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• Inbox Jukebox: A Weekly Shortlist of Good New Music. Belly, Liz Phair, Lithics, and More

  16-03-2018 23:58 via thestranger.com
  
  Our music critic reviews great new and oldish tunes by Belly, Liz Phair, Lithics, and more from his deluged inbox.by Dave SegalAfter a 23-year hiatus, Belly drop the feelgood hit of the spring. Chris Gorman
  Belly, “Shiny One” (PledgeMusic). Honestly, I did not expect to be impressed by Belly in 2018. But Tanya Donelly and company have come back strong with a song pregnant with a subtle Eastern psychedelic lilt and sensual beauty in the melody. Bonus: The production smacks of Smashing
  
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• Savage Love Letter of the Day: My Loving Dads' New Boyfriend Is a Real Asshat

  16-03-2018 23:26 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan Savage
  My dads adopted me, and later my little brother, at birth. Neither of us have ever had to ask for anything: love, encouragement, support. Six months ago, when our dads told us they'd been seeing another man, "Melvin," for some time, I hoped I finally had the opportunity to return the favor.
  But Melvin's sense of humor is barbed. One of my dads stayed home to raise my brother and me, and we're incredibly close. We chat on the phone three or four nights a week, and sometimes I'll spe
  
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• Anti-Patriarchy Punks Fucked and Bound Kick Off Their Tour in Seattle Tomorrow

  16-03-2018 23:25 via thestranger.com
  
  With Fucked and Bound, He Whose Ox Is Gored's Lisa Mungo rages with punk fury against the patriarchy... and rude bar patrons.by Joseph Schafer Uly CurryIt was the evening of February 28 when Lisa Mungo walked out of Fremont’s Bar House, closing the door on a room full of the sound of Parliament-Funkadelic, and the cheers of her regular patrons. She had built up a stable of smiling, tipping, drinking faces during her tenure as a bartender, but was now leaving that life behind in favor of a
  
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• Seattle Food News You Can Use This Weekend

  16-03-2018 22:52 via thestranger.com
  For March 16–18, 2018by Stranger Things To Do StaffThis week brings a second chance for some previously closed restaurants: The ever-popular Babirusa, which broke a lot of hearts with the closure of its Eastlake location last December, is officially back in business in Belltown as of yesterday. Plus, RPM Pizza and Records opens again under new ownership. Read on for all of that and more food news you need to know, like the next round of James Beard finalists, new weekend hours for Westman'
  
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• Babirusa is Back and More Seattle Food News You Can Use: March 15, 2018 Edition

  16-03-2018 22:47 via thestranger.com
  Plus St. Patrick's Day specials and James Beard Award finalists.by Stranger Things To Do StaffThis week brings a second chance for some previously closed restaurants: The ever-popular Babirusa, which broke a lot of hearts with the closure of its Eastlake location last December, is officially back in business in Belltown as of yesterday. Plus, RPM Pizza and Records opens again under new ownership. Read on for all of that and more food news you need to know, like the next round of James Beard fina
  
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• Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal Is Doing a Gun Violence Town Hall with High School Students Tomorrow

  16-03-2018 22:39 via thestranger.com
  
  The town hall will preview a march and rally organized by high school students on March 24.by Sydney BrownstoneBallard High students protesting during last Wednesday's school walkout. SB
  Did you cry when all those students walked out of their classrooms last Wednesday to protest political inaction on gun violence? Are you a student who walked out, too?
  On Saturday, Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal and Seattle March for Our Lives—the group of high school students organizing the protests—
  
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• Last-Minute Plans: 65 Free, Cheap & Easy Things To Do In Seattle This Weekend: March 16-18, 2018

  16-03-2018 22:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffCheck out the opening reception for Susanna Bluhm's Mississippi & Arizona gallery show on Saturday. The project came out of the artist's vow to visit as many so-called "red states" as possible during Trump's presidency.
  We've already compiled a list of 43 cheap & easy St. Patrick's Day events, but affordable and last-minute entertainment doesn't have to involve bagpipes or green beer this weekend. Below, find non-Paddy's Day options that won't cost more than
  
