#Remus Emir

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Progression Masterpost

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Progression, rated T, written for Dukeceit Week over on @imnotgrimimjustagrumpyreaper

The Muse's Illusion powers grew by the day and Silvertongue—as well as the rest of the newly-minted Mad Lads—were running out of ways to help him contain them. Playlist - [ AO3 ]

Progression brings to life the hints of Janus and Remus' backstory in the dystopian Mad Lads universe of Out of the Machine and Meus ex Machina.

Chapter List

Ready to Play - 4/6/24

Gladiator - 4/10/24

Come Out and Play - 4/11/24

Bad - 4/12/24

Killer Inside of Me - 4/13/24

Eyes Closed - 4/15/24

Traitor - 4/18/24

You've Created a Monster - 4/21/24

Completely on time, of course. Sorry to keep you on edge like this, Logan, dear… 💛

[drunktayloratthevmas]

The mmarauders if they were from other expensive countries and cities

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Mary: San Pablo, Brazil, Sao Paulo

Lily : Innere Stadt, Austria, Vienna

Pandora : Manhattan, USA, new York

Marlene : Prati , Italy, Rome

Dorcas : MBR Al Maktoum, United arab emirates, Dubai

Emmeline : Toorak suburb, Australia, Melbourne

Emma: Los ángeles, USA, California

Alice: Bridle Path, Canadá, Toronto

James : Miami, USA, California

Peter : Minato Ward, Japan, Tokyo

Remus : Kensington, United kingdom, London

Sirius and regulus : 16th arrondissements, France, París

Barty : Las vegas, USA, nevada

Evan : Beverly hills, USA, California

Frank : Montecarlo, Mónaco

Xenophilius : Kastri, Greece, Athens

Benjy : Porta Nuova, italy, Milan

[lumosfm]

𝙃𝙄𝘼𝙏𝙐𝙎 𝙐𝙋𝘿𝘼𝙏𝙀

Please see below the list of characters who are currently on a hiatus:

Arthur Weasley ~ hiatus until 30th August

Edward Tonks ~ hiatus until 30th August

Etienne Delacour ~ hiatus until 26th August

Georgette Ollivander ~ hiatus until 26th August

Molly Weasley ~ hiatus until 26th August

Rabastan Lestrange ~ hiatus until 20th August

Remus Lupin ~ hiatus until 26th August

Rodolphus Lestrange ~ hiatus until 26th August

Sinistra Lowe ~ hiatus until 26th August

The following characters have an upcoming hiatus:

Alice Longbottom ~ hiatus from 26th August - 2nd September

Emir Selwyn ~ hiatus from 26th August - 2nd September

Emma Vanity ~ hiatus from 26th August - 2nd September

Greta Catchlove ~ hiatus from 26th August - 2nd September

Jeff Thompson ~ hiatus from 26th August - 2nd September

Serra Borgin ~ hiatus from 26th August - 2nd September

Cressida Malfoy ~ hiatus from the 30th August - 3rd September

Rosmerta Abbott ~ hiatus from the 30th August - 3rd September

Valeria Flint ~ hiatus from the 30th August - 3rd September

The following characters have now come to the end of their hiatus so should resume activity or get in touch with the main to avoid being placed on an activity warning:

Amycus Carrow @xamycuscarrowx

Antony Abbot @allabbottme

Gideon Prewett @gideonprewettx

Mary MacDonald @maryloumacdonald

Miray Selwyn @mirayselwyn

Phoebe Parkinson @pureparkinson

Regulus Black @thelionshrt

Sade Shacklebolt @sadeshacklebolt

Sirius Black @siriuslypadfootx

[dubairealestateinvestment]

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In the realm of luxury real estate, Dubai emerges as the unrivaled global leader, surpassing iconic cities like London and Los Angeles in $10 million-plus property sales and branded residences. This meteoric rise is not merely a trend but a testament to Dubai's unwavering allure to the global elite. real estate marketplace

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Recent reports underscore Dubai's dominance in the luxury real estate landscape, boasting the highest number of $10 million-plus property sales globally and the most branded residences worldwide. Since the pandemic, property prices have surged by 33 percent, with rents following suit at 42 percent, while maintaining higher yields compared to global counterparts.

