Comments on: rainbow, tumbleweed by tom http://www.burnmagazine.org/works-in-progress/2009/03/rainbow-and-tumbleweeds-by-young-tom/ burn is an online feature for emerging photographers worldwide. burn is curated by magnum photographer david alan harvey. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:07:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: young tom http://www.burnmagazine.org/works-in-progress/2009/03/rainbow-and-tumbleweeds-by-young-tom/comment-page-3/#comment-33575 young tom Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:36:17 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=1925#comment-33575 Gracie writes: "i want to make pictures my pieces… my frustration. i do not know how to take pictures … yet." Then Gracie, my friend, you may just be ahead of the rest of us. "Knowing how" can get in the way of the best poetry. Just flow. peace, tom Gracie writes: “i want to make pictures my pieces… my frustration. i do not know how to take pictures … yet.”

Then Gracie, my friend, you may just be ahead of the rest of us. “Knowing how” can get in the way of the best poetry. Just flow.

peace, tom

]]> By: young tom http://www.burnmagazine.org/works-in-progress/2009/03/rainbow-and-tumbleweeds-by-young-tom/comment-page-3/#comment-33373 young tom Sat, 21 Mar 2009 06:08:37 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=1925#comment-33373 Herve, btw, the difference in densities on either side of the rainbow is how it actually appears. I can't explain refractory atmospheric dynamics but you could google it. I believe you've seen the previous posts on processing. The essence with these is that they were greatly underexposed, and incredible late afternoon lighting with storm clouds didn't hurt either. I'm always trying to get back to chrome it seems (or tri-x pushed) and high contrast, and these certainly look like cibrachromes to me. Certainly, tastes have moved on but it is always fun to push buttons, is it not? :))) I too look forward to seeing these large. Herve, btw, the difference in densities on either side of the rainbow is how it actually appears. I can’t explain refractory atmospheric dynamics but you could google it. I believe you’ve seen the previous posts on processing. The essence with these is that they were greatly underexposed, and incredible late afternoon lighting with storm clouds didn’t hurt either. I’m always trying to get back to chrome it seems (or tri-x pushed) and high contrast, and these certainly look like cibrachromes to me. Certainly, tastes have moved on but it is always fun to push buttons, is it not? :)))

I too look forward to seeing these large.

]]> By: Herve http://www.burnmagazine.org/works-in-progress/2009/03/rainbow-and-tumbleweeds-by-young-tom/comment-page-3/#comment-33372 Herve Sat, 21 Mar 2009 05:38:58 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=1925#comment-33372 PANOS Would you like the photo “more”… if it was no photoshop? ------------------------ (back in town). Can't care less, Panos. He could have used pencils, and not a camera, or a media mix. The means are never a problem with me, it is just that I wondered about the appearnce of things in the photos rather than being struck by the poetry of it all. I could be dishonest and go straight to simple praise, but then that wouldn't be me, would it be. I just write down exactlt what strikes me, and here, it was about how things appeared on the photograph. I think it would be great to see Tom's pictures in a gallery setting, with a size equivalent to the awe of nature he has mentionned, I mean 20feetx15ft. Computer screens can do a disfavor to such type of imagery (and I am starting to think to a good lot of photography as well). PANOS

Would you like the photo “more”… if it was no photoshop?
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(back in town). Can’t care less, Panos. He could have used pencils, and not a camera, or a media mix. The means are never a problem with me, it is just that I wondered about the appearnce of things in the photos rather than being struck by the poetry of it all. I could be dishonest and go straight to simple praise, but then that wouldn’t be me, would it be. I just write down exactlt what strikes me, and here, it was about how things appeared on the photograph.

I think it would be great to see Tom’s pictures in a gallery setting, with a size equivalent to the awe of nature he has mentionned, I mean 20feetx15ft. Computer screens can do a disfavor to such type of imagery (and I am starting to think to a good lot of photography as well).

