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None that are currently on the books. | 00 | not toxic |
No, it's tying it to the market price of a traded commodity. Mind you, the chances of this hitting the completely pulled out of no where $90/bbl benchmark is slim to none in the next five years barring a major geopolitical conflict in the Middle East. This is a way to stick it to the state employees who are vilified for who knows what reason, but makes for good radio chatter.
If the state runs a balanced budget, through PFD restructuring, new revenues (taxes!), and strategic cuts we can get back to fiscal solvency. This can happen without the price of Alaska crude hitting $90/bbl leaving state employees stagnant on merit and more than likely turned over year over year.
If they want to be serious about merit raise freezes, they need to benchmark it in a way that actually makes sense. | 00 | not toxic |
Everybody liked him?
Not quite.
The smart hip people didn't like him. They regarded him as another business square, like LBJ, who would have brought Canada into the Vietnam War and held back the many progressive changes we made in the Trudeau era. | 00 | not toxic |
Agreed. Case in point, Sand Lake Rd is currently being repaved, but didn't need it. It was a great road last year and seemed to have many years ahead of it. At first I thought it was a city boondoggle, but today I saw state vehicles all over the construction site. What a waste of resources. We do need to pay for our infrastructure, but not to simply employ people. Our state departments need more critical oversight! | 00 | not toxic |
I am saddened by the horror that took place in the Mosque in Quebec, and I can't possibly imagine the anguish that has fallen upon the families of the victims.
Konrad-- you cite the horrific event that took place in 1989 in Montreal, but you left out a few facts: This tragedy was perpetrated by a young Muslim man named Gamil Rodriquez Liass Gharbi, the son of an abusive, misogynist Algerian Muslim businessman named Rachid Liass Gharbi.
Following the divorce of his parents, Gamil changed his name to include his Canadian mother's maiden name, and he became Marc Lepine.
Is this relevant? Perhaps.
Google it. | 00 | not toxic |
This story convinced me to re invest in BBD
They need some outside blood to show them how to actually run a business,so hopefully they do merge. | 00 | not toxic |
Fortunately, Matthew threw in "intensive purposes" just for the pedants to rage over... thank you! | 00 | not toxic |
I'm more curious as to why that matters, given her experience in the Pentagon and Washington D.C. You are pretty much arguing in favor of career politicians, which to most of us is the problem with our government. | 00 | not toxic |
I looks more like they were colluding with the Ukraine as nothing about collusion with Russia anywhere in the article. | 00 | not toxic |
The name is in the article and the address is in the photograph. What will happen next to the private property? | 00 | not toxic |
Just have the girls take a smaller cut from each drink. | 00 | not toxic |
Yes, your assumption is correct. | 00 | not toxic |
Yeah, and a couple hours later Ford cancelled plans on a billion $ investment in Mexico, moving it to Michigan. | 00 | not toxic |
I agree marijuana tends to rob people of their life blood, makes them lethargic which puts people out of work, and dependant on welfare. I agree we need to inspirepeople to work. Not get them addicted to welfare. | 00 | not toxic |
Ignore the malcontents and move forward. | 00 | not toxic |
Not that it matters since evs will always be a niche product. | 00 | not toxic |
"Another NYT leftwing elitist who feels everyone who disagrees with his bigoted world view is ignorant." Unlike the commenter who posted that. Have you heard the phrase "ad-hominem argument?" It's a cop-out, not an argument. And yeah, pots and kettles. | 11 | toxic |
See you there!!! 😁 | 00 | not toxic |
That's what I said. | 00 | not toxic |
Obviously you have failed to do any research on Johnson. He is as crazy as Trump, possibly more so. Do you believe his idea to cut the military budget by 43% in his first term along with cutting all military bases overseas, uniformed and civilian personnel, research & development, intelligence and nuclear weapons programs, would be a good thing for Alaska? | 00 | not toxic |
Your 'plain fact' misses the point.
Christie Clarke will be Premier until the next election, and the NDP is still in the political hinterland. | 00 | not toxic |
And Kasim Edebali did the grunt work...pressured the QB to make a bad throw, battling through a blatant hold to do it... | 00 | not toxic |
“My issue with our football team is we make a lot of critical errors,” Broncos coach Vance Joseph said. “That has to stop.”
