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• Tegan Hanlon - Alaska Dispatch News

  18-05-2016 22:35
  
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  Grown in Pennsylvania, Tegan latched onto journalism as a kid while editing her middle school's pint-sized newspaper. Then, she kept writing. She attended the University of Pittsburgh, reporting for the university's publications and bopping around at ...and more »
  
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• Geologists look at possibility of tsunami-inducing megaquakes

  18-05-2016 22:08
  
  In the next 50 years there’s a 9% chance of an Aleutian island earthquake so strong it could send a devastating tsunami to Hawaii. That’s according to researchers from University of Hawaii at Manoa.
  Geologists on Sedanka Island examine drift logs a large 1957 tsunami carried more than a half mile from shore. This information helps researchers estimate the minimum run-up of tsunami waves. (Photo courtesy of Robert Witter)A magnitude 9.0 or greater earthquake is what researchers a
  
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• Mat-Su pot moratorium stalls growth of cannabis industry

  18-05-2016 21:43
  
  Three steps forward, two steps back. Mat-Su’s marijuana moratorium ordinance went through another iteration at Tuesday night’s Borough Assembly meeting, while a mayoral bid to kill the moratorium entirely met defeat.
  Cannabis Plant. (Photo by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)A contentious ordinance approved by the Matanuska-Susitna Borough Assembly earlier this month puts a hold on all marijuana business activity within the Borough until after an October Borough election. Despite an ou
  
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• Next interim UAF chancellor will be internal candidate

  18-05-2016 20:57
  The next interim chancellor of the University of Alaska Fairbanks will be either a current or former UAF employee.
  That’s according to UA President Jim Johnsen. He says it’s critical that the next hire is already familiar with the university system.
  “Someone who knows us; someone who’s from here; someone people know,” Johnsen said. “We’ve got some very serious stuff to do and there’s not much time to learn.”
  This comes on the heels of last we
  
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• Juneau breaks ground on its new homeless housing initiative

  18-05-2016 20:34
  
  In 2012, the Juneau Homeless Coalition identified 55 of the most vulnerable homeless people living in the community. Since then, nine have died.
  Nancy Barnes sings during a groundbreaking ceremony for a homeless housing facility on Monday May 16, 2016 in Juneau, Alaska. The Juneau Housing First Collaborative is overseeing the project which will put a 32-unit facility in place. Barnes and others in a multicultural Yees Ku Oo dance group performed on the construction site as part of the celebratio
  
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• Alaska's congressional delegation presses Interior on OCS development - WorldOil (subscription)

  18-05-2016 18:07
  Alaska's congressional delegation presses Interior on OCS development
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  WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Alaska's congressional delegation—Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan and Rep. Don Young—has sent a letter to Interior Secretary Sally Jewell urging the Department to keep all three lease sales proposed for Alaska's OCS in the ...
  
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• Alaska's Main Port Needs A Makeover - WBUR

  18-05-2016 16:27
  
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  Alaska's Main Port Needs A Makeover
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  Terminal 1 of the port, completed in 1961. (Photo/Courtesy Port of Anchorage via Alaska Public Media). An enormous share of Alaska's food, fuel, and supplies comes through just a single entryway: the port in Anchorage. Even small communities in distant ...
  
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• Rain or Shine smothers Alaska in Game 6, claims 2nd PBA crown - Inquirer.net

  18-05-2016 15:29
  
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  Rain or Shine smothers Alaska in Game 6, claims 2nd PBA crown
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  Regaining the shooting touch they lost in the last two games, the Elasto Painters lit the board with 15 three-pointers and ripped the Alaska Milk Aces, 109-92, to eventually claim the Oppo PBA Commissioner's Cup championship at the Smart Araneta ...
  Rain or Shine ends title drought with Game 6 win over AlaskaRappler
  It's Rain or Shine's turn to shine, trumps Alaska for titleGMA News
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• As oil boom goes bust, Oklahoma protects drillers and squeezes schools

  18-05-2016 15:18
  
  As oil boom goes bust, Oklahoma protects drillers and squeezes schools Two years ago, Oklahoma lawmakers voted to keep in place some of the lowest taxes on oil and gas production in the United States -- a break worth $470 million in fiscal year 2015 alone. The state’s schools haven’t been so fortunate.May 18, 2016
  
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• Gone wild: Gardens man who moved to Alaska sets up 'summer chalet' - Palm Beach Post (blog)

  18-05-2016 15:09
  
  Gone wild: Gardens man who moved to Alaska sets up 'summer chalet'
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  Graham Strickland's 11-year-old American pit bull terrier, Colt, lounges in his “summer chalet” in Delta Junction, Alaska. Courtesy photo. If you've been following former Palm Beach Gardens resident Graham Strickland's journey to Alaska and feeling ...
  
