tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28868591885457061072024-03-18T21:01:33.084-07:00Redstone StudioModel Horse Tackmaking and CustomizingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886859188545706107.post-40991866417764605002016-10-27T14:05:00.000-07:002016-10-27T14:05:18.910-07:00Saddle Pads<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">early attempt, back in the hot-glue-and-say-prayers days of tackmaking</td></tr>
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Anyone who has ever asked me will tell you...I hate making saddle pads. Hate is a strong word, but it is an accurate one. I do okay with cross-stitch.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">this little darling is for sale, any offers?</td></tr>
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...but I don't have the best relationship with my sewing machine....<br /><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It took ALL MY PATIENCE to make these two silly things</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I didn't make the saddle, just the derp bridle and pad</td></tr>
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So imagine my delight when I find a seller who makes LOVELY, ASTOUNDING saddle pads in brilliant colors and patterns, that I can actually <strike>justify</strike> afford. <br /><br />CANDY.<br /> <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Of course my new etchie, Spider, had to have a spiderweb pad!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The web is metallic threads...SO HANDSOME</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The first pad I bought from them, looks SUPER CUTE with my favorite Western</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Had to try the cutback even though Thor doesn't need it...LOVE.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She uses this awesome fleece that feels super realistic, and thoroughly stitches them. </td></tr>
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So go check out <a href="http://www.ebay.com/sch/merryjeansdreams/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=" target="_blank">merryjeansdreams</a> on ebay! The pads are a great price and super nice (and I am a notoriously picky person). I know that I will be back for more, so go buy yours before I get there first! She has a ton of Halloween stuff up right now, and lots of other great patterns, as well as some very pretty models, too! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My current collection of merryjeansdreams pads...</td></tr>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886859188545706107.post-17112327907569166012016-06-15T23:07:00.001-07:002016-06-15T23:07:48.084-07:00RS Spotlight CityMy little CWP is done! I was terribly lazy and didn't sand her seams, which I really regret now. Oh well! She's still really cute and turned out better than I feared. It's the ones that fight you the most, sometimes...<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886859188545706107.post-90067819807854744952016-04-23T13:33:00.001-07:002016-04-23T13:33:45.094-07:00RS First ContactAfter so much time away from my models, I suddenly got hit with inspiration.<br /><br />I would like to proudly welcome RS First Contact (barn name "Montana") to my herd!<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2KymYXW0UemEzgxN3_Hq57qOVcP7ZaQOqlPool3kLvHVksBTmZvfprFubP1XR0Hg5UTRkk0HtsE0caWKQ8cGgpTyzhjN1RJ3RsAaKtHiaWRFLNqoQx5iOFwtrAkT8X3FpYKHU3-hQWPAB/s1600/IMG_7334.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2KymYXW0UemEzgxN3_Hq57qOVcP7ZaQOqlPool3kLvHVksBTmZvfprFubP1XR0Hg5UTRkk0HtsE0caWKQ8cGgpTyzhjN1RJ3RsAaKtHiaWRFLNqoQx5iOFwtrAkT8X3FpYKHU3-hQWPAB/s640/IMG_7334.JPG" width="640" /></a> I wasn't planning to paint that particular model...but I am not disappointed with the result. It's funny, when I started, I told myself "ok, now no bays, and no paints, because I have plenty of those!" <br />Well, oops. <br />Oh well!<br />
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After four years of being alternately etched and tossed in storage, at last, the poor body Trakehner has a new, and very handsome look as an Appaloosa Sport Horse. </div>
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Now he just needs the perfect name! Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886859188545706107.post-45130867792538189322015-10-24T17:08:00.002-07:002015-10-24T17:08:54.050-07:00Nominated I was nominated by <a href="http://tbfstories.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Trail Blazer Farm</a> for the Liebster Award. So thank you, Trail Blazer Farm! I don't have time for tagging other blogs, sadly, but I feel I should at least answer the nomination by answering the questions. <br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Roboto Slab', Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 30px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Roboto Slab', Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 30px;"></span><br />
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Several years ago, there was a very special OTTB named Rain, who captured my heart. I miss him terribly. </div>
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The reality where I have a permanent place to live, and a couple of horses.</div>
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The other thing that I did is visit an antique store. There was some tack there, too. Mostly stuff that was beyond hope of repair. I found a white mechanical hackamore that looked pretty gnarly, and a presentation halter with silver. But what I took home was a humble-looking dirty leather halter.<br />
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Which turned into a nice, clean, fairly decent and barely-used-looking leather halter! <br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886859188545706107.post-76170613510516725762015-07-06T21:16:00.000-07:002015-07-06T21:16:00.141-07:00Moving AgainAs of the end of June, I ended up making a very unexpected move several hundred miles south for health reasons. Everything is in boxes. I'm living in very temporary arrangements. Things are beyond chaotic. It might be a while before I am showing off new tack or custom models again. Hopefully not too long though!<br />
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In the meantime, here is the etchie work-in-progress Appaloosa Sport Horse that I was working on just prior to moving. <br />
