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MEI is an independent curriculum development body and a charitable organisation that works to improve mathematics education.

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@MEIMaths
MEI
6 years
On #NationalBiscuitDay did you know that Leibniz #biscuits are named after philosopher & #mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, a famous resident of Hanover, where the Bahlsen company is based? Apparently there was a fashion of naming food products after historical celebrities
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10 years
If great scientists had logos... http://t.co/RtKjt25hSX
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7 years
On #WorldPoetryDay here's why mathematicians should not write poems (credit to @brian_bilston ):
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3 years
In honour of #InternationalWomensDay , mathematician @Cshearer41 has kindly shared one of her puzzles with us for today's #MathsMonday . Can you work out the total area of the squares?
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7 years
#AdaLovelaceDay international day celebrating achievements of women in science, technology, engineering, maths #STEM
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On #TalkLikeAPirateDay 🏴‍☠️we couldn't resist...
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3 years
Our first #MEIChristmas classroom activity comes from @SarahDenisonMEI , our Maths Education Support Specialist. "I loved doing some crafts with my classes and origami was always a winner. These origami tree cards look fabulous and are super easy!" 🎄🎄🎄
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#FunFactFriday If you write out Pi to two decimal places backwards, it spells out 'pie'! 🥧
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5 years
#CalculatorCrunch is coming! Mark your calendars: from 10–20 June, we'll post daily questions designed to develop important calculator skills for KS2–3 transition. Get Year 6s calculator-ready or give extra practice to KS3 students – our fun & free summer challenge is for all!
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1 year
Calculators at the ready! Our annual Calculator Crunch challenge for Year 6 & 7 pupils returns on 19-23 June. This year's challenge will feature our 'greatest hits' problems from the past 4 years! #CalculatorCrunch
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6 years
How secure is your pin code? 😀
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We hope you had a lovely Easter weekend. Here is an Easter Egg themed #MathsMonday to get your week started!
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4 years
Welcome to Calculator Crunch 2020! Can your Year 6 and 7s make their calculator laugh in today's puzzle? Join the action by sharing photos & tweeting #CalculatorCrunch , we'd love to see young mathematicians taking on the challenges!
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7 years
It’s #OrigamiDay - final day of #WorldOrigamiDays - hope you’ve enjoyed our Tweets about #paperfolding and #maths . How do you use it in your classroom?
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4 years
3 days until #CalculatorCrunch ! On each weekday from 15-25 June we will tweet an engaging question for Year 6 & 7 aged children, that all involve using a calculator. The questions are designed to deepen children’s mathematical thinking skills in a fun way.
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We’re excited to announce the launch of MEI Deeper Maths, a new suite of resources designed to support excellent practice in the teaching of secondary maths to all students. The first two sets of resources (Angles and Trigonometry) are now available.
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7 years
5 different schedules of possible orders for teaching Y12 content of #Alevel #maths , shared between 2 teachers. See
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4 years
Thank you for attending this year’s virtual #MEIConf2020 , we hope you’ve found it enjoyable and worthwhile. We look forward to seeing you all in person at next year’s MEI Conference on the 1-3 July. Make sure you save the date!
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Day 2 of #CalculatorCrunch ! It's time for some target practice, can you reach your target number?
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4 years
We’re replacing MEI’s annual three-day conference, due to take place on 2-4 July at the University of Bath, with a smaller free online virtual conference. Details are yet to be confirmed. Join our mailing list if you’d like to stay informed: .
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3 years
📢Exciting news… MEI’s Deeper Maths #resources are now free! We'd love to know what you think of them. #MEIDeeperMaths #MathsResources #Maths
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We’ve just released a fantastic set of free interactive online classroom activities to support maths recovery at Key Stage 3. The resources are available on GeoGebra and focus on algebra, with more topics to be added in the coming months.
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3 years
Happy #InternationalWomensDay To celebrate, we are going to be highlighting the work of some incredible female mathematicians throughout history. Firstly, the inspiring Katherine Johnson.
