2010 ANNUAL REPORT

Our Mission

JRW builds community by connecting and inspiring writers and readers in central Virginia.

Message from Virginia Pye, Board Chair 2008-2010

As board chair for JRW in 2010, I have felt immense satisfaction in the many ways JRW reached deeper into the community, helping to create a true Richmond literary renaissance.

Last year was a watershed year for our organization. Our strong and vibrant board organized yet another stellar conference, which earned us well-deserved national attention in Writer’s Digest. We became part of the Virginia Literary Festival. Attendance at our ongoing professional-development series, The Writing Show, swelled to an average of 100 people each month. We also built on our excellent working relationships with many other arts nonprofits here in town, including the Library of Virginia, the Visual Arts Center, and VCU Libraries. With the help of our key supporters—Dominion Resources, Media General, Hunton & Williams, The Verizon Foundation, the NEA, and the Virginia Commission for the Arts —we are stronger and more stable than ever.

In 2010 the board of directors revisited JRW’s strategic plan and charted a new course for the coming years. Our goals include expanding our staff, diversifying our audiences, reaching more young people and establishing a writing center. JRW is clearly here to stay, and with your help, we are poised to make a true difference in the lives of Richmonders. I look forward to 2011 and beyond. Our board is full of energy, ideas, and enthusiasm. We are committed to our continued growth and to bringing the literary arts to life to Central Virginia.

JRW 2008–2010 Board Chair Virginia Pye and current 2011-2012 Board Chair Lee Gimpel

See Virginia Pye’s Op Ed piece in the Richmond Times Dispatch, December 2010

http://timesdispatch.com/ar/693882

Meet the People Working to Make JRW Better for You

Our Staff:

Administrative Director Anne Westrick has been the heartbeat of James River Writers since 2006, when she gracefully began overseeing administrative details for all programs. This past year, Anne completed her MFA in writing for children and young adults through the low-residency program at Vermont College of Fine Arts. Anne’s first novel was recently acquired. She is a graduate of Stanford University and Yale Divinity School.

Meg Medina joined JRW’s staff in January 2010 as development coordinator, where she helps the board of directors in all areas of fundraising. Meg’s passion is writing for young people. She is the author of Milagros: Girl from Away (Henry Holt Books, 2008) and Tia Isa Wants a Car (Candlewick Press, June 2011). Her new young adult novel, The Girl Who Could Silence The Wind is forthcoming from Candlewick Press in 2012.

Erin Cundiff, a graduate of James Madison University and Virginia Common-wealth University, is JRW’s bookkeeper. Erin writes when she can and reads even when she can’t. Her current interests include opera, geology, 18th-century America, trains, classical music, the Spanish language and Latin American culture—that, and her two young children.

Board of Directors 2010 Our board of directors was once again a Who’s Who of Virginia authors, playwrights, corporate professionals, educators, and community leaders.

Farewell and many thanks to the following members who stepped off the board at the end of 2010: Susan Early, Paula Squires, Bill Blume, Dougald Blue, and Cynthia Cros White.

JRW Board Bios

Virginia Pye, Chair 2010

Lee Gimpel, Vice Chair, 2010

Gigi Amateau

Dougald Blue

Bill Blume

Ellen F. Brown

Shawna Christos

Susan Early

Ryan Frazier

Reginald Gordon

Valley Haggard

Katharine Herndon

Elizabeth Mason Horsley

Emyl Jenkins

Douglas Jones

Jann Malone

Brewster Rawls

Maya Payne Smart

Kris Spisak

Paula C. Squires

George Tisdale III

Cynthia Cros White

Last year we at JRW lost one of our most cherished board members.

Emyl Jenkins joined the JRW board of directors in 2007 and immediately set the standard for our first Best Unpublished Novel Contest, co-sponsored with Richmond magazine. In 2008, she became chair of the annual writers’ conference. That year’s conference was a sold-out event that drew heavily on her personal connections to bring in top authors. In 2009, Emyl served on our executive committee as secretary. Both officially and unofficially, she was always happy to help aspiring authors hone their craft.

In her honor, JRW has established the Emyl Jenkins Award, awarded to an individual or organization that makes Virginia a better place for writers. The first recipient will be announced in June 2011.

