Between the Cracks: A blog by Albert Clayton Gaulden

Let’s take a closer look…

I must tell you that Mitt Romney has Sun and Mercury in Pisces, as I do, but I can be as microscopically thorough with me as I am going to be with ex-Gov. Romney. Pisces are dreamers and oftentimes passive aggressive and I think he has been guilty of floating ideas and then changing platforms, positions and pros and cons wherever and whenever the winds blow. In indelicate terms, Mitt is a flip flopper and he needs to shore up his ability to lead by taking a stand on issues and living and dying by them.

He has Moon and Jupiter conjunct in Scorpio. He would make a good running mate with Hillary Clinton who has a lot of planets in Scorpio. Perhaps, Romney is as dark and dangerous as is Hillary. He does have Venus in Aquarius, so he is a caring person and it is in perfect position to his Neptune-this one is a one-woman, man-loyal to his First Lady as any man can be. Good for you, Mitt. I love a man who stands by his woman.

His flip flopping is exacerbated by Uranus in Gemini square his Sun sign in Pisces. Since he and Senator Clinton are both 60 (he wears it better than she does), he has those devil Planets Pluto and Saturn in Leo, oppose his Venus in Aquarius. I think this man cares too much what others think and reacts poorly to the news. Mitt also has Mars in mamby-pamby Pisces-tendency to be a thin-skinned crybaby.

His saving grace is that his progressed Moon is in caring and visionary Aquarius-however-it crossed over his Venus when he won the primaries he did last month. But Aquarius is a sign that must figure in the winner’s circle in November.

On Super Tuesday, his progressed Moon is in Aquarius which as I have stated over and over again, is a must placement for the successful nominee to win the presidency. There is that powerful Solar Eclipse New Moon conjunct his progressed Moon. This is a favorable and dynamic place for it to be. However, a Solar Eclipse can mean a sudden ending as well as success in an endeavor such as his being a candidate for the Republican nomination for President. What is foreboding is that his progressed Aquarian Moon will be opposed by his progressed Pluto in Leo which will square his progressed Mercury.

Mitt Romney would be a more compassionate and caring nominee than John McCain, but it looks as if there are so many aspects stacked against him, and with the endorsements of Rudy Giuliani and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, he may be at the end of the line with his run for the Republican nomination.

I am going to leave Mitt Romney in the race astrologically for a few more Blogs and then I think we are going to see a definite Yes or No with his chances to win the Republican nomination. Stay tuned!

About Albert Clayton Gaulden

 

Counselor, astro-intuitive, author, lecturer, spiritual life coach and founding director of the Sedona Intensive, Albert Clayton Gaulden has influenced countless individuals from all walks of life—actors, athletes, financial specialists, teachers, families, psychologists and psychiatrists—from all corners of the earth—helping them to retrieve their authentic selves and to tap into the inner core of their power. Albert’s unique gift in the field of Transpersonal Psychology is responsible for his fearlessness when confronting the client’s inner conflicts. In his recent book You’re Not Who You Think You Are, Gaulden writes “Men and women are the same; each of us needs to get in touch with our invisible partner, or shadow in order to be emotionally healthy and happy.”

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Let’s take a closer look…

John McCain is a mixed bag if there ever was one. He has a mellow and laid back Libra rising-diplomatic and even-keeled, usually, ordinarily-except his ruling planet Venus is in picky, critical and analytical Virgo opposed by Saturn in Pisces. There goes the diplomacy. Saturn oppose Venus is someone who finds it hard to love-he distrusts the very nature of soft, kind and caring.

This is one tough veteran who finds it hard to show his vulnerable side. His Mercury in Libra makes him capable of being fair and balanced-but his Sun sign is Virgo-not one of the more appealing signs to the voter masses. His sudden return to prominence and frontrunner status was his natal chart has Uranus-sudden and unexpected energy-made a great aspect to Saturn which was conjunct his Sun at the time he made his clawing and digging his way out of what looked like an insurmountable deep abyss-never underestimate John McCain. With this chart, he may be troublesome and irritable, but he comes back from sure defeat with gusto and traction.

