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symbol display accessories
Portable Choice/Display Board
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Your visuals, with adhesive backed Hook Velcro, stick to one side. The other side is nylon
fabric.
Equipped with webbing carrying handle.
Hook & Loop closure also reverses, to allow board to stand upright or angle sides forward for larger standing display area.
Size: 122cm x 41cm (open).
Bi-fold Communication Choice Folder
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Communication board for those on the go!
Inside of folder made of VELTEX® Brand Display Fabric.
Outside made of waterproof nylon fabric.
Place “hook” side of Hook & Loop on back of pictures to use for communication/
choice-making.
Equipped with handle and Hook & Loop closure.
Size: 46cm x 61cm (open).
Horizontal/Vertical Picture Schedule
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Place pictures or items (not included) for the activities completed
in the picture pocket on the Right/Bottom.
51cm x 10cm (open).
Please specify Horizontal or Vertical when ordering.
Literacy Strip
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Single 10cm x 24cm Fabric Literacy Strip.
Single sttrip for top or bottom use.
Adjusts with elastic straps to fit books from 20cm to 30 in height.
Simply slide onto front or back cover of book.
Made with the Loop (fuzzy) side of Hook & Loop on both sides of strip.
Literacy Flip Strips
Simply add pictures/words and flip to create a new sentence every time!
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Comes with a total of sixteen, 4cm x 10cm pages.
Pages grouped in sets of four aligned horizontally.
Pages affixed to plastic stabilisation board with metal rings.
Made of VELTEX® Brand fabric pages or clear pocket pages.
Extra pages available.
Available with Fabric or Clear Pages - please specify when ordering.
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Portable Object
Communication Unit
Carry this object communication board here, there and everywhere!
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Equipped with adjustable webbing handle for comfortable carrying and Hook & Loop
closures.
Stiffened, wide binding allows for accommodation of objects up to 15cm in height.
Measures 76cm x 40cm open and 30cm x 40cm x 15cm closed with VELTEX® Brand
Fabric surface inside and waterproof nylon material outside, filled with plastic board for
stiffened surface.
Wrap Around Activity
Communication Mat
Use on a tabletop or on the floor. Leaves room for activity in the center with pictures all around.
Can also be used as a gaze board on a flat surface, placing a picture on top and both sides.
Both sides are usable, for quick activity change, or for extra picture storage. Use Loop Fabric
surface alone, or place protective, removable, clear cover over and no need to laminate.
Good for messy activities and mealtimes.
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Loop Fabric Measures 37cm on sides and 58cm along the top.
Width of strips are 10cm.
Both sides are usable.
Comes with removable clear cover that covers both sides.
Can fold in half to store.
Portable Waist Communicator
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Wear the Communicator on the waist and flip to communicate with pictures/words.
Equipped with Six, 10cm x 22cm VELTEX® Brand Fabric pages that accept Hook Fastener or clear vinyl pocket pages.
Zipper on outside cover for personal items/extra pictures.
Back of cover has loops to fit any belt up to 5cm wide.
Belt not included.
Available with Fabric or Clear Pages - please specify when ordering.
Portable Fabric Schedule, Bifold
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Attaches to belt/loop with webbing strap.
Hook & Loop closure for easy opening/closing.
Lined with VELTEX® Brand Fabric on inside, which the Hook Velcro will adhere to.
Outside cover made of durable nylon.
“Finish” pocket in the top of the schedule.
Height is 22cm in a closed position.
Bifold accomodates 8, 5cm pictures.
Available with Fabric or Clear Pages - please specify when ordering.
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Waist Apron
For those times when you simply don’t have enough hands, the washable Waist Apron comes
to the rescue. The Waist Apron frees your hands during activities so you have the freedom to
prompt students or record responses.
Use your adhesive-backed (hook side) Velcro® on picture symbols and place them on the
Waist Apron for symbol support during class! Washable and flexible, the waist apron also has
3 pockets to store your picture symbols when not in use.
Flip ‘n Talk Kit
The Flip ‘n Talk Kit is a manual augmentative communication system that organises vocabulary for individuals who need no-tech and low-tech augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) support. The Flip ‘n Talk Kit features the Flip ‘n Talk Book (small or large),
Flip ‘n Talk Add-on CD for Boardmaker, colour PCS labels, communication strips and a vinyl
communication board.
Magnetic Kidboard Bundle
Enhance hands-on learning with these child-friendly metal boards. Use them to display PCS
Learning Magnets. Lightweight and colourful, they eliminate sharp edges and are safe for all
users.