Dubai's evolution is palpable, with renowned brands like Four Seasons, Baccarat, and Mr.C’s making their mark in the city's skyline. The pandemic has further amplified global interest in Dubai real estate, leading to prestigious partnerships with luxury brands like Bulgari, Bugatti, and Aston Martin, catering to discerning buyers seeking wellness and sustainability-themed properties aligned with global initiatives.

Marcel Remus, CEO of Marcel Remus Real Estate, attests to Dubai's international appeal, witnessing an influx of European investors, including high-profile clients like Kanye West. The city's unparalleled livability and lifestyle advantages, coupled with enticing policies aimed at attracting foreigners, have solidified its position as a global real estate powerhouse.

As Dubai's population surges towards 5.8 million by 2040, and with the residential market forecasted for over 8 percent annual growth, the emirate's ascent in the global luxury real estate arena shows no signs of abating. With each passing day, Dubai's skyline reflects not just architectural marvels but a testament to its unwavering allure to the world's elite.

[jazperjay]

The dream begins, most of the time, with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you on to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called truth. - Dan Rather Here are some of Hogwarts best teachers... Prof. Albus Dumbledore Prof. Severus Snape Prof. Minerva Mcgonagall Prof. Remus Lupin Hagrid #HarryPotter #funkophotography #funkopop #severussnape #minervamcgonagall #albusdumbledore #remuslupin #hagrid #jazperjayphotography (at Dubai, United Arab Emirates) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDWmD0Kgxkv/?igshid=khsu47aw61k1

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[endenogatai]

Zamna raises $5M to automate airport security checks between agencies using blockchain

Zamna — which uses a blockchain to securely share and verify data between airlines and travel authorities to check passenger identities — has raised a $5 million seed funding round led by VC firms LocalGlobe and Oxford Capital, alongside Seedcamp, the London Co-Investment Fund (LCIF), Telefonica and a number of angel investors.

Participation has also come from existing investor IAG (International Airlines Group), which is now its first commercial client. The company also changed its name from VChain Technology to Zamna .

When VChain-now-Zamna first appeared, I must admit I was confused. Using blockchain to verify passenger data seemed like a hammer to crack a nut. But it turns out to have some surprisingly useful applications.

The idea is to use it to verify and connect the passenger data sets which are currently siloed between airlines, governments and security agencies. By doing this, says Zamna, you can reduce the need for manual or other checks by up to 90%. If that’s the case, then it’s quite a leap in efficiency.

In theory, as more passenger identities are verified digitally over time and shared securely between parties, using a blockchain in the middle to maintain data security and passenger privacy, the airport security process could become virtually seamless and allow passengers to sail through airports without needing physical documentation or repeated ID checks. Sounds good to me.

Zamna says its proprietary Advance Passenger Information (API) validation platform for biographic and biometric data is already being deployed by some airlines and immigration authorities. It recently started working with Emirates Airline and the UAE’s General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners (GDRFA) to deliver check-in and transit checks.

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Speaking to TechCrunch, Irra Ariella Khi, co-founder and CEO of Zamna, says: “There is a preconception that when you arrive at the airport somehow — as if by magic — the airline knows who you are, the security agencies know who you are and the governments of departure and destination both know that you are flying between their countries and have established that it is both legitimate and secure for you to do so. You may even assume that the respective security authorities have exchanged some intelligence about you as a passenger, to establish that both you and your fellow passengers are safe to board the same plane.”

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There are three main trends in this space. Governments are demanding more accurate passenger data from airlines (for both departure and destination) — and increasing the regulatory fines imposed for incorrect data provided to them by the airlines. Secondly, airlines also have to manage the repatriation of passengers and luggage if they are refused entry by a government due to incorrect data, which is costly. And thirdly, ETA (electronic transit authorizations, such as eVisas) are on the rise, and governments and airlines will need to satisfy themselves that a passenger’s data matches exactly that of their relevant ETA in order to establish that they have the correct status to travel. This is the case with ESTAs for all U.S.-bound travelers. Many other countries have similar requirements. Critically for U.K. travelers, this will also be the case for all passengers traveling into Europe under the incoming ETIAS regulations.

