Voice Magazines - Kirkby-in-Ashfield & Annesley Edition -February 2021

FEBRUARY ‘21

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From the Editor Hi Readers What to say?! I’ve thought long and hard on this and there are a lot of opinions about a lot of things and I don’t think my inbox can take anymore ‘opinions’ on what I’ve written – so I’m going with 2 unrelated things this month……take it as you will….

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I was lucky enough to go to uni and apart from the life style/nightlife, the best thing I learned was about sources of information. Primary, Secondary and Tertiary, multiple sources and analyse, analyse, analyse! There are several experts in every field, they don’t always agree and there are flaws in every study, opinion, findings – it was my job to find them. Find the conflicting opinions, read them all, and critique them – it’s hard when you don’t personally agree but as my tutor said to me on many, many occasions…….my opinion doesn’t matter. #justsaying 2.

It was my birthday this month – lockdown birthday – I think we’ve nearly all had one by now and some people are coming up to birthday lockdown number 2. Last year we were throwing axes and watching the ice hockey. However, I did make the best of it….Mr Emily organised a Zoom murder mystery evening with the fam-i-lam! We all got into character, we all

stayed in our own homes and we all had some nice drinks (which helped with the accents no end…honest!!).

Most fun and excitement we’ve all had in nearly a year – highly recommend it!

Finally, lots for everyone to read this month. Just so you know, we are still allowed to work and our distributors can’t deliver from home so are ok to continue, whilst adhering to the rules.

Most people were wonderful last month as anticipated but just note, if you don’t want to receive the mag, just put a visible note in the window and we won’t deliver in future.

Stay safe & happy reading, Happy New Year!

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Discover Ashfield Awards Nominations for this year’s Discover Ashfield Awards are now open!

Recognising all that is good in the District, the Discover Ashfield awards celebrate residents and businesses that have gone above and beyond to support the community during the past year.

This year categories as follows: ❉

Health and Wellbeing Ambassador

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Health and Wellbeing Project

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Carer Award

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Community Ambassador

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Covid-19 Hero

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Covid-19 Young Hero

Cllr Jason Zadrozny, Leader of Ashfield District Council said “‘This year has been a challenging one for everyone and we want to recognise individuals, groups and businesses who have gone above and beyond to make a difference in our communities.

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Covid-19 Community Organisation

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Covid-19 Business

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Business Improvement

“If you know of someone who deserves recognition please take time to say thank you by nominating them for a Discover Ashfield Award.”

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High Street Business of the Year

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Science Award

The closing date for nominations is Sunday 28 February 2021. The awards presentation will take place during March.

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Best of Ashfield

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Pub of the Year

This year’s awards reflect the Covid-19 pandemic with the introduction of new categories including Covid-19 Hero and Covid-19 Young Hero, as well as awards up for grabs for health & wellbeing, science and best business.

Nominations can be made via the Ashfield District Council website and will recognise achievements between January and December 2020.

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Book Review Bill Bailey has turned himself into something approaching a national treasure, with his appearances on Strictly, although he’s been around, if he’ll pardon the liberty, for quite a while.

Lots of people will also know him for his other TV appearances, - QI, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Black Books, but he also does stand-up comedy and knows lots about music and birds. A talented chap. Now he’s added a new book, Bill Bailey’s Remarkable Guide to Happiness: to his CV. It’s a light, warm and entertaining ride through the things that Bill finds fun, or simply, bring him happiness – a useful reminder in current times, that life can actually be quite enjoyable, although you may not want to follow some of his examples such as jumping out of a plane. A feel-good read.

Another recent read from a funny man is No Shame, by Tom Allen. Tom came to most people’s attention as the host of after-show The Apprentice – You’re Fired, Bake Off and Mock the Week. He’s sharp, camp and funny and so is the book, although as it’s a memoir there are parts which make you want to give him a hug. It may also be one of those books where it helps to have a mental image of him talking while you’re reading it – either that or get the audiobook.

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PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

Make the time to make your Will Do you have children from different relationships? A Will makes sure every child benefits Without a Will, the law (and not you) will dictate where your money will go Update your Will if your circumstances change If you have young children, who would you wish to step in and be responsible for their day to day care?

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Ditch Your PPE Responsibly!

Since the wearing of face coverings became mandatory in England, the litter left in many of our towns and villages, has sadly included disposable face masks. Single wear plastic gloves can also be seen dropped carelessly on the ground.

