I sprout from your black
waters—arms rooting
to earth
-Janel Pineda
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a Salvadoran woman once wrote:
our poetry has never had the luxury
of being enamored with the moon.
perhaps this is why all my poems
are about the sun, about coming from
women who have survived
by chasing it, women who go
only where the light will feed
them, women who leave
the second they suspect
a flood.
— Janel Pineda, from “Rain,” Lineage Of Rain
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"There is no bus. There is no border. There is no blood. / There are / only sweet corn fields and mango skins."
— Janel Pineda, from Lineage of Rain
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In Another Life
The war never happened but somehow you and I still exist. Like obsidian,
we know only the memory of lava and not the explosion that created
us. Forget the gunned-down church, the burning flesh, the cabbage soup.
There is no bus. There is no border. There is no blood. There are
only sweet corn fields and mango skins. The turquoise house and clotheslines.
A heaping plate of pasteles and curtido waiting to be disappeared into our bellies.
In this life, our people are not things of silences but whole worlds bursting
into breath. Everywhere, there are children. Playing freely, clothed and clean.
Mozote does not mean massacre and flowers bloom in every place shoes are
left behind. My name still means truth, this time in a language my mouth recognizes,
in a language I know how to speak. My grandmother is still a storyteller although I am
not a poet. In this life, I do not have to be. This poem somehow still exists. It is told
in my mother’s voice and she makes hurt dissolve like honey in hot water, manzanilla
warming the throat. You and I do not find each other on another continent, grasping
at each other’s necks in search of home. We meet in a mercado, my arms overflowing
with mamey and anonas, and together we wash them in riverwater. We watch sunset fall over
a land we call our own and do not fear its taking. I bite into the fruit, mouth sucking
seed from substance, pulling its veins from between my teeth. Our laughter echoes
from inside the cave, one we are free to step outside of. We do not have to hide here.
We do not have to hide anywhere. A torogoz flies past my face and I do not fear its flapping.
by Janel Pineda
Published in Wildness
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In this life, our people are not things of silences but whole worlds bursting
into breath. Everywhere, there are children. Playing freely, clothed and clean.
Mozote does not mean massacre and flowers bloom in every place shoes are
left behind. My name still means truth, this time in a language my mouth recognizes,
in a language I know how to speak. My grandmother is still a storyteller although I am
not a poet. In this life, I do not have to be. This poem somehow still exists.
Janel Pineda, “In Another Life,” published in Wildness
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Reason Men Build Walls
Listen.
I am, by my own admission, not the greatest listener. Too full of my own internal chatter, cat fur and chore lists to be properly attentive.
But this féi hernandez poem that Janel Pineda reads before she reads her own poem for the launch party for The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 4: LatiNext
Reason Men Build Walls by féi hernandez, read by Janel Pineda. The Youtube video should be cued up to the right spot, 17 min 50 seconds.
The poem begins like this:
My lover fears me.
There is too much cumbia,
too much Selena in my walk.
Too much Frank Ocean in my lovin’,
too much storm in our summer kiss.
And I stopped, in the kitchen, holding a coffee, listening.
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Lineage of Rain by Janel Pineda
THE ASSESSMENT FORM ASKS ABOUT MY ANXIETY
Let me begin with birds.
Brown wings butterfly-kissing
my eyelids open. Yellow chicks
in a child’s hands, squeezed
out of youthful joy. The marshmallowed
peeps I believed their corpses.
I could tell you about the rain,
how quickly I was convinced
it would drown me if I let it.
Every winter I’d press my hot face
to classroom glass, rolled-up sweatshirt
sleeves wet and sticky.
Or else I could tell you a story
about hunger,
the salt of your sweat a seasoning
—spoonfuls of dirt
crackling on your tongue
then unsettling your stomach.
It wouldn’t be a story I’ve lived
but it is still a story of mine,
this muscle memory
of scavenging for scraps,
the insistence to prepare
to run, to hide, to flee.
I could tell you about the men,
their hands, their laughter
—but only if you promise to believe me.
