tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36683660384214436952024-03-13T03:47:45.197-04:00Musical MinutesWELCOME! Here I combine two of my favorite things: Music and Writing. I hope you'll enjoy my somewhat eclectic taste in music. I really enjoy my online music subscriptions because they've helped me discover great new artists whose music I'd probably never hear otherwise. Thanks for spending some musical minutes with me. Please come back often!Biz Burnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11179793840723493044noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668366038421443695.post-26807091091867682452012-10-25T10:58:00.002-04:002012-10-25T10:58:32.065-04:00Amazing Kites Ballet <div style="color: black;">
Special thanks and hugs to Bonnie L. for sharing this spectacular video with me.<br />
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Get ready to be amazed at how kite-flying master Ray Bethell "choreographs" 3 beautiful kites to fly, climb, swerve, twirl, and dive to music that sounds like it was made for this video! ("Flower Duet" from the opera <i>Lakmé</i> by 19th-century French composer Léo Delibes).<br />
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The setting is apparently Vancouver's English Bay Harbor. Looks like Heaven to me.<br />
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This will be the best 6 minutes of your day.<br />
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Hearing this little lady sing this inspirational song (written by her uncle) makes ME believe that angels do indeed live among us. For the first time in quite awhile, I'm literally speechless, and have nothing more to say about this except... </div>
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<b>Jackie Evancho sings <i> To Believe</i></b> <span style="font-size: x-small;">(this video includes the lyrics)</span><br />
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<br />Biz Burnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11179793840723493044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668366038421443695.post-20869920175215265202012-02-15T22:43:00.000-05:002016-03-05T12:45:42.565-05:00Healing + Doctor Tunes<div style="color: black;">
A few years ago, I created a <i>Healing & Doctor</i> mix CD as a birthday gift for my son-in-law, an M.D. (Internist). I'm posting those tunes here now so I can gift them to my sister and a dear friend, both of whom are recuperating from their respective recent successful surgery.<br />
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Seems like every time I listen to these tunes--even if I "have time" for only one or two of them--their vibes are extra-restorative. Maybe that's due to how much music makes me smile. Music feels like a "quiet cousin" of laughing, which <a href="http://www.myhyena.com/2007/09/17/norman-cousins-laughter-best-medicine/" target="_blank">Norman Cousins</a> proved is the best medicine there is.<br />
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Ending this mix with Jerry Seinfeld's hilarious "The Doctor's Waiting Room" routine seems most appropriate especially because I strive daily to earn the reward already earned by one of the two folks to whom I'm dedicating this post. He is well-known for his extraordinary sense of humor and ability to get people laughing, to the extent that a mutual friend of ours gifted him awhile back with a small plaque that says: <i>He deserves Paradise who makes his companions laugh.</i> <span style="font-size: x-small;">(Anonymous)</span><br />
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A speedy and full recovery to all who are healing or who are praying for healing to begin!</div>
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</b> <b><a href="https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B_FvCiLSsVkZemtOaXRtU1M1ZUk&usp=sharing#list" target="_blank">All Songs (in a Google Drive folder)</a></b><br />
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<b><a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_FvCiLSsVkZbjM5S2Ytb1M1b1U" target="_blank">01 "Christ As A Light (Prayer of St. Patrick)"</a></b><br />
by John Michael Talbot<br />
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<b><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_FvCiLSsVkZT1BNZWRnb0J4Yjg/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">02 "Cool Doctor"</a></b><br />
by Brothers 3<br />
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<b><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_FvCiLSsVkZWEEtXy05Uk9TWlk/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">03 "Healing Hands"</a></b><br />
by Marc Cohn<br />
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by Fattburger<br />
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by Sonya Isaacs<br />
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<b><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_FvCiLSsVkZV3h6cGs5dnBiS1E/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">06 "The Doctor"</a></b><br />
by The Doobie Brothers<br />
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<b><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_FvCiLSsVkZSlJDVXhRNEdJU28/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">07 "Healing The Heart"</a></b><br />
by Clare Connors<br />
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by Elton John<br />
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by John Balint<br />
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<b><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_FvCiLSsVkZRkRuemp5bTVrVUk/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">10 "Feel Better"</a></b><br />
by The Nadas<br />
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<b><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_FvCiLSsVkZa2JkQlhlSXlCRnc/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">11 "The Healing Wheel"</a></b><br />
