Silently repeat “I am” with every breath and focus on the feeling of
“I am,” the feeling of being that is impersonal. Not “I am Mike” or “I am a
plumber” or “I am happy” but just “I am,” the feeling of being that has no
name, no definition.
By silently repeating this with every breath and focusing on the feeling of
being, you will begin to feel the bliss that is being. And if you continue with it,
it evolves into deeper levels of realization. But don't try and jump ahead.
Focus on the feeling of being and let it evolve naturally.
Thursday, 31 May 2018
MNDFL X JAPA
Japa. Japa is the silent repetition of a divine name or mantra. It can be
a name of God that you feel connected to if you have one. Or it could be a
mantra or even just a sound like “Om.” Here are a few forms of Japa:
MNDFL X ALLOW THIS MOMENT TO BE
Allow this moment to be. In my experience, this is the most important
meditation technique to master. It is not really a technique, it is meditation.
If you allow your experience to be, you are no longer actively involved with it.
You have relaxed out of involving yourself with it and are at peace. So allow
emotions, allow physical sensations and allow thinking.
When you allow thinking to be, you are no longer caught up in thinking. You
are aware. You are resting as awareness. You have not separated yourself
from your thinking, you have simply expanded beyond it. In this way, you
very naturally experience the level of reality that is beyond thinking.
MEDITN
So meditation is giving our attention to that which is beyond thinking. The
more we give our attention to this unconditional peace, the more peace
becomes our reality. The more we give our attention to awareness, then the
one consciousness that is peace, that is joy becomes our reality.
It does not weaken our normal mental perception in anyway. Rather, it opens
up another level of reality that is always here. It awakens us to the essential
reality that is pure joy. And this joy washes through every aspect of our
experience. It brings goodness to the physical, emotional and even mental
experience. It dissolves stress, fear, aggression, negativity and leaves us
feeling the goodness that is at the essence of everything.
ME NOT SEPARATE FROM COSMOS
Where we place our attention determines our reality.
If you place your attention on thinking, then your reality
is defined by your thinking.
If you place your attention on the peace, bliss or
awareness that is beyond thinking, then infinite peace
and bliss becomes your reality.
If you are worrying about something and caught up in the thinking about it,
your experience is stress and fear. If you are thinking about some unhappy
memory, you experience unhappiness.
If in your thinking, you project into the future about something bad happening,
you also experience unhappiness, even though the thing hasn't happened!
It all depends on where we put our attention.
In the realm of thinking, you experience duality; separation. You are this
individual person that is separate from everything, separate from the world,
separate from peace, separate from love, separate from joy.
Where we place our attention determines our reality.
Where we place our attention determines our reality.
TREE X BROTHER
RECOGNIZING YOURSELF IN EVERYTHING;
EVERYTHING HAS THE SAME PRIMORDIAL NON-DUAL BUDDHA-NATURE / PERFECTION / PURITY HERE & NOW]
The true bow ~ Shunryu Suzuki
"In your practice you should accept everything as it is, giving to each thing the same respect given to a Buddha.
Then Buddha bows to Buddha, and you bow to yourself.
This is the true bow.
– Shunryu Suzuki"
from the book "Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind"
(Ex. Look at a tree and recognize it as your brother.)
EVERYTHING HAS THE SAME PRIMORDIAL NON-DUAL BUDDHA-NATURE / PERFECTION / PURITY HERE & NOW]
The true bow ~ Shunryu Suzuki
"In your practice you should accept everything as it is, giving to each thing the same respect given to a Buddha.
Then Buddha bows to Buddha, and you bow to yourself.
This is the true bow.
– Shunryu Suzuki"
from the book "Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind"
(Ex. Look at a tree and recognize it as your brother.)
Taller people are more intelligent, on average, new research finds. The reason is that taller people have proportionally larger heads. A larger head generally gives people higher cognitive ability. Of course shorter people with smaller heads can also be highly intelligent, however they are slightly rarer.
