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Updated: Former DOE research director, CROET founder dies at 91

Posted at 1:44 pm July 18, 2020
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Joe Lenhard, right, is pictured with Oak Ridge Mayor Warren Gooch at the dedication of Main Street Oak Ridge in July 2016. (Photo courtesy Warren Gooch)

Note: This story was last updated at 11:10 a.m. July 19.

Joe Lenhard, a former U.S. Department of Energy research director and founder of the Community Reuse Organization of East Tennessee, died Friday of COVID-19, a family member said. He was 91.

Lenhard died Friday evening at Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge, his daughter Andrea Lenhard said in a Facebook post.

My father, Joseph Lenhard, died Friday evening at MMC of Covid. He went quickly. Rest in peace, Daddy. You were always my hero.

Posted by Andie Lenhard on Friday, July 17, 2020

Lenhard was a research director for the U.S. Department of Energy in Oak Ridge. He had oversight of DOE research activities and served as the federal contracting officer for major federal facilities in the city, including Oak Ridge National Laboratory, according to his LinkedIn page. He worked for DOE for about 32 years, from 1957 to 1989.

Lenhard served as president of the Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce in 1992, and he was chair of the East Tennessee Economic Council in 1993 and 1994.

He helped found CROET in 1994, and he was the founding chairman. CROET helps find ways to re-use former federal property, not just real estate but also equipment and other federal assets. A tribute to Lenhard’s service is noted on a plaque in the Horizon Center Industrial Park in west Oak Ridge.

His daughter Andrea said her father loved the natural world, and she became a biologist and veterinarian because of him. Her father used to take them on long rambles in the woods, Andrea said, and he would pick up animals like snakes and frogs and tell the children what he knew about them.

“He loved nature, and that was very infectious,” she said.

Andrea said Oak Ridge was very important to her father.

“He always wanted to promote Oak Ridge and take care of Oak Ridge,” she said. “He was very devoted to the city.”

Lenhard could often be found walking in local grocery stores. He was very conscious of his health, Andrea said, and he would walk every day at stores that included Walmart, Kroger, and Food City. He would sometimes stop to talk to people, including an Oak Ridge Today reporter.

Andrea said her father was a lot of fun, full of life, and he loved everybody.

She recalled the trips her family used to take to Norris Lake on weekends when she was a child—playing in the water, climbing trees, telling jokes—and she said her father spent as much time as he could with his grandchildren as well.

A statement from the family of Lenhard’s daughter Michele said Joe Lenhard was very supportive of higher education.

“He gave substantial sums of money to the University of Tennessee and Roane State Community College,” the statement said. “Roane State dedicated a room to Joseph Lenhard for his outstanding contributions. Joe came from an economically disproportionate background and saw the benefit of higher education. He wanted to provide educational opportunity for the young people of East Tennessee.”

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, COVID-19, Front Page News, Health, Health, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge Office, Slider, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: Andie Lenhard, Community Reuse Organization of East Tennessee, COVID-19, CROET, David Bradshaw, DOE, East Tennessee Economic Council, ETEC, Heritage Center, Joe Lenhard, Ken Yager, Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Ray Smith, Rotary Club, Tom Beehan, U.S. Department of Energy, Warren Gooch

McDaniel completes Oak Ridge oral history project

Posted at 2:07 pm July 15, 2019
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Keith McDaniel interviews Oak Ridge Historian Ray Smith at the Oak Ridge History Museum for the Center for Oak Ridge Oral History. (Submitted photo)

Filmmaker Keith McDaniel has completed a nine-year project to document the oral histories of about 400 current and former Oak Ridge residents, including those connected to the Manhattan Project during World War II.

The life stories were used to build a digital collection for the Oak Ridge Public Library’s Center for Oak Ridge Oral History, or COROH. McDaniel was part of the group that made plans for the COROH and, following the city’s receipt of an annual grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, took the contract for the documentary work.

“A lot of original Oak Ridgers were dying and getting older,” McDaniel said in a press release from Carson-Newman University. “We felt it was really important to collect their memories, to collect their stories.”

