tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63201090706067837582011-09-04T10:55:14.816-05:00A site devoted to chatting with friends to help each other out and just have fun.Christine Mehighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01084781714725846304noreply@blogger.comBlogger641100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320109070606783758.post-22357293164644099392010-08-11T17:01:00.000-05:002010-08-11T17:01:13.202-05:00

Today in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, one of the responses to an article from the Political Fix page "Congress completes state aid package for schools, Medicaid" referred to the constant charge by some that Teachers Unions have pretty much destroyed education in the United States.  The article was written by  Bill Lambrecht of the Post-Dispatch.  Many posters on the discussion page that followed

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The following are estimate for tuition, room and board, books and supplies, and spending money as provided by the Sallie Mae Education Investment website. It is a great site for comparing college costs. The following are the costs for one year at some of Missouri's 4 year public universities.Truman State University $15594University of Missouri Kansas City $20194University of Missouri Columbia (

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Today in the Saint Louis Post Dispatch there is an interesting article discussing two cases where the courts have had to try to decide if public school districts should have to pay for special school district students, or special needs students, to go to residential private schools. Here's a link to the article, it adresses some pretty complex questions.Click Here for ArticleTwo students are

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As my kids get older and more independent, I find myself feeling at a loss sometimes for what to do with my own personal time. So much time and effort has been spent in raising my kids, that my husband and I are having to reflect upon what it is we actually liked to do before the "Mom Thing" happened to us. Truly, any time we've had has always gone toward our kids and making sure they are the

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Here's a pretty nice thing, our GoodSearch account is in pretty good shape so they've created our own little button for us. Cool Huh? div {border:0px solid green;} img {border:0px;} #badgewrapper160 { width:160px; font-family:arial,helvetica,verdana; } #badgewrapper160 #badge_header { width:160px; height:120px; background-image: url(http://www.goodsearch.com/_gfx/badges/header-160.png); } * html

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Just thought I'd mention that I do online biology and chemistry tutoring with live chat and email. It's a great way for me to help kids, and pick up a little extra $ at the same time. If you or a student you know should like to be tutored in biology or chemistry at the high school level (I happen to like working with high school kids, if you didn't know) just click the link below to get started

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Recently, I started to draw as a way to relieve stress. Back in high school I used to draw characitures of my friends and family, and I used to share them in class. My drawings now are again mostly of my family, although I've included Em's boyfriend and our dogs too. Here's one of me and our dog Cindy: I found out that I can upload my pictures and make t-shirts and cards and stuff. I made

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I've been involved lately in some online chats using a site called "Yedda". I found it through AOL and it is a site where questions are posed, and then anyone who signs up for this free site can answer. Answers are posted, then people can rate the answers as helpful or not. One questions posed a few days ago was "What do you think should be done to improve education in the U.S.?" It has

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Hey everyone, please use http://www.goodsearch.com/ when you search the internet. It's the yahoo search engine and is, of course, free. I say that since everytime you do a search for something using GoodSearch you deposit 1.3 cents into our oakville band account. The money we earn doing this will go to pay for instruments, travel and music. Click on http://www.goodsearch.com/ right here, and then

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Ok, we really sucked at trivia tonight, but we had a ton of fun. And that's the whole point, so we are pretty happy. At each trivia night, there are some questions that we are able to answer that I just can't believe that any of us remember. Like the following (answers are at the end)1. What one hit wonder did the Tokens have in 1961? 2. Who was the father of the US constitution?3. What

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Ok, its been a long week. Even though I was only at work for four days, it felt like it was about two weeks long. I just need to vent. See if you share my annoyances.1. Heinz road guardrail. I worked for over a year and a half to get a guardrail installed on Heinz road where the stupid Cambridge Hills subdivision never materialized. The problem that occurred there was initiated when the trees