Emyl Jenkins Award

http://www.jamesriverwriters.org/about/board.htm# http://www.jamesriverwriters.org/jrw_programs/emyl-jenkins-award

Board Members in Focus

Ellen F. Brown with “Scarlett” at the book launch of Margaret Mitchell’s Gone With the Wind: A Bestseller’s Odyssey from Atlanta to Hollywood.Visit the Facebook page

Ellen F. Brown was a busy woman in 2010. An admitted bibliophile, Ellen is an anti-

quarian bookseller and a columnist for Fine Books and Collections magazine, not to

mention a mom to two young boys and a doting owner of a basset hound named Leo.

Last year, Ellen joined our board and completed work on her first book, Margaret

Mitchell’s Gone With the Wind: A Bestseller’s Odyssey from Atlanta to Hollywood,

which was published by Taylor Trade in 2011. How did she get her start? The way

many of our members hope to get theirs: by attending a JRW conference, where she

met her agent. Ellen generously chaired the Best Unpublished Novel Contest in 2011,

hoping to give new writers encouragement and a chance at publication.

“I doubt my book would have ever come to be without JRW. By attending the writing

shows and the conferences I learned how to get published and developed an incred-

ibly supportive network of people who’ve helped the project along the way.”

Maya Payne Smart is a business journalist and a writing-career coach. As founder of the Richmond-based start-up WritingCoach.com, her mission is to help free-lance writers with the business end of their work so that they avoid ever having to suffer through the “starving-artist” phase. “I teach freelancers the economics of writing so that they can not just survive but truly thrive on doing what they love,” she says. “It’s important to realize how many resources and networking opportunities exist out there for creative people. I’m both inspired and proud to be a part of the work being done by James River Writers to build a literary community in central Virginia.”A graduate of Harvard and Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, Maya joined the JRW board in 2010. She brings a passion for community work, an eye for practicality, and a wealth of ideas to the job. For 2011, she has been tapped as JRW’s vice chair and is leading our spring fundraising efforts. In her spare time, you’ll find Maya cheering for the Rams at VCU, where her husband, Shaka, is the head basketball coach.

Maya Payne Smart

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Margaret-Mitchells-Gone-With-the-Wind-A-Bestsellers-Odyssey/132658640109430

Our Year in Review

The JRW Annual Conference

“We have always strived for an event where southern hospitality meets profes-sional know-how and inspiration, and we’ve gained a reputation for it. As we started the process of planning the 2010 conference, it was amazing to hear again and again from multiple New York literary agents that they had not only heard of our conference, but that it was one they would be excited to attend.

“So many details went into the eighth annual conference. From planning the logistics of four rooms with simultaneous panels over the course of two days, meeting the needs of our speakers flown in from across the country, vetting and prepping our moderators, initiating a new workshop day in conjunction with conference events, as well as feeding the brains, spirits, and stomachs of our attendees, I knew that running the conference would be a challenge; however, this was a challenge I was excited to be a part of.

“With more than 300 attendees present from central Virginia to Texas to Washing-ton state, and coverage from the Richmond Times-Dispatch locally to Writer’s Digest nationally, JRW’s signature event was once again a huge success.” —Kris Spisak, Conference Chair

Many thanks to the Library of Virginia for hosting the JRW Conference. Jacqueline Woodson

Silas House

Charles Todd

Kirk Ellis, Dean King and Charles J. Shields Michael Olmert

Visit the website

Headliners

“This was my first

experience. I loved

everything about it!

It will keep me

coming back!”

“Never has an hour passed so fast as it did in these sessions! The moderators were fantastic and kept the sessions lively, concise, and informative.”

“ If success leaves

clues, the JRW

conference is an

evidence locker.

Keep it up!”

“ All JRW representatives were so welcoming and affirmative!”

http://www.jamesriverwriters.org/jrw_programs/conference/index.htm

The Writing Show

In 2010, under the board leadership of Valley Haggard, JRW offered Richmond its sassy professional development series, The Writing Show. This monthly event nurtures a community of both writers and readers.

From Richmond’s own independent booksellers to national agents of social change to those who read original works in a mixed-genre open mic, the Writing Show in 2010 gave voice to a diverse array of opinion and expertise regarding the art and industry of the written word. Agents, editors, authors, poets, journal-ists, memoirists, playwrights, bloggers and more formed lively panels answering questions, asking their own, and inspiring audiences to pick up their pens.

