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• Twenty Years Ago His Wife Announced She Wouldn't Be Blowing Or Kissing Him Anymore...

  10-06-2019 23:44 via thestranger.com
  
  Savage Love Letter of the Dayby Dan SavageI found my way to your column from a Google search. I saw your email address at the bottom and was hoping for some insight. My issue is that two years into our twenty-three-year marriage my wife declared that she doesn't want to kiss me or perform oral on me. Several years ago, she had an affair and confessed that she not only kissed this other person but performed oral on them as well. Why them and not me? Should I just go find someone willing to do wha
  
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• The Seattle Art Museum Is Getting a New Director

  10-06-2019 23:42 via thestranger.com
  
  This morning, the Seattle Art Museum announced that Amada Cruz will be the museum's new director and CEO, succeeding Kimerly Rorschach.by Jasmyne KeimigAmada Cruz has been chosen as Seattle Art Museum's new director and CEO. COURTESY OF SAM
  This morning, the Seattle Art Museum announced that Amada Cruz will be the museum's new director and CEO, succeeding Kimerly Rorschach, who announced her plans to retire last fall.In an interview this morning, Cruz called the SAM's collection one of the best
  
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• Oklahoma judge wants more answers on $85M opioid settlement

  10-06-2019 23:22
  NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma judge is declining to approve the state’s proposed $85 million settlement with an opioid maker until he’s assured it complies with a new law targeting such deals. The attorney general’s office says Cleveland County Judge Thad Balkman on Monday ordered attorneys for both the state and Israeli-owned Teva Pharmaceuticals […]
  
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• Safe Seattle and Nextdoor-Loving Homeowners Are the Same as the Daft African Boy Who Misunderstood a Cow

  10-06-2019 23:15 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeReal sad cow boy... ranplett/gettyimages.com
  What is philosophy good for? Spinoza, a 17th century Dutch philosopher, provides an answer. But before explaining one of his concepts, which concerns the ultimate purpose of reason, I want to put this image in your head, which originated close to Watsomba, a "growth point" (as developmental economists called it) in the Zimbabwean province of Manicaland. It is around 1983, and the day is coming to an end on a small farm. In the distanc
  
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• Andy Cohen pushes to allow surrogacy agreements in New York

  10-06-2019 22:39
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Andy Cohen has joined New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in pushing to legalize paid gestational surrogacy, in which a woman is compensated for carrying a baby for its parents. The “Watch What Happens Live” host and the Democratic governor held a news conference Monday in New York City to call on […]
  
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• High Fashion in Old Hollywood in This Summer Film Series

  10-06-2019 22:28 via thestranger.com
  
  by Chase BurnsIn Rear Window, Grace Kelly tries to get James Stewart's attention by wearing fancy gowns designed by Edith Head.COURTESY OF SIFF AND WARNER BROS.In the ballet dream sequence in Singin' in the Rain, two of America's best dancers at the time, Cyd Charisse and Gene Kelly, romance each other on a set that looks like a Georgia O'Keeffe work. It is painted in a way that makes it seem endless, like a desert horizon. Everything—the earth, the sky, the landscape—is in lavenders
  
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• 4 Oregon public universities seeking tuition hikes

  10-06-2019 22:17
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Four of Oregon’s public universities will defend substantial tuition increases this week in front of the Higher Education Coordinating Commission amid protests from frustrated students. The University of Oregon is proposing a 9.7% increase, the Oregon Institute of Technology seeks a 9% increase, Portland State University wants an 11% increase and […]
  
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• Inbox Jukebox Track of the Day: The Beautifully Melancholic "End of the Night" by Ex-Codeine Drummer Chris Brokaw

  10-06-2019 22:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Hear the beautifully melancholic, Chet Baker-esque title track off ex-Codeine drummer Chris Brokaw's End of the Night LP.by Dave SegalGet ready to slow down. David Michael Curry
  Chris Brokaw, "End of the Night" (Black Editions/VDSQ)
  Best known for his stints in Sub Pop-affiliated slowcore luminaries Codeine and angst-ridden indie-rockers Come, Chris Brokaw lived in Seattle for a brief while in the mid 2010s before heading to Boston in 2017. During his time here, he frequently played around town
  
