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and tiger finished 10 over par. the winner finishing at even par. and that is the way the course sets up. the former teammate at stanford casey martin and he made headlines then, and sued the pga tour and won right to use a golf cart on the course. last month, casey martin sank this par putt and it's been a whir wind since. >> feels like 1998 all over again, i'm flattered and it, last week was a challenging week for me just a lot of demands on my time. i'm not built for this. >> sneerj his right leg. a circulation disorder makes it doifl walk long distances. as in 1998 he will be riding a cart around the lake course.
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the difference is that he's 40 years old. 50 i get out of the cart i grammas a little bit. but when i get out there and get moving it tends to be a little bit better, first steps after i get up out of a cart or airplane, whatever are quite -- i feel like old. my leg just feels old he enter was no expectations except to enjoy the ride. >> i don't goat compete much so i've gone from nothing to the pinnacle of golf. and which is... a lot to take in emotionally and mentally. i'm going to compete and see what that means fchl that means last place, that is what it means, first place, then it's not going to mean first place. if it is -- you know i'm going to take whatever i get. >> great to see him out there. he competed and will be a fan
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favorite this week. espn will carry first two rounds live thursday and friday at 9:00 a.m. and at 2:00 p.m. z later in sports there is a look at changes made to the club course since the last time open was play there'd in 1998. >> yeah. a lot of fun. >> and there is a quarter million people expected to come watch the u.s. open this week. and there if you take bart but merchants hoping to share in the economic impact may be disappointed. mark matthews is in daily city with that part of the story for use locals telling me traffic is up a bit but business not so much. big spike in expectations. and at the tournament, merchandising tent is full of people buying 0dzs hats. >> there are 100,000 hats and
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by sunday they'll be gone about but what about outside? in community? >> i know when we had the open in tori pines the city was very happy. and a study determined direct spending was $73 million for food, entertainment, and lodging. >> and we were staying at the hyatt regency in. >> in the airport area. >> but what about the city chosest to the event? there are buses transporting spectators and the bart station. so we know 250,000 or so fans will pass through. >> and they're please stand by, this is a testing to b be -- going to be dropped oof all they're going to have to do is go to west lake.
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>> the west lake shopping center is just blocks. but in dapne's greek cafe, no sign of increased order autos nothing major. >> and same story at burger mifter. >> hoping there would be golfers realizing that it's good res vaunts in the west lake shopping center. >> we did see people walking in west lake. with their tournament credential autos are people going to walk away from this event and walk into the community? >> probably not. we're at the masters and everything is inside. they sell everything inside. people like to do activities insirkd including the food. >> we'll see what happens. it's only monday. and still, you know daley city would like to profit from the u.s. open being in its backyard. and reporting from west lake
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abc 7 news. >> and thank you, mark. not march from olympic club there are trees landing on top of a car z no one was hurt and that tree has been moved to the shoulder. >> there are three life prison terms without parole. that was a sentence given today in what appears to be a violent case of mistaken identity. and there is a strange courtroom policy. >> danielle bologna says this is a beautiful day. the man convicted of killing her family has been convict asked will spend his life in prison. >> i'm sorry. and four years. we've waited. so you could imagine today is
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a good day. >> there is four years ago this month her husband, her 20-year-old son, and 16-year-old matthew were murdered in a drive by shooting. and today the convicked killer was sentence forward superior court judge called a brutal, senseless crime. >> life without possibility of parole for each murder. >> ramos testified during the trial that a passenger in his car did the shooting and then, disappeared and today, without taking any blame, or responsibility saying if he can change things he would. >> today, i would do it. >> his attorneys plan to file an appeal and before jentsing were asking for a retrial citing juror misconduct and
