From the heart

Four black teens in Philadelphia with nothing other than weekly tranpasses and opinions. Still, the criticism and general interpretation seem to change from day to day regardless of aforementioned teens consistency.

Whatever. We're not doing anyone some terrible injustice, and we don't claim to be changing the world or enlightening the folk beyond belief or recognition. Credences, food for thought, images, a few laughs here and there, and opinions are all that we can offer you. Whether you choose to accept or decline, you are here, as are we, daily.

To face the rain or sunshine, parade or riot, cookout or Saturday detention..We ride Septa.

- Til' the very end, Nya Ari, Samir S, Trent XIII, and Hez

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

We don't always agree

ny get m0ney (9:52:58 PM): you know what ball you're going to?
Youngsizz2822 (9:53:19 PM): no ball, im going to be one of the 5 million people standing outside
ny get m0ney (9:53:26 PM): of the ball?
ny get m0ney (9:53:27 PM): lol
Youngsizz2822 (9:53:37 PM): oh yeah, thats it
Youngsizz2822 (9:54:14 PM): yo tell me y ive started getting on sneakerplay alot, alot of cool people on there
Youngsizz2822 (9:54:32 PM): there might be a sp meetup at the inauguration
ny get m0ney (9:55:39 PM): ooo thats cool.your parents gonna let you go?
Youngsizz2822 (9:56:42 PM): to inauguration or meetup
ny get m0ney (9:57:58 PM): meetup
Youngsizz2822 (9:58:29 PM): ima be with my sister and she doesnt care
Youngsizz2822 (9:59:47 PM): you gona be with your school
ny get m0ney (9:59:51 PM): yup
Youngsizz2822 (9:59:59 PM): where are yall gona be
ny get m0ney (10:00:01 PM): we're going to the mtv ball!
ny get m0ney (10:00:08 PM): and im in the newspaper
ny get m0ney (10:00:15 PM): and will be on channel 6 tomorrow i think
Youngsizz2822 (10:00:29 PM): lol just cause u won some contest?
ny get m0ney (10:00:57 PM): dawg it's so much more than a contest.it was a difficult ass process,and we're central.people like us
ny get m0ney (10:00:58 PM):
ny get m0ney (10:01:13 PM): they want our perspective on things,we the future nigggguh
Youngsizz2822 (10:01:26 PM): lmao
Youngsizz2822 (10:01:36 PM): you guys are just news fillers
Youngsizz2822 (10:01:55 PM): what happened to the real news, like people getting shot
ny get m0ney (10:02:10 PM): There's more to the world than hurt,
ny get m0ney (10:02:15 PM): you can't outfocus the good with the bad
ny get m0ney (10:02:19 PM): that's all I'll say
ny get m0ney (10:02:21 PM): don't hate.
Youngsizz2822 (10:03:19 PM): oh i dont see that big of a deal in then interviewing random people from a school about there opinion on something....
ny get m0ney (10:03:43 PM): You wouldn't I guess,because it seems like you have a negative opinion to begin with.
Youngsizz2822 (10:03:54 PM): never that
ny get m0ney (10:04:02 PM): you sound ridiculous though .just so we're clear
ny get m0ney (10:04:07 PM): quite the pessimist today aren't we
ny get m0ney (10:05:02 PM): if the world didn't care about opinions,we wouldn't have politicians,or rappers..we'd have the news,on people getting shot.
Youngsizz2822 (10:06:55 PM): lol well let me just say this nya, you can be in the paper and on the new, state your opinion and recognize that you central people are the "future" but no matter what its all a gimic, i wouldnt say im positive or negative, just real, unless you take this oppurtunity to learn and associate with people its all a waist
ny get m0ney (10:07:18 PM): Lol somebody's madddd.let me just say that
Youngsizz2822 (10:07:24 PM): im not mad
ny get m0ney (10:07:34 PM): You definetly are,why can't you just be happy for me
Youngsizz2822 (10:07:34 PM): why would i be mad
ny get m0ney (10:07:38 PM): I don't see why either
ny get m0ney (10:08:00 PM): but you're sitting on your computer hating,talking about gimmicks and acting as if no one takes advantage of opportunities
ny get m0ney (10:08:06 PM): and that central is just another school
ny get m0ney (10:08:09 PM): tis not my friend.
