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ミナです。Born under a strawberry moon, daughter of a man who found freedom in anonymity. Gunner girl. Bisexual. Translator. Fr/Eng/日本語

Paris/Cork/Mysore/Kyoto
Joined June 2018
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7 months
The root of the word Reality is Realis, latin for relating to things/phenomena. In short, there’s no such thing as an independent thing called reality: there’s only each individual’s way of relating to phenomena. That way can be paranoiac, chaotic, reactive, or spacious and free.
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@TansuYegen Bad enough to invent something like this, but imagine actually deciding, whatever the context, to dropping it on a city knowing exactly what it’ll do. To think we humans have this level of disconnect is terrifying… and yet it’s the reality, with no guarantee we won’t do it again
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@charles_watts That assist from Trossard for the third goal, what vision.
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@thehoffather @StopAntisemites A black man spewing hate like that and there’d be half a dozen screaming officers kneeing and spraying him.
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@bartholinite Déplorable, mais attention aux mots. Agression sexuelle sans doute. Mais étant moi-même d’origine japonaise et parfois victime de racisme, je dirais plutôt qu’il s’agit ici, sous couvert d’humour douteux, d’ignorance crasse, de crétinisme, de complexe de supériorité.
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@YueMillward Fortunately there are many written testimonies of the cultural revolution that all convey its absolute horror. Thought it was common knowledge but obviously today’s youth doesn’t seem to know, so it’s good we’re having this conversation & remember it’s the same CCP in power now.
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@MelindaMindi @MrMichaelBurkes At least door knobs have a purpose they fulfill.
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@DougDinsdale More rape me than tuck me, which makes it even worse…
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@bivins1 @Arsenal Really?? Surprised they allow this. I mean allowing known fans of certain clubs to referee is certainly worse, but it’s hard to find refs who don’t like football so ok. But this could be completely avoidable I reckon.
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@Kungfuk1d69 @UnseenJapanSite Ohh… because you think “Japan” does stuff to please you. My my. ちょっと勘違いしてるんじゃないの?
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@PGDynes I’m a big lakes fan. Everywhere I go I try to find a lake to swim in. With goggles to explore. Everywhere it’s the same: beds covered in algae as far as you can see. Very little else.
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@Generations7080 Jamais utilisé celui de mon meublé. Mais bon j’habite seule. Anecdote: au Japon, pays de l’électronique par excellence, où j’ai vécu jusqu’à récemment, personne n’en a, n’en voit l’utilité. Enfin avertissement: les produits chimiques de la lessive restent collés aux assiettes!
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@KonbiniFr Bref, Zidane a perdu la tête pour rien et a coûté la finale à son équipe.
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3 years
@ReffittNicole That’s what Trump does. « Divide to conquer ». I hope you’ll all be reunited in forgiveness and love soon.
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@ClockEndH Loved how he pulled his leg to let the ball through to Ode for the first goal.
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2 years
@ArsenalBuzzCom @SkySports You do a good job. But quotes from Merson??? Please. He’s got 0 credibility, the guy’s a fool, his head is empty.
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@LesMotsRares Soubès dans l’Hérault, après 2 décennies à Kyoto.
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@Rainmaker1973 We don’t need no asteroid, we’ll do it all by ourselves.
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@NqununuHQ @ArsenalBuzzCom Thanks Einstein. What would we do without you.
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@LatteFirm What does this show? That all these people don’t know what they’re talking about. They react to what they see & hear around without any in-depth analysis of their own, like we expect from anyone who creates a platform & makes money from it. Imposters, here just to make some noise
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@dacodac @CanalplusFoot The way Saliba speaks used to make me think maybe he wasn’t… let’s say the brightest, but from this clip I get a sense he’s just very grounded, honest and humble.
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@Toolcorner Anywhere that’s not inside the area of the windscreen in front of the driver and requires the driver to lose sight of the road is dangerous.
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@UnseenJapanSite The day I came back to live in France after 17 yrs in Japan, I was surprised how free I felt in my body & looks. Hadn’t realized how much of a constant pressure others gaze & judgement were in Japan.
