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Johns Creek Arts Center Executive Director Stephanie Donaldson and Treasurer Dilip Tunki deliver a swag bag of items relating to conservation, ecology and respect for the planet Saturday at the entrance to the center on Abbots Bridge Road. The event was held to celebrate the 51st Earth Day. Read more, Page 4

City weighs upkeep for retention ponds

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Man reports SUV driver pointed gun in dispute JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Police responded to Medlock Bridge Road late April 7 on a report of a road rage dispute. The caller said he was driving near the Avalon shopping mall and may have cut off an SUV driven by a man in his 20s. He told officers the suspect began waving his middle finger at him and pulled up next to him at the intersection of Medlock Bridge and State Bridge Road. The suspect pulled out what appeared to be a Glock pistol and pointed it at the victim, according to police. The victim said he sped away toward Gwinnett County and pulled into a Whole Foods parking lot where he called 911. He gave officers the tag number of the suspect’s SUV. Investigators attempted to make contact with its registered owner, but they were unsuccessful, police indicated.

Police investigate report of botched bank robbery JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — A stick-up man attempted to rob the Renasant Bank along Haynes Bridge Road late the morning of April 8. Police responded after one of the bank tellers activated the panic alarm. The teller told officers a tall man wearing a gray hoodie and gaiter-style mask approached her counter to make a withdrawal. During the supposed transaction, the suspect passed the teller a note demanding money. The note made no mention of a weapon, and the suspect never displayed one, according to police. When the teller told the man she didn’t have any money to give him, he grabbed his note and left. Police issued a bulletin but were not able to identify the alleged robber.

Police receive reports of dental office break-ins

JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Police responded to burglaries reported at three dental offices along Old Alabama Road early April 7. Officers were dispatched to a business alarm at Children’s Dental Zone and found a computer keyboard lying in the front foyer. Two desktop computers were stolen from the front office of the

DRUG & DUI ARRESTS Delores Wilhemina Warren, 64, of Gardner Drive, Alpharetta, was arrested April 5 on Haynes Bridge Road for DUI and failure to maintain lane. Christopher D. Salzer, 47, of Taylors Crossing, Johns Creek, was arrested April 8 on State Bridge Road for DUI, open container violation and obedience to required trafficcontrol devices. Brookhaven Orthodontics, which leased space in the same building. Security footage showed a man use a pry bar to open the front door and steal two Apple desktop computers. He dropped one of the keyboards while leaving and left it near the front door. Police indicated the suspect was wearing a hoodie, mask, gloves and long sleeves, but had a noticeable limp in his gait. While canvassing other businesses in the area, an employee at the Atlanta Dental Spa, less than a block away, flagged down the officer to report pry marks at their office. The employee said the security alarm was triggered just before 6 a.m. Surveillance cameras showed a man matching the same suspect description enter the building and leave in a gray SUV.

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Johns Creek to host MLB Pitch, Hit & Run competition at Ocee Park By SYDNEY DANGREMOND newsroom@appenmedia.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Major League Baseball’s Pitch, Hit & Run competition will return to Ocee Park on Saturday, April 24 from 10 a.m. to noon. Boys and girls from 7 to 14 will compete within their age groups in either the baseball or softball division to determine their skills in pitching, hitting and running. Last year, the competition was cancelled due to the pandemic, but Recreation Manager Kirk Franz is looking forward to its return. “It’s a fun thing for us to put on for the community,” Franz said. “We have a strong baseball program here in Johns Creek so it’s just another way to help showcase our players and give them a chance to participate and hopefully advance to future rounds. It would be great if one day we had a Johns Creek baseball or softball player make it all the way to the Major League’s All-Star game and represent the city.” The pitching competition measures accuracy by awarding points based on the number of throws out of six a participant gets in the “Strike Zone.” Hits are judged on both distance and accuracy. Participants will get three swings to hit a ball from a tee aiming for center field. The farthest and straightest of their three attempts will be counted toward their overall score. The running portion of the competition is a timed 120-yard sprint starting from second base, rounding third and finishing at home plate. Participants who earn the best overall scores in each age group will proceed to the next round of competition. Franz said he expects roughly 25 to 30 participants, and interested kids can register anytime up to the start of the competition at 10 a.m. All competition equipment is provided, though kids are permitted to bring their

