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Date Sent: 2014-06-08
Freedom's Phoenix Edition for Sunday, June 8, 2014 |
Economist: U.S. Banks Preparing to Charge Customers For Deposits
Just shoot: The mindset responsible for turning SWAT teams into death
squads -- Billionaire who confessed to sexually assaulting teen
stepdaughter gets four-month sentence -- What Percentage of The US Adult
Population Has a Felony Conviction? -- Adam Kokesh's new book,
"Freedom!" -- Beijing-Based IMF? Lagarde Ponders China Gaining on U.S.
Economy -- China plans artificial island in disputed Spratlys chain in
South China Sea -- U.S. Capitol briefly evacuated after plane in
restricted space-police -- Ancient Bamboo Medical Books Uncovered in China Belonged to
Legendary Bian Que -- Is The Fed's Gold Ponzi Scheme About To Pop? --
4th U.S. Case of Mad Cow Disease Confirmed, No Public Health Threat --Is the US Preparing to Launch a First Strike
Nuclear Attack Upon China and Russia? -- US agency still flying migrant
families to Arizona
Rediscover Health at
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AZ: Today Phoenix Comicon
June 5-8, 2014 Phoenix Convention Center; Pool party at the
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Economist: U.S. Banks Preparing to Charge Customers For Deposits
06-08-2014
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Infowars
In the week the European Central Bank cut its deposit rate for banks from zero to -0.1%, economist Martin Armstrong warns that Americans will be forced to pay just to keep their money in the bank.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Just shoot: The mindset responsible for turning SWAT teams into death squads
06-08-2014
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The problem with these incidents is "not that life has gotten that much more dangerous, it's that authorities have chosen to respond to even innocent situations as if they were in a warzone."
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Billionaire who confessed to sexually assaulting teen stepdaughter gets four-month sentence
06-08-2014
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Rawstory
The billionaire heir to the SC Johnson fortune â€" who confessed to repeatedly sexually assaulting his 12 year old stepdaughter â€" received a 4 -month jail sentence from a judge who cited the family's importance
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
What Percentage of The US Adult Population Has a Felony Conviction?
06-08-2014
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About 25% of the total US adult black population has a felony, while 6.5% of adult non-blacks have a felony conviction. About 8.6% of the adult population has a felony conviction.
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News Link • Books
Adam Kokesh's new book, "Freedom!"
06-08-2014
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Adam vrs. The Man
Enjoy the pre-release digital versions of the book below. Please sign up for our email list with the form on the left and come back on July 4th for the official release, featuring the print edition, foreign language editions, FREEDOM! shirts, and mor
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News Link • Welfare: Political
Beijing-Based IMF? Lagarde Ponders China Gaining on U.S. Economy
06-08-2014
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Bloomberg
The IMF founding members "decided that the institution would be headquartered in the country which had the biggest share of the quota, which chipped in the biggest amount and contributed most. And that is
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News Link • China
China plans artificial island in disputed Spratlys chain in South China Sea
06-08-2014
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The planned expansion on the disputed Fiery Cross Reef, if approved, would be a further indication of China's change of tack in handling long-running sovereignty disputes from a defensive stance to an offensive one,
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News Link • Government
U.S. Capitol briefly evacuated after plane in restricted space-police
06-08-2014
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Reuters
The U.S. Capitol was evacuated briefly on Saturday afternoon after a plane flew into restricted airspace, Capitol Police said.
"There was a small aircraft in our airspace," U.S. Capitol Police spokesman Shennell Antrobus said.
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News Link • Spirituality
The Rosicrucian Vision
06-07-2014
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arclein
So what is Rosicrucianism? For the time being let us call it a current of thought and ideas which has been flowing through history for at least three and a half centuries and probably quite a bit longer, sometimes underground, sometimes coming to the
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News Link • Spirituality
More Messages from the Dead
06-07-2014
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arclein
Research in Wales, Japan, Australia and the U.S. shows that between 40 and 53 per cent of the bereaved receive some kind of signal or visitation when someone close to them dies. [ so much for any special claim to rarity.
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News Link • Archaeology
Ancient Bamboo Medical Books Uncovered in China Belonged to Legendary Bian Que
06-07-2014
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arclein
The bamboo strips were found, along with many other precious relics, within four Western Han Dynasty (206 BC â€" 24 AD) tombs located in the town of Tianhui. Among the finds were four models of looms, nine medical books, 50 inscribed wooden tablets, 24
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News Link • Gold and Silver
Is The Fed's Gold Ponzi Scheme About To Pop?
06-07-2014
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arclein
Or, rather, the website used to offer that assurance. A few months ago, the Fed returned melted and recast bars to Germany, not the original ones that had been stored. The link to the former message now leads to "page unavailable." The page may have
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
4th U.S. Case of Mad Cow Disease Confirmed, No Public Health Threat
06-07-2014
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modvive.com
A man in Texas has been confirmed as the fourth case of Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD) in the United States. Though people generally call it Mad Cow disease, when present in humans the disease is known as vCJD.
