DH Skies

July 28, 2018 4:05 AM
Any other business that does not fit under the existing headings, including notifications of absences etc.
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DH Skies

July 28, 2018 4:10 AM
Hi all,

At Sonora, we allow characters to have a 'faceclaim.' This is an actor/celebrity who you choose to represent your character, so that others can know more easily what they look like.

If you sign up for an author account (available free through the home page) you are able to create profiles for you characters and upload a picture. Even if you don't do this, people can consult this list to know what your character looks like.

Please bear in mind that you characters are aged 11-18. You are permitted to change faceclaim once only, and it is preferable that you find someone who has been in the public eye during a suitable range of their life to have age appropriate pictures.

On the whole, we prefer minimal reuse of faceclaims. However, in order to ease the pressure on new authors, we will be releasing some claims that were used a very long time ago. Please consult the lists below to see whether a claim is currently in use, or has been used in the past.

There are lots of lists on IMDB etc of teen actors if you need to browse for ideas, and those of us who have been doing this a while can probably offer help and advice in chatzy if you don't know how to find someone suitable.

Let us know if you have any questions.
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DH Skies

July 28, 2018 4:18 AM
This is a list of current character claims and recent alumni. The claims of characters who do not complete all seven years will be released at the point at which they would have graduated. Those who graduated will be reserved for one full character cycle (7 years) or as long as their author requests.

Current students:

Seventh Years:

Brockert, Angelique - Anna Mae Routledge

Collindale, Kyte - Tristan Lake Leabu

Collindale, Raine - Lucy Boynton

DeBois, Natasha - Isabella Murad

Dempsey, Cameron - Jesse Spencer

Fintac, Daniel - Jake Johnson

Pierce, Benjamin - David Mezouz

Reed, Nevaeh - Coco Jones

Riker, Cassius - Ricky Ullman

Umland, Joseph - Dylan Sprouse

Valenti, Gabriel - Dylan Everett

Varth, Natalie - Theresa Palmer

Whittaker, Theresa - Kiernan Shipka


Sixth Years:

Brockert, Juniper - Caitlin EJ Meyer

Carey, Cecilia - Isabelle Allen

Dautin, Madeleine - Rosie Tupper

Ives, Zevalyn - Lizzy Greene

Evreux, Sebastien - Leonardo Decaprio

King, Cassandra - Miranda Kerr

Kirkly, Georgia - Ada Nicole Sanger

Scott, Finbar - Evan Peters

Sparks, Jozua - Hunter Wilichoski

Spencer, Joclyn - Aishwarya Rai

Spencer, Lily - Kate Maberly

Tate, Arianna - Daveigh Chase

Valenti, Arianna - Victoria Justice

Welsh, Farrah - Mackenzie Foy


Fifth Years:

Atwater, Natalie - Crystal Reed

Bly, Salali - Amber Midthunder

Brockert, Emerald - Sarah Bolger

Callahan, Victor - Anton Yelchin

Fintoc, Gwen - Annalise Basso

Graphorn, Magnus IV - Charles Vandervaart

Helms, Conrad


Layne, Amelia

Matherson, Sawyer - Graham Rogers

Mordue, Simon


McCarthy, Lina

McLeod, Kir - Levi Miller

Newell, Florence - Joey King

Pierce, Winston - Zach Mills

Powell, Luke - Peyton Meyer

Reid, Kit - Britt McKillip

Song, Isaac - Lee Hyun Woo

Tremaine, Ayla - Dove Cameron


Fourth Years:
Aalto, Loren

Brockert, Ivy - Rowan Blanchard

James, Cleo - Annasophia Robb

Leifsson, Alessandra

Leifsson, Madison

Manger, Eden

Newell, Brett

Priory, Connor - Chandler Riggs

White, Jennifer

Third Years
Brockert, Ruby - Kaitlyn Dever

Brockert, Vladimir - Gulliver McGrath

Callahan, Jehan - Troye Sivan

Delachene, Jasmine - Bailee Madison

Fitzgerald, Parker - Romeo Beckham

Harper, Gary

Montoir, Dorian - Samuel Patrick Chu

O'Malley, Peyton - Ashley Boettcher

Vorontsov, Tatiana - Lynne Frederick.

