Sunday, November 29, 2020

Advent Study "Incarnation: Rediscovering the Significance of Christmas"


November 29

Old South Haven Presbyterian Church is inviting you to a Zoom virtual Advent study group
Incarnation: Rediscovering the Significance of Christmas
ALL WELCOME

Hi everyone
      The Adult Study on Incarnation: Rediscovering the Significance of Christmas is on the calendar.  We will Zoom on Tuesday evenings,  Dec 1, 8, 15, and 22 and January 5.  Each session is based on a chapter of the book by Adam Hamilton. Each session will be jump started by a short video clip by the author.    This Tuesday we'll address Chapter one.
     I have ordered 8 books which have not yet arrived.  You can also download it onto a Kindle or Nook.  I'm in the process of copying the first chapter but have run out of ink so the delivery may be delayed until tomorrow.  If you mentioned in Sunday's worship service that you'd like one I will drop it in or near your mailbox.  If would like to join us and did not say so in church today, call and let me know:  631-286-9278 or 631-398-0875.  If you don't have time to read the chapter and would like to join us anyway, please do.  I'm happy that so many are interested!

E-See you Tuesday,
Darcy Stevens
p.s. If you have not yet responded to this meeting, please reply to this email or call me at numbers above.


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Saturday, November 28, 2020

This Week at Old South Haven Church -

First Sunday of Advent

Dear Members and Friends of Old South Haven Church,

Last Spring, when we started to worship by Zoom, if any one had said we would still be worshiping by Zoom during Advent, I do not think I would have believed them. 

This coming Sunday is the first Sunday of Advent—Hope.

Please join us.  Pastor Glorya's sermon will be:  "Where Are We". Please see below for the details for joining the service.  
Pastor emeritus Jeanne Baum will be lighting the Advent calendar

Please also see below for Pastor Glorya's letter about prayer concerns.

Peace and Love,

Linda





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November 24, 2020
 
Dear Friends,
Since my arrival at Old South Haven we have offered prayers for several people and families.  If these people are not in your immediate circle of friends you may have forgotten all about them.  Since we are not meeting in person and while you may get a bulletin you no longer get a page outlining announcements or prayer joys and concerns.  Therefore, I've asked the "Bulletin Elves" to include a separate sheet each week listing the accumulative names of those needing prayers or those with Joys.  This way you'll have it to refer to during the week when you find yourself led into prayer.
 
We'll keep the names on the list for 30 days and, unless requested to keep them on the list, we will remove them after that time. 
 
Shalom,
Pastor Glorya
 
PRAYER CONCERNS:
            Kevin Barnes and daughter
            Bob Baum
            Kim Lipski
            Lynn Moss
            Betty Ulrich

Friday, November 27, 2020

History of the Advent Wreath

The following is an excerpt of Richard Thomas’ weekly email to the “choir”.  He expounds on the history of the Advent wreath.

 

From: Richard Thomas <RichardAThomas@OptOnline.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 26, 2020 1:37 AM

Hi Choir, ….


On Sunday, Rev. Baum will light the first candle of Advent, which this year is designated the Candle of Hope.

        Last January, I donated a new little Advent wreath and fourteen purple Advent candles, 12” long, so we would be ready for Advent 2020, but I guess we’ll start using them in 2021 instead.

        When Old South Haven began doing Advent candles (about thirty years ago, I think), we initially did:

The Prophets’ Candle, The Bethlehem Candle, The Shepherds’ Candle, The Angels’ Candle, and, on Christmas Eve, Christ’s Candle.

        Then we switched to “Hope, Faith, Love, and Peace.” 

        Rev. Philipp always did “Hope, Love, Joy, Peace” and changed the candles from purple to blue. His four themes were faithless while the ones we had used before were joyless.

        (We initially had four purple candles, I don’t recall whether it was Rev. Philipp or Rev. Baum who introduced the pink candle to our Advent rituals.  I initially didn’t much care for the pink candle—aesthetically—it destroyed the symmetry, but I’ve grown used to it, much as one becomes used to most things when exposed to it long enough.)

        The use of an Advent wreath in liturgical worship is a fairly recent development, so there are still many different practices.

