This is the current state of my rifle. Since the last post I have also added a red/green dot scope(no pics yet). And I added another interesting bit.
Notice the difference? I acquired a complete AR57 upper. There is no magazine hanging underneath because the 50 round mag is up top. This configuration ejects the shells out of the bottom of the mag well. So I now have the capability of shooting either 5.56 Nato or 5.7 x 28 mm rounds. I'm quite sure that sometime in the future I will add another upper which will be in 6.8 SPC. There may never be an end to this project.
The A
THE MORMON & THE ATHEIST
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Friday, January 21, 2011
Coddling Islam
By now everyone who knows me, knows how I feel about Islam. So I will spare you a rehash of all my hatred of the followers of Mohamed. I've put my mind to other less important things recently, but I always come back to the barbaristic cult that is slowly taking over the world. One only has to look to Europe to see what horrible things are coming our way.
The Brits have been playing an appeasement game with their Koranimals. The French, well.......they're French so anyone with balls could take what they have. In Denmark the local Jewish population is leaving faster then the speed of light. The E.U. has gotten so brazenly P.C. that the minority now rules the majority. I guess they think if they let the muslims have their way.....they won't have to worry about getting blown up. Unfortunately, this kind of thinking is completely wrong and will have a detrimental effect on our ancestral homelands.
The French and the Germans line their pockets with money from Iran and Syria for providing military hardware and nuclear engineering. The Russians, Chinese and even the North Koreans are now do much the same. The question is why? For the French the simple answer would be money; any money is good when you are bankrupt both morally and economically. The Germans? Well, Hitler did work out quite a few relationships with anyone that hated the Jews. For the North Koreans it just comes down to "the enemy of my enemy is my friend".
The real problem with these arraingements belongs to the Russians and the Chinese. All either of these two is doing is buying more time for themselves. They just don't realize that they are hastening their own destruction.
The cancer that is Islam spreads slowly but surely. Europe has been the main target for over a thousand years so it will be the first conquered. Once Europe has been infiltrated (give it twenty more years or so) Russia is next. China will follow shortly thereafter.
These are broad assumptions on my part but I'm pretty sure that that's where we're headed. All you have to do is look at a map. Now I want you to follow closely. Once the U.S. leaves Iraq and Afganistan, Iran will make it's move. The consolidation of Iran and Iraq into one nation will happen. When it does, it will become the most powerful country in the Middle East. Once this union occurs and the two societies integrate....more dominoes will fall. Kuwait and the other small Gulf countries will be easily taken and soon enough so will Saudi Arabia. Even if the Saudis can hold them off, the Russians will be shitting their pants. Looking at a map you will see all these little countries that provide a buffer between Mother Russia and Iran all have one thing in common. Their names end in 'stan. Muslims uniting against the "unbeleivers" as proscribed in that most unholy of books.
The Chinese have the same problem, they are just a bit further out. Good ole John Chinaman deals weapons and technology to the same people they persecute/execute within the boundaries of their own country. I got news for China......Koranimals have a long freaking memory and they will want retribution for their Uighur brothers.
Both President Bush and the Kenyan have both repeatedly said that "the U.S. is not at war with Islam". The problem is that Islam has been at war with every non-muslim for the last thirteen-hundred years. Unfortunately, until we in the U.S. and everyone else around the world face the facts, their war will continue.
The A
The Brits have been playing an appeasement game with their Koranimals. The French, well.......they're French so anyone with balls could take what they have. In Denmark the local Jewish population is leaving faster then the speed of light. The E.U. has gotten so brazenly P.C. that the minority now rules the majority. I guess they think if they let the muslims have their way.....they won't have to worry about getting blown up. Unfortunately, this kind of thinking is completely wrong and will have a detrimental effect on our ancestral homelands.
The French and the Germans line their pockets with money from Iran and Syria for providing military hardware and nuclear engineering. The Russians, Chinese and even the North Koreans are now do much the same. The question is why? For the French the simple answer would be money; any money is good when you are bankrupt both morally and economically. The Germans? Well, Hitler did work out quite a few relationships with anyone that hated the Jews. For the North Koreans it just comes down to "the enemy of my enemy is my friend".
