Elkheart: A Personal Tribute to Wapiti and Their World

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In "Elkheart," critically acclaimed naturalist and essayist David Petersen presents a deeply personal, intimately informed, and (by his own admission) "somewhat eccentric" portrait of the North American elk, or wapiti, and its wild and woolly world.

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Can I give it more than 5 stars??.......2006-08-29

I read this book for the first time a while back and was completely gathered up in Petersen's writing about his world--the elk, the land, the pursuit of not only the animal but of peace in this anxious time. I neglected to put my 2 cents' worth here then, but have recently reread the book and was captured again by all of it. This is in my opinion a must-read for anyone interested not only in hunting (in this case with traditional archery equipment) but also in essential wildness and the quiet, personal experience of entering that shrinking world.

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Here is a completely updated edition of the most successful illustrated guide to Canada's beautiful sea-coast province. In this fourth edition expert contributors share their knowledge of the province and its many attractions while offering independent advice about where to go and what to do. More than 400 beautiful, full-colour photographs show every part of the province at its best.

Detailed chapters cover each region, from the picturesque Lighthouse Route to the Glooscap Trail and the rugged Cabot Trail. Visitors to Halifax will discover its rich heritage, landmarks, festivals and the best places to eat and shop.

This guide shows you the best Nova Scotia has to offer - including spots you won't find in the official travel literature.

Also included are helpful regional and Halifax-area maps, as well as detailed listings that offer information and recommendations on shopping, accommodations, dining, special events, and more.

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Amazing Story...and it was never told before?!!?!

IT'S A NOVEL.

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The Last Voyage of Columbus: Being the Epic Tale of the Great Captain's Fourth Expedition, Including Accounts of Mutiny, Shipwreck, and Discovery
Martin Dugard
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This thrilling adventure narrative recreates the epic, never-before-told story of Columbuss fourth and final journey to the New Worlda voyage that was by far his most dangerous, unexpected, exhilarating, and consequential.

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Amazing Story...and it was never told before?!!?!.......2007-10-09

Dugard is a fantastic writer. Although the beginning of the book begins slowly, the tale of the fourth voyage is one of the most thrilling adventures I ever read. The fact that this was a true story and not fiction makes the reader hold onto their armchair as Dugard's narrative reads beautifully and steers the reader along, and it does so as masterfully as the great Columbus himself, who tenaciously led his frightened men to the New World. And despite Columbus' later misfortunes during this fourth voyage, he was an extremely clever man with outstanding resolve that although never found that elusive passage to Asia did manage to return home safely after a nerve-racking series of disasters. That is astounding by any mortal's standards.

I was glad to see that the History Channel made a movie on Dugard's book, as it is a crucial piece of history and an amazing story. Despite Columbus' failed mission he led his crew through, while even being deathly sick, to finally being rescued. That so many men did follow him, regardless of the mutiny, which was understandable at that crisis, it seems the main issue many others and I have is about Columbus being a tyrant. This whole issue truly needs factual evidence to prove that it was Columbus rather than his officers who committed those gross misdeeds on Hispaniola that tarnished Columbus' name, honor and right to govern.

In comparison to King Ferdinand's Spain, which was entering its most ugly period of pogroms by first expelling the Muslims and currently on a mission to begin the Inquisition, Columbus appears to have been an angel. If harsh punishments were meted out on Hispaniola, it seems the evil King Ferdinand, who was killing people in mass, was no one to reprimand Columbus or his men for harsh treatment. Many factors indicate that the King's aim was to demote Columbus and his monopoly on the New World, which he and his evil bishop, Fonseca, managed to do. They were ruthlessly expelling Muslims and Jews, and Columbus was just another expendable victim added to the list. Hence, this vital information needs to be finally resolved by ALL historians writing about Columbus.

However, this book is titled "The Last Voyage of Columbus", so I can't criticize Dugard too much in this regard, yet his storyline does address this previous issue, and therefore should to some extent. But as for the tantalizing fourth voyage, this is nothing short of extraordinary and almost too unreal to believe.

This was a fascinating tale, written in a fascinating and engaging style. Bravo Dugard! And thanks for bequeathing to the world this great and important tale. A MUST READ!