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• How to travel Alaska for less - Christian Science Monitor

  18-05-2016 14:01
  
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  How to travel Alaska for less
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  Alaska, our 50th state, has a reputation for being an expensive vacation spot, but if you can make it up there, the beauty of your surroundings is well worth the trip. By Mark Jackson, Brad's Deals May 18, 2016. Save for later Saved. close. A marmot ...and more »
  
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• Caught on video: Alaska cop & citizens rock burning SUV to free trapped man - STATter911

  18-05-2016 09:29
  
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  Caught on video: Alaska cop & citizens rock burning SUV to free trapped man
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  An Anchorage police officer and a group of bystanders rescued a man trapped in a burning car that rolled over Sunday in East Anchorage, the department says. Police were notified of a single vehicle rollover on Middlerock Road at around 4 p.m..
  Video shows Alaska police officer and strangers save man underneath a burning carDaily Mail
  Dramatic video shows Alaska police, drivers rescue man from b
  
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• Alaska Attorney General’s office fights House-led appeal in Medicaid lawsuit

  18-05-2016 07:22
  
  Alaska Attorney General’s office fights House-led appeal in Medicaid lawsuit The Alaska Attorney General’s office says the Alaska House lacks the authority to substitute itself for a legislative committee in the appeal of a lower court’s decision to allow Gov. Walker’s Medicaid expansion.May 17, 2016
  
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• Raiding the Permanent Fund threatens Alaska's economy and future - Alaska Dispatch News

  18-05-2016 05:21
  
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  Raiding the Permanent Fund threatens Alaska's economy and future
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  Sometimes shortcuts don't work. You run into road construction, traffic is backed up or you get lost. The leadership in the Senate majority caucus has found a shortcut, but it's dangerous and has the potential to jeopardize our state's future. Since ...
  Prospect of special session looms for Alaska lawmakersFairbanks Daily News-Miner
  For the first time, Alaska Permanent Fund earnings may ba
  
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• Following recent crashes, FAA looks to improve safety culture among Alaska pilots - KTUU.com

  18-05-2016 05:12
  
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  Following recent crashes, FAA looks to improve safety culture among Alaska pilots
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  ANCHORAGE (KTUU) - After seeing a “significant increase” in airplanes in Alaska flying into mountains and other difficult terrain, the Federal Aviation Administration says it will be further engaging air carriers across the state to emphasize a culture ...
  
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• Video: A Norwegian twist on Alaska's ubiquitous fishing boot - Alaska Dispatch News

  18-05-2016 05:02
  
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  Video: A Norwegian twist on Alaska's ubiquitous fishing boot
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  Naomi Welde is part of a dedicated team of artists determined to preserve a little bit of Alaska history. The Muskeg Malers is a group of Norwegian rosemalers who paint storefronts and interiors around Petersburg. Petersburg, also known as “Little ...
  
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• University gets $18 million for U-Med road project in Alaska House committee - Alaska Dispatch News

  18-05-2016 04:56
  
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  University gets $18 million for U-Med road project in Alaska House committee
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  State lawmakers on Tuesday voted to transfer $18 million to the University of Alaska to build the contentious extension of Elmore Road through Anchorage's University-Medical District. The move, inserted into the state's capital budget in the House ...
  
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• It's oil tax debate season in Alaska, but let's do it right - Alaska Dispatch News

  18-05-2016 04:56
  
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  It's oil tax debate season in Alaska, but let's do it right
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  As routine as annual dipnetting and moose hunting seasons, this is the season for rehashing Alaska's oil taxes. It's becoming a ritual, complete with its own traditions, and its own myths. I have read in these pages that Alaska "is giving away more in ...and more »
  
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• It's far past time for Alaska to protect Denali wolves with a buffer zone - Alaska Dispatch News

  18-05-2016 04:28
  
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  It's far past time for Alaska to protect Denali wolves with a buffer zone
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  OPINION: For the sake of good science, lucrative tourism and simple stewardship, Alaska leaders need to stand up and protect Denali's wolves on state land along park boundary. Pixabay. One of the two remaining East Fork wolves of Denali National Park ...and more »
  
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• Elaine Abraham, ground-breaking Tlingit elder, dead at 87 - Alaska Dispatch News

