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Caitlin Atkinson
art gallery
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Caitlin
Atkinson grew up in a small isolated town in the foothills of
the Sierra Nevadas. She currently lives and works in San Francisco.
She received her arts education at the California College of
Arts in Oakland, California. In 2004, she was awarded the James
D. Phelan art award in photography. She has exhibited at Foley
Gallery, the Center for Photography at Woodstock, SF Camerawork
and Southern Exposure. |
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Kim Barke
essays
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Kim
Barke earned a PhD in Pharmacology and Toxicology from Albany
Medical College. She’s teaching online classes for Fisher
College and writing fiction and creative nonfiction, after working
as a research scientist and medical writer for 15 years. An
essay of hers was published by CommonDreams.org, and a poem
appeared in the multimedia exhibit "Women’s Work,"
at Time and Space Limited. She was recently awarded a John Woods
Scholarship for the Prague Summer Program, where she’ll
be completing a memoir about her experiences searching for her
birth parents, who met in Beirut in the 1960s. |
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Rob Bass
fiction
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Rob
and his wife just moved to Austin where he writes novels and
comic book scripts and songs and shorts like these as fast as
he can, with brief occasional pauses to seek out more traditional
forms of employment. |
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Bill Bilodeau
columns
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Bill is the editor of a small daily newspaper in New Hampshire.
He studied creative writing at Harvard and is currently at
work on a novel. He is married... with children.
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Joan Bowman
reviews
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Joan Bowman has lived in Short Hills, NJ, 20 miles due west
of Manhattan, since 1960 — where she has raised five
sons and one daughter, now ages 51 to 34. She graduated from
Smith College in 1954 with honors in English. An interior
designer for the past 30 years, she has worked with clients
in New Jersey, New York City, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Vermont,
North Carolina and Florida, and has also written a weekly
column on the secrets of successful home design for a local
newspaper. She spends every July entertaining family and friends
on Martha’s Vineyard, where her essays have appeared
in the Vineyard Gazette. In May of 2005, at age 72, she received
her MFA in Writing from Sarah Lawrence College, and is presently
working on a childhood memoir, "The Power of the Place."
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Brandon Cole
Fiction
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Brandon
Cole has written, co-written, produced, or directed five feature
films, most recently 13 MOONS, co-written and directed by Alexandre
Rockwell, that stars Steve Buscemi, David Proval, Peter Dinklage
and Jennifer Beals. His other film credits include MAC and ILLUMINATA,
co-written and directed by John Turturro; OK GARAGE, which he
wrote and directed, which starred Lili Taylor, John Turturro
and Will Patton; and SONS, co-written and directed by Alexandre
Rockwell. MAC won the Camera D’Or at the 1992 Cannes Film
Festival. OK GARAGE was awarded best screenplay at the 1998
Avignon, France, Film Festival. The Difficult Ones is
his second novel. |
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C.H. Coleman
poetry
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C.H.
Coleman lives with his ten-year old son in Hanover, NH, and
works in Alumni Relations at Dartmouth College. His writing
has appeared in "Uno Mas", the "Takoma Voice",
the "Washington, DC, City Paper" and the "Mass
Ave Review" - all Washington, DC, area publications - and
has also appeared online in "Wilmington Blues", "StoryBytes",
"Ducts.org" and "Fresh!". Currently, his
short story "Hitting the Jersey Wall" appears on "Blue
Almonds", another online literary magazine. |
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Mike Dressel
fiction
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In
addition to writing essays, Mike Dressel is the author of the
play Heretic Love, which made its premiere at the Philadelphia
Fringe Festival and will receive a production in New York this
summer. His essay "My First Casualty" was recently published
on the website Mr. Beller's Neighborhood (www.mrbellersneighborhood.com).
He contributes freelance music and bar reviews to various publications,
in addition to writing songs and performing with his band Barelylegal
Tender. |
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Loriann Fell
poetry
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Loriann Fell worked as a journalist and free-lance writer
for a decade before earning an M.A. in English - Creative
Writing from Rutgers University. Her reviews, articles, and
essays have appeared in Nouveau magazine, The New York Times,
and Mademoiselle. She teaches in the Writing Arts Department
at Rowan University in Glassboro, NJ and teaches Memoir and
Playwriting in the Rutgers University Continuing Education
program.
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Jennifer H. Fortin
columns
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Jennifer
H. Fortin grew up in Gaithersburg, Md., and went on to major
in English and Art at Goucher College. She writes extensively
and has literary and poetic work printed in a number of publications.
