Cat’s Head Point

Posted on March 12, 2012 by spilledinkguy

Cat’s Head Point was quiet…. surprisingly… quiet…

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– Charlie Day – It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

About this image: faux tintype – digital photograph, highly modified

85 thoughts on “Cat’s Head Point”

Annabelle on March 12, 2012 at 12:25 am said:

Beautiful! And quiet… can we move there now? How about meow?

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- Deb on March 12, 2012 at 10:30 am said:
  
  Don’t take no for an answer, Annabelle!
  Hugs, xx
  
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  - spilledinkguy on March 12, 2012 at 11:06 am said:
    
    Hahaha…
    it doesn’t seem like she’s going to, Deb!
    🙂
    
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    - Annabelle on March 12, 2012 at 11:21 pm said:
      
      You know I can’t. It’s a life long dream! How could I ever be expected to give that up? 🙂
      
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      - spilledinkguy on March 13, 2012 at 9:21 am said:
        
        Hey!
        Look!
        What’s that over there!
        Look!
        It’s a… thing!
        🙂
- spilledinkguy on March 12, 2012 at 11:20 am said:
  
  And slippery, too!
  Remember the ‘goo’ beach? I didn’t think we’d ever get all that orange slime off our ‘paws’!
  🙂
  
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  - Annabelle on March 26, 2012 at 12:37 am said:
    
    Eww, yeah I do remember the goo. And the bugs. And all together this was a gross beach actually… But the photo is awesome! And I still want to move there (just maybe a little further down the coast). 🙂
    
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    - spilledinkguy on March 26, 2012 at 7:48 pm said:
      
      It didn’t seem to be quite as bad the second time we were there… although we didn’t wonder out nearly as far. I wonder if it’s better at different times of the year? I suspect that might be the case. Oh well, the other beaches seem to be nice pretty much all the time.
      🙂
      
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nursemyra on March 12, 2012 at 3:24 am said:

the photo is beautiful. But I’m terribly distracted by a longing for kitten mittens

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- Laura on March 12, 2012 at 8:04 am said:
  
  Careful — if your cat doesn’t like the kitten mittens, you might get bitten.
  
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  - pegoleg on March 12, 2012 at 8:56 am said:
    
    But if she loves them, she’ll be smitten.
    
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    - spilledinkguy on March 12, 2012 at 11:11 am said:
      
      And ~~how~~ meow!
      🙂
      
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  - spilledinkguy on March 12, 2012 at 11:14 am said:
    
    Hahaha…
    and with her gloved paws she’ll be a hittin’!
    🙂
    
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- spilledinkguy on March 12, 2012 at 11:16 am said:
  
  Hahaha…
  I don’t blame you, N.M…
  they’re bound to be the accessory of the year!
  🙂
  
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cocomino on March 12, 2012 at 8:02 am said:

A cat is self-indulgent and I would like to be a cat.

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- spilledinkguy on March 12, 2012 at 11:14 am said:
  
  Very true, Cocomino…
  cat’s do seem to have a mind of their own, don’t they?!
  🙂
  
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Jackie Cangro on March 12, 2012 at 8:14 am said:

Now, why didn’t I think of that? Patent pending, I’m sure!

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- spilledinkguy on March 12, 2012 at 11:13 am said:
  
  Hahaha… a goldmine for sure!
  Perhaps we can come up with a few ‘modifications’ and grab some of that Kitten Mitten bank, too?!
  🙂
  
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nrhatch on March 12, 2012 at 9:32 am said:

Bwahaha . . . I can hear Tigger now . . . But I don’t wanna wear mittens!

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- spilledinkguy on March 12, 2012 at 11:11 am said:
  
  Hahaha…
  that’s what they all say at first, Tigger…
  you’ll love ’em! I’m sure of it! Maybe.
  🙂
  
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  - Red on March 13, 2012 at 12:02 pm said:
    
    He needs more than the standard set of four…he needs one for that tail…
    Red.
    
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    - spilledinkguy on March 14, 2012 at 7:41 am said:
      
      Hahaha…
      There should be a buy four get a tail-warmer free promotion, don’t you think?!
      While supplies last!
      🙂
      
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      - Red on March 14, 2012 at 10:55 am said:
        
        Run. Don’t walk.
        ROFL!
        Red.
      - spilledinkguy on March 15, 2012 at 9:48 am said:
        
        Hahaha…
        operators are standing by meow…
        🙂
Lenore Diane on March 12, 2012 at 9:59 am said:

Dark, mysterious yet peaceful – I love it.

