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Global STEM Festival Finale: Presenting the finest young Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics talent in the Jamat

Global STEM Festival Finale: Presenting the finest young Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics talent in the Jamat

nofirstname ⋅ August 29, 2020

Global -- This weekend, the Aga Khan Education Boards are hosting the inaugural Global STEM Festival Finale. Over recent weeks, participants from 20 jurisdictions around the world engaged in activities and experiments so as to better understand the world around us, and develop important skills for the future. The Global STEM Festival held in Summer 2020 was an opportunity for 3-17 ...

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VIDEO: The Aga Khan Master Musicians at the Royal Albert Hall, 7min

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VIDEO: The Aga Khan Master Musicians at the Royal Albert Hall, 7min

nofirstname ⋅ August 29, 2020

On 20 June, international stars from the Aga Khan Master Musicians came together to offer a diversity of musical styles at a concert at the Royal Albert Hall, London. ...

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If You Can Change Your Mind, You Can Change Anything

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If You Can Change Your Mind, You Can Change Anything

nofirstname ⋅ August 28, 2020

DARIUSFOROUX.COM -- [ISMAILI DIGEST ED: Hazar Imam, 2007: "What is required today, in my view, is an educational approach which is the polar opposite of indoctrination -- one that nurtures the spirit of anticipation and agility, adaptability and adventure."] ARTICLE: There's a downside to habits ignored by every habits-expert. The 17th century poet, John Dryden said it best: "We first make our habits, then our habits make us." He warns us about a potential danger: when your habits make you, you're no longer in control. You're a slave to your behavior. It doesn't make sense to form habits and never look back. Sadly, that's what many of us do. A pragmatist, however, looks at what works. Other than that, a pragmatist is agnostic. Adopting a fluid mindset gives you more tools to adapt to change. George Bernard Shaw said: "Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything." I change my mind all the time. In the past ...

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I Trekked to a Secret Valley in Hunza (Scary Adventure)

I Trekked to a Secret Valley in Hunza (Scary Adventure)

nofirstname ⋅ August 28, 2020

YOUTUBE.COM -- EVA ZU BECK -- Avgarch Valley, in Gojal Upper Hunza, is not on anyone's radar. Inaccessible by road, you can only trek here on foot. I had the honour of trekking here with my host and friend Pervaiz Posh from Jamalabad. It was an incredible adventure which went from beauty to terror to beauty again. Plus rare footage of Ibex/Markhor! ...

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Walid Ehssan-HEARTist: The Return - توبه (repentance)

Walid Ehssan-HEARTist: The Return - توبه (repentance)

nofirstname ⋅ August 28, 2020

Walid Ehssan (HearTist) latest art work in celebration of JamatKhanas re-opening throughout Canada. Mubaraki on the occasion of reopening of Jamatkhanas. Let's hope we can attend safely and continue to receive ...

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VIDEO: Mashq i dutar by Sirojiddin Juraev and Master Musicians

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VIDEO: Mashq i dutar by Sirojiddin Juraev and Master Musicians

nofirstname ⋅ August 28, 2020

The Master Musicians of the Aga Khan Music Initiative is a collective of musicians who create new music inspired by cultural heritage of the Middle East and Mediterranean Basin, South Asia, Central Asia, West Africa, and China. These master musicians link countries and continents, present and past and bring to life a new body of music that is seamless and exuberantly original. ...

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Former Daily Nation Chief Reporter Produces a Special Souvenir to Commemorate 60th Anniversary of Paper founded by His Highness the Aga Khan

Former Daily Nation Chief Reporter Produces a Special Souvenir to Commemorate 60th Anniversary of Paper founded by His Highness the Aga Khan

nofirstname ⋅ August 28, 2020

SPECIAL EDITION: "Yesterday at the Nation" by Cyprian Fernandes Reviewedby MALIK MERCHANTPublisher/editor Simerg, Barakah and Simergphotos The Daily Nation was my favourite newspaper in Dar es Salaam, along with the Tanganyika Standard (later the Standard and then the Daily News). The popular Kenyan newspaper founded by Mawlana Hazar Imam, His Highness the Aga Khan, first rolled off at the press as ...

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Twentieth anniversary of the founding of the first internationally chartered university, the UCA

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Twentieth anniversary of the founding of the first internationally chartered university, the UCA

nofirstname ⋅ August 27, 2020

The University of Central Asia (UCA) was established on August 28, 2000 as a private, not for profit, secular university through an international treaty signed by the presidents of Tajikistan, Kyrgyz Republic, and Kazakhstan, and Mawlana Hazar Imam; ratified by the respective parliaments and registered with the United Nations. The presidents are the Patrons of the University and Mawlana Hazar Imam ...

