tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85702411837284538312012-02-16T03:36:51.910-05:00Stories, confessions, re-visitations and hopeful rants.Scott Budzarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15306986676762831532noreply@blogger.comBlogger701100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570241183728453831.post-519234595357384262010-06-18T18:48:00.000-04:002010-06-18T18:48:47.282-04:00

I have been in a heavy place lately. A few weeks ago some dear friends of mine lost their baby girl just 20 weeks into the pregnancy. I have dealt with the loss of friends and the loss of family but this is something you can never be even slightly prepared for. I am having a hard time with thoughts of their agony. I will never forget my friend's facial expression as he carried the little casket

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God With Us (and Them) | David Dark | The Christian Vision ProjectPosted using ShareThis

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april 1, 2010 Memories of good days and killer music came around me like a blanket last night. I sat inside the Kent Stage Theater listening to Henry Rollins rampage through the years at his Spoken Word venue. The evening started with a nice sit down meal at Ray’s Place with sweet and dear friends. Taking a walk from the bar to the theater in 74 degree weather during the first week of April in

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The snow is replenishing the landscape of the outdoors today after a week of rain and semi-warm weather had taken it almost all away. I do not care to see the ground without snow in the winter. Somehow the snow gives me a peace of mind as we stride through this long stretch of a season that can easily make one feel restricted by the indoors. The sweet sound of Death Cab For Cutie's "What Sarah

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In the beginning of December I had gone to a seminar on caring for soldier's who suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder(PTSD). As I walked into the foyer of the auditorium I noticed some art work that was on display at the event. As I got closer to it I realized that it was a combination of poetry and graphic design work. Then it really blew me away when I noticed my daughter's poem was one

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This is a wonderful life-giving story/documentary of how some folks in their "old age" and last stage of life, so to speak, give their time and hearts to soldiers returning from war. LOVED IT!The Way We Get By - a documentary film by Aron Gaudet & Gita Pullapilly about three senior citizens & Maine Troop Greeters

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I like to read real life books. I like to learn from those who have experienced this life of faith and have been crushed by the weight of this world but have still grasped on to the everlasting love of a relentlessly Enduring Father.There is such a book that I have just begun. The author being Thomas Merton. It's already important to me because Merton has been important to some of my closest

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My sweet friend, Kenn Hermann, who had taught at our church several times, died on October 31. He was by far one of the most stellar teachers that I had the opportunity to be with personally and in the "classroom"[you can see his credentials at the bottom of this entry]. His memorial service was held November 7. I had the great privilege to share about Kenn at the service and here is what I had

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This is a great read.For Those of You on Your Way to Church This Morning ...a note from Michael Moore | MichaelMoore.comShared via AddThis

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This is just a spectacular interview that shows the great inescapable power of the great love of God that He shares with and through His kids:

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Yeah... this is AWESOME!!Go to this link:Stuff Christian Culture Likes

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My 10 year old daughter, Belle, has had one of her many poems become a part of a Kent State and Kent Schools project that utilizes local poets connecting with KSU artists. Here's the story: Design Students and Grade Schoolers.Her poem is on Metro and Parta buses all over Akron. Humbling to say the least.

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Last night at 10:19pm Beth delivered our new 8 pound 12 ounce, 22 1/4 inch long son.His name is Moses Mark.

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This shall be a landmark moment in my life!!!

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I couldn't sleep last night so I got up to read and write and noticed I had an email from my sister, Molly, who is a teacher in the inner city Cleveland school system. Her email entitled "Help" is a common banner that waves over the hearts of the compassionate. I figured this is real life stuff and felt it would be good to share. Here is her email(in italics) and then my response:Hey Scott, Hope

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I took my Luke to the barber shop for the first time. It was great life stuff. Me and my son just hanging out at the Barber Shop. He loved it! Priceless moments are just like this.

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A combination of bumper stickers confronted me today. One sticker was in support of a specific political party and the other sticker said this: God Is TOO Big To Fit Into Just One Religion.Now, living where I live - I can easily put together exactly where this type of statement is being aimed at. Honestly, how many of us would say in response to a bumper sticker like that that it is a shot at the

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If you get one of these.... they will come.

