Friday, November 20, 2009

Archangel Michael - November 13th and 17th, 2009

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Note: Because of the similarity of both messages and the shortness of the second I have chosen to include both the Nov. 13th followed by the Nov. 17th messages in that order.

November 13th, 2009

I am Michael, Ruling Prince of the Heavenly Host. Beloved Children of the Light, wherever you are on the surface of Earth in your body in this density, receive among you the graces and blessings of all the Archangelic Conclave and My presence, along with the Radiance of the Archangel Uriel, known as the Angel of Presence and assurance. Beloved Masters of the Light, in a few days the second step of activation of your essence in its Divinity and totality will be open to you in your essence and to all of humanity. We the Conclave have decided to advance to this second step and at the same time advance to the third step also.

Now en route to you is a whole sequence of waves and particles in conjunction with the vibrational Light related to your Celestial Weddings that you already experienced earlier. In a very few days the Light will be manifested within your density, noticeable first on the inside of you. You will see for yourself that it will become possible and even essential for you to access the vibrational levels hitherto unknown to you.

Within these vibrational levels you will partially hear and feel and live in the essence manifested in this density. The phenomena you call electromagnetic, solar, and ultra-solar energy will intervene in a particular and powerful way. This can not be hidden or delayed any longer. A number of things will change in humanity in you, around you and in the whole collective consciousness of humanity personified. This was decided by the Source [Divinity], the Archangelic Conclave, the 24 elders [mentioned in the book of Revelations], and is also declared by Mary.

Together We will prepare for the coming of the Lord of Light, the One who was called Christ, and His return among you. This is not for now but will occur soon. You should therefore purify, pacify and elevate your heart to make it available to your beingness, your Divinity, your essence and the presence of the One who assists you. Today and in the coming days, especially from the 17th on, you will see for yourself in your own density a significant and essential change. There will be an indisputable change within your Solar System, a noticeable before and after.

Thus, we Ourselves prepare Our plans for your dimensional access to all of your vibrations and your consciousness, and you will no longer be limited and corrupted in this density. A number of hostile conscious reactions will only be the product of your fear which is a result of actions by certain entities who are opposed to your Divine sovereignty and your acceptance of the Light. You will find your sovereign vibration, your sovereign consciousness and your ability to work within the Light and of the Light.

So rejoice and be ready. Prepare to enter a new stage of your transformation, a new phase of your expansion. You are beings of Light, you are unlimited beings who have traveled the roads of Illusion and coercion controlled by a number of forces that have literally kept you prisoner in this 3D illusion, but you have been assisted to grow in the Light in spite of your separation and absence from the Light, and you have developed a thirst for Light, a thirst for truth and especially a desire to find in you who you really are. So rejoice because the time is now.

Gradually as the days progress from the 17th on until the end of your year, you will see important events accelerate. Everything that happens in your own density level and your own dimension will illustrate the flow of the Light, the influx of the resonance of liberty and freedom in your world. A number of past and current forces will rebel and become visible before your very eyes.

This deconstruction that I discussed and directed on intermediate levels during the past few months is now being totally updated in your surroundings. So you will be uplifted by the breath of freedom, the breath of joy, the breath of the Heart. Your heart needs to vibrate, your heart needs to ascend and accommodate this in joy entirely.

You can not go against who you are. Those who oppose this new consciousness will see in themselves a number of phenomena that are sometimes painful. Understand that no one among Us, in our multi-universes and Our multi-dimensionality wants that. You alone are in charge and responsible for your own freedom and your own progression.

There is nothing that can oppose the final revelation of Light except your own fear. This revelation of Light does not mean the end of this dimension but is the full opening of this dimension to the Light. This means that all areas of darkness and literally everything limited by the concept of power must disappear. Your sovereignty is at stake, your freedom is at stake.

You have nothing to worry about in what will occur; you only need to desire and welcome all that will occur so that you may live in the Unity. This Unity signals (if you allow this) the end of duality, the final moments of forces of opposition that have prevented you one way or another from finding your full sovereignty. Today is a great day. The 17th will, as I said, be a major turnaround in the history of all mankind. The form that it will take is immaterial. Whatever human agreements, whatever disagreements, whatever the events in your surroundings, fear not. Everything is in order and everything is in place for the coming revelation.

