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by Doris A. Black If you have children, help them get their rooms organ- ized. Provide them with lots of see-through containers to ne of the best ways to control stress in your life organize toys. Stackable ones take up less space. Help them is to control your environment. Look around put their toys away in the correct places when they are fin- your home. Do the rooms appear overly busy? Is ished with them. They will enjoy spending time in their Oevery flat surface covered? Can you see the floor own space if it is comfortable and they can find their in your closet? If you get tense just walking through your favorite toys easily. You might consider shelving for the house, then you are probably bothered by clutter. Not walls or even over the doorways or windows if space is at a everyone is bothered by clutter. I am. I can live with it for premium. These out-of-the-way places are great for seldom only so long. Then I have to do something about it. It used items or a collection of things your child has built seems to go in cycles. Clutter–no clutter–clutter. I just himself, like model cars or Lego creations. Teach your can’t seem to get into the routine of living a clutter-free child to keep like items together, such as books in one existence for any length of time. If you have the same place and stuffed animals in another place. problem, here are some suggestions for getting on track If your children are of school age, provide a place of and staying clutter-free. study that is free of clutter and dis- The first rule of thumb is to put tractions. A desk is ideal, but the things away as soon as you are fin- dining room table works just as ished with them. Don’t set them well. It is important that they study down with the intention of putting in the same place and at the same them away later. You’ll have to han- time every day. Create an accessible dle them twice that way and it will craft center, a bookcase or cabinet take time away from something else that holds coloring books, markers, you could be doing. To eliminate the craft paper, glue and scissors for clutter in your home, tackle one those special school projects. The room at a time. Divide the room kids will know exactly where to into sections, and start with the look for the items they need, and floor. A messy floor instantly gives a more importantly, they will know room a sloppy appearance and peo- where to put them when they are ple can get hurt stepping on items finished. For young children, the that don’t belong on the floor. Tell dining room serves as a great loca- everyone in the household the new tion for both study and the craft rule: Everything must be put in its center. That way, Mom can keep place after use. No exceptions! You an eye on things. must be the one to set an example, Bedroom closets are notorious so you will have to be persistent. for getting out of control. Do you After the floor, move to all flat surfaces. Tabletops, the have too many pairs of shoes? Try them all on and discard top of the television and piano, and even the width of a any that no longer fit. Our feet continue to grow as we get windowsill will collect objects of clutter, like toys and VCR older and you’d be surprised how many shoes don’t fit from tapes. Don’t allow them to remain there. They should have one year to the next. So get rid of the old and make room a permanent home somewhere else. Make one if neces- for the new. sary–out of sight. As you pick up the clutter, look at it In the bathroom, empty the medicine cabinet and throw carefully and ask yourself if you can live without it. If the away old makeup and prescriptions. Keep a moderate sup- answer is yes, then put it in a “give away” or “trash” pile. If ply of towels, soaps and cleaning supplies on hand; anything the answer is no, decide where that item belongs and put else that isn’t absolutely necessary should be kept elsewhere. it there. Do this with everything you consider clutter. Often the center of the home, kitchens tend to collect Consider lower wall space, too. When every inch of lower the most clutter. Train your family to take their belongings wall space is covered by furniture, the room looks crowd- with them when they leave the kitchen and you won’t have ed. Remove a table or bookcase to open up the space and so much to pick up. There are all kinds of containers you give a more relaxed feeling to the room. can purchase to organize cabinets, pantries and drawers. As you move from room to room, you should open every Shop around and find items that work for your lifestyle. drawer and cabinet and examine their contents. Throw out Once you have made the decision to live clutter-free, old pens, broken crayons and markers that no longer write. your life will be less stressful. But you must be persistent Don’t hoard things. We often hang on to things because and unfailing in your attempts. It’s not easy. As a matter of we think we will need them some day. All too often that fact, it’s downright hard in the beginning. But if you stay day never comes. And when it does and we don’t have the with it, you’ll be into a routine before items needed, a solution generally surfaces. Each of us can you know it and won’t think twice about putting some- be very resourceful when we have to be, so don’t hang on thing away as soon as you are finished with it. You will to excessive amounts of anything. It takes up space that come to love those empty, flat surfaces and the way they could be used in better ways. make your rooms look larger. ■ DP# 11183 Coming Soon R e e l R e v i e w ‘The Green Hornet’ ‘Blue Valentine’ Takes on Britt Reid (Seth Rogen), son and heir to Los Angeles’ largest newspaper fortune, is a rich, spoiled playboy who has been Social Class and Love happy to maintain a direction-less existence. When his father James Reid (Tom by Betsy Sharkey Wilkinson) dies, Britt meets an impressive and resourceful company employee, Derek Cianfrance’s “Blue Kato (Jay Chou). They realize that they Valentine,” starring Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling, is a have the resources to do something beginning and an ending, an worthwhile with their lives and finally step intensely intimate rendering of love out of James Reid’s shadow. Kato builds that limits itself to that first falling the ultimate weapon, The Black Beauty, in and that last falling out. an indestructible car with every weapon Without a middle, the writers— imaginable and Britt decides that in order Cianfrance, Joey Curtis and Cami to be heroes, they will pose as villains. Delavigne—have still put in every- With the help of Britt’s new secretary, thing we need to know about a relationship that is fraying faster than Lenore Case (Cameron Diaz), they learn either Cindy (Williams) or Dean that the chief criminal in the city is named (Gosling) grasps. It is painful and Benjamin Chudnofsky (Christoph Waltz). moving to watch as they lose hold of He has united all the gangs under his the few threads still connecting power, and he quickly sees that the them, including 5-year-old daugh- Green Hornet is a direct threat to the ter Frankie (a soulful young Faith prosperous criminal underworld he con- Wladyka). shot of an overgrown front yard, a beloved dog Though much has been made of the sex trols. That the specifics of the hows and whys of that has gone missing, a child wandering in scene that initially got the film an NC-17 rat- things are so unnecessary is perhaps what gives the weeds calling her name, is one of those ing (after a fight, it’s now an R), the truth is: the film such a feeling of reality. In establish- classic opening scenes that uses both its sim- The emotional bond the actors have forged ‘Season of the Witch’ ing the narrative like bookends, the filmmak- Nicolas Cage and Ron Perlman star in plicity and complexity to set the stage for all throughout is what gives the film its intimacy. ers have reflected the way most of us tend to that is to come. Williams’ Cindy doing a shuffling tap dance this supernatural action adventure about remember failed relationships—the intensity Cianfrance keeps the story moving along, late one night on a city sidewalk, accompanied a heroic Crusader and his closest friend of the first flame, the darkness when it goes shifting often between the couple’s early by Gosling’s ukulele rendition of “You Always who return home after decades of fierce out. The ordinary nicks and cuts that actually romance, which is spun out of serendipity, and Hurt the One You Love” as Dean, is as naked- fighting, only to find their world wear things down to the bone fade into the five or so years later when everything, includ- ly honest as any moment you’ll see in “Blue destroyed by the Plague. The church eld- background. ing marriage, has become predictable. All that Valentine,” and there are many of them. ers, convinced that a girl accused of Though the film sometimes frays around back-and-forthing is less confusing than it Cianfrance’s documentary background— the edges too, in Williams and Gosling, might sound. Clarity comes not just because dominated by his “Battlegrounds” TV series being a witch is responsible for the dev- Cianfrance has what he needs to keep us astation, command the two to transport of changes in the look of things, although the on basketball, both street and world class— invested. The actors, who have been doing production team has done a good job of creat- can be felt in the way he gives the actors room the strange girl to a remote monastery their best work in personal films for a while ing two distinct worlds. It’s more the way the to move within the scenes. An instinct that if where monks will perform an ancient ritu- now (“Brokeback Mountain” and “Wendy and reality of the life Cindy and Dean have built you keep the camera rolling you will not only al to rid the land of her curse. They Lucy” among those for Williams, “Half together has settled into their bones—she’s the get what you want, but something far better embark on a journey that will test their Nelson” and “Lars and the Real Girl” for nurse who wanted to be a doctor, trying to than you expected. strength and courage as they discover the Gosling), give an almost sleepy languor to make the best of it, he’s the house painter con- He stacked the cards in that regard by asking girl’s dark secret and find themselves bat- those early moments when breath catches tent with a day that starts with a beer and ends his actors to live in Cindy and Dean’s world for often, want is hot and heavy, and laughter tling a powerful force that will determine with some cash. a while before shooting began—their house, comes easily. the fate of the world. There is a playfulness and hope that infuses their budget. By using a sort of reality TV But it is in the final days, when things turn their early days from that first meeting at a approach to Method acting, the director found ugly and love dies scene by scene, that Gosling retirement home—he’s one of the crew mov- a different way to smudge the line between ‘The Rite’ and Williams prove what emotional heft they ing someone in, she’s visiting her grandmoth- complete fiction and conceived reality. This movie follows skeptical seminary give their characters. The result is an unset- er—to the unplanned pregnancy that changes That meandering dialogue can be difficult student Michael Kovak (Colin tling portrait of marriage as failed enterprise everything. It’s a small encounter that sketches to control, and at times the film feels as if the O’Donoghue), who reluctantly attends and broken dreams, the tears over the scattered in a lot about the sort of people we’re dealing director has stepped away from the vehicle, exorcism school at the Vatican. While in shards hard earned. with here—basically good, decent and with leaving it to veer off the path. Still, it’s an What the filmmaker has understood best is Rome, Michael meets an unorthodox the best of intentions. experiment that works more than it fails by that the conflict is as much about social class The end stage is heavier. Everything shot giving Gosling and Williams both the motive priest, Father Lucas (Anthony Hopkins), as love, and in doing so has made a film that is who introduces him to the darker side of tight, rooms feel airless, the booze slowing and the means to create something extraordi- more penetrating and salient than it probably things down during a hotel getaway spent in nary, a valentine that actually says something his faith, uncovering the devil’s reach set out to be. With cinematographer Andrij the aptly named Future Room with its dark true about being in love. ■ even to one of the holiest places on Earth. Parekh, the filmmakers have given a gritty walls, neon lights and rotating bed, depression authenticity to life on the lower rungs of mid- everywhere in their foundering try at rekin- Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information dle class where money’s always tight. A wide dling the fire that once burned between them. Services.