]]> By: Gracie http://www.burnmagazine.org/works-in-progress/2009/03/rainbow-and-tumbleweeds-by-young-tom/comment-page-3/#comment-33371 Gracie Sat, 21 Mar 2009 05:13:48 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=1925#comment-33371 everdearest david b, HE TO WHOM such selflessness is firsthanded shall find himself generously blessed with such great stature and unending respect from his own disciples who will forever be RAPT IN AWE... (i will never forget your generous offer, i shall if i may keep in touch...) everdearest david b,

HE TO WHOM such selflessness is firsthanded
shall find himself generously blessed
with such great stature and unending respect
from his own disciples
who will forever be RAPT IN AWE…

(i will never forget your generous offer,
i shall if i may keep in touch…)

]]> By: david b http://www.burnmagazine.org/works-in-progress/2009/03/rainbow-and-tumbleweeds-by-young-tom/comment-page-3/#comment-33362 david b Sat, 21 Mar 2009 03:10:54 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=1925#comment-33362 Einstein said: “The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed.” oh man.. one day i want to start a sentence with, "he to whom..", which ends with "rapt in awe"... Einstein said: “The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed.”

oh man..
one day i want to start a sentence with, “he to whom..”, which ends with “rapt in awe”…

]]> By: young tom http://www.burnmagazine.org/works-in-progress/2009/03/rainbow-and-tumbleweeds-by-young-tom/comment-page-3/#comment-33342 young tom Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:41:17 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=1925#comment-33342 James, absolutely! Denver is not so far. Have an old friend in Durango I plan to visit and four corners is always a favorite. And Bainbridge is even closer :)) Always welcome here James! OBX = Outer Banks of North Carolina. It's been more than 20 years since I've been there but I spent many summers of my young days on the coasts of North and South Carolina. Miss it much, although almost afraid to see them now. James, absolutely! Denver is not so far. Have an old friend in Durango I plan to visit and four corners is always a favorite. And Bainbridge is even closer :)) Always welcome here James!

OBX = Outer Banks of North Carolina. It’s been more than 20 years since I’ve been there but I spent many summers of my young days on the coasts of North and South Carolina. Miss it much, although almost afraid to see them now.

]]> By: James Chance http://www.burnmagazine.org/works-in-progress/2009/03/rainbow-and-tumbleweeds-by-young-tom/comment-page-3/#comment-33337 James Chance Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:14:07 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=1925#comment-33337 TOM: Yes, yes, getting settled, but in Denver... So don't make a wasted trip to Ohio this Summer! (what's OBX?) Its a struggle setting up here as there are a shit load of photographers, but I love the area so i'm sure it will pay off in the long run! Closer to WA too! ;) I have a good friend who has moved back to Bainbridge Island. Once things have settled It would be nice to get up and visit you guys. TOM:
Yes, yes, getting settled, but in Denver… So don’t make a wasted trip to Ohio this Summer! (what’s OBX?) Its a struggle setting up here as there are a shit load of photographers, but I love the area so i’m sure it will pay off in the long run! Closer to WA too! ;) I have a good friend who has moved back to Bainbridge Island. Once things have settled It would be nice to get up and visit you guys.

