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Sat Mar-06-10 09:23 PM
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That this is defended here makes me ill.
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| -Former GOP insider says "Billionaire Boys' Club" dismantling education. |
madfloridian |
Mar-06-10 10:08 AM |
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K&R |
eleny |
Mar-06-10 10:33 AM |
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When it's all said and done we will have a system where only |
Tippy |
Mar-06-10 10:48 AM |
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wrong. |
uncle ray |
Mar-06-10 10:50 AM |
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There are still some Trade Schools we have on in our area ..but |
Tippy |
Mar-06-10 10:55 AM |
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Question is not are there trade schools |
WatchWhatISay |
Mar-06-10 03:07 PM |
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I look for wages to go down... |
Tippy |
Mar-06-10 03:54 PM |
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or the wealthiest |
Generic Other |
Mar-06-10 01:41 PM |
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That's true Tippy - it will be the white and wealthy among the brightest ... |
santamargarita |
Mar-06-10 02:59 PM |
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Sad but true Don't get me wrong Ther will be some who are not white |
Tippy |
Mar-06-10 04:18 PM |
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Like President Obama |
swilton |
Mar-07-10 09:56 AM |
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No, not the brightest, the wealthy. Only the wealthy will be educated. |
SharonAnn |
Mar-06-10 06:48 PM |
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And the educated will work for the state (fascist state) |
CLANG |
Mar-06-10 08:34 PM |
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The brightest will be indoctrinated to be subservient to their corporate masters. |
AdHocSolver |
Mar-06-10 09:13 PM |
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I see this as already happening |
swilton |
Mar-07-10 08:55 AM |
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Over last 30 years, colleges/universities have been corporatized and militarized . . . |
defendandprotect |
Mar-07-10 08:18 PM |
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Not the 'brightest', just the wealthiest. |
The Doctor. |
Mar-07-10 10:41 AM |
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K&R. n/t |
Chemical Bill |
Mar-06-10 10:50 AM |
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"no state and no nation has ever had 100 percent of the children proficient" |
madfloridian |
Mar-06-10 11:48 AM |
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Doesn't seem to bode very well for the future |
CLANG |
Mar-06-10 08:37 PM |
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From Education Week: Ravitch In New Book Recants Long-Held Beliefs |
madfloridian |
Mar-06-10 12:55 PM |
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Billionaires profit from stupid public. |
Octafish |
Mar-06-10 01:43 PM |
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Correction |
Larry Ogg |
Mar-07-10 10:11 AM |
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Kicking for teachers and students-n/t |
Reader Rabbit |
Mar-06-10 01:47 PM |
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Recommended. |
HCE SuiGeneris |
Mar-06-10 01:52 PM |
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I'm glad she's had a change of heart and is speaking out. |
Starry Messenger |
Mar-06-10 01:56 PM |
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Amen to that. |
madfloridian |
Mar-06-10 02:07 PM |
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Education makes a person dangerous to TPTB. |
Feron |
Mar-06-10 01:58 PM |
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What is so sad is that this WH is not only doing nothing to |
sabrina 1 |
Mar-06-10 01:59 PM |
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People just are not aware. Our media is powerful... |
madfloridian |
Mar-06-10 02:39 PM |
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Or, like the NYT and WP, parrot the billionaire boys' line |
tonysam |
Mar-06-10 02:40 PM |
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yep!! +10,000!! eom |
flyarm |
Mar-06-10 05:23 PM |
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They're not going to do anything. |
Chisox08 |
Mar-07-10 03:00 PM |
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Must read |
malaise |
Mar-06-10 02:01 PM |
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K&R... |
Greyhound |
Mar-06-10 02:51 PM |
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They've been doing this since Worst POTUS Ever (Reagan) was in the White House |
Kievan Rus |
Mar-06-10 02:58 PM |
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his team sank CA schools while he was Governor, his |
mulsh |
Mar-06-10 03:20 PM |
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And now much of DU wants the same thing. nt |
Jakes Progress |
Mar-06-10 03:24 PM |
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You know it! |
Reader Rabbit |
Mar-06-10 03:42 PM |
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They're not low, |
Enthusiast |
Mar-06-10 03:42 PM |
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yep again! +10,000!! it used to be one of the best school systems ..now one of the worst! eom |
flyarm |
Mar-06-10 05:24 PM |
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In the long run, this will be Obama's lowest. |
