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Abry, Marianne Averill, Mary Beth Banning, Robert Barrett, Carolann C. Blake, Sue A. Brandstater, Chuck Bruno, Darla Cherwin, Arlene Cleaves, Yarrow Cohen, Leslie Cohen, Robert L. Cooper, Kelly J. DeLauri, Linda Desser, Arna Elder, John Fleming, Michael Fulop, Sonia Gaus, Andy Gray, Bradford Greenberger, Ann Hart, Kathleen Malone Hengen, Nicolene Holmes, Sarah Hopkins, Suzanne Iverson, Teresa Jesensky, Jean Kaplan, Judy Katz, Jane R.

Kramer, Eileen Lee, Deborah Lyman, Kennie Maguire, John Marcus, Danny Marcus, Steve Maute, Paula Meyer-Gay, Lynne Osterud, Grey Ozaroff, Pam Passero, Barbara Patterson, Myrna Post, Merry Rabinowitz, Julie Dumont Ricard, Laura Rosenthal, Evelyn Rozan, Elizabeth Schiff, Karen Schmieg, Patricia Simon, Linda Snively, Helen Sobel, Richard Sorensen, Laurene Stewart, Ann Stitt, Judy Tompkins, Hope Tyson, Betty Ann Williams, Jan

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Abry, Marianne
E-mail: marianneabry@msn.com
Address: 122 Oak Street, Hudson Falls, NY 12839
Phone: (518) 747-7066

M.A., English, University at Albany, Albany, NY; B.A., English major/Philosophy minor, University at Albany.

An experienced writing coach, editor, and ghostwriter, I specialize in fiction, memoir, journal writing, articles, and academic papers. I offer timely, precise, and thoughtful proofreading, editing, tutoring, and mentoring in the fields of education, history, humanities, and literature. 

I have taught writing and research for twenty-five years, have written educational handbooks, manuals, and newsletters, and have conducted numerous seminars and in-services on all phases of writing.  Clients include novelists, short story writers, and scores of students writing theses.  This rich experience allows me to provide patrons a caring approach to their projects while guiding them to a successful end product. I am currently ghostwriting a book on social mores in the last half of the twentieth century.
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Averill, Mary Beth
WriteOn MBA
E-mail: writeonmba@aol.com
Website: www.writeonmba.com
Address: 74 East 18th, Suite 10, Eugene, OR 97401
Phone: (541) 349-9999; fax: (541) 349-9995
Profile: www.linkedin.com/in/marybethaverill

Ph.D., Biology, University of Oregon, 1974; M.S.W., Smith College, 1986.

As a writing coach for people working on nonfiction (theses, dissertations, academic papers, books, memoirs), I provide editing services and help with organization, writer’s blocks, procrastination, time management, and breaking long or overwhelming tasks into doable pieces. I coach graduate and undergraduate students on writing projects. I also work with faculty who are trying to publish books or articles in a variety of fields. My coaching experience includes work in social sciences, education, sciences, and humanities. I am also experienced working with adults and teens with learning disabilities and ADD.
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Banning, Robert
E-mail: ebanning2587@charter.net
Phone: (774) 280-6801

M.A., University of Notre Dame, 1990; B.A., Calvin College, 1986; certificates from Boston University’s legal assistant program (1995) and Framingham State College’s teacher certification program (2001); copyediting and proofreading courses at the Cambridge Center for Adult Education.

Having copyedited and proofread for book publishers for nine years, I offer you service that has been described as “careful, proficient, and thorough,” with a “knowledge of English grammar and style ... second to none.” I will help you express yourself logically, clearly, and consistently and conform your documentation to Chicago, MLA, or SBL style. With a strong knowledge of the Hebrew and Christian Bible in English and a useful knowledge of koinē Greek, I am especially well equipped to help you with a project in biblical or theological studies. I also welcome projects relating to environmental studies and agrarianism, language and literature, and education. I am committed to carefulness, transparency, and flexibility in the editor-client relationship.
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Barrett, Carolann C.
E-mail: editrice _dot_ ccb _at_ gmail _dot_ com
Profile: www.linkedin.com/in/ccbarrett

M.A., Counseling Psychology, Lesley University; B.S., Mathematics, Tufts University; Graphic Design Program, Art Institute of Boston.

I provide thoughtful, exacting, respectful edits in many content areas, including art, astrophysics, business, health care, HIV/AIDS, law, mathematics, medicine, museum studies, poetry, psychology, reference, religion, and women’s and GLBT studies. I specialize in scholarly and academic books and articles. I’ve worked at Harvard for more than twenty years as an editor at the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Harvard Business Review, and Astrophysical Journal Letters and as a long-term freelance editor for the Harvard Business School. I provide meticulous proofreading for consistency, clarity, grammar, house style, and specs/layout. I’m a thorough fact-checker and Chicago Manual whiz. I also have a personal interest in manuscripts about quilting, beading, knitting, and cooking.
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Blake, Sue A.
Gemstone Editing
E-mail: sblake@gemstone-editing.com
Website: gemstone-editing.com
Profile: www.linkedin.com/in/sueablake

M.Ed., Rehabilitation Counseling, Boston University; B.A., Religion, Earlham College (including courses in biology, chemistry, political science); postgraduate courses in geology, writing and editing.

Heavy copyediting: ESL and nonnative English speakers (grew up bilingual English/Portuguese in Luanda, Angola, Africa); business (Bain & Company, 10 years, mostly corporate communications); social sciences; public health; earth sciences; geosciences; software documentation/QA; technical.

