Shadows ~ T I A H O T ~ the incidence and harmony of time

T     I     A     H     O     T
T   h   e       I   n   c   i   d   e   n   c   e       a   n   d       H   a   r   m   o   n   y       o   f       T   i   m   e

Once Upon a Time � Castles in the Sky � Flower Child
Never Mind � Even � The Ride � Dance for the King � Heat
Stop 'n Stare / Shadows / Somehow � Rest Easy � Camouflage
When / Purple Roses / Star Troopers � Beautiful � Firefly
Rainbows � Flown Away � W.B.O.E. � Enlightenment



~ The Incidence and Harmony of Time ~ TIAHOT ~ pronounced (TAY-yo) ~
A rock opera from a collection of videos ~ each song and short movie stands alone,
but when played in sequence, they become a full length motion picture and double CD.
A classic science fiction theme and storyline set to progressive modern rock, folk and blues
In a reality where there were never any World Wars, or global Depressions, technology has evolved somewhat differently and is far more advanced - but revolution and anarchy often rule the modern age, as America is now several years into its Third Civil War - this one between the Establishment and Hippie Rebels.
Dazy, our heroine, is from a wealthy family - one that is very powerful on the Establishment side. No longer able to stomach the injustices that she sees everywhere around her, she joins the resistance movement - first switching sides as a double agent, and now as an active mercenary for the Rebels.



 Once Upon a Time
Once Upon a Time
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2002 Demo ~ Bass with FX, direct ~ mono

once upon a time there was a little girl
now she had always dreamed that she could love somebody
but witch's wine just blows the mind - she wanted to go
but she found she'd lose the magic if she made herself a prisoner

"watch as the sky falls down around me"
she whispered to me silently

once there was a little girl - tried to be a crazy girl
sold all she loved for a piece of the street
when she found a lover - she had to go undercover
now she's doin fine - but she learned her lesson well

now she's just a crazy girl - tryin in a crazy world
n do it all again - cuz she's a friend to the end
no helpin if we ever meet again

once upon a time in the big town
some crazy gave it all jus so love could go round
but you'll never guess what she found



Rebel Hippies have all but overthrown the Establishment - having captured, and held for years, a more powerful position in space - Space stations in Earth orbit, bases on the moon, and a small fleet of ships are liberated by the Rebels in the name of the People.
Now, a new technology has emerged that could win the war, and has fallen into the hands of the Rebels - a teleportation device, designed to transport troops and weapons, can now rescue and save millions of slaves - but it draws on far more energies than anyone knows.



 Castles in the Sky
Castles in the Sky
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1999 Demo ~ Acoustic, Bass n Double Lead ~ stereo

i have been on the mountain n i went walkin through a forest of dreams
where i happened upon a wise man n he said nothin�s ever what it seems to be
we gathered around the fountain n he told me about all his yesterdays
i have come from the wise man - he lives on a mountain in space

there�s a dreamer here - wants to fly - looks to the sky - well so do i
there�s an angel here - fell from the sky on broken wings - fragile things
come with me and we will fly to my castles in the sky
watch the world fly by n clouds all fall in line
come with me and we will fly to my castles in the sky
even you n i will be there

man don�t know what�s in store - they close the door n cry for more
see my world, so long gone - everyone's gone beyond
come with me and we will fly to my castles in the sky
everything's made of light n shinin bright all night
come with me and we will fly to my castles in the sky
we are all just thoughts in dreams here



Using the new Teleportation technology in a daring mass rescue mission, of hundreds of people from an inner city ghetto to a Space Station in low Earth orbit - our hero, Dreamer, is holding the device during transport back, and finds himself instead transported into our world, into someone else's life.
On a voyage across spacetime, one may certainly find enlightenment - but when you get back, you may find that you're not where, or even who, you think you are. It doesn't take very long for Dreamer to discover that his whole world has changed - even if the people around him appear to be the same.



