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🌌 "Even if it were conclusively demonstrated that belief in God's existence is completely essential to human psychological and emotional well-being; even if all atheists were despairing neurotics driven to suicide by relentless cosmic angst - none of this would contribute the tiniest jot or tittle of evidence that religious belief is true."
- "The God delusion" by Richard Dawkins :)
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Vegan FAQ! :)
The Web Site the Meat Industry Doesn't Want You to See.
Please watch Earthlings.
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St Andrews
Deborah Alma is the Emergency Poet – the world's first and only mobile poetic first aid service. A mix of the serious, the therapeutic and the theatrical, the Emergency Poet offers consultations inside her ambulance and prescribes poems as cures.
ODC Our Daily Challenge: Beneficial Moments
It was a real beneficial moment, when I found this diary for my next year. More than an eyecatcher. It had all I was looking for.
Then I loved the introducton (Ian Sansom), especially the last words:
"But we can imagine -
we should imagine -
other worlds.
Because in imaging other worlds -
past and future -
we can learn to live again in the present."
2022 In Another World, The Redstone Diary www.goodreads.com/book/show/56214191-the-redstone-diary-2022
New 365 project 2021: 251
1st December 2018 - Exeter, Devon. A familiar location in Exeter for many years.
It is also well known to people like myself who are big fans of Bernard Knight's Crowner John mysteries.
A friend gave me his copy of this book in 1980 when he saw how much I liked it and I have appreciated it ever since. The photos in it show the emptiness and loss of a section of our largest city in the late sixties. In a way it was revealing of what was happening with the decay of cities and urban redevelopment all over the United States at the time. It is hard to say how these issues would have been dealt with if we could see what loss there was going to be in retrospect. I remember living in San Francisco in the Seventies and seeing the Embarcadero Freeway partially completed and then stopped in mid-air. It had become evident that the massive redevelopment of America's cities was not always in their best interest.
The photography by Danny Lyons of Manhattan's oldest neighborhood is remarkable. His personal vision aligns so well with the nation's shifting perception of what they were about to lose forever. I highly recommend this book for anyone who appreciates the drama of our cities and the power of black and white photography in capturing and preserving their history.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/55785612-danny-lyon
A review in the New Yorker of Lyons' project:
www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/a-revered-photojour...
A short film made recently with Lyons describing his project as a young man:
tribecacitizen.com/2021/02/02/seen-heard-the-destruction-...
A light heart lives long.
“Be the reason someone smiles. Be the reason someone feels loved and believes in the goodness in people.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/49604402-the-light-in-the-h...
If anyone asks you what you’re doing, tell them – you’re prolonging your life!
"Τα πάντα ρει" - Ηράκλειτος
"Everything changes" - Heraclitus of Ephesus
Heraclitus of Ephesus (Greek: Ἡράκλειτος ὁ Ἐφέσιος,c.535 – c.475 BCE) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher,a native of the Greek city Ephesus,Ionia,on the coast of Asia Minor.He was of distinguished parentage.Little is known about his early life and education,but he regarded himself as self-taught and a pioneer of wisdom.From the lonely life he led,and still more from the apparently riddled and allegedly paradoxical nature of his philosophy and his stress upon the needless unconsciousness of humankind,he was called "The Obscure" and the "Weeping Philosopher".
Heraclitus was famous for his insistence on ever-present change as being the fundamental essence of the universe,as stated in the famous saying,"No man ever steps in the same river twice". This position was complemented by his stark commitment to a unity of opposites in the world,stating that "the path up and down are one and the same".Through these doctrines Heraclitus characterized all existing entities by pairs of contrary properties,whereby no entity may ever occupy a single state at a single time.This,along with his cryptic utterance that "all entities come to be in accordance with this Logos" (literally,"word","reason",or "account") has been the subject of numerous interpretations.
[source: goodreads]
Abstract expressionist rendering of Paul Fussell's horrific description of the last major battle of World War II in the Pacific, Okinawa. www.goodreads.com/book/show/154474.Wartime
"Don’t believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding. Find out what you already know and you will see the way to fly."