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• Hey, can you spare a kidney? Man campaigns for transplant

  10-06-2019 21:22
  JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man is getting creative while trying to find a kidney donor. The Johnson City Press reports 62-year-old Jeff Shevell is making T-shirts and car signs and launching a social media campaign to urge potential donors to share their spare kidneys with him or others in need. Shevell has […]
  
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• Judge rejects Indiana AG’s bid to block abortion clinic

  10-06-2019 21:12
  SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — A federal judge has rejected an attempt by Indiana’s attorney general to prevent an abortion clinic from opening in northern Indiana. U.S. District Judge Sarah Evans Barker on Friday denied Attorney General Curtis Hill’s request for an immediate stay to prevent the clinic from opening until Indiana’s appeal is considered. […]
  
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• Medical pot laws no answer for US opioid deaths, study finds

  10-06-2019 21:04
  A new study shoots down the notion that medical marijuana laws can prevent opioid overdose deaths, challenging a favorite talking point of legal pot advocates. Researchers repeated an analysis that sparked excitement years ago. The previous work linked medical marijuana laws to slower than expected increases in state prescription opioid death rates from 1999 to […]
  
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• You Have Five More Hours to Take Our Sex Survey! Just Do It!

  10-06-2019 21:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by The Stranger
  We’re working on a funny, kinky, wild, true issue of The Stranger devoted to the stuff none of us talk about in polite company. And we need your help! We’ve made a very dirty questionnairewe’d love for you to fill out. Be honest! But don't worry: It's completely anonymous.
  The deadline to get your answers in is next Monday—June 10, at 5 p.m. After we crunch the numbers, we’ll turn your answers—and the answers of your friends, neighbors, coworke
  
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• US Supreme Court will hear Montana arsenic cleanup case

  10-06-2019 20:45
  BUTTE, Mont. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether residents of two Montana communities can continue their decade-long effort to get the Atlantic Richfield Co. to pay for a more thorough cleanup of arsenic left on properties after a century of copper smelting. The Montana Supreme Court ruled in December 2017 for the […]
  
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• Deadpan Undead in Jim Jarmusch’s The Dead Don’t Die

  10-06-2019 19:39 via thestranger.com
  by Erik HenriksenJim Jarmusch has been on a streak lately. Only Lovers Left Alive (2013) was one of the best films in the 66-year-old writer/director’s astonishingly rich oeuvre. Three years later, Paterson was just as good. And after that, he headed into documentary territory, sharply profiling Iggy Pop and the Stooges for Gimme Danger.Iggy is back in Jarmusch’s latest, The Dead Don’t Die, as is Paterson star Adam Driver—but aside from that, Jarmusch’s zombie comed
  
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• The 50 Best Things To Do in Seattle This Week: June 10-16, 2019

  10-06-2019 19:30 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's arts critics recommend the best local events.by Joule ZelmanOur music critics have already chosen the 37 best music shows this week, but now it's our arts critics' turn to recommend the best events in their areas of expertise. Here are their picks in every genre—from the Pacific Northwest Ballet's NEXT STEP: Outside/In to a reading with Eat, Pray, Love author Elizabeth Gilbert, and from the Washington Brewers Festival to a Pride-themed Capitol Hill Art Walk. See them all bel
  
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• The 49 Best Things To Do in Seattle This Week: June 10-16, 2019

  10-06-2019 19:30 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's arts critics recommend the best local events.by Joule ZelmanOur music critics have already chosen the 37 best music shows this week, but now it's our arts critics' turn to recommend the best events in their areas of expertise. Here are their picks in every genre—from the Pacific Northwest Ballet's NEXT STEP: Outside/In to a reading with Eat, Pray, Love author Elizabeth Gilbert, and from the Washington Brewers Festival to a Pride-themed Capitol Hill Art Walk. See them all bel
  
