What the Heck is Technorati?

WILL YOU HELP ME??

This coming week I will celebrate one year in blogging. Actually, one year of consistant blogging.

I don’t pay to blog, I don’t get paid to blog. I blog for amusement, and my own personal education about the Internet and all the weird, neat, cool things about it. (Although perhaps I might finally go to a ‘real’ blog in the next year, who knows. . . )

Anyways, I’ve spent most of the last year playing with Top Site lists trying to gain hits, and in my opinion, I’ve been pretty successful. I’ve received more than half a million hits in the past year. Not bad for the pretty random ramblings that I spew out ’round here.

This new coming blogging year I’d like to concentrate on figuring out Technorati, Feeds and Google Ratings.

Currently my Technorati Rating stands at 88, I have 4 RSS Feed Readers my Google page rank is at 5.

These numbers are nothing to snuff at, but considering how long my blog has been live and the sheer number of hits I receive (on average about 2500-3000 a day), shouldn’t my Technorati Rating and such be more in line with the volume of hits I receive?

I’m excited for the next year, and I’m looking forward to reading about all the suggestions and tips you all out there have for me!

Thanks,

Goals:

1. To have 300 or more Technorati Rating by my next Blogoversary.
2. To have 50 Technorati ‘Fans’ by my next Blogoversary
3. To have 30 RSS Readers by my next Blogoversary
4. To have a 6 or 7 Google Page Rank by my next Blogoversary

Solutions and Solves:

• Beg and pled to all my loyal readers to favorite me, subcribe to me, and visit every day (Nudge Nudge, Wink Wink!!)
• Write Better Content!!! (ding ding ding! I need to be more serious on content!)
• Start a weekly meme. Must be original and different (Think Fracas Monday Melee)
• Actually choose a niche, and stick to it.

Questions:

1. What the heck is Technorati, and why should I care?
2. How do you gain readers and fans?
3. How do you KEEP readers and fans?
4. How do you choose what sites you read and favorite?
5. What other tips can you offer me?

(I’m going to add to this list)

Things I’ve Learned in my First Year of Blogging :

(even though I don’t do some of the things I’ve learned!!)

• Have a niche
• Find other like-minded bloggers and create a mini-community (this is done by commenting on blogs and replying to comments on your own)
• Staying current in your niche
• Adapting to changes in your niche
• Link Love. Link everything and anything you put on your blog. (I’ve learned this one the hard way)
• Have a relevant and meaningful Blogroll. Only put sites on your blogroll that your really read and support. Delete and change things up as needed.
• Write only in your native tongue. No ebonics, shizzle speak, 1337 or text, no one knows what the frig you are saying.
• If you want to blog seriously, or for money, you need a domain almost right from the start.
• Get your name out there, top lists, memes, forums, social bookmarking.
• Use Technorati and all its features. You can save all your fave blogs for easy one place clicking – like bookmarking. It keeps all the blogs outside of your blogging software together as well (I have a bunch of friends who use Blogger, and I’m on wordpress – Technorati is where I save those blogs) Technorati also allows you to see who is linking to you, if someone is linking to you find out why (could be a niche topic) and thank them. . . . link love, link love.
• Use Feeds. Subscribe to all your favorite blogs, and you’ll have all the latest content from your favorite blogs all in one place.
• If you dig something DIGG it! If you stumbled across it, STUMBLE IT. If you think someone else would DIGG it, post it on DIGG. If you think someone else would Stumble on it, post it on STUMBLE IT.
• People love Flickr & YouTube
• Great headlines always bring people in.
• Naughty words and tags always bring people in.
• Be savvy enough to pre-empt news. . .if you think its going to be big news tommorrow, blog about it today.

The Monday Melee (September 17 2007)

Joey’s Monday Melee Answers!

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The Monday Melee Questions:

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1. The Misanthropic: Name something (about humanity) you absolutely hate.

People who will walk over friends to climb the corporate ladder.   No regard for who helped you get where you are, no regard for the people who stood in your corner!

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2. The Meretricious: Expose something or someone that’s phony, fraudulent or bogus.

Indian cigarettes . . .they have more tar and nicotine than ‘real’ cigarettes.  I have friends that are now so addicted to cigarettes as they were enticed by the cheap cost per carton on the indian reservations. . .  ($10 per carton, instead of $60)

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3. The Malcontent: Name something you’re unhappy with.

