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  1. Banishing Night Terrors And Nightmares: A Breakthrough Program to Heal the Traumas That Shatter Peaceful Sleep (Volume 0) by Christopher Raoul Carranza, Jane Rogers Dill, 2004-03-01
  2. Terror by Night: The True Story of the Brutal Texas Murder That Destroyed a Family, Restored One Mans Faith, and Shocked a Nation by Terry Caffey, 2009-09-03
  3. Night Terrors (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) by Alice Henderson, 2005-11-22
  4. Night Terrors by Jim Murphy, 1994-11
  5. Terror in the Night: The Klan's Campaign Against the Jews by Jack Nelson, 1996-09
  6. A Night In Terror Tower (Classic Goosebumps) by R.L. Stine, 2009-12-01
  7. Night Terrors: Stories Of Shadow And Substance : Stories Of Shadow And Substance by Lois Duncan, 1997-09-01
  8. Night Terrors: A Collection of Short Stories by Barbara Valletto, 2008-01-09
  9. Dread of Night: A comedy of terrors by Russell H. Greenan, 2010-03-24
  10. Night's Dark Terror (Dungeons & Dragons Module B10) by Graeme Morris, Jim Bambra, 1986-03
  11. Night Terrors: An Anthology of Horror by Theresa Dillon, 2010-04-20
  12. Escape: A sequel to Terror by night and day (Daybreak) by Marie Abelian Egitkhanoff, 1982
  13. Night Terrors of Johnny Brown and Day of the Hot Rain by Raymond Moore, Therese Moore, 2002-12-30
  14. Night Terror by Chandler McGrew, 2003-03-04

1. Night Terrors Resource Center
A site dedicated to finding more information on the Sleep Disorder night terrors. Site includes links Category Health Conditions and Diseases night terrors......A site dedicated to finding more information on the Sleep Disorder night terrors. NightTerrors People who have night terrors are often misdiagnosed.
http://www.nightterrors.org/
Your one stop website for the Sleep Disorders Night Terrors and Sleep Paralysis
Main Page Addl NT Information Sleep Paralysis Parasomnias Sleep Stages Medications Bookstore Terror Tales ICQ Chatroom Message Board Resources Affiliates Contact Information
A little bit about this site...
After spending the last 15+ years of my life experiencing night terrors, I decided to find out more about this sleep disorder. I hope the following will help shed some light on the subject. The first thing I found was that this problem goes by a few different names. Sleep Terrors, Sleep Terror Disorder, Night Terrors, Pavor Nocturnus and then the mouthful DSM-IV AXIS I: 307.46 are just a few. This fact made it very difficult to do an internet search for more information. Another problem I ran into was that HSP (Hallucinatory sleep disorder) has some similarities to Night Terrors. I have included information about sleep paralysis to help you figure out which you may have.

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3. Night Terrors
of the common pediatric sleep condition includes details on symptoms, possible causes, and prevention. Between 2 to 3% of all children suffer from night terrors at one point during their development.......
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Does anyone know if night terrors are related to seizures? My child has partial complex seizures during sleep only at this time. When she is having seizures, she also has an increase in night terrors. last night it was one seizure and two night terrors. Isn't helpful for sleeping for anyone in the house! The neuro says they are not related, but I have trouble believing that. Next Article
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4. UCB Parents Advice: Night Terrors
Advice on children's night terrors.
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Night Terrors
Advice and recommendations from the UCB Parents mailing list. This page is brought to you by the UC Berkeley Parents Network Back to Advice about Sleep From: Janis Our 31 month old son is beginning to experience night terrors. He screams for 45 minutes to an hour and nothing we do can console him. I've read a lot about this but I am hoping some of you might have some practical hints. We cannot leave him in his bed because he shares the bedroom with his brother. When we hold him he thrashes around wildly and usually manages to sock one of us. The same thing happens if we try to bring him to bed with us. I am afraid this is just one of those things we have to ride out but if any of you have had any experience in either avoiding or lessening the severity of these attacks, I would love to hear about it. Thanks. Janis From: Helen From: Roger Janis, Our kids have all suffered from night terrors. They were usually brought on by: a. Change of schedule or routine.

