Cultivating Burning Desire
When asked during an interview how he managed to reach the top as a professional bodybuilder and Hollywood actor, Arnold Schwarzenegger replied with a single word, "Drive!"
All great success ultimately begins with an idea, but what makes ideas become reality is the fuel of human desire.
An idea by itself can give you a temporary feeling of inspiration, but burning desire is what gets you through all the perspiration necessary to overcome the inevitable obstacles along the way.
Take a moment to think about the goals you've set for yourself.
(You have set goals, haven't you?
If not, go read the article on .)
How committed are you to achieving these goals?
Under what conditions would you give up?
What if you could significantly increase your desire to achieve these goals?
What if you wanted them so badly that you knew with absolute certainty that you would absolutely, positively never ever give up?
When you are truly 100% committed to reaching your goals, you move from hoping to knowing.
If you want something badly enough, then quitting is simply not an option.
You either find a way or make one.
You pay the price, whatever it takes.
Those with an intense, burning desire to achieve their goals are often referred to as being "driven."
But is this special quality reserved only for a privileged few?
Certainly not.
With the right approach, anyone can cultivate a deep, burning desire within themselves and move to a state of total commitment, knowing with certainty that success is as inevitable as the sunrise.
So how do you cultivate burning desire?
You begin with an outside-in approach, altering your environment in ways that will strengthen your resolve while eliminating doubt.
If you take the time to do it right, you'll establish a positive feedback cycle, such that your desire will continue to increase on a daily basis.
Here are eight steps you can take to cultivate burning desire to achieve any goal you set for yourself:
1. Burn the ships.
I'm not going to pull any punches with this one.
If your goals are really important enough to you, then you can start by burning the proverbial ships, such that you have no choice but to press on.
For instance, if you want to launch your own business, you can begin by making the commitment to quitting your job.
Write a letter of resignation, put it in a stamped envelope addressed to your boss, and give it to a trusted friend with firm instructions to mail the letter if you haven't quit your job by a certain date.
One Las Vegas casino manager made the decision to quit smoking.
He didn't feel he had the personal willpower to do it alone, so he took out a billboard on the Las Vegas Strip with his photo on it along with the words, "If you catch me smoking, I'll pay you $100,000!"
Was he able to quit smoking?
(Ok, bad pun.)
This is called willpower leveraging.
You use a small bit of willpower to establish a consequence that will virtually compel you to keep your commitment.
once said, "Put all your eggs in one basket, and then watch that basket!"
In the classic book , Sun Tzu notes that soldiers fight the most ferociously when they believe they're fighting to the death.
A good general knows that when attacking an opposing force, it's important to create the illusion of a potential escape route for the enemy, so they won't fight as hard.
What escape routes are you keeping open that are causing you not to fight as hard?
If you don't burn those ships, you are sending the message to your subconscious mind that it's ok to quit.
And when the going gets tough, as it inevitably does for any worthwhile goal, you will quit.
If you really want to achieve your goals, then you've got to burn those ships to the ground, and scatter the ashes.
If you're thinking that the average person won't do this, you're right -- that's why they're average.
2. Fill your environment with desire boosters.
Let's say one of your important goals is to lose weight.
Get some poster board, and make your own posters that say, "I weigh X pounds," where X is your goal weight, and put them up around your house.
Change your screensaver to a text message that says the same thing (or to some equally motivational imagery).
Get some magazines, cut out pictures of people who have bodies similar to what you'd like to have, and put them up around your house.
Cut out pictures of healthy food that looks good to you, and post those around your kitchen.
If you work in an office, then alter your office in the same manner.
Don't worry about what your coworkers will think, and just do it!
They may poke a little fun at you at first, but they'll also begin to see how committed you are.
3. Surround yourself with positive people.
Make friends with people who will encourage you on the path to your goals, and find ways to spend more time with them.
Share your goals only with people who will support you, not those who will respond with cynicism or indifference.
If you want to lose weight, for instance, get yourself into a gym, and start befriending those who are already in great shape.
