January 2010
The Greater Raleigh Court Civic League
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Three Years of Work on the Trailhead By Jim Loesel I was out and about the Dan Wright Trailhead on a November Saturday taking advantage of the sunlight and late fall colors to take pictures. I thought to myself, "This place has sure changed amazingly over the last three As his Eagle Scout project, Will Douthat designed years..." I said and installed (with the help of family and friends) hello to a couple a sign at the trailhead showing an overview of the more dog walkers. Murray Run Greenway. Then I thought, "...and we got a lot done this year." I've sent pictures of some of these improvements during the year, but as I was taking photos, I was surprised at how many improvements were made this year and how well the work of years one and two has turned out. I thought it would be useful to compile the accomplishments and give credit to people who have made this happen. The commentary below references pictures attached to this email. Some general comments The vision of Dan Wright, Liz Belcher and cohorts planning the Murray Run Greenway has turned out to be exceedingly sound. The number of people and the variety of ways they use the trail is amazing: dog-walkers pulled along by their pooches, families of different ethnic groups out for a weekend stroll, individuals communing with nature, children heading for the play equipment, parents pushing strollers, "Striders" for an early morning run, mountain bikers, even teenage skateboarders. I watched a pickup truck leaving the parking lot loaded with trail bikes used by a family. The parking lot at the trailhead serves not only the trail users, but also people using Shrine Hill Park tennis courts, football fans watching games on TV at the All Sports Cafe, someone taking a lunch break at the picnic table, and an assortment of public and utility vehicles pulling off Grandin Road. I've seen no conflict among the different users of the trail or the trailhead parking area. As a neighbor living on Guilford Avenue, I've heard of no conflicts between trail users and the neighborhood. You couldn't ask for a plan to work out better than this one. —continued on page 5
New Looks at Old Houses By Chad Braby When my wife and I bought our Laburnum Avenue four-square in July, 2004, we were enamored of the neighborhood and its sidewalks, its well-aged trees and walkable amenities in Grandin Village. We were especially in love with the house and its hardwood floors and 80-year old character. While luster of the neighborhood grows brighter each year, it didn’t take long for reality to set in on the charm of living in a house built for another era. The first bubble-bursting moment came in early winter. My wife and I were in one of the small bedrooms making plans for the nursery. She, newly pregnant and radiating with the expectation of our first child, noticed some ice on the windows. On the inside. “How quaint!” I exclaimed. She gave me The Look, and said frostily, “You’re OK with putting your newborn in this meat locker?” Turns out it was a rhetorical question, and the answer was several thousand dollars of replacement windows. The second reality check followed quickly when we received our first gas bill of the heating season. Ouch. In my bachelor days, I spent less on monthly rent. A new era, indeed. Since that first winter, I’ve performed a few efficiency improvements and replaced more windows. I’ve weather-stripped doors, and conceded defeat in most of the thermostat setting battles. But our candles still flicker when the wind blows, and Roanoke Gas continues to send us Christmas cards. Time for a new approach. Hello Energy Check! It’s the innocuous name for a Blacksburgbased company that performs Home Performance Assessments, aka Energy Audits. I was initially squeamish about the $350 price tag of the basic audit, but I ran some calculations. My house uses roughly 1,100 therms during six heating months (in excess of the monthly usage for heating water). At an average cost of $1 per therm, my heating bill is $1,100 per year. In the three summer cooling months, our family is fairly conservative. We just open a lot of windows, making our cooling cost about $40 per month in addition to our —continued on page 7
Inside This Issue
President’s Message..................................................... 3 Wachovia Grandin Road Branch................................ 4 Holiday Parade.......................................................... 6 January Meeting Details............................................ 8 Calendar................................................................. 10 Bus Shelter at PH.................................................... 10 Things you need to know.......................................... 10
