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UNDER GOING BRAIN RE-! PROGRAMING TO REDUCE MN OHA
ANTON ORFHLO MLA 00,
Abstract
{The author underwent neo reduction
jana spectacle pesripion of 387 DS
‘and 337 DS to 50 DS axd 25 DS aver
{pela of seven years, Te essence ofthe
prowram was paste adazaion oa se
Fier ofeate laces anabeter son
cr reverse ofthe process f adaptation
ftranger an atoger gles anda more
‘and mare warped space world. General
Ich wor inclding marion, exercise
Yoga, ontdoor walk, pete taining
wih the Alesander Techie, and a
ancedelropraciewere ls help The
_patem worked becauze te prattoners
find pation belived i coud be done and
‘td not averreoc to trans bout of lens
‘thon 2020 son during ediusmen! per
fade. Active therapy as ited 10 si
‘months of eptomericofce training 12
‘duce the lt copter Hare therapy a
‘monocular ony and ineved fre space
mot procedures.
Key Words
‘accommodaion, Alecanter Techie
‘ambient visual stem, eamergence,
Yergence mop cool opi ede
tion peripheral ewarenes space volun
ye Bete naman
troduction
isl remember discussions with
sy brother when we fist ned
lass tage 12; long wis talks about
Tbe suevral othe fitstané how we, vith
‘ur neasghed gees, were probly oly
‘lle to survive childhood bees of
the invention of glass. Otherwise, we
‘wos be rundown by euch eaten by
Tins, Nom, hough, wi ou otal
thes we myopes coulda gfonhand
rou: That was evidently the reason
That more and mot us appeared every
year wearing lanes Oras Yet when
Told my ophthalmologist ia surely God
hoe iniended that evolon should
feed tos heman ice so apa eat
iphied be ares me that wheter God
Intended it or nt that was the way things
wee ad anyone who said albert was
‘ quek. {wasn't canvinced, bt grade
fy. lost more and more contol omy
‘ison I sare blew his,
Many yeas ter, when wen through
«visual etaining program tht reduced
‘ny then early =$00 DS, OU prseition
Spaying new to
Sean exited 80 malin myapes
fn this county," most of hor 80
‘trough similarexperienees withnobeter
hepa had. The purpose ofthis
1 sopgest tha ths does ot have 10
appended ope: 1 ce
space anges hat occur a ne slp into
‘empled, 2) the type of whol body and
tae programming thatean eves the
yoni roses, nd)Rowameapeiene
flesmingtose space again shapes o's
spprosch to treating neasighed patents
‘Rvscond ale In ssquent ne
Sugesis threat bass for und
Stending why myoya eduction oF thie
kn wok, ean befound inrecent bain
research on neuro-pogramming pli
iy, vil pay, visual evelopment
‘nul memery, nd acu eabilistio.
Papcinal joie ot js an
bedied accommodaive sp apd ie
jot elagemen of eels tis 3
reflection ofthe shaking ofthe rans
Space word By clos ofthe piper.
fat by sess andthe by eres inspatal
jdgment induced ty minus lenses. 1
fasy to observe this in eilien who ae
plunging deeper and deeper int nes.
