Thank you, Maxine!
Maxine Brinker sent photos of her Nutmeg (12.5 yrs) and Sage (4) at a Barn Hunt event. They both like these events and have done well at them.
Thank you, Maxine!
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This weekend at a barn hunt event near Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Nutmeg and Sage had a great time climbing hay bales and searching for rats. 12.5 year old Nutmeg earned two legs in the Senior class, 1st place of more than 20 dogs in the class including Jack Russell and Border Terriers, and she was Best in Trial! 4.5 year old Sage earned her first leg in the Open class and placed 2nd in the class of, by Maxine's estimate, 15-20 dogs. Good job, girls!! Maxine does not like to take photos so I am posting the Barn Hunt Association logo and a description of the event. From barnhunt.com: "The purpose of Barn Hunt is to demonstrate a dog’s vermin hunting ability in finding and marking rats in a “barn-like” setting, using straw/hay bales to introduce climbing and tunneling obstacles in the dog’s path. Barn Hunt is based on the skills historically used by itinerant “ratcatchers” in traveling the countryside, ridding farms of vermin, thus helping conserve and preserve food grains and cutting down on disease.
While ratcatchers often used breeds such as Jack/Parson Russell Terriers, they also used other non go-to-ground breeds such as Manchester Terriers, Rat Terriers, and a variety of breeds and mixes of small to medium size. At all times, the safety of the dogs, handlers, and rats is to be of paramount importance. Rats will be humanely handled and safely confined in aerated PVC tubes. While it can be used as an instinct test, there is also a handler component in that the handler must signal when the dog has reached the desired target PVC rat tube; thus, the handler must know and have a partnership with their dog. Teamwork will win the game." My first day off since Friday and what a week. I was so tired when I went to bed early this morning that I fell asleep and woke later still holding my book in both hands. (I am reading the wonderful "Grace" by the hugely talented author Max... Lucado.) I do not mind saying that I had breakfast at 4 this afternoon! Refreshed now, on this 'Throwback Thursday', I am posting a photo of Andrew (left) and Jamie Stock with Walmar's Drucilla. I acquired Druci in middle age from Wally and Mary Jones. Her sister CH Walmar's Druid Princess, a favorite of Wally's, was a DCA National Sweepstakes winner. Their black/tan brother CAN/AM CH Walmar's Dark Prince was a group winner for Uffe and Carol Brae.
Druci had one litter of one for me, CH Walmar's Luke v Dorndorf L. At his first show, Luke was WD/BW for 5 points at the Central Ohio specialty, with me handling. He finished with three majors. Luke was the father of my N litter, now 12 years old, which include DC Nadja ME, multi-Absolute, multi-titled DC Nexus, SUvCH NIck (in Sweden), and MACH5 FC Nutmeg CDX! Becky England also used Luke and he produced something like seven Champions for her. The proud parents of James and Andrew are Christian and Julie Stock. The boys are in college now but I well remember rocking Andrew when they brought him home from the hospital. : ) We dog people often focus on what we are teaching our dogs and lose perspective on what our dogs are teaching us. In some ways, I have a LOT of patience. But not like this. I guess I have always felt like I had to have something to work with. Yes, I would have been one of those people who thought "Why is she showing that dog?!" Stories like this one remind me that there can be a very rich pay off to just hanging in there and digging deeper. It is also cool to see a Berner who actually looks like a working dog. (Coulda/shoulda not put the music to the video but that's my opinion. I hit the mute button real fast!) Kudos to the team!
