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62-540: Gold Dome or Golden Dome may refer to: Gold Dome , a geodesic-shaped cultural center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Gold Dome (Centenary) , on the campus of Centenary College of Louisiana in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States Georgia State Capitol , is referred to as the "Gold Dome" because of the gold leaf applied to the structure. Golden Dome (Monaca) ,

124-640: A prescription benefits manager . A coalition of minority groups, led by Al Sharpton 's National Action Network, sent letters urging CEO Gregory Wasson to reconsider. Groups sending letters were National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, the Congress of Racial Equality, Hispanic Leadership Fund and others. In 2012, Walgreens announced that it would continue to participate in Express Scripts. On September 10, 2013, Walgreens announced it had acquired Kerr Drug . In August 2014, Walgreens purchased

186-605: A trademark infringement lawsuit against the Wegmans supermarket chain, claiming the "W" in the Wegman's logo was too similar to Walgreens's. The suit was settled in April 2011, with Wegmans agreeing to discontinue use of its "W" logo by June 2012, although the supermarket retained the right to use the "Wegmans" name in script. According to Jo Natale, Wegmans director of media relations, "The cost of making relatively minor changes to

248-492: A $ 29,241 fine. The New York State Attorney General announced in April 2016 that a settlement was reached in the complaint that Walgreens used misleading advertising and overcharged consumers. Walgreens would pay $ 500,000 in penalties, fees and costs, and change advertising and other practices. A judge in Kansas City, Missouri, ordered Walgreens to pay a $ 309,000 fine for pricing discrepancies in 2015. In December 2012,

310-566: A 4-year-old boy, a 5-year-old girl, and their parents a full adult dosage each of the Pfizer vaccine instead of intended flu vaccine. Unlike the Maryland girl, both Indiana children immediately got sick enough that the parents took them to a pediatric cardiologist for treatment. At the time of the injections, the FDA had not approved the use of the Pfizer vaccine to children under age 12. Although Pfizer

372-636: A Walgreens pharmacist in Baltimore, Maryland, accidentally gave a 4-year-old girl a full adult dosage of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine instead of the intended Influenza vaccine . So far, the girl has not suffered any major side effects. A Walgreens spokesperson said such mistakes are "extremely rare" and that the company's top priority is patient safety. A few weeks later, a Walgreens pharmacist in Evansville, Indiana, accidentally gave

434-567: A class action against Walgreens resulted in a settlement of $ 4.5 million. Walgreens was accused of wage theft and labor law violations of its employees in California between 2010 and 2017, including that Walgreens "rounded down employees' hours on their timecards, required employees to pass through security checks before and after their shift without compensating them for time worked, and failed to pay premium wages to employees who were denied legally required meal breaks." In September 2021,

496-470: A class of thousands of African American workers and orders comprehensive injunctive relief designed to improve the company's promotion and store assignment practices. In September 2011, Walgreens settled a lawsuit with the EEOC that claimed that a store improperly terminated a worker with diabetes for eating a package of the store's food while working to stop a hypoglycemia attack. In June 2008, after Walgreens

558-616: A fast-changing retail pharmacy industry. The company said 25 percent, or around 2,150 of its stores were underperforming and would be considered for closure. It did not identify any closure locations. In October 2024, Walgreens announced plans to close 1,200 stores by 2027, with 500 closures in 2025. Walgreens's corporate headquarters is in Deerfield, Illinois . Walgreens has had a technology office in Chicago since 2010. It serves as their digital hub. In November 2010, Walgreens filed

620-542: A generic form of Zantac, and fluoxetine, a generic form of Prozac." In 2009, Walgreens threatened to leave the Medicaid program, the state and federal partnership to provide health insurance coverage to the poor, in Delaware over reimbursement rates. Walgreens was the largest pharmacy chain in the state and the only chain to make such a threat. The state of Delaware and Walgreens reached an agreement on payment rates and

