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Pet the stress awayWanna feel better? Science says petting a dog or cat makes terrifi c therapy.

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14SpottedPhotos of fi tness in action

18CalendarLocal health events

20ACHIEVE Community Spotlight

6Think healthy — againIt’s never too late to start working out

12Pack your fi rst-aid kitINstride INfographic: Be safe this summer

15Terry Bailey is aliveGastric bypass surgery is a new lease on life

22Fresh PickMmmm, kumquats

19Bug bites are backInsects are hungry; you’re on the menu

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January is a popular month for people to join a gym. Typically tied to a New Year’s resolution, gym memberships skyrocket as the motivation to get healthy hits its peak.

Unfortunately those packed gyms are less so in the subsequent months. Every day visits suddenly become every other day then less frequent until you don’t even know where your gym bag is.

But it’s never too late to get healthy. We need to stop kicking ourselves for not getting to the gym, as we can restart our e! orts with June, knowing we have six months to make some serious changes. In this issue, we hear from Pam Green, owner and manager of Farrell’s eXtreme Bodyshaping in Bloomington. At Farrell’s, members spend 10 weeks kickstarting their exercise plans, and that might be a good option for those who see June as a fresh restart. If not, she’s also got some great tips for re-introducing exercise.

# is month’s INstride also introduces us to Teresa Bailey, who found success with lap band surgery.

And you can meet Angel, a member of the VIPaws through the Monroe County Hu-mane Association, as we write about how animals can help relieve stress.

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By Kami Mackin

id you start 2016 with the hopes of getting healthy? If you’ve lost momentum, don’t lose hope. You’ve still got six months to get in the habit of exercising and eating right.

To get restarted, you may need to get your brain to rethink your excuses.

“I think oftentimes folks think that they don’t have time, and I think it’s better to make time now to get healthy versus to spend time being sick later,” said Pam Green, owner and manager of Farrell’s eXtreme Bodyshaping in Bloomington. “It’s important to make time for yourself.”

Farrell’s is a " tness facility that focuses on total body transformation, Green said. To become a member, people have to go through a 10-week

" tness challenge — which is sometimes the kick start someone needs to get into the habit of exercising and eating well. During this time, students are given personal coaches to help them through the 10 weeks. Each student also learns about nutrition and how food impacts their bodies.

“I think oftentimes people don’t understand the e# ects that di# erent foods have on your body and on your emotional and physical well being,” she said. “If you don’t understand the food that you’re putting into your body, you don’t necessarily understand what it’s doing to your body.”

Green and the team at Farrell’s emphasizes teaching new habits that will improve their health long-term.

“Diets are short-term. Habits are lifelong,”

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Dee Tuttle warms up with other participants at Farrell’s eXtreme Bodyshaping in Bloomington.


Green said.As for those who aren’t prepared to join an

extreme body shaping gym, Green said that even taking a walk three to four days a week will improve energy and be a worthwhile investment. She said being active and ! nding a few minutes everyday to take care of your health is important.

“You’re going to feel so much better about

having made that ! rst step,” she said.However, Green said, exercising is not the only

thing to focus on. She treats food as fuel for our bodies. Filling bodies with good fuel, such as healthy proteins and carbohydrates as well as fruits and vegetables, is what will produce healthier results of total body transformation.

“You could go to the gym for an hour every day,

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John Humes punches the heavy bag at Farrell’s eXtreme Bodyshaping, part of a 10-week " tness challenge in Bloomington.


but if you don’t control what you do for the other 23 hours outside of the gym, that’s really where it’s all about,” she said.

Much like her own story of overcoming cholesterol issues, Green said seeing people come through Farrell’s and leave with success stories that involved things other than weight loss is her favorite part of her work

“We talk about a total body transformation,” she said. “It means it’s a lot of physical changes, but it’s also, to some degree, emotional changes, health changes, relationship changes that are also, I think, more rewarding oftentimes then some of the other things we see.”

Making the ! rst step to change habits and create healthy eating and exercising habits is hard, Green said. But she said when she sees her students beginning to lose motivation, she reminds them

why they are there.“Your body can go a lot longer, and so don’t

listen to your head. Just keep pushing through,” she said. “Remember why you walked in the door.”

