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Editor’s Letter Spring has Sprung! It’s bank holiday madness this month. Let’s all enjoy the time off and hopefully some good weather. We have some good reading for you this month, including advice on allergies, informatiom on why we have bank holidays, and how best to make our hanging baskets the envy of the street. Please help to support all our local business who are advertising each month. As always please feel free to comment or contribute by emailing to info@spotlightlocal.co.uk. Have a great month.
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A Naturopath’s View of Allergies A recent study at Leicester University showed that asthmatics, allergic to the mould, had narrowing of the airways. The narrowing was worse in people who had the moulds growing in their lungs. Evidence may also indicate a link with their presence in some cases of lung cancer.
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he term allergy was first used in 1906 by an Austrian physician, Clemens von Pirquet. He described an “altered reactivity” which some of his patients experienced in response to substances, allergens, that didn’t affect other people, such as pollen, dust mites or animal hair. We’ve since learnt that multiple factors are responsible for allergic symptoms, such as sneezing, coughing, sinusitis or asthma, and allergens are just the last straw. The allergic reaction is the body’s way of ridding itself of a toxic overload. The liver and kidneys can be overwhelmed so elimination takes place inconveniently through the skin, eyes, nose or lungs. Food intolerances are one of the main factors involved but various types of stress, whether emotional or environmental, can also play a part. Alongside eggs and dairy products, stress is often the main trigger for eczema. There may also be hidden fungal or bacterial infections present. Commonly occurring Aspergillus moulds, found in the soil, compost heaps, animal strawbedding and damp houses, can be responsible for permanent coughs and even asthma.
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There are homeopathic remedies that will kick start the immune system to help kill these moulds, supported by a yeast and sugarfree diet, or anti-fungal drugs from your GP. Incidentally dust mites thrive alongside Aspergillus mould, which apparently makes skin cells more digestible to the little mites! Hay fever can be caused by an allergy to grass pollen so it may help to cut out all grasses from your diet during the pollen season. Don’t doubt that you eat grass! Wheat, oats, rye and barley are all members of the grass family. However it’s not always as simple as that. Hay fever is triggered by sensitivity to many plants and other foods could be involved, such as dairy products. Vitamins E and C with bioflavanoids and omega- 3-rich foods may help reduce inflammation caused by allergies. Try following the example of the 15th Century Venetian nobleman, Luigi Cornaro, who was possibly the first man to work out his own detox diet. Close to death at only 40 years of age due to excessive eating, he decided to eat less and only the foods that suited him. “Eat less and eat right” was his famous saying. His health was soon restored and despite his relatives worrying that he didn’t eat enough, he lived until 98 and wrote his first treatise on longevity at the age of 83! by Sue Blain
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Cut Your Costs
he cost of motoring is something we can all relate to; from road tax to servicing, fuel to insurance. There are however several ways we can all modify our driving style to reduce the money we spend, whilst reducing emissions and pollution. These eco-driving tips are the motoring equivalent of fitting loft insulation, using low energy light bulbs and not leaving the tv on standby – simple, common sense tips that really will make a difference. A study carried out by the AA in conjunction with AutoExpress Magazine found that by applying the following advice, an average saving of 10% was achieved on their weekly fuel bill! Maintenance Ensure you follow the manufacturer’s servicing schedule and regularly maintain your vehicle, a poorly tuned engine could be using up to 50% more fuel! Check your tyre pressures regularly and before long journeys. Under-inflated tyres create more rolling resistance and so use more fuel. Getting tyre pressures right is important for safety too. Refer to the handbook as pressures will normally have to be increased for heavier loads. Changing your tyres to those with less ‘rolling resistance’ will also help to increase your MPG, with the added bonus of often being quieter too! Before you go Carrying unnecessary weight means you use extra fuel so if there’s stuff in the boot you don’t need on the journey take it out and leave it at home. Roof racks/boxes create extra wind resistance and so increase fuel consumption. Plan unfamiliar journeys to reduce the chance of getting lost – use online route planners or consider a ‘Sat Nav’. An estimated 350,000 tonnes of fuel is wasted every year by drivers who are lost! Cold starts are inefficient so it pays to combine errands such as buying the paper, dropping-off the recycling, or collecting the kids into one trip rather than making multiple short trips.
