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06.28.22

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Congressman David N. Cicilline (RI-01) applauded the Biden Administrations extension and expansion of Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) and employment authorization for Liberians who have long called the United States home.

Under the Presidents memorandum, the removal of any Liberian national, or person without nationality who last habitually resided in Liberia, who is present in the United States and who was under a grant of DED as of June 30, 2022, as well as any Liberian national, or person without nationality who last habitually resided in Liberia, who has been continuously physically present in the United States since May 20, 2017 will be delayed through June 30, 2024.

In their letter to President Biden earlier this year, Senators Reed and Whitehouse and Congressman Cicilline urged the Administration to provide this extension, noting that previous DED extension have been a vital lifeline for the Liberian community and backlogs at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) would put those who have already applied for lawful permanent status at risk of having their DED run out before their applications could be processed.

Congress acted in 2019 to provide Liberians with DED status a pathway to citizenship. Todays action by the Biden Administration ensures that people who have built a life here, put down roots, and contributed to our communities have a fair opportunity to apply to become American citizens, said Reed, Whitehouse and Cicilline in a joint statement.

Senator Reed and Congressman Cicilline are the leading sponsors of the Liberian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act, which became law as part of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92). This created a pathway to citizenship for the thousands of Liberians who have called the U.S. home for years contributing to our workforce, paying taxes, and become integral members of our communities.

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One way to measure the value of a supporting midfielder such as the Revolutions Tommy McNamara is by the company he keeps. Since joining MLS in 2014, McNamara has performed alongside MLS MVPs Carles Gil and David Villa; former Premier League superstar Frank Lampard; and World Cup champions Andrea Pirlo and Villa.

With New York City FC, no player teamed with Villa more than McNamara 77 games. But McNamaras days in New York became numbered after NYCFC coach Patrick Vieira left in 2018, and he moved to Houston before joining the Revolution in 2020.

It was really enjoyable playing for Patrick, McNamara said. He wanted players who understood how he wanted to play and do things he was asking of them. He was very structured with the way players positioned and understood the game and what he was asking of you. Playing with David and Frank Lampard and Andrea Pirlo, some of the best players in the world, made it easier. They thought the game at a high level and I think Im someone that can do that, also.

McNamara, 31, is in a similar situation under the coaching of Bruce Arena with the Revolution, though with lower-profile teammates.

I dont feel thats always the case other places Ive been, but Bruce and the coaching staff understand you as a player and as a person and they dont ask me to do what Im not good at, McNamara said after signing a contract extension with the Revolution Tuesday. They understand how you fit into the whole group, what the best fit is.

McNamara has impressed most coaches but lost favor with Domenec Torrent at NYC FC.

NYCFC helped McNamara develop but might have given up on him too soon.

My game has changed, Im a lot more well rounded and more disciplined, McNamara said. I think I am much more experiened and Ive continued to kind of become a better professional in all areas.

McNamara has played in every game as the Revolution (6-5-6, 24 points) take a nine-game unbeaten streak into Saturdays match against Cincinnati FC. McNamara has paired with Matt Polster in a holding slot this season, taking on a leadership role as Polster recovers from a concussion.

I enjoy it, I want to play every game thats available, McNamara said. I dont mind if the coaching staff asks me to play different positions or do different things in that position. Im asked to play deeper in midfield in order to help progress the ball through midfield and get it to attacking players, organize the defense, communicate, and make sure people are in the right spots.

Thats the life of a midfielder. Do a little bit of everything. My strength is that I understand the game, can put people in position to succeed, [provide] a platform for Carles and Gustavo [Bou] and the wingers to go and win games for us.

McNamara was born in West Nyack, N.Y., but he has several New England connections. McNamaras mother, Kerry, played at Providence College in the early 80s. His father, Thomas, competed at Ohio Wesleyan University under the coaching of Hingham native Jay Martin. McNamaras brother, Ryan, played a season at New Hampshire. And McNamara was an all-Ivy Leaguer at Brown, joining the Western Mass. Pioneers in Ludlow in the off-season.