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
Fasting is beneficial to the immune system: Study shows it triggers stem cell regeneration
06-07-2014
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techtimes.com
Fasting as little as eight days a year could help bodies become healthier, according to new research from the University of Southern California.
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News Link • Entertainment: Sports
Belmont Stakes Bettor's Guide: Your complete guide to the final jewel ...
06-07-2014
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nydailynews.com
The 146th running of the Belmont Stakes, a Grade I event for 3-year-olds, will take place Saturday, 6:52 p.m. at Belmont Park.
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
US agency still flying migrant families to Arizona
06-07-2014
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AP
Arizona - angry about the federal government sending from Texas to Arizona immigrants who are in the country illegally - said conditions at the holding center are so dire federal officials asked the state to ship medical supplies
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Opinion • Humor
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News, June 8, 2014 Edition
06-06-2014
John Semmens
President Calls Return of Bergdahl a "Mission of Mercy"
President Obama continued to insist that Sgt Bergdahl's health was a major factor in his decision to negotiate the exchange with the Taliban.
"On the videos I saw he looked sick," the Pres
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
Rediscover Health at THE THYROID SUMMIT!
FREE online from June 2-9, 2014
06-06-2014
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http://thethyroidsummit.com
With over 30 presentations about common medical problems tied to thyroid disease, you'll learn why the thyroid gland is the master gland in your body--every cell depends on thyroid hormone to function optimally
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News Link • Art
Phoenix Comicon June 5-8, 2014 Phoenix Convention Center
06-06-2014
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Phoenix Comicon 2014
Nathan Fillion, Stan Lee, Danny Glover, Michael Rooker, Bruce Campbell, Carey Elwes, John Rhys-Davies, John Ratzenberger, Adam West, Richard Dean Anderson, John Barrowman, Michael Rooker, Stephen Amell, Julie Newmar, Catherine Bach, Kelly LeBrock, an
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Opinion • Corruption
Bribery in America
06-06-2014
Paul Rosenberg
I know something about bribery. When I was a teenager, my dad was in the construction business in Chicago. So, as soon as I got my driver's license (at 16), I was sent out delivering bribes. That's just the way things were done, and my dad let me
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Smart rifles hooked up to Google Glass let you shoot around corners
06-05-2014
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dvice.com
Trackingpoint, the folks behind the U.S. Army's new smart rifle are already famous for developing a gun that does all the hard work of aiming for you.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
The Individual Versus the State
06-05-2014
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http://www.lewrockwell.com, By Robert Ringer
My last article, "Shame on Walmart," evoked a spirited and healthy debate among readers.
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News Link • Economy - International
UK May Home Prices Surge By Most Since 2002
06-05-2014
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zerohedge.com
Two weeks ago we asked, rhetorically, "Whose Housing Bubble Is Bigger?" and showed the April home price increases in the UK and China:
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News Link • European Union
Have Questions About The ECB's Unprecedented Negative Deposit Rate? Call This Guy
06-05-2014
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zerohedge.com
Here is the press release from the ECB on its historic, unprecedented and experimental negative deposit rates.
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
End of the War Against Marijuana? with Robert Platshorn
06-04-2014
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Next News Network
The House of Representatives in Washington recently moved to cut off funding for raids on medical marijuana dispensaries.
The amendment to a spending bill was sponsored by California representatives Sam Farr, a Democrat, and Republican Dana Rohra
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News Link • Surveillance
China calls Facebook, Google, Pawns of U.S. Spying Programs
06-04-2014
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Next News Network
The government of China is calling for harsh penalties for Facebook, Apple, Microsoft and other corporations it claims are spying for the United States. Officials in Beijing are labeling the technology giants as "pawns" for the federal government.
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight On Fire Heading for Arabian Sea
06-05-2014
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arclein
Katherine Tee was traveling across the Indian Ocean with husband Marc Horn when she saw what she believed was a plane on fire crossing the night sky, trailing a plume of black smoke behind it.
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News Link • Death
Bodies of 800 Babies Found in Septic Tank in Ireland
06-04-2014
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Next News Network
The bodies of 800 babies have been discovered buried in a septic tank in Ireland.
The grisly discovery was made at at a home for unwed mothers in Yuam, located in Galway County. Saint Mary's Mother and Baby Home was operated by Bon Secours nuns b
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News Link • China
The Tiananmen Vigil In Hong Kong Is Staggering
06-05-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com
More than 180,000 people gathered in Hong Kong's Victoria Park for a candlelit vigil tonight to mark the 25th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown that killed between 300 and 2,600 peaceful protesters.
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News Link • Iraq
US Begins Delivering F-16s To Iraq This Week...
06-05-2014
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http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
US Begins Delivering F-16s To Iraq This Week, A Decade After It Wiped Out Iraq's Air Force
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News Link • Economy - International
ECB imposes negative interest rate
06-05-2014
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bbc.co.uk
The European Central Bank (ECB) has lowered its benchmark interest rate to 0.15% from 0.25% in an effort to stimulate economic growth and avoid deflation in the eurozone.