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emotional displays from the bolognas amongst other argue gums. they failed to sway the judge and now, ramos is headed for life in prison. >> and this is a young man, 24 years old, dead. he had his wife and kid. >> prosecutors praised the judge. >> the judge is making clear that people who participate in gangs and gang life and violence stop it. don't do it. if you do it and we can prove it, you will pay the steepest price. >> danielle bologna continues to pay the unimaginable price, loss of loved ones and her former if live. she and her remaining children under the witness protection program. >> today, is for tony, michael and matthew. we got victory. and justice. and saying can dole yenss mean nothing. he can be transfered from the jail as early as this week to
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be processed at san quentin. >> thank you and san francisco police released a new picture taken before a man was punched fatally on beta breakers sunday. the victim seen wearing a green wig on the right is in a group dressed partially in 49ers gear. police want to talk to those in the left. the woman wearing an orange tutu and sun glasses and a man in a 49ers jersey. police say someone wearing a 49ers jersey punched a 30-year-old steven martin, sucker punched. he dispel hid hit his head on the pavement and died on friday after being taken off life support. >> we know the gentlemen were part of a second group of people that had the confrontation with martin and his friends. all right sf we're trying to determine if we can get photos of the assault. >> police are asking anyone who took pictures on ak p.m. on beta breakers sunday please,
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share them with investigate years apple unveiled thousands of new features in san francisco. and while many were targeted at mobile devices apple sent out a message it's not about to abandon lap tops in favor of tab blets abc 7 news is live at the mosconi center. >> there is a large he ca canny -- eco system of apps and developers. and apple paid out $5 billion. and apple made it clear today they're still big on lap tops. >> this is our 23 ready wwdc. yes, it's older than many of you are. >> they're young, anxious to create the next great app and patient listening as apple took two hours to show what is new. one of a significant is map software developed by apple to
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replace google maps. and analysts say apple know what's it's doing. >> it doesn't include new features. and adding those is bound to have a positive impact. >> a major focus on mobile apps. apple unveiled a powerful new mac book p. ro bringing retina display to the lap top. >> with this mac book pro says is that apple does think there is an important market towards lap tops that is not going away. it will appeal to producers and high end photographers and the thinnest lap top apple ever made, thinner than a finger. >> there is our pc, tablets and phones and this is clear the mac and notebook are not going away, just becoming more powerful. >> developers learned about
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the operating system that will have new features giving them tools to create new apps. the result will be more competition among developer autos yes. it will lead to a lot of apps. because the volume in numbers are there. and this is on apple's site. >> there is no mention of the iphone but with a system coming out this fall it would be fair that that would be the time for a new release. >> still ahead battle over proposition 29 how the economy may have doomed the measure. >> and graduation time in an under served neighborhood. students aspire to greatness and on the path to achieving it.
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>> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >> there is a sizeable power outage in south oakland. 21,000 people without service. crews are responding and there is no estimated time of service to be restored. >> and nof vatto police uncovered an expensive picasso thanks to a hiker who did the right thing. the litho graph had been left
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next to a walking trail. it went missing after a group of teenagers broke into the mansion and threw an illegal party there two weeks ago. he was out hiking and he could not believe what he'd found. >> all diis walk around a little bit, look, sit down and study it for a while saying this can't be real. you know? this isn't happening this, is not really here. and police told him to stay put with the work of art. they plan to return to it it's rightful owner a former ukrainian prime minister in jail for money laundering. >> oakland has a significant number of students who drop out of high school. for one school to have 100% of graduates accepted to college is a major achievement that. is a case for this group of stud yechblts. >> this academy is located in
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east oakland. students come from one of the most-under served communities. >> so there are ethnic minorities, low income, 86% of the population is low income. >> the entire class of 2012 will be going to college. and some may have had doubts they never stopped believing in that dream. >> everything is hard. and this is harvard, then yale, hen, i wanted to be a lawyer. i love to argue when i was little. >> britney will go into health care at san francisco state. with a full scholarship. aspire golden state is a public charter school. >> our school makes education very number one priority. we don't have p.e.anymore. college classes takes place of that. >> we expect that of you. we hold high expectations that you're going to go and we're going to help you get there. >> christina perez never gave
