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# Title Authors
IN-PLANE SHEAR STRENGTH OF PARTIALLY
1 GROUTED MASONRY SHEAR WALLS Mohamed ElGawady, Shawn Nolph
Structural Restoration of Multi-Wythe Brick Walls of 155
7 Year Old Historic Building Jason Gregorie, Alan J. Schweickhardt
EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CONTACT
AND NON-CONTACT LAP SPLICES IN DOUBLE
12 PULLOUT MASONRY SPECIMENS Lisa R. Feldman, Kawsar Ahmed
THE INTRODUCTION OF HIGHLY PERFORATED
15 CLAY BLOCKS TO THE UK Geoffrey J. Edgell
IMAGE CORRELATION DIAGNOSTICS OF
16 MASONRY ASSEMBLIES Carlo Citto, Shan Wo, Kaspar Willam
ELASTIC MODULI OF STONE MASONRY BASED ON Abdelsamie Elmenshawi, Don Duchesne, Jocelyn
17 STATIC AND DYNAMIC TESTS Paquette, Aftab Mufti, Leslie Jaeger, Nigel Shrive
Special Inspection of Structural Masonry Construction -
A Review of Current Requirements, Upcoming
18 Changes, and Expected Trends in the Future Phillip J. Samblanet, John Chrysler
INVESTIGATION FOR AN OPTIMAL ACCELERATOR Shahriar Rahimi, Javad Mortazavi, Ali Golchin,
20 EMPLOYED IN MASONRY Amir Samad Ghods
INTERNATIONAL SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH
KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER CONSIDERING CULTURE
AND RESOURCES - SLEDGEHAMMER ATTACKS
21 ON ADOBE MASONRY WALLS. Craig Baltimore, David Lambert
IN-PLANE CYLIC PERFORMANCE OF
INTERLOCKING COMPRESSED EARTH BLOCK David W. Bland, Bradley J. Stirling, Daniel C.
22 SHEAR WALLS Jansen, Bing Qu, Peter T. Laursen
23 STRUCTURAL LIGHTWEIGHT MASONRY GROUT P. Brian Petty, Mark R. Nelson
NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF LATERAL LOADING
TESTS ON FULL SCALE MASONRY SUB- F. Parisi, G.P. Lignola, N. Augenti, A. Prota, G.
24 ASSEMBLAGES Manfredi
A FINITE ELEMENT STUDY OF AN INDONESIAN
26 SINGLE STOREY MASONRY DWELLING John Nichols
INVESTIGATION OF THE CAUSE OF COLLAPSE
28 DURING REHABILITATION FOR ADAPTIVE REUSE Rochelle Jaffe
THE BEEHIVE KILNS OF MICA, WA, A Sara Ganzerli, Carl B. Buher, Greg D. Postlewaite,
29 WALKTHROUGH HISTORY OF BRICK PRODUCTION Sydney L. Ulliman
STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING OF NATION’S
30 CULTURAL HERITAGE Saurabh Prabhu, Sez Atamturktur
David Biggs, Richard Filloramo, Mack Scogin,
32 BRICK BEYOND BOUNDARIES Jennifer Pindyck, Michael Filisky
ALLOWABLE STRESS RECALIBRATION IN THE Richard Bennett, Edwin Huston, David McLean,
33 2011 TMS 402 CODE Diane Throop
ALLOWABLE STRESS SHEAR DESIGNS
34 PROVISIONS: TRIAL DESIGNS Richard Bennett, Edwin Huston
TOTORA AS A SUSTAINABLE MATERIAL FOR
INSULATION IN ADOBE MASONRY HOUSES IN Liliana Ninaquispe-Romero, Stephen Weeks,
35 PUNO - PERU Patrick Huelman, Richard Strong
Numerical Modeling of Framed Dry-Stack Interlocking
36 Masonry Panels Kun Lin, Yuri Totoev, Adrian Page
SHEAR DESIGN OF REINFORCED MASONRY
39 BEAMS Edward Sherwood, Salah Sarhat
UNIAXIAL COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH OF BRICKS Sara Ganzerli, Mick Dawn, Jacob DeBorde, Max
42 SUBJECT TO DIFFERENT TEMPERATURES Magee

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MODELING A REINFORCED CONCRETE BUILDING
43 FRAME WITH INFILL WALLS Fernando Madia, Guilherme Parsekian
CONTROL OF GROUT INJECTION CONSOLIDATION
OF THE APOSTLE SANTIAGO’S CHURCH IN JEREZ Esperanza Rodríguez-Mayorga, Emilio Yanes,
45 DE LA FRONTERA Luigia Binda, Andrés Sáez
47 Restoration of the Temple of Antioch Cody Buckley, Ece Erdogmus, Holly Brink
NUMERICAL STUDY OF SHEAR BEHAVIOR OF
UNREINFORCED Vladimir G. Haach, Marcio A. Ramalho, Marcio R.
