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Geese Prepare for Next Chapter at Sold-Out Music Hall of Williamsburg on Friday Night

Geese – Music Hall of Williamsburg – December 6, 2024

In a series of year-in-review features, several New York Times critics use variations on a term one of them called “algorithm breakers” — that is, output that eludes “easy categorization, keeping us off balance.” The term in that particular instance was for movies, but it could just as easily apply to other art forms. Maybe I liked it because it helps with a band not at all easily described: Brooklyn’s Geese. Not in the lazy “they’re genre-benders, wow!” kind of way, but because, like fellow shape-shifters (and recent tour mates) King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, theirs is a sound that thrives at the pressure points of where different rock styles clash into near chaos but hold steady to create invigorating music. They hit a little weird at first — and you’re reaching for why. But they’re under your skin already.

Geese’s first record, 2021’s Projector, had jittery post-punk for days, running the gamut from Television to Radiohead. The next record, 2023’s mesmerizing 3D Country, felt like a mutation, taking that sound every which way from chamber-folk to scuzzy-noise jamband, from pretty to zany to screamy. At times and in moments, they’re the kind of band you sort of can hear whatever sound you want in (I hear Beck at his most experimental). But in aggregate, they don’t feel derivative, and you’re more apt to marvel at how what they have hangs together at the brink of where it’s about to come apart at the seams and wobble off the front of the stage. 

Wouldn’t you know it: Geese also have a festival. Friday night was the second of three shows at Music Hall of Williamsburg, part of the band’s second-annual Geesefest, each with a different collection of cannily curated openers. (Friday had NYC’s Guerilla Toss, filling the room with big-rock-sound pow, and earlier, Philadelphia’s Cold Court, doing a ferocious jazz-punk thing.) Over a nearly two-hour set, Geese frontman Cameron Winter and his rambunctious cohorts served a little bit of everything, throwing back to Projector with “Rain Dance” and a punched-up “Fantasies/Survival,” peeling off more than half of 3D Country with standouts including a raging “Mysterious Love,” a woozy “Domoto” and, to close the show, the tender “Tomorrow’s Crusades,” Winter’s pained-happy falsetto carrying the “Where would I be without you” refrain. 

The story of the night, actually, was new songs: three billed as Geese tunes and one (the terrific “Drinking Age”) from Winter’s own just-released solo album. Each was a flavor of Geese, showcased in well-selected places in the overall set, without distinctly pointing to a direction the band might be headed with their next mutation. But most of all, the band seemed to love playing them, seemed to love their abandon, seemed to love their people, seemed to love this moment they’ve hit where they’re graduating to bigger things and have a lot of growth to celebrate. The crowd knew it, too: We all savored the rush of what already felt like an underplay-sized room for Geese. It’s the excitingly early, not just promisingly early stage: not quite Chapter 1 of their story anymore, and certainty that many more chapters are on the way. —Chad Berndtson | @Cberndtson

Photos courtesy of Toby Tenenbaum | @tobytenenbaum

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IN_A_MINUTE:

AN INDIE EXPRESS… @beachfossilsnyc are here w/ “SECONDS,” the latest single from their forthcoming LP titled ‘Bunny’ (6/2 @bayonetrecords) & it finds Dustin Payseur’s Brooklyn-based project bringing 3 guitar-driven mins of hazily dream_popped IndieRock. “MYSTERIOUS LOVE” is the latest single from @geesebandnyc’s forthcoming LP titled ‘3D Country’ (6/23 @partisanrecords) & it finds the Brooklyn-based quintet of vocalist Cameron Winter, guitarists Gus Green/Foster Hudson, bassist Dom DiGesu & drummer Max Bassin bringing their ferally sharp brand of eccentrically voiced AltRawk. @jennydianelewis is here w/ “GIDDY UP,” the latest single from her forthcoming LP titled ‘Joy’All’ (6/9 @bluenoterecords) & it finds Nashville-based singer-songwriter sultrily dipping into some uncharted vibes across 3 mins of darkly hued, art-housed & trip_hopped DreamPop. “EMOTION SICKNESS” is the lead single from @queensofthestoneage’s forthcoming LP titled ‘In Times New Roman…’ (6/16 @matadorrecords) & it finds Josh Homme’s long running institution sounding as deliciously scuzzed up as ever… before dropping the one dopest chorus sections I’ve heard in ages & it’s as if I’m suddenly back to my childhood as a staticky KLOS signal bumps & pumps that AOR goodness straight into my veins. “BOY CRAZY” is the second single from @thesaxophones’ forthcoming LP titled ‘To Be A Cloud’ (6/2 @fulltimehobbyrecords) & it finds the Oakland-based husband/wife duo Alexi Erenkov & Alison Alderdice waxing on the “challenge of gracefully parenting” over 4 mins of airily hazed, retro-tinged & lounge-esque DreamPop.

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Joanne DiGesu Faces Backlash Over Parenting Choices on 90 Day Fiance: The Other Way

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Wolfpack Comics’ “Justice City Chronicles” Brings 80s-Inspired Action to Indiegogo (Crowdfunding Spotlight)

Wolfpack Comics’ “Justice City Chronicles” Brings 80s-Inspired Action to Indiegogo (Crowdfunding Spotlight) | #comics #80s #superheroes #indiecomics #comicbooks

On Monday, Wolfpack Comics launched a crowdfunding campaign for Justice City Chronicles Volume 1, an 80-page superhero adventure book set in an bleak future. Written by Marcus DiGesu and featuring illustrations by Anthony Figaro, Justice City Chronicles is heavily inspired by action cartoons of the 1980s. Here’s the official plot synopsis taken from the Justice City Chronicles Indiegogo campaign…

[piasgermany]

[Album + Video] Geese kündigen Debütalbum “Projector” an!

Mit der neuen Single "Low Era" kündigen die Newcomer von Geese das Debütalbum "Projector" an, das am 29. Oktober über Partisan/Play It Again Sam erscheint (physisch am 03. Dezember)!