I could tell you about
not being believed,
though I’d rather not.
I could give up and throw
some big keywords at you.
War. Migration. Diaspora.
Don’t all the traumas of my blood
begin there? But if they’re too heavy
for your heart, let me go back to the birds:
their flutter a fury inside my chest,
ribcaged flight fighting
to be freed. My panic is no more
than their song-turned-screech,
what happens when a free and fragile thing
is forced to survive.
***
FELLOWSHIP APPLICATION
The Commission’s criteria includes:
(1) Ability to be Tokenized
(2) Strength of Migrant Mentality
(3) Diplomatic Disposition
(4) Self-care or private health insurance.
(The fourth category was added in response to excessive complaints about mental health.)
*
Recite your trauma in iambic pentameter
then pirouette back into palatable prose.
Remind the reviewers of their privilege but not
of their guilt; remember, it is your job to recognize
and respond to the need for representation.
You must be prepared to excel on the Commission’s annual panels
but not necessarily in daily life. Be sure to mention your parents’
labor, your siblings’ aching bellies. Scholarship awards
are based on generational access, but for the sake of your brown
faces on our website, the Commission makes exceptions.
Give thanks to the empire for the opportunity to be
considered. Close your essays politely,
with a dream you dream they find you worthy of.
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Janelle Lewis for Miss World Philippines
Janelle Lewis for Miss World Philippines
This beautiful Filipino-British lady was the one I hinted before as the former GMA Artist Center talent of GMA Network who screened for Miss World Philippines last February 3 at the Red Hotel. Stress on the word “former” because her talent management contract with GMA7 has already expired last year. She is doing this national pageant as an independent.
19 year-old Janelle Lewis took part in the…
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Parveen Kaur, Nathan Mitchell, Charles Michael Davis, Dev Patel, Nick Sagar, Levy Tran, Raymond Ablack, Candice Patton, Sidhnarth Malhotra, Daniella Pineda, Deepika Padukone, Anna Diop, Amber Stevens West, Gemma Chan, Ashley Madekwe, Peter Gadiot, Jamie Chung, Nathalie Kelley, Rahul Kohli, Diane Guerrero, Logan Browning, Meaghan Rath, Grace Park, Phillipa Soo, Alperen Duymaz, Monica Barbaro, Antonia Thomas, Lashana Lynch, Camila Mendes, Ben Barnes, Lesley-Ann Brandt, Manish Dayal, Shamier Anderson, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, Sean Teale, Lupita Nyong'o, Jessica Matten, Hannah John Kamen, Berker Guven, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Jeanine Mason, Michael B. Jordan, Adria Arjona, Nafessa Williams, Gonca Sariyildiz, Max Theieriot, Chloe Bennet, Aisha Dee, Emre Bey, Kendrick Sampson, Brianne Howey, Melissa Barrera, Ronen Rubinstein, Sydney Park, Michael Trevino, Ryan Destiny, Monica Raymund, Aiysha Hart, Poppy Drayton, Ricky Whittle, Can Yaman, Cagla Demir, Cemre Baysel, Janel Parrish, Courtney Eaton, Heather Hemmens, Antoinette Robertson, Charles Melton, Adelaide Kane, Michael Evans Behling, Daniel Ezra, Brenda Song, Greta Onieogou, Dilan Deniz, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Kylie Bunbury, Cemre Gumeli, Tessa Thompson, Harry Shum Jr., Jessie Mei Li, DJ Cotrona, Victoria Justice, Dilara Aksuyek, John Boyega, Laura Harrier, Aldis Hodge, Lulu Antariksa, Megan Tandy, Carlos Miranda, Keith Powers, Karrueche Tran, Aja Naomi King, Elliot Knight, Alia Bhatt, Luke Mitchell, Riz Ahmed, Tyler Hoechlin, Li Jun Li, Jordan Calloway, Gabriel Luna, Jessica Parker Kennedy, Diego Boneta, Chace Crawford, Jessica Henwick, Margot Robbie, Jurnee Smollet-Bell, Booboo Stewart, Cody Christian, Adeline Rudolph, Jessica Lucas, Max Irons, Arjun Gupta, Martin Sensmeier, Richard Madden, Alex Landi, Michelle Veintimilla, Tyler Posey, Bruna Marquezine, Wakeema Hollis, or UTP
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Council Member - The Bronx
BACKGROUND:
The background is completely up to you when it comes to the character.
