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1 Building Bright Futures for Today s Youth Prevention Products and Services

2 Comments About Our Programs All Stars has helped students in our program understand how their classmates really think. Negative peer pressure has dropped significantly in just a year s time. All Stars is a safe place for students to think, learn, and speak without judgment. All Stars training is convenient, effective, and fun! I get immediate answers to all my quesions. That support has really made all the difference in the effectiveness of our program. Mia Hulslander Prevention Specialist, ACCESS, Winchester, NH For the past 12 years, All Stars Core, Booster, and Plus have been an integral part of our middle school curriculum. All Stars is a highquality, research-based program that effectively addresses key youth health risk behaviors. Students and parents appreciate the interactive nature of All Stars. Teachers benefit greatly from the professional development training provided. As an administrator, I value the ongoing assistance and excellent customer service that we receive from the staff at Tanglewood Research. Marybell Avery, Ph.D. Curriculum Specialist, Lincoln Public Schools, NE I have found All Stars Core is full of innovative ways to address prevention. All Stars engages students so they students discover and learn for themselves the things that are truly important. When the light comes on in the student s eyes the instructor knows they understand and will remember the objective being taught. Allen Grunig Health Educator, Bear River Health Department, UT

3 Inspiring the Next Generation! Tanglewood Research specializes in creating programs to prevent drug and alcohol use and other risky behaviors. We can give you the tools you need to inspire the next generation! All Stars does more than prevent risky behaviors. All Stars programs are designed to change lives by helping young people build bright futures. Beginning in the upper grades of elementary school and continuing through high school, All Stars provides consistent and integrated tools for prevention. allstarsprevention.com Whether you teach All Stars or any other evidence-based prevention program, Prevention ABCs video courses, online courses, and an online coaching system (Prevention ABCs Genie) will help you develop the insight and skill you need to become an effective change agent. These highly acclaimed professional development tools will help you become more effective, whatever your level of expertise. preventionabcs.com All prevention programs deserve and benefit from appropriate evaluation. Evaluation Lizard provides before and after surveys, along with quality of implementation assessments, that make the evaluation of any evidence-based program easy. Online reports help you get a clear picture of progress and help you fulfill evaluation requirements. evaluationlizard.com

4 Key Elements of Success The Key Elements That Make All Stars Successful All Stars is universal. Prevention needs to reach as many young people as possible. Involving low-risk students ensures that at-risk students will understand that drug use and other risky behaviors are not normal or acceptable to the peer group. All Stars is sustained. Without an effective deterrent, risky behaviors such as drunkenness, drug use, and premature sexual activity increase as young people pass from elementary to middle to high school. For prevention to have its effect, it must be delivered over a sustained period. All Stars provides sustained intervention throughout this period of risk. All Stars changes what matters. All Stars works because it changes the factors research has shown to matter most. All Stars programs are developmentally appropriate, student-centered, highly engaging, and span the at-risk years from fourth grade through high school. 4th 5th 6th/7th 7th/8th 8th/9th 9th 12th Factors impacted by All Stars Core Booster Plus Senior Improving Social Interaction with Peers Positive Parental Attentiveness Bonding to School & Family Idealism & Pro-social Values Positive Norms Positive Commitments Goal Setting & Habit Monitoring Decision Making & Impulse Control Resistance Skills & Assertiveness Stress Management

5 All Stars for Elementary School There are three All Stars programs designed specifically for upper elementary students. Each uses a sequence of minute activities. All Stars All Stars for Elementary 4th Grade Designed to supplement and integrate with fourth grade instruction in language arts, science, and math, this program includes: 18 All Stars Challenge activities that improve social interaction with peers 9 activities that establish positive norms through science and math education 6 activities that build idealism and pro-social values through language arts All Stars, jr. All Stars for Elementary 5th Grade Designed to supplement and integrate with fifth grade instruction in language arts, science, and math, this program includes: 17 All Stars Challenge activities that improve social interaction with peers 22 activities that establish positive norms through science and math education 9 activities that build idealism and pro-social values through language arts All Stars All Stars, jr. All Stars building bright futures All Stars Character Education Designed for delivery in upper elementary grades either during school hours or as a supplement to after-school and community-based education programs, All Stars Character Education includes 15 activities that build six pro-social values: being caring, forgiving, helpful, honest, respectful, and responsible. Includes take home activities to be completed with parents. All STars Stars JR. community Teacher Manuals 4th Grade, 5th Grade & Character Education (each; one time costs) $40.00 Student Materials (per student; recurring cost), 4th Grade 5th Grade Character Education Basic Required worksheets $2.50 $2.50 $4.00 Standard Required worksheets, gift cards (for extra supplies), $3.50 $3.50 $5.00 pretest-posttest & fidelity surveys