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We are excited to announce that from today on wards we will be posting a #MathsMonday problem every week, to get your brains in gear for the week ahead! Here is today's problem! #MathsWeekEngland
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4 years
We've made it easier to access our free FM Videos - over 1200 of them! They're each 5-10 mins long and are designed to introduce students to concepts in Further #Maths and allow them to work though examples. Head to to find them #TeachAtHome #TeachOnline
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5 years
Have you see this Timeline of #Mathematics on the @MathigonOrg website? Each mathematician featured has a pop-up short biography and a link to a page explaining the #maths for which they are famous. See screengrabs below 👇
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4 years
We’re planning to provide additional support for teachers and students, should it be necessary for schools and colleges to close. We will publish further details early next week. #COVID19
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4 years
Check out our package of support to help plan and deliver online teaching – from primary to A level. See for details. #TeachAtHome #TeachOnline
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RITANGLE RETURNS! We're excited to announce that Ritangle will return this year, beginning on 2 October! Head on over to our website to find all the details of this year's competition:
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5 years
It's Crunch Time! Here's Day 1 of #CalculatorCrunch 💙 Task your Year 6s or KS3 students with our fun problems to prepare them for the secondary curriculum 🧮 Join the action by sharing photos & tweeting #CalculatorCrunch – we love to see eager young mathematicians in action!
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4 years
MEI has developed a new course to introduce A level Mathematics students and their teachers to data science with support from Arm, the world’s leading semiconductor IP company.
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JOB VACANCY - MEI Mathematics Education Support Leader We're looking for a new member of our team who will work with MEI colleagues to develop resources, deliver services, and coordinate activities to improve mathematics education in England.
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Introducing #SumazePrimary , a young mathematician's new puzzle obsession! Coming soon to app stores... 📱😍
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Interested in being part of a trial with @mathstechnology ? MEI is currently producing a set of resources & practice test that utilise the functionality of @GeoGebra graphing calculator in exam mode app to help students in their understanding of maths See
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We're looking for a Maths Education Support Specialist to join our team. The role involves working with MEI colleagues to develop resources, deliver training to teachers, and coordinate activities to improve mathematics education in England.
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PUBLISHED TODAY: A report by MEI proposes a new maths GCSE curriculum for post-16 resit students, aiming to break the demoralising resit cycle Will these recommendations be taken up? Read the report here: Funded by @NuffieldFound . #GCSEmathsresit
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4 years
A truly inspirational talk from Dr Nira Chamberlain today at the Black Heroes of Mathematics conference #BlackHeroesMaths . Please share it with your students
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It's time for another #MathsMonday ! Can you solve today's puzzle?
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3 years
Welcome to Calculator Crunch 2021 🥳 Here's the puzzle for #Day1 ! Don't forget to let us know you're getting involved by using the hashtag #CalculatorCrunch
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3 years
We’ve got some exciting news… #CalculatorCrunch is returning on Monday 21 June! The popular challenge is designed to encourage pupils in Years 6 & 7 and their teachers to get the calculators out of the cupboard and have some fun! Find out more here:
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It's #NationalRefillDay "It is estimated that 2.5bn takeaway coffee cups are thrown away every year in the UK, and they are practically impossible to recycle." ( @Claerb @FT ) How much money can you save by using a reusable coffee cup? #CoreMaths
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4 years
#CalculatorCrunch Day 5! Can you put these fascinating fractions into the right order?
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7 years
Prepare for #malcolmswanday with M4 magazine/teaching resource dedicated to Malcolm Swan's impact on maths teaching:
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4 years
Happy #MathsMonday ! Can you solve today's puzzle?
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5 years
MEI has launched a free online course for teachers to support their students in attaining an A* in #AlevelMaths . This is being offered as part of @imperialcollege ’s mA*ths programme, and is freely available as an @Advanced_Maths #ODPD course. Read more:
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Day 2 of #CalculatorCrunch ! Can you solve the prime puzzle?