IT'S A NOVEL........2007-09-25

Sigh. Dugard is such a good writer -- an awe-inspiring writer -- but a book with an index promotes itself as nonfiction. He's got the basic outline of the Columbian story, but the very vividness of his talent makes his historical blunders all the more jarring. Eventually they become unbearable, which is sad.

He keeps tripping over his own cursory research, bedecking Columbus in the correct colorful Renaissance attire, for example, at a time when the real Columbus wore monk's robes. He has Columbus the father holed up with his son Ferdinand in a hurricane -- getting to know each other "after a lifetime apart." What lifetime was that? Ferdinand's mother was Columbus's partner from 1485 to his death. Family life with her, their son Ferdinand, and Columbus's elder son, the motherless Diego, probably made seven years of waiting bearable for him. Cordoba, where Beatriz lived, was his home base, and we know that he stayed there with her and his children between voyages as well: At one point Ferdinand tells us in his biography that Columbus finally sent the two boys back to school because the next voyage was hopelessly delayed.

One night in a storm together may have made for vivid memories, but they knew "each other very, very well" already. With some research, this book could have been a masterpiece.

"He chose to live a bold life rather than settle for mediocrity" (a history teacher's review).......2007-09-01

"The only certainty about Columbus is that, for better or worse, he chose to live a bold life rather than settle for mediocrity." (p. 268)

That is how Dugard ends a lively and informative biography of Christopher Columbus. As the title indicates, Dugard focuses on the fourth voyage of Columbus and its successes and mishaps. In order to properly place this voyage in its correct context, he uses the first half of the book to give the reader a fairly comprehensive biography of Columbus, as well as a thorough look at the politics of the day and other voyages of exploration, especially those of the Spanish and Portugese.

Columbus has been a whipping boy for the politically correct crowd for decades now. Dugard does a solid job of putting Columbus's actions in their proper context without becoming an apologist for his actions. Dugard is unabashadly admiring of Columbus's skills as a navigator and his bravery, but he's quite critical of his abilities as a colonial administrator. His narrative would be a wonderful movie except for two things: #1) Columbus is still radioactively politically incorrect; #2) No one would believe it.

It is a fascinating story and I highly recommend this read. However, I cannot give it 5 stars because Dugard does the unthinkable for a writer of any history - he fails to provide any sort of footnotes or endnotes. None. He does provide an extensive bibliography, but that is not good enough. I require my high school students to provide footnotes or endnotes. Dugard should do the same thing.

The Myth and the Man.......2006-12-04

This book is divided into two parts, the first deals with Columbus, his time spent getting some one (anyone) to back him finacially on a hairbrain scheme to get to China/India by sailing West, and his first three voyages and their results. The second deals with the Fourth Voyage (which he calls his "High Voyage) it's triumph(s), tragedies and their aftermath.

But what makes this book worth reading is what it really deals with, and that when a man's dreams come true they are not always what he expected nor what he wanted in the first place (or thought he did). Columbus wanted to sail west, discover a way to the Orient, make himself a fortune, be showered with lands medals and titles and leave a great legacy for his children and posterity.

Because of his political naivete, what he got was short term acclaim, then humiliation and banishment, the smugness and pettiness of syncophants and courtiers, privation and deprivation, and lastly he almost lost credit for discovering the "New World" to a man (Amerigo Vespucci) who might never have actually commanded a ship of discovery. Keep in mind that the two continents are called America not Columbia (or Colonia, or Colomboia).

Dugard does a marvellous job of bringing out the personalities of all the people involved, from Ferdinand (miser and ingrate) and Isabella (friend and admirer), to his schizophrenic crews (who could never make up their minds on whose side they were on), the indigenous people (some who fought him and others that saved him from starvation); to the man himself who thought that he was protected by God, and never lost his belief in the miraculous help of prayer.