I hope head coach Joseph is including the coaching staff as well as players. I'm sure he must be. The defense is the only thing he can count on and it seems they lose focus at the worst times. How they ever let Oakland off the hook when they had them pinned back at their 7 yard line is beyond me. The defense knew they had the advantage with Carr out. The offense wasn't any help so was all on the defense to win it. The crowd was on fire and ready to bury them but they had no prob moving the ball and putting up points. Players or coaching? I think the players on defense are pretty damn good so that must leave coaching. Special teams came into play by a miss of an easy field goal and then a shanked punt to really put the pressure back on the defense. Players or coaching? Definitely players. There's plenty of blame for mistakes. Good luck coach, tough road ahead. | 00 | not toxic |
Another successful day for our PM. It seems that the sky is not falling as the Cons would have you believe and we're not even getting "attacked" by terrorists every day. I guess the Cons have nothing to offer anymore. | 00 | not toxic |
oil is a boom and bust industry.. any government that relies on oil revenue is a boom and bust government.. | 00 | not toxic |
Well here go the GOP and RINO Republicans, sentencing before proven guilty! The are just disgusting to me. | 11 | toxic |
Looks like Hillary got elected after all...Trump the neocon. | 00 | not toxic |
A lot of people have been struggling for years to survive. Hard times make people want change, any change. | 00 | not toxic |
Maybe they should ban body lice, beards and dreadlocks from downtown. Then turn the EWEB super fund site into a homeless camp. | 00 | not toxic |
Congratulations on this initiative to support women seeking priestly ordination. The male-only priesthood is a consequence of original sin. It is the religious manifestation of Genesis 3:16. The patriarchal priesthood of the Old Law was subject to this curse, but the sacramental priesthood of the New Law is ministerial, not patriarchal. Patriarchal religiosity is a diabolical malignancy that can be healed only by the Holy Spirit. This is my summary of where we are in the healing process:
Religious Patriarchy in the Judeo-Christian Tradition
http://pelicanweb.org/CCC.TOB.html#CHRONOLOGY | 00 | not toxic |
"The Nazis paid close attention. As they concocted their own racial statutes – the Nuremberg Laws of 1935 – they pored over American race law as a model."
What is the historical evidence for that?
Most of the top brass Nazis could not even speak English, let alone have the advanced language skills to dissect American jurisprudence.
What is the historical evidence that supports the statement in question? | 00 | not toxic |
A prediction can be right or wrong and is determined with the outcome. Fake news, on the other hand, are hoaxes appearing as news reports that are untrue and meant to deceive. There is a YUGE difference. | 00 | not toxic |
Why should the government agree to extend today's contracts into the future when the electricity being supplied is surplus? At the end of the the 20 year contract for surplus electricty, the supplier should be happy to accept any price that is above zero for surplus electricity. We should electricty prices to collapse at the end of those contracts. | 00 | not toxic |
The article points out " a disturbing level of excuse-making and willful blindness". I agree, but on the part of whom.
"Let’s not forget that there are three times as many Indigenous children in foster care today as there were First Nations, Inuit and Métis children in residential schools at their peak.". This fact is stated as an accusation, but who should it be directed at?
Most of these problems could and should be solved at root causes. With local leadership. | 00 | not toxic |
What a bunch of political hacks and liars this board is. | 11 | toxic |
Personally, I think it's funny that our conservative state run by conservatives for decades, foundering because of their "leadership" and self-interest, recently voted for more of the same not just locally, but nationally. Anyone who voted the same conservatives into office here, and especially those who voted for Trump for president, has exactly zero right to talk or complain. Cognitive dissonance much? | 00 | not toxic |
the same as fund them in the public sector...the employee and the employer. | 00 | not toxic |
As BC residents suffer with these wildfires, we can support them.
Just like in the Fort Mc disaster, Canadians show we all in this together. | 00 | not toxic |
BA: Gonna be a long 8 years for you. Too bad you can't put aside your animosities and help improve the current situation. Your constant complaining will fall on increasingly deaf ears making your comments less and less relevant. But to each his own. | 00 | not toxic |
Villagers use the entire whale parts, TajMahawker. Since you don't live in rural Alaska or understand Native culture, perhaps you should hold your comment for another topic. | 00 | not toxic |
The Browns are George Costanza......every instinct they have has been wrong, so you should always do the opposite. They pay Osweiler a huge amount of money to not play for them. Therefore the correct move is to pay Osweiler a very small amount of money to play for you.
