Wangari Maathai:
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fhenrymadaga.com%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fimg-20260728-180707-457-1.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://henrymadaga.com/2026/07/28/wangari-maathai/","date_published":"2026-07-28T15:16:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Henry Madaga ","url":"https://madaga.talqix.cloud/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12e31d00151d2255969b78358ab56b18%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Ftalqix.cloud%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"madaga"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-28 15:16","date_timestamp":1785251802,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"94797304","content_html":"![](\"https://talqix.cloud/books/9780307492333/cover.jpg\")
\nFinished reading: Unbowed by Wangari Maathai 📚\n🔥
\n","summary":"","url":"https://henrymadaga.com/2026/07/28/finished-reading-unbowed-by-wangari/","date_published":"2026-07-28T15:14:49+00:00","author":{"name":"Henry Madaga ","url":"https://madaga.talqix.cloud/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12e31d00151d2255969b78358ab56b18%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Ftalqix.cloud%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"madaga"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-28 15:14","date_timestamp":1785251689,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"94648943","content_html":"![](\"https://talqix.cloud/photos/100x/https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw154%2F71CARu3MJEg2gnHJRdzfEUjx4Ct.jpg\")
\nJust finished watching: Panchayat S1E4, Hamara Neta Kaisa Ho? 📺\nReally good, and funny!
\n","summary":"","url":"https://henrymadaga.com/2026/07/25/just-finished-watching-panchayat-se/","date_published":"2026-07-25T17:10:15+00:00","author":{"name":"Henry Madaga ","url":"https://madaga.talqix.cloud/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12e31d00151d2255969b78358ab56b18%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Ftalqix.cloud%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"madaga"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-25 17:10","date_timestamp":1784999415,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"94645831","content_html":"I find this interesting, First Things About page:
\nThe Institute on Religion and Public Life is a 501(c)3 organization and the publisher of First Things. It was founded in 1989 by Richard John Neuhaus, a Lutheran pastor who later became a Catholic priest.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://henrymadaga.com/2026/07/25/i-find-this-interesting-first/","date_published":"2026-07-25T15:57:43+00:00","author":{"name":"Henry Madaga ","url":"https://madaga.talqix.cloud/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12e31d00151d2255969b78358ab56b18%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Ftalqix.cloud%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"madaga"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-25 15:57","date_timestamp":1784995063,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"94645665","content_html":"I have often felt that I am plagued by a kind of inferiority complex. I feel, however, that the inferiority complex is paradoxically related to how I regard myself too highly than I ought to do.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://henrymadaga.com/2026/07/25/i-have-often-felt-that/","date_published":"2026-07-25T15:53:05+00:00","author":{"name":"Henry Madaga ","url":"https://madaga.talqix.cloud/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12e31d00151d2255969b78358ab56b18%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Ftalqix.cloud%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"madaga"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-25 15:53","date_timestamp":1784994785,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"94645620","content_html":"\nCurrently reading: Unbowed by Wangari Maathai 📚 I thought I knew Wangari Maathai. But now I know it amounted to nothing more than that she won the Nobel Peace Prize and that she loved trees. I would have said she was an environmentalist rather than that ‘she loved trees’ but I have never thought properly of...
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henrymadaga.com","summary":"","url":"https://henrymadaga.com/2026/07/25/one-of-the-as-it/","date_published":"2026-07-25T15:46:39+00:00","author":{"name":"Henry Madaga ","url":"https://madaga.talqix.cloud/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12e31d00151d2255969b78358ab56b18%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Ftalqix.cloud%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"madaga"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-25 15:46","date_timestamp":1784994399,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"94645289","content_html":"I think this one here is such a wonderful piece. The Long way!
