Basics of Industrial Hygiene (Preserving the Legacy)

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This book provides environmental technology students with an enjoyable way to quickly master the basics of industrial hygiene. Like all the books in the critically acclaimed Preserving the Legacy series, it follows a rapid-learning modular format featuring learning objectives, summaries, chapter-end reviews, practice questions, and skill-building classroom activities. Throughout the text, sidebars highlight critical concepts, and more than 90 high-quality line-drawings, photographs, and diagrams help to clarify concepts covered.

Author Debra Nims begins with a fascinating historical overview of the art and science of industrial hygiene, followed by a concise review of key concepts and terms from biology and toxicology. She then offers in-depth practical coverage of:

Identifying hazards or potential hazards
Sampling and workplace evaluations
Hazard control
Toxicology, occupational health, and occupational health standards
Airborne hazards
Dermatoses and contact hazards
Fire and explosion hazards
Occupational noise
Radiation
Temperature extremes
Repetitive use traumas

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Here is the first and only text that helps beginning students master the foundation topics in the dynamic field of environmental technology, from basic toxicology concepts and principles to comprehensive hazardous waste management strategies.

Introduction to Environmental Technology organizes a wealth of current need-to-know information into a reader-friendly format that maximizes learning. Throughout, it features case studies that apply the text information to real-world environmental challenges, and highlights numerous career options through profiles of actual people working in various aspects of this broad field.

This comprehensive, easy-to-understand text provides:

An awareness of how the many facets of science, technology, and public policy are involved in environmental management protection.
An understanding of the sources of pollution and the primary processes that control the fate of pollutants in air, water, and soil.
Practical insights into the use of land, the benefits of wetlands, and the complex factors influencing land-use decisions.
Comprehensive coverage of the main requirements of federal laws and regulations pertaining to hazardous waste, pollution prevention, and occupational health and safety.
The basic principles needed to operate the latest pollution control and pollution monitoring equipment.

Complete with a comprehensive glossary, Introduction to Environmental Technology provides you with the foundation concepts and vocabulary you need to succeed in this exciting, fast-changing field.

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excellent.......2007-09-21

WONDERFULLY WRITTEN. VERY INSIGHTFUL AND INFORMATIVE. A GREAT ADDITION TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE BASE, WHETHER VIA COLLEGE OR PERSONAL/ SELF- EDUCATION WISE.

What a GREAT book on Environmental Technology!.......1998-12-31

If you are interested in the Environmental Technology field this book is a great introduction to the basics of Environmental Technology. This book is used as a textbook in many Intro to Environmental Technology classes. I took Ann Boyce's on-line class, Introduction to Environmental Technology, where her book is intergrated into great discussions and projects. If you are interested in taking the class that goes with this book just visit the college website and check out the on-line classes section!

Patience and Fortitude: Wherein a Colorful Cast of Determined Book Collectors, Dealers, and Librarians Go About the Quixotic Task of Preserving a Legacy

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A bibliophage is a person who devours books
Bibliomaniac Strikes again
Love books?
Librarianship 101 meets The Book Fan
Los Angeles Central Library fire -- Biblioteca Alexandrina

Patience and Fortitude: Wherein a Colorful Cast of Determined Book Collectors, Dealers, and Librarians Go About the Quixotic Task of Preserving a Legacy
Nicholas A. Basbanes
Manufacturer: Harper Perennial
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ASIN: 0060514469
Release Date: 2003-03-25

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In his national bestseller, A Gentle Madness, Nicholas Basbanes explored the sweet obsession people feel to possess books. Now, Basbanes continues his adventures among the "gently mad" on an irresistible journey to the great libraries of the past -- from Alexandria to Glastonbury -- and to contemporary collections at the Vatican, Wolfenbüttel, and erudite universities. Along the way, he drops in on eccentric book dealers and regales us with stories about unforgettable collectors, such as the gentleman who bought a rare book in 1939 "by selling bottles of his own blood."

Taking the book's grand title from the marble lions guarding the New York Public Library at 42nd Street, Basbanes both entertains and delights. And once again, as Scott Turow aptly noted, "Basbanes makes you love books, the collections he writes about, and the volume in your hand."

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A bibliophage is a person who devours books.......2007-09-21

This is an engaging compilation of book talk topics. Anecdotes abound. The London Library celebrated its one hundred fiftieth anniversary in 1991. Its counterparts are the Library Company of Philadelphia, the New York Society Library, the Boston Athenaeum. It is not a club. There is silence maintained in the London Library reading room. Some writers do their writing there. Penelope Fitzgerald found Novalis's letters in the London Library.

