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In Absentia is a four-part investigative podcast that tells the story of political dysfunction in Bridgeport, the systems that enable it, & what it means for everyday residents.
Ep. 1 is out now! In Absentia drops Tuesdays on all major podcast platforms:
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The Emily Dickinson Museum in Amherst, Massachusetts, sold out tours the day it re-opened to the public for the first time in more than two years, and it could be thanks to the "Dickinson" tv series on Apple TV+.
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.
@ChrisMurphyCT
has plans to introduce a bill that would overturn
@POTUS
’s executive order on immigration.
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Nearly one in four adults who had COVID-19 have developed long COVID symptoms, according to the latest Census report.
This hour on
@wherewelive
, we discuss long COVID research, the need for funding, and reflect on the four-year mark of the pandemic.
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@ChrisMurphyCT
was joined by
@SenBlumenthal
and anti-gun violence advocate, Jeremy Stein, in reintroducing a federal ban on assault weapons, an effort designed to curb mass shootings.
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.
@ChrisMurphyCT
walked more than 100 miles through 22 towns this week. via
@WSHUPublicRadio
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This week on US. In The Time Of Coronavirus, host
@ChionWolf
talks with Anthony Fantano host of
@theneedledrop
about three songs that soothe him. Here is an excerpt of Fantano talking about “Pure Comedy” by
#fatherjohnmisty
🔊
US. airs at 10:00 a.m. on Saturdays on
@wnpr
📻
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg visited the Gold Star Memorial Bridge in New London, Connecticut’s longest bridge, Wednesday to talk about the $158.2 million given to the state for its rehabilitation.
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.
@ChrisMurphyCT
says the $1.2 trillion federal infrastructure bill will help “Time for CT,” a project aimed at shaving 25 minutes off of the train ride into Manhattan from New Haven by 2035.
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New legislation passed Sunday tackles climate change, high prescription drug prices and inflation. U.S. Sen.
@ChrisMurphyCT
said that estimates suggest the investments would create up to 9 million jobs in the clean energy economy.
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Volunteers from Connecticut and
#PuertoRico
are pumping and purifying water for remote residents.
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Tonight on
@CPTVOnline
@COGinCT
brings together a panel of legal experts in The Politics of Justice.
@JoyceWhiteVance
reminds us that there is value in compromise and that great things can be accomplished when we elect leaders who can find ways to listen and reach compromise.
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Trump's proposed budget threatens job training programs.
@ChrisMurphyCT
pressed the Labor Secretary nominee on it.
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"What happened in Newtown changed the politics and the culture of this country," Sen. Chris Murphy said. "But it also set off the gun lobby in a pretty radical direction."
@LA_Hagen
sits down with
@ChrisMurphyCT
to talk about the last 10 years.
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On the Senate floor,
@ChrisMurphyCT
said the choice is between the
#ACA
, “and nothing, no protections, no expansion of Medicaid, no subsidies for individuals to buy private insurance.”
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🔊 Love is in the air on this
#SeasonedCT
.
@nedfulmer
and Ariel Fulmer spoke with
@marysolcastro
and
@chef_plum
on their ideas for a romantic evening. Also hear from callers on their favorite romantic restaurants in CT.
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Lucy Nalpathanchil (
@LucyVN
) walks out of the studio for the last time as
@wherewelive
host.
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We're excited to announce that Lucy Nalpathanchil, host of our morning talk show and podcast
@wherewelive
, will be moving into the newly created role of Vice President, Community Engagement here at Connecticut Public!
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@WalterReports
joins as Investigative Editor, w/focus on
#education
, the
#economy
,
#housing
&
#govt
in
#CT
.
@newmarkjschool
@NABJ
@apa1906NETwork
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Chasten Buttigieg, husband of U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, will be at the Ridgefield Playhouse this Friay as part of his book tour of his rewritten memoir “I Have Something To Tell You – For Young Adults.”
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A new biography “Civil Rights Queen: Constance Baker Motley and the Struggle for Equality” by
@TBrownNagin
explores the life of Motley who grew up in New Haven and was the first Black woman appointed to the Federal bench.
@npr
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Yale Law School students planned protests against
#BrettKavanuagh
before the latest allegations were published Sunday night.
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"If we recover from this, it’s not because of the government. It’s because of the civil society."
