Volume 32 No. 12 | December 2021 |
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Message from Hazel Bowman, RScP
CSLP Practitioner Core Chair
In solemn reverence of this holy season, I wish to write … Knock Knock. As I was stating, these sacred days are filled with our wonder and … KNOCK KNOCK! (Sigh) … Who’s there? Gladys. Gladys who? Gladys the holidays! Aren’t you too?
This is the season where our hearts lift, knowing that there is only One Presence, One Life in which we each live and move and have our being. This month celebrates all the faith traditions that have long recognized this simple truth and that Divine Love has prepared the way.
And Divine Love has certainly prepared the way for the Center! A few weeks ago, led by Karen Rader RScP, the Practitioner Core had an Energy Clearing ceremony, going through each and every room at the Center. Perhaps you’ve already noticed the cleansing freshness of Spirit as you enter through our doors. Lovingly we are preparing for our new Interim Minister that we know Spirit already has in mind for us.
Thanks to our coordinator Scott Thompson RScP, once again we have tremendous guest speakers! Sharon Tice RScP (Dec 5) will remind us of “A World that Works for Everyone”, Sandy Kimmerle RScP (Dec 12) will be sharing insights on “Surrender”, Jon Haass RScP (Dec 19) will focus on “Becoming Love: the Dark and the Light”, and on December 26 don’t miss hearing Rev. Rhonda Tretsven who will be here from Hemet, CA with her message “The Hopes & Fears of All the Years.”
We also have two special services this month, both starting at 6:00 PM, being facilitated by Diane Gesell RScP. On Wednesday December 8 is our Blue Christmas service. We recognize that for many this is a difficult time of year. The public tone of the season does not resonate with your private experience. This service is of healing and wholeness, experiencing God’s presence and love, and departing with the joy that comes from memory and a sense of shared peace. Then on Tuesday December 21 (Solstice) come join our Candle Lighting Service as we lift our voices in song and let our light shine brightly as we light our candles, blessing all.
As Ernest Holmes wrote, “The joy of the Christmas Spirit is eternally mine. The comfort of the Christ Idea finds an abiding place in my consciousness.”
I’m wishing each of you Happy Hanukkah (Nov 28-Dec 6), Holy Bodhi Day (Dec 8), Blessed Yule/Solstice (Dec 21), Joyous Pancha Ganapati (Dec 21-Dec 25), Merry Christmas (Dec 25) and Happy Kwanzaa (Dec 26-Jan 1). How grateful I am that we can celebrate them all, knowing that it is all a reflection of the One.
Love and more love,
Hazel
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We have exciting news! On Sunday November 14 we welcomed six new members to our congregation! They are a beautiful group of ladies and will be a wonderful asset to our community. Our new members are Mona Stephens, KaDawna Gasson, Dana Moore, Joyce Kaye, Gail Austin and Janet Greenlee.
Welcome ladies! We are so pleased to have you join our growing family. We are all truly blessed.
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New Committee Being Formed! |
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The Board of Trustees is looking ahead in creating a committee to engage both the Quad Cities and online communities in open dialogue, by moving forward in sharing our Centers mission and vision as a path to increase membership and awareness to a broader audience. By expanding the Centers Love and Joy outside of our walls we are including others as we grow. Anyone interested in this exciting endeavor please reach out to a Board Member. |
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DATES: Saturday, December 18, 2021
TIME: 1:00PM - 2:00PM
COST: Love Offering - $10 is suggested
WHERE: At CSLP in the Sanctuary
PRESENTED BY: Niki Shields
Experience healing sounds as presented by Niki Shields.
This Meditation produces feelings of peace, freedom from fear,
anxiety, depression, grief, and much, much more. Invite a friend or two.
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Join us to learn all about Center for Spiritual Living Prescott, including
our programs, our classes and how CSLP can serve you as you walk out your spiritual journey. This gathering will be at the Center, in person. We can't wait to get to know you! Let us know if you are interested!!!
DATE: January 15, 2022
DAY: Saturday
TIME: 12:30 pm — 2:30 pm
LOCATION: In Person, at CSL Prescott
COST: Free!
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The Heart Connection is, again, up and running at CSL-Prescott. Members are Grace McManus, Sharon Tice, Jeri Arenson, Sudra Tolbert, Margaret Norton, DyAnn Brooks, Gena Bonacci, and Patricia Weiberg.