They would be taking over their fathers previous position. They’ve been in power since their fathers death so a little over a year now. They would have been at the Hunter Games where there was recently a few council members murdered, (the Seraph and The Lost Council members), it’s caused even more chaos among the leaders. I think their power would be very shaky, considering the death of their dad, members potentially wanting to over throw them. There’s so many different storylines we could do with this.
I think a really cool plot would be if they were some how related James (the wolf who helped start the second war? If it’s possible then I’m game.
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If it’s not too much, would you mind suggesting some faceclaims of color that could be in a modern punk/alternative band? Thank you so so much :)
Non-binary:
ARROWS / angryarrows (1990) African-American - non-binary - he/they.
Alok Vaid-Menon (1991) Indian - gender-nonconforming, non-binary transfeminine - they.
Quintessa Swindell (1997) Black / White - non-binary - he/they.
Chella Man (1998) Hongkonger, Jewish - deaf - trans genderqueer - he/him.
Ariela Barer (1998) 75% Ashkenazi Jewish 25% Mexican - non-binary - she/they.
Sivan Alyra Rose (1999) Chiricahua Apache, Afro Puerto Rican - genderfluid - she/her they/them - pansexual.
Ian Alexander (2001) Vietnamese / White - he/him - enby boy - queer.
Musicians:
Azis (1978) Romani - non-binary - gay.
Nat Ćmiel / Yeule (1997) Chinese-Singaporean - non-binary - she/they.
Grove / theyisgrove (?) Black British - genderqueer - they/them - queer.
Women:
Freema Agyeman (1979) Ghanaian / Iranian - Sense8.
Dichen Lachman (1982) Tibetan / German - Supergirl.
Nyla Rose (1982) Oneida / African-American - trans.
Roberta Colindrez (1986) Mexican - queer.
Maika Harper (1986) Inuit.
Jurnee Smollett-Bell (1986) African-American, possibly other / Ashkenazi Jewish - Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey.
Samira Wiley (1987) African-American - lesbian.
Kat Blaque (1990) African-American - trans.
Anh Wisle (1991) Vietnamese.
Zazie Beetz (1991) African-American / German.
Kanya Sesser (1992) Thai - born without legs.
Slick Woods (1993) African-American - bisexual.
Park Gyu-young (1993) Korean - Sweet Home.
Kawennahere Devery Jacobs (1993) Mohawk - not straight but otherwise unlabelled.
Linnea Berthelsen (1993) Indian - Stranger Things.
Khadijha Red Thunder (1994) Cree, African-American, Spanish - After.
Lyrica Okano (1994) Japanese - The Runaways.
Sasha Lane (1995) African-American, Māori, English, Scottish, Sorbian, French, Cornish, distant German, Italian, Belgian Flemish, Russian, and Northern Irish - lesbian.
Adeline Rudolph (1995) Korean / German - Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.
Mei Pang (1996) Malaysian-Chinese.
Brianna Hildebrand (1996) Mexican / German, English, Irish - not straight, chosen not to label herself otherwise!
Tati Gabrielle (1996) Korean / African-American - Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.
Andy Blossom (1998) Chinese.
Anna Lambe (2000) Inuit - bisexual - Trinkets.
Ayumi Roux (2001) Japanese / French.
Aaron Philip (2001) Afro-Antiguan - has cerebral palsy - trans.
Minni Jo (?) English, Puerto Rican - NCIS.
Musicians:
Buffy Sainte-Marie (1941) Cree.
