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40 Day Challenge for Children’s Attention Home

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PAX of The Fort, Indianland and Rock Hill,

In 2014 we developed a great relationship with the Children’s Attention Home (CAH) of Rock Hill. Some of the events and things we partnered with them for included;

  • April Cereal Drive – 374 boxes
  • June Field day event
  • Lowes Home Improvement work days around the campus with a time of fellowship ending the week
  • Bike rides and playing games with the kids while visiting the home.

There are some big plans coming for 2015 that all of us will have an opportunity to serve and model what being a godly man looks like for the kids of CAH. 2/28 Launch of Workout at CAH!!!

40 DAY CHALLENGE

Beginning Wednesday 2/18/15 we are starting a 40 day challenge that will include 3 dimensions. The 40 days will be the days of lent, ending on Easter Sunday 4/5/15. That’s only 6 weeks of serving and a little sacrifice.

This is not a ritual but a way to build a stronger relationship with God. When we get weak, regardless of this challenge, we should pray and relay on his strength to carry us. Jesus was the example of this during the passion. He knew what was coming but relied on God the Father to carry him through. This is a way to build spiritual muscles!!

Dimension #1 – Attend 20 workouts within the 40 days. That is 3.33 workouts per week. Very doable even for Red-eye.

Dimension #2 – Either give something up (Facebook, candy, snacks, beer, etc.) or take up something positive (reading, praying, poetry for your M, etc.)

Dimension #3 – We will be collecting items for Children’s Attention Home, just like cereal drive. No need to break the bank, but if all our PAX participates, we will make a difference for them this summer.

Here is what they requested:

  • Individual Wrapped Snacks like Lance crackers, Little Debbie’s, cookies, goldfish (Think Sam’s, Costco)
  • Gatorade – mix of flavors and think of kids with sizes in packs (small size, 10/12 pack)

Bring one of each or a couple of one item, whatever you can do!

Q;s will hold PAX accountable for #’s 1 & 2 in the COT. Be ready to be asked how many times you have posted and what you have given up or taken up.

 

Q’s will also collect items and pass them up to:

  • Cake Boss, Pusher, Chicken Hawk, Senator Tressel, Maximus, Pebbles, Peach

Idea men is to look beyond ourselves, challenge ourselves and get out of comfort zones while thinking about the sacrifice that has been made for you by our Sky Q.

Looking forward to how this challenge brings all of us together as a tighter PAX for our community.

Here are some of the committments men have made!! Good Job to all and others can send in theirs so we can hold each other accountable!!

  • Cake Boss – Donuts/Cake
  • Pusher – Desserts/Sweets
  • Hasselhoff – Alcohol
  • Crab Cakes – Soft Drinks/Be more present with kids
  • Cash – Alcohol
  • DD – Alcohol
  • Dark Helmet – Dessert after dinner
  • Zima – Chips/Read “Facing Your Giants” daily
  • Italian Job – Soda
  • Minuteman – No more speaking to gratify himself
  • Maximus – Kneel down to address/discipline kids
  • Rebel – Ice cream
  • Decibel – Read the Bible daily
  • Old Bay – Iced tea
  • Trucker – Snacks
  • Red Banjo – Ice Cream
  • Chaser – Restaurants/Fast Food
  • Dustin Jordan (F3 Name?) – Soft drinks
  • CSPAN – Mountain Dew
  • Change Order – Not eating after 7pm
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112 Cards o’ Pain

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  • QIC: Maximus
  • When: 02/14/15
  • Pax: Mile-High, Longshanks, CSPAN, WWL, Catfish, Seacrest, Tesla, Magnum, Sugar Daddy, Santini, Bubba Gump, DD, Red Banjo
  • Posted In: Block Party, The Fort

14 in the PAX this fine brisk Valentine’s Day morning to welcome Maximus back to the Q schedule. There was a lot of mumble chatter in the last 48hrs about who would have the best/worst Q this AM so, in line with the rule that you can give yourself a nickname, I’ll let the PAX decide. One of the hardest workouts I’ve been a part of was the 52 card pick-up style beatdown. It seems to lack creativity but it makes up for that with an overdose of pain. So why wouldn’t I bring that back?