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VIDEO: Tea House by the Aga Khan Master Musicians at the Royal Albert Hall

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VIDEO: Tea House by the Aga Khan Master Musicians at the Royal Albert Hall

nofirstname ⋅ August 27, 2020

Tea House is composed by Wu Man Featuring: Wu Man, Feras Charestan and Andrea Piccioni Arranged by the performers ...

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Film in the Making, as Harvard Professor Explores Two Ismaili Poets on Opposite Sides of Amu Darya in the Remote and Rugged Wakhan Corridor

Film in the Making, as Harvard Professor Explores Two Ismaili Poets on Opposite Sides of Amu Darya in the Remote and Rugged Wakhan Corridor

nofirstname ⋅ August 26, 2020

We would like to thank Lesley Bannatyne for permission to reproduce her piece on the latest work of Harvard Professor Richard Wolf, which appeared in a recent issue of The Harvard Gazette. Dr. Wolf is producing a film about two Ismaili poets, who live on either side of Amu Darya in the rugged Wakhan Corridor (see map below). Qurbonsho lives in ...

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Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for ...

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Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for ...

nofirstname ⋅ August 26, 2020

AZQUOTES.COM -- "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." -- C. S. Lewis ...

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The Womankind Series by USA Today Highlights Dr. Gulshan Harjee

The Womankind Series by USA Today Highlights Dr. Gulshan Harjee

nofirstname ⋅ August 26, 2020

As the USA TODAY Network commemorates the centennial of the 19th Amendment, women who you may not know will have the spotlight on the work they are doing to improve communities ...

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VIDEO: Samai by the Aga Khan Master Musicians at the Royal Albert Hall

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VIDEO: Samai by the Aga Khan Master Musicians at the Royal Albert Hall

nofirstname ⋅ August 26, 2020

Samai is composed by Feras Charestan Featuring: Feras Charestan ...

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Mentally Strong Kids Have Parents Who Refuse to Do These 13 Things

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Mentally Strong Kids Have Parents Who Refuse to Do These 13 Things

nofirstname ⋅ August 25, 2020

[H/T SAHIL BADRUDDIN] -- SUCCESS.COM -- All kids have the ability to develop mental muscle. We just have to teach them how to exercise their minds. In my 15 years as a psychotherapist, I've seen how many of today's common parenting habits are robbing kids of mental strength. Giving up those unhealthy habits takes strength on the part of the parents, but doing so gives kids opportunities to grow stronger and become better. Based on my book "13 Things Mentally Strong Parents Don't Do," here are 13 things to avoid if you want to raise a mentally strong child who is prepared to tackle life's toughest challenges: 1. Condone ...

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It's Time to Grow Up

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It's Time to Grow Up

nofirstname ⋅ August 25, 2020

YOUTUBE.COM -- PRAGERU -- We all know that there's more to maturity than simply growing older. So what characteristics do you need to become a mature person? And why will that help you lead a better life? UCLA Medical School psychiatrist Dr. Stephen Marmer explains five characteristics of maturity. ...

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Success in Deauville and Saratoga for the Aga Khan Studs

Success in Deauville and Saratoga for the Aga Khan Studs

nofirstname ⋅ August 25, 2020

Wins for Ebaiyra, Makaloun and Rashaan. The versatility of the Aga Khan Studs was once again demonstrated over the weekend with Stakes victories on the flat and over jumps on both sides of the Atlantic, as well as Group success for an Aga Khan-bred broodmare. In Deauville, H.H. the Aga Khan enjoyed a Stakes double over the weekend thanks to unbeaten ...

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VIDEO: Curator's Pick: Doors to Admire with Bita Pourvash

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VIDEO: Curator's Pick: Doors to Admire with Bita Pourvash

nofirstname ⋅ August 25, 2020

Enter a world of beautiful doors and the wonders that lie just behind them. Join Aga Khan Museum Assistant Curator Bita Pourvash on a door-themed tour of objects in our Collection, starting with a marvellously detailed set of engraved wooden double doors from northern Iraq. For more information on the double doors (accession number AKM707): Bringing online Museum experiences to you is ...

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VIDEO: Curator from Home: Dinner with a Side of Wisdom with Dr. Marika Sardar

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VIDEO: Curator from Home: Dinner with a Side of Wisdom with Dr. Marika Sardar

nofirstname ⋅ August 25, 2020

Nourish your mind or feed your body? The Museum's Dr. Marika Sardar serves up examples of 1,100-year-old ceramic dishes from Central Asia that encouraged dinner guests to do both at the same time. Learn more about the making of these objects and the words of wisdom they convey. Click the links to learn more about two of the artifacts featured in the video: ...

