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welcome to the play offs, clay tomson lights it up as the ware yours force game seven. good evening i'm eric thomas. deion is off tonight. for a whine that did not look good. clay thompson happened. first half up to do this, second half you want to do that. >> seriously, it almost seemed over after the first two quarters. it was unbelievable the difference between the two. facing elimination against a houston team going specifically to beat them, the warriors wen
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back to work in the postseason in the first place. the brothers put on a show led by the players who appeared in history, clay thompson. he had himself a night. the warriors overcame a 17 point deficit. curry finished with 29 including five, three pointers. the warriors gave up 39 first kwaurtd quarter. houston 25 point totals in the second half. the rockets, 21 turn overs. all the numbers add up to game seven monday in houston. >> i don't want to go home. we worked too hard this season to go home. this is what we played for. whether your back's against the wall, it shows what you're made of. as soon as i wen to the summer i'm going to forget about this game. >> clay was amazing tonight, not just the 39 points, but his
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defense. the guy's a machine. he's so physically- he seems to tlief in these situations. but he was fantastic. >> draymond green also with a great night. nicky young had a great defensive outing. you have to come back in sports. >> i'll be right here. see you a little later. we'll have more highlights and reactions coming up. dub nation may have had scouts later on. abc news reporter is at the arena. we're we're all ready. >> reporter: yo yo yo yo yo yo u warriors win it's a game around here. confetti dropping from the ceiling is glorious to behold.
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some war yar state fans feel they wouldn't see the victory. >> didn't think they were going to do it but they pulled it off. >> reporter: they faced elimination and gave six against the houston rockets. >> i want them to win so bad. >> i believe in the warriors. they know and understand exactly what they have to do, so, you know, being there game six, they know it's do or die. >> reporter: the first half looked like die with the rockets leading the warriors. >> so far i'm -- we have to win. >> reporter: the dubs struggled to find the rhythm. >> i know they can do this. the third quarter surge, it's going to be awesome. i can't wait. >> reporter: well, they did. steph curry started making shots. clay thompson led the way the entire game netting 35 points. >> reporter: what we got to do to win seven? >> limit turn overs and that will be it. >> reporter: tied 3-3.
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the warriors play the rockets if houston monday night. abc 7 news. >> the warriors will host an official watch party monday. tickets go on sale at noon. we'll be back with more reaction in sports. for a game recap, photos from tonight head to our website, abc news.com. new tonight, animal activist faced a die in in union scare for what they say is a mistreatment of animals. the group direct action estimates about 1 thou people showed up at the really. they call for a change in animal clothing, testing and meat industries. it was peaceful. a man says he was lucky to be alive after what we called a software glitch in his tesla model three. >> reporter: yo yo swee was on a
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mission to spread the love about his love for his tesla model three. he started this facebook page and documented his travel, kilometers in 25 countries in six months. it came to an end friday in greece with the car was in auto pile mode. >> i felt the car veering severely to the right with such force. >> reporter: the car crashed into barriers at an exit he never planned to take. these are photos of the damage. he claims tesla's auto pilot system calling it faulty. >> i learned the car rate is very capable of swerving the car. >> reporter: in a statement tesla fired back, insisting the company isn't to blame since it isn't available in much of europe yet, so therefore has quote, no connectivity or service available for vehicles there. tesla has always been clear the
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driver must remain responsible for the car at all times when using auto pilot. >> in theory, they should have been able to operate in greece. >> reporter: tim is an expert on tesla and feels the system should have worked even if the model three isn't sold there. still, he does think drivers mistake auto pilot for a self-driving mode. >> auto pilot's not something you can get in the car and say take me home, i'm going to take a nap. >> reporter: he had one han on the wheel and looking at his phone at the time of the crash. abc 7 news. new details tonight on a big fire by the oakland coliseum station. an abc 7 news viewer took this vio lasnit. you can see the flameair. it startedn roofing materials yard. the oakland fire department says fire works with -- at the ark's game. the official cause is under
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investigation. a light pole nearly toppled over after being hit by a car in city college near san francisco. abc 7 news was at the geneva off ramp. it ended up leaning on a tree following this morning's crash. highway principal told us nobody was hurt. the on ramp closed for several hours. a chaotic scene outside mountain view sports bar. a man and woman got into a fight with another man at 2:00 in the morning. the fight spilled out in the parking lot where investigators say the man drove his car into the couple hitting them and pinning the woman underneath the car. bystanders attacked the driver and lived the car off the woman. all three people taken to the trauma center for their injuries. lava at kilauea mountain is growing hotter and hotter tonight. the rocks shooting higher into
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the air. hawaii county officials say the lava has destroyed 82 structures including several homes. one man chose to stay behind and defend a house that wasn't his, was nearly killed when hit by a lava bomb that broke his leg severing an artery, nearly took off his foot. >> took my leg out and threw me against the wall. the most extreme force i've ever felt in my life. >> a friend went in and rushed him to a hospital for treatment. historic day in ireland as that country voted to overturn a ban on abortion. amendment passed in 1983 required a fetus and his mother to be treated as equal under the law. ireland's prime minister says he want to make sure there are fewer crises pregnancy and sex education in schools.