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Here's my new found love thanks to my friend Rodney:

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Here is an article I enjoyed reading since U2 has been a favorite band of mine since 1980 and Eugene Peterson is such an amazing scholar and teacher of Scripture!!U2 Connections : Eugene Petersonwww.@U2.com by Angela Pancella [photo: Eugene Peterson}What can I give back to God for the blessings he's poured out on me? I'll lift

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If you asked me what image would appear in my mind every time I thought about my Grandpa it would look something like this:There he'd be across the table from me, in his kitchen, with those big Russian, Polish - Ukrainian pirogi ears. His leather bound watch on his left hand and he'd be fiddling around with his place setting. He had that clock radio to the left of him on a little shelf where he'd

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[to the left is a photo of Martin Luther King, Jr. being arrested for "loitering"]I've heard so many Christians remark on the outcome of the election with a concern about how Barak Obama's administration will affect the abortion issue/economy/war. I truly understand the concern but I would like to go on to say DON'T MISS WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE!!!I watched Barak's acceptance speech with incredible

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My friend, Becky, passed this blog entry written by James Emery White to me. It is profound and well said. Within the world of the Western Church we see "Bootcamps for Church-Planting" and a constant emphasis put on being fresh, relevant, genuine and authentic. These words seem to be the substitutes for creativity anymore. The number one way that new churches arrive to do a "church-plant" is no

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The church is only the church when it exists for others.-Dietrich BonhoefferSocial services did not exist in the Roman Empire until a peculiar and odd group of people began to take responsibility for those in need. That peculiar people was the early church. That odd group had not only looked upon their own but began to care for the poor of their own "enemy".There is a proverb that says "Your

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Students take a look at an 'invisible' problem - Entertainment

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apo·lit·i·cal \ˌā-pə-ˈli-ti-kəl\ Function:adjective 1: having no interest or involvement in political affairs ; also : having an aversion to politics or political affairs2: having no political significanceAs a little boy it is quite possible that Jesus may have seen smoke rising from a neighboring village not far from his home. Upon the hill, for display purposes,

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1 in 6 children in Ohio are hungry tonight.

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I wrote this out of inspirations gathered in thought with the stereo turned off in the car(as I like it) from Henri Nouwen's; Compassion and Ken Wilson's teaching on; The Quest for The Radical Center.We Christ-Followers are so very much like pilgrims.One thing is the fact that pilgrims come toward a common destination. It is not where we have come from but where we are going that unites us or at

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Our 2nd Annual partnership with DIT Fest raged through the Vineyard building in downtown Kent over the weekend. 35 plus bands gave their time, efforts and music to the event and drew at least 1,000 people throughout the 2 day event that was free.The fest brings the DIY philosophy of do-it-yourself and merges it into DIT or do-it-together. While bands play friendships are born. Causes and efforts

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In the midst of seeking God and relaying His message to so many that feel worthless and in the process of fighting poverty there are so many times that cynics arise and attempt to tear down.There will be those that will bring endless debates to the table simply because they are "angry" and have full-time salaries that allow them to throw out cynicism toward the laborers. Unfortunately, their

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After 17 years together, 12 years of that being married and four kids later my super hardcore wife and I went out for our twelfth anniversary and got tattoos.This was my sixth tattoo and my wife's first. Now, for a first tattoo you'd think my wife would just get some cute little butterfly no bigger than a nickel down by her ankle. But no, my beloved went for the 6 inch long tattoo on her bicep!!

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This is a response from someone that is a great friend to me. I asked him his thoughts on Christianity especially with what he sees right here in our city that we both live in and work in, the whole WWJD thing and the perspective he has on the "church" because he is not a christian but man does he "get it"!Here it is, read it and weep:What Would Jesus Do? a response from Steven May We see this

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A good friend of mine, Dirk Hayhurst, started pitching Major League baseball yesterday for the San Diego Padres.I'll be officiating his wedding in October - that'll be a story in itself, I'm sure. It's been surreal talking to Dirk as he made his debut in front almost 40,000 fans. He's such a good man, a great writer and exceptionally talented at sarcasm!It was great sitting around a living room

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67.7% of all statisticsare made up on the spot.Crap... how the heck will folks coerce people into coming to "church" now that I've exposed the truth about statistics with statistics?!?!

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Here is a link to an article definitely worth reading. It's written on Greg Boyd's blog and it is so very worthy of wrestling with. I've been reading lots and lots of Greg's essays, blog entries and some great "Q & A" sessions.Here it is:Washing Osama's FeetHopefully, when you go to the link and take a nice long look at the painting of Jesus washing the feet of the leaders around the world you

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Excerpt from “The Shack”;Chapter 10 Wade in the Waterpage 149“You mean,” Mack interjected a little sarcastically, “that I can’t just ask, ‘What Would Jesus Do’?”Jesus chuckled, “Good intentions, bad idea. Let me know how it works for you, if that’s the way you choose to go.” He paused and grew sober. “Seriously, my life was not meant to be an example to copy. Being my follower is not trying to ‘

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Pittsburgh was never a place that could grow on me. I spent a good nine and a half years there and it still is just a place that I lived in for a while. The first two years were a time set aside for the Art Institute of Pittsburgh where I was studying to obtain a degree in Video Production and Music Business. I didn’t spend much time studying as I already had a good grip on my “field” and not in