Simply raising your own vibration, simply becoming your own master allows the Light to arrive in you. In this condition you will find security, you will find joy and you will remain there no matter what happens around you. We urge you therefore and during the period from the 17th of your month of November until the end of this year that you call 2009, to prepare for this intense vibration and to accommodate the Light of the Master.

This will prove to you who you are, who you have been in previous lives, and what you have adopted as a path within this density, in this life and in previous lives. But beyond that you will find your connection, your spiritual lineage that you have contracted [by choosing to live in a 3D world separated from your knowledge of Divinity] in these events.

A number of your abilities that have been hidden from you, a number of gifts that are now hidden are going to be revealed within your consciousness, within your personal body. Nobody will be able to deceive anyone because you will see clearly in situations and people you will meet and react with, and this will resonate with you as you evolve. We therefore pledge to never deceive, never to play any games of power, seduction or manipulation, but to be entirely honest with you. This is a condition that you will achieve when you abide in the realms of Light and your essence.

There is no other way. There is no karma, there is no limitation of age, sex, religion or any other condition that could prevent that. Only your desire to remain under the influence of external powers or your demonstration of power and domination over another being will force you to remain in these patterns of influence. We hope that you will be sufficiently elevated, sufficiently awakened to receive the freedom that is really independence. Never forget that the Light is vibration, the Light is consciousness, and the Light is Truth and liberation. Remember that you must return in full to your potential and especially on what until now has enslaved you in your body, your mind, your emotions, your role in society and in your hereditary lines. You should now proclaim your freedom to accommodate the Master of liberty.

Today your strength has expanded. From the 17th on you will notice a new force, a new consciousness, and a new objective in the events in your world, in your environment and in your life. This is now. This is the announcement that I give. I initialize this in you and in all beings on this planet by the Grace of the Source and the Divine Mary, by communications of the 24 Elders, so that together We will achieve that. No force opposed to the Light can intervene or interfere with Our events in your density. Seek to receive the Light, to receive the Fire in your heart, to find your essence. You will be assisted by this from the 17th on by the vibration of Uriel the Archangel of Presence Who is able, by the grace of the Source, to manifest His presence and His radiation on the Earth much earlier than expected.

As you know, and as you can see, a number of forces related to fear and of imprisonment are trying to overtake you. I appeal solemnly to these forces: you can not, one way or another manipulate, scheme or enslave anything. The time for Freedom is coming, the time for the Fire of Love is coming. It is time to awaken this in full. You can not in any way or manner limit or delay it. I would say the game is over. Remain in the Light, in the Truth, in the Unity, and in Joy. During this period you are all invited without exception to vibrate within your Heart, whether you are helped by syllables or the sacred keys transmitted by Metatron, whether you use the techniques that you possess, whatever the method. The technique or means which will trigger in you the vibration of the Fire of the Heart is for you the proper technique. It is your responsibility to devote a maximum amount of time and effort for your own liberation.

We count on you and you can count on Us. You are Beings of total freedom and total Light. I repeat this, I reaffirm this to you. It is now time to live it fully because the Light establishes its reign of freedom and sovereignty, even within this dimension. The space and time where you live was falsified and distorted and now corrects itself at full speed. The three envelopes of falsification called ionosphere, magnetosphere and heliosphere became wholly susceptible to [the destructive] cosmic radiation of Light and our dimensions [and will thus disappear]. This means that there are no more technical barriers to our involvement in this dimension. [They were existent and necessary in 3D and will soon be gone.]

There is no constraint that can force Us not to display Ourselves. We will respond according to your call, depending on your desire for freedom and liberation, depending on your desire to return to the Unity and especially your return to your essence, that is to say all that you are . On the 17th I will participate in this outpouring of liberation and freedom. I utter these few words to allow you to ascend during the period from November 17 to the end of this year, steps that will establish your total sovereignty in this dimension.

Today however, because of My presence, I am giving you in advance a preview of the Fire of Love that will occur on the 17th at noon (French time) when you can permeate this in the crown chakra of your head, in the crown chakra of the heart, and for some in all of your physical structures. The wake-up signal of who you are in your cells is coming. If you have any questions related to this, I will try to shed additional Light. The floor is yours for the preparation of these second and third steps.

