Principals Blog for the Week of November 3rd - 7th

The November Newsletter is posted on the 

High School Webpage. It will provide 
additional details on events, activities, 

photos and calendar reminders.
http://www.douglasps.net/files/filesystem/November%20Newsletter.pdf

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Please note:  Grades for Term 1 close on Thursday the 6th of November.  Report Cards will be posted in IPASS on the 13th of November. It is important to make sure all due work has been submitted on time to the classroom teachers. 

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Athletic Updates

Douglas hosted the DVC Cross Country Championships.  The boys team finished 4th with outstanding performances by Conner Grady and Trevor Mungeam.  The girls team tied Hopedale 36-36 but won the league title as Kylie Blake, Douglas' 6th place finisher, beat out Hopedale's 6th place runner by one spot to win the tiebreaker.  This was the girls second consecutive league championship.  Makenzie Cyr was the top runner as she won the race in 18:36, followed by 3rd place finisher Caroline Meizen and in 12th place, Tess Miller.

Both teams now prepare for the District meet on November 8th in Gardner.

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The Boy's and Girl's Soccer teams have both qualified for post-season play.  The Girls will play at home on Monday at 2:00 against Uxbridge.  The Boys team will play Monday at Leicester High School at 7:00 PM. We wish both teams good luck in these tournament games.

The Sutton/Douglas football team plays tomorrow at 12:00 versus Nashoba Valley.  The game will be played at Sutton High School.

The informational meeting for those students interested in playing hockey as part of our co-op with Hopedale and Millis High School's meet today. We had a group of 9 students who have signed up for the program and it will be interesting to see them lace up their skates  this winter. Mr. LaChapelle and Mr. Riordan (both played competitive hockey) will look to try and provide some support with coaching the team as well. 

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Girls Field Hockey closes out its season

The girls field hockey team closed out their season on Tuesday with a tough loss to BMR 2-0. We congratulate and thank Grace Burns, Cassidy Chapman, Adrianna Dereszkiewicz, Emily Martin and Suzie Thibault for their season and career at DHS.  They have much to be proud of as they have brought distinction to the school, the program, their families and to themselves. We also recognize the members of both the varsity and junior varsity teams for their great efforts. Thanks are extended to both Coach Lavin and Coach Chiasson.

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Senior Dress Up Day

The Seniors dressed up on Friday October 31st.

The seniors took some time today to walk down to the Elementary  and Primary School's dressed up in costume.  They had a wonderful time touring the buildings and sharing a smile and some good advice with the students in these two buildings. Thanks to Mr. Cedarbaum and Mrs. Socha for inviting us to visit.

 

Senior Girls Archery Class:
This group of young ladies have just completed their senior physical education unit on archery with Mrs. Sokol.  They are very impressive and they can perform in costume as well.

(Back row Left to Right)Delilah Boucher, Megan Murphy, Carol McPherson, Grace Burns, Ashley Gresian, Kelsey Gray, Emily Delphose, Clarissa Morin, Jordan Marcustry, (front row left to right)Tiffani Archambault, Briona Brito, Samantha Leary, Abigail DesRoches Leah Manyak and Gabriella Galluzzo. 

    

ARRGH!! Senior Class Advisor 

Mr. Gionet

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Important Dates:

                             Nov. 5 - MCAS ELA - Retest

                                    MCAS ELA - Retest

                             Nov. 7 - MCAS ELA Retest

                                    Advisor/Advisee

                             Nov. 10 - Veteran’s Day Assembly

                    Nov. 11 - No School in observance of Veteran's Day

                             Nov. 12 - MCAS Math Retest

                             Nov 13 - MCAS Math Retest 

                                     Department Chair                                                                Meeting

                             Nov. 19 - Winter Sports Info Night

                                      Fall Sports Awards                                                             Night

                             Nov. 20 - Half Day of school for                                                         students

                                      Parent Conference Night

                             Nov. 21 - Advisor/Advisee

                             Nov. 26 - Half Day of school 

                             Nov. 27 - 28 - Thanksgiving Break

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Report Cards

As an additional reminder; Please make a note that grades for Term 1 will close on November 6th with Report Cards being posted in IPASS on November 13th.  Also a reminder if you wish to receive a hard copy of this document please contact the secretaries in the Main Office.