  18-05-2016 04:28
  
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  Elaine Abraham, ground-breaking Tlingit elder, dead at 87
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  In the Tlingit idiom, Elaine Elizabeth Abraham “walked into the woods” early Monday morning. The much-accomplished Tlingit woman from Yakutat died around 1:30 a.m. at the Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage. She was 87. She was born June 19, ...and more »
  
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• Man Believed to Be Ex-Arizona Lawmaker Held in Alaska Death - ABC News

  18-05-2016 04:01
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  Man Believed to Be Ex-Arizona Lawmaker Held in Alaska Death
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  A man believed to be a former Arizona state legislator who has spent the last month as a day laborer in Alaska's capital city has been accused of killing a man in a hunting party after a day of drinking. Mark De Simone, 53, faces murder charges in the ...
  Former Arizona lawmaker held on murder charges in Alaska shootingazcentral.com
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• Why Eagle River 8th graders want more police

  18-05-2016 03:47
  
  
  Tonya Shakhov re-caps a three-month project focused on crime in Anchorage and Alaska with her seventh period social studies class at Gruening Middle School. Photo: Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media.In order to fight rising property crime, Anchorage needs more police. That’s the conclusion of a group of miniature experts: a class of 8th graders in Eagle River. And they think they’ve got a solution for city leaders.
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• Alaska's $100 million plastic problem catches congressional attention - Alaska Dispatch News

  18-05-2016 03:39
  
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  Alaska's $100 million plastic problem catches congressional attention
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  A barge docked in Seattle carries nearly 3,400 super-sacks of marine debris from remote beaches in Alaska and British Columbia, on August 6 2015. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |. WASHINGTON -- Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan turned the ...
  Plastics, once America's darling, now foreign villain on Alaska shoresAlaska Public Radio Networkall 2 news articles »
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, May 17, 2016

  18-05-2016 03:33
  
  
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  Despite Walker’s objections, Legislature considers dipping into Permanent Fund
  Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO – Juneau
  Alaska’s government has never in 40 years used permanent fund earnings to balance the state budget. That could change this
  
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• Despite Walker’s objections, Legislature considers dipping into Permanent Fund earnings

  18-05-2016 02:58
  
  
  Alaska’s government has never in 40 years used permanent fund earnings to balance the state budget. That could change this year. How the Legislature and Governor Bill Walker handle a plan could have big implications on Alaskans’ Permanent Fund dividends.
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  Gov. Bill Walker at a press availability, January 28, 2016. Photo: Skip Gray/360NorthWednesday is the last day of the legislative session. And lawmakers head into it without knowing how they’re going to fill a ro
  
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• Despite Walker’s objections, Legislature considers dipping into Permanent Fund

  18-05-2016 02:58
  
  Alaska’s government has never in 40 years used permanent fund earnings to balance the state budget. That could change this year. How the Legislature and Governor Bill Walker handle a plan could have big implications on Alaskans’ Permanent Fund dividends.
  Gov. Bill Walker at a press availability, January 28, 2016. Photo: Skip Gray/360NorthWednesday is the last day of the legislative session. And lawmakers head into it without knowing how they’re going to fill a roughly $3.5 bill
  
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• Anchorage man mauled by a bear near Yakutat

  18-05-2016 02:28
  
  An Anchorage man was mauled by a brown bear near Yakutat over the weekend.
  (Photo courtesy of ADFG)29-year-old Kenneth Steck was medevacked to Providence Medical Center in Anchorage on Friday, after suffering extensive bite wounds.
  According to Yakutat police, Steck went camping in Disenchantment Bay on Thursday, near Callahonda Creek, with his wife and several other friends. The group was armed, and planning to hunt for black bear if they saw any.
  On Friday, Steck left camp on his own to get wa
  
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• Plastics, once America’s darling, now foreign villain on Alaska shores

  18-05-2016 02:00
  
  Plastic debris on a Montague Island beach. (2015 file photo: Chris Pallister/Gulf of Alaska Keeper)U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan chaired a hearing in Washington this morning on marine debris, and he asked the witnesses if there was consensus on what the focus should be.
  “Is everyone in general agreement on that?” he asked the panel of experts he assembled. “Plastics?”
  Saying it, Sullivan said he felt like he was in that 1960s movie, “The Graduate,” where a young
  
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• We're just a vote away from helping Alaska's foster children - Alaska Dispatch News

  18-05-2016 01:52
  
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  We're just a vote away from helping Alaska's foster children
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  As a mother and grandmother, and through my work with foster youth and the Alaska Children's Trust, I have realized that few things are of higher priority to me than the safety and well-being of our youth and families. Imagine a foster child finally ...
  