Second Years
Adin, Masha

DiCaprio, Michael - Michael Angarano

Hemp, Leilani-Alana

Hexenmeister, Heinrich - Kenton Duty

Hubber, Marianne

Maitlin, Chrystopher

Mordue, Nathaniel

Mordue, Sylvia

Pierce, Caitlin - Mary Mouser

Tate, Beauregard - Ricardo Hoyos

Recent graduates:

Alumni
These characters have not yet been graduated for a full cycle and are not yet available for reuse:


Arbon, Effie – Dakota Fanning

Brockert, Amity – Abigail Mavity

Campbell, Neeka – Keke Palmer

Canterbury, Wendy – Chloe Mortez

Pierce, Annabelle – Isabel Fuhrman

Pierce, Annette – Isabel Fuhrman

Princeton, Rupert – Ross Lynch

Bellrose, Virginia – Lily Collins

Bennett, Gemma – Julia Winter

Boxton-Fox-Reynolds, Charles – Lou Wegner

Collins, Willow – Jenna Boyd

RunningBear, Keme – Boo Boo Stewart

Spencer, Adam – Charlie Rowe

Umland, Julian – Amy Diamond

Wolseithcrafte, Francesca - Clémence Poésy

Dobson, Portia - Kylie Jenner

Fletcher, Ava – Barbara Palvin

Jareau, Chloe - Alexandria Deberry

Kijewski-Jareau, Emery – Aaron Johnson

Lucan, Emrys - Eugene Simon

Manger, Arnold - Kai James

Park, Ji-un – IU

Princeton, Leo - Jeremy Sumpter

Spaulding, Tristan - Aaron Carter

Spencer, Charlotte - Gabriella Wilde

Vandenburg, Eleanor - Kristin Kreuk

Bannister, Liliana - Thylane Blondeau

Brockert, Duncan - Charlie McDermott

Brockert, Serena - Sierra McCormick

Primred, Atlas - Yamada Ryosuke

Wolseithcrafte, Theodore - Gig Morton


*

Brockert, Chaslyn - Kirsten Prout

Dill, Clark - Ricky Schroder

Ferguson, Oliver II - Grant Gustin

Manger, Jacob - Asa Butterfield

Park, Ji-Won - Park Gun Tae

Westley, Lena - Maria Ehrich

Westley, Olivier - Gregg Sulkin

*

Arbon, Araceli - Elle Fanning

Brockert, Savannah - Natasha Calis

Brockert, Scarlett - Natasha Calis

Curtis, Joella - Noah Cyrus

Newell, Makenzie - Mary Kate Wiles

O’Neil, Aiden - Matthew Lewis

Reinhardt, Liac - Colin Ford

Shinohara, Uzume - Sayu Kubota

Umland, John - Bill Milner

*

Atwater, Kelsey - Troian Bellisario

Brockert, Owen - Dan Benson

Fintac, Charles - Tucker Albrizzi

Johnson, Alistair - Paris Brosnan

Meeks, Samantha - Maisie Williams

Nicholls, Aislinn - Aislinn Paul

Nicholls, Sutton - Aislinn Paul

Pierce, Ginger - Haley Ramm

Song, Lauren - Kim So Hyun

Spencer, John - Leo Legrand

Wolseithcrafte, Jemima - Sophie Nélisse

*

Brockert, Fabian - Dylan Schmid

De La Garza, Abigail - Madison De La Garza

Newell, Dustin - Jackson Pace

Scott, Emilia-Louise - Emily Grace Reaves

Spaulding, Kira - Hayley McFarland

Valois, Louis - Francisco Lachowski

Wolseithcrafte, Ingrid - Astrid Berges-Frisbey

Wu, Peizhi - Jaio Xu
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DH Skies

July 28, 2018 4:23 AM
Claims that did not graduate.

