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• Pentagon: Slow-moving hurricane to make rescues challenging

  13-09-2018 23:38
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The expected high winds and slow movement of Hurricane Florence as it comes ashore will make rescue efforts challenging in the flooded areas, top Pentagon leaders said Thursday as the massive storm edged into the Carolinas. Air Force Gen. Terrence J. O’Shaughnessy, head of U.S. Northern Command, said that while search and […]
  
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• John Cameron Mitchell Dishes on Shrill, Anthem, and Working It to Pay His Mother’s Bills

  13-09-2018 23:28 via thestranger.com
  by Suzette SmithNote: This is a preview of a show John Cameron Mitchell is doing down in Portland. So if you feel like heading down south to see a show…
  "My joke was I used to be a Tour de Force. Now I’m forced to tour,” says John Cameron Mitchell—best known as the writer, director, and star of Hedwig and the Angry Inch—over a murky phone connection. It sounds a little like he’s in the bath. He seems relaxed and congenial. It sort of feels like I’m talk
  
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• Tommy Le's Death Shows Us Why Cops Can't Investigate Themselves

  13-09-2018 23:24 via thestranger.com
  
  The county's only investigation so far into the police shooting of Tommy Le, who was unarmed and holding a pen at the time, leaves us with plenty of questions. The biggest one being why are the cops investigating themselves to begin with?by Lester BlackLinda Diem Tran, an attorney for the family, with Hoai Le, Tommy Le's father. Steven Hsieh
  When three King County sheriff’s deputies showed up to a Burien trailer park late on a June night last year they saw two men armed with guns. Within m
  
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• ‘We’re on a long journey’: Washington’s 2018 state test scores still show large gaps between student groups

  13-09-2018 23:20
  Students in Washington showed slight improvement on English exams but still performed poorly in math.
  
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• Washington’s 2018 state test scores still show large gaps between student groups

  13-09-2018 23:20
  Students in Washington showed slight improvement on English exams but still performed poorly in math.
  
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• A Real-Life Kid Kingpin in White Boy Rick

  13-09-2018 23:20 via thestranger.com
  by Ned LannamannThere are enough worthwhile things in White Boy Rick that you could almost convince yourself it’s a good movie. Its setting of snowy, blighted Detroit in the 1980s is immersive and believable, and its large cast of colorful characters feels authentic.Which makes sense—White Boy Rick is the true story of Rick Wershe Jr., a Detroit teenager who slung crack, sold guns, and became an informant for the FBI before he was old enough to vote. He’s played by a refreshing
  
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• AP Explains: How storm surges build up, destroy and kill

  13-09-2018 23:14
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Behold the awesome power of water. Already the ocean is swallowing beaches, roads and anything else in the way of Hurricane Florence’s monstrous storm surge. Storm surges aren’t walls of water, like a tsunami, as commonly thought. Caused by a hurricane’s winds pushing relentlessly on the shore, they are more like domes […]
  
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• Horror Movie Mandy Will Satisfy Your Hunger for Loony Nicolas Cage

  13-09-2018 23:04 via thestranger.com
  Chain-saw duel!by Joule ZelmanAbout one hour into Panos Cosmatos’s horror-fantasy-thriller Mandy, I thought: “Nicolas Cage is surprisingly… subdued.” Playing a gruff logger deeply in love with the titular dreamy metalhead (Andrea Riseborough), with whom he lives in a mystical, misty woodland in the 1980s, Cage had seemed positively mellow.About 10 minutes of screen time after I had this thought, Cage was alternately screaming and swigging from a bottle while stomping aro
  
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• Inbox Jukebox Track of the Day: The Otherworldly "Xenossiah" by Local Experimentalist and Former Grave Babies Member Astrament

  13-09-2018 22:40 via thestranger.com
  
  Former Grave Babies member goes far off the beaten path with his new experimental global-music project Astrament. Watch him perform tonight at Fred Wildlife Refuge.by Dave SegalThis is your mind on Astrament.
  Astrament, "Xenossiah" (self-released)
  For over a decade, former member of Hardly Art-associated goth-rockers Grave Babies Mitchell Saulsberry has carried on a scandalously below-the-rader recording regimen under aliases such as Yoko Phono, Perpetual Ritual, and now Astrament. As his new As
  
