Mascot Hall of Fame Whiting
12 USD
Flyctory.com Pros
Great idea
Some interesting facts on North American mascots
Flyctory.com Cons
Too limited - hardly any exhibits about Europe and Asia
Thus, Hall of Fame as such is ridiculous
Too high admission
Halls of Fame are very popular in the United States. Finally, there are likely Halls of Fame for almost every topic. When I drove from Indianapolis to Chicago in late August 2019, I passed an advertisement on the Interstate for the “Mascot Hall of Fame”. As a sports fan, I just could not stand to google it and add it to my route. The architecture of the building in Whiting in Northern Indiana was already promising. Unfortunately, I struggled with the place too much.
Mascot Hall of Fame – Location & Admission
Whiting is on the very Northeastern edge of Indiana. In fact, it is already part of Greater Chicago. When I tried to approach the museum from Indianapolis, I passed miles of harbour and industrial plants. There are also a lot of detours, which make the trip very bothering from that direction. The drive to Chicago was easy thereafter (apart from traffic jams). Whiting in general is a quite beautiful spot.
As the museum is focusing very much on children, there is no difference between adult and children admission. Only kids under two years of age and active military do not pay the 12 USD fee. Parking is available for free next to the museum.
Mascot Hall of Fame – Playground Area
Major parts of the Mascot Hall of Fame are designed as a Children’s Museum , so that kids can explore the topic by playing and touching exhibits. There are also some areas which are not directly linked to the topic, but in general, the museum is very colorful and makes you smile. This part is definitely a well done, though it feels to be rather limited and small – the topic might just not have too much potential for a really large kid’s exhibition.
You can also play a quiz on (US) mascots pictured below. A cinema is showing a movie about the local mascot Reggy and how he is looking for a team to support.
Mascot Hall of Fame – Museum and Hall of Fame
There is also a museum area, which shows a bit of the history of sports mascots. Unfortunately, this part is too weak in my point of view. There are so many aspects missing. The museum just has very few reference to Europe, for example. There are living mascots, which do not play too much of a role. Also sports events mascots like Olympic mascots or Soccer World Cup mascots are rarely mentioned.
The Hall of Fame itself is more or less a display at one edge of the museum. There are only North American inductees. Among the selection criteria is also social impact, which I feel to be a very wise idea.
Mascot Hall of Fame – Services
The Mascot Hall of Fame is built to give an enjoyable day with your family. Of course that includes food. The museum provides snacks at a kiosk next to the entrance and also provides some nice seating around.
The souvenir shop is located closeby. I addition to the items you may buy in that area, there is also a Build A Mascot store, i.e. an outlet of the Build A Bear franchise.
The staff was very kind and helpful. There was also free WiFI in the place. Unfortunately, the staff asked me for my ID card or passport and noted some personal details – which is a Data Protection Fraud according to European laws. The place should teach their people better.
Mascot Hall of Fame – My View
Giving a fair judgement on this place feels very difficult to me. Yeah, it is colorful, posh and somehow fun for kids – which prevents the Mascot Hall of Fame from a really disastrous rating. I feel the topic is too limited for a Children’s Museum – and the kids I saw during my visit left the place comparably quick again.
I love the idea of the museum, though. The mission has so much potential – unfortunately, the museum part is poor and too limited as the building size is just not sufficient to what this place could be like. You could tell so much about culture, also in other parts of the world. If you illustrate that well, you could tell the young and the older ones so much about sports and culture in different parts of the world. But this place does not do it. It feels a bit arrogant to me. Thus, I cannot rate higher than 2/5 stars.
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The promotion package I received for Matt Pike's album Pike vs. the Automaton states "Matt Pike wrote new rules for the ...
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The last two editions of the Songs Of The Week had a really nice load of positive feedback. Thus, I am really ...
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Jeffrey Mitchell Ross wrote music history as the lead guitarist of Lou Reed. That's quite a while ago and Ross ...
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A quarter of a century of Southern rock and blues rock, four Grammy nominations - the North Mississippi Allstars are ...
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I am still evaluating whether the Songs Of The Week are an interesting format for you. While the first postings got ...
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Chasing Sunsets is already the third EP by Ryan Montgomery. The country-rock artist released the five songs on 7th January ...
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Lucinda Williams is back. Just not too long after I at a look into the second episode of her Lu's Jukebox, ...
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A very interesting band with a very interesting blues album: on 12th November 2021, Gov't Mule releases their new studio ...
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New stuff from Michael Patrick Kelly - family member of the legendary Kellys is back in the virtual and physical ...
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She traveled a quarter million miles for her musical career - you just cannot argue that Emily Scott Robinson did ...
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Cassadee Pope is back! Just about a year after she released the amazing EP Rise and Shine, the former The Voice winner is ...
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Lori Rayne, Stephanie Ryann and now Presley Aronson - after I had quite a break from my Flyctory.com Spotlight interviews, ...
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I am sorry, I am just unable to review an album by The Killers without using the song name / ...
