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a. Definition of Access
For the purposes of this section, access shall be defined as: "area within public right-of-way directly affected by the traffic generated by the particular development and necessary to provide safe and efficient ingress and egress to the property."
b. Applicability
This section is applicable to all major developments and to the following minor developments:
i. Construction or alteration of multi-family dwelling;
ii. Construction or alteration of major public facilities;
iii. Construction or alteration of commercial development;
iv. Construction or alteration of institutional development;
v. Construction or alteration of industrial development; and
vi. Land divisions (partitions and subdivisions).
c. Standards for Approval
i. Every residentially zoned lot shall abut a street for the following minimum length:
Residentially Zoned Lot |
Minimum Street Frontage |
Rowhouse |
17 ft. |
Flag Lot |
LOC 50.07.007.2.c |
All Other |
25 ft. |
ii. Access design shall be based on the following five criteria:
(1) Topography;
(2) Traffic volume to be generated by the development;
(3) Classification of the public street from which the access is taken (residential, collector or arterial);
(4) Traffic volume presently carried by such street; and
(5) Projected traffic volumes.
iii. Direct permanent access from a development to an arterial street is prohibited where an alternate access is either available or is expected to be available. A temporary access may be allowed.
iv. Direct access from a development or a structure to a local residential street is required unless such access is not available.
v. The City may require shared access with a neighboring site or an extension of residential streets across adjacent properties to provide access to the development if necessary to prevent adverse impacts on traffic flow.
vi. If no satisfactory access from a public street to a development is available, the City shall require postponement of the development until such time as a satisfactory access becomes available.
vii. Access lanes created by a partition or private streets created by a subdivision shall contemporaneously provide an option of dedication to the City.
d. Standards for Access Lanes
Access lanes shall meet the following minimum standards:
i. Twenty-ft. wide easement.
ii. Access to two to four dwelling units – 12 ft. of pavement with a four ft. shoulder on each side.
iii. Access to five to eight dwelling units – 16 ft. of pavement with a two ft. shoulder on each side.
iv. When providing access for seven to eight dwelling units, the access lane shall be designed to provide "on-lane" parking for a minimum of four standard vehicles or provide an "off-lane" parking area for a minimum of four standard vehicles.
e. Traffic Study
Determination of the location and configuration of an access shall be based on a traffic study, unless otherwise approved by the City Manager.
f. Expenses Borne by Developer
The expense related to modification of an existing street to accommodate proposed access including all traffic control devices and lighting shall be paid for by the developer.
g. Distance between Access and Nearest Intersection
Access from a major development to a collector or an arterial shall be not less than 100 ft. from the nearest intersection of street centerlines.
[Cross-Reference: LOC 50.06.001.3.c – Alleys, R-6 Zone.]
(Ord. 2579, Repealed and Replaced, 03/20/2012)
a. Applicability
This section is applicable to all development proposing a new use or an increased use on a site when the development will result in the construction of or the increased use of private streets, driveways, or parking lot aisles. Increased use shall be defined as an increase in trip generation or parking requirement.
b. Standards for Approval
i. Driveway Approaches – Locational Limitations and Restrictions
(1) On corner lots where the adjacent streets are fully improved to their anticipated ultimate width, the nearest edge of a proposed driveway to the intersection shall be no closer than 30 ft. when measured from the projected curb of the street that is the most parallel to the alignment of the proposed driveway.
(2) On corner lots where the adjacent streets are not fully improved to their anticipated ultimate width, the nearest edge of a proposed driveway to the intersection shall be no closer than 30 ft. when measured from the lot corner, or if the corner is a radius, from the point of intersection of the tangents. If right-of-way dedication is required as a condition of approval, the lot lines after dedication shall be used as the basis for determining compliance with this standard.
(3) On lots with less than 75 ft. of continuous frontage on a single public street, only one driveway shall be permitted along that frontage.
(4) All driveway approaches shall be located and designed so that the driver entering or exiting the driveway can see approaching traffic for a sufficient distance to make a safe entrance and exit. American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) standards shall be used in determining compliance with this standard.
(5) The maximum width of a driveway approach, measured where the edges of the driveway meet the right-of-way, shall be governed as follows:
(a) Single-family residential with garage door(s) facing the street: 12 ft. per garage or carport stall, or surface parking space, but not to exceed 30 ft.
(b) Single-family residential with side-loading garage: 24 ft.
(c) All other uses: 24 ft. unless otherwise justified by the recommendations of a traffic study.
ii. Driveway Widths
Driveways shall conform to the minimum width requirements of LOC 15.06.610 (Oregon Fire Code Adopted) and LOC 50.06.002, Parking.
iii. Driveway Grades
(1) The maximum grade of a driveway serving one single-family structure shall be 20%. If the grade exceeds 15%, then the residence must be provided with alternative methods for fire suppression, i.e., sprinklering.
(2) The maximum grade of a driveway for all other uses shall be 15%.
(3) For all uses except residential structures of four units or less, there shall be a landing area where a driveway used by multiple drivers meets the public street. The landing area shall be a minimum of 25 ft. long and shall have a maximum grade of 5%. The length and grade of the landing area described in this subsection presupposes that the abutting street has been fully improved to its ultimate anticipated width. If a driveway is proposed on a street that is not fully improved, and the development proposal is anticipated to proceed prior to the improvement of the street, the City Engineer shall determine the location and grade of the future street improvement and the applicant shall design the driveway and site grading so that this standard will not be compromised when the street is improved in the future.
(4) Along the traveled way, grade breaks shall not exceed an algebraic difference of 9% unless accomplished by the construction of a vertical curve complying with the City's Standard Details.
(5) The maximum cross-slope of a driveway shall be 5%, except for that portion of a driveway which must blend with an adjacent street grade that exceeds 5%. When blending is necessary, the length of the blended section shall be limited to 30 ft.
iv. Fire Access Lanes
(1) All developments shall comply with the minimum requirements for fire access roads as stipulated by the Fire Code and LOC Chapter 15.
(2) The paved improvement of fire lanes, their associated turnarounds and right-of-way dimensions shall comply with the City's Standard Details.
