“The sky is no less blue because the blind man does not see it” (Danish proverb).
“Is the sky now less blue because those with eyes act as blind men?” (Anon).
The sight of big jet tankers flying side-by-side, emptying tons of man-made, toxic, chemical aerosols into the sky above our heads, day and night, does little to inspire a feeling of security. And when we are told that we are not seeing what we know we are, by those whom we imagine we have elected to protect us from such things, our hearts begin to sink. This book is for those who want the truth. But it will take real courage to face the facts candidly. Some of our long-held—even cherished—assumptions may be shaken to their foundations. I bid you to read on with an honest heart and open mind.
That aerosol spraying is taking place globally cannot be credibly denied. And that no government is willing to take responsibility for explaining the phenomenon is in itself both disturbing and revealing. The aerosol trails cannot be dismissed as “normal aviation activity” or even as benign.
Neither can the proliferation of man-made clouds, spread by means of electromagnetic stroking, be explained as consistent with historic meteorological patterns. Attempts to justify it all in terms of “mitigating global warming” are futile.
Nano-technolgy has produced new phenomena that combine aerial and terrestrial components in a deadly mix that is able to decimate entire populations.
Well-meaning activism is now too little too late, regardless of the intensity of personal feelings about it. No amount of placard waving or amassing of signatures will change the outcome. The issue lies far deeper than the merely political level.
So What Can WE Do? Learn how to safely remove the toxins from the body. Both humans and animals are feeling the effects. Let's smarten up!
Visit: www.TheMostImportantWebsite.com
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Understanding Cancer
Cancer does not develop for some unknown reason. Once you understand why and how it develops, and learn how to support your body so that it may more effectively fight cancer, it may never be too late to get healthy again. (No matter what type, they have the same underlying causes.) Cancer is a natural process where, to put it simply, an overworked and weakened immune system cannot kill it as fast as it is multiplying. Toxin, carcinogens, radiation, even viruses, combined with an unhealthy internal environment , and in conjunction with a weakened immune system, cause more cells to turn cancerous, and allows them to thrive.
You must change your internal environment to one in which cancer cannot thrive. Just as we couldn't live on Mars with no oxygen, cancer can't exist in cells where there is enough oxygen. Unfortunately, all too often our cells are low in oxygen. Fortunately it is possible to increase the levels of oxygen in cells, thus, making your body's internal environment a place where cancer can't easily survive.
Immune System Support for Cancer
Cancer is a perfectly natural process. A very small percentage of cells in every person who has ever lived turn cancerous. And the body usually gets rid of those cancerous cells before they do harm. This process has been going on for eons. It is only when more cancer cells are being created than the body can get rid of that the problem comes. With increased toxins, viruses, carcinogens, etc. our immune systems have become significantly overworked and weakened.
The underlying cause of all cancer, no matter what type, may have been discovered by Otto Warburg over 50 years ago. He actually won two Nobel Prizes for work proving cancer is caused by a lack of oxygen respiration in cells. He stated in "The Prime Cause and Prevention of Cancer" that the cause of cancer is no longer a mystery, we know it occurs whenever any cell is denied 60% of its oxygen requirements.
"Cancer, above all other diseases, has countless secondary causes. But, even for cancer, there is only one prime cause. Summarized in a few words, the prime cause of cancer is the replacement of the respiration of oxygen in normal body cells by a fermentation of sugar.
You must change your internal environment to one in which cancer cannot thrive. Just as we couldn't live on Mars with no oxygen, cancer can't exist in cells where there is enough oxygen. Unfortunately, all too often our cells are low in oxygen. Fortunately it is possible to increase the levels of oxygen in cells, thus, making your body's internal environment a place where cancer can't easily survive.
Immune System Support for Cancer
Cancer is a perfectly natural process. A very small percentage of cells in every person who has ever lived turn cancerous. And the body usually gets rid of those cancerous cells before they do harm. This process has been going on for eons. It is only when more cancer cells are being created than the body can get rid of that the problem comes. With increased toxins, viruses, carcinogens, etc. our immune systems have become significantly overworked and weakened.
