War Reminiscences: Stuart's Cavalry Campaigns

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Mosby's War Reminiscences: Stuart's Cavalry Campaigns
John S. Mosby
Manufacturer: John Culler & Sons
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Rebel: The Life and Times of John Singleton Mosby

ASIN: 1887269096

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An exciting factual story of the South's greatest leader and raider John S. Mosby. Acknowledged as one of the geniuses of the War Between the States Mosby operated behind the Union Army lines destroying supplies taking prisoners and reeking havoc on the Federal Army of the Potomac

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Well written, accurate account.......2000-07-04

John S. Mosby was one of the greatest and most daring calvary officers of the War Between the States! I was thrilled as I read his personal account of raids deep into enemy territory.

This book is a must read!

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MOSBY'S WAR REMINISCENCES AND STUART'S CAVALRY CAMPAIGNS
Col. John F., C.S.A. Mosby
Manufacturer: George A. Jones & Co.
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ASIN: B000MKEZ4A

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Interesting, fascinating, important.......2006-05-30

I hope to write a longer review when I have time, but here goes. I ordered this book a couple months ago and have been referring to it constantly.

Gestalt psychologists -- and by this I mean the original variety -- are among history's most fascinating and deep psychologists. This might not be evident from the few tidbits that show up in most basic psychology texts. But one hint that does get passed down frequently is that Abraham Maslow viewed Wertheimer as one of the few "self-actualized" people he had met. This book paints a portrait of the heroes of Gestalt psychology, and their profound outlooks on science, life and everything. They were creative, courageous, outrageous, profound... and human. Their long-neglected ideas were important then and they are important now.

This is Michael Wertheimer's long-awaited biography of his beloved and long-deceased father, completed with his long-time research collaborator, Brett King. I remember seeing him, and later them, work on the enormous project when I was a graduate student in the 1980s and 1990s in Boulder, Colorado. Professor Wertheimer's offices were cluttered with document after document related to his father and other Gestalt psychologists. The Gestalt/Wertheimer story was remarkably intricate, and it was clear that Professor Wertheimer wanted to do justice to the story. Well, the resulting book is remarkable, and I recommend it strongly.

Another book on Gestaltists that I recommend strongly - Ley's book on Wolfgang Kohler and the Apes of Tenerife.

Oct 16, 2006: New Book/translation of a classic and important Gestalt text:

LAWS OF SEEING
by Wolfgang Metzger (originally published 1936)
Translated by Lothar Spillmann, Steven Lehar, Mimsey
Stromeyer, and Michael Wertheimer
MIT Press.

I just ordered the Metzger/Spillmann et al. book.

I think it is great that there is so much "new" material on the great Gestalt thinkers. Taking a deeper look at Gestalt thinking has been well worth it. The school's thinking was much more deep and significant than the cartoon versions that are found in many textbooks.

The gestalt theory and the problem of configuration (International library of psychology, philosophy and scientific method)

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The gestalt theory and the problem of configuration (International library of psychology, philosophy and scientific method)
Bruno Petermann
Manufacturer: Routledge & K. Paul
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ASIN: B0007J5NBA

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Routledge is now re-issuing this prestigious series of 204 volumes originally published between 1910 and 1965. The titles include works by key figures such asC.G. Jung, Sigmund Freud, Jean Piaget, Otto Rank, James Hillman, Erich Fromm, Karen Horney and Susan Isaacs. Each volume is available on its own, as part of a themed mini-set, or as part of a specially-priced 204-volume set. A brochure listing each title in the International Library of Psychology series is available upon request.

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Gestalt theory,
Max Wertheimer
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What is Gestalt-Theory?
Mildred Focht
Manufacturer: G. Grady Press
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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There are over forty thousand unique private foundations in the United States, with total assets of approximately $300 billion. As these foundations grow in number and size, it is increasingly important for grantseekers to understand their missions and modes of operation. This volume of New Directions for Philanthropic Fundraising offers insights into the changes taking place in different types of foundations, including special-purpose, regional, community, and international foundations. The authors suggest practical ways that grantseekers can improve relations with foundations, and show how grantmakers and other foundation staff enhance their effectiveness--and better serve their constituents? needs--through strategic planning and alliance building.

