Movie Nights for Teens
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    Movie Nights for Teens
    Bob Smithouser
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    ASIN: 1589972155

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    Movies are a staple of most teens' lives. Movie Nights for Teens: 25 More Movies to Spark Spiritual Discussions with Your Teen gives parents a fun way to connect with their teens. The 25 movies chosen cover a range of themes and story lines, and all of them will spark conversation. Each selection features a plot summary, engaging questions, Scripture applications, and more. From recent releases such as The Incredibles and The Lord of the Rings to vintage gems like Rocky and A Man for All Seasons, Movie Nights for Teens will bring families together to talk about movies, culture, and entertainment choices.

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    Foundations of Music and Musicianship (with CD-ROM)
    Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
    • I wouldn't give this any stars, if I could.
    • A fine text to begin learning the grammar of music
    • Attention High School Music Theory Teachers...
    Foundations of Music and Musicianship (with CD-ROM)
    David A. Damschroder
    Manufacturer: Schirmer
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    ASIN: 0534595529

    Book Description

    Be an active participant in the learning process with FOUNDATIONS OF MUSIC AND MUSICIANSHIP with accompanying CD-ROM! The many activities in this book, along with the accompanying CD-ROM, will help you learn the fundamental concepts of music theory so that you can read and make music from written notation. Interactive computer-based exercises to complement each chapter, special tutorials for note reading and key signatures, exercises, and glossary terms are just a few of the tools that will help you succeed.

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    1 out of 5 stars I wouldn't give this any stars, if I could........2006-04-15

    I definitely do NOT recommend this text. Unnecessarily complex for incredibly easy to understand topics, indirect and non-linear in its explanations, and just plain silly.

    5 out of 5 stars A fine text to begin learning the grammar of music.......2004-05-19

    What a fabulous resource for an introductory course in music! The book is aimed at liberal arts students who want to take a course in the fundamentals of music, however, I think (way) back to my music theory course in high school and this would have been a terrific text for that kind of course as well.

    Since music making is an activity that involves your mind (and heart), I appreciate Prof. Damschroder's emphasis on learning through doing. Students will sing, clap, and play their way to understanding the basic grammar of music. The text starts at the very beginning of musical notation and works its way through rhythm, meter, scales, accidentals, chords, and some chromaticiscm. By the end of this one term course the student understands the basics of harmonizing simple melodies and can detect errors in notation and matching what they hear with what is written down. There is a good basic glossary and an appendix with additional musical notation helps. An index is also provided.

    Another terrific resource is a CD that contains the musical examples and exercises in the book so the student can work on his or her own and drill themselves a bit and actually work the problems in the book while listening to the exercises through their computer. I like the fact that the student can choose to hear the examples and exercises as a piano, violin, clarinet, oboe, horn, or saxophone if there are pitches. If they are rhythm exercises they can listen to them as a piano, harp, clarinet, vibraphone, drum, or woodblock. It may seem a little thing, but having taught ear training, it does help students to hear examples in the sound they are more familiar in hearing. String players hear strings more easily, woodwind players like to hear woodwinds, and so forth.

    The book also comes with a large fold out chart of the keyboard with each key diagrammed to its exact place on the bass or treble clef. This can be of immeasurable help to non-keyboard players trying to get oriented to reading two staves as a single unit and how they map onto those white and black keys.

    This is a real achievement and I hope it gets widely adopted. It certainly can help students in classes, but it is so well done that someone who was interested in learning this material could work through it on their own with the CD. It might help them to have someone they can go to for help now and again, but things are explained quite well in this book.

    Oh, and when you first try to use the CD, make sure you go to the preferences FIRST and select the proper output mode for your computer.