 

His Capricorn Moon is also an ally for him. The Pluto in Cancer opposing his cold and detached Capricorn Moon makes him resilient and scrappy. Don’t forget if you have been reading my Blogs, Jupiter will be in Capricorn at General Election in November. This man looks like he may be there as the Republican candidate-and possibly win the whole enchilada.

McCain has Mars in Leo and it makes a good aspect to his Jupiter in Sagittarius. I never knew he was an athlete as well as a war hero, but this configuration gives him the right stuff to be a jock in whatever sport he would choose. And, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, this is the planetary arrangement of actors-and you know what I think of most of those narcissists. Is John McCain acting or can he deliver? His Virgo planets tone him down and make him sweat b-b’s to win his place in the presidential Sun.

His progressed chart has the same conflict for victory as Clinton’s and Obama’s-a Void of Course progressed Moon at 29 degrees of Virgo-not good. His Progressed Venus in Sagittarius is squared by his progressed Neptune in Virgo. Not good. I find it fascinating that his progressed Sun and Mercury are in Scorpio, where Clinton’s are in her natal chart. Fascinating. But his progressed Saturn in Pisces is conjunct transiting Uranus in good aspect to his progressed Sun and Mercury in Scorpio. This could be a lightning rod aspect. But another configuration is his progressed Moon in Virgo is being squared (not good) by progressed Jupiter in Sagittarius. This portends, possibly, over-optimism on McCain’s part.

Up and until election night, there are a lot of positives for Senator McCain. At this juncture it looks like a lock for the nomination, but I am keeping the hopes alive for Mitt Romney. I am not doing any work on Hucklebuckleby for the obvious fact that he will never win the nomination, chart or no chart assessment. The country is poised for healing not more religious demagoguery.

It’s looking good for you in this race, Senator John McCain. Although I have never met the senator, he vacations around Sedona and is our senator in Washington. I wanted to say that this has nothing to do with astrological answer to the question, however.

About Albert Clayton Gaulden

 

Counselor, astro-intuitive, author, lecturer, spiritual life coach and founding director of the Sedona Intensive, Albert Clayton Gaulden has influenced countless individuals from all walks of life—actors, athletes, financial specialists, teachers, families, psychologists and psychiatrists—from all corners of the earth—helping them to retrieve their authentic selves and to tap into the inner core of their power. Albert’s unique gift in the field of Transpersonal Psychology is responsible for his fearlessness when confronting the client’s inner conflicts. In his recent book You’re Not Who You Think You Are, Gaulden writes “Men and women are the same; each of us needs to get in touch with our invisible partner, or shadow in order to be emotionally healthy and happy.”

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Let’s take a closer look…

 

Let me give you the birth data of the coaches and quarterbacks for the New York Giants and the New England Patriots:

New York Giants     Head Coach    Tom Coughlin   August 31, 1946    Waterloo, NY

New York Giants Quaterback     Eli Manning     January 3, 1981     New Orleans, LA

  

New England Patriots Head Coach     Bill Belichick     April 16, 1952    Nashville, TN

 New England Patriots Quaterback    Tom Brady   August 31, 1977    San Mateo, CA

 

Super Bowl XLII    February 3, 2008

 

Just as humans have astrological birth charts, events like a Super Bowl have a chart as well. I have taken the birth charts of the two coaches and two quarterbacks to see how compatible or mismatched their charts are with the Super Bowl chart. You are going to be surprised.

 

The kick-off time for Super Bowl XLII between the New England Patriots and the New York Giants is 4:18 pm MST on Sunday, February 3, which gives the Super Bowl chart 23 degrees of Cancer rising or ascending—which makes the Moon in Capricorn the ruler of the game chart. That is very interesting because Jupiter, the planet most associated with sporting events is conjunct the Moon in Capricorn within a few degrees. This portends that there will be a hard fought game, definitely not a blow out, but won in the trenches.

 

Venus and Pluto will also be in Capricorn—slow, methodical, and stellar execution will be the best game plan to win the game, not a lot of razzle dazzle passes but grinding it out on the ground. Saturn, the ruler of Capricorn will be in Virgo, making an exact trine (a favorable aspect) to the Moon/Jupiter—good news for the coach and the quarterback on both sides Whichever coach and/or quarterback for either the Patriots or the Giants to have the most compatible chart with the Super Bowl chart will have an edge in possible victory.

