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Tiffany Zorotrian

@tjzorotrian.bsky.social
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PhD Student/Aquatic Animal Health Fellow @UF CVM studying marine mammal postmortem biochemistry, endocrinology, and metabolomics. MSc in wildlife forensics @UF. Marine mammal/sea turtle SME for environmental permitting.

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Tiffany Zorotrian @tjzorotrian.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Updated list of PhD Fellowships compiled by JHU, shared from @deniswirtz.bsky.social - research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
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Graduate Student Funding Opportunities | VPR at JHU
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
I heard that some of you people prefer to receive your snarky science fact-checking of viral news stories in meme format, and I am here to help.
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Ryan Reads and Writes 📚✨ @ryanreadsandwrites.me · 21/01/2025
I have a big ask. My 9yo son is autistic and he’s been raising a betta fish he named Kevin. Yesterday He asked if he could “share a photo of Kevin with the whole world“. I don’t know if this will work, but a dad’s gotta try. Like and share if that’s your thing. Kevin says hi! 🐟👋
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Kevin Keel @ucpath.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Come to Davis for the West Coast #Veterinary #Pathology Conference, May 2-3! We've got great speakers lined up, and we will have some fantastic cases for you to learn from. I promise it will be worth the trip. davisthompsonfoundation.org/event/great-... #VetPath #ReproPath #Theriogenology
This is the image of a poster advertising the 42nd Annual West Coast Veterinary Pathology Conference, May 2nd to 3rd, 2025.  The title is Great Gonads and Tubular Tales of Reproductive Pathology.  Photos of our speakers, Dalen Agnew, Al Conley and Justin Vidal, are included on the poster.
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Have you always wanted to be a marine biologist? We are now offering fundraiser charter shark research expeditions! Join me for a day of shark research while supporting the lab's effort's to bring school groups out on future trips. Join as an individual, or charter the whole day for your group!
Flier for our fundraiser charter shark research expeditions!
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Tiffany Zorotrian @tjzorotrian.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
New paper on steroid hormone analysis in pilot whale blubber via LC-MS/MS: #🐋🦑🧪 analyticalsciencejournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Multiclass Steroid Profiling in Short‐Finned Pilot Whale Blubber Using Liquid Chromatography–Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC‐MS/MS)
Rationale Wildlife scientists are quantifying steroid hormones in a growing number of tissues and employing novel methods that must undergo validation before application. This study tested the accur.....
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Peter Corkeron @petercorkeron.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Another Grauniad piece on our #rightwhale longevity paper, this time by Philip Hoare Quotes Stormy Mayo & Christy Hudak from the Center for Coastal Studies (not here yet) 🐳🌍🦑 @alaskaraven.bsky.social
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Tiffany Zorotrian @tjzorotrian.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Two Right Whales, 5110 and 4120, Seen Entangled Far Off the Coast of Massachusetts #🐋🦑 www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/end...
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North Atlantic Right Whale Updates
Get the latest North Atlantic right whale updates from NOAA Fisheries.
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Tiffany Zorotrian @tjzorotrian.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
New paper out quantifying the degree of reproductive compromise in North Atlantic right whales. Quite interested to read it, as I'm hopeful some of our data might shed some light on potential contributing factors to the reduced reproductive rates. #🐋🦑🧪 www.int-res.com/articles/esr...
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Tiffany Zorotrian @tjzorotrian.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Tetra Tech is hiring two senior archaeologists for permitting support in the U.S. great plains and inter mountain west. Pls share if you know anyone interested. tetratech.referrals.selectminds.com/jobs/senior-...
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Senior Archaeologist Great Plains, Intermountain West in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
an industry leader and nationally recognized engineering and consulting firm, is seeking professional, motivated, and intelligent candidates to fill.....
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Tiffany Zorotrian @tjzorotrian.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Uhh.... www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
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Trump Says Companies Investing $1 Billion In U.S. Will Soar Through Environmental Regulations
President-elect Donald Trump has said he plans to kill a number of environmental rules and regulations when he takes office next year.