6 All Stars for Middle School All Stars Core, Booster, and Plus are highly engaging, effective prevention programs. All Stars middle school programs can be delivered in schools or in community settings. Lessons are designed around 45-minute blocks. Middle school programs are available in both English and Spanish. All Stars Core All Stars Core is the first middle school program, designed for student ages 11 through 13 (6th or 7th grades). The program includes 13 lessons, a class celebration, 8 supplemental lessons, parent meeting lessons, and lessons to integrate concepts throughout your school or community group. Core includes paper worksheets with optional online worksheets for some activities. All Stars Booster All Stars Booster is designed to be delivered the year following All Stars Core. The program includes 9 lessons, 6 supplemental lessons, parent meeting lessons, and lessons to integrate concepts throughout your school or community group. Follow-up is important in prevention. Booster lessons reinforce the concepts taught in Core. All Stars Plus All Stars Plus reinforces concepts taught in Core and Booster and expands concepts to build skills needed for the transition to middle adolescence. The program includes 12 lessons, a class celebration, 5 supplemental lessons, parent meeting lessons, and lessons to integrate concepts throughout your school or community group. Plus can be taught the year following Booster or in conjunction with it. Order online at Teacher Materials (each; one time costs) Core Teacher s Manual $ Booster Teacher s Manual $80.00 Plus Teacher s Manual $80.00 Teacher s Kit All Stars banner, All Stars movie slate, parenting guide (1), $80.00 parenting CD (1), LIghts! Camera! Action! DVD Student Materials (per student; recurring cost) Core Booster Plus Basic Required worksheets $4.00 $1.00 $2.00 Standard Required worksheets, name cards, parent invitations, $7.00 $3.00 $4.00 commitment certificates, photo mounts, gift cards (for extra supplies), pretest-posttest & fidelity surveys Complete Required worksheets, name cards, parent invitations, $10.00 $6.00 $7.00 commitment certificates, photo mounts, gift cards (for extra supplies), pretest-posttest & fidelity surveys, parenting guides and CDs

7 All Stars for High School You can choose from among three All Stars programs for high school students. Programs are designed to be delivered in high school health classes and supplement standard textbook topics with highly engaging and interactive activities. All Stars Senior programs can also be taught in a variety of non-school settings. Activities require minutes to complete. Each teacher manual includes a CD with lesson-specific worksheets that can be printed on demand. Student Wellness Journals contain worksheets that can be repeatedly used and apply to many areas of health. Wellness Journals include the following worksheets: All Stars SMART Decisions, Personal Commitments, Personal Reminders & Schedules, Habit Management, Behavior Tracking, Calorie Inventory, Nutrition Diary. All Stars Senior: Alcohol, Tobacco & Other Drugs Activities to develop positive norms (4), build idealism and pro-social values (5), develop resistance skills (2), develop decision making skills (4) reinforce appropriate beliefs about consequences of alcohol, tobacco, & other drug (ATOD) use (4), practice goal setting (2), and stress management (3). All Stars Senior: Nutrition Activities to develop positive norms (3), build idealism and pro-social values (4), develop resistance skills (3), develop decision making skills (3) reinforce appropriate beliefs about consequences of nutritional practices (3), practice goal setting (4), and stress management (1). All Stars Senior: Personal Health Activities to develop positive norms (4), build idealism and pro-social values (1), develop resistance skills (1), develop decision making skills (2) reinforce appropriate beliefs about consequences of health practices (3), and practice goal setting (7). Teacher Manuals for ATOD, Nutrition, Personal Health Teacher s Manuals (each; one time cost) $35.00 Student Materials (per student; recurring cost) Student Wellness Journal $10.00

