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4 days ago
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This Resort Brand Has Quietly Been On Every Season of The White Lotus
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. I never thought I'd want to dress like an overbearing Southern mom with a lorazepam addiction, but then there was Victoria Ratliff. On this past season of The White Lotus she wore an impressive collection of loose flowing dresses everyone couldn't stop talking about. She may not have had any idea what country they were in but she clearly knew how to pack for it. One dress she wore that I saw everyone talk about in particular was the Everly Pool Dress by Alémais. It was covered in colorful patchwork squares and so fabulous. Then I realized Kate's bright yellow cut-out floral dress from when she and her friends get caught in a water gun fight was also by the same brand. As was the lovely button-down top she wore at dinner the night before. The mini dress Jaclyn wears when she arrives to Thailand was also by Alémais. As it turns out, a lot of the items I saw most people inquiring about online where all by the new Australian brand, founded just four years ago in 2021. I quickly became obsessed with Alémais because it really felt like the perfect vacation brand. Every item is a trip in itself with rich colors and patterns and textures that transport you to a different place. All its dresses, tops and pants have a loose movement to them that exude comfort and poise. If I saw someone wearing Alémais in real life on vacation I'd probably be equal parts envious and intimidated. Not because they look scary or like they might help initiate my demise à la White Lotus but because they look like the kind of vacation guest I aspire to be. As so I went as far as Marrakech, Morocco to learn more about Alémais. The brand was hosting its Resort show in the city, in very typical White Lotus fashion (Morocco is also a rumored location for Season 5). Alémais creative director and co-founder Lesleigh Jermanus told me the that the idea to have the show, the brand's first outside of Australia, occurred to her after connecting with her friend Laurence Leenaert, a multi-disciplinary artist and the founder of Marrakech-based design studio LRNCE. Jermanus had long been a fan of her work and ultimately bought a blanket from her husband, Ayoub Boualam, who had sent his wife in his place to meet with Jermanus. "What was meant to be a quick exchange turned into a very long, three hour dinner," she told me of the fateful meeting. "Eight years of conversation led us to that point." A collaboration together felt like the most natural next step. At that point, it didn't feel right to celebrate the collaboration in Australia. "We felt like the inspiration was here in Morrocco. We wanted everyone to experience Laurence's world and immerse themselves in what this is. We didn't even think twice." The influence of Marrakesh was more than evident in the Resort 2026 collection. Bold paneling on dresses was inspired by the tiled floors and walls that have come to define the city's architecture, and which also made up the runway. Some dresses featured a modern pannier with arches meant to mimic those of the doorways in Morocco, with colorful fringe falling like a jellyfish's tentacles. Laurence provided more information on interior techniques typical of the local culture, which Jermanus translated into the clothing through cornelly embroidery and diamond patchworks. One particular dress even required seed beading, a new technique Alémais has never done before that required over 317 hours to complete. When I asked Jermanus if she could define the Alémais customer, she said "We can't define her. I feel like there's a real spirit...a real energy to her. But the great thing is they can be thirteen or they can be eighty. It translates to a lot of different people." "Like say, guests of The White Lotus?" I joke. To which Jermanus laughs and nods. The designer proceeds to tell me that they could have never anticipated the amount of pieces that would end up on this past season of the television show. The costume designer, Alex Bovaird, had reached out and they just sent some options. "Four different looks was a pinch me moment!" she said. Sitting at the show, at a tiled hotel in the center of Marrakesh, admiring tie-dye sun hats and tunics covered in silver tabs, also felt like a pinch me moment for myself and every other guest in attendance. As I took in all the rich colors, embroidery and texture of each look, I couldn't help but notice four that really spoke to me as potential Season 5 also, potential summer vacation looks for anyone who wants to look like the most covetable vacationers out there. View Deal View Deal View Deal View Deal View Deal View Deal View Deal View Deal View Deal View Deal View Deal View Deal
Irish Examiner
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Examiner
True friendships are central to our wellbeing and good for our health