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Tiffany Zorotrian @tjzorotrian.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
North Atlantic right whale calf #2 of the season spotted off Florida! NARW #2430 ‘Minus One’ is at least 31 years old, and this is her fourth calf. She last gave birth four years ago during the 2021 calving season. Photo credit: FWC; taken by CMA under NOAA permit #26919. #🐋🦑🧪
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Tiffany Zorotrian @tjzorotrian.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
🦋 academics, lets get to know each other! #🧪🦑🐋 Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea you aren’t working on but keep thinking about 1. Serum 'omics of stranded whales. 2. Utility of longitudinal corticosterone conc. in sea turtle scutes to detect cold stun survival.
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Tiffany Zorotrian @tjzorotrian.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
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Tiffany Zorotrian @tjzorotrian.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Fish and fisheries research funding opportunity: Advancing Regional Solutions for Fisheries and Offshore Wind. #🦑 www.rosascience.org/regional-rfp/
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ROSA Regional Request for Proposals | ROSA
Notice of Intent: $3.4M for Regional Fisheries Offshore Wind Research through ROSA’s Regional Research Program.
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Tiffany Zorotrian @tjzorotrian.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
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Tiffany Zorotrian @tjzorotrian.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
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Tiffany Zorotrian @tjzorotrian.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Partially funded graduate student position (PhD or MS) at Univ of Sydney examining environmental impacts of euthanasia solution and sedatives from buried whale carcasses. #🦑🐋🧪 www.sydney.edu.au/research/opp...
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Assessing the environmental impacts arising from burying marine wildlife carcasses containing euthanasia and sedative drugs - Research Supervisor Connect - Future Students - University of Sydney, Aus...
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Tiffany Zorotrian @tjzorotrian.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
A live minke whale stranded in Cape May, NJ today. Thankful for the stranding response network that responded. #🦑🐋 www.nj.com/cape-may-cou...
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Whale found washed up on Jersey Shore beach
Sunset Beach, where the whale's body was found, is known for being home to the SS Atlantus.
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Tiffany Zorotrian @tjzorotrian.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Love to hear that the amazing Dr. Joy Reidenberg got to travel out to participate in this awesome necropsy! #🦑🧪🐳 www.newsweek.com/new-zealand-...
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Rarest whale mysteries to be uncovered in 'unbelievable' study
Scientists met today to dissect the world's seventh known male spade-toothed whale, which washed up near a fishing village in New Zealand.
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Tiffany Zorotrian @tjzorotrian.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
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Tiffany Zorotrian @tjzorotrian.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
First right whale calf of the season spotted off SC! 🥰❤️🥳🥳 www.foxweather.com/earth-space/...
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First right whale calf of season spotted off Southeast coast
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission reports that three potential mothers of the endangered North Atlantic right whale were spotted in late November off the coast of the Carolinas. Th...
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Tiffany Zorotrian @tjzorotrian.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Congratulations to the Center for Coastal Studies for 40 years of amazing work disentangling whales! 🥳🎊👏 #🦑🐋🧪 www.capecodtimes.com/story/news/e...
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On Thanksgiving, a Cape Cod team marks 40 years of freeing whales from fishing line
Here's how on Thanksgiving Day in 1984, scientists from Provincetown planned to record whales singing. How it turned into a legacy-making rescue.
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and NOAA Announce $139 Million in New Grants to Support Coastal Resilience Projects buff.ly/4hZNkpb 🦑 🧪 🌏
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National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and NOAA Announce $139 Million in New Grants to Support Coastal Resilience Projects
WASHINGTON, D.C. (November 25, 2024) – The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) and NOAA today announced $139 million in new grants to support nature-based solutions for coastal resilience in…
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Tiffany Zorotrian @tjzorotrian.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
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Noah Bressman, PhD @noahwithfish.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Funded Masters in Biology (Fish, Ecology, Fisheries, Invasive Species) Opportunity! Please Share! Come join my lab at Salisbury U to study impacts of invasive Blue Catfish on native freshwater mussels & anadromous fishes (threatened river herring, striped bass, etc) in the Chesapeake Bay🐟🐙🧪🐠#SciComm
Funded MS Opportunity in Fish biology, fish ecology, fisheries, and invasive species in fisheries at Salisbury University in Maryland. If you have trouble reading job ad text, please send me a message and I will send you the text itself instead of just a photo of the job postingFunded MS Opportunity in Fish biology, fish ecology, fisheries, and invasive species in fisheries at Salisbury University in Maryland. If you have trouble reading job ad text, please send me a message and I will send you the text itself instead of just a photo of the job posting
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Tiffany Zorotrian @tjzorotrian.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Higher than average calanus concentrations early in the season in Cape Cod Bay this year. #🦑🐋🧪 www.yahoo.com/news/first-w...