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Y o u r B o o k s h e l f Coffee-Table Books You Won’t Want to Put Down Sure, these oversize books will look great on a coffee volume, lush with photos Louis Armstrong looking uncharacteristically weary table, but don’t call them coffee-table books. These titles and illustrations from and intimidating offstage in Paris. are designed to be picked up, ogled, read, and loved. Sondheim’s theater-chang- But Leonard’s photos are more than icon- ing career as the most- ic—soaked in personality, permeated with “Dogs,” by Tim Flach (Abrams $50) lauded composer and lyri- smoke and booze, they are transcendent, Dog lover in your life? You could just show him or her cist of the last half of the and they helped define the image of jazz the cover of this huge, glorious wet-puppy-kiss to dog- 20th century, could easily itself. giedom and get a inspire Broadway dreams Coming not long after Leonard’s death at smile that would in just about anyone, 87, this 320-page collection is poignant, light every house musically gifted or not. powerful, and magical. It contains some on your block. Although it could images discovered among negatives that were Tim Flach’s cover serve as a master’s course saved after Hurricane Katrina destroyed thou- shot of a white in writing lyrics, what’s sands of his prints in 2005. puli in full-on most intriguing and shake, looks like fun are the backstage “40: A Doonesbury Retrospective,” by an animated mop anecdotes and remem- Garry Trudeau; (Andrews McMeel with a bright brances. Here’s Publishing, $100) button nose, Sondheim on the Paging through “40: A Doonesbury teensy white night he and Jerry Retrospective” feels like flipping through the fangs, and some- Herman wrote “Rose’s high school annual of baby boomers’ where in there, Turn” for “Gypsy”: lives while attending their two brown eyes barely peeking out. Yes, it’s a dog with “The setting was excessively the- 40th-anniversary reunion. dreadlocks. A dog you will covet, despite the obvious atrical: everyone had gone home and there was “Look! There’s ol’ Jimmy grooming issues. no light in the auditorium except on the stage, a Thudpucker! I’d wondered In “Dogs’” pages, you’ll also find, among other treasures, ghost light (a single exposed bulb on a stand). It whatever became of him.” a silvery-blue-tongued Chow Chow, a glamorously languid was like every shimmering night-time rehearsal “Joanie Caucus is showing her Dalmatian named Lilly (looking exactly like a bored starlet scene I’d ever loved in the movies.” age around her eyes, but other- on a Hollywood set), an English Springer spaniel caught in “Finishing the Hat” is also stuffed with wise, I’d recognize her any- mid-pounce, and a photographic tribute to the wrinkles of goodies such as songs that were deleted from where.” a Shar-Pei. musicals before they hit the “Great White You recall what you were Lewis Blackwell’s text beautifully complements Flach’s Way,” and lyrics Sondheim wished he’d writ- doing—and what the photos. Need a gift for a horse lover? Check out Flach’s ear- ten differently. He says a second book is on its Doonesbury characters were say- lier book, “Equus.” way, with everything from 1981 forward. ing about world events and oth- We’ll be waiting. And despite what his critics erwise—back when. “Finishing the Hat: Collected Lyrics (1954-1981) might have you believe, humming. What a time trip! Trudeau talks With Attendant Comments, Principles, Heresies, about inspirations for his major Grudges, Whines and Anecdotes,” by Stephen “Jazz,” by Herman Leonard (Bloomsbury, $65) players then and now, and to help Sondheim (Knopf, $39.95) It’s easy to declare Herman Leonard’s photos some of the out, he offers a handy centerfold showing how they relate This book should come with a warning sticker: most iconic in jazz: Duke Ellington at his piano, cast in a to one another. Hey, man: There’s even large print. ■ “Composing for Broadway is dangerous work. Do not try glow that seems beamed straight from God; Ella Fitzgerald this at home without adequate supervision.” The 444-page delighting Duke and Benny Goodman at a New York club; Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services.