by Llewellyn<br />
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<b><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_FvCiLSsVkZYlB2clFiaXlIWlU/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">12 "The Doctor"</a></b><br />
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by Randy Travis<br />
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<b><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_FvCiLSsVkZMGdmZmZaWU5xZkE/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">15 "Doctor My Eyes"</a></b><br />
Jackson Browne<br />
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Something a little different today. It's so beautiful and memorable, I just HAD to share it here.<br />
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I just enJOYed watching the "stunningly beautiful" short film below on Gratitude and Happiness by award-winning cinematographer, director, and producer, Louie Schwartzberg. Louie shared his film in a 2011 TEDxSF talk.<br />
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Louie's short film includes Brother David Steindl's spoken words, Gary Malkin's musical compositions, and Louie's cinematography. They've crafted a "keeper" video that reminds us of the precious gift of life, and the beauty all around us.<br />
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Louie's notable career spans more than three decades providing breathtaking imagery for feature films, television shows, documentaries, and commercials. As a visual artist, Louie has created some of the most iconic and memorable film moments of our time. He is an innovator in the world of time-lapse, nature, aerial, and "slice-of-life" photography. <b>He is the only cinematographer in the world who has literally been shooting 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, continuously for more than 30 years.</b><br />
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Today, while creating <a href="https://sites.google.com/a/eurekabizsolutions.com/home/thoughtprint" target="_blank">a page about ThoughtPrint<sup>™</sup> on my website</a>, I thought about how we can intentionally and unintentionally use and misuse Language to build bridges, barricades, or bombs.<br />
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That reminded me of one of my favorite songs, <i>Love Can Build A Bridge</i>, by The Judds (Wynona and Naomi). That moved me to share below their "old" (and somewhat grainy but still inspiring) music video.<br />
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My <i>Musical Minutes</i> blog combines two of my favorite things: Music and Writing (Language). Music is a universal language that can bridge people together in ways that Language cannot. I've always been a language "buff" (English, Latin, French, Greek, Spanish, computer languages). But I love Music above them all for many reasons, probably #1 being because it cannot build barricades or bombs.</div>
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Today, many Americans will put our busy lives on pause, to remember and honor the courageous life and leadership of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. As I pondered songs that remind me of his abiding faith in our ability to live together in peace and harmony, the first song that came to mind (perhaps because I took 9 years of piano lessons!) was <i>Ebony and Ivory</i> by Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney. Watching the 1980s-something music video below really "took me back." And I LOVED how, at around 2:30, they're both actually sitting walking on a huge piano keyboard, and then they end up sitting on 2 black keys, next to each other!</div>
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While watching that video, I thought about and appreciated how much progress we've made since then. Yes, there's still much room for improvement. But I sometimes envy my grandchildren, who may take for granted their many opportunities to befriend so early in life this multi-color, multi-lingual, and multi-cultural world. That's about 180 degrees different from what I experienced during the first oh-so-homogenous 40 years of MY life!</div>
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I'm REALLY looking forward to seeing <i>Red Tails</i>, the new movie about the African-American World War II aviators known as the Tuskegee Airmen. I'm embarassed to admit that 'til now, my exposure to those valiant men and the effect they had on U.S. race relations has been limited to learning enough to pass a high school history test. I'm now eager to learn about these men and their commitment to prove that, as the movie's sub-title tells us, <i>Courage Has No Color</i>. This is also what Stevie Wonder's song <b><i>Black Man</i> </b>reminds us of, as you'll hear in the great video below. It's long, but nowhere near as long as the history timespan it chronicles! <b>Lyrics are below.</b><br />
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<b>Lyrics to <i>Black Man</i> by Stevie Wonder</b></div>
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First man to die<br />
For the flag we now hold high<br />
Was a black man (Crispus Attucks)<br />
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The ground were we stand<br />
With the flag held in our hand<br />
Was first the red man's <br />
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Guide of a ship<br />
On the first Columbus trip<br />
Was a brown man (Pedro Alonzo Nino)<br />
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The railroads for trains<br />
Came on tracking that was laid<br />
By the yellow man <br />
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We pledge allegiance<br />
All our lives<br />
To the magic colors<br />
Red, blue and white<br />
But we all must be given<br />
The liberty that we defend<br />