Umberto Eco has a personal library of thirty thousand volumes. The success of THE NAME OF THE ROSE enabled him to become a serious book collector. The books arts community located in western Massachusetts is described. The author uses the title 'Profiles in Bibliophagia' for one of the sections of his book.

Antiquarian bookselling is more established in Europe than in the United States. The most prominent American bookseller of the twentieth century was Dr. A.S.W. Rosenbach of Philadelphia. The very best dealers are scholars. Emigre booksellers helped create some of the great research libraries in America.

The Boston Public Library, a McKim structure, is the most notable building in Back Bay. Alfred Kazin and Richard Hofstadter began their friendship at the New York Public Library. Harold Bloom credits that library with starting his book passion. The library was a refuge for many immigrant scholars. Resident writers have included Joseph Lash, James Thomas Flexner, Nancy Milford, Edna St.Vincent Millay, Susan Brownmiller, Robert Caro. Nicholson Baker has written dismissively of the destruction of card catalogues and the replacement of them by various kinds of electronic access.

Colleges and universities continue to be judged by the strength of their libraries. Harvard may be the only library that has kept up with inflation. Other schools are buying less than they used to. The author recounts how the library at York University, (Canada), was built. About one hundred thousand books were bought from a dealer of second-hand books in Boston. Works in French were obtained from a store going out of business. York University also bought books along with the the California system of higher education. The same librarian doubled the library collection at Boston College in ten years.

Premier research institutions demand strong libraries. University libraries were able to enhance their collections under Title II, a federal program in effect from 1965 to 1982. Research universities have used book depositories for low-circulation books to avoid deaccessioning them. Cornell and the University of Michigan have joined forces to create the Making of America digital library.

The author describes the Strand and Argosy book stores of New York City. Serendipity is a term originating in a piece by Horace Walpole. It is the name of a distinguished book store in Berkeley.

Photographs ornament this excellent work.

Bibliomaniac Strikes again.......2006-09-07

If you love books than you will love Nicholas Basbanes. In this installment of Basbanes ode to all things printed and bound he delves into (among other things) the world of libraries, their noble traditions as well as a few shameful failings. Implicit in every page of this and all his books is a genuine love of his topic, and this mixed with his broad scholarship and pleasant narrative make him a joy to read.

Love books? .......2006-02-25

I still have not been able to read A Gentle Madness, but from previous reviews, I can get the sense that there is a similar theme to this one.
As for Patience and Fortitude--for any book lover, you immediately become overwhelmed by Basbanes' and his interviewees' passion for books. Moreover, the more you read about some of the great collections covered in this book, the more you want to see for yourself. For me, the most intriguing element of the book was the section on the long forgotten libraries of Mt Athos, some of which maintain extensive collections from Byzantium.
I was equally interested to read how the major libraries of the world assemble collections, and attempt to maintain them, while filling the need for more computer savvy customers.
I hope to read the other books by Basbanes, but if this is the standard for the others, I am sure they will be equally as enjoyable.

Librarianship 101 meets The Book Fan.......2005-07-24

Perhaps being a librarian meant I was always going to cast a jaundiced eye on this book but "A Gentle Madness" was so good I had to take the bait. A history of the printed word, a class in comparative librarianship and one of the history of libraries, along with "famous book collectors I have rubbed elbows with" leave little new to cover. I don't really care what the author had for lunch when he dined with Umberto Ecco and there is a lot of "me" in this books. Of course, his own column leads him to all sorts of authors but I would have preferred an objective discourse without including his own (less that original) musings on ancient libraries and the problems of libraries in the 21st century. He speaks only to the very top level librarians at usually the top libraries in the world. There is no discussion of state university libraries who face regular budget cuts, the staff who wrestle with their directors' obsessive acquisitiveness or those who face the demand of diminishing funds to heat and light the buildings not to mention keep staff. He thinks it horrid to spend money on computers and not books, while forgetting that access to those books is through the computer. For all those readers who never thought about what libraries actually do or how many dollars are spent to do it, this is a must read. We who slave away behind the scenes won't find this topic new, but there are millions of people who probably gave little thought to rare books and their delights and who should read this as an introductory to the gentle madness.

Los Angeles Central Library fire -- Biblioteca Alexandrina.......2005-07-16

I have not finished reading "Patience & Fortitude," although it is still on my wish list as a book I would "love to have." I *have* read enough to feel justified in making two comments here, one on a matter Basbanes discusses as the worst library disaster in American history, and a scandal which occured two years after he devoted the epilogue of this book to the Biblioteca Alexandrina, widely touted as "the new 'Library of Alexandria.'"