3 T r e n d W a t c h What You Need to Know about SETTING UP A HOME BAR by Rod Hagwood ing in printed or licensed barware is a nostalgic touch,” said Kristy Welker, spokeswoman for Target. “Also, vendors are It’s not that we’re lazy drunks or anything. But why designing and producing wine glasses specific to the type of schlep all the way to a bar or nightclub when you can recre- wine. Riedel started this years ago, but more and more ven- ate the same thing at home—minus the cover charges, dors are offering this type of wine glass. For example, there watered-down drinks, and pricey VIP section? are glasses meant for drinking merlot wines, not just a red “It started with the comeback of the martini a wine glass. Also, beverage dispensers are also a really hot few years ago,” said Lauren category for us. As eating in and entertaining con- Johnson, spokeswoman for tinues to be a trend, beverage dispensers have been Get Started Neiman Marcus in Boca really popular. Raton, Fla. “And most For glamazons there are haute-and-hot Of course, there are some of you out there who want recently, there is a must-haves bar accessories. “Decanters, chic ice major trend of going buckets, interesting bottle openers and stoppers, to go all out for your home bar. Here’s what you will back to the tradition- coaster sets, martini shakers, and cocktail need to get started from LiquorSnob.com: al cocktail hour at trays,” said Neiman Marcus’ Lauren • 6 1-ounce shot glasses home. People are Johnson. “Wine drinkers want • 24 6-inch black, flat plastic cocktail stir rods serving drinks artistic and novel glasses.” • 12 black bottle pourers that were popu- According to Ed Casas, an edu- • 3 bar towels & towel holders lar in the 50s, cator at the New York 60s, and 70s, such Bartending School of South • 2 60-ounce plastic pitchers as the Rob Roy, Florida, a good liquor starter- • 2 juice containers/pourers Manhattan, and gimlets.” kit for any home bar includes: • 1,000 5-inch drink stirrers/straws So not only are bar sets vodka, gin, rum, and tequila. “You also • Margarita glass rimmer and barware back in vogue, but need triple sec orange liquor,” Casas said. “That’s • Jigger (1 ounce x 1 1/2 ounce) so are actual bars. for your Kamikazes, Long Island Iced Teas, Artland • Stainless steel condiment tray that holds 4 “They are very popular,” said Happy Hour Cosmopolitans and Margaritas. And get a dry ver- Andrea Smith, with Poggenpohl U.S. 6-piece set, mouth for martinis and sweet vermouth for man- pints inside the Design Center of the Americas $35.99 at Kmart, hattans.” Casas advises stocking some whiskey and, • Wall-mount bottle opener (DCOTA). “People are getting back to enter- www.kmart.com if you want to make tequila sunrises and Shirley • 500 cocktail napkins taining at home. I think it’s about controlling Temples, a home bar also needs Rose’s Grenadine, • 12-inch wooden drink muddler your finances, and you don’t have to worry as well as Rose’s Lime Juice for Kamikazes. • Bar caddy about people driving home from a bar.” Even if you don’t have a bar in your home, you’ll still Smith estimates that at least 20 percent of its kitchen- need some bar accessories for entertaining. “Everyone needs • French-style metal corkscrew design business includes installing a bar, with prices ranging great looking glasses and stemware—not just wine glasses, • Stainless steel, 3-piece cocktail shaker (28 from $5,000 to but cocktail stemware,” said Johnson. “You must have a ounces) $60,000. decanter collection.” • 24-inch-long rubber bar mat But Best way to spruce up your old home bar? New bar • Wine bottle foil cutter the mar- stools. “Bar stools have been a strong category for • 100 plastic drink swords ket has a us for many years and we continue to give variety of the category exposure on our relevant • Long bar spoon prices. furniture pages,” said Target’s • 24 coasters Crate & Kristy Walker. On Target.com Barrel and our top selling bar stools Pottery Barn cover many different have a number of design aesthetics.” credenzas and side- Metrokane boards that could easi- “Vertical Rabbit” ly double for a home Corkscrew, Outdoor Tiki bar bar starting at around $59.99 at Dillard’s, in bamboo, $1,000. Kmart.com has www.dillards.com at Target $349 an outdoor Tiki bar in www.target.com bamboo for $404.99 and folding bar for $429.99. Target.com Ed Casas from the New has an outdoor Tiki bar York Bartending School of in bamboo on sale for South Florida says must-have $349 and an outdoor barware includes martini glasses, patio bar in wicker for highball glasses, shot glasses, a $299. Truly creative shaker, a spoon, maraschino cher- types can make an ries, lemons, limes and olives. “You unusual-looking bar out also need a muddler for grinding in of large rolling toolbox- case you want to make a mojito, an old- es like you’d find in an fashioned or a Brazilian caipirinha.” ■ auto shop in the $300 to $400 range. © 2011, Chicago Tribune. Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune A trend that we’re see- Information Services.