You'll find that their attitudes become infectious, and you'll start believing that you can do it too.
Meeting people who've lost one hundred pounds or more can be extremely motivating.
If you want to start a new business, join the local chamber of commerce or a trade association.
Do whatever it takes to make new friends who will help you keep your commitment.
Although this can be difficult for some people, you also need to fire the negative people from your life.
I once read that you can see your future just by looking at the six people with whom you spend the most time.
If you don't like what you see, then change those people.
There's no honor in remaining loyal to people who expect you to fail.
One of the reasons people fail to start their own businesses, for instance, is that they spend most of their time associating with other employees.
The way out of this trap is to start spending a lot more time associating with business owners, such as by joining a trade association.
Mindsets are contagious.
So spend your time with people whose mindsets are worth catching.
4. Feed your mind with empowering information on a daily basis.
Inspirational books and audio programs are one of the best fuel sources for cultivating desire.
If you want to quit smoking, read a dozen books written by ex-smokers on how to quit the habit.
If you want to start a business, then start devouring business books.
Go to seminars on occasion.
I advise that you feed your mind with some form of motivational material (books, articles, audio programs) for at least fifteen minutes a day.
This will continually recharge your batteries and keep your desire impenetrably strong.
When you absorb material created by an extremely passionate person, you'll often find yourself feeling more passionate as well.
A great book I read was
by Howard Schultz, the CEO of Starbucks.
As I read the book, I was absolutely amazed at how someone could be so fanatically enthusiastic about coffee.
Other enthusiasm-building authors/speakers I highly recommend are
5. Replace sources of negative energy with positive energy.
Take an inventory of all the sensory inputs into your life that affect your attitude -- what you read, what you watch on TV, the cleanliness of your home, etc.
Note which inputs influence you negatively, and strive to replace them with positive inputs.
I'll give you some good places to start.
First, avoid watching TV news -- it's overwhelmingly negative.
Do you really need to hear about the woman who was mauled to death by her neighbor's dog?
Fill that time with positive inputs instead, like motivational and educational audio programs.
If you like to watch movies, then watch movies that are full of positive energy, such as light-hearted comedies and stories of triumph over adversity.
Avoid dark, tragic movies that leave you feeling empty afterwards.
Dump the horror books, and replace them with humor books.
Spend more time laughing and less time worrying.
If you have a messy desk, clean it up!
If you have young kids or grandkids, spend some time playing with them.
Some of this may sound a bit corny, but it will really help increase your overall motivation.
If you have a hard time motivating yourself, chances are that your life is overflowing with too many sources of negativity.
It's far better to happily achieve than it is to feel you must achieve in order to be happy.
6. Dress for success.
Whenever you pass by a mirror, which is probably several times a day, you get an instant dose of image reinforcement.
So what image are you currently reinforcing?
Would you dress any differently if your goals were already achieved?
Would you sport a different hairstyle?
Would you shower a bit more often?
Although for years I enjoyed the ripped jeans and T-shirt look, I noted that when I visualized myself in the future, having achieved certain goals, I was dressed a lot more nicely.
With some experimentation I found a style of clothing that looks professional and is also comfortable.
So I gradually donated my old clothes to charity and replaced my wardrobe with clothes that fit the new identity I was growing into.
(Consequently, there's a Salvation Army store with quite a stock of gaming industry T-shirts.)
I learned this idea from an ex-Navy Seal, who stressed to me the importance of taking pride in your appearance, and I can say with certainty that it makes a noticeable difference.
So make sure the clothes you wear each day are consistent with your new self-image.
7. Use mental programming.
This is a Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) technique that will help you associate strong positive emotions to whatever goal you're working to achieve.
Find some music that really energizes and inspires you.
Put on your headphones and listen to it for fifteen to twenty minutes, and as you do this, form a clear mental picture of yourself having already achieved the results you want.
Make your imagery big, bright, vivid, colorful, three-dimensional, panoramic, and animated.
Picture the scene as if looking through your own eyes (this is very important).