When I edit your work, I help you clarify your meaning and develop an understandable manuscript that holds your readers’ interest. I’ll point out text (vague, ambiguous, unintentionally repetitive, wordy) that obscures your message, then I’ll help you rework, rewrite, and refine your words until they say what you mean. I’m expert at discerning gaps and obstacles that could slow your readers’ comprehension; I’m also experienced at both querying content to fill any gaps and removing obstructions that interrupt the flow of your writing.
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Brandstater, Chuck
Accentuated Brandname Creativity, Inc.
E-mail: acreatyv1@earthlink.net
Address: PO Box 426067, Cambridge, MA 02142
Phone: (617) 492-5650

M.B.A., Information Systems, Syracuse University School of Management, 1982.

Proofreading, copyediting, and translating of business- and computer-related and various other generally technical materials (in electronic or paper form), book length and shorter, since 1996.
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Bruno, Darla
Writer and Editor
E-mail: editor@darlabruno.com
Website: www.darlabruno.com
Phone: (646) 522-1828

M.F.A., Writing, Emerson College, 2000; B.A., English Literature, Montclair State University, 1996.

Freelance writer and editor specializing in fiction and memoir. Services include developmental editing and copyediting. I also provide manuscript critiques, publishing and marketing consultation, and coaching.
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Cherwin, Arlene
E-mail: a.cherwin@post.harvard.edu
Address: Seattle, WA
Phone: (206) 283-3434

Comprehensive Paralegal Certificate, Bentley College; Certificate of Mediation, Mediation Works, Inc., Boston, MA; Program on Negotiation, Harvard Law School; Graduate Certificate in Management, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University; B.A., Music and English, Wheaton College.

Since 1992, I have been an associate of Dana Knight Communications, Montreal, Canada. In that capacity I have managed projects and performed research and for English Cafe (Nelson, Canada) and Points West. I write for University World News, an international newspaper of higher education, and have experience writing manuals, brochures, and newsletters in addition to copyediting and proofreading. I taught high school English and piano and have over ten years of experience in management for hospitals and nine years of experience as a litigation paralegal.
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Cleaves, Yarrow
E-mail: ycleaves@aol.com
Address: 66 Homer Avenue, #305, Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: (617) 686-2227

M.A., English and Education, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1967; B.A. magna cum laude, English Literature, Mt. Holyoke College, 1965.

I have worked as a copy editor over the past thirty years. This work has come to focus on, without being limited to, doctoral dissertations and papers by academics for whom English is not the first language. I edit with a similarly international community of readers in mind. Subject areas are predominantly in the social sciences and humanities. My work as a translator from Swedish to English ranges widely in subject and type; most recent texts concern psychology and ethnology.
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Cohen, Leslie
Cohen Copyediting
E-mail: lzenacohen@gmail.com
Address: 237 Norfolk Street, Cambridge, MA 02139
Phone: (617) 708-6498

M.A., Elementary Education, Lesley University, 1994; J.D., Boston University School of Law, 1976; B.A., English Literature, Art History, Wellesley College, 1972.

Experience: 15 years as a freelance and in-house copyeditor, proofreader, content editor/coach, and ghost writer. Clients: individuals (professors, students, authors) and publishers (including Houghton Mifflin, the University Press of New England, Lynne Rienner Publishers). Fiction and nonfiction; trade books, academic books, journals, papers. Rates: very reasonable; based on a sliding scale. References: please contact me.
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Cohen, Robert L.
Sterling Media Productions LLC
E-mail: wordsmith@sterlingmp.com
Website: www.rlcwordsandmusic.com
Address 1: 18 Wiltshire Road, Brighton, MA 02135
Address 2: 182-12 Horace Harding Expy., Suite 2M
Fresh Meadows, NY 11365
Phone: (617) 254-0254; (718) 762-1195; toll-free (866) EDITING

B.A., Judaic Studies and Communications: Cornell University (Arts & Sciences);  Empire State College, NYC.

Edit books/monographs/reports/newsletters for academic/trade/reference publishers, nonprofit organizations and think tanks, research institutes, and individual authors (international relations/urban affairs/public policy/social sciences/psychology/music/Judaica/biographies)—esp. scholars writing for a general audience: copy and substantive editing, rewriting and reorganization, fact-checking, proofreading. Have written and edited definitions for Random House and other dictionaries; edited articles for numerous encyclopedias (most recently, YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe); edited AV educational scripts. Original writing: speeches and statements of purpose for nonprofit org’s; essays/feature stories/profiles/reviews/Op-Eds for magazines and newspapers; radio documentary for NPR; CD liner notes (www.cdbaby.com/openthegates). Contributor to Inventing Community Renewal (New School University); feature/consulting editor for magazines. Taught English and writing to adults; 25 years’ other adult education experience. Produced and hosted over 100 radio programs.
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Cooper, Kelly J.
E-mail: kjc@kjcedits.com
Website: www.kjcedits.com
Address: 1770 Mass Ave #632, Cambridge, MA 02140
Phone: (617) 771-1903 (cell)

B.A., English & Psychology, Rutgers College, 1994.

I have substantial experience polishing technical reports, policies, procedures, essays, research papers, poetry, Internet drafts (see the IETF for more information), Power Point presentations, ad copy, features, interviews, columns, reviews, and documentation.

For the past several years, I’ve been working closely with a client who uses psychological measurements for program evaluation reports, so I am also very familiar with The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th edition).