Watching them, I thought of Maxine Brinker and Nutmeg and their struggles early on. Nutmeg's problem, though, was that she was too willing. In her early years of competition, Nutmeg missed a lot of contacts and made up many of her own courses. But with Maxine's patience and persistence, Nutmeg learned the finer arts of agility - such as not flying off obstacles, or forging her own paths! And, like this woman, Maxine was nothing if not persistent. It paid off. Together, Maxine and Nutmeg earned MACH5. That's 100 trials of qualifying in both Excellent classes in the trial ("qualifying" meaning zero faults and within standard course time), and 3, 750 Master Agility Champion points!!! I believe they were the just the third dachshund team to do it. And the first standard longhair. I admire their accomplishments. Maxine Brinker called: "Patt, she did it!" Nexus' sister Nutmeg, (they turned 12 in March), went into this weekend needing TWO of the 750 points required to become a Master Agility Champion for the fifth time. She ran a strong Jumpers course, first course of the day, and completed those requirements for MACH 5!!! She is just the third dachshund to achieve MACH 5! Maxine said she will run Nutmeg in Standard today, may also, depending on how good Nutmeg appears to be feeling, run her tomorrow, after which Nutmeg is Retired from agility. A lot of swimming, some earthdog and barn hunt, and, hopefully, helping Maxine discipline a new puppy, are the plans for Nutmeg's future. FANTASTIC ACCOMPLISHMENT AND C@NGRATULATI@NS TO MAXINE AND MACH 5 NUTMEG!! Watch the run which was videoed for Maxine by Pam Dural and posted on Coach's Eye. At the AKC Agility Invitational in Orlando, Florida yesterday, 11.5 year old MACH4 Nutmeg v Dorndorf L CDX JE CG qualified in Time 2 Beat! Nutmeg is owned and handled by Maxine Brinker of Illinois.
Congratulations, you two!! Nutmeg Won the Open class of 28 bitches to finish her Field Champion title at the Great Lakes trial of the Harvest Moon Classic. Judges were Cindy Yeager (left) and Patsy Leonberger.
Nutmeg, 11 years, is owned and handled by Maxine Brinker. My apologies that the photo did not turn out better. But it goes without saying: I am very proud of you two! Congratulations to Maxine and Nutmeg! I did not attend the Dachshund Club of America National events this year, most of which were held at Purina Farms in Gray Summit, Missouri. Dorndorf was wonderfully represented in the performance arena, however, as these many bulletins testify. KUDOS and my THANKS to you all! You are the BEST! ---Love, Patt Tracking May 9 Ochre, owned and handled by Laura Knoll, ran her Variable Surface Tracking test with excellent effort! Tina Knoll wrote: "Just to recap, they started strong then over ran the first turn. They recovered, took the first turn and Ochre was pulling like crazy, almost took the next turn. They disqualified but did all the rest just perfect with the track layer just following." VST may have a passing rate of 5-8% but I see VST / CT (Champion Tracker) in their future. This is a talented team! May 10 Sisters Sage, owned by Maxine Brinker, and Seiko, owned by Tina Knoll and handled by Laura, were entered in the Tracking Dog Excellent test. Unfortunately, none of the three dachshunds passed. TDX tests have a passing rate between 15-20% annually; they are not a walk in the park! But they both gave it a very good go! Earthdog May 11 Nutmeg qualifies in Junior Earthdog for her second leg and the JE title! Congratulations to Maxine Brinker and Nutmeg! May 11 Gretel qualifies in Senior Earthdog for her third leg and the SE title! Congratulations to owner Jennifer Fry, handler Laura Knoll, and Gretel! May 11 We all had big hopes that Nadja would earn her fourth qualification in Master Earthdog for the ME title. But this time Nadja had other ideas! As does her owner Tina Knoll, we look foward to Nadja getting that fourth leg! May 12 Diane Webb writes: "We did earthdog with Olive and Bossa yesterday and today. Neither passed yesterday, but today Olive passed and earned her first Junior Earthdog leg! She ran straight into the tunnel (just like yesterday) but this time didn't come back out. She got to the quarry in 17 seconds and barked and whined for over 60 seconds. Olive was the third of 30 JE dogs to run today or which 7 passed. We waited over two hours before we got her ribbon. So Olive was tired and hot and was looking into the sun, and the award photos aren't very good. But I am very proud of her!!" Congratulations to Diane and Olive! agility May 14 Nutmeg, 11 years, qualified with a 3rd place in a class of 14 dachshunds