Youngsizz2822 (10:08:34 PM): lower merion vs central..............down goes central lol
ny get m0ney (10:08:56 PM): Do you go to lower merion?and if we were given the same resources,we'd be better
Youngsizz2822 (10:08:59 PM): its the best school in philly but compared to alot of schools out here its just another school
ny get m0ney (10:09:00 PM): that's all I'm saying
Youngsizz2822 (10:09:48 PM): the schools reputation is about the students mindset not the schools money
ny get m0ney (10:10:11 PM): Nah,because if you look at lower merion's mindsets..there's gonna be ONE.rich white people
ny get m0ney (10:11:07 PM): but I won't argue with you about this but I might get upset,and guess you can't find it in yourself to understand
ny get m0ney (10:11:08 PM): which is fine
ny get m0ney (10:11:17 PM): but you're not being "real"
Youngsizz2822 (10:11:57 PM): why do you think central is the school that it is?
ny get m0ney (10:12:10 PM): Because of the diversity,and the requirements to get in
Youngsizz2822 (10:13:00 PM): ok so basically them and masterman share the best students in philadelphia, what makes central better than masterman
ny get m0ney (10:13:28 PM): because we're a better all around school,athletics and extra curricular activities included
Youngsizz2822 (10:15:24 PM): ok, so your saying that outside of philly all the public schools get better grades and are usually more sucessful cause they have more money and resources?
ny get m0ney (10:16:12 PM): If you do your research,there's evidence that the more resources you have..the more likely the chance to succeed.That's common knowledge
ny get m0ney (10:16:20 PM): no one said central was the best school in the country
ny get m0ney (10:16:33 PM): but YOU are trying to take away from what we do have,for what reason I do not know
ny get m0ney (10:16:56 PM): and I've pretty much been provoked to say,fuck you.you're being a dick.and I think you know it
Youngsizz2822 (10:17:18 PM): my only point is students make school not stuff
ny get m0ney (10:17:54 PM): that's not your point,because if you I remember correctly..it's all a gimmick.so none of it matters?
ny get m0ney (10:18:00 PM): and that would include the students
Youngsizz2822 (10:18:19 PM): why do you think im trying to be an asshole
ny get m0ney (10:18:42 PM): I have no idea why you would.considering I haven't done anything to you
ny get m0ney (10:18:49 PM): but you're acting like a dick.
Youngsizz2822 (10:19:07 PM): oh my bad, i didnt know a conversation made me a dick
ny get m0ney (10:19:35 PM): If you scroll up you'll see that it was a conversation until you started being a dick
ny get m0ney (10:20:04 PM): there's a difference between telling the truth,and being cynical
Youngsizz2822 (10:20:05 PM): ok
Youngsizz2822 (10:20:14 PM): i was telling my opinion
ny get m0ney (10:20:27 PM): agree to to disagree
ny get m0ney (10:20:50 PM): because if students made the schools,as opposed to things
ny get m0ney (10:20:57 PM): every school acorss the globe would be equal
ny get m0ney (10:21:03 PM): check mate.
Youngsizz2822 (10:21:33 PM): lol no cause different people have different drive
ny get m0ney (10:21:48 PM): so you're saying that white kids have more drive than black kids do
ny get m0ney (10:21:52 PM): why is that?
Youngsizz2822 (10:22:00 PM): cause there parents
ny get m0ney (10:22:03 PM): No
ny get m0ney (10:22:08 PM): it's because of the enviroment
Youngsizz2822 (10:22:15 PM): ok
Youngsizz2822 (10:22:18 PM): you win ny
ny get m0ney (10:22:30 PM): it's not about winning,
Youngsizz2822 (10:22:31 PM): cause im a dick :/
ny get m0ney (10:22:46 PM): You are BEING a dick.and I wasn't done
ny get m0ney (10:22:48 PM): but I'll stop
ny get m0ney (10:22:57 PM): because I might go on for an hour
Youngsizz2822 (10:23:01 PM): ok
Youngsizz2822 (10:34:38 PM): how was ur day though?, talk to whats her name?
ny get m0ney (10:34:53 PM): it was pretty good.sorry i snapped on you
ny get m0ney (10:35:08 PM): even though i probably meant it at the time
ny get m0ney (10:35:12 PM): but yeah,i talked to her
Youngsizz2822 (10:35:18 PM): its cool
Youngsizz2822 (10:35:25 PM): *CENSORED* right?
ny get m0ney (10:35:36 PM): mhm.things are going smoothly
ny get m0ney (10:35:40 PM): it's different though
ny get m0ney (10:35:49 PM): you and dar are back?