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On the Way Drive smoothly, accelerate gently and read the road ahead to avoid unnecessary braking. When you have to slow down or to stop, decelerate smoothly by releasing the accelerator in time, leaving the car in gear. If you can keep the car moving all the time, so much the better. Stopping then starting again uses more fuel than keeping rolling. Change gear as soon as possible without laboring the engine – try changing up at an engine speed of around 2000 rpm in a diesel car or around 2500 rpm in a petrol car. This can make such a difference to fuel consumption that all cars in the future are likely to be fitted with Gear Shift indicators that light a lamp on the dashboard to indicate the most efficient gear change points. Drive at or within the speed limit – the faster you go the greater the fuel consumption and the greater the pollution too. According to the Department for Transport driving at 70mph uses up to 9% more fuel than at 60mph and up to 15% more than at 50mph. Cruising at 80mph can use up to 25% more fuel than at 70mph. Coasting - rolling downhill or approaching a junction with the car out of gear - is inadvisable because the driver doesn’t have full control of the vehicle, though it used to be quite a common practice to save fuel. A modern cars electronic engine management cuts the fuel supply to the injectors when you release the accelerator so there’s nothing to be gained by coasting. How much can you save? The aim is to see how much you can improve on your current average fuel consumption or the ‘official’, manufacturer’s figure by following the advice above. So go on, give ‘eco-driving’ a go and change the way you use your car. You will be helping to conserve the environment and your bank balance!
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ighter than a rich fruit cake and beautifully moist. If you think fruit cakes are tricky try this one. It couldn’t be simpler. An ordinary teacup is fine for measuring. Ingredients 1 cup of water 225g / 8oz unsalted butter 1 cup of soft brown sugar ½ cup peel (if you don’t like peel, use chopped readyto-eat dried apricots) 1 ½ cups raisins 1 ½ cups sultanas ¼ cup chopped glace cherries 1 tsp mixed spice 2 cups plain flour 1 tsp baking soda (bicarbonate of soda) 2 eggs Method Place the first eight ingredients into a large saucepan and bring it to the boil. Reduce the heat and simmer gently for 20 minutes, then set aside to cool. established 1987
Heat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Line a deep 20cm/8inch circular cake tin with greaseproof paper. Mix the beaten eggs well into the fruit mix. It’s important that the mixture has cooled because if it’s too warm the eggs will cook! Then sieve the flour and baking soda into the mixture and mix well. Pour into the cake tin and bake for 1-1½ hours until cooked through (when a skewer inserted into the cake comes out clean). If the cake is browning too quickly reduce the temperature a little. Remove from the oven and allow to cool in the tin for fifteen minutes, then turn out on to a rack. The cake keeps really well if it’s stored in an airtight tin.
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Lifestyle & Leisure Bank Holidays Ever wonder why we have them?
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rior to 1834, the Bank of England and other institutions closed on 33 days each year. These were various festivals and saints’ days. But in that year, the number of days the Bank was allowed to close was dramatically reduced to four; 1st May (May Day), 1st November (All Saints Day), Good Friday, and Christmas Day. A lot had happened in Great Britain over the preceding years. The industrial revolution was well under way. Acts of parliament were passed to ensure factories were treating their employees fairly. So it was possibly felt more regulation was also needed in the banking sector. By 1871, the Bank Holidays Act was introduced following strong campaigning by Sir John Lubbock. He was a Liberal politician and, probably not coincidentally, a banker. Unconfirmed legend has it that Lubbock was a keen cricket fan and wanted more time to play the game. The number of bank holidays increased to include Easter Monday, Whit Monday, the first Monday in August and Boxing Day. May Day was dropped (it was considered too pagan) and Scotland got an extra day – New Year’s Day. Scotland has always been dealt with separately due to its different traditions. New Year, or Hogmanay, is a more important holiday there. For a while, people called these new bank holidays St Lubbock’s Days in gratitude to their tireless champion. A century later, the ‘Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971’ was passed and remains in force today with a few changes over the years. The moveable Whit Monday break was replaced by the late
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May spring holiday. Instead of the first Monday, the last Monday in August was set as a bank holiday. May Day was re-introduced in 1978 under the guise of Labour Day. Bank holidays are declared each year by royal proclamation, which is used to move the days if the dates fall on a weekend. This doesn’t happen in all countries. Many people lament that we have too few public holidays compared to other nations, but these places rarely substitute a bank holiday if it falls on a weekend. Royal proclamation also gives us extra days from time to time, like this year for the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. Apart from Christmas and Easter, few traditions are attached to our current bank holidays. May Day has been observed for centuries as a celebration of life and love, new beginnings, and plants bursting into life. Traditionally, it was an occasion for boisterous high spirits. In many localities festivities still continue, echoing ancient fertility rites. Perhaps the most widely recognised custom on other bank holidays is a modern one…the chance to do some DIY! Suki North
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f you can’t lay your hands on items quickly because they’re buried under piles of stuff; if you’re constantly moving things from one pile to a new ‘temporary’ pile; if you find yourself thinking, “I can’t throw this away, it might come in useful one day,” you’re probably a clutter victim.