Greater Raleigh Court Civic League Officers OFFICERS President: Susan Koch 345-9977 s.koch@verizon.net Vice-President: Chad Braby 343-3975 cbraby@ullimanschutte.com Treasurer: Ruth Dickerson 345-2187 Recording Secretary: Keith Dabbs 224-3082 kdabbs@carilion.com Corresponding Secretary: Cassandra Van Hyning 798-1996 cvanhyning@spectrumpc.com Directors at Large: Mary Dykstra mvdrltr@aol.com Melissa Morgan, 312-3587 melissamorganhomes@msn.com Lori Livingston, 981-1145 lomaliv@juno.com Jake Gilmer jgilmer@rvarc.org Greg Brock GBrock@wdbj7.com Immediate Past President: Chad Van Hyning, 798-5983 cvanhyning@hsmm.com
COMMITTEE CHAIRS Membership: Greg Brock Adopt-a-Highway: Kurt Navratil 343-7373 kdavidn@cox.net Brook Dickson bdickson@hollins.edu Neighborhood Affairs: Frank Eastburn 342-8063 haikune@msn.com Program: Melissa Morgan & Lori Livingston Newsletter (incl. advertising): Jim Huizenga 345-9977 j.huizenga@verizon.net Special Projects: Tony Stavola 345-0010 astavola@carilion.com Building Management: Chad Braby Grandin Road Merchants Liaison: Kurt Navratil Webmaster: Jake Gilmer
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Greenways: Mike Urbanski 344-1388 mike_urbanski@cox.net The Court Reporter is published by the Greater Raleigh Court Civic League fives times a year on or about the first week of September, November, January, March, and May.
From the President
Update on PH Proffers When the School Board approached the Civic League proposing to change the proffers for the Patrick Henry stadium, I groaned inwardly. I worried that it would be like ripping the scab off a wound that had almost healed. Who could forget how the stadium split the neighborhood? Opponents had worried about snarled traffic, “marauding” kids in the neighborhood, increased trash, lights and noise blasting into neighboring homes. And, of course, the PH stadium became entwined with the Victory Stadium controversy. Fresh in my memory was the meeting where irate neighbors got up and shook their fists at Civic League Vice President Roy Mentkow. They challenged the Board’s right to speak for the Civic League as Roy was defending the Board’s support for the stadium. He worked hard to keep the discussion civil. Nevertheless, some members left the Civic League over this issue. Now the School Board wants to expand the use of the stadium. The PH athletic programs are more popular than ever, with more teams needing practice time on the few practice fields. It’s especially encouraging that young women are signing up for soccer and lacrosse, doubling the number of teams. And when the School Board made the high school start time later, it had the natural consequence of beginning practices and games later, leaving fewer daylight hours for the athletes. Civic League Response to Proposals At the Board’s request, three Raleigh Court residents agreed to discuss the changes with the School Board this fall. Past GRCCL president Kurt Navratil, current board member and professional planner Jake Gilmer, and former stadium opponent and realtor Kit Hale all live near the stadium. They provided invaluable guidance to the School Board. Next School Board President David Carson and member Todd Putney met with the GRCCL board to spell out the changes. Then we polled Civic League members and invited the community to discuss the changes with the School Board at our November meeting. Fifteen members submitted written comments. The majority supported the expanded stadium usage. One complained about the lights, and several were bothered by the PA. Two were just plain cranky, and on general principles, opposed everything. One of those was actually a Fincastle resident who took the opportunity to denounce City Council, the School Board and those of us foolish enough to live in Roanoke. He was especially scornful of the Civic League, calling us “South Roanoke wannabes.” That one had me alternately laughing and scratching my head. Over 40 neighbors came to the November meeting, which turned out to be a civil discussion. As a result of the input, the School Board has dropped the request allowing the Superintendent to approve additional uses for the stadium. The School Board has filed the new proffers with the Planning Commission, who will review them before they go to City Council. Here are the proposed changes: • High School band practice and middle school athletics will be added to the allowed activities
• Varsity lacrosse and the once a year Parks & Rec championship youth football game will be able to use the sound system. It’s now limited to varsity football, varsity soccer and graduation ceremonies. • Stadium lighting can be used for practices. It will no longer be limited to games only. • All varsity football (usually five games) can be scheduled at night. Most of the neighbors who wrote to the Civic League live near the stadium and are pleased to have it in the neighborhood. They enjoy the vitality it brings to Raleigh Court and the pleasure of walking to fall football games. From the comments, it was clear that PH has done a good job managing traffic, controlling kids and preventing any littering in the neighborhood. However, it was also clear to the GRCCL Board and to the School Board that the PA system is disturbing some