No matter the careful preparation, we wander a starry night on an unknown course. Sleeping little, he worked to enclose the home he was building on forty acres of woodland. We had intended to sell our Sunset property and pay off the Sylvia House, but, no buyer arrived, and without our glass studio my earnings were our only income. It has nearly taken my life many timesand yet I owe it everything. John Aspen's Instagram, Twitter & Facebook on IDCrawl What about my woodshop? Connie, the romantic, was swept up in his glamorous (if spurious) tales of South America, Cuba, and Alaska. In her exhilarating memoir, Jean Aspen meticulously chronicles the obstacles she and her "youthful sweetheart," Phil Beisel surmount during their four-year sojourn in the southern reaches of the Brooks Range, just north of the Arctic Circle. The sun climbed above the Sonoran desert, flowers wilted, and temperatures rose into the 90s. The chronicle of a family's first year alone in Alaskan wilderness, Arctic Son is a poetic journey of discovery into what we value in life. Create a password that only you will remember. Like Henry David Thoreau, the family chose to live deliberately in the wilderness, but 600 miles from the nearest road and not a short horse ride to Concord, Massachusetts, as Thoreau did at Walden Pond. This time, my parents disappeared into the wilderness on an odyssey of epic proportions. Jan Aspen was inspired by his fathers wild adventures, so he chose the same hobbies as his father and began exploring at a young age. Jean is married to Tom Aspen when they first began dating in 1981, most recently in 1983, and they have been together for almost 37 years from that point. We never had trash. Could it really be this simple after all my searching? 1 edition published in 2018 in English and held by 6 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Jean Aspen (daughter of Alaskan adventurers Constance and Bud Helmericks) and her husband Tom Irons recorded their life at their cabin in the Brooks Range of Alaska. Whose name means Light, Keeper of the Forest. Get the latest on Jean Aspen on Fandango. The dance between boldness and retreat is subtle and it is the wise adventurer who lives to plan another trip. Bud retained the money and the fame, but what he lacked was Connies gift with words. Jean Aspen, daughter of arctic explorer and author Constance Helmericks, began life in the wilderness. Soon they traded up airplanes. It means She of the Forest, she had told my little sister, Annie, and me. I arrived in the spring of 1950, followed a short eighteen months later by Annie. When people think of Alaska, he wrote, they think of Helmericks. Jean Aspen, daughter of arctic explorer and author Constance Helmericks, began life in the wilderness. Luke dropped onto the bench beside me, his amber eyes smiling. My parents did a great deal in the 40s and 50s. In telling my story, I have endeavored to be truthful and fair, though events are filtered through my personal lens and memory. (Photo provided by Jean Aspen and Tom Irons), When Dr. John Fenger glimpsed into the operatory in the old Homer Hospital Health Center one day in 1961, he, Longtime Homer artist values process over product, shifts from painting to mending. It was on Sylvia Street, which seemed propitious, for my mother had named our first dog Sylvia. Each person who crossed my path left a giftsome obvious and others only visible in retrospect. We were scantily equipped for a year of living alone off the land in the remote Brooks Range, that massive group of mountains that extend across the northern third of the state. Bud was a sophomore. Most widely held works about Aspen and Irons chose to dismantle their cabin for fear it would be turned into a trashed-out hunting camp. 'More walk, less talk,' she would say ", For someone who has never camped in his life, the dichotomous allure of reading a memoir like Arctic Daughter is that viewed from the comfort of a cozy reading chair, it's romantically intriguing while repulsively gut-wrenching. From the beginning there are mysteries and his stories do not add up; little can be taken at face value. I was the artist. Throughout six decades, the natural world has remained central to her. But things only got worse. Spring of 2004 blushed the Sonoran desert, whenjust before his eighteenth birthdayour son moved out, taking his old dog, much of our furniture, and my green Honda. Maybe someday but right now Im tired. His mother was to care for the children while I produced books. Strike two was Lucas: he had yet to find roommates and although he was excited about flying solo, I wasnt sure he was ready. Life doesnt have a script.. If you really think you can make something of this his voice trailed off and he turned to his father. Id gotten my nursing degree after Tom almost died of pneumonia one year when our family was alone in the Arctic. The more-than-human world has graced me with silent forgiveness. We have lived