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- spilledinkguy on March 12, 2012 at 11:10 am said:
  
  It’s a great place…
  unfortunately the mosquitoes seemed to be loving it at the time, too…
  but still… quite the view!
  🙂
  
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Deb on March 12, 2012 at 10:29 am said:

Oh, so beautiful…makes me long to get back to the beach a little soon this year.
Kitten mittens…hmmm.
Hugs, xx

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- spilledinkguy on March 12, 2012 at 11:07 am said:
  
  I know the feeling, Deb!
  (Can you tell I’ve been in a spring/summer kind of mood lately?)
  Hahaha… intriguing, eh?!
  🙂
  
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Deb on March 12, 2012 at 4:05 pm said:

I swear, the older I get the more brain cell drift away…crs I think it’s called.

I didn’t get my list right on my post as I wanted it, so I fixed it.

I have an award for you if you should decide to accept it.
Guidelines are here.
http://ahopefortoday.com/2012/01/14/hope-unites-globally-hug-award-guidelines/
my post is here
http://adamsart.wordpress.com/2012/03/12/hope-unites-globally-hug-award/

Hugs, xx

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- spilledinkguy on March 12, 2012 at 9:55 pm said:
  
  Hahaha…
  CRS… I’ve got a terrible case of that, Deb! I’d say I’m pretty much the poster-child for it!
  
  Oh… thank you so much, Deb! You are always so kind to me… you always make my day! I sure do appreciate your generosity! It’s so nice to be thought of! Thank you again, Deb!
  🙂
  
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Androgoth on March 12, 2012 at 6:53 pm said:

I really like this one SIG as it has a sort of
eerie look to it, almost from one of my scripts 🙂

Well there could be anything lurking just below
the waters surface, or maybe there is a ghoul
just out of camera shot? 🙂 Well I told you this
one looks a tad creepy, but guess what?

I definitely like it my
wickedly fine friend 🙂

Have a ghoulishly
exciting evening now 🙂

Androgoth

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- spilledinkguy on March 12, 2012 at 9:52 pm said:
  
  Many thanks, A.G.!
  I’m so happy to hear you liked this one!
  I guess it’s a good thing that my swimming skills are so lacking and I was forced to stay on the shore! Unless that ghoul was a vegitarian, I guess!
  🙂
  
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elmediat on March 12, 2012 at 8:50 pm said:

Beautiful processing results. 🙂

Koan: Where does Cat’s head point ?
Towards the tail end of the sea just beyond the middens.

Midden, Defin.: an old dump for domestic waste which may consist of animal bones

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- spilledinkguy on March 12, 2012 at 9:50 pm said:
  
  Many thanks, sir!
  Hahaha…
  glad you defined Midden for me, elmediat…
  that vocabulary might have left this cat scratching his head!
  🙂
  
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Binky on March 12, 2012 at 8:59 pm said:

Nice image. I hope those lumps in the water aren’t cat’s heads, though.

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- spilledinkguy on March 12, 2012 at 9:49 pm said:
  
  Hahaha…
  never fear…
  no cats were harmed or in any way mistreated during the production of this image…
  🙂
  
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pattisj on March 13, 2012 at 12:38 am said:

Glad to hear the cats were kept safe. You know they don’t like water. Nice image.

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- spilledinkguy on March 13, 2012 at 9:20 am said:
  
  Hahaha… absolutely! That name must not extend very far beyond the shoreline!
  Thank you so much!
  🙂
  
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Friggin Loon on March 13, 2012 at 6:25 am said:

OK, this better be a place and not something I have to find in the photo!!!!

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- spilledinkguy on March 13, 2012 at 9:19 am said:
  
  Hahaha…
  it is indeed a place, Loon…
  no ‘Where’s Waldo-ing’ involved in this one!
  🙂
  
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suitablefish on March 13, 2012 at 9:07 am said:

quiet and tranquil — when it’s whispering spring here I always long for the ocean. thanks for the dip.
what’s the process for faux tintype?

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- spilledinkguy on March 13, 2012 at 9:18 am said:
  
  Spring and the ocean sure has a nice ring to it, S.F… I feel exactly the same!
  This was fairly similar to my faux wet plate collodion process… a scan of polyurethane digitally overlayed onto a photograph (the only real difference was this time I poured the poly. onto a piece of distressed aluminum flashing rather than a piece of plexiglass / clear acrylic panel)…
  🙂
  
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Scholar Mel on March 13, 2012 at 10:09 am said:

Quiet? An introverts paradise 🙂 I’d like to go there today, with a nice book of course.