The PAX took off for a 1/4mi jog to the parking lot which would be our AO for this nonsense. A quick explanation that went something like, each suit represents a different exercise and the number of the card represents the repetitions.

2=2 and Ace=14

Hearts = Butt Kickers (104 Total)
Spades = High Knees (104 Total)
Clubs = SSH single count (104 Total)
Diamonds = Jump Squats (104 Total)
2 Jokers & 2 other cards = 10 Freddie Mercury’s (40 Total)

3min rest to see if my frozen hands could shuffle. After a failed attempt, I simply rearranged about 20 cards and we moved on to round 2:

Hearts = Merkins (104 Total)
Spades = Burpees (104 Total)
Clubs = Carolina Dry Docks (104 Total)
Diamonds = 3-Way Jumping Lunges (104 Total)
2 Jokers & 2 other cards = 10 Toe Touches (40 Total)

After round 1, Santini questioned which was worse, Jump Squats or Burpees. With a sample size of 104 each, I’ll just reply with…BOTH. You don’t cover great distances with this workout but it is still one of the hardest I’ve attempted. It is humbling and embarrassing all at the same time. Nevertheless, it is still dwarfed by the honor felt when standing in the middle of the PAX. It’s hard to take a breather or slow down when 13 other guys are looking at you to push them. To that I’ll ask, “Who’s Pushing Who?”

Announcements: Obstacle Course Race next Saturday (2/21) at Indian Land AO, BRR teams are forming now, Mud Run 4/11.

Prayer Request: Baby on the way any day now, Boeheim now recovering at home and rehab is to start next week, take care of yourself and keep an eye on your brother. Know when to push yourself and when to say when.

AYE!!!

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And it burns, burns, burns…the ring of fire

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  • QIC: Double D
  • When: 01/27/15
  • Pax: Sir Topham Hat, Airborne, Full Count, Esso, Chaser, CSPAN, Red Banjo, Crab Cakes, Magnum, Acme, Anchorman, Sechrest, Rosetta, Green Wave
  • Posted In: Block Party

15 loyal, veteran pax entered the Tue AM gloom and fell into a burning ring of fire… they went down and the flames went higher.  But they all came out the other side to carry a purposeful spirit into their weekday vocation.

The Thang

Warm up run to WEP sign

Karaoke along 160 switching sides at each tree

Run back to sign switching back to front at each tree

COP — IWs, Windmills, SSHs, Mtn climbers,

Mosey to playground and split into three groups
Group 1: Pull-ups
Group 2: Sumo squats
Group 3: Swing crunches
(45 secs continuous for each exercise, then rotate)

Mosey to path for Ring of Fire (aka Drill bit)
Run full lap with stops at each 1/6 milepost for:
Bomb jack x10
Monkey humper x15
Calf raise x20

Plank sequence

Mosey back to playground for smaller Ring of Fire (Sprint Cup Series)
Carolina Dry Docks x10
Merkins x15 (vary on each cycle)
Dips x20
Run lap around playground
(3 full cycles)

Partner up and line up on park side of playground
Wheel barrow to path (switch as needed)
Run to parking lot at top of hill
Burpees x15 OYO
Run back to path
Wheel barrow back to playground (switch as needed)

Makhtar N’Diayes

Run home

COT

Naked man moleskin

T-claps to the pax on a very workmanlike effort.  Little grumbling…just getting the job done on a frosty morning.

Great to have Red Banjo back in action!

Nice to see Crab Cakes posting with some regularity again…kinda like the prune juice diet.

Tried not to let the ruckers with a tomato in action during the same period outdo us.  Nice work for  getting on the ground and tackling the hill in the bottom of the 9th inning!

