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HelpAE's Adoption Congrats-0
Welcome to my new Adoption Congrats, round 0. I'll be posting six more rounds, one or two per week. This round is the sign-ups. Fill out the form below in as much or as little detail as you choose. Unfortunately, I will limit sign-ups to fifteen in order to make this more manageable. If you have any questions, feel free to post them below or look at my example post.
Family information:
SO1:
SO2:
Location:
Describe their naming style: (Do you prefer unusual names? Do you plan to keep any birth names? How many middle names do you use?)
Additional Family Information:
Adoption information:
1) Age ranges? (If you plan to adopt older children, will you take pregnant teens or teen parents?)
2) Adoption locations?
3) Multiples? (Twins? Triplets?)
4) Health issues?
5) Languages? Religions?
6) Biological children?
7) Gender Preference?
8) Other? (Any information that doesn't fit above)
Family information:
SO1:
SO2:
Location:
Describe their naming style: (Do you prefer unusual names? Do you plan to keep any birth names? How many middle names do you use?)
Additional Family Information:
Adoption information:
1) Age ranges? (If you plan to adopt older children, will you take pregnant teens or teen parents?)
2) Adoption locations?
3) Multiples? (Twins? Triplets?)
4) Health issues?
5) Languages? Religions?
6) Biological children?
7) Gender Preference?
8) Other? (Any information that doesn't fit above)
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Family information:
DH: Finley Joseph McBride
DH: Adam Frederick Henley
Location: London
Describe their naming style: Finley and Adam don't like really popular names but also wouldn't use names that are too unusual. They mostly like old-fashioned names with a vintage feel, as well as nature and word names. They might keep birth names or use an extra middle name to use it there.
Adoption information:
1) Age ranges? Any age, but they would like to have at least one child aged 0-2. They would accept a teenager who has children or is expecting.
2) Adoption locations? Anywhere.
3) Multiples? They would adopt twins.
4) Health issues? Mild health problems.
5) Languages? Religions? Finley is a Catholic, Adam is agnostic. They're willing to accept children from any religious background. Adam can speak Spanish fluently. They'd prefer older children to be able to speak some English or Spanish.
6) Biological children? None.
7) Gender Preference? None.
8) Other? (Any information that doesn't fit above) No.
DH: Finley Joseph McBride
DH: Adam Frederick Henley
Location: London
Describe their naming style: Finley and Adam don't like really popular names but also wouldn't use names that are too unusual. They mostly like old-fashioned names with a vintage feel, as well as nature and word names. They might keep birth names or use an extra middle name to use it there.
Adoption information:
1) Age ranges? Any age, but they would like to have at least one child aged 0-2. They would accept a teenager who has children or is expecting.
2) Adoption locations? Anywhere.
3) Multiples? They would adopt twins.
4) Health issues? Mild health problems.
5) Languages? Religions? Finley is a Catholic, Adam is agnostic. They're willing to accept children from any religious background. Adam can speak Spanish fluently. They'd prefer older children to be able to speak some English or Spanish.
6) Biological children? None.
7) Gender Preference? None.
8) Other? (Any information that doesn't fit above) No.