Youngsizz2822 (10:36:04 PM): yea
Youngsizz2822 (10:36:28 PM): have been since yesterday or the day before
ny get m0ney (10:36:48 PM): i think dar told me that,but i can't remember if i actually talked to her
Youngsizz2822 (10:37:11 PM): oh
Youngsizz2822 (10:43:05 PM): i need flints
ny get m0ney (10:43:15 PM): flints are nice
Youngsizz2822 (10:43:24 PM): very very nice
ny get m0ney (10:43:42 PM): you should get some selvedge denim
ny get m0ney (10:43:47 PM): itd go nice with your clothes
Youngsizz2822 (10:44:08 PM): where can i get it
ny get m0ney (10:44:22 PM): do you know your waist size
Youngsizz2822 (10:44:34 PM): yea
ny get m0ney (10:44:38 PM): dude on hb is doing uniqlo pickups..and i think theyre selvedge is 50
Youngsizz2822 (10:45:11 PM): o kool
Youngsizz2822 (10:45:32 PM): i dont ever go on hypebeast so i had to really think wut u were talking about
ny get m0ney (10:45:41 PM): sry bout that
Youngsizz2822 (10:47:17 PM): wait where do i go cause its only shirts in there store
ny get m0ney (10:47:45 PM): i dont think they have them on the website.and theres only one kind as far as i know
ny get m0ney (10:47:53 PM): google uniqlo japanese denim
Youngsizz2822 (10:49:24 PM): haha ok t hey have one store in the us
Youngsizz2822 (10:49:27 PM): soho
ny get m0ney (10:49:38 PM): yeaah.thats why the guy is doing pickups
Youngsizz2822 (10:50:05 PM): so you can pay them to get it for you?
ny get m0ney (10:50:12 PM): yup
Youngsizz2822 (10:50:21 PM): how much
Youngsizz2822 (10:51:39 PM): this is like a cheaper american apparel
ny get m0ney (10:51:44 PM): basically
Youngsizz2822 (10:52:46 PM): they dont have any jeans on the website except the colored ones
ny get m0ney (10:53:02 PM): they might not be on the website.but they have them in store
Youngsizz2822 (10:53:37 PM): so how do i see there normal jeans
ny get m0ney (10:53:49 PM): id just google it i guess
Youngsizz2822 (10:57:43 PM): do they go by us size cause the selvedge jeans are what im liking but from what i see its different sizes
ny get m0ney (10:57:56 PM): what do you mean
Youngsizz2822 (10:58:10 PM): 12 oz, 15oz?
ny get m0ney (10:58:19 PM): uhh
Youngsizz2822 (10:58:39 PM): i wear 34
ny get m0ney (10:58:56 PM): iss might have a denim thread
ny get m0ney (10:59:01 PM): post your question there
ny get m0ney (10:59:07 PM): and are you gonna make an account on there
Youngsizz2822 (11:03:06 PM): how would i do anything with 0 feedback
ny get m0ney (11:03:18 PM): you can't sell but you can buy
ny get m0ney (11:03:39 PM): and it was really a yes or no question i guess
Youngsizz2822 (11:03:56 PM): ill make one when i get some mulah
Youngsizz2822 (11:04:08 PM): but if i trade can i use yours
Youngsizz2822 (11:04:10 PM): ?
ny get m0ney (11:04:18 PM): sure
Youngsizz2822 (11:04:37 PM): i might trade my hyperdunks for olympic 7s
ny get m0ney (11:04:57 PM): damn.are you keeping anything
Youngsizz2822 (11:05:07 PM): im rebuilding
Youngsizz2822 (11:05:37 PM): restructiong my collection i guess
Youngsizz2822 (11:05:53 PM): i got those hyper dunks on black friday for 85
Youngsizz2822 (11:06:02 PM): olympics are worth 175
Youngsizz2822 (11:06:10 PM): it goes in my favor
ny get m0ney (11:06:11 PM): did you get an ok on the offer
ny get m0ney (11:06:19 PM): and the olympics ds
Youngsizz2822 (11:06:26 PM): not yet btu worse comes to worse ill get some aqua 8s
Youngsizz2822 (11:06:36 PM): the olympics are worn twice
ny get m0ney (11:06:47 PM): whats the sellers name?