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My family is hooked on the new Fox show "Lie to Me". The show is a new drama series inspired by the scientific discoveries of Dr. Paul Ekman, a real-life specialist who can read clues embedded in the human face, body and voice to expose both the truth and lies in criminal investigations. The great part about the show is that it is all based upon a field of scientific study that has been around

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Recently, a proposal was placed on the www.donorschoose.org website for the Oakville High School bands called "Equipment Needed to Mobilize Tiger Bands!" To see the proposal, click on the title above.For those of you not familiar with DonorsChoose.org, it is a charity organization started in 2000 by Charles Best, a former social studies teacher from Bronx, NY. He noticed that teachers often were

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I often wonder about the meaning or origin of certain words. It cracks me up that some of the kids at school call me "Mrs. Doctor Mehigh". The word "doctor" is used in our culture for a medical practitioner (m.d.) as well as someone who is an expert in their field of study (PhD like me). Some kids actually think that since my handle is "doctor" that I am somehow competent to treat their ills,

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Emily is turning 17 on September 3. I can't believe we have just two more years with her, and then she'll be going to college. Lately, I've been trying to be as involved in her interests as possible, to max the quality time, before she'll be gone. I miss the little girl I used to know, and I was reminded of that yesterday when she was feeling really sick with a bad cold. She actually needed

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Well, it's that time of year again when happy little teachers sign their extra duty contracts. Signed mine today, so I'm still the coach of our Science Olympiad team. There are some pretty cool events this year, although Em is bummed that Sounds of Music is out of the rotation. This year, we're building bridges, launching eggs into space, and using our design and build talents in Junkyard Wars

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OK, so here I sit watching the Olympics and wondering what else I could be doing. Not that I don't enjoy the competitions, I do, but I tend to put off doing other things that need doing around the house.So far, I really enjoyed the women's sabre competition. How cool, strong women going after each others with swords. They don't hold back, it's ok to yell, and their professionalism is awesome.I'm

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Last week a friend of mine called and was wondering about whether or not our high school had a policy on internet posts and pictures posted by students who are shown partying with kegs of beer and who are shown drinking alcohol. After contacting school, I was informed that the admin was aware of the pictures and that our admin was checking on whether or not a policy had been developed. I was

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An interesting new study has shown that adolescent girls who have had one or more instances of serious school failure like being expelled, suspended or dropping out, are significantly more likely to suffer from depression by age 21. The Journal of Adolescent Health just published this research, which includes data showing that girls in elementary school with severe conduct problems are also far

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In the first post ever made on this blog, I spoke about my weight loss (22 pounds and maintaining) using a lower-carb diet as put forth in Bernie Taub's book. To see the post click HERE. The scientific research showed overwhelmingly that people on lower carb diets lost more weight and were more likely to keep it off, with no detrimental side-effects. I thought I'd give out a few tips for what I

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Well, it is finally junior year for my daughter, typically the hardest year for kids seeking entrance to excellent colleges and universities. I was talking to a friend of mine who is a college admissions counselor, and I asked about whether she had a preferred test prep book or class that she feels best prepares the students for the ACT/SAT. She recommended a company called college prep coach.

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I've learned quite a bit about myself these last four weeks. My BF Mary thought I should share some of them with you. She even told me about some of these ahead of time so I wouldn't have to find out for myself.1. Always use a small pillow or folded towel on your tummy when using a seat belt, since the belt will go right over your incision and really hurts. Also, if you have a cat or dog,

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Ok, I'm a band mom again. All alone, no kids in the house...YAY! Band camp started today, so the kids are gone every day from 6:30 am to around 3pm. This is Ricky's first year, so I'm looking forward to all the complaining about sore feet, back etc. But frankly, the lack of noise in the house is just awesome.OK, some kvetching. Saturday morning at 5:45 a small group of boys came to our door

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My son has wanted a hot air balloon ever since we took him out ballooning at 6 months old. Our kids have been part of the chase crew with us for the last 13 years that we've been involved in the sport with some friends of ours, balloon pilots Scott and Cynthia Wooge. Both kids have also flown a number of times in the balloons, and both would like us to have our own. Rick even went so far as to