neighbors. They can tolerate or even enjoy the crowd noise and the bands, but the PA is annoying. The Civic League board believes a few common sense limits to the proposed changes will accommodate the neighbors, while also supporting PH’s growing success with athletics. Specifically, we’ve asked the Planning Commission to include two limits: • With the exception of varsity football games, the lights can be used only until 9:15 • With the exception of varsity football games, the PA system can be used only until 6:00 The deadline on the lights should accommodate practices and games, but also give the neighbors the promise that they and their children can sleep in darkness. The limit on the PA system will assure neighbors that they can eat dinner in peace. Games that go into the dinner hour will not have to stop just because the PA system is turned off. The Planning Commission will consider the School Board’s request on January 21, and then their recommendations will go City Council for the final decision. Meanwhile, the School Board has recognized that sound from the PA system is traveling beyond the stadium, and they’re exploring ways to focus it on the spectators. In a time when compromise and civility are in short supply in our country’s politics, I’m optimistic that we’ll have a workable solution. A Lesson in Civics This experience has raised an issue the GRCCL Board has often wrestled with. How do we speak for the neighborhood? We’re a diverse group of 11 in a neighborhood of over 10,000. We’ve concluded that we’re the only organized way for the neighborhood to have a voice and to increase our influence on issues. We’ve worked hard to gather diverse opinions from our members and the community at large. We think our position represents what we heard. We’ll represent the Civic League—and by extension—Raleigh Court at the Planning Commission and with City Council. So I’m optimistic that this has been a positive experience for the Civic League. We appreciate the thoughtful way the School Board approached the process. We also appreciate all the neighbors who took the time to express their thoughts in emails and at the November meeting. And I’m most encouraged by one woman who told me she’d left the Civic League after that last angry stadium meeting, but now would like to rejoin. Welcome back!
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Farewell to Wachovia Branch This February, one of Grandin Village’s longest operating businesses will be leaving Raleigh Court. After more than half a century, Wachovia will close its branch at 1323 Grandin Road when its lease expires. They’ll close on February 24 at 2:00. The staff will move to the South Roanoke, Riverjack, and Melrose branches. The safe deposit boxes will move to the Tanglewood branch. The branch and its staff have been longtime supporters of the neighborhood and the Civic League. The branch was built in l953. When it was built, it offered the latest in customer service—a drivethrough window. Only a few other Raleigh Court institutions were in the Village back then, including the Grandin Theatre, Mick-or-Mack, and the Raleigh Court Library, located in the current Pop’s building. Even though it’s gone through a number of name changes, the branch has operated as part of the same franchise for over 50 years. It was the second branch of Roanoke-based First National Exchange Bank, following soon after the first branch on Williamson Road. In the late 1980’s, FNEB changed its name to Dominion Bank. When Dominion was sold, the name changed to First Union, then to Wachovia after First Union bought the Winston-Salem based Wachovia. Of course, another name change is in the offing, since Wells Fargo purchased Wachovia in 2008. Financial Center Manager Gloria Clayton, who will manage the bank’s Melrose branch, is thankful to all the loyal customers. She hopes that most of them will stay with Wachovia through the move, and will be offering customers gift cards to local merchants as an extra incentive. Additionally, Wachovia’s Roanoke District Manager Gwen Faw is already planning a Family Fun Day for customers. In early spring, customers will be invited to enjoy free food and kids’ activities at the South Roanoke branch.
Wachovia branch staff (from left): Katie Pappas-Snowden, Lynn Akers, Grace Millender, Gloria Clayton, Leah Conley. The staff speaks six languages.
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The good news is that the Village will still have a bank, and Valley Bank plans to move from its current location next door into the vacant Wachovia space. Valley Bank Manager Susan Stump is looking forward to the larger space. She’s also excited to be able to expand customer service with those same drive-through windows that were a novelty back in l953. Valley Bank was founded in Roanoke in 1995 and opened the Grandin Road office ten years later. The branch now has $20 million in deposits. Stump says they will do some renovation to the office, so she anticipates moving into the new space by summer.