682-472: A judge ordered Walgreens to pay $ 16.57 million to settle a lawsuit claiming that over 600 stores were illegally dumping hazardous waste and unlawfully disposing of customer records containing confidential medical information. A Santa Clara County Superior Court judge allowed Walgreens to pay $ 2.25 million in January 2018 to resolve a consumer protection lawsuit brought by Bay Area prosecutors alleging that

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744-524: A lawsuit with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) that alleged the company discriminated against African Americans for $ 24 million. The settlement was split between the 10,000 African-American employees of the company. In the agreement, Walgreens avoided any admission of guilt. The decree, one of the largest monetary settlements in a race case by the EEOC, provides for the payment of over $ 24 million to

806-433: A limited number of products was much less than the cost of litigating this case to the end." In the summer of 2014, a corporate relocation to Switzerland was considered as part of a merger with Alliance Boots, a European drugstore chain. This drew controversy as many consumers felt that it was an attempt at tax inversion . On August 5, 2014, Walgreens announced that it would not relocate its headquarters. As of June 2023,

868-594: A local OKC developer, purchased the Gold Dome at the public auction for $ 800,000. He claimed in September 2012 to have no plans to tear it down, but reversed this stance in March 2013, applying for a demolition permit for the historic structure which the city has refused to issue. In June 2013, Edmond environmental engineering firm TEEMCO announced plans to renovate the Gold Dome and move its 65-person operation into

930-941: A multi-purpose geodesic domed arena in Monaca, Pennsylvania The Golden Domes on the Fairfield, Iowa campus of Maharishi University of Management The Colorado State Capitol in Denver , whose distinctive golden dome contains real gold leaf Assassins' Gate (Green Zone) , a landmark on the International Zone in Baghdad, Iraq, known as The Golden Dome Dome of the Rock , a shrine of great religious significance in Jerusalem Main Administration Building (University of Notre Dame) , at

992-583: A new holding company , Walgreens Boots Alliance . Walgreens became a subsidiary of the new company, which retained its Deerfield headquarters and trades on the Nasdaq under the symbol WBA. In 2021 the company was one of several pharmacy chains found by a federal jury to have substantially contributed to the opioid crisis . The company said in June 2024 it would close a “significant portion” of its 8,600 U.S. locations through 2027. Walgreens began in 1901, with

1054-465: A partnership in which Par manufactured and/or marketed generic versions of antacid Zantac and antidepressant Prozac in dosage forms that weren't subject to private and governmental reimbursement limitations. It further said Walgreen purchased those dosage forms from Par at a cost substantially higher than the widely prescribed dosage forms and then "systematically and unlawfully filled its customers' prescriptions with Par's more expensive products rather than

1116-552: A similar look and layout, including a bigger and more spacious layout than certain stores within major cities. Newer buildings have a more modern design than older stores. Some stores in major cities, such as New York and Chicago , have multiple floors, most notably their flagship stores . Behind the front registers are tobacco products and alcoholic beverages . Some stores do not sell these products, e.g., New Jersey stores that do not sell alcohol and Massachusetts stores that do not sell tobacco. In March 2008, Walgreens settled

1178-469: A small food front store on the corner of Bowen and Cottage Grove Avenues in Chicago, owned by Dixon, Illinois native Charles R. Walgreen . By 1913, Walgreens had grown to four stores on Chicago's South Side . It opened its fifth in 1915 and four more in 1916. By 1919, there were 20 stores in the chain. As a result of alcohol prohibition , the 1920s were a successful time for Walgreens. Although alcohol

1240-470: A suit that included CVS and Walmart . Lawyers representing the counties said the companies were responsible for $ 3.3 billion in damages. Two other companies, Rite Aid and Giant Eagle , were also sued by the counties but settled before trial for an undisclosed amount. Wisconsin 's Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection fined Walgreens over differences between shelf price and scanned price and for signage in 2012. In 2013, Walgreens paid

1302-575: A year. In contrast, in 2011 the average pharmacy in the U.S. ordered 73,000 oxycodone tablets a year according to the DEA. One Walgreens pharmacy in Fort Myers, Florida, ordered 95,800 pills in 2009, but by 2011, this number had jumped to 2.2 million pills in one year. Another example was a Walgreens pharmacy in Hudson, Florida, a town of 34,000 people near Clearwater, that purchased 2.2 million pills in 2011,