Taller people are more intelligent, on average, new research finds.
The reason is that taller people have proportionally larger heads.
A larger head generally gives people higher cognitive ability.
Of course shorter people with smaller heads can also be highly intelligent, however they are slightly rarer.
A book must be an ice-axe to break the seas frozen inside our soul.” ~ Franz Kafka
A book must be an ice-axe to break the seas frozen inside our soul.” ~ Franz Kafka
Until you know the pure ecstasy of being, your life is not fulfilled.
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bleach baths are sometimes recommended for the treatment of atopic dermatitis.
bleach baths are sometimes recommended for the treatment of atopic dermatitis.
drops x waterfall
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A person generally hates you for 3 reasons: 1) They want to be you. 2) They hate themselves. 3) They see you as a threat.
A person generally hates you for 3 reasons: 1) They want to be you. 2) They hate themselves. 3) They see you as a threat.
N UVC MIGRN
The majority of UVCs migrate over time, usually inwards initially and then outwards to a low position
N EARLIER RETRIEVAL
The earlier arrival of the retrieval team is not associated with improved short‐term outcomes in outborn, extremely preterm infants who are retrieved and admitted to a tertiary neonatal intensive care unit – for infants where the retrieval team arrived within about 8 h of birth.
P SZR X FATIGUE
Seizure frequency is also associated with fatigue in children with epilepsy. Improved control of seizures may help reduce fatigue levels and improve the quality of life of children with epilepsy.
MLC
Jaques didn’t claim to be the first to detect this midlife change. He pointed out that, in the 14th century, Dante Alighieri’s protagonist in The Divine Comedy—who scholars say is 35—famously declares at the beginning of the book, “Midway upon the journey of our life / I found myself within a forest dark / For the straightforward pathway had been lost.”
But Jaques offered a modern, clinical explanation, and—crucially—he gave the experience a name: the “mid life crisis.”
MD LYF CRSS
This period is sparked by the realization that their lives are halfway over, and that death isn’t just something that happens to someone else: It will happen to them, too.
He described a depressed 36-year-old patient who told his therapist, “Up till now, life has seemed an endless upward slope, with nothing but the distant horizon in view. Now suddenly I seem to have reached the crest of the hill, and there stretching ahead is the downward slope with the end of the road in sight—far enough away, it’s true—but there is death observably present at the end.”
mlc
The midlife crisis was invented in London in 1957. That’s when a 40-year-old Canadian named Elliott Jaques stood before a meeting of the British Psycho-Analytical Society and read aloud from a paper he’d written.
Addressing about a hundred attendees, Jaques claimed that people in their mid-30s typically experience a depressive period lasting several years. Jaques (pronounced “Jacks”)—a physician and psychoanalyst—said he’d identified this phenomenon by studying the lives of great artists, in whom it takes an extreme form. In ordinary people symptoms could include religious awakenings, promiscuity, a sudden inability to enjoy life, “hypochondriacal concern over health and appearance,” and “compulsive attempts” to remain young.
Wednesday, 30 May 2018
GRIP STRENTH
Paul S. Mueller, MD, MPH, FACP reviewing
Risks for cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, cancer, and all-cause death rose as grip strength declined.
Fundamental to the discussion in this chapter is a distinction between two terms crucial to Theravada philosophical exposition, „mundane“ (lokiya) and „supramundane“ (lokuttara). The term „mundane“ applies to all phenomena comprised in the world (loka) - to subtle states of consciousness as well as matter, to virtue as well as evil, to meditative attainments as well as sensual engrossments. The term „supramundane,“ in contrast, applies exclusively to that which transcends the world, that is, the nine supramundane states: Nibbāna, the four noble paths (magga) leading to Nibbāna, and their corresponding fruits (phala) which experience the bliss of Nibbāna.
