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6 whole morons, for some reason my favorite part of tssm is the og six, I don't mind Mysterio or Kraven, but I'm biased. The folks working on the tssm continuation au w/ me started talking about shocker/vulture as a joke, and at this point we're not sure if its a joke anymore
#the spectacular spider man#tssm doc ock#tssm electro#tssm vulture#tssm shocker#tssm sandman#tssm rhino#tssm sinister six#why do i have to tag all these creatures#Doc Oct being so short is one of the best things about this show
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SEXUALITY & COMING OUT:â¨1. How do you define your sexuality?Queerâ¨2. What pronouns do you use to identify yourself?She/herâ¨3. At what age did you first suspect that you are sexually attracted to other girls?12 years oldâ¨4. At what age did you come to terms with your sexuality?Hmm probably 18â¨5. Did you have an âaha I like girlsâ moment or was it more of a gradual realization?âAha I like girlsââ¨6. How did your sexuality make you feel before you came out?Guilty, freaked outâ¨7. How did you become comfortable with your sexuality?Making gay friendsâ¨8. At what age did you first come out?16/17 officially. I had been saying it to my mom since I was 12â¨9. Who was the first person you came out to? How did they take it?I guess my mom but she didnât take it seriously when I was 12. Then one of my friends when I was 16 and she was.. awkwardâ¨10. Do your parents know about your sexuality?Yeahâ¨11. How out are you?Pretty outâ¨12. Do you now identify as something different than when you first came out?Yeahâ¨13. Was anyone surprised when you came out or did people seem to already know?No one was surprised â¨14. Has coming out lost you any friends?Noâ¨15. How soon after meeting someone do you usually tell them about your sexuality?I feel like I never really tell? They just find out from other people? Idk how anyone finds out â¨16. How difficult do you find it to sympathize with straight women?Not veryâ¨17. Have you ever wished you were completely straight?Noâ¨18. Agree or disagree: Everyone is at least a little bit gay.Agreeâ¨19. If you are not a lesbian, about what percentage of the time do you find yourself attracted to other girls?95%â¨20. Do you think it is possible to be a true 50/50 bisexual, or is the percentage always skewed towards one gender?I think itâs skewedâ¨21. How often do you find yourself trying to sneak a peek or stare at a cute girl?Every fuckin dayâ¨22. How accurate is your gaydar?Not accurate at all
RELATIONSHIPS & DATING:â¨23. What is your current relationship status?Singleâ¨24. What is the longest relationship youâve been in? Are you still with that person?I guess two years on and off and no.â¨25. Do you remember anything about the first time you kissed another girl?It was at a bus stopâ¨26. Are you a virgin? If not, what gender did you lose your virginity to?Yes fmlâ¨27. What is your ideal first date?Going for a drink. Or going to the extreme and going around town doing a photo shoot for Instagram â¨28. What personality trait are you most attracted to?Funny? Confident? â¨29. How flirty are you?Pretty flirty ahâ¨30. Would you ever want to get married, if not already?Yes yes yesâ¨31 Do you want have children someday?Ooh maybe not â¨32. Would you ever want to give birth?If I was having children yeahâ¨33. How often are you asked if you have a boyfriend?At least once a week â¨34. Have you ever liked or dated a girl with the same name as you?Noâ¨35. Have you ever been on your period the same time as a girlfriend?Yeah â¨36. Have you and a girlfriend ever been mistaken for sisters?Noâ¨37. Have you ever been in a long distance relationship?Yeahâ¨38. Have you ever dated a guy?Noâ¨39. Has a girl ever dumped you for a guy? Have you?No and noâ¨40. Has another girl ever hit on you?Yesâ¨41. Have you ever had a crush on a straight girl?Yessssâ¨42. Have you ever had a crush on a woman whoâs significantly older than you?Noâ¨43. Would you ever date a trans woman?Yesâ¨44. Have you ever had a profile on a LGBT dating website or app?Yes â¨45. Where do you think is the best place to meet a potential lover?Ideally like in a bookstore or in some soulmate way on the street. Realistically in a barâ¨46. Do you consider yourself a hopeless romantic?Yeah
PHYSICAL APPEARANCE:â¨47. Have you ever cut your hair super short? If not, would you ever want to?No and noâ¨48. Is your nose pierced?It had been three times! I keep having to take it out for showsâ¨49. What is your opinion on septum/bull nose piercings?Love emâ¨50. Do you have any tattoos? If so, of what and where?One watercolour abstract one on my ribsâ¨51. How muscular are you?Not veryâ¨52. Are you or have you ever been a tomboy?Noâ¨53. Have you ever been told that you donât look gay, or that youâre too pretty to be gay?âToo feminineââ¨54. Have you ever been mistaken as a dude?No
FASHION STYLE:â¨55. Do you wear skirts and dresses? If so, how often?Yes probably once a week â¨56. Do you wear high heels? If so, how often?Probably once a weekâ¨57. How much jewelry do you typically wear?Noneâ¨58. How much makeup do you typically wear?A little bit or full face going out â¨59. How often do you wear a bra?All the time except at nightâ¨60. How often do you wear flannel?Neverâ¨61. Have you ever worn a suit?Noâ¨62. Do you wear any shoes such as combat boots, Doc Martins or Timberlands?Noâ¨63. Do you carry a purse?Noâ¨64. Do you wear any hats such as snapbacks or beanies?Noâ¨65. Have you ever worn any menâs clothing?Yesâ¨66. Have you ever dressed in complete drag?Noâ¨67. Have you ever shared clothes with a girlfriend?Noâ¨68. If you want to get married, do you think you will wear a dress?Yes