Best wishes for a great week chewing on how our purpose intersects with our career.  Hope to see everyone at Santini’s 3rd F session on Fri 0600 at Eternal.

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Pleasant Knoll – Recon Mission

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  • QIC: Cake Boss
  • When: 01/27/15
  • Pax: Old Bay, Solid State, Free Bird, White Lightning, Jekell, Macgyver, Rooney, Senator Tressel
  • Posted In: Block Party, Golden Corral

8 men accepted the challenge or mission to accompany YHC to test drive a new AO, Pleasant Knoll Elementary School. Home of the Panthers, tucked deep in the woods, lays a plethora of potential pain at a beauty of an AO.

Cake Boss calls meeting to order at 0515 with mosey 3/4 around school

COP:

20 Wind MIlls, 20 SSH, 20 IW, 15 CDD, 20 Squats, 15 Merkins,

Move to play ground find a partner

2 rounds of 10 pull-ups/Swing Crunches

Back to Bball court

2 rounds of suicides/LBCs

Mosey to side of school find some wall

2 rounds of People’s Chair with leg kick (10count) / BTW

Mosey to back playground

2 Rounds of step ups/Freddy mercury’s

Mosey to wall

2 Rounds of wall sit/bear crawl to fence/sprint

To the HIll

4 rounds of Run Hill, down path, down steps / Rosalitas

2 rounds of box jumps up steps, run down path / Bear Crawl up hill run down path

6MOM

8 rounds of ab exercises

COT

Men worked hard. It was Double Shot Tuesday, so 2 rounds of everything at minimum.

They men thing PKES is a quality AO with lots of potential. Going to recon Publix and Gold Hill Middle next with the idea to get relief to WEP and Golden Corral (Multiply by Division).

Announcements: Friday speaker series t Eternal Church office behind Zaxby’s 0600-0700

Prayers to all injured and going through tough times that they focus on the power and grace of our Lord!

Honored and humbled to be part of such a great group of men! Thank you! CB

 

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Block Party Back Blast-F3 Poker

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  • QIC: Pebbles
  • When: 01/20/2015
  • Pax: Pebbles,1-9er, CSPAN, MacGyver, Chaser, Twister, Backdraft, FNG-Full count, Greenwave, Airborne, ESSO, Old Bay
  • Posted In: Block Party, Laces In, Laces Out

Warm Up

Mosey to field

25 SSH

20 Squats

20 Imperial Walkers

15 Pushups

The Thang

F3 Poker

(YHC supplied a humble pack 52)

Each suit corresponded to a workout-

Hearts-Burpees

Spades-Squats

Clubs- Pushups

Diamonds-LBCs

The Q drew the card (or cards) from the top of the deck and PAX completed the exercise (based on the suit) for reps based on the number of the card (face cards were 15 and Aces were 20)

Following the exercise(s), PAX ran to the top of the the hill. The first PAX to the top was awarded the Card(s). Best five card hand wins.  If you reach more than five total cards, discard the unwanted ones as you go.

Cards were drawn in sets of 1, 2, 3, and 5.

Go until the deck is done

I started to get some “nice Q”‘ from some of the newer guys at the 5:56 mark….their watch must have been fast….

Mosey to the pull up bars and break into groups of four-

100 aggregate (as a group) pull-ups, every time you come off the bar you owe 10 bomb jacks.

COT

Moleskin

  • Backdraft gave an outstanding effort on his final day in the gloom for a while…he will be going under the knife at 3pm today and will be on the IR for 3 months.  We wish him the best and a speedy recovery.
  • Welcome FNG Full Count

 

 

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Soggy #BlockPartyF3 & Zima VQ

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  • QIC: Audit, CSPAN, & Zima (VQ)
  • When: 12/30/14
  • Pax: Audit, Boeheim, Car Bomb, Chaser, CSPAN, Duck Hunt, Flipper, Java, Jeter, MacGyver, Tatanka, Twister, Zima & FNG Chowdah.
  • Posted In: Block Party

Beautiful morning of cold rain for a triple headed #BlockPartyF3 Q to close out 2014.