Youngsizz2822 (11:07:00 PM): its the same guy that took like a year to send
Youngsizz2822 (11:07:05 PM): the grey toe guy
ny get m0ney (11:07:07 PM): ooo
Youngsizz2822 (11:07:21 PM): he had laser 5s for 150 but i was broek at the time
ny get m0ney (11:07:40 PM): ooo
Youngsizz2822 (11:10:15 PM): and cdp Xs for 90
ny get m0ney (11:10:24 PM): doont do that to yoursel
ny get m0ney (11:10:29 PM): cdp x's were ugly
Youngsizz2822 (11:10:40 PM): i like the shadow color
Youngsizz2822 (11:10:45 PM): just not the inside
ny get m0ney (11:11:24 PM): the 23 fucks it up too
Youngsizz2822 (11:11:51 PM): its not that bad
ny get m0ney (11:12:08 PM): your money..
Youngsizz2822 (11:12:12 PM): lol
Youngsizz2822 (11:12:19 PM): well i have none
ny get m0ney (11:15:47 PM): question:do most people our/my age have jobs?
ny get m0ney (11:15:50 PM): or its rarer now
ny get m0ney (11:16:08 PM): cause i was talking to my mom earlier,and she said when she was growing up everyone had a job
Youngsizz2822 (11:16:19 PM): its rarer now than then
ny get m0ney (11:16:30 PM): why do you think that is?
Youngsizz2822 (11:16:53 PM): alot of parents usually push there children to focus on school i guess
ny get m0ney (11:17:21 PM): and you don't think they did back then?
Youngsizz2822 (11:17:42 PM): not as much cause the standards were lower
ny get m0ney (11:17:50 PM): hm,interesting
Youngsizz2822 (11:18:52 PM): thats just the way i see it cause back then if a black person went to college it was a big deal
ny get m0ney (11:19:08 PM): so wouldnt the standards be higher?
Youngsizz2822 (11:19:10 PM): going to college now is like getting your diploma then
ny get m0ney (11:19:19 PM): cause i feel like they paved the way for us,iono
Youngsizz2822 (11:19:33 PM): they expect you to do better than them
ny get m0ney (11:19:50 PM): i feel like collectively this generation takes shit for granted,education,money,the ENVIROMENT.everything
ny get m0ney (11:19:57 PM): and i include myself in tha statement
ny get m0ney (11:20:06 PM): because iono it seems like things come easier for us
ny get m0ney (11:20:14 PM): but we still don't want to work for it
Youngsizz2822 (11:21:14 PM): scientifical proof shows that the less people have usually the more drive they have, the person that works there way up is usually more motivated then the person that grew up there
ny get m0ney (11:21:55 PM): so (hate to go back to this)..in theory,black people should be running the country
ny get m0ney (11:22:03 PM): and excelling in school
Youngsizz2822 (11:22:44 PM): yes but the system is set up to make it very hard for that to happen
Youngsizz2822 (11:22:56 PM): keeping us concealed in this bubble of thought
Youngsizz2822 (11:23:06 PM): not able to expand
ny get m0ney (11:23:11 PM): I understand that,that was my point earlier
ny get m0ney (11:23:20 PM): without so many metaphors
ny get m0ney (11:24:00 PM): equality of opportunity is always gonna reign over equality of results
Youngsizz2822 (11:24:23 PM): in a sense
Youngsizz2822 (11:24:48 PM): do you put this in terms of school or life?
ny get m0ney (11:24:51 PM): both
ny get m0ney (11:25:04 PM): it goes with the glass ceiling also
ny get m0ney (11:25:28 PM): women might have the same opportunities as men,but they won't always prevail..because of how society is
Youngsizz2822 (11:25:31 PM): ok schoolwise usually in the better schools students arent pushed by teachers or the school to do well
ny get m0ney (11:25:47 PM): you mean are,right?
