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GK24 2 Flashcards

1
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Who was the first Carolingian king?

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Pepin III (Pepin the short—Charlemagne’s father)

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What sea is east of the Caspian Sea?

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The Aral Sea

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During which part of the Middle Ages did the crusades take place?

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The High Middle Ages (1000-1300) occurring 1095-1291

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4
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In Dune, what is the Landsraad?

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The assembly of all the noble houses in the Imperium

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5
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Who was the south vietnamese president assassinated while JFK was still president?

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Ngo Dinh Diem

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6
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In Dune who is Lady Jessica’s father?

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The Baron Vladimir Harkonnen

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What are the hooks that Fremen use to ride sandworms called?

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Makerhooks

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8
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When was Galen alive?

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129-216 AD

87 yrs old

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Clovis was a king of which family?

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Merovingian

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What period of time was The High Middle Ages?

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1000-1300

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11
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Who is Liet Kynes in Dune?

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The Imperial Planetologist of Arrakis

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12
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What is this in Dune?

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A Guild Navigator (in Dune Messiah - Edric)

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13
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Language of Stilgars Fremen tribe in Dune?

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Chakobsa

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14
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During which years were the Crusades (all)?

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1096-1291

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15
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Who is the doctor that betrays the Atreides in Dune?

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Dr. Wellington Yueh

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16
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How did crusaders get to Jerusalem in the First Crusade?

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Through Turkey and then Antioch to Jerusalem

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17
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What is Paul Atreides’ home world?

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Caladan

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18
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Name of Paul Atreides son with Chani

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Leto II

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19
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What is Paul Atreides mother’s name?

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Lady Jessica

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20
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What was William the Conqueror called before the 1066 Norman Conquest

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William the Bastard

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21
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The Fremen call Paul Atreides ________ meaning “The Voice from the Outer World”

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Lisan al-Gaib

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22
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From which house do Shaddam IV and Princess Irulan come from in Dune?

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House Corrino

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23
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Who was this in Dune?

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Rabban (Beast Rabban)

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24
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When was the First Crusade?

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1096-1099

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25
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What year was the Pullman Strike?

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1894

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What were the 3 main immediate successor states after the fall of the Western Roman Empire?

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1) Frankish Gaul — first Merovingians then Carolingians

2) Visigothic Spain

3) Lombard Italy

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27
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Who do the Bene Tlielax bring back as a ghola in Dune Messiah? Ghola name?

A

Duncan Idaho; Hayt

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28
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What is the concentrated form of spice that Lady Jessica drinks to become a Reverend Mother?

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The Water of Life

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29
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What are the Padishah Emperors troops called in Dune?

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Sardaukar

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30
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What was the basic demographic situation in the early, middle, and late Middle Ages?

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Early = stagnant

Middle = growth (doubled)

Late = stagnant then decline with plague in 1347

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31
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In what century did English parliament start sitting in separate houses (lords and commons)?

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14th—1300s

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32
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Who is this?

A

Aleksandr Lukashenko (President of Belarus 2024)

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33
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What year was the Ivy Mike thermonuclear test on Eniwetok Atoll?

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1953

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34
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Which eastern Roman Emperor built the Hagia Sophia?

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Justinian

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35
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Where was the Umayyad caliphate located?

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Damascus, Syria

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36
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Who took over after defeating the Umayyad caliphate in 750 AD?

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The Abbasids

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37
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What is the name of the planet that Dune takes place on?

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Arrakis

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38
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What did Monophysite Christians believe?

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That there was no separation between human and divine in Christ

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39
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Who was Charlemagne’s succeeding son?

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Louis the Pious

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40
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Why did many of the Carolingian rulers have a nickname? ie Charles the bald, Louis the Pious

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Because there were a limited number of royal names. Illegitimate children got other names

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41
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The March of Dimes was originally created to fund research for which disease?

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Polio

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42
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Who officially seized the caliphal title from the Abbasids in 1517?

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The Ottoman Turks

43
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What did it mean to “give someone the wall” in 19th century England?

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To give someone of higher social status the safest place to walk on the street (away from the night soil)

44
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What was the Fremen name for Arrakis?

A

Dune

45
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The dye industry that Paul Ehrlich entered into when he began dyeing cells began due to what?

A

The cotton industry; “practical chemistry” existed to dye textiles

46
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During which years was the 100 years war?

A

1337-1453

47
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Who is the Princess Irulans sister?

A

Wensicia

48
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Name of the places that the Fremen live?

A

Sietches

Stilgar is from sietch tabr

49
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This dynasty ruled France from 987-1328

A

Capetians

50
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In Dune what are the resurrected bodies produced by the Tleilaxu called?

A

Gholas

51
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During which part of the Middle Ages did the 100 Years War take place?

A

The Late Middle Ages

52
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What was the most prominent group of pacifists in the colonies at the time of the American Revolution?

A

Quakers

53
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Who were the American pathologists who examined the survivors of the Ypres mustard gas bombing and identified that they were anemic etc?