Trailhead—continued from page 1
trees over the years. Once the school crews increased their mowing, the Parks and Recreation crews enlarged the area they mow around the tennis courts.
The design and construction of the trail by Bill Gordge's Pathfinders reinforces their reputation as the best trail builders you can find anywhere. The trail has not washed, even during "gully-washers." The "S" design for the path going up the hill was a good solution for the challenging terrain and allows hikers to ease up the rather steep hill with little huffing and puffing.
I've gotten a reasonable stand of grass to grow in the narrow stretch between the trail and the alley and encouraged the various municipal crews to mow it. This was formerly a "no-man's land" that neither school nor parks crews wanted to maintain. The Parks and Recreation trimmed the maple trees in Shrine Hill Park. Dan Henry's urban forestry crew cut down hazard trees along the trail and removed dead limbs from the large maple overhanging the picnic table. The utility company installed a new pole along the alley way to support the weight of the electric wires. The pole around which we've planted daylilies to hide the ugly mound of red clay had begun to lean and loosen because of the weight.
The plantings of trees and shrubs by the GE group and other volunteers two years ago have survived and Bluebirds raised a brood in one of the bird are now thriving, with houses. the help of some water and fertilizer. We should see some outstanding color in the spring now that the dogwoods, redbuds and azaleas are getting larger. As you can see from the pictures, the fall color isn't bad either. [Go to www.grccl.org to see these and other pictures in color. –Ed.] The flowers in the planting areas have bloomed profusely throughout the growing season and are multiplying. The construction of the trailhead encouraged the school system to tame the jungle of brush, dead/down trees, and weeds in the area between the trail and the Raleigh Court Elementary School. It's been a work in progress. Improvements during 2009 Mike Urbanski organized crews to install directional signs and benches along the trail. This was much work, but Mike has a talent for getting people to work together to lighten the load. Mike also directed young people spreading mulch on the trail to keep down the mud where the Murray Run trail enters the woods above the PH track and another group staining sign posts. Brenda and Dale Burnham planted iris along the trail, in a cold spring rain. We reworked the plantings in the bed around the sign at the Grandin Road entrance. Jim Huizenga and Susan Koch planted dwarf nandina and I planted blue rug junipers. Susan Koch and Parke Loesel divided and replanted daffodils this summer. Look for flowers next spring. They also weeded the timber planter along Grandin Road. Brenda Burnham and Stephanie Wright weeded the sign bed in the spring. The fellow who maintains the landscaping at the All Sports Cafe agreed to whack weeds in and around the bed. I hauled pails of water to keep the plants alive during the summer.
I encouraged some of my neighbors to clean up and maintain the alleyway areas outside their fences. This helped improve the appearance of the drive to the trailhead parking area. The Water and Sewer Authority fixed a major sewer leak that was bubbling up in the middle of the alley near the turn to the parking lot. The City resurfaced the alley, especially on the hill beyond the parking lot entrance. With much prompting from Susan Koch, The City installed a new trash can near the picnic table at the trailhead. Now people using the picnic table throw their trash in the receptacle instead of leaving it or throwing it on the ground. (Now I don't have to pick it up!) The City has dumped a load of mulch for our use next spring. I have had some success in the war against English ivy that covered the ground and grew up trees. With the help of the schools' bushhogging crew, I've also been able to keep most of the weeds and brush down between the trees. The dreaded poison ivy is becoming an endangered species along the trail, I hope. Lots of people have helped pick up glass, rocks, and other trash that had accumulated under the trees and brush over the years. The KIVA youngsters like to think of this as urban treasure. The people named above and many others who helped but were not mentioned by name can take great pride in a civic project that has benefited thousands of people using this area. I hope we can look back after a decade and say the first three years were only a good start.
The adult leaders and kids of KIVA planted ten dogwood trees and many bags of flower bulbs in the spring. They mulched the beds with a load of shredded bark donated by Mulch n' More. They had so much fun doing all this work that they returned in the summer to plant a flowering cherry tree near the parking lot. Applause for their work. In addition to mowing and bush-hogging the school property, one crew even axed the huge poison ivy vines that had grown up the
A place to rest overlooking the tennis courts.