I can edit for just spelling and grammar or I can go more in-depth, suggesting word choice changes and proposing adjustments to streamline the flow of your piece. I am a nerd with many interests and I genuinely like making writing better.
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DeLauri, Linda
E-mail: Linda_DeLauri@post.harvard.edu
Phone: (781) 395-3051
Profile: www.linkedin.com/pub/linda-delauri/5/518/7b8

My area of expertise encompasses all aspects of grant proposal development—from project planning and prospect identification to proposal review and editing. I act as a substantive editor for proposal writers and offer individualized, project-based coaching designed to develop both a competitive proposal and the client’s grantwriting skills. I teach Project Development and Proposal Writing for the Harvard Extension School where I received the 2006 Joanne Fussa Distinguished Teaching Award. I also draw upon my own successful grant seeking from federal, foundation, and corporate funders for a wide range of community-based organizations, and ten years’ experience working closely with faculty grantseekers as the Harvard Graduate School of Education Director of Sponsored Research. Please note that I do not write proposals.
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Desser, Arna
E-mail: arna.desser@gmail.com
Address: Olav M. Troviks vei 36, H0205, NO-0864 Oslo, Norway

M.Ph., Health Economics, University of Oslo, 2008; Ph.D., Economics, University of Maryland, 1990; M.A., Economics, University of Maryland, 1978; B.A., Goucher College, Economics and International Relations, 1976; Certificat d’études politiques, Institut d’études politiques-Paris, 1975.

I am an experienced copy editor specializing in academic writing within the social sciences, particularly economics and health economics. In my first life, as a professor of economics at Mount Holyoke College and the US Naval Academy, I guided students through the research process. Now, as a research fellow at the Institute for Health Management and Health Economics at the University of Oslo, I have an excellent record of polishing articles written by non-native English speakers so that they meet the publication standards of major journals.
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Elder, John
E-mail: johnelder@verizon.net
Website: www.johnelder.biz
Address: 279 Wentworth Avenue, Lowell, MA 01852
Phone: (978) 453-3512

B.A., English, Harvard University.

Experience working on books, book chapters, articles, case studies, and policy documents with professors and administrators at Harvard Business School, MIT, Harvard Medical School, Harvard Kennedy School, Stanford, UC-Davis, Defense Acquisition University (US), Cambridge University (UK), Dartmouth, and the Australian Defence Force Academy. Experience working on articles, white papers, analyst reports, website text, case studies, and more with companies such as Alcoa, AT&T, and IBM; healthcare institutions such as the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Management Sciences for Health, Virginia Mason Medical Center, and the Helms Medical Institute; and consultants (management, design, IT, biomedical, accounting). I can work with almost any subject; I have edited work on industrial operations, sociology, hospital management, entrepreneurship, design, business management, acupuncture, and many other subjects.
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Fleming, Michael
E-mail: wyomike@earthlink.net
Website: www.dutchgirl.com/foxpaws
Address: 68 Brook Street, Brattleboro, VT 05301
Phone: (802) 451-9763

M.A., English, Oxford University; A.B., English, Princeton University.

All good writing is essentially storytelling. No matter what you’re writing—a thesis, a chapter, a report, a biography, a proposal, a novel, a poem—successful communication depends on understanding your reader’s needs and developing your ideas along a single, clear, sustained line of thought. I specialize in developmental editing of memoirs and literary projects, but the storytelling model applies to every kind of writing. My editorial experience ranges from editing the memoirs of a real-estate mogul to annotating the plays in The Norton Anthology of Drama to copyediting the last two editions of The Norton Introduction to Literature. Please see my CV.
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Fulop, Sonia
E-mail: sonia@soniafulop.com
Website: www.soniafulop.com
Phone: (847) 736-4071

A.M., Art History, Washington University in St. Louis; B.A., French Literature and Art History, magna cum laude and highest thesis honors, Tufts University.

I am a freelance copy editor and developmental editor of books and journals in the humanities and social sciences. I was trained in Chicago style at the University of Chicago Graham School’s editing certificate program and also work in MLA, APA, and legal styles. I am fluent in French and have some reading knowledge of German; have experience working with non-native English speakers; and work in a variety of subjects, including legal scholarship, literary criticism, and social work and psychology. My goal is to help you develop your ideas and articulate them as clearly as possible, and I consider it a privilege to be allowed into the author’s writing process. Please see my website for more information and a list of recent projects.
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Gaus, Andy
Writer, Editor, German & Greek Translator
E-mail: andygaus@sprynet.com
Address: 382B Riverway, Boston, MA 02115-6435
Phone: (617) 232-3896; (617) 331-3285 (cell)

M.S., Computer Science, Boston University Metropolitan College, 1993; B.A. with honors, German Literature, Wesleyan University, 1968.

Mathematical and computer-related writing and editing of classroom textbooks and online educational software for major publishers at both the grade-school and the high-school level; correlation of textbook content with state educational standards; published translations from German and classical Greek. Also available for general writing, editing, proofreading, and coaching.
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Gray, Bradford
E-mail: bradfordg2@gmail.com
Address: Old Harvard Road, Boxborough, MA 01719
Phone: (978) 897-2852 

M.A., English, University of Iowa; B.A., Psychology, Washington & Lee University.

During a twenty-five year career as an acquisitions editor at nationally prominent publishing houses such as Little, Brown and Butterworth-Heinemann, I have developed strong skills in proposal and manuscript assessment, manuscript development and rewriting for clarity, consistency and organization. This background is particularly suited to helping new authors prepare materials for submission to publishers. My experience includes technical, medical and professional books, scholarly monographs, biographies and basic textbooks in a wide range of subject areas: history, sociology, anthropology, architecture, engineering, biotechnology, veterinary medicine, ophthalmology and medical imaging.