5. Silvia Helena Cardoso And Renato M.E. Sabbatini: Night Terrors
Silvia Helena Cardoso, PhD and Renato M.E. Terrifying dreams are part of human nature there are very few persons who have never had a nightmare sometime in life.
http://www.epub.org.br/cm/n06/doencas/terror/terror1_i.htm
Night Terrors
Silvia Helena Cardoso, PhD and Renato M.E. Sabbatini, PhD
Diagnosis Causes Treatment To Know More ... Credits T errifying dreams are part of human nature: there are very few persons who have never had a nightmare sometime in life. As the picture above shows, the ancient Greeks even thought that during nightmare one is dominated by an " incubus " (a small demon) who sits on the dreamer's chest, leading to a sense of suffocation, breath difficulties, a racing and heavy heart. However, there is a rare type of frightening phenomenon during sleep which is not quite like a nightmare. It is called "night terrors" or " Pavor Nocturnus " and it is a severe sleep disturbance, consisting of attacks of acute terror arising in deep sleep without dreaming. It is accompanied by violent body movements, extreme agitation, gasping, moaning, screaming, sweating, confusion, and in some cases, flight from the bed or the room, destructive behavior and aggression directed toward objects or against themselves or other persons. Wounds, fractures and lesions may occur in consequence. Sleep terrors occur during a phase of deep non-REM ( Rapid Eye Movement ) sleep usually within an hour after the subject goes to bed (stage 4). An episode may last anywhere from five to twenty minutes while the subject is still asleep. The eyes may be open. The patient is unable to recall anything afterwards.

6. Night Terrors
night terrors IN CHILDREN Updated September 10, 1998 What are night terrors?
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NIGHT TERRORS IN CHILDREN
Updated September 10, 1998 Articles and Tips on Night Terrors Bulletin Boards and Forums What are Night Terrors? Night Terrors ar characterized by a sudden arousal from slow wave sleep with a piercing scream or cry, accompanied by autonomic (Controlled by the part of the nervous system that regulates motor functions of the heart, lungs, etc.) and behavioral manifestations of intense fear. Also known as Pavor Nocturnus, incubus, severe autonomic discharge, sleep terror. What are the symptoms of Night Terrors?
  • A sudden episode of intense terror during sleep
  • The episodes usually occur within the first third of the night
  • Partial or total amnesia occurs for the events during the episode.
Associated features include:
  • Polysomnographic monitoring demonstrates the onset of episodes during stage 3 or 4 sleep
  • Tachycardia usually occurs in association with the episodes.
  • Other medical disorders are not the cause of the episode, e.g., epilepsy
  • Other sleep disorders can be present, e.g., nightmares.
How serious are Night Terrors?

7. Night Terrors Resource Center
A site dedicated to finding more information on the Sleep Disorder night terrors.Site includes links and a message board. More on night terrors
http://www.nightterrors.org/mot.html
Your one stop website for the Sleep Disorders Night Terrors and Sleep Paralysis
Main Page Addl NT Information Sleep Paralysis Parasomnias Sleep Stages Medications Bookstore Terror Tales ICQ Chatroom Message Board Resources Affiliates Contact Information
Nature is often obscure or impenetrable, but she is not, like man, deceitful. We must therefore take it that the dream is just what it pretends to be, neither more nor less. If it shows something in a negative light, there is no reason for assuming that it is meant positively.
"On the Psychology of the Unconscious" (1953) More on Night Terrors...
Some things that can help bring out a night terror are stress, certain medications, (It is hard to list exactly which ones) being over-tired or eating a heavy meal before going to bed. Many different medical ailments contribute to the frequency of Night Terrors. (Once again to many and to hard to list, Please do not e-mail me to have one added.) These things DO NOT cause night terrors, they just seem to put your body into the state where a night terror can manifest itself. People without night terrors will not have a night terror because of the above reasons.