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• AD: SEATTLE SCOTCH & BEER FEST

  16-03-2018 22:16 via strangertickets.com
  50+ Beers & Curated Scotch & Whiskey Flights Indoors at Fremont Studiosby Stranger Things To Do PartnerSeattle Scotch & Beer Fest, a benefit for Seattle Humane, combines the region’s largest Spring Beer Festival with Master of Scotch curated Scotch & Whiskey flights! The event, taking place indoors Fremont Studios on March 30 & 31, is topped off with a tax-free bottle shop.Get TicketsHere![ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• Seattle human services director Catherine Lester, who oversaw homelessness response, is stepping down

  16-03-2018 22:06
  Catherine Lester, who leads the city’s Human Services Department and much of its response to Seattle’s homelessness crisis, is stepping down. Lester’s last day with the city will be May 1, after almost three years as the department’s permanent director and a total of seven years with HSD. She is moving back to Toronto to […]
  
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• Jewish-Owned Eatery in Portland Accused of Nazi Sympathizing

  16-03-2018 21:42 via thestranger.com
  
  A social media firestorm is brewing in Portland's food scene.by Katie Herzog Getty Images
  At Portland’s Kachka restaurant, you can get Russian hors d'oeuvres like perlova: pickled pears with barley, dill, sorrel, mushroom, and hazelnut. You can get dumplings, cabbage rolls, rabbit, game hen, and an array of pickles and spreads. And you can get vodka—an entire menu of it, from places like Moscow, Slovakia, Poland, and, of course, from Portland itself.Much lauded by locals and food cri
  
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• Tomb Raider: This Lara Croft Is Great! Her Movie Isn’t

  16-03-2018 21:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Chipp Terwilliger
  While Marvel has mastered the art of bringing comic-book superheroes to life with fully realized films, successfully translating video games to the big screen has remained a puzzle for the ages. In Tomb Raider, Norwegian director Roar Uthaug attempts to buck this trend by injecting Lara Croft’s latest outing with the same grit and realism that made the video game’s 2013 reboot such a breath of fresh air. The results are… mixed.An origin story through and t
  
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• British Columbia Will Kick in $300,000 to Study High-Speed Rail

  16-03-2018 21:24 via thestranger.com
  
  Could a high-speed train someday connect Vancouver, Seattle, and Portland?by Heidi GrooverA bullet train in Tokyo.JIANGANG WANG/getty
  British Columbia will contribute $300,000 to the latest study of a potential high-speed rail line connecting the Pacific Northwest's three biggest cities.The Washington State Legislature recently directed $1.2 million in public and private funds toward a new "business case analysis" of high-speed rail connecting Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver, British Columbia.I
  
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• Savage Love: What Is Love?

  16-03-2018 21:15 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan Savage Joe NewtonI'm a 33-year-old woman from Melbourne, Australia, dating a 24-year-old man. We've been dating for about eight months; it is exclusive and official. He's kind and sweet, caring and giving, and his penis is divine. The thing is, he confessed to me recently that he doesn't really "feel." The way he explained it is, the only emotions he feels are fear and anxiousness that he'll disappoint the people he cares about. He says he's never been in love. He said his dad is the same
  
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• Washington, B.C. leaders eye high-speed rail line

  16-03-2018 21:11
  Gov. Jay Inslee and British Columbia Premier John Horgan are dreaming big dreams of high-speed rail service, and sharing the nightmare of any oil spill in the Salish Sea.
  
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• Longtime Seattle paint supplier Daly’s ends in the red

  16-03-2018 21:02
  Longtime family owned business Daly's Paint and Decorating closes doors, leaving debt and unfulfilled customer orders.
  
