tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64978058599342868532024-02-26T01:03:01.788-06:00Mrs. McDaniel's 2nd GradeDebrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07822894888125824477noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497805859934286853.post-74359817618191951592012-07-05T08:44:00.002-05:002012-07-05T08:44:40.405-05:00Whoo's Got a New Blog Design?I'm doing an owl-themed classroom next year, and decided I wanted to update my blog to fit in with that theme. I teamed up with <a href="http://honeybunchblogdesign.blogspot.com/">Honey Bunch Blog Design</a> to create it. They were awesome to work with and I just love what they did!!! What do you think? If you are interested in having your blog redone, give Erika and Misty a "hoot and a holler" and see what they come up with for you!!<br />
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My daughter Kati, Jane, her daughter-in-law Bethany (Kati's bestie), and Bethany's mom Vicki all gathered at my house to help Jane create her Stars-n-Stripes masterpiece!!! So after much collaberation, twist ties, and hot glue...here is our finished product! Isn't it awesome!!! </div>
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Can't wait to see it decorate Jane's lakehouse door! Happy Fourth y'all!</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">I don't know what I did before Pinterest! It has become my new best friend! After 5 years of a Bee theme and 2 years of a Hollywood theme, I am going with an Owl theme next year. Here are some of my favorite pins I have pinned that I want to incorporate into my room next year.</span><br />
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First of all, Melanie at <a href="http://www.schoolgirlstyle.com/2012/04/the-owl-collection/">http://www.schoolgirlstyle.com</a> has a wonderful owl themed classroom kit which you can purchase. Check out her colorful owl materials. They are beautiful!<br />
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</div>Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07822894888125824477noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497805859934286853.post-67312105483865451052012-06-19T11:15:00.000-05:002012-06-19T11:15:14.012-05:00Summer in New YorkLast week I had the opportunity to travel to NY with my husband. As an added bonus our college-age son, Riley, decided to come along.What a blast we had! We began by flying into Albany to visit my husband's daughter, our son-in-law, and our two granddaughters...I even got there in time to go to Molly's end-of-year kindergarten program.<br />
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After a day in Albany, it was on to NYC...and a visit with our daughter Sarah and her fiance. We spent a day walking through Central Park, midtown, and the Upper East Side where she lives. We ended the day with drinks on the rooftop of the New York Athletic Club...so much fun!</div>
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On Saturday Tim. Sarah, Francis, and I went to Westchester, NY to have lunch with Francis' parents at the Yacht Club while Riley and JP went to the Belmont Racetrack for the Triple Crown races.<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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On Sunday we decided to stay "Downtown"...walked across the Brooklyn Bridge, went to Ground Zero, Wall Street, Battery Park, and South Street Seaport.<div style="text-align: left;">
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<br /></div>Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07822894888125824477noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497805859934286853.post-13116867663659486782012-06-02T16:45:00.001-05:002012-06-02T16:45:40.227-05:00MIA...The Year that Changed My LifeWhat a year this been! It seems like only yesterday I was entering the blogosphere, finding my way, meeting new bloggy friends, and finding an enormous amount of creative talent and ideas along the way. My oldest daughter got married in July, school started in August, and I was blessed with best class I have ever had. Seriously, they are the sweetest, hardest working bunch of second graders I have ever seen :)!! Life was looking good.<br />
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September brought yet another wedding in our family...my oldest stepson got married in Celebration, Florida and I gained a beautiful daughter-in-law. However, the night before we left my 84 year-old mother who lived with me tripped over her suitcase and broke her shoulder. She was a trooper and went on to the wedding in a wheelchair with her arm in a sling! October brought lots of tailgating and Auburn football, along with lots of in-home therapy for my mom.<br />
