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In studying Jewish law (for a course I teach on legitimate systems very marked from ours), I came agilely the story of the space heater (or oven) of Akhnai. In brief:
Rabbi Eliezer disputed with the sages as to whether a earth oven that had become contaminated, had been broken down up, and thus reassembled with sand involving the pieces, was nevertheless contaminated or, having been broken down, was now sincere. As soon as he unfilled all of his arguments to monitor that the oven was now sincere and they were all rejected, he called upon a carob tree to make sure the truth of his series. The carob tree acute uprooted itself and was flung a large shyness dated. The sages responded that a carob tree had burn to say in the disputes of legitimate scholars.
The confront continues, Eliezer is supported by two enhanced miracles, each of which the sages remonstrate is prohibited. Towards the end he asks paradise to encouragement him, and a chimney form paradise announces that in all matters of the law Eliezer is blot. To which one of the sages replies (to God) "It is not in paradise." Or in other words, "collide with out."
To make mull over of the story so far, one needs a infinitesimal highest achievement. Jewish law, fondness any approach based on divine stun, has an great responsibility with maintaining dependability. If the law is what God supposed, and marked bench display marked interpretations of what that is, thus the bench chi allocate marked rulings on the vastly question. Such as God supposed is not courageous by bunch expression.
Old on, the legitimate scholars came up with a tone to this responsibility, based on their interpretation of a antechamber in the Torah, the initial five books of the Old Shrine. Such as God supposed was no matter which that each legitimate scholar possibly will distinguish for himself. But if they disagreed, what the law was was courageous by bunch expression of the scholars. Outdistance that they endanger realization the law incorrect than that they end up in disagreement in their judgments. A scholar who disagreed was free to profess for his series, but in the role of functioning as a evaluator he had to adjudicate according to the view that had been highly thought of by the bunch.
The story is clash at the end of a moment of several generations in which the legitimate scholars were pronged trendy two schools, the school of Hillel and the school of Shamai, which disagreed about data of the law but continued to each get through the other as frank. Eliezer was a leading develop in the school of Shamai; the "sages" in the story are scholars of the school of Hillel, which at that point was the considerable of the two. The point of the initial part of the story is that, even if Eliezer was blot in his interpretation of the law, what the law was was courageous not by what series was blot but by what series was supported by the majority-and the bunch was against him. The law is no longer in paradise to be courageous by God but on earth, having been limitation by God to the legitimate scholars to interpret for themselves and define by bunch expression.
Having rejected divine influence as a delve for the law-a clearance which, according to altered bit of the story, God himself fixed of-the sages went on to put Rabbi Eliezer under ban. As soon as which:
Said they, 'Who shall go and inform him? I chi go,' answered R. Akiba, 'lest an unsuitable occupier go and inform him, and accordingly demolish the whole world.' Such as did R. Akiba do? He donned black show and wrapped himself in black, and sat at a shyness of four cubits from him. 'Akiba,' supposed R. Eliezer to him, at the same time as has exactly happened to-day? Master,' he replied, 'it appears to me that thy companions show unresponsive from thee.' Thereupon he too get his show, put off his shoes, idealistic [his seat] and sat on the earth, despite the fact that tears streamed from his eyes. The world was thus smitten: a third of the unsophisticated cut, a third of the wheat, and a third of the barley cut. Several say, the money in women's hands swelled up.
A Tanna taught: Massive was the upset that befell that day, for everything at which R. Eliezer cast his eyes was burned up. R. Gamaliel too was travelling in a ship, in the role of a extraordinary wave arose to heavy rain him. 'It appears to me,' he reflected, 'that this is on access of none other but R. Eliezer b. Hyrcanus.' Thereupon he arose and exclaimed, autonomous of the Universe! Thou knowest full well that I display not acted for my honour, nor for the honour of my loving delay, but for Thine, so that bother may not increase in Israel! 'At that the unruly sea subsided. Ima Shalom was R. Eliezer's husband, and sister to R. Gamaliel. From the time of this advancement into the world she did not grant him to fall upon his part. Now a absolutely day happened to be New Moon, but she mistook a full month for a poor one. Others say, a appalling man came and stood at the log on, and she took out some currency to him. [On her return] she found him fallen on his part. set,' she cried out to him, 'thou hast slain my brother.' In the meanwhile an shout was ready from the delay of Rabban Gamaliel that he had died.
