Getting ready for club championships
 

[quote=innercityteacher;86871]My normal tendency would be to to try the championship flight right off after the quality time I spent with Lynn some months ago, but the "B" flight, which is our largest flight, seems good enough.

The chipping stroke I have been using all summer:

http://lynnblakegolf.com/forum/showt...lat+left+wrist

Typically, I have three or four chips a round that settle to the pin with 12" and are
handed to me by my playing partners. I have been struggling with my drives all summer and recently substituted a Fixed Left Wrist with a longer pause at the top so my hip shift can really drive my Power Accumulator # 4 and arms totally off my chest. It seems more controllable and powerful so we will see.

UPDATE: RAINED OVER 2 INCHES DAY BEFORE, STEADY DRIZZLE DAY OF, SHOT A 90 WHILE LAST YEAR'S CLUB CHAMP SHOT A 77! TOP 12 SAW 6 PLAYERS WITH AN 89 TO MAKE CUT IN MY "B" FLIGHT!

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Besides chipping and putting I will concentrate on this
 

[quote=innercityteacher;86872]Besides McDonald Drills, I need a lower right shoulder ala :

http://lynnblakegolf.com/forum/showt...lat+left+wrist

2/3 rds short game and 1/3 full swing.

UPDATE: DOING THE MCDONALD DRILLS CORRECTLY AND THOROUGHLY PULLS THE HIPS AROUND AND THE CORRESPONDING SHOULDER DOWN AND ON PLANE. IT IS AN ORGANIC CONNECTION! THE HIPS MUST MOVE TO PROPERLY OR THE SHOULDERS WILL NOT EVER MOVE PROPERLY. THE HIPS MUST BE PROPELLED BY THE DELIBERATE MOVEMENT OF THE FEET AND KNEES OR THE ZONE 3 HANDS CANNOT BE USED PROPERLY ON A CONSISTENT BASIS! (Boy, I really hope I'm right on this! lol)

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Like a great broth, a golf swing needs time to simmer!
 

Ummmm...I have been simmering in a good way since last Spring's week-long visit with the wonderful Lynn Blake where I learned much more than I could appropriate in a year! :offtheair I was off the grid.

Being newly divorced, in a new apartment with a new high school tech teaching job also helped me be well, occupied. :shaking:

And so, while I was simmering, I was meditating on the first thing Lynn showed me which was the "Marching Drill," and other McDonald drills. I could feel something very different while with Lynn that week but could not assimilate it. I had no kinetic schema just an intellectual understanding. If you watch the videos, I was doing it, the movement of the knees, BUT I DID NOT UNDERSTAND IT! As many of you know, Lynn does not deal in "half-solutions!" He gives his students 110% or more and I was trying to appropriate what he said. I would stay in my room or go to the range practicing the moves but there was so much, I was overwhelmed. :study: :study:

I knew the TGM outline but I had not grasped an essential truth of the system. :idea1: I did an online search for "knees and the golf swing." Eventually, I got to Mike Austin and Mike Dunaway, his protoge. Whether it was my hip surgeries (11), or my artificial hip, or my Gout, or being slow, :iamwithst I could not grasp what I was told in the McDonald March until I saw Mike Dunaway on a dvd five or six times. 'The right knee feels to go to four o'clock and then drives to 10 o'clock, the right hip moves out of the way, the shoulder drops on plane and the hands throw'!


This is exactly what is taught by TGM! And Mike Austin did it very well, very, very well! Honestly, it never occurred to me until then, to simply use the right knee to drive my hip out of the way to come down on plane and throw the club!!!! I think I was sub-consciously protecting my artificial left hip and the shorter left leg but by switching my focus to my right knee, I HAD NO WORRIES!!!

