GOULBOURN MUSEUMANNUAL REPORT 2017

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The Goulbourn Museum will disseminate the material and oral history of Goulbourn

Township by collecting, preserving, displaying and interpreting local

artefacts. The Museum will offer a range of educational programs to increase the public’s understanding and enjoyment of local history. A History Centre is open for genealogical and local history research.

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CONTENTSChair’s Report 4

Treasurer’s Report 5

Manager’s Report 6

Collections and Exhibitions 7

BOARD OF DIRECTORS(as of May 11, 2017)

Frank Argue (Secretary)

Bram Blenk

Ken Cownley (Vice-Chairperson)

John Curry

Keith Hobbs (Chairperson)

Glendon Moore

Linda Preston (Past-Chairperson)

Hélène Rivest

Phil Sweetnam (Treasurer)

Karen Weir

Education and Events 9

Success Stories 11

Partnerships 13

Contributors 14

Members 15

STAFFTracey Donaldson...................Acting Manager

Sue Woodford...........Communications Officer

Sarah Holla................Acting Education Officer

James Riley.......Collections and Programming Administrator

Sarah Allan...................Museum and Exhibition Assistant

Jamie Sterling......................Curatorial Assistant

Kathryn DeMarsh................Collections Project Coordinator, Intern

Matthew Weickert..............Curatorial Assistant

Kathryn Jamieson.................Curator Manager (on leave)

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CHAIR’S REPORT

2017 was a year of accomplishment and triumph for the Goulbourn Museum in the face of many challenges. Thanks to the City of Ottawa, the Museum commenced major renovations after years of struggling with uneven floors, inadequate insulation, and plumbing issues. Although this meant the building had to be temporarily closed, the public was still able to participate in programs and view exhibitions through partnering facilities. Highlights for me included the generous and ongoing support of our community members, sponsors and donors. Your Board of Directors is grateful for the support from both Museum and community members —individuals such as yourselves— as well as from other organizations like Commonwell Mutual Insurance Group, who generously contributed to the Goulbourn Museum in 2017. This year at the Evening of Appreciation we highlighted the extensive community research conducted by the late Richard Mains, who was awarded the Museum’s Heritage Advocacy Award posthumously. We would also like to thank the Government of Canada, the Province of Ontario, and the City of Ottawa for awarding us with operational and project funding.

The Board of Directors represents the interests of the community, particularly that of Museum members. Our annual self-evaluation survey continues to show that your Board finds enjoyment in its responsibilities. Board and committee meetings were relocated to the privacy of the former Goulbourn Town Hall during the lengthy renovations onsite. The Board and its committees achieved great success over the past year. The Governance Committee managed policy development, revision and updates at the request of the Board. During 2017, this committee developed

and/or revised 8 procedural and policy documents related to every operation of the Museum. Time spent working outside of board meetings not only expedites final board deliberation, it improves the quality of the board’s decisions as well. This committee’s work enables resolutions to complex policy questions and will promote efficient and consistent management practices. The Nominating Committee worked to recruit an additional board member —Hélène Rivest— who has been a great addition to our team. Hélène is a very dedicated community volunteer who brings a lot of knowledge to the Board. The Executive Committee paid special attention to the transition in management as Kathryn Jamieson went on parental leave and Tracey Donaldson became Acting Manager. The Executive is always involved in budget preparations and took extra care surrounding the renovations as well.

The Museum is always planning ahead, and in 2017 we were hard at work preparing for the Richmond 200 bicentennial celebrations. In 2018, we will be featuring these celebrations in weekly social media posts, in our newsletters, and at events. Be sure to come find us at the Richmond Fairgrounds during the official Celebration Weekend (June 15-17).

As I conclude my third and final year as chairperson, I am appreciative of the breadth of knowledge of Board members. Whether it be history, governance, community resources, technical knowledge or a passion for heritage, each Director actively contributes to the organization. Our energetic and forward thinking staff was successfully led this year by Acting Manager, Tracey Donaldson. Tracey has shown dedication and I appreciate her leadership.

