tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983672274925599212024-03-05T09:38:47.470+02:00Ma Bulle Ma BouleUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger181125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-898367227492559921.post-34446920551236001642012-01-11T02:11:00.001+02:002012-01-11T02:11:55.360+02:00three<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos.googleapis.com/data/media/api/user/110522657779825801376/albumid/5651853012499762545/photoid/5696160483773848386/1"> <img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 426px;" src="http://photos.googleapis.com/data/media/api/user/110522657779825801376/albumid/5651853012499762545/photoid/5696160483773848386/1" border="0" alt="" /> </a>
3 is a lucky number for many...so be it for me...just for a while so to c; otherwise, let's stick to the heart....And as such, i can say, am lucky....for having a heart....but what would i do with a heart in this world??
<div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://technorati.com/faves?sub=addfavbtn&add=http://mabullemaboule.blogspot.com"><img src="http://static.technorati.com/pix/fave/btn-fave2.png" alt="Add to Technorati Favorites" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-898367227492559921.post-31203888940275331722010-12-31T11:27:00.001+02:002010-12-31T11:27:18.537+02:00Mark Twain said & I can't but agree!!<div class='posterous_autopost'>Life is short Break the Rules Forgive quickly Kiss SLOWLY Love truly Laugh uncontrollably & Never Regret ANYTHING that makes you smile!!<p><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/spicepop/a8P2Je5lhVnRcACfTv0qGWikgqNWq4X54pwI6nkSspiTk1MLSdnM47RDei6F/image.png" width="463" height="617"/> </p><p>></p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://technorati.com/faves?sub=addfavbtn&add=http://mabullemaboule.blogspot.com"><img src="http://static.technorati.com/pix/fave/btn-fave2.png" alt="Add to Technorati Favorites" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-898367227492559921.post-27880294597428531022010-12-29T01:01:00.001+02:002010-12-29T01:01:25.274+02:00Live Love Laugh<div class='posterous_autopost'><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p /><div><span style=""><span style=""><span style="">There is an Irish motto that goes like this: <span style="">"Don't look back unless you can smile; don't look ahead unless you can dream."</span></span></span></span></div><p /><div><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""></span></span><a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/spicepop/jh0LnG88OTqUcf2Y0qEcTVzNmfZZWyetrJ8fVEl5MfPthXlMghEDaU2a2VTA/image.png.scaled.1000.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/spicepop/Z4sPa0pAFTqFlfR9pav5e2SwOYqS7Uq1RlaSnVm3ZrOLUhzlkL4dD6bGoTw2/image.png.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="375"/></a> <span style=""> </span></span></span></div><div style=""><p>We are almost done with 2010,<span style=""> I don't regret any sec on of it! When life gives you a hundred reasons to cry, show life that you have a thousand reasons to smile. <span style="">As <span style="">John Lennon<span style=""> said: "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."<span style=""> - I just regret the time I've wasted with wrong people... <span style="">It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense. Need to make some cleaning around...Re-draw my circle... Maybe, a<span style="">ll i'll have to do is delete ALL bad vibes that invaded my energy field & sucked up my wonder mega power...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p></div></div><div style=""><div><div style="">Another thought comes to mind: "Poetry is indispensable - if I only knew what for," remarked Jean Cocteau...</div></div><p /><div><div style="">I should stop cuz I'll just mess it up with rambling incoherence like this one!! </div></div><div><div style="">'Live Love Laugh' that's a motto I'll definitely stick to; you should too.</div></div><p /></div><div><div><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style="">★ .° •* ☾. • *★ .° •* . • .° •*<span style="">☆°˚°⋄.¸¸.ღ<span style="">☆°˚°⋄.¸¸.ღ <span style="">☆°˚°⋄.¸¸.ღ <span style="">☆°˚°⋄.¸¸.ღ </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style=""><br /></span></div><p /><p><span style=""><br /></span></p></div><p /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://technorati.com/faves?sub=addfavbtn&add=http://mabullemaboule.blogspot.com"><img src="http://static.technorati.com/pix/fave/btn-fave2.png" alt="Add to Technorati Favorites" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-898367227492559921.post-55956813215912969002010-12-24T06:22:00.001+02:002010-12-24T06:22:23.186+02:00I LOVE RIEN!!<div class='posterous_autopost'>I love Rien et c'est comme çaaaaaa, lalala---la!! Meanwhile.... Je suis toujours à la recherche de l'indigo!! Et Voilà!! All is good!!<p><a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/spicepop/JtGvETdUZmK713w47qwXbqz49dHyd0591aaDUQUvufhJYfW96JBeEsMdSdfA/MyPhotoWall.scaled.1000.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/spicepop/GSr7VzXcDpzYEOp3F9tP0TA9l09TX05lEBK69SaJHwAbOyOlVzRjbRZta3fX/MyPhotoWall.