Marijuana
"GANJA"
Is
a gift from "GOD"
I follow "GOD'S" Law
His name
is
"JAH"
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US Constitution-1st amendment |
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"Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of Religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances." |
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NJ State Constitution-article I, paragraphs (1),(3),(4) |
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(1) All persons are by nature free and independent, and have certain natural and unalienable rights among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, of acquiring, possessing, and protecting property, and of pursuing and obtaining safety and happiness. |
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(3) No person shall be deprived of the inestimable privilege of worshipping "Almighty God" in a manner agreeable to the dictates of his own conscience; nor under any pretense whatever be compelled to attend any place of worship contrary to his faith and judgment; nor shall any person be obliged to pay tithes, taxes, or other rates for building or repairing any church or churches, place or places of worship, or for the maintenance of any minister or ministry, contrary to what he believes to be right or has deliberately and voluntarily to perform. |
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(4)There shall be no establishment of one religious sect in preference to another; no religious or racial test shall be required as a qualification for any office or public trust. |
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THIS IS HOW I SEE IT! |
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* Safety- Marijuana is far safer than many, many chemical drugs prescribed legally. I chose to use marijuana for a variety of ailments, because of marijuana's safety. |
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*The Rastafarian Religion and it's practice's and belief's are agreeable to me, and my conscience. |
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THIS IS HOW THE GOVERNMENT
SEE’S IT!
| New Jersey Governor Whitman
Signs Laws Increasing Drug Penalties SEE DRUG WAR NEWSBRIEF:( September-October 1997 ) On August 4, New Jersey Governor Christine Todd
Whitman (R) signed three bills that will stiffen sentencing for drug offenses
and make it easier for prosecutors to seize the property of convicted drug
dealers ("Whitman Signs Drug Laws," The New York Times, August 5, 1997, p.
B1; Roya Rafei, "Whitman OKs Tough Anti-Drug Laws," Herald & News, August
5, 1997, p. B1; Ron Marisco, "Hopefuls warm up for gubernatorial bid," Star
Ledger (Newark), August 5, 1997, p. 19).
The Governor, facing a tough re-election challenge in November, signed the two bills into law at the Passaic County jail. One measure (A-2957) increases penalties for those who carry large amounts of marijuana and methamphetamine, making it a first-degree crime to manufacture, distribute or dispense 25 pounds or more of marijuana, 50 or more marijuana plants, 5 or more pounds of hashish, or more than 5 ounces of methamphetamine. The second measure (A-2958) allows the state to forfeit property of drug defendant even if the property cannot be traced to illegal activity. A third measure (A-2956) increases penalties for drug dealers who employ booby traps or other impediments to harm law enforcement. On August 8, Whitman signed legislation (A-2725) allowing for a 20-year prison sentence for a rape conviction if the victim is incapacitated by a so-called "date rape drug," such as Rohypnol®, or gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB). GHB has been unregulated but is described by Andrew Weil, MD, as an "endogenous downer." It is also used by body builders because of its effect on the pituitary gland. GHB can produce intoxication (Andrew Weil, MD, From Chocolate to Morphine, Rev'd Ed., 1993, p. 77). The new law also makes possession of Rohypnol® or GHB an offense punishable by up to five years in prison and a $100,000 fine. Rohypnol® has been reported on by NewsBriefs extensively (See "Florida Lawmakers Try to Crack Down on 'Raves,' and Associated Drugs," NewsBriefs, May-June 1997; "Clinton Signs Legislation Increasing Penalties for Methamphetamine and Rohypnol®," NewsBriefs, November 1996). On the same day, Whitman also signed a bill (A-2712) that designates Ketamine, an anesthetic, known as "Special K," as a controlled dangerous substance. Andrew Weil, MD, describes Ketamine as a close relative of PCP, but notes that it is often diverted from medical supplies (Weil, p. 139). (News Release, "Governor Whitman Outlaws `Special K' Drug and Steps Up Penalties for Use of Rape Drugs," Office of the Governor, August 8, 1997; "Rape-Drug Bill is Signed," New York Times, August 9, 1997, p. A25; Melody Petersen, "Before an Election, Prisons Are Good. The Bills Come Later.," The New York Times, August 10, 1997, p. 6). Governor Christine Todd Whitman - 125 West State Street, P.O. Box 001, Trenton, NJ 08625, Tel: (609) 292-6000, TDD: (609) 777-1292. The new anti-drug laws are located on-line at: http://www.njleg.state.nj.us.