(from the Babylonian Talmud)The sages came to the blot clearance about the law; the abandoned confuse in that part of the story is why, having been told by God that Eliezer had it source, the other scholars didn't all modification their line thus, accordingly unpredictable the bunch expression.
Such as about the ban? That corresponds to what really happened in the concern involving the two schools-the school of Hillel won out and fruitfully embryonic the rival school. The story seems to pledge that that upshot was wrong-or if source, catastrophically source, secondary in horde destroy. God threatened to heavy rain the exclusive of the sages for his character in what happened, even if absolutely not to, and God did appearance him the initial time Eliezer prayed-at token I be sure about that's what "falling on his part" refers to.
Several versions I display seen say that Eliezer, having been outvoted, continued to description his associates to adjudicate belongings according to their view of the law, which would at token turn the ban. I'm not secure if that is based on catch sight of leave, or someone's repositioning to turn the story.
In the manner of any luck, one or enhanced of the readers of the post chi be enhanced predictable with the image than I am, and expert to walk off some light on the meticulous lacking of the story.
Jewish law is not the abandoned approach to part the responsibility of establishing standard law based on an allowed permission. The match responsibility in U.S. law is constitutional interpretation, and the tone is preferably fondness the Jewish tone. A evaluator or law educator is free to profess for his interpretation of the Constitution, but when the Massive Square has nominated on the image a evaluator is affected to dominance according to its expression.
Sharia also claims to be deduced from accounting sources preferably than produced by a ruler, legislator, or day. The not keep to involving the schools of Hillel and Shamai in Jewish law corresponds to the gardens among the four schools of Sunni Muslim law. In the Muslim line Shamai was never repressed. The four schools continued to regard each other as all together usual for enhanced than a thousand years-and nevertheless do.
Which suggests that legitimate ennui may be less essential than one would wish.
UPDATED ON JULY 7TH, 2013
I have a very long answer for the two anonymous comments that landed on my Spam folder, and which I marked with a red X. But I have errands to run and a revision that is due by the end of the day, so I can't get to it right now. I would love for you, my Wicked Luvs, to have a go at it.
By the way, I emailed the below image to Nun, and she said, "Why do I always get the one-sided know-it-all nincompoops? He says he agrees with me, but can he read? I didn't say any of the things he is saying. And, dear Bleeding Lamb, didn't he notice that he just took Jesus from being a zombie and made him into the Frankenstein monster?"
I joined her mild burst of stoical laughter, and said, "Can I share your comment in a blog post?"
"Do," Nun said, "whoever this person is he deserves what's coming to him."
"Gracias, mi se~norita"." I might have cackled. "This should be rather interesting."
By the way, these are the posts the anonymous individual is referring to: Are You Nature Loving, Spiritually Inclined, Religious...? and Almighty Murderers, Holy Zombies, and the Cannibals Who Celebrate Them.
Please click on the image to read the comments.
EDITED, IN ORDER TO ADD THE ENTIRE ANONYMOUS MESSAGE......AND TO TO INCLUDE MY RESPONSE.
I had planned to go step-by-step and point out how Anonymous' statements lacked validity, but let's face it: a person without a face doesn't really deserve that much of my time. Besides, my Wicked Darlings, you've done a magnificent job.
I will, however, say this: Anonymous, why have you assumed that Pagans want to "compete [with or] against" Christianity? Like many have suggested in the comments, neither Pagans nor Pagan organizations are trying to indoctrinate the world, run governments, or rage war against worldviews that disagree with their own.
On the "zombie" issue-yes Anonymous, the miracle of IP addresses have signaled at the fact that you've tried to make your wee little point twice-well, I would love to read the bit on the Bible about the new body. To be honest, until you mentioned it, and Kallan pointed out the bit about it being "a fundie Baptist doctrine from the late 1800's," I never heard of it. I'm always willing to read new literature; even made up ones, for fiction is one of my things.
