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GUSTAFSON
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COMMUNITY RESOURCES AND LINKS
COLORADO MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING & RESOURCES, TREATMENT
& SAFE HOUSE
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Colorado Springs counseling,
treatment & therapy
divorce recovery workshops, domestic violence education, domestic abuse, safe
house, parenting resources
mental health, counseling, therapy, treatment, alcohol, substance abuse, drug treatment, consumer credit
assistance
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MAPS &
DRIVING DIRECTIONS - COMMUNITY RESOURCE LOCATIONS
at the linked site, type in the address
of the location for which you seek a map or driving directions
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SUBSTANCE ABUSE - ALCOHOL AND DRUG |
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ALCOHOL
Alcoholics
Anonymous - AA - National Homepage
Colorado
Springs AA Service Center
107 East St.
Vrain Street
Colorado Springs,
CO 80903-1107
Phone: (719) 573-5020
- 24 hour answering service
Alcoholism FAQs - not sponsored by AA
1.
FAQ
sponsored by about.com
2. FAQ
sponsored by recoverymd.com
3.
FAQ
sponsored by Cummins Mental Health Center
4.
FAQ
sponsored by National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
(NIAAA)
DRUGS
McMaster Center -
El
Paso County Health Department
301 South Union
Colorado Springs, CO
80910-3123
Phone: (719) 578-3150
Fax: (719) 578-3192
Sponsored by El Paso
County Health Dept.
Fees: sliding scale
based upon income - agency receives supplemental government funding
Services: drug
and alcohol - assessment, treatment and detox
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INPATIENT TREATMENT
DRUG & ALCOHOL REHAB CENTERS |
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RESADA
Region Six Alcohol and Drug Treatment Center
PO Box 162, Las Animas, CO 81054
Phone: (719) 456-2600
Refer to above link for information
Former clients who have attended RESADA
in-patient treatment have been highly
enthusiastic
about the program & prospects for
ongoing sobriety |
Harmony
Foundation, Inc.
Attn: David Packard
1600 Fish Hatchery Road
PO Box 1989
Estes Park, Colorado 80571 -1989
Phone: (970) 586-4491 Denver Metro:(303) 825-2023
Refer to above link for information
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Each
identified alcohol & drug rehabilitation program has a
local reputation for competence. This short list is neither exclusive
nor does it imply any business relationship between counsel and identified
rehab, nor does this list imply that any drug or alcohol rehabilitation
program not identified
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DETOXIFICATION
The Lighthouse Assessment Center -
Pikes
Peak Mental Health
115 South Parkside Drive
Colorado
Springs, CO 80910-3130
Phone: (719) 572-6340
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EDUCATION
OR THERAPY CLASSES
STATE CERTIFIED OR COURT APPROVED |
ALCOHOL
EDUCATION AND THERAPY
Link - state certified alcohol
education classes or therapy in the local area
EDUCATION
CLASSES - TRAFFIC
SAFETY
Link - court approved
traffic safety classes in the local area
EDUCATION
CLASSES - DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE
Link - state certified domestic
violence or anger management classes in the local area
EDUCATION
CLASSES - PETTY THEFT
Link - court approved
petty theft classes in the local area
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** NOTE:
Effective December, 2004 public service in El Paso County must be completed under supervision of an
approved
agency with insurance on the worker. The court will not give credit for
public service completed outside supervision and will not accept verification
other than through the supervision agency. Chief judges of other
counties may have instituted similar blanket orders. |
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Regarding completions forms:
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Current
Clients will be provided with verification forms containing
name and case number.
Current clients may print any
above linked form for individual but not commercial or law office use.
Files are password restricted.
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Former
Clients and Non-Clients may
print and use any linked verification form identified
in blue.
Former & non-clients do
not have permission to print or otherwise use any linked
verification form identified in red.
This restriction is not any inconvenience - it merely removes my name from
the caption of pleadings and thereby avoids any possible confusion to the
court or prosecutors. Otherwise, the Current
Client or Former Client and Non-Client
forms are the same.
Former & Non-Client limited
permission to forms identified in blue
extends to individual but not commercial or law office use.
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Use of any form shall
not constitute representation, nor shall it be considered an
appearance of counsel in any litigation
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THIS WEBSITE IS
PUBLISHED AS A COURTESY BY A PRIVATE ATTORNEY
NOT
VIP-MADD,
AA, ALCOHOL EDUCATION PROGRAM OR PUBLIC SERVICE AGENCY
I welcome representation
inquiries, but please don't call thinking this office provides identified
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SEXUALLY
TRANSMITTED DISEASES & HIV RESOURCES |
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STD
- HIV Resource Provider
El
Paso County Health Department
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STD
- HIV Awareness Class
El Paso County Health Department
Attn: Tammy Maldonado-Long
301 S. Union Blvd.
Colorado Springs, CO 80910-3123
Phone: (719) 575-8617
Fax:
(719) not disclosed Email: not disclosed
Class dates:
presented quarterly
4th Thursday of the month - e.g.