This message was edited 10/4/2015, 2:45 AM
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Family information:
SO1: Katya Rosabel Faraday [28]
SO2: Elias Maximilian Blake [26]
Location: Toronto, Canada
Describe their naming style: like many different types of names (except word names with weird spellings), 1-2 middle names, will to keep birth name as FN or MN
Additional Family Information:
Adoption information:
1) Age ranges? 0-5
2) Adoption locations? Asian, African, or domestic
3) Multiples? (Twins? Triplets?) yes
4) Health issues? chronic illnesses are okay
5) Languages? Religions? any language is fine, prefer non-religious children
6) Biological children? a few maybe
7) Gender Preference? no
8) Other? (Any information that doesn't fit above)
SO1: Katya Rosabel Faraday [28]
SO2: Elias Maximilian Blake [26]
Location: Toronto, Canada
Describe their naming style: like many different types of names (except word names with weird spellings), 1-2 middle names, will to keep birth name as FN or MN
Additional Family Information:
Adoption information:
1) Age ranges? 0-5
2) Adoption locations? Asian, African, or domestic
3) Multiples? (Twins? Triplets?) yes
4) Health issues? chronic illnesses are okay
5) Languages? Religions? any language is fine, prefer non-religious children
6) Biological children? a few maybe
7) Gender Preference? no
8) Other? (Any information that doesn't fit above)
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DH [36] Jericho Abraham Hart
DW [35] Felicity Genevieve {Schwartz} Hart
DS [10] Blaise Simeon Hart
DS [8] Bryce Hudson Hart
DD [5] Phoebe Gabrielle Hart
DD [2] Piper Caroline Hart
Location: Juneau, Alaska
Adoption Info:
Ages ranges: 6 months to 10 years
Adoption locatons: Anywhere
Multiples: Twins
Health issues: Very mild ones
Languages/Religion: Doesn't matther
Gender Preference: At least one of each
Jericho and Felicity like first names that too common, but common enough. They like for their middle names to flow with their first names.
DW [35] Felicity Genevieve {Schwartz} Hart
DS [10] Blaise Simeon Hart
DS [8] Bryce Hudson Hart
DD [5] Phoebe Gabrielle Hart
DD [2] Piper Caroline Hart
Location: Juneau, Alaska
Adoption Info:
Ages ranges: 6 months to 10 years
Adoption locatons: Anywhere
Multiples: Twins
Health issues: Very mild ones
Languages/Religion: Doesn't matther
Gender Preference: At least one of each
Jericho and Felicity like first names that too common, but common enough. They like for their middle names to flow with their first names.
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Family information:
SO1: Drew Matthew Landon
SO2: Lila Deanne [Corey] Landon
Location: Wilmington, North Carolina
Describe their naming style: Both Drew and Lila like fairly traditional/popular names that are used in America. If they are able to adopt an infant/young child, they really like the idea of using his/her birth name for their middle name. They prefer using just one middle name.
Additional Family Information: Drew is a 40-year-old accountant working for a small firm. His wife, Lila, is 38-years-old and is the HR manager for a company that runs multiple assisted-living communities. After three miscarriages and one stillbirth, Drew and Lila have decided to go the adopting route.
Adoption information:
1) Age ranges? Ideally, they would prefer to adopt a child between infancy and 3. They have considered adopting older children though, although they would not want a pregnant teenager or teenager who has children.
2) Adoption locations? Drew and Lila love the idea of being able to adopt within America due to the convenience, but are very open to adopting from China, Vietnam, or another East Asian country.
3) Multiples? They would be willing to adopt twins.
4) Health issues? Open to any health issues
5) Languages? Religions? If it is a young child, the language doesn't matter. If he/she is of elementary-school age or older, they would like a child who can speak English. Although Drew and Lila are very involved with their church, they are open to adopting children with any religious background.
6) Biological children? None
7) Gender Preference? None
8) Other? N/A
SO1: Drew Matthew Landon
SO2: Lila Deanne [Corey] Landon
Location: Wilmington, North Carolina
Describe their naming style: Both Drew and Lila like fairly traditional/popular names that are used in America. If they are able to adopt an infant/young child, they really like the idea of using his/her birth name for their middle name. They prefer using just one middle name.
Additional Family Information: Drew is a 40-year-old accountant working for a small firm. His wife, Lila, is 38-years-old and is the HR manager for a company that runs multiple assisted-living communities. After three miscarriages and one stillbirth, Drew and Lila have decided to go the adopting route.
Adoption information:
1) Age ranges? Ideally, they would prefer to adopt a child between infancy and 3. They have considered adopting older children though, although they would not want a pregnant teenager or teenager who has children.
2) Adoption locations? Drew and Lila love the idea of being able to adopt within America due to the convenience, but are very open to adopting from China, Vietnam, or another East Asian country.
3) Multiples? They would be willing to adopt twins.