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Johns Creek councilwoman faces ethics complaint By JEFFREY ALBERTSON newsroom@appenmedia.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — The Johns Creek Convention and Visitors Bureau has filed a formal complaint against City Councilwoman Stephanie Endres alleging harassment over a seven-month period beginning last year. The complaint, filed April 9, alleges that on seven occasions from Sept. 10, 2020 to Feb. 16, 2021, Endress harassed and threatened to defund the CVB if it did not amend its bylaws to comply with, what she determined were deficiencies in complying with the Georgia Sunshine Laws that deal with open records and open meetings. The Johns Creek Convention and Visitors Bureau is a registered 501(c) (6) nonprofit entity. It receives the lion’s share of its funding from the city’s hotel-motel tax. That allocation has averaged well over $150,000 the past few years, until the pandemic cratered the hospitality industry. The 2021 allocation is $98,000, according to the city’s adopted budget. Documents submitted in the complaint state that following meetings last fall, on Jan. 24, 2021, Endres directed City Attorney Ronald Bennett to meet with City Clerk Joan Jones, CVB Board Chair Lynda Lee Smith and then CVB Executive Director Shelby Marzen to discuss the applicability of the Georgia Sunshine Laws and changes to the organization’s bylaws. The complaint states that Endres misrepresented that she was speaking on behalf of the city, the City Council

and mayor. In emails to CVB officials, Endres has sought changes to three entries in the current bylaws, one that excludes any reference to being an “agency” of the city, another that provides that a written waiver can supersede when any notice whatsoever is required to be given by law, and that the CVB board can take action without holding a meeting. The matter of whether the Johns Creek Convention and Visitors Bureau is subject to the state’s open records and open meetings laws appear in some dispute. The CVB argues that it is not. Based on her emails, Endres thinks it is. So does the Reporters Committee on Freedom of the Press, whose attorneys say that “records of all state and local public agencies — and all private persons or entities operating for or on behalf of such agencies — are subject to the Act.” This includes “every department, agency, board, bureau…” within a county or municipality. Another twist in the story happened on Feb. 16, when Endres emailed Georgia Law Department Assistant Attorney General Jennifer Colangelo to request assistance in reviewing the application of Sunshine Laws to the CVB. Johns Creek Mayor Mike Bodker sent an email two and a half hours later telling Colangelo that Endres was acting independently and not on behalf of the City Council. “The City Council is not requesting any specific changes to the (Johns Creek) CVB’s by-laws and it is my un-

derstanding that they have operated within compliance of the Open Meeting/Open Records statutes,” Bodker said in the email. About two hours later, CVB General Counsel Monica Gilroy sent an email introducing herself to Colangelo as a follow-up to Bodker’s email. “The CVB has suffered the continued harassment by a government official, Ms. Endres, for over one year,” Gilroy said. “The CVB was astonished to learn that all actions by Council Member Endres, including her below request, are being conducted in her individual capacity, yet with her use of her official election capacity as a hammer.” Johns Creek does not have a standing ethics board. Bylaws permit the appointment of a hearing officer, who must be an attorney from outside the city. The officer is selected at random by the city clerk from a list of five candidates. The officer may dismiss or continue the proceedings, in similar fashion to a court setting, with the calling of witnesses and submission of evidence. Bylaws require this process can last no longer than 45 days. Following adjudication, the officer could recommend public or private reprimand by the City Council, request the City Council call for the member’s resignation or call for the removal from office. The City Council has final say over any disciplinary action, which includes the ability to throw out the complaint altogether. Endres did not respond to requests for comment.