The Northeast feels like a second home to me, McNamara said. When youre happy off the field you express yourself more on the field and you can be a better player.

McNamara might have to set aside his ego in midfield but he does not shy away from going for goal from outside the penalty area. In the final minutes of three successive games, McNamara hit the bar and post with potentially decisive shots, then one-timed an 89th-minute winner in a 3-2 victory over Cincinnati.

I dont get a lot of chances and when I do I need to make the most of them, McNamara said. I have to continue to find ways to get in the attacking third and create more goals and more dangerous situations.

Taking a chance from distance is not required of McNamara, whose primary responsibilities are defending and setting up teammates.

Thats how you have to play, McNamara said. You cant be worried about failure. I played in attacking areas as a kid and always had a decent shot growing up and through college. But it wasnt until my first year at NYC that it actually became what it is now.

McNamara and Gil are the only Revolution players who have appeared in every game this season, the Revolution struggling after setting a league record for points (73) last year.

Its a new team this year, we lost some pieces, added some, McNamara said. We had a difficult start this year, didnt perform great, games we were winning and gave away points. Weve had a 10-12 game stretch with key players back healthy. Were a difficult team to beat and we do everything we can to get results. Were trending in the right direction.

Frank Dell'Apa can be reached at frankdellapa@gmail.com.

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From the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Research & Extension:

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. Arkansas cattle producers are being urged to check their herds for unusual ticks and take measures to prevent transmission of theileriosis or other tick-related diseases.

The warnings follow the recent finding of additional Asian longhorned ticks in northwest Arkansas by scientists with the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture. The invasive tick can transmit theTheileriaorientalis parasite, which attacks blood cells. The Ikeda genotype of this organism can be fatal to cattle.

COLLECTING Extension program tech Elizabeth Smith holds a vial of ticks collected from cattle at Savoy, Arkansas. (UofA System Division of Agriculture photo by Kelly Loftin)

There is no treatment for the theileriosis this organism causes and survivors of the initial infection carry the Theileria parasite for life. Asian longhorned ticks are very small. The adult female is only about the size of a pea when it is full of blood. Their size and quick movement make them very hard to detect.

If they find a tick that doesnt look familiar, they should take it to the county agent and bring all the information they can about when they found it, what animals its from and what pastures the animal has been in, said Kelly Loftin, extension entomologist for the Division of Agriculture.

We would want to know if the host animal was a cow or calf, or a recent introduction to the herd, or whether its been there a month or so, he said, and We want to know where the cow came from, if they just brought it home.

Jeremy Powell, veterinarian and animal science professor who conducts research for the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, said that without effective treatments, prevention is the best medicine.

The best thing a cattle producer can do is minimize the risk by really focusing on parasite control, he said. Powell recommended using insecticidal ear tags or using insecticide-infused back rubbers cattle can walk under. He said ear tags are in use at the Division of Agricultures Savoy Unit with classes of acaricides being rotated to prevent resistance.

Keep pastures clipped, he said. Wooded areas are a great place for ticks to ambush a potential host. Fence those off.

Both Loftin and Powell said awareness by those in agriculture of these ticks and the diseases they could transmit is key so people can be looking out for it.

To learn more about Division of Agriculture research, visit the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station website:https://aaes.uada.edu. Follow on Twitter at @ArkAgResearch. To learn more about the Division of Agriculture, visithttps://uada.edu/.Follow us on Twitter at@AgInArk. To learn about extension programs in Arkansas, contact your local Cooperative Extension Service agent or visitwww.uaex.uada.edu.

About the Division of Agriculture

The University of Arkansas System Division of Agricultures mission is to strengthen agriculture, communities, and families by connecting trusted research to the adoption of best practices.

Through the Agricultural Experiment Station and the Cooperative Extension Service, the Division of Agriculture conducts research and extension work within the nations historic land grant education system.

