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		<title>Dov Charney&#8217;s Old Man Is F*cking Pissed</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 14:54:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Copyranter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It would pretty awesome if that was Morris Charney, but it apparently isn&#8217;t (here&#8217;s a pic of him [scroll down] from 2008). I&#8217;m guessing that&#8217;s maybe Lovey Dovey&#8217; oldest assembly line worker at his L.A. manufacturing plant. Or it&#8217;s just some random constipated man Dov found sitting in a park feeding pigeons. At least he&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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<p>It would pretty awesome if that was Morris Charney, but it apparently isn&#8217;t (<a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120796037535209509.html">here&#8217;s a pic of him</a> [scroll down] from 2008). I&#8217;m guessing that&#8217;s maybe Lovey Dovey&#8217; oldest assembly line worker at his L.A. manufacturing plant. Or it&#8217;s just some random constipated man Dov found sitting in a park feeding pigeons. At least he&#8217;s not showing ass crack.<span id="more-76029"></span></p>
<p>This is a fucking trade ad hawking AA&#8217;s t-shirt manufacturing model ad that ran last fucking month, according to <a href="http://www.americanapparel.net/presscenter/ads/ad.aspx?i=7989">their press center</a>. Reads the copy:</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8230;we are a socialist-capitalist fusion, looking out for everyone touched by our business practices.</p></blockquote>
<p>Which includes, I guess, all the AA models touched by one of <a href="http://animalnewyork.com/2008/05/dildo-holding-sex-toy/">Dov&#8217;s dildos</a> which he reported gives out as partial payment for sessions. Fuck if I know where this ad actually ran. But the word &#8220;fuck&#8221; does look pretty awesome in Helvetica.</p>
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		<title>Feminists: The Uglier, Less Successful Brother of Dov Charney</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:10:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kari Ferrell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems that there are some women who are a little upset with Dov Charney; not because he masturbated not-so-surreptitiously while a well-known photographer was taking shots of them with gold lamÃ© knee socks tied around their throats, experimenting in autoerotic asphyxiation, but because he dared to have a Best Bottom competition. Apparently, said women [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://animalnewyork.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/aaundies.JPG" alt="aaundies" title="aaundies" width="240" height="320" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-62672" />It seems that there are <a href="http://altreport.hipsterrunoff.com/2010/03/follow-up-video-footage-of-american-apparel-protesting-broads.html">some women</a> who are a little upset with <a href="http://dovcharney.com/">Dov Charney</a>; not because he <a href="http://animalnewyork.com/2010/02/dov-charney-has-already-patted-the-robertson-to-this-video/">masturbated</a> not-so-surreptitiously while a well-known photographer was taking shots of them with gold lamÃ© knee socks tied around their throats, experimenting in autoerotic asphyxiation, but because he dared to have a <a href="http://i.americanapparel.net/storefront/UGCStyle/BestBottom2010/index.asp">Best Bottom</a> competition. Apparently, said women would rather other females keep covered up, perhaps with a burka. I don&#8217;t really see what the outrage is, but then again I rarely understand what feminists are talking about. Whenever they open their mouths my brain automatically shuts off all auditory functions to spare me the subsequent &#8220;no care ever&#8221; aneurysm. Really, though, what&#8217;s the big deal, femmies? <span id="more-62666"></span></p>
<p>I highly doubt that any of the women who submitted ass photos were forced to do so. Their significant others (see, I didn&#8217;t even say &#8220;boyfriends&#8221;) may have encouraged them to enter the contest, but so what? Isn&#8217;t that what you want the men in our lives to do? To compliment and appreciate our bodies for what they are? Maybe it just so happened that all of those girls had bangin&#8217; booties, just asking for a good slap.</p>