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- spilledinkguy on March 14, 2012 at 7:44 am said:
  
  Myers-Briggs ‘I’ approved, Mel!
  🙂
  
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JillsyGirl Studio on March 13, 2012 at 11:13 am said:

I don’t want to tell you what I see. 😉

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- spilledinkguy on March 14, 2012 at 7:43 am said:
  
  Did you spot Nessy, J.G.?
  (I considered Photoshopping her in there… hmm… seriously, though… it might be fun to do a ‘hoax’ series… I might have to try that, at some point.)
  🙂
  
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Red on March 13, 2012 at 12:05 pm said:

Just enough movement. I need a boat. With an anchor. And an ice chest. With lots of wine.
Red.

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- spilledinkguy on March 14, 2012 at 7:40 am said:
  
  AH!
  That sounds like an idea!
  I might have to go with beer, though… I’m still working on the whole ‘elegance’ thing.
  Maybe Corona with lime… that seems like it might work!
  🙂
  
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  - Red on March 14, 2012 at 10:54 am said:
    
    The closest I get to beer is the black German lager. Tequila is my poison of choice. Followed closely by vodka. Mmm. Tequila. Is it 5 yet?
    Red.
    
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    - spilledinkguy on March 15, 2012 at 9:46 am said:
      
      Hmmm… can’t say I’ve tried a beer like that before… sadly I’m not much of a connoisseur. My palate is about as sophisticated as the rest of me… which is (sorry to say) not very!
      Hahaha… it’s got to be 5 o-clock somewhere, Red!
      🙂
      
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      - Red on March 15, 2012 at 10:24 am said:
        
        I have always preferred ale and lager to American beer. All in all, I would much prefer something which will put my lights out without so much effort as the 12 ounce curl. Call me lazy if you must, but there it is.. 😉
        Red.
      - spilledinkguy on March 15, 2012 at 10:31 am said:
        
        Hahaha…
        Lazy? Nah! That’s what we call efficiency around here, Red!
        🙂
    - Annabelle on March 26, 2012 at 12:47 am said:
      
      And now for a drinking tip straight from my medication administration nursing class:
      
      When you drink a shot don’t just swallow, hold the liquor under your tongue and swirl it around there for a minute. You will get ‘the effects’ quicker because it is absorbed faster and more efficiently under your tongue than in your stomach! Oh, the fun things you can learn from a nurse! 😛
      
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      - Red on March 26, 2012 at 7:05 pm said:
        
        I forget where I learned it…
      - spilledinkguy on March 26, 2012 at 7:49 pm said:
        
        But how can I respond to your comment if I don’t finish my drink first, Annabelle?!
        🙂
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- spilledinkguy on March 14, 2012 at 7:45 am said:
  
  Oh, thank you so much, Red!
  You are far too kind!
  Wowza!
  Did I mention thank you?!
  Or Wowza?!
  🙂
  
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thedailydish on March 13, 2012 at 5:59 pm said:

That Charlie.. do you suppose it’s all the cat food that makes him so… special?

Such a dreamy photo, Inky.

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- spilledinkguy on March 14, 2012 at 7:39 am said:
  
  Hahaha…
  the side-effects have to be doing something…
  but…
  how else can the poor guy get any sleep?! With all those cats outside his and Frank’s apartment? 😉
  Thank you so much, Dishy!
  🙂
  
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Hjörtur on March 13, 2012 at 6:02 pm said:

I have been scrolling though your side, I haven’t checked it for awhile. Does your talent have any boundaries?

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- spilledinkguy on March 14, 2012 at 7:37 am said:
  
  Always happy to have you scroll through, sir, thank you!
  And thank you so much for your extremely kind comment as well (as always)!
  I sincerely appreciate your generosity!
  🙂
  
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Unapologetically Mundane on March 13, 2012 at 6:24 pm said:

Cat’s Head? Really? I mean, great excuse for one of the greatest moments in “Sunny” history, but . . .

Neat picture, though. Looks like a long-exposure? Or maybe just a really calm day. And I love the grain!

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- spilledinkguy on March 14, 2012 at 7:34 am said:
  
  Hahaha… I know! I was totally surprised by the name, too. Which I just discovered a few days ago when I did some research (even though I’ve been there several times already)!
  Thanks very much, U.M… long-ish I’d say (it was a bit cloudy that day). I was hoping to try some REALLY long exposures… Hiroshi Sugimoto type seascapes, but missed out on the opportunity. Some day, though… I hope…
  🙂
  
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Patti Kuche on March 13, 2012 at 9:25 pm said:

Looking at this lovely photograph with longing, and I have no idea where Cat’s Head Point is! Content for now to have it as a state of mind!

