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Préféré de nos Montagnes

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Schallenberg

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Delice de Bourgogne

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Ewephoria

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Kaltbach Le Crémeux

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Malvarosa

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Plymouth Red, White & Blue

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Raclette

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Tulip Tree Nettle

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Obere Mühle Sennerkäse with Fenugreek

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Raschera

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Redhead Creamery Little Lucy

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Montealva

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Grafton Clothbound Cheddar

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Sbrinz

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Güntensberg

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Ubriaco del Piave

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Sapore Mitica

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Lincolnshire Poacher

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Grana Padano, DOP

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Kilokaesle

September

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L'Amuse Brabander Goat Gouda

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Jasper Hill Farm Little Hosmer

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Mimolette

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Landaff

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L'Etivaz

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L'Amuse Gouda

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Chällerhocker

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Zingerman's Manchester

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Roth Grand Cru Surchoix

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Spring Brook Farm Tarentaise Reserve

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Idyll Farms Idyllweiss

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Los Cameros Red Label

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Featured Cheeses - January 2020

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Préféré de nos Montagnes

Préféré de nos Montagnes

  • Country: France
  • Cheese Texture / Type: Soft; Bloomy Rind
  • Milk Type: Cow
  • Cheese Age: 1-2 months
Préféré de nos Montagnes is a modern version of a classic French brie cheese named Reblochon, which is not available in the United States because it is made with raw milk and prohibited from being imported. Both Préféré de nos Montagnes and Reblochon are produced in the Jura Mountains of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France, in Haute-Savoie. Thus, Préféré de nos Montagnes is essentially a Reblochon-like brie made with pasteurized cow’s milk in lieu of raw. Thankfully, this allows us to share this wonderful style of cheese with you. Read More
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Valserena Parmigiano Reggiano

Valserena Parmigiano Reggiano

  • Country: Italy
  • Cheese Texture / Type: Firm
  • Milk Type: Cow
  • Cheese Age: 2-3 years
Valserena Parmigiano Reggiano is a firm, cow’s milk, parmesan cheese, aged 24-36 months. Its texture is firm and crumbly, with visible flavor crystals. On the palate, this cheese explodes with flavors, including an interesting juxtaposition of rich butter and bright citrus. The finish is longingly inviting, so much so that you will wish you had more. Oftentimes this cheese is served in pieces drizzled with a touch of honey or balsamic vinegar from Modena. Read More
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Alisios

Alisios

  • Country: Spain
  • Cheese Texture / Type: Firm; Mixed Milk
  • Milk Type: Cow, Goat
  • Cheese Age: 2-3 months
Alisios is the name of the trade winds that blow over the island of Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands off the Southern Coast of Morocco, where this lovely cheese selection is made. Its exotic location and ethereal name only add to the excitement and attractiveness of this semi-firm cheese aged two to three months, a magical mix of both pasteurized cow’s and Papoya goat’s milk covered with sweet pimentón – the source of Spanish smoked paprika. Read More

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Valdeón

Valdeón

  • Country: Spain
  • Cheese Texture / Type: Semi-firm; Blue; Mixed Milk
  • Milk Type: Goat, Cow
  • Cheese Age: 6 months
Valdéon, is a pasteurized, semi-firm blue cheese made from both cow and goat’s milk from the base of the Picos de Europa in the town of Posada de Valdeón, Castilla y Léon, Spain, by a family-owned and operated cheesemaker. While considered a sister cheese to the Cabrales DOP (Denominación de Origen), the Valdéon is milder, with a luxurious, creamy texture. Traditionally wrapped in oak or maple leaves and aged six months, this cheese captures the attention of your palate with its rustic and robust flavor combination. Read More
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Schallenberg

Schallenberg

  • Country: Switzerland
  • Cheese Texture / Type: Hard
  • Milk Type: Cow
  • Cheese Age: 10 months
The award-winning Schallenberg is a very special offering made in the Emmentaler AOP of Shallenberg, Switzerland, by master cheesemaker, Hansruedi Gasser, at a picturesque mountain dairy and shop named Oberei where he resides with his wife, Brigitte, and their two children. Oberei is a certified mountain cheese dairy, and Hansruedi, an Emmentaler AOP Käsere top ten producer in 2013, 2015, 2016, and 2017. Handcrafting only four wheels of cheese per day in the centuries’ old, traditional method, Hansruedi produces cheese of the finest quality and consistency. Read More
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Délice de Bourgogne