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Thanks to everyone who has called or written, my recovery is going pretty well now.I've been thinking of some of the things I'd like to do or places I'd like to go when I'm a bit better, so I thought I'd share with everyone some of my favorite things about St. Louis South County.* The best pasta in the entire universe: Bill Gianino's. Not only is the house salad to die for, but the pasta dishes

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Hi everyone! I haven't posted in awhile due to the hysterectomy from hell. Last week Monday I checked into St. John's for what was supposed to be a simple vaginal hysterectomy. This requires very little down time and heals quickly. I knew there was a problem as soon as I woke up after surgery.When I woke up, I was hooked up to a number of machines that shouldn't have been there. Like the

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We are back from our vacation at Panama City Beach Sunspree resort. It was a wonderful vacation, we even saw another family we knew who have been coming to this resort for the last fourteen years as they like it so much.Our deep sea fishing excursion was awesome. I actually caught some fish! Two big trigger fish (fudpuckers is Florida-speak)that I was barely able to reel in, and the first was so

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It's Tuesday afternoon, our third day at the Holiday Inn Sunspree resort in Panama City Beach. We are having very good weather so far, and the resort is wonderful for families. The Beach has very white fine sand, and we've only seen one jellyfish in the three days we've been here. The waves are perfect for surfing on boogie boards, but snorkeling it's a bit rough although the water is

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Hello all of my blogger friends! I'll be gone next week the 8th through the 15th, and will try to post how our trip is going to Panama City Beach. I'm outta my mind with packing and kids and dogs and things.I've changed the domain name of my pro blog to http://biotechfiles.comsince the other name is trademarked by an NPR show. They called to see if we could change it, then interviewed me about

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My friend Mary and I were walking at the OHS track yesterday, and as usual, after I came home I felt much more content and less stressed than before I went. So I started wondering if there was a direct application to depression for talking a good long walk multiple times a week. We call these walks our "Mental Health" sessions, so it might be that the talking is more helpful than the walking.

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There are some really nice people in this city. Yesterday, Emily had her first fender bender. She was turning off of the exit ramp from I-44 onto 141, and the person in front of her on the exit ramp stopped suddenly. She had been doing a quick head check to the left and hit him. The guy got out and so did I. He was so nice, he saw she was a young kid, and I told him she was learning. He

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Ok, it's time to give equal time to the dads out there. After polling a total of four dads, here are the most requested items I was able to pry out of them.A new Grill and Grilling ToolsNew Golf ClubsNintendo Wii Game ConsoleBackyard HammockLaptops and Notebooks New Cell Phone with Internet ConnectionA Digital CameraA New WatchI also think most Dad's appreciate just a whole day to do whatever

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Last week, many of our high school teachers had a meeting with the superintendent of the Mehlville School District, Mr. Terry Noble, in an attempt to help our teachers understand why we once again had a frozen pay scale. I say "again" because in the last 10 years pay has been frozen multiple times, and teachers have lost their yearly step sometimes more than one in a given year. This "step" is

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My friend Mary Kay emails me now and then about books she's read that she thinks are great. I was thinking that since I read constantly that it might be fun to make a short list of my favorite books and why I like them. I've just started by including three favorites here, along with the author's names so you can also look at other books by these authors.My favorite author over the past few

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In Ricky's language class, the kids each had to write their own book of poetry as a project. They were to write using different styles of poetry. I just had to share some of his poems. Tacos Tacos, they taste so good Some taste like wood But really, I don't care I'm glad they're not underwear.OilI hate oil so muchIt

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What motivates teachers? Teachers in general tend to be individuals who care deeply about kids. For a good working environment, teachers need a community that supports them in the hard work that goes into producing educated students ready for success in the real world. Teachers also need supportive administration willing to help them work through any difficult issues that arise. Our