    4 out of 5 stars Attention High School Music Theory Teachers..........2000-06-23

    Text is well sequenced with content as well as supporting worksheets. There is no irrelevant information in this book to the subject area of Music Theory, as compared to other books which include impertinent information.
    Music: A step-by-step guide to the foundations of musicianship
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      Michael F Montgomery
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      Comprehensive Musicianship (The Foundation for College Education in Music): A Report of the Seminar Sponsored by the Contemporary Music Project at Northwestern University, April 1965
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        The Contemporary Music Project , Music Educators National Conference , James C. Carlsen , Allen Forte , Charles Leonhard , William J. Mitchell , and Ole Sand
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        Foundation course in musicianship
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          Foundations Of Music And Musicianship
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            Damschroder
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              David A. Damschroder
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              Turning Advantage into Victory in Chess
              Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
              • One of the best chess books
              • Must read
              • Working at turning a small advantage into a very big one
              • essential knowledge for practical club/tournament play !
              • Great book
              Turning Advantage into Victory in Chess
              Andrew Soltis
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              ASIN: 0812935810
              Release Date: 2004-10-12

              Book Description

              Emmanuel Lasker, one of the greatest chess players in history, once said, "The hardest game to win is a won game." How to Turn an Advantage into Victory is for the player who wins in the middlegame but doesn't know the right moves to pull off a victory. Learn how to overcome the most common -- and most challenging -- situation in every chess game.

              Customer Reviews:

              5 out of 5 stars One of the best chess books.......2007-05-07

              I had Soltis's earlier book on 'Pawn structure chess' which is one of
              the best books on Pawn structure in the Middle game. So, i was expecting
              a lot from this book.

              And i am glad to say that this book exceeds my expectations. Soltis has
              taken up a very important topic and has brought out a superb chess book.

              Note that this book will be more useful for players who are already at
              a strong playing level. Like for those who are above Fide rating 1900,
              this book will be extremely useful. All the examples selected are highly
              relevant and very useful. One has to carefully study the examples and
              analysis by Soltis and if possible commit it to memory.

              I recommend this book as a must-buy for anyone who wants to improve his
              conversion rate (converting winning positions to a win).

              5 out of 5 stars Must read.......2006-11-02

              I read this book very carefully. Even if you are familiar with the end game technique (the book is full of end games but modern practice) you can learn from it. Just one example. The general concept of "Simplification" is very powerful idea when you turn advantage into win. A simplify means unarm your opponent before he can establish counterblow. I dont recall any other book having a chapter for this topic.

              When you study this book you can have a feeling that chess is more and more philosophy then game. When you have advantage you just have to pick up the right idea and go along it. I advise play some positions from this book with chess software to proof that you've got good understanding of the topic.

              Finally I highly recommend all books of A Soltis.

              4 out of 5 stars Working at turning a small advantage into a very big one.......2006-09-19

              Sometimes this works and sometimes it doesn't. In the real world a small advantage with proper play by your opponent only results in a draw. But, then sometimes you may have one or more small advantages that can be "nurtured" with correct play on both sides into a win. Buth then is that small advantage really small? Philosphy I guess!
              But what this book is about is really taking a "real" advantage and milking it for what it is worth. True, that for me and if you are not a chess master you to, often it is not making it out of the opening perfectly by not knowing it or falling for any opening trap, or using a small trap in the opening (say just winning one pawn), then having to win with it! I have gotten a pawn with an opening trap and then used it to win! There are many segments to winning (or losing, ha,ha,ha).
              The bottom line is knowing it all. And, this book has some very neat ideas for you instore!

              5 out of 5 stars essential knowledge for practical club/tournament play !.......2006-08-15

              this book is about the late middlegame and multipiece endgames where one side has an advantage but where finding the right plan isn't that obvious and/or takes a lot of moves. Nonetheless Soltis always clearly states the issue(s) at hand (king difference, creating a passed pawn, counterplay danger, ...), gives a lot of concrete thumbrules, doesn't show unnecessary variations, and all this without you needing to take out a board because there are diagrams every +/- 10 moves (sometimes a lot to visualize but perhaps a good exercice?).
              Personally, I couldn't ask for more!
              Moreover I think:
              About the writing style: very clear and concise (if you want a few laughs on top of that, buy eg. Silman).
              About the content: simply delivering 100% what he promised (but be aware that this is not an endgame manuel).
              About the price: real value for money; a bargain.
              About the level: at least 1650-1700 elo is required to appreciate the material in this book.
              In short, this book will learn you how to better handle "quiet" positions where you have a dynamic/static advantage in order to get the full point. In this topical phase of the game, patience is a virtue...