Worse yet is the fact that these disposable items are making their way into rivers and streams where fish and other wildlife can become entangled in them. Gloves and facemasks dropped in the countryside are hazardous to both wildlife and farm animals who can ingest them causing digestive issues and possibly death. Suffocation by the airways being blocked is also possible.

Even biodegradable gloves made of latex will take time to decompose and remain a hazard to wildlife for a considerable period of time.

Gloves and face masks are also ending up in our oceans in vast quantities posing a threat to marine life. Even before the pandemic, our oceans were being threatened by plastic pollution, ranging from the detritus of everyday human life like plastic bottles, to so called ‘microplastics’ which are tiny pieces of plastic from a multitude of sources. Disposal face masks contain plastic (usually polypropylene) and have a ‘lifespan’ of around 450 years…that’s almost half a century that a carelessly discarded mask could float around in the sea like a hideous manmade blue jellyfish.

On a human level, every disposable piece of PPE dropped on a street by someone too lazy to put it in a bin, or back in a pocket or bag, will have to be cleared up by another person. Why should a street cleaner have to deal with potentially contaminated material?

The stock answer to dealing with plastic problems is recycling. Unfortunately, these single use items are made

of various different types of plastic meaning the cost of sorting, separating, and recycling exceeds the value of the resultant recycled material! Naturally, in a capitalist driven world, this means no one is prepared to undertake PPE recycling – it doesn’t make economic sense.

What can we do to mitigate this potential eco disaster?

It’s quite simple really - isn’t it?

STOP using disposable face masks and switch to fabric ones that you wash at home on a regular basis. There are endless options out there now, face coverings have even become a bit of a fashion statement with some high end fashion houses creating ‘designer masks’ to match their clothes! For a few pounds (unless you choose the designer option of course) you can have several masks to wear and wash in rotation.

As for disposable gloves, there is actually very little point in them to be honest. You are far, far better off ensuring great hand hygiene. Wash your hands regularly and use the hand sanitiser stations which seem to be everywhere now.

Let’s try to ensure that a human pandemic doesn’t wind up causing an ecological nightmare too.

These articles are researched and written by Laura Billingham, a local content writer and author. Laura moved the Peak District several years ago to pursue her passion for writing.

To find out more visit www. landgassociates.co.uk or contact Laura on 07736 351341

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Slimming World Recipe Hunter’s Chicken Slimming World make the recipe’s available for their Free Food Range. This one is a yummy take on a pub favourite.

Serves: 4

Ready in: 50 mins

Method:

1. Pour the diet cola into a mediumsize non-stick saucepan over a high heat, bring to the boil and cook until reduced by two-thirds and almost syrupy.

2. Preheat the oven to 200°C/fan 180°C/gas 6.

3. Add the red peppers, garlic, stock cube, passata, soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, balsamic vinegar and 150ml boiling water to the cola. Reduce the heat to medium and bring to a simmer, then cook for 10 minutes or until the peppers are soft, adding a little

Syns per serving: FREE extra water if needed. Blend until smooth using a stick blender or food processor.

4. Carefully wrap the bacon medallions or rashers around the chicken breasts and arrange them in an ovenproof dish, seam-side down.

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5. Spoon the sauce over the chicken and sprinkle over the parsley before serving hot. This is delicious served with Slimming World chips and salad.

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Ingredients: • ½ x 330ml can diet cola • 2 red peppers, deseeded and roughly chopped • 2 garlic cloves, chopped • 1 chicken stock cube, crumbled • 250g passata • 1 tbsp soy sauce/tamari • 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce

• 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar • 4 smoked back bacon medallions or rashers, visible fat removed • 4 skinless and boneless chicken breasts • Chopped parsley, to serve

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A Hub of Creativity all under one roof!

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Our Families and Other Animals Do you have a pet?

Until a couple of years ago I had a cat, the strangest of creatures – alternately affectionate and aloof, even vicious, and you could never tell which mood she’d be in at any given moment! She hated pet carriers with a passion, as many a claw inflicted wound to my hands and arms (even my back once!) would attest. Trips to the vets, or house moving, were a nightmare of the highest order.

Sadly she ‘crossed the rainbow bridge’ on New Year’s Day 2018, completely out of the blue. I came downstairs (slightly the worse for wear after a New Year’s Eve party) and found her lying on the kitchen floor – unmoving apart from a slight rise and fall of her chest.