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up, yeechb after getting pregnant she has an is 1-month-old baby. >> something good her mother is going to ledge and going to give her a better future. >> her mother told us she only went up to the sixth grade. and that she's proud of her daughter. going on to college means they will move on to better things. >> success. you're going to have a good job, support your family, your kids. instead of depending on someone, you can depend on your self. >> and good for them. >> way to go, golden state college prep. >> yes. >> we're injoying warm weather. maybe not enjoying. >> some people are enjoying it. >> yes. yes. >> there is on the coast not so hot they're enjoying it. and there is a live view right
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now, clear skies aaround the bay area now. and following what is a hot day in spots with a couple records which i'll get to in just a moment. there is a look at live doppler 7 hd. clear skies and rainfall free. and there is some clouz clouds well off shore, highs 9 adegrees in clover dale. 96 in fairfield z antioch. and livermore. and morgan hill. 94 san jose. and there is two records tied for this date. oakland with a high of 83. and moffett field at 89 in nose thoes locations. right now, 90s inland. 91 concord and fairfield. 90 up in santa rosa. and there are 70s and 80s into other locations and highlights will be warm to hot again tomorrow, and there are cooler days and
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warming up again into the weekend. large ridge of high pressure pulling apart right now, this ridge begins to weaken we'll see a chance of cooler temperatures arriving. and at 7:00 this evening, spots of patchy fog overnight going away tomorrow z then, more wide spread area bringing us cooler weather and there is clifrz, lows into mid to upper 50s that is pretty mild for yefr night temperatures. tomorrow, south bay, warm again there are 90s in los gatos, 80 degrees in redwood city. there is low to mid 6 0es on the coast and there is sunset district a high of 64 tomorrow,
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70s downtown. north bay highs warm again, upper 80s to around 90s. near east bay highs 79 in oakland. 82 in castro valley and fremont. inland east bay low to mid-90s. there is 77 in watsonville. low 90s inland and here is the accu-weather forecast. cooling down on wednesday and thursday. thursday official start of the u.s. open. >> yes. >> and there is warm up saturday and sunday mid-90s again, inland. conditions should be great. >> cooler. >> much cooler. >> yes. wind may not be a major factor which will be good. >> and coming up, robin roberts new health battles. she says she's ready for it. >> x ray telescope bringing ends of the universe into focus.
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ready to take on another health problem, she's been diagnosed with mds. and it's disorder of the bone marrow and a result of her treatment for breast cancer which she beat five years ago. she'll begin treatment right way preparing for a transplant that will take place this year. >> my big sister is a virtually perfect match for me. she's there with diane and ann sweeney. and she is going to be my donor. >> and this diagnosis is ware. and only 350 people get it as a result of cancer treatment. >> nasa will launch a telescope that will take them take images of mysterious objects like black holes. this uses same high energy employed by x ray machines
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meaning fuzzy pictures will now come into focus. >> this is like reading with out glasses on. you can't make out text. we can't make outleters. with new star we'll be able to read the text, tell where this source is and study them into detail autos and this will give a better understanding of exactly how galaxies form, nasa keeping costs down making telescope small enough to be launched from a plane ask using technology used on regular computers. >> oo when we come back tonight colorado fire is raging out of control. and a surprise that developed today when the smoke began to clear. >> cabinet member could wind up in jail after a pair of hit and run accidents in l.a. this weekend. >> and escape from alcatras. don sanchez took a three-hour tour on an aus pishus occasion.
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nearly a week after the california primary no decision on prop 29. hundreds of thousands of more mail in ballots, it's failing now but just 37,000 votes. and abc 7 news nannette miranda reports it appears southern california is going to win this one. >> blame it on the voters mailing in ballots at the last minute. 700,000 of the 900,000 outstanding ballots are vote by mail that can take county election workers weeks to verify the signatures on the ballot. and the count is crucial when it comes to a close race like prop 29. the tax for cancer research a holds a slight lead. >> we haven't seen any huge shifts. from election night and having said that, we have got to wait and watch process unfold. >> there are many eyes on l.a.