Many thanks to the Children’s Museum of Richmond for hosting The Writing Show each month.

“ That’s why we get into the

game: to give a voice to

the voiceless.”

Michael Paul Williams:

Can I Get a Witness?

Writing for Social Justice,

May 2010, on choosing a

life as a columnist whose

work targets issues of

social justice

“ It’s a community of thousands of people who are interested in what I’m interested in.”

Joe Wallace: Get Your E-game On, August 2010, on the magic of Twitter as a vehicle for writers

“ Memory is very unreliable,

but it’s all we have.”

Candace Walsh, Stranger

Than Fiction, March 2010,

on the challenges of

writing memoir

“ I didn’t care why it happened, but my

editor said, ‘You have to explain this.’…

It meant rewriting the entire second

half of the book.”

Tom DeHaven, Pitch Perfect:

An Author and Agent Discuss How a

Manuscript Becomes a Book, October

2010, on lessons learned in his first

novel, where he included an unex-

plained explosion that mutated society

Candace Walsh

Writing for Social Change: Moderator Maya Payne Smart, Dr. Linda Beatrice, Michael Paul Williams, Emily Troutman

Phyllis Theroux

Visit the website

http://www.jamesriverwriters.org/jrw_programs/workshops/writing_show/index.htm

Focus on Students

Almost 300 young people in Richmond got to work with writers through JRW’s 2010 partnerships. Whether we provided judges for writing contests, speakers for a young-writers’ conference, internship opportunities, or writers-in-resi-dence during the summer, JRW fulfilled its goal of helping kids write more and write better.

Partners:Latino Education Advancement Program and the Steward School Peter Paul Development CenterAppomattox Regional Governor’s School Richmond Area Reading CouncilSPARC’s New Voices for the Theatre ProgramVirginia Commonwealth University

“ Just remember that I’ll always have unconditional love for you, mamita.”That’s what my mom says to me on the phone. —Natasha Cardona Varela, 16, Monacan High School

Excerpt from her work in ¡Yo! A Celebration of Latino Families in Richmond

My Favorite Place

In my favorite place, the smell of homemade waffles wakes you up every morning. In my favorite place the feeling of the sun, like a sweater on your back, keeps you going all day.

It isn’t unusual for the clouds to touch the water during a crimson red sunset. To enjoy an ice cream cone, bare feet dangling on the dock’s worn edge, is an everyday occurrence. To skip through town, soaking wet from capsizing a boat, your feet in sandals (drenched of course) is a normal feeling. Strolling down the street, throwing a treat to every dog you come across, is a daily pleasure.

At night after a long day of sailing and who knows what else, it’s oh so nice to jump into bed and dream of the smell of waffles waking you up the next morning.

I dream of another day in Oriental, North Carolina.

— Caroline James, Grade 3, St. Michael’s Episcopal SchoolFirst Place, Elementary Richmond Area Reading Council Student Essay contest 2010

The Girl With A Sword

I find myself staring at the plain, white board,

about half the size of my door.Wanting to draw a girl with a sword,but finding myself on the floor.

I pace the perimeter of my room,Longing for a breath of fresh air.The words in the sky they float on by,Can only catch a ride if you dare.

I come away from the window and back to the board,

Picturing myself as the girl with a sword.

Knowing it’s nothing but canvas and wood,

I think to myself you never could…

…But if someday I could slayThat beast with all my mightI would say Hello, how are you

today?This may be your last night.

As my pencil hits the paper,my drawing comes to life.Here’s an arm and there’s a leg,And that’s your long steel knife.

You work so hard at what you doYou try so you may earnYou listen when a storm comes

throughAnd someday you will learn

I’m not something you can controlI’m not a Lady nor a LordI’m what lies inside my soul,

I am the Girl with a Sword.

— Alex Norman, Grade 6, Goochland Middle School First Place, MiddleRichmond Area Reading Council Student Essay contest 2010

Virginia Arts and Letters Live

“You never know what’s going to happen with an annual one-day event. Will the guest host arrive drunk? Will the theater remem-ber you’re coming? Will anyone show up?