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• The Best Festivals in Seattle: Spring 2018

  16-03-2018 21:01 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffSakura-Con, the Northwest's "oldest and most well-attended" anime convention, will return on March 30. Vic DeLeon
  Find a complete list of festivals in Seattle this spring on our Things To Do calendar, or check out the rest of our critics' picks from Seattle Art and Performance.
  Stay in the know! Get all this and more on the free Stranger Things To Do mobile app (available for iOS and Android), or delivered to your inbox.March 20–April 25
  *Momentum Festival
  Thi
  
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• Feds demand proof that steel for giant nuclear-waste treatment plant in Washington state is safe

  16-03-2018 21:01
  The contractor on the Hanford nuclear reservation project was given 14 days to provide documentation — not because of a specific safety concern but because the records have not previously been provided.
  
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• The Spring Edition of The Stranger's Art + Performance Quarterly Is Out Now!

  16-03-2018 20:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by The Stranger
  Spring has arrived once again, the weather is transforming from mostly dreary and wet, to bright, beautiful and fresh—and you're still around to enjoy it. Bravo! This means you're also around to enjoy a new season of art shows, performances, concerts, book readings and signings, film screenings, and festivals. Here's a quick breakdown of what you can find in The Stranger's Spring 2018 edition of the Art + Performance Quarterly, which hit the street this week...James Baldwin
  
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• The Utter Economic Stupidity of Jenny Durkan's Budget Cuts

  16-03-2018 20:05 via thestranger.com
  
  Durkan is supposed to be progressive. But she is not.by Charles MudedeSome in here is "distilling their frenzy from some academic scribbler." City Hall
  In size, the stupidity of Jenny Durkan's proposed "city-wide" budget cuts cannot be captured even by the word elephantine. And her call for the cuts to be city-wide is to give them the appearance of fairness. But we have yet to live in a society where budget cuts hurt the rich. When you say cuts, you mean nothing but the extraction of wealth from
  
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• APNewsBreak: EPA may be overstating claims from mine spill

  16-03-2018 19:56
  DENVER (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it has almost finished an overdue review of damage claims from a Colorado mine waste spill that the agency accidentally triggered, but an internal agency accounting of those claims appears to be off by tens of millions of dollars. An EPA spreadsheet says the claims for […]
  
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• Just Announced: May Will Be Nordic Seattle Month, Featuring 20+ Events

  16-03-2018 19:55 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffSee Tori Wrånes's Ældgammel Baby at the Nordic Museum's Northern Exposure: Contemporary Nordic Arts Revealed exhibit, which will open along with the new museum. Courtesy of the Nordic Museum
  The Nordic Museum announced yesterday that they will partner with two dozen local and international organizations this May to put on "more than 20 separate events celebrating the diverse music, film, literature, live theater and family activities of the Nordic region
  
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• Report: Abortion is safe but barriers reduce quality of care

  16-03-2018 19:53
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Abortions in the U.S. are very safe but getting one without facing delays and false medical information depends on where women live, says a broad examination of the nation’s abortion services. Friday’s report from the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine shows abortion increasingly is performed early in pregnancy, when it’s […]
  
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• The Illusionists Is an Exciting, Astonishing, Beautiful Magic Show

  16-03-2018 19:40 via thestranger.com
  
  by Christopher FrizzelleAnd this guy, Colin Cloud, did some things with the crowd I can't stop thinking about. The Illusionists plays through this weekend.
  5th Avenue Theatre was packed last night with a rowdy, boisterous, mind-blown crowd. "Wow!" and "What?" and "Oh my god" all night long. Plenty of jokes that kept on giving, jokes that went right over the kids' heads. Plenty of tricks involving people from the audience who didn't know each other having their minds read. One of the guys whose m
  
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• Boeing’s MAX 7 heads into blue skies above Renton on first flight

  16-03-2018 19:36
  The third and smallest model of Boeing’s new 737 MAX jet family successfully completed its first flight Friday, taking off from Renton soon after 10 a.m. and landing at Boeing Field just over three hours later.
  
