From dave.s.doyle at gmail.com Wed Aug 16 08:20:11 2017 From: dave.s.doyle at gmail.com (Dave Doyle) Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2017 11:20:11 -0400 Subject: [tpm] Meetings Message-ID: Hi All, So I've been in my new job for 3 months now and my calendar has gotten crazy. I can no longer guarantee my ability to host or organize due to job constraints. For example, I will be flying Wednesday Aug 29th so I can't host a meeting this month. This somewhat accelerates my need for another organizer to step up. So... what say ye all? Is there someone who can step up? Is there anyone who has access to another venue? I can likely OCCASIONALLY provide the venue at this point, but no more than that and it's subject to cancellation due to the project I'm on. Or should we fold it up because I've gone from not much time to zero time? Dave -- dave.s.doyle at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From olaf.alders at gmail.com Wed Aug 16 11:12:31 2017 From: olaf.alders at gmail.com (Olaf Alders) Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2017 14:12:31 -0400 Subject: [tpm] Meetings In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <65F4A773-543A-4040-A216-F8566C3F3BFF@gmail.com> > On Aug 16, 2017, at 11:20 AM, Dave Doyle wrote: > > Hi All, > > So I've been in my new job for 3 months now and my calendar has gotten crazy. I can no longer guarantee my ability to host or organize due to job constraints. > > For example, I will be flying Wednesday Aug 29th so I can't host a meeting this month. > > This somewhat accelerates my need for another organizer to step up. > > So... what say ye all? Is there someone who can step up? Is there anyone who has access to another venue? I can likely OCCASIONALLY provide the venue at this point, but no more than that and it's subject to cancellation due to the project I'm on. Or should we fold it up because I've gone from not much time to zero time? First off, let me thank Dave for carrying TPM on his capable shoulders for so long. Aside from the question of a venue, I'd like to propose shifting to quarterly rather than monthly meetings. Lightning talks in Sept, a social in December and technical talks in March and June. This *might* raise attendance and bring more of a social aspect back to the meetings. I've noticed that the meetings I've been to lately don't regularly have a social aspect afterwards, which really is a nice part of the group. If I know this is only happening 4 times/year, I'm more likely to block it off in my calendar. We could always switch back to monthly if somebody had the energy to take that on, but fewer meetings seems like the path of least resistance. We could still organize ad-hoc meetings if somebody really needs to give a talk or if someone is going to be in town (like Damian or Jim Keenan), but I think it takes a lot of effort to get quality talks in month after month and this would allow the PM group to continue with less stress. Olaf From talexb at gmail.com Wed Aug 16 16:36:01 2017 From: talexb at gmail.com (Alex Beamish) Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2017 19:36:01 -0400 Subject: [tpm] Meetings In-Reply-To: <65F4A773-543A-4040-A216-F8566C3F3BFF@gmail.com> References: <65F4A773-543A-4040-A216-F8566C3F3BFF@gmail.com> Message-ID: Guys, thanks for your updates. Olaf, Going to quarterly meetings is a sensible suggestion -- I think it's a great idea. I'm already looking forward to the September lightning talks. Dave, thanks for your tireless efforts to organize our monthly meetings. It's been greatly appreciated by all of us. Cheers, Alex On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 2:12 PM, Olaf Alders wrote: > > > On Aug 16, 2017, at 11:20 AM, Dave Doyle wrote: > > > > Hi All, > > > > So I've been in my new job for 3 months now and my calendar has gotten > crazy. I can no longer guarantee my ability to host or organize due to job > constraints. > > > > For example, I will be flying Wednesday Aug 29th so I can't host a > meeting this month. > > > > This somewhat accelerates my need for another organizer to step up. > > > > So... what say ye all? Is there someone who can step up? Is there > anyone who has access to another venue? I can likely OCCASIONALLY provide > the venue at this point, but no more than that and it's subject to > cancellation due to the project I'm on. Or should we fold it up because > I've gone from not much time to zero time? > > First off, let