Envisioning Architecture: Drawings from the Museum of Modern Art

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The first in a series of three titles that will showcase selected works from The Museum of Modern Art's superlative holdings in the fields of architecture and design, this handsome volume features a wide range of drawings by great architects of the modern age, including Frank Lloyd Wright, Alvar Aalto, Le Corbusier, and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, as well as contemporary practitioners Rem Koolhaas, Frank O. Gehry, and Zaha Hadid. Their drawings and watercolors combine exacting detail with astonishing beauty. The full-page illustrations, expertly reproduced in color or black-and- white according to the original drawing, reveal not only the range of aesthetic viewpoints but also the development of architecture over the last century.

Envisioning Architecture: Drawings from The Museum of Modern Art

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Envisioning Architecture: Drawings from The Museum of Modern Art
N. Y.) Museum of Modern Art (New York
Manufacturer: NY
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ASIN: B000MUGPHK

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Envisioning Architecture: Drawings from the Museum of Modern Art
N.Y.) Museum of Modern Art (New York
Manufacturer: Museum of Modern Art
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000OLURG2

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Envisioning Architecture: Drawings from the Museum of Modern Art
Matilda McQuaid
Manufacturer: The Museum of Modern Art
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000QZWYGW

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This volume presents the life work of the late Ruth Johnston-Feller, one of the nation's leading color scientists. It combines an overview of basic theoretical concepts with detailed, hands-on guidance for the professional conservator and conservation scientist.
The author focuses on the application of color science to the solution of practical problems, providing a comprehensive discussion of the nondestructive spectrophotometric tools and techniques used to understand the color and appearance of materials during the technical examination of works of
art. The book, which features numerous examples of reference reflectance spectra, can help prevent misinterpretation of color measurements and the erroneous conclusions that might result. Topics include spectrophotometry, colorimetry, colorant mixtures, analytical techniques, reflection,
fluorescence, and the effects of extenders, fillers, and inerts.

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Nicknamed the "Eye of Paris" by Henry Miller, Brassaï was one of the great European photographers of the twentieth century. This volume of letters and photographs, many published for the first time, chronicles the fascinating early years of Brassaï's life and artistic development in Paris and Berlin during the 1920s and 1930s.

"[Brassaï] is probably the only photographer—at least in France—to have acquired such a vast audience and mastered his material to such a degree that he can express himself with a flexibility and apparent ease that is almost literary in its nature."—Jean Gallien, Photo-Monde

"The letters that Brassaï wrote to his parents between 1920 and 1940 chronicle the sometimes painful stages by which this gifted man hauled himself from penury to celebrity."—Peter Hamilton, Times Literary Supplement

"In these proud, protective, occasionally conscience-stricken missives, the young man full of eager dreams emerges as one of the century's pioneering photographers, revered for his lushly atmospheric portraits of Paris after dark."—Elle

"A fascinating insight into how a bright individual slowly found his calling."—Christine Schwartz Hartley, New York Times Book Review

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IN HIS OWN WORDS.......2001-08-07

Henry Miller called Brassai "the eye of Paris" and indeed he was in all of his wonderful, singular, black and white photographs of the City of Light. Brassai was, no doubt about it, one of the handful of great photographers who worked from 1900 til midpoint in the last century. He tells us that in Paris, he had "an unquenchable thirst for knowledge." Although he did many portraits of the famous like fellow photographer, Andre Kertesz, and exiled president of Hungary, Mihaly Karolyi, and Picasso and the composer, Edgard Varese (reproductions of which are included in this beautifully produced book) and the instantly recognizable monuments and even the graffiti of the city, he was even more well known for his images of the seamier side of Paris-- (known in the USA as "Paris Secrets") the night life which not only included actors and dancers, but also prostitutes and transvestites. (he actually became so well-known and liked in the bordellos, that he was allowed "free-reign" to photograph the women and their clients!)

A Hungarian by birth, he obviously loved all aspects of Paris. This is not only obvious in his art, but also in his writing. From 1920 til 1940, Brassai (born Gyula Halasz in 1899) kept up an almost religiously regular correspondence with his parents. These letters, some like diary entries, show his great affection for his family and home, but also for this extraordinary city in which he chose to live and work.

