Dr. Bates @BatesPhysio Twitter profile

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@BatesPhysio

3 years

Like many of you, I’ve been checking @DrNadiaChaudhri ’s timeline for just one more tweet because she has been so much light and love. Entirely graceful. I was blessed to see how she dealt with tragedy. I hope she’s reaching the peace she deserves but I can’t help feeling sad.

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Little I died this morning. Everything that was good has left my world.

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For locals who care to attend; Little I’s funeral will be at St Thomas More in Coralville on Thursday. Prayers at 5pm, followed by his funeral at 6pm.

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Thank you to everyone who has been so exceptionally kind. @APSPhysiology has agreed to set up a fund in Charlie’s (Little I’s) name to fund an award for LGBTQIA+ scholars. He was a little queer kid who wanted everyone to feel welcome You can donate here

Donate to The American Physiological Society

I just donated to support physiology and empower discovery to improve health! https://give.the-aps.org/donate

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3 years

Hypothetically how does one explain the purchase of a giant tin chicken to their husband?

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4 years

Just got an email...MY GRANT GOT FUNDED!!! #NOA

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1 year

Today is my last official day as a tenured professor. I decided to resign seven months ago and don't regret it for a moment. The start-up space is terrifying and exhilarating at the same time, but also fulfills the parts of my personality I thought being a PI would - control over

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Yesterday I got a very nice note in my email: “Hi Melissa, I have some good news for you. I’m writing to notify you that [the dean] has recommended you for promotion to Associate Professor with tenure to the provost. I’ve cc’d the DCG so they are aware. Congratulations!”

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2 years

I know that someday I’ll feel happy again, but I think it will be a very long time.

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2 years

Im meeting my Dean at 3pm to talk about what to do with my life. Pray for me.

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3 years

I’m hopeful she’s among the most deserving of wings. And that maybe her sun and her moon will see these messages and know how many hearts she touched.

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3 years

I wish everyone who was touched by @DrNadiaChaudhri the best and will keep you all in my prayers for healing as you ponder losing her light on this mortal plane.

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2 years

Meeting with my dean who follows me on Twitter (hi Chris!) was very productive. He's going to reallocate my effort so I don't have to teach and can focus on being in the lab. I'm grateful he was so kind.

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2 years

Im meeting my Dean at 3pm to talk about what to do with my life. Pray for me.

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@MarcJStDennis As a mother who lost her little queer, non-binary kid this month, you call on me if I can ever help you. You have all of my love. I’m so sorry your family doesn’t see the wonder that you are.

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2 years

Spend every single moment you can with your family. You’ll never regret not working. You’ll regret all the moments you could have been with them and didn’t.

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2 years

If you could go back the first day of your postdoc and give advice in a single tweet, what would you say? Sincerely, a postdoc starting tomorrow

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I also wish all of you healing and love as you process this. Some of us are cancer survivors/ battlers who have pondered the conversations we’d have with our children and some aren’t. We’ve all been brought together by this beautiful person.

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@KSchaferPhD It does get better…reach out if I can lend an ear

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It’s premature to talk about healing divisions with people whose official position is that they do not accept the results of a legitimate election.

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The mortician who handled Charlie came by to drop off some items and his bill. His bill was $0. He told me he doesn’t charge for children’s funeral. I need to take care of the donations to the church but I was so touched I sobbed in his arms.

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4 years

Friends, we lost one of our own. She was asked to keep teaching in the early days of the pandemic and now here we are.

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4 years

I am deeply sad to have just learned that our friend @Sciencing_Bi has died from COVID-19 complications.

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3 years

I hope they publish their findings in @PNASNews

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3 years

J&J vaccine is rising to the occasion

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2 years

Strange just stopped by my desk to remind me of the time Charlie got in trouble for GrubHubing himself a McDonald's Sprite to school. He'd always say McDonald's Sprite just hits different

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4 years

“Overall, the committee strongly supports Prof. Bates’s promotion to Associate Professor with tenure based on her accomplishments in research/scholarship, teaching/mentoring and service that meet or exceed departmental expectations for promotion with tenure.”

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This was sent to me yesterday by a friend. Missing my guy today…

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2 years

Missing this guy…

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“Oh shit!!! You’re pregnant?” “And I’m reasonably certain it’s yours” “Dick” #StrangeBaby

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2 years

Two @uiowa profs and their nugget #fightforiowa

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4 years

I’ve got reporters in my inbox, folks. That’s never really been my thing, so I’m gonna lay out all my receipts from the last year. Take it for what it’s worth. I’ve only got memory receipts because accounts are suspended, so that will have to be enough.

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2 years

Charlie’s tree…

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4 years

Bad news for @strangesource , it looks like the largest of the adenomas removed from my colon are not malignant. Still have a long road ahead to remove the rest, but looks like I'll be sticking around a wee while longer.

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3 years

Trying to deal with the situation using all the tools my university offers…

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I continue to try to battle the rumors that Little I was a gay kid who killed himself because he wasn’t accepted. There was never a kid I loved or accepted more for the marvel he was. He had a community. His gay aunties sent him back to eternal rest.

