Teacher Accused of Sex With Boy, 14 - Crystal Marie Bashford, Palm Christian Academy

Today's "teacher having sex with an underage student" comes to us from North Port, Florida. Here's more from the Herald Tribune:

A teacher at a Christian elementary school was arrested Monday for having sex with a 14-year-old boy.
Crystal Marie Bashford, 21, of North Port was arrested and charged with one count of lewd or lascivious battery, according to arrest records.
Detective Mary Thoroman said the victim had no relation to the Palm Christian Academy in Port Charlotte where Bashford teaches. Thoroman said the boy and Bashford were "friends" and that they had sex one time.
The boy confided in an employee at the George Mullen Center in North Port, who in turn contacted the Department of Children and Families, which then contacted North Port Police, said Thoroman.

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French Teacher & Mother of Two Accused of Sex With Boy, 17 - Janelle Batkins, 42

What is it about high school French teachers? Are they required by law to be hot and to flirt with students? Apparently, if you believe the story of Janelle Batkins, 42, who used to teach at Roseville High School, not far from offices of The Dumbass Daily. The real question is: does she look 42? No way! Here's more from the Detroit Free Press:

A Roseville High School teacher accused of having sex with her teenaged student aide last school year was arraigned on criminal sexual conduct charges today in a Clinton Township district court.
Janelle Batkins, 42, of Harrison Township, is charged with two counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct, a 15-year felony. She was released on a $25,000 personal bond under the conditions she doesn’t go on the school grounds and doesn’t have contact with minors unrelated to her.
Batkins, who taught French for 15 years in the district and was named Teacher of the Year in 2002, resigned over the summer.
The married mother of two children, ages 14 and 21, had an affair with the 17-year-old boy from December of 2006 until the end of the last school year, police and prosecutors said.
The Free Press generally does not name victims of alleged sexual assaults.
The boy’s mother brought the allegations to Roseville police in July after finding evidence of the relationship on her son’s computer. Her son told detectives he consented to sex with Batkins when he was 17 in places like her home and a car in Roseville, police said.

Thanks to John R. for the link!

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HS Football Coach Finds Topless Picture of Woman, 35, on Teen's Cell Phone - Sheryl Nawahine

You don't read stories like this every day! This week, a grand jury in Idaho indicted Sheryl Nawahine, 35, of Fruitland, Idaho on three counts of sexual battery of a minor between the ages of 16 and 17 years old. Police say that the woman carried on an inappropriate electronic relationship with an underage boy from early August until early September of this year . . . and, as evidence, they have more than 900 text messages that the two exchanged. Most are too sexually graphic for the local media to print (yes, we're trying get our hands on them) but suffice it to say, Nawahine--who has a teenaged daughter and other young children--knew she would get in trouble and reportedly several times in the text messages told the teen that what they were doing was wrong, but then minutes later would send more graphic messages.

And here's the kicker: this illicit affair was busted when the football coach at Fruitland High School saw Nawahine's topless picture on the boy's cell phone.

Oh yeah, he turned her in . . . but it gets better: when confronted about the image, the boy told police that he also got sexy streaming videos of Nawahine, including a picture of her "on a table laying backwards with her breasts exposed and her tugging on her thong." The boy openly admitted in a statement that, “The video was of her masturbating with a vibrator, naked,” but that he thought Nawahine “was just a big flirt and that she talked a lot, but it was never acted on.” At right, Sheryl Nawahine's mug shot. (KTVB)

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Substitute Teacher Accused of Taping Kid's Mouth Shut

Ever wonder how teachers put up with a room full of screaming kids who won't shut up? Well, in at least one case, this subsitute found a way to keep at least one kid quite: tape. Here's more from the Caller-Times:

A 33-year-old Alice substitute teacher is facing possible criminal charges following allegations that she taped a 7-year-old elementary student's mouth shut.
Salazar Elementary School Principal Marina Garza said she asked the substitute teacher -- whom she did not name -- to leave the campus after another staff member reported the substitute had taped a second-grade student's mouth shut with cellophane tape Sept. 13.
"She was dismissed within minutes," Garza said.
The female student's mother filed a police report after the incident and child advocacy officials and investigators have taken a statement from the student, Alice Police Chief Danny Bueno said.
Alice police are investigating potential charges against the teacher, which could include injury to a child, Bueno said.