4) Health issues? Open to any health issues
5) Languages? Religions? If it is a young child, the language doesn't matter. If he/she is of elementary-school age or older, they would like a child who can speak English. Although Drew and Lila are very involved with their church, they are open to adopting children with any religious background.
6) Biological children? None
7) Gender Preference? None
8) Other? N/A
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Family information:
DH: Thaddeus "Thad" James Rowland (29)
DW: Juniper "June" Eliza Rowland, née Nash (29)
Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Describe their naming style: they plan to use two middle names and incomporate the birth name into the new name, their style is all over the place (classic, unusual, nature names, names from mythology etc.)
Additional Family Information:
Thad and June are highschool sweethearts. Thad Works as a creative director in advertising while June is a NICU nurse. After getting married five years ago they discovered they were likely not going to be able to concieve on their own. Five years later, after multiple IVF fails they decided to commit to adoption.
Adoption information:
1) Age ranges? 0-10
2) Adoption locations? they prefer domestic adoption but are willing to adopt from anywhere around the world
3) Multiples? sure
4) Health issues? anything that is not life threatening
5) Languages? prefer if the children are able to speak at least basic English, however between them they speak French, Spanish, Bulgarian and a little Mandarin Religions? any religion is welcome, they do prefer children that are not strongly religious thought as both are atheist
6) Biological children? not likely, miracles do happen though
7) Gender Preference? none
DH: Thaddeus "Thad" James Rowland (29)
DW: Juniper "June" Eliza Rowland, née Nash (29)
Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Describe their naming style: they plan to use two middle names and incomporate the birth name into the new name, their style is all over the place (classic, unusual, nature names, names from mythology etc.)
Additional Family Information:
Thad and June are highschool sweethearts. Thad Works as a creative director in advertising while June is a NICU nurse. After getting married five years ago they discovered they were likely not going to be able to concieve on their own. Five years later, after multiple IVF fails they decided to commit to adoption.
Adoption information:
1) Age ranges? 0-10
2) Adoption locations? they prefer domestic adoption but are willing to adopt from anywhere around the world
3) Multiples? sure
4) Health issues? anything that is not life threatening
5) Languages? prefer if the children are able to speak at least basic English, however between them they speak French, Spanish, Bulgarian and a little Mandarin Religions? any religion is welcome, they do prefer children that are not strongly religious thought as both are atheist
6) Biological children? not likely, miracles do happen though
7) Gender Preference? none
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DW: Hera Seraphine Cospatrick-Chandler
DW: Jemima Ophelia Cospatrick-Chandler
Location: New York, New York, USA
Describe their naming style: British, eccentric, unusual but not TOO unusual, classic sounding. They like the idea of two middle names.
Additional Family Information: Hera and Jemma both grew up in England and moved to the states with their families in their early teens. They met their sophomore year in high school where they became best friends fast and by the end of senior year, they were in a relationship. They've been together ever since, totaling 8 years now. Jemma is professional makeup artist and successful writer on the side and Hera is a stylist for a major fashion magazine in the city.
Adoption information:
1) Age ranges? Newborn to age 5/6. They are't totally opposed to an older adoption if they feel they click with the child.
2) Adoption locations? They prefer local adoption.
3) Multiples? (Twins? Triplets?) Twins.
4) Health issues? Nothing major.
5) Languages? Religions? Jemma and Hera are fluent in English and French. Hera knows some Dutch. They're both agnostic.
6) Biological children? No.
7) Gender Preference? No.
8) Other? (Any information that doesn't fit above) No.
DW: Jemima Ophelia Cospatrick-Chandler
Location: New York, New York, USA
Describe their naming style: British, eccentric, unusual but not TOO unusual, classic sounding. They like the idea of two middle names.
Additional Family Information: Hera and Jemma both grew up in England and moved to the states with their families in their early teens. They met their sophomore year in high school where they became best friends fast and by the end of senior year, they were in a relationship. They've been together ever since, totaling 8 years now. Jemma is professional makeup artist and successful writer on the side and Hera is a stylist for a major fashion magazine in the city.
Adoption information:
1) Age ranges? Newborn to age 5/6. They are't totally opposed to an older adoption if they feel they click with the child.