These claims were made but the characters were either formally withdrawn or never graduated. They are therefore open to reuse. The list is maintained as some authors prefer to use faces that have not been used at all.

Donovan, Gia - Tania Raymonde

Donovan, Jax - Tyler Hoechlin

Lucan, Caelia - Virginia Gardner

Pye, Barnaby - Jeremy Irvine

Kennedy, Laila - Danielle Campbell

Reinhardt, Arne - Tyler Hill

Claims that have been graduated for a full character cycle.

These characters have been graduated for a full character cycle. Under certain circumstances, they may be reused, although it would be preferable for new and different claims to be found. Asterisked names are not open to reuse, by the authors’ requests. Others may be inquired about via the chairs’ email (attached to this post). Authors who want to continue to reserve their faceclaims can also contact the chairs.

Alumni

Adams, Tally - Amelia Warner

Baxter, Stephen - Unknown

*Brockert, Kaylie - Alyson Michalka

*Collins, Lily - Amanda Michalka

Craven, Ash - Model

Craven, Sorrel - Brian Molko

Dill, Zack - Liam Aiken

Howard, Jenna - Conor Leslie

Kerova, Mia - Kate Beckinsale

Lavine, Elizabeth - Ashlee Simpson

Mathers, Chrysanthemum - Emilie De Ravin

Santoro, Jacob - Ignacio Serricchio

Welsh, Dillon - Unknown

Welsh, Zoey - Natasha Lyonne

Zucchero, Jennifer - Kiera Knightly

Bastet, Dalila - Rachel Bilson

Carey, Gwenhwyfar - Stephanie Gatschet

Dupree, Christobel - Unknown

Dupree, Nicoletta - Unknown

Howard, Jordanna – Blake Lively

Pierce, Connor - Jonathan Jackson

Raines, Catherine - Rebecca Herbst

Santoro, Izabella - Cassie Steele

Stafford, Alexandria - Nicole Kidman

Stafford, Benjamin V - AJ Trauth

Valentine, Earl - Drew Fuller

Whitney, Adam - David Gallagher

Wright, Anne – Kelly Monaco

*Brockert, Adam - Unknown

Carey, Morgaine – Mischa Barton

Dupree, Devian - Unknown

Heindrich, Guenther - Unknown

Jones, Pepper - Allison Hannagan

Layne, Geoffrey - Daniel Cosgrove

O'Leary, Briony - Unknown

Pierce, Saul - Connor Paola

Rabindra, Rosalind – Model

Spindler, Geoffrey - Jamie Croft

St. Martin, Alexandra - Rachel Melvin

St. Martin, Lila - Rachel Melvin

Carey, Amber - Marcy Rylan

DiCarlo, Gabrielle – Miley Cyrus

Dupree, Danae - Unknown

Elms, Echo - Dennis Bender Sky

Eriksson, Elly - TaTu

Lail, Meredith – Mika Boorem

Layne, Helena - Amelia Heinle

Redoak, Caedence - Bridgette Wilson

Santoro, Jose - Taylor Lautner

Santoro, Mateo - Taylor Lautner

Tarwater, Paul - Glenn Quinn

Valentine, Eavan - Natalie Portman

Abbott, Oliver - Unknown

Anthony, Lutece - Caitlin Wachs

Ashwood, Josiah – Prince Harry

*Barrington, Thyme – Christina Ricci

Cumni, Talitha - Unknown

Dimitri, Jaeven - Unknown

Dupree, Talen - Unknown

Laurent, Hannah – Amanda Seyfried

Liddowe, Irene - Rachel McAdams

Smythe, Cynthia – Lily Allan

Tarwater, Sierra - Shannon Daugherty

Ashwood, Alexis - Lindsey Lohan

*Brockert, Chelsea - Model

Cider, Laurel - Emma Roberts

Delachene, Raoul – Lucas Gabeel

Dupree, Lucie - Emily Osment

Fitgerald, Thomas - Alexander Outhred

Greer, Holly - Mackenzie Rosman

Laurent, Adelaide - Alyson Stoner

McIntosh, Anabel - Michelle Trachtenberg

Smythe, Cecily - Britney Spears

Wright, Grayson - Zach Maurer

Grimm, Ian - Max Thieriot

McFarlan, Seamus – Model

Smythe, Amelia - Jamie Lynn Spears

Valson, Jera - Lacey Chabert

Abbott, Charlotte – Vanessa Hudgens

*Brockert , Pippa – Kirsten Storms