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Deputy's Wife Caught on Tape Having Sex With 16-Year-Old - Jessica Wink, 22

So, you're a deputy in Palm Beach County, Florida and a guy your hot blond 22-year-old wife works with at the local grocery store comes to you with a videotape and says, "I don't want to ruin your day." You should pretty much know that it's not going to be a good day. And, of course, once you see the tape and it shows your wife having sex with an underage boy, you know the whole week is shot. Here's more from WPBF - link includes video clip:

The wife of a Palm Beach County sheriff's deputy has been arrested after a videotape showing her having sex with a 16-year-old boy came into police hands, investigators said.
Jessica Wink, 22, German Armentano, 18, and the 16-year-old boy were taken into custody Wednesday after police said Armentano provided detectives with a videotape of Wink and the boy having sex.
According to a police report, Armentano got into an argument with Wink and decided to show her husband the videotape he made of her and the teenage boy on June 18.
Armentano told Wink's husband, "I don't want to ruin your day," before the two met at a Checker's in Wellington where they viewed the tape, according to the report.
Investigators said Armentano told police that he, Wink, and the teen had previously talked about videotaping sexual activity between the three, but, on this occasion, Armentano did not engage in sexual acts while it was being recorded.
Wink and Armentano made their first appearance in court Thursday morning. They currently remain in the Palm Beach County Jail.

At right, mug shots of German Armentano and Jessica Wink.

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Man Tries to Move House Himself, Leaves It at Side of the Road

Need a free house? There's one sitting next to the 101 Freeway in California after Patrick Richardson tried to save a little money and move it himself. Here's more from the LA Daily News:

For five days, Patrick Richardson's home has sat on the 101 Freeway, causing thousands of motorists to rubberneck at the sight of the abandoned, green ranch-style house on the shoulder.
And as each day goes by, its splintered roof sags a little more. And elated taggers apply fresh coats of black graffiti to the new northbound-freeway fixture near the Universal Studio exit.
But there's no sign of Richardson, who decided to move his house on his own from Santa Monica to Santa Clarita with a truck and trailer that broke down over and over along the way in an extreme moving nightmare Saturday that tied up traffic for eight hours.
Patrick, please pick up your house.

Thanks to David for the link!

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Drunken Man Puts Rattlesnake Down Throat to Impress Friends, Nearly Dies - Matt Wilkinson, Oregon

Dumbass of the Year finalist? You bet!

Apparently, Matt Wilkinson thought it would be funny to put his pet eastern diamondback rattlesnake down his throat while drinking with some buddies, that is, until he noticed a shot-like sensation. We'll let Local 6 give you the gory details:

"Me, being me, I put his head in my mouth," Wilkinson said. "At first, it felt like someone had given me a shot in the mouth."
Wilkinson's throat began to swell and close as poison rushed through his body.
Doctors stuck a breathing tube down his throat, injected several rounds of anti-venin and then put him in a medical coma for three days.
Wilkinson, who nearly died from the incident, is still recovering from the bite.
"They said I had enough venom in me to kill between 12 and 15 people," Wilkinson said. "I still love snakes but I will take a little more care in handling them," Wilkinson said. "It is kind of my own stupid fault."

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Custody Judge: Britney Spears Must Undergo Drug Testing to Keep Kids!