November brought flu season to my classroom, and I began to feel achy and tired and feverish. I would wake up in the middle of the night drenched in sweat and burning up with fever. I would feel better for a few days...and then it would start up again. I am NOT a hypochondriac, and I rarely go to the doctor. I have a philosophy that if you take vitamins, eat right. and treat the symptoms pretty soon you will get well on your own! Well, Thanksgiving came and went and I was still battling the "flu".<br />
The first week in December my fever began to spike and I got so tired and achy I couldn't go to work, After 5 1/2 weeks af fighting the crud I finally bit the bullet and went to the doctor. 15 vials of blood later, after a gazillion tests and a pelvic ultrasound I still felt sick and had a 104 fever! Nothing showed up, other than a gas bubble near my right kidney and a slightly elevated white blood count! My husband was out of town at a sales meeting, my mother couldn't drive, and I was out of Tylenol. I called a dear friend (who just happens to be a nurse who works with gastrointestinal surgeries) and asked if she could bring me some. After describing my symptoms to her, she told me to call my doctor back immediately and tell him to schedule a lower abdominal CT scan. She proceeded to tell me the "gas bubble" was probably fluid leaking from my appendix. Well she was right! My husband hurried home from his trip, took me to the ER where they were waiting for me. 30 minutes later the CT scan confirmed that my appendix had a small tear in it, had ruptured, and had been slowly leaking for the last month. Within the hour I was in surgery having an emergency appendectomy. I had no idea how sick I was...and I never had any serious pain! I almost died! There was so much gangrene in my body that the doctor said if I had waited one more day I might not have recovered. I was in the hospital over a week, on antibiotics for another month, and wasn't able to go back to work until January!<br />
Christmas was a special time because I was so thankful just to be alive! I couldn't cook, I couldn't drive, and I had not decorated my house OR bought a single present! My precious daughters did everything! They ordered all my presents for me online, they wrapped them, they put up 5 Christmas trees, went grocery shopping, baked cookies, and prepared my Christmas dinner! God is so good!!!<br />
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My mom quit eating while I was in the hospital and she got so weak that she had to be hospitalized the day before New Year's Eve. They gave her liquid nourishment and IV fluids, and she was able to come home New Year's Day! That was like the blind leading the blind since I was so weak I could barely walk myself! January started off with a bang, as my daughter in NYC got engaged!!! I went back to work January 6 and Home Health started back taking care of my mom. My sweet babies were SO HAPPY to see me...and I was SUPER DUPER THRILLED to see them!!<br />
I went back to church for the first time January 8, and my precious mom went with us in her wheelchair. I worked Monday, cooked dinner Monday night, got up Tuesday morning, got ready for work, went to wake my mom up before I left...and found her half off the bed, unable to speak or move. She had suffered a massive stroke on her left side which left her paralyzed on her right side. The left brain also controls speech and swallowing, and she was unable to do either. After consulting with her amazing stroke specialist and neurologist and following the wishes of her living will, we decided not to put a feeding tube in my mom's stomach, but to take her to their palliative care unit, take her off all machines, and stay with her until God called her home. My middle daughter and her fiance flew home from NY, my son came home from college, and my oldest daughter (who is also an elementary school teacher), her husband, my husband, and I stayed by her side day and night.<br />
I don't know if you are aware of what palliative care is, but it is like hospice except it is in the hospital. The rooms are large, they don't have machines all around the beds, there are couches and recliners and large bathrooms with showers. They have a family kitchen where you can keep food and also all eat together, and a big living room area with videos, games, and books for children. It is peaceful, and the people who work there are angels. They bring pets in to love on the patients, and they have the most amazing, sweet, angelic-voiced music therapists who come in daily and sing to the patients. My mom has always loved hymns, and we played them constantly on our iPod, but when the music therapist came in and began to sing, my mom's eyes would become alert! God was so gracious to allow us 9 days there with my mom. She couldn't