Basbanes devotes a page and a half to discussing the diastrous fire at the Los Angeles Central Library in 1986, but he omits mention of the scandalous background which transformed a small fire into a major disaster.

The Los Angeles Fire Department had issued numerous citations to the Library Department over a period of several years because of the reckless disregard for elementary fire safety in the building. Famously, bare electric light bulbs were within inches of one stack of books which was piled almost to the ceiling. I had occasion to see "behind the stacks" of the Science and Technology department one day, in the area where patent information was stored, and I was shocked: material was stacked on top of every bookcase in sight, and the place was packed with heaps of books and documents, many of which were destroyed in the 1986 fire.

The Los Angeles City Council was well aware that the central library was a fire trap, but they refused to do anything to upgrade the library facility. Then-Mayor Tom Bradley preferred using City tax money to finance his jet-setting lifestyle of junket after junket to the Far East rather than spend money to bring the Central Library up to even the bare minimums of the Fire Code. The consensus among critics was that the City Council and the Mayor were waiting for the Central Library to burn down so that their campaign contributors could cash in on the building contracts which would be awarded after the inevitable fire.

As it turned out, the fire was a huge windfall for the real estate developers and building contractors who bankrolled our last Mayor, for the City financed the new structure by selling off the air space above it to real estate developers who then applied the "space" they had purchased to erect skyscrapers around the new library to heights which would have been prohibited had the new library not been built. The result was a glut of office space, much of which went empty for a decade or more, and a skyline which no longer included either City Hall or the Central Library, formerly the tallest buildings in their neighborhoods by municipal ordinance. In 2004 it was revealed that the new skyline also made the neighborhood of the new Central Library the #1 target of al-Qaeda in Southern California, ahead of even Disneyland -- a fact which the City and the falsely so-called "Department of Homeland Security" kept secret from the residents and businesses of Los Angeles for three years.

Basbanes was not writing a political diatribe, but I think he did the readers of this book a grave dis-service by allowing them to think that a lone arsonist was solely responsible for the disaster which was the 1986 fire. Tom Bradley and the City Council deserve the blame for creating the conditions which turned a small fire into a hectacomb of books which destroyed a gem of Art Deco architecture. Basbanes quotes Lawrence Clark Powell, former librarian of UCLA, to the effect that the building itself was insignificant. On the contrary, the interior was covered with murals and much statuary and other art graced the building -- much of it totally lost now.

If such compelling information is omitted from the discussion of a library with which I am very familiar, I wonder how much crucial information has been left out of sections about libraries with which I am unfamiliar.

Basbanes cannot be faulted for omitting mention of the scandal which has destroyed the reputation of the Biblioteca Alexandrina, to which he devotes the epilogue of "Patience & Fortitude" -- the events took place two years after the first edition of this book was published. One hopes that future editions will devote considerable space to the scandal.

How unexpected the shocking story turned out is demonstrated by the fact that it happened less than a month after Umberto Eco, whom Basbanes interviewed, gave a speech at the BA. The timing was ironic, for the scandal hinged upon a book which Eco had discussed at length in "Foucault's Pendulum," which prompted him to lead the international crusade against the institution which had played host to him so recently.

In December 2003, less than a month after Eco's speech there, the Biblioteca Alexandrina launched a prominent exhibit of "Monotheism," and the book which they choose to place alongside the Hebrew Talmud was not the Septuagint -- the Greek translation of the Hebrew scriptures, which had been written in Alexandria -- but "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion."

For those unfamiliar with it, "The Protocols" is, as Eco had pointed out years earlier in "Foucault's Pendulum," an anti-Jewish Tsarist secret police forgery purportedly containing the details of a plot by "the Learned Elders of Zion" to conquer the world. The book fueled Russian pogroms and Nazi genocide of the Jews, and today it is used by neo-Nazi and radical Moslems alike to stoke hatred of the Jews. As an anti-Jewish book it is sold by neo-Nazi groups in the 21st century and is a best seller in Moslem countries, helped in no small part by the authority of the Biblioteca Alexandrina.

What makes the display of the "The Protocols" such an outrage is that there is no longer any question that the book is a total fabrication. Not only was it a Russian forgery, but it was an almost word-for-word copy of a 19th century German plagiarism of a French novel satirizing Napoleon III and the Second Empire. Its roots may be traced to a novel by French Author Eugene Sue, who outlined a *Jesuit* plot to take over the world. The evidence of this is incontovertible -- today's text of "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion" is a "Jewified" version of 19th century French novels which originally made no mention of Jews, Zionists or otherwise.