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• Letter Writer: Stop Assuming You Know What Women Want

  13-09-2018 22:24 via thestranger.com
  
  Savage Love Letter of the Day: Reader Advice Round-upby Dan Savage
  Recent Savage Love Letters of the Day: A teenage boy's girlfriend comes easily—but not during sex. Teenage boy asks: What's wrong with her? A letter-writer's ex sucked at sex but she usually came. Her current is AMAZING at sex but she never comes. Help! Another letter-writer didn't actually cheat—almost did, but didn't—but her husband is sure she will cheat sometime. So why punish her now? And this letter-writer
  
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• The Seattle Symphony Won Orchestra of the Year, Baby!

  13-09-2018 21:30 via thestranger.com
  
  U.S.A! U.S.A! U.S.A!by Rich SmithSeattle Symphony wins the prize on the eve of their next album release, which includes their recording of Berlioz's Requiem. The symphony uses 18 timpani, pictured here. Berlioz was very loud in his sadness.
  The Seattle Symphony Orchestra won Orchestra of the Year 2018!!!!!!!!!!!!! !
  On Thursday afternoon Gramophone magazine, which is like Rolling Stone for classical music nerds, gave our hometown orchestra the prize following a public voting period that spanned
  
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• WSU researchers say BPA alternatives used in plastics may pose health risks

  13-09-2018 21:27
  Alternatives to the chemical bisphenol A, often used in plastic products, were found to cause genetic abnormalities in mice — and may also threaten human reproductive health.
  
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• Thousands of Pacific walruses again herd up on Alaska coast

  13-09-2018 21:12
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is monitoring Pacific walruses resting on Alaska’s northwest coast. Fish and Wildlife Service spokeswoman Andrea Medeiros says people in Point Lay reported hearing walruses Aug. 22. An aerial survey Aug. 30 estimated 25,000 walruses on a barrier island near the village. Walruses over the last […]
  
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• The Best Things to Do in Seattle: Fall 2018

  13-09-2018 20:47 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffStarting from upper left, clockwise: Kusama: Infinity at Northwest Film Forum, Group Therapy at the Frye Art Museum, Alice Walker at Benaroya Hall, Kamasi Washington at the Showbox, Global Party at the Moore Theatre, Short Run Comix and Arts Festival at Seattle Center
  Seattle Art and Performance, our quarterly guide to everything artsy happening in Seattle this fall (between September 17 and December 9), is out on the streets now. In addition to the extensive calend
  
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• Ailing orca J50 is likely dead, says lead researcher, as NOAA ramps up search

  13-09-2018 20:34
  NOAA has prepared plans to capture J50 if she can be taken from her pod safely or is otherwise stranded or alone. But no one has seen her in days.
  
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• Millions on the East Coast prepare as monster storm approaches

  13-09-2018 20:22
  Residents in states from Virginia to Georgia — especially those who live in flood-prone areas or on the coast — must decide whether to stay or go. Here are some snapshots of a region awaiting the hurricane.
  
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• Seattle man charged with first-degree murder for alleged robbery, knife attack on a homeless man

  13-09-2018 20:03
  A Seattle man potentially facing his third strike as a persistent offender is accused of stabbing 56-year-old Glenn Daniels in the back of his left leg during a robbery at a homeless encampment on Sept. 1. Daniels died moments later from blood loss from the knife wound that pierced his femoral artery.
  
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• Editor's Note: "Ice or ICE or ISIS?"

  13-09-2018 19:16 via thestranger.com
  
  by The Stranger JOHNNY SAMPSON
  The August 1 edition of The Stranger included a pop quiz called "Ice or ICE or ISIS?" Each of those things had to be matched to a descriptor like "Chops heads off" or "Took out the Titanic, an Air Florida Boeing 727, and Natasha Richardson." A Stranger reader named Bruce wrote in to complain about the accuracy of our quiz. Subject line: "Incorrect facts."
  
