#no idea what an eskin is

[project-catgirlpillar]

Oh it's a foreskin? Well Go ahead then Lad Tell me what it's for

[simsmono]

Edmond Lee | YAM - sim for anon

Tadaa ~~ I found him for ya! I decided to give Ed a proper post instead of my lazy add on thingy reblog, simply because my blog is a bit empty these days and because I think he’s cute.

CC wise, I can’t provide you with his full list, but I do recommend the following:

Skin: Eskin game or you could go for an updated and tidier version of it by amuhav

Hair: OE0520

Eyes: N4

Download Edmond’s sim file directly from mediafire (sorry, still can’t access my sfs for now...). This file goes in the SavedSims folder. If the download link fails, try opening in a new tab/window.  

A few things:

I have a shit load of sliders installed - I’m not saying I’ve used them all, but I thought I should mention it. For an up to date and comprehensive list, I recommend checking Simtanico’s slider masterlist (scroll to the bottom).

I have no idea what make up he uses but I don’t think it’s a lot (compared to my other sims) - I say experiment!

Having said that, if you want him to look remotely similar to his pictures, please make sure you download the recommended CC above.

My body multiplier is set at 5 for the body and 3 for face.

As always, you can use him however way you like, I honestly don’t mind. Enjoy!

[augment-techs]

Minh: We fully agree forever and ever and ever that she belongs to Zack and Billy and NO ARGUMENT.

Angela: Honestly, I barely remember Angela and what I do recall was just the littlest bit basic, but this is a nice thought. Neveah is going to end up as a mini, slightly more go-to version of Adelle, and I am very much behind it. Bernard, I am fully and completely behind dating a full blown alien princess raised by the men his dad was soft for despite themselves. He might not KNOW what he wants, but I think he is leading himself in the right direction.

Melissa:

Lila WILL get that congressional library job. Not because she's Zack's kid, but because he and Melissa would doubtlessly instill good values in her head: especially standing up for herself.

Violet:

I love the idea of them getting into music together in a way that meets their preferences in the middle and keeps the both of them grounder; her with her feet on the ground and him from going off into space. Elodie is absolutely a mama's girl. Good for her, too; she'll have a good head on her shoulders. I think a Green for Mona is utterly perfect, given her parents with their own color coding and how this would be HILARIOUS. When Zack isn't wearing Black, he's wearing purple and since his wife follows after that little aesthetic, Mona taking on the Color of what could have been if Zack was infinitely more gullible for Rita is just...so funny.

Trini: Still so sad for these children, omg.

Kimberly: *makes the cheer pose* YES to musicians that employ animators for their movies. NEED more of those.

Josh deserves good things even if he can't translate tone and frequency very well. At least he has marathons.

Matt:

Jason: 👍👍🌿🥧

Tommy: 😭😭🥺💔

Billy: 🙏🏿🌱☝👏👏

Bulk:

Skull:

Richie: I still am not fully aware of the use of this guy, but you make him feel important and that's what counts. He seems sweet ^^

Keller is going to be the kind of hero every Ranger longs for after their Great Battle trauma and he is going to Make. It. Work. I am curious about how Squatt didn't fuck him up as badly as he could have, but small favors.

Do it Coda; march into the Morphin Grid and interview the shit out of the Colors AND the Emissaries. Maybe then we could have something solid and in print to look back on from these omnipresent beings and those self-righteous pricks.

*Picks up Ethel like a tiny little porcelain doll* You shall be a perfect Blue, and you brothers will bury the bodies of anyone who tries to mess with you in school. Your dads will never have to give you the sex talk because you will have read the entire biology section and also have multiple friends to throw under the bus for this.

Justin: It gives me a headache that PR is basically a revolving door of the same bland names, but for what it's worth, at least this seems to be actively fine given the timeline.

Patricia. Patsy. Trish. Petty. Polly. Ceecee. So many nicknames for a sporty type girl. She'll be fine.

.....Did you mean Marleau? Marleau Eskin?? Because I'm hoping this is autocorrect being a dick so I am picturing this right.

Yes, good, Priscilla can be a wonderful girl with words and dedication and bud up from the seeds of stuff her parents don't need to think too hard about ^^

Zack Taylor known canon children and au children

Man I love Zack. When I was a kid I loved that Zack was a dancer, and was so cool. I loved how NICE he was. He’s a friggin sweetie. In comics I like how this is really focused on; he’s sweet, he’s popular, he’s a nice guy who’s doing his best. He’s not perfect but he’s trying. He can be serious, but he’s never straight up mean unless he has to be, and you can tell he hates it. Should have said so with Trini XD she’s the same way. I just ship her and Richie and got carried away, apologies.

If I’ve forgotten anyone you want to see or I think of them as I go, I’ll add 😁😁

Zack Taylor’s Canon Children;

I do like he didn’t end up with any of his high school sweethearts. Cute as the trope is, doesn’t work for everyone and that’s not a bad thing. Zack's a very fun character, and very charming, but it's cool it wasn't a sweetheart, and I do like thinking he and Billy are together. And I love the chemistry of Zack and Billy in once and always. There's something so sweet about those two bonding when in the first season, Zack had to keep asking Trini for help understanding Billy.

Minh Kwan. He is a great dad to Minh lol. I love how you can see the dawning “oh grid this is what ‘teenager with attitude’ means. I was just like this and this is not good”. Darling I see your pain but you’re doing a good job! She loves you very much! You and Billy are her dads!

My OC’s for Zack Taylor’s Non Canon Children;

Angela (last name unknown);

-props face in hand- seems she was another "had a larger plot relevance that got rewritten and thus wrote the character out of the show" character. That makes three I've run across. Sharkie, Richie, Angela. You could almost make an entire team of their own with these written out of the show characters. I won't say anything more about that, it is what it is. I will say while I wasn't the biggest fan of Angela's episodes, she seemed okay, and Zack was smitten. Which was definitely cute to watch, he was adorable in love with her. But I do have ideas for their kids, and I am quite taken with these two if I do say so myself.

Zack had a long love affair with Angela and they had two kids once he completely retired from being a ranger. She’s a senator’s wife, and they’re a senator’s kids. This has the predictable outcome of the two, Neveah, aged 21 and Bernard Taylor, aged 19, being a bit rebellious.

Neveah is a wild child, though not malicious in the slightest. Trickster type, very mischievous, she's definitely the class clown type. Prefers lightening the mood or getting back at people in the most prankster chaos way possible. She's aware of the rangers, and helps as a senator's child with all the perks that comes with it. She's going into business with the interest of owning a coffeeshop and gallery, so that the community can come and display and possibly sell art, and have a safe place to talk and decompress. Her brother included. They're not especially close, but she does want him to have a place to just be a person. Neveah is also not super close to her dad or mom, though it's more over their work than anything.

Bernard Taylor has absolutely no idea what he wants to do with his life, and works as a preschool dance teacher at the library. He also volunteers for arts and crafts classes. A huge lover of kids, and little kids adore his cheeky personality and his creative problem solving solutions. distraction and dancing, mostly. He's been dating Selena Bulkmeier-Skullovitch for two years, only recently found out Selena was Rita and Zedd's daughter. Upset she didn't tell him sooner, though can't argue he probably would not have taken this revelation well, and it's not like it matters. She was raised by Bulk and Skull, right? He's a bit corny in his romance, and is hoping if she is secretly evil, every time he makes her laugh it's another way to convince her not to follow in her biological parents' footsteps

Melissa (last name unknown);

Zack and Kim were the two who encouraged Melissa to join a disability inclusive dance class, and while it didn't click at first, Zack was the most delighted when she got the hang of the dancing. She told Zack she knew he was the black ranger, and managed to stick close enough by in school and in general people thought they were dating. It was easy to play along, and she was able to act as a great lookout. They have one daughter, Lila Taylor. Aged sixteen.

Lila is not deaf, and she's blunt and strong willed. People tend to underestimate her, and she's fairly quick to correct them. Some people think she's too strong willed, she thinks she's as loud as she needs to be. Lila is a dance teacher and volunteers at the library. She wants to go into library sciences, and is considering perhaps working at the Library of Congress. It's very difficult to get the position, but Lila is willing. She loves music, she loves dancing, and she loves knowledge. Everyone deserves it. not associated with a Color.

Violet Arias;

Zack and Violet are a lot like the sun and moon or moon and sea; there's an equal push and pull with them that can't be ignored. High school sweethearts in the greatest sense, though things hit a rocky patch when she figured out he was a power ranger-not that he'd made it particularly hard. They got engaged when he wrote her a poem cipher asking her to marry him. With help from Billy, of course. The two run a music shop together, with Violet running the area that has the retro music devices and Zack in charge of the CD's and vinyls. Violet and Zack have twins, Elodie and Mona, aged 16.

Elodie is very mellow, and smart. She's curious about a lot of things, and enjoys music based philosophy. Wants to be a song writer, wants to write music for bands from the other side of the galaxy. Just because it'd be a fun, cool challenge. Relatively popular, very forgiving, but not stupid. She's got her limits. Has opinions on a variety of subjects but it's extremely weird what things she's got an enyclopedic knowledge of and what she doesn't. She's often hyped and made brave by her sister, who is the opposite of her in every way. not associated with a color

Mona is going to be a music based power ranger, she is going to be a green ranger. And she is everything her parents and Elodie are not. Brash, loud, vengeful, crass, wild, but her sister keeps her calm and she in turn boosts her sister and gets her able to do things. Mona's somehow managed to be the most popular girl at school, but more than a few people are hoping for the day when this hot headed queen bee gets her comeuppance and gets knocked down a couple pegs.