Mit einer imponierenden Leichtigkeit bewegt sich ihr Sound zwischen New Yorker Ikonen wie Talking Heads, The Strokes und Television, wenn Geese aufbrausende Gitarrenriffs scheinbar spielerisch zusammen mit melancholisch tiefgreifenden Texten und dynamisch abwechslungsreichen Strukturen bringen. Es ist diese Mischung aus experimentellen Ideen, eingängigen Melodien und einer jugendlichen “Sturm und Drang”-Energie, welche das Debütalbum der noch jungen Band so besonders macht. 

Die Brooklyner Band, deren ältestes Mitglied gerade einmal 19 Jahre alt ist, entspringt dem Ehrgeiz, Musik mit allen Mitteln zu machen! Mit Turnschuhen als Mikrofonständer und Wolldecken, die über die Verstärker drapiert wurden, begannen die Jungspunde in den letzten Monaten gemeinsam an Aufnahmen zu feilen - immer nach der Schule bis kurz vor 22 Uhr, um den Lärmbeschwerden der Nachbarn zu entgehen. 

“We actually got a sign that says ‘If something’s not working, it’s either not plugged in, not turned on, or it’s the sample rate'", berichten Geese über das DIY-Arbeiten. "That sign hasn’t failed us yet.” Das Projekt der fünf Teenager-Freunde verbindet die rastlose Sorge um die Zukunft mit der aufgestauten Frustration über die Gegenwart - eine Perspektive, die in der heutigen unsicheren und schnelllebigen Welt nur allzu bekannt ist. Vielleicht macht es darum Sinn, dass die mysteriöse Figur auf dem Albumcover auch aus einem Traum geboren wurde: seltsam fremd und doch irgendwie vertraut.

"We had been trying to get everything to sound super heavy, creepy crawly, and complicated, really because that's all we knew how to do", berichtet die Band. "Four-on-the-floor songs like “Low Era” had felt a little like poison to us for a while, until we consciously tried to challenge ourselves to write something more danceable. We like the idea of confusing the listener a little, and trying to make every song a counteraction to the last, pinballing between catchy and complicated, fast and slow."

Geese sind: Cameron Winter (Gesang, Keyboard), Foster Hudson (Gitarre), Gus Green (Gitarre), Dominic DiGesu (Bass) und Max Bassin (Schlagzeug).

Tracklist “Projector”: 01. Rain Dance 02. Low Era 03. Fantasies / Survival 04. First World Warrior 05. Disco 06. Projector 07. Exploding House 08. Bottle 09. Opportunity is Knocking

Presse: meetz@pias.com Radio: mitja.bruch@pias.com (+ Online) I soeren.heuer@pias.com

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Sean's court date is Monday, December 9th, 2019 @ 9AM and we've raised $0/$5,000.

Sean is a gay man with a traumatic brain injury and an ankle that did not heal properly after a suicide attempt. He needs to use a walker for physical therapy and to get to work. He wears a reflective vest and walks against traffic on the side of the street, which is legal, because he can't really use his walker on the cruddy sidewalks in town. But people sometimes call the cops, then they hassle him. He needs a lawyer. And frankly, Torrington, CT needs walkable streets so people like Sean can participate in the community. Please donate if you can. Thank you!

[travelwankerworld]

Another trip booked with ‘Untravelled Paths’ & another success.

This time a 4 night trip to the Puglia region of Italy – The Dolce Vita Puglia Experience

We flew from Luton to Bari with Wizz Air.

It was very cheap, about £70 each return.

It would have been even cheaper had Wizz not done their ‘Roulette Wanker Seat’ routine! Where unless you pay to pick your seats; unlike any other airline who will allocate you seats together – Wizz makes a point of making sure you are as far away from your travelling partner as possible!

So underhand. So out of order.

It is a 4-hour+ flight so is nice to be sat together.

The upshot, about a 1/3rd of the flight’s cost, was paying to sit together!

The saving grace is that overall, it is still cheap for the distance (& the convenience for us from Luton).

We did the lounge at Luton. The basic reason being that I had a credit left on my ‘Priority Pass’ membership which I wanted to use up before it expired.

  1st Stop – Matera

The flight was good & when we arrived we were met by our guide Marius. We were the only 2 on our flight & found out there were just 2 more coming & they were on the later Stanstead flight that night.

Off we went to our 1st stop – Matera – It is a city carved into the mountainside. The original dwellings here were effectively caves.

It was quite an impressive place & we saw it first at night all lit up.

Our accommodation was – Residence San Giovanni Vecchio

We had a wander about & up to the main square, then back down to get some food in a little pizza place –

Trattoria Braceria Bellavista di Fedele Manicone

It was a nice little place, the food wasn’t amazing but it was fresh & the wine was cheap! – it was also served in a carafe with wicker around it & with small glasses.

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Standard ‘funny faces’ picture was required. Lisa is getting much better at them!

  Lost In Translation

Whilst wandering around we found a bakery (Gran Caffe) that Lisa had seen whilst researching – it was stuffed with loads of dirty cakes!

We ended up asking a bloke behind the counter what was the best – he pointed out what sort of looked like doughnuts but with a bit of custard creeping out of them.

We ordered 2.

Wow! They were gorgeous.

So we then tried to find out what they were called.

One thing I need to say here, which was one of the reasons Italy grew on us, was the fact that most people don’t speak English, just Italian.

I love this. (we Brits are generally shit at languages so for once we didn’t have to feel guilty for this).

This then lends itself to a lot of gesturing & the use of Google Translate!

It is also how we arrived at what we called these – Titty Titty Lemon Cakes!

We ‘spoke’ to a woman & she tried to explain in Italian whilst gesturing to her chest & laughing & saying Limon a lot.

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Wehay! – Titty Titty Lemon Cakes

Loads of Lemon Titties!

Anyway, enough fun for day one & back to the apartment & bed.

The next day we went across the road for breakfast & finally met our other 2 ‘travellers’ – Kamal & Friddy.

Marius met us & gave us the ‘What to do’ rundown in Matera on a map.

We then went almost next door to a shop that had a model of the town so it could be explained further – it is very much a 3D type of place with lots of levels & alleys to explore.

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We did a lot of walking, the place was impressive & the weather glorious (it’s October!).