For with justice not for all men<br />
History will repeat again<br />
It's time we learned<br />
This World Was Made For All Men <br />
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Heart surgery<br />
Was first done successfully<br />
By a black man (Dr Daniel Hale Williams) <br />
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Friendly man who died<br />
But helped the pilgrims to survive<br />
Was a red man (Squanto)<br />
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Farm workers rights<br />
Were lifted to new heights<br />
By a brown man (Caesar Chavez)<br />
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Incandescent light<br />
Was invented to give sight<br />
By the white man (Thomas Edison)<br />
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We pledge allegiance<br />
All our lives<br />
To the magic colors<br />
Red, blue and white<br />
But we all must be given<br />
The liberty that we defend<br />
For with justice not for all men<br />
History will repeat again<br />
It's time we learned<br />
This World Was Made For All Men <br />
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Hear me out... <br />
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Now I know the birthday of a nation<br />
Is a time when a country celebrates<br />
But as your hand touches your heart<br />
Remember we all played a part in America<br />
To help that banner wave <br />
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First clock to be made<br />
In America was created<br />
By a black man (Benjamin Banneker) <br />
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Scout who used no chart<br />
Helped lead Lewis and Clark<br />
Was a red man (Sacagawea, a woman!) <br />
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Use of martial arts<br />
In our country got its start<br />
By a yellow man <br />
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And the leader with a pen<br />
Signed his name to free all men<br />
Was a white man (Abraham Lincoln) <br />
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We pledge allegiance<br />
All our lives<br />
To the magic colors<br />
Red, blue and white<br />
But we all must be given<br />
The liberty that we defend<br />
For with justice not for all men<br />
History will repeat again<br />
It's time we learned<br />
This World Was Made For All Men <br />
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This world was made for all men<br />
This world was made for all men<br />
This world was made for all men<br />
God saved His world for all men<br />
All people<br />
All babies<br />
All children<br />
All colors<br />
All races<br />
This world's for you<br />
and me<br />
This world<br />
My world<br />
Your world<br />
Everybody's world<br />
This world<br />
Their world<br />
Our world<br />
This world was made for all men <br />
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Hear me out... <br />
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Who was the first man to set foot on the North Pole?<br />
Matthew Henson - a black man <br />
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Who was the first american to show the Pilgrims at Plymouth the secrets<br />
of survival in the new world?<br />
Squanto - a red man <br />
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Who was the soldier of Company G who won high honors for his courage<br />
and heroism in World War 1?<br />
Sing Lee - a yellow man <br />
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Who was the leader of united farm workers and helped farm workers<br />
maintain dignity and respect?<br />
Caesar Chavez - a brown man <br />
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Who was the founder of blood plasma and the director of the Red Cross<br />
blood bank?<br />
Dr. Charles Drew - a black man <br />
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Who was the first American heroine who aided the Lewis and Clark<br />
expedition?<br />
Sacagawea - a red woman <br />
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Who was the famous educator and semanticist who made outstanding <br />
contributions to education in America?<br />
Hayakawa - a yellow man <br />
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Who invented the world's first stop light and the gas mask?<br />
- a black man <br />
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Who was the American surgeon who was one of the founders of <br />
neurosurgery?<br />
Harvey William Cushing - a white man <br />
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Who was the man who helped design the nation's capitol, made the first<br />
clock to give time in America, and wrote the first almanac?<br />
Benjamin Banneker - a black man <br />
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Who was the legendary hero who helped establish the League of Iroquois?<br />
Hiawatha - a red man <br />
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Who was the leader of the first microbiotic center in America?<br />
- a yellow man <br />
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Who was the founder of the city of Chicago in 1772?<br />
Jean Baptiste - a black man <br />
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Who was one of the organizers of the American Indian Movement?<br />
Denis Banks - a red man <br />
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Who was the Jewish financier who raised funds to sponsor Christopher <br />
Columbus' voyage to America?<br />
Lewis D. Santangol - a white man <br />
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Who was the woman who led countless slaves to freedom on the <br />
underground rairoad?<br />
