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| how to make a ventriloquist dummy: How to Build a Ventriloquist Dummy - A Step by Step Guide for the Home Carpenter Anon, 2010-12 This guide to ventriloquism deals with building dummies. Thoroughly recommended reading for the ventriloquist without a mate. Extensively illustrated with black and white drawings and diagrams. This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience. |
| how to make a ventriloquist dummy: How to Build a Ventriloquist Dummy - A Step by Step Guide for the Home Carpenter Anon, 2011-06-30 This antiquarian book contains a comprehensive guide to designing, building, and using a wooden doll for ventriloquism. Written in clear, simple language and full of handy tips and detailed instructions, this volume constitutes the perfect book for the novice ventriloquist. It would also make for a great addition to any collection of allied literature. The chapters of this book include: “Ventriloquism”, “How to Build a Dummy”, “Mechanism For Realism – Part I”, “Mechanism for Realism – Part II”, “Painting the Dummy and Building the Body”. Many antiquarian books such as this are increasingly hard to come by and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this book now in an affordable, modern, high quality edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on ventriloquism. |
| how to make a ventriloquist dummy: The Art of Ventriloquism Frederic Maccabe, 1875 |
| how to make a ventriloquist dummy: Ventriloquism Made Easy Paul Stadelman, Bruce Fife, 2003-08 How to talk to your hand without looking stupid. |
| how to make a ventriloquist dummy: How to Build a Ventriloquist Dummy Brant Gilmer, 199? Instructions on how to build a ventriloquist dummy. They explain how to make a vent figure out of wood. Besides showing how to install the lower jaw that moves up and down, they also explain and show how to install side to side moving eyes. |
| how to make a ventriloquist dummy: The Secret of Ventriloquism Jon Padgett, 2016-10-17 With themes reminiscent of Shirley Jackson, Thomas Ligotti, and Bruno Shulz, but with a strikingly unique vision, Jon Padgett's The Secret of Ventriloquism heralds the arrival of a significant new literary talent. Padgett's work explores the mystery of human suffering, the agony of personal existence, and the ghastly means by which someone might achieve salvation from both. A bullied child who seeks vengeance within a bed's hollow box spring; a lucid dreamer haunted by an impossible house; a dummy that reveals its own anatomy in 20 simple steps; a stuttering librarian who holds the key to a mill town's unspeakable secrets; a commuter whose worldview is shattered by two words printed on a cardboard sign; an aspiring ventriloquist who spends a little too much time looking at himself in a mirror. And the presence that speaks through them all. |
| how to make a ventriloquist dummy: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Ventriloquism Taylor Mason, 2010-05-04 The art of bellyspeaking isn't for dummies The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Ventriloquism teaches everyone to speak from their bellies, create and substitute sounds, use all the registers of their voice, and create diversions to attract the listener's ear—whether they invest in a fancy puppet or create their own figure out of a sweat sock. • Includes tips for making, manipulating, and talking with their dummy and for it—both at the same time • Advice for getting an act together and taking it on the road-getting gigs, getting paid, and how to improve performances • How to write dialogue and jokes and rehearsal techniques |
| how to make a ventriloquist dummy: How to Become a Ventriloquist - Step by Step Guide to Ventriloquism, from Vocal Exercises to Making the Doll Anon, 2011-11-10 This vintage book contains a step-by-step guide to ventriloquism, and includes instructions on topics ranging from vocal exercises, to designing and constructing a doll. This detailed handbook contains a wealth of information that will be of considerable utility to the novice ventriloquist, and it would make for a great addition to collections of allied literature. The chapters include: “Ventriloquism”, “So you Want to be a Ventriloquist”, “How to Build a Dummy – Part I”, “How to Build a Dummy – Part II”, “Routines and Sketches” etcetera. Many antiquarian books such as this are increasingly hard to come by and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this book now in an affordable, modern, high quality edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on ventriloquism. |
| how to make a ventriloquist dummy: Dummy Days Kelly Asbury, 2003 Examines the best of the Golden Age of ventriloquism, by profiling five performers who turned a vaudevillian gimmick into an American art form, including Edgar Bergen, Paul Winchell, Jimmy Nelson and Shari Lewis. |