              5 out of 5 stars Great book.......2006-08-07

              This is an amazing chess book i really enjoy reading it, Soltis did a very good job.

              This book can definitly make you a better chess player , it will improve your endgame tehnique and your ability to win a won game .

              Its not an engame book its a book that it will help you transpose a won midle game position to a won engame position and teach you how to get the hole point without any real difficulty.

              I bought 3 copies of this book and gave the 2 as a present to two of my best friends and chess players and they are still thanking me about my desition !! i am glad i did that !

              All players can benefit from this book but i think it will most help intermediate and advance chess players.

              I recommend this great book!

              American Sideshow: An Encyclopedia of History's Most Wondrous and Curiously Strange Performers
              Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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              • American Sideshow
              • Compelling encyclopedia of fascinating people, more context would have been great
              American Sideshow: An Encyclopedia of History's Most Wondrous and Curiously Strange Performers
              Marc Hartzman
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              ASIN: 1585424412

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              A fascinating look into the history of the American sideshow and its performers. Learn what's real, what's fake, and what's just downright bizarre.

              You've probably heard of Tom Thumb. The Elephant Man. Chang and Eng, the original Siamese twins. But what about Eli Bowen, the legless acrobat? Myrtle Corbin, the four-legged woman? Or Prince Randian, the human torso? All these and more were stars during the heyday of the American sideshow, from 1840 to 1950. American Sideshow chronicles the lives of truly amazing performers, examining these brave and extraordinary curiosities, not just as sideshow attractions, but as people, delving into the lives they led and how they were able to triumph over their abnormalities.

              American Sideshow discusses the rise and fall of the original sideshows and their subsequent replacement by today's self-made freaks. With the progress of modern medicine, the physical abnormalities are disappearing, either through treatment or prevention; and, ironically, those same technological advancements now make it possible to change our bodies at will. It's amazing how easy it is to have your tongue forked, horns surgically implanted, or your earlobes removed. There are also modern-day giants, fire-eaters, fire-breathers, sword-swallowers, glass-eaters, human blockheads, and, oh, so much more.

              These fascinating personalities are celebrated through intimate biographies paired with stunning photographs. Approximately 200 performers from the past 160 years are featured, giving readers a comprehensive and sometimes astonishing view of the history of the American sideshow.

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              4 out of 5 stars Go ahead and STARE!.......2007-08-28

              In the Old days the "freaks" didn't have the talk show circuit, they had very few options given to them to make money. If you were born deformed you could either shut yourself up in your house, or join the circus. Back then there wasn't any political correctness, if you had giant growths on your face you were "the ugliest woman", if you weighed over 400 pounds you were the "jolliest fattest person alive" It was all about exploiting your abnormalities to the fullest. It is human nature to be curious about those among us that are different, even shocking in appearance. We try not to stare in public, so when these shows came around it was our opportunity to get an eyeful and not feel guilty. Many times these performers were sold as children by their parents, because it was good money and it got rid of the burden the sideshows became permanent homes for the "orphans". These days disorders and diseases like gigantism, Ichthyosis (alligator skin), even conjoined twins have treatments or solutions for recovery. A lot of the thalidomide babies are grown up and have moved onto normal lives, dwarfism has its own community and they want to be seen as more than an oddity.
              This book gives us a rare insight to all the people, big or small, who put themselves on display for entertainment purposes. It's laid out in a certain timeline, with each performer getting a mini biography and a picture; it was fascinating to learn about their origins and what happened to them after the sideshow life. I thought it was interesting that men who were cross dressers were billed as hermaphrodites dressing up one half man one half women, and males who had parasitic twins were made to have that "twin" a female no matter what. Many owners hyped up their performers, blatantly lying to the public to give them more of an exotic feel. Two albino black men with dreadlocks were Albanian goat men. Even a famous "Chinese" dwarf, was rumored to be a Jewish guy dressed up.
              The book is really informative; I was glued to it for days. The only thing I have to complain about has nothing to do with the book itself, but rather the state of "sideshows" today. Now it's mostly about "Human Marvels" or "self made freaks" and less about physical deformities. The Modern section was FULL of tattooed, sword swallowing, pierced, bug eaters. To me that's just not entertaining, if you go and choose to become a "freak" I really don't care about seeing you. I went and saw the Jim Rose Circus when it came through town in the early 90's, and I wasn't impressed by what I saw.