The one-on-one filmed interviews gave those connected to the Manhattan Project, and later to the city at large, the opportunity to share their life stories, the press release said.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Entertainment, Front Page News, Government, History, History, Movies, Slider, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: atomic weapons, Carson Newman University, Center for Oak Ridge Oral History, film, Keith McDaniel, Manhattan Project, Oak Ridge Public Library, oral histories, oral history, Ray Smith, U.S. Department of Energy, World War II

‘Secret is Out: Discover Oak Ridge’ activity book for sale with proceeds benefitting ADFAC

Posted at 7:25 am June 14, 2019
By Annie Cacheiro Leave a Comment

Left to right, ADFAC Committee member Ray Smith is joined by Barbara Ferrell, The Ferrell Shop; Denise Parten, Southern Bliss; Annie Cacheiro, ADFAC executive director; Becky Hook, ADFAC school supply coordinator and activity book chair; and Jim Dodson, ADFAC board of directors and committee member. (Photo courtesy ADFAC)

Looking for a great summer activity for your family or perhaps visiting relatives? ADFAC (Aid to Distressed Families of Appalachian Counties) has the answer, a press release said.

“The Secret is Out: Discover Oak Ridge” is an activity book designed to present the history of Oak Ridge through pictures and activities for children ages 5-13, the press release said. Art work, poems, puzzles, and short stories created by students from Oak Ridge schools were submitted for publication. Area adult artists and photographers also donated their services to benefit ADFAC.

Developed in conjunction with ADFAC’s 30th anniversary and Oak Ridge’s 75th anniversary, “The Secret is Out: Discover Oak Ridge” gives a pictorial history of the city and includes organizations of interest to children. Graphic designer Ariana Rector created the cover, which highlights Oak Ridge’s historically significant accomplishments in a timeline from black and white to color, the press release said. She is also credited with illustrating many of the coloring pages and compiling the submitted works. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Education, Front Page News, History, K-12, Nonprofits, Top Stories Tagged With: ADFAC, Aid to Distressed Families of Appalachian Counties, Annie Cacheiro, Ariana Rector, Barbara Ferrell, Becky Hook, Cheri Donovan, Denise Parten, Jane Palmer, Jim Dodson, Ray Smith, The Secret is Out: Discover Oak Ridge

Holiday gift: ADFAC activity book about Oak Ridge history for children

Posted at 2:47 pm December 22, 2018
By Annie Cacheiro Leave a Comment

Left to right, ADFAC Committee member Ray Smith is joined by Barbara Ferrell, The Ferrell Shop; Denise Parten, Southern Bliss; Annie Cacheiro, ADFAC Executive Director; Becky Hook, ADFAC School Supply Coordinator and Activity Book Chairman; and Jim Dodson, ADFAC Board of Directors and Committee member. (Submitted photo)

Left to right, ADFAC Committee member Ray Smith is joined by Barbara Ferrell, The Ferrell Shop; Denise Parten, Southern Bliss; Annie Cacheiro, ADFAC Executive Director; Becky Hook, ADFAC School Supply Coordinator and Activity Book Chairman; and Jim Dodson, ADFAC Board of Directors and Committee member. (Submitted photo)

 

“The Secret is Out: Discover Oak Ridge” activity book for sale with proceeds benefitting ADFAC.

Looking for a unique gift for a child? ADFAC (Aid to Distressed Families of Appalachian Counties) has the answer.

“The Secret is Out: Discover Oak Ridge” is an activity book designed to present the history of Oak Ridge through pictures and activities for children ages 5-13. Art work, poems, puzzles, and short stories created by students from Oak Ridge schools were submitted for publication, a press release said. Area adult artists and photographers also donated their services to benefit ADFAC.