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• The Best Jazz Concerts in Seattle: Spring 2018

  16-03-2018 19:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffBettye LaVette's got a Tina Turner-esque rasp and vibrant soul, and you can see her in April at Benaroya Hall. Marina Chavez
  Find a complete list of jazz concerts in Seattle this spring on our Things To Do calendar, or check out the rest of our critics' picks from Seattle Art and Performance.
  Stay in the know! Get all this and more on the free Stranger Things To Do mobile app (available for iOS and Android), or delivered to your inbox.March 19 & April 21
  Pink Ma
  
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• King County Jails Understaffed, Competing with Amazon for Hires

  16-03-2018 19:16 via thestranger.com
  
  Locking people up for low-level offenses is likely costing the county more than it's keeping anyone safe.by Sydney BrownstoneThe county is already spending $3.4 million to address increases in the jail population. MivPiv/Getty
  King County has long struggled with paying mandatory overtime to jail corrections officers in the absence of proper staffing. According to a 2016 database of King County employees' salaries obtained by the Tacoma News Tribune, some corrections officers nearly doubled their
  
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• Trump Treasury secretary cost taxpayers $1M on military flights

  16-03-2018 18:43
  U.S. Treasury Sec. Steve Mnuchin spent almost $1 million of taxpayer-paid flights about military aircraft during 2017, according to documents obtained under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act.  He's heading to Argentina next week.
  
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• The Best Film Events in Seattle: Spring 2018

  16-03-2018 18:15 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffDon't miss the new Wes Anderson film Isle of Dogs, opening in Seattle in late March.
  Find a complete list of film events in Seattle this spring on our Things To Do calendar, or check out the rest of our critics' picks from Seattle Art and Performance.
  Stay in the know! Get all this and more on the free Stranger Things To Do mobile app (available for iOS and Android), or delivered to your inbox.MARCH 21
  Vertigo
  A detective is hired by a friend to shadow the friend's
  
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• Body of missing Marysville man found in Oregon’s Rogue River

  16-03-2018 17:35
  CENTRAL POINT, Ore. (AP) — A body recovered from the Rogue River has been identified as man reported missing this week in Washington state. The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office says a medical examiner identified Gary Schultz by fingerprints. The 64-year-old man from Marysville, Washington, had been reported missing and possibly suicidal on Tuesday. Deputies believe […]
  
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• Local Director Megan Griffiths on Her New Film, Sadie: "I Wish Youth and Violence Was a Less Relevant Theme"

  16-03-2018 17:05 via thestranger.com
  
  by Jake Uitti"...Several trailers were vacant and the owners I think were waiting for people to move out to do something else with the land." Sadie
  Sadie, the latest feature film from Seattle director, Megan Griffiths, debuted this past weekend at SXSW. It is a close-up look at the life of a 13-year-old girl (Sadie, played by Sophia Mitri Schloss) living with her mother (Rae, played by Melanie Lynskey) in a trailer park. Sadie’s father has been away serving in the military for years, and t
  
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• Boeing's new 737 to take inaugural flight over Seattle on Friday

  16-03-2018 15:55
  The first 737 MAX 7 will take off from Renton at 10 a.m. and will fly over Seattle as part of a 3 hour test flight, landing at Boeing Field around 1 p.m.
  
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• Boeing's new 737 to take inaugural flight over Seattle Friday

  16-03-2018 15:55
  The first 737 MAX 7 will take off from Renton at 10 a.m. and will fly over Seattle as part of a 3 hour test flight, landing at Boeing Field around 1 p.m.
  
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• Boeing's new 737 MAX 7 takes inaugural flight over Seattle

  16-03-2018 15:55
  The first 737 MAX 7 will take off from Renton at 10 a.m. and will fly over Seattle as part of a 3 hour test flight, landing at Boeing Field around 1 p.m.
  
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• Slog AM: SDOT Underestimated Streetcar Expansion's Cost By 50 Percent, Pierce County Homicide Rate On the Rise

  16-03-2018 15:54 via thestranger.com
  
  ALSO: New Yeezy, LaBron dunks, and gold rains down on Russia.by Nathalie GrahamYou want more of this? Cough up $8 million extra dollars.KELLY O
  A Seattle streetcar named despair: The Seattle Department of Transportation grossly underestimated the cost to run the expanded downtown streetcar system that’s currently under construction. It will cost 50 percent more than initially anticipated. That equals $8 million more a year. Seems like a big oversight. It’s a staffing issue, apparentl
  
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• Man killed when car slams into back of parked semi along I-5

  16-03-2018 15:31
  One man died after officials said he drove into the rear of a semi truck parked on the side of the road along southbound I-5 in Federal Way early Friday morning.
  