One of the places you are supposed to go is Casa Grotta which was a look at the ‘caves houses’ presented to you of how they were lived in.

Quite frankly, it was shite!

Throughout Matera, there are various sculptures of Salvadore Dali’s art. Can’t remember if there was a reason for this.

We also came across some a temporary art exhibition whilst we were there – some female sculptures sat in various places & some ‘turkeys’ which were individually designed & painted…..but, to be honest, they just looked like big cocks!

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Dali

Dali

Female Sculpture

Big Painted Cocks

  Cookery Class At A Retreat

We all met up late afternoon to go to our cookery class. About a 30-minute drive & we arrived at some grounds.

From what we understood it was like a retreat. It was in the middle of nowhere & looked very nice.

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We made pasta dough from Semolina flour & then went onto make a variety of different shaped/types of pasta.

We also made 2 other dishes, one was made from nearly stale sourdough bread (soaked in water) rubbed with garlic & layered with tomatoes. The other was very similar but mixed with egg and herbs to make balls that were to be fried.

It was quite a laugh doing it with a few breaks so we could get a bit of wine in.

Then we got to eat all of our own stuff. It was pretty good actually & very simple.

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We got back to Matera, went for a quick nightcap & then bed.

Next day, we had breakfast & checked out – we were off to Alberobello

  Bread & Focaccia To Die For

On the way though we were going to visit a traditional bakery that still uses a stone oven & only cooks sourdough bread. The place was called DiGesu’

Wow!, both Lisa & I could have died here. The bread looked & tasted amazing.

We got to try the various types of bread washed down with a small glass of red (well I did, it was 10.30 am but they wouldn’t have put it out if they hadn’t wanted us to have it).

The whole thing was very interesting.

A sort of byproduct from this style of baking is the focaccia bread.

They make the focaccia dough & put it in various spots in the oven to test the temperature.

Quite frankly it is one of the best-tasting things I have ever had! So much so that it was what we bought from the bakery to have later for our lunch.

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So we left there & were on our way to Alberobello.

  Early Proof Of Tax Dodging

This place is very famous for the type of houses they have – they are called Trulli’s.

They are round in construction & were originally built without mortar/cement.

It is said that part of this style of housing came about as a tax dodge.

Landowners at the time were taxed by how many building they had; so the landowners would get their workers to build these house for them to live in.

When/if they got news of someone coming to check their ‘wealth’ the landowner would instruct his workers to take apart the houses thus avoiding tax.

So we got to stay in one for the night. This was right in the heart of the area where these were best preserved (& funnily enough where the tourists came). They were lovely.

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So off we went for a wander.

  The Wine Tour – A Tale Of 2 Servers

Early afternoon we met up again to be taken to a local vineyard for a tour & wine tasting – Yay!!!

The winery was called I Pastini.

It was really nice here, a family-run place in lovely surroundings.

A young lady did the tour around the various buildings & part of the vineyard. It was actually quite interesting and didn’t go on too long which gets a massive tick!

They plant rose bushes at the end of each row of vines here. They do this as if there are pests/bugs etc, they will attack the roses first. This is like having a warning system for their grape crop & so if it happens, they can do something about it.

Simple but effective. I found stuff like this quite interesting.

Some wine tours we have been on are beyond dull.

And let us face it, nobody gives that much of a shit about how it all came about etc – we are there to taste & drink the wine!

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The wine tasting was good – we got a selection of nibbles to go with it.

As I recall we tried 4 or 5 wines.

What I do remember very well (which is where the problem lied) is that 2 people were doing the wine pouring for the tasting.

The side we were on was a woman who had clearly challenged herself to pour so little in the glass that it would have evaporated by the time you went to taste it!

It literally was the smallest amount of wine that could allow you to taste it.

On the other side of the room was the young lady who did the tour & she was making up for our loss with her pours, she wasn’t pissing about!

Kamal & Friddy were on her side & after about 3 they were not finishing theirs & pouring some away ready for the next one. I can’t even get my head around this, but we would have loved that problem!

The result – they ordered a case of wine to be shipped back to the UK & we bought a bottle to take away with us.

You would have thought that most people that own a vineyard & do these type of tours must have realised that if you get people a bit pissed they will get their wallets out.

We would have.

There is no question we would have also bought a case, they were pretty reasonable. Alas, we were sober & therefore could easily rationalise & avoid spontaneous purchases!

We left there, wallet intact, back to Alberobello.

We did a bit more wandering & picture taking; then went to a wine bar to try & rectify the wrong from earlier.

That evening we went to a nice little restaurant, the food was pretty good but I am not naming it. The service speed was a joke & getting the bill at the end was like pulling teeth. Such a shame really,

Next day was time to move again.

We had until lunchtime to wander around the bits we had missed & sneak in a cheeky beer before leaving.

The next destination was our final one in Bari.

On the way, we stopped for lunch at a little town called Locorotondo. We were told to have a little explore before settling down to eat which we did.

Was a very pretty little town with lots of rabbit warren type of streets.

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We wandered around for what seemed like ages looking for somewhere to eat. We googled various places but nothing seemed quite right & most were in these narrow streets which were in the shade.

  A Perfect 90 Minutes With Wine, Meat & Cheeses

We finally, just before we lost the will to live, decided to sit at an outside restaurant that we had passed about three times  – Controra

Quite frankly, this turned out to be one of the highlights from our trip. We sat there for about an hour & a half and was just perfect.

We had a great view, were sat under a shade (it was proper hot that day) & ordered a bottle of the white wine that was from the vineyard we went to the day before. We also ordered a plate of meats, cheeses & bread. It was all superb.

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It turned out, through broken English & lots of gesturing, that the woman who owned the restaurant/bar was the sister of the woman at the vineyard who was tight with the tastings (who turned out to be the owner’s mother!).

The toilets in this place were a bit quirky. My favourite part was the fact that above the sink there was no mirror on the wall, there was just writing saying ‘You Look Fine��� which quite frankly is genius.

We left here to go to our next stop.

If we didn’t have to go, we would have happily ordered another bottle of wine, more food & sat here for hours.

