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Schoolhouse Theater
announces change
to benefit show

The new scoreboard BY CAROL REIF place on Zoom.
in Volunteers Park is STAFF WRITER On stage, yes; online, nope.
a hit with players and “It was a huge, huge shock,”
spectators alike. e show will go on. It just
won’t be “ e Sunshine Boys.” Lewis said.
PHOTO COURTESY OF Normally, that kind of setback
BRIAN NOVAK e Schoolhouse eater in
North Salem had planned a vir- would spell disaster.
SCORE ONE FOR THE HOME TEAM tual reading of the Neil Simon But it’s good that the theater
play for a bene t performance on
BY CAROL REIF baseball coach Rob Gilchrist, the old one hadn’t Saturday, June 26. has Arkin and Klein, two long-
STAFF WRITER worked right for years and years, so scores had to time supporters, on its side.
be recorded the old school way—in a book. e posters were printed,tickets
North Salem’s new electronic scoreboard, bro- were on sale, and the announce- Instead of storming o in a
ken in over the spring season, will continue to be at kind of took away part of the thrill ment made in the local press. hu , like some big stars may have
enjoyed this summer. for spectators and players alike at Halloran’s done, they put their heads to-
It was to feature acclaimed en- gether with Lewis to come up a
According to North Salem High School varsity SEE SCOREBOARD PAGE 15 tertainers Alan Arkin and Robert solution.
Klein.
“We’re so lucky to have these
According to artistic director wonderful, honorable gentlemen
Bram Lewis, the nonpro t had who jumped right in to x it,”
applied in May to Concord e- said Lewis.
atricals for the rights to produce
the tale of two  cranky former e new plot twist?
vaudevillians who manage to put Instead of playing Al Lewis
their longstanding feud aside to and Willie Clark in “ e Sun-
unite for the big show. shine Boys,” they’ll play Jesus
and the eponymous Randi of Ar-
Normally, the licensing pro- kin’s one-act play “ e Amazing
cess only takes a few days. But he Randi.”
didn’t hear back from Concord
until Friday, June 11. e late James Randi was a
Canadian-American stage magi-
It told him that the lawyer for cian turned professional skeptic
the late American playwright and and debunker of paranormal and
author’s heirs had decided that pseudoscienti c claims.
none of Simon’s works could take
SEE THEATER PAGE 15