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It doesn’t require any new infrastructure at the airport, and none of these entities have to share data, because the “sharing without sharing” is performed by Zamna’s blockchain platform in the middle of all the data sources.

Remus Brett, partner at LocalGlobe, says: “With passenger numbers expected to double in the next 20 years, new technology-driven solutions are the only way airlines, airports and governments will be able to cope. We’re delighted to be working with the Zamna team and believe they can play a key role in addressing these challenges.” Dupsy Abiola, Global Head of Innovation at International Airlines Group, adds: “Zamna is working with IAG on a digital transformation project involving British Airways and the other IAG carriers. It’s very exciting.”

Zamna is a strategic partner to the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and an active member of IATA’s “One ID” working group.

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Progression, Chapter 2: Gladiator

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Janus helps Remus prepare for a training session. Written for Day 2 of @imnotgrimimjustagrumpyreaper's @dukeceit-week-2024, prompt: Road Trip. This chapter takes place immediately before an upcoming chapter in Meus ex Machina, Chapter 13: Secrets. You do not need to read the other story to understand this chapter.

Butterflies danced around Janus even before he’d stepped inside the twins’, well… Re’s room.

It had been at least a year and a half since Ro slept more than a few nights in the room the youngest Mad Lads had once shared. It had started small, with Ro knocking on Patton or Virge’s door in the middle of the night. Or with Janus finding him curled up on a pile of blankets near the window of an unconverted room at the other end of the old house. After a while, though, their nights together had taken on the celebratory flavor of a sleepover.

With all the planning that entailed.

Their training excursions with Patton or with Lucas had recently begun to function the same way.

Re pulled him into his room, shoulders shimmying to a beat Janus now shared with him. “They’re still here, right? Ro and Lucas haven’t left yet, have they? I’m not ready yet but I won’t take that long. I already shaved and I’m feeling really—”

“Yes, Re, they’ll wait for you.” Janus soothed, brushing back his hair as he let the truth of his words flow through his thoughts. “Everything is alright.”

Re melted into his arms and nodded. “Mmm…” A wave of wordless anxiety crashed into Janus, belying the outward calm of the moment. “Jannie?” he asked in a warbly voice.

He hid his request behind a flurry of sensations in the room, the weight of his new boots, the scritch where he’d missed a spot shaving with the new bladeless device Virge had crafted. Janus held him tighter and smiled with his mouth and his thoughts. “What do you need, Re?”

“Will you call me ‘Muse?’” He pulled back but pushed the shared sensation of their embrace into his mind, giving him the dual sense of seeing his own eyes staring back into Re’s and the twitch in the younger Mad Lad’s jaw. Like he feared his request was… too much. “It feels good,” he said simply. The wave of warmth and ease Re, well, The Muse sent to him revealed the many facets the single word ‘good’ could mean.

Janus smiled again and stroked his hair. “Of course, Muse.”

~

Muse Muse Muse Muse Muse Muse Muse Muse Muse Muse Muse Muse 

The name tromped and skipped and danced through The Muse’s brain, bouncing against his skull until he thought his head might pop. Or just scatter into a million billions bits like a giant dandelion in the wind.

MUSE

It sounded right in Jannie’s voice and the electric buzz of unspoken thoughts sloughed away his worry at asking.

MUSE

The others called him Re. Well, and Papa Bear liked to call him Kiddo, too. The name rolled from their tongues fuzzy and soft and warm, pulling him close and safe even when he was alone in his room and everyone’s words started to meld and blend into a slurry in his mind and—

-“Muse!”-

The Muse’s eyes snapped open. Jannie was cradling his face between his palms, gold and brown eyes staring into his, worry spilling out from his touch, his face, his thoughts. -“Muse, are you alright?”-

The Muse grinned and patted his hands. Jannie had taken off those awful gloves and The Muse traced the even awfuller scars under his fingertips. I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry, his fingers spoke, pressing his eternal apologies into Janus’ skin.

