Participants: Ron Giannoni (Host), Jim Thompson
Series Code: NSN
Program Code: NSN000159A
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00:10 Every year in America
00:12 there are over one million deaths 00:13 because of Type 2 diabetes and chronic obesity. 00:16 This includes heart attacks and strokes. 00:18 That's six and half, 747s crashing everyday. 00:22 What's even more surprising is that the fix is easy. 00:25 It's your lifestyle. 00:27 Wouldn't it be nice 00:28 if you could actually add quality years to your life 00:30 rather than dyeing one organ at a time? 00:33 Obesity and diabetes are the cause 00:35 of over million deaths per year. 00:38 Most diseases are reversible 00:40 because most diseases are lifestyle diseases, 00:43 especially, Type 2 diabetes and chronic obesity. 00:46 Seriously now, they can be reversed 00:48 and the quality of your life can be renewed. 00:52 Call NEWSTART today at 1-800-525-9192. 00:58 You will see dramatic changes 01:00 in the first few days at our program 01:01 and you'll be on the road to a better, 01:03 more robust quality of life. 01:06 The NEWSTART programs are simple and effective. 01:11 Hi, friends. 01:13 And welcome to another edition of NEWSTART Now. 01:15 I'm your host Ron Giannoni. 01:18 Don't touch that dial. 01:19 We have an amazing story for you. 01:22 In our studio with me 01:24 is Jim Thompson from Tennessee. 01:27 And this story is gonna just excite you, I know. 01:31 Let's meet Jim. 01:33 How are you, brother? 01:34 I'm great. Good to see you. 01:35 Good to see you, Ron. Yeah, it's good to be seeing. 01:38 Isn't it? Yes. 01:40 Let's get right into the story. 01:41 I want you to tell me 01:44 what you told me over the phone almost three weeks ago, 01:48 three weeks ago tomorrow. 01:50 You're in the hospital, they just tell you, 01:54 what did they say to you? 01:55 This was Thursday before the NEWSTART program started. 01:59 I believe it was August 6th 02:01 and some preliminary tests suggested 02:05 that I had blockages in my arteries. 02:09 So last Thursday I was in the hospital. 02:11 I still have the mark here 02:13 where they had done a heart catheterization 02:17 and they confirmed that I had an artery 02:20 that was blocked 70 percent 02:23 and three more arteries blocked 90 percent. 02:28 And my cardiologist indicated that the surgeon would come in 02:32 and he did and he explained the heart bypass procedure 02:37 and then they wanted me to do 02:39 the preliminary preparation 02:44 for the heart bypass and they, 02:48 they said they had it scheduled 02:49 for the following Monday. 02:51 They worked in for Monday. 02:54 And I said I want to think about it. 02:56 Right. 02:57 And really, no alternative was given to me 03:01 but I still wanted to think about it. 03:05 But someone called you, a young lady 03:08 who actually called me and then I called you. 03:12 Let me tell you how that happened. 03:14 Yeah. 03:17 I did leave the hospital without 03:19 the preliminary preparation for the bypass surgery. 03:25 And I made arrangements for friend of mine, 03:28 colleague to handle my cases in court on Monday. 03:31 I'm an attorney. 03:32 And I had court scheduled on Monday. 03:34 But I had a box of files that I needed to get to him. 03:37 He graciously agreed to cover court for me 03:39 after I explained what was going on. 03:41 Right. 03:42 And at that time, I was still thinking 03:44 about the bypass surgery. 03:47 And I had to go to the office to drop off these files 03:50 but on the way, 03:51 we passed by our church and my wife noticed 03:55 that our pastor's car was in the parking lot. 03:59 And she said, "Don't you want to tell 04:02 Pastor Baker that what's going on? 04:06 And I somewhat reluctantly agreed 04:09 because I felt like I needed prayer 04:11 and I wanted to tell him. 04:13 So we did go in and we got to meet with him 04:16 and we prayed 04:18 and kind of long story short, in talking to a friend, 04:22 Susan Harbough, it was, they said, 04:27 "You need to go to Weimar." 04:29 Of course, I, at that time I had no clue what Weimar was. 04:32 You didn't, never even heard about Weimar. 04:34 I might have. If I did, I don't remember it. 04:37 All right. Now she calls me. 04:39 Is that right? 04:40 Susan is a nurse. 04:41 She's married to a doctor 04:43 and she is well aware of the ministry here at Weimar. 