I WAS ONE OF THE FIRST ARRESTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS
OF THIS NEW LAW
The Courier Post
Bellmawr
- Authorities closed in Monday on three
Self-employed truck driver ROBERT EDWARD FORCHION, Jr. 33 of the 500 block of Seigfried Avenue Chesilhurst and Russell Forchion, 28 of Union Street Glassboro, were arrested Monday along Route 42 in Bellmawr authorities said. Police and members of the Camden County Prosecutors Office "Narcotics Unit reportedly seized 45 pounds of marijuana from a vehicle in which the men were riding. The two are related but authorities did not dis-close how. A third man, ERIC POOLE, 39, of the fountainveiw Apartments, Blackwood was arrested almost simultaneously at an undisclosed business near the Authorities allege Robert Edward Forchion went to All three men arrested Monday have been charged with possession with intent to distribute more than 25 pounds of marijuana and related drug charges, said GREG REINHART, spokesman for the Camden County Prosecutors Office. Robert Forchion was being held Monday at the Camden County Jail on $100,000 cash bail. Russell Forchion was being held at the same facility on $75,000 cash bail. While authorities said, drug charges are pending, The Forchion’s and If convicted of the charge they each face up to 20 years in prison and $300,000 in fines. |
THAT’S HOW IT
ALL STARTED!
As “MIRANDA” say’s, “anything you say and do can and
will be used against you at time of trial”. My
reasoning then was it can also be used for you. This was my plan: (1)-To
run for political office under the (LMP) - Legalize Marijuana Party, (2)-stage
acts of civil dis-obedience and (3)-make numerous statements that would all
be introduced at my trial. (5) Openly advocate to members of my jury to utilize
JURY NULLIFICATION. Encourage at least one member of my jury to openly feel
as I do and vote their conscience with a vote of acquittal. I called my defense:
“ OPEN ADVOCATION
OF JURY NULLIFICATION” or the “WEEDMAN DEFENSE”.
Think about it, I only need to convince one juror!
That's it, just one!
I asked people to donate to my plight help me fight for “US”.
The
1st Amendment Protest
page and
page
I believe I am a “victim” of our overzealous Christian government!
Which has enacted laws which are clearly unconstitutional?
Read this site and see how the "War
on (some) Drugs"
has violated my right to "religious
freedom"!
Before you
explore my page you must
read the History of Jury Nullification
HERE
The State of NJ has taken my child (SEE: JUDGE BELL ), threatened my freedom I'm a great father!