]]> By: young tom http://www.burnmagazine.org/works-in-progress/2009/03/rainbow-and-tumbleweeds-by-young-tom/comment-page-3/#comment-33333 young tom Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:52:39 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=1925#comment-33333 SIDNEY, it's still an amazing Basin but not as many roadside cafes, true, though lots of good taverns still. And then, there is the skeet range and shooting club, with beer on tap, and the Hutterite colony just down the road. No beer there but many beards. The Columbia itself with all its dams and irrigation is now a massive machine, an organic machine (title of a book on the Columbia by the way) and all the people of the basin are part of it, feeding it and living off it, whether they realize it or not. The concrete is still curing inside the Hoover dam, the plume of plutonium is seeping and creeping though the aquifer toward the river, Native Americans still dipnet fish off rickety platforms where they have for thousands of years, now in the shadow of powerhouses. She Who Watches still surveys the Gorge and the water flows on. Of course you know this but I'm not sure many people outside the Northwest grasp its power and breadth. It's indescribable. I have explored only small sections of the Columbia, from its source in Canada to the massive waves on the bar in the surfboat, and the immensity and power of it all never ceases to instill a sense of wonder, awe and mystery. And I guess that is as good a reason as any to be a photographer, the only reason for me really, even as one of tumbleweeds ;-)) Einstein said: "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed." Which speaks to the danger of cynicism well, as well. I am just flowing lost in all the ideas and stories of the Columbia, such an amazing tapestry of lives woven through a river like few others. A massive Greek tragedy in many ways. CHRIS, thanks, you're on brother :)) JAMES, ah well, I put things up and rip them down because they are never good enough, or at least very soon are not, which is actually a good thing. I'll settle into something more cohesive one of these days and put up something more permanent. Have you settled back into the states? Cool. Most likely heading east late summer/early fall for Virginia and OBX. Maybe I'll make a cross country road trip out of it and stop by your neck of the woods ... Ohio? Would be good to hang out, and make that exchange! :))) TIM, hey there, good to know there's other NW representation here. HAIK, good, good, me too. It's a cab then! SIDNEY, it’s still an amazing Basin but not as many roadside cafes, true, though lots of good taverns still. And then, there is the skeet range and shooting club, with beer on tap, and the Hutterite colony just down the road. No beer there but many beards. The Columbia itself with all its dams and irrigation is now a massive machine, an organic machine (title of a book on the Columbia by the way) and all the people of the basin are part of it, feeding it and living off it, whether they realize it or not. The concrete is still curing inside the Hoover dam, the plume of plutonium is seeping and creeping though the aquifer toward the river, Native Americans still dipnet fish off rickety platforms where they have for thousands of years, now in the shadow of powerhouses. She Who Watches still surveys the Gorge and the water flows on. Of course you know this but I’m not sure many people outside the Northwest grasp its power and breadth. It’s indescribable. I have explored only small sections of the Columbia, from its source in Canada to the massive waves on the bar in the surfboat, and the immensity and power of it all never ceases to instill a sense of wonder, awe and mystery. And I guess that is as good a reason as any to be a photographer, the only reason for me really, even as one of tumbleweeds ;-))

Einstein said: “The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed.”

Which speaks to the danger of cynicism well, as well. I am just flowing lost in all the ideas and stories of the Columbia, such an amazing tapestry of lives woven through a river like few others. A massive Greek tragedy in many ways.

CHRIS, thanks, you’re on brother :))

JAMES, ah well, I put things up and rip them down because they are never good enough, or at least very soon are not, which is actually a good thing. I’ll settle into something more cohesive one of these days and put up something more permanent. Have you settled back into the states? Cool. Most likely heading east late summer/early fall for Virginia and OBX. Maybe I’ll make a cross country road trip out of it and stop by your neck of the woods … Ohio? Would be good to hang out, and make that exchange! :)))

TIM, hey there, good to know there’s other NW representation here.

HAIK, good, good, me too. It’s a cab then!

]]> By: Haik http://www.burnmagazine.org/works-in-progress/2009/03/rainbow-and-tumbleweeds-by-young-tom/comment-page-3/#comment-33243 Haik Fri, 20 Mar 2009 07:04:09 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=1925#comment-33243 <i>Hey HAIK, I saw your ride in Seattle. Can I drive? :)))) </i> I am drinking then. Hey HAIK, I saw your ride in Seattle. Can I drive? :))))
I am drinking then.