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3 years
Register now for #MEIConf2021 ! 🥳 9-10 July 32 thought-provoking #cpd sessions spanning KS2-5 #Maths , with two world-class plenaries thrown on top. Oh... and you can attend for free! 😮 Book your place and find out more:
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7 years
Here's our free guide for all teachers of #GCSE & #Alevel #Maths to support you with the problem solving content:
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It's time for another #MathsMonday !
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6 years
'When mathematics meets art: the story of Escher and Coxeter' #MEIConf2018 plenary from Sarah Hart, Prof of #Mathematics at Birkbeck College, University of London; Head of the Department of Economics, Mathematics & Statistics. See @MEIConference website:
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7 years
Now available - set of 5 videos aimed at encouraging teachers to use practical activities in A level #mechanics teaching. Practicals use basic, readily-available equipment. Teacher notes included. See @IETFaraday & MEI websites:
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NEW REPORT: ‘A new maths GCSE curriculum for post-16 resit students’ will be published by MEI on 24 January. This work was funded by @NuffieldFound . #GCSEmathsresit
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Our full set of GeoGebra activities for KS3 are now available! Each unit includes a series of lessons comprising of a @geogebra activity for use during the lesson and an activity suitable for independent student learning.
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“There are many misconceptions about #maths including that it’s all about numbers, equations and formulae, about getting the right answer, that it’s black and white, and all just right or wrong,” says @DrEugeniaCheng in this @WomanthologyUK article
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Why #maths should be more about learning to think well and nurturing curiosity, and less about tests and assessment #WomenInMaths #WomenInSTEM
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The MEI Virtual Conference is now open for registration…and it’s FREE! 😃 Register today 👉 #MEIConf2020 #VirtualConference #maths #professionaldevelopment
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7 years
Summer, a time to listen back to the 20 episode Taking Maths Further @furthermaths podcast by @peterrowlett @stecks ?
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3 years
We’ve been thinking about the future of assessment in maths and have just published a paper to encourage informed discussion around how the current system might be improved: (1/2)
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5 years
Day 2 of #CalculatorCrunch 💙 Remember to explore our fantastic free 'extras', including lesson plans for Year 6 & 7s, certificate templates for participants, and our amazing calculator prize draw! 👉
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5 years
Earlier this summer we ran #CalculatorCrunch , a challenge to familiarise KS2 & 3 students with the basic functions of scientific calculators. We were thrilled with its reception & we're hoping to run it again! You can access 2019's resources for FREE at
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4 years
#FunFactFriday Every odd number has the letter 'E' in it.
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7 years
Malcolm Swan's obituary, published in The Guardian. Don't forget #malcolmswanday tomorrow,23 May....
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4 years
It's Day 6 of #CalculatorCrunch ! Can you get a total of 2020 in today's challenge?
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5 years
@mathsjem Really interesting read Jo! With reference to the latter part of your post, did you know about our upcoming #CalculatorCrunch challenge for Y6 & 7? It will be supported with 2 free lesson plans – 1 for Y6, 1 for Y7 students as extra practice More detail at
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David Spiegelhalter ( @d_spiegel ) will speak live at #MEIConf2020 on the need for a new approach to statistics education to reveal the true power of statistical science.
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#Maths teachers - have you signed up for Simon Singh’s weekly maths puzzle sheets for keen students in Years 7-9? They are all free –– fun, interesting and challenging maths! Puzzles ('Parallelograms') are published on a Thursday & solutions on a Sunday
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Here's @MathigonProject 's wonderful gallery of #mathematical #origami shapes, some with nets. #worldorigamidays
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5 years
"On avg we consume 2 pancakes per person on #PancakeDay , which means that approx 117 million pancakes will be made in UK households This requires enough milk to fill more than 93 Olympic swimming pools and almost 13 million kilos of plain flour" #CoreMaths
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Get the date in your diary, Ritangle returns on 3 October! @Integral_Maths 's exciting competition for A level students is back, will you be this year's champion? 🏆
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4 years
Happy #MathsMonday , we hope you enjoy today's puzzle!
