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Pastiche at Squidoo, a Giant Squid Lensography

This lensography features lenses on Squidoo by Pastiche - that's me. My newest lenses appear at the beginning of this lens - with more than 150 lenses in my Squidoo portfolio, this will help you find and visit my latest and greatest work. If you join my fan club you'll get a Squidcast heads-up when I update one of your favorites.

I'm totally tangled in the Squidoo tentacles and working hard on my lenses every day. I blog about Squidoo - you can view my Squidoo stats, find online marketing tips, links to SEO utilities, and my favorite Squidoo-related sites and lots more that's related to my Squidoo universe.

Lensmasters get rewarded for writing Squidoo lenses - web pages that focus on a single topic. You write about what you know and like, and you share your knowledge as a Squidoo community member. It was almost by accident that my life took this wonderful turn - in fact my meeting with the unnamed orange monocular was pure serendipity and it was love at first lens.

I am completely addicted to Squidoo and happy to spread the word about that experience. I joined Squidoo on August 12, 2007 and in my first year built more than 50 lenses about topics I like. I achieved Giant Squid status before my first SquidVersary, on Giant Squid July 1, 2008. I was honored to be nominated for a 2008 Giant Squid Award in the Squidoo Lensography category - for this lensography - and I was accepted into the Squidoo Giant Squid 100 club in June, 2009. My 100th lens is about Woodstock (the 40th anniversary of Woodstock Peace and Art Festival was celebrated in August, 2009).

Join Squidoo and you can become a Giant Squid, too. It's free and easy to sign up and become a lensmaster - click here to start - you'll love it!

My 15 Newest Lenses

This is what I've been writing about most recently here on Squidoo.

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Giant Accomplishments

I'm a Giant Squid - and a Member of the Giant 100 Club

I'm a member of the Giant Squid 100 club - I've built more than 100 high-quality lenses right here on Squidoo. I'm trying to reach 250 lenses by August, 2012. In October, 2010 I had completed more than 160 lenses and I hit the 200 lens marker in August 2011.

Angel Wings for Pastiche at Squidoo

October, 2010 - My First Squid Angel Tour of Duty

Squidoo Angel Wings - Squid Angel Blessing graphicAfter my 3rd year anniversary as a lensmaster, I signed up as a volunteer to participate on the Squid Angel team. In October, 2010, I started a one month session of reviewing lenses and awarding uplifts (or dings, in the case of spam lenses) to lenses in the Squidoo community.

In February I volunteered for angel duty again. This tour of duty includes two specific neighborhoods - I fly around mainly in the Coloring Books and Clip Art subtopics looking for great lenses to bless.

Purple Star Lenses

purple starAt the beginning of the Purple Star Program, only Giant Squids were eligible to earn a special excellence award, a Purple Star, for superb lenses. Now the program has opened up to all lensmasters, and nominations are accepted from everyone. Sometimes a Purple Star winner gets the chance to award a Purple Star - that's pretty cool. I've had that honor, and it was awesome.

More than a dozen of my lenses have earned a Purple Star Award. Here are some of my favorites wearing a purple star.

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Lens Features Category Index - Quick Jump List

Click a link to see a list of lenses in each category below

How I Fell In Love With Squidoo

Do I love Squidoo? Oh yes, I do.

Here's the short version of how I became a Squidoo lensmaster (and grew into a GIANT SQUID).

I'm a geeky grandma who makes clip art, writes freelance articles, and thrives on web marketing. I was reading my server logs like a good SEO code warrior one day when I spotted some traffic that originated from a Squidoo lens. Now, I've been building web sites since 1996, so I'm familiar with most of the usual traffic origins for my web sites and (more recently) my blogs.

Well, after I landed on the referral page, I was impressed, so I checked out the system and tested the Squidoo community waters as a newbie lensmaster. After only a few weeks I got caught up in the whole Squidoo community like, well, like a hooked fish. In just over year I've built more than 70 Squidoo lenses on topics that interest me.

OK! I admit it! I'm addicted to Squidoo. It's a far worse compulsion than my lifelong love for caffeine and chocolate. But it's a lot easier to manage my growing school of lenses than it is to manage 4 big web sites on 2 web servers (not to mention more cost-effective) and a dozen or more blogs.