Délice de Bourgogne

  • Country: France
  • Cheese Texture / Type: Soft; Bloomy Rind
  • Milk Type: Cow
  • Cheese Age: 1-2 months
Délice de Bourgogne is the name of a trademarked cheese from the Burgundy region of France, created in 1975 by Jean Lincet and his fifth-generation, family-operated cheesemaking company, Fromagerie Lincet, originally founded in 1895 and based in the towns of Saligny, Vaudes, and Brochon, the latter of which shares a home with the winemaking village of Gevrey-Chambertin along the Route des Grands Crus in the Côte de Nuits. The milk for the Lincet family of cheeses is gathered daily from 61 farmers with whom Fromagerie Lancet has worked for over 50 years. Read More

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Ewephoria

Ewephoria

  • Country: Netherlands
  • Cheese Texture / Type: Firm
  • Milk Type: Sheep
  • Cheese Age: 12 months
Ewephoria is a Dutch gouda-style cheese made from pasteurized sheep’s milk instead of cow’s milk, as well as vegetable rennet cultures, and then aged 12 months. CheeseLand, a Seattle-based importer of Dutch cheeses, worked with a small farm to create Ewephoria in 2004. The sheep graze on salty, green, island pastures near a nature preserve in the northern Friesland region of The Netherlands bordering the sea, where they are treated like members of the family. Read More
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Kaltbach Le Crémeux

Kaltbach Le Crémeux

  • Country: Switzerland
  • Cheese Texture / Type: Firm
  • Milk Type: Cow
  • Cheese Age: 4-6 months
Kaltbach Le Crémeux is a fairly new cheese, arriving in the United States in early 2017. It is a washed-rind cheese made at the Emmi facility in Emmen, then cave aged in Kaltbach Cave, a veritable labyrinth of 22 million-year-old natural sandstone located near Lucerne in the Alpine Valley of Switzerland. It is named after the river that runs through the cave, which keeps the humidity at 96%, a crucial component in the development of the cheese’s texture. Read More
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Malvarosa

Malvarosa

  • Country: Spain
  • Cheese Texture / Type: Semi-firm
  • Milk Type: Sheep
  • Cheese Age: 2-3 months
This Spanish selection, first imported to the United States in 2004, has a unique story and inspiration: the Guirra breed of sheep. Valencian cheesemaker, Enrique, created this cheese to preserve this breed, which had become nearly extinct by 1990. With his cheesemaking, he has grown the herd to 500 sheep. The cheese’s preparation and presentation are distinctive: it is wrapped in cheesecloth, then the curds are drained by tying together the ends of the cloth, which causes the cheese to resemble a servilleta (napkin) when unwrapped. Read More

Featured Cheeses - April 2020

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Plymouth Red, White & Blue

Plymouth Red, White & Blue

  • Country: United States
  • Cheese Texture / Type: Semi-soft; Blue/span>
  • Milk Type: Cow
  • Cheese Age: 3-4 months
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Raclette

Raclette

  • Country: France
  • Cheese Texture / Type: Semi-soft
  • Milk Type: Cow
  • Cheese Age: 6 months
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Tulip Tree Nettle

Tulip Tree Nettle

  • Country: United States
  • Cheese Texture / Type: Semi-soft; Fresh
  • Milk Type: Cow
  • Cheese Age: 2 weeks
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Obere Mühle Sennerkäse with Fenugreek

Obere Mühle Sennerkäse with Fenugreek

  • Country: Germany
  • Cheese Texture / Type: Semi-soft
  • Milk Type: Cow
  • Cheese Age: 6 months
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Raschera

Raschera

  • Country: Italy
  • Cheese Texture / Type: Semi-firm
  • Milk Type: Cow
  • Cheese Age: 60 days
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Redhead Creamery Little Lucy

Redhead Creamery Little Lucy

  • Country: United States
  • Cheese Texture / Type: Soft; Bloomy Rind
  • Milk Type: Cow
  • Cheese Age: 4-14 weeks
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Montealva

Montealva

  • Country: Spain
  • Cheese Texture / Type: Semi-firm
  • Milk Type: Goat
  • Cheese Age: 2 months
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Grafton Clothbound Cheddar

Grafton Clothbound Cheddar

  • Country: United States
  • Cheese Texture / Type: Firm
  • Milk Type: Cow
  • Cheese Age: 6-9 months
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Sbrinz

Sbrinz

  • Country: Switzerland
  • Cheese Texture / Type: Firm
  • Milk Type: Cow
  • Cheese Age: 3 years
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Güntensberg

Güntensberg

  • Country: Switzerland
  • Cheese Texture / Type: Firm
  • Milk Type: Cow
  • Cheese Age: 6 months
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Ubriaco del Piave

Ubriaco del Piave

  • Country: Italy
  • Cheese Texture / Type: Firm
  • Milk Type: Cow
  • Cheese Age: 4-6 months
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Sapore Mitica