        The situation is similar to when many gospels and writings appeared in the early Christian church.  There were disputes about what should be included in the New Testament canon and what should be rejected.  (I wish they had kept the Gospel of Thomas.) 

        The Christians of eastern Syria never did get around to accepting the Book of Revelation in their New Testament – in the Peshitta Bible.  (It was probably a wise decision.  If the Council of Carthage, which met in 397 A.D., had rejected it as well, we wouldn’t have to put up with all those bumper stickers about “The Rapture” or that “Left Behind” series by Tim LaHaye.)

        A consensus does appear to be developing regarding the candles of the Advent wreath.

        Even though the song the choir sings, “Candles of Advent,” was written in 1997 and is by a Presbyterian, the order of the candles in the song is different from what is the usual order today.

        Here is some research I have done on Advent wreaths and the assigning of a theme to each candle.

        The designation of

                                1. Hope

                                2. Peace

                                3. Joy

                                4. Love,

in that order, for names of the Advent candles (or the themes of the Sundays of Advent) is, it appears, a rather recent development in church history.

        As I was interested in the names of the Advent candles and their sequence, I looked at many books and religious publications that mention Advent candles, and I’ve looked at articles in many different newspapers published in the United States since the 1940s (which often reported on what was happening in the churches, including whether Advent candles were used in the worship services and also, sometimes, even the theme assigned to an Advent Sunday).

        Scandinavian and northern European countries (Germany, Denmark, etc.) had a custom of making wreaths of evergreen with candles during the dark days of December, but these had no Christian meaning, and many believe the practice even pre-dated the arrival of Christianity.

        The European Lutherans were the first to adapt this symbol as a home decoration and for family devotional use. These home wreaths usually had four red candles, and at Sunday supper, a member of the family would light one the first week, another family member would light two on the following Sunday, then three, etc., symbolizing a movement from darkness to light as Christmas day approached.

        A recent Pope still had an Advent wreath of four red candles (and no center candle):

        The Advent wreath began its appearance as a decorative item in American Lutheran and Catholic churches around 1940.

        The first use of an Advent wreath I was able to find in an American publication was in the Deaconess Annals of the Lutheran Deaconess Motherhouse of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, published in 1937, where it was reported that the sisters had decorated their dining room with an Advent Wreath and that on the First Advent Sunday it appeared “with its solitary candle to symbolize the first Advent promise.”  This, however, still seems to be a “home use” of the wreath rather than a liturgical use during worship.

        The first mention of an Advent wreath in a church appears in a description of a practice of the monks of St. John’s Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota, in 1941, but that wreath was suspended, and therefore very much unlike its liturgical use today.

        An article in the Kansas City Star, published on 23 Dec 1951, says Immanuel Lutheran Church had an Advent Wreath in Kansas City in 1951. All four candles in its wreath were red.  (The article calls the Advent wreath, “a Swedish rite.”) Moreover, there is some sort of ceremony involved in “installing the candles.”

        A liturgical use during public worship also appears in an American Catholic publication issued in 1955

        An article in the Portland Oregonian (Dec. 1, 1962) describes the history of the wreath in the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Portland.  The congregation, founded as a Norwegian congregation, had sponsored a German couple, Klaus and Helga Hoenisch, who, in 1956, had an Advent wreath in their home.  Their former pastor saw it and asked for one for his own family.  Then in 1957, an Advent Wreath was “hung above the altar.”

        From an article in the Rockford Morning Star (Rockford, Illinois), Dec. 14, 1957, it is established that Lutheran churches had incorporated a lighting ceremony into their December worship services:

 

 

        From this next article published on 27 Nov 1958 about a service at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Greenfield, Massachusetts, it appears that the original liturgical use didn’t ascribe a theme to any of the candles, the focus was instead on the increasing light as the day of the birth of the Christ child approached.

        All the candles were white.

From: Springfield Union (Springfield, MA), Nov. 27, 1958.

St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Greenfield, Massachusetts:

 

        So use of an Advent Wreath in American Christian worship is a fairly new idea, and took place sometime after the birth of a significant number of the members of our own congregation.