Sampler: 5 Lenses by Pastiche

I write about many different things - sometimes I get an idea from a news story,but mostly I write about what I'm interested in or want to learn about a bit more. Here's a sample of the topics I've researched to create Squidoo lenses.
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A Pastiche of Lenses

An eclectic selection of my wide interests

These lenses could use a look me over and a rating and/or a comment if you please ... to get them off to a good start in the giant Squidoo sea of information.
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Pets and Animals

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Gardening and Garden Crafts

Gardening, landscape design, plants and garden crafts lenses.
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Fabulous Foods & Recipes

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Peace Lenses

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Holiday Graphics Lenses

Holiday pictures are my favorite

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Patriotic Holidays & Themes

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Valentine's Day

Valentine Crafts, Valentine Cards, Valentine Clip Art, Valentine Coloring

I <3 Valentine's Day ... it shows in these crafty Valentine lenses.
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St. Patrick's Day

I'm a wee bit Irish, and I love St. Patrick's Day crafts.
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Fiesta & Cinco de Mayo

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Easter Fun for Everyone

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Halloween

Halloween crafts, knit and crochet masks and decorations, Trick or Treat coloring, clip art and Halloween printables.
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Thanksgiving Lenses

Thanksgiving crafts, decorating, recipes and more.
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Christmas Lenses

Celebrating the Christmas season with ideas for traditional and contemporary holiday gatherings, green living, easy on the budget crafts and decorations and delicious cookies and Christmas treats. Christmas printables, clip art and coloring pages for adults and children.
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More Holiday Arts and Crafts Fun

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Graphic Design & Digital Art

Digital Design, Printing, Web Sites

I write about what I know - graphic design, printing and web stuff.
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Clip Art Theme Collections

Where can you find free graphics? I'll show you ...

Special clip art collections are hard to find. I've done hours of research to locate the best graphics on the most in-demand clip art topics.
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Pastiche Visual Tag Map - Wordle 

Parent and Teacher Resources

I'm a parent and a grandparent, and my most popular web site is about family living. These lenses cover topics from the most popular content sections on Pastiche Family Portal.
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Arts and Crafts

Everybody loves holidays, and crafts are a natural passion for holiday fun. Here are a few of my holiday crafts lenses.
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Clip Art, Paper Crafts, Coloring Sheets Blog Candy

I'm out there blogging on my favorite topics!

I blog about my favorite topics - clip art and paper crafts, coloring pages, my Squidoo stats and lens making experiences, and yes, even about my family complete with photos.

Paper Crafts and Clip Art Blogs
Pastiche Printables - weekly craft printables blog from the Family Portal

Picture THIS - free graphics blog, new original clip art resources every week

Paper Crafts and Printables - crafts for classroom arts and crafts, home, church or club fun. How-to make your own crafts using free clip art, plus free graphics and paper crafts printables.

Masquerade Instant Masks - quick and easy masks to make from paper, fabric or recycled materials

Coloring Book Blogs
Coloring Book Pages Blog - free outline art for everyone, updates weekly

Coloring Fun for Kids and Grownups - projects and patterns for coloring page crafts; ideas for making stuff from coloring pictures

Adult Coloring Fun - complex pictures, mandala designs, detailed drawings with pictures that appeal to adults or older children (G-rated)

Squidoo Stuff
Squidoo's Geek Grrl - my weekly best lens stats, technical and marketing insight, Squidoo musings by Pastiche

Hansen Family Blog
Hansen Family Chronicles - general journal of my extended family and daily journal of travels, thoughts, opinions and what not

Paper Crafts & Printables

I'm also addicted to paper crafts ...

I love to design crafts and printables using my own original clip art. I've found thousands of free resources during my own craft research, and I share them in these paper craft and printable craft lenses.
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Coloring Book Theme Collections

Special coloring fun for grownups and kids

Coloring pages are the most popular topic I write about - kids love to color, but many adults enjoy coloring books and coloring pages.
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Holiday Coloring Books and Coloring Crafts

I draw pictures all day long. Some of them I make into coloring sheets.

My life is images, and I use the computer to create artwork. Much of what I draw becomes clip art and my favorite ideas get turned into coloring pages.
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Home Sweet Home, Apartment, Condo or Flat

Building, managing and decorating your personal space

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Pastiche is a Rocket Mom

I was a member of the first session

Pastiche (Lee Hansen) is a Squidoo Rocket MomI'm a Squidoo Rocket Mom lensmaster. Rocket Moms are the smartest women on the web, and we have our own special lens template.