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On hand to share the message of Earth Day are Johns Creek Arts Center board members and volunteers, from left: Michael Guo, Dilip Tunki, Deepa Lahoti, Russell Streuk, Althea Foster, Beau Raymond, Connor McFadden and Stephanie Donaldson.

Earth Day celebration reminds world’s people to respect environment JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — The Johns Creek Arts Center hosted one of numerous events going on around the planet this week celebrating our home planet. The center held a drive-thru Saturday, giving away swag bags full of information about stewardship of the planet to commemorate the 51st Earth Day on April 22. The event continues a long tradition of encouraging populations to appreciate their environment. Earth Day 1970 gave voice to an emerging public consciousness about the state of our planet. In the decades leading up to the first Earth Day, Americans were consuming vast amounts of leaded gas through massive and inefficient automobiles. Industry belched out smoke and sludge with little fear of consequences. Air pollution was commonly accepted as the smell of prosperity. Until this point, mainstream America remained largely oblivious to environmental concerns and how a polluted environment threatens human health. The stage for change was set with the publication of Rachel Carson’s New York Times bestseller “Silent Spring” in 1962. The book represented a watershed moment, chronicling the effects of pollution on the environment and its threat to life on Earth.

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Johns Creek weighs incentives to maintain retention ponds City wants landowners to maintain structures with financial assist By PATRICK FOX pat@appenmediagroup.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Johns Creek moved forward with plans for its own stormwater utility April 12 when the City Council voted to hire Jacobs Engineering Group to manage the service. Council members also discussed a plan to maintain the nearly 500 stormwater retention ponds within the city limits. Jacobs will operate the utility as a division within the city’s Public Works Department. The three-year contract comes at an annual cost of $490,000 and begins July 1. The council vote was unanimous, with Mayor Mike Bodker and Councilwoman Erin Elwood absent. Though he voted for the contract, Councilman John Bradberry said he had concerns with adding another contract with Jacobs, which already provides services to the city. “I don’t feel like I’ve got another option, so I’m going to vote for the motion,” he said. Councilwoman Stephanie Endres said she is glad to get the ball rolling to address a problem that has plagued the city for years. As part of the agreement, the city will purchase three trucks for use by the stormwater division. In league with the city’s focus on stormwater, council members devoted a portion of an earlier work session to

consider options on how Johns Creek can maintain the myriad retention ponds used to hold runoff. Assistant City Manager Kimberly Greer said the city has 480 of these ponds, many in need of maintenance if they are to work in conjunction with the city’s new stormwater utility. Most of the ponds are on private property and are not within the city’s control. Nevertheless, in her report to city officials, Greer said the ponds serve as a vital component to a municipal stormwater system. Prompted by earlier suggestions from elected officials, Greer said the city explored ways it could help provide incentives to residents for dredging and maintaining the ponds. Stormwater retention ponds are designed to collect and release stormwater to remove pollutants and control runoff rates to minimize impacts downstream. During rain events, ponds fill from the stormwater runoff collected for the designed drainage area, and the pond outlet controls the rate of the stormwater release to prevent downstream flooding and erosion. In the 1980s and 1990s, many developers built ponds near homes and bordering backyards as a marketing feature. But, in her report to city leaders, Greer said most of the ponds haven’t been tended for years and have filled with siltation and need to be dredged. Based on guidance from the council, Greer said staff developed a list of incentives property owners could use to help defray costs for maintaining the ponds. The incentives, she said, could be tied to providing the city rights to inspect the ponds. The Georgia Environmental Protec-

tion Division requires privately owned stormwater management structures, including detention and retention ponds, that were designed after Dec. 9, 2009 to have maintenance agreements with the city. In general, the

