Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher - Little Bit a Steep… | 3/22/23
Episode Date: March 22, 2023Bear Hugger needed… Circus is back… Giant Goldfish in UK… NPS / Squirrels… WBC won by Japan… NFL Commish and Commanders… Home Run Dugout… Who Died Today: Willis Reed 80… Schult...z quits again… Dick Van Dyke in crash… Clint Eastwood missing… Shania Train… Gwyneth's trial is silly… American Airlines defibrillator suit… TikTok promo push… Dog is a Bear… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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And now, chewing the fat with Jeff Fisher.
So if you're looking for a new gig,
the New Mexico Department of Fish and Game are now hiring.
Yes, they're hiring a bear hugger.
If you have the courage to crawl into a bear den,
you are ready to work for the New Mexico Department of Fish and Game.
The department posted the job opening for,
conservation officers on their Facebook page saying that viable applicants must have the ability to hike
in strenuous conditions, crawl into bear dens, and trust that their coworkers will keep them safe.
You have until the end of the month, the 30th of March, 2023, to apply for the job.
I was looking at the application. I wanted to see how much that job costs.
throughout the entire application process on their website.
It doesn't say anything about salary.
It talks about everything but salary.
So you've got to figure that it's going to be huge.
You won't know how to stop all the money coming in.
Then I looked it up.
The average conservation officer salary in New Mexico is $44,810.
But the range typically falls between 36,055.
thousand so that means the guy is making 55,000 are doing some overtime the old new mexico
fish and game conservation office um good luck god bless you want to become a bear hugger now they do
recommend in their post that you shouldn't crawl into bear dens uh was part of a research
project and so yeah the bears have to be handled safely so
So we didn't really mean it.
So they just want you to know that it could happen
because you might have to, you know,
help young wildlife that's out there.
And it would be good if you have a biological sciences,
Bachelor of Science degree,
police science, law enforcement,
natural resources, conservation, ecology,
or even just criminal justice,
geography, physics, psychology, zoology, or others.
If you're just a regular Joe, don't worry about applying.
You need to have a Bachelor of Science degree.
Well, it's preferred.
It's preferred.
So if you're just a person that wants to be a bear hugger,
you can't have the gig.
So good luck.
Welcome.
Welcome to Chewing the Fat.
The Ringling Brothers in Barnum and Bearden
Bailey Circus has been reimagined and reborn.
Without the animals.
But it's going to be high-octane family events
with high-wire tricks soaring trapeze artists and bicycles leaping on trampolines.
Sounds a lot like, I don't know, Cirque de Soleil.
But Feld Entertainment, which owns the greatest show on Earth,
said that the new shows are upcoming in 2023,
the North American Tour kicking off this fall.
75 performers, 18 countries will include performers on the triangle high wire, 25 feet off the ground,
criss-crossing flying trapeze artists, a spinning double wheel powered by acrobatts,
and BMX trail bikes, unicycle riders, and skateboarders doing flips and tricks.
Yeah, that's Sir Dissolet.
But the tour kicks off in Louisiana at the end of September, and then goes to Ohio, Wisconsin,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Missouri, Maryland, Michigan, Indiana, and ends the year in
Oklahoma. And then it restarts back up in Florida in 2024. So if you're in those areas,
you will have a chance to see the greatest show on earth starting this year. It's a complete
rethink of the modern circus. It's been working on everything from how to integrate clowns
the branding and merchandise
over the past four years.
It took them four years to figure this out.
I mean, I told them to do this back then
when they first said they weren't going to do shows anymore.
It was just stupid.
And I know PETA is all happy
because we are happy that they're doing their animal revamp.
We don't want any animals doing little tricks
because that's just not right.
And it's mean to the animals.
Okay.
All right.
No problem.
So anyway, congratulations.
And something to look forward to.
I may actually go and see it if I have the chance.
It looks like it might be worth a view.
Their new production design includes movable staircases,
two main stages, audiences are going to have a 360-degree view
with live camera feeds and virtual reality and lighting
and sound design that tracks the performer.
That sounds actually fun.
Might be worth the visit.
It doesn't say what the ticket prices are for the old Ringling Brother in Barnum and Bailey
Circus.