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="667"/></a> </p><p>& since Am listening to The Doors right now, here we go... <br />"...YOU KNOW THAT IT WOULD BE UNTRUE...YOU KNOW THAT I WOULD BE A LIAR...." <br />Cmon' baby light my fire..... <p /> & to top it all, a rock-my-world soundbite: <br /> "I see myself as a huge fiery comet, a shooting star. Everyone stops, points up and gasps " Oh look at that!" Then whoosh, and I'me gone...And they'll never see anything like it ever again--and they won't be able to forget me, ever." --James Douglas Morrison <br />*reportedly, yet unconfirmed quote</p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://technorati.com/faves?sub=addfavbtn&add=http://mabullemaboule.blogspot.com"><img src="http://static.technorati.com/pix/fave/btn-fave2.png" alt="Add to Technorati Favorites" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-898367227492559921.post-43179594883077522092010-12-19T05:22:00.001+02:002010-12-19T05:22:01.418+02:00Chaos kayoed with the help of a peacock<div class='posterous_autopost'>I have always believed one must get lost, in order to find his/her path.... Same goes for anything in life, to meet happiness, must encounter pain; to succeed, must fail...so on so forth...Got the picture, right? Wanderers, errants are bound to meet the unexpected, as they go with the wind, follow the rainbow, grab their ticket to the moon, with no planning.... I, myself, too often tango with my mood swings, mash up what I find in my playground, with nothing close to a plan, or a map identification, or a route of choice; rather, I embark on the storytelling bandwagon with some tools & material, a blurry mind but ready for a free round of creative energy flow. Nonetheless, there is always a vision, more of an image that seem to stick around... Lately been seeing peacocks...Squids....baboons.... Lion fish....jelly fish....ladybirds..... <br />Then I go on mix and unmatch what is believed not to be mixed and matched.... In short, i firmly believe that To CONSTRUCT, must start with DECONSTRUCTION. And here we are, me, myself & my visual blabbering on a zone at Posterous, my lab for playful design expressions & creative inspiration. And since anything boring in life is made up of oneness, as one mind, one block, one thought, single, one & only, dogmatic when not fanatic, my world is rather all patchwork jazzed up to the max., and as sweet as a strawberry cream Chupa Chups lollipop or bombastic as la Durée's macarons... "SNAP, CRACKLE, POP," it's munchies' hour....<p><a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/spicepop/DsmN3Lh9YUDPgZBxDXcVU0guy0pR6w1ka9T6kT2BucDHVQRH21JMB1ni0nYF/image.png.scaled.1000.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/spicepop/lxPb6DV1g0K2VAvSfZ9hW2m49ijwJjWilK3NZiHSMEoe0i9lMgIwfqTokbLG/image.png.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="375"/></a> </p><p>"A madman is not less a musician than you or myself; only the instrument he plays is a little out of tune," wrote the master, Gebran K. Gebran. <p /> Whether, my digital visual narratives are a little, a lot, or massively out of tune, well one thing am definite about is that visual thinking spice mode are bloody healing to my soul & my design samplings greatly contribute in fine tuning I & my reason to be... <p /> For now, am madly in luv with colors....Soon, aim to dedicate my time and efforts to make some noise so that the art of communication makes social change its ball game. <br />Till then, eye-candy kaleidoscopic stories will keep on bouncing by here while sugarpoppy ravin' n' ramblin' roll with the 'zénitude' of a peaceful warrior. <br />Salam & peace out!! <p /> <br />One more thing: la vie set MOSAIQUE!! Et ma bulle plus que tout; souvent chaotique, et je m'en fous... (là, c'est juste pour la rime....)</p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://technorati.com/faves?sub=addfavbtn&add=http://mabullemaboule.blogspot.com"><img src="http://static.technorati.com/pix/fave/btn-fave2.png" alt="Add to Technorati Favorites" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-898367227492559921.post-82718913238051757122010-12-19T02:05:00.001+02:002010-12-19T02:05:15.124+02:00In luv with colors<div class='posterous_autopost'>When sense is remixed with nonsense the result is obviously blindingly flashy, yet feels like a spanking breeze. This merry collage is one of such: a snappy conversation between me & myself on a crisp, frosty night in Beirut....Cheers!<p><a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/spicepop/duPivrGKGnfHpe49yviV8DQVccOXV3dpvTH14PUOCWpsILvRL5ZS5tXO8ORy/MyPhotoWall.scaled.1000.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/spicepop/yCfSOLrQsvDnOiAUI0dQ23wBTxfxUXMI6p0rkffmjwUyygmBwiQ0VgyB44ce/MyPhotoWall.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="375"/></a> </p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://technorati.com/faves?sub=addfavbtn&add=http://mabullemaboule.blogspot.com"><img src="http://static.technorati.com/pix/fave/btn-fave2.png" alt="Add to Technorati Favorites" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-898367227492559921.post-70161708241941475292010-12-17T21:38:00.001+02:002010-12-17T21:38:23.135+02:00Sparking me...