ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Nora York - Singer, performance artist
"Philosopher diva" Nora York is an adventurous singer-songwriter with a drive to explore the human condition.

Why you should listen

Nora York is an adventurous jazz singer and performance artist whose genre-crossing work defies easy categorization. With a sultry, soulful voice and hypnotic stage presence, York has carved out a territory all her own — call her a "singer-songwriter-truthteller" (the Village Voice did). She brings a witty and literate twist to her performances, recombining songs and merging genres in thought-provoking ways.

Voice is at the center of York’s expression and creative invention, which emcompasses composition, live performance, and visual and multimedia arts. She's released four CDs: To Dream The World, Alchemy, What I Want (representing the outcome of the ‘02 NYSCA commission) and Power/Play. She has performed at universities and music festivals; most notably the Newport Jazz Festival, New Sounds Live series at Merkin Hall NYC, and Lincoln Center Out of Doors. York teaches musicianship and performance as member of the faculty at the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, New York University. For her latest project, York received a Robert Rauschenberg Foundation grant to write and present the multimedia concert Water Water Everywhere.

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TEDSalon 2006

Nora York: Singing "What I Want"

Nora York canta "O que eu quero"

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Uma performance deslumbrante de Nora York da sua música "O que eu quero", com Jamie Lawrence (teclado), Steve Tarshis (guitarra) e Arthur Kell (baixo).
- Singer, performance artist
"Philosopher diva" Nora York is an adventurous singer-songwriter with a drive to explore the human condition. Full bio