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1364-521: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Gold Dome In 1958, the Citizens State Bank began construction. The Gold Dome building was the fifth geodesic dome constructed in the world and the first to be used as a bank. It was described as “one of the nation’s most revolutionary bank designs.” Using the geodesic dome design created by futurist and architect Buckminster Fuller ,

1426-559: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) approved Walgreens' fourth attempt to purchase Rite Aid, with 1,932 stores, for $ 4.38 billion. In February 2020, Walgreens announced the appointment of Richard Ashworth as president, but he left within the year. Before the appointment, he served as president of operations for Walgreens. On June 27, 2024, Walgreens said it would close a “significant portion” of its 8,600 U.S. locations within three years as it struggled to keep up with

1488-475: The Globe Discount City chain of big-box stores from United Mercantile, Inc. in the 1960s. The Walgreen family was not involved in senior management of the company for a short time after Walgreen III retired. In the 1980s Walgreens owned and operated a chain of casual family restaurants/ pancake houses called Wag's . Walgreens sold most of these to Marriott Corp. in 1988, and by 1991 the chain

1550-711: The Happy Harry's chain in Delaware , Pennsylvania , Maryland , and New Jersey . In 2007, Walgreens acquired Hal Rosenbluth's Take Care Health Systems, a chain of quick-care clinics, for an undisclosed amount. On October 10, 2008, Rein abruptly quit as CEO and was replaced by Alan G. McNally as chairman and acting CEO. On January 26, 2009, Gregory Wasson was named CEO effective February 1, 2009. In 2010, Walgreens acquired New York City-area chain Duane Reade for $ 1.075 billion, including debt, and continued to use

1612-409: The opioid crisis . The trial lasted six weeks with the jury returning a verdict finding the pharmacies liable. It was the first trial where pharmacy companies defended themselves amid the opioid epidemic. In May 2022, Walgreens agreed to pay a settlement of $ 683,000,000 to the state of Florida concerning opioid sales. Walgreens did not admit to wrongdoing as part of the settlement. In August 2022,

1674-475: The DEA said. Immediate suspension orders are an action taken when the DEA believes a registrant, such as a pharmacy or a doctor, is "an imminent danger to the public safety." All DEA licensees "have an obligation to ensure that medications are getting into the hands of legitimate patients," said Mark Trouville, former DEA special agent in charge of the Miami Field Division. "When they choose to look

1736-707: The Duane Reade name on some stores in the New York City metropolitan area. In March 2011, Walgreens acquired Drugstore.com for $ 409 million. On June 19, 2012, Walgreens paid $ 6.7 billion for a 45% interest in Alliance Boots . That year, Walgreens acquired Mid-South drugstore chain operating under the USA Drug , Super D Drug, May's Drug, Med-X, and Drug Warehouse banners. In 2011 Walgreens announced it would end its relationship with Express Scripts,

1798-548: The False Claims Act regarding beneficiaries of federal health care programs. In January 2019, Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. agreed to pay more than $ 269 million to settle federal and state lawsuits that accused the corporation of overbilling federal healthcare programs. In September 2024, it agreed to another $ 106 million to settle whistleblower claims it billed federal programs for prescriptions that were temporarily bottled, but never picked up by patients. Walgreens

1860-592: The Gold Dome included picketing and marches, but in September 2001, a couple extended the efforts by writing a song. Also, an Oklahoma-based company, Sonic Drive-In restaurants, offered up a billboard, located across the street from the Gold Dome, to the Citizens for the Golden Dome group. On the billboard was written "Stop the demolition of our historic landmark," as well as the phone numbers for Bank One and Walgreens. By December 2001, after several reprieves by

