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Working on behalf of Chicago bars, restaurants, and music joints morning, noon, and night.

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Joined January 2009

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Chicago Bars

3 months

Join me in sending a VHS copy of Caddyshack to… Chicago White Sox Attn: Chairman Reinsdorf 333 W. 35th Street Chicago, IL 60616

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Rob Hart

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Having a day to think about the Crain’s article on stadium financing. It’s an initial ask. No way will the White Sox get a billion dollars to build the stadium. For perspective- the Cubs asked for $200 million in city/county funds for the Wrigley renovation and got zero.

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REMINDER: Don’t forget to refill your empty Blanton’s bottle with a value bourbon before any bourbon loving freeloader family members drop by Thursday.

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GREATEST CHICAGO CAMPAIGN YARD SIGN OF ALL TIME!

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It’s a pretty city.

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It begins. #Chicago #StPatrickDay

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“You wake up in Chicago, pull back the curtain, and you KNOW where you are. You could be nowhere else. You are in a big, brash, muscular, broad shouldered motherfuckin’ city. A metropolis, completely non-neurotic, ever-moving, big hearted but cold blooded machine…” - Bourdain

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Currently the most valuable delivery truck in Chicago.

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BREAKING: Rescue teams comb rubble at Belmont & Seminary in Lakeview this morning in a search for survivors of the destroyed neighborhood. Presumably.

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WGN TV News

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Hundreds of teens takeover Lakeview, destroying neighborhood

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Ok Chicago - here's the challenge - let's NOT BE Michigan, or Florida, or Texas. Let's go out, wear masks, stay seated while meeting our friends in bars or restaurants, and have a good time AND KEEP OUR LOCAL BARS SAFE AND OPEN.

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Throw them some bucks later this week Edgewater.

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Lakeview residents flock to support a struggling local ice cream parlor.

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I think somebody drove to Chicago and…booted their own car? I was going to laugh but then realized it’s a Hyundai prone to that USB hotwiring trick.

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If Navy Pier with rent of $1.00 a year can't make things work at 15-20% of normal business imagine how your locally owned bars & restaurants with actual rent costs are struggling.

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With few visitors, Navy Pier to close down again to save money

Navy Pier will close again rather than fight for the comparatively few visitors willing to venture onto the partially reopened lakeside destination amid the coronavirus pandemic. The human-made str…

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“I’m originally from Chicago.” “Oh, what neighborhood?” “Naperville.” 🤦🏻‍♂️ Honestly suburbanites: “I live just outside Chicago” works too

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What I can't figure out after the last two years is how America ever managed to pass mandatory seat belt laws.

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11 months

Chicago: A dedicated giant municipally owned waterfront park designed for hosting music festivals? On the shores of Lake Michigan? That’s crazy! Milwaukee:

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“Where you from?” “Chicago. Here for a conference.” “I’m from Chicago too!” “Which neighborhood? I’m in Lakeview.” “St Charles!” 🤦‍♂️🤬🤦‍♂️🤬🤦‍♂️🤬🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

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Honest to God I might just run for 44th Ward Alderman solely to pass an ordinance banning Wrigley Field from selling two burnt ass hot dogs and a beer for $34 dollars. WTF Levy?

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HOLY SHIT! IT WORKED! Thanks @CPDTransit !

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Hey @cta @CPDTransit check out car 5639 on northbound redline run 811 for Sox hat, blue hoodie, jeans guy holding a Hennessey bottle offering to rob people “FOR FREE”. What a rider deal eh, CTA fail sons?

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It’s a pretty city.

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I may have found the most snow f*cked car in Chicago. Montrose east of LSD.

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I…just had a beer, a Malort, and a Chicago style hot dog…with the latter served on a heated plate with linen napkin and silverware…achievement unlocked?

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Whole Chicago lakefront is absolutely packed north of Navy Pier right now. Glorious.

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“You wake up in Chicago, pull back the curtain, and you KNOW where you are. You could be nowhere else. You are in a big, brash, muscular, broad shouldered motherfuckin’ city. A metropolis… a beast that will, if disrespected or not taken seriously, roll over you without remorse.”

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Your no vax mandate Monday reminder that if biz still chooses to require proof it’s their right. Be nice & go elsewhere if that bothers you.

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It’s a pretty city.

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It’s a pretty city.

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“You wake up in Chicago, pull back the curtain and you KNOW where you are. You could be nowhere else.” - @bourdain

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2 years

Damn. Must. Protect. @KingstonMines At. All. Costs.

