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OpTEAmized
by Vince LaPelusa
What's up TEAmigo?!? Welcome to OpTEAmized, the show helping you opTEAmize your mind, body, and spirit through tea.My name is Vince LaPelusa and I am your host on this tea journey. I am a tea lover, chemical engineer, Brazilian jiu jitsu purple belt, and I am thrilled to be here with you!This show is on a mission of helping 1 million people opteamize their minds, bodies, and spirits through tea...how? Through *Mindfulness Practices, Education, Movement, and CommuniTEA* !*Mindfulness Practices* are an integral part of understanding yourself and therefore helping you understand life. Tea can be a powerful tool to help guide these practices! Let's dive into how...*Education* is invaluable. By elevating our knowledge of the world we are able to elevate our collective consciousness. Let's learn about how tea and tisanes have influenced cultures and history, the unique health benefits of these teas, and so much more.*Movement* , without a daily practice our minds, bodies, and spirits wi
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Ep 96: The Ultimate Guide to Cold Tea Infusions: Quenching Thirst in the Heat
Welcome to OpTEAmized, the show helping 1 million people opTEAmize their minds, bodies, and spirits through tea. Today...Vince is helping you quench your summer thirst with cold tea! In this episode you will learn... 1) How to brew cold tea using 3 different techniques 2) What the pros and cons…
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Ep 95: Support Your Gut Challenges With These 10 Teas
Welcome to OpTEAmized, the show helping 1 million people opTEAmize their minds, bodies, and spirits through tea. Today...Vince is helping you support your gut challenges with 10 teas! In this episode you will learn... 1) How tea can act as a support for your gut challenges 2) What the different...
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Ep 94: An Athletes Guide To Tea; Performance Enhancing Teas & Making Loose Leaf Tea Convenient w/ Jaden of MentaliTeas
Welcome to OpTEAmized, the show helping 1 million people opTEAmize their minds, bodies, and spirits through tea. Today...Vince hosted Jaden May of MentaliTeas! Jaden is a college student, tea and fitness enthusiast, and the mastermind behind the social media content of MentaliTeas. MentaliTEA…
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Ep 93: Learning How To Master Your Mind, Body, & Spirit Through Martial Arts & Tea w/ Nattie Boss
Welcome to OpTEAmized, the show helping 1 million people opTEAmize their minds, bodies, and spirits through tea. Today...Vince hosted Nattie Boss! Nattie is a holistic performance coach for athletes with a black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) and Taekwondo. Her mission is to create empowered...
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Ep 92: How To Build Your Own Personal Tea Routine
Welcome to OpTEAmized, the show helping 1 million people opTEAmize their minds, bodies, and spirits through tea. Today...Vince is helping you build a personalized tea routine! In this episode you will learn... 1) Why movement is one of the 4 pillars 2) How you can work with tea for your specific...
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Ep 91: Can This Tea Compound Really Help Lower Anxiety, Stress, & Fear? An Analysis of GABA
Welcome to OpTEAmized, the show helping 1 million people opTEAmize their minds, bodies, and spirits through tea. Today...Vince is analyzing GABA! In this episode you will learn... 1) What exactly GABA is 2) Why it is important for you 3) How GABA is concentrated in tea 4) Can GABA from tea really...
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Ep 90: How You Can Express Creativity, Grow Your CommuniTEA, & Expand Your Vision Through Tea w/ Krandon & Randon of NothinButATeaThang
Welcome to OpTEAmized, the show helping 1 million people opTEAmize their minds, bodies, and spirits through tea. Today...Vince hosted Krandon and Randon of NothinButATeaThang! In this episode you will learn about... 1) How these brothers operate a business together 2) How tea has inspired their...
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Ep 89: Recovery Protocol...Work With These 5 Herbs To Support Your Recovery
Welcome to OpTEAmized, the show helping 1 million people opTEAmize their minds, bodies, and spirits through tea. Today...Vince is helping you recover with these 5 herbs! In this episode you will learn... 1) The holistic approach to recovering after a long weekend 2) The 6 things Vince focuses on...