The Division of Agriculture is one of 20 entities within the University of Arkansas System. It has offices in all 25 counties in Arkansas and faculty on five system campuses.

The University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture offers all its Extension and Research programs to all eligible persons without regard to race, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, age, disability, marital or veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected status, and is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Caroline Kraft Malone

Trey Malone is a new assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness for the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station.

A new agricultural economist who works with the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station says marketing in a world with endless options requires producers to know more about consumer demand.

Trey Malone, assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness for the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, has spent over a decade researching agricultural marketing issues and is now focused on developing technology that will help producers in regional food systems compete in a global marketplace.

"Once upon a time, a farmer could grow a Red Delicious apple and know someone was going to be willing to buy it at a high enough price, but now consumers have so many different apples to choose from at the grocery store," Malone said. "So, producers need to know even more about what their customers are demanding in the marketplace."

As a potential solution, he is developing an index to inform producers and stakeholders of consumer concerns and help them "get ahead of issues" such as the surge in toilet paper buying at the outset of the COVID pandemic. He expects the index, which uses surveys to gather data from a nationally representative sample of consumers, to be available to producers this year. The working title is the Food and Agriculture Systems Sentiment Index.

"We are excited to have Dr. Malone joining the faculty here in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness," said department head John Anderson, who is also director of the Fryar Price Risk Management Center of Excellence for the U of A System Division of Agriculture and the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences.

"Trey is well-established as an emerging leader in research and outreach on agricultural and food systems management and value-added agriculture," Anderson added. "He has a deep understanding of the land-grant mission of stakeholder-relevant research, outreach and education. His diverse interests and skillset are a great fit in a state like Arkansas, with its diverse agricultural economy and rural community needs."

Malone has already begun to work with the Institute for Integrative and Innovated Research, also known as I3R, or "I-cubed-R." The new U of A research initiative is supported by a $194.7 million grant from the Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation. Malone is submitting I3R's first National Science Foundation proposal to develop a platform to match regional farms with regional demand. The proposal is in direct line with his 2022 Southern Agricultural Economics Association's Emerging Scholar Award keynote address called "Moving the Conversation From 'Can We Grow It?' to 'SHOULD We Grow It?'"

Malone also hopes to work with the Center for Arkansas Farms and Food, a service center of the experiment station, to assist specialty crop producers with research-driven marketing decisions. Malone's research will be conducted through the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, the research arm of the Division of Agriculture. Starting this fall, he will teach Agricultural and Food Marketing and Agribusiness Entrepreneurship at the U of A.

Before joining the Division of Agriculture, Malone was an assistant professor and extension economist with the Michigan State University Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics. He earned his doctorate in 2017 from Oklahoma State University, where his dissertation used the American beer market to explore the behavioral principles underlying how modern-day consumers choose what they eat and drink.

Malone has published dozens of academic articles in peer-reviewed journals, as well as opinion pieces in major media outlets such as USA Today, Fast Company and Popular Science. He also has been featured on television news outlets such as CNBC, CNN and the TODAY Show. He currently serves as a co-editor for the peer-reviewed journal Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, as well as managing editor of the International Food and Agribusiness Review. His research has won multiple awards, most recently winning the Advisor Award for the Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association.

He also recently recorded a TEDx Talk in Michigan titled "How to Change Your Mind About the Food System," focusing on how it reacted to the COVID pandemic.

"If I had a nickel for every time I've heard someone claim that COVID-19 proves that the U.S. food system is broken," Malone said. "I'm not so convinced. We experienced one of the craziest global events of the last century, and I think the food system responded resiliently to this unbelievable challenge. It's just that most Americans have never experienced barren grocery store shelves."

Malone said that the average grocery store in 1975 had about 8,000 unique options. He said that the average grocery store leading up to the coronavirus pandemic had more than 45,000 unique options.