Fundamental to the discussion in this chapter is a distinction between two terms crucial to Theravada philosophical exposition, „mundane“ (lokiya) and „supramundane“ (lokuttara). The term „mundane“ applies to all phenomena comprised in the world (loka) - to subtle states of consciousness as well as matter, to virtue as well as evil, to meditative attainments as well as sensual engrossments. The term „supramundane,“ in contrast, applies exclusively to that which transcends the world, that is, the nine supramundane states: Nibbāna, the four noble paths (magga) leading to Nibbāna, and their corresponding fruits (phala) which experience the bliss of Nibbāna.
We have to be careful not to think that meditation is about getting rid of thoughts. On the contrary, I would say that meditation helps us to creatively engage with our thoughts and not fixate on them. —Martine Batchelor, “Meditation, Mental Habits, and Creative Imagination”
We have to be careful not to think that meditation is about getting rid of thoughts. On the contrary, I would say that meditation helps us to creatively engage with our thoughts and not fixate on them.
—Martine Batchelor, “Meditation, Mental Habits, and Creative Imagination”
—Martine Batchelor, “Meditation, Mental Habits, and Creative Imagination”
Prayer is when you talk to God; meditation is when you listen to God. ~ Diana Robinson
Prayer is when you talk to God; meditation is when you listen to God. ~ Diana Robinson
"Among the false beliefs are: Myth 1: Self-Esteem can be attained through possessions. Myth 2: The esteem of others can be secured through ownership. Myth 3: Life is more convenient and easier if you conform to societal expectations. Myth 4: Security in oneself can be reinforced through materialism. Myth 5: Sentimental attachments give one a sense of emotional wellness."
"Among the false beliefs are: Myth 1: Self-Esteem can be attained through possessions. Myth 2: The esteem of others can be secured through ownership. Myth 3: Life is more convenient and easier if you conform to societal expectations. Myth 4: Security in oneself can be reinforced through materialism. Myth 5: Sentimental attachments give one a sense of emotional wellness."
Peter Walsh, a well-known author, and host of reality television series Extreme Clutter said that things left undone might be your undoing. Clutter only adds stress and wastes valuable time. Unorganized individuals with cluttered lives tend to feel anxious, out of control, and frustrated. They often have a hard time relaxing and unwinding as well."
Peter Walsh, a well-known author, and host of reality television series Extreme Clutter said that things left undone might be your undoing. Clutter only adds stress and wastes valuable time. Unorganized individuals with cluttered lives tend to feel anxious, out of control, and frustrated. They often have a hard time relaxing and unwinding as well."
You can encounter a concise snapshot of the space between contemplations by attempting this activity: Close your eyes and start to see your considerations. Just watch them travel every which way for a couple of moments. At that point make the inquiry, "Where will my next idea originate from?" Stop and sit tight for the appropriate response. You may see there's a short hole in your reasoning while you anticipate the answer."
You can encounter a concise snapshot of the space between contemplations by attempting this activity: Close your eyes and start to see your considerations. Just watch them travel every which way for a couple of moments. At that point make the inquiry, "Where will my next idea originate from?" Stop and sit tight for the appropriate response. You may see there's a short hole in your reasoning while you anticipate the answer."
"Minimalism can be defined merely as a way to put a stop to the greed of the world around us. It’s the opposite of every advertisement we see plastered on the radio, TV or the web. We live in a society that prides itself on the accumulation of stuff; we are fed up with consumerism, obsess about material possessions, accumulating debt, dwelling on distractions and never-ending noise. What we don’t seem to have is any meaning left in our world as we know it."
"Minimalism can be defined merely as a way to put a stop to the greed of the world around us. It’s the opposite of every advertisement we see plastered on the radio, TV or the web. We live in a society that prides itself on the accumulation of stuff; we are fed up with consumerism, obsess about material possessions, accumulating debt, dwelling on distractions and never-ending noise. What we don’t seem to have is any meaning left in our world as we know it."
"Minimalism is a journey, not a long goal. You are not going to wake up one morning with a trophy on your shelf because you ‘accomplished’ minimalism."
"Minimalism is a journey, not a long goal. You are not going to wake up one morning with a trophy on your shelf because you ‘accomplished’ minimalism."