If you are at all interested in how a great artist finds inspiration and how he continues to grow from day to day, from triumph to triumph and indeed from struggle and disappointment to more struggle and even more disappoinment, these letters will thrill you. I have always been fascinated by Brassai (I own one of his images) and have never been able to find a satisfying biography that tells anything of his early life and history. Well, here is that book and it is in his own words and illustrated with several of his fine photographs. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

A lovely book about Paris and Art.......1999-02-10

This lovely book gives us the portrait of an artist as a VERY unusual young man: the great photographer Brassai. Brassai proves himself a wonderful writer as well as photographer. His love of Paris in the 1920s and 1930s is everywhere evident--the glamour, the grime, the artistic urgency of the place, the crazy characters who called it home. Letters to My Parents is a must-read to anyone interested in this idiosyncratic artist and establishment of photography as an art form in the early twentieth century.

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Letters to My Parents
Brassai
Manufacturer: University of Chicago Press
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000KWTOU0

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This book brings together leading practitioners, world-wide postal administrations, and the express industry, as well as a number of regulators, academic economists, and lawyers to examine some of the important policy and regulatory issues facing the industry. Issues addressed include international postal policy, including the role of the Universal Postal Union; regulation and terminal dues; competition, entry and the role of scale and scope economies; the nature and role of cost analysis in postal service; productivity; and service standards. This volume follows two earlier volumes by the same editors, Competition and Innovation in Postal Services (1991); and Regulation and the Nature of Postal and Delivery Services (1992).

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Winner of the Vernacular Architecture Forum's Abbott Lowell Cummings Prize for 1990

"In this interesting and wide-ranging book, Elizabeth Blackmar investigates the development of New York City's housing market from colonial times to 1850. She discusses public officials, landowners, builders, renters and tenants, and the interplay among and between these groups as the value of land in the city skyrocketed in the early nineteenth century and made renting the only possibility for most New Yorkers."--American Studies International

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Exhaustive History.......2004-06-27

Blackmar creates a complete picture of the renter-rentier system in New York City. An excellent historical work, even if it is a bit dry at times. A must read for any urban history enthusiast.

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Manhattan For Rent 1785-1850
Elizabeth Blackmar
Manufacturer: Cornell University
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000N2LSNS

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The insurance industry is rebounding from its poor financial results of a few years ago. Better risk management, higher premiums and increased use of underwriting information systems have led the way. Meanwhile, the insurance industry is increasingly globalized as cross-border investments and acquisitions continue at a rapid pace. Risk management consulting and analysis has become more sophisticated. In addition, a large number of related services and technologies have a major influence on the insurance and risk management business. These services include e-commerce, call centers and information technologies. This carefully-researched book (which includes a database of leading companies on CD-ROM) is a complete insurance market research and business intelligence tool-- everything you need to know about the business of insurance and risk management, including: 1)Property & Casualty insurance; 2)Life Insurance; 3)Personal Lines; 4)Specialty Lines; 5)Annuities; 6)Reinsurance; 7)Health Insurance; 8)Globalization of the insurance industry, including our profiles of the world's leading international insurance firms; 9)Insurance brokerage; 10)Risk Management; 11)Consulting; 12)Significant trends in insurance information technologies; 13)Risk analysis, call centers and other support services; 14)Online insurance trends; 15)Underwriting trends; 16)Insurance industry software.

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The New Child Health Encyclopedia

The most extensive, detailed children's health reference.

New Child Health Enc
Boston Children's Hospital
Manufacturer: Delacorte Press
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Health o Meter HDC100-01 "Grow with Me" Teddy Bear Scale for Babies and Toddlers

Braun IRT 4020 ThermoScan Ear Thermometer

ASIN: 0385295413
Release Date: 1987-10-01

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The New Child Health Encyclopedia.......2004-03-30

I came upon the The New Child Health Encyclopedia when I was looking for a baby shower present. I spent nearly two hours in the book store reading the information regarding children's health. This book is outstanding and a must have for new mothers. The book is easy to read and covers diverse suject matter relating to childrens health and well being. Great Book

The most extensive, detailed children's health reference........1999-01-24

This book has the most details of any children's health reference book I've seen. Each entry contains at least a paragraph dedicated to Description, Cause, Signs and Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention, as well as additional sections such as Emergency Action and Complications, when they apply. I have four children's health reference books, and this one always has the most, and usually best, information of the group. I really feel it is best-of-breed. In addition to standard issues such as chicken pox, fever, croup, asthma and RSV, New Children's Health Encyclopedia also covers topics such as fire safety, trimming fingernails, mental health, and many adolescent topics. I find it to be a very comprehensive, valuable reference to have on hand.

