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Snow confirmed as Rome’s police chief
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Rome News-Tribune
Elaine Snow was unanimously confirmed as the city’s first woman police chief at the Rome City Commission meeting Tuesday.
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Snow is manager’s choice for Rome police chief
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Rome News-Tribune
Rome City Manager John Bennett announced Thursday he is appointing Maj. Elaine Snow as the city’s new police chief.
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More housing commitments needed for new HOPE VI application
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Rome News-Tribune
The Northwest Georgia Housing Authority has until Nov. 22 to prepare a new HOPE VI grant application. Housing authority officials huddled Wednesday with South Rome Redevelopment leaders, the city’s Community Development committee and Rome City Schools Superintendent Gayland Cooper to discuss ways to strengthen the proposal.
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Cities scramble to woo first wave of electric vehicles
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Rome News-Tribune
It's not enough to be charged up about electric vehicles coming later this year; cities have to prove they're plug-worthy.
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Rome, Floyd County mulling increase in water, sewer rates
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Rome News-Tribune
Water rate hikes are on the table for customers of both the Rome and Floyd County systems in January.
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ACC recommends penalties
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Rome News-Tribune
Rome’s Alcohol Control Commission is recommending 10-day suspensions for three of the stores caught selling alcohol to minors in an Aug. 12 sting operation.
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Partridge seeking pouring license from ACC
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Rome News-Tribune
A long-established downtown Rome restaurant has applied to Rome’s Alcohol Control Commission for a wine, beer and liquor pouring license.
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Operation Lifesaver promotes railway safety
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Marietta Daily Journal
News that a man was seriously injured Wednesday after being struck by a train in northwest Atlanta is just the type of preventable incident the nonprofit Georgia Operation Lifesaver Inc. and Norfolk Southern Railway want to stop.
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Broad Street holding its own
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Rome News-Tribune
During last Thursday morning’s Downtown Development Authority meeting, Executive Director Ann Arnold smiled, crossed her fingers and said “We’re so close to 100 percent occupancy.”
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Rome weighing Crescent Avenue bridge options
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Rome News-Tribune
Rome officials are trying to avoid spending more than half a million dollars on a narrow bridge serving fewer than 40 homes.
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Rome to mull AGL’s request for site
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Rome News-Tribune
The Rome City Commission is expected to sign off tonight on Atlanta Gas Light’s next step in its voluntary restoration of an old manufactured gas plant site downtown.
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Downtown Development Authority still examining liquor rules
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Rome News-Tribune
It may be another week before Rome’s Downtown Development Authority takes a formal position regarding the controversial food-to-drink ratio requirement for restaurants. The city’s Alcohol Control Commission is in the process of reviewing the rule that states businesses that offer liquor by the drink must generate at least 50 percent of their revenue from food sales.
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Rome still seeks HOPE for East Rome
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Rome News-Tribune
A $15 million HOPE VI grant for East Rome may hinge on the amount of local matching money that can be assembled. Officials from city government, Rome City Schools and the Northwest Georgia Housing Authority will be called together next month to discuss ways of developing local financial resources for the 2011 grant application.
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Rome Water and Sewer Department to auction idle equipment
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Rome News-Tribune
Staffing cuts at the Rome Water and Sewer Department means some heavy equipment is sitting idle, so Director Leigh Ross received permission to sell it on the internet auction site GovDeals.com.
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Rome looking for $200,000 in cuts
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Rome News-Tribune
The city of Rome is poised to lop another $200,000 or so off its 2010 budget in a third-quarter adjustment.
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Rome awarded grant for Burwell Creek project
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Rome News-Tribune
Local organizations have received two sizable grants to help environmental programs here.
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Facade change for Partridge delayed
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Rome News-Tribune
Plans to remove the metal facade on the Partridge Café, 330 Broad St., were denied for now by Rome’s Historic Preservation Commission.
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City hikes 2010 tax rate
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Rome News-Tribune
The Rome City Commission unanimously voted to raise the tax rate Monday, following a three-hour public hearing full of pleas from both sides.
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City poised to adopt tax rate
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Rome News-Tribune
The Rome City Commission will hold its third and final public hearing tonight on a proposed tax hike aimed primarily at shoring up the city school system’s budget.
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Rome is finalist for USTA's Best Tennis Town designation
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Rome News-Tribune
Rome’s inclusion as a finalist for Best Tennis Town 2010 by the United States Tennis Association is more than an honor.
It puts the city in line to possibly get some cash to improve its tennis offerings.