<div class='posterous_autopost'>As Xmas is nearing I guess felt like messing around with myself...As a result, created this wallpaper with the help of some cool entertaining iPad apps including doodle for kids, photopad, photomess....trying to move with my photo library to a new level...whether good or bad, who cares, since the fun is at its peak...<p><a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/spicepop/p21FgONCSTjH17IrJlRGZln1la9Q5Tk6MYwPaHroEDLw6MC943HDokzqTOsU/image.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/spicepop/VZZ43qecCkRFoaxnr7vgqGFLbwVSm5rCnLF5sI8bmhCdPWFYg99hLLe9s7MQ/image.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="667"/></a> </p><p>P.S: Forgot to inform whoever happens to pop by my little undefined zone that my middle name is confusion, nickname spice pop or sugarpop(py) depending on moods & activities... <br />Real name is to be revealed when serious mature stuff end up shared around here. For now, this is more fun, as it spares me to take myself too seriously.... Later, bound to switch to professional mode....Merry X-Mas from Beirut with love & sparks...Cheers.</p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://technorati.com/faves?sub=addfavbtn&add=http://mabullemaboule.blogspot.com"><img src="http://static.technorati.com/pix/fave/btn-fave2.png" alt="Add to Technorati Favorites" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-898367227492559921.post-80738555988869266232010-12-17T20:27:00.001+02:002010-12-17T20:27:20.000+02:00Pop n' Zesty<div class='posterous_autopost'>In Life, Luv is d True Adventure;-! Pop n' Zesty is mine<p><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/spicepop/4IxJpWzav0FeSuTKINpAAwwmmBijZw8NVlu9XtqMzUEPNLLhGd9Rlec0p1Xb/image.png" width="299" height="450"/> </p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://technorati.com/faves?sub=addfavbtn&add=http://mabullemaboule.blogspot.com"><img src="http://static.technorati.com/pix/fave/btn-fave2.png" alt="Add to Technorati Favorites" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-898367227492559921.post-72292313795118986192010-12-17T16:17:00.001+02:002010-12-17T16:17:35.048+02:00Stop Whole Body Imaging<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/freestylee/5195178573/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4087/5195178573_f10b6925b0_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/freestylee/5195178573/">Stop Whole Body Imaging</a> <br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/freestylee/">freestylee</a></span><br clear="all" /><p>"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."<br /><br />Benjamin Franklin<br /><br /><br />"where should we draw the line..." Maybe when they introduce cavity search. It is important to educate ourselves about these invasive body scanners. These machines are not just showing up at airports, but also showing up in court rooms, government buildings and where next? schools, stores, malls, offices? <br /><br />Ms. Napolitano said that the images will not be stored. Just recently 100 of these images turned up on Gizmodo from a scanner at a federal courthouse in Orlando, Florida. <br /><br />That's one problem, the greater problem we must be mindful of is radiation danger. I came upon this news headline recently " World’s Pilots Reject Naked Body Scanners Over Radiation Danger, Privacy Breach" The largest independent union of airline pilots in the world (Allied Pilots Association) is urging its members to boycott body imaging machines currently being rolled out in airports all over the globe, they are not willing to subject themselves to these body scanners for fear of radiation and privacy issues but WE Fryers should<br /><br />http://www.stopdigitalstripsearches.org/</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://technorati.com/faves?sub=addfavbtn&add=http://mabullemaboule.blogspot.com"><img src="http://static.technorati.com/pix/fave/btn-fave2.png" alt="Add to Technorati Favorites" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-898367227492559921.post-67692520071936349972010-12-17T15:31:00.001+02:002010-12-17T15:31:55.068+02:00Untitled<div class='posterous_autopost'>If I had a choice I would believe it was a dream because dreams have this thing they make you believe they can come real some day Now when the damage is done & the realization profound the scars and marks though covered still lurk around I wait though I have heard dreams once dreamt come back is absurd but for I am a believer & hope is not what I lack the day would come when the dream shall come back<p><a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/spicepop/jj15Vqw2yD0I0WogHTTFYArSkzqSMDutx5OKHm3rr5AGAtFwX6EcLnTOFtZo/image.png.scaled.1000.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/spicepop/B34JVzG8PhHoOx0D30t4ATnTtMd4SOKLuAYzbujEPjY6HpCAgpNdEML9V2cB/image.png.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="667"/></a> </p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://technorati.com/faves?sub=addfavbtn&add=http://mabullemaboule.blogspot.com"><img src="http://static.technorati.com/pix/fave/btn-fave2.png" alt="Add to Technorati Favorites" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-898367227492559921.post-47547195298792175082010-12-17T15:09:00.001+02:002010-12-17T15:09:06.965+02:00Untitled<div class='posterous_autopost'>We are all dysfunctional, aren't we?