Dahlgren, Juri – Jesse McCartney

Garcia, Adelita – Selena Gomez

Li, Taylor – Brenda Song

*Melcher, Quentin – Elijah Wood

Nash, Daniell II – Hunter Gomez

Smythe, Dana – Model

*Brockert, Tawny – Model

Carey, Edmond – Connor Levins

Duell, Andrew – Haley Joel Osment

Hernandez, Jose – Tyler Posey

Kerrigan, Cassandra – Danielle Panabaker

Smythe, Jethro – Barney Clark

Stephenson, Marissa – Madison Davenport

Bauer, Rachel – Delaney Moro

*Brockert, Nina - Meaghan Jette Martin

Eagle, Demelza – Model

Garcia, Dulce – India Eisley

*Hinckley, Alessa – Jodelle Ferland

Kerrigan, Delilah – Kay Panabaker

Kerrigan, Veronica – AnnaSophia Robb

Adair, Dani – Evan Rachel Wood

Bauer, Samuel – Justin Beiber

Carey, Jane – Felicity Jones

*Collins, Autumn – Model

*Melcher, Kirstenna – Ayla Kell

Petrovskii, Dmitri – Jackson Rathborne

Randolph, Sophia – Model

Sawyer, Nicodemus - Andy Pessoa -

Adair, Jordan – Marla Sokoloff

Bauer, Kate – Kristen Alderson

Bennett, Eliza – Eliza Dushku

Bentacourt, Valentina – Model

Jamison, Sophia – Avril Lavigne

*O’Malley, Ryan – Kenny Bauman

Owen, James – Field Cate

Raines, Sara – Shiri Appleby

Thornton, Arista – Liliana Mumy

Thorpe, Daisy – Demi Lovato

Wilkes, David – Graham Phillips

Williams, Marcus – Bow Wow

Adair, Alice – Larissa Oleynik

*Brockert, Hope – Model

Carey, Arnold – Ian Nelson

Jareau, Ayita – Model

Layne, Russell – Jake LeDoux

Lucore, Phoenix – Austin Butler

McLachlan, Maximilian Joshua – Luke Benward*

Owen, Josephine – Abigail Breslin

Parker, Regina – Lucy Hale

Pierce, Derwent IV – Fred Savage

Sinclair, Fae – Ashley Benson

Stratford, Preston – Model

Thornton, Addison – Karen Gillan

Covington, Attoria – Ashley Leggat

*Dobson, Nora – Model

Goodwin, Melanie – Anna Margaret Collins

Grosvenor, Michael – Alexander Nifong

Japos, Brianna – Chloe Bridges

*Lennox, Valerie – Model

Macaulay, Linus – William Moseley

Manger, Sally – Brittany Underwood

Quincy, Sullivan – Alex Michaeloto

Stratford, Lawrence – Ryan Turner

Thornton, Amira – Lauren Ambrose

*Bauer, Alicia – Alexandra Chando

Boxton-Fox-Reynalds, Henrietta – Model

*Brockert, Arabella – Isla Fisher

*Brockert, Evan – Ryan Kelly

Canterbury, Waverly – Model

Carey, Theresa – Ariel Winter

Devereux, Alexandra – Amelia Shankley

Garcia, Jorge – Carter Jenkins

Lucore, Ephanie – Saoirse Ronan

Owen, Jade – Sammi Hanratty

*Pierce, Thaddeus – Skandar Keynes

Princeton, Cepheus – Alex Pettyfer

Thornton, Andrina – Kate Mara

*

Baird, Heaven – Jennifer Lawrence

Carey, Lucille – Eliza Bennett

Crosby, Marcus – Liam Mower

D’Alesandro, Lucien – Taylor Kitsch

*Lennox, Melanie – Model

*O’Malley, Carrie – Sasha Pierterse

Renaldi, Lucrezia – Giorgia Palmos

Thornton, Aubrielle – Bryce Dallas Howard

Yales, Aria – Juno Temple
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Allegra and Topaz Brockert

July 28, 2018 5:21 PM
Allegra-Grace Victoria Cox
Topaz-Grace Phipps
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DH Skies

July 29, 2018 10:57 AM
This is the second year of our OOC awards. We're working hard to make them more prominent around the site in order to celebrate the achievements of our awesome community.

Last year was an epic year. It seems the plot really got people's imaginations fired up, as our posting levels were through the roof. We had so much fun seeing what you all did with your accidental magic and your forced incarceration. So, even if you didn't make the list below, please know that your efforts were enjoyed and appreciated.