I have a feeling that it's going to be more than a bag of peanuts.
And in British Columbia, there is a huge problem.
And it could go well beyond British Columbia.
So if you're thinking, well, I don't live in British Columbia, what do I care?
There is a goldfish problem.
They are growing as big as footballs and rapidly.
owning themselves.
Now, you've all been at the restaurants where they're, well, maybe you haven't, but in
Florida there were restaurants that are up on stilts and they have water and in the water they
put the goldfish and they put those giant goldfish in, not the little ones that you get
at the fair or whatever.
I mean, these giant huge goldfish and they're adaptable and according to this story,
they're intelligent, are they?
Okay.
So, and they become a big, big problem.
They're these huge goldfish and they're just replicating.
I mean, goldfish, a bigness is going on.
They're a threat to native fish species now in British Columbia waters.
They have, okay, so here you go.
A goldfish lays 50,000 eggs at a time, three times in a summer.
and the female goldfish don't need a man.
I don't need a man.
Okay.
They use the gyno genesis or gino-gyno genesis, G-Y-N-O-genesis, in which the female will get the sperm from a different kind of minnow to start the eggs developing, even though they're not fertilized.
Okay.
Now there's a person who's part of the invasive species council of British Columbia.
And man, I bet you that is a fun group of people to be around.
The invasive species council of British Columbia.
So what happens is then they produce clones of themselves.
Okay.
Now, by tracking these goldfish,
they've now learned that they're breeding in more than one place they their large numbers are
destroying habitats tearing up other aquatic plants for food it's getting ugly and by releasing
you know they say you're not supposed to release any organism into a body of water um that will
start an invasion a yep that's what happens uh just amazing and now there's being found
outside of British Columbia in Hamilton Harbor and Lake Ontario and other fisheries and oceans have started to sound the alarm.
So just be on the lookout.
Beyond the lookout up there in the northeast.
That for giant goldfish taking over because there.
They're coming.
And this is going to be another movie.
We've had cocaine bear.
We've got meth gaiters.
We talked about meth monkeys.
We talked about cocaine hippos.
Now we have goldfish.
We have goldfish.
What are the goldfish on?
Is it meth goldfish?
Or do we just show someone fishing and hooking the goldfish?
And then we have the goldfish is pissed.
Goldfish.
Hooked goldfish.
and this time he's pissed
looking for food
I don't know
I'll figure out something for the
Goldfish horror movie
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Congratulations are in order to Japan as they edged out team USA.
Three to two to win the 2023 World Baseball Classic title.
It was actually an exciting game.
And if you have an opportunity to catch any of the highlights from that,
I would recommend highly that you do that.
I see where, I don't know we're talking about sports.
I'm willing to talk about sports.
in just about any time.
I see where Magic Johnson,
part owner of the Los Angeles Lakers,
has joined a bid
to own the NFL's Washington commanders.
Now, I thought that Jeff Bezos
was just going to buy the commanders.
What are we doing?
What are we doing messing around
with these different teams
and bidding on the commanders?
Jeff's going to come in
and say, I'll give you
$6 billion and we'll move on, right?
I mean, I don't know why we're messing around.
It doesn't make any sense to me that we think that it's not going to be Jeff Bezos.
But maybe it's not.
Maybe it's not.
Also, you're not going to get as much money for the commanders, although we'll see.
I know they just did a big survey and the Washington commanders ranked the worst organization to suit up for.
So they face controversy over their name, which really shouldn't have.
been a controversy, but it is.
Ownership, workplace culture,
toward an F grade in three out of eight
categories in the survey, which
the NFL Players Association conducted
in order to surface
the best practices for running
a franchise. Seems like teams
could learn from the Minnesota
Vikings, which nabbed
first place. So this is
the Players Association
conducting this survey.
So we'll see if that
brings any change around or not.
It might, who knows.
And congratulations to Roger Goodell.
I know his contract is coming up, coming up in this year, this month, actually.
If you're listening live, today is the 22nd of March, 2023,
and they keep saying that his contract is up in March.
So that's now.
I don't know if you know that.
So they're concerned about him signing a new deal.
Now, he, we all thought he was making about $40 or $45 million a year.