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• Big Little Lies 2: The Streepening Is Ready for Us to Meme the Hell Out of It

  10-06-2019 19:26 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ned LannamannFishing for some more red carpet moments.
  Did we need more Big Little Lies? Originally designed as a one-and-done, the glossy, juicy limited series from HBO, based on the book by Liane Moriarty, achieved huge success in 2017 in terms of both viewership and awards. So, needed or not, we’re getting more—more Reese, more Nicole, more windswept shots of the California coast, more impeccably curated playlists emitting from Sonos speakers, and LOTS more of Laura Dern wearin
  
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• 1 dead, 1 missing after Southern Oregon boat accident

  10-06-2019 19:07
  TRAIL, Ore. (AP) — One man has died and another is missing and presumed dead after a boating incident on Lost Creek Lake in southern Oregon. Irving Fuentes, 25, was transported by medical helicopter but pronounced dead Sunday at Providence Medford Medical Center, after a late-evening 911 caller reported what they described as two drownings, […]
  
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• 1 dead, 1 missing after south Oregon boat accident

  10-06-2019 19:07
  TRAIL, Ore. (AP) — One man has died and another is missing and presumed dead after a boating incident on Lost Creek Lake in southern Oregon. Irving Fuentes, 25, was transported by medical helicopter but pronounced dead Sunday at Providence Medford Medical Center, after a late-evening 911 caller reported what they described as two drownings, […]
  
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• Senate vote expected on full dividend from oil wealth fund

  10-06-2019 18:50
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Senate is expected to vote Monday on whether to revive a bill that would pay residents a full dividend from the state’s oil-wealth fund this year. Senate President Cathy Giessel said a vote also is expected on a compromise state operating budget approved a day earlier by the House. […]
  
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• Dividend vote expected in Alaska Senate

  10-06-2019 18:50
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Senate is expected to vote on whether to revive a bill that would pay residents a full dividend from the state’s oil-wealth fund this year. Senate President Cathy Giessel said Sunday that vote will be taken up after the Senate convenes Monday. Last week, with one prominent supporter of […]
  
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• Alaska Senate fails to revive oil-wealth fund dividend bill

  10-06-2019 18:50
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Senate failed Monday to revive a bill that would pay residents a full dividend of about $3,000 from the state’s oil-wealth fund this year, a sign of the struggle lawmakers are having in reaching agreement on one of the special session’s last issues. Legislative leaders have made clear their […]
  
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• 2 in crashed Oregon plane jailed on marijuana charges

  10-06-2019 18:48
  MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — The pilot and passenger of a private airplane that crashed into an Oregon neighborhood over the weekend have been jailed on marijuana trafficking charges. The Mail Tribune reports Monday that 34-year-old Zachary Wayne Moore and 38-year-old Matthew William Thompson, both from Boise, Idaho, were booked in the Jackson County Jail on […]
  
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• Seattle Art Museum names new director and CEO: Amada Cruz, from Phoenix Art Museum

  10-06-2019 18:15
  Cruz, who will start this fall, succeeds Kimerly Rorschach, who announced last fall that she would retire this year after seven years at SAM.
  
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• We've Decided to Start Spelling "Hip-Hop" Correctly

  10-06-2019 17:55 via thestranger.com
  
  by The Stranger JOHNNY SAMPSON
  For nearly 15 years, The Stranger—against logic and aesthetics—has printed the word representing the musical genre distinguished by rapping, DJing, breakdancing, and graffiti as "hiphop." Why, many a music staffer and freelance writer wondered. Because it was former My Philosophy columnist and esteemed hip-hop commentator Larry Mizell Jr.'s preference. With all due respect to that great critic, "hiphop" looks funny—and not in a good way. Matter of
  
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• Federal agency taking comments on predator killing in Idaho

  10-06-2019 17:32
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Federal authorities are taking public comments on a plan to conduct an extensive environmental study involving killing wolves and other predators in Idaho that attack livestock, deer and elk. The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Monday says it will take comments through July 10 on a planned environmental impact statement. A […]
  
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• Lovingly, a family raises an intersex child – again

  10-06-2019 17:31
  Their baby was born with both male and female traits. Instead of changing their child, the parents want the world to be more accepting of intersex people as they are.
  