In addition to having helped hundreds of authors improve the quality of their work to acceptable publishing standards, I have also written web content and taught composition at the college level.
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Greenberger, Ann
Greenline Editorial Services
E-mail: Ann@Greenline-Edit.com
Website: www.Greenline-edit.com
Phone: (857) 869-3981

M.F.A. English, University of Iowa Writers Workshop/poetry; B.F.A. Writing and Literature, Emerson College.

Five years teaching college English and literature. Former Instructor at MIT Writing Center. I have 20 years of experience in educational publishing. I edit professional articles and book manuscripts for faculty and Ph.D. candidates. Disciplines: education, psychology, sociology, public health, business, humanities, literature. Clients include faculty at Johns Hopkins, Harvard University. I edit with a clarity and professionalism that will set you apart from others in your discipline and enable you to express your vision as you intend it. I also offer developmental editing and copyediting to educational publishers. Clients: Houghton Mifflin, McGraw-Hill. I assess book proposals, create pedagogy, analyze peer reviews and competition, and collaborate closely with authors. Please call me for a free initial discussion of your project.
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Hart, Kathleen Malone
Future Perfect
E-mail: kmhrkc@otenet.gr
Address: Andreopoulou 3, Thessaloniki, Greece 54643
Phone: +30 2310 845670

M.A., Anglo-Irish Literature, University College, Dublin, Ireland, 1974.

My husband, Robert Chatel (A.M., Philosophy, University of Chicago, 1972), and I have been editing academic texts since setting up our business, Future Perfect, in 1999, after working in higher education in Greece, China, and Portugal. We have helped authors in the EU and US in a variety of disciplines: philosophy, literature, sociology, economics, archaeology and medicine, to cite the most frequent. Our collaboration and combined experience in dealing with texts written by non-native speakers of English mean that we can usually meet demanding deadlines with an extremely accurate text.
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Hengen, Nicolene
Professional Communicator
E-mail: nhengen@mit.edu
Address: 47 Hawthorne Street, Roslindale, MA 02131
Phone: (617) 253-7633
Profile:www.linkedin.com/in/nhengen

MSPH, International Public Health, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, 1995; BA, Government, Smith College, 1983.

I have 25+ years of professional experience in strategic communications management, membership development, and donor stewardship for a variety of international and U.S.-based public health, nonprofit, and educational institutions. At MIT I work with LAI leadership and executive board members on strategic issues related to strengthening and diversifying LAI’s membership base and communicating LAI research findings to industry and government members and the public. I am also the managing editor of the Journal of Enterprise Transformation.

I have worked in western Europe and East Africa as an English teacher and public health communicator. I am a skilled writer and editor and am experienced in working with non-native English speakers from many different backgrounds.
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Holmes, Sarah
Strategk Associates
E-mail: holmes@strategk.com
Address: Boston, MA
Phone: (857) 492-4286

M.S., Library and Information Science, Simmons College, 1998; B.A., Government, Hampshire College, 1978.

I consult on content, knowledge management and development projects, and offer editing, proofreading, indexing, writing, research, collection development, library management, sales/marketing, and design services. I specialize in corporate, legal, and business resources and have over thirty years of experience, primarily in the private sector.
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Hopkins, Suzanne
E-mail: sbhopkins@aol.com
Address: 9 Corporal Burns Road, Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: (617) 939-4538 (work); (617) 491-0815 (home)

M.I.A., International Affairs, International Media & Communications, Columbia School of International and Public Affairs, 1993; B.A., History/Political Economy, Evergreen, 1981.

Research, writing, editing on international issues. Conflict and human rights, arms control and nonproliferation, international relations. Areas of expertise: China and Southeast Asia, East and Southern Africa. Writing and editing for international scientific research institute studying the effects of pollution on marine mammals. Research and writing about press in Africa and Asia. Teaching assistant for undergraduate statistics.
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Iverson, Teresa
E-mail: teresa.iverson@comcast.net
Phone: (617) 744-6034

Ph.D., German Literature and Literary Translation, Boston University, 1997; M.A., English and Creative Writing, University of Houston, 1989; B.A. summa cum laude, Ancient Greek and Comparative Literature (Italian & French), Boston University, 1977.

Editor, writer, coach, translator with twenty-five years of experience. At the college level, taught literature, composition, creative writing. Have worked in-house and freelance as a developmental and copy editor, project manager, translator, proofreader. I work with professionals and graduate students (including nonnative English speakers) in many areas-literature, art, history, anthropology, philosophy, religion, memoir, psychology, social sciences, German, etc. Among recent projects: books, articles, dissertations (on the Off-Modern, Henry James, a Sufi mystic, Carl Jung, Algerian novels, Science and Intuition, Freedom, Chinese reception of Early Modern Jesuit art); published by academic presses (Harvard, Oxford, Cambridge, Chicago), on-line, elsewhere. Also developed books on the 21st-century university (ideas in fictionalized frameworks), Martin Buber and Franz Rosenzweig, and Medieval Japanese literature.
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Jesensky, Jean
Endswell Indexing
E-mail: info@endswellindexing.com
Website: www.endswellindexing.com
Phone: (978) 855-0015

BA, Music, Clark University, Worcester, MA.

I am a freelance indexer specializing in back-of-the-book and web indexing.

The types of books I index include textbooks (college and K–12 incorporating state standards), general interest non-fiction, encyclopedias, catalogs, business procedures and documents, user guides and manuals, catalogs, how-to books and instruction manuals.

My areas of special interest and expertise include music, animal behavior, psychology/self-help, business administration and operations, human resources management, communication, medical, and health and wellness.
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Kaplan, Judy
E-mail: publichealtheditor@yahoo.com
Address: Medford, MA
Phone: (781) 488-3135

M.S., Psychology, Yale University; B.A., Psychology, Brandeis University.