This is the 23rd issue of the quarterly journal New Directions for Philanthropic Fundraising.

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Get The Best Deal When Selling Your Home In Silicon Valley
Mary Pope-Handy , and Ken Deshaies
Manufacturer: Gabriel Publications div. Of Financial Coach
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ASIN: 1891689916

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As America's symbol of Great Music, Arturo Toscanini and the "masterpieces" he served were regarded with religious awe. As a celebrity personality, he was heralded for everything from his unwavering stance against Hitler and Mussolini and his cataclysmic tantrums, to his "democratic" penchants for television wrestling and soup for dinner. During his years with the Metropolitan Opera (1908-15) and the New York Philharmonic (1926-36) he was regularly proclaimed the "world's greatest conductor ." And with the NBC Symphony (1937-54), created for him by RCA's David Sarnoff, he became the beneficiary of a voracious multimedia promotional apparatus that spread Toscanini madness nationwide. According to Life, he was as well-known as Joe Dimaggio; Time twice put him on its cover; and the New York Herald Tribune attributed Toscanini's fame to simple recognition of his unique "greatness."
In this boldly conceived and superbly realized study, Joseph Horowitz reveals how and why Toscanini became the object of unparalleled veneration in the United States. Combining biography, cultural history, and music criticism, Horowitz explores the cultural and commercial mechanisms that created America's Toscanini cult and fostered, in turn, a Eurocentric, anachronistic new audience for old music.

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The integrity made legend!.......2005-12-20

The power of myth is supported by the unexpected appearance of a hero who has nothing to do with the values of the city to conquer. He simply is absent of pacts or any kind of hidden compromises.

In the Thirties USA lived possibly the most important flow of immigrants the history has known about, different origins and ideologies; beliefs and nationalities; the hope of a promissory future fed the imagination and inflamed still more the unquestionable capacities and skills of undeniable talents of all order and knowledge 's discipline.

Toscanini represented by himself one of the maximum Ambassadors of the musical Art, but also he meant the irreverence and purity of convictions; his fame nourished by his well know political attitude that influenced to many musicians around the world. So he was the perfect sample of the individualism in search of the perfection and continuous discipline.

There were many others (like Fritz Reiner for instance), but Toscanini challenged Mussolini `s Italy and his brave act of deny to conduct in a fascist Italy earned him his seal of immortality, indispensable element at the moment to build a myth.

This is a book of fundamental historical relevance; not only surmounts the barriers of the musical world , but inscribes itself in a true sociological analysis of North America in those difficult and stormy years

Second-Guessing Toscanini.......2004-08-10

Joseph Horowitz writes a well-researched tome. However, he spends too much time in his book delving into post-modernist head-scratching about why Toscanini was so loved among the American people. Most of this, Horowitz chalks up to the P.R. machine NBC and RCA used to propel Toscanini into the living rooms of millions of Americans via radio and phonograph records.

Horowitz credits Toscanini's 'over'-popularity with stifling creativity and diversity among the ranks of classical musicians. Bosh! The man's been dead for 41 years, and no-one has come along since who made classical music such a household name. If there's anything America needs now, more than ever, it's a shot in the arm from someone such as Toscanini. All the NEA and PBS tax dollars in the world won't make the American people turn on to great music. Toscanini was popular because of his extraordinary talent for delineation and his perfectionism.

He made classical music not only enjoyable, but infused millions of Americans with the passion he himself had for the music. Do you see James Levine or anyone else making 'La Boheme' as exciting as Toscanini? Was Toscanini perfect? I would say not. However, if I as a four year old could grasp that there was something akin to superhumanism about Toscanini's conducting, that I just didn't pick up in Lenny Bernstein's wretched performances, then I don't see why it slips by Horowitz.