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• Global summit rebukes Trump, cheers on work to aid climate

  13-09-2018 19:11
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Thousands of mayors, climate activists and business leaders from around the world descended Thursday on San Francisco to cheer on efforts to reduce global warming, even after U.S. President Donald J. Trump signaled his disdain for the issue. The Global Climate Action Summit, sponsored by California Gov. Jerry Brown, included a […]
  
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• California governor: Trump a ‘fool’ on climate legacy

  13-09-2018 19:11
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California Gov. Jerry Brown started his global climate summit in San Francisco by saying that President Donald Trump will likely be remembered as a liar and fool when it comes to the environment. The Democratic Brown and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg held a press conference Thursday on the […]
  
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• The Stranger's Art + Performance Quarterly, Fall 2018 Edition Is Out Now!

  13-09-2018 18:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by The StrangerCover image: Sick Pony by Emily Nachison, on display Nov. 9-April 14 at Bellevue Arts Museum
  It's official: the fall 2018 edition of The Stranger's Art + Performance Quarterly is on the streets, with a breakdown of everything that's coming up between now and mid-December in Seattle and some intriguing reading to go with it. Here's a peek at what's inside:As you are probably aware, it has become a lot easier to fall asleep at the movies. Are the gigantic luxury seats installed at m
  
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• Why Liberal Arts Schools Like Evergreen Would Benefit from Conservative Professors

  13-09-2018 17:45 via thestranger.com
  
  Racial and socioeconomic diversity in the classroom benefits everyone. Ideological diversity does as well.by Katie Herzog The Evergreen State College
  In May 2017, the Evergreen State College became famous.The drama started after Bret Weinstein, once a much-loved professor, was falsely accused of being a white supremacist by a group of students, who first took over his class and later led protests against Weinstein and others on campus. Students barricaded themselves in the library, held administ
  
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• Slog AM: Seattle Storm Sweep Finals, We're Paying Mexico to Deal With Our Immigration Inadequacy, Florence Falters—Still A Doozy, Though

  13-09-2018 17:41 via thestranger.com
  
  Hurricanes, detainment, and Alex Trebek's beardby Michael BellSave yourself! narvikk/ Getty Images
  Seattle's perfect Storm: The Seattle Storm swept the WNBA finals in three games. Breanna Stewart was named MVP and dropped 30 points in last night’s clincher. This is The Storm’s third franchise championship. And yet the Mariners—zero franchise wins—have the audacity to ask us to pay their bills.They are definitively our city’s most badass team.Stewart is such a boss.
  
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• Thursday is 1 year anniversary of Freeman school shootings

  13-09-2018 17:40
  The Freeman High School shooting near Spokane killed one student and wounded three female students.
  
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• Fatal crash shuts Highway 99 in Shoreline

  13-09-2018 17:27
  The road is expected to remain closed for several hours, the King County Sheriff's Office said.
  
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• Fatal accident shuts down Highway 99 in Shoreline

  13-09-2018 17:27
  The road is expected to remain closed for several hours, the King County Sheriff's Office said.
  
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• National Hurricane Center: Tropical storm-force winds from Florence spread over North Carolina coast

  13-09-2018 16:27
  MIAMI (AP) — National Hurricane Center: Tropical storm-force winds from Florence spread over North Carolina coast.
  
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• Scientists look to map the genes of thousands of animals

  13-09-2018 16:26
  A group of scientists unveiled the first results Thursday of an ambitious effort to map the genes of tens of thousands of animal species, a project they said could help save animals from extinction down the line. The scientists are working with the Genome 10,000 consortium on the Vertebrate Genomes Project, which is seeking to […]
  
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• A newspaper diminished by cutbacks prepares to cover another monster storm

  13-09-2018 15:24
  As Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolinas, the Raleigh newspaper is a shadow of what it was in 1999. As a result of the kind of downsizing and layoffs that have affected newspapers everywhere, its newsroom has shrunk from 250 journalists to just 65.
  