ENTERTAINMENT:â¨69. Who is your favorite LGBT celebrity?Kate McKinnonâ¨70. Have you ever watched The L Word?Noâ¨71. Have you ever watched Will & Grace?Noâ¨72. Have you ever watched RuPaulâs Drag Race?Yesâ¨73. How well do you feel LGBT women are portrayed on television?Not well tbhhâ¨74. Do you listen to any LGBT musicians (i.e. Tegan & Sara, Melissa Etheridge, Chely Wright, Elton John, Sam smith, George Michael, Adam Lambert)?Troyâs Sivan, Hayley Kiyoko, dodieâ¨75. Do you watch any LGBT YouTubers?Rose and Rosie, Ally Hills, Shane Dawson, dodie, Miles, like all of Buzzfeed lmaoâ¨76. Do you have a favorite LGBT themed movie?I guess âBut Iâm a Cheerleaderââ¨77. Do you have a favorite LGBT themed blog or website?Nahâ¨78. Do you read any LGBT magazines?Nahâ¨79. Have you read any LGBT themed literature? If so, do you have any recommendations?Nahâ¨80. Is there such a thing as âgoodâ lesbian porn?Probably not
THIS OR THAT:â¨81. Boobs or butts?Boobsâ¨82. Beer or wine?Wineâ¨83. Ellen or Portia?Ellen
BEING (SOMEWHAT) RANDOM:â¨84. How much do you like cats?More than dogsâ¨85. Have you ever been to a gay bar or a gay club?Yesâ¨86. How many LGBT friends do you have?Dozensâ¨87. Do you have any LGBT relatives?Yes one uncle â¨88. Have you ever used any words (or variations of) such as lesbian, queer, gay, or homosexual as a password?Noâ¨89. How outdoorsy are you?Not veryâ¨90. Have you ever driven an SUV, Jeep, or pickup truck?Noâ¨91. How many rainbow items do you own?Probably twoâ¨92. Have you ever celebrated National Coming Out Day (Oct. 11)?Noâ¨93. Have you ever participated in the National Day of Silence?Noâ¨94. Have you ever attended a GSA (Gay Straight Alliance) type of club?Noâ¨95. Have you ever attended a PFLAG (Parents & Friends of Lesbians and Gays) meeting?Noâ¨96. Have you ever attended a gay or lesbian wedding?Noâ¨97. Have you ever been part of a softball team?Noâ¨98. Do you skateboard or longboard at all?Noâ¨99. Do you play any video games?No
FROM 1-10, HOW ATTRACTIVE ARE:â¨100. Muscular women?9â¨101. Women who wear glasses?10â¨102. Women who are covered with tattoos?10â¨103. Women who are covered with piercings?10â¨104. Curvy/plus-sized women?10â¨105. Women with short hair?10â¨106. Highly intelligent women?10â¨107. Tall women (i.e. around 1.83 meters/6 feet or taller)?10â¨108. Masculine/butch women?10
GETTING SERIOUS:â¨109. What does equality mean to you? Everyone being respected and treated according to their rights? Like treating people the way they should be treatedâ¨110. Do you consider yourself a feminist?Yesâ¨111. Do you eat meat at all?Yesâ¨112. Are you religious at all?Noâ¨113. How do you feel about the terms âwoman crushâ and âgirl crushâ?Theyâre not greatâ¨114. How do you feel when platonic female friends refer to each other as girlfriends?No tnx â¨115. How do you feel when people use the word gay to mean things such as stupid, dumb, boring, or idiotic?Angry â¨116. Are you comfortable with terms such as lezzie, lesbo, dyke, homo, or tranny?Noâ¨117. What are your views on gender identity and bathroom use?There should be gender neutral bathrooms everywhereâ¨118. Do you have any opinions on LGBT people in the military?They should be treated the same as everyone else?â¨119. Have you ever been called a gay slur?Noâ¨120. Have you ever been queer bashed?Noâ¨121. Have you ever been discriminated against because of your sexuality or gender identity? If so, please explain.Noâ¨122. Does it really get better?I think soâ¨123. Americans: How did you feel on June 26, 2015?â¨124. How accepting of LGBT people is the city/community you live in?Pretty acceptingâ¨125. Have you ever tried to âpray the gay awayâ?Noâ¨126. How annoyed are you with how heteronormative society is?8/10â¨127. What LGBT stereotype do you most disagree with?Like all of them idk Iâm so tiredâ¨128. Is there anything about the LGBT community that you wish you knew before coming out?Nahâ¨129. What advice would you give to a girl who is struggling to figure out her sexuality?Donât rush yourself to know who you are but be comfortable with where your identity is. And know that itâs okay for things to change. 1000000s of people feel the same as you.â¨130. What advice would you give to a girl who is struggling to come out?Come out to yourself first. Accept and love yourself. Then go to the next person you know that will love you no matter what. Youâre probably better off just saying rather than beating around the bushđđ
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6 totally badass women Iâm obsessed with right now
Despite 2018 seeming like it was perhaps a giant dumpster fire for women around the globe, woman did a tremendous job of getting. shit. done.
From the bravery shown by the women of the #MeToo movement, to historic wins for women in the midterm elections in the US (particularly of women of color), to Spain appointing a majority-woman cabinet, to Iranian women watching the World Cup in a stadium next to men for the first time in decades, to women in Saudi Arabia finally being legally allowed to drive, the list is long. It was a good year for us.
In honor of International Womenâs Day, Iâm sharing a little list of badass women Iâm currently obsessed with right now. I cut this list down from 17 to 6 because, holy hell, there are a lot of women that deserve some bragging right now and each one deserves her own blog post. I bow down!
Please leave a comment to let me know who I left out, and who else I should be obsessed with at the moment (because thereâs always room for more in my closet shrine!)
1. Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
If you were alive during 2018 (which Iâm assuming you were since youâre reading this article) you probably didnât escape the year without first hearing about Free Solo.
Perhaps you werenât interested or didnât really understand, but surely youâve heard about the epically superhuman efforts of Alex Honnold, a free solo expert who achieved his dream of scaling 3,000ft of a vertical wall in Yosemite National Park without a rope.
It has rightly been dubbed as one of the greatest athletic feats in the history of mankind (NBD) and watching the event is equal parts exhilarating and holy-shit-Iâm-sweating-in-places-I-didnât-even-know-could-produce-sweat terrifying.