competing in the Master Jumpers with Weaves class! Her niece Sage also qualified in the same class! Congratulations to Maxine Brinker, Nutmeg, and Sage! May 14 Diane writes: "Olive and John had an excellent day at DCA Agility, qualifying in Novice FAST Preferred (1st place), Masters Standard Preferred (2nd Place), and Masters JWW Preferred (2nd Place). Olive earned her third double Q and 26 points towards PACH [Preferred Agility Champion]. Once again, Olive just missed winning High In Trial; this time she was about a second behind the Standard Preferred HIT Winner. The venue was awesome -- artificial turf over the matted floor covering the entire facility in a large, well-lit, air-conditioned facility. I've got videos of Olive which I'll post at some point. No photographers or videographers at the trial." Congratulations to John Willmore and Olive! Obedience and rally May 15 Sage qualified in Novice B Obedience debut, placing 3rd and earning the first leg of her CD! Congratulations to Maxine Brinker and Sage! May 16 Nutmeg and Sage both qualified in the Advanced B Rally class with Nutmeg earning 2nd Place of the 10 dachshunds competing! Congratulations to Maxine and the Spice Girls! May 16 Olive qualified in Rally B Excellent for the necessary third leg in the annual DCA Triathlon! Combined with her passing/qualifying performances in earthdog and agility, Olive has qualified with a chance to win the Triathlon. Whether she does will be determined by performances of other Triathlon contenders that are still to come. Congratulations to Diane Webb and Olive! May 17 Nutmeg qualified with a 1st Place in Open A obedience for her 3rd leg and her CDX! Putting this achievement in perspective, only four dachshunds earned the CDX title in 2012. Congratulations to Maxine Brinker and Nutmeg! triathlon May 17 John and Diane end their DCA week with Olive being one of only 4 qualifiers in the DCA Triathlon, she finished 3rd!
Congratulations Team Olive! Way to GO, everyone!! ♥♥♥ Diane Webb and John Willmore sent me two photos from California that they'd had BEAUTIFULLY framed. The large one (20x11) is the photo of 5 Dorndorf dogs taken at DCA in Wisconsin last year. Here are photos of that photo: alone and also newly put up on my dog wall. The other photo they sent is an 8x10 of Olive who became a new Master Agility Champion in 2012. I have emailed them these photos and also wanted to share them here. THANK YOU, JOHN AND DIANE! Hope everyone is having a great day!
Maxine Brinker called today to say that she received a letter from AKC. Nutmeg is eligible for entry in the AKC National Agility Championship in Reno, Nevada March 30-April 1, 2012! I looked up Nutmeg's eligibility report online. She earned 416 MACH points, qualifed in 50 Excellent B classes, and qualified in both classes ("Double Q") at 18 trials from December 1, 2010 thru November 30, 2011!
Maxine was happy to get the letter. But she says that instead of traveling to Nevada, she plans to attend area trials this spring - and hopes to finish requirements for MACH4! The video is not new but we just found out about it. The Chicago Boat, RV and Outdoors Show is held annually in January in Chicago, Illinois. This year, the show included a DockDogs competition for the first time.
From a DockDogs official press release following the event: "After a 4-year run in the suburbs of Chicago, DockDogs® stretched its legs and jumped into 2010 by going through the heart of Downtown Chicago and hosting it's first Midwest National competition at the Chicago Boat, RV and Outdoors Show. With over 75 dogs competing in sixteen (16) BIG AIR Waves, three (3) SPEED RETRIEVE Heats, one (1) EXTREME VERTICAL competition and four (4) separate FINALS at the historic McCormick Place, the 2010 DockDogs® National tour continued to raise the bar with more passion, excitement and intensity than ever before." It was further reported that the dock dogs were a huge hit with the public. The website for the Chicago Boat, RV and Outdoors Show features three video highlights from the 2010 event. The middle video, "Dock Dog in Action" shows two of the 75-plus canine competitors. One of them is Nutmeg! Nutmeg's owner Maxine Brinker says the water was very cold. Some dogs refused to enter the water but not so Nutmeg! I've said it before and it is true: Maxine and Nutmeg have been wonderful ambassadors for dachshunds in an arena where dachshunds are very seldom seen. GO, Nutmeg! MACH2 Nutmeg v Dorndorf L CD RN CG and her owner/handler Maxine Brinker Qualified in 5 of the 6 Excellent B agility classes over three days of agility trials last weekend!
