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Thursday, September 21st

9/21/2023

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Periods 1 & 5
What are we learning today?
1. Review Sharpening
2. Demo: Liquify
3. Demo: Red Eye
4. Demo: Re-Coloring an Eye
5. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
    Sharpening
     - Open a portrait in which the subject is full frame
     - Follow the steps to sharpen only certain features (Eyes, hair, etc.)
     - Upload the before and after to schoology
    Smart Blur
     - Open a portrait to soften or “air brush” the skin
     - Follow the steps to soft ONLY the skin
     - Upload the before and after to Schoology
    Smart Cast
     - Open a portrait to tan the subjects skin
     - Follow the steps to tan ONLY the skin
     - Upload the before and after to schoology
    Red Eye
     - Open a photo in which the subject has red eye
     - Use the red eye tool to remove the color
     - Upload the before and after to Schoology
    Vignette
     - Open a portrait
     - Follow the steps to add a vignette around the photo
     - Upload the before and after to schoology
    Re-Coloring an Eye
     - Open a portrait
     - Follow the steps to adjust the color of the eye
     - Upload the before and after to schoology
6. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: Liquify, Red Eye


Period 3

What are we learning today?
1. Review Copyright & Choosing Paper
2. Demo: Adding the Text & Vector to the Comp
3. Demo: Watermarking
4. Demo: Adding the Comp to the 4-Up
5. Demo: Cutting Paper
6. Demo: Padding Notepads
7. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Notepad
     - Choose a theme for your notepad
     - Grab a sheet of paper & fold in half twice
     - Draw a design in each square using the same theme
     - Choose the best design & make a rough
     - Vector the image in it’s own Ai file
     - Layout a comprehensive using the rough template from Ai
     - Make a 4-Up
     - Print a proof sheet
     - Choose 25 sheets of paper
     - Place the paper in tray 1 of printer, tell others NOT to print
     - Send the job to the 419-C1 printer
     - Collect & jog prints
     - Cut prints apart
     - Cut cardboard (mat board) for backing
     - Make a mount for one print
     - Pad the notepad
     - Trim the edges
     - Tuck thumbnails, rough, comp, mount & rubric into pad
     - Turn in to bin
8. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: Printing in 419, Cutting Notepads Apart
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Wednesday, September 20th

9/20/2023

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Periods 1 & 5
What are we learning today?
1. Review Vignette
2. PPT: Sharpening
3. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
    Sharpening
     - Open a portrait in which the subject is full frame
     - Follow the steps to sharpen only certain features (Eyes, hair, etc.)
     - Upload the before and after to schoology
    Smart Blur
     - Open a portrait to soften or “air brush” the skin
     - Follow the steps to soft ONLY the skin
     - Upload the before and after to Schoology
    Smart Cast
     - Open a portrait to tan the subjects skin
     - Follow the steps to tan ONLY the skin
     - Upload the before and after to schoology
    Red Eye
     - Open a photo in which the subject has red eye
     - Use the red eye tool to remove the color
     - Upload the before and after to Schoology
    Vignette
     - Open a portrait
     - Follow the steps to add a vignette around the photo
     - Upload the before and after to schoology
4. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: Sharpening


Period 3
What are we learning today?
1. Review Rough, Vectoring
2. Discuss Copyright
3. Demo: Adding the Text & Vector to the Comp
4. Demo: Watermarking
5. Demo: Adding the Comp to the 4-Up
6. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Notepad
     - Choose a theme for your notepad
     - Grab a sheet of paper & fold in half twice
     - Draw a design in each square using the same theme
     - Choose the best design & make a rough
     - Vector the image in it’s own Ai file
     - Layout a comprehensive using the rough template from Ai
     - Make a 4-Up
     - Print a proof sheet
     - Choose 25 sheets of paper
     - Place the paper in tray 1 of printer, tell others NOT to print
     - Send the job to the 419-C1 printer
     - Collect & jog prints
     - Cut prints apart
     - Cut cardboard (mat board) for backing
     - Make a mount for one print
     - Pad the notepad
     - Trim the edges
     - Tuck thumbnails, rough, comp, mount & rubric into pad
     - Turn in to bin
7. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: Copyright
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Tuesday, September 19th

