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Use Questioning Techniques Effectively n Use questions to get students involved in the lesson. n Phrase questions clearly and concisely. l Use several different types of questions and questioning techniques during your n Ask questions that promote thought and discussion. n Ask questions that are not too simple or too c...
Oct. 23, 2000 If you think sclerochronology is just a fancy medical term for a nasty case of the flu, think again. Bernd Schoene, research associate in the geosciences department at the University of Arizona, and his colleagues are working to reconstruct Earth's environmental history with help from clams. Schoene's wor...
Like all insects, honey bees have three body segments - head, thorax and abdomen - as well as six legs that are attached to the thorax. Only female worker honey bees have stingers.Continue Reading A honey bee has two compound eyes with over 3,000 facets, or ommatidia. A bee's eyes are excellent at perceiving distance, ...
Any characteristic that can be determined without changing the substance's chemical identity. All properties of matter are either extensive or intensive and either physical or chemical. Extensive properties, such as mass and volume, depend on the amount of matter that is being measured. Intensive properties, such as de...
Empathy is by no means limited to humans. It is a candidate mechanism for altruistic behaviour in other mammals and in birds. There is a distinction between emotional and cognitive empathy. Emotional empathy does not require any cognitive processes such as knowledge of the cause for another animal's response with which...
Error Correction Relay Time: 10+ minutes Error correction relay race is an activity that uses speed and competition to make something old (error correction) new again. Students of all levels should be quite familiar with finding and correcting errors in sentences. By adding a relay aspect, it will (hopefully) make an i...
Ever wonder what near space sounds like? The mystery is solved thanks to a NASA balloon experiment that captured atmospheric infrasound 22 miles above Earth. Infrasound, at frequencies below 20 hertz, is undetected to the human ear, but becomes audible when sound waves are sped up. Sensors on a helium balloon let loose...
The Noisy Paint Box By, Barb Rosenstock Students will engage in a read-aloud exercise that will connect literature to arts objectives. The read-aloud methods will allow students to explore this topic in a structured setting, while practicing comprehension, fluency, inference and vocabulary. This read-aloud will be cond...
1066, the Duke of Normandy, the famous William sailed across the British Channel. He challenged King Harold of England in the struggle for the English throne. After winning the battle of Hastings William was crowned king of England and the Norman Kingdom was established. Norman-French became the language of the English...
In this math literacy worksheet, 6th graders are given one word problem using the data of making slushies and then choose from the possible combinations of flavors. 3 Views 3 Downloads Find the Probability of Events with Multiple Possibilities Your learners can find a probability, but what happens when there are multip...
The Bible contains many stories about the consequences of disobedience. Sunday school teachers could draw from these Bible stories or use more modern stories and relate them to Bible truths. Either option provides a large sample of potential lessons that can be paired with activities that reinforce the principles of th...
PD Resources are articles created by the KATE staff for professional development purposes. As School districts grapple with questions of security, economics, staff development, assessment, standards, the inevitable questions arises-do we put all of our computers in a lab or do we have one, two, three computers in each ...
Both the labor movement and the women's suffrage movement changed the meaning of freedom for Americans in that it brought groups that were marginalized into the forefront. During the Progressive era, many workers were marginalized in low-paying jobs. If they got hurt or killed on the job, they could be replaced by anot...
In addition to the sheer fun of the activity, the real magic in Origami lies in its ability to help students in a multitude of ways. Students quickly learn the importance of following directions and maintaining focus. While developing fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, spatial reasoning and problem solving skill...
Helping Children Decode Words in Reading: The Three P's Formula Pause, Prompt, Praise Your child gets stuck on a word. What do you do? The most common response is to ask the child to sound it out. They still don't get it. Then what do you do? Knowing how to support children in their attempts to decode words is importan...
auroras and the Kp index [jump to explanation] The Estimated 3-hour Planetary K index source the northern auroral oval: source Latest GOES Solar X-ray Image: source What does the "Kp index" mean? What does it have to do with the phenomenon of auroras (aurora borealis occur in the northern hemisphere, and the aurora aus...