CSPAN on Q

Disclaimer and discussion on how miserable it feels outside.

Long warmup and Plank-o-Rama

Zima on Q (VQ)

Jog to hill

Jacobs ladder= 7 burps on the top and 1 bomb jack on the bottom

20 SSH

15 Merkins

25 of the coldest and soggiest LBC that I have ever done…horrible, and Zima had evil laugh throughout. Pax also had plenty of mumblechatter.

Audit on Q

Drill bits around park OYO = 20 merkins, 20 squats, & 20 SSH

Jacobs ladder= 5 burps on the top and 1 bomb jack on the bottom

100 SSH (crowd pleaser)

COT

Prayer & Praise, BOM, and a good discussion on the #StarfishF3 model.

Moleskin:

Always an honor for Audit & I to be part of a VQ, here is everything in my notes:

  • Sign Up for Joe Davis Run
  • 2ndF with Beacon for “Let me run”
  • Baxter Trail Race – 5K & 15K + Ruck option
  • North Augusta Clown Car this weekend

Appreciate the enthusiasm, Read your newsletter.

CSPAN – over & out

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Feels good to be back

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  • QIC: Audit
  • When: 12/09/14
  • Pax: Boeheim, Greenwave, CSPAN, Duck Hunt, Pusher, McGyver, Bird Cage, Audit
  • Posted In: Block Party

After the birth of our third child several weeks ago I have been posting on the Saturday 0700 workouts, but have been using the lack of sleep excuse to fartsack on the 0515 weekday workouts.  Well….. Its my turn to Q so no more excuses.

The Thang:

10 burpees OYO right out of the gate followed by 10 CSPAN Push-ups OYO (youtube link attached demonstrates…. and trust me,they are harder than they look)

Mosey to COP:

20XSSH, 20XIW, 10 burpees OYO, 20X squats, 10 CSPAN Push-ups OYO, 20XSSH

At this point I have Q’d the past Two Saturday’s, once at The Reservation and once at the Patriot so I explained to the PAX that I was running out of unique ideas and every time I run out of ideas I always fall back to HERO crossfit workouts.  Today we would do The Murph.  At this point we only had about 30 minutes left so I decided to do a 1/2 Murph with a twist.

1 lap around WEP, 50 pull ups, 100 CSPAN Push-ups, 200 squats, 1 lap around WEP.  We tackled this beast in 5 sets of 10,20,30.  Each person in would lead a ab exercise until our 6 finished up.

Next we went straight to 2 and 1/2 minutes of burpees.  The goal was to get to 25.  After the time was up we all pushed each other to do 5 more as a group.  We then had about 8 minutes left and we did a dealers choice ab lab with many excellent choices from the PAX.

I thought for a while of what to title this post and the title “Feels good to be back” sums it up.  Over the last few weeks I have forgotten how good it feels to get up and have a group of men to share stories with, share laughs with, joke with, and push me physically to my max.   Sitting at work today I sat thinking for a bit of how good I felt, I missed this feeling of getting in a good workout before work, I missed the social aspect to have a solid 45 minutes of fun before putting in a hard days work.  I missed the feeling of accomplishment on my ride into work.  This is what F3 is all about and I am glad to be back!  Thanks for he opportunity!

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Double Shot Tuesday with Block Party & Black Diamond spinning the Pain!

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  • QIC: Maximus / Cake Boss
  • When: 12/02/14
  • Pax: Decibel, Senator Tressel, Chaser, CSPAN, Cake Boss, Anchorman, Opie, MacGuyver, Beacon, Ringer, Sharknado, Bluetooth (FNG), Deacon, Chicken Hawk, Duck Hunt, Bird Cage, Crab Cakes, Jeckyll, Twister, Green Wave, Fist Pump, Pusher, Maximus, (sorry we are missing one name....we still love ya!)
  • Posted In: Block Party

24 PAX came to WEP for a daily dose of downpainment. 9 brothers took on the hour long Black Diamond led by Maximus while 15 others met Cake Boss for an old school Block Party.

