Tuesday, June 4, 2019

Learn About Hawaii with Kanani Akina and Nanea Mitchell

Meet Nanea Michell and the author of her books!

        Kanani is the ninth Girl of the Year character; she and her collection were released in 2011. Kanani is the second multiracial character, following Jess McConnell. Her father is of Japanese and Hawaiian descent, and her mother is French and German. Hailing from Kaua'i, she helps her family run a shave ice shop and is passionate about helping people by sharing the aloha spirit and protecting Hawaiian wildlife.
       The Kanani doll has medium skin, hazel eyes, and long thigh-length light brown hair. She comes with a kukui nut necklace, a pink flower in her hair, and a light-blue floral print dress.
       Nanea Mitchell is the sixteenth historical character and the 3rd BeForever exclusive. She is from Honolulu growing up in the early 1940's representing the bombings at Pearl Harbor that ushered the U.S. out of The Great Depression and into World War II. She may be the youngest in her Ohana (family), but she still wants to be useful and help. But before she can prove that she is ready for more responsibility, Japan attacks the military base in Pearl Harbor where her father works.  
Our Artifacts for Hawaii Themed Projects, Lapbooks, and Journals:
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  Kanani Akina doll Fan Videos and Collections:
 Books About American Girl, Kanani Akina:
  1. Aloham Kanani
  2. Good Job Kanani 
Nanea Mitchell doll Fan Videos, Articles and Collections:
 Books About American Girl, Nanea Michell:
  • Growing Up with Aloha
  • Hula for the Home Front
  • The Legend of the Shark Goddess
  • Prints in the Sand: My Journey with Nanea
  • Real Stories From My Time: Pearl Harbor
More Reading: Historical Fiction
  • Early Sunday Morning: the Pearl Harbor of Amber Billows by Barry Denenberg - diary about the Pearl Harbor Attack in 1941 from the perspective of a 12 year-old girl
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Monday, May 27, 2019

Learning History With Melody

"No Ordinary Sound" cover.
       "Melody Ellison is a nine-year-old girl living with her family in Detroit, Michigan, during the civil rights movement in the early 1960s. Her parents are Will, who works in an auto assembly line, and Frances. Frances' parents (Melody's grandparents) are Frank Porter, a florist; and "Big Momma" Porter, who teaches piano and voice. Melody's older brother, Dwayne, wants to be a Motown singer; her oldest sister, Yvonne, is a student at Tuskegee University; her sister, Lila, is in middle school and lives at home.
       In her character's first book, No Ordinary Sound, Melody's cousins move to Detroit from Alabama; this is when Melody learns more of racial prejudice. When the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing occurs, Melody becomes fearful of going into her church, because the four little girls were in their church when they died. In time, Melody overcomes her fear.
       The first book was released in January 2016, although the doll wasn't released until summer 2016; a preview of the Melody doll was aired in CBS News in February 2016. The book's advisory board included: JoAnn Watson, NAACP executive committee member; Gloria House, professor of African American Studies at the University of Michigan, Dearborn; Thomas Sugrue, professor of history at New York University; and the late Julian Bond, former NAACP chairman.
       A live-action web special based on her stories entitled Melody, 1963: Love Has to Win, an American Girl Story was released by Amazon Studios, starring Marsai Martin as the title character. Melody is the third African American character made by American Girl, the first being Addy and the second being Cecile." Wikipedia
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The Music That Inspired Melody Ellison:
Motown Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group. It was originally founded by Berry Gordy Jr. as Tamla Records on January 12, 1959, and was incorporated as Motown Record Corporation on April 14, 1960. Its name, a portmanteau of motor and town, has become a nickname for Detroit, where the label was originally headquartered. Read more...
Motown Hits from The 1960s: The Ladies
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List of Melody's Books:
  1. No Ordinary Sound
  2. Never Stop Singing
  3. The Lady's Slipper
  4. Music in My Heart: My Journey With Melody
  5. Real Stories From My Time: March On Washington
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Learning History With Molly