        When the liturgical use began, the emphasis was on going from darkness to light, so, each week another candle was lit to symbolize this movement.  That was the emphasis rather than an emphasis on a particular theme as a focus of a particular Sunday of Advent.

        The earliest evidence I’ve found of a different theme being associated with each candle of Advent appears in 1961.

        An article in the Beaumont (Texas) Journal on Saturday, 09 Dec 1961, describes the use of Advent wreaths at St. John’s Lutheran Church and at the Prince of Peace Lutheran Church. (See attached.)

        These two Lutheran churches located in the same Texas city had different practices regarding the Advent wreath in 1961.

        The wreath at St. John’s Lutheran used three purple candles and a fourth pink or rose candle for the fourth Sunday of Advent.  The article says “Sometimes a fifth candle, often white, is added to the ring on Christmas Eve.”

        At the Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Beaumont, Texas, in 1961, all four candles of Advent were to be white, and the fifth candle in the center was red.

        There were already themes assigned to the candles, but the two Lutheran pastors not only had different colors for their candles, they had different themes as well.

        For St. John’s Lutheran, the theme of the first candle isn’t stated, but the remaining themes were: “Bethlehem, City of the Coming King,” “John, the Herald of Christ,” and “His Name is Wonderful.”

        The themes of the candles at the Prince of Peace Lutheran Church were:

Prophecy Candle—opening up the period of waiting, white candle

Bethlehem Candle—symbolic of preparation to receive and cradle the Christ Child, white candle

Shepherds’ Candle—signifying the act of sharing Christ, white candle, and

Angels’ Candle—the candle of love and final coming, white candle

Christ Candle—the fifth candle placed in the center and lighted on Christmas Eve.  That candle was red.

 

        Presbyterian Use. By 1962, both liturgical and “nonliturgical” churches, were beginning to show an interest in “observing the season of Advent,” according to an article in the Dallas Morning News (Dec. 6, 1962).  [See attached.]

        The description is of a wreath with four red candles, and, more importantly, the candles have names.  They are the same names as used at the Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Beaumont, Texas, the previous year. No center candle is mentioned.  None of the candles are pink.

        The person giving the description was Dr. Thomas A. Fry of the Dallas First Presbyterian Church.  The candle lighting was being done at special services on Thursdays. It hadn’t been incorporated into the main worship services yet.  (I don’t know why Dr. Fry chose Thursdays.  In 1962, Christmas fell on a Tuesday.)

        These candle themes are the same themes that would later be used at Old South Haven.  I don’t know when the first use occurred at Old South Haven, as my digital copies of the bulletins begin in 1988. In any case, Old South Haven has included a candle-lighting ceremony in its Advent worship since at least December 1988.  For many years, all four Advent candles were purple. For a while, Rev. Baum particularly liked “The Prophets Candle, The Bethlehem Candle, The Shepherds’ Candle, The Angels’ Candle” sequence, but she used others also.

      As with any new liturgical practice, there is initially innovation and variation.  The theme each candle represents, their colors, and the sequence of the themes was in a high state of flux and variation for many decades.

        I found the following ten variations of themes and sequences:

Sunday

1

Hope

Hope

Waiting

Expectation

Expectation

The Prophets'

The Patriarchs

Expectation

Prophecy

2

Love

Peace

Hope

Hope

Faith

Bethlehem

The Way

Annunciation

John the Baptist

Preparation

3

Joy

Joy

Peace

Joy

Shepherds'

John the Baptist

Proclamation

Mary

4

Peace

Love

Joy

Purity

Love

Angels'

The Virgin Mary

Fulfillment

Magi

 

Christmas Eve or Day

The Christ

The Christ

 

There are probably other sequences, as I didn’t try to find them all.

 

        A set of Advent candles with a pink candle used to be rare at the major Protestant supply houses, but they’ve all had them for the last couple of decades.

        However, the use of a pink candle in an Advent wreath in home wreaths appears in an Associated Press “Newsfeature” release on Friday, 29 Nov 1957, “Tradition of Holy Wreath Revived.” The AP feature article instructed families on how to make an Advent wreath: “Select three purple, one pink candle . . .”  The name of the author of the feature isn’t given, much less her or his religious affiliation.