It is a self-serving CHRISTIAN myth in “AMERIKKKA”
that we have “FREEDOM OF RELIGION”. IN REALITY IN Power to the jury Sometime soon,
a man named Ed Forchion will go to trial in Mr. Forchion
was arrested on RASTAFARI is
an African based Religion, with strong roots to In the RASTAFARIAN
religion the "herb" (marijuana) or "GANJA" is considered a sacrament
and most Rasta's use daily, for spirituality and medical use. The present
Marijuana laws are absolutely unconstitutional, for its failure to make
exceptions for religious or religiously required self medicating purposes
in this Marijuana Prohibition (1937-present) as was done with alcohol during
the alcohol prohibition. Christians/Catholic were able to continue to use
alcohol (wine) during the course of alcohol prohibition under the cloak
of the 1st Amendment. Native Americans are protected from prosecution for
the use of Peyote, which the rest of are forbidden from using. (Native
American Peyote act). Even follower's of Sanatoria, are protected from animal
cruelty laws by the first amendment which protects their chicken/religious
sacrifices. Mr. Forchion
is challenging the Constitutionality of the New Law which he was indicted
under, on the grounds that it violates his Religious Freedom. He has chosen
to take his challenge to the Jury. In an unprecedented open avocation of
Jury Nullification as a defense. This case has the potential to be of national
importance both for it's legality of marijuana through "Religious Freedom"
and the Jury Nullification issue. Ed, on Nov.24,
1997 was the first person arrested and charged under a NEW LAW signed by
Governor Whitman on "Jury nullification
of law," as it is sometimes called, is a traditional American right defended
by the Founding Fathers. Those Patriots intended the jury to serve as one
of the tests a law must pass before it assumes enough popular authority
to be enforced. Thus the Constitution provides five separate tribunals
with veto power representatives, senate, executive, judges and JURY that
each enactment of law must pass before it gains the authority to punish
those who choose to violate it. Thomas Jefferson said, "I consider trial
by jury as the only anchor yet imagined by man, by whom a government can
be held to the principles of its constitution." Forchion's
defense raises hackles in the legal establishment, but it's based on the
time honored doctrine of "jury nullification." In its modern form, the
right of jurors to refuse to enforce laws they see as unjust was established
in 1670, during the trial in England of William Penn for preaching Quakerism
then an illegal Religion. Penn had clearly broken the law, but the jury
ignored the statute and the judge and acquitted Today because
of the War on Drugs, "Rastafari" is just as illegal as William Penn's
Quakerism! Most citizens have no idea how the stupid "WAR ON DRUGS" has
weakened the Bill of Rights. The jurors
were actually jailed for their votes, but refused to change the verdict,
an appeals court then set them free. Jury nullification
followed an honorable path thereafter; helping to establish the principle
of free speech in Later, jurors
used their power to geld the Alien and Sedition Act which blatantly attacked
free political speech and to render the Fugitive Slave Act unenforceable.
No less a light than John Adams said, "It is not only [the juror's] right,
but his duty to find the verdict according to his own best understanding,
judgment, and conscience, though in direct opposition to the direction
of the court." The first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, John Jay,
said that, "the jury has the right to judge both the law as well as the
fact in controversy." Unlike juries
of the past, modern juries are not usually advised that they're sitting
in judgment of the law as much as in judgment of the defendant. In Mr.
Forchion's proceedings Assistant Prosecutor John T. Wynne, argued to Judge
Freeman (May 20, 1999-Motion Hearing), "That although Jury Nullification
is a Constitutionally permissible function of the Jury, Mr. Forchion should
not be allowed to argue this before a jury." Nevertheless,
knowledgeable defendants like Ed Forchion have continued to turn to their
fellow citizens for a little common sense and mercy. While state and federal
prosecutors try to prevent them from knowing about this other option. Just as Prohibition
era jurors flipped the bird to Elliott Ness and company, their counterparts
today make marijuana busts in some parts of the country little more of
a hassle than traffic tickets and that's what Forchion is counting on. Even as the
legal establishment has turned against jury nullification, it is now being
touted in an organized manner by libertarians, drug legalization activists,
gun owners, black activists and all sorts of leave-me-alone types, many
of them working through the Fully Informed Jury Association. The coalition's
tactic is simple: Get the word out so that potential jurors are familiar
with nullification and willing and able to use it, if ever summoned to
the trial of some victim of today's ban-it-if-it-moves, lock-it-up if-it's
black, The tactic
seems to be working. For the past several years, prosecutors have complained
that anti-government sentiment has produced hung juries and even outright
dismissals in cases where the powers-that-be seem to be pursuing defendants
as much for ideology as for actions. According to
a 1997 AP article: Federal charges
against homegrown terrorists - including racketeering, conspiracy, possession
of weapons or explosives, or organizational criminal activity - result
in dismissals, acquittals or mistrials more than 57 percent of the time,
according to a study of 1980s cases by Brent Smith, a professor at the
University of Alabama at Birmingham. As a comparison, Note that the
majority of these "terrorism" cases involve nonviolent weapons or explosives
possession, and allegations of plans that were never carried out. Most
where conspiracy cases. It's not just political cases either. Early this
year, The Washington Post reported: For decades,
a 5 percent hung jury rate was considered the norm, derived from a landmark
study of the American jury by Harry Kalven Jr. and Hans Zeisel published
30 years ago. In recent years, however, that figure has doubled and quadrupled,
depending on location. Something is
going on there. Something that ticks off prosecutors, but may be a very
effective wake-up call to legislation-happy politicians. It's no fun to
pass laws that can't pass a jury's laugh test. Ed Forchion
knows all of this, and he's been doing his best to reach as much of his
likely jury pool as possible with press releases, op-ed pieces, and good,
old-fashioned leafleting. The most masterful move Ed has done was his runs
for political office, he ran for Ras Ed, as
Mr. Forchion is called amongst his followers is a rarity; he is a Fully
Informed Defendant asking for a fully informed jury. Maybe a fully informed
media will cover his JURY NULLIFICATION TRIAL. Ed has announced
plans to run again for the 1st District Congressional seat as his trial
most likely will be also proceeding.