Ways to get motivated1. Break your workout into smaller pieces and focus on

the very next thing — the next step, the next workout

combination, the next three minutes — and keep push-

ing through.

2. Find accountability. Join a fitness program, or find

others to work out with you to push you and hold you

accountable.

3. Start small — getting in shape is a process. Take the

first step, even if it is a small walk.

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A kickboxing class is part of Farrell’s eXtreme Bodyshaping’s 10-week, six-day-a-week ! tness challenge.


Pet the stress away

We’ve heard that an apple a day keeps the doctor away, but what about our four-legged friends?

Conventional wisdom has generally held that a pet can provide comfort and aid the healing process for those who are

ill, and science has " nally caught up. New research is revealing that having a Fido or Snowball around to pet is bene" cial to our overall health because petting and interacting with them relieves stress — stress being a known factor

By Devyn Blandford

Karin Coopersmith, right, and Angel, her Bernese

mountain dog, are popular at the Monroe County Public Library.

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that contributes to ill physical and mental health. According to a booklet released by the U.S.

National Park Services, titled ! e Health Bene" ts of Companion Animals, these health bene" ts are very tangible. According to the booklet, “Among other bene" ts, animals have been demonstrated to improve human cardiovascular health, reduce stress, decrease loneliness and depression, and facilitate social interactions among people who choose to have pets.”

Diseases that are aggravated by stress, such as hypertension, are being treated in new and creative ways using cats and dogs as an additional form of therapy. A study conducted by the State University of New York-Bu# alo found that patients on blood pressure medicine had lower blood pressure when they owned pets, as opposed to blood pressure medicine alone. In our own community, animals and humans are teaming up in order to help everyone, from the homesick college freshmen to our senior citizens in nursing homes.

Animal Assisted ! erapy (AAT), according to the Monroe County Humane Association’s website, is the teaming up of a trained handler and animal. ! ey participate in community outreach events and go on casual meet-and-greet outings around town.

“Registered therapy animal teams visit nursing homes, health care facilities, libraries, schools, camps and community events to share the physical and emotional bene" ts of human-animal interactions,” according to the website. ! e Humane Association’s AAT program is called, charmingly, VIPaws.

Karin Coopersmith and Angel, her Bernese mountain dog, are a therapy team for VIPaws. Angel is a gentle giant, happy to sit by Karin and watch the people milling around her.

She attracts a lot of attention and multiple people ask to pet her. ! ough Angel has lived with Karin and her husband for two years, the duo became a registered therapy team this February.

“My husband and I were fortunate enough to get Angel, and we decided that she was a re% ec-tion of her name. She truly is an angel. And because she was so good with children and older people and just very easy going, we thought, ‘We’ve been given a gift so why not share a gift with others?’” Karin. Karin and Angel are involved with visiting the Monroe County Public Library to read with children, visiting schools, hospice and Alzheimer’s centers and the farmers’ market among others.

A human-dog therapy team is more approach-able for many people, and allows for more


Angel, a Bernese mountain dog, relieves stress everywhere. And Angel loves the attention.


exibility in how a person works through their issue. " ey can speak to the handler if they want, or they can simply pet the dog if that’s what will help them more.

“As a therapy team, we’re a nonjudgmental team that comes in and people can talk to us. We don’t make any comments that judge what they’re saying, we just listen.” " e beauty of this kind of therapy is that it’s less structured and more relaxed in nature, allowing the individual to decide what they need from the therapy teams.

" e VIPaws program is open to any cat or dog and their handler, and requires obedience training and an evaluation before an animal and handler can be a certi# ed therapy team.

Leslie Hudson, humane education and outreach coordinator for the Monroe County Humane

Association, is the director of the VIPaws program. All dogs, cats and their humans are welcome to register and attend training.

“" ere is no certain amount of time it takes to train a therapy animal. " e training time is dependent on the animal’s temperament, handler’s handling skills and amount of training practice,” said Leslie. “On average I would say it takes a year of obedience training and socialization to prepare a canine for animal assisted therapy work.”