ehtedess. What tas happened is that
"Hee sgace word ha shure dowa opr
‘ari err vision othe canoe judge
fists Te lense indoce such warped
‘sion ia he perpen that tei rans
fave foseeen out, While stets and poor
‘sul ski ttn sins and ered
lay tendencies may have been the il
‘ae of hi reduced periphery and act
ig he lenses depen tee dsoeton in
cing te ide effet of vial images,
they ean eo longer ade how fri ar oF
thee fo lock, S,ratrlly, they canoe
fee the char clesty and they Fray
‘Secommodate and demand mre a more
‘mins intel lenses
Increasing mop i leaned bia
progr. I happen ara sie eet of
Sela vil images cently a loron
‘he perpen: Iexmene by increment
‘dapations te mde Chien going
opi ae Trl living ino "eon eavelooking ost atthe wordtvoughthemowth
of he cave. the cer of the mins lens,
hnable to jue how fr the ca i be
cause they dot se tying round
{hem oreven between themes andthe
chan. Their habits and the lenses ave
roped ter ralnsto thnk a vison
looking a someting and seeing ony
tha To care mj, one ha ope
tr he bese 1 se space
Femembrances of 2 Myopia Past
‘When {was child | uderstod a
tid. aid aor know that when people ae
der ses they “vero in” a neat oP
looking fa, and stop proesing periph
eral gnc! figured ou, though that i
tens mich eset yead and est my ye
own than deal withthe balay fl
oftesnages in my lg junior high
Totied i eign rae, when fst in
‘heme ofthe adioriam hat the peo
plson he stage merely. remembered
{hat the year before they had boea clear
From be back of he sudan where he
Seventh graders sat 1 coud sil se the
hla bt [fled the shoo eee
ing, My first gleses were “1.25 DS, OU
and with them Twas given he poe 0
See the veins on is eaves of theresa
Astounding distances. Was tht the good
‘son hid ls? Aer tht Tet ine
‘xa cai every yar and domandedile-
‘copie sight 1d not have words forte
entra sess those glasses pot on my ac
ommodative system. It ook thm off
‘oread
Tri oot Know how to rset that
icky fesing bough on by the los
lear sigh The neil of vis
terioratonwasthe worst oft wih a0 way
10 sup the inexorable proces of eyeball
‘rowing longer and longer 1 thought. 1
uiedhardertose inthe sume way one
‘might focus ioc ah on ty pie 3
‘est. Soon {needed the glises forthe
‘aboard ar well ar che sdiorum.
‘Tere was no ene fo typ my ecpta bone
and ell me to see fate back i the
ea” relax a look Softy” and 0
hang on othe perpen”
Tet vas sn ey, a ona is:
take, oll une allof my ends Most
peopein those days adler sight Now
tre don but our cont lee thoi
{es andfashion ames haelaledut ito
TRskingegoparampenty incesing os
itis imo sacha lore. At age 12 inthe
Fits, hugh, was socially ndaestha:
cally catsophie wo becowe 2 myope
‘vas known a the “lone bombshell in
jor high, but Blondes were o longer
Dombshels in gi” glses wit Title
‘hinestnes at the comers. Late, when
fees wore small back eat eet. god
took were stl sve Wiha prions
image of Beauty, was deny caged in
zines wore them only Incas, THe
restf the me I moved na fog of vanity
tnd became somewhat Intoverted.
lopped locking ale my personaly
ange behind my very eyes. My mother
‘wondered wit had happened ther ou
‘ing dvgher
Twas athletic and had won eter he
yea before I been neared, Iwas
‘ch harder to etch a all with my
‘lasseson. Things weresmalerancloser
{han they were witout ny lasses, and
was in diferent place. Behind ny
Frames, was 0 longer i the word,
looking moi instead. There was fear af
breaking glsses ten oo. They aie't
only contacts svaiabe to ates were
Ing, anf selerl lenses. Our babysit-
ter worethemand ny emetropic mother
lookadather coming up he wal, ggg
«3d and sd, Poor San.
My father was ser hat it was hs
"mina" myopic ones that hd made
ussoblind He gave mea book by ols
Dr. Witla Bases on “bever eyesight
Wwidour ses." At 304, 1 fahly
Aidt exercises forthe ments. boing
toeliminstemy then 250 DS win
Aer myopie coresion ll tone. 1s
Dried my ophthalmologist tat year
Because Tid ot get wore. He had pee
ite peogrsion to 290 16." I 8 1
never de wor una whips iy
5:22 pumeorer he 500 DS mark and
uring my second pregnancy an appoint
‘ment with an opthalmolog ware of
hoon put me oerthe00 DS mark
mage 2,
chaps I even got beter after “ing,
Bates” bait was wot part of my deter’
‘ode of vison to tke min vay rom
{A myope I would “grow noi al soon
perchance war already uly grow these
‘road giveme extra lp" when leaned
todeive. Orso we tough
Tot ow that dep perception is
feed by mins or that when one ha 0
‘overaccommodete, convergence pulled
i more or recalled. {use knew that
spice wae so differen in gases tht T
srt sure where things were any mor.