8. Nightmares And Night Terrors: The Horror Movies Of The Mind
Psy 473 term (Sleep and dreams) paper.
http://sawka.com/spiritwatch/borzel.htm
Nightmares and Night Terrors: The Horror Movies of the Mind Nicholas L. Borzel Augustana University College A paper submitted to Dr. Jayne Gackenbach as part of the course requirements for Psy 473 (Sleep and Dreams), April, 1997 It is terribly disconcerting to the parent of a child whom experiences a nightmare. You may try to reassure them, but it is usually the problem that you can't even understand them. Our adult instinct is to rationalise; to assure the child of the difference between the fear they feel and the real world. But how helpful is this? First it is useful to understand the nature of nightmares, how they occur, and what they mean. It is also useful to explore the models we can teach our children in order to best help them with this parasomnia. As unsettling as it is to see our children struggle with the fears of a nightmare, imagine a more dynamic form. To see your child awaken soon after sleep has set in and physically experience a terrifying aspect of sleep can be far more disturbing. Night Terrors are a dynamic sleep disorder experienced in the early hours of sleep. To understand this disorder we must first look at how it is different from the more common and less explosive nightmare. In the same way that we understand nightmares we must look at night terrors. By understanding the biological reasons and causes of night terrors we can then understand more about them. This information while useful to parents is not always as reassuring as the methods they can use to help their child return to bed and enjoy a restful night sleep.

9. Northside Hospital Sleep Medicine Institute
A description of the sleep disorders treated here, including sleepwalking, night terrors, sleep related violence, sleep eating, gastroesophageal reflux and childhood sleep disorders. Atlanta,GA.
http://www.nshsleep.com/services.htm
  • Insomnia:
    Difficulty falling or staying asleep; waking earlier than desired. Insomnia can be caused by a number of medical or behavioral factors such as stress, tension, shift-work or poor sleep habits.
  • Sleep Apnea:
    Brief pauses of breathing during sleep. Often associated with loud snoring, snorting and gasping for breath. Sleep apnea can result in daytime sleepiness, depression, and cardiovascular problems.
  • Excessive Daytime Sleepiness:
    Struggling to stay awake during the day. Reduced productivity at school or work; memory or concentration problems.
  • Narcolepsy:
    Sleep attacks; sudden muscular weakness in response to strong emotion; brief paralysis upon falling asleep or waking up.
  • Restless Leg Syndrome and Periodic Limb Movement Disorder:
    Uncomfortable sensations in the legs near sleep time, sometimes described as a creepy crawly feeling. Legs and arms may move or jerk involuntarily during sleep.
  • Sleepwalking, Night Terrors, Sleep Related Violence, Sleep Eating: These are unwanted behaviors that occur when the brain is partially asleep.
  • Gastroesophageal Reflux: Heartburn, an acid taste in the mouth at night, wheezing and coughing at night.

10. Night Terrors: Info On Dream, Dream Interpretations, Dreams, Dreaming, Dream Emp
Learn how to remember interpret your dreams info on dream symbols, nightmares, helping kids, sleep walking talking, sleep paralysis, night terrors, lucid dreams night terrors. night terrors the name is quite descriptive of what it feels like to have this experience, which is
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    Night Terrors
    Getting back to Night Terrors, here is what happens within the body during an episode: the autonomic nervous system is activated, which stimulates feelings of intense fear via the "fight or flight" response. Some people have anxiety attacks on top of this autonomic response mechanism, and/or have asthma attacks as well. If this is a frequent occurance, it might help to keep a good old-fashioned paper bag next to the bed, so you can breathe into it and prevent hyperventilating and resume normal breathing.
    Sleep Chart @ NightTerrors.Org