48 FLANGED WALLS S. Corrêa
Water Vapor Transmission Rates in Common Masonry
49 Construction David Woodham, Andrew Geister
JOINT REINFORCEMENT FOR MASONRY SHEAR
51 WALLS Max Porter, Greg Baenziger
Seismic Design and Performance Considerations for
52 Anchored Masonry Veneers James E. Mendygral, John Sumnicht
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF BALANCED BOND
WRENCH TESTING AND UNBALANCED BOND
53 WRENCH TESTING John Nichols, Nancy Holland
56 VAULTING OF NARBONNE CATHEDRAL Anne Nichols, Vivian Paul, John Nichols
ANALYSIS OF THE VERTICAL LOAD
DISTRIBUTION IN A TEST OF A CLAY MASONRY Marcio Roberto Silva Correa, Valentim Cappuzo
58 TWO-STOREY PANEL Neto, Marcio Antonio Ramalho
FRAGILITY CURVES FOR IN-PLANE SEISMIC
60 BEHAVIOR OF REINFORCED MASONRY WALLS Juan Murcia-Delso, Benson Shing
ASSESSING THE STABILITY OF THE CORE OF
STONE MASONRY WALLS USING DISCRETE
61 ELEMENT MODELLING Andrea Isfeld, Nigel Shrive
OUT-OF-PLANE SEISMIC BEHAVIOR OF Richard E. Klingner, Seongwoo Jo, Hussein Okail,
REINFORCED CONCRETE MASONRY WALL WITH P. Benson Shing, W. Mark McGinley, David
63 CLAY MASONRY VENEER McLean
IN-PLANE SEISMIC BEHAVIOR OF REINFORCED Richard E. Klingner, Seongwoo Jo, Hussein Okail,
CONCRETE MASONRY WALL WITH CLAY P. Benson Shing, W. Mark McGinley, David
64 MASONRY VENEER McLean
ANALYTICAL STUDY OF SEISMIC BEHAVIOR OF A Richard E. Klingner, Seongwoo Jo, Hussein Okail,
REINFORCED CONCRETE MASONRY BUILDING P. Benson Shing, W. Mark McGinley, David
65 WITH CLAY MASONRY VENEER McLean
Richard E. Klingner, Seongwoo Jo, Hussein Okail,
SEISMIC PERFORMANCE TESTS OF CONCRETE P. Benson Shing, W. Mark McGinley, David
66 MASONRY WITH CLAY MASONRY VENEER McLean
Richard E. Klingner, P. Benson Shing, W. Mark
SEISMIC PERFORMANCE TESTS OF MASONRY McGinley, David McLean, Hussein Okail,
67 AND MASONRY VENEER Seongwoo Jo
INTERFACE SHEAR TRANSFER BETWEEN GROUT
68 AND AAC MASONRY Richard E. Klingner, Miguel Forero Henao
SPLICE PROVISIONS FOR DEFORMED
REINFORCEMENT SURROUNDED BY GROUT IN
69 AAC MASONRY Richard E. Klingner, Miguel Forero Henao
BEHAVIOR OF STEEL MOMENT FRAMES WITH AAC
70 INFILLS Richard E. Klingner, Shiv Shanker Ravichandran
SEISMIC DESIGN FACTORS FOR STEEL MOMENT
71 FRAMES WITH MASONRY INFILLS: PART 1 Richard E. Klingner, Shiv Shanker Ravichandran
SEISMIC DESIGN FACTORS FOR STEEL MOMENT
72 FRAMES WITH MASONRY INFILLS: PART 2 Richard E. Klingner, Shiv Shanker Ravichandran
Performance of Brick in Field Freeze-Thaw Exposure to
