Mystic Bubbles
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TOU:
This tutorial was written by me and the graphic is of my own imagination, except the ownership of copyright over
Lil Orora Fae by ©Joel Adams.
If it resemebles any other tutorial it is not intentional and is strictly coincidental.
You are welcome to use my tutorial for Weekly Challenges, but you must link back to Jelly Bean Lane and the tutorial address and not copy and paste it to your message boards.
You may use my supplies for other PSP tags and tuts, but may not claim them as your own and must give credit if you use them in tutorials , linking back to Jelly Bean Lane.
For This Tutorial you will need :
PSP X
Plugins:
Eye Candy 4000
Filter Attacks
One Tube of your Choice, I have used
©Joel Adams Lil Orora Fae
which you may purchase at www.lilz.net with your C.I.L.M. License,
and
My Supplies, which you may down load
here by clicking the zip file.( Lil Orora Fae is not included )
This tutorial is for Intermediate PSPer's, where as you will need to be familur with plugins and Masks to do this tutorial properly. So before you begin, be sure to unzip my supplies and add them in the appropriate PSP Files on your pc.
Ready? Let's Begin by
1. Opening a New image in your PSP
500 x 500 pixels with your background transparency checked.
2. Flood fill this layer with white. Your flood fill button is the little paint can to the left and you select your flood color with the forground color on your color pallet, which is the top color, not the bottom. :)
3. Add a new Raster Layer.
4. Flood fill Raster Layer 2 with Gradient Duotone Red ( standard with PSPX).
5. Now it's time to use that really cool Plugin, Filter Attacks. Go to Effects>Plugins>Fliter Attacks>Pattern:Supernova.
6. Go to Layers > Load/Save Mask> Load Mask from Disk > Select JellyBeanGrungeMask with the following settings checked:
Source Luminace
Fit to Canvas
Invert Transparency
Hide All mask
7. Time to add just a hint of a glow around your mask. Make sure you are on your Colored Mask Layer and not the black and white layer and go to :
effects>plugins>eyecandy4000>gradient glow and put in these settings
Glow width = 3.00
Soft Corners =25
Over all Opacity = 60
Draw only outside Checked
Color Opacity 100
Color #ffc0c0
(( HELPFUL HINT: Save as a PSPImage often as you work in case the brownies take over your PSP and it shuts down suddenly. This will save you ALOT of headache and Swearing ))
8. Add a new Raster Layer then tube the heart pearls tube at scaled 136% and adjust it to the center of the Mask. Then go to Effects> 3D effects> Drop Shadow
with these settings:
Verticle 1
Horizontal 1
Opacity 80
Blur 5.00
Color Black or #000000
9. Add a New Raster Layer and select your bubble tubes. Be creative and put them where you want, you may want to add a new Raster Layer between each bubble so you can adjust one if you need to without making all of your bubbles move at once.
10. Time to add a glow around your bubbles. If you added a Raster Layer between each bubble you will need to go to each individual Layer to add the glow effect. To add the glow to the bubbles go to Effects>Plugins> Eye Candy>Gradient Glow , with the following settings:
Glow Width 11.28
Soft Corners 25
Opacity 60
Draw only outside selection Checked
Color #ffc0c0
11. Add a New Raster Layer and add the tube of your Choice. Then go to Effects>Plugins>Eye Candy>Gradient Glow with the following settings:
Glow Width 36.14
Soft Corners 25
Opacity 60
Draw Only outside Selection Checked
Color: #ffc0c0
12. Add a New Raster Layer then select the Pink Sparkle Tube at 35% Scale and add sparkles here and there to your bubbles.
13. If you have used another artists work, then please find your bottom layer and add their proper copyright at this time.
14. You are now ready to add your Signature to the tag. Go to your Mask layer and add a new raster layer. Select the Faerie Font and in your Color Palette your Foreground Color will be #000000 and your background color will be the gradient duotone red. with the following settings:
Antialias Sharp
Stroke Width 0.5
Create as Vector
15. Type your Signature Now, and size it and adjust it where you want it on your tag.
16. Go to Effects>3D Effects> Inner Bevel with the following settings:
Bevel #2
Width 6
Smooth 7
Depth 3
Ambience 2
Shininess 0
Color White
Angle 315
Intensity 50
Elevation 30
17. Go to Effects>3D Effects> Drop Shadow>Effects>Plugins>Gradient Glow with the same settings you use for the Mask Layer.