"Psychologists often talk about rosy retrospection. We all have this idea that things used to be 'better,' but even at the beginning stages of COVID-19, we still had more than 8,000 options on that average grocery store shelf," Malone said. "Even if you didn't necessarily like those options, you had more options than your grandparents did."

He said that an overload of choices makes decisions harder for consumers and sometimes distracts them from making a decision. As part of his study on the marketing issue, a bar in Oklahoma agreed to double the number of beers they offered to see if it increased or decreased beer sales.

"If we increased the number of beers offered, we could decrease the chances someone would order a beer because it would overwhelm the customer and they would simply decide not to order one," Malone said.

However, if they offered quality ratings, some other type of third-party verification or put a particular beer as a special on the menu, they could eliminate the "choice overload problem."

Malone has also conducted studies to assist stakeholders in many agricultural value chains, including dairy, beef, eggs, hops, hemp and even morel mushrooms. He says maintaining trust with stakeholders is critical, and he sees research and extension closely tied to the land-grant university mission to assist stakeholders in making decisions.

"I can't publish meaningful papers unless I know the problems and have the ability to collect primary data within trusting partnerships," Malone said. "As a land-grant institution, we are responsible to the stakeholders to maintain that level of trust. I think the Division of Agriculture is on the frontlines of maintaining those relationships, and on-campus faculty have an obligation to support that."

Malone's family ranch is the Backwards Rocking L Ranch near Laverne, Oklahoma. His wife, Caroline Kraft Malone, is a developmental psychologist from Tulsa and is set to take on a teaching role in the U of A Department of Psychological Science, as well as a part-time role in Agricultural Experiment Station communications. She previously worked as an assistant professor in the Michigan State University Department of Psychology.

To learn more about Division of Agriculture research, visit the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station website:https://aaes.uada.edu/. Follow us on Twitter at@ArkAgResearch.

To learn about Extension Programs in Arkansas, contact your local Cooperative Extension Service agent or visithttps://uaex.uada.edu/. Follow us on Twitter at@AR_Extension.

To learn more about the Division of Agriculture, visithttps://uada.edu/.Follow us on Twitter at@AgInArk.

The University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture's mission is to strengthen agriculture, communities, and families by connecting trusted research to the adoption of best practices. Through the Agricultural Experiment Station and the Cooperative Extension Service, the Division of Agriculture conducts research and extension work within the nation's historic land grant education system.

The Division of Agriculture is one of 20 entities within the University of Arkansas System. It has offices in all 75 counties in Arkansas and faculty on five system campuses.

The University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture offers all its Extension and Research programs and services without regard to race, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, age, disability, marital or veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected status, and is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Three of Cornwall's MPs have voted against the extension of abortion rights. Prior to 2019, abortion in Northern Ireland was illegal and women seeking a termination could face life imprisonment, contrary to international human rights norms.

Steve Double, MP for St Austell and Newquay, along with environment minister George Eustice, MP for Camborne and Redruth, and Derek Thomas, MP for St Ives and Penzance, all voted in Parliament in 2019 against making the Government able to extend abortion rights to Northern Ireland. Sheryll Murray, MP for South East Cornwall, abstained from the vote.

The vote was held as part of the House of Commons' measures aimed at keeping Northern Ireland public services running, two and a half years after devolved power-sharing collapsed. The MPs defended their vote against extending equal rights across the UK as intending not to interfere with legislation that they believed remained the domain of a local government at Stormont.

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The amendment was passed by a landmark 332 to 99 MPs, allowing women in Northern Ireland to enjoy the same rights to have an abortion before 24 weeks of pregnancy as the rest of the UK had experienced since 1968. Additionally, the legislation also saw the extension of same sex marriage pass into primary legislation in Northern Ireland.

Many criticised the MPs for not supporting the amendments in favour of these socially significant issues. Matthew Kenworthy Gomes, chairman of Cornwall Pride, said that it was insane to vote against equality. He said that while he respects their wish to not interfere in the Northern Ireland Assembly, it is apparent that on matters of ethics it is a vote for equality that takes precedence over all devolved assemblies. Equality is a human right.