If you’re interested in becoming a therapy team with your dog or cat, you can attend " erapy Preparation Classes at the Banneker Community Center. Each session costs $10 and is a one-hour drop-in class on select Mondays from 6 to 7 p.m. For more information, dates for classes and registration, email [email protected].


Lindsey Badger holds her daughter, Dess, as they greet Karin Coopersmith and Angel at the Monroe County Public Library.

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Since Teresa “Terry” Bailey lost 149 pounds through a Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, she’s learning how to really live again. As she approaches age 60, Bailey can walk and move without wheezing for breath and sweating. She can go to her grand-daughter’s activities, sit in the bleachers for a game and go shopping all day.

Bailey grew up in Paragon and now lives in Brown’s Crossing near Martinsville. Her parents

owned a restaurant in Paragon, Poling’s Shady Acres. She has worked for the Morgan County Highway Department for 19 years — Bailey was the ! rst woman hired to drive the dump trucks. She makes a trip to Cloverdale three times a day.

At 5 feet, 6 inches, Bailey had weighed 318 pounds. Although she had breathing and walking problems, she still drove her dump truck, and she was a school bus driver for eight years. Bailey said

Terry Bailey is learning to

By Amy Hillenburg

LIVE AGAIN

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Terry Bailey before gastric bypass surgery.COURTESY PHOTO

Bailey as she appeared in a sel! e after surgery.


her husband was OK with her weight, but she knew her health was going downhill because of it. She wanted to do something about it. Her surgery was on Feb. 27, 2015.

“It’s the best thing I’ve ever done. It has added years to my life,” Bailey said. “I wasn’t really afraid to do it. I chose a good woman doctor at Commu-nity North, and I knew people who had gone through the surgery.”

Roux-en-Y is a procedure that reduces the usable stomach size to an egg. Food and nutrients bypass the other part of the stomach, and the new stomach pouch attaches to the middle section of the small intestines instead of the top part called the duodenum. " e patient feels “fuller” faster and must be careful in food choices to avoid nausea, diarrhea or other problems. Bailey said it takes a little while to get used to, but she’s learned what to eat. Foods such as french fries, a lot of bread or greasy dishes cause her pain. And she has to watch her protein and sugar intake carefully. She had been close to diabetes before losing weight, and her blood pressure was high.

“I had to lose about 37 pounds before the surgery, and I saw a dietician. Since my stomach is smaller, I have to have between 50 and 70 grams of protein a day and limit my sugar,” Bailey said. “I have to drink a lot of water, and I don’t particularly like water. So I buy sugar-free, # avored powder to mix in it.”

“" e surgery itself only lasted a couple of hours,” Bailey said. “I could only have liquids for a while. Slowly, I began to introduce solid foods back into my diet. I was lucky, though. I didn’t have any major problems at all.”

PATIENT CRITERIASarah Muntel, a dietician and the bariatric

coordinator for Community Bariatric Centers-North, said people need to be age 18 before they can consider bariatric surgery. For seniors, she said it is the surgeon’s call on whether the risk would be too great. Obesity needs to be present, but the amount of weight is not always the main reason for gastric bypass. Prospective patients undergo a body mass index assessment to see the ratio of fat to muscle in the body. " ey are tested on their blood sugar and blood pressure, and they are evaluated

psychologically, she said. “" ey have to be able to handle their life and

eating habits after the surgery,” Muntel said.“" e person shouldn’t be smoking, taking drugs

or experiencing heart problems. " ey also can’t have cancer or be pregnant,” Muntel said. “We monitor them after the surgery — then they are examined every six months. If they are doing OK, we release them for a checkup in one year. But we like to stay with the patient for $ ve years to check their behaviors, labs and if they are getting enough nutrients.”

Muntel said there are other gastric bypass surgeries besides the Roux-en-Y. People can be $ tted with an adjustable gastric sleeve or an upper band on the stomach, with part of it being removed.

Bailey, who has worked for the county for 19 years, said she was only o% work four weeks for her surgery. She said she takes vitamins now, along with iron. She can eat eggs, oatmeal and sugar-free bacon for breakfast and also a half-cup of cottage cheese and small portions of chicken, regular cheese, seafood, shrimp and crab meat. She tried to eat pizza her husband bought her, but the texture and smell of it put her o% .