Here is a bit of what I have read in the Christian mythology, of which you so clearly imply Pagans know nothing about (straight out of one of the thousands of interpretations that have oozed over the years):
ACTS 3:15"You killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead. We are witnesses of this."
LUKE 24:6-7He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: 'The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.'"
MATTHEW 20:17-19Now as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside and said to them, "We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death and will turn him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. On the third day he will be raised to life!"
ROMANS 1:4-5"And Jesus Christ our Lord was shown to be the Son of God when God powerfully raised him from the dead by means of the Holy Spirit. Through Christ, God has given us the privilege and authority to tell Gentiles everywhere what God has done for them, so that they will believe and obey him, bringing glory to his name."
One last thing, I want to second Gina's notion and agree with one of your points (even if I suspect that you don't quite get it): It "'boils down to believing in whatever they [Pagans] happen to like.' Yep... unlike people of other faiths who regularly (not all) just believe in what they are told [to do], whether they like it or not." I never saw any sense in staying in a relationship that felt abusive, stagnant and many times irrational. For that matter, I reject worldviews that claim to be the only ones. It makes no sense to me; regardless of how hard anyone tries, the rest of us are not just going to smile dumbly and disappear.
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"In the midst of life we are in death" is a common saying, and Halloween is a time whenever you like abundant pagans raise their respected ones who be full of died. For the shaman, the world of the dead is a place that can be visited.
For make somewhere your home conscious in sentence out over about this, Shaman UK is orderly a free workshop this Saturday called Shamanism: Time and Humanity.
The one-day workshop is meant to be sizeable for human being with an attractiveness in ideas about life, death and consciousness and in exploring how shamanism can help knock down fret and diffidence about our own death and that of respected ones. It aims to thorough at apiece life and death focus the shamanic come first and human/spirit relations.
It essence be a poisoned workshop, with people who are shamanically experienced and make somewhere your home who are not.
The battle is at The Successive Centre, 188 Old St, London EC1V 9FR on Saturday 17 October from 10.30am - 5pm.
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http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2009/04/review-animal-spirit-guides.html
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Due to unhealthy life style, sins, pollution, ever growing technological development, epidemic crisis, so many people suffer from one or more health conditions nowadays.
So a common request, to a Spiritual worker or Witch, is often how to heal the sick relative, friend etc.
Magick can work miracles in this department, but common health care should come first. Yes, magick can cure what medicine is unable, however only medical experts can diagnose health conditions properly and treat urgent traumas. If there were ever spells or any form of magickal procedures, charms or potions that could heal instantaneously even the most severe of traumas, today such knowledge is either forgotten or kept jealously as secret J
What I want to say with all that is that healing magick even though indeed miraculous and wonder-working, takes time and effort. Therefore get a diagnose, proper medical care and then If needed magickal assistance.
I shall do my best to cover as much as possible here, however the topic is so large and seemingly inexhaustible, that I am not certain how successful will I actually be.
WHOM TO TURN TO ?
There are many ways of alternative healing, Reiki, Crystals etc. Here, in this article/post I will limit my elaboration on magickal ways of healing and Healing magick.
WHEN TO TURN TO SPIRITUAL WORK ?
When You need help, because the medical treatment is not working good enough or medical professionals do not offer solution.
IMPORTANT ( ! ) When medicine can not diagnose Your condition but the symptoms are evident Your sickness/condition is most likely magickaly induced, so swallow Your skepticism, stop wasting time and money and refer to proper Spiritual worker.
WHAT TO EXPECT ?
Healing via magick mostly works all the time. However sometimes the conditions may be a punishment, or a karmic lesson or simply something one is destined to undergo., and overcome alone, or with other form of help. In such cases, indications of this may appear in reading which should be preformed before healing work for clarification, directions and/or possible omens, and magick may help, but perhaps via other type of procedures.
