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epub | 356.17 KB | English | Jessica King | 2006 | Avery | Page: 372
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In the summer of 1998 two of baseball leading sluggers, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa, embarked on a race to break Babe Ruth's single season home run record. The nation was transfixed as Sosa went on to hit 66 home runs, and McGwire 70. Three years later, San Francisco Giants All-Star Barry Bonds surpassed McGwire by 3 home runs in the midst of what was perhaps the greatest offensive display in baseball history. Over the next three seasons, as Bonds regularly launched mammoth shots into the San Francisco Bay, baseball players across the country were hitting home runs at unprecedented rates. For years there had been rumors that perhaps some of these players owed their success to steroids. But crowd pleasing homers were big business, and sportswriters, fans, and officials alike simply turned a blind eye. Then, in December of 2004, after more than a year of investigation, San Francisco Chronicle reporters Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams broke the story that in a federal investigation of a nutritional supplement company called BALCO, Yankees slugger Jason Giambi had admitted taking steroids. Barry Bonds was also implicated. Immediately the issue of steroids became front page ne. The revelations led to Congressional hearings on baseball's drug problems and continued to drive the effort to purge the U.S. Olympic movement of drug cheats. Now Fainaru-Wada and Williams expose for the first time the secrets of the BALCO investigation that has turned the sports world upside down. Game of Shado: Barry Bonds, BALCO, and the Steroid Scandal That Rocked Professional by award-winning investigative journalists Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams, is a riveting narrative about the biggest doping scandal in the history of sports, and how baseball's home run king, Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants, came to use steroids. Drawing on more than two years of reporting, including intervie with hundreds of people, and exclusive access to secret grand jury testimony, confidential documents, audio recordings, and more, the authors provide, for the first time, a definitive account of the shocking steroids scandal that made headlines across the country.
The book traces the career of Victor Conte, founder of the BALCO laboratory, an egomaniacal former rock musician and self-proclaimed nutritionist, who set out to corrupt sports by providing athletes with "designer" steroids that would be undetectable on "state-of-the-art" doping tests. Conte gave the undetectable drugs to 28 of the world's greatest athletes-Olympians, NFL players and baseball stars, Bonds chief among them.
A separate narrative thread details the steroids use of Bonds, an immensely talented, moody player who turned to performance-enhancing drugs after Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals set a new home run record in 1998. Through his personal trainer, Bonds gained access to BALCO drugs. All of the great athletes who visited BALCO benefited tremendously-Bonds broke McGwire's record-but many had their careers disrupted after federal investigators raided BALCO and indicted Conte. The authors trace the course of the probe, and the baffling decision of federal prosecutors to protect the elite athletes who were involved.
Highlights of Game of Shado include:
Barry Bonds
- A look at how Bonds was driven to use performance-enhancing drugs in part by jealousy over Mark McGwire's record-breaking 1998 season. It was shortly thereafter that Bonds-who had never used anything more performance enhancing than a protein shake from the health food store-first began using steroids.
- How Bonds's weight trainer, steroid dealer Greg Anderson, arranged to meet Victor Conte before the 2001 baseball season with...
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epub | 717.66 KB | English |978-1406365795 | Martha Wells | 2016 | Tom Doherty Associates | Page: N/A
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epub | 291.28 KB | English | E M Graham | 2020 | OneEar Press | Page: 200
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On a lonely Scottish island stands an impenetrable stone tower, which harbors a terrible secret deep within its center...
Dara Martin has been given a second chance to redeem herself in the eyes of the ruling Witch Kin. They will teach her how to wield her powerful natural magic and eventually, perhaps, to work with Hugh, on the condition she gives up her errant ways.
The tower's mystery inevitably dra her in, and while she has sworn to be open to the Kin, she must hold fast on to her own secrets or lose her only chance of freeing her mother.
And she doesn't mean to get caught up in an international rebellion against the Kin, but sometimes these things just happen.
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epub | 8.34 MB | English | Casey Dunn | 2020 | Pegasus Books | Page: 319
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Three people cross paths in the north Georgia woods one night, setting into motion a race to catch a ruthless and chillingly inventive serial killer.
