Laura Stamm's Power Skating

Book Description

Hockey is played faster every year. Players are bigger, stronger, faster, and more skilled than ever. Those who can't maintain the pace have little chance of making it at the higher levels.

Laura Stamm's Power Skating, Third Edition will help you develop explosive speed with Stamm's proven techniques that have helped thousands of skaters at all levels of the game become great skaters. It also provides you with practice drills that will help you hone and transfer that speed to game situations.

Laura Stamm has taught the Los Angeles Kings, the New York Rangers, the New York Islanders, the New Jersey Devils, and other teams around the world have employed her Power Skating System as well. Thousands of amateur and pro players—including many NHL stars—learned directly from Stamm how to increase their speed, ability, and efficiency on the ice.

In this updated edition of her popular power skating book, Stamm introduces additional coverage of the topics most important to today's hockey coaches and players. She explains everything from how to select proper skates and equipment for superior skating to all the critical components of explosive skating:

Balance for stability and speed
Explosiveness through greater force application
Starts for a step advantage on the opposition
Forward stride for a more aggressive attack
Backward stride for mobility on defense
Crossovers for split-second change of direction
Stops for being able to halt on a dime
Turns and transitions for multi-directional moves
Agility for maximum coverage of the ice
Training for faster and more powerful skating

Nearly 300 drawings and photographs illustrate skating skills from the basic to the complex. And for each maneuver you'll also find a detailed explanation of how to perform the skill, plus proven drills and exercises to help you practice that maneuver. The exercises progress from the simplest to the most difficult and include special pointers for coaches.

Every great hockey player skates powerfully and is able to get in position to make the key play. Laura Stamm's Power Skating will give you that explosive edge on the competition.

Customer Reviews:

Great book for the beginner hockey skater!.......2006-11-10

This book has helped me out tremendously! I have an instructor, when he shows me something, and i still don't understand it, i flip this book open, it gives you step by step what you should do and it usually works..

Even on things my instructor does not go over because it's for more advanced than i am currently, this book helps you understand how to at least attempt to do it, and usually it works if you do what the book says..

I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who is just start to play ice hockey.. it has helped me out a lot!

great book.......2006-03-09

great book but more for beginners. great drills to help build edge control

Just what I was looking for!.......2005-02-22

I was searching for a book or video that would teach me all I needed to know about skating so I could get into inline hockey. This book delivered beyond my expectations! Not only has it allowed me to get all of the basics quickly, it taught me the all important lesson of what to focus on when I'm practicing these skills. I will be using this book for many years to help me continually refine my technique. Although there are some differences between ice and inline skating, all of the techniques covered in this book relate directly.

This book is priceless!!!!!

Power Skating.......1999-12-25

This is an excellent book. I am a recreational skater, who plays the occasional pick-up/old folks hockey. I learned skating skills and techniques from some of the chapters, that I could not learn from my friends. My skating has improved since I read Laura Stamm's Power Skating. The author really knows how to express herself and teach. Techiques are described with clarity and appropriate drills are detailed. This should be beneficial to all skaters, from novice to expert. If you are only buying one hockey skating book, it should be this one.

An excellent book on skating!.......1999-07-22

Although I play roller hockey instead of ice hockey, this book is still an excellent resource. Very thorough explanations, illustrated with many clear photographs.

I think it is most appropriate for beginning to intermediate skaters. However, if you are an advanced skater and want to check that your mechanics or sound, or want to squeeze the last bit of performance from your technique, you should consider this book.

I can't recomend this book highly enough. In the first week after getting it, I was able to skate faster than many of the other people in my hockey class who had blown me away the previous week.

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Laura Stamm's Power Skating Book:
Hk
Manufacturer: Human Kinetics Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0736046976

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Great info & suprising results

Power skating: A pro coach's secrets
Laura Stamm
Manufacturer: Sterling Pub. Co
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

Hockey | Coaching | Sports | Subjects | Books
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ASIN: 0806941642

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Great info & suprising results.......2000-07-09

Power Skating by Laura Stamm is probably the best investment to make if you want to make amazing progrss in hockey skating.In no time at all I had incredible results after reading this book.A must have for anybody looking to improve their skating ability.