04:49 And she said, "Let me call you back." 04:51 And so of course, I don't know what happened 04:53 in the interim time but then she called us back 04:56 while we were still at church and said, 04:58 "There is a class that starts on Sunday after. 05:03 You get there Sunday 05:04 and you'll have a first full day on Monday. 05:07 But it's full. 05:08 So let me call you back." 05:10 And then I believe that, 05:14 I didn't actually hear from her. 05:15 I think I heard from you at home. 05:17 You called me and we talked. 05:20 Then Dr. Gallant called and we talked 05:23 and then you called back and said, 05:25 "Jim, we were full but we made a place for you. 05:29 We worked it out if you want to come." 05:33 And basically, let me interrupt here. 05:35 What happened was I found that we were full and I said, 05:40 "Look, I don't care if we are full. 05:42 This guy needs to be here." 05:45 And so when I called you and I said, 05:46 "Look, we're gonna make room for you." 05:48 This was like on Friday 05:51 and you weren't sure 05:52 you could get a plane out by Sunday. 05:54 Right. 05:56 Eventually you got here, right? 05:57 Well, you said, "Do you want to come?" 05:59 And I said, "Yes." 06:01 And so the paper work was done all the way 06:03 through Saturday night online. 06:07 And I don't know that I finished quite all of it. 06:10 But I was on a plane Sunday and came to Weimar. 06:15 And then later, we talked. 06:18 And I said, "Well, Jim, if you're gonna have an event, 06:21 it would more than likely have, 06:23 had happened on the airplane. 06:25 Dr. Gallant said that too. 06:27 I've heard that from a couple of people. 06:29 I'm kind of glad you didn't tell me that 06:31 while I was getting on the plane. 06:33 All right. So here you are. 06:35 You are at the NEWSTART program. 06:36 Let's talk about what has happened 06:39 and I want to rush through this 'cause 06:41 we don't have a lot of time. 06:43 I want to go back just to set the stage. 06:45 My pastor had advised me that this would not work 06:51 without a 100 percent commitment. 06:54 And that was, he asked me just where are you on that 06:57 and I took it as my commitment with God 07:01 and I said, 75, 25. 07:07 I knew was doing some things. 07:09 My behavior was wrong 07:10 and I knew I wasn't right 07:14 with doing that behavior 07:16 and when I came to NEWSTART and to Weimar on, 07:22 I believe it was Monday morning, 07:24 the first day of the program. 07:26 I had not met anybody 07:27 and participated in any events of the program or lectures 07:33 but the Holy Spirit just led me 07:36 to pray a prayer of total commitment. 07:39 I asked God to just come into my life and take over, 07:43 that I couldn't do it. 07:45 So Jim, let's talk about your experience here. 07:48 You came here, you had high cholesterol, 07:51 you had blood pressure, you had diabetes, 07:54 you were morbidly obese, what has happened. 07:58 Tell us real quick what happened. 08:00 Well, the program, of course, 08:04 is the program of changing your diet 08:08 and what foods and what you drinking, 08:10 and what you're eating, what you shouldn't be drinking, 08:12 and what you shouldn't eat. 08:15 The emphasis, however, is given to exercise. 08:18 I wasn't exercising. 08:20 So now you are exercising? Yes. 08:21 I was coming home 08:23 and sitting down in the easy chair. 08:24 And watching television and I wasn't exercising. 08:28 And so I started exercising. 08:31 I started losing weight and I've been eating healthy, 08:36 vegetables and fruits and nuts 08:38 and discovered that fruits are delicious. 08:41 I didn't used to eat fruits. 08:43 I was afraid it would affect my blood sugar. 08:44 So tell me, do you have diabetes today? 08:48 Well, I would call it in remission. 08:50 I think the doctors would say 08:51 that once you have diabetes, you always do. 08:53 Well, that's like being an alcoholic that don't drink. 08:56 So you are diabetic without diabetes. 08:58 My blood sugar levels are normal. 09:01 Yes. 09:03 And I am off of all of my diabetes medicines. 09:05 What about your high blood pressure. 09:06 Do you have high blood pressure? 09:08 Yes. I took several pills for that. 09:11 And I am in the normal range of my blood pressure 09:15 and I'm completely off of all of my blood pressure medicine. 09:18 I came into NEWSTART with ten prescription medicines. 