The underlying cause of all cancer, no matter what type, may have been discovered by Otto Warburg over 50 years ago. He actually won two Nobel Prizes for work proving cancer is caused by a lack of oxygen respiration in cells. He stated in "The Prime Cause and Prevention of Cancer" that the cause of cancer is no longer a mystery, we know it occurs whenever any cell is denied 60% of its oxygen requirements.
"Cancer, above all other diseases, has countless secondary causes. But, even for cancer, there is only one prime cause. Summarized in a few words, the prime cause of cancer is the replacement of the respiration of oxygen in normal body cells by a fermentation of sugar.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Importance of Perception
Without correct "perception" you may fall victim to "deception".
We are the most conditioned, programmed beings the world has ever known. Not only are our thoughts and attitudes continually being shaped and molded; our very awareness of the whole design seems like it is being subtly and inexorably erased.
The doors of our perception are carefully and precisely regulated. Who cares, right?
It is an exhausting and endless task to keep explaining to people how most issues of conventional wisdom are scientifically implanted in the public consciousness by a thousand media clips per day. In an effort to save time, I would like to provide just a little background on the handling of information in this country.
Visit the following link:
http://www.advancedhealthplan.com/perceptions.html
“Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
We are the most conditioned, programmed beings the world has ever known. Not only are our thoughts and attitudes continually being shaped and molded; our very awareness of the whole design seems like it is being subtly and inexorably erased.
The doors of our perception are carefully and precisely regulated. Who cares, right?
It is an exhausting and endless task to keep explaining to people how most issues of conventional wisdom are scientifically implanted in the public consciousness by a thousand media clips per day. In an effort to save time, I would like to provide just a little background on the handling of information in this country.
Visit the following link:
http://www.advancedhealthplan.com/perceptions.html
“Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Friday, September 17, 2010
What Brought Me Here
Hi, my name is Vickie Barker and here to share what I have been learning. It started many years ago when I had a headache and good medical insurance. By sharing I may find someone that can relate to my experience and find some relief in knowing that education is the key. We can SAVE LIVES and we might as well begin with our own.
In 1991 I was a 35-year-old district manager for the Department of Human Resources in the Adult and Family Services Division. I had good medical insurance, so I went to see a doctor about headaches that were really only a minor annoyance at the time. The doctor prescribed pain pills for my headache. The headache went away but other problems began to surface.
During the next 12 months I was diagnosed with TMJ, sinusitis and even depression. I was given more pills for those symptoms as well. The next year, my doctor told me that I now suffered from "chronic fatigue" and prescribed more pills.
By 1993 another term was added to my list of ailments-something called "fibromyalgia." Now I had a name for the new pains I'd begun to feel all over my body. What a relief it was when I was prescribed more pills for fibromyalgia.
1994 brought a new round of symptoms and extensive testing with nuclear medicine, injections, magnetic waves and, of course, new prescriptions for more drugs. The term "multiple sclerosis" was added to my vocabulary and my doctor told me I had three to five years left to live.
I had five young children and there had to be a better solution than three to five years of more suffering and an early death. It occurred to me that I may be suffering from the adverse effects of prescribed drugs.
I began researching and discovered how the human body works. I also discovered a wonderful mentor: Barney Folger.
I hope you can make use of the information found at the Advanced Scientific Health (ASH) website. Feel free to click the link and listen to the ASH Info Calls.
GO TO ASH NOW!
Blessings to you and yours!
"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge" ~Hosea 4:6
In 1991 I was a 35-year-old district manager for the Department of Human Resources in the Adult and Family Services Division. I had good medical insurance, so I went to see a doctor about headaches that were really only a minor annoyance at the time. The doctor prescribed pain pills for my headache. The headache went away but other problems began to surface.
During the next 12 months I was diagnosed with TMJ, sinusitis and even depression. I was given more pills for those symptoms as well. The next year, my doctor told me that I now suffered from "chronic fatigue" and prescribed more pills.
By 1993 another term was added to my list of ailments-something called "fibromyalgia." Now I had a name for the new pains I'd begun to feel all over my body. What a relief it was when I was prescribed more pills for fibromyalgia.
1994 brought a new round of symptoms and extensive testing with nuclear medicine, injections, magnetic waves and, of course, new prescriptions for more drugs. The term "multiple sclerosis" was added to my vocabulary and my doctor told me I had three to five years left to live.