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4 years

Just received word that the R01 A1 I lost hope on is being considered as an R56. Guys....

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4 years

GUYS GUYS GUYS GUYS!!!! An R21 I put in with another fabulous @APSPhysiology colleague is going to be funded!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm gonna burst! HUZZAH!!! Hey @StrangeSource , ready for champagne? 🍾😍🤣🥰

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1 year

My little guy has been gone almost a year. The one bit of hope is that I can announce that the Charlie Bates Research Award is now available through @APSPhysiology . The deadline is Feb 17. Details in next tweet. Please RT to spread the word…

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2 years

His death has been ruled, as we knew, an accident. An incredible, tragic accident. I miss my baby every day.

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3 years

. @DrNadiaChaudhri ’s journey has taught me about who is important and who I am wasting my time on.

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3 years

Should you ask a question at faculty meeting?

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I'm glad that @strangesource is safe. He had an accident on the way home from work. I'm not sure I could survive losing anyone else.

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2 years

I have tweeted in the last 10 min about losing both a non-binary kid and a son…my relationship with Charlie was both. He was was telling me about both of his pronoun options and that he was thinking about what he wanted from me. We talked so much

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1 year

“Don’t tell anyone this time!!” - @StrangeSource “Do you know who you married???” - @BatesPhysio

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@BatesPhysio

2 years

Back @skepchicks What Do You Do When There Is (Almost) Nothing Left?

What Do You Do When There Is (Almost) Nothing Left?

A little more than a week ago I wrote a post about how I realized I had been miserable and was looking for a change. I thought I had found one that would make me happy. Then I woke up Saturday morn…

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6 months

I left academia and then got roped back in. Here’s the part I hate deeply - every day is a crisis of some type. If you decide to take a few days off, you know you’re going to be met with a crisis that is proportional to what you left. So what do you do? Check your email daily….

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@BatesPhysio

2 years

Baby steps. My girls basketball team is getting incredible. My first workout at @OfficialHOTWORX was satisfying. Minor step back, crying in the TJs when the cashier I know asked me where my usual shopping partner was. But, I’m moving.

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I am grateful to the 1.5K followers who started following me since my sons death. He was a little queer kid who wanted to see everyone have their place in the world. I am committed to seeing his light bring belonging if you’re willing to donate |

Donate to The American Physiological Society

I just donated to support physiology and empower discovery to improve health! https://give.the-aps.org/donate

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Charlie's been gone for three months. It feels like forever ago and yesterday all at once. I was finally able to open his bedroom door and clean out some of the trash I had harped on him about. He was a tremendously creative spirit and a messy little beast.

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1 year

It you are a person of faith, say a little prayer for my Charlie today. If you’re not, just send a sweet intention. They’re basically the same thing.

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Today I had my greatest moment as a physiology professor. I walked into a room in our building and said “Damn! It’s so. Cold in here my hemoglobin shifted left.” 9 students laughed. That’s a success

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2 years

I might just be done with placing my heart in academia. On the bright side, here are my sea monkeys

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2 years

Came home to find a gift from my cousin Erinn Calla Lyons, who is an incredible artist…

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The little girls asked me where Asst Coach Charlie was and I had to tell them. It turned my stomach, but they played a great game and told me I was the greatest coach 💔

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3 years

The number of likes on this tweet tell me how many of you are similarly touched. Sending my love, peace, and strength to you all. I was frivolous the past 48 how’s because I truly adore and treasure “shalom bayit”

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2 years

This particular #StrangeBaby is not going to be a viable baby. Thanks to everyone for their well wishes.

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4 years

Good news. I am COVID negative. Baby steps...

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Today was a day of the highest highs and lowest lows. My dean and HR rep were so kind. Then I got smacked with the bureaucracy stick from another part of the university. I coached basketball and had fun with my girls. But, then the most kind thing happened…

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3 years

Does anyone else get indignant when your work gets cited but the authors totally misinterpret what you said????

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2 years

I found a Zoom group today for grieving parents. It really helped.

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1 year

Announcements on my blog:

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2 years

Thank you to @PhysiologyExec for walking through the steps with me to help establish Charlie's award. We were both in awe at the number of people who donated.

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His gay and trans parent friends supported us. I am so tired of having to fight this rumor. People are more curious about why someone died than mourning the fact that they are gone.

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4 years

Just had my COVID test. One of you hilariously described it as feeling like a Pap test but up your nose. I can now confirm there is no more truthful description.

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2 years

Lots of emotions to work through. The most recent and most raw one is pure anger at Charlie for not being more careful. Pure anger for leaving me behind in a world without him.

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4 years

The Nature Group, Once Again, Commits to Misogyny in the Scientific Literature

There are some things in this world that never cease to amaze me. For example, how much I am enjoying this video today. A friend sent it to me. I never would have picked it myself, but now I’…

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I am so grateful to you all.

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3 years

Does anyone else remember the old Sigma catalogs? Gosh, I loved looking up chemicals in that!!!

