Dogs Can Differentiating Lung Cancer Patients Breath or Not

It’s no secret that dogs have a keen sense of smell. The dogs are also able to distinguish which patients with lung cancer and which patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and can distinguish between smokers and nonsmokers.

German researchers report in the European Respiratory Journal that the dog can be trained to detect lung cancer by sniffing human breath.

Scientists conducting research that is 2 to 4 dogs German shepherd, Lab and a hound dog and an Australian shepherd. These dogs can sniff out cancer in 71 samples of 100 breath samples of lung cancer patients. The dogs are also able to identify cancer-free samples with 93% accuracy rate.

This method is better than the tests that many doctors use today to detect lung cancer. Detection for active smokers for lung health checks with a CT scan once a year. Early detection can reduce the risk of death from lung cancer by 20%.

But besides that way, dogs are also able to distinguish which patients with lung cancer and which patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and can distinguish between smokers and nonsmokers.

“Our results confirm that the ability to sniff out lung cancer symptoms is quite stable. This is a big step in the diagnosis of lung cancer, but we still need to identify a compound that is exhaled through the patient’s breath,” said Thorsten Walles of Schillerhoehe Hospital.

Several previous studies have described some diseases that can sniff by a dog. Dogs are able to identify bladder cancer and colon cancer with a success rate of 40% to 90%, not to mention his ability to sniff out low blood sugar levels in diabetics.

But there is still much preparation to be done so that dogs can become part of clinical examination. One is the question of how and how long dogs are trained. In the German study, Walles working with dogs for nine months to recognize the odor of cancer.

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Drinking While Standing No Harm Kidneys

Some people believe that drinking while standing can harm the kidneys because the water will go directly to the bladder without screening. However, according to urologists, there is no difference when people drink while sitting or standing.

The notion that drinking water does not go through a screening process based on the assumption that some of the valves to the kidneys become active when a person drinks in a standing position. Although drinking while sitting is more comfortable, while standing actual fact it does not matter.

“Nothing to do with the attitude to drink, not while sitting or standing water still takes hours to get to the kidney,” said urologist from Cipto Mangunkusumo, dr Ponco Birowo, SpU.PhD.

According to Dr. Ponco, filtering drinking water does not necessarily occur just in the channel to the kidneys. When entering the esophagus, any beverage will be accommodated first and then having absorption in the stomach that the process could take hours.

Related to the notion that there is a kind of valve or sphincter that become inactive on standing, a doctor who also practiced at hospitals Asri Jakarta is again denied. As long as there are no health problems in the urinary tract, the sphincter will continue to function well in a sitting position or standing.

“Moreover, the sphincter function is to regulate the discharge of urine, not to filter drinking water into the kidneys. Just imagine if the sphincter is active only when sitting, we should be kept wet when standing,” said Dr. Ponco.

Drinking while sitting sometimes preferable for reasons more polite, but by no means can improve the health of kidneys. To maintain health gijal, thing to do is drink plenty of water so that impurities can be soluble so it is more easily filtered by the kidneys.

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Ginger Extract May Fight Prostate Cancer

Ginger contains many compounds and one compound capable of preventing prostate cancer activity in patients with prostate cancer. This ginger extract had a significant effect in stopping cancer cell growth and induces death of the spectrum of prostate cancer cells.

Ritu Anejadi Professor of Biology at Georgia State University have found that ginger extract can prevent prostate cancer activity which research results have been published in the British Journal of Nutrition.

Although much research has been conducted to determine the anti-cancer properties in ginger, Professor Aneja chose to take a more holistic approach in investigating the types of molecules involved.

He does not believe that one compound alone can be used as an anti-cancer extract and consider the synergistic interaction of components that allow scientists to use a smaller amount of extract than using a single chemical substance. Evaluation data show that humans should consume about 3.5 ounces of ginger extract in a daily diet to achieve an efficacious effect.