An American Girl on the
Home Front film.
       "Molly McIntire is a young girl living in a fictional city named Jefferson, Illinois during the later years of World War II. Her father is stationed in England as a doctor caring for wounded soldiers, and her mother works at the Red Cross. She, her 15-year-old sister, Jill, her 13-year-old brother, Ricky and her 6-year-old brother, Brad, are all cared for by their housekeeper, Mrs. Gilford, and she must cope with the many changes that the war has brought. Molly also realizes that she, too, has a part of helping soldiers. Despite those changes, Molly has some leisure activities as well, such as skating, tap-dancing, movies and summer camp. Molly's series focuses on patriotism and the changes that come with wartime. 
       Molly was one of the original three dolls offered by Pleasant Company and is the only doll to be sold with eyeglasses. In early July 2013, American Girl announced plans to archive Molly and Emily. Both were archived on December 31, 2013, though Molly's mini doll and books were re-released in February 2018 as part of the BeForever line."  Wikipedia
       Emily Bennett is a British girl who is sent to America by her family to protect her from the intensity of the English battlefront during World War II. Originally a minor character temporarily residing with the McIntires in the book Happy Birthday, Molly!, Emily's character was expanded in a book by Valerie Tripp called Brave Emily for her debut as the third doll in the Best Friends collection on September 5, 2006. Emily's debut coincided with the premiere of the Molly made-for-TV movie. Since Emily is a minor character and not Molly's best friend, she was marketed instead as "Molly's English friend". As Emily is a part of Molly's collection, she was archived along with Molly.
Original Molly doll
by Pleasant Company
and costume.

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Advanced Reading: Historical Fiction about young women during WWII:
  • My Secret War: The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck, Long Island, New York, 1941 by Mary Pope Osborne 
  • Early Sunday Morning: The Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows, Hawaii, 1941 by Barry Denenberg 
  • The Diary of a Young Girl, also known as The Diary of Anne Frank, is a book of the writings from the Dutch language diary kept by Anne Frank while she was in hiding for two years with her family during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. The family was apprehended in 1944, and Anne Frank died of typhus in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945. The diary was retrieved by Miep Gies, who gave it to Anne's father, Otto Frank, the family's only known survivor, just after the war was over. The diary has since been published in more than 60 languages.
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War Ration Books from WWII

       These war rations books were issued to two of my family members, while they were children growing up during The Great Depression.
United States of America
War Ration Book One
Warning
  1. Punishments ranging as high as Ten Years' Imprisonment or $10,000 Fine, or Both, may be imposed under United States Statues for violations thereof arising out of infractions of Rationing Orders and Regulations.
  2. This book must not be transferred. It must be held and used only by or on behalf of the person to whom it has been issued, and anyone presenting it thereby represents to the Office of Price Administration, an agency of the United States Government, that it is being held and so used. For any misuse of this book it may be taken from the holder by the Office of Price Administration.
  3. In the event either of the departure from the United States of the person to whom this book is issued, or his or her death, the book must be surrendered in accordance with the Regulations.
  4. Any person finding a lost book must deliver it promptly to the nearest Ration Board.
World War II Rationing Books
War Rationing Books for The U.S. Homefront

My father and his sister used these rations to purchase their shoes
so that they would each have a pair to wear to school.

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Friday, May 24, 2019

Arundel Oaks

Arundel Oaks
by Lupton Allemong Wilkinson

Not even the redolent pines that on some hill 
Carpet the earth with silken texture sweet
Can temper the vagaries of the human will
As do these live oaks, gracious and complete,
Monarch of all arboreal empiry,
Crowned with a changeless youth and high serene,
Breathing the essence of grave surety
Over the fragile sword of Time's demesus.

Men, feverish, make religion of turmoil;
Furor and striving do away with thought;
We lose the secret that through centuries wrought
This giant, slow flowering from the friendly soil.
Who knows fulfillment more than steadfast trees
Or happier lot than to be loved by these?
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Learning History With Kit Kittredge

Pop-Up book about Kit's World. The tree house plus paper dolls:
 Kit and Ruthie are shown on the right.