    How often do these Night Terrors occur? It varies. Some people have episodes less than once per month, without harm to themselves or others. Some people experience episodes less than once per week, without harm to themselves or others. In its severest form they occur almost nightly, and/or occur with unintentional physical injury to the person affected, or to others nearby. It would be wise to contact a sleep disorder clinic if you fall into the second or third category, certainly. I have a link to sleep disorders clinics, below.
    Here is a description of a sleep disorder usually found in babies or children, but which rarely does afflict adults as well:

11. Nightmares And Night Terrors: The Horror Movies Of The Mind
Psy 473 term (Sleep and dreams) paper.Category Health Conditions and Diseases night terrors......Nightmares and night terrors The Horror Movies of the Mind. night terrorsare a dynamic sleep disorder experienced in the early hours of sleep.
http://www.sawka.com/spiritwatch/borzel.htm
Nightmares and Night Terrors: The Horror Movies of the Mind Nicholas L. Borzel Augustana University College A paper submitted to Dr. Jayne Gackenbach as part of the course requirements for Psy 473 (Sleep and Dreams), April, 1997 It is terribly disconcerting to the parent of a child whom experiences a nightmare. You may try to reassure them, but it is usually the problem that you can't even understand them. Our adult instinct is to rationalise; to assure the child of the difference between the fear they feel and the real world. But how helpful is this? First it is useful to understand the nature of nightmares, how they occur, and what they mean. It is also useful to explore the models we can teach our children in order to best help them with this parasomnia. As unsettling as it is to see our children struggle with the fears of a nightmare, imagine a more dynamic form. To see your child awaken soon after sleep has set in and physically experience a terrifying aspect of sleep can be far more disturbing. Night Terrors are a dynamic sleep disorder experienced in the early hours of sleep. To understand this disorder we must first look at how it is different from the more common and less explosive nightmare. In the same way that we understand nightmares we must look at night terrors. By understanding the biological reasons and causes of night terrors we can then understand more about them. This information while useful to parents is not always as reassuring as the methods they can use to help their child return to bed and enjoy a restful night sleep.

12. DREAM EMPORIUM Has Info On Dreams, Dream Interpretations, Lucid Dreams. Sleep Di
Information on intepretation and understanding, lucid dreaming, sleep paralysis, night terrors and precognitive dreams. Also includes links to dream and sleep resources, and guidance on helping children with dream problems.
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The Dream Emporium's topics include: dreams, dream symbols, how to interpret your dreams, keeping a dream journal, nightmares, sleep disorders such as sleep walking, sleep talking, sleep paralysis, night terrors; lucid dreams, dream symbols, helping children with their nightmares; you can enter a contest to win a Free dream interpretation, articles I've written on how to choose a dream symbol book; and more topics include lucid dreaming, extensive dream links and a Cool Links page, dream interpretation service, actual dream interpretations I've given to contest winners including Sea of Dreams webzine column from G21 webzine, links to Dream FAQ's, dream-related E-zines, newsgroups, dream videos, and much more. There are over 50 pages of dream related topics on this site, so I invite you to bookmark this page and come back whenever you have a dream you would like to learn more about. To Navigate this site:
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13. Texas Sleep Disorders Center - John D. Seifert M.D.
Treatment of snoring, sleep apnea, insomnia, night terrors, sleep walking, bed wetting and narcolepsy.
http://Texassleepdisorders.com
At Texas Regional Sleep Disorder Center, our approach to snoring and sleep apnea is comprehensive. Snoring is caused by an obstruction of air while one Is sleeping as it passes through the nose and to the back of the throat, or pharynx. Many times the snoring is not serious enough to cause any physical illness. Other times the snoring is a symptom of a very severe obstruction of breathing and the body has to work to breath to maintain normal bodily functions. If one has sleep apnea, breathing can stop for up to five minutes and during this time, when the breathing has stopped, the pulse increases and the blood pressure increases so as to give emergency needs of oxygen to the body. If this process Is allowed to progress then the individual having this is more prone to permanent high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, leading to stroke and sudden death. Sleep apnea can affect people of all ages. Children get sleep apnea from enlarged tonsils and adenoids. This can happen in a newborn. This is usually manifested in children by fatigue, irritability, and of course, the audible snoring and breathing sensations. Breathing obstruction can be either in the nose or in the oral pharynx. In the nose, it is caused by cartilaginous or bony obstruction of the nasal septum which divides the nose into right and left compartments. It also can be caused by chronic sinusitis when one assumes the recumbent position, the infectious material rolls out of the paranasal sinuses and stops us the nose making one breathe through their mouth. After a period of time, this gasping for air through the mouth causes elongation of the soft palate and uvula, and later the tongue will press against the soft palate and uvula which has been elongated by this sleep apnea process, and breathing will stop.