On a run through the woods outside her north Georgia hometown, defense attorney Ama Chaplin encounters a mysterious hiker and recognizes him, too late, as a sociopath she successfully defended when he was a teenager. In the intervening seventeen years, Ama changed her name and moved to Atlanta, anxious to put her past behind her. Michael Walton, her young client, grew into a ruthless and inventive murderer. And now that he's caught her, he can put a twisted, years-in-the-making plot into motion. Neither of them kno that someone else saw her go into the woods alone: Eddie Stevens, whose daughter Hazel vanished on the same spot a year ago. The security officer think she ran away. Eddie believes the truth is much worse. Grieving and desperate, he'd planned to kill himself to return attention to his daughter's cold case, but he can't shake...
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pdf | 2.88 MB | English |978-1552859179 | Ben Gadd | 2008 | Whitecap Books; 1 edition | Page: 228
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Prepare yourself for the wonder of the Canadian wilderness with The Canadian Hiker's and Backpacker's Handbook by respected naturalist Ben Gadd.
In his new book, Gadd explains every aspect of taking a trip to the Canadian backcountry, from choosing the best footwear to plotting a route to preparing for emergencies. Learn how to access some of the country's most stunning scenery in a safe, comfortable and responsible way through sections like:
What to wear and what to carry
Techniques for comfortable walking
Getting fit no matter where you live
Tips for hiking and backpacking with kids and dogs
Safety, first aid and accident response.
Once you're prepared for the trails, Gadd provides an overview of conditions you might encounter on the trails from coast to coast. Acquaint yourself with a cross-section of Canada, from Nova Scotia and PEI to Southern Manitoba to the Northern Yukon and take to their trails.
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pdf | 1.7 MB | Spanish |978-8480768337 | Michael Freeman | 2014 | Blume; 9 edition | Page: 209
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Based on the author's many years of experience, this invaluable photography resource explains how to use a digital camera creatively and teaches readers how to think and shoot like seasoned pros. Some of the topics discussed include shooting in poor weather conditions, shooting for depth of field, faking complex lighting, and fixing damaged files. The expert and practical advice in this manual proves infinitely useful for novices and experienced photographers alike.
Basado en los múltiplos años de experiencia del autor, este recurso fotográfico inestimable explica cómo utilizar una cámara digital creativamente y le enseña al lector cómo pensar y tomar fotografías como un profesional. Algunos de los temas discutidos incluyen cómo fotografiar con mal tiempo, tomar fotos con profundidad de campo, fingir iluminación complicada y arreglar archivos dañados. Los consejos expertos y prácticos en este manual resultan útiles tanto para aprendices como para fotógrafos expertos.
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pdf | 8 MB | English |978-0132913089 | Evelyn Thomson | 2012 | Pearson; 3 edition | Page: 337
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[b]Case Studies in Dental Hygiene, Third Edition,[/b] is designed to guide the development of criti-cal-thinking skills and the application of theory to care at all levels of dental hygiene education-from beginning to advanced students. This textbook is designed to be used throughout the dental hygiene curriculum. Because the questions and decisions regarding treatment of each case span the dental hygiene sciences and clinical practice protocols, this book will find a place in enhanc-ing every course required of dental hygiene students. Introducing this text at the beginning of the educational experience may help the student realize early on the link between theory and patient care. Students then progress through the program with a heightened awareness of evidence-based practice.
Students also perceive an increase in confidence regarding preparation for board examina-tions when they have been given the opportunity to practice case-based decision making. Case Studies in Dental Hygiene, Third Edition, is a viable study guide to help students prepare for suc-cess on national, regional, and state examinations with a patient care focus. This revised edition also is an excellent review text for the graduating dental hygiene student who is preparing to take the National Board Dental Hygiene Examination.
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pdf | 257.98 MB | English |978-0134693323 | Gary Clendenen | 2018 | Pearson; 14 edition | Page: 784
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For courses in Business Mathematics.
Focuses on current issues, real companies, and pragmatic business scenarios
Business Mathematics by Clendenen and Salzman teaches students the mathematical skills they need for success in business, emphasizing mastery of business concepts and scenarios that require a mathematical solution. With a strong focus on current issues, real companies, and pragmatic business scenarios, the authors cover the full spectrum of basic business math, placing every concept in context with relevant examples.
Along with an updated MyLab™ Math course, the 14th Edition has been significantly revised to modernize the text, improve discussions, and make the material more meaningful to students. This revision is packed with data, examples, graphs, photographs, and case studies that demonstrate the material's relevance as it teaches students to interpret data and information. A global perspective is emphasized through examples and exercises that highlight issues in other countries.