09:22 Okay. 09:24 And I don't take any of them today. 09:27 Praise God. 09:28 So you got rid of diabetes, 09:29 you got rid of high blood pressure, 09:31 how much weight have you lost? 09:33 About eight pounds. 09:34 You lost eight pounds but you gained how much muscle? 09:37 Well, a lot. 09:38 I have lost inches once I plateaued 09:42 with the weight down eight pounds, 09:44 since then I've lost inches. 09:46 So it's my understanding the fat has turned to muscle. 09:49 Amen. 09:50 So your doctors, Dr. Gallant, 09:53 we're gonna see him here 09:54 in a little while doing an interview 09:56 and talk about this process that you went through. 09:59 Now you're a guy 10:01 that was supposed to have a open heart surgery. 10:04 You've opted not to have open heart surgery. 10:07 And you're doing a lifestyle change 10:09 that's gonna clean out your arteries, 10:11 get you healthy 10:12 and like you are 25 years old again, right? 10:17 I'll take 28. 10:19 You'll take 28. 10:21 Is there anything else you want to add that's happened here? 10:23 Well, it's a great ministry. 10:25 And a lot of people do not know the health message 10:30 which is taught here. 10:32 And if I can help in a ministry that does that 10:37 then I believe that's what God wants me to do. 10:39 Amen. 10:41 It's a pleasure to have a passion to serve others 10:43 and God has given me that. 10:45 Amen. 10:46 I want to thank you for coming to our studio. 10:48 You got a wonderful story. 10:50 I'm gonna be following up on you. 10:52 And friends, don't go away 10:54 'cause Dr. Gallant will be right with us. 11:30 Welcome back, friends. 11:32 And as I promised, Dr. Roger Gallant. 11:35 I'd like the viewers to know 11:36 that you are our director here at the NEWSTART program. 11:40 That's correct, Ron. 11:41 And I want to get right into talking about Jim 11:45 'cause it's such an amazing wonderful story. 11:49 He's already told us as you know 11:51 how this all happened. 11:54 But tell us from your perspective after, 11:57 I think I called you and asked you, 12:00 would you call him. 12:01 That's right. He called me. 12:03 It was the Friday afternoon before the session started. 12:06 Yeah. And we didn't have any-- 12:07 and by the way we didn't have any room. 12:09 Right. Exactly, exactly. 12:11 You asked me to call him. 12:13 We had a great conversation 12:15 and he told me what his doctors had told him 12:19 and he'd told me that he'd gone to visit his pastor 12:22 and his pastor is the one who had said, 12:25 "Have you thought about Weimar, 12:26 have you thought about NEWSTART?" 12:28 And so we had a talk and I explained to him 12:31 what we do here versus what his other option was, 12:34 which was surgery. 12:35 And he was very open to doing lifestyle change. 12:40 And I'm so excited that he did. 12:42 You know, it amazes me 12:45 that he was willing to take this risk. 12:49 You know when I talked to him, when I saw him, 12:51 you saw him when he got here. 12:52 I wish we could had him on camera then 12:55 'cause he was just like, oh, no, 12:57 what's gonna happen. Right. 12:59 And after he got here, I said, 13:00 "You know, if you were gonna have an event, 13:02 it would have happened on that plane." 13:05 He says, I wish he... 13:06 "I'm glad you didn't tell me that before I came." 13:09 But tell us 13:11 what kind of risk do people have 13:14 by doing a lifestyle change 13:18 opposed to going under the knife. 13:20 What's the ratio or is there, do you have any statistics? 13:24 Well, what I told him 13:25 when we talked was that this is a risk 13:29 but every day is a risk, you know. 13:32 He knows he has disease so he has the risk every day. 13:36 But I told him that what we are doing here 13:39 puts your body in the best condition. 13:41 If you put your body in the best condition, 13:44 then you're body is gonna start to heal 13:47 diseases that are present which includes heart disease. 13:50 So I explained to him that by being here, 13:54 it's different than going under the knife. 13:56 But I believe by God's grace, 13:59 it is a way to fix this heart disease forever. 14:03 Having a bypass surgery only opens flow 14:06 but if you don't change your lifestyle, 14:09 it can come back. 14:10 That's it. 14:12 And this is why we're hear people 14:14 who've had stents put in 14:16 and open heart surgery 14:17 that they had to go back and have it redone. 