       "Kit Kittredge is a fictional character in the American Girl series of books, written by Valerie Tripp. Kit serves as a protagonist and central character to her story arc, set during the Great Depression, beginning with the year 1934. Kit's core series of books was written by Valerie Tripp and illustrated by Walter Rane. 
       Kit was born as Margaret Mildred Kittredge on May 19, 1923 in Cincinnati, Ohio to a well-to-do family, and was named after her mother and her Aunt Millie. She, however, prefers to go by a nickname given to her by her family, which was taken from both her surname and the song Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag. Kit's father, Jack, owned a car dealership business in Cincinnati and was a World War I veteran. Her father's business still seemed to do well during the onset of the Great Depression, but was eventually forced to close when Jack used up his savings to pay his employees, sending the Kittredges into poverty." Wikipedia
       Ruthie Smithens is Kit Kittredge's best friend. The only daughter of a banker, Ruthie (and her family) is not financially affected by the Depression. Although they did at times offer help to the Kittredges, it was mostly in ways that would not hurt their pride. She is depicted to have an affinity for princesses and fairy tales, most especially Andrew Lang's Fairy Books and Grimms' Fairy Tales, in contrast to Kit's more tomboyish personality. Despite their major differences, Ruthie is a loyal and courageous friend who will go to great lengths to help Kit. 
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Advanced Reading: Historical Fiction that takes place during The Great Depression:
  • Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: The Diary of Bess Brennan, Perkins School for the Blind, 1932 by Barry Denenberg
  • Survival in the Storm: The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards, Dalhart, Texas, 1935 by Katelan Janke
  • Christmas After All: The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1932 by Kathryn Lasky
  • Survival in the Storm: The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards, Dalhart, Texas, 1935 by Katelan Janke 
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From The Other Side

Flag that flew over Fort McHenry 
in 1814, photographed in 1873
 in the Boston Navy Yard by George
 Henry Preble.
       The year 1812 witnessed our second war with Great Britain. In an effort to prevent emigration from her shores England claimed the right to seize any of her subjects upon any vessel of the high seas. America denied her right to do this on American ships. Disagreement broke into open rupture. War with the mother country was again declared.
       The doughty American seamen would not wait for attack upon them, but went forth aggressively against the squadron of the British. Oddly enough, considering the condition of the poorly equipped navy, they were remarkably successful and captured more than two hundred and fifty prizes. The following year, however, the British gained the ascendency, and in 1814 came in with sea force and land force and sacked and burned the Capitol at Washington and all public buildings except the patent office.
       They then proceeded against Baltimore. The land troops were almost in sight of the city of their desires, when they were halted and held in check by American troops under General Sticker, whose name, it may be said, meant as it sounded, and who effectually prevented their further advance. But the fleet on the waters sailed into the bay of Baltimore and up to Fort McHenry at the mouth of the Patapsco River, in the determination to bombard the fortress and compel entrance to the city in that way. The British admiral had boasted the fort would fall to his hand an easy prey.
       Prior to this, Dr. William Beane, a citizen of Baltimore and a non-combatant, had been captured at Marlboro and was held a prisoner on one of the vessels of the British fleet. To secure his release, Francis Scott Key and John Skinner set out from Baltimore on the ship Minden flying a flag of truce. The British admiral received them kindly and released Dr. Beane; but detained the three on board ship pending the bombardment of the fort, lest in their return to land the intentions of the British might be frustrated.
       Thus from the side of the enemy they were constrained to witness the efforts of destruction urged against the protecting fortress of their own city. From sunrise to sunset they watched the shot and shell poured into the fort and noted with infinite joy that the flag still flew. Through the glare of the artillery, as the night advanced, they caught now and then the gleam of the flag still flying. Would it be there at another sunrise? Who could tell! Suddenly the cannonading ceased. The British, despairing of carrying the fort, abandoned the project. In the emotion of the hour and inspiration born of the victory, Key composed the immortal lines now become our national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner."
       The flag is preserved in the museum of Washington and is distinctive in having fifteen stripes and fifteen stars, one of the very few national flags with this number. Scott
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About President James Madison