Trini Kwan;

They started dating in space, and it was nice. When Trini became red, it got more serious, and being with each other was always so safe, emotionally. They don’t spent a lot of time on earth, but they do have two kids. The two don’t see their kids much, Jethro, age 16 and Avery, age 15 are on earth and do school on earth. They see their parents on holidays when they can, but mostly live with Kim. They have very distant relationships with their parents, even if they wish their parents would retire. They partially retired until both of them were in Junior High, which makes it extra tough. It feels a little like an abandonment, even if it isn’t.

Jethro is not really open to his parents, and has a better relationship with Kim. He wants to be a DJ, and does DJ’ing stuff for school dances and parties. Annoyed by his parents, has a ton of friends, prefers his friends. He likes Kim just fine, and everyone else. He just thinks his parents are using their duties as an excuse to get out of raising their kids. Jethro tries to avoid talking about his parents and what they do. He’s got his own things to do, they have theirs.

Avery loves her parents. She misses them dearly and wants them to come home. She’s become a bit of a people pleaser, swallowing down anxiety or unhappiness so nobody worries. She worries about them, a lot, and wishes they’d just stay home with their kids, who love them. While she doesn’t get why her parents are always in space, she knows they are doing important work saving people, and thus, tries to be understanding and patient and not worry anyone. Not associated with a color.

Kimberly Hart;

Tommy had a lot going on, and Kim realized she couldn't keep spending all her energy on him if he wasn't going to notice she cared. They went into a close friendship, and Kim and Zack stumbled very gradually from close friends to dating to married. Kim's a famous singer now, and Zack helps her make her music. Their dynamic duo for creativity continues evolving their music. They also employ animators for all their music videos. They have one son, aged sixteen. Joshua Taylor-Hart

Joshua's tone deaf, but loves playing violin. He has great technical skill, though struggles with the frustration that with being tone deaf, the six sounds most people can hear that would allow him to elevate his music are deeply absent. He likes his music, he loves music. It's hard not to be jealous of his parents, though, sometimes. Dancing's easier, so's cross country running. He's a hard worker, he's smart, and he's used to looking at things outside the box. Is not associated with a color.

Matthew Cook;

During everything Zack and Matt were friends with benefits, though Matt tended to use Zack as an emotional scapegoat as well. Zack finally had enough after a bit, and told Matt either he got his head out of his ass or they weren’t continuing. He was serious, too, and Matt got left in the lurch for a little while before actually looking at himself long and hard and deciding whether or not his grudge was worth losing Zack again. It wasn’t. His parents loved Zack, Kira loved Zack, and most importantly he loved Zack. He came out to his parents and family, and then put in the effort to get over himself to get Zack back. One daughter by surrogate parent, and Matt owes Kim big time. She’s made it clear though. This was for Zack. He gets this, and accepts he and Kim are probably never even going to be friends. His and Zack’s daughter is Layla Cook-Taylor. Layla is sixteen, tiny firecracker of positivity. She has her low moments, but she’s never down for long. She likes swimming and playing guitar. She dances with Zack in dance classes and Matt adores her so so much. She’s frank and earnest and tries her best. She doesn’t give up easily if ever. White ranger. Saba loves her, too. Yes Matt has gotten in arguments with the uppity dagger why do you ask?

Jason Lee Scott;

There really wasn't anyone else, honestly. They got each other. Blue and red is fine, and red and pink, but red and black? when it works it works and honestly they work. For obvious reasons, while they started dating in space, they didn't make it public when they came back to earth until Jason's dad died. At that point, there was nothing holding them back, and Zack understood the reason Jason waited. There was never going to be a relationship with his dad if he came out, and he was the sole caretaker. He had a responsibility. Zack respected that.

They have two kids, by surrogate. Kristen of the dark rangers, actually, offered. They didn't talk to the five much, but knew them well enough, after everything. When she offered it was actually a surprise, but they were willing if she was. When they decided they wanted a second kid, she was still willing. They're half siblings. Cleo, aged 24, is Jason and Kristen's daughter. Valeria, aged 18, is Kristen and Zack's daughter. Through this they became better friends with Kristen as well and that was really nice, especially for Kristen.

Cleo's more dramatic and adventurous than her younger sister. She will try anything once, do anything once. The whole world's a stage and she's one of the leads. Not afraid to take life by the horns and ride for all it's worth. A little bit of a mean girl, especially to anyone who dares hurt her sister or sister's friends. Was a queen bee in high school. She designs outfits for athletes. Sportswear is a passion of hers. How to make it fashionable and nice to work out in. Everyone deserves to look their best. She, herself, has an almost boho goth mix as a style. it was a mistake to let her watch incredibles; Edna Mode is her hero and role model. is not associated with a color. However, she'd be Fuchsia if she did. Unusual, and wouldn't have it any other way.

Valeria is 18 and in awe of her family and their legacies. She feels like she won't be able to be able to match any of them, but is trying not to let that bother her. She's captain of a breakdancing team, and mixes it with hard shoe Irish step-dance, which she's been taking classes for since she was four. It's something new, something fun, something her, and while she doesn't see the value in it, Zack and Jason do. Cleo's first experimental skort (skirt/short combo) was for Valeria to better be able to mix both dance styles. It's sometimes difficult for the sisters to talk to each other or show affection, but when they do its usually through things made for the other for their hobbies. Valeria also likes doing basic build type things, such as building sewing machines or computers. She only does this for family, but Cleo loves the custom machine she got. So does uncle Adam.

Currently working at a pizzeria, the tips are good and she likes being able to think while in high stress situations. It's where she thrives. Valeria is not associated with a color. however if she was, it'd be coral or black.

Tommy Oliver;

Tommy is an airhead, and very hard to convince he’s being flirted with. Kimberly, for months, tried to flirt with her new teammate, and eventually moved on because it just didn’t connect in Tommy’s head. He misunderstood Zack trying to explain it to him as Zack flirting, which made a little bit of a mess, but once it was sorted out Kimberly was dating someone else, and Tommy and Zack realized they did like each other. So they started dating, although there was some hurt feelings between themselves and Kim for a long while. Unfortunately, shortly after they successfully adopted a four year old, Tommy disappeared.

Eighteen years later, Landon Taylor works at Promethea as a systems programmer intern. It’s the closest to Tommy and Zack’s old work that Landon can get. Zack doesn’t want him any closer, and Billy, now CEO of Promethea, takes care of his old friends’ son. Landon admires Promethea and power rangers immensely. He wants to help them by any means he possibly can, and he does so to the best of his ability.

Nothing has come of years of searching for Tommy, and vice president Zack Taylor has proposed several amendments to help protect the teenagers that become rangers. He knows better than to make it illegal for teens and young adults to be rangers like some propose, but he also knows there needs to be suitable protective safety nets just in case. He’s proud of Landon, who’s helping program these safety nets, and he’s proud of the current rangers.

Billy Cranston;

They adopted Minh together basically. But in an alternate reality they got married and have two adopted kids, Harlow, aged 19, Selena, aged 17, and one kid by surrogate, Dylan, aged 9.

Harlow was adopted by Zack and Billy when he was seven, and is the first kid they adopted. He and the senator bonded over a shared love of music, and breakdancing. He bonded with Billy a little bit later over Billy mentioning that like Harlow, he used to have a fear of fish and water, and it was fine feeling irrational fear. Harlow tries really hard to make both his dads proud. He's got a lot of pressure he puts on himself. He's a perfectionist. Everything has to be perfect all the time. Billy's the first to try to get him to see the beauty in sometimes things just...not...being...perfect, and it's okay if he's not immediately good at things. Tommy Oliver is his favorite honorary uncle, and is a huge help with how he feels and living in a family. Is the blue ranger, alongside Selena, who is the orange ranger (there is no pink on their team).

Dylan was born a couple years before Selena was adopted. rambunctious kid. Gives his dads a heart attack all the time. His mom was Aisha, and his dad was Billy. There were long talks about it, but it was actually decided by a coin flip because Aisha could see they were psyching themselves out, and were going to talk themselves out of a choice they very much wanted. So she took charge for them. They love Dylan, and Dylan loves his dads, and his brother, and his sister. He likes music and playing pirates. He's one of the smartest kids in his grade school class, but Billy and Zack want him to make friends, so he's not allowed to jump a year. He does get supplemental lessons by both of them, though, so he doesn't stop being curious. Not associated with a color.

Selena has a lot of self doubt about being in this family, and doesn't get why Billy and Zack keep going to bat for her. They go to bat for her because they see in her a lot of themselves, and a lot of Tommy. She's a cheerleader at their school, and does baby sitting as a side job. She struggles to feel worthy of being the orange ranger, but she likes her new brothers, and she likes her dads, and she likes being able to show some of how grateful she feels back to them.

In a small variation, Minh would come live with all three of them as their sister and yellow ranger.

Farkas Bulkmeier;

Zack realized he was crushing on Bulk when Bulk explained his plan to be homecoming king. Zack loved his tenacity and how genuinely excited Bulk actually was over this. Overhearing Marleau’s threat and Bulk backing down, Zack backed him, and got the rest of the rangers and their dates to back him, because Marleau might think she rules the school but she really didn’t.