When you hear about Free Solo, people normally talk about two things:
1) how amazing Alex Honnold is (and he is amazing)
2) what a great film Jimmy Chin produced (one of the greatest adventure photographers of all time)
Ok great, enough about them, letâs move on to the real star of the show.
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It was a day ⌠@stellamccartney @carolyntangel @thefashionguitar @mhmakesithappen @jimmychin @alexhonnold @sannimccandless @freesolofilm here we goâŚ.@c_albert #oscars2019 @oscardelarenta @idaorg thank you to too many who made this possible thank you #avillage
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What no one ever seems to talk about is the co-director and all around inspirational badass Chai Vasarhelyi and her role in all this.
So who is she? Iâm glad you asked. Chai is an uber-ambitious 39-year-old woman who grew up in Manhattan and when to college at Princeton. She finished her first documentary, A Normal Life, at age 24 that told the story of 7 college-aged friends in the middle of the Bosnian Conflict.
I canât even tell you one interesting thing I did the year I was 24. Her film won the Tribeca Film Festival. Casual.
Moving on! She spent the next decade making films about Senegal, honing in on her knack for storytelling and showcasing raw human emotion. Letâs fast forward a bit because I could literally talk for hours about her and weâve got a lot of women to cover.
Chai found herself in the presence of Jimmy Chin (who she initially blew off because why not, you do you, girl). He asked her for some tips on his film, Meru, which had been kicking around for years, not managing to make it into any film festivals. She let him wait in limbo for three months before she got back to him and agreed to take a look.
Chai turned the now famous Meru from doomed, super bro climbing porn film, to a genuine story that went on gain high praise from elite film festivals everywhere.
Howâd she do it? She insisted on re-shooting basically everything except for the actual climbing. All of the storytelling, all of the interviews with the climbers, all of the interviews with the family members. She revisited all of that and pulled out real human emotion that she felt viewers could connect with. And she was right.
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More Ampas / Baftas and more @brockcollection what a break from being a mud drenched Doc filmmaker feels like being CinderellaâŚ..thank you @freesolofilm @thefashionguitar @carolyntangel đâ¤ď¸
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And as a surprise to literally no one, she did the same thing for Free Solo.
She took what easily could have been a niche climbing film and turned it into an oddly relatable and universal story: perfection vs death, love vs. focus, ethics vs. filming an incredible feat. For her efforts and diligence, this documentary made people feel things other than fear and exhilaration.
She gave the audience and understanding of the complexity of the whole project. Oh, and sheâs married to Jimmy Chin in case anyone actually cared. And they just took home an Oscar!
2. Jacinda Ardern
You didnât think I was going to write this list without mentioning one of the most badass world leaders of all times, did you? Especially from the country that was the first to give women the right to vote!
As a leader of the first Labour government in New Zealand in a decade, Jacinda Ardern shares values common of a leftist party: investment in health, education, climate action, public housing, and social justice. Excellent start, but hundreds of politicians share those values and push those agendas.
So what makes Jacinda so special?
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Happy Diwali! If youâre in Auckland (or even near it) pop along to the festival at Aotea Square
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For starters, Jacinda has absolutely no time for what others expect of her outside of her job responsibilities.
All those bogus questions about family woman usually get when they run for public office? Nope! Jacinda wasnât having any of it. She was elected and promptly announced her pregnancy like it was NBD, had the baby in a public hospital and became the first world leader ever to go on maternity leave, where she graced the world with a charming Facebook Live video of her and her daughter Neve.
When she was ready to go back, she went and her partner (not husband, mind you!) stayed home with the baby. I love a good gender role swap!
She continued her year getting shit done as the Prime Minister and also being an amazing parent.
She brought her new baby to the Nelson Mandela Peace Summit where she spoke moments after handing off the babe to her partner (She also got her baby a special UN pass for the event). Through her actions, she is normalizing being in a position of power as a new mom, breastfeeding at work, and having her partner be the primary caregiver.
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Welcome to our village wee one. Feeling very lucky to have a healthy baby girl that arrived at 4.45pm weighing 3.31kg (7.3lb) Thank you so much for your best wishes and your kindness. We're all doing really well thanks to the wonderful team at Auckland City Hospital.
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Enough about her baby. Letâs talk about her career accomplishments. In her short time as president, she has already:
Introduced the Families Package that delivers more money to families with children and reduces child poverty
Passed a bill to allow leave for victims of domestic abuse
Made the first year of tertiary education or training fees free
Increase student allowances and living cost loans by $50 a week
Passed the Healthy Homes Guarantee Bill, setting minimum standards for all rentals
Passed law banning overseas speculators from buying existing houses
Set up a ministerial inquiry into mental health crisis
Introduced legislation to make medicinal cannabis available for people with terminal illnesses or in chronic pain
Increased the minimum wage to $16.50 an hour (and announced this year another bump up to $17.70 by April of this year)
Set the zero carbon emissions goal and began setting up an independent Climate Commission, ended all new bids on offshore oil and gas exploration
And announced a phasing out of single-use plastic bags nationwide
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Itâs been a while since I gave an update on the work to eradicate M. bovis, so here it isâŚ. Weâve had 74 properties infected so far. 36 farms have now gone through the process of having their farms given the all clear and restocked â I visited one of those farms today to talk about their experience. We still have things we need to improve (and we made a few extra announcements on that today) but weâre also still very committed to eradicating Mycoplasma Bovis.
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Oh, and she greeted the Queen of England wearing a traditional Maori cloak. Whatâs that? A country treating its indigenous population with even an ounce or respect and dignity!?
3. Melise Edwards
Melise has become one of my favorite women to follow on Instagram. Not only is she a sponsored rock climber, but sheâs also an actual brain scientist AND social justice warrior.
She refuses to sit behind her climbing success without also tackling issues for women and communities of color in the outdoors. She refuses to accept the erasure of dark-skinned women in outdoor advertising and when she gets hate mail for it, she straight up calls those bullies out.