2) Adoption locations? They prefer local adoption.
3) Multiples? (Twins? Triplets?) Twins.
4) Health issues? Nothing major.
5) Languages? Religions? Jemma and Hera are fluent in English and French. Hera knows some Dutch. They're both agnostic.
6) Biological children? No.
7) Gender Preference? No.
8) Other? (Any information that doesn't fit above) No.
This message was edited 10/3/2015, 2:19 PM
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Family information:
DW1: Wilhelmina Eulalie Silverstone "Will"
DW2: Clara Danielle (Davies) Silverstone
Location: UK
Describe their naming style: Clara likes old fashioned names, with a retro feeling. Will likes unusual names, but wants them to be more modern. They plan on using the birth name (if the child has one) as a second middle name.
Additional Family Information:
Adoption information:
1) Age ranges? The younger the better, but will adopt in the age range 0-7.
2) Adoption locations? Any
3) Multiples? Yes, any
4) Health issues? Only minor
5) Languages? Religions? Doesn't matter, but the child will be raised with two atheists and English speaking parents
6) Biological children? Yes, they're fine with using a donor
7) Gender Preference? Doesn't matter
8) Other?
DW1: Wilhelmina Eulalie Silverstone "Will"
DW2: Clara Danielle (Davies) Silverstone
Location: UK
Describe their naming style: Clara likes old fashioned names, with a retro feeling. Will likes unusual names, but wants them to be more modern. They plan on using the birth name (if the child has one) as a second middle name.
Additional Family Information:
Adoption information:
1) Age ranges? The younger the better, but will adopt in the age range 0-7.
2) Adoption locations? Any
3) Multiples? Yes, any
4) Health issues? Only minor
5) Languages? Religions? Doesn't matter, but the child will be raised with two atheists and English speaking parents
6) Biological children? Yes, they're fine with using a donor
7) Gender Preference? Doesn't matter
8) Other?
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Family information:
DH: Louis Connor Jensen
DW: Adeline Rebecca "Addie" [Rosenberg} Hayes
Location: Winchester, UK
Describe their naming style: Open to keeping birth names. However if needed will move it the middle spot. Planning on one middle name. We prefer long, elegant names for girls and short strong names for boys. We also like meaningful or short middles
Additional Family Information:
Adoption information:
1) Age ranges? Will take anyone
2) Adoption locations? Anywhere
3) Multiples? Sure
4) Health issues? Sure, will take any child
5) Languages? Religions? Doesn't matter. Although preferably English in older children. Would prefer children who are Christian like Louis or Jewish like Adeline, but will take children from any religion.
6) Biological children? No
7) Gender Preference? No
8) Other?
DH: Louis Connor Jensen
DW: Adeline Rebecca "Addie" [Rosenberg} Hayes
Location: Winchester, UK
Describe their naming style: Open to keeping birth names. However if needed will move it the middle spot. Planning on one middle name. We prefer long, elegant names for girls and short strong names for boys. We also like meaningful or short middles
Additional Family Information:
Adoption information:
1) Age ranges? Will take anyone
2) Adoption locations? Anywhere
3) Multiples? Sure
4) Health issues? Sure, will take any child
5) Languages? Religions? Doesn't matter. Although preferably English in older children. Would prefer children who are Christian like Louis or Jewish like Adeline, but will take children from any religion.
6) Biological children? No
7) Gender Preference? No
8) Other?
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DH: Nicholas John Clancy "Nick"
DW: Cierra Claire [LaCour] Clancy "CC"
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Describe their naming style: traditional, some more modern, easy to have nicknames
Additional Family Information: Both work successfully in the film industry but they have never been able to conceive. They attend Sunday mass at their Catholic church every week unless something important keeps them away.
Adoption information:
1) Age ranges? Any age; pregnant teens and teen parents both accepted
2) Adoption locations? preferably the U.S.