Ones the driving nstracor ed mis rake
‘when was certain we coud um without
‘tig those pedestins
leas power the more the peripbry i=
warped bythe lens, Because Fight i
‘ted forthe benefit of foveal acuity ahe
apes of ambien vision. Noe i un
‘dian thatthe more the periphery &
‘weed the hdr 8 te the center
‘leary because you cant judge ow fa
Ju without accurate peripheral exe. All
"cya that i’ fea fe devin,
ould aa ee anything oat ofthe sides
sv eyes and fad 0 whip my hea Back
tn for ad ack oth ad was i reat
Anger oflosng sight of ee mae of he
oud The diving isrctr old 1 ha
To keep my eyes sigh bead and ot
leo othe bd of woul deve of inthe
lotion Twas lokig. edo do that
be tscred ne 0 much did ke my
oun ea 20
hough lses gave me goo vison,
though, because I could sce the veins o6
the eaves ofthe faraway ess. ot
Says at when you're cemin of what
yorseeand wher it ht ir g00d vision,
‘AU Liew was tht {didn't How what
‘wathee frau without my lasses, ae
svi my pases I wasnt se here the
vere Bat | a ach
‘When | as 21,my husband dlighed
sme om our Honeymoon by saying | was
eutifil in lames and since Toul pot
see him clearly across he table without
‘hem, he woul honored would wear
them all he ime: He was worrying about
thes of my hard (the od PRIMA type)
enlctlenss because they Fequeaty id
ot my corneas when e was Kissing se
fn had tobe retrieved frm somewhere
‘lly else tomy bran Twas gad to
fet ofthe because { could’ readin
thm any more easily thn coud readin
sy ses. By then there was longer
ny porsiblty of not wearing some
‘thiggescep for reading.
‘While T never readin pists, ook
ots in them. Ist trough high schol
‘ol collge and graduate Schoo ia the.
Noone ever suggested bifocal in cats or
lt spsciaclesoverthe conta to reat.
‘oll two contact lens specaiss in wo
‘ts that oul end hough hy on.
"ac: lenses, They both frowned and Sid
"Yau shoal beable ore th en
Misume tvon ponestat wat hat when Hw a il
‘When I was 3, was eyelopeged
bxcausesnoteraphaneogi thought
‘my eate-hardened coke btilenss were
‘oo sone He gave me 4-387 DS ands
337 DS, which! wore ii | leared
Fede my myopia Thad'o keep hem by
‘ny bedside abs bu ok them of
“Then 381 ook my oles daugher
tor Amiel Fancke in Wisingon, D.C.
fd wa fered in what tis Bhan
eral optomtit had ay abou vision
that Cade an apponamen for myself
Franek wat the Fst opomett I a
‘ver known, 10K im stout my Bats
experience: He explained len ede
tion must be radul or ¢ would be re
Ten al at once and se. He alo allowed
that hehada few mote isp hs scene
‘han Bates. Teed, ha managed 10
reduce his own myopia ad that of many
‘ter as wel One's space wor” had
‘o cnge in rer to do though
wondered what his meant he ine.
Laver when I vas wearing ch weaker
Jenses, ne The spce weedisamen
pereepion of "how fri" and "Bow
sop is dap" and "now wile wid.” We
anal esse 20 fet the sare, ul we
all see that measured space in ou ov
Way. AS T gave up least, 1 fle twas
ching space out with ny eyes Ths
nw Kid of ooking occu mtr,
vero oft in my dary
1 seem to have sed the horizon
‘aay ge abitand til sharp ond
lear. was geting very pied about
hw farsa? oa we ao he
{fares that we se te same a he
‘armas that someone el see? Phys.
‘ol space com be eased tna
‘space cannot. Is in they and bran
Of the behalder. Whose space i he
trae space? fn my mints ext 1 can
‘hoot om oro ino the i and ay, Tt
‘ame tres aw noe vere" the
reference frame of elated hing can
Se what ine i onde and whee. And
can anyone esi tevin Bud
Yeharwe eachseewhen we say. Tent
SO ater aso phi ai.
Ivoppearstome now tha "Qn a Clear
ay You Com Soe Foren
‘Thal was a jung perception for one
who had Hive in vial aly for 25
years. There were many ste perceptions
1s sjce expanded side she, up and
down, out infront 8 color sensi
Increased as sterepsisbeeume mor pre
ls aha and fare avay sation
Ship in space were vowed ala oee: 5
‘memorioofh lon, sali myo
ia awakened: a posture and enerey
[Evel changed; end asthe new views
‘change patoms of thinking
discovered that each oa es hat
ix own viru word that rationed by
the imeracton ofthe individ and he
leice ofthe lens, ad once one adj 0
"ar es, one Tooking into tht wold
fd faired » new rin progr of
‘Space peresin. Te compressed view
‘hen continues ene’ eed fr the les.