Includes one Red and one Blue and measures 23cm x 133cm.
Personal Communication Book
Ideal for manual communication systems. The durable, washable Personal Communication Book is ideal for manual communication systems. The easy-to-open book lays flat so it
stays open until you turn the page. Tabs on every page make page-turning easier. Includes
12 display pages. Personalise with any type of photos, symbols, or remnants familiar to you.
Holds cards up to 7.5cm x 9cm.
Available in 2 sizes:
Small: 11.5cm x 11.5cm closed.
Large: 29cm x 11.5cm closed.
Velcro
Adhesive-backed Velcro is available in black or white, in a roll of dots or in a strip. All our
Velcro is sold in rolls of 25m. Use it to: Print, laminate and Velcro individual schedules, create
companion activities for childrens books make manipulatives for maths and science lessons,
Engineer the environment with visual supports.
Available in the following styles:
• Velcro Strip 16mm Hook or Loop.
• Velcoins 13mm Hook or Loop.
Please specify colour when ordering.
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PCS Picture Card Sets
Ideal for use with the Picture Exchange Communciation System, PCS Card Sets include all parts of speech, and
many common phrases, with a black-and-white symbol on one side and a colour symbol on the other. Create
schedules, job charts, sentence strips and more and attach them anywhere to encourage communication.
Available individually or as a bundle containing Set I, II, and III.
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PCS Picture Card
Set I
PCS Picture Card
Set II
PCS Picture Card
Set III
Designed for young children, Set I includes
vocabulary of many foods, entertainment
items, animals and grooming items.
Vocabulary cards in the same categories
as in Set I, Set II also includes vocabulary
for the classroom.
Designed for use in classroom activities,
includes vocabulary for the weather, the
calendar, body parts, clothing, colours,
letters, numbers and more.
PCS Learning Magnets
Picture Communication Symbols (PCS) in magnet form!
Available packs:
Nouns
Helps educators teach labels with the 90 most common nouns in the English language, including several nouns that are an important part of most school curriculums. Provides students
with an easy way to request objects.
Verbs
These verb magnets help teach action words and encourage students to makes requests.
They help children visualise direction-following activities, and include the 90 most common
verbs in the English language.
School words
Ideal for showing classroom schedules or events of the day, it includes 45 of the most commonly used words at school, as well as graphics of many of the support staff that children
see at school.
Social Phrases and Questions
Help students complete daily routines and effectively communicate in common circumstances with social words and phrases like “my turn” and “thank you”. Includes 45 words and
phrases.
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PCS Learning Magnets - Nouns
symbol display accessories
Eye Gaze Frame
Looking at things you like, need or want is one of easiest ways of making
choices. For many people with communication difficulties, it is much more
intuitive than any other method. Eye gaze frames have been developed
as an effective way of using gaze for choice making and communication.
Pictures, words and symbols, or even small objects can be placed on the
frame. Positioning the transparent frame between the user and “listener”
makes it possible for them to see where the user is looking and the choice
they are making.
Dimensions:
3mm thick clear perspex; Board 45 x 35cm
Weight of board (excluding stand) 0.42kg
Stand: 45 x 15 x 5cm
Note: only the clear frame and stand are supplied as standard.
Vinyl alphabet stickers (as shown on right), plastic PCS symbol card sets (pg
86) and velcro coins (pg 85) for easy mounting of your pictures, symbols
or small objects, are useful optional items to accompany the Eye Gaze
Frame.
All-Turn-It® Spinner
The switch activated All-Turn-It spinner, with built in external switch jack, enables random selections for choosing groups or playing games of chance
like bingo. Also a fun alternative to rolling dice.
Requires 2 x C batteries (not included).
Now included:
Create Your Own Overlay Kit
Create hundreds of classroom activities with these blank
overlays. Includes three reusable inner and outer overlays
with write on/wipe off surface, four coloured pens and more.
Time Timer
Unlike regular timers the Time Timer gives a graphic concrete depiction of
the time remaining.
Square with clear protective cover that flips open to serve as a stand for
the timer or protect the disk and face during operation. It’s small size and
durable, lightweight construction make it simple to carry. New optional audible signal when time has expired. Requires 1 x AA battery (not included).