 

The Sun, Chiron, Mercury, Neptune and the North Node will be in Aquarius, in great aspect to Mars in Gemini. These planets in Aquarius would favor whichever coach and his quarterback thinks and executes outside the box—throws in some unexpected—not seen before—plays that lead to touchdowns or critical field goals.

 

Tom Coughlin, coach of the New York Giants

Tom Coughlin is a dull and boring guy—sourpuss to the 9s—he could take the wind out of Charo’s Ariba! Ariba! But he has a few pluses for coaching what has been the surprise team in the NFL in 2007—unbelievable success in all games played on the road. Saturn in Virgo is conjunct Tom Coughlin’s Sun sign in Virgo. Saturn is known to deny or delay. This is neither powerfully positive or a bad luck configuration. He has a lot of planets—Neptune, Mars, Venus, Chiron and Jupiter in Libra—making great aspects to those Aquarian planets in the Super Bowl event chart. He has Mars transiting a conjunction to his Uranus—very explosive aspect—but could mean an explosive offensive. Overall, a pretty compatible chart with the Super Bowl event chart, except his Neptune/Mars in Libra square (not so favorable) Jupiter/Venus in the Super Bowl chart. Now we have what could be troublesome for the Giants.

 

Eli Manning, quarterback, New York Giants

The Sun and Mercury in Capricorn in Eli Manning’s birth chart are in favorable position to the Moon/Jupiter/Venus in the Super Bowl chart. This is very powerful. Manning has Moon/Venus/Neptune in Sagittarius in excellent alignment with the Aquarian planets in the Super Bowl chart. His Jupiter/Saturn in Libra accent his Moon in Sagittarius with a sextile—a very wowee placement. He has Mars in Aquarius—to the chagrin of some of the football writers—I find him to be someone who can think and execute for himself. (I went back and looked at his college records at Ole Miss and they are beyond belief: set or tied 47 single-game, season and career records—he didn’t get that from sucking up to the coach—this Manning has a mind of his own!) He is the super compatible factor for the Giants, astrologically, in this championship game.

 

Bill Belichick, coach, New England Patriots

Holy Toledo, Batman—look at this Tennessee-bred hillbilly, Bill Belichick’s birth chart. He has Venus/Mercury/Sun and Jupiter in Aries—selfish and self-centered—“his way or the highway”—with the ruler of these ‘too hot to handle’ planets in Scorpio in the 7^th house of the public. He is secretive and a bit distrustful; keep your distance. Bill is definitely running the show and he has a “still waters run deep” mien and will give absolutely nothing away—but he will outfox you and he has a third and long plan to dig out from a hole. He never believes he is not going to win. He has Saturn, the planet of limitation, oppose his Sun/Mercury—a man of few words and he is not into football because he is in love with the players—he is no jock-sniffer—and no Tennessee tyro—he’s won three Super Bowls with the Patriots. And he has Neptune in Libra oppose his Sun/Jupiter—he definitely has the gods on his side. All joshing aside, he is the reason the Patriots are undefeated. He knows how to recruit and coach players.

 

Tom Brady, quarterback, New England Patriots

This daddy of one and husband of none is a true enigma. Get these contradictory planets:

 

Tom has Sun/Mercury in critical Virgo—squared by Neptune in foot-loose-and-fancy- free Sagittarius. This would ordinarily make him a bit unsure of his ability to lead. It ain’t Belichick throwing those unbelievable passes to win come-from-behind football games time and again. He has the Moon in Taurus (sensitive and loves to be touched, held and canoodled by the likes of a beautiful woman—this man strictly plays the game for the fun and the dough—another non-jock sniffer), oppose Uranus in Taurus and both square his Venus in Leo (a quiet showboat, not on the field, but in his one-on-one time)—this is no show-dog—no dandy, no strut your stuff, no “look at me—ain’t I special?” Absolutely shyer than most in his position and does not seek nor covet attention like T.O and his ilk.

 

The strongest aspect that Tom Brady has is that his Sun/Mercury trine his Taurus Moon and will set up a Grand Earth trine on Sunday. This could be the difference in the game—enough to put the Patriots at the end of a Perfect Season 19-0.