(3) When a fire access road is required to be used as a primary or alternate access route for the provision of emergency services to or through an abutting property, the fire lane shall be declared as such on a legal instrument to be recorded against the title of the affected property(ies). A declaration on a plat or on a recorded development plan may also be used to satisfy this standard.
v. Turnarounds
(1) If a dead-end driveway exceeds 150 ft. in length, it shall provide a fire department turnaround in compliance with the City's Standard Details. Exception: The Fire Marshal may approve driveways greater than 150 ft. in length if the structures greater than 150 ft. from the public road are provided with alternative methods of fire suppression, i.e., sprinklering.
(2) Except where a continuous forward exit can be made out of the site, all developments with on-site loading and delivery areas shall provide a turnaround for delivery vehicles in compliance with the City's Standard Details.
(3) Required turnarounds shall not overlap a required parking space.
vi. Schools – Special Provisions
Schools and similar institutional or instructional uses with a total enrollment of 25 or more students on any given day shall provide an on-site driveway that allows a continuous forward flow of vehicles through the site for the loading and unloading of children.
vii. Easements Required
(1) Driveways and their associated parking areas and turnarounds shall be located on the site or, if located off site, in an easement.
(2) A copy of the easement shall be submitted to the City as part of the development application. If the easement has not yet been obtained at the time of application, the applicant shall supply a letter of commitment from the party who has the authority to grant the easement indicating that the easement will be granted contingent upon the development's approval by the City.
(3) Easements shall state the purpose of the easement, identify the benefiting and burdened properties, state the duration of the easement rights granted, and stipulate the maintenance responsibilities of the parties.
c. Standards for Construction
i. All driveways that serve as fire lanes or fire access roads shall be paved, unless modified below, and shall be designed to support fire fighting vehicle loads. The City may require an engineered pavement section and a soil test to ensure compliance with this standard.
ii. Driveway approaches in the right-of-way shall be constructed according to the City's Standard Details.
iii. In locations where there is a slope adjacent to a driveway edge, there shall be a minimum two ft. shoulder or other means of protecting the driveway and the adjacent land from the adverse effects of erosion.
iv. Stormwater running off a driveway shall be managed and disposed of in compliance with the applicable drainage standards for minor or major development, and the Uniform Plumbing Code.
v. Where a driveway approach needs to cross a roadside ditch, a culvert of ten in. minimum diameter shall be used. The City may require a larger culvert if warranted by the hydrology of the upstream drainage basin.
vi. All driveways shall be paved with a material that does not generate dust. Hard pavement is required except in the following circumstances:
(1) Low-use driveways, such as one serving a parking area for recreational vehicles, boat trailers, or access to a storage building or storage area.
(2) Where a driveway grade changes less than 10% from the street to the parking area serving a single-family residence.
(3) Existing unpaved driveways, when there is an existing use on the site that is rated at ten or less average daily trips per weekday pursuant to the applicable ITE (Institute of Transportation Engineers) category, and the rating will not be increased with the proposed development.
(4) When the requirement for a paved driveway is waived, a paved approach shall be constructed to prevent the tracking of loose gravel onto the public street.
(5) Temporary construction access driveways.
(6) Combustible materials, erodable materials, or floatable materials shall not be approved as acceptable driveway surfaces (i.e., wood chips, bark dust, shredded tire rubber).
(Ord. 2579, Repealed and Replaced, 03/20/2012)
a. Applicability
This section is applicable to all minor and major development involving the construction of a new structure other than a detached single-family dwelling, duplex, or accessory structure, and subdivisions and planned developments. This section is also applicable to modifications which increase the square footage of commercial, industrial, public use or institutional buildings by more than 10%. For the purposes of this section, an "existing building" is a building as it exists on February 19, 1998.
b. Standards for Approval
FMU Standards Note: If the below provisions address the same subject as provided in the Foothills Building and Site Design Standards, LOC 50.11.007, Appendix G, those standards shall supersede the below provisions.
i. Commercial, industrial, public use, and institutional developments of one acre or more shall provide a pedestrian circulation plan for the site.
(1) Pedestrian connections between the proposed development and existing development on adjacent properties other than connections via the street system shall be identified and implemented, where feasible.
ii. Walkways shall connect at least one public entrance of each building accessible to the public to the nearest public walkway or other walkway leading to a public walkway. Walkways shall also connect to other areas of the site, such as parking lots and outdoor activity areas, to other building entrances, to adjacent streets and nearby transit stops.
iii. Walkways shall meet accessibility standards of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and standards as found in the Oregon State Structural Specialty Code, Section 1103, if applicable. Walkways within the site, connections to the public sidewalk, and external connections off site shall provide convenient, accessible, and the most practical direct, barrier-free route design.
iv. Portions of walkways shorter than 30 ft. across driveways, parking lots or walkways crossing surfaces shared by fork lift or heavy truck traffic may use a painted crossing zone. Otherwise, walkways crossing driveways, parking areas, and loading areas shall be clearly identifiable through the use of a different paving material, raised elevation, or other similar method.
(1) Where walkways are adjacent to vehicle travel areas, they shall be separated by a raised curb, bollards, buttons, landscaping or other physical barrier. If a raised walkway is used, the ends of the raised portions shall be equipped with curb ramps.
v. Accessways for use by pedestrians and bicyclists shall be required when necessary to provide direct routes not otherwise provided by the existing right-of-way. Developments shall not be required to provide right-of-way for accessways off site to meet this requirement. If right-of-way is otherwise available off site, the developer may be required to improve an accessway off site to the nearest transit route.
c. Standards for Construction
FMU Standards Note: If the below provisions address the same subject as provided in the Foothills Building and Site Design Standards, LOC 50.11.007, Appendix G, those standards shall supersede the below provisions.
i. The surfacing of walkways, bikeways and accessways shall consist of either two in. of asphaltic concrete over a minimum of four in. of compacted crushed rock, or of four in. of concrete, as determined by the City Manager. Other materials must be specifically approved by the City Manager.
ii. Walkway surfacing shall be five ft. in unobstructed width, unless specifically otherwise approved by the City Manager, and never less than four ft. in unobstructed width.