But according to this latest article,
Goodell was making $63.9 million per year.
That's pretty good.
I don't know, you can quote me on that.
That's pretty freaking.
Good. Now they claim that he's made $500 million since becoming commissioner in 06.
Well, okay, but I mean, he's the, the NFL is worth what now?
$30, $40 billion.
And he's looking to expand the league globally.
Teams are being sold like the commanders for more money than ever before.
And he's been at the helm of the NFL for 15 years.
So I make, I would say that he's well worth the money.
Nobody wants to pay him.
Everybody says, there's $63.5 million.
That's too much money.
No, it's not.
He'll get it and he'll get more.
So the new contract will be in a week or so,
and I will guarantee that he will make 70.
I'll say 70 mil a year.
That's a good gig.
That's a good gig.
I will say this.
I'm just going to throw on this out there.
there to the owners of the NFL.
First of all, thank you for listening to Chewing the Fat.
I appreciate it.
Thanks for coming along for the ride.
I hope you owners are follow me on Twitter.
Add Jeffrey JFR.
Facebook and Instagram is Jeff Fisher Radio.
If you need to order a cameo, you guys can afford it.
You're owners of an NFL team.
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I'll be happy, glad, sad, mad, whatever you would like.
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Camios like my pimp.
So, I mean, they get their cut.
and I do what you ask.
That's kind of how it works.
Anyway, if you owners want to make a better deal
and hire me as the commissioner of the NFL,
I'll do it for $40 million.
You're already paying Roger over 60,
probably going to make $70 million.
You're going to try to work a deal with them
to keep it under $70 million.
And I'll just do it right now.
I can tell you right now you can say,
Roger, take a hike.
We've got Jeff Fisher coming in,
and we're going to pay them
40 million a year.
All right.
I'm just throwing the idea out there for you.
So as long as we're, you know,
talking about sports and like I said, I could
talk about sports forever.
Do you see where they have
a new thing called Home Run Dugout?
They're opening their second location in
Katie, Texas, the end of this
month, as a matter of fact. And it's
like Top Golf, but it's
a, you know, home run dugout.
That's why it's called that.
Sports, food, entertainment, one upscale setting.
Wow.
Nolan Ryan, of course, is a strategic investor with this company.
Yeah, Nolan's put in a little bit of cash.
So it's not like batting cages where you rent a helmet and, you know, have a batting machine.
But you had a full service restaurant, three bars serving, you know, craft beers,
12 virtual batting bays, a beer garden baseball mini field for Wiffle Ball.
live music and concert stage
Dog Park
It's co-founded by Nick
Hermanndorfer
and Tyler Bambrick
And they bill itself as the
Home of the 7 Mile Per Hour Fastball
So it's 46,000 square feet
12 virtual batting bays
Open field, two bars, full service restaurant
Home Run Dugout
Home of the 7 mile per hour
fastball. It might be fun.
It might be fun.
So the cost is about 30 bucks ahead
for a 90 minute experience.
Of course, food and beverages are extra.
You don't think you were going to be able to
have some fries with that, did you?
Not for the 30.
No, you're putting down a little bit more.
So the standalone venue
is, it's in Round Rock, Texas.
Well, I'm going to have to go to that.
I'm down in that neck of the woods quite often.
And I'm going to have to go to that.
So Round Rock is just north of Austin, Texas.
I guess Nolan Ryan owns the Round Rock Express minor league team with his son.
So this is a perfect place for it.
I'm looking forward to it.
Anyway, I'm going to have to check it.
I will check out the Home Run dugout in Round Rock, Texas.
And I'll let you know if the experience is worth it,
because it sounds like it could be fun,
but it also sounds like it could be expensive.
And you're not just going to show them.
Like, it's not bad if you show up and spend $20 on a bag of balls
on a pitching machine.
I'm a 30 bucks to virtually hit a couple of baseballs
and go out onto a wiffle field
and then have to pay for fries and a shake.
It might get a little bit of steep.
You can quote me on that.
It might get a little bit of steep.
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So who died today? Who died today? Willis Reed, the NBA Hall of Famer, who played his entire
career with the Knicks, died at the age of 80. There was no cause of death listed. So I'm guessing
he just died because he was 80. He was remembered, I mean, he won a couple of championships. I mean,
The guy played college basketball at Grambling State.