Please Visit
"The Legalize Marijuana Party" for More
News About Ed Forchion and Help Him out with a Donation!
30-or-0yrs
Let the jury decide Despite
the guarantees of both the US CONSTITUTION , and the NEW
JERSEY STATE CONSTITUTION'S of "freedom of religion". I am now being
victimized and persecuted by the State of The
Democratic and Republican parties have abandoned the constitution, and
it's protections in favor of its own self serving/enriching policies. Their
policy of "WAR" against my religious sacrament has essentially turned
my religion into an illegal religion, again despite the constitutional
guarantees of freedom of religion that this country was
built on. The beliefs and practice's of my religion incorporate the use
of ganja (marijuana), the marijuana laws infringe upon my right to "freely exercise" my chosen religion. This
is why I openly advocate JURY NULLIFICATION
as a way of
correcting this problem. A Jury should be read the NJ & US constitutions
and come to the obvious conclusion. That the Marijuana laws violate my
"gods" laws and are in violation of man's law, they are unconstitutional!
I want my jury to be allowed to listen to everything I've got to
say, then Judge the law as well as the evidence. Asst Prosecutor John T.
Wynn argued before Judge Freeman (May 24th, 1999) that although, "jury
nullification was a constitutionally acceptable function of the jury Mr.
Forchion should not be allowed to argue this to his jury".
Question: What's he afraid
of, "I'm the one facing 30 years!”
"
RAS.
ED Forchion P.S.- Read these three links LMP-Question? I'm so sure
it does that: Prison 4 my religion...
An American "WAR" tale! By "njweedman" Are the Drug laws enforced
equally? One of my first acts of civil dis-obedience
was to openly smoke marijuana on This is my body, how dare the NOVEMBER 17, 1999 - PERSPECTIVE
ARTICLE Dec. 15, 1999
- Internet Essay Medical Marijuana is "GODS"
gift. CONCESSATION Speech ( 2000 “Njweedman” say’s I’m running again!
"2000"
A Campaign of Ed
Forchion of Browns Mills NJ “WEEDMAN HOLDS SMOKE-OUTS” SOUTH
JERSEYIAN'S participate in the yearly World Wide Marijuana Protest. (100 cities world
-wide) We Joined the
1999 SMOKE-OUT INVITATION- Real Player Video Click here Free the Herb for the Healing of the
Nations! WEEDMAN HOLDS
SMOKE-OUT's AT LIBERTY BELL!!!
The US & NJ Government Practices-Religious
Persecution and continues
to engage in RACIAL "RELIGIOUS"
DISCRIMINATION!
(with a 30 year prison term), members
of its Police force's have
assaulted me, threatened me, filed numerous
bogus charges
against me, and taken my travel privileges.
All Because I have
exercise my first amendment right(s)
to free speech and freedom of religion.