9/19/2023

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Periods 1 & 5
What are we learning today?
1. Quiz
2. Review Smart Blur & Cast
3. Demo: Vignette
4. PPT: Smartphone vs. Digital Camera
5. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Clone Stamp
     - Open a portrait in which the subject has a mole, pimple, birthmark etc.
     - Use the clone stamp to cover it
     - Upload the before and after to schoology
    Dark Circles
     - Open a portrait in which the subject has wrinkles or dark circles under their eyes
     - Use the patch tool to blend the area
     - Upload the before and after to Schoology
    Smart Blur
     - Open a portrait to soften or “air brush” the skin
     - Follow the steps to soft ONLY the skin
     - Upload the before and after to Schoology
    Smart Cast
     - Open a portrait to tan the subjects skin
     - Follow the steps to tan ONLY the skin
     - Upload the before and after to schoology
    Red Eye
     - Open a photo in which the subject has red eye
     - Use the red eye tool to remove the color
     - Upload the before and after to Schoology
    Vignette
     - Open a portrait
     - Follow the steps to add a vignette around the photo
     - Upload the before and after to schoology
6. Review/What’s Next


Handouts: Vignette, Smartphone vs. Camera


Period 3

What are we learning today?
1. Review Notepad Requirements
2. Discuss Thumbnails & Rough
3. Demo: Making a Comprehensive
4. Demo: Making a 4-Up
5. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Notepad
     - Choose a theme for your notepad
     - Grab a sheet of paper & fold in half twice
     - Draw a design in each square using the same theme
     - Choose the best design & make a rough
     - Vector the image in it’s own Ai file
     - Layout a comprehensive using the rough template from Ai
     - Make a 4-Up
     - Print a proof sheet
     - Choose 25 sheets of paper
     - Place the paper in tray 1 of printer, tell others NOT to print
     - Send the job to the 419-C1 printer
     - Collect & jog prints
     - Cut prints apart
     - Cut cardboard (mat board) for backing
     - Make a mount for one print
     - Pad the notepad
     - Trim the edges
     - Tuck thumbnails, rough, comp, mount & rubric into pad
     - Turn in to bin
6. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: Making a Comprehensive, Making a 4-Up
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Monday, September 19th

9/19/2023

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Periods 1 & 5
What are we learning today?
1. Kahoot, Quiz Tomorrow
2. Review Clone Stamp & Dark Circles (Due Today)
3. Demo: Smart Blur
4. Demo: Smart Cast
5. PPT: Point & Shoot vs. DSLR
6. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Logo
     - Choose a name or image to base your logo on
     - Draw 4 thumbnails around that idea
     - Choose the best thumbnail and develop it into a rough
     - Color the rough with colored pencils
     - Scan the logo with Ps & end computer
     - Create an Ai file, place scan, lock layer
     - Create new layer and vector each piece on it
     - Color the image
     - Save the image an Ai file
     - Export the image as a PNG (File>Export)
     - Choose a theme for Breakout
     - Decide on sprites for wall, ball, bat & barrier
   Practice Vector
     - Launch Ai
     - Place the logo
     - Create a new layer, lock the first
     - Change the fill to none, stroke to bright color
     - Zoom in (Ctrl +) on the inner ear
     - Draw the three lines to make the shape
     - Select and color the inner ear
     - Draw the white silhouette of the head
     - Color it and send it to the back
     - Draw the blue oval with cutout
     - Color the shape
     - Draw the final white outer oval & color it
     - Upload the final image to Schoology
7. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: Point & Shoot vs. DSLR, Smart Cast, Smart Blur


Period 3
What are we learning today?
1. Review Making a Pin
2. Notepad Syllabus & Rubric
3. Discuss Thumbnails
4. Demo: Making a Rough in Ai
5. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Pin
     - Create a new Ai doc
     - Make a circle of 2.3”
     - Copy and paste the circle behind the other and scale it up to 2.75”
     - Add the vector, background and Text on a Path
     - Delete the inner Circle once the design is complete
     - Copy the pin and paste a second one on the page
     - Print, Save & Upload to Schoology
     - Hole punch the print into a circle
     - Load pin, print& film in one side, clasp in other side
     - Punch each
     - Write your name on tape and place on back of pin, turn in
6. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: Syllabus, Rubric, Making a Rough
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Friday, September 15th