3) Multiples? sure
4) Health issues? would love to help
5) Languages? Religions? anything is acceptable as long as they will easily be able to pick English up (so in other words if they speak a different language, kids younger than third grade would be preferred); religions would be preferred in the Christian spectrum
6) Biological children? n/a
7) Gender Preference? n/a
8) Other? considering career success, children who need the most help or have low adoption probability would be great
DW: Cierra Claire [LaCour] Clancy "CC"
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Describe their naming style: traditional, some more modern, easy to have nicknames
Additional Family Information: Both work successfully in the film industry but they have never been able to conceive. They attend Sunday mass at their Catholic church every week unless something important keeps them away.
Adoption information:
1) Age ranges? Any age; pregnant teens and teen parents both accepted
2) Adoption locations? preferably the U.S.
3) Multiples? sure
4) Health issues? would love to help
5) Languages? Religions? anything is acceptable as long as they will easily be able to pick English up (so in other words if they speak a different language, kids younger than third grade would be preferred); religions would be preferred in the Christian spectrum
6) Biological children? n/a
7) Gender Preference? n/a
8) Other? considering career success, children who need the most help or have low adoption probability would be great
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Family information:
SO1: Marnie Wu [31]
SO2: Violet Elizabeth Rosencrantz [29]
Location: Fairfax, California
Describe their naming style: Marnie and Violet prefer names that are practical, but not overly-minimalist. They particularly like word names and nature names. They would only change the birth name for a very young child, under three. They would usually only use one middle name.
Additional Family Information: Marnie was in the Navy for nine years, and has just recently been honorably discharged after her back was injured. Violet is an actress and musician. They have been waiting for Marnie to leave the Navy before starting a family, as neither of them were prepared to handle both the constant moves that a Navy career requires and raising a child. Now that Marnie is home she has taken a job as a software engineer, and both are ready for children!
Adoption information:
1) Age ranges? Preferably under 14.
2) Adoption locations? Any.
3) Multiples? (Twins? Triplets?) Yes.
4) Health issues? Any, as long as they aren't life-threatening.
5) Languages? Religions? Marnie lived in China until she was twelve and speaks fluent Mandarin. Neither of them is very religious, though Violet is a secular Jew, and they will accept children from any faith.
6) Biological children? No.
7) Gender Preference? None.
8) Other? (Any information that doesn't fit above) None.
SO1: Marnie Wu [31]
SO2: Violet Elizabeth Rosencrantz [29]
Location: Fairfax, California
Describe their naming style: Marnie and Violet prefer names that are practical, but not overly-minimalist. They particularly like word names and nature names. They would only change the birth name for a very young child, under three. They would usually only use one middle name.
Additional Family Information: Marnie was in the Navy for nine years, and has just recently been honorably discharged after her back was injured. Violet is an actress and musician. They have been waiting for Marnie to leave the Navy before starting a family, as neither of them were prepared to handle both the constant moves that a Navy career requires and raising a child. Now that Marnie is home she has taken a job as a software engineer, and both are ready for children!
Adoption information:
1) Age ranges? Preferably under 14.
2) Adoption locations? Any.
3) Multiples? (Twins? Triplets?) Yes.
4) Health issues? Any, as long as they aren't life-threatening.
5) Languages? Religions? Marnie lived in China until she was twelve and speaks fluent Mandarin. Neither of them is very religious, though Violet is a secular Jew, and they will accept children from any faith.
6) Biological children? No.
7) Gender Preference? None.
8) Other? (Any information that doesn't fit above) None.
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Family information:
SO1: Viviana Gabrielle
SO2: Sarah Josephine
Location: Oregon, USA
Describe their naming style: We are open to keeping a child's birth name. We prefer one middle name, but would be willing to use a birth name as a second middle if it doesn't work as a first name. We like classic (including unusual classics), international, nature (girls only), and Biblical names.
Additional Family Information:
Adoption information:
1) Age ranges? Any (including pregnant teens and teen parents) but we would like at least one child aged 0-3.
2) Adoption locations? Anywhere.
3) Multiples? Twins but no higher multiples.
4) Health issues? Yes, mild-moderate and/or surgically correctable. We are also open to adopting children with treatable long-term health issues (diabetes, asthma, etc).