       James Madison, fourth President of the United States; born in Virginia, March 16, 1751; graduated at Princeton College in 1771; read law; was admitted to the bar, and in 1779 was elected to the Continental Congress, of which he became one of the most prominent leaders. He continued to serve in Congress most of the time until 1797, and was in 1787 a member of the National Convention at Philadelphia to form the Constitution of the United States. He contributed several able articles to The Federalist, and in 1801 entered the Cabinet of President Jefferson as Secretary of State, an office which he continued to fill until 1808, when he was elected President of the United States.
       War with England was declared June 18, 1812, and in the autumn of that year Mr. Madison was re-elected President. In August, 1814, Washington was taken by the British forces, and the Capitol was burned. The Treaty of Ghent was signed December 24, 1814, but before the government had received notice of it Gen. Jackson gained (January 8, 1815) the brilliant victory of New Orleans.
       President Madison approved in 1816 the bill for chartering the United States Bank, and retired from office March 4, 1817. He died June 28, 1836.
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The Flag Goes By

THE FLAG GOES BY
by Henry Holcomb Bennett

HATS off!
Along the street there comes
A blare of bugles, a ruffle of drums,
A flash of color beneath the sky;
Hats off !
The flag is passing by!

Blue and crimson and white it shines,
Over the steel-tipped ordered lines,
Hats off!
The colors before us fly!
But more than the flag is passing by.

Sea-fights and land-fights, grim and great,
Fought to make and to save the State.
Weary marches and sinking ships;
Cheers of victory on dying lips.

Days of plenty and years of peace;
March of a strong land's swift increase;
Equal justice, right and law,
Stately honor and reverent awe;

Sign of a Nation, great and strong
To ward her people from foreign wrong:
Pride and glory and honor all
Live in the colors to stand or fall.

Hats off !
Along the street there comes
A blare of bugles, a ruffle of drums,
And loyal hearts are beating high:
Hats off!
The flag is passing by! 
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Learning History With Caroline Abbott

Captain of the Ship by
 Kathleen Ernst.
       Caroline Abbott is a girl from Sackets Harbor, New York. Her year is 1812. She is the only daughter of a shipbuilder who owned a shipyard near Lake Ontario, Caroline enjoys outdoor activities, like sailing and ice-skating, and dreams of being a captain of her own ship. One day, when her father is captured, Caroline embarks on a journey to save him and unite her family. Themes include bravery, family, and making wise decisions. 
        Caroline was archived along with her collection in 2015. Her Mini Doll and books are still available for purchase. American Girl has already created her BeForever version books by Kathleen Ernst.
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Tuesday, May 21, 2019

The Second "Long Ago Christmas"