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The truth is: I've had so many negative interactions in the climbing community in recent years that have arisen due to conversations surrounding diversity, feminism, privilege and inclusion that I find myself sometimes uninterested, angry and afraid to be a part of the local community. . . There have been the friends from my city & back home who block, unfriend and unfollow me, though first letting me know that "demonizing white people" by asking for folks to recognize our many collective forms of privilege and the impacts of recent historical oppression on minorities is divisive and racist against white people. . . There have been the strangers and local climbers who are all too comfortable harassing and trolling me online with the added bonus of getting to see them here in the gyms when I climb. There have been the in-person conversations at where people seek me out to tell me I'm playing the victim and that racism and sexism are not really issues. . There have been the prominent climbers and first ascentionists who vehemently oppose these conversations and message me condescending remarks. There has been a man twice my age writing a blog post on his institute's page about my fragility. And on top of this, we see chronic affronts and attacks on POC & other underrepresented groups within the outdoor community and society at large daily. It comes from friends. It comes from strangers. It comes from leaders and people in positions of power in the industry. It comes from people who would rather not get involved. . . These things make it difficult to "just go climbing" and push myself within a hobby that used to give me so much joy. My life is amazing and I'm so thankful for where I am and all that I do. There are also many incredible people and groups in this industry who are doing invaluable work. But if I am being honest, I am struggling with my waning passion for a community and hobby I used to love. (Photo by @andreasassenrath)
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Her passion and dedication is infectious and makes me want to do better:
âI yearn for the day when multiple women of color can be featured for an advertisement or photoshoot within and beyond the outdoor industry; for the day we donât need to have several white women or men in the shot for the photo to be inherently successful. . I yearn for the day POC can get paid and arenât questioned or criticized for wanting to get paid for their work and time. This means valuing their time, chronic advice, labor and the information they provide enough to actually compensate them. (E.g. how do I make my company more diverse?) . . I yearn for the day when more people of color make up the staffing at large companies and folks donât call on *that one POC you know on Instagram* to ask for chronic free education and labor. . Companies: Diversify your staff. Diversify your marketing. Take actual efforts to support POC in the outdoor community beyond superficial displays that do not get at the root of the problem (e.g. inviting a panel of POC to talk for free at your events.) . Finally, please stop asking POC to only come to your events to talk about diversity instead of their amazing careers in the outdoors, recent adventures or athleticism. We can all do better when we learn how rampant these issues are in our community and seek to change them. I believe in you all.â
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Marketing in the outdoor industry and society at large is strikingly homogenous. Even attempts to diversify marketing efforts will usually feature one light skinned, white passing or racially ambiguous woman still out numbered 10:1 by white models and a usually all white staff. . . Similarly frustrating is the chronic expectation for POC to continually offer free labor to *thank* companies for daring to care about diversity. Superficial means of supporting diversity will be offered without ever addressing the issue at the community, staff, company and marketing level. . . Companies need to do better to represent the diversity of our communities. . I yearn for the day when multiple women of color can be featured for an advertisement or photoshoot within and beyond the outdoor industry; for the day we don't need to have several white women or men in the shot for the photo to be inherently successful. . . I yearn for the day POC can get paid and aren't questioned or criticized for wanting to get paid for their work and time. This means valuing their time, chronic advice, labor and the information they provide enough to actually compensate them. (E.g. how do I make my company more diverse?) . . I yearn for the day when more people of color make up the staffing at large companies and folks don't call on *that one POC you know on Instagram* to ask for chronic free education and labor. . . Companies: Diversify your staff. Diversify your marketing. Take actual efforts to support POC in the outdoor community beyond superficial displays that do not get at the root of the problem (e.g. inviting a panel of POC to talk for free at your events.) . Finally, please stop asking POC to only come to your events to talk about diversity instead of their amazing careers in the outdoors, recent adventures or athleticism. We can all do better when we learn how rampant these issues are in our community and seek to change them. I believe in you all. (PC @andreasassenrath)
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4. Cristina Mittermeier
In case you havenât heard, global warming is real. Itâs happening right now and us humans who have expedited global warming are generally not being helpful at all.
Good thing there are people like Cristina Mittermeier to show us the way forward. (And if I havenât lost you at this point, congrats, you understand science!)
The Mexico-city born marine biologist has some notable accolades but her strength goes beyond her studies and awards. Cristina is an expert storyteller and sheds light on whatâs going on in the world, whether at the bottom of the ocean floor or in some of the most remote indigenous villages in the world. She photographs them, tells their story and gives hope for the possibility of a mindful, sustainable future.
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What might seem like a featureless snow-covered landscape to us is an invisible map filled with smells that lead to prey and mates for polar bears. While the future of this incredible species remains uncertain and concerning, the unwavering hope that so many of you have for vulnerable wildlife tells me that our ability to protect them has never been more diverse and more promising.
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At her core, she wants her audience to really truly think about what it means to be a human and our undeniable link to other species and the responsibility to look after fellow life forms.
In 2005, she created a league of Conservation Photographers (hello new dream job!) to help give a platform for photographers working on environmental issues. Sheâs also co-founded a nonprofit called Sea Legacy, with legendary photographer Paul Nicklen, that works towards protecting the worldâs oceans through storytelling.
If thatâs not enough to convince you to be obsessed with her as well, Iâll leave you with this quote.
âTo roam the farthest corners of the Earth, where wild creatures live, is a privilege reserved for an adventurous handful. But even though most of us may never feel the chill of Arctic air through the frozen flap of an icy tent, images can help us understand the urgency many photographers feel to protect wild places. My work is about building a greater awareness of the responsibility of what it means to be a human. It is about understanding that the history of every living thing that has ever existed on this planet also lives within us. It is about the ethical imperativeâthe urgent reminder that we are inextricably linked to all other species on this planet and that we have a duty to act as the keepers of our fellow life forms.â
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Blue whales are the largest animals to have ever existed, reaching mind-boggling dimensions of 100 feet long and upwards of 200 tons on a diet composed almost exclusively of krill, tiny-shrimp like crustaceans. It was a joy to be in the water with this gentle giant off the coast of the Azores. I had never had an encounter with a blue whale before. While the hunting of blue whales was banned by the International Whaling Commission in 1966, endangered fin whales are still being hunted in Iceland in defiance of a world wide ban of commercial whaling in 1986. Follow the link in my bio to learn more. This work was performed under the authorization n.0 XX-ORAC-2018 issued by the Government, on February 22, 2018.