7/17/08
Class times:
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Class
cost: $30 - cost
verified 5/08
subject to change - call EPCHD for current cost
Class topics:
gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, HIV,
hepatitis A, hepatitis B, hepatitis C,
local statistics, protection
Class speaker: Tammy Maldonado-Long, BS
Degree psychology,
15+ years with El Paso County Health Dept.
Class size approximately 10 people,
maximum capacity 40 |
STD
Clinic - HIV Test
El Paso County Health Department
Attn: Susan Janty
301 S. Union Blvd.
Colorado Springs, CO 80910-3123
Phone: (719) 578-3148
Fax:
(719) not disclosed Email: not disclosed
Cost: $30 HIV standard test - results in
approximately 2 weeks
cost verified 5/08;
subject to change - call EPCHD for current cost
Cost: $45 HIV rapid test - results in
approximately 20 minutes
cost verified 5/08;
subject to change - call EPCHD for current cost
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Physical Directions |
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El Paso County Health Department main
entrance from the parking lot to the east of the building - use the
stairway to your left at the entryway
in the basement, the STD - HIV awareness class office is located to the
right to the stairs
in the basement, the STD clinic (HIV test) is located to the left of the
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Out of Town or Out of State
Clients
You may call the probation department for your local
municipal court or state court to locate a certified STD - HIV awareness class. |
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Colorado Springs Municipal Court -
Probation or Deferred Sentence
Prostitution Defense |
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STD - HIV Awareness Class |
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Upon completion of the STD - HIV
awareness class, client should obtain & keep a copy of the completion
certificate for client's records and provide a copy to attorney for
record archival. Also provide a copy to
Colorado Springs Municipal Court Probation Department
by the due date.. |
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HIV TEST |
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Upon receipt of HIV test results,
client should obtain and keep a copy of the test result for client's
records and provide a copy to attorney for record archival. Also
provide a copy to
Colorado Springs Municipal Court Chief
Prosecutor by the due date.. |
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DEFERRED SENTENCE. If client has been
granted a deferred sentence and fails to provide the education class
completion proof or HIV test result as ordered, deferred sentence may be
revoked, client may be sent to jail and
sealing of criminal justice records would not
subsequently be available. |
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PROBATION. If client has been placed
upon probation and fails to provide the education class completion proof
or HIV test result as ordered, probation may be revoked, client may be
sent to jail. Sealing criminal justice records is not available if
the court imposed sentence and issued a probation order. |
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Call for details on class
dates and times. To my understanding, classes are free or inexpensive and
the major focus is upon healing grief, not religion. I understand divorce
recovery workshops are also offered by the Catholic Church and Lutheran
Church. Others likely exist which are not listed here.
SAFE HOUSE
COLORADO SPRINGS
And Other
Women's Resources |
Crisis
Hotline
(719) 633-3819 |
Emergency
Dial 911 |
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T*E*S*S*A
Administration
435 Gold Pass Heights
Colorado Springs, CO 80906-3882 |
Mailing
Address
PO Box 2662
Colorado Springs, CO 80901-2662 |
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Administrative Phone:
(719) 633-1462
Administrative
Fax: (719) 632-2342
Hours: 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
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fka The Center for Prevention of Domestic Violence
TESSA
is an abbreviation for
Trust, Education, Safety, Support, and Action |
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TESSA is
located on the Myron Stratton campus.
SB Nevada Ave. as it turns into
Highway 115 - just past
Southgate over the Lake Ave. overpass is a left turn lane into the Myron
Stratton campus or NB Highway 115 just before Lake Ave.
right turn into Myron Stratton campus |
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safe house location intentionally
not disclosed |
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in emergency circumstances
a victim
may be transported by law enforcement direct to residential safe house |
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El
Paso County Department of Human Services
- DHS fka DSS
105 N. Spruce
Colorado Springs, CO 80905
Hours: 8-5, weekdays except holidays
Phone: (719) 636-0000 FAX:
(719) 636-5599
Hotline Phones
444-5700 Child Abuse - Days
475-9593
Child Abuse - Nights / Weekends
444-5755 Adult abuse
636-0000 Various assistance including financial and child care
475-8014 Food stamps & welfare
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PARENTING AND
CHILDREN RESOURCES |
KidPower
- child personal
power and safety training
614 North Nevada Suite
201
Colorado Springs, CO 80903-4068
Phone: (719) 520-1311
Kid's
Resource Network of Colorado Springs
- CFI, supervised parenting time, parenting classes, mediation, adoption
home studies
Attn: Shawnel Tucker, Executive
Director
3715 Parkmoor Village Circle
#103
Colorado Springs, CO 80917
Phone: (719)
227-7477 Toll Free: (866) 900-5437
SafeKids
Phone: (719) 633-1462
Teaches children
safety, understanding family violence and abuse, feelings and anger
management
The Nurturing Program -
parent education and support
Birth - age 12 physical
care - communication
and child discipline problems
El
Paso County Health Department
301 S. Union
Blvd.