That view Is the fre that rains the
ostoning and Focusing of one's eye
Fr ieme in space were mich closer than
they realy are, The deep thre-dime-
Slonl reality of good vgn becomes. 0
‘ube say, twodiensional nage of
reaiy im mini lenses. Ever in conte
the spacer Between objets ar vialy
compressed.
To begin the process of giving wp
lenses and lego sce wel ain my
lap 2075 conection was exchanged for
‘neta lowed lenbly a the mide
lof my ange of 2020 Beside ocking me
int compressed space wold the 2015
‘il vison dd nit me perceive he
‘momenaty Mutations of lary at dis
"Src hata vewlly sora person expe
renee. I had forgten how to converge
varying distances of Tar and refocus
wid jus lik ofthe ee, As wore the
Wether late, tect aware ofthese
jst osenbeaitferences (he JNDS that,
We tin patients to see) and my bein
Tose wo refocus my eyes fr aay la
‘rio carte view hissy nt oe
that there eno signa visa fer
fence between the 20-foo exam distance
ad infinity, except possibly rom bend
‘Tens reduction is tly bran e-pro
gramming I changes the word a one
ows it and one's relationship to. yeti
workseven when one moves slow oat
oflnsesandvithjstasiteetforasone
‘moved item Ica also happen faster
vith high impact pris procedures and
forced ajustneat to weaker and weaker
laposableconacts. Since had no tine or
‘money feos raining fit, as pal
fom he gradal len redaction pan. The
key to success war wearing reading
aise. The leases di he fst 2.0 DS
educa for me,
Fem 1975 to 1983, with Francke®
balp nd that of Dr James Brent
(wher I moved 10 Mine in °7) 1a
Jed to weaker and weaker lenses and
feared ose space ny 198 1 ak
eerie no lenses, or oczsinaly 3-25
DS ara Plana in spin-eat sof contact.
Oc aining forte ene process wis
Tits six mone with Franke when
"reas Washingion again in '81 and 82,
"kept dary fo that part of the poses!
So Thive vivid momones of what wae
Tkete give up ha ft dager
Trevihole experience Was 0 fain
Jing ard changed may vision so rade
that ecded wo become an optometi.
wane o be cerifed to we and explore
{he emrmous power of lene fo ctaage
peeived space, to change vision, 10
hang the very unsining othe ri,
“Thal was new word for a former
high shoo! English ad social studies
tracer. Ineeéed wo yeas of pre-oprome
try cris before | could even begin. F
rally in 1985, 1 enlled atthe lina
Colley of Optometry (100) and it be
‘ame Blumenthal’ tsk to lp re bod
the god vision during fours years
there had already etmed tht ese re
‘brain-tanging, bransprograraming de
‘vies becats they shape and cor! the
Tight ates hing the ection and thee
fore te signals from the ight owning
‘through the entre bran ad intoeaing
Sheen body. They ean make ou vision
‘wot they can ain us 10 rede
‘vopa sn Se space diferent
‘My progam for myopia reduction i
escrbed below. I longer sms un
‘alto me because mary of my own
atin aswel aha ofthe optome
ss, ae doing the sane.
