Rocco Shares Some Work by Grez

Our previous post featured a tattoo I spotted on Cristine at the Mermaid Parade back in June. Cristine's brother Rocco was also in attendance, and he was kind enough to share this piece on his inner left arm:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqReZq47kJHDXEU2-BGn8bOKcbwqGugNeYYqiN6npRr-e8wBsD3uNiERYZ07TyZhG_ij3-8UIXs0YiC4LBrnM46U5Klp644EvAtaghiHOKxjHrvkULo7tE8dSo42d3y1j6Iwq00E75y20/s615/photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqReZq47kJHDXEU2-BGn8bOKcbwqGugNeYYqiN6npRr-e8wBsD3uNiERYZ07TyZhG_ij3-8UIXs0YiC4LBrnM46U5Klp644EvAtaghiHOKxjHrvkULo7tE8dSo42d3y1j6Iwq00E75y20/s640/photo.jpg" width="322" /></a></div><br />Rocco credited this to <a href="http://kingsavetattoo.com/artists/grez/bio-0/">Grez</a> at <a href="http://kingsavetattoo.com/">Kings Avenue Tattoo</a>. He did this out on Long Island in the Massapequa shop, but now works out of their Manhattan shop on the Bowery. Grez's work has been seen several times before on Tattoosday, including most recently <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2012/10/lindsays-grandfather-resonates-in-her.html">here</a> and <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2011/10/collins-gypsy-snake-and-time.html">here</a>. You can also clcik on "Grez" in the tags at the bottom of the post to see more of his work that's been on the site.<br /><br />Thanks to Rocco for sharing this great tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!<br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><b id="internal-source-marker_0.39020659355446696" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This entry is ©2012 Tattoosday.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you are seeing this on another website other than Tattoosday, without attribution, please note that it has been copied without the author's permission and is in violation of copyright laws. Please feel free to visit</span><a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://tattoosday.blogspot.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and read our original content. Please let me know if you saw this elsewhere so I contact the webmaster of the offending site and advise them of this violation in their Terms of Use Agreement.</span></span></b>

Rocco Shares Some Work by Grez

Our previous post featured a tattoo I spotted on Cristine at the Mermaid Parade back in June. Cristine's brother Rocco was also in atten...

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Lindsay's Grandfather Resonates in Her Tattoos

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I met Lindsay in Penn Station back in August and she shared two tattoos, starting with this incredible blackbird inked on her thigh:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuTT1LBVLNbeeqV18UPz9g6lNLDtbMr0Xw0fkkpe5-BngRvHl3nDap4WQekawoLipTlO0ndGTHpKmsEmD2O6VsLl9wL3wxtNreeUH2EmSZC2FmBKaDORHTQgbgOkER2KTedFxAOrX1-6k/s615/photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuTT1LBVLNbeeqV18UPz9g6lNLDtbMr0Xw0fkkpe5-BngRvHl3nDap4WQekawoLipTlO0ndGTHpKmsEmD2O6VsLl9wL3wxtNreeUH2EmSZC2FmBKaDORHTQgbgOkER2KTedFxAOrX1-6k/s640/photo.jpg" width="365" /></a></div><br />She credited this amazing piece to <a href="http://kingsavetattoo.com/artists/grez/bio-0/">Grez</a> at <a href="http://kingsavetattoo.com/">Kings Avenue Tattoo</a>. He is one of those artists whose work I see occasionally in my travels. As always, I am impressed with his workmanship.<br /><br />What does this tattoo symbolize? Lindsay explained, "I actually have the key as a necklace of mine that I found in my house and then the poppy is for my grandpa." And the blackbird? She told me, "I like the myths of death behind it."<br /><br />Lindsay also has this tattoo on her arm:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIK3Vz5yh6ppuUSF6T7Zmj2_wev1QIoEJ3MoDZ6ujUsOqeSbZNh_KGx77-caO8Ghh7Q67Zhy7RfMXrv3e9urnlDMGGMEKYi3s3PsATWY5JM2Cq7as_qGce3UwY3kJ8ajjWg7-NNCBnCPY/s614/photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIK3Vz5yh6ppuUSF6T7Zmj2_wev1QIoEJ3MoDZ6ujUsOqeSbZNh_KGx77-caO8Ghh7Q67Zhy7RfMXrv3e9urnlDMGGMEKYi3s3PsATWY5JM2Cq7as_qGce3UwY3kJ8ajjWg7-NNCBnCPY/s640/photo.jpg" width="338" /></a></div><br />Lindsay explains:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">"This is my grandpa's suitcase and I actually found it with the key [from the op tattoo] and it was in the wall of my house. It was really awesome. It's like this really old style suitcase."</blockquote>This is a great tribute to her grandfather and was also tattooed by Grez.<br /><br />Thanks to Lindsay for sharing these awesome tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!<br /><br /><b id="internal-source-marker_0.9996035054791719" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This entry is ©2012 Tattoosday.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you are seeing this on another website other than Tattoosday, without attribution, please note that it has been copied without the author's permission and is in violation of copyright laws. Please feel free to visit</span><a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://tattoosday.blogspot.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and read our original content. Please let me know if you saw this elsewhere so I contact the webmaster of the offending site and advise them of this violation in their Terms of Use Agreement.</span></span></b>