To be fair, Horowitz acknowledges Toscanini's abilities, but implies all throughout this book that something had been 'put over' on the American people. Horowitz seems to have confused Toscanini with Bernstein. But then, again, Horowitz recounts a quote from a Russian who told the author that if Leonard Bernstein had been a Russian that he would have been an unassailable superstar. Apparently, the Russian thought Bernstein was underappreciated over here.

This book gives a great history of Toscanini and the NBC, but reading it through Horowitz' cynical lenses makes one itch for someone who can laud a true American treasure, instead of prospecting for clay.

Misunderstanding Toscanini.......2002-10-23

Mr. Horowitz's thesis is that American concert life was governed by profit and not art. That's fine and probably quite accurate. To prove his thesis he completely maligns a great conductor. When he discusses Toscanini, he makes errors of both facts and judgment, which are well-documented with erudition and grace in Harvey Sachs's Reflections on Toscanini. Mr. Sachs's biography of Toscanini is the standard; he knows whereof he speaks.
If it weren't for the thesis, I would completely downgrade this book. As it is, the thesis is well-stated.

A prejudiced view of Toscanini?.......2002-07-07

You'll have to decide for yourself, so don't skip this one.

Horowitz portrays the beloved and tempestuous conductor as a carefully packaged and sold cultural superstar. I wonder if he's not a little ahead of himself on that one -- we're talking pre- during and post WWII here. Of course Toscanini's association with the NBC Orchestra paid off in a variety of ways but Horowitz seems to have forgotten the great conductor's incredible sensitivity to the music and the composers that he interpreted.

I enjoyed this book immensely but can't agree with the author in a number of respects. Toscanini's fame was, quite obviously, a direct result of his talent, drive and the love audiences had for his interpretation of the music. Those are the facts, pure and simple.

The book, however, deserves an unprejudiced and thoughtful reading.

MISunderstanding Toscanini.......2001-07-29

The basic stipulation of Understadnding Toscanini is that the conductor was an unwitting link between "high-art" and "midlevel-art." He also tries to draw a line between Toscanini and the music appreciation craze of the early 1950s. One could conceivably continue the line to the "music makes you smarter" boom of the 1990s, using Horowitz' tortured reasoning.

The most ridiculous charge Joseph Horowitz makes in this book, that Toscanini was somehow manpilated by RCA/NBC's public relations departments is simply ludicrous. Toscanini was RCA's best selling conductor, for the simple reason that he raised artistic standards to hitherto unrealized levels. Horowitz is certainly right in the assertion that his recordings with the NBC Symphony were some of the most bizarre recordings in history, sonically. (Digital remastering has improved the situation, somewhat.) Yet, by limiting himself to the NBC years, Horowitz ignores his previous associations with the New York Philharmonic, not to mention the La Scala Orchestra. (It is worth noting that Toscanini's first recordings, made in 1920 during the La Scala Orchestra's North American tour, took place at precisely the midpoint of Toscanini's career.) So, he's basing his opinion of Toscanini's art on the last 17 years of a 58 year career! Imagine basing one's opinion of Toscanini's son-in-law, Vladimir Horowitz (no relation to the author) only on recordings made after 1972, or Arthur Rubinstein on recordings made only after 1959!

Horowitz' descriptions of Toscanini's conducting (ten of Toscanini's concerts withe the NBC Symhpony were telecast) are amateurish, and betray scant knowledge of the art of conducting.

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Misguided attack.......2004-12-13

Mr. Horowitz has a valid thesis -- that classical music in the United States was taken over by commercial interests -- but he subverts that thesis in an attack, misguided, misinformed, and mean-spirited, on a great conductor who tried to conduct music as it was written. If it were not for the thesis, this would get no stars.

Does it have to be 'true' to be 'right?'.......2002-09-26

Horowitz's book started an highly interesting and vital argument within the world music community: what is the 'selling' of superstar musicians doing to the music as consumers come to experience it? In his analysis of Toscanini's repackaging as a sort of cold warrior cultural hero and 'correct' conductor by NBC in the years after WWII, Horowitz shows us the start of the commodification of serious music as a palliative for the masses. If "Mozart makes you smarter" is a trade gimmick today, it owes its inception to the selling of Toscanini as the 'only conductor to faithfully follow the score'--which he was billed as, and which he assuredly did not.