Nevertheless, the Biblioteca Alexandrina chose to display "The Protocols" next to the Talmud, and no amount of back-pedaling by director Yousef Ziedan changes the fact that more than $100 million of international funding was ultimately used to propagate a hateful anti-Jewish forgery as a legitimate "religious" text of Judaism (http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/000183.html).

Basbanes ends the first edition of "Patience & Fortitude" on the hopeful note that, "the Biblioteca Alexandrina ... has the promise of genius." Sadly, it proved its moral bankruptcy less than two years after this book was published. Basbanes owes it to the world to write a revision of "Patience & Fortitude" describing how the high hopes which so many of us had for the "the new 'Library of Alexandria'" were utterly dashed.

I give this book only four stars because I am know that Basbanes omitted information which I think he should have revealed, and I suspect that he did it more than once. If future editions fail to discuss the scandal at the Biblioteca Alexandrina my opinion of the book will plummet.

Site Characterization: Sampling and Analysis (Preserving the Legacy)

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Site Characterization: Sampling and Analysis (Preserving the Legacy)
HMTRI (The Harzadous Materials Training and Research Institute)
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ASIN: 0471292702

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Site Characterization Sampling and Analysis HMTRI Site Characterization: Sampling and Analysis is an introductory environmental sampling textbook intended for use in community/technical college environmental technology curricula or in industrial training programs. Comprehension of the subject matter is enhanced by associated coursework in chemistry, biology, environmental regulations, and college-level mathematics. The goal of the present textbook is to provide the environmental technician with the knowledge and skills necessary to assist a site characterization project planner in the sampling and monitoring process. Among the tasks the students will learn how to perform are:

assisting the research of a site's background for data that a project manager will use in the development of a site sampling plan
meeting representative sampling objectives and quality control/quality assurance objectives
preparing to go onsite for a sampling event
monitoring a site for potentially hazardous atmospheres
following the sampling plan in collecting samples from various media (e.g., soil, surface water, ground water, and containers)
troubleshooting under unforeseen circumstances
preparing samples for transport to the laboratory
documenting field activities
communicating with laboratory personnel
interpreting lab reports, including the validation of quality control data

The text contains photographs and line drawings to help students visualize equipment and processes. Included are instructional aids such as chapter objectives, concept statements before major sections, review questions (as well as application and critical thinking activities) after each section, and a glossary of the terminology.

Preserving the Living Past: John C. Merriam's Legacy in the State and National Parks

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Grandson looks back

Preserving the Living Past: John C. Merriam's Legacy in the State and National Parks
Stephen R. Mark
Manufacturer: University of California Press
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ASIN: 0520241673

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From his efforts to protect California's wild lands--including the state's majestic redwoods and its dynamic coastline--to his novel ideas about the educational and inspirational value of wilderness that continue to provoke debates to this day, this first biography of John C. Merriam (1869-1945) tells the story of the prominent paleontologist who became a visionary in the American conservation movement.

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Grandson looks back.......2005-03-04

Stephen Mark's work is a fair and readable biography of a difficult man with difficult ideas that have stood the test of time. Anyone interested in the history of convservation, national and state parks or the role of science in early 20th Century America will benefit from this book. And it's quite readable even to some who can't tell the Jurassic from Mickey Mouse.

Basics of Toxicology (Preserving the Legacy)

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Great CIH study reference.

Basics of Toxicology (Preserving the Legacy)
Chris Kent
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Introduction to Environmental Technology (Preserving the Legacy)

ASIN: 0471299820

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Toxicologyâthe scientific study of environmental factors that are harmful to living organismsâwas established more than 400 years ago by the Swiss physician Paracelsus. Yet, despite its long lineage, this fascinating discipline continues to evolve sophisticated new tools and techniques for identifying toxins and the means by which they impair health.