A rule of thumb; If you don’t love it or need it consider throwing it. Sort everything into three piles Love it, Donate it and Throw it. Be realistic: if the item in question hasn’t been used for over a year it is unlikely you will ever use it.
Live a life of simplicity with the items you love most and use often.
Deal with donate and throw piles first. Do this before anything comes back into the house. It’s much harder to mess up your good work if the stuff is physically gone.
Most of us put far too much time, effort and money into acquiring, keeping and storing possessions. Sometimes it’s good to let go. If you’re ready to de-clutter, then we have a few simple tips. If you feel you need help, and many of us often do, there are experts in de-cluttering who will guide you through the process of letting go. De-cluttering Tips Ideally it helps if it’s a nice day and in some cases a total de-clutter means taking the room contents outside. Psychologically it’s easier to sort and let go if you’re one step removed. It’s also less likely that the clutter will make it back inside. Deal with one room at a time the task will seem less daunting. Stick with that room until it’s finished
The remaining items can now be sorted, labelled and placed using clearly labelled boxes, is part of this processes. Make sure there is one temporary box to house items which really belong in another room. As each room is sorted those items can be replaced, and other misplaced items can be housed there while the de-cluttering process continues. Replace everything that remains, Rule of Thumb: ‘A place for everything and everything in its place’ is a good one. House small items in clear plastic boxes and store them in cupboards or wardrobes. Now you’re done. Going forward think . As one thing comes into the house another thing goes out. It will make you think twice about acquiring something if you know something else has to go. Finally, once a month, take a couple of bags and go through your home. One bag is for rubbish, the other for items in the wrong place. When you’ve finished throw the rubbish away and replace the misplaced items. Follow these small steps and you too can de-clutter your life. You’ll feel much better for it.
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Hanging Basket Know-How
ave you ever gazed in admiration at a neighbour’s glorious hanging basket and wondered why yours doesn’t measure up? Hanging baskets can be things of abundant beauty, but often they are too sparsely planted or worse, look like abandoned birds nests. If you want to be the object of basket-envy this year, you need to take on board a few trade secrets. The most important thing to note, if you’re new to basketplanting, is that size really does matter. For a good basket you’ll need the minimum of a 35cm / 14 inch size wire frame type. This will have a depth of 15cm / 6 inches which allows for lots of compost and means that the basket won’t dry out quickly. You can also plant through the sides to give that really luxuriant, over-flowing look. Second, for a really showy basket you will almost certainly need twice as many plants as you think you will! For each wire basket, plan to use at least 2 strips (that’s sixteen little plants!) of something like Lobelia or Bidens; two upright plants for the centre top of the basket - small upright fuchsias or geraniums work well; four small bushy flowers like Busy Lizzies or petunias, for round the top edge of the basket, and three or four trailing plants - geraniums and trailing petunias would be perfect. This planting ‘recipe’ can be altered to suit your own tastes. For instance, I sometimes like to swap a couple of the trailing flowers for trailing foliage plants, such as Lysimachia nummularia or small leaved ivies.
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Line the basket with moss raked from your lawn (though not if you’ve used a weed killer) or a proprietary liner. I prefer the liners because our garden birds steal the moss and my plants begin to fall out after a while! You’ll need about 10 litres of compost. Mix it with water retaining granules for best results. Soak the plants really well, then when you remove the little plants from their trays, you can give the root balls a good squeeze so they will be small enough to poke through the holes in the wire frame of the basket. Build the basket up in three tiers, adding more compost as each tier is planted. The best way to do this is to stand the basket on a large plant pot for stability Once planted, you can stand it in a sheltered area for a week or so if the frosts aren’t quite finished, otherwise you can hang it straight up. Make sure your brackets are sturdy and secure, or your beautiful basket might end up in a crumpled mess on the floor. Keep it watered and feed it once a week, as all those plants crammed into a tiny space deplete the nutrients in the compost very quickly Finally, sit back and enjoy being the object of neighbourhood basket-envy.
