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« Reply #315 on: April 28, 2024, 04:27:22 pm »
Continuing from:

https://trueleft.createaforum.com/ancient-world/new-world-raft-design-and-colonialist-response/msg26166/#msg26166

After Westerners encountered non-Western lacquering, they immediately developed Western versions made of (you guessed it) plastics. First there were:

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Solvent-based dipping lacquers that contain nitrocellulose, a resin obtained from the nitration of cotton and other cellulosic materials, debuted in the 19th century along with nitrocellulose's other commercial applications.

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John Wesley Hyatt created the winning replacement, which he created with a new material he invented, called camphored nitrocellulose—the first thermoplastic, better known as celluloid. The invention enjoyed a brief popularity, but the Hyatt balls were extremely flammable, and sometimes portions of the outer shell would explode upon impact.
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An overheated container of dry nitrocellulose is believed to be the initial cause of the 2015 Tianjin explosions.[59]

Then there were:

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Lacquers using acrylic resin, a synthetic polymer, were developed in the 1950s. Acrylic resin is colourless, transparent thermoplastic, obtained by the polymerization of derivatives of acrylic acid.

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Acrylic acid is severely irritating and corrosive to the skin and the respiratory tract. Eye contact can result in severe and irreversible injury. Low exposure will cause minimal or no health effects, while high exposure could result in pulmonary edema. The LD50 is 340 mg/kg (rat, oral) with the lowest recorded LD50 being 293 mg/kg (oral, rat) comparable to ethylene glycol which is indicative of being a potent poison.[12] Ethyl acrylate was once used as synthetic food flavoring and was withdrawn by FDA possibly due to cancerogenic effects observed in lab animals.[13]
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Re: Western civilization is a health hazard
« Reply #316 on: May 08, 2024, 02:28:36 am »


Which civilization is to blame?

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In 1908, Professor Albert Jahn and the Oakland Transcontinental Aerial Telephone and Power Company claimed to have developed a wireless telephone. They were accused of fraud and the charge was then dropped, but they do not really seem to have proceeded with production.[2] In 1917, the Finnish inventor Eric Tigerstedt successfully filed a patent for a "pocket-size folding telephone with a very thin carbon microphone". Beginning in 1918, the German railroad system tested wireless telephony on military trains between Berlin and Zossen.[3] In 1924, public trials started with telephone connection on trains between Berlin and Hamburg. In 1925, the company Zugtelephonie AG was founded to supply train-telephony equipment and, in 1926, telephone service in trains of the Deutsche Reichsbahn and the German mail service on the route between Hamburg and Berlin was approved and offered to first-class travelers.[4]

Fiction anticipated the development of real-world mobile telephones. In 1906, the English caricaturist Lewis Baumer published a cartoon in Punch entitled "Forecasts for 1907"[4] in which he showed a man and a woman in London's Hyde Park each separately engaged in gambling and dating on wireless-telegraphy equipment.[5] Cartoonist W. K. Haselden published The Pocket Telephone: When Will It Ring? in 1919, depicting six awkward possibilities.[6][7] In 1923, Ilya Ehrenburg casually listed "pocket telephones" among the achievements of contemporary technology in a story in his collection Thirteen Pipes (Russian: Тринадцать трубок).[8] In 1926, the artist Karl Arnold drew a visionary cartoon about the use of mobile phones in the street, in the picture "wireless telephony", published in the German satirical magazine Simplicissimus.[9] The popular American cartoon detective Dick Tracy acquired a two-way, atomic-battery-powered wrist radio in 1946, upgraded to a wrist TV in 1964.[10]
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In the United States, engineers from Bell Labs began work on a system to allow mobile users to place and receive telephone calls from automobiles, leading to the inauguration of mobile service on 17 June 1946 in St. Louis, Missouri.
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In the USSR, Leonid Kupriyanovich, an engineer from Moscow, developed and presented a number of experimental pocket-sized communications radios in 1957–1961. The weight of one model, presented in 1961, was only 70 g and could fit in a palm.[11][12] However, in the USSR the decision at first to develop the system of the automobile "Altai" phone was made.[13]

In 1965, the Bulgarian company "Radioelektronika" presented a mobile automatic phone combined with a base station at the Inforga-65 international exhibition in Moscow. Solutions of this phone were based on a system developed by Leonid Kupriyanovich. One base station, connected to one telephone wire line, could serve up to 15 customers.[14]

In short, the same one as usual.
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Re: Western civilization is a health hazard
« Reply #317 on: May 16, 2024, 07:24:48 pm »
Today let's look at how to prevent mosquito bites. For thousands of years we had been doing it the Aryan way:



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Indian literature from the late medieval period has references to the usage of mosquito nets in ritual Hindu worship. Poetry composed by Annamayya, the earliest known Telugu musician and poet, references domatera, which means "mosquito net" in Telugu.[9] Use of mosquito nets has been dated to prehistoric times. It is said that Cleopatra, the last active pharaoh of Ancient Egypt, also slept under a mosquito net.[10]
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Mosquito netting can be made from cotton

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The earliest evidence of the use of cotton in the Old World, dated to 5500 BC and preserved in copper beads, has been found at the Neolithic site of Mehrgarh, at the foot of the Bolan Pass in ancient India, today in Balochistan Pakistan.[10][11][12]
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Cotton bolls discovered in a cave near Tehuacán, Mexico, have been dated to as early as 5500 BC, but this date has been challenged.[14] More securely dated is the domestication of Gossypium hirsutum in Mexico between around 3400 and 2300 BC.[15] During this time, people between the Río Santiago and the Río Balsas grew, spun, wove, dyed, and sewed cotton.
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In Peru, cultivation of the indigenous cotton species Gossypium barbadense has been dated, from a find in Ancon, to c. 4200 BC,[17] and was the backbone of the development of coastal cultures such as the Norte Chico, Moche, and Nazca.
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Cotton (Gossypium herbaceum Linnaeus) may have been domesticated 5000 BC in eastern Sudan near the Middle Nile Basin region, where cotton cloth was being produced.[20]

which not only had no adverse side-effects but did not even harm the mosquitoes themselves.

Then Western civilization came along:



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An insect repellent (also commonly called "bug spray") is a substance applied to the skin, clothing, or other surfaces to discourage insects (and arthropods in general) from landing or climbing on that surface.
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Some insect repellents are insecticides (bug killers), but most simply discourage insects and send them flying or crawling away. Nearly any would be fatal upon reaching the median lethal dose, but classification as an insecticide implies death even at lower doses.
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For protection against mosquito bites, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommends DEET, icaridin (picaridin, KBR 3023), oil of lemon eucalyptus (para-menthane-diol or PMD), IR3535 and 2-undecanone
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DEET


Icaridin


p-Menthane-3,8-diol (PMD)
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In the DEET Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reported 14 to 46 cases of potential DEET associated seizures, including 4 deaths. The EPA states: "... it does appear that some cases are likely related to DEET toxicity,"
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The Pesticide Information Project of Cooperative Extension Offices of Cornell University states that, "Everglades National Park employees having extensive DEET exposure were more likely to have insomnia, mood disturbances and impaired cognitive function than were lesser exposed co-workers".[20]
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the EPA also states that citronella may irritate skin and cause dermatitis in certain individuals.[21]
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Toxicity for other animals

A 2018 study found that Icaridin, is highly toxic to salamander larvae, in what the authors described as conservative exposure doses.[25] The LC50 standard was additionally found to be completely inadequate in the context of finding this result.[26]

Permethrin is highly toxic to cats

to say nothing of the animals sacrificed in experimentation during R&D:

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Testing and scientific certainty were desired at the end of the 1940s. To that end products meant to be used by humans were tested with model animals to speed trials. Eddy & McGregor 1949 and Wiesmann & Lotmar 1949 used mice, Wasicky et al. 1949 canaries and guinea pigs, Kasman et al. 1953 also guinea pigs, Starnes & Granett 1953 rabbits, and many used cattle.[79]

Further details:

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DEET can irritate the eyes and, unlike icaridin, it can cause breathing difficulty, headaches,[18] or, in rare cases, it may cause severe epidermal reactions.[17]
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repeated use of DEET in very high concentrations can lead to toxic encephalopathy with severe neurological symptoms including seizures, tremors and slurred speech. The risk is higher for children since they have a greater surface area to body weight ratio.[27][28]

And on top of all the above we have Western synergy:

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Some experts also recommend against applying chemicals such as DEET and sunscreen simultaneously since that would increase DEET penetration.

Sunscreen was previously covered here:

https://trueleft.createaforum.com/true-left-vs-right/western-civilization-is-a-health-hazard/msg14866/#msg14866

Homework: which civilization is the single most inferior civilization in world history?
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« Reply #318 on: May 21, 2024, 06:10:37 pm »


As usual, Western civilization alone is to blame for polyethylene:

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Polyethylene was first synthesized by the German chemist Hans von Pechmann, who prepared it by accident in 1898 while investigating diazomethane.[12][a][13] When his colleagues Eugen Bamberger and Friedrich Tschirner characterized the white, waxy substance that he had created, they recognized that it contained long −CH2− chains and termed it polymethylene.[14]