 

But as I always say, “OGK” ~ have fun in those $2,500 seats if you go to the game. Enjoy the game, sports fans.

 

About Albert Clayton Gaulden

 

Counselor, astro-intuitive, author, lecturer, spiritual life coach and founding director of the Sedona Intensive, Albert Clayton Gaulden has influenced countless individuals from all walks of life—actors, athletes, financial specialists, teachers, families, psychologists and psychiatrists—from all corners of the earth—helping them to retrieve their authentic selves and to tap into the inner core of their power. Albert’s unique gift in the field of Transpersonal Psychology is responsible for his fearlessness when confronting the client’s inner conflicts. In his recent book You’re Not Who You Think You Are, Gaulden writes “Men and women are the same; each of us needs to get in touch with our invisible partner, or shadow in order to be emotionally healthy and happy.”

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I have had several emails and phone calls asking me why I have been giving astrological profiles of  presidential candidates or a caucus outcome, and then sign-off with, ‘only God knows’ who will win the election rather than a stark prediction.

 

It is obvious that all the talking heads (to put us under the television trance state they are called “pundits”) give a ‘written in stone and steel’ prognostication about who they just know is way ahead in the race for the White House with both the Democrats and the Republicans, and then when their “shoo-in” choice loses a primary, these screaming memes skedaddle on to the next field of battle—changing sides faster than my Daddy did women (he was married a bunch of times)—but when an astrologer weighs in, the bloodthirsty masses want an absolute prediction about who the winner is going to be, and then hold our feet to the fire until we give one. It always causes my bad knee to act up when those same people lose millions in the Stock Market and never cry for the blood of their brokers who put them in harm’s way. Go figure.

 

[I think I am going to call Dennis Miller and see if I can work for him. He just says it like it is (he is so on point that I come close to groveling when I watch him on TV), and then sits down with the great unwashed in Hollywood and other left wing watering holes to gather sound bites for his next stand up comedy act, or Bill O’Reilly or Larry King appearances. Yes, Mildred I love Dennis Miller! Just Shoot me!]

 

 

The Democratic Primary in South Carolina event chart on January 26, 2008 for 8:00 p.m. in Columbia, South Carolina  has Virgo ascending with Saturn exactly conjunct the rising sign in Virgo, making an incredibly positive aspect to three planets in Capricorn: Pluto, Venus and Jupiter—Saturn rules Capricorn. The significance of this configuration is that this was no fluke win for Obama—it could be the beginning of a groundswell. Saturn to Pluto planted deep seed for the rest of the race for Barack Obama.

 

What is more significant is that the Sun/Chiron/Neptune/Mercury and the North Node were in Aquarius making a glorious aspect to the powerful tenth house of career, reputation and honor, where the energy planet Mars was in Gemini also in great aspect to the Aquarian planets. Obama’s progressed Moon was conjunct the event chart’s Sun by degree. Not only does the event chart indicate how well Barack Obama would do in South Carolina but this could be more than happenstance. Hillary Clinton was far outdistancing Obama and Edwards everywhere two months ago.

 

Listen up, O high holy ones, who hang onto predictions like a fat girl does French fries, in looking closer at the charts of Clinton and Obama, Obama’s progressed Moon in Aquarius (remember all those great Presidents born under the Great Communicator sign of Aquarius?) may give him an edge on the Big Day, Super Tuesday.

 

This chart indicates that there is a brand new horse race and Obama has taken the lead. Self-serving suck-ups like 40-something year old opera-loving, gym rat bachelor, Julian Epstein, the former Chief Counsel for the Bill Clinton presidency, crowed that Hillary Clinton has too many committed super delegates for Obama to overtake her. Don’t put your money on those like Epstein, deeply invested in their particular candidate winning the whole enchilada.

 

We do not have open-minded commentary during any election season—the screeches are all working from the $$$ pockets of candidates. I remind you that Miss Hillary was ahead in South Carolina by more than 24 percentage points six weeks ago. Did you ever hear that expression, the “tide turned”? Well, sweet peas, turn it has. Barack Obama won South Carolina with 55% of the vote to 27% for Hillary Clinton and 18% for John Edwards. This is a lot bigger margin than she won by in both New Hampshire and Nevada.