73 that Predicted by Physical Properties and Freeze-Thaw J. Gregg Borchelt, Brian E. Trimble

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Tests

MOMENT CAPACITY OF COLD-FORMED STEEL

74 ANGLES SUPPORTING MASONRY VENEER WALLS Dirk R.W. Martens, Lex J. van der Meer
AN OVERVIEW OF THE AMERICAN CONCRETE
INSTITUTE DESIGN APPROACH FOR
STRENGTHENING UNREINFORCED MASONRY
(URM) STRUCTURES USING EXTERNALLY
76 BONDED FIBER-REINFORCED POLYMER SYSTEMS John J. Myers
ASSESSMENT OF BRICKS PRODUCED FROM Andrea Mezencevova, Nortey N. Yeboah, Alex
SAVANNAH RIVER SEDIMENT: A CASE STUDY IN Crotty, Susan E. Burns, Lawrence Kahn, Kimberly
77 100% RECYCLED CONTENT BRICK Kurtis
SHEAR WALLS IN TERRACED HOUSES,
ACTIVATING MASONRY BY USING
78 REINFORCEMENT Ad Vermeltfoort,
A FEASIBILITY STUDY OF STONE VENEER CAVITY
79 WALL Byoung-Jun Lee, J. Eric Peterson
SEISMIC DESIGN OF REINFORCED MASONRY
WALLS: CURRENT METHODS AND PROPOSED
81 LIMIT-DESIGN ALTERNATIVE Andres Lepage, Steve Dill, Matthew W. Haapala
THE NEED TO ADOPT PERFORMANCE-BASED
DESIGN FOR THE NEXT
82 GENERATION OF SEISMIC CODES IN CANADA Bennett Banting, Wael El-Dakhakhni
AIR-COUPLED IMPACT ECHO ANALYSIS OF
HISTORIC BRICK MASONRY: FROM BEVERLEY
83 MINSTER TO WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB Thomas Boothby, P.A. Kremer, N.B. Trujillo
EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF CONCRETE MASONRY-
84 INFILLED STEEL FRAMES Pouria Behnam-Manesh, Yi Liu, Sandra Soon
OUT-OF-PLANE BEHAVIOR OF CLAY MASONRY W. Mark McGinley, Hussein Okail, Seongwoo Jo,
VENEER ON WOOD STUD BACKING WALLS UNDER Richard E. Klingner, P. Benson Shing, David I.
85 SEIMIC LOADING McLean, Sameer Hamoush
AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF MASONRY
86 ELEMENTS WITH CHASES Nebojša Mojsilović, Dario Geisseler
CYCLIC SHEAR LOAD TESTS ON SEISMICALLY Nebojša Mojsilović, Joseph Schwartz, Christoph
88 STRENGTHENED MASONRY WALLS Becker, Peter Curiger
Displacement-Based Seismic Performance Evaluation Naveed Ahmad, Qaisar Ali, Helen Crowley, Rui
89 of Dhajji Systems Pinho
Performance of Masonry Buildings in the 2010 Chile
90 (Maule) Earthquake Jennifer E. Tanner, Alvaro Carboni
92 BOND STRENGTH OF FLY-ASH MODIFIED MORTAR R. Gupta, W. McEwen
EVALUATION OF WATER REPELLENT
ADMIXTURES AND COATINGS ON THE AIR
PERMEANCE OF SINGLE-WYTHE CONCRETE Nicholas R. Lang, Jason J. Thompson, Dennis W.
93 MASONRY ASSEMBLIES Graber
DEVELOPMENT OF A MODIFIED BUILDING CODE
EQUATION FOR LAP SPLICE LENGTH
INCORPORATING TRANSVERSE CONFINING Nicholas R. Lang, Jason J. Thompson, Dennis W.
