Some recovery thoughts, answers and questions -- here they are …

Information below is listed alphabetically on difference resources, bookmarks, and people, issues. It is meant to be informative and interesting; and may not reflect everyone’s opinions or be an endorsement. If you notice something I have left out, please let me know. You can reach me care of: www.tompeltz.com

                                                                                                - Tom

A:

Accupuncture  : http://www.atlanticacupuncture.com

Adult children of alcoholics : http://www.adultchildren.org/

Alcoholics Anonymous World Services  : www.aa.org/

ADD Planner  :  http://www.help4adhd.org/en/living/organdtime/WWK11

Antabuse  :  http://www.drugs.com/monograph/antabuse.html?printable=1

Anti-inflammatory diet  : http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/ART02012/anti-inflammatory-diet

Attention Deficit Disorder :  http://www.drhallowell.com/speakers-bureau/delivered-from-distraction/
           - Also see : http://www.chadd.org/
           - or  : "More Attention, Less Deficit, Strategies for Adults with ADHD"  Free Podcast download  :  https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/more-attention-less-deficit/id312831485

Adult Aspie  :  http://www.wpanet.org/uploads/Education/Educational_Resources/autism-part2.pdf

         - or  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=At4Vmo13vJE
       
         - or  www.aane.org   or    http://www.aane.org/aane_services/support_social_groups_adults.html

         - or http://www.aspennj.org/pdf/information/articles/aspergers-syndrome-through-the-lifespan.pdf

Aspies Environment : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdaMu3rUoRM&feature=youtu.be

      "  Social Anxiety and Exhaustion  :   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97ahee8xnI8

Assessment Forms  :  NIDA Assist  :  http://www.drugabuse.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/nmassist.pdf

         - or NIDA Quick Screen  :  http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/resource-guide-screening-drug-use-in-general-medical-settings/nida-quick-screen

         - or NIDA PDF Quick Screen  : http://www.drugabuse.gov/sites/default/files/files/QuickScreen_Updated_2013(1).pdf

B:

Bath Salts  : http://www.justice.gov/dea/pubs/abuse/drug_data_sheets/Bath_Salts.pdf

Best blueberry pie : www.dysarts.com  (t: 207-942-4878)

Bing Eating and Addiction  :  http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyt.2013.00183/full#sthash.nr7GZ1V7.dpuf

Bi Polar Illness: http://www.nami.org/Template.cfm?Section=your_local_nami&Template=/CustomSource/AffiliateFinder.cfm&State=MA

Border Line Personality Disorder  : borderlinepersonalitydisorder.com.
(Male) Borderline Per Dis. Study  :  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3115767/

Brief Counseling  :  http://psychcentral.com/news/2014/08/06/brief-counseling-helps-alcohol-abuse-does-not-help-substance-abuse/73262.html

Martin Buber  :  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcIbw09W-uY&feature=em-share_video_user

Bulimia  : http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001381/

Bullying  :  http://www.stopbullying.gov/

C:

Synthetic cannabinoids  :  http://blog.samhsa.gov/2014/10/23/addressing-the-growing-problem-of-synthetic-cannabinoids/#.VEpbJr4-DL8

Career Appitude Testing   :  http://www.humanmetrics.com

Centering Prayer  :  http://www.contemplativeoutreachofboston.com/ 

   - or  :  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAlqRVkzUpQ&feature=youtu.be 

Cirrhosis  :  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000281.htm

Clutter  : http://www.elementsbehavioralhealth.com/addiction/clutter-addiction/

Regarding treatment options for cocaine  : http://cts.vresp.com/c/?TreatmentMagazine/7047adeae8/4085b5cced/4b85ad0ce0

Codependence, the truth  :  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6q6R8WZGIQ&feature=em-share_video_user     or:    http://psychcentral.com/lib/symptoms-of-codependency/00011992    or:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrLaaar02e4

Co-dependent anonymous  :  http://www.coda.org/

Co-dependency in men, see p. 24  :  http://digimags.vendomegrp.com/addiction-professional

Co-dependent  :  http://www.goodtherapy.org/therapy-for-codependency.html

Co-dependent trauma in childhood  : http://www.hcibooks.com/p-4179-the-acoa-trauma-syndrome.aspx

Therapist recommended books for improving communications in couple’s relationships …

     -  Getting the Love You Want. Harville Hendricks

     - "Couple Skills - making your relationship work" by Matthew McKay and published by New Harbinger.

     - "Messages : the communication skills book" by Matthew McKay and on New Harbinger.