Without further ado, here are our awards for SA30....

Most Posted Authors

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In spite of the intrusive nature of RL with a busy work season, Gray actually upped their post total from last year with 133. Congratulations!

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Nathan's author posts a lot. 135 times, to be precise. Nathan is good people.

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And uh... posting 249 times was... um... Me. Some say hobby, some say way of life, some say addiction.

Most Posted Characters


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'Professors rarely get posted outside of class.' But sometimes in class things are exploding. And then outside of class there are interesting pamphlets. And students coming to yell about unicorns of righteousness. It makes for a busy year. 34 posts' worth of business, in fact.

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Shock result, Dorian hogged a massive 20% of my posting time with 49 posts. Honestly, surprised it wasn't more...

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When your best friend turns out to be a half veela (and really doesn't take it well) and then you find out your sibling has magic and also everyone around you is making the universe wobble... turns out you end up with a lot to say. MASSIVE congratulations to Parker for being posted an epic 51 times.

Additionally, we would like to give kudos for the following impressive efforts....

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Professor Nash is wordy. Who knew? Also, the topic of longest posts came up in chatzy and he took it as a challenge, producing this epic in response.

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When two people need a partner for the prefect dance but no one wants to ask, this is the result. Also upholding the tradition of last year's longest thread in accidentally making someone think you're gay. Well done guys...

This year, we also threw it open to the population of Sonora to ask what their favourite moments had been. This year's authors' choice awards go to...

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For the exact opposite of the problem listed above; when you try to make it patently clear that you are gay, and very much in love with someone, and they remain frustratingly clueless.

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A game within a game. Wizards playing wizards. Not only a fun and hilarious concept which we had fun posting but also an interesting experiment, both in seeing how it would pan out being RPed Sonora-style on the boards, but also spilling over into us having actual games via a server and voicechat and stuff.


Congratulations to all our award winners, and thanks to every single one of our authors for making SA30 awesome.
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Evelyn Stones/Mary Brooding

July 29, 2018 9:11 PM
Professor:

Brooding, Mary - Model



Student (First Year):

Stones, Evelyn - Nastya Kusakina
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Evelyn Stones/Mary Brooding

August 02, 2018 12:20 AM
As it turns out, Mary's model is a person with a name and stuff!

Brooding, Mary: Katie Melua
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DH Skies

August 03, 2018 6:33 AM
Welcome new first years!