Fortin served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Primary Education
(Bulgaria, 2004-2006), and she will excitedly pursue an MFA
in Poetry at the New School, in New York City, beginning Fall
2006. |
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Doug Garr
memoirs
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Doug Garr is a journalist and author of most recently, "IBM
Redux: Lou Gerstner and the Business Turnaround of the Decade,"
a business narrative of a corporate icon under siege. He was
a sky diver for 14 years and a D license holder, signifying
expert parachutist. The Pucker Factor is excerpted from his
memoir, "Between Heaven and Earth."
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Mark Goldblatt
reviews
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Mark
Goldblatt is an assistant professor in the School of Liberal
Arts at the Fashion Institute of Technology of the State University
of New York. He writes regularly for National Review, the American
Spectator and the New York Post. His novel, Africa Speaks, a
satire of black urban culture, was published in 2002. |
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Brady Golden
fiction
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Brady
Golden holds an MFA from the University of San Francisco. He
currently resides in a studio apartment in Oakland, CA, with
a TIVO which automatically records nothing but MythBusters and
zombie movies. He would like a puppy. |
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Mindy Greenstein
essays
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Mindy Greenstein first started writing as a child, but didn't
pursue it as a career because she thought, "from this you
could make a living?" She became a Clinical Psychologist and
Psycho-oncologist instead, but realized through her experiences
with her patients how much she wanted to write again. She
has previously been published in Ducts.org, (The Clock on
the Wall,) and she lives with her husband and two sons in
New York City.
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T.R. Healy
reviews
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T. R. Healy was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest,
and his essays have appeared in such publications as Appalachia,
Bone and Flesh, Commonweal, and Palo Alto Review.
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Sarah Iverson
essay
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Sarah Iverson was born in Brenham, Texas, a town famous for
ice cream and miniature horses (www.bluebell.com,
www.monasteryminiaturehorses.com).
She has worked as a chef, yoga teacher, hedge fund recruiter,
sperm lab technician, personal trainer, calculus tutor, and
wine importer, and she was a New York City Golden Gloves boxing
champion.
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Kuniko Katz
memoirs
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Kuniko Katz was born in Japan. She received her B.A. in Japanese
Literature from Antioch College and her M.F.A. in Writing
from Sarah Lawrence College. She is currently writing a memoir,
entitled "Funny, You Don't Look Jewish."
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Jim Kober
poetry
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Jim Kober has been published. Jim Kober wears a skull ring
on his pointer finger. When bickering with his girlfriend
their rebound time is incredible. He has affection for his
enemies and makes a living in Tucson, AZ.
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Marge Lurie
fiction
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Marge
Lurie lives and works in lower Manhattan. She does her food
shopping at the Chelsea Market. She earned her B.A. in philosophy
from Barnard College and her M.F.A. in writing from the New
School for Social Research. Her work can also be found online
at www.fictionwarehouse.com;
www.pindeldyboz.com;
and www.ducts.org. |
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Benjamin Malcolm
columns
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Benjamin Malcolm focuses mainly on intercultural themes
in his writing, and has been at various times a weekly newspaper
journalist, Peace Corps volunteer, Thai university professor,
semester abroad leader, refugee camp volunteer, "international
development associate," and freelance writer. He has
lived over six years in Thailand and in four out of the six
states in New England. His work has appeared in the Thai national
newspaper the Nation; U.S. and Thai-based periodicals including
Bates Magazine, Thailand Magazine, Chiang Mai Citylife, Tropical
Living, Lifestyle + Travel; and the online publications ThingsAsian.com
and PopPolitics.com. He now lives with his wife Supalak in
Burlington, Vermont.
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Michael
McWey
humor
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Michael's
fiction and humor have appeared in REDBOOK, SEVENTEEN, WOMAN,
SATIRE, YM, ROSEBUD, NUTHOUSE, SPECIAL REPORT, CRESCENT REVIEW,
PORTLAND REVIEW and several other magazines, as well as in the
last issue of ENIGMA and this spring's issue of THE ARMCHAIR
AESTHETE. His work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and
has twice been nominated for the National Magazine Award. |
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Logan Newby
fiction
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Logan lives in Owensboro, Kentucky and enjoys writing. He's
also in a band called Miss Umbrella.