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• Finding Victory: Speaking out for intersex girl after attack

  10-06-2019 17:31
  Their baby was born with both male and female traits. This time, instead of changing their child, the parents want the world to be more accepting of intersex people as they are.
  
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• Family speaks out for intersex girl after violent attack

  10-06-2019 17:31
  Their baby was born with both male and female traits. This time, instead of changing their child, the parents want the world to be more accepting of intersex people as they are.
  
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• Alaska Army National Guard soldier dies in Copper River

  10-06-2019 17:31
  GLENNALLEN, Alaska (AP) — A 35-year-old Alaska Army National Guard soldier from Fort Greely died when he fell into the Copper River while dipnetting for salmon. Alaska State Troopers say the body of Sgt. 1st Class Russell Hepler was recovered. Alaska Army National Guard officials say Hepler was a full-time soldier in the 49th Missile […]
  
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• Slog AM: Seattle City Council to Vote on Showbox, Fort Lawton; Heat Wave Coming for Washington; One Million People Protest in Hong Kong

  10-06-2019 17:23 via thestranger.com
  
  by Timothy KenneyWave hello to the heat wave.TOMMASO79/ GETTY IMAGES
  Seattle City Council expected to vote on The Showbox's fate: Things are not looking great for the downtown music venue, but its fate for the next six months rests on a vote by the city council later today. They're deciding whether to extend temporary protections for the venue another six months, which would prevent the property owners from demolishing it and building a 44-story apartment building. Even if they vote to extend it
  
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• Campaign money came from small number of groups, people

  10-06-2019 16:54
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Campaigns in Oregon during the 2018 election cycle were funded largely by a few individuals and groups concentrated in the greater Portland area. That’s according to a report released Monday by the nonprofit research organization MapLight. The Statesman Journal reports that among the key findings were that businesses, labor unions and […]
  
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• Case of Idaho woman killed in seed plant goes back to court

  10-06-2019 16:32
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The family of an Idaho woman who died after her hair got caught in machinery at a seed plant has taken a lawsuit back to the state Supreme Court after it ruled against them last year. The Idaho Press reports the attorney for the family of 63-year-old Francisca Gomez argued before […]
  
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• Six-hour standoff ends without injury in Pocatello

  10-06-2019 16:25
  POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Law enforcement officers in southeastern Idaho have arrested a man after a six-hour standoff at a Pocatello home. The Idaho State Journal reports the 22-year-old Pocatello man was arrested by Bannock County Sheriff’s Office SWAT officers early Monday. No one was injured in the standoff. Pocatello police said the man reportedly […]
  
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• Seattle-area weather expected to be warmer than normal all week; here’s when it’ll get hottest

  10-06-2019 16:05
  All week, daytime highs are expected to be above normal for this time of year, according to the National Weather Service in Seattle.
  
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• Seattle yoga teacher’s ‘Undoing Whiteness’ class: Founded on deep purpose, it’s triggered outrage

  10-06-2019 15:00
  Seattle yoga instructor Laura Humpf's "Undoing Whiteness" class is geared toward white people and examines obliviousness to the privileges society grants white skin. A different class for people of color years ago triggered public outrage, but Humpf sees so much to gain she's risking the outrage again.
  
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• New payroll tax is pioneering experiment to help Washington state seniors age at home

  10-06-2019 15:00
  Nearly a decade after federal officials discarded a provision in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that would have provided Americans with long-term care insurance benefits, two states — Washington and Hawaii — are experimenting with taxpayer-funded plans to help older residents remain in their homes. Washington’s ambitious plan, signed into law in May, will employ […]
  
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• Japanese exchange student offers her views on Richland High School’s mushroom cloud logo

  10-06-2019 15:00
  To Nonoka Koga, who grew up not far from Nagasaki, the mushroom cloud is a reminder of those who lost their lives when the U.S. dropped two atomic bombs during World War II.
  