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still ahead, comments from a congressman. find out who say homeowners should have a right to refuse to sell to an east bay water slide opens for the first time since a boy was severely injured. why the water park says it is safe. a surprise get together for the leaders of north and south korea hug it out. how this meeting might salvage the summit scrapped earlier this week by president trump. earlier today our warmest spots only made it into the low 70s, tomorrow much
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tonight at 11:00 the orange county register confirming the -- it should be okay for homeowners to refuse to sell to gays and lesbian. when asked by the newspaper whether he made those comments, he stated it was accurate. he added homeowners should have the right to chose to do business with. the national association of realtors pull its support of the governor. a water slide open this holiday weekend, the same water slide that left a 10-year-old boy injured last memorial day weekend. abc 7 news reporter kordel wen to dublin where the city says that slide is safe. >> reporter: for several hours the water slide was empty. >> none of them will go down the slide. >> reporter: by mike was the first to splash down on reopening day for the water slide. mike says he has no fear. >> none whatsoever. totally safe.
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i went down it and i felt totally safe. >> reporter: convincing his son to ride was a different story. he declined. one year ago, 10 years old jaime hydro planed off the slide. the incident caught on camera. it happened opening day 2017 that the city operated for waver water park. he suffered these injuries on his back. his father recalled what employees told him last year. >> we tested the water slide for height but not for weight. really, my son's the begin pig to figure that out. >> they sued the city for $2.5 million in damages. the attorney says they settled where all sides this year. the suit against the city was dismissed. today the officials say the 48-foot slide and adjacent slide which was also closed are now safe. >> yes, the slads have been recertified by the department of
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safety with the state of california. we went through ex extensive testing. >> reporter: the biggest safety change was lowering the water level of the base of the slide. 11-year-old aleck was the first kid to try it out. >> it feels awesome. i don't know why other kids are too scared but i love doing it. >> reporter: other kids not far behind. in dublin, kordel ber in regard, abc 7 news. abc 7 news was at golden gate memorial cemetery with scouts and other volunteers placed more than flags at each grave. this brought it back to the years following the civil war. one of the young scouts explained why it's important. >> it's too -- that's -- >> more than 147,000 veterans and their loved ones are buried at golden gate. the cemetery is the final
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resting place for many. abc 7 news was in lakeport where the city held its memorial day parade. automobiles and his or hers welcome to take part. the ride on barth just expanded in the east bay, the ten-mile stretch has two new stations, antioch and pittsburgh center. the center cause $525 million and set to alleviate traffic congestion on highway 4. antioch trains reason on regular tracks meaning passenger haves to switch trains after the next station after an 11-minute ride. it's also the first time the carts are running on renewable diesel. east bay students are learning the meaning of team work. abc 7 news was in oakland tech earlier today for the start of
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the 24-hour relay challenge. it began at 10:00 a.m. and will end at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow. students will team up to walk or run the track for 24 hours, the event is in its 14th year and sponsored by the ever ford club. what's the weather like for a 24-hour over night race? let's find out. >> t not that bad out there right now. earlier today the clouds stubborn to break down, we squeaked out afternoon shynunsh. prepare for better weather. doppler 11 showing you a quiet picture. the picture is a beautiful one, live look from east bay hills and the beautiful flights of san francisco. great visibility right now, the winds are light, this is going to be a recipe for a very warm day on the way tomorrow. right now, 50s and 60s, the name of the game. 56 in oakland, 58 in san jose.