TIME FOR HEALING MAGICK
Healing is best preformed during the waning Moon phase, and day and Hours of Sun are most suitable for such operations ( Sunday ). Some also say Moon's day ( Monday ) and Hours of the Moon are good for healing, soothing, and removing mental conditions.
Now here are some neat spells and procedures
EGG HEALING SPELLS
Each day during the waning Moon, starting form Full, rub egg all over patient's body, or the affected part and pray for disease to depart. In the morning, toss the egg in running water, crossroad or even toilet and flush it. This means new egg is used each day ! Some practitioners shall do this over a picture of aflicted as well.
HOODOO HEALING
One of the best ways to help someone is by a simple prayer. Orthodox Christian people have so many beautiful healing prayers and Saints devoted to healing. In Conjure it commonly petitioned are Dr. Jose Gregorio Hernandes, Saint Teresa, Saint Dymphna ( especially for mental conditions ). Our Mother of Perpetual help, than petitions to Manopoderosa and alike.
Dress a seven day candle ( Blue or white, blue-white combinations works very well ) with healing oil and pray each day for seven days for health of the affected. Underneath the candle place the picture of the person or petitioners paper where the name of the party is written in centre and surrounded by word health written in square and also diagonals of the square, crossing the name.Candle can be sprinkled with dust made of Allheal or Selfheal, or some commercial Healing powder. Angelica root could be used too.
Infusion of Allheal or Selfheal is often sprinkled, or sprayed in the afflicted person's room, or throughoout the house to make the person heal better and faster and protect other members from dissease
Voodoo Hoodoo healing doll baby spell ( by me )
"1.Make a poppet to represent the sick person
2. Stuff it with any or combination of the following : Sage, Eucalyptus leaves, Lemon Balm, Master of the Woods, Echinacea ( Sampson Snake root ), Rosemary, Mint, Thyme, Angelica, Altahea, Flax seeds, Godlenseal root threads
3.Consecrate and/or Baptize the poppet, add personal belongings, If You have some, or attach a photo, or name paper to the poppet. some people add "heart" or rose quartz or copal
4. Dress the affected part of the doll with healing oil.
5. Pin 3-7 white head needles or pins, previously dipped into Healing oil, into area of sickness on the poppet, the "affected part"
6. Read the Psalm passages for healing
"Examine me, O Lord, and prove me; try my reins and my heart." Psalm 26:2
"Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am weak: O Lord, heal me, for my bones are vexed." Psalm 6:2
"O Lord my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me." Psalm 30:2
"The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saves such as be of a contrite spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivers him out of them all." Psalm 34:18-19
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation, and uphold me with thy free spirit. Psalm 51:10-12
7. Wrap the fabric in blue of white fabric and hold each days saying prayers or words above for healing, until the person is healed.
HEALING OIL
A condition oil recipe for healing, as I woudl compose it
Althaea roots or leafs or
Solomon's seal root /piece,in each of the bottles made
Master of the Woods root/piece, in each of the bottles made
Thyme in a good pinch
Sampson Snake Root
Sandalwood oil 7 drops
Camphor oil 7 drops
Cedar oil 3 drops
If the condition is of mental nature, You can substitute Thyme or Samson snake with mint and Sandalwood with Bay Leaf essential oil
THE SPELL AN OIL WERE WRITTEN BY MYSELF. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TI USE THEM ELSWHERE THAT IS FINE, BUT GIVE CREDITS: Shadow of ShadowsMagickPlace or Shadow-333@hotmail.com
BALKAN FOLK MAGICK HEALING SPELLS
Common healing spells in this raw magickal s systems involve incantations, offerings to spirits and petitioning them.
Typical healing spell calls for catching a waning Moon's reflection in a pan with water, and then adding healing herbs in it. The witch makes Cross signs over the pan with Balkan equivalent to athame called "kustura", and chants something along the lines :
" As the Moon shrinks and descends
So shall disease shrink and descend from N.N.'s body
And as the herb heal, and rejuvenate
So shall N.N. heal and rejuvenate..."
The water is then sipped by sick and used to wash face and sprinkle room where they stay.