The team has been working with Janet in the office and Chris Pearce of the Board to update our membership list. Each Heart Connection member has a team of folks with whom they will keep in touch, calling periodically and sending cards for special occasions. They will also be getting together for lunch periodically to enjoy time with their Heart Connection friends, discuss any needed updates, and write cards for their teams.
If anyone is interested in joining our Heart Connection or have any questions, please contact Grace McManus or Sharon Tice. Talk to them at the Center; also their contact information is on the Practitioner Board. The Heart Connection offers the opportunity to get to know more CSL-Prescott members and to enjoy time together. We look forward to reaching out to our members and to including anyone who would like to join us.
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"WE ARE FAMILY"
(Sister Sledge 1999)
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The Holidays are here for real; and at our Prescott CSL, consciousness is on the rise! Most known Spiritual, Religious or Philosophical systems hold end-of-year days with some measure of sacredness. Our founder Earnest Holmes began an intellectual inquiry into commonality rather than differences between Science, Religion and Philosophy – he later named it “The Golden Thread” – and over time, an intellectual exercise morphed into a spiritual system guided by love, by law and principles we hold sacred today. What a journey – without end as humans aspire and evolve toward greater experiences of love and serenity and personal peace. In my belief, it is by grace that we can take this journey for the most part in an atmosphere of intellectual and spiritual and religious freedom.
We weren’t meant to live in isolation, yet we all came into a family of origin. For many, thoughts of family are loving and stimulating, others not so much and most a mixture. “But wait, there’s more.”
We’re free to create and recreate family again and again, expanding our thinking about what family means to us – for us; how we give and receive with one another in a season of giving and receiving.
Your Practitioner Core’s calling is to give, receive and serve year-round – seeing good, being our best and treating life with love. For many years, we have given ourselves the gift of a two-day retreat away from the Center, led by a Religious Scientist of national/international reputation, standing and accomplishment. As a statement of its value to each of us, we chose from the get-go to self-fund it, requesting the leader stay over as a guest speaker so you could experience some of their gift(s) we received. The rising consciousness from my opening sentence has already started showing itself. Watch for more and decide how you wish to play in our up-leveling of community – of family.
Best Blessings of this joyous season
Mel Hirsch, RScP
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JOIN US ONLINE ON SUNDAYS |
CSL Prescott is still here for you, and Sunday services are happening each week online. Join us on Facebook Live and YouTube every Sunday:
10:00 AM for meditation and 10:30 AM for service. We can't wait to see you!
Meditation: 10:00
Service time: 10:30
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Financial Contributions
Center for Spiritual Living Prescott is non-profit and your donations are tax deductible.
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Watch Messages Online
With our YouTube channel, you'll never miss one of the Centers inspiring messages!
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Contact Us
Phone: (928) 778-1602
3755 Willow Creek Rd
Prescott, AZ 86301
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Winter
Start A New in 2022 Scott Thompson, RScP
The time of change has come. If the sadness and sorrow of the past 2 years has prevented you from moving forward into a new. This workshop is for you .
If you are wanting to jump start a project or idea or maybe you are just ready to say, I am ready for change? This workshop is for you. Get your soul ready for 2022 and dive in with Scott Thompson. Scott has led this specific type of workshop in Las Vegas to sellout crowds year after year and this time he’s bringing it to Prescott CSL. All you need is a pen, a journal (new CSL journals will be available for purchase) and a desire to experience something new in your life.
Length of Course: 1 Day, January 2, 2022
Meeting: Sunday, 2pm – 3:30pm Arizona Time. In Person only at CSLP
Cost: $22
Masks and Social Distancing will be required for everyone’s safety
A Consciousness of Joy! Sandy Kimmerle, RScP
Everyone can use more joy in their lives! This class provides an opportunity to explore what joy means to you. We will explore ways to increase joy in our lives from the inside, whether anything has changed in our current world or not. This class is geared toward having fun as we learn. It will be a joy to have you here!
Length of Course: 4 weeks, January 15 – February 5
Meeting: Saturday mornings 9:00am to 12 Noon, In Person only at CSLP
Cost: $10 materials fee plus Love Offerings
Spiritual Principles On Zoom Rev. Lezli Goodwin
Living the best possible life takes practice, practice, practice. Discover proven practices that bring spiritual principle into action allowing you to manifest a desired goal or intention. Through this course, which offers spiritual practices and their methods that you can begin using NOW, you will begin to see results and changes in your life.