        Liturgical use of a pink candle in an Advent wreath appeared soon after.

        When the pink candle began to be used in churches, it was sometimes used on the third Sunday and sometimes on the fourth Sunday. 

        Many Lutheran and Unitarian Universalist churches still assign “Joy” (and the pink candle) to the fourth Sunday.

        In Bread for the Journey: Resources for Worship (1981), Ruth C. Duck gives “Joy” as the theme of the Fourth Sunday of Advent (p. 12).  Dr. Duck is Professor of Worship at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois.  Her sequence is “Hope, Peace, Love, Joy.”

        An early reference to the words “hope, joy, peace, and love” in association with an Advent wreath appears in Programs for Adventure and Christmas (1980) in an article entitled “An Advent Worship Suggestion for Youth” by Franklin Nelson.  He writes “Option one: For each of the themes in the worship you may want to light a candle.  Option two: Or you may want to bring in banners of Hope, Joy, Peace, Love.  Option three: Or you might want to unscramble . . .” 

        The four words weren’t explicitly stated to be the “names” of the Advent candles.  Also, the words represented four themes of a single worship service, but we can see an association beginning to develop between these four words and Advent candles.

        Later, in 1993, Ray Burton Kitchens wrote: “The violet candles symbolize Faith, Hope, and Love.  The rose colored candle symbolizes Joy.”  So in 1993, “Faith” was a theme rather than “Peace” in that church.  [Where There’s Hope: A History of the Isle of Hope Baptist Church, Savannah, Georgia, 1952-1992, (published 1993), p. 382.]

        A September 1993 article on Reformed Worship gave two possibilities for the themes of each Advent Sunday:

                Faithfulness  /  Hope  /  Joy  /  Love

or    Prophets  /  Angels  /  Shepherds  /  Magi  .

(See: http://www.reformedworship.org/article/september-1993/circle-light-four-themes-use-advent-wreath )

        It takes a few decades, at least, before one variant can win out over others and become the established form (which people will later call “traditional”).

        The choir has had to change the words of the “Candles of Advent” anthem from which we sing a few measures at the time of the lighting of the Advent candle during the worship service.

        The Old South Haven choir has been singing that anthem since at least 2003.  The four candles in “Candles of Advent” are:

                                1. Hope

                                2. Faith

                                3. Love

                                4. Peace

So that anthem’s set of Advent candles is “joyless,” but the set of four themes now being used is “faithless.” The order is different too, except for the Hope candle.

        The words of “Candles of Advent” are by Don Besig, and the anthem was published in 1997.  Don Besig is a member of the Perinton Presbyterian Church in Fairport, New York, (western New York).

https://youtu.be/Hm0cGH-FVnE “Candles of Advent,” words by Don Besig, sung by the Folk Choir of King of Kings Lutheran Church

        If the names of the Advent candles and their sequence had been well-settled in 1997, Don Besig would surely have used those names in his anthem. (Being a Presbyterian, this is especially true, as Don Besig would certainly have wished to do things decently and in order. J Also, he would have, no doubt, attempted to use the themes and sequence he understood to be used by most congregations, as in so doing, he would be able to sell more copies of his anthem.)

        The choir acquired a new Advent-candle anthem recently (published in 2012), which has the same names as now used, but in a different sequence:

                                1. Hope

                                2. Love

                                3. Joy

                                4. Peace

That anthem is “Light the Advent Candles” with words by Mark Clark.

        For at least ten Advent seasons, from 1988 through 1997, the Old South Haven Church lit the following candles:

                                1. Prophets’ candle

                                2. Bethlehem candle

                                3. Shepherds’ candle

                                4. Angels’ candle

On the second Sunday of Advent in 1997 (Dec. 7), John and I lit the Bethlehem candle.  (I think John read the material, and I lighted the candle.)

        It is true that the names Expectation, Faith, and Purity have lost much of their popularity.  It is also true that the use of the names “Hope, Peace, Joy, and Love” appear to have surpassed the use of other names.  So one might well say, those names are the ones that are now “commonly” chosen.