Gal pals Laurie, Jaclyn, and Kate in the hit series The White Lotus rewrite the script on how female friendships are typically shown on our screens. We've become accustomed to seeing the likes of Rachel, Monica, and Phoebe cheerfully popping in and out of each other's apartments and being intimately involved in each other's lives on Friends. Or Carrie, Samantha, Miranda, and Charlotte confiding in each other over cocktails on Sex and the City. The dynamic on The White Lotus is different. These three successful women have been friends since childhood, and in the opening episode, are buzzing with an excitable energy as they catch up on each other's lives on their luxury trip to Thailand. But over the next seven episodes, cracks emerge in their relationship as they compare themselves with one another and cattily compete to present their lives in the most flattering light. I know from personal experience how complicated female friendship can be. I still remember the shock of listening to a local radio request while driving one day. It was from a pal congratulating our mutual friend on her engagement — the first time I heard about it. The newly engaged friend and I had once been besties, spending hours on the phone giggling over jokes only we understood. Her not telling me this life-changing news left me feeling profound and painful rejection. Chatting with others online, I've learned I'm not the only one to have experienced a friendship breakup. A woman named Grace [name changed] tells me how she met her friend at school and thought they would be friends forever. 'But when I married and relocated west, our paths diverged and our once natural conversations started to turn into uncomfortable exchanges,' she says. 'One day, we disagreed about something trivial and she stopped responding to my messages. No explanation. Just silence.' She felt grief-stricken afterwards. She describes the feeling as 'the profound sorrow of losing someone who was still alive but had completely disappeared from my world.' GP, mental health expert, and the author of books such as The Power of Connection, Harry Power, explains why friends are so important. Gal pals Laurie, Jaclyn and Kate in the White Lotus series. 'Our relationships with them are some of the closest relationships we have, more intimate perhaps than our relationships with family,' he says. 'With true friends, we can be totally ourselves and tell each other anything and everything that's going on in our lives. And when life gets hard and things go wrong, friends are there to support us.' Dr Ann-Marie Creaven is an associate professor of psychology at the University of Limerick and specialises in social connectedness. She says we have a fundamental need for close connections. 'Just as we need food and water, we also need to feel we matter to other people and that we belong,' she says. 'Friendships fulfil that need.' Friendship has also been shown to be good for our health. US research published in 2019 reported that having social supports significantly predicted wellbeing and helped protect against depression and anxiety. Another study in 2019 analysed data from 479,054 people in Britain found that people who lacked friends were at higher risk of heart attack, stroke, and premature death. Because friends are so central to our wellbeing, Creaven understands why it is so painful to lose one. However, she believes it might help if we understood that friendships are likely to change as we move through the different stages of life. 'In adolescence, for example, friends help us figure out who we are as we establish independence from our parents,' she says. 'It's exciting to have them with us on that journey of self-discovery. But as we transition into adulthood, we don't rely on friends for our sense of identity in that same way. And because we're no longer at school, we don't see them as much. This can change the intensity of the relationship.' The natural flow of friendship Barry says it might help to see some friendships as seasonal, rather than for life. 'Realistically, most of us will only ever have a small number of lifelong friends, four or five people who will last the pace,' he says. 'But that's not to say we won't enjoy shorter-lived friendships with others. 'Parents we meet at the school gates or at the kids' soccer practice, for example. These connections might then fade when our children leave school. 'Life brings us in different directions and changes us as it does so. It's part of the natural flow of life that our friendships will change, too. But just because we grow apart from someone doesn't mean the friendship never mattered.' This may be pragmatic advice, but it can still hurt when you feel that a once-close confidant has become distant. Creaven suggests two approaches to help deal with such feelings. One is to readjust expectations, particularly if we're overly reliant on particular pals to meet our emotional needs. 'No one person can meet all of your needs, and expecting them to do so will only put pressure on the friendship,' she says. 'So no matter how much you love spending time with any particular person, try to remember there are other people who can add to your life too.' The other is to have a conversation with friends about what's happening. 'You might think they've forgotten about you because they're not checking in as often as they used to but it could be that they are just distracted by their new lives,' she says. 'If the friendship is still important to you both, maybe you could suggest things you could do to keep it up.' However, if the friendship is destined to end, she says it's best to accept it, adding that a friendship breakup can have ripple effects in your social circle, causing people in the group to feel uncomfortable about inviting you both to social occasions. 