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Happily
Ever
After

Danny who? Stars and
stripes forever!
JUST and keeping an eye on me in the Fun
JO ANN dark doorway. I knocked again, Facts remembrance of the veteran
but there was no answer. I turned
JO ANN to Pat, shrugged my shoulders and by Jo Ann WHAT WAS departing our ranks who gave
FRANCELLA began to wonder if I was at the I THINKING? a portion of his or her life for
right building. I knocked a third The maple leaf is a symbol the defense of our country.
Many, years ago when I time, only harder. of love in China and Japan. RUTHANN
was 19 years old, I began SCHEFFER Fourth represents Ameri-
dating a guy I had been “Pound on it,”Pat shouted from the back of the o ce,”I said. Pat
crazy about for a long time.  the safety of her car.“He probably pointed the headlights directly can citizens trusting in God
can’t hear you if the machines are at the door and I began knock-
We had been dating for less than on. You have to let him know we’re ing.  en I decided to try the whom we turn to in times of
a month when Danny suggested here,”  doorknob.  With the glare of the
that we go for a late dinner after he lights behind me, I swung the door peace as well as in times of
got out of work. His father owned I knocked again and then began open into a small room where I saw
a small publishing company and pounding. Still no answer. what looked like a large, at slab of June 14 was Flag Day. war.
Danny sometimes stayed late to marble.   Men in our family have
I noticed a window to the left been proud members of the Fifth fold is a tribute to our
nish his work so that he didn’t side of the door. It was covered in My mind and heart began rac- country.
have to work on the weekend. I was vertical blinds and through one ing as I realized something wasn’t
so excited about our date, that I in- of the slats, I could see inside the right and that I should get out of Sixth fold is where our hearts
vited my best friend, Pat to join us o ce. All the lights were on, but he there. As I turned to run back to
so she could nally meet him. At was nowhere to be seen. the car, I saw the sign,“PARK- military: lie. It is with our heart that we
the time, I wasn’t sure whether I ING FOR FUNERAL HOME
was showing him o or getting her I nally went back to the car and ONLY.” Art was a Marine, Bud was in pledge allegiance to the ag of
approval, but that’s the way it was told her that maybe he was in the
with best friends. We were to pick storage room or the bathroom and Like the Road Runner revving the Army, my brother Jack was the United States of America.
up Danny at his o ce at 9 p.m. on that I would knock again in a few up his legs, I raced back to the car
Friday night.   minutes. screaming for Pat to open the door, in the Navy and nephew Kevin Seventh is a tribute to our
and I hurled myself into the pas-
Pat picked me up at 8:15 that As we sat there listening to the senger seat. is in the Air Force. Instilled in armed forces, for it is through
night. She had just purchased her radio, I suddenly remembered
that he said they receive deliveries “What the heck is going on?” them, now and then, was love the armed forces that we pro-
rst car, and she wanted to show through a side door. asked Pat as I continued screaming
it to me. We were like two kids on for her to get us out of there. All of our country and her ag. tect our country and our ag
the drive over. I asked her to back up and go thoughts of dinner and Danny
into the driveway to the right of were gone as she made a quick turn With that being said, I o er against all enemies, whether
When we arrived, the street was the building. Unfortunately the out of the driveway and onto the
so dark, and I could hardly make driveway was even darker than the road.  As we sped away, Pat asked, you a column I wrote shortly they are found within or
out the number on the build- street, so we had only the moon to “What about Danny?”
ing. Nothing seemed familiar, as light our way.To help me see, Pat after Art passed away. without the boundaries of our
I had only been there once before pulled straight in, and we used her My reply?  “Danny who?”
in daylight. After a while, I was headlights to nd an entrance. Un- At Art’s grave site in August republic.
pretty con dent that I had found fortunately, the only thing I found [email protected]
the right door and knocked three was a small loading dock with a of 2010, I watched with tears Eighth fold is a tribute to the
times. Pat was idling by the curb pull-up door. But, as luck would
have it, the headlights illuminated and pride as the two young one who entered into the valley
another brick building with a door
attached to Danny’s building. Marines silently and carefully of the shadow of death.

“I bet this door will bring me to folded his ag. I recalled Art Ninth fold is a tribute to

telling me that each fold had a womanhood; through their

distinct meaning. For my own faith, love, loyalty and devo-

satisfaction, I needed to know tion, the character of the men

what each fold represented. and women who have made

e American Legion website this country great have been

gave me my answer, explaining molded.

the Folds of the Flag, which 10th is a tribute to father, for

I share with you (edited for he too has given his sons and

space): daughters for the defense of our

“First fold is a symbol of life. country.

Second is a symbol of our 11th in the eyes of Hebrew

belief in eternal life. SEE SCHEFFER PAGE 13
ird fold is in honor and

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Thursday, June 24, 2021 OPINION North Salem News – Page 9