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3 years

Sears Tower.

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Good to see the architects who fucked up Soldier Field got a new commission.

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“Working for bars and restaurants you must eat a lot of nice meals!” “Nice? Dunno. I eat a lot of great Chicago meals.”

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No mask mandate Monday reminder that if your Chicago bartender or server chooses to still wear a mask it’s their own damn business. Be nice.

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It’s a pretty city.

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It’s a pretty city.

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Half of Chicago isn’t returning to the office regularly but 5-6pm on roads during rush hour sucks as bad as it did in 2019? 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

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1 year

Rainy crappy day like this is a great day for a beer & a saloon burger at Side Street Saloon at 1456 W George if you ask me…. #FreePlug Good kitchen. One of the fairly rare residential corner Chicago taverns left too.

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It’s a pretty city.

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Always judge people by how they treat the front line staff.

@sarahnferris

Sarah Ferris

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Wow. GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert just threw a mask in the face of a floor staffer when she came to the floor not wearing one, per someone watching the exchange.

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7 months

It’s a pretty city. Vintage neon edition. .

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You guys know you’re allowed to deep clean the stations more than once a year, right?

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cta

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Spring cleaning 🧼

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2 years

It’s a pretty city. Friday edition.

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It’s a pretty city.

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Taxing much more of UChicago’s real estate would help City finances too.

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Block Club Chicago

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UChicago students have come up with an idea to tackle the city’s $35M in pension debt: adding a toll to DuSable Lake Shore Drive.

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Iconic Chicago signs.

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1 year

They all got 24 hour video surveillance but none of them own a fucking snow shovel? Jagoffs.

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BREAKING! 🐈🐁🍻🎄

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Fun fact: I think I’ve seen more CPD patrolling @cta trains on @AMC_TV reruns than I’ve ever seen while riding the CTA.

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BREAKING: Mayor Lightfoot wants permanent 10pm curfew on sales of beer, wine, and spirits by grocery and convenience stores. The 9pm curfew she imposed by emergency order that applied most of last year certainly solved all crime problems here. Unreal.

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Guys, there's a multi-billion dollar third party food delivery app threatening to sue if Chicago adopts a rule merely requiring the apps to show customers how much the app charged the restaurant you ordered from for the referral. Wrap your brain around that.

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2 months

Reminder: When you’re out at a bar or restaurant more often than not the sky has hi-def eyes recording everything.

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Dante

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Here’s the video for those not trying to go on TikTok

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8 months

Somebody FOIA that CTA Red Bull contract! I just gotta’ know the going rate to put a product on a flat car on the brown line…..

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Craig Shimala

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The @redbullracing 18 championship F1 car is riding around the @cta Loop till around 2pm today! It’s Brown Line #973 . Hyping up:

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“Siri what is the worst kind of Chicagoan!” “Do you mean the ones who shovel their steps but not their sidewalks?”

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Gas didn’t get expensive. The other gas stations in America just started marking it up like the BP at La Salle & Clark has been for years.

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Lololol.

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1 year

You motherfuckers.

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3 years

Sears Tower.

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2 years

It’s a pretty city.

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Some of you had WAYYYYYYY too much pandemic free time.

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3 years

Serious question: Is there a finer Chicago tavern neon sign?

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It’s a pretty city.

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The new wedding party habitat at Lincoln Park Zoo is pretty cool.

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Wow. It’s a pretty city.

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“You wake up in Chicago, pull back the curtain and you KNOW where you are. You could be nowhere else. You are in a big, brash, muscular, broad shouldered motherf***in’ city.” - @bourdain

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It’s a pretty city.

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Sigh. Really wish I was busy being annoyed at thousands of people between me & the Glühwein stand right now.

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This whole South Loop block is like a Hollywood back lot faux Chicago set….

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“You wake up in Chicago, pull back the curtain, and you KNOW where you are. You could be nowhere else.” - @bourdain

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That is an attempted execution. WHAT. IS. THE. F*CKING. PLAN? @chicagosmayor @ChiefDavidBrown @SAKimFoxx

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CWBChicago

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Exclusive video: An armed robber ambushed a man in Lincoln Park overnight, then shot him 3x at close range after demanding his phone password.

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Just watched @cta bus driver 50782 on the #77 do a solid for a slow older guy he could’ve easily pretended not to see. So three cheers for that bus driver. 🎉🎉🎉

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3 years

It’s a pretty city.