My grey hairs are poking through my nicely coloured hair!

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4. The Meritorious: Give someone credit for something and name it if you can.

F.G. that I work with.  He is simply BRILLIANT!  He is easy to work with, super creative  and an all round nice person!

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5. The Mirror: See something good about yourself and name it.

I’ve done 7 out of 10 days of my Lemon Cleanse

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6. The Make-Believe: Name something you wish for.

I could use an easy way to loose some weight before my trip to Florida in October.

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The Monday Melee

Joey’s Monday Melee Answers!

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The Monday Melee Questions:

I’m back after a few weeks off. . . . 

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1. The Misanthropic: Name something (about humanity) you absolutely hate.

Suing!  Seems that everyone and their dog is suing someone!

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2. The Meretricious: Expose something or someone that’s phony, fraudulent or bogus.

Gas prices.  Not very original, but prices are spiking here in Montreal, and I can’t seem to see a reason why.

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3. The Malcontent: Name something you’re unhappy with.

My skin right now, I’ve had a bout of stress over the past few weeks and my skin is paying the price.

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4. The Meritorious: Give someone credit for something and name it if you can.

Tomorrow is the 6th anniversary of 9/11.  I give credit to every service person every where.

Police, Firemen, Navy, Air Force, Army, Nurses & Doctors. .  . .

Thank you to the people who do jobs I know I never could.

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5. The Mirror: See something good about yourself and name it.

I’ve started a body cleanse/detox, and so far so good.

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6. The Make-Believe: Name something you wish for.

A never emptying, fully stocked, ATM machine in my house. . . . .

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Monday Melee (August 13 2007)

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I’m taking a one-week Monday Melee Hiatus. See ya next week!

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Monday Melee (August 6 2007) Say It With Lyrics

 

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The Monday Melee Questions:

Say It With Lyrics Special Edition Monday Melee (Read about the rules for this special edition here This special edition is the brain-child of Vic at What Is It With Dykes and Guitars?)

Monday Melee (July 30 2007)

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The Monday Melee Questions:

1. The Misanthtropic: Name something (about humanity) you absolutely hate.

The need to”rubber neck”.

Its human nature to want to see things, even if its not appropriate. Accidents, blood, natural disaters, animals attacks, anything really.

I also really hate that I do it too.

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2. The Meretricious: Expose something or someone that’s phony, fraudulent or bogus.

St Hubert Chicken Wings you can buy from the grocery store.  They TOTALLY don’t cook up like in the restaurant, and don’t look anything like the box.

I followed the directions exactly, and they were horrible!

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3. The Malcontent: Name something you’re unhappy with.

I’m feeling stressed about something, (that I can’t mention, which is part of the stress) and its giving me heartburn and mild panic-attacks.
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4. The Meritorious: Give someone credit for something and name it if you can.

I cooked.  And it was good!

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5. The Mirror: See something good about yourself and name it.

My cats are fabulous, I’m convinced its because I’m such a good owner.  I spent alot of time with them teaching and training them and because of that they are super friendly and a pleasure to hang out with.
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6. The Make-Believe: Name something you wish for.

A new car, maybe even a Flying Car!

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Monday Melee (July 23 2007)

 

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The Monday Melee Questions:

Harry Potter Edition, with the release of the final Harry Potter book, and me being half way through it and totally (if you couldn’t tell) into the whole Harry Potter phenomenon I thought it only fitting to make this week pretty much Harry Potter Week.

1. The Misanthtropic: Name something (about humanity) you absolutely hate.

That people try to spoil the book by posting spoilers! Grrrrrrr! I hate even more the will power it takes for me not to read them!

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2. The Meretricious: Expose something or someone that’s phony, fraudulent or bogus.

Spoilers (again), a ton of them are just made up hog-wash!

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3. The Malcontent: Name something you’re unhappy with.

I’m really upset that this is the last book. Its been 10 years since the first book came out, and I’ve waiting diligently for all the books as they came out.

I’ve never been so excited about reading, not even as a child. I’m sad this affair is over.

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4. The Meritorious: Give someone credit for something and name it if you can.

JK Rowling. Girl, you rock. Coming from nothing to becoming the richest woman in Britan! Creating books that make millions of kids (and adult ‘kids’) WANT to read is simply amazing, and just shy of Sainthood in my “books”!!!

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5. The Mirror: See something good about yourself and name it.