Yikes! Someone is going to need a whole bunch of clean urine on hand for the next six months or so. Here's more from AFP:

A judge has ordered Britney Spears to undergo random drug testing in the latest twist to the fallen pop singer's bitter custody battle with ex-husband Kevin Federline, court documents showed Tuesday.
Los Angeles Superior Court judge Scott Gordon said that, according to evidence presented in closed door hearings, Spears remains a "habitual, frequent, and continuous" user of "controlled substances and alcohol."
"The petitioner (Spears) is ordered to undergo testing for the use of controlled substances and alcohol," the court order stated. "Testing shall be conducted twice per week on random dates and times."
The judge however did not make any changes to the existing shared custody arrangements between Spears and Federline regarding the the couple's two baby children, Sean Preston, 2, and Jayden James, 1.
On Monday it emerged that a former bodyguard had lodged a statement with the court making allegations of nudity and drugs and expressing concern about the welfare of the Spears' sons.

The good news? Britney's lawyers managed to keep the judge from testing her for Doritos and YooHoo.

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Man Arrested for Selling "Sex Lighter" to Students

Yes, you read that right, the guy sold "sex lighters." What's a "sex lighter" you ask? No, not a replacement for Viagra or something to take the place of foreplay. No, apparently it's an actual cigarette lighter, with one important difference. Here's more from the Hindustan Times:

The wholesale dealer of a 'sex lighter' was arrested in Kottayam on Tuesday for selling the product which was reportedly selling like hot cakes among school students. Kottayam superintendent of police S Sreejith told IANS: "When the lighter is lit, a picture of a lady in a compromising position pops out."
Priced at Rs15, the lighter was very popular among schoolchildren. The matter surfaced when a schoolboy gifted the lighter to a girl in his class. The girl's parents approached the police and they tracked down the wholesale dealer.
"He has been arrested and we have confiscated around 300 such lighters. The police have been asked to be on the look out for any shop selling this product," Sreejith said.

At right, the first image that comes up when you search for "sex lighters."

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Catholic School Principal Arrested for Enticing Minor Online - Louis J. Stroschein

In another one of those online sting operations where a bald 40-year-old cop pretends to be a sex-starved 14-year-old girl, the catch this time wasn't just a teacher or coach. This time they landed the principal of a Catholic high school in Iowa. Here's more from SW Iowa News:

Shelby County Catholic School Principal Louis J. Stroschein is in the Black Hawk County Jail after being arrested last Friday for allegedly enticing a minor. Stroschein, 31, allegedly engaged in an Internet chat with a female he knew to be under 16 years old and arranged to meet her in Waterloo and take her to a motel to have sex, according to Lt. Jeff Schmidt of the Black Hawk County Sheriff's Office. The female was actually a law enforcement official with Iowa's Internet Crimes Against Children Taskforce Unit. Schmidt said officials arrested Stroschein when he arrived at the Waterloo location. He is being held in the Black Hawk County Jail on a $100,000 bail amount. Enticing a minor is a Class D felony.

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Guys "Moon" From Boat, Fall Overboard, Get Run Over by Propeller

Wow, talk about not seeing that one coming. Ever mooned someone and thought, "What's the worst that can happen?" How about having the propeller blade of a boat slash you in the face? How about them apples? Here's more from The Age in Australia:

A failed practical joke in which three men in a dinghy "bared their buttocks" at a group of people has been blamed for a boating accident on the Gold Coast that left a teenager with serious facial injuries.

A man was also issued with a Notice to Appear for drink driving of a vessel following the incident.

Police believe the dinghy became unstable after the three occupants stood up in the vessel.

The trio lost their balance and fell into the waterway — a canal at Broadbeach Waters — around 4pm yesterday.

A police spokesperson said the boat engine continued to run in gear, leaving the vessel circling unoccupied in the waterway.

It looped around the group, and the rotating propeller stuck a 17-year-old Kanimbla boy in the face.

He was rushed to the Gold Coast Hospital, suffering serious facial injuries. The injury required surgery, and the youth remains in hospital in a stable condition.

Police issued a 20-year-old Rochedale South man with a Notice to Appear for drink driving of a vessel. He will appear in the Southport Magistrates Court on October 1.