Harriet Tubman - a black woman<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">It was a bittersweet experience the past three days, as I listened to <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>The Story</i> on WUNC 91.5FM (my local [Raleigh/Durham] NPR affiliate). Dick Gordon's 3-day<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>"Re-Inventing Haiti"<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>series moved me to tears, some of which were joyful...almost as joyful as the spirit of many amazing Haitians who have literally "lived to tell about" the horrific 2010 Haiti Earthquake and its aftermath. Their steadfast conviction that this event occurred to provide the opportunity to rebuild EVERYTHING in Haiti literally from the ground up reminded me of <b>one of my favorite songs,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Life Holds On</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>by the awesome Beth Nielsen Chapman. (The video is embedded below.</b>)<b><br />
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<b>Today is an "Hallelujah Amen!" day in my professional and spiritual life!</b> I and some virtual co-workers have finally completed an intense piece of a project that will literally create<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>a new "financial aquaduct system"<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>for every U.S. nonprofit, the millions of people and other good causes they serve, and hopefully millions of small- and mid-size U.S. businesses who would love to financially support those nonprofits more than their current cashflow allow. I will soon post more here about this revolutionary new<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>no-cost noprofit fundraising system</b>, but in the meantime, the image below says it all about where we've ALL been economically for over 3 years. And it PROVES to me that life does INDEED "..hold on...given the slightest chance." It proves to me that if we just "Keep the faith, Baby!"<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><u>and work cooperatively together</u>, we CAN accomplish ANYTHING and EVERYTHING!</span><br />
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style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Life holds on</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Given the slightest chance</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For the weak and the strong</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Life holds on</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There was a third-grade boy that we knew in school</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">He was found face down in a swimming pool</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And as they worked on that kid every minute was an hour</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And when his eyes fluttered open we could feel that power</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Life holds on</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Given the slightest chance</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For the weak and the strong</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Life holds on</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Life holds on</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Life holds on</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sirens screaming down my street</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Fading as they go</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Whining somewhere far away</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">To someone I don't know</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Still, I say a little prayer</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There's always hope</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Life holds on</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Through the window in the kitchen I can see outside</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My kids taking turns coming down the slide</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And I try not to worry as they grow a little every day</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">No, I've just gotta believe they're gonna find their way</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And that Life holds on</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Given the slightest chance</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For the weak and the strong</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Life holds on</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Life holds on</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Life holds on</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Life holds on</span></span><br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Qqus079lUz8" width="640"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668366038421443695.post-44798510399908690442010-02-14T15:43:00.001-05:002012-01-14T10:19:50.684-05:00We're All Swimming to the Other Side<span style="font-size: small;">Today, I'd like to share <i><b>Swimming to the Other Side</b></i>, a simple but profoundly inspirational song written by <a href="http://www.emmasrevolution.com/"><b>Pat Humphries</b></a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Below, you can hear this song performed by <a href="http://www.davidgrover.com/">David Grover and The Big Bear Band</a>. On this group's website, they describe their music as follows:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i style="color: #0b5394;">Original and Traditional music for kids of all ages. We call it folk music, but the influences behind the music are the performers and writers we love. It's Pete Seeger and the Beach Boys … it's the Beatles … and Harry Belafonte. Paul Simon and Kermit the Frog. It's Broadway and the Carpenters, Peter Paul and Mary and the Grateful Dead. And it's Woody Guthrie and Martin Luther King. It's folk music of the 21st century. It's real people playing real instruments playing songs we love, to people we love.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Through the wonders of the I-net and other global communication technologies, we can now see first-hand that millions of people riding this rock understand and live by the words in this beautiful song (complete lyrics below).</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">EnJoy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Biz Burnett</span><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-size: small;">Swimming to the Other Side </span></i>written by Pat Humphries</b><br />
