The second edition of Shavasana Disco - a series of music events that combine meditation and some truly classic album listening partiesat the studios where they were first recorded - is back for the 50th anniversary of Jimi Hendrix'sAre You Experienced.

The record will be celebrated at the iconic Olympic Studios where it was first cut to tape on 12 May.

Shasavana Disco aims to pass on practical knowledge of meditation and combine it with its founder Will Williams' love of music, with the meditation aspect hopefully heightening the listener's appreciation for the LP.

'Are You Experienced?' remains the most popular Hendrix album and one of the most important debut LPs in rock history.

It features the hit singles 'The Wind Cries Mary', 'Hey Joe', 'Foxy Lady' and 'Purple Haze'.

Organisers for Shavasana Disco write: "Whether its the poetic lyricism, the mind bending rock instrumentation or jazz inspired approach to rhythm, 'Are You Experienced?' was a slice of musical genius from Jimi Hendrix; reflecting a time half a century ago when musical experimentation knew no limits."

With over 100 years of history, Olympic Studios has hosted some of the biggest recording artists in history -Bowie, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Led Zeppelin, The Eagles, Pulp, Oasis... it goes on.

Restored in 2013, the studios now boast a state of the art cinema plus an award winning Dolby Atmos 3D sound system.

If you're a newcomer to Are You Experienced? or a lifelong fan, thisis certainly an original way to experience the record (and hopefully relax a little bit as well).

Shavasana Disco takes place at Olympic Studios in Barnes, London on 12 May from 9.30am - 11am- enter to win tickets here

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Title: A Million Thoughts; Author: Om Swami; Publisher: Jaico; Pages: 334; Price: Rs 350.

There are many books, indeed good books, on meditation. But this one stands out.

The author, Om Swami, is no run-of-the-mill holy man. Before his renunciation, this MBA product from Sydney ran a multi-million dollar company. It was then he decided to embrace saffron robes.

At the peak of his own practice, Om Swami meditated for some 20 hours daily for months. It was exhausting but rewarding. In the various places he meditated, he realised the truth once you get used to staying quiet for long periods, you will experience certain quietude of the mind.

Rats posed the biggest challenge when he meditated in the Himalayas for months. Then there were spiders. In the slightly warmer places, snakes and wild lizards plagued him. And scorpions were aplenty in hot areas. But not one wild animal ever harmed him, not even once.

This is ultimately what meditation is about experiencing and living in divine union.

And in simple, lucid language, Om Swami comes out with a profoundly useful work on meditation a guide to those who want to meditate and one that can help the already meditating to perfect themselves.

Meditation is going home. But the meditation Om Swami who has an ashram in Himachal Pradesh talks about is not just a feel-good five-minute exercise. It is about hopping out of negativity and calming the tides of emotions in ones life.

And the only way to meditate is to meditate right. Thats what Om Swami teaches elaborately in the book the how.

The mystic, however, makes it clear that meditation is not about gaining anything. It is not a solution to all your problems. Meditation never was and never will be a substitute for virtuous conduct. And just sitting still is not meditation crocodiles do it better.

Ultimately, meditation is silence and presence of the mind. When your mind is at once silent and present, you are deep in meditation.

This is indeed a book to treasure as far as meditation goes.

(M R Narayan Swamy can be contacted at narayan.swamy@ians.in)

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As little as five minutes of colouring in a day can have the same influence on the brain as an hour of practicing conventional meditation techniques, a cognitive neuroscientist who has coined the term "colourtation" says.

Speaking at the World Science Festival in Brisbane, Dr Stanley Rodski said "colourtation" helped decongest the brain and provided a modern form of meditation.

In 2015, Dr Rodski's company Colourtation Brain Science conducted research showing 53 per cent of Australians felt frequently stressed or out of control.

"We have to look at what is causing this pressure that we need to resolve," Dr Rodski said.

Juggling family, work and fun in the fast-paced online world is a main contributor to the high stress levels that people experience, Dr Rodski said.

"From the moment you wake up your phone is on and people are calling you.

"You're running from meeting to meeting, from class to class, and never get any relief," he said.