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Drama Teacher Accused of Sex With Two Girls, Allegedly Gets One Pregnant - Andrew Foster, Santaluces High School

How dramatic! Two girls, one knocked up . . . allegedly. That will certainly get the kids talking at school today. Here's more from WFTV:

Authorities are looking for Boyton Beach high school drama teacher they said had sex with two students and got one of the girls pregnant.
Police said 27-year-old Andrew Foster began having a sexual relationship with one underage student in September 2006. Police said the girl became pregnant, and Foster took her to have an abortion. The relationship was revealed when the girl told her mother. Investigators also said Foster e-mailed pornographic images of himself to the girls from his cell phone. Police believe Foster is still in South Florida and knows police are looking for him.

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Teacher Charged for Sex With 8th Grader - Elizabeth Munn, Broadalbin-Perth School District

Not much new to report for this teacher sex scandal, except of the super sad mug shot at right of Elizabeth Munn, 32, who used to teach social studies to eighth graders at the Broadalbin-Perth School District. Now, Munn is accused of taking one boy, 15, to his own private summer school. Here's more from Capital News 9:

Fulton County District Attorney Louise Sira said, "The allegations are that Elizabeth Munn had a sexual relationship with one of her former eighth grade students during the summer months."
Police said they received a complaint earlier this week and brought Munn in for questioning Tuesday evening. The social studies teacher was arrested around 9:30 p.m.
Sira said Munn admitted to being involved with the 15-year-old student but wouldn't give any details.
"What is offensive is that we have a teacher who is in a trusted position who crosses the line, fails to maintain the professionalism of the job they're entrusted to do and crosses the line with children, engages in criminal activity," she said.

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Second Time's a Charge: Teacher Charged Again for Sex With Underage Boy - Jennifer Rice

Apparently the 10-year-old boy she allegedly took to a rest stop for sex wasn't the only young man in former McKinley Elementary School teacher Jennifer Rice's life. Cops now have filed charges against the Tacoma teacher for a relationship with a second boy, this one between the ages of 14 and 16. Hmm . . . an older man! Here's more from KOMO-TV:

On Monday, prosecutors filed additional charges alleging that in July, Rice raped another boy who was listed in charging documents as being 14 to 16 years old. Tacoma Police spokesman Mark Fulghum said the teen was not Rice's student, but he would not elaborate on how the two knew each other.
He said their investigation into the rape of the 10-year-old boy led detectives to the second alleged victim. Rice has pleaded not guilty to all of the charges.
According to the Tacoma School District, Rice taught at McKinley from October 2006 to April 20, 2007. At that time she was placed on administrative leave while the district conducted an investigation to determine whether she was socializing with her students after school.
She is being held in the Pierce County Jail in lieu of $500,000 bail.

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Beauty Queen: I Was Too Drunk To Remember Getting Married Before Pageant - Hilary Gushwa, Miss Ventura County

You'd think you'd remember something like that, but according to Hilary Gushwa, the former Miss Ventura County, she has no memory of getting married in Las Vegas just weeks before winning her crown. Her excuse? According to upset pageant officials, who want her tarnished crown and prize money back, Gushwa claims she was on medication AND drunk at the time and doesn't have a clue as to what happened, which is why every one's in court. (At right, a picture from the drunken wedding. Oh yeah, she's hammered!) Here's more from the Ventura County Star:

Gushwa was stripped of her title when it was revealed she was married at the time of the contest, a violation of pageant rules. In a subsequent small claims court hearing earlier this year, she told a judge she was on medication and too drunk to remember her own wedding.
The Ventura County Scholarship Association sued Gushwa for $5,000, alleging she misrepresented herself as single in order to compete, knowing she was married before she signed papers to compete in the regional contest. The association was awarded $3,121, excluding franchise fees, in Ventura County Superior Court.
Gushwa paid the debt in July, according to a family friend.
But the crown, a commemorative ring, a pin and other prizes valued at more than $2,600 have not been returned, according to pageant officials.
The scholarship association filed a report with the Moorpark Police Department at the end of August, claiming Gushwa's actions measure up to theft of the crown and other items. The association claims she perjured herself in civil court. Police said this week they have forwarded the information to the Ventura County District Attorney's Office.
The groom's family has said that said Gushwa was not intoxicated at the time of the wedding, nor the rehearsal dinner the night before. The statement in the investigation files also says the Scanlan family wanted to hold off on the marriage but Gushwa insisted.
The Clark County documents show Gushwa sought an annulment on June 15, 2005, just days after the anonymous phone call to the state pageant about her marriage. Nevada confirmed to pageant officials she had been married three days before she signed documents to participate in the Miss Ventura County contest.
Her annulment was granted in July 2005.