Lindsay's Grandfather Resonates in Her Tattoos

I met Lindsay in Penn Station back in August and she shared two tattoos, starting with this incredible blackbird inked on her thigh: She cre...

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Collin's Gypsy Snake and Time

I met Collin back in August in the middle of Broadway, between 35th and 35th Streets, sitting at one of those tables that New York City had installed in the middle of the street.<br /><br />He had a lot of ink, and chose to share this section of his upper left arm:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXDvuPB4bdnieHnc_PqttxvX1iyVldxs39p-d53w9Amh84HQ7fIY7Q3_6VAzrIbtWDxPiYQGJD_M8AnniAHSZpcIeKaHOum3hAPB03Gogy_hfDB7VsqO9yyIBLWuqNrvbeIObn9L6-yz0/s1600/gypsy+serpent+collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXDvuPB4bdnieHnc_PqttxvX1iyVldxs39p-d53w9Amh84HQ7fIY7Q3_6VAzrIbtWDxPiYQGJD_M8AnniAHSZpcIeKaHOum3hAPB03Gogy_hfDB7VsqO9yyIBLWuqNrvbeIObn9L6-yz0/s640/gypsy+serpent+collage.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />This piece, a snake with a gypsy head, circling an alarm clock, was done by <a href="http://kingsavenuetattoo.com/artist_bio.asp?id=2">Grez</a> at <a href="http://kingsavenuetattoo.com/shop.asp?id=2">Kings Avenue Tattoo</a> in Manhattan on the Bowery. We promoted the shop opening back in May <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2011/05/enter-to-win-t-shirt-from-kings-avenue.html">here</a>.<br /><br />Collin explained the elements of this piece that curves around the arm:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">"The clock represents when I was born ... the candle's my life, burning, it's the time I have left ... gypsies are usually known to be good luck ...  the snake is for the fucked up parts of my life and the gypsy head is for the good parts of my life, you know, the future."</blockquote>Collin explained that Grez initially was concerned about all of these elements combined into one piece. "At first he [Grez] thought it was going to be too much," Collin told me, "but it worked out and I'm happy with it."<br /><br />The clock is particularly remarkable:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjPpdwwT3GqJIH3cPNGGYWw-HSipeMuCg5lIhFtUjDbXskoORu6N39Tmp05nWWJxMNrwlPducurVwJmtV3zi1AFOpmDwLVpUglRB45vaBlhuXVIzrXUyIwP3OURk86ZVXG-NMDGXEv2F8/s1600/gypsy+clock+detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjPpdwwT3GqJIH3cPNGGYWw-HSipeMuCg5lIhFtUjDbXskoORu6N39Tmp05nWWJxMNrwlPducurVwJmtV3zi1AFOpmDwLVpUglRB45vaBlhuXVIzrXUyIwP3OURk86ZVXG-NMDGXEv2F8/s640/gypsy+clock+detail.jpg" width="524" /></a></div><br />Grez's work has appeared on Tattoosday before, <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2009/07/masons-gypsy-with-new-orleans-twist.html">here</a> and <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2011/07/i-met-jenna-last-month-outside-of-penn.html">here</a>. He's a great talent, and I'm always happy to stumble upon his work.<br /><br />Thanks to Colin for sharing this great tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!<br /><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This entry is ©2011 Tattoosday. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">If you are reading this on another web site other than Tattoosday, without attribution, please note that it has been copied without the author's permission and is in violation of copyright laws. Please feel free to visit <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://tattoosday.blogspot.com</a> and read our original content. Please let me know if you saw this elsewhere so I contact the webmaster of the offending site and advise them of this violation in their Terms of Use Agreement.</span></div>