<p><a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/spicepop/Zolpx3y6LCB2Uyzq28li6LY6E3gUXcIuxDcYUJLa8ulHSlKXabf0hCSCPEpM/image.png'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/spicepop/5AP0Iyb836y9P6AN8bgliYtBR6CN6h0gMbMyLwqbrRfSXPGVbFCPL2PDXk9H/image.png.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="334"/></a> </p><p>A Buddist saying comes to mind only to remind me to stay focused...keep the blahblah on the leash, as "we should talk only about things that remain valid for 50 Years." Copied Roger...</p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://technorati.com/faves?sub=addfavbtn&add=http://mabullemaboule.blogspot.com"><img src="http://static.technorati.com/pix/fave/btn-fave2.png" alt="Add to Technorati Favorites" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-898367227492559921.post-80794450603270981932010-12-17T15:06:00.001+02:002010-12-17T15:06:50.087+02:00Untitled<div class='posterous_autopost'>Here is a collage of mine created with glue, scissors & magazines cut-outs...dedicated to a marabout who has put a spell on me...;~}! Reminding me how silly we can be!!<p><a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/spicepop/WtVBip1sPPtPjTu7Kw6LA9RdUbOdDc4whCUSFwODYd01OGxVYvk2QFgmlh5P/image.png.scaled.1000.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/spicepop/2gVx9Q1UpxadEXRiEOPL6q8fqWbVo8h8SF3xBLZFopSRDBurOfiOpjbgy6pm/image.png.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="494"/></a> </p><p>Ghada Azzi <br />Managing editor <p /> <br />ArabAd Magazine <br />T +961 1 204 662 <br />F +961 1 201 857 <p /> Email:<a href="mailto:Ghada@arabadmag.com">Ghada@arabadmag.com</a> <br />Website:www.arabadmag.com <p /> Sent from my iPad</p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://technorati.com/faves?sub=addfavbtn&add=http://mabullemaboule.blogspot.com"><img src="http://static.technorati.com/pix/fave/btn-fave2.png" alt="Add to Technorati Favorites" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-898367227492559921.post-17560566370902148862010-12-17T03:24:00.001+02:002010-12-17T03:24:35.551+02:00Think Time Girl<div class='posterous_autopost'><a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/spicepop/9sf6VkDxbzgNoE3w2UGrVr6EHmCVlrnUcam37D5yCil4dEHkvnjqiEzBFzzZ/drawing.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/spicepop/FyC41ICdtfVL7rPJ1XuZopGh4nnOxdu09a44xDwRtE3RYjBvy6TN9oOJXkIf/drawing.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="500"/></a> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://technorati.com/faves?sub=addfavbtn&add=http://mabullemaboule.blogspot.com"><img src="http://static.technorati.com/pix/fave/btn-fave2.png" alt="Add to Technorati Favorites" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-898367227492559921.post-25123246996972709552010-12-06T21:12:00.001+02:002010-12-06T21:12:49.273+02:00I am only happy when it rains...<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mabulle/5238865192/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5043/5238865192_ece7fab08a_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mabulle/5238865192/">Sugarpoppy's series of 9 pop art portraits remixed on Foto Editor & Photopad iPad apps</a> <br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/mabulle/">Sugarpoppy</a></span><br clear="all" /><p>9 flashy-splashy pop art portraits reflecting my cheerful upbeat mood swings, which happen to pop up only when it rains.... & guess what??? <br />Was raining mad all day today in Beirut...<br />Result: a bunch of digital collages using ma dope-- l'iPad en l'occurrence... So many great apps for photography & digiarts inspiration...</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://technorati.com/faves?sub=addfavbtn&add=http://mabullemaboule.blogspot.com"><img src="http://static.technorati.com/pix/fave/btn-fave2.png" alt="Add to Technorati Favorites" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-898367227492559921.post-36976976839599149322010-03-16T15:26:00.002+02:002010-03-28T21:04:54.621+03:00Whispers of Arab Telephone<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhObq2tVawhnGRCiVQsJFy-ow2LHgqL_tpWQjIRySBxlCP5QwRgsExt1axLGCY97osdL7zIWkQUTUIkiXGYvBuxO1wB-xaXua0-rCSOER0cYYlx88PAw1Fiu7fScoiDnUX5pUT7MMMrC6cT/s1600/broken_phone_.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 254px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhObq2tVawhnGRCiVQsJFy-ow2LHgqL_tpWQjIRySBxlCP5QwRgsExt1axLGCY97osdL7zIWkQUTUIkiXGYvBuxO1wB-xaXua0-rCSOER0cYYlx88PAw1Fiu7fScoiDnUX5pUT7MMMrC6cT/s320/broken_phone_.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452925635823145970" border="0" /></a>
