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		<title>&#8220;I KNOW&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Oct 2010 04:42:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Svetlana</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Aquarius Love Mystery
Having reached the Aquarian initiation, the evolving soul feels that it must return to life much of what it gathered along the way.  And so begins a “second childhood” on the level of the Water Bearer, who pours out his knowledge, both determined and anxious to share it before he leaves this [...]]]></description>
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<h3>The Aquarius Love Mystery</h3>
<p>Having reached the Aquarian initiation, the evolving soul feels that it must return to life much of what it gathered along the way.  And so begins a “second childhood” on the level of the Water Bearer, who pours out his knowledge, both determined and anxious to share it before he leaves this planet to explore the exciting realm of the unknown on the other side.</p>
<p>Aquarius feels the stirrings of the masculine positive Day Forces for the last time as a Fixed Organizer, in the final experience of the detached and unpredictable Air Element.  A puzzle to friends and family, the Aquarian man or woman cavorts in peculiar fashion with the young at heart – peculiar, since wisdom and experience are in direct contrast with such liberal, eccentric behaviour.  There were so many mysteries missed in the past</p>
<p>because there wasn’t time to investigate them.  Now Aquarians must taste them all – must investigate every nuance of up and down, left and right, will and won’t.  They delight in shocking those around them, suddenly aware of an inexplicable ability to peek into the future.  Amazingly intuitive and bristling with unexpected flashes of telepathic images, The Aquarian soul examines people and ideas without sentiment, arriving at truth with no apparent logic or traceable effort.</p>
<p>On this level, the soul tends to flaunt law and authority because the spirit actually exists in the world of the future.  Aquarius knows that the rigid rules of todays’s society must sooner or later be compromised.  Therefore he (or she) sees no sensible reason to respect what will surely evolve into something new and different tomorrow.  If violent revolt is necessary to bring about tolerance, brotherhood and understanding, then Aquarius believes the result will be worth the conflict.  However, although they advocate change for the world (and for their friends and family), the Water Bearers remain Fixed in their own personal opinions, private codes and life-styles, reflecting the contradictory nature of the ruling planet, Uranus.</p>
<p>The soul has now acquired a true humanitarian approach.  To the unprejudiced Aquarian, every human being is a friend, whatever that person’s personal values may be, for the Water Bearer has learned that he (or she) is one with all mankind and womankind – and with Nature.  Yet, personal relationships may be neglected, as these men and women pursue an idealism related to the benefit of society in general.  Like the Aquarian Age it reflects, the soul at this stage envisions a golden and glorious future that may be attained only by blasting old customs and outdated ideas to clear the way for spiritual awareness, through the thunderbolt path of accelerated mass Karma.  If more conservative people are offended by the Uranus behaviour, the Aquarian individualist laughs off their disapproval.  Secure in an intuitive grasp of the future, Aquarians retort, “I KNOW” to all questions, then perversely refuse to explain <em>how</em> they know – except to the children, who understand through their own innocence the innocent state of simplicity the soul returns to in the “second childhood” Uranus vibration.</p>
<p>The Aquarian positive qualities are vision, individuality, tolerance, friendliness, inventiveness, originality and genius.  Expressed in their negative form they become eccentricity, neurosis, detachment, absentmindedness and refusal to cooperate.</p>
<p>To Aquarius, love is a detached and unselfish emotion, to be explored and enjoyed.  The Water Bearer understands love’s scope and investigates all its dimensions, but scatters it carelessly, confusing it with friendship.  Physical fulfillment leaves Aquarius emotionally empty and still wistful, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">failing to sense the mystery of <em>Oneness</em> with the mate – the final truth of love, which awaits discovery silently, in the shadows – the secret guarded by Neptune, just beyond Uranus comprehension.</span></p>
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		<title>&#8220;I BALANCE&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 04:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Svetlana</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Libra Love Mystery
Turning from the lonely Virgo path of self-discipline, the evolving soul reaches out once again to the positive Day Forces, as the Libra vibration seductively beckons to it to accept, for the third time, the challenge of Cardinal leadership.  In the Libra consciousness, the soul is fully grown, aware now of both [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_1723" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px"><a href="http://vi.sualize.us/view/kallini2002/52c5a1d15c1cfed881f65688fce17854/"><img class="size-full wp-image-1723" title="2010-10-19 The Libra Love Mystery" src="http://www.altrealm.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/2010-10-19-The-Libra-Love-Mystery.jpg" alt="Libra knows: he -- or she -- must not be alone when winter comes" width="500" height="500" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Libra knows: he -- or she -- must not be alone when winter comes</p></div>
<h3>The Libra Love Mystery</h3>
<p>Turning from the lonely Virgo path of self-discipline, the evolving soul reaches out once again to the positive Day Forces, as the Libra vibration seductively beckons to it to accept, for the third time, the challenge of Cardinal leadership.  In the Libra consciousness, the soul is fully grown, aware now of both sunshine and shadow.  During the struggle for maturity which culminated in Virgo, it has learned that there is in the world (and in people) both night and day – good and evil – dark and light.  Beyond that, Libra is consumed with the intriguing polarity of male and female.</p>