I had five young children and there had to be a better solution than three to five years of more suffering and an early death. It occurred to me that I may be suffering from the adverse effects of prescribed drugs.
I began researching and discovered how the human body works. I also discovered a wonderful mentor: Barney Folger.
I hope you can make use of the information found at the Advanced Scientific Health (ASH) website. Feel free to click the link and listen to the ASH Info Calls.
GO TO ASH NOW!
Blessings to you and yours!
"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge" ~Hosea 4:6
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Create Better Realities
I’ve seen my share of natural disasters. I was in a major earthquake in Los Angeles in 1987, a huge hurricane in Florida in 2004 and now, last week, I was an evacuee from what became the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history.
As I write this, well over a thousand firefighters are working on the remaining hot spots in this 10-square mile forest fire that torched 170 mountain homes. Now that the intense firefighting activity is dying down along with the flames, it has given me pause to reflect.
I used to say that the best way to protect yourself from the risks of life is to practice regular meditation so that your intuition is ready, clear and reliable when you most need answers. I still say that, because it keeps you out of danger even when danger comes to visit your part of the world. However, there is something even more important that I would like to add.
None of my physical belongings were lost in the fire, but there were people who had to run outside with nothing more than the clothes on their backs and drive through wind-driven flames to escape with their lives. Those people lost their homes and virtually all of their physical possessions. Situations like this really highlight just how fast tragedy can strike.
Relief, on the other hand, often seems to take way longer than it could. Relief efforts need to gain momentum in order to be effective and there always seem to be roadblocks in the way of building the needed momentum. It is here that you can help make a great difference in how smoothly such relief efforts roll out, even when you are thousands of miles away from the disaster zone.
No matter where in the world catastrophe strikes, you can send positive energy to change the energy of the situation so that relief can happen more smoothly and happen sooner. If you are a spiritual healer, you already know this. If you are a person who prays for others, you already know this. If you are a person who creates better realities through the power of visualization, you already know this. Sending healing energy to a world in crisis is something that every spiritual person can do.
You can make a difference. You can alleviate suffering. To do so is entirely in keeping with the style of the New Reality. Service to others is the key to success in these days and service of a spiritual nature is the key to rapid and balanced spiritual growth.
Mandatory Evacuation: by Owen Waters
Stay tuned for next week’s article on how you can heal the world, make it a better place, and, at the same time, make rapid advances in your own spiritual growth.
*If you enjoyed today's article, forward it to a friend! They will appreciate your thoughtfulness.
Owen Waters is the author of Love, Light Laughter: The New Spirituality, which is available both as a paperback and a downloadable e-book, at:
http://www.infinitebeing.com/ebooks/love.htm
As I write this, well over a thousand firefighters are working on the remaining hot spots in this 10-square mile forest fire that torched 170 mountain homes. Now that the intense firefighting activity is dying down along with the flames, it has given me pause to reflect.
I used to say that the best way to protect yourself from the risks of life is to practice regular meditation so that your intuition is ready, clear and reliable when you most need answers. I still say that, because it keeps you out of danger even when danger comes to visit your part of the world. However, there is something even more important that I would like to add.
None of my physical belongings were lost in the fire, but there were people who had to run outside with nothing more than the clothes on their backs and drive through wind-driven flames to escape with their lives. Those people lost their homes and virtually all of their physical possessions. Situations like this really highlight just how fast tragedy can strike.
Relief, on the other hand, often seems to take way longer than it could. Relief efforts need to gain momentum in order to be effective and there always seem to be roadblocks in the way of building the needed momentum. It is here that you can help make a great difference in how smoothly such relief efforts roll out, even when you are thousands of miles away from the disaster zone.
No matter where in the world catastrophe strikes, you can send positive energy to change the energy of the situation so that relief can happen more smoothly and happen sooner. If you are a spiritual healer, you already know this. If you are a person who prays for others, you already know this. If you are a person who creates better realities through the power of visualization, you already know this. Sending healing energy to a world in crisis is something that every spiritual person can do.
You can make a difference. You can alleviate suffering. To do so is entirely in keeping with the style of the New Reality. Service to others is the key to success in these days and service of a spiritual nature is the key to rapid and balanced spiritual growth.