— Richard Bach (Jonathan Livingston Seagull)
* Pentax K20D and Pentax SMC DA 18-55mm Lens
“Life is not like water. Things in life don't necessarily flow over the shortest possible route.”
Lying under this shade all day, reading Haruki Murakami's 1Q84, listening to the pounding surf... priceless!!!
* Pentax K20D + Pentax 18-55mm Lens - 3 Shot HDR
Selected images are available high res and unframed at RedBubble
You can find Irene Astral (model/styling/editing) here: www.facebook.com/ireneastral
Accessories by: AstralWork Creations (www.facebook.com/AstralWorkCreations?fref=ts)
And many thanks to Jim Keith (www.facebook.com/JimKeithCosplay?fref=ts) for his assistance.
This series was featured in:
1.) Dark Beauty Magazine: www.darkbeautymag.com/2015/03/spirosk-photography-irene-a...
2.) Ladies of Steampunk Magazine (print, too): www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/901617
3.) The Greek book of Steampunk stories "Gods of Steam" (as illustrations and cover): www.goodreads.com/book/show/24293119---steampunk
Shot in my home studio.
Just like the spacemen of Classic Space, the explorers of Mars Mission commissioned several vehicles from Llwyngwril Systems. A perfect example of Hegel's assertion that, “What experience and history teaches us is that people and governments have never learned anything from history, or acted on principles deduced from it.”.
The rocky surface of Mars was causing severe tyre wear to 4x4 vehicles. Various design teams were asked to come up with a solution. Llwyngwril Systems simply removed a wheel, thereby reducing tyre wear by 25% (in theory). The MT-32 Trike was the result.
Jackson, MS (est. 1821, pop. 165,000)
Marker:
front
"On May 28, 1961, a Greyhound bus with nine Freedom Riders aboard arrived here, the third group of Riders into Jackson. The first two came on Trailways buses May 24. That summer 329 people were arrested in Jackson for integrating public transportation facilities. Convicted on "breach of peace" and jailed, most refused bail and were sent to the state penitentiary. Their protest worked. In September 1961, the federal government mandated that segregation in interstate transportation end."
back
"Greyhound Bus Station This former Greyhound bus station was the scene of many historic arrests in 1961, when Freedom Riders challenged racial segregation in Jackson’s bus and train stations and airport. The Freedom Riders, part of a campaign created by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), pressured the federal government to enforce the law regarding illegal racially separate waiting rooms, rest rooms, and restaurants—common in public transportation facilities across the South.
"On May 4, 1961, thirteen Riders—blacks and whites, men and women—left Washington, D.C., on two buses. Trained in nonviolent direct action, they planned to desegregate bus stations throughout the South. They integrated stations in Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia with few incidents but were attacked by vicious mobs in Anniston, Birmingham, and Montgomery, Alabama. The Kennedy administration implored them to stop, a call echoed by the media and some civil rights leaders. The Riders, however, reinforced with new volunteers from the Nashville Student Movement, were determined to continue.
"On May 24, two buses of Freedom Riders left Montgomery bound for Jackson, with highway patrolmen and National Guardsmen as armed guards. Instead of a protest mob, policemen met them in Jackson, urging them to “move on” when the Riders tried to use facilities denied them. When the Riders refused, they were arrested, charged with “breach of peace,” and quickly convicted.
"Embracing the "jail-no bail" tactic, they invited new Riders from around the country to join them in Jackson. Within three weeks the city’s jails were full, and the Riders were transferred to the state penitentiary at Parchman, where most served six weeks, suffering indignities and injustices with fortitude and resolve. Between May 24 and September 13, 329 people were arrested in Jackson—half black, half white, and a quarter of them women. Most were between the ages of eighteen and thirty. They came from thirty-nine states and ten other countries; forty-three were from Mississippi.