‘Training to See Space
“Me ining consisted of thee phases
Fret Phase, 1973-198 Lens rection
ithou ay specie waning vechniques
Unt I wore 4-150 DS and 28 DS
Spherlprescrgtin. Prieto "75 Twore
23347 DS and 337 DS wit a smal
taut of agains the rle tnd Tat
Re was bused ona eycoplegie reaction
in 79 that had aleay cut me fom my
od 425 DS with ender OU preserp:
‘Second Phase, 1981-82: Offce tan
ing wah Franek for two treernonth
bloeksof wo one hour sessions per week,with one mont Fee between, and wo
‘montiseFahane program afer THstook
ne downto what now wear for god
igure visioe (80 DS and ~28 DS in
pnt st contac lenses), These lens
fowers were ermine by reteaicopy,
Es wollasthe sbjetve ection, When
ef Wasting, I was also wearing «
+£.25 DS pir of ting spectacles over
my canes er was, and peting excl
Ten ison mst dys. Dung tht year
very lenseut vas ist prciea wih lus
Spectacles caning ot minus before 1
‘tll received new contac Even with
to lesen sa, was comfortable the
Beach at sumer seeing numbers on the
salboats, address ote houses ass
the street, whl eae on th bo
Third Phas, 1983-9 Prther Ra
ction with Blumetbal in hig to
25 DS apd aPlan, and tena sale
1 old my gas. For six months T wore
notiag on eteray excot ore. There
hal on yop cond during two years
lof pe-opamety elses und our ears a
ICO. My vision held up fairly well
‘troup the fr searand half of pm
ryan Then there was some Sipps
ie spite of eros, bu now Lam back
‘9 wher 1 asin 1982 won lt Was
‘ual vision ising, ost es cont
First Phase
Teeduced ny aed for mins prescep
ios by gray adapting weaker and
‘weaker lens inte revert ofthe oes
of adaption tt ed mein eros myo
lit in the fe place. No visual theraoy
Techniques wee used: only weaker eset
tnd reading elses al ptr weaker
than my distance Re Nuon execs,
tutor walks, good igh. yor and pos:
ural ining so played ale amcor
tan, I followe » earfal iet ad tok
‘megavtaming reserved by 2 biochem
fal genes fr ane eat problem
fd they imped my vision af wel
‘ra ey for ens et thee weeks aie
Tegan the nutton program,
Tinaximized actives outdoors was
sirectos to walk Irequeatly and weat
Tange, comfomble shoes to preven my
oe rom cua pando keep the ipod
of ny fotbons grounded Tor eee po
prioception snl Kinestaie awareness. 1
tse gardned without my glass, ese
Sally 00 days before Uae is From
(Champign fo Riverdale see Blumen.
th ofr es recon. ha
Spec ps form Ki a bad,
Sc and gt cane a ear pat of
‘my le, wih un den ty
Set tid iterate my
Beston ae paint gor walks ou
dear, when thy hy le
feat sue Row mach sels et
roves tere Someone
Sd ere moving eps wae
‘oul aot movement of eres it
owe fas cron move sdvanags than
Sing vig re nga he
‘ot bay an tan along wih eyes,
‘rn pe ambit vial ten an
Sinaaing petra meron datos in
teria
ee ny wala. eines
a wont a i ous ote a ea
ined Iwas tone with sal een,
soig ysl reek and ead ot
“woofs pears takeveingsoleee
Cours in sine snd math Hap.
Smet refs ge more mis
Solan trom once lass
eared ta tr al Ws reas
Sewn ist. stance Ws ne e
White inti, bt Alcan
Techie sons ih lo Bele my
via, This Teco fom po
Dol eestor developed by BAC AL
trans wot en Shakespearean
‘crwth vie oben. He iroered
that he postion af hi ea, peck and
tomo fae hs oie an eam 0
contol Hecate prima en
tel mein Tor poste ed oe
tea oom he Wes eng er tos
tnt pope er es to ard
ot ns gees, cuding we Aldous
Husky tamed’ pooper of ede
Te, pia Dewey anon Rayon
Dar Noe ine In md,
Nis Tadegen.” Al wre pases of
the Techie, sich snow ere
hadron tay Stn requ
thea fice i ig for
troche ctfenton® Teste
thesysem he cher, wh ee
tng firm toch fsa change in tbe
sens bit pose which als
frees and coy eer in se
tng, ning, ao wating Ove oso
corsa ryrochng oe aet
eves oe alone anes hetescher
crate inset expec of Poe
tex alignment ant movement One upon
‘time mos of eh hat "geod weit
is insite inal babies—burt ges
veapedby the sess of ehldhood and
Youth, 36 well by imitation of poor
areata posture spd by conpetr oe
Afi lesan, oe stairs to r=
ree the Knesibede expeienrofcorect
posture becaue i s much nor ples
Ent and ficient than the hail warp.