iii. Walkways without stairs shall have a maximum cross slope of 2% and a maximum slope of 8%. If the existing grade exceeds an 8% slope and the walkway construction requires an erosion control permit pursuant to LOC 52.02.040(1), and construction of stairs is impracticable, then the pathway may follow the existing grade.
iv. Ramps for handicapped use are required on all walkways used by the public at all points where a path intersects a curb.
v. Walkways, bikeways and accessways must be constructed in such a way as to allow the surface drainage to sheet flow across them, and not flow along them longitudinally.
vi. An accessway shall include at least a 15-ft. wide right-of-way or easement and an eight-ft. wide hard surface. For safety, accessways shall be as straight as practicable. Bollards, buttons, or landscaping shall be used to block motor vehicular access.
vii. A residential accessway shall include at least a 15-ft. wide right-of-way or easement and a minimum six-ft. wide travel surface. Accessways may meander around major trees or vegetation, but shall be as straight as practicable, considering the circumstances related to the property.
viii. The surfacing of residential accessways shall consist of either two in. of asphaltic concrete over a minimum of four in. of compacted crushed rock, or four in. of concrete, as determined by the City Manager. Depending on location, topography or presence of sensitive lands, other materials may be specifically approved by the City Manager. Residential accessway surfacing for purposes of meeting this standard shall be a minimum of six ft. in width.
ix. Bollards, buttons or landscaping shall be used to block motor vehicle access at locations where accessways abut streets.
x. Accessways shall be constructed in such a way as to allow surface drainage to sheet flow across them, and not flow along them longitudinally.
(Ord. 2599, Amended, 12/18/2012; Ord. 2579, Repealed and Replaced, 03/20/2012)
a. Applicability
This section is applicable to:
i. Any development that results in the construction of a street; or
ii. A land division that:
(1) Is located on a parcel or parcels of vacant or redevelopable land of 1.75 acres or more, or
(2) Abuts a parcel upon which there is a street that has been "stubbed" to the proposed development site.
iii. Construction of a detached single-family dwelling, duplex, zero lot line dwelling, multi-family dwelling, commercial, industrial, institutional, or public function structure that:
(1) Is located on a parcel or parcels of vacant or redevelopable land of 1.75 acres or more, or
(2) Abuts a parcel upon which there is a street that has been "stubbed" to the proposed development site.
This section is not applicable to development or construction in the FMU zone.
b. Purpose and Intent
The purpose of the connectivity standard is to ensure that:
i. The layout of the local street system does not create excessive travel lengths or limit route choices. This will be accomplished through an interconnected local street system to reduce travel distance, promote the use of alternative modes of travel, provide for efficient provision of utility and emergency services, provide for more even dispersal of traffic, and reduce air pollution and energy consumption;
ii. Streets, alleys and residential accessways shall be designed to meet the needs of pedestrians and cyclists and encourage walking, bicycling and transit as transportation modes;
iii. Street and pedestrian and bicycle accessway design is responsive to topography and other natural features and avoids or minimizes impacts to LOC 50.05.010, Sensitive Lands Overlay Districts; LOC 50.05.011, Flood Management Area; and steep slopes pursuant to LOC 50.06.006.2, Hillside Protection;
iv. Local circulation systems and land development patterns do not detract from the efficiency of the adjacent collector or arterial streets;
v. The street and accessway circulation pattern contributes to connectivity to and from activity centers, such as schools, commercial areas, parks, employment centers and other major trip generators;
vi. The Metro Urban Growth Management Functional Plan street connectivity requirements (Metro Code 3.07.630) are met;
vii. Proposed development will be designed in a manner which will not preclude properties within the vicinity that meet the definition of further developable, from meeting the requirements of this standard; and
viii. To guide land owners and developers on desired street and bicycle and pedestrian accessway connections to the existing transportation system that will improve local access to schools, transit, shopping, and employment areas.
c. Standards for Approval of Development Which Requires the Construction of a Street
i. Local and neighborhood collector streets, access lanes, and residential accessways shall be designed to connect to the existing transportation system to meet the requirements of this standard as determined by the reviewing authority.
ii. Local and neighborhood collector street design shall provide for full street connections between through streets with spacing of no more than 530 ft., measured between the center of the intersection of two through streets that provide for vehicle traffic movement in generally the same direction ("through street pairs") with the cross street. This requirement shall be applied to all through street pairs which surround the site. If the nearest boundary of the site (or boundaries extended to the street) is more than 100 ft. from the intersection of a through street nearest to the site and the cross street, the provisions of this standard shall be met, except when the provisions of subsection 4.c.vi of this section are met. See Figure 50.06.003-A: Street Connectivity.
Figure 50.06.003-A: Street Connectivity
iii. Streets shall be designed to connect to all existing or approved stub streets which abut the development site.
iv. Cul-de-sacs and permanent closed-end streets shall be prohibited except where (a) the requirements of this standard for street and residential accessway spacing are met and (b) construction of a through street is found to be impracticable. When cul-de-sacs or closed-end streets are allowed under subsection 4.c.vi of this section, they shall be limited to 200 ft. and shall serve no more than 25 dwellings, except where the reviewing authority has determined that this standard is impracticable due to the criteria listed in subsection 4.c.vi of this section.
v. Access lanes may be used to serve up to eight dwellings. They shall be designed to provide connections between properties that develop through the partition process.
vi. The reviewing authority may allow an exception to the review standards of subsections 4.c.i through 4.c.v of this section based on findings that the modification is the minimum necessary to address the constraint and the application of the standards is impracticable due to the following:
(1) Extreme topography (over 15% slope) in the longitudinal direction of a projected automobile route;
(2) The presence of sensitive lands as described in LOC 50.05.010, or LOC 50.05.011, Flood Management Area, or other lands protected by City ordinances, where regulations discourage construction of or prescribe different standards for street facilities, unless the nearest through street pairs (see Figure 50.06.003-A: Street Connectivity) surrounding the subject site are more than one-quarter mile apart. The reviewing authority may determine that connectivity is not required under this circumstance, if a benefit/cost analysis shows that the traffic impacts from development are low and do not provide reasonable justification for the estimated costs of a full street connection;
(3) The presence of freeways, existing development patterns on abutting property which preclude the logical connection of streets or arterial access restrictions;
(4) Where requiring a particular location of a road would result in violation of other City standards, or state or county laws or standards, or a traffic safety issue that cannot be resolved; or
(5) Where requiring streets or accessways would violate provisions of leases, easements, covenants, restrictions or other agreements existing as of May 1, 1995, which preclude required street or accessway connections.