My last three rounds of golf at the end of October and yesterday, saw me hit 16/ 18 drives in the fairways or first shots on par 3's long 240+ and with a very slight draw, which is how I hit most of my shots, now. Though it was 55 degrees yesterday, my 8 iron was 145 yards, 9 iron was 130 ish and PW was 125 ish. Ball position is crucial. I am about to purchase a new driver to replace my senior shafted 10 year old Adam's Red Line 9.5 degree driver. (Thinking an SMT beast with an extra stiff shaft. My dad hits his 12 degree SMT with a hockey shot about 225 and has gotten thrown off the gold tees at the age of 75, lol!) :laughing9

Yesterday, I was 14 over par counting every stroke. I had not touched my clubs since October's end when I shot an 89 at Hershey's East course with my buds. The greens were lightning fast and it took me several holes to believe the balls were flying as far as they were!

Now, all of Lynn's Address videos with and all the others make perfect sense! I can feel my weight fire to my front leg and am using my right arm powerfully as my right hip clears to my left pocket!

Thanks again Lynn!

http://youtu.be/LfdsXK06EGA

http://youtu.be/UIER-jwBqQk

http://youtu.be/iclf7SpLg_Y


http://youtu.be/sA9Fz28Zu2M

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Good to hear from you again ! :salut:

Great to be back!

Homecoming King
 

Welcome back, Patrick!

:salut:

Great to see your voice Patrick!

What am I up to-cannot describe it accept...
 

...this morning I had four students I did not recognize jump in my room during 2nd period pretending to have guns trying to intimidate me. I do not know who they were and Mrs. S... was helping someone else on the other side of the floor. I called the office but there was no answer. I have no walkie.

This afternoon after 7th period, a student crawled into the ceiling and stood or knelt in the ceiling disturbing and resetting the tiles. The student left when I called the office on my cell phone to report it (I also picked up a wooden dowel and moved away from the tiles in case the student fell or jumped through them).

During advisory, a student assaulted me.

Four weeks ago, a fire was started and staged in room 320 across the hallway complete with accelerants (Pine Sol and boxes of wood and paper). With the help of the two janitors, we put the starter in a plastic bucket avoiding a fire which would've damaged the building possibly injuring or killing people.

Every day, Hallway # 2 reeks of pot.

Mrs. S... has partnered with me to move students along as soon as they try to congregate. She is a great lady and sometimes we have officer B....help us.

Why are all the school police on the first and second floor where we have cameras? Should we file a grievance with the union for the sake of the safety of the school and our fellow union members and student safety? The third floor is unsafe and unwatched.

Please advise. :salut:


So have things gotten better? :rolleyes:

Hi. While talking with Mrs. S.... today and trading information, I was informed that she encounters several kids during the week who come from the third floor commons inner circle into the third floor hallways. She also mentioned smelling pot in several locations where no student or person seemed to be standing.

Our guess is students ride the ceiling like people ride the bus. They hide there, steal laptops, get high and jump into other rooms. That would explain why lights are on with all the doors locked when no one uses the rooms and other incidents we have had.

10 minutes ago I chased a student out of the hall who had put a pair of beige slacks in a locker. They are still there. he didn't think I knew which locker he used. It was the middle of the sixth period. I called several people to inform them.

I know the principal mentioned zip-lining the lockers on Friday after the ceiling incident. I think that is a good idea. I'm sure there are others. I would like a walkie to keep people informed of what is happening up here. I think a memo should be sent to all staff to give people a heads up. I will be happy to give service during a prep to help Mrs. Stevens on a daily basis.

I am worried about a ceiling fire, or a student falling through the ceiling and breaking their neck, or falling on staff or taking working laptops over a weekend. Mrs. S.... mentioned a series of robberies in the new townhouses built near 45th and Market using the same M.O. as th e houses were connected by a common duct-work system.

Thanks.


When I say that this is the hardest teaching post I have ever had, I am not kidding. How I long for Lynn and Cuscowilla and Green Haven and Gerrry's fine family and Kevin's great encouragements! :angel:

I am not getting married either! LOL!