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VIDEO: Pocket Performance: Padideh Ahrarnejad & Ali Massoudi

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VIDEO: Pocket Performance: Padideh Ahrarnejad & Ali Massoudi

nofirstname ⋅ August 25, 2020

Toronto-based musicians and educators Padideh Ahrarnejad and Ali Massoudi have each spent decades studying and performing traditional Persian instruments. Watch the duo's #MuseumWithoutWalls mini-concert to glimpse their masterful command of the language of music. Pocket Performances are presented by TD Bank Group. Bringing online Museum experiences to you is part of our mission to connect cultures and promote understanding between peoples. To learn more ...

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VIDEO: Dua-e-Reham

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VIDEO: Dua-e-Reham

nofirstname ⋅ August 25, 2020

The Ismaili is pleased to present "Dua-e-Reham," a well-known and beloved poem set to music, and performed by a group of artists around the world. The timeless lyrics were authored by the esteemed poet-philosopher Muhammad Iqbal over a century ago, and encourage us to exemplify universal ethics by being good citizens and showing compassion to those less fortunate than ourselves. ...

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VIDEO: My Gypsy Home by the Aga Khan Master Musicians at the Royal Albert Hall

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VIDEO: My Gypsy Home by the Aga Khan Master Musicians at the Royal Albert Hall

nofirstname ⋅ August 25, 2020

My Gyspy Home is composed by Basel Rajoub Featuring: Basel Rajoub and Feras Charestan ...

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VIDEO: Quote of the week

VIDEO: Quote of the week

nofirstname ⋅ August 25, 2020

Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Royal Toledo Foundation award ceremony, Toledo, Spain, 2 March 2006 ...

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VIDEO: Improving Adolescent Lives, Afghanistan (IALA)

VIDEO: Improving Adolescent Lives, Afghanistan (IALA)

nofirstname ⋅ August 24, 2020

Despite adolescents representing a large proportion of the population in Afghanistan, they are largely invisible as citizens, excluded from decisions that affect them and have limited access to information. They also have limited opportunities to acquire and share knowledge and to actively participate in decision-making processes. To address this gap, a consortium made up of the Aga Khan Foundation-Afghanistan, World Vision, and AEPO ...

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Watch: Ismaili History being made! Salma Lakhani will be installed as Alberta's 19th lieutenant governor

Watch: Ismaili History being made! Salma Lakhani will be installed as Alberta's 19th lieutenant governor

nofirstname ⋅ August 24, 2020

Salma Lakhani (first Muslim Lieutenant Governor in Canadian history) will be installed as Alberta's 19th lieutenant governor in a ceremony this coming Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020 at 1:30 p.m. To convert ...

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VIDEO: Mashq i Dutor by the Aga Khan Master Musicians at the Royal Albert Hall

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VIDEO: Mashq i Dutor by the Aga Khan Master Musicians at the Royal Albert Hall

nofirstname ⋅ August 24, 2020

Mashq-i Dutar is composed by Sirojiddin Juraev. Featuring: Basel Rajoub, Feras Charestan, Andrea Piccioni, Abbos Kosimov Arranged by the performers ...

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Kimya: Growing crops, nurturing a community in Afghanistan

Kimya: Growing crops, nurturing a community in Afghanistan

nofirstname ⋅ August 24, 2020

After COVID-19 spread across Afghanistan, many, including Kimya's eldest son, a rental driver, lost their jobs. However, a greenhouse the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) helped her to build has enabled their family to weather the pandemic. Of the 6,000 tomato seedlings produced through the greenhouse, Kimya sold half to support her family's needs (in the spirit of community philanthropy, she gave ...

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Istoray: Unmasking new opportunities in a time of crisis

Istoray: Unmasking new opportunities in a time of crisis

nofirstname ⋅ August 24, 2020

With the outbreak of COVID-19, Istoray's business ground to a halt. A lockdown order on the market where Istoray's business operated caused her, and many others, to lose their business and income. "My business was on the brink of falling down, when I suddenly realised that I can save not only my business but also people of my community," she said. ...

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VIDEO: Dr. Karim Karim -- Averting Violent Extremism | Carleton University

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VIDEO: Dr. Karim Karim -- Averting Violent Extremism | Carleton University

nofirstname ⋅ August 24, 2020

The Intercultural Dialogue Institute - Ottawa, the Carleton Centre for the Study of Islam and the Canadian Council of Muslim Women, held a workshop on "Averting Violent Extremism: Religious Literacy, Pluralism and Community Resilience" at the Intercultural Dialogue Institute - Ottawa and Carleton University. The workshop's aim was to work towards the development of a practical and pragmatic program. ...