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| how to make a ventriloquist dummy: The Hacking of the American Mind Robert H. Lustig, 2017-09-12 Explores how industry has manipulated our most deep-seated survival instincts.—David Perlmutter, MD, Author, #1 New York Times bestseller, Grain Brain and Brain Maker The New York Times–bestselling author of Fat Chance reveals the corporate scheme to sell pleasure, driving the international epidemic of addiction, depression, and chronic disease. While researching the toxic and addictive properties of sugar for his New York Times bestseller Fat Chance, Robert Lustig made an alarming discovery—our pursuit of happiness is being subverted by a culture of addiction and depression from which we may never recover. Dopamine is the “reward” neurotransmitter that tells our brains we want more; yet every substance or behavior that releases dopamine in the extreme leads to addiction. Serotonin is the “contentment” neurotransmitter that tells our brains we don’t need any more; yet its deficiency leads to depression. Ideally, both are in optimal supply. Yet dopamine evolved to overwhelm serotonin—because our ancestors were more likely to survive if they were constantly motivated—with the result that constant desire can chemically destroy our ability to feel happiness, while sending us down the slippery slope to addiction. In the last forty years, government legislation and subsidies have promoted ever-available temptation (sugar, drugs, social media, porn) combined with constant stress (work, home, money, Internet), with the end result of an unprecedented epidemic of addiction, anxiety, depression, and chronic disease. And with the advent of neuromarketing, corporate America has successfully imprisoned us in an endless loop of desire and consumption from which there is no obvious escape. With his customary wit and incisiveness, Lustig not only reveals the science that drives these states of mind, he points his finger directly at the corporations that helped create this mess, and the government actors who facilitated it, and he offers solutions we can all use in the pursuit of happiness, even in the face of overwhelming opposition. Always fearless and provocative, Lustig marshals a call to action, with seminal implications for our health, our well-being, and our culture. |
| how to make a ventriloquist dummy: Night of the Living Dummy R. L. Stine, 2015-03-05 Discover the original bone-chilling adventures that made Goosebumpsone of the bestselling children's book series of all time! Lindy names the ventriloquist's dummy she finds Slappy. Slappy is kind of ugly, but he's a lot of fun. Lindy's having a great time learning to make Slappy move and talk. But Kris is jealous of all the attention her sister is getting. It's not fair. Why does Lindy always have all the luck? Kris decides to get a dummy of her own. She'll show Lindy! Then weird things begin to happen. Nasty things. Evil things. No way a dummy can be causing all the trouble. Or is there? From the bestselling author of Fear Street, now a hit show on NETFLIX Goosebumpshave been scaring generations of kids The books have been made into TV series and two feature films starring Jack Black (School of Rock)and Dylan Minnette (13 Reasons Why) |
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| how to make a ventriloquist dummy: Making a Fully Working Ventriloquist's Dummy Parragon Book Service Limited, Dennis Patten, 1995-11-01 Have you ever watched a ventriloquist perform and thought to yourself I wish I could do that but didn't know where to start? Now you can. This astonishing book contains easy-to-follow instructions and parts to make a full-size ventriloquist's dummy that opens and closes its mouth as well as raising and lowering its eyebrows. Despite its realistic movements, the model is simple to assemple and operate. It comes complete with two different moustaches and pairs of glasses to help you create your own personality for the dummy. You can even turn him into a her simply by adding ribboned bunches of hair. Full and easy instructions are included to make the dummy's clothes, which can be old cast-offs, quickly adapted adult clothes or you could try your hand at making a costume from scratch. - Back cover. |
| how to make a ventriloquist dummy: The Tony Sarg Marionette Book Frederick John McIsaac, 1921 |
| how to make a ventriloquist dummy: Who's the Dummy Now? Terry Fator, 2008 Describes how the ventriloquist overcame an abusive childhood and years as a struggling entertainer to pursue his dreams and, after winning America's Got Talent, has gone on to have a successful career in television and Las Vegas. |