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Concise, Systematic, Written Well; 4.5 stars

A Great Account of American Grand Strategy in Vietnam

One of the best

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Not complete, but an interesting read

America's Longest War: The United States and Vietnam, 1950-1975 with Poster
George C Herring
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
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ASIN: 0072536187

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Comprehensive yet concise, America’s Longest War provides a complete and balanced history of the Vietnam War. It is not mainly a military history, but seeks to integrate military, diplomatic, and political factors in order to clarify America’s involvement and ultimate failure in Vietnam. While it focuses on the American side of the equation, it provides sufficient consideration of the Vietnamese side to make the events comprehensible.

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Concise, Systematic, Written Well; 4.5 stars.......2007-06-28

This is a concise but systematic overview and narrative of the Vietnam war. Evenhanded and drawing on a remarkably rich secondary literature, America's Longest War covers American involvement in Vietnam from the immediate post-WWII period up to the Clinton administration. This is mainly the story of American policy making and the American experience. While Herring does deal with the South Vietnamese experience, there is relatively little analysis of North Vietnamese experience and decision making. This is unavoidable due to the lack of material from North Vietnam.
Herring presents our involvment in Vietnam as the logical, though not inevitable, result of the basic containment strategy of the Cold War. He describes very well the gradual entanglement in Vietnam across multiple Presidential administrations, culminating in Johnson's decision to commit major numbers of American ground troops. Herring does very well also in describing the diplomatic history and its interaction with domestic American politics. He does quite well at the basic political history of South Vietnam and provides a nice overview of the basic military history.
Herring's basic point is that the containment logic formed the lens through information about Vietnam was seen. The containment logic was essentially universally accepted in the USA and even became a crucial part of domestic politics. There were very few efforts, made usually by a small number of people and generally rebuffed, to critically examine the idea that deterring a Communist takeover in South Vietnam was really essential to American security. In Herring's presentation, our involvement in Vietnam takes on a tragic dimension.
Its impossible to read this book today and avoid comparisons with the Iraq morass. Indeed, its striking how often the Vietnam experience resonates with our contemporary problems. For example, here is Herring discussing American efforts at pacification in the mid-1960s, "The fundamental problem was the absence of security.' Or how about, "Members of Congress found it impossible to vote against fund for American forces in the field and hesitated to challenge the President directly, but many who has firmly backed him at first came out openly against him." I was surprised at how often aspects of the Vietnam experience have emerged in Iraq.

A Great Account of American Grand Strategy in Vietnam.......2007-02-04

Like many people here, I read this book for a college class concerned with providing an explanation of the numerous questions that arise whenever one ponders America in Vietnam, like why it was there, and why it lost. Any student or curious reader should find this work a great tool for this task.

The book is fairly short, numbering less than 400 pages. By that restraint alone, no reader should expect a thorough, voluminous exposition on every aspect of the war akin to Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire, or a textbook for that matter. It's a piece on political history with a general thesis, numerous recurring themes, and plenty of information to back everything up.

The thesis is that the containment strategy America adopted around the Korean War, and its perceiving Vietnam as a strategic door to all of Southeast Asia, prevented each successive president from leaving Vietnam to the wolves and forced each one to progressively raise American stakes n the region. Numerous other variables--some consistent to all presidencies, like fear of facing the same political bloodletting as Truman got over "losing" China in 1949; some specific to the president, like JFK's need to take a stand somewhere after negotiating on Laos, and after the Berlin wall was erected--accompanied this grand one, but the central theme of this book draws a vivid picture of proud Cold Warriors refusing to back down and unwilling to commit entirely, hoping to bluff out an enemy who had already gone all in.