I received this from Maxine this morning: "Nutmeg had a good weekend at Illiana Collie Fanciers in Merriville, Indiana. She got a Double Q [qualified in both classes] on Friday but didn't run as fast as she usually does, she seemed tired. Saturday she had fun running [off course] in one tunnel and another so didn't qualify in that one but then came back and qualified in Jumpers. Sunday she was up to par, ran in Standard and got a Q and 19 points and then in Jumpers and got 13 points. You just don't know what she is going to do. She keeps me on my toes but she is fun to run no matter what. She is always out there trying even if it is her way sometimes. Love my girl." Dogs accumulate MACH points by how many seconds under Standard Course time they are. Which means that on Sunday, Nutmeg ran 19 seconds under SCT in the Excellent B Standard class, and 13 seconds under SCT in the Jumpers class! WOW!! Congratulations, Maxine and Nutmeg! Congratulations to MACH2 Nutmeg v Dorndorf L CD RN CG and her owner/handler Maxine Brinker of Illinois! They competed in the Dockdogs® Nationals in Iowa. 8.5 year old Nutmeg did not best her personal record of 8.5 feet but she jumped well and they had a great time! Maxine reported that the water, taken from a fire hydrant, is very cold and many larger dogs, including a number of retrievers, were refusing to go in. Not so, Nutmeg! 900 dogs came from all over the country to compete in this event. WOW! Many participants told Maxine that they had never seen a dachshund jump or swim and they really enjoyed watching Nutmeg! Many thanks to Mike Salem for sending these photos to Maxine and free of charge! MACH2 Nutmeg v Dorndorf L CD RN CG (8 years), Sage v Dorndorf L (13 months), and Cadium Aurinkosoturi (5 months today), all passed the DTK test for steadiness to gun at the NATC-sponsored event in Roscoe, Illinois. This is an important accomplishment, for the Deutscher Teckelklub specifies "a dog may only participate in a hunting test or test of innate ability if he has proven he is not gun shy." Thus Nutmeg, Sage, and Viljo may now participate in such tests.
Nutmeg and Sage are owned by Maxine Brinker of Illinois. This was Maxine's first time attending NATC events. Said she had a lot of fun! I made the following video of Viljo during the test. The first of two gunshots has just gone off and the video starts with Viljo running back to me. However, he is running back happily, in no way appearing to be fearful or terrified in the manner of a gunshy dog. (We have learned that this test does require some judgement on the part of the judges.) The dog is to be off lead and approx. 30 meters away from the handler when the shots are fired. With a dog that tends to stay closer to the handler, one way to accomplish the distance is for the handler to back up while the dog is moving forward. This works to increase distance - until the dog notices and comes running back! You will hear judge Larry Gohlke call "wait" to gunner Cheri Faust as Viljo returns to me a couple of times. When he gets far enough away again, the second shot is fired. Viljo's reaction is quite sound, (pardon the pun), then he happily runs back once more. I believe that is Carrie Hamilton, the other judge, chuckling in the background. Good boy, Viljo! It was a family affair for three longhaired bitches earning Certificates of Gameness (CG) today! This was at the American Working Terrier Association den trial in Roscoe, Illinois. DC Nadja v Dorndorf SE and MACH2 Nutmeg v Dorndorf CD RN are sisters. FC Ray Bob's Gretel von Knobydox JE is Nadja's daughter.