| how to make a ventriloquist dummy: Night of the Living Dummy (Classic Goosebumps #1) R. L. Stine, 2011-08-01 Goosebumps now on Disney+! Lindy names the ventriloquist's dummy she finds Slappy. Slappy is kind of ugly, but he's a lot of fun. Lindy's having a great time learning to make Slappy move and talk. But Kris is jealous of all the attention her sister is getting. It's no fair. Why does Lindy always have all the luck?Kris decides to get a dummy of her own. She'll show Kris. Then weird things begin to happen. Nasty things. Evil things. No way a dummy can be causing all the trouble. Or is there?Now with all-new bonus material revealing Slappy's secrets and more. |
| how to make a ventriloquist dummy: Ventriloquism Made Easy Kolby King, 1997-06-17 How to speak without lip movement, develop dialogue and special effects, use props, plan a show, and much more. Indispensable for the absolute beginner. |
| how to make a ventriloquist dummy: Revenge of the Living Dummy R. L. Stine, 2008 12-year-old Britney Crosby's nightmare begins when she meets an old ventriloquist's dummy harboring an evil plan. She receives an invitation to an amusement park with an erie atmosphere accurately named, HorrorLand. Who sent the invitation and why are they luring normal kids to this wicked place? If Britney can't solve the mystery fast...she and her friends may be trapped there forever. |
| how to make a ventriloquist dummy: Megacatastrophes! David Darling, Dirk Schulze-Makuch, 2012-04-01 Acerbic dark humour meets hardcore science in this mind-boggling exploration of the nine worst ways the world could end Discover the mind-boggling science of the coming apocalypse! 'Curiously pleasurable… this will help you get your everyday problems into perspective.' Independent Which will get us first? The supervolcano in Yellowstone National Park? An asteroid hurtling through outer space? Black holes from CERN gobbling up the solar system? An army of deranged, super-intelligent AI? Or – who knows – alien invasion? Armed with lavish illustrations and their one-of-a-kind 'Catastrophometer', Dr David Darling and Dr Dirk Schulze-Makuch introduce the disasters you never saw coming, unpicking the science that makes them genuine possibilities, and providing everything from survival tips to danger ratings. So sit back, face the inevitable, and discover the delights of the nine oddest ways the world could end. |
| how to make a ventriloquist dummy: Creative Business Journal Kardan P. Publishing House, 2019-09 Enjoy our Creative Business Journal, Blank dotted journal in the letter size 6 x 9 inch; 15.24 x 22.86 cm. This is a beautiful journal for on the go creative business owners, architects and aspiring entrepreneurs. The dotted pages allow you to get creative and incorporate drawings, flow charts and plans in with your written notes. Journal features include: 150 cream pages. Handy 6x9 inch; 15.24x22.86 cm sizing that will fit comfortable in laptop bags, handbags, shoulder bags and sits beautifully on any desk of cafe table. Reliable features: Sturdy book industry binding (this is the same as you would find in your local bookshop). Tough Matt paperback. Creative journals make great presents for any occasion. Click The Buy Button At The Top Of The Page To Begin. Created Business Journal. Blank dotted paged journal |
| how to make a ventriloquist dummy: Mr Sparks Danny Weston, 2015-10 After his father goes missing in World War I, Owen is abandoned to live with his cruel aunt, and wishes he could escape his life of drudgery in her small seaside guesthouse. There he meets a mysterious guest, who appears to make his ventriloquist's dummy speak, even in his sleep. Soon Owen realizes that the dummy, Mr. Sparks, can really talk--and he's looking for a newer, younger puppet master. But Mr. Sparks has a dark past. |
| how to make a ventriloquist dummy: Diary of a Dummy (Goosebumps SlappyWorld #10) R. L. Stine, 2020-03-03 Goosebumps now on Disney+! What do Zoey and Billy Traister do when they find an abandoned ventriloquist dummy in an empty lot? They take him home, of course! As the pair tries to figure out why someone would throw out a perfectly good dummy, they accidentally bring Slappy to life. A night of horror ensues until the siblings put Slappy back into his case. But when they find Slappy's diary and clues that could lead to gold, they'll have to find Slappy's second diary while evading the evil dummy and other terrors. |