“It may seem easier to examine extracts of plants, but the reality is not so because there are billions of other complex compounds and derivatives in there, and we do not know which ones are good. In addition, we are looking for compounds that are identified are not abundant, but very important and not can be ignored, “says Prof. Aneja from medicalnewstoday.

The research was spearheaded by Vibhuti ‘Simran’ Sharma, environmental chemist for the Southern Company as well as one of the students who led the research by Aneja.

“I browse a lot of previous research and found some papers on ginger. There’s not much research on the extract as a whole, particularly its effect on the prevention of latent prostate cancer is slow growing. Most of the literature focused only on the compounds found in ginger,” says Sharma.

In his experiments, Sharma found that cells that are most responsive to the ginger extract was prostate cancer cells, breast cancer cells and cervical cancer cells. Laboratory Aneja then do further research on prostate cancer and continue to be assisted by Sharma.

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Eliminate Prostate Cancer or Save Our Sex Life?

Men with prostate cancer usually have a dilemma for healing illness. The options with the surgeon removes the prostate cancer that could impair the ability of sexual or maintain in order to keep having sex, but life is threatened cancer.

Now with robotic surgery men with prostate cancer need not fear anymore prostate surgery. Surgical robotics (Robotic prostatectomy) is able to eliminate all cancerous prostate gland and surrounding but not interfere with sexual function.

“For most men, sexual function is as important as eliminating prostate cancer. But their concerns about sex after surgery is actually redundant. They may only know the old treatment, which is a technique of laparoscopic prostatectomy. But thanks to robotic surgery, these fears can be greatly reduced,” said Dr. David Samadi, Vice Chairman, Department of Urology and Chief of Robotics and Minimally Invasive Surgery at The Mount Sinai Medical Center.

First, the prostate gland removed through invasive abdominal surgery by a surgeon with a very limited time to divide the small nerve bundles responsible for erection and sexual function. Often, operations have a negative impact on man’s ability to have sex.

But now, with the advent of robotic surgery techniques, an experienced surgeon like Dr. Samadi can have a perfect view, enhance the precision and agility. Risk of damage to the nerves that are important for sexual function could be reduced significantly.

“Robotic surgery a success when the cancer has been cured and recover all potential patients,” he said.

Dr. Samadi perform robotic surgery with the SMART method (Modified Samadi Advanced Robotic Technique). Using the da Vinci Surgical System, is generally recommended treatment for localized prostate cancer.

Dr. Samadi able to perform movements that are very precise at the surgical site such as cancerous tissue is removed clean and avoid critical nerves. This action causes a more rapid recovery and good prospects to restore sexual function and urinary continence.

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Fun and Bullets-cowboy in the Wild West.Funny arcade with a little logic! As a cowboy in the Wild West, you have to clean the range. Beware of the Indians!

GarageSale Basic 1.4-Basic version of the eBay ad-tracking tool

eBay has been one of the Internet's big success stories and is still going strong today. GarageSale is an application to track and monitor ads on eBay and GarageSale Basic is a simpler version of it.

There can be few better tools for posting and tracking items on eBay than GarageSale either. Like its bigger brother, GarageSale Basic is beautifully presented, easy to use, and brings all of your bids and items under one convenient umbrella. It's certainly preferable to the time consuming process of posting things via eBay itself.

However, GarageSale Basic it is significantly limited in functionality compared to the main version. The only features common to both are Free Image Hosting, Auction Designs, iPhoto and Aperture integration, eBay attribute support, Coverflow and Spotlight. Everything else including Batch Editing, Variation Support and Financial Report generator are only available in the full version.

Since it's been designed specifically for Mac though, GarageSale Basic still features integration with iPhoto, meaning you can post pictures of items instantly. It would be nice to have seen Picasa support as well but hopefully that will be added in future releases. GarageSale Basic offers WYSIWYG text editing, free image hosting and comes with 140 free auction templates, as well as support for PayPal, Twitter and eBay Stores. The result is that you'll end up presenting more professional eBay ads and thus have a greater chance of selling your stuff.