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Jen Lancaster

Matt Zupan Water Bottle The College Student’s Guide to Storage Crisis Making New Year’s Resolutions While you and millions like you Goal 3: Decrease spending various on-campus covens and the Averted at Last set unattainable goals that you will from Monopoly-man levels such I have gained a great respect for inevitably give up on before Dr. King the broad spectrum of runic practices My office is on the second floor and that’s where I Day, I thought that I would bore you Student loans from the government that exist. I’ve been looking for a tend to spend most of the workday. Because it’s located with my own. are a fantastic way to invest in your hobby aside from creepily observing an entire flight of stairs from the filtered water on the education without severely limiting that one cute girl living down the fridge door, I find myself going thirsty rather than tak- the university experience. They are sig- hall, and I think the occult will be Goal 1: Re-ascribe to basic con- ing the trek to the kitchen. ventions of personal hygiene nificantly less fantastic, however, when just the fix. Or maybe not. diverted tuition money flows directly Yes, I understand exactly how lazy this is. If I’ve learned one thing this into the coffers of Quickie Burger on Goal 7: Get a girlfriend (Do I need to remind anyone of how I once considered semester, it is this: smelling like raw State Street. Bank statements abhor hiding a bucket in the first floor pantry in the old house onions is overrated. Keeping this in me, and it seems that nearly everytime Right now, I am responsible for rather than climbing twelve stairs to the bathroom?) I make an ATM withdrawal for doing my own laundry, caring for mind, I aim to engage the dorm (Fletch, my husband, wouldn’t let me, by the way.) showers more than I did with my (cough, cough) “college essentials” myself when I’m sick, and paying for once-a-week, first-semester quota (cough, cough). I get a privacy-protec- myself when I go out to dinner. I Anyway, I came up with a rather elegant solution. I (and use soap, no less). Also, I’ve tion notice within a business day. know exactly what you’re thinking— would buy a case of water and store it upstairs, thus I come to the sad realization that I’m this situation simply cannot go on. would never get thirsty to the point of dizziness again! So, after nearly seven years of being no Grizzly Adams, and the current Goal 4: Attend class Genius! out of the dating pool following state of my facial follicles is an (Granted, a little bit pathetic, but mostly genius!) embarrassment to post-pubescent Rather self-explanatory. Lydia S.’s May ’04 recess rejection, I bought the water, brought it upstairs, and deposit- males everywhere. So, maybe I’ll and the massive emotional scarring that followed, I’m back on the mar- shave. Other problem hygiene habits Goal 5: Live in a dorm room that ed it on the counter in the guest bathroom, where it ket. So, to the single freshman girls I intend to correct include, but are would pass a health inspection. remained in the way for the next few days. Because this in Ann Arbor—if you’re sufficiently not limited to, brushing my teeth at qualified in domestic duties, watch bath is right next to my office, I tend to favor it over the least once a week, shampooing, A great thing about dorm living is out, ‘cause I’m baaaaacckkk. master bath, which is a good twenty paces down the wearing laundered clothes, and the total lack of accountability when it comes to cleaning one’s room. Empty hall. washing/disposing of via a hazardous Goal 8: Write a screenplay waste service my science experiment- pizza boxes, water bottles, and Taco (Y’all are noticing a theme here, aren’t you?) Bell leftovers could easily be walked to I kept having to work around the bulky case when I esque bed sheets. This is likely the most far-fetched a trashcan, but are even more easily brushed my teeth, washed my face, etc. so I needed to crammed under the futon. Oddly of my goals, but I have a really good Goal 2: Start looking less 39 plot: a kid goes to school to party all find a place to store it. I could bring it down to the enough, I don’t mind my university and more 19 the time, has a blast, is the most pop- home being a festering disease pit, and laundry room off the master bedroom, but then I’d have ular kid on campus, ends up getting having an army of insects gnawing to do all that rearranging to make it fit in the cabinet. Firstly, I can’t go on eating the in trouble with his grades, studies away at half-eaten leftovers is fun cafeteria’s chicken broccoli bake—it real hard, ends up passing his exams, enough to observe. But I do mind goes straight to the hips. But perhaps and then the audience tries to deci- waking up to a smell similar to dead more importantly, after four months pher the moral of the movie. If you’re on campus it is probably about that cat. It stings the nostrils. a film director looking to develop time when I need to exercise outside this, shoot me an email! of walking to class and running from Goal 6: Engage in the occult I wish you all much luck in carry- the law. That being said, I absofruit- ing out your own resolutions. Happy ly refuse to run to class, and I am If you knew me on a personal New Year. ■ sure as shoot not merely walking level, this would probably be a com- away from the police. Or scurrying plete shocker, for up until this school Matt Zupan is a freshman at University around with squirrels as part of the year my only dabbling with black of Michigan studying something, we think. Michigan Squirrel Watchers. And magic involved me burning Wiccans He just graduated from St. Ignatius High yes, that organization exists. at the stake (both for neighborhood School in Cleveland, where he was presi- safety and entertainment value). dent of his class, salutatorian, and a varsi- Coming to college has made my hori- ty defensive end. Matt can be reached at zons widen, as is typical, and through [email protected].

Turns out the solution to my problem was right next to me. I drew back the shower curtain in front of the unused guest tub and placed the case in there, spic, span, and out of the way. Plus, I figured, if anything happened to one of the bottles, leaking water would go directly down the drain. Again, genius! When Fletch got home, I proudly whipped open the curtain to show him where I’d stashed the water. He slowly looked from the case to me. After a long pause, he finally said, “So … you’ve decided to store stuff in an empty tub. Congratulations, you’ve just taken the first step to seeing yourself on Hoarders in twenty years.” Yeah. I moved the bottles. ■