The real problem with these arraingements belongs to the Russians and the Chinese. All either of these two is doing is buying more time for themselves. They just don't realize that they are hastening their own destruction.
The cancer that is Islam spreads slowly but surely. Europe has been the main target for over a thousand years so it will be the first conquered. Once Europe has been infiltrated (give it twenty more years or so) Russia is next. China will follow shortly thereafter.
These are broad assumptions on my part but I'm pretty sure that that's where we're headed. All you have to do is look at a map. Now I want you to follow closely. Once the U.S. leaves Iraq and Afganistan, Iran will make it's move. The consolidation of Iran and Iraq into one nation will happen. When it does, it will become the most powerful country in the Middle East. Once this union occurs and the two societies integrate....more dominoes will fall. Kuwait and the other small Gulf countries will be easily taken and soon enough so will Saudi Arabia. Even if the Saudis can hold them off, the Russians will be shitting their pants. Looking at a map you will see all these little countries that provide a buffer between Mother Russia and Iran all have one thing in common. Their names end in 'stan. Muslims uniting against the "unbeleivers" as proscribed in that most unholy of books.
The Chinese have the same problem, they are just a bit further out. Good ole John Chinaman deals weapons and technology to the same people they persecute/execute within the boundaries of their own country. I got news for China......Koranimals have a long freaking memory and they will want retribution for their Uighur brothers.
Both President Bush and the Kenyan have both repeatedly said that "the U.S. is not at war with Islam". The problem is that Islam has been at war with every non-muslim for the last thirteen-hundred years. Unfortunately, until we in the U.S. and everyone else around the world face the facts, their war will continue.
The A
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
21's M4 Project
One of the more enjoyable undertakings in my life has been modifying some of my firearms. This particular project has been both enlightening and a whole bunch of fun for me. While sitting in my car at work one night, I decided to look up gunbroker.com on my laptop. It had been well over a year since I had perused the site and I had an itch that needed scratching. While I was unemployed I sold one of my most prized possessions, that being my M4 Bushmaster assault rifle. It was time to replace it. So, I proceeded to bid on and win a DPMS Lo-pro Classic flat-top M4 type AR-15. This is a rather low priced model but it lends itself well to modification. My winning bid was $685.00 which is right around dealer cost. Now, consider this, the average retail price for a decked out M4 is well north of $900.00. So, I figured on buying lots of accessories for it. I believe I got a little carried away, but what the hell you only live once and might as well enjoy yourself.
The list of accessories and mods is as follows:
1. Magpul M.O.E. handguard in Flat Dark Earth (FDE) $29.95
2. Magpul M.O.E. pistol grips both front and rear in FDE $40.90
3. Magpul M.O.E. telescoping butt stock in FDE $59.99
4. Daniel Defense front and rear iron sights $122.00
5. Yankee Hill Machine half inch riser for installing the front sight $15.95
6. BCM Gunfighter charging handle $44.95
7. BCM mil-spec buffer tube $36.95
8. CMC tactical trigger group $229.99
9. Spikes Tactical ST-T2heavy buffer $29.95
10. Magpul P-Mags 30rd 4 ea $59.96
11. Magpul trigger guard $8.99
12. Magpul B.A.D battery assist device $28.45
(not installed yet)
Grand Total: $1,393.03 See I did go a bit overboard, didn't I? And this is not counting the cost of ammo which I haven't purchased yet. Sheesh. This is quite an investment I admit. But if you pay full retail price for a flat-top, heavy barreled M4 that comes with all the Magpul stuff and then add the trigger and stuff from BCM and Daniel Defense you will pay much more than I did. And to top it all off, I did all the installs myself. If you had a gunsmith do it for you, well add in a few more hundred to the grand total.
The installation of parts was done using nothing more than a 1/8" punch and a screwdriver. Care must be taken, you must watch for small springs that may pop out. Other than that, I really had no problems whatsoever installing any part on this rifle. I've got to find another job at a gun shop, this was too easy.
Henchman 21 aka The A
Friday, November 5, 2010
2 Years In
For two years we've been saddled with the Manchurian President and I still have a whole bunch of unanswered questions. Here's a question- am I a birther? Yes, I am and if you aren't you have your head in the sand. We are told that Congress has seen his birth certificate yet not one member has come forward and confirmed this. His African Grandmother was quoted as saying he was born in Kenya. The only evidence is locked up in Hawaii under lock and key, and we will probably never see it. So, my question is this: Is the Grand Emperor of the Free World even eligible to be the President? We know he sure as hell is not qualified to lead us, considering he has never held a real job.