Publications:
Kaplan JB, Bennett T. Use of race and ethnicity in biomedical publication. JAMA. 2003 May 28;289(20):2709-16. Erratum in: JAMA. 2004 Sep 1;292(9):1022.

Moscou S, Anderson MR, Kaplan JB, Valencia L. Validity of racial/ethnic classifications in medical records data: an exploratory study. Am J Public Health. 2003 Jul;93(7):1084-6.
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Katz, Jane R.
E-mail: jane_katz@post.harvard.edu
Address: 216A Conant Road, Weston, MA 02493

Ed.D., Human Development and Psychology, Harvard University, Graduate School of Education (GSE); Ed.M., Theories of Human Development, GSE; B.A., English, Carleton College.

I offer proof-reading and editing for dissertations, articles and other manuscripts. My academic training is in the social sciences and humanities. My work draws on developmental psychology and early childhood development, education practice and policy, and language development, especially pragmatics. I also have a background in literature, and in music and dance, including performance, history, and criticism. I am a practiced teacher in settings ranging from preschool to university, and have experience in designing and conducting quantitative and qualitative educational research, and in interpreting, reporting, and presenting the results.
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Kramer, Eileen
Website: www.ekramer.com
Address: 336 Great Road, Stow, MA 01775
Phone: (978) 897-4121

MATSOL, School for International Training; TEFL Certificate, Boston Academy of English; B.A., Social Work and B.S., Biology, University of Minnesota.

Copyeditor/proofreader specializing in health and medical sciences, chemistry, math, statistics, biology, and general science. Experience working on technical books, academic journals, grant proposals, and textbooks. Certified ESOL teacher with experience teaching international students at university and adult learners in the community.
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Lee, Deborah
E-mail: Deborah.Lee713@gmail.com
Address: 29 Crescent Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: (617) 388-0375  
Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/deborahleecrescent

M.Ed., Creative Arts in Learning, Lesley University, 1985; M.S. Ed., Elementary Education, Bank Street College of Education, 1971; B.A., Philosophy, Antioch College, 1966.

For many years I have worked for educational publishers as an editor in social studies and language arts, K–6. I reliably craft clear, engaging texts backed by solid research and carefully correlated with state curriculum standards. I especially love to write and edit leveled books, readers’ theater, and teacher resources. Also I enjoy developing grade-appropriate graphs, charts, maps, and other visuals that maximize the value of educational materials. My enthusiasm about publishing processes has been an organizing force in my writing, editing, and teaching.
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Lyman, Kennie
E-mail: kennie.lyman@gmail.com
Address: 13 Rockwell Street, Cambridge, MA 02139

Graduate course in Social Science, Stockholm University, 1964-65; B.A., Radcliffe College, 1962.

More than 35 years’ editing experience both in publishing companies and freelance. Most recently, I have concentrated on academic books in the humanities and social sciences with a specialty in the history of science.
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Maguire, John
E-mail: maguirejohn@comcast.net
Address: 36 Howard Street, Lowell, MA 01851
Phone: (202) 674-0820 (cell)

M.F.A., English, University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Science background plus speed. What sets me apart is my interest in all the sciences and medicine, and my experience on daily newspapers with very tight deadlines. Specialist in RO1 and PO1 grant applications for NIH. Recent clients include Harvard and the University of Michigan Medical School. Topics include public health, epidemiology, and genome research. Have covered science and medicine for three daily newspapers; and edited at medical schools in Miami, Florida and Boston. I do copy editing, structural editing, coaching, and rewriting. I can write “academic” or I can do a brisk, popular style. Work easily with doctors, researchers, grad students, and undergrads. No fee for initial consultation.
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Marcus, Danny
Danny Marcus, Word Worker
E-mail: emildanelle@yahoo.com
Address: 62 Washington Street, Suite 2, Marblehead, MA 01945-3553
Phone: (781) 631-3886; (781) 290-9174 (cell)
Profile: www.linkedin.com/in/dannymarcus

Certificate in Publishing, Emerson College; Certificate in Publishing, Northeastern University; M.P.A. in Public Administration, Suffolk University; B.A. cum laude in Political Science, University of Massachusetts. Massachusetts teaching licenses, Social Studies and History, grades 8–12.

Career highlights include having proofread a Pulitzer Prize winner and contributing 541 entries to the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Encyclopedia. I have more than 25 years of experience copyediting and proofreading (in paper-based and electronic formats) fiction, nonfiction, textbooks (K–12 and college), Web sites, and other miscellaneous printed and electronically based text.
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Marcus, Steve
E-mail: smarcus@nasw.org
Address: 173 Oak Street, Newton, MA 02464
Phone: (617) 964-1580

Ph.D., Engineering, Harvard University; B.S.E.E., City College of New York.

I am a highly experienced editor, especially adept at transforming the writing of “expert authors” into engaging and useful communications for general audiences. I’m also a very capable editor of professional writers.

My clients include publications, research organizations, universities, foundations, public-interest groups, and consulting firms that produce substantive but reader-friendly articles, periodicals, and reports.

While many of my assignments involve science, technology, or medicine, I am versatile in that I can comfortably edit copy from a wide range of other fields, such as economics and cultural affairs.
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Maute, Paula
WordWise Academic Editing
E-mail: paulamaute@aol.com
Website: www.Wordwise-Editing.com
Address: 68 Bolton St., Cambridge, MA 02140
Phone: (617) 547-7647

MSW, LICSW, Social Work, SUNY-Albany; B.A., Psychology, Syracuse University.