Types of sentences: a grammar lesson plan. In a perfect ELA world, students arrive remembering all previous grammatical elements. (I know the previous year’s teacher taught grammar, just saying). So. That doesn’t happen, and we teachers adjust, tweak, and reconfigure. The common core dictates that students learn types ...
Role Models and Children No. 99; updated March 2017 A role model is a person who serves as an example by influencing others. For many children, the most important role models are their parents and caregivers. Children look up to a variety of role models to help shape how they behave in school, relationships, or when ma...
In this same size learning exercise, students solve 4 different problems. First, they identify the object shown in each row. Then, students circle the same objects found in each row. 3 Views 2 Downloads Ten-Frames – A Games Approach to Number Sense "How can you help students visualize numbers in a way that is compatibl...
The Eritrean Movement Eritrean separatism had its roots in World War II. In 1941, in the Battle of Keren, the Allies drove Italian forces out of Eritrea, which had been under Italy's rule since the end of the nineteenth century. Administration of the region was then entrusted to the British military until its fate coul...
The global environment is a common resource. It became increasingly clear that all of us are responsible for ensuring the continued sustainability of the livelihoods of current and future generations. Humans dominate the planet and their influence extends to every part of the world. The intensified use of land in respo...
Nor was it an example of white benevolence towards blacks: Featured Document: The Emancipation Proclamation President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within t...
Nanoparticle revolutionises vaccination A breakthrough in vaccination technology, which could speed up the production of vaccines for epidemics like Ebola, Zika or the Flu, has been announced by researchers in the US this week. Traditionally vaccines are made by growing infectious disease agents in culture and then dea...
The finding is linked to the strange, time-bending effects of Albert Einstein's theories of relativity, which have been shown to affect earthbound distances and time frames. Specifically, Einstein's special theory of relativity predicts that time does not flow at a steady rate, and it can be affected by acceleration. A...
Among planetary bodies in our solar system, Mars is singular in that it possesses all the raw materials required to support not only life, but a new branch of human civilization. This uniqueness is illustrated most clearly if we contrast Mars with the Earth's Moon, the most frequently cited alternative location for ext...
\|Beginnings of the Mission\| \|Mission San Gabriel was founded on September 8, 1771 by Fathers Angel Fernandez de Somera and Pedro Benito Cambon. Father Junipero Serra had sent them to establish a new Mission. The Mission was the fourth to be founded and named Mission San Gabriel Arcangel after Gabriel the Arcangel, or m...
The New Deal arts projects provided work for jobless artists, but they also had a larger mission: to promote American art and culture and to give more Americans access to what President Franklin Roosevelt described as "an abundant life." The projects saved thousands of artists from poverty and despair and enabled Ameri...
The Battle of Poltava was the turning point in the Northern War (1700-21) between Sweden and Russia. Peter I the Great of Russia won over Charles XII of Sweden. Illustration: “The Battle of Poltava” by Dennis Martens the Younger (1726) This highly prized country, placed precariously between two strong empires was the s...
The Mexican American Youth Organization (MAYO) was founded in San Antonio, Texas, in 1967. MAYO was created by Jose Angel Gutierrez, William C. Velasquez, Mario Compean, Ignacio Perez, and Juan Patlan. Gutierrez was given the credit of being the person who came with the idea of creating MAYO. Later he shared his idea w...
Clues behind the extinction of the Maya civilization sometime in the 8th or 9th centuries were recently uncovered by a researcher team led by Andre Droxler, an Earth scientist at Rice University. According to the study, the unexpected disappearance of the sophisticated civilization of over 19 million people could have ...
Writing activity with analysis, scaffolds and samples to teach effective writing technique and improve student written responses. Writing Technique Practice and Improvement -Otzi the Iceman Topic (but the technique shown is adaptable to many subjects to create stronger answers). Use of this technique as shown WILL rais...
By the middle of 1954, the French realized that they had lost. The US, which by this time was paying most of France's war expenses, was unable to persuade the French to fight on. An international conference was held in Geneva, Switzerland to discuss the problems of Indochina. On July 20 and 21, 1954, this conference pr...
How to Write Resolution In order to write resolution: - Write a story. - Create an ending for the story. - Make sure to answer any remaining questions and clearly conclude the plot. For example, consider this story: Madison was very sick and Kaitlin wanted to visit her in the hospital. Kaitlin decided to make her cooki...
Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) On January 19, 1809, poet, author and literary critic Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He was the second child of two actors, who might have named him after a character in William Shakespeare’s King Lear, a play that the couple were performing in 18...
People use these terms loosely when talking about diseases that affect and have affected humans and all living things. There are different parameters to consider to correctly determine when if a disease is either endemic or epidemic. An endemic infection refers to an infection that is contained and habitually present i...
Early Americans were close to medieval in their dining habits. Even though people have been sharing communal meals with their families and friends from the beginning of civilization, early meals in Colonial America were more a matter of crude survival. Most foods in the colony-building 17th century consisted of one-pot...
In this Emotions activity, students trace the words to finish the sentences about 4 different emotions. Each sentence matches an illustration. 3 Views 6 Downloads Mental and Emotional Well Being Promote positive ways to express emotions with five lessons that focus on feelings, friendship, and dealing with stress. Scho...
Math Resources for Kids A strong background in math is essential for later life skills. It is essential to start building the skills for a strong background when children are only in elementary school, as that is when their minds are most impressionable. Elementary school teachers need dependable resources in order to ...
Day 14: E. Coli While there are many strains of E. Coli that do not cause diarrheal disease, it is a species of bacteria that is used as an indicator of fecal contamination of drinking water. There are many different microorganisms that can cause sickness and death when consumed in drinking water, however because they ...
(Medical Xpress)—University of Notre Dame biologists are reporting the development of an easy-to-use, low-cost method of detecting dengue virus in mosquitoes based on gold nanoparticles. Their research is published in the Virology Journal this week. The assay they have developed is able to detect lower levels of the vi...
'Ahh, I see'. This common statement, linking as it does understanding with sight, is an excellent example of how important vision is to Humankind. We are the most visually orientated and dependant of all the mammals. However nearly all mammals use sight to some degree. For many it is one of the primary senses, one of t...
Reconstruction, 1863–1877 What does this painting indicate about the task of Reconstruction? Chapter Focus Questions What were the competing political plans for reconstructing the defeated Confederacy? How difficult was the transition from slavery to freedom for African Americans? What was the political and social lega...
A little book that's full of big fun for children as they learn about counting! Counting is the foundation for future math learning. Pairing and sorting objects, understanding numbers and quantity, and counting can all be introduced with simple activities. 30 Fun Ways to Learn About Counting brings these skills into th...
The Code of Hammurabi is a well-preserved Babylonian law code of ancient Mesopotamia, dating back to about 1754 BC. It is one of the oldest deciphered writings of significant length in the world. The sixth Babylonian king, Hammurabi, enacted the code, and partial copies exist on a man-sized stone stele and various clay...
Michael Faraday is considered by some historians as the greatest experimentalist in the history of science. It was largely due to his efforts that electricity became a viable technology. Presented in the tutorial is Faraday's ice pail, one of his many groundbreaking experiments exploring the nature of electricity. This...
Before, After, Between In this early childhood before, after, and between worksheet, students place counters in the appropriate places in each of 3 rows of objects according to the teacher's oral instructions. 3 Views 4 Downloads K-5 Mathematics Module: Number and Number Sense Reinforce number sense with a collection o...
For everyone, handwriting should be effortless, enjoyable and legible. For one in three children that’s not the case, but how can you tell? As a rule of thumb: If by the age of five, a child is: - struggling to write their own name - having difficulty shaping their letters correctly - not holding the pencil correctly -...
An Archimedean spiral is traced by a point that travels around a center, varying in distance from it in proportion to the angle it moves through. Similarly a helix is the curve of a point that moves around a cylinder, tracing along it in proportion to its total angular rotation. Both are created automatically by a lath...
An ice age is a moment in time when global temperatures can reach drastically cold levels. The decreased temperatures prevent snow from melting which creates a layer of ice under all of the accumulating snow. This phenomenon causes the whole ice mass to move; in other words, a glacier is created. Glaciers carve out the...
The spirit of manifest destiny showed itself in the American expansionism of the 1840s because manifest destiny was the idea that the United States was destined by God to expand across the entire continent of North America. The idea of manifest destiny held that the United States was a superior nation chosen by God to ...