He won three NAA championships.
The Knicks drafted him in the second round.
He instantly became part of it.
He made first of seven straight All-Star appearances,
averaging a double-double in each of those seven seasons.
And his best season came in 1970,
and one of the most famous moments,
not playing in game six of the NBA finals due to a thigh injury.
Reed surprised fans.
at Madison Square Garden by showing up and playing in game seven.
And he didn't score much.
He only scored a few points, but it was part of him being part of the team.
He limped out onto the court.
And the footage of him coming out onto the court is pretty amazing.
And Jack, 19,500 fans here in New York City have yet to see Willis Reed at this hour of the evening.
That is very critical.
We heard Red Holesman say he expected him to start.
We just had an announcement from the press row that Willis has just received 200 C.C.
of Cortisone.
Oh, my gosh.
I've been Cortisone myself.
And I think we see Willis coming out.
Here he comes.
There he comes right now.
Listen to that crowd.
6 feet 10 from Gremlin.
The captain of the next.
The valuable player at the NBA.
Yeah, baby.
Taking some shots, firing up the team.
He was with him, baby.
At the new Madison Square Garden.
This is a 38.
sellout crowd and they have been reacting to their knickerbockers the same way all season long and he has
hit two in a row and they are beside themselves think about it so willis reed uh dead at the age of 80
i see where uh howard shultz has a quit again uh chief executive howard shultz is ending his
third stint as head of Starbucks.
You know, the company is having a big fight over their labor practices.
But Schultz stepped down a couple weeks early.
He was supposed to be gone the first of April.
But he said, no, I'm out of here now.
The new CEO, Lax Narichan.
Lacks Narasim.
Han, N-A-R-A-S-I-M-H-A-N.
Okay, all right.
He said that as I turn Starbucks over to you now, know that you have my utmost confidence, trust, and love.
You are all the future of Starbucks.
The world needs Starbucks, and Starbucks need you all.
He said this is the last time that he's going to come back and take it over.
Uh-huh.
I mentioned this on my chewing segment during Pat Unleashed this morning,
but I see where Dick Van Dyke, 97.
No, he's not in the Who Die today segment yet.
But Dick lost control of his car before slamming into the gate in his Malibu home.
His Lexus, I guess, skidded in the rain.
And so he had a bloody nose and a possible concussion.
I don't know why police officers would have arrived at the scene,
but Dick was behind the wheel of his LS 500.
Not sure it was on his property.
He smashed into his gate in his car.
Don't need you, police officers.
Thank you.
I appreciate you stopping by.
I'm good.
But, you know, thank you.
And it was also in the story.
They talked about another car crash.
He was in, like 10 years ago, back in 2000.
13, where he was rescued.
He was in a car crash driving a jag, and the car was burning on fire.
And a passerby saw a person in the car and pulled up and then pulled him out of the car and saved his life.
And there's a picture from sub-news entity at the time of the fire and the fire trucks and the rescue vehicles are there.
And sitting on the side of the road is Dick Van Dyck.
and at that time, I mean, he only would have been 87, so he's ready to go do a jig.
I will say that we have seen Dick, at least he's out and about,
I don't know that at 97 he should be driving and maybe someone will try to take his keys away now.
We shall see.
I'm sure Dick could afford to have somebody, some do person drive him around,
although he may be a crotchety old bastard, so he doesn't want anybody to take care of him.
But it's reported now that we have done.
not seen Clint Eastwood in 408 days.
I mean, Clint is 92, and he's always, you know, been out and about, and TMZ would see him
going into a restaurant or getting in and out of a car, but he has not been spotted in public
for 408 days.
Oh, holy cow.
We're worried.
We're worried about Clint's health, and we're worried about Clint's health, and we're worried
about what is happening.
Okay?
That's what we want to know.
I know he said he had no plans to retire.
He had other projects in post-production in which he appears himself,
but there was nothing else apparently on the drawing board.
But he hasn't been photographed in public since February 6, 2022.
And that was at a golf tournament.
Maybe that wiped him out.
Maybe that wiped him out.