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Premier: Continued from Page 10 towards us when we called his name, my wife was convinced that he could not hear. She took him to multiple pediatricians and was repeatedly dismissed with the counsel that “boys will be boys” and “not everyone is a talker.” These were board-certified, well-trained physicians. Over the course of a year, his speech deteriorated from a dozen words at 14 months to only 2 words at 2 years old. A pediatric ENT, an audiologist and another pediatrician examined him and suggested autism, but when asked, they could not support their conclusions convincingly. The diagnosis just didn’t fit, as there were no other symptoms of autism. Finally, at our second pediatric ENT and audiology appointment, the audiologist determined that the way sound waves bounced back from his ear drums was not consistent with open, air-filled middle ears. Dr. Matthew Whitley (Pediatric Ear Nose and Throat of Atlanta) scheduled an appointment to place tubes in his ear drums and explore further. Shortly into the surgery, Dr. Whitley discovered that my son had “glue ear,” which is when a glue-like semisolid form behind the ear drum.

Our son could hear sounds, which explains how he passed his first hearing test at one year old, but sounds were heard as if underwater, and he could not differentiate between many sounds which made speech unintelligible. Dr. Whitley inserted tubes, removed the glue-like material from our son’s middle ear and restored his hearing. Within one week our son went from speaking two words to twenty words. We were informed that in a case such as our son’s, it would likely have taken years for the glue ear to resolve on its own. Had we stuck with our first, second, third, or fourth opinion, our son would have been severely affected by deafness (and thus speech) during critical developmental years. As a Mohs surgeon, I have had many of my greatest successes in the field of skin cancer, oftentimes in the context of my serving as a second opinion. One patient was told by his previous Mohs surgeon that further surgery was not possible on his scalp, which was riddled with painful cancers. However, my patient and I selectively employed photodynamic therapy, 5-fluorouracil cream and Mohs surgery with skin grafts. His scalp is now healed and pain and cancer-free. Other patients have come to me with skin cancers dismissed by their previous dermatologists who assured them that a biopsy was not necessary. The most

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that treatment option is not available in their own practice. I sleep well at night knowing that I genuinely give my patients treatment that I would not necessarily pick for myself. My job is to present facts and to be a guide but not to choose for my patients. Just today, I saw a patient who was referred to me for Mohs surgery of a basal cell carcinoma on the lower edge of the nose. We reviewed his treatment options together. He had never considered radiation therapy until I presented it as an alternative to Mohs surgery, and ultimately radiation therapy is what he selected. Likewise, I occasionally have patients referred to me for Mohs surgery who select imiquimod cream instead of surgery after I present it as a treatment option for certain types of basal cell carcinoma. When non-surgical options exist, it is a surgeon’s responsibility to help educate a patient about treatment options worth considering. The providers at Premier Dermatology believe in second opinions and in patient advocacy. I, along with Kathryn Filipek, PA-C, strive to truly listen to our patients and empower them to seek second opinions and alternative courses of treatment. At Premier Dermatology and Mohs Surgery of Atlanta, whether we are your first or second (or fifth!) opinion, we make you and your family our priority.

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Like that heading? I thought it might catch your eye! I always enjoy hearing from folks who read this column each week. It’s great to know that people are getting outside and enjoying STEVE HUDSON Georgia’s great outGet Outside Georgia, aa4bw@comcast.net of-doors! Last week, for example, I enjoyed a nice exchange of emails about finding good barbecue up in Rabun County. This reader was planning a hiking trip to check out some waterfalls and was wondering about a good place to go for some barbecue for lunch or dinner. I offered a couple of suggestions, and in exchange I got a few tips on some places I have never tried. Ahh…exchanging intel via email on the lay of the barbecue landscape. Now that’s a good use of technology. Another question I get a lot, in one form or another, has to do with good places to hike. What’s a good trail for hiking with kids? Where are trails that lead to really good scenic overlooks? When is the best time to hike and see blooming wildflowers? I love questions like that, for they always get me thinking in a “hiking” sort of way and often help me decide where to go next time I’m out and about. Folks often have questions about fishing, too. Getting me started on fishing is like getting me started on grandkids, and I love to talk with folks about both of those grand topics. In fact, come to think of it, the question that I get most is a fishing-related question that usually goes something like this: “Where,” somebody will ask, “are the trout?” What they’re asking, of course, is where has the state recently stocked trout into Georgia streams? And that’s a good question. If you’re going fishing on stocked water, it’s always nice to know that the particular stocked water in question has recently received some fresh trout! The good news is that the answer to that one is easy to find. In fact, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) publishes a weekly stocking report that tells you exactly what streams have been stocked in the previous week. It doesn’t pinpoint the exact stocking locations — finding those is up to you, and exploring with a fishing rod is actually a big part of the fun. But knowing which streams have been stocked can be a big confidence booster if, say, you’re taking the kids out and want to catch a few trout for supper.