<p>Experience has taught Libra men and women to judge their fellows fairly.  Until the Libra level, the soul’s interest has been centered primarily on itself.  Now it expands to include, for the first time, an awareness of the necessity to relate to other human beings.  The soul is now equipped with the lessons of five previous levels, capable of leading with both logic and force.  Libra acts with a blend of wisdom composed of knowledge gained through one excursion into WATER and from twice experiencing FIRE, EARTH and AIR.  “I BALANCE”, says Libra, priding himself or herself on seeing both sides.  Because it shatters Libra’s conscience to be unfair, decisions are difficult and painful.  A sense of social justice is emerging, and in the face of prejudice or intolerance, Libra often turns to endless argument, using the cold logic learned through Gemini and sharpened through Virgo.  But this approach is softened by a new sense of the value of persuasion.  Libra has acquired the quality of charm, which he has discovered is a sure way to win, so he artfully uses a mellow voice and dazzling smile to cajole and get his way with others.</p>
<p>Libra feels a growing awareness of beauty of harmony – in music, art and romance.  As Librans subconsciously recall their Virgo loneliness, they experience the stirring of a deep and primal urge to find a mate.  Sentimental, yet practical, the Libra soul instinctively knows the need for someone to walk nearby, in both love and business, in order to balance Life and satisfy the desire for harmony of Libra’s ruler, Venus.  In the Libran Air Element, however, a love partner is not easy to find.  When the vices and virtues of prospective mates are weighed and balanced on the Libra Scales, they often are found wanting, bringing on the anguish of emotional indecision.  But through it all, this man or woman continues the relentless search for someone to share life’s joys and sorrows.  The autumn season so loved will someday fade, the spring so fondly remembered is long past, and there is one thing Libra knows: he – or she – must not be alone when winter comes.  And so Librans respond to sunset’s beauty, sadly sensing simultaneously that for all is crimson-gold glory, it nevertheless announces another approaching night of the soul.</p>
<p>Libra’s positive qualities are justice, intelligence, charm, gentleness and emotional balance.  Expressed in their negative form they become laziness, procrastination, indecision, argumentativeness, pleasure-seeking and temperament.</p>
<p>To Libra, love is a mating of the minds and hearts – not too passionate, not too detached – a happy medium, to be equally shared.  But these souls are too infatuated with love’s surface beauty to penetrate completely its deeper implications.  They recognize only that they love.  It has not occurred to them to wonder <em>why</em>.</p>
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		<title>&#8220;I WILL&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Oct 2010 04:42:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Leo Love Mystery
The Cancerian Adolescent soul is transformed with brilliant suddenness into a symbolic Teenager, brought by the Leo vibration into the first expression of self-confidence and pride in individuality.  Now the soul knows (or assumes) who he is – or who she is – as Leo feels an even stronger pull of the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_1791" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 385px"><a href="http://vi.sualize.us/view/kallini2002/f52cb9d871efe0da94e7552a6e483eca/"><img class="size-full wp-image-1791" title="2010-10-17 The Leo Love Mystery" src="http://www.altrealm.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/2010-10-17-The-Leo-Love-Mystery.jpg" alt="Life is all sunlight, the gloomy Past is behind, the miracle of the Future still ahead..." width="375" height="500" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Life is all sunlight, the gloomy Past is behind, the miracle of the Future still ahead...</p></div>
<h3>The Leo Love Mystery</h3>
<p>The Cancerian Adolescent soul is transformed with brilliant suddenness into a symbolic Teenager, brought by the Leo vibration into the first expression of self-confidence and pride in individuality.  Now the soul knows (or assumes) who he is – or who she is – as Leo feels an even stronger pull of the masculine positive Day Forces and the Fire Element than was felt on the Aries level.  The world belongs to the Lion – or the Lioness – and so the Leonine “Teenager” gazes at his or her image in the mirror, admires what is seen and makes the noble vow “I WILL.”  Summer has come into full bloom of furious beauty with lazy afternoons and bright sunshine as Leo moves into SELF consciousness from the polarity meaning of Cancer’s <em>self-consciousness.</em></p>
<p>The idealism of youth stirs the Lion’s heart and sets the blood afire with the dawning knowledge of sexuality, two powerful urges that bring private inner doubts of worth, well hidden beneath outward vanity.  The Leo soul knows what to do with this second experience as a Fixed Organizer, using it wit apparent confidence to lecture others, take charge of his or her own life and rule over those who need Leo’s protection.  Yet the Leo man or woman, like the actual teenager, still seeks reassurance in the form of flattery, still cringes secretly when ridiculed, because he is not quite yet a man – she is not quite yet a woman – for all the surface sureness.</p>
<p>The soul has already passed through the painful experiences of infancy, babyhood, childhood and adolescence, so Leo leads with sympathetic consideration for those who are more vulnerable.  The soul in its Leo expression has no real desire to crush the helpless.  Generosity of spirit was carved into Leo’s memory by the tears wept through the Aries, Taurus, Gemini, and Cancer levels.  However, although Leos have learned to tolerate and forgive enemies, they have not yet learned to respect the wisdom of elders.  Like the real teenager, Leos think they know all the answers, and are impatient with those who question their new worldly knowledge.  The Leo soul worships the Sun, for the Sun is Leo’s ruler, the source of all Life – and of his or her Leonine strength.  Leo admires and is admired, loves and is loved.  As social life begins, the joys of romance begin to bud……then finally to flower.  Puppy love is warm and bright, bringing to the Leo “Teenager” both elation and disappointment.  The dizzy power of his manhood (or womanhood) gives to Leo a sense of personal dignity and importance – through the opposite sex.  No longer must the Lions and Lionesses be restricted by the stifling authority of parental guidance.  The bridge from childhood to adulthood has been spanned.  The responsibilities of maturity are sensed, but still haven’t become a burden.  Life is all sunlight, the gloomy Past is behind, the miracle of the Future still ahead &#8212; and the Present is a time for fun and relaxation.  Leo decides arrogantly that the world needs his newfound wisdom, and is more than willing to give it.  Only through exercising unquestioned command over younger children (the weaker and not yet liberated souls) can a Leo man or woman in this experience retain the necessary image of superiority and self-respect.</p>