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I'd like to begin this song I wrote
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Eu gostaria de começar esta musica que eu escrevi
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about ceaseless yearning and never-ending want
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sobre um anseio incessante e um desejo interminável
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with a poem of popular Petrarchan paradoxes
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com um poema dos populares paradoxos de Petrarca
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by Sir Thomas Wyatt the Elder:
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por Sir Thomas Wyatt o Ancião:
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"I find no peace, and all my war is done;
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"Não encontro paz, e toda minha luta já acabou;
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I fear and hope, I burn and freeze like ice;
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Eu temo e desejo, queimo e congelo como gelo;
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I fly above the wind,
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Vôo sobre o vento,
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and yet I cannot arise;
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e ainda não posso me erguer;
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And naught I have,
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E nada possuo,
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and all the world I seize upon."
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e de todo o mundo apodero-me."
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♫ I want what I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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♫ Eu quero o que não posso ter, preciso do que não posso querer ter, ♫
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♫ Have what I don't have, what I want ♫
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♫ mas não tenho o que eu quero. ♫
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♫ What I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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♫ O que não posso ter, preciso do que não posso querer ter, ♫
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♫ Have what I don't have, what I want ♫
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♫ mas não tenho o que eu quero.♫
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♫ What I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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♫ O que não posso ter, preciso do que não posso querer ter, ♫
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♫ Have what I don't have, what I want ♫
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♫ mas não tenho o que eu quero.♫
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♫ What I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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♫ o que não posso ter, preciso do que não posso querer ter, ♫
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♫ Have what I don't have, what I want ♫
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♫ mas não tenho o que eu quero.♫
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♫ What I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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♫ O que eu não posso ter, quero o que eu não posso querer ter,♫
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♫ Have but I don't have ♫
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♫ mas eu não tenho ♫
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♫ It feels like all I got is loss on a bad back ♫
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♫ Parece que tudo que tenho é uma perda em um volta ruim ♫
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♫ Gone with the last train, honey don't you fret ♫
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♫ Que vai com a última chuva, querida não se preocupe ♫
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♫ Every cloud has a silver lining ♫
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♫ Toda nuvem tem um resquício de esperança ♫
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♫ Just a little rain, just a little rain, just a little rain ♫
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♫ Só uma chuvinha, só uma chuvinha, só uma chuvinha ♫
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♫ I want what I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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♫ Eu quero o que não posso ter, preciso do que não posso querer ter, ♫
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♫ Have what I don't have, what I want ♫
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♫ mas não tenho o que eu quero♫
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♫ What I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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♫ O que não posso ter, preciso do que não posso querer ter, ♫
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♫ Have but I don't have ♫
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♫ mas não tenho o que eu quero.♫
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♫ My mind won't stop, and my heart says go ♫
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♫ Minha mente não vai parar, e meu coração diz vai ♫
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♫ Nobody knows how to hold me ♫
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♫ Ninguém sabe como me segurar ♫
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♫ My mind won't stop, and my heart says, ♫
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♫ Minha mente não vai parar, e meu coração diz -- ♫
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♫ "Good things come to those who wait" ♫
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♫ Boas coisas vêm para aqueles que esperam ♫
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♫ And I can't stand in ... ♫
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♫ E eu não consigo parar em ... ♫
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♫ I can't stand in line forever ♫
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♫ E não consigo ficar numa fila para sempre ♫
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♫ Stand the cold air ♫
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♫ Aguentar o ar gelado ♫
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♫ Glad-handed ♫
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♫ fingindo estar numa boa. ♫
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♫ Sick and tired of the "Later, maybe" ♫
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♫ Enjoado e cansado de"Depois, talvez" ♫
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♫ Take it, fake it, take it, take-it-or-leave-it life ♫
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♫ Vida de pegar, finjir, pegar, pegar-ou-largar ♫
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♫ And I gotta just tame it ♫
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♫ E eu tenho que te dizer ♫
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♫ I gotta just name it ♫
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♫ Eu só preciso nomear ♫
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♫ I gotta just seize, so please, oh please, oh please, oh please ♫
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♫ Eu só preciso ver, então por favor, ó por favor, ó por favor, ó por favor ♫
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♫ Oh please me right, 'cause ♫
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♫ Me agrade, por que ♫
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♫ My mind won't stop ♫
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♫ Meu vento não vai parar ♫
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♫ And my heart says go ♫
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♫ E meu coração diz vai ♫
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♫ Nobody knows how to hold me ♫
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♫ Ninguém sabe como me segurar ♫
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♫ My mind won't stop -- and my heart says go-ooooo ... ♫
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♫ Minha mente não vai parar -- e meu coração diz vai-iiiiiii ♫
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♫ Good things must be here -- yes, right here ♫
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♫ Coisas boas têm de estar aqui -- sim, bem aqui ♫
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♫ Here, right here, right here ♫
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♫ Aqui, bem aqui, bem qui ♫
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♫ I won't live this life forever ♫
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♫ Não viverei para sempre ♫
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♫ One time round is all the offer is ♫
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♫ Um volta é tudo que você vai ter ♫
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♫ Sick and tired of the "Later, maybe" ♫
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♫ Enjoado e cansado de "Depois, talvez" ♫
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♫ Take it, fake it, make it, leave it life ♫
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♫ Vida de pegar, finjir, fazer, largar ♫
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♫ And I gotta just name it, I gotta just claim it ♫
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♫ E só tenho que nomear, eu só tenho que reivindicar ♫
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♫ I gotta just seize ♫
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♫ Eu só tenho que aproveitar ♫
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♫ Oh please, oh please, oh please me right ♫
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♫ Por favor, por favor, me agrade direito ♫
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♫ I want what I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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♫ Eu quero o que não posso ter, Preciso do que não posso querer ter, ♫
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♫ Have what I don't have, what I want ♫
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♫ mas não tenho o que quero♫
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♫ What I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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♫ O que eu não posso ter, preciso do que não posso querer ter♫
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♫ Have but I don't have -- you know that ♫
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♫ mas eu não tenho -- você sabe disso ♫
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♫ My mind won't stop, and my heart says go ♫
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♫ Minha mente não vai parar, e meu coração diz vai ♫
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♫ Nobody knows how to hold me, no ♫
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♫ Ninguém sabe como me segurar, não ♫
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♫ My mind won't stop, and my heart says go ♫
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♫ Minha mente não vai parar, e meu coração diz vai ♫
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♫ 'Cause I want what I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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♫ Porque eu quero o que não posso ter, preciso do que não posso querer ter ♫
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♫ Have but I -- have what I want ♫
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♫ mas eu -- tenho o que eu quero ♫
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♫ What I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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♫ O que eu não posso ter, preciso do que não posso querer ter♫
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♫ What I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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♫ O que eu não tenho, preciso do que não posso querer ter ♫
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♫ Have but I don't have, what I want ♫
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♫ mas eu não tenho o que eu quero ♫
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♫ What I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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♫ O que eu não posso ter, preciso do que não posso querer ter, ♫
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♫ Have what I don't have, what I want ♫
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♫ mas não tenho o que quero ♫
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♫ What I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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♫ O que eu não posso ter, preciso do que não posso querer ter, ♫
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♫ Have but I don't have, what I want ♫
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♫ mas não tenho o que quero ♫
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♫ What I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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♫ O que eu não posso ter, preciso do que não posso querer ter, ♫
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♫ Have but I don't have what I want ♫
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♫ mas não tenho o que quero ♫
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(Applause)
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(Aplausos)
Translated by Ramiro Murad
Reviewed by Rafael Eufrasio

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Nora York - Singer, performance artist
"Philosopher diva" Nora York is an adventurous singer-songwriter with a drive to explore the human condition.

Why you should listen

Nora York is an adventurous jazz singer and performance artist whose genre-crossing work defies easy categorization. With a sultry, soulful voice and hypnotic stage presence, York has carved out a territory all her own — call her a "singer-songwriter-truthteller" (the Village Voice did). She brings a witty and literate twist to her performances, recombining songs and merging genres in thought-provoking ways.

Voice is at the center of York’s expression and creative invention, which emcompasses composition, live performance, and visual and multimedia arts. She's released four CDs: To Dream The World, Alchemy, What I Want (representing the outcome of the ‘02 NYSCA commission) and Power/Play. She has performed at universities and music festivals; most notably the Newport Jazz Festival, New Sounds Live series at Merkin Hall NYC, and Lincoln Center Out of Doors. York teaches musicianship and performance as member of the faculty at the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, New York University. For her latest project, York received a Robert Rauschenberg Foundation grant to write and present the multimedia concert Water Water Everywhere.

More profile about the speaker
Nora York | Speaker | TED.com

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