I’m proud of myself for getting so entangled and letting myself become enveloped in the tale. Time and space do not affect me when my nose is in the book.

I really relish the feeling of getting lost in the story!

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6. The Make-Believe: Name something you wish for.

I’m wishing for two things this week. One, another book. Please Joanne Kathleen, please!

And two, I’d really like to go to Hogwarts, I miss the being a carefree student and I’d love to be a witch. Colin already says I’m a witch as it is, I’d like to have the wand to match.

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Monday Melee (July 16 2007)

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The Monday Melee Questions:

The Sleep Edition

1. The Misanthtropic: Name something (about humanity) you absolutely hate.

That we don’t know how to sit back, relax and really get rest.

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2. The Meretricious: Expose something or someone that’s phony, fraudulent or bogus.

Sleeping Aids. The whole lot of them. I think (rightly or wrongly so) I’ve tried them all. Breathe right strips, natural sleeping pills, bubble baths. The whole lot. A bunch of hog-wash.

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3. The Malcontent: Name something you’re unhappy with.

I’ve really started to look as tired as I feel.

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4. The Meritorious: Give someone credit for something and name it if you can.

Anyone who really gets their 8 hours a sleep a night. Kudos to you all.

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5. The Mirror: See something good about yourself and name it.

I certainly know how to enjoy sleep if I get to have it.

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6. The Make-Believe: Name something you wish for.

Counting Sheep that would really help me get more sleep
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August 23 2008

My Monday Melee today reminded me that I haven’t posted about a special event to take place in just over a year. Sonia from work and her long time boyfriend Lee are getting married.

As a wonderful, special and very unexpected side note, Sonia asked me to be in her wedding.

I’m very honored.

I’ve got a goal to be around a size 12 for the wedding. Its a year away, so its plenty do-able. Wish me luck!

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Monday Melee (July 9 2007)

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The Monday Melee Questions:

The exercise edition

1. The Misanthtropic: Name something (about humanity) you absolutely hate.

I wish good health was simply about BEING healthy, not trying to obtain someone else’s perfect body. I am, and will always be, “thick”. I cannot be a size “0″ without being ill. I could be one rocking size 12 though. Thats an obtainable goal.

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2. The Meretricious: Expose something or someone that’s phony, fraudulent or bogus.

Get slim quick schemes. You’ve heard it once, you’ve heard it twice, now your going to hear it again. Healthy diet choices and exercise are the only sure-fire way to lose weight and get in better shape.

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3. The Malcontent: Name something you’re unhappy with.

That I’ve let myself go.

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4. The Meritorious: Give someone credit for something and name it if you can.

Colin. He wants to help me. (And help himself too as a result)

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5. The Mirror: See something good about yourself and name it.

I made the first step today. Colin and I went for an after dinner bike ride. Only about 20 minutes or so, but it felt good to make that first step.

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6. The Make-Believe: Name something you wish for.

That it easier to make change.

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Monday Melee (July 2 2007)

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The Monday Melee Questions: WORK EDITION

1. The Misanthtropic: Name something (about humanity) you absolutely hate.

That hard work, effort and drive aren’t always rewarded if you aren’t in the “click” at work.

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2. The Meretricious: Expose something or someone that’s phony, fraudulent or bogus.

That women and men (of the same caliber) aren’t always paid the same for the same job.

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3. The Malcontent: Name something you’re unhappy with.

Working holidays. I want a long weekend!

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4. The Meritorious: Give someone credit for something and name it if you can.

Bobby, His father (who also works with us) passed away over the weekend and he still came into to work to clear out his dad’s things and to sort work out because he will be away for most of the week. Today is a national holiday, and the general office is closed.

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5. The Mirror: See something good about yourself and name it.

I’m good at my job, and even though I don’t always get the recognition and compensation I crave and I’d like for a job well done I know I’d be noticeably missed if I wasn’t here.

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6. The Make-Believe: Name something you wish for.

A raise.

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Monday Melee (June 25 2007)

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Joey The broken record : The Long Weekend Driving Edition.

This weekend was St Jean Baptiste in Quebec, this coming weekend is another long weekend for Canada Day (and Independence Day) .

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY BROTHER MATTHEW!

The Monday Melee Questions:

1. The Misanthtropic: Name something (about humanity) you absolutely hate.

I hate to sound like a broken record, but I really really hate this.

Long weekend drivers.