He completely fell in love with him seeing him crowned homecoming king. However nothing happened in school, and they fell out of touch for several years. Later, they met again when Zack went to a bar with friends, and found the bartender and owner was a familiar face. Farkas was happy to see him, and Zack was extremely happy to see him. He stayed over that night, and then never left. They work well together and have two kids via genetic splicing courtesy of Billy and Aquitar technology. Brianna, aged thirteen, and Devin, aged ten.

Brianna goes to dance classes twice a week, is as friendly and strong in her sense of Justice as her dad Zack was when he was a teenager. He is so proud of her. Her sense of Justice is perhaps a little too strong, and Zack is watching his thirteen year old like a hawk. Power rangering is fine, but he is not letting his baby girl do it before she’s sixteen. Out of personal experience. She often has a group of kids around her, as a sort of social butterfly nexus; and their house is apparently the “safe house”. Polite, energetic, friendly, everyone’s her friend and she’s everyone else’s friend. Bulk and Zack have had to tell her more than once she needs to know her limits. Not associated with a color; but she’ll be silver the second she’s old enough.

Devin wants to go to Mirinoi when he’s grown up and explore everything there. He likes being everywhere, and doing things with his dads. Happy learning how to bake and cook, is fascinated by sewing and Bulk’s hand sewn jackets. Interested in his sister’s dance recital outfits and often borrows them to study. Bulk’s happy to help him in all his interests. Not associated with a color, but he’d be pink if old enough and chosen.

Eugene Skullovitch;

Zack's always tried to give Bulk and Skull the benefit of the doubt and never felt any true antagonistic feelings to them. Annoyance sure, but he doesn't hate them. Eugene took a while to warm up to Zack though, because nice doesn't mean trustworthy, and the two eventually started dating when Eugene realized no, Zack really is just that sweet. They run an ice cream parlor together and have two adopted kids. Achibald "Archie" Taylor and Marigold "Mari" Taylor.

Archie was adopted in his teens, and while this means he doesn't get to have as much time growing up with Zack and Skull as his dads, he's got the rest of his life with them as his parents, and that's the best thing he's ever heard. He was adopted out of the foster care system at thirteen, and is nineteen. He loves botany and magic tricks. Being a stage magician or professional botanist would be really really cool. He doesn't play piano or dance but he loves watching Zack and loves listening to Eugene practice at night. Is unsure what he wants to do with his life, but inheriting the ice cream parlor would be nice, if the botany or the stage magician thing doesn't work out. is not associated with a color.

Mari was adopted last year. She's fourteen and getting used to living with her brother and her dads. They're kinda weird, but she likes them. It is weird going to a new school in a new town, with a new last name. She doesn't really know what she likes, she's still figuring it out, but she knows she likes it here and that's good enough. She does miss her old friends and home a little, but she is making new friends. Zack and Eugene give her space and understanding, and Archie's been great with advice and settling in. not associated with a color.

Richie (last name unknown);

Richie was Zack's best friend, and while Zack was at first really interested in Trini, and then in Tommy, he and Zack eventually fell into a natural relationship. It was as simple as anything for them. It is a source of curiosity for when they actually started dating, it was so gradual. Even they aren't really sure. Tommy was chosen to go to the peace convention instead of Zack, and this certainly helped the budding relationship, especially when Tommy gave Richie Saba. Richie was a great ranger, and it was nice for Zack having him with him in battle. They flowed so naturally. While they've never gotten married, everyone agrees they're basically as good as. They've adopted two kids, and have a magic baby Zedd made, a clone that through the bumbling of Goldar and Squatt, was a perfect mix of both of them. They managed to get this teenager reverted to a child, and were just glad this happened in their 20's and not their teens. Their kids are Keller, aged 29, Coda, aged 17, and Ethel, aged 15.

Keller, while intended to be Richie's evil clone, ended up being a child when the dna of Zack and Richie got mixed. How it happened they're not entirely sure, just that Squatt was involved. He's certainly an odd mix of the two, but with their more negative traits more prominent. However, despite this, he was given help and support and love to be able to have a chance at a normal life. He's currently going to school to be a councilor, with monster and power ranger related trauma as his primary focus. There's certainly a lot of people who would benefit from a therapist like him. He's definitely the oldest sibling, and is used to picking the younger two up and out of bad situations at the drop of a hat. not associated with a color though if he was it'd likely be white or pink

Coda's working at the juice bar, mainly saving up for a proper car instead of borrowing the family car whenever he needs to be somewhere. He likes living with his dads and siblings, and thinks Keller's one of the more interesting people to come out of power ranger stuff. Coda wants to be a journalist, and is interested in interviewing Colors themselves. Though only Saba has ever talked to him, and when he did Coda didn't learn much. He wants to be a power ranger specifically to get an interview with his color. A strange motivation, but it will pay off. He will eventually be a silver ranger.

Ethel's not very outgoing, and is extremely shy. She is actually Billy's daughter, but Billy and his partner died when she was very small, and Zack of course adopted her without a second thought. He blames himself for Billy's death and does his best to make it up to Ethel every day. She's shy, quiet, and rather small for her age. Thankfully she's not the target of bullies and is on the school's robotics team. Richie and Zack do worry for her, but she seems to be doing ok. she will be on a team with Coda in a few years as the blue ranger.

Justin (last name unknown);

Justin was the red ranger leader of the Dark team, and Jason's more dark counterpart. Zack didn't really like Jason at first, but he did respect his devotion to his friends. They were dark mirrors for a reason, after all. Once they saved them, Justin and Zack had several classes together and just got close from revolving each other's orbit for so long. Justin got a job as a janitor, Zack as a gym teacher, and they had one kid via a surrogate. Patricia, aged 11.

Patricia is into the concept of vaulting, and likes sports. Serious, dramatic, a huge collector of beetleborgs, and a fan of action movies. She's got a lot of energy, has decided she doesn't like the taste of meat and gone vegan (which has if anything given her even more strength boost). She knows her own mind and her own heart. Her loyalty is rock solid and so is her stubborness. not associated with a color though if she was it'd be violet.

Margo ;

Zack was the only one that ever managed to get through to Margo, for any reason. He was nice, but nice has it's limits and sometimes the nicest thing you can do is just be a little mean. He made her question herself, got her tongue tied, self conscious, and suddenly she was chasing after him, in a completely different manner than she'd ever expressed interest in anyone before. They went to a dance school together, after high school, by complete coincidence. He for contemporary dance, her for classical. She avoided him for a year just because she didn't know what to do with how he made her feel. They finally got stuck in a class as partners for a project together and had a very long conversation about many things, past and present and beyond. Things progressed got serious, and she got pregnant. Her parents had hoped she'd marry someone better than a professional dance choreographer for hollywood musicals, and disinherited her when she eloped. She runs a dance studio and he works for mucical movies as a dance choreographer. They have one daughter, Priscilla, aged 14.

She has two left feet, which is a running joke in the family. Instead she's kind of a brilliant budding politician. When she's old enough she wants to run for class president. Very friendly, very good at problem solving and defusing situations, she's popular and open minded. She wants to be the youngest governor in their state, and she's got the temerity to actually make it happen.

[soerdinan]

My girlfriend held a Mass Effect themed RPG for me when we were waiting for Andromeda to come out. Here are my sketches of some of the more interacted with crew members on the ship. More info on them under the cut. I'll post also the strike team member portaits when I get them touched up. (that's where all the cool aliens are =T)

I'm not sure if the titles are super correct but hopefully they give some idea of what they do.

Eduard  Delord - Second in command, previous captain of the ship, currently Chief Navigator. Was super disappointed that instead of the famous Shepard (who he had a bit of a crush on apparently), he gets this soldier-absolute-nobody commanding his ship (my character). And then my character a bit accidentally seduced him.

Berta Eskins - Chief Tactical Officer. Very formal, maybe a bit awkward with my character but all in all a lovely person.

Adam Reeve - Chief Helmsman. He flies the ship. We haven't had too much interaction truthfully speaking, aside from chit chat. Berta and Eduard do the work stuff with him, my char just says "Let's go to this place!".

Alex Donovan - Chief Engineer. Had a fight with Norman over the use of a birth name, things were resolved. Later was attacked by a Cerberus infiltrator in the crew who was trying to get into the central computer room. Then had a crush on the strike team's turian lady,  needed some encouraging words.

Samuel Norman - Staff Sergeant. Most notably does all the food stuff and stocks the ship. Was an ass to Alex, my char had a talk with him about it. Got mysteriously injured, there was panic *was it the Cerberus spy?!?* And then he admits that he tasted turian food. "WTF Norman, you should be the one to know better, you do all the food stuff around here!"

Jack Homes - Shuttle/Fighter Pilot & Mechanic. My char named him Cigar-Jack for obvious reasons, he found it funny. Seemed suspicious at first but has been all right this far.

Missing from the picture is the doctor from the ship’s medbay, GF didn’t know how to describe him at first and I forgot to draw him at all.

[wannabecatwriter]

Elisa Turner for @goatkibble‘s Farmer’s Wife BC

NAME: Elisa Turner

Traits: Charismatic, Snob, Schmoozer, Great Kisser, Kleptomaniac

AGE: 28

SEXUALITY: Straight, with strong leanings towards the richest person available.