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First right whales of season gorge on critical food off Massachusetts, giving hope for a strong year
Scientists who study a critically endangered species of whale that lives off New England said encouraging early signs suggest the animals could have a strong season for feeding and breeding. The Nort...
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George Matsumoto @georgeimatsumoto.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
🧪📍 🌊 🦑 research specialist or research technician to join the BGC-Argo data team @mbarinews.bsky.social . The candidate will assist with the management of data from BGC-Argo floats; position will be open until filled. Details at this link: www.mbari.org/job-opening/...
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Research Specialist, Chemical Sensor Lab • MBARI
MBARI seeks to hire an employee at the Research Technician or Research Specialist level to assist with the management of data from the biogeochemical profiling floats operated as part of the Global Oc...
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Tiffany Zorotrian @tjzorotrian.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Super excited to see @mars-lab-whoi.bsky.social on BlueSky! Give them a follow to keep up with their amazing work on remote sensing for whales and penguins 😊 #🦑 #🐋 #marmam
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Peter Corkeron @petercorkeron.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Here's a new short documentary on the people of New England and their relationships with #whales, #whaling and #rightwhale conservation. I appear in the last few minutes. Enjoy! 🐳🌍🦑
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Whales and Humans: A Shared History
YouTube video by NOTA
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Exeter Marine @exetermarine.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Exciting PhD opportunity with @plymouthmarine.bsky.social and @exetercec.bsky.social. This position a NERC GW4+ DTP, aiming to identify and assess the risk of plastic pollution to marine ecosystem services. 🦤🧪🌍 APPLY - www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin... DEADLINE: 13th of January.
The background is navy blue. An image of marine litter underwater is shown on the left, bordered by a medium blue stripe curving down and out to the bottom left. In white, bold text down the right hand side of the image reads: "PhD Opportunity". Below this, in regular, "Assessing the risk of consumer plastics to marine ecosystem services. Lead Supervisor Dr Samantha Garrard (PML, Sea and Society). Additional supervisors Dr Sarah Nelms (University of Exeter, Centre for Ecology and Conservation), Dr Matthew Cole (PML, Marine Ecology and Biodiversity). 
Below is a pinned location icon, medium blue, with 'Plymouth Marine Laboratory' to the right, in white.
Below is a calendar icon, medium blue, with 'Apply by 13th January 2025' to the right, in white.
At the bottom left of the page is PML's logo. At the bottom right is the University of Exeter's logo.
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Reduce whale-ship strikes by making 2.6% of ocean surface safer, study says buff.ly/3Cy4ARZ 🧪🌎🦑
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Reduce whale-ship strikes by making 2.6% of ocean surface safer, study says
Researchers identify collision hotspots around world but reveal almost all these lack preventive measures
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Tiffany Zorotrian @tjzorotrian.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
I've been waiting for this paper for ages; so excited to read! ⁦‪#🦑🐋🐳 #marmam Testing whales’ hearing, and mapping clusters of extreme longevity | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/podc...
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Testing whales’ hearing, and mapping clusters of extreme longevity
On this week’s show: A fight over where the world’s oldest people live, and wild-caught minke whales show sensitivity to high-frequency sound
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Tiffany Zorotrian @tjzorotrian.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
2nd Annual Ethics in Wildlife Health Symposium by USFWS will be held Dec 6th online and is free to attend. 3.5 CE credits avail. #vetmedsky #marmam wildlifedisease.org/page/Upcomin...