Developed in conjunction with ADFAC’s 30th anniversary and Oak Ridge’s 75th anniversary, “The Secret is Out: Discover Oak Ridge” gives a pictorial history of the city and includes organizations of interest to children. Ariana Rector, graphic designer, created the cover which highlights Oak Ridge’s historically significant accomplishments in a timeline from black and white to color. She is also credited with illustrating many of the coloring pages and compiling the submitted works, the press release said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Entertainment, Front Page News, History, Nonprofits, Writing Tagged With: ADFAC, Aid to Distressed Families of Appalachian Counties, Annie Cacheiro, Ariana Rector, Barbara Ferrell, Becky Hook, Cheri Donovan, Denise Parten, Explore Oak Ridge, Ferrell Shop, history, Jane Palmer, Jim Dodson, Oak Ridge, Ray Smith, Southern Bliss, The Secret is Out: Discover Oak Ridge

DNFSB: Moving fissile materials, operations from Y-12 building improves nuclear safety, reduces risk

Posted at 12:44 pm October 7, 2018
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Building 9204-2 (Beta 2) is pictured above at center at the Y-12 National Security Complex. Part of Building 9204-2E (Beta 2E) is pictured in the top left. (Photo courtesy Consolidated Nuclear Security)

Building 9204-2 (Beta 2) is pictured above at center at the Y-12 National Security Complex. Part of Building 9204-2E (Beta 2E) is pictured in the top left. (Photo courtesy Consolidated Nuclear Security)

Building 9204-2 (Beta 2) is pictured above at center at the Y-12 National Security Complex. Part of Building 9204-2E (Beta 2E) is pictured in the top left. (Photo courtesy Consolidated Nuclear Security)

Building 9204-2 (Beta 2) is pictured above at center at the Y-12 National Security Complex. Part of Building 9204-2E (Beta 2E) is pictured in the top left. (Photo courtesy Consolidated Nuclear Security)

 

Nuclear materials and operations have been removed from an old building at the Y-12 National Security Complex, and that improves safety and reduces the risk to workers and the public, a federal safety board said.

The building, 9204-2, or Beta 2, is on the west side of Y-12. It’s one of nine buildings at the 811-acre site that once used machines known as calutrons to enrich uranium for atomic bombs as part of the top-secret Manhattan Project during World War II. It’s now used to produce lithium for nuclear weapons.

In an early September report, the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board said Consolidated Nuclear Security and the National Nuclear Security Administration Production Office had officially downgraded Building 9204-2. It had been a category two hazard, but it is now less than category three. It’s considered non-nuclear.

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Filed Under: Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, Front Page News, National Nuclear Security Administration, Premium Content, Slider, U.S. Department of Energy, Y-12, Y-12 National Security Complex Tagged With: 9204-2, 9204-2E, 9731, alpha calutrons, atomic bombs, Atomic Heritage Foundation, B&W Y-12, Beta 2E, Beta 3, beta calutrons, Building 9204-2, Building 9204-2E, Building 9204-3, calutrons, category two hazard, CNS, Consolidated Nuclear Security, Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, DNFSB, electromagnetic separation, Ellen Boatner, enriched uranium, Ernest O. Lawrence, fissile material, K-25, lithium, lithium production facility, Manhattan Project, Manhattan Project National Historical Park, Meredith J. Manning, National Nuclear Security Administration, National Nuclear Security Administration Production Office, NNSA Production Office, nuclear operations, nuclear weapons, Pilot Plant, Ray Smith, U.S. Department of Energy, uranium enrichment, uranium isotopes, uranium-235, World War II, Y-12 National Security Complex

Friends of Library has authors table, readings at Secret City Festival

Posted at 10:39 pm June 7, 2018
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Danita "Dee Dee" Ashley

Danita “Dee Dee” Ashley

The Friends of the Oak Ridge Public Library will participate in the Secret City Festival held at the Oak Ridge Civic Center on Friday and Saturday, June 8-9, by sponsoring local authors. The authors will be in the Club Room of the Oak Ridge Civic Center, autographing and selling their books at the following times:

Friday, June 8

  • 10 a.m.-12 p.m.: Danita “Dee Dee” Ashley; Charles and Beverly Connor
  • 12 p.m.-2 p.m. Connie Green; Carol Grametbauer
  • 2 p.m.-4 p.m.: Wes Sims

Saturday, June 9

  • 10 a.m.-12 p.m.: Carol Oen; Judy DiGregorio
  • 12 p.m.-2 p.m.: Shirley Raines; Patricia Hope
  • 2 p.m.-4 p.m.: Ray Smith

The featured local authors will read from their work at 15-minute intervals, and they include: [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Entertainment, Front Page News, Writing Tagged With: authors, Carol Grametbauer, Carol Oen, Charles and Beverly Connor, Connie Green, Danita "Dee Dee" Ashley, Friends of the Oak Ridge Public Library, Judy DiGregorio, Oak Ridge Civic Center, Patricia Hope, Ray Smith, Secret City Festival, Shirley Raines, Wes Sims

Oak Ridge Chamber’s Christmas Parade award winners announced

Posted at 10:56 am December 27, 2017
By Kathy Gillenwaters Leave a Comment

The Southern Alliance Dance Company (SADC), winner of the Director's Award, clogged a Christmas routine on the parade route. (Photo courtesy Ray Smith)

The Southern Alliance Dance Company (SADC), winner of the Director’s Award, clogged a Christmas routine on the parade route in the 2017 Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce Christmas Parade. (Photo courtesy Ray Smith)

 

A cold, snowy night seemed a fitting way to celebrate one of Oak Ridge’s favorite tradition—the Oak Ridge Christmas Parade. Approximately 120 entries participated in the parade. This year’s parade theme was “A Toyland Christmas” and was a part of the 75th Anniversary Celebration of Oak Ridge.

Judges awarded seven awards following the parade: [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Community, Front Page News, Oak Ridge Tagged With: Christmas parade, Christmas Parade award winners, Greta Ownby, Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce, Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce Christmas Parade, Oak Ridge Christmas Parade, Oak Ridge Electric Department, Oak Ridge High School First Robotics Team, Parker Hardy, Ray Smith, Robertsville Middle School Cheerleaders, Southern Alliance Dance Company, University of Tennessee Forest Resources AgResearch and Education Center

MCLinc sponsors ADFAC, Bow Tie Event

Posted at 2:53 pm November 11, 2017
By Annie Cacheiro Leave a Comment

Pictured above from left, ADFAC representatives Annie Cacheiro and Louise Mixon accept a corporate contribution from McLinc representatives Barry Stephenson and Michele Sanders. (Submitted photo)

Pictured above from left, ADFAC representatives Annie Cacheiro and Louise Mixon accept a corporate contribution from McLinc representatives Barry Stephenson and Michele Sanders. (Submitted photo)

 

Materials and Chemistry Laboratory Inc., or MCLinc, is a sponsor for ADFAC’s 2017 Corporate Membership Campaign, and the company is also a sponsor for this year’s Bill Wilcox Bow Tie Event, which will be held Saturday, November 11, a press release said.

MCLinc’s President and Chief Executive Officer Barry Stephenson and Laboratory Manager Michele Sanders met recently with ADFAC representatives to celebrate their corporate support for the local agency.

MCLinc is a commercial applied research company providing high-quality consulting and analytical testing for industrial forensics, materials characterization, environmental chemistry, and process optimization, the press release said.

“As MCLinc is an employee-owned company, all corporate charitable gifts are generously supported by the employees,” Stephenson said. “I am so pleased that our company and our employees are able and excited about supporting such a worthy cause as ADFAC. We are very much looking forward to the Bow Tie Award Event this year as we all celebrate local volunteer Tom Row.”