ETHNICITY: Born and raised Australian (with English roots far back). But she has successfully faked being many other nationalities over the last 11 years.

SKILLS: 3 Charisma, 4 Cooking, 2 Gardening (from her childhood), 1 Mixology

GREATEST STRENGTH: She can be extremely charming when she wants to be, she is extremely goal-oriented, and she picks up important knowledge quickly.

GREATEST WEAKNESS: She oftentimes lets her huge ego get in the way of common sense.

REASON FOR JOINING: A farm in the heart of Australia seems like a perfect place for her to go right now. She needs to hide from some people and this is literally the last place anyone would look for her.

WHAT IS YOUR PERCEPTION OF FARM LIFE?: She grew up on a farm in Australia, although it was much smaller than the one belonging to the bachelor. She knows exactly what farm life entails. She was never a fan of it, but circumstances are making it a good idea for her to go back to that life at the moment.

HOW WILL YOU CONTRIBUTE TO FARM LIFE?: She isn’t completely useless! She knows how to cook pretty well. And she does know a few things about gardening and making sure the crops are healthy. As long as she doesn’t have to deal with the animals (shudders, the animals never liked her) she can do quite a bit. She just prefers to have the others do things for her!

ADDITIONAL INFO (eg family background, etc):

Born and raised on a small farm in the Australian outback, Elisa always knew she could do much better for herself than anyone in her family, as they were more than happy to continue tending the farm. Elisa wanted more – she always had expensive tastes for fashion, food, men… This is why, at the age of 17, she left home and headed to the big city. From then on, she used her unfailing charm to weasel her way into the circles of the rich and pull off a number of cons that inflated her own bank accounts. Eventually she became part of a crew of similarly-minded individuals. Together, they pulled off much bigger schemes, which made her richer than she ever expected to be. However, soon she began to believe her cut from their cons wasn’t as big as it should be. After all, it was all Elisa’s never-ending charm which even allowed her crew to pull of their cons! So, after their latest job, which was worth a huge amount of money, Elisa quickly took the whole sum and skipped town. She deserved it! After all she did all of the seducing work!

However, the boss of their group, her one-time beau, clearly thought otherwise, since he placed a hit on her. And now, Elisa has killers looking for her. So, she really needs to lay low somewhere, likely for a very long time, since she knows her ex won’t be cooling down and calling off the search any time soon!

But as no one in her crew even knows she’s Australian (she’s been pretending to be French for as long as she knew them) and as they know she hates farm life, they won’t have the slightest reason to look for her on the continent.

And when all is said and done, she is not at all contrary to marrying the bachelor. Sure, she hasn’t seen his picture yet, but no one who owns a horse ranch can be hideous, right?

Extra:

Throughout her career, she went by the aliases Alina Sokolovskaya (Russian), Marie Lefort (French), Sofia Moretti (Italian), and no one ever doubted that she belonged to those nationalities. She is fluent in those languages.

She tans too quickly and whenever she has to spend any time outdoors, sunscreen is her best friend.

She is so very vain about her appearance.

She really hopes her future kids will look like her. And yes, she does want kids, preferably while she is still young enough to bear them without losing her figure.

She doesn’t really believe in True Love ™, but she does think she can be happy with one person for the rest of her life.

Her only CC aside from sliders and skin (Eskin Natural) is her hair and I’ll include it with her download. Let me know if I’m missing anything else!

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A Compendium of Eagles Responses To The Carson Wentz Story

More push back to the Philly Voice story describing Carson Wentz as “selfish” via anonymous sources.

Five Eagles and one former Bird took to social media to share their disagreement.

Fletcher Cox was was the first to dispute Joe Santoliquito’s article, with Brandon Brooks piggybacking on his response:

What my guy @fcoxx_91 said!!! pic.twitter.com/DpRr39ZcEI

— Brandon Brooks (@bbrooks_79) January 21, 2019

Lane Johnson also poo-poo’d the story:

Whoever wrote that article needs to check their "sources". #fakenews

Carson has been and is our leader and our QB. Y'all know where to find me if you have any issues.#flyeaglesfly

— Lane Johnson (@LaneJohnson65) January 21, 2019

Ex-Eagle Torrey Smith also got in on the action, after the jump:

Don’t even have to read this article and I bet my new born child 99% of this is

https://t.co/UZgc133gkp

— Torrey Smith (@TorreySmithWR) January 21, 2019

Smith’s perspective is interesting since he was on the field when Wentz was playing at an MVP level during the first chunk of the 2017 season. He didn’t get a ton of targets as a WR3, just 58 total in the 13 games Carson played. That’s about four per game.

And here’s backup quarterback Nate Sudfeld throwing in his support:

#FlyEaglesFly pic.twitter.com/nbnI0eNeEo

— Nate Sudfeld (@NateSudfeld) January 21, 2019

I also missed this earlier, but Zach Ertz, who was mentioned specifically in the story (in a couple of paragraphs regarding targets), also chimed in:

Don’t believe everything you read!!! Carson has been nothing but a GREAT person, GREAT teammate and GREAT leader since Day 1. Our locker room stands behind him all the way. We can’t wait to get back to work and be the best team we can be in 2019! #FlyEaglesFly

— Zach Ertz (@ZERTZ_86) January 21, 2019

Even the responses from fans and other media are fairly scathing. I think Howard makes a good point here:

It’s hard to understand how a story like this comes out from someone who is rarely around #Eagles locker room. I’ve tried to think about Eagles players who would portray Carson Wentz in this way and I can’t come up with any player. @SportsRadioWIP https://t.co/u1CVfIbF3K

— Howard Eskin (@howardeskin) January 21, 2019

It’s true that Joe is not an Eagles beat guy. He’s not at down at NovaCare in the same capacity as a guy like Dave Zangaro or Mike Kaye or Martin Frank. So it is kind of interesting to see sources cited from a person who is really more of a do-it-all kind of freelancer who writes about boxing and other sports in addition to football.

There is, of course, speculation on who these anonymous sources are, and I think you’d probably have to start by asking yourself who benefits the most from an article like this getting out there. Is it a disgruntled wide receiver who wants more targets? Is it an offensive lineman who preferred the way Nick Foles went through his progressions? Is it Mike Groh or a position coach trying to send a message via the media?

I have no idea, and of course no player is gonna go on Twitter and say, “you know what, this article is spot on, Carson is an asshole.” Philly Voice certainly knew that they’d get a ton of push back when they hit the publish button.

From a neutral perspective, the rush to counter this article is certainly fascinating.

  The post A Compendium of Eagles Responses To The Carson Wentz Story appeared first on Crossing Broad.

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Hulk Hogan Reveals His Three Biggest Moments While In WWE

Hulk Hogan Reveals His Three Biggest Moments While In WWE

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Wrestling legend Hulk Hogan was a visitor on CBS Philly’s Howard Eskin Show, the place he mentioned what the three largest moments of his profession have been.

Hogan first defined how he developed the character he made well-known in WWE:

“I had no idea [Hulkamania] was going to happen. When I got into the [pro]…

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Runner’s clothings for fueling battery

When downloading diet related smart phone application, we can see how much we burned calories, what we ate, and my friend’s diet status. Such trend is presented through “quantified self-movement” that incorporates data acquisition technology to track and measure one’s daily life, such as using smartphone applications or wearable devices to analyze one’s food consumption, the quality of one’s surrounding environment based on navigational information, and emotional fluctuations etc., which all inform one’s mental and physiological status, and helps to optimize the user’s life patterns. There are numerous researches about the smart fabrics that harvests the energy from active body movement. And the fabric can help us harvests the enough energies from our body to charges the smart phone devices informing us the daily activities, which can be the perfect example to recycles the energy. And such ideas can be readily commercialized as product in future with trend of wearable technology.

The sketches are demonstrated to answer the question: what if our body energy used for exercise are stored in smart fabric and can be transferable to other portable devices. Furthermore, what if the smart fabric itself can work as diet-application fueled by the energy generated from our body movement The smart fabric for generating energy can be imagined based on biological principle found in ‘plant muscle.’ One of the example is the awn of a Pelargonium seed. When it dries, initially stretched form of plant tissue coils, generating force needed to bury the seed. The factor to change the tissue and generating force is from the change of humidity in natural environment. Applying this biological mechanism to an athletic fabric that absorb human perspiration, we can manipulate texture of the gym clothes and gather energies from one’s change of body temperature and humidity. Also, natural body movement from sports activities stretches and contracts the fabric possibly creates enough energy to propel diet application. 

Also, I believe that the fabric itself can be work as both charger and battery at the same time with technological mix of materials. According to the research done by Binghamton University Electrical and Computer Science, “Assistant Professor Seokheun Choi, created an entirely textile-based biobattery that can produce maximum power similar to that produced by his microbial fuel cells.”(choi, 2017) Suggested researches supports the possibility to use the fabric as both power source  and battery 

  Bibliography/Citation:

Jung, W, et al. “Self-Burial mechanics of hygroscopically responsive awns.” Integrative and comparative biology., U.S. National Library of Medicine, Dec. 2014, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24760793.

Kedzierski, Jakub, et al. “Re-Engineering artificial muscle with microhydraulics.” Nature News, Nature Publishing Group, 5 June 2017, www.nature.com/articles/micronano201716.