'But if neither of you makes an issue of it, then others shouldn't make an issue of it either.' Losing a friend can make us appreciate the friends we still have all the more. Despite our busy, time-poor lives, Barry urges us to make time to nurture those relationships. 'It's very easy not to make time for friends when life is hectic,' he says. 'But life won't always be hectic, and you'll have a big gap in your life if you've allowed your friendships to wither.' Talk openly about life's demands Making the effort to reconnect with friends doesn't have to be overly demanding. 'Tell your friend that you're busy but that you want to maintain the friendship and ask them how they think you can do this,' he says. 'Have a chat about it. It could be that you arrange to meet once a week for coffee or once a month for a glass of wine. You might text or call each other at regular intervals. It's that regular communication that will keep your connection alive.' Creaven adds that spending time with friends doesn't even have to be spent doing something special. 'You could both go to the same gym class every week or they could even call over for coffee while you fold your laundry,' she says. 'What you do together isn't the important thing. It's giving each other the chance to catch up on what's going on in each other's lives.' Beware of relying too much on platforms such as WhatsApp. Text messages and voice notes might make us feel as if we're maintaining friendships despite not seeing people very often. But while they can keep us in contact, they don't always provide a real connection. 'What people value most is spending time in person,' says Creaven. 'Even if all you can do is meet up once a year, it shows that you are willing to make an effort to maintain the friendship.' Grace now has a more philosophical view on her friendship breakup. 'I spent so long replaying past conversations as I questioned what I had done to cause it,' she says. 'But I understand now that friendships don't always last forever.' I'm trying to be equally accepting. Life has taken my friend and I in different directions and stretched our relationship to breaking point in the process but I'll always be grateful for the closeness we shared. She was once such a support to me and we used to laugh so much. I miss that but I've learned from the experience and I'll make sure the friends I'm lucky to have in my life today know just how much they matter. Laurie, Jaclyn, and Kate appear to arrive at a similar conclusion at the end of The White Lotus. Here's hoping we can grow our friendships so that they add meaning and depth to our lives. 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Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
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Michelle Monaghan reveals the sweetest unscripted moment in ‘The White Lotus' Season 3 (and the ladies' water aerobics instructor)
For many fans of The White Lotus' trip to Thailand, the final dinner shared by the women known as the Blonde Blob and the Toxic Trio will remain their fondest memory of the HBO series' third season. In the finale, TV star Jaclyn (Michelle Monaghan) and her childhood best friends, New York City lawyer Laurie (Carrie Coon) and Austin socialite Kate (Leslie Bibb), sit down for one last awkward meal, with church-going conservative Kate declaring all their metaphorical gardens in bloom and famous Jaclyn insisting she's been on cloud nine all week despite feeling so deprived of attention that she cheated on her husband with the man she'd been trying to get divorced Laurie to bed. But then, it's Laurie's turn to speak, and she admits she's actually been sad, contemplating her misplaced faith in her career, love life, or motherhood saving her. She's had an epiphany, however: Time gives her life meaning, and talking to her oldest friends feels very deep even when it's happening poolside. More from GoldDerby 'It: Welcome to Derry' gets creepy trailer, Elle Fanning joins 'The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping,' 'Yellowjackets' renewed, and more top news today Cannes: Scarlett Johansson's 'Eleanor the Great' scores praise and Oscar buzz for June Squibb 'Somebody Somewhere' final season aims big for 2025 Emmys: Bridget Everett in Best Actress, Comedy Writing, and Original Music categories The cathartic scene ends with each of the women saying "I love you" — which Monaghan tells Gold Derby wasn't scripted. "You have to understand, in [creator Mike White]'s process, you don't really rehearse. You just kind of rock up and you say your lines. So we were stunned at [Carrie's] performance and the vulnerability," she says. "The more we got into it, and we got to witness and be good listeners, it just felt very natural for us to have that very authentic moment together." The women had also grown close off-screen during the long shoot. They didn't know each other when they were cast, but quickly established a group text to create that sense of history. "We didn't take for granted how fortunate we were to be three women working together in a show. I've been in this industry for over 20 years, and I can count on