"On September 23, the Interstate Commerce Commission mandated an end to segregation in all bus and train stations and airports. The victorious Freedom Riders left a legacy of historic changes, proving the value of nonviolent direct action, providing a template for future campaigns, and helping jump-start the movement in Mississippi."
Old Greyhound Station History
• in the mid-1930s, as America struggled through the Great Depression, Greyhound Lines adopted a Streamline Moderne design for their buses & terminals, echoing the speed lines of their Super Coaches which, like the Greyhound logo, promised a swift, state of the art ride • brought in engineer Dwight Austin (1897-1960) to create the new Super Coach design & Louisville architect William Strudwick Arrasmith (1898-1965) to reimagine Greyhound terminal design
• in 1937, Greyhound Lines contracted for a Streamline Moderne style terminal in Jackson, topped by a vertical, illuminated "Greyhound" sign • the bldg. was faced with blue Vitrolux structural glass panels and ivory Vitrolite trim • included a coffee shop with a horseshoe-shaped counter & bathing facilities for women (a bath tub) and men (a shower)
• the design is widely believed to be one of the ~60 Moderne Greyhound stations credited to Arrasmith, although photographic evidence suggests that Memphis architect William Nowland Van Powell (1904-1977) — working with George Mahan Jr. (1887-1967) — was responsible for the design, with or without Arrasmith as the consulting architect
• restoration architect Robert Parker Adams acquired the then threatened bldg. in 1988, moved in after restoration, retaining the original neon sign —Wikipedia
The Farish Street Historic District
“but out of the bitterness we wrought an ancient past here in this separate place and made our village here.” —African Village by Margaret Walker (1915-1998)
• during the Reconstruction era that followed the American Civil War, white Southerners struggled to reclaim their lives as millions of black Southerners sought new ones • with the stroke of a pen, the Emancipation Proclamation had transformed African slaves into African Americans & released them into hostile, vengeful & well-armed white communities amid the ruins of a once flourishing society
• the antebellum South had been home to over 262,000 rights-restricted "free blacks" • post-emancipation, the free black population soared to 4.1 million • given that the South had sacrificed 20% of it's white males to the war, blacks now comprised over half the total population of some southern states • uneducated & penniless, most of the new black Americans depended on the Freedman's Bureau for food & clothing
• the social & political implications of this disruptive shift in demographics fueled a violence-laced strain of American racism • in this toxic environment, de facto racial segregation was a given, ordained as Mississippi law in 1890 • with Yankees (the U.S. Army) patrolling Jackson & Maine-born Republican Adelbert Ames installed in the Governor's Mansion, the Farish Street neighborhood was safe haven for freedmen
• as homeless African American refugees poured into Jackson from all reaches of the devastated state, a black economy flickered to life in the form of a few Farish Street mom-and-pops • unwelcome at white churches, the liberated slaves built their own, together with an entire neighborhood's worth of buildings, most erected between 1890 & 1930
• by 1908 1/3 of the district was black-owned, & half of the black families were homeowners • the 1913-1914 business directory listed 11 African American attorneys, 4 doctors, 3 dentists, 2 jewelers, 2 loan companies & a bank, all in the Farish St. neighborhood • the community also had 2 hospitals & numerous retail & service stores —City Data
• by mid-20th c. Farish Street, the state's largest economically independent African American community, had become the cultural, political & business hub for central Mississippi's black citizens [photos] • on Saturdays, countryfolk would come to town on special busses to sell produce & enjoy BBQ while they listened to live street music • vendors sold catfish fried in large black kettles over open fires • hot tamales, a Mississippi staple, were also a popular street food —The Farish District, Its Architecture and Cultural Heritage
“I’ve seen pictures. You couldn’t even get up the street. It was a two-way street back then, and it was wall-to-wall folks. It was just jam-packed: people shopping, people going to clubs, people eating, people dancing.” — Geno Lee, owner of the Big Apple Inn
• as Jackson's black economy grew, Farish Street entertainment venues prospered, drawing crowds with live & juke blues music • the musicians found or first recorded in the Neighborhood include Robert Johnson, Sonny Boy Williamson II & Elmore James