(Hillary Gushaw)

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Latest Nigerian Scam Email Includes Picture of "Victim"

Dear Dumbass Daily Readers:

We get slammed with a ton of spam email each day and a good part of it are these so-called Nigerian 419 scams that involve people from far off countries either offering to give you a chuck of some multi-million dollar fortune, or asking for your bank account information as part of some money transfer con. (The number "419" refers to the article of the Nigerian Criminal Code (part of Chapter 38: "Obtaining Property by false pretences; Cheating") dealing with fraud.)

Most of these emails are quite lengthy and detailed, but yesterday was a first for us: they actually sent along a picture of the victim, a guy who was allegedly beaten and shot and who now needs money to pay his hospital bills. Below is the entire text of the message and the hilarious picture of this guy, his concerned "friends" and a guy dressed like a doctor.

How big of a dumbass would you need to be to send these guys any money? We'll try to write them back and see if we can get into an email exchange with them that we will post here.

Hello
to any body that god has apoimt to help MR VICENT on this deadly condition which the devil have put me into,Greetings to you and your family in the name of God. In my search for a reliable and God fearing person and having gotten your contact through prayers and painstaking efforts I have decided to seek your help in carrying out my last wishes. My name is Mr, kele vicent, Actually I am from Weasthern Nigeria,and am a cristain who worship with christ embassy in nigeria,

Am very sorry to announce this sudden incident that happened to me on my way coming back from school last week, I was attacked by some rubers who saw me with a bag, They athacked me and and beat the hell out of me for northing sake,

Thinking am carrying money why am not they beat and short at me on my chest, But i thank god that am allive to narrate this as a story,
God saved me that i was quickly rushed to the hospital by school mates which keep
me allive up till date, I was taken to a hospital where i was operated on my left hand chest God so kind that every thing was succesfully done, And after every thing i was billed the some of #500,000,00, which is about $4,000,00, And i have no money to discharge my self out of the hospital, things are very hard for me whose parents died at the age of 12 with two younger brothers,

Pls help me and my family if u can and God will reward u aboundantly, Please no amount is to small u help with any amount u have, Now i already have $2,000,00, which friends and lover sent to me, U can save a soul for God,

If you are willing to help, please reply as soon as possible. May the good lord bless you and your family.

Please, send reply and all correspondences to my attorney :
Barrister.luke
Email: barrister_luke29@yahoo.com
phone+123408089557443
Regards,

Original sending email address: vinco_c4ever@yahoo.com

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Sexy Teacher in Hardee's "Flat Buns" Commercial Upsets Tennessee Educators (Carl's Jr.)

If you've ever seen the video of former gym teacher Pamela Rogers gyrating in a black bikini for her underage boyfriend, you will probably see the similarity to the hot blond teacher dancing seductively on her desk in a new commercial for the fast food chains Hardee's (and on the West Coast, Carl's Jr.). In it, students sing of their love of "flat buns" (a new concept in sandwich technology, we assume) while the pretty teacher performs for the class. Apparently, the similarity wasn't lost on the Tennessee Education Association. Here's more from AdRants:

The Hardee's Flat Buns commercial has caused an uproar in Tennessee with Tennessee Education Association President Dr. Earl Wiman (who you've got to hear) saying, "It is unbelievably demeaning." The ad shows a female teacher dancing seductively in front of a class that raps about the positivity of flat buns which the teacher, of course, does not possess. The commercial is part of a campaign launched earlier this summer which included the Flat Buns website.
Wiman wants concerned citizens to complain to Hardee's, saying, "I am asking that all of our members and the public who care about children and their education to contact their local Hardee's to voice their concerns."
Hardee's EVP of Marketing Brad Haley counters, saying, "If the ad were taken literally, I could certainly understand people being concerned about it but it was designed to be funny." No rolling over from the company that made washing a Bentley with Paris Hilton a pillar of intelligently low-brow advertising. And we mean that as a good thing. After all, this is the company that brought us the big-mouthed, straw eating girl.

Watch the Carl's Jr. version of the commerical for yourself below.

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Band Director Arrested for Inappropriately Touching 4 Girls, Offering One Money for Sex - Thomas Newton Khoe

And this one time, at band camp . . .

Well, this didn't really happen at band camp, but allegedly it happened at Chapman High School in South Carolina. According to cops, four girls reported that the school's long time band director had touched them inappropriately and even offered one of them cash money for sex. On a teacher's salary? Here's more from WYFF:

Thomas Newton Khoe, 36, of Campobello, was arrested Monday on warrants signed by an investigator with the Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office. Khoe was charged with four counts of aggravated assault and battery, four counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and one count of criminal solicitation of a minor.
Investigators said the allegations were first brought to the attention of the Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office Wednesday, Aug. 29.
The four girls, ages 15 and 16, had gone to school officials earlier in the day and made allegations against Khoe. Investigators said that the students told them the encounters started at about the beginning of the school year in 2006 and continued into this school year.

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Female Teacher Admits to Sex With 5 Boys, PROBABLY Not at the Same Time - Allenna Ward

Just his spring, Allenna Ward, former seventh-grade language arts teacher at Bell Middle School, was denying what the cops were accusing her of: having sex with as many as 5 teen aged boys, three 14-year-olds, and two 15-year-olds. But that didn't last very long (they always do that at first to save face, right) and now has pleaded guilty to those charges. Well, at least she was creative, admitting to having the carnal encounters in cars, parks, a hotel and at the school. Here's more WFYY:

She pleaded guilty Thursday to six charges -- three second-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor and three lewd acts on a minor. Family members and her attorneys accompanied her as she made an emotional statement to the court. She said, "Today, I publicly admit my guilt and would like to apologize. I sincerely apologize for the effects of my actions."
Clinton police said that Ward had sex with at least five boys: three 14-year-olds, and two 15-year-olds. The students were at Bell Middle and another school that was not named.
Ward was fired when the allegations were made public in March.
Thursday, Jerry Peace, 8th Circuit Solicitor, said, "She was in a position of authority. She had the trust of the community to teach kids right and do what you need to do around children to let them grow to be responsible adults. She violated that trust."

(Alenna, Allena Ward)

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Teacher Whose Husband Shot Her Student Lover Last Year Accused of Seducing Another Boy - Erin McLean, Pioneer Christian Academy

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again! I suppose after your husband shoots your first teen aged boyfriend--allegedly--the best thing to do is to get another teaching job at a different school (using your maiden name of Myers) and seducing a new lad. It's early September and the teacher sex scandals are already in mid-year form. Here's more from WATE:

A teacher whose husband is accused of fatally shooting her student lover has been fired from a Nashville school over new allegations of improper contact with a student.
Nashville station WTVF-TV is reporting that Erin McLean used her maiden name to get a job at Pioneer Christian Academy in Nashville, where she was teaching high school English.
Headmaster Jeff Darnell said Friday that McLean called one of her students 15 to 20 times from different phones.
He would not say what the calls were about, but said the student's parents were concerned about inappropriate contact.
McLean's husband, Eric, is charged with second-degree murder in the March 10 shooting of 18-year-old Sean Powell outside of their Knoxville home.
He has said he believed Powell was having an affair with his wife.

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