Sapore Mitica

  • Country: Italy
  • Cheese Texture / Type: Firm
  • Milk Type: Cow
  • Cheese Age: 16 months
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Lincolnshire Poacher

Lincolnshire Poacher

  • Country: England
  • Cheese Texture / Type: Firm
  • Milk Type: Cow
  • Cheese Age: 14-24 months
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Grana Padano, DOP

Grana Padano, DOP

  • Country: Italy
  • Cheese Texture / Type: Firm
  • Milk Type: Cow
  • Cheese Age: 18-20 months
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Kilokaesle

Kilokaesle

  • Country: Austria
  • Cheese Texture / Type: Semi-firm
  • Milk Type: Cow
  • Cheese Age: 6 months
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Featured Cheeses - September 2020

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L'Amuse Brabander Goat Gouda

L'Amuse Brabander Goat Gouda

  • Country: Netherlands
  • Cheese Texture / Type: Firm
  • Milk Type: Goat
  • Cheese Age: 6-9 months
If you like goat cheeses… and you like gouda, this may become your new favorite all-time cheese! No doubt the first thing you'll notice about this cheese is its striking bone-white rind and paste, a hallmark of a goat cheese. The flavor is intense, complex, and super savory: sweet buttery notes, big tanginess, sweet grass and hay earthy notes, and hints of nuts. In short, a huge, sweet, umami bomb. Its mouthfeel is luxurious, silky and creamy. You could say it’s got it all: good looks, a big assertive, outstanding flavor profile, and super creamy texture. Read More
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Jasper Hill Farm Little Hosmer

Jasper Hill Farm Little Hosmer

  • Country: United States
  • Cheese Texture / Type: Soft; Bloomy Rind
  • Milk Type: Cow
  • Cheese Age: 7-9 weeks
Another 'Northeast Kingdom gem' from the Jasper Hill Creamery, Little Hosmer is a relatively newer cheese from Jasper Hill. L’il Hos may be small, but he’s already racked up a super gold in 2017 at the World Cheese Awards. This is a small format brie (4 ounces), aged 7-9 weeks, with a white bloomy rind. Look for light flavors of mushroom, cabbage, toasted nuts, and fresh cream. The paste is very soft, pliable, and spreadable, and the mouthfeel is super creamy and clean. We found it a milder brie that will appeal to many cheese lovers and novices alike. Read More
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Mimolette

Mimolette

  • Country: France
  • Cheese Texture / Type: Hard
  • Milk Type: Cow
  • Cheese Age: 12-18 months
Traditionally made near the city of Lille, France, Mimolette was originally made at the request of King Louis XIV to replace Dutch Edam cheese which he himself banned in Flanders. So the French reproduced Edam, but with a few twists of their own to make it distinct, seasoning it with annatto which gives Mimolette its nutty, sweet flavor and unique orange hue. Mimolette is a very hard cheese, but the fudgy paste becomes smooth and creamy when eaten. Its intensely nutty flavor also offers slight fruity/pineapple notes with just the right amount of saltiness to balance the butterscotch sweet notes. Read More

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Landaff

Landaff

  • Country: United States
  • Cheese Texture / Type: Semi-firm
  • Milk Type: Cow
  • Cheese Age: 4-6 months
Landaff is refreshingly different from a cheddar or a gouda. Though fairly firm, the paste is open and crumbly and melts like butter on your tongue. The flavor is milky and tart like a fresh yogurt and develops a mottled gray, natural rind that smells earthy from being aged in the cave-like cellars. The paste is a lovely, creamy yellow and as it matures it forms a slightly darker, richer yellow band just under the rind. Read More
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L'Etivaz

L'Etivaz

  • Country: Switzerland
  • Cheese Texture / Type: Firm
  • Milk Type: Cow
  • Cheese Age: 12 months
L’Etivaz, named after a small Swiss mountain village, is said to be made as Gruyere cheese was once made over a century ago. An AOP designated cheese, L'Etivaz is made from milk from a small cooperative of 76 cheesemakers that felt that government regulations were enabling cheesemakers to produce Gruere in a way that compromised its original flavor profile and integrity. In the 1930s they created L’Etivaz and eventually sought and obtained AOP designation. Read More
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L'Amuse Gouda

L'Amuse Gouda

  • Country: Netherlands
  • Cheese Texture / Type: Firm
  • Milk Type: Cow
  • Cheese Age: 9-12 months
Procured and aged at the renowned Fromagerie L'Amuse in Santpoort-Noord, Holland, just outside of Amsterdam, each batch of L’Amuse Gouda is selected for us by L'Amuse owner Betty Koster. It’s aged for over a year, allowing big crunchy flavor crystals to develop. Over the years, owners Betty and Martin Koster have built up the L’Amuse brand to be one of the more respected gouda producers in the country through their affinage, or cheese maturation process. They’re known for aging goudas at higher temperatures, resulting in greater complexity and dept in flavor their cheeses flavor profiles. Read More