Great Read!.......2006-09-21

This is exciting stuff! I enjoy the honest portrayal of Columbus, showing his strengths and weaknesses and how he was both an opportunist and a victim of the system. The narrative is spell binding and gripping. It is a great story and very well written. One thing the reader should be aware of is that the first half of the body of the book is background information. It interesting and important information to have before you read the account of the voyage, but there is a lot of it and the title may mislead you into thinking that the body of the book primarily consists of the account of Columbus's fourth voyage, when the account is really about half. Secondly, I wished that there were more maps marking the important places the book mentions in Spain, Africa and the New World. There is a map of the New World and the lines marking Columbus's four voyages, but not enough of the important points are included on that map. Having that would have aided my mental picture of what was happening. Also, one of the other reviewers mentioned the lack of source citations. I have noticed the same thing about other recent reader's-history books lately. I wonder if it is becoming a trend to cite less, in order to prevent distraction to the reader. I hope not. Citing sources is an important part of validating one's research and it reassures folks that undue embellishments are not being made. Nonetheless, these are all nit-picky points compared to the almost magical way that Dugard draws you into the story. Buy the book! You won't be able to put it down you will be amazed at what Columbus and his crew endured.

Christopher Columbus: A Great Explorer (Rookie Biographies)

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Carol Greene
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Atlas of Columbus and the Great Discover

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Christopher Columbus (Great Explorers (Milwaukee, Wis.).)

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Melissa Nathan
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Christopher Columbus (Great Explorers)
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Christopher Columbus (What Made Them Great Series)

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Christopher Columbus (What Made Them Great Series)
Lee Morgan
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Christopher Columbus (World's Great Explorers)

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Christopher Columbus (World's Great Explorers)
Zachary Kent
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Christopher Columbus and the Great Voyage of Discovery: With a Message from President George Bush (Picture-Book Biography Series, Vol 1)

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Christopher Columbus and the Great Voyage of Discovery: With a Message from President George Bush (Picture-Book Biography Series, Vol 1)
Joanne B. Weisman , and Kenneth M. Deitch
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Beautifully illustrated account of Columbus' youth and his first voyage to the new world. Illustratoe Marion Eldridge was chosen as an artist for UNICEF cards as a result of her work in this book. The first meeting with Native Americans is retold from both points of view: The Indians and the Spaniards. This book was chosen by the US Information Agency during the Quincentennial to represent the U.S. on a world tour. President george Bush's message introduces the book.

Christopher Columbus: The Great Adventure and How We Know About It

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Delno C. West & Jean M. West
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Christopher Columbus: Great Explorer (Adler, David a. First Biography.)

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Christopher Columbus: Great Explorer (Adler, David a. First Biography.)
David A. Adler
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Boring.......1998-03-26

I homeschool my children, and in order for them to grasp information, the presentation needs to be more exciting. I think there should be better illustrations in the book and I wish it was easier to read for the average child. All the historical information is there in the book. If one lacked a better book this would suffice.

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Many of us pursue fitness because we want to remain attractive to partners and potential partners, and we stay healthy so we can continue to have sex with those partners. But why do people care so much about sex? This book, written by an evolutionary biologist, explains how all the weird quirks of human sexuality came to be: sex with no intention of procreation, invisible fertility, sex acts pursued in private--all common to us, but very different from most other species. Why Is Sex Fun? asks us to look at ourselves in a brand-new way, and richly rewards us for doing so.

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In Why is Sex Fun? Jared Diamond argues that, in our evolutionary history, humans' strange sex lives were as crucial to our rise to human status as our upright posture and large brain. He explores questions such as, `Why are humans one of the few species to have sex in private? Why do human have sex any day of the month or year? Why are human females one of the only mammals to go through the menopause?' Diamond concludes that, by the standards of the world's 4,300 species, we are the ones that are bizarre.

Why is Sex Fun? is a delightfully entertaining and enlightening account of the evolutionary forces that have shaped our sex lives: of the book Diane Ackerman writes that it offers `fascinating reading for anyone curious about why lovers do what they do'.

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Get this book to finally understand the opposite sex.......2007-09-12

Are men and women basically alike, save the obvious physical differences? Absolutely not! This quick read explores the different evolutionary pressures that shape human sexuality. The "Battle of the Sexes" has evolutionary roots millions of years old. Diamond explains how each gender of a given species seeks to leave as many off-spring as possible, and how biological gender differences lead to different strategies and behavior. Diamond convincing promotes an evolutionary paradigm of human sexuality that goes quite far in explaining why men and women act the way they do. Witty and concise throughout, this book is enjoyable and illuminating.