              4 out of 5 stars Good book.......2007-06-17

              There were some good information and some pictures in this book, however, I felt they covered so many performers that there wasn't enough information about those who were covered. Still a good read.

              5 out of 5 stars Absolutely Fabulous & Entertaining!.......2007-05-25

              "The dazzling real lives of the bearded ladies, the dog faced boys, the camel girl, the lobster boy, the frog boy, the lizard man and all the other strange carnival and sideshow performers."

              5 out of 5 stars American Sideshow.......2006-10-10

              Great sideshow book!

              This book covers more performers and has more photos than any of my
              other sideshow books. Hartzman shows us who these performers are, not
              just as freaks, but as people. He gets into their lives, their loves,
              and their triumphs. Light humor and a casual style make the book very
              readable and enjoyable. Turn to any page and you'll read something
              amazing - something to tell people at work about the next day.

              I read another reviewer's comment below who said Hartzman stated
              too many sideshow claims as fact, but he clearly stated in the
              beginning of the book that giants' and midgets' heights, fat peoples'
              weights, and other "facts" were often exaggerated. This way he didn't
              have to say it every time he mentions a height or weight, which
              would've gotten repetitive. This reviewer also wished he cited his
              sources, which he clearly did in his bibliography.

              Get this book! It's American history at its most fascinating.

              4 out of 5 stars Compelling encyclopedia of fascinating people, more context would have been great.......2006-07-11

              This book makes fascinating reading. It's mainly done in an encyclopedia style, with entries for many, many people who chose to exhibit their unusual features or talents. The author obviously feel strongly that they have a right to do so, and shows much caring and respect for them. I really liked how he followed their lives all the way through if he could find the information, so they were presented as people and not just shows.

              However, I would have really liked a little more context with the listing---more information about sideshows in general and more perspective on the listings. I did like the sidebars here and there, but it would have been great to read more about life in general for all the performers--what it was like to travel with a sideshow, what the people watching the shows acted like, etc.

              I also found the humor inserted in almost every listing a little forced, and not in keeping with the general respectful tone of the book. There were lots of little puns and silly jokes, which didn't add much and were a distraction.

              I found the last section of the book, about present day shows and performers, to not really fit with the rest of the book. These performers almost all just do odd and bizarre things, as opposed to having odd and bizarre things thrust upon them. I think it's a very different thing to CHOOSE to be odd and bizarre as opposed to making the best of a life where you already are.