Jada Pinkett-Smith (1971) African-American / African-/Creole-Barbadian, African-/Creole-Jamaican.
Natasha Khan (1979) Pakistani / English.
Ebony Bones (1982) Afro-Jamaican.
Riz Ahmed (1982) Muhajir Pakistani - Sound of Metal.
Fefe Dobson (1985) Afro-Jamaican / Unspecified First Nations, Irish, English, Dutch, Scottish.
Janelle Monáe (1985) African-American - bisexual and pansexual.
Juliana Huxtable (1987) African-American - trans.
FKA twigs (1988) African-Jamaican / English, Spanish.
Rina Sawayama (1990) Japanese.
Sho Madjozi (1992) Tsonga / European.
Sky Ferreira (1992) Portuguese Brazilian / Ashkenazi Jewish, Cheyenne, Ojibwe, Chippewa Cree, Scottish, French, English, Irish.
Nikki Gould (1995) Mi'kmaq, White.
Kehlani (1995) African-American, French, Blackfoot, Cherokee, Spanish, Mexican, Filipino, Scottish, English, German, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, and Welsh, as well as distant Cornish, Irish, Choctaw - lesbian and polyamorous.
Asami Zdrenka (1995) Japanese / English, Danish, Irish.
Jasmine Sokko (1996) Singaporean.
Rico Nasty (1997) African-American / Puerto Rican.
Nakamoto Suzuka (1997) Japanese.
Kiana Ledé (1997) African-American, Swedish, Mexican, Cherokee.
Willow Smith (1998) 75% African-American 25% African-Creole-Barbadian and African-Creole-Jamaican - bisexual and polyamorous.
Kikuchi Moa (1999) Japanese.
Jannine Weigel (2000) Thai / German.
Amy Love / Nova Twins (?) Black British.
Georgia South / Nova Twins (?) Black British.
Kayla Phillips / Bleed The Pigs (?) African-American.
Audrey Campbell / Pleasure Venom (?) African-American.
Gabriella “Guitar Gabby” Logan (?) African-American.
Shikhee D’iordna (?) Bangladeshi.
Edith Johnson / Meet Me @ the Altar (?) African-American.
Ada Juarez / Meet Me @ the Altar (?) Salvadorian, Dominican - lesbian.
Téa Campbell / Meet Me @ the Altar (?) African-American - lesbian.
Men:
Danny Trejo (1944) Mexican.
Zahn McClarnon (1966) Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux, Sihasapa Lakota Sioux, Polish, Irish, French, German, English.
Marcus LaVoi (1968) Ojibwe.
Naveen Andrews (1969) Malayali Indian.
Clayton Cardenas (1985) Mexican, Filipino.
Richard Cabral (1984) Mexican.
Arjun Gupta (1986) Indian.
Rüzgar Erkoçlar (1986) Turkish - trans.
Eugene Lee Yang (1986) Korean - gay.
Andrew Koji (1987) Japanese / British.
Julio Torres (1987) Mexican - esp his role in Los Espookys.
Chai Hansen (1989) Thai / Unspecified Australian.
Xavier de Guzman (1988) Filipino.
David Castañeda (1989) Mexican.
Kiowa Gordon (1990) Hualapai, English, Scottish, Danish, Manx.
Adonis Bosso (1990) Ivorian.
Harvey Guillen (1990) Mexican - queer.
Jade Hassouné (1991) Lebanese - unsure of sexuality but not straight.
Jake Choi (1992) Korean.
Ryan Potter (1995) Japanese / Ashkenazi Jewish, Swedish, English, German.
Justice Smith (1995) African-American / Italian, French-Canadian - queer - Generation.
Aria Shahghasemi (1996) Iranian.
Luka Sabbat (1997) Afro-Haitian, Irish, English, German.
Nico Hiraga (1997) Japanese / German, English, Scottish, Dutch.
Musicians:
Doug Wimbish (1956) African-American.
Vernon Reid (1958) African-American.
Ice-T (1958) Louisiana Creole [African, French] / African-American.