Very good overall.......2007-07-05

There is a bit of overlap in this book with "The Third Chimpanzee," and this is to be expected. (Many of us have noticed that authors tend to cover the same points again and again.) On account of this, it loses one star.

On the good side, this book is very concise and light to read. There are almost no graphs in the book (for maximum simplicity).

The best points:

1. There wwas a good discussion of the process of going about testing a theory/ hypothesis, and though this may need to be read several times to be understood it is something that is interesting to know.
2. There were lots of neat little factoids about animals (such as elephants having 5 sets of teeth over the course of a life).
3. The questions surrouding the function of concealed ovulation were dealt with in a very easy-to-understand way that didn't bog the reader down with excessive technical details.
4. Diamond's beginnings into analyzing the male/ female division of labor were, by far, the best part of the whole book. It was sufficiently quantitative to be believable, but not so much as to be boring.

A misleading title written solely for advertising purposes.......2007-06-24

The book is a blend of "Animal Planet" and Maxim, so at times many of its theories sound more like folk tales than well researched data and at the end you feel that it lacks a clear conclusion. There are many generalizations such as: Women tend to be more responsible with their off spring because they have invested more time and resources on their creation, (ii) That there is a war of the sexes going on, as the reproductive interest of women and males is often at crossroads, as we are more promiscuous and they prefer the company of a single by very well endowed male who could provide security. That ovulation in females is hidden and they are sexually available 24/7 so that their partners will be more inclined to keep them company and not run away looking for sex somewhere else, leaving them abandoned and at peril. Each one of them could be true but at the same time is possible to point out to certain facts which could prove that the premise is wrong. For more interesting observations and analysis buy a book of Desmond Morris.

By they way the book never really tell you why sex is fun (I mean outside the fact that we all know that is fun) and why we humans like to keep it private in practically every society.

Oh, GOD! This is the most stupid book EVER........2007-04-09

How does this man actually get his work published? He is an absolute idiot. This is the most nauseating drivel, I just can't believe anyone can take this guy seriously. He should retire from writing and someone should hide his laptop just incase. Perfectly pointless.

Laughable and Questionable.......2006-10-02

Diamond spends twenty one laughable pages on male lactation. What's next? How about implanting a uterus? After all, men are stronger and could probably carry babies better.
Big game hunting by the males of indigenous tribes was probably more effective when there was more game. But, for Diamond, it leaves the question open as to "What are men good for?"
My question is "What is Jared Diamond good for?"

20 Reasons Why Sports Are More Fun Than Sex

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20 Reasons Why Sports Are More Fun Than Sex
BSI Marketing Inc.
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This book takes a humorous look at the phenomenon of spending more time on your favorite sport than you spend in "quality time" with your spouse. Four sports are examined --football, basketball, baseball, & running. Specific reasons are listed showing why some people actually prefer these sports over sex. Is couplehood doomed? If your spouse spends time on any of these sports, order this book today (as a defensive measure).

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Why is Sex Fun?
Jared Diamond
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Surface science emerged in the 1960s with the development of reliable ultrahigh vacuum apparatus, providing exact structures of surfaces of metal single crystals, information about their compositions, and relationships between surface structure and composition and catalytic reaction rates. Catalysis, the acceleration of a chemical reaction by a catalyst (substance), provided much of the driving force for the early development of surface science.

As surface science continues its rapid development, this book illustrates how it is still driven by the challenges of catalysis and how both theory and scanning tunneling microscopy have forcefully emerged as essential tools. It is also evident how surface science continues to serve as the foundation of catalytic science.

This is a compendium written by leading surface scientists presenting an incisive assessment of up-to-date theoretical and experimental results constituting the foundation of fundamental understanding of surface catalysis.

This paperback edition is adapted from the serial Advances in Catalysis, Volume 45, ISBN: 0-12-007845-7.

