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FEBRUARY 19 |
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| Teaching - there can be no finer calling requiring the clearest demonstration of moral and ethical behavior. Ira Shull, For the Love of Teaching |
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| Why do you teach? Let Us Know. |  |
Tell Us about your most memorable teacher. |
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Today's 5-Minute Quest
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  Use all of these letters to spell the title of a book written by Virginia Hamilton (according to Houghton Mifflin):
AGE THEN RIGHT |
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(hint: all three questions will require you to use a link found on this page)
Use all of these letters to spell the name of a song written by Smokey Robinson and recorded by The Temptations (according to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame):
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 Hale Woodruff
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 Mary Elizabeth Bowser
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 Dick Gregory
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 Thurgood Marshall
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 Joe Louis
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Nepal: National Democracy Day (Rastriya Prajatantra Divas)
(Commemorates establishment of Nepal's constitutional monarchy: 02/18/1951) |
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Turkmenistan: National Flag Day
(Observed since 02/19/1995: coincides with birth date of President Saparmurad Niyazov) |
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| 1903 | Louis Slobodkin (New York-born Children's Author, Illustrator, Sculptor) |
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| 1908 | Mildred Lee (Alabama-born Children's Author) |
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| 1940 | Jill Krementz (New York City-born Photographer, Children's Author) |
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| 1971 | Jeff Kinney (Maryland-born Young-Adult Author) |
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| 1766 | William Dunlap (New Jersey-born Father of the American Theater, Author, Poet, Artist, Playwright) |
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| 1833 | Élie Ducommun (Swiss Journalist: 1902 Nobel Laureate for Peace) |
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| 1902 | Kay Boyle (Minnesota-born Novelist, Short-Story Writer) |
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| 1917 | Carson McCullers (Georgia-born Novelist, Short-Story Writer) |
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| 1945 | Clifton L. Taulbert (Mississippi-born African-American Author) |
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| 1952 | Amy Tan (California-born Asian-American Author) |
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| 1960 | Margaret McMullan (Mississippi-born Author) |
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| 1868 | Edward Sheriff Curtis (Wisconsin-born Photographer) |
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| 1743 | Luigi Boccherini (Italian Composer, Cellist) |
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| 1880 | Arthur Shepherd (Idaho-born Composer) |
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| 1473 | Nicolaus Copernicus (Prussian Polish Astronomer) |
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| 1789 | William Fairbairn (Scottish Pioneer of the Industrial Revolution) |
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| 1826 | Jesse Hiatt (Iowa-born Developer of the Delicious Apple) |
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| 1859 | Svante Arrhenius (Swedish-born 1903 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry) |
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| 1880 | Roscoe Harrison (North Carolina-born African-American West Virginia Physician, Hospital Founder) |
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| 1821 | Francis Preston Blair, Jr. (Kentucky-born Union General) |
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| 1808 | Harvey Warren Cox (Illinois-born First President of Emory University) |
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| 1594 | Henry Prince of Wales (Eldest Son of England's King James I) |
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| 1683 | Philip V, King of Spain |
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| 1794 | James Brown Ray (Kentucky-born Governor of Indiana) |
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| 1806 | David Walker (Kentucky-born Chief Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court) |
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| 1840 | Andrew R. McGill (Pennsylvania-born 10th Governor of Minnesota) |
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| 1856 | Rudolf Stammler (German Legal Philosopher) |
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| 1871 | Lugenia Burns Hope (Missouri-born Civil Rights Advocate) |
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| 1960 | Prince Andrew, Duke of York |
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| 1717 | David Garrick (English Actor, Theater Manager) |
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| 1902 | John Bubbles (Kentucky-born African-American Dancer, Entertainer) |
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| 1911 | Merle Oberon (British-American Actress) |
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| 1912 | Stan Kenton (Kansas-born Musician, Orchestra Leader) |
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| 1924 | Lee Marvin (New York City-born Actor) |
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| 1930 | John Frankenheimer (New York-born Film Director) |
