Cette semaine, lisez cet article trouvé par Jean Sahaï sur les incohérences de la prononciation anglaise (Bernard Shaw à l'appui), une vision américaine des problèmes franco-anglais sur la vache folle*, et diverses ressources, dont des fichiers audio intéressants pour Halloween (pour demain matin ou l'année prochaine!) et un site intéressant sur la nutrition***.
Bonne vacances  et bonne lecture à tous!

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A la une
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Article: "Ghoti" = "Fish"(lu par jean sahaï dans Progress! Newsletter No. 9 EnglishCLUB.net )
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in the news
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*Still mad about Cows (signalé par Jean Sahaï, from 'the economist')
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Halloween
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Three Sites for Ghouls and Goblins (The Scout Report October 22)
The Moonlit Road (Education Site Reviews 10/15/99)
SALEM WITCH MUSEUM (CLASSROOM FLYER, October 27th)
HALLOWEEN ORIGINS & CELEBRATIONS AROUND THE WORLD (ESN> K12 School Tech. News Update, October 25)
**EDGAR ALLAN POE (ESN> K12 School Tech. News Update, October 25)
THE RAVEN & THE PURLOINED LETTER (ESN> K12 School Tech. News October 25)
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Resources for teachers
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You Can Handle Them All (Education Site Reviews 10/15/99)
Politics.com (The Scout Report October 22)
***Nutrition Explorations (The Scout Report October 22)
Creative Quotations (Education Site Reviews 10/15/99)
LANDMARKS (BBC EON 22/10/1999 : Education Online Newsletter)
TOTS' TIME (BBC EON 22/10/1999 : Education Online Newsletter)
ELECTRICITY RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS (CLASSROOM FLYER, October 18th)
World Wide Web treasure hunt (Education Site Reviews 10/15/99)
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Internet
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Learning the web (from Sarah Rapnouil on e-teach)
Seach Engine Tutorial (From: "Curt Davis"[learn-net])
Copernic 2000 (From: "Curt Davis"[learn-net])
See Every Student's PC Screen -- Right From Your Own Monitor (ESN> K12 School Tech. News Update, October 25)


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A la une
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Article: "Ghoti" = "Fish"(lu par jean sahaï dans Progress! Newsletter No. 9 EnglishCLUB.net http://www.englishclub.net )
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Some languages are "phonetic". That means that you can
look at a word and know how to say it. English is *not*
phonetic. You cannot always look at an English word and
know how to say it. You cannot always hear an English
word and know how to spell it.

George Bernard Shaw (GBS) was a famous Irish writer. He
wanted to reform English spelling so that it was more
logical. He gave the following example -

What does this word say: "ghoti"?

His answer was "fish".

How can "ghoti" and "fish" sound the same? GBS explained it like this:

the gh = f as in rouGH
the o = i as in wOmen
the ti = sh as in naTIon

Of course, this was a joke. But it showed the
inconsistency of English spelling.

It is very important to understand that English spelling
and English pronunciation are not always the same.

SAME SPELLING - DIFFERENT SOUND
Do not place too much importance on the spelling of a
word. The more important thing in understanding English
is the sound.

Here are five words that end in "ough". In each word,
the "ough" has a different pronunciation:

bough rhymes with cow
cough rhymes with off
rough rhymes with puff
though rhymes with Jo
through rhymes with too

Many words have exactly the same spelling but are
pronounced differently when the meaning is different.
These words are called "homographs". Here are some examples:

bow (noun: front of ship) rhymes with "cow"
bow (noun: fancy knot) rhymes with "go"
lead (verb: to guide) rhymes with "feed"
lead (noun: metal) rhymes with "fed"
wind (noun: airflow) rhymes with "pinned"
wind (verb: to turn) rhymes with "find"

DIFFERENT SPELLING - SAME SOUND
Many words have different spellings but are pronounced
exactly the same. These words are called "homophones".
Here are some examples:

sea, see
for, four
hear, here
one, won
knight, night
him, hymn
to, too, two

What can we learn from all this? We can learn that the
sound of a word is more important than the spelling.
Of course, it is good to spell correctly. But to help
you understand spoken English and many rules of English,
you should think first about the SOUND of the words. Do
not worry too much at first about the spelling.

