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• If You Want Worldly Success, You Must Be Like Seattle

  02-01-2019 23:50 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeHelp a brother out... Charles Mudede
  A new piece, "Seattle-ization’? American cities fear what’s happened here," by the Seattle Times' "FYI Guy," Gene Balk, claims the Seattle that emerged in the middle of this decade, the over-valued city, is not envied by other cities, but feared. What these cities imagine is that there is some way to couple rapid economic growth with a system that doesn't concentrate the wealth generated by the growth in fewer and fewer hands. The
  
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• The 31 Best Things To Do in Seattle This Week: Jan 2-6, 2019

  02-01-2019 23:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffSlurp some briny bivalves at Shellfish Showcase—the seafood counterpart to Restaurant Week—starting this Sunday.Dine Around Seattle via Facebook
  Our music critics have already chosen the 15 best music shows this week, but now it's our arts critics' turn. Here are their picks for the best events in every genre—from the closing of Group Therapy to a poetry performance by Mary Lambert, and from Sing-a-Long Sound of Music to 14/48: The World's Quickest
  
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• Mexico finds Flayed god temple; priests wore skins of dead

  02-01-2019 23:00
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican experts have found the first temple of the Flayed Lord, a pre-Hispanic fertility god depicted as a skinned human corpse, authorities said Wednesday. Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History said the find was made during recent excavations of Popoloca Indian ruins in the central state of Puebla. The institute […]
  
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• Daryl Dragon, Captain of Captain & Tennille, dead at 76

  02-01-2019 22:48
  Daryl Dragon, the “Captain” half of Captain & Tennille, whose string of soft-rock hits in the 1970s included “Love Will Keep Us Together” and “Muskrat Love,” died Wednesday at 76.Before he was with Tennille, he played keyboards for the Beach Boys and was dubbed “The Captain” by singer Mike Love.
  
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• Snow on saguaros: Desert cities in US Southwest see freeze

  02-01-2019 22:44
  PHOENIX (AP) — The weather was flipped Wednesday throughout much of the U.S. West, with snow falling on cactuses in the Arizona desert and Anchorage seeing balmy weather — at least by Alaska standards. In Phoenix, the overnight low was 30 degrees for the first time in five years and more cold temperatures were expected […]
  
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• Frigid temperatures chill Arizona desert, much of West

  02-01-2019 22:44
  PHOENIX (AP) — The weather was flipped Wednesday throughout much of the West, with snow falling on cactuses in the Arizona desert and Anchorage seeing balmy weather — at least by Alaska standards. In Phoenix, the overnight low was 30 degrees for the first time in five years and more cold temperatures were expected Thursday. […]
  
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• Bob Einstein of Super Dave and “Curb” fame dies at 76

  02-01-2019 22:25
  He won two Emmy Awards and created the character of Super Dave Osborne, a hapless daredevil. He later had a recurring role on “Curb Your Enthusiasm.”
  
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• Elizabeth Warren Made One Mistake and Will Never Be President Because of It

  02-01-2019 22:20 via thestranger.com
  
  by Katie HerzogChip Somodevilla/GettyElizabeth Warren would have made an excellent president.Warren, who announced her intention to run for the presidency this week, spent much of her career before entering politics in law, which she taught at universities around the country, including UT-Austin, Harvard, and Penn. Particularly expert in bankruptcy, middle-class personal finance, and consumer protection, since entering Congress in 2013, Warren has spent much of her time pushing for better regula
  
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• The 15 Best Music Shows in Seattle This Week: Jan 2-6, 2019

  02-01-2019 22:14 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffYoung Dolph will bring his syrup-drenched rhymes and Southern swagger to Seattle on Saturday.
  This week, our music critics have picked everything from the experimental music showcase Space is the Place Festival to the DJ dance night Night Crush Turns 4! to the Finnish-focused Mostly Nordic Chamber Music Series. Follow the links below for ticket links and music clips for all of their picks, and find even more shows on our complete music calendar and our our complete
  
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• Nordstrom co-president Blake Nordstrom, who treated employees like family, is dead at 58

  02-01-2019 21:48
  Blake Nordstrom disclosed a lymphoma diagnosis in December.
  