Saito, Kazuya, et al. “Designing of self-Deploying origami structures using geometrically misaligned crease patterns.” Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, The Royal Society, 1 Jan. 2016, rspa.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/472/2185/20150235.

“ESkin.” Jenny Sabin, www.jennysabin.com/eskin.

Future vision 2020, Microsoft Future Vision, YouTube, 14 July 2013, www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozLaklIFWUI.

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You hoped these NBA prospects would turn into stars. You were wrong

We asked who failed to live up to the expectations you set for them. The answers were painful.

Earlier on Wednesday, Celtics Blog tweeted this out:

Name your favorite Celtics prospect that you were sure of... but turned into a bust. (for me it is Kedrick Brown)

— CelticsBlog (@celticsblog) August 3, 2017

That got us thinking, and prompted us to tweet this:

We're stealing an idea from @celticsblog -- Name a player you thought would be a star, but eventually ended up a bust.

— SB Nation NBA (@SBNationNBA) August 3, 2017

Team front offices put a load of time, effort and resources into scouting, but sometimes things just don’t pan out. Players appear to be the second coming of an All-Star, then turn into career journeymen and role players.

There’s nothing wrong with it; it’s the nature of the game.

Here were a few of the names Twitter shouted out as players they swore would be a star but never panned out:

Michael Beasley https://t.co/47EU0ePn8l

— Greggy Brackets (@gwizzy12) August 3, 2017

OJ Mayo or Michael Beasley https://t.co/ppzsZ5SCBc

— Christopher Novak (@ChrisNovakBECB) August 3, 2017

Derrick Williams

— KD SMH (@Dahfuk_) August 3, 2017

Hasheem thabeet

— KD SMH (@Dahfuk_) August 3, 2017

Rodney Stuckey, i was at a game where he dropped 40 and i just knew he was gonna be it for the Pistons https://t.co/deXNcokMnD

— Leondre (@MittenMadeDre) August 3, 2017

Larry Sanders. https://t.co/Xoey6fHkk7

— kam (@nikesonmyTWEET) August 3, 2017

I thought Michael Beasley was going to be what Kristaps Porzingis is. https://t.co/thPuEBZ0Yl

— Carrington Harrison (@cdotharrison) August 3, 2017

Sebastian Telfair

— Stephen Eskins (@Eskins21) August 3, 2017

Dajuan Wagner

— Paul Henning (@brewcitypaul) August 3, 2017

Not quite a star, but once upon a time it was almost a coin toss picking between Kendall Marshall and Lillard. Was also high on Biyombo https://t.co/Pf6VCojbcx

— Mark Philip Wu (@Muwu) August 3, 2017

Now, here were some of the picks the SB Nation staff made:

Mike Prada, NBA Editor: Thomas Robinson

I keep falling for the same kind of player: the combo/power forward that scores in bunches at the college level, but can’t defend or pass well enough in the NBA. Rodney White. Drew Gooden. Marcus Fizer. Chris Wilcox. Marvin Williams. Tyrus Thomas. Derrick Williams. Michael Beasley.

Robinson was my last mistake. I loved his rebounding. I loved his toughness. I loved his ability to wedge his way inside and score quickly. I forgot that he was older than his competition, wasn’t big enough to score at an NBA level and didn’t have any other skills.

I wanted the Wizards to take him over Bradley Beal. I was wrong. And I learned my lesson just in time to jump off the bandwagon for Anthony Bennett.

Pete Volk, Intern Manager: Josh Childress

I grew up in LA in a baseball family, so I didn’t get to see much basketball as a kid. The one college game I went to was USC vs. Stanford, an extremely hype Nick Young vs. Josh Childress matchup. Childress was big and looked unstoppable in the post, and teenage me was absolutely certain I was watching the next NBA superstar.

Well, Nick Young’s still in the league, and Childress is now playing in Japan. Shows what I know!

Michael Sykes, NBA Intern: Jan Vesely

Jan Vesely was the truth — or so I thought. Dude had it all. He could jump out the gym, run from end to end and finish at the rim, block shots and guard on the perimeter. If he ever figured out how to shoot? Watch out. Plus, more than anything else, he was cool as hell. I mean, who could ever forget the “Blake Griffin is the American Jan Vesely” quote?

As a Wizards fan, I hate that Vesely didn’t succeed. But I’ll always have a soft spot in my heart for him. I secretly want him to return to the league and join the Warriors so he can have a shot at a title like all the other failed Wizards.

James Dator, Social Producer: Adam Morrison

I don’t have any logical reason why I thought Adam Morrison would be a star. There’s no sage basketball knowledge I can offer. All I knew is that the dude scored in bunches and everything on the internet told me he was the next Larry Bird.

It’s easy to laugh now, but he straight up balled at his last season with Gonzaga. Those early-era Bobcats were in dire need of perimeter shooting, and that, paired with Emeka Okafor in the paint was supposed to be awesome.

The guy Charlotte got was nothing like what I saw in college. He was scared to shoot the ball, always hesitated with it in his hands — and that kept getting worse, and worse, and worse.

They could have had Brandon Roy, man. They could have had Brandon Roy.

Kristian Winfield, NBA Writer: Royce White

I had Royce White as the second coming of Andre Iguodala. Unfortunately, Royce never got to show his skill set at the NBA level. That’s just the nature of the game: for one reason or another, some guys just never pan out.

Grant Brisbee, Senior MLB Writer: Anthony Randolph

The Warriors didn’t have a single lousy All-Star from 1998 through 2013, and it was embarrassing. Anthony Randolph, though, gave me hope the drought was over. He was young and springy.

And he held his own. A Warriors player holding his own back then was a big, big deal. His offensive rating and defensive rating were better than average. He was 19. He was ... oh, man, he was going to be the one.

Look at this whirling dervish of a big man:

Look at the enthusiasm at around 1:20 of that clip. Look at the standing ovation, the fans who were giddy at the glimmer of a chance at hope, which wasn’t something Warriors fans were used to.

It’s why the Knicks wanted him for David Lee, and maybe I should have known that if the Knicks wanted him, there was something wrong. But I guess the Warriors did turn Randolph into an All-Star, eventually. They just did it through a trade. It’s not how I predicted it, but I suppose it still counts.

Anthony Randolph

— eric molina (@ericvmolina) August 3, 2017

Tim Cato, NBA Writer: Gerald Green

Cato picked Gerald Green then vanished into thin air without providing a reason for his pick. So I’m going to argue in this space why Green wasn’t a bust. (Instead, we should throw MarShon Brooks here.)

Green was drafted on his athleticism, something he showed he still has even into his 30s. He then developed his offensive repertoire, culminating in Phoenix with career-highs for a Suns team that just missed the playoffs a few seasons ago.

Green became more than just a dunker. He’s shown an ability to score from the inside-out. If Derrick Jones Jr. develops a similar offensive attack, I think Suns fans would be pleased. For those reasons, I don’t consider Gerald Green a bust. He’s a hooper.

Besides how can a guy who does this:

or this:

... be considered a bust?

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A Jetskiing Hunk Rides Waves of Dr Pepper in Deutsch’s Cartoony New Ads

If you’re craving some highly caffeinated, self-consciously wacky commercials starring a human-cartoon pitch-dude riding a jet ski, Dr Pepper has the ad campaign for you.

Dropping today, the ads introduce the brawny, feather-maned “CraveRider,” who channels the manically manly commercial personas perfected through the years by Terry Crews, Ric Flair and Randy “Macho Man” Savage, among others.

Like Crews, CraveRider, a souped-up Dr Pepper delivery guy, steers his jet ski through people’s homes and other unexpected locations. (These include a miniature golf course and a rickety mountain bridge.) He also cribs Flair’s “Wooooo!” catchphrase at one point, and sports the Nature Boy’s hairstyle circa 1985.

Of course, Savage really established this style of loud, harmless lunacy as a commercial genre in his snappy ads for Slim Jim a generation ago. CraveRider both embraces and spoofs such outsized swagger and bravado. While gung-ho and boisterous, he’s also cautious and inept. (Dude runs out of product at inopportune moments, and refuses to deliver if wolves are in the vicinity.)

“We put the spotlight back on our product versus focusing on the individuality of the consumer” with the brand’s previous campaign, “Always One of a Kind,” says client vp of brand marketing and content Derek Dabrowski. “We’ve found it’s a more persuasive and motivating message when we can talk about Dr Pepper as the one you crave.”

Catch CraveRider’s wet, wild antics in a pair of spots below, directed with cheeky aplomb by Ulf Johansson, much lauded for his Snickers commercials:

“We set out to bring the idea of cravings to life in a way that was representative of the brand’s personality,” says Ryan Lehr, creative director at Deutsch, which developed the campaign. “Dr Pepper fans will tell you that the craving is a very unique and powerful thing, and what could be more powerful than a man riding a personal watercraft on a wave of Dr Pepper? Also, ‘crave’ and ‘wave’ rhyme, which was really helpful when it came to writing the theme song.”

Actually, CraveRider’s goofy ballads—”He’s going to back up now, ‘cuz he’s scared of getting rabies!”—lend a further air of familiarity, because let’s face it, we’ve heard this kind of thing before.

In fact, the whole concept seems so tried and true, some viewers may find it a tad too derivative. That said, it manages to entertain by taking cues from the past and tossing in some curves. (Frankly, that beats a wholly original bad idea any day.)

