samedi 31 décembre 2016
Kathy Griffin recruits black feather scarf to hide armpit sweat patches
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RHOA star Kenya Moore pulls a gun on three trespassers at her Atlanta mansion
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Kris Jenner kicks off New Year's Eve Instagram messages by acknowledging 2016 was rocky
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Michael Jackson's doctor Conrad Murray will tells kids about parents
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Justin Bieber slams Ronda Rousey after she lost to Amanda Nunez
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vendredi 30 décembre 2016
Dwayne Johnson surprises his dad with a shiny new car for the holidays
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Clifford T.I. Harris 'tries to convince Tameka Tiny Cottle to end divorce proceedings'
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Wheels: Would-Be Carmakers Tap the Wisdom, and Dollars, of Crowds
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jeudi 29 décembre 2016
PICTURE EXCLUSIVE: Tom Hanks's new granddaughter emerges in public for first time after troubled son Chet credits baby for newfound sobriety
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🚮 35 Resume Filenames Recruiters Won’t Respond To
If your resume’s filename doesn’t make sense to a recruiter, they probably won’t read it.
As much as you might want to think otherwise, recruiters are people like you and me.
They get too much email to read it all, they have anti-spam filters in their inboxes and they misplace downloaded files too.
So if your emailed resume or CV has a filename that’s unclear at best or incomprehensible at worst, recruiters aren’t going to bother spending even 6 seconds on it, and if they do actually download the attachment, they’re more likely to overlook it later.
Over the past 7 years, I’ve received hundreds of resumes from job seekers looking for feedback. Below are the worst resume filenames I’ve seen, with the personal names changed to protect the senders.
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These are all real:
1) Whalen Smithers, Updated Resume, Nov 2008.doc
I should hope it’s updated if you’re sending it, but don’t say that.
2) Resume Revised.doc
And I should hope it’s been revised if you’re sending it, but don’t say that either. Do say whose resume it is though.
3) BritneyEng_Last3.doc
Always, always, send in your Last revision. Just keep in mind that whichever revision it was, 3rd or whatever, it is the Last one in the recruiter’s eyes so there’s no point in mentioning it.
Also, no need to tell the recruiter which language you used, just be sure it’s one they understand.
4) Pink_Panther_CV (3).docx
Because it’s important to show how much work you put into this, right? 3 revisions is supposed to be a lot? Or maybe you’re so good that you only needed 3 revisions to reach this level of perfect resume?
Ditch the number and you’ll be ok.
5) JohnFK_CV.doc
There’s no need to save space. You can use your whole name.
6) AVK_resume.pdf
There’s no need to save space by going initials-only. You can use your whole name.
7) Gwen_Stacy.doc
And the recruiter is supposed to know this is a CV because… ?
8) Peter Parker_ENG_08.doc
And the recruiter is supposed to know this is a CV because… ?
Is it ENG for English or Engineering?
Besides, no matter what year it is, including the year is going to make it look dated.
9) CV Herschel Krustofsky Résumé 5769.pdf
Besides, no matter what year it is, including the year is going to make it look dated, but if you must do it, kudos on using the correct local, non-Gregorian calendar.
And don’t think we didn’t see what you did there, including both ‘CV’ and ‘Résumé’ to cover all the bases. Very clever, eh? But if you were wise enough to adapt to the local calendar, you should be wise enough to adapt to the local resume term and go with that alone.
10) John CV 2010.doc
Maybe there are other Johns?
Maybe that’s an expiry date?
11) Marge Simpson Jan 2009.doc
Dating it to the month is even worse than dating it to the year…
12) CVTonyStarkjanuary2009.doc
…and crunching it all together just makes it hard to read…
13) 112713 J. R. R. Tolkien CV – England.doc
…but dating it to the day is definitely the worst.
14) Bruce Wayne CV Nov. 2012.rtf
Beating a dead horse, you know by now that the date is wasted space, but you almost made up for it by using the under-appreciated RTF format.
15) Resume Download Australia3.doc
Technically it is a download, but why state the obvious?
Actually, if you read the whole thing quickly, it sounds like a competition (“It’s the latest ‘Resume Download Australia!’”).
Don’t specify a geographical place unless your job search is global, or at least, you want to give the impression that it is.
16) Lancelot_Resume_-_Marketing-Brand_Development.doc
It’s not a bad idea to brand your expertise but give your full name and ditch all the _-_-_.