The first industrially practical polyethylene synthesis (diazomethane is a notoriously unstable substance that is generally avoided in industrial syntheses) was again accidentally discovered in 1933 by Eric Fawcett and Reginald Gibson at the Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) works in Northwich, England.[15] Upon applying extremely high pressure (several hundred atmospheres) to a mixture of ethylene and benzaldehyde they again produced a white, waxy material. Because the reaction had been initiated by trace oxygen contamination in their apparatus, the experiment was difficult to reproduce at first. It was not until 1935 that another ICI chemist, Michael Perrin, developed this accident into a reproducible high-pressure synthesis for polyethylene that became the basis for industrial low-density polyethylene (LDPE) production beginning in 1939. Because polyethylene was found to have very low-loss properties at very high frequency radio waves, commercial distribution in Britain was suspended on the outbreak of World War II, secrecy imposed, and the new process was used to produce insulation for UHF and SHF coaxial cables of radar sets. During World War II, further research was done on the ICI process and in 1944, DuPont at Sabine River, Texas, and Union Carbide Corporation at South Charleston, West Virginia, began large-scale commercial production under license from ICI.[16][17]

The landmark breakthrough in the commercial production of polyethylene began with the development of catalysts that promoted the polymerization at mild temperatures and pressures. The first of these was a catalyst based on chromium trioxide discovered in 1951 by Robert Banks and J. Paul Hogan at Phillips Petroleum.[18] In 1953 the German chemist Karl Ziegler developed a catalytic system based on titanium halides and organoaluminium compounds that worked at even milder conditions than the Phillips catalyst. The Phillips catalyst is less expensive and easier to work with, however, and both methods are heavily used industrially. By the end of the 1950s both the Phillips- and Ziegler-type catalysts were being used for high-density polyethylene (HDPE) production. In the 1970s, the Ziegler system was improved by the incorporation of magnesium chloride. Catalytic systems based on soluble catalysts, the metallocenes, were reported in 1976 by Walter Kaminsky and Hansjörg Sinn. The Ziegler- and metallocene-based catalysts families have proven to be very flexible at copolymerizing ethylene with other olefins and have become the basis for the wide range of polyethylene resins available today, including very-low-density polyethylene and linear low-density polyethylene. Such resins, in the form of UHMWPE fibers, have (as of 2005) begun to replace aramids in many high-strength applications.
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« Reply #319 on: June 06, 2024, 07:24:05 pm »
Common sugar substitute linked to increased risk of heart attack and stroke
The safety of sugar substitutes is once again being called into question. Xylitol is associated with an increased risk of heart attack and stroke, according to new Cleveland Clinic research.
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Common sugar substitute linked to increased risk of heart attack and stroke
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Researchers led by the Cleveland Clinic linked the low-calorie sugar substitute xylitol to an increased risk of heart attack, stroke or cardiovascular-related deaths, according to a study published today in the European Heart Journal.
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The same research team found a similar association last year to the popular sugar substitute erythritol. The use of sugar substitutes has increased significantly over the past decade as concerns about rising obesity rates mount.

And as usual, Western scientists needed to cause even more health hazards to discover what was always obvious to non-Westerners:

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The researchers also wanted to understand the mechanism at work, so they fed xylitol to mice

So, which civilization introduced xylitol and erythritol? The same one as usual, of course:

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Emil Fischer, a German chemistry professor, and his assistant Rudolf Stahel isolated a new compound from beech wood chips in September 1890 and named it Xylit, the German word for xylitol. The following year, the French chemist M.G. Bertrand isolated xylitol syrup by processing wheat and oat straw.[5]



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Erythritol was discovered in 1848 by Scottish chemist John Stenhouse[8] and first isolated in 1852.

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« Reply #320 on: July 24, 2024, 02:06:10 pm »
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Sharks living off the coast of Brazil have tested positive for ****, according to new research.


Countries with the highest **** use:

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Countries with the highest **** levels detected in their wastewater:



Who created the war on drugs?:

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Despite decades of battling against narcotics, the levels of addiction, trafficking and violence continue to rise. The war on drugs has failed. Now, politicians in Latin America are calling to review all options – from full legalisation to a new war
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Despite decades of hardline policy on narcotics, addiction, trafficking and violence levels are still escalating, ravaging entire communities and countries, in some instances. Many experts now beli...
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Was Nixon an American, or a Westerner?:

Reagan, Nixon, and race
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Richard Nixon's racism and bigotry are well-established, largely due to the approximately 3,432 hours of secret recordings he made during his presidency. The Miller Center began its Presidential Recordings Program in 1998 to make accessible these and other once-secret White House tapes, which continue to offer insights about not only Nixon but also the many individuals of the era who are featured in the recordings—including Ronald Reagan, then governor of California...
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In October 1971, a future president employed a hateful racial trope in a conversation with a predecessor
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Nixon was clearly a Westerner!

