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Big Heart Project is a charity organization that was started by young people in Melbourne, Australia and is based upon the principles and philosophy of Zen Buddhism. The heart of the project is to change people's (and animal's) lives through acts of compassion and selflessness. Love is the greatest power in the world. It is the only power that is incorruptible. The main issue that we continue to fight against is Child Prostitution (a.k.a. Sexual Slavery). This must be the worst abuse of human rights in the world today. In regards to the issue of Child-Prostitution we are working at the epicentre of the problem. We work in one of the (if not the) worst affected areas in the world; Asia. Where we run preventative, curative and after-care projects (Preveducation), Holistic Health & sustaniablitiy Programs and Child Rescue and Intervention. We understand the need to cultivate the development of the 'whole' person, beyond striving for financial success and meeting basic needs. It is for this reason we put a great deal of emphasis on cultivating mindfulness, self-reliance, compassion, intuition, minimalism and a meditation practice.Our vision is international, while our projects are grassroots. We are keen to connect with anyone who is interested in making a difference. It all starts with a decision. A decision to stand for those who cannot stand for themselves, who do not have a voice, who are locked away in brothels and suffer the most horrendous atrocities imaginable, regularly being bashed and raped, forced to 'service' clients all day, everyday, often also throughout the night. This is not a life. Surely death would be sweeter. At the end of the day when you fall in a heap and feel nothing, just dirty and worthless, we stand for you!
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Big Heart Project was founded on the idea that anyone can make a positive difference in the world. It may sound idealistic to say that we want to change the world, but if we change just one person's life is that not changing the world? At the very least it is changing that one person's world."Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little." - Edmund Burke Big Heart Project is the ensuent response to the observation of countless opportunities to improve the quality of life for communities and individuals in need.Adrian has spent a large amount of time living, working and traveling all over South East Asia. As he became increasingly aware of situations where inequality, neglect, abuse and greed are overriding factors, his desire to change this scene, to paint another picture heightened until he reached a clear and definite resolution "I MUST change the world. It is my responsibility as a capable custodian of the earth". He shared his ideas with his friend Sharki, who was sympathetic and understanding of his perspective. Since then he have been working to establish Big Heart Project. Big Heart Project had it's official birth in September 2009 according to the Victorian State Department responsible for Incorporated Associations in Melbourne, Australia.Just after the initial registration of Big Heart Project another crucial Director, Tash, appeared on the scene. She has a very kind heart and has always felt a deep compassion for others. At the time of her request to be a Director of Big Heart Project she had just completed a degree in photography at university. She has been working very closely with Adrian overseas and her contribution has helped to keep the Big Heart dream alive. The core members of Big Heart Project all share the same convictions and we have been cooperating to put into effect little changes that we believe will act as catalysts for bigger change. "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." - Confucius Beginnings in CambodiaBig Heart Project in Cambodia began as a community-based, grass-roots project that was originally started in 2007 by Kuom and some other volunteer teachers. The idea started out with the goal of helping orphans, HIV infected children, people in the rural areas of Cambodia living in serious poverty and vulnerable children including young girls at risk of entering prostitution either through economic pressures or physical coercion. Kuom who majored in English at a University in Phnom Penh, used his own personal funds to start the project which he raised through teaching English to wealthy students at the university. At the end of 2009, Adrian and Tash met with the Khmer teachers while doing some research for potential projects. There was a strong desire to work together with a similar vision and so Big Heart Project in Cambodia was born.Adrian and Tash went to live in the rural area where these grassroots schools were operating. The children at these schools were making a sincere effort to learn and to create new opportunities for themselves. This was a very moving time.From this point on Big Heart Project has been involved with the development of these schools/classes as well as the establishment of many other projects. Our perspective towards life is summed up well by this quote, "I shall pass through this world but once, any good thing therefore I can do or any kindness I can show to any fellow creature, let me not defer or neglect