<p>I read my fair share of <a href="http://www.bust.com/">Bust Magazine</a>, and like it even! I believe, adamantly, that abortion should be legalized. I love <a href="http://www.babeland.com">Babeland</a>! I totally, and completely, support a woman&#8217;s right to be double-teamed in a pornographic film, for my masturbating pleasure, complete with mascara running down her soft face. I am not down with inequality, but give me a fucking break. You&#8217;re going to get all riled up because some guy with a <a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=chimo">chimo</a> &#8216;stache asked people (as far as I know, it was an open call to all genders) to send in snapshots of their donks? Don&#8217;t you think that there are more important platforms and issues that you could be supporting/protesting right now? </p>
<p>Feminists claim that they&#8217;re promoting the sexualization and objectification of women, but have you <em>seen</em> American Apparel&#8217;s ads lately? All of the girls look like they&#8217;re coming off of 17 week long benders, full of semen (you know, in the bad way), and forced ironic sass. In other words, they look beat. If anything, the other <a href="http://www.aa.org/">AA</a> should have an issue with the advertisements, seeing as when you consume massive quantities of liquor, you could wake up to people who think they look good like <a href="http://www.adrants.com/images/american_apparel_flickr.jpg">this</a>. </p>
<p>P.S.- Yo, Dov! I want to be the next ad disaster. I&#8217;ll even let you shoot it on my deep-vee-less bosom. Get at me.</p>
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		<title>Dov Charney Has Already Patted The Robertson To This Video</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:54:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Copyranter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s Pantytime at American Apparel! Yes, their annual sale on unmentionables goes through this Sunday; you&#8217;ve probably eyed a web banner ad or two trumpeting it. What you may not have seen is this panty promo video starring Debbie, Danielle, and Kimbra, all probably less than half the age of the 41-year-old AA CEO. You [...]]]></description>
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<p>It&#8217;s Pantytime at American Apparel! Yes, their annual sale on unmentionables goes through this Sunday; you&#8217;ve probably eyed a web banner ad or two trumpeting it. What you may not have seen is this panty promo video starring Debbie, Danielle, and Kimbra, all probably less than half the age of the <a href="http://copyranter.blogspot.com/2009/01/happy-40th-dov-charney.html">41-year-old AA CEO</a>.<span id="more-60411"></span></p>
<p>You can even visualize the exact moment at the end of the clip when Dov&#8217;s worm probably burped, as the photographer coaxes a seductive &#8220;Hey Dov&#8221; out of the girls while they all display ass crack through the see-thru undies. Charney, as most of you know, likes to masturbates in front of women, the most famous incident of which was with Jane magazine (RIP) writer <a href="http://www.claudineko.com/storiesamericanapparel.html">Claudine Ko</a>. Said the man:</p>
<blockquote><p>Masturbation in front of women is underrated. It&#8217;s much easier on the woman. She gets to watch, it&#8217;s a sensual experience that doesn&#8217;t involve a man violating a woman, yet once the man has his release, it&#8217;s over and you can talk to the guy.</p></blockquote>
<p>Below is a previous AA panty video (NSFW) Dov has flogged the dolphin to. With his sales in the shitter these days, he&#8217;s probably holding several daily one-man staff meetings.</p>
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		<title>American Apparel Slut-Ad Matrix</title>
		<link>http://animalnewyork.com/2009/09/american-apparel-slut-ad-matrix/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:42:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bucky Turco</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No one objectifies women for a good cause better than American Apparel. But don&#8217;t take my word for it, go look for yourselves. &#124;StyleCrave&#124;]]></description>
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<p>No one objectifies women for a good cause better than American Apparel. But don&#8217;t take my word for it, go look for yourselves. |<a href="http://stylecrave.com/2009-09-03/american-apparel-ads-the-50-hottest-in-company-history/">StyleCrave</a>|</p>
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		<title>Woody Allen vs. American Apparel</title>