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</span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;" >A friend interrupted me with a phone call weeks back while I sat reading the political section of my favorite newspaper peacefully in Balima café, downtown Beirut . He wanted me to suggest fun untraditional games to play during his wife's birthday. My mind raced and I suggested ‘Arab Phone’--</span><span id="result_box" class="short_text"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" title="Arab Phone">الهاتف العربي</span></span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;" >, or ‘le téléphone cassé” in French, a hilarious game I played with my friends as kids in parties. It is originally called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_whispers">“Chinese whispers” </a>and also known as “Broken Phone”, or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gossip">Gossip</a> among other names; a wicked game that leaves the players confused and laughing their heads off. </span><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;" >Coincidentally, I had just been reading on the tragic case of the shooting that occurred weeks back in <a href="http://www.beiruting.com/maison-blanche">Maison Blanche</a>, (White House, the former bling bling Crystal night club) in Beirut, Sodeco quarter, Ashrafieh. It has been reported that Antoun Sehnaoui had an altercation with a former business partner and things turned really nasty that night. I paused for a second as I explained Arab Phone to my friend where the first player whispers a sentence to the next player. Each player successively whispers what that player believes he or she heard to the next, and so on so forth; as that sentence must be revealed by the last person seated at the end of the chain.</span><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;" >I paused again as my mind worked parallel trying to decode <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumor">rumors</a> I had just heard after the shooting in the club. Unfortunately, this was no game as I heard from one friend that Mazen el-Zein had provoked Antoun Sehnaoui upon seeing him entering the place by flickering him with the middle-finger in front of the public; add to it, Mazen also calling in a bunch of friends to confront Antoun Sehnaoui and his men; which in turn aroused a greater fury, made the latter over-protective, hence the shooting.</span><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;" >Another person back in the sit-in, when I first heard the zealous storyteller, informed me that 100 bullets were shot and 7 partygoers were also injured, while a local paper confirmed yet another version, stating that 11 instead of 7 were injured.
Amazingly, I felt, the Arab telephone is in play, and all the reported versions of the Maison Blanche shooting bear little or no resemblance to the contextual facts, because of the cumulative effect of the numerous variations and wrong versions along the line.</span><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;" >Here is one more angle, where another friend insisted he holds the truth (the whole truth, nothing but the truth ;+] as a friend of a friend witnessed the unfolding of the scene before his eyes.
</span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJajcNiMPBfouzyKFUxjSOvIc6_XnOZccXWGVJipfyUVcnsBj42Q0_jJ-gKdtSCgLBBQnGvBrIezmPweqZ-zOdwrFjO-ljmLKXQjGELiAG2CW48DdQU__XRefRG8bKt21oQIJ-Er0awxo6/s1600/Arab_telephone_casse_game_gossip.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 247px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJajcNiMPBfouzyKFUxjSOvIc6_XnOZccXWGVJipfyUVcnsBj42Q0_jJ-gKdtSCgLBBQnGvBrIezmPweqZ-zOdwrFjO-ljmLKXQjGELiAG2CW48DdQU__XRefRG8bKt21oQIJ-Er0awxo6/s320/Arab_telephone_casse_game_gossip.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452925631276716306" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;" >
</span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;" >His version says, Antoun Sehnaoui, owners of the best clubs in town was refused a table at Maison Blanche, which provoked the western-like turnout of the night.</span><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;" >Indeed, those who fed me what they believed to be the truth were actually whispering, "Antoun hopped on a flight to Dubai the same night right after the shooting then he flew to Italy with his Italian girlfriend having to bribe custom and police people so to facilitate his escape." I was not too convinced with that last piece of information because in the game i know </span><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">some messages end up unrecognizable after only a few steps; but mostly because</span></span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;" > a close buddy of Antoun confirmed to me he is currently residing in France and preferred to go back till fury settles down, as things in Lebanon are known not only to fallacy echo but mostly to massively flesh out.</span><span style="font-size:78%;">
</span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;" >"Allo, Allo," my friend's voice sprung through the phone. "Are you still there? I like the game, how does it end?" </span><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;" >The last player announces the statement he thinks he heard to the entire group. Mischievous errors typically accumulate along the way the téléphone cassé game, so the statement announced by the last player usually differs significantly, and often it is really amusingly way off from the one uttered by the first. The more people playing the funnier it gets and if they are drinking alcohol it turns into chaos. </span><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;" >Well, there was a lot of drinking going on that night and the last sentence whispered to me, weeks back by a friend of mine present at the club that night, was that Mazen asked the owner of the Maison Blanche night club to kick out Antoun and his entourage, who refused, replying, "My nightclub is like my home and I cannot expel my guests; he's an invitee, same as you." </span><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;" >