it for I shall not pass this way again." We believe that compassion is relatively useless as an abstract concept, so must be put into practice diligently and seriously.Many of our values are similar to those in Zen Buddhist teachings. It is our view that people's unhappiness ultimately comes from a lack of self-knowledge. Often people will exclaim that their unhappiness comes from not having something of value. Ultimately we understand that if individuals truly knows themselves then a high level of inner peace will be established at all times; even (and especially) in times of hardship.We practice and cultivate:Compassion: Truthfulness:Self-reliance:Minimalism:Mindfulness:Meditation:Intuition:Why is so much time and energy spent on hatred, war and violence? Why does love take a backseat when conflicts arise? Love is the creative energy from which life arises. Love is most important. Love is the only real power. Love is dynamic. Love is intelligent. Love is not merely in the anthropomorphous image of two family members hugging. Rather, Pure Love is very much in the natural world too. The bees love the flowers just as the flowers love the sun. It is pure and selfless. We believe that the highest forms of love are selfless (although this doesn't invalidate other forms of love).Love is practical - i.e. one who loves animals would not kill animals. This is why vegetarianism is a very important part of the practice of compassion. Other examples of practical compassion include care for family, friends, other human beings, the environment, animals, all of life.Love is without predjudice - be it sexual, cultural or species-related.Love is the only force that is incorruptible.Honesty starts with ourselves. If we cannot be honest with ourselves, then how can we expect to be honest with others? Truthfulness is a practice that goes beyond the black and white. Dishonesty often goes deeper than lying. Often a lie is the surface effect of a deeper cause. The fact that we choose to lie means we don't understand the importance of truthfulness. Ignorance in this regard reflects self-ignorance or a lack of self-knowledge. The search to know our true selves requires constant commitment to truthfulness. This starts first with ourselves (often through a practice of meditation or self-reflection) and then is reflected into all other aspects of our lives.Who or what do you think is in control of your life? Your boss? Your mother? Circumstances? The car that always breaks down on the way to that important event? Your family?Self-reliance, like all spiritual practices, starts deep within. The first step is finding some autonomy. This process spurs inner-peace, a more harmonious mental environment and a stronger sense of independence. You are responsible for who you are, where you are, what you're doing and any decisions you make. You are not a victim. You are the author of your life, your happiness, your health, your relationships and your work. Only you have control over what you believe and how you let that affect your life. Only you can make a change. You can choose to make the change. It's up to you.What do you need? A new car? Another property? The latest home deco setup from your local department store?We need to focus on what's real. An irony of the modern world is that all these new technologies and luxurious items have been developed to make our lives easier and more streamlined, yet they distract us so much from real life that they end up taking up far more time than they give us (as they profess). The T.V. has become the household social medium for family time. Through the T.V. many people seem to believe that we engage with each other in quality time. Distraction!Many, many hours are wasted in front of the box. This activity is passive, mindless and unproductive. So does this mean that the T.V. is inherently evil? No. Distractions only have power over us if we let them. In some circumstances televisions can be quite useful. If we become active participants in watching something important such as world news and then turn it off to get on with something constructive we have taken control of the T.V. and used it for a purpose, rather than the T.V. controlling us - telling us who we are, how we should look, what we should wear. In all Buddhist teachings there is an idea that suffering comes from our attachment to things. Because all things change, attachment not only wastes time and energy, but also brings suffering.In a sense minimalism is the practice of prioritizing our lives in relation to what is most valuable. In the event of a fire, would you rescue your dog or your television? Rhetoric!Yet often the television gets far more attention until this wake-up call becomes a reality. Make it a reality now! What is truly important in life? What is a mere distraction? Dedicating your life to the accumulation of wealth for personal gain means you spend your whole life doing things you don't like so that you can die with money in the bank. This is insanity!"People know the price of everything and the value of nothing." - Oscar WildeLook at your life as a big picture. You decide where you put your energy. Do what you truly love. Live every moment the best way you can. Look at all the possibilities. Don't settle for status quo. Everyone has magnificent