Flower Child
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1998 Demo ~ Bass with FX ~ mono

if you saw my flower child, you'd know why i love her
gracefully dancing to her song of tomorrow
we are here to keep runnin wild - but ...
flower child - where have you gone ?

been through hell in half the time
n still has stars in her eyes
trust she has the magic in her mind
she says, "oh aren't you my kind ?"
memories flyin on the song
now we're all long gone

 Flower Child



Imagine finding yourself in a parallel reality, where only the people are the same - yet all of the experiences you've shared together are now yours alone. For Dreamer to confide in anyone, is to only reinforce their suspicions that he's recently gone insane - as he obviously knows nothing about the world he's in, or the life his duplicate has led
Our hero, Dreamer, is not at all used to our primitive technology or relative domestic peace - but the device he hides could possibly offer hope to return, but he can't do it alone. The Dazi in this world is starting to suspect something real - but will she believe him, his impossible tale ?



 Never Mind
Never Mind
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2001 Demo - clean Electric Guitar w FX ~ mono

misty eyed wanderings of fools
break the silent shadows screamin inside your mind
hidin from what you left behind and now you�re home inside your mind
sometimes you lose your way
they say it�s only now n then you can get a chance to break it free
your destiny - n you�d better take it

take me to the river, let me clear my head
all my trials n tribulations washed away by what you said to me
in the misty summer breeze
take me back to where i once was free
i wanted you to see the sun - i need ya now that i�ve begun to fly . . . . .

take me to the middle of your mind
don�t be afraid, cuz i won�t look at what�s inside
don�t worry bout what you�re feelin
or even question why you cry when i touch your eyes

n if yer feelin lonely
- all ya gotta do is call on your friends
- maybe help ya make some ends meet
life is rough on the street
- you might fall into a hole n get busted
if yer lustin for the other side of the tracks
- baby, you might not make it back
if yer runnin all around, maybe lookin for truth
- n there�s nothin else you can do
sometimes the one you been dreamin of
- jus might be dreamin about you too
- now what you gonna do ?

every time I look out to see where i been goin
never seem to find the road
the wind�s always pushin down too strong
n then the hurricane went n drove ya crazy
but i only wanted to touch you for awhile

late at night when the millions�ve gone
i stand alone inside the risin sun - waitin for peace to come
well, it�s not how long you�ve been waitin - but what you�ve waited for
sometimes when ya roll your dice right - ya might find it�s more
- than what ya expected

somethin inside my memory decided what i tried to be
was afraid that my destiny had somethin wicked in store for me
you should know that i ain�t no fool n i don�t follow them anymore
but it�s hard not to cry when you feel their blood stained eyes
that mesmerize and terrorize n try to tear apart your weary mind

went down to the river, justa clear my head
singin songs of liberation that today are all but dead to me
n the misty summer breeze takes me back to where I once was free
i wanted you to see the sun - i need ya now that i�ve begun to fly . . . . .

all the worlds�re spinnin around me distant colors, might not be too far
peace n freedom in my mind - n now I�m laughing inside my heart
i wanted you to see the sun - i need you now that i�ve begun
the world that i once knew is gone - n now i am the ever racin dawn
but i�m never gonna breathe the air - never see you again



The Dreamer and Dazi of this world have a long standing relationship - but this Dreamer is reluctant to tell her his implausable adventures. He shows her the device, but something goes wrong - and the Dazi from our world is now accidentally transported to his world.
Dreamer was hoping to be the one to transport back to his world, although having his Dazi back is almost as good - but the woman who opens her eyes is not who he was expecting at all. This new Dazi is from a world where Atlantis never sank beneath the waves - whose wisdom and technology is far superior to anything so far encountered.