       The father had been successful in obtaining employment in one of the sawmills that loomed up on the banks of the beautiful and majestic Detroit river; but the cold in its yearly transit had caused the mills to close down for the winter, thus throwing out of employment, not only this father, but hundreds of others. What was to be done now that all avenues in the city had become blocked, not only to these few hundreds, but in fact to most of the wage-earners, as industries then were nowhere so diversified as at the present time, and were more especially lacking in the new West. The only remedy that suggested itself was that the father should go into the woods for the winter and leave his family to struggle along as best they could under the care and guidance of a loving mother. When time came for the father to go, and the home-leaving was pathetic in the extreme, as only a slim allowance remained in the larder, and nothing could be expected in the way of compensation until after the first month's work had been performed.
       In the meantime Christmas was coming, and this was what caused the sleepless nights and bloodshot eyes of the mother. She was having a struggle that had not been anticipated on leaving the diminutive rock farm on the Atlantic coast, where every Christmas time had seen the little blue stockings of various sizes hung sympathetically over the fireplace, accessible to Santa Claus, and always well filled by him, to the overflowing joy of happy-hearted children.
       The present Christmas time was to this dear mother a sorrowful one, as she kissed each of the little darlings and listened to the ''Now I lay me down to "sleep" prayers. She tucked them lovingly in their little beds, While visions of sugar plums danced through their heads," not-withstanding she had informed them that Santa Claus would be likely to forget them in their far western home, but would no doubt find them when another Christmas came around. With this assurance they quietly slipped off into childhood's happy dreamland, leaving the mother to sit lonely by the fire, with the flickering rays of a tallow candle casting the shadow of six little stockings hanging all in a row on the wall, without the faintest hope of hearing even the footfalls or the merry chuckle from the good-natured Santa Claus of by gone years.
       She wept and prayed that some good angel would assist her in this trying hour; if this help failed what could she do? She remembered that she had put a rosy-cheeked apple into the bureau drawer a few days before, and thinking her prayer had been partially answered, she placed it in the stocking of the baby girl. Now what could she do for the five stockings that represented five bright, active, growing boys? She was certainly in a dilemma, but soon came out of it.
       Before the father's departure for the lumber woods, he had provided all the boys with red topped boots which were to them a comfort and a joy. But wading with them in the early winter slush had destroyed the fine shop polish that was so charming when new. Some good angel whispered in the mother's ear to get the tallow dish and grease the boots and thus give them a finish as if new, also making the leather pliable and soft to the tender little feet. This she did, and when the old clock rang out - one - two she had just finished the last pair and placed them against the wall in a row, looking as fresh and new as when they first came into the home.
       Tired with work and weary with solicitude, she went quietly about the beds of her darlings to see if all was well, and when fully satisfied, she sought the solace of ''nature's sweet restorer, balmy sleep."
       At five o'clock Christmas morning, could be heard the patter of little feet on their way for the stockings which the little lads would take to bed with them and look over at their leisure; but they were doomed to disappointment, and sought their mother's bedside for an explanation, when the mother said: "My dears, don't you know we are a great distance from where good old Santa Claus used to live? Perhaps he did not come with presents enough to supply all the children, especially those who have been here so short a time." Then she bade them go and see if there were not some signs of his having been in the house. Away they went, and the anxious mother did not have long to wait before she heard the children shout with joy that Santa Claus had not forgotten them, since he had made their boots as good as new. They also found a letter on the table in which was printed so plainly that all could read: ''Be good children, and I will surely see that your stockings are well filled next Christmas. "Santa Claus"
       This assurance was sufficient to make them all happy, including the mother.
       When the next Christmas time came round, other hands than those of this loving mother were there to administer to the wants of these motherless children; but her influence, no doubt, has ever been with them as a loving angel guide to help them on their devious paths along life's journey. from O'Brien's Pioneer Memories in Minnesota

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The First "Long Ago Christmas"