More seriously-the Browns are in a strange position. They have money to burn, and are tanking and stocking draft picks. They never planned on playing Osweiler, even though they took on the huge salary, but he must have shown them enough in camp to make it tough.
Overall though, I hope Elway never once faces a decision and asks "What would the Browns do?" | 00 | not toxic |
Extortion is extortion no matter who is doing it. Once we accede to the concept of having to grease the hand of government and special interest groups to carry out business, we will be no better than communist China. We are simply encouraging corruption. | 00 | not toxic |
Trump called it like it is. I respect him greatly for refusing to do what the media demands that he do. Many politicians would walk in circles and twist in a pretzel to kiss their own butt if the media demanded it. There was a permitted protest regarding the removal of a confederate statue. As Trump said, many at the protest were simply people who do not believe in modifying history to please the current fad. The media, of course, out to sensationalize talks about Nazis and KKK, etc. The purpose of the demonstration was not bad, i.e. they objected to the removal of a statue. Many in the country would agree. Other groups attempted violently, apparently, to prevent the protesters from exercising their first amendment right to express their opinion on a proposed public action. Trump was exactly right to condemn violence and extremism from every source. The so-called Nazis and KKK are likely very very happy that the media highlighted and legitimized them. | 00 | not toxic |
Eric Ryan 808 is right. The plan is for existing bus lines to be re-routed to the rail line. Many of those who ride the rail will not be new mass transit users, but existing bus riders. Furthermore, lots of those who now take one bus to get to where they want to go will have to take a bus to the rail line, take the rail, then get on another bus to go to their destination. The rail PR doesn't tell that side of the story. | 00 | not toxic |
He should give that money to the family of Christopher Speer.
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who is "he"?
Trudeau or Khadr?
in either case don't count on it
now both of them are millionaires | 00 | not toxic |
Bob,
Voters forgot that Trump was a pussygrabber in 3 weeks. I submit to you that voters wont even remember the name DeVos when Murkowski is up for reelection in 2022. | 00 | not toxic |
Rail is an investment in the futures of our children and grandchildren that will pay for itself in the long run. But we should also invest in kids in poverty who never receive adequate early education. They do very poorly in school and in life if they miss the important developmental tasks in their early years. For them it's a basic need. And for us it's an investment in their futures that they cannot afford. Studies show that even at ages 27 and 40 they lose out and are on the bottom of the heap.
"...significantly higher earnings, rates of home ownership, and levels of schooling, as well as significantly fewer arrests and social service interventions, than a control group of non-preschool participants. Cost-benefit analysis revealed that, over the lifetimes of the participants, the preschool program returned to the public an estimated $7.16 for every dollar spent." | 00 | not toxic |
Most people not have almost no knowledge of investment matters and have little or no inclination to learn. To them, it's all a big mystery and they have not had the opportunity to learn the basics. I was lucky when I was in my mid- 20s to have benefited from the advice of someone who had stock investments and counselled me on what to look for. Most individuals don't get that kind of advice and most investment professionals have no interest in educating small investors. Back in the days when we had to deal with full service stock brokers, small investors like me were almost entirely on our own, with far less information than we have at our fingertips today. | 00 | not toxic |
So DP, why isn't this story on the front page? What? It makes Obama look like a fool. It exposes more of his ineptitude by exposing yet another of his terrible deals? "Defense attorneys have acknowledged that Bergdahl walked off his base without authorization." "Facing Republican criticism, Obama noted that the U.S. doesn’t leave its service members behind." Hey Barry, he walked off on his own. | 11 | toxic |
Already seeing homes that normally would be sold in less than a month sitting going on 6 months now in my neighborhood. | 00 | not toxic |
Olrun Horde--
Just because "evil" oil companies have picked up the tab for state spending levels that would otherwise require the highest state income taxes AND highest state sales taxes in the US, doesn't mean we need to increase our property taxes, that are already among the highest in the US.
According to the latest data from the nonpartisan Tax Foundation, Anchorage is in the 91st percentile of highest property taxes in the US, when local property tax payments are compared to local median income (a pretty good proxy for the difference in cost of living between communities).