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Grandin Village Holiday Parade Draws Marchers and Watchers Great weather and good crowds favored this year's Holiday Parade that rolled down Grandin Road from Christ Lutheran Church to the Village. The Greater Raleigh Court Civic League and the Grandin Village Business Association sponsored the parade. Susan Stump and Robert Turcotte once again served as organizers. Chad Braby, vice president of the Civic League, organized the volunteers who served as traffic directors at the street intersections along the parade route, satisfying a City requirement for obtaining a parade permit. Among the notables who walked the parade route were Mayor David Bowers and City Council members Court Rosen, Rupert Cutler, Sherman Lea, and David Trinkle. Miss Roanoke Valley 2010 made an appearance. But the real stars were all our Raleigh Court neighbors who walked with their groups – KIVA, Boy Scout troops, church groups, the crowd of kids from the Raleigh Court Presbyterian Church Preschool. And many more.
Woodrow Wilson Middle School Band drummer
Madison VanDuyne was crowned Miss Roanoke Valley 2010 on October 17, 2009 during a pageant at Mill Mountain Theatre in Roanoke.
Flag carrier for the Patrick Henry High School Patriot band
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Energy Audit—continued from page 1
normal electric consumption. So we spend over $1,200 a year to heat and cool our house. If I could find a way to cut that by 20%, I could recoup the cost of the energy-saving advice in the second year. Joe Mugavero, the enthusiastic Building Analyst Professional, aka The Auditor, was at my door at 9:00 am on a rainy Monday morning. We sat down for a few minutes and he explained the audit process and asked about my house’s quirks and my personal goals for the outcome. The first step was the exterior review. He measured the dimensions of the house to use later Finding air leaks with the infrared imager in air movement calculations, and surveyed all facets of the structure’s exterior. It turns out the audit process isn’t just about energy savings. It’s also about long-term durability, and looks at things like positive drainage of rainwater and gutter/downspout performance. My house was OK, although I was a little embarrassed by the fresh plant springing out of my chockfull gutters. Time to get on the roof.
leaky. I scored a 0.59 ACH (Air Changes per Hour). In layman’s terms, the air in my house is completely exchanged for outside air every 100 minutes. The goal, for optimum efficiency and health, is 0.35 ACH, or an exchange every 3 hours. While the test was running, Joe used a nifty infrared camera to show me all the places in the house where I was losing my expensive heated air. I thought I knew my house pretty well, but was surprised. In full-color detail of red and blue infrared, we noted missing insulation areas, a lot of leaky window trim, and a host of other trouble spots. After all the action, Joe sat down and wrote up a detailed report, complete with a long list of recommendations. During our closing discussion, he pointed out that Energy Check also serves as a contractor, and can provide estimates for a wide range of efficiencyrelated services. A higher level energy audit would have provided me some detailed cost-benefit analyses of all the suggestions. However, Joe was helpful in explaining the basics of building science and highlighting the areas of greatest bang-for-buck. In total, it was a great experience. I highly recommend it to any homeowner in our neighborhood of lovable, leaky houses. I’m confident the knowledge and direction will pay for itself in short order, but for the skeptics out there, I plan to provide updates on my progress and utility bill savings over the course of the next year.
Next up for the audit was a combustion check on my gas-fired water heater and boiler. Chalk up another point for the assessment process. Energy Check takes a hard look at any health and safety issues in the house. I learned my boiler is in good shape, but the 15-year-old water heater is inefficient and doesn’t exhaust very well. Under worst case air flow conditions, Joe showed me how the unit could actually backdraft and leak carbon monoxide into the basement. Yikes! Joe, ever cool and collected, said “Relax. It’s the worst case condition. Install a CO detector next to it, and work on a replacement plan. No need to evacuate the family.” The final activity, and the one usually associated with the audit, was the blower-door test. Energy Check installed the test apparatus across my front door and induced a vacuum throughout the house to check overall performance. Guess what? The old gal is pretty
The euphonious offerings of The Norman Fishing Tackle Choir delighted all within earshot.
Using the blower door test to check air loss
Michael Meise (left) and Robert Turcotte bring home the parade's grand finale.