        The United Methodist Church web site, in 2016, did still state the following:

“Others consider the lighting of the first candle to symbolize expectation, while the second symbolizes hope, the third joy and the fourth purity.”

(See: http://www.umc.org/what-we-believe/what-do-the-candles-in-our-advent-wreath-mean

Therefore, we can conclude that for the Methodists, the set of themes of

                                Expectation  /  Hope  /  Joy  /  Purity

was still a viable set  of alternative themes in 2016.

        The practice of having an Advent wreath has now even reached the Eastern Orthodox churches, but because of the longer Advent period, their wreath requires six candles instead of five.

        It is still a choice which set of themes one uses.  There are other sets, they have been used for many years, and they are still being used today.  Liturgical resources are still available for most of the sets of four themes, so there is nothing to prevent any of them from regaining their popularity and supplanting the set currently favored, though that is probably unlikely.  I suppose someone might even come up with a new set of four themes, which, coupled with an engaging anthem and the proper resources and marketing, might overtake the current leader.

        The candles pictured in commercially-available bulletin covers still appear in many different colors, but it is now difficult to find Advent bulletins without one of the candles being pink, and, despite what is asserted in the following quote, that candle is almost always shown as lit on the cover for the Third Sunday of Advent.

        From: http://www.cresourcei.org/cyadvent.html

The Colors of Advent

                In many churches the third Sunday remains the Sunday of Joy marked by pink or rose. However, most Protestant churches now use blue to distinguish the Season of Advent from Lent. Royal Blue is sometimes used as a symbol of royalty. Some churches use Bright Blue to symbolize the night sky, the anticipation of the impending announcement of the King’s coming, or to symbolize the waters of Genesis 1, the beginning of a new creation. Some churches, including some Catholic churches, use blue violet to preserve the traditional use of purple while providing a visual distinction between the purple or red violet of Lent.

                With the shift to blue for Advent in most non-Catholic churches, there is also a tendency to move pink to the Fourth Sunday of Advent.  It still remains associated with Joy, but is increasingly used as the climax of the Advent Season on the last Sunday before Christmas

        The future is difficult to predict. It is clear, however, that while the four themes of “Hope, Peace, Joy, and Love” may have become more common, as far as a church traditions go, it has all happened relatively recently.

        We live in exciting times—when a new church tradition is being adapted and incorporated into Advent worship.  I wonder what other church traditions are in a process of being established of which we are scarcely aware.

 

This Week at Old South Haven Church -

First Sunday of Advent

Dear Members and Friends of Old South Haven Church,

Last Spring, when we started to worship by Zoom, if any one had said we would still be worshiping by Zoom during Advent, I do not think I would have believed them. 

This coming Sunday is the first Sunday of Advent—Hope.

Please join us.  Pastor Glorya's sermon will be:  "Where Are We". Please see below for the details for joining the service.  
Pastor emeritus Jeanne Baum will be lighting the Advent calendar

Please also see below for Pastor Glorya's letter about prayer concerns.

Peace and Love,

Linda





Sunday Zoom Church Service
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November 24, 2020
 
Dear Friends,
Since my arrival at Old South Haven we have offered prayers for several people and families.  If these people are not in your immediate circle of friends you may have forgotten all about them.  Since we are not meeting in person and while you may get a bulletin you no longer get a page outlining announcements or prayer joys and concerns.  Therefore, I've asked the "Bulletin Elves" to include a separate sheet each week listing the accumulative names of those needing prayers or those with Joys.  This way you'll have it to refer to during the week when you find yourself led into prayer.
 
We'll keep the names on the list for 30 days and, unless requested to keep them on the list, we will remove them after that time. 
 
Shalom,
Pastor Glorya
 
PRAYER CONCERNS:
            Kevin Barnes and daughter
            Bob Baum
            Kim Lipski
            Lynn Moss
            Betty Ulrich

Saturday, November 21, 2020

Preparing for Christmas


November 21, 2020

To OSHC members and friends,

It's been a sad, hard nine months, and a tough election season.  Thanksgiving will be small.    And Advent is about to start.   If your Christmas spirit could use some nurturing, consider joining us for an Adult Study based on a short book by Adam Hamilton:   Incarnation: Rediscovering the Significance of Christmas.   Hamilton gets kudos from many, including Pastor Glorya and Jeanne Baum. 