Although many common questions can be found in our FAQ, we thought we'd just highlight some key points here on the OOC for our newbies.

As the feast and orientation are both up, it's a good time to point out that we have...

Fuzzy time: fuzzy time allows you to post in two places at once. So long as the threads are happening at different times from your character's perspective. E.g. you can be contributing to threads set on their first night and on Hallowe'en as the same time. This means people can post at orientation and the feast at the same time without it creating a problem.


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DH Skies

August 03, 2018 6:43 AM
Now that all boards are about to be opened, I thought I would give some more specific guidelines on good fuzzy time practice (aka Fuzzy Time Strikes Back aka With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility aka How Not to Break The Universe)

- Roughly follow the progression of time
Just because a post *can* be set any time between now and Midterm doesn't mean it should be. It's probably a tad early to start working on your characters' Christmas gift exchanges with their pals.... Try to keep events posted in the beginning/middle/end part of the term as appropriate

- Wait if something big is going to happen
If there is a thread that would majorly alter your character's mood for A Period Of Time (they're asking someone out, they're having a fight, they have an important Quidditch match) wait for it to be resolved before posting elsewhere, especially if the content of the second thread is likely to be affected by the outcome of the first.


- Don't criss-cross
Let's say Cleo is talking to Mary in one thread, and Parker in another. I am posting both at once, but they are set at different times. In the thread with Mary, I reference something from the conversation with Parker. Later, I forget this, and reference something Mary said in the conversation with Parker. WHOOPS. I just broke time and created a mobius strip of conversation. This is bad. Don't do it.

Some steps to avoid criss-crossing are:
- Keep threads in the order they were started in. Even though the RL date doesn't relate to the Sonora date, this is just a handy way to keep track
- Mutually agree an event order with all involved
- Go with clues from the posts. If someone references autumn and another says it's snowing, you know which came first

Have fun, any questions, ask here or in chatzy.
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Brett Newell and Eden Manger

August 04, 2018 12:20 PM
Brett: Art Parkinson
Eden: Eden McCoy
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Katerina Vorontsov

August 13, 2018 9:44 PM
...Leonor, Princess of Asturias.
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Mary Brooding

August 14, 2018 11:36 PM
So sorry.

Brooding, Mary: Amber Rose Revah.
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Tabitha/Malikhi/Julius

August 27, 2018 2:08 PM
Professor Tabitha Hawthorne - Nicole Weaver

Malikhi Hill - Alex Pettyfer (author for Cepheus Princeton has approved my usage of this faceclaim)

Julius Astley - Aramis Knight
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Nathan Xavier

August 29, 2018 10:00 PM
Just so people know who is supposed to be in their optional classes, we have set up a google spreadsheet tracking who is taking one. Please make your mark for your Advanced and Intermediate students in the appropriate class columns. (Intermediates are on the second tab/sheet/thing.)

Anyone taking academic support (aimed at students who are struggling due to language barriers, poor literacy, lack of organizational skills, etc) can add their name to the third tab/sheet/thing.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1auqDU-1TR6Aek7oMUKmTMwc1b_TCP5o5CGVuDHDob6I/edit#gid=0

It should be edittable by anyone with the link, so let me know if you are having problems with it.
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DH Skies

October 01, 2018 9:38 AM
Dear All,

As many of you know from chatzy, I'll be off for the remainder of this week. I might use some of my down time to post, or stop by to say 'hi' but will be a lot quieter than usual.

Take care, see you at Midterm!

Selina
(Collindales, Georgia, McLeods, Cleo, Dorian, Sylvia, Tarquin).
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Felipe De Matteo and Johanna Leonie Zauberhexen

January 04, 2019 8:51 PM
Felipe De Matteo: Jake T Austin
Johanna Leonie Zauberhexen: Isolda Dychauk
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Beatriz Couthon

January 05, 2019 9:35 AM
 
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