Jakes Progress |
Mar-06-10 03:27 PM |
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You're right, the Republicans could never get away with this |
leftstreet |
Mar-06-10 05:15 PM |
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You have that 100% right..same people pushing neolib policies..that will destroy our schools and |
flyarm |
Mar-06-10 05:27 PM |
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Nope. The Money Party needs its "Democrats" to get liberals to stand down to this type of bullshit. |
readmoreoften |
Mar-07-10 08:44 AM |
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The constant denigration and underfunding of the Public School System |
annabanana |
Mar-06-10 03:43 PM |
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And even worse, I've read that over the long years past, as much as 50% of the education |
defendandprotect |
Mar-07-10 08:07 PM |
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one more reason that i'm glad not to have any children. |
dysfunctional press |
Mar-06-10 03:46 PM |
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Ah, but what of reincarnation . . . ? |
defendandprotect |
Mar-07-10 08:13 PM |
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K & R |
SlingBlade |
Mar-06-10 05:10 PM |
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In the coming corporatist/fascist state |
Golden Raisin |
Mar-06-10 05:12 PM |
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heck you can see that here everyday. I was just on a thread about Babyboomers..it has always been to |
flyarm |
Mar-06-10 05:35 PM |
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K&R |
leftstreet |
Mar-06-10 05:15 PM |
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The Repubs have just taken over the Wake County (Raleigh, NC) |
mnhtnbb |
Mar-06-10 05:19 PM |
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K&R |
pleah |
Mar-06-10 05:20 PM |
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For all of our perpetual wars..they have to get an army someway.. |
flyarm |
Mar-06-10 05:21 PM |
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Oh and K&R great thread Madfloridian!! Thank you! EOM |
flyarm |
Mar-06-10 05:37 PM |
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Hopefully, not everywhere in the world will succumb to this |
LarryNM |
Mar-06-10 05:43 PM |
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My understanding of the term 'race to the bottom' is a comment on unregulated market forces. |
RandomThoughts |
Mar-06-10 05:47 PM |
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This is not some plot to make everyone stupid |
DefenseLawyer |
Mar-06-10 05:57 PM |
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Yes. Just one more way to get their hands on our tax dollars |
laughingliberal |
Mar-06-10 07:37 PM |
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It all boils down to ideology |
tonysam |
Mar-06-10 09:00 PM |
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I disagree. I think it's both. |
Marr |
Mar-06-10 09:02 PM |
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George Carlin explains this very well with his comedic style |
vssmith |
Mar-07-10 06:36 AM |
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Neil Bush has been in on the ground floor provided by his brother: "IGNITE!" |
WinkyDink |
Mar-06-10 10:06 PM |
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That is just plain wrong |
Moochy |
Mar-07-10 09:51 AM |
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Sorry you couldn't grasp what I wrote. |
DefenseLawyer |
Mar-07-10 08:41 PM |
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I grasped it |
Moochy |
Mar-08-10 12:32 AM |
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Sorry, I'll type s-l-o-w-e-r |
DefenseLawyer |
Mar-08-10 08:56 AM |
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It is of no consequence to those trying to make money. |
Moochy |
Mar-08-10 09:39 AM |
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Here they include the Skillman Foundation, The Kellogg |
Fire1 |
Mar-06-10 06:04 PM |
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RIP, America. |
bullwinkle428 |
Mar-06-10 06:06 PM |
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k&r |
Swamp Rat |
Mar-06-10 06:10 PM |
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Who will stand up for public education? |
LWolf |
Mar-06-10 06:45 PM |
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OBAMA is STANDING UP! CHARTER SCHOOLS for ALL..and FIRE the Crap TEACHERS! |
KoKo |
Mar-06-10 07:31 PM |
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They believe the propaganda that they hear, |
LWolf |
Mar-07-10 06:54 AM |
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I think you make a good point. "Team Leadership" wherever it comes from gets the "Folks" Motivated |
KoKo |
Mar-07-10 07:41 PM |
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Another excellent post MadFloridian |
BrklynLiberal |
Mar-06-10 07:33 PM |
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An educated public is bad for the elites. |
Odin2005 |
Mar-06-10 07:35 PM |
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It's always been very interesting that Republicans were against education |
laughingliberal |
Mar-06-10 07:41 PM |
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Amen |
djp2 |
Mar-06-10 08:50 PM |
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K&R. |
midnight |
Mar-06-10 07:53 PM |
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Received a Borders gift card for my |
xxqqqzme |
Mar-06-10 07:55 PM |
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Now that is a strange description. |