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pdf | 12.29 MB | 4<8=8AB@0B>@ | Page: 532
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Enable JavaScript to use the part finder, or see our list of vehicles.
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pdf | 6.45 MB | English |978-0470030431 | Bartosz A. Grzyboki | 2009 | Wiley; 1 edition | Page: 305
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Change and motion define and constantly reshape the world around us, on scales from the molecular to the global. In particular, the subtle interplay between chemical reactions and molecular transport gives rise to an astounding richness of natural phenomena, and often manifests itself in the emergence of intricate spatial or temporal patterns. The underlying theme of this book is that by "setting chemistry in motion" in a proper way, it is not only possible to discover a variety of new phenomena, in which chemical reactions are coupled with diffusion, but also to build micro-/nanoarchitectures and systems of practical importance. Although reaction and diffusion (RD) processes are essential for the functioning of biological systems, there have been only a few examples of their application in modern micro- and nanotechnology. Part of the problem has been that RD phenomena are hard to bring under experimental control, especially when the system's dimensions are small. Ultimately this book will guide the reader through all the aspects of these systems - from understanding the basics to practical hints and then to applications and interpretation of results. Topics covered include: - An overview and outlook of both biological and man-made reaction-diffusion systems.
- The fundamentals and mathematics of diffusion and chemical reactions.
- Reaction-diffusion equations and the methods of solving them.
- Spatial control of reaction-diffusion at small scales.
- Micro- and nanofabrication by reaction-diffusion.
- Chemical clocks and periodic precipitation structures.
- Reaction-diffusion in soft materials and at solid interfaces.
- Microstructuring of solids using RD.
- Reaction-diffusion for chemical amplification and sensing.
- RD in three dimensions and at the nanoscale, including nanosynthesis.
This book is aimed at all those who are interested in chemical processes at small scales, especially physical chemists, chemical engineers, and material scientists. The book can also be used for one-semester, graduate elective courses in chemical engineering, materials science, or chemistry classes.
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pdf | 5.41 MB | English |978-3527322800 | 4<8=8AB@0B>@ | 2010 | Wiley-VCH; 1 edition | Page: 424
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This book meets the long-felt need for a reference on ferrocenes with the focus on catalysis. It provides a thorough overview of the synthesis and characterization of different types of chiral ferrocene ligands, their application to various catalytic asymmetric reactions, and versatile chiral materials as well as drug intermediates synthesized from them. Written by the "who's who" of ferrocene catalysis, this is a guide to the design of new ferrocene ligands and synthesis of chiral synthetic intermediates, and will thus be useful for organic, catalytic and synthetic chemists working in academia, industrial research or process development.
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azw3 | 538.21 KB | English |978-1579655563 | Cheryl Day | 2015 | Artisan; First Edition edition | Page: 312
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Cheryl and Griffith Day, authors of the New York Times bestselling Back in the Day Bakery Cookbook, are back with more recipes to make with love. Who needs store-bought when baking things at home is so gratifying? In this follow-up to their smash-hit first book, the Days share ways to lovingly craft not only desserts, but also breakfast pastries, breads, pizza, and condiments. The book features more than 100 new recipes, including some of the bakery's most requested treats, such as Star Brownies and the Cakette Party Cake, as well as savories like Chive Parmigiano-Reggiano Popovers and Rosemary Focaccia. Cheryl and Griff share their baking techniques and also show readers how to put together whimsical decorations, like a marshmallow chandelier and a best-in-show banner. With pure delight woven throughout the pages, Back in the Day Bakery Made with Love is sure to please Cheryl and Griff's fans nationwide.
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pdf | 21.3 MB | English |978-0471743439 | Bi-Botti C. Youan | 2009 | Wiley; 1 edition | Page: 380
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Chronopharmaceutics
Science and Technology for Biological Rhythm Guided Therapy and Prevention of Diseases
Edited by
Bi-Botti C. Youan
The first standard reference on chronopharmaceutics
As we better understand how biological processes unfold in real time through advances in chronobiology and related fields, we can create safer, more effective drugs, drug delivery systems, and disease monitoring and prevention systems. When administered in correct coordination with a patient's body rhythms, such drugs can maximize thebangutic outcome while minimizing unwanted side effects. Chronopharmaceutics presents the first standard reference text on this emerging cross-disciplinary field and its potential for thebangutic and preventive medicine.