"Five minutes of colouring a day is enough to get the same effect on the brain as about an hour worth of conventional meditation," Dr Rodski said.

The colourtation method is different from other successful colouring books for adults currently on the market.

Apart from being gender neutral, the method does not focus on the process, but rather on creating the pattern using the colours and assessing your feelings afterwards.

"And it doesn't even matter if you finish it in that time, it still has the effect on the brain that we want," he said.

"Our brain likes to be in this relaxing mode of repeating shapes and staying inside the lines."

Using the colouration method 15 minutes before bed can calm the brain down, readying it for sleep, Dr Rodski said.

Dr Rodski said the brain quickly jumped into a mode called alpha, from where it entered the deeper waves of 90-minute sleep cycles that we need to have to feel rested in the morning.

Another study of US physics students showed five minutes of colouring before an algebra test resulted in an improvement in results of between 15 and 100 per cent.

"The part of the brain where the algebra information was stored settled down and the students could put this to use in their tests," he said.

This story is part of a collaboration for the World Science Festival between QUT and the ABC.

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Francois Ozon Paula Beer, Pierre Niney, Ernst Sttzner (Music Box Films) US theatrical: 17 Mar 2017 UK theatrical: 12 May 2017 2017

Here Lies Frantz Hoffmeister. Its 1919 Germany and, in the wake of World War I, a young man and woman, practically strangers, stand together by the grave of a man they both loved. Francois Ozons haunting, silky-smooth Frantz follows the bizarre, ever-distorting relationship that develops between Anna (Paula Beer), the titular vanished mans fiance, and Adrien (Pierre Niney), a Frenchman who claims to have befriended him in Paris before he fell on the battlefield. Like his best film, 2004s Swimming Pool, Frantz elevates a relatively conventional surface story with an understated but powerful sense of psychological terror.

Freely inspired by the 1932 Ernst Lubitsch film Broken Lullaby, Frantz takes place mostly in the small town of Quedlinburg, Germany, where the beautiful, broken Anna is living with her dearly departeds parents, Hans (Ernst Sttzner) and Magda (Marie Gruber), whom she holds so dear they may as well be her own. While visiting Frantzs empty grave, shes surprised to find Adrien tearfully leaving behind flowers. Anna introduces him to Magda and Hans, with the latter staunchly opposed to hosting a Frenchman in their home, considering their son died at the hands of his compatriots.

Adriens sheepish charm eventually wins them all over, and before long, theyre swooning as he regales them with stories of teaching Frantz to play violin and marveling at Manet paintings at the Louvre. Anna is flustered to find herself growing more and more attracted to their sinewy visitor: she fixes her hair in the mirror before meeting him at the door, admires his war wounds as he lays on the grass after a dip in the lake, has a laugh twirling with him at the town ball. Adriens none the wiser, however, as hes too consumed by the dark secret hes keeping from his new friends.

The true nature of Adriens relationship with Frantz propels the narrative forward in the way any good mystery should, but the real substance of the story lies in the reactions of Frantzs family and the less welcoming townsfolk to the Frenchmans presence. Each character is wrestling with their own inner conflict in the shadow of war, and with each interaction, the movie slowly develops into a deeply affecting examination of xenophobia and acceptance that feels strikingly relevant to our current political climate. While the Hoffmeisters and Anna see Adrien as the last friend Frantz ever made, their fellow denizens only see a face of the opposition. The war may be over, but their sons lives remain lost forever. Thus, the anti-French antagonism endures.

The story is far more emotionally charged than it is political, however, thanks to a couple of genuine plot surprises and Ozons focus on the progressively forbidden, delusional nature of Anna and Adriens relationship. The film is presented mostly in black and white, though some scenes transition slowly, gently into full color in a device that at first appears to be an emotional indicator but later reveals itself to serve a more specific narrative purpose. The elegance and timelessness of Ozons storytelling, both visually and structurally, makes Frantz exceptionally riveting, at least for the first hour or so. The third act, in which the film shifts into an odd, out-of-left-field procession of private investigating, is sadly quite flat, though the eerie final moments do cap the tale off nicely.