		<link>http://animalnewyork.com/2009/05/woody-allen-vs-american-apparel-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 18:15:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bucky Turco</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ha! Woody Allen made more more off his $5 million settlement with American Apparel than he did at the box office in the opening weekend of his last film: Vicky Cristina Barcelona. Still, the pint-sized filmmaker insists that he preferred to settle instead of going to trial, proclaiming, &#8220;[T]his is not how I make my [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://animalnewyork.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/woody_allen_american_apparel.jpg" alt="woody_allen_american_apparel" title="woody_allen_american_apparel" width="150" height="106" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-15323" /> Ha! Woody Allen made more more off his $5 million settlement with American Apparel than he did at the box office in the opening weekend of his last film: <em>Vicky Cristina Barcelona</em>. Still, the pint-sized filmmaker insists that he preferred to settle instead of  going to trial, proclaiming, &#8220;[T]his is not how I make my living.&#8221; |<a href="http://www.nypost.com/seven/05192009/news/regionalnews/5m_annie_haul_169977.htm">NYP</a>|</p>
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		<title>American Apparel Pays Millions for Woody Allen Billboard</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 18:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Sherman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this morning, American Apparel settled a $5 million lawsuit with Woody Allen for a series of billboards that depicted the pint-sized filmmaker without his permission. This comes after months spent preparing a holey defense that the Allen&#8217;s scandalous marriage had sullied his image too much to be worth the damages he sued for. More [...]]]></description>
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<p>Earlier this morning, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/05/18/nyregion/international-people-woodyallen.html?partner=rss&#038;emc=rss">American Apparel settled</a> a $5 million lawsuit with Woody Allen for a series of billboards that depicted the pint-sized filmmaker without his permission. This comes after months spent preparing a holey defense that the Allen&#8217;s scandalous marriage had sullied his image too much to be worth the damages he sued for. More recently, Dov Charney <a href="http://animalnewyork.com/2009/05/dov-actually-appreciates-woody-allens-perverse-nature/">chimed in</a> to remind people this was really a first amendment issue. <span id="more-15032"></span></p>
<blockquote><p>The billboards and images from the Annie Hall movie were intended to be a parody/social statement and comedic satire to provoke discussion and public discourse about the baseless claims that had been made against American Apparel and myself, society&rsquo;s reaction to lawsuits that delve into an individual&rsquo;s private sexual life and the media&rsquo;s sensationalism of such matters.</p></blockquote>
<p>While <a href="http://www.americanapparel.net/presscenter/dailyupdate/dailyUp.asp?d=52&#038;t=1724">Charney still thinks</a> they had a good case, his legal defense evidently realized the distinction between free and commercial speech, so they agreed to pay out half of the $10 million dollars Woody was demanding. </p>
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		<title>Dov Charney Actually Appreciates Woody Allen&#8217;s Perversions</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 16:31:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Sherman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After months of silence, American Apparel&#8217;s Dov Charney is speaking out about the $10 million lawsuit that Woody Allen brought against the clothing company. In addition to correcting false perceptions about their legal defense focusing on Woody&#8217;s personal life or planning to make Mia Farrow and Soon-Yi Previn testify, the sleazy CEO wants the public [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://animalnewyork.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dov-charney-345x258.jpg" alt="dov-charney" title="dov-charney" width="345" height="258" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-13748" />After months of silence, American Apparel&rsquo;s <a href="http://animalnewyork.com/tag/dov-charney">Dov Charney</a> is <a href="http://www.americanapparel.net/presscenter/dailyupdate/dailyUp.asp?d=52&#038;t=1710">speaking out</a> about the $10 million lawsuit that <a href="http://animalnewyork.com/tag/woody-allen">Woody Allen</a> brought against the clothing company. In addition to correcting false perceptions about their legal defense <a href="http://animalnewyork.com/2009/04/leaked-memo-says-american-apparel-loves-woody/">focusing on Woody&rsquo;s personal life</a> or planning to make <a href="http://animalnewyork.com/2009/05/woody-allen-vs-american-apparel/">Mia Farrow and Soon-Yi Previn testify</a>, the sleazy CEO wants the public to focus on the the &ldquo;key issue&rdquo;: whether the First Amendment protects American Apparel using Woody Allen&#8217;s face on billboard <del datetime="2009-05-07T16:43:39+00:00">ads</del>social statements without permission. Read the entire statement after the jump. <span id="more-13736"></span></p>