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5. Mirna Valerio
Thereâs a myth in the medical world that fat people cannot be considered fit.
Thereâs phony talk about the importance of BMI (spoiler: itâs absolutely worthless for determining health) and the unarguable need to shed pounds to achieve health.
This simply is not true and Mirna Valerio is here to prove it.
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Guess what y��all? Iâm a swimsuit model too! I loved this shoot with the talented @insecto, Carlos Palacios, in Costa Rica for @skirtsports! I never thought in a million years Iâd be doing #swimwear photoshoots on a beach on top of a SUP board in #halfmoonpose baring, well not quite all, but more than I am used to⌠## WELCOME TO MY NEW WORLD! Also this bathing suit is available the link in my bioâuse code MIRNAVATOR for a 20% discount! #swimsuit #beachphotography #womenwhomove #optoutside #bathingsuit #bareitall #bodypositive #bopo #photography #bodylove #effyourbeautystandards
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Mirna has essentially been an outdoors obsessed athlete all of her life. From field hockey and lacrosse in high school to now being a full-on ultramarathon runner in her adult life. She started blogging (Fat Girl Running) in 2012 as she was training for her first marathon and as her support systems grew, so did the haters, flooding her inbox with negative comments. But Mirna never let the haters get her down. She loves her body and is consequently chasing our stereotyped perception of what fitness and health look like.
âThey donât like to see me on a cover of a magazine because I do not represent what fitness means to them,â she says. âI want to continue sticking my big ass into places where people think I donât belong. That has been the nature of my lifeâIâm going to do it and Iâm going to do it proudly.â
âWe are much more than our bodies. Whether itâs body image, our choices to be moms or not, our career choicesâwe are more than our bodies,â Valerio says. âWeâre so powerful beyond our wildest dreams.â
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An excellent morning on the #wildwoodtrail at #forestpark in Portland with new friends @erin.nicksmartin and @rossmaxloudness from my awesome Facebook Group FATGIRLRUNNING. We had a great time exploring the #trail, enjoying the peeks of sun, and most of all, each otherâs company. So happy to have our community! #fatgirlrunning #trailrunning #optoutside #runtrails #trailandultra #trailrunning #outdoors #urbantrails #portlandtrails #runner #zapposrunning #empoweredbyrunning #hylandspowered
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As a runner, author, and educator, Valeria has secured her voice encouraging everyone, especially the youth, to get outside where they can test their own mental and physical strength. She advocates for green spaces in cities and supports more price-public funding for school trips.
âItâs not just a necessity for urban kids, but itâs a necessity for kids all over no matter what their level of privilege is and no matter what their level of exposure and access is,â she says. âWhenever I think of the outdoors, itâs not only a place to be myself and live in my introverted ways, but I also look at the outdoors as a place of bonding with other people and having these really deep, profound experiences with nature that you canât have looking out a window.â
6. Pattie Gonia
Pattie Gonia is the worldâs first backpacking queen and honestly, this is exactly what we need right now in these trying times.
Some days the news is so dark and our world leaders are so questionable that you might want to crawl into a tiny cave and not come out until everything is fixed but then, like a ray of sunshine and hope, emerges Pattie Gonia, the viral drag queen who dances on top of mountaintops in platform heels and everything in the world seems a little more manageable.
Yes!
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SURPRISE BISH !!!! park ranger pattie is here to write you a ticket for being TOO DAMN FABULOUS. đ & o no sis weâre not done yet. đĽ your fine is to tell someone u know needs to hear it how fabuluz they are too. đ§đťââď¸ & u know y??? because this is our year to shine TOGETHER. so u better watch out u better not hide iâll be patrolling these here parts & should u choose to be too fabulous again just watch me iâll pop out from behind a tree (BOO!!) w these au natural hairy leggz & say u too wonderful AGAIN hereâs another 1 !!!! . whooole lewk by queen @katienashbeauty photo by queen @erinoutdoors photographed on jumanos native lands . #servingyounationalparkSERVEice #nationalparkservice #nationalparks #outdoors #neature #nature #alewk #amajorlewk
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Pattie graced us with her presence less than six months ago but has already made waves across the world.
Pattie is portrayed by fellow Nebraskan photographer and Eagle Scout Wyn Wiley. If you arenât familiar with various state identities in the USA, letâs just say that Nebraska is not the easiest state to be apart of the LGBTQ group.
Nevertheless, Wiley unapologetically embraces his inner queen and weâre all a lot better because of it.
But Pattie Gonia is more than a feel-good IG feed to make you smile. Wileyâs ultimate goal is for Pattie Gonia to inspire more people to get outside and enjoy mother nature, especially those who have historically been excluded from the outdoor community, including the LGBTQ community, people of color, and bigger folks.
He hopes to achieve this by having Pattie Gonia lead groups of newbie hikers and using sponsors to help provide gear for those who canât afford it, because letâs be honest, outdoor gear can be as expensive as hell and historically, spending leisure time outside is a huge fucking privilege.
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THE BEND & SNAP TRAIL EDITION âťď¸đđźđ˛ ugh isnât trash on the trails the most sad moment??? letâs keep our trails clean & do it while looking fab && snatched & cute as a bb prancing deer. not only for us but for all the animal babes friends we share mother natch with!!! remember, we have one earth to have our party, letâs not leave the house trashed. pick up your trash. itâs simply good etiquette, queens. . keeping our trails is clean is as easy as you brining a simple plastic bag to not only pack out your trash but what was left behind by other people. even if you pick up a piece or two of trash on a 30 min hike that can do wonders to keep mother natch looking snatched. . outfit by clothes my mom got me for christmas video by @charlieronan edit by @adamkingman #recycle #packout #packinpackout #protectourparks #nationalparks #hikevibes #litter #trash #stateparks #parksandrec #11thessential #leavenotrace #staywild #colorado #redrocks #denver #nature #fierce #drag #dragqueen #dance . video taken on cheyenne and ute native land
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On a more personal level, Pattie is a way for Wiley to explore his more feminine sides.
