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	<h1>Keys to Effective Presentations: Invigorate Your Delivery and Increase Your Confidence</h1>
	
	<p><strong>Keys to Effective Presentations: Invigorate Your Delivery and Increase Your Confidence</strong></p>

<p>A <a href="http://www.thecapitol.net/CapitolLearning/PhoneSeminars.htm#EffectivePresentationsJune242008_TS">Telephone Seminar</a></p>

<blockquote>How to deliver a memorable presentation.
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<p>Open Q&A with the faculty included:Jill Kamp Melton.</p>

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	<h1>Congressional Deskbook: "Obligation"</h1>
	
	<p><strong>Obligation</strong>: Binding agreement by a government agency to pay for goods, products, or services.</p>

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	<h1>Legislating in the U.S. Senate</h1>
	
	<p><strong>Legislating in the U.S. Senate</strong></p>

<p>A <a href="http://www.thecapitol.net/CapitolLearning/PhoneSeminars.htm#LegislatingInSenate_TS">Telephone Seminar</a></p>

<blockquote>Martin Gold (<a href="http://www.thecapitol.net/Faculty/facultybiog.html#GOLD_Martin">bio</a>), a former floor advisor and counsel to Majority Leader Bill Frist will analyze how legislating in the U.S. Senate differs from legislating in the House of Representatives. He will share his personal experience and knowledge of the history of the Senate during this program. Mr. Gold will focus on the four pillars of Senate procedure:
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<p>Open Q&A with the faculty included: Martin Gold.</p>

<ul><li>Thursday, June 19, 2008
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	<h1>Researching Federal Legislative Histories: Statutory and Code Research</h1>
	
	<p><strong>Researching Federal Legislative Histories: Statutory and Code Research</strong></p>

<p>A <a href="http://www.thecapitol.net/CapitolLearning/PhoneSeminars.htm#ResearchLegHistory_StatutesCodes_TS">Telephone Seminar</a></p>

<blockquote>If you are researching legislative histories, you need a thorough understanding of the sources and publication of laws, i.e., statutes and codes. During this program, you will:
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<p>Open Q&A with the faculty included: Robert Gee.</p>

<ul><li>Wednesday, June 18, 2008
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	<p><strong>Media Tip 41</strong>: Never respond immediately to reporter calls on potentially negative stories—craft a response using all office resources and experts. Listen “between the lines” for potential details that could be strategically crucial. And never say, “No comment.”</p>

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	<h1>Nutella ... and guilt....</h1>
	
	<p>See <a href="http://mrtoledano.com/images/photos/people/09.jpg"><strong>this image</strong></a> from <a href="http://mrtoledano.com/frame_photographs.html">Mr. Toledano</a>.</p>

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	<h1>Faculty Favorites: Dining and Places - Al Swift</h1>
	
	<p>We asked our faculty and authors to share with us some of their favorite things about living in our nation's capital. Their responses are posted in "<a href="http://hobnobblog.com/facultyfavorites.php">Faculty Favorites</a>"</p>

<p><strong>Al Swift</strong> (<a href="http://www.thecapitol.net/Faculty/facultybior.html#SWIFT_Al">bio</a>), a former Member of Congress, shares his favorites.</p>