Sizes available: 3”, 8”, and 12”
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From the Classroom to the
Workplace Volume I
The transition from a classroom to a workplace can be challenging for anyone. From the
Classroom to the Workplace: Volume I facilitates the transition of middle and high school
students into the workplace by providing teachers with a variety of hands-on activities to
introduce students to situations they will encounter in the working world. It offers a realistic approach to learning and teaching vocational skills for a range of levels, with chapters entitled
Grocery Store, Retail Store and Housekeeping / Laundry. Features recommendations on how
to customise activities to offer students the maximum level of independence. From the Classroom to the Workplace: Volume I also includes:
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Objectives
IEP goals
Evaluation forms
A calendar of skills
Parent letters
General and specific communication overlays
Activities
Follow-up worksheets
Includes 304 pages.
From the Classroom to the
Workplace Volume II
The transition from a classroom to a workplace can be challenging for anyone. From the
Classroom to the Workplace: Volume I facilitates the transition of middle and high school
students into the workplace by providing teachers with a variety of hands-on activities to
introduce students to situations they will encounter in the working world. It offers a realistic approach to learning and teaching vocational skills for a range of levels, with chapters entitled
Office / Clerical and Restaurant / Food Service. Features recommendations on how to customise activities to offer students the maximum level of independence.
Includes 192 pages.
Going Out and About
Going Out and About focuses on language and fine motor skills to help preschool through
high school students to benefit from activities related to:
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Recreation
Health and safety
Independent living skills
It includes mapped-out trips to the grocery store, post office, restaurant, bowling alley, police
or fire department, gas station, library, department store, doctors office and hotel. Each trip
includes activities, worksheets, communication boards, vocabulary lists, a job list, IEP goals
and follow-up activities.
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Curriculum Experiences for
Literacy, Learning and Living: Elementary
Curriculum Experiences for Literacy, Learning and Living: Elementary includes a symbol-based
story, an abundance of suggested activities and worksheets, a skills checklist and a parent
letter. Designed for students in second to sixth grade, it focuses on topics like:
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All About Me
Pilgrims and Indians
Community Helpers
Beach Party
A Day at School
Holiday Gifts
The Picnic
Snow Day
On the Farm
Curriculum Experiences for
Literacy, Learning and Living: Primary
Curriculum Experiences for Literacy, Learning and Living: Primary includes a symbol-based
story, an abundance of suggested activities and worksheets, a skills checklist and a parent
letter. Designed for students in kindergarten and first grade, it focuses on topics like:
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School is Cool
This is Me
Thanksgiving Dinner
Holiday Grooming
Community Helpers
Fall Fantasy
Transportation
Forest Animals
Help at Home
Curriculum Experiences for
Literacy, Learning and Living: High School
Curriculum Experiences for Literacy, Learning and Living: High School includes a symbol-based
story, an abundance of suggested activities and worksheets, a skills checklist and a parent letter. Designed for students in ninth to twelfth grade, the focus is placed on the following topics:
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Everyday Conversation
Future Planning
Grooming
Looking for a Job
Friendship
Balanced Meals
Clothing Care
Includes Boardmaker activities for a Mac or Windows CD!
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Songs To Communicate
16 popular songs in symbol form!
Songs To Communicate encourages language participation in a fun, lighthearted way with
rhythm, melody and repetition of delightful music. Features songs like:
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Baby Bumblebee
The Bear Went Over the Mountain
Brush Your Teeth
Down By the Station
Eency Weency Spider
Five Little Ducks
Good Morning To You
and more!
Each song is done with words, with 3cm and 8cm symbols and in sheet music. Each child
may be given the form of the song most appropriate for them and the largest size could be
used for the song leader. With the use of picture symbols, children are provided with valuable visual, as well as auditory feedback during singing.
Social Skills Stories
Social Skills Stories is a book designed to help students improve their social interaction skills.
Your students will love getting to know “Tad Too Close”, “Isaac Interrupts”, “Gary Greets”, “Connie Comments” and others! Topics are presented in playfully illustrated stories, with each story
showing the skill being done appropriately and inappropriately. These simple stories provide
a wonderful way to begin discussions. Features multiple corresponding activity sheets and
carry-over activities for the classroom, community and home. Topics include:
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Greetings
Social space
Interrupting
Use of “excuse me”
Use of “thank you”
Includes 408 pages.
More Social Skills Stories
If you liked Social Skills Stories, you'll love More Social Skills Stories! Your students will love getting
to know “Scott Snot”, “Touching Tim”, “Sneeze Louise”, and others! This book stresses personal
hygiene skills with clever, ready-to-use stories. Join some of the same characters from Social
Skills Stories, plus new friends as they explore the following topics:
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Improperly fitting clothes
Sneezing hygiene
Nose picking
Burping
Improper self-touching
Using a checklist
Includes 352 pages.