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Power skating the hockey way
Laura Stamm
Manufacturer: Hawthorn Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: B0006COJMW

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Baffling Betrayal; Paavo/Serpico; Angie/Chaplin

A nice read, but nothing really to write home about

Very Entertaining

Another delightful work in this exciting and humerous series
Cook's Night Out: An Angie Amalfi Mystery (Angie Amalfi Mysteries)
Joanne Pence
Manufacturer: Avon
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback

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ASIN: 0061043966
Release Date: 2006-02-28

Book Description

Foodie Angie Amalfi has decided to make her culinary name by creating the perfect chocolate confection: angelinas. Donating her delicious rejects to the Random Acts of Kindness Mission in San Francisco, Angie meets the jittery minister in charge. Soon she volunteers to help organize their first fund-raiser, despite the fact that her beau, police detective Paavo Smith, has warned her away from the place. Before Paavo can stop her, he finds himself facing charges that he's a murderous cop on the take. He suspects a "reformed" sinner at the mission is setting him up but Angie refuses to believe it. Then, faster than you can beat egg whites to a peak, she discovers that the mission harbors more than the needy, and that it's up to her to save not only Paavo's reputation--but his life, too.

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Baffling Betrayal; Paavo/Serpico; Angie/Chaplin.......2005-10-23

Even if there were nothing else in the book, the evolving intrigue in the character of the reverend would surge my interest through the book. Is he a good guy; is he a con artist? Is he a comical, off-brand, visiting deity, a spinnoff of little guy in the movie, with the cigar and the Brooklyn accent? Pence must have been giggling as she was typing, tweaking this character's fun fluctuations. I relished every flicker of sunlight and shadow, all the way to the end of the story, which sizzled with a more creative resolution of Reverend Hodge than many writers could have conjured.

In this plot, Paavo was forced to dredge the depths of his self-esteem sludge, plummeting to the hairy roots of his professional position, fighting like Serpico against internal corruption, presenting a foil against Angie's continued dedication to his soul balance. I particularly liked the scene around this quote from Paavo, on page 105 of this mass market paperback version:

"I'm foul-tempered, I have a season in hell for a job, I don't have the time to give you what you deserve or the money to spend on you that I'd like to. Now I'm even losing my good name around the hall-for whatever that was worth."

The tempering prose surrounding that quote is exquisitely touching. It's worth taking time to note the wholeness of that scene when you read this novel. The scene exposes how a true author dramatizes sensitivity and charges emotions without being too gooey or too superficial.

Returning to the reverend and his Random Acts of Kindness mission, I'll note that I enjoyed the unique way Pence dealt with charity, and religious fads and foibles. Similarly to her sensitive exposure of various angles of New Age guru-ery in COOKING UP TROUBLE, she exposes here not only the preponderance of phoney cover-ups and criminally self-serving "charitable" acts; she also dramatizes how easy it can be for very normal people to want to be part of a soup kitchen type of giving.

Angie's continued all-out support of Paavo, without losing a Quantum or Quark of her personal integrity, develops further in this plot as she chooses to remain within a bad situation in Hodge's program, going against Paavo's repeated demands that she stay away from there. The way both Angie and Paavo deal with this conflict and its resulting tension is creatively realistic.

If you want the cozy "same ole routine" which we all look for in genre expectations, you'll get satisfaction from Pence's series. But you'll get more than you hoped for, because Pence's talent pushes her to take the "norm," do justice to it, then spin it around in a fast circle in her mind until something uniquely, honestly refreshing takes shape in a slightly shifting surprise. This # 5 in the series does that slight surprise a bit more than the other books, especially in resolutions of ongoing questions about, is it/he/she "this way" or "that way" ... a good or bad guy or deal?

The twists are so numerous they become entertaining labyrinths, and sometimes the points become circles rather than zigs and zags.

In one of these twists Pence solved a problem which I gave one of my characters in my mystery pilot, which my character couldn't solve without breaking through paranormal barriers between life and death. Pence's ingenious solution required and used the dark essence in her character; my solution, limited by my character's bright old soul, had no way out (or in) but to stretch & borrow time, by a means which I believe we'll all achieve, in time.

The problem was:

How does one fake one's own murder without presenting one's dead body as proof. And, WHOM does one set up falsely for the fall?