talk to us, but she could squeeze our hands with her left hand, and show us with her eyes that she understood what we were saying. She could blink for "yes" and "no". And then when she couldn't respond at all anymore, we could hold her hand, talk to her, pray with her, and tell her how much we loved her. Family, friends, pastors, and colleagues came and visited, and some really special friends even stayed around the clock with us as the end drew near and we didn't want to be alone. On Thursday night, January 19 surrounded by all of her children and grandchildren, my precious mom opened her eyes wide, looked straight up to heaven, took her last breath, and went home to Jesus. It was the most beautiful sight to see...one moment she was with us, and the next moment she was with our Lord. It completely took away my fear of death. So many people had prayed with us and for us that my whole family felt bathed in prayer. You could feel the presence of the Holy Spirit in her hospital room. I feel so blessed to have been a part of her home-going!<br />
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Well, needless to say, it has been a difficult few months since then. My mom had Alzheimer's Disease and had lived with us for the last 8 years. There has been an empty void in my house and my life since her death. My husband travels every week, and my mom had been such company for me since my youngest child went off to college 2 years ago. I haven't really felt like blogging. In fact, this is the first time I have put into words everything that has happened this last year. As I told you earlier in this post, I have a wonderful class this year. They have written me countless cards and notes, some of them visited me when I came home from the hospital, and they even cried with me when I came back to work after my mom's funeral. You see, she came once a week and had lunch with my class and they all called her Grandma. I feel like God gifted me with this class because He knew the year I was going to have.<br />
I'm out of school for the summer now, and enjoying sitting by the pool, relaxing, and reading. I'm also taking a room at a time and organizing things, throwing things away, and then I'm going to redecorate my mom's room. My daughter in NY is coming home for a few weeks to plan her wedding, and she is going to help me re-do and update things. We have a whole slew of DIY Pinterest plans to put into action! And then, hopefully, I will get back into this blogging world on a regular basis!!<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">I'm Debra,
and I blog at <a href="http://debrammcdaniel.blogspot.com/">Mrs. McDaniel’s 2<sup>nd</sup> Grade Superstars</a>. I’m a mom
of 3 grown (or almost grown) kids – a 26 year-old daughter who got married in
July AND followed in my footsteps by being an elementary schoolteacher, a 23
year-old daughter who is in the fashion design industry in NYC, and a 20
year-old son who is a sophomore at Auburn University majoring in pre-law (with
a 3.81 average!!)! School started last Monday and I have been overtired,
underfed, and SUPER excited about my new groups of seconds ever since! I live
in Alabama in a small rural community about an hour from Birmingham and boy has
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seventh year teaching full-time. I taught at risk students part-time for
two years, ELL students part-time for four years, and then started teaching
full-time in the Fall of 2004. I taught 3<sup>rd</sup> grade one year, and I
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">I didn’t
begin teaching in the classroom until my oldest child was a sophomore in college
(my middle child was a senior in high school and my “baby” was in 8<sup>th</sup>
grade)! Well, actually I started working with the at-risk students when
my oldest daughter was a freshman in high school, and I had volunteered in
their classrooms ever since they started in elementary school…but I decided to
go back to school and get my Master’s Degree when I turned 40! I began to think
about what I had accomplished and how much more I had to “give’ even though my
own children didn’t especially want me volunteering in their classes any more…so
I went back to school! I had to learn all about taking classes in this
technologically advanced age…but I am very competitive…and graduated with a 4.0
average! Not bad for an “old” lady!!</span></div>
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looking forward to a fresh start. I had a very difficult class last year…lots
of discipline problems…several RTI students…many ADHD whose parents refused to
give them medication…NO sub wanted to be in my classroom!! I am excited about my new batch of seconds.
After one week, I can already tell this is an entirely different type of class!