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| 1940 | Smokey Robinson (Detroit-born African-American Member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame) |
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| 1943 | Lou Christie (Pennsylvania-born Popular Singer: "Two Faces Have I") |
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| 1955 | Jeff Daniels (Georgia-born Actor) |
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| 1966 | Justine Bateman (New York-born Actress) |
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| 1967 | Benicio Del Toro (Puerto Rican-born Actor) |
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| 1916 | Eddie Arcaro (Ohio-born Horse Racing Jockey) |
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| 1957 | Dave Stewart (California-born Baseball Player) |
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| 1962 | Hana Mandlikova (Czech Member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame) |
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| 1808 | David Emanuel (Pennsylvania-born Governor of Georgia; Namesake of Emanuel County, Georgia) |
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| 1860 | William Napier (English Military Historian) |
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| 1936 | John Hope (First African-American President of Morehouse College: 1906-1931) |
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| 1996 | Charles Finley (Alabama-born Owner of the Oakland Athletics Baseball Team) |
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| 1997 | Deng Xiaoping (Leader of the Peoples' Republic of China) |
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| 2001 | Stanley Kramer (New York City-born Movie Producer, Director) |
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| 2002 | Virginia Hamilton (Ohio-born Children's Author) |
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| 1672 | Isaac Newton's "Theory of Color and Light" Is Published in the Journal of the Royal Society |
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| 1674 | Charles II of England Signs Treaty of Westminster, Ending War with the Dutch |
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| 1777 | The Continental Congress Promotes Five Junior Officers Ahead of General Benedict Arnold |
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| 1781 | The Town of Natick, Massachusetts Is Incorporated |
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| 1803 | President Thomas Jefferson Approves Ohio's Entry into the Union as the 17th State |
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| 1806 |
 Clark: Sergt. Ordway Set out again with a party to the Salt works by land. in the evening Sergt. Gass returned with the flesh of Eight Elk, and Seven Skins haveing left one Skin with Shannon and Labiche who remained over the Netul to Continue the chase. we devided the Skins between the messes in order that they might be prepared for Covering the baggage when se Set out in the Spring. our Sick appear to Strengthen but Slowly I gave Bratten 6 of Scotts pills which did not work him. he is very weak and Complains of his back.
Ordway: a hard Storm of wind and rain myself and Six more of the party Set out eairly to go by land to the Salt works to bring in the Salt & baggage we proced. on to the praries crossed the prarie where the land is in ridges like the waves the frozen rain beat in our faces verry hard. we got on the coast crossd. a river where we waided to our middles and was glad to git in an old Indian house where we made a fire and Stayed all night. Sand flew & waves rold. |
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| 1807 | Former U.S. Vice President, Aaron Burr, Is Arrested in Alabama for Treason (Later Acquitted) |
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| 1825 | Louisiana Returns the State Capital to New Orleans |
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| The Florida Intelligencer, Tallahassee's First Newspaper, Begins Operation |
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| 1838 | Illinois Native, Rachel Plummer, Rejoins Her Husband After Being Held Captive by Comanches for More Than a Year |
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| 1846 | The First Legislature of the State of Texas Is Convened in Austin |
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| Crew of the British Sloop Modeste Provide the First Known Theatrical Performance in Oregon |
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| 1847 | Rescuers Reach the Survivors of the Donner Party |
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| 1851 | The U.S. Congress Sets Aside 48,080 Acres for a State University in Minnesota |
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| 1856 | Hamilton Smith (Gambier, OH) Receives a Patent for a Tin-Type Camera |
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| 1858 | Nisqually Chief Leschi Is Hanged for Murder at Washington State's Fort Steilacoom |
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| 1859 | Craighead County, Arkansas Is Created |
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| 1861 | Russian Tsar Alexander II Issues the Emancipation Reform Abolishing Serfdom |
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| 1878 | Thomas Edison Receives Patent for the Phonograph |
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| 1881 | Kansas Is the First State to Prohibit All Alcoholic Beverages |
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| 1884 | 60 Tornados Kill 420 People in Seven Southeastern U.S. States |
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| 1889 | Dade County, Florida Voters Approve the Relocation of the County Seat from Miami to Juno |
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| 1897 | The Women's Institute Is Founded in Ontario, Canada by Mrs Adelaide Hoodless |
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| 1902 | The Name of Alaska's Fort Wrangel Post Office Is Changed to Wrangell |