• Farish Street was also home to talent scouts & record labels like H.C. Speir, & Trumpet Records, Ace Records • both Speir & Trumpet founder Lillian McMurry were white Farish St. business owners whose furniture stores also housed recording studios • both discovered & promoted local Blues musicians —The Mississippi Encyclopedia
• Richard Henry Beadle (1884-1971), a prominent Jackson photographer, had a studio at 199-1/2 N. Farish • he was the son of Samuel Alfred Beadle (1857-1932), African-American poet & attorney • born the son of a slave, he was the author of 3 published books of poetry & stories
• The Alamo Theatre was mainly a movie theater but periodically presented musical acts such as Nat King Cole, Elmore James & Otis Spann • Wednesday was talent show night • 12 year old Jackson native Dorothy Moore entered the contest, won & went on to a successful recording career, highlighted by her 1976 no. 1 R&B hit, "Misty Blue" [listen] (3:34)
• in their heyday, Farish Street venues featured African American star performers such as Bessie Smith & the Rabbit Foot Minstrels, Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Duke Ellington & Dinah Washington —Farish Street Records
• on 28 May, 1963, John Salter, a mixed race (white/Am. Indian) professor at historically black Tougaloo College, staged a sit-in with 3 African American students at the "Whites Only" Woolworth's lunch counter in downtown Jackson • they were refused service • an estimated 300 white onlookers & reporters filled the store
• police officers arrived but did not intercede as, in the words of student Anne Moody, "all hell broke loose" while she and the other black students at the counter prayed • "A man rushed forward, threw [student] Memphis from his seat and slapped my face. Then another man who worked in the store threw me against an adjoining counter." • this act of civil disobedience is remembered as the the signature event of Jackson's protest movement —L.A. Times
"This was the most violently attacked sit-in during the 1960s and is the most publicized. A huge mob gathered, with open police support while the three of us sat there for three hours. I was attacked with fists, brass knuckles and the broken portions of glass sugar containers, and was burned with cigarettes. I'm covered with blood and we were all covered by salt, sugar, mustard, and various other things." —John Salter
• the Woolworth Sit-in was one of many non-violent protests by blacks against racial segregation in the South • in 1969 integration of Jackson's public schools began • this new era in Jackson history also marked the beginning of Farish Street's decline —The Farish Street Project
"Integration was a great thing for black people, but it was not a great thing for black business... Before integration, Farish Street was the black mecca of Mississippi.” — Geno Lee, Big Apple Inn
• for African Americans, integration offered the possibility to shop outside of the neighborhood at white owned stores • as increasing numbers of black shoppers did so, Farish Street traffic declined, businesses closed & the vacated buildings fell into disrepair
• in 1983, a Farish St. redevelopment plan was presented
• in 1995 the street was designated an endangered historic place by the National Trust for Historic Preservation
• in the 1990s, having redeveloped Memphis' Beale Street, Performa Entertainment Real Estate was selected to redevelop Farish St
• in 2008, The Farish Street Group took over the project with plans for a B.B. King's Blues Club to anchor the entertainment district
• in 2012, having spent $21 million, the redevelopment — limited to repaving of the street, stabilizating some abandoned buildings & demolishing many of the rest — was stuck in limbo —Michael Minn
• 2017 update:
"Six mayors and 20 years after the City of Jackson became involved in efforts to develop the Farish Street Historic District, in hopes of bringing it back to the bustling state of its heyday, the project sits at a standstill. Recent Mayor Tony Yarber has referred to the district as “an albatross.” In September of 2014, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development sanctioned the City of Jackson, the Jackson Redevelopment Authority, and developers for misspending federal funds directed toward the development of the Farish Street Historic District. Work is at a halt and "not scheduled to resume until December 2018, when the City of Jackson repays HUD $1.5 million." —Mississippi Dept. of Archives & History
• Farish Street Neighborhood Historic District, National Register # 80002245, 1980
"The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious - the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science."