Question: Does this means that the original target date has advanced, as the second and third step are combined?

My final deadline date which was May of next year your 2010 [the end of His term of service] is still valid. Simply, the conditions and how to get there will be profoundly different [major changes and accelerations have been decided by Divinity]. All that has obscured you from who you are, all that has locked you up and hidden from you will have disappeared by then.

Question: Does this mean that the vibration of Christ will be manifested in us?

The vibration of Christ, the Lord of Light in the Vibration and Presence, will be inexorably closer to you. It may, as We have said, take place in your own Heart in due course. You will merge with Him in Unity and Truth. But this is not to occur right away. However, many of you in the vibration of essence, in the Vibration of Light, will perceive and feel His presence and will then be connected to Him in a vibrant manner.

Question: Could you elaborate on merging your Radiance with that of Christ?

From the moment the magnetosphere has almost disappeared [near the zero point], My Radiance will be merged with the Radiance of Christ. This will be effective before the end of this year.

Question: Is this a specific goal in current developments or is it in line with the normal development?

Both at once. Within your density in a short time there will be available to you access to your entire consciousness in the spheres of Unity. This signals therefore the total end of what you call your consciousness in this 3rd density. This is made possible by the outpouring in you of the Christ consciousness and the consciousness of Michael and Mary. This will signal a revelation in you of your four spiritual lines and your return to the worlds of the Unity. This will be carried out by the Fire of Love and Light. This is a conscious vibration, transforming your own consciousness into other spheres of life.

Question: When will there no longer be a electromagnetic magnetosphere on Earth?

At the latest by 2012. By then, many people will have already passed into other vibrations [dimensions] and other areas of consciousness [by ascension, evacuation, or death. This zero point magnetosphere will bring on a pole shift reversal and it will not exist in 5D.].

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Question: When you say we will be transferred to other vibrations and other minds, does that mean we will have left this 3D plane?

Of course. But leaving this 3D level does not necessarily mean dying. When you fall asleep at night your consciousness journeys on. Similarly when you leave this body and arrive at the gate called death your consciousness continues this journey. Similarly, leaving this 3D plane means going to another level. This is called "dimensional transformation" or "ascension". This is beginning to occur in you now, to you and to those around you.

Question: What is the difference between the union of the Source / the Holy Spirit / AA Metatron and the union of Christ / Michael / Mary?

In multiple level universes, in multiple dimensions, unified members of the Light are supported by the vibrational classification called the Trinity. It consists of the Source, Mary, AA Michael or AA Metatron. Within your fabricated density, the name Father / Son / Holy Spirit Truth will find its new Unity in Christ, Mary and AA Michael. There is no real difference, this is only a difference in your dimension. However, this vibration is the awakening that I told you about.

Question: What could be the reaction of leaders and people of power in this world?

They must change. They will contemplate this, they will confront this and make their own decisions. That is their problem, that is not your problem, that is not Our problem.

Question: Does this mean they no longer have the means to control anything?

It's all about raising your spiritual level and your vibrational frequency. The Light that comes to you and your reaction to this elevated Light completely destroys the slightest manifestation of their power and their control. Whether it is through events one way or another related to their control over you by using their power of money, the media, electronics and other methods, by simply raising your vibration of consciousness sufficiently or lowering Our vibration sufficiently for you, they can then no longer deceive you.

Remember that whatever your vibratory level, each in his level will perceive the Truth. In perceiving this truth, many people will oppose the truth because they have been deceived in the past. Others on higher vibrational levels will accept, forgive and evolve, leaving behind what belongs to the past. Those who oppose it no longer have any power or right to object. We have a decisive and definitive way of preparing what has to be repaired in your falsified dimension. This was carried out by Our action in the sun and on all planets in your outer solar system. It only remains for this to appear in your density.

Question: When You talk of an external sun will this be a second sun to replace the current sun?

This is the reunification of what you call the sun with the real sun. It too has been falsified and is a duality like you. The sun is the true Light that casts no shadow. This exists when you live in the unified higher dimensions, where the Light does not come to a point, but is of the whole [no darkness].

Question: When that day will be official, will it be fair for all to sing hallelujah?

If it makes you happy ... This is well beyond your understanding of the significance of what you will soon experience.