with a lot of consciousness in our buildings, Aspen said. Aspen came back to the Arctic in 1992 with her second husband, Irons, and their then young son, Lucas, and a friend, Laurie Schacht. My parents were introduced at a dance: he in old sneakers and corduroy pants, she with her gown and dance card. Receive the digital, interactive PDF of the newspaper in your inbox. Staff. In truth, the shore I arrived upon is very different from the one I set out to find. By the time a third large problem emerges, it is time to back-paddle. They were supposed to be back in Aspen by Sunday afternoon, though their plans were tentative and friends thought they might have stayed to witness Monday's solar eclipse, according to the Pitkin. Jean has continued to live in the remote Arctic tundra throughout her life, learning from her experiences and working to teach others through her books and films. Over the years we had sometimes glanced up from routine and, like aging children, set out for adventure, but convention seemed to dictate caution at this stage. The Anchorage premiere marks a first for the production team: a showing at the states biggest film festival. I tried to prepare for everything, but instead of allaying my fears, nursing had educated me about new perils. Daughter of arctic explorer Constance Helmericks, Jean Aspen began life in the wilderness. 134 He had blond hair, golden skin, rosy cheeks, steel-blue eyes, and a square jaw split by that severe clefta softer version of which dimpled my own chin and my sons. Theyve wintered over at Kernwood but more recently have spent summers and part of the fall there. Book Overview. Her classic books and the documentary she and her husband produced form a lifetime tapestry centered on wilderness. I sighed and pushed a stick into the coals, watching it flare. Born to explorer parents Connie and Bud Helmericks, Jean Aspen began life in arctic wilds. The plumbing was dank, the rooms cramped and dingy, and the electrical wiring dangerous. She and her husband, Tom Irons, live in Alaska and spend much of each year in Alaskan wilds. What is this tension between stillness and movement, security and enthusiasm? Jean Aspen is known for Arctic Daughter: A Lifetime of Wilderness (2018), ReWilding Kernwood (2020) and Arctic Son: Fulfilling the Dream (2013). Most of this book was written at our cabin in the remote arctic wilderness, two logs at a time. In 1992 Jean Aspen took her husband, Tom, and their young son to live in Alaska's interior mountains where they built a cabin from logs, hunted for food, and let the vast beauty of the Arctic close around them. The Sonoran Desert lay hushed beneath an expanse of sunset sky, mountains shading into autumn dusk where Wasson Peak loomed in silhouette, dark and mysterious. I stared into the fire and listened for his response. While my husband, Tom Irons, picked blueberries of a summer afternoon, I sorted memories like familiar old clothes, holding each to the slanted light before releasing it into the fire with the next log. I want less. Grizzled chest hair curled from the neck of his T-shirt, and his dark beard was streaked with white. I watch the young ones set out on their own grand adventures and wish them joy. Every able-bodied man was conscripted or set to work in the war effort. Cancel anytime. In Minnesota, Rude was also spending money and making items for the trip. Africa would be next, he told her. In 1992 Jean Aspen and her husband, Tom, left Arizona and took their young son to live in Alaska's interior wilderness, building a cabin out of logs, hunting for food, and letting the vast, harsh beauty of the Arctic close in around them. Aspens life story starts with her first two years in the wilderness living with her parents. She had scant practical skill and no stomach for conflictan odd combination for an author and arctic explorer, as she defined herself. I wonder if there still is an America where people sit on porches and talk. While both loved adventure and fame, Bud was a conqueror and builder of empire; Connie, the intellectual and naturalist, was happier watching a grizzly than skinning it. "I suppose every daughter gets advice upon leaving home, but mine seemed more practical than most. My grandfather Clarence was only nineteen when Bud was born; his wife Abby was twenty-one. Whenever we could, Lucas and I joined him in the cold house. I documented my whole life, Aspen, 67, said in a phone interview last Thursday. I am, after all, just a human, a member of a new species struggling to find its way. Jean is survived by her niece, nephew and two step daughters. He was dressed in T-shirt and shorts; his muscular legs were peppered with dark hairs, as were the backs of his large hands. Nevertheless, I found myself again yearning for the freshness of uncertainty and for a gentler landscape than the twenty-first century. Our mother awoke to a quiet house and the sudden fear that Buds mother might have taken us back to Colorado. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. It was the story that mattered. When autumn overtook us, we set to work building a log cabin and hunting food to see us through the cold and dark of arctic winter. Phil Beisel, ( Thursday June 9, 2011. works in Connie once told me that Buds shift in interest allowed her to escape the relationship. Reaching a tributary, we ascended on foot, pulling our craft north into the mountains. Reluctantly, he had embarked alone on their scheduled lecture circuit. That black-and-white Ford, her book copyrights, and her children were all she salvaged from twelve years of marriage. The information in this obituary is based on data from the US Government's Social Security . Its a long habit she came to as the daughter of Arctic adventurers Constance and Harmon Bud Helmericks. Connie cooked, washed clothes, and carried buckets of water to their rented log hovel while a dreary winter pulled down. She attended school in Campbell, Calif., and was a student at Berkeley and the University of Utah, and received her master's at F.D.U. My father paddles me on Takahula Lake, 1952. At twenty-two, she and a See production, box office & company info, Aftershock: Everest and the Nepal Earthquake, Simple but inspiring self-documentary about living with nature in Alaska. Im interested to see how it evolves. Ive spent so much of my life trying to direct its flow that its a relief to simply pay attention. Its less about me, wonderful me and all the great things Ive done, she said. Dont make a big deal of it. An autumn breeze rattled the leaves. In 1992 Jean Aspen took her husband, Tom, and their young son to live in Alaska's interior mountains where they built a cabin from logs, hunted for food, and let the vast beauty of the . Anything that wouldnt have burned in the stove weve brought out.. Recorded at their cabin in Alaska's remote Brooks Range, it layers historic footage, vivid photos and video and original music to portray Aspen's amazing life. Jean and her husband in 1992 with their son and his friend traveled to Alaska and stayed there for almost 14 and documented their stay in the Alaskan wild and later presented their . I put a good deal of time and attention in getting good pictures.. With Jean Aspen, Thomas Irons. She had dainty feet and ankles, which, she told me, had been tightly laced in childhood for that purpose, and her delicate wedding band fits my little finger. Above all, I am grateful to my husband, Tom Irons, for paddling with me across three magical decades. First, there was the Erika blow up over her earrings. She dated Jack Nicholson, was briefly. How are John and Kevin? In 1990, Aspen, her husband Tom Irons and their 4-year-old son Lucas paddled down Aspen's "familiar old river," stopping to visit her old cabin site. He had my high cheekbones and square chin with a cleftundeniable mark of my remote father. Aspen depicts one noxious ordeal after another, guaranteed to unsettle any queasy tummy. Aspen credits Irons, her partner for 36 years and husband for 34 years, with much of the work. Copyright 2004- When I joined a womens sewing circle during the war, knitting socks and mittens for the soldiers, he accompanied me so that I wouldnt get close to anyone. I miss the old neighborhood, Tom said at length. Now there were two properties to support on one income and our family lived divided. At Buds insistence, they had settled in Montrose and were constructing a home near his parents. Connie was a slender girl of average height with a fetching bosom. Itd save on driving into town and Id like to live on my own. Mahfuz riad. The river speaks in symbols. Another memoir by Aspen, "Trusting the River" (Epicenter Press, 2016), takes her story further. Jean is married to Tom Aspen as they started dating in 1981 and finally got married in 1983 and since then have been together for almost 37 years. When ice claims the Northland, we are snug in a little Alaskan town, watching December light spill over the glaciers and pool on the breaking surf. The obituary was featured in The Daily Record on June 5 . They would leave him with friends and continue on as before. Jean had faced Alaska's wilderness alone before in a life-altering experience she shared in ARCTIC DAUGHTER: a Wilderness Journey. Nancy Pfister was a hard-drinking free spirit who traveled the world on a whim. 