       "Well, if this don't seem like old times!" These were the words we heard from our old friend Felix, the other morning as he waded briskly through the snow on his way down town.
      ''You seem greatly elated this morning," I said as I hustled up alongside. "You appear to have a full head of steam on."
       "Bet your life!" he answered. "Don't this remind you of the wayback days when we were boys? Everything covered up with the same dear, old snow - lovely snow - that used to cover the house and barn and wagon-shed; yes, and was so nicely poised on fence-post, wagon-stake, hen-coop and well-sweep!
       "This same snow that during the winter would pile itself in huge drifts high above the fences, and then pack and freeze solid so that the traveled roads ran over those same fences, and nobody knew it! Why, bless my soul, Frank, I feel as though I had awakened from a long sleep and suddenly came into a full realization of this precious gift of nature! I am so intoxicated by this bracing air that I can hardly restrain myself, and I don't know what minute I may be shouting out and testing my lung capacity to its utmost, so jubilant am I over this snowy counterpane that has been so carefully let down in fleecy folds over our poor shivering earth. Welcome, feathery flakes! May your stay with us be long enough to revive in memory the youthful pleasure we enjoyed in your company!"
       "Hold on to yourself, Felix!" I remarked; "you are becoming sentimental, and Sentimental," he interrupted; "not by a long shot," and before I had time to realize what he was about, there he was, sprawled out on his back by the roadside, arms stretched out, legs well apart, making an exact impression of himself. Then he jumped up, shook off the; snow, and, pointing to the snow image of himself, said: "That little reminder of a trick of my boyhood days is worth to me, this minute, a straight five-dollar bill, and as true as I'm digging the snow out of the back of my neck, I would not take an X for this realistic taste of youth."
       ''I know just how you feel, old boy, for you are well aware I've been there myself and What's this?" he suddenly chimed in, grabbing me by the elbow, "Christmas doings in the shop windows! Well, if this isn't a contrast to what Christmas was when we were boys."
       "I well recollect," he went on, musingly, "the last Christmas week we spent in dear old Maine in 1849. I can see the big fireplace and its rousing fire, spitting the glowing sparks all about and sometimes dropping a coal on the stone hearth. Yes, and there is the settle standing within five feet of the warmth-giving blaze, and containing no less than four expectant 'young ones,' who were seriously contemplating and questioning how Santa Claus was going to gain entrance to the room by way of the chimney with all that fire and smoke and heat, to fill the blue yarn stockings which mother had knit, and which were hanging in a row -


that is, as soon as they had been snugly tucked away in bed. I can faintly hear mother's voice as I heard it that Christmas night after she had kissed us and bade us go to sleep, singing sweetly, 'While shepherds watched their flocks by night' By the way, Frank, where are we? This all looks strange!"
       "I had about lost my bearings, too. This is the Tenth avenue bridge. Never mind where we are, Felix, let's go  on with our reflections and reminiscences and forget the present for awhile to revel in the past."
       ''All right; just as you say!" and he continued: "As I was about to state, when I was dropping off to sleep, I heard a noise on the roof, and in spite of my determination to keep awake and find out all about it, the next thing I knew it was morning, and I assure you I was not the only one who raced out to the fireplace in abbreviated garments to get my stockings and scamper back to bed, which was rapidly approaching an icy coldness."
       ''Can you guess," he queried, "what those stockings contained? It may be that you can. You were a boy, too, about that time, and probably your experiences were similar to mine.
       "I had two long, twisted doughnuts, an apple and four cookies in the shape of animals that must have come into existence before Noah's time, and to worship whom would have broken no commandment, as they were not made in the 'likeness of anything in the firmament above nor on the earth beneath, nor the waters under the earth.' The shape did not affect their sweetness, however. This was the sum total of our Christmas gifts, but I would be ready to scream with delight, right here and now, if I could once again feel the joy experienced at having been so generously remembered by dear old Santa!
       "Why my dear boy," Felix went on to say, "if I could only enter into the spirit of an old-time snowball match, a slide down the hill on 'bobs' or hogshead staves, a 'catch-on-behind,' or be crowded into an ox sled on the way to singing school - if I could only for one winter, and only one, realize all this, I sincerely believe I should feel as if my cup were full to overflowing.
       "Sentimental, you say? Not a bit of it! Yet how I would enjoy listening to those sweet old songs, 'Bonny Doon,' 'Do They Miss Me at Home, Do They Miss Me?' 'I'll Chase the Antelope Over the Plains,' and 'Lily .Dale,' sung as they were among our companions in singing school, or even in the quiet of the home!"
       "Well, well, Felix, Here we are at the old Citj Hall - pretty long walk for two kids of three-score years, hey? It's not yet nine o'clock, but what a distance we have traveled over Memory's road, and yet we are not very weary, are we?"
       "Weary? I should say not! I may be a crank, my boy, but neither you nor any one else can turn my head from the sweet memories of the past.
       "Good-bye; come over and see us when you are out our way." from O'Brien's Pioneer Memories in Maine.

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