Even
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Demo 2001 - instrumental bass solo, with effects - mono
Shadows ~ T I A H O T ~ the incidence and harmony of time
The Ride
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Demo 2001 - instrumental bass solo, with effects - mono



Sometimes it's easy to be in the wrong place at the wrong time - especially when you don't have any place to be and all the time in the world to get there. Our hero, Dreamer, has drunk a little too much, perhaps imbibed a few too many primitive chemicals - and is taken by the wind to a place where he is sure he'll be safe to hide from this strange new world for awhile.
During a nightmarish episode of psychic seizures, brought on by intoxication and near lethal exposure - our hero thinks he's halucinating when he half awakens as a king, in a fantastic kingdom right out of fables and storybook legends. Unable to move, he is only slightly aware of the person whose life he now finds himself fading into - who is now falling deeper into a trance, as he begins slipping away himself, and into our world.



Dance for the King
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the king, he is made of stone - brooding in his electric throne
magic and monsters fill his nightmares when he�s alone
he watches as they dance for him - forgiving their heretic sins
dancing for the wizard
for the mighty king, he is older than when first we knew him before
they�ve stolen all his treasure - n melted all his gold
taken the lovely princess - enchanted then, i�m told
no queen to hold him through the night - his frozen armies no longer fight
no dancing for him can make him smile - he broods right through into the checkered tile

there�s a lion in the corner - n he�s waitin on your call
but he won�t be there for anyone if he has to break your fall
in the gallery there are pictures of places far away
but you aren�t in any of them - you�re in the arms of the lion today
if you could�ve seen the magic that you brought on to everyone
yeah, you might have won
but you�re only in the arms of the lion now
for as much as you care, you could be dyin

the castle walls are shattered now - jester mocks a thorny crown
minstrels watch with the prophets - it seems they've always known
his cold steel eyes wash your tears away - reminiscent of a better day
a gentle king with a sword by his side
watch the rainbows as the unicorns ride - what do dragons do to survive ?
they fill his heart with pleasure - n say his soul�s been sold
but no one knows how to get to him - without breaking off some of the stone
his cloak, it hides a most brilliant light - enough to ward off the darkest night
he lives forever but can never stay - can�t fight or hide, can only fade away

inside n behind the wall of truth - yeah, they're plannin to take it all
but one's far too scared to be having fun - n no one survives that fall
in the shallow space there are wizards - with aces in the hole
but yer far too strong for any of them - raised with love on rock n roll
do your pictures remind you of someone whom you empathize to be ?
all your armies are too tired now
for as much as you dare, you should be tryin

three rings are his saving grace - but ya couldn�t tell it by his haunted face
his visions a mystery - jus starin out into space
the court around him is having fun - n angels smile on the chosen one
lost in the blizzard
but the mindstorm�s such a violent place that of him they won�t find any trace
they praise him for their pleasure - but only the bold get old
they break their hearts all over him - n then wander out in the cold
the princess finds a crack in his mind - n opens a doorway to possibly find
no one�s there, he�s long gone away - maybe he�ll return some other day
 Dance for the King



Imagine a storybook realm with magical kingdoms and mythological creatures - where realities like ours are part of their storybook legends, and are considered by them to be pure fantasy. Our new hero, the King, is drugged and put under a spell by a powerful wizard and transported to our realm - switching minds with one of equal noble character - but who is in this world the most humble of peasants.
A dimensional exile, thrust into this modern world, where magic is replaced by technology - the King must seek out someone who can help him understand where he is and what has happened to him. This world's new Dazi is there for him, and he recognizes her as his long dead Queen, and he's familiar to her too - but neither of them are native to this world, nor do they speak the same language.