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I have not made personal comments to the press in the last few months because of the impending trial of this case. However, during the last month, numerous inaccurate reports have appeared in the media which have created misperceptions I feel compelled to correct. The media has misinformed the public that American Apparel supposedly plans to make Woody Allen&#8217;s personal life the central focus of our defense. This is false. It has also been reported that American Apparel intends to call Mia Farrow or Soon Yi as witnesses in the upcoming trial. This also is false.</p>
<p>I have deep respect for Mr. Allen who is a source of inspiration to me. The billboards and images from the Annie Hall movie were intended to be a parody/social statement and comedic satire to provoke discussion and public discourse about the baseless claims that had been made against American Apparel and myself, society&#8217;s reaction to lawsuits that delve into an individual&#8217;s private sexual life and the media&#8217;s sensationalism of such matters.</p>
<p>The false media reportage is an obfuscation of the key issue in the case, which is whether the use of an image from the film Annie Hall, depicting Mr. Allen as the character Alvi Singer, for purposes of evoking a societal discussion about these issues is protected by the First Amendment.</p>
<p>In Hustler Magazine, Inc. v. Falwell, The Supreme Court of the United States unanimously proclaimed: &#8220;At the heart of the First Amendment is the recognition of the fundamental importance of the free flow of ideas and opinions on matters of public interest and concern. The freedom to speak one&#8217;s mind is not only an aspect of individual liberty &#8211; and thus a good unto itself &#8211; but also is essential to the common quest for truth and the vitality of society as a whole. We have therefore been particularly vigilant to ensure that individual expressions of ideas remain free from governmentally imposed sanctions.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p><em>Photo of Dov Charney by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dovcharney/3093619016/">Dov Charney</a></em></p>
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		<title>Woody Allen Vs. American Apparel</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 14:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Sherman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Woody Allen is hoping to block American Apparel from forcing former girlfriend Mia Farrow and her adopted daughter turned Woody&#8217;s wife, Soon-Yi Previn, to testify as part of their legal strategy. The L.A. clothing company hopes to prove the actor-director&#8217;s scandalous image is not worth the $10 million he wants for its unauthorized use on [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://animalnewyork.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/woody-allen-soon-yi-previn-copy.jpg" alt="woody-allen-soon-yi-previn-copy" title="woody-allen-soon-yi-previn-copy" width="345" height="260" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-13498" /><a href="http://animalnewyork.com/tag/woody-allen/">Woody Allen</a> is hoping to block <a href="http://animalnewyork.com/tag/american-apparel">American Apparel</a> from forcing former girlfriend Mia Farrow and her adopted daughter turned Woody&rsquo;s wife, Soon-Yi Previn, to testify as part of <a href="http://animalnewyork.com/2009/04/leaked-memo-says-american-apparel-loves-woody/">their legal strategy</a>. The L.A. clothing company hopes to prove the actor-director&rsquo;s scandalous image is not worth the $10 million he wants for its <a href="http://animalnewyork.com/2009/04/woody-and-dov-have-some-things-in-common/">unauthorized use on billboards</a>. |<a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jOfGBGIvicXmQDdIr5bYIzRfYpIwD9800OG80">AP</a>|</p>