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• Nordstrom co-president Blake Nordstrom is dead at 58

  02-01-2019 21:48
  Blake Nordstrom disclosed a lymphoma diagnosis in December.
  
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• Landowner donates Idaho land once planned for subdivision

  02-01-2019 21:27
  POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — An anonymous landowner has donated 0.26 square miles (0.67 square kilometers) of mule deer winter range in Pocatello to a local land trust. The Idaho State Journal reports the donation to the Sage Brush Steppe Land Trust ends previous plans of converting the property into a subdivision. The property represents the […]
  
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• DUG Resident and Queer/Bar DJ Nitty Gritty Is a Master of Ecstatic, Soulful Dance Sets

  02-01-2019 21:10 via thestranger.com
  
  Soul/boogie/disco DJ Nitty Gritty reveals his top 5 tracks that lift people to ecstatic heights on the dance floor.by Dave SegalIf you dig soul, disco, boogie, and funk, you'll get down to DJ Nitty Gritty. Garrett Lunceford
  DJ NITTY GRITTY (aka GARRETT LUNCEFORD; DUG)
  Current top 5 tracks:
  Carl Carlton, "Sexy Lady" (20th Century Fox) Childish Gambino, "Sober (Oliver Nelson Remix)"Oliver Cheatham, "Get Down Saturday Night" (MCA)Shirley Brown, "You've Got to Like What You Do" (20th Century Fox)Gwe
  
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• NASA: Icy object past Pluto looks like reddish snowman

  02-01-2019 20:52
  LAUREL, Md. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft 4 billion miles from Earth yielded its first close-up pictures Wednesday of the most distant celestial object ever explored, depicting what looks like a reddish snowman. Ultima Thule, as the small, icy object has been dubbed, was found to consist of two fused-together spheres, one of them three […]
  
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• She Left Her First Husband for a Coworker. Should She Leave Her Second for a Stranger?

  02-01-2019 20:30 via thestranger.com
  
  Savage Love Letter of the Dayby Dan Savage
  I’m a 30-year-old heterosexual woman, no children. I grew up going to church 2-3 times a week until I was 21, when I cheated on and left my Christian husband, a man I started dating when I was 16 years old (right after my mom died). No one would have ever thought I would be capable of such cruelty, especially not me. We were together for a total of about five years. I left him after nine months of marriage. I left him for my current husband, a man
  
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• Anchorage police release name of pedestrian killed by pickup

  02-01-2019 19:45
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Anchorage police have released the name of the pedestrian killed in a crash on the city’s south side. Police say 38-year-old Kasey Turner of Anchorage died Monday. Patrol officers just after 5:30 p.m. took a call that a pedestrian had been struck on the service road parallel to the Seward Highway […]
  
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• Buehler plans to stay engaged in Oregon issues

  02-01-2019 19:29
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Republican gubernatorial candidate Knute Buehler, who lost the November election, says he’s repurposing his campaign web site to highlight issues that concern him, including improving the welfare of foster children. Buehler, who is now officially out of politics since he didn’t seek re-election to the Oregon House of Representatives in order […]
  
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• Man wounded in New Year’s Day early morning shooting

  02-01-2019 17:57
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A man was wounded in an early morning shooting at an Anchorage bar on New Year’s Day. Anchorage police say patrol officers at 3:10 a.m. Tuesday were called to a disturbance downtown at the Ultra Lounge & Grill. While on the way, dispatchers received reports of shots fired. Police found multiple […]
  
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• An SPD Cop Shot and Killed a Man in North Seattle on New Years Eve

  02-01-2019 17:54 via thestranger.com
  
  A 30-year-old man was shot and killed by a Seattle Police Department cop on New Years Eve.by Lester Black Ansel Herz
  A Seattle Police Department (SPD) cop shot and killed a man in North Seattle on New Years Eve, according to the department. The officer shot the man with a handgun following a traffic stop on Highway 99 in the city’s Licton Springs neighborhood, according to SPD’s blog.
  Sean Whitcomb, an SPD spokesperson, declined to answer questions about the incident on Tuesday but s
  