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*Announcments*

The Douglas High School Athletic Boosters have 2 available senior project opportunities:

Basketball Concession Coordinator: your responsibilities will include managing the schedule of volunteers for basketball concessions throughout the season.  Keeping track of inventory and notifying Mr. Doyon of what items need to be purchased.

Senior Athletic Awards night video: your responsibilities will include taking action shots as well as senior athlete pictures of all spring sports.  Gathering the photos others took from fall, winter sports and adding them to spring photos and making a video to present at the end of the Senior Athletic Awards night (end of May). Lastly there are also concession volunteer community service hours available for the basketball season.

 If you are interested in either project or need community service hours and would like more information please contact: Mr. Doyon- Athletic Director bdoyon@douglasps.net or in his office at DHS or Lisa Brown at Lijob@aol.com or 508-476-5142

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The New England Service Academy Information Night is scheduled for Wednesday, November 5th at the Danversport Yacht Club.  Information will be given about the Academy appointment, selection and nomination process.  For more information, see guidance.

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Principal's Blog for the Week of October 27th - 31st

Douglas High School Courtyard

A Thank You goes out to Mrs. Pemberton, Mrs. Delphos and Mrs. Hammond and their class for this wonderful seasonal display in the school's courtyard. Everyone contributed to this end product and it looks great.
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The October Newsletter is posted on the 

High School Webpage. It will provide additional details on events, activities, 

photos and calendar reminders.

http://www.douglasps.net/files/filesystem/October%20Newsletter1.pdf

	DOUGLAS TIGERS ATHLETIC SCHEDULE     Week of October 27th, 2014
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Monday, Oct 27th	Varsity Boys Soccer Home vs Bromfield @ 3:30 @ 4:00(DHS)
	JV Boys Soccer Home vs Bromfield @ 3:30(VFW)
	JV/Varsity Girls Soccer @ Bromfield @ 3:30	1:45
Tuesday, Oct 28th	JV Field Hockey HOME vs BMR @ 3:30
	Varsity Girls Field Hockey HOME  vs BMR @ 4:15
	Varsity Girls Soccer @ Valley Tech @ 3:30	2:15

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Athletic Updates

Cross Country

Our Cross Country Teams competed in the Twilight Tournament in Falmouth last weekend and they performed very well.  The girls team saw Makensie Cyr place 4th out of 250 runners in the senior meet. Caroline Meizen placed 4th also out of 200 runners in the sophomore race.  There were other very strong performances from Tess Miller in the junior race and from Kylie Blake and Rebecca Rockne in the sophomore race. 

On the boys side of the tournament, freshman Trevor Mungeam, Emmett Berard and Patrick Peloquin all placed close to the top of their race while sophomore Connor Grady also placed high in the sophomore race.  Alex Mezaro, Zach Eldridge and Clark Bishop also performed well.  

Congratulations to all members and to Coach Doyon and Harrington. 

This is a just happened update: 

This morning DHS hosted the DVC Middle School and High School Cross-Country Championships.

Connor Grady placed 10th and Trevor Mungeam placed 11th in this highly competitive race.  Hopedale won the boy's championship.  

The girls race was won in convincing fashion by Makenzie Cyr with Caroline Meizen places third in this race.  Strong performances by the entire girls team resulted in Douglas winning the Girls Cross-Country Championship.  More information will follow as at time or submission the races have just ended.

Update:

Douglas hosted the DVC Cross Country championship on Saturday.  The boys team finished 4th with outstanding performances by Conner Grady and Trevor Mungeam.  The girls team tied Hopedale 36-36 but won the league title as Kylie Blake, Douglas' 6th place finisher, beat out Hopedales 6th place runner by one spot to win the tiebreaker.  This was the girls second consecutive league championship.  Makenzie Cyr was the top runner as she won the race in 18:36, followed by 3rd place finisher Caroline Meizen and 12th place Tess Miller.

Both teams now prepare for the District meet on November 8th in Gardner.

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UMASS Band Day

On Saturday, October 18^th the High School Band travelled to Gillette Stadium to participate in the annual UMASS Band Day. Sponsored by the 400 member UMASS Minuteman Marching Band, this festival attracts bands from all over the northeast to come together and perform at halftime of a UMASS football game on the field at Gillette Stadium. This year the Douglas High School Band was one of 75 High School bands to participate. This year’s Band Day brought 3800 band members together on the field to perform selections from Disney’s “Toy Story”. The thrilling event was capped off by a wonderful post game performance by the UMASS Band. The opportunity to perform with such a large number of fellow band members is truly one of the highlights of the year.