'Here's another batch,' Phil said, excising the wriggly pearl of a maggot with the point of his pocketknife. She also ghosted his three childrens books, never imagining he would claim it all. My colorful mother, dead sixteen years, would be lurking in the shadows, thrilled at the prospect of adventure but edgy as a racehorse. Made with her husband, Tom Irons, and edited by Homer filmmaker Brian George Smith, Arctic Daughter follows their earlier Arctic Son: Fulfilling the Dream, first shown in 2010 at the Homer Theatre. Your purchase was successful, and you are now logged in. Reprint. Immersed in splendor and solitude, Aspen speaks of survival and courage that measure dreams against unforgiving realities. His life hunting polar bears with Iupiat men seemed more dramatic than hers writing cross-legged in a tent, so she even adopted his voice at times. Behind him the ancient saguaros stood black against a fading lemon sky where rafts of clouds flamed coral and then pearled to gray. I never heard his side. Aspen leads us on a wondrous and perilous tour de force. The world was theirs, if only she would keep writing and guard her thinking from the hares. He was secretive and controlling; she was as open and as friendly as a puppy. It seemed that the few molecules of air separating us from Orion could not keep us from floating off between the stars. Early photographs also show her coquettish in summery frocks. In the spring of 1944, my father constructed a second canoe, the Little Willow, fourteen and a half feet long and very beamy. Tom listened quietly, knowing my many voices. The metaphor serves me well, for rivers have played a profound role in my life. Against my growing disquiet, plans for another year in the wilderness had crept into the mix and the clock was ticking down. How often I have tucked my fears beneath my arm and leapt. I think we should sell our place when Luke transfers to the University of Arizona, I continued. Theres a fine line between challenges that are part of an adventure and the signposts of impending disaster. I never intended to damage anyone. It was after freeze-up, five months later, when they caught a flight back from the Bering Sea. We stripped the floors to the cement slab and removed superfluous walls, old steel-frame windows, furnace, toilets, sinks, appliances, shelves, and crumbling Spackle. Our glass studio? Launching a canoe laden with half a ton of supplies and equipment into the Yukon River, they began their arduous, epic quest not quite sure of how they would successfully pull it off. Roaches skittered out of dark closets. Id like to know the babies I help deliver and watch them grow up. Twenty-five years younger, she had a childlike openness and a variety of piercings. Its the second in a planned trilogy of films that will culminate with Rewilding Kernwood, about the final phase in the Aspen-Irons familys life at Kernwood, a remote cabin on the Chandalar River in the Brooks Range. As I matured, I yearned to share the beauty and freedom of this life with my husband, Tom Irons, and our young son, Luke. Tom Irons films in the summer of 2012 as part of an ongoing chronicle with wife Jean Aspen of life at their cabin, Kernwood, on the Chandalar River in the Brooks Range. Tom spoke up. Occasionally I would climb onto our sod roof to rotate the solar panel that powered my laptop toward the low arch of sunlight twinkling through stunted trees. She spent the night with Annie and me playing with teddy bears in our bunk beds. Like Laurie, she had little outdoor experience or money, but was excited and willing to commit. We . Those people, he waved at the hillside, want big and modern, not artistic. I recall him always in overalls. Hazel eyes, wise as an aging otter, crinkled behind thick lenses. From my perch on our homemade ladder, I could see the river and hear its song of nameless mountains. "We have come to fish for the herring fish. After that Jean Aspen had done graduation in Bahlor degree in US state university As I worked those extra shifts at the hospital, a ton of dried food in five-gallon buckets, totes of arctic clothing, and various supplies were accumulating along the empty studio walls. I was twenty-two when Alaska called me back with my first husband, Phil Beisel. She had gray-green eyes with fine lashes. When we showed the ugly little house to Lucashe now preferred that name to Luke, though a lifetime of habit wasnt easy to shift, and we would continue to use both nameshe looked ready to cry. My book, Arctic Daughter: A Wilderness Journey, recounts how Phil and I navely set forth, without even a map, on the mighty Yukon River in the spring of 1972. which she continued with her husband. he asked, voice soft and deep. Visual Jean Aspen, daughter of Arctic explorer and author Constance Helmericks, began life in the wilderness. Its a balancing act, this dance with the river. There is no doubt that Aspen and Phil richly deserve our kudos for the miraculous feat accomplished. Jean Aspen passed away in Morristown, New Jersey. Tom was mulling over my idea. Daughter of arctic explorer Constance Helmericks, Jean Aspen began life in the wilderness. Tom looked thoughtful. Arctic wilderness remained integral to our family throughout the years, beckoning us back repeatedly, including another fifteen months alone at our cabin with Laurie and Luke when he was thirteen and fourteen. The rapids were sounding louder and dread took root in my stomach. I sip my coffee and watch the sun blaze suddenly from behind a peak, turning the horizon to molten gold. Their courage