<p>Leo’s positive qualities are warmth, generosity, nobility, strength, loyalty, leadership and a soothing, gentle tenderness – the protective charisma of the older brother or sister, of the strong toward the weak.  Expressed in their negative form they become arrogance, false pride, vanity, tyranny, haughtiness …and romantic promiscuity.</p>
<p>To the Leo in the symbolic Teenager stage of development, love is shimmering romance, the song-of-songs, the fulfillment of all ideals and beauty.  Leo is “in love with love” and with himself – herself.  Lions and Lionesses give affection generously only because it brings such pleasure to be so royally beneficent, demanding gratitude and respect, demanding gratitude and respect from the beloved, outraged if love requires that they humble themselves……as yet unable to comprehend its depth, or the beauty of its sacrifice of the “self”.</p>
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		<title>Love Is Eternal</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 04:42:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: http://vi.sualize.us/view/a88fcaef202af1d3a168db985111f343/
The Twelve Initiations of Love
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In each of the following experiences, man or woman is fully capable of giving and teaching others the first quality, but for the personality to learn the second quality is a struggle.  When one’s understanding of this second quality equals that of the first, he or she has achieved mastery [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_1757" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px"><a href="http://vi.sualize.us/view/a88fcaef202af1d3a168db985111f343/"><img class="size-full wp-image-1757" title="2010-10-12 Twelve Initiations of Love" src="http://www.altrealm.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/2010-10-12-Twelve-Initiations-of-Love.jpg" alt="...as man and woman evolve around the astrological karmic circle..." width="500" height="348" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">...as man and woman evolve around the astrological karmic circle...</p></div>
<p>Source: http://vi.sualize.us/view/a88fcaef202af1d3a168db985111f343/</p>
<h1>The Twelve Initiations of Love</h1>
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<p>In each of the following experiences, man or woman is fully capable of giving and teaching others the first quality, but for the personality to learn the second quality is a struggle.  When one’s understanding of this second quality equals that of the first, he or she has achieved mastery of a particular Sun Sign.  The Soul must pass <em>more than once</em> through the <em>First Six</em> Initiations of Love as:</p>
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<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="125" valign="top"><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>ARIES</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></td>
<td width="125" valign="top">the infant</td>
<td width="125" valign="top">“I am”</td>
<td width="125" valign="top">to teach that love is innocence</p>
<p>and learn that love is trust</p>
<p>*********************</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="125" valign="top"><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>TAURUS</strong></td>
<td width="125" valign="top">the baby</td>
<td width="125" valign="top">“I have”</td>
<td width="125" valign="top">to teach that love is patience</p>
<p>and learn that love is forgiveness</p>
<p>*********************</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="125" valign="top"><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>GEMINI</strong></td>
<td width="125" valign="top">the child</td>
<td width="125" valign="top">“I think”</td>
<td width="125" valign="top">to teach that love is awareness</p>
<p>and learn that love is feeling</p>
<p>*********************</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="125" valign="top"><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>CANCER</strong></td>
<td width="125" valign="top">the adolescent</td>
<td width="125" valign="top">“I feel”</td>
<td width="125" valign="top">to teach that love is devotion</p>
<p>and learn that love is freedom</p>
<p>*********************</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="125" valign="top"><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>LEO</strong></td>
<td width="125" valign="top">the teenager</td>
<td width="125" valign="top">“I will”</td>
<td width="125" valign="top">to teach that love is ecstasy</p>
<p>and learn that love is humility</p>
<p>*********************</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="125" valign="top"><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>VIRGO</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></td>
<td width="125" valign="top">the adult</td>
<td width="125" valign="top">“I analyze”</td>
<td width="125" valign="top">to teach that love is pure</p>
<p>and to learn that is fulfillment</p>
<p>*********************</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>After achieving emotional maturity in these first six stages of development, man and woman must then pass through love’s <em>Final Six</em> Initiations (more than once) to discover its deeper spiritual meaning in:</p>
<blockquote><p>**********************************************************************************</p></blockquote>
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="129" valign="top"><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>LIBRA</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></td>