Close the Tax Cap loophole --for good
YES on 8!! | 00 | not toxic |
Great facts, Ronin006.
Our politicians should have hired companies from Japan. They know how to do things right and efficiently. Unfortunately this project was seen by those in the know as a huge financial windfall where many could get to
wet their beaks at public expense. As we can see, this has resulted in a disaster of a project which will indeed make Honolulu, the laughing stock of the nation. It stared with the selection of Ansaldo to build the trains
a company which then had to declare insolvency even before the first train was built and the selection of Dan Grabauskas of the Massachusetts Bay Transport Authority and the "Big Dig" project in Boston which went from
an estimated build cost of 2.8 billion to 14.6 billion and 9 years late by the time it was finally completed. Interestingly the consortium involved there was Bechtel, Parsons, and Brinkerhoff who also may have had a
hand in our rail project. What a coincidence. | 00 | not toxic |
Watercraft - boat, PWC, surfboard whatever - that are contrasting colors to the ocean are much easier to see. I was aboard a Coast Guard Cutter a number of years ago; we were conducting a search pattern for a missing motorized kayak and were practically on top of it before we could see it. It was dark blue. I can't over-emphasize the need to file a float plan; leave it with a responsible friend or relative so if something happens it'll be a lot easier for responders to search for and find you. I'm in the Coast Guard Auxiliary; local flotillas can provide much more information. | 00 | not toxic |
The Governor (who unilaterally took $1k from each and every Alaskan) and Democrats (who already voted to tax more money from our pockets) continue to hold the State hostage for their state income tax. They are Democrats and that is what they do; Democrats take people’s money and redistribute it to their friends. That's how the buy and maintain power, and they know now that they are on the record voting to take $ from Ordinary Alaskans, that they cannot maintain control of the House, or Governor’s Office for that matter. For them it is now or never. I expect to see the first ever Sate of Alaska Government shut down on 1 July 2017. Chaos is the only card they have left to play, and they will, but in the end much to their own demise. | 00 | not toxic |
Nice shooting if it was a target but the victim was a person just like everyone else and treating them as a target and celebrating their killing is disgusting. I wonder what the future holds for the person who pulled the trigger, it seems that some people who operate the drones suffer from ptsd partially due to the realization that the targets are actual people. Why do we even have troops or snipers in the mid east and why do we have snipers since their usefulness is questionable unless you plan to assassinate someone. We may want to follow the future of our snipers and see if there is a cost for their accuracy, I doubt that most of the people applauding will be interested in helping if there are
future problems. Heroes are always welcome but once they fall of the platform we pretend they do not exist since it may damage our fragile egos that need heroes and deeds of valor. | 00 | not toxic |
Just a typical case of Russia using their influence in the form of oil leverage over Venezuela to gain influence...taking advantage of the financial crisis to gain a more of a foothold in Venezuela..no regard for the future of the country and the ability to rebuild post-Maduro..taking advantage in a way the US could only dream about, need to look in the mirror before blaming us for problems | 00 | not toxic |
what the | 00 | not toxic |
WHAT is with these people that just 'react' with a "disagree", but no comment whatsoever.
That only tends to reinforce that they have nothing intelligent to respond with...they just 'feel' that to prosecute Hillary would be wrong. Why? | 00 | not toxic |
It must suck to have to keep checking the "Have you ever been convicted of a felony?" box.
What did you do? | 00 | not toxic |
Can't pass a budget or get anything constructive done on behalf of Alaskans or the State of Alaska but by golly, they can sure piss away the money. | 00 | not toxic |
Gardner is more pro-Trump than Ted Cruz. Vote this guy out of office! | 00 | not toxic |
Send him home. | 00 | not toxic |
Not if we pass new laws that are stronger and stricter.
It is most clear that there is much new legislation for our state legislature to work on, when it comes to the subject of young people and weapons. And parents who allow their kids to have access to weapons need to be held accountable by the law as well.