14. The Official Site Of Night Terrors 2002
Is it the dark? Is it death? Or is it just the unknown? Be prepared to confrontthose fears. Because at night terrors, We put terror in your face! .
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Beware! The grounds of Wiard’s Orchards are said to be haunted. The history of these lands has lived on for centuries. Those who have dared to set foot on the grounds of this old orchard say they can still hear the howling sounds of the night, especially around the time of All Hallow’s Eve. At least it’s been said by the few brave souls who have survived, and the fear will always live on with them. There comes a time in each of our lives when we must face our fears and face the terror. What’s your fear? Is it the dark? Is it death? Or is it just the unknown? Be prepared to confront those fears. Because at Night Terrors, "We put terror in your face!". © 1998 - 2002, Wiard's Orchards
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15. Sleep Concerns: Night Terrors
If your baby seems afraid at night bolting out of bed, screaming he maybe having night terrors. night terrors can be a symptom of sleep apnea.
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Night terrors can be a symptom of sleep apnea . Apnea is a serious sleep disorder in which enlarged adenoids (normal lymph tissue in the throat just behind the nose) and tonsils repeatedly block the upper airway passages during the night, making it difficult for your child to breathe. When your child's muscles relax at night, oversized glands can temporarily block air from getting to his lungs. What you can do about it Don't try to intervene in the middle of a night terror. Let your child scream it out, and unless he is in danger of hurting himself, don't try to physically restrain him. If you attempt to hold your terrified child it could lead to wilder behavior. Instead, speak calmly and place yourself between him and anything dangerous. Before bed, take the same precautions you would for a

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Night terrors, sometimes referred to as confusional arousal, occur in 5 to 15 percent of children between the ages of 4 and 6, though they can appear in babies as young as 9 months. They are technically partial awakenings from non-REM, or non-dream, sleep. A child in this state may cry, whimper, and flail. He won't look scared so much as he'll appear to be confused, says Dr. Richard Ferber, the director of the Center for Pediatric Sleep Disorders at Children's Hospital in Boston, and author of the book, Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems How are they different from nightmares? Nightmares occur during rapid eye movement (REM) or dream sleep. A child who has had a nightmare is likely to have a somewhat clear idea of what scared him, though before age 2 or so, he probably won't be able to articulate his fright. He may also be afraid to fall back asleep, and in the morning, he may remember that he had a bad dream. How long do night terrors last?

17. Night Terrors: Info On Dream, Dream Interpretations, Dreams, Dreaming, Dream Emp
how to remember interpret your dreams info on dream symbols, nightmares, helpingkids, sleep walking talking, sleep paralysis, night terrors, lucid dreams.
http://dreamemporium.com/night_terrors.html
    Night Terrors
    Getting back to Night Terrors, here is what happens within the body during an episode: the autonomic nervous system is activated, which stimulates feelings of intense fear via the "fight or flight" response. Some people have anxiety attacks on top of this autonomic response mechanism, and/or have asthma attacks as well. If this is a frequent occurance, it might help to keep a good old-fashioned paper bag next to the bed, so you can breathe into it and prevent hyperventilating and resume normal breathing.
    Sleep Chart @ NightTerrors.Org