With 18 years of experience in journalism, tutoring, and copy editing, plus a Master’s in Social Work, I’m adept at editing a wide range of subjects. I’ve edited hundreds of academic papers, theses, dissertations and journal articles, mainly for international students from Harvard, MIT, Tufts, BU, BC, and abroad. Subjects range from public policy, IT, biotechnology and materials science to business (MBAs), law (LLMs), African-American and women’s studies, political science, engineering, theology and architecture. I’ve assisted numerous scholars by adeptly polishing their papers, streamlining sentences and improving structure and word choice. My goal: clear, concise writing. I’ve also published feature articles in The Boston Globe, The Boston Herald, The Boston Business Journal, The (MIT) Tech and other NE newspapers.
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Meyer-Gay, Lynne
Academic Editor and Writing Coach
E-mail: coach@meyergay.com
Website: www.meyergay.com
Address: Cambridge, MA
Phone: (617) 491-4263

M.Arch., B.Arch., Architecture, University of California-Berkeley, 1969, 1967; B.A., Fine Arts, Art History, University of Colorado-Boulder, 1961.

Over thirty years’ experience as editor and coach to professors, doctoral students, and other academic writers in all disciplines. See my editing résumé. Special expertise in art history, architecture, government, economics, child development, health, psychology/psychiatry, and philosophy. Widely experienced in all editing services, including copyediting, substantive and developmental editing, manuscript evaluation, writing/rewriting, and indexing. APA style expert. Coaching services in writing, project organization, and self-management to support persons pursuing large, open-ended, ill-defined projects, such as dissertations, books, stock analyst reports, architectural designs, business plans.
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Osterud, Grey
E-mail: greyosterud@rcn.com
Address: 3 Keefe Avenue, Newton Upper Falls, MA 02464
Phone: (617) 332-7037

Ph.D., American Civilization, Brown University, 1984; certification in secondary English and social studies, University of Connecticut, 1978; BA (mcl), American History and Literature, Radcliffe College, Harvard University, 1971.

Developmental editing for academic authors in American history, African American studies, sociology and anthropology, and international human rights, with a thematic focus on women and gender relations, work and labor, and marginalized social groups. Special expertise in interpreting oral interviews and ethnographic observations and in integrating qualitative with quantitative data. In addition to helping recent Ph.D.s turn their dissertations into books, I assist experienced authors in matters of organization, argument, and presentation, as well as shortening manuscripts, placing case studies in broader context, and effectively addressing nonspecialist readers. Formerly academic editor of Gender & History (Blackwell Publishers).
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Ozaroff, Pam
E-mail: pamozaroff@verizon.net
Phone: (617) 964-2846
Profile: www.linkedin.com/in/pamozaroff

B.A., Art, Yale University, summa cum laude, 1979.

I am a substantive and developmental editor with almost 30 years of experience, specializing in educational publishing. Both on staff and as a freelance editor and writer, I’ve worked for a variety of major publishers and development houses, including Holt, Rinehart and Winston; Pearson; Houghton Mifflin; Bedford/St. Martin’s; Chrysalis; Brown Publishing Network; Aptara; and nSight.

Although my specialty is high school, middle school, and college English, I’ve also edited history, art history, and social science texts. In addition, I’ve copyedited articles for the Harvard Health Letter and Harvard Public Health Review; academic papers by fellows at the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies; and scholarly references in book chapters by faculty at the Harvard School of Public Health.
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Passero, Barbara
Editing that Showcases your Accomplishments
E-mail: bpassero@sandpipercreative.com
Website: www.sandpipercreative.com/portfolio.html
Phone: (617) 999-9546

M.L.S. Library and Information Science, Simmons College, Boston, MA, 1975; B.A., English, Hiram College, 1968.

For over 25 years, I have worked in academic settings including 20 years at MIT. I’ve edited, copy edited, proofread, and formatted publications including 500-page annual research reports, newsletters, websites, etc. Since 2001, I’ve been self-employed as a freelance writer. My strong suit is formatting and proofreading-the end-stage work-helping students ensure that their thesis or dissertation meets or exceeds every standard. I can typeset complex mathematical equations found in engineering and physics.
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Patterson, Myrna
E-mail: writing2@earthlink.net
Website: www.howtowrite.org
Address: Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: (508) 648-6032

Summer Program in Critical and Creative Thinking, University of Massachusetts, 1989; Graduate School of Education, Lesley College, 1980–1987; M.A., Teaching, Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, 1966; B.A., Syracuse University, 1964.

With thirty years of teaching experience, I approach editing with skill and precision; I am both quick and thorough. Clients have described me as “incredibly reliable,” “inspiring,” and “competent.” I began editing for a company publishing literature guides, and eventually wrote three guides. As a writer, I understand how to organize and clarify. My fluency in French and Italian, and my ESL experience, help me to work with differences in language structure. I have edited hundreds of research papers and dissertations, along with novels, memoirs, and non-fiction.
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Post, Merry
E-mail: fisherpost@comcast.net
Address: 12 Black Horse Drive, Acton, MA 01720

A.L.M., Museum Studies, Harvard University, 2009; B.A. Psychology, Temple University, 1980.

Twenty-five years’ experience in copy editing, developmental editing, and project management on college textbooks, medical books, educational texts, theses, and trade nonfiction. My services range from stylistic editing to more substantive work to achieve a consistent tone. I am adept at troubleshooting problems in organization. Having recently completed my own thesis, I would enjoy helping you improve your academic project. Many of my clients have been non-native English speakers. Recently I have done research on American history projects and have coached a few authors with writer’s block. I am familiar with the Chicago Manual, MLA, and AMA styles and can follow any style guide.
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Rabinowitz, Julie Dumont
E-mail: jdrabinowitz@yahoo.com
Website: julierabinowitz.com
Address: Falmouth, Maine
Phone: (207) 232-4013

M.A., Communication Studies (concentration: Rhetoric), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; B.A., History & Communication Arts (concentration: Radio/TV/Film), Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY.