Keith HobbsCHAIRPERSONKeith Hobbs

Board of Directors: Back L-R: Glendon Moore, Phil Sweetnam, Frank Argue, John Curry. Front: Linda Preston, Keith Hobbs, Karen Weir and Hélène Rivest. Missing: Bram Blenk and Ken Cownley.

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TREASURER’S REPORT

The Goulbourn Museum is on a stable course to meet its mandate in 2018, as we have the continued support of the City of Ottawa and the Provincial government through the provincial Community Museum Operating Grant. We finished the 2017 year with the equivalent of $54K in cash, and additional $41.5K in budgeted investments.

Our Current Assets are roughly $123K, including cash, inventory, pre-paid expenses and investments, or roughly $158K including tangible capital assets (formally recorded as property, plant and equipment).

Our total liabilities are roughly $17K, including accounts payable and accrued liabilities, government remittances payable and deferred contributions. The deferred contribution of $1,500 was received for the Rielly medal collection. The remaining Rielly medal revenue will be use to properly store, display and care for the military collection.

We earned nearly 27.5K in non-government funding last year. This increase is due to an increase in individual donations and an increase in program and workshop revenue. Also, we

received a general contribution from The Commonwell Mutual Insurance Group of $8,300.

It should be noted that our auditors, Nephin Winter Bingley, stated there were no contention or control issues. All controls are in place, functioning well, and are supported by the Minutes. Our auditor also felt that our books are well-done and our team of Acting Manager, bookkeeper, and auditor have maintained excellent records. The auditor also felt that our expenditure control system was very appropriate for a small organization such as the Goulbourn Museum. Acting Manager, Tracey Donaldson, approves the expenditures of all staff members. The Treasurer approves the Acting Manager’s monthly credit card expenses.

We received the necessary audit approval. As you will see in Note 7 the auditor noted that we departed from the GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) practise of capitalizing assets. Goulbourn Museum’s capital assets are mostly furniture, fixtures and computers. The Goulbourn Museum Audit Committee determined it was not worth the 15% extra audit cost and staff time to capitalize and depreciate these assets over time.

In closing, the Goulbourn Museum operation is stable, but it will need to carefully manage accepting new objects to be accessioned as, like all museums, it is very short on storage space.

Phil SweetnamTREASURER

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MANAGER’S REPORT

2017 marked many facility and organizational changes and challenges for the Goulbourn Museum, all of which were navigated with great success.

From an organizational standpoint staff roles were greatly altered during the Curator Manager’s parental leave. Two of the permanent staff members were moved into acting positions and new staff was hired to fill vacancies. In addition, the generous support of the Young Canada Works (YCW) initiative provided 75% of the funding for one full-time summer student and two part-time fall /winter student positions. Our application for a Collections Project Coordinator through the YCW Building Careers in Heritage Internship program was successful and we received 50% of the salary for this graduate position. Extra help provided by these positions gave much needed support to Museum staff in preparing for both the move and closure of the Museum building during renovations, as well as additional support required administratively and for offsite activities during this transitional year.

Public access to the Museum was impossible due to ongoing renovations. As a result, programs, events and exhibitions previously held onsite were taken into the community. The Museum’s presence reached all four corners of Goulbourn; Richmond, Munster, Ashton

and Stittsville. Loyal Museum visitors and new attendees were not deterred and participation in our activities continued to grow. In most part this was due to the exceptional efforts made by Communications Officer, Sue Woodford and Acting Education Officer, Sarah Holla. They ensured the Museum’s offerings and activities were available to the widest possible audience and the two of them worked diligently to ensure the community was aware of the Museum’s events.

I would like to bring attention to the Museum’s excellent relationship with the City of Ottawa, without which the much needed floor renovations would not have happened. As the owner of the building, the City was directly responsible as both our landlord and our partner. They lease the facility to us for $1 and provide an annual operating grant ($189,000 in 2017). In addition to that, we enjoy good communication and mutual respect not only with Mayor Jim Watson, but also with local Councillors Scott Moffatt and Shad Qadri, as well as City staff in numerous departments.