| how to make a ventriloquist dummy: My Friend Slappy (Goosebumps SlappyWorld #12) R. L. Stine, 2020-10-06 Goosebumps now on Disney+! Barton Suggs has it rough. He only has one friend, Lizzie Hellman. The school bullies are out to get him. And nobody believes him about it! After Barton gets pranked again, he's had enough! So when Barton brings Slappy to life, he's thrilled to find a new friend that's willing to help him get revenge on the bullies. Slappy's never had someone like him before. What's up with this Barton kid? Will Slappy's new Best Friend Forever end up his Worst Nightmare Ever? |
| how to make a ventriloquist dummy: Weird Fiction Review #2 S. T. Joshi, 2012-03-27 The is the second issue in a journal dedicated to Weird Fiction studies and history. |
| how to make a ventriloquist dummy: The Girl Who Cried Monster R.L. Stine, 2015-01-06 From the New York Times–bestselling Goosebumps series, a tween girl witnesses the librarian turning into a monster and everyone thinks she’s lying. She’s telling the truth . . . but no one believes her. Lucy likes to tell monster stories. She’s told so many that her friends and family are sick of it. Then one day Lucy discovers a real live monster: the librarian in charge of the summer reading program. Too bad Lucy’s told so many monster tall tales. Too bad no one believes a word she says. Too bad the monster knows who she is . . . and is coming after her next. |
| how to make a ventriloquist dummy: The EC Archives: Tales from the Crypt Volume 1 Various, 2021-05-18 As any fan of comics knows, EC Comics still represent the best of golden age writing and artwork. Now, Dark Horse Books is proud to bring you the very first issues of EC's Tales from the Crypt, featuring the amazing artistic talents of Johnny Craig, Al Feldstein, George Roussos, Wally Wood, Harvey Kurtzman, Graham Ingels, and Jack Kamen! |
| how to make a ventriloquist dummy: HowExpert Guide to Ventriloquism HowExpert, 2024-09-13 If you're passionate about ventriloquism and ready to take your skills to the next level, then HowExpert Guide to Ventriloquism is the perfect resource to guide you! Whether you're a beginner eager to explore the art or an experienced performer looking to refine your craft, this guide offers a comprehensive, step-by-step journey from foundational skills to advanced techniques. Chapter 1: Introduction to Ventriloquism – Explore the history of ventriloquism, the art of voice throwing, and the essential skills every ventriloquist needs. Chapter 2: Understanding the Basics – Learn the fundamentals of speaking without moving your lips, voice modulation, and creating distinct voices for your characters. Chapter 3: Puppet Basics – Discover how to choose the perfect puppet, understand different puppet types, and take care of your puppet to keep it in top shape. Chapter 4: Mastering Character Voices – Craft unique personalities for your puppets, create realistic dialogues, and switch between voices seamlessly during performances. Chapter 5: Lip Control Techniques – Practice key exercises for controlling lip movements, avoiding common mistakes, and perfecting natural-sounding conversations. Chapter 6: Puppet Manipulation and Movement – Learn the techniques for manipulating your puppet's body and face to make it appear lifelike, synchronized with your voice. Chapter 7: Developing a Comedy Routine – Write jokes, time your punchlines, and infuse humor into your act to keep your audience engaged and entertained. Chapter 8: Performing on Stage – Overcome stage fright, engage with your audience, and handle unexpected situations while performing live. Chapter 9: Building Your Act – Structure your performance, rehearse effectively, and add variety to your routine to ensure your act stays fresh and exciting. Chapter 10: Expanding Your Skills – Explore improvisation techniques, incorporate multiple characters into your performance, and use props to enhance your act. Chapter 11: Advanced Ventriloquism Techniques – Master complex dialogues with multiple puppets, tackle challenging sounds, and create immersive thematic shows. Chapter 12: Marketing and Promoting Yourself – Build your personal brand, grow an online presence, and network with other performers to land paid gigs. Chapter 13: The Business of Ventriloquism – Learn the business side of ventriloquism, including managing finances, booking gigs, and working with agents and venues. Chapter 14: Continuing to Grow as a Ventriloquist – Connect with ventriloquism communities, attend conventions, and keep up with industry trends to enhance your skills. Chapter 15: Ventriloquism in the Digital Age – Learn how to leverage platforms like YouTube and TikTok to build a fanbase and monetize your performances online. Chapter 16: Lessons from Iconic Ventriloquists (Based on Public Sources) – Discover insights and key takeaways from famous ventriloquists based on publicly available information. Chapter 17: The Future of Ventriloquism – Explore the role of AI, virtual puppetry, and other technological advancements in shaping the