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NeuroGamers Ireland Meetup
Welcome to NeuroGamers Ireland, an event for those of us of all neurodiversity and their friends and allies who want to meet, hang out and play board and card games.
We'll be meeting at Third Space at Smithfield, which is only a 5-minute walk from the LUAS Red line station of the same name. We're happy to help in travelling using other forms of transport if you message.
Each event costs €5 which you can pay through cash or Revolut. It'll especially be appreciated with the space being booked for our group alone.
We have a range of games available please see list below. Feel free to message if there is one you want us to bring and feel free to bring own games.
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16JHgxxDlY3x83S1VdYIPx5ZWorBZrrjCMVSbSZaqLks/edit?usp=sharing](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16JHgxxDlY3x83S1VdYIPx5ZWorBZrrjCMVSbSZaqLks/edit?usp=sharing)
Please read our guidelines before attending one of our events as attendending one will be an agreement you agree to them;
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Also, for the purposes of health and safety, this event is 18+.
Father Mother Sister Brother
Meet in Dunphys pub beside IFI Cinema Dunlaoire
from 19.00
Then go to movie
Mother Father Brother Sister
Release Date: April 10, 2026
Runtime: 100 minutes
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Starring: Tom Waits, Adam Driver, Philippe Azoury, Luka Sabbat, Stephen Ostrowski
Jim Jarmusch's Venice Film Festival Golden Lion winner, starring Tom Waits, Adam Driver, Mayim Bialik, Charlotte Rampling, Cate Blanchett, Vicky Krieps, Indya Moore and Luka Sabbat. A feature film in the form of a triptych ? the three stories all concern the relationships between adult children, their somewhat distant parent (or parents), and each other.
Movie start time
20.30
Weekly Twin Hearts Meditation – Clondalkin
## Weekly Twin Hearts Meditation – Clondalkin
**Location:** Pranic Healing Centre, Clondalkin, Dublin
**Day & Time:** Every Thursday, **11:00am – 12:00pm**
**Facilitator:** Hazel Keogh
**Cost:** Donation based
**RSVP:** 085 212 4080
### A Midweek Space for Calm, Healing and Inner Peace
You are warmly invited to join our weekly **Twin Hearts Meditation Group**, an uplifting and powerful meditation that is open to everyone.
Twin Hearts Meditation is a beautiful guided practice designed to promote inner peace, emotional balance and a sense of connection with yourself and the world around you. It is suitable for beginners and experienced meditators alike. No previous meditation experience is needed – just a willingness to relax and enjoy the moment.
### What to Expect
Each Thursday morning session offers:
* A calm, welcoming and supportive environment
* Gentle guidance throughout the meditation
* Time to relax, breathe and unwind
* A chance to release stress and tension
* A sense of inner stillness and wellbeing
* Optional tea and chats afterwards
Many people find this meditation leaves them feeling lighter, clearer and more positive for the rest of the day.
### Benefits of Twin Hearts Meditation
Regular practice can help to:
* Reduce stress and anxiety
* Support emotional wellbeing
* Increase feelings of calm and clarity
* Improve focus and positivity
* Promote compassion and inner balance
* Create a greater sense of connection and peace
### Session Details
* Arrive from **10:45am**
* Meditation begins at **11:00am**
* Session finishes at **12:00pm**
* Relaxed community atmosphere
### Donations
This group is **donation based**, making it accessible to all.
Suggested contribution: **€10 – €20**, but any amount is gratefully accepted.
All donations help support the running of the centre and community activities.
### Location
**Pranic Healing Centre**
Unit 1A Village Centre
Clondalkin, Dublin
### RSVP
To confirm your place, please contact:
**Hazel Keogh – 085 212 4080**
Capoeira Workshop with Professora Belinha
Capoeira Água de Beber, would like to invite you to our Family Natal Capoeirando with present professora Belinhá from portugal capoeira maculelé for the First time in Ireland.
Workshops of Capoeira, Maculelé, Samba de roda, and Cocó de roda and Frevo. Come and enjoy with us 2 days of Brazilian culture dances and martial arts.