We were told on a daily basis for eight years how stupid George W. Bush was. When Obummer was running for POTUS we were told how brilliant the man was. And yet, we still have not seen any of his college transcripts. We have absolutely no idea how even managed to get into Harvard or Columbia or even Occidental. You would think that if the United Negro College Fund had anything to do with this, that they would be screaming it from the rooftops. Yet, we have silence. Brilliant? I think not. Oh, he can tell a good tale when reading of a teleprompter but catch him without TOTUS and then you'll see brilliance! The only person in the world who uses ''umm" and "uhh" more than Barak the Magic Negro is his press secretary Robert Gibbs.
We were promised "the most transparent government ever" by King Hussein and Nancy Pelousey. Yet we got Socialized Medicine through a bill that nobody in Congress read. They tried and thankfully failed on Cap and Trade. They pushed "stimulus" funds on us that stimulated nothing. Hussein had said all through the campaign that there would be no lobbyists in his Cabinet, yet the majority are in fact lobbyists. For years the Dems cried about Czars appointed by Bush and yet the Emperor has almost 40 of them. Can you scream HYPOCRITE??
Another question that comes to mind is; what religion does POTUS follow? He claims to be a Christian and backs that up by citing a 20 year membership in Rev. Jeremiah Wright's church. Now, here we have a problem. You see Rev. Wright's church espouses "black liberation theology", which in essence makes it NOT a Christian church. Christmas of 2009 was celebrated by the Emperor's family by exchanging no gifts and NOT going to any church. So, I think we have established that POTUS is in no way a practicing "Christian". We can be absolutely sure that "The One" is not Jewish. He makes no claims on Buddhism, Hinduism, Scientology or any other religion. The mere fact that he was born "Barak Hussein Obama" gives rise to more than one theory that he is Muslim. I cannot confirm nor deny this. His speech in Egypt gave us a glimpse that he holds Islam in high regard and my thinking on that is he probably is Muslim or at the very least a Muslim sympathizer/enabler. His forthcoming trip to India will be very telling. He called off plans to visit a Sikh shrine but will be visiting a mosque. This in itself has to make you wonder. He sure doesn't make an effort to visit churches or synagogues, does he?
Two more years and hopefully we can be put out of this misery. I wonder if we'll have more answers or just that many more questions. I'm betting on more questions myself. They used to say "Bush Lied" all the time. Well, I believe Obama has everyone beat in that category. In fact, I will fro hereon out refer to him not as POTUS but POL short for Prince of Lies. I think that is much more fitting.
The A
We were told on a daily basis for eight years how stupid George W. Bush was. When Obummer was running for POTUS we were told how brilliant the man was. And yet, we still have not seen any of his college transcripts. We have absolutely no idea how even managed to get into Harvard or Columbia or even Occidental. You would think that if the United Negro College Fund had anything to do with this, that they would be screaming it from the rooftops. Yet, we have silence. Brilliant? I think not. Oh, he can tell a good tale when reading of a teleprompter but catch him without TOTUS and then you'll see brilliance! The only person in the world who uses ''umm" and "uhh" more than Barak the Magic Negro is his press secretary Robert Gibbs.
We were promised "the most transparent government ever" by King Hussein and Nancy Pelousey. Yet we got Socialized Medicine through a bill that nobody in Congress read. They tried and thankfully failed on Cap and Trade. They pushed "stimulus" funds on us that stimulated nothing. Hussein had said all through the campaign that there would be no lobbyists in his Cabinet, yet the majority are in fact lobbyists. For years the Dems cried about Czars appointed by Bush and yet the Emperor has almost 40 of them. Can you scream HYPOCRITE??