\n","summary":"","url":"https://henrymadaga.com/2026/07/25/i-think-this-one-here/","date_published":"2026-07-25T15:42:10+00:00","author":{"name":"Henry Madaga ","url":"https://madaga.talqix.cloud/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12e31d00151d2255969b78358ab56b18%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Ftalqix.cloud%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"madaga"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-25 15:42","date_timestamp":1784994130,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"94639937","content_html":"Here’s a post on Substack: The hitter can never be judge
\n","summary":"","url":"https://henrymadaga.com/2026/07/25/heres-a-post-on-substack/","date_published":"2026-07-25T13:30:32+00:00","author":{"name":"Henry Madaga ","url":"https://madaga.talqix.cloud/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12e31d00151d2255969b78358ab56b18%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Ftalqix.cloud%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"madaga"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-25 13:30","date_timestamp":1784986232,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"94515052","content_html":"![](\"https://talqix.cloud/books/9781501117039/cover.jpg\")
\nCurrently reading: House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende 📚
\nWhat really is the word to describe this kind of narration style? And then to know just how much a matter is an obvious lie, yet still love and enjoy, even believe, it.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://henrymadaga.com/2026/07/23/currently-reading-house-of-the/","date_published":"2026-07-23T10:56:40+00:00","author":{"name":"Henry Madaga ","url":"https://madaga.talqix.cloud/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12e31d00151d2255969b78358ab56b18%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Ftalqix.cloud%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"madaga"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-23 10:56","date_timestamp":1784804200,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"94463795","content_html":"![](\"https://talqix.cloud/photos/100x/https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw154%2FxzdqMGtzUc0i5X2Hc3XTuWEHLCy.jpg\")
\nCurrently watching: The House of the Spirits S1E1, Rosa the Beautiful 🍿
\nI feel it will be wiser to stop and read the book first. Something has always gotten in the way of my reading the book, but this time round I feel particularly hopeful.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://henrymadaga.com/2026/07/22/currently-watching-the-house-of/","date_published":"2026-07-22T14:16:55+00:00","author":{"name":"Henry Madaga ","url":"https://madaga.talqix.cloud/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12e31d00151d2255969b78358ab56b18%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Ftalqix.cloud%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"madaga"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-22 14:16","date_timestamp":1784729815,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"94449960","content_html":"Ralph Waldo Emerson, Works and Days:
\n\nhenrymadaga.com","summary":"","url":"https://henrymadaga.com/2026/07/22/ralph-waldo-emerson-works-and/","date_published":"2026-07-22T09:33:55+00:00","author":{"name":"Henry Madaga ","url":"https://madaga.talqix.cloud/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12e31d00151d2255969b78358ab56b18%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Ftalqix.cloud%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"madaga"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-22 09:33","date_timestamp":1784712835,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"94223809","content_html":"It was the deep to-day which all men scorn; the rich poverty which men hate; the populous, all-loving solitude which men quit for the tattle of towns. He lurks, he hides, — he who is success, reality, joy, and power. One of the illusions is that the present hour is not the critical, decisive hour. Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. No man has learned anything rightly until he knows that every day is Doomsday. ‘T is the old secret of the gods that they come in low disguises. ’Tis the vulgar great who come dizened with gold and jewels....
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Haya! Just finished reading this. If you were a delegate in the Commission Conference 2024 by FOCUS Kenya, you have this book tacked away or shelved somewhere, here’s a word from me if you care for it: please read the book. 📚\n🙌
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fhenrymadaga.com%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fimg-20260718-143956-135.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://henrymadaga.com/2026/07/18/haya-just-finished-reading-this/","date_published":"2026-07-18T11:45:37+00:00","author":{"name":"Henry Madaga ","url":"https://madaga.talqix.cloud/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12e31d00151d2255969b78358ab56b18%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Ftalqix.cloud%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"madaga"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-18 11:45","date_timestamp":1784375137,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"94223782","content_html":"![](\"https://talqix.cloud/books/9781662812132/cover.jpg\")
\nFinished reading: Africa to the Rest by Yaw Perbi, Sam Ngugi. Such an encouraging read!📚
\n","summary":"","url":"https://henrymadaga.com/2026/07/18/finished-reading-africa-to-the/","date_published":"2026-07-18T11:44:43+00:00","author":{"name":"Henry Madaga ","url":"https://madaga.talqix.cloud/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12e31d00151d2255969b78358ab56b18%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Ftalqix.cloud%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"madaga"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-18 11:44","date_timestamp":1784375083,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"94220696","content_html":"It usually happens that I procrastinate about reading a book, but once I get into it, I feel like I should have started reading it much sooner. This feels so refreshing and illuminating🙌\nI hope i find more Kenyan biographies and memoirs as good as or even better than this. Recommendations? 📚
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fhenrymadaga.com%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fimg-20260718-131802-787.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://henrymadaga.com/2026/07/18/it-usually-happens-that-i/","date_published":"2026-07-18T10:23:39+00:00","author":{"name":"Henry Madaga ","url":"https://madaga.talqix.cloud/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12e31d00151d2255969b78358ab56b18%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Ftalqix.cloud%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"madaga"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-18 10:23","date_timestamp":1784370219,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"94210785","content_html":"![](\"https://talqix.cloud/books/9781578989461/cover.jpg\")
\nFinished reading: Keys to the Deeper Life by A. W. Tozer. Very sobering.📚
\n","summary":"","url":"https://henrymadaga.com/2026/07/18/085942/","date_published":"2026-07-18T05:59:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Henry Madaga ","url":"https://madaga.talqix.cloud/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12e31d00151d2255969b78358ab56b18%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Ftalqix.cloud%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"madaga"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-18 05:59","date_timestamp":1784354382,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"94170596","content_html":"![](\"https://talqix.cloud/books/9781624666544/cover.jpg\")
\nJust finished reading: Rulebook for Arguments by Anthony Weston. Clearly this one here is a preparation for more comprehensive titles. Also, it is the kind of book one ought to return to several times since it isn’t as if I am suddenly better at arguments for reading it once. It’s pretty brief and concise,...