They are AWESOME!! I cannot wait to get to school each day! </span></div>
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through the day without <s>1, 2,</s> 3 (or more) cups of fresh coffee
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<br />Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07822894888125824477noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497805859934286853.post-81679384973479347582011-07-26T21:58:00.002-05:002011-07-28T19:41:48.384-05:00"Goin' to the Chapel"I haven't written very many posts lately, and if you're wondering why...it's because I've been planning a wedding! Yes, a WEDDING!! My oldest daughter Kati (who is a 1st grade teacher) got married Saturday. It was a wonderful weekend and a beautiful wedding. Just thought you might be interested in seeing some of the pictures (or maybe I just like looking at them myself)!<br />
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Bride with some of her students</div>
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Father/Daughter Dance</div>
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Mother of Bride (Me) with my friends...I'm the one in the purple dress </div>
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Bride and Groom with Pastors</div>
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Bride and her Flower Girls</div>
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<br />Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07822894888125824477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497805859934286853.post-2211252679962782732011-07-11T09:26:00.003-05:002011-07-13T20:52:00.525-05:00Daily Schedule Linky Party<a href="http://simply2ndresources.blogspot.com/2011/07/daily-schedule-linky-party.html">Simply 2nd Resources</a> is having a linky party for everyone to share their daily schedules.<br />
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I don't know about you, but I struggle every year with "getting it all in". My daughter teaches 2nd grade in a different system and they are given a complete schedule...which she follows without changes. We are given our PE, Lunch, and "Special" times, but everything else is up to us. I find myself changing things throughout the year to best fit my students' needs and the class "personality". This past year I had a difficult class...several diagnosed ADHD students without behavior plans and VERY SHORT attention spans, so I found myself changing things up throughout the year to keep them focused, actively involved, and "on-task"! This was the schedule I ended up with.<br />
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I haven't been given my class list or basic schedule for next year yet. We meet Wednesday to receive them, so when I process everything and get my "first" schedule together for next year I will pass it along.<br />
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<br />Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07822894888125824477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497805859934286853.post-37322354493917874312011-07-08T16:17:00.003-05:002021-10-18T10:43:00.434-05:00Back To School FreebiesI'm in the process of getting things together for back to school...and going CRAZY at the same time planning my oldest daughter's wedding which will take place in 15 days!!! Will I make it? At this point I'm not sure! My classroom is definitely taking a back seat to the wedding! Thank goodness for all my bloggy buddies who are providing me with so many wonderful <strike>ideas</strike> freebies to use! Once this wedding is over, it's back to work with a vengeance for me!!<br />
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So anyway, I thought I would share a few things I use throughout the year to help with behavior, classroom management, and parent communication. I had an unusually large amount of discipline problems in my class last year, so some of these documents were used to keep up with documenting information for RTI (hopefully I won't need to use them with my new group of sweeties!).<br />
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I have used the clip chart behavior plan for the last 3 years and really love it! We give a conduct grade, so I am able to use the clip chart to take away points for discipline problems. wherever a student ends up at the end of the day is noted on the weekly (or daily) behavior sheet for parents to sign. I also keep a quick form on a clipboard at my desk to color in at the end of each day for my gradebook. All students start out with 100 points. At the end of each week I simply total up the points and subtract from their grade the week before. Most of my students end up with A's in conduct, a few end up with B's, and a very, very small amount end up lower than that. Those are the students who end up in RTI with a specific discipline plan.<br />
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Feel free to grab anything you can use! I hope something I have shared will be helpful to someone out there in bloggy land! I will add more things as I have time (after the wedding) and will also be sure to post pictures from "the big event"!<br />
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Many, many thanks go out to Jena Snowden of 1st Grade With Miss Snowden <a href="http://1stgradewithmisssnowden.blogspot.com/">http://1stgradewithmisssnowden.blogspot.com/</a> for so generously creating my blog's new look! Not only did she create a new background, header, and button for me...but she also set it up and made sure it worked! WOW!! She is awesome! If you haven't checked out her blog, you've really missed a treat! Go check it out...and be sure and tell her Debra sent you!<br /><br /><img align="right" src="http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb398/mdebmcmom/311BCB00018988A23A4200E3EC91FCA9.png" style="border: 0;" /><br />