This will help you form a neuro-association between the positive emotions elicited by the music and the goal you want to achieve, thus strengthening your desire.
This is a great way to begin each day, and you can even do it while lying in bed when you first awaken if you set things up the night before.
You should cycle the music periodically, since the emotional charge you get will tend to diminish if you listen to the same songs each time.
Keep in mind that this form of mental programming is already being used on you by advertisers.
Watch a fast-food TV commercial, and you'll note that the food is big, bright, and animated -- spinning burgers, lettuce flying through a splash of water, ripe tomatoes being sliced -- and don't forget the catchy tune.
So instead of letting others program your desires for you, take charge and mentally reprogram yourself.
8. Take immediate action.
Once you set a goal for yourself, act immediately.
As you begin working on a fresh new goal, don't worry so much about making detailed long-term plans.
Too often people get stuck in the state of analysis paralysis and never reach the action stage.
You can develop your plan later, but get moving first.
Just identify the very first physical action you need to take, and then do it.
For instance, if you've decided to lose weight, go straight to your refrigerator, and throw out all the junk food.
Don't think about it.
Don't ponder the consequences.
Just do it immediately.
One of the secrets to success is recognizing that motivation follows action.
The momentum of continuous action fuels motivation, while procrastination kills motivation.
So act boldly, as if it's impossible to fail.
If you keep adding fuel to your desire, you will reach the point of knowing that you'll never quit, and ultimate success will be nothing more than a matter of time.
If you apply these eight strategies, you'll add so much fuel to your desire that the fire will never burn out.
You'll move towards your goals like a guided missile to its target, and you'll enjoy the process because you'll be so focused on the positive rewards instead of the difficulty of the tasks.
If you get enough positive energy flowing into you, you'll soon have positive results flowing out of you.
And you'll quickly become the kind of person that others refer to as "driven."
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Randall Stuart "Randy" Newman (born November 28, 1943) is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist who is known for his distinctive voice,
(and often ) pop songs, and for .
Since the 1980s, Newman has worked mostly as a film composer. His
include , , , , , , , , , and . He has scored seven - films: , , , , , , and most recently, .
Newman has been nominated for 20
and has won twice. He has also won three , six , and the Governor's Award from the . Newman was inducted into the
in 2002. In 2007, he was inducted as a . Newman was inducted to the
in April 2013.
Newman was born in Los Angeles, the son of Adele "Dixie" (Fox) (August 30, 1916 - October 4, 1988), a secretary, and Irving George Newman (November 28, 1913 - February 1, 1990), an internist. He lived in
as a small child and spent summers there until he was 11 years old, his family having by then returned to Los Angeles. Newman also shares the same birthday as his father. The paternal side of his family includes grandparents Luba (nee Koskoff) (July 21, 1883 - March 3, 1954) and Michael Newman (Nemorofsky) (), three uncles who were noted Hollywood film-score composers: ,
and . Newman's cousins , , , and
are also composers for motion pictures. He graduated from
in Los Angeles. Newman studied music at the , but dropped out one semester shy of a B.A. His parents were both from Jewish families, but Newman's househo he has since become an atheist.
Newman was married to German-born Roswitha Schmale from 1967 to 1985, and they had three sons. He has been married to Gretchen Preece, with whom he has two children, since 1990. Gretchen's father is director .
Newman endorsed Democratic President
for re-election in 2012.
Newman has been a professional songwriter since he was 17. He cites
as his greatest influence growing up, stating, "I loved Charles's music to excess." His first single as a performer was 1962's "Golden Gridiron Boy", released when he was 18. The single flopped and Newman chose to concentrate on songwriting and arranging for the next several years.
In various interviews, Newman has credited
with giving him his first national break: the trio recorded his song, "They Tell Me It's Summer", as the B-side of one of their 11 hit singles, giving Newman great exposure and royalties (piggy-backed on the sale of the Fleetwoods' 1962 hit A-side, "Lovers by Night, Strangers by Day"). Two decades later, the Fleetwoods' founder and manager, female lead vocalist/songwriter/arranger Gretchen Christopher, selected from their recordings two more of Newman's songs to be included among 10 previously unreleased masters, for their 13th album. The Fleetwoods – Buried Treasure LP and cassette, released in 1982, included Newman's "Who's Gonna Teach You About Love" and "Ask Him If He's Got a Friend for Me".