     - "The High Conflict Couple" by Alan Fruzetti.

     - "Talk To Me Like I'm Someone You Love" by Nancy Dreyfus, PsyD.

'Cosmic Christ,' Fr, Richard Rahr  :  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LYQQO5uFtA&feature=youtu.be

Is AA a cult? (I don’t believe it is.) : http://alcoholrehab.com/alcohol-rehab/aa-as-a-cult/

D:

Dark Night of the Soul  :  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcIbw09W-uY&feature=em-share_video_user

DBT : http://psychcentral.com/lib/2007/an-overview-of-dialectical-behavior-therapy/all/1/

Depression and Early Recovery. Professional Guide  : http://www.kap.samhsa.gov/products/manuals/tips/pdf/TIP48.pdf

Detoxification  :  http://www.addictionrecoveryguide.org/treatment/detoxification/

Divorce   :   http://www.amazon.com/Helping-Your-Kids-Divorce-Sandcastles/dp/0679778012/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1359381799&sr=1-1&keywords=Helping+Your+Kids+Cope+with+Divorce+the+Sandcastles+Way+by+M.+Gary+Neuman+and+Patricia+Romanowski.   or:   http://www.ritualwell.org/ritual/jewish-divorce-ritual-our-time

http://sacredgroundceremonies.com/divorce-rituals       or:  http://www.graceceremonies.com/sample-rite-of-passage--healing-rituals.html   or:  http://alanmcnarie.blogspot.com/2008/11/archive-ceremony-of-divorce.html

Domestic violence  :  http://www.hawcdv.org/about-us-6.html

Drug Classifications  : http://www.justice.gov/dea/concern/drug_classes.html

Drug Test Kits at home  :  http://www.homehealthtesting.com

Dry drunk  : http://www.minnesotarecovery.info/literature/drydrunk.htm

Dual Recovery Anonymous  :   www.draonline.org/meetings_dra/usa/massachusetts.html

E:

Eating disorders  :  http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/eating-disorders/complete-index.sh     

Ecstasy : http://www.drugabuse.gov/drugs-abuse/mdma-ecstasy

Equal Marriage Mean Less Sex?  :  http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/02/09/magazine/does-a-more-equal-marriage-mean-less-sex.html?referrer=&_r=0

Energy Drink Usage and addiction   :

https://www.addictionpro.com/article/adolescents-and-emerging-adults/energy-drink-consumption-linked-increased-risk-sud?utm_campaign=Enews&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=56046789&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--WprZjjVdaRwcgwv_AtrdNPeBvyJFoq68hf-dSSM8VKUlACbxwWwqCu7TKKs__TMPoNLhQrefalSmEJjEKGTetVnMqqw&_hsmi=56046789

Essex County Correctional Facility : http://www.grantgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/sherriffs-report-2008.pdf

F:

Family treatment : http://northeastaddictionconsultants.com/what-about-the-family/

51a  :  http://www.malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXVII/Chapter119/Section51a

Food plan: http://www.choosemyplate.gov/print-materials-ordering/getting-started.html

Forgiveness  :  http://serenescenemagazine.com/serene%20scene/Serene%20Scene%20April%202014/FLASH/index.html?page=40

Fun : http://www.wikihow.com/Have-Fun

            - or :  http://tinybuddha.com/blog/how-to-have-more-fun-in-life-keep-your-thoughts-from-pulling-you-down/

G:

Compulsive gambling, Boston  : http://www.masscompulsivegambling.org/

Gay Children  :  http://www.ted.com/talks/andrew_solomon_love_no_matter_what

Glycemic Index  :  http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/glycemic-index-diet/MY00770

Grapevine  :  http://www.aagrapevine.org/

A wonderful place to know about regarding grief and end of life work  : http://www.upaya.org/index.php

H:

'Happy' a 2011 movie release. Can be found on Netflix. Spellbinding viewing for 1hr15min.

Health info A-Z via Tufts Health Plan  :  https://www.healthwise.net/tufts/Content/CustDocument.aspx?XML=STUB.XML&XSL=CD.FRONTPAGE.XSL

Herpes : http://www.cdc.gov/std/herpes/

Many resources, and history of AA  :  http://silkworth.net/

HIV : http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/default.htm

Friedrch Von Hugel  : https://archive.org/details/mysticalelemento032115mbp

Human Trafficking  :  https://www.state.gov/j/tip/id/index.htm

Humor in recovery  : http://www.hazelden.org/OA_HTML/ibeCCtpItmDspRte.jsp?item=11904&sitex=10020:22372:US

I:

IBS and alcohol :  http://alcoholrehab.com/alcohol-rehab/alcohol-and-irritable-bowel-syndrome/

Ignatian Exam with James Marten :  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWDisMOkaOo&feature=em-share_video_user

Impulse control in kids  : http://www.webmd.com/add-adhd/childhood-adhd/adhd-kids-impulsive-behavior-management

Indigenous peoples  :  https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=UwvpsVsawMg#!