This page is to help you at home listen, develop and encourage your child’s reading. Nothing can replace personal contact, so if there is anything else you want to know or discuss, please don’t hesitate to ask one of your class teacher. One way in which children get better at reading is through lots of practice. By hea...
Thanksgiving reminds us to be thankful and facilitate gratitude with our children. As my kids learn about about Thanksgiving, I’m reminded to consciously teach my children the truth, the myths, and the stereotypes of Native Americans and the First Thanksgiving. So, I’ll recommend Thanksgiving books and teaching ideas t...
Immanuel Kant was born on April 22, 1724, in Königsberg, East Prussia, now the Russian city of Kaliningrad. Kant is considered to be one of the greatest philosophers in the history of Western Civilization. He was also an opponent of perpetual war. Possibly influential in Kant’s thinking about war was the fact that his ...
To return to the exercise , close this browser window. Gregor Mendel developed the model of heredity that now bears his name by experiments on various charactersitics of pea plants: height (tall vs. Short); seed color (yellow vs. Green); seat coat (smooth vs. wrinkled), etc. The following explanation uses the tall/shor...
As a wing moves through the air, the wing is inclined to the flight direction at some angle. The angle between the chord line and the flight direction is called the angle of attack and has a large effect on the generated by a wing. When an airplane takes off, the pilot applies as much as possible to make the airplane r...
The prices are rising. They are raising the prices. These two verbs are often confused because they look similar but, in fact, they are quite different. When you raise something, you lift it to a higher position or increase it. When someone or something rises, they move from a lower to a higher position. Rise can also ...
Students observe the behavior of electric field lines in the electric fields of both positively and negatively charged particles. After completing this tutorial, you will be able to complete the following: Coulomb's Law states that an electric force results from and acts on charged particles, and that it defines the re...
The Antarctic blizzard rages and howls, blanketing the landscape in lifeless snow. Offshore, below the ice, in the dark of the bitterly cold water, a fish moves slowly across the seabed. The icefish is long and scaleless, with a snout like a duck's bill and strange white gills that give it its name. Life in the freezin...
Cryogenics, production and application of low-temperature phenomena. The cryogenic temperature range has been defined as from −150 °C (−238 °F) to absolute zero (−273 °C or −460 °F), the temperature at which molecular motion comes as close as theoretically possible to ceasing completely. Cryogenic temperatures are usua...
"I was the conductor of the Underground Railroad for eight years, and I can say what most conductors can't; I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger." (Harriet Tubman) It had conductors, passengers, stations and stockholders. It had departures and arrivals. During its 20 year peak, it carried 30,...
Using ultra-fast pulsing lasers, scientists have managed to split ultraviolet light into separate frequencies, put them equal distance apart, send them shooting across a lab, and use them to measure atomic clocks. The Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics is pleased to announce that they've invented a technology ...
The full long-run effects of any government program are never known in advance. To illustrate, consider U.S. farm policies. A host of emergency agricultural programs were enacted by President Roosevelt during the Great Depression. Although the particulars of these programs have undergone numerous changes since then, th...
Welcome to the Ontario Parks “eyes on the skies” series. This space (<– see what we did there?) will cover a wide range of astronomy topics with a focus on what can be seen from the pristine skies found in our provincial parks. March is one of the most glorious months to be camping or just outdoors, enjoying our parks....
What is behaviour? Behaviour is a complex but essential aspect of animal biology. It can be difficult to define as it encompasses many aspects of biological function, but can be considered to be the way in which an individual interacts with a given environment or situation. Manifestations of behaviour include physical ...
Although race isn’t a biological reality, your “race” still is portrayed differently from society. Often, a group of people is determined by how the person looks physically and are often put into these groups that are known as “race”. The United States doesn’t identify Hispanics/Latinos as a race, but rather a national...
There were at least two reasons this was possible. First, there was British technology and organization. The British had military technology and organized forces that were more professional and more powerful than those of the Indian states. Second, there was the fractured nature of Indian politics. India was not one bi...
In more general terms, Vlastos phrases the Socratic fallacy as the following: "If you do not know what the F is, you will not know if you are predicating "F" correctly about anything whatever-- you will not know if anything is F" (Vlastos 69). As an example, if you do not know what the beautiful is, then you cannot kno...