1922-568: The Gold Dome into a concert venue. Walgreens Walgreen Company is an American company that operates the second-largest pharmacy store chain in the United States, behind CVS Health . It specializes in filling prescriptions, health and wellness products, health information, and photo services. It was founded in Chicago in 1901, and is headquartered in the Chicago suburb of Deerfield , Illinois. On December 31, 2014, Walgreens and Switzerland-based Alliance Boots merged to form

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1984-585: The National Register of Historic Places. In August 2001, the Bank One president offered different alternatives to demolition of the building, including constructing a smaller building on a portion of the property to serve as the Bank One location next door to the gold dome building. The president left a sixty-day window for prospective buyers interested in saving the building to come forward, but did not state what would happen if no one offered to buy

2046-597: The Oklahoma City Government pursued a new zoning area along NW 23rd Street, including the area where the Gold Dome is located in order to preserve the unique architecture and “commercial nature” of NW 23rd Street, the former path of Route 66 through central Oklahoma City. Twenty-third Street is located between the urban conservation districts of the Paseo and Jefferson Park to the north, and the historic preservation districts of Mesta Park and Heritage Hills to

2108-483: The Oklahoma City council voted to take over responsibility to pay back the loan to HUD. Irene Lam fell behind on her property tax obligations, failing to fulfill nearly fifty thousand dollars in property tax obligations to the City of Oklahoma City and only repaying interest upon the federal loan . Bank 7 in Oklahoma City foreclosed on the property and The Gold Dome was put up for auction on 13 September 2012 David Box,

2170-656: The South. The new zoning area would require property owners to gain permission from a design review board before demolishing or modifying buildings in this area. In July 2001 Bank One , which owned the Gold Dome building, applied to the Urban Design Commission (the result of 1998 efforts) for permission to demolish the building. The bank stated that the structure was too large to serve as a bank and refurbishing it would be too costly (Bank One estimated it would cost roughly $ 1.7 million). The bank intended to sell

2232-707: The University of Notre Dame, is referred to as the Golden Dome See also [ edit ] Gould Dome Dome (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Golden Dome . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Golden_Dome&oldid=1256835481 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

2294-474: The actual dome and have it transplanted to another site. An ownership group was formed, Gold Dome LLC, to take over financing of the building to save it. As of April 2011, Gold Dome owner an optometrist named Irene Lam had not maintained payment on the loans secured by the Oklahoma City council through United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the building. On 12 April 2011

2356-449: The architects for the Citizens State Bank, Bailey, Bozalis, Dickinson, and Roloff of Oklahoma City created this unusual Oklahoma City landmark. The dome is constructed of 625 panels, ranging in size from 7.5 to 11.5 feet (3.5 m) in length, 60 – 70 pounds in weight each, and spanning a diameter of 145 feet (44 m). The interior covers about 27,000 square feet.1 The Gold Dome bank was an approximately $ 1 million investment. In 1998,

2418-422: The bank president, the time allotted by Bank One for buyers wanting to preserve the Gold Dome to come forward was up. However, the Bank One officials agreed once again to extend the postponement of demolition until January. Bank One stated they were open to other alternatives, but would have to go forward with plans to sell the building to Walgreens if a buyer did not come forward. Bank One even offered to help save

2480-512: The building for $ 1.1 million. The new developers filed for a $ 2.5 million building permit in August 2016 to convert the building into a Natural Grocers store and preserve the dome. Land Run Commercial Properties entered negotiations with TempleLive in 2021. The company operates live music venues at historic Masonic temples in Ohio, Arkansas, and Kansas and is examining the feasibility of converting

2542-474: The building. The State Historic Preservation Office declared the building eligible for landmark status, although usually reserved for buildings at least 50 years old. A Bethany company, Blue Stuff, seemed to be the only viable hope for preservation of the Gold Dome. Blue Stuff planned to move into the building, having outgrown its own location. The company's spokesman did not feel the Gold Dome would be as costly to repair as Bank One claimed. Efforts to save

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2604-413: The building. Changes to the building included large saltwater and freshwater fish tanks being placed in the lobby, as well as a digital touchscreen wall for guests to interact with. However, in March 2015, Gold Dome owner David Box announced that the property was back on the market after TEEMCO had fallen into financial distress with falling oil prices. In May 2015, Land Run Commercial Properties purchased