one hand the number of times my costar has been a woman," Monaghan says. "Immediately we knew we were in a very privileged position, and the three of us have been working a long time, so we really respect the process. We understand how integral prep is, and we wanted to start that bond immediately. I don't know which one of us said, 'Hey, show me your best 10-year-old picture.' We dug up some pictures, and we started texting and sharing questions like, 'When was your first kiss?' We just started to have that dialogue, and it was really fun and really helpful." SEE How Natasha Rothwell helped Belinda get her groove back in The White Lotus Season 3 Once they arrived in Thailand, their storyline kicked off production. "The three of us spent a lot of time together, just bonding over water aerobics, believe it or not. Leslie is a very good water aerobics instructor," Monaghan says with a laugh. "And so we would run lines and just talk and gossip, and do the things that we were all meant to do to build that dynamic. It was just a beautiful process, and we kept that going throughout our entire experience." You'd think playing an actress would be easy for Monaghan, but the idea of portraying perpetually sun-soaked Jaclyn (whose unnamed TV show even she doesn't know) made her nervous. "I felt like, it's very meta. How does one play an actress? It hit a little bit close to the bone," she says. Once she had her first Zoom with White, and read all eight scripts, she felt way more at ease. "I discovered all the layers and the subtleties and all of the beautiful complexities that Mike White, of course, brings to each and every character," she says. "The beautiful thing about Mike is, and I'm sure he's said it publicly, he's never really written anything that he hasn't observed and experienced himself. He's been a part of this industry for such a long time, and I don't think he's written an actor before." White has shared how he observed three women on vacation and couldn't tell them apart until one of them left and the others started talking about her — a scenario that plays out repeatedly for Laurie, Kate, and Jaclyn. "He thought it would be interesting if Jaclyn, someone who has this privilege and enjoys the benefits of her fame and utilizes that, would do her friends a favor and take them on a trip of her lifetime, and see how those nuances might arise in terms of that constant comparison in that competitiveness that you see the ladies endure and also perpetuate," Monaghan says. It was important to both her and White to find moments where Jaclyn is humbled and humanized. "She likes to create a lot of drama. My inspiration was a butterfly: She's very colorful and lively, but somehow she knows she has the really short lifespan in terms of career and vanity. As the week starts to devolve, I wanted to see her looking for that external validation in all the wrong places," Monaghan says, noting that the ladies getting caught in the festive Songkran water gun street fight was one of her favorite sequences to film (and also foreshadowed the trio witnessing the real gunfire in the season finale). HBO "I wanted to see a woman who we want to believe is charmed or different or extraordinary, but she's just like us. You know, she's human, and she is ordinary. I just wanted to make sure that we found those moments of a little bit of self-reflection," she says. "And even though she's probably a great actress, she's a terrible liar. That was something that I really wanted to bring to the table." Monaghan thinks viewers were fully invested in the fate of the women's relationship by Episode 3, when Jaclyn and Laurie come to realize registered independent Kate voted for Trump. "That was a conversation that a lot of people are having around their dinner tables," Monaghan says. "I think that was a very special scene not just because of the subject matter, but it also really highlights what Mike White does so well, which is he allows his actors to really live in the moment in a nonverbal way. That's where all of the actors shine. I don't know if a lot of directors allow their actors to hold space like that, and there was a lot of pregnant pauses and looks that felt very authentic to that conversation, and I think people were kind of having a holy shit moment with that. So it was nice to see how it affected audiences." That kind of freedom brings out different layers in a performance, Monaghan says. She credits White being a keen observer of people and an empath. "He likes to feel the dialogue. He likes to feel the tension. And because he is that person, you just have that inherent permission from him. And by the time you start working and he sees the qualities that you're bringing to the table as a performer, he can fine-tune you. He just understands the range." White being an actor himself makes filming The White Lotus a particularly collaborative experience. "He has such a specific tone. So if I felt like at some point, I wasn't getting a line or I was just off by like a percentage, I'd be like, 'Just give me a line read,' and he would just give me a sense of what direction he wanted it to go," she says. "He's an actor, so you know he gets it, and it's not offensive, and then you kind of nail it, and then at some point he just goes, 'Oh, just do what Jaclyn would do.' Which is like, 