The Thangs:

Black Diamond:

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9 men rallied at 0500 to plant the Black Diamond Shovel Flag and test themselves at the hands of Maximus.

Run to the 160 Parking lot (not sure the name of it):

4ct run in place x 20

10 Burpees OYO

2mins up/downs

Burpee Broad Jumps the length of the lot x 2

Sprint the lot with Bomb Jacks at the end (10, 8, 6, 6, 8)

Indian Gator Merkins: PAX doing LBC’s while last man does gator merkin to the front of the line.

Slow CDD x 10

Senators Plank: Mountain Climbers, Grave Diggers, Dips, Grave Diggers, Wide Arm Merkins x 2

Run to the Statue Hill:

Bear Crawl ½ way up then reverse bear crawl the rest of the way

Bunny Hop up the hill then (12) 3-Way Jumping Lunges at the top

Bear Crawl ½ way up then reverse bear crawl the rest of the way

3 Sprints up the hill with 3 burpees at the top each time

Run to the Playground:

Hanging Pull Ups (do not use momentum) x 10

Planked Dips (Q’s count) x 10

2mins each: Up/Downs, Chop Sticks, Burpees

Hanging Pull Ups (do not use momentum) x 6

Planked Dips (Q’s count) x 10

2mins each: Pepper Grinder, Bomb Jacks

Indian Run back to COT

12/02-Block Party

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COP

Run to 160, SSH, IW, CCD, Run to Flags downtown

COP II

Plank Jacks, sumo squat, Seal Jacks,

Mosey to Wall

Wall sit

Bear crawl-10squats- sprint back x 2

Balls to wall

Bear crawl-sprint back x2

Monument Park

20 Dips x2

15 Derkins x2

15 dips x2

10 Donkey Kicks x2

Mosey to stairs across 160

P1-bear crawl up hill run down steps

P2-run up/down ramps

Flap jack

15 bomb jacks

Mosey to parking lot

Partner1 Carries block to curb & back

Partner2 wall sit

Flap jack X 2

Block Party Chase

P1-5merkins and chase P2

P2-run to COT with block

6MM

15 LBCs

15 Flutter kick

15 Rosalita

Super Man

Para shoot

21 Seal Team sit ups

COT

12/12 – Christmas Party open to all PAX with signup genius out on website

12/13 – F3 Dads event for all ages at Alcatrez and Gold Hill YMCA

Great morning with great men. Thank to Maximus and all PAX. I am humbled and honored to be part of this thing we call F3.

Cake Boss

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The Planking Bears

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  • QIC: Maximus
  • When: 11/25/14
  • Pax: Chicken Wing, DD, Trucker, MacGuyver, Red Banjo, Opie, Cake Boss, Sharknado, Lug Nut, Spitz, Twister, Bird Cage, Anchorman, Green Wave, Pusher, Tatanka, Chicken Hawk, Deacon, Zima, Old Bay, Longshanks, CSPAN, Chaser
  • Posted In: Block Party, The Fort

A large group of 24 PAX posted at this mornings Block Party to continue to push each other every way possible this Thanksgiving week. I tried to keep us out of the soggy grass but some things are just better in the grass…just ask Jack Webb. We didn’t do a lot of running but hopefully ya’ll felt the pain as much as I did.