"Regular" type death is easier to fake than murder, as has been done many times and ways in works of fiction as well as in reality. But, in order to do this, a person has to break at least a few moral and spiritual codes, has to hurt a few innocents, has to have a certain amount of darkness in his character. My character, Ruth, a ninety-year-old sprite, couldn't accomplish her goal in any normal, "right" way, so she broke a metaphysical barrier most New Age gurus don't know about, though Carlos Castaneda's Don Juan exposed a Way of Knowledge which came close.

Given this info, possibly it will be more clear why I'm in awe of the resolutions in this novel, especially the way Axel Klaw had planned his "final" exit, to the "T" ... bone.

But ... what about the numerous varieties of ultimates in gourmet chocolate slathering this plot? They made me hungry for the exPENSIVE, freshly original, leading-edge types of confection! "Chocolates are us" will never be the same.

Lifting my goblet, swirling a dark red Merlo, please allow me to toast a master of gently stepping the toe of a high-heeled sandal through the ultimate barriers of intrigue,

Linda G. Shelnutt

P.S. I also appreciated the way Pence's characters were sorted so cleanly by their responses to the tarnishing onslaughts to Paavo's professional integrity.

A nice read, but nothing really to write home about.......2003-08-04

Since I got this book as a present, I could not start with the first book in the series (as I would normally do with any series) and had to jump right in the middle. Although it is already the fifth book in this series, I don't feel that I have missed much not having read the previous four books. Don't get me wrong: it is an entertaining read after a hard, long day (because you don't have to use your brain much), but the villain was simply too obvious, Angelina's attempts at becoming a chocolatier were half-heartedly (at least to me) and there are too many attempts in this book to make it seem like a Diane Mott Davidson-novel....without any recepies and without much success, however. At times I had the impression that Paavo Smith is the main-character of this book and not Angelina Amalfi. Angelina seemed more like a supporting character to me. If you are into Mystries including recipies better get the Goldy Schulz-series by Dianne Mott Davidson (far better) or the PennDutch-series by Tamar Myers (hilariously funny).

Very Entertaining.......1998-02-25

I'm not quite finished the book, but I couldn't wait to do a review of it. It was very good. It kept you going with trying to find out what was happening and how. It also kept you entertained with some of the things that happened with Angie and Connie. I am thoroughly enjoying this book (the first I have read from this author). I will definitely be picking up her others.

Another delightful work in this exciting and humerous series.......1997-11-23

Gourmet chef Angelina Amalfi is tired of her cooking career going nowhere. She decides to remedy that problem by creating the most irresistible chocolate the world has ever tasted, the angelinas. However, her experiments result in many delicious but rejected chocolates that she donates to the Random Acts of Kindess Mission. She also agrees to help with the mission's upcoming charity auction.

As Angelina's career hopefully takes off, her lover, San Francisco police officer Paavo Smith, watches his own vocation fall apart. On one case, murder evidence mysteriously disappears leading to the freeing of an obvious killer. This is followed up with the murder of a numbers runner who carries Paavo's phone number on him. The internal affairs department begins to wonder if they have a dirty cop to deal with. However, residing at the mission is a lifetime enemy of Paavo, who plans to destroy the cop by starting with his reputation. It is up to Angelina to not only save her lover's professional credibility, but his life as well..

The fifth novel, THE COOK'S NIGHT OUT, in the delightfully delicious Angelina Amalfi series is a reader's gourmet delight due to the escapades of the lead female protagonist. Paavo is a great character and San Francisco is always a star attraction. The romantic suspense story line is filled with intrigue. The four previous books in Joanne Pence's collection are being released one at a time, starting in February and any fan of romantic suspense needs to read them because they are some of the best books of the nineties.

Harriet Klausner

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Cook's Night Out: An Angie Amalfi Mystery (Angie Amalfi Mysteries)
Joanne Pence
Manufacturer: Avon
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OFBPNM

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To mark the 25th anniversary of Star Trek ^®®, here are three classic novels on four compact discs. William Shatner introduces each of them, spicing his narrative with reflections on his years playing Captain James T. Kirk. First there's Enterprise: The First Adventure by Vonda N. McIntyre, read by Leonard Nimoy and George Takei. Second is Strangers from the Sky by Margaret Wander Bonnano, read by Leonard Nimoy and George Takei. And lastly there's Final Frontier by Diane Carey, read by Leonard Nimoy and James Doohan. It adds up to hours of audio Trekking.