 Heat
Heat
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y'know it's cold outside, babe
seems a long time til summer's comin round
n it be rainin, n the stormwinds may blow
but you n i know where to go .....

maybe you just need some heat
- ain't it funny how lovers meet ?
- all alone n out on the street
baby, you just feel my heat

n when I die they're gonna bury me
- on boot hill
would you cry n be there for me ?
- i know you will
n all the legends will stare at me - yeah, when ya take yer fall for me
n all these things may seem to you then just like pictures on your wall

n when I fly - yeah, yer aware of me
- but can you feel?
n when I die they're gonna bury me
- on boot hill
n all the legends will stare at me - yeah, when ya take yer fall for me
n all these things may seem to you jus like pictures on your wall

y'know it's cold outside, babe
n it seems a long time til summer's comin round
n it be rainin, n the stormwinds may blow
but you n i know where to go .....

maybe you just feel my heat
- ain't it funny how lovers meet ?
- cold n hungry out on the street
maybe you can be my heat



The King and Atlantean Dazi struggle to understand what has happened to them. They tell each other what they can, he of his kingdom and wizards - and she, what little she knows from what Dreamer has told her, and of the device in their possession.
Together, they share their fascination for the new wonders of the world they have been thrust into. The begin to have visions of alternate worlds superimposing upon the one they're currently in. Some they recognize, some they do not - but they are beginning to regognize their partners in each other.



 Stop n Stare / Shadows / Somehow
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Stop 'n Stare ( 1:17 ) 152 K
Shadows ( 0:57 ) 114 K
Somehow ( 6:06 ) 716 K
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 Stop n Stare
Stop n Stare
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what are you afraid of ?
- tell me, tell me, tell me
- i wanna be scared, too
and what do you pray for ?
- is it somethin you can�t afford to pay for ?
well, maybe time is back on your side again
don�t even worry about it - someday every loser�s got to win

we�re goin up n down - round n round
- here n there - everywhere - stop n stare
- cuz none of it is really there

what have they been tellin� you ?
- doubt it, doubt it, doubt it
- maybe none of it is true
and what do you believe in ?
- is it somethin maybe i just ain�t seein ?
sometimes when no one's on your side
it�s cool if ya think about it like a roller coaster ride

we�re goin up n down - round n round
- here n there - everywhere - stop n stare
- cuz none of it is really there

Shadows
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seven horses stride, without riders cross the murdered plain
carryin torches - n settin the courses - for the soldier without a name
maybe he just wanted to see, maybe all he ever needed was a chance to be free
but they never tell ya what it�s like - down this river at night once you�ve gone insane
shadows sweep across the sky - seven shadows sittin, starin, n screamin into the fire
hey, even yer soul says pride is gonna get ya - lemme tellya son, it just might know
everywhere you been, anywhere you may go
seven horses stridin - and until tonight you know they rode in vain
but they never tell ya what it�s like - down this river at night once you�ve gone insane
shadows sweep across the sky - seven shadows in the sun, my friend, sleep for you and i

Somehow
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somehow forgotten through the years
but ya managed around somehow - to survive your precious tears
then they said it was supposed to last forever
but now it sometimes seems like a dream
i�ve seen the millions gettin high - by the light of the silver sky
nobody cares or dares anymore - that�s what it seems
any way i could make you stay ?
i�d love to see ya shinin - your light on the world again

d'ya know which way to go ?
when the cold wind blows
d'ya think you will run and hide
or are ya ready to take a ride ?

the tears fall like rain
and all the plastic people make their merry way
but it doesn�t seem very different
than the pain inside their hearts
that makes them live to play and fight
all day and all night
singin "help me �fore i lose my way" . . . . .

people come from miles around
justa touch the sky
some alive and some will try to fly
no one wonders why it�s you and i
they�ve been putting out of their minds

n though the points�re changin
as we wander down the lonely road
still there seems a chance to be free
somethin yet to be

here i stand on the lonely road
n a noble voice says, "prophet, come to me"
n I heard him say in quiet desperation, "let it be"

n though the voices�re changin
everything they say from day to day
still there seems another chance to be free
somethin somewhere yet to be

somehow your smiles removed my fears
but what i thought was light in your eyes - i realize is only tears
anyway, it was supposed to take away your pain
i remember how you danced in the rain
but i still can see a smile behind the mask of a madman, yeah

d'ya know which way to go ?
when the cold wind blows
d'ya think you will run and hide
or are ya ready to take a ride ?
Somehow