Music is used sparingly and deliberately throughout Frantz, with Ozon instead reveling in the music of natural noise. Every clunky footstep of the characters heavy shoes on the wooden floors of the Hoffmeisters cushy abode adds to the atmosphere and even, at times, creates a sense of tension and anticipation, like a slo-mo drum roll. The beautiful contrast of the black and white imagery is mirrored by the sound and music. The sound design elevates the narrative in a meaningful way, which is increasingly becoming a rarity in modern movies.

Beer and Niney, both ravishing, are endlessly watchable on screen, with each doing a fine job of building their characters inner strife layer by layer. Theyre tasked with conveying myriad conflicting emotions at once, often silently, with only their face, and they both rise to the occasion. Theres a lack of a certain electricity between them, however, that makes one wonder how the film might have been something very, very special had they found that spark. Still, Frantz is deceptively intoxicating film that further establishes Ozon as one of the most singular voices in world cinema.

Bernard Boo is a film critic, interviewer, podcaster, and proud member of the San Francisco Film Critics Circle. He writes stories weekly for DenofGeek.com, WeGotThisCovered.com, WayTooIndie.com and other online publications.

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Springtime out here has a fairytale-like quality to it. Beyond the enchantment of renewal, the hope that comes with promise, the optimism emerging from the realization that we dont have to wear those Michelin Man-inspired overcoats for a while, spring offers something of a wake-up. No, we do not hibernate all winter in Western New York; the feeling is more of a wiping of cobwebs from the pursuit of aspirations.

My personal theory is that winters are three months long out here. It can snow, heavily, prior to those months and yes, it can snow in May, but if you make it through January, February and March youve made it through a Western New York winter. With an upcoming rainy week forecast by those paid to know, I predict were free of winter. I have no doubt my email box will be full of messages from razzers when some April blizzard hits, but I feel comfortable about this. Then again, I expected Villanova to win it all this year.

Its time to refill my little basement chamber of horrors, the space my shovels, scrapers and bags of rock salt inhabit when theyre not on duty. And then, its on to what?

Yes, baseball and drinking beer outdoors and walks instead of drives, and girls wearing shorts, the tracking-down friends unseen since the autumn and learning about who died and whos getting married and that myriad of things to do once the weather turns less hostile. Then theres income taxes due, the end of the semester if you keep time that way, examinations of whatever winter did to the outside of property, the next wave of watching that slow shipwreck in Washington. Mowing the lawn. Some people are so into lawn care they dream about it and television advertisements and entire channels are dedicated to the joy of it all, a personality disorder which has somehow long escaped me.

You could say that, if you regulate your life according to the change of season, each change will offer you a mixed bag of activities as the old bag gets thrown into the closet. No doubt about it, but that winter-turns-to-spring has more motivational mojo than the others, at least around here. You can almost sense the opportunity in the air, whereas just a few weeks ago all you had was snowflakes in the air.

Temperatures will eventually rise this year to the point they may break the 100 degree mark, something which has never occurred in Buffalo. In history. The maximum was 99 degrees in 1948 as the winters have gotten weirder, so have the summers.

An aside: I grew up in North Buffalo, and remember as a kid playing touch football in the street with my friends, more-or-less every Thanksgiving morning as we awaited whatever celebrations our respective families were planning. So it was a point of interest whether or not it would snow on Thanksgiving; these days I suspect no one even considers the possibility. Our street, incidentally, was not a fancy one but had medians of grass, which we called islands, separating the traffic lanes. Our football games offered few opportunities for end-around runs but we developed a hell of a passing attack.

I am the last person to coach anyone on the topic of spiritual renewal, but if thats what you seek then nows the time. Its the time, actually, for the renewal of New Years resolutions, or the start of a few. When you sluff off that winter coat and remove yourself from those boots, youll feel ten pounds lighter anyway.

You know, better than I ever will, what you need and want from your life, as well as what youre prepared to do about it. Take winters end as a signal that growth is about to begin.