8 All Stars Training Each All Stars program is a highly refined tool that, in the hands of a skilled teacher, can have an amazing influence on the lives of young people. Like any tool, it is more effective if used properly. Our goal in training is to help you achieve optimal effectiveness when implementing All Stars. All Stars is unique in the quality and extent of training we provide. Teachers are not only introduced to All Stars, they are invited to receive additional training until they become certified master teachers. We offer three options for training. Live online training is our most popular option. You complete training in the convenience of your home or office and requires only a computer with Internet access and a phone or computer audio headset. All Stars Core training is completed in 4 two-hour sessions ($300 per participant). All Stars Elementary, Booster, Plus, and Senior training is completed in 2 two-hour sessions ($150 per participant). Hosted onsite meetings bring a trainer to you. This is ideal for groups wishing to train between 10 and 20 people. All Stars Core training is completed in 12 hours over the course of two days ($3,000 plus trainer s travel expenses). All Stars Elementary, Booster, Plus, and Senior training is completed in one full-day session ($1,500 plus trainer s travel expenses). You may also join an onsite meeting if a hosted training has room for additional attendees. When space is available, joining a hosted All Stars Core training is $250 per person; Elementary, Booster, Plus, and Senior training meetings are $150 per person. Participants are responsible for their own travel and expenses. Training fees do not include the cost of teacher manuals and other materials. View our training schedule at allstarsprevention.com. Order online at

9 All Stars Certification of Mastery Tanglewood Research recognizes All Stars teachers who have demonstrated mastery of understanding and skill. Mastery of any topic is developed step-by-step. There are nine steps to achieving certification as a master All Stars teacher. You gain recognition with each step you complete. You receive personalized assistance throughout the process. Registration is $45 and includes a cloisonne pin for each step of completion. Certification Steps 1. Basic Training Completed training for the All Stars program you teach. 2. Initial Implementation Implemented All Stars once with pretest-posttest surveys and fidelity assessments. 3. Parent Intervention Documented parent participation in homework and parent training. 4. Strategies for Success Documented efforts to infuse All Stars in your school or community group. 5. Prevention ABCs Completed any three Prevention ABCs online courses ($44 each). 6. Coaching to Improve Delivery Coached based on an assessment of video recorded teaching ($250). 7. Coaching to Improve Interactivity Coached based on an assessment of video recorded teaching ($250). 8. Mastery of Implementation Video recorded teaching to document mastery of skill ($250). 9. Evidence of Effectiveness Demonstrated changes in students attitudes and behavior in three classes.

10 Getting Started with All Stars Want to get started using All Stars? First time customers often ask what they should order. Many who are writing All Stars into their grant proposals need to know what they should include in their budget. Most first time customers start with All Stars Core. If you start with Core, make sure to include a plan to expand to include Booster and Plus as students who receive Core grow older. A Four-Year Plan for All Stars Program Adoption with per Teacher (T:) and per Student (S:) Minimum Estimated Costs* Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 All Stars Elementary 4th T: $ S: $3.50 S: $3.50 S: $3.50 S: $3.50 All Stars Elementary 5th T: $ S: $3.50 S: $3.50 S: $3.50 S: $3.50 All Stars Character Education T: $ (4th or 5th grade or after school) S: $5.00 S: $5.00 S: $5.00 S: $5.00 All Stars Core T: $480.00** S: $7.00 S: $7.00 S: $7.00 S: $7.00 All Stars Booster T: $ S: $3.00 S: $3.00 S: $3.00 All Stars Plus T: $ S: $4.00 S: $4.00 All Stars Senior T: $ (All 3 Programs) S: $10.00 * Teacher start-up costs include one-time materials and training. Student materials are estimated for recurring standard student packages which includes worksheets, inserts, gift cards for purchasing extra materials, pretest-posttest surveys, and fidelity assessment forms. Costs exclude taxes, shipping, and handling. ** Core manual, kit, and training.