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Ep 88: Do This To NOT Get Nauseous While Drinking Tea
Welcome to OpTEAmized, the show helping 1 million people opTEAmize their minds, bodies, and spirits through tea. Today...Vince is helping you not get nauseous while drinking tea In this episode you will learn... 1) Why some teas can make you nauseous 2) What you can do to fix that Try Fresh…
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Ep 87: Getting Blissfully Tea Drunk With Cody The Oolong Drunk
Welcome to OpTEAmized, the show helping 1 million people opTEAmize their minds, bodies, and spirits through tea. Today...Vince hosted Cody The Oolong Drunk! In this episode you will learn about... 1) The politics of tea 2) The inspiration of Cody's talk show "Blissfully Tea Drunk With..." 3) Why...
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Ep 86: Is Knowledge Power? Monday Tea w/ Shou Pu'erh
Welcome to OpTEAmized, the show helping 1 million people opTEAmize their minds, bodies, and spirits through tea. Today...Vince is answering the question "is knowledge power?" In this episode you will learn... 1) The mathematical equation for power 2) How to utilize power 3) Insights of knowledge...
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EP 85: Jiu Jitsu And Tea...A Match Made In Heaven???
Welcome to OpTEAmized, the show helping 1 million people opTEAmize their minds, bodies, and spirits through tea. Today...Vince talks about jiu jitsu and tea! In this episode you will learn... 1) What jiu jitsu is and means 2) The similarities of the tea practice and jiu jitsu practice 3) Why jiu...
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Ep 84: How To Find Calm In This Crazy World w/ Michael and Joey of TeaWaves
Welcome to OpTEAmized, the show helping 1 million people opTEAmize their minds, bodies, and spirits through tea. Today...Vince hosted Joey and Michael of TeaWaves. TeaWaves is sourcing and providing some of the finest teas from the Fujian Province of China. Both Michael and Joey have a rich…
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Ep 83: How To OpTEAmize Your Mind, Body, and Spirit with CommuniTEA
Welcome to OpTEAmized, the show helping 1 million people opTEAmize their minds, bodies, and spirits through tea. Today...Vince will discuss what communiTEA means to him! In this episode you will learn... 1) The negatives of NOT having communitea 2) What can be done when sharing tea together 3)…
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Ep 82: How To OpTEAmize Education For The Future Of Tea And Other Lessons From The World Tea Expo 2023
Welcome to OpTEAmized, the show helping 1 million people opTEAmize their minds, bodies, and spirits through tea. Today...Vince just got back from and is recapping the World Tea Expo! In this episode you will learn... 1) What the World Tea Expo is 2) What the future of tea in the industry looks…
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Ep 81: How To OpTEAmize Your Water For The Best Tea Experience
Welcome to OpTEAmized, the show helping 1 million people opTEAmize their minds, bodies, and spirits through tea. Today...Vince is diving head first into the world of water! In this episode you will learn... 1) About Vince's water treatment and chemical engineering background 2) Why water is so...
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Ep 80: Strengthen and Balance Your Immune System with These Herbal Teas
Welcome to OpTEAmized, the show helping 1 million people opTEAmize their minds, bodies, and spirits through tea. Today...Vince is sticking on the topic of the immune system! In this episode you will learn... 1) What immune modulators are 2) The 4 main types of immune modulators and why they work…
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Ep 79: Beat Your Next Cold with These Herbs & Practices
Welcome to OpTEAmized, the show helping 1 million people opTEAmize their minds, bodies, and spirits through tea. Today...Vince is sick! In this episode you will hear... 1) What got him sick 2) Best practices to avoid getting sick 3) The top 3 herbal teas for when you do get sick 4) Bonus...
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Ep 78: The Dark History of Irish Tea Culture w/ Irish Breakfast Black Tea
Welcome to OpTEAmized, the show helping 1 million people opTEAmize their minds, bodies, and spirits through tea. Happy St. Patrick's Day TEAmigos! Today we are digging into the history of Irish tea consumption and the dark sides of it that influenced Irelands huge tea consumption in the world. In...