Home eld advantage

MAN t in a nap on the rare occasion It’s impossible to nd housing about when they started working be on me, I can imagine what
OVERBOARD that I need one, such as when right now, but yet about 80 per- from home, as if they left in a it’s going to be like for airline
I’m awake. I feel that my pro- cent of o ce space is pretty much panic when the police found out pilots and highway pavers not
RICK ductivity will su er if I can’t turn just sitting around doing the what they were doing there. It to be able to work from home
MELÉN on “Forensic Files” at any time of crossword puzzle. Why don’t we was creepy, almost like Pompeii anymore. But the upside is that
the day and sleep for 45 minutes just let people live in their o ces? had o ces in Manhattan. it means we are getting back
Well folks, we’re almost on the couch. By the time I wake Hey, we put a couch in your o ce to normal, and that’s good. In
to the nish line up, detectives have circled back and set up that nice kitchenette We visited Pompeii once and fact, Governor Cuomo has just
of this nasty little to the husband, who made a in the employee lounge, with a it was really interesting, but peo- announced that because New
pandemic. We socially distanced, Google search of, “How to Kill fridge and a microwave, and we’re ple were actually frozen in time Yorkers have been so vigilant in
we wore our masks, we washed Your Wife Without ‘Forensic paying all this rent, so... with an ashen look on their containing the coronavirus, my
our hands while we sang “Happy Files’ Ever Finding Out About face. Whenever I’m staying near brain can now operate at its full
Birthday” twice and we got our It.” And while you’re there, maybe a volcano, I stand around a lot 25 percent capacity.
vaccinations, twice. And what’s you could catch up on the ac- with my arm outstretched and
our reward? We’re getting kicked It’s going to cost me money to counts receivable? Pretty soon my other hand on my chest like Join Rick and Trillium on
out of our own homes. We’re go back to work, since I’ve been we’ll be back to business as usual, I’m giving an oration, just in Saturday, June 26th, 8:00PM at
going to have to go back to work saving money on commuting working from home, only the case I’m frozen in time. I don’t Birdsall House in Peekskill for some
pretty soon, and I don’t know if costs by not taking the train to home is right there in the o ce. want to be caught clipping my outdoor wining, dining and music!
I’m physically, emotionally and my living room. I don’t have to toenails with the Hallmark Join No Options for some rock &
spiritually ready for that yet. dry clean my sweatpants, you’re e whole thing is so diabolical I Channel on. roll on Friday, July 2nd at La
lucky if I wet clean them, which might just pitch it to the con- Famiglia in Lake Carmel
What is my dog going to do if reminds me, I guess I should do spiracy theory nuts. I can see why employers are
I’m not around to take her for a that. When I go out for lunch, having such a hard time nd- Look for Rickster Melen on
walk every day down the street? are they expecting ME to pay I’ll be returning to di erent ing people to work. It’s more Facebook! Say hello at: rlife8@
for it, even though I’m only there o ce, because a new client is comfortable to be at home on hotmail.com
e dog enjoys the exercise, and because THEY told me I had to taking over our old suite. I got the couch with your onesie on.
I enjoy watching others exercise be? I’m going to need a job to pay a look at our new digs, and they But as tough as it’s going to
from a safe distance where I can for all this. still had everyone’s stu strewn
tell them that they’re doing it
wrong. What’s going to hap- When my o ce returns to ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES.
pen when I try to explain to my work it will probably be in a EXPERT HELP.
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It would be easier to explain if I Let me use a hybrid dog as an
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Working from home, I can rough the magic of crossbreed-
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of the poodle, and the incessant
shedding of the Labrador.

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Senior Athle

North Salem High School honored their student-athletes

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Athletic Achievement Award) (Bob Boissy Coaches Award)

Camille Flayhan with Coach
Hannah Aull (Booster Club
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How to observe an eclipse

