 | A Mother's Circle - by Jean Kunhardt, MA, Lisa Spiegel, MA, and Sandra K. Basile |
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| This easily read book lets the reader eavesdrop on a composite group of nine new mothers as they meet weekly to discuss their changing lives and concerns under the watchful eyes of professional parenting counselors. |
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| | Abuse of Pregnant Women |
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| Sexual and physical abuse can have adverse and devastating effects on pregnancy, read about abuse of pregnant women and adverse birth outcomes. |
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| | Around the Circle Gently - by Lyn Moen |
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| This book is a delightful collection of quotations and observations about life, from pre-conception through death, gathered through the years by Birth and Life Bookstore founder Lynn Moen and her assistant Judy Laik. |
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| | Birth Day (video) |
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| Anyone planning to have a baby should see this video to gain understanding of the true meaning of birth. Every practitioner should witness the potential power and beauty of uninterrupted birth that this video reveals. |
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| | Birth Into Being (video) |
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| Video review: Water symbolizes both spirit and healing. As such, it has been used to facilitate labor for decades, and its innate ability to help relax, warm and nurture the birthing woman through birth is well known among those who use it or who witness it. |
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| | Birth Wisdom: Tricks of the Trade Volume III - Jan Tritten, editor |
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| No less than forty of your favorite Midwifery Today authors are represented in these pages...midwives you have come to love and trust through the eighteen years the magazine has been serving you. |
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| | Birthing From Within - by Pam England, CNM and Rob Horowitz, PhD |
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| This book encourages women to be powerful in birth, offers a wealth of resources and exercises, and can help couples move through their birth journeys with awareness, power and insight. |
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| | Birthing Your Baby: The Second Stage - by Nadine Pilley Edwards and Beverley Lawrence Beech |
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| This booklet is designed for those interested in learning more about the second stage of labor. The authors examine two different approaches: physiological and actively managed second stage. |
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| | Birthsong Midwifery Workbook - by Daphne Singingtree |
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| I'll bet that Daphne Singingtree has been a teacher of midwifery just as long as she's been a midwife.... Her Midwifery Workbook...grows with her expanding knowledge, and this third edition is her best work yet. |
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| | Botanical Medicine in Midwifery: A Handbook for Women's Health Professionals - by Susan Perri |
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| Clinical herbalist Susan Perri has provided us with a booklet explaining appropriate uses of medicinal herbs based on tradition and science. She gives information on herbs most commonly used during the childbearing year. |
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| | Breastfeeding Your Baby - by Sheila Kitzinger |
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| This simple, authoritative guide to breastfeeding success upholds Sheila Kitzinger's tradition of excellence in childbirth education literature. |
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| | Breastfeeding: A Mother's Gift - by Pamela K. Wiggins, IBCLC |
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| Lactation consultant Pamela Wiggins has distilled all the information about breastfeeding that really matters into one compact, easily read and used volume of advice and encouragement. |
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| | Breech Birth - by Benna Waites |
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| This is a seminal work about breech babies and the power of their mothers to reclaim a positive attitude about their pregnancy and make informed decisions for themselves and their very normal babies. |
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| | Breech Birth Woman-Wise - by Maggie Banks |
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| "Any midwife will feel the lick of the flame as she challenges the status quo," writes Maggie Banks in her new book. Banks should know. Involved with childbirth and woman care since 1972... |
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| | Childbirth without Fear - by Grantly Dick-Read |
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| This classic book has been reissued, after having been first set in print in 1959. I have to wonder how many babies it saved from the ravages of 1950s', 60s' and 70s' obstetrics, before midwifery in all its wisdom reemerged. |
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| | Diary of a Midwife - by Juliana van Olphen-Fehr |
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| This book gives an accurate account of issues we face in modern-day birth: separation of mother and child and the distress it creates; inadequate prenatal care due to lack of money and lack of workable systems for pregnant women; exorbitant fees charged by doctors and hospitals.... |
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| | Dying at Home: A Family Guide for Caregiving - by Andrea Sankar |
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| Dying at Home is a thorough, well thought out guidebook to making and then living with the decision to help ease a person's last days amongst the familiar surroundings of home and loved ones. |
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| | Eating Expectantly - by Bridget Swinney, M.S., R.D. |
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| Both comprehensive and easy to read and use, this book is suited to a wide audience of consumers. It has a wide scope of information about nutrition and food preparation. |
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| | Encyclopedia of Childbearing - by Barbara Katz Rothman |
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| Well-organized, open-minded, up-to-date, and wide-ranging are just a few adjectives that describe this fascinating book, and readers of all persuasions will spend many a pleasant and educational hour with it. |
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| | Essential Exercises for the Childbearing Year - by Elizabeth Noble |