“CraveRider, for all his action-hero gusto and bravado, is still very human and flawed,” says Lehr. “Things don’t always work out as he plans.”

Kyle Lowder was chosen from 300 actors who auditioned for the part. “He brought a certain vulnerability to what was a very physically demanding role,” says Lehr. “Plus, Kyle’s an extremely charming and handsome guy. If someone had to ride into your living room and soak your carpet with Dr Pepper, you’d want it to be him.”

During the selection process, “the director had the actors use an office chair to simulate the vehicle in auditions, admittedly not the easiest thing to control,” Lehr says. “No brakes on those little wheels—so more than a few auditions ended with the actor spinning out of frame or crashing.”

Ah well, that’s showbiz.

At the shoots, “the set designers were very busy,” Lehr recalls. “There was a lot of broken furniture and props to reset, especially when you destroy a living room with each take. After the fourth or fifth take, we started to feel bad for our actor, who was repeatedly sprayed in the face with gallons of Dr Pepper.”

Stay strong, CraveRider. And look out for wolves. A-wooooo!

CREDITS Client: Dp Pepper Senior Vice President, Marketing: Jaxie Alt VP, Brand Marketing & Content (Dr Pepper & Crush): Derek Dabrowski Manager, Creative Content: Amanda Breaux Manager, Brand Marketing: Stefanie Conrad

Agency: Deutsch Creative Credits: Chief Creative Officer, North America: Pete Favat Chief Creative Officer, Los Angeles Jason Bagley Executive Creative Director: Brett Craig Creative Director: Ryan Lehr Creative Director: Erick Mangali Art Director: Curtis Petraglia Copywriter: Andrew Kong Director of Integrated Production: Vic Palumbo Executive Integrated Producer: Megan Meloth Integrated Producer: Lucy Herzog Music Supervisor: Eryk Rich Senior Concept Producer: Samantha Barbera Account Management Credits: Group Account Director: Adam Graves Account Director: Helen Murray Account Director: Taylor Reid Account Executive: Jonathan King

Account Planning: Executive Planning Director: Jeffrey Blish Group Planning Director: Mitch Polatin Account Planner: Sabena Suri

Business Affairs/Traffic: Director of Integrated Business Affairs: Abilino Guillermo Senior Business Affairs Manager: Teri Donner Director or Broadcast Traffic: Carie Bonillo Broadcast Traffic Manager: Daniel Gerena

Live Action Production Company Production Company: Smith & Jones Director: Ulf Johansson Executive Producer: Philippa Smith Executive Assistant: Tori King Production Manager: Natalie Isaac

Editorial Company Editorial Company: Cut + Run Editor: Frank Effron Assistant Editor: Kelly Henson Managing Director: Michelle Eskin Executive Producer: Amburr Farls Senior Producer: Emilie Talermo

Post/VFX: Company: MPC Executive Producer: Karen Anderson Creative Director: Michael Gregory Producer: Nicole Saccardi Coordinator: Dori Sharvit Colorist: Ricky Gausis 2D Lead: Jim Spratling CG Lead: Clement Renaudin Compositor: Gustavo Bellon Compositor: Toya Drechsler Flame Compositor: Andre Arevalo FX: Steve Blakey FX: Alvaro Segura FX: Cameron Walser FX: Christian Gallagher FX: Nate Lapinski Lighter: Denis Gauthier Lighter: David White Lighter: Rune Mansson Modeler: Ryan Taylor Tracker: Ted Abeyta Shoot Producer: Amy Richardson Shoot VFX Supervisor: Alex Lovejoy

Composed Music, Credits and Track Info: Track: 2x:30, Craverider Busy Sunday / Craverider Watch Party Music Agency: MassiveMusic Creative Director: Tim Adams and Ben Einziger Executive Producer: Kiki McDaniel

Audio Post Company: Production Company: Lime Studios Executive Producer: Susie Boyajan Mixer: Mark Meyuhas Assistant Mixer: Peter Lapinski Shoot Location: Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England

(Source: © 2016 ABN | All Rights Reserved)

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A Compendium of Eagles Responses To The Carson Wentz Story

More push back to the Philly Voice story describing Carson Wentz as “selfish” via anonymous sources.

Five Eagles and one former Bird took to social media to share their disagreement.

Fletcher Cox was was the first to dispute Joe Santoliquito’s article, with Brandon Brooks piggybacking on his response:

What my guy @fcoxx_91 said!!! pic.twitter.com/DpRr39ZcEI

— Brandon Brooks (@bbrooks_79) January 21, 2019

Lane Johnson also poo-poo’d the story:

Whoever wrote that article needs to check their "sources". #fakenews

Carson has been and is our leader and our QB. Y'all know where to find me if you have any issues.#flyeaglesfly

— Lane Johnson (@LaneJohnson65) January 21, 2019

Ex-Eagle Torrey Smith also got in on the action, after the jump:

Don’t even have to read this article and I bet my new born child 99% of this is

https://t.co/UZgc133gkp

— Torrey Smith (@TorreySmithWR) January 21, 2019

Smith’s perspective is interesting since he was on the field when Wentz was playing at an MVP level during the first chunk of the 2017 season. He didn’t get a ton of targets as a WR3, just 58 total in the 13 games Carson played. That’s about four per game.

And here’s backup quarterback Nate Sudfeld throwing in his support:

#FlyEaglesFly pic.twitter.com/nbnI0eNeEo

— Nate Sudfeld (@NateSudfeld) January 21, 2019

I also missed this earlier, but Zach Ertz, who was mentioned specifically in the story (in a couple of paragraphs regarding targets), also chimed in:

Don’t believe everything you read!!! Carson has been nothing but a GREAT person, GREAT teammate and GREAT leader since Day 1. Our locker room stands behind him all the way. We can’t wait to get back to work and be the best team we can be in 2019! #FlyEaglesFly

— Zach Ertz (@ZERTZ_86) January 21, 2019

Even the responses from fans and other media are fairly scathing. I think Howard makes a good point here:

It’s hard to understand how a story like this comes out from someone who is rarely around #Eagles locker room. I’ve tried to think about Eagles players who would portray Carson Wentz in this way and I can’t come up with any player. @SportsRadioWIP https://t.co/u1CVfIbF3K

— Howard Eskin (@howardeskin) January 21, 2019

It’s true that Joe is not an Eagles beat guy. He’s not at down at NovaCare in the same capacity as a guy like Dave Zangaro or Mike Kaye or Martin Frank. So it is kind of interesting to see sources cited from a person who is really more of a do-it-all kind of freelancer who writes about boxing and other sports in addition to football.

There is, of course, speculation on who these anonymous sources are, and I think you’d probably have to start by asking yourself who benefits the most from an article like this getting out there. Is it a disgruntled wide receiver who wants more targets? Is it an offensive lineman who preferred the way Nick Foles went through his progressions? Is it Mike Groh or a position coach trying to send a message via the media?

I have no idea, and of course no player is gonna go on Twitter and say, “you know what, this article is spot on, Carson is an asshole.” Philly Voice certainly knew that they’d get a ton of push back when they hit the publish button.

From a neutral perspective, the rush to counter this article is certainly fascinating.

  The post A Compendium of Eagles Responses To The Carson Wentz Story appeared first on Crossing Broad.

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A Compendium of Eagles Responses To The Carson Wentz Story

More push back to the Philly Voice story describing Carson Wentz as “selfish” via anonymous sources.

Five Eagles and one former Bird took to social media to share their disagreement.

Fletcher Cox was was the first to dispute Joe Santoliquito’s article, with Brandon Brooks piggybacking on his response:

What my guy @fcoxx_91 said!!! pic.twitter.com/DpRr39ZcEI

— Brandon Brooks (@bbrooks_79) January 21, 2019

Lane Johnson also poo-poo’d the story:

Whoever wrote that article needs to check their "sources". #fakenews

Carson has been and is our leader and our QB. Y'all know where to find me if you have any issues.#flyeaglesfly

— Lane Johnson (@LaneJohnson65) January 21, 2019

Ex-Eagle Torrey Smith also got in on the action, after the jump:

Don’t even have to read this article and I bet my new born child 99% of this is

https://t.co/UZgc133gkp

— Torrey Smith (@TorreySmithWR) January 21, 2019

Smith’s perspective is interesting since he was on the field when Wentz was playing at an MVP level during the first chunk of the 2017 season. He didn’t get a ton of targets as a WR3, just 58 total in the 13 games Carson played. That’s about four per game.

And here’s backup quarterback Nate Sudfeld throwing in his support:

#FlyEaglesFly pic.twitter.com/nbnI0eNeEo

— Nate Sudfeld (@NateSudfeld) January 21, 2019

I also missed this earlier, but Zach Ertz, who was mentioned specifically in the story (in a couple of paragraphs regarding targets), also chimed in:

Don’t believe everything you read!!! Carson has been nothing but a GREAT person, GREAT teammate and GREAT leader since Day 1. Our locker room stands behind him all the way. We can’t wait to get back to work and be the best team we can be in 2019! #FlyEaglesFly

— Zach Ertz (@ZERTZ_86) January 21, 2019

Even the responses from fans and other media are fairly scathing. I think Howard makes a good point here:

It’s hard to understand how a story like this comes out from someone who is rarely around #Eagles locker room. I’ve tried to think about Eagles players who would portray Carson Wentz in this way and I can’t come up with any player. @SportsRadioWIP https://t.co/u1CVfIbF3K

— Howard Eskin (@howardeskin) January 21, 2019

It’s true that Joe is not an Eagles beat guy. He’s not at down at NovaCare in the same capacity as a guy like Dave Zangaro or Mike Kaye or Martin Frank. So it is kind of interesting to see sources cited from a person who is really more of a do-it-all kind of freelancer who writes about boxing and other sports in addition to football.