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TASP: Test of Aided-Communication
Symbol Performance
The foundation of your AAC assessment toolkit!
TASP helps assess symbolic skills quickly and easily. It provides a starting point for designing or
selecting an appropriate AAC device page set. TASP uses results to design communication
boards and establish appropriate AAC intervention goals and strategies targeting symbolic
and syntactic development. Some additional features of TASP:
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Serves as a tool to benchmark progress in aided communication
performance.
• Uses Picture Communication Symbols (PCS) and complements other
components of the AAC assessment process.
• Includes subtests, which can be administered over a period of
sessions to test understanding of: Symbol size and number;
Grammatical encoding; Categorisation; Syntactic performance.
• Establishes basals and ceilings for each subtest.
• Appropriate for children through adults who have the physical ability to
function by pointing.
• Saves time with an administration time of just 10 to 20 minutes.
• Scoring procedures are objective and rapid.
• Test forms are reproducible.
• Includes customisable worksheets for a variety of practice exercises.
TASP is also effective with preschoolers and kindergartners! Use it to count functional objects,
stimulate maths practice with colourful activities and more!
Includes reproducible subtests (with basals and ceilings), case study examples, manual, answer sheet (for completion during testing) and an assessment folder.
Quick and Easy Classroom
Quick and Easy Classroom uses Picture Communication Symbol (PCS) content and vocabulary to help teachers quickly and easily incorporate nonverbal students into the classroom. It
includes two types of overlays to be used with augmentative communication devices:
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The first set of overlays is centered around core ideas to be used throughout the school
year such as art, lunch, a calculator and the alphabet.
The second set of overlays is designed around thematic units to help with instruction.
Both sets of Quick and Easy Classroom show how to meet IEP goals and objectives, and how
to set up the classroom with appropriate accommodates.
*A Boardmaker Add-on is also available.
Quick and Easy Home
Quick and Easy Home is designed to give parents a quick and easy way to help their children
communicate. It uses Picture Communication Symbol (PCS) communication boards to get
children on the path of communication at home. You can even use PCS to adapt each room
of your home to meet your childs communication needs.
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Hands-on Reading
More Hands-on
Reading
Hands-on Reading
Classroom Classics
Hands-on Reading uses an interactive,
whole language approach to reading
and learning. Designed to involve both
verbal and non-verbal students, while promoting emergent literacy, it features a series of creative and entertaining thematic
units based on common children’s stories.
Let students practice skills with entertaining
worksheets that use PCS.
The second book in the Hands-On Reading Series, More Hands-on Reading, is presented in the same format as Hands-on
Reading. Find even more activities: music,
props, art, cooking, literacy and carry-over
activities for classic children’s books.
The third in the Hands-On series, Hands-On
Reading Classroom Classics, features the
classic stories that we all know and love.
This fun-filled book is filled with music, art,
cooking, literacy activities, communication device overlays and much more.
The three featured thematic units, and the
books that coordinate with them, include:
The stories in this book include:
The four featured thematic units, and the
books that coordinate with them, include:
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Holiday
Family Fun
Seasons of the Year
Food
Animal
Clothes
Hygiene/Body Parts
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We’re going on a bear hunt
Put me in the zoo
The Runaway Bunny
Like Me
The Little Red Hen
Down by the Bay
and more!
Includes 352 pages.
Mini Mystery Readers
Books & Software
Both books and software feature Sam Sherlock (reading level 2-3) and Bree Cody (reading
level 3-4) as they search for clues and solve each vividly illustrated mystery.
Mini Mystery Readers Books
Features a series of short, captivating mystery books that students will want to read. Each
mystery offers an opportunity for even the most reluctant reader to sharpen her reading
comprehension skills. Includes 24 eight-page books and a reproducible activity book.
Mini Mystery Readers Software
The software reads the books aloud as text is highlighted and lets students
click on any word for identification. Engaging, interactive questions at the
end of each story help students truly understand what is read. An
easy-to-use management system lets you select books for each student
and stores student performance results. Software is Windows and Mac,
touch screen and switch compatible.
Purchase the Mini Mystery Books or the Software individually, or buy both together and save.