<td width="129" valign="top">marriage</td>
<td width="129" valign="top">“I balance”</td>
<td width="129" valign="top">to teach that love is beauty</p>
<p>and learn that love is harmony</p>
<p>*********************</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="129" valign="top"><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>SCORPIO</strong></td>
<td width="129" valign="top">sex</td>
<td width="129" valign="top">“I desire”</td>
<td width="129" valign="top">to teach that love is passion</p>
<p>and learn that love is surrender</p>
<p>*********************</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="129" valign="top"><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>SAGITTARIUS</strong></td>
<td width="129" valign="top">knowledge</td>
<td width="129" valign="top">“I see”</td>
<td width="129" valign="top">to teach that love is honesty</p>
<p>and learn that love is loyalty</p>
<p>*********************</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="129" valign="top"><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>CAPRICORN</strong></td>
<td width="129" valign="top">experience</td>
<td width="129" valign="top">“I use”</td>
<td width="129" valign="top">to teach that love is wisdom</p>
<p>and learn that love is unselfish</p>
<p>*********************</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="129" valign="top"><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>AQUARIUS</strong></td>
<td width="129" valign="top">idealism</td>
<td width="129" valign="top">“I know”</td>
<td width="129" valign="top">to teach that love is tolerance</p>
<p>and learn that love is Oneness</p>
<p>*********************</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="129" valign="top"><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>PISCES</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></td>
<td width="129" valign="top">submission</td>
<td width="129" valign="top">“I believe”</td>
<td width="129" valign="top">to teach that love is compassion</p>
<p>and to learn that love is ALL</p>
<p>*********************</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>and to realize at last that</p>
<h1>Love Is Eternal</h1>
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		<title>&#8220;The Ghost Writer&#8221;. Hearts Beating in Unison.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 18:14:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Svetlana</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
 
 
“The Ghost Writer”
 
in my own words…”…taken from my Heart”
 
I don’t think I am a film buff. I have seen a lot of films, but I hardly qualify for a person who knows all that much about films, film industry, this and that director.  The knowledge must be very expansive and I don’t have it.
 
I did [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/2010/02/27/review-the-ghost-writer/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1367" title="Ghost Writer" src="http://www.altrealm.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Ghost-Writer1.jpg" alt="Ghost Writer" width="502" height="294" /></a></p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<h1>“The Ghost Writer”</h1>
<p> </p>
<h2>in my own words…”…taken from my Heart”</h2>
<p> </p>
<p>I don’t think I am a film buff. I have seen a lot of films, but I hardly qualify for a person who knows all that much about films, film industry, this and that director.  The knowledge must be very expansive and I don’t have it.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>I did indulge in watching movies simply because it was my way of escaping from life.  And lately I do not watch movies for a few fairly simple reasons.  I barely have the time, I have no money and I am too immersed in doing something else.  I indulge more in reading about self-development.  Whether I can show much result for the latter, I am not quite sure, but I certainly seem to have developed more tolerance and patience and open-mindedness.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>So, coming from these new heights of being improved me (LOL)…  I wouldn’t have the opportunity to go and see <strong><em>“The Ghost Writer”</em></strong>, but I was lucky enough to make a new friend and she invited me to see a movie to celebrate the fact that she had recently found a job.  The choice of a film we made together, but I still have the feeling that I influenced her choice more than she influenced mine.  The reason I am saying this is purely that our choices don’t seem to be so spontaneous as we sometimes tend to think.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>And the opinions we had about <strong><em>“The Ghost Writer”</em></strong> at the end were quite different.  I enjoyed the film immensely despite the fact that thinking back about the story itself I found that it was hardly realistic.  But I abandoned the idea that films should be realistic long time ago.  But everything else gave me pleasure.  The scenes by themselves.  Open and dark and gloomy sea, winds, sand, cold atmosphere, the house with glass walls.  I dare say, the plot did not interest me all that much; I was submerged in something all-encompassing.  What it was exactly, I don’t even know.  But when I found a picture in the review, it struck me again – it was precisely <strong>“IT”</strong>.  It was my gut reaction to the visual beauty.  It did strike something in my heart, in my mind, it was so much on the emotional level.  Maybe the film very much reflected my own mood indeed.  Quite possible.  I liked Ewan McGregor, he felt so genuine in his role.  And the best thing that he said was <strong><em>“…take it from your Heart”</em></strong>.  Maybe it was not exactly what he said, but I think it was the essence.  I felt it and kept this feeling throughout the film.  I was more in the character of the writer, than the whole political scene that never interested me.  The appeal of Ewan McGregor’s character is that he seems to be open, innocent, naïve, very touching person with whom it was easy for me to identify.  It felt like I could be him, our hearts beating in unison – I go through life making the most ridiculous mistakes.  And his death at the end of the film seems so pointless yet so profound.  In my opinion, of course.</p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Svetlana</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
 
In the spirit of the Family Day
 
From the web-site www.parenting-boys.com
 
Are You Ready for Children?