potential. This is living in the present moment. This is living without regrets. This is what it really means to be alive.Mindfulness, thoughtfulness, awareness is the practice of being present in each and every moment. Rather than doing a million things at once and having to repeat them all, we promote doing things slowly, steadily, with intention. This also refers to where one's mind is. This is called presence. When one is present one is fully aware in the moment that is passing. If we spend too much time looking into the future, or too much time sentimentalizing over the past we relinquish our existence. This is because our existence is always only in the present moment. We do not exist in history books. Memories are just memories. We do not exist in the future in the way we may think. Only as each passing moment of the present transcends into the future do we have any control over what may happen. The future is born out of the present. We grow our future selves, by growing as spiritual beings right now. We exist in this moment; the moment that passes as your eyes glide over these words.Being present and mindful in reality is to be alive. As we are a result of what we think and how we cultivate our head-space, being vacant-minded or in our future or past-selves is as inactive as a sleeping body. Sleep is only necessary to rejuvenate the body. Any more than that is indulgent and a waste of life. So we can see that being asleep, literally or mentally is unhelpful to us. Many people who we see walking the streets everyday are effectively asleep. Taking drugs or drinking alcohol is just another escape from reality. They render us vacant and incapable of being truly present; being truly alive. Often people prefer to be asleep than to be awake because sleeping is a passive task, which asks nothing of you, whereas living is an active task that requires vigorous and dynamic engagement. Another reason people drink alcohol is so that dull things seem interesting. Rather, we see that it is more responsible and meaningful to find what is truly interesting rather than numbing/dulling the senses. The goal is to be as awake as possible. Being mindful is a very important part of being alive. The level of mindfulness (or consciousness) corresponds to how alive we really are. The practice of meditation is an ongoing study of oneself and ones relationship to the world. "No man is an island, entire and of itself; everyman is a piece of the continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were; any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee." - John DonneWe all form dynamic and rich interpersonal relationships with other people. We are highly social creatures. We also form relationships with the natural world and with animals. Because we are so entrenched within these dynamic connections we must know ourselves well enough to be vital stepping stones in the pond of life. Compassion, inner-peace and strength all begin with self-reflection. How do I fit into this picture? Am I here to rape and plunder the earth until there is nothing left but bare soil in which nothing can grow? What does it mean for our species to look towards a harmonious and peaceful relationship with Nature and walk in that direction? Real meditation is the practice of insight. Rather than fighting with other people or things in the world we see the necessity to fight ourselves. This is meditation. It is not a walk in the park. The mind stays alert while the body goes to sleep. Zazen is the practice of sitting meditation. In the Soto School of Zen Buddhism Shikantaza is the practice of meditation and literally means 'just sitting'. This is the confrontation of oneself. When one has battled with their false ego (the false persona a person adopts) they begin to adopt their natural spiritual nature with humility. It takes more strength to face yourself than to fight with another.
We stand with compassion in the face of abuses perpetrated against children, be they through slavery, orphanhood, prostitution or war. Let us risk making a case for a different world in light of this world's rapacious disregard for the lives of others; against the morbid excesses of the overdeveloped nations and the collusive destitution of the dedeveloped ones; against bureaucratic mismanagement; and difference (be it sexual or cultural) asserted as a justification for another's subjugation.We stand for a world governed by conscience, in the knowledge that the urge of hands to reach out to a stranger is more urgent than the urge of hands to form fists. We support the interests of animals unable to represent their own, an interest we wish to extend to the equilibrium of planetary life in our own interest. Let Life Prevail!

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The purpose of our existence is to identify communities and individuals who are living in conditions where basic necessities are scarce, opportunities are limited and many freedoms are inhibited, we then dedicate our time to educate these communities in a holistic way. Our main focus is to prevent children from entering prostitution and situations of slavery and abuse in the first place. Where we can, we also rescue, rehabilitate, care for and educate girls leaving child prostitution and sexual slavery.