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MEville to WEville®
MEville to WEville is an early literacy and communication curriculum which includes detailed lesson plans
with differentiated instruction, assistive technology set
up guide, literacy action dictionary, data collection
system, planners, home activities and reproducibles;
plus get access to the MEville to WEville members
only site with each purchase.
Extending MEville to WEville® with
Literacy Starters Program
The Extending MEville to WEville with Literacy Starters program Includes: MEville to WEville Units 1, 2 & 3 plus an Extending Curricular
manual containing 135 lessons, Three sets of Start-to-Finish Literacy
Starter books (9 paperback books, 6 CDs) and vocabulary cards;
plus access to the MEville to WEville members only site.
Interactive Reading Library 1 & 2
Interactive Reading Libraries teach literacy skills for
students ages 7–12.
Library 1
Library 2
Library 1 is easier than Library 2. All books use visual strategies to
help beginning readers associate pictures with words and follow
story lines.
Each library contains eight laminated, ring-bound books with
removable picture cards. The books feature a standard skill
sequence: picture match, picture identification, and picture labelling. Students interact with the books by attaching Velcro® backed
picture cards to the corresponding text. The Reading Library
encourages nonreading students to participate and succeed in
literacy activities.
NEW software version!
new
Interactive Reading Software reads the books aloud with highlighted text
and lets students click on any word for identification. It features picture-topicture and picture-to-word matching exercises with a speech recording
option. An easy-to-use management system lets you select books for each
student and stores student performance results. Software is Windows only,
2000 or higher.
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Math Exercises For Nonreaders
Math Exercises for Nonreaders includes Picture Communication Symbols (PCS) to help nonreading students learn critical concepts like:
• Number recognition
• Basic counting skills
• Simple addition and subtraction
• Calculator skills
• Number matching
• Grocery math
Reinforce job training, community involvement and life skills education with over 100 activities.
Included worksheets can be customised as needed to suit any learner - even preschoolers
and kindergartners.
*Also available as a Boardmaker Add-on CD - see pg 47.
Schedule It! Sequence It!
The Schedule It! Sequence It! Book features detailed information concerning:
• Creating and using a sequence, schedule, or choice board.
• Social steps, timers, completion signals, and embedded schedules/sequences.
• Training – how to start, the environment, rewards, and prompting.
A few ideas for how to use Schedule It! Sequence It! with your students:
• Stimulate participation in daily chores.
• Prepare students for riding the bus.
• Prepare for the school day with ease using sequencing pages.
• Help transition to bedtime with sequencing pages.
Includes 128 pages and more than 50 templates, instructions to create 17 types of schedules
and sequences and more than 250 schedule-related Picture Communication Symbols (PCS).
RAPS
Reading Activities Project for Older Students
RAPS is designed to help upper elementary and middle school students build language,
social, literacy, sequencing and self-help skills in an enjoyable way.
RAPS includes:
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Ten symbolized story units that can be read in a rap style.
A symbol display for story retelling.
A symbol display for role play/community visits.
Suggested extension activities for practice.
Add to the rap rhythm with motivating age-appropriate themes and repeatable lines.
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Can Do Fun
Help clients with Rett Syndrome communicate and participate. Can Do Fun gives you adapted communication and motor activities for developmental disabilities. Students have opportunities to participate and the tools they need to assist them.
Can Do Fun also helps children practice daily interaction with creative activities, crafts, games
and more.
I Can Cook, Too!
I Can Cook, Too means every child can participate in fun-filled, hands-on cooking activities.
Recipes are arranged according to the school calendar, and provide a least one theme for
each week of the school year. Directions are provided in words and symbols to give students
guidance as they get their creative juices cooking.
Includes 330 pages and 45 recipes.
*Also available as a Boardmaker Add-On CD!
Noisy Stories
Develop pre-reading skills and sound awareness with interactive fun! Noisy Stories presents
sounds in isolation and in combination in a developmentally appropriate format.
It encourages children to respond verbally, with a sign or with an AAC device. Use Noisy Stories
to build sound repertoires using students as models.
Simple Symbol Stories Books I & II
Simple Symbol Stories for Beginning Readers I and II make learning to read fun for everyone by
letting students read and spell short and long vowel sounds with short, simple rhyming stories.
Features humorously illustrated stories and word-for-word picture symbols in addition to the
regular text.
Available individually or as a bundle!
Books
Books are a great classroom resource for simple and effective learning, in particular the development of numeracy, literacy and social skills.
Many books have lesson plans and fun and engaging activites to try in the class. Furthermore, they are lowcost, durable and reusable.
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