Don’t let this happen to you…
17) Lois Griffin – English summery.doc
Is it a resume or a summary? And if the latter, at least spell it correctly.
18) Curriculum Vitae.doc
Ah, but whose CV is it?
19) MY DATA.docx
Aside from the fact that a resume isn’t only data – in fact, most people don’t mention data at all, even when they should – this could be almost anything.
Don’t make recruiters rename your files for you.
20) LEED-Resume.doc
Are those initials? An acronym?
Just use your full name and dispel all doubt. Please.
21) Sherlock_cv_new.doc
What is a ‘new’ cv? What happened to the old one? Because they’re all new to a recruiter.
22) CV 21-07-11 Net ’05.doc
Is this a code, or some kind of shorthand?
Was it rewritten on July 21st, 2011, after an initial writing in 2005?
Help us out here.
But if you think that’s bad…
23) HC20GN3FH1.doc
I’m not even going to try and I don’t think anyone else will either…
On second thought, I will- maybe this is a chemist trying to show off the compounds they’ve worked with?
But wait, I’m not done yet-
24) bsmyn47.docx
All I can tell you is that those aren’t the job seeker’s initials. And the number? Your guess is as good as mine. Looks like an anti-virus report.
25) Lord_Voldemort_Resume.pdf
Ok, I admit that I’m nitpicking here: dashes are better than underscores from an SEO point of view, but that’s all I got.
26) jimmydesignresume.doc
By adding the word ‘design’, a reader might think you have other types of resumes.
By cramming it all together, a reader might hope you have other types of resumes.
27) Data systems analyst resume.doc
Sounds like a resume template for data analysts… or someone who used a resume template for data analysts but was too lazy to rename it.
28) homer jay simpson CV one page springfield March 14 2006.doc
With that much information in the title, there’s seems to be no reason to actually go ahead and read the darn thing.
29) Donovan Resume el.doc
State your full name, and get rid of anything that looks like random letters.
30) Stewie G english revised august 2011 resume.doc
State your full name, and get rid of anything that is grammatically incorrect.
31) Updated Marketing Resume of David Brent.doc
Phew! Glad you bothered to update it for us.
Get rid of that and you’ll be fine.
32) BILBO BAGGINS-Underhill.doc
Maybe you’ll get lucky and the recruiter will download this directly into a Resumes folder…
The Underhill name/word wasn’t included anywhere in the actual resume, and the fact that it wasn’t also CAPITALIZED makes me wonder if it’s supposed to be a name at all. Just serves to confuse.
33) 07.14.CarterPewterschmidt.ProfesionalSalesResume.docx
Where to begin?
Too long, there’s a typo, hard to read, dated… just a great example of what not to do.
34) CV James Dean_2014_2 pages.pdf
So if I think resumes should only be one page long, I know right away not to read yours. Thanks for saving me the time.
35) p mason lawyer arbitrator cv.doc
No one wants to hire anyone who can’t make the minimal effort to look professional by Capitalizing Titles.
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36) FKafka_resume_WHERE THE DEAD HOLD SWAY.doc
WTF?
Interesting choice of attention-getter, but it’s usually not good when the reader is thinking “I have to see this!” Or worse, going around telling colleagues online and off, “you’ve got to see this!”
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What’s the worst resume file name example you’ve seen?
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mercredi 28 décembre 2016
Ellen DeGeneres leads stars paying tribute to Debbie Reynolds
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Carrie Fisher, 60, had rough relationship with mom Debbie Reynolds, 84, but 'they became close recently' as icon 'suffers stroke'
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Japan Travel Guide: Hoshinoya Fuji
Fuji-san, as the locals call him, is huge, serene, and utterly charming. Read more! But be warned: this is a v v wordy and photo heavy post :)
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mardi 27 décembre 2016
Carrie Fisher's mother Debbie Reynolds shares note after death of Star Wars icon at age 60
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Ricky Harris dead at 54... as Snoop Dogg mourns loss of 'dear friend' he knew since childhood
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lundi 26 décembre 2016
Taylor Swift makes Second World War veteran fan's holiday season with private show
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Kris Jenner prepared Christmas stockings for family but not Blac Chyna
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dimanche 25 décembre 2016
Becoming Minimalist’s Top Posts of 2016
A special thanks to each of you for making 2016 such an enjoyable and incredible year at Becoming Minimalist. This website continues to grow each month beyond my wildest expectations—in fact, this year represents the 8th consecutive year of consistent growth! As before, this growth has occurred entirely from the support of readers like you—thank you for helping to spread the inspiration.