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<b><i>Swimming to the Other Side</i> Lyrics</b> <br />
<b>Refrain</b><br />
We are living ‘neath the great Big Dipper<br />
We are washed by the very same rain<br />
We are swimming in the stream together<br />
Some in power and some in pain<br />
We can worship this ground we walk on<br />
Cherishing the beings that we live beside<br />
Loving spirits will live forever<br />
We’re all swimming to the other side<br />
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I am alone and I am searching<br />
Hungering for answers in my time<br />
I am balanced at the brink of wisdom<br />
I’m impatient to receive a sign<br />
I move forward with my senses open<br />
Imperfection, it be my crime<br />
In humility I will listen<br />
We’re all swimming to the other side<br />
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On this journey through thoughts and feelings<br />
Binding intuition, my head, my heart<br />
I am gathering the tools together<br />
I’m preparing to do my part<br />
All of those who have come before me<br />
Band together and be my guide<br />
Loving lessons that I will follow<br />
We’re all swimming to the other side<br />
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When we get there we will discover<br />
All the gifts we’ve been given to share<br />
Have been with us since life’s beginning<br />
And we never noticed they were there<br />
We can balance at the brink of wisdom<br />
Never recognizing that we’ve arrived<br />
Loving spirits will live together<br />
We’re all swimming to the other side.<br />
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When I start feeling 50/50 or worse, I listen to some music, and soon "all is right with the world" again (i.e., +51 or more). My music-refreshed self can again see, hear, and feel what a WONDERful world this is. Louis Armstrong's classic song <i>What A Wonderful World</i> as the soundtrack for the short and uplifting video below is my kind of medicine! And offering such a cure was the intention of this video's creator, Geneticc. Thanks!<br />
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EnJoy!<br />
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<i><b>WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD<br />
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This got me remembering one of my favorite songs from the '60s: <i>Do You Believe in Magic</i> by The Lovin' Spoonful. Below, I link to a full-color video of that group performing that song live on <i>The Ed Sullivan Show</i> on March 19, <b>1967</b>. Lyrics are below the link to that video.<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_You_Believe_in_Magic_%28song%29">Wikipedia</a> says this song has been enJOYing successive generations, including being recorded by BBMak for the score of <i>Return to Never Land</i>, a sequel to Disney's 1953 classic <i>Peter Pan</i>. (one of my FAVORITE childhood stories). And it was ranked #216 on <i>Rolling Stone</i>'s (November 2004) list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.<br />
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My brother's linguistic "mix up" is just one more clue in our quest to solve the mystery of life. It's not a meaningless coincidence that our words for <i>magic</i> and <i>music</i> are so similar. (I wonder if that's true in other languages.) It's intentional languaging, like Hansel and Gretel left pebbles for themselves to find their way back home when in the forest. But the day they didn't have time to collect some pebbles and had to use bread crumbs instead (which the birds happily ate), Hansel and Gretel couldn't find their way home, and ended up caged inside a wicked old woman's house. (The symbolism in <a href="http://ivyjoy.com/fables/hansel.html">that fable</a> is a topic for another post entirely!)<br />
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May the magic of music enJOY you and set you free! (Complete lyrics below.)<br />
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<b>The Lovin' Spoonful performing<br /><i>Do You Believe In Magic </i>in 1965 on the Hullabaloo show.</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><i>Do You Believe in Magic</i> lyrics</b></span><br />
Do you believe in magic in a young girl's heart<br />
How the music can free her, whenever it starts<br />
And it's magic, if the music is groovy<br />
It makes you feel happy like an old-time movie<br />
I'll tell you about the magic, and it'll free your soul<br />
But it's like trying to tell a stranger 'bout rock and roll<br />
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If you believe in magic don't bother to choose<br />
If it's jug band music or rhythm and blues<br />
Just go and listen it'll start with a smile<br />
It won't wipe off your face no matter how hard you try<br />
Your feet start tapping and you can't seem to find<br />
How you got there, so just blow your mind<br />
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If you believe in magic, come along with me<br />
We'll dance until morning 'til there's just you and me<br />
And maybe, if the music is right<br />