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• Slog AM: New Washington Laws for the New Year, No Rose for UW, Record-Setting Heat In 2018

  02-01-2019 17:40 via thestranger.com
  
  by Timothy KenneyClimate change a bust for cool weather. A boon for dermatologists.GETTY IMAGES
  Happy New Year from the new Slog AM Intern: The year isn’t the only thing that changed over the holidays, but first let’s get to the news…Feeling hot, hot, hot: Let’s all say it together: 2018 WAS ONE OF THE HOTTEST YEARS ON RECORD. If it feels like you have to say that every year, it’s because you do. Seattle saw its fifth-hottest year in the last seven decades, with th
  
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• Security concerns prompt closing of online applications for Alaska Permanent Fund

  02-01-2019 17:32
  ANCHORAGE — The Alaska Department of Revenue has shut down online applications for Alaska Permanent Fund dividends because of security concerns. The department in an announcement Tuesday said some applicants had inadvertently seen personal information belonging to other applicants who had filed previously. Revenue Commissioner Bruce Tangeman says online security of all Alaskans is the […]
  
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• Security concerns prompt closing of dividend applications

  02-01-2019 17:32
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska revenue officials shut down online applications for annual oil wealth checks after personal information of other users popped up on applicants’ computer screens. The private information from other applicants included names, addresses and Social Security numbers. The Alaska Department of Revenue shut down the application process Tuesday, the day it […]
  
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• Study finds that Vermont is top state for inbound moves

  02-01-2019 16:44
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Vermont’s population is among the smallest in the U.S., but a study from United Van Lines indicate people are moving to the New England state. The suburban St. Louis-based moving company on Wednesday released its 42nd annual National Movers Study, which tracks customers’ state-to-state migration patterns. Vermont has the second-smallest population […]
  
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• Moose moved away from road, but calf escapes capture

  02-01-2019 16:18
  POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Wildlife officials in southeastern Idaho used a tranquilizer dart to capture a cow moose near an interstate but were unable to capture its calf. Idaho Fish and Game spokeswoman Jennifer Jackson tells the Idaho State Journal that officers captured the cow moose Monday but couldn’t dart the calf and didn’t want […]
  
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• ‘Wet and windy’: Storm with strong winds approaches Western Washington

  02-01-2019 15:49
  The storm is not expected to cause damage in the Seattle area, but windy conditions could continue into Friday, according to the National Weather Service.
  
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• ‘Seattle-ization’? American cities fear what’s happened here

  02-01-2019 15:00
  You're paying a premium to live here: The cost of living has risen faster in Seattle than in any other American city.
  
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• The Army, in need of recruits, turns focus to Seattle, other liberal-leaning cities

  02-01-2019 14:25
  Army recruiters in Seattle can earn a Friday off for each new soldier they enlist. But in a city with a thriving tech industry and a long history of anti-war protests, the recruiters haven’t gotten many long weekends. “It’s no secret we’re a little behind,” Sgt. 1st Class Jeremiah Vargas, who heads the city’s recruiting […]
  
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• With a price tag of $900 million, Washington state will soon take over all school employee health care plans

  02-01-2019 14:00
  A lot of behind-the-scenes work needs to happen before workers and their families-- as many as 300,000 individuals -- know what monthly premiums they can expect to pay.
  
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• World Domination Chronicles Sub Pop's Rise, Fall, and Rise

  02-01-2019 13:00 via thestranger.com
  Gillian Gaar's deep dive into Sub Pop's history is a treat for the label's hardcore fans.by Dave SegalCelebrating its 30th anniversary this year, Sub Pop is an unusual record label in many ways. First, it's rare for an indie label—even one with major-label shareholders—to last that long without losing quality control. Second, the Seattle corporation operates with a self-deprecating sense of humor (the iconic LOSER T-shirt, the slogan "We're not the best, but we're pretty good," etc.)
  