me thank Dave for carrying TPM on his capable shoulders for > so long. Aside from the question of a venue, I'd like to propose shifting > to quarterly rather than monthly meetings. Lightning talks in Sept, a > social in December and technical talks in March and June. This *might* > raise attendance and bring more of a social aspect back to the meetings. > I've noticed that the meetings I've been to lately don't regularly have a > social aspect afterwards, which really is a nice part of the group. If I > know this is only happening 4 times/year, I'm more likely to block it off > in my calendar. We could always switch back to monthly if somebody had the > energy to take that on, but fewer meetings seems like the path of least > resistance. > > We could still organize ad-hoc meetings if somebody really needs to give a > talk or if someone is going to be in town (like Damian or Jim Keenan), but > I think it takes a lot of effort to get quality talks in month after month > and this would allow the PM group to continue with less stress. > > Olaf > _______________________________________________ > toronto-pm mailing list > toronto-pm at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/toronto-pm > -- Alex Beamish Software Developer / https://ca.linkedin.com/in/alex-beamish-5111ba3 Baritone, Board Member, Toronto Northern Lights, 2013 Champions / www.northernlightschorus.com Certified Contest Administrator, Barbershop Harmony Society / www.barbershop.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From jkeenan at pobox.com Wed Aug 16 16:59:14 2017 From: jkeenan at pobox.com (James E Keenan) Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2017 19:59:14 -0400 Subject: [tpm] Meetings In-Reply-To: References: <65F4A773-543A-4040-A216-F8566C3F3BFF@gmail.com> Message-ID: On 08/16/2017 07:36 PM, Alex Beamish wrote: > Guys, thanks for your updates. > > Olaf, Going to quarterly meetings is a sensible suggestion -- I think > it's a great idea. I'm already looking forward to the September > lightning talks. > > Dave, thanks for your tireless efforts to organize our monthly meetings. > It's been greatly appreciated by all of us. > > Cheers, > > Alex > > On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 2:12 PM, Olaf Alders > wrote: > > > > On Aug 16, 2017, at 11:20 AM, Dave Doyle > wrote: > > > > Hi All, > > > > So I've been in my new job for 3 months now and my calendar has gotten crazy. I can no longer guarantee my ability to host or organize due to job constraints. > > > > For example, I will be flying Wednesday Aug 29th so I can't host a meeting this month. > > > > This somewhat accelerates my need for another organizer to step up. > > > > So... what say ye all? Is there someone who can step up? Is there anyone who has access to another venue? I can likely OCCASIONALLY provide the venue at this point, but no more than that and it's subject to cancellation due to the project I'm on. Or should we fold it up because I've gone from not much time to zero time? > > First off, let me thank Dave for carrying TPM on his capable > shoulders for so long. Aside from the question of a venue, I'd like > to propose shifting to quarterly rather than monthly meetings. > Lightning talks in Sept, a social in December and technical talks in > March and June. This *might* raise attendance and bring more of a > social aspect back to the meetings. I've noticed that the meetings > I've been to lately don't regularly have a social aspect afterwards, > which really is a nice part of the group. If I know this is only > happening 4 times/year, I'm more likely to block it off in my > calendar. We could always switch back to monthly if somebody had > the energy to take that on, but fewer meetings seems like the path > of least resistance. > > We could still organize ad-hoc meetings if somebody really needs to > give a talk or if someone is going to be in town (like Damian or Jim > Keenan), but I think it takes a lot of effort to get quality talks > in month after month and this would allow the PM group to continue > with less stress. > > Olaf > I would actually recommend trying to meet, on average, bi-monthly (less frequently in summer, more frequently in other seasons). The reason why: To preserve momentum. But, of course, I'm 500 miles away, and talk is cheap. FWIW, you're not alone in your problems -- and these problems are not peculiar to Perlmongers groups. What with the increasing frequency of people "working remote," fewer people "going in to the office" means fewer companies which people can ask to host user group meetings. And, in my experience, the struggle to get meeting venues is much more exhausting than the struggle to get presenters. The fact that for more than a decade, both Toronto.pm and Perl Seminar NY had fixed venues was an absolute godsend for organizers, because it meant that we could focus our attention on working with presenters. So, thanks to Dave and everyone else in Toronto who has been part of the organizing effort over the past 18 years. If nothing else, I recommend having an Emergency Social Meeting(TM) at which the main focus of discussion can be The Venue Problem. If you can reduce the magnitude of that problem, I have no doubt you'll be able to line up presenters. Thank you very much. Jim Keenan From talexb at gmail.com Tue Aug 22 19:16:51 2017 From: talexb at gmail.com (Alex Beamish) Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2017 22:16:51 -0400 Subject: [tpm] Meetings In-Reply-To: References: <65F4A773-543A-4040-A216-F8566C3F3BFF@gmail.com> Message-ID: Following up on this -- I met with my Tek Systems handlers for lunch today (they're dealing with my contract at Manulife), and they offered the use of their office's conference room for an upcoming TPM meeting, subject to availability. I wasn't sure if space was an issue for the group, but wanted to share that, just in case. Alex On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 7:59 PM, James E Keenan wrote: > On 08/16/2017 07:36 PM, Alex Beamish wrote: > >> Guys, thanks for your updates. >> >> Olaf, Going to quarterly meetings is a sensible suggestion -- I think >> it's a great idea. I'm already looking forward to the September lightning >> talks. >> >> Dave, thanks for your tireless efforts to organize our monthly meetings. >> It's been greatly appreciated by all of us. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Alex >> >> On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 2:12 PM, Olaf Alders > > wrote: >> >> >> > On Aug 16, 2017, at 11:20 AM, Dave Doyle > > wrote: >> > >> > Hi All, >> > >> > So I've been in my new job for 3 months now and my calendar has >> gotten crazy. I can no longer guarantee my ability to host or organize due >> to job constraints. >> > >> > For example, I will be flying Wednesday Aug 29th so I can't host a >> meeting this month. >> > >> > This somewhat accelerates my need for another organizer to step up. >> > >> > So... what say ye all? Is there someone who can step up? Is there >> anyone who has access to another venue? I can likely OCCASIONALLY provide >> the venue at this point, but no more than that and it's subject to >> cancellation due to the project I'm on. Or should we fold it up because >> I've gone from not much time to zero time? >> >> First off, let me thank Dave for carrying TPM on his capable >> shoulders for so long. Aside from the question of a venue, I'd like >> to propose shifting to quarterly rather than monthly meetings. >> Lightning talks in Sept, a social in December and technical talks in >> March and June. This *might* raise attendance and bring more of a >> social aspect back to the meetings. I've noticed that the meetings >> I've been to lately don't regularly have a social aspect afterwards, >> which really is a nice part of the group. If I know this is only >> happening 4 times/year, I'm more likely to block it off in my >> calendar. We could always switch back to monthly if somebody had >> the energy to take that on, but fewer meetings seems like the path >> of least resistance. >> >> We could still organize ad-hoc meetings if somebody really needs to >> give a talk or if someone is going to be in town (like Damian or Jim >> Keenan), but I think it takes a lot of effort to get quality talks >> in month after month and this would allow the PM group to continue >> with less stress. >> >> Olaf >> >> > > I would actually recommend trying to meet, on average, bi-monthly (less > frequently in summer, more frequently in other seasons). The reason why: > To preserve momentum. > > But, of course, I'm 500 miles away, and talk is cheap. > > FWIW, you're not alone in your problems -- and these problems are not > peculiar to Perlmongers groups. What with the increasing frequency of > people "working remote," fewer people "going in to the office" means fewer > companies which people can ask to host user group meetings. And, in my > experience, the struggle to get meeting venues is much more exhausting than > the struggle to get presenters. The fact that for more than a decade, both > Toronto.pm and Perl Seminar NY had fixed venues was an absolute godsend for > organizers, because it meant that we could focus our attention on working > with presenters. > > So, thanks to Dave and everyone else in Toronto who has been part of the > organizing effort over the past 18 years. If nothing else, I recommend > having an Emergency Social Meeting(TM) at which the main focus of > discussion can be The Venue Problem. If you can reduce the magnitude of > that problem, I have no doubt you'll be able to line up presenters. > > Thank you very much. > Jim Keenan > > _______________________________________________ > toronto-pm mailing list > toronto-pm at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/toronto-pm > -- Alex Beamish Software Developer / https://ca.linkedin.com/in/alex-beamish-5111ba3 Baritone, Board Member, Toronto Northern Lights, 2013 Champions / www.northernlightschorus.com Certified Contest Administrator, Barbershop Harmony Society / www.barbershop.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From olaf.alders at gmail.com Tue Aug 22 20:37:26 2017 From: olaf.alders at gmail.com (Olaf Alders) Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2017 23:37:26 -0400 Subject: [tpm] Meetings In-Reply-To: References: <65F4A773-543A-4040-A216-F8566C3F3BFF@gmail.com> Message-ID: <960DD706-1D48-47F4-A5C0-2F7681C52796@gmail.com> > On Aug 22, 2017, at 10:16 PM, Alex Beamish wrote: > > Following up on this -- I met with my Tek Systems handlers for lunch today (they're dealing with my contract at Manulife), and they offered the use of their office's conference room for an upcoming TPM meeting, subject to availability. I wasn't sure if space was an issue for the group, but wanted to share that, just in case. > > Alex Hi Alex, Thanks. That's very helpful. Space is one of the issues that we do need to sort out. Do you know how many people could fit into the room? Olaf From talexb at gmail.com Wed Aug 23 06:57:59 2017 From: talexb at gmail.com (Alex Beamish) Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2017 09:57:59 -0400 Subject: [tpm] Meetings In-Reply-To: <960DD706-1D48-47F4-A5C0-2F7681C52796@gmail.com> References: <65F4A773-543A-4040-A216-F8566C3F3BFF@gmail.com> <960DD706-1D48-47F4-A5C0-2F7681C52796@gmail.com> Message-ID: Alice says the room holds 25; I said that our meetings are usually about a dozen people. If we can come up with a date, I can start the ball rolling on getting the room. I didn't ask about the presentation setup, but presumably they have some sort of projector. So - do we have a date yet? On Aug 22, 2017 23:37, "Olaf Alders" wrote: > > > > > On Aug 22, 2017, at 10:16 PM, Alex Beamish wrote: > > > > Following up on this -- I met with my Tek Systems handlers for lunch > today (they're dealing with my contract at Manulife), and they offered the > use of their office's conference room for an upcoming TPM meeting, subject > to availability. I wasn't sure if space was an issue for the group, but > wanted to share that, just in case. > > > > Alex > > Hi Alex, > > Thanks. That's very helpful. Space is one of the issues that we do need > to sort out. Do you know how many people could fit into the room? > > Olaf > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From olaf.alders at gmail.com Wed Aug 23 13:09:22 2017 From: olaf.alders at gmail.com (Olaf Alders) Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2017 16:09:22 -0400 Subject: [tpm] Meetings In-Reply-To: References: <65F4A773-543A-4040-A216-F8566C3F3BFF@gmail.com> <960DD706-1D48-47F4-A5C0-2F7681C52796@gmail.com> Message-ID: <89623295-97FD-438E-849B-91403C81A63B@gmail.com> > On Aug 23, 2017, at 9:57 AM, Alex Beamish wrote: > > Alice says the room holds 25; I said that our meetings are usually about a dozen people. That sounds perfect. > > If we can come up with a date, I can start the ball rolling on getting the room. > > I didn't ask about the presentation setup, but presumably they have some sort of projector. > > So - do we have a date yet? Lightning talks would be the last Thursday in September, so how about Sept 28? Olaf From ssoriche at sackheads.org Wed Aug 23 13:46:09 2017 From: ssoriche at sackheads.org (Shawn Sorichetti) Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2017 16:46:09 -0400 Subject: [tpm] Meetings