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On May 20th at 8:55pm my younger brother Tim, an officer in the United States Air Force, stepped off of his flight that carried him home from the war in Iraq. We awaited his arrival as we peered anxiously down the long hallway filled with passengers scrambling through and around each other. There was a group of us made up of around 25 or so waiting for him. Our children waited with sagging

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My day is beginning with the sounds of the Dropkick Murphys, Common and The Evens as I am pondering the church and how we actually spend time together.I wonder with such deep frustration as to why it is so difficult for the church to be the church. In all my years of pastoring and leading it seems to always be the same obstacles that cause us Christians to embrace a stagnant stage in which we

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Now this is one of the most bitchin' photos I've ever seen: Justin breathing fire at ALIVE. This is my good friend Justin who is the drummer at the Vineyard and for BETHESDA and the former drummer for The Jeffrey Allens. He's a Daddy, a husband, a co-founder of DirtyFeet Productions, a strong Advocate for Invisible Children and a typical every day fire-breather.

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$60.00 is about how much the bill is at the Outback Steakhouse when my family, myself included, goes there for a meal. We went this past friday night to celebrate Father's Day early. As we were finishing up and waiting for our waitress to return we were contemplating on making a complaint because we had asked several times for some mustard for our 4 year old and we never got the mustard and so

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WWBD? What Would Buddah Do?    No. That's not what it stands for. What Would Bush Do?Uh... nope. What Would Bono Do?Yes. Oh man. So that'll either keep you reading or you are ready to go elsewhere. How many people have grown tired of hearing Bono this, Bono that. Or perhaps you rejoice every time you hear his name. It's no surprise to hear cynics in Christendom take shots at Bono. He's doing

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The cries for help are everywhere and it seems at all times so very overwhelming anymore. You don't actually have to go to Africa or Haiti or the Middle East to discover this either. Take a walk through your city. Spend a year visiting soup kitchens and shelters or just welfare offices. Anyone with an ounce of care will discover and learn relatively quickly that the roads of poverty continue to

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My little brother is on patrol in the photo. He is currently an officer at Camp Bucca which is the largest detainee center(prison) in Iraq. There are currently over 13,000 inmates at the prison. They expect another 6,000 by December of 2008. My brother is due back by mid may. It'll be a huge relief to us all... especially our Mom.

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Are you getting frustrated with the election year at hand... yet? Yes, maybe, no, don't care, etc. I wonder if politics could ever be something to talk about that would not be associated with the dehumanizing of one another or degrading each other simply because of who we like as a possible president or who we are willing to lend our ears to. I grew up on the west side of Cleveland in a VERY

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On Good Friday I was asked to present a 3 minute reflection on Luke 23: 39-43 at a church service. I wrote it down so that I knew I wouldn't dishonor that 3 minute request. Doing the 3 minutes is easy - it's knowing when to shut up that is often times more important to me.So I put together my thoughts that morning and this is what spewed out of me. My inspirations in writing this come from the

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I have decided to plan a speech for my son, Luke, beginning now. This will be for a speech that will probably not be given for another 20 years or so.Why?Because yesterday morning Luke decided to keep me from relaxing too much on my day off. Yes, as he and I enjoyed the company of each other wrapped in a blanket on the couch as we watched season 2 of "The Justice League", Luke decided to explore

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My previous post gave somewhat of a brief introduction to my friend Matthew Works. He spent about a month here in Kent as he planned out the furtherance of his journey to San Francisco. Just before he left for his next branch of his "tour" in Chicago and Omaha, Matthew sent me this note on his stay here in Kent and his time with the Vineyard community. Now if there is ever a time a pastor can

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A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of running into a man by the name of Matthew Works. With Christ as our common ground we shared stories of old and new. We celebrated where we found common occurrences of Christ-Followers leaving this world behind and seeking the Kingdom first and shared healthy frustrations on the need for the Church in America to resist the "spectacular" and embrace the

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Here's my brother as he is currently in Iraq. He is as tough as they come and yet as gentle and quiet as a new kid on his first day of kindergarten. It is quite difficult to know he has gone off to war and to know that the heart of Christ opposes this very thing. I pray for him and for the Iraqi families whose sons and daughters have gone to war as well. Only God can bring peace to this chaos

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I was saddened to hear of Heath Ledger's death and I have thought about him on and off over the past 10 days or so. I know the place so very well that he was in before it ended his life.It is a dark place and it feels like so many times that we all have these lights that are meant to be in those dark places and we're just not shining them in the dark places. It feels like there are just all

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The subtitle for this article could very well be this: Reality Challenges Popular Belief"There was a time when the Church was very powerful - in the time when the early Christians rejoiced at being deemed worthy to suffer for what they believed. In those days the church was not merely a thermometer that recorded the ideas and principles of popular opinion; it was a thermostat that transformed the