Rest Easy
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Demo 2001 - instrumental acoustic guitar - mono
Shadows ~ T I A H O T ~ the incidence and harmony of time
Camouflage
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Demo 2001 - instrumental acoustic guitar - mono



 When / Purple Roses / Star Troopers
      When / Purple Roses / Star Troopers
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When
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when you're down, stay down - but then, what do I know
just a clown in this town - so then, where do I go ?
like any ol' blade of grass, the wind'll easily blow ya past

when your luck's run out - n they don't know you
yer left with no doubt - what does that show you ?
like every other piece of trash - the wind'll easilly blow ya past

when you're gone, stay gone - so they don't follow
you old knight new pawn - and now so hollow
like any other broken looking glass - the wind'll easilly save for last

when you ever gonna come back home ?
when you ever gonna quit your roamin' ?
when you ever gonna get me alone ?
 When

Purple Roses
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dreamer
you can think what you want
just open your eyes, n you�re already there
ya been around n cast a few shadows - still so unaware
believer
you can see who you are
though ya might not really seem to care
too much to know n no time to be scared - still ya dare
n purple roses still hide inside your little mind
n purple roses alive inside your little mind

brother
ya gotta find yer own way now
n ya soon realize it ain't all what it seems
the mind's eye's a hole in reality for all yer dreams unseen
lover
they got the best part of your heart
forgot where they laid it - n now yer alone
ya had it comin, so they still say today, jus bein on your own
ya wear purple roses with pride inside your little mind
n purple roses still ride inside your little mind

 Star Troopers
Star Troopers
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slip inside the neo mind
n fall away a thousand suns
n gone to find the gentle times
n further ahead when all is done
n blink your eyes and ride the tides
n into the folds where distance shines
n behind the walls of the edge we roam

sunday mornin with a bottle of wine, so fine
mellow in the afternoon n it was right on time

all she ever wanted to do was party all night long
all she ever needed to prove it was in all your songs

they'll hide inside the neon light
n slip away behind your mind
n farther still to your delight
n gone away so far behind
n bring you back to stay
n find again another day
n find your way home



Beautiful
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"why that�s beautiful," she says
"could be the secret, yeah - of all the universe
"so perfectly simple" - n naturally you believe her
"the differences between a blessing and a curse"

yeah, you know what it�s like on the other side
something, then your dreams just slip away
but don�t be scared of it, or even shy
cuz you ain�t seen the best of it yet

yeah, wanda the wicked witch walks by
her wandering soul was bought and sold
out in the cold pourin rain

she was only innocent, she was blind
n a broken-hearted state of mind
now she�s kept in quiet seclusion
entertained by illusion

"look, up in the sky
cold n hungry eyes
told n spreadin lies"

"oh, look what I found
a piece of spirit on the ground
don't be a fool, leave it down

"why that�s beautiful," she says
well then, i guess it really is .....
 Beautiful



 Firefly
Firefly
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i see ya dancin by my side
rollin like a river, burnin like a fire
so I call ya firefly
you could make it to the moon - yeah, if ya tried

keep on runnin on the edge of the night
with yer fire burnin so bright
don�t need to try to fly so high
feel the light inside, my firefly

some people don�t know what to believe in
some people really care
some people don�t know anything at all

there ain�t no easy way out - but you can roll with the wind
n any time you want - you can roll right over n die

mountains dream of the sky
down by the riverside
they say how the ocean�s wide

there ain�t no easy way out - but you can roll with the wind
n any time you want - you can roll right over n die

and you might say yer never, never gonna win
- never gonna sin again
and you might think it�s never, never gonna happen to you
- nothin�s gonna see ya through
but whatcha gonna do, where�re you gonna fall
- when the fire�s passed to you ?