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bbey Drives has been trading for 17 years. We are a family-based businesswhich covers all of the East Midlands. We are a market leader in our field of printed concrete driveways. One of our key goals for the next 12 months is to reduce our carbon footprint on the environment. We aim to do this through a range of measures, such as training all our drivers responsible driving techniques. By recycling as much of our waste product as possible therefore minimising landfill eg. Concrete taken from existing drives goes through a recycling process where it is crushed and reused. Soil is also screened and re-used as topsoil and we even recycle old cast manhole covers. Wherever possible we buy greener products. We used to use drainage channels made of a resin composite material. We’ve already switched to using drainage channels made from recycled plastic. All our manholes are now sourced from recycled materials. Even down to the plastic we cover the roads with to keep the site clean and tidy is recycled plastic.
By far the biggest benefit we have gained is by using a product called Pulverised Fly Ash (PFA). This is a waste product from power stations which would normally go into landfill but has been widely used in the construction industry for many years as a substitute for cement. Portland Cement manufacture is one of the biggest contributors to carbon emissions in the construction industry, responsible for about 5% of all global carbon dioxide emissions. By using PFA we are able to reduce our need for landfill, reduce the amount of cement in our concrete by 30-60%, and cut our concrete produced carbon emissions by 30-60% By taking these environmentally friendly measures we aim to further enhance our reputation and maintain our market leader position in the pattern imprinted concrete industry.
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ue to various reasons, including power problems, overheating, device failures, I am seeing a lot of computers with either corrupted or failed hard drives. When I see these, people ask me if I can rescue their data. Sometimes it is possible, other times it is not. I always advise people to look at a backup solution for their computers, but I get responses like “I do not use it for business, so I don’t think I will need one as it is not important”. Firstly you need to see how much data (photos, music, word documents etc ) that you currently have to give us a basic starting point. You can use CDs, DVDs or memory sticks and either copy/paste the data or use the CD/DVD buring software on the PC. For larger data, you should look for an external hard drive. These normally have built in backup software that needs configuring. All these are fine, but you must remember to run the backup routine.
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An alternative is a network backup device like the Netgear ReadyNAS products http://www.netgear.co.uk/home_desktop_ storage.php?src=home. They sit on your home computer network, and by using the inbuilt backup software they can automatically backup your data as you are using the PC. Another type of backup is a secure internet based, similar to that in the Norton 360 software, accessed via your broadband, but beware, these have an annual cost associated with them. If you do opt for one of these solutions, ensure that the data is on your computer and on the backup location. To hold it only on a backup device is not a backup – as it is in one place. Don’t just rely on the backup to work, check it and test it regularly. If you have any questions, call Bryan from Midland Data Networks (01949 876 098) or email:questions@midlanddatanetworks.co.uk
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Call 07834 414880 or 0115 933 2501 Carpet & upholstery cleaning in and around Nottingham Stainbusters Central is a family owned cleaning company based in Radcliffe on Trent and serving Nottingham and the surrounding areas. Established for 10 years, we provide efficient and qualified cleaners, who are experienced in all aspects of carpet and upholstery cleaning. • All cleaners trained •Insurance work undertaken •Industrial, commercial & domestic service •Free quotes •Fixed, competitive prices •24 Hour service We clean: • Carpets & Rugs • Curtains & blinds • Leather upholstery • Upholstery • Mattresses • Hard Floor - strip and seal
We also clean commercial properties • Schools • Offices • End of tenancy cleans • Student accommodation • Shop fitting cleans • Nursing homes • Hotels, Pubs, clubs and restaurants
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Community Information These are free pages to publicise your local events and information. We would love to hear from you if you know of any event in or around the Ollerton area; copy deadline is the 5th of each month. Please email dave@spotlightlocal.co.uk or write to The Editor, Spotlight Magazine, Suite 104 1 Hanley Street Nottingham NG1 5BL Water Babies: award-winning specialist baby swimming classes at Annesley School (Wed,Thurs); Portland College (Tues,Thurs, Fri) and Kings Mill hospital (Mon, Fri, Sat) - contact Marie on 01636 815567 or check out the website www. waterbabies.co.uk for more information
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BLIDWORTH & RAINWORTH WOMENS INSTITUTE meet on the first thursday of each month at the Blidworth Methodist Church, main St, Blidworth at 7.30pm. New members welcome. BLIDWORTH & DISTRICT HISTORICAL AND HERITAGE SOCIETY meet on the first Tuesday of each month at the Blidworth Miners Welfare 7.30pm. Contact Bill Hutton for more information. 01623 484189 Sequence and Ballroom Dancing for beginners Rainworth village hall Fridays and sundays at 7.15 Also - sequence social dancing fridays and sundays 8-10pm Contact 01623 794443 for more information.