5 H o m e S p a c e Winter Bedding Tips to Help You Sleep Better by Kathryn Weber

here are a few things in life that you should never LAYER THE WARMTH skimp on. The first is plumbing. No one wants to After selecting a soft, warm sheet, a top blanket or bed- T spring a leak because of cheap workmanship. spread is the next layer. Having a blanket or thin bedspread Another is a good night’s sleep, and that starts with a will enable you to leave a heavier blanket toward the foot of good mattress and quality bedding. I like beds the way I like the bed. Many people don’t like a big, thick blanket around cakes: in layers. A good night’s sleep, especially in winter, is their faces or heads and find that their legs and feet are more made more restful when the bed is made for both warmth likely to get cold. Having this layer gives you the option to and comfort. zone your warmth for the way you like to sleep. CREATE A FOUNDATION Without a doubt, down is the best choice for lightweight If your mattress is uncomfortable, you can instantly make warmth. Its insulating power is well established and it offers it warmer and more plush with the addition of a featherbed. maximum warmth with minimum weight. Whether you A featherbed is fitted to the top of your mattress, under the choose real or synthetic down, both work well to create a bottom sheet, and is filled with down or a down alternative. fluffy cocoon of warmth perfect for sleeping in on lazy week- It creates a cushioning warmth around your body—so ends. A good option for blending your comforter with the important if you have a sleep partner who pulls on the cov- rest of your bedding is to use a duvet cover. This large pil- ers. If you don’t like heavy covers, this foundation layer will lowcase for the bed allows you to slip in a down comforter. help insulate your body without all that weight. Layering a bed in the winter helps you sleep the way you The next step is selecting winter sheets. In colder cli- want to and deal with inevitable temperature fluctuations. It mates, many choose flannel or jersey sheets. However, these also adds comfort and makes you less reliant on flannel or cozy fabrics enable you to use less top covering no matter the lined pajamas to stay warm at night. You’ll sleep more climate. Perhaps more importantly, soft jersey or flannel soundly and be ready to brave the elements when you get up sheets eliminate cold sheet shock when you get into bed. in the morning. ■ Standard sheets, such as percale, also lock in the cold longer, making the time is takes to warm up an icy bed seem like an © 2010 Kathryn Weber. eternity. Distributed By Tribune Media Services, Inc.

A Long Winter’s Nap …

6 H o m e S p a c e Mirrors: A Set a Beautiful Table How to Clean China and Silver in the Dishwasher Safely Decorative Reflection by Kathryn Weber If the powder room is the busiest room lemon or citrus agents also contain com- by Kathryn Weber in your house during celebrations, the pounds that can bleach the designs on irrors are magical. The Chinese missing. If your bed or sofa looks unbalanced kitchen is surely the hardest working. And delicate finishes. It’s best to select a dish- believe they capture moonlight and because there’s a window on only one side, the appliance that seems to work nonstop washing solution that is liquid and free of M the reflection can be used to ensnare create a faux window with mirrored panels. at this time of year is the dishwasher. chlorine and bleaching agents and harsh unwary suitors. Snow White’ s wicked step- Hang it in the blank space, topped off with That said, we detergents. mother enslaved a mirror to compliment her. curtains, and at first glance, it will pass as a all seem honor Two good Superstition says breaking a mirror brings window. the tradition of products are seven years of bad luck, and vampires have to Bedroom Mirrors hand washing Neu Automatic go through eternity never knowing if they Under the principles of Feng Shui, the our china, crys- Dishwashing have spinach in their teeth. ancient art of arranging our living spaces, mir- tal and silver. Liquid (neuhome- Far from their superpowers, mirrors do a rors are regarded negatively for couples’ bed- All the time care.com) or lot of heavy lifting in the decorating depart- rooms. Hanging a mirror on the wall opposite spent at the sink Seventh ment. Sure, you can place one over the man- your bed is thought to promote the intrusion over the years Generation’s tel or beside the front door so you check your- of “others” into the relationship, possibly carefully wash- Free and Clear self on the way out, but if that’s the only way encouraging infidelity. Mirrors are also ing these prized Automatic you use mirrors in your home, you’re failing thought to generate energy, which could objects—espe- Dishwashing Gel cially if they’re (seventh-genera- to harness their full stylistic horsepower. cause insomnia, so Feng Shui experts often heirlooms with tion.com). Size Matters recommend removing them. family memories Load Carefully Today, mirrors and French fries are both Mirrors are great for dim rooms because attached— In addition to better super-sized. An oversized mirror can do they reflect light, but not the best choice in makes them the type of soap double duty as both a reflector of light and a bedrooms. Sleeping is enhanced in a dark seem too pre- you use, the way focal point. Leaning against a wall, a large room, making large mirrors an impediment cious to put into you load the mirror becomes sculptural and chic. It makes for restful sleep. Re-purpose a dresser mirror the dishwasher. dishwasher is the room look bigger, too. by hanging it in another location. But are they? also important. Create a View Mirror Effects Don’t Wash • Start by rins- When you have a beautiful view, you can Adding mirrored glass inside molding on a With Sand ing all the cutlery have a pretty sight times two by positioning a dresser, or using a mirror to top a dresser or Yes, it is pos- and dishes. mirror opposite the view. Another creative use console can give your furniture a fresh look. sible to put • Load only of mirrors is to add one where a window is Try mirroring over a whole door to make the china, crystal your china, crys- door disappear. Your local glass and silver in the tal and silver in company can apply the mirror and dishwasher, but the dishwasher. drill it for the door handle set. precautions • Use a paper Using mirrors creatively can add need to be towel to manual- extra style throughout your home. taken. It is possible to put china, crystal and ly remove any Add framed gilded mirrors behind The first and silver in the dishwasher, but precautions lipstick and large accessories to highlight the items. perhaps most need to be taken. particles left on Place mirrors behind candles or important fork tines or lamps for more sparkling light. Take caveat is that you must choose the right plates, because a mild dishwasher a tip from restaurants and place a dishwasher detergent. In fact, it shouldn’t soap may not take it off, because framed mirror behind liquor bottles be a detergent at all but rather a dish- today’s lipsticks are formulated to stay to dress up your bar. washer solution formulated to be mild. on all day. Try using mirrors in unexpected Most detergents on the grocery store • Make sure that only silver place settings places, too. Rather than always put- shelves are filled with strong chemicals are loaded into the silverware basket. ting a mirror at the front door, why because we want to put a three-day-old Mixing stainless cutlery with silver can not dress up the back door? In lasagna pan in the dishwasher and see it scratch the silver. cramped spots, a mirror can make come out sparkling. • If you have tall, delicate stemware, it the area feel more spacious. And To do that requires lots of scouring with may be better not to place these items you can check for spinach on the harsh detergents that contain abrasives— in the dishwasher. way out every door! ■ like sand. • And lastly, run your dishwasher on the It’s why many people complain of a gentle cycle. © 2010 Kathryn Weber. white haze on their glassware; the glass Following these tips will help you set Distributed By Tribune Media finish has been scored by the scouring your holiday tables with your most beauti- Services, Inc. agents. ful place settings of china, crystal and sil- Go Neutral ver—and spend less time cleaning up Mirrors, ornate and plain, do lots of deco- To wash china, crystal and silver (ster- afterwards. ■ rative heavy lifting. Used thoughtfully, they ling or silver-plate) in the dishwasher can double as art, lighten up dark rooms, requires a mild solution that is free of © 2010 Kathryn Weber. or reflect pretty views or accessories. bleaches such as chlorine. 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MEET VICTORIA’S EXECUTIVE HOME TEAM