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VIDEO: Omid Safi -- The Path of Extreme Love in Persian Islam | Chautauqua Institution

VIDEO: Omid Safi -- The Path of Extreme Love in Persian Islam | Chautauqua Institution

nofirstname ⋅ August 24, 2020

Omid Safi is a leading public Muslim intellectual in America. He is a Professor of Islamic Studies at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, specializing in contemporary Islamic thought and classical Islam. He is the past Chair for the Study of Islam and the current Chair for the Islamic Mysticism Group at the American Academy of Religion. ...

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VIDEO: How to help children continue to learn during COVID-19

VIDEO: How to help children continue to learn during COVID-19

nofirstname ⋅ August 24, 2020

Due to COVID-19 and the accompanying lockdown measures, children around the world have been unable to go to school -- in some countries for as long as six months. The Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) and the Aga Khan Education Services (AKES) have been at the forefront of responding to this educational crisis. By co-designing new solutions with communities, educators and learners worldwide, they ...

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Video: The Magician's Twin: C.S. Lewis and the Case against Scientism

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Video: The Magician's Twin: C.S. Lewis and the Case against Scientism

nofirstname ⋅ August 24, 2020

[H/T MOHIB EBRAHIM] -- YOUTUBE.COM -- [ISMAILI DIGEST ED: Hazar Imam, 1982: "... in certain parts of the world, scientists get blown-up heads because they have discovered something new and they think that they know all the answers to a particular scientific problem ..."] ARTICLE: C.S. Louis said people will believe almost anything if it's dressed up in the name of science. He astutely predicted that "the new oligarchy must increasingly rely on the advice of scientists till, in the end, the politicians become merely the scientists' puppets." However, science doesn't tell you what is best for society, because public policy is not just about technical expertise, it's about what good is worth having *at what price*. Science can't answer these kind of moral and ethical questions and just because someone is a scientist, it doesn't give them the right to dictate answers to society. If you think "I have the scientific truth about something and that's the end of story. I know everything," that really tends to feed ...

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VIDEO: Sundays With Us - Al-Khimyah by Prince Aly Muhammad - 08232020

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VIDEO: Sundays With Us - Al-Khimyah by Prince Aly Muhammad - 08232020

nofirstname ⋅ August 23, 2020

Sundays With Us - Al-Khimyah by Prince Aly Muhammad - 08232020 ...

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Celebrating 35 years of the Ismaili Centre Vancouver

Celebrating 35 years of the Ismaili Centre Vancouver

nofirstname ⋅ August 23, 2020

Global -- Thirty-five years ago, on 23 August 1985, the then Canadian Prime Minister, The Right Honourable Brian Mulroney, officially opened the Ismaili Centre Vancouver in the presence of Mawlana Hazar Imam, marking a moment of great historical significance for the Jamat in Canada and around the world. The Silver Jubilee project represented the first purpose-built Jamatkhana in North America, and ...

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VIDEO: Josh by Homayoun Sakhi

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VIDEO: Josh by Homayoun Sakhi

nofirstname ⋅ August 23, 2020

The Master Musicians of the Aga Khan Music Initiative is a collective of musicians who create new music inspired by cultural heritage of the Middle East and Mediterranean Basin, South Asia, Central Asia, West Africa, and China. These master musicians link countries and continents, present and past and bring to life a new body of music that is seamless and exuberantly original. ...

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VIDEO: The Aga Khan Master Musicians at the Royal Albert Hall, 22 sec

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VIDEO: The Aga Khan Master Musicians at the Royal Albert Hall, 22 sec

nofirstname ⋅ August 23, 2020

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VIDEO: Saltanat Yersultan, Kazakhstan

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VIDEO: Saltanat Yersultan, Kazakhstan

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VIDEO: Sabrina Khayotjonzoda, Tadjikistan

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VIDEO: Sabrina Khayotjonzoda, Tadjikistan

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VIDEO: Raga Madhuvanti, Homayoun Sakhi, Remix Asia, 8min

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VIDEO: Raga Madhuvanti, Homayoun Sakhi, Remix Asia, 8min

nofirstname ⋅ August 23, 2020

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Ismaili CIVIC supports masks distribution in Singapore

Ismaili CIVIC supports masks distribution in Singapore

nofirstname ⋅ August 23, 2020

Far East -- Far East Ismaili CIVIC is privileged to be part of the #MasksforallSG drive that has contributed more than half a million masks to more than 71,000 beneficiaries across Singapore. This would not have been possible without the various partners that have contributed in numerous ways to create educational reach and impact through active civic participation. Thank you Masks ...

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World Health Organization (WHO): How does contact tracing work?

World Health Organization (WHO): How does contact tracing work?

nofirstname ⋅ August 23, 2020

COVID-19 continues to spread around the globe. You can help stop COVID-19 by participating in contact tracing. Check out this video and learn how contact tracing works. For more information on ...

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