Nutmeg had never done any earthwork but she did not let that stop her! "Certificate of Gameness" is awarded to a dog that qualifies with a score of 100% in the Open Class at an AWTA trial. The dog is required to travel a thirty-foot earth, reach the quarry within thirty seconds, then work the quarry continuously for a full sixty seconds. Congratulations to Stan & Tina Knoll with Nadja, Maxine Brinker with Nutmeg, and Jennifer Fry & Laura Knoll (handling) with Gretel! Maxine Brinker and Nutmeg have had one Super Terrific Weekend! On Friday, Nutmeg qualifyied (ran clean) in both her classes which were Excellent B Standard and Excellent B Jumpers with Weaves. These are the top echelon classes of agility. On Saturday, she Double Qualified again and placed 3rd in Standard. "So Nutmeg has two more DQ's hope she can get one tomorrow. The courses were real nice. I am so proud of her. She took a 3rd place and in our area that is real good. Then it is rest time, no trials until the end of August. Took all the girls to the show with me. Real nice place with air conditioning which was nice, it is too hot to run outside! She is sleeping now." Today, they made it three for three, qualifying in both classes with a 4th place in Standard. "Nutmeg got another DQ she was so good got a fourth in Standard. She really ran nice this weekend. Now for the fun. I have to take her swimming I told her I would." These were trials of the WI-IL Agility Club of Spring Grove, Illinois. The club changed its trial site this year to the Libertyville Sports Complex in Libertyville, Illinois. "They were asking all the exhibitors if we liked the place and we said, 'Yes!' The place was air conditioned and cool, didn't need any fans, and they also had a lot of parking. It was very, very noisy because there was a basketball tournament going on. It didn't bother my girls at all. Nutmeg ran very well, Sage was so good, she stayed in her crate with no problem and Ginger can't hear and she slept. But it's a very beautiful place and we had really nice courses. They had traps of course but they were fun courses. The dogs actually got to accelerate instead of always twisting and turning. I mean, there should be some difficulty but dogs should be able to run. The one judge, Laura [English], has Cockers, and the other one [Sionag Black] has Goldens and both of them also show their own dogs. You want the judges who show their own dogs. But that's why it is hard to get good judges, when you ask them, they're either judging somewhere else or running their own dogs. Anyway, I'm training Sage with this new trainer and she told me something I should do different with Nutmeg and it helped. Everybody told me she ran awesome. I think so, too." I think so, three! Maxine, Congratulations to you and Nutmeg on your awesome performances this weekend!! Scores for the all-breed agility trials in Richmond last weekend have been posted online. Maxine had written that she didn't care if she placed in Sunday's Jumpers class or not...Nutmeg was the only dog who qualified...They won the class. : )
Trial: SAT STD EXC B Sm/Med/Lg Yards: 172 176 180 Sm/Med/Lg Time: 72, 69 67 63 Armband Call Name Handler Placement / Qualified Score Time Sec Ovr R/R WC Course Elim Exc Faults Tie Class Hgt: 8 08072 NUTMEG BRINKER 1 QUALIFIED 100 57.25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08070 GEISHA MURPHY N.Q. 0 62.31 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 08071 NEVER LETCHWORTH N.Q. 0 82.70 10 1 1 0 1 0 40 08074 BEAR LETCHWORTH N.Q. 0 74.65 2 2 0 0 0 0 16 Trial: SAT JWW EXC B Sm/Med/Lg Yards: 131 136 141 Sm/Med/Lg Time: 40, 40 39 38 Armband Call Name Handler Placement / Qualified Score Time Sec Ovr R/R WC Course Elim Exc Faults Tie Class Hgt: 8 08070 GEISHA MURPHY N.Q. 0 0.00 0 2 0 0 1 1 10 08072 NUTMEG BRINKER N.Q. 0 39.43 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 08073 AYRE MACHUCA N.Q. 0 31.46 0 1 1 0 0 0 10 08074 BEAR LETCHWORTH N.Q. 0 50.32 10 1 0 0 0 0 35 Trial: SUN STD EXC B Sm/Med/Lg Yards: 174 178 182 Sm/Med/Lg Time: 73, 69 67 64 Armband Call Name Handler Placement / Qualified Score Time Sec Ovr R/R WC Course Elim Exc Faults Tie Class Hgt: 8 08072 NUTMEG BRINKER 1 QUALIFIED 100 56.93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08070 GEISHA MURPHY N.Q. 0 86.32 13 1 0 0 1 0 44 08071 NEVER LETCHWORTH N.Q. 0 87.26 14 3 0 0 1 0 57 08074 BEAR LETCHWORTH N.Q. 0 75.41 2 2 0 0 1 0 16 Trial: SUN JWW EXC B Sm/Med/Lg Yards: 145 149 153 Sm/Med/Lg Time: 45, 45 43 41 Armband Call Name Handler Placement / Qualified Score Time Sec Ovr R/R WC Course Elim Exc Faults Tie Class Hgt: 8 08072 NUTMEG BRINKER 1 QUALIFIED 100 42.07 