In-Reply-To: <89623295-97FD-438E-849B-91403C81A63B@gmail.com> References: <65F4A773-543A-4040-A216-F8566C3F3BFF@gmail.com> <960DD706-1D48-47F4-A5C0-2F7681C52796@gmail.com> <89623295-97FD-438E-849B-91403C81A63B@gmail.com> Message-ID: <3F9ACBE2-CE5D-4300-B265-655757A57E7A@sackheads.org> > On Aug 23, 2017, at 4:09 PM, Olaf Alders wrote: > > >> On Aug 23, 2017, at 9:57 AM, Alex Beamish wrote: >> >> Alice says the room holds 25; I said that our meetings are usually about a dozen people. > > That sounds perfect. > >> >> If we can come up with a date, I can start the ball rolling on getting the room. >> >> I didn't ask about the presentation setup, but presumably they have some sort of projector. >> >> So - do we have a date yet? > > Lightning talks would be the last Thursday in September, so how about Sept 28? > Jumping in on the date discussion? I?d like to propose that if there isn?t a formal meeting with a scheduled talk that there be a standing social meeting at a regular location. A lot of good discussions and talk ideas come from the social aspect of a meeting, and I think would help with attendance. I don?t know the city (and don?t get there unless there is a meeting) so I can?t recommend a social location, but seeming how it looks like we have a location for formal meetings, it should be within easy walking distance. I?d also like to thank Dave for the work he has done and Alex for finding a new location. ~Shawn ? Shawn Sorichetti From john.malcolm.macdonald at gmail.com Thu Aug 24 09:06:09 2017 From: john.malcolm.macdonald at gmail.com (John Macdonald) Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2017 12:06:09 -0400 Subject: [tpm] Meetings In-Reply-To: <3F9ACBE2-CE5D-4300-B265-655757A57E7A@sackheads.org> References: <65F4A773-543A-4040-A216-F8566C3F3BFF@gmail.com> <960DD706-1D48-47F4-A5C0-2F7681C52796@gmail.com> <89623295-97FD-438E-849B-91403C81A63B@gmail.com> <3F9ACBE2-CE5D-4300-B265-655757A57E7A@sackheads.org> Message-ID: I would suggest that such no-topic-planned social meetings start at the normal presentation location with some time for informal lightning talks and then adjourn to a convenient pub to continue the social. Simply having a projector available makes casual presentations work for more than the two or three people who can huddle around a laptop. On 23 August 2017 at 16:46, Shawn Sorichetti wrote: > > > On Aug 23, 2017, at 4:09 PM, Olaf Alders wrote: > > > > > >> On Aug 23, 2017, at 9:57 AM, Alex Beamish wrote: > >> > >> Alice says the room holds 25; I said that our meetings are usually > about a dozen people. > > > > That sounds perfect. > > > >> > >> If we can come up with a date, I can start the ball rolling on getting > the room. > >> > >> I didn't ask about the presentation setup, but presumably they have > some sort of projector. > >> > >> So - do we have a date yet? > > > > Lightning talks would be the last Thursday in September, so how about > Sept 28? > > > > Jumping in on the date discussion? > > I?d like to propose that if there isn?t a formal meeting with a scheduled > talk that there be a standing social meeting at a regular location. A lot > of good discussions and talk ideas come from the social aspect of a > meeting, and I think would help with attendance. I don?t know the city (and > don?t get there unless there is a meeting) so I can?t recommend a social > location, but seeming how it looks like we have a location for formal > meetings, it should be within easy walking distance. > > I?d also like to thank Dave for the work he has done and Alex for finding > a new location. > > ~Shawn > ? > Shawn Sorichetti > _______________________________________________ > toronto-pm mailing list > toronto-pm at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/toronto-pm > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From talexb at gmail.com Thu Aug 24 17:46:21 2017 From: talexb at gmail.com (Alex Beamish) Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2017 20:46:21 -0400 Subject: [tpm] Meetings In-Reply-To: <89623295-97FD-438E-849B-91403C81A63B@gmail.com> References: <65F4A773-543A-4040-A216-F8566C3F3BFF@gmail.com> <960DD706-1D48-47F4-A5C0-2F7681C52796@gmail.com> <89623295-97FD-438E-849B-91403C81A63B@gmail.com> Message-ID: Hi folks, OK -- thanks to Tek Systems, we have a room for the September 28 meeting. Here are the location details from my contact Alice: 145 King Street West (please enter through the king street entrance) / Suite 600 When they arrive they can just head into the elevators and the 6th floor will be kept accessible. I'm happy to host this evening, and to schedule Lightning Talks as they become available. As John has mentioned elsewhere on this thread, without talks, we can even have a general technical discussion about whatever amuses us, before finishing up and heading out for a lovely beverage. I will ask about what sort of multi-media capabilities this room has. I can bring a laptop, but I may need some technical assistance as far as running a Google Hangout to carry the presentations. 