There is, of course, speculation on who these anonymous sources are, and I think you’d probably have to start by asking yourself who benefits the most from an article like this getting out there. Is it a disgruntled wide receiver who wants more targets? Is it an offensive lineman who preferred the way Nick Foles went through his progressions? Is it Mike Groh or a position coach trying to send a message via the media?

I have no idea, and of course no player is gonna go on Twitter and say, “you know what, this article is spot on, Carson is an asshole.” Philly Voice certainly knew that they’d get a ton of push back when they hit the publish button.

From a neutral perspective, the rush to counter this article is certainly fascinating.

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RADIO WARS: “The Truth About Howard Eskin”

Let’s get to ready to rumble!

Fighting out of the blue corner, a mixed martial artist, hailing from Rhode Island but claiming to be a Phillies fan, it’s Angelo Cataldi!

And fighting out of the red corner, a freestyle brawler, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, it’s the King! Howard Eskin!

I’m here for this.

It may be contrived bullshit, just like many things Angelo Cataldi says or writes, but this certainly caught my eye on Wednesday morning:

In response to his insulting tweet yesterday after my entirely true story about the Bryce Harper negotiations, I must tell the truth about Howard Eskin. He is a hopeless lapdog for any local sports organization that will pay him any attention. It’s war, Howard. Screw you.

— Angelo Cataldi (@AngeloCataldi) February 27, 2019

Damn! Round one goes to Angelo, 10-8.

But we require context before continuing, so here’s what Cataldi reported on Tuesday afternoon regarding Bryce Harper Watch 2019, after the jump:

Phillies are in a staredown with agent Scott Boras over Bryce Harper’s demand for a three-year opt-out in the 10-year, $330-million deal. What do you say, Philadelphia? Should the Phillies say yes?

— Angelo Cataldi (@AngeloCataldi) February 26, 2019

Angelo believes that’s the deal on the table: 10 years, $33 million per, with an opt-out to coincide with the expiration of the collective bargaining agreement.

I’m looking for the “insulting tweet” that Angelo is talking about, and this is the only thing I see that would be remotely close to “insulting”:

What is the hang up with Bryce Harper and the #Phillies. Now that everybody in Philadelphia has whined all day about what was reported as the holdup with a deal, I can tell you for a fact, and by a rock solid source, it has nothing to do with a 3 year opt out or any opt out.

— Howard Eskin (@howardeskin) February 26, 2019

In typical Howard fashion, the tweet uses incorrect punctuation and grammar, and while it’s not aimed at Angelo specifically, he is disputing the idea that both sides are held up on the three-year opt-out, which is what Cataldi reported in the morning.

At surface level, this is just a “your source is wrong and my source is right” kind of situation, but as we dissect this further, let’s analyze the following Eskin claim made by Cataldi:

“He is a hopeless lapdog for any local sports organization that will pay him any attention”

Angelo is not wrong here.

Howard does one radio show per week, on Saturday mornings, while also appearing every so often during Joe Giglio’s 6 p.m. hour. He no longer anchors at FOX 29, and his main gig is being the sideline reporter during Eagles radio broadcasts. Despite working what amounts to part-time media hours, he still shows up at any press conference he can make, cuts off other reporters to ask his questions first, and doesn’t really know what he’s talking about. Then, after he asks those questions, he doesn’t use the quotes for anything. He doesn’t cut the audio for broadcast. He doesn’t write for 94WIP.com. He shows up, puts himself in the front row, asks his questions, and then leaves to go do whatever he does.

It is about seeking attention, as Angelo says. You may recall Howard asking Gabe Kapler about coconut oil masturbation at his introductory press conference last year, which had to be one of the dumbest and most ridiculous things I’ve ever witnessed, however delightful. Howard wants to be in the front row, he wants to go first, and he’s playing by his own rules while everybody else just deals with it.

But let’s not pretend like it’s anything different for Cataldi, who just says shit that I suspect he doesn’t even believe. He’s been acting and performing and entertaining for years now, and while he’s certainly great at it and brings in a ton of money for 94 WIP, I get the sense that he’s just cruising through his final contract.

Both guys are closer to retirement than relevance, which makes me think that this was just some ploy to remain above water:

I'm sure you'll report on it @CrossingBroad, but the "feud" between @AngeloCataldi and @howardeskin is manufactured, right? Two old blowhards doing everything they can in an attempt to remain relevant.

— Dan Hilferty (@DanHilferty) February 27, 2019

But whether or not we write about it, Angelo will still be winning in the mornings and Howard will still be in the front row, speaking over other reporters who actually have the microphone and are trying to be respectful of the people around them.

It is what it is.

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Brett Brown Reiterates: All-Star Game Did Not Exacerbate Joel Embiid’s Knee Soreness

Brett Brown spoke at length pregame yesterday about Joel Embiid’s left knee soreness and what he describes as a non-correlation to the center’s All-Star Game participation.

I don’t think he wanted to speak at length, but he knows, and we all know, that the status of the Sixers’ best and most important player is topic #1 always and forever.

Brown reiterated that the Sixers knew about the soreness prior to the All-Star weekend, but doubled-down in rebuffing the notion that Embiid’s 23 minutes in Charlotte were detrimental to his near-term Sixers availability.

After the jump, a full transcript of his Thursday evening comments, which began off the top with Jon Johnson, the local radio host, not the Los Angeles Ram:

Jon Johnson: When Joel does return, are there measures that need to be taken to protect him from himself for the remainder of the regular season? Some type of restriction –

Brown: I think it just needs to be consistent, open communication with Joel. To sort of pre-ordain a plan at this stage of the season, I don’t think that that is the answer. I do think that an honest dialogue of ‘how do you feel?’, judgment of loading, all of that stuff is fair. Does it end up meaning that there is some type of plan, like you suggested? Possibly. But in relation to it being something like you can perfectly guess and perfectly script, I think that that would be borderline ambitious and a little bit naive to think that we can predict stuff.

Howard Eskin: Brett, just to make it clear, you said it wasn’t the All-Star Game. Did he have it before? Did he have these problems before? Because he was questionable for a lot of games.

Brown: We’ve known he’s had some soreness for a while. He and I have talked freely about it. If you went to anybody in my locker room, you could find a similar type of answer. Was there anything irresponsible going on previously or did the All-Star Game exacerbate it? No, it’s part of being a pro player. Oftentimes players have soreness –

Eskin: But he’s your franchise. Do you think it was a good idea, being that this existed before, for him to play, and then go out and dance and do all the things that – he’s a guy who likes to do it.

Brown: I think that, I hear you Howard, I getcha. And I think he did and the medical staff did (think it was okay), and so he did (participate). I think to try to have some conspiracy theory, where we want to connect the dots to the All-Star Game would be, again, I think fairly ambitious.

Eskin: You said that time is what caused this, right?

Brown: I said what?

Eskin: Didn’t you say the time off exasperates… whatever that word is..

Brown: Exacerbate. Let me explain. When we say ‘time off,’ sitting in a chair and playing video games doesn’t help him. That could equal rest but that’s not the rest that we’re talking about. You can rest and do active things in a weight room to strengthen the area. So the difference of sitting in a chair and doing video games as rest, vs. not playing and going into��a weight room while you’re not running up and down the floor is our version of rest. That environment will help him.

Eskin: So that’s why he’s gonna have at least a week off before reevaluating.

Brown: That’s right.

Rich Hofmann: He’s been dealing with not just the ankle and back –

Brown: At what point can we talk about Miami? I’m not (inaudible). I’m doctor Brown.

Hofmann: You say everybody is dealing with different ailments. Is there something where he has to learn what ankle soreness or what back soreness he can play through?

Brown: Possibly. I think that playing at 7’2″ and 275 pounds is different from all of us mortals. I think that his awareness, his understanding of his body, along with that competitive desire and desire to be with his teammates, there is a toggle. And I’m sure that if he was sitting here answering the questions you’re asking me, he would be able to tell you that he has learned a lot, and I think he is managing himself, he’s doing the work he needs to keep his body ready. In regard to what does that mean, what does he learn in this season where he’s played the most, I’m sure he would be able to tell you better things. To Howard’s question I believe, what’s it mean going forward, how do we monitor it, I think that will be a deeper discussion with Joel and the medical staff.

(other topics later came up, then I asked Brett about Embiid later)

Crossing Broad: Brett, the Joel thing, is this just bad optics more than anything? If you’re a Sixers fan, you are looking at this, in the most simple terms, as a guy playing in a meaningless basketball game, and now he’s unavailable for multiple games that actually do mean something.

Brown: I get the optics side of it, but I feel like, to connect the dots on like, it exacerbated an injury, is wrong.

I get it, but the whole thing just feels a little out of whack to me, hence the question about optics.

When you boil it down to the most basic terms here, you’ve got a guy participating in a pointless game, yet he is now missing three games that actually matter. I also mentioned in yesterday’s column that I understand the importance of the All-Star Game to players and how it’s considered an honor and a privilege to participate. Of course Joel and Ben Simmons would want to play in that game, and none of us should be so naive as to think that the ASG is unimportant from that perspective.