Another question that comes to mind is; what religion does POTUS follow? He claims to be a Christian and backs that up by citing a 20 year membership in Rev. Jeremiah Wright's church. Now, here we have a problem. You see Rev. Wright's church espouses "black liberation theology", which in essence makes it NOT a Christian church. Christmas of 2009 was celebrated by the Emperor's family by exchanging no gifts and NOT going to any church. So, I think we have established that POTUS is in no way a practicing "Christian". We can be absolutely sure that "The One" is not Jewish. He makes no claims on Buddhism, Hinduism, Scientology or any other religion. The mere fact that he was born "Barak Hussein Obama" gives rise to more than one theory that he is Muslim. I cannot confirm nor deny this. His speech in Egypt gave us a glimpse that he holds Islam in high regard and my thinking on that is he probably is Muslim or at the very least a Muslim sympathizer/enabler. His forthcoming trip to India will be very telling. He called off plans to visit a Sikh shrine but will be visiting a mosque. This in itself has to make you wonder. He sure doesn't make an effort to visit churches or synagogues, does he?
Two more years and hopefully we can be put out of this misery. I wonder if we'll have more answers or just that many more questions. I'm betting on more questions myself. They used to say "Bush Lied" all the time. Well, I believe Obama has everyone beat in that category. In fact, I will fro hereon out refer to him not as POTUS but POL short for Prince of Lies. I think that is much more fitting.
The A
Friday, October 29, 2010
Exploring The Liberal Mind
Something occurred to me today. Liberals should be pitied (NO NOT REALLY). Their minds obviously don't work quite right. Rational thought eludes them. Simple logic and reasoning completely escape them. Scientists recently discovered what they believe to be a "liberal gene". This could prove to be very beneficial. Imagine, having the capability to insure your children would be Conservatives no matter what Professor So-and-So tried to teach them. Imagine, no more political correctness. What a truly wonderful thing that would be.
If I oppose Unions, does that mean I hate the working class?
If I oppose teachers getting tenure, does that mean I hate children?
If I believe we should keep the Bush tax cuts for everyone, does that make me rich?
If I don't believe that universal health care is a right, does that mean I want the poor to die?
If I don't support the Ground Zero Mosque, does that mean I'm an Islamophobe?(well actually I am)
In the Liberal way of thinking the answers to the above questions are an unequivocal "yes". You see.....I'm an evil Conservative who can think for myself. I don't need any help from George Soros or anyone else in knowing how to live my life. We Conservatives don't want or need Big Brother telling us what we can or can't have, or what to do. It's quite a shame that this Liberal gene takes away the drive to succeed on your own merits from these poor pathetic souls. AHH Who cares....I say fuck 'em.
The A
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Will The Real Joker Please Stand Up?
The resemblance is downright scary. If only Joe had half the brains Jack does....on second thought Joe is more than dangerous enough.
The A
Friday, October 15, 2010
Isn't Tolerance Wonderful
The sticker above was left posted outside a park near Whitehall in London recently. The same left-wing libtards that want gay marriage also defend the "Ground Zero Mosque". I guess some people are so fucking blind to how the real world is that it doesn't matter to them that the fringe groups they defend cannot co-exist. Somewhere buried in the unholy Koran a passage seems to exist denouncing homosexual activities.(even though it is a widely held belief that Mohammed had some rather strong feelings for one of his male followers) The penalty for being gay in an Islamic Society is of course the death.
The hypocrisy of the Left is truly astounding. If I called for the execution of all gays, I would be hounded night and day by these idiots. Whereas the Mohammedans not only get a free pass on this type of "hate-speech"(gotta love using a libtard classification against them) but the Left actually supports known terrorists with money. I'm talking specifically about you Barbara Boxer and Code Pink. treason-in-america
The Left has a problem. Beside the fact that they are brain dead morons, they don't know how to pick a side. Either you support Gay rights or you support Islamic Sharia Law. How fucking hard is that? The Left claims to be all about Women's rights yet they still support the Islamofascists. How do Mohammedans treat their women you ask? Try these links:Woman and children killed, No such thing as rape in marriage, part of daily life.
Let me blunt with my final point and the reason for this post. I have ignored posting on this issue long enough. There is no fucking way we as Americans can sit idly by and let a Mosque be built at "Ground Zero". But it's two blocks awaaay, cry the Libs. NO actually it is NOT. The landing gear from the first plane to hit the Twin Towers landed in that building, making that part of GROUNDFUCKINGZERO! End of discussion, debate and whining. A line from the movie "Field of Dreams" comes to mind here. "If you build it....they will come." You bet your ass they will. This is nothing short of a victory mosque showing Islamic superiority over America.