STRONG eclipses. More about that after a the sunlight. In our location, ress as the moon rst blocks, then I went running during a solar
LEARNING brief description. the three didn’t line up perfectly, unblocks, the light from the sun. eclipse. As I ran in the shade
so the sun was never totally of each tree, on the ground
DR. LINDA As you know, the moon orbits blocked. is is called a partial Now, if you want to do a little were dozens, even hundreds, of
SILBERT (goes around) the earth, and the solar eclipse. experiment, on a normal sunny crescent-shaped sun images! I
earth orbits the sun. Sometimes, day, poke a hole in a large piece had never seen that.
Dear Dr. Linda, for a short period of time, all A partial solar eclipse would of cardboard and project the
My daughter was very dis- three line up perfectly. We call have been worth getting up for, image of the sun on a white sheet en it hit me. As the light
that an eclipse. even though it’s not quite as of paper, just like the diagram. from the sun strikes a tree, there
appointed that the morning of exciting as a total solar eclipse, Observe the round image of the are “holes” caused by numerous
June 10 was overcast. She had set ere are two basic types, where the sun is totally blocked sun. Now, cover up the hole and little openings between the leaves.
her alarm to get up see the solar lunar and solar. A lunar eclipse by the moon. make a di erent shape hole in the And, just like the little ex-
eclipse. Actually, I was relieved, occurs when you’re able to see cardboard, not too close to the periment above, it doesn’t matter
because I heard that viewing an the full moon, and the earth Now, for the danger you were what shape the “holes” between
eclipse is dangerous. Any sugges- moves in between blocking the concerned about. Looking at the rst one. Make the hole square the leaves are, they always make
tion of what I might share with light from the sun. As you watch, sun is ALWAYS dangerous, even this time. Notice the image of the a faithful image of the sun. What
my disappointed daughter about the moon slowly gets darker and during a total solar eclipse. ose sun is still round. Now, cover up made that run extra-special was
what she missed. then gets lighter again as the who want to see solar eclipses the hole and try a di erent shape that I was able to safely watch
earth’s shadow “sweeps” across directly need to use special glasses hole. Same image, right? at’s the progress of the solar eclipse
Emily the moon’s surface. ere’s no that are made for that purpose. because, as long as the hole is not indirectly by watching a gazillion
Dear Emily, danger at all observing a lunar Without such glasses, viewing the too big, it creates the image of images of the crescent shaped
eclipse, because all you’re doing sun directly can seriously damage the round sun. Next time there’s sun on the ground.
First, it’s always exciting to is looking at the moon. the eyes. a solar eclipse, the image won’t
hear about kids that are eager to be round. It’ll be whatever the I’ll bet I know what you’ll be
learn about science. I’m going to A solar eclipse, the type that A safe way to observe a solar shape of the sun is as it is partially doing next time there’s a solar
pass this question along to my occurred on June 10, is risky. eclipse is indirectly, by looking at covered by the moon. eclipse, especially if it’s clear day.
husband, Dr. Al, as he’s the sci- Mom was right, you have to the sunlight that passed through
ence and math guy. be careful viewing this type of a small hole in a large piece of Now, let’s do one more thing. Have fun with science,
eclipse. heavy cardboard held (or propped Uncover all three holes and Dr. Linda
Hi Emily - I was disappointed up) as high as comfortable above notice, three images of the sun,
too. I always enjoy experiencing Solar eclipses also occur when the ground. Looking at the image one from each hole! is reminds Write Dr. Linda at linda@
all three line up, but this time, on a white paper screen is totally me of an experience I had not too stronglearning.com, if you have
with the moon moving between safe, and you can watch the prog- long ago. any school-related questions.
the earth and the sun, blocking

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Page 14 – North Salem News Sports Thursday, June 24, 2021

Track completes historic season

Teams nish strong at Sectional Championships

BY TOM WALOGORSKY
EDITOR

e North Salem track and eld Girls track brought the first ever league title to North Salem High School this year. The girls 4x400M
season came to an end at the Section The girls team endured high temperatures at the section championships. relay team took
1 championships on June 7 and 11, 4th place.
capping o an historic year for the pro-
gram. Weeks earlier, the girls team had The boys 4X400
captured the rst league title in North relay team took sixth
Salem High School history. place at the sectional
championships.
e girls team competed on Monday,
June 7, enduring high temperatures at PHOTOS COURTESY OF NORTH
the sectional championships held at SALEM TRACK AND FIELD
Valhalla High School. Ultimately, the
squad would nish in 8th place out of
the 22 schools competing.

e event saw another strong show-
ing from the girls team, with many
members achieving personal bests
in their respective events. Ava Jolley
(800M champion, 2nd in 1500M),
Sydnie Jacobsen (6th in Shot Put and
7th in Discus), Kiki DeModna (15th
in 200M, 9th in 400M, 21st in Discus),
Lindsey Leone (16th in Discus, 17th
in Shot Put), Grace O’Hanlon (21st
in 200M), Cassie Pelosi (6th in 400M,
6th in 1500M, 8th in Long Jump),
Isabella   Fryer (12th in 1500M), and
Alexia Zamora (15th in 400M) all had
great performances for North Salem.

e girls 4x400M relay team also took
4th place.