“Moving Virginia Arts & Letters LIVE to the Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen took a lot of pressure off Barksdale Theatre folks, who have been generous for seven years. It also took a lot of pressure off JRW, as we were included in their subscription mailing, printing and advertising effort. But it was Pat Carroll who brought class, comedy and charm to the event. She nailed her story, and afterward, spent a lot of time talking with her fans.

“There is no lack of talent in Richmond, but a true star lit up the stage that night with a grace that has nothing to do with age, and everything to do with art.” — Irene Ziegler, director, was the recipient of the

2010 Theresa Pollak Prize for Artistic Excellence.

Other Ways We’re Creating a Community of Writers

Writer’s Wednesdays, a social hour for our area writers

“As hostess of Writer‘s Wednesdays, I’m proud to say that this monthly event continues to be popular with JRW members and guests. As a relaxed, social gathering, Writer‘s Wednesday offers a chance to meet other writers in a friendly environment. Want to share success stories, give encouragement, make connections? This is the place. Café Gutenberg provides a pleasant space, excellent libations, and delicious fare, all served by a smiling staff.” —Denise Golinowski, JRW member since 2006

Many thanks to Café Gutenberg for hosting Writer’s Wednesdays.

Get Your Word On: An Electronic Newsletter

Read more about Irene

Pat Carroll, host of VALL 2010

Meet your editor: George Tisdale

After many years with ad agencies and a handful in corporate America, George Tisdale today offers creative direction and writing services through his consulting firm, Can’t Stop Writing, LLC, on occasion getting to use his sense of humor on behalf of a client’s communication needs.Upon joining the JRW Board of Directors in early 2010, George agreed to serve as editor of Get Your Word On, JRW’s e-newsletter that reaches more than 2,000 inboxes twice a month. He’s involved many JRW members in the newsletter’s writing; and made it more visually engaging. Last summer, we enlisted his help on a new JRW mission statement—no small undertaking for a group of fussy writers. But then, being around fellow writers is why he joined us.

“ Given the complete lack of

other writers in cul-de-sacs

near me, I joined JRW in

search of a few. What I found

was this welcoming community

of authors and serious

amateurs who pester me

to finish my novel. They’re

relentless yet friendly. I wish

I’d joined them sooner.” — GT

George Tisdale

http://www.richmag.com/?articleID=11affc5630d513e05c764af862b7a87a&page=10link to RTD article

Our Finances

In 2010, JRW received $108,864.72 in revenue; 75.4 percent of JRW’s revenue comes from registration to programs or donations from the public. The remaining 24.6 percent is generated from membership and special events.

Last year JRW spent $106,413.27, and ended the year with a $2,451.45 surplus toward our 2011 programs and expenses. Our highest annual expenses are: production of the JRW Annual Conference, personnel, the spring fundraiser, and production of The Writing Show.

In addition to our operating funds, JRW strives to keep on-hand an operating reserve of at least three months of expenses. Audited financial statements for 2010 will be available for review, upon request, by July 31, 201 1.

 Who Makes This Possible?

We are so grateful to all of our supporters. We rely on foundations, on our corporate sponsors, on community leaders, and book lovers all across Virginia to help us continue with the work.

Report of Donations 2010

BESTSELLER $5,000+DominionMedia GeneralNational Endowment for the ArtsThe Verizon Foundation

AWARD-WINNER $2,500+Hunton & WilliamsVCU LibrariesVirginia Commission for the Arts

NOTEWORTHY $1,000+John Sanderson & Gigi AmateauL.S. & J.S. Bryan Fund of

The Community Foundation John Ravenal & Virginia PyeCarole & Marcus Weinstein

EDITOR’S CHOICE $500+Orran & Ellen Firsching BrownAnn & Brewster RawlsChop Suey BooksConstance CostasShelton & Elizabeth Mason HorsleyKatherine NevilleShaka & Maya Payne SmartTesco Foundation, LLCYount, Hyde & Barbour

BREAKOUT $250+Susann CokalKirk EllisHelen Montague FosterReginald GordonWoodley & Rob HabgoodJil & Hiter HarrisMarina MelnikovaDenise & Larry MillerChris and Dena MooreMr. & Mrs. Richard S. Reynolds IIIKirk SchroderDelores & Ron SmithDean & Paula C. SquiresKristin M. SwensonBrian Weakland