future of ventriloquism. Chapter 18: Conclusion – Final tips for success as you continue your ventriloquism journey, embracing creativity and passion for the craft. Appendices – Access downloadable resources, scripts, tools, and additional materials to support your ventriloquism practice and performances. With its blend of traditional techniques and modern strategies—including digital tools, online performance tips, and future-facing AI integration—HowExpert Guide to Ventriloquism will not only teach you the art of ventriloquism but also prepare you for the evolving landscape of the craft. Whether performing live or online, you'll be fully equipped to take the stage with confidence, captivate audiences, and bring your puppets to life! HowExpert publishes how to guides on all topics from A to Z. |
| how to make a ventriloquist dummy: Night of the Living Dummy II R. L. Stine, 1995 Amy gets a new ventriloquist dummy, Slappy, and horrible things start happening. |
| how to make a ventriloquist dummy: Calliope Kate and the Voice of the River Karen Konnerth, 2022-05-09 Kate, a tall-tale heroine born on a Mississippi River shanty boat, frustrates her ma's attempts to tame her until she astounds everyone by defeating a hurricane through the blaring cacophony of a truly American instrument--the steamboat calliope. A fact-based tale in the tradition of Paul Bunyan, Kate's adventure invites the reader into a unique aspect of American history while bringing to life a strong girl who never gives up and finds her true voice. |
| how to make a ventriloquist dummy: The Art of Stop-motion Animation Ken A. Priebe, 2007 Through the magic of stop-motion animation, inanimate objects seem to spring to life. With true artistic passion and finesse, a stop-motion film evokes the nostalgia of childhood when imagination could bring toys to life. Stop-motion retains the art and performance that are the heart and soul of captivating animation. Beginning with a history of stop-motion animation, The Art of Stop-Motion Animation takes you on a unique journey - uncovering the origins of this art form and examining what continues to draw viewers to these films. Through several hands-on exercises, you'll learn how to create puppets and how to bring them to life as you create your own stop-motion film. Interviews with industry professionals offer a fascinating, behind-the-scenes look into the undying art form of stop-motion animation. |
| how to make a ventriloquist dummy: Humanscale 1/2/3 Niels Diffrient, Alvin R. Tilley, Joan C. Bardagjy, 2017-12-29 The Humanscale series is an important toolkit for everyone who designs for the human body. It incorporates the extensive amount of human engineering data compiled and organized by Henry Dreyfuss Associates throughout the twentieth century, including research of anthropologists, psychologists, scientists, human engineers, and medical experts.Originally published in 1974, Humanscale 1/2/3 consists of pictorial selectors equipped with rotary dials. This portfolio contains three selectors (two sides each) which present over 20,000 bits of information, encompassing anthropometry, guidelines for seating design, and requirements for the handicapped and elderly. Men, women, and children¿large and small¿¿are represented. Measurements are given in metric as well as English units.Engineers, architects, industrial designers, planners, interior and furniture designers, and craftsmen will find that the selectors minimize their searching through numerous and conflicting sources and unreliable information. The Humanscale materials are not a panacea, of course. More detailed studies dealing with interior space, safety, human strength and movement, displays, vision, reach, and controls should also be consulted. The selectors should be used in a creative way, and models and mock-ups based on the data should be tried out with the intended users. |
| how to make a ventriloquist dummy: Ghosts in the Garden of England Alan Tigwell, 2018-11 Kent; commonly referred to as the garden of England due to the abundance of green spaces, hop gardens and fruit farms. However, beneath the surface or rolling fields and quaint villages, there is a darker, more sinister history of ghosts and the paranormal. Join author Alan Tigwell as he takes you on a tour of the unknown haunted locations around the county. From Happy Valley in Tunbridge Wells, to Cobtree Manor Park in Aylesford, you will hear about the heart warming, spooky and scary true ghost stories of towns close by. The tales in this book have never been previously published; they can't be found in other books or anywhere on the internet as they were all told directly to the author by the people involved. There are also personal stories from the author, which give details about some of the paranormal investigations he has been involved in. The fact that these are the true life stories of real people is what makes them even more frightening and chilling. |
