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Kayaker Stumped When Turtle Follows Him, Until He Looks Down
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the two friends were in Spain and just
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off the grand Canaria Coast that's when
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they saw something approaching they
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could tell it wasn't a sea creature they
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panicked when they spotted something on
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its back that wasn't all something was
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trailing after it
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they dismissed the idea of it being a
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dolphin because of the color but they
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shaped didn't give them answers either
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the kayakers looked at each other when
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they realized something was strange they
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spent as much time as possible in the
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water so they knew much about marine
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life they realized something was wrong
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when they noticed it moving strangely no
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fish or dolphin or even jellyfish would
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swim like this
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the animals seemed to struggle once they
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realized what they saw they knew they
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had to do something the animal was lost
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amid unusual transparent objects they
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had to work fast if they wanted to keep
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the animal alive they had no idea how
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much time they had left
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whatever was hidden by the mess needed
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urgent assistance and Only Humans could
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help it made sense why it had worked so
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hard to make it through the current
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however it was odd because humans are
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considered the enemy of sea life this
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creature was lucky to have found two men
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who adored nature and wanted to protect
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it
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one of the men leaped out of the kayak
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and swam a short distance to mysterious
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Mass this had now become a rescue
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mission it wasn't without danger the man
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still didn't know exactly what it was he
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was trying to save after all the other
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kayaker had now gotten into a position
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where he could scoop the creature out of
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the water and only hope he wouldn't get
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bitten while trying to help they finally
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had a chance to look at what the
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mysterious animal was as soon as he had
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a firm grip he hoisted the animal into
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the boat and it stopped wriggling they
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both knew exactly what it was now
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hidden in a disguise of plastic bags
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shredded Tangled and wrapped around it
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but it was undeniable the exhausted
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mysterious animal was a rather tired sea
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turtle there was still a huge problem
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booming you see the kayaker had to
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struggle for a while because his rescue
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mission was far from being over
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the men got to work while the turtle lay
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still
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the turtle had The Misfortune of
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swimming through a net of plastic
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that was the strange mass that had been
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trailing behind it and hindering it
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1K acre pulled out a knife that he
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luckily had on him and began the
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delicate process of entangling the
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plastic from around the animal
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freeing the turtle didn't take too long
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and the unnamed man smiled while he
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helped after inspecting the turtle a few
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times and turning it this way and that
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he was satisfied that he had gotten
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every last scrap and nothing was
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embedded in any folds of skin
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the kayaker kissed The Cooperative
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turtle on the head before lowering it
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back into the ocean
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news of the rescue made its rounds on
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the internet and many users expressed
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and shared gratitude and praise the
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production of plastic took off in the
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1950s and was hailed as an inexpensive
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and convenient alternative for packaging
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and Storage
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since then estimates put the amount we
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produced at around 9.2 billion tons
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unfortunately a staggering 6.9 billion
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tons of all plastic produced has become
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waste scientists were horrified to
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discover that between 5.3 million and 14
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million tons make its way into our
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oceans each year
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even more troubling news is that it's
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unclear just how long it will take for
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the plastic waste to biodegrade
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completely
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scientists estimate a range from 450
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years to possibly never
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but foreign substances in the orifices
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or Plastics wrapping around them are not
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the only things turtles have to deal
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with when it comes to our waste yet
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another big ocean dweller is affected by
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plastic but unlike the beluga whale
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pilot whales SWA the plastic unknowingly
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the plastic gets stuck in their
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digestive systems and the more it builds
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up the less the whale can eat eventually
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they end up starving because of the
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blockage caused by the plastic
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there are so many cases of seals and sea
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lions having plastic around their necks
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and even though there are people out
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there who search them out and help not
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all of them are so lucky
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and the worst part is that even if they
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cut it off the animals might end up in
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the same position because there is just
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so much plastic in their habitats how
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many fish have lost their homes because
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of a piece of plastic corals are home to
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a vast variety of ocean creatures but
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it's well known that some of the world's
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most famous corals are starting to
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bleach they're slowly dying and we don't
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know how to stop it the bleaching might
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not be caused by plastic
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but it does have some other effects on
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corals that could be just as harmful to
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the coral and the creatures that call it
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home
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the effects of plastic on corals have
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been studied in eight different Pacific
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regions and the results are shocking
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it turns out that plastic actually makes
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corals more susceptible to disease
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development but that's not all that
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happens the contact between the plastic
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and the coral actually physically
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injures the corals the physical damage
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the plastic causes to the coral tissues
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promotes the infection caused by the
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bacteria present on the plastic thus the
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coral becomes sicker and sicker the
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longer the plastic is on it
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doesn't that prove that we need to
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combat the plastic problem before it
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starts devastating entire habitats
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our ocean is currently so filled with
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plastic that there is a huge pile of
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trash swirling in water and it even has
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a name
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the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is the
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name given to the 99
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419 mile area that houses the trash
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that's an area nearly three times the
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size of France the garbage patch is
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located better Hawaii in California and
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is the largest accumulation of ocean
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plastic in the world there are a ton of
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different items in the garbage patch
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ranging from household products to
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fishing nets
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even though there are efforts to clean
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up the patch it's still causing damage
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to a wide variety of ocean dwellers on a
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daily basis
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are you ready to make just a few small
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adjustments to your everyday life to
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reduce the amount of plastic waste in
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the oceans take a reusable bag with you
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to the grocery store it's estimated that
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the U.S alone accounts for 100 billion
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disposable plastic bags each year
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by reusing your shopping bag this amount
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could decrease significantly another
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painless way to reduce plastic waste is
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to skip straws Americans throw away 500
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million plastic single-use straws every
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day that amounts to about 1.5 per person
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buy stainless steel reusable straws or
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paper straws the environment will thank
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you for it lastly avoid products that
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contain microbeads and search for
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natural alternatives these microbeads
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make their way into the ocean and get
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ingested by virtually all marine animals
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sea turtles are becoming increasingly at
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risk of endangerment and are less
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frequently seen in their natural habitat
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as a result of pollution
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plastic bags and waste items are often
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mistaken not only by the age-old
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inhabitants but by others as well
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so if you would untangle a turtle in the
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ocean then let's stop putting plastic
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there too reduce reuse recycle
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in order to protect the privacy of those
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depicted some names locations and
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identifying characteristics have been
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changed and are products of the author's
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imagination
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any resemblances to actual events places
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or persons living or dead are entirely
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coincidental
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