All right, the motivational speech, like the Sabres season, is over. Some things will remain the same: however you feel about the Trump regime, I suspect its future actions or inaction will not change your attitude about it much. Life will go on whether the United Fighting Championship is a hit in the area, whether Uber ever hits the area, whether your daughter marries for money or for love. If you cannot play the piano today, you wont be able to play one next winter, unless you do something about it now.

Its such a do-something time, spring in Western New York is! This part of the world is crawling with creative writers, poets and others ready to pour out such expressive declamations, on paper by the yard, so Ill leave it to them. Snow and the rumors of snow get shoved aside for opportunities to do things instead of talk about them. Anything! Except, in my case, lawn care.

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Meditation can be scary at first: You're supposed to sit alone, in silence with all of your thoughts, yet not let them distract you. It sounds nearly impossible right? Well, studies have found countless health benefits to meditation, so there's definitely something to it.

Though it might be best to ease your way into it. You don't need to start meditating for 30 minutes at a time. Instead, start with these short, 1-minute meditations that can help you slow down, breathe and focus on something other than your thoughts. Watch the video below for guided meditations, or read the instructions below.

Place one hand on your chest and one hand on your heart. Slowly breathe in through your nose for four counts, slowly breathe out for four counts. This is best to do before bed or right when you wake. It will help you start your day with clarity, or end your day on a peaceful note.

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Use your right thumb to plug your right nostril, breathe in through the left. Then plug your left nostril with your index finger and breathe out through the right nostril. Then breathe in through the right nostril, and out through the left. Keep alternating. This will help you balance your energy.

Drop your right ear to your right shoulder and slowly breathe in, and then blow out slowly through your mouth. Think about pushing out any and all tension. Repeat this four times total, then switch sides.

This meditation can help to get rid of head and neck tension, and help you find your way to physical and mental serenity.

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You can do this while waiting in line, or sitting at your desk. Bring your awareness to your mid-section by pulling the naval in towards the spine. Breathe out, hold the breathe at the bottom, and then slowly release and breathe back in. Hold the breath at the top, and then slowly breathe out pulling the naval back in and contracting the abs. Repeat this a few times.

Start in standing position with your palms together and take a deep breath in through the nose. Place one hand on your hip, lower the other arm and exhale as you bend to the side. Come back to center and inhale, and exhale to the other side. Repeat this, alternating sides each time and focusing on your breath.

Plant one foot firmly on the ground, turn your opposite knee out and press your foot into your ankle, calf or above your knee. Place palms together and focus on slowly breathing in and out. If you're having trouble balancing, choose a point on the ground and fix your eyes there. Breathe here for 60 seconds. Then repeat on the opposite side.

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10-Minute Mindfulness Meditation To Reduce Stress Forbes It's easy to feel stressed. Demands on our time, a long to-do list and people asking for phone calls and meetings. There is a way out. If you meditate for even ten minutes, you'll feel better. That's because the body's stress response is prone to snap ...

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ST. CLOUD Lack of sleep, endless hours of study, and plenty of pizza and pop barely get students through a stressful finals week.

As the term ends, students look for different ways to stay calm. Meditation gives students a way to heal the mind by finding inner focus and peace so they can finish the semester strong.

Coordinator of Heal the Mind and Succeed with Meditation program, Nalindrani Malimage says meditation gives students more focus and discipline.

Controlling ones thoughts is really vital for success in any field. So when it comes to studys students need to practice mindful meditation which gives them more discipline and focus, says Malimage.

Malimage believes in lending a hand to students so they can succeed in class.

I went to this one student who was in tears, held her hand and asked if she was alright. I told her about the meditation session and after the class she hugged me. So I really felt how much this can help people, says Malimage.

Meditation sessions are held monthly in Atwood Memorial Center at St. Cloud State University. The next session is Friday from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm.

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Despite our many blessings, were living in a tumultuous time. From political distress on Capitol Hill to the escalating opioid epidemic and arguments over health care, its easy to feel overwhelmed, even helpless. We cant necessarily put an end to all of the crazy, but we can begin by taking control of our mental and physical health. Cannabis legalization has helped to reignite that spark, inspiring us to take our well-being into our own hands with aid from the medicinal qualities of the plant. Two women on the forefront of this ideological revolution are Emma Chasen and Alyssa Wildrick of Prismatic Paradigm, an initiative that runs classes and workshops that pull from a variety of different healing modalities such as medicine making using local medicinal herbs, sound healing, community engagement, and guided meditation.