henrymadaga.com","summary":"","url":"https://henrymadaga.com/2026/07/17/just-finished-reading-rulebook-for/","date_published":"2026-07-17T13:50:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Henry Madaga ","url":"https://madaga.talqix.cloud/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12e31d00151d2255969b78358ab56b18%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Ftalqix.cloud%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"madaga"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-17 13:50","date_timestamp":1784296200,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"94121039","content_html":"![](\"https://talqix.cloud/books/9780261667952/cover.jpg\")
\nFinished reading: The Voyage of the Downtreader by Clive Staples Lewis 📚
\n","summary":"","url":"https://henrymadaga.com/2026/07/16/finished-reading-the-voyage-of/","date_published":"2026-07-16T17:59:07+00:00","author":{"name":"Henry Madaga ","url":"https://madaga.talqix.cloud/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12e31d00151d2255969b78358ab56b18%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Ftalqix.cloud%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"madaga"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-16 17:59","date_timestamp":1784224747,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93770831","content_html":"Thomas Pynchon’s review of Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s Love in the Time of Cholera
\n","summary":"","url":"https://henrymadaga.com/2026/07/10/thomas-pynchons-review-of-gabriel/","date_published":"2026-07-10T13:29:22+00:00","author":{"name":"Henry Madaga ","url":"https://madaga.talqix.cloud/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12e31d00151d2255969b78358ab56b18%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Ftalqix.cloud%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"madaga"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-10 13:29","date_timestamp":1783690162,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93713146","content_html":"\n","summary":"","url":"https://henrymadaga.com/2026/07/09/turn-your-eyes-to-jesus/","date_published":"2026-07-09T15:04:48+00:00","author":{"name":"Henry Madaga ","url":"https://madaga.talqix.cloud/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12e31d00151d2255969b78358ab56b18%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Ftalqix.cloud%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"madaga"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-09 15:04","date_timestamp":1783609488,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93608899","content_html":"![](\"https://talqix.cloud/books/9781853262869/cover.jpg\")
\nFinished reading: Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev 📚.
\nWhat a ride!
C. S. Lewis, We have no right to happiness, God in the Dock:
\n\nhenrymadaga.com","summary":"","url":"https://henrymadaga.com/2026/07/05/c-s-lewis-we-have/","date_published":"2026-07-04T22:53:24+00:00","author":{"name":"Henry Madaga ","url":"https://madaga.talqix.cloud/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12e31d00151d2255969b78358ab56b18%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Ftalqix.cloud%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"madaga"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-04 22:53","date_timestamp":1783205604,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93448731","content_html":"It is part of the nature of a strong erotic passion—as distinct from a transient fit of appetite—that it makes more towering promises than any other emotion. No doubt all our desires make promises, but not so impressively. To be in love involves the almost irresistible conviction that one will go on being in love until one dies, and that possession of the beloved will confer, not merely frequent ecstasies, but settled, fruitful, deep-rooted, lifelong happiness. Hence all seems to be at stake. If we miss this chance we shall have lived in...
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Samuel Johnson, the uncertainty of friendship
\n\nhenrymadaga.com","summary":"","url":"https://henrymadaga.com/2026/07/05/samuel-johnson-the-uncertainty-of/","date_published":"2026-07-04T22:19:19+00:00","author":{"name":"Henry Madaga ","url":"https://madaga.talqix.cloud/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F12e31d00151d2255969b78358ab56b18%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Ftalqix.cloud%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"madaga"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-04 22:19","date_timestamp":1783203559,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93425519","content_html":"Those who would gladly pass their days together may be separated by the different course of their affairs; and friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions. What we have missed long enough to want it, we value more when it is regained; but that which has been lost till it is forgotten, will be found at last with little gladness, and with still less if a substitute has supplied the place. A man deprived of the companion to whom he used to open his bosom, and with whom he shared the hours of leisure...
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