Pennsylvania Travel,Tourism & City Guides

I lived most of my life in New England, but for the past 10 years I've lived near the Amish country in southern Pennsylvania.
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Politics and Social Issues

Political topics, health issues, current events

These are my Squidoo lenses that focus on social issues. I invite you to visit these lenses, and to leave comments in the guestbook, lensroll to your related topics or favorite them if they mesh with your interests.
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Graphic Goodies Referenda

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Day Tripper and Leisure Time Lenses

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Costumes, Sixties Art, Vermont Horse Training

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Squidoo Insider - More About Pastiche

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My Web Work Profile

I'm a 20th Century G33k Grrl - web designer since 1995

I've designed, coded and managed daily updates and marketing for hundreds of web sites since 1995. I learned the basics from 2 technical publishing pioneers - Patti Anklam, who mentored me in generic markup/SGML/SDML, TeX programming and distributed publishing at Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) between 1981 and 1988; and Nancy Hoft, who gave me a one-on-one Q&D tutorial in HTML, information design and web site architecture in 1995.

The short list of my most active web sites:

Lee Hansen Graphics Original free clip art and coloring books from my drawing sandbox. I explore new ideas and drawings on this site before I make them into commercial graphics and craft patterns.

Pastiche Family Portal My biggest web site, both in terms of content and traffic, this site attracts more than 21,000 unique visitors every day.

Clip Art 'n Crafts Printable crafts, clip art collections, folding papers, borders and backgrounds plus fonts and other goodies for free download. This site offers samples of free paper crafts plus graphics and goodies to go with them: fonts, borders, backgrounds and coloring pages, including coloring designs for adults.

Blue Stone Studios Marketing, graphic design, fine arts collective conglomeration featuring work by members of my creative extended family. This 2001 site layout design pioneered fixed-width layout and controlled columns, a tactic employed today by many blogs and Web 2.0 site templates. Watch for a complete redesign in 2009 .

Senior Geek Squids

I manage this group of 50-plus lensmasters

What's a Squidoo's Senior Geek Squid?

We are the creative, inquisitive, inventive computer jockeys born before the middle of the last century, the senior somewhat geeky Squids who use technology in a practical or fun way. Anyone over 50 who's built at least one lens qualifies for membership in Squidoo's Senior Geek Squids group.

My Top 10 Most Popular Lenses

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Meet the Lensmaster

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Lenses About Me

My funny hats, my funky fashions, my favorite stuff ...

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Pastiche's Lensographies

If you're looking for specific topics I write about, check out these lensography collections of my lenses about clip art, coloring books, crafts for kids and Rocket Mom lenses.
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Web-O-Matica - How to Design, Build, Manage Your Own Web Site

Learn the ropes of web publishing without getting hung up

It's a lot easier to be a web designer/developer than it was in 1994.
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Nature Lenses

To get myself out of Winter doldrums, I sorted through many photographs of birds and flowers and gardens to create this group of Nature Lenses. Some feature my photos of plants, animals and insect - others are coloring book lenses with nature themes. Think Spring!
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Pastiche Ramblings, Roamings, Writings - Subscribe or Snag a Link

I blog about clip art, coloring pages, paper crafts and family life - here are a few places you can find my work and favorite links:

My Google Reader Page

Pastiche Family Paper Crafts Blog

My Squidoo Blog

Senior Geek Squids Group - experienced, boomers, grandparents but definitely not OLD

Do I Know You? Should I?

Recognize me or my work? Or just stop in to say hi ...

This is my Squidoo lensography and it's a work in progress because I'm always creating new lenses.

You can read my profile or visit Who is Lee Hansen to learn more about me.