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Jeeeeeepers Man. Any chance of getting out of there next year? That really puts controlling a little white ball in a different context. I feel bad for you my friend!

Kevin

WOW!

Some kind of challenge you have taken on, ICT!

:salut:

Concentrating on Geometric Orientated Linear Force
 

So, it is with great relish that I have been watching Ted Fort's Address video with Lynn where they discuss the hitter's s l o w bump to the front or left to get the right arm closer to the ball before unleashing the bent right wrist.

I feel as if I am slowly moving closer to the chaotic ignorance of my student culture here before unleashing my BRW of knowledge and civilization!

:laughing9


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Man, Patrick, what kind of frontier are you on? This is so sad to read.
Worse, I don't understand how the admin. and police don't do something about the ceiling traffic.
Be safe.

Hey Patrick! Thanks for sharing your story, its great to see you back here.

A new type of change?
 

Thanks guys. You will recall that even the mighty Soviet Communist system had to fail in the contest with a democratic capitalist system where personal responsibility is a tried and true success for the majority of people.

I think Mayor Nutter is a moral guy trying to undo a corrupt city. I hope I am right.

http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/201...isal-shooting/

So much good can be done here with a little leadership. :read:

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I like the mayor's response. I'm thinking Daryl could be his assistant.

Seeking Mechanical Advantages-How Far Down is Down?
 

http://youtu.be/EDNCLchMYRI

At 1:27 into this film Lynn had finished showing the "release" or "throw" or "down" of the Swinger's Flail. Then, graciously, Lynn shows the Hitter's Flail. The "down" or "release" of the Hitter must benefit from being delayed since the force of the blow is carried closer to the ball as is the forward lean of the hands, so eloquently explained to me by Lynn, Kevin and Gerry.

To Hit effectively, It seemed as if Lynn fired "Down" as his hands got to his back foot and right elbow got to his side. Do the skilled Hitters in our group have a key or body location they employ to know when to fire down? :rolleyes:

Yesterday, my range practice with fatigued range balls seemed most effective when I slowly rolled my front shoulder up and almost horizontally fired my right hand to my left pant's pocket. The 8 iron flew with a high little 5 yard draw about 155 or so and sweet spot ripples of delight. (Perfect balance, too, thanks Lynn!)

Max distance however did not appear for other clubs including driver though everything had a draw and kept a solid flight line. So the ''Down" then of the Hit begins when? I understand why "over- acceleration" is really a problem missing where you might trigger the "Down." :naughty:

I had some success firing at the Plane Lane slightly before the ball with the driver dependably producing a high push and a big quacking 20 yard hook and roll shooting ahead of the teed ball by about an inch or so.

Am I getting warm?:read:

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New hitting insights based on

http://youtu.be/bTtEHWEZRrs

1) the hitter stays tall so the back shoulder stays against the plane
2) RFT puts the back shoulder and hands on plane
3) taking up the slack could be done by back leg push forward or by front heel lead but staying tall is key

4) my hands are chewed up because I forgot the Hogan correct grip (man does that Hydrogen peroxide sting)
5) the correct grip makes the forward swivel very easy along with hitting down giving lots of power and noise baton swoosh noise
6) "Right forearm on plane, stable lower body (quiet knees/quiet feet, extensor action" thanks Lynn!

http://youtu.be/HYfOw_7jCTA

"back leg push forward", "Hogan correct grip" ?

Is that "Thinking Outside the Box" or simply "Thinking Outside the Book"?

Hogan's Left Hand Grip
 

Akward expression, orthodox grip! :)

In Hitting, there is a bump forward, right. Does it matter how you shift the hip?

Or, does "quiet feet, quiet knees" mean no hip shift?


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The beauty of DOWN!
 