Thank you for sharing this website. But even more, thank you for sharing the life-giving message of owning less.
Here are some numeric representations of our growth:
- Becoming Minimalist has grown to 1.1M unique visitors/month.
- The Facebook group grew from 320,000 to 560,000 followers.
- Twitter followers increased from 35,000 to 44,000.
- 80,000 people currently receive Becoming Minimalist posts via email. Sign-up here to do the same.
- In November, our book Simplify was #1 in Self-Help on Amazon.
But some of our most significant successes this past year are not found in the numbers above:
- In late 2015, we created The Hope Effect, a non-profit designed to improve how the world cares for orphans. To date, we have raised over $300,000 for orphan care around the world including a home in Honduras and our next home to be built in San Luis, Mexico.
- I released a new book, The More of Less: Finding the Life You Want Under Everything You Own, to introduce the world to minimalism. It was a USA Today/iBooks/Amazon/Publisher’s Weekly bestseller and has sold over 35,000 copies.
- In January, we created a 12-week course called Uncluttered to help people own less, live more, and find the life they’ve always wanted. Over 10,000 people did the course in 2016. The next edition of Uncluttered begins on January 9 if you would like to join us.
In case you missed any, here are the top posts on Becoming Minimalist from 2016.
Most Popular Posts from 2016 (as determined by readers):
To Declutter Any Room, Ask These Two Questions. Almost all of decluttering comes down to asking ourselves only two questions.
9 Simple Tips to Thin Out Your Closet. A streamlined wardrobe offers more benefits than simple beauty. It saves time in the morning (and sometimes, the evening). It reduces stress and frustration. And it saves money.
Why Millennials are Trending Toward Minimalism. Millennials are refusing to partake in the retail game as the rules are currently constructed and why retail giants are worried about it.
One Simple Question to Ask Before Any Purchase. To counter the empty promises of consumerism, I want to offer a simple, life-transforming question—five simple words to ask before making any purchase.
Your Biggest Expense is Your Greatest Opportunity. We own too much stuff—but rather than getting rid of it, we too often just build bigger homes to store it all.
My Personal Favorite Posts from the past year:
Why Saying You Want Change is Not Enough. There is a big difference between saying you want something, and actually working to make it happen. A goal without action is not really a goal at all.
Don’t Find Joy In What You Do But How You Do It. If you are content to be simply yourself, you will become more than yourself.
You Are Doing a Noble Thing. You are doing a noble thing with your life. Keep on keeping on.
Maybe Success Just Feels Like This. Maybe success doesn’t always feel like it looks from the outside.
Most Popular Guest Posts in 2016:
Unlock Freedom By Simplifying These 4 Key Areas by Steve Kamb. If you’ve decided this is the year you’re going to improve your life, here are the areas that had the biggest impact on my journey.
The Art of Being Easily Fascinated by Joel Zaslofsky. If you’re like most people, you’ve never even heard the term “easily-fascinated,” much less considered how the approach to life might benefit you.
3 Steps to End Closet Chaos by Courtney Carver. If you can relate to a stressful closet scenario, or you are overwhelmed with closet chaos for other reasons, consider this three step process to end the chaos.
Most Popular Outgoing Links from the past year:
30 Things I’ve Done To Simplify My Life | Mind Body Green by Tyson Popplestone. Now I’m experimenting with a simpler way of living—one that’s less stressful and more fulfilling, I’m improving every day. Here are 30 of the most helpful tips I’ve picked up.
4 Absurdly Easy Things I Do That Make Life Disproportionately Better | Raptitude by David Cain. Lots of the things we spend our energy on are worthwhile, but some are a better deal than others.
The Benefit of Simple Living That No One Talks About | No Sidebar by Erica Layne. A simple life allows the gift of being present.
My Year of No Spending is Over—Here’s How I Got Through It | The Guardian by Michelle McGagh. The first six months were hard, but I found a new way of living and the challenge has left me wealthier and wiser.
Whether you have been reading Becoming Minimalist for one week, one month, one year or longer, thank you. This blog owes its success to the support of its readers. Thank you for reading. And thank you for sharing these posts with others.
We look forward to an exciting 2017. I will be completing another book—this one on the subject of challenging the assumptions we make about money.