 
Mess Test: Smear peanut butter on the sofa and curtains. Now rub your hands in the wet flowerbed and rub on the walls. Cover the stains with crayons. Place a fish stick behind the couch and leave it there all summer.
 
Toy Test: [...]]]></description>
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<p> </p>
<h1>In the spirit of the Family Day</h1>
<p> </p>
<p>From the web-site www.parenting-boys.com</p>
<p> </p>
<h3>Are You Ready for Children?</h3>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Mess Test</strong>: Smear peanut butter on the sofa and curtains. Now rub your hands in the wet flowerbed and rub on the walls. Cover the stains with crayons. Place a fish stick behind the couch and leave it there all summer.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Toy Test</strong>: Obtain a 55-gallon box of Lego&#8217;s. (If Lego&#8217;s are not available, you may substitute roofing tacks or broken bottles.) Have a friend spread them all over the house. Put on a blindfold. Try to walk to the bathroom or kitchen. Do not scream. (This could wake a child at night.)</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Grocery Store Test</strong>: Borrow one or two small animals (goats are best) and take them with you as you shop at the grocery store. Always keep them in sight and pay for anything they eat or damage.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Dressing Test</strong>: Obtain one large, unhappy, live octopus. Stuff into a small net bag making sure that all arms stay inside.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Feeding Test</strong>: Obtain a large plastic milk jug. Fill halfway with water. Suspend from the ceiling with a stout cord. Start the jug swinging. Try to insert spoonfuls of soggy cereal (such as Fruit Loops or Cheerios) into the mouth of the jug, while pretending to be an airplane. Now dump the contents of the jug on the floor.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Night Test</strong>: Prepare by obtaining a small cloth bag and fill it with 8 &#8211; 12 pounds of sand. Soak it thoroughly in water. At 8:00 PM begin to waltz and hum with the bag until 9:00 PM. Lay down your bag and set your alarm for 10:00 PM. Get up, pick up your bag, and sing every song you have ever heard. Make up about a dozen more and sing these too until 4:00 AM. Set alarm for 5:00 AM. Get up and make breakfast. Keep this up for 5 years. Look cheerful.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Physical Test (Women)</strong>: Obtain a large beanbag chair and attach it to the front of your clothes. Leave it there for 9 months. Now remove 10 of the beans.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Physical Test (Men)</strong>: Go to the nearest drug store. Set your wallet on the counter. Ask the clerk to help himself. Now proceed to the nearest food store. Go to the head office and arrange for your paycheck to be directly deposited to the store. Purchase a newspaper. Go home and read it quietly for the last time.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Final Assignment</strong>: Find a couple that already has a small child. Lecture them on how they can improve their discipline, patience, tolerance, toilet training, and child&#8217;s table manners. Suggest many ways they can improve. Emphasize to them that they should never allow their children to run riot. Enjoy this experience. It will be the last time you will have all the answers.</p>
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		<title>LavaLife.  A man&#8217;s Opinion. Latin Libra</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:24:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Svetlana</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:25:19 -0700
From: me
Subject: Pictures
To: Libra Man
 
I am certainly not a morning person, more of a night owl, but these few days are an exception for me.  I just could not sleep.  I got a new job and maybe it is stress, I do not really know.  These guys that I [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:25:19 -0700</p>
<p>From: me</p>
<p>Subject: Pictures</p>
<p>To: Libra Man</p>
<p> </p>
<p>I am certainly not a morning person, more of a night owl, but these few days are an exception for me.  I just could not sleep.  I got a new job and maybe it is stress, I do not really know.  These guys that I met were not about chemistry at all &#8211; all they wanted was sex on their terms &#8211; not strings attached.  They need a woman to be on a &#8220;booty call&#8221; and they could not care less about her.  I am putting it bluntly, of course, they use &#8220;normal&#8221; acceptable phraseology, but it all boils down to sex only.  But that category was to respond first and first to come (of course! they are motivated)!!!.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>That is what I personally do not understand.  I am a caring person; I care about my friends, my neighbours, people on the street and complete strangers.  I don&#8217;t have to be asked to help; I am always the first one to offer.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>But I now, I learned &#8220;their language&#8221;, and I see them immediately.  It took me a week to eliminate this category and I have only been on LavaLife for a week.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>I did respond to you, because I have a strategy.  I am being pro-active.  I take charge.  But it does not mean that a telephone number is an invitation to bed.  It is part of the process.  First we make contact, exchange e-mails, then talk on the phone and then a cup of coffee.  It is very similar to a job interview.  I am totally done with IM &#8211; it is insane and it is nothing but a waste of time.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>I am trying to adjust the process as I go.  By the way, I always ask guys how it is going for them, because I am genuinely interested.  You are the only one to give me such a story.  Everybody else says that is going fine, thank you very much.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>By the way, I could not see you that well on the picture either.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Do not worry about my number, just take your time.  A lot of guys do not call anyways.  The reason is that they are not interested.  The only thing that bothers me &#8211; why then they use the service if it costs so much.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Svetlana</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;</p>