Length of Course: 5 weeks, January 26 – February 23
Meeting: Wednesdays, 5:30-8:30 pm Arizona Time
Location: Zoom
Cost: $175.00
Registration Fee: $45.00
Foundational Class
Prerequisites: None
Books: This Thing Called You - Ernest Holmes
Spring
Practical Mysticism Hazel Bowman, RScP Instructor, Sharon Tice, RScP, T.A.
This course is an exploration of mysticism, what it is and what it is not. It provides the framework for the student to live a more mystical life in present time. Each student sets a personal intention for their lives. Emphasis is given to the practice of meditation and the practice of witnessing consciousness. This course is ideal for those seeking to deepen their own awareness of the Divine reality in daily living.
Length of Course: 10 Weeks, February 19 – April 23
Meeting: Saturday mornings 8:30am - 11:30am, In Person & Online/Zoom
Prerequisites: None
Foundational Course
Text: The Foundations of Mysticism by Joel Goldsmith
Entering the Castle: Finding the Inner Path to God and Your Soul’s
Purpose by Caroline Myss
Cost: $295.00
Early Bird Special: $245.00 until Friday, February 11
CSL Registration Fee: $45/student
This Thing Called You (SOM203) Grace McManus, RScP Instructor
This class was created to deepen the students’ understanding that they are an individualized expression of God. Topics of exploration include: co-creation, the power of belief, you inner authority, and how to increase your faith. This is excellent for new students and as a refresher course for a more experienced student.
Length of Course: 8 Weeks, May 7 – June 25
Meeting: Saturday mornings 9:00am – 12 Noon, In Person & Online/Zoom
Foundational Course
Required Text: This Thing Called You by Ernest Holmes
Cost: $245.00
Early Bird Special: $195.00 until Sunday, May 1
CSL Registration Fee: $45.00/student
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Science of Mind Magazine
Tuesday Study Group
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Join us on Zoom Tuesday nights at 5:30 pm Arizona time for fellowship, reading and discussion of an article from the current issue of the Science of Mind Magazine.
For Zoom Log In info and to get on the mailing list for reminders contact:
Chris Pearce at (914) 262-8599
cpearce0802@gmail.com
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If you are interested in joining others online for a daily spiritual practice,
their morning prayer groups.
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POWER OF THE WORD BOOKSTORE |
Hi, all you CSLP friends!
Your bookstore is open and ready to serve your needs such as:
Class books and sign-ups, a good variety of books by Ernest Holmes,
as well as many Spiritual and Philosophical titles to explore.
Holiday items, Calendars, Divination cards, Magazines and more are available
and we will be adding new items weekly.
As a non-profit organization everything is tax free and prices well below retail as well.
If you are interested in joining our bookstore team, we are looking for volunteers. Training will be provided, and new ideas are
welcome! Stop in and check us out.
Sudra
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I want to remind everyone that if you need a ride, please reach out to me. I am working at getting Swoop set up again to make the process a little easier.
Phone: (207) 841-7505
Email: ninar7979@gmail.com
Blessings,
Nina R
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December 5 -"A WORLD THAT WORKS FOR EVERYONE
December 12 - “BECOMING LOVE: THE DARK AND THE LIGHT”
December 19 - “SURRENDER”
December 26 - “THE HOPES & FEARS OF ALL THE YEARS”
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CSLP Guest Speakers for December 2021 |
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SUNDAY DECEMBER 5
GUEST SPEAKER SHARON TICE, RScP
“A WORLD THAT WORKS FOR EVERYONE”
Sharon is joyfully a new Practitioner. She and her husband retired here to Prescott after many, many wonderful years working as a mental health and chemical dependency RN. She was a long-term care Ombudsman, a member of a community crisis team, an advocate for the mentally ill, and an advocate for the LGBTQ community. She firmly believes in working towards racial equality and in a world that works for everyone.
She loves animals (perhaps you’ve met her fur-baby Junior) and is a strong advocate on their behalf.
“I love Prescott and love being a member of the Center for Spiritual Living-Prescott.”
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WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 8
BLUE CHRISTMAS SERVICE
6:00 PM
Facilitator: Diane Gesell, RScP
In Person and Live Streaming
on the Center's YouTube channel
For many, this is a difficult time of year. The public tone of the season does not resonate with your private experience. This service is of healing and wholeness, experiencing God’s presence and love, and departing with the joy that comes from memory and a sense of shared peace.