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Ep 77: 22 Lessons From Launching A Tea Company
Welcome to OpTEAmized, the show helping 1 million people opTEAmize their minds, bodies, and spirits through tea. Today we are reflecting on the last year. On March 13th 2022 the Fresh Steeps products were released to the world for the first time. 1 year later we are reflecting on the 22 lessons...
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Ep 76: Learning to Move Slow and Smooth with Milk Oolong Tea
Welcome to OpTEAmized, the show helping 1 million people opTEAmize their minds, bodies, and spirits through tea. Today we are slowing down and learning lessons from Milk Oolong Tea. In this episode you will hear... 1) The short history of Milk Oolong and how it is made 2) The smooth and silky...
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Ep 75: Honoring Nature with Da Hong Pao Oolong Tea
Welcome to OpTEAmized, the show helping 1 million people opTEAmize their minds, bodies, and spirits through tea. Today we are honoring nature with Da Hong Pao Oolong tea. In this episode you will hear... 1) The legend of Da Hong Pao Oolong Tea 2) What makes this tea so expensive 3) Why the legend...
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Ep 74: Manipulation vs Persuasion...Are They Different? How Licorice Root Tea Relates
Welcome to OpTEAmized, the show helping 1 million people opTEAmize their minds, bodies, and spirits through tea. Today we are switching things up a bit and digging into some philosophical topics...specifically manipulation vs persuasion. Of course no good discussion happens without tea, so we…
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Welcome to OpTEAmized, the show helping 1M people opTEAmize their minds, bodies, and spirits through tea! How? 4 ways... 1) Education 2) Mindfulness Practices 3) Movement 4) CommuniTEA Tune into conversations with people within the communitea to learn about their journey's with tea and how it has...
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Ep 73: There Are Microplastics In Your Tea?!?
Welcome to OpTEAmized, the show helping 1 million people opTEAmize their minds, bodies, and spirits through tea. Today we are diving into all things microplastics in tea! We will... 1) Talk about the difference between tea bags and loose leaf 2) Share the 3 different kinds of tea bags and pros…
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Ep 72: The Dirt Cure...Why You Should Enjoy Your Next Cup Of Tea Outside w/ Dr. Maya Shetreat
Welcome to OpTEAmized, the podcast helping 1 million people opTEAmize their minds, bodies, and spirits through tea. Today...we are honored to be talking with Dr. Maya Shetreat. Dr. Maya is a conventionally trained pediatric neurologist, herbalist, and author of The Dirt Cure. Today our…
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Ep 71: Get Rid Of Stress With These Adaptogenic Teas
Welcome to OpTEAmized, the show helping 1 million people opTEAmize their minds, bodies, and spirits through tea. Today we are diving into all things Adaptogens! 1) What is stress and why it is both good and bad. 2) What are adaptogens and how they relate to stress. 3) What are specific adaptogens...
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Ep 70: Lemon Balm Herbal Tea...The Herb To Help Ward Off Evil Spirits & Bacteria
Welcome to OpTEAmized, the show helping 1 million people opTEAmize their minds, bodies, and spirits through tea. Today we are diving into all things Lemon Balm Herbal Tea. We broke this episode down into 3 main topics: 1) The history of Lemon Balm Herbal Tea 2) What are the unique health benefits...
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Ep 69: Representing Asian Culture, The History & Health Benefits of Taiwanese Oolongs, & Building Tradition with Terrence Co-Founder of Us Two Tea
Welcome to OpTEAmized, the podcast helping 1 million people opTEAmize their minds, bodies, and spirits through tea. Today...we are honored to be talking with the co-founder of Us Two Tea, Terrence. Us Two Tea represents quality, authenticity, and unity. They are inspiring the next generation to…
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Ep 68: Earl Grey Black Tea...Better Than Some Cancer Drugs???
Welcome to OpTEAmized, the show that teaches you all things tea and how it opteamizes longevity, recovery, and performance. Today we are diving into all things Earl Grey Black Tea. We broke this episode down into 3 main topics: 1) The history of Earl Grey Black Tea 2) What are the unique health...