2666-552: The company operated almost 9,000 stores in the US. It announced it was closing 150 locations in the US (plus 300 in the UK) at the end of the month. In its 2009 business model, Walgreens are freestanding corner stores, with the entrance on the street with the most traffic flow , figuratively making it a "corner drugstore" similar to how many independent pharmacies evolved. Many stores have a drive-through pharmacy. Most freestanding stores have

2728-456: The company sold expired baby food, infant formula, and over-the-counter drugs. The suit also alleged that Walgreens violated state law by charging more than the lowest posted or advertised price for items. In June 2018, a staff pharmacist at a Walgreens in Peoria, Arizona , refused to give a woman medication to end her pregnancy. The medication was prescribed by a doctor after tests revealed that

2790-556: The counter, as accounted in Daniel Okrent's Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition . The stock market crash in October 1929 and subsequent Great Depression did not greatly affect the company. By 1934, Walgreens was operating 601 stores in 30 states. After Walgreen died in 1939, his son Charles R. Walgreen Jr. took over the chain until his retirement. The Charles R. Walgreen Jr. years were relatively prosperous but lacked

2852-489: The crisis was averted. In 2010, Walgreens stopped accepting Medicaid in Washington state, leaving its one million Medicaid recipients unable to use Medicaid to pay for their prescriptions filled at these 121 stores. On April 20, 2012, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Walgreens agreed to pay $ 7.9 million in a settlement. The fine related to allegations of violations of the federal Anti-Kickback Statute and

2914-511: The federal and 39 state governments in over-billing schemes. In February 2020, Walgreens agreed to pay $ 7.5 million to settle a consumer protection lawsuit accusing the company of placing people's health at risk by permitting an unlicensed person to work as a pharmacist without an adequate background check. This person had handled over 745,000 prescriptions and filled over 100,000 prescriptions for controlled substances. The State of California, Alameda County, and Santa Clara County all took part in

2976-547: The inexpensive dosage forms that were prescribed by physicians." In September 2012, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) accused Walgreens of endangering public safety and barred the company from shipping oxycodone and other controlled drugs from its Jupiter, Florida , distribution center. The DEA said that Walgreens failed to maintain proper controls to ensure that it did not dispense drugs to addicts and drug dealers. The DEA also said that six of Walgreens' Florida pharmacies ordered in excess of one million oxycodone pills

3038-481: The investigation. When it was asked by the California Board of Pharmacy during the investigation, Walgreens was unable to furnish a copy of her employment application. Although there are records that the person had attended classes in a university pharmacy program, there are no records that she had completed her degree requirements that would allow her to take the pharmacist licensing exams. In March 2021,

3100-466: The massive expansion seen in the early part of the century. In 1946, Walgreens purchased Sanborns , one of Mexico 's largest pharmacy and department store chains, from Frank Sanborn (Walgreens sold Sanborns to Grupo Carso in 1982). Charles "Cork" R. Walgreen III took over after Walgreen Jr.'s retirement in the early 1950s and modernized the company by switching to barcode scanning. The company also created larger-sized Walgreens Superstores and purchased

3162-412: The other way, patients suffer and drug dealers prosper." The Jupiter, Florida, distribution center, which opened in 2001, is one of 12 such distribution centers owned by Walgreens. Since 2009, Walgreens' Jupiter facility has been Florida's largest distributor of oxycodone, the DEA said. Over the past three years, its market share has increased, and 52 Walgreens are among the top 100 oxycodone purchasers in

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3224-635: The pregnancy would end in a miscarriage. The woman said she was left "in tears and humiliated". Walgreens responded that its policy "allows pharmacists to step away from filling a prescription for which they have a moral objection". In September 2018, Walgreens agreed to pay $ 34.5 million to settle a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investigation on charges of misleading investors on financial targets. The SEC alleged that former CEO Greg Wasson and then-CFO Wade Miquelon acted "negligently" in giving financial estimates. In January 2019, Walgreens paid $ 269.2 million for two separate counts of defrauding