The Thang:
Jog to the playground
SSH x 25
Burpees OYO x 5
Jump Squat OYO x 10
Slow Windmill x 12
SSH x 20

The Senator’s Plank w/o getting back up to your feet:
Mountain Climbers x 15
Grave Diggers right x 12
Ground Dips x 15
Grave Diggers left x 12
CDD x 10
Merkins x 5
REPEAT

Count ’em off in 2’s
1’s: Run around the playground then do 20 Dips
2’s: Pull-ups until the 1’s finish
Flap Jack then REPEAT

Mosey to the hill:
Line up for Bear Crawl 1/2 way up the hill and hold in position until the 6 arrives
Flip it around for a reverse Bear Crawl the rest of the way up to the top
Wait for the 6 then jog down then 25 LBCs

Modified Jacobs Ladder:
Burpees at the top (2, 6, 10)
3-Way Jumping Lunges at the bottom (4, 8)
Crab Walk back to the bottom of the hill

Circle Up:
50 LBCs in honor of Anchorman – that’s a full 50 of the 4ct variety (Your welcome for not doing 55)
Super Belly’s / Pepper Mill x 15
Jack Webb 1:4 for a total of 9:36

COT:
This crowd never disappoints and it’s always an honor to Q. The bear crawls and humidity even got the PAX sweating a little which hasn’t been seen in a few weeks. I was looking forward to this Q as it’ll be a good test for next Tuesday’s Black Diamond which will be at 5am at the same location.

Announcements: Thursday Double Down with the Ranch Convergence (0600) and Baxter Turkey Trot (0930). 12/2 Black Diamond (0500 WEP), 12/6 Camping with Twister, 12/12 Christmas Party (evite exists), F3 Dads 12/13 at Runde (0930), Chicken Hawk is leading an Angel Tree for CAH, CHECK THE WEEKLY EMAIL. Praises for an adoption getting finalized, traveling and injured PAX, Ferguson, MO the families, job searches/challenges, family in Springfield dealing with the loss of a child.

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The Fort – F3 Dads – Reindeer Games/Frostbite 5K

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When: Saturday, December 13th

Where: Alcatraz, aka Runde Park in Tega Cay

Time: 9:30 – 10:30

Who: Open to all PAX and their 2.0’s, boy or girl.  There is not an age requirement.  The majority of kids will be between ages 4 and 14.  This is also a great opportunity to “headlock” men and introduce them to F3!

What: F3 Dads is an opportunity for fathers and their kids to spend time bonding with each other and other PAX while participating in an F3 (Lite) workout!

The Thang:

The Frostbite 5K, as well as the normal F3 Dads workout (Reindeer Games), is designed to create an opportunity for dads and their 2.0’s to challenge themselves physically and strengthen relationships.  This is an opportunity to experience a group of people pulling together to encourage and motivate each other. #F3Counts

Here’s the scoop…The men of F3 and their 2.0’s will meet at Alcatraz to warm-up. We will break into two groups after everyone gets their muscles moving and blood pumping.

  • The first group (Reindeer Games), younger 2.0’s who are not quite ready for a 5K, will stay at the park and continue a F3 Dads workout until 10:30.
  • The second group (Frostbite 5K), older 2.0’s will follow the paved trails and sidewalks through Tega Cay and finish at the gravel parking lot behind the Gold Hill YMCA. There will be at least 1 pain station along the way. The total mileage is about 3.25 miles.

Upon completion both groups will re-group and meet at gravel parking lot behind the Gold Hill YMCA, for Coffee, Hot Chocolate, and fellowship.

FAQs:

  • This is open to all PAX, kids or not, and is a great double-down opportunity.
  • We will need to plant some cars at the YMCA and carpool to Alcatraz/Runde.
  • We need a couple of volunteers to help provide: coffee, hot chocolate, water, and donuts.  Please IM White Lighting on Twitter @WeaThree if you able to assist.
  • The Reindeer Games workout for younger 2.0s will be similar to F3 workouts, but lighter and with kid-friendly exercises/activities. After warming up there will be more fun exercises/activities such as Relay Races, 2.0 Carries, etc.
  • Each F3 Dad workout will end in a COT and prayer.
  • In order to save time, think of a name for your 2.0 before the workout. They can participate in the name-o-rama or you can share it for them.
  • The adult PAX will name new FNGs (new members of the PAX) in the COT! 2.0s will enjoy that.

 

 

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