11 We Do It Better! There are many excellent companies and non-profit organizations that provide prevention programs, professional development tools, and evaluation services. Why pick Tanglewood Research products and services over our competitors? We think it s simple. We do it better. Consider this: Twenty years of research went into developing All Stars before it was presented to the public and it has been improved every year since. When compared head-to-head with other school-based prevention programs, All Stars has achieved stronger effects. 1 All Stars has greater cost-benefit than any prevention program in its class, returning an estimated $34 in benefit for every dollar expended on the program. 2 Whether it is our programs, our training, or evaluation services, we provide our clients with the best available products and services. All Stars keepin It REAL Life Skills Training Project NORTHLAND Average Size of Effect All Stars 34 keepin It REAL 28 Life Skills Training 21 Project ALERT 6 Project NORTHLAND Cost/Benefit Ratio 1 Shamblen, S.R., & Derzon, J.H. (2009). A preliminary study of the population-adjusted effectiveness of substance abuse prevention programming: Towards making IOM program types comparable. Journal of Primary Prevention, 30, Miller, T. and Hendrie, D. (2009). Substance Abuse Substance Abuse Prevention Dollars and Cents: A Cost-Benefit Analysis. DHHS Pub. No. (SMA) Rockville, MD: Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2009.

12 All Stars Programs for Parents Each All Stars program is designed to help parents achieve their goal of raising young people to become economically self-sufficient, to have positive, stable relationships, and who will contribute to the well-being of their communities. Elementary and middle school programs all include home-based activities designed to strengthen parent-child relationships and encourage enlightening discussions. When parents are involved, the success of All Stars is optimized. We offer prevention tools specifically designed for parents. Parenting Guides and Audio CDs When It Comes From YOU Seven Strategies for Successfully Parenting Teens When It Comes from You is an easy-to-read guide for parents that addresses seven strategies for successfully parenting teens. Topics include: understanding growth & development, showing love during the teenage years, promoting positive attachments, setting clear standards for behavior, monitoring & supervision, providing discipline, and setting an example. Available in English and Spanish. Stories from Parents audio CD mirrors the messages presented in When It Comes from You. Parents tell vivid true-to-life stories that allow listeners to see how each of the seven strategies for successful parenting can be applied. Available in English and Spanish. Both the guide and CD are included when ordering All Stars Core, Booster, and Plus complete sets of student materials. Parent guide-cd sets are $5 each when purchased separately from student material sets.

13 All Stars Programs for Parents Finding Your Future Family Guides Finding Your Future (a teen guide) and Your Teen s Future (a parent companion guide) are workbooks designed for home use to help teens and their parents consider their ideals and understand what values are most important. Teens are encouraged to identify the four ideals that they can use as compass points to guide their decisions in everyday life. Parents serve as mentors, encouraging their teens to think deeply about the principles that will guide their life choices. Teen and parent guides are $25 when purchased together or $15 when each is purchased separately.

14 Evaluation Lizard Increasingly, prevention service providers are required to complete evaluations of program implementation to demonstrate their effectiveness. Evaluation Lizard makes evaluating prevention programs easy! What is evaluation? The evaluation of youth-centered programs, whether in schools or in community settings, involves two components: collecting appropriate data and completing statistical reports. What kinds of data are collected? Two types of data are essential for demonstrating effectiveness: student pretest-posttest (before and after) surveys and fidelity assessments. Pretest-Posttest Surveys. Every program has its goals and objectives. Evaluation Lizard student surveys assess both the behaviors that your prevention program targets as well as the intermediate outcomes (mediators). We have pretest-posttest surveys specifically designed for whatever prevention program you teach. Behaviors. The behavioral goals of prevention are three-fold: (1) to maintain no or low substance use among program participants (a high proportion of continuing non-users is best), (2) to limit the proportion who increase their substance use (a low proportion of increasing users is best) and (3) to maximize the proportion of participants who decrease their use (a high proportion of those who use fewer substances is best). Adolescent drug prevention programs typically address drinking and getting drunk using alcohol, tobacco use including smoking cigarettes and using smokeless tobacco, and marijuana use. Some programs include a focus on inhalants or other drugs. Some prevention programs also address violence, delinquency, premature or risky sexual activity, and risk for suicide. Evaluation Lizard surveys includes standardized items to assess these behaviors. Mediators. Prevention programs achieve their behavioral goals by changing characteristics of the person, the peer group, the family, the school, or the community. For example, programs may seek to change a young person s knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, or skills (all person-centered changes), the norms of the peer group, parent-child communication, attachment to school, or opportunities for pro-social activities within the community. Evaluation Lizard draws from a rich library of standardized items to create surveys that are ideally designed to assess the mediators targeted by the prevention program you teach. Fidelity Assessments. Tanglewood Research is a leader in the development of fidelity assessment tools that are easy for teachers and observers to use. Fidelity is a measure of how closely a facilitator adheres to the program they are teaching. For whatever program you teach, appropriate assessment forms are prepared for facilitators to complete as they teach. It is often advisable to have an independent assessment of fidelity. Live observers can complete forms that evaluate fidelity during teaching. Also, Tanglewood Research offers fidelity assessment of video recordings of teaching.