Collin's Gypsy Snake and Time

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Jenna Shares Two - A Lionfish and a Gustav Klimt

<div class="MsoNormal">I met Jenna last month outside of Penn Station last month and took a few pictures of her tattoos, one of which is based on the work of the Austrian painter <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Klimt">Gustav Klimt.</a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">As today is the anniversary of Klimt's birthday, 149 years ago in 1862, I felt it would be a good day to share Jenna's work.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">This tattoo is on her upper left arm:</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSDXDaKvdoWX_eiJzGfZ8dPXIL1oUqe76lM2J7Jy74jx6oEXKNSEIW4rXHz180YrRGCkX6ezO2mMjTPxY2XrIKL8mGMUszd_XXLg6kj2xTsEojKBz4WTMmQxVrMCL_1MnKtLOprCbA5QY/s1600/klimt+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSDXDaKvdoWX_eiJzGfZ8dPXIL1oUqe76lM2J7Jy74jx6oEXKNSEIW4rXHz180YrRGCkX6ezO2mMjTPxY2XrIKL8mGMUszd_XXLg6kj2xTsEojKBz4WTMmQxVrMCL_1MnKtLOprCbA5QY/s640/klimt+1.jpg" width="454" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">This is based on a work called "The Blood of Fish" (1898):</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA85D_Icxv0y-CowPbkP4ULuPlQjz0jhqP0-hyudTIPaKoHQMkLSbmDtkgQeApZEPZkOc-jK7Wo49RvMqgTfFhVMYUEU8AYvzfsvfRli6P1olRN4mdwpjOZhBmLhhmNwUuagUa5bPkjWs/s1600/fish+blood+1898+gustav+klimt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA85D_Icxv0y-CowPbkP4ULuPlQjz0jhqP0-hyudTIPaKoHQMkLSbmDtkgQeApZEPZkOc-jK7Wo49RvMqgTfFhVMYUEU8AYvzfsvfRli6P1olRN4mdwpjOZhBmLhhmNwUuagUa5bPkjWs/s400/fish+blood+1898+gustav+klimt.jpg" width="395" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Jenna explains: <br /><blockquote>"...The print is a pen and ink done by Klimt called <i>The Blood of Fish. </i>I've always been a very big fan of Klimt's work but alot of it has all been done before in terms of tattoos. When I saw <i>The Blood of Fish</i> I just kind of knew that it was for me, there was something very beautiful and fluid about it and I knew I wanted it to be a part of me ...</blockquote></div><blockquote><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMpxW4HeYJ5NJLi8ov5Oe3ih0NXpvbfrqT9aLneJDiCyX18wS4lzVPmv6MBfPk2Og-ROnl2lRBjvm6RTSg6kKORMCACnKoXJJfVwRRTRnt3aFjAEXhbFq3sGLMCF6RBUv1lMLYwRtmcL0/s1600/Klimt+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMpxW4HeYJ5NJLi8ov5Oe3ih0NXpvbfrqT9aLneJDiCyX18wS4lzVPmv6MBfPk2Og-ROnl2lRBjvm6RTSg6kKORMCACnKoXJJfVwRRTRnt3aFjAEXhbFq3sGLMCF6RBUv1lMLYwRtmcL0/s640/Klimt+2.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div class="MsoNormal">...The only adjustments added were the little feet at the bottom and I opted out of nipples on the women, I babysit and am around kids alot I'd rather keep things PG. Either way my mother and grandmother had a heart attack, supposedly women arent supposed to get naked women tattoos, I didn't get that memo." </div></blockquote><div class="MsoNormal">She credits <a href="http://danieltrocchio.com/">Dan Trocchio</a> at <a href="http://www.threekingstattoo.com/site/">Three Kings</a> in Brooklyn with this incredible tattoo.<br /><br />Jenna also shared another phenomenal piece, on the upper right portion of her back:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVxULmKs1SnDtnahO5oWpEckRTeCgxNCuiVWtZbXkagdIfdciu5XtnXKnlu97cDijEg0d2sFmxKFXVHutNzjtGVmCxGyrxOeJyYXRd7oFQeHC-qXCtQc1XS-BIqPFRhqX9cVlWYG7pMVQ/s1600/lion+fish.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVxULmKs1SnDtnahO5oWpEckRTeCgxNCuiVWtZbXkagdIfdciu5XtnXKnlu97cDijEg0d2sFmxKFXVHutNzjtGVmCxGyrxOeJyYXRd7oFQeHC-qXCtQc1XS-BIqPFRhqX9cVlWYG7pMVQ/s400/lion+fish.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />This <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pterois">lionfish</a> tattoo was inked by <a href="http://kingsavenuetattoo.com/artists_view.asp?id=2">Grez</a> at <a href="http://kingsavenuetattoo.com/">Kings Avenue Tattoo</a> in Massapequa, New York.<br /><br />Again, I'll let Jenna explain:<br /><br /><blockquote>"The Lion Fish was my first real tattoo. For years I had wanted a Lion Fish. I used to sit the marine biology lab during middle and high school and just draw and paint fish. Like all of the creatures on the earth, saltwater fish are really remarkable and incredibly beautiful. My father (who originally got me into salt water tanks) used to tell me that god hand painted every stripe on the lion fish. While I'm not a very religious person, it doesn't change just how much of a miracle that the oceans and the beauty they hold are. I just feel like sometimes people don't stop and look at how amazing these creatures are. My lion fish isn't only a symbol of my passion for marine life but also a piece of art that was originally hand painted by god."</blockquote>Thanks again to Jenna for sharing her amazing tattoos with us here on Tattoosday, and for taking the time to share her thoughts about the work. And a happy 149th birthday to Gustav Klimt!<br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This entry is ©2011 Tattoosday. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">If you are reading this on another web site other than Tattoosday, without attribution, please note that it has been copied without the author's permission and is in violation of copyright laws. Please feel free to visit <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://tattoosday.blogspot.com</a> and read our original content. Please let me know if you saw this elsewhere so I contact the webmaster of the offending site and advise them of this violation in their Terms of Use Agreement.</span></div>