18. To finish it off go to Image>Add Border with the following Settings:
Top 1
Bottom 1
Left 1
Right 1
Color #8fob32
GOOD JOB! I would love to see the tags you have created from this tutorial and your many variations.
Rachel Hansen Jelly Bean Lane
2003-2007
Here is one that my friend Sammy made when she tested this tutorial. I love it and it shows that you can use about any form of art or free tube without using specifically a CILM Artist if you don't have LIC.
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Liz is a wonderful PSP Tutorial writter, that I had the pleasure of meeting via email yesterday. She contacted me about using some of my graphics in her tutorials. I was very flattered and exstactic and of course I said yes to her, because I LOVE her work and her Tut writing skills!! :) I will list Artists under my PSP Resource Center when they use my work and if I really enjoy what they do, and Liz stole my heart with her Tag LO's. She is linked in the PSP Recources of my page under LizarDesigns. Check her out and tell her I sent you... She is absolutely FABULOUS! Here is a Lovely Tag she made with my "I Heart Chocolate" Papers. Click the image for a closer look.  Thank you Liz for the Lovely Tag, I LOVE IT!! Smiles Across the Miles - Rachel
Here's a little something I made today, thought about writing a tutorial for it. :) If there are enough interested people, I may put a couple of color selections of this graphic up for Snags , gumballs seperate and no gumball in the dispencer. :) THis is what it looks like Dolled up. ;) If you're interested, please email me. :) This would be, of course, a freebie. ;) Click the Image for a larger view. 
This is the template I put together last night, and here is also the sample of what it looks like completed, of course it varies from paper to paper and element to element, but you can do sooo much with this Template LO. :) This is my son nathan, one of the most recent pictures I've taken and currently my favorite, it really brings out his beautiful smile! :)   I like to color my template layers so for dramatic effect in advertising them. This template comes in size 1000 x 1000 pixels resolution is 300.00 on PSP. You are downloading a PSPimage file as well as PSD file, compatable with both PSP and PS. ;) 
FIRST! I wanna show off my new Scrap Supply Jars. I made these over the weekend, and thought, everyone else does scrap bags, so I am going to be completely differant. I base all of my designs off of inspiration around my home , family and friends, and I keep baby food jars and candle jars and all sorts of paper clips and tacks in these extra jars. My website will have these little jars containing my supplies to download. SO, from now on, when you download my freebies, just click the jar, I am discontinuing the snag it button except for Templates and Paper packs. :) These Scrap Supplies are just "Tacky" ! lol But I think you might like them. I think they will be adorable on a cork board background, ( one I plan on posting later on myself as soon as I make the corkboard. lol) This is a freebie, you won't see on my store and will be a perminant download here and on my PSP Workshop Website. :) Digital Tacks. They aren't extremely large , but are perfect size for even the large 12x12 scrapper and can be resized smaller for Taggers, Tut Makers and the smaller 3 x 3 taggers like me. ;) If this is your first time visiting my blog or downloading my supplies and graphics, I kindly request that you read my TOU. You can read them HERE. This is 100% actual size of the tacks.  Click the Jar to download these supplies I did get a good nights sleep last night and I am feeling much better today. :) I will be afk for a while today, where as we will be taking the kids to the movies and grabbing a bite to eat. Happy Scrappin' Rachel
 Grand Opening Coming SOON! Keep Posted for the opening of Jelly Bean Lane's Digital Scrap Mall, where you can window shop at all of my kits and caboodles and buy whenever you please. Freebies will always be abundant here no matter what. :) Hugs, Rachel
Hello all... :) I have a couple of wonderful freebies to add firs thing tomorrow. I haven't been feeling the best today. For new readers and friends that are still getting to know me, I have a heart condition a) Mitro Valve Prolaspe and b) Sinus Tacticardia. Usually I feel pretty good as long as I get plenty of rest, a decent diet and my medication on time, but I think with all of the recent stress it kinda threw me off. So I have been really tired the last couple of days and today it settled in pretty darn good. I'm pretty pooped. So, I didn't do much today really but nap off and on and clean the kitchen from the disaster area that occured from making Jam yesterday. lol And I did make a new template to share with you tomorrow. I doodled around a bit and made some graphics of the Scrap Mall and the WorkShop, they look pretty nifty. ;) And I did catch up on emails. :) Not a real productive day, but nontheless, well rested. Tomorrow I will resume my freebie DL's and the goodie bag again. Providing I am not to tuckered out. Off for a good nights rest, Smiles across the miles, Rachel A Sneak Preview of Tomorrows Freebie Template:
I recieved a wonderful email today from Liz, who requested permission to use my graphics in her tutorials. I want to let all Tutorial writers and Siggy Designers know, that your emails are welcomed and I will reply to each. I am honored to recieve them and reply to them, and I do have TOU written for how you are permitted to use my graphics in your tutorial writing... I kindly request, that if you have a differant need than what my TOU outlines, that you do as Liz has done and email me first so we can work something out. Once I hear back from Liz, I will be posting a link for her site if she doesn't mind, because this girl has some great work and some Amazing tutorials. So, PSP'RS....... Keep posted. ;) Hugs, Rachel
Just a quick post that I have closed the May Scrap LO Contest and will be looking over the applications today. I had a few entries this time, and I realize it was just so late in the month to post it.... But... you can begin designing your LO for June, and you can use ANYTHING you downloade my blog, wether its my freebies, Fonts and brushes from my goodie bag or a purchased kit or graphic. This months stipulation is a little differant, you can only use MY graphics and Papers and no one elses, since this month I will be supplying more papers ... lol *grins* I also want to extend this Contest to my PSPers as well. :) So, best Scrappy Tag Layout or Scrap LO.... In other words, you don't have to use pictures of your family, but can use pictures of something else, as long as it's legal with the copyright infringment laws. ;) I will post more later on this months contest and will post publications later on the winner of May's Contest and show off all of the entries. ;) Hugs, Rachel
Every year I make Jam to have on our shelves for the year AND to give as sweet homemade gifts for my friends. This year I made Strawberry Pineapple, but I have more friends now that are diabetic or like me and my family watching our diets for our healths sake, so having all of that sugar eleminates so many people from getting my special treat each year. This year I decided to experiment and make a "Sugar-Free" Jam. The Jam has NO ADDED Sugar, only that which is naturally in the fruit and that is it. I was worried that it would be ok, but not great like the other sweet stuff. But, I was shocked, it turned out AWESOME, and the kids loved it too, so, I may in the future just make the Sugar Free stuff. It's really food and alot easier on the Diet and is Diabetic friendly , if your Dr. oks the fruits used. :) Here is my Recipe: 1 package Ball No Sugar Needed Fruit Pectin 4 cup combination Chopped Strawberries and Bananas ( Fresh not frozen, it does make a differance in the set). 1 cup Unsweetened, No sugar added Apple Juice 1 tablespoon butter 2 tablespoons Lime Juice 3 Cup Splenda mash the fruits in your pan over medium heat, but leave chunks, where as jam is suppost to be chunky and pureeing your fruit breaks down the natural pectin, causing the jam not to set properly. Heat to a nice simmer and add the apple juice and Lime Juice. As the fruit and juices simmer on a low boil, wisk in the pectin and continue stiring and cooking on a low rolling boil until the mixture thickens a bit. Slowly wisk in the Splenda a little at a time to prevent lumps and add the butter to prevent foaming and over boiling. Cook the mixture on a low rolling boil until it becomes a nice thick rich texture about 10 minutes. Remove it from the heat and ladel the fruit preserve into clean canning jars. This recipe made 4 8 oz. ball canning jars for me. Allow it to set until firm and cover with parafin wax, making sure all of the fruit is covered properly. Watch for wax shrinkage and top with more wax as needed to insure that the preseves are completely covered leaving none of the fruit explosed. Cover with the lid and some pretty cloth and a piece of twine with a tag and a bow with a little quote or poem to give to friends and family. ;) Hugs. Rachel
While there has been so much going on here the last couple of days, I have had little time to get on and just work on something new. :( Today, being the first of the month however, I did find enough time to design this months calander, and I used the "humble bumbles" I already have created and put together a cute little Quick Page for your Desk top. It looks best stretched, and was made to fit my own screen being a flat wide screen. I do hope you will enjoy it. Here is a Sample of what it looks like with my kiddos pictures in it. :) CLick the image for a closer more detailed view.  Want it?