Also, as I mentioned, Uncluttered will be launched three times this year. The first edition of 2017 begins on January 9th. You can sign-up now to receive an email notification when we open registration on January 1st.
No doubt, in the coming year, Becoming Minimalist will continue to evolve and be redefined. But it will always stay true to its core message that there is more joy to be found in owning less than can be found in pursuing more.
We will continue to invite as many as possible to discover this truth in their lives. And I hope you will join us.
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Kim Kardashian and Kanye West look tense after spending Christmas morning with family... as KUWTK star denies claims their marriage is over
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Keeping up with the Car-dashians! Kris Jenner and family gift each other classic autos for Christmas... and mom Mary Jo gets TWO
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samedi 24 décembre 2016
Kim Kardashian books first work after Paris heist... a Dubai make-up demo with tickets up to $1650
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vendredi 23 décembre 2016
Star Wars vet Mark Hamill reacts to Carrie Fisher's heart attack as Chewbacca actor adds 'prayers for our friend'
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'Thoughts and prayers for our friend': Chewbacca actor Peter Mayhew is first Star Wars vet to react to Carrie Fisher's 'massive heart attack'
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Friday Finds: 12.23.16
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Pretty Little Liars' Lucy Hale responds to 'ridiculous' nude photo leak
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jeudi 22 décembre 2016
Angelina Jolie 'already agreed to have docs sealed in custody case'
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Jenelle Evans is first Teen Mom star to speak out after death of Valerie Fairman, 23
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😞 9 Job Listings Guaranteed To Leave You Rejected
Poorly written job descriptions can hide a good job, but you’re usually better off not trying to find out.
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If you apply to a job you don’t qualify for and never get a response, that’s on you.
But when companies complain that hiring takes too long, needs too much effort and is just too expensive, they aren’t helping themselves or you by posting bad job ads that attract more candidates than they can handle.
Here are some of the things they’re doing wrong.
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9 signs of bad job listings
1) Vague
A good job description should clearly list requirements and how to apply, but things can get forgotten or just misunderstood by the people posting the ads.
For example, this can happen when non-technical people try to write a technical job listing.
2) Missing requirements
A typical bad job description example would be a high responsibility role (such as a manager or executive role) that only received a short job description.
3) Unreasonable requirements
I remember seeing a newspaper job ad in 1998 that called for 5 years of Java programming experience when Java itself had only existed for 3 years.
4) Too many requirements
Many companies associate a senior position with a wide breadth of experience but sometimes they go too far. A classic example- some job openings for programmers list so many tech skill requirements, you wonder if such a genius even exists.
5) Only requirements and nothing else
A job ad shouldn’t read like the ingredients on a cereal box, it should clearly compel you to respond in a specific way.
A job ad shouldn't read like the ingredients on a cereal boxClick To Tweet6) Candidates are asked to specify their salary requirements
A sure sign of a company with a very limited budget, such as a company close to bankruptcy.
Back in 2002, I interviewed for a project manager position at a Jerusalem tech company. I did specify my salary requirements, and they invited me to an interview only to later offer me less than half what I had specified, hoping that by then I would have fallen in love with the position to the point where I would be super-flexible. I refused, and they closed less than 6 months later.
7) No clear link between the hiring contact and the job opening
When a small company is growing, the hiring contact might not be from a human resources department or even the department trying to fill a position. The danger here is that the ad was written by someone who doesn’t understand the company’s needs.
8) No hiring contact or company mentioned
Who posts a job ad without mentioning who the ad is for?
Headhunters, hired by companies to fill positions in secret. This is actually how Amazon.com recruited me in Paris back in 1999 before they publicly launched in France. However, their job ad did have a hiring contact: a recruiter at the recruitment agency they used, so nothing too suspicious there.
But if the ad doesn’t at least mention a recruiter, keep away.
9) Request for personal information
While job ads in the UAE can go as far as specifying a preferred nationality, ads elsewhere may be more subtle but just as problematic in implying that only certain groups of people are wanted. Don’t set yourself up to be discriminated against.
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10) Bait and switch
Some companies use their job listings as an appeal for business or affiliate partners instead of actually looking to hire you. Even worse are the people using job postings as part of an identity theft scam… (perhaps by requesting personal information)
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What to do when you recognize these signs
You can either:
Seek clarification
A poorly-written ad may expose unqualified hiring personnel but hide a good future boss. If the ad is otherwise appealing, contact the company or recruiter for extra details before applying. It’s not important who wrote the ad, but it is important to understand the company’s real needs and most importantly, whether you can fill them or not.