Question: In what we are to experience as incarnated beings we will appear to experience more or less difficult moments of adjustment. How do we know if these readjustments are steps leading to our actual essence?

This question assumes duality. Whatever the consequences, from the moment your vibration level rises in this body, they are irrelevant to the evolution of your consciousness. The higher vibration transforms the body and the consciousness. When consciousness is established in this vibration, no matter what the body exhibits whether it is resistance or adjustment, it is no longer of importance.

Question: Why can we not access our spiritual lineage before ascension?

Because access to your spiritual lineage signals a vibrational connection to your Unity. The results that occur before this would not follow this connection and would have no benefit and would be merely a useless curiosity. So it is in the same manner that your memory of what you call your past lives is a falsification [as it would have little use now and is thus erased in reincarnation]. It has no meaning and no interest until you are able to transcend this dimension of duality and therefore the law of karma. [Reincarnation was in the Bible until the Vatican deleted it in 545 AD but is still a part of Eastern religions.]

Question: Why are we not all ascending at the same time and in the same manner?

It is in preparation for your transition [ascension]. Each conscious soul will not experience the same kind of transition at the same time with the same destination or the same fate. In short, you will not all go to one place at the same time. Desiring to place all of humanity and consciousnesses currently present in this dimension in one basket does not make sense. There are many mansions in the Father's house. You all come from different stellar backgrounds and you all have different dimensional destinations. [Some will ascend to eternal bodies, some will end up on other 3D worlds, and some will return to the world that they left earlier to help in ascension.]

Question: You mentioned people who may be in opposition to the events that will happen. What will happen to their consciousness?

This is their choice and their function. There is nothing else to say. Your eyes and your consciousness should not be focused on these reactions, but you must concentrate on the vibratory action of your own Light. Take care of yourself and your Heart first. The best way that you can help all of humanity is to leave the ego, to leave the bonds, to rise above that and regain your freedom and a sense of real service and not in servitude to others.

Any attempts or feelings of wanting to help or wanting to oppose others will lower your vibration. You will understand their motives by not using the mind or intellect or the emotions, but only by your vibrational resonance. This will be what either raises you or what obstructs you. The choice is yours.

Question: As we are still subjected to electromagnetic forces present on this 3D plane, how can we ensure that we do not lower our vibration too much ?

These forces will not lower your vibration from the moment your consciousness dismisses it. Gradually, as you hear and feel the Fire of Love in the radiant crown chakra of the head and the crown chakra of your Heart, you will understand the nature and you will not be subjected to this limited amount of electromagnetism. Thus, your guide is not what you think. Your guide will not be bound by blackmail of any kind or any shackles of power, but only by your vibration. What lifts you and enlightens you in joy is due to your connection with the energy of the Presence and the Angel of the Presence. What weighs you down and lowers your vibrational level only increases your problems and concerns, and this will occur immediately.

Question: Does this mean that we will regain our Divine nature?

You will find your Unity and your true nature. In reality your nature is that of a star seed. In other words you will become your own Source because you are the Source [as co-creators in Unity with Divinity].

Question: Will our incarnation in Unity related to our body of essence bring a direct merger to the Source or is it just a step?

It is, in truth, the final step. There will be no further step in this 3rd dimension.

Question: There is talk of asteroids that may collide with our planet. Is this still valid or will our vibration at that moment be sufficient to cancel all these changes?

Everything depends on your awareness individually and collectively in responding to the Light and your welcoming of the Light. Nevertheless, whatever events that occur in your density, they are nothing compared to what you are and compared to the Light. Again, whatever happens, will be the result of your reaction whether in opposition or in ascension. This is just the Light and nothing else. [If we do not respond favorably we will see more of these events.]

What I now propose in preparing for the 17th is to live the beginnings of that today. Thus, I bring you My blessings and I ask you in this small gathering to welcome the vibration of Uriel, the Angel of the Presence, along with My new Vibration of consciousness, in conjunction with Christ, for a few moments together in communion. This is what we will discuss on the 17th during that noon hour. Again I say to you very soon.