SEE HOW A GREAT-WORKING TEAM PLAYS A BIG PART IN THE SELLING AND BUYING PROCESS JOHN HILYARD - BUYER’S AGENT John is a buyer’s agent. He is always helping to find the right home for every client. As an e-pro professional, John assures we are up on technology and giving you that added leverage at all times. 419-460-0400 MONICA GIVENS CLIENT CARE COORDINATOR TEAM DIRECTOR Monica is responsive to the Executive Home Team’s rain maker and working team leader. She performs a myriad of tasks. Monica is the gate-keeper to the Quality Service you can expect from the Executive Home Team.

7 T r a v e l Take a Trip to Port Townsend to Sample Hard Cider by Tom Vinh

couldn’t smell any of the fragrant apples where they make cider. on this finger-numbing cold winter You get a panoramic view of the valley, with afternoon. But Steve “Bear” Bishop their blueberry field and orchards. There are would change that in mere minutes. sheep, pigs and chickens down the hill, and a I With his white mane fluttering from bridge over Chimacum Creek with a chum under a cap, he hopped onto his John Deere, salmon run. Live music and other perform- fork-lifted two bins of Honeycrisp apples onto ances are held on their farm. the sorting table and watched as the apples Visitors are encouraged to pick up a self- made their way into the presser. guided tour map, roam around and ask ques- “Does this smell good or what?” he yelled, tions. over the loud churning. “It smells like honey.” “We want people to see a working organic, It was one of many batches that would go small-scale farm and how we make cider,” said into the stainless-steel tank to ferment. It will Keith Kisler. be bottled in coming months for Bishop’s You can’t miss the tasting room on their 33- Wildfire Cider, all made at this cidery on the acre spread. From the gravel parking lot, the edge of town. fragrance of crushed apples fills the air. In years past, this repetitive task of pressing Their ciders range from a dry Champagne and juicing fresh apples would generate little style to a more traditional European take with excitement, with no audience, no folks asking a pungent, barnyard-like aroma that is popu- questions about aging in oak barrels or the lar with cider connoisseurs. craft of cider making. Kisler has doubled his production for next But hard cider has become big in this apple year. But his ciders are still fermenting and state, and it’s getting the tourism treatment won’t be bottled until late winter and early Erik Wennstrom, left, pushes apples into the grinder as Nancy Bishop, right, gathers and like breweries and wineries. Tasting rooms are spring. piles the pulp, preparing it for Wildfire Cider's press in Port Townsend, Washington. popping up. Cider-pairing dinners, too: Wildfire Cider Dahlia Lounge and Ivar’s both held hard-cider Closer to Port Townsend, the cider house pairing events that sold out. The Herbfarm in operated by Bishop and his wife, Nancy, pro- Woodinville even held a $125 cider-pairing duces the state’s only certified organic hard feast last summer. cider. There are 900 apple trees of English and It’s so popular now that foodies and booze French varietals on their 5-acre farm. fans are driving directly to the cider houses to The couple will build a tasting room next drink and check out the operations, all mom- year. But folks can call ahead and stop by to and-pop affairs, spread across the state, mostly tour their orchards, watch them press and hear in farming communities. how cider gets made. Want to try a cider tour of your own, maybe Taking a break after pressing apples all pick up some samples for the holidays? Make morning, Bishop poured a cup of his signature a day trip to the Port Townsend area, where Pirate’s Plank cider, which has been aged in three cider houses, Eaglemount Cider, oak barrels for two months. It was made from Finnriver Farm & Cidery, and Wildfire Cider, four different European apples with some are within a 10- to 20-minute drive of each Granny Smith to add acidity and round out other. the bitter English varietals. From them, you can learn how hard cider It’s the driest cider I’ve tasted in the state gets made, how varied their taste profiles are and one of the best. A few sips and you can and what food to pair them with. pucker your mouth with loud popping Eaglemount Cider sounds. It goes well with smoked steelhead You have to drive into a long, winding grav- and game meat, Bishop said between sips. el driveway off Eaglemount Road, southeast of Five years ago, hard ciders were so bubbly Discovery Bay, to get to this former home- and sweet, “you couldn’t even taste what came stead, circa 1883. Jim and Trudy Davis live in out of those apples,” he said. the refurbished cedar cabin. “We’re seeing a lot more quality ciders now. The century-old apple trees on their 35-acre You can taste that they are made from a vari- spread still bear the fruit that goes into their ety of apples. It’s much more complex.” ciders, said Jim Davis, who was on his tractor If You Go when I pulled up. Get there by taking either the Bainbridge “We had so many apples here, we had to do Island ferry from Seattle to Winslow or the something with them,” said his wife, a wine- Edmonds ferry to Kingston. Follow signs to maker who started selling hard ciders at the the Hood Canal Bridge. See Web site for local farmers market in 2007. Back then, they directions to the three cider houses. Ferry Kingston Black is one of needed to explain to shoppers what hard cider schedules and fares at www.wsdot.wa.gov/fer- the apple varieties used at was. You know. There’s alcohol. Like beer. ries. Wildfire Cider in Port No explanations needed now. They make Eaglemount Wine & Cider, 2350 Townsend, Washington. about 500 cases a year, and it sold so well that Eaglemount Road, Port Townsend; (360) 732- Trudy has increased production and will have 4084, or www.eaglemountwinery.com. Tasting September; by appointment at other times of Brewing Co., 330 10th St. (www.port- to shorten the nine-month barrel-aging room open Friday-Sunday noon-5 p.m. the year. townsendbrewing.com). process so they will have some ciders left to sell Finnriver Farm & Cidery, 62 Barn Swallow Traveler’s Tips More Information in the spring. Road, Chimacum (10 miles south of Port On the ferry, pick up a copy of the Northwest Cider Association: Finnriver Farm & Cidery Townsend); (360) 732-4337 or www.finnriv- “Getaway” guide to Port Townsend. On www.nwcider.com About three-miles east of Eaglemount er.com. Tasting room open Friday-Sunday, 1- Page 24 is a map with directions to the cider More on Port Townsend: www.enjoypt.com ■ Cider, Finnriver Farm is the most visitor- 5 p.m. houses. friendly of the. Farmers Keith and Crystie Wildfire Cider, 220 Pocket Lane, Port You can make it a wine, beer, and cider Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Kisler opened a tasting room last summer and Townsend; (360) 379-8915, or www.wildfire- tour since Port Townsend also has several Services invited visitors to peek into the backroom cider.com. Regular visiting hours from June to wineries and the popular Port Townsend