and fortitude literally bowls you over. Grandpa propped little Annie between sacks of mail on the front seat of his green Ford pickup as he drove the high mountain passes, supplementing the income from his gun shop where Uncle John worked. Certainly, one must choose a direction, or life choosesand usually not what you desire. Tim (my friends call me Rude) Amerud was a kindred spirit and a man of wild spaces. Daughter of arctic explorer Constance Helmericks, Jean Aspen began life in the wilderness. He would sit me down at the typewriter and tell me to write, she said. He was unabashedly affectionate, holding my hand in public and walking with an arm around his father. Connie Helmericks for the wings of her dreams. Join Facebook to connect with Jean Aspen and others you may know. After his junior year, Luke had tested out of freshman subjects at the community college where he was now enrolled as a sophomore. Jean moved to Aspen, CO over 30 years ago. This. In 1990, Aspen, her husband Tom Irons and their 4-year-old son Lucas paddled down Aspens familiar old river, stopping to visit her old cabin site. Around campfires, they talked about their dreams. Born to explorer parent Arctic Daughter: A Lifetime of Wilderness is the second documentary by Jean Aspen and Tom Irons. library holdings. At seventeen he looked to be in his twenties, a head taller than either of us, with Toms glossy dark hair and mustache and my tanned skin. I had awakened in tears. Your mother and I are talking about buying a house for you near the university. This is the story of my first book, Arctic Daughter: a Wilderness Journey, which became a Reader's Digest selection. He gave me a wicked grin. Grandpa was as solid as a brick, with powerful arms and a thick neck. We arent wise enough for that, I thought. Dusk under a spreading sky smelled of creosote bushes and settling dew. Artic Son by Jean Aspen. Where the main cabin once stood they planted sod. She packed up her babies (one of whom she barely knew) and returned to Tucson on the train. Her daughter, Nicky Hilton, and son-in-law, James Rothschild are invested in the brand. my sister and I used to admonish. Jean Aspen Education Jean Aspen finished their High School education with Good Grades. Within a few years, my grandparents gave up farming and moved to Colorado, where Clarence opened a gun shop. Through the stained glass of our nearby kitchen door, a shaft of light spilled across the ground. Lucas Irons died unexpectedly at age 25 in 2012. America was awakening from the Great Depression and another World War grumbled like a bank of clouds along the horizon. I work hard at the hospital and come home to design glass projects. Although much of my life has been lived in remote wilderness, I could never have traveled far without friends who championed my journey. What began as a series of letters to her son, Lucas, when she and her husband Tom set out to search for a different future, evolved over the seasons into a many snapshots of her remarkable life. I relaxed into the evening sounds of desert and fire, yet even here I caught the grumble of traffic carried for miles up from the flatlands. "She was a wild spirit, and she fretted being shackled, as she saw it, to the demands of two small children and poverty in the city heat, away from her beloved wilderness. I am grateful to my many teachers, especially: Winifred Chittenden, who gave me roots into this blessed Earth. And Rude Amerud, who rides with the raven upon my left shoulder. With a few dried staples, axes, sleeping bags, pup tent, rifles, folding Yukon stove and pipe, small plexiglass window panes, and a few tools, we paddled downstream from the end of the road at Circle, Alaska. Now in her 70s, Jean and her husband Tom are working to disassemble the structures they have built over the course of 26 years in Arctic and return the materials to the land. At some point, the rift in their basic values began to widen. Over seven thousand planes were flown across the Bering Sea to keep Russia in the fight. Book For more than forty years, this wild valley has cradled my dreams. Tom and I were suddenly alone in the vacant studio sharing his old four-cylinder Toyota pickup, bought when Luke was born. I turned out to be the perfect prop for continuing the Helmericks sagaa golden toddler to star in their next documentary, Jeanie of Alaska. Find Jean Aspen movies, filmography, bio, co stars, photos, news and tweets. In the early morning, she held our hands on a walk to the neighborhood park. Away from the Southwest, maybe a small community where we can grow food and not feel guilty about using water. They were married in Winnies living room in front of the rose-colored brick mantel early in May 1941. In 1992 Jean Aspen took her husband, Tom, and their young son to live in Alaska's interior mountains where they built a cabin from logs, hunted for food, and let the vast beauty of the Arctic. The chronicle of a family's first year alone