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holding 65 in san francisco. 60 and concord down to 54 degrees. over night tonight, one of the first things you'll notice we have clear skies out there. the marine layer has compressed. so mid-0s to mid-50s your overnight temperature. with that sunny start right away that'll creep a launching pad for a warm afternoon. 12-hour day planer on sunday, bright skies early on. by lunchtime all spots away from the coast already in the low to mid-70s. it's a warm and bright afternoon with temperatures finally above average for this time of year. tomorrow will feel warm after what has felt like a chilly month. 68 the high in san francisco tomorrow. 70 with sunshine. 75 in santa -- 8 is in rosa. fur aheaded to the beaches,
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mid-60s to 70s for the high. the you recollect vuv index is . put on that sunscreen. the ocean water will be chilly, 54 degrees right now. tomorrow will be the best day of the entire festival, sun shine from start to finish with a warm breeze by 2:00. we're already at 77 degrees. by 4:00 it's bright and mild with a temperature of 82 degrees. on monday, future tracker temperatures, warmer air moves in for the holiday itself. memorial it will be warm to hot across the region. 74 the high for san francisco. 80, oakland on monday. most of our inland spots will get into the low 90s on monday. a warm holiday on the way. if your lucky enough to head to tuesday for the western
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conference. houston outside of the arena, 90 degrees. it will feel like 101. he's the 7-day forecast. bright and warm here tomorrow back home. monday, a hot holiday. continue that into tuesday. a bit of a dip wednesday and thursday and the temperatures will nicely rebound friday into saturday. looks like it may turn the corner after being chilly across the region. >> 101? >> 101 in houston. >> wow. still ahead on abc 7 news at 11:00 we may not have
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i'm jeff bleich. preventing violence has long been my cause. in the face of senseless violence, we need hope. after columbine, i led president clinton's youth violence commission. i joined joe biden to reduce domestic violence, helping boys become men. i beat the nra in court, defending gun laws that save lives. today, a new generation is rising, and this is our moment. in the streets and in the capitol, i'll stand with them. jeff bleich. democrat for lieutenant governor.
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francisco's mission district today. carnival continues tomorrow with a parade along 24th and mission street. that looks good. tomorrow's parade begins at 9:30 in the morning. the festival will remain until 6 in the evening. this marks the 40th year of san francisco. >> good barbecue in texas. >> yeah. in honor way to houston. >> big win tonight. >> 96 degrees. >> what you said. >> i know. steph curry, kant explain it. the wins don't get off to a good start and finish with a flourish. tonight that's what they did. clay thomas
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. the warriors last two losses to the rockets were determines by a total of seven points. facing elimination on their home court tonight, they knew heist was going to come out firing and they did. chris paul set out this one as he's suffering a hamstring spring. harvey was due -- the rockets lost 8-3 in the opening frame. harden had two of them. houston led by 17. the warriors started to settle in finally in the last quarter. curry working around the defense, nice easy 2. warriors trail by just 10 at the half. they open third
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clay thomas son with -- curry he got in on the launch party, the splash brothers in full effect. curry finished with 9-3. that's a second play off game with at least 9-3. curry at 29 as the rockets score just nine points in the fourth quarter. warriors win 115-86. game seven is on. houston on monday. >> man, that felt good to be honest. i just wanted to play with as much passion as i could tonight. probably more vocal than i usually am. when, you know your back's against the wall, if the shots are not falling or you can always control your passion and how hard you play. when i do that it trickles over to other as specks of my game. >> strange start to the game, you could tell houston, they could see it and see the finals
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right here. we kind of thought they'd come out hot because this was a bit of a free swing for them. >> if someone told us we got the seventh game in our own court against golden state, would you sign up for it? yeah we'd seen up right there. giants visiting the cubs the cubs' pull bullpen, interesting. a two run shot on jose quintana. he's the best batting average. brandon, with his game tied at three, a little flair. bring in andrew, the giants win 5-4 at a game a piece. the a's hosting the diamondbacks, celebrating the swinging a's. remember harvey the rabbit? george led off, its gone, that's his sixth out of the year.