Picking her up, I moved to a chair and, as I cradled her like a baby, she drew her last breath. It felt as if she had waited to say goodbye to me.

Our pets squirm their way into our hearts and when they leave us, they leave a massive hole, we miss their antics and silly habits. Even the things that made us cross; like refusing to eat anything out of a tin in the case of Gabby cat; become endearing foibles when we look back at them.

We (my other half and I) would love to welcome another fur baby into our home, BUT we currently live in a private rental that doesn’t allow pets, as so many rentals don’t for some reason. So we will have to make do for now with the antics of our neighbours various pets; at least seven dogs and a horse at the last count; and watching the sparrows, blue tits and other small birds which visit us daily to eat from the feeders my other half keeps well topped up with seeds.

One day we will have a dog, he wants a mahoosive one – a Malamute to be precise! I would prefer something

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smaller that sheds less hair and requires less grooming – I’m sure we’ll find a compromise eventually.

Our pets give us so much unconditional love but there are so many other ‘hidden’ benefits too. A quick search online gave me these facts from the “Centers for Disease Control” in the USA: Some of the benefits of having a pet include: ✔

Decreased blood pressure

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Decreased cholesterol levels

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Decreased triglyceride levels

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Decreased feelings of loneliness

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Increased opportunities for exercise and outdoor activities

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Increased opportunities for socialisation

Perhaps I need to move again, to somewhere that will allow animals, it seems such a shame to miss out on all those health benefits doesn’t it?

These articles are researched and written by Laura Billingham, a local content writer and author. Laura moved the Peak District several years ago to pursue her passion for writing.

To find out more visit www.landgassociates. co.uk or contact Laura on 07736 351341

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Rafa, Flake & Mitzy Rafa turns 12 this month and as such has adopted the position of ‘wise, elder statesmen’. His responsibilities include monitoring everyone’s eating habits and making sure they don’t leave anything tasty in the bins. Flake is about 4 years old. About, because he was rescued. His responsibilities include greeting everyone who comes to the office and collecting cuddles.

Finally, there is Mitzy, our cat. She always finds a nice place to sleep and is far too busy to do any work.

Emily & Liam, The Voice Owners

George & Penelope Meet My Pets I have two beautiful cats, brother and sister George and Penelope, my indoor little babies.

George is the Ginger, Penelope is the black-white, they are almost two years old.

They spend most of the day fast asleep, but when they are awake you can either find them in the bath pushing the taps on to splash the water or standing in the water bowl! These two absolutely love nothing more than being wet or chasing each other around the house and play fighting.

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George Name:George, Breed: Frug, Born: Oct 2020 We welcomed George to our Family and we think he has fitted in super! He is really playful, full of life and has lots of character... such as chewing things that are not his!

Paul, The Voice Team

Slinky & Oreo Slinky is our dachshund puppy (think Toy Story!). Slinky is playful and loves nothing more than chewing our socks! He is now getting used to walks, although he never wants to leave the house! He is also a foodie and sits like a meerkat when he wants a treat! .....Oreo is our 4 year old cat, he loves food, sleep and spends his days laying around the house avoiding the dog (they’re not best friends yet!)

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Daisy, Tinker, Nell, Freddie & Gizmo

Nell & Freddie – Nell is nearly 13 and is so kind which shows in this photo with Freddie who is 10 and is the cuddlier out of the cats. Gizmo is nearly 11, he is so majestic and he knows it. He sleeps for about 23 hours a day and he’s a mummy’s boy.

Tinker the Springer is 20 months old and a real Tinker.

He may look cute but he’s on fire! He loves everyone, especially delivery people, he tries to go with them.

Daisey is Gizmos sister and Freddie’s half-sister. She is in charge of all the animals except Tinker, which is why she just has to use her claws to sort him out but he doesn’t retaliate he just keeps on wagging.

Jude, The Voice Team

Bailey Boo Bailey is my funny, loopy, crazy rescue English Springer Spaniel. He is 2.5 years old but acts like a puppy. He answers to many names like Bailey Boo, Boopy, Boopise Lou, Pudding, Fat Pudding, Bubba, Sir Boopsalot and a few others that cannot be repeated in print! He loves his ball and would do anything for it, so much so we have to be careful near any big drops when we are out walking. He also has a maddening habit of thinking he is helping with the washing by walking around with our socks with his tail wagging!!!