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News Link • Internet
Google Will Deploy $1 Billion Worth Of Satellites To Spread Internet Access
06-05-2014
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popsci.com
Silicon Valley's latest frontier is the edge of space itself.
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News Link • Guantanamo Bay
What We Should Really Be Talking About With the Bowe Bergdahl Controversy
06-05-2014
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policymic.com
After many months in the media doldrums, Guantánamo Bay is back in the news, but not for good reasons.
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News Link • Obama Administration
For Obama and Kerry, "Daylight" Starts Peeking Out on Israel
06-05-2014
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theamericanconservative.com
It's conniption time on Capitol Hill, as the Obama administration is demonstrating quietly there will be at least some consequences for stonewalling the administration's effort actually to forge,....
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News Link • Guantanamo Bay
What Excuse Remains for Obama's Failure to Close GITMO?
06-05-2014
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firstlook.org
The excuse-making on behalf of President Obama has always found its most extreme form when it came time to explain why he failed to fulfill his oft-stated 2008 election promise to close Guantanamo.
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News Link • Surveillance
Germany Opens Criminal Probe Into NSA Tapping of Merkel's Phone
06-05-2014
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antiwar.com
Prosecutor: Espionage a Crime Even If It's an Ally
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News Link • Voting: Vote Fraud
McDaniel rep, others locked in courthouse
06-05-2014
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An official investigation has been opened into 3 people who were found locked in a Courthouse hours after it was closed by election officials Tuesday after returns had been counted in the Republican primary for US Senate.
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News Link • Voting - Election Integrity
Jackley: Violations by Bosworth and Walker were 'serious, deliberate'
06-05-2014
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Tuesday night, Annette Bosworth lost the US Senate race she spent a year seeking. 12 hours later, she was arrested. Now Bosworth faces 12 felony charges that she lied on her petitions to get on the US Senate ballot.
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News Link • Afghanistan
Video of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl reveals more than just a handover
06-05-2014
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ABC News
The video of the Taliban handing Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl over to the US military is one of the most fascinating pieces of footage the world has ever seen. But take another look. There's a lot more to the tape than meets the eye,
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News Link • China
Leviathan: Master of Self-Delusion
06-04-2014
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Lew Rockwell blog
That stench coming from your computer wafts from the rank hypocrisy of the "Statement by the Press Secretary on the 25th Anniversary of Tiananmen Square." In this latest ham-fisted and oh-so-self-serving propaganda,
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News Link • Gun Rights
AL man complains rights violated after he's told to leave loaded gun outside polling station
06-04-2014
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Rawstory
An Alabama gun enthusiast complained that federal law should have trumped a state law barring him from bringing a loaded handgun into his polling station. John David Murphy was stopped when he tried to vote in the Republican primary
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News Link • Surveillance
There's A Huge New Snowden Leak â€" And No One Knows Where It Came From
06-04-2014
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A story containing explosive "above top secret" information about Britain's surveillance programs, including details of a "clandestine British base tapping undersea cables in the Middle East."
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Is The Fed's Gold Ponzi Scheme About To Pop?
06-04-2014
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by Wendy McElroy
The memo exposed a conspiracy between the Bank of England and the Federal Reserve "to provide the Bundesbank [German central bank] with what both knew was 'bad delivery' gold...amounting to 172 bars." The 'bad delivery' consisted of returning gold to
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Witnesses: Minneapolis police used Taser on pregnant woman
06-04-2014
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Two women watched a Minneapolis police officer us a Taser on a pregnant woman before she fell to her stomach near the light rail platform on Nicollet Mall, and they have video of the confrontation.
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
Judge orders Florida sovereign citizen to send his daughter to school or go to jail
06-04-2014
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Rawstory
The judge ordered Rosa to send his daughter to school and she cannot be homeschooled. "I do not take this matter lightly," Tatti said. "You have deprived your child of the one thing that our government has been fairly good at doing,
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News Link • Afghanistan
Official: 1,800 US troops for Afghan counterterror
06-04-2014
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AP
The US military said 1,800 of the nearly 10,000 US troops the US plans to leave in Afghanistan at the end of the year would be conducting counterterror operations, providing that specific breakout for the first time.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
CA cop fatally shoots 18-year-old special needs girl after family calls for medical help
06-04-2014
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Rawstory
Tiny Serrano said his family called 911 hoping that paramedics would come to provide medical assistance because his sister had special needs, and she had not been taking her medication were shocked when deputies showed up
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Judge allows feds to steal cash seized at MN airport because it smelled like weed
06-04-2014
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Rawstory
A federal judge allowed the government to keep cash that Homeland Security agents seized because it smelled like marijuana. US District Court Judge Michael Davis issued a default ruling May 28 because the original owner
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
U.S. Marshals Seize Cops' Spying Records to Keep Them From the ACLU
06-04-2014
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Wired
The ACLU had an appointment to review documents pertaining to a case investigated by a Sarasota police detective. But marshals swooped in at the last minute to grab the records, claiming they belong to the US Marshals Service
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