vii. If the reviewing authority allows an exception to subsection 4.c.ii of this section for full street connections, it shall require residential accessway connections on public easements or rights-of-way so that spacing between bicycle and pedestrian connections shall be no more than 330 ft. measured from the centerline of the nearest bicycle and pedestrian connection intersection with the cross street.
viii. The reviewing authority may allow a reduction in the number of residential accessway connections required by subsection 4.c.vii of this section based on findings that demonstrate:
(1) That reducing the number or location of connections would not significantly add to travel time or distance from the proposed development to bus lines or activity centers in the area, such as schools, shopping, or parks; or
(2) That existing development patterns on abutting properties preclude logical connection of residential accessways; or
(3) That the traffic impacts from development, redevelopment or both are low and do not provide reasonable justification for the estimated costs of such accessway.
[Cross-Reference: Subsection 4.c.iv – see also LOC 42.03.085.]
d. Standards for Approval for a Land Division or Development That Does Not Require Construction of a Street
The review authority shall require:
i. A future connectivity plan to be filed with the City and recorded in the applicable County Clerk records. The future connectivity plan shall show how the location of future streets, access lanes, and accessways will provide for full development of the subject parcel as well as any abutting properties in order to meet the standards of LOC 50.06.003.4.c.ii through viii; and
ii. Placement of structures in a manner that allows for the future street(s), access lanes, or accessways to be constructed, as well as an area sufficient to meet the required zone setbacks from the future streets.
e. Standards for Construction
i. Standards for construction of full street connections shall be those included in LOC Chapter 42.
ii. Standards for construction of access lanes shall be those included in LOC 50.06.003.1.d, Standards for Access Lanes.
iii. Standards for construction of residential accessways shall be those included in LOC 50.06.003.3.c.
(Ord. 2612-A, Amended, 05/21/2013; Ord. 2599, Amended, 12/18/2012; Ord. 2579, Repealed and Replaced, 03/20/2012)
a. Applicability
This standard is applicable to all new subdivisions, planned developments, residential developments of four units or more, and new commercial, institutional and industrial developments, and major public facility structures located on a transit street or within one-quarter mile of a transit street.
b. Standards for Approval
All applicable development as defined above shall be required to provide transit facilities and transit-oriented features.
i. The extent of the transit-oriented features and transit facilities required for a particular site on a transit street shall be determined by the City, in coordination with Tri-Met, based upon an analysis of:
(1) Level of existing and projected adjacent transit facilities;
(2) Proximity of other ridership attractors, such as bus routes;
(3) Size and trip generation potential of proposed development adjacent to transit street (within one-fourth mile of a transit street); and
(4) Expected transit ridership generated by a development.
ii. Transit-oriented features for a site within one-fourth mile of a transit street shall be provided to connect the development with:
(1) The nearest adjacent transit street; or
(2) Adjacent paths which lead to the nearest transit street.
iii. Where a proposed development creates or contributes to a need for transit stops, pullouts, or other transit facilities, as identified by the City in coordination with Tri-Met, easements or right-of-way dedication may be required.
(Ord. 2579, Repealed and Replaced, 03/20/2012)


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This in general doesn't appeal to the audiophile community.
There is a strong belief that less is more (sound quality).
However JRMC offers a couple of typical audiophile options.
A (device) driver is a piece of software allowing other programs to communicate with a device without having specific knowledge of this device.
If you print a document, the device driver of the printer translates the incoming stream into something the printer understands.
In case of audio it is no different.
A media player doesn't know every possible sound card.
The driver of the sound card takes care of the specifics.
In case of computer audio drivers like WASAPI or ASIO are deliberately chosen to bypass parts of the audio system of the operating system.
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Your hardware must support it.
This is the Windows default.
It allows multiple audio streams and they will be mixed and converted to the same sample rate.
Writes the audio to Hard Disk.
Audio is converted to WAV.
The old Windows default (3.x).
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Compared with wave out method, kernel streaming requires less CPU time.
It also bypasses Kmixer and Windows volume control.
It has a lower latency.
This might be interesting when using XP.
XP can be configured to deliver bit perfect output but this is probably a better way as no other device can use the sound card during playback.
It probably won't work with Vista or Win7.
Kernel Streaming is known to work on certain Windows Vista and Windows 7 configurations, but not with devices having WaveRT drivers such as High Definition Audio Devices integrated with newer motherboards
In my case (Win7) it doesn't, no output device is selectable.
A driver available in the new windows audio architecture (Vista and later).
In exclusive mode it bypasses the Windows audio engine.
More about configuring WASAPI can be found here.
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More about memory playback.
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The Russell Berrie Foundation of Teaneck, N.J., a private foundation with an interest in Jewish studies, issued a challenge grant to Lehigh last fall that would enable the Berman Center in Lehigh's College of Arts and Sciences to bring an expert from Israel to campus to serve as a visiting professor for the 2007-2008 academic year—something that has not been done at the center since 1997.
The Berrie Foundation promised to provide half of the necessary funds for a visiting faculty member, if Lehigh was able to raise the other half by June 30. Thanks to the generosity of alumni, parents and friends in the local community, the Berrie Foundation's challenge has been met.
"The College of Arts and Sciences actively supports the Jewish cultural, historical, and religious scholarship pursued through the Berman Center," says Anne Meltzer, the Herbert and Ann Siegel Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. "This gift enhances teaching opportunities and will help provide students and the community with firsthand exposure to issues of international importance."
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Laurence J. Silberstein, the Philip and Muriel Berman Professor of Jewish Studies in the Department of Religion Studies and director of the Berman Center, expressed his own pleasure that the opportunity presented by the Berrie Foundation has been met.