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Prevention of what you might ask? Prevention of child-prostitution. Prevention of sexual-slavery. Prevention of human trafficking. Prevention of children being used and exploited for the financial gain of others. How do we prevent such things? Through Education!Compassion literally means 'to suffer with'. We will show this boy the wonders of life and as he explores them we want to give him the opportunities that he deserves. Consider supporting a child. It costs very little, but it goes a long way. Love and support never goes astray in a child's life. Currently Koub Naseath receives a free English Education at our school and enjoys playing games with Fun-Coordinators and other students in between classes.The first major project to have been undertaken by the Big Heart Project team is the Preveducation Project in Takeo. We feel that education is the starting point for all kids of positive change, so we have put a lot of effort in that direction. Big Heart Project now provides English lessons to over 340 students in a small rural community one hour south by bus of Phnom Penh. The classes are run after school hours in classrooms that are rented from the local government school. There are twelve one hour classes per day and each class has a maximum of forty students. Since our involvement here we have organised the children into appropriate classes and registered every child who attends the classes. We have employed three local Khmer as full time staff. Each of them are teaching the students, as well as managing other aspects of the project. We have payed for each of these staff to attend university and study in a field related to their work with Big Heart Project. As the Takeo community is heavily steeped in poverty it is very common for children to forgo education in order to stay at home and help their family. The most common form of income in this area comes through rice farming, which requires a lot of hard physical work and parents will often depend on their children to help them yield the crops. Our presence in the local government school has vastly increased the number of children who attend giving those individuals a much greater chance of moving away from the cycles that have entrapped them in conditions of poverty. Alongside our teaching work we also engage the children in playing games. This as you may imagine is a very welcome request for the children. There is nothing so healing as happiness, so this is a crucial aspect in reaching out and helping these children who's lives have been subject to so much hardship. We have seen proof of the power of these simple acts of human interaction in the actions of the children. We have also seen the birth of creative thought and personal transformation. The students age ranges from 4 to 26 and we teach them using a variety of text books, all of which the children now have their own copy. The students come from a variety of backgrounds, including orphans, those from very poor families and those who's families are slightly more well off.P lan - Plan a system of spreading knowledge about problems that affect the communityR esearch - Study the problems, how they affect people and the reasons for ignorance E ducate - Spread knowledge about the nature of the problemsV indicate - Provide justice for those who can be helped. This also provides examples for the community to benefit fromE rradicate - Get rid of misconceptions, fear and superstitions about the problemsN ature - Let the education of the people take a natural course and as knowledge is spread, changes will occurT alk - Open a channel of dialogue with the locals and community and be open with them

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Big Heart Project is an NGO dedicated to making a change in the world. Although Big Heart Project was only started in 2009 we understand that an NGO is more than a lifetime commitment. For us this is not only an amazing job, but a lifestyle. We have dedicated our lives to helping the lives of others in less fortunate positions. We have chosen to put our selves in these positions for we know that it is a difficulty for the masses. That on the other hand does not mean that others cannot contribute in a powerful way. Many of us dont like to think about what will happen when we pass on or want to think about who we are obliged to leave our bequests to. Instead of feeling like this is something to dread, we have thought of this as an opportunity to pass on something very valuable to a worthy course. Planned giving can help an organisation sustain their project and secure the future for not only the organisation, but all people who come into contact with the projects.Over time we hope that our supporters can share your mission and understand that it is worthwhile course. Planned giving is not by any means only financial, but an opportunity for support a charity with belongings/real-estate which otherwise may not have been beneficial value to loved ones and family members.If you are think of planned giving to Big Heart Project please contact us for further discussion and to have a deeper understanding of how the project could benefit from such a gracious and worthwhile donation. We understand that this is not always an easy topic to approach and every bequest will be treated with respect and consideration to privacy.

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Help To successfully run an organisation such as Big Heart Project, many things are required. We are sending out a tumultuous cry for anyone who wishes to help us in our endeavours. Of course there are many ways and forms of help. Firstly, we dare to ask for your own suggestions, or if you simply wish to assist then you may.. Volunteer - We require volunteers in Australia to help us with administration and fund-raising, we need people to teach in Takeo, and to teach in China. Make the changes in your own life - The saying goes charity starts at home, the first step anyone can take to helping us affect the world for the better is to consider options for their life that are more ethically sound. Make a donation - Monetary donations are always needed - other types of donations (one man's trash is another man's treasure) are also welcome.Big Heart Project is a team of individuals striving to create an organisation with the ability to expand and diversify. Rather than sticking to a set of familiar structures and ideas we want to address the particular needs of any situation as well as the specific needs of the whole, humanity and of life itself.In other words we are constantly on the look out for potential to create positive change, being careful to see that new ideas will compliment existing ones and that our core values are always underlying our work.In line with our dynamic approach to improving the state of the world, in recent months the big Heart team have found themselves in China, the city Putian in the province of Fujian.We have been working to establish an English training centre for middle/lower class people, this school is a training centre with an ethical Vision giving a percentage of the profit from Vision towards funding Big Heart Project.