It just looks quirky from a fan and media perspective. I hate the optics.

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Brett Brown Reiterates: All-Star Game Did Not Exacerbate Joel Embiid’s Knee Soreness

Brett Brown spoke at length pregame yesterday about Joel Embiid’s left knee soreness and what he describes as a non-correlation to the center’s All-Star Game participation.

I don’t think he wanted to speak at length, but he knows, and we all know, that the status of the Sixers’ best and most important player is topic #1 always and forever.

Brown reiterated that the Sixers knew about the soreness prior to the All-Star weekend, but doubled-down in rebuffing the notion that Embiid’s 23 minutes in Charlotte were detrimental to his near-term Sixers availability.

After the jump, a full transcript of his Thursday evening comments, which began off the top with Jon Johnson, the local radio host, not the Los Angeles Ram:

Jon Johnson: When Joel does return, are there measures that need to be taken to protect him from himself for the remainder of the regular season? Some type of restriction –

Brown: I think it just needs to be consistent, open communication with Joel. To sort of pre-ordain a plan at this stage of the season, I don’t think that that is the answer. I do think that an honest dialogue of ‘how do you feel?’, judgment of loading, all of that stuff is fair. Does it end up meaning that there is some type of plan, like you suggested? Possibly. But in relation to it being something like you can perfectly guess and perfectly script, I think that that would be borderline ambitious and a little bit naive to think that we can predict stuff.

Howard Eskin: Brett, just to make it clear, you said it wasn’t the All-Star Game. Did he have it before? Did he have these problems before? Because he was questionable for a lot of games.

Brown: We’ve known he’s had some soreness for a while. He and I have talked freely about it. If you went to anybody in my locker room, you could find a similar type of answer. Was there anything irresponsible going on previously or did the All-Star Game exacerbate it? No, it’s part of being a pro player. Oftentimes players have soreness –

Eskin: But he’s your franchise. Do you think it was a good idea, being that this existed before, for him to play, and then go out and dance and do all the things that – he’s a guy who likes to do it.

Brown: I think that, I hear you Howard, I getcha. And I think he did and the medical staff did (think it was okay), and so he did (participate). I think to try to have some conspiracy theory, where we want to connect the dots to the All-Star Game would be, again, I think fairly ambitious.

Eskin: You said that time is what caused this, right?

Brown: I said what?

Eskin: Didn’t you say the time off exasperates… whatever that word is..

Brown: Exacerbate. Let me explain. When we say ‘time off,’ sitting in a chair and playing video games doesn’t help him. That could equal rest but that’s not the rest that we’re talking about. You can rest and do active things in a weight room to strengthen the area. So the difference of sitting in a chair and doing video games as rest, vs. not playing and going into a weight room while you’re not running up and down the floor is our version of rest. That environment will help him.

Eskin: So that’s why he’s gonna have at least a week off before reevaluating.

Brown: That’s right.

Rich Hofmann: He’s been dealing with not just the ankle and back –

Brown: At what point can we talk about Miami? I’m not (inaudible). I’m doctor Brown.

Hofmann: You say everybody is dealing with different ailments. Is there something where he has to learn what ankle soreness or what back soreness he can play through?

Brown: Possibly. I think that playing at 7’2″ and 275 pounds is different from all of us mortals. I think that his awareness, his understanding of his body, along with that competitive desire and desire to be with his teammates, there is a toggle. And I’m sure that if he was sitting here answering the questions you’re asking me, he would be able to tell you that he has learned a lot, and I think he is managing himself, he’s doing the work he needs to keep his body ready. In regard to what does that mean, what does he learn in this season where he’s played the most, I’m sure he would be able to tell you better things. To Howard’s question I believe, what’s it mean going forward, how do we monitor it, I think that will be a deeper discussion with Joel and the medical staff.

(other topics later came up, then I asked Brett about Embiid later)

Crossing Broad: Brett, the Joel thing, is this just bad optics more than anything? If you’re a Sixers fan, you are looking at this, in the most simple terms, as a guy playing in a meaningless basketball game, and now he’s unavailable for multiple games that actually do mean something.

Brown: I get the optics side of it, but I feel like, to connect the dots on like, it exacerbated an injury, is wrong.

I get it, but the whole thing just feels a little out of whack to me, hence the question about optics.

When you boil it down to the most basic terms here, you’ve got a guy participating in a pointless game, yet he is now missing three games that actually matter. I also mentioned in yesterday’s column that I understand the importance of the All-Star Game to players and how it’s considered an honor and a privilege to participate. Of course Joel and Ben Simmons would want to play in that game, and none of us should be so naive as to think that the ASG is unimportant from that perspective.

It just looks quirky from a fan and media perspective. I hate the optics.

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Brett Brown Reiterates: All-Star Game Did Not Exacerbate Joel Embiid’s Knee Soreness

Brett Brown spoke at length pregame yesterday about Joel Embiid’s left knee soreness and what he describes as a non-correlation to the center’s All-Star Game participation.

I don’t think he wanted to speak at length, but he knows, and we all know, that the status of the Sixers’ best and most important player is topic #1 always and forever.

Brown reiterated that the Sixers knew about the soreness prior to the All-Star weekend, but doubled-down in rebuffing the notion that Embiid’s 23 minutes in Charlotte were detrimental to his near-term Sixers availability.

After the jump, a full transcript of his Thursday evening comments, which began off the top with Jon Johnson, the local radio host, not the Los Angeles Ram:

Jon Johnson: When Joel does return, are there measures that need to be taken to protect him from himself for the remainder of the regular season? Some type of restriction –

Brown: I think it just needs to be consistent, open communication with Joel. To sort of pre-ordain a plan at this stage of the season, I don’t think that that is the answer. I do think that an honest dialogue of ‘how do you feel?’, judgment of loading, all of that stuff is fair. Does it end up meaning that there is some type of plan, like you suggested? Possibly. But in relation to it being something like you can perfectly guess and perfectly script, I think that that would be borderline ambitious and a little bit naive to think that we can predict stuff.

Howard Eskin: Brett, just to make it clear, you said it wasn’t the All-Star Game. Did he have it before? Did he have these problems before? Because he was questionable for a lot of games.

Brown: We’ve known he’s had some soreness for a while. He and I have talked freely about it. If you went to anybody in my locker room, you could find a similar type of answer. Was there anything irresponsible going on previously or did the All-Star Game exacerbate it? No, it’s part of being a pro player. Oftentimes players have soreness –

Eskin: But he’s your franchise. Do you think it was a good idea, being that this existed before, for him to play, and then go out and dance and do all the things that – he’s a guy who likes to do it.

Brown: I think that, I hear you Howard, I getcha. And I think he did and the medical staff did (think it was okay), and so he did (participate). I think to try to have some conspiracy theory, where we want to connect the dots to the All-Star Game would be, again, I think fairly ambitious.

Eskin: You said that time is what caused this, right?

Brown: I said what?

Eskin: Didn’t you say the time off exasperates… whatever that word is..

Brown: Exacerbate. Let me explain. When we say ‘time off,’ sitting in a chair and playing video games doesn’t help him. That could equal rest but that’s not the rest that we’re talking about. You can rest and do active things in a weight room to strengthen the area. So the difference of sitting in a chair and doing video games as rest, vs. not playing and going into a weight room while you’re not running up and down the floor is our version of rest. That environment will help him.

Eskin: So that’s why he’s gonna have at least a week off before reevaluating.

Brown: That’s right.

Rich Hofmann: He’s been dealing with not just the ankle and back –

Brown: At what point can we talk about Miami? I’m not (inaudible). I’m doctor Brown.

Hofmann: You say everybody is dealing with different ailments. Is there something where he has to learn what ankle soreness or what back soreness he can play through?

Brown: Possibly. I think that playing at 7’2″ and 275 pounds is different from all of us mortals. I think that his awareness, his understanding of his body, along with that competitive desire and desire to be with his teammates, there is a toggle. And I’m sure that if he was sitting here answering the questions you’re asking me, he would be able to tell you that he has learned a lot, and I think he is managing himself, he’s doing the work he needs to keep his body ready. In regard to what does that mean, what does he learn in this season where he’s played the most, I’m sure he would be able to tell you better things. To Howard’s question I believe, what’s it mean going forward, how do we monitor it, I think that will be a deeper discussion with Joel and the medical staff.

(other topics later came up, then I asked Brett about Embiid later)

Crossing Broad: Brett, the Joel thing, is this just bad optics more than anything? If you’re a Sixers fan, you are looking at this, in the most simple terms, as a guy playing in a meaningless basketball game, and now he’s unavailable for multiple games that actually do mean something.

Brown: I get the optics side of it, but I feel like, to connect the dots on like, it exacerbated an injury, is wrong.

I get it, but the whole thing just feels a little out of whack to me, hence the question about optics.

When you boil it down to the most basic terms here, you’ve got a guy participating in a pointless game, yet he is now missing three games that actually matter. I also mentioned in yesterday’s column that I understand the importance of the All-Star Game to players and how it’s considered an honor and a privilege to participate. Of course Joel and Ben Simmons would want to play in that game, and none of us should be so naive as to think that the ASG is unimportant from that perspective.

It just looks quirky from a fan and media perspective. I hate the optics.

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