Mandatory Evacuation: by Owen Waters
Stay tuned for next week’s article on how you can heal the world, make it a better place, and, at the same time, make rapid advances in your own spiritual growth.
*If you enjoyed today's article, forward it to a friend! They will appreciate your thoughtfulness.
Owen Waters is the author of Love, Light Laughter: The New Spirituality, which is available both as a paperback and a downloadable e-book, at:
http://www.infinitebeing.com/ebooks/love.htm
Friday, September 10, 2010
Live This Day
Do not merely hope to live, someday, somehow. Open yourself to the beauty and goodness of this moment, and live this day.
Let go of worries and fantasies about what might or might not be. Focus the full energy of your spirit on what is real and what is now, and live this day.
Put your most treasured dreams and values into action right now. Here is where you can really do what you've always been longing to do.
Now is when you can let yourself feel the way you truly wish to feel. See that there is nothing standing in the way of you filling the world with your own special joy.
This is the day that belongs to you. This is the time when you can do anything, and make a real difference.
A lifetime of experience has perfectly prepared you for where you are right now. Live this day, and fulfill the possibilities of your own miraculous existence. ~ Ralph Marston
Let go of worries and fantasies about what might or might not be. Focus the full energy of your spirit on what is real and what is now, and live this day.
Put your most treasured dreams and values into action right now. Here is where you can really do what you've always been longing to do.
Now is when you can let yourself feel the way you truly wish to feel. See that there is nothing standing in the way of you filling the world with your own special joy.
This is the day that belongs to you. This is the time when you can do anything, and make a real difference.
A lifetime of experience has perfectly prepared you for where you are right now. Live this day, and fulfill the possibilities of your own miraculous existence. ~ Ralph Marston
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
The Nature of Genius
All creativity is based on quantum leaps and uncertainty. At particular moments in time, truly novel ideas emanate from the collective bed of information. These ideas did not originate in the fortunate individual, but in the collective consciousness.
This is why significant scientific discoveries are often made by two or more different people at the same time. The ideas are already circulating in the collective unconscious, and prepared minds are ready to translate that information.
At any given moment, the innovation or creative idea doesn’t exist, and in the next moment, it is part of our conscious world. In between, where was it? It came from the virtual domain, at the level of the universal spirit, where everything is potential.
Sometimes this potential creates something predictable, sometimes it creates something novel, but in this realm all possibilities already exist.
Adapted: Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desire
Thursday, September 2, 2010
The Law of Health and Disease
Just as there is the Law of Gravity, Law of Relativity and Law of Attraction there is also the Law of Health and Disease.
Neglecting this simple Law of Health & Disease is the major contributor to the current health care crisis facing this nation and others around the world. The numbers being diagnosed with and treated for degenerative diseases continue to rise. Increase in the costs of treating these so-called diseases also continues to rise.
Unfortunately, the Law of Health and Disease is not taken under consideration nor is it being factored in to the diagnosis, prognosis, medical treatment plans or procedures provided by the medical mainstream professionals or the alternative health care community.
However, the Law of Health and Disease IS recognized and addressed in sound science. Sound science is 100%. The Advanced Scientific Health Group has developed an entire, concise and comprehensive education program for anyone willing to learn.
Science has proven that the human body was Created PERFECTLY. Applying the knowledge from the Insider Doctors and Scientists will be your proof.
Isn't it time we take a more logical approach to health and disease?
Live, Love & Breathe,
Vickie Barker - ASH Family Advocate
http://www.ashnow.com/betterhealth
Neglecting this simple Law of Health & Disease is the major contributor to the current health care crisis facing this nation and others around the world. The numbers being diagnosed with and treated for degenerative diseases continue to rise. Increase in the costs of treating these so-called diseases also continues to rise.
Unfortunately, the Law of Health and Disease is not taken under consideration nor is it being factored in to the diagnosis, prognosis, medical treatment plans or procedures provided by the medical mainstream professionals or the alternative health care community.
However, the Law of Health and Disease IS recognized and addressed in sound science. Sound science is 100%. The Advanced Scientific Health Group has developed an entire, concise and comprehensive education program for anyone willing to learn.