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• Trump turns back to Maria, falsely says Dems inflated toll

  13-09-2018 15:08
  WASHINGTON (AP) — As Hurricane Florence bore down on the U.S. Thursday, President Donald Trump angrily churned up the devastating storm of a year earlier, disputing the official death count from Hurricane Maria and falsely accusing Democrats of inflating the Puerto Rican toll to make him “look as bad as possible.” Public health experts have […]
  
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• Trump rejects Puerto Rico hurricane death toll, blames Dems

  13-09-2018 15:08
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday rejected the widely accepted conclusion that nearly 3,000 died in Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria, arguing without evidence that the number was wrong and calling it a plot by Democrats to make him look bad. As Hurricane Florence approached the Carolinas, the president picked a fresh fight […]
  
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• Trump rejects official Puerto Rico hurricane death toll

  13-09-2018 15:08
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday rejected the official conclusion that nearly 3,000 people died in Puerto Rico from last year’s Hurricane Maria, arguing without evidence that the number was wrong and calling it a plot by Democrats to make him “look as bad as possible.” As Hurricane Florence approached the Carolinas, the […]
  
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• Trump falsely says Democrats inflated Puerto Rico death toll

  13-09-2018 15:08
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday rejected the official conclusion that nearly 3,000 people died in Puerto Rico from last year’s Hurricane Maria, arguing without evidence that the number was wrong and calling it a plot by Democrats to make him “look as bad as possible.” As Hurricane Florence approached the Carolinas, the […]
  
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• Town house under construction burning in Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood

  13-09-2018 15:01
  The town house is fully engulfed in flames, according to the fire department.
  
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• Fire in Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood damages town houses under construction

  13-09-2018 15:01
  The town house is fully engulfed in flames, according to the fire department.
  
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• Reporter’s DNA ancestry tests ‘caught me off guard’

  13-09-2018 15:00
  How accurate are home DNA tests when it comes to race, ethnicity and heritage? Based on conversations I’d had with scientists, I was skeptical, so I had my own DNA tested by two companies.
  
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• Lynnwood man tried to use a home DNA test to qualify as a minority business owner. He was denied — now he’s suing.

  13-09-2018 15:00
  What the office does: certifies small minority- and women-owned businesses to help them gain government contracts Annual budget: $2.4 millionStaff: 19 full-time employees Total 2017 applications: 381 state, 229 federal
  
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• How do you capture a sick orca? NOAA did it 16 years ago, saving Springer

  13-09-2018 15:00
  Springer, an orphaned northern-resident orca who showed up near Vashon Island in 2002, loved back scratches. But she was also very sick, until scientists captured her and brought her back to health. Can it work with J50?
  
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• Man killed, 6 hospitalized after duplex fire south of Everett

  13-09-2018 14:50
  The victims taken to the hospital were four adults and two children. Their conditions were not immediately known.
  
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• A tech glitch and a bus driver shortage had Seattle parents wondering where their children were

  13-09-2018 14:00
  One technology glitch, a clogged hotline and dozens of delayed buses later, a school-bus driver shortage in Seattle is testing parents' patience.
  
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• Why Do Women Love Murder?

  13-09-2018 13:00 via thestranger.com
  The podcast My Favorite Murder is coming to Seattle for a live show.by Katie Herzog"Personally, I'm drawn to Jeffrey Dahmer. I guess I'd say that's my favorite murder," says Anna. "I wouldn't go visit his house or anything like that. For me, that's a bit much. I just like reading about him online. And I look at photos sometimes."Anna is a 28-year-old stay-at-home mom and self-described "murderino"—meaning, a fan of the hit podcast My Favorite Murder specifically and of true crime in genera
  
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• This Garment Was Made by Collaborators Who Passed It Back and Forth Through the Mail