Jenna Shares Two - A Lionfish and a Gustav Klimt

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Mason's Gypsy, with a New Orleans Twist

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEils2F6ymkOF_5Dmuiq84phUTaE4iXYa87b6_gSq_fDrqQWAsQ7iKvj7B_jV-jNS3-MReDKPSbD6pTgFEk6HFGI2ibXhq-jTEKxqaOFhN_J5BaHlR0T4HpEwD1CCSpAHZGwr1I0y6ptTfo/s1600-h/Fleur+De+Lis+Gypsy+detail.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353810895870813458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEils2F6ymkOF_5Dmuiq84phUTaE4iXYa87b6_gSq_fDrqQWAsQ7iKvj7B_jV-jNS3-MReDKPSbD6pTgFEk6HFGI2ibXhq-jTEKxqaOFhN_J5BaHlR0T4HpEwD1CCSpAHZGwr1I0y6ptTfo/s400/Fleur+De+Lis+Gypsy+detail.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 394px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br />I met Mason at the 7th Avenue Street Fair in Park Slope on Father's Day.<br /><br />He has "twenty or so," tattoos, mostly accumulated from different artists from different places he has visited.<br /><br />His offering for Tattoosday, however, was inked here in New York. It is a take on the traditional gypsy tattoo which I have been seeing a lot of lately:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtqrvHQYjQ-Os1I4CE7hzYN6qk8ScYYJ6eWhDW0wGLW1ze79bT0oJ_BSl1HNgZ-wxpDqBTY12UkcEkaHoPg6WZorGTDvjdBTuP_QU4JF6Z8YJkO7CpHhg6cUmUHRLwUOh4xydmiF7kqsQ/s1600-h/Fleur+De+Lis+Gypsy.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353810822975115730" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtqrvHQYjQ-Os1I4CE7hzYN6qk8ScYYJ6eWhDW0wGLW1ze79bT0oJ_BSl1HNgZ-wxpDqBTY12UkcEkaHoPg6WZorGTDvjdBTuP_QU4JF6Z8YJkO7CpHhg6cUmUHRLwUOh4xydmiF7kqsQ/s400/Fleur+De+Lis+Gypsy.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 175px;" /></a>Mason went to <a href="http://kingsavenuetattoo.com/pages/main.html">Kings Avenue Tattoo</a> in Massepequa, Long Island, with a general idea for this piece, which is something he wanted to get for a while.<br /><br />The artist, Grez, added a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleur-de-lis">Fleur-de-Lis</a> to the piece, per Mason's request, as a nod to the city of New Orleans where he grew up.<br /><br />Thanks to Mason for sharing this fantastic tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

Mason's Gypsy, with a New Orleans Twist

I met Mason at the 7th Avenue Street Fair in Park Slope on Father's Day. He has "twenty or so," tattoos, mostly accumulated fr...

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