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Walk for Cancer

On Saturday the 18th, 145 students, parents and staff participated in the Cancer Walk.  The course took the participants through various sections of town and a few neighborhoods before ending back up at the high school.  The proceeds from the event will go to the American Cancer Society and its research to end this disease.  Congratulations and a heartfelt thank you go out to Mrs. Fitzpatrick and Mrs. Adamson and the junior class for this wonderful event. 

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Simon Wheatrcroft

Simon Wheatcroft is about to run from Boston to New York.

He intends to cover a distance of about 240 miles in nine days and once he gets to New York he's going to run a marathon. 

It is about the equivalent of running from his Doncaster home to Edinburgh. And then doing a marathon.

This is an impressive accomplishment by anyone's standards, but even more so when you consider that Wheatcroft has been registered as blind since the age of 18.Wheatcroft, who suffers from the genetic condition retinitis pigmentosa. Simon's group reached out to DHS and asked if our cross country athletes would join him on a small portion of his Friday run from Hopkinton to Pascog. 

Our varsity runners were so excited to have this opportunity and they did join Simon at Classic Envelope and ran back with him to DHS where they were greeted by students, faculty and administration.

It was an honor to share a small part of this incredible story and Simon left a positive mark on our school community.  We wish him the best of luck in this event, it is just an amazing feat.

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National Honor Society Induction Ceremony 
National Honor Society held their Induction Ceremony on  Monday October 20th. This year we inducted 14 new members to the Chapter and they will be joining the 10 existing members.  
The Douglas High School National Honor Society is under the direction of Mr. Babola and he is supported by a Faculty Council of Mrs. Gaskell, Mrs. Costa, Ms. Braney, Mrs. Fitzpatrick and Mrs. Cote.  
Mr. Leonard provided a poignant keynote address to the students and those in attendance. In his presentation Mr. Leonard spoke to the importance of the tenants of Character, Service, Leadership and Scholarship. 
The evening was a nice ceremony and celebration of all that these students have accomplished and bring to the school community. 
Congratulations to our newly inducted members!

Current members of NHS are:

Sean Brunson, Makenzie Cyr, Abigail Desroches, Robert Dixson, Morgan Goozey, Liam Madden, Carol McPherson, Rachel Morin, Elissa Piwowarski and Christine Walthall.

Our new inductees are:

Briona Brito, Cassidy Chapman, Brandon Mooney, Olivia Ursch and Caroline Smith from the senior class and Alexandra Briggs, Austin Carneiro, Micalea Goldenberg, Shannon Harney, Kristina King, Kaylee Klenk, Virginia Maguire, Isabel Mazzrella and Kaitlyn Reber.  

Congratulations to all of our members.

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*Upcoming Dates*

October 29
Morin's Studio will be back at DHS on October 29th for 
Picture Retake Day. If you would like to have your child's school 
photo's redone, please plan to have them report for these
 retakes on the 29th. 
Also a reminder to senior's; if you have opted not to use 
Morin's Studio for your senior portraits then this will be the last chance you have to get a new photo taken and then submitted as your yearbook photo. Please plan your wardrobe accordingly for this last photo opportunity.
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Report Cards
Please make a note that grades for Term 1 will close on November 6th with Report Cards being posted in IPASS on November 13th.  Also a reminder if you wish to receive a hard copy of this document please contact the secretaries in the Main Office.
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*Announcments*

Do you love your Country? Do you enjoy poetry? 

Well you’re in luck! The Veteran’s Day Poetry Contest is now underway. Submit a Patriotic Poem to Rob Rhody, Nick Daly or an English/History teacher no later than October 29^th. The top three will be read at the November 7^th Veterans Day Assembly!

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The New England Service Academy Information Night is scheduled for Wednesday, November 5th at the Danversport Yacht Club.  Information will be given about the Academy appointment, selection and nomination process.  For more information, see guidance.

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The PTO is wondering if there are any students who are looking to fulfill their Community Service requirements who may be interested in helping at an upcoming event.  They will be holding a Pancake Breakfast at the Elementary School on 11/8 and are looking for volunteers to help out.  Depending on the hours they are looking for, they could use 10 people for 2 hour shifts each (5 for 8 am - 10 am and 5 for 10 am - 12 pm) or 5 people for 4 hour shifts each (8 am - 12 pm.)  If interested please come to the Main Office.