My friend liked the game and decided to use it. </span><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;" >As for my metaphorical mind, I was also convinced that the shooting has become a public drama brewing Lebanon's political scars through the many false versions just like the Arab Phone. </span><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;" >However, the difference between the game and the reality is that no one is whispering and the well orchestrated campaigns, on social networks such as Facebook and YouTube along with the various dynamic media and the exploitation of the incident by influential political figures, are screaming loud what they think they heard but no one has tapped the sheer truth yet. The worse of it all is that no one is laughing and the damages are far from being a joke. </span><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span>
</div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;" ><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Oh, yeah, one more thing; The game has no winner</span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:78%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">!! & the Chinese whispers are far more charming than the Lebanese shout outs.
<span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Peace Out for now!</span>
</span></span></div> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://technorati.com/faves?sub=addfavbtn&add=http://mabullemaboule.blogspot.com"><img src="http://static.technorati.com/pix/fave/btn-fave2.png" alt="Add to Technorati Favorites" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-898367227492559921.post-51653316568940059472009-07-18T02:43:00.003+03:002010-03-28T21:03:59.382+03:00We are all NEDA<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg78fcrcvC-9BqL6ju7QxzTLd-Binatb-C-KuUXK9d_I55w7eo5Fzvga_Qe63zoFvJeiB5jyySGDeimtJs0wqPM0y1YAhWwDdgNDahsp1ciXDXggYIM7DfxR4QE8Is9j1unL-0Apzc6GD6z/s1600-h/We+are+all+NEDA.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg78fcrcvC-9BqL6ju7QxzTLd-Binatb-C-KuUXK9d_I55w7eo5Fzvga_Qe63zoFvJeiB5jyySGDeimtJs0wqPM0y1YAhWwDdgNDahsp1ciXDXggYIM7DfxR4QE8Is9j1unL-0Apzc6GD6z/s400/We+are+all+NEDA.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359586759191942658" border="0" /></a>
<div style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic; font-family: georgia;">With every powerful people's movement for change, a symbol emerges--an image that can change the world.
For the Iranian democracy movement, that image is of Neda, the 26 year old Iranian young woman struck down by a bullet to the heart.
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: courier new;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/we_are_all_neda_shirt-235087938500636853">Order a shirt.</a> </span><b style="font-weight: bold;">Proceeds will go to support projects that enable Iranians to freely access the internet.</b></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://technorati.com/faves?sub=addfavbtn&add=http://mabullemaboule.blogspot.com"><img src="http://static.technorati.com/pix/fave/btn-fave2.png" alt="Add to Technorati Favorites" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-898367227492559921.post-74306814996371964162009-07-18T02:35:00.002+03:002009-07-18T02:40:54.132+03:00Aung San Suu - Freedom to Lead<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj53accDNuZHquTeeuphyrk99SC31Vgpsc30oDUFbrfaJcfLkjH_xwtUQp5kusLyEjNBFMo7Lx1QzDLrCkvkcBgaO6YzrEMWvX4VhkkyrKScqNWTAOu8U4QqDhBG7QXY0AH5pgbghRSVXP7/s1600-h/Aung+San+Suu+Kyi_shepard+fairey.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 271px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj53accDNuZHquTeeuphyrk99SC31Vgpsc30oDUFbrfaJcfLkjH_xwtUQp5kusLyEjNBFMo7Lx1QzDLrCkvkcBgaO6YzrEMWvX4VhkkyrKScqNWTAOu8U4QqDhBG7QXY0AH5pgbghRSVXP7/s400/Aung+San+Suu+Kyi_shepard+fairey.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359577519610765858" border="0" /></a>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: courier new;">This Human Rights cause "Democracy In Burma" is something Shepard Fairey believe in strongly. He created this portrait of Aung San Suu Kyi to raise awareness of her situation and the overall situation in Burma. </span></span>
</div><span style="font-size:78%;">To learn more go to <a href="www.uscampaignforburma.org">www.uscampaignforburma.org</a> and <a href="www.humanrightsactioncenter.org">www.humanrightsactioncenter.org</a></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://technorati.com/faves?sub=addfavbtn&add=http://mabullemaboule.blogspot.com"><img src="http://static.technorati.com/pix/fave/btn-fave2.png" alt="Add to Technorati Favorites" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-898367227492559921.post-77095858700723026782009-07-05T04:30:00.004+03:002009-07-18T02:42:27.152+03:00abusing our votes<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/irangraffiti/3674502929/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2452/3674502929_0fb293a9ce_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" /></a>