14:19 Right, right. 14:20 Because and I hope the viewers are getting this. 14:23 Because they didn't change their lifestyle. 14:26 That's right. Praise God. 14:28 God created our bodies to heal and repair them 14:32 when we put them in the right condition. 14:34 And I believe what we're teaching here 14:36 is teaching God's plan 14:38 to put your body in the right condition. 14:40 Amen. 14:42 Well, you know, you said when he did the treadmill test, 14:46 'cause we do two treadmills, right? 14:48 That's correct. 14:49 When he did the first one, 14:51 you noticed a little something wasn't quite closer. 14:53 Well, we expected to see some changes 14:56 because we know he has heart disease. 14:58 And sure enough we did. 14:59 He had a lot of irregular heartbeats 15:02 and he had some changes consistent with blockages. 15:07 We did a repeat treadmill two weeks later. 15:11 And that treadmill shows improvement over his first one. 15:16 Wow. Is it significant, though? 15:18 It is significant. 15:19 In two weeks he's starting to reverse the disease 15:23 that he's had for who knows how long. 15:25 It could be 60 years. Yeah. 15:28 You know what I told him? No. 15:29 I told him that God has performed 15:32 a woundless cardiac surgery on him. 15:35 Amen. 15:36 And what a blessing. 15:38 What a blessing. Yeah. 15:39 I was kind of envious 'cause as you know 15:41 and I told you before we went on the program 15:44 that I went in and had the open heart surgery. 15:47 I wish I didn't. 15:48 But nonetheless I did. 15:50 And then it started to reverse again 15:52 and I started to get clogged up so I went, 15:55 I did what you're saying. 15:56 I came here. Yes. 15:58 That was ten years ago this month by the way. 16:00 Wow. I can't believe that. 16:03 Let me tell you one other thing about Jim 16:04 that really struck me. 16:07 Jim was one of the first people in this group 16:10 who got the concept 16:12 that you have to turn over your will to God 16:16 and allow His will to live out in your life. 16:19 Yes. 16:21 Once you do that, 16:22 everything else starts to fall into place. 16:24 Well, Jesus taught us how to do that. 16:25 Amen. 16:27 He used to pray and I love this part. 16:29 Can I say this? Please do. 16:31 He used to pray to His Father sometimes all night 16:35 and that was so His will would be done. 16:37 That's right. 16:39 And He followed His Father's will 16:41 and miracles happened. 16:43 And you know, doctor, 16:44 I view what happened to Jim is a miracle. 16:47 I do too. 16:48 And I see them happen with other people here. 16:51 Absolutely. I agree. 16:53 We have a young man, 16:54 we're gonna interview after you. 16:55 His name is Dan. 16:57 Dan is another miracle. Amen. 16:59 And we have so many. 17:01 We have 25 people here in this session 17:04 and we have seen miracle after miracle after miracle. 17:07 Yes. 17:08 Here's what happens to me though. 17:10 I see it so frequently, 17:11 all of a sudden it becomes like 17:14 oh, well, just another miracle. No. 17:17 Slap me when I say that. That's right. No. 17:19 It can't be that. It can't be that. 17:20 No. Absolutely. 17:22 God is working 17:23 and it's just such a rich blessing. 17:25 Now God has given you the knowledge 17:31 through your education to treat people. 17:36 Tell us what kind of treatments 17:38 do doctors do with guests when they come here. 17:42 There's no invasive procedures, I know. 17:45 There's no invasive procedures. 17:47 We basically teach them about God's plan for health. 17:51 It involves eight simple laws 17:53 and when you practice them every day, 17:55 it puts your body in the right condition 17:58 so that your body will start to heal 18:00 and repair itself by God's grace. 18:03 Isn't that amazing 18:04 how these bodies were made in such a way 18:08 that if you just give it the right foods, 18:10 it knows what to do with them. 18:11 Yes. 18:13 You don't have to coach it. No. 18:14 You don't need a computer and you had to program it 18:16 to do certain things because... 18:17 It's preprogrammed. 18:19 Preprogrammed. I love it. 18:20 Yeah. Absolutely, absolutely. 18:23 We are "fearfully and wonderfully made." 18:24 And we praise God for that. Amen. 18:27 What can we tell people who are watching now. 18:29 There's a lot of people out there 18:31 who have high blood pressure, you know, 18:34 let's stick to cardio stuff. 