 

This you can put in your pipe and gag on the exhale if need be that Hillary Clinton will stay in the race no matter how far behind she is because her chart shows that she feels entitled—after all—she lived in the White House for eight years.

 

Okay, the astrologer says ‘Obama Super Tuesday’ (psst, but only God knows. Hee, hee!)

 

This week we will take a closer looks at the front-running Elephants, eh, Republicans, McCain, Romney and Hucklebuckleby (sic).

 

About Albert Clayton Gaulden

 

Counselor, astro-intuitive, author, lecturer, spiritual life coach and founding director of the Sedona Intensive, Albert Clayton Gaulden has influenced countless individuals from all walks of life—actors, athletes, financial specialists, teachers, families, psychologists and psychiatrists—from all corners of the earth—helping them to retrieve their authentic selves and to tap into the inner core of their power. Albert’s unique gift in the field of Transpersonal Psychology is responsible for his fearlessness when confronting the client’s inner conflicts. In his recent book You’re Not Who You Think You Are, Gaulden writes “Men and women are the same; each of us needs to get in touch with our invisible partner, or shadow in order to be emotionally healthy and happy.”

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Daniel Day-Lewis won Best Actor at the Screen Actor Awards Sunday night and accepting his Actor statue dedicated it to Heath Ledger who died this past Tuesday. In his speech Lewis talked about how much he admired Ledge for his work in Monster’s Ball, a 2001 film starring Billy Bob Thornton and for which Halle Berry won Best Actress and in the controversial 2005 movie, Brokeback Mountain. Lewis said, “In Brokeback Mountain, Heath Ledger was unique, he was perfect. That scene in the trailer at the end of the film is as moving as anything I think I’ve ever seen.”

 

The tribute was very touching. As I said in a column I wrote last week, Daniel Day-Lewis is a classy guy who is one of those generous-of-spirit good guys in an otherwise narcissistic industry.

 

About Albert Clayton Gaulden

 

Counselor, astro-intuitive, author, lecturer, spiritual life coach and founding director of the Sedona Intensive, Albert Clayton Gaulden has influenced countless individuals from all walks of life—actors, athletes, financial specialists, teachers, families, psychologists and psychiatrists—from all corners of the earth—helping them to retrieve their authentic selves and to tap into the inner core of their power. Albert’s unique gift in the field of Transpersonal Psychology is responsible for his fearlessness when confronting the client’s inner conflicts. In his recent book You’re Not Who You Think You Are, Gaulden writes “Men and women are the same; each of us needs to get in touch with our invisible partner, or shadow in order to be emotionally healthy and happy.”

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I got up at three o’clock this morning (that’s what happens when you go to bed at eight o’clock in the evening) and read an e-mail from my inspiration, Kid Bell, who evidentially was channeling compassion and not tuned into Barack Obama’s Top 10 Countdown on David Letterman (whose bitch and bite is just a little too contrived—Letterman simply tries too hard for my sensibility—too mean with little meaning) when he asked me to lighten up in Between the Cracks and write about Daniel-Day Lewis and his appearance on Oprah. Since I missed the show when it ran live yesterday, I went to www.tmz.com and saw a one-minute snippet where Daniel Day-Lewis, who won an Oscar years ago for My Left Foot and is nominated for an Academy Award this year for There Will Be Blood, got emotional when talking about Heath Ledger who mysteriously died on Tuesday in New York.

 

The Kid was right to have roused me from my sleepy-headiness. This silent and invisible brilliant actor, who gives you himself on screen as much as any actor ever has (in my opinion—I’ve seen most of his movies) and not in tabloids, bad boy behavior, with narcissism and self-importance, was saddened to tears by Ledger’s death. Although he purports not to have known Heath Ledger said that he had been moved by the roles Ledger has played in movies, not the least of which was the controversial Brokeback Mountain which stirred up everybody’s latent homosexuality like no movie I know of in modern or ancient times. (I warned you that Between the Cracks would be written from the middle—not the left or the right—get it?—and not slanted by testosterone or hormones—yes, Virginia, we all psychically have both!)