These are my youngest
Daughter's
Ajanea & Daeja
WRITTEN:
Modern judges
and prosecutors aren’t as fond as the founders of the idea of juries taking
their own lead in the courtroom. Judges don't seem to like surrendering
that much power to common citizens, while prosecutors get hives whenever
jurors look in disdain at one of the armory of statutory clubs used to
bludgeon the public into submission. After all, what's the point of going
to law school, passing the bar, scrambling for a plum spot as an Assistant
District Attorney, and then running for the bench or the legislature if
twelve randomly assembled plumbers, secretaries, and aluminum siding salesmen
can blow a Bronx cheer at all your hard work? The fact of the matter is
its legal and they try to keep if from the public. It's rare for a defendant
to attempt to use this knowledge as a defense, but Mr. Forchion is in a
unique situation as the first defendant charged until this new law.
MUST SEE ONLINE
Answer: The Truth! A fully informed Jury
may recognize the unjustness of this law! And acquit!
Does the first
amendment apply to all religions or just those
that our Christian
law makers deem to be a religion?
*
I believe
it protects all religions including Rastafari,
and
its practices and beliefs which include marijuana use!
"I want my Jury to decide!"(Click
here)
Please
read about this Senators Son
and the
preferential
treatment of the politically connected
This picture was taken
just before I protested at
(D) Congressman Rob
Andrews’s office.
By lighting up in
his office!
See: ANDREWS
PROTEST
government try to tell me what
not to put in it! I prefer marijuana!
Fuck the law! The law's wrong!
My
son "king" and
I was still recovering from my potentially
fatal
spinal infection!
In this 1999 picture.
(That's an IV tube in my arm)
Yes, I'm a medical marijuana user as well; probably because of my spiritual
awareness.
Vote Ed Forchion-4-CONGRESS & FREEHOLDER
1999 Campaign speech
Ed Forchion Election Results
1998 1999
3,468 -- -- 3,100
BOGUS ARREST- Feb 08th, 2000 - (Political?)
CIVIL DIS-OBEDIENCE
Read Story here
takes a reefer break at the State
House Thursday. (Here)
"Motion
to Dismiss"-denied, but appealed
March 13th 2000
Courier Post Story
World-wide “GANJA”
Revolution
Thefts Mar (2nd annual smoke-out)
Peace Pot Picnic,
Rally
May 6th, 2000 - 3rd Annual Smoke-out
-( Liberty bell )
My Opinion of
the 4:20 Pot Picnic- (2nd annual smoke-out)
Directions to Annual Camden County Smoke-out!
MILLION MARIJUANA
MARCH
Smugglers Blues THE BADDEST Herb Hauler EAST
OF THE
HOUSE PASSES
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM LAW
Legislation Curbing Government's Right to Interfere Prevails
Ed's Comments
on this Legislation 
NJ JURY NULLIFICATION DEFENSE BEGINS
WEEDMAN CLAIMS UNFAIR TRIAL!
LETTER TO
JUDGE THOMPSON (Oct 26)
NJWEEDMAN
(Oct 11) Withdraws plea!
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POLITICAL IMPRISONMENT
PHILADEPHIA
INQUIRER
(12/02/2000) Marijuana
Advocate is Sentenced To Prison
CAMDEN - The highly unusual
drug case involving marijuana-legalization advocate Edward Forchion came
to a conclusion yesterday as he was sentenced to prison for his part in brokering
a drug deal for his brother.
With Forchion's wife, Janice,
and two of his young children in the courtroom, Camden County Superior Court
Judge Stephen W. Thompson sentenced Forchion to a 10-year prison term.