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- spilledinkguy on March 14, 2012 at 7:28 am said:
  
  Thank you very much, Ms. K!
  It’s located in the Northwest portion of lower Michigan (on Lake Michigan)…
  the beach is fairly rocky there (compared to many just a bit further south) so by walking out just a bit you can usually find a nice quiet spot to relax for a bit…
  🙂
  
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ristinw on March 13, 2012 at 9:46 pm said:

I’m just wearing my mittens today! Meowwww!

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- spilledinkguy on March 14, 2012 at 7:25 am said:
  
  Ha! Excellent, Cristina!
  Meowwww!
  🙂
  
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Syncopated Eyeball on March 14, 2012 at 12:11 am said:

Yes, very peaceful looking.

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- spilledinkguy on March 14, 2012 at 7:24 am said:
  
  It was an interesting place, S.E…
  and the weather was a bit gray when we were there…
  so it was a bit quieter I expect it is on sunnier summer days…
  🙂
  
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Badpanda22 on March 14, 2012 at 4:47 am said:

This image makes me think of a world outside time! I would love to visit it if I could…

A very beautiful image my friend 🙂

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- spilledinkguy on March 14, 2012 at 7:22 am said:
  
  I often try removing elements suggestive of a particular era from photographs…
  I think there’s something special about images that look as though they could be from any moment in time.
  I’m not always very successful, so it was nice to hear you found a hint of that in this one… thank you, B.P.!
  🙂
  
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Bearman on March 14, 2012 at 9:14 am said:

I don’t see a cat but I think I see a hairball.

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- spilledinkguy on March 14, 2012 at 9:19 am said:
  
  Hahaha…
  better to find it with your eyes than with your foot.
  🙂
  
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pix & kardz on March 14, 2012 at 1:54 pm said:

1-size-fits-all-who’s?
How to be sure that they’re in in fact, fittin?
I could just imagine the neighbour’s tom (actually he goes by Caesar, not Tom) – spittin’!
I suspect the last word on this
has yet to be written.
Nonetheless ’tis a great composition.
Now by the travel bug I have been bitten.

Urk urk, this is so lame but couldn’t myself 😀

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- spilledinkguy on March 15, 2012 at 9:44 am said:
  
  Hahaha… that’s awesome, P&K! I sure wish I could come up with an appropriate response! Sadly I’m lucky if I can form a coherent thought… one that also rhymes is a bit above my pay-grade!
  I hope you have a great day, meow!
  🙂
  
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  - pix & kardz on March 16, 2012 at 1:18 am said:
    
    some of the best verse does not rhyme, so not to worry.
    
    consider:
    
    roses are red
    violets are blue
    most poems rhyme
    but this one doesn’t.
    
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    - spilledinkguy on March 16, 2012 at 9:21 am said:
      
      Hahaha…
      so funny! AND interesting… I considered trying to use the old roses / violets in my original reply but couldn’t even get that to fire… obviously you’ve had no trouble at all, though… hilarious!
      🙂
      
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Angus the Chinese Crested on March 15, 2012 at 2:49 pm said:

Hey what gives??? I can’t see no pointy headed pussy cats to chase. But it looks like a nice beach to have a swim at

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- spilledinkguy on March 15, 2012 at 3:13 pm said:
  
  Hahaha…
  good call, Angus! Those cat’s must be very, very well hidden!
  It was a very nice beach, indeed! I think you would like it!
  🙂
  
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Bob Horowitz on March 15, 2012 at 3:28 pm said:

Beautiful treatment, SIG. Really nicely done – perfect for my mood on this rainy day.

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- spilledinkguy on March 15, 2012 at 3:50 pm said:
  
  Thank you so very much, Mr. H!
  It’s raining here, too, right now…
  I guess it really is ‘something in the air’!
  🙂
  
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nigel on March 18, 2012 at 3:05 am said:

Love the finishing and the tone of the photo… awesome

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- spilledinkguy on March 19, 2012 at 7:48 am said:
  
  Many thanks, Nigel!
  I had a blast shooting this one
  (and a lot of fun processing it as well)!
  🙂
  
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conspiracyofravens on March 23, 2012 at 6:02 pm said:

Serene and peaceful…

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- spilledinkguy on March 24, 2012 at 10:16 am said:
  
  It really was, C.O.R…
  minus a few mosquitoes / flies anyway!
  🙂
  
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