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The most impressionable moments in my life that leave me in a place of striving for humility and seeking to honor the words of our God in terms of "laboring for love and unity" have come from my wife and children.My eight year old daughter wrote this poem below just a few weeks ago based around her learning's of Martin Luther King Jr. and her very own initiative of starting a Peace Club at Holden

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Hebrews 13:1-2Stay on good terms with each other, held together by love. Be ready with a meal or a bed when it's needed. Why, some have extended hospitality to angels without ever knowing it!-the MessageIf there is a gift that keeps on giving - in my world as a recipient - it is coffee! If you know me then you know my feelings for coffee. I mean good coffee. Not some version of it that is

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There is somewhat of a personal tradition that I began last year and continued it for just the second time this year. It is a Christmas sort of thing that I somewhat feel obligated to do. But not in the sense of have to do it but I must do it and I am most certainly compelled to do it by the love that has been shown to me through Jesus.There was a time where it felt that I was chained down to a

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I got an email from my little brother, Tim, who landed in Baghdad on Thanksgiving. He has just begun his first tour of duty. He's totally a man of few words but here's what he writes:...hope everyone is doing well and is excited for the holidays. We went out on a sleigh ride in our humvees the other day on a humanitarian mission and gave out gifts to the children. It was a truly gratifying

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It is easy to write about the good things or great happenings that occur in our lives. It is even easier to write about things that we don't like or disagree with. These are the kind of feelings that brew up strong emotions and throng us to respond or react in ways that make us what we will one day be thankful for or one day we'll turn back to look in regret of.I love to read Dorothy Day's stuff.

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I am confounded on a regular basis as to what this Christian life is supposed to be as opposed to what is has been made to appear like. It makes me reflect on a quote from Brennan Manning: "The institutional church has become a wounder of the healers rather than a healer of the wounded."It is a quote that is worthy of reflection. A quote fabricated out of let down and hurt. A quote that

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The Akron Beacon Journal did a write up on the Christmas show coming up. Good stuff. Colette was very kind.

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Wrecked for the Ordinaryhas "published" a zudbone poem -"Poverty of Conscience"Enjoy their site. Jeff Goins is a good cat.

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Coffee for a cause - EntertainmentCheck out the Scribbles coverage!! A front page layout and two page spread of our good and supa dupa friends - The Rawd and Carla and a kind touch of Sophia!!A great way to support the "restoration of all things" and care for our city and support the small businesses and the true lifeblood of Kent. The Restoration of all Things...

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"Managing Poverty is Big Business.Ending Poverty is Revolutionary."How I love this quote taken from a homeless mom.Notice - Homeless Mom: Nameless, anonymous, and brilliant. In other words: Prophetic Female(that'll strike a nerve somewhere). The female is not very prominent in the American Pastoral Achievement Trophy world. So this ought to eliminate a few readers starting here since so much of

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Here are some great ways to help us to rethink Christmas and give away. Places that you can utilize and shop with a conscience.www.scribblescafe.comwww.changethepresent.orgwww.adventconspiracy.orgwww.tenthousandvillages.orgwww.ijm.orgwww.bloodwatermission.com

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Coffee for a cause - EntertainmentHere is one way I believe in the "restoration of all things".Support Scribbles and small businesses!!!! They are the true life blood of our city.

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"Jesus meet meCome Lord save meWash me cleanAnd make me holy.I was born to love you onlySpirit come breathe life within me. "-marc james' song "Jesus Meet Me" from the vineyard "holy" album.Sounds like words to toss at someone who perhaps is not "saved". They are words to one of my favorite songs that we sing in our community quite often. The words remind me of Mother Teresa's(Momma T) words: "

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When Broken is GoodSeptember 2006Some time ago a bunch of us met after reading Shane Claiborne's "The Irresistible Revolution" and we began or continued to wrestle with the whole "feeding the hungry" thing. I was most surprised at how we view the poor. How so often we assume that thier situations are a result of thier poor choices and/or decisions. This is a good place to start. Wrestling with

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"Poverty of Conscience"by scott budzarA saint once said without any wonder, “The bread you don’t use is the bread of those who hunger.”So shall I sit around (remote control in hand) and temporizemy ability or inability to respond to all those hungry eyes?Or can I be so brave as to weep over my own neglectOf all the meals I threw away and the spare change that I kept.We have categories: Vegetarian

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My little brother leaves for Iraq this Wednesday, November 14th. He is an Air Force MP and a graduate of The Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina. I say little brother due to age but don't be fooled. He's six foot five and weighs around 225 pounds and is built like a monster. I guess hundreds of push ups every day for four years straight do that to you. It's funny, I'm six foot three and weigh

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