  • girlfriendfactory Feb 2, 2012 @ 2:02 pm | delete
    You are just full of Squidoo goodness, aren't ya!? Another Flyby on the list at Flyby Wingings! They may call me (ots of weird names) an aimless wanderer, but not all who (have names are weird except that I really am, so yeah, um, sure, whatever...I think I need to eat) wander are aimless, and I'm wandering off to find food. ;)~Ren
  • adiva Jan 7, 2012 @ 11:20 pm | delete
    nice blog
  • TheGourmetCoffeeGuy Dec 15, 2011 @ 1:14 am | delete
    Very cool! Thank you for your dedication and great ideas, quite inspirational.
  • yano_jl Nov 3, 2011 @ 2:13 pm | delete
    Just saying "hi" and "Thank you" for the advice. You are the proof I was looking for: that if I work at my lenses, like you do, the results will follow. Keep up the good work!
  • LaurenIM Oct 6, 2011 @ 2:06 am | delete
    Holey moley, you sure have done a lot Pastiche. I'm a little overwhelmed and motivated by this lensography.
  • RichardMillner Oct 3, 2011 @ 6:47 pm | delete
    Great site and information
  • ColorPetGifts Aug 11, 2011 @ 4:46 pm | delete
    You are such a wonderful example of a Giant Squid - thanks for all you do and keep up the awesome work. You lead the way :)
  • glenanail Jun 16, 2011 @ 5:31 pm | delete
    Im a fan, have a look at my arsenal as well...
  • tssfacts Mar 2, 2011 @ 1:48 pm | delete
    What a great collection of articles. I will be coming back to read more of them. Blessed by the SquidAngel of Lensographies. You are featured on SquidAngel of Lensographies.
  • spider-girl Feb 26, 2011 @ 12:11 pm | delete
    Just amazing!
  • kt_glasses Jan 18, 2011 @ 9:30 pm | delete
    you've made some great lenses!
  • puerdycat Jan 6, 2011 @ 6:48 pm | delete
    I love visiting you!
  • malloryjane Dec 21, 2010 @ 7:40 am | delete
    Wow, congratulations on all of your successes. They're well deserved and definitely give people who are just starting out something to shoot for!
  • Margo_Arrowsmith Nov 29, 2010 @ 5:59 pm | delete
    Great lensography!
  • mcochs Nov 29, 2010 @ 8:05 am | delete
    I really wish I were as talented as you are! Another nice lens.I'm definately a fan!
  • MissMerFaery Oct 20, 2010 @ 12:50 pm | delete
    So many great lenses! Very inspiring. I look forward to reading these and more!
  • greenspirit Oct 9, 2010 @ 3:10 pm | delete
    Hallo pastiche, thank you for blessing my lens. I have just made a lens to say thank you to all you angels and have listed this lens there.
  • SemperFidelis Oct 8, 2010 @ 6:24 am | delete
    Yikes! You've been busy Pastiche. Congrats on being a new SquidAngel. ~ Colleen :)
  • kajohu Aug 25, 2010 @ 11:01 am | delete
    Hi Pastiche! I was browsing through a couple of your nature lenses, but I also just found your fairy coloring pages lens, and thought it was delightful :-) Our neighbors' young daughter loves all things about fairies, so I'll pass along the link to them. (She looks like a little pixie herself -- white blond hair and a cute impish face).
  • WebSpinstress Aug 12, 2010 @ 12:52 pm | delete
    Happy 3rd Squidversary! May you have many more squid years of creative coloring and printable fun - for everyone to swim around, over, under, and through...exploring all the crafty treasures you offer here in the vast sea of Squidoo. :-)
  • drs2biz Jul 25, 2010 @ 9:26 am | delete
    A great lensography, Pastiche. There's plenty of content here to keep anyone interested and occupied for ages. Thumbs up and lensrolled to my own lensography. Now, I think I'll mosey on over to those new lenses of yours...
  • Prosperity09 Jun 25, 2010 @ 6:02 am | delete
    Great lens, very informative and inviting.
  • Momsbusy247 May 12, 2010 @ 3:11 pm | delete
    You Rock!!! I can only aspire to be like you
  • Gloriousconfusion Mar 16, 2010 @ 5:00 am | delete
    So much to explore and go back to - you are certainly a busy little grandma, aren't you? Lensrolled it to my lens Computer Problems - a Day in my Life. And favorited - lots of things I will use and learn from - thank you so much!
  • MarcMooney Jan 13, 2010 @ 1:58 pm | delete
    Just popped by to find out more about you, Lee this is AMAZING! I know this has been said before but this is what I like so much about Squidoo, and that is you find some great people here, real people with real stories, thanks for showing me how this is done. When I find the time to do mine this will be my main point of reference, Thanks your FAN! Mark
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Pastiche's Blog Post Highlights