<p>From: Libra Man</p>
<p>To: me</p>
<p>Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 4:51:58 AM</p>
<p>Subject: RE: Pictures</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Hey Svetlana, thanks for the pics..you look good to me <img src='http://www.altrealm.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>And I appreciate your openness..</p>
<p> </p>
<p>But no, I didn&#8217;t think giving me your number was an invitation to bed lol.</p>
<p>It sounds like it&#8217;s all or nothing, and that&#8217;s where it stands for you. I understand that. I don&#8217;t know if I&#8217;m your type, but I can call you sometime if you&#8217;re still interested..maybe take it from there?</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Here are a few other pics.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Libra Man</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 08:09:21 -0700</p>
<p>From: me</p>
<p>Subject: My type?</p>
<p>To: Libra Man</p>
<p> </p>
<p>How can I decide whether you are my type or not?  I haven&#8217;t even talked to you and I haven&#8217;t even met you.  Pictures are pictures, they do not tell much.  If you were to buy a real estate, would you go by a description and a picture?  If you were to buy new clothes, wouldn&#8217;t you try it on?</p>
<p> </p>
<p>http://www.altrealm.com/conversations/2008-08-30/signs/</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Read this short story &#8220;Signs&#8221;.  You only have &#8220;to flip coins&#8221;, when you do not know what it is exactly that you want.  When you know what you want, you will do it.  It is very easy, just common sense.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Besides, I did not understand what you mean exactly by &#8220;all or nothing&#8221;?  Does it really exist in this world?  I have a lot in my life &#8211; my family, my son, my friends and a new and exciting job.  Finding a man is not easy, but it is only a matter of time.  I am a &#8220;go-get-girl&#8221;, but not in a romantic relationship.  I am a woman and I want to be treated like one.  My femininity is not of a regular quality, but I can bet you anything, these simple and ordinary women have not a clue how to be seductive.  And no, dressing up the part is not enough.  Playing the part requires talent and skill, not a costume.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>I never pursue men.  Never, ever, ever.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Weak, indecisive, wishy-washy, boring is certainly not my type.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Svetlana</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>From: Libra Man</p>
<p>To: me</p>
<p>Sent: Wednesday, July 1, 2009 5:47:51 PM</p>
<p>Subject: RE: My type?</p>
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<p> Re &#8216;type&#8217; -that&#8217;s all I meant…  just expressing a little doubt <img src='http://www.altrealm.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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<p>You know EXACTLY what ‘all or nothing’ means. It exists to 99% of all women! How many women do you know that are in a relationship just for the sex? If it doesn&#8217;t come with any more than that, it would be VERY short-lived.</p>
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<p>You&#8217;ve been on lava for a week? I&#8217;ve been on it on/off for 14 yrs. It&#8217;s been little more than a social experiment, and the results aren&#8217;t encouraging. I&#8217;ve found most women are on it for attention, ego stroking, and teasing. I can lecture you on weak, indecisive, wishy-washy, boring, ..not to mention fickle <img src='http://www.altrealm.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' />  Men have to pay to use the site, so we&#8217;re not in it to waste time/effort.</p>
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<p>I&#8217;ve had a number of gfs off the site, but they were compromises. I&#8217;ve always believed having something is better than nothing..may be sad, but realistic.</p>
<p>I have to say, I liked your take on your &#8216;femininity&#8217; <img src='http://www.altrealm.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' />  So true about women just looking the part. I do find you a little intriguing <img src='http://www.altrealm.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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<p>Libra Man</p>
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<p>Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 15:37:53 -0700</p>
<p>From: me</p>
<p>Subject: Re: My type?</p>
<p>To: Libra Man</p>
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<p>I felt like you were screaming at me.</p>
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<p>Svetlana</p>
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<p>From: Libra Man</p>
<p>To: me</p>
<p>Sent: Thursday, July 2, 2009 2:34:51 AM</p>
<p>Subject: RE: My type?</p>
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<p>Sorry. Just venting <img src='http://www.altrealm.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' />  Guess we both expressed a little frustration.</p>
<p>To let you know, I work nights from Mon-Thurs, so I can try calling you sometime Fri night or the weekend? I&#8217;m nicer on the phone <img src='http://www.altrealm.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' />  ..and in person.</p>
<p>You set off any fireworks last night? <img src='http://www.altrealm.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' />         Libra Man</p>
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<p>Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 00:20:39 -0700</p>
<p>From: me</p>
<p>Subject: Re: My type?</p>
<p>To: Libra Man</p>
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<p>Apologies accepted.  I was not frustrated at all.  That is all in the past when I did not know enough about people, about myself and I could not communicate effectively.  Now, it became much much easier.  It is a skill, which can be developed.  Well, moving on.  I am supposed to work on Friday and Saturday from 9 am to 5 pm, but it might change.  The other person who was hired to work with me, has quit, so the schedule might be different.  You can try and call me, but I prefer when you let me know before you call (send an e-mail or something).  Otherwise I will be in the middle of something and it always feels a bit awkward.</p>