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| Long acknowledged by birth educators as the most useful and popular exercise treatise, Essential Exercises for the Childbearing Year now provides a new exercise regimen for birth classes: partner exercises. |
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| | Gentle Birth Choices (book) - by Barbara Harper, RN |
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| This book is exactly the sort of guide that pregnant women have been needing to help them sort through the myriad choices and options that confront them…. It conveys the magic, wonder and excitement of birth when women approach it as a natural process they can trust. |
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| | Gentle Birth Choices (video) |
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| This video produced by Barbara Harper encourages women to be in charge of the birth experience, and exposes the common misbeliefs that many people hold about the birth process. The viewer's attention is held by scenes from six births interspersed with interviews with parents, midwives, and physicians. |
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| | Healing Passage: A Suturing Manual for Midwives - by Anne Frye |
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| Finally, a concise teaching duo to aid midwives' course of suture education. This manual and companion video are quintessential Anne Frye - clear, organized, and thorough in her approach to suturing. |
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| | Heart and Hands - by Elizabeth Davis |
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| Heart and Hands is both a textbook for beginning midwives and a reference book for parents who want to expand their knowledge of pregnancy and birth. |
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| | Herbs, Helps and Pressure Points for Pregnancy and Childbirth - by Katherine Tarr |
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| Drawing on her more than 18 years of practice, midwife Katherine Tarr has created an easy to read and use collection of tips to help make pregnancies healthier. |
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| | Holistic Midwifery: A Comprehensive Textbook for Midwives in a Homebirth Practice, Vol. II; Care from Onset of Labor through the First Hours after Birth - by Anne Frye |
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| At long last, volume II of Holistic Midwifery has come to fruition. Anne Frye has once again created a book that is thoughtful, informative and innovative. She introduces ideas and concepts never before offered in textbook form. |
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| | Homeopathic Medicines for Pregnancy and Childbirth - by Richard Moskowitz, M.D. |
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| Serious students of homeopathy would do well to buy two copies of this book: one for their reference shelf, and one as a permanent component of their birth bag equipment. |
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| | Is My Baby All Right? A Guide for Expectant Parents - by Christine Gosden |
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| This book discusses abnormalities in babies, how they occur and are detected, and the options available to the prospective parents. It helps make sense of the testing system. |
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| | Journey Into Motherhood - by Leslie Kirk Campbell |
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| We recommend this book not only to pregnant women and birth practitioners, but also to counselors and writing teachers. |
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| | Life Before Birth - by Majore A. England |
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| This full-color volume takes the reader through the normal process of fetal development including pre-embryonic, embryonic and fetal stages. |
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| | Life of a Midwife - Jan Tritten, Editor |
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| Midwifery Today has brought together a rich and striking blend of voices and informative, thought-provoking, heartfelt and diverse material in its new book for both aspiring and practicing midwives. |
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| | Making Midwives Legal - Raymond DeVries |
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| A review of Raymond DeVries' book |
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| | Maternal Fitness - by Julie Tupler, with Andrea Thompson |
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| This book takes us past the 'Just keep fit' attitude and really shows women how to stretch, strengthen, and relax the muscles they will use most in labor, as well as instructs them in what changes occur in the pregnant body and how to work with these changes. |
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| | Medicine Women, Curanderas, and Women Doctors - by Bobette Perrone, H. Henrietta Stockel and Victoria Krueger |
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| This book would be appropriate reading for many: people involved in women's health care, cross-cultural and cross-religious studies, sociology, public health, medical ethics studies, women's studies, and those simply interested in the lives of other female healers. |
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| | Morning Sickness: A Survival Guide for Pregnant Women - by Miriam Erick |
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| The book gives information on the possible causes of morning sickness, its history, its physical and mental manifestations, and available resources from which to get help. |
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| | Mother and Child Were Saved - The Memoirs (1693-1740) of Frisian Midwife Catharina Schrader |
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| Catharina Schrader's memoirs span 52 years and an estimated 4,000 deliveries, which she carefully documented throughout her life as a midwife. |
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| | Mother Massage: A Handbook for Relieving the Discomforts of Pregnancy - by Elaine Stillerman |
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| This book teaches a course in Mother Massage to professional masseuses, and it's wonderful to study her techniques in this handy, usable form. |
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| | Mothering Twins - by Linda Albi, Deborah Johnson, Debra Florien Duerloo and Sheryll Greatwood |
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| A thorough resource directory gives information on pregnancy and birth, prematurity, miscarriage, death of a child, child health and safety, breastfeeding, twin information services including twin equipment, parenting resources, and special needs child help services. |
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| | Mother-To-Be: A Guide to Pregnancy and Birth for Women with Disabilities |
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| This very optimistic and comprehensive guide to pregnancy as experienced by women with disabilities is written for the expectant woman, but also has much valuable information for those who provide their prenatal care. |