Pastor Glorya and the Yaphank Presbyterian Church invite us to do the study with them in person on Thursday nights. They have a very large room, in which it should be easy to social distance.  OR, join OSHC on Zoom, as was discussed last Sunday in Coffee Hour.   

The study will entail 5 sessions of about an hour (?), each session is based on a chapter in the book.  Each session begins with a short video clip  If you are interested joining us, either in person at Yaphank or on Zoom, please call, text  or email Darcy:  631-398-0875, darcycorralstevens@gmail.com.  We'll then figure the best time for the Zoom group.  Please respond promptly.  Time is of essence, and we need to order some books.  

Please join us!

Darcy

Thursday, November 19, 2020

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Dear Members and Friends of Old South Haven Church,

I want to again invite you to join us this coming Sunday for a Zoom Church Service.  The details for joining the Zoom service are below.

Pastor Glorya's sermon will be:  "Share the Pasture and Clear Water:

Next Thursday is Thanksgiving so I would like to wish you all a Happy and Safe Thanksgiving.

Peace and Love,

Linda

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Thursday, November 12, 2020

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Dear Members and Friends of Old South Haven Church,

I again invite you to join us this coming Sunday for our Sunday Zoom Church Service.   Pastor Glorya's sermon topic is:
"The Investment Crisis".  Please only use the details below for joining the church service.
 
Love and Peace,

Linda


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Thursday, November 5, 2020

Welcome to the Neals Family - Our New Manse Occupants

November 2, 2020

Dear Members of the Old South Haven Presbyterian Church Family,

Some of you may have noticed there is life again at the manse! It had been empty for the two years of our pastor search, except for the family of raccoons that wrecked havoc. But recently Jason, Deborah and Benjamin Neal have moved in and it's a home again.

Last January, Jason enrolled in a program through the University of Dubuque to become a Commissioned Pastor. It will take him about 2 years to finish. The Presbytery is guiding him in this effort and Pastor Glorya has agreed to mentor him. When he finishes he will be "commissioned" by a particular Presbytery. We, the session of his home church, wanted to support him in this endeavor. As usual, we did not have extra money to do so.

When we hired Pastor Glorya she did not want to live in the manse. Renting it was problematic since the role of landlord can be burdensome, and, because it would have to go back on the tax roles, it would not be particularly profitable. Selling it is an option but we believe it may be a significant long term asset, given the high cost of housing on Long Island.

Investigation showed that the manse can stay off the tax roles if a "religious worker" lives in it. Hence a plan evolved, with assistance from The Rev. Mark Tammin, Executive Presbyter. Jason and family will live in the manse. He will augment his studies by leading or assisting in worship and in study groups, visiting with ill or shut in congregants, and other pastoral duties as worked out with Pastor Glorya and the Session, and as indicated by his course work.

Jason and Deb have painted and spruced up the manse. Jason will not get cash salary but will have to pay taxes on the fair market value of the manse rent. The church will pay the employer's part of the social security and medicare tax on that fair market value. Jason and Deb will reimburse the session for utilities. Old South Haven will come out slightly ahead financially, we benefit from Jason's services, and Jason's course work will be enriched by some practical experience.

We wish Jason, Deborah and Benjamin much joy and peace in their new home. We thank The Rev Mark Tamman for his assistance and especially thank Richard Thomas for helping us to navigate the contractual details of the arrangement.

And we wish us all good health and fortitude as we try to navigate through the difficult time we are in.

Blessings,
Brian, Darcy, Deb, Eric, Katherine, Ken and Linda




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Dear Members and Friends of Old South Haven Church,

Please see below for the details for joining this Sunday's Church Service.  Pastor Glorya's sermon topic will be:  "Change Happens".  

It is so great to see (and hear) so many of us who get together each Sunday on our Zoom Church Service.   I personally enjoy "coffee hour" and it seems others do too!

See you all on Sunday!

God Bless,

Linda
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