<h2>Five most interesting places to visit</h2> 
<ul><li><strong>Washington's Tomb</strong> or what was supposed to be that. It is now the place they store the Lincoln catafalque which has been used for every person who has laid in state in the rotunda since it was used for Abraham Lincoln. It is kind of hard to find but it is directly beneath the center of the Capitol Dome. Just keep going down.  <a href="http://www.aoc.gov/cc/capitol/catafalque.cfm">web site</a>, <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=101+Independence+Ave+SE,+Washington,+DC&sll=38.893972,-77.008581&sspn=0.032399,0.072012&ie=UTF8&ll=38.888027,-77.004697&spn=0.008101,0.018003&z=16&iwloc=addr">101 Independence Avenue SE, Washington, DC</a>.
<li>The <strong>Brumidi Corridor</strong> in the U.S. Capitol, Senate side.  <a href="http://www.aoc.gov/cc/art/brumidi/index.cfm">web site</a>, <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=101+Independence+Ave+SE,+Washington,+DC&sll=38.893972,-77.008581&sspn=0.032399,0.072012&ie=UTF8&ll=38.888027,-77.004697&spn=0.008101,0.018003&z=16&iwloc=addr">101 Independence Avenue SE, Washington, DC</a>.
<li>The <strong>Capitol Rotunda</strong>.  <a href="http://www.aoc.gov/cc/capitol/rotunda.cfm">web site</a>, <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=101+Independence+Ave+SE,+Washington,+DC&sll=38.893972,-77.008581&sspn=0.032399,0.072012&ie=UTF8&ll=38.888027,-77.004697&spn=0.008101,0.018003&z=16&iwloc=addr">101 Independence Avenue SE, Washington, DC</a>.
<li>The <strong>Lincoln Memorial</strong>.  <a href="http://www.nps.gov/linc/">web site</a>, <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Independence+Ave+SW+%26+23rd+St+SW,+Washington,+DC&sll=38.888027,-77.004697&sspn=0.008101,0.018003&ie=UTF8&ll=38.887425,-77.050209&spn=0.008101,0.018003&z=16&iwloc=addr">Independence Avenue SW & 23rd Street SW, Washington, DC</a>.
<li>The <strong>Smithsonian</strong>. Some of these are pretty standard, but they are not ordinary.  <a href="http://www.si.edu/">web site</a>, <a href="http://www.si.edu/visit/infocenter/mallmap.htm">map of museums on or near the National Mall</a>, 202-633-1000.</ul>         

<h2>Five most favorite “fun” things to do</h2> 
<ul><li>Have a martini, a cigar, and a conversation at <strong>Shelly's Back Room</strong>, a tavern in DC. One of only two places in DC where you can enjoy a good cigar while wetting one's whistle. <a href="http://www.shellysdc.com/">web site</a>, <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=1331+F+Street+NW,+Washington,+DC&sll=38.887425,-77.050209&sspn=0.008101,0.018003&ie=UTF8&ll=38.89808,-77.030811&spn=0.008099,0.018003&z=16&iwloc=addr">1331 F Street NW, Washington, DC</a>, 202-737-3003.
<li>Go to the <strong>National Zoo</strong>.  <a href="http://nationalzoo.si.edu/">web site</a>, <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=3001+Connecticut+Ave.+nw+washington,+dc&sll=38.928935,-77.073147&sspn=0.008096,0.018003&ie=UTF8&ll=38.930137,-77.045145&spn=0.016191,0.036006&z=15&iwloc=addr">3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC</a>, 202-633-4800.
<li>Go to the <strong>Arboretum</strong>. <a href="http://www.usna.usda.gov/">web site</a>, <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=3501+New+York+Avenue,+NE%3B+Washington,+D.+C&sll=38.89808,-77.030811&sspn=0.008099,0.018003&ie=UTF8&ll=38.917466,-76.959872&spn=0.008097,0.018003&z=16&iwloc=addr">3501 New York Avenue NE, Washington, DC</a>, 202-245-2726.
<li>Ride the paddle boats in the  <strong>Tidal Basin</strong>. This is one that I have not done, but it always seemed like fun. <a href="http://www.tidalbasinpeddleboats.com/">web site</a>, <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=1501+Maine+Ave,+SW,+Washington,+D.+C&sll=38.917466,-76.959872&sspn=0.008097,0.018003&ie=UTF8&ll=38.885204,-77.033687&spn=0.008101,0.018003&z=16&iwloc=addr">1501 Maine Avenue SW, Washington, DC</a>, 202-479-2426.</ul>