Colorado Springs, CO 80910-3123
Phone: (719) 578-3210,
(719) 578-3205
Pikes
Peak Family Connections, Inc.
- parent education and support
2220 E. Bijou Suite 2E
Colorado Springs, CO 80909
Phone 520-1019 Fax 471-3197
CASA
(Court Appointed
Special Advocates)
701 South Cascade Ave.
Colorado Springs, CO
80903-4068
Phone: (719) 447-9898
Fax: (719) 667-1818
Supervised Parenting
Time and Exchanges
Court appointed
services provided by CASA volunteers
CASA Advocates may be
court-appointed on Dependency & Neglect (D&N) cases to
represent the best interests of an abused or neglected child through
extensive research and objective reports to the court
CASA Domestic
Relations (Custody) Volunteers can be court-appointed for an
initial, neutral, fact-finding investigation and report to the court
on parenting time (visitation) and custody issues in domestic cases.
$200 fee
CASA exchange program
volunteers - neutral and supervised setting to exchange
custody of children in high conflict court cases or non-therapeutic
parenting time sessions provided on a temporary basis. Exchanges and
parenting time may be scheduled between 5:00 and 7:00 p.m. on Fridays
and 4:00 and 7:00 on Sundays
$5 fee per exchange and
sliding fee scale for parenting time sessions.
Center on Fathering -
father support and education -
El
Paso County Health Department
325 North El Paso
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
Phone: (719) 634-7797
SKIP - Support for Kids with Ill
Parents
Phone: (719) 594-9651 - Robin Duffy
support group for children
ages 5 - 18 losing one
or both parents to terminal illness
Thursdays 7:00 pm - 8:15
pm held at:
Sunrise
United Methodist Church
2655 Briargate Blvd.,
Colorado Springs, CO 80920
Phone: (719) 598-7013
Community
Partnership for Child Development (CPCD) -
Head
Start & Even Start
+ Other Programs
Phone: (719) 635-1536
Children prenatal to five years of age
free
comprehensive early childhood development and family programs
support programs for parents
Children's
Advocacy Center of the Pikes Peak Region
Phone: (719) 636-2460
Non-profit organization
interviews sexually abused children for investigation by law enforcement
and human services workers. Children
must be referred / accompanied by law enforcement or a human service worker.
Child Development
Center of Colorado Springs
Phone: (719) 540-7215
Early
evaluation and treatment for children with developmental delays.
Assist child with court preparation.
Group therapy for
parents and children.
Children's Literacy Center
Phone: (719) 471-8672
Free one-on-one tutoring for children in-the 1st through the 3rd
grades.
Available during the school year.
A Children's
Counseling Center
Phone: (719) 570-7188
Life skills assistance to
children and families
Diagnosis, evaluation, counseling and
treatment
Private fee for services,
most insurance accepted
Chins
Up
10 Farragut Ave.
Colorado Springs, CO 80909
Phone: (719) 475-0562
Foster care, family preservation, alternative
education, youth advocacy for females, mentoring, and treatment services
for children and families referred through the DHS
Child Care Connections
125 North
Parkside Drive Suite 202
Colorado Springs, CO 80909
Business: 719-638-2070 Referrals:
719-638-2057 or 1-877-338-CARE (2273)
Fax: 719-638-2059
Child
care referrals and parent education
Urban
League of the Pikes Peak Region
125 North Parkside Drive
Colorado Springs, CO 80909
Phone: (719) 634-1525
National
Urban
League
WIC - Women, Infant and Children's
Nutrition Program -
El
Paso County Health Department
Phone: (719) 578.3225
Extra food and nutrition to pregnant
and breast-feeding women, infants and children
Immunization Clinic -
El
Paso County Health Department
Phone: (719) 578-3260
Monday through Friday from 8:30am until
4:00pm - No
appointments necessary
Visiting
Nurse Association
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ADULTS AND TEENS RESOURCES |
Pikes
Peak Mental Health
2802
International Circle
Colorado
Springs, CO 80910-3127
Phone:
573-9514 PPMH Appointments
Phone:
(719) 635-7000 PPMH Crisis Center
Parenting
Agencies - courtesy of Pikes Peak Library District
Center On Fathering
325 N El Paso St
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
(719) 634-7797
education &
training, support groups, outreach, resource center resources & support for dads
Parent Opportunity Program (POP)
Phone: (719) 634-7797 or 381-4045
Opportunities regarding employment,
parenting time, parent education, peer support, legal services and
referrals, child support services.