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08070 GEISHA MURPHY N.Q. 0 50.98 5 0 0 0 1 0 15 08074 BEAR LETCHWORTH N.Q. 0 54.68 9 1 1 0 0 0 37 To recap: Saturday in Standard, she ran the 72-second course in 57.25 seconds. Saturday in Jumpers, she ran the 40-second course in 39.43 seconds. Sunday in Standard, she ran the 73-second course in 56.93. Sunday in Jumpers, she ran the 45-sec course in 42.07. Nutmeg ran in four Excellent B classes in two trials, qualified three times, placed 1st three times. The one class where she didn't qualify, she made *one* mistake for 5 faults. ANY mistake in the Excellent classes and the dog is eliminated. I am amazed at the fortitude and resilience of agility people! Writing of fortitude and resilience, Nutmeg and her awesomely dedicated owner have now qualified 121 times in Excellent B Jumpers! Yes, that's right, 121 Qualifying runs in Excellent B Jumpers. WOW! Nutmeg, owned, trained and handled by Maxine Brinker of llinois, continue to rack up Double Qs in Excellent Agility. Maxine writes:
"Had a great weekend. Took a 1st in Standard on Saturday. Nutmeg got distracted in the weave poles in Jumpers but had a great run. The second day she got a Double Q, took first in Standard again. We didn't stay to get the ribbon in Jumpers so I don't know if she placed or not but she got the Double Q so I don't care! She ran real good, loves running on dirt. The weather was Hot!" Indeed, one event promoter had proclaimed, "Looks like it's gonna be a hot one, boys and girls, so pack accordingly." The Spice Team were up to the challenge! These were all-breed AKC agility trials hosted by the American Spaniel Club in Richmond, Virginia. Congratulations to Maxine and Nutmeg! Badger Dachshund Club Field Trial
Grounds: Northern Illinois Beagle Club Roscoe, Illinois Trial Chair: Shawn Nies, Hazelwood, MO Trial Secretary: Carolyn Henry, Caledonia, WI Open All-Age Dogs - 13 David Faust, Robert Schwalbe 1. Diablo, b/t MS Jan DuBois, WI 2. Wolfie, wb MW, Amy Tetmeyer, IA 3. Packer, red MW, Patsy Leonberger, IL NEW FC! 4. Blaine, red MS, Jan DuBois, WI NBQ Nit, wb MW, Carol Luetkens, WI Open All-Age Bitches - 25 William Dyer, Tracy Freeling 1. Etta, red MW, Robert & Janet Schwalbe, GA NEW DC! 2. Nova, red SW, Shawn Nies, MO 3. Maple, red SL, Kim Kaus-Wirth, MI 4. Nutmeg, red SL, Maxine Brinker, IL NBQ River, red MS, Megan Milligan, IN Field Champion Dogs - 24 Pam Bethke, William Dyer 1. Oslo, red SL, Stan Knoll, MS 2. Owl, red SL, Patricia Nance, OH (back High, littermate of Oslo) 3. Auggie, wb SW, Sherry Ruiggieri, NJ 4. Nexus, red SL, Patricia Nance, (half-brother of Owl and Oslo) NBQ Petey, red ML, Dan & Debby McNamara, WI Field Champion Bitches - 11 Carol Luetkens, Janet Schwalbe 1. Danika, wb SW, Cheri Faust, WI (back High) 2. Dixie, wb SW, Sherry Ruggieri, NJ (littermate of Auggie) 3. Babe, red SL, Tina Knoll, MS 4. Ochre, red SL, Laura Knoll, MS (littermate of Owl and Oslo) NBQ Tilly, b/t MS, Ray & Ann Parrish, IL Best Open - Etta Best Field Champion - Danika Absolute Winner - Etta Maxine Brinker's MACH Nutmeg V Dorndorf L CD RN leaped into the deep in the lap dogs class at the DockDogs competition in Berwyn, Illinois. Her second jump of the day measured 6' 3", Nutmeg's personal best. Lap dogs are the dogs who measure 17" or less at the withers. Nutmeg is little more than half that tall. In one of the few dog sports where competitors are predominantly men, and the dogs are largely sporting breeds, Nutmeg has become something of a celebrity in her area. Her owner Maxine Brinker, 72, says it kind of tickles her when a guy cannot coax his big dog into the water, (handlers must remain strictly hands off), and then their Nutter, as the men call her, jumps right in. Maxine has heard "I don't believe it!" at more than one event. Many people tell her they have never seen a dachshund swim. These photos were taken by Whitney. Many thanks! Maxine Brinker's Nutmeg, sister of Nexus, qualified in both of her AKC Excellent B agility classes today. This is QQ Number 31 for Nutmeg. She is more than half way to MACH2!
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