18:36 Sure. 18:37 What can we tell these folks that 18:39 are fearful that they may die, 18:42 they might have be could-- from a stroke or heart attack. 18:45 What would you say? 18:46 What I would say to you is this. 18:47 There are very simple lifestyle choices 18:49 that you can make that help to heal your body 18:52 and when you heal your body, 18:54 you will start to reverse these disease processes. 18:58 And by God's grace I believe that you can be healthy. 19:01 But here is pone other thing I want to share with people. 19:03 I believe that as you gain that health, 19:06 you need to share it with others 19:07 and you need to do something to serve God. 19:10 Amen. 19:11 When you do that, 19:12 God will continue you in your health 19:14 because you are working for Him 19:16 and I think that's a rich blessing. 19:18 Now you're talking like a preacher now, not a doctor. 19:22 Are you sure we got the right guy in this set here. 19:25 That's so wonderful to hear you saying these thing 19:28 because you know when I used to go to my cardiologist, 19:32 I used to spend about two or three minutes, you know. 19:34 There wasn't much, 19:36 there was no conversation like we're talking here. 19:39 And I think that these laws of health 19:43 that you are speaking about, 19:44 this eight principles, if you will, 19:47 the last one being trusting in the divine power. 19:49 Amen. 19:51 And I'm hearing more of that than anything else 19:53 rather than mentioning the food, 19:55 exercise but they are an important component. 19:59 Absolutely, absolutely. 20:00 And can we, can we expect to be healed 20:05 if we follow these principles? 20:06 Absolutely. 20:08 I told Jim that his exercise has now become his medicine. 20:12 He's healthier today than when he came 20:15 and he's off of most of his medicines. 20:17 Isn't that amazing? 20:19 He told that he was off all of them. 20:21 I think he's only taking aspirin still 20:23 for a little while longer. 20:24 Well, I don't consider that as medicine or is it? 20:27 It is technically but that's okay. 20:30 But now he is doing very well and it's by the grace of God. 20:33 Yeah. 20:35 Doc, I want to thank you for joining us. 20:37 It's always a pleasure to talk to you, a godly man. 20:39 Thank you for having me, Ron. 20:41 Thank you for being here and taking the position 20:43 that you have here at the NEWSTART program. 20:46 Friends, don't go away. We have a tip for you. 20:53 I'm Michelle Irwin. 20:54 Your NEWSTART cooking instructor. 20:56 I'm gonna teach you how to make 20:57 an amazing vegan truffle that's so easy, 21:00 you literally can do it in about five minutes. 21:03 Let's talk about the equipment you'll need. 21:06 You'll need either a bowl and a spoon to stir by hand 21:09 or if you want to do it faster, 21:10 you could use our food processor. 21:13 The ingredients for this recipe, 21:14 you'll need your favorite nut butter. 21:16 I love roasted cashew butter, almond butter is awesome. 21:21 You can use any one of those and you'll need, you know, 21:24 I like the roasted variety. 21:25 But raw would be good as well. 21:27 Well, we are using some coconut flour 21:29 and this is a really great product to use 21:32 because all of the fat 21:34 has been pretty much taken out of the coconut 21:36 and what you're left with is this awesome flour. 21:38 And it can be used sometimes one to one 21:41 for different wheat flours 21:43 and other recipes you may need to add more liquid 21:45 because it does absorb liquid quite considerably. 21:51 And then I'll be using some grade B maple syrup 21:53 which is a really nice maple flavor. 21:56 The difference between grade A and grade B is pretty much, 22:00 basically the flavor is richer with the grade B. 22:03 And a few little pinches of my sea salt 22:06 which is Himalayan sea salt. 22:07 It really brings out the sweetness in this recipe 22:10 and then I'm gonna decorate them with some fun ideas. 22:12 You can use some toasted coconut, unsweetened coconut. 22:16 I'm gonna be using some raw carob powder 22:18 and then your favorite nuts. 22:19 These are some corns. You could toast them. 22:23 Oh, really, just have fun this recipe. 22:26 Okay. So let's get started. 22:27 I'm gonna go ahead and I'm gonna add my nut butter 22:31 to the food processor. 