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Cosmic Education at the Elementary Level and the Role of the Materials

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istry or physics, and you cannot study life without its environ- ment, which brings us to geography. But then again, you…
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For the second quote, we find: "The child's intelligence ... a fertile field in which seeds may be sown&quot…
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is, or can be, referred to the whole; where the whole is a set of ordered parts; and, finally, where specialization of…

La Dottoressa Montessori at Durham

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istry or physics, and you cannot study life without its environ- ment, which brings us to geography. But then again, you…
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For the second quote, we find: "The child's intelligence ... a fertile field in which seeds may be sown&quot…
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is, or can be, referred to the whole; where the whole is a set of ordered parts; and, finally, where specialization of…

NAMTA Journal 13/2 03 Interview: The Kodaikanal Experience (Kahn-Montessori Interview)

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THE KODAIKANAL EXPERIENCE Kahn-Montessori Interveiw From late 1942 to March, 1944, Maria Montessori was interned against her…
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was taking the RAFers through enemy territory to a place near Bel- gium where they could cross to go back home. And my two…
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Kahn: Another part of Cosmic Education are the charts and the time- lines. Doesn't your original work in Kodaikanal run…
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child can experience in nature that there is something eternal, present everywhere and always, which seems to have organized…

NAMTA Journal 14/2 10 Evolution and Creation: Do We Have to Choose?

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But this is characteristic of any large-scale scientific theory still under active development, and is not a reason for…

NAMTA Journal 15/1 05 Evolution and the Pre-College Curriculum, Part I—The Human Place in Nature

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history as (long after) bipedalism, and probably after tool use and enlargement of the brain, we had many different forms of…

NAMTA Journal 16/1 03 The Montessori Movement (1956)

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director (and occupied this charge until his deathi Branches are func- tioning in many European, Asian, and American countries…

NAMTA Journal 17/1 08 The Montessori Adolescent: Frameworks for Invention

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Don't call it Montessori. If it works along Montessori lines, that is good. But there is no Montessori method for the…

NAMTA Journal 18/1 04 The Sciences and the Humanities

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Mover, itself unmoved. This Mover he called God. Aristotle's God was not the sort of being one would be inclined to…

NAMTA Journal 19/2 06 The Child and the Adult

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creatures. "Listen, Israel ... "are words addressed to ancient Israel, which are still valid today in the…

NAMTA Journal 20/1 05 Nurturing the Growing Brain

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organization-as well as with managing their behavior. It is more sur- prising to discover, in the writings of Russian…

NAMTA Journal 20/1 14 In Memoriam: Nancy McCormick Rambusch 1927-1994

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organization-as well as with managing their behavior. It is more sur- prising to discover, in the writings of Russian…

NAMTA Journal 21/2 08 Maintaining the Montessori Metaphor: What Every Child Wants and Needs

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infants. In fact, they do it prenatally, that's what we now know. They're not tabulae rasae; they never were tabulae…

NAMTA Journal 22/1 05 Cosmic Education at the Elementary Level and the Role of the Materials

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is try or physics, and you cannot study life without its environ- ment, which brings us to geography. But then again, you…
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For the second quote, we find: "The child's intelligence ... a fertile field in which seeds may be sown&quot…

NAMTA Journal 23/1 06 To Touch The Spirit of The Child: A Multicultural Perspective

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some of them at work and they do things that I haven't found a way to talk about yet, which tie them to Sylvia Ashton…
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the same elements that you see in Montessori and Sylvia Ashton Warner. For example, in all of these approaches is a deep…

NAMTA Journal 23/1 10 The Origins of Religion: Cosmology and Cultivation

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movements of the universe-that nature was both teacher and guide. Even as historical traditions arose in certain contexts,…
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(B.W. Anderson, 1986, p. 541). All of this is set against the back- ground of Yahweh as cosmic King and Creator, as enthroned…

NAMTA Journal 23/2 01 Mario Montessori: In Search of a Deeper Freedom, A Life's Journey of Educational Ideas