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		<title>Woody Allen Doesn&#8217;t Have to Explain Sleazy American Apparel Ads</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:02:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Sherman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, a judge rules that Woody Allen&#8217;s opinion that American Apparel&#8217;s ads are &#8220;sleazy&#8221; needs no further explanation. Earlier, the Los Angeles-based clothing company had requested the film director identify which specific ads he found &#8220;sexually gross, in a witless and infantile way.&#8221; The request was likely part of their strategy to prove that Allen [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://animalnewyork.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/woody-allen-american-apparel-billboard1-345x229.jpg" alt="woody-allen-american-apparel-billboard1" title="woody-allen-american-apparel-billboard1" width="345" height="229" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-12464" />Yesterday, a judge rules that Woody Allen&#8217;s opinion that American Apparel&#8217;s ads are &#8220;sleazy&#8221; needs no further explanation. Earlier, the Los Angeles-based clothing company had requested the film director identify which specific ads he found &ldquo;sexually gross, in a witless and infantile way.&rdquo; The request was likely part of their <a href="http://animalnewyork.com/2009/04/leaked-memo-says-american-apparel-loves-woody/">strategy</a> to prove that Allen is as sleazy as they are, and not worth the $10 million he&rsquo;s suing for over their <a href="http://animalnewyork.com/2009/04/woody-and-dov-have-some-things-in-common/">unauthorized use of his image</a> on billboards. |<a href="http://www.nypost.com/seven/04282009/news/regionalnews/woody_wins_one_in_ad_flap_166536.htm">NYP</a>|</p>
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		<title>Leaked Memo Says American Apparel Loves Woody</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:48:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Sherman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite the fact he&#8217;s suing them for millions of dollars, American Apparel loves Woody Allen. After all, that is why they put him on their billboards without permission in the first place. Still, the LA clothing manufacturer remains firm, claiming that Allen&#8217;s image isn&#8217;t worth all the money he&#8217;s asking for, especially not after his [...]]]></description>
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<p>Despite the fact he&rsquo;s suing them for millions of dollars, American Apparel loves Woody Allen. After all, that is why they <a href="http://animalnewyork.com/2009/04/woody-and-dov-have-some-things-in-common/">put him on their billboards without permission</a> in the first place. Still, the LA clothing manufacturer remains firm, claiming that Allen&rsquo;s image isn&rsquo;t worth all the money he&rsquo;s asking for, especially not after his scandalous marriage to Soon-Yi Previn, the adopted daughter of his former girlfriend, Mia Farrow.<span id="more-11626"></span></p>
<p>Earlier this week, <a href="http://www.nypost.com/seven/04212009/gossip/cindy/woody_vs__apparel_case_is_heating_up_165405.htm">new court papers were filed</a> indicating Dov Charney&rsquo;s legal team is set to prove that &ldquo;Mr. Allen is not an appropriate person to discuss any value of any endorsement.&rdquo; In addition to documents on his relationship with Previn, <a href="http://animalnewyork.com/2009/04/american-apparel-demands-nude-photos-of-woodys-wife/">possibly including nude photos</a>, their evidence includes Mia Farrow&rsquo;s 1997 memoir which claims Allen couldn&rsquo;t remember the names of pets, doctors, teachers and friends, or the fact that their son had cerebral palsy. </p>
<p><a href="http://gothamist.com/2009/04/21/woody_allen_2.php">Gothamist obtained an internal memo</a> from American Apparel that claims the billboards were &#8220;intended to be a social statement not an ad&#8221; about &#8220;what media scandal feels like and how quickly the truth gets lost,&#8221; which boils down to the clothing company starting a new conflict to deal with an old one, Dov Charney&#8217;s sexual harassment lawsuits. The memo also denies requesting nude photos of Soon-Yi Previn and then goes on to describe Charney&rsquo;s love for Allen and good intentions in using his image without asking, which probably doesn&rsquo;t carry much weight when the case goes to trial on May 18th. </p>
<p><em>Photo of American Apparel model Natasha Komis and Dov Charney from <a href="http://jezebel.com/5057405/american-apparel-model-tries-to-be-paris-hiltons-new-bff">Jezebel</a> and photo of Woody Allen and Soon-Li Previn from <a href="http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/sGuJV48ovJ9/Cinema+Society+Hosts+Dinner+Cassandra+Dream/ODEAaGHXoT2/Soon+Yi+Previn">Zimbio</a></em></p>
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