Bringing together the latest findings from experienced investigators, this edited work presents a much-needed single source on chronopharmaceutics. After an introduction that includes a timeline of key discoveries, an overview of regula-tory, formulation, manufacturing and key resource issues associated with chronopharmaceutics, the detailed coverage examines: - Chronogenetics
- Chronopharmacokinetics
- Chronotherapy
- Controlled release systems triggered by physical and/or chemical activation
- Chronopharmacodynamics, chronomics, and anesthesia
- Markers-guided chronotheranostics
Filling a gap in both the graduate classroom and the working industrial or research laboratory, Chronopharmaceutics offers students, instructors, and professionals a unique and comprehensive reference for this cutting-edge field.
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pdf | 10.61 MB | English |978-0470699706 | Lahann, Joerg | 2009 | Wiley; 1 edition | Page: 433
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Mimicking natural biochemical processes, click chemistry is a modular approach to organic synthesis, joining together small chemical units quickly, efficiently and predictably. In contrast to complex traditional synthesis, click reactions offer high selectivity and yields, near-perfect reliability and exceptional tolerance towards a wide range of functional groups and reaction conditions. These 'spring loaded' reactions are achieved by using a high thermodynamic driving force, and are attracting tremendous attention throughout the chemical community. Originally introduced with the focus on drug discovery, the concept has been successfully applied to materials science, polymer chemistry and biotechnology. The first book to consider this topic, Click Chemistry for Biotechnology and Materials Science examines the fundamentals of click chemistry, its application to the precise design and synthesis of macromolecules, and its numerous applications in materials science and biotechnology. The book surveys the current research, discusses emerging trends and future applications, and provides an important nucleation point for research.
Edited by one of the top 100 young innovators with the greatest potential to have an impact on technology in the 21st century according to Technology Review and with contributions from pioneers in the field, Click Chemistry for Biotechnology and Materials Science provides an ideal reference for anyone wanting to learn more about click reactions.
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pdf | 14.06 MB | English |978-0073371665 | bbmohalik | 2010 | McGraw-Hill; 8th edition | Page: 816
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College Writing Skills with Readings offers students a practical guide to becoming better writers. From mastering the traditional five-paragraph essay and its variations to learning about the finer points of grammar and punctuation, College Writing Skills with Readings empowers students to take control of their writing and put it to work for them. Now, with the new online writing program Connect Writing and the soon-to-come Connect Langan, an online interactive version of College Writing Skills with Readings, this new eighth edition brings writing closer to students and helps to take them where they need to go. Whether online or in class, College Writing Skills with Readings offers students the tools to succeed.
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pdf | 8.61 MB | English |978-3642210723 | Jake K. Aggarwal, Reneta P. Barneva, Valentin E. Brimkov, Kostadin N. Koroutchev, Elka R. Korutcheva | 2011 | Springer; 2011 edition | Page: 511
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This volume constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th International Workshop on Combinatorial Image Analysis, IWCIA 2011, held in Madrid, Spain, in May 2011. The 25 revised full papers and 13 poster papers presented together with 4 invited contributions were carefully reviewed and selected from 60 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections such as combinatorial problems in the discrete plane and space related to image analysis; lattice polygons and polytopes; discrete/combinatorial geometry and topology and their use in image analysis; digital geometry of curves and surfaces; tilings and patterns; combinatorial pattern matching; image representation, segmentation, grouping, and reconstruction; methods for image compression; discrete tomography; applications of integer programming, linear programming, and computational geometry to problems of image analysis; parallel architectures and algorithms for image analysis; fuzzy and stochastic image analysis; grammars and models for image or scene analysis and recognition, cellular automata; mathematical morphology and its applications to image analysis; applications in medical imaging, biometrics, and others.
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epub | 186.58 MB | English | Andrew Faulkner, Conrad Chavez | 2020 | Adobe Press | Page: 475
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This video book will quickly teach you what every photographer needs to know about Photoshop CC, including:
* Removing blemishes and distractions
* Creating amazing, natural-looking portraits
* Changing the color of clothing and hair
* Changing the shape of bodies and objects
* Using layers, adjustment layers, and masks
* Replacing skies and backgrounds
* Straightening lines and buildings
* Compositing multiple images together
* Changing facial expressions and poses
* Creating complex selections and masks
* Creating panoramas
* Creating actions to automate tasks
* Choosing the best image formats
* Customizing and configuring Photoshop CC
Tony & Chelsea go beyond teaching you how to use Photoshop; they teach you why and when to use each feature to create stunning, natural images. When Photoshop isn't the best tool, they suggest other alternatives.