94 REINFORCEMENT Graber
INTERVENTION ON THE MASONRY WALLS OF AN
97 OLD NINETEENTHCENTURY WINERY Juan A. García-Esparza,
A NEW INTERFACE MODEL FOR PRE AND POST-
98 CRACKING ANALYSIS OF MASONRY Asok K. Ghosh, Amde M. Amde
EXPERIMENTAL BEHAVIOR OF THREE CONFINED
MASONRY WALLS SUBJECTED TO UNIFORM OUT- Jorge Varela-Rivera, Luis Fernandez-Baqueiro,
100 OF-PLANE PRESSURES Eric Moreno

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Validation of Provisions for Autoclaved Aerated
Concrete (AAC) in US Masonry Design Code (TMS Jennifer E. Tanner, Jorge L. Varela, Richard E.
101 402) Klingner
GRACIOUS ACTS OF MASONRY GEOMETRY.
FORM AND STEREOTOMIC ANALYSIS OF TWO
102 SIXTEENTH CENTURY RIB VAULTS IN MEXICO Benjamin Ibarra-Sevilla,
Diagnostic investigation of historic buildings hit by
seismic events: the Church of St. Biagio in L’Aquila Luigia Binda, Lorenzo Cantini, Paola Condoleo,
103 (Italy) Stefano Munda, Cristina Tedeschi
THERMOVISION: APPLICATIONS IN
CONSERVATION FIELD TO DETECT HIDDEN
104 CHARACTERISTICS OF BUILDING STRUCTURES Luigia Binda, Lorenzo Cantini, M. Cucchi
105 MASONRY BIM AND THE STRUCTURAL DOMAIN Nawari O. Nawari
CAST STONE ANCHORAGE FOR PRESENT DAY
106 DESIGN Kenneth Bownds
BEHAVIOUR OF REDUCED-SCALE REINFORCED
CONCRETE-BLOCK SHEAR WALLS AND Kevin J. Hughes, Wael W. El-Dakhakhni, Robert
107 COMPONENTS G. Drysdale
108 MIXED-MODE FRACTURE OF MASONRY Xiaosong Xiao, Nigel Shrive
Modelling of spandrel elements in URM structures with
114 RC slabs or ring beams Katrin Beyer, Alessandro Dazio
COMPARISON OF MASONRY AND OTHER
CLADDING MATERIALS IN TERMS OF EMBODIED
115 ENERGY AND CARBON DIOXIDE ‘COSTS’ J. Patrick Rand
Experimental investigation of the longitudinal
reinforcement content of ring beams on the cyclic
116 behaviour of masonry spandrels Alessandro Dazio, Katrin Beyer
RICHTON PARK COMMUNITY CENTER: A CASE
117 STUDY IN LOADBEARING AAC Scott Conwell
OUT-OF-PLANE STABILITY OF REINFORCED Nazli Azimikor, Svetlana Brzev, Kenneth Elwood,
118 MASONRY SHEAR WALLS Donald Anderson
Architecture 3250: Masonry Design and Construction
119 Workshop Olene Bigelow, Mark Wickstrom
REDUCTION IN STRENGTH OF CONCRETE
120 MASONRY DUE TO WEB INTERRUPTION Sreekanta Das, Thomas Ring, David Stubbs
MASONRY, MASS PRODUCTION AND THE
121 ARTICULATED SURFACE Dan Clark
HARMONIZATION OF SHEAR DESIGN BETWEEN
ASD AND SD - WHAT REALLY CONTROLS THE
HORIZONTAL REINFORCEMENT IN A REINFORCED
123 MASONRY SHEAR WALL? Edwin Huston
AN ARCHITECTURAL AND STRUCTURAL
PERSPECTIVE ON THE APPLICATION OF HIGH
PERFORMANCE MASONRY IN RESIDENTIAL
124 BUILDING DESIGN P. Henri Mannik
DIGITALLY AUGMENTED MASONRY: APPLICATION
OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES TO THE DESIGN AND
CONSTRUCTION OF UNCONVENTIONAL MASONRY Tristan Al-Haddad, T. Russell Gentry, Andres
128 STRUCTURES Cavieres
STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF NON- T. Russell Gentry, Tristan Al-Haddad, Andres
130 PLANAR CORBELED CONCRETE MASONRY WALLS Cavieres, Lawrence F. Kahn
MOISTURE PERFORMANCE OF TYPICAL
132 RESIDENTIAL WALLS J. Gregg Borchelt, Charles Clark
USING HYBRID MASONRY BRACING FOR STEEL
133 FRAMES David Biggs

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NSF-NEESR RESEARCH ON HYBRID MASONRY
135 SEISMIC STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS Daniel P. Abrams
LATERAL-FORCE DISTRIBUTIONS FOR VARIOUS
136 TYPES OF HYBRID MASONRY Daniel P. Abrams, Maryam Eidini
COMPUTATIONAL MODELING OF HYBRID
137 MASONRY Ilinca Stanciulescu, Zhenjia Gao
BEHAVIOR OF ENERGY DISSIPATING LINK Gaur Johnson, Ian Robertson, Seth Goodnight,
138 CONNECTORS Reef Ozaki-Train
EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION OF SEISMIC Daniel P. Abrams, Timothy A. Gregor, Larry A.