D. H. Peligro (1959) African-American.
Ernie C (1959) African-American.
Will Calhoun (1964) African-American.
Corey Glover (1964) African-American.
Lenny Kravitz (1964) Afro-Bahamian, African-American / Ashkenazi Jewish.
Benji Webbe (1967) Afro-Jamaican.
Serj Tankian (1967) Armenian.
Arnel Pineda (1967) Filipino.
Derrick Green (1971) African-American.
Lajon Witherspoon (1972) African-American.
Miyavi (1981) Japanese / Korean-Japanese.
Tosin Abasi (1983) Nigerian.
Matt Heafy (1986) Japanese / Irish, German.
Jason Aalon Butler (1986) African-American / Scottish.
Kanki Tomoya (1987) Japanese.
Yamashita Tōru (1988) Japanese.
Moriuchi Takahiro (1988) Japanese.
Kohama Ryōta (1989) Japanese.
Marz23 / Lin Zhirong (1991) Taiwanese.
Moses Sumney (1991) Ghanaian - aromatic.
Roshon Fegan (1991) African-American / Filipino.
Choi Myung-Hwan / Mokyo / Thurxday (1991) Korean.
Scarlxrd (1994) Jamaican, Ghanaian / Jamaican, White.
Remington Leith (1994) Unspecified Indigenous Brazilian, White.
Denzel Curry (1995) Afro-Bahamian.
Do Han-se (1997) Korean.
KennyHoopla (1997) African-American.
GARZI (1997) African-American.
Jaden Smith (1998) 75% African-American 25% African-Creole-Barbadian and African-Creole-Jamaican.
ZillaKami (1998) African-American.
Iann Dior (1999) Afro-Puerto Rican.
Poorstacy (1999) African-American.
Yoon Jin-young / Ash Island (1999) Korean.
Trippie Redd (1999) Irish, Unspecified Native American, African-American.
Danny Denial (?) African-American.
CX KiDTRONiK (?) African-American.
Jaxon Rose (?) Black New Zealander.
theOGM (?) African-American.
Some musicians have acting roles but they’re under the musician category to show they have musician / music related resources!
I’d also suggest this post for more alternative musicians of colour!
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Most wanted woc? Thanks
hell yea ! sofia boutella, lizzo, ryan destiny, lindsey morgan, ashleigh murray, samantha logan, paulina singer, janel parrish, paris berelc, lana condor, devery jacobs, fivel stewart, lisa manoban, alexa demie, yara shahidi, mj rodriguez ( trans ), lesley ann brandt, melissa pamuk, summer bishil, geraldine viswanathan, tati gabrielle, sarah shahi, neelam gill, jameela jamil, hannah simone, sofia carson, adria arjona, chloe bridges, nana komatsu, adeline rudolph, courtney eaton, tessa thompson, nathalie kelley, kiana madeira, daniella pineda, moon ga young, simay barlas, elodie yung, olivia munn, tanaya beatty, merve boluğur, kim chungha, deepika padukone, maggie q, amber midthunder, imaan hammam, aja naomi king, antonia thomas, lucy liu, emily tosta, demet ozdemir, park chaeyoung, danai gurira, tiffany young, anna diop !
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Wanted fcs for Grayson's ex military buddy? Poc fcs preferred please! Thanks!
Hello, lovely. For POCs that could fit that WC:
Daniella Pineda, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Lindsey Morgan, Ludi Lin, Laura Harrier, Kendrick Sampson, Kat Graham, Diego Boneta, Janel Parrish, Dev Patel, Gemma Chan, Daniel Henney, Charles Michael Davis, Candice Patton, Aldis Hodge
Hope that helps!
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I could tell you about the men,
their hands, their laughter
—but only if you promise to believe me.
I could tell you about
not being believed,
though I’d rather not.
I could give up and throw
some big keywords at you.
War. Migration. Diaspora.