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Principals Blog for the Week of October 20th - 24th

Fall has arrived at Douglas High School and the views are spectacular.

The National Honor Society

Please plan to join us for the C. W. Holmes Chapter of the National Honor Society Induction Ceremony that will be held on Monday the 20th of October at 7:00 in the auditorium.  This is always a poignant night and one in which we celebrate the achievements of our inductees. This year we will induct 14 new members to the Chapter and they will be joining the 10 existing members.  The Douglas High School National Honor Society is under the direction of Mr. Babola and he is supported by a Faculty Council of Mrs. Gaskell, Mrs. Costa, Ms. Braney, Mrs. Fitzpatrick and Mrs. Cote.  Congratulations to our present members and to our soon to be newly inducted members. We hope to see your there.
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The October Newsletter is posted on the 

High School Webpage. It will provide additional details on events, activities, 

photos and calendar reminders.

http://www.douglasps.net/files/filesystem/October%20Newsletter1.pdf

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	DOUGLAS TIGERS ATHLETIC SCHEDULE                                                                                       Week of October 20th, 2014
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Monday, Oct 20th	Varsity Boys Soccer @ Hopedale @ 4:00	2:45
	JV Boys Soccer @ Hopedale @ 4:00	2:45
	JV and Varsity Field Hockey @ Valley Tech @ 3:30	2:30
	DIII Central Golf tournament at Blissful Meadows Golf Club	9:00
Tuesday, Oct 21st	Varsity Girls Soccer Home vs Hopedale at 4:00(DHS)
	JV Girls Soccer Home vs Hopedale at 4:00(VFW)
Wednesday, Oct 22nd	JV Field Hockey HOME vs BMR @ 5:30
	Varsity Girls Field Hockey HOME  vs BMR @ 7:00
	JV and Varsity Girls Volleyball @ Assabet 3:30	2:15
Thursday, Oct 23rd	JV Girls Soccer HOME vs BMR @ 5:00(DHS)
	Varsity Girls Soccer HOME vs BMR @ 7:00(DHS)
	JV and Varsity Girls Field Hockey @ SPM @ 3:30	2:00
	Golf DVC Championship @ Nipmuc @ 12:00	10:45
	JV and Varsity Girls Volleyball @ Millbury @ 6:00	5:00
Friday, Oct 24th	JV Boys Soccer HOME vs BMR @ 5:00(DHS)
	Varsity Boys Soccer HOME vs BMR @ 7:00(DHS)
	JV and Varsity Girls Soccer @ Valley Tech @ 3:30	2:30
Saturday, Oct 25th	Cross Country MS DVC Championship Home @ 10:00
	Cross Country Varsity DVC Championship Home @ 11:30

Athletic Updates

Field Hockey
Varsity Field Hockey had a big victory against Oxford High School on Tuesday October 14th.  the win also came on Senior Night for Oxford.  The final score was 2-0, with Douglas goals being scored by Emily Lane and Sarah Calkins. Goalie Cassidy Chapman was solid in net, posting an impressive shutout.


Volleyball Senior Night

Friday October 17th the Volleyball team was be celebrating senior night as they host league rival Hopedale High School.  This years seniors are Courtney Cotnoir, Katelyn Cotnoir, Caroline Forest, Brianna Gustafson, Alexandra Leach, Rachel Morin, and Olivia Ursch.

Upcoming Douglas High School Senior Night for Fall Sports
Next week's Senior Night Schedule is Varsity Girls Field Hockey versus BMR at 7:00 PM on Wednesday the 22nd. Senior players are Grace Burns, Cassidy Chapman, Adrianna Dereszkieewicz and Suzanne Thibault.

The Varsity Girl's Soccer team will play on Thursday night, also at 7:00 versus BMR.  This year's senior members are Morgan Goozey, Ashley Gresian, Megan Hayes and Shannon Powell. Senior Monique Levesque serves as record keeper for the team also.

On Friday Night October 20th the Boy's Soccer team will be playing their senior game versus BMR at 7:00.  This year's seniors members are Mark Blatchford, Cameron Gagnon,  Jonathan Gonzalez and Davis Parella.

Our Golf team will compete in the Division III Central Tournament at Blissful Meadows on Monday the 20th.  They will also compete in the DVC Championships on Thursday the 23rd at Shining Rock Country Club.

The Cross Country teams will compete in the Bob McIntyre Twilight Invitational Tournament in Falmouth on Saturday 18th.  They will host the DVC Championship on Saturday the 25th with Middle School competing at 10:00 AM and the Varsity Teams going off at 11:00. Please join us here for this great event.