But he is a very good cuddler!!!!

Lisa, The Artliff Team

Caper, Poppy & Ruby This is Caper, Ruby and Poppy the Blackwell Bog Snorkeling team.

Poppy might be little but she is in charge of finding the best mud.

Maggi, The Voice Team The team are fuelled by cocktail sausages and cheese whenever possible.

Maggi, The Voice Team

Neil is a Vegan, he doesn’t own any pets but he also doesn’t eat them!

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Nurses – We Salute You! The Covid 19 pandemic continues to hold us in its tenacious grasp and we give thanks to our NHS doctors and nurses for being there to care for us (although a salary increase would benefit them more in my opinion) but how often do we stop to think about the history of nursing?

But back to nursing. Pre 16th century the term nurse was generally taken to mean “wet nurse”, that is a woman who breastfeeds the babies of other women.

The very word “nurse” actually stems from the Latin word “nutrire”, meaning to suckle.

If you needed medical care that couldn’t be provided by your family or the local wise woman (such women later being regarded as “witches” by the church) you took yourself of to the nearest monastery or convent.

These religious centres were often funded by the wealthy elite as a way of “buying their way into heaven”. Wealthy families would also offer large dowries for their daughters to become “brides of Christ” and this money would finance a convent’s provision of aid to the poor and sick. The “nursing” care provided to the sick, dying and injured was more akin to religious support than any type of medical provision – but it was doubtless better than nothing at all.

It wasn’t until the middle of the 19th century that nursing began to be recognised as a valued profession, the couple of hundred years in between having relegated nursing to the lowest of domestic services. As medicine became more scientific, with drugs, surgery, etc, it became apparent that a more skilled form of nursing care was required.

When Florence Nightingale arrived in the Crimea in 1855 she actually capitalised on that need, rather than creating a new kind of nursing she formalised it, and so “Nightingale Nursing” was developed. A fund set up by members of the public to support Florence’s style of care raised the equivalent in today’s money of £2mill, and upon her return to England she used those funds to establish a training school for nurses at St Thomas’s Hospital, London.

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Bess of Hardwick Part 1 - The Ascendancy - Bess of Hardwick was an unusual woman. At a time when women were often considered to be possessions to be traded in marriage to the highest bidder, Bess became one of the most powerful women in Elizabethan times due to a series of fortuitous marriages.

Bess was born Elizabeth Hardwick sometime in 1527 (her exact date of birth is unknown) to father, John Hardwick, and his wife Elizabeth Leeke. The Hardwick family had arrived in Derbyshire at some point in the 13th century having moved from Sussex. They farmed land, granted to a Robert Savage, on the borders of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. By the 15th century the Hardwick family had climbed the social ladder somewhat, and were regarded as ‘gentlemen yeomen’ with a small estate.

Her first marriage, in around 1543, was to the young (13) heir of a nearby small estate – Robert Barley (Barlow). Robert’s father died soon after the wedding and Robert himself died in December 1544. There is no evidence that the couple actually lived together and obviously there were no children from the marriage. Bess’s claim to inherit was disputed and it was several years after his death before she was awarded both the estate and compensation.

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elevated her to Lady Cavendish. Sir William, probably at Bess’s urging sold his lands in the south of England and purchased the Chatsworth estate on which they began to build a mansion. Although he was more than 20 years her senior, the marriage was happy and produced eight children – one of whom; William, born 27 December 1552; became the First Earl of Devonshire. His Grandson was created Marquess of Hartington and Duke of Devonshire in 1694 and their descendants still live at Chatsworth House.

William died in October 1557 leaving Bess deep in debt. A third marriage in 1559 to Sir William Loe, Captain of the Guard to Queen Elizabeth I, ensued. His position enabled him to vastly reduce her debts and also gave her access to the Queen when she was made Lady of the Bedchamber. Upon his death some 7 years later, with no male heir, he left everything to Bess, and she became one of the wealthiest women in England.

Her fourth and final marriage was in 1568 to George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury.

Cleverly Bess managed to ensure that Chatsworth and some of her other estates stayed under her control. Upon his death in 1590 Bess became Dowager Countess of Shrewsbury.

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Scotland (there will be more about those relationship in Part 3). And she married into the nobility. One of her lasting legacies however are the buildings she commissioned as her fortune increased.