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universe; for one must encounter the facts of nature so that the imagination can build its vision of the whole based in the…

NAMTA Journal 23/2 04 The Impact of India

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Kodaikanal, India THE IMPACT OF INDIA by Mario M. Montessori Looking back on the checkered life of Dr. Montessori in this…

NAMTA Journal 23/2 05 The Kodaikanal Experience: Kahn - Montessori Interview

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Kodaikanal, India THE KooAIKANAL EXPERIENCE: KAHN-MONTESSORI INTERVIEW by David Kahn David Kahn: You once alluded to…
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of creation should fashion that the e it but absorb it i h~y will feel that o lace to live in, a p ace w ere generosity…
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had its cosmic task. And some of these tasks were not pleasant for human beings. The children might consider the task horrible…
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contained by a cylinder, it pushes together. When you take the sides of the cylinder off, it pushes together. Then you…
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Montessori: Yes. In the olden times, Dr. Montessori had the children up to six, and then from time to time would keep children…

NAMTA Journal 23/2 06 The Unconscious in History

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Kodaikanal, India THE UNCONSCIOUS IN HISTORY by Maria Montessori In the book The Absorbent Mind, the influence of the &…

NAMTA Journal 24/1 05 The Montessori Family and Me

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ing fourteen leaf-shaped insets with wooden frames. The study of leaves launched the children into a detailed and particular…

NAMTA Journal 24/2 02 Discovering the Real Spiritual Child (Part 1)

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At the beginning we reacted with some fatigue, because it was hard to see that themes that had been studied with great care,…
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love." "With eternal love I love you" say the prophets of Israel (Isaiah 54:8,Jeremiah31:3). &…

NAMTA Journal 24/2 12 Ecology and Human Destiny

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ECOLOGY AND HUMAN DESTINY by John F. Haught John Haught writes that "selfhood arises out of its dependency on many…

NAMTA Journal 25/2 06 The Genius of Montessori History

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In October, 1939, Maria and Mario, her son, landed in Madras, south India, guests of George Arundale, President of the…
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The Greek word cosmic has four complementary and interwoven meanings. On its basic level, it means order and harmony; then…
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The third thing we should understand is that elementary children were full partners in the creation of cosmic education. The…

NAMTA Journal 26/1 04 Optimal Developmental Outcomes for the Child Aged Six to Twelve: Social, Moral, Cognitive, and Emotional…

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ment. Knowledge is what the human mind strives to acquire and what gives the child a rewarding life. MORAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE…
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REFERENCES Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly, & Kevin Rathunde. "The Devel- opment of the Person: An Experiential…

NAMTA Journal 26/3 20 Children of the Earth

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utopian drive of unspoken intensity in Montessorians. It is unspoken because raw human idealism is so vul- nerable, and…

NAMTA Journal 26/3 23 A Historical Look at Montessori's Erdkinder

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ideas of Erdkinder out of this milieu is the thesis that the documenta- tion in this paper seeks to demonstrate. She as much…
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road to achieving economic independence." A big difference, perhaps the largest difference, of the Erdkinder when…
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from fairly affluent families who ran away from home for the thrill of becoming street musicians and earnjng a few pennies on…

NAMTA Journal 26/3 24 The Origins of Agrarianism and the Development of the Self

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really meant is often arduous work and could potentially make prac- tical implementation more complicated, but in our desire…

NAMTA Journal 27/3 06 God's Cosmic Plan and the Work of the Child

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all connected. And so we want to look at the unity of the whole and foster in the child that sense of the unity and the cosmos…

NAMTA Journal 27/3 12 The Natural World as Prepared Environment

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trembled in the morning sun. They were golden, translu- cent, amazing sheaves of wheat. The light drove down the shafts of…
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Hoffman, E. Visions of Innocence. Boston: Shambhala Pub- lications, 1992. Huchingson, J. E. (Ed.) Religion and the Natural…