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| The Minnesota Legislature Names the Pink-and-White Lady Slipper (Cypripedium Reginae) the State Flower |
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| 1906 | W K Kellogg Founds the Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company |
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| 1909 | Teamsters Local 174 is Chartered in Seattle, Washington |
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| 1910 | Delaware Blue Hen Basketballer Liston A. Houston Scores 52 Points in a Game Against Lebanon Valley. |
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| 1915 | British and French Battleships Attack the Dardanelles Strait Separating Europe and Asia in Northwestern Turkey |
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| 1919 | W.E.B. Dubois Organizes First Pan-African Congress in Paris to Influence Peace Talks |
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| 1928 | The Entire State of Minnesota Is Darkened by a Dust Storm |
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| 1932 | William Faulkner Completes His Novel Light in August |
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| 1936 | Manuel Azaña Forms a New Popular Front Cabinet in Spain |
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| 1937 | Italian Troops Raid the Ethiopian Capital of Addis Ababa |
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| The Flag of the Netherlands Is Adopted by Order in Council #93 |
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| 1942 | Bali, in the Dutch Indies (Indonesia), and Port Darwin, Australia Are Attacked by Japanese War Planes |
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| Japanese Troops Land on Timor |
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| President Franklin Roosevelt Signs Executive Order 9066 Directing the Internment of Japanese Americans |
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| 1945 | 30,000 U.S. Marines Land on the Pacific Island of Iwo Jima |
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| 1949 | Ezra Pound Wins the First Bollingen Prize for Poetry |
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| 1953 | Georgia Law Is Enacted to Prohibit the Sale of Obscene Literature |
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| William Inge's Picnic Makes Its Broadway Debut at the Music Box Theatre |
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| 1959 | Britain, Turkey and Greece Sign Agreement Granting Cyprus Its Independence |
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| 1960 | Bil Keane's Family Circus Cartoon Strip Debuts |
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| 1961 | Demonstrators London to Protest the Murder of Patrice Lumumba, Prime Minister of Congo |
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| 1962 | U.S. Conducts 1.9 kT Underground Nuclear Test in Nevada |
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| 1963 | Soviet Union Informs President Kennedy It Will Withdraw Several Thousand Troops from Cuba |
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| 1966 | Joe Paterno Is Selected to be the Head Football Coach for Penn State University |
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| 1968 | 7.5 Magnitude Earthquake Kills 20 and Destroys 500 Homes on Islands in the Aegean Sea |
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| More Than 35,000 of Florida's 58,000 Educators Go Out on Strike |
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| 1970 | The Chicago Seven Are Fined and Sentenced (Later Overturned) |
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| 1976 | NASA Launches MARISAT 1, the First of a Series of COMSAT Maritime Communications Satellites |
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| 1977 | France Conducts 5-20 kT Underground Nuclear Test on Mururoa Atoll |
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| Stevie Wonder Wins Grammys for Best Album and for Best Male Pop Vocalist |
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| 1981 | George Harrison Fined $587,000 for "My Sweet Lord" Plagiarism |
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| 1982 | USSR Conducts Underground Nuclear Test in Kazakhstan |
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| 1984 | USSR Conducts 20-150 kt Underground Nuclear Test in Kazakhstan |
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| Twins, Phil and Steve Mahre (Yakima, WA), Win Gold and Silver Medals in the Olympic Men's Slalom |
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| 1985 | The First National Medals of Technology Awarded to 14 Americans |
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| 1986 | When Yasser Arafat Rejects U.N. Resolutions Jordan Severs Ties with the PLO |
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| 1987 | Ronald Reagan Lifts U.S. Trade Boycott Against Poland |
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| 1988 | Louisiana Native Curtis Guillory Is Installed as the First African-American Catholic Bishop in Texas |
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| 1992 | U.S. Recognizes Azerbaijan, Tadjzikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan |
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| 1997 | 19-month Detroit Newspaper Strike Ends |
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| 1998 | Russia's Soyuz TM-26 Lands to Complete 198-day MIR Mission |
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| 2002 | Vonetta Flowers Is the First African-American to Win a Gold Medal in a Winter Olympics |
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| 2008 | Fidel Castro Resigns As Cuba's President/Commander in Chief |
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| 2010 | Pope Benedict XVI Approves Mother Mary MacKillop as Australia's First Saint |
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