Interventions  :  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intervention_(counseling)

IP #9  :  http://www.na.org/admin/include/spaw2/uploads/pdf/litfiles/us_english/IP/EN3109.pdf 

J:

Jail : http://www.wbur.org/2011/04/12/prison-re-entry

Joe and Charlie Step 4  :  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dA-UZ0bQ13Q&feature=related

Not your typical journal  :   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9oj3dh028I&feature=share

Carl Jung, Boston :  http://www.cgjungboston.com/

K:

Thomas Keating "Oneness and the Heart of the World"  :  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88UukqH3kDQ&feature=youtu.be

Khat : http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/khat

Killology  : http://www.killology.com/sheep_dog.htm

L:

Labyrinth : http://labyrinthsociety.org/

Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers  :  http://www.lclma.org/about/

Liver transplant support group: http://www.inspire.com/

“Living the Program” NA IP No. 9  :  http://www.na.org/admin/include/spaw2/uploads/pdf/litfiles/us_english/IP/EN3109.pdf

M:

MA Alliance on Mental Illness : http://www.nami.org/Template.cfm?Section=your_local_nami&Template=/CustomSource/AffiliateFinder.cfm&State=MA

MA substance abuse helpline  : http://www.helpline-online.com/

Marijuana  : http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/marijuana

Marijuana detox  :  http://www.marijuana-anonymous.org/literature/pamphlets/detoxing-from-marijuana

Medication guide. Note: you must provide some information and then click on the site. : www.talbottcampus.com/index.php/medication-guide/ 

            - or  : www.talbottcampus.com/pdf/MedGuide.pdf

Medicine Wheel in Native American belief: http://www.addictionrecoveryguide.org/holistic/meditation_spirituality

Meditation and spirituality resources: http://www.addictionrecoveryguide.org/holistic/meditation_spirituality

Insight Cambridge Meditation Center, Boston : http://www.cimc.info/

Methadone  :  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0000591/

When to use Methadone  :  http://kap.samhsa.gov/products/manuals/advisory/pdfs/Methadone-Advisory.pdf

Molly  :  http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/mdma-ecstasy-or-molly

Monasteries  :  Please see the list below ...

 -  SSJE/Cambridge MA  :  http://library.episcopalchurch.org/video/society-st-john-evangelist-brother-geoffrey-0
 - Japanese :  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BW31YyMeoio
 - Buddhist  :  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIAVx5KHHZ0
 - Greek  :  www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxATVCWNQNw
 - Desert  :  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ALDImuGYBk
 - Russian  :  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5apoJAsImg
 - Hindu  :  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZM_EqYgRuo
 - Benedictine 3 parts  :  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZM_EqYgRuo
-  Ethiopia  :  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q55FSBgjRRc&feature=em-share_video_user
-  Thai  :  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQNhEb_qYfU
-  Thai  :  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCJi3u_KmQQ
-  French  :  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXHKvvSfxqk

N:

Narcotics Anonymous World Services: www.na.org/

Native American Medicine Wheel: http://www.addictionrecoveryguide.org/holistic/meditation_spirituality

Native American healing and addiction  

https://www.addictionpro.com/article/special-populations/ceremonial-approaches-essential-healing-native-american-community?utm_campaign=Enews&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=56046789&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_ZAXjJjYJ8YOeYJWlzOhUNdHqCc3kYYKheXBsKi0t2Iur-eEAgZ4Vt7bGqduNGASwXNXJijxtczVVhrqm4n4ev0iLkPw&_hsmi=56046789

National Alliance on Mentally Illness: www.nami.org/

Neltrexone  :   http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0000853/

Henry Nouwen  :  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnz0accKgRU

NVLD  :  http://www.med.umich.edu/yourchild/topics/nld.htm

O:

Opioid Report  :  https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/images/Final_Report_Draft_11-3-2017.pdf