9/15/2023

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Periods 1 & 5
What are we learning today?
1. Kahoot
2. Dove Video
3. Demo: Clone Stamp
4. Demo: Dark Circles
5. Next Week’s Photos
6. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Logo
     - Choose a name or image to base your logo on
     - Draw 4 thumbnails around that idea
     - Choose the best thumbnail and develop it into a rough
     - Color the rough with colored pencils
     - Scan the logo with Ps & end computer
     - Create an Ai file, place scan, lock layer
     - Create new layer and vector each piece on it
     - Color the image
     - Save the image an Ai file
     - Export the image as a PNG (File>Export)
     - Choose a theme for Breakout
     - Decide on sprites for wall, ball, bat & barrier
   Practice Vector
     - Launch Ai
     - Place the logo
     - Create a new layer, lock the first
     - Change the fill to none, stroke to bright color
     - Zoom in (Ctrl +) on the inner ear
     - Draw the three lines to make the shape
     - Select and color the inner ear
     - Draw the white silhouette of the head
     - Color it and send it to the back
     - Draw the blue oval with cutout
     - Color the shape
     - Draw the final white outer oval & color it
     - Upload the final image to Schoology
7. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: Clone Stamp, Dark Circles


Period 3
What are we learning today?
1. Demo: Making a Pin
2. Demo: Printing the Document in Ps
3. Discuss Turning in the Pin
4. Notepad Project???
5. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Vector
     - Find an image to vector
     - Get it approved
     - Create a new Ai file & place the image
     - Lock layer 1, create a new layer
     - Vector the image piece by piece
     - Color each piece with the eyedropper tool
     - Save & upload the Ai file to Schoology
   Pin
     - Create a new Ai doc
     - Make a circle of 2.3”
     - Copy and paste the circle behind the other and scale it up to 2.75”
     - Add the vector, background and Text on a Path
     - Delete the inner Circle once the design is complete
     - Copy the pin and paste a second one on the page
     - Print, Save & Upload to Schoology
     - Hole punch the print into a circle
     - Load pin, print& film in one side, clasp in other side
     - Punch each
     - Write your name on tape and place on back of pin, turn in
6. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None
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Thursday, September 14th

9/14/2023

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Periods 1 & 5
What are we learning today?
1. Kahoot
2. Logo Perspective Due Tomorrow, Quiz Coming
3. PPT: Buying a Camera
4. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Logo
     - Choose a name or image to base your logo on
     - Draw 4 thumbnails around that idea
     - Choose the best thumbnail and develop it into a rough
     - Color the rough with colored pencils
     - Scan the logo with Ps & end computer
     - Create an Ai file, place scan, lock layer
     - Create new layer and vector each piece on it
     - Color the image
     - Save the image an Ai file
     - Export the image as a PNG (File>Export)
     - Choose a theme for Breakout
     - Decide on sprites for wall, ball, bat & barrier
   Practice Vector
     - Launch Ai
     - Place the logo
     - Create a new layer, lock the first
     - Change the fill to none, stroke to bright color
     - Zoom in (Ctrl +) on the inner ear
     - Draw the three lines to make the shape
     - Select and color the inner ear
     - Draw the white silhouette of the head
     - Color it and send it to the back
     - Draw the blue oval with cutout
     - Color the shape
     - Draw the final white outer oval & color it
     - Upload the final image to Schoology
5. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: Buying a Camera


Period 3

What are we learning today?
1. Quiz
2. Vector... What’s Next with It???
3. Demo: Setting up an Ai Pin Doc
4. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Vector
     - Find an image to vector
     - Get it approved
     - Create a new Ai file & place the image
     - Lock layer 1, create a new layer
     - Vector the image piece by piece
     - Color each piece with the eyedropper tool
     - Save & upload the Ai file to Schoology
   Pin
     - Create a new Ai doc
     - Make a circle of 2.3”
     - Copy and paste the circle behind the other and scale it up to 2.75”
     - Add the vector, background and Text on a Path
     - Delete the inner Circle once the design is complete
     - Copy the pin and paste a second one on the page
     - Print, Save & Upload to Schoology
     - Hole punch the print into a circle
     - Load pin, print& film in one side, clasp in other side
     - Punch each
     - Write your name on tape and place on back of pin, turn in
5. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: Creating the Pin in Ai
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Wednesday, September 13th

9/13/2023

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Periods 1 & 5
What are we learning today?
1. Quizlets
2. PPT: Smart Phone Photography
3. Demo: Vector Repair
4. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Logo
     - Choose a name or image to base your logo on
     - Draw 4 thumbnails around that idea
     - Choose the best thumbnail and develop it into a rough
     - Color the rough with colored pencils
     - Scan the logo with Ps & end computer
     - Create an Ai file, place scan, lock layer
     - Create new layer and vector each piece on it
     - Color the image
     - Save the image an Ai file
     - Export the image as a PNG (File>Export)
     - Choose a theme for Breakout
     - Decide on sprites for wall, ball, bat & barrier
   Practice Vector
     - Launch Ai
     - Place the logo
     - Create a new layer, lock the first
     - Change the fill to none, stroke to bright color
     - Zoom in (Ctrl +) on the inner ear
     - Draw the three lines to make the shape
     - Select and color the inner ear
     - Draw the white silhouette of the head
     - Color it and send it to the back
     - Draw the blue oval with cutout
     - Color the shape
     - Draw the final white outer oval & color it
     - Upload the final image to Schoology
5. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: Smart Phone Photography