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Well, I never said <i>horse</i> models. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886859188545706107.post-25133676353509038982015-06-03T13:49:00.000-07:002015-06-03T13:49:00.085-07:00The Best $4 I Ever SpentI'm one of those weird people that goes into pet stores when I don't have pets. Or house improvement stores when I don't have a house (I have an apartment and it's against the rules to improve it). I am always looking for things that can be repurposed for miniatures.<br />
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I found something at Petco. Pet stores often have little cage ornaments and things that can be used for dollhouse embellishments, but often they are pretty expensive. I feel pretty lucky and happy to have found this for $4 and change!<br />
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It's just a bunch of sticks stuck together with wires. But it's amazingly versatile, and just the right size...<br />
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The wires not only keep the sticks together, they allow them to be curved...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It can take the weight of a Breyer horse! (or in this case, a Peter Stone)</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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It's a great bridge, and it could be a ramp, a raft, even a jump or a fence!<br />
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So many possibilities...my imagination is just going crazy imagining scenarios. <br />
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I don't live show, but if I did, this seems like it would be a great performance prop!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886859188545706107.post-18224128144387243652015-06-02T13:16:00.000-07:002015-06-02T13:16:18.400-07:00English SaddleI've had a "bee in my bonnet" for a while now to try making another English saddle again. It's been several (years?) since I last tried, and I've gotten a lot more comfortable working with leather and looking at reference pictures. I found an old pattern that a friend of mine had sent me (no instructions though) and sat down with some old leather jacket scraps and skiver, and went to town.<br />
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Two days of puzzle assembly later, this is what I had made.<br />
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I made a ton of mistakes and it's far from perfect, but I learned a lot! I think I'm finally on the right track. That old scrap leather actually doesn't look too bad! Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886859188545706107.post-26455378679760955562015-04-28T12:00:00.004-07:002015-04-28T12:04:52.999-07:00The Time-Eating Monster<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My personal life has turned into a whirlwind of a mess since February.
The first half of March, I was busy with Comic Con, one of my other hobbies. My cosplay buddy had talked me into making a Black Widow outfit, and I also brought my Loki. I had an absolute blast, got to meet a couple of my scifi and film heroes and the woman I was named after. It was amazing!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Loki no. You cannot have an army of KITTs.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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After that, I ended up on another road trip for a family emergency, but on the way back, I found a little jewel. Who knew there was an action figure museum in a small town in Oklahoma?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I couldn't believe it. Someone with more toys than I have. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The GI JOE dioramas were my favorite. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There were even model horses. And an old Broom Tail! (I used to have a red one)</td></tr>
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There was a section of the museum with toys for kids to play with. How could I resist that?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ouch. They never build these doorways tall enough.</td></tr>
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After I got back from that trip, I barely was able to catch a breath before some other bad news hit. I don't want to get into it here, but suffice it to say if things don't work out, I could be in some real trouble. So between that and my health issues acting up, I have pretty much had 0 creative muse. Still, I get really bored sitting around worrying. I have a need to be <i>doing and learning</i> even when I feel like crap.<br />
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So I learned to make chainmail <br />
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and I hung up the poster of Loki that I got at Comic Con<br />
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Yesterday, I pulled my sewing machine out because it's been so long since I sewed last, that I forgot how much it and I don't get along. I did manage to make a couple of saddle blankets out of an old pillowcase. <br />
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...and then played with my chainmail.<br />
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Eventually, I found something to do with the normal-sized blanket, and I think I'm pretty happy with it.<br />
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So that's basically what I have to show for the past two months. One saddle blanket. Not quite the amazing body of work I was expecting to be able to produce now that I'm moved in, but it's better than nothing, I suppose! </div>
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The colorful bosals are nearing completion.</div>
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I just need to add reins, browbands, and possibly decorations. I will probably keep most of them, since my first set accidentally turned out in mostly Classic scale and I need Traditional-sized tack. There may be a few for sale later, though. I really, really need to go through my tack pile!<br />
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I tried it again in blue, for a Classic-sized pad.<br />
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So cute! If only they didn't take me so long to make! <br />