See previous story on the Bow Tie Award Event here. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Community, Front Page News, Nonprofits, Oak Ridge Tagged With: ADFAC, ADFAC McLinc Bow Tie, Annie Cacheiro, Barry Stephenson, Bear Stephenson, Bill Wilcox, Bill Wilcox Bow Tie Award, Bill Wilcox Bow Tie Event, Bow Tie Award Event, Cande Seay, Kathy Stimpson, Louise Mixon, Materials and Chemistry Laboratory Inc., MCLinc, Michele Sanders, Ray Smith, Tim Myrick, Tom Row

Local volunteer Tom Row to be honored at ADFAC Bow Tie Award Event on Saturday

Posted at 3:30 am November 9, 2017
By Annie Cacheiro Leave a Comment

Tom Row

Tom Row

 

ADFAC’s Bill Wilcox Bow Tie Award Event will be held Saturday, November 11, and it will honor local volunteer Tom Row.

The Bow Tie Award Event is from 5-10 p.m. Saturday at the DoubleTree Hotel in Oak Ridge. Row is the fifth winner of the Bill Wilcox Bow Tie Award.

Also Saturday, ADFAC will posthumously honor Kathy Stimpson, whose committed efforts to help those less fortunate led to the inspiration and establishment of ADFAC in the mid 1980s, a press release said.

The Bow Tie Award Event is designed to honor a local volunteer and serve as a signature fundraising event for ADFAC and the Bow Tie Endowment Fund, which was established to ensure the short and long-term sustainability of ADFAC. Previous Bow Tie Award winners include Ray Smith (2013), Tim Myrick (2014), Cande Seay (2015), and Bear Stephenson (2016). [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Front Page News, Nonprofits, Top Stories Tagged With: ADFAC, ADFAC Bow Tie Tom Row, Bear Stephenson, Bill Wilcox Bow Tie Award, Bill Wilcox Bow Tie Award Event, Bow Tie Endowment Fund, Cande Seay, Carol Smallridge, Elaine Graham, Kathie Shearer, Ray Smith, Tim Myrick, Tom Row

Y-12 Historian Ray Smith is retiring

Posted at 9:07 pm October 28, 2017
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Ray Smith, Y-12 National Security Complex historian and city historian, announces a book published posthumously that was written by Bill Wilcox, a former city historian, former technical director at K-25 and Y-12, and a passionate advocate for historic preservation, including the history of the former K-25 site. Smith announced the book at a ceremony unveiling plans for a K-25 History Center on the second floor of the city-owned fire station at the the former K-25 site, now known as East Tennessee Technology Park on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

Ray Smith is retiring as Y-12 National Security Complex historian on Nov. 22, 2017. Smith is pictured above during a ceremony for the K-25 History Center at East Tennessee Technology Park on Thursday, Oct. 19. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

 

Y-12 National Security Complex Historian Ray Smith is retiring. Smith said he has been at Y-12 for 47 years, and he is retiring November 22.

Besides being Y-12 historian, Smith is also City of Oak Ridge historian and history columnist for The Oak Ridger newspaper, where he writes “Historically Speaking.” In 2012, he testified during a U.S. House of Representatives hearing on the legislation to create the Manhattan Project National Historical Park, which includes Oak Ridge; Los Alamos, New Mexico; and Hanford, Washington.

Smith has been Y-12 historian for about 10 years. He has also been a maintenance manager at Y-12.

“I have thoroughly enjoyed it,” Smith said this week.

After an overseas trip in August, Smith said he wants to travel with his wife Fanny.

“Fanny and I went to Switzerland, Austria, and Germany, and that made my decision,” Smith said.

Smith, who is a Vietnam veteran, said he will continue to write and be the Oak Ridge historian. He is vice president of the Oak Ridge Heritage and Preservation Association, and he was recently appointed to the Tennessee Historical Commission. He is a local leader helping to preserve the city’s history. He was friends with Bill Wilcox, the previous city historian who wrote a history of the former K-25 site that has been published posthumously with help from family members, Smith, and the Oak Ridge Heritage and Preservation Association.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, National Nuclear Security Administration, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy, Y-12 National Security Complex Tagged With: City of Oak Ridge, Manhattan Project, Manhattan Project National Historical Park, Oak Ridge Heritage and Preservation Association, Oak Ridge historian, Ray Smith, Secret City: The Oak Ridge Story, Tennessee Historical Commission, U.S. Department of Energy, Y-12 historian, Y-12 History Center, Y-12 National Security Complex