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county. jortz didn't didn't support the tax like the bay area did. some political watchers think with the upturn boosting the kmerks people up north are feeling better about voting for a tax. and there is southern california isn't doing as well, supporters say because l.a. county has the most uncounted ballots doesn't mean they'll decide the fate of the cigarette tax. >> a yes vote in modoc county counts the same as in los angeles county. and tim gibs concedes the war chest to defeat the measure was too much to compete with. >> and we were not able to get on the air as much as we would
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liked. >> they're pointing out flaws to a pool of voters known as a must-win. >> difficult to win state wide without l.a.. and it's possible, very, very difficult. >> it could be july before a winner is declared nchl sacramento abc 7 news. >> and there is a magsive wildfire out of control in colorado. black hawk helicopter arrived on scene to try to slow this fire north of denver. and canada is leading two bombers and there are this so called hid park fire consumed 60 square miles so far. >> there is a large out of control wildfire. so i dent anticipate evacuations being lifted. >> officials discovered 118
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structures have been damaged or loied. and investigators believe this is sparked by lightning. >> a pair of earthquakes may have killed as many as is00 people. and there is one triggering a landslide and bun official said that buildings buried so deep they could not be seen. serious damage report add cross five afghan province autos u.s. led military coal gligs afghanistan said it would cut back on the use of air strikes to limit civilian casualties. 18 women and children were killed last week. and now the strikes will be conducted as a weapon of last resource. >> commerce secretary is back in washington following a pair of collisions for which he was
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cited for felony skmit run. he apparently suffered a seizure before his release from the hospital over the weekend. he was driving his own car not far from where he live was no security. he rear ended a car stop forward a train. he got out and then, rear ended another car five minutes later in an intersection. he was cited but not been charged. >> we have to complete the investigation they'll bring that case forward. >> and felony hit and run. can you be arrested?. >> yes. secretary of commerce can be arrested on felony hit and run? >> is that that is a decision for one of the detectives. it could be a possibility. >> he lives in los angeles and was in town to deliver a commencement address. the white house would not say if it knew of any medical issue autos this aday to recall one of the great mysteries of san francisco
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history. three men escaped from alcatras. and some came back believing the men are still alive. >> i always believe they made it she's one of the sisters of the brother who's escaped on june 11th, 1962. they broke out and floated away to freedom. >> they always found a way out. >> this is a man more than a year in the making. they enlarged ventilation holes and created life like dummy heads. they climbed and slipped into the cold bay waters on a raft of rain coats and life preservers. it's the kind of stuff of almost mythical lower, which is a basis for the movie "escape from alcatras". they had been convicted of a bank robbery but after breaking out of prison they wound up in alcatras. >> they moved them there
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because they figured they'd never find a way out. >> and they did. and a single u.s. marshal is still looking for them. >> i think there is a possibility of it. there are a lot of things that are umpb answered. there are no bodies found. >> if alive what do they look like? here are concepts of the men now in their 80s. what they did broke the rock. it closed nine months later. did they leave and wind up in marin county? this is still a history f still alive the marshal says he'd congratulate them on their success and then, arrest them. >>. >> wow. >> fascinating. >> it is. >> coming up next there is
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therapy had a profound affect on her family. her husband has gained weight and was tired and she says a blood test revealed lower testosterone level autos this would be fatigue and depression, poor sleep, aches, pains. >> dr. power began treating him with injections of testosterone replacement. she says it's chemically identical to the hormone produced in the body saying the doses are far different than those associated with sports like body building. >> there is a huge difference between maintaining and doing this as preventative and for body building. >> the replacement has been focus of several recent studies there is one found middle aged and older men lost 35 pounds over five years and
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researchers believe it's boosts bodies ability to build muscle. >> i probably exercise more and have more energy to do so i lost 25 pounds in six to -- six months. >> prescriptions have more than doubled in the last five years and this paish jentz his symptoms were closer to depression. >> disnal. -- dismal he says injections helped him. >> and replace many has documented benefits, some are cautious about future down sides that could develop for patients who may stay on the drug for decades. this doctor prescribes in specific case autos data is that you need to establish is not in yeet research will likely focus on long term cancer risks but given the
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current demand several companies are already offering new testosterone-based drugs and some have predicted that could triple to $5 billion per year putting testosterone replacement in the financial league of viagra. >> testosterone is kind of an he lismser. it improves quality of life. there is a lot of affects on the body like putting premium fuel in the body. >> there are a lot of men on testosterone for the general health reasons and there is one of the most-rapidding growing fields in medicine. >> the treatments are often covered by insure yoons as we continue tonight michael finney follows up on brides made who's never got dresses. find out what happened now that the honeymoon is over.