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Residents show up to oppose proposed tax hike
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Rome News-Tribune
Mike Morton makes his point against the tax increase at Tuesday's millage rate hearing. (Kaitlin Kolarik, RN-T.com)
slideshow Frustration with the federal and state governments bubbled over Tuesday during the Rome City Commission’s public hearing on a proposed tax rate hike.
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City Manager tells Rotarians about interbasin transfers
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Rome News-Tribune
While Romans have raised a ruckus about interbasin water transfers for years, the loss here pales in comparison to the loss of water from the Chattahoochee basin.
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Members of the public tell city of Rome to make more cuts instead of raising tax rate
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Rome News-Tribune
Layoffs, school consolidation and still-deeper cuts to services were among the alternatives residents offered Tuesday to the Rome City Commission’s proposed hike in the tax rate this year.
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City to consider tax hike
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Rome News-Tribune
The Rome board is slated to hold its first public hearing on a proposed tax rate increase — and consider a recommendation to set the rental fee at $1,500 for the new ECO Center river museum at Ridge Ferry Park.
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Retiring chief honored: Hubert “Frog” Smith will end a 44-year career in law enforcement this week
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Rome News-Tribune
He was called a mentor, hero and friend by the more than 200 police officers, dignitaries, family and friends who gathered at the Rome Civic Center Tuesday evening to honor retiring Rome Police Chief Hubert “Frog” Smith.
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Downtown development Authority holds public meeting
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Rome News-Tribune
The Downtown Development Authority has partnered with Walker Parking Consultants to assist in taking an in-depth look at the overall parking management plan for downtown, according to a press release.
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Lonzo Roberson is interim city police chief
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Rome News-Tribune
The City Commission will announce during its meeting tonight that Lonzo Roberson has been named interim chief of the Rome Police Department.
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Board to appoint top cop: Interim replacement for Hubert Smith is on agenda
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Rome News-Tribune
Rome City Manager John Bennett expects to ask the Rome City Commission tonight to confirm his picks for Municipal Court judge and interim police chief.
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Rome Housing Authority awarded $2.1 million grant for renovations
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Rome News-Tribune
The Northwest Georgia Housing Authority will use $2.1 million in capital funds to complete the renovation of 13 units on Dellvue Place off Brookwood Avenue in the Willingham Village in West Rome, said Sandra Hudson, the authority’s executive director.
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Madison Retail announces Hight Homes has been chosen as site for Publix
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Rome News-Tribune
Many Romans have had Publix at the top of their retail wish list for year and now it appears as if demographics and location have finally come together to land the Florida-based grocery chain.
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Historic Preservation Commission approves plans for some changes to historic buildings
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Rome News-Tribune
Rome’s Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) has approved plans for a side entrance door and landing at Purple Mountain Natural Foods, 504 E. First Avenue in Rome.
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Federal grant a no-go for East Rome development
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Rome News-Tribune
Rome’s application for a $15.3 million grant to redevelop part of East Rome has been turned down by the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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Board awards South Broad streetscape contract
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Rome News-Tribune
The Rome City Commission awarded a $1,154.455.90 streetscape contract Monday to low-bidder Site Technologies Inc.
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City seeking solutions to homeless problem
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Rome News-Tribune
The city’s Community Development committee agreed to call members of the homeless task force back together to determine who would take the lead in implementing action items proposed in a 32-page report written by consultant Jane Massey.
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South Broad sidewalks slated for replacement could be only thing holding up retaining walls
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Rome News-Tribune
Most houses and shops along South Broad Street are built atop hills, with front yards sloping sharply down to the road.
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Official: Time running out for resolution to Etowah Village litigation
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Rome News-Tribune
South Rome Redevelopment Corp. Chairman Roger Smith is worried that a window of opportunity for positive things to happen in South Rome may close if the litigation surrounding the Mercy Housing Etowah Village project is not resolved quickly.
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City mulling tax rate increase
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Rome News-Tribune
The Rome City Commission will consider a tax increase this year — increased to 26.15 mills from 24.42 mills in 2009 — during a series of public meetings next month.
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Transportation project list on the lean side
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Rome News-Tribune
A draft Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP) for Rome and Floyd County will be pitched to the local Transportation Planning committee today.
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Bennett: ‘Get used’ to interbasin transfers
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Rome News-Tribune
Water and growth were the issues addressed by City Manager John Bennett during Friday’s meeting of the Greater Rome Chamber of Commerce Economic Development Committee.