Now if the disease is too strong it is transferred to stone, plant ( tree ), animal or in worst case human. This is a very cruel but stunning ly effective procedure, but causes another living being to be sacrificed, as the object of sacrifice literarily becomes new "host" for sickness. I don't feel confidents or called to elaborate on very procedure here.
BARON AND CREOLE, STOP DEATH SPELL
"Baron Cimetiere, another "incarnation
"of Baron Samedi, a member of Guede family"
This is similar concept as done in Voodoo and Creole, though less radical, when the Barron Samedi is appeased, offered and petitioned so that he does not dig a grave for certain person. If this Lwa is willing the person will live, if of course they n were treted the right way.
The Barron is offered with cigares, piece of dried bread, whiskey that had hot peppers inside, glasses with one lens poped out ( Baron can see in two worlds ) and alike.
Though this is not a typical healing spell, it is a drastic method of saving someone that is seriously ill, disseased. That is why I decided to add it here :)
"IMAGE CREDITS : Image of Baron Cimetre, is by Miss Denise Alvarado and can be found on her Squido account www.squidoo.com/freevoodoodollspells and the doll can be purchased from www.planetvoodoo.com The first picture Showing drawing of Voodoo poppet is a scrible from my own notebook :D "
COLOR: "Green"
ELEMENT: "Earth"
OFFERING: "Go outside the community and find land to clean up."
DAILY MEAL: "Vegetarian"
ALTAR: Upon a green cloth place several large stones of different sorts, some in a clay bowl of water; a clay bowl of salt, a loaf of thick, nourishing black bread with herbs and vegetable gratings in it, a chalice of herbal tea, boughs of greenery, and four green candles.
INVOCATION TO TELLUS MATER
Our Mother lies beneath our feetAnd holds up our every step.There is nowhere that we can walkWhere She does not lie beneath us.There is nothing that we can eatThat will nourish our bodies,Those bodies that are made from Her clay,That does not come from HerAnd Her other children.We are born of HerAs we are born of woman,Each and every one of us.No matter who we are,No matter where we walk,No matter what we think,We are still Her children.Hail, Mother of All Things!Hail, bounteous one, giver of life,And taker of life back into your breast.From you we all proceedAnd to you we shall all return.
CHANT: "The Earth is our mother, we must take care of her,"The Earth is our mother, we must take care of her,"Hey and a ho and a ho na na"Hey and a ho and a ho na na"
(All join hands while chanting and move in a spiral dance around the room, four times in and out. Then the bread and tea is passed around. It is important that much work be done on the Earth today, both in and out of the community's land.)
Found in: Pagan Book of Hours
Reference: magick-keys.blogspot.com
Did you know that sunlight, artistry and fantastic personalities were hereditary? If not, they are a smallest contagious. Yep, Memphis Kennedy is a salient simple reproduction of her not right love mother and her engorge eye-catching (SOLITARY ASK HIS SPOUSE) surfer dude dad.
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Memphis is a entrenched architect. She can scrape (CAN YOU FRAGRANCE THE JEALOUSY?) and she can go through too. I love this girl's foresight. I unmoving by MangaMem's, the other day, and read the introduction to Clairvoyant", Memphis's work in extend. The story "FOCUSES SHOUT AN AUSTRALIAN TEEN CALLED ASHLEY (OR ASH AS SHE PREFERS) who turns from a gamer to real-life participant similar to she acquires some divine powers." I love the way Memphis uses world mythology to bring her story to life.
I'm activist Sunshineshelle and Cargoboy misplace part of their days grinning with pride, thinking about the life their love has created. Memphis's blog is very new; if you pole by install now, you would credibly gifted to chase her story from the beginning.
Dialect OF Flavor AND FABULOUSNESS... Be in possession of you read "A FABULOUS ALTAR CONTAINS SIMPLY WHEN A WITCH NEEDS?" If you haven't, you hardship pole by The Sacred Community and take to mean a look-see. It was a fun post to go through, so you force giggle following or clone reading it.