The legislature really needs to roll up its sleeves next year, and do more to protect our schools. | 00 | not toxic |
How wrong art thou? Let me count the ways: (1) I don't get angry when internet weeble-wobbles disagree with me. I simply note they'll "...boldly say on line what no man would say to my face." Google my phone number--gimme a call. (2) Provide a quote wherein I have referred to someone as a "racist". Go 'head. I dare ya. I double-dog dare ya. (3) Telling the truth--by pointing out the ongoing consequences of American institutionalized white supremacy, for example--doesn't make me a "way-cist". It makes me honest. (4) I don't recognize the biological validity of the fallacious concept of "race" with respect to human beings to begin with--that means you're like a phlogiston chemist: you're wrong from scratch (nicked from R A Heinlein). (5) As you and your ilk invariably shriek WAAAY-CIST whenever I post something on this subject, you simply accuse me of what you yourself are most guilty. Sorry... | 00 | not toxic |
It is not in any way identical. | 00 | not toxic |
It's not hundreds of thousands, R-G. It's millions. Here are numbers for just a handful of cities in the US, never mind the rest of the world.
Eugene 7,000
Washington DC 500,000
LA 750,000
NYC 300,000
Chicago 300,000
Denver 200,000
Seattle 150,000
Boston 125,000
Madison Wi 100,000
Minneapolis 75,000
Atlanta 63,000
Austin 50,000
San Francisco 40,000
Raleigh 18,000
Des Moines 26,000
San Diego 22,000
Nashville 20,000
St Petersburg 17,000
Kansas City,MO 10,000
Charlotte 10,000
Greensboro 8,000
Montpelier VT 8,000 + (pop 10,000 many I 89 exits shut down)
Asheville 10,000
Orlando 6,000
Tucson 5,000
Trenton 5,000
Athens Ga 4500
Hillsborough 2000
Murray KY 700
Black Mt NC 400
Morganton NC 500 | 00 | not toxic |
How are the media lying about being shut out? | 00 | not toxic |
I saw the damage a Canadian Goose did to Piper Navajo once. It ended up requiring the entire horizontal stabilizer to be replaced. A smaller airplane and a bigger bird. I have no issue with thinking that the plane could have suffered fatal damage. | 00 | not toxic |
"At least now all the liberals out their (sic) admit to this fact [a 30-year plan by the Chinese to conquer the world]..."
Really? You use the small "L" so, that leaves out the provincial government. I take it you mean liberal-minded people. That means you're talking about me. You're wrong: I do NOT believe there is a 30-year plan to conquer the world. I really hesitate before calling people xenophobes or racists, too. I do call some "kooks"--and I think you're one of them, Klens75. | 00 | not toxic |
He was just a wacko who took on Middle Eastern beliefs. | 11 | toxic |
Yuck!! | 00 | not toxic |
How many kids & dependents do you support? | 00 | not toxic |
What a glowing commentary about Kitty. From what I've seen and read over the years along with my trips to downtown, Doppelt and I have different takes on what she has turned Eugene in to. I give her credit though, she has turned it in to a pretty nice "traveler" and homeless community. | 00 | not toxic |
Moonlight checked the most PC boxes, so they win. 10 years from now Sunshine will win featuring a transgender Muslim, Asian firefighter who is battling Islamophobia and work place sexual harassment, while bravely overcoming his left handedness. | 00 | not toxic |
"The American people are tired of this witch hunt"
Ohhhh, wrong again. The majority of Americans are interested in learning the truth that the multiple Russia/Trumpster campaign investigations will reveal. Buckle up, it's going to be a long bumpy ride. | 00 | not toxic |
Hawaii has a sad record of incompetence when it comes to protecting abused children. It also has a sad record reverencing life in any form. It is a wretched place for most children. | 00 | not toxic |
Very good response to Marianne. | 00 | not toxic |
Autonomous vehicles WILL obey all speed limits.
The mix of driver controlled automobiles with autonomous vehicles sharing the same roadway at the same time is going to create a new form of road rage.
Hawaii will need to address its low speed limits to avoid gridlock, etc... | 00 | not toxic |
According to an analysis by Carnegie Mellon University, Trump's vocabulary is below that of a 6th grader. | 00 | not toxic |
To the extent one has market power, one can dictate price.
Assume I am a high income earner with considerable market power.. a doctor with a highly sought skill for example.