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Sarah Newton, MP for Truro and Falmouth at the time, and Scott Mann, MP for North Cornwall, were thanked for voting in favour of extending the legislation.

In the wake of the US Supreme Court overturning the landmark Roe v Wade case on Friday (June 24), campaigners fear, anti-abortionists in the UK will also be fuelled - with the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH) calling for the introduction of safe access zones around abortion clinics to protect patties from harassment.

One person has questioned whether our human rights are safe here in Cornwall. Commenting on an article published yesterday about rising under-18 abortion rates in Cornwall, the user said: "Let none of us forget that in 2019, Eustice, Double and Thomas voted to keep the ban on abortions in Northern Ireland. Dont think for one minute that any of our basic human rights are safe with these people in charge."

The Roe v Wade case protected the constitutional right of women across all US states to have access to an abortion. Many have been left in shock following its controversial and divisive reversal with protests being sparked in both in the US and this side of the pond in London and Edinburgh.

Trigger legislation in 13 states has already put the wheels in motion to ban abortions while a 13 more states are expected to follow. Abortion is banned with no exceptions for rape or incest in Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri and South Dakota.

This makes the US one of only four counties to impose stricter abortion laws since the 1990s. The other countries include El Salvador and Nicaragua, where abortions are prohibited altogether, even in instances to save a womans life, and Poland which has the strictest abortion laws in Europe where the only exception is to preserve health.

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BROOKINGS In the United States, roughly one-sixth of all K-12 students attend rural school districts. These students face many challenges and are often hampered by both a lack of funding and resources.

Two South Dakota State University researchers have begun working to help fill in the gaps that rural students might be missing in their education. The idea came from hearing conversations parents were having regarding their childrens education.

Parents will say, Why arent you learning this in school? Why arent they teaching this in school? said Amber Letcher, an SDSU associate professor. It stemmed from there.

Letcher and Kristine Ramsay-Seaner, also an SDSU associate professor, determined many rural students werent learning financial literacy or holistic well-being because their teachers often did not have access to the proper materials. They started a project that would provide teachers and other youth service providers with an accessible resource needed to teach those important life readiness skills.

We knew our schools were being asked to teach things they werent necessarily being given materials to teach, Ramsay-Seaner said. There are math textbooks and there are English textbooks but theres not necessarily a life readiness textbook.

Around here, the resources are so limited in the schools, and they have a lot of standards to meet they dont necessarily have access to all of the materials, Letcher said.

Further, many rural South Dakota youth are considered to be at-risk due to mental health professional shortages.

All of the counties we serve are mental health shortage areas, Ramsay-Seaner said. The vast majority of South Dakota is considered to be a mental health shortage area, which means there are not enough providers for the level of need.

Since 2006, Letcher has worked with at-risk youth populations, including substance-abusing youth and runaway and homeless youth. Letchers research work has also focused on youth development and wellness in the context of rural communities.

Ramsay-Seaners research has focused on diversity, inclusivity and empathy development to support the mental health needs of underserved populations. She has also provided counseling services to individuals with mental health needs.

Life readiness programming

In 2019, Letcher and Ramsay-Seaner were awarded a five-year, $1.2 million grant from the Children, Youth and Families at Risk program through the U.S. Department of Agriculture-National Institute of Food and Agriculture. They developed a project to address the needs of both rural youth and front-line professionals who work with youth. Their overarching project, titled Strengthening the Heartland: Promoting life readiness in rural youth, is approaching its fourth year.

The program is really aimed at getting resources to communities that are underserved, under-resourced in our part of the country, Letcher said. Its really about rural youth and so all of our programming really focuses on rural communities, families and even professionals.

The overarching youth life readiness programming has spawned multiple projects including Careers in a Box and LaunchSkills both aimed at providing rural youth the resources they need as well as providing youth service professionals with resources to support the learning environment.