8 W h a t ’ s C o o k i n g

wolfgang puck’s kitchen A GOOD LOAF OF BREAD

Everybody needs a good loaf of bread. You can use it in so many ways. Slice it thinly and toast it to serve with cheeses before or after a meal or as part of a buffet. Cut slightly thicker slices to toast for breakfast, served with butter and jam. Make it into sandwiches, filled with leftover ham or turkey. Cube leftover, slightly stale loaves to use in stuffings or in sweet or savory bread pud- dings. Baking bread is actually fairly easy, especially if you have one of the stand mixers found in the kitchens of more and more avid home cooks today. (You can also make it the old-fashioned way, by hand, though you should be prepared to knead the dough diligently and vigorously to bring it to the smooth, elastic state that an electric mixer achieves with so little effort on your part.) For the recipe I share here, which yields plenty of bread, you’ll also need three 9-by-5-inch loaf pans.

Ingredients the bowl. Cover the bowl with a clean, damp kitchen (Makes 3 loaves, each 9 inches) Serves 15 towel and leave at warm room temperature until the • 1-1/3 packages (1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon) dough approximately doubles in volume, about 45 active dry yeast minutes. Turn out the dough onto a lightly floured work sur- • 3 cups lukewarm water face. With clean hands, knead the dough briefly, • 1 tablespoon honey pushing it down and away, then folding it back on • 5 cups all-purpose flour, plus extra for dusting itself and giving it a quarter turn, just until it deflates and any air pockets have been removed. • 3 cups rye flour Butter and flour three 9-by-5-inch loaf pans. With a • 1-1/2 tablespoons salt sharp knife, carefully cut the dough into 3 equal • 1 teaspoon chopped fresh rosemary or thyme pieces and shape each into a cylinder 9-inches long. leaves, or 1/2 teaspoon dried Place the cylinders in the prepared pans. Put the pans • 3-1/2 ounces unsalted butter, softened, plus on a tray, cover with a clean, damp kitchen towel, extra for greasing and leave to rise at warm room temperature until the dough as at least doubled in volume, about 1 hour. • 1-1/2 cups chopped pecans About 20 minutes before the loaves are done ris- • 1-1/2 cups chopped walnuts ing, position the oven rack in the middle of the oven and preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Directions Bake the loaves until they look nicely browned, Dissolve the yeast in 1/2 cup of lukewarm water. about 20 minutes. Then, reduce the temperature to Put the remaining water, the honey, both flours, the 325 degrees F. and continue baking about 25-min- salt, the rosemary or thyme, and the butter in a mixer utes longer, until the loaves are a deep brown color fitted with a dough hook. Mix for about 5 minutes. and a loaf carefully tipped out of its pan sounds hol- Add the dissolved yeast and continue to knead in the low when tapped on its bottom. Remove all 3 loaves mixer for about 10 minutes, until the dough looks from the pan and transfer to wire racks to cool. smooth and elastic and comes away from the sides of To serve, use a serrated bread knife to cut into ■ the bowl and comes together into a ball. Add the slices 1/3- to 1/2-inch thick and toast as desired. pecans and walnuts and continue to knead briefly just until the nuts look fully incorporated. ©2010 Wolfgang Puck Worldwide, Inc. Distributed Remove the bowl from the mixer and take out the by Tribune Media Services, Inc. dough hook, scraping any pieces of dough back into

New Way to Run: A Five-Finger Revolution for Your Feet

by Brian Colleran FiveFingers and put them on again. This my runners after having spent just 21/2 astonished by experts who think there is time, I approached the “barefoot shoes” a miles walking in the Vibrams. Over that something dangerous or risky about run- Two summers ago, I took a pair of little more reasonably. I took them for summer, I ran and hiked various distances ning in minimal shoes. This view is obvi- shoes that looked like padded “toe socks” in the FiveFingers, even with me for a 30-mile hike into Evolution climbing Yosemite’s Half ously absurd from an evolutionary per- Valley. The valley is in the northeast cor- Dome, a roughly 16-mile spective. Humans evolved to run maybe ner of Kings Canyon National Park, round trip. I had begun two million years ago, and natural selec- California, and I brought along a pair of adapting to these bare- tion is a better engineer than anyone in boots as an alternate pair of shoes, just in foot shoes and was enjoy- any shoe company.” case the toe socks didn’t work out. The ing them immensely. toe socks in question were the Vibram Such opinions are beginning to gain FiveFingers, and after 30 miles of hiking, Evolution of the ground, with companies designing shoes alternately, in the FiveFingers and my Barefoot Shoe that lack structural support and are little boots, I managed to all but destroy my more than basic armor against rocks, glass feet. As a former collegiate runner, life- I decided to do some and twigs. They have a dedicated follow- long skier and generally athletic, out- research. Internet surf- doorsy person, it hurt my ego to think ing turned up scientific ing: Vibram’s FiveFingers seem to be the that my feet couldn’t handle this latest studies going back to most popular, but Feelmax and Terra footwear innovation. I blamed the shoes 1987 that call into ques- Plana make shoes using similar philoso- and tossed the Vibrams into the back of The Vibram FiveFingers are essentially tion the reasoning phies. behind running shoes. I my closet. armored toe socks. I asked Terra Plana’s founder, Galahad The following spring, one of my col- got in touch with Dr. lege running buddies started a conversa- Daniel Lieberman, a Clark, why he made barefoot shoes. tion about how running shoes might be short runs and hikes, two to three days a Harvard researcher studying human “Vivo Barefoot started when a childhood bad for you, and e-mailed a link to a week. On one particular hike, I wore motion. He believes that long-distance friend of mine who had repetitive ankle story. The story reminded me of all the them to Pinnacles National Monument running played a major role in the evolu- injuries realized that shoes were the prob- with my girlfriend and halfway through tion of mankind. legendary runners who hadn’t needed lem,” he said. ■ shoes for running as we know them the hike switched to my usual hikers: a Says Lieberman: “No one has ever pub- today. The modern running shoe wasn’t pair of old running shoes. lished a study showing that high-heeled, even invented until the 1970s. That was the epiphany moment—my cushioned running shoes are in any way ©2010 Distributed by McClatchy- I reached back in my closet, found the feet were extraordinarily uncomfortable in good for you or prevent injury. I am Tribune Information Services.