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I really had intended to get more stuff done this week, but we had a snowstorm and I got slightly distracted playing outside. Also shuffling through snow up and down the hill every day for chores is kinda time consuming and exhausting! But I did enough things to completely cover my desk in various projects...<br /><br />
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But I finally settled down and decided to make a few of the colorful bosals that were so much fun a few months ago. I had sort of forgotten the best way to tie them, so they didn't turn out as nice...but at least I made them Traditional scale this time! I got five of them started.<br />
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I know that most real-life bosals aren't so brightly colored, but I did see some for sale somewhere that were, and it stuck with me. I suppose I'd need to find a reference if I were to live show them, but I don't intend to do so. I just think they're fun! <br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886859188545706107.post-55006510807417708322015-01-29T15:11:00.000-08:002015-01-29T15:11:52.520-08:00Ranger SaddlesTwo posts in one day! How exciting!<br />
Today I finally made myself sit down and start working on actual tack. My <a href="http://immortalsparkcosplay.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">cosplay blog</a> has been getting all the love lately as I'm trying to get a few projects ready for a convention in March...but tack must also be made! <br />
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As it happens, I have had five Ranger saddles (aka Scrap Leather Saddles) in my project box for quite a while. They were pretty close to finished...<br />
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I'm using a different saddle horn than I used to, but it's a bit faster and tidier than the method I had before. I've started to simply make a small hole in a strip of leather, and use a black bead as the horn, pushing one end through the hole. It looks odd but it's effective, and cuts down the time and frustration. </div>
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One of my favorite blogs is having a <a href="http://braymere.blogspot.com/2015/01/bcs-winter-photo-challenge.html" target="_blank">Winter Photo Challenge</a> and I wanted to enter/procrastinate on my first day back at work making saddles.<br />
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This was certainly a challenge, with most of my horses and tack and props still in storage. But it was fun, and hopefully somewhat entertaining! <br />
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1. Vintage<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flik, my first ever custom, on the FAS mold, and the First Avenger</td></tr>
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2. Nekkid<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The emperor has no clothes but who will tell him otherwise?</td></tr>
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3. Scale Issues<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's always the morning before the big show that you realize there's a problem.</td></tr>
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4. I see spots<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Was Liberty <i>always</i> that spotty?</td></tr>
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5. Unbridled Passion<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lola and Firefly re-enact The Black Stallion</td></tr>
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6. Rare Breed<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Rare "A Dog Used Me As A Chew Toy So I Got Etched All Over Spotted Metallic Warmblood"</td></tr>
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7. Portrait<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Portrait model of Moondreamer, the horse that taught me to ride</td></tr>
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8. Conga<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Silver conga</td></tr>
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9. The Great Outdoors<br />
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10. Best in Show<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I immediately thought of Sean and Rocky...</td></tr>
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Thanks for having the photo challenge and good luck to all who entered! Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886859188545706107.post-84295674934359264052015-01-27T19:12:00.002-08:002015-01-27T19:12:42.150-08:00Studio Setup After moving across 10 states in two weeks, I have finally reached the new (to me) apartment. It seems like I move every year or so lately, so I am ready to be in one place for a while!<br />
It's nice to see my horses again. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Silver conga! Kinda</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Running horses are excited to be out of their storage boxes!</td></tr>
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And get my work area set up all in one place, instead of in three places spread out through my room...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It doesn't look like much now, but just wait until the desk is covered in tiny scraps of leather!</td></tr>
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Unfortunately, this means that the one barn that survived the Great Redstone Manor Culling of 2014 has to be divided. One of the two stall sections ended up in the Breyer Tower bookcase, and the other ended up against the wall with the barn office section.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This barn is a survivor! It has been with me through all of my moves.</td></tr>
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The carpet is brown and old and crappy, which displeases my roommate but makes me very happy.</div>
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The big struggle now is locating all of my tackmaking supplies and finding organized places to put them so that I can start working! I would love to start making some more tack again soon, definitely want to get some sales pieces up asap. </div>
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I don't know when Redstone Manor videos will return, as it seems that some of my main characters decided to stay behind at the storage unit and will have to be shipped to me. I might possibly consider making tutorials. Maybe. Mayyyybee.</div>
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