Dates: 8/12/23. 9/12/23
Location: St Gabriels Playgroup Clontarf, Dublin 3.
For more information:
cecab.ireland@gmail.com mobile 0874053996
mamaozinhocapoeira@hotmail.com
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The Organize of the Event; Francisco and Matilda
Co-ordenator Master: Robeiro Queiroz.
All the activities realized through CECAB are designated to execution of social responsibility projects, further on the sportive, cultural and artistic activities through the realization of the shows, presentations and events related to Capoeira and Brazilian culture.
DubJUG 264: GONG & Agentic AI Tools
This month, we're venturing over to GONG HQ to her two talks from staffers SDE Vanja Tesin, and Senior Engineering Manager Anthony Brady.
DETAILS & OFFICIAL BOOKING >>>>>
https://ti.to/dublin-java-user-group/264-gong-hq
Check your schedule first (it's not cool to not show!)
## **Talk 1:** GONG & Agentic AI Tools
Gong built an agentic AI solution called Claude Code to help developers work more effectively across its complex microservice architecture of over 100+ repositories. Using a multi-agent system with specialised rules, skills, and subagents, it automates development tasks and reduces time spent on research and context switching. The result is faster development and better pattern compliance, reducing complex tasks from days to hours. Join Vanja Tesin to discover how.
## **Talk 1:** **Resilience in Microservices**
In the distributed landscape of modern backend architecture, the question isn’t if a service will fail, but when.
Without robust fault tolerance, a single latent dependency can trigger a cascading failure across an entire ecosystem.
Anthony's talk will focus on how Gong overcame some of those challenges and how they are implementing resilience utilising patterns such as Circuit Breakers, Rate Limiters and others to maintain stability and provide graceful degradation even when downstream services are under duress.
Guided Tour of Boyle Abbey and King House
**COST:12 euros. RSVP OPENS: Wednesday 8th APRIL AT: 08:45**
**Please join us on a guided tour of Boyle Abbey and King House.**
The Cistercian monastery was founded in the twelfth century by monks from Melifont Abbey under the patronage of the local ruling family the McDermotts. It was one of the most powerful of the early Cistercian foundations in Ireland.
A sixteenth century gatehouse has been restored and turned into an interpretive centre. Where you learn more about the gripping history.
King House is a restored Georgian Mansion. There is a unique visitors centre which not only tells the story of this important house as a home to the King family and later a barracks to the Connaught Rangers, but also displays important cultural collections and Irish history exhibitions.
Details:
Meet at 08.40 in O'Briens on Connolly Station. We will board the train at
**8.55 for 9.05 departure**
Our seats are B13 and 14 outbound and B63 and B64 return journey.
You must book your own tickets and seats.
2\. Arrive at 11\.28
Short walk (approx 15/20mins) to Boyle Abbey for 12.0.clock tour.
2\. Lunch at King House restaurant \(good selection of dishes\, sandwiches etc\)\.
3\. 2\.15 tour of King House\, followed by free time
4\. Train departs at 17\.32 pm arriving Connolly at 20:37\.
Payment: €12:00 (€4 for the Abbey plus €8.00 for king House)
When you RSVP:
Press ‘Attend’, check that your **NAME is on the attendees list** **BEfORE** you pay. You can only come if your name is on the list.
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Please be sure to **include the name of the event** in the memo field and choose the option of a payment to **"Family and Friends"** (rather than Goods and Services) to avoid service charges. RSVPs will NOT be honoured without payment! Many thanks for your cooperation.
Agentic AI
Welcome to the April'26 edition of PyData Ireland. This meetup is in association with Quantum Black, AI by McKinsey.