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February 23, 2009
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A selection of software packages that will help you create customised spelling resources for your students |
The Boxes Font is a set of six fonts to create visual support
for letter and word shapes.
A valuable support for spelling activities, cloze passages, modern languages
etc. Includes punctuation and European accents.
Can be formatted like any other font.
Boxes Fonts install into your windows font file and appear
with the rest of the fonts on your drop-down font menu.
Boxes can be used with any package that accesses the font file.
you for the cd rom. It installed like a dream! We will be
recommending it to SENCOs in Plymouth schools. Do you have any leaflets
which we can give to SENCOs? f you have please could we have a few. "
Maggie Parke - Plymouth Advisory Learning Support
Box letter shapes, as
illustrated above and used in the Crossbow BOX DICTATIONS and SIGHTWORD SPELLING
resources, help people with weak auditory - visual connections (common in
dyslexia) to map phonemes onto graphemes.
EXAMPLES: You may want to
prompt a specific word, as in a cloze passage: Type the sentence: "The leaves on the tree are green" Highlight "tree" and change font to "Boxes Longlegs" (Example A opposite) You may want to encourage cursive writing in the boxes by using "boxes joined up" (b) You may want to show all or some of the letters in the boxes (c) You may want to use the script font without the boxes (D) You may want to prompt certain letters to practise specific spellings by using "boxes colored" (E) Or you may want any
combination of these
BOXES FONT IS EACH EXAMPLE BELOW SAYS "This is the boxes font" |
In each case, it is simply a matter of highlighting the word and changing the font. Once installed on your hard drive, BOXES is there whenever you want it.
1-3 Users: £14.99 + VAT Quantity 4-10 Users: £23.49 + VAT Quantity 11+ Users: £54.99 + VAT Quantity |
This CD provides quick and easy access to graded dictations opposite phonically ordered word lists, separated into different syllable types and indexed by spelling pattern with colour-coded 'progress trees'. Every sound pattern in the English language is represented with comprehensive word lists. The reference is not intended to be used as a teaching course: the teacher chooses the teaching method and order according to the needs of the student. Includes Student sampler. |
The Write and Spell Custom Kit |
Copy/Paste relevant sentence(s) from "A Reference for Spelling" into
a new document; put them into The Boxes Font to create phonic "Box
dictations" or other spelling activities, and put them into
Handwriting for Windows for
handwriting and spelling activities. You can combine the Boxes Font and the Handwriting fonts in the same document. |


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Monday, September 27, 2010
Moving On
Thursday, December 3, 2009
The Skys of Inhambane and Beyond
I'm signing in for the last time and taking note that I've posted 47 times since my arrival in Mozambique, a success considering the fact that I haven't written in a journal that many times...ever. The last six months have been some of the busiest of my life. Wrapping up a Peace Corps service is no light task. As I began to jot down a to-do list, I fell deeper and deeper into my chair. The race was on. November 13th was the finish line and it was me against my own goals.
My primary responsibilities were to prepare my grades and grade maps at both the secondary school and the university, annual grades for 500 students. As stated in the previous post my university students completed their final project and I was talked into scanning all of their work, which called for a midnight run to Massinga and a 5:00am return to teach classes the next morning. I also rushed to finish preparing all of our computers by installing encyclopedias, dictionaries and some last minute network adjustments. We took on the challenge of painting four murals, one of which was a world map; we decided to hand paint all geographic and political information. I then had to make repairs on my house which included lining my veranda with new cane. I wrote a site report with crucial information for the following volunteer.
After these and many other items I packed my bags and headed off for a two week stop in Namaacha where it all began in order to assist in the training of the fourteenth generation of volunteers for Peace Corps Mozambique. Five other volunteers and I worked with the training staff by attendeding language classes, administering classes and painting a picture of what their life is likely to be like for the next two years. My last week in Mozambique was spent in Maputo preparing for lift off. We completed the descriptions of our service and tended to the medical and administrative requirements. On the evening of November 12th we were dropped off at the border and bid farewell. After five hours in the dark and rain our bus arrived and we rode to Johannesburg, South Africa.
Patrick and I flew to Cape Town and spent ten days frollicking in the Western world. Sunny beaches, good food, art galleries, tasteful music and charming hosts all aided in our enjoyment of the Cape of Good Hope. Highlights included watching Patrick crash a scooter through my own rear-view mirror, eating the best scrambled-egg sandwich at a diner called La Superette in Woodstock (go there if you get a chance), and viewing the daunting cape as we cruised down the last of the Atlantic coast on scooters.
And now, after a suiting farewell to a beautiful life on a beautiful continent, I am here in Austin trying to turn the page of a seemingly never-ending chapter. It's hard to remember what all happened in the last two years and yet it's harder to forget. If you've at all enjoyed the story, there is an easy way to help other volunteers. Peace Corps Partnership offers a way to support various projects that volunteers across the world are trying to complete. If that doesn't interest you, there is always the Peace Corps itself. It's never too late to volunteer.
I look forward to returning home to Utah next week and that will bring my voyage full circle.
This is a rogue painter. I don't know who gave her a brush.
In order to paint on the world map teacher Chase said that one had to get an A+ on the big wall. Here are some of the stars showing off their talent.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Syntax Without Borders
Disclaimer: Not all of them are correct.
Here is a more simple piece. I like how ironic it is that the child-like drawing is representing a complex idea about language.
This reminds me of some early Arcade or Atari video game. I could imagine playing syntax asteroids. That market would be rather limited.
My students loathed drawing their diagrams from the bottom up. I was pleased to see that a student took an interest in that particular style. The result is always a surprise.
Here is a fun sample from Xitswa. The language is spoken in Inhambane province in southern Mozambique. The majority of my students are native Xitswa speakers and it was fun for them to apply what they had learned in English to their own language. It was also valuable for them to see that all languages contain an internal structure. By demonstrating that, we emphacized that, while we use English in the class, their languages are not less impressive.
This examples represents the vast majority of what I received.
This one and the following are of the same idea represented in both Portuguese and English. The student missed a crucial element in the latter half of both trees, but was still able to conceptualize the similarities among our languages.
I like the ruler-edged lines mixed with a casual handwriting on the text.