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Community Information Can you help the Lions? The Edwinstowe and Dukeries Lions Club need some help. We have some busy times ahead so new members are needed to help us support the community. On June 21st, we are supporting local cyclist Emma Bradbury, who is riding from Abersoch, N. Wales to Skegness in aid of the Lincs and Notts Air Ambulance......all in less than 24 hours!! The lions along with a donation of money are providing support at certain parts along the route. In 2011 The Lions are organising many events to raise money to help people such as Emma, we are currently in the middle of our Easter Egg Raffle, and have already booked our annual race night to be held at the South Forest Leisure Centre on the 9th of September. We are trying to arrange a summer quiz night, also at the South Forest, details of this will follow.
Why not join us at the Jubilee Hall, Wellow Road, Ollerton, on the third Monday of the month at 1.30pm? It only costs £1 to pay us a visit and, subsequently, only £17 for a year’s membership. Cheap at half the price! You can try groups from Art Appreciation, Books, Bridge and Stitch craft to Walking and Line Dancing. We have trips to Newcastle, Oxford, Aysgarth Falls in North Yorkshire and Highclere Castle organised, and all at a very reasonable cost. The opportunities are endless! If you are retired, or semi-retired, join us soon – we’d be delighted to meet you. Telephone 01623 824789 for further details.
In addition to fund raising, The Lions have some of their own social events booked, a ladies night, and we have a golf day in May, and of course our annual charter which celebrates the birth of our club, this is on October 29th. We then rest up a while before the December Sleigh Run, lets hope for better weather this year. So if this appeals to any of you, why not get involved, individuals or couples are welcome, just ring or e mail Jon Yarwood for more details, and maybe come to one of our meetings. E Mail jon.c.yarwood@gmail.com or tel: 07581 265531 Dukeries U3A – Ollerton I want to dispel a few myths about the U3A – the University of the Third Age. Firstly, it is not a university in the normal sense – we do not partake in serious study leading to a degree. The word ‘University’ is used in the widest sense. It is there to help in the formation of friendships, to provide interests and hobbies, to expand experiences through day trips, visits and holidays...in other words, it is FUN!
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Index of Advertisers Architectural Designs Don French
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Beauty East Mids Laser Zenith
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Blinds OK Blinds
Gardens Green Thumb Michael Lee
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Health and Fitness Lighter Life
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Carpet Cleaning Stainbusters
Jewellery C H Sperink
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Cleaning Services Belle Casa
Kitchens Easy Kitchens
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Decorators Darren Smithard Diamond
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Motoring Sherwood Valeting Garage Door Repair
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Dentists Shine Dental
Abbey Drive s PSLPaving Dorterry Paving J S Rawlins N & P
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Restaurants & Bars Browns Bar The Durham Ox Mint Restaurant
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Roofing Fletcher Roofing VFM Roofing
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Stairlifts Liftec
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Pets Dial a Dog Wash
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Electricians RS Electrical
Photography Carrie Austin
Travel Agents Co-op Travel
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Estate Agents Eazi-Move
Plastering AGN Plastering
Therapists Sweetdragonsfly
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Upholstery Vale Upholstery
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Farm Produce Harvest
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Plumbing and Heating Armstrong MCK
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Weight Loss Lighter Life
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Windows & Doors Cloudy2Clear David Conley
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Furniture Progressive Furnishings
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Property Maintenance Sapphire Home Improvements 19 DIY SOS 13
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