Toscanini's career is summarized and his NBC recording analyzed extensively in this volume, and the dynamics of selling serious music to a middle-brow audience come in for thoughtful consideration. This book is a bracing tonic for the idolatry that has corrupted honest critical assessment of Toscanini in the years since his death. If you're one of the ones who heard the awful singing of "The Three Tenors" and wondered how such mannered stuff could be massaged into a hit record, this book explains the process from its start.

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Understanding Toscanini
Joseph Horowitz
Manufacturer: Faber and Faber
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0571149499

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Understanding Toscanini : A Social History of American Concert Life
Joseph Horowitz
Manufacturer: University of California Press
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OLXYTE

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The Power Of Positive Thinking........2007-10-13

I found this book inspirational.
I purchased a copy for my son. I hope he reads it. It is a truly important book and the story itself is a unique experience. At a period of history that showed mans inhumanity to man at its worst, this book rose above the human capacity for evil and has a modern day application.
That application is simple the authors (Marion Pretzels) attitude to life
I found more relevent than any self-help (secrect to success) book I have ever read. The story is written with warmth and pain and is a cronicle not of the injustices he has seen and suffered but a hope for the future.

sobering read of Polish Jew and his wartime escape.......2007-01-08

Marian Pretzel was a young jew living in Lvov in Poland when war broke out in 1939. This is his story, and that of his family told with simplicity and without indulging in over-emotion. The bleakness of the observations make it extremely powerful and moving story.

Pretzel tells of his life in Poland prior to the war, of the Russian invasion and his suddenly increased opportunities, and then the invasion of the Nazi's and the sudden increase in nastiness from the Polish who were once his friends and neighbours. Of bribery, blackmail, violence and the slow descent which eventually led the Jewish population to the concentration camps.

Marian Pretzel got transported to a concentration camp nearby, but managed through luck and the interference of Simon Wiesenthal, to escape. On the run he realised that he could pass as an aryan and his forging skills and knowledge of the right stamps for various things allowed him to be fed, clothed and housed by the Nazis. This is the story of his wartime survival, but it is also tempered with the realisation at the time that despite his survival, thousands, if not millions of other Jews were suffering, starving, dying in cities and concentration camps. He says that the worst thing was the slow death which was wreaked on many, rather than a fast end.

His story makes sobering reading. The guilt of survival has pursued him over the decades, that at times he has had to let his friends, and family go, simply because their will to survive was not greater than their will to remain where they were, or to do rash and idiotic acts which led to their demise. His sister Giza refused to accompany him into flight and did not survive, as many of his friends. Despite their parents already being shipped off to certain death.

A well written memoir which makes disturbing reading. At the end of this I wonder how people can be so cruel - how could so many people act so inhumanly - and with people they already knew. I hope that the experiences from WWII remain with us, that everyone should learn and know what can be, that it never happens again.

Portrait of a Young Forger: An Incredible True Story of Triumph Over the Third Reich

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Portrait of a Young Forger: An Incredible True Story of Triumph Over the Third Reich
Marian Pretzel
Manufacturer: Knightsbridge Publishing Co.
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000LA8YF2

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The Newbies' Money Guide: for Rookies and Late Starters is a heart-felt gift from the author. It's for all the people losing out on the life they want because of money mismanagement.

If you're a financial rookie, especially if you're getting a "late start" in saving and investing, you can learn some strategies that will save you heartache, bring you security, and help you create a better life for you and your loved ones.

First, the author invites you to put your money on your priorities, starting right now. If you examine how you're spending time, money and energy, you may be shocked at what you're promoting...and neglecting.

Many of us know what to do, but cannot make ourselves take the necessary steps. This book explains why, but more important, outlines simple steps to deal with these "ETs" (Emotional Troubles) that sabotage our best intentions to straighten out our finances.