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• At 88, William Shatner is still in the captain’s chair and coming to Seattle

  10-06-2019 15:00
  The actor who is forever linked to his role as Capt. James T. Kirk in the Star Trek franchise will speak Monday at McCaw Hall in Seattle.
  
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• After years of complaints, Metro hires a new contractor for its Access paratransit service

  10-06-2019 15:00
  Riders with disabilities say they have waited an hour or more for an Access bus to pick them up, are often taken on long and circuitous trips, and too often arrive late or early to appointments.
  
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• No pity: Town Hall Seattle discussion will focus on supporting disabled children and parents

  10-06-2019 14:00
  A June 13 event at Town Hall Seattle will feature a panel of disabled parents talking about how disabled and non-disabled families can forge ties, and how they can support both each other and children who are disabled.
  
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• No pity: Town Hall discussion will focus on supporting disabled children and parents

  10-06-2019 14:00
  A June 13 event at Town Hall Seattle will feature a panel of disabled parents talking about how disabled and non-disabled families can forge ties, and how they can support both each other and children who are disabled.
  
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• Salesforce buying Tableau Software in $15.7B all-stock deal

  10-06-2019 13:29
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Customer-management software developer Salesforce is buying Tableau Software in an all-stock deal valued at $15.7 billion. Tableau uses self-service analytics to help people with any skill level work with data. Among the companies that use Tableau’s services are Charles Schwab, Verizon and Netflix. Once the transaction closes, Tableau will operate independently […]
  
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• Vaping device maker sponsoring public health research

  10-06-2019 12:05
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A historically black college in Tennessee is planning to research the impact of electronic cigarettes and vaping with a grant from vaping device maker JUUL Labs. Meharry Medical College in Nashville says that it and JUUL Labs have structured the $7.5 million grant in ways meant to ensure the “full autonomy” […]
  
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• Vaping device maker sponsoring health research — on impact of vaping

  10-06-2019 12:05
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A historically black college in Tennessee is planning to research the impact of electronic cigarettes and vaping with a grant from vaping device maker JUUL Labs. Meharry Medical College in Nashville says that it and JUUL Labs have structured the $7.5 million grant in ways meant to ensure the “full autonomy” […]
  
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• Virginia city to divest budget funds from fossil fuels

  10-06-2019 10:32
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Officials in Charlottesville, Virginia, have voted to divest the city’s operating budget investments from any entity involved in the production of fossil fuels or weapons. WVIR-TV reports the City Council voted 4-1 last week to complete those divestments within the next 30 days. Supporters of divestment argued that weapons and fossil […]
  
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• Charlottesville, Virginia, to divest budget funds from fossil fuels

  10-06-2019 10:32
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Officials in Charlottesville, Virginia, have voted to divest the city’s operating budget investments from any entity involved in the production of fossil fuels or weapons. WVIR-TV reports the City Council voted 4-1 last week to complete those divestments within the next 30 days. Supporters of divestment argued that weapons and fossil […]
  
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• ‘Homework gap’ shows millions of students lack home internet

  10-06-2019 06:01
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — With no computer or internet at home, Raegan Byrd’s homework assignments present a nightly challenge: How much can she get done using just her smartphone? On the tiny screen, she switches between web pages for research projects, losing track of tabs whenever friends send messages. She uses her thumbs to tap […]
  
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• California OKs health care for some adult immigrants

  10-06-2019 06:01
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Some low-income adults in California living in the country illegally will soon get their health benefits paid for by taxpayers. Democrats in the state Legislature on Sunday agreed to make adults between the ages of 19 and 25 eligible for the state’s Medicaid program. Not everyone will get those benefits, only […]
  
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