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Joshua Radin is a very interesting artist. A couple of his songs have more than thirty million Spotify streams each ...
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This posting is about a two-time Grammy winner and a five time US Country chart topper: Rodney Crowell, who started ...
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New music by Charlie Worsham: four years after his last album, the US country artist is releasing six songs on ...
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One of these things I really still don't get: checking the new releases of the week, I ran into Callie ...
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When I looked into the Songs Of My Life postings so far, there are just very few rather recent songs covered ...
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Brent Moyer is an artist, which is based in the USA, but has quite a fan base in Europe as ...
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William Fitzsimmons is a folk singer-songwriter, who is an active musician since 2005. On 25th June 2021, he released his ...
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New music by Vincent Neil Emerson. After his debut album was quite popular already, he releases his second album on ...
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I am tempted to say that Ruthless is just the tenth studio album by Gary Allan. The legendary country music ...
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A blend of country and blues. Amythyst Kiah is releasing her new album Wary + Strange, which is released on 18th ...
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I enjoyed Kylie Morgan's single I Only Date Cowboys that much that I added it to the Country Music Playlists on ...
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The Nelson family is definitely one of the most creative - and productive - families in the country genre. Despite ...
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Even though I have seen Walker Hayes live on stage a few times, his 2021 EP Country Stuff is in fact ...
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A very interesting release with a talent show background: Brynn Cartelli won The Voice in 2018 - now she released her ...
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A debut release on 28th May 2021: the country duo gathered seven songs and released their debut EP Boot Up ...
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Pop Evil are definitely in the top spheres of the US hard rock scene. Their album regularly hit upper rankings ...
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Country to The Core with Rock'n'Roll's rebellious reputation or Jesse Keith Whitley is a modern day outlaw. The first words ...
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The US rockers Weezer praise van Halen - or something like that: their latest studio album is dedicated by design ...
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The fourth album by the multi-national project Mighty Oaks on 7th May 2021: boosted by lead singer Ian Hopper in ...
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A real legendary release at the end of April 2021: Ronnie Milsap is indeed a country music big one. Currently ...
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Two Grammy nominations and part of some Number One albums - Ashley Monroe is undoubtedly one of the big names ...
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A new artist with a quite powerful touch of country music - Elvie Shane with his EP County Roads made ...
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Adam Douglas feels to be rather a Norwegian than a US artist nowadays. He is living in Hadeland North of ...
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Justin Moore is indeed a big name in the country music industry. With Straight Outta The Country, he is releasing ...
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The EP Storm in Summer by Skullcrusher to me was one of these records you receive over promotion platforms you ...
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Rev. Peyton's Big Damn Band is in fact neither too big (it is a trio) nor too damn. The band ...
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Canaan Smith felt to become quite a big name in the country music business when he was on top of ...
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My Savior is already the second Carrie Underwood album I review with Flyctory.com. However, also this one is not a ...
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Quite a lot of stuff happened to Esther Rose within a time span of two years. She broke up in ...
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I honestly rarely really use a lot of information I receive in press kits to future albums. About Sara Watkin's ...
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The match between my Pittsburgh Penguins and the Los Angeles Kings was the first one on my West Coast hockey ...
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Recently, Maite Kelly had a lot of presence in German TV as part of the Deutschland Sucht Den Superstar (German ...
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Lee Brice is amazing in songwriting, but also a top name in the country music scene as an artist. On ...
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It is hard to believe that Chris Stapleton's 13th November 2020 release Starting Over is indeed his fourth studio album ...
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Easton Corbin won the musical hearts of Nashville comparably quick after he moved to the city from Florida in 2006 ...
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All five albums of the 2010's of the US folk rock band Dawes made it to the US overall album ...
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Dolly Parton is the legend and "mother" of all female country music stars out there - no doubt. But during ...
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I ran into the music of Diana DeMuth some weeks before her debut album release, when I was scanning for ...
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Six albums - no chart placement: when you think about Granger Smith today, you may majorly focus on his last ...
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One of Us - what an amazing song! It is hard to believe that you are not too wrong to call ...
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Riley Whittaker contacted me just some one or two weeks ago. She is a young artist from Sedona, Arizona, who ...
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Hardy is quite well-known in the country music scene as a songwriter. Florida Georgia Line, Chris Lane or Morgan Wallen ...
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Tiffany Johnson impressed me recently in the Spotlight interview published on 12th August 2020. After a couple of singles, the ...
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Her personal greatest hits - for her 2020 album ... but I'd rather be with you Molly Tuttle is taking a ...
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Music marketing made in the US: Courtney Cole had released three songs in the previous times already - at the ...
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Due to the current situation, The Killers had to wait some extra months to present their complete 2020 album: Imploding The Mirage, ...
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When Tucker Beathard supported Dierks Bentley during his UK tour in 2016, I ran into the young artist for the ...
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Josh Turner is very successful on the country music side as well as an artist for Christian music. Country State ...
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Here On Earth is the sixteenth studio album by country music legend Tim McGraw. After so many great hits, he ...