“I just didn’t think it was something I needed to eat. It sort of made me gag,” Bailey said.

Bailey admitted she’s not an exercise nut, although she does ride her indoor bike sometimes. She said her husband Claude needs to tone up as

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The slimmer Terry Bailey at work.


well, and he was walking their dog. “But the dog died, and now we only have a cat,”

she said. “I do a lot of walking and climbing in and climbing out when I drive the truck. Sometimes I have to plow or shovel snow.”

Bailey has had knee surgery and su" ers from arthritis in one hip because it is higher than the other. She said she still has some loose skin around her waist and under her arms, but it isn’t really noticeable in her clothing. She went from a size 3X in pants to a size 14 and from a 5X shirt to a large or extra large. It’s a new life, and she is relishing it.

A NEW MOM, GRANDMAHer daughter, Jennifer Sample, who lives in

Gosport, said Bailey was always a good mom, but now she is involved with family activities. She can go to basketball games, on shopping trips all day, visit the fairs, and she even survived walking the

Greenwood Mall. Her daughter said Bailey’s entire appearance has changed.

“One time she was sitting in the bleachers waving to me, and I walked right past her — I didn’t recognize her,” Sample said. “She used to go to the store in a cart she drove because she had trouble breathing if she walked and pushed the cart. Before, if she walked any distance, she felt sick to her stomach and was covered in sweat. # at’s totally changed. My mom wanted to have bariatric surgery and I thought it would help her. But I tried not to push her into it. She had to make the decision.”

# ere are bariatric and weight-loss surgery centers at IU Health, St. Vincent’s, Franciscan St. Francis Health Centers, Methodist Hospitals and Community North. For more information about the procedures, go to ecommunity.com/s/bariatric-services/weight-loss-surgery-indiana/.

Terry Bailey’s Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery

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about an ounce of food.

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part of the small intestine called

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may not get the vitamins and

minerals they need after surgery.

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Success rate

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on how well patients diet and exercise.

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JuneALL MONTH

Senior ActivitiesWHEN: Daily activities

WHERE: The Endwright Center, 631

W. Edgewood Drive, Ellettsville.

DESCRIPTION: Try classes in Tai

Chi, yoga, one-on-one fitness, low-

impact dance, balance and more.

Explore puzzles, trivia and games

for the brain. Some classes are free

and some have fees.

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CALENDAR

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ALL MONTH

Childbirth Prep and Postpartum SupportWHEN: Many sessions offered

WHERE: IU Health Bloomington

Hospital

DESCRIPTION: Includes pre-

sentations on childbirth prep/

baby basics, childbirth education,

grandparents’ class, sibling class,

women and children’s services

tour, postpartum support and

more. Sessions take place year-

round.

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classes/

FRIDAYS

5K FridaysWHEN: Fridays through July

WHERE: Southeast YMCA

DESCRIPTION: Get your 5K on

and discover a healthier you! This

is a free, fun, non-competitive, 5K

run/walk. Open to the community

and family-friendly.

MORE INFO: 812-961-2175

July 9

Ride for the MindWHEN: 9 a.m.

WHERE: 621 W. Columbia St.,

Evansville.

DESCRIPTION: Join an Alzheim-

er’s Association benefit motor-

cycle ride. T-shirts are provided

to the first 100 riders. Prizes will

be awarded.

MORE INFO: 812-428-5678

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RAINSTORMWHEN: July 11 to 16

WHERE: Starts and finishes in

Richmond, Ind. at Earlham College.

DESCRIPTION: A multi-day

cycling event includes stays at Indi-

ana state park inns with catered

breakfasts and dinners. This event

is for dedicated cyclists willing to

endure long hours in the saddle.

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Ride Across Indiana (RAIN)WHEN: 7 a.m.

WHERE: Saint Mary of the Woods

College, Terre Haute, Ind.

DESCRIPTION: This 160-mile

bicycle ride runs mostly on historic

National Route 40. You should

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14 miles per hour for more than

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Find a mysterious bite on your leg? Did a tick ! nd you are a tasty snack? As we head out to enjoy the summer weather, it’s not uncommon to come away with a bite or two. Dr. Charles McCalla with IU Health’s Urgent Care Center gives us the breakdown of when we should see a doctor.