As I search for even greater Mechanical Advantages, I come across recurring themes like DOWN!

http://lynnblakegolf.com/forum/showt...ting#post56338

I want to Hit Down with my hands in a Both Arms Straight position well ahead of the club shaft! :golf:

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On the range 3/7
 

2 club wind into me while attempting to Hit. My struggle was to get to Both Arms Straight! :golfing_banana:

I adopted the following video as my model:

http://lynnblakegolf.com/index.php?option=com_hwdvideoshare&task=viewvideo& Itemid=85&video_id=122


Amazingly, as I put my "Right Forearm on Plane with quiet knees and feet" and used my RFT, I found myself putting all my pressure points behind the club's extension and swiveling to an "Arrow pointing at the ear" without conscious thought.

Cold range balls into the wind on a rope with a driver past the 200 yard marker on the fly (maybe 210) and a nice fish-hook and "bzzzzzz" with irons.

I feel the stretch of the RFT in the front shoulder, stretch the arms and shoulder more fully with the shift of the front hip (my plastic artificial hip), and then I fire my right arm fully with a feel that my left hip is the pivot or sling of the back or right elbow. I finish with 90% of my weight on my front foot.

Driver has a nice deep thunk and irons go "crack!" :)


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I love reading stuff like this, Patrick. Congratulations.
I'm working on so many different things and all seem to work compared to where I was. Man, we gotta get to a course soon.

"Silly Rabbit Moment" # 3654
 

Thanks Gerry, You are right. I just realized that what I was feeling was my right wrist rotating down the Face of the Plane into the Forward Swivel and up to Both Arms Straight and then to Finish as the hips slide and right arm straightens!

Precision Alignments! So cool! Like Minnesota and Wisconsin, Illinois and Cuscowilla!

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On the range 3/8
 

4 club wind dead into the hitting bays. Very comfortable with RFT. Using it exclusively.

"Dragging the mop" for a Hitting motion to both Arms Straight produces a very steep, high flight that just keeps climbing in the breeze and actually turns over. The RFT to a "frozen" position and held to my side as I Pivot on my left heel straight down ala the Ben Hogan video.

http://youtu.be/G4DCZuAj5Mg

That motion produces a slowly rising, low trajectory, penetrating flight that is very straight.

A third motion starts with RFT and reverses with my right knee moving to about 11 on a clock face driving the right hip and shoulder Throwing Out the right arm and spinning the right hand down the plane. That produce a high draw as well. :)

The ball position in all cases is never forward of my Mid-Body and feels as if I am striking straight down!

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Ball Position Explanation of what I do
 

Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Posts: 9,606
Drawing The Ball
Originally Posted by JohnThomas1
So maybe i can hit a natural draw with the hitting stroke simply by playing it back a bit?

Yoda's Response

And 12 Piece observed something I might be doing with my square /open stance and my RFT


and OB Left said this:


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In my neighborhood last night...from The Daily news (2 teens on ATV die in a hail of bullets

BY MORGAN ZALOT

Daily News Staff Writer)

Updated at 8:15 a.m. Tuesday.
We really need a First Tee program but I hear an AK 47 can shoot up to one mile . :confused1

BATMAN

http://lynnblakegolf.com/forum/showt...6208#post26208

So then, when I use RFT and lock/stiffen all the elements of my bent right arm, my Pivot is controlling the BAT. Am I batting? (Yes, I can be "batty." No argument).

Is this what Steve Stricker does so well?

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More hitting clarity
 

Ok Basic Hitting according to Yoda

http://www.lynnblakegolf.com/forum/s...hlight=release

Interesting

http://lynnblakegolf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1069&highlight=Bat+stroke#post106 9

But Yoda has this.

http://lynnblakegolf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1069&highlight=Bat+stroke#post106 9

So then my question is what exactly is the swing called where you start your Pivot down and manually fire the right arm down?

Less fog more 4 Accumulator Hitting bartender!
 