With a degree in Medicinal Plant Research, Emma Chasen quit the Brown University Oncology Research Group after her supervisor favored a pharmaceutical drug over cannabis in a clinical trial. She headed to Portland, Oregon, and began working with Farma, one of the top dispensaries in the world, where she trains staff on cannabis science and empathetic patient care. Prismatic Paradigm co-founder Alyssa Wildrick is a certified White Light Usui Reiki Master and Teacher, plus a studying Clinical Herbalist with a background in yoga, fitness education, and sports nutrition.

Together, Chasen and Wildrick are engaging their community in order to dismantle our capitalistic, patriarchal society through herbal education, empowerment, community and healing workshops. MERRY JANE caught up with Prismatic Paradigm to discuss how activating our spiritual and energetic selves by using cannabis and meditation can empower and enrich our lives.

MERRY JANE: Why do cannabis and meditation work so well together? Prismatic Paradigm: Cannabis is an incredibly grounding plant with the ability to elevate consciousness. The duality of total body relaxation plus mental elevation is a perfect combination for meditation. Most people struggle to quiet the mind and lift out of the body during meditation. The right cannabis cultivar, when dosed appropriately, allows people to slow down, quiet the racing mind, and calm the body. This is the most desirable state for a transformative, meditative experience.

How does adding cannabis enhance the meditative process? Cannabis can enhance the meditative process in many different ways due to its unique interactions with each persons endocannabinoid system. For some people, cannabis simply allows the muscles to relax and the body to melt into the floor. For others, cannabis completely quiets the busy mind. On other occasions, people have told us that cannabis enhances their ability to gain perspective on a situation and connect the dots in their life experiences. Cannabis can and does allow people to go deeper, to gain insight, to relax all powerful and desired outcomes in a meditative experience.

What method of consumption do you suggest when pairing cannabis with meditation? We suggest either vaping or smoking with herb blends. Usually, when people are called to meditate, they dont want to eat an edible and wait two hours for it to take effect. Vaping allows the cannabis novice to microdose and to more precisely find their desired state of consciousness. For the experienced user, smoking [flower] is ideal. Its the delivery method with the fastest onset and therefore allows one to get in the zone rather quickly. Combining cannabis with medicinal herbs helps to protect the lungs and balance the overall experience.

What types of herbs can you combine with cannabis to elevate your experience? There are many medicinal herbs that you can combine with cannabis to elevate your experience. If you like a richer smoke, mullein is a great full-bodied herb with the added benefit of being a lung protector. We strongly suggest experimenting with Passionflower as a smoking herb, which is known for its ability to quell symptoms such as anxiety, insomnia, restlessness, headaches, muscle aches, and more. Peppermint is another great herb to combine with cannabis for its decongestant properties and fresh flavor. Prismatic Paradigm currently has two herbal smoking blends available an uplifting blend and a relaxing blend. A blend specifically designed to smoke with cannabis is in the works. Its so delicious, and we are really excited about it!

What are the benefits of guided meditation? We love guided meditation because it is so helpful in quieting the mind. In this day and age, we are so accustomed to constant stimulation from our surroundings, creating a somewhat shorter attention span than those of our ancestors. Giving someone a narrative to focus on usually allows them to achieve a more powerful meditative experience. When there is no narrative, a large portion of the meditation is usually spent trying to eliminate the brain chattering, which clouds what is supposed to be relaxing with a pervasive feeling of frustration. Guided meditation with plant energizes your mind, body, and soul.

Do you have any tips for how a novice like me can practice meditation at home? If you are like us and you prefer guided meditation, find a CD or recording online of a meditation that resonates with you. Prismatic Paradigm will soon have recordings of our guided meditations available, as well. Consume whatever cannabis and medicinal herbs youre feeling, get comfy, and start your recording. If you dont need a guided meditation, begin with your breath and deepen your practice with conscious breathing. We also find that binary sounds, Tuvan throat singing, instrumental music, and crystal bowl recordings help to keep the mind focused and relaxed during meditation.