The traffic, the jams, the line ups. . . . The people with caravans/campers on the backs of the gas-guzzling SUVs. People in mobile homes. Kids who have just gotten their licenses going to the cottage by themselves for the first time.

All the cops on the roads. All the motorcycles on the road.

If its about driving on a long weekend, you name it, I hate it.

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2. The Meretricious: Expose something or someone that’s phony, fraudulent or bogus.

The false serge in gas prices. Buggers!

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3. The Malcontent: Name something you’re unhappy with.

The dead bug carcasses now stuck to the front of my car, that I will have to SCRAPE off

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4. The Meritorious: Give someone credit for something and name it if you can.

Colin – for doing most of the weekend driving, so I didn’t end up with an aneurysm caused by road rage

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5. The Mirror: See something good about yourself and name it.

I didn’t get road rage this weekend.

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6. The Make-Believe: Name something you wish for.

A teleporter like Star Trek, to avoid traffic.

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Monday Melee (June 18 2007)

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The Pizza Edition. I’m hungry, what can I say.

The Monday Melee Questions:

1. The Misanthtropic: Name something (about humanity) you absolutely hate.

I hate the stigma attached to pizza, that its fatty horrible and never nutritious.

You can make healthy pizza.  You just need to be far more selective of your ingredients, and you really can’t get ‘healthy’ pizza from your local pizza parlour.

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2. The Meretricious: Expose something or someone that’s phony, fraudulent or bogus.

30 minutes or its free.

How many of you have really gotten the pizza free if its late?

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3. The Malcontent: Name something you’re unhappy with.

Small pizzas are too expensive to justify ordering them for one person. So we don’t order pizza that often, cause Colin isn’t really home for dinner during the week.

I wish I could eat pizza every day.

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4. The Meritorious: Give someone credit for something and name it if you can.

Domino’s pizza local to us sent us some kick ass coupons, we haven’t gotten pizza from them in a while. One is $10.00 any order. The second is a free large pizza. SCORE!

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5. The Mirror: See something good about yourself and name it.

I can be flexible with my toppings on my pizza. I’m pretty easy to please when it comes to pizza pies!

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6. The Make-Believe: Name something you wish for.

I wish I could make real ‘pizza joint’ pizza at home.

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Monday Melee (June 11 2007)

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Road Rage Edition.

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The Monday Melee Questions:

1. The Misanthtropic: Name something (about humanity) you absolutely hate.

People’s lack of respect for the road and rules of the road. Perhaps this is just directed towards Quebequois.

I have been cut off, cut in front of, nearly hit (in and out of my car) all in one freaking weekend.

I am this close to going postal on someone.

Why are there so many ASSHOLE drivers out there????????????

For frig’s sake, how on God’s green earth did they ever EVEN get a drivers permit?

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2. The Meretricious: Expose something or someone that’s phony, fraudulent or bogus.

Obviously the automobile driving associations and government agencies are pretty bogus. . . .

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3. The Malcontent: Name something you’re unhappy with.

People’s driving in general. But most of all the lack of signaling. That seriously gets my goat!

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4. The Meritorious: Give someone credit for something and name it if you can.

There was that silver Honda FIT on the road this morning, I have no beef with them. They seemed to understand what was going on and how to manouver their vehicule safely.

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5. The Mirror: See something good about yourself and name it.

I understand and follow rules of the road, and know what the frig a freaking SIGNAL is!

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6. The Make-Believe: Name something you wish for.

That I had a vaporizor ray in my car, and every time a jerk-off pisses me off, I can nuke them.

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Monday Melee ::: On a Tuesday, Again. (Tuesday June 4 2007)

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The Monday Melee Questions:

1. The Misanthtropic: Name something (about humanity) you absolutely hate.

One up-ing your neighbour. Always having to have the upper hand. Climbing any life ‘ladder’ without regard for those around you. . . .

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2. The Meretricious: Expose something or someone that’s phony, fraudulent or bogus.

Fortune Cookies. I got a bad one today. . . .

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3. The Malcontent: Name something you’re unhappy with.

The weather. Just too much freaking rain.

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4. The Meritorious: Give someone credit for something and name it if you can.

Shannon. A girl I know from my home town. Just watched Canadian Idol and she got a “Gold Ticket”

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5. The Mirror: See something good about yourself and name it.

I enjoy being a part and watching friends and family succeed.

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6. The Make-Believe: Name something you wish for.

A few extra hours in the day.

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