139 PERFORMANCE FOR HYBRID MASONRY Fahnestock
Use of Textile Reinforced Mortar (TRM) for External Vivek Bindiganavile, Md. Toihidul Islam, Alexander
140 Strengthening of Stone Masonry Units Melnik
Validation of Newly Developed Standard for Evaluating Jennifer E. Tanner, Michael P. Schuller, Margaret
142 Historic Mortar (ASTM C1713-10) Thomson
Nano-scale Treatment to Optimize Water Tightness of Vivek Bindiganavile, Meghdad Hoseini, Md.
143 Fibre Reinforced Hydraulic Lime Mortar Toihidul Islam, Alexander Melnik
SOLUTIONS FOR CRITICAL AXIAL LOADS IN
ECCENTRICALLY
COMPRESSED AND LATERALLY LOADED
144 SLENDER URM MEMBERS Arturo Schultz
SHAKING TABLE TESTS PERFORMED ON POOR
CONFINED MASONRY MODELS: AN
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION FOR
145 IMPROVEMENT OF SEISMIC BEHAVIOR Daniel Quiun
PERFORMANCE OF MASONRY CONSTRUCTIONS
146 IN THE PERU EARTHQUAKE OF AUGUST 15, 2007 Daniel Quiun, Angel San Bartolomé
FINITE ELEMENT VERIFICATION OF MOMENT
MAGNIFIERS FOR UNREINFORCED MASONRY
147 WALLS LOADED OUT-OF-PLANE Jennifer Bean Popehn, Arturo Schultz
STRUCTURAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF
BRUNELLESCHI’S DUOMO DI SANTA MARIA DEL
148 FIORE T. Russell Gentry, Tolek Lesniewski
ANALYTICAL INVESTIGATION OF UNBONDED
POST-TENSIONED
CONFINED MASONRY WALLS FOR HIGH-RISE
150 MASONRY BUILDINGS Jorge Ruiz-Garcia, Eduwin G. Perez-Leal
Numerical Simulation of FRP Retrofitted Laterally
151 Loaded Masonry Ataur Rahman, Tamon Ueda
PRESERVATION & RESTORATION OF THE Steven M. Talafous, Keith A. Pashina, Ryan E.