ny get m0ney (11:26:01 PM): cause in the average public school..the teachers don't give a fuck
Youngsizz2822 (11:26:40 PM): in the publics schools around here the teachers keep the classroom in order and teach, its not thier responsibility if you take in the information or not
ny get m0ney (11:27:07 PM): and where do you live samir..in a completely different enviroment
ny get m0ney (11:27:22 PM): shit,i live in a different enviroment than most public school kids do
Youngsizz2822 (11:27:39 PM): i went to philadelphia schools middle school and before then
Youngsizz2822 (11:28:31 PM): i know how it works thats why i can clearly say that students make themselves and the only difference from philly schools and suburban schools is the violence and distruption
ny get m0ney (11:28:49 PM): ...and why is that.because of their backgrounds
ny get m0ney (11:29:34 PM): with less encouragement/opportunity at home..students are more likely to act out,and think there's no other life than what they've seen...which is street
ny get m0ney (11:29:39 PM): example
Youngsizz2822 (11:30:13 PM): back to my point, its not the school its the students and parents
ny get m0ney (11:30:33 PM): you've got little stephen,lives in the ghetto..never had anyone to care,his dad drives a truck for a living his mom works as a cashier.than you've got little kobe lives in KOP his dad is a lawyer his mom is a doctor
ny get m0ney (11:31:09 PM): and for a public school,filled with kids with bad homelife..succeeds.it's a big deal
Youngsizz2822 (11:31:35 PM): all i ask of every generation it to do better than the next
Youngsizz2822 (11:31:42 PM): then the last*
ny get m0ney (11:31:56 PM): I'm not worried about what everyone else is doing,I'm worried about myself
ny get m0ney (11:32:08 PM): it starts with you and grows
Youngsizz2822 (11:32:16 PM): if you do better than the last generation you have suceeded imo
Youngsizz2822 (11:32:34 PM): aand your children do better than you
ny get m0ney (11:32:43 PM): and that'd be sweet
ny get m0ney (11:33:06 PM): but,thats why you gotta do good for your life rather than worrying about everyone elses
ny get m0ney (11:33:13 PM): for your seed to succeed,
Youngsizz2822 (11:33:25 PM): exactly
ny get m0ney (11:33:35 PM): where is our disagreement
Youngsizz2822 (11:33:42 PM): white people are just ahead of the game
Youngsizz2822 (11:33:46 PM): there is non
Youngsizz2822 (11:33:49 PM): none*
ny get m0ney (11:34:03 PM): but white people are ahead of the game for a reason
ny get m0ney (11:34:16 PM): and it's not because they're smarter than we are.
Youngsizz2822 (11:34:25 PM): i know
Youngsizz2822 (11:34:32 PM): they started off at the top
Youngsizz2822 (11:34:54 PM): and they try to limit the education we recieve
ny get m0ney (11:35:16 PM): exactly.so it only makes sense that hugely white populated areas have better schools
Youngsizz2822 (11:36:11 PM): well what makes a school better than another
ny get m0ney (11:36:34 PM): idk,whatever philadelphia magazine ranks it as
Youngsizz2822 (11:36:45 PM): sats and gpas
Youngsizz2822 (11:36:53 PM): thats the students
ny get m0ney (11:37:05 PM): not sats,it's the pssa in pennsylvania
Youngsizz2822 (11:37:12 PM): the schools can help but a childs will is the real key
ny get m0ney (11:37:28 PM): because our scores are higher than most in pennsylvania.
ny get m0ney (11:37:39 PM): if it were sats only white suburban kids would be in college
ny get m0ney (11:38:13 PM): the more resources,the better the scores.
Youngsizz2822 (11:38:18 PM): ok
ny get m0ney (11:38:25 PM): opinion
Youngsizz2822 (11:39:11 PM): umm tis not what you knwo but who you know..........but centrals a good school because phillys a big city and mostg people there are naturally gifted smart
ny get m0ney (11:39:41 PM): do you understand why i got offended now
Youngsizz2822 (11:40:11 PM): still nope
ny get m0ney (11:41:18 PM): to me it was like you were talking central down,like nothing we accomplish seperates us from the rest of the city.but thats not unreasonable i guess,because nobody who goes to central understands.which is fine i guess
ny get m0ney (11:41:31 PM): who doesnt go*
Youngsizz2822 (11:42:02 PM): ok so its a school full of all the naturally smart kids from philadelphia
Youngsizz2822 (11:42:28 PM): the fact that kids in a suburbs who arent all that smart can do better interests m
Youngsizz2822 (11:42:30 PM): me*
Youngsizz2822 (11:42:44 PM): they have some will
ny get m0ney (11:43:25 PM): again,i think it comes down to resources..switch them up and i bet we'd do better than their best
ny get m0ney (11:43:30 PM): that's how i feel
Youngsizz2822 (11:43:40 PM): because your naturally smart lol
Youngsizz2822 (11:43:47 PM): no matter what you guys are gonna be smart
ny get m0ney (11:44:02 PM): exaaactly.so there's nothing to take away from!