With degrees in history and communication studies, I have coached debate teams, written social studies textbooks, and worked in presidential libraries. I specialize in editing manuscripts in the humanities and social sciences (particular expertise in history, political science, and communication studies, including rhetorical theory, mass media, advertising, cultural studies, and public policy argument, especially presidential history and rhetoric). I focus on the development of a writer’s argument, the relationship between writer and reader, and the use of evidence. I strive to eliminate wordiness, improve clarity, and develop an active voice. Familiar with APA, MLA, Chicago, and AP, I can edit to specific and special style requirements. I also have expertise in archival research, especially audiovisual material.
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Ricard, Laura
E-mail: LauraRicard49@gmail.com
Address: Amherst, MA
Phone: (413) 835-5566

Ph.D., U. New Hampshire

Since 1989 I have worked with academic and corporate clients to write books (Northeastern U. Press), parts of books (Houghton Mifflin), journal articles (J. Contemporary Criminal Justice), and business documents, including case studies (Harvard Business School Publishing and ACT). I work with academics struggling to launch or finish dissertations, books, or articles in the social sciences or humanities. I help to interpret and simplify complex, multi-layered subject matter for varied audiences in a style that employs appropriate conventions and protocols, and help plan, design, develop, and summarize content (e.g., dissertation abstracts) based on research. I work with nonfiction and fiction writers to identify and correct problems such as style inconsistencies, undisciplined language, and narrative/structural weaknesses.
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Rosenthal, Evelyn
E-mail: evelynrosenthal@gmail.com
Address: Somerville, MA
Profile: www.linkedin.com/in/evelynrosenthal

M.A., English Literature & Composition Theory, UMass Boston, 1986; B.A., English, Boston University, 1974.

Was head of publications/editor in chief at the Harvard Art Museums for most of my twenty years there (after ten years at Harvard Divinity School). I do academic and general substantive, developmental, and copy editing in the arts, humanities, and social sciences, including art history and conservation, and translations from Spanish and Portuguese. My work combines a thorough knowledge of academic writing standards and apparatus with a great ear for the written word. I’m adept at working with less-experienced writers (graduate students, interns, recently minted PhDs) and non-native English writers. I’ve taught writing, edited dissertations, and helped turn academic prose into publications for a more general readership. I’m particularly interested in manuscripts about music, education, literacy, and children’s literature.
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Rozan, Elizabeth
Editorial Consultant
E-mail: elizabethrozan@comcast.net
Address: Lexington, MA
Phone: (781) 862-5104

M.A., Interdisciplinary Studies, counseling and adult development; M.A., Creative Writing; B.A., Psychology

Experienced writing public record, public policy, annual reports, non-fiction articles, non-profit newsletters, poetry, fiction, book reviews, as well as academic editing (developmental, copy, content, manuscript evaluation and reorganization). Areas of interest include philosophy, psychology, metaphysics, spirituality, education, and the arts. Focused on translating complex material into non-intimidating text for the sophisticated reader.
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Schiff, Karen
E-mail: karen.schiff@gmail.com

M.F.A., Studio Art, School of the Museum of Fine Arts/Tufts University; Ph.D., Comparative Literature and Literary Theory, University of Pennsylvania; A.B./A.M., Comparative Literature/English, Brown University.

I’ve taught and tutored writing, on the undergraduate and graduate levels, for 13 years. I have also edited dissertations and faculty papers, and coached academic and non-academic books on art, religion, and child development. My last client, a doctoral student in Art History, was so pleased with my work that she raised my rates without my asking! I have extensive experience with Architecture—I developed the Design Studies thesis program at the Boston Architectural College—and I am adept at unearthing major issues lurking in murky drafts. I am available for any level of editing, from brainstorming to proofreading, but not for indexing. I enjoy helping to create any kind of writing that elegantly fulfills its goals.
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Schmieg, Patricia
E-mail: 17@post.harvard.edu

Ed.M., C.A.S. in Human Development and Psychology, Harvard Graduate School of Education; B.A. in English, Boston University.

Copy and substantive editing: educational research, photography website, short stories, medical and environmental articles, newsletters (consciousness and healing, hearing loss), disability reports. Clients praised attention to detail and thoughtful, thorough, accurate editing.

Publications and presentations: “If Poetry Scares Us, Why Do We Read It?” Medford Transcript “Call of the North: Peregrine’s Pilgrimage,” “Dreaming in Animal,” presented to International Association for the Study of Dreams. “A Song about Us: The Lullaby Project at Casa Myrna Vazquez” (coauthor), presented to Northeastern Anthropological Association. Lyricist for Lullaby Project. Received poetry awards.

Research areas: anthropology, archaeology, astrology, biography, consciousness, dreams, healing, health, poetry, psychology
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Simon, Linda
E-mail: lsimon2006@yahoo.com
Address: Boston, MA, and Cape Cod

M.A., Political Science, Goddard; B.A., Psychology and Theater, Univ. Massachusetts.

A writer and editor for more than thirty years, I specialize in editing social science journal articles, and essays on cross-cultural themes. The topics have ranged from sociology and women’s studies to foreign policy and immigration. I regret that I cannot take on new clients at this time.
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Snively, Helen
The Thesis Therapist
E-mail: snively@post.harvard.edu
Address: 1 Fayette Park, Cambridge, MA 02139
Phone: (617) 547-1326
Profile: www.linkedin.com/pub/helen-snively/5/97b/329

Ed.D., Educational Counseling, Cultural Differences, Harvard Graduate School of Education (GSE), 1999; Ed.M., Educational Counseling, GSE, 1991; B.A., English, Harvard University, 1971.