His early songs were recorded by , , , , ,
and , among others. His work as a songwriter met with particular success in the UK: top 40 UK hits written by Newman included 's "I've Been Wrong Before" (#17, 1965), 's "Nobody Needs Your Love" (#2, 1966) and "Just One Smile" (#8, 1966); and 's "" (#4, 1967). Price, who was enjoying great success in England at the time championed Newman by featuring seven Randy Newman songs on his 1967 A Price on His Head album.
In the mid-1960s, Newman was briefly a member of the band the Tikis, who later became , best known for their 1967 hit version of the
composition "". Newman kept a close musical relationship with Harpers Bizarre, offering them some of his own compositions, including "Simon Smith" and "Happyland". The band recorded six Newman compositions during their short initial career ().
In this period, Newman began a long professional association with childhood friend . Waronker had been hired to produce the Tikis, , and , who were all contracted to the Los Angeles independent label , and he in turn brought in Newman,
and another friend, pianist/arranger , to play on recording sessions. Later in 1966 Waronker was hired as an A&R manager by
and his friendship with Newman, Russell, and Parks began a creative circle around Waronker at Warner Bros. that became one of the keys to Warner Bros.' subsequent success as a rock music label.
Randy Newman recently endorsed jazz singer 's album, The Randy Newman Project (, 2011).
Newman in 1972
His 1968 debut album, , was a critical success but never dented the
Top 200. Many artists, including , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
his songs and "I Think It's Going to Rain Today" became an early standard.
In 1969, he did the orchestral arrangements for Peggy Lee's single "", as well as
(which also contained her cover versions of two of his songs: "Love Story" and "Linda").
recorded an entire album of Newman compositions (Newman played piano) called . The album was not a commercial success, but critics liked it (it won a "Record of the Year" award from
magazine), and it paved the way for Newman's 1970 release, , a more stripped-down sound that showcased Newman's piano. 's slide guitar and contributions from
helped to give the album a much rootsier feel. 12 Songs was also critically acclaimed (6th best album of the seventies according to
critic ), but again found little commercial success, though
made a huge hit of his "". The following year,
cemented his cult following and became his first LP to appear in the
charts, at #191. Newman also made his first foray into music for films at this time, writing and performing the theme song "" for 's 1971 film .
reached #163 on Billboard, with the title track making its way into the repertoire of
and . "" enigmatically touches on what it is men find important in relationships, and was covered by , then , and later by , ,
(whose version was later used for the final striptease to the 1997 film ), and the Québécois singer . The album also featured "Burn On", an ode to an infamous incident in which the heavily polluted
literally caught fire. In 1989, "Burn On" was used as the opening theme to the film , whose focus was the hapless .
His 1974 release
was a set of songs about the American South. "" began with a description of segregationist
pitted against a "smart-ass New York Jew" on a TV show, in a song that criticizes both
and the complacent bigotry of Americans outside of the south who stereotype all southerners as racist yet ignore racism in northern and midwestern states and large cities. This ambiguity was also apparent on "Kingfish" and "", the former a paean to
(the assassinated former Governor and
from ), the other a campaign song written by Long himself. An album that received lavish critical praise, Good Old Boys also became a commercial breakthrough for Newman, peaking at #36 on Billboard and spending 21 weeks in the Top 200.
(1977) contained the surprise hit "", which also became a subject of controversy. In September 1977, the British music magazine
reported the following interview with Newman talking about his then-new release. "There's one song about a child murderer," Newman deadpans. "That's fairly optimistic. Maybe. There's one called 'Jolly Coppers on Parade' which isn't an absolutely anti-police song. Maybe it's even a fascist song. I didn't notice at the time. There's also one about me as a cowboy called 'Rider in the Rain.' I think it's ridiculous.
are on there. That's what's good about it. There's also this song 'Short People.' It's purely a joke. I like other ones on the album better but the audiences go for that one." The album proved Newman's most popular to date, reaching #9 on the US
1979's Born Again featured a song satirically mythologizing the
(and their arranging style) entitled "The Story of a Rock and Roll Band".