I think the unique thing about this project is that its really multitiered, Letcher said. Its not just the kids, but also those who are serving the kids get some assistance.

The first step in their project begins at the middle school level with a social and emotional evidence-based curriculum titled Second Step.

The goal is to teach, for example, boundary setting, how to have a conversation, how to send an email and how to deal with conflict, Ramsay-Seaner explained.

After learning the social and emotional skills through Second Step, Ramsay-Seaner and Letcher designed the program so students gradually move into career exploration. As students move into high school, the programming has them move to an activity titled Careers in a Box.

The focus is making them aware of jobs they dont have an idea about, Letcher said. Because its USDA funded, we focus on food, agriculture, natural resources and human sciences careers.

Teachers and other professionals are provided an actual box filled with information and activities on five careers. The careers provided are unique to the students and are often centered around the agriculture industry. For example, two careers previously provided are livestock marketing and ag broadcasting.

These are jobs in your own backyard you dont have to necessarily go far away to a population center in order to find a stable, good-paying job, Letcher said. Its right there for you, if you just knew what it was.

All of (the jobs we provide in Careers in a Box) are also jobs with growth potential, Ramsay-Seaner said. Theres a need for them. Theres a market for them.

Undergraduate students in AGED 431: Work Based Learning, have also helped with the Careers in a Box activities, Letcher said. The students are ag education and family and consumer sciences education majors.

I think its a great opportunity for our undergraduate students to create a lesson thats actually going to be used somewhere, Letcher said. They get credit, their names are on it and it gets sent to these schools.

LaunchSkills

A large focus of their work has been developing an all-encompassing curriculum, titled LaunchSkills. The curriculum has lessons and activities to assist professionals support developing life readiness skills in youth as they make the transition from high school to either college or the workforce.

LaunchSkills is a curriculum weve been working on for a couple of years. The goal is to talk about all-encompassing life readiness skills in one book, Ramsay-Seaner said. What often happens is you have 10 curriculums and its really expensive, particularly for our rural schools. At a lot of our rural schools, teachers and the school counselors are paying for their materials out of pocket.

The LaunchSkills curriculum includes lessons, activities and discussion guides in four categories: academic success, holistic wellness, financial literacy and career exploration. For example, one of the sections in the book has activities and information on mindfulness.

LaunchSkills was also designed to assist teachers, counselors, 4-H professionals whoever wants to help youth prepare for their adult life. The book was provided free to schools, 4-H programs and juvenile detention centers among other places in 20 states as part of their pilot evaluation.

We really want this to be useful in a lot of different places, Letcher said. Any service provider that works with youth can pull this out, because it really is skills for just being a successful human.

Ramsay-Seaner says the free resource is a huge help for rural teachers in underfunded districts.

An affordable curriculum can sometimes be anywhere from $100 to $1,000, Ramsay-Seaner said. I think its hard to explain how much pressure it takes off people by being able to provide these resources to them free of cost.

Another important aspect to lessons in the LaunchSkills curriculum is that they are very grab and go, Letcher said.

There are a ton of really good curriculums out there, but they can be 12 weeks long and really intensive, Letcher said. You dont have to do a lot of prep (to use this book).

Future plans

LaunchSkills is currently in the pilot phase and not available to the public. Ramsay-Seaner and Letcher hope to start receiving more feedback on the curriculum from the schools and service providers who were involved in the pilot program. After getting feedback, a formal evaluation and review process will begin.

So far, they have received only very positive feedback.

The researchers have discussed digitalizing the LaunchSkills curriculum to make it more accessible.

Weve been asked if there is a digital version, Ramsay-Seaner said. Not yet, but we do see a real benefit in doing that.

The project is in collaboration with North Dakota State University Extension and recently, Ohio State University Extension began working with Letcher and Ramsay-Seaner.

We are looking for more potential partners and are open to collaboration, Ramsay-Seaner said.

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