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Karla Diazordaz @kdiazordaz.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
I’m hiring- info in the link below, or get in touch if interested 📣 JOB OPPORTUNITY!  💻 Research Fellow in causal inference and machine learning, Statistical Science Department, UCL 🔗 www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... 📅 Deadline 5th December #causality #stats
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Tiffany Zorotrian @tjzorotrian.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
I have friends at IFAW and went to school with Kira Kasper (quoted in the article). It's been a brutal weekend, but their team is amazing! #🦑 #marmam www.boston25news.com/news/local/s...
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Slew of dolphin strandings across Cape Cod leads to rescues
Multiple dolphin strandings over 5 towns and 8 beaches in the Cape led to numerous rescues on Saturday.
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Tiffany Zorotrian @tjzorotrian.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
alaskapublic.org/2024/11/18/s... #🦑, #marmam
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'Stunning' 47-foot fin whale washes ashore near Anchorage's Westchester Lagoon
Biologists say the whale, believed to be a young female, was first reported Saturday lying on mudflats near a popular trail.
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Denis Wirtz @deniswirtz.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Download our database of 492 (!) funding opportunities for EARLY-CAREER FACULTY AND RESEARCHERS. For each entry, we provide link to funder, description, amount, deadline, and eligibility criteria (e.g. citizenship). Download freely here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
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Tiffany Zorotrian @tjzorotrian.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
😂 @ncrenic.bsky.social has a gift for seeing the absurdities in academia and makes me LOL regularly
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Dan Jagger @auditorynerves.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Oxford University has been accused of relying on academics on “Deliveroo-style” and precarious fixed-term contracts to give the majority of its tutorials, after new research revealed just a third of lessons are taught by full-time professors. #academicsky 👩🏼‍🎓 www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Oxford relying on ‘Deliveroo-style’ contracts with most tutorials not taught by full-time staff
Leading university accused of relying on young academics employed on gig-economy terms
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Tiffany Zorotrian @tjzorotrian.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Cool paper by @nathanbfurey.bsky.social #🦑
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Tiffany Zorotrian @tjzorotrian.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
BOEM is soliciting ideas for environmental studies for FY26-27. Due Dec 9th. #🧪🦑🐋More info: www.boem.gov/newsroom/not...
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BOEM Now Accepting Environmental Study Ideas for Fiscal Years 2026 and 2027
Send your suggestions by close of business December 9, 2024.
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Dr Andrew Mahon @andyantarctica.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Was told to make this a thing again...Happy #seaspidersaturday everyone! Starting with this amazing creature, Nymphon australe. This is the most common sea spider in Antarctica, and we've studied its pop genomics, looking at its reproduction, and its whole genome is coming too! 🦑🧪🌎🧬🇦🇶🐧
Nymphon australe, Nymphonidae, from AntarcticaNymphon australe, Nymphonidae, from Antarctica
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Victor J. Torres @torreslab.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
The Torres Lab is seeking a Senior Scientist to lead studies focused on understanding the immune response to bacterial infections. Candidates must have extensive postdoctoral research experience in immunology and a strong record of publications. talent.stjude.org/careers/jobs...
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Senior Scientist-Immunology, Vaccinology, Infection in Memphis, Tennessee | St. Jude Careers
St. Jude Careers is hiring a Senior Scientist-Immunology, Vaccinology, Infection in Memphis, Tennessee. Review all of the job details and apply today!
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Tiffany Zorotrian @tjzorotrian.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
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Tiffany Zorotrian @tjzorotrian.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
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Tiffany Zorotrian @tjzorotrian.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Not going to lie, I would love to see this! #🦑 www.cnn.com/2024/11/12/c...
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Why thousands are gathering around a rancid ‘dead whale’ by the world’s biggest lake | CNN
As humans heat up the world by burning fossil fuels, whales are increasingly vulnerable. Warmer ocean temperatures can affect their food and force them to change their migration routes.
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Tiffany Zorotrian @tjzorotrian.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
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