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@GregRickard1 @TansuYegen Yes I’m aware of that particular narrative, and that’s why I mentioned « whatever the context », because my point is not about narratives, it’s beyond them if you will.
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@colleenxakaza @sokarliyahart Maybe you too could invest in knowing other people: “Asian dude” is South Korean for a start.
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@kazuuuuuuuus かわいそう
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@nick_kapur Vastly overrated writer anyway
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@Locati0ns Don’t do that. Some Americans will believe it.
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@jacobrepko @President46Yang @laurelchor Anyone with a modicum of knowledge & interest in the real world would know HK isn’t communist. That you believe it is shows how ignorant you are & you should very be careful about anything you think really, starting from your ideas about American “freedom”. Open your eyes...
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@energyisle Just as there’s a law against genocide, there should be a law against ecocide.
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@VarlanOlivier Génocide total et parfait… aux oubliettes les autochtones. Place à la violence, à l’arrogance, à l’ignorance crasse et bruyante d’une civilisation qui se croit éclairée et supérieure… quelle triste ironie.
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@GaryLineker Mr Lineker thanks for your genuine, albeit fleeting, concern, but this isn’t a first. This tweet doesn’t reflect well on you but is priceless, in that it perfectly expresses how people react to anything happening outside of Europe and North America: what? Err… ok next.
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@MrEwanMorrison You’re missing his point. His sees through that stuff and goes beyond, it’s the realm of the esoteric, of tantrism, the direct experience of relativism in its absolute. Doctor? Priest? Dancer? No. Being.
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@mrjeffu Most people, Japanese included, do not realize the power and dimension of Shinto and its deities on the land of Japan. In the modern world, only Bhutan in my knowledge, has a major royal lineage that plays this role of go-between between the people and the deities protecting it.
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@UPYOURARSENAL04 He played for PSG alongside Ronaldinho?! Wow.
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@terfyzu What’s the matter kiddo, discovering the world outside anime ?
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@HumanAreMetal @survival_guidee Another example of just because we can, doesn’t mean we should.
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@TheLfcKop @afcjxmes Exaggerate to self deprecate, it’s called humor mate.
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@Inafr_officiel Wow… même si on sait que ce genre de vue était là règle plutôt que l’exception avant (et pas que chez les hommes!), c’était quand même en 87! 13 ans à peine avant l’an 2000! J’allais dire qu’on a fait du chemin depuis, et c’est vrai, mais en fait ça existe encore bel et bien…
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@KyleKulinski And even if it was prayer rugs what’s the effing problem with that??? Christian crosses would have been more acceptable maybe??
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@Rachael_Swindon I know there’s a place in hell for all soldiers and policemen everywhere in this world who use their uniforms and weapons to terrorize those without. One day or another they’ll get a taste of their own medicine.
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@avshimiken その男の心が小さ過ぎるよ。彼女さんの含めて他人の喜びを応援出来るまで自分を無条件で認めて堂々と生きよう。
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@captaindrizzle @saving_romeo Oh my. We’re a bit thick aren’t we?
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@Fridays4FutureU @ClimateBen And not a single word in western media. So telling.
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@EnesFreedom @NBA @DWilkins21 If you could also mention Tibet from time to time to raise awareness please: they’ve suffered the same kind of fate for more than half a century now & are still struggling to regain their freedom & independence. Thanks for what you’re doing!
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6 years
@adrianjclarke Mesut is clearly a class act off the field as well. Not many people, let alone footballers, could have come up with such an honest and responsible statement. I hope everyone at Arsenal supports him on this, and lets him know it.
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@CelticFC A magician. A legend. A top 3 free kick taker in the world. So undervalued in Europe, because he’s Asian, but those who saw him play knew. Celtic & Naka were a match made in heaven, or should I say in Paradise. He’s the reason I’m still a Celtic fan to this day. Thank you Naka!