How this will enrich your life and even help chill out the world's crazy collective vibe? The collective consciousness is freaking out right now, and rightfully so. The planet and its people are at the hands of a megalomaniac American ruler. There is so much information and misinformation out there that it is easy to feel unfocused and disempowered.

When is your next healing workshop? We are hosting many events this spring! Follow our Instagram and Facebook pages for information about upcoming workshops. Plant Spirit Medicine Guided Meditation with Sound Healing is an hour and a half guided meditation focused on a certain plant ally. Recently, we plugged into Rosemary and Kava. We interact with the dried plant material, drop a dose of tincture, and talk about its properties before we go into a guided meditation. We also play a crystal singing bowl during the meditation for the added benefit of vibrational sound healing. We hope to do these every other week with a different plant. In addition to our ongoing Plant Spirit Meditations, we have a Holistic Strategies for Combating Fear and Anxiety workshop on April 11 and a Beltane Workshop on April 30.

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Grange Hall in Northville is set to add another incarnation to the long list of lives it has led since it was built in 1831. The Long Island Buddhist Meditation Center is in contract to purchase the hall after searching for a new space to accommodate its growing membership.

The Buddhist meditation center, a nonprofit currently based in Port Jefferson, plans to use the second floor of the 186-year-old hall on Sound Avenue for meditation practices. The first floor will remain open to the community for different groups and activities, said Don Jayamaha of Mattituck, who donated the centers current space in 2008.

We want to keep it open for anybody to use it, Mr. Jayamaha said Monday, comparing it to how the Jamesport Meeting House is used.

In 2014, former pastor Dianne Rodriguez of First Parish Church, which owned the hall, said the church hoped a nonprofit that nurtured itself and its own passion, whatever that passion may be would fill the space.

Grange Hall was the original sanctuary for First Parish Church and became a school, the Northville Academy, in 1860, local historian Richard Wines told the News-Review in 2014. The space later became a community center for local farmers who belonged to the National Grange, a nonprofit that advocates for rural America and agriculture, he said.

Mr. Wines will advise the group, including Mr. Jayamaha and the centers resident monk, Bhante Nanda, as they look to restore the building and keep its history intact.

I want to make sure its preserved like it was back in 1831, Mr. Jayamaha said.

He mentioned that vision for the hall includes a white picket fence and American flag out front, as it was once captured in a photograph in its earlier days.

The group raised $53,000 in donations toward the purchase and will continue to raise funds to make improvements to the building, according to center. It has also created a GoFundMe page for the move.

The center is open to all and the meditation programs are free, though donations are encouraged, Mr. Jayamaha said.

We want it to be affordable to everybody thats the key, he said, adding that there are 25 to 30 people from around Long Island who frequent the center. Whats special about the center, he said, is that it not tied to a religion and people from different faiths participate in the mediation programs.

It is strictly meditation, he said.

Anthony Manetta of Ridge, who has been attending the meditation programs regularly for about a year, said more people might attend if theres more space, as its become difficult to get a seat at the Port Jefferson location, potentially turning people away.

I cant wait for it to happen, Mr. Manetta said, noting that the move will be a big undertaking.

The center will continue fundraising for building materials and hopes to get the surrounding community interested, he said.

Videos on the centers Facebook page give a glimpse into weekly chanting and evening meditation programs. In one, a chorus of chants is led by resident monk Bhante Nanda. He then guides a group through meditation, with thoughts to be mindful of: May I be well, happy and peaceful and May I be free from anger.

Breathe in, breathe out, he says in long phrases. Then, its quiet as the camera turns to face the centers Buddha and the group meditates.

Mr. Jayamaha said meditation helps him keep his mind strong like a mountain and calm like the bottom of the ocean in any given situation, something friends at his accounting job in Hauppauge often marvel at and jokingly ask if hes taking some sort of medication.

Its not medication, he tells them, Its meditation.

The goal is to have the meditation center begin using Grange Hall on June 1, Mr. Jayamaha said.

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