A

Edward and Helen Krumbhaar

54
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Which English king had the Domesday Book undertaken?

A

William the Conqueror

55
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Who were the claimants to the throne in the Battle of Hastings?

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1) Harold Godwinson (England)
2) Harold Hardradda (Norway)
3) William the Bastard (France/Normandy)

56
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What years would be considered “British New York”?

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1664-1783

1664: won from the Dutch
1783: American Revolution ends

57
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During the great papal schism, where were the two papacies located?

A

Avignon and Rome

58
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What is the Bene Gesserit group that sows myths and superstitions in primitive worlds in Dune?

A

The Missionaria Protectiva

59
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Meaning of the adjective aquiline

A

Like an eagle (hooked nose)

60
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Where was the Abassid Caliphate based out of?

A

Baghdad

61
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When was Clovis crowned? Charlemagne?

A

Clovis—481 a Merovingian Frank

Charlemagne—800 a Carolingian Frank

62
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In Dune, what are the Fedaykin?

A

Fremen Death Commandos

63
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In Dune what is the term for the rigid set of rules of class distinction enforced by the imperium?

A

The faufreluches

64
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The period of the Early Middle Ages spans which years?

A

300-1000 AD

65
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Meaning of sententious

A

Given to moralizing in an affected or pompous manner (self righteous)

66
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When did the Carolingians take over the Frankish kingdom from the Merovingians?

A

751 Pepin III with Charlemagne crowned Christmas Day 800 AD

67
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What is the name of the emperors prison planet in Dune?

A

Salusa Secundus

68
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What is the secret society introduced in Dune Messiah that does genetic engineering?

A

Bene Tlielax or Tlielaxu

69
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Which hospital launched the first clinical trial of 6-MP against ALL?

A

Memorial (now MSKCC) 1950s

70
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Name of Paul Atreides sister

A

Alia Atreides

71
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What does gainsay mean?

A

To deny or contradict

72
Q

The Kansas-Nebraska act of 1854 undid which prior act?

A

The Compromise of 1820 (Missouri Compromise)

73
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When was Charlemagne crowned?

A

Christmas Day 800 AD

74
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In Dune, who is the leader of the Fremen tribe Paul encounters?

A

Stilgar

75
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What are Paul and Chani’s twins names in Dune Messiah?

A

Leto II and Ghanima

76
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Who were the Indians who lived in New York before the Europeans?

A

Lenape

77
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Other name for the beginning of the first crusade?

A

The Peoples Crusade

78
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Name of the suits worn in the desert in the Dune books

A

Stillsuit

79
Q

In 2024, what did the Boy Scouts change its name to?

A

Scouting America

80
Q

In Dune, Jamis challenges Paul to single combat using the ____ rule

A

Amtal Rule

To know a thing well one must test it to its limits

81
Q

West Francia and East Francia would become known as ____

A

France and Germany

82
Q

In what year did the 100 years war breakout?

A

1337

83
Q

What causes Paul Atreides blindness in Dune Messiah?

A

A stoneburner (atomic weapon)

84
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In what year was Thomas Becket murdered?

A

1170 under the reign of Henry II

85
Q

The Battle of Hastings 1066 began as a succession crisis after the death of whom?

A

Edward the Confessor

86
Q

During which years did Henry VIII reign?

A

1509-1547

Beginning of the English Renaissance and the English Reformation

87
Q

Even before the Bari Incident in 1943, which Yale scientists were tasked with studying the effects of nitrogen mustard?

A

Louis Goodman and Alfred Gilman

88
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What is the name of the Mentat that serves the Atreides house in Dune?

A

Thufir Hawat

89
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Who was the physician-scientist that Sidney Farber was working with who developed the antifolates that he used?

A

Yella Subbarao

90
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The Capetian dynasty in France had a long reign but failed to produce an heir shortly before the outbreak of which conflict?

A

The 100 Years War

91
Q

Who did the Lollards follow?

A

John Wycliffe

92
Q

During which part of the Middle Ages was the Lollard movement?

A

The Late Middle Ages (John Wycliffe—England)

93
Q

What is the NTSB?

A

National Transportation Safety Board

94
Q

Where and when was the Hussite Rebellion?

A

In the 1400s in Bohemia (Prague)

95
Q

Who possesses Alia Atreides in Children of Dune?

A

The Baron Vladimir Harkonnen

96
Q

Who was the first Tudor king?

A

Henry VII 1485

97
Q

The Tudors arrived as a dynasty in 1485 after the last king of which dynasty was defeated?

A

Plantagenet

98
Q

Other name for Pope Gregory VII

A

Hildebrand (r 1073-1085)

99
Q

At one point during the Great Papal Schism there were actually three popes—where were they?

A

Rome and Avignon; briefly also at Pisa

100
Q

What century was the Black Death?

A

14th (1346-1353)

101
Q

What is vellum?

A

Papyrus made from calfskin

102
Q

What was the first book that Gutenberg printed after creating the printing press?

A

The Gutenberg Bible

103
Q

To which class of antifungal does fosmanogepix belong?

A

First in class gepix

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