“So how,” you ask, “do we find this most valuable information?” I’m glad you asked. To find the weekly stocking report, visit georgiawildlife.com, the Georgia DNR website. Click on the fishing tab in the bar near the top of the screen. Then click on “Trout Fishing.” That will take you to a whole lot of info on trout fishing in Georgia, some of which we’ve talked about before. To locate the trout stocking report, look at the bottom of the bulleted list for the “Weekly Stocking Report.” Selecting that option brings up a page that identifies the streams (and lakes) which received some stocked trout the previous week. It’s broken down by stocking date, by county and by specific water. Let’s say I’m considering a trip to Lumpkin County to fish in (for example) Boggs Creek. That is where I caught my very first trout many years ago, so it’s always the first one I look for. Just for old time’s sake, you know. Anyway, the stocking report tells

me exactly when Boggs Creek was last stocked. It also gives me stocking intel on a page and a half worth of other waters too. Wow. That’s enough to get any angler’s pulse rate up a couple of notches. But (as they say) wait! There’s more! You can even sign up to receive a weekly email with the latest stocking data. Imagine that — up-to-date stocking info delivered right to your in-box. Now how neat is that? So many trout…so little time… Unfortunately, there is no warning on the site that this kind of info can have a negative impact on things like to-do lists, particularly if there are chores to be done. The fact is that I’d rather be thinking about fishing than about, say, cutting the grass or weeding the front flower bed. You understand that, don’t you? Of course you do. I just hope my bride will be equally empathetic. Besides, the weeds will still be there tomorrow. Now where did I put that tackle box?

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Readers ‘supposably’ like to make me cringe A few weeks ago, I asked readers to submit their (least) favorite mispronounced or misused words in response to Dictionary.com adding “supposably,” a mispronunciation of JOE PARKER supposedly, to its daEditor tabase. The response joe@appenmedia.com was fantastic, and by that, I mean our readers might have been out to slightly torture me by forcing me to view all the wince-worthy words and phrases. Looking at this snapshot of responses, it is abundantly clear that the most loathed, hated and cringe-inducing word of them all among those in North Fulton, Forsyth County and Dunwoody is “irregardless.” Jan J. (real name: Jan Jay), put it succinctly: “Irregardless!!! Regardless of what people say, there is no such word!” she wrote. Rich Lappin agreed. “Irrespective and regardless of what other might say, irregardless is not a word,” Rich said. “Sadly, that has not prevented it from slipping into common usage.”

Joel Huey submitted one of my favorite misuses of an idiom — “I could care less.” Saying “I could care less” implies that you do care, and totally goes against what people actually mean to say, “I couldn’t care less.” As an example, I could care less about what deodorant I use. I’ve refused to wear anything other than Old Spice Pure Sport since puberty — that magical time in a man’s life when he hopes his particular smell, which is awful at the time no matter what deodorant he uses, will attract a mate despite him looking like a sporadically haired, acne-riddled genetic experiment gone wrong — but I don’t know why I’m so insistent on only using that brand. Meanwhile, I couldn’t care less about any Royal baby, some mundane thing a Kardashian did or what deodorant brand you use, provided you’re at least wearing some kind if I’m standing close. Another submission from Huey was the misnomer of “tin foil.” Foil, the kind you use to wrap leftovers in, throw in the back of the fridge and forget about until they have sprouted bacteria spores that appear to be from Mars, or the material used to make hats for QAnon believers, hasn’t been made of tin in over half a century. It’s aluminum.