22:35 Okay. 22:36 And be sure to stir it really well 22:38 because sometimes these nut butters 22:42 have some oil residue on the top. 22:45 And if you don't stir it, 22:46 it can get kind of hard to deal with. 22:49 So would just like to give it a good stir. 22:51 Another tip is before you open it, 22:53 just tip it upside down 22:54 and that will help to distribute 22:56 the oil accordingly. 22:58 So I'm gonna just go ahead and add this. 23:03 And we at NEWSTART here, we don't use few oils 23:07 but we will use oils that are naturally present 23:10 in nuts and seeds and avocados and olives. 23:13 So this is a really great decadent use of it. 23:18 So now I'm gonna go ahead and add my coconut flour, 23:21 well, actually before we do that, 23:23 I want to go ahead and I want to turn this almond 23:26 for almond butter or even your cashew butter 23:28 and get it really nice and thick 23:31 and the way to do that is to use maple syrup. 23:34 At first, it will thin it our 23:35 but after you stir for a while, it starts to thicken. 23:38 It's a really cool property 23:41 that maple syrup has with the different nut butter. 23:44 So we're go gonna go ahead and turn this on. 23:59 Okay. That looks really good. 24:01 And now I'm gonna go ahead 24:02 and add just a few pinches of salt to this, 24:05 just till bring our the natural sweetness. 24:08 And then we will go ahead 24:10 and we will add our coconut flour. 24:11 And depending on, 24:13 you're gonna kind of play with this recipe. 24:15 Depending if it's too thin or if it is too thick, 24:18 you can always add more maple syrup 24:20 if it's too thick or add more of the coconut flour to-- 24:23 if it's too thin. 24:26 Okay. 24:27 And then we're just gonna go ahead 24:29 and process this again. 24:43 All right. 24:44 So you can see that the consistency right now 24:47 is really the-- the best way 24:48 to describe this is like the filling you know, 24:51 those forbidden candies that have the peanut butter 24:54 and the chocolate on the outside. 24:56 This is just like that inside but it's a healthy version. 24:59 And I'm almost there. 25:01 I want to add a little bit more of coconut flour, 25:03 just because I want this to really bind well. 25:19 Okay. 25:20 And it's gonna resemble 25:22 almost like a sand like consistency 25:24 and that gives us a lot of ability 25:26 to shape these into our beautiful truffle. 25:29 So we are there. 25:30 Another tip that you can do is you can roll these truffles, 25:33 put them in the freezer to get them hardened 25:36 and then they are really nice to chilled as well. 25:41 But I'm gonna just work with them right now 25:42 straight out of here 25:45 and I'll give you a couple of examples 25:46 of how to work with these. 25:48 So just kind of stir them up a little bit 25:51 and then you can take a ice cream scoop 25:53 and that way, they'll always be the same size 25:55 and consistency and then just go ahead 25:57 and get right in there and roll them up. 26:03 You can make a little squares with them 26:06 or anything that you like 26:07 and these are gonna be really hand crafted. 26:09 So now what I'm gonna do is 26:11 just dip them in my favorite toppings. 26:15 You can just really push those in. 26:16 If you find that your topping doesn't stick like you'd like, 26:20 just add a little bit of maple syrup to your hands 26:23 and then kind of coat your truffle with it 26:27 and then it will stick really nice and then it almost, 26:30 when you put in the freezer, 26:32 it kind of hardens like a candy. 26:33 So that's kind of fun. And there you go. 26:36 And so you could do your different carob with that, 26:38 you can add your favorite nuts and here are some examples 26:42 of our lovely truffles 26:44 that are really fun to take with you 26:45 to any party and you know, they are just like one size. 26:48 It's not, you can have a little bit and not feel good, 26:51 you don't have a big piece of cake, 26:52 just one of these little guys and you should feel happy 26:58 about having your sweets and not feeling guilty. 27:00 Thank you. 27:09 Well, friends, that's it for today 27:10 but join us next week for another episode. 27:13 In the meantime, pick up the phone 27:15 and give us a call at 800-525-9192. 27:21 Mention the NEWSTART Now program 27:24 and receive the NEWSTART special. |
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