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Ep 67: Peppermint...How This Herb Can Soothe Your Stomach & Boost Your Memory
Welcome to OpTEAmized, the show that teaches you all things tea and how it opteamizes longevity, recovery, and performance. Today we are diving into all things Peppermint Herbal Tea. We broke this episode down into 3 main topics: 1) The history of Peppermint 2) What are the unique health benefits...
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Ep 66: Dragonwell Green Tea...The Most Prized Chinese Green Tea
Welcome to OpTEAmized, the show that teaches you all things tea and how it opteamizes longevity, recovery, and performance. Today we are diving into all things Dragonwell Green Tea. We broke this episode down into 3 main topics: 1) The history of Dragonwell 2) What are the unique health benefits…
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Ep 65: Ashwagandha...Regulator of Stress & Builder of Strength
Welcome to OpTEAmized, the show that teaches you all things tea and how it optimizes longevity, recovery, and performance. Today we are diving into all things Aswhagandha. We broke this episode down into 3 main topics: 1) The history of Ashwagandha 2) What are the unique health benefits of...
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Ep 64: Pu'erh Tea...The Best Hangover Cure?
Welcome to OpTEAmized, the show that teaches you all things tea and how it optimizes longevity, recovery, and performance. Today we are diving into all things Pu'erh Tea. We broke this episode down into 3 main topics: 1) The history of Pu'erh Tea 2) What are the unique health benefits of Pu'erh…
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Ep 63: Licorice Root Tea...Endurance Booster & Gut Healing
Welcome to OpTEAmized, the show that teaches you all things tea and how it optimizes longevity, recovery, and performance. Today we are diving into all things Licorice Root Tea. We broke this episode down into 3 main topics: 1) The history of Licorice Root Tea 2) What are the unique health…
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Ep 62: Iron Goddess of Mercy Tea...The Merciful Tea for Skin, Bone, & Overall Health
Welcome to OpTEAmized, the show that teaches you all things tea and how it optimizes longevity, recovery, and performance. Today we are diving into all things Iron Goddess of Mercy Tea. We broke this episode down into 3 main topics: 1) The history of Iron Goddess of Mercy Tea 2) What are the…
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Ep 61: Rose Tea...Love Potion, Heart Opener, & Mood Booster
Welcome to OpTEAmized, the show that teaches you all things tea and how it optimizes longevity, recovery, and performance. Today we are diving into all things rose. We broke this episode down into 3 main topics: 1) The history of rose 2) What are the unique health benefits of rose and why? 3) As…
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Ep 60: Jasmine Green Tea...Meditative & Cancer Fighting
Welcome to OpTEAmized, the show that teaches you all things tea and how it optimizes longevity, recovery, and performance. Today we are diving into all things Jasmine Green Tea. We broke this episode down into 3 main topics: 1) The history of Jasmine Green Tea 2) What are the unique health…
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Ep 59: Hibiscus...The Tisane To Enhance Heart Health
Welcome to OpTEAmized, the show that teaches you all things tea and how it optimizes longevity, recovery, and performance. Today we are diving into all things hibiscus. We broke this episode down into 3 main topics: 1) The history of hibiscus 2) What are the unique health benefits of hibiscus and...
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Ep 58: Silver Needle White Tea...The Tea To Enhance Meditations
Welcome to OpTEAmized, the show that teaches you all things tea and how it optimizes longevity, recovery, and performance. Today we are diving into all things Silver Needle White Tea. We broke this episode down into 3 main topics: 1) The history of Silver Needle White Tea 2) What are the unique...
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Ep 57: Yerba Mate...Your New Coffee & Pre-Workout Alternative
Welcome to OpTEAmized, the show that teaches you all things tea and how it optimizes longevity, recovery, and performance. Today we are diving into all things yerba mate. We broke this episode down into 3 main topics: 1) The history of yerba mate 2) What are the unique health benefits of yerba…
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Ep 56: English Breakfast Tea...The Tea To De-Stress, Improve Recovery, & More
Welcome to OpTEAmized, the show that teaches you all things tea and how it optimizes longevity, recovery, and performance. Have you ever thought about the origins of English Breakfast Tea? That may sound like a silly question, but the answer is NOT what you think! Today we are diving into all...