Enroute to Bari was another stop, this time to visit an Olive farm – Masseria Brancati

We had the standard tour of the old buildings with old ‘machinery’ AKA massive stones that crushed shit, no big shakes in terms of new stuff.

What was interesting that we didn’t know, was the fact that olive oil used to be called ‘Liquid Gold’. It was the modern-day equivalent of oil i.e. it was used for all sorts of things and thus made it very valuable.

So much so, that they would hide & disguise where the olives were stored and processed to avoid being robbed.

The olive groves here were massive. All the trees were 5 meters apart from each other which was the distance required to make sure each tree got all the light & water it needed without imposing on each other.

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The slightly mind-blowing thing of it all is that all the trees were saw were at least 1,000 years old, quite a few were 2,000 years old & there was one that they had dated at 3,000 years old – so if Jesus did exist, this tree existed well before he did.

….and they are all still producing Olives!

Also, each individual tree is a National Heritage Site – they are all tagged & are monitored by satellite.

What the fuck!

  The Buzz Of Bari

We left there and headed to our final destination – Bari. (** – Sidenote story – read at end)

We arrived & went to our B&B – Antipico.

Bari, we were told, was a lively local town.

There are tourists here, no question, but the locals outnumbered by far.

We liked it here and it grew on us very quickly.

We had a quick wander about and got a drink in this really cool little bar – La Ciclatera. It was a small place that had alcoves & stuff everywhere!

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Then back to get showered & changed ready for dinner.

When we went out in the early evening, we got to see what Marius has said about it being lively.

The place was buzzing with people everywhere. It was a Saturday night, yes, but not like you would think.

The big difference was that it was everyone. There were families, groups of young people, groups of older, groups surrounding by kids.

Everyone was out.

People were sat everywhere & anywhere and there was a lot of noise being created by what seemed like the whole community coming out to play.

We had decided to try a place to eat called MareViglie lo Sprofondo

We really liked it here, it was pretty busy but the service was excellent. Again, the lack of English speaking made the asking/choosing more fun.

This was very apparent from our starter order – we thought we had chosen a ‘premium’ platter to share – we pictured it being hams, salami’s, cheese, olives and the like – lovely!

What came out?

3 big portions of raw cold fish! – Salmon, Tuna & Swordfish.

A far cry from what we wanted but actually really nice.

The main course was better but somehow I ordered a pizza which effectively had chips on it & a bit of ham!

Lisa fared better with ‘mouse ears’ pasta.

Despite this, it was a really nice meal & a nice bottle of white.

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Afterwards, we wandered about for a bit; the streets were still full of people & this still included kids of all ages. We went back to our little bar again for a couple of G&T nightcaps.

The next morning we heading for our breakfast. Not quite the same as we had experienced in the 2 other places.

It was a short walk to a cafe where we were eligible for a free coffee & a croissant.

This was supposed to be the ‘Bari’ way……well, quite frankly, we preferred the other way!

  Bari On Bikes

We then met up with Marius, Friddy & Kamal. This was going to be a tour around Bari on bikes.

Friddy & Kamal decided they didn’t want to do it. They were going to get a train & visit another town nearby. We said our goodbyes as we wouldn’t see them again.

A shame really as the cycle tour was really good – Velo Service

We saw a lot of places that we had already seen….but this time with some information explaining what on earth things actually were & with some history behind it.

Including Basilica San Nicola which was St Nicholas’s church – he was the patron saint of sailors, prostitutes & children; which sorts of works if you think about it.

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One of the stops has a bittersweet taste to it.

We stopped at basically a woman’s house in a square. she had a little kitchen set up outside.

We were going here to learn how to make pasta again as we did when we were in Matera.

This woman was quite a character, she spoke no English & just shouted for most of the time.

She shouted to her neighbours, to people walking past she knew…but most of the time she shouted at her husband.

Marius & the girl from the cycle tour gave us a running commentary.

She was laying into her husband big time.

Really slagging him off, saying how lazy he was & utterly useless arsehole! (he looked a lot like the character of Manuel in Fawlty Towers).

We sat there in the sun, with a beer & made pasta.

She cooked various things & we tried them.

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We really enjoyed it here, so much that we said to Marius about coming back for lunch, which he arranged.

We did our last bit of wandering & then headed back for food.

We had asked Marius to join us which he did before he had to leave for his flight.

Anyway, we had some lunch, it was like tapas really, a few small plates, nothing mind-blowing.

When we left and asked for the bill, they wanted 50 euro!

Holy shit! How much?!

We did the British thing and paid immediately asking no questions.

Then followed it up with a whole lot of bitching in private.

It did put a bit of a dampener on our last lunch to be honest, but such is life.

Since then I have looked at the Google reviews & a lot of people complain about the ‘Quantity to Cost’ ratio, so it wasn’t just us she stiffed which is nice to know.

Anyway, off we went & found a little bar to get a bottle of white wine & while away an hour or so until we were ready to head to the airport & home.

Another great trip with Untravelled Paths to a lovely part of Italy.

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** – Sidenote Story:

When we 1st arrived in Bari, a friend of mine, Simon (Hells Bells Hols Bols) rang me. I text back to say I was away in Italy & would ring when I got back to the UK.

A variety of texts were then exchanged where it turned out that not only was he also in Italy, he was also in Alberobello! & further to this, he & his wife Rosemary had bought a Trulli! He was actually there having work done!

Gutted!