“It was the nal meet for Ava and
Syd - a great season to wrap up their
careers,” said Coach Chris Gould.
“ ey will go on and do good things.
It was also a beginning because we
have some young talent on this team.
Coach Posch and I are looking forward
to next year as they progress. Hopefully
they will join our indoor track and eld
team and train for outdoor. Nicely done
ladies!”

e boys team would compete on
Friday, June 11 at Croton-Harmon
Senior High School. e squad would
end the day in 15th place, with several
members posting career best results.

Liam Trageser (18th in 400M, 20th
in Long Jump), AJ Lagueur (13th in
1600M), Heliomar De Moraes (21st in
800M,13th in High Jump), Dan Gallo
(22nd in Discus), Aidan Decina (14th
in Shot Put), omas Gautier (12th
in 3200M), Will Armbruster (24th in
800M, 13th in Discus), Jake Greenberg
(24th in 400M), Angelo Casale (28th
in 800M), and Connor Quadrini (26th
in 1600M, 16th in 800M) all contrib-
uted for the Tigers. e boys 4x400M
relay team would also take 6th place.

“ is is a young team that is going to
progress nicely over the next year,” said
Coach Gould. “We are really excited to
see them come out of the summer cross
country base training and get into pre-
season. is was a fun, hard-working
group of guys.” 

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THEATER SCOREBOARD Next up at the plate was Wheelabrator Technolo-
FROM PAGE 1
FROM PAGE 1 gies/City Carting with a check for $3,000.

Uri Geller, the famed spoon-bending illusionist and self- e North Salem Teachers Association also chipped
proclaimed psychic, “hated him,” said Lewis.
Field in the town’s Volunteers Park. in.
e second o ering is “Virtual Reality,” also by Arkin.
It is part of an evening of one-act plays — or “Power Plays” at all changed in late April, when the new device Nick Wilson of Eversan, the vendor for the Volun-
— rst put on in 1998 o -Broadway by Arkin and Elaine May,
who knew each other through the Chicago improv troupe e was launched. teers Park scoreboard and others in town, made sure
Second City.
May co-founded e Compass Players, from which Second “Fans love it,”said Gilchrist, adding,“It’s just a great the company did its bit by discounting the new sign by
City evolved.
Arkin, an Oscar-winning actor, cut his teeth on improvisa- feature to have.” 27%, Novak said.
tion and the way it relates to relationships and the imagination.
In May, the modi ed boys baseball team of seventh- anks to the outpouring of nancial support, all
e theme of his absurdist comedy applies that to the way
power games can shape social interactions. and eighth-graders broke their losing streak with an the town had to do was cover the di erence—about

e two Beckettian protagonists, are the appropriately 8-4 win there. ey were so excited that they raced out $1,437.
named Lefty and DeRecha (in Spanish, right).
to the scoreboard afterward for a team photo. e town’s Highway Department installed the
In between the two one-acters, there will be a musical “inter-
lude,” said Lewis, somewhat tongue in cheek. Modi ed coach John Veteri said the victory was scoreboard in March.

Klein — whose famous parody of an amped-up blues musi- “great for the kids” and the “beautiful scoreboard” in e top part is identical to the old board’s, with the
cian, aka the “I Can’t Stop My Leg”bit, helped launch Saturday
Night Live — will play the harmonica. right eld made things even sweeter. original artwork that Halloran’s widow, Marie, and

is is sweet music to the ears of Westchester’s oldest non- “It was awesome,” agrees sports lover Brian Novak. Novak had worked on.
pro t professional theater, which, like all other arts venues, has
been struggling along through the pandemic. Novak had a reason to be proud, too. He got the ball Lucas expressed thanks to all the donors, Eversan

It is located in a former schoolhouse in the hamlet of Croton rolling, but it took a team of local organizations, busi- and “all of our recreation volunteers and committee
Falls. e building is currently for sale by the heirs of Leandra
“Lee” Pope, the theater’s late founder. nesses and o cials to hit the project out of the park. members who work every day for our kids.”

Lewis, saying if he could “have knocked the lock” o the e original scoreboard had been erected 20 years It’s truly the youngsters that inspired all this hard
building and put “ e Sunshine Boys” on onstage he gladly
would have. ago in honor of Vincent Halloran, a North Salem resi- work, Novak said.