The WYSIWYG interface is similar to iWeb, and creating an ad does feel like creating a web page. You can even edit and retouch images within GarageSale Basic, although the editing tool is quite limited. Like the main version, it would have been nice if it were possible to track items in iCal though since you have no way of monitoring auctions unless you've got GarageSale open.

Overall though, GarageSale Basic is an excellent application for eBay fans although if you like it, it's definitely worth upgrading to the full version.

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Spyder 2.2.5-Social network browser

Spyder makes it easy to keep in touch with your friends or fan-base by message or comment. Add as many friends as you want, Spyder allows you to send friend requests too. Organize your friends or other users the way you want. Use the friends view to quickly scan for users by picture if your better at faces not names.

Spyder also helps you manage all your accounts, whether you have just a personal account or an additional band or business account you can easily switch between your different accounts in Spyder. And for people that remember faces better than names Spyder downloads users pictures automatically.

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LibreOffice 3.4.2 Final-A great open source alternative to Microsoft Office

LibreOffice is an all-in-one professional office productivity and management package for your PC.

In the same vein as other open source productivity suites like OpenOffice.org, LibreOffice boasts a comprehensive set of office management tools arguably on par with Microsoft Office itself. LibreOffice offers six different office management tools to meet your project management needs: Text Document, Spreadsheet, Presentation, Drawing, Database, and Formula.

Text Document is relatively synonymous with Microsoft Word, where Spreadsheet is like Excel. Presentation mirrors Microsoft's PowerPoint, and Database is similar to Access. Then you also have two additional programs in Drawing and Formula, which are an added bonus to the entire package. LibreOffice is compatible with Microsoft Office's document formats and also supports PDFs natively. It also has its own document format called Open Document.

Unfortunately, if you're unfamiliar with Microsoft Office products, this program might take a little additional time to get used to, particularly if you want to master some of its more advanced features. Regular Microsoft Office users will find LibreOffice's interface quite similar, however, and should pick up on how to use its various programs without too much difficulty.

A great alternative to Microsoft Office, LibreOffice is a must-try for managing your various office projects.

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Google Chrome Stable 13.0.782.107-Google's super fast web browser

Google Chrome is a Mac web browser that lets you surf the web in comfort at high speeds.

The first thing we noticed about Google Chrome is that it's unbelievably lightweight. While Firefox was consuming anything from an average of 20-30% of a Mac's CPU, Chrome barely registered on the scale, occasionally touching 1%. For anyone plagued with Firefox memory leaks and crashes, this alone is surely going to be a compelling reason to give Chrome a go.

As you'd expect, Google Chrome also features tabbed browsing, which visually, is more attractive than Firefox which tends to cram them together somewhat. Extensions and bookmarking (including syncing across machines) are included, as is Adobe Flash.

Chrome for Mac only works on Intel Macs and you might find that some add-ons that you used with previous browsers aren't available for it yet. This is rapidly changing however and most popular add-ons are now available on Chrome.

Perhaps most importantly, Google Chrome is extremely quick. Surfing the Softonic site, page-loads took less then a second and all images were loaded very quickly. YouTube in particular loaded with lightening speed.

Overall, the handling of sites using JavaScript in particular is mightily impressive and this has been made even better with the implementation of a V8 Crankshaft. Its also nice to know that with Google Chrome, even if there is a problem with one of your tabs, that it won't crash the whole browser - just the tab itself. However, sandboxing of Flash still isn't available in the Mac version, even though it is on Windows.

The final version ensures that you'll be able to synchronize not only bookmarks across multiple computers, but also browser preferences - including themes, homepage and startup settings, web content settings, preferred languages, and even page zoom settings. Meanwhile, you can also enable each extension to work in incognito mode through the extensions manager.

With thousands of extensions, super fast browsing and all the intelligence and slickness you expect from a Google product, Chrome delivers an excellent browsing experience..

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Plants vs. Zombies Game of the Year Edition 1.0.1-Use plants to defend your home from zombies

Just when you thought it wasn't possible to come up with any more variants on the zombie theme, up pops Plants vs. Zombies.