]]> By: Sidney Atkins http://www.burnmagazine.org/works-in-progress/2009/03/rainbow-and-tumbleweeds-by-young-tom/comment-page-3/#comment-33222 Sidney Atkins Thu, 19 Mar 2009 23:25:13 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=1925#comment-33222 Hey Tim Ripley, I live in Fairhaven...spitting distance. Do you ever come up here? We could meet for a coffee at Village Books or some other appropriate venue sometime for a chat... email whenever you like. Cheers, Hey Tim Ripley,

I live in Fairhaven…spitting distance. Do you ever come up here? We could meet for a coffee at Village Books or some other appropriate venue sometime for a chat… email whenever you like.

Cheers,

]]> By: Tim Ripley http://www.burnmagazine.org/works-in-progress/2009/03/rainbow-and-tumbleweeds-by-young-tom/comment-page-3/#comment-33209 Tim Ripley Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:49:47 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=1925#comment-33209 Hey Tom, That familiar raincloud came over Bow-Edison the other day. Or.. one just like it unleashed a torrent outside the Longhorn. Tried to chime in yesterday from Bow but my connection wasn't having it. Cheers Tim Hey Tom,

That familiar raincloud came over Bow-Edison the other day. Or.. one just like it unleashed a torrent outside the Longhorn.
Tried to chime in yesterday from Bow but my connection wasn’t having it.

Cheers

Tim

]]> By: James Chance http://www.burnmagazine.org/works-in-progress/2009/03/rainbow-and-tumbleweeds-by-young-tom/comment-page-3/#comment-33196 James Chance Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:08:33 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=1925#comment-33196 IAN (Aitken): Totally off topic here (sorry folks) but had been meaning to drop you a line as this is all a little weird... We share the same names: Ian (my fathers name) is my first middle name (I have two). Aitken is the second as it is my Mothers maiden name. James Ian Aitken Chance. Then I went to your site and saw that you are also from England, But not only that... Your phone code is for the Norwich area! I grew up on the Norfolk/Suffolk border near Diss! Now that's a lot of coincidences!! I feel Like I have to look you up next time i'm back as you must have an important message for me or something!! ;)) Weird... Enjoyed your work. Esp, the portraits. I'm wondering if some of the train shot were shot on the London > Norwich mainline, perhaps near dear old Diss!?? IAN (Aitken):

Totally off topic here (sorry folks) but had been meaning to drop you a line as this is all a little weird… We share the same names: Ian (my fathers name) is my first middle name (I have two). Aitken is the second as it is my Mothers maiden name. James Ian Aitken Chance. Then I went to your site and saw that you are also from England, But not only that… Your phone code is for the Norwich area! I grew up on the Norfolk/Suffolk border near Diss!

Now that’s a lot of coincidences!! I feel Like I have to look you up next time i’m back as you must have an important message for me or something!! ;)) Weird…

Enjoyed your work. Esp, the portraits. I’m wondering if some of the train shot were shot on the London > Norwich mainline, perhaps near dear old Diss!??

]]> By: James Chance http://www.burnmagazine.org/works-in-progress/2009/03/rainbow-and-tumbleweeds-by-young-tom/comment-page-3/#comment-33187 James Chance Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:20:36 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=1925#comment-33187 Hey Tom, I thought you did have a website?.. Or at least you used too? I used to visit, I remember your stuff from the ferry and the floods. Just like you I am so pleased you have stepped away from your straight PJ work. You really have a style, which I notice as "you' straight away, and more impressively you tapped into it sooo quickly! Obviously our exchange got set back when I left the country and right now things are pretty tight as I pay for that trip and set-up all over again. But i'm still up for it if you are, esp. seeing this new contender!! Be good my friend. I hope we can catch up in person soon. Hey Tom,

I thought you did have a website?.. Or at least you used too? I used to visit, I remember your stuff from the ferry and the floods. Just like you I am so pleased you have stepped away from your straight PJ work. You really have a style, which I notice as “you’ straight away, and more impressively you tapped into it sooo quickly!

Obviously our exchange got set back when I left the country and right now things are pretty tight as I pay for that trip and set-up all over again. But i’m still up for it if you are, esp. seeing this new contender!! Be good my friend. I hope we can catch up in person soon.

