Author: f3blackout

QIC:  Blackout

Date: 10/7/2022

PAX: Chelms – Charlotte, Chiclet, NoDoz, Pipeline, Roundup, Second Base

AO: Parliament

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Conditions

Colder than anticipated

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COP

Mosey to bleachers

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The Thang

Interval Round 1 – 50 Seconds on 10 Seconds off

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COT

Spoke about a prayer I read on Dad Tired. “God, You have forgiven me when I didn’t deserve it. Chased after me when I turned my back on you. Loved me when I didn’t love you….Help me to love my wife and kids like that”

Spoke about the fact that it is not our job to judge; it is our job to love regardless. That is a very, very difficult thing. Challenged myself and the PAX to do just that.

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Moleskin

Typical Parliament MC; great as always

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News

3rd-F Chubby’s and Habitat Build

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QIC:  Blackout

Date: 9/15/2022

PAX: 9-Volt, Abercrombie, Cheney, Clothespin, Cock-6, Cooter, Deep Dish, El Chapo, MollyMaid, Pipeline

AO: The Battery

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Conditions

Finally getting cooler in the mornings!

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COP

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The Thang

LADDER

10 Burpees, 20 BBSU, 30 Merkins, 40 Squats, 50 Flutter Kicks (HC), 60 Toe Merkins

There were six stations along the Greenway spaced around 275 feet apart (90 yards or so).

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COT

Had one of my Daily words come through my e-mail this past week that really stuck out to me; some of these daily meditations are not so great and some are awesome, this one was awesome; It said “don’t let your feelings get in the way of your relationship with God”. It got me thinking about how often, I and probably many others, let our feelings get in the way of doing things the right way or the hard way. If you don’t feel like praying, do it anyways; If you don’t feel like getting up; do it anyways; If you don’t feel like being kind, do it anyways; If you don’t feel like working hard; work hard anyways. Whatever that IT is that you need to be doing but aren’t doing because of your feelings; Just do it! You’ll be glad you did.

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Moleskin

9-Volt added many of his own 10 counts; Q actually utilized that as a good time to stary moseying again!

Lots of MC this morning, loved it!

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News

Chubby’s Monday Nights; Habitat event coming up; Round up VQ at Parliament tomorrow

See 1st-f, 2nd-f and 3rd-f channels on Slack

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QIC:  Blackout

Date: 08/19/2022

PAX: 3-Phase, Caulk Talk, Cavity Search, Cheney, Chiclet, Choo Choo, Cooter, Face Plant, iLean, Pipeline, Sniffer (sort of), WreckedEm

AO: Parliament

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Conditions

Perfect, one might have assumed it was Fall….wait, Nevermind, still humid

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COP

• Mosey to track pad
• FF – oyo
• SSH – x25
• WMH – x10
• Burpees (5,4,3,2,1)

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The Thang

ROUND 1 – Intervals (50 seconds on, 10 off)

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COT

Spoke about “being present” , used the example of when I took a new job to be in town with my family and quickly realized that there is a HUGE difference in being there physically and being present. Challenged the PAX and myself especially to be present; in interactions with spouse, children, colleagues, anyone whom you are interacting with, etc. This is key in building and sustaining relationships and respect. I have struggled with this as many others likely have as well.

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Moleskin

Too much to remember…for starters, Sniffer showed up in a button down with a water and watched the beatdown. Gotta love the dedication! Also, he filmed WreckedEm 5 minutes late calling him a homo….very Parliamentesque

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News

2nd F and 3rd F channels.
CSAUP and Announcements channels

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QIC:  Blackout

Date: 06/22/2022

PAX: Cavity Search, Chiclet, Face Plant, John Doe, Pocket Taco, Roundup, Second Base, Sniffer

AO: Parliament

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Conditions

Nice and humid, with phone weather alerts related to poor air quality; Like breathing in water.

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COP

Mosey to Parking Lot in front of school

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The Thang

Blackjack

PAX started at one end of the parking lot; PAX performed 20 BBSU and then ran to the other end of the parking lot and performed 1 Merkin. This was repeated (19/2,18/3…..1/20)

After every second round, PAX performed 5 buy-in Burpees before starting the next round

Totals: 210 BBSU; 210 Merkins; 50 Burpees

PAX moseyed to bleachers and did two steps forward and one back on the way up; squat on each bleacher on the way back down. PAX moseyed to track circle and performed a “Circle Merk” up to 5 reps; PAX held plank until their turn to Merkin

MARY

Faceplant: 20 Pickle Points oyo
Second Base: 20 Monkey Humpers oyo
Cavity Search: Plank for time (About 45-60 seconds)

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COT

Read a couple of bible verses and a quote on consistency:

1 Corinthians 15:58: “Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lod knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain”

Galations 6:9: “And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up”

Quote of unknown origin: “Consistency is what transforms average into excellence”

Really been thinking lately on consistency, not just in the family realm and physical fitness realm but in the spiritual realm as well. The unfortunate reality is that we live in a society now that de-values both hard work and commitment along with steadfast faithfulness. Don’t let that deter you from maintaining your consistency, especially in your walk with Jesus. As leaders of men, our families, our colleagues, etc. we are called to remain consistent in all aspects of our life but especially in our faithfulness. A consistent Christian scares our society to death, so let’s make them sweat!