Clip Art - Coloring Pages - Paper Crafts

If you're looking for crafts, printables or clip art for kids or adults, visit my blogs!
May 29, 2012 @ 7:35 pmFantastic Fish Coloring Design from Adult Coloring Books & Designs
Suggestive of Escher drawings, this fantastic fish coloring page is a pattern you'll use for crafts or relaxation. Nine fancy koi fish in a symmetrical arrangement form the school of fantasy fish d...
May 29, 2012 @ 5:05 pmPencil by Number - Color by Number from Free Coloring Book Pages
Color by number is so much fun for kids and adults - I learned to paint as a child using paint by number kids. Today you can find pencil by number kits for all ages, paint number in oils, acrylic...
May 26, 2012 @ 7:30 amDaddy Love Coloring Page from Free Coloring Book Pages
Heart Belongs to Daddy A sentimental bubble letter design to use as a coloring page or craft pattern, My heart belongs to Daddy is a new printable in the Clip Art 'n Crafts free collection of col...
May 18, 2012 @ 7:30 amFishy Coloring Poster from Free Coloring Book Pages
Coy Koi Coloring Poster I'm a Pisces, and this is my favorite fish design. Now it's a poster with 9 - count 'em 9 fabulous finny fish to color. This koi design is a bit challenging for children b...
May 14, 2012 @ 4:39 pmTop 10 Coloring Pages This Week from Free Coloring Book Pages
Coloring Pages for AdultsAdult coloring pages for grownup coloring and older kids who enjoy coloring. Peace Coloring - The Color of PeaceTeach peace with peace coloring pages. Mothers Day Colorin...
May 10, 2012 @ 8:53 pmFlowers for Mom Coloring Page from Free Coloring Book Pages
Mom's Garden Coloring Page Pick some tulips from the garden and color them in for Mom this Mother's Day. Here's a brand new, just-off-the-the-drawing-board printable flower garden and picket fen...
May 6, 2012 @ 10:09 pmHawaiian Flower Letter Paper from Pastiche Craft Printables
Hawaii Flower Letter PaperJust in time for tropical vacation scrapping or luau party games - printable  Hawaiian hibiscus flower border paper with lines.Use this paper for crafts, scrapbook pages...
May 3, 2012 @ 7:56 amCelebrate Spring - Butterfly Poster from Adult Coloring Books & Designs
Nature Coloring Poster: Butterflies The latest addition to complex coloring pages for adults at LeeHansen.com is this detailed butterflies coloring poster. Lee is starting to publish her new sprin...
May 2, 2012 @ 10:00 amBeautiful Butterfly Coloring Page from Free Coloring Book Pages
Fancy Butterfly Coloring Page Brand new butterfly coloring page at LeeHansen.com, just in time for spring coloring and crafts. The site added a new Nature Coloring Pages section this week to cele...
Apr 17, 2012 @ 7:00 amSpring Flowers Coloring Border Paper with Lines from Free Coloring Book Pages
 Tulips Letter Paper with Lines What a fun spring printable to write letters, poetry or make lists. Coloring in the tulips border is only half the fun with this printable flowers coloring s...
Apr 5, 2012 @ 9:00 amMandala Design T-Shirt Ready to Color from Free Coloring Book Pages
Coloring Fun - Mandala 1 by karanta is ready to color in with Fine Point Fabric Markers or just leave it as is for a more subtle look.
Mar 30, 2012 @ 11:00 amNew England Classic: Lobster from Adult Coloring Books & Designs
Lobster Coloring Page or Digital Stamp My roots are in New England, by the coast, and I love lobster (LOBSTAH as they say in Boston).  Here's a picture of my favorite crustacean you can use as a...
Mar 28, 2012 @ 9:19 pmEaster Bunny Letter Paper from Crafty Chick-Free Clip Art and Printable Paper Crafts
Easter Bunny Border Paper Here comes Peter Cottontail, hopping through the grass ... printable Happy Easter letter paper with a bunny and grass border is perfect for writing letters to or from th...
Mar 28, 2012 @ 6:38 pmJapanese Fan Coloring Page or Digital Stamp from Adult Coloring Books & Designs
Japanese Fan Coloring Page I visited Japan about 17 years ago, and I brought home a few traditional items from local markets as my souvenirs. I have a lovely set of rice bowls and chopsticks from a...
Mar 26, 2012 @ 9:00 amSunflower Adult Coloring Page from Adult Coloring Books & Designs
Giant Sunflower Coloring Page Nothing brings more cheer to me than a big yellow sunflower. Here's a great sunflower coloring page that's just waiting for some color and detailing. This will make a...

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