Since 1981, I have helped hundreds of graduate students and other academics to complete their writing, through individualized editing, coaching, advice, and moral support. Having pushed myself through my own dissertation, I understand the experience from the inside. I particularly enjoy working with people from other cultures, and with qualitative research and writing (anthropology, education, memoir, etc.). I also know how crucial interaction and conversation are for writers; I developed a writing center at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, led it for ten years, and still work in that model. In addition, I’ve traveled to Korea, Mexico, and Puerto Rico to help people finish (or start, or move through) their projects—and would be happy to work onsite again.
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Sobel, Richard
E-mail: lebos123@aol.com
Phone: (617) 497-1736

Editor and author of six books and numerous articles, essays, and op-eds. As a developmental editor in social sciences, history, and politics, I help writers turn good ideas and drafts into books and articles. My approach is to assist authors in converting promising starts into skillful drafts and completed publications. Often I work with writers beginning a project who need guidance on making progress and finishing in timely manner. But I can also assist more or less experienced writers in developing ideas, proposals, contents, and drafts. While the author does the writing and rewriting, I can provide editorial guidance to improve clarity and persuasiveness of arguments, presentations, and talks. The goal is to increase the likelihood of finishing publishable projects.
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Sorensen, Laurene
E-mail: laurenesorensen@gmail.com
Website: www.modernwriter.com
Address: P.O. Box 9826, Moscow, ID 83843
Phone: (401) 965-6724

J.D., Georgetown University; M.A., Columbia University; A.B., Oberlin College.

Sophisticated, strategic content development. Curriculum, exam, and exam prep development for K–12, postsecondary, and professional education. Project management, evaluation, and scoping. Developmental and substantive editing and copyediting. Technical, legal, academic, and business writing and editing. Proposal writing. Business-focused legal services for writers, editors, and artists. I thrive on complex and unusual projects that scare off timid editors, am comfortable with controversial topics, and can handle difficult authors (including non-native speakers) with diplomacy and tact.
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Stewart, Ann
E-mail: bondcliffs@gmail.com
Skype: ann.stewart2
Profiles: www.xing.com/profile/Ann_Stewart2 and www.linkedin.com/pub/1/a07/251

Please contact me for assistance with your submissions to academic and policy journals; papers; dissertations; PowerPoint presentations; NSF and other grant applications; cover letters; CVs/resumes; teaching and research statements; expert witness depositions and testimony; press releases; Website and blog content. Currently editing in the areas of economics; energy; environmental and regulatory policy; sociology; systems engineering; open to other editing opportunities. Clients include academics and professionals whose second language is English. Confidentiality assured; reasonable rates; estimates and references provided; available on weekends and most holidays.
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Stitt, Judy
E-mail: jstitt@tekedit.com
Website: www.TekEDIT.com
Address: Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: (617) 547-1593

B.S., Chemistry, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA, 1977.

Specialize in copy editing and substantive editing of technical documents (science, engineering, management, economics, policy): journal articles, proposals, reports, case studies, working papers, book manuscripts, manuals. Over thirty years’ experience (seventeen years at MIT).
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Tompkins, Hope
E-mail: hopet77@comcast.net
Address: 194 Elm Street, Cambridge, MA 02139
Phone: (617) 354-9329

B.A., English, Goucher College

I have spent 20 years in book and magazine publishing – as editor, (textbook) author, administrator, copywriter, graphic designer, and business writer – which has given me firsthand knowledge of virtually every phase of the book-making process and the requirements of a first-rate narrative. I read and critique fiction as well, and am currently writing a novel. Clarity of thought and simplicity of expression are my paramount goals; thorough copyediting is central to the achievement of both. Recent editorial work includes an M.I.T. master’s thesis on environmental retrofitting in commercial real estate and a Johns Hopkins doctoral dissertation on trade in the early Atlantic World. I am a singer of medieval and modern music and a sailor with a fascination for knots.
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Tyson, BettyAnn
E-mail: BA_Tyson@comcast.net
Address: 87 Pierce Rd., Watertown, MA 02472
Phone: (617) 924-7715

Degrees in English and Education, The King’s College and Lehigh University

Available for copyediting, proofreading, and genealogical research at National Archives in Waltham. Have worked as technical editor for over 20 years, but now focus on history, social sciences, biblical studies, literature, health care, and genealogy. I have had extensive in-house experience with a variety of publishers: computer manufacturer, college textbook publisher, management consulting firm, religious publisher of children’s curriculum materials, children’s fiction, and adult scholarly and religious books. I enjoy working with authors by giving their work a critical reading: questioning organization, correcting inconsistencies and errors, and suggesting rephrasing of awkward language.
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Williams, Jan
Indexing Services
E-mail: jan@janwilliamsindexing.com
Website: www.janwilliamsindexing.com
Phone: (603) 795-4924

B.A., Bucknell University, French and English; M.S., Boston University, Speech Pathology

Since 1998, I have indexed textbooks, scholarly, trade, professional, medical, and cookery books. I have created annual and cumulative indexes for journals, and participated in thesaurus development activities. Using indexing techniques such as cross-references and multiple entry points, my indexes enhance access to the text and weave a logical route among terms. They are comprehensive, clear, and user-friendly. I consistently receive repeat work from my clients and high praise from both authors and editors. I speak, read, and index in French as well as English. I have studied Spanish, Italian, and several Slavic languages.
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