<h2>Five favorite restaurants</h2>
Well, I'm a truck driver's son and while I've learned to like the finer things in life, I haven't forgotten the joys of a good peanut butter and jam sandwich...
<ul><li><strong>The Prime Rib</strong> for steak and lobster bisque.  <a href="http://www.theprimerib.com/">web site</a>, <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=2020+K+Street+N.W.,+Washington,+D.+C&sll=38.885204,-77.033687&sspn=0.008101,0.018003&ie=UTF8&ll=38.90299,-77.046025&spn=0.008099,0.018003&z=16&iwloc=addr">2020 K Street NW, Washington, DC</a>, 202-466-8811. [<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?node=cityguide/profile&id=791942&categories=Restaurants">WaPo</a> | <a href="http://www.washingtonian.com/restaurantreviews/618.html">Washingtonian</a> | <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/prime-rib-washington#hrid:R_Dsz4IzTFESp_6T6JJWcA/query:the%20prime%20rib">Yelp</a>]
<li><strong>The Monocle</strong> for history and politics with your meal.  <a href="http://www.themonocle.com/">web site</a>, <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=107+D+Street,+NE.,+Washington,+DC&sll=38.90299,-77.046025&sspn=0.008099,0.018003&ie=UTF8&ll=38.895342,-77.005169&spn=0.0081,0.018003&z=16&iwloc=addr">107 D Street NE, Washington, DC</a>, 202-546-4488  [<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?node=cityguide/profile&id=791756&categories=Restaurants">WaPo</a> | <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/monocle-on-capitol-hill-washington#hrid:e05QkDGE1iwYf_XtRB3cag/query:monocle">Yelp</a>]
<li><strong>Hard Times Cafe</strong>, any of them for chili. I like Texas, halfway wet with onions on the side. <a href="http://www.hardtimes.com/">web site</a>, many locations throughout the area. [<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?node=cityguide/profile&id=796978&categories=Restaurants">WaPo</a> | <a href="http://www.washingtonian.com/restaurantreviews/915.html">Washingtonian</a> | <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/hard-times-cafe-arlington-2">Yelp</a>]
<li><strong>Five Guys</strong> any of them for hamburgers, what else?  <a href="http://www.fiveguys.com/">web site</a>, many locations throughout the area.  [<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?node=cityguide/profile&id=1096320&categories=Restaurants">WaPo</a> | <a href="http://www.washingtonian.com/restaurantreviews/891.html">Washingtonian</a> | <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/five-guys-famous-burgers-and-fries-alexandria#hrid:fgH9rYLmUoWrxEZBPUoNxw/query:five%20guys">Yelp</a>]
<li><strong>BJs Sandwich Shop</strong> in the National Press Building. For good sandwiches when you are on the run. (But I've never tried their PB&Js.) <a href="http://www.press.org/index.cfm">web site</a>, <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=529+14th+St.+NW,+Washington,+DC&sll=38.895342,-77.005169&sspn=0.0081,0.018003&ie=UTF8&ll=38.89768,-77.031863&spn=0.008099,0.018003&z=16&iwloc=addr" 529 14th Street NW, Washington, DC></a></ul>

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	<p><strong>How to Find a Job in Washington, DC</strong></p>

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	<p><strong>Media Tip 75</strong>: Appreciate that public figures are real people with fragile egos. Being a sympathetic ear is part of the job.</p>

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<h2>Three most interesting places to visit</h2> 
<ul><li>The <strong>Museum of Natural History</strong>.  <a href="http://www.mnh.si.edu/">web site</a>, <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=10th+Street+%26+Constitution+Ave.+NW,+Washington,+DC&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=33.764224,73.740234&ie=UTF8&ll=38.892436,-77.026026&spn=0.0081,0.018003&z=16&iwloc=addr">10th Street & Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC</a>, 202-633-1000.
<li><strong>The Pope John Paul II Cultural Center</strong>, near Catholic University. <a href="http://www.jp2cc.org/">web site</a>, <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=3900+Harewood+Road,+NE,+Washington,+DC&sll=38.892436,-77.026026&sspn=0.0081,0.018003&ie=UTF8&ll=38.936997,-77.002208&spn=0.008095,0.018003&z=16&iwloc=addr">3900 Harewood Road, NE, Washington, DC</a> 202-635-5400.
<li>The <strong>National Archives</strong> building. <a href="http://www.archives.gov/dc-metro/washington/">web site</a>, <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=20850+Oatlands+Plantation+Ln,+Leesburg,+VA+20175,+USA&ie=UTF8&z=16&iwloc=addr&om=1">700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC</a>, 202-357-5450. </ul>