-“I’m alright, Jannie,”- he nodded, fear choking out his voice. If Jannie thought he wasn’t in control, he might not get to go to train. Lucas had promised a road trip out to the deserted coast. The drowned cities had long since been abandoned and with the lead acid and PCB ashes in the air, even the garbage pickers stayed away. It left him and Ro a perfect playground, new smells and textures and sounds to fill their banks. 

Lucas had even caught capo chatter on his comm feeds, the ones no-one was supposed to know about. There might be some rentacops snooping around the wreckage he and Ro could get some extra practice on.

They weren’t supposed to tell Jannie that part and he cut away the thought like a bit of charred meat. Or rancid cheese.  -“I’m okay, Jannie, I swear. Just… excited!”-

He didn’t need powers to read the doubt behind Jannie’s eyes. “Look, look, look…” He forced his throat and tongue and teeth to behave and push his silent words into spoken ones. He released one of Jannie’s hands and grew a tiny cactus in his palm. “I really am! Full control, Feel… Feel the spines—they look sharp but they’re really soft, aren’t they? Try it!” he urged, petting the tiny potted succulent in his hand.

Lowering the hand that had cupped his cheek, Jannie brushed delicate fingers over the tiny spines along the edge of the plant. They flexed with his touch, like his—

“They feel like your mustache,” Jannie smiled, burning away a bit of the churning worry from his gaze. The Muse wasn’t really sure who thought it first, but the words bloomed under his skin, following the heat and and light in his chest the way the books say flowers would turn to the sun. 

“Do you like it?” The Muse laughed, letting the cactus dissolve and bringing Jannie’s hand up to trace the soft growth on his upper lip. “I can’t wait to show Ro for real!”

Jannie stroked his mustache and laughed, low and rumbly. Bubbles in deep water. “I’m sure he’ll like it, too.”

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Progression, Ch. 3: Come Out and Play

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Remus uses his powers to convince Patton the rats he found in the garden are cats. Written for @imnotgrimimjustagrumpyreaper's @dukeceit-week-2024, Day 3: Cats/Rats

“Well aren’t you just a little cutie patootie?” Patton’s coo carried up to Janus on the roof and he tilted his head, listening. Virge was out on a run with Luc, and Ro held the other end of the new solar panel they were installing. Had Muse—

He closed his eyes and pushed past the electromagnetic field guarding the Muse's room from most of the chaos of the rest of the world's thoughts. No, he was there,  in his room. He was listening to music. Likely sharing the melody with his brother, the source of Ro’s rhythmic head bop and faraway eyes.

So who was Patton talking to?

“Yes, come to Papa, little kitties,” Patton called in a song-song. “There you go,” he said, the next words too quiet to make out from the roof.

Ro finally noticed Janus’ distraction and he hurried to latch his end of the panel into place. Nodding to Ro, they moved together to the roof’s edge and looked out to the garden below.

Patton sat cross-legged under the large peach tree he and Virge salvaged from one of their first scavenge runs. Whether through special powers or pure stubbornness, Patton had nursed it to health and this summer promised a bumper crop of warm, heavy peaches.

In his lap was a small furry creature, head dwarfed and obscured by his massive palm. “Yes, you just needed a gentle touch, didn’t you?” he said, laughing. “Oh, are you hungry?” he asked. The creature nipped at his finger and Patton flinched, revealing the long, pointed nose of a rat.

“Padre!” Ro called and leapt from the roof, float-flying down to the ground. “Padre, put the rat down!”

“Oh, no, Kiddo,” he smiled and held up the squirming rodent. “Look, it’s a little kitty! Can you believe it? I thought they’d gone extinct when…”

-“ Muse !”- Janus reached for to The Muse with the image of Patton holding what was likely a rabies and corona-infected rat. -“It’s biting him, Muse. Drop the Illusion!”-

The Muse grumbled back at him but didn’t really argue. After throwing a hydrophobic tarp over the incomplete panels, Janus rushed downstairs. 