The success of the Goulbourn Museum is due to the hard work of its staff, Board and other volunteers, and the relationships they build within the community. I want to thank the Board for its extraordinary guidance on all fronts. Working closely with both Keith Hobbs as Board Chair, and Phil Sweetnam as Treasurer, has been an educational and rewarding experience for me.

Both personally and on behalf of the Board, let me offer a heartfelt expression of gratitude to all of our members, donors, sponsors and major funders that support the Goulbourn Museum.

Tracey DonaldsonACTING MANAGER

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COLLECTIONS AND EXHIBITIONS REPORTThe exhibitions Healing Hands: Medicine during the World Wars, and Food Will Win the War, installed in 2016, continued to be on display until May, 2017. Exhibition components then travelled to the Stittsville Branch of the Ottawa Public Library in August 2017.

Healing Hands included a modular travelling display unit outlining the significance of nursing sisters and veterinarians during the World Wars, video footage of veterinary medical treatment, biographical histories of Goulbourn nursing sisters and veterinarian Dr. Harold Spearman, as well as artefacts related to these stories. The Museum corresponded with cultural institutions across Ontario with the intention of booking venues for the travelling portion of the Healing Hands exhibition through 2018.

In February the Museum partnered with the Goulbourn Township Historical Society for the photographic exhibition Farm Work – Goulbourn Township 1900-1930, which was featured at the Stittsville Branch of the Ottawa Public Library. The exhibition told the story of the agricultural heritage of the former Goulbourn Township with a collection of photographs from the GTHS archival collection and

artefacts from the Museum’s collection.

Throughout 2017 the Museum’s fibre arts group Yap & Yarn worked to develop content for the community curated exhibition, Woven Through Time. Members of this group demonstrated their investment in the exhibition by handcrafting pieces to be featured in the Museum as well as to become part of the Museum’s 1867 costume collection. Items of interest included a felted installation of a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer, a sontag recreated from an 1867 pattern and a wool Hudson’s Bay Company Point Blanket. To promote the exhibition, members of the group volunteered at the Museum’s Old-Fashioned Christmas and Outdoor Artisan Market allowing the public to participate in a variety of fibre arts experiences such as carding and spinning wool.

In an effort to create interpretation of the Museum’s grounds, staff created historical content for an outdoor exhibition entitled Struggle Town. This innovative outdoor installation combined historical narratives, period photographs, interactive opportunities as well as Canadian heritage flora and will be physically installed as four outdoor panels. This exhibition initiative received funding from the Ontario150 grant.

Working with the Ottawa Museums and Archives Collections (OMAC) committee, an update to the Museum’s collections management software took place during the second half of 2017. The

Acting Education O�cer, Sarah Holla, delivers What Went Down in Struggle Town? a presentation examining the settlement, historic �gures, and structures which de�ned the narrative of Stanley’s Corners. An accompanying outdoor exhibit was also developed.

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online database known as M3Online was updated to incorporate new features such as the ability to create collections reports, add multimedia content to artefact records and create component records. Museum staff collaborated with an intern working with the City of Ottawa Archives to create an intuitive manual to assist OMAC members with the navigation of the new software.

Full-time and part-time staff at the Goulbourn Museum have been working diligently editing and updating records with the end goal of including them in the publicly available Ottawa Museums and Archives Collections online database. In total there were 7,046 artefact records modified in the database in 2017.

In 2017 the Museum’s Curatorial Assistant conducted an inventory of the collection storage area to update documentation and make as many records as possible publicly accessible. One of the major objectives of this project was to attach a digital photograph to every artefact record, along with an updated and thorough object description. The Museum has approximately 9,912 artefacts and a 40,000 piece archaeological collection in storage, so the work of our collections staff is never complete.While the Museum was under construction in 2017, the entire artefact collection was housed in the History Centre. As a result of limited space Museum staff accessioned a modest total of 35 artefact donations and 15 donations to the working collection and prop collection.