#PuertoRico
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Det. Jeffrey Placzek, a 16-year member of the Hartford Police Department, has been suspended without pay after inviting others to place a bet on where the first murder of 2021 would take place.
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Hear what CT's own
@ChrisMurphyCT
,
@MadeleineKAlbright
and Wendy Sherman think: has the US lost its preeminent place in the world? Get the latest on our current foreign threats, from those truly in the know.
#COGinCT
airs Saturday, 9/12 at 6PM. on CPTV
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This hour on
@colinmcshow
, we talk with bestselling author Don Winslow about his new novel, 'City in Ruins,' which he says is the last of his career.
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As Connecticut renters face skyrocketing rent prices and an uptick in no-fault evictions, some tenants in large apartment complexes are unionizing in hopes of demanding change.
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Reports: Sandy Hook Elementary School dismissed after bomb threat on the sixth anniversary of the 2012 school shooting.
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Connecticut police still stopping black and Hispanic Drivers at high rates,
@CCSU
study shows
http://t.co/KiWaM6Sbb7
http://t.co/uGMvgSWV8c
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Obama campaigned in 2008 using transparency as part of his platform. What happened?
http://t.co/7fNKdPef2Y
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Part of the police reform called for by advocates in Connecticut and across the country in the wake of George Floyd’s death involves dealing with people in the disability community. One approach is creating registries of people with disabilities.
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Welcome Camila Vallejo, new
#localreporting
position funded by
@Report4America
to cover
#housingdisparities
in
#FairfieldCounty
.
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An agreement that gives police in Springfield, Massachusetts, access to school surveillance camera footage is getting pushback from some city leaders who call it a “school-to-prison pipeline” for Black and brown students.
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Sen.
@ChrisMurphyCT
says designating
#Venezuela
for Temporary Protected Status would show a commitment to democratic political transition there.
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Hotel Marcel in New Haven is fully powered by solar panels, has become a green energy landmark, and was the first hotel in the country to be fully fossil-fuel free. Now, Connecticut officials want the hotel to be an example for the nation.
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Approximately 2,000 acres of Connecticut farmland are underwater in areas surrounding the Connecticut River. Flooding began on Tuesday after heavy rains in Vermont. More rain is expected for tonight and tomorrow. See what it looks like from above.
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"As a woman, I know these issues. I'm passionate about these issues." -Jayme Stevenson (R) on women's reproductive rights, gay rights
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"If you're over 60, 70 stay out of groups in total. Stay home. That is, by far, the safest place you can be."
Watch
@GovNedLamont
talk on
#wherewelive
with
@LucyVN
about the latest in
#coronavirus
within our state.
#ctpublic
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Our newsroom won a 2018
@RTDNA
National Murrow Award for Excellence in Video (ironic, right?)
ICYMI, check out
@ryancaronking
's video here!
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We're excited! We just found out we won a Regional
#Murrow
Award from
@RTDNA
for our news documentary, “The Island Next Door: Connecticut And Puerto Rico After Hurricane Maria.” Watch it here:
@ryancaronking
@wnpr
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🐙The Wheelhouse🐙 – a political roundtable with a goal of making local politics more accessible for the people across CT – is back by popular demand!
Join our new host
@_frankigraziano
Wednesdays at 9am & 8pm on CT Public. Stream and subscribe to the podcast! Link in bio.
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After 25 years,
@johndankosky
is leaving Connecticut Public Radio. He took a voluntary separation option offered to longtime employees over the summer.
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A conversation with Mark Barden, whose 6-year-old son Daniel died during the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting in 2012. Barden has since become one of America’s most prominent advocates for gun violence prevention with
@SandyHookPromise
. 📝
@WSHUpublicradio
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Did a ‘Culture of Fear’ Enable the Atlanta Cheating Scandal to Happen?
http://t.co/9VyKQHSmSq
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Ryan Lindsay was our reporting fellow for
@GunsReporting
; a public media reporting project focused on the role of guns in American life. She was an asset to our newsroom and will be missed.
ICYMI: Her last set of feature stories chronicle the lives of 3 men from Hartford. Thread
my time as a journalist has come to an end. here’s some selfies from in the stu at
@wnpr
, which has been my beloved newsroom since september 2018. much more to say but for now, I’ll be over at
@justryanlindsay
✌🏽
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NPR's Michel Martin spoke with Mark Barden—whose son, Daniel, was shot and killed at Sandy Hook—about a new documentary, 'A Father's Promise,' which chronicles his life as a professional musician before and after Sandy Hook.