Another Xitswa example represented in a tall and slender tree.
Contrasted from the diagram above, this is a wider tree.
This student, Roque, enjoys that his name in English is Rock, or Rok as it is spelled here.
Again, a very rigid and well organized tree.
Friday, October 9, 2009
A Good One
Two years ago I had a fateful match with what I thought was a black mamba. They say that upon being bitten by a black mamba, one dies within six seconds (popularized in the greatest action film ever – Kill Bill Vol. 1). When asked the question, what you do with the last six seconds, answers may vary. Mine? Eat the snake. So, with my heart pounding I ended the snake's life with a large steel hoe. Mutilating what the sleeping reptile (actually, not of the black mamba species), I also destroyed the cement floor beneath the snake. Ashamed of my weakness, I decreed that if I ever had another snake in my house, I would act with more composure and cut the snake's head clean off. Of course, I planned this with the intention of making a belt afterward (what would you do?). To view this pathetic 2005 account, you can see the story in (more or less) January 2008 of this blog.
As my service in Mozambique comes to an end, I believe that I have matured into an efficient volunteer. Every day I see more and more actions and behaviors that differentiate the old Chase from the new. I am proud to say that after two years of personal development, I have also managed to maintain my composure when killing snakes.
After straying into my room while I was playing the guitar, a hissing snake met its reaper. We had a moment of eye contact and it was on. I can't say that I was immediately composed. I was more spry than anything. I jumped on the bed and secured my guitar in on its rack; I then grabbed my rat-beating stick and lighter, more efficient, machete. The hunter had become the hunted. The snake, seeing the commotion, turned back towards the main room. I put my shoes and headlamp on. This was my chance. I had been planning this for two years and already knew what would be my method. There had been too much day dreaming about this moment to leave any room for failure. The snake, not familiar with my wit and experience, slithered behind the couch. I quickly switched my death-notched stick for a broom. This may sound like an odd choice, but remember, I had a plan. I stood on the table and got a good look at the two-foot reptile as he hissed back at me (notice, snakes are always male when recounting stories). I worked my way to the couch and the slithery devil, unaware of what was above him, searched and searched for his hunter. With the broom in my right hand I trapped the snake right behind the head. Unable to get the machete at a good angle to cut the head off, I jammed the point through the back of his head. Pinned, the snake violently threw his body from side to side. Holding my hand on the machete, I moved the couch with the other hand (it's wicker) and reached for the kitchen knife. Without any hesitation, I cut the head off and ended it.
And that is how I marked my maturation as a fully formed Peace Corps volunteer. The following are some visuals of the aftermath.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
a face lift
Friday, September 11, 2009
the countdown begins and the to do list only gets longer
it has been some time since my last update. much has happened. i was briefly in austin, texas to visit jamie. the word from there is that it's hot and malaria can follow you anywhere. i was out of it for the first week. after spending an afternoon on an iv, i was forced to convince the texas department of health that i was not a threat to their fine (and big) state. i arrived safely back in mozambique only after an extra week of u.s. time, mandated by peace corps. a bitter sweat turn of events. i made the rough transition back into life here in inhamussua and things are great. some might say that we are on the right track (you know who you are).
below are a couple of updates on the work we're doing here. not pictured but just as important is that the newly formed art club of inhamussua has been studying the fundamentals of drawing and we hope to move on to painting next week. we are working hard to get our group ready for our end of year finale when we will paint two giant murals on our campus, one to commemorate our agricultural efforts, and the other will display HIV prevalence rates throughout the world.
i am also happy to announce that after a year of sewing and selling goods our sewing club has finally been awarded a match grant to purchase a new pedal driven sewing machine and table. thanks to their hard work, the school's and another private (thanks mom) donation, we will be bringing the machine home next month.
further, i have been corresponding with Books for The World, an american organization that supplies books to schools in many parts of the world. Park Burroughs, a representative of Books for The World, arranged to have two boxes sent to inhamussua (not a cheap task, i'm sure you can imagine) as a bit of a test run. it seems to have gone well. the students were thrilled to get a hold of some new books and the administration received them gracefully. here are some pictures of the students opening the boxes.
thank you Books for The World.
below are some thank you letters sent to books for the world as well as pictures of their authors.
My name is Silvério Francisco.
I am Mozambican. I am from Inhambane city, I am 19 years old and I am a student of the agrarian school of Inhamússua.
For you, we will study English, because your offering will help me to be a man of future. I'm very glad, because that is something difficult to see here in my country. I say thanks and I congratulate the project because I want to study English. I want to give you certainty that this project will be fantastic and will help many students to speak and write the English language.
Thanks Books for The World for help me to be a man of the future.
Silvério Francisco
I am Paulo Manuel Macucha.
I was born in 1987 and I am a natural of Maputo city. I am 22 years old. I am a student of the agrarian school of Inhamússua in the province of Inhambane. I frequent the first year of the husbandry and livestock course.
I would like to thank you for the books we received and for your offering with whole goodness. I promise the good use of books, good advantage and good preserve, because they are very important to us and our future generation to the development of education and the world.
Thank you very much Books for The World.
Paulo Manuel Macucha
let's not forget about the daily work of spreading the good word which is english.


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Johnson & Johnson on Monday announced that Mark McClellan, senior fellow in economic studies and director of the Initiative on Value and Innovation in Health Care at the Brookings Institution, will join the company's board of directors on Oct. 15. McClellan will serve on the regulatory, compliance and government affairs committee, as well as the science, technology and sustainability committee.
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H-E-B pledged to not reduce employee work hours in an effort to avoid having to cover their healthcare last week. In contrast, other employers have been cutting their employee hours to avoid the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act provision that would require healthcare coverage, according to a report published in the San Antonio Express-News.
And while some companies may be looking at ways to squeeze more out of their businesses, H-E-B, along with Walgreens and others, should be applauded for doing the right thing.
Next year, 7 million people will be using health insurance marketplaces, and that figure will nearly quadruple in five years, according to a coalition of cancer-focused organizations.
Community pharmacy's long struggle to win professional recognition and a full seat at the health provider table is finally finding some traction as health systems, individual healthcare providers, health plans and plan payers begin to really connect the dots and build a workable framework for a more patient-centric, evidence-based and cost-effective system of care in the United States.