OK, I'm back in focus! :golfcart:

I feel like I have so much more confidence since seeing Lynn and understanding how important hips and grips are. I feel like the MacDonald drills really emphasize correct motions. With the correct grip, and understanding the Flail and RFT, anything, even Four Accumulator hitting is possible! That is my new goal. :golf:

http://lynnblakegolf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=56165&highlight=tomasello#post561 65

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Short thumb + Mid Body hands + MacDonald Drills = Longer Drives
 

Short thumb/Hogan grip starting with the left index finger last joint allows right elbow to ride up my right side as I Pivot and "snap" as I Pivot down producing a much more penetrating and faster ball flight. The ball disappears much more quickly and the Apex of my Swing and Hitting procedure with range balls was consistently, more than 10 tries, well past the 200 yard markers! Woo hoo! :golfcart:


I can see a large difference between the flight of an Angle Hinge and Horizontal Hinge work in height of distance and turning over versus dropping to the right! So cool!:golf:

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Silly Rabbit Moment # 4000 -Ball position
 

I just found this quote and it made so much sense I was dumbfounded.

The quote was by Ted Fort regarding Hitting and is found here:

http://lynnblakegolf.com/forum/thread192-2.html

With the proper short thumb grip, Hitting from Impact Fix (a slight opening of the front hip), or Swinging, the ball position should determine a whole heck of a lot!

Off to the range will report later! :salut:

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Range report-It's a hit!
 

Impact Fix-front hip open/RFT- blade is closed/elbow comes straight down driving and compressing! The ball does not dream of looking left! Ball at middle of stance or forward. Draws happen with ball back of middle.

Swinging is better too as I pivot up to the front toe of front foot! Felt a very strong wrist cock at top and saw increased DOWN asI followed the MacDonald drill moving feet! Ball leaps off the club (short thumb). :)

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Silly rabbit moment # 4003
 

:read: My new favorite video!

Homer Kelly's greatest hits!

lways points at the Plane Line except when they are parallel to each other."

Step in at Right Angles to the line right forearm on Plane-Delivery Line Prep -Do you see it? Are you prepared to un-cock on that line? Are you prepared to roll on that line?

http://youtu.be/vVx6DPCIhd8

Plane line, stability, extensor action!


So smooth and so powerful, time and time again with a correct grip! I do have a question though for Hitting. When I shift to move my shoulder closer to the Base line of the Plane, do I fire at the line when I reach my low point? :confused:

Answer?

http://youtu.be/rpdyB_bea-k

Monitor the Delivery Path of the Hands or Trace the base Line of the Plane. :read:

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JB Homes please
 

I think this is a type of Hitting/"Crap Smacking" /Lynn with the Impact Bag type of deal but with the proper short thumb grip, covering the Base Line of the Plane with the club with my back elbow always in front of my body and club decidedly closed, I can step and fire my right arm to my left big toe shooting to Both Arms straight well ahead of the Ball! :read:

I think I am using a "bat stroke" and I hit a sand wedge 105 yards consistently tonight. Driver bounced for the first time at 230 yards and seemed to stay in the air forever.

I felt like I was doing this:

http://youtu.be/cbd3hqj6vEo


and this:

http://youtu.be/iCWUyW0cN-w

with all my pressure points behind the shaft!

It seemed when I straightened my back leg then pivoted on my front heel before shooting my hands straight I might have been using all my stuff! I felt like I only took the club back to parallel with the ground then just shot my arms through!

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Silly rabbit moment # 4004
 

Look, look, look! I work hard as many of you do on this hobby and yesterday my prayers for clarity were answered in a big way? :golfing_banana:

Look carefully at the banana! It's head is stationary through impact!