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A CT inventor has just patented a device that he hopes will help in the fight against
#Alzheimer
’s disease.
http://t.co/tUpsSAQOGA
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Host of
#PatisMexicanTable
and three-time James Beard Award-winner,
@PatiJinich
joins
@chef_plum
+
@marysolcastro
on
#SeasonedCT
to talk about her latest cookbook and what she considers a blessing and responsibility of being Mexican-American.
Listen Here:
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Staff Writer for
@NewYorker
, Jelani Cobb joins Common Ground host Jane Whitney to discuss what has changed and what challenges we still face as a nation a year after George Floyd’s murder and the subsequent demand for equal justice.
#CommonGroundCT
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Burlington has one polling place, Town Hall. Here’s what the lines looked like at 6:35 am as voters waited to cast their ballot!
#ElectionDay2020
#Connecticut
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Our documentary, "Climate Change Along CT's Coast" explores warming temps & rising sea levels in the Long Island Sound.
Visuals journalist
@ryancaronking
takes us to Groton, where scientists see a shift in the Sound's species.
Stream it YouTube or here:
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Korean barbecue marinade is perfect for adding flavor to dishes like Galbi or Bulgogi.
#SeasonedCT
guest Joanne Lee Molinaro of
@thekoreanvegan
offered her recipe for Omma’s Korean BBQ Sauce that bursts with umami and garlicky goodness.
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This hour of
@colinmcshow
we look at the state and the art of political satire with comedian
@realsambee
and Sophia McClennen, a political scientist who studies satire.
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CT Public won 5 regional Edward R. Murrow awards for journalism in 2022, including Overall Excellence.
@RTDNA
awarded our breaking news coverage, talk show conversations, The Accountability Project investigative stories, video & digital journalism.
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Conor McGlynn didn’t know how his soccer career would continue after finishing his senior season at Siena College in 2019. Then he showed up at
@hfdathletic
open tryouts, an annual event hosted by the United Soccer League team.
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After approximately five years apart, a Hartford father saw his sons after
#HurricaneMaria
. But it came at a cost.
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At the beginning of every school year, teachers across the country and in CT spend their own money or set up fundraisers to pay for classroom supplies and programs they believe their students can benefit from.
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Nine years after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, American schoolchildren still live with the threat of gun violence. Nicole Hockley lost a son that day – recent events in Oxford, Michigan have forced her to relive the past. 📝
@FrankieGCT
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The long civil rights history of public pools in the U.S.
http://t.co/QgusaX1PbS
by
@GeeDee215
http://t.co/aVZkEHL9Jw
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Meet
#TheAccountabilityProject
team! This newly launched unit provides a deep focus on
#Connecticut
issues including education, the economy, business, housing and government.
@WalterReports
,
@jacquelinerabe
and
@JimHaddadin
we are excited to have you!
And we're off! So excited to have
@JimHaddadin
and
@jacquelinerabe
join
@wnpr
's
#TheAccountabilityProject
!
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Somehow, many of us
@wnpr
had a baby around the same time. So this Labor Day weekend, we had a baby party to celebrate. How was your
#LaborDayWeekend
?
#publicradiobabies
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Congratulations to the Connecticut Public Radio reporting team for becoming a 2020 Regional Murrow Award winner. The team earned the award for continuing coverage of the 2019 fatal police shooting of Anthony Jose “Chulo” Vega Cruz, in Wethersfield in Connecticut.
@RTDNA
#Murrow
I'm exceptionally proud that our team has won a Regional Murrow for its continuing coverage of the 2019 fatal police shooting of Anthony Jose "Chulo" Vega Cruz. Much of our team was on the story. If you weren't on a particular angle, you were backing up people who were.
@wnpr
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In a conversation with Audacious host
@ChionWolf
, Dr. Ainissa Ramirez talks about how camera manufacturers in the early 20th century overlooked the requests of Black mothers to devise film technology that works with all skin complexions.
🎧
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We are shocked and saddened at the news of our colleague Denise D'Ascenzo passing. Her contributions to local journalism were many and the deep trust she shared with her viewers will be sincerely missed. Our condolences go to her family, friends, and our colleagues at
@WFSBnews
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The five New Haven police officers who were recently charged with reckless endangerment and cruelty for neglecting a Black man, Randy Cox, after he was partially paralyzed in the back of a police van are due in court Thursday.