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Readers,Teachers at my school have had a long email thread going this week communicating with each other concerning our dismal state of financial affairs. I think it is important that that the community be made aware of some of these stories to be able to understand our situation with the most information and data possible. The post below is from a teacher who has been at Oakville High School

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I've put together a widget below from Amazon that contains my favorite music. Some of it will date me, but I don't care, I love this stuff and I've downloaded them onto my MP3 player. Amazon let me pick each one and you can click through and listen. You can also download any you like for 93 cents each (or something like that). Let me know if these are favorites too, or if you'd like me to add

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It is the end of the school year again, and as usual, I've about had it with the horrendous spelling and inability to properly use the English language. There are days when I am grading papers where I cannot read most of what has been written because penmanship is so terrible. There are some particular pet peeves of mine that I see every year with student use of the English language. Here is a

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Friday, I had to go to the school nurse, Pam Frederich, who is awesome by the way so I could get some throat lozenges. She told me that many people were feeling the way I was starting to feel. Tired, sore throat, headache. During 7th block, I actually started to fall, caught myself on the desk and sat down. Like an idiot, I kept teaching. I think now I already had a fever, but was not

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Our high school teachers are some of the best people I know, who as a group work very hard to teach our kids so they will gain the knowledge and strategies to be successful in their lives. That said, there are some things that are producing some low moral for our high school teachers at this time. Obviously, we are being asked to again take no raise, and in fact, we will have less take-home pay

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Mother's Day is this Sunday, May 11, and if you are like most people, you have a hard time thinking of the perfect gift for your mom.Here's a list mother's day gift ideas of what I want. 1. A clean house2. A toilet that flushes without help3. A dog who doesn't scratch himself constantly4. A hot air balloon so my son will stop bugging me about it5. A visit from my family but not for too long, and

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I'm very sad today. A former student of mine, Ashley Wilson, was killed in a car crash yesterday. Her two passengers are in critical contition, and are both from High Ridge, so I didn't know them. Ashley was a sweet, quiet girl in chemistry class. She was in my class two years ago as a junior, and graduated last year. Her parents, family and friends are devastated, and there is a memorial

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OK, I'm an Oprah fan. I was thinking the other day about her favorite things show, and decided it would be fun to post about some things that I have found, or used over the last few months. Each of these things has been fun and awesome to have, use or read. I hope you enjoy the list, I've included a link to click on below the name of each so you can look at my favorite things. My friends at

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Some thoughts on garbage, the proposed trash transfer station and the new recycling bins in St. Louis South County1. Garbage is like porn, for some it is dirty and for others it is a living. Both are hard to define. Most don’t want to see it, others look for it.2. A trash man/woman makes as much in salary as a high school teacher.3. The new recycling bins are really causing us to recycle far

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I spent the entire day at Mizzou with Emily for the solo and ensemble state tournament. Emily was far less anxious than I was, and played beautifully. She got a I rating (superior, the best you can do). We're so proud of her, it is tremendous. We saw many of the other students play too. I was really impressed with the marimba quartet that Michelle Wanstreet and Katie Garcia were in. It was

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Check out this statistical animation of the "Earth Clock". It blows my mind.Poodwaddle.com

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Rave: Just bought a prom dress for Emmy for 35 bucks. She's going to her boyfriend's dance. We found a great selection for not much (and get the ones onsale)at promgirl. Here's the link: Rant: Found out today the cuts for next school year to prevent a budget shortfall in the following year are coming from: $300,000 - Textbooks

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The article in today's Post-Dispatch about maternity leave and Spain's Commander in Chief of the armed forces (sporting a big baby bump) made me think about these issues as it applies to the teaching profession.When Ricky was in third grade, his teacher, Mrs. Lavac (he loved her, great teacher)left for a six week maternity leave. He has a very good sub, Mrs. Thomas, who had been a wonderful