His 1983 album
included the hit single "", a song that has been interpreted as both praising and criticizing the city of Los Angeles. This ambivalence is borne out by Newman's own comments on the song. As he explained in a 2001 interview, "There's some kind of ignorance L.A. has that I'm proud of. The open car and the redhead, the  ... I can't think of anything a hell of a lot better than that." The
transformed "I Love L.A." into a popular 1980s TV promotional campaign, retooling the lyrics and title to "You'll Love It!" (on ABC) The song is played at home games for the
and , and the
use the song along with their .
In 1985 Newman performed a set at the first
concert that included a duet with
on facing grand pianos. Newman performed "".
In 2003 Newman's song "" was used for season 2 of the USA Network' it won him the 2004
for Best Main Title Music.
In the years following Trouble in Paradise, Newman focused more on film work, but his personal life entered a difficult period. He separated from his wife of nearly 20 years, Roswitha, and was diagnosed with . He has released three albums of new material as a singer-songwriter since that time:
(1999), and , which was released on August 5, 2008. Land of Dreams included one of his best-known songs, "It's Money That Matters", and featured Newman's first stab at autobiography with "Dixie Flyer" and "Four Eyes", while Bad Love included "I Miss You", a moving tribute to his ex-wife.[] (In an interview with , half of the writing partnership of English pop band , to promote the album, probably on , Newman acknowledged that "I Miss You" was written for his ex-wife. When asked by Tilbrook how his current wife felt about this, Newman said that though he had always been obedient to his wives in most things there was one area in whic "I write what I write", he said.) He has also re-recorded a number of songs that span his career, accompanying himself on piano, with The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 1 (2003) and The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 2 (2011). He continues to perform his songs before live audiences as a touring concert artist.
Newman with
in August 2012
In the aftermath of , Newman's "" became an anthem and was played heavily on a wide range of American radio and television stations, in both Newman's 1974 original and 's cover version of the song. The song addresses the deceitful manner in which 's municipal government managed a , during which, as Newman asserts, "The guys who ran the , the bosses in New Orleans decided the course of that flood. You know, they cut a hole in the levee and it flooded the cotton fields." In a related performance, Newman contributed to the 2007 release of
(), contributing his version of 's "". Domino had been rescued from his New Orleans home after Hurricane Katrina, initially having been feared dead.
Newman's work as a film composer began with 's 1971 satire . He returned to film work with 1981's , for which he was nominated for two . Newman co-wrote the 1986 film
and , wrote three songs for the film, and provided the voice for the singing bush. His orchestral film scores resemble the work of
(with whom he worked on ?Three Amigos!) and .
Newman has scored seven / , , , , , , and . He has earned at least one Academy Award nomination for each of the films he has scored for Pixar, winning the award for
and , both times in the category of . Additional scores by Newman include , , , , , , , and its sequel, . His score for
nominee. He also wrote the songs for Turner's .
One of Newman's most iconic and recognizable works is the central theme to , a dramatic and Oscar-nominated score, which was described by reviewer
as "". A shortened version of this score is used as entrance music by
at the start of his shows.
Newman had the dubious distinction of receiving the most
nominations (15) without a single win. His losing streak was broken when he received the
in 2001, for the
song "", beating ,
and . After receiving a standing ovation, a bemused but emotional Newman began his acceptance speech with "I don't want your pity!" When the orchestra began playing the underscore signifying that the speaker's time on stage is concluding, Newman ordered them to stop before thanking "all these musicians, many of whom have worked for me a number of times and may not again."
Besides writing songs for films, he also writes songs for television series such as the Emmy-Award winning current theme song of , "". Newman also composed the Emmy-Award winning song "When I'm Gone" for the final episode.