NAMTA Journal 29/1 03 An Interview with Camillo Grazzini: Celebrating Fifty years of Montessori Work

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context provided by the psychological planes of development, it was easier to see the materials as part of a whole rather than…

NAMTA Journal 29/1 17 My Tribute to Mario Montessori

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with his back to my table just where my lighted cigarette was protrud- ing beyond the edge and burned the elegant beige linen…

NAMTA Journal 29/1 22 Camillo 26-01-04

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with his back to my table just where my lighted cigarette was protrud- ing beyond the edge and burned the elegant beige linen…
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context provided by the psychological planes of development, it was easier to see the materials as part of a whole rather than…

NAMTA Journal 30/1 12 The Great River

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THE GREAT RIVER by Baiba Krumins Grazzini The Great River is sometimes referred to as a metaphor for human unity, which has…

NAMTA Journal 30/2 12 Montessori Without Borders

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CONCRETIZING COSMIC EDUCATION IN INDIA: A MONTESSORI HISTORICAL ACCOUNT by Ela Eckert Ela Eckert's detailed account of…

NAMTA Journal 30/2 13 Concretizing Cosmic Education in India: A Montessori Historical Account

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House and a Montessori elementary school were from the beginning and for many decades an explicit part of the educational…
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classes existed for students from the ages of six to twelve, but in Kodaikanal Maria Montessori developed cosmic education as…
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about this: " ... when coming to Kodaikanal, a whole new world opened up for Mario. He was mostly experimenting and…
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Because of its seclusion, the population of Kodai grew slowly despite the favorable climate, and always there were many more…
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and finally abandoned. Remaining are unique archives with histori- cal documents about the Jesuit missionaries in southern…
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children, the Swedish and the Jewish school, as well as a few Catholic schools for the children of Tamil families. How was…
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opened a small school, where she began working with four children and eventually, together with other Indian women, cared for…
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Maria Montessori probably was notable to appreciate the unusual diversity of nature with the same open-mindedness with which…
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Museum of the Sacred Heart College, founded by two priests between 1920 and 1940, was frequently visited by both Montessoris…
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attempts I made to dig out information about Maria Montessori's stay and work in Koda i. My inquiries were frequent! y…
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found herself for a time in a frustrating professional isolation: no official notice or acknowledgement of her work, no…
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switched to the KIS, where her parents worked) responsible for her lifelong interest in learning and education is quite…
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between human beings and the cosmos comes up over and over again. For that reason, Maria Montessori, with her discourses about…
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-------------------------------- ---- and Hindu religion deepened, the cosmic idea came to the fore. Shankar Dutta Panday, a…
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On the other hand: The gradually concretized splendid vision of a cosmic education developing into a comprehensive didactic…
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Millier, F. Max. Einleitung in die Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft-Vier Vorlesungen und zwei Essays, gehalten an der…

NAMTA Journal 31/2 09 Deepening Cosmic Education

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understanding of the complex planetary systems. In 2004, the world scientific community completed an extraordinary decade-long…

NAMTA Journal 32/1 05 The Original Principles of The Silent Journey

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COSMIC EDUCATION by Annette Haines Annette Haines makes a clear and well-doc11me11ted presentatio11 of Cosmic Education,…
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Montessori, Maria. The Secret oJC!,i/dlwod. 1936. Trans. M. Joseph Costelloe. New York: Ballantine, 1966. Montessori, Maria.…

NAMTA Journal 32/3 01 The NAMTA Centenary Exhibit

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An Auspicious Beginning Small images from top to bottom: Dr. Montessori meeting children in Kotohena with the first…
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Sowing the Seeds of the Sciences "The eye that sees and the hand that obeys:• South Africa, 2006 Dramar:ic…
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Discovering the Universal Child (India) Adding to what has been mentioned on the Indian panel, the famed Gujarati educator…

NAMTA Journal 33/3 07 Experiences in Nature: Resolute Second-Plane Directions Toward Erdkinder