i see you fly so high - yeah, up to the sky
you could make it to the moon - yeah, if ya tried

keep on runnin on the edge of the night
with yer fire burnin so bright
don�t need to try to fly so high
there you'll burn your light like all fireflies

some people take it easy
n then they take it hard
some people love pushin round a little white dove

there ain�t no easy way out - but you can roll with the wind
n any time you want - you can roll right over n die



Rainbows
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rainbows - ribbons in the air
like whispers and dreams - never anywhere
people - walking and talking and such
remembering the days - never mean so much
i look for all the answers n understand the questions
n look inside the dreams n try to find the meanings

but rainbows - they don't have a care
like whispers and dreams - never anywhere
people - walking and talking and such
blindly through their days - never means so much
i wonder on the answers - and try to find the reasons
to disregard the questions - n try to find the meanings

rainbows - they don�t have a care
you can�t see them - but they�re ever everywhere
people - walking and talking around
searching for their dreams - never to be found

rainbows - colors in your mind
like pictures of dreams - even though we�re blind
people - cry through all their lives
becoming the questions - n then the answer dies
 Rainbows



 Flown Away
Flown Away
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shh .....
she smiled at the fireflies
said they look just like eyes
n he wasted the day away
hadn�t that much to say
can ya come out to play ?
ah, but that was yesterday
n all ya could not say ?
didn't need to anyway
you were flown away

shh .....
we sailed into the waiting dawn
with all of our lights turned on
he waited for the moon to rise
to join us in paradise
wishin your dreams away
heaven can find another way
watchin the world go by
n still the soul survives
now yer flown away

shh .....
she stayed there all alone
not that much is known
we wanted jus to see him on
now that one is gone
run from your sheltered life
til ya see with your own two eyes
thought you�d know by now
it�s goin around
are ya flown away ?



W.B.O.E.
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Demo 2002 - instrumental bass solo, with effects - mono



Enlightenment

..... and in the lower realms
countless civilizations too hostile for contact

tripped out space explorer
- i thought you could fly
show me your face, i emplore you
- look into my eyes
can ya keep the faith i've given you
- by thinkin twice ?
how d'ya like my universe
- don'tcha think it's nice ?

the faith that you seek
- is not within your reach
the paradise you fight to keep
- has long forgotten peace
any answers you may need
- are lyin there at your feet
you may crush them walkin in your sleep
- but with that you only plant their seeds

been through hell in half the time
n still has stars in her eyes
she trusts cuz she has the magic
- let her fly .......

spinning through infinity
ye struggle n ye try to see
the detriment of destiny
the fun of one philosophy
the ignorance of apathy
the emptiness of empathy
the arrogance of entropy
the islands of a subtle stream
n senses of impending doom
the silence in yer solitude
ye hide inside yer empty room
with promises all gone too soon
n burning now inside of you
is something left behind from youth
to find a long forgotten truth
they run n hide but not from you
to finish off yer fantasies
n all that you have tried to be
you exit it with ecstacy
n all the extremities of your dreams
 Enlightenment



 T I A H O T - the incidence and harmony of time
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Once Upon a Time (2:20) 549 K
Castles in the Sky (7:41) 7.0 MB
(1:12) 140 K Flower Child
(8:45) 4.0 MB Never Mind
Even - -
The Ride - -
- - Dance for the King
(5:02) 1.1 MB Heat
(8:23)
985 K
Stop n Stare (1:17) 152 K
Shadows (0:57) 114 K
Somehow (6:06) 716 K
- - Rest Easy
- - Camouflage
(18:32)
2.1 MB
When (10:42) 1.2 MB
Purple Roses (4:26) 520 K
Star Troopers (3:20) 392 K
(2:46) 289 K Beautiful
(6:28) 760 K Firefly
Rainbows (4:07) 485 K
Flown Away (5:23) 629 K
(3:51) 905 K W.B.O.E.
- - Enlightenment
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