Watching Lynn and Mr. Saunders and Kathy swing or hit was weird my friends. From far away, you could only see the slightest movements and their head was so quiet and the ball fired like a rocket! :idea1:

Inverse relationships anyone? The Tripod must be still for the club to shoot down-plane like a Nordic bobsled, Air. :read:

Short thumb grip. Quiet hands, feet and knees but not perfectly still, get it? I do now. Why does the MacDonald feet together drill work for everyone? Buehler? Anyone? Because the head is stationary and the torso is quietly, slightly, moving compared to my lurching, hulking basic efforts. Less is way more times 1000! :happy3: :exclaim:

I can and will prove this upon your persons ( Le Morte D'Artur).

http://lynnblakegolf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=2447&highlight=stationary+head#po st2447


LOOK!

My club has never moved faster with Swings or Hits! If my head is set at Impact Fix or between the feet equidistant for the Swing, I can watch the greased lightening of the shot go down through the ball and be pulled to finish!

I want the decoder ring! :) :read:


Just for giggles!

http://youtu.be/GaaDJ6xq4nY

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Impact fix + stable head= 2 clubs more!
 

Quick update. 4 pars on front including a 421 par 4 and 4 pars on back on a par 71 for an 89. Three trips and 4 doubles due to an errant tee shot and airmailing three greens with 100 yard plus sand wedges or really long 8 and 9 irons like 140 yard 9's and 150 yard 8"s. Temp 60 degrees and spotty showers!

Nutted the ball Hitting quite often. No putting skills and moderate chips but putting is coming.




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On the range 4/3/12
 

Head stuck against the wall and hands back on shoulder plane with slight push or drop the elbow and feel the hands whip through Ball goes straight with nice trajectory! Short thumb! Mid-body hands MacDonald moves freely beneath a stationary head! Ball position is always at my left hip! Runion putting and chips close in or elbow plane.

It is ok to even feel like I am looking at my right shoulder in practice to guarantee the imaginary wall so the vertical un-cocking of the left wrist can fire DOWN! It can even be a right elbow drop or a subtle push of PP # 3 down the plane! If I monitor the swinging of the hands, the hands must be thrown at the left foot! Swing the pen knife tied to the handkerchief!

Hitting works very well if head and shoulder remains at Impact Fix pressed against the wall. Fire the # 3 pressure point ball at left hip let the club catch the hands and fully straighten the left arm!

Thanks Lynn, Kevin, Gerry, Daryl, OB everyone! :laughing9

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Found the post matching the feel!
 

The stationary head by Lynn Blake- I felt this today! :read: :exclaim:

http://lynnblakegolf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=56309&highlight=stationary+head#p ost56309


GolfCatty,

The correct Head position is established at Impact Fix (8-2; 7-. Oncedetermined, the Head should remain Stationary (the First Essential per2-0-A-1 and 1-L-1). Monitor your Impact Fix Head Location carefully. It willprobably be somewhat lower than your present position.

Most players do not maintain the Stationary Head. In fact, manyinstructors even advise that it should move off the Ball (to the right)as part of the Backstroke and Weightshift. Of course, that simply is not thecase for those who have trained themselves to execute the precision alignmentsof The Golfing Machine.

In addition to an improper Head position at Fix, and in many cases because ofit, the Machine is also vulnerable to the third and fourth Snares,Bobbing (3-F-7-C) and Swaying (3-F-7-D). Bobbing's henchman isthe faulty movement of the back or Knees (the Anchors per 7-16), while Swayingrelies on an incorrect weight shift due to a faulty Pivot. Study the sixPivot Components of Zone #1 (9-1) and Translate (per Chapter 3) their Mechanicsas quickly as possible into Identifiable Feels (Introduction). Per 1-L, "...masteryof the Pivot is so essential for good Golf."

Finally, monitor the position of the back at Address. Per 7-9:

"The back should be straight from the neck down--not rounded at thewaist. It is easier to control the rotation of a straight rod than a bentone."


More bonus coverage-this is the HOW TO!

http://lynnblakegolf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=3089&highlight=stationary+head#po st3089

http://lynnblakegolf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=56106&highlight=stationary+head#p ost56106

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