Had he rung the day before we could have all met up for a beer & seen their new holiday home (which they will be renting out when finished) – you can find it on Instagram – https://instagram.com/trullo_genista

  Puglia, Italy – Pasta, Pizza, Wine, Sourdough Bread & More Wine Another trip booked with 'Untravelled Paths' & another success. This time a 4 night trip to the Puglia region of Italy - …

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DOBBIAMO ESSERE ‘SANTI IN TUTTA LA NOSTRA CONDOTTA’

D’’DIVENITE ANCHE VOI SANTI IN TUTTA LA VOSTRA CONDOTTA’’ (1PIETRO 1:15)

MA , COME IL SANTO CHE VI HA CHIAMATO, DIVENITE ANCHE VOI SANTI IN TUTTA LA VOSTRA CONDOTTA, (1PIETRO 1:15)

GEOVA ISPIRO’ L’ APOSTOLO PIETRO A METTERE IN RELAZIONE LA SENTITA’, A CUI VIENE DATA TANTA IMPORTANZA NEL LIBRO DI LEVITICO,CON LA NECESSITA’ DI TENERE UNA CONDOTTA SANTA QUALI CRISTIANI. (LEGGI 1PIETRO 1:14-16.) GEOVA ,’’IL SANTO’’,SI ASPETTA CHE GLI UNTI E LE ‘’ALTRE PECORE’’ FACCIANO TUTTO IL POSSIBILE PER DIVENTARE SANTI IN TUTTA LA LORO  CONDOTTA,E NON SOLO IN QUALCHE ASPETTO D’ ESSA ( GIOVANNI 10:16).

ESAMINARE ALTRE GEMME SPIRITUALI CONTENUTE IN LEVITICO CI SARA’ DI GRANDE UTILITÀ’,E METTETE IN PRATICA CIO’ CHE IMPAREREMO CI AIUTERÀ’ A DIMOSTRARCI SANTI  IN TUTTA LA NOSTRA CONDOTTA.RISPONDEREMO A DOMANDE QUALI:COME DOBBIAMO CONSIDERARE I COMPROMESSI? COSA CI INSEGNA LEVITICO IN QUANTO AL SOSTENERE LA SOVRANITÀ’ DI GEOVA ?COSA POSSIAMO IMPARARE DAI SACRIFICI CHE VENIVANO OFFERTI?

ATTENTI AI  COMPROMESSI

SE VOGLIAMO FAR PIACERE A GEOVA,DOBBIAMO ATTENERCI FERMAMENTE ALLE SUE  LEGGI E AI SUOI PRINCIPI ,   ENON ASSUMERE MAI UN ATTEGGIAMENTO DISPOSTO AL COMPROMESSO, CHE SAREBBE CONTRARIO ALLA SENTITA’.SEBBENE NON SIAMO SOGGETTI ALA LEGGE MOSAICA, LE SUE NORME CI PERMETTONO DI CAPIRE CIO’ CHE E’ AMMISSIBILE GLI OCCHI DI DIO E CIO’ CHE NON LO E’. PER ESEMPIO ,GLI ISRAELITI  RICEVETTERO QUESTO COMANDO:’’NON DEVI FAR VENDETTA NE NUTRIRE RANCORE CONTRO I FIGLI DEL TUO POPOLO;E DEVI AMARE IL TUO  PROSSIMO COME TE STESSO.IO SONO GEOVA’’ ( LEVITICO 19:18). 

GEOVA SI ASPETTA CHE NON CI VENDICHIAMO E CHE NON SERBIAMO RANCORE (ROMANI 12:19). SE IGNORASSIMO LE LEGGI E I PRINCIPI DIVINI RISCHIEREMO DISONORARLO  E FAREMMO FELICE IL DIAVOLO . ANCHE QUANDO QUALCUNO CI FA DELIBERATAMENTE DEL MALE,NON TRASFORMIAMOCI  IN ‘’VASI’’ PIENI DI ASTIO. DIO CI HA CONCESSO IL PRIVILEGIO DI ESSERE ‘’VASI DI TERRA’’ CHE CONTENGONO QUESTO TESORO CHE  E’ IL MINISTERO ( 2CRONACHE 4:1,7).IL CORROSIVO RISENTIMENTO NON SI ADDICE A TALI VASI!

IN LEVITICO 10:1-11 SI LEGGE DI UNA VICENDA STRAZIANTE CHE COLPI’ AaRONNE E LA SUA FAMIGLIA.DOVETTERO ESSERE SCONVOLTI QUANDO FUOCO DAL CIELO CONSUMO’ NADAB E ABIU, FIGLI DI AaRONNE ,PRESSO IL TABERNACOLO.  PER IL SOMMO SACERDOTE E I SUOI FAMILIARI FU UNA VERA PROVA DI FEDE NON POTERLI PIANGERE.CHE  DIRE DI OGNUNO DI NOI? CI STIAMO DIMOSTRANDO SANTI EVITANDO DI STARE IN COMPAGNIA DI DISASSOCIATI,  SIANO ESSI FAMILIARI O ALTRI? (LEGGI 5:11.)

NON E’ DETTO  CHE A NOI CAPITI UNA PROVA DIFFICILE QUANTO QUELLA DI AaRONNE E DELLA SUA FAMIGLIA.MA COSA FAREMMO SE FOSSIMO INVITATI AD ASSISTERE EA PRENDERE PARTE ATTIVA AL MATRIMONIO DI  UN PARENTE NON TESTIMONE CHE SI SVOLGE IN CHIESA? LE SCRITTURE NON PROIBISCONO ESPLICITAMENTE DI  ANDARCI;POSSIAMO PERO’ CHIEDERCI SE CI SONO PRINCIPI BIBLICI D I CUI TENERE CONTO NEL PRENDERE UNA DECISIONE. 

IN UN CASO DEL GENERE LA NOSTRA DETERMINAZIONE A MOSTRARCI SANTI A GEOVA POTREBBE SCONCERTARE I PARENTI NON TESTIMONI (1PIERO 4:3,4) .OVVIAMENTE NON VOGLIAMO OFFENDERLI; DI SOLITO,PERO’, E’ MEGLIO PARLARE CON LORO IN MODO GENTILE MA SCHIETTO,E MAGARI CON LARGO ANTICIPO RISPETTO ALLA CERIMONIA. POTREMMO RINGRAZIARLI E DIRE CHE CI HA FATTO PIACERE ESSERE STATI INVITATI AL MATRIMONIO.POI’ POTREMMO AGGIUNGERE CHE PER VIA  DELLE QUESTIONI RELIGIOSE IMPLICA,LA NOSTRA PRESENZA POTREBBE GUASTARE LA LORO FELICITA’ IN UN GIORNO TANTO SPECIALE ED ESSERE FONTE DI IMBARAZZO LE NOSTRE CONVINZIONI E LA NOSTRA FEDE. 