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SUNDAY DECEMBER 12
GUEST SPEAKER SANDY KIMMERLE, RScP
“SURRENDER”
Sandy Kimmerle grew up in Southern California. She taught school for 37 years, before retirement. With her husband, Tom, she moved to Prescott 6 years ago. She and Tom joined CSL Prescott about 5 years ago.
She became a Practitioner last August. She strongly believes in the philosophy behind Science of Mind. She finds Joy and Love everywhere and loves to help others find their love and joy as well.
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SUNDAY DECEMBER 19
GUEST SPEAKER DR. JON HAASS, RScP
“BECOMING LOVE: THE DARK AND THE LIGHT”
Supporting the December theme the “Journey of Becoming” we imagine the journey of a mother Mary in the cold and darkening times prior to the longest night of the winter solstice as she becomes love.
Dr. Jon C. Haass was licensed as a practitioner at the Foothill Center for Spiritual Living in Auburn CA in 2010. Together with Jackson Rauch, he offers Monday Meditation on the CSLP Facebook page. The current series is called Counting on Meditation. He is also a licensed life coach with training from the Coactive method taught at the Coaches Training Institute.
Jon has lived in Boston, San Francisco Bay Area before moving to Prescott in 2013. He serves as the President and as Chair of the Board for the not for profit Prescott Regional Opportunity Foundation. He was the founding faculty and served as department chair of the Cyber Intelligence and Security degree programs at the nation’s first College of Business, Security and Intelligence
at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, Arizona.
He grew up in Wyoming (also a mile high but cooler) and enjoys the sunny outdoors available in the Prescott area with its mountains, trails and lakes.
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TUESDAY DECEMBER 21
CANDLE LIGHTING SERVICE
6:00 PM
Facilitator: Diane Gesell, RScP
In Person and Live Streaming
on the Center's YouTube Channel
So much beautiful music! Raise your voice in song and let your light shine brightly, blessing all, during this sacred holiday service.!"
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SUNDAY DECEMBER 26
GUEST SPEAKER REV. RHONDA TRETSVEN
“THE HOPES & FEARS OF ALL THE YEARS”
Rev. Rhonda Tretsven considers herself to be a "part-time" resident of Prescott as she has a brother who has lived in Prescott Valley for the last 30 years whom she visits regularly.
For the last 12 years, she has served as the Senior Minister at CSL Hemet in California, Currently, she and her husband Charles Barfoot have relocated to Tempe, Arizona. She is a graduate of Holmes Institute of San Diego, the University of Philosophical Research in Los Feliz, CA, and holds a Bachelors’ Degree in Religious Studies and a minor in Anthropology from Arizona State University.
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CHILDREN'S ASSOCIATION OF AWESOMENESS |
The Children's Association of Awesomeness has started having our own live Zoom CAA meetings on Sunday mornings. Your children, grandchildren, neighbor kids and young friends are welcome to join in the fun! Just have them log in with the link below at 9:30 AM for 30 minutes of age-appropriate spiritual fun.
Topic: Children's Association of Awesomeness!
Time: Sundays, 9:30-10:00 AM Arizona
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 987 8188 7916
Password: 3ZgaUv
Lots of love,
Erin & Diane
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World Peace Meditation
on CSL Facebook
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This event is put on by the Centers for Spiritual Living Facebook
12 NOON Greenwich Mean Time,
which is 5AM Prescott Time
In the November SOM Magazine, page 96, there is an article about
the CSL World Peace Mediation
Hope you can join!
The John Randolph Price Meditation is available online if you
wish to download
Questions? Contact Karen Rader
kraderlight@gmail.com
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Love and Light is a group of people who enjoy celebrating the goodness that exists in and around us. We have used two books for our discussions over the last two years. One is FROM AGING TO SAGEING by Miller and Schachter-Shalomi and the other is COMFORTABLE WITH UNCERTAINTY by Pema Chodron. Our small group has been together for about two years finding inspiration and support for what is going on in our lives.
WHEN: First Monday of the Month
TIME: 1:30 pm
WHERE: CSLP in Sibley Hall
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Originally, we were a Circle formed to bring together those individuals who were volunteering for candle lighting and greeting. However, you don't have to be a volunteer in those areas to join our group. Contact Kay Krizek at (818)486-1888 or just show up! You will be heartily welcomed!