— Albert Einstein (Albert Einstein (Living Philosophies))
Photographic Memory: Bay of Plenty Series #3
* Pentax K20D + Pentax 18-55mm Lens - Single Shot
Selected images are available high res and unframed at RedBubble
"So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more dangerous to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun."
— Jon Krakauer (Into the Wild)
Day 21 - Best Viewed Large On Black
Beyond Kapiti Island, visible here on the Horizon amidst the clouds, the next landmass is Australia; 1400 miles or 2250 Km away....
"For we are not contending against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. - Ephesians 6:12"
— St. Paul (The Epistles of Paul and Acts of the Apostles (Thrift Edition))
One from the big freeze of the Winter just past, that I never got around to posting. St Paul's Cathedral taken with a Fujifilm point and shoot from the Tate Modern gallery on the South Bank.
Postcards From London Series #4
-Emily Dickinson
Shot and edited this sometime around the end of April then forgot all about it. I found it in my scraps folder while I was sorting some files earlier this week.
This was inspired by the cover of the book "The Watcher" by Lisa Voisin. I came across it a few months ago on Goodreads and I loved the cover. (Unfortunately I can't say the same thing about the book itself. I abandoned it after the first few chapters.)
Feather brushes came from shadowsmyst on deviantArt.
"In a place far away from anyone or anywhere, I drifted off for a moment."
— Haruki Murakami 村上春樹 (The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle)
Day 12 - Best Viewed Large On Black
For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers. I revere them when they live in tribes and families, in forests and groves. And even more I revere them when they stand alone. Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth. They do not preach learning and precepts, they preach, undeterred by particulars, the ancient law of life.
-- Herman Hesse
[The entire brief essay if you'd like: www.goodreads.com/quotes/show/27688]
Reading and shutting off all electronics for a while.
The news is not worth reading or listening too at the moment.
I chose to seek a different path at the moment and it doesn't include social media per se, and the news.
Needing a rest.
You can find Irene Astral (model/styling/editing) here: www.facebook.com/ireneastral
Accessories by: AstralWork Creations (www.facebook.com/AstralWorkCreations?fref=ts)
And many thanks to Jim Keith (www.facebook.com/JimKeithCosplay?fref=ts) for his assistance.
This series was featured in:
1.) Dark Beauty Magazine: www.darkbeautymag.com/2015/03/spirosk-photography-irene-a...
2.) Ladies of Steampunk Magazine (print, too): www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/901617
3.) The Greek book of Steampunk stories "Gods of Steam" (as illustrations and cover): www.goodreads.com/book/show/24293119---steampunk
Shot in my home studio.
I do shoot landscapes and I do use a wide-angle lens once in a while. This was taken last summer when I joined a group of seasoned landscape photographers on a trip to Morro Bay, California. You most definitely have to VIEW LARGE IN LIGHTBOX.
Borrowing a poem written by Vincent Lowry to describe Morro Rock. This is not the view where you see "a dozen vessels strong" at its base. I'm posting a couple of shots showing those "vessels" with my comments below. Not really as evocative as this one though.
A volcanic prodigy stands proudly to the heavens
Caressed by the tide, encircled by a cloud of feathered hunters
Nature’s landmark beckons a sojourn for all sea-drained travelers
Its base, a dozen vessels strong; its peak, a half-score of stacked masts
Those at shore stand and marvel
The brilliance of the bay
The uncompromising grandeur and enchantment of Morro Rock
HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEK, EVERYONE! Will catch up with you all later!
I read this because I was intrigued by Dr. Melfi recommending it to Tony Soprano - both why she did and how he applied it. Needless to say, I have no interest in power or war and I can now know for certain I would be a lousy general. The wine was really good though. For any other Sopranos fans there IS a list of books appearing in the show www.goodreads.com/list/show/93950.Books_appearing_in_The_...
You can find Irene Astral (model/styling/editing) here: www.facebook.com/ireneastral
Accessories by: AstralWork Creations (www.facebook.com/AstralWorkCreations?fref=ts)
And many thanks to Jim Keith (www.facebook.com/JimKeithCosplay?fref=ts) for his assistance.