SOSTENIAMO LA SOVRANITA DI GEOVA 

IL LIBRO DI LEVITICO DA’ RISALTO ALLA SOVRANITA DI GEOVA. PIU’ DI 30 VOLTE LE LEGGI IN ESSO CONTENUTE VENGONO ATTRIBUITE A LUI. MOSE’ ERA CONSAPEVOLE DI QUESTO FATTO, E FACEVA QUELLO CHE GEOVA GLI COMANDAVA ( LEVITICO 8:4,5) .ANCHE NOI DOVREMO FARE SEMPRE CIO’ CHE IL NOSTRO SOVRANO CI CHIEDE,E IN QUESTO ABBIAMO IL SOSTEGNO DELLA SUA ORGANIZZAZIONE. TUTTAVIA POTREMMO SUBIRE UNA PROVA DI FEDE QUANDO SIAMO SOLI, COME SUCCESSE A GESU’ QUANDO FU TENTATO NEL DESERTO ( LUCA 4:1-13).SE LA NOSTRA ATTENZIONE E’ RIVOLTA ALLA SOVRANITÀ DI DIO E CONFIDIAMO IN LUI,NESSUNO POTRA’ INDURCI A FARE COMPROMESSI E NON  CI LASCEREMO SOPRAFFARE DA VILI TIMORI ( PROVERBI 29:25).

IN QUANTO SEGUACI DI CRISTO E TESTIMONE DI GEOVA SIAMO PERSEGUITATI IN VARIE PARTI DEL MONDOI.LA COSA NON CI SORPRENDE,DAL MOMENTO CHE GESU’ DISSE AI DISCEPOLI:’’VI DARANNO ALLA TRIBOLAZIONE E VI  UCCIDERANNO, E SARETE ODIATI DA TUTTE LE NAZIONI A CAUSA DEL MIO NOME’’ (MATTEO 24:9) .NONOSTANTE TALE  ODIO, PERVERSIAMO NELL’ OPERA DI PREDICARE  IL REGNO E CONTINUIAMO  A DIMOSTRARCI SANTI AGLI OCCHI DI GEOVA.MA PERCHE’ SIAMO OGGETTO DI TANTO ODIO PUR ESSENDO CITTADINI ONESTI,  IRREPRENSIBILI E RISPETTOSI DELLA LEGGE? (ROMANI 13:1-7) . PERCGE’ ABBIAMO RICONOSCIUTO GEOVA COME NOSTRO SOVRANO SIGNORE. RENDIAMO SACRO STRAVIZIO ‘’ALUI SOLO’’,E NON SCENDEREMO MAI A COMPROMESSI SULLE  SUE GIUSTE LEGGI E PRINCIPI (MATTEO 4:10). 

INOLTRE ,’’NON [FACCIAMO] PSARTE DEL MONDO’’, E QUINDI SIAMO NEUTRALI RISPETTO ALLE GUERRE E ALLA POLITICA.(LEGGI GIOVANNI 15:18-21;ISAIA 2:4.) ALCUNI CHE ERANO DEDICATI A DIO HANNO VIOLATO LA PROPRIA NEUTRALITÀ. MOLTI DI QUESTI SI SONO PENTITI E SONO TORNATI AD AVERE UNA RELAZIONE CON IL NOSTRO MISERICORDIOSO PADRE CELESTE (SALMO 51:17). ALTRI,INVECE,NON SI SONO PENTITI. PER FARE UN ESEMPIO,DURANTE LA SECONDA GUERRA MONDIALE 160 NOSTRI FRATELLI DI ETA’ INFERIORE AI 45 ANNI CHE ERANO  INGIUSTAMENTE DETENUTI IN TUTTA L’ ‘UNGHERIA FURONO RIUNITI IN UNA LOCALITÀ  .POI’ FU ORDINATO LORO DI PRESTARE SERVIZIO MILITARE.I FRATELLI RIMASERO TUTTI FEDELI TRANNE NOVE, CHE FECERO GIURAMENTO E ACCETTARONO L’ UNIFORME . DUE ANNI POIU’ TARDI UNO DI QUESTI SI RITROVO’ A FAR PARTE DI UN PLOTONE ESECUZIONE CHE DOVEVA GIUSTIZIARE I TESTIMONI FEDELI,TRA CUI IL SUO STESSO FRATELLO CARNALE! AD OGNI MODO, LE TEMUTE ESECUZIONI NON EBBERO LUOGO. 

DIAMO A GEVA IL NOSTRO MEGLIO 

LA LEGGE MOSAICA PRESCRIVEVA CHE GLI ISRAELITI OFFRISSERO DETERMINATE SACRIFICI (LEVITICO 9:1-4,15-21).QUESTI DOVEVANO ESSERE ESENTI DA DIFETTI,  DATO CHE  PREFIGURAVANO IL SACRIFICIO PERFETTO DIGESU’.OLTRE A CIO’,OGNI TIPO DI OFFERTA PREVEDEVA UNA PROCEDURA SPECIFICA. PRENDIAMO AD ESEMPIO CIO’ CHE DOVEVA FARE UNA DONNA DOPO AVER PARTORITO. (LEVITICO 12:6 DICE:’’QUANDO POI’ SI COMPIRANNO I GIORNI DELLA SUA PURIFICAZIONI PER UN FIGLIO O PER UNA FIGLIA PORTERA’ UN GIOVANE MONTONE DELL’ ANNATA COME OLOCAUSTO E ‘ UN GIOVANE PICCIONE O UNA TORTORA COME OFFERTA PER IL PECCATO ALL’ INGRESSO DELLA TENDA DI ADUNANZA AL SACERDOTE’’. LE NORME STABILITE DA DIO ERANO PRECISE,MA LA SUA AMOREVOLE  RAGIONEVOLEZZA TRASPARE NELL’ INTERA LEGGE.SE NON POTEVA PERMETTERSI UNA PECORA,LA MADRE POTEVA OFFRIRE DUE TORTORE O DUE GIOVANI PICCIONI (LEVITICO 12:8). ANCHE SE POVERA,GEOVA AMAVA E APPREZZAVA QUESTA SUA ADORATRICE  QUANTO CHI GLI PORTAVA UN’ OFFERTA PIU’ COSTOSA.COSA CI INSEGNA QUESTO? 