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Catherine Pearson
fiction |
Catherine
currently lives in New York and will graduate this May from
New York University with a BA in English and Art History and
a minor in Creative Writing. Upon graduation, she is eager to
pursue a career in the editorial side of a good magazine. |
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Helen Rafferty
columns
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Brooklyn
born and bred, Helen Rafferty now resides in beautiful Mamaroneck,
New York with her husband and three daughters. Her short stories
have appeared in journals such as Lynx Eye, Sanskrit and Studio
One. Helen's essays chronicle the heinous crimes of her youth
and her subsequent cruel banishment to the suburbs. This ability
to see high drama in the most mundane circumstances has led
to a reporting job for her local newspaper. |
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Johanna Randall Reed
fiction
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Johanna's fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in Nerve
Cowboy, Snow Monkey, phirebrush, and Hothouse. She is preparing
to get a degree in astrophysics, and likes to watch old films
on Friday mornings, at sunrise.
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Suzanne Scarfone
poetry
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Suzanne Scarfone's poems have most recently appeared in Phoebe:
A Journal of Feminist Scholarship, Cider Press Review, Earth's
Daughters, and Natural Bridge: A Journal of Contemporary Literature.
As editor through InsideOut Literary Arts Project, her publications
include Shimmering Stars, volumes 1-3, Welcome to the Poetry
Palace, volumes 1-4, and The World through Our Eyes, vol.
4. She has produced two music and poetry compact discs The
Poetry Harmonium and Arts at an Exhibition in collaboration
with composer Christian Kreipke and poets Carol Carpenter
and Anca Vlasopolos. She has recently received two poetry
awards from the Wayne County Council for Arts, History, and
Humanities; presented Fine Arts symposiums for the Michigan
Department of Education and the Schools for the 21st Century;
served as poetry judge for various associations, including
the VSA arts, an international organization which promotes
children with disabilities; developed a painting and music
curriculum for emotionally impaired children; and written
several children's plays in conjunction with Igor Gorzman
of the Detroit Puppet theater and Dr. Terry Blackhawk of InsideOut
Literary Arts. Scarfone and poet Anca Vlasopolos have a forthcoming
chapbook entitled Double Sight: A Collection of Alternating,
Paired Poems
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Len Sousa
humor
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Len
is a freelance writer whose work has previously appeared in
issues of The New Republic, The Mercury, Perihelion, The Alembic,
Perigee, Gangsters In Concrete, and other sundry publications.
He attended Bard College in New York before attending Emerson
in Boston, where he received a BFA in writing and literature.
(www.len-sousa.com)
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Sunsh Stein
memoir
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Sunsh lives in New York City, but has one foot out the door.
She's a freelance writer with a master's degree in journalism
and a day job as a patient advocate. She was recently called
an "advanced hippie." |
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Zoe Strauss
art gallery
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Zoe
Strauss is a Philadelphia-based photographer and the Executive
Director of the Philadelphia Public Art Project. Strauss' work
has appeared in exhibitions at the Whitney Museum of Art, Institute
of Contemporary Art (Philadelphia), Arcadia University Art Gallery
and the Indianapolis Installation Festival. She has served as
a Leeway Foundation Advisory Committee member, and as a teaching
artist at the Rosenbach Museum and Library in Philadelphia.
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Christina Vassalo
art gallery
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By
day, Christina Vassalo is a researcher and writer at a
nineteenth-century American art gallery. By night, she is a
master's candidate at NYU's Steinhardt School of Education.
At dusk and dawn, she is an independent curator and an art writer
for publications including Ducts.org and NY Arts Magazine. When
she's not conducting studio visits, she is talking about art
with her friends, most of whom are artists. |
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Richard Willis
memoirs
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Richard
grew up on a farm near Marengo, Iowa. He is both an actor and
a teacher. After receiving his Ph.D. at Northwestern University,
he taught and directed there for three years, and later at Lewis
& Clark College where he was chairman of the Department
of Theatre. He has been active as a member of Actor's Equity,
the Screen Actor's Guild, and the American Federation of Radio
and Television Artists for over twenty years. He is published
in New Author's Journal, Words of Wisdom, Red Wheelbarrow, Phantasmagoria,
and Iconoclast. He and his wife, Linda Barry, live in New York
City |
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Helen Zelon
memoirs
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Helen's writing has appeared in The New York Times, Cosmopolitan,
Family Circle, Brooklyn Bridge and Scientific American: Explorations.