  13-09-2018 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  FEMAIL's exhibition at Bellevue Arts Museum, AMPM, brings together fabrics from around the world.by Chase BurnsOn Exhibit
  This one-of-a-kind garment is on view at Bellevue Arts Museum through September 30. It was made by the fashion duo FEMAIL, who collaborate by sending garments back and forth through the United States Postal Service.
  The Artists
  Janelle Abbott lives in Seattle, and Camilla Carper lives in Los Angeles. They met in 2008 in an elevator at Parsons School of Design. Abbott says: "C
  
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• Let's Fight About Those Fancy New Movie Theater Seats

  13-09-2018 13:00 via thestranger.com
  Rich Smith and Christopher Frizzelle debate those luxurious new movie-theater recliners.by Rich SmithFancy Movie Seats SuckBy Rich Smith
  It has come to my attention that people enjoy this new trend of installing extremely comfortable seats in megaplexes. As if the American ass needed any more coddling!I understand the appeal. The soft leather of the king-size luxury recliner welcomes the body like a friendly cloud. The seats come with a neat button that lets you recline all the way back. And whe
  
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• If Your Child Is Age 0 to 5, Here's When You Can Take Them to the Symphony

  13-09-2018 13:00 via thestranger.com
  Seattle Symphony's Tiny Tots series is for children ages 0 to 5.by Leilani PolkMy daughter has a powerful voice. She can belt out and hold a note for so long, and put so much volume and power into it, I wonder if she's doing diaphragm exercises behind my back.Then I remember she's 1.I have to remind myself that she just doesn't know how to talk yet. She is expressing frustration or excitement or desire for something I can't figure out, testing the limits of her vocal cords, demanding attention,
  
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• Fairy Tales for Frightening Times

  13-09-2018 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Not Heaven, Somewhere Else is the title of Rebecca Brown's new book and also an appropriate descriptor for her writing studio.by Rich SmithRebecca Brown is past the point of apologizing for the clutter in her writing studio. All's treasure, after all.Orderly and disorderly stacks of books make up much of the room's terrain. A cursory glance at some of the spines reveals a special affection for the romantic poets, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and the historical fiction of Danielle Dutton.Atop and around
  
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• A Ghost Story About Sexual Assault

  13-09-2018 13:00 via thestranger.com
  The opera The Turn of the Screw is even darker and more explicit than the book.by Charles MudedeThe Turn of the Screw has ghosts. The first one appears not long after the new governess has settled in and begun teaching the beautiful and perfect orphans.She is taking an afternoon stroll. Nature is vibrating. The governess—who has been hired by the children's uncle after their parents' death—sees a strange man on a tower. The man looks straight at her. She immediately senses that somet
  
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• Bellingham basketball coach suspected of videotaping players in shower found dead

  13-09-2018 11:15
  Police said that two men from the semiprofessional Bellingham Slam basketball team contacted them because they believed they were being video recorded while showering after a game at Seattle Pacific University.
  
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• Philippines starts massive evacuations as huge typhoon nears

  13-09-2018 09:23
  MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine officials have begun evacuating thousands of people in the path of the most powerful typhoon this year, closing schools and readying bulldozers for landslides. Typhoon Mangkhut, considered as the strongest and most massive so far this season, could hit northeastern Cagayan province on Saturday. It was tracked on Thursday about […]
  
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• Tropical storm dumps rain on Hawaii while crossing state

  13-09-2018 08:35
  HONOLULU (AP) — Heavy rain and winds from a tropical storm downed trees, knocked out power and prompted evacuations of several homes on Hawaii’s Maui island but spared the state widespread damage before continuing out to sea. Tropical Storm Olivia crossed the state Wednesday, making landfall on Maui and Lanai islands along the way. Weather […]
  
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• Olivia reduced to tropical depression, more rain for Hawaii

  13-09-2018 08:35
  HONOLULU (AP) — Tropical Storm Olivia was downgraded Thursday to a tropical depression after it crossed Hawaii Wednesday, making landfall on Maui and Lanai islands. Weather forecasters warned downpours would continue, producing additional rainfall of 3 to 5 inches (8 to 13 centimeters) and isolated amounts of 6 to 8 inches (15 to 20 centimeters) […]
  
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