Once like a small city, Happy Valley has been sold

Posted at 5:42 pm October 20, 2017
By John Huotari 2 Comments

An early aerial photo of Happy Valley, a construction camp that was like a small city and used to help build the former K-25 in west Oak Ridge. This picture was taken May, 22, 1944, by Ed Westcott, the official government photographer in Oak Ridge during World War II. (Photo courtesy Ed Westcott/Emily Hunnicutt)

An early aerial photo of Happy Valley, a construction camp that was like a small city and used to help build the former K-25 site in west Oak Ridge. This picture was taken May, 22, 1944, by Ed Westcott, the official government photographer in Oak Ridge during World War II. (Photo courtesy Ed Westcott/Emily Hunnicutt)

 

It was once home to a large construction camp that was like a small city and housed workers building K-25 during World War II.

Now the 160-acre parcel known as Happy Valley has been sold.

Happy Valley was in west Oak Ridge, across State Route 58 from the K-25 site. One of three major sites in Oak Ridge, K-25 was built to enrich uranium for atomic weapons as part of the top-secret Manhattan Project during World War II.

Today, Happy Valley appears to be mostly a rolling tree-covered landscape between Oak Ridge and Kingston along SR 58. To the public, there is little or no obvious evidence of what was once there—homes, a grocery store, schools, a post office, recreation halls, a gas station, and a bowling alley.

But those who have walked the property have seen evidence of the small city that was once there. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Business, East Tennessee Technology Park, Federal, Front Page News, Government, K-25, Oak Ridge, Roane County, Slider, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: atomic weapons, Bionomics, City of Oak Ridge, David Bradshaw, DOE, East Tennessee Technology Park, Ed Westcott, General Services Administration, GSA, Happy Valley, History Channel, John McCormick, K-25, K-25 site, Lost Worlds, Manhattan Project, Oak Ridge, Parcel ED-3, Parcel ED-3 Western Expansion Area, Ray Smith, Roane Alliance, Roane County Register of Deeds, Roane County Sheriff's Department, Ron Woody, Secret Cities of the A-Bomb, Steve Goodpasture, U.S. Department of Energy, Wade Creswell, World War II

Photos: DOE, UCOR announce K-25 History Center plans

Posted at 10:57 am October 20, 2017
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Oak Ridge Mayor Warren Gooch, seated at right, and UCOR President and Project Manager Ken Rueter, also seated, sign a license that allows UCOR, the federal cleanup contractor in Oak Ridge, to start construction of the K-25 History Center on the second floor of the city-owned Fire Station Number Four at East Tennessee Technology Park on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017. Also pictured standing is Jay Mullis, acting manager of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management. (DOE photo by Lynn Freeny)

Oak Ridge Mayor Warren Gooch, seated at right, and UCOR President and Project Manager Ken Rueter, also seated, sign a license that allows UCOR, the federal cleanup contractor in Oak Ridge, to start construction of the K-25 History Center on the second floor of the city-owned Fire Station Number Four at East Tennessee Technology Park on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017. Also pictured standing is Jay Mullis, acting manager of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management. (DOE photo by Lynn Freeny)

 

Construction of the K-25 History Center could start early next year on the second floor of Oak Ridge Fire Station Number Four at the East Tennessee Technology Park in west Oak Ridge. Officials celebrated with a signing ceremony and tours of the future home of the history center on Thursday. Here are photos from that event. [Read more…]

Filed Under: East Tennessee Technology Park, Front Page News, K-25, Oak Ridge Office, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: Bill Wilcox, Criticality Unit, East Tennessee Technology Park, Jay Mullis, K-25 Building, K-25 History Center, Ken Rueter, Mick Wiest, Oak Ridge Fire Station Number Four, Oak Ridge Heritage and Preservation Association, Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management, Ray Smith, Steve Goodpasture, U.S. Department of Energy, UCOR, Warren Gooch

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