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<p>I did not set any fireworks myself.  But my son was invited by his girlfriend to see Fireworks and I saw them all over the city from my balcony (I live in a Penthouse).  But that was certainly not the best part of my day.</p>
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<p>Good night, night owl</p>
<p>Svetlana</p>
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		<title>JVS &#8211; Thank you letter &#8211; Girl #6</title>
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		<dc:creator>Svetlana</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Girl # 6,
 
Thank you for being there for me.  I appreciate both what you said and what you did yesterday.  Despite the fact that I might make you as uncomfortable as everybody else you are the only one in our group who did not run away from me like from a poisonous snake.  You [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear <strong>Girl # 6</strong>,</p>
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<p>Thank you for being there for me.  I appreciate both what you said and what you did yesterday.  Despite the fact that I might make you as uncomfortable as everybody else you are the only one in our group who did not run away from me like from a poisonous snake.  You helped me.  How?  You smiled and you laughed and you went to see art, even though at the moment you may needed your cup of tea more.</p>
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<p>But the most helpful part of your help was that you made an effort.  You listened, you understood, you did not criticize my “torturing” strangers.  This guy Christian who did not have to, and did not want to, but with some coaching “went with the program”.  He did tell a joke, didn’t he?  I said I had a really bad day and all I asked for was to help.  The trick is how.  Help me my way, the way that I need, because I already know that if you succeed it will work.  It will work for me. I do not give you any instructions. You figure it out to make your way through the maze.  Not only Christian succeeded but also he did an A+ job.  He made me laugh.  But not only.  He could not have possibly known that his joke would turn out to be very relevant to my situation.  The way I see the point of his story is this.  The family guy could not handle being with others because he thought they were the reason that he felt frustrated (stressed, irritated, unhappy, you name it).  But when isolated and left alone he could handle it even less.  The imagery was gross but it made me listen.  It engaged me on a personal level.  I do not like that type of jokes.   So inside I have this sensation …oh, yuck, I do not like the way it is going…this is really disgusting…  But it was me who initiated “the process”, so I stayed and listened.  I did not ask Christian to make me like the joke.  Well, you were there.  What did I learn from that experience?  Nothing that I did not already know, but something I just could not get without it</p>
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<p><strong>I am the problem, when I figure out how to help myself; only then I can help others.  Or not help</strong>.</p>
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<p>And you told me it was better to do it sooner than later.  Yes, you nailed it, girl. Right on the money.  I consider myself to be shrewd and perceptive, yet it took me only fifteen years to finally see the obvious.  Stop trying to find an understanding where it could not be found.  No matter how much I want to and no matter how hard I try I cannot make a blind person see and a deaf person hear.  It always had the choice to help or not to, a choice to sacrifice my needs for the needs of others.  So from now on, when I feel the urge to help others, I will pause and ask the question “Is it something that I really want to do?” So my action plan is stop helping people.  They can manage.  The trained professionals told me to “feel the fear and do it anyway”.  I did. I made a change today. I can not find words to describe the hurt…  But I managed with the help of people like you.  You do not need a diploma in psychology; you already know how to help people.  Can you do it?  You already did.  You succeeded where a “professional” failed. Next time you need a story in order to prove that you can help people, use this one.</p>
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<p>I was totally wrong about the class.  Even though <strong>Girl # 7</strong> said that she worked as a social worker and she could help people, I did not believe her claim.  Why?  I do know, but she proved me wrong today and I am glad that she did.   I already sensed that the only relationship <strong>Girl # 3</strong> has with Gold is that she has a heart of one. And look at her face when she smiles, it radiates light; it is so beautiful, that I cannot take my eyes of.  And yet she struggles and struggles and struggles, and my god she deserves better.  I was wrong about the girls, at least some of them.  But I sensed the other thing right.  Going to school to learn how to help people cannot teach you if you do not have a heart.</p>
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<p>Did you like the story about Tolerance?  Do you think that it describes you accurately as a Cancer?  I did not think that I fit the profile.  Not until today.</p>
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<p>-          </p>
<p>I am the Scorpio who came first and did not take tolerance because it cannot be used for torture.  That is right.  I do not need tolerance.  <strong>Honestly is enough.  Brutal honesty, that is.</strong></p>
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		<title>Friendly Fire: Capricorn 1144 versus Halloween Girl 42. Part III</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 19:54:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Svetlana</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Friendly Fire: Capricorn 1144 versus Halloween Girl 42. Part III
After he asked me to not contact him ever again, he wrote to me: 
Wow..  You really are quite angry.  Perhaps you should look t someone who can help you overcome your frustrations.