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@Propaganda69829 @YueMillward Can’t remember being taught much either here in France. As you say a lot of focus on the holocaust and the gulags but not much on China… My first real exposure to the horrific truth was via reading Jung Chang’s autobiographical novel Wild Swans.
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@tomkXY If you’re a grown up, we recommend you learn to be more subtle and intelligent when you state opinions. And maybe have more interesting opinions but that’s another story.
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@Generations7080 On se serrait la main après un contrôle?? Faut pas trop faire de la guimauve non plus :)
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@Generations7080 Foutaise. Encore un truc de marketing. On peut faire la vaisselle à la main en utilisant très peu d’eau.
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@Rainmaker1973 Proof again that we have no idea how immense are the consequences of our actions. We’ve been so blind, but even now that we’ve been made more aware and should know better, we carry on polluting our environment - which is just another word for our very own selves. So blind are we.
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@peakaustria South of France here. I took a walk this afternoon and the ground was covered with spring flowers that normally grows in late May.
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@RioMoussallem @GaryLineker What this war in Ukraine reveals very clearly: double standards from the West, their media and the general public. Won’t say the R word, no need to and it’s too loaded, but we all know what’s going on.
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@MAstronomers And we’ve managed to pollute every millimeter of it
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@danharris The whole world should have gone zero-China long ago, but it’s not too late.
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@_david_ho_ I’m for this decision, but trains are so good? Yes in general they consume much less energy per passenger, but here in France they’re always on strike and if not often late or canceled. In one word they’re unreliable and no one here has opened a bottle of wine to celebrate this.
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@climate_kev1 We’re all responsible, but nothing’s going to change indeed if there’s no radical political decision made. So the only option is to rise up to a position where we can make that decision, or at least influence it greatly. Just my opinion.
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@avshimiken 車やセックス。いつまでもそんなの比べてたら永遠に不幸だよ。
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@PGDynes It’s very telling how in the media it’s all about who how and why and not a word about the environmental consequences…
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@UnseenJapanSite @mrjeffu They really do use the same old trope everywhere don’t they. And people really do end up believing it, and that slowly builds up over the years until they end up electing a far right government.
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@DougDinsdale Not sure I completely understand your reasoning but in any case, a humbling account of learning a new language… I’ve had my share of them too (though not to that degree…)!
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@LesMotsRares Quand le vote devient un test de popularité plutôt que de compétence réelle, toute démocratie est susceptible de devenir une kakistocratie, comme l’a démontré encore récemment les USA, entre autres.
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@chineseciv @lhadon I’m genuinely curious, why don’t you say it invaded Tibet?
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@bivins1 @Arsenal Oh I see… good one :)
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@clivepafc But in general every time a so called small team wins, all those pundits spend 90% of the time analyzing why the big team lost, because they’ve got no knowledge outside those big teams. It’s a lack of respect, professionalism & just plain curiosity for the sport outside the box.
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@takashionary Needs a big caveat: nowadays you can use ASAP in written business English, even to a client you know. Not so with なるはや, which is very colloquial.
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@nonbyronic Very interesting. Esoteric Buddhism - or Vajrayana, also never makes any difference between inside and outside, and is practiced on that basis.
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@jacobcollier I’m 45 yrs old musician & for the first time in my life I’ve searched & listened not just to a full rap song but also to a full rap album, because of this tweet by @jacobcollier and I don’t regret it: its musicality is amazing.
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@wingcommander1 Indeed. Sadly every goddam drop of water on earth is polluted. Fukushima water, tainted or not, is just a drop in the ocean of pollution. The problem is happening everywhere everyday since the dawn of industrialization. What do you think shampooing your hair do to the water??
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@cguld It’s so depressing… when you find out again & again that people in power or close to it, who have so much influence on our lives, are the least worthy of it, the least dependable, the least humane. I mean, you or I with zero experience could do a better job than those people.
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@Generations7080 Il y’en a tellement… par exemple tous les Star Wars ou les James Bond que j’ai eu la malchance de voir.
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@RealEmirHan I’ve “known” you for about 2 seconds and you’ve already lost my respect :)
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@Rainmaker1973 And why do they need them?