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January Meeting Features Rebuilding Together By Lori Livingston
Brave the winter weather, and learn how you can give back to your community in the New Year! Ed Murray will speak at our January meeting about Rebuilding Together Roanoke, a non-profit that provides free rehabilitation and repair work to the homes of lowincome Roanokers. GRCCL will be teaming with Rebuilding Together on a home repair project in 2010. We will meet on Thursday, January 14 at 7:00 pm in the Fellowship Hall of Christ Lutheran Church. Hot drinks and tasty treats will be provided.
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Things you need to know… GRCCL Hosts City-Wide Neighborhood Meeting Over eighty neighborhood activists and city officials gathered on a Friday evening in November at Christ Lutheran Church fellowship hall Roanoke City Neighborhood Services coordinator, Bob Clement, discussed the process for the city's neighborhoods to apply for grants for projects and upgrades. He also previewed next year's Virginia conference on neighborhoods, to be held at the Hotel Roanoke in September. A number of neighborhood leaders reported on their participation in this year's conference, held in Richmond. Some felt that stone soup was the answer; others advocated sharing their motivations. Tim Taylor of Old Southwest told of initiatives undertaken by Old Southwest Inc., their neighborhood association, that make a difference, such as repairing and landscaping homes of needy residents as well as the venerable Parlor Tour, now in its 30th year.
Roanoke Recycles Colored Glass We no longer have to throw our empties in the trash. Skip Decker, Manger of the City's Solid Waste Management division, has informed us that he is adding colored glass to the recycling mix. A Portsmouth company, Recycling Disposal Solutions, will be opening a second facility here in Roanoke to process recycled glass.
Grandin Village Holiday Lights The Grandin Business Association would like to thank the following sponsors for providing light post decorations on Grandin Road during the holiday season.
Movie Night at Grandin Gardens Every Monday night the Grandin Gardens offers documentary films. Pretzels and teas will be offered. 7:00 pm starting time. Call 540-581-0530 for further information.
Upcoming GRCCL Membership Meetings March 11, 2010...........................................Thur., 7:00 pm May 13, 2010...............................................Thur., 7:00 pm
It’s hard to miss the exotic gold and purple plant billowing in the breeze in front of Patrick Henry High School. Or is it some strange bird? Actually, the exotic metal structure is a utilitarian piece of art and the first publicly owned bus shelter in Roanoke. Designed by art students at Patrick Henry and local artist Ed Dolinger, it’s the work of many hands.
Called “Aspire” by artist Ed Dolinger, the bus shelter was designed with help from two PH art classes. Teacher Jennifer Fowler and her students worked on the design of the sculpture as well as the twenty ceramic tiles that form the wall of the seating area. Students even presented the design to City Council.
Thank you for making our spirits bright!
January Membership Meeting....... Thurs., Jan. 14, 7:00 pm
New PH Bus Shelter is Dedicated
Funding came from Roanoke City’s Percent for Art Program and a federal grant received by Valley Metro. Percent for Art is a highly successful program that collects 1% of the budget on various city building projects and invests it in art around the city. “Second Chances,” the bird-swallowingfish sculpture in front of the Raleigh Court Fire Station is a temporary installation funded by the program.
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Patrick Henry students (from left) Donald 'Bubba' Sink, Rolando Holmes, Mary Dudley, Mickey Hudson, and Amanda Gravely contributed to the design.
Artist Dolinger is a painter and sculptor who lives in Bassett and is an adjunct faculty member at Hollins University. He’s a partner in Dialog Gallery in downtown Roanoke. He has designed public art in other cities, and enjoyed the challenge of working with site restrictions, engineering and building code issues to create both a functional bus shelter and a freestanding sculpture. Raleigh Court resident Doug Jackson heads up the allvolunteer Roanoke Arts Commission. They worked closely with Arts and Culture Coordinator Susan Jennings to provide direction on the bus shelter. They’re planning another public art bus shelter at William Fleming High School in the spring. Aspire is quickly becoming part of the Raleigh Court community. Even before the graceful sculpture was dedicated on a rainy morning, residents were already sheltering under the canopy, waiting to board an approaching Valley Metro bus.
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