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1 year

Thank you @APSPhysiology . That was very special

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1 year

@DrKimEBarrett @BatesPhysio @APSPhysiology ❤️❤️

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@mochamomma As a mother who lost her son this month, you have all my love. It’s a level of suffering I wouldn’t wish on anyone.

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Welcome to all my new followers. This thread is 10% science, 90% OMFG what do we do now????

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Our baby is this big this week. Hoping this one sticks…

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“So help me, if you post that on social media…” - @StrangeSource

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2 years

Every grant should be 6 pages.

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4 years

I can lay down and die a happy physiologist. I am chatting cardiac science with THE Hammer.

MC HAMMER e/acc

@MCHammer

4 years

Does it also process thoughts and regulate emotions ?

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God….

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@amyfaithho Makes you wonder what the cost savings actually is. I always doubt insurers do anything that doesn’t make them money

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3 years

Thank you! It’s finally official! Thank you to @uiowa @UIowaHHP @UIchildrens @IntMedatIowa and the Holden Cancer Center for all the support I’ve received!

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Congratulations @BatesPhysio for promotion to Associate Processor with Tenure! And Honors College Mentor of the Year!! 😀🥂 🎈🍹 🎉 @UIowaHHP @UIowaCancer

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We will work to make sure this funds and award that is accessible to the entire society.

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I am so blessed that so many family members are coming to be with us for Thanksgiving. It’s also Charlie’s 16th birthday. I have learned a lot in these 9 months of grieving..

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I'm over @skepchicks trying to move on...

Focusing on the Cut and Shoot…

I’m not sure that it’s possible to describe the worst day of your life. It’s been almost three weeks since I lost one of the brightest stars at the center of my galaxy. The first …

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2 years

I just got my first invoice in a long time from our school district. I used to get them weekly and didn’t understand why, until I learned that Charlie was buying lunch for friends.

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One of my very best science besties lost her little boy this week. She called me and cried that she didn’t want to join my club. It ripped my heart open. I don’t want anyone to join my club either.

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4 years

I think people imagine we just were hit by a bad thunderstorm. Much of our state was completely destroyed and many are still without basic utilities a week later. We've had an uptick of people in our hospital with CO poisoning from generator use.

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Our city of Cedar Rapids has been destroyed by a Derecho, a term for a type of storm I’ve never heard of and never want to hear of again. Walking through the destruction I came across this lost tree. My mind keeps coming back to it days later. #CedarRapids #derecho

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Just got an email reminding me to register Charlie for the 10th grade. Need to stop crying enough to be a good mom…

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The fund is growing to where it would could not only provide an award for LGBTQIA+ scholars in perpetuity, but could actually grow to fund LGBTQIA+ scholarship. Please consider giving to support our colleagues who often aren't seen. I am in tears to see the amount in the account

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@BatesPhysio

2 years

Thank you to everyone who has been so exceptionally kind. @APSPhysiology has agreed to set up a fund in Charlie’s (Little I’s) name to fund an award for LGBTQIA+ scholars. He was a little queer kid who wanted everyone to feel welcome You can donate here

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Thank you to @iGrrrl , @millerlab , @mnitabach , @LabDale , @kwoww , @becca , @hathor , Mihaela Teodorescu, Marlowe Eldridge, Heidi Kellihan, Natalaya Lakhatakia and and so many people I’ve met along the way who came to help me and my family bury my baby…

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Allow me to introduce you to Alexander Hamilton…

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3 years

Mom prof take: middle school and high school teachers are harder on students than most professors I know.

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I have created a drink called Tenure in the Afternoon and each ingredient has a little special meaning... 😂

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I could just use a hug today. There’s so much going on in the world that is bigger than me, but I could use a hug.

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Today is Charlie’s birthday and the anniversary of his favorite artist’s death - F. Mercury. Thanks for the joy today Queen.

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Looks like @StrangeSource works for me now.... 😂

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Usually over a large hashbrown and a Diet Coke and iced coffee. There is no form I wouldn’t have loved. He was my universe.

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I told Dan Ciha through an ugly cry that he’s my favorite person I never want to see again.

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Who hasn’t thought about how we’d deal with the loss of a spouse, parent, child, mentor, child, mentee? These are important feelings

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. @grrl is playing cards against humanity with us after Little I’s funeral and she just just triaged all our answers and made us give new answers. We all gotta submit and A1.

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Yeah, there was unnecessary bullshit, but there are some incredible people in the world. If you need a funeral home in Iowa City, Gay and Ciha have always been kind to my family. They took care of Charlie and Strange’s mom and are exceptional

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It might have gotten me, dudes. Gonna take some Tylenol and head in for my COVID test at 4:20.

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There are incredibly good people in this community. I got this in the middle of the night…

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a member of our community died and no one knows who she is and can’t verify it. In the other worst case scenario, someone tried to groom me to provide cover for an egregious lie. Either way, I don’t want to talk about it anymore because I’m just trying to do good work and

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Just had the most adorable interaction with a student. My office door was open and they walked by, stopped, stepped in and said "OMG, you're my professor! I'm in your class and I've never met you in person! I had to say hi!!"

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