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• With the Viaduct Coming Down, What Are They Doing with All That Concrete?

  02-01-2019 13:00 via thestranger.com
  Related question: What happens to the decommissioned Battery Street Tunnel?by Lester BlackWhen I heard that the Alaskan Way Viaduct was going to be demolished, I immediately yearned for one thing and one thing only: dynamite.I wanted to see that creaky old raised highway blown up into a million pieces, just like I saw the Kingdome blown up back in 2000. But Laura Newborn, a spokesperson for the Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement Project, assured me that blowing up the 60-year-old elevated highway w
  
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• The Stranger Regrets These Errors: Mistakes We Made in 2018

  02-01-2019 13:00 via thestranger.com
  It's The Stranger's 2018 Regrets Issue!by Stranger Staff
  • Eli Sanders, associate editor of The Stranger, predicted on the September 26 episode of our Blabbermouth podcast that Brett Kavanaugh would never be confirmed as a US Supreme Court justice. We regret the error.
  • In a December 1 Slog post entitled "The Rise of Seattle's Tiny Apartments and the Needed Death of the Private Kitchen," Charles Mudede, the son of an economist, spelled the name of the most famous British economist of
  
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• Sicilian Ghost Story Gives Mafia Noir a Gothic Twist

  02-01-2019 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Childhood is like a horror film in Sicilian Ghost Story.by Charles MudedeOne of the many insights in SJ Chiro's 2017 feature Lane 1974 is that childhood is always experienced like a fairy tale. And all true fairy tales are simply terrifying. There are wolves that want to eat children, witches that want to cook them, musicians that seduce them, and so on. So though there is nothing fantastic about the story in Chiro's film (a 13-year-old girl rebels against her hippie mother and embarks on a jour
  
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• Most Regrettable Mistakes in the Pot Industry in 2018

  02-01-2019 13:00 via thestranger.com
  What Jeff Sessions and the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board probably regret about 2018.by Lester BlackPot had a better year than you did in 2018. Legal weed went on sale for the first time in Massachusetts, California, and Canada. Billions of dollars are flowing into the industry, and governments across the world are getting friendlier to the drug. But even with all this winning, there were quite a few losers. Of course, no one wants to admit mistakes, so we'd like to admit some mistak
  
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• Moonlight Cafe Makes the City's Best Pho. And Yes, It's Vegetarian.

  02-01-2019 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  In defense of the fake-meat pho at Moonlight Cafe in the Central District.by Lester BlackI don't eat meat, yet every time a server emerges from the kitchen at Moonlight Cafe, walking underneath long strips of yellow and pink neon lights that look like they're straight from the 1990s, I hope that the bowl of meaty pho on their tray is mine.The pho's rice noodles are covered in chunks of meat shaped into little balls, triangles, and half-moons that look like sliced chicken thighs. A crispy hunk of
  
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• Jane Goodall and a Live Orchestra

  02-01-2019 13:00 via thestranger.com
  A screening of Brett Morgen's stunning documentary about Jane Goodall, accompanied by a Seattle Symphony performance of Philip Glass's score.by Leilani PolkBrett Morgen's 2017 docu-mentary Jane is a remarkable portrait of primatologist Jane Goodall. It chronicles her early studies and field work on chimpanzees in Tanzania. She challenged and then revolutionized our understanding of the natural world and how we fit within it. And in an era when women weren't really encouraged to be independent, i
  
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• Crossword Solution: Double Team

  02-01-2019 13:00 via thestranger.com
  The solutions to the crossword puzzle in the Jan 2, 2019 issue of The Strangerby Brendan Emmett Quigley[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• Bicycle Rider Regrets Harassing Seniors

  02-01-2019 13:00 via thestranger.com
  by AnonymousI was riding my bicycle on 17th Avenue by Trader Joe's. You were an older couple waiting to cross Pine Street. You were starting to cross when I was making my left turn onto Pine. I thought we were all doing okay and everyone could make it without stopping. But you stopped. Then it happened: I yelled out, "Hurry up!" I didn't mean it like that. I only meant you should keep going. I felt awful afterward. I certainly understand why you would hesitate after seeing a bicycle heading towa
  