]]> By: chris bickford http://www.burnmagazine.org/works-in-progress/2009/03/rainbow-and-tumbleweeds-by-young-tom/comment-page-3/#comment-33185 chris bickford Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:11:14 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=1925#comment-33185 Young Tom--- LOVE these!! Late to the party and haven't looked over the discussion, but these rock, my friend. They have all the brilliance and color of good landscape photography with the extra "wow" factor of movement. I am always drawn to still photographs that "move". And here I'm not just talking about "motion blur", though you execute that very well here; I mean it in the broader sense of a feeling of kinetic energy in the composition and moment. These are strange and beautiful photos; on the one hand they have a classic rural Americana feeling, but on the other hand, they have a modern sensibility and an "edge" you don't see in this kind of work very often. I want to see more. More, more... chris Young Tom—

LOVE these!! Late to the party and haven’t looked over the discussion, but these rock, my friend. They have all the brilliance and color of good landscape photography with the extra “wow” factor of movement. I am always drawn to still photographs that “move”. And here I’m not just talking about “motion blur”, though you execute that very well here; I mean it in the broader sense of a feeling of kinetic energy in the composition and moment.

These are strange and beautiful photos; on the one hand they have a classic rural Americana feeling, but on the other hand, they have a modern sensibility and an “edge” you don’t see in this kind of work very often.

I want to see more. More, more…

chris

]]> By: Sidney Atkins http://www.burnmagazine.org/works-in-progress/2009/03/rainbow-and-tumbleweeds-by-young-tom/comment-page-3/#comment-33183 Sidney Atkins Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:59:55 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=1925#comment-33183 Tom wrote: "...if you find the right small cafe in the right small town in the Upper Crab Creek area of the Columbia plateau..." That is not quite the "needle in a haystack" challenge it would have been 30 years ago when there were little redneck cafes all over the Columbia Plateau in tiny little towns (fewer than a dozen houses, and a wide spot in the road). Criscrossing the area in the late 90s I found far fewer of the old cafes than I remembered, it seemed like a culture was on the wane. I'd be glad to know it still lives on. As a geographic footnote, it's interesting to me that Tom calls it the 'Columbia Plateau' and I tend to call it the 'Columbia Basin'... same place, but he has a more Western Washington perspective, from which it certainly looks like a plateau, and even though I live in Western Washington now, right down near sea level, I still see the area through the lens of my youth when I lived in Northern Idaho at 3,000 ft. and above, from which we looked 'down' on the Basin. Both terms are in common use. (Hey Civilian Mass Audience, am I living up to my 'Athenaeus' persona?). Tom wrote:
“…if you find the right small cafe in the right small town in the Upper Crab Creek area of the Columbia plateau…”
That is not quite the “needle in a haystack” challenge it would have been 30 years ago when there were little redneck cafes all over the Columbia Plateau in tiny little towns (fewer than a dozen houses, and a wide spot in the road). Criscrossing the area in the late 90s I found far fewer of the old cafes than I remembered, it seemed like a culture was on the wane. I’d be glad to know it still lives on.

As a geographic footnote, it’s interesting to me that Tom calls it the ‘Columbia Plateau’ and I tend to call it the ‘Columbia Basin’… same place, but he has a more Western Washington perspective, from which it certainly looks like a plateau, and even though I live in Western Washington now, right down near sea level, I still see the area through the lens of my youth when I lived in Northern Idaho at 3,000 ft. and above, from which we looked ‘down’ on the Basin. Both terms are in common use. (Hey Civilian Mass Audience, am I living up to my ‘Athenaeus’ persona?).

]]> By: young tom http://www.burnmagazine.org/works-in-progress/2009/03/rainbow-and-tumbleweeds-by-young-tom/comment-page-3/#comment-33182 young tom Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:49:14 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=1925#comment-33182 Kat, I know :)) We always seem to get just a little sideways without really meaning to don't we? All good. Thanks Gracie. Goodnight Gracie. :)) Kat, I know :)) We always seem to get just a little sideways without really meaning to don’t we? All good.