152 PLUMMER BUILDING Riley, David Eide
P. Benson Shing, Hussein O. Okail, William M.
Seismic Performance of Masonry Veneer in Wood- McGinley, Richard E. Klingner, Seongwoo Jo,
156 Frame Structures David I. McLean
SEISMIC PERFORMANCE OF PARTIALLY
GROUTED REINFORCED CONCRETE MASONRY
BUILDINGS USING 1/3 SCALE UNITS
PHASE 1-B: CORRELATION STUDY OF MASONRY
157 ASSEMBLEAGES Ahmad A. Hamid D. Drkulec E. Alpaslan F. Moon
Development of Loadbearing Concrete Masonry as a
Cost-Efficient Residential Building Construction in
158 Egypt Ahmad A. Hamid, Hany Elshafie
USE OF LATERAL RESTRAINT ANCHORS FOR
STABILIZATION OF MULTIWYTHE MASONRY
160 WALLS J. Eric Peterson, Alan Pettingale
SEISMIC RETROFIT—CITY OF LOS ANGELES
163 DIVISION 88 John Chrysler
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IN-PLANE BEHAVIOR OF TUFF MASONRY PANELS Giancarlo Marcari, Daniel Oliveira, Giovanni
164 STRENGTHENED WITH FRP DIAGONAL LAYOUT Fabbrocino, Paulo Lourenço
Variation of shear strength of masonry with different
167 mortar properties Thomas Zimmermann, Alfred Strauss
Cyclic Out-of-plane behaviour of posttensioned clay Jason M. Ingham, Najif Ismail, Peter T. Laursen,
169 brick masonry Arturo E. Schultz
CALCULATIONS ON THE LOAD BEARING
CAPACITY OF
PRESTRESSED MASONRY WALLS SUBJECTED TO
170 SHEAR LOADS Erhard Gunkler, Harald Budelmann Ulf Husemann
Influence of Compression and Tension fracture Gian Piero Lignola, R. Cuzzilla, A. Prota, G.
171 energies on different brickwork masonry panels Manfredi
Visual based seismic risk assessment of low rise
172 unreinforced masonry structures Jorge Muñoz
177 Performance of Post-tensioned Dry-masonry Hector Urrego-Giraldo , Ricardo Bonett-Diaz
th
Seismic Evaluation of 17-18 Century Lucknow (India)
182 Monuments — A Case Study of Rumi Darwaza Durgesh C Rai, Dhanapal S
OUT-OF-PLANE STRENGTH OF DAMAGED
183 UNREINFORCED MASONRY WALLS Durgesh C Rai, Pawan Agnihotri
184 THE EVOLUTION OF MASONRY MORTARS Amde M. Amde
STRENGTHENING OF HISTORIC BRICK MASONRY
185 WALLS WITH GFRP COATING Miha Tomaževič, Matija Gams, Thierry Berset
186 CASE HISTORY OF A FAILURE Gary Hart, Joel Castro
Mechanical behavior of concrete block masonry - Humberto Ramos Roman, Paulo Lorenco, Gihad
187 Influence of vertical joint Mohamad
EXAMINING CREEP BUCKLING IN COMPOSITE Mahmoud M. Reda Taha , Tai Fan, Jung J. Kim,
188 MASONRY COLUMNS Nigel G. Shrive
PERFORMANCE OF MASONRY BUILDINGS DURING
THE 2010 DARFIELD (NEW ZEALAND)
189 EARTHQUAKE Jason M. Ingham, Najif Ismail, Mike Griffith
PROPOSED SYSTEM-LEVEL TESTING OF MULTI-
STOREY REINFORCED MASONRY BUILDINGS Paul Heerema, Mustafa Siyam, W.W. El-
190 UNDER SIMULATED SEISMIC LOADING Dakhakhni
A SIMPLIFIED EVALUATION OF THE INFLUENCE OF
THE BOND PATTERN ON THE BRICKWORK LIMIT Andrea Bacigalupo, Andrea Cavicchi, Luigi
191 STRENGTH Gambarotta
Behaviour of Reduced-Scale Fully-Grouted Concrete Joseph C. Wierzbicki, Robert G. Drysdale, Wael
192 Block Shear Walls El-Dakhakhni
LIMITING TORSIONAL ECCENTRICITY FOR THE
SIMPLIFIED METHOD FOR THE SEISMIC ANALYSIS
OF LOW-RISE CONFINED MASONRY SHEAR-WALL
193 BUILDINGS IN MEXICAN CODE Arturo Tena-Colunga Arturo López-Blancas
STRENGTHENING CONCRETE MASONRY WITH Nigel Shrive, Madhar Haddad, Guilherme
194 SPRAYED GLASS FIBRE REINFORCED POLYMER Parsekian
DAMPING IN REINFORCED CONCRETE MASONRY
195 WALLS Shelley Lissel, Hamed Saiedi
 

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