L’ APOSTOLO PAOLO ESORTO’ I COMPAGNI DI FEDE A DIO ‘’UN SACRIFICIO DILODE’’ (EBREI 13:15) .LE NOSTRE LABBRA DOVREBBERO FARE ‘’PUBBLICA DICHIARAZIONE’’ DEL SANTO NOME  DI GEOVA.I FRATELLI SORDI OFFRONO QUESTA LODE NELLA LINGUA DEI SEGNI.I CRISTIANI COSTRETTI A CASA LODANO DIO SCRIVENDO LETTERE,DANDO TESTIMONIANZA PER TELEFONO,E PREDICANDO A QUELLI CHE LI ASSISTONO E A CHI VA A TROVARLI.IL SACRIFICIO DI LODE CHE OFFRIAMO A GEOVA FACENDO CONOSCERE IL SUO NOME E PROCLAMANDO LA BUONA NOTIZIA DEVE ESSERE PROPORZIONATO ALLA NOSTRA SALUTE E ALLE NOSTRE CAPACITA. DEVE ESSERE  IL MEGLIO CHE  POSSIAMO DARGLI (ROMANI 12:1;2TIMOTEO 2:15). 

I SACRIFICI DI LODE SONO OFFERTE VOLONTARIE RESE PERSONALMENTE A DIO PERCHE’ LO AMIAMO ( MATTEO 22:37,38) .EPPURE CI VIENE CHIESTO DI FARE RAPPORTO DELLA NOSTRA ATTIVITÀ’ NEL MINISTERO. CHE ATTEGGIAMENTO DOVREMMO AVERE PER TALE DISPOSIZIONE ? IL RAPPORTO CHE  CONSEGNIAMO OGNI MESE E’ UN’ ESPRESSIONE DELLA NOSTRA SANTA DEVOZIONE (2 PIETRO 1:7) .OVVIAMENTE NESSUNO DI NOI DOVREBBE SENTIRSI OBBLIGATO A DEDICARE AL MINISTERO TANTE ORE SOLO PER CONSEGNARE UN RAPPORTO PIU’ CONSISTENTE. ECCO PERCHE’ UN PROCLAMATORE DEL REGNO CHE  VIVE IN UNA CASA DI CURA O CHE HA ALTRI IMPEDIMENTI LEGALI ALLA SALUTE O ALL’ETA’ PUO’ FARE RAPPORTO DI 15 MINUTI O MULTIPLI DI 15, INVECE CHE DI ORE INTERE. GEOVA SA CHE QUESI MINUTI SONO MEGLIO CHE IL PROCLAMATORE PUO’ OFFRIRE,E LI CONSIDERA UNA  DIMOSTRAZIONE DI AMORE PER LUI E DI APPREZZAMENTO PER L’INESTIMABILE PRIVILEGIO DI SERVIRE QUALE SUO  TESTIMONE. PROPRIO  COME QUEGLI ISRAELITI LE CUI CIRCOSTANZE NON PERMETTEVANO LORO DI OFRIRE SACRIFICI PIU’COSTOSI ,I PREZIOSI   SERVITORI DI GEOVA CHE HANNO CERTE LIMITAZIONE POSSONO COMUNQUE CONSEGNARE IL RAPPORTO.I NOSTRI SINGOLI RAPPORTI CONFLUISCANO IN QUELLO MONDIALE ,CHE AIUTA L’ORGANIZZAZIONE A PIANIFICARE LE FUTURE ATTIVITÀ’ DI PREDICAZIONE .TENUTO CONTO DI TUTTO QUESTO, CONSEGNERÀ’ IL RAPPORTO E’ DAVVERO UNA RICHIESTA ECCESSIVA? 

ABITUDINI  DI STUDIO E SACRIFICI DI LODE 

DOPO AVER PRESO IN CONSIDERAZIONE ALCUNI TESORI SPIRITUALI DI LEVITICO,  FORSE CI E’ PIU’ CHIARO PERCHE’ QUESTO LIBRO E’STATO INCLUSO NELL’ ISPIRATA PAROLA DI DIO (2TIMOTEO 3:16) . ORA SIAMO PIU’ DETERMINATI A MOSTRARCI SANTI, NOIN  SOLO PERCHE’ LO RICHIEDE GEOVA,MA ANCHE PERCHE’ LUI ,MERITA GLI  SFORZI SINCERI CHE COMPAIONO PER PIACERGLI  .E’ PROBABILE CHE  QUELO CHE ABBIAMO IMPARATO SU LEVITICO IN QUESTI DUE ARTICOLI ABBIA ACCRESCIUTO IN NOI IL DESIDERIO DI  SCAVARE PIU’ A FONDO NELLE SCRITTURE .(LEGGI PROVERBI 2:1-5.) PERCIO’ ESAMINIAMO  IN  PREGHIERA  LE NOSTRE ABITUDINI DI STUDIO. INDUBBIAMENTE VOGLIAMO CHE I NOSTRI SACRIFICI DI LODE GRADITI A GEOVA.LA TELEVISIONE  ,I VIDEOGIOCHI ,LO SPORT O GLI HOBBY CI STANNO DISTRAENDO,  INTERFERENDO COSI’ COL NOSTRO PROGRESSO SPIRITUALE? IN TAL CASO SARA’ DAVVERO UTILE MEDIANTE SU CIO’ CHE L’ APOSTOLO PAOLO SCRISSE NELLA SUA LETTERA AGLI EBREI . 