 Such a shame that you have to spend your energy being negative, writing blogs and [...]]]></description>
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<p>After he asked me to not contact him ever again, he wrote to me: </p>
<p>Wow..  You really are quite angry.  Perhaps you should look t someone who can help you overcome your frustrations.</p>
<p> Such a shame that you have to spend your energy being negative, writing blogs and material about the bad.</p>
<p> Try being positive and writing about good things, so you don’t go around <strong>bashing men</strong>.  You are sad…</p>
<p> Best of luck…</p>
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<blockquote><p> I did not respond to his advice.  But to you, my audience, whoever you are, I want to say:  I am not angry at all.  The first time I heard this phrase “be positive” was on the plane – London – Toronto, on March 4, 1997, the day of my landing in Canada.  And there is plenty I want to say about being positive, negative and neutral.  Just keep reading.  If you want to, that is.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Friendly Fire: Capricorn 1144 versus Halloween Girl 42. Part II</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 19:40:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Svetlana</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From: Capricorn 1144&#62;
Subject: RE: An Answer
To: Halloween Girl 42
Received: Saturday, June 27, 2009, 2:00 PM
Well now, angry are we?
I won&#8217;t run on like you to defend my positions that you have attacked.  Your response just shows the type of person I thought you might be, which is what I picked up on from you.
For you [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>From: Capricorn 1144&gt;<br />
Subject: RE: An Answer<br />
To: Halloween Girl 42<br />
Received: Saturday, June 27, 2009, 2:00 PM</p>
<p>Well now, angry are we?</p>
<p>I won&#8217;t run on like you to defend my positions that you have attacked.  Your response just shows the type of person I thought you might be, which is what I picked up on from you.</p>
<p>For you to actually strike back with such emotion tells me you are not happy and very much in need to find a better place.  The fact that you repeatedly stated that you could not care less, well that is just your defensive side.</p>
<p>Above all, you could have just not responded at all (like my advice to you about unfavourable Lava men), OR simply taken a more graceful route by simply saying a few words and perhaps good luck.  </p>
<p>You did not so this, which is a symtom for you to reflect on and look inside yourself to know this is not a positive atribute to show.</p>
<p>Fact is, nothing you said rings true in my world as I am in a transiant place, have some friends to hang with, and have no shortage of mid 30&#8217;s smart, attractive women to date who are looking for quality over quantity.  2nd, 3rd dates are more common than you think for me&#8230;..and I am going on one tonight.  </p>
<p>If you value your integrity, no further response is neccessary or needed.  Your words mean nothing to me, so save them.  Good luck with your career path and future.</p>
<p>Capricorn</p>
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<p>Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:26:35 -0700<br />
From: Halloween Girl 42<br />
Subject: RE: An Answer<br />
To: Capricorn 1144=</p>
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<td valign="top">Thank you, Capricorn.  I am not angry at all.  Why would I be?  You provided material for a good story, even if unknowingly.  I will publish it soon.  Would like me to let you know when it becomes public?  I can even sign the book for you, if you are not afraid to come closer to me.  Do not worry, names will be changed.</p>
<p>Halloween Girl</td>
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<h1>Last Reply from Capricorn1144</h1>
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<p>Say what you will, but your previous response already shows your anger.</p>
<p><strong>Too late to change that now.</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Material for your book?   </strong></p>
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<p>I will keep your email reply for the record in case you do mention my name in vain.  Regardless, you need to move on and not bother wasting your time with me as we are not a good social match. </p>
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<p>It is funny that you now come to the surface about &#8220;unknowingly&#8221; suggesting that you have good material for a book.  Nothing happened and your responsibility for whatever you think happened has not been addressed, so taking something that is not real and didn&#8217;t happen is fiction.  </p>
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<p>Any further attempts to contact me will just show how you don&#8217;t respect another&#8217;s point of view.</p>
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<h1>PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT ME ANY FURTHER</h1>
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