    How often do these Night Terrors occur? It varies. Some people have episodes less than once per month, without harm to themselves or others. Some people experience episodes less than once per week, without harm to themselves or others. In its severest form they occur almost nightly, and/or occur with unintentional physical injury to the person affected, or to others nearby. It would be wise to contact a sleep disorder clinic if you fall into the second or third category, certainly. I have a link to sleep disorders clinics, below.
    Here is a description of a sleep disorder usually found in babies or children, but which rarely does afflict adults as well:

18. TNG Episode: ``Night Terrors'', Stardate 44631.2
Highlight Listing night terrors Trapped in a rift in space, the crew ofthe Enterprise are plagued by unexplained paranoia and hallucinations.
http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/st-tng/episodes/191.html

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Rating: ***
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: [Keiko Ishikawa O'Brien]
John Vickery
: [Andrus Hagan]
Duke Moosekian
: [Ensign Gillespie]
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: [Ensign Peeples] Brian Tochi : [Ensign Kenny Lin] Lanei Chapman : [Ensign Rager] Colm Meaney : [O'Brien] and Special Guest Star Whoopi Goldberg : Guinan Co-Producer : Peter Lauritson Producer : David Livingston Supervising Producer : Jeri Taylor Executive Producer : Michael Piller Teleplay by : Pamela Douglas and Jeri Taylor Story by : Shari Goodhartz Directed by : Les Landau [end credit] Executive Producer : Gene Roddenberry Executive Producer : Rick Berman [closing credits] Associate Producer : Wendy Neuss Executive Story Editor : Ronald D. Moore Executive Story Editor : Joe Menosky Story Editors Co-Star Deborah Taylor : [Captain Chantel R.] Zaheva
Currently, this feature is disabled... Sorry. The Enterprise enters an uncharted binary star system in search of a science vessel, the U.S.S. Brittain, which has been missing for about a month. It finds the Brittain, intact but adrift...and all the crew are dead of extremely unnatural causes. All but one, that is. The scientific advisor, Hagan, a Betazoid, is alive, although catatonic and withdrawn. While Troi tries to get through to him, Geordi and Data try to restart the Brittain's engines-but although everything's working fine, there's no motion. Before long, Beverly tells Jean-Luc of her findings-the crew of the Brittain, with no apparent outside influences, killed each other. Meanwhile, Troi has a nightmare, of floating adrift in a fog with a voice saying only "eyes in the dark, one moon circles..."

19. Night Terrors
night terrors. To prevent night terrors, awaken your child gently before yougo to bed (assuming you go to bed several hours after your child does).
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Night terrors (or sleep terrors) are episodes of screaming and agitation in the middle of the night, generally in toddlers and sometimes preschoolers. They are probably best understood as a variation of sleep walking . They are technically classified as one of the parasomnias, disorders of arousal including sleep walking, sleep talking, and perhaps enuresis Differentiating a night terror from a nightmare depends upon a couple of factors. First is the time of the attack. Night terrors, since they are disorders of arousal from the deepest sleep, occur typically in the first part of the night - certainly the first half and usually just a few hours after bedtime. A nightmare - a particularly vivid and scary dream - tends to occur towards the end of the night - in the early morning hours. When a child has a night terror, he can be aroused from it only with great difficulty, if at all. He may have his eyes open, but will "look right through you" as if not seeing you - and he does not. When a child has awakened screaming from a nightmare, he is indeed awake and will cling to you for comfort. Like sleepwalking and sleeptalking (the more benign form of night activity that often persists into adulthood), it is a

20. Night Terrors - DrGreene.com - Caring For The Next Generation
Dr. Greene talks about night terrors and how they are different fromconfusional arousal and nightmares. What Are night terrors?
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What are "night terrors" and why do children get them?
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Within fifteen minutes of your daughter's falling asleep, she will probably enter her deepest sleep of the night. This period of slow wave sleep, or deep non-REM sleep, will typically last from forty-five to seventy-five minutes. At this time, most children will transition to a lighter sleep stage or will wake briefly before returning to sleep . Some children, however, get stuck unable to completely emerge from slow wave sleep. Caught between stages, these children experience a period of partial arousal.

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