Welcome to June everybody! :) Today is the last day and the final call to download all of the last months freebies, where as I am beginning a new month and all of last months freebies will be disabled. :) Also, I have updated my TOU. Please read them carefully, even if you are a buyer. Updates are being made to all of my kits, and the addons and updates , replacements and such will be posted for those who have purchased the kits and the updates, add ons and replacments will automatically be installed and zipped for future downloads. :) These upgrades are being done to better service PSP and PS -PS CS3 users alike. Please remember, I am a strict Paint Shop Pro user and I do not use Photoshop, where as I personally do not care much for the program, and so I post everything in PNG format, but I will post templates in PSP and PSD format as well because of the high demand of Photoshop users, but, my main goal is make digital scrapbooking easier to do and learn for the greater demand of Paint Shop Pro users by providing them with PSPimage files, PNG, brushes etc, so that being said, and my preferance to use PSP and not convert to PS, means there may be a few differances, but I will do my best to compensate where I can. I will also be making my templates and papers larger to appease ALL people, so it can be resized smaller easier than it can be resized larger to keep qaulity. So for the future, the files will be larger than they have been in the past. I apologize for the inconvience to those who have enjoyed the faster download because of a smaller file so they wouldnt need to resize to begin with. So in the future, I am switching from 500 x 500 pixels or 3.33 x 3.33 inches to 12 x 12 inches/ 3600 x 3600 pixels with a resolution of 300 ppi ( remaining the same, but may go up to 400 ppi, where as it seems it is 300 ppi on my program and 200 ppi on PS.... not sure how that happens). Anyhoo, I will be posting today's freebie soon. :) Hugs to all and hopes for a better today than yesterday was!! :) Smiles Across the Miles, Rachel
I as an American citizen, have paid my taxes from the hard earned time and money that I put into my daily work as an employee, and it's always a pleasure to know that it will be used for good causes in our Country, State and City. HOWEVER it is it extremely unsatisfactory when that hard earned money is also suppost to support our Public Defenders, the local Police Department, the men and women who's duty is to "Serve and Protect" us, but the job requirments ARE NOT BEING MET! Today, my son and my daughter were riding their bikes on the sidewalk of our residental street in which we live, and a lady backed out of her drive way without looking and knocked my daughter off of her bike. Thankfully my little girl is ok and no serious harm came to her past a bruise, but the woman got out of her car and asked my child if she was ok, felt she was ok according to her standards, re-entered her vehicle and just left without calling asking my children who their mother was, where they could reach me, or even contacting an officer. It is my understanding, that when you are in a collisian with another individual and a motor vehicle is involved, no matter what the damage is, you are required by law to contact the authorities, and failing to do so, is ILLEGAL! My Children immediately came and told me what had happened. I checked my daughter out to see that she didn't have any serious injuries and questioned both of them on what had happened, and asked them, if the lady in question had asked either of them where they lived or offered to call an officer, to which they both said "No, She said, you scared me, you shouldn't be there! Are you hurt?" My daughter who is 7 years old replied she was ok, and that being satisfactory to the lady, accepted it for face value and drove away without any further responsable action. Once I had gotten the full story from both of my children seperately, I had my children show me where it had taken place, which was two drive ways down from the house we were located at. I then called the police to file a complaint. Once the officer ( Office Roads) arrived she asked me briefly what was going on, as I explained to her, she cut me off mid sentance and then began questioning my son, and never once spoke to my daughter who was the victum , nor did she request to see if she had any marks or injury what so ever. She then asked where the incident took place and proceeded to the house to speak to the woman who had backed into my child. She returned after a few minutes with the Lady and the lady then bent down to my sons level and began to scold him. The office stood by and allowed this, and I interviened and told the woman not to speak to my child in such a manor, that I was their mother, and she could address me and I wanted to know WHY she had not taken the time to contact me or an officer when she struck my child. She proclaimed she spoke to the kids and felt they were ok and that was enough, to which I informed her that I was their mother and their well being and whether or not she was injured was for me to decide and NOT her. The officer than turned to me and told me that it was my resposability as their mother to watch where they played! I became very upset because I knew exactly where they were! They were riding their bikes on the side walk, where else is a child suppost to ride a bike? They were not in the lady's drive way or in the street