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· Dynamics of reactions at surfaces on time scales ranging from 10-13s to 103s
· Density functional theory of adsorption and surface chemical reactions
· Catalysts in action: atomic-resolution STM images elucidating elementary reactions on surfaces
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· Active sites on oxide catalysts: from single crystals to powders
· Model supported catalysts: metal particles on well-ordered oxide layers
· Vibrational spectra of reaction intermediates on catalyst surfaces by sum frequency generation

Impact of Zeolites and other Porous Materials on the New Technologies at the Beginning of the New Millennium (Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis)

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Crystalline solids with highly structured micro-scale pores are called zeolites. Their well-defined structure and large contact surface make them extremely useful as catalysts. Their most common use is in washing powders. Different features are caused by the shape and size of the pores and the presence of different metals in the crystal structure. Research is conducted both towards better understanding of the relations between form and function and towards identifying new possible uses.

This title presents a collection of contributions from internationally renowned researchers in the field of the Science and Technology of micro and mesoporous materials. The aim of the conference is to create an international forum where researchers from academia as well as from industry can discuss ideas and evaluate the impact of zeolites, and other porous materials, on new technologies at the beginning of the new millennium.

· Gives the most recent developments in the origin, synthesis and characterisation of zeolitic materials
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Impact of Surface Science on Catalysis
Helmut Knoezinger Bruce Gates
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Impact of Surface Science on Catalysis.
Bruce C., and Helmut Knozinger, Eds. Gates
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This book is unique in that it gives asymptotic bounds on the sizes of the search spaces generated by many common theorem-proving strategies. Thus it permits one to gain a theoretical understanding of the efficiencies of many different theorem-proving methods. This is a fundamental new tool in the comparative study of theorem proving strategies.

Applied and Computational Complex Analysis, Special Functions-Integral Transforms- Asymptotics-Continued Fractions (Wiley Classics Library)

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Asymptotic and Computational Analysis (Lecture Notes in Pure and Applied Mathematics)

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R. Wong
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Papers presented at the International Symposium on Asymptotic and Computational Analysis, held June 1989, Winnipeg, Man., sponsored by the Dept. of Applied Mathematics, University of Manitoba and the Canadian Applied Mathematics Society.

Analysis of Global Expansion Methods: Weakly Asymptotically Diagonal Systems (Computational Mathematics and Applications)

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Analysis of Global Expansion Methods: Weakly Asymptotically Diagonal Systems (Computational Mathematics and Applications)
L. M. Delves , and T. L. Freeman
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Asymptotic Waveform Evaluation (AWE) technique for frequency domain electromagnetic analysis (SuDoc NAS 1.15:110292)

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Asymptotic Waveform Evaluation (AWE) technique for frequency domain electromagnetic analysis (SuDoc NAS 1.15:110292)
C. R. Cockrell
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Boundary and Interior Layers Computational and Asymptotic Methods: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Boundary and Interior Layers Computational ... Methods, Beijing, China, 5-8 Spetember 1994

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Boundary and Interior Layers Computational and Asymptotic Methods: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Boundary and Interior Layers Computational ... Methods, Beijing, China, 5-8 Spetember 1994
Zhuang Fenggan
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Investigation of computational and spectral analysis methods for aeroacoustic wave propagation abstract (SuDoc NAS 1.26:199783)

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Investigation of computational and spectral analysis methods for aeroacoustic wave propagation abstract (SuDoc NAS 1.26:199783)
Florence O. Vanel
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The Medieval Craft of Memory: An Anthology of Texts and Pictures (Material Texts)

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In antiquity and the Middle Ages, memory was a craft, and certain actions and tools were thought to be necessary for its creation and recollection. Until now, however, many of the most important visual and textual sources on the topic have remained untranslated or otherwise difficult to consult. Mary Carruthers and Jan M. Ziolkowski bring together the texts and visual images from the twelfth through the fifteenth centuries that are central to an understanding of memory and memory technique. These sources are now made available for a wider audience of students of medieval and early modern history and culture and readers with an interest in memory, mnemonics, and the synergy of text and image.

The art of memory was most importantly associated in the Middle Ages with composition, and those who practiced the craft used it to make new prayers, sermons, pictures, and music. The mixing of visual and verbal media was commonplace throughout medieval cultures: pictures contained visual puns, words were often verbal paintings, and both were used equally as tools for making thoughts. The ability to create pictures in one's own mind was essential to medieval cognitive technique and imagination, and the intensely pictorial and affective qualities of medieval art and literature were generative, creative devices in themselves.

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