Of course, because it is a work with a point to prove rather than a huge collection of unfiltered facts, the reader must be wary of buying into Herring's perspective without private review of his logic. That's true for every book of this sort, however, and for what it's worth, Herring makes a very convincing case.

On the technical side of things, this book could have done more to centralize its presentation of thematic events. Since the author shifts between historical narrative and analysis, the latter could have summaries and reminders of recurring concepts on the margins. As it is, the reader has to discover themes like "US arrogance" or "governmental deception" by himself and note their recurrence without any assistance from Herring. Doing this isn't the standard for most books, though (the only one I can think off that does this is Landmark Thucydides), I can't criticize the book for not following up on these suggestions.

One of the best.......2007-01-09

I read this book in graduate school and thought that it gave the best start to finish depiction of the war. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn more about the Vietnam war.

One of the enduring images.......2005-01-21

is the network of bicyclists -- children, women and men -- who expertly navigated the region during the American campaigns. A foot bridge blown up was instantly restored. Supplies were expertly moved about. It was their whole backyard.

Not complete, but an interesting read.......2004-09-18

Vietnam is one of the most critical and debated subjects In the History of the United States during the twentieth century. Numerous books have been written detailing the only war lost by the American military in its brief two hundred year existence. In America's Longest War George Herring examines the critical periods of American involvement Vietnam. As one reference point, the author researched the presidential libraries, first hand accounts, the official Pentagon Papers and other resources to provide a comprehensive look at the American involvement in Vietnam beginning in 1950.
Herring's essay begins with the First Indochinese war in 1950 as he documents the major factors involved and how America's Longest War escalated in to the struggle that would affect America long after the troops were gone. Each chapter comprises a specific aspect of the conflict ranging from Presidential agreements between Diem and Kennedy, the concept of search and destroy, and ending with Nixon's "Peace with Honor" withdrawal. Clearly drawn maps in the text and a separate foldout map are included supplying the reader with a frame of reference for troop movements, battle locations and routes of the Ho Chi Minh trail. Charts of military strength and casualties assist the reading with understanding impact the American presence had in any given year.
Herring compiles and exhibits his information in an easy to read format allowing the reader to follow the sometimes confusing and often controversial events in Vietnam and the U.S. The author does not concentrate solely on the war or events in Vietnam, but alludes to issues such as support or lack of it. Photos at the beginning of each chapter and throughout help place the reader in the era and closer to the events than plain words on a page would attain. The book concludes with a pronunciation guide for the Vietnamese language and a section of additional readings for further research and understanding that include the author's sources for quotes. Even though Herring provides an abundance of peer sources, he also quotes other works that he produced to help substantiate the work presented here.
Herring's contribution is well thought out, concise and researched. Throughout the essay, the author is able to limit his bias in one of the most controversial subjects in American history which allows the reader to form their own opinion based on facts supplied. While it is not an overall history encompassing every aspect of the war, it does provide a solid starting point as it introduces man of the key representatives present during this time. America's Longest War centers more on the American foreign policy and the diplomatic aspect instead of specific battles or campaigns. Readers interested in strategy of the military or accounts of the conflict should choose from the selections in the Suggested Reading section for more in depth information.

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America's Longest War: United States and Vietnam, 1950-1975
George Herring
Manufacturer: Mcgraw-Hill College
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America's Longest War: The United States and Vietnam 1950-1975

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America's Longest War: The United States and Vietnam 1950-1975
George C. Herring
Manufacturer: McGraw Hill Text
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ASIN: 0394341856

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America's Longest War The United States and Vietnam 1950-1975
George Herring
Manufacturer: Wiley
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America's Longest War: The United States and Vietnam, 1950-1975 Second Edition

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America's Longest War: The United States and Vietnam, 1950-1975 Second Edition
George Herring
Manufacturer: Alfred A Knopf
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America's Longest War - The United States and Vietnam 1950 - 1975 - 2nd Edition

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America's Longest War - The United States and Vietnam 1950 - 1975 - 2nd Edition
George C Herrin
Manufacturer: Temple University Press
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America's Longest War. The United States and Vietnam 1950 - 1975.