MUSE $150+Amanda & Farhad North AghdamiNancy Wright BeasleyFrances Broaddus-CrutchfieldShawna & Mike ChristosGeorge CrutchfieldJoni DavisPatricia June DiehlSusan EarlyCecilia & David C. ElliottLee GimpelRob Smith & Amy Smith GriggDean & Jessica KingMichael E. KleinRobert KlineJavier Menéndez & Meg MedinaThurston & Corell MooreNylce Prada MyersSherrie Page NajarianElizabeth & Bennet NotmanErica OrloffKathleen & Bagley ReidDavid Bruce RobinsonFrank Petroski & Kris SpisakRachel UnkeferChristopher & Cynthia Cros White

PATRON $75+Ted AbernathyDoug BlueVirnell Ann BruceCarter & John BryanJan Errol BurlandMary CardozoCarole ChristmanPatricia ConcodoraLee & Erin L. CundiffWilliam J. DawsonJames L. DohertyJudy A. FlahertyNancy FrantelC. Ryan FrazierLenore GayKatharine & Rob HerndonEleanor Lynn HurleyHarriett Traylor & Douglas JonesKelly E. Justice

Linda M. LayneRobert O. LewisKristen-Paige MadoniaLouise & Peter MasonBetty Joyce NashBernie NiemeierSydney Flournoy PettyDavid PriceElizabeth W. RogersElizabeth & John SandersonRebecca & C.C. SatterfieldChris Shepherdskirt! MagazineLucinda & John StanchinaKaren SteeleMartha StegerJanet TarasovicGeorge M. Tisdale, IIIJohn E. Ulmschneider Helene Wagner

WRITER/READER $35+ Archie Abaire, Jr.Cathy AllenKristi Tuck Austin Frances J. AylorRich BabbittChar McCargo BahKatherine Barrett BakerMaja BalityVictoria Ann BalloonPamela Kelley BanksPatsy Anne BickerstaffRonald Matthews BlahaCherie Renee BlazerRich BoskoVictoria Winterhalter BrameSusan Denman BreedenTimothy T. BrendleClaudia A. BrookmanStephenie L. Brown Isaiah Brown, IIIMary Ruth BurtonElizabeth Plunkett ButtimerHazel M. BuysJanice CampbellJoshua Paul Cane

75.4 percent of JRW’s revenue comes from registration to programs or donations from the public.

Sylvia E. CareyDavid Hamilton Cralle CarterRene ClarkBettie R. CoffinDagny J. CollierLeora CopelandSuzanne CormierJ. James CotterV. Mark CovingtonLisa Crutchfield-BarthTrudy CuoghiCarla J. DavisHays DavisWendy DeGroatTracy Smoak Deitz Barbara Ann Dolny-BombarKellie Warriner DoyleLinda DudleyDeb A. DudleyPamela Jean DummittHelen EanoMaureen L. EganJosephine EnsignAshley & Ted FarleyRobin FarmerSonyo Lee FerstlJohn FestaPaul FleisherJohn Michael FlynnDebra E. FoustMargot & Jim FrittsPaul Thomas FuhrmanReba E. GabelJudith GaskinLeila S. GaskinCharles GerenaKristy Marie GillespieSharon J. GloverRobert GodfreyRebekah Ellen GoemaatDenise S. GolinowskiStacey Isbell GrahamKristen GreenGrace GreeneJean Winfrey GregoryGeorge and Eleanor C. GretesValley HaggardElizabeth Emerson HancockCharles Bryan HarnessLaura Reid HarperSylvia Lea HarringtonJames Henry HarrisRichard L. HarrisonH. Robert & Sarah HartleyDorothy Spruzen HassanJody B. HedstromR. Neil HeningLinda Vanessa HewittCathy HillBill & Carol (Roper) HofflerNorma S. HolmesJean HootsHazel Buckingham JenkinsLinda Dini JenkinsKaren JonesLaura JonesMyla P. JonesKathleen JumpDavid KazzieGwen KeaneLaura KikenAnn W. Killough