In Plants vs. Zombies you have to protect yourself from a "mob of fun-loving zombies" intent on invading your home. Your only defense is a collection of 49 lovingly-tendered, zombie-zapping plants. These are no ordinary plants though - they can use an array of weaponry from peashooters to cherry bombs to destroy the 26 types of zombies before they reach your front door.

The different zombies each have their own skills and abilities so each will require a different tactic to defeat them. Obstacles such as a setting sun (which make your flowers close up), flower-eating frogs and other hazards add to the drama. There are five game modes to choose from, namely Adventure, Mini-Games, Puzzle, Survival and Zen Garden. The range of zombies is truly impressive - from 'Bucketheads' to 'Bobsleigh' zombies that require a different plant to kill them off.

While each scenario is essentially all the same - stopping the zombies crossing the garden - there is enough variation between levels to make Plants vs. Zombies a really good laugh. Each level you win means you win a new arsenal of plants to play with and you can collect sunflower seeds as currency with which to buy more for particularly difficult levels.

Plants vs. Zombies is a Tower Defense-style game with plenty of character, humor and action, making it much more fun that it might sound at first.

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RockMelt 0.9.62.313-The ultimate social browser

RockMelt is a social browser that integrates Facebook and Twitter, making them a part of your browser interface, not separate tabs.

Built on the open source Chromium project, RockMelt is unusual for a browser in that you have to log in to use it properly. It looks like Google Chrome with two slim sidebars. On the left is a Facebook bar with all your online friends, and on the right a notifications bar, that houses pop-ups for your Facebook wall, Twitter feed plus any RSS feeds you want. You cannot add email at the moment.

Clicking the Facebook or Twitter button opens a neat window for the appropriate feed. You can disconnect these window, and float them anywhere on your desktop. The same is true of chats on the left sidebar. Next to the address bar RockMelt has a Share button, allowing you to quickly post interesting links to Facebook or Twitter.

If you're a heavy Twitter and Facebook user, RockMelt will really suit you. It's fast, very well thought-out and the social integration is better than anything else available. It may be in Beta, but RockMelt looks and feels like a finished product already.

RockMelt is a genuinely excellent social browser, building on the already great Chrome to make a uniquely attractive and useful application. Essential.

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ImageMagick 6.7.1-2-Convert and resize images using Terminal

ImageMagick is a set of UNIX tools that can be used to read, write, and manipulate images in almost any format including TIFF, JPEG, PNG, PDF, PhotoCD, and GIF.

The advantage of ImageMagick is that it can be used to create images dynamically, making it suitable for Web apps. In addition, you can resize, rotate, sharpen, color reduce and add special effects to an image with ImageMagick. However, ImageMagick is strictly for those familiar with the Terminal or command line as there is no GUI. You can only make changes to images using commands such as "$magick> convert rose.jpg rose.png".

For those familiar with programming languages, you can use C, C++, Perl, Java, PHP, Python, or Ruby to make changes. A high-quality 2D renderer is also included which provides SVG capabilities. If you are familiar with programming commands, then the range of actions possible with ImageMagick is truly impressive, including conversions, resizing, transparencies, animated GIFs and shape drawing. However, the lack of GUI will exclude most people from using it.

If you know your way around programming languages and need a powerful command line based tool, Image Magick is worth exploring.

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Timeline 3D 3.2-Create your own stunning timeline of events

Timelines are an eye-catching way of illustrating the passage of time or a period of history. Timeline 3D is an excellent application that makes it easy to create your own timelines for any subject, whether it's family photos, a moment in history, or even to remind you of a series of meetings and work related events.

Timeline 3D makes the process very easy by enabling you to create interactive timelines that you can view on your Mac and even mobile devices such as iPhone, iPad, and Android phones. To navigate timelines, use the arrow keys or your Apple Remote.

You can add a wide range of multimedia including photos, videos and audio soundtracks and you can even integrate them with Apple Keynote presentations to really impress in meetings.