in Alaskan wilderness, here is a poetic exploration into what we value in life. I am deeply grateful to my beloved husband, Tom Irons, and to Laurie Anne Schacht, companion of many adventures. Aspen came back to the Arctic in 1992 with her second husband, Irons, and their then young son, Lucas, and a friend, Laurie Schacht. The world we work so hard to craft will not be good for us. (Photo provided by Jean Aspen and Tom Irons), Jean Aspen films in the summer of 2017 as part of an ongoing chronicle with her husband, Tom Irons, of life at their cabin, Kernwood, on the Chandalar River in the Brooks Range. Within an hour, they caught the train to Seattle and then boarded a steamer for Alaska. I was feeling drained and anxious, poised on the edge of a precipice. Clarence worked as a farm laborer near Elliott, Illinois, for thirty dollars a month and the use of a house, milk cow, a dozen hens, and a garden patch. The rapid buildup of military forces dramatically shifted demographics. She deeply loved him and saw him in poetic terms: her handsome wilderness partner. We have lots of information about Jean: religious views are listed as Christian, ethnicity is Hispanic American, and political affiliation is unknown. Connies books topped the New York Times Best Seller List for weeks, and the American public was entranced. These pivotal years of immersion in nature guided our choices in ways that diverged from those of our more domestic friends. . 1 Read more from Jean Aspen Skip carousel Im standing on the shoulders of other people, she said. After that Jean Aspen had done graduation in Bahlor degree in US state university. The newcomers are afraid of the dark and the animals, Tom said. She ruled Aspen throughout the '70s, when the town hosted Hollywood's elite. Then I remembered how the desiccated Santa Cruz River could awaken in summer rains, scouring away bridges and stores. Stars were appearing in the deepening turquoise where a trace of yellow lingered against the black mystery of Wasson Peak. Jean Aspen is on Facebook. Graduations overrated. Hed been a light these short years and I wasnt ready to let go. Only $9.99/month after trial. As the current of life swept us into our final decades, I asked my husband to jettison the business, home, and possessions accumulated in our quarter-century together, and take to the road with me in a used Honda. Luke glanced from one to the other. Arctic Daughter: A Lifetime of Wilderness: Directed by Jean Aspen, Thomas Irons. A sketch of Connie at age fourteen portrays her in trousers and bootsvery much the tomboy. Our home offered the desert and marshmallows around a fire, but his friends had Nintendo at their homes. Copyright It was fun when families helped each other build. For most of her adult life, writer and filmmaker Jean Aspen has been recording her experiences in remote Alaska as well as in the more settled world. He supervised everything I did. With growing excitement, he started to look for roommates. var year = today.getFullYear() My life began in the Arctic wilds. Even in youth my father enlarged his lifeas if he could never be enough. Your father convinced me that we would save money by using the same lawyer, she later said. On the other hand, floundering about is no answer. For me, it is good to be aging and mostly at peace. All those seemingly random threads have woven the tapestry of my mostly completed journey home. What happened to Jean aspens first husband? Jean's annual salary is between $60 - 69,999; properties and other assets push Jean's net worth over $10,000 - $24,999. Theyre now down to a small 7-foot-by-10-foot log shelter. Instinctively, at each step, they know their very lives are at stake. Delivered right as the newspaper goes to print every Thursday. Connie pointed out a colorful hummingbird and much to her distress, Bud shot it for her. This journey had been incubating in my heart along with a growing unease about the American Southwest. I want to simplify our lives. Recorded at their cabin in Alaska's remote Brooks Range, it layers historic footage, vivid photos and video and original music to portray Aspen's amazing life. Our only child had arrived late, after I had almost given up hope. Im glad I got on with my life. I recall that tripa toddlers view of legs and leather shoes, as we waited interminably on the metal platform. After a long illness Jan Cochran, beloved wife, friend, teacher and supporter of the Aspen community, passed away in her home the morning of February 19, 2023. Aspens chronicle of her Arctic years first came out in book form, also titled Arctic Daughter, first published in 1988, about Aspens years in the wilderness from 1972-77 with her first husband, Phil Beisel. We heard the car slow at the corner of our property and the adolescent boom of a radio as it turned into the driveway. Beloved husband, Tom said often I have endeavored to be aging and mostly peace. 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