Emily Thorp KimballBailey N. KingsleyPamela K. KinneyDenis J. KleinJon KuklaIbrahim KurtulusThomas C. LacyLeeanne Meadows LadinEmma LalumandierRoxanne LaneConnie LapalloFred LarmoreVivian LawryMelinda LewisTerri Nan LewisSusan Helen LozanoLauren Courain Luke Wendy B. LuskDiane L. MajorJann MaloneAnnette MarquisWendy Renee McCaigLeigh Ann McKelwayRandy Hallman & Ann McMillanFrank MilliganGayla MillsTina M. MorrisGinnie MorrowJanet MossLavinia MoxeyKellie L. MurphyNancy NaigleMil Norman-Risch Lesley Leavitt O’BrienVirginia O’KeefeKaren & Howard OwenMarygrace N. PadenShann PalmerJanie Lynn PanagopoulosErin ParkhurstJoLynn T. Parks-FoldesiRachel PayneRobert Steven PenczakAndrea Bowling PerdueLynda Fleet PerryKellyAnn Lowry PetroskiLaurie J. PhillipsMarni Pilafian Sherlyn PowellStephen Martin PrzybylaBathsheba PrzygockiCharlene Marie QuiramJody & Tom RathgebRosemary RawlinsMarci RichMartha Choate RichardsonAnthony Joseph RindererAmy Overley RizzoRebekah RobbJ. Howard RockJearl E. RughKim SchmidtRay SchmittRicki SchultzMelissa Warner ScogginsJudith B. SharpKathryn M. ShaverSuzanna Lynne ShortCatherine Frances ShortDan & Peggy SiegelRobert L. SilberClara Silverstein

Elizabeth Thalhimer SmarttMike SmithCarol Beth SmithsonLeslie Beth StanfordL. Elizabeth StormChristy StrickJody SwainWilliam Still TateAndrea Beagle TateMary Miley TheobaldWayne & Treba ThompsonLynda S. ThompsonStormy ThorsonAnnie TobeyKathleen Camack TolerWinfred O’Neil WardLogan & Heather WardKim Ellen Warnick Bonnie E. WatsonTim WellerAnne WestrickHope WhitbyLinda J. WhiteFran WhiteElizabeth Keller WhitehurstDeborah Corsa WhittakerGeorge B. WickhamVernon Wildy, Jr.Andrea J. WileyKit WilkinsonMartin L. WilsonCary WingJudith Whitehill WittKelly Diamond WolfsheimerCarmen Rose WongKim Drew WrightDiane YorkMichele Young-Stone

STUDENTLinda Marie BarrettEdith Ann BassettMarie Hardiman BeachAmy & Frank DeVenogeMattea Lee FalkKevin Lemont HintonMay-Lily LeeLovelace Lee MooreWalt Pulliam, Jr.Jon Nathan SalsburyCandi Raquel SaryJanet ShorttEllen Anica Lewis WillcoxEvelyn Zak

MATCHING DONORAltria

IN-KIND DONORS AND EVENT PARTNERSAgecroft HallAkashic BooksAnne Hathaway’s CottageDoug BlueCafé GutenbergCatering by JillChildren’s Museum of RichmondChop Suey BooksCity Parking, Inc.Susann CokalCultural Arts Center at Glen AllenCuster Robinson, LLCJoni Davis

Report of Donations 2010 (continued)

Report of Donations 2010 (continued)

Eric Elfman CoachingFirehouse Theatre ProjectFlying SquirrelsFountain BookstoreFunny Bones Comedy ClubGarden Club of VirginiaG-Force Go-KartsHallmark Phaedra HiseJackson Sage BotanicalsLatino Education and Advancement ProgramLibrary of Congress Library of VirginiaLiterati DesignModlin Center for the Performing ArtsNylce Prada MyersMacGregor Literary AgencyMeg Medina

Mystery Dinner Playhouse Office DepotOffice MaxOmni Hotel – RichmondParadise PensEd PeeplesPeter Paul Development CenterPoets & WritersThe Porches Writing RetreatThe READ CenterRichmond MagazineRichmond Revolution SportsQuest, LLCRichmond SymphonyRichmond Times-DispatchRigby’s JigRoanoke Regional WritersDavid L. RobbinsBetty Sanderson

Saxman PhotographySchool of the Performing Arts in the Richmond CommunityScrivenerSegway of RichmondStaples at Willow LawnSteward SchoolSwift Creek Mill TheatreVCU BasketballVCU TheatreVirginia Living magazine Virginia Museum of Fine ArtsVirginia OperaVirginia Writer’s Club – Valley ChapterWrite WayPro, LLCThe WriterWriter’s Digest

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