OUI laws in MA : http://dui.drivinglaws.org/mass.php

Overdose prevention  :  http://www.mass.gov/eohhs/consumer/wellness/alcohol-tobacco-drugs/alcohol-drugs/opioid-overdose-prevention.html

Oxford Movement  :  http://www.aabibliography.com/oxfordsteps.html

P:

Treatment option for parents  :   http://www.theparentsretreat.org/

Parents resource for explaining loss/death to young children  :  http://www.barklayandeve.com/

PFLAG  :  http://www.gbpflag.org/

   - or http://www.ted.com/talks/andrew_solomon_love_no_matter_what

Photo history of AA :  http://www.texasdistrict5.com/history-in-photos.htm

Planner, and how to use a personal planner  :  http://www.help4adhd.org/en/living/organdtime/WWK11

Post Acute Withdrawal Syndrome (PAWS)  : http://www.addictionsandrecovery.org/post-acute-withdrawal.htm

PICS  --   http://www.tgorski.com/criminal_justice/cjs_pics_&_relapse.htm

Police Jargon  :  http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/tourette-syndrome/basics/definition/con-20043570

Police suicide  :  https://www.nbcboston.com/investigations/Retired-Boston-Police-Sgt-Recalls-Night-He-Put-a-Gun-to-His-Head-469474803.html

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder : http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001923/r

Twelve Principles :  http://www.recovery-world.com/AA-Principles.html

            -  or  :  http://www.aabibliography.com/aa_principles.html

 
Psychotherapy notes  :  http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2012/06/25/should-psychotherapy-notes-be-a-part-of-your-electronic-health-record/

PTSD for veterans : http://www.ptsd.va.gov/

Q:

Quail eggs. (OK, you try to find a lot of words with ‘q.’)  : http://www.djquaileggs.com/tips.html

Questions about addiction treatment  :  http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/principles-drug-addiction-treatment/frequently-asked-questions

Quiet Places  :  http://www.onbeing.org/program/last-quiet-places/4557

R:

Racial Intolerance  :  http://www.diomass.org/multimedia/video/diocesan-convention-2012-sermon-given-bishop-gayle-e-harris-bishop-suffragan

Recovery books and material  :  http://www.hazelden.org/OA_HTML/hazCCtpSctDspRte.jsp?sitex=10020:22372:US

Relapse prevention plan : http://www.tgorski.com/gorski_articles/developing_a_relapse_prevention_plan.htm

Religion  : Around the World in 80 Faiths 1 of 8  :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyboIhIyK10&feature=em-share_video_user

Reincarnation. A children’s book that is for big kids too  :  The Mountains of Tibet by Mordicai Gerstein (Trumpet Club and HarperCollins Publishers, 1987) ISBN 0-440-84851-

Richard Rohr, Fthr.  Spirituality  :  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KII2C3uxD4s&feature=em-share_video_user

S:

SAM  :  https://learnaboutsam.org/marijuana-as-medicine/

Sandy B  :  http://storiesofrecovery.org/SandyB.htm

Schizophrenia  :  http://www.ted.com/talks/eleanor_longden_the_voices_in_my_head.html?utm_source=newsletter_daily&utm_campaign=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_content=button__2013-08-08

Section 35  :  http://www.malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXVII/Chapter123/Section35

Sexual addiction : http://www.hazelden.org/OA_HTML/hazAuthor.jsp?author_id=399&item=864

Sex  :  http://www.sexhelp.com/

Sex Anon  :  Sex Anon  :  http://www.sa.org/docs/phnflyer.pdf

        - or  COSA  :  http://www.cosa-recovery.org

SLAA  :  http://www.slaanei.org/   or for a meeting list :  http://www.slaanei.org/meetinginfo.html

Sleep  :  go to AmbiScience Audio Apps

"Smart Recovery"  :  http://www.smartrecovery.org/
    - or http://www.thefix.com/content/why-smart-recovery-will-never-replace-alcoholics-anonymous?utm_source=Treatment+October&utm_campaign=Newsletter+Alumni+October&utm_medium=email

Spirituality in treatment  : www.addictionpro.com/article/facing-spirituality-head

Spiritual issues in NIAA  :  http://www.arcr.niaaa.nih.gov/arcr/arcr381/article06.htm

Sober Houses:
- Foundation House, Portland Maine www.foundationhouse.net
- Penny's Place, Portland, Mine  http://www.pennysplaceportland.com/
- The Granite House, Derry, NH www.GraniteHouseSL.com
- Phil Malonson, MA www.sober-recovery.org
- Riverbank House, Laconia, NH
- The Sanctuary, Delray, Florida www.sanctuarydelraybeach.com
- Spruce Mountain Inn, Plainsfield, VT www.s-m-i.com
- Turning Point, New Haven, CT www.tpextendedcare.com
- Webster Place, Franklin, NH websterplace.org