SPIDERMcCalla said that many people have

reported having a spider bite, but only a small percentage can say they actually

saw the culprit. People who ! nd an unknown bite just assume it came from a spider, but there is no way of knowing for sure.

“I would worry about it if the bite started becoming necrotic or the wound started becoming kind of soupy and tissue was being loss, speci! cally if that expanded,” McCalla said.

He said the center may form a blister, and the blister may open. Or the site can become red and itchy. In most cases, just keep a close eye on it and

make sure something more severe doesn’t develop.

TICKSWhen it comes to a tick bite, what

concerns McCalla most is how long the tick was feasting on a human.

“# e longer that it potentially has been on there, the more concerned I am that there could be some transmission of infection there,” he said.

Problem is — most of us don’t know how long the tick has been there.

McCalla said that once the tick is removed, the person can experience itching and redness. If there is a lot of swelling and redness at the site or if it spreads, you may want to keep an eye on it and visit a doctor if things get worse.

BEES AND WASPSBees, wasps, yellow jackets, bumble-

bees and hornets — not a good line-up when it comes to being stung. If you’re not allergic, you’ll typically only see a local reaction to the sting. Sometimes that means the site will be red, itch and maybe even swell.

“But if it’s right there where you got stung, that’s just a normal reaction,” McCalla said.

What you need to be concerned about is if you experience symptoms a$ ecting other areas of your body. If you begin to experience wheezing, di% culty breathing, swelling in the throat, fainting, dizziness or experience a drop in blood pressure, seek immedi-ate medical help.

“# ose are the things that we worry about,” he said.

By Marci Creps

Illustration by Bill Thornbro

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ACHIEVE Community Spotlight

Editor’s note: ! is information is presented in partnership with ACHIEVE, a local organization that strives to make the healthy choice the easy choice.

Rather than simply telling you that sitting is the new smoking, faculty at the Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington want to encourage you to move more, sit less and live well.

Research shows that 10-minute bouts of activity multiple times a day can improve your metabolic response, blood ! ow and level of alertness. Choos-ing a parking spot furthest from the door, taking stairs instead of the elevator or doing stretches at your desk are all easy ways to increase your activity level. " e good news is — every bit of e# ort counts.

Physical activity is one part of a healthy lifestyle, but healthy living also includes eating a healthy diet, having a normal body mass index, consuming alcohol in moderation, limiting television watching and refraining from smoking. By engaging in all six of these healthy lifestyle options, 73 percent of heart attacks could be prevented. But even adding one or two of these healthy lifestyle decisions can have a signi$ cant impact on your risk for coronary heart disease. In fact, engaging in these lifestyle behaviors is an important strategy to lower overall morbidity and premature death associated with reduced risk of stroke, diabetes and cancer.

To learn tips for incorporating more movement into your life, you can go to publichealthandyou.indiana.edu/webinar/index.html to view archived webinars. Topics for future webinars will be $ nan-cial, intellectual, environmental, spiritual and occupational dimensions of wellness. Viewers who complete each webinar can earn up to one continu-ing education unit.

" e School of Public Health-Bloomington is doing a series of webinars focused on the eight dimensions of wellness. Like other workforce

initiatives in the school, the purpose of each webinar is to enhance understanding of the breadth and depth of public health, to foster connections between the IU School of Public Health-Blooming-ton and community members and to provide relevant and important information to local, state, and national communities.

“It is our hope that these webinars not only provide useful and important information, but also foster community dialogue about new and innova-tive ways to approach public health engagement,” said Carrie Docherty, interim associate dean of community and global engagement at the School of Public Health-Bloomington.

" is positive message gets to the heart of IU School of Public Health-Bloomington’s comprehen-sive approach to reimagining public health by looking at ways to enhance and expand disease prevention — and reshape how parks, tourism, sports, leisure activities, physical activity and

Reshaping public health

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nutrition impact and enhance wellness.Not only does the IU School of Public Health-

Bloomington focus on the creation and dissemina-tion of scholarly work, it also engages in transla-tional research and programming with a particular focus on improving the health and wellness in the state of Indiana. Most recently, the school