Science has proven that the human body was Created PERFECTLY. Applying the knowledge from the Insider Doctors and Scientists will be your proof.
Isn't it time we take a more logical approach to health and disease?
Live, Love & Breathe,
Vickie Barker - ASH Family Advocate
http://www.ashnow.com/betterhealth
Monday, August 30, 2010
BPA Found in 91% of Canadians
A research report from Statistics Canada found that the chemical Bisphenol A is in 91 percent of the Canadian population. Based on a two-year survey from 2007 to 2009, the Statscan report measured exposure levels to over 80 chemicals. In the Canadians tested, the survey documented a mean BPA concentration of 1.16 micrograms per liter of urine sampled. Children between the ages of 6 and 11 had higher concentrations than adults over 40. Teenagers had the highest levels. It was the first time bisphenol A had been measured nationally in Canada. In the study, BPA was measured in 5,476 respondents aged 6 to 79 at 15 sites. For each respondent, a face-to-face interview was coupled with urinary analysis. General demographic and lifestyle information were gathered during the interviews.
Bisphenol A is used mainly in plastics. Exposure to the public could come from many consumer products like polycarbonate baby and water bottles, cash register receipts, and tin cans. Some research studies indicated the chemical could cause problems with brain development in infants and children. Other studies have investigated a possible connection to cancer. Over two years ago, Canada banned BPA in baby bottles.
While it may be distressing to learn BPA is so widespread within a large number of people, some encouraging information also was revealed by Dr. Rick Smith, executive director of advocacy group Environmental Defense and author of a book called “Slow death by rubber duck.” According to Smith, “[t]he average BPA molecule is flushed from the human body in less than six hours. If we can just get BPA out of a few key areas in our lives, levels in our bodies will come down very, very quickly.” Limiting contact with various products known to contain BPA could reduce levels in the body.
Canada is moving toward listing Bisphenol A as a toxic substance. The chemical has been temporarily banned by the government of Denmark.
Source: Care2 BPA TOXINS
Vickie Barker - ASH Founder
ASH Researcher since 1999
"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge" ~Hosea 4:6
Bisphenol A is used mainly in plastics. Exposure to the public could come from many consumer products like polycarbonate baby and water bottles, cash register receipts, and tin cans. Some research studies indicated the chemical could cause problems with brain development in infants and children. Other studies have investigated a possible connection to cancer. Over two years ago, Canada banned BPA in baby bottles.
While it may be distressing to learn BPA is so widespread within a large number of people, some encouraging information also was revealed by Dr. Rick Smith, executive director of advocacy group Environmental Defense and author of a book called “Slow death by rubber duck.” According to Smith, “[t]he average BPA molecule is flushed from the human body in less than six hours. If we can just get BPA out of a few key areas in our lives, levels in our bodies will come down very, very quickly.” Limiting contact with various products known to contain BPA could reduce levels in the body.
Canada is moving toward listing Bisphenol A as a toxic substance. The chemical has been temporarily banned by the government of Denmark.
Source: Care2 BPA TOXINS
Vickie Barker - ASH Founder
ASH Researcher since 1999
"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge" ~Hosea 4:6
Saturday, July 3, 2010
New Disease - Orthorexia Nervosa
I do hope you take time to read the entire report by clicking the link at the end of this preview:
In its never-ending attempt to fabricate "mental disorders" out of every human activity, the psychiatric industry is now pushing the most ridiculous disease they've invented yet: Healthy eating disorder.
This is no joke: If you focus on eating healthy foods, you're "mentally diseased" and probably need some sort of chemical treatment involving powerful psychotropic drugs. The Guardian newspaper reports, "Fixation with healthy eating can be sign of serious psychological disorder" and goes on to claim this "disease" is called orthorexia nervosa -- which is basically just Latin for "nervous about correct eating."
Wait a second. So attempting to avoid chemicals, dairy, soy and sugar now makes you a mental health patient? Yep. According to these experts. If you actually take special care to avoid pesticides, herbicides and genetically modified ingredients like soy and sugar, there's something wrong with you.
Check out the rest of the story to find out how this is most definitely going to effect those you care for. Click the following link:
Orthorexia Nervosa Disease - Eating Disorder
As a parent, grandparent, aunt, cousin, friend and one who has lived in excess of 1/2 of a century, I have to ask myself, What were we thinkin'?