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book of Nnture Study (1911) is still in print today and is a great resource for teachers. 4 Both Professor Bailey's and…

NAMTA Journal 35/2 10 The Essential Montessori Math through the Years

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biology, geography. Evolution did not happen apart from the dynam- ics of the earth. Biological time is geological time. The…

NAMTA Journal 35/3 02 Montessori and the Building of Peace

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say that we have lived in peace and we have had a Lot of conflict. Peace is the capacity to face the conflicts, overcome the…

NAMTA Journal 35/3 05 Keys to Global Understanding: The Role of the Primary Environment

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the children in the class will know where the child is going in a short time. Parents of children in the class who are from a…

NAMTA Journal 35/3 13 Montessori Elementary Education: Pathways to Global Understanding

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able and efficient way of life. Through this endless work, human beings have become the creators of a supernature, that whi.ch…

NAMTA Journal 36/2 14 Chapter IV—Far from Italy: First Europe and then India

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Farji-om Italy: First Europe and then India 167 heard a word that was not the right one, and then smiled to him. As one…
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168 Par/ Tll'o - For a Science of 1he Formation of Man observations also concerned the relations between plants and…

NAMTA Journal 36/2 16 Bibliography

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Maria Montessori Through the Seasons of the "Method" 199 Montessori course of 1910 and the Children's…

NAMTA Journal 36/3 12 Personal Expression

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creating a self, an increasingly conscious self, acts of creation would seem natural, productive, and satisfying. Montessori…
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so emotional and confused at the time is an oversimplification of a deficiency we are all contributing to. Why did we stop…

NAMTA Journal 36/3 15 The Study of Human Progress and the Buildup of Civilization

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Responsible use of water is an example of an issue that is unit- ing the world. Post Oak adolescents addressed this issue on a…

NAMTA Journal 37/1 02 A Montessori National Curriculum

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Montessori National Curriculum for the Second Plane of Development from Six to Twelve Years The human story is one of constant…

NAMTA Journal 37/1 04 Montessori's Plan of Work and Study: An Explication

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An adolescent is forming new ideas and new ways to think that are not easily explained. 1t helps parents and educators to know…
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Montessori, Maria. "Dr. Montessori's Third Lecture Given at the Montessori Congress in Oxford, England, 1936.…

NAMTA Journal 37/1 05 Revolutions in Curriculum: Tenth Grade as a Turning Point and a Challenge at Montessori High School

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Now 12 says, for the betterment of society. The high school is the training ground for a scie11tia co11- at11rnlis, an exalted…

NAMTA Journal 37/2 09 An Adventure: the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd

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19. Maria Montessori, Autoeducazione (Milan: Garzanti, 1970), 83. (Translator's note: See note 3 above.) 20. Franz Marc…

NAMTA Journal 38/1 05 Exercises of Practical Life: 3 to 6 Compared to 6 to 12. Kodaikanal Advanced Course, India, 1943-44,…

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exercises of Practical life: 3 to 6 coMPared to 6 to 12 KodaiKanal advanced course, india, 1943-441 lecture 762 by Mario M.…

NAMTA Journal 38/1 09 The Kodaikanal Experience: Chapter I. Kahn-Wikramaratne Interview

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the KodaiKanal exPerience: chaPter i Kahn-wiKraMaratne interview The Kodaikanal years were from late 1942 to March, 1944, a…
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85 Kahn-Wikramaratne Interview • The Kodaikanal Experience students used to go away after the lecture; I would run up there…
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87 Kahn-Wikramaratne Interview • The Kodaikanal Experience WIKRAMARATNE: Yes. Kodaikanal was a place where English, American…
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88 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 38, No. 1 • Winter 2013 Kodaikanal. During the first two years with the chil- dren, we had made…
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89 Kahn-Wikramaratne Interview • The Kodaikanal Experience Watering, Bombay, India, 1940 let’s go for a ramble first and…

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