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What's your advice on finding the /good stuff/? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Generically, use the Metacpan ratings as a guide? From jkeenan at pobox.com Fri Aug 25 07:05:37 2017 From: jkeenan at pobox.com (James E Keenan) Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2017 10:05:37 -0400 Subject: [tpm] [Fwd: Recommendations for CPAN selections] In-Reply-To: <3fe708ce748e0a0111fc43d0c5496902.squirrel@webmail.vybenetworks.com> References: <3fe708ce748e0a0111fc43d0c5496902.squirrel@webmail.vybenetworks.com> Message-ID: On 08/25/2017 09:54 AM, arocker at Vex.Net wrote: > > A friend sent me the following message. I haven't used XML much, so my > experience is limited. Has anyone recent experience on the subject? > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > we have a number of perl programs in our group, and add them on > occasion. This time around we're wondering about parsing xml from a data > store and generating csv files. The xml is just rows (well, it says it > is) It's difficult to give sound advice in the absence of a sample of the data. Could your friend mock up some XML? but the parsers in CPAN seem to be very specific to the problem > their authors were addressing, and in some case they're just junk. > In the absence of comments on specific CPAN distros, I can't confirm or deny this statement. > What's your advice on finding the /good stuff/? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Generically, use the Metacpan ratings as a guide? I would do that only once I have seen some XML data. From talexb at gmail.com Fri Aug 25 08:00:03 2017 From: talexb at gmail.com (Alex Beamish) Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2017 11:00:03 -0400 Subject: [tpm] [Fwd: Recommendations for CPAN selections] In-Reply-To: References: <3fe708ce748e0a0111fc43d0c5496902.squirrel@webmail.vybenetworks.com> Message-ID: I've successfully used XML::Twig (although a long time ago) and it worked well .. certainly, anything that's in CPAN (and is relatively up to date) will be far better than bravely trying to parse XML from scratch. On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 10:05 AM, James E Keenan wrote: > On 08/25/2017 09:54 AM, arocker at Vex.Net wrote: > >> >> A friend sent me the following message. I haven't used XML much, so my >> experience is limited. Has anyone recent experience on the subject? >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------ >> ----------------- >> >> we have a number of perl programs in our group, and add them on >> occasion. This time around we're wondering about parsing xml from a data >> store and generating csv files. The xml is just rows (well, it says it >> is) >> > > It's difficult to give sound advice in the absence of a sample of the > data. Could your friend mock up some XML? > > but the parsers in CPAN seem to be very specific to the problem > >> their authors were addressing, and in some case they're just junk. >> >> > In the absence of comments on specific CPAN distros, I can't confirm or > deny this statement. > > What's your advice on finding the /good stuff/? >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------ >> ------------------ >> >> Generically, use the Metacpan ratings as a guide? >> > > I would do that only once I have seen some XML data. > > _______________________________________________ > toronto-pm mailing list > toronto-pm at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/toronto-pm > -- Alex Beamish Software Developer / https://ca.linkedin.com/in/alex-beamish-5111ba3 Baritone, Board Member, Toronto Northern Lights, 2013 Champions / www.northernlightschorus.com Certified Contest Administrator, Barbershop Harmony Society / www.barbershop.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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