âIn my normal life, Iâd say Iâm pretty straight-passing,â he says. âBut when I put those boots on, it feels like a girl when she puts on mascara for the first time â it unlocks a different side of you that you havenât seen before. I think femme is important. I think masculinity is important. I think itâs all inside of us.â If everyone accepted this gender fusion, the world would be a much better place.
Trust me. Better yet, trust Pattie.
Spill! Who are some badass women youâre obsessed with right now? Comment below and share some inspo!
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Is There Anyone Who Didnât Know?
Initial thoughts on the Weinstein employment contract
Previews of Coming Attractions
Initial thoughts on Trumpâs Iran speech: Do all roads lead to a pull-out? [UPDATED]
The Weinstein contract
Is There Anyone Who Didnât Know?
Posted:Â 13 Oct 2017 03:58 PM PDT
(Steven Hayward)
Back in 2015 when Wikileaks revealed the contents of the Sony email hack (apparently performed by the North Koreans?), there was a minor scandal about that fact that the producers of the PBS series âFinding Your Rootsâ had edited out the fact that Ben Affleck had lobbied to have removed from the documentary that he is descended from slaveowners. Ironic now that Affleck is being swept up in the back eddies of the Weinstein scandal.
Because it turns out that in the crucial email thread between PBS series honcho Henry Louis Gates and Sony executive Michael Lynton, the subject of Weinstein came up in a revealing way. Hereâs the whole thread, rearranged and cleaned up a bit from the original and with the best parts highlighted, with the Affleck stuff transitioning in the middle:
On Jul 22, 2014, at 7:19 AM, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. wrote:
Would you consider coming to Cambridge to present Harvey Weinstein with the Du Bois Medal on September 30th? Meryl is receiving one, Steve Mc Queen, Shonda Rhimes, Maya Angelou, and Valerie Jarrett. Maybe Poitier.
From: Lynton, Michael Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2014, 10:24 AM To: Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Subject: Re:
I would do many things for you, almost anything, but not that.Â
On Jul 22, 2014, at 7:38 AM, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. wrote:
Sorry, bro! After he received this huge award from the black filmmakers, he was unanimously selectedâthough after considerable discussion about his personality.
On Jul 22, 2014, at 11:04 AM, âLynton, Michaelâ wrote:
no worries, just not on my watch.
On Jul 22, 2014, at 8:47 AM, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. wrote:
I know.  Iâve had my moments with Harvey, too, believe me.Â
On Jul 22, 2014, at 11:50 AM, âLynton, Michaelâ wrote:
not like mine, maybe I should step down from the board.
On Jul 22, 2014, at 8:50 AM, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. wrote:
OH, NO! Please donât do that, Michael. I would be devastated.
On Jul 22, 2014, at 11:55 AM, âLynton, Michaelâ wrote:
ok, will stay quiet on the subject.Â
On Jul 22, 2014, at 9:01 AM, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. wrote:
As long as you stay on the board, you are free to say this is crazy! I hardly know Harvey; you are my friend. I really would be devastated if you left. By the way, I need your advice: Iâm on a flight to L.A. for the TCA Press Tour. We launch season two of Finding Your Roots tomorrow at noon, and four celebrities, including Nas, are showing up. Hereâs my dilemma: confidentially, for the first time, one of our guests has asked us to edit out something about one of his ancestorsâthe fact that he owned slaves. Now, four or five of our guests this season descend from slave owners, including Ken Burns. Weâve never had anyone ever try to censor or edit what we found. Heâs a megastar. What do we do?
On Jul 22, 2014, at 12:09 PM, âLynton, Michaelâ wrote:
Of course, I will stay on the board if you want me to. On the doc, the big question is who knows that the material is in the doc and is being taken out. I would take it out if no one knows, but if it gets out that you are editing the material based on this kind of sensitivity then it gets tricky. Again, all things being equal I would definitely take it out.
On Jul 22, 2014, at 9:11 AM, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. wrote:
Good; relieved. As for the doc: all my producers would know; his PR agency the same as mine, and everyone there has been involved trying to resolve this; my agent at CAA knows. And PBS would know. To do this would be a violation of PBS rules, actually, even for Batman.
On Jul 22, 2014, at 11:28 AM, âLynton, Michaelâ wrote:
then it is tricky because it may get out that you made the change and it comes down to editorial integrity. We can talk when you land.
On Jul 22, 2014, at 9:30 AM, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. wrote:
Will call. It would embarrass him and compromise our integrity. I think he is getting very bad advice. Iâve offered to fly to Detroit, where he is filming, to talk it through.
On Jul 22, 2014, at 12:28 PM, âLynton, Michaelâ wrote:
yeah,, the past is the pastâŚ..
On Jul 22, 2014, at 10:30 AM, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. wrote:
And he wasnât even a bad guy. We donât demonize him at all. Now Anderson Cooperâs ancestor was a real s.o.b.; one of his slaves actually murdered him. Of course, the slave was promptly hanged. And Anderson didnât miss a beat about that. Once we open the door to censorship, we lose control of the brand.
  Initial thoughts on the Weinstein employment contract
Posted:Â 13 Oct 2017 02:18 PM PDT
(Paul Mirengoff)
Earlier today, Scott wrote about Harvey Weinsteinâs employment contract. Reportedly, it provides that if Weinstein âtreated someone improperly in violation of the companyâs Code of Conduct,â he must reimburse the company for settlements or judgments. Additionally, â[Weinstein] will pay the company liquidated damages of $250,000 for the first such instance, $500,000 for the second such instance, $750,000 for the third such instance, and $1,000,000 for each additional instance.â
The contract stipulates that if Weinstein pays as required, it constitutes a âcureâ for the misconduct and no further action can be taken. This language is intended to ensure that Weinstein can keep his job no matter how many times he is sued for actions that violate the Code of Conduct, as long as he writes the checks.