Cigarette smoking, bed sharing and non‐supine sleep positions which are associated with increased risk of SIDS
Cigarette smoking, bed sharing and non‐supine sleep positions which are associated with increased risk of SIDS
According to the Lupus Foundation of America, an estimated 5 million people worldwide are affected by lupus. Lupus is most common among women of childbearing age, but can also affect men, children, and teenagers. Symptoms of lupus include pain, extreme fatigue, hair loss, cognitive issues, and physical impairments. May is Lupus Awareness Month
According to the Lupus Foundation of America, an estimated 5 million people worldwide are affected by lupus. Lupus is most common among women of childbearing age, but can also affect men, children, and teenagers.
Symptoms of lupus include pain, extreme fatigue, hair loss, cognitive issues, and physical impairments.
May is Lupus Awareness Month
"Life has all sorts of hills and valleys, and sometimes you don't end up doing what you had your heart set out on, but sometimes that's even better." -- Ruth Buzzi
"Life has all sorts of hills and valleys, and sometimes you don't end up doing what you had your heart set out on, but sometimes that's even better."
-- Ruth Buzzi
-- Ruth Buzzi
MHO
Which Predictors Differentiate Between Obese Children and Adolescents with Cardiometabolic Complications and Those with Metabolically Healthy Obesity (MHO)?
First published: 26 May 2018
Abstract
Background/Aims
Childhood obesity and associated metabolic comorbidities is a major global health concern. Metabolically healthy obesity (MHO) may represent a subgroup of individuals in which excessive body fat accumulation does not lead to adverse metabolic effects.
We aimed to determine the prevalence of MHO among obese Israeli children and adolescents and to find predictors for metabolically unhealthy obesity (MUO).
Methods
In a retrospective study, demographic, anthropometric, lifestyle, and cardiometabolic data were retrieved from medical records of patients with a BMI >95th percentile aged 6‐17.6 years, attending a tertiary pediatric obesity clinic between 2008‐2015, with at least one year of follow‐up.
Participants were dichotomized as either MHO or MUO based on cardiometabolic risk factor clustering (blood pressure, serum lipids, and glucose). Multivariable logistic regression was used to determine predictors of MUO.
Results
Of the 230 children (median age 9.9 years) fulfilling study criteria, 48 (20.9%) were classified as MHO. Occurrence of MUO was associated with male gender, Arabic ethnicity, higher BMI‐SDS, higher Tri‐ponderal mass index (TMI), and higher insulin resistance (presence of acanthosis nigricans and a higher level of HOMA‐IR). Male gender (OR 2.27, p=0.033), presence of acanthosis nigricans at baseline (OR 2.35, p=0.035), and a greater increase in BMI‐SDS during follow‐up (OR 2.82, p=0.05) were the best predictors of MUO.
Conclusions
The MHO phenotype was present in only 20.9% of obese Israeli children. MUO was significantly associated with male gender, with presence of acanthosis nigricans, and with a greater increase in BMI‐SDS during follow‐up.
Tuesday, 29 May 2018
MINOR MV CRASH
National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) defined a minor motor vehicle crash and all criteria must apply as:
- "The vehicle was able to be driven away from the crash site.
- The vehicle door nearest the car seat was not damaged.
- None of the passengers in the vehicle sustained any injuries in the crash.
- If the vehicle has air bags, the air bags did not deploy during the crash; and
- There is no visible damage to the car seat.
Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today. #MarkTwain
Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today. #MarkTwain
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. #MarkTwain
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. #MarkTwain
Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get. #MarkTwain
Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get. #MarkTwain
twain What a wee little part of a person's life are his acts and his words! His real life is led in his head, and is known to none but himself.
What a wee little part of a person's life are his acts and his words! His real life is led in his head, and is known to none but himself.