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• An Artist Who Wants Us to Reckon with the Darker Parts of History

  02-01-2019 13:00 via thestranger.com
  Inside Edgar Arceneaux's installation Library of Black Lies, now at Henry Art Gallery.by Katie KurtzEdgar Arceneaux's Library of Black Lies, a small labyrinth entered and exited through one cramped doorway in the lower level of the Henry Art Gallery, is modeled on "a cabin meets a geode," as the artist described it.Billed as an architectural installation, Library of Black Lies functions more as a theater set piece in which to enact your own personal psychodrama about the contents contained insid
  
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• Isabella Rossellini Is Bringing a Really Cool Dog to Seattle

  02-01-2019 06:51 via thestranger.com
  
  Rossellini's surreal circus comes to Seattle for one night only.by Chase BurnsIsabella Rossellini has become something of a surrealist Jane Goodall.Rossellini has always lived a unique life—but in the last decade, the 66-year-old actress and model has taken perhaps her most peculiar turn: She's become one of the world's foremost lecturers on animal fucking.Her interest in the science behind animal fucking was first broadcast through her bizarre late-2000s TV series Green Porno, which was a
  
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• Kenai Assembly’s prayer list broadens after policy change

  02-01-2019 05:05
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The list of people signed up to deliver invocations to the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly includes Christian pastors, atheists and a member of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. The Anchorage Daily News reports nearly all of the 20 spots for 2019 have been filled after the borough Assembly adopted […]
  
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• Alaska woman sentenced to probation for Medicaid fraud

  02-01-2019 05:04
  FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — A former personal care attendant in Alaska has been sentenced to three years of probation for fraudulently billing more than $50,000 to Medicaid. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports 57-year-old Sirje Kulakevich was sentenced last week in Fairbanks Superior Court after pleading guilty to one count of felony medical assistance fraud. Kulakevich […]
  
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• Oregon shifts hepatitis A prevention efforts

  02-01-2019 05:03
  BEND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon health officials are working to redirect hepatitis A prevention strategies toward homeless populations following a shift in how outbreaks of the disease occur. The Bulletin reports the Oregon Health Authority has purchased additional hepatitis A vaccines this year, distributing them to county health departments in areas with large homeless populations. […]
  
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• Purdue super fan who inspired with fight against cancer dies

  02-01-2019 04:20
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Tyler Trent, a former Purdue University student and college football super fan who inspired many with his battle against cancer, died Tuesday. He was 20 years old. His family confirmed the death to The Indianapolis Star . Trent wanted to be a sportswriter and was determined to attend Purdue despite suffering three […]
  
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• Sumner elementary students learn to make difference in service club

  02-01-2019 04:02
  Participation in the Rotary Club starts young for students at Maple Lawn Elementary School in Sumner.
  
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• Swimmers brave chilly waters in Renton Polar Bear Plunge

  02-01-2019 02:29
  The annual plunge took place at Gene Coulon Park.
  
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• 2018’s heat set some records; 4 of Seattle’s 5 hottest years have now come this decade

  02-01-2019 01:04
  With a record number of days reaching 85 degrees, Seattle recorded one of its hottest years in 2018. That's consistent with recent trends.
  
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• Seattle police are reviewing video of fatal shooting of South King County father of two

  02-01-2019 00:56
  A man who was shot by police had recently been placed on probation by a federal judge in Alaska who believed he was working hard toward getting out of trouble.
  
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• Art honoring Alaska Native culture installed in Anchorage

  02-01-2019 00:28
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Artwork honoring the Native village of Eklutna and its cultural history has been installed in Anchorage. The Anchorage Daily News reports the bronze statue of an Alaska Native woman is near the mouth of Ship Creek in Anchorage. The woman holds dried fish and wears a traditional Dena’ina (deh-NEYE-nah) dress hemmed […]
  
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