<span style="margin-top: 0px;font-size:0;" ><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/irangraffiti/3674502929/">abusing our votes</a>
Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/irangraffiti/">A1one</a></span> <p>Graffiti work-- I love--from Iran; by A1one</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://technorati.com/faves?sub=addfavbtn&add=http://mabullemaboule.blogspot.com"><img src="http://static.technorati.com/pix/fave/btn-fave2.png" alt="Add to Technorati Favorites" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-898367227492559921.post-4802690667615769962009-07-05T04:26:00.002+03:002010-03-28T21:04:32.508+03:00where is my vote?<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/irangraffiti/3634029877/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3603/3634029877_5ed13ca5e8_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" /></a>
<span style="margin-top: 0px;font-size:0;" ><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/irangraffiti/3634029877/">where is my vote? art on wall</a>
Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/irangraffiti/">A1one</a></span> <p>Art on wall by Iranian street artist, the one & only A10ne.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://technorati.com/faves?sub=addfavbtn&add=http://mabullemaboule.blogspot.com"><img src="http://static.technorati.com/pix/fave/btn-fave2.png" alt="Add to Technorati Favorites" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-898367227492559921.post-32818399990443219302009-07-05T03:56:00.001+03:002009-07-05T03:56:37.716+03:00~ Ewww..... (cool) ~<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/viamoi/3597913438/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3560/3597913438_ac1a02e73b_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/viamoi/3597913438/">~ Ewww..... (cool) ~</a> <br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/viamoi/">ViaMoi</a></span><br clear="all" /><p>A kick ass critter shot by a brilliant photographer living in Canada who goes by the name viaMoi. His work can be viewed on Flickr. Jaw-dropping stuff, truly!!</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://technorati.com/faves?sub=addfavbtn&add=http://mabullemaboule.blogspot.com"><img src="http://static.technorati.com/pix/fave/btn-fave2.png" alt="Add to Technorati Favorites" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-898367227492559921.post-81593023738004185492009-05-14T01:32:00.001+03:002009-05-14T01:32:51.542+03:00La' lil Taefiyat<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mabulle/3450423241/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3392/3450423241_a72e9e81c8_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mabulle/3450423241/">No!</a> <br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/mabulle/">Sugarpoppy</a></span><br clear="all" /><p>Graffiti made in Lebanon that call for wisdom and aims to generate awareness about religious sectarianism and the wrong use of religious matters for political purposes...This is what street art should be all about...Conveying food for thought, tagging it on the walls, bombing it in the minds...Hoping to blow up & renew spirits...</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://technorati.com/faves?sub=addfavbtn&add=http://mabullemaboule.blogspot.com"><img src="http://static.technorati.com/pix/fave/btn-fave2.png" alt="Add to Technorati Favorites" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-898367227492559921.post-43275991710286540042009-05-13T22:18:00.001+03:002009-05-13T22:18:17.440+03:00Arabic Tags<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mabulle/3450405081/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3575/3450405081_ee1380102c_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mabulle/3450405081/">Arabic Tags</a> <br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/mabulle/">Sugarpoppy</a></span><br clear="all" /><p>Graffiti made in Beirut...Good stuff worth viewing...</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://technorati.com/faves?sub=addfavbtn&add=http://mabullemaboule.blogspot.com"><img src="http://static.technorati.com/pix/fave/btn-fave2.png" alt="Add to Technorati Favorites" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-898367227492559921.post-29211440303141372302009-03-21T01:38:00.007+02:002009-03-24T02:31:55.407+02:00Son of la Niña de Gibraltar<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1AH4aPmcx79LB1luEyTyu7NXSVNvD3bBdbvNONgztIyoDZDNNpSrrD6BCmw03ml-uwtpOyiv6r5eYFYCW-NV-lKMcHAQBRiG-9RW0dPv0GdpAr5s81ByHZMLpo9aameuZIoQR0dNtPS10/s1600-h/corto_maltese_hugo_pratt.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 242px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1AH4aPmcx79LB1luEyTyu7NXSVNvD3bBdbvNONgztIyoDZDNNpSrrD6BCmw03ml-uwtpOyiv6r5eYFYCW-NV-lKMcHAQBRiG-9RW0dPv0GdpAr5s81ByHZMLpo9aameuZIoQR0dNtPS10/s320/corto_maltese_hugo_pratt.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316543166522080882" border="0" /></a>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Just finished watching for the eon time <span style="font-style: italic;">"Corto Maltese: La Cour secrète des Arcanes,"</span> based on the Pratt novel <span style="font-style: italic;">"Corto Maltese in Siberia;"</span> also finished watching the 3 dvds of Corto Maltese adventures for television, produced by Canal+, adapting the stories '<span style="font-style: italic;">La Ballade de la mer salée,' 'Sous le signe du Capricorne,' 'Les Celtiques and La Maison dorée de Samarkand.'</span></span>