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• UW cherry trees expected to reach peak bloom this weekend. Go check them out — or watch this live stream.

  16-03-2018 15:13
  The peak bloom of UW's cherry trees coincides with the weather. And this weekend should be it, according to the university's arborist.
  
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• Women claimed famed playwright Israel Horovitz harassed them at an Olympia theater — but they were brushed off

  16-03-2018 14:00
  Two people say Israel Horovitz harassed them at Olympia’s Harlequin Productions, which has staged six of his plays. An artistic director says, “It never seemed to me that it was any big deal,” and didn’t explain why Horovitz was invited back repeatedly.
  
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• Seattle wants ‘nontraditional’ candidates for its next superintendent — so this 15-year-old applied

  16-03-2018 14:00
  The Seattle School Board won’t reveal its finalists for superintendent until late March. But one unorthodox candidate — a 15-year-old Franklin High student — already announced her official bid for the job.
  
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• Seattle underestimates by millions the cost to run its new streetcar line, Metro says

  16-03-2018 14:00
  The discrepancy boils down to staffing. Metro thinks it will need almost twice as many employees to operate the streetcar system — including operators, mechanics and supervisors — as SDOT does.
  
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• Fight rages on over Kemper’s private helicopter landing spot in downtown Bellevue

  16-03-2018 14:00
  A Bellevue hearing examiner will decide whether to revoke Kemper Development Co.’s helistop permit following a March 22 hearing, though that likely won’t be the end of the decadelong saga.
  
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• Famed East Coast playwright accused of sexual harassment at Olympia theater

  16-03-2018 14:00
  Two people say Israel Horovitz harassed them at Olympia’s Harlequin Productions, which has staged six of his plays. An artistic director says, “It never seemed to me that it was any big deal,” and didn’t explain why Horovitz was invited back repeatedly.
  
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• Edmonds man gets prison for Navy cadet program embezzlement

  16-03-2018 13:33
  SEATTLE (AP) — A 49-year-old Edmonds man has been sentenced to a year in prison for defrauding the U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps of more than $75,000. U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes says Michael Leighton was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court in Seattle. He also must pay over $75,000 in restitution. A jury previously […]
  
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• Pierce County 2018 homicides eclipse all of 2017

  16-03-2018 06:45
  It's proving to be a deadly and difficult week for the Pierce County Sheriff's Department after a couple was allegedly shot and killed by their son near Buckley. The apparent homicides now mark the fifth and sixth in unincorporated Pierce County in just four days.
  
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• Man running from police hit, killed by SUV on I-5

  16-03-2018 06:31
  TACOMA -- What started as a disturbance call at Tacoma Mall ended with a man being struck on Interstate 5 Thursday night, as he tried to run from officers, according to police.
  
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• For some defrauded students, only partial loan forgiveness

  16-03-2018 06:02
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Education has begun notifying some former Corinthian Colleges students that it will forgive only one-half or less of their federal student loans, even though the students were defrauded by the now-defunct schools, The Associated Press has learned. The action is part of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ push to ease […]
  
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• Corinthian students will only see partial loan relief

  16-03-2018 06:02
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Education has begun notifying some former Corinthian Colleges students that it will forgive only one-half or less of their federal student loans, even though the students were defrauded by the now-defunct schools, the Associated Press has learned. The action is part of the Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ push to […]
  
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• Corinthian students begin receiving partial relief notices

  16-03-2018 06:02
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Education has begun notifying some former Corinthian Colleges students that it will forgive only one-half or less of their federal student loans, even though the students were defrauded by the now-defunct schools, the Associated Press has learned. The action is part of the Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ push to […]
  
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