              It sounds like I liked this book much less than I did. I really did find it an interesting and caring survey of a group of people political correctness often prefers not to talk about. It's ironic that this same attitude probably keeps many people on public assistance, instead of making them extremely rich as many of these performers became!
              Vaudeville, Old and New: An Encyclopedia of Variety Performers in America, 2 volumes
              Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
              • A Lifetime of Research on Vaudeville -
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              • Outstanding vaudeville history
              • The Best Vaudeville Book Ever
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              Vaudeville, Old and New: An Encyclopedia of Variety Performers in America, 2 volumes
              Frank Cullen , Florence Hackman , and Donald McNeilly
              Manufacturer: Routledge
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              This is a one-of-a-kind reference work to the history of vaudeville, performance art, burlesque, revue, and comic opera. Author Frank Cullen has done deep research, including archival work and personal interviews, to uncover the rich history of this American art form. Most of the artists profiled here are not examined in other reference books. This will be a must-have for students of theater history and performance art, and also for anyone interested in the cultural history of America.

              Customer Reviews:

              5 out of 5 stars A Lifetime of Research on Vaudeville -.......2007-04-05

              This is from my review published in "In The Groove" Magazine - April 2007
              Frank Cullen LOVES Vaudeville in all it's forms, whether it's the baggy pants comics of burlesque, the "specialty acts" like strongman or eccentric dancers who graced the stages of New York and around the circuits in the 1920s, or the singers who went on to make some of the most popular records of their day. This passion is obvious in the recent publication of the huge two-volume 1300-page compilation Vaudeville Old & New: An Encyclopedia of Variety Performers in America (Routledge). Now in his 70s, Cullen saw his first Laurel & Hardy film at the age of nine and was hooked. (Yes, Laurel and Hardy both appeared on the vaudeville stage early in their careers and Cullen devotes six pages to them.). He started reading and watching and listening in his high school years and had a brief acting career as well. In the mid-1980s he formed the American Vaudeville Museum in CT and began publishing the quarterly Vaudeville Times (which I mentioned here last year). Now relocated to New Mexico, Cullen has put his energies into this fascinating book. The peak years for "Vaudeville" were 1905-1925, with over 2,000 theaters around the US. As many as 50,000 performers were in the business during that period. Obviously, not all are in the book but a good mix of the known and the "lesser known" are here. Record collectors will recognize many of them. There are the recording Bakers (Belle, Josephine and Phil) as well as the Smiths (Mamie, Bessie and Kate). Other recording artists covered in much detail include, Eddie Cantor, Sissle & Blake and Moran & Mack. The performers are listed alphabetical from A (Abbott a& Costello) to Z (Zetts Weekly, a rival to Variety, published in 1921). There are sections devoted to each of the "circuits" and the impresarios as well. Photos of the performers and sheet music covers are on many pages. In fact, you'll find a lot of performers who you've only known from sheet music covers. The very handy Bibliography and a 30-page Index, make the book even more useful. Whether you start from the beginning and read it straight through, or use to look up an artist you found on a recording, you'll find this book a great resource. It's a tribute to the hard work and passion of the author. Highly recommended!

              Steve Ramm "Anything Phonographic"

              5 out of 5 stars A Trans-Atlantic view.......2006-12-01

              All that you could ever want to know about vaudeville is contained in a monumental two-volume work, Vaudeville Old and New: an Encyclopedia of Variety Performers. It surpasses anything previously written about the American equivalent of British music hall and will stand as the major reference work on the subject for many years to come.

              Given its scope, there are entries about entertainers whose names will mean nothing to the average British reader. But that is more than offset by the comprehensiveness the authors bring to all they touch. It is fascinating, for instance, to get an American take on British artistes who became big stars in the U.S., the likes of Vesta Victoria and Alice Lloyd. We learn more about such top-liners as Al Jolson and Danny Kaye and find the answers to all manner of questions. What was so special about Fanny Brice? What brought Sid Caesar's career to a halt? And who knew that the distinguished commentator, Walter Winchell, started out in vaudeville?

              The books' essays about burlesque and music hall are as good as you'll likely to get and the fine writing evinces some deft and delicate touches: a description of Beatrice Lillie, for instance, is as "a treasured English tea-rose with thorns" is spot on. The "new" in the title is no false promise. The encyclopedia is bang up-to-date with entries on Britain's Chris Simmons, for example.