Little remains of Bess’s home at Chatsworth after her descendant, the 4th Earl of Devonshire entirely remodelled the grand house she had begun building in 1552. There is little doubt however, that without her there would probably have been no Chatsworth for us to visit in the 21st Century. The only part of her scheme to remain unchanged to the present is the Hunting Tower sited in the hills overlooking the house.

Perhaps uniquely for the era; when Bess finally separated once and for all from her fourth and final husband, the Earl of Shrewsbury, she had the wealth and resources to live independently.

In 1584, following the acrimonious split, she left the Chatsworth estate fearing attack from her husband’s men. She found solace in her old family home at Hardwick which she had purchased in 1583 after the death of the brother; heir to that property; James Hardwick who had died in horrendous debt.

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Bess of Hardwick: Part 2 – The Legacy - As we saw in the previous article, Bess rose from humble beginnings in rural Derbyshire to become one of the wealthiest and most influential women in the UK. funds to support her ideas, she began to plan for an even grander house on the Hardwick site.

The Hardwick Hall we see today was built entirely at the behest of Bess herself and she took great pride and pleasure in overseeing the development. The huge expanses of glass windows were evidence of her wealth and she continued the innovation, first seen at Old Hardwick Hall, of a great hall running the centre of the house and two stories high. Work also continued on the Old Hall which was retained to act as a kind of overspill accommodation for guests and servants.

Bess spent the latter years of her life involved in furnishing Hardwick and overseeing the building work there and at Oldcotes where she had commissioned another house for her son William.

When she finally died in 1608, at the grand old age of 81, Bess was still regarded as one of the richest and most powerful women in the Kingdom. She was interred in All Saints Church, Derby under an elaborate monument she’d commissioned. When All Saints was demolished and rebuilt to form Derby Cathedral, Bess and her effigy were reinterred.

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Watching out for Woodpeckers In woodlands and moorland edges across the Peak there are flocks of winter thrushes (fieldfares and redwings), and especially where there are birch or alder trees, the smaller finches (siskins and lesser redpolls) move in noisy flocks. They are often intermingled with flocks of titmice and long-tailed tits which roam across the countryside in loose groups constantly calling and on the move. There is safety in numbers from the ever-present threat of local sparrowhawks.

Separate and apart from these flocks, but tied to local woodland, are the woodpeckers.

Across North Derbyshire and the Peak District we have three woodpecker species but only one is reasonably common. This is the great spotted woodpecker and can be seen (and more often heard) in almost any mature woodland across the region. They also come freely to gardens and will feed on peanut holders and on fat-balls too.

As they approach the loud ‘chip-chip-chip’ call can be heard from the tops of tall trees. Another characteristic behaviour is to ‘hide’ behind a tree trunk and then to peep out as if to see if you are still there or still looking.

The young birds have a distinctive red cap which does cause some confusion since it is a characteristic marking of our least common woodpecker, the lesser spotted. However, the lesser spotted woodpecker is small being approximately sparrow-sized; it is also very rare with a population now of only a few thousand birds across the entire country. So almost all the records I get sent are of greater spotted and not lesser. Nevertheless, it is still worthwhile watching out for this diminutive and often elusive little woodpecker. The best time

to see them, or rather more likely, to hear them, is from late February into April. At this time in mature woodland with dead and decaying old trees, there is always the chance to hear their high-pitched ‘kee-kee-kee-kee’ from a high-up branch or trunk.

Both these species drum but lesser spotted is faster and softer than its bigger cousin.

Our third woodpecker is Female Great altogether more Spotted discerning in its Woodpecker habitats than the great spotted and whilst it does visit gardens this is much less frequent. The green woodpecker is our largest species and a denizen of pine plantations, heathy moorland edge, and also, rather contrastingly, post-industrial sites such as reclaimed coal-mining landscapes. In the Peak, good places to see and again to hear green woodpeckers are around the upland water-supply reservoirs with their conifer plantations, and also at Longshaw and Padley Gorge. Sporting a dagger-like beak, a black eyepatch and moustache, and a bright red cap these beautiful birds are green but with a bright yellow rump. They spend a lot of time on the ground in search of their favourite food – ants. As with the other woodpeckers, their flight is characteristically undulating but the green woodpecker has a very distinctive and far-carrying laughing call known as a ‘yaffle’. Based on the call, this is also the old-fashioned countryman’s name for the bird.

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