3286-552: The property to Walgreens , which would place the new pharmacy across the street from its competitor, Eckerd . A group organized to save the Gold Dome, "Citizens for the Golden Dome", appealed to the Bank One president, urging him not only to save the building in deference to its unique history and contribution to the "urban character" of OKC, but to also apply for landmark zoning from the OKC Historic Preservation and Landmark Commission, and apply for listing on

3348-600: The remaining 55% of Alliance Boots . The combined company became known as the Walgreens Boots Alliance and was headquartered in Chicago. In December of that year, Walgreens purchased the Almus Pharmaceutical generic brand. Also that year, Walgreens acquired Farmacias Benavides . On July 28, 2016, Walgreens announced it would shut down Drugstore.com , as well as Beauty.com, to focus on its own Walgreens.com website. On September 19, 2017,

3410-528: The state of Tennessee sued Walgreens, alleging that the pharmacy fueled the state's opioid epidemic by failing to maintain effective controls against abuse of the prescription painkiller. The lawsuit claims that Walgreens willfully flooded the market with an oversupply of prescription narcotics in violation of public nuisance and consumer protection laws. In August 2022, a federal judge in Cleveland awarded $ 650 million to Lake County and Trumbull County in

3472-489: The state, the DEA said. In 2013, United States Attorney Wifredo Ferrer said Walgreens committed "an unprecedented number" of recordkeeping and dispensing violations. Walgreens was fined $ 80 million, the largest fine in the history of the Controlled Substances Act at that time. In November 2021, a federal jury found that Walgreens, along with CVS and Walmart , "had substantially contributed to"

3534-427: Was illegal, Walgreens sold prescription whiskey. This prescribed alcohol was sold at inflated price, which was much higher than the pricing at the bathtub or the speakeasy. In 1922, the company introduced a malted milkshake , which led to its establishing ice cream manufacturing plants. A Walgreens employee named Ivar Coulson modified the basic malted milk recipe by adding scoops of vanilla ice cream. The milkshake

3596-399: Was in the process of seeking approval for use in children ages five to 11 with the dosage that would be one third that for an adult, it had not asked permission to vaccinate children age four or younger. Walgreens refused to comment on the case when requested by news media. In January 2023, Walgreens, in addition to CVS , announced their intentions to start dispensing mifepristone , one of

3658-729: Was named in a lawsuit by the United Food and Commercial Workers Unions and Employers Midwest Health Benefits Fund in the Northern District Court of Illinois in January 2012. The suit alleged that Walgreens and Par Pharmaceutical violated the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act in "at least two widespread schemes to overcharge" for generic drugs. The lawsuit alleges drugstore chain Walgreen and generic pharmaceutical maker Par established

3720-492: Was out of business. In 1986, Walgreens acquired the MediMart chain from Stop & Shop. Kevin P. Walgreen was made a vice-president in 1995 and promoted to senior vice president of store operations in 2006. On July 12, 2006, David Bernauer stepped down as CEO of Walgreens and was replaced by company president Jeff Rein , who was later named chief executive officer and chairman of the board . That year, Walgreens acquired

3782-482: Was sold at $ 0.20 and Walgreens became the place to "hang out". The next year, Walgreens began opening stores away from residential areas. In the mid-1920s, there were 44 stores with annual sales of $ 1,200,000 combined. Walgreens had also expanded by then into Minnesota , Missouri , and Wisconsin . By 1930, it had 397 stores with annual sales of $ 4,000,000. This expansion partly was attributed to selling prescribed alcohol, mainly whiskey, which Walgreen often stocked under

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3844-528: Was sued for drug fraud—"switching dosage forms on three medications without doctor approvals in order to boost profits"—it agreed to stop these actions and pay $ 35 million to the federal government, 42 states, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico . Also in June 2008, Walgreens "agreed to pay $ 35 million to the U.S. and 42 states and Puerto Rico for overcharging state Medicaid programs by filling prescriptions with more expensive dosage forms of ranitidine,

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