Period 3
What are we learning today?
1. Kahoot! Quiz Tomorrow
2. Review Vector Repair & Planning a Vector
3. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Practice Vector
     - Launch Ai
     - Place the logo
     - Create a new layer, lock the first
     - Change the fill to none, stroke to bright color
     - Zoom in (Ctrl +) on the inner ear
     - Draw the three lines to make the shape
     - Select and color the inner ear
     - Draw the white silhouette of the head
     - Color it and send it to the back
     - Draw the blue oval with cutout
     - Color the shape
     - Draw the final white outer oval & color it
     - Upload the final image to Schoology
   Vector
     - Find an image to vector
     - Get it approved
     - Create a new Ai file & place the image
     - Lock layer 1, create a new layer
     - Vector the image piece by piece
     - Color each piece with the eyedropper tool
     - Save & upload the Ai file to Schoology
4. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None
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Tuesday, September 12th

9/12/2023

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Periods 1 & 5
What are we learning today?
1. PPT: Rasters vs. Vectors
2. Importing the Rough
3. Review Setting Up a New Ai Doc
3. Demo: Vector Repair
4. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Logo
     - Choose a name or image to base your logo on
     - Draw 4 thumbnails around that idea
     - Choose the best thumbnail and develop it into a rough
     - Color the rough with colored pencils
     - Scan the logo with Ps & end computer
     - Create an Ai file, place scan, lock layer
     - Create new layer and vector each piece on it
     - Color the image
     - Save the image an Ai file
     - Export the image as a PNG (File>Export)
     - Choose a theme for Breakout
     - Decide on sprites for wall, ball, bat & barrier
   Practice Vector
     - Launch Ai
     - Place the logo
     - Create a new layer, lock the first
     - Change the fill to none, stroke to bright color
     - Zoom in (Ctrl +) on the inner ear
     - Draw the three lines to make the shape
     - Select and color the inner ear
     - Draw the white silhouette of the head
     - Color it and send it to the back
     - Draw the blue oval with cutout
     - Color the shape
     - Draw the final white outer oval & color it
     - Upload the final image to Schoology
5. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None


Period 3
What are we learning today?
1. Kahoot!
2. Lesson: Vector Repair
3. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Practice Vector
     - Launch Ai
     - Place the logo
     - Create a new layer, lock the first
     - Change the fill to none, stroke to bright color
     - Zoom in (Ctrl +) on the inner ear
     - Draw the three lines to make the shape
     - Select and color the inner ear
     - Draw the white silhouette of the head
     - Color it and send it to the back
     - Draw the blue oval with cutout
     - Color the shape
     - Draw the final white outer oval & color it
     - Upload the final image to Schoology
   Vector
     - Find an image to vector
     - Get it approved
     - Create a new Ai file & place the image
     - Lock layer 1, create a new layer
     - Vector the image piece by piece
     - Color each piece with the eyedropper tool
     - Save & upload the Ai file to Schoology
4. Review/What’s Next
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Friday, September 8th

9/8/2023

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Periods 1 & 5
What are we learning today?
1. PPT: Image Transfer & Workflow
2. Using Bridge
3. Demo: Making a Proof Sheet (Second Video)
4. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Logo
     - Choose a name or image to base your logo on
     - Draw 4 thumbnails around that idea
     - Choose the best thumbnail and develop it into a rough
     - Color the rough with colored pencils
     - Scan the logo with Ps & end computer
     - Create an Ai file, place scan, lock layer
     - Create new layer and vector each piece on it
     - Color the image
     - Save the image an Ai file
     - Export the image as a PNG (File>Export)
     - Choose a theme for Breakout
     - Decide on sprites for wall, ball, bat & barrier
   Practice Vector
     - Launch Ai
     - Place the logo
     - Create a new layer, lock the first
     - Change the fill to none, stroke to bright color
     - Zoom in (Ctrl +) on the inner ear
     - Draw the three lines to make the shape
     - Select and color the inner ear
     - Draw the white silhouette of the head
     - Color it and send it to the back
     - Draw the blue oval with cutout
     - Color the shape
     - Draw the final white outer oval & color it
     - Upload the final image to Schoology
5. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: Image Transfer & Workflow, Using Bridge, Making a Proof Sheet