Live, Love & Breathe,
Vickie Barker - ASH Founder/Health Coach
ASH Researcher since 1999
"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge" ~Hosea 4:6
In its never-ending attempt to fabricate "mental disorders" out of every human activity, the psychiatric industry is now pushing the most ridiculous disease they've invented yet: Healthy eating disorder.
This is no joke: If you focus on eating healthy foods, you're "mentally diseased" and probably need some sort of chemical treatment involving powerful psychotropic drugs. The Guardian newspaper reports, "Fixation with healthy eating can be sign of serious psychological disorder" and goes on to claim this "disease" is called orthorexia nervosa -- which is basically just Latin for "nervous about correct eating."
Wait a second. So attempting to avoid chemicals, dairy, soy and sugar now makes you a mental health patient? Yep. According to these experts. If you actually take special care to avoid pesticides, herbicides and genetically modified ingredients like soy and sugar, there's something wrong with you.
Check out the rest of the story to find out how this is most definitely going to effect those you care for. Click the following link:
Orthorexia Nervosa Disease - Eating Disorder
As a parent, grandparent, aunt, cousin, friend and one who has lived in excess of 1/2 of a century, I have to ask myself, What were we thinkin'?
Live, Love & Breathe,
Vickie Barker - ASH Founder/Health Coach
ASH Researcher since 1999
"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge" ~Hosea 4:6
It Is Here Now!
Although many are still under a false sense of security that all will return to "normal" soon I find more people than not are experiencing and expressing "the change" as the Grand Awakening. We are at a point never yet experienced by this planet.
Yes, devastation has plagued ol' Mother Earth from time to time, but not during a time that we OURSELVES have been exposed.
A chain of events are underway and the better we are prepared the better chance we have to see it through. My passion these days is to bring all that "I have learned" to others and in hopes they too will be willing to share what "They have learned".
As we ALL come together as "One" we shall have the power to heal the suffering of man, beast and our planet.
Please feel free and encouraged to post here, what you know, feel and desire. What is your passion?
The following are some of the busy things I have been doing since my last visit here. Just catching up my thoughts and bringing it all together in one place. Here is the place for now.
Advanced Health Plan - Free Research Guide
http://www.advancedhealthplan.com
Advanced Scientific Health Education Program
http://www.ashnow.com/healthplan
AnnyBelle Foundation - Youth Achievement
http://www.AnnyBelle.org
Expozium.com - Facts & Findings for Families
http://www.ExpoZium.com
Fund YOUR Cause - A Health Help Home Based Business
http://www.FundYOURCause.com
Have some current pages for the sites above done, just not as yet posted. Will get some on here at the next post. Lots happening in these times and it is not easy keeping up is it? Look forward to hearing from you and I'll be posting some recent submissions that are coming via e-mail as they contain helpful information for everyone.
Vickie
Yes, devastation has plagued ol' Mother Earth from time to time, but not during a time that we OURSELVES have been exposed.
A chain of events are underway and the better we are prepared the better chance we have to see it through. My passion these days is to bring all that "I have learned" to others and in hopes they too will be willing to share what "They have learned".
As we ALL come together as "One" we shall have the power to heal the suffering of man, beast and our planet.
Please feel free and encouraged to post here, what you know, feel and desire. What is your passion?
The following are some of the busy things I have been doing since my last visit here. Just catching up my thoughts and bringing it all together in one place. Here is the place for now.
Advanced Health Plan - Free Research Guide
http://www.advancedhealthplan.com
Advanced Scientific Health Education Program
http://www.ashnow.com/healthplan
AnnyBelle Foundation - Youth Achievement
http://www.AnnyBelle.org
Expozium.com - Facts & Findings for Families
http://www.ExpoZium.com
Fund YOUR Cause - A Health Help Home Based Business
http://www.FundYOURCause.com
Have some current pages for the sites above done, just not as yet posted. Will get some on here at the next post. Lots happening in these times and it is not easy keeping up is it? Look forward to hearing from you and I'll be posting some recent submissions that are coming via e-mail as they contain helpful information for everyone.
Vickie
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