For example, the rule about pronouncing the past simple
"-ed" ending of regular verbs. You have probably learned
that when a verb ends in "d" or "t", we add "-ed" and pronounce it /Id/ as an extra syllable.
/Id/ wanT wantED

So why do we have:
/Id/
divide divided ???
"Divide" does not end in "d". It ends in "e". But it does
end in a /d/ SOUND. With this rule, it is the SOUND at
the end of a word that matters, not the LETTER. You must
think about the spoken word, not the written word.

This is only one example of the importance of sounds in
English. There are many more examples!

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in the news
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* Still mad about Cows (signalé par Jean Sahaï, from 'the economist')
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--> http://www.economist.com/editorial/freeforall/current/index_br6516.html
[ pour enseignants, étudiants et sections L , un article sur les relation franco-anglaises vues par les américains, plein d'hmour et de citations]

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Halloween
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Three Sites for Ghouls and Goblins (The Scout Report October 22)
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The scariest night of the year is almost upon us, and these three
sites will help users get into the proper "spirit." The first,
Halloween Online, is simply put a massive Halloween resource, with
decorating and costume tips; a guide to carving and displaying your
pumpkins; a selection of featured articles and interviews; Halloween
recipes; downloadable graphics ("Scream Savers") and music files;
e-cards; online games; and a large collection of links, among other
offerings. The second site covers one subject, and it covers it well:
Jack-O-Lanterns. At the site, users can learn the history of
Jack-O-Lanterns, pick up carving techniques, download free printable
patterns, read a FAQ, and browse a gallery. While not strictly a
Halloween site, Horrorfind.com will help any users out for a spooky
fix. This searchable metasite indexes a variety of horror-related
sites, grouping them by topic, such as Ghosts, Werewolves, Halloween,
Vampires, etc. Each link is briefly annotated, and users are invited
to rank them. Also included at the site are What's New and Top Rated
lists and electronic horror greeting cards to send to your fiends.
Halloween Online
--> http://www.halloween-online.com/
Jack-o-Lantern.Com
--> http://www.jack-o-lantern.com/
HorrorFind.com
--> http://www.horrorfind.com/
[ les deux premiers sites donnent une bonne idée de la fête. Quand au dernier, il s'adresse aux amateurs de gore....]

The Moonlit Road (Education Site Reviews 10/15/99)
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CONTENT: How many of us remember sitting around a campfire or on a dark
front porch telling ghost stories and looking over our shoulders into the
night? The Moonlit Road is a Web site you can use to bring classic spooky
tales from America's South into your classroom.
REVIEW: Storytelling is a fine art that has been passed down through the
generations. The Moonlit Road is an excellent place to expose your class to
this great American tradition. The site features a new set of stories each
month and offers them in text, audio, and Mp3 versions. A fun activity
could include giving students the text versions of the stories to tell (or
read) to the class, next listen to the professionals tell them in rich
southern accents, then compare the two renditions. Be sure to pull the
curtains and darken the classroom! The Mp3 files make it easy to download
and save the stories ahead of time. If you want to haunt your classroom for
Halloween, then definitely take a walk down The Moonlit Road! Your students will love it!
--> http://www.themoonlitroad.com/
[ pour compréhension audio en lycée, textes écrits et bande son avec musique et effets]

SALEM WITCH MUSEUM (CLASSROOM FLYER, October 27th)
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Click on the 1692 Sites Tour for a map of witchcraft
trials during this infamous historical event. You will
be taken to the different villages where accusations
flew rampant and "witches" were executed here in
America. Also click on The Salem Witch Trials of
1692 for a concise history of these trials.
--> http://www.salemwitchmuseum.com/
[ beaucoup de texte, peu d'images, et la rubrique 'éducation' n'est pas encore en ligne.]