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Just now @martylennartz on the @LinBrehmer tribute @93XRT to Terri Hemmert - “You (and Lin) made Chicago a better place.” @themmert - “Chicago made us better people.” That’s it. That’s @Chicago

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Ok F*CK THIS. EVERY CHICAGO TAVERN IS SAFER THAN NAVY PIER. cc: @chicagosmayor @GovPritzker @CrainsChicago

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Navy Pier

4 years

Welcome back, everyone! ❤️ Navy Pier officially reopens to the public on Wednesday, June 10. Before you visit, be sure to learn more about our safety guidelines and procedures:

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We may live in a godless age but heck of a lot of people lined up for lunch hour Ash Wednesday ashes in the Loop right now.

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“What City am I in, again?” Said nobody ever standing at the corner of Quincy & LaSalle.

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That joint was a master class in how not to run a bar.

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This seems highly debatable.

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Hellhole? Nah, it’s a pretty city.

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Now I’m just pissed. The City of @chicago ’s OFFICIAL new tourism campaign site brags on spray paint (A BANNED PRODUCT IN CHICAGO) being invented here. Fucking asinine. Fire everyone involved.

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At 3:15pm in the Loop on a weekday. 🤦‍♂️

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3 years

Very Chicago apartment warning sign.

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Chicago Stonehenge.

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Undisclosed location. Drinking a beer. The most beautiful cash only bar I’ve yet found in Chicago. 🫡🍻

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NINETY PERCENT of their Chicago based HQ staff declined the Tyson Foods required relocation to Arkansas if they wanted to keep their jobs. Nine. Zero. Percent. 👏

@WSJ

The Wall Street Journal

1 year

Hundreds of Tyson Foods employees are expected to depart as the company has said it plans to consolidate its corporate employees in Arkansas

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I know enough about Chicago's historical demographics not to be particularly concerned. Now could I offer you a Modelo and a pierogi?

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Dr. Submarine 🐳

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@chicagobars Honest question: how do you feel about the amount of illegals entering in to the United States and the rate of illegal immigrants entering the USA outstripping the birth rate of American citizens?

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Look people, even DIVE bars have been carding people for DECADES. Checking a vaccine card at a store door is not some incredible challenge.

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Updating my earlier tweet: Chicago, it’s a pretty city, ain’t it?

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Pour one out for Joe’s on Irving Park. Going, going…

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It’s a pretty city.

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Nobody WANTS Bears to go. It’s just simply exhausting that their $6 BILLION organization keeps asking for 9 figure taxpayer subsidies when their not that old shiny new stadium debt is still being paid off by City taxes. Sell some equity to do it McCaskey’s. Like a normal biz.

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Chicago Tribune Politics

@ChiTribCloutSt

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Mayor Brandon Johnson said he wants to keep the Bears ‘shuffling’ in Chicago

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“Chicago gonna’ Chicago” - @tuturocks24 Underpass at Ravenswood & Foster

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Chicago is such a small town you can’t even fathom. Not in a parochial way just man… spend enough time here and everyone you meet knows somebody you know. X100

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Undisclosed location. Writing emails. Drinking….glogg? I got a weird job. 🤷‍♂️🎄🍻

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1 year

There’s no fucking reason to be using a leaf blower of any kind at 8:45am on a Sunday.

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I see no way a CTA train wrapped in “Bullet Train” advertising could backfire on them this month.

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Chicago I am pleased to announce spring has indisputably arrived. Based on my highly scientific “first paleteria guy spotting of the year” metric. Congrats guys! You made it!

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Would a rotating series of summer beer & wine pop ups in the Loop’s many under-used public plazas be a thing that would enchant & delight you people?

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Chicago, we have an open patio sighting. WE HAVE AN OPEN PATIO SIGHTING! Cheers to the S&G Diner early risers!

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“In the event of severe weather immediately seek shelter!” 🤔

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Being charitable to the last Mayor this whole 2023 NASCAR race is just like her term…undeniably well intended but with execution needlessly hampered by poor communication, deaf to any feedback, and in the end entirely overtaken by a natural disaster. This ends my TED talk.

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Sam Charles

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Fans waiting in rain frustrated by poor communication as heavy downpours delay NASCAR Chicago Street Race events

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Rare skyline photo from the Lincoln Park nature area pavilion unsullied by wedding people, yoga people, or tourist people.

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