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Anthony Fantano, host of The Needle Drop, came by WNPR studios and shared his favorite new music.
http://t.co/tobVE94fjB
@theneedledrop
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Our radio + podcast host
@ChionWolf
will be sharing a conversation with Humans of New York creator Brandon Stanton (
@humansofny
) at
@CTForum
on May 13th.
Join us for an evening of incredible stories + photographs at
@TheBushnell
in Hartford!
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A new Yale study found that increasing taxes on e-cigarettes led to a decline in youth daily vaping; but led to an increase in cigarette use. On
@WhereWeLive
, we hear from the co-author of the study on the best ways to help patients stop smoking.
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Political analyst
@DrJasonJohnson
suggests that the Black Lives Matter movement won’t achieve its goals without a structural transformation of American politics.
@COGinCT
's Democracy in Color premieres tonight on
@CPTVOnline
at 6 p.m.
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.
@chef_plum
+
@marysolcastro
speak with Mexican chef
@PatiJinich
about her new cookbook, “Treasures of the Mexican Table: Classic Recipes, Local Secrets” and more on food show + podcast
#SeasonedCT
.
More on Seasoned here:
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Tomorrow on
@wherewelive
host
@LucyVN
and author
@kuangrf
talk about the author's fantasy series. Join the conversation between 9 -10 a.m. on Connecticut Public Radio. 📻
We talk w/ THE POPPY WAR author
@kuangrf
on
@wherewelive
tomorrow, when series finale THE BURNING GOD is released.
@LucyVN
& I read this dark fantasy series for an escape from the news; what about you? Are you reading Scifi /Fantasy during COVID? Or is reality too dystopian?
@wnpr
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Several new undergraduate student employee unions formed in the past few months, including at
@wesleyan_u
in Connecticut. Student organizers are training student workers at other schools to follow their lead.
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Thanks to
@RTDNA
for our
#Murrow
Award last night!
@ryancaronking
accepted it for excellence in video.
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"Those of us who loved Stephen Sondheim have carried his lyrics along in our minds as if he'd somehow used his Blackwing pencil to excavate words from our own hearts,"
@nprscottsimon
writes. Sondheim died on Friday at the age of 91.
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The last time minor league baseball was played in
#Hartford
was in 2019. But as of last night, the Yard Goats are back at Dunkin’ Donuts Park. “Today’s the first day that something kind of feels a little bit normal,” said fan Jason Behan. 1/3
#HartfordYardGoats
@GoYardGoats
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We're honored to win two Regional
#Murrow
Awards for our continuing coverage of Connecticut and Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, and one in excellence for this video:
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This Connecticut-built helicopter is helping California fight wildfires.
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Fully-produced news documentaries, fun features on gardening and restaurants, and heartfelt stories from people around Connecticut. Help us reach our goal of getting to 10K YouTube subscribers this month!
➡️
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.
@FarmAid
's annual music and food festival is coming back to Hartford. The all-day outdoor event, which will benefit farmers in Connecticut and throughout the Northeast, is scheduled for Sept. 25, at the Xfinity Theatre. Tickets go on sale today.
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Congratulations to Connecticut Public housing reporter
@m_camilavallejo
who won a
@Report4America
Local News Award for her audio feature, "Landlords wanted: As Afghan refugees arrive in Conn., housing is an issue."
Check out the story here:
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On talk show + podcast
#DisruptedCT
, host
@KBDPHD
takes a look inside the creation of kids' educational TV with
@SoniaMManzano
, known as Maria on
@PBS
's
@sesamestreet
, and
@UMassAmherst
professor + former
@SesameWorkshop
consultant Daniel R. Anderson.
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This hour on
#DisruptedCT
with
@KBDPHD
, we explore disruptions in our food landscape, from consumption to distribution and food waste management.
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These enchiladas are emblematic of the cooking of northern Mexico, where people are crazy about cream, cheese, and Colorado chiles. This recipe by
@PatiJinich
incorporates three different cheeses all baked together for a sensational dish.
Try it today:
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CT train and bus commuters can expect higher fares and less service under proposed changes being considered by the state’s Department of Transportation (DOT).
The DOT has scheduled public hearings on the proposals for the first week of October.
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