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| | Normalizing the Breech Delivery (video) - by Valerie El Halta, CPM and Rahima Baldwin Dancy, CPM |
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| This video is clear, understandable and riveting. It has the power to replace fear and doubt with knowledge and understanding. |
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| | Paths to Becoming a Midwife: Getting an Education - Reviewed by Sue LaLeike |
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| Honor yourself by educating yourself, as you would have your moms educate themselves. Get a copy of this book and use it. |
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| | Presenting Unexpected Outcomes: A Childbirth Educator's Guide - by Sherokee Ilse |
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| In Presenting Unexpected Outcomes, Ilse shares with educators the reasons and methods for bringing up this painful topic. |
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| | Prolonged Labor Handbook - Jan Tritten, editor |
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| Another in the Midwifery Today Holistic Clinical Series, this little book is packed with articles gleaned from the pages of Midwifery Today publications and penned by authors such as Nancy Wainer, Sara Wickham, Marion Toepke McLean and Sharon Glass Jonquil. |
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| | Scientification of Love - by Michel Odent |
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| This book explores love from a scientific angle yet with great respect for the beautiful orchestration of normal physiology as it works to its best capacity when it is undisturbed. |
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| | Shoulder Dystocia Handbook - Edited by Jan Tritten, et al. |
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| Read Sue LaLeike's review of Midwifery Today's Shoulder Dystocia Booklet! |
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| | Sit Up and Take Notice! Positioning Yourself for a Better Birth - by Pauline Scott |
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| By teaching women and practitioners the pivotal importance of fetal position to the outcome of labor and birth, Pauline Scott hopes to reverse a major reason for the seemingly relentless march toward cesarean section. |
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| | The Childbirth Kit - by Marie Fellenstein Hale and Liz Chalmers |
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| This lovely and useful kit can help other birthing women focus on the energy of labor in a positive way. |
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| | The Farmer and the Obstetrician by Michel Odent |
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| Here is a book that so encapsulates the historical demise of healthy food and of healthy birth, it could be the basis for two huge social movements. |
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| | The Hemorrhage Handbook - Jan Tritten, editor |
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| When Midwifery Today founder and mother Jan Tritten plans conferences, she almost always includes a class about hemorrhage, because nearly every practitioner dreads it and thus wants to be informed about and prepared for it. |
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| | The Infertility Diet: Get Pregnant and Prevent Miscarriage - by Fern Reiss |
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| Good diet and a healthy outlook can alter so many ailments and illnesses. Fern Reiss takes this concept into the realm of pregnancy. She proposes that a sound diet, including certain hormone-balancing nutrients, can help put a woman's body into the ideal state to conceive and carry a child. |
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| | The Pink Kit: Essential Preparations for Your Birthing Body |
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| The Pink Kit: Essential Preparations for Your Birthing Body, Common Knowledge Trust |
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| | The Second Stage Handbook - Jan Tritten, editor |
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| We find 21 essays about myriad aspects of second stage, including pushing for primips, second stage in home versus hospital, the medicalization of second stage and insights about pushing. |
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| | The Use of Water for Birth and Labor (video) |
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| This video explores the therapeutic use of water during the labor and birth of two families. It illustrates the individuality of homebirths and provides an outline for the basic concepts of the use of water. |
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| | Training Midwives: A Guide for Preceptors - by Daphne Singingtree and contributors |
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| As midwifery has re-emerged in past decades, it has been continually transformed and redefined by its practitioners, guides, teachers and consumers. Daphne Singingtree has played an important part in this transformation through her midwifery practice, training courses and publications. Her updated guide for preceptors |
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| | Understanding and Teaching Optimal Foetal Positioning - by Jean Sutton and Pauline Scott |
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| The way a baby is positioned in its mother's pelvis at term will have a major effect on labor and birth. It is said that up to 50 percent of babies are not in the optimal position at term. |
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| | Vitamin K and the Newborn - by Sara Wickham |
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| The routine administration of vitamin K to newborns has been called into question in the past many years and debated heatedly among parents as well as practitioners of all kinds. |
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| | Waterbirth |
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| Birthing options, prenatal care, preparation, and the benefits of water are discussed. Laboring in water, postpartum, and birth stories are also included. A helpful chapter on how to make your own tub is a nice feature. |
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| | What's Right for Me? Making Decisions in Pregnancy and Birth - by Sara Wickham |
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| Everyone has the right to choose, but is there always an opportunity to fully exercise that right? Let's face it, the answer is no. |
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| | Wisdom of the Midwives: Tricks of the Trade Volume Two - Jan Tritten, editor |
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| Broken into ten nicely indexed chapters, this book sums up literally hundreds of years of combined practice from nearly three dozen midwives. |
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