Don’t all the traumas of my blood
begin there? But if they’re too heavy
for your heart, let me go back to the birds:
their flutter a fury inside my chest,
ribcaged flight fighting
to be freed. My panic is no more
than their song-turned-screech,
what happens when a free and fragile thing
is forced to survive.
— Janel Pineda, from “The Assessment Form Asks About My Anxiety,” Lineage Of Rain
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Pr Janel Pineda La Fe Viva. (en Polonuevo) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJl0JqRFq_M/?igshid=maeonm8hpmuh
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In Another Life by Janel Pineda
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Biker shorts: 35 ideias de como usar a peça tendência do momento
O biker shorts é uma peça confortável que saiu do visual academia e agora está presente nas passarelas e nos looks fashionistas do streetstyle. Essa matéria vai te mostrar que é possível combiná-lo de muitas formas sem que você tenha que abrir mão do seu estilo. Confira 35 ideias de como usar e onde encontrar o modelo perfeito para você!
1. O biker shorts é tendência!
Thássia Naves
2. E com ele é possível compor looks esportivos
Compre na Zattini
3. Até os mais sociais, com blazer e cinto
Annabelle Fleur
4. E se você não tem ideias de como usar biker shorts, se inspire neste visual
Irish Pearl
5. Para o trabalho, você pode combinar de forma elegante
Rayza Nicácio
6. E para um dia mais confortável, é só usar com t-shirt oversized
Lian Galliard
7. E o shorts ciclista ainda aparece nos looks de academia
Compre na Renner
8. Perfeitos para quem não abre mão do estilo nem na hora do treino
Gabi Lisboa
9. As discretas podem apostar no modelo mais comprido
Maren Schia
10. E para as ousadas, que tal um estampado?
Julia Rodrigues
11. Os looks com biker shorts são autênticos para curtir um festival de música
Gio Serrano
12. Para compor uma produção tendência, complete com colete e pochete
Negin Mirsalehi
13. Apesar de polêmico, há muuuuuitas maneiras de combinar o biker shorts
Cindy Pineda
14. Com camisão e cinto fica fashionista
Paz Halabi
15. E para deixar aconchegante, coordene com tênis e moletom
Cindy Pineda
16. É uma peça confortável para longas viagens
Aimee Song
17. Combinar biker shorts com jeans é certeiro
Brittany Xavier
18. Mas a bermuda tira o look do comum
Chelsie Beauregard
19. Para deixar elegante, use com blazer por cima
Yasmim Stevam
20. Biker shorts + cropped é puro estilo!
Hello Thalita
21. Mesclar com blusa e sandália torna o visual sofisticado
Charlotte Kuhrt
22. Já as moderninhas podem pensar em uma produção com t-shirt e tênis
Janni Déler
23. O biker shorts se popularizou depois que as Kardashians começaram a usar o modelo
Kim Kardashian
24. E diversas influencers incorporaram a peça ao guarda-roupa
Camila Coelho
25. Para um visual estiloso, que tal uma combinação inusitada com botas?
Jacky
26. Mas não há problemas em apostar nas certeiras
Compre na C&A
27. O biker shorts preto é clássico
Cindy Pineda
28. Mas há modelos estampados incríveis
Compre na Riachuelo
29. Procura um look elegante para os dias frios? Se inspire nesta ideia!
Whaelse
30. Com tênis e acessórios grandes você compõe um visual casual chique
Janelle Marie Lloyd
31. Com camisa branca é uma inspiração nada óbvia para o trabalho
Sophia Roe
32. E para uma produção despojada e cool, combine com tênis chunky
Maren Schia
33. Para ficar confortável no treino, invista em um biker shorts da Nike
Compre na Nike
34. A peça é realmente versátil, além de autêntica
Yasmim Stevam
35. Combinando com diversos estilos para ocasiões variadas
Ellen V Lora
Convencida que o biker shorts não precisa ser usado apenas na academia? Vale a pena investir nessa peça pois é possível combiná-la para diversas ocasiões sem que o look fique comum demais. E se você adora tendências e visuais autênticos, veja 55 produções no estilo swag.
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