‘With subecqoent lessons, wich areal
esthetic experiences of beter "se the
staden gradually changes his hats of
movement snd sane: hs "us of se at
‘Aleranderealegt
‘Ataiodstdent can thenscieve he
improvement on his own witht ile
tention 10 “cect” of Bi thought oF
Tals etme that “snd sing" 0
‘eta projet or some pysicl work done
Withoot copra Altande’ "esas
hereby" Te to sap-ash pater of
oor se that gervated my vison prod
Tens over ie yer ty dsningenrgy snd
locking in por poste 1 case that
Thad ofen done things sid (0 6"
witout relly commiting msl tothe
‘ross dnd ha ths leo endeney to
temenaly somewkerelse,and unre
ofthe deal means whereby." would, 85
T pati, "bury to et somahing. done
witout ely being par of what Tas
ing
‘Bosh the vision changes andthe Alex
snder work tained met be mor ae
{0 "be bre ao” ia th pest amet
‘one from te scene, to make one an on
Tooke, I conclade, Before I educed the
lens power hough, and raned to see
“volume wrapping around, Lever
Imaged that my spec peresptions were
warped in any wa.
“Atestnde teachers 6 fn ht vison
improves patent comtinelessons and
often lens prescrpioes ned cbe reduced
‘oe Tuerpostrlimprovernex is impos
ible tes append to The Art of Se
ing, Aldous Huxley repos tht FM.
‘Alexander rcordedcaser of sme myopic
‘iden who recovered nomalight when
they Ire prope ead an ec li
‘ment Darell Boyd Harmon 0,
‘husized he posure/vison conection
know from experince tat posture
and vision re inertve Nek eonsone ofthe majo things ht was released
With Alexander Tehnige. Gating my
eck “free and bac" and my “enemy up
reduced the amount of Fre power hat
oeded 0 soe clearly and refing ees,
in, tute duced my neck terion.
The bes way to obser tis imercomec
tion fo wear some excessively song
Tenes and be aware ofthe change ia pos
ture and feeling inthe neck wes. Or cae
an it ar computer al ay wit hia up
tnd neck trust forward and ote the
blur vison ae tke en ofthe dy. = wel
asthesilf eck, Peshaps his warped VOT.
ste occurs beeawie mos people were
more practized at converging Indwngsze
prior to the rie of computers, s0 they
Fimulate that position while facing
ght ahead these,
Daring those years of myopia reduc
in {was ot use compules oly ead
or typed paced oar across the ars
of my reading eh ike Thomas Jl
fon, and propped the bok parallel my
face oad leaning over my lap. When
ver my reading glasses became clear
enough to see at distr. they became my
reve diane passe My ditnce fae
Sear ecyeled into new reading ple 4
al ptr ess han he old eaeg pe
serpin. AS far a I know, 1 was 0
Pho, so thegetically pls sould ne
fave worked” Yet I reuced my lens
power his way signal. Twasstls0
Insecure in pace, hough, at ede 0
Keep my gloss t my bedside in ese a
child awoke aight.
Second Phe
Twas back in Wishingion for a yar
an i st months of in oice taining
wh Franke, During the isto meats
OF the oie program als done hat
4 day of visi procedure at hare. Tee
rest of the year swam, walked, snd ob
Served my ison diy et nary al he
‘es of my Tens power gd leased 1 see
Space, {dese i
"Te fit wack inthe program Iwas
‘efemedousforsoftconst lene of-1.25
DOU ina specified bran that allowed
fall spetum ight the oes Lacy
they fi Te office ning tl done in
fee space with raining nse ove he
ota. No office procedures were done
‘witout ese, yoked prisms inal ee
Tins opie of sorting rns hat
read vertical diplopia. The procedures
oordinatd specific body and eye nave
tment wtle demanding beter posure pe
{soe eal Opty
ripheral vision, and sharper kines
snapropriocepve waones. Mostothe
office procedures were biagcslar and
were done sanding or moving with the
‘hoes, aif. Gradually, 12 home proce
ute tnd 10 office procodre were
‘ven. Some ofthese were Fancke oi
‘aloes cane from he ate Dr. Brace
‘Wolf. The home procedures were oss
nd fine motor activites involving pos
‘ure, movemet popeoceptve awareness.
‘niin Tor one out of dally hore
roctice, They were all monoclar and
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{Gardens expanded enormously. My eyes
seemed "go bck and back amongst the
flowers cold pl uptoshefve-way
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se the whole arena al the incoming
streets none plane.
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stances in new ways (pote that the
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walks inerderts ph sitio less power
outdoors before {wat ready to actly
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to alow peripheral viswing. My contact
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