Agenda for the day:
* 17:30 – Arrival
* 18:00 – Start of talks (Details below)
* *Jitendra Gundaniya*: **Building Agentic GenAI Pipelines with Kedro Builder (Beginner-Friendly)**
* *Dmitry Sorokin*: **Let AI Agents Manage Your ML & Data Pipelines**
* 19:30 – Networking
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**Talk 1:** Building Agentic GenAI Pipelines with Kedro Builder (Beginner Friendly)
**Speaker Name and Designation:** Jitendra Gundaniya, Senior Software Engineer at QuantumBlack, AI by McKinsey
**Speaker LinkedIn:** [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jitu11](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jitu11)
**Talk Description:** This talk shows how Kedro Builder, a visual drag-and-drop tool, can lower that barrier. We'll walk through building a simple agentic pipeline visually dragging LLM context nodes, connecting prompts and tools, and exporting a working Kedro project, all without writing boilerplate by hand. Think of it as a learning ramp: see the pipeline structure first, then dive into the code.
**Key Takeaways:**
* How a visual builder can make agentic pipeline patterns (LLM + prompts + tools → agent → output) more approachable for beginners
* What `llm_context_node` is and how it simplifies GenAI pipeline creation in Kedro
* A live walkthrough of building and exporting a GenAI pipeline using Kedro Builder
* Where the visual approach helps (pipeline scaffolding, boilerplate) and where you still need code (agent logic, output schemas)
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**Talk 2:** Let AI Agents Manage Your ML & Data Pipelines
**Speaker Name and Designation:** Dmitry Sorokin, Senior Machine Learning Engineer II at QuantumBlack, AI by McKinsey
**Speaker LinkedIn:** [https://www.linkedin.com/in/dmd40in/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dmd40in/)
**Talk Description:** This talk explores how traditional data & ML pipeline frameworks can be wrapped with an MCP server, enabling AI agents (e.g. LangGraph, Claude Code) to connect and manage pipelines programmatically. We’ll look at how this approach combines the deterministic nature of production data & ML workflows with the flexibility and reasoning capabilities of modern AI agents.
**Key Takeaways:**
* How to expose data & ML pipelines through an MCP server
* How AI agents can orchestrate and manage existing workflows
* A practical pattern for combining deterministic pipelines with agentic flexibility
Psychologists Events This Week
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Release + Reset + Rise. Breathwork. Bodywork. Energy. Dance
# Release +Reset + Rise Experience
Experience the integration of breathwork, bodywork, energy, and dance in our immersive events.
Step into a space where reset meets empowerment.
Release + Reset + Rise is not a class. It's a full-body initiation into clarity, strength, and power.
LIMITED PLACES AVAILABLE. THIS IS A PAID EVENT [PLEASE BOOK YOUR PLACE HERE](https://www.releaseandreset.com/event-details/reset-release-rise-experience-dublin)
**What Makes This Experience Unique**
Wireless headphones create an immersive soundscape that cuts through noise and drops you straight into your body. Every track is intentional, moving energy, awakening emotion, amplifying presence.
**The Journey**
Across three immersive hours, you will move through:
* **Guided Breathwork** — calm the mind, awaken life force, drop into deep presence.
* **Somatic Movement & Bodywork** — release blockages and reconnect with your body’s intelligence.
* **Immersive Sound Journey** — curated soundscape in wireless headphones for full-body release and embodiment.
* **Energy Activation Practices** — awaken your inner power, open your heart, elevate your state.
* **Dance & Free Movement** — liberate your expression, shake off stagnant energy, feel fully alive.
* **Integration & Grounding** — lock the shift into your system, anchor the reset, and carry it into daily life.
This is a full-spectrum reset — a space to breathe, move, release, and come home to yourself.
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**The Shifts You May Notice**
* Emotional release that dissolves old weight
* Nervous system reset into deep calm and stability
* Clear mind, anchored mood, vibrant energy flow
* Breakthroughs as profound as psychedelic states — without substances
* Expanded capacity for joy, intimacy, sensual aliveness, and creative expression
* Anchored confidence, embodied self-trust, untouchable strength
**Who This Is For**
This experience is for you if…
* You feel stuck in your head and long to feel grounded, alive, and at home in your body.
* You crave more than a workout or wellness class — you want transformation.
* You’re ready to reset your nervous system and rise into your full energy.
Whether you’re new to somatic practices or already deep on your path, this journey meets you where you are and lifts you higher.