Did the War on Drugs make drug addiction worse or better?:

The war on drugs has not only failed, it’s worsened drug use in America
The war on drugs has not only failed, it’s worsened drug use in America | COMMENTARY
Remember the opioid crisis? It didn’t go away; it got worse. A Jan. 13 report from Maryland’s Opioid Operational Command Center and the Maryland Department of Health found that there was a 12%...
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As usual, Westerners first create a problem and then make the problem worse by attempting to band-aid the negative symptoms that arose out of the problem they created originally, instead of trying to deal with the root cause of the problem.
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« Reply #321 on: July 29, 2024, 07:49:46 pm »
What to know about 'Teflon flu' amid a rise in cases in the US
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What is 'Teflon flu?'

Sonething that would never have existed if not for Western civilization.

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A recent record number of cases of polymer fume fever, also known as "Teflon flu," are putting a spotlight on one of the most common causes of the condition, the use of nonstick pans.
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The condition is caused by overheating pans coated with polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), which releases fumes into the air. Breathing in those fumes can cause flu-like symptoms.



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Symptoms of polymer fume fever include chest tightness, coughing, difficulty breathing and headaches.
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Researchers have found microplastics in human brain. One study found that plastic made up 0.5% of the brain's weight. What does this alarming finding mean for your health?


It means your health has been compromised yet again by the same civilization that continues to compromise the health of humans and non-humans alike...
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« Reply #323 on: August 27, 2024, 09:58:15 pm »
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Eat more red meat. Drink every day. Get no sun. The Clean air and eye-candy surroundings will heal you

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« Reply #324 on: September 15, 2024, 05:48:03 pm »
Nitrogen's Role in Food Production and Climate Change Threat
Nitrogen fertiliser has increased crop yields and the global population, but it also affected the environment thru emissions and pollution.
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Nitrogen fertiliser is estimated to support around half of the global population, thanks to the technological breakthrough that Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch pioneered.

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Haber was born in Breslau, Kingdom of Prussia (now Wrocław, Poland), into a well-off Jewish family
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« Reply #325 on: September 26, 2024, 02:35:51 am »


As discussed before, I have always despised the Western approach to exercise, which is to deliberately damage your body over and over again so as to force the damaged tissues to grow more robust than they were meant to in the process of repeatedly recovering from the damage. This is an adulterationist approach (equivalent to the approach of deliberately treating children cruelly in order to desensitize them).
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« Reply #326 on: October 14, 2024, 05:57:56 pm »
I don't know about you guys but I enjoyed my last credit-card with a pinch of salt and a twist of lemon...

REVEALED: PLASTIC INGESTION BY PEOPLE COULD BE EQUATING TO A CREDIT CARD A WEEK
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A new study finds on average people could be ingesting approximately 5 grams of plastic every week, which is the equivalent weight of a credit card.
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A new study finds on average people could be ingesting approximately 5 grams of plastic every week, which is the equivalent weight of a credit card.
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When I was younger I used to chew the hands off of my toy soldiers for some reason, but I could never have imagined then that in my adult life I'd be eating a credit-card worth of plastic a week involuntarily! Thanks western civilization, yet again!
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« Reply #327 on: October 30, 2024, 02:32:23 am »


Which one and only one civilization is to blame? Same one as usual, of course:

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Bromine was discovered independently by two chemists, Carl Jacob Löwig[13] and Antoine Balard,[14][15] in 1825 and 1826, respectively.[16]
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« Reply #328 on: November 14, 2024, 12:06:50 am »
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#WATCH | Delhi | Toxic foam floats on the surface of Yamuna River in the Kalindi Kunj area. Visuals also show a layer of haze in the sky as the air quality remains in the 'Very Poor' category.     

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« Reply #329 on: December 31, 2024, 07:31:28 pm »


Which one and only one civilization is to blame for trichloroethylene? Answer: same one as usual.

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The earliest record of trichloroethylene synthesis dates back to 1836. It was obtained from the action of potassium hydroxide on 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane and 1,1,1,2-tetrachloroethane by Auguste Laurent and notated as C4HCl3 (then the atomic weight of carbon was thought to be the half of it really was). Laurent did not investigate the compound further.[10][11]

Trichloroethylene's discovery is widely attributed to E. Fischer who made it in 1864 via the reduction of hexachloroethane with hydrogen. Fischer investigated TCE and noted its boiling point as between 87 and 90 degrees Celsius.[12][13][14] Commercial production began in Germany, in 1920 and in the US in 1925.[15]

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