So he hasn't skipped a tournament.
since 2012
so we shall see
but someone needs to do a welfare check
on Clint okay
just that's all I'm saying
I know that you know at least
you see them from time to time
we saw Gene Hackman
you know apparently
come out of the cave
he's Gene is
93 now he's been retired for quite
a while now but he broke
his cover to indulge
you know indulge his fast food craving in santa fey new mexico at a wendy's drive-thru and that's where
they you know finally pictured him uh they said that he was looking frail um he's jean hackman
uh he's not going to look frail that's jean hackman man what he's talking about i don't care how old
he is so i mean but we saw him and we haven't seen clint so somebody needs to you know
do a welfare check on clint please we know anything bad happening to clint and i saw this story
about Chenaya Twain and I was thinking you know a big deal they named a train after her in
Switzerland this train that runs from Montreux on Lake Geneva to interlocking which is in central
Sweden and it's been named Chenaya train get it Chenaya train yeah and that's the new
golden pass express train but I was so I finally broke down I read it but
It's incredible what they did to make this train because the new train, it's the first nonstop service on the route, has had to overcome all kinds of obstacles.
The platforms at each station are different heights, making getting on and off potentially hazardous.
Now, thanks to trucks beneath each carriage, the new train's body can adjust to the platform height by moving up or down about eight inches.
The engineer's other big challenge was finding a way to allow the train to run along the two different track gauges on the route.
So now wheels can be adjusted to different width while the train is on the move.
So where once passengers on the road had to change trains, they can now enjoy their three-hour journey across the Swiss Alps.
Undisturbed.
The Golden Pass trade.
route on the Shania train.
So that shouldn't break down at all.
There should be zero problems with the old Shania train.
I won't hear of it.
It'll be fine.
You'll be able to move that thing up and down and those train wheels will just
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So I wanted to apologize.
Yesterday, I talked about the Gwyneth Paltrow case going on in Utah, where the retired optimist, optometrist, optimist.
The retired, well, he's an optimist that he's going to win this case.
the retired optometrist who is suing her over the 2016 ski collision.
And I talked about it being a $3 million lawsuit.
Well, that was the original suit.
And this is where my apology comes in because I was real.
What, $3 million didn't seem like much?
But now it's a revised lawsuit that is $300,000.
I mean, why doesn't Gwendoz just pay him off?
What are we even doing?
It seems like such a waste of time.
and energy for her.
And one of the things that I found fascinating,
and the case is still ongoing,
it started yesterday,
and people are taking the stand.
And as she left the courtroom yesterday,
she held up by this blue book in front of her face,
like, you're going toith Paltrow.
We know what you look like.
We know you're there.
What are you trying to do?
Just a weird, the whole thing,
the whole thing is just weird.
But anyway, I just want to apologize.
guys, it's not a $3 million lawsuit.
It's $300,000 plus court costs and all that stuff.
And she's countersuing for a dollar plus court costs and attorney's fees.
But the whole thing is just unbelievably silly.
She is supposed to have been skiing down the kid hill with their kids and not paying attention and ran into this guy.
And he could barely live for the last six years because of concussion and injuries.
and now she, I think, originally said that she didn't hit him or didn't know what he was talking about.
And then she said, well, then he hit me.
And so we'll see.
I mean, that, if that gets admitted into court, that could be a problem.
The first original, I didn't even hit anybody.
And then, well, he hit me is, I could be an issue.
But we'll see.
The whole thing is just silly.
Another lawsuit that's going on against American Airlines is a mother of a passenger who died on board an American Airlines flight has filed this lawsuit.
According to the suit, Kevin Greenidge went into cardiac arrest in June on a flight from San Pedro, Honduras, to Miami International.
The American airline staff tried to resuscitate him with an automatic external defibrillator.
But the defibrillator was not working.
The suit alleges the defibrillator did not have a properly charged battery,
and the staff did not have proper training.
So she's brought the federal suit against American Airlines in the Southern District Court of New York.
The suit accuses American Airlines of negligence resulting in this man's day.
death.
Okay.
You know, their responses, our thoughts are with Mr. Greenledge and his loved ones.
That's all their, you know, that's all their saying.
Plans are legally required.