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The best book I've found about autosuggestion.......2007-09-06

The subject of this book could be called in many ways: "autosuggestion", "self-hypnosis", "self-suggestion", "self-help", "power of mind", "power of thoughts", "power of subconscious", or whatever... -How about "putting faith into practice"?

Whatever you keep thinking in your conscious mind eventually sinks in your subconscious as a fact. And the subconscious has its ways of bringing those beliefs into reality! So try and forsake the non-constructive thoughts off of your mind, so you are more in harmony with your life. If the conscious ways of thinking are not controlled, your subconscious can be like an untamed horse taking you where it wants.

So keep thinking good and good will follow. Beggars usually belittle themselves, always expecting the worst - and that's exactly what is served in the long run. Read this book! I think its teachings have much to do with the forgotten art of faith and praying... And in my opinion this is the best book I've found about the subject so far! (The cover of the book I received was different from the picture here, though, being yellow/brown.)

Audio Speech but not an Audiobook.......2007-03-07

I bought this MP3 CD with the understanding that it would be the audiobook version of Joseph Murphy's book "Think Yourself to Health, Wealth, & Happiness: The Best of Joseph Murphy's Cosmic Wisdom" which is a wonderful book - it is not the audiobook version, but two 30 minute speeches (probably by Joseph Murphy) talking about the unconscious mind, but offering nowhere near the scope of the book. I loved the book but I felt this audio CD was misleading.

Think Yourself to Health, Wealth, & Happiness.......2007-02-16

One of the best books I've ever read in regard to personal well being. The author not only gives you the tools for change, but explains in a very understandable way the interaction between the sub-conscious mind and the conscious mind. This book can be read over and over again. It will motivate you, educate you and inspire you. I loved it so much I bought copies for everyone in my family, it's a great gift.

I wish I'd ordered this years ago.......2006-05-25

I rely so heavily on the reviews posted at Amazon that I didn't order this book for years, even though it kept popping up as a recommendation, because nobody had written a review of it. I'm writing this in hopes of keeping other readers from making a similar mistake.

This book is an absolute treasure. I don't post many reviews but I own at least 100 books by Joseph Murphy, Ernest Holmes, Catherine Ponder, Eric Butterworth, Sanaya Roman, Frederick Bailes, Story Waters, et al, and I have to say that this is well up in my Top Ten favorites. It's a fantastic distillation of Joseph Murphy's wisdom; I've used it both as a reference for just a single paragraph to think about and as a fascinating read when the house is quiet and I can really take in all these brilliant thoughts.

I love this book so much... I'm so glad I decided, despite the absence of reviews, to buy it. It is really wonderful. Every page has an insight that is worth the cost of the book (and more--how can you put a price on enriching your life?).

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Hanky Panky An Intimate History of the Handkerchief by Helen Gustafson

Helen Gustafson applies her storytelling talents to the enchanting, unique history of the handkerchief in America. Part memoir, part social history, HANKY PANKY weaves a captivating tale of this delicate linen, which is now enjoying a renaissance of sorts. For those who grew up before Kleenex tissue came on the scene, this volume will bring back the glory days, when handkerchiefs were an indispensable part of every woman's wardrobe and toilette. For those born AK (after Kleenex), the breathtaking illustrations and juicy handkerchief gossip about such icons as Marlene Dietrich, Joan Crawford, and Jackie Kennedy will give them a newfound appreciation for this timeless accessory.

Customer Reviews:

Not designed to be informative.......2006-05-21

The only book about handkerchiefs I could find, and it has no information about how to care for them. Mostly anecdotes about the author's personal antique hanky collection, with full-page photographs of the more significant hankies.

I wasn't interested in your antique hankies; the topic does not entertain me.

I wanted to learn about the cultural role served by hankies, their social symbolism, why you're supposed to have one folded up in your tuxedo pocket, how to wash them in such a way that they neither wear out nor carry diseases, how gentlepeople used to communicate by waving hankies around, and whether "mens" hankies are three times the size of "ladies" hankies because men are supposed to have bigger boogers, or what. I have so many questions about hankies and this book didn't answer any of them. Being informative was simply not the book's purpose.

Although, it did show that geisha would sometimes carry a hanky with a silk butterfly sewn onto it over a lace hole, so that when she waved the hanky as she gestured, the breeze would pass through the hole and the silk butterfly's wings would flutter. That was cool.

beautiful book!.......2005-08-04

I collect handkercheifs, and it was great to find a book about them, especially one as pretty as this!
Thanks so much, I love it!