'Oh, wow!' That essentially means that you've embodied the role, and then you can just really let loose and have a lot of fun. And it's very rewarding to hear him laugh. I'm sure you've heard many people say, 'If you can hear his cackle…' It's more gratifying than it probably should be." What does Monaghan think Jaclyn will do when she returns home from Thailand? "I think she's fulfilled her promise to her friends, but I don't know if this trip has filled her cup, so to speak," she says. "Part of me feels like she's been able to maintain these deep friendships, and she's going to leave paradise and go back to her little bubble in Malibu, but also know that this friendship is intact and that it's been able to survive these ups and downs. And no doubt there will be more ups and downs in their future, but they're connected." Best of GoldDerby 'The Four Seasons' star Erika Henningsen on the 'biggest opportunity' she's ever been given and what might happen in Season 2 TV makeup and hair panel: 'Bridgerton,' 'RuPaul's Drag Race,' and 'The Wheel of Time' 'The Wheel of Time' makeup, hair, and prosthetics head Davina Lamont breaks down Rand's multiple looks in Rhuidean Click here to read the full article.
The Courier
01-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Courier
Best St Andrews events for May 2025
On the hunt for ideas for things to see and do in St Andrews this month? Here's our pick of events and happenings in and around St Andrews in May: Local artist and art tutor Jaclyn Stuart celebrates ten years since the first solo exhibition of her work in St Andrews with a new show. In Our Golden Thread Jaclyn explores the themes of brokenness, beauty and restoration. Her art is influenced by the Japanese art of kintsugi and the exhibition includes a mix of watercolour, oil painting and cyanotype photography. On Saturday May 3 the artist will host a talk and cyanotype demonstration at 2pm. Tickets for this event include a copy of Jaclyn's beautiful 31 page exhibition catalogue. Address: St Marks Church Hall, St Marys Place, St Andrews, KY16 9UY. Date: Saturday May 3 10am – 2pm then 3.30-5pm, May 4 12noon-5pm , May 5 10am-5pm. May 6 marks the first Night Market of the 2025 summer season at Balgove Larder. The market is held in the Steak Barn and showcases the best in local produce. There is live music, food from local food trucks and Balgove's Steak Barn and Eat Out and mini workshops from Strathyrum Flowers. A car boot sale is new for 2025's Night Markets, with the focus on preloved, vintage homeware, clothing and jewellery. Date: May 6, 5-9pm. Address: Balgove Larder Farm Shop, Butchery & Café, Strathtyrum, St Andrews, KY16 9SF. The walls of The Fraser Gallery will showcase the work of five female creatives from May 2 to 16. The South Street Gallery will show vibrant paintings by Janet Keith, Mhairi McGregor RSW, Alison McWhirter, Jackie Philip and Gail Pope, with bright florals, still lives and landscapes all represented. Date: May 2 to 16. Address: The Fraser Gallery St Andrews Ltd 53 South Street St Andrews, Fife KY16 9QR. You Choose is based on the popular children' picture book by Pippa Goodhart and Nick Sharratt. Nonsense Room Productions have turned the story into a musical show perfect for little theatre-goers. As in the book of the same name, the audience will be able to choose where the story goes by joining in with games and challenges. The format means that every show is different, with new characters and locations for each performance. Recommended for children aged 2 to 7. Date: May 10. Address: The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9LA. Dress up in your finest fairy costume and visit the beautiful Botanic Garden in St Andrews for a magical afternoon. The Pixie Picnic event will be full of fairy-themed crafts and activities suitable for young families available throughout the afternoon. Later, it will be time to settle down on a picnic blanket for a screening of Epic (U) on the Solar Cinema. Visitors can bring their own picnic food to enjoy during the screening or buy sandwiches and treats from the Visitor Centre. Don't forget to prepare for the Scottish weather with plenty of cosy layers and blankets for the movie screening. Date: May 11, 2.30-8pm. Address: St Andrews Botanic Garden, Canongate, St Andrews, KY16 8RT. Kilrymont Rotary's annual classic car show returns to Craigtoun Park on May 25. Classic cars, motobikes and commercial vehicles can be exhibited for a donation to the Rotary's nominated charities. Visitors can view the cars free of charge and there will also be music, games and competitions to enjoy. The regular Craigtoun Park attractions will be open for the weekend – usual costs will apply. Date: May 25, 10am to 4pm. Address, Craigtoun Country Park, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 8NX Join author Joanne Harris as she returns to the world of Chocolat, her bestselling story of Vianne and her famous chocolaterie. This new novel, Vianne, is set six years before Chocolat, as a pregnant Vianne arrives in the south of France and dives into a world of magical cooking. This author event is hosted by Topping & Co Booksellers and takes place in Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church. Date: May 29. Address: Saint Andrew's Episcopal, St Andrews, Queens Terrace St Andrews KY16 9QF.