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Ep 55: Ginger Root...The Best Herb To Combat Nausea, Inflammation, & More
Welcome to OpTEAmized, the show that teaches you all things tea and how it optimizes longevity, recovery, and performance. Today we are diving into all things ginger. We broke this episode down into 3 main topics: 1) The history of ginger 2) What are the unique health benefits of ginger and why?…
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Ep 54: Chai...How To Spice Up Your Life With This Ayurvedic Blend
Welcome to OpTEAmized, the show that teaches you all things tea and how it optimizes longevity, recovery, and performance. Today we are diving into all things chai. We broke this episode down into 3 main topics: 1) The history of chai 2) What are the unique health benefits of chai and why? 3) As…
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Ep 53: Chamomile...More Than Just A Sleepy Time Tea
Welcome to OpTEAmized, the show that teaches you all things tea and how it optimizes longevity, recovery, and performance. Today we are diving into all things chamomile. We broke this episode down into 3 main topics: 1) The history of chamomile 2) What are the unique health benefits of chamomile...
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Ep 52: Matcha...The Powdered Tea of Warrior's
Welcome to OpTEAmized, the show that teaches you all things tea and how it optimizes longevity, recovery, and performance. Today we are diving into all things matcha. We broke this episode down into 3 main topics: 1) What is matcha and the history behind it? 2) What are the unique health benefits...
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Ep 51: How These Teas Will Replace Your Ibuprofen & Lower Inflammation with Chelsea of Indigo Vibes Apothecary
Welcome to OpTEAmized, the podcast teaching athletes how tea can optimize longevity, recovery, & performance. My name is Vince LaPelusa, and my mission is to teach YOU how to work with tea so you can recover quicker, play longer, & be more competitive in your athletic pursuits. Inflammation…it’s...
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Ep 50: Why Rosemary Tea May Be Your Next Addition To Your Pre-Competition Routine
Have you ever thought about a common herb, like rosemary’s, functionality? Meaning have you thought that maybe there’s more to this herb, maybe it can be worked with intentionally? And as athletes, can this possibly boost our performance? Today Vince is going to dig into a brief background of...
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Ep 49: Overtraining & What We Can Do To Recover w/ Liz Morgan
Welcome to OpTEAmized, the podcast teaching athletes how tea can optimize longevity, recovery, & performance! My name is Vince LaPelusa, and I am a brazilian jiu jitsu purple belt who has been drinking tea for over 10 years now and my mission is to teach YOU how to work with tea so you can…
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Ep 48: Changing The Perception of Tea for Athletic Performance w/ Chloe & Aliyah of The Continua Podcast
Welcome to OpTEAmized, the podcast teaching athletes how tea can optimize longevity, recovery, & performance. My name is Vince LaPelusa, and I am a brazilian jiu jitsu purple belt who has been drinking tea for over 10 years now and my mission is to teach YOU how to work with tea so you can…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
What's up TEAmigo?!? Welcome to OpTEAmized, the show helping you opTEAmize your mind, body, and spirit through tea.My name is Vince LaPelusa and I am your host on this tea journey. I am a tea lover, chemical engineer, Brazilian jiu jitsu purple belt, and I am thrilled to be here with you!This show is on a mission of helping 1 million people opteamize their minds, bodies, and spirits through tea...how? Through *Mindfulness Practices, Education, Movement, and CommuniTEA* !*Mindfulness Practices* are an integral part of understanding yourself and therefore helping you understand life. Tea can be a powerful tool to help guide these practices! Let's dive into how...*Education* is invaluable. By elevating our knowledge of the world we are able to elevate our collective consciousness. Let's learn about how tea and tisanes have influenced cultures and history, the unique health benefits of these teas, and so much more.*Movement* , without a daily practice our minds, bodies, and spirits wi
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What's up TEAmigo?!? Welcome to OpTEAmized, the show helping you opTEAmize your mind, body, and spirit through tea.My name is Vince LaPelusa and I am your host on this tea journey. I am a tea lover, chemical engineer, Brazilian jiu jitsu purple belt, and I am thrilled to be here with you!This show...
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