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Over 180 charming royalty-free motifs for use in advertising, book and magazine illustration, many other graphic projects. Dancing ducks, prancing pigs, chirping chicks, other familiar fauna rendered with gentle humor and eye-catching appeal. Many illustrations also include mortised cuts — blank space for ad copy or other printed matter.

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The infinite possibilities for creating this dream retreat range from a traditional design with a nice front porch and wicker furniture to a striking modern style with sharp angles and spare furnishings. Install an outdoor shower for rinsing off sand, drape sheer fabric around the bed to form an airy canopy, and more. Pictures of sunny skies and silky sands will practically have you smelling the salt air.

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a breath of fresh air.......2003-07-03

This book makes me want to go to the beach. Or just move to the beach! It's a good book to get lost in when you wish you could get away but can't. When I look at it, I can almost feel the sun on my face and the sand under my feet.

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Beachfront Homes

Manufacturer: Barnes and Noble
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 0760742251

For the record, half of home's list price will do: Del Mar Beachfront house owner seeks $50m, twice the top price for a home sold in S.D. County.(San Diego) ... An article from: San Diego Business Journal

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For the record, half of home's list price will do: Del Mar Beachfront house owner seeks $50m, twice the top price for a home sold in S.D. County.(San Diego) ... An article from: San Diego Business Journal
Jon Hindman
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
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Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from San Diego Business Journal, published by Thomson Gale on November 7, 2005. The length of the article is 885 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: For the record, half of home's list price will do: Del Mar Beachfront house owner seeks $50m, twice the top price for a home sold in S.D. County.(San Diego)
Author: Jon Hindman
Publication: San Diego Business Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 7, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 26 Issue: 45 Page: A7(2)

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High-end beachfront home in Del Mar sets county sales record at $35m; historic transaction is county's fourth over $20m since 2000.: An article from: San Diego Business Journal

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High-end beachfront home in Del Mar sets county sales record at $35m; historic transaction is county's fourth over $20m since 2000.: An article from: San Diego Business Journal
Michelle Mowad
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
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This digital document is an article from San Diego Business Journal, published by Thomson Gale on June 4, 2007. The length of the article is 985 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: High-end beachfront home in Del Mar sets county sales record at $35m; historic transaction is county's fourth over $20m since 2000.
Author: Michelle Mowad
Publication: San Diego Business Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 4, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 28 Issue: 23 Page: 3(2)

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Out-of-towners snatch up beachfront homes: prices continue to soar in some local luxury home markets.(Residential real estate in San Diego, California): An article from: San Diego Business Journal

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Out-of-towners snatch up beachfront homes: prices continue to soar in some local luxury home markets.(Residential real estate in San Diego, California): An article from: San Diego Business Journal
Heather Bergman
Manufacturer: CBJ, L.P.
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Binding: Digital
ASIN: B00096TKP6
Release Date: 2005-07-13

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This digital document is an article from San Diego Business Journal, published by CBJ, L.P. on February 7, 2005. The length of the article is 1597 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Author: Heather Bergman
Publication: San Diego Business Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: February 7, 2005
Publisher: CBJ, L.P.
Volume: 26 Issue: 6 Page: 1(2)

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This work covers 840 intentional suicide cases initially reported in Daily Variety (the entertainment industry's trade journal), but also drawing attention from mainstream news media. These cases are taken from the ranks of vaudeville, film, theatre, dance, music, literature (writers with direct connections to film), and other allied fields in the entertainment industry from 1905 through 2000. Accidentally self-inflicted deaths are omitted, except for a few controversial cases. It includes the suicides of well-known personalities such as actress Peg Entwistle, who is the only person to ever commit suicide by jumping from the top of the Hollywood Sign, Marilyn Monroe and Dorothy Dandridge, who are believed to have overdosed on drugs, and Richard Farnsworth and Brian Keith, who shot themselves to end the misery of terminal cancer. Also mentioned, but in less detail, are the suicides of unknown and lesser-known members of the entertainment industry. Arranged alphabetically, each entry covers the person's personal and professional background, method of suicide, place of burial, and, in some instances, includes actual statements taken from the suicide note.

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