The results you can produce with Timeline 3D are very impressive. Like Keynote, it can turn the most mundane of presentations or timelines into something truly cinematic. However, it is rather inflexible on the type of calendar it uses - Timeline 3D only supports the Gregorian calendar and doesn't provide easy templates for timelines of say a couple of years, or days. Finally, exporting your timelines to QuickTime for use in Keynote is simple enough but takes a long time to compress.

Timeline 3D can create some stunning 3D timelines but needs some polishing to make it truly excellent application.

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Timeline 3D 3.2-Create your own stunning timeline of events

Timelines are an eye-catching way of illustrating the passage of time or a period of history. Timeline 3D is an excellent application that makes it easy to create your own timelines for any subject, whether it's family photos, a moment in history, or even to remind you of a series of meetings and work related events.

Timeline 3D makes the process very easy by enabling you to create interactive timelines that you can view on your Mac and even mobile devices such as iPhone, iPad, and Android phones. To navigate timelines, use the arrow keys or your Apple Remote.

You can add a wide range of multimedia including photos, videos and audio soundtracks and you can even integrate them with Apple Keynote presentations to really impress in meetings.

The results you can produce with Timeline 3D are very impressive. Like Keynote, it can turn the most mundane of presentations or timelines into something truly cinematic. However, it is rather inflexible on the type of calendar it uses - Timeline 3D only supports the Gregorian calendar and doesn't provide easy templates for timelines of say a couple of years, or days. Finally, exporting your timelines to QuickTime for use in Keynote is simple enough but takes a long time to compress.

Timeline 3D can create some stunning 3D timelines but needs some polishing to make it truly excellent application.

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Timeline 3D 3.2-Create your own stunning timeline of events

Timelines are an eye-catching way of illustrating the passage of time or a period of history. Timeline 3D is an excellent application that makes it easy to create your own timelines for any subject, whether it's family photos, a moment in history, or even to remind you of a series of meetings and work related events.

Timeline 3D makes the process very easy by enabling you to create interactive timelines that you can view on your Mac and even mobile devices such as iPhone, iPad, and Android phones. To navigate timelines, use the arrow keys or your Apple Remote.

You can add a wide range of multimedia including photos, videos and audio soundtracks and you can even integrate them with Apple Keynote presentations to really impress in meetings.

The results you can produce with Timeline 3D are very impressive. Like Keynote, it can turn the most mundane of presentations or timelines into something truly cinematic. However, it is rather inflexible on the type of calendar it uses - Timeline 3D only supports the Gregorian calendar and doesn't provide easy templates for timelines of say a couple of years, or days. Finally, exporting your timelines to QuickTime for use in Keynote is simple enough but takes a long time to compress.

Timeline 3D can create some stunning 3D timelines but needs some polishing to make it truly excellent application.

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MacTubes 3.0.8-Player and downloader especially designed for YouTube

MacTubes is a handy YouTube video player and downloader that allows you to create playlists and download video files.

The program allows you to subscribe to video channels on YouTube and view them from your desktop with no need to actually visit the YouTube site itself. MacTubes can then search and download files directly onto your desktop. It can also allow you to create playlists based on what you've downloaded or what you've searched on. So just line up what you want to watch and let it all go on while you sit back and enjoy.

Searches in MacTubes are more or less the same as using the YouTube site, allowing you to view videos by keyword, theme and even the user who uploaded it. The disadvantage is that you can't see any of the comments without going to the YouTube site, which is one of the best aspects of YouTube anyway. The other big drawback is of course that it only works with YouTube - other major sites such as DailyMotion and Metacafe are completely ignored.

MacTubes is a really easy-to-use and handy YouTube searcher and downloader that will make sure your favorite YouTube clips remain in your hands.

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Google Chrome Beta 13.0.782.109-Test the latest beta version of Google Chrome

The stable version of Google Chrome keeps on evolving and developing new features, which you can have a sneak peek at with Google Chrome Beta.