HALLOWEEN ORIGINS & CELEBRATIONS AROUND THE WORLD (ESN> K12 School Tech. News Update, October 25)
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This article explains the origins of Halloween
in various countries and cultures the world
over. Also click on Darkside Parlour II at page
bottom to read about vampires in literature (Byron,
Dryden, etc.) and the treatment of the vampire theme around the world.
--> http://www.csulb.edu/~merielle/darkside.html
[ extraits utilisables dès la 4ème, textes intéressants sur les origines de la fête, Guy Fawlkes day in England...
pour lycées, voir la page sur les vampires dans la littérature :
http://www.csulb.edu/~merielle/darkside2.html ]

**EDGAR ALLAN POE (ESN> K12 School Tech. News Update, October 25)
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The Cask of Amontillado, The Raven. . . Poe's
stories are perfect Halloween fare! Listen in
on a RealAudio program from NPR, examining Poe's
writings and exploring his sense of the macabre.
The program is from October, 1996--Talk of
the Nation, and interviews Poe biographer/
actors and Poe museum curators as it looks at Poe's
rather short life.
--> http://www.realaudio.com/rafiles/npr/ne6o3101.ram
[ pour lycée, un fichier son pour compréhension audio. Lecture du poème 'to helen' superbe mais difficile, puis des interviews plus faciles à exploiter. Texte du poème 'To Helen':
--> http://www.poetryloverspage.com/poets/poe/tohelen.html   ]

THE RAVEN & THE PURLOINED LETTER (ESN> K12 School Tech. News Update, October 25)
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British actor Basil Rathbone does an audio
reading of The Raven, while actor Anthony Quayle
offers his dramatization of The Purloined Letter.
--> http://town.hall.org/Archives/radio/IMS/HarperAudio/011594_harp_ITH.html
[ pour lycée, textes de 'The raven' :
--> http://www.poetryloverspage.com/poets/poe/raven.html
'The Purloined Letter' :
--> http://www.pambytes.com/poe/letter.html   ]

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Resources for teachers
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You Can Handle Them All (Education Site Reviews 10/15/99)
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CONTENT: You Can Handle Them All is a great resource that provides a model
for working with more than 100 different problematic behaviors. The site
has special sections for parents and teachers.
REVIEW: Parents and teachers know about kids who misbehave. It is a fine
art learning how to deal with these behaviors in positive ways. Often,
adults react to the misbehavior, when what they really need to do is
respond to the child at a deeper level to correct the cause of the behavior
in the first place. You Can Handle Them All is an outstanding place for
parents and educators to come to gain insight into what can motivate kids
to act out. At present, the site describes 117 different behaviors, looks
at the effects of the behaviors on others, and offers advice about good and
bad ways to go about changing the behavior. Be sure to check out the
Behavior Management Overview & Foundations section for a well-written
explanation of the educational philosophy behind this helpful discipline model.
--> http://www.disciplinehelp.com/
[ pour enseignants, une impressionnante classification de tous les types de comportement d'élèves en classe, avec analyse et solutions. Des conseils qui peuvent être utiles, mais je doute que les rapports humains soient toujours aussi rationnels]

Politics.com (The Scout Report October 22)
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The political season is, of course, already fast upon us, and
interested users will do well to add this new site to their list of
online political news sources. A rare example of a political site
created as a business venture, Politics.com is designed to serve as a
central source for news and analysis of the US 2000 presidential
race. A clean and easily navigated site, Politics.com is composed of
four major sections. The first contains smartly-packaged, if concise,
profiles of the leading candidates, including recent ratings,
fundraising vs. opponents, issue positions on several selected
topics, a very brief biographical sketch, last election results, and
voting record. A collection of campaign videos in RealPlayer format
is also available from the Candidates section. The Money section
contains a campaign finance primer, dollars raised by month, soft
dollar leader board, and search engines that allow users to search
for contributors in geographic areas or by name. The Polls section
features recent polling results on individual candidates and other
related issues, and the Directory is a collection of annotated
political links organized by topic. Additional resources at the site
include breaking news, recent opinion pieces, and a free email daily briefing. [MD]
--> http://www.politics.com/
[ un site déjà conseillé sur cette liste, mais qui s'est encore étoffé. Pour lycée principalement]