Combining the benefits of video training and book learning, this video book gives you over 10 hours of video and dozens of images to practice with. If you learn better with video, watch the video training and refer to the book for quick reference. For best results, walk through each procedure in the book using the provided sample images. Then, watch the videos to learn more advanced and artistic techniques. If you still have questions, or want peer review, join our Photoshop group on Facebook and get feedback from other Photoshop users.
Tony and Chelsea cover every aspect of Photoshop in-depth, but structure their teaching so that both beginner and advanced photographers can learn as efficiently as possible. If you just want a quick start, you can watch the first video or read the first chapter and you'll know the basics of photo editing in less than an hour. If you want to know more about a specific feature, switch to that video or jump to that chapter in the ebook. If you want to know everything about Photoshop, watch the videos and read the book from start to finish.
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pdf | 34.47 MB | English |978-8126509041 | WILEY INDIA | 2000 | Simon Haykin; 4th edition | Page: 967
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Please Read Notes: Brand New, International Softcover Edition, Printed in black and white pages, minor self wear on the cover or pages, Sale restriction may be printed on the book, but Book name, contents, and author are exactly same as Hardcover Edition. Fast delivery through DHL/FedEx express.
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pdf | 1.06 MB | English |978-1405180764 | Sandra Aitken | 2009 | Wiley-Blackwell; 1 edition | Page: 208
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Community Palliative Care examines the complex support and information needs of seriously ill patients and their families and will encompass not only the patient's journey, but that of the family during the illness trajectory and into the bereavement period.
The text is divided into three sections- professionals, patients and carers. The first section discusses the roles and contributions made by other members of the primary health care team and examines the role of the nurse. Section two explores the psychosocial support needed by patients receiving palliative care, and looks at the community palliative care clinical nurse specialists' role in relation to psychological, as well as practical problems surrounding a life threatening illness. The final section will look at the needs of the family and carers and the support that the community palliative care clinical nurse specialist can offer to the individuals. Included in this segment will be the complex issues faced by carers in relation to the changing roles within the family, children, death and bereavement.
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pdf | 1.05 MB | English |978-0470060261 | Kristiina Jokinen | 2009 | Wiley-Interscience; 1 edition | Page: 181
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Dialogue management technology has developed rapidly over the years resulting in real-time applications like telephony directories, timetable enquiries, and in-car applications. However, the current technology is still largely based on models that use rigid command language type interactions, and the users need to adapt their human communication strategies to the needs of the technology. As an increasing number of interactive ubiquitous applications will appear, challenges for interaction technology concern especially natural, more human-friendly communication. Recent research has focused on developing speech-based interactive systems that aim to increase the system's communicative competence. By including aspects of interaction beyond simple speech recognition and question-answer based interaction, applications with more conversational interfaces have become possible. New dialogue management technology needs to address the challenges in human-technology interaction, so that smart environments should not only enable user-controlled command interfaces but equip applications with a capability that affords easy and friendly interactions with the user. Dialogue Modelling: Speech Interaction and Rational Agents provides an overview of the current dialogue technology and research trends in spoken dialogue systems, presenting a coherent perspective of AI-based cooperative interaction management. The book complements existing research regarding human-computer interfaces, speech and language technology, and communication studies in general, bringing different view-points together and integrating them into a single point of reference.
Constructive Dialogue Modelling: - Presents a guide to spoken dialogue technology and current research trends.
- Provides an overview of human factors in dialogue systems and delivers a new metaphor for human-computer interaction and computer as agent.
- Explains the architecture of dialogue systems using examples from systems such as Interact and DUMAS
- Offers a comprehensive overview of original research into the new trends in speech dialogue technology in light of innovations such as ubiquitous computing.
This book will provide essential reading for industrial designers and interface engineers, university researchers and teachers, computer scientists, human communication researchers, speech and language technologists, cognitive engineers/cognitive scientists, as well as social and media researchers, and psychologists. Advanced students and researchers in computer science, speech and language technologies, psychology and communication research will find this text of interest.
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