The problem for them is If they do build it...WE WILL COME and DESTROY it.
The A
The hypocrisy of the Left is truly astounding. If I called for the execution of all gays, I would be hounded night and day by these idiots. Whereas the Mohammedans not only get a free pass on this type of "hate-speech"(gotta love using a libtard classification against them) but the Left actually supports known terrorists with money. I'm talking specifically about you Barbara Boxer and Code Pink. treason-in-america
The Left has a problem. Beside the fact that they are brain dead morons, they don't know how to pick a side. Either you support Gay rights or you support Islamic Sharia Law. How fucking hard is that? The Left claims to be all about Women's rights yet they still support the Islamofascists. How do Mohammedans treat their women you ask? Try these links:Woman and children killed, No such thing as rape in marriage, part of daily life.
Let me blunt with my final point and the reason for this post. I have ignored posting on this issue long enough. There is no fucking way we as Americans can sit idly by and let a Mosque be built at "Ground Zero". But it's two blocks awaaay, cry the Libs. NO actually it is NOT. The landing gear from the first plane to hit the Twin Towers landed in that building, making that part of GROUNDFUCKINGZERO! End of discussion, debate and whining. A line from the movie "Field of Dreams" comes to mind here. "If you build it....they will come." You bet your ass they will. This is nothing short of a victory mosque showing Islamic superiority over America.
The problem for them is If they do build it...WE WILL COME and DESTROY it.
The A
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Orwell's 1984 in 2010
I keep seeing "hate speech" and "hate crime" every time I look at the news. ABC,CBS,NBC,CNN,MSNBC, The New York Times and The Washington Post have all been lap dogs of the Obama administration from the beginning. Leftist programs rammed down our throats whether we want them or not. All bitter pills to swallow for those of us who love this country and believe in the Constitution. While the U.S. is far from being England, it is on it's way.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/09/30/secret-sex-video-linked-nj-students-suicide/?test=latestnews
It seems that anytime some minority group is harmed or god forbid "offended", someone out there claims it is a hate crime or hate speech. First and foremost, hate is not illegal. Under the Constitution of the United States of America you have the unalienable right to think or say anything you damn well please. We now live in a time where we must bow down to the "minders of political correctness" and the "thought police". Anyone not toeing the Liberal Democrat party line is instantly branded a racist. Hate is a powerful thing, but it is just a feeling, it can't harm anything unless you act on it. I am filled with hate. I hate many things and many people. I am not a bad person for this, in fact most people who know me would say I'm a pretty good guy.
The idea that laws can be passed that take your thoughts and feelings into account is quite frightening. If the Socialist Democratic Party really wants automotons then they should've mandated frontal lobotomies for all when they passed Obamacare.
The A
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/09/30/secret-sex-video-linked-nj-students-suicide/?test=latestnews
It seems that anytime some minority group is harmed or god forbid "offended", someone out there claims it is a hate crime or hate speech. First and foremost, hate is not illegal. Under the Constitution of the United States of America you have the unalienable right to think or say anything you damn well please. We now live in a time where we must bow down to the "minders of political correctness" and the "thought police". Anyone not toeing the Liberal Democrat party line is instantly branded a racist. Hate is a powerful thing, but it is just a feeling, it can't harm anything unless you act on it. I am filled with hate. I hate many things and many people. I am not a bad person for this, in fact most people who know me would say I'm a pretty good guy.
The idea that laws can be passed that take your thoughts and feelings into account is quite frightening. If the Socialist Democratic Party really wants automotons then they should've mandated frontal lobotomies for all when they passed Obamacare.
The A
Friday, October 1, 2010
What happens when we leave Iraq and Afghanistan?
Answer= All hell will break loose. Don't believe it? Wait a few years. With the Left-wingers still crying for us to leave and yet still unwilling to allow for oil drilling in the U.S.,a doomsday scenario is shaping up for the Western world. Just think about this. The most dangerous sect of Islam is the Shia branch which controls Iran and Syria at this moment. Iraq's population is majority Shia Muslim and would be easy pickings for Achmedenashit and the Ayatollahs.