LIMITED PLACES AVAILABLE. THIS IS A PAID EVENT [PLEASE BOOK YOUR PLACE HERE](https://www.releaseandreset.com/event-details/reset-release-rise-experience-dublin)
**What’s Included**
* 3-hour guided immersion (breathwork, bodywork, energy, sound, dance)
* Integration guide + reflection prompts
* Take-home practices to anchor the reset
**Event Details**
**Time & Location**
18 April 2026 \| 17:00 – 20:00
Yoga Lab Dublin \| 1st Floor\, 28 Corrig Rd\,
Sandyford, Dublin, D18 V274
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If you have any questions please contact us at **[carmen@releaseandreset.com](http://carmen@releaseandreset.com/)**
Felt Keychain Workshop
Overview
Make your own unique keychains with felt and beads in this beginner friendly workshop.
[TICKET LINK](https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/felt-keychain-workshop-tickets-1985517646730)
**MAKE YOUR OWN FELT KEYCHAINS**
Get creative and craft your own adorable felt keychains for your bags, keys or ready to gift a loved one in this relaxed, hands-on workshop. Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned crafter, you'll learn easy techniques for cutting, stitching, stuffing, and embellishing your own felt pieces.
Bring your favorite drink and enjoy a chill night of crafting, conversation, and creativity. All materials are provided so just bring yourself, your friends, and your beverage of choice
**WHAT EACH TICKET INCLUDES**
* Felt and sewing materials
* Ribbons and beads for your decorations
* Chill vibes and good music!
**WHAT DO WE DO DURING THE WORKSHOP? DO WE HAVE TO FOLLOW ALONG?**
Our workshops are super informal, this is not a strict class, we have an instructor to guide you along but this is a very basic beginner event for you to experiment and have fun. We reward creativity and encourage everyone to create something different.
**I'M GOING TO BE LATE, CAN I STILL COME?**
Yes we don't usually start exactly on time. Due to a large volume of people arriving at once it usually starts at least 10 minutes after the time of the event. If you're really late just come in and don't worry!
**CAN WE LEAVE OUR PIECES THERE?**
We don't have capacity to keep the pieces as our studio is open 7 days a week so everybody has to take their works of art home and proudly display them!
**THE EVENT SAYS SOLDOUT, CAN I BRING SOMEBODY ELSE?**
Unfortunately not, if an event is sold out it means there are no seats left.
**LOCATION:**
This Must Be The Place 42 Arran Quay, Smithfield, Dublin 7
**IS IT WHEELCHAIR FRIENDLY?**
The venue is not wheelchair friendly unfortunately but do get in touch as we host events in various locations that are accessible for wheelchair users.
**DO YOU DO PRIVATE EVENTS?**
Yes, we host private events, brand events, hen parties, and work parties.
Contact us on bookings@alternativeexperiences.ie
Speed Dating - Age 30-40
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**Been on many dates lately?**
How about 10–15 mini-dates in one evening?
**Speed Dating** is your chance to skip the endless texting and meet real singles who are ready to connect *face to face*.
👥 Recommended **age** is **30-40**
💬 Enjoy **7-minute conversations** that just might spark something real
🎶 **Afterparty** \- stay for a drink at the bar
🎟️ [Eventbrite Tickets](https://datingbar.ie/speed-dating/) are **essential**
💡 Further details -> DatingBar.ie
Come ready to mingle, laugh, and make genuine connections.
**See you there!**
Sunday Evening Zazen meditation
Join us for Zazen Meditation. please arrive at 6pm.
newcomers please arrive at 5.45 for an introduction to Zazen meditation.
Sunday Footie - LARGE PITCH - PREPAY €8.50
Please PREPAY for this game either by Revolut https://revolut.me/davidandl or Paypal ([kenna.david@gmail.com](http://kenna.david@gmail.com/))
√ We have just 60 minutes to play so please come along a few minutes early to ensure we can start on time.
√ The maximum number of players is 18. Please be sure you show up. Places are in high demand so unfortunately, failure to show will result in you being automatically removed from the group.
√ As always, you participate in these games at your own risk and an agreement to indemnify the organisers from any injury, loss, claim, or infection.