but riding one the sidewalk! It is to my knowlege that when you back out of your drive way you are to watch for pedistrians and children and that Pedistrians have the right of way over any motorvehicle! I gave my children permission to ride their bike and because a woman who did not watch before she backed out of a private drive way to a public street passing over a public side walk, hit my child, the officer involved turned the issue around to be my fault and not the woman driving the car. When I stated that I am responsable for my children and I do know where they are at all times, and that it is the drivers responsability as a licensed motorist to watch as she backs out for on comming traffic and she was at fault for backing into my daughter and not contacting someone, the officer then changed the subject to " it is state requirment that they wear helmets". YES, it is, but nothing was being discussed over helmets, or whether or not they were wearing a helmet, nor had I or the children been asked if they were wearing helments, needless to say, the issue at hand was that the woman had backed out of her driveway , struck my child with her car and drove off without contacting anyone past my children. I am very displeased at the nature of investigation and professionalism by the officer on the scene as well as the police department in general for overlooking such an incident. I am very upset at the fact, that the woman saw my daughter to be ok to her satisfactory and not mine. When someone is injured, there may not always be a phsycal mark and the point I was trying to get across was that what if the injury had been more severe and no one realized it, and my daughter, theoretically speaking, had an internal injury and had bleed to the point of death and we did not know about it until it was to late? I am very upset at the fact that I made this complaint and it was looked upon as not being an issue! I am very upset that the blame was turned onto me by an officer of the law and not the woman who struck my child! I am extremely upset that when I said I wanted to file a complaint she said "I am not filing a report on this". I am upset that the officer made no efforts to begin recording the entire conversation until I became upset that nothing was being handled properly. I am extremely angry that the money we pay through our taxes is suppost to go to our Deptarment to "serve and protect" our community but it doesn't! Instead of us, as Hobbsains feeling like we have rights as citizens and Americans and we feel protected and served, we feel harassed and controlled by members of our police department. There are so many serious crimes being committed in broad day light and nothing is done about it. But heaven forbid if you walk down the street in your own neighborhood to visit a friend , and an officer stops to ask why you're walking and where are you going, and proceeds to run your name and see in whats in your pockets because as you walked down the side walk you strolled with your hands in your pockets. Heaven forbid, you just cashed your paycheck and when he sees your money wants to know how you got that much cash and if he can see your paycheck stub to prove you didn't get that hard earned money from a drug deal! Yes, this happened to a friend of mine recently. Instead of making sure a man who raped a woman on sleeping medications stays in jail for more than a week, the investigating officers made the victum feel like the felon by implying she was cheating on her husband and got caught, hense the rapist is out of jail after a week and a trial picking the victum apart over her sleeping medications. Rather than listening to a mother who is concerned that her daughter is being molested and there fore calls and files a complaint so it is on record, they walk away without a report because their personal judgment is the parents are being vindictive over their divorce. Instead of taking care of a call where a little kid is shooting plastic b-b's from a hand held b-b gun at another child over the fence, we have officers pulling us over because we passed Ma Brown's and took one to many right turns to circle the block and get back to the resturant. The officer then rights a ticket for making "Turning Manuvers". What is a "Turning Manuver" and how is it illegal to go around the block because you missed your original destination? Yes, this happened to another individual I know. Instead of investigating and finger printing a car that was stolen so charges could be filed, the car was returned and nothing further was done about it. Thank you for returning my car to me, but it would have been wonderful for the car to have been processed and compared to the suspect we felt was responsable. Instead, nothing was done except the car returned and a name written down in a little note book. Please explain to me and the rest of Hobbs, New Mexico how this is considered Protecting and Serving our Community? Instead of pulling a car over who has just sped through a school zone, why are our officers pulling people over who pull into a convienant store, and then pull right back out after they see a sign on the door that says their closed, and in the process asks the passenger who has done no wrong, no more than the driver for exsiting the convienant store due to it being closed committed a crime, who they are and then because of their last name decides to run them through the system to see if they