What would happen if Iran absorbed Iraq? Well simply put, the new country would be the largest and most militarily strong country in the Middle East. Logically following this scenario, we can assume that the next targets would be the smaller, richer countries bordering them - Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain and the UAE. But why stop there? Saudi Arabia would also be ripe for plunder by this new Islamic led Persian Empire. Now, if that were to happen, they could very well blockade the Strait of Hormuz and hold Middle Eastern oil shipments hostage. Imagine 1/3 of the world's oil being cut off. This is not as crazy as many would as it sounds.
As the plague that is Islam slowly invades Europe and our leaders insist that Mohammedans are peaceful and mean us no harm, we allow them to hold our economy hostage by not exploiting our own natural resources. Jimmy Carter did nothing while they held out on the oil in the 70's and the green enviro-goons have made it damn near impossible to drill for the vast oil reserves in North and South Dakota, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado and Alaska. The pie in the sky idea of "GREEN TECHNOLOGIES" will do us in just as fast as the "PEACE AT ALL COSTS" libtards promote. The line in the sand was drawn by the prophet Mohammed(may he burn in hell for all eternity) over 1,000 years ago. Unfortunately, the West has ignored the fact that Islam crossed the line and never pushed them back to the 13th century where they belong.
The A
What would happen if Iran absorbed Iraq? Well simply put, the new country would be the largest and most militarily strong country in the Middle East. Logically following this scenario, we can assume that the next targets would be the smaller, richer countries bordering them - Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain and the UAE. But why stop there? Saudi Arabia would also be ripe for plunder by this new Islamic led Persian Empire. Now, if that were to happen, they could very well blockade the Strait of Hormuz and hold Middle Eastern oil shipments hostage. Imagine 1/3 of the world's oil being cut off. This is not as crazy as many would as it sounds.
As the plague that is Islam slowly invades Europe and our leaders insist that Mohammedans are peaceful and mean us no harm, we allow them to hold our economy hostage by not exploiting our own natural resources. Jimmy Carter did nothing while they held out on the oil in the 70's and the green enviro-goons have made it damn near impossible to drill for the vast oil reserves in North and South Dakota, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado and Alaska. The pie in the sky idea of "GREEN TECHNOLOGIES" will do us in just as fast as the "PEACE AT ALL COSTS" libtards promote. The line in the sand was drawn by the prophet Mohammed(may he burn in hell for all eternity) over 1,000 years ago. Unfortunately, the West has ignored the fact that Islam crossed the line and never pushed them back to the 13th century where they belong.
The A
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Radical or Moderate?
Most Americans and especially the idiotic mouth-breathers on the Left make a very simple mistake on a daily basis. I am here to rectify that mistake. The terrorists that wish to do us harm are often referred to as "radical Islamists" , while the peaceful muslims who do not engage in "jihad" are called "moderates". This is quite wrong. These so-called radicals are actually fundamentalists and are following their religion quite correctly. True believers must engage in "jihad" against the infidels as prescribed in the teachings of both the Koran and the Sunnah. This is not a mere suggestion but a requirement for all able bodied Mohammedans. The so-called "moderates" are either apostates not following Islam according to the Koran or they are practicing "taqiya" which is religious deception which is a truly muslim practice. Under Islamic law any and all agreements with infidels are not binding, believers only have to be honest with other believers.
It has been the policy of the Obummer administration to not make any references to "radical Islam" at all in the last year. This is done so as not to offend all those supposedly "peace-loving muslims" out there. It is political correctness gone amock. It is time for all red-blooded Americans to stand up and give the finger to the mainstream media and the President and say no more. Screw the Mohammedans and everything they stand for. The fight is not over by a long shot my friends, it started over 1,350 years ago and may not end for another thousand years if we don't regard this bastardization of a religion as the threat it is qnd wipe it out.
The A
It has been the policy of the Obummer administration to not make any references to "radical Islam" at all in the last year. This is done so as not to offend all those supposedly "peace-loving muslims" out there. It is political correctness gone amock. It is time for all red-blooded Americans to stand up and give the finger to the mainstream media and the President and say no more. Screw the Mohammedans and everything they stand for. The fight is not over by a long shot my friends, it started over 1,350 years ago and may not end for another thousand years if we don't regard this bastardization of a religion as the threat it is qnd wipe it out.
The A
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