 

Since I believe that we are all interconnected and interrelated there turns out to be a thread from Heath Ledger’s death to Daniel Day-Lewis’ appearance on Oprah Winfrey’s television show ostensibly to promote his Oscar-nominated role and movie. Before he could throw the klieg lights on himself and his movie, Lewis was touched to speak about a man he never met but whose gift as an actor had deeply affected him. [Would all politicos sit down and contemplate and then reveal who from the past, present and future has touched her (or him) rather than dishing dirt on your opponents? Are you as sick of these purported self-seeking, blabber-mouths as I am? Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!]

 

Lewis was demonstrating for the world to see what acting is all about—affecting, touching, and moving us to laughter or to tears or oftentimes to rage—it’s the roles, stupid, not the folderol—drinking, doping, “look at me—does anybody out there love me” shenanigans. I think I will call Harpo Productions and order Lewis’ appearance.

 

So, let me give you his astrological birth chart and the lowdown on Daniel-Day Lewis.

Daniel Day-Lewis was born on April 29, 1957 in London, England. No time diminishes the ability to construct his exact house cusps and where planets in signs lie, but in his case I can tell you a lot by how much Earth and how many Taurus planets he has in his birth chart.

 

Lewis has his Moon, Sun, Venus and Mercury in Taurus. Significant here is that Venus rules Taurus. You may have heard from those sun sign astrology types—they take an astrology course or fumble through an astrology book and they tell everyone they see who they are and “read their fortune”—that Taureans are stubborn and persistent—true—but they also rule beauty and are loyal to the “Nines”—I have the Moon/Uranus in Taurus and I can tell you for a fact that I would go to the electric chair for someone I love and care about rather than “give them up” anywhere or anytime, including a courtroom! 

 

Daniel Day-Lewis is known to be quiet in his personal life. More than that, this chart says that he lets his acting speak for him—who he is off the set is his business. He can be very hard on himself—a perfectionist—he doesn’t need a director to say, “Take 20,”—Lewis would demand to do it until his character bled through the personality of Lewis the man. Although Lewis can be pleasant and affable, don’t count on it. It is the work at hand that controls him, drives him, not the camaraderie of other actors on the set.

 

He may be a man of excess—he may drink too much, he may love his lover too much and too passionately—but he would have a tendency to be monogamous and not a philanderer—you know, a one-woman man. His core is his business and he self-legislates very well.

 

I am neither here to praise Caesar (Lewis) nor to bury him, but I will tell you I was once asked in print who I would like to have dinner with, and having gotten to know Lewis from a snippet of film from the Oprah Winfrey Show, and after looking at his astrological birth chart, I would say today, “Daniel Day-Lewis and any lady he would like to sit at table with us.”

 

Oh, and about that Oscar—he’s a shoo-in. Jupiter in Capricorn will be making a sure bet aspect to his Taurus planets as well as to his Jupiter in Virgo. There Will Be Blood has not come to Sedona yet, but although I understand it is hard to watch, the old preacher in me can’t wait to watch Eli Sunday (played by Paul Dano from Little Miss Sunshine) the young man of the word of God, tangle with Daniel Plainview (played by Lewis). The advance word is that TWBB is about love, hate, passion, greed, jealousy, pettiness, paranoia, trust and sadness—just my kind of dark side spine-tingling cinema. It is sure to be a classic alongside films like Night of the Hunter and another Oscar-nominated film this year, No Men for the Old Country.

 

Now, since it is still dark in Sedona, I think I’ll stop looking at my e-mails and get a little more shut-eye. Ta-ta.

 

About Albert Clayton Gaulden

 

Counselor, astro-intuitive, author, lecturer, spiritual life coach and founding director of the Sedona Intensive, Albert Clayton Gaulden has influenced countless individuals from all walks of life—actors, athletes, financial specialists, teachers, families, psychologists and psychiatrists—from all corners of the earth—helping them to retrieve their authentic selves and to tap into the inner core of their power. Albert’s unique gift in the field of Transpersonal Psychology is responsible for his fearlessness when confronting the client’s inner conflicts. In his recent book You’re Not Who You Think You Are, Gaulden writes “Men and women are the same; each of us needs to get in touch with our invisible partner, or shadow in order to be emotionally healthy and happy.”

 

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