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can help:Fund-raisingFund-raising is always a necessity for grass-roots organizations. This can take ng then please get in contact with us to find out more information or let us know the area you are interested in helping. If you know you have a limited amount of time, but still feel that you would like to help us in some way, just send us an email and simply ask up what we are up to at that time. A helping hand never goes astray! Spread the WordSpread the word! Tell all your friends about us. Tell your family about us. Tell all the other travellers you meet about us. Give out our website and information. Suggest people to come and see our project. Promote, Promote, Promote! Stay in touch with what we're up toJoin our e-newsletter list on our website. Send an email to admin_bigheartproject.org from the email that you wish to receive our e-newsletter from and in the subject of the email write ‘e-newsletter requested’. Then in the body of the email write your full name. Make friends with our Facebook group and Facebook org page Log in to Facebook and search in the search-bar for ‘Big Heart Project’. There should be two results of ours: one is our organization page, the other is our group. The more volunteers that connect to us, the better. We like to stay in touch and stay connected! Invite ALL your friends to our Facebook pages. When you’re looking at our Facebook pages’ homepage there is an option to ‘suggest to friends’. Please do this an click on ALL your Facebook friends. This can be a huge help to us because it’s such a subtantial promotion. The more people that know about us, the more people can potentially help us. Please do this for BOTH our Facebook Pages.Grant Proposals/Corporate SponsorshipSend out grant proposals to companies requesting sponsorshipIf you know any companies personally that may be thinking about sponsoring a charity please approach them on behalf of us. You don’t need to be really professional or have any specific skills. You can approach them as a volunteer who has had a great time with an organization called ‘Big Heart Project’ that gets little to no funding. All you need to say is that you’ve seen our work (if you've been to Takeo, Cambodia), we’re very young, we’re very impressive and totally legitimate and you know that we are in desperate need of funding to continue our operations and to expand on them. Donate some needed materials(One man's trash is another man's treasure)Donate some needed materials. We understand that some people like to give money because they trust a charity to use it in the best way. We also understand that when people want to give money they want to SEE it being used in the best way. For this reason we have volunteers who will say to us ‘what do you need that costs less than ___$?’. We respond with something that is needed by the organization for the amount of money that the volunteer is able to contribute. We then go with the volunteer/donor to buy that thing so they can see it happen and feel a sense of satisfaction from seeing us utilize new material(s) that help us to help others. Donate!(one-offs are good, but regular support is even better) We receive very few donations for our work. A substantial amount of our funding comes from our own personal money. The rest is from the volunteer home-stay and our English Training Centre that we set up in Mainland China. Our English Training Centre is called ‘Vision English’ – http://www.visioneducation.org and donates 5% of profits to Big Heart Project per annum. To cut it short, an organization cannot survive without funding and we’re not getting the funding we really need so any donations are GREATLY appreciated. Also when we receive more funding in the future we will be able to do more within our projects and set up new projects. Set up or join a Fund-raising TeamORHelp out with our Monthly Market StallGet in contact with Sharki (our Face2face Fund-raising Leader) or Susan about joining a team. Setting up fundraising teams requires you to find people who want to volunteer to raise money. You will be the fundraising team leader and you need to make sure that the people are honest as money is involved. You can police this to whatever extent you feel is necessary. You can create more than one team to go out at different times in different areas. Again, this is a big step so think seriously about whether you can maintain the effort long term or not. If you can and you want to go ahead with this please contact either admin_bigheartproject.org Donation RampageThis one is simple, but a mega effort. Ask EVERY person you come into physical contact with for the next few months if they would consider donating to this awesome under-funded charity that you volunteered for in Cambodia. Start with friends and family and then move on to colleagues and eventually strangers – people you meet in the street, on the train, your hairdresser, etc. Give them the website and tell them they can donate online and all details are on our site – i.e. bank details and paypal details. You don’t need to set up a paypal account to donate to Big Heart Project. This