Featured Cheeses - November 2020

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Chällerhocker

Chällerhocker

  • Country: Switzerland
  • Cheese Texture / Type: Firm
  • Milk Type: Cow
  • Cheese Age: 10 months
Where the Roth Grand Cru Surchoix also featured this month has loads of flavor up front, Chällerhocker builds flavor as you eat it. It begins more subtly, and the flavor unfolds on your palate to reveal a wealth of deep flavors. This is a cooked curd cheese, so you'll taste that rich custard flavor, but you'll also pick up on a roasted nuttiness and a slight sweetness. The sweetness is due in part from the wine that's rubbed on the rind. It's not an overwhelming sweetness but rather a subtle sweet note that adds to Chällerhocker’s complex flavor profile. Extra cream added back in adds to the rich, creamy, fudgy texture and mouthfeel. Read More
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Zingerman's Manchester

Zingerman's Manchester

  • Country: United States
  • Cheese Texture / Type: Soft; Bloomy Rind
  • Milk Type: Cow
  • Cheese Age: 2-4 weeks
Manchester is named after the town where Zingerman's Creamery was originally located and is crafted from milk sourced entirely from one small local farm (Calder Dairy). It’s a double cream, so pretty rich right out of the gate. This soft, bloomy rind cheese is aged 2-4 weeks and presents a soft, velvety mouth feel. The flavor varies slightly with the season as it largely reflects what the cows have been eating. The rind is completely edible and delicious too. We found its flavor profile earthy, creamy, woody, slightly tangy and nutty, with a lingering, mouthwatering finish. Read More
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Roth Grand Cru Surchoix

Roth Grand Cru Surchoix

  • Country: United States
  • Cheese Texture / Type: Firm; Washed Rind
  • Milk Type: Cow
  • Cheese Age: 9+ months
Winner of the 2016 World Cheese Championship Contest, Emmi Roth’s Roth Grand Cru Surchoix was the first Wisconsin-produced cheese to do so in nearly 30 years. In 1865 Oswald Roth started exporting Swiss cheeses into the US. Fast forward to 1990 and Roth Kasen USA is founded in Monroe, Wisconsin, becoming the first to install copper vats for producing Alpine cheeses and the first to begin using red pine wooden planks to age cheeses in the US. Read More

Featured Cheeses - December 2020

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Spring Brook Farm Tarentaise Reserve

Spring Brook Farm Tarentaise Reserve

  • Country: United States
  • Cheese Texture / Type: Semi-soft
  • Milk Type: Cow
  • Cheese Age: 12-18 months
Home to a wide array of livestock including more than 42 registered Jersey Holstein milking cows that produce over 600,000 pounds of milk each year, Spring Brook Farm is a 1,000 acre dairy farm that produces award-winning farmhouse cheeses. In fact, their Tarentaise cheese featured this month has won no less than 22 national and international awards to date, including the most recent honors of taking first place in the "Farmstead Category Aged 60 days or more" at the 2020 American Cheese Society show, and Best of Show at the same event in 2017. Read More
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Idyll Farms Idyllweiss

Idyll Farms Idyllweiss

  • Country: United States
  • Cheese Texture / Type: Soft; Bloomy Rind
  • Milk Type: Goat
  • Cheese Age: 2 weeks
This soft goat cheese won 1st in its class at the American Cheese Society awards in both 2015 and 2017. It’s a bloomy rind cheese with a wrinkly rind and white paste. The cream line, just under the rind, will age from the outside in and become creamier and creamier as it ages. The paste is soft and melts on your tongue. It's buttery in flavor and as clean as goat cheese comes. Read More
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Los Cameros Red Label

Los Cameros Red Label

  • Country: Spain
  • Cheese Texture / Type: Firm; Mixed Milk
  • Milk Type: Cow, Sheep, Goat
  • Cheese Age: 6 months
This Spanish firm mixed milk cheese is aged 6 months and uses a minimum of high quality 60% cow’s milk, 20% sheep’s milk, and 6% goat’s milk collected from local farms. While the cheese is being aged, the rind is repeatedly brushed and rubbed with olive oil, leading to herbal, vegetal and peppery aromas and flavors. The paste is light yellow with small eyes. The finish is particularly interesting, reminding us of savory bay leaves. Los Cameros Red Label pairs well with dry red wines and is traditionally paired with a fruit Dulce de Membrillo, a popular Spanish paste made from quince. Read More
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