Momentum is growing for a higher level of pharmacy practice: one that broadens the role of the community pharmacist as an accessible, frontline health professional working in collaboration with a more integrated local healthcare network. Another example of the trend came last week, with the announcement by the American Hospital Association that it has endorsed the Walgreens WellTransitions coordinated care program.
Walgreens Healthcare Clinic (formerly known as Take Care Clinic) has formed a multi-year agreement with healthcare technology company Inovalon to provide Inovalon's data-driven encounter support platform, Electronic Patient Assessment Solution Suite (ePASS), within Healthcare Clinic at select Walgreens.
The news clearly represents yet another step in Walgreens' commitment to improving patients' access to healthcare solutions. In fact, the news comes about a week after the retailer announced that it is bringing access to Theranos' new lab testing service through Walgreens pharmacies nationwide.
CVS Caremark's MinuteClinic and Baptist Health Care, the largest healthcare network in northwest Florida with a staff of more than 600 physicians, has entered into a clinical affiliation to enhance access to healthcare services in Escambia, Okaloosa and Santa Rosa counties.
Healthcare research firm KLAS has given Emdeon an 89.4-point score in its Enterprise Patient Access report for this year, the healthcare technology company said Wednesday.
The Department of Health and Human Services is setting aside $5.3 million to expand health information technology — particularly telehealth — in rural areas in order to improve mental health services for veterans.
Telehealth represents one of the best ways to expand healthcare services to underserved areas while also lowering costs by expanding the area a health professional can cover from a single location.
In an effort to fuel innovation in health care, Target unveiled on Monday a contest to generate ideas to simplify health care and help individuals and families live healthier lives. Enter the Target Simplicity Challenge.
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Building on its government affairs and public policy department, the National Association of Chain Drug Stores has hired Christopher Smith, formerly with the National Community Pharmacists Association, as director of federal public policy.
Walgreens and Orlando Health, a comprehensive not-for-profit healthcare organization based in Orlando, Fla., on Wednesday announced a clinical collaboration that will provide coordinated and expanded healthcare services, while improving patient access to high-quality, convenient and affordable care throughout Central Florida.
The collaboration between Community Health Network and Walgreens' Healthcare Clinic is officially underway as of last week, the companies announced. It's just one manifestation of how retail clinics and the pharmacies that house them will contribute to making health care more cost-efficient in the years ahead through coordinated care vetted by improved outcomes.
In fact, 2014 will be the year of the retail clinic. The collaboration dovetails nicely with Walgreens' plans to significantly expand the scope of care found at Healthcare Clinic that president and CEO Greg Wasson talked about at the company's last quarterly conference call. "These new services include diagnosis, treatment and management for hypertension, diabetes, high cholesterol and asthma, as well as additional preventive health services," he said.
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In a presentation on opportunities to integrate community pharmacy into emerging care models like ACOs, Ron Weinert, VP healthcare solutions for Walgreens, urged NACDS members to embrace the new health paradigm and seize the opportunity it presents.
Changes in healthcare delivery today are influencing the way community pharmacy serves patients. That was the key message healthcare policy wizard Mark McClellan, M.P.A., M.D., PhD., had for attendees of an Aug. 9 industry general session in Seattle at Cardinal Health's annual Retail Business Conference.
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In a release, the Chinese electronics major told that being the very 1st enterprise 1L PCs, the ThinkCentre M72e and ThinkCentre M92p offer high reliability and superior performance. These days, most organizations prefers to have PCs that take less space and eats up less amount of energy and still perform at optimum level. It also offers reliability to users and uncompromised security.
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Sleep under the stars at a remote cattle station, zip over dunes in a 4x4 on a remote sand island, sail from island to island through the Whitsundays on a maxi yacht, spearfish and cook what you catch with Aboriginals, make your own Aboriginal artwork, learn about life in remote communities with a local host.
This is hardly a sleepy trip. Rather, this is the perfect 12-day adventure for sailing buffs that want to experience the blue waters of Australia, as well as off-road enthusiasts looking to explore via private 4x4s. We've got an exclusive beachside permanent tented camp to stay at on sandy Fraser Island, and once we're north of Cairns, we'll spend 3 days with Aborigines learning spearfishing in mangroves, amongst other things. While "dreamtime" is a mythology central to indigenous Australian society, we're pretty sure you'll want to be wide awake for this trip.
Please note that most accommodation in Australia is multi-share, you can read more in the trip details in our about accommodation section.
Arrive at any time.
Travel by private bus, private 4x4 and ferry to reach Fraser Island, the world's largest sand island. Settle into the group's exclusive permanent tented camp in the bush by the beach. Enjoy a little over a day's worth of exploring by 4x4 to hit all of the highlights.
Visit a working cattle station. Bed down in a swag (canvas bedroll) under the outback sky.
Savour an Outback breakfast before travelling to Mackay. Embark on a 3-day maxi yacht sailing adventure from Mackay to Airlie Beach through the Whitsundays, a unique route only used by G Adventures. Enjoy beach visits, island bush walks and snorkelling the reefs. Anchor off of secluded tropical islands at night.
Hike to an island lookout over Whitehaven Beach, known for its stunning white sand, then enjoy free time on the famous beach. Sail to the resort town of Airlie Beach for a night of dancing.
Admire the scenery on a full-day train ride through Queensland. Enjoy a free day to visit the Great Barrier Reef or get the adrenaline pumping by skydiving, whitewater rafting or hang gliding.
Take an Aboriginal art class, learn the stories behind the images and take home what you make. Learn about the flora and fauna with local Aboriginals, then go spearfishing with them and eat what you catch. Cool off in a waterfall in Daintree NP. Overnight in a rainforest lodge beside the beach.
Travel by 4x4 on the rugged Bloomfield track, stopping at Bloomfield Falls to participate in the 'Walk of the Women' where local Aborigine women share their knowledge of the sacred falls. Enjoy dinner with the locals before sleeping under the stars in a swag.