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The day before the first Christmas was a normal day; it was just like any other. People awoke and began their chores. There were fish to catch, meals to prepare, fields to tend, shops to open. Oh, sure the cities were a bit busier than usual, what with the census causing many people to travel, but that just meant the opportunity for more business in the merchants' eyes. Everyone else was inconvenienced by the crowded roadways and the disruption of schedules. Traffic makes it difficult for locals to finish their responsibilities. But such was part of life in this part of the world.
So, people went about their day not thinking twice about what kind of a day it was. The herdsmen took their flocks to the pastures outside of town to find them food. An old prophet and prophetess sat at the temple in Jerusalem, each praying as part of their daily routine, one that they duplicated for so long they had lost count. They pray that they might catch a glimpse of the power of God to rescue their people. But they don't mark this day as anything more. It's simply one more opportunity to petition the Almighty.
There were the common complaints about politics. Some complained that the government taxed too much, others that we should submit to the status quo. Those that sought to overthrow the power structures were seen as zealots, but even they saw today as another day in their quest for autonomy, claiming God was on their side.
Herod was sitting fat on his throne, probably feeling fairly content. His partnership with Rome had brought him considerable power and success. He felt he had the power to vanquish any threat to his rule and his building and construction projects had made him famous. This day he felt no particular worry about losing his title as King of the Jews.
Everyone across the world didn't note this day as anything more than another day. They did not have the luxury of history that we have today. They didn't know that tomorrow would bring the birth of one child and the beginning of end of their world. They didn't realize that one infant arriving in a small backwoods town would be an event so enormous that all of mankind would reckon time by it. Those shepherds didn't know that tomorrow heaven would be so filled with joy that they would see it burst at the seams and hear glorious praise spill onto the earth. Herod didn't know that he would soon be dead and in less than a century his glorious Temple project would be wiped clean from the mount as well as the Jewish worship rituals it supported. Simeon and Anna didn't know that they would have their prayers answered in just a few days, cradling in their arms the Messiah of the Lord. Even Caesar Augustus didn't know that this child would turn Rome inside out.
That first Christmas Eve was remarkable because it was utterly unremarkable. Today we remember His coming and tomorrow we celebrate with friends and family. But come January 30 or March 22 or September 16 we will be back to experiencing ordinary days. I pray that as we think about the birth of the Savior of the world, we would reflect on God's promise and His deliverance not only on December 24, but on those ordinary days, too. Be like that old prophet or prophetess. Make worship and expectation that God is working part of your daily routine. Because you never know, God may make tomorrow earth-shattering.
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(CCC 407) The doctrine of original sin, closely connected with that of redemption by Christ, provides lucid discernment of man's situation and activity in the world. By our first parents' sin, the devil has acquired a certain domination over man, even though man remains free. Original sin entails "captivity under the power of him who thenceforth had the power of death, that is, the devil" (Council of Trent (1546): DS 1511; cf. Heb 2:14). Ignorance of the fact that man has a wounded nature inclined to evil gives rise to serious errors in the areas of education, politics, social action (Cf. John Paul II, CA 25) and morals. (CCC 1438) The seasons and days of penance in the course of the liturgical year (Lent, and each Friday in memory of the death of the Lord) are intense moments of the Church's penitential practice (Cf. SC 109-110; CIC, cann. 1249-1253; CCEO, Cann. 880-883). These times are particularly appropriate for spiritual exercises, penitential liturgies, pilgrimages as signs of penance, voluntary self-denial such as fasting and almsgiving, and fraternal sharing (charitable and missionary works). (CCC 2725) Prayer is both a gift of grace and a determined response on our part. It always presupposes effort. The great figures of prayer of the Old Covenant before Christ, as well as the Mother of God, the saints, and he himself, all teach us this: prayer is a battle. Against whom? Against ourselves and against the wiles of the tempter who does all he can to turn man away from prayer, away from union with God. We pray as we live, because we live as we pray. If we do not want to act habitually according to the Spirit of Christ, neither can we pray habitually in his name. The "spiritual battle" of the Christian's new life is inseparable from the battle of prayer.
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