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Welcome to Calculator Crunch 2022 🥳 Here's the puzzle for Day 1! It's time to bee creative! 🐝 Don't forget to let us know you're getting involved by using the hashtag #CalculatorCrunch
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Here is your third #Ritangle2023 question, are you ready? Don't forget to register your team at
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5 years
It's the final day of #CalculatorCrunch ! 💙💙💙 It's been A-MAZE-ING to see all your crunching efforts 😍 We hope this has been a fun way to familiarise young people with using calculators! You can still enter our prize draw until the end of the day 👉
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We’re seeking to recruit a new MEI Level 3 Mathematics Programme Director. This is a senior leadership post with responsibility for leading the AMSP ( @Advanced_Maths ) and contributing to the strategic leadership of MEI.
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Our family of Sumaze! apps has proved very useful in engaging students with maths, especially those who are #homelearning . We've therefore decided to make all four of them FREE from 9 November - ready to use during #MathsWeekEngland and beyond!
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We are really excited about the launch of these resources from Oak National Academy. MEI is proud to have been a part of this project, developing a full curriculum package for maths across Key Stages 1 to 4
@OakNational
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🚨Today is the day! 🚨 Our brand new curriculum plans are available NOW!! Get the lowdown…👇
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4 years
Extended FREE teacher and student access to Integral resources for A level Maths and Further Maths is now available #TeachAtHome #TeachOnline
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3 years
Happy #WorldBookDay To celebrate, we've created a list of our favourite maths themed story books for primary aged readers. 📚
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7 years
Did you know that #WorldOrigamiDays run from 24/10 - 11/11? We'll be sharing teaching ideas eg Paperfolding & Proof
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6 years
Some #WednesdayWisdom - if you weren't already aware of the resources that we developed with @TheIET for @IETFaraday check them out at: For starters here's a #Maths Equations poster, highlighting various maths equations & formulae:
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Check out some of the early-release units we helped create for Oak National Academy by clicking the link below. @OakNational #maths #education 👉
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Welcome to Calculator Crunch 2023! 🥳 Here's the puzzle for Day 1! Can you ring the bell? 🔔 Don't forget to let us know you're getting involved by using the hashtag #CalculatorCrunch
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7 years
Teaching resource about maths behind new £1 coin: 'Making Money' PowerPoint: . See also 2/2
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6 years
Got #snow ? An ideal time to explore The Koch Snowflake Fractal - a #maths teacher/student resource from Fractal Projects For Geometry Students
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3 years
Can you answer today's #MathsMonday ?
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5 years
We're back with our first #MathsMonday of the year! Can you solve this one?
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6 years
Our June Maths Item of the Month is an @MEIConference #MIOTM A couple of taster problems that featured in #MEIConf2017 sessions: Squaring the circle and other shapes The history of logarithms Resources:
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It’s Day 1 of #MEIConf22 and the sun is shining! ☀️ We’re looking forward to welcoming you here at Keele University!
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4 years
Good morning everyone and Happy #MathsMonday , we hope you enjoy this week's puzzle!
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1 year
Our newest staff member says if you don’t join us in the Westminster Theatre at 5:40 for our Digging for the why live podcast recording he might eat you! #MEIConf23
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4 years
Happy #MathsMonday , we hope you have a fantastic week!
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3 years
May 12 is dedicated to celebrating #WomeninMaths Why #May12 ? It’s the birthdate of inspirational mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani, who was one of the world’s leading experts in geometry and dynamical systems. Find out more about #May12WIM & Maryam here:
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10 months
Ready for your second #Ritangle2023 question? Don't forget to register your team at
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4 years
We're excited to announce that this year's Calculator Crunch will begin one week today! If you're too excited to wait, you can start using our excellent free resources now. There's also the chance to win some fantastic Casio scientific calculators!
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"It is very encouraging to see the continuing growth in entries & passes for #CoreMaths qualifications. Students...have gained valuable skills for understanding the quantitative aspects of their future studies, work and lives." Stella Dudzic, MEI UPDATED:
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We’ve got another exciting day ahead of us at #MEIConf23 ! Make sure you visit our exhibition hall between sessions and pick up some goodies!
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