Head north and meet an Aboriginal Elder and story keeper, who will teach about several ancestral rock art sites and survival techniques of the local Aborigines. Travel back to Cairns where the tour ends at 7:30pm. Feel free to book any onward travel from 9pm onwards.
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My fiancée and I are having a civil ceremony in the next few days (applied for the marriage license last week!) with family in attendance, and want to get the forms off soon!
I am aware of the fact that a I-130 needs filed, but I'm getting confused at what else. I will need to adjust status from VWP to permanent, but, if that's not included, is it the I-485 I need to submit? And do I only do that after the 130 has been accepted/pending or can I send them all off at once?
I'm just getting a little confused here. I haven't spotted anything that just says 'fill out these forms if you're in this situation'.
So, we're having the ceremony in the next few days (bigger one in the summer for everyone ), and my VWP runs out in the second week of March or so, so we want to get this stuff filed quite soon...
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Joe Kinahan (JJ), chief strategist for TD Ameritrade, began his career as a Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) market maker in 1985, trading primarily in the S&P 100 (OEX) and S&P 500 (SPX) pits. While mainly an independent market maker, Mr. Kinahan also worked for ING Bank, Blue Capital, and was managing director of option trading for Van Der Moolen, USA. In 2006, he joined the thinkorswim Group, which was eventually acquired by TD Ameritrade. After leading the educational events team, serving to implement the instructional path for thousands of investors throughout the United States, in 2009 Mr. Kinahan became the managing director of Autotrade, overseeing TD Ameritrade's Autotrade services, as well as the firm's registered investment advisory firm, RED Option, and the integration of the thinkpipes trading platform. Mr. Kinahan, a 24-year trading veteran, is a frequent guest on CNBC and is often quoted in the Wall Street Journal and Reuters News, along with many other respected...
Market veteran Joe Kinahan, the Chief Derivatives Strategist for TD Ameritrade, warns that those looking for a bond-market top should remember what the market does best.
Well, bonds have had a great rally here over the last several years, and whenever they've been going up for a long time, they start talking about where is that top? Our guest today is JJ Kinahan to give us some thoughts there.
So, JJ, we're hearing more and more articles about is this a top in bonds? Sometimes this can mean we're not there yet because too many people are talking about it. What are your thoughts?
Well, I think that actually as we've seen over time, historically in any product when everyone says we should go one way, I always joke with people that the market has one job, and that's to screw each and every one of us individually every day. But quite seriously, you know, as we look at bonds right now, I think that those who are trying to predict tops, predict bottoms often fall into a trap.
The ways I think a lot of people are looking at it that have had success are saying what's the range? Like if you look at the ten-year range, the ten-year yield is at a nice 1.7% to about 2.25%, and the folks that I know that are having success are trading inside that range. When you get to 1.7%, yeah they're not going to necessarily pick the high tick on bonds. Maybe they'll bet against them and on the downside, the same way.
What I think you need to do is really say OK, when you have a predictable range, you do know the government has been so involved here in terms of support. Do you want to catch the falling knife or in this case, predict the absolute top?
What are you looking at most importantly when it comes to bonds? What kind of outside of that, whether it be the dollar or something else, can it lead to an idea about how to trade bonds?
Well, I think one of the things that you've had to look at if you're going to have success trading it over the last year and a half or so, has actually been the stock market. It's been a very high negative correlation with what's going on in the stock market, and it makes sense.
But we've seen perhaps even stronger levels than normal because people are so afraid that you're seeing stock volumes are not what they once were. I think part of that being is people are comfortable maybe only making 3% or something like that over quite a few years, or as we talked about the ten-year, 1.7% or 1.9%. What that tells me is that the money is so much sensitive to what's going on the equity market and afraid to move out of there.
So as I said, there might be a little bit of support. But as we saw when the S&P went up to 1,400, there was starting to become that little reversal of money.
And in terms of the Fed and watching them in terms of bonds, they've said they're not going to change interest rates here until 2013. Do you believe that, or is something coming in June?
I would think that they've been so much more transparent in everything that they have been doing. Barring some crazy major event, and again, we can't predict what that may be...all other things being equal, I don't see a reason to doubt what they tell us.
And then finally, the way to trade bonds. What do you favor here, whether it is an ETF or bonds directly, what?
I think that for many of the retail traders, again, if they're comfortable trading futures bonds, ten-year futures are great. Some of them are so much more comfortable in ETFs and they understand them a little bit better, TBT and TLT are also very interesting products to trade them.
So again, for those of you that aren't as familiar with trading the futures, I would avoid them. Get comfortable with them first before you trade them and stay with the types of products you know. The ETFs trade like stock and people are familiar with them.
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-- ISDA-sponsored Alternative Eases the Operational Burdens on Both Buy- and Sell-Side Participants Settling DJ CDX Index and Tranche Trades --
-- Collins & Aikman Products Co. was Removed from the Dow Jones CDX North America High Yield Indexes as a Result of the Bankruptcy Announcement of its Parent Company --
NEW YORK, June 14, 2005 - CDS IndexCo LLC, the owner of the Dow Jones CDX family of credit derivative indices, today announced the auction results to determine the recovery value of Collins & Aikman Products Co. debt, pursuant to the ISDA 2005 Index Protocol. The auction of Collins & Aikman Products Co. debt, 10.75% maturing on 12/31/2011 took place at 10:00 A.M. EST today and produced a value of $43.625. Auction details including participants, submitted prices and methodology can be seen at www.creditfixings.com.
The final auction price was achieved through the submission of live market prices by 13 member banks in a process jointly managed and developed by Markit, the administrator for the DJ CDX Indexes and the leading industry source for independent pricing and valuations, and Creditex, the leading provider of electronic execution services in the credit derivatives market. This same Tradable Credit Fixings methodology is used to create a Fixing on the European iTraxx indices every week in conjunction with 19 dealers. 448 adhering parties have elected to take advantage of the cash settlement mechanism in relation to all index and tranche products affected by the bankruptcy filing of Collins & Aikman Corporation.
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) created and ran the protocol (2005 CDS Index Protocol) which governs settlement issues for all parties concerning Collins & Aikman Products Co. A draft of the protocol document can be viewed at www.djindexes.com or go to www.markit.com for more information.
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