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@Rainmaker1973 It’s ridiculous. Now that we have the technology, we should stop using planispheres.
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We can’t comment on this post so I’ll quote it & say as a coverage I don’t see where the bias is. Interview the police?? Who does that. The pro-Israel side? Clearly the protagonists & subject here are the pro-Gaza protesters. If there’s bias the post itself is guilty of it too.
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An example of how the Japanese media is covering the crackdown on protest encampments at US college campuses (from left-leaning Asahi TV): •Israel supporters are described as attacking the pro-Palestine encampment at UCLA. •The heavy-handed response of the NYPD at Columbia is
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@DannyDrinksWine What a revelation this was when I discovered it as a teenager. Finally a movie that addressed an inner life that’s just basically not even acknowledged by the educational system and society at large. This kind of art works is so much needed and yet so rare. Thank you Andreï.
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@survival_guidee Some of the replies suggest your information is wrong. Please confirm. You could potentially put some lives in danger.
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@mister_nbd @JuCourvoisier @CJuridiques N’importe qui peut se retrouvé devant un tribunal un jour, suite à un accident par exemple. Fautif ou pas vous serez bien content d’avoir qql qui vous défend et connaît les procédures, et furieux si vous appreniez que celles-ci ont été délibérément ignorées pour vous coincer.
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@Rainmaker1973 Kofuji meaning old Fuji and shinfuji meaning new Fuji.
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@_alexdayo You mean the traditional ones and those built up to the eighties? Lots of sukima, small openings and gaps, so more air circulation with the outside.
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@dusttodigital Ohh I didn’t know. And what a coincidence, I’ve been re-listening to the 13th these last few days after a long hiatus, marveling at their simple but effective ability to create a mood, and at Erickson’s way with words. Thank you Roky for the music.
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@_Gokaido Utiliser un O honorifique pour désigner un joueur de foot dont on vient juste de découvrir l’existence dans une conversation quelconque, c’est extrêmement poli et peu courant. D’où à mon avis l’erreur du serveur.
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@G_S_Bhogal We don’t know Lacey’s personal history so we’re talking generalities here aren’t we? And in general, most African Americans live in the US because their ancestors were brought from Africa as slaves, whereas Zionists kind of imposed themselves on the locals didn’t they??
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@ArsenalBuzzCom Duh. When will *pundits* start giving us insights we average fans can’t see, and make their show a bit interesting??
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4 years
@wesinjapan Studies show we project 8 more times saliva droplets into the air when singing compared to talking. One meter distancing won’t help.
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@mrjeffu An extreeeeeeeeemely rare case of a company actually asking an English native speaker to write the English version of their message. Now how hard was that??
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@dusttodigital « I’ll walk facing upwards, so that my tears don’t fall, on this lonely night. » It’s the sad lyrics with the optimistic tune that makes this iconic song loved by generation after generation of Japanese.
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@JustStop_Oil Shameful. Please don’t give up.
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@Locati0ns Wrong. Half of that 6% doesn’t belong to China. It’s called Tibet, it’s a sovereign nation illegally occupied by the Chinese. Stop spreading propaganda.
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@hikosaemon Humidity acts as a lid on high temperature? First time I hear of this. How does that actually work?
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@ArsenalBuzzCom I really like this “earn the right to win” he often says. Somehow for me it encapsulates his whole tactical approach.
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@paulwall1970 Wooow… things were really different back then weren’t they. The most depressing ad I’ve ever seen hands down.
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@tomkXY The very fact you say that proves you can discriminate and you get the point. Nothing more needs to be said👍
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@ChicagoDmitry Drinking alcohol is not inscribed into the FIFA World Cup charter…
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@GaijinMommy They don’t, but take it from me who’s lived in Tokyo and Paris and London, Tokyo really doesn’t smell that bad compared to London or even worse Paris.
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@EnesFreedom @JoeBiden @Nike Good news! But why would it stop the abuse? As long as the CCP is in power, and their ideology intact, they’ll keep repressing any dissent won’t they?
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