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draw film protection to the -- production to the city has been extended, committing up to $2 million in rebates to production that's qualify n six years, eight productions got rebates. in return, they hired 4,000 crew members paid $6 million in salaries and spent $40 million on gas, food and hotel autos this year, 7 on your side reported on brides promised refubdz r found r funds for dresses never received and a mother promised a refund for dresses she received but never order autos and a body shop worker missing thousands in tools? >> that is right. promises and there is promises of happier ending. and i wanted to check back. >> that is billy back in march. he's a former employee in
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oakland. his tools which are worth thousands of dollars were locked inside eye mark when it shut down down. about a dozen cars were left locked inside. this is what the state bureau told us. >> what we have here is this facility closed down. the owner of the property evicted the tenant, who is the operator of the facility. >> the bureau tracked down the landlord and customers have been able to retrieve their car autos i appreciate help you gave me, too and there is no such luck. refusing to allow tools until he can confirm who owned them. now finding a way to return those tools to building. billy got tools after signing a statement testifying tools wfr his and promise kept. >> interest there is a charge
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of $149.48 not authorized. >> she says she was charged for medication she didn't order. the company merged with express scripts. it says medications were sent under worry-free refill program. and susan said she never enrolled and medco agreed to send her a refund in april. the check never came. so they reissued a new check. >> there are pieces of fabric on the floor just cut up. >> and back in february she showed up to danielle the dress maker also known as daniel petty. the dresses weren't close to being ready. she promised to repay both the deposit as well as deposit on another bride. four months later carla
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received $350 of her $400 deposit. penny has in the yet paid back $200 owed the other bride. >> i didn't loan her the money. i paid it as a deposit to receive dresses. that wasn't unfill fill ootd dress maker says she will send the remaining $50 as soon as possible and says she will do the same for the other bride now that she has her pay pal account information. we'll let you know if she fulfills the promise. before moving on a quick correction. we said the economic policy institute was blaming higher minute you mum wage rates for increasing teen unemployment. that statement should have been attributed to employment policies institute. >> all right. i like when you check back. it's good to know if they were truly resolved. >> yes. >> they said they would be. >> thank you.
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>> and your story entitled promises, promises. likes like a natural segway to spencer christian. >> i promise warm to hot wernl again tomorrow, highs into mid to upper 90s in chico and 108 down into desert and palm springs. here in the bay area there is u.s. open beginning tomorrow, so we'll see temperatures into low 50s to late afternoon, temperatures into low 60s and there are winds rather light and there is highs inland once again into low to mid 90s and there is a upper 70s to low 80s and low 60s on the coast. accu-weather forecast will cool down wednesday, thursday, warming up again, friday. weekend going to be sizzling again. highs mid-90s.
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low 80s around the bay. and sunday is father's day. and great day to take dad out. >> i mean... >> jason? >> and where does dad want to go? >> someplace expensive. >> all right. yeah. not likely. >> coming up next, we'll have more on u.s. open for you. olympic club's new course layout. >> making it one of the difficult venues in golf. os
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tonight at 9:00 it was never supposed to happen. the mechanical failure may have set autism back back a decade. then at 11:00 twitter employees begin moving into their new headquarters. and this is coming up tonight at 9:00 and 11:00. >> and right now, larry has got a look at sports. >> there is ugs us open will be played in olympic club and this week for the fifth time there is since then, there have been several changes to the course. mike shumann takes us through it. >> the olympic club is wuchbt toughest venues in golf, layout for open will be 7170
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yards and there is a a 34 on the front and challenge begins on number one, a par four for pros. >> this is the toughest in any u.s. open championship. players can come by there. i think they're doing well. >> number seven is a driveable par four. eight is a brand new 200 yard par three. this is built on hills. >> you'll never get level lines and there are down hill and uphill lines. and this is important to see what you're up against. >> and will play 670 yards, 17 is a par five with sand added around the green, 18 is one of
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the toughest finishing holes in golf. and at the open you have to win the ball off the fairway into the tee to win. >> you've got to work the ball left and right off the tee. and what are can do that the best is going to have a good chance to win. >> good luck breaking par in 2012. >> there is a feel good story belonging to dennis miller, director of golf in youngs town, ohio. punching his ticket on the 12th dry in a sectional he starts walking away. and this is on the lip and then, he turns his back. the thing went in. >> if i birdie one of the last holes it's a great story. 42-year-old. and to do it with camera
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rolling you can't script this, this has been fun. and we're enjoying it and espn with live coverage from olympics. and there is once again, novack jokavich clubbed himself in the head with a racket. there is a cross sport winner. he gets a match point and jokea vch double vaulted away. and nba finals at 6:00 here on abc 7 this is a match up a lot of people wanted and there is
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good friends, james could careless right now. >> and every night i want to be the best player in the game and on that floor so i don't care what people say... >> going to be fun series. >> it will be. >> that does it for this edition of abc 7 news. >> join us tomorrow night for a prime time edition of abc 7 morning news. and that is tomorrow night here on abc 7. good night for now, everyone.
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