<h2>Two most favorite “fun” things to do</h2> 
<ul><li><strong>Eat at the cafeteria in the Supreme Court building</strong>. Cafeteria Hours are 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on ground floor.  It closes briefly to the public to accommodate Court employees at noon and 1 p.m. <a href="http://www.supremecourtus.gov/">web site</a>, <a href="http://www.supremecourtus.gov/visiting/map.pdf">map</a> 202-479-3030.
<li>Go to the top of the <strong>Post Office Pavilion Tower</strong>. <a href="http://www.oldpostofficedc.com/">web site</a>, <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=1100+Pennsylvania+Avenue,+NW,+Washington,+DC&sll=38.894022,-77.022936&sspn=0.0081,0.018003&ie=UTF8&ll=38.894857,-77.023773&spn=0.0081,0.018003&z=16&iwloc=addr">
1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC</a> 202-289-4224. </ul>

<h2>Two favorite restaurants</h2>
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<li><strong>Five Guys</strong> <a href="http://www.fiveguys.com/">web site</a>, many locations throughout the area.  [<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?node=cityguide/profile&id=1096320&categories=Restaurants">WaPo</a> | <a href="http://www.washingtonian.com/restaurantreviews/891.html">Washingtonian</a> | <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/five-guys-famous-burgers-and-fries-alexandria#hrid:fgH9rYLmUoWrxEZBPUoNxw/query:five%20guys">Yelp</a>]</ul>

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	<blockquote>For the promotion-phobics, the Premiership is a gilded fake while the Championship represents authentic football. ‘In my years as a supporter I have seen seven relegations and six promotions’, recounts Watford fan Graham Smith. ‘<strong>That is what being a football fan is all about. It is about supporting your team through thick and thin. It is about suffering the bad times and enjoying the good times.</strong> That’s why I like being a fan of a team that basically belong in the Football League rather than the Premier League. It is real football.’</blockquote>

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<ul><li>The <strong>Folger Shakespeare Library</strong> behind the Supreme Court.  <a href="http://www.folger.edu/">web site</a>, <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=201+East+Capitol+Street,+SE,+washington,+dc"><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=201+East+Capitol+Street,+SE,+washington+dc">201 East Capitol Street SE, Washington, DC 20003</a></a>, 202-544-4600.
<li><strong>Meridian Hill Park</strong>,<a href="http://www.nps.gov/mehi/">web site</a>, <a href="http://www.nps.gov/mehi/planyourvisit/directions.htm">16th and U Streets NW, Washington, DC.</a>
<li><strong>Frederick Douglass's birth place</strong>, <a href="http://www.oatlands.org/">web site</a>, <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=20850+Oatlands+Plantation+Ln,+Leesburg,+VA+20175,+USA&ie=UTF8&z=16&iwloc=addr&om=1">20850 Oatlands Plantation Lane, Leesburg, VA</a>, 703-777-3174.
<li><strong>The Dumbarton Oaks estate in Georgetown</strong>, <a href="http://www.dumbartonhouse.org/about.htm">web site</a>, <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=2715+Q+St+NW+washington,+dc">2715 Q Street NW, Washington, DC</a>, 202-337-2288.
<li><strong>The National Cathedral</strong> <a href="http://www.cathedral.org/cathedral/">web site</a>, <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=massachusetts+and+wisconsin,+nw+washington,+dc">Massachusetts and Wisconsin NW, Washington, DC,</a> 202-537-6200. </ul>         

<h2>Five most favorite “fun” things to do</h2> 
<ul><li>Going to the <strong>National Zoo</strong> two hours before closing, after all of the crowds are gone.  <a href="http://nationalzoo.si.edu/">web site</a>, <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=3001+Connecticut+Ave.+nw+washington,+dc">3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC,</a> 202-633-4800.
<li><strong>Heading to the monuments during big snowfalls.</strong> 
<li>Walking to <strong>Kalorama</strong> and seeing the grand ambassadors'
residences.  <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalorama,_Washington,_D.C."> Kalorama Wikipedia entry</a>, <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Kalorama,+Washington,+DC&ie=UTF8&z=12">Kalorama, Washington, DC</a>.
<li>Hitting the <strong>Dupont Circle Farmers' Market</strong> every Sunday morning. <a href="http://www.localharvest.org/farmers-markets/M528"> web site</a>, <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=20th+Street+and+Q+Street,+NW+Washington,+DC">20th Street NW between Q and Massachusetts NW, Washington, DC</a>, 202-362-8889.
<li>Bike riding through <strong>downtown and the Mall</strong>. You can see it all in less than a day! <a href="http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/wash/dcmap.htm">District of Columbia map</a>. </ul>