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Work continues on Barron Stadium, Levee projects
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Rome News-Tribune
Work continues on the track and field at Barron Stadium, which is scheduled to have its artificial turf down in time for high school football in August.
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Audit shows Rome finances in line with other cities, counties
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Rome News-Tribune
There has been very little to crow about as the city of Rome’s bean counters issued monthly financial reports for most of the past two years.
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Rome to consider mothballing trolley
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Rome News-Tribune
The Rome City Commission is expected to decide tonight if it will shut down its Toonerville Trolley at the end of the year.
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City committee OKs proposed garbage collection fees
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Rome News-Tribune
Rome garbage customers will see a smaller rate hike than originally expected when the new cart system kicks in Aug. 1.
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City adds foreclosed homes to list for Neighborhood Stabilization Program
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Rome News-Tribune
Rome’s Community Development committee has expanded funding for a controversial wish list for the Neighborhood Stabilization Program.
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Broad Street paving delayed two weeks
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Rome News-Tribune
The paving project on Broad Street in Rome, which was supposed to start Monday night, has been delayed at least two weeks.
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No bids for City Market in foreclosure auction
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Rome News-Tribune
There were no offers at all for the City Market property in downtown Rome at Tuesday’s bank ordered auction sale of the building at 238 Broad St. “We didn’t really expect anybody to buy in,” said David Johnson at United Community Bank in Rome.
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Rome City Commission upholds Peach Palace suspension
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Rome News-Tribune
The Peach Palace nightclub will be dry on Friday and Saturday night.
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Tennis Center plans still alive: Project was not included in the 2010 budget
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Rome News-Tribune
The Georgia General Assembly essentially pushed the “pause” button on plans for the Tennis Center of Georgia proposed for Rome.
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Amnesty for minor infractions ends today
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Rome News-Tribune
Today is the last chance to take an opportunity to clear up delinquent citations from the city of Rome without extra fines or charges.
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ACC recommends pouring suspension at Peach Palace
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Rome News-Tribune
The Rome Alcohol Control Commission on Monday night recommended a two-day suspension of alcohol pouring privileges at the Peach Palace after a report of a service permit violation earlier this month.
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Rome to allow probationers to hold alcohol serving permits
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Rome News-Tribune
The Rome City Commission changed its ordinance Monday to allow people on probation for nonviolent felonies to hold alcohol serving permits.
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April amnesty continues to clear citations
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Rome News-Tribune
As it continues into its second full week, a month-long amnesty program in Rome has already cleared just less than 100 outstanding citations and tickets.
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“March to the Mailbox” street fair in South Rome reminds residents of importance of Census
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Rome News-Tribune
Rome City Commissioner Duane Reid said he falls into that category of citizens who didn’t receive their 2010 census forms in the mail last month.
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Downtown Development approves fire department's residential sprinkler request
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Rome News-Tribune
Rome’s Downtown Development Authority has approved in concept a request from the Rome Fire Department to have sprinklers installed in residential units above businesses on Broad Street. The Authority Board also approved a request to have doors leading to residential units specifically marked as such.
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Georgia Trust to 'ramble' in Rome
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Rome News-Tribune
The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation group will be “Rambling in Rome” on Friday to observe the history of our city.
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Officials discuss future plans for the Town Green area
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Rome News-Tribune
Representatives of the Rome and Floyd County commissions, along with senior staffers, meet quarterly to discuss shared projects and consider new ones.
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Budget cuts return to city agenda
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Rome News-Tribune
The Rome City Commission is slated to consider tonight a $570,000 cut to the city’s operating budget for the year.
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Rome offering amnesty for minor traffic offenses during April
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Rome News-Tribune
Forgot to pay a traffic ticket or show up for municipal court? April may be your lucky month.
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ACC approves beer, wine service at The Dock
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Rome News-Tribune
Rome’s Alcohol Control Commission is considering several potential changes to city regulations covering beer, wine and liquor sales.
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Fountain cleaned of soap suds, running again
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Rome News-Tribune
Workers from the City of Rome put the finishing touches on the fountain next to the Rome Area History Museum on Third Avenue after spending time today cleaning it out.
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More supports for old railroad bridge showing along Second Avenue
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Rome News-Tribune
More of the wooden supports from an old railroad bridge have been unearthed along the Heritage Park levee, and the work to dismantle them has also begun.
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Bid awarded for Barron Stadium field
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Rome News-Tribune
The Rome City Commission tapped a Kennesaw-based contractor on Monday to replace the field at Barron Stadium and add an eighth lane to the track.
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