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America's Longest War: The United States and Vietnam 1950-1975
George C. Herring
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America's Longest War: The United States and Vietnam, 1950-1975.
GEORGE C.: HERRING
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just enough for non-professional

Birds of Nebraska Field Guide (Pocket Size Field Guide Series for Birders)
Stan Tekiela
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ASIN: 1591930170

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Learn about and identify birds using Stan Tekiela's state-by-state field guides. The full-page, color photos are incomparable and include insets of winter plumage, color morphs and more. Plus, with the easy-to-use format, you don't need to know a bird's name or classification in order to easily find it in the book. Using this field guide is a real pleasure. It's a great way for anyone to learn about the birds in your state.

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just enough for non-professional .......2006-12-25

I enjoy watching birds in nature, and on my porch ( when I lived in the Cornhusker State; Nebraska), but I am not professional.
I found this book (and series) very helpful; it is organized by color (birds that are mostly red, yellow, etc..) so it is very easy to use. Each bird is pictured on the left side page - the right page has a small Nebraska map telling you in which season and which part of the state you can find the bird. It also contains description of male, female, juvenile - Information on nest, migration, etc...., then the author's notes.
I did not have difficulty identifying a bird, and the amount of information (each page is 4.5 x 6 inches) is just enough for non-professional bird watcher.

Birds of Nebraska: Their Distribution and Temporal Occurrence

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The bird book Nebraska deserves

Birds of Nebraska: Their Distribution and Temporal Occurrence
Roger S. Sharpe , W. Ross Silcock , and Joel G. Jorgensen
Manufacturer: University of Nebraska Press
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ASIN: 0803242891

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Nebraska sits at the nexus of continental bird migration and serves as a home—either permanently or seasonally—for nearly 450 species. Major migratory routes pass through the state, creating numerous opportunities to observe the great variety of North American bird species. The annual crane migrations in spring are legendary, and other key events include winter concentrations of bald eagles, flocks of up to thirty thousand grebes, mergansers, and gulls at Lake McConaughy in late fall, and incredible concentrations of waterfowl in the Rainwater Basin in early spring.

Birds of Nebraska captures the variety of Nebraska's ornithological possibilities in a style useful to hobbyists and professionals alike. For the first time in Nebraska ornithology, the authors have provided an exhaustive summary of state bird records compiled into concise but readable accounts of all species of birds reported in the state. This work covers taxonomy, early and late migration dates, high counts, nesting areas, and likely viewing locations.

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The bird book Nebraska deserves.......2002-03-09

Nebraska is known to the North American birding community almost exclusively for a single phenomenon: the spectacular spring migration of waterfowl and cranes along the Platte River in late March. The state is otherwise largely terra incognita to all but locals, who have managed to keep its ornithological riches a relative secret. But anyone who has spent time in the forests of the southeast, the wooded buttes of the northwest, or the vast prairies of the sandhills knows that here lie treasures. Few other states boast such a large and varied avifauna, its components drawn from east, west, north and south; regular breeders include Acadian Flycatcher and Cordilleran Flycatcher, Blue Jay and Pinyon Jay, Long-billed Curlew and American Woodcock, and the birder with time and a full tank of gas can find all these and many more such pairs in a single day in the field.
Finding out about these treasures has been difficult. Birding in Nebraska in most of the twentieth century was a particularist affair, meaningful communications generally oral and private. All this has changed, however, with the publication of Ross Silcock et al.'s new Birds of Nebraska, an exemplary production providing native and visitor alike with a comprehensive introduction to the state's birds. Each of the 440+ species so far recorded is treated fully, with detailed summaries of its temporal and geographic distribution, abundance, and status in the state. For out-of-staters, rudimentary bird-finding information is provided, its usefulness varying with its specificity: for some species, directions are provided to likely sites, while for others the advice consists solely in the identification of promising habitat types.
The book is handsomely and well produced by the University of Nebraska Press. Editorial slips are remarkably few for a work of this scope and detail; spelling errors ("Ulnus" for "Ulmus," for example) are nearly non-existent, and the prose is generally clear and readable. Nebraska birders, it goes without saying, will find this the most useful book on their birding bookshelf, but the rest of us too will profit from the impressive new standard set by this work.

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