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EDUCATION AND EVENTS REPORTThe 2017 year brought both challenges and opportunities for Goulbourn Museum’s education, programming and special event initiatives. With a major renovation occupying the Museum building starting in July and stretching into 2018, securing off-site opportunities to engage the public became the focus of Museum staff. The following are a highlight of the Museum’s community impact this past year.

Goulbourn Museum’s educational programs increased 130% from 10 programs in 2016 to 23 programs in 2017. Educational programs include presentations for Guides and Scouts. We engage youth in these groups with historical programs to meet the troop’s interests and badge requirements. Additionally, the Museum offered off-site programs for schools, homeschooling families and seniors groups. Museum staff were able to design and implement a new Remembrance Day educational program. Using

digitized service records available through Library and Archives Canada, children from the Munster Guides and St. Philip School in Richmond learned about the importance of Remembrance Day and created special poppies. In advance of each program Museum staff prepared the poppies with QR codes directing children to digitized service records. Using technology available in a smartphone, each child was able to connect with a veteran from their home community who had served during the Great War.

Thanks to a partnership with the Stittsville Branch of the Ottawa Public Library, families continued to enjoy the popular Family Craft Day programs each month. With the use of the Library’s Meeting Room space children ages 4- 11 and their families explored art, created projects to take home and participated in

collaborative group activities.

In 2017 the Museum purchased a professional quality photography

backdrop and supplies to enhance its existing photo booth program. The photo booth has become a staple

at community events including Family Day at the Goulbourn

Recreation Complex, Canada Day at Stittsville’s Village Square Park, Harvest Fest in Munster and

A student presents her history project to Museum sta� at the Homeschool Heritage Fair.

engage youth in these groups with collaborative group activities.

In 2017 the Museum purchased a professional quality photography

backdrop and supplies to enhance its existing photo booth program. The photo booth has become a staple

at community events including Family Day at the Goulbourn

Recreation Complex, Canada Day at Stittsville’s

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Halloween at the Goulbourn Recreation Complex in Stittsville. These programs engaged 1,262 people in 2017 allowing the Museum to interact with the community and promote Museum programs and events.

Adults, older adults and youth enjoyed several successful workshops throughout the year. Organizations such as the International Women’s Club of Ottawa participated in workshops focused on introducing international members to Canadian traditions. Youth enjoyed the Museum’s March Break Craft Camp and the annual Mansion Mayhem event in October. Museum staff also hosted the holiday workshop “Spruced Up Selfies” in December demonstrating how to transfer photographs onto the surface of wooden holiday ornaments.In May 2017, the Museum in collaboration with the GTHS hosted a presentation about the history of Stanley’s Corners entitled, “What Went Down in Struggle Town?” This presentation was a preview event for an outdoor exhibition on the history of Stanley’s Corners. Later in the year an encore presentation was delivered to the Board of the Stittsville Rotary Club.

Father’s Day Flashback is an annual family event, which celebrated Canada’s 150th Anniversary of Confederation in 2017. Visitors were able to stand in the shoes of Goulbourn’s early Irish settlers. They mingled with historical reenactors, learned how to fire a Brown Bess Musket, watched sword fights, and left their mark for future generations in the Museum’s “Route 150” pathway. The event also featured live Celtic music, vintage games, activities and the Old-Fashioned Photo Booth.

The Museum’s largest event, the annual Old-Fashioned Christmas & Outdoor Artisan Market is a holiday celebration featuring local artisans, baked goods, entertainment and festive crafts. In an unprecedented effort to continue the tradition despite being displaced by the ongoing renovations,

the event was held at the Goulbourn Municipal Building just 350 meters south of the Museum. Volunteers from the Calligraphy Society of Ottawa helped children pen letters to Santa and adults to make decorative gift tags. Volunteers from the Museum’s Yap & Yarn Fibre Arts group promoted the upcoming community fibre art exhibition and offered a variety of textile demonstrations. Families posed for photos with Santa in a traditional Victorian parlour. The Museum developed a new partnership with The Fireplace Center and Patio Shop which resulted in a beautiful, authentic fireplace in the photos. Participants also watched a blacksmith at work, roasted marshmallows and made Victorian tree decorations. Twenty craft vendors displayed and sold their wares under a heated tent, and a food vendor served fresh, oven-fired pizzas.