***Nutrition Explorations (The Scout Report October 22)
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This new site is compliments of the National Dairy Council and
provides resources to help educators teach children about nutritious
foods and a healthy diet. The site is made up of four principle
sections. The first, Teacher Central, contains monthly updated ideas
and activities for teaching nutrition, as well as annotated links and
suggested books. The second section, the School Cafe, is designed for
school foodservice professionals and includes promotion ideas,
nutrition facts, and links to related resources. The third portion of
the site, The Family Table, offers advice, activities, and tips for
parents who want to help their children develop healthy eating
habits. The final part of the site is aimed at kids themselves and
offers games, quizzes, recipes, and more sites to explore. While a
bit thin on content and probably dairy-centric, the site as a whole
does offer some useful tools for educators and parents who want to
instill healthy eating habits in children. [MD]
--> http://www.nutritionexplorations.org/
[ pour primaire et collège : deux recettes avec des fiches illustrée ne contenant qu'une phrase simple:
--> http://www.nutritionexplorations.org/kids_zone/cooking_with_chef.html  
pour les plus grands, take the quizz and discuss the different ways of eating in France and in the US:
--> http://www.nutritionexplorations.org/kids_zone/food_bowl.html
pour tous: un site interactif comme nous les aimons : ouvrez le frigidaire, cliquez sur les produits, et lisez les commentaire:
--> http://www.familyfoodzone.com/ ]

Creative Quotations (Education Site Reviews 10/15/99)
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CONTENT: Inspiration comes in many forms, including from the voices of the
past. Creative Quotations is the home of a rich and searchable list of more
than 16,000 quotes dating back to the words of Aristotle and beyond.
It is like the seed put in the soil -- the more one sows, the
greater the harvest.] -- Orison Swett Marden. And so it is with teaching
too, isn't it? The Creative Quotations site is an archive of seeds waiting
to be sown in your classroom. Use the quotes as story starters, put them up
on the wall to inspire you students, or let students search the database to
find that perfect addition to an essay or a report. Users can search the
site or browse lists of quotes by monthly theme or by information about the
author (for example, profession, date of birth, etc). Ask older students to
click on quizzes as an introduction to the site and to give them an idea of
what's available. The quotes are chosen for the site based on the
creativity of the author. The Creative Process section explores the
creative thinking process and is worth reading. Bookmark this useful site
for any classroom!
--> http://www.bemorecreative.com/home-cq.shtml
[ pour tous niveaux]

The Digital Classroom (Education Site Reviews 10/15/99)
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CONTENT: The Digital Classroom provides materials from the National
Archives and Records Administration (NARA) and includes methods for
teaching with primary sources. The site is designed to encourage teachers
of students at all levels to use archival documents in the classroom.
The Digital Classroom is a treasure trove of primary source
teaching materials on American history. Choose from a wide selection of
topics, each with a set of documents and teaching activity guidelines. The
documents include photos, letters, official correspondence, and other
relevant materials. The teaching activities encourage critical thinking
skills, and further research into the subjects covered. Some of the topics
include the Amistad case, the woman suffrage movement, and WWII propaganda
posters. The site also features a section with resources for History Day
research and links to other NARA sites offering primary resources.
--> http://www.nara.gov/education/
[pour lycée, des documents authentiques pour un travail sur dossier]

The Est. of Hans Jensen v. The White Star Line (Education Site Reviews 10/15/99)
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CONTENT: The Est. of Hans Jensen v. The White Star Line allows students to
reenact the civil trial brought by Carla Christine Jensen against the White
Star Line, the company that owned the Titanic. The suit alleges the
wrongful death of Ms. Jensen's fiancé, Hans Jensen, as a result of
negligence on the part of the crew of the renowned luxury liner when it
sank after striking an iceberg on its maiden voyage.
REVIEW: The Est. of Hans Jensen v. The White Star Line provides an
excellent opportunity to explore the American legal system through an
intriguing case that is sure to pique your students' interest. The site,
provided by the Anderson Kill & Olick law firm, is well written and
engaging. Students can explore the many facets of this controversial trial,
including short biographies of witnesses, testimony, a description of
negligence law in 1912, and evidence entered. After reviewing the Web site,
students can reenact the trial and then make their own decision of guilt or
innocence. The site features a teacher's guide with helpful tips on how to
set up the trial in a classroom setting. This is a great site that your students will enjoy!
--> http://www.andersonkill.com/titanic/home.htm
[ pour lycée, pour organiser un débat original]
The Digital Classroom (Education Site Reviews 10/15/99)
The Est. of Hans Jensen v. The White Star Line (Education Site Reviews 10/15/99)

LANDMARKS (BBC EON 22/10/1999 : Education Online Newsletter)
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Now you can play God. Landmarks, the environmental change website for 9-14 year olds, has a new activity that lets you control the fate of a wetland. You're in charge of the water supply. If you get the water levels right everyone's happy, but if you get it wrong the crops will die and the cows will go hungry. Get it very wrong and the cows will have to go swimming.
--> http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/landmarks
[ site écologique intéressant, mais je n'ai pas trouvé le jeu dont ils parlent]