We ALWAYS need volunteers to greet people at the door and to light candles during the service. Feel free to sign up on the table near the front door!
Kay Krizek
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Please reach out for prayer, conversation and emotional support during this challenging time. We can only be there for you if you reach out and let us know what you need. Remember, we love you so much, and it's our pleasure to be there for you.
PRACTITIONER INFORMATION
Hazel Bowman: (928) 541-1521
Diane Gesell: (928) 308-8759
Mel Hirsch: (928) 254-7169
Jon Haass: (928) 632-2711
Sandy Kimmerle: (928) 925-3102
Grace McManus: (562) 595-3462
Karen Rader: (928) 710-1908
Richard Rader: (928) 710-6079
M Sue Sharer: (928) 771-2791
Sharon Tice: (951) 532-1691
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HOSPITALITY
Chris Hofer (914 262-8599,
Jim Holmes • Kelsey Chambers • Beth Mosier
Marilyn Standish • Kay Krizek • Nancy Kelly
USHERS & GREETERS
Albin Wisniewski • Richard Rader
Nancy Stanton • Ken Kasner
Claire LaPlume • Pearl Goodman
Kay Krizek • Kathleen Gustafson
Patricia Weiberg • Nancy Kelly
CANDLE LIGHTERS
Kyra Molitor • Sonia Wijts
Nancy Kelly • Ricki Reynolds
Don Bishop • Beth Mosier
BOOKSTORE
Sudra Tolbert • Jim Holmes
Sandy Kimmerle • Christi Scrivener
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HEART CONNECTION
Coordinator: Grace McManus
Gena Bonacci • Margaret Norton
• Sudra Tolbert • Patricia Weiberg
• Susan Congdon • Sharon Tice
• DyAnn Brooks • Jeri Arneson
HEART RIDES
Nina Rochette
BUILDING & GROUNDS
Albin Wisniewski
PRACTITIONERS
Sue Sharer • Jon Haass
Karen Rader • Diane Gesell
Sandy Kimmerle • Mel Hirsch
Dave Sharer • Hazel Bowman
• Grace McManus • Scott Thompson
Sharon Tice
OFFICE ANGELS
Albin Wisniewski • Sudra Tolbert
Joanne Carson
SOUND/AV & ONLINE SERVICE
TECH TEAM
Clay Smith • Jackson Rauch
Nina Rochette
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Thank you, Volunteers! Your time, talent and
energy are greatly appreciated!
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The Practitioners continue to visit members in person and by phone.
October 2021 Visit Report
9 in-person visits
32 phone visits.
1 virtual prayer for someone having surgery.
November 2021 Visit Report:
11 in person visits
48 Telephone calls
7 Virtual for those having procedures
1 Ride to or from Center
If you know of someone needing connection, please let one of the practitioners know.
Being n touch is so important and the practitioners are honored and willing to help.
Please let us also know if you are interested in taking a class on visitation or if you are willing to help with giving rides to services and events at the Center. The team effort of supporting each other is beautiful and meaningful for all.
Love, Light and Blessings,
Karen & Richard Rader
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DECEMBER BIRTHDAYS
Barbara Butterfield, 12/2
Elin Myers, 12/9
Laura Urquhart, 12/12
Jeri Arenson, 12/14
Don Bishop, 12/18
Jim Holmes, 12/22
Grace McManus, 12/22
Elaine Soroka, 12/25
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ERNEST HOLMES QUOTES
"We do not earn our immortality. It is a gift from God. But we do have to earn the ability to experience and enjoy it. This is a gift we shall have to make to ourselves. This world and the next are but two parts of one journey, which can, if we permit it, be filled with hope and joy." – Ernest Holmes, Ideas for Living, p. 94
"Everything in the Universe is for us. Nothing is against us. We must know that everywhere we go we meet friendship, love, and helpfulness. Life is ever giving of Itself. We must receive, utilize, and extend the gift. Success and prosperity are spiritual attributes belonging to all people." - Ernest Holmes, The Science of Mind,
p. 33
"We are created with an inner drive and necessity that sends all of us looking for our True Self, whether we know it or not. This journey is a spiral and never a strait line." - Richard Rohr
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Please remember CSL Prescott in your financial giving.
You can make a contribution HERE.
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