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71% OF THE COLLECTION HAS BEEN CATALOGUED

24% INCREASE IN KITS’ CLUB MEMBERS

50% INCREASE IN INSTAGRAM FOLLOWERS

14% INCREASE IN FACEBOOK FANS

520 PHOTOS TAKEN IN THE OLD-FASHIONED PHOTO BOOTH

MUSEUMARTEFACTS

7,046 RECORDS UPDATED IN THE ARTEFACT DATABASE

249 NEW RECORDS ADDED TO THE ARTEFACT DATABASE

15,321 TOTAL MUSEUM PARTICIPANTS

61 VOLUNTEERS

130% INCREASE IN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

“Thank you for all of your effort to bring these artefacts to the community.”~ Bonnie Foster,

Stittsville Public Library

“You have an amazing team! I really enjoyed the craft, the pace, the people. And I can’t wait to get more involved with the museum!”

~ Penny Foster, Adult Workshop participant

“Stopped by the Goulbourn Christmas market today, I wasn’t expecting to love the Santa as much as we did.

Best Santa I’ve seen! Get over there!” ~ Andrea Greene,

via Facebook

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2017 HIGHLIGHTS

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PARTNERS AND CONTRIBUTORSTHE GOULBOURN MUSEUM GRATEFULLY

ACKNOWLEDGES THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND

ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE GENEROUSLY

CONTRIBUTED FUNDING; VOLUNTEERED TIME AND

EXPERTISE; DONATED OR LOANED ARTEFACTS

AND SUPPLIES; OR SHARED OUR NEWS LOCALLY.

100th Regiment Historical SocietyAlgonquin CollegeBakedBillings Estate National Historic SiteBradley’s InsuranceBrown’s YIGBytown MuseumCalligraphy Society of OttawaCanadian CADCanadian Museums AssociationCBC RadioCC’s CornerCDS Storage SystemsCeltic Sea Cheshire Cat PubCity of OttawaCity of Ottawa ArchivesClare’s Old Farmhouse SoapClassy Carry-AllsClean up the Capital Cody Party Rentals & Balloon DesignCommonwell Mutual Insurance GroupContractors Rental SupplyCouncil of Heritage Organizations in OttawaCouncillor Scott MoffattCouncillor Shad Qadri

Couture KidsCrafted by CaitlanCrazy4CraftsCrispy Spring RollCumberland Heritage Village MuseumDenis Auto Centre Inc.Diefenbunker: Canada’s Cold War MuseumDueNORTHEve’s ElementsFairfields Heritage PropertyFallowfield Tree FarmFarmboy (Stittsville)Fin de VilleFisher Tree ServiceGlobal Exhibit Technology Inc.Golden Triangle SignsGoalie AcademyGoulbourn Lawn Bowling ClubGoulbourn Recreation CenterGoulbourn Township Historical SocietyGovernment of CanadaHarley’s Homemade TreatsHazeldean GardensHeritage Ottawa His & Hers Home Co.Historical Costume Society of Eastern OntarioHomeschool Heritage Fair

Home Hardware (Richmond)Hurley’s Grill StittsvilleHydro OttawaInternational Women’s Club of OttawaIrish Society of the National Capital RegionJason’s Landscaping and SnowplowingKarters’ KornerKavanagh BookkeepingKing’s YIGMarketa’s CreationsMarlborough PubMatthew’s KennelsMonkey Mud PotteryMunster Community Association Myers Cadillac Chev Buick GMCMyers Kanata Chev Buick GMCNancy Sinclair GlassNepean MuseumOntario by BikeOntario Museum AssociationOsgoode Township MuseumOttawa Museum NetworkOttawa Public Library, Stittsville BranchOttawa Senators Hockey ClubPinhey’s Point Historic SitePizza All’Antica

Pretty Pots Flower Shop Inc. Province of OntarioQuilts & Material ThingsR&R AutoRebel TentsRichmond Agricultural Society