15 Evaluation Made Easy How do you get evaluation materials? Pretest-posttest surveys and fidelity assessment forms are included with orders of the standard version of All Stars program materials. Forms are available in print format or online. For all other prevention programs, pretest-posttestfidelity packages are ordered for the program you teach. Packages cost $1 per student plus shipping and handling for paper surveys and forms. What statistical reports are prepared? Once completed, pretest-posttest surveys and fidelity assessment forms are returned to Tanglewood Research, we create online reports for each class which you can access at no additional cost. Statistical summaries are calculated and graphed for each behavior and each mediator assessed on student pretest-posttest surveys and for fidelity assessments. If multiple classes or groups are included, aggregated summaries are presented. Raw data are also available for download. We create tables and graphs that you can save to your local computer and include in reports you write. For an additional fee, we can also write the summary reports of your results Change in Parent-Child Communication Pretest Posttest Pretest Posttest Pretest Posttest Pretest Posttest (n=37) (n=37) (n=13) (n=13) (n=25) (n=25) (n=40) (n=40) Class 1 Class 2 Class 3 Class How is student privacy protected? Student surveys are only identified by ID numbers. These IDs are bar coded on printed surveys. Login information for online surveys requires an ID number and a password. Students names are never known or passed on to Tanglewood Research. You are responsible for maintaining or destroying any list that links names to ID numbers. Who can access data and see reports? Teachers have access to reports for classes they teach. Authorized supervisors, local evaluators, and funding entities have access to relevant data and reports. Program developers and researchers are allowed to see summary reports and access aggregated class-level data; however, all identifying information is withheld.

16 Our Experience and Expertise About Tanglewood Research Tanglewood Research was founded in 1993, with a three-fold mission: To create positive youth development and risk-prevention programs that are optimally effective and cost-beneficial. To create effective and efficient professional development systems that provide ongoing training and support to teachers and youth leaders. To provide easy-to-use tools to evaluate program quality and effectiveness to improve performance and policy. About the Developers William B. Hansen, Ph.D., president of Tanglewood Research, developed All Stars and Evaluation Lizard and collaborated on the development of Prevention ABCs. An internationally recognized expert in prevention, Dr. Hansen is currently Adjunct Professor in the Department of Public Health Education at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He has written numerous curricula for school and community-based prevention. As Principal Investigator or Project Director he has supervised over $9,000,000 in federally funded projects from the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and the National Institute of Drug Abuse. He was honored with the Society for Prevention Research Science to Practice award (2001), recognizing his contribution to designing evidence-based approaches to prevention used in real world settings. Dr. Hansen was named Outstanding Researcher by the American School Health Association (2000) and received the Paper of the Year award from Health Education & Behavior (2004). Dr. Hansen earned a Ph.D. in social psychology from the University of Houston (1978) and has written more than 100 peer reviewed publications. Along with Dr. Hansen, Dr. Linda Dusenbury helped to develop the Prevention ABCs DVD series, online courses, and online coaching system. Dr. Dusenbury is a nationally recognized researcher in drug abuse prevention who has worked with hundreds of schools to implement and evaluate research based prevention programs. She has been Senior Researcher at Tanglewood Research since Dr. Dusenbury is a leading authority on evidence-based programs, including those on the National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs and Practices (NREPP). Along with Dr. Hansen she completed a meta-analysis of the NREPP programs. She was the primary researcher involved in developing Drug Strategies two consumers guides to prevention: Making the Grade and Safe Schools, Safe Students. She consulted with the University of Washington Social Development Research Group to develop the Communities That Care Prevention Strategies Guide and with the University of Arizona College of Education to develop Protective Schools. Dr. Dusenbury earned a Ph.D. in developmental and social psychology from the University of Vermont and has written more than 60 peer reviewed publications and chapters on prevention.