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daniel will go the distance, a masterful two-hit shut out. no walks. gram all the way to the warning dramatic. steven ends it perfectly. a's win 3-0. the sport's report brought to you by river rock casino. still to come, nick young has an interesting dream that inspired his defense. it is yew phoenix i'll say that. >> i didn't see the swarming mosquitos in the bullpen that's causing that -- >> i don't know what it is. >> thank you very much. much more to come on abc 7 news at 11:00. it's the ride of his life, a moment bringing together a race car driver and a heart transplant. the
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slide which were also closerd now safe. facing elimination, the golden state warriors hung on to beat the houston tonight. the splash brothers steph curry and clay thomas son cliented the seven 3-pointers. a 113-86 one. a surprise meeting between the north and south korea coming days after president trump cancelled an upcoming june summit with north korea. new high level talks next month. abc reporter bob woodruff bring us up to date. >> reporter: it's the face-to-face meeting no one saw coming. south korea's president walking across a militarized borders shaking the hand of kim jong-un. even giving him a hug. this two-hour meeting was
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arranged before. the two sides met for the first time nearly a month ago when both leaders promised to try and rid the korean peninsula of nuclear weapons. now kim is expressing strong will for a summit with president trump. this just two days after president trump abruptly cancelled his upcoming summit with kim citing the north's anger and hostility. >> never before has a south korea and north korean's president called out -- >> reporter: the north threatened a quote, nuclear to nuclear show down even calling the vice president a political dummy. >> they very much want to do it, we'd like to do it. >> reporter: this week in front of foreign journalist the north triggered this series of explosions claiming to destroy its nuclear's testing facility. it's unclear if that is true. the leaders here in beijing and
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across the region watching this closely, the white house says they're still planning to send a team to singapore to prepare for the summit in case it happens. all right, utah man freed from a venezuelan jail after being held for two years met with president trump at the white house. he hosted 26-year-old joshua hot and his family inside the oval office. he was released earlier today following talks between u.s. lawmakers and nicolas maduro. venezuela was accused of wrongly arrested hot and his wife. a prayer vigil was held i northern indiana at a shooting yesterday that left teachers and a student wounded. ♪ >> students, faculty and community members from noblesville west middle school prayed together after the
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tragedy. they shared stories about the victims and the teacher who tacked the suspect three times. all are hospitals. the subpoena was taken into custody. he was a student at the school. on the eve of the indy 500 and all racing fans lead a race to save his own life. he's getting a close up view, thank to a driver committed to a life safe ving cause. >> reporter: one of the biggest moments in jeremy carr's live came by chopper this week when he was flown to track side at the indy 500. >> this is a lot more cooler. >> reporter: it follows this other big moment in his life, leaving the hospital with a new heart after spending six years on the organ transplant wait list. during which time he made the acquaintance of stephan wilson who has best known for this.
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he is a race car driver who is patient being transplant organs. >> i saw the need that more people -- >> reporter: for this year's indy 500, wilson is covering his car with the names of people waiting for transplants. one of which was jeremys. he spent his months in india ina hospital billing model cars. after a great recovery, this, sort of dream come true stuff. now carrying forth the message that wilson's car reps about organ donations. >> saved my life, so five other people lives. i hope everybody considers me an organ donor, it's a good thing. >> reporter: even if you don't get this close to the track. john donvan, abc news. still ahead on abc 7 news at
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i support the affordable care act, and voted against all trump's attempts to repeal it. but we need to do more. i believe in universal health care. in a public health option to compete with private insurance companies. and expanding medicare to everyone over 55. and i believe medicare must be empowered to negotiate the price of drugs. california values senator dianne feinstein
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i'm jeff bleich. preventing violence has long been my cause. to negotiate the price of drugs. in the face of senseless violence, we need hope. after columbine, i led president clinton's youth violence commission. i joined joe biden to reduce domestic violence, helping boys become men. i beat the nra in court, defending gun laws that save lives. today, a new generation is rising, and this is our moment. in the streets and in the capitol, i'll stand with them. jeff bleich. democrat for lieutenant governor.
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dozens of drivers who gassed up at two gas stations where it said unleded gassed up and it was diesel fuel and caused daniel to their vehicles. 7 on your side michael got to the bottom of it. >> the motorists tells 7 on your side it happened at two gas stations. one preuse hybrid came to a halt on the highway and had to be towed. >> she called me immediately. she was freaked out and very upset. >> they say they had gassed up at the shell station.