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Moleskin

John Doe finally got to experience my VQ from two years ago! Thought I would be nice and re-issue it for him.

Turns out muscle failure is REAL; 210 merkins, I can barely type this backblast today.

Some PAX got excited when they thought they heard me say “Circle Jerk”….It was really “Circle Merk” thanks Cavity Search for clearing that up.

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News

2nd-F Channel
3rd-F Channel
July 4, Anvil re-launch Convergence
July 16, Fallen Five Ruck
July 23, Lookouts beatdown and 2nd-F event

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QIC:  Blackout

Date: 06/13/2022

PAX: Krispy Kreme, Lanyard, Purple Rain

AO: Beast Ridge

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Conditions

Humid!

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COP

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The Thang

PAX paired off into twos; One partner performed exercises below while second partner ran lap around parking lot. Reps below are cumulative between partners:

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COT

Talked about anxiety; especially pertaining to a personal situation. All of us face times of anxiety at varying levels and it is important to follow and Trust God’s plan during those times. Read the verse: Phillipians 4:6 “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God”

I was in a situation Sunday night where I couldn’t sleep due to some anxiety and I came across this verse. I prayed and allowed God to transform my anxiety into trusting him.

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Moleskin

This one looked easier on paper; maybe it was the humidity

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News

Lots of Announcements;

3nd-F: Chubby’s (See channel on Slack); every Monday except first of month
2nd-F: Brew tour event coming up; reach out to Blue (See channel on Slack)

July 4: convergence at Pound Town (aka Anvil) (Reach out to Shake N Bake)
July 16: Fallen Five Memorial Ruck at The Dam (Reach out to Mr. Clean)
July 23: Lookouts beatdown and 2nd-F event (Reach out to Oil Can)
September 2: Labor Day Convergence Wuzonka Ball Tournament – details to come

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QIC:  Blackout

Date: 06/01/2022

PAX: AOL, Hurt Locker, Night Fever, Picabo, Pill Mill, Purple Rain, Rebar, TT, Uncle Joe

AO: The U

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Conditions

Nice and humid

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COP

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The Thang

PART I

Mosey block to middle of parking lot and mosey back to side #1

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COT

Read two quotes: “What gives definition in your life is what you have built in as part of your life” – Unknown. As my pastor Sunday talked about this, it reminded me of something else I had heard in the past. That was that, the things we want most in life come by going to the places or mindsets that we least want to go. Encouraged the PAX to keep pressing through. The reality is whether it’s physical, spiritual, family life, work life, or whatever it may be, we are all going through something. Keep showing and keep pressing play and the end result will be better regardless of what it looks like now.

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Moleskin

AOL mentioned that we were basically doing all the exercises from the BURPH again; to which Q responded “thanks”

A lot of moaning and groaning – “That’s what she said” – Uncle Joe

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News

2nd-F for events coming up
3rd-F for opportunities including Chubby’s Monday nights
July 4 re launch of Anvil (aka PoundTown)
July 16 Fallen Five Ruck
July 23 Lookouts Beatdown
Labor Day Wuzonka Ball tournament

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QIC:  Blackout

Date: 05/18/2022

PAX: Cavity Search, Chiclet, Choo Choo, Face Plant, Second Base, WreckedEm

AO: Parliament

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Conditions

Very nice

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COP

Mosey to bleachers with blocks

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The Thang

BLACKJACK (21s)

PAX began at bottom of stone bleachers and performed the following:

5 CPRs to “buy-in” at the beginning of each round

20 Blockees; run to top of bleachers; 1 Squat; run back down
19 Blockees; run to top of bleachers, 2 Squats; run back down
18 Blockees; run to top of bleachers; 3 Squats; run back down
17 Blockees; run to top of bleachers, 4 Squats; run back down
16 Blockees; run to top of bleachers; 5 Squats; run back down

After first five rounds, PAX ran a 1/4 mile lap on track together for some active rest

15 Blockees; run to top of bleachers; 6 Squats; run back down
14 Blockees; run to top of bleachers, 7 Squats; run back down
13 Blockees; run to top of bleachers; 8 Squats; run back down
12 Blockees; run to top of bleachers, 9 Squats; run back down
11 Blockees; run to top of bleachers; 10 Squats; run back down

After second five rounds, PAX ran a 1/4 mile lap on track together for some active rest

Did 5 reps of a “Curl”cle; PAX held block in curl position until it was their turn; each PAX did 1 rep in a circle all the way up to 5 reps.