This series was featured in:
1.) Dark Beauty Magazine: www.darkbeautymag.com/2015/03/spirosk-photography-irene-a...
2.) Ladies of Steampunk Magazine (print, too): www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/901617
3.) The Greek book of Steampunk stories "Gods of Steam" (as illustrations and cover): www.goodreads.com/book/show/24293119---steampunk
Shot in an abandoned factory in Drapetsona, Greece.
At the beginning of the year, I posted that I had a goal of reading 50 books this year and now I can happily say that 🎉 I've completed my goal! 🎉
Oh, and I also had a goal of finishing the Bible in a year. Which I also completed. I now have a new favorite book of the Bible. Romans!😁
These are the books I read if you're interested.¯\_(ツ)_/¯
www.goodreads.com/user/year_in_books/2019/86440923
Stay Safe, Eat Doughnuts, and Read Good Books (╭☞ ⌐■ ◞ ■ )╭☞
"Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.
But you are the eternity and you are the mirror."
— Khalil Gibran (The Prophet)
Photographic Memory: Otaki Beach Series #2
* Pentax K20D + Pentax 18-55mm Lens - Single Shot
Selected images are available high res and unframed at RedBubble
"But this road doesn't go anywhere,” I told him.
“That doesn't matter.”
“What does?” I asked, after a little while.
“Just that we're on it” he said.
16.02.2010
I read 2 or 3 books a week so I think it's about time I started using some of them as inspiration for my photos. I'm currently reading The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster for my online reading group. So far it seems to have a lot of interesting points about language in it but it's not gripping me. Therefore I decided to use it to make a cityscape out of books.
Also submitting to MSH for: A Picture Worth a Thousand Words, though there's a bit more than 1000 words in all those books.
A year ago today I was hating make-up.
Forsyth, Frederick: The Fourth Protocol. London: Corgi Books/ Transworld Publishers Ltd. 1985.
At the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland 2024.
Praktica MTL3
Asahi Pentax Super-Takumar 105mm f2.8
Agfaphoto APX 400 shot at ISO 1600
Compard R09 One Shot 1+100 semi-stand development 70min at 19°C
Agitation 1min + gently at 30min
With all the wildfires raging, I've been thinking about my days spent working in a fire tower, best job I ever had! (1982/83?)
Also currently reading: "Fire Season" by Philip Conners (yes I can read)
www.goodreads.com/book/show/9341909-fire-season
And of course this scene from "CaddyShack" is an all time favorite.
This little bear is posing with Something For Christmas, a 1958 book by Palmer Brown.
My parents read this book to both of my older brothers and to me over the course of many Christmas times, many years ago.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everyone on Flickr! Cheers!
Something For Christmas by Palmer Brown (Goodreads):
www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/11533513-something-for-chr...
There are a hundred things she has tried to chase away the things she won't remember and that she can't even let herself think about because that's when the birds scream and the worms crawl and somewhere in her mind it's always raining a slow and endless drizzle.
by Neil Gaiman
"Raindrops falling from heaven
Could never take away my misery
But since we're not together
I pray for stormy weather
To hide these tears I hope you'll never see
Someday when my cry is done
I'm gonna wear a smile and walk in the sun
I may be a fool
But till then, darling, you'll never see me complain
I'll do my crying in the rain"
You can find Irene Astral (model/styling/editing) here: www.facebook.com/ireneastral
Accessories by: AstralWork Creations (www.facebook.com/AstralWorkCreations?fref=ts)
And many thanks to Jim Keith (www.facebook.com/JimKeithCosplay?fref=ts) for his assistance.
This series was featured in:
1.) Dark Beauty Magazine: www.darkbeautymag.com/2015/03/spirosk-photography-irene-a...
2.) Ladies of Steampunk Magazine (print, too): www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/901617
3.) The Greek book of Steampunk stories "Gods of Steam" (as illustrations and cover): www.goodreads.com/book/show/24293119---steampunk
Shot in my home studio.