ScienceDaily (Apr. 3, 2002) — While it stands to reason that rock climbers might harm habitats such as the ancient, stunted forests that grow on cliffs around the world, there has been little unambiguous evidence that this is so. Now the first study to isolate rock climbing from other factors confirms that the sport da...
The quantity and the quality of land (preferably arable, very fertile and healthy land) and raw materials/commodities (i.e, gold, trees to produce wood, iron ore) that are avaliable to the country are what are considered to be natural factors (resources). Natural factors are important for the production of primary good...
What is Type 1 Diabetes? Type 1 diabetes is a chronic autoimmune disease that develops when the immune system mistakenly attacks its own cells in the pancreas (called beta cells). Beta cells normally produce insulin, which allows the body to use energy from food and helps control blood sugar levels. Without insulin, th...
What we now know as printed circuit boards (or PCBs) began their history in the very early 20th century. Several scientists around the world experimented with fixing thin conductors onto boards. German inventor Albert Hanson described the first circuit board in 1903, when he laminated foil conductors in multiple layers...
- slide 1 of 4 Setting the Stage for Success No matter what disability or level of functioning a child may have, art is one avenue where they may participate with non-disabled peers. It can be a challenge to design effective art experiences for children with physical or cognitive limitations. On the other hand, artisti...
But the beauty of birds isn’t just their looks – it’s also their noises. Bird songs are among nature’s most distinctive and musically satisfying sounds. Why do birds spend so much time and energy singing? There are two main purposes, and they are connected. First, male birds sing to mark territories. A singing bird is ...
What is a Debtors’ Prison? A debtors’ prison is a prison specifically designed for people who are unable to pay off their debt. The idea of a debtor-specific prison stems back as early as the 5th century, where prison conditions included starvation, abuse from other prisoners, diseases, and unfair prison sentences (Wik...
The mass extinctions at the end of the Paleozoic and Mesozoic eras show that biological evolution can be disrupted if changes are too large or too abrupt. That is why there is such concern today about environmental changes caused by worldwide industrial growth. The time scale of such changes (decades), is much faster t...
By the early twentieth century, criticism of industrialization had spurred various reform movements to advocate improved working conditions and benefits for industrial workers. Women, due to social constrictions, played a limited role in labor unions in this period. During the 1909-1910 Shirtwaist Strike in New York, h...
But if we can turn CO2 into a fuel source, we can at least slow things down a bit, and now researchers have developed a process that can achieve this with a single catalyst. “We discovered somewhat by accident that this material worked,” said one of the team, Adam Rondinone, from the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge...
The Instruction Writing Pack contains a wide range of printable activities and resources to use in your Literacy lessons. A fantastic set of teaching materials and independent activities to support and enhance your children’s instructional writing. Join Teaching Packs to download these resources today! - An Eleven Page...
Where it all began Radio communication dates back to the early 20th Century when two-way telegraphy traffic was used across the Atlantic Ocean. The technology was first employed on ships, enabling those at sea to communicate back to contacts on the land. By 1912 both military and commercial ships carried transmitters a...
After having been kidnapped from their villages in what is present-day Angola, forced onto a Portuguese slave ship bound for what Europeans called the New World and stolen from that ship by English pirates in a confrontation off the coast of Mexico, “some 20. and odd Negroes” landed at Point Comfort in 1619, in the Eng...
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When the British were in India, for effective adminisitrative purposes, they made lists of Indian communities, using the terms' castes' and 'tribes'. The term caste was used for Jats (sub-caste) and also for Varnas (main castes). Tribes were those original inhabitants who did not accept the caste system and withdrew in...
In November 1864, lawmakers gathered at the Maryland State House to ratify a new constitution prohibiting slavery. On Monday, more than 150 years after this momentous event, lawmakers convened at the Annapolis state capitol to unveil bronze statues honoring abolitionists Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass, both of w...
Use this lesson plan to help your students develop what the author calls “self lists” that will give them ideas for their artwork. He describes the Conversation Game, which helps students become acquainted with others in their group. As the participants ask questions, they also answer those questions from their own per...