AA Michael Nov. 17 - Step 2 of 7 Steps
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I am Michael, Ruling Prince of the Heavenly Host. Respected Masters of the Light, together today We open the doors of the last vibrational access to your inner temple. As I said, We are opening the door that brings Us closer to you who are star seeds, and this brings your dimension closer to the Source. Together we are today inaugurating and laying the foundation stone for your establishment in essence. I am accompanied by Archangel Uriel to celebrate with you your return by transmitting the triple radiance of the Holy Spirit, the Ultraviolet energy and the Source. Together we welcome the return of the Light of Christ in your dimension in Truth and Unity.

We now leave you so you may raise your vibration by accessing the vibration of the Light and the One, which is the fellowship found in the Unity. I will express a few words at the end of this work that will specify the circumstances of living the second and third step that will occur on December 17. Together let us unify.

Beloved Children of the Light, today thus opens in you the Divine grace and eternity. On this day and this hour the vibration of Christ within you, sown in you from eternity in this density to return you to being star seeds, realigns and synchronizes with the Master of Light. Christ inside and meets Christ in you. The unlimited doors are now open. Even within this limited density today, many of you will experience the fusion of the radiant crown chakra of the head with the crown chakra in the heart, and you will perceive this Unity in your temple inside you at this time. Even within your world, limiting collapses and the unlimited is born. By using the multiple keys that were given you, you can henceforth every afternoon from 2-2:30 PM French time inspect and test this in more detail. This door and this alignment is now functional. The aim is to permit your total sovereignty and your connection to eternity, to the Source (the One) and to Christ.

The hour is now revealed, and this will live in you and in all humanity. Everything that has been falsified, deliberately obscured, will fall so that you may rise to new levels in the sovereignty, in the fellowship of Christ, in the intergalactic brotherhood of vibrational Light of the Source, and in the One. Beloved Masters of Light, before you can proceed in this merger of you and Us, I will return, accompanied by Uriel the presence of the Angel of the Presence to give you on the second Saturday each month [December 12] at 4 PM French time ( a few days before December 17th) technology to achieve the best possible merger of Christ in you and around you in full.

Disregard what must fall, elevate what must rise; that is your goal. By the power of Christ in you, by the power of your vibration and your elevation, you will escape and assist your brothers beyond the illusion of what will soon collapse. You have returned to the greatest revelations in the history of mankind, this journeybeyond this 3D illusion. Be happy, be in joy because it is a great moment. I will continue your preparation on the second Saturday [of next month Dec. 12] for the course that We already started.

During this period of one month you will increase the vibration of your essence, you will see darkness and Light existing in this dimension, but you will see the end of darkness on Earth. In the vibration of Love, in the Vibration of the Holy Spirit, in the ultraviolet energy and the Source in you there is no fear, for there only essence, there is only Unity, and absolutely no cosmic phenomena or terrestrial phenomena that are not of the Light will reach you. I leave you now so that you may experience the vibration of the combined second and third steps today in your body, in your temple, which must elevate you in Unity and Truth.

Beloved Masters of the Light, the entire Archangelic Conclave together with all 24 Elders, all in a circle around Mary are ready now for you to welcome Christ in vibration, in Unity and in Truth. The vibration of the radiant heart chakra and the radiant chakra of the head will become for you more and more noticeable. This is not an intellectual or mental view but a glorious physical vibration that can be perceived at the level of your inner temple and at the top of your physical body. Both vibrations will come together and unify. Many of you will begin to experience the non-duality, the self presence, and even your essence by your reliance on the Source and the freedom of the Source. This is now.

I tell you that the time is very short. For now, simply receive the vibration of Christ on a perceived level of your radiant crown chakra. I and Uriel the Angel of the Presence tell you that it is very soon. We leave you now in Unity so you may live what you must in the few remaining moments.

AA Michael on the 17th: The number 17 of your month was chosen as it pertains to the tarot and to the symbolism of infinity: 7 and 1 are the symbols of the stars and the symbols of the sun. That is why this symbol was chosen. It is not a symbol of energy. The vibration could have occurred the same way on any day of your month. It seemed appropriate to highlight this date because it also represents through this number a range of vibrations and radiations approaching closer to the radiation of the Source, the Father / Mother. [According to AA Anael the number 7 corresponds to the 7 major chakras that are currently being activated in both man and the Solar System. The number 1 can also refer to Unity and 7 is the biblical number of Divinity while 6 (as in 666) is the number of man. Numerology, symbolism, and astrology are very important in understanding Divinity, and secret societies have known this for thousands of years.] http://www.autresdimensions.com/article.php?produit=458