Plains are legally required to carry a functioning, automated external defibrillator
and emergency medical kits on board.
But are they legally responsible for having proper training to use,
them. I don't know. We'll see. I mean, they will be from now on, that's for sure. And that's
surprising that they didn't know how to use it. And the problem is, is that there was no battery,
right? So, or the battery was not charged. So the staff may have been trained on how to use
the defibrillator. But when there's no battery charged, now the staff is like, well, what are we,
what are we even doing here? That's, uh, that's an issue. And on top of that, I mean, I'm
I mean, I realize that the mother lost her son is horrible.
And, you know, nobody wishes that on anyone.
But is it American Airlines fault that he had a heart attack and died?
I guess so.
It's on their plane.
So it's their fault.
And I got no love lost for American Airlines.
But, I mean, it does seem like the staff, if they can prove that the staff wasn't trained
in using the defibrillator,
it would seem like that's almost a requirement, right?
They have, the defibrillator is required,
is it required for them to know how to use it?
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
You'd think so, but I don't know.
So TikTok has been under fire for quite some time now.
I see where there are some headlines that the Chinese,
app maker also owns Cap Cut, which is a video editing tool that apparently has surpassed
TikTok downloads. Now, I know that we've had plenty of people talking about banning TikTok,
and there's plenty government entities that are banning TikTok and saying, no, if you work for the
government, you can't, you have the app on your phone. But they claim that the Biden administration
demanded that bite dance or bit dance sell the app.
Now, in this story, it talks about TikTok having more than 100 million users in the U.S.
Okay.
So they're talking about a possible ban, and, you know, they need to change ownership.
And a TikTok spokesperson said the sale wouldn't address data concerns
and that the company was considering its options.
Its options are they're going to put a strong promotional push on America how great TikTok is.
I just saw a TikTok from the head of TikTok, Mr. Shochu.
And I want you to hear what he had to say on his promotional TikTok tour as he's in Washington, D.C.
to testify.
Hi everyone.
It's show here.
I'm the CEO of TikTok.
I'm here in Washington, D.C.
today.
And I have some news and updates
to share with everyone here.
Awesome.
Today, I'm super excited to announce
that more than 150 million Americans
are on TikTok.
That's almost half of the US
coming to TikTok to connect,
to create, to share,
to learn, or just to have some fun.
This includes 5 million businesses
that use TikTok to reach the customers.
And the majority of these
are small and medium businesses.
Now, these numbers are amazing.
And I'm so thankful to all of you
and the 7,000 TikTok employees in the U.S.
who are helping us build this incredible community
in America and around the world.
This comes at a pivotal moment for us.
Yes, it does.
...have started talking about banning TikTok.
Now, this could take TikTok away from all 150 million of you.
I'll be testifying before Congress later this week
to share all that we're doing
to protect Americans using the app
and deliver on our mission to inspire
creativity and to bring joy.
Let me know in the comments
what you want your elected representatives
to know about what you love about TikTok.
So there you have the big promotional push
from TikTok.
All you Americans out there,
TikTok, don't you love your TikTok?
Yes, you do.
You love it.
So tell us how much you love it
and what you love about it because we're creating jobs.
We've got half of America using it,
and we've got a whole bunch of businesses using it to earn money.
So we're here for you, America.
So good luck banning it.
So we started off with bears.
We may as well end with bears.
A family in China is said to have believed that a 250-pound dog was not a bear.
It was a dog.
So we're worried about this country, China.
They can't even tell the difference between a dog and a bear.
Apparently there was a family who she, the lady bought the animal and thought it was a Tibetan mastiff.
And the animal was having a surprisingly large appetite.
I wonder why.
And eating a box of fruits and two buckets of noodles every day.
No, that will not have.
that the more he grew the more like a bear he looked and I'm a little scared of bears
yeah I could tell the difference before when it was little I thought for sure that was a
little Tibetan Mastiff but there you go that's what you got it's a bear
You know, the more he grew, the more like a bear he looked.
Yeah, that's because he's a bear.
And you should be able to tell the difference between a bear and a dog.
But she finally did, actually, to tell the difference.
It was just well beyond when you should have known that.
You know, that's not a dog.
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