If you increase my tax burden I will then raise the price of my service. I may lose some customers but I may be overall better off with less work at a higher price than simply accepting the tax. | 00 | not toxic |
Stars aren't good enough Motley - I’m lobbying civil comments for a standing ovation emoji. | 00 | not toxic |
It will only implode by sabotaging it. Blowing up the risk corridor was the first successful step which forced some insurance companies out of the market. That resulted in the increased premiums of last fall--just before the election. "Implosion" and "death spiral" are words that have permeated Fox News and the right-wing fever swamp.
The CBC has reported that the ACA is, in fact, doing well, despite the first-wave efforts of the republicans. Tom Price and the Freedom Caucus have many more tricks up their sleeves, and they are anxiously awaiting to utilize them to cause maximum damage. Then those manly men will turn around and blame the black guy, as is their custom. | 00 | not toxic |
Arrrrrrrgh! Rompers, '...builds on...' is a HERESY!😲 And you purportedly orthodox.😅 | 00 | not toxic |
Proof ? | 00 | not toxic |
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Speak for yourself. | 00 | not toxic |
How brain dead do the 1-in-3 people have to be to think Trump is honest? | 00 | not toxic |
This always makes me LOL. Repubs have been gunning for Hillary for thirty years. They have nothing but old news that has been debunked over and over again. Even Hillary was yawning in the Benghazi hearings. Borrrrriiiinnngggg. | 00 | not toxic |
Well, that'd definitely accomplish their goal of "liberating" us from pain and disease, I guess. | 00 | not toxic |
The Canadian government deserves it for bailing out the Beaudion family. Had the insisted on Bombardier Voting shares in exchange for financial aid, as was the case with General Motors, they could have avoided all this. | 00 | not toxic |
Really, Arvid? Has Chad used this website to repeatedly lie about you the way he has about me? Save your self-serving spin for someone else. | 00 | not toxic |
and they will have $$$$$$$$$$$.00 | 00 | not toxic |
So WHAT ARE YOU PROPOSING? Without a proposal such posts are meaningless. | 00 | not toxic |
More 'click bait'. Unfortunately, both liberals and conservatives have allowed themselves to be driven apart by the negative partisanship that has been stoked by the media and politicians. It is high time to realize that we have more to gain by agreeing to disagree in a civil fashion and realizing that most of us are decent no matter what our political beliefs. | 00 | not toxic |
It's just pure joy to watch the two Trust Fund kids calling the shots for small business owners from the comfort of their Ivory Tower. | 00 | not toxic |
What will “God” do if religions have to obey the same laws as everyone else by, say, uniting a pair of homosexuals in holy matrimony? Cause more warming of the Planet?
Every single one of God’s alleged “laws” came to us…and come to us now in some of these comments…from the mouths and pens of Humans. It’s all hearsay (along with the rest of it). Nevertheless, seeing as how many Humans are residually superstitious, religion still gets all kinds of grandfathered special treatment from the government, including freedom from paying taxes.
In America, the religious are mostly “just in case” religionists---they suspect it’s probably all bull…and that dead people never actually show up again…but hey, “just in case.”
So why would gays want to get married in a Church that doesn’t approve of their marriage? Oh, they’re Catholic…or they believe in some church. In that case go back and read the first paragraph above. | 00 | not toxic |
When you are homeless and not responsible for anything "It's all somebody else's problem."You don't pay taxes. You just treat Diamond Head as your "subsidized" apartment you can trash. You intrude on the mountain without invitation, permission or consent. So, given the way you think of yourselves, the state and powers that be are driven to take drastic measures to restore a beloved monument.
Denby the fine work you do has drawn others who do not agree that staying on Diamond Head is OK, good for you. Well done. | 00 | not toxic |
And he is also seen as more honest than Donald Trump. What's your point? | 00 | not toxic |
I don't think we should be too harsh when judging the attitudes of previous generations- as long as we learn from them and avoid slipping back into those practices. I'm a huge fan of Star Trek, and some of the episodes of the original series, made in the 1960's are so sexist and politically incorrect, they would have never made it off the cutting board today. I still think it's educational to see how past generations viewed the world. | 00 | not toxic |
I am for that. Seeing as I pay close to 25% Federal Income Tax on the PFD it seems ridicules to pay tax on this then turn around and pay income tax to the state. | 00 | not toxic |
Someone failing to take the load on the job.
We can ask the controller, Delivery isn't free right, were is the source. | 00 | not toxic |
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