Business Upturn
22-04-2025
- Business
- Business Upturn
Massachusetts Customer Wins $1,000 a Week for Life From Digital Scratch Game on Lotto.com
JERSEY CITY, N.J., April 22, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — , the nation's first online lottery platform to digitally deliver draw games and scratch tickets, is excited to celebrate another customer who has won big in Massachusetts. Massachusetts resident Jaclyn M. claimed the grand prize from the '$1,000 A Week For Life' Digital Scratch game. Jaclyn rarely played the lottery, but just five days after a coworker persuaded her to try she won the grand prize! True to the saying, 'third time's the charm,' Jaclyn's third order on the platform resulted in her significant win. Born and raised in Massachusetts, she has long aspired to own a home and is thrilled to give her children and dogs the larger space they deserve. In October 2024, became the first lottery courier to deliver scratch tickets digitally in Massachusetts. As with all tickets ordered on the platform, the Massachusetts lottery ticket helps contribute incremental funds to meaningful commonwealth-run programs including local aid for public safety staffing and equipment, snow removal, local road improvements, school services, programs for seniors and more. 'We are thrilled to celebrate another big win in Massachusetts on the platform, marking the third newsworthy win since we launched in the state late last year,' said Thomas Metzger, CEO of Inc. 'We're incredibly proud of the overwhelming success we've seen in Massachusetts in a very short time.' In the fiscal year 2023, the Massachusetts Lottery returned a record $1.2 billion in net profit to the Commonwealth for distribution of unrestricted local aid to the 351 towns and cities in Massachusetts, which is honored to now be contributing to. Along with their phenomenal returns, the Commonwealth boasts both the highest scratch and total per capita lottery sales in the country. The Massachusetts Lottery has generated over $155 billion in revenue and returned over $33 billion in net profit to the Commonwealth since its inception in 1972. currently offers draw games to customers in Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, and Texas, with plans to expand into more jurisdictions in the near future. Additionally, Digital Scratch tickets are currently available in Arizona, Colorado, Nebraska, Massachusetts, Ohio, Oregon and Texas. Customers on can order official state lottery tickets for popular lottery games including Powerball® and Mega Millions® and digital scratch tickets on their phone, tablet, laptop, or desktop computer. For more information on or to begin ordering official state lottery tickets 'Winever,' visit ABOUT INC. Headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey, is the first digital platform for ordering official state lottery draw and scratch games on both mobile and web based platforms. As a lottery courier enabling user participation in the U.S. State Lotteries, helps the lottery contribute incremental funds to state-run programs across education, parks, emergency responders, veterans' health and other important services. has over 2.8 Million customers, and has created 9 millionaires via state-run games, including the largest Digital Scratch ticket win in history – $3 Million to a customer in Colorado . In June 2023, introduced the first-to-market Digital Scratch tickets, which are currently available in Arizona, Colorado, Massachusetts, Nebraska, Ohio, Oregon and Texas. is currently available in Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon and Texas, with plans to expand to additional states in the near future. MEDIA CONTACT INFORMATION: Havas Formula: [email protected] A photo accompanying this announcement is available at Disclaimer: The above press release comes to you under an arrangement with GlobeNewswire. Business Upturn takes no editorial responsibility for the same.