5) Languages? Religions? Any, though we are not a very religious family so a devout child might not be a good fit.
6) Biological children? No.
7) Gender Preference? No.
8) Other? (Any information that doesn't fit above) We are interested in adopting LGBT children/teenagers whose parents have disowned them.
SO1: Viviana Gabrielle
SO2: Sarah Josephine
Location: Oregon, USA
Describe their naming style: We are open to keeping a child's birth name. We prefer one middle name, but would be willing to use a birth name as a second middle if it doesn't work as a first name. We like classic (including unusual classics), international, nature (girls only), and Biblical names.
Additional Family Information:
Adoption information:
1) Age ranges? Any (including pregnant teens and teen parents) but we would like at least one child aged 0-3.
2) Adoption locations? Anywhere.
3) Multiples? Twins but no higher multiples.
4) Health issues? Yes, mild-moderate and/or surgically correctable. We are also open to adopting children with treatable long-term health issues (diabetes, asthma, etc).
5) Languages? Religions? Any, though we are not a very religious family so a devout child might not be a good fit.
6) Biological children? No.
7) Gender Preference? No.
8) Other? (Any information that doesn't fit above) We are interested in adopting LGBT children/teenagers whose parents have disowned them.
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Family information:
SO1: Castor Jacobus Tholberg
SO2: Cormac Griffith "Mac" Matheson
Location: New York City
Describe their naming style: They like unusual yet legitimate, astronomy based, medieval, Shakespearian, and mythology names. They plan on only changing the first name if the adopted child is under three. They usually only use one middle name.
Additional Family Information: Mac and Castor both have a passion for languages—it's actually the reason why they met—and between them they speak French, Spanish, Dutch, German, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Polish, Mandarin, Hindi, and Arabic almost fluently. Mac made a fortune in tech and stocks very early on, and looks forward to being a stay-at-home dad and letting his money do his work for him. He also enjoys photography and does some of that as a side job. Castor is an architect. He's designed quite a few buildings, including their house.
Adoption information:
1) Age ranges? Mac and Castor plan to adopt an older child first and work their way into younger children and babies. They will take pregnant teens and teen parents.
2) Adoption locations? They are open to adopting from anywhere with a slight preference to adopting locally.
3) Multiples? They'll take twins, but no higher multiples.
4) Health issues? Mac and Castor have the money to pay for any hospital treatments and the like, so they'll take children with health issues as long as the problems are fixable.
5) Languages? Religions? For convenience sake, they would rather adopt kids who speak one of the languages they do. Since they're atheist they would rather not adopt children with strong religious leanings.
6) Biological children? No.
7) Gender Preference? None.
8) Other? None.
Family information:
SO1: Castor Jacobus Tholberg
SO2: Cormac Griffith "Mac" Matheson
Location: New York City
Describe their naming style: They like unusual yet legitimate, astronomy based, medieval, Shakespearian, and mythology names. They plan on only changing the first name if the adopted child is under three. They usually only use one middle name.
Additional Family Information: Mac and Castor both have a passion for languages—it's actually the reason why they met—and between them they speak French, Spanish, Dutch, German, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Polish, Mandarin, Hindi, and Arabic almost fluently. Mac made a fortune in tech and stocks very early on, and looks forward to being a stay-at-home dad and letting his money do his work for him. He also enjoys photography and does some of that as a side job. Castor is an architect. He's designed quite a few buildings, including their house.
Adoption information:
1) Age ranges? Mac and Castor plan to adopt an older child first and work their way into younger children and babies. They will take pregnant teens and teen parents.
2) Adoption locations? They are open to adopting from anywhere with a slight preference to adopting locally.
3) Multiples? They'll take twins, but no higher multiples.
4) Health issues? Mac and Castor have the money to pay for any hospital treatments and the like, so they'll take children with health issues as long as the problems are fixable.
5) Languages? Religions? For convenience sake, they would rather adopt kids who speak one of the languages they do. Since they're atheist they would rather not adopt children with strong religious leanings.
6) Biological children? No.
7) Gender Preference? None.
8) Other? None.
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