The author, in a humorous, conversational style, simplifies complex financial material. She has a straight-forward approach that is understandable but not condescending. For example, her chapter on "How Not to Ruin Your Children's Lives", a formidable subject, spells out how to help children learn about money the "millionaires' way". "What About Stocks?" tells you who needs stocks, how to pick them, and how to go about acquiring them. Since she knows people, and her subject, she goes into detail about using creativity instead of budgeting to get out of debt.

The reason this book speaks so directly to common problems is that it evolved from a file that Coleen started when she was counseling clients at Principal Financial Group. Her compassion for financial late starters and rookies drew people to her. She developed materials to deal with the challenges her clients were facing. Every chapter is "by popular demand", featuring the questions that came from her intimidated and overwhelmed customers.

She retired from selling insurance and investments, only to find that those she had helped kept referring others to her. Her "graduates" from what she calls "Money Makeovers"(c) insisted on the chapter on Emotional Troubles, because she had motivated them to take action when they had been too scared to begin.

Most personal finance books aim at your head only; this one reaches your heart, soul, and "funny bone", too.

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An ideal guide for the beginner........2000-07-03

The Newbies' Money Guide ins an exceptionally well written and presented guide to personal wealth and economic security specifically designed for readers who have not yet started their personal financial planning and are unfamiliar with the basic steps to securing, saving, and investing money. Author Coleen Moore brings a "real world" practicality to her series of simple steps she has devised for the novice money manager. The Newbies' Money Guide shows how to find the money to save and to invest; how to invest safely and build wealth through "catch up" investment strategies; protect your monetary resources from financial ruin; end unnecessary debt and counter emotional "money blocks". The Newbies' Money Guide is an ideal guide for the beginner and essential reading for anyone who has come to a realization that their current financial arrangements are simply inadequate for achieving their life goals and/or comfortable retirement.

She did it........2000-03-24

We know the author! She really cares about people and that is why she wrote this book. She wants everyone to be debt free and financially secure. She is funny, compassionate and sincere, heck, she even gives out her telephone number. We appreciated the inclusion of the chapters on the E.Ts(emotional troubles) and how not to ruin your children's life, rarely discussed in a financial book. This book can change your life!

She did it!.......2000-03-24

We know the author! Coleen really cares about people, and that is why she wrote this book. She wants everyone to be debt free and financially secure.She is funny, compassionate and sincere, heck, she even gives out her telephone number.In particular, we appreciated chapters 2(emotional trouble) & chapter 5-how not to ruin your children's life. These topics are rarely discussed in a book on finances. This book can change your life! Read it!

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Wealth Starter
Saundra B. Curry
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Wealth Starter-Collegiate
Saundra B. Curry , and Alicia Harper
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A History of Southern Missouri and Northern Arkansas; Being an Account of the Early Settlements, the Civil War, the Ku-Klux, and Times of Peace

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A History of Southern Missouri and Northern Arkansas; Being an Account of the Early Settlements, the Civil War, the Ku-Klux, and Times of Peace
Monks; William
Manufacturer: Library Reprints
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Binding: Library Binding
ASIN: 0722207352

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Crisp: Building and Closing the Sale, Revised Edition: Proven Methods for Closing Sales (Fifty-Minute Series.)
Virden J. Thornton
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Set the stage for an easy and effective closing transaction every time. Learn techniques to build rapport with your prospects and guide them to a successful close. Address questions and objections with confidence. Strike the right balance between listening and speaking. Tailor your sales demonstrations to each client.

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Good and Basic Information on Closing the Sale.......2005-10-13

Building and Closing the Sale is more of a reminder of what people have already been taught about closing sales. Nevertheless, sales professionals occasionally need to be reminded of the basics lest we become stagnant or arrogant in our approach.

Among the important points covered include:

1. People buy from whom they trust.
2. Type of communication techniques that build trust.
3. Closing results are better when you establish rapport at the beginning of the sales presentation.
4. Ask open-ended questions and allow time for your prospect to give feedback.
5. The art of active listening is a seldom practiced but powerful tool.
6. Find out what best suits your prospect and become more prospect-oriented instead of product-oriented.
7. Successful sales professionals are persistent.
8. Do not use manipulative high pressure sales techniques!

A good and recommended read. Enjoy!

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