I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it. #MarkTwain
I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it. #MarkTwain
The leading mechanism for microaspiration is thought to be gastroesophageal reflux disease
The leading mechanism for microaspiration is thought to be gastroesophageal reflux disease
Zindel Segal, one of the creators of MBCT, agrees. “Qualitative analyses show the core takeaway from MBCT is I am not my depression. That the self is bigger than that.
Zindel Segal, one of the creators of MBCT, agrees. “Qualitative analyses show the core takeaway from MBCT is I am not my depression. That the self is bigger than that.
The chemical, tobacco, and food industries have the luxury to share similar tactics with the drug companies because they have the resources to do so. By contrast, powerful and inexpensive health-promoting activities, such as eating a healthy diet, are actually “too cheap and not patented.”
The chemical, tobacco, and food industries have the luxury to share similar tactics with the drug companies because they have the resources to do so. By contrast, powerful and inexpensive health-promoting activities, such as eating a healthy diet, are actually “too cheap and not patented.”
Consumption of foods high in saturated and industrially produced trans fats, salt, and sugar is the cause of at least 14 million deaths every year.”
Consumption of foods high in saturated and industrially produced trans fats, salt, and sugar is the cause of at least 14 million deaths every year.”
FLORA FAUNA LOSS BY GLOBAL HEATING
The authors based their findings on the current trajectory of global warming, which is on pace to increase global temperatures by 3.2 degrees Celsiuscompared to pre-industrial levels.
They looked at 31,000 insect species, 8,000 bird species, 1,700 mammal species, 1,800 reptile species, 1,000 amphibian species, and 71,000 species of plants, according to Quartz, and found consistent geographical declines across the animal kingdom.
Insects fared worst in this analysis, with 50% of species losing more than half of their overall ranges if temperatures increased by 3.2 degrees celsius.
An estimated 44% of plants would lose half their overall range, compared to 26% of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish facing the same decline.
God” is just a name to refer to something that is beyond all limitations.
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zen
Monk " Master I wish to be enlightened"
Master" Have you eaten your lunch"
Monk " Yes"
Master " Go wash your bowl"
Master" Have you eaten your lunch"
Monk " Yes"
Master " Go wash your bowl"
Bonaparte-Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever."
Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever."
"Lighten up on yourself. No one is perfect. Gently accept your humanness." -- Deborah Day
"Lighten up on yourself. No one is perfect. Gently accept your humanness."
-- Deborah Day
-- Deborah Day
Monday, 28 May 2018
HONOR X ANCESTOR
Our lives—the people living right now—are built on the foundation of the lives given by previous generations. We are at the front line of the chain of lives going back to infinite time in the past.
—Interview with Shinso Ito by Rachel Hiles, “Fire + Water”
—Interview with Shinso Ito by Rachel Hiles, “Fire + Water”
Cowardice asks the question, is it safe? Expediency asks the question, is it politic? Vanity asks the question, is it popular? But conscience asks the question, is it right? And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
Cowardice asks the question, is it safe? Expediency asks the question, is it politic? Vanity asks the question, is it popular? But conscience asks the question, is it right? And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. 
Vitamin D supplements decrease recurrent wheeze in black preterm infants
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P Move more every day to combat a sedentary lifestyle POSTED MAY 24, 2015, 10:30 AM Matthew Solan, Executive Editor, Harvard Men's Health Watch The older we get, the more likely we are to lapse into a sedentary lifestyle. In fact, an estimated 67% of older adults report sitting for more than eight hours per day, and only 28% to 34% of adults ages 65 to 74 are physically active, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. Evelyn O’Neill, manager of outpatient exercise programs at the Harvard-affiliated Hebrew Rehabilitation Center, sees the consequences of too much sitting every day. “Sitting is the new smoking in terms of health risks,” she says. “Lack of movement is perhaps more to blame than anything for a host of health problems.”