Richmond LegionRichmond Public LibraryRona (Stittsville)Rotary ClubRoyals RestaurantSt. Thomas Anglican CemeteryStittsville LegionNeighbours of StittsvilleMagazineStittsville NewsStittsville Village AssociationSugar Tarts BakeryTamara Petraznyk, BMO Nesbitt Burns The Barony of Skraeling AlthingThe BeckwitchThe Fireplace Center and Patio ShopTweed & NeedleUpper Canada VillageVanier MuseoparkWatson’s Mill ManotickWild Woolly HandmadeWood & Ashes

2017 PARTNERSHIPS

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Bonnie Lynn AllanSarah AllanFrank ArgueDonald G.M. BennettCandice BlackwoodBram BlenkSharon BoalKelsey Boggis-da SilvaNancy BoughnerSheila Cain-SampleSusan Clark-DowKen CownleyJohn CurryNancy DaleTanisha DaveRobin DerrickJana DinelleAlan DobsonJanet DonaldsonJohn DonaldsonRick DonaldsonRichard DraffinCarolyn DukeBob EasyLily FletcherAshley FongEllen FrenchEd GarlandMarjorie GillickCydney GreenLynn GriffithsKeith HobbsAlexander HollaBill HollaBrenda HoltzGary HoltzMike JonesKenneth JonesLeo Joy-ClarkDonna Keays-Hockey

Eric KramersBetty LiangCarlie MacPhersonJohn MaguireAllan McCarvilleBarbara McCourtHeather McIlquhamJim McIlquhamHarold McIlquhamAnne E. McJanetGlendon MooreJames NeelinCeileigh O’ConnorDan PakLia PakCarlene PaquetteMarleigh PembertonErin PoultonLinda PrestonAlex QuesnelLibbie QuesnelTed RatcliffeHélène RivestMarthanne RobsonAlan RushforthRebecca ScottJordyn SimpsonMatthew SimpsonAlex SpearmanMadison SpoonerJulie StewartJohanne StirlingJanet SullivanPhil SweetnamGrayson ToneguzziCliff TownsendDeb TurnbullKaren WeirRoss Wilson

2017 CONTRIBUTORS

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Kulan AmbalavanarAva AndersonIsaiah AndersonMalina AndersonElaine ArgueFrank ArgueDonald G.M. BennettBram BlenkLynne BlenkBarb BottriellAmber BowditchCallum BowditchCory BowditchIan BowditchBeth BurkeSheila Cain-SampleHelen CathcartSusan Clark-DowKen CownleyJohn CurryNancy DaleAllen DobsonPatricia Ann DonaldsonRick DonaldsonIsabelle DowneyRon DuffieldBob DuncanLouvaine DuncanGreg EnnsKeenan EnnsMarguerite EvansJacques FailleJamie FlandersZoe FlandersJim GillickMarjorie GillickJason GinnLynn GriffithsKeith Hobbs

Lillian HobbsPauline HobbsLes HockeyWilliam HoyEdward JonesEliza JonesEmerson JonesKenneth JonesSheila JonesDonna Keays-HockeyMary KerfootCynthia KolankoPaige KolankoRichard KolankoRyan KolankoEric KramersJanet KramersNivedita KulatheeranTerry LewandowskiDot LockhartJack LockhartJon LockhartPatti LockhartJohn MaguireAllan McCarvilleMarlene McCarvilleBarbara McCourtGerry McCourtCheryl McCoyCarolyn McIlquhamHarold McIlquhamAlison MeftahiOlivia MeftahiZachary MeftahiHeidi MestrovicHilda MooreGlendon MooreJames NeelinVirginia Notley

Pierre PoilievreErin PoultonLinda PrestonHélène RivestPat RobertsBlanche StanzellJim StanzellJanet Sullivan

2017FRIENDS OF THE GOULBOURN MUSEUM

& KITS’ CLUB MEMBERSPatrick SullivanChase SummersBeth SweetnamPhil SweetnamKaren WeirIan WhiteMargaret WilsonRoss Wilson

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