We extend good luck to all these teams and hope you will join us at these poignant games.

Before we all know it, the snow will begin falling and winter will be here.  However, as we emerge from our winter spent indoors our spring season will be welcomed by the opportunity to begin play on the new athletic facilities.  So here is what we all are excitingly looking forward to, the chance to get on the new track, field space and softball field.  In case you are wondering what these spaces look like here are some pictures in advance of the impending snow cover.  As you can see these are wonderful new athletic facilities for our teams to use.
We thank the community for the support of this project and we know it will bring great excitement to the school and town.

There is wonderful article in the Tribune today on the retiring of Mrs. Sokol's Salem State hoop jersey. There is also a nice article about the Cancer Walk in today's paper.

*Upcoming Dates*

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October 18

Douglas High School is once again sponsoring the 10k Walk to End Cancer – In It To End It!  All students are encouraged to participate in the walk and help put an end to Cancer.  Participation in the 10k walk will satisfy the 5 hour community service requirement each student must complete for the year. The walk will take place on Saturday, October 18^th.  Arrival/registration starts at 8:30 a.m. and walk off will be at 9:00 a.m.  

Registration for the walk is $10.00.  

The first 200 people to pre-register will receive a Walk for Cancer t-shirt.  

Photo's from the Cancer Walk











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October 18 

The Douglas Public School District will conduct an official Ribbon Cutting Ceremony to formally open the new Douglas Middle School on Saturday the 18th of october. The ceremony begins at 9:00 AM and we hope you will be able to join us for this celebration. 
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October 21, 22 and 23 
Site visits conducted in the Douglas School District for the three finalists for the Superintendent of Schools position.
All three finalists will be meeting with teachers from all four schools, the Central Office administrative team, members of the Douglas School Committee and town officials.   

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October 29
Morin's Studio will be back at DHS on October 29th for 
Picture Retake Day. If you would like to have your child's school 
photo's redone, please plan to have them report for these
 retakes on the 29th. 

Also a reminder to senior's; if you have opted not to use 
Morin's Studio for your senior portraits then this will be the last chance you have to get a new photo taken and then submitted as your yearbook photo. Please plan your wardrobe accordingly for this last photo opportunity.
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Report Cards

Please make a note that grades for Term 1 will close on November 6th with Report Cards being posted in IPASS on November 13th.  Also a reminder if you wish to receive a hard copy of this document please contact the secretaries in the Main Office.
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*Announcments*

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Calling all Freshmen! The Freshman Math Meet#1 is Wednesday October 29^th at Auburn High School. Permission slips and practice questions are outside of Mrs. Remillard’s room. Permission slips are due back no later than Wednesday October 21st.

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Attention all student council members: if you are interested in attending the Fall Conference please stop by Ms. Smith’s room to pick up a permission slip. These are due back no later than the next full council meeting, October 23^rd.
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The PTO is wondering if there are any students who are looking to fulfill their Community Service requirements who may be interested in helping at an upcoming event?  We will be holding a Pancake Breakfast at the Elementary School on 11/8 and are looking for volunteers to help out.  Depending on the hours they are looking for, we could use 10 people for 2 hour shifts each (5 for 8 am - 10 am and 5 for 10 am - 12 pm) or 5 people for 4 hour shifts each (8 am - 12 pm.)  

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Attention Freshmen:  Anyone interested in running for a class officer position should stop by the History fishbowl to pick up the necessary paperwork.  

Elections will be held on Thursday October 24th and speeches and nomination forms should be submitted to either Mr. Ginisi, Mr. Stand, or Mr. Leonard by Tuesday October 22.  

Also- all freshmen should check their email for an invitation to the Class of 2018 Google Classroom website.

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Do you love your Country? Do you enjoy poetry? 
Well you’re in luck! The Veteran’s Day Poetry Contest is now underway. Submit a Patriotic Poem to Rob Rhody, Nick Daly or an English/History teacher no later than October 29^th. The top three will be read at the November 7^th Veterans Day Assembly!

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For Seniors: 

http://www.morinstudio.com/pages/cfSeniors.cfm

MORIN’S STUDIO OF PHOTOGRAPHY 14 Pine Street Milford, MA 01757 Phone (508) 473-0211 • Toll free (800) 592-0211 Fax (508) 473-5979

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