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Want to Truly Heal from Emotional Trauma?
Why are we unhappy? Where does emotional pain come from? Studies show that people who suffer from long-term emotional pain have painful experiences in their lives that were never fully resolved in their mind. In other words, there were issues in the past that were not completely dealt with. This can include abuse in childhood, breakups, divorce, death of a loved one, to name a few.
How do you know whether you have gotten over something painful? Here is an easy test: Do you still have attention on what had happened to you? For instance, do you still find yourself thinking about something painful that you went through? If you are, then you are not over it. In fact, in severe cases, people find themselves playing a "tape" in their mind over and over again.
So how do you heal from your past? How do you stop the "tape" playing in your mind? In this meeting, you will learn a technique to help you with that.
Come join us! Be sure to click on the red "Attend" button below to come to this local event. We look forward to seeing you there.
This group is created by the Dianetics and Scientology life improvement center.
Omnipresent Atheists Weekly Meetup (4th Tues)
Jimmy V's Grill & Pub in Grandview Heights. You are responsible for your own meal/drinks. We usually don't have any agenda other than eat, drink and talk. :) If the weather is nice we will be on the back patio, otherwise we are in the cigar room.
This group has been meeting every Tuesday evening for over a decade. Many attendees do not RSVP on meetup. Please don't let the small number here discourage you. Anyone/everyone is welcome to come. We'd love to have you join us.
COTA bus #5 comes to W. 5th and Wyandotte Rd. And it's a minute walk to the restaurant.
Free In-person Meeting: Unwanted Emotions & Loneliness, How to Get Over Them
This is an in-person meeting.
Did you know that unwanted emotions like loneliness, sadness, hopelessness, anger, fear, anxiety, or feelings of irritation don’t just fall on you for no reason. They are not random occurrences that simply happen to people's minds. They are definitely not chemical imbalance in your brain due to some nebulous chemical reactions by chance.
Your negative emotions are the symptoms of the painful experiences that you have which are not healed, and which are still affecting you.
The effects of these painful experiences are exacerbated by the pressures or difficulties of the other problems in your life.
For instance, let's say you are already carrying a huge load on your back, then you cannot take on much more, but, let's say something else happens to you, such as the difficulties from the Pandemic, then the resultant combined weight on you can take you over the edge, kind of like the straw that break the camel's back. When this happens, people's attention usually goes to the straw that was added, but actually the majority of the weight had come from the huge load that were already there, holding a person down and causing a person issues.
So how do you remove the huge load that was already there? How do you lighten them up? Is it possible to get rid of them?
That is what this meeting will be all about.
Come to our Meetup, where we can introduce you to some of the knowledge, tools and techniques of the breakthroughs in the field of the mind that we can apply to this ever important area of life.
Be sure to click on the red "Attend" button below to come to this local event. We look forward to seeing you there.
This group is created by the Dianetics and Scientology Life Improvement Center of Central Ohio.
Omnipresent Atheists Weekly Meetup (3rd Tues)
Jimmy V's Grill & Pub in Grandview Heights. We meet in the bar in the room on the right (the cigar shop). You are responsible for your own meal/drinks. We usually don't have any agenda other than eat, drink and talk. :) If the weather is nice we will be on the back patio, otherwise we are in the cigar room.
This group has been meeting every Tuesday evening for over a decade. Many attendees do not RSVP on meetup. Please don't let the small number here discourage you. Anyone/everyone is welcome to come. We'd love to have you join us.
COTA bus #5 comes to W. 5th and Wyandotte Rd. And it's a minute walk to the restaurant.
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Did you know that there are atheists everywhere?!?! You may not know it, but we are! We're in your schools, diners, police force, military, government, and some are even still in your churches! So come and join us and meet other local atheists, along with agnostics, heathens, humanists, skeptics, and anyone else who's 'hell bound'!
Vision: a Central Ohio that accepts atheism as a viable alternative in all areas of public and private life.
Mission: grow, support, and provide community for atheists in Central Ohio.