Newman wrote the music for the
movie . During the Walt Disney Company's annual shareholder meeting in March 2007, Newman performed a new song written for the movie. He was accompanied by the . The New Orleans setting of the film played to Newman's musical strengths, and his songs contained elements of , ,
and . Two of the songs, "" and "", were nominated for Oscars.
In total, Newman has received 20 Oscar nominations with two wins, both for Best Original Song. While accepting the award for "" in 2011, he joked "my percentages aren't great."
A revue of Newman's songs, titled Maybe I'm Doing It Wrong, was performed at the
in New York City in 1982, and later at other theaters around the country. The New York cast featured
and , and at one point included .
In the 1990s, Newman adapted Goethe's
into a concept album and musical, . After a 1995 staging at the , he retained
to help rework the book before its relaunch on the Chicago
in 1996. Newman's Faust project had been many years in the making, an a central joke was Newman's depiction of Faust as a shallow
fan in thrall to Satan, and this had to be modified to accommodate the less-than-devil obsessed age of
that was in fashion by 1995.[]
(SCR) produced The Miseducation of Randy Newman, a musical theater piece that recreates the life of a songwriter who bears some resemblance to the actual Newman. Set in
and Los Angeles, it was modeled on the celebrated American autobiography, . Newman, together with Jerry Patch and Michael Roth, surveyed Newman's songs to find those that, taken together, depict the life of an American artist in the last half of the 20th century. After its premiere at , it was reworked with additional songs written specifically for the show by Newman and presented in
In 2010, the
staged Harps and Angels, a musical revue of the Randy Newman songbook, interspersed with narratives reflecting on Newman's inspirations. The revue premiered at the
in Los Angeles and included among other songs "I Think It's Going to Rain Today", "Sail Away", "Marie", "Louisiana 1927", "Feels Like Home", "You've Got a Friend in Me" and "I Love L.A". The revue was directed by
and featured Ryder Bach, , , ,
and Matthew Saldivar.
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Live in London (2011)
Film scores
(1970) (song: Gone Dead Train, also conducted 's original music)
(1971) (song: "Let Me Go")
(1986) (songs: "The Ballad of the Three Amigos", "My Little Buttercup", and "Blue Shadows")
(1989) (song: "Burn On")
(1997) (song: I love L.A.)
(1997) (songs: "Danny's Arrival Song", "Little Boat On The Sea", "Animal Jam Session", "Big and Loud", "Tell Me Lies", and "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now")
(1998) (song: "That'll Do" by )
(1999) (song: "Political Science")
Jurassic Park 3 (2001) (song: "Big Hat, No Cattle")
Newman performing at the 2014
for Songwriting ceremony
Newman has been nominated for 20 , winning twice –
in 2002 for "" from , and
in 2011 for "" from . He has received three , six , and the Governor's Award from the . Newman was inducted into the
in 2002. In 2007, he was inducted as a . In 2010, he received a star on the . Newman was inducted to the
in 2013. In September 2014, Randy Newman received a Max Steiner Film Music Achievement Award and performed at annual film music gala
first time together with his cousin .
List of awards
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– "When She Loved Me" –
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– "That'll Do" –
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– "You've Got a Friend in Me" –
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– "Make Up Your Mind" –
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– "I Love to See You Smile" –
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– "One More Hour" –
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– "When She Loved Me" –
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1990: Nominee –
– "I Love to See You Smile" –
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– "One More Hour" –
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– "The Time of Your Life" –
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(tied with ' Olympic Fanfare)
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2010: Winner – Original Music and Lyrics ("When I'm Gone") –
2004: Winner –
1991: Winner – Achievement in Music and Lyrics –
2007: Winner – Music in an Animated Feature Production –
2003: Nominee – Music in an Animated Feature Production –
2000: Winner – Music in an Animated Feature Production –
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1983: Nominee – Original Song – "One More Hour" –
1999: Nominee – Original Score –
1996: Winner – Original Score –
1981: Winner – Music –
1999: Winner – Original Score –
2014: Winner
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