This book provides environmental technology students with an enjoyable and effective way to acquire the solid working knowledge of toxicology basics they'll need to make informed decisions as professionals. Features that make Basics of Toxicology an ideal introduction to the subject for two-year and four-year environmental technology students, include:

Acclaimed, user-friendly, modular format found in all the books in the Preserving the Legacy series
Basic anatomy, physiology, and chemistry concepts that help clarify how toxins interact with living tissue
Rapid-learning chapter structure, featuring clear, concise objectives, concept statements, and summaries, as well as practice questions
Helpful sidebars that highlight critical concepts
More than 150 high-quality line-drawings, photographs, diagrams, charts, and tables
Numerous easy-to-perform, skill-building activities
A glossary of more than 800 essential terms
Extensive bibliography of recommended readings in all key subject areas
Basic anatomy, physiology, and chemistry concepts that help clarify how toxins interact with living tissue

Its comprehensive scope along with its quick-reference design also makes Basics of Toxicology a handy working reference for practicing environmental technicians.

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Great CIH study reference........2003-10-06

I bought this book to help me prepare for the CIH exam, and found it very helpful. The book contains basic information about toxicology, and basic survey of chemicals, and biological agents. The book is very well organized. The tables are very helpful for studying and for reference.

The Best of the Past: Preserving and Flying Aviation's Fifty-Year Legacy

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The Best of the Past: Preserving and Flying Aviation's Fifty-Year Legacy
Brian M. Silcox
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Communication Skills for the Environmental Technician (Preserving the Legacy)

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Communication Skills for the Environmental Technician (Preserving the Legacy)
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Communication Skills for the Environmental technician

This book provides environmental technology students with an enjoyable way to quickly master the basic communication skills needed by the environmental technician. Like all the books in the critically acclaimed Preserving the Legacy series, it follows a rapid-learning modular format featuring learning objectives, summaries, chapter-end reviews, practice questions, and skill-building activities. The only book available that specifically addresses the communication responsibilities of the environmental technician, it offers a thorough review of corporate communication basics and covers the environmental documents commonly generated by technicians.

Communication Skills for the Environmental Technician features:

Advice on foundation reading and technical writing skills, including mastery of outlining and grammar awareness
Chapters on writing skills for business letters and memos; technical documents such as contingency plans, logbooks, and field notes; and completion and filing procedures for numerous reporting forms
In-depth coverage of oral communication skills, both for formal presentations and informal conferencing
Specifics of the job search: creating portfolios, writing resumes and cover letters, and performing well in the interview setting

With its comprehensive coverage and quick-reference format, Communication Skills for the Environmental Technician is also a handy resource for any environmental technician needing a helpful refresher or useful working reference.

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Cuidar la herencia.(pintura; Central Hispanic Foundation; Madrid, Spain)(TT: Preserving the legacy.)(TA: painting; Fundación Central Hispano; Madrid, Spain): An article from: Epoca

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This digital document is an article from Epoca, published by Difusora de Informacion Periodica, S.A. (DINPESA) on January 4, 1999. The length of the article is 1326 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Cuidar la herencia.(pintura; Central Hispanic Foundation; Madrid, Spain)(TT: Preserving the legacy.)(TA: painting; Fundación Central Hispano; Madrid, Spain)
Publication: Epoca (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 4, 1999
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Industrial Processes and Waste Stream Management (Preserving the Legacy)

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Howard H. Guyer
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Fundamentals of Industrial Hygiene, Fifth Edition

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INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES and WASTE STREAM MANAGEMENT

This book provides environmental technology students with a quick, enjoyable way to master the knowledge and skills needed to develop and implement successful, cost-effective industrial pollution control programs, especially when used in coordination with the Industrial Processes and Waste Stream Management video series produced by INTELECOM Intelligent Telecommunications.

The first section of the book lays the conceptual foundations with a detailed overview of waste stream management tools and regulations and the four EPA-approved treatment methods: physical, chemical, thermal, and biological. The following 20 chapters are organized by industry, and provide a fascinating case-by-case exploration of industrial processes and how the waste streams they generate are managed in all major industries, including petroleum, chemicals, mining, metals, paint, textiles, agriculture, paper, printing, nuclear, medical, and more.

Features that make Industrial Processes and Waste Stream Management an ideal introduction to the subject for environmental technology students, include:

Acclaimed, user-friendly, modular format found in all the books in the Preserving the Legacy series
Basic anatomy, physiology, and chemistry concepts that help clarify how toxins interact with living tissue
Proven, rapid-learning modular formatâeach chapter features learning objectives, topic summaries, chapter-end reviews, and practice questions
Helpful sidebars that highlight critical concepts
More than 175 high-quality line drawings, photographs, diagrams, charts, and tables
Numerous easy-to-perform, skill-building classroom activities
A glossary of more than 1,000 essential terms
Extensive bibliography of recommended readings in all key subject areas

Industrial Processes and Waste Stream Management is also an excellent refresher/quick-reference guide for practicing environmental technicians.

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