-  Our Father's House, Saco, Maine http://www.ourfathershousemaine.org/

Sponsorship  : http://12-steps-recovery.com/resources/sponsors/       

            - or  http://www.na.org/admin/include/spaw2/uploads/pdf/litfiles/us_english/IP/EN3111.pdf

SSJE  :  http://www.ssje.org/index.html

Step 3  :  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJq47IwsIPw

            -  or Step 4  :  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dA-UZ0bQ13Q&feature=related

Suboxone  :  http://www.suboxone.com/?qs=ga&s_kwcid=TC|7630|suboxone%20use||S||3341859956&gclid=CM-wyL3jjLICFcXe4AodGSsANw

Suicide prevention, Lawrence  :  http://www.familyserviceinc.com/Samaritans/Overview.html

Suicide and the Bridge of Life  :  http://www.ted.com/talks/kevin_briggs_the_bridge_between_suicide_and_life

Suicide and the middle aged  :  https://www.samhsa.gov/data/sites/default/files/report_3370/ShortReport-3370.html

Supervisors of Disaster Response  :  http://store.samhsa.gov/shin/content//SMA14-4871/SMA14-4871.pdf

T:

TB  :  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001141/

Or :: http://www.cdc.gov/tb/

Tom Peltz: http://therapists.psychologytoday.com/rms/prof_detail.php?profid=81228&sid=1345575457.6154_4623&county=Essex&state=MA&zipcode=01915

Thich Nhat Hanh : http://www.plumvillage.org/thich-nhat-hanh.html
 - http://www.onbeing.org/program/thich-nhat-hanh-on-mindfulness-suffering-and-engaged-buddhism/74/audio?embed=1&utm_source=On+Being+Newsletter&utm_campaign=916f10eedb-20130927_Thich_Nhat_Hanh_Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1c66543c2f-916f10eedb-66848381

Tourett’s Syndrome: http://www.nami.org/Template.cfm?Section=By_Illness&Template=/TaggedPage/TaggedPageDisplay.cfm&TPLID=54&ContentID=2305
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    - or  http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/tourette-syndrome/basics/definition/con-20043570

Transference and Counter Transference  :  http://www.recoveryview.com/Articles/TabId/107/ArtMID/657/ArticleID/1326/Transference-and-Counter-Transference-in-Addiction-Treatment.aspx

U:

Evelyn Underhill : http://www.evelynunderhill.org/

Upaya : http://www.upaya.org/index.php

V:

Valley Fever: http://valleyfever.com/?page_id=

Veterans  :  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9Frfa8Z1e0 
 also see :  Pattonveteransproject.org  

Movie -  "High Ground"  :  http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/02/movies/high-ground-a-documentary-by-michael-brown.html?_r=0

Violence recovery program, Boston :  http://www.fenwayhealth.org/site/PageServer?pagename=FCHC_srv_services_violence

Vocabulary  :  http://www.abess.com/glossary.html

Alcohol vomiting  : http://www.collegedrinkingprevention.gov/otheralcoholinformation/factsaboutalcoholpoisoning.aspx

W:

Wernicke's encephalopathy and Korsakoff syndrome  :  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000771.htm

What about the family : http://northeastaddictionconsultants.com/what-about-the-family/

White House Drug Policy :  http://www.whitehouse.gov/ondcp

Bill Wilson House  : http://www.wilsonhouse.org/

‘The Bill W. Story’ DVD about Bill Wilson: http://www.amazon.com/My-Name-Is-Bill-W/dp/B000ERVK4Y/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1345740977&sr=1-1&keywords=the+bill+w+story

Wounded Warriors Movie High Ground  : http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/02/movies/high-ground-a-documentary-by-michael-brown.html?_r=0

X:

Xenoglossophobia means the fear of foreign languages.

Y:

Yoga  : http://www.yogabasics.com/
         
             or  :  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o0kNeOyH98&feature=em-share_video_user

Youth and children of alcoholics : http://www.nacoa.org/

Youthful medication abuse : http://www.stopmedicineabuse.org/?gclid=CLHr35ip-7ECFeYRNAodBkcAew 

            - or  : http://teens.drugabuse.gov/facts/facts_rx1.php

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Zen thoughts : http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/japanese-zen/

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