is truly a RAMPAGE! Schools4SchoolsWe have a Schools-for-Schools project, which is an important part of what we This consists of a School in a developed country, helping to support our school in Cambodia. Ideally the school in the developed country will have a few free-dress days for a donation. If this day is successful every student in the school will bring between $1-$5. This day can become a regular thing. Maybe a school can hold 3 or more of thee days every year. The other part of this project includes sending letters to our Khmer students. This way the students in the developed country are making friends with students in an underdeveloped country and helping them and our students in Cambodia are making friends with children from a developed country and learning English and Western Culture (which is an important part of learning English as languages aren’t exclusively for communication, but also have cultural aspects too). The children in the developed country can also benefit from learning about Khmer history and culture. This is an amazing project!Host a Fund-raising EventYou could set up an event. This could be a rock concert, movie screening, charity dinner, music performance, speech and documentary showing, etc. The options are endless. Contact us if you would like to host an event for us. Writing ESL CurriculumTeaching English as a Second Language is a difficult skill and takes time to develop. If you think you have this skill and can pass on your knowledge and experience then please write up some teaching skills that we can pass on to future volunteer English teachers. The other aspect is the curriculum itself. If you feel able to you can help us by writing up some relevant curriculum for future teachers to use in their classes. This will ideally include useful English that will enhance the children’s learning more than ‘useless’ English such as the verbal recitation where students copy sounds without thinking and in most cases don’t know the meaning of what they are saying. We are looking for games/ideas/lessons that make the students THINK in English whilst having fun. Pronunciation is an important part of what Native Speakers can share with students. The vowel sounds in Khmer do not occur in English and vise versa so in this sense when English is learnt by a Khmer it can become Khenglish (English with Khmer sounds and vowels). If you can, please write up some lessons/advice/curriculum/games/lesson-plans/teacher training. This is a good way to raise funds without spending a great deal of time. Give-TinsTins in Shops! Buy some Donation Tins, email us and ask for our BHP Tin Sticker Document, print out enough stickers for the tins and approach shops, restaurants and alternative stores to leave them at the counter. If you can chain it to the counter this will ensure that the tin doesn’t get stolen. Check tins every few weeks and when they’re more than half-full you can deposit it into our Big Heart Project Bank Account.Sponsor a ChildWe are asking for people to give ongoing donations if they have the means for doing so. Ongoing donations are a lot more useful than lump sums because they are something that we can rely on and help us to budget. You can give ongoing donations through Paypal by going to our website. We are trying to financially account for every orphan the take in BEFORE we take them in because we never want to be in a position where we have to abandon an orphan simply because we don’t have the funds to look after them.Volunteer your SKILLS and TALENTSPeople have different skills, talents and abilities. We understand this. Maybe you are a film-making so why not think about making a documentary about our project. Maybe you are a writer, why not write the narrative of how this all begun or focus on characters in the project and their lives? Maybe you work for a fund-raising company so why not ask them to help us? The point is that we are all different and have unique inclinations. Help us in the best way you can – in line with your character, abilities and inspiration.
Big Heart Project is currently seeking enthusiastic people who are willing to contribute to our project in Takeo on a grassroots level. We need people who understand the importance of education and are inspired to give the children of Takeo the gift of English. Beware, these children LOVE to play, so you may find yourself surrounded by an assortment of fascinated children all energetically playing games and singing songs. Along with this there are opportunities to engage in many of the practical aspects of working with and helping to run this project.
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Adrian TroutFounderPresidentCo Project DirectorDirector of VolunteeringDirector of International OperationsCo Director of fundraising Email: Adrian_bigheartproject.orgNatasha TroutAssistsant Director of International OperationsProject PhotographerCo Project DirectorDirector of AdministrationCo Director of FundraisingEmail: Tash_bigheartproject.orgAng SkehanCollection Tin HelperAssistant Director of AdministrationEmail: Ang_bigheartproject.org
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