ny get m0ney (11:44:08 PM): why can't people just give us our props
Youngsizz2822 (11:45:23 PM): its not cause you guys try hard or anything its just a school full of naturally smart people, i never said yall werent smart its that the schools around here arent that smart but do better not cause of resources but a certain push by parents and being born in a environment where doing work is routine
Youngsizz2822 (11:45:44 PM): so there underdogs raised right
Youngsizz2822 (11:46:04 PM): vs naturally smart people it astonishes me that they win
ny get m0ney (11:47:31 PM): so we've got brains on our sides,nothing else..where they have a nice enviroment,technology,parents who care,and commmon sense..and you're surprised that they win
ny get m0ney (11:47:42 PM): the playing field isn't level is what im saying
ny get m0ney (11:48:17 PM): and im surprised you think no one in central tries hard
Youngsizz2822 (11:48:49 PM): but naturally smart should win in a sense because your blessed with intellect and they are blessed with objects and things
ny get m0ney (11:49:08 PM): Unfortunately that's not the way that the world works.
Youngsizz2822 (11:49:23 PM): i failed
Youngsizz2822 (11:49:45 PM): im trying to fix it but im naturally smart but im lazy as a bitch in this environment
Youngsizz2822 (11:49:59 PM): having both can be hard
ny get m0ney (11:51:17 PM): see,we're both blessed with intellect and materials.and that doesn't necessarily make us the cream of the crop
ny get m0ney (11:51:28 PM): whereas
ny get m0ney (11:52:02 PM): cami has got the intellect,rich guy has got the materials..theyre both cream of the crop
Youngsizz2822 (11:52:49 PM): ok
ny get m0ney (11:53:02 PM): feel me?Cause I see your point as well
Youngsizz2822 (11:53:24 PM): yea i get where your coming from
Youngsizz2822 (11:53:40 PM): i just think intellect should overrule and you think materials should
ny get m0ney (11:54:09 PM): Nah,in an ideal world..intellect should rule.i agree on that
ny get m0ney (11:54:14 PM): I'm saying,in reality
ny get m0ney (11:54:20 PM): materials reign
Youngsizz2822 (11:54:52 PM): maybe but of now im still hopin intellect rules
Youngsizz2822 (11:55:09 PM): ok heres a metaphor journey by nas lol
Youngsizz2822 (11:55:22 PM): in the land of the blind the man with one eye is the king
ny get m0ney (11:55:42 PM): eye for an eye
ny get m0ney (11:55:57 PM): explain how that relates
Youngsizz2822 (11:56:13 PM): i have no clue lol, its just in my head
Youngsizz2822 (11:56:30 PM): well that statement isnt true in this way
Youngsizz2822 (11:56:45 PM): cause lets say everybody with either or is blind
Youngsizz2822 (11:56:55 PM): the people with both have one eye
Youngsizz2822 (11:57:14 PM): is used correctly and managed right you could become king
Youngsizz2822 (11:57:17 PM): if*
ny get m0ney (11:58:01 PM): there'd be a bunch of kings running around
ny get m0ney (11:58:04 PM): there can only be one
ny get m0ney (11:58:05 PM): lol
Youngsizz2822 (11:58:26 PM): the president lol
ny get m0ney (11:58:52 PM): can i make this discussion a blog post
ny get m0ney (11:58:55 PM): it's interesting
Youngsizz2822 (11:59:11 PM): you can


Things that you should know
1.I tend to get a little heated,about everything
2.Neither of us are racist,we love white people : )
3.Samir lives in King Of Prussia and goes to Montco
4.I go to Central high school,and will never ever let you tell me that we aren't the future.
5.Samir will most likely not follow my suggestion and buy selvedge.

.N ari

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