PAOLO MOSTRO’ GRANDE SCHIETTEZZA QUANDO SCRISSE AI CRISTIANI EBREI. ( LEGGI EBREI 5:7,11-14.) NON USO’ MEZZI TERMINE! DISSE LORO CHE ERANO ‘’DIVENUTI DI UDITO TORPIDO ‘’. PERCHE’ FU COSI’ FORTE E DIRETTO? RISPECCHIAVA L’ AMORE E LA PREOCCUPAZIONE DI GEOVA PER QUEI CRISTIANI CHE TENTAVANO DI SOPRAVVIVERE NUTRENDOSI SOLO DI LATTTE SPIRITUALE. CONOSCERE LE DOTTRINE  FONDAMENTALI DEL CRISTIANESIMO E’ IMPORTANTE ,MA E’ NECESSARIO IL CIBO SOLIDO’’  SE SI VUOLOE CRESCERE SPIRITUALMENTE VERSO LA MATURATA’ CRISTIANA. 

INVECE DI PROGREDIRE AL PUNTO DI DIVENTARE INSEGNANTI,GLI EBREI AVEVANO BISOGNO CHE QUALCUNO INSEGNASSE LORO. PERCHE’? PERCHE’ NON SI ERANO NUTRITI DI ‘’CIBO SOLIDO’’. CHIEDIAMOCI : ‘’HO IL GIUSTO ATTEGGIAMENTO NEI CONFRONTI DEL CIBO SPIRITUALE SLIDO?ME NE STO NUTRENDO O STO TRASCURANDO LA PREGHIERA E LO STUDIO APPROFONDITO DELLA BIBBIA? IL PROBLEMA POTREBBE ESSERE IN PARTE DOVUTO ALE MIE ABITUDINI  DI STUDIO?’’ NON DOBBIAMO SOLO PREDICARE,MA DOBBIAMO ANCHE INSEGNARE A FARE DISCEPOLI (MATTEO 28:19,20).

FORSE PER MOLTI  DI NOI STUDIARE LA BIBIA NON E’ FACILE.E GEOVA NON CERCA DI SPINGERE I SUOI SERVITORI A STUDIARE FACENDO LEVA SUI SENSI DI COLPA. COMUNQUE,SIA HE SIAMO DEDICATI A DIO DA MOLTO TEMPO O DA POCO, DOBBIAMO NUTRIRCI CONTINUAMENTE DI CIBO SPIRITUALE SOLIDO. E’ ESSENZIALE SE VOGLIAMO MOSTRARCI SANTI. 

PER ESSERE  SANTI DOBBIAMO MEDITARE ATTENTAMENTE SULLE SCRITTURE E FARE CIOI’ CHE DIO RICHIEDE DA NOI. TORNIAMO ALLA VICENDA DEI FIGOI DI AaRONE, NADAD E ABIU, CHE FURONO MESSI A MORTE PER  AVERE OFFERTO ‘’FUOCO ILLEGITTIMO’’,  FORSE SOTTO L’ EFFETTO DELL’ ACOL (LEVITICO 10:1,2).E’ INTERESSANTE CIO’ CHE DIO DISSE POI’ AD AaRONNE IL LEVITICO 10ù:8-11.(LEGGI ) QUESTO BRANO INDICA FORSE CHE NON DOBBIAMO BERE ALCOLICI PRIMA DI ANDARE A UN0 ADUNANZA CRISTIANA? RIFLETTIAMO SU ALCUNI ASPETTI.NON  SIAMO SOTTO LA LEGGE (ROMANI 10:4). IN ALCUNI PAESI I NOSTRI  FRATELLI CONSUMANO CON MODERAZIONE BEVANDE ALCOLICHE AI  PASTI  PRIMA DI ANDARE ALLE ADUNANZE. DURANTE LA PASQUA  VENIVANO USATI QUATRO CALICI DI VINO. QUANDO ISTUTI  LA COMMEMORAZIONE ,GESU’ DIEDE AI SUOI APOSTOLI DEL VINO COME SIMBOLO DEL SUO SANGUE ( MATTEO 26:27). LA BIBBIA CONDANNA L’ABUSO DI ALCOL E LUBRIACHEZZA (1 CORINTI 6:10;1TIMOTEO 3:8) .MOLTI CRISTIANI POTREBBERO RITENERE IN COSCIENZA DI DOVER EVITARE DEL TUTTO L’ ACOL PRIMA DI SVOLGERE QUALSIASI ATTIVITA’ LEGATA AL SACRO SERVIZIO MA LE CIRCOSTANZE VARIANO DA PAESE A PAESE, E PER I CRISTIANI L’IMPORTANTE E’ ‘’FARE UNA DISTINZIONE FRA LACOSA SANTA E LA PROFANA’’, COSI’ DA AVERE UNA CONDOTTA SANTA,CHE E’ GRADITA A DIO. 

SONO MOLTE LE GEMME SPIRITUALI  CHE POSSIAMO TROVARE SCAVANDO NELLA PAROLA DI DIO.  USIAMO GLI STRUMENTI DI RICERCA DISPONIBILI PER RENDERE PIU’ INTERESSANTI L’ ADORAZIONE IN FAMIGLIA E LO STUDIO PERSONALE .CERCHIAMO DI CONOSCERE MEGLIO GEOVA E IL SUO PROPOSITO. AVVICINIAMOCI A LUI SEMPRE DI PIU’  (GIACOMO 4:8) RIVOLGIAMO A DIO LA STESSA RICHIESTA DEL SALMISTA ,CHE CANTO’’: ‘’SCOPRI I MIEI OCCHI, AFFINCHÉ’ IO GUARDI  LE COSE MERAVIGLIOSE DELLA TUA LEGGE’’ ( SALMO 119:18). NON SCENDIAMO MAI A COMPROMESSI SULLE  LEGGI E I PRINCIPI  DELLA  BIBBIA. SEGUIAMO DI CUORE LA LEGGE SUPREMA DEL ‘’SANTO’’, GEOVA, E PARTECIPIAMO CON NZELO ALLA ‘’SANTA OPERA DELLA DELLA BUONA NOTIZIA DI DIO’’ ( 1PIETRO 1:15;ROMANI 15:16) . MOSTRIAMOCI SANTI IN TUTTA LA NOSTRA  CONDOTTA DURANTE QUESTI DIFFICILI ULTIMI GIORNI  ,SOSTENENDO COSI’ LA SOVRANITÀ’ DEL NOSTRO SANTO DIO, GEOVA. 

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Concurso público para acceder a Beca 18 se inicia en marzo

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