Move more every day to combat a sedentary lifestyle
POSTED MAY 24, 2015, 10:30 AM
Matthew Solan, Executive Editor, Harvard Men's Health Watch
Matthew Solan, Executive Editor, Harvard Men's Health Watch
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The older we get, the more likely we are to lapse into a sedentary lifestyle. In fact, an estimated 67% of older adults report sitting for more than eight hours per day, and only 28% to 34% of adults ages 65 to 74 are physically active, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. Evelyn O’Neill, manager of outpatient exercise programs at the Harvard-affiliated Hebrew Rehabilitation Center, sees the consequences of too much sitting every day. “Sitting is the new smoking in terms of health risks,” she says. “Lack of movement is perhaps more to blame than anything for a host of health problems.”
MOVE MORE
Move more every day to combat a sedentary lifestyle
POSTED MAY 24, 2015, 10:30 AM
Matthew Solan, Executive Editor, Harvard Men's Health Watch
Matthew Solan, Executive Editor, Harvard Men's Health Watch
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The older we get, the more likely we are to lapse into a sedentary lifestyle. In fact, an estimated 67% of older adults report sitting for more than eight hours per day, and only 28% to 34% of adults ages 65 to 74 are physically active, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. Evelyn O’Neill, manager of outpatient exercise programs at the Harvard-affiliated Hebrew Rehabilitation Center, sees the consequences of too much sitting every day. “Sitting is the new smoking in terms of health risks,” she says. “Lack of movement is perhaps more to blame than anything for a host of health problems.”
Your brain consistently remembers only two things about an event: the emotional peak and the end.
Your brain consistently remembers only two things about an event: the emotional peak and the end.
I'LL B LONG GONE-By 2035 over 4 million adults will be morbidly obese across England, Wales, and Scotland
By 2035 over 4 million adults will be morbidly obese across England, Wales, and Scotland
Time spent sitting at a screen matters less if you are fit and strong
Time spent sitting at a screen matters less if you are fit and strong
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A study published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics found that overweight and obese postmenopausal women who ate fewer desserts, less fried food and fewer sugar-sweetened beverages were able to lose weight and keep it off.
A study published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics found that overweight and obese postmenopausal women who ate fewer desserts, less fried food and fewer sugar-sweetened beverages were able to lose weight and keep it off.
MNDFLNSS
Throw away or give away stuff you have but don’t use anymore.
[*] Skip a meal. You’ll be fine. Remember what hunger feels like.
[*] See if you can go an hour without talking.
[*] Wear your worst clothes out. See how little anyone cares.
[*] Don’t read. Don’t do anything. Just sit there.
[*] Throw a rock up in the air. Watch it go up and watch it go down. (This is a metaphor.)
[*] Find something you’re not good at and practice being better at it. Write with your non-dominant hand, etc.
[*] If today was your last day on earth, who would you thank? Thank them. Who would you apologize to? Apologize to them. Who would you cherish? Cherish them.
[*] Take a walk.
[*] Think of the worst thing someone has ever done to you. Now say to yourself, “I forgive you.”
[*] Step outside tonight and just look up at the stars.
EINSTN
“A human being is part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. We experience ourselves, our thoughts and feelings as something separate from the rest. A kind of optical delusion of consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us.
Our task must be to free ourselves from the prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. The true value of a human being is determined by the measure and the sense in which they have obtained liberation from the self.
We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if humanity is to survive.”
~ Albert Einstein, 1954.
BDHA
It is not enough to intellectually understand the nature of mind. We have to get rid of the veils that obscure it, and the best way to do so is to generate the bodhichitta, the ‟mind of enlightenment,” which is the supreme intention to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. That is the only way to discover true enlightenment or, in other words, to become buddha.
Excerpts from zhabs dkar tshogs drug rang grol gyi bka' 'bum (The Chariot of complete liberation, oral transmissions of the omniscient ones, instructions for all the preliminary practices of Vajrayana), vol. 7 of "Collected works of zhe chen rgyal tshab padma rnam rgyal," Paro, Khyentse Rinpoche, 1975-1994, p. 361
SHECHEN GYALTSAP (1871-1926)
Sunday, 27 May 2018
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