Patton’s startled scream was cut off by the slam of the roof’s exit door.

~

“I’m sorry, Jannie.”

Jannie didn’t respond, a thick haze of static around his thoughts. Silent, wordless, shielded, he only frowned at him and latched the door. Jannie sighed, still facing the door, then turned, arms crossed over his chest. His hands were tucked against his ribs, hidden from view. The Muse caught the flash of yellow at his wrists, though, and hung his head.

This was gonna be bad.

“I’m really, really sorry,” he repeated when Jannie still didn’t speak. Still didn’t touch him. Still wouldn’t reach for him. “Is Papa Bear okay? He's never a real cat and he likes them so much from the stories and he was getting bored and lonely down in the garden and… Jannie? Is he okay?”

Jannie’s expression was sharp and he kept his mind shrouded in that damned static. The Muse could probably push through it, but the last time he’d tried, Jannie had noticed. And had not been happy about it. “Please, Jannie?” He stretched and listened to the rest of the house. He caught the shape of Ro’s thoughts, the image of Papa Bear in the infirmary with bloody puncture marks on the side of his hand.

Then Jannie’s static fell over even that.

“Hey!” He recoiled, stepping back from Jannie and stomping his foot. “Don’t do that!” Without conscious control, The Muse pushed back, hard . The static shattered under the pressure, cutting into his flesh, his heart, his head. Jannie shuddered, scars bright and dark against his paled skin. His eyes rolled back, for just a breath, but the door kept him upright and on his feet. 

The Muse didn’t wait for him to recover. He followed the cracks in Jannie’s shield, seeping through until he once again felt the familiar fiery warmth of their connection, searching for what Jannie had seen. The static returned and the air around them exploded in light.

Voice and thought bled together and he grabbed Jannie’s shirt, pulling him close. -“That’s not fair! I just wanted to—“

-“ Muse, stop !”- Jannie’s shout filled his mind and drowned the rest of his words, a hand slapped over his mouth and over his mind. He froze, unable to see, unable to hear, unable to breathe. He dropped to his knees, teeth jolting. Wet copper, the tang of that tarnished coin he and Ro had found outside, filled his mouth.

Slowly, Jannie loosened his hold and a trickle of cold air filled his throat, his lungs. 

He opened his eyes.

The room was dark, full black. He knelt, curled over himself until his forehead touched the floor, but he couldn’t feel it. He couldn’t see it. Couldn’t even hear it. Jannie stood before him, hands hanging loose at his sides. He closed his eyes and all he could see was Jannie.

-”Muse, no.”- Was that pain in his voice? With everything, with everyone blocked out, The Muse caught every blip and crack in Jannie’s words. He was hurting, a hot, sharp ache shooting through his brain, his veins, pumping molten lead through his limbs and his fingers and down to the ground. It spilled out, sticky, burning tar sizzling as it crawled up The Muse's feet and legs.

It hurt to do this. It hurt to block him from the others like this. To save them from him. It hurt him but it hurt Jannie worse.

It hurt so bad.

-”I’m sorry,”- he sent as gently as he could. Jannie staggered against his whispered thought. -”I’m sorry.”-

[endenogatai]

Zamna raises $5M to automate airport security checks between agencies using blockchain

Zamna — which uses a blockchain to securely share and verify data between airlines and travel authorities to check passenger identities — has raised a $5m seed funding round led by VC firms LocalGlobe and Oxford Capital, alongside Seedcamp, the London Co-Investment Fund (LCIF), Telefonica, and a number of angel investors.

Participation has also come from existing investor IAG (International Airlines Group), which is now its first commercial client. The company is also changed its name from VChain Technology to Zamna.

When VChain-now-Zamna first appeared, I must admit I was confused. Using blockchain to verify passenger data seemed like a hammer to crack a nut. But it turns out to have some surprisingly useful applications.