The Desmidiales comprise about 40 genera of more than 10,000 species, making them a larger group than all the other charophytes combined. They are usually divided into two families based on the structure of the cell wall. The Mesotaeniaceae, such as Netrium pictured above, have a homogeneous wall, while the Desmidiacea...
- April 11, 2014 - Posted by: essay - Category: Term paper writing To begin our discussion, it is important to mention that the scientific method is an epistemological system to receive and develop new knowledge (Gauch, 2002). Moreover, it is a fact that scientists can use this method in different ways for the purpose ...
The world aims to achieve Zero Hunger by 2030. Addressing climate change is crucial to continuing the fight against hunger and achieving this goal. That's why the theme of World Food Day this year is "Climate is changing. Food and agriculture must, too." Climate change is having a major impact on food security. Many of...
Stem cells are undifferentiated cells that can be induced to form more specialised cells by cellular differentiation. Stem cells can stay non-dividing and non-specific for years. To be a stem cell requires that it possesses two properties, it can undergo self-renewal, and it has potency - the capacity to differentiate ...
And How Humans Have Affected Them Cape Henlopen High school Endangered Elephants: And How Humans Have Affected Them Elephants are amazing and extremely intelligent animals. They have played a huge role in economics, religion, culture, entertainment, and the environment. Even though elephants are very useful animals to ...
Pollutants considered to be harmful for the health of the public and environment have air quality standards set for them by the Clean Air Act of 1970 which was last amended in 1990. The Clean Air Act has set two types of national standards for air quality. The two types of standards set are Primary and Secondary. Prima...
The Victorian era has long been associated with an idealized vision of Christmas. Where did this modern notion originate? Christmas before 1840 In the eighteenth century, Christmas was treated with indifference. Open rejoicing and displays were deemed signs of low social standing. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centu...
Children reading at Blue level will be able to gather information from more than one place in the text and use inference based on what is shown rather than being told. This allows for greater complexity in building character and setting. How to support your child reading Blue level books The books at this level are wri...
From afar, the largest planet in the solar system is a swirl of brown, yellow and white clouds, topped off with a distinctive red blemish, the mark of a raging 300-year-old storm that would smother the Earth many times over. Jupiter is a gas giant and, after the Sun, the most massive object in the solar system. The pla...
For a long time, one of the more interesting problem in Computer Graphics has been that of generating realistic looking terrain. Procedural terrain generation is widely used in Video games, film making and simulations. By using realistic terrain models, naturally occurring phenomena such as tectonic plate shifts, erosi...
Physical Descriptors of Sound When we characterize sounds, various descriptors are used. Sounds can be loud or quiet, soft or deafening. These are subjective descriptors of loudness. Sounds can be low- or high-pitched, bassy or tinny. These descriptors relate to the pitch of sounds. For complex sounds, words like scree...
Science, Tech, Math › Science Teach Yourself Chemistry Today Learn the Basic Concepts Share Flipboard Email Print Portra Images / Getty Images Science Chemistry Basics Chemical Laws Molecules Periodic Table Projects & Experiments Scientific Method Biochemistry Physical Chemistry Medical Chemistry Chemistry In Everyday ...
Climate Change is the defining issue of our time and we are at a defining moment. From shifting weather patterns that threaten food production, to rising sea levels that increase the risk of catastrophic flooding, the impacts of climate change are global in scope and unprecedented in scale. Without drastic action today...
The compromise of 1850 was a set of laws passed dealing with slavery. California would enter the Union as a free state. Slave trading in Washington, D.C. is now not allowed, a territorial government was made in Utah, a boundary was made between Texas and New Mexico, and a fugitive slave act was made. This fugitive slav...
Space telescopes have the advantage of being above the blurring effects of the Earth's atmosphere. In addition, there are many wavelengths from the electromagnetic spectrum that do not reach Earth because they are absorbed or reflected by the Earth's atmosphere. In fact, as you can see from the diagram below, it is onl...
Indigenous and protected parts of the Amazon rainforest seen as an important buffer against climate change are emitting previously undetected amounts of carbon, scientists say. The researchers used advanced satellite imaging technology to measure and analyse emissions caused by forest degradation and disturbance, as we...

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