              The extensive knowledge and deep love of vaudeville by the author, Frank Cullen [working with Florence Hackman and Donald McNeilly], shine through in each of these tomes' 1,300 magnificent pages.

              Richard Anthony Baker

              5 out of 5 stars Outstanding vaudeville history.......2006-11-19

              A monumental and definitive encyclopadia by an outstanding theater historian. This tome is everything you wanted to know about vaudeville and its performers. It is destined to become the bible for historians and researchers of early American popular theater.

              Frank Cullen's knowledge and articulation of the facts of vaudeville, old and new, is a welcome and needed addition to a genre sadly overlooked by the public. Vaudeville was America's first national pasttime and laid the foundation for the world of entertainment in our contenporary culture.

              Nicely laid out, easy to read, ample photographs and humor make the two-volume set a must for libraries, archives and theater buffs, or anyone who has an interest in American social history.

              5 out of 5 stars The Best Vaudeville Book Ever.......2006-11-10

              Frank Cullen, longtime publisher and head writer of the Vaudeville Times magazine, has finally published his 2 volume biographical encyclopedia of vaudeville. For those who don't know, vaudeville was the main form of live entertainment in America from 1880 to 1930 and it continued even as late at the 1960s. This book carefully catalogues who was who in vaudeville, tells the major reason they became famous or were important, and offers biographies and descriptions of everything connected with the subject.
              Along with the work of Professor Anthony Slide, these tomes by Frank Cullen constitute the most important documentation of this major form of American popular culture. Vaudeville is rapidly being forgotten today as its participants die off and younger audiences cannot even recognize the term. Cullen's work honors the performers and offers invaluable insights into what the experience was like.
              The book is well written and, like vaudeville itself, immensely entertaining, whether you are reading about familiar stars such as Al Jolson or the completely forgotten ones such as the great Eddie Leonard. There is nothing to complain about in this effort-- if you want to know all about vaudeville, this is the magnum opus. It is lavishly illustrated and has about it that aura of love and care that comes when a writer is totally engrossed in his subject matter and approaches it with honesty, integrity and admiration.
              Of course I have to tell you that I am biased because I'm in the book. I once was in "the show business" in vaudeville and there are only a few of us still alive who made it into the Cullen opus. But those of us who are left can assure you, dear reader, that all those vaudevillians who are encapsulated within would be proud of this book. It costs a good bit but it's got everything you need to know about a subject that once was close to the hearts of so many Americans. What's really fun is watching old movies on Turner, admiring the work of stars such as Eddie Cantor, Ruth Etting, or Trixie Friganza, and then keeping these volumes by your bed to look up the bios! Of course at my age that passes for high adventure! So, thanks, Frank, and good night Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are. If you know the meaning of that last phrase you'll love this book. If you don't you should read it anyway.

              5 out of 5 stars Vaudeville - Brought Back to Life.......2006-10-25

              This massive two volume work is without a doubt the greatest tribute to vaudeville and its performers ever written. It brings back to life an important aspect of show business that has almost been forgotten.

              In this book you relive the lives and stories of a group of hard working entertainers, many of whom went on to give birth to the motion pictures, radio, and television industries. Most of the stars of the years between 1925 and 1960 got their start in vaudeville.

              You won't read this book in one night, but it could provide a thousand nights of some of the greatest entertainment you've ever experienced.

              If you love show business and all of it's aspects, then you will absolutely love this masterful work. It may just be what is needed to help resurrect the spirit of a long deceased tradition.
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                A recent Times-Mirror survey has shown that 65 percent of Americans prefer television over other news media for news coverage, an increase of 10 percent in just over a decade. To understand the enormous impact television news has had on American life, it is important to define the contributions made by various individuals in the field, as well as to recognize the news programs and broadcast journalism issues that have captivated, enlightened, and informed our nation. Never before have the forces and individuals of television news been so thoroughly and authoritatively examined.
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