9 The video game Pac-Man was intro- “I’ve always been a physical duced in 1980. The only known perfect score comedian. I’ve always been the of 3,333,360 was set in 1999 by 33-year-old Billy gangly goofball who is awkwardly Mitchell. It took him six hours to go through all 256 screens, gobbling up every dot, energy blob, taller than everybody and will ghost and fruit — without losing a single life! do anything to get a laugh.” — World Almanac for Kids — “iCarly” actor Jerry Trainor on tv.com

A chat with the popular actress/singer

BY EMILIE LE BEAU A It’s probably the hardest thing finish- Chicago Tribune ing school work. Because I have a tutor on set and I don’t go to regular school. ... We met up with Miranda Cosgrove, I’m terrible in pre-calculus. It’s scary. ... 17-year-old pop recording artist and star What is your favorite part about being a of Nickelodeon’s “iCarly” to ask her a star and being on tour? Do you like being few questions. recognized in public? Now that you have established yourself as A I love when people come up to me a singer, do you like all the cheering when and talk about episodes they like about you’re performing? Carly or they say Oh, I love your song, I A Yeah, when I’m performing onstage love this. ... It’s cool, too, when parents it’s so different from when I’m on the say they don’t mind watching the show set because we don’t have an audi- with their kids. It’s always nice. ence on iCarly. ... So it’s real What do you like better, your TV show exciting being onstage and hav- “iCarly” or “Drake and Josh”? ing people in front of you and A It’s hard to pick because I don’t have being able to jump up and any siblings. Drake and Josh are literally The war on bedbugs down and have the crowd like my brothers. I just went to Drake’s “Sleep tight. Don’t let the bedbugs bite!” It’s a silly jump with you. concert in L.A., ... and I see Josh all the thing to say. But it’s a real problem. Bedbugs hide in What got you started in acting? time. ... I have seen him six times in headboards, mattress seams and furniture. They come out A When I was 3, I was in a Yogurtland in the last three months. And to find food. Like mosquitoes, bedbugs eat human blood. restaurant with my mom and also, I run into him at the movies all the In the 1950s, a chemical called DDT almost wiped out dad, and an agent just asked time. I feel like I’m stalking him. ... But, bedbugs. But a few critters hid, ate and survived. Now them if I wanted to join their yeah, those guys are the best. ... It’s just they’re back! And DDT is no longer used, because it’s agency. And my mom was hard to pick between the two (shows). bad for the environment. like, no, that’s weird, no Since you are a role model to kids, who is The common bedbug has been thanks. And then she looked your role model? found in all 50 states and around into it, and I ended up just A Thanks. My mom or Gwen Stefani the world,” says Jeff White, star of trying it out, and I loved it. because they’re so much alike. Just kid- the Internet show “Bed Bug TV.” It’s kind of funny because I ding. Gwen Stefani is awesome; I love Two out of three people react to bedbug bites. They can’t see myself doing any- her. may mistake the itchy, red welts for mosquito bites. The thing else, but in a way I just Who is your favorite on iCarly, and what good news is that bedbugs don’t fly or spread diseases. fell into it. is your favorite episode? But they do upset people. “They’re creepy,” White If you had to choose between explains. acting or singing ...? A It’s so hard to pick my favorite char- acter because, well, actually this season, • Newly hatched bedbugs are light tan in color, nearly A If I had to pick right now, Gibby (Noah Munck), he’s a regular. ... transparent and about the size of a poppy seed. Adult I’m really into singing He’s really funny. ... And then Jerry bedbugs are rusty red in color, with flat, oval bodies. because it’s so new to me. (Trainor), who plays my brother on the They are about the size of an apple seed. It’s just such a cool show; he is the best. He gave me my first • Signs of a bedbug infestation include small, dark spots; experience. driving lesson, and he’s totally crazy, so I red stains; live bugs; and tiny, white eggs. They can be Do your song ideas love him. Everybody on the show is so found on headboards, box springs, and mattress seams come from real situa- much fun and Nathan (Kress), Jeannette and tufts. The bugs also live in baseboards, upholstered tions? (McCurdy) and I go see movies all the furniture, and crevices and cracks in furniture. A Sometimes, it’s time. We hang out. But my favorite • To protect against bedbugs in the home, the things that happen to episode is probably “I Saved Your Life” Environmental Protection Agency recommends reduc- my friends. ... but usually where Carly likes Freddy. That’s one of ing clutter, using special mattress and box-spring cov- it’s something that happened my favorites. I (also) love the Halloween ers and inspecting secondhand furniture before bring- to me. Like with “Kissing episode. I got to wear this crazy bug suit. ing it inside. You,” the single, I wrote that ... I was 13, and I remember I had to • An adult bedbug can survive 550 days without food. about a guy I really like, and walk around in that bug suit for a week • Bedbugs love warm, dry climates. But they like cold it’s about a real person. ... And Jerry kept grabbing the back weather too. They have been found in the northwest Balancing movies, iCarly because it had a stinger ... He kept grab- woods of Canada. In Alaska, infestations have risen and recording, how does bing it and spinning me in circles. So 800 percent over the past five years. schoolwork get done? ■ — David Von Drehle that was pretty fun. ©2010 Time Inc. All rights reserved. TIME FOR KIDS and Timeforkids.com are regis- tered trademarks of Time Inc.

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