Period 3

What are we learning today?
1. Kahoot!
2. Review Using the Pen Tool
3. Next Project... Complex Vector
4. Choosing an Image
5. Review Setting Up to Vector
6. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Practice Vector
     - Launch Ai
     - Place the logo
     - Create a new layer, lock the first
     - Change the fill to none, stroke to bright color
     - Zoom in (Ctrl +) on the inner ear
     - Draw the three lines to make the shape
     - Select and color the inner ear
     - Draw the white silhouette of the head
     - Color it and send it to the back
     - Draw the blue oval with cutout
     - Color the shape
     - Draw the final white outer oval & color it
     - Upload the final image to Schoology
   Vector
     - Find an image to vector
     - Get it approved
     - Create a new Ai file & place the image
     - Lock layer 1, create a new layer
     - Vector the image piece by piece
     - Color each piece with the eyedropper tool
     - Save & upload the Ai file to Schoology
7. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None
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Thursday, September 7th

9/7/2023

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Periods 1 & 5
What are we learning today?
1. Demo: Finding an Image on Google (First Video)
2. Demo: Setting Up to Vector (Second Video)
3. Demo: Vectoring the Inner Ear (Third Video)
4. Demo: Vectoring the Silhouette (Fourth Video)
5. Demo: Vectoring the Outter Circle & Coloring (Fifth Video)
6. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Logo
     - Choose a name or image to base your logo on
     - Draw 4 thumbnails around that idea
     - Choose the best thumbnail and develop it into a rough
     - Color the rough with colored pencils
     - Scan the logo with Ps & end computer
     - Create an Ai file, place scan, lock layer
     - Create new layer and vector each piece on it
     - Color the image
     - Save the image an Ai file
     - Export the image as a PNG (File>Export)
     - Choose a theme for Breakout
     - Decide on sprites for wall, ball, bat & barrier
    Illustrator Dog
     - Find & download the file
     - Create new layer, lock the first
     - Follow steps on handout to create the dog
     - Be as precise as possible in shape, size & color
     - Save the images as an Ai file
     - Upload the final image to Schoology
   Practice Vector
     - Launch Ai
     - Place the logo
     - Create a new layer, lock the first
     - Change the fill to none, stroke to bright color
     - Zoom in (Ctrl +) on the inner ear
     - Draw the three lines to make the shape
     - Select and color the inner ear
     - Draw the white silhouette of the head
     - Color it and send it to the back
     - Draw the blue oval with cutout
     - Color the shape
     - Draw the final white outer oval & color it
     - Upload the final image to Schoology
7. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None


Period 3

What are we learning today?
1. Quiz Results, Personifying Due Today!
2. Quizlet
3. PPT: Rasters vs. Vectors Part 2
4. Demo: Finding an Image on Google (First Video)
5. Demo: Setting Up to Vector (Second Video)
6. Demo: Vectoring the Inner Ear (Third Video)
7. Demo: Vectoring the Silhouette (Fourth Video)
8. Demo: Vectoring the Outter Circle & Coloring (Fifth Video)
9. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Personifying a Word
     - Choose a word from the list
     - Brainstorm ways that you exemplifying the words meaning
     - Draw four thumbnails of different ideas for your word
     - Develop the best thumbnail into a rough
     - Create your word with type & a simple graphic
     - Save the file a a PDF
     - Upload the PDF to Schoology   
   Practice Vector
     - Launch Ai
     - Place the logo
     - Create a new layer, lock the first
     - Change the fill to none, stroke to bright color
     - Zoom in (Ctrl +) on the inner ear
     - Draw the three lines to make the shape
     - Select and color the inner ear
     - Draw the white silhouette of the head
     - Color it and send it to the back
     - Draw the blue oval with cutout
     - Color the shape
     - Draw the final white outer oval & color it
     - Upload the final image to Schoology
   Practice Vector
     - Launch Ai
     - Place the logo
     - Create a new layer, lock the first
     - Change the fill to none, stroke to bright color
     - Zoom in (Ctrl +) on the inner ear
     - Draw the three lines to make the shape
     - Select and color the inner ear
     - Draw the white silhouette of the head
     - Color it and send it to the back
     - Draw the blue oval with cutout
     - Color the shape
     - Draw the final white outer oval & color it
     - Upload the final image to Schoology
7. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None
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