I'll meet you tomorrow, sort of late at night<br />
And we'll go dancing, baby, then you'll see<br />
How the magic's in the music and the music's in me<br />
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Yeah, do you believe in magic<br />
Yeah, believe in the magic of a young girl's soul<br />
Believe in the magic of rock and roll<br />
Believe in the magic that can set you free<br />
Ohh, talking 'bout magic<br />
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Do you believe like I believe Do you believe in magic<br />
Do you believe like I believe Do you believe, believer<br />
Do you believe like I believe Do you believe in magic<span style="font-size: 85%;"> </span><br />
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EnJoy watching and hearing Bomshel sing <i>The Power of One</i> below!<br />
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<i><b>The Power of One</b></i><b> by Bomshel</b><br />
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I'm also introducing my new e-sig icon. I think it <u>perfectly</u> depicts how music uses our ears to paint a rainbow in our heart!<br />
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Rainbows are one of my favorite natural phenomena. This rainbow icon will help me remember that I don't need to wait for an intense rainstorm--<u>physical</u> (rain, thunder, and lightnening) or <u>metaphysical</u> (life stress or a crisis) <u>to get my hopes up</u> of seeing a rainbow.<br />
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Music enables me to consciously and proactively change the weather in my life, to end a cloudy day or tumultuous storm, and instead "see" (hear --> feel) a rainbow ANYtime I want to. Rainbows aren't pointing the way to a pot of gold. They ARE the pot of gold!<br />
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EnJOY!<br />
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Biz Burnett<br />
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<u>Lyrics of <b><i>Listen To The Music</i></b> by The Doobie Brothers</u><br />
Don't you feel it growin',<br />
Day by day<br />
People<br />
Gettin' ready for the news<br />
Some are happy,<br />
Some are sad<br />
Wo, we got to let the music play<br />
Wo, oh yeah<br />
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What the people need<br />
Is a way to make 'em smile<br />
It ain't so hard to do if you know how<br />
Gotta get a message<br />
Get it on through<br />
Oh now mama's goin' to after awhile<br />
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Wo, oh, oh, listen to the music<br />
Wo, oh, oh, listen to the music<br />
Wo, oh, oh, listen to the music<br />
All the time<br />
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Well I know,<br />
You know better<br />
Everything I say<br />
Meet me in the country for a day<br />
We'll be happy<br />
And we'll dance<br />
Wo, we're gonna dance the blues away<br />
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If I'm feelin' good to you<br />
And you're feelin' good to me<br />
There ain't nothin' we can't do or say<br />
Feelin' good,<br />
Feeling fine<br />
Wo, baby, let the music play<br />
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Wo, oh, oh, listen to the music<br />
Wo, oh, oh, listen to the music<br />
Wo, oh, oh, listen to the music<br />
All the time<br />
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Like a lazy flowing river<br />
Surrounding castles in the sky<br />
And the crowd is growing bigger<br />
List'nin' for the happy sounds<br />
And I got to let ‘em fly<br />
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Wo, oh, oh, listen to the music<br />
Wo, oh, oh, listen to the music<br />
Wo, oh, oh, listen to the music<br />
All the time<br />
Wo, oh, oh, listen to the music<br />
Wo, oh, oh, listen to the music<br />
Wo, oh, oh, listen to the music<br />
Wo, oh, oh, listen to the music<br />
All the time<br />
God, we gotta let the music play! <br />
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Here's Ray singing <i>Feel The Music</i>. I wonder if he might agree with me that this song is a "sub-track" in <u>all</u> of his songs?<br />
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EnJOY!<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668366038421443695.post-64612101069047496522009-12-20T12:11:00.004-05:002010-01-11T07:33:44.367-05:00A belated Thanksgiving-related postIt's never too late to act Thanksgiving-y, and so I'll do that here and now by sharing <b><i>I Say the Grace</i> by Victoria Shaw</b>. This song reminds me of how blessed I am to be married to my best friend, and how well we complement each other. It also reminds me of my "we go way back" friend, Nicki, whose friendship helps make my life even more complete.<br />
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If I could give everyone in the world (or even just one person, and that would be Nicki) a gift this Christmas, it would be the gift of their perfect soulmate. Life with one's soulmate is not only more fun, it helps answer Life's #1 Question: Why Am I Here?<br />
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EnJoy!<br />
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<i><b>I Say the Grace</b></i><b> by Victoria Shaw</b><br />
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I wish to all who land here a life that feels like <b>Christmas every day!</b><br />
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<b><i>It's The Thought</i></b><br />