I used to practice employment law. No one I ever represented or sued, combined the power and the sleaziness to get contractual provisions like the ones Scott described. Moreover, itâs been some time since I practiced law in this area. Thus, my initial thoughts about the contract should not be construed as expert analysis.
Nonetheless, Weinsteinâs contract strikes me as legally problematic, to say the least. Weinstein is alleged to have committed serial acts of sexual harassment â some so egregious they may have amounted to assault or even rape. The contract does not protect Weinstein if heâs indicted or convicted of a crime, so for purposes of discussion, letâs focus on sexual harassment that falls short of criminal conduct.
The law bans it. Specifically, it is against the law to condition an employment decision on submission to sexual advances. It is also against the law to engage in sexual harassment that makes the work environment âhostile.â Weinstein violated the first of these prohibitions if certain allegations against him are true. Iâm not sure about the second prohibition.
If an employer learns that an employee is engaging in either form sexual harassment, it must take reasonable measures to stop the offending conduct. This is true even if the conduct has not yet risen to a level that makes the work environment âhostile,â in the legal sense of that word.
Reasonable measures to end harassment may begin with counseling and other soft remedial steps. In severe cases, the employer may be required to take more drastic action at the outset. If the harassment is serial, or if it involves even just one instance of extreme behavior, the only reasonable measure might be to terminate the offending employee or official.
Weinsteinâs contract seems intended to take that option away from the employer. In effect, it fines him for sexual harassment that results in a settlement or judgment but prohibits discharging him. This certainly doesnât seem like a reasonable measure to end the harassment.
It might be argued that the contract applies only to violations of the company Code of Conduct that doesnât violate non-criminal laws. On this reading, the contract would not preclude the company from firing Weinstein to remedy his sexual harassment. But given the clear âcarve-outâ language for behavior that results in indictment or conviction of a crime, it might be difficult to argue that there is an implicit carve-out for non-criminal conduct that violates the law.
Can a company escape, via contract, its legal obligation to fire sexual harassers when that is the only reasonable response to his sexual harassment? I donât think so. Rather, it seems to me, a company violates the law by not firing a sexual harasser under these circumstances.
In this case, the contract provisions in question represent very strong evidence that the company did not take reasonable action to prevent sexual harassment. If anything, the companyâs approach enabled it. The companyâs exposure might be greater by virtue of the contract. I donât see how it is reduced.
Assuming that Harvey Weinsteinâs sexual harassment has been such that the only reasonable response is to fire him, can Weinstein enforce a contract that bars the company from doing so? Again, I donât think so.
My understanding is that, as a general matter, a party cannot enforce a contract that is contrary to an express provision of law or contrary to the public policy behind a law. Typically, there are exceptions â e.g., where the party seeking enforcement is less morally blameworthy than the party against whom the contract is being asserted or where the violation of law did not involve serious moral turpitude and non-enforcement would be disproportionately harsh in proportion to the extent of illegality.
I donât see how Weinstein could take advantage of these exceptions on the facts that have come to light.
I emphasize that these thoughts are preliminary and arenât based on any research performed in preparing the post (I performed almost none). I hope, however, that they provide a solid framework for further analysis and discussion.
  Previews of Coming Attractions
Posted:Â 13 Oct 2017 12:59 PM PDT
(Steven Hayward)
Power Line readers in several localities have a chance to participate in some of my mischiefs in the coming weeks. First, next Wednesday, October 18, I am hosting Mark Lilla at UC Berkeley, in what promises to be a lively event. We decided to title his lecture âAfter Identity Politics (You Must Change Your Life).â Hoo-boy!
If youâve followed Lillaâs new book, The Once and Future Liberal, you will know that he has thoroughly angered the left with his critique of identity politics, even though Lilla is himself a staunch liberal. Though I have to add that his various books on intellectual history over the last 15 years are pretty good. The chapter on Eric Voegelin in The Shipwrecked Mind is especially good. In other words, Lilla is a liberal who is very much worth reading.
Here are the full details for the event, which goes off at 4 pm and is free and open to the public, though parking around Berkeley is always difficult and I expect the hall where we are holding his lecture will fill upâhopefully with some indignant leftists.
Second, for readers in the Portland, Oregon, area, on November 9 I am coming to town to speak at a fundraising dinner for the Washington County Republican Party, along with radio talk show host Lars Larson and state Rep. Knute Buehler, who I believe is contemplating a run for governor. It is a fundraiser so youâll have to pony up to get in, but itâs for a good cause. Here are the details.
Finally, on October 31 Iâll be appearing in the other Portland areaâPortland, Maine. Actually Brunswick, at Bowdoin College, where the Eisenhower Forum is hosting me for a lecture on the topic âHow Liberals Are Failing Liberalism.â I forget the exact time and there is no link yet, but it will be late afternoon or early evening, and Iâll update the details when they are ready.
And yes, since that will be Halloween, Iâm going to appear in costume dressed as a conservative white male, which is apparently very frightening and âtriggeringâ for the campus left these days.
  Initial thoughts on Trumpâs Iran speech: Do all roads lead to a pull-out? [UPDATED]
Posted:Â 13 Oct 2017 11:15 AM PDT
(Paul Mirengoff)
President Trump has just given an address that outlines how he plans to proceed against Iran. The two main points are: (1) he will impose new sanctions to punish Iranâs Revolutionary Guard and (2) he will not certify the Iran nuclear deal.
The refusal to certify means that Congress has 60 days to act. Trump is asking it to adopt legislation, apparently already formulated, that would remedy the flaws in the Iran deal.
This legislation would become the basis for attempting, if possible with the help of our allies, to renegotiate (in effect) key terms of the deal with Iran. In the negotiations, we would, among other things, try to improve the inspection regime and eliminate the sunset provisions (the ones that allow Iran eventually develop nukes).