1 Minute of stretching

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COT

Talked about forgiveness. Somebody asked a friend of mine who happens to be a preacher where the line is between forgiving somebody without their repentance versus waiting on it before forgiving, in other words, what wrong doing is bad enough to justify needing their sorry. His response was interesting and it started leading into the mindset and how a calm and forgiving mind is peace but a very calm and forgiving mind is joy. He mentioned that forgiving someone in the eyes of Jesus has simply nothing at all to do with their sorry or repentance for the act (hard to swallow I know!). Alternatively, it has everything to do with you or I (the one forgiving) and the mindset of joy and peace. Forgiving someone is a personal choice and should have nothing to do with your feelings or thoughts towards them or whether or not they are truly sorry. Challenged PAX to forgive in this manner even when they feel like the other party does not deserve that forgiveness.

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Moleskin

At beginning, Faceplant asked Q who pissed him off, response was very quick…”Second Base”. To which Second Base responded, you need to get over that LOL. This led to a brief remark on this conversations relevance to the COT later to come.

Q has taken the “very friendly” advice on ways to fix speaker; cleaned it out and it worked just fine this AM….WreckedEm could even hear it all the way from the parking lot at 0532 to the bleachers. It helped guide him to our beatdown.

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News

2nd-F Channel
3rd-F Channel
Fourth-F this weekend
Memorial Day Burph at The Dam
July events coming up (Fallen Five, Lookouts, Re-launch of Anvil Pound Town

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QIC:  Blackout

Date: 05/02/2022

PAX: Bernie, Ditka, Face Plant, Full Moon, M.I.A., Ramrod, Second Base, Tinder, Toe Jelly, Toe Tag, Yogi

AO: Hacksaw

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Conditions

Perfect!

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COP

Mosey to Flagpole with block

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The Thang

DORA style workout; PAX 1 does exercises while PAX 2 runs large circle (0.25 miles); One Twist: Each partner must do Blockees together in between each run. Started at 10 Blockees and worked way down to 1. (e.g. 10 Blockees each, PAX 1 exercise PAX 2 run; 9 Blockees each, PAX 2 exercise PAX 1 run, etc.)

DORA Exercises

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COT

Talked about a quote from a Kobe Bryant interview. He noted this was from a teacher of his and it stated “Rest at the end, not in the middle” I started thinking about this over the weekend and how Kobe applied it to his basketball career and was one of the best basketball players of all time. I started thinking about how I can apply this not only to physical limits but also to my spiritual life. I challenged the PAX to live their lives this way in the spirit of true discipleship for Jesus. This means we can’t rest in our lives from a discipleship and spiritual perspective until we are called Home.

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Moleskin

Nobody…and I mean nobody liked the beatdown this morning including Q. Lots of grumbles and non-family friendly language used to describe the way PAX were feeling.

Only Toe Tag had to do more Blockees once we got down to 1. He said he didn’t like Q anymore, I asked him to please reconsider later this afternoon after he had time to cool off from the stupidity that was this morning’s beatdown LOL

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News

See 2nd-F and 3rd-F Channel on Slack for more information on opportunities coming up
Memorial Day Burph at The Dam
Anvil OTB in June with relaunch July 4 convergence

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QIC:   Blackout

Date: 04/14/2022

PAX: AOL, Limu, Mayhem, M.I.A., Stork, Uncle Joe

AO: Legacy

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Conditions

Perfect temperature for a beatdown; and the rain held off until around 6:25 am.

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COP

Mosey to Park with blocks. Two cones set up 20-25 yards apart.

FF oyo
SSH x25 IC
WMH x10 IC
Arm Circles x10 IC
Reverse Arm Circles x10 IC

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The Thang

PAX proceeded to perform a “Holy Week” beatdown.