Ignore the ad
Unless you work in an industry sector that rarely has openings, it’s never a good idea to apply to every job opening you can find, and that’s before taking into account potential legal issues that can come up. The time and effort just aren’t worth the headaches and frustration. Job search is hard enough as it is.
Question of the article
Of the worst job ads you’ve ever seen, which one was the most memorable and why? Tell us in the comments.
More on bad job descriptions
- How bad job ads are failing job-hunters and recruiters
- How Lackluster Tech Job Listings Can Lead to Bad Hires
- Red Flag Phrases To Avoid In Freelance Help Wanted Ads
- What They Don’t Tell You On The Game Design Job Description…
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Brad Pitt files to seal children's court records in lastest move during ugly three-month custody war with Angelina Jolie
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Former 16 And Pregnant star Valerie Fairman found dead aged just 23
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mercredi 21 décembre 2016
Alan Thicke died from 'ruptured aorta' hours after suffering a heart attack
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Kim Kardashian and Kanye West 'are undergoing counseling' after tough 2016 that included a robbery and mental breakdown
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Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott 'sued for $200k for failing to pay back loan and overdrawing account'
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The Best Gift You Can Give This Christmas (and Where to Find It)
The holiday season is marked by many things: family, tradition, food, and decoration (just to name a few).
Gift-giving is also an important part of the season as we seek to show love and appreciation to others. Many, in search of the perfect gift will invest countless hours and dollars hunting for that one treasure to best communicate their gratitude and admiration.
But this holiday season, that gift may be closer than you think.
The holidays often provide opportunity to spend time with loved ones. For some, this is the only time of year when everyone gathers. So maybe the greatest gift we can give this year to those we love the most, is our undivided and focused attention.
Rather than paying dollars to secure the perfect present, work hard to pay attention instead.
These days, with the advent of increased technological distraction, paying attention has never seemed to come at a higher price.
When we remove distraction from our life and choose to focus intently on another person, we communicate they are the most important thing in our life at that moment. And isn’t that what most of us want? Isn’t that the very thing we are hoping to convey with the gifts that we give? That we cherish our relationships? And are willing to make sacrifices for it?
Paying attention is costly not in dollars, but something greater. When attention is paid to someone or something, we sacrifice every other thing in the world that we could be paying attention to. That is why it is such a valued commodity these days—and why it may be the best thing we can offer others this Christmas season.
Make a point this Christmas season, whether with family, friends, or co-workers, to give the gift of focused attention to the people around you.
How to Give the Gift of Attention this Holiday Season
Turn off notifications. Before family traditions, dinners, and get-togethers, turn off the notifications from your cellphone. All those dings and rings and vibrations are created for one purpose—to capture your attention. You don’t have to turn them off the entire holiday season, just at the most strategic of opportunities.
Remove yourself from distractions. It is not uncommon for the television to be on when visiting with extended family—it seems to be a societal norm at this point and getting permission to turn it off may be out of the question. But that doesn’t mean you can’t remove yourself from the distraction. If possible, choose to hang out in areas away from the television—maybe in a separate room or a separate area in the home where you can focus on the conversation in front of you rather than the football game on the other side of the planet.
Ask questions. The best conversation advice I ever got was around a dinner table 20 years ago when a friend of mine made this statement, “I used to be really bad at conversation, but then I learned a simple trick: just ask a lot of questions.” For the past two decades I have incorporated that advice countless times. When catching up with your family members this Christmas, ask lots of questions and listen to all the answers.
Lean forward. While seeking to give the gift of attention, our physical posture matters. Leaning forward and maintaining eye contact in a natural way communicates nonverbally to others we are interested in them. Additionally, the physical posture we take communicates to our brain that we are interested in the conversation—heightening our ability to listen and process information.
Offer to help. Whether washing dishes, wrapping presents, baking cookies, or shoveling the driveway, there is no lack of small chores and duties that need to happen over the holidays to facilitate a gathering of people. Look for those opportunities and offer to help the host or the hostess whenever possible. Sometimes the best conversations happen when a task brings people together.
This Christmas, put down the phone, turn off the television, and give the gift of attention to those you love the most.
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