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:78%;"> Corto is one of my favourite heroes of all time...</span>
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</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><a href="http://www.cortomaltese.com/">Corto Maltese</a> is a sailor-adventurer, <a href="http://www.iua.upf.es/formats/formats2/pin_a.htm">with a somehow complex character,</a> born in 1887, son of a British sailor and a gypsy Andalusian prostitute, known as "La Niña de Gibraltar."</span>
</div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:78%;">It was created by Italian comic book creator <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Pratt">Hugo Pratt</a> in 1967.
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:78%;">The Corto Maltese series has been translated into many languages. Stories range from straight historical adventure stories to occult dream sequences.</span>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://home.c2i.net/tzara/pratt/corto.html"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Who is Corto Maltese?</span></span></a>
</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">As a boy growing up in the Jewish quarter of Córdoba, Maltese realised he had no fate line on his palm and therefore carved his own with a razor, determining that his fate was his to choose. Although maintaining a neutral pose, Corto instinctively supports the disadvantaged and oppressed.</span></span>
</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">The character embodies the author's skepticism of national, ideological, and religious assertions. Corto befriends people from all walks of life, including the murderous Russian Rasputin. He also knows and meets various historical figures, including Jack London, Ernest Hemingway, Herman Hesse, Butch Cassidy. His acquaintances treat him with great respect, as when a telephone call to Joseph Stalin frees him from arrest when he is threatened with execution on the border of Turkey and Armenia.</span></span>
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Corto's favourite reading is 'Utopia' by Thomas More, but he never finished it.</span></span>
<span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">His name is said to be possibly derived from the Venetian Courtyard of the Maltese.</span></span>
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">A must see, watch, read; also, check out the new --& old-- posters made available for sale </span><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="http://www.cortomaltese.com/boutique/index.php?cPath=34_54&osCsid=457be35efb71f63b560feaeac3d9b3bf">here</a></span>
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">In <span style="font-style: italic;">'Gli Scorpioni del Deserto' </span>(The Desert Scorpions), Corto Maltese is described as disappearing in Spain during the Spanish Civil War.</span></span>
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I have loads to say to some of the people I know who have been hanging around me for a while now; can't call them friends, as this title appears to be a degree that should be earned, mastered & experienced; so, feel the urge to talk to my acquaintances; however, & due to my blunt, often straightforward, unpolished, non-diplomatic & NO-POLITICALLY CORRECT learning ever; the fact of the matter is to do some allegorical exercise, where I will use visuals to speak my mind &... heart... to people I know; people I like to call "thirsty passer by..." </span></span>
</div><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">So If YOU reckon yourself, well don't be surprised, this is surely to you that am offering tonight a moment to ponder THINGS OF LIFE...THINGS THAT MATTER IF YOU THINK THERE ARE THINGS THAT SHOULD MATTER...IN LIFE...OR ELSEWHERE...IN THE HEART FOR INSTANCE....OR BETTER....ON BRAINY LEVEL....WHAT do you say?....THIS is MY Say.....</span></span>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">Tonight's Mood goes like this...</span></span>
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:85%;">I passionately believe in cultural activism and can't but advocate for the importance of art that engages socio-political concerns.
</span><span style="font-size:85%;">As such, Ma Boule Ma Bulle is keen on promoting artists involved in contemporary politically engaged art, specially when it comes to solidarity activities with Gaza & the Palestinian people.
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >For more, check <a href="http://arabadvertising.blogspot.com/">ArabAd's blog</a> or my new blog <a href="http://design961.blogspot.com/">DESIGN 961</a> on all political design, social related creative communication & anti-war design expressions.</span>
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