Social meetings held most Tuesdays at a local pub/restaurant at 7:00 PM (and often into the wee hours). Attendees call themselves agnostics, skeptics, humanists, non-theists, deists or even theists. All attendees are welcome but should support our vision.
Atheists of Columbus (AoC) is part of Omnipresent Atheists (OA). AoC members are invited to join this OA meetup and/or OA Facebook group ( https://www.facebook.com/groups/omnipresentatheists/ ) but are free to continue conversations on the AoC Facebook group ( https://www.facebook.com/groups/columbusatheists/ ). AoC was founded in 2012 as a networking, social group for Central Ohio area humanists, skeptics, atheists, agnostics, nonbelievers, freethinkers, and the curious. It was a member of Columbus CoR and held weekly meetings, mostly on Fridays, for several years but then operated as an online only group for some time. In November 2018, Omnipresent Atheists (OA), a group that routinely meets on Tuesdays, invited AoC to merge.
Omnipresent Atheists is a member of the Columbus Coalition of Reason (ColumbusCoR.org). Omnipresent Atheists is a member of the Columbus Coalition of Reason ( http://www.ColumbusCoR.org ). Omnipresent Atheists endorses the mission of the Secular Coalition for America ( http://secular.org ).
Free in-person event: Take Control of Your Mental Health
It’s time to take control of your mental health. How do you get rid of stress, anxiety and uncertainty? These emotions are buried deep in your reactive mind. Find out what the reactive mind is, and in the process find yourself.
Have you ever suffered from a traumatic experience, a deep loss or been through a painful breakup? Has your ability to communicate suffered as a result? And after that, even though you "moved on" did you find that things were never quite the same? Have you ever looked at childhood photos, or reminisced your early life and wondered where that happiness and spark went?
Are your emotions out of your own control? Have you ever felt, even if you aren’t aware of it, that possibly you are getting in your own way of your happiness and success? How does this affect your self-confidence?
Find out what is at the root of all stress, anxiety, depression and self-doubt. Find out how and why you hold yourself back from achieving your goals and having the life you have dreamed of. As soon as you learn what is at the root of these unwanted conditions, you’ll see it is something you can DO something about. You will not be labeled or categorized at this MeetUp.
Christians in Tech - Meetup #33 @ Improving
Christians in Tech is a community at the intersection of faith and technology. Our meetups are designed to spark meaningful conversations, promote knowledge sharing, and encourage growth—both in your career and your spiritual walk with God. Whether you're an experienced professional or just starting your tech journey, CIT welcomes you.
Our Website
[https://linktr.ee/citcbus](https://linktr.ee/citcbus)
Sponsors and Partners
* Improving (Venue Sponsor)
* Bethel World Prayer Center (Fiscal Sponsor)
* Fruits & Roots (Coffee Partner)
Drunken
This month's prompt concerns the idea of the “warrior philosopher” (seemed appropriate in these times)--that is someone whose understanding of violence, power, and justice is forged through direct experience of war. We are looking at Major General Smedley D. Butler, a highly decorated U.S. Marine raised in a Quaker (pacifist) tradition who later became a prominent critic of American militarism (there is a wonderful biography of Gen. Butler called "Gangsters of Capitalism")
Butler's argument in *War Is a Racket* (1935): that many U.S. interventions were driven less by national defense than by corporate and financial interests, with Butler portraying himself as an enforcer for business and Wall Street. We can consider the moral ambiguity of his insider critique—whether complicity strengthens or undermines credibility and also consider some of the concrete reforms he proposed (e.g., “conscript” capital before soldiers, restrict the military to coastal defense, and have only those who fight decide on war).
Butler’s life arc clearly changed from pacifist upbringing to warrior to antiwar crusader—and asks whether true understanding of peace requires firsthand knowledge of war, and what that implies about the cost of suffering. So do we need to suffer to understand suffering? Do we have to experience war to appreciate peace? As one more question: in the movie "A Few Good Men" Jack Nicholson's character says that "you have the luxury of not knowing what I know" so do most of us go through life oblivious to real violence and suffering? See you at Drunken Philosophy!




