A proud booster of her adopted hometown (New York), she is
a nonfiction contributor to Totally Brooklyn.
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Jonathan
Kravetz
editor
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Jonathan is best known for his ability to scratch his forehead
and squint his eyes simultaneously . He is a writer, editor
and some time trumpet player who spends too much time reading
long feature stories on the world wide web. He is a co-founder
of ducts and founder of the New York based reading
series, Trumpet Fiction, held each month at KGB Bar in the
east village. He has studied writing with a number of teachers
in New York, including Alice Eliot Dark (fiction), the late
Fred Hudson (screenwriting) and Alison Estes (children’s
fiction) and has held a number of odd jobs, including news
reporter, taxi cab driver, projectionist and ducts installer
(hmmmm). He currently works as a computer consultant. He has
recently taken up improv comedy classes with the Upright Citizen’s
Brigade Theater of NYC as a way to discover finer and more
glorious ways of embarrassing himself on a weekly basis.
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Philip
Shane
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Philip is a freelance film editor and co-founder of ducts.org.
His programs have appeared on PBS, ABC, Cinemax, Lifetime
Television, The Learning Channel, and in theaters and film
festivals around the world. He lives in New York with his
wife Julie.
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Sharon Gurwitz
treasurer
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Daniel
McCoy
humor editor
humor contributor
illustrator
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Dan was a writer for the late, lamented live talk show Sara
Schaefer is Obsessed With You (Back Stage "Best Bet" 2005,
Emerging Comics of NY Winner, NY Post Hot List, etc). He was
also a regular contributor to NYC's late, lamented humor magazine,
Jest. He assures you that he had nothing to do with either
of those things being late and lamented. His sketches have
been performed on the Seattle public radio program, Rewind,
and NPR's Morning Edition, and he is currently one of the
writers for the Internet comedy series Captains in Space.
You can read about his current projects and performances at
his online calendar, Whither Laffs. Although unemployed in
the traditional sense, Dan has countless temp jobs to his
credit, and the bank account to prove it. He lives in Brooklyn
with his wife and cat, both of whom hate mice.
Sara
Schaefer
Captains
in Space
Whither
Laffs
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Anne
Mironchik
assistant
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Anne, although a fine treasurer, is much more renowned for
her songwriting, which reaches back to capture the classic
brilliance of favorite hits by Carole King and Laura Nyro.
She blurs the lines between jazz, country, rock and R&B,
weaving melody and rhythm together in masterful ways. Her
rich alto voice leads listeners from one genre to another
as she explores the struggles, loves, fears and joys of everyday
heroes. When she’s not writing great music, Anne is busy
crunching numbers for ducts! Anne’s new CD "Find Me"
is now available and can be found at www.annemironchik.com.
4newsongs@earthlink.net
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Cindy Moore
art gallery editor
art gallery |
Cindy is a Brooklyn-based painter and aquaphile. She currently
teaches art and art history at the College of New Rochelle,
Caldwell College, and Mercer County College. Her current work
on paper can be seen at Streits Flat Files in the Lower East
Side. Recent exhibitions include Girl Art Now (RI,) Pencil on
Glass (CA,) and Connections (NJ.) |
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Jenah Lauren Pelley
Illustrator
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Jennifer is a recent graduate of the School of Visual Arts in
New York City. She is an actress and director. |
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Charles
Salzberg
essays, criticism and reviews editor
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Charles is a New York based freelance writer and teacher.
He has published a wide variety of fiction and nonfiction
books. His writing has appeared in the New York Times Arts
& Leisure section, Redbook, New York Magazine, Travel
& Leisure and many others.
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Tim
Tomlinson
fiction editor
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Tim’s fiction has appeared in The Missouri Review, North
American Review, Libido, and elsewhere. He's published haiku
in Modern Haiku, Time Haiku, and Black Bough. He's an occasional
journalist, and a full time teacher, working at both NYU and
the New York Writers Workshop.
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Ryan Van
Winkle
poetry editor
Best of
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Ryan Van Winkle would not like to be considered a poet. He
says sometimes "I can kill a poem if I have to."
He thinks this makes him sound like Mr. Miagi from The Karate
Kid. Mr. Van Winkle has had poems published in a bunch of
small magazines you have never heard of including: Small Fry,
Submit and CIA Nights. His journalism has appeared in The
Boston Globe, The Sunday Herald and Black and White Magazine.
He burns himself a lot and is the founder of a popular cinema-going
club.
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