Collaboration of Maximus (former support enforcement agency) Center on
Fathering, Women's Resource Agency, Goodwill Industries,
El Paso County DHS, Colorado Division of Child Support Enforcement and
Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement
The Nurturing Program -
parent education and support
Classes offered through Pikes Peak Family Connection
Based on Parents Anonymous model
Parenting classes: 16 weeks - 3
hours per week
Teen classes: 18 weeks - 2 hours per week
Fees
based on a sliding scale.
El Paso County Health
Department
301 S. Union
Blvd.
Colorado Springs, CO 80910-3123
Phone: (719) 578-3210,
(719) 578-3205 - Rite Wiley
Marriage and Family Treatment Center
218 E Cache La Poudre Street
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
Phone: (719) 520-1711
Mental health
counseling for children, teenagers and adults
Support groups, individual
group and couple counseling
Chapman University Center for Counseling and Therapy
Phone: (719) 269-0292
Ongoing 9 week individual and group parenting classes
Anger management classes
This web page contains contact information regarding counseling, treatment and
safe housing
resources. Address, phone number & links pages
are not intended to be exhaustive, just a few helpful resource tools. Applicable law may vary depending on the facts of each
case - this web page is For Informational Purposes Only.
CAVEAT: I make no promise or guarantee that
any agency or website will remain at the locations indicated, or remain active.
All linked sites
were free when last visited unless otherwise indicated - but I make no promise
they'll stay free.
No warranty is made regarding reliability, efficiency or integrity of any agency
or website referenced herein. NOTICE: attorney does not endorse any
referenced agency, website or product.
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inquiries
but
please do not call thinking this office is an identified counseling or
treatment agency |
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Attorney
welcomes representation
inquiries however the purpose is
not to provide free legal advice to the general public. Unless
seeking to retain counsel, please do not email or call. Attorney
does not provide legal opinions, answers or information in response to
questions submitted from non-clients, & attorney is not the phone company
411 center for phone number information. Given the scope of internet
accessibility, I can not be the free "Colorado answer man" and will
politely decline such requests. |
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Litigation cases occur across Colorado - please refer to
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sole practitioner
attorney does not accept these matters |
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a. a pro-bono (free) lawyer
b. an attorney who may take
lower fees - economic hardship
c. an attorney who may take installment payments |
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ATTORNEY
TRADE AREA & TRAVEL
CASES OUTSIDE EL PASO COUNTY
GEOGRAPHIC
DISTANCE
ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS
Colorado is a big state
ease of internet access, email & toll free phone doesn't change
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Attorney
is very willing to travel outside the Colorado Springs area to present
or defend a case,
but please be aware travel time, mileage and expense would apply. If you are out of state or unfamiliar with Colorado
geography, refer to the map to determine where
Colorado Springs is
located in relation to the county of your court case or hearing. |
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Southern Colorado Area |
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If travel is
necessary, a
trust deposit
would be required to cover anticipated travel time, mileage &
expenses. If it is not economically justifiable to retain
my services with travel, please contact counsel in the locale of
your case. |
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El Paso
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Colorado Springs / Manitou
Springs / Fountain |
I welcome new cases. Intent is not to be harsh
or to discard potential new business, but to be practical. |
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Chaffee
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Salida |
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Crowley
County |
Ordway |
Metro Denver Area |
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Custer
County |
Westcliffe |
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Douglas
County |
Castle Rock |
City and County of Denver |
Denver |
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Elbert
County |
Kiowa / Simla |
Adams County |
Brighton / Thornton / Federal
Heights |
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Fremont
County |
Canon City / Florence / Penrose |
Arapahoe
County
Court
District Court |
Littleton / Centennial /
Englewood |
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Huerfano County |
Walsenburg |
Arapahoe County - East |
Aurora |
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Las
Animas County |
Trinidad |
Broomfield County |
Broomfield |
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Lincoln
County |
Hugo (county seat) / Limon |
Gilpin
County |
Blackhawk / Central City |
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Otero
County |
La Junta |
Jefferson County |
Golden / Wheat Ridge |
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Park
County |
Fairplay |
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Pueblo
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Pueblo |
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Teller
County |
Cripple Creek / Woodland Park |
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80908 80132 80909 80913 80916 80921 80922 80925 80901 80902 80903 80904 |
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