PART ONE – PALM SUNDAY (exercises on palms)

100 Shoulder Taps
Bear Crawl to second set of cones
75 Mountain Climbers
Bear Crawl back to original cones
50 Merkins
Bear Crawl to second set of cones
25 Burpees
Bear Crawl back to original cones

PART TWO – JESUS FLIPS THE TABLES (Flipped Coupons)

PAX paired off into groups of 3 (4 for one group); One PAX (#1) started at first set of cones while one PAX (#2) started at second set of cones. PAX #1 performed Curls; PAX #2 performed Shoulder Presses while PAX #3 performed murder bunnies 20-25 yards to second set of cones; PAX #1 then replace PAX #3 doing murder bunnies back to original cones; Repeated this process until each PAX did murder bunnies twice

During the murder bunnies, after each second hop, PAX “flipped” block to the other side

PART THREE – JESUS WASHES FEET (exercises with feet)

50 BBSU at first set of cones with a partner; One partner held feet while other partner did BBSU; switch until both partners did 50 BBSU
Jailbreak sprint to second set of cones
50 (hard count) heel touches
Jailbreak sprint back to original cones

PART FOUR – LAST SUPPER AND BETRAYAL (Judas dipped into the cup so we dipped)

100 Dips – block
Crab walk to second set of cones
15 Plank Dips – each side
Crab walk back to original set of cones

PART FIVE – JESUS CRUCIFIED ON THE HILL (PAX cumulative exercise)

Jesus paid the ultimate sacrifice for us; so PAX were challenged to grab a partner and do 50 Blockees cumulatively; Push as hard as you can to complete as many Blockees as possible for your fellow F3 brother.

PART SIX – JESUS RISES FROM THE DEAD; EMPTY TOMB (Mary)

Among those that discovered the rock rolled away was Mary Magdalene, so we performed 4MOM

MIA: Flutter Kicks x25 IC
Mayhem: Oblique Raises (Forgot F3 name lol) x15 IC
Stork: Mercy Seat to time (~1 minute)

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COT

Spoke about how struggles and suffering lead to resurrections. In short form, I challenged the PAX to reflect over the next two days before the Easter celebration on just how much suffering was involved for us to be saved by Jesus Christ. We suffer many times in our life, but never to the level of Jesus. The ultimate point was that Holy Week can serve as a good reminder that when our life is not going as it should or when we are in a Valley in life or in a painful situation where it seems we will never be able to get out, there is still Resurrection. Jesus walks with us through all seasons of life and has given us the ability to see that he is with is even in the midst of turmoil. Let us turn to reflection and remember the suffering so that we the Sunday celebration is not taken for granted!

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Moleskin

Performed Mary at the end of beatdown; PAX were really glad someone named “Sally” did not find the empty tomb. I dove into History just to be sure….I am fairly confident there was no Sally but I did try….

Opened up with how we should suffer and remember the suffering of Jesus so that we can truly be touched during the celebrations. Stork reminder me that Jesus did all of this to take away our suffering….For a brief moment, I thought about making the beatdown easier given this fact, but I didn’t

PAX were wondering when we got to the part of the story where the disciples fell asleep….Q told them 6:16 am.

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News

3rd-F opportunities: Chubby’s and Habitat; Second F Channel or reach out to Mayhem

CSAUP convergence at The Battery on 04.23 at 0700; 5 beatdowns with running in between; poker themed with a chance to win a custom 9-Volt block

2.0 Day at Hacksaw 04.15; Wuzonka Ball also 04.15…..seems like a scheduling conflict to me…

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QIC:  Blackout

Date: 03/14/2022

PAX: Blair Witch, Couch Potato, Freebird, Picabo, FNG – Pill Mill, Pocket Taco, Seagull, Tube Squeeze, Uncle Joe

AO: The U

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Conditions

Cold, but warmed up quickly due to some stupid exercises. Hardly any wind at all. 35 degrees

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COP

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The Thang

PAX moseyed to parking lot with block and placed block along the center of the lot horizontally. Elevens at both ends of the parking lot with varying modes of transportations. One kicker: stop in the middle to do some exercises with the block

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COT

Spoke about patience in faith. Over the weekend, my pastor talked about how difficult it is to take a back seat from our own plans sometimes and trust God’s ultimate plan for our life. Perfect example of this is Abraham. He was tired of waiting for children and so he and Sarah decided he would take a second wife and have children through her. This only led to conflict and turmoil in Abraham and Sarah’s life. God had a plan for them but they weren’t patient enough to see it all the way through. I challenged myself and the PAX to be patient and allow God to lead and guide our lives.

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Moleskin

Not sure Picabo could have chosen a worse rock to use in lieu of a block….had to weigh 55 pounds for sure

Not sure anybody, including Q, enjoyed the workout this morning. A lot of grumbles, but hey we got better!

Q had orange/white painted block for Tennessee, Blair Witch asked if it was an “anti-theft” mechanism to have it painted that color. Reminded him that UT won the SEC!….in basketball…

Circle Merkin not to be confused with something else that rhymes…..

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News

3rd-F: Chubby’s Monday nights, see channel on Slack

Fourth-F weekend: Reach out to WuzntMe if interested

Poker workout/run at The Battery 4/23/2022

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