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• Respected elders drown In Yukon River near Marshall

  18-05-2016 01:03
  
  Two elders drowned this weekend in Marshall when their vehicle suddenly slid into the Yukon River. The couple left a legacy of sharing traditional knowledge with their community.
  Fishing skiff in Marshall, Alaska. (Photo courtesy of Danielle Ringer / Alaska Department of Fish and Game)
  According to the Alaska State Trooper dispatch, Angelina Coffee, 76, and her husband Frank Coffee, 80, were launching their boat Saturday evening. Frank was driving when the vehicle suddenly plunged down a steep b
  
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• Murder investigation underway at Excursion Inlet

  18-05-2016 00:52
  
  A Juneau man has been charged with murder in the shooting death of 34-year-old Dulio Rosales in Excursion Inlet. Rosales is also from Juneau.
  Excursion Inlet from the air. (Photo by Janine Allen, KHNS – Haines)According to Alaska State Troopers, investigation revealed Rosales died of a gunshot wound.
  On Sunday, the U.S. Coast Guard contacted troopers to report the death at a remote cabin in Excursion Inlet, a secluded community in the Haines Borough with a year-round population of less tha
  
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• Trump campaign reveals list of Alaska Republican co-chairs and supporters

  18-05-2016 00:45
  
  Alaska Republican leaders from all parts of the GOP spectrum are uniting behind Donald Trump for president. On Monday, the Trump campaign’s Alaska branch released a list of honorary co-chairs. It includes legislators Mike Chenault and Lesil McGuire , as well as former Lieutenant Gov. Loren Leman. Anchorage Baptist Temple pastor Jerry Prevo and conservative talk-radio host Glen Biegel are on the list, as is former Alaska Commerce Commissioner Paul Fuhs.
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• Alaska Copper River Salmon - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  18-05-2016 00:22
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  Alaska Copper River Salmon
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  Alaska Airlines Captain Jeff Latta holds up a Copper River King Salmon, Tuesday, May 17, 2016, after he piloted the first cargo shipment of the fish this season from Cordova, Alaska, to Seattle. As much as 80,000 lbs. of the fish were expected to ...
  Alaska Airlines Delivers Seasons First Copper River SalmonAirways News (blog)
  Alaska Air Cargo Plans to Deliver up to 80000 Pounds of Wild Copper River Salmon to Seatt
  
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• Alaska Air elevates execs at its two airlines - The Seattle Times

  18-05-2016 00:21
  
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  Alaska Air elevates execs at its two airlines
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  Alaska Air Group promoted two top executives to head operations at Alaska Airlines and at regional subsidiary Horizon Air. Share story. Alaska Air Group on Monday promoted Alaska Airlines chief operating officer Ben Minicucci to president of the airline.
  Alaska Air, Virgin America received Justice Department request for more informationMarketWatch
  DOJ asks for more information on Alaska-Virgin mergerATWOnline
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• Sun turns to snow for parts of Interior Alaska - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  18-05-2016 00:14
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  Sun turns to snow for parts of Interior Alaska
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  Where did spring go? This is what is happening in the Denali Park area today. Big wet flakes are sticking to trees and bushes. Kris Capps/News-Miner. May snow. Photo courtesy of Edward Ross of Fairbanks AlaskaTaken today at 2:09 pm1 1/2 inches of ...and more »
  
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• New Senate oil tax proposal preserves key tax break for big companies

  18-05-2016 00:14
  
  New Senate oil tax proposal preserves key tax break for big companies The Alaska Senate on Tuesday dismantled the compromise oil tax bill that passed the House last week, offering a substitute that agrees with a pair of significant provisions but eliminates a major North Slope tax increase that the House had aimed at big producers.May 17, 2016
  
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• Qawalangin tribe discusses resources for the elderly

  18-05-2016 00:04
  
  What resources are available to people when they near they end of their lives? That was the subject of a community meeting last week between the Qawalangin tribe and the Aleutian Pribalof Islands Association.
  Community meeting last week between
  the Qawalangin tribe and the Aleutian Pribalof Islands
  Association. (Photo by Zoe Sobel, KUCB – Unalaska)Verla Robinson is 76 years old and she’s thinking about her future.
  “When it comes time for me to die, I’m going to take a hik
  
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