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gisele garcia's subaru has been in the shop since may 6. it's been there so long her battery has died and needed to be jumped. the car completely lost power moments after filling up her tank at this station in san ramon. >> it was like power no power. >> chevron has confirmed to seven on your side its received 60 complaints from motorists. it says a third party carrier accidentally introduced diesel into -- it stated we apologize to anyone who may have been impacted from this matter. the car is spewing black and white smoke, the result of what the mechanic says is a direct result of diesel fuel in the gas
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tank. gisel says her insurance company has refused her claim for a new engine, something she needs. we did see one pump had been shut down. >> we haven't heard from shell, i've tweeted them, facebooked them, messaged them. >> the two stations they're talking be are on canyon road and shell station on main creek in with you nut creek. you heard the shell statement in our report and we have heard back from shell. it tells us we are reaching out to the operator of the vessel-branded station for more information. shell oil takes the product quality seriously and we'll investigate this further. i'm michael finney, 7 on your side. do you think it's going to be hotter outside in houston or inside where the rockets and warriors are going to play? >> oh, for sure inside. here at home, the next two days you'll feel that warmer air
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finally arriving. a lot of people have been waiting for this for much of may and it's finally here. clear skies, plenty of stars out there. what we don't have is that marine layer. it's finally retreated away from us. future track temperatures, there you go, look at that, nothing on the screen. we'll see temperatures quickly rising into the mid-70s by midday. so highs on your sunday. lot of sunshine, wall to wall for the majority of us, 70 in oakland tomorrow afternoon. 80, the high in santa rosa san francisco. the forecast shows you tomorrow it's brighter, warmer and hotter on monday into tuesday. a bit of a dip, witnesseednesda thursday, morning drills. >> thank you very much. our meteorologist says i should ask you that question. >> yeah, 92 is going to be the
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. there's something about clay thompson and game sixes. he was a difference maker in game since in the 2016 western conference and tonight he was the man again with 29 points 9 3s. he has combined 76 points. usually the -- there's a game seven. >> i don't know if i was born for it but i definitely worked my butt off to get to this
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point. and, i guess you could say i was born for it, i guess. i don't know, i guess everything happens for a reason. but, i was not always like this. you know, i -- i used to be so hard on myself, especially early in my career. i remember one time losing a game against the nuggets and leaving the arena in my uniform was so mad. but, i learn as i got older, if you play with passion and play hard and leave the game saying, i gave everything i had in those 48 minutes, you can live with the result. >> you're just kind of to the environment. i know he's excited to play basketball whether it's game two of regular season or game six in the weather watchestern confere. he's confident in himself. >> definitely inspiring to every basketball player out there. clay continues to just love to
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play every single day, no matter what. he has that child-like joy for it. i think he showed a lot. >> i think he just loves the play. he's so comfortable in his own skin, i just think he wants to go out there and hoop and doesn't worry about much else. and so, the pressure doesn't seem to bother him much. >> nick young played 16 minutes and scored five points. defense earned accolades from his teems and coaches. after the game, young said hi defensive inspiration came from a unique conversation he had with dennis rodman. >> dennis rodman came to my dream lastnight. i wa wondering why. he had the purple hair all kind he told me, tomorrow you gone play a little defense. i was like, naw that's not my game. just so happened i played a little defense. >> last night's conference
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finals wen to game was in 1979. the cavaliers kevin is out. love started experiencing symptoms after colliding with boston's jason tatum in the first quarter of game six. he averaged 16 points and post-rebounds this system. boston is playing so well this season. they lost friday, game two today. they found themselves down early. brandon wolf, a two-run shot in the second, tied this game up at 2. washington, levi jordon had a run here in the six. that'll be the start of chris, as the huskies take a 4-2 lead. top of the line, stanford down
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two. will mat thinkson leaves two shots to fire it up. it's a shortstop from oakland, warner with a slow run to no-man land. ron comes home to star, stanford go on to win. since 2004, 6-5 the final. cal baseball taking on arizona state. davis, pops this one high into the air, the arizona cub comes into play. the drop allows andrew vaughn to come around the score. there's another break for the bears when the throw is totally off line, so davis comes all the way around home for the little league home run. cal wins, 3-0. renald doe maces life pool, what is this keeper thinking? throws it right to kareem who reflects it home.
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1-0, leal, madrid. you have two goals in this game, madrid wins their third straight title with a 3-1 win. abc 7 sports report brought to you by river rock casino. and i need to go -- i'm ready to go. let's go. >> all right. we'll get you a flight. don't worry about it. that's thank for joining us tonight i'm eric thomas
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