But circumstances, logistics, and time constraints won’t al- dent and New York City re ghter who died on 9/11.  Halloran loved children. He had a brood of ve
low it.
After noticing how “sad”it looked last summer, No- and the family was always outdoors, shing, boating,
e revamped but still virtual bene t is set for 3 p.m. on
Saturday, June 26. Tickets start at $25. vak started searching for replacement funds. swimming and camping. On top of that, the 43-year-

For tickets and more information, visit www. Unbeknownst to him, the Recreation Depart- old dad was coaching Little League right up until the
eSchoolhouse eater.org.
ment had already broached the subject with the Town time he was killed while on duty at the World Trade

Board. But the estimated $12,000 cost was a bit too Center.

much to squeeze into the budget. “We were devastated when we lost him,” Novak

After catching wind of Novak’s e orts, Supervisor said last year.

Warren Lucas and Councilman Martin Aronchick School’s out now and the student teams have packed

reached out to the North Salem Lions Club, which up their gloves and caps, but one particular eld of

swung a $6,000 donation. dreams won’t lie fallow for long.

Club president Rob Loeb and Halloran had both According to Novak, there will be a college-age

been Little League coaches and friends for many years. baseball team using it this summer.

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Rotator cu care and preventing injuries Ayurveda
and the power of
Rotator cu injuries annually that connects with the clavicle to
result in substantial instanc- ozone therapy
es of surgical intervention. GUEST form the acromioclavicular joint).
However, you can prevent a rotator CORNER e bursa allows the rotator cu BY DR. SOMESH N. KAUSHIK
cu injury with regular and cor- AYURVEDIC & NATUROPATHIC PHYSICIAN
rect strengthening exercises. And, LIZE tendons to glide freely when you
when you incur a rotator cu injury, LUBBE move your arm.  Ayurveda de nes health as a balance of body, mind, and
physical therapy treatment could spirit.
provide the cure to avoid surgery in ROTATOR CUFF INJURIES One way to maintain this balance is to embark on a
some instances.   detox program. e cornerstone of an Ayurvedic detoxi cation
e two most common injuries program is Panchakarma. is involves various therapies to loosen
THE BIOLOGICAL DESIGN OF THE deep-seated toxins and move them from the tissues to the lymph
ROTATOR CUFF  to the rotator cu muscles are: system so that they can be excreted from the body, either through
the skin, urine, or feces. 
Your rotator cu is a group of four muscles that Impingement - e space where the rotator cu
originate from your shoulder blade and then wrap One of these therapies is Swedana (herbal steam with ozone).
around your upper arm to insert at the top of your tendons, bursa and muscles pass through from the Its objective is to remove the toxins from the body through
arm. When you lift your arm, the muscles contract sweating. Swedana is administered when the patient is seated
to help stabilize your arm in your shoulder socket. scapula to the humerus is very small and narrow in a steam chamber, with their head exposed, and includes the
pumping in of ozone as an added detoxi er along with medici-
Your shoulder consists of three bones: your upper (called the “subacromial space”). An impingement nal herbs speci c to the patient’s condition. Pathogens cannot
arm bone (humerus), your shoulder blade (scapula), survive at high temperatures or in the presence of ozone and
and your collarbone (clavicle). Your arm is kept in occurs when the rotator cu rubs repeatedly against
your shoulder socket by your rotator cu , tendons SEE KAUSHIK PAGE 18
and ligaments. ese muscles and tendons form a the humerus head and the acromion. It causes
covering around the head of your upper arm bone
and attach it to your scapula. A lubricating sac swelling and in ammation which, in turn, reduces
(the bursa) is positioned between the rotator cu
and your acromion (the extension of the scapula the subacromial space. e bursa also gets in amed

and irritated. When you raise your arm up over your

head, the subacromial space is further suppressed

causing severe pain, which is one of the rst symp-

toms of an impingement muscle sprains, overuse

and bone spurs are common reasons for a rotator

cu impingement.

Rotator cu tears — ere are two kinds of

rotator cu tears. Either a partial tear that is a

SEE LUBBE PAGE 18

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