| how to make a ventriloquist dummy: Always the Young Strangers Carl Sandburg, 2015-10-20 The Pulitzer Prize–winning poet and historian recalls his midwestern boyhood in this classic memoir. Born in a tiny cottage in Galesburg, Illinois, in 1878, Carl Sandburg grew with America. As a boy he left school at the age of thirteen to embark on a life of work—driving a milk wagon and serving as a hotel porter, a bricklayer, and a farm laborer before eventually finding his place in the world of literature. In Always the Young Strangers, Sandburg delivers a nostalgic view of small-town life around the turn of the twentieth century and an invaluable perspective on American history. |
| how to make a ventriloquist dummy: Puppet Graveyard Tim Curran, 2017-08-02 Five months after her sister Gloria disappeared, Kitty Seevers receives a lock of Gloria's hair in the mail. No return address. Just a cryptic message that brings Kitty to the Bamboo Lounge and into the twisted realm of ventriloquist Ronny McBane and his dummy, Piggy. Kitty descends into a haunted place where reality is frayed, where the puppetmaster and puppet seem to have reversed roles—a nightmare place where a dummy moves and speaks when his master is nowhere near him. Kitty suspects not only is there something wrong with McBane and his dummy, but a greater evil is at work as those named by the dummy are dying horrible deaths. And now she has been named by the same soul-eater that destroyed her sister. |
| how to make a ventriloquist dummy: Devil of Delphi Jeffrey Siger, 2015 Delphi once stood at the center of the world, where kings and warriors journeyed to hear its Oracle speak. Athenian Kharon chooses modern Delphi to rebuild his life but his assassin's skills so in demand, that his fate does not rest entirely in his own hands. Greece is being flooded with bomba: counterfeits of the most celebrated alcoholic beverages and wine brands and the woman behind the conspiracy demands Kharon's skills. Chief Inspector Kaldis enters a political and media firestorm that threatens to bring down Greece's government. |
| how to make a ventriloquist dummy: The Complete Roderick John Sladek, 2005-01-04 Two novels about the education of a young machine: “In a properly run universe Sladek’s Roderick would be considered a major American novel. Which it is.” —Michael Dirda, The Washington Post Roderick is a robot who learns. He begins life looking like a toy tank, thinking like a child, and knowing nothing about human ways. But as he will discover, growing up and becoming fully human is no easy task in a world where many people seem to have little trouble giving up their humanity. The Complete Roderick—consisting of the Philip K. Dick Award nominee Roderick and Roderick at Random—is widely considered to be the most ambitious and genius work of a novelist described by The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction as “the most formally inventive, the funniest, and very nearly the most melancholy of modern US science fiction writers.” “A major comic talent . . . hilarious and serious.” —Sunday Times “Superb . . . comparable with early Kurt Vonnegut.” —Time Out “To the small band of science-fiction humorists who can actually make you laugh—my own list features, in alphabetical order, Douglas Adams and Robert Sheckley—please add the name of John Sladek.” —The New York Times Book Review |
| how to make a ventriloquist dummy: Night of the Living Dummy III R. L. Stine, 1996 Trina O'Dell's dad has lots of dummies in the attic from his old ventriloquist act, but now there are voices in the attic and dummies keep showing up in the strangest places. |
| how to make a ventriloquist dummy: Talking For Two Wanda E. Brunstetter, 2013-07-01 Her stuttering and lack of self-confidence have her locked in a trap she can't escape. She's faced these problems since childhood, when her pretty, outgoing sister was born. Wanting to serve the Lord--and show her family she can amount to something--Tabby enrolls in a class on ventriloquism. When she visits the shop of accomplished ventriquist Seth Byers to inquire about buying a dummy, he quickly notices her potential. With the help of Tabby's best friend, Seth begins a campaign to turn Tabby into what he thinks she should be--the perfect woman to be his wife. But Tabby knows she will never be perfect. Will she ever let go of her shyness and use her talent to serve God? Will Seth be able to love her just as she is? Or will Tabby spend the rest of her life letting her dummy talk for two? |
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