have warrents, just because a member in their family has had a record in the past. Isn't this considered harassment and throwing their weight around behind a badge? Yes, this happened to another person I know. What ever happened to Innocent until proven guilty? Not Guilty by association!? I, along with so many residents of Hobbs, are disgusted by the the way our Patrol officers do their jobs. We as a community are fed up with being harassed and pulled over for excuses to find a reason to write a ticket or give us a hard time, when there is plenty of serious business that needs to be handled and isn't. Across the street where I live, the neighbors openly sit in the front yard in their vehicle and smoke pot, and nothing is ever done about it. My child gets backed into by a car on a public side walk and nothing is done about it! People fight and scream and hit their spouces in their front yards and nothing is done about it. Prostitutes openly walk our streets on Marland and drug deals are made at the City Park in broad day light and nothing is done about it. But make three right turns at designated stop signs to go back to the location you passed by mistake, walk down the street with your hands in your pockets, turn into a convienant store that is closed, or have the same last name as someone with a record and you are made to feel like a convicted felon and forced to pay a fine for "turning manuvers". So I ask you, what do mine and everyone else's tax dollars go to? Why should I or my family and friends have to pay for this treatment, when we are the citizens that pay the tax money that pays the salary for those officers that spend their time and energy dealing with pointless and frivalous bolonge , when they could be focusing on performing their Duty as a public SERVANT and actually "Protect and Serve" our community, rather than focusing on meeting a quota! I would like to commend those officers that do a fine job, I know of a few, Officer Engle and Officer Miller, Officer Mendoza have always been very polite and professional as well as a few other good men. But for the most part, all of the other officers I and other members of our community have had the displeasure of encountering over rediculous excuses to be pulled over, or not filing a report on a serious complaint, of meeting and dealing with ; it is of our opinion they are not doing their job to our standards as citizens who pay our taxes to support the lousey excuse of traffic patrole officers in Hobbs, New Mexico!! I have sat by quietly over the last few years abiding by the laws and observing all of this and so much more than this letter has space for, and I have not said a word. Today I had my fill of the Grade A bull manuer that floods our patrol department of the HPD, when my daughter was backed into by a motor vehiclist and the driver left without contacting someone, and the officer did absolutely nothing about it. Enough is Enough! Rachel Hansen
It is brought to my attention that the papers and graphics are not of at least 300 ppi as I thought and said they were. In my program, they are, and the size was never specified as being over 500 x 500 pixels with is 3.33 x 3.33 inches. So I am currently working on remaking those papers, leaving the ppi at 300.00 on my program and inceasing the size to 12 x 12 to better suit all users. If there has been a problem with my papers or graphics, I kindly request that you email me and politely let me know and I will fix the problem. I've had all happy scrappers, and would like to remain doing so. :) Also, I need to note, that I use Paint Shop Pro 9, X and XI to create my graphics, Not Photoshop or any other program, so I can vouche for the differance in qaulity, if there is differance between program to program. Give me a couple of days to get this taken care of. Sorry for any inconvience, and it was not intentional false advertising on my part, an honest mistake if that. Hugs, Rachel
Here is the second collection in the "Humble Bumbles" Series I'm making. So far, I have three sets of papers and stickers and the fourth one in the making. :) The Series, thus far includes Collection "Lil' Butterflies" , Today's Collection 2 "Lil' Dragonflies" , Tomorrow's Collection 3 "Lil' Bees" and The other is a surprise. ( in case it doesn't turn out the way I want it. lol ha ha) All of the sets will go into one BIG mega kit with all kinds of elements. :) This is the "Lil' Dragonflies" Stationary Pack. The whole set is $2.00 plus tax, you can get it from me by emailing me directly and using paypal until the store is opened. Here is what the full Stationary pack looks like, includes papers and stickers, cut out action curtosy of Automic Cupcake. Click the image for a larger view.  If this is your first time of visiting my blog and/or downloading my freebies , graphics and Scrapbooking Supplies, I kindly request that you read my TOU in full before downloading and using my graphics. ;) You may read them HERE. Like the "lil' dragonflies" and wanna try them?Have fun with the goodies, and I'd love to see what you make with them. :) Remember the Lay Out Contest ends tomorrow, so you have until tomorrow night to email me your entries. ;) Happy Scrappin'. Smiles Across the Miles, Rachel
I found this free quick page DL, that you guys will love. ;) http://dixiedoespspdezines.blogspot.com/2007/05/freebie-sneak-preview.html Hugs, Rachel
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