The idea is to use it to verify and connect the passenger data sets which are currently silo-ed between airlines, governments and security agencies. By doing this, says Zamna, you can reduce the need for manual or other checks by up to 90 percent. If that’s the case, then it’s quite a leap in efficiency.

In theory, as more passenger identities are verified digitally over time and shared securely between parties, using a blockchain in the middle to maintain data security and passenger privacy, the airport security process could become virtually seamless and allow passengers to sail through airports without needing physical documentation or repeated ID checks. Sounds good to me.

Zamna says its proprietary Advance Passenger Information (API) validation platform for biographic and biometric data, is already being deployed by some airlines and immigration authorities. It recently started working with Emirates Airline and the UAE’s General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners (GDRFA) to deliver check-in and transit checks.

Here’s how it works: Zamna’s platform is built on algorithms that check the accuracy of Advanced Passenger Information or biometric data, without having to share any of that data with third parties, because it attaches an anonymous token to the already verified data. Airlines, airports and governments can then access that secure, immutable and distributed network of validated tokens without having actually needing to ‘see’ the data an agency, or competing airline, holds. Zamna’s technology can then be used by any of these parties to validate passengers’ biographic and biometric data, using cryptography to check you are who you say you are.

So, what was wrong with the previous security measures in airports for airlines and border control that Zamna might be fixing?

Speaking to TechCrunch, Irra Ariella Khi, co-founder and CEO of Zamna, says: “There is a preconception that when you arrive at the airport somehow – as if by magic – the airline knows who you are, the security agencies know who you are, and the governments of departure and destination both know that you are flying between their countries and have established that it is both legitimate and secure for you to do so. You may even assume that the respective security authorities have exchanged some intelligence about you as a passenger, to establish that both you and your fellow passengers are safe to board the same plane.”

“However,” she says, “the reality is far from this. There is no easy and secure way for airlines and government agencies to share or cross-reference your data – which remains siloed (for valid data protection reasons). They must, therefore, repeat manual one-off data checks each time you travel. Even if you have provided your identity data and checked in advance, and if you travel from the same airport on the same airline many times over, you will find that you are still subject to the same one-off passenger processing (which you have probably already experienced many times before). Importantly, there is an ‘identity verification event’, whereby the airline must check both the document of identity which you carry, as well as establish that it belongs to your physical identity.”

There are three main trends in this space. Governments are demanding more accurate passenger data from airlines (for both departure and destination) – and increasing the regulatory fines imposed for incorrect data provided to them by the airlines. Secondly, Airlines also have to manage the repatriation of passengers and luggage if they are refused entry by a government due to incorrect data, which is costly. And thirdly, ETA (electronic transit authorizations, such as eVisas) are on the rise, and governments and airlines will need to satisfy themselves that a passenger’s data matches exactly that of their relevant ETA in order to establish that they have correct status to travel. This is the case with ESTAs for all US-bound travelers. Many other countries have similar requirements. Critically for UK travelers – this will also be the case for all passengers traveling into Europe under the incoming ETIAS regulations.

The upshot is that airlines are imposing increased document and identity checks at the airports – regardless of whether the passenger has been a regular flier, and irrespective of whether they have checked-in in advance.

Zamna’s data verification platform pulls together multiple stakeholders (airlines, governments, security agencies) with a way to validate and revalidate passenger identity and data (both biographic and biometric), and to securely establish data ownership – before passengers arrive at the airport.

It doesn’t require any new infrastructure at the airport, and none of these entities have to share data, because the ‘sharing without sharing’ is performed by Zamna’s blockchain platform in the middle of all the data sources.

Remus Brett, Partner at LocalGlobe, says: “With passenger numbers expected to double in the next 20 years, new technology-driven solutions are the only way airlines, airports and governments will be able to cope. We’re delighted to be working with the Zamna team and believe they can play a key role in addressing these challenges.” Dupsy Abiola, Global Head of Innovation at International Airlines Group, adds: “Zamna is working with IAG on a digital transformation project involving British Airways and the other IAG carriers. It’s very exciting.”

Zamna is a strategic partner to the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and an active member of IATA’s “One ID” working group.

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