<h2>Five favorite restaurants</h2>
<ul><li><strong>Cactus Cantina</strong> <a href="http://www.cactuscantina.com/">web site</a>, <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=3300+Wisconsin+Ave.+NW,+Washington,+DC">3300 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20016</a> 202-686-7222.   [<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?node=cityguide/profile&id=792363&categories=Restaurants">WaPo</a> | <a href="http://www.washingtonian.com/restaurantreviews/173.html">Washingtonian</a> | <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/cactus-cantina-washington">Yelp</a>]
<li><strong>The Palm</strong> <a href="http://www.thepalm.com/sitemain.cfm?site_id=4">web site</a>, <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=1225+19th+Street,+NW,+Washington,+DC">1225 19th Street NW, Washington, DC</a>, 202-293-9091.  [<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?node=cityguide/profile&id=797398&categories=Restaurants">WaPo</a> | <a href="http://www.washingtonian.com/restaurantreviews/590.html">Washingtonian</a> | <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/the-palm-washington">Yelp</a>]
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	<h1>Wal-Mart expands "discounted prescription drug program to offer 90-day supplies for $10"</h1>
	
	<blockquote>I've spent a fair amount of time shilling for Wal-Mart's prescription drug plan on this blog, so don't think for a second that I would miss today's news that the Corporate Monster from Bentonville is greatly expanding the program to include a whole slate of new drugs, including, according to AP, "several women's medications."
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<p>"<a href="http://www.reason.com/blog/show/126343.html">The Wal-Mart Prescription Drug Benefi</a>t," by Michael C. Moynihan, Hit & Run, May 5, 2008</p>

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	<blockquote>In the late 1800s, a German scientist named <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Ebbinghaus">Hermann Ebbinghaus</a> made up lists of nonsense syllables and measured how long it took to forget and then relearn them. (Here is an example of the type of list he used: bes dek fel gup huf jeik mek meun pon daus dor gim ke4k be4p bCn hes.) In experiments of breathtaking rigor and tedium, Ebbinghaus practiced and recited from memory 2.5 nonsense syllables a second, then rested for a bit and started again. Maintaining a pace of rote mental athleticism that all students of foreign verb conjugation will regard with awe, Ebbinghaus trained this way for more than a year. Then, to show that the results he was getting weren't an accident, he repeated the entire set of experiments three years later. Finally, in 1885, he published a monograph called Memory: A Contribution to Experimental Psychology. The book became the founding classic of a new discipline.<br><br>Ebbinghaus discovered many lawlike regularities of mental life. He was the first to draw a learning curve. Among his original observations was an account of a strange phenomenon that would drive his successors half batty for the next century: the spacing effect.<br><br>Ebbinghaus showed that it's possible to dramatically improve learning by correctly spacing practice sessions. On one level, this finding is trivial; all students have been warned not to cram. But the efficiencies created by precise spacing are so large, and the improvement in performance so predictable, that from nearly the moment Ebbinghaus described the spacing effect, psychologists have been urging educators to use it to accelerate human progress. After all, there is a tremendous amount of material we might want to know. Time is short.</blockquote>

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	<blockquote>… that one day, corporate executives will tire of being bullied by demagogic politicians. I was reminded of that dream by a <a href="http://domenici.senate.gov/news/record.cfm?id=297009">press release issued yesterday by Sen. Pete Domenici</a>, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and long-time Republican major-domo on energy policy.</blockquote>

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	<p><strong>Division Vote</strong>: A vote in which the committee chair or House presiding officer counts those members in favor and those in opposition to a proposition with no record made of how each voted. The chair can either ask for a show of hands or ask members to stand.</p>

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