<b>by Twila Paris</b> <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I haven't posted here for quite awhile because after Yahoo! discontinued their Music Unlimited online music subscription, I didn't find a replacement subscription until about a month ago, when I joined Napster. I'm back on soundtrack, and it feels very good!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Posting on this blog is like free (and much-needed!) therapy for me. I have several songs that I want to post here, starting with...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">...Ricky Skagg's <i><b>Spread a Little Love Around</b></i>. This song pretty much summarizes the way I try to live my life. I think the world would more enjoyable if everyone on the planet would agree to listen to this song at least once a day. (In my dreams!) </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Enjoy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Lyrics of <i>Spread a Little Love Around</i> by Ricky Skaggs</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Sometimes this crazy world can make us all feel bad</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">So get out today, and spread a little love around</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">It makes a lovely sound, spread a little love around</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">You know it don't take much to make somebody's day</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A kind word or tender touch goes a long way</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We can change the whole world if we start in our hometown</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Tell your mom you love her, bear hug your brother</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Put a smile on that old hound, spread a little love around</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The other day, I took advantage of my Yahoo! Music Unlimited (YMU) subscription to listen to all of ABBA's most-popular songs. Hearing them all back-to-back like that made me realize what a HUGELY successful group ABBA was during their heydays (1972-1982). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">As I browsed the long list of ALL of ABBA's songs, I found one that I don't remember ever hearing before: <i>Thank You for the Music</i>. I guess this song was never released as a single because it probably appeals to a smaller audience: People who LOVE music of ALL kinds, not just ABBA's music.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This song's lyrics (below) express <u>exactly</u> how grateful I AM when I hear and see singers whose passion is obviously due to how grateful they are also for the beauty and joy music gives us all. (<b>Edit January 14, 2012:</b> I just realized that I originally posted this on what would have been my parents' 61st Wedding Anniversary. How perfectly appropriate!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>LYRICS</b> for <i>Thank You for the Music</i></span><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">I'm nothing special, in fact I'm a bit of a bore <br />
If I tell a joke, you've probably heard it before <br />
But I have a talent, a wonderful thing <br />
'Cause everyone listens when I start to sing <br />
I'm so grateful and proud <br />
All I want is to sing it out loud <br />
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So I say <br />
Thank you for the music, the songs I'm singing <br />
Thanks for all the joy they're bringing <br />
Who can live without it, I ask in all honesty <br />
What would life be? <br />
Without a song or a dance what are we?<br />
So I say thank you for the music <br />
For giving it to me <br />
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Mother says I was a dancer before I could walk <br />
(M'M)She says I began to sing long before I could talk <br />
And I've often wondered, how did it all start <br />
Who found out that nothing can capture a heart <br />
Like a melody can <br />
Well, whoever it was, I'm a fan <br />
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So I say <br />
Thank you for the music, the songs I'm singing <br />
Thanks for all the joy they're bringing <br />
Who can live without it, I ask in all honesty <br />
What would life be?<br />
Without a song or a dance what are we?<br />
So I say thank you for the music <br />
For giving it to me <br />
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I've been so lucky, I am the girl with golden hair <br />
I wanna sing it out to everybody <br />
What a joy, what a life, what a chance! <br />
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Thank you for the music, the songs I'm singing <br />
Thanks for all the joy they're bringing <br />
Who can live without it, I ask in all honesty <br />
What would life be? <br />
Without a song or a dance what are we?<br />
So I say thank you for the music <br />
For giving it to me<br />
So I say thank you for the music <br />
For giving it to me</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">My annual subcription to Yahoo! Music Unlimited (YMU) allows me to listen to the full version of about 2 MILLION songs! I feel like a kid in a candy store when I search for an artist whose music I'd like to hear more of, or for a song that contains a specific word or phrase.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Tonight while browsing the Folk music genre, I discovered the music of </span><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.katecampbell.com/bio.html" style="font-family: arial;">Kate Campbell</a></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">. YMU includes her in their Folk, Country, American, and Adult Alternative genres, but she should also be included in their Christian music genre because her Christian spirituality is evident in most of her music.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">I think Kate Campbell's song </span><span style="font-size: small; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Add Some Music To Your Day</span><span style="font-size: small;"> (listen below), is just PERFECT for this blog's first post! Thank you, Kate!</span></span></span></span><br />
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