While keeping the same minimalist design and features (new tab page, download manager, incognito window and more) of the stable version, Google Chrome Beta provides you with the possibility to try out the latest tools before they're implemented in the stable version.

Of course, you should bear in mind that using a beta version means you may find the odd bug and have stability issues, but for the most adventurous users this is a small price to pay for being the first to try out new Google Chrome's features – and provide Google with early feedback about them.

If you feel like walking on the wild side, give Google Chrome Beta a try and you'll be able to test new features before anybody else.

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Virtual DJ Free Home Edition 7.0.4-Destroy the dance floor with this MP3 mixing tool

Virtual DJ is a complete music mixing application for your desktop, allowing you to dump your vinyl turntables for a laptop. Looking like a classic DJ set-up, with a mixer and two decks, Virtual DJ will be instantly accessible to DJs and newcomers alike.

To get started, simply open your music library, and drag and drop files into the virtual decks. There's a BPM counter to help you judge transitions between tracks, and the visual wave display also helps to cue up your music. Setting sound levels, and altering the bass and treble are all really easy. If you don't want to worry about your transitions, press the auto mix button and let Virtual DJ do all the work for you. Be warned though, that the results are pretty mixed!

You can sample and loop tracks live, add effects, and there's a very natural-feeling scratch mode. For the adventurous, there's a lot you can add to your mixes with Virtual DJ. .

Support for recording your mixes is also available, which is a great way to learn, allowing you to analyze your mistakes and successes with the application. It also means you can record mixes for your friends too! Mixes can be recorded in MP3, burnt to CD or even streamed to internet radio. Virtual DJ can be set up to use two sound cards, if you have them.

Virtual DJ is accessible to beginners and packed with extra features. The downside of the software is that it sticks too much to what a physical DJ setup is - other programs offer four decks and more user-friendly interfaces - small knobs may be great for your fingers, but they're less use on a screen!

On the whole, Virtual DJ is a solid, traditional-looking application. You can showcase your very own mix without having to carry around expensive and bulky equipment.

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Carbon Copy Cloner (CCC) 3.4.2-Easily make copies of your hard drive

To safely backup your hard drive, you can create a clone of it, which you will synchronize and backup on another drive.

Carbon Copy Cloner (CCC) is a completely free solution to create clones of your disks, so you never ever have to worry again about losing your data. The application features a simple interface, from where you select the drive or folders to backup and the target drive to save to. I've found that you'll have to make sure a local disk is connected to your Mac so the program can start up though.

With CCC you can schedule automatic backups, which saves you the hassle of taking care of the backups yourself. Just decide on what day of the week and time you want CCC to work and let the program do its job.

More knowledgeable users will also like being able to run pre and post-flight shell scripts, checking the list of items removed after a clone, and creating a disk image.

Once thing we've noticed though, is that some Mac OS X 10.5 users have complained of instability issues with CCC.

Despite these problems with Leopard, Carbon Copy Cloner is a very good program to clone and backup your drive, not to mention that it's free. Very much recommended.

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Playback 1.7.9-Stream media from your Mac to PS3 or Xbox 360

Playback is an easy-to-use tool that allows you to share media on your Mac with any Playstation 3, Xbox 360 or other UPnP compatible device.

Playback integrates with major media applications such as iTunes, iPhoto, Aperture, Adobe Lightroom, Photobooth, EyeTV, and more, meaning all you have to do is select what you want to share. Playback also allows you to control the amount of data being transferred to your devices via a handy bandwidth throttle that ensures you can surf and transfer data at the same time comfortably.

Playback also prides itself on being particularly fast due to the nginx server. Nginx delivers high performance transfer rates, stability and simple configuration which is why its favored by sites such as WordPress, Hulu and SourceForge. Finally, another bonus is that Playback supports HD MKV files so no transcoding is required. However, some Matroska formats are not supported meaning that you have to sit through painfully long transcoding processes before playing certain media.

Overall, Playback is an excellent streaming app for Macs to PS3s and Xbox 360s. Combined with an application such as XBMC, it offers a superb home entertainment setup system.

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