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Kathy at First Grade...a la Carte! is having a giveaway that you don't want to miss! Her games are amazing and you will want to check them out on her blog <a href="http://firstgradealacarte.blogspot.com/">http://firstgradealacarte.blogspot.com/</a>and at her TpT store <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Kathy-Law/">http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Kathy-Law/</a>. Head on over there before Christmas is over or you'll be left out in the cold!<br />
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Ok, are you sure you have enough room on your computer for all these fantastic things? Anna from <a href="http://fun-n-first.blogspot.com/">Crazy for First Grade</a>, Melissa from <a href="http://mrsfreshwatersclass.blogspot.com/">Mrs. Freshwater's Class</a>, Erica from <a href="http://ericabohrer.blogspot.com/">Erica Bohrer's First Grade</a>, Michelle Oakes from <a href="http://fabulousinfirst.blogspot.com/">Fabulous in First</a>, Amanda from <a href="http://oneextradegree.blogspot.com/">One Extra Degree</a>, Cara from <a href="http://thefirstgradeparade.blogspot.com/">The First Grade Parade</a> and <a href="http://kinderglynn.blogspot.com/">Kinderglynn</a> have teamed up to offer you an amazing amount of fabulous units and games! This is HUGE! Go to Kinderglynn's blog and get your entries now!!<br /><br /><img align="right" src="http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb398/mdebmcmom/311BCB00018988A23A4200E3EC91FCA9.png" style="border: 0;" /><br />
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104 pieces of clipart to create your student calendars to match your
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It's giveaway time at Third Grade Meanderings! Amanda is celebrating 100 followers and is giving away a $25 gift card to Barnes and Noble <br />
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<br />Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07822894888125824477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497805859934286853.post-82918172926131378052011-06-03T08:57:00.001-05:002011-07-13T20:53:59.397-05:00My ClassroomAs I've been reading Debbie Diller's book <span style="color: orange;">Math Work Stations</span> I've been thinking about my classroom setup and how I can improve it in order to facilitate more station activities. I decided to get out my copy of another of Debbie Diller's books <span style="color: orange;">Spaces and Places</span> and reread it...and then I am going to rearrange my classroom!!! We have lost 1 (possibly 2) 2nd grade units due to RIF, so my class size will increase from 18 to possibly 23. I definitely need more space! I love my reading loft, but if I can't rearrange and fit it in I will have to take it home :(<br />
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Reading Station Choice Board</div>
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Behavior Rules</div>
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Calendar Math Wall</div>
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I had a really difficult class this past year, and I am ashamed to say that I did a completely terrible job utilizing workstations in Math (as you will see from my answers)! I really plan on doing a better job next year!<br />
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Materials do not change weekly, but rather changed to reflect the students learning objectives: <span style="background-color: white; color: #134f5c;"><b><span style="color: red;">I switched out my materials each 9 week period to go along with the skills I was teaching and had already taught, but most of the
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<span style="color: black;">All students go to stations daily: </span><span style="color: #134f5c;"><b><span style="color: red;">Nope...I was lucky if I got to it 2 days a week :(</span></b></span></div>
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chairs? I bought some from Really Good Stuff 5 years ago, and need to
replace them for next year. I was happy with them overall, except that
they got stretched out and folders/papers would fall out all the time. I
have seen some that look like they have elastic in them which might
make them less stretchy. Just curious and would love your feedback!<br />
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Thanks Jena and Erica for teaming up for this giveaway! I'm so proud to be the winner of your door sign and jellybean unit!<br /><img align="right" src="http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb398/mdebmcmom/311BCB00018988A23A4200E3EC91FCA9.png" style="border: 0pt none;" /><br />
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Check out Jena's new contest over at <a href="http://1stgradewithmisssnowden.blogspot.com/">http://1stgradewithmisssnowden.blogspot.com</a>. Jena has teamed up with Erica at <a href="http://ericabohrer.blogspot.com/%20">http://ericabohrer.blogspot.com/ </a> to give away a personalized door hanger and jelly bean math unit that will be perfect for the month of April! Check out both of their blogs!<br />
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<span><span style="background-color: lime;"></span></span><br />Diane and Kelly over at <a href="http://madefor1stgrade.blogspot.com/">Made for First Grade</a> are hosting a giveaway of their <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Gumball-Math-Expansion-Pack">Gumball Math Expansion Pack</a> available at <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/">TPT</a>. Head on over and take a look!
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