Crucially, it seems to me on first analysis, Trump said that if Congress doesnât act along these lines in 60 days, he will âterminateâ the deal. The president thus attempts to light a fire under a Congress which, absent his threat, almost certainly would not act. He also attempts to light a fire under our allies who seemingly have no real desire to renegotiate with Iran.
If we take Trumpâs speech at face value, it seems to me that all roads lead to terminating the deal. If Congress doesnât act, Trump says he will terminate the deal.
If Congress acts, it canât rewrite the deal. All it can do is formulate demands that, if not met by Iran, will result in termination, assuming Trump follows the hard line he took today.
If faced with congressional action and presidential resolve, Iran might agree to certain minor fixes to the deal. But itâs difficult for me to imagine the regime agreeing, for example, to drop the sunset clause.
Only a restoration of the crippling sanctions once in place would have any hope of achieving this result. But that hope would be faint. In any event, itâs unlikely that we could ever rally our allies to impose the truly crippling sanctions that former president Obama lifted.
If my preliminary analysis is correct, then Trump has taken the first step towards pulling the U.S. out of the Iran deal. He has done more, in other words, than just âsplitting the babyâ â i.e, satisfying hawks by decertifying and satisfying moderates by not pulling out of the deal or enlisting Congress for that purpose. If we take the speech at face value, we are on the road to pulling out.
The âcompromise,â is that we are doing so in a measured way â one that is less easy for Democrats and U.S. allies persuasively to denounce. Trump is enlisting their aid by asking them to participate in a process that, in theory, could improve the deal to the point where the U.S. would stay in it.
In practice, the likelihood of substantially improving the deal seems slight. However, it is reasonable for Trump to give it a try, and reasonable for Democrats and our allies to participate in the effort.
Iâll conclude by saying that Trumpâs speech was outstanding. In 20 minutes or so, he laid out the history of Iranâs evil-doing; excoriated the Iran deal Obama agreed to; and laid out his course of action going forward.
Will the administration follow that course or will key members persuade Trump to employ off-ramps? Itâs difficult to say or even to guess who the key members of the administration will be down the road. Iâm inclined, though, to think that Trump will follow the course he laid out so solemnly today.
These observations are preliminary ones. Iâm sure weâll have more to say upon further reflection.
UPDATE: President Trumpâs speech leaves Senate Democrats in a very interesting position. If they block the legislation Trump wants, we likely will be out of the Iran deal by the end of the year. If they cooperate and legislation passes, they buy time.
Iran might refuse even to consider renegotiating, in which case very little time will have been bought. But Iran might play âstall ball,â entering into some form of talks that donât go anywhere. In this scenario, the deal could stay alive for quite some time, maybe until the 2020 election season, or even beyond.
Thus, it seems to me that the Dems have a strong incentive to work with Trump and the GOP on legislation designed to improve the deal. At the same time, of course, the Dems face strong pressure not to cooperate with Trump on anything major.
It would be interesting to know what advice Obama and his former team will provide (or have already provided) to Senate Democrats. Obamaâs desire, Iâm pretty sure, is to keep the deal in place past the end of 2017.
  The Weinstein contract
Posted:Â 13 Oct 2017 06:23 AM PDT
(Scott Johnson)
I canât get enough of the Harvey Weinstein scandal. Speaking of intersectionality, which I never have, we find ourselves at a particularly bloody crossroads of Hollywood, media, crime, sex, law, culture and Democratic politics. And itâs not over yet. New storylines open up daily. Good grief! Get with Mr. and Mrs. Ammo Grrlll and tune in if you havenât done so yet.
Now TMZ reports on the unusual contractual provisions in Weinsteinâs employment agreement with his self-titled company. As the headline has it, âHarvey Weinstein contract with TWC ALLOWED FOR SEXUAL HARASSMENTâ (caps in original).
TMZ claims it is âprivy to Weinsteinâs 2015 employment contract.â TMZ does not expressly state the contract was current as of Weinsteinâs termination by the company this week, but it implies that it is, and it does not provide a copy of the contract. Rather, it summarizes certain provisions of interest:
TMZ is privy to Weinsteinâs 2015 employment contract, which says if he gets sued for sexual harassment or any other âmisconductâ that results in a settlement or judgment against TWC, all Weinstein has to do is pay what the companyâs out, along with a fine, and heâs in the clear.
According to the contract, if Weinstein âtreated someone improperly in violation of the companyâs Code of Conduct,â he must reimburse TWC for settlements or judgments. Additionally, âYou [Weinstein] will pay the company liquidated damages of $250,000 for the first such instance, $500,000 for the second such instance, $750,000 for the third such instance, and $1,000,000 for each additional instance.â
The contract says as long as Weinstein pays, it constitutes a âcureâ for the misconduct and no further action can be taken. Translation â Weinstein could be sued over and over and as long as he wrote a check, he keeps his job.
The contract has specific language as to when the Board of Directors can fire Weinstein â if heâs indicted or convicted of a crime, but that doesnât apply here.
Thereâs another provision ⌠he can be fired for âthe perpetuation by you [Weinstein] of a material fraud against the company.â The question ⌠whereâs the fraud? Lance Maerov, the board member who negotiated Weinsteinâs 2015 contract, said in an interview â and weâve confirmed â the Board knew Weinstein had settled prior lawsuits brought by various women, but they âassumedâ it was to cover up consensual affairs. The Boardâs assumption does not constitute fraud on Weinsteinâs part.
Allahpundit comments on the contract in the Hot Air post âPay to prey.â In this aspect of the story, we discover new frontiers in employment contracts and corporate corruption.
We sense the possibilities in this inexhaustibly rich story. A compelling movie series along the lines of the Bourne variations awaits its producer, all leading to The Weinstein Contract: The Weinstein Identity, The Weinstein Supremacy, The Weinstein Ultimatum, The Weinstein Legacy. In this series, however, extreme memory loss is the cure rather than the problem.
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