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Gimme a break. The Flat Belly Diet is just the newest in a long line of fad diets. Scientific research shows that there is no way to lose weight through diet in just one area of the body. The true issue is stress, which increases the release of the hormone cortisol, and this acts upon the fat storage cells in the abdomen to increase fat uptake and storage.So, to destress and promote losing a fat

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Recently, I received a gift called "The Book of Ignorance" from my sister and brother-in-law, who thought it was hilarious to give this to a PhD. Ha Ha. It's actually a really fun read that is a rather humiliating book of re-education for people who think they know it all. It is amazing how much misinformation we've collected in our lives, like I always thought Henry VIII had six wives. Nope. I

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Ok, I've started writing another blog over at wordpress entitles "The DNA Files". I felt like I wanted to write about the science of DNA and genetics as it applies to human health and forensics. A new blog was necessary since this blog is really for personal life and friend stuff, and I didn't want to bore anybody that wasn't interested. This month is national autism month, so my first post is

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Thanks to all of you who got out to vote yesterday. It really helped moral at school today to know that enough people cared about the kids and our community to make sure that our public school district remains intact with caring board memebers in charge. Other good things...Emily received her letter and is to be inducted into the National Honors Society. Ricky has a good friend who has joined

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Your vote counts today. The opposition candidates have spent an incredible amount of money on their campaigns. They have a willing list of donors to their cause who are determined to elect these child-unfriendly people to the board. Please help us to make sure this doesn't happen. Every vote is important in this election, so please get out to vote!

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Tomorrow, April 8th, is a very important election for our area. The direction of the Mehlville School district for the next few years will be decided by your votes. We have three excellent candidates who realize that public education is a vital part of our democracy, and that all of our children matter, not just those who can afford a private education. They are Karl Frank, Erin Weber, and Drew

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I'm thinking too much again. Please go to the blog to make comments so we can all share. http://www.chrischat.blogspot.com Here's the latest.1. We're sitting at a light after church waiting for the light to turn green. My kids ask why they are smelling cigarette smoke. We look over, and there is a car next to us with the window half open and the people in the car are smoking. Our windows were

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Three Board of Education Candidates have been spreading some amazing misinformation. Here are the correct answers to questions that are being raised concerning their misinformation. These same three board candidates, Linda Mooy, Chris Brown and David Bertelson refused the teacher's association's requests to meet with them so they could answer some questions. Please see today's Oakville Call

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I had a little fun today. On my board up front, I always write a list of the order of events for the class that day. Today the first item on the list was "Quiz/Test Chapter 21". The kids saw this and started to panic, asking each other "did you know we had a quiz? Oh my god I'm gonna fail!" (This was only funny because this actually happens to about 2-5% of the kids on any test day, since

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We have known for a long time of the financial problems of our school district, but now we are in a position of becoming a financially stressed district. Click on the title above to go to the article from Saturday's post dispatch article on this topic. This may set us up for a state takeover like the St. Louis Public Schools. Not only will teachers not get any kind of a cost of living raise for

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Found out today that we have a potato chip stealing ring at the high school. Actually, I wish that is all that was being stolen. I'm so glad that we have some security cameras now in the commons and cafe. Twelve security cameras caught 4 plus freshment breaking into the storage area for the cafeteria and stealing big boxes of food, like potato chips. Since they were caught, they've been

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Rachel Pulido: Talk About Tuesday - Goals

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It's already been an exciting first day back from Spring Break. As we drove into school, there was a red helicopter sitting on the baseball field. Apparently, it was there since yesterday when the pilot had to make an emergency landing due to failure in the hydraulic systems. Then, during the first lunch, the fire alarm went off. A student had set a fire in the trash can in the girls restroom

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I hate trying to lose weight, because I'm really awful at it. I've tried a bunch of goofy diet type things for the past 5 or so years, but haven't lost a thing. Then I read a review of a book by the editor of the journal Science, Gary Taubes. I was interested because he had actually done some pretty exhaustive research on weight loss, and had only looked at peer-reviewed science journal

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