17 Prevention ABCs Better teaching yields better results! Whether you teach a prevention program in a school or community agency, Prevention ABCs professional development resources give you powerful tools for connecting, engaging, and affecting student behavior. Prevention ABCs programs are designed for professionals who want to help young people reach their full potential and live healthy, caring, and responsible lives. Prevention ABCs DVDs This award winning DVD series empowers educators to get results! The DVDs capture the newest, most promising strategies for creating dynamic classroom environments. Filmed in elementary, middle and high school classroom environments, the research-based techniques are clearly demonstrated. Video previews are available at preventionabcs.com/dvdvideoclips.aspx. DVD titles include: The Basics of Prevention, Essential Teaching Strategies, How to Make a Program Work for You, Norm Setting, Motivational Approaches, Personal Competency, and Social Competency. DVDs come with a facilitator s guide as a group training resource. Individual DVDs are $99 each or order the entire set for $520 (a savings of 25%). Prevention ABCs Online Courses Earn continuing education credits with these easy, affordable, online courses! Prevention ABCs consists of seven self-paced courses that will give you practical information to understand the program you teach and to engage your students. Preview the courses at preventionabcs. com/tour.aspx. Courses are $44 each and qualify for continuing credits. Register for all seven courses for $230 (a savings of 25%). Prevention ABCs Genie Prevention ABCs Genie is an online coaching service that provides regular teaching tips for teachers and others implementing prevention programs. The service includes over 100 one- to two- minute video messages that cover all aspects of prevention program delivery. Each online message includes testimonials from teachers and demonstrations from actual elementary, middle and high school classrooms. Subscriptions are $30 per teacher. Improving Prevention Effectiveness This book contains 24 chapters written by the world s leading experts on prevention. The book was prepared especially for teachers and non-scientists. Chapters cover everything, from epidemiology to how drug use affects the brain, and address prevention in the family, in the classroom, in the school organization, and in the community. An easy-touse resource that all prevention providers should have! Copies are $10.

18 Make It Fun and Memorable! Rewards, mementos, reminders about commitments, and items to help you celebrate the success of your students. (Prices per one item) Pencil $.75 Wristband $1.00 Carabiner $1.50 Pen $1.75 Light Pen $2.00 Stress Toy $2.50 Flasher $2.50 Flying Disk $2.75 Bottle $2.75 Notepad & Pen $3.00 Key Chain $3.25 Back Pack $3.50 Bottle $3.75 Pedometer $4.00 Key Chain $5.00 Dog Tag $6.00 All Stars Classic Circle Logo All Stars Neo Swoop Logo All Stars Challenge Logo All Stars Neo Swoop Logo on White Beefy Tee $8.00 on White Beefy Tee $8.00 on White Beefy Tee $8.00 on Gray Ringer Tee with Black Trim $9.00 Evaluation Lizard Logo All Stars Challenge All Stars Sterling Silver over Left Breast on Black Tee $10.00 Baseball Cap $10.00 Commitment Ring $17.00 Order online at

19 Placing Orders and Technical Support. We accept Visa, MasterCard, and American Express. Purchase orders are also accepted with terms of 30 days. Orders over $1,000 receive free shipping and handling. Need help placing an order? Call Anne Page at x100 or Need to preview All Stars? You can view sample lessons and the table of contents of each All Stars program at allstarsprevention.com. Need to discuss All Stars training? Call Kathleen Nelson-Simley at or Check out our online community! Registered users have ready access to a wealth of information at onlinecommunity.tanglewood.net. Registration is free and provides you with access to information to help you track your All Stars classes. You can get teaching tips and read Kathleen s Korner, a collections of articles to help and motivate teachers, and subscribe to Trends from Tanglewood, our monthly newsletter. Talk to other All Stars teachers join the All Stars Prevention Facebook group. Need to discuss Prevention ABCs? Call Dr. Linda Dusenbury at , linda@tanglewood.net, or go to preventionabcs.com. Need to preview Evaluation Lizard surveys and reports? You can see sample surveys for the program you teach and a sample report at evaluationlizard.com. Need to discuss a question about Evaluation Lizard? Call Crystal Mercado at x103 or crystal@tanglewood.net.

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