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Cayllee Hammack fascinated the German fans with her 2020 C2C appearances in Berlin. On 14th August 2020, she released her ...
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Four years after his last album release - but Mo Pitney Ain't Lookin' Back - at least this is the title of ...
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I definitely like the powerful RaeLynn. After one EP and one album, the Texan girl is presented her new EP Baytown ...
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I ran into a preview of Mary Chapin Carpenter's 2020 album The Dirt and The Stars just early in the week ...
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A good friend of mine is a close friend of the US pop Duo Carly and Martina, so that I ...
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If you would ask me to name artists which made me listen (modern) country music, Luke Bryan would be definitely ...
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If you need any proof how close the country music scene in Nashville is bound to (Christian) religious attitudes, Chris ...
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The Rascal Flatts have been hard by Covid-19. Right when they wanted to celebrate their final year as a band, ...
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It's quite a while since I published my latest Spotlight interview episode with Carolyn Miller in mid-June 2020. The more ...
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The news nearly exploded in social media on 23rd July 2020: there will be a new Taylor Swift album. Release ...
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When I scanned all new country albums and EPs on 10th July 2020, I just got stuck at She Drove Me ...
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The German fans loved Jimmie Allen at his Berlin C2C 2020 performances. The more, I looked forward to his second ...
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While scanning the album releases as of 10th July 2020, I ran into Lighter by Donna Missal. I have to admit ...
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There were quite a lot of new songs by Brett Eldredge during the last weeks. This feels to be a ...
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Scanning the list of new country music releases, I ran into Hey Girl by Jonny Houlihan. In fact, the EP has ...
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Willie Nelson is an amazing artist. On 24th April 2020, just some ten months ago since he released his previous ...
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Eric Paslay is one of the biggest secret stars of the country music genre to me. A fantastic songwriter, who ...
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Haim is a band which became popular in the early 2010 years. Already with their first publications, the three Californian ...
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When you ask for promising new country acts, you very often run into the name of Kyle Nix. However, Nix ...
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Quite some big names were on my list of album released for 19th June 2020. One of them is John ...
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Not just due to being the only popular music artist who ever received the Nobel Prize in Literature, Bob Dylan ...
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Gabby Barrett made it well in American Idol and even better with I Hope. The fans were waiting for her debut album, ...
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The final ice hockey match on my February 2020 trip following the Pittsburgh Penguins to their West Coast matches was ...
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Five years after the release of his last album, Tyler Farr is back on the virtual and physical CD trays ...
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Nicoel Atkins stands for a unique combination of Psychedelic, Americana and Soul. On 29th May 2020, Atkins released her latest ...
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Lucy LaForge is the head and lead singer behind Lucy & La Mer. Based in Los Angeles, the singer / ...
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Kip Moore released quite a series of songs during the last months. This was a strong indicator for... a new ...
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Some weeks before the release of their debut EP Petals, the Indie Folk band Phavors contacted me whether I'd like to review ...
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Craig Morgan is a decently big name in the Nashville country music scene. Even though he rarely hit the top ...
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5 cans, obviously of different kinds of beer (and the six song titles on it), are on the cover of ...
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Steve Earle is definitely one of the big names in music in general. The country and folk artist had very ...
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The Album Part II by Chase Rice is maybe the perfect illustration for the situation in the North American music ...
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Sarah Darling's Campfire Sessions, which cover acoustic cover songs which are recorded like in that intimate atmosphere, gained quite some popularity ...
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You are free to mention the Colts (see my review of the Lucas Oil Stadium Tour), but finally, if you ...
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There are still so many talented and high quality music acts in Nashville, which I haven't been aware of so ...
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While quite some major country music artists moved their release dates to (hopefully) better times in the future, Kenny Chesney ...
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Though he regularly released some songs, the last major recording by Tim Dugger has already been already five years ago ...
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Ryan Upchurch is called Upchurch or also Upchurch The Redneck. He is has touched quite a couple of genres through his career. Despite ...
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Lena Stone is already quite well-known to insiders of the Nashville country music scene. After a good debut EP in ...
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Lucinda Williams is quite a big name in the US music business. The 67-year-old, who made it big in folk ...
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Kenny Foster, one of the Featured Artists of Flyctory.com and one of the most friendly people I met in the ...
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Bree Doster draw some attention her her during the last year already, when she released her Chasing Ghosts. Now, on 17th ...
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Famous was a great hit for Adam Doleac, which draw quite a lot of attention on the US country artist. On ...
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I ran into the music of Julia Cole especially when I listened to Honey Child, which is also the title track ...
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It is really tough to select the right achievement to describe Joe Satriani's career in one fact. Over ten million ...
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Ruthie Collins' musical career is one which is so similar at many Nashville artists: she decided to go to Nashville ...
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Reading the list of songs written by Brett James is like a Who is Who of the country music business ...
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33 studio album just states that you had a massive career so far. Even though Jim Lauderdale was likely more ...
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