TOTS' TIME (BBC EON 22/10/1999 : Education Online Newsletter)
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Tots' Time introduces pre-school kids to the basics of language, numbers and even science. Each day the site features offers a rhyme or a devilish tongue twister, which can be printed off and coloured in. And while that's going on, parents can read tips on further learning     activities.
--> http://www.bbc.co.uk/knowledge/totstime
[ pour travailler les sons, dès le primaire, mais aussi pour les plus grands. Le texte est prononcé, on peut le lire, puis le compléter. Exercices à faire à l'oral en classe entière. Voir par exemple 'a meal by the sea' pour prononcer 'beach' correctement!
--> http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/wordsandpictures/longvow/poems/fpoem.shtml  
Puis deux jeux pour s'entrainer, dont un 'drag and spell' intéressant.
--> http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/wordsandpictures/longvow/spelling/spelling.shtml   ]

ELECTRICITY RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS (CLASSROOM FLYER, Monday, October 18th)
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A supersite for electricity resources and whodunnits!
--> http://www.scrtec.rtec.org/track/tracks/s00075.html
[ des textes intéressants pour les classes scientifiques et techniques en lycée]

World Wide Web treasure hunt (Education Site Reviews 10/15/99)
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Lycos CyberSurfari '99 is a (free) World Wide Web treasure hunt designed to
help students, teachers, families and individuals learn how to use the Web.
Visit their Web site to sign up a team from your school... take practice
quests... and learn more about this exciting adventure coming October 21st!
--> http://www.cybersafari.org/
[pour tous niveaux. fonctionne selon le principe des webquests. ]

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Internet
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Learning the web (from Sarah Rapnouil on e-teach)
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If, like me, you have to teach your pupils how to use the Web, and would like
a good interactive site using very basic English, I'm very pleased to be able
to tell you - Jon Reinhardt has updated his WWW Basics! It's back and it's
better than before -- complete with chapter 3, True/False quizzes and crosswords
to appropriate the Web vocabulary. The new address is:
--> http://www.miyazaki-mic.ac.jp/arc/websurfingskills/basics/index.html
The Home page "A Guide to Web Surfing" is still available. Note especially the activities "Learn about Searching the Web".
--> http://www.miyazaki-mic.ac.jp/faculty/jreinhar/surf.html
[ Dès la 4ème, des petits questionnaires rapides pour fixer le vocabulaire. Comme tout 'right/wrong', il faudra envisager tâche comme une prise de notes ou un compte rendu écrit pour éviter que les élèves cliquent au hasard sans lire]

Seach Engine Tutorial (From: "Curt Davis"[learn-net])
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The Search Engine Tutorial for Web Designers explains, how to
design your pages, keeping the search engines in mind, and why
it is necessary to do so. Knowledge is a powerful weapon and
having knowledge of what a search engine is going to do with your
page, while you are designing it, allows you to build a better
resulting web page.
--> http://www.northernwebs.com/set/
[ pour les enseignants qui ont un site web : un outil intéressant pour parfaire votre référencement]

Copernic 2000 (From: "Curt Davis"[learn-net])
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Copernic Technologies, a developer of innovative search agent
technologies and solutions has launched its new line of Copernic
2000 products. The award winning Internet search tool will now
be available in three versions: Copernic 2000, Copernic 2000
Plus, and Copernic 2000 Pro. The most noteworthy element of this
launch is the addition of a professional version with features that
are certain to satisfy the needs of the most demanding users.
--> http://www.copernic.com/
The Copernic 2000 version is Free...
--> http://www.copernic.com/download/index.html
[ le meilleur logiciel pour les recherches, et gratuit en plus!]

See Every Student's PC Screen -- Right From Your Own Monitor (ESN> K12 School Tech. News Update, October 25)
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NetOp School for Windows is must-have software
for your networked classroom. Now you can broadcast
your screen to the class, see students’o screens as
they work, operate PCs as if you were in front of
them, launch applications, chat with one or more students
real-time, call your class to attention and transfer
files all from your desk.
Get your free evaluation copy today at :
--> http://www.crosstec.net/
[ pour transformer votre réseau en laboratoire multimédia]

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