Thanks Gracie. Goodnight Gracie. :))

]]> By: Gracie http://www.burnmagazine.org/works-in-progress/2009/03/rainbow-and-tumbleweeds-by-young-tom/comment-page-3/#comment-33181 Gracie Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:37:07 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=1925#comment-33181 young tom, i am first of all a poet like you. i want to make pictures my pieces... my frustration. i do not know how to take pictures ... yet. i am glad you went through the technical part of your pictures. most here wont. or will maybe as an offsite email. but i like these... very much. young tom,

i am first of all a poet like you. i want to make pictures my pieces… my frustration. i do not know how to take pictures … yet.

i am glad you went through the technical part of your pictures. most here wont. or will maybe as an offsite email. but i like these… very much.

]]> By: katharina http://www.burnmagazine.org/works-in-progress/2009/03/rainbow-and-tumbleweeds-by-young-tom/comment-page-3/#comment-33180 katharina Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:36:52 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=1925#comment-33180 (Young) Tom, in fact, I meant this as a compliment .... your 2 pictures are not to be confused with some anonymous stuff on a postcard that you buy in a store and send off......but more like something that you receive from someone/somewhere and certainly give it a special place :) (Young) Tom,
in fact, I meant this as a compliment …. your 2 pictures are not to be confused with some anonymous stuff on a postcard that you buy in a store and send off……but more like something that you receive from someone/somewhere and certainly give it a special place :)

]]> By: young tom http://www.burnmagazine.org/works-in-progress/2009/03/rainbow-and-tumbleweeds-by-young-tom/comment-page-3/#comment-33179 young tom Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:33:34 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=1925#comment-33179 Gracie, who are you? Like a dream. I have to get to work too. Building permit revision, with drawings. Uggh. Keep on keeping on cause a rolling tumbleweed gathers no moss. Gracie, who are you? Like a dream. I have to get to work too. Building permit revision, with drawings. Uggh. Keep on keeping on cause a rolling tumbleweed gathers no moss.

]]> By: young tom http://www.burnmagazine.org/works-in-progress/2009/03/rainbow-and-tumbleweeds-by-young-tom/comment-page-3/#comment-33177 young tom Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:28:06 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=1925#comment-33177 Ian, me too. Right on. Michel K. - We will meet one of these days. Congrats on National Parks magazine btw. A very tough nut. I once had a photo in there years ago, an oil spill in Olympic National Park (one of two I've been to there). Someone asked me for a negative the other day, out of the blue, for that and damned if I can find it! Another beautiful photo of an awful mess. That experience led me to work on protections for that coastline and creation of a National Marine Sanctuary. Seems another lifetime ago, like those trips I made to Great Falls with my father to watch the kayakers, and all those white water canoe trips on the Shenandoah. I wonder if the Carter gauges are still used. All things circle around it seems. See you in D.C., or in Eastern WA, but hope to meet you someday. John Gladdy, damn I love your work. Have for some time. Thanks for looking and commenting. Ian, me too. Right on.

Michel K. – We will meet one of these days. Congrats on National Parks magazine btw. A very tough nut. I once had a photo in there years ago, an oil spill in Olympic National Park (one of two I’ve been to there). Someone asked me for a negative the other day, out of the blue, for that and damned if I can find it! Another beautiful photo of an awful mess. That experience led me to work on protections for that coastline and creation of a National Marine Sanctuary. Seems another lifetime ago, like those trips I made to Great Falls with my father to watch the kayakers, and all those white water canoe trips on the Shenandoah. I wonder if the Carter gauges are still used. All things circle around it seems. See you in D.C., or in Eastern WA, but hope to meet you someday.

John Gladdy, damn I love your work. Have for some time. Thanks for looking and commenting.

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