OM Aivanhov: The Galactic Alignment is the final deadline when you will get a full alignment of your Sun with the Sun of the Galactic Center [Alcyone]. You are now strongly affected by the influence of very special individual rays, particles called tachyons [particles which are able to travel faster than the speed of light] and bosons, which are now infiltrating in mass in your dimension. The maximum bombardment will occur at the end of 2011 [October] and there will be an extremely precise planetary alignment, and this will occur during the year 2012. But the phenomena of mutation and alteration of consciousness will be completed by the end of 2012, and these are planetary readjustments and not human conscious changes. I call this final because after that date no solar system in this part of the galaxy will be separated from the Source. It is therefore the end of this 3D era. http://www.autresdimensions.com/article.php?produit=457


My Comments: It appears that time is running out and a more aggressive plan has been adopted along with a second meeting each month that precedes the 17th on the 2nd Saturday of each month through May 2010. Little has changed so far this year, and visible activity is needed to awaken many star seeds to the coming changes. Many have been hoping for visible changes but little evidence has been seen so far. To assist in viewing pages using bigger fonts press CTRL while moving the mouse wheel.

The next gathering is on Saturday, December 12 at 4 PM French time followed by the regular monthly meeting on December 17 at noon French time. Every day now from 2-2:30 PM French time you can use the multiple keys of Metatron to inspect and explore your Divinity and essence in more detail. This will allow you to connect to your total sovereignty, your eternity, to the Source and to Christ during this daily half hour period at 2 PM.

It is necessary for each person to maintain a high spiritual level and thus avoid the external problems that visibly exist. This will increase our ability to discern truth and error and can be achieved by not being surrounded by those not of the Light and by avoiding negativity like horror movies that only promote fear and depression and thus lower our spiritual levels.

In the News:

There are reports that Obama has lung cancer due to his smoking habit. All cancers are curable, but conventional medical procedures often only sicken and make matters worse or prolong the suffering. In a poll this week only 42% would vote for Obama or would support him because he has not brought any change as he promised. The official unemployment rate is about 10% but the real rate is closer to 20% when you factor in those who have retired and whose positions have not been filled, those who are no longer eligible for unemployment and are not included, those with advanced degrees who are unable to land decent jobs and work in factories or fast food establishments to pay the bills, and those who have given up searching for a job because it is considered hopeless. You will see a seasonal improvement until the end of the year but that is only temporary, and foreclosures will continue to rise without any sign of improvement.

There have been many cases of reported sickness and deaths that have come from the vaccines that are being promoted. The Ukraine virus is considered a mutation of this, and most who have died have taken medications that have caused this. It is believed that Ukraine was a target due to its support of and proximity to Russia. The H1N1 virus patent was submitted in 2005 and accepted in Jan 2009, and shortly after that this virus was released in Mexico just before Obama visited that area. It is called US Patent Application 20090010962 - Genetically Engineered Swine Influenza Virus and Uses.

http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20090010962/fulltext.htm.html

The HIV-AIDS disease that was developed in the USA between 1962-1978 is patent #4647773 but has since been modified in hopes of preventing further disclosures. In his book Behold a Pale Horse, William Cooper discusses this along with documents exposing the secret government.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/9506451/Behold-a-Pale-Horse


CNN reported this week that a federal court ruled Wednesday that the US Army Corps of Engineers failed to properly maintain a shipping channel linking New Orleans to the Gulf of Mexico, and this led to catastrophic flooding during Hurricane Katrina. What they failed to discuss were reports by many observers who testified that they watched the Corps purposely bomb it to cause its collapse.

The ionosphere, magnetosphere and heliosphere that are now in place in 3D will disappear when Earth moves to 5D. The sun like Earth is now in duality, and we see both Light and darkness, but in 5D Unity there will be no darkness. By 2012 most life will have left Earth according to His words, so the deadline is fast approaching.

As AA Michael said: “Gradually as the days progress from the 17th on until the end of your year, you will see important events accelerate”. Everything that will happen in our density level that is part of the Divine plan has already occurred in higher dimensions. We are still awaiting changes here but only time will tell.

Rich N

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