On the subject of food, a misuse that is particularly aggravating in the Parker household, and my wife’s submission, is “Shepard’s pie.” Shepard equals sheep, not beef. A “Shepard’s pie” with ground beef is cottage pie. Pie Rankin, who has to be ranked as having one of the coolest names I’ve ever heard, takes issue with “safety deposit box.” I agree. A safe deposit box is, as the term suggests, a box within a safe you deposit items into. A “safety deposit box” sounds like a specialized container for shipping stool samples. Several readers also took issue with those who say “heighth” instead of height. Whenever I hear “heighth,” I go back to the time I was in college when several friends and I created a “Beer-lin Wall” with empty beer cans, and with our speech slurred by consuming the contents of our building materials, I’m sure we were impressed by its “heighth” and “bread, er, breadth.” Dale Lewis said one of his favorite cringeworthy phrases is “for all intensive purposes,” a mispronunciation of “for all intents and purposes.” That mispronounced phrase makes me imagine one of those look-at-howtough-our-truck-is commercials from Ram, Ford or Chevy where the grizzly

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voiced announced might say, “The new 2021 Buff Basher Bold Bigflank Butch Blowfist 1500 is, for all intents and purposes, the best truck for all intensive purposes.” Audrey H. shared her list of annoying mispronunciations, including real-I-tor (when did realtor become a three syllable word, she wrote), come with (where is the rest of the sentence?) I borrowed him money (No, you loaned him money) and “esculate” instead of escalate, not to be confused with the Cadillac Escalade. Or is it the Esculade? Charles Reny takes issue with people who say “probly,” using the example of, “I’m asking her to marry me and she’ll probly say yes.” Reny’s response: “probably not” if you can’t be bothered to use a word with more than two syllables. Lucky for our future groom, better, worse, richer, poorer, sickness, health, love, cherish, till, death, do, us and part don’t include any three syllable words. But he’ll be in real trouble if his bride’s name is something like Samantha or, even worse, Elizabeth. Thanks to all who submitted, and I still want to hear more. So, send me an email to joe@appenmedia.com irregardless of what your favorite misused or mispronounced words may be.

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Continued from Page 5 because the majority of the stormwater ponds in Johns Creek were built before 2009, the city has little or no authority to compel owners to act. Dredging costs can run into sixfigures, the report stated. One incentive mentioned in the report suggested offsetting maintenance costs by providing property owners with credits on their monthly utility bills, which are now estimated at around $5-$6. The report also proposed the city could set aside a share of General Fund dollars for a dredging assistance program, or it could fund the service from the Infrastructure Maintenance Accrual portion of the city budget. Members of the City Council said they were taken aback by the report, and they favored exploring ways to incentivize stormwater pond maintenance. City Councilwoman Stephanie Endres advised city staff to explore other funding assistance from the Georgia DOT, the Atlanta Regional Commis-

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sion, the school district and Fulton County. Councilman Chris Coughlin said he has learned a lot about stormwater issues, and he hopes residents will take the initiative to educate themselves about the subject as the utility rolls out. He said he has long favored addressing stormwater beyond city streets, and getting residents on board through incentives makes sense. Greer said government incentives for private retention ponds do exist, but programs are scarce in Metro Atlanta. Roswell has a program offering 50 percent of approved costs up to $500,000. “They’ve only used it once,” Greer said. The next steps in the process, Greer said, will be to work out the criteria for those ponds eligible for assistance, and what share of the costs the city would provide. Councilman Lenny Zaprowski said developing a plan for maintenance — tying small and large, new and old ponds into an evaluation process — may be more than the city can handle without help from experts. “This is a start in the right direction,” he said. “I think the devil will be in the details.”

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SERVICE DIRECTORY Roofing

Art/Wallpaper

Gutters

Pinestraw

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Concrete/Asphalt

Handyman

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Retaining Walls

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Brick or Wood

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Haulers

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