"I don't smoke marijuana," Janice Forchion said after the trial. "But I don't understand why they let murderers, rapists and pedophiles off so quickly and put away marijuana smokers." If Forchion, of Browns Mills, pursues the supervisory parole option, he could be tested at any time under the program. Forchion - who has been cited for lighting marijuana joints in the chambers of the New Jersey Legislature and the office of U.S. Rep. Rob Andrews (D., N.J.) - says he remains an unapologetic marijuana smoker. A Rastafarian, Forchion has said he smokes marijuana for religious reasons, to relieve physical ailments, and to soothe chronic depression. Since the mid-1990s, Forchion, a former cross-country truck driver, has been an outspoken advocate of legalizing marijuana. In November, he ran unsuccessfully for the Burlington County Board of Chosen Freeholders and a U.S. House seat under the Legalize Marijuana Party. Assistant Prosecutor John Wynne Jr. said the Prosecutor's Office would not contest Forchion's application for the parole. When he entered a guilty plea in September, Forchion acknowledged that he introduced his brother, Russell, to a marijuana supplier in Arizona and had flown to Tucson on behalf of his brother in October 1997 to seal the sale of about 40 pounds of marijuana. The shipment was delivered to the Bellmawr Industrial Park by Federal Express. Shortly after picking up the marijuana, Russell Forchion was arrested as he drove away from the park, authorities said. Edward Forchion, who was driving behind him, was also arrested. A third man, Eric Poole, who signed for the package, was convicted of a lesser crime. Russell Forchion testified for the prosecution, and served about five months in prison before being placed on intensive supervisory parole. In his September trial, Edward Forchion served as his own attorney. In his opening statement, he criticized what he said were unjust marijuana laws and asked jurors to invoke jury nullification, in which a jury can set aside the law it believes that the law is unjust. Jury nullification cannot be advertised to a jury under New Jersey law, but Wynne did not object during the proceeding. The trial ended when Wynne offered Forchion what both said was a good deal - potentially spending as little as six months in prison. But before the sentencing yesterday, the judge heard a motion from Forchion to withdraw his guilty plea. Forchion said that he did not get a proper trial, because the Public Defender's Office refused to pay for expert witnesses to testify on his behalf. He said he wanted a new trial. Wynne successfully countered that if Forchion were given a new trial, the first trial would have been essentially a practice run, something that every attorney would like but that collides with the integrity of the system. The judge denied Forchion's motion to withdraw. "In the middle of the trial, you elected to plead guilty, sir," Thompson said. Forchion said that he pondered not showing up in court yesterday. Last week, he called news organizations in South Jersey to say he had fled to Canada and was seeking asylum at the Cuban Embassy there. (see: asylum request ) By Wednesday, he sent e-mails to the media that he would appear for his sentencing. "I didn't want [my wife] to lose the house," said Forchion, referring to the home she put up to post his $65,000 bail. Thompson said he believed Forchion was sincere in his advocacy for reform of marijuana laws. But he noted that Forchion did break the law. "Your beliefs at this juncture are misguided," Thompson said. Aamer Madhani's e-mail address is: amadhani@phillynews.com |
"NJWEEDMAN" BECOMES A: Please
Read the Cannabis Timeline So why is Marijuana Illegal? (Congressional
Idiots) Good question, and we wish we had a good answer; But the truth is,
the story of the Cannabis plant is sad tale of propaganda and misinformation.
For thousands of years, the hemp plant was considered a gift from the Gods.
It has countless uses, not the least of which is the ability to get people
high. The good people at WWW.PARASCOPE.COM have posted a comprehensive
timeline of the history of Marijuana, from the earliest mention of the plant
by the Babylonians to the modern day constitutional challenges. Remember,
it's only been illegal for 62 years, it was considered the most useful plant
in existence for 6000 years before that.
Hopefully This Injustice is Temporary.
Please visit the Cannabis Timeline
at parascope.com below and educate yourself! FUCK THE LAW! Ed Say's: NJWEEDMAN
FREED BY FEDERAL JUDGE!
"Political-Prisoner Of
RACIST DRUG WAR"
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17 months later 4-3-2003
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Think
about it, I only need to convince one juror! TO ALL YOU CONSTITUTIONAL
TRAITORS "POLITICIANS, POLICE & LAWYER'S"
Allen arrested 4 marijuana!
- Who cares, it should be legal!
My favorite sport is basketball and my favorite active player is
Allen Iverson, Superstar point guard for the
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And are example's of the government lies about GANJA user's.
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