madfloridian |
Mar-06-10 08:54 PM |
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Dismantleling the liberal arts education will be an end goal. Businesss has wanted that for |
applegrove |
Mar-06-10 09:03 PM |
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And yet liberal arts education contributes to the sciences |
Lorien |
Mar-06-10 10:11 PM |
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I despised former Rep. Gephardt for that . . . |
defendandprotect |
Mar-07-10 06:35 AM |
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Thanks madfloridian. |
tnlefty |
Mar-06-10 09:23 PM |
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Maybe instead of putting billionaires in charge of education, we could put, I dunno, educators? |
Initech |
Mar-06-10 09:23 PM |
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And Superintendents LOVE the analogy! They LOVE calling themselves "CEO's." They LOVE testing! |
WinkyDink |
Mar-06-10 10:02 PM |
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Public School $$: the Last Great Treasure to Loot. We're on course with a privatized military. |
WinkyDink |
Mar-06-10 10:05 PM |
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K&R |
t0dd |
Mar-06-10 10:15 PM |
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Help Wanted: Billionaire supporter to support public schools |
madfloridian |
Mar-06-10 10:18 PM |
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save the books...... |
madrchsod |
Mar-06-10 10:24 PM |
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Seen it coming for years now! It is all about control! |
1776Forever |
Mar-06-10 11:02 PM |
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Money and Brain-washing Propaganda: Republicans and the Rich = FASCISM. |
WinkyDink |
Mar-07-10 08:16 AM |
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Add George Lucas and his "Edutopia." |
JackRiddler |
Mar-06-10 11:06 PM |
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Not familiar with that -- |
defendandprotect |
Mar-07-10 06:37 AM |
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It's actually good in concept... |
JackRiddler |
Mar-07-10 11:55 AM |
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Wow!! Sounds like you think education should be pleasurable . . . |
defendandprotect |
Mar-07-10 07:44 PM |
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madfloridian, thank you. |
tango-tee |
Mar-06-10 11:10 PM |
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This has been in the works for a very long time |
Citizen Worker |
Mar-06-10 11:28 PM |
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it always boils down to the profit motive and greed. So sad. Rec. |
bertman |
Mar-06-10 11:58 PM |
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As long as we have Capitalism, that's going to be what's going on . . .!! |
defendandprotect |
Mar-07-10 06:38 AM |
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Dear Madfloridian, why did Obama not nominate you for Secy of Education? |
alp227 |
Mar-07-10 01:08 AM |
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kick |
Hannah Bell |
Mar-07-10 05:08 AM |
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Understood -- but who is going to stop them? |
defendandprotect |
Mar-07-10 06:31 AM |
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Why the race?? -- Making winners and losers alike be resigned to their fate |
lostnfound |
Mar-07-10 07:08 AM |
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+1000000000 |
Hannah Bell |
Mar-08-10 03:35 AM |
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Quietly creating a two-tiered class system. |
tinrobot |
Mar-07-10 08:51 AM |
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Immanentize the Idiocracy |
Moochy |
Mar-07-10 08:57 AM |
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K&R because this needs to be seen by all. |
zeemike |
Mar-07-10 09:00 AM |
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An educated peasent |
penndragon69 |
Mar-07-10 09:31 AM |
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Yes, certainly . . . !!! But let's also remember that there is something very wrong . . . |
defendandprotect |
Mar-07-10 09:42 PM |
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Heard the Interview |
swilton |
Mar-07-10 09:39 AM |
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From the Truth Out link: |
madfloridian |
Mar-07-10 12:23 PM |
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Minerva project |
madfloridian |
Mar-07-10 12:26 PM |
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Got to keep the poor masses stupid and uniformed. |
RexS |
Mar-07-10 08:18 PM |
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No worry... |
onpatrol98 |
Mar-08-10 07:09 PM |
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... and sometimes there are real conspiracies. this looks like one of them. |
NuttyFluffers |
Mar-08-10 03:26 AM |
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Yes, they do. Soon it will be too late. |
madfloridian |
Mar-08-10 12:30 PM |
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Error: you can only recommend threads which were started in the past 24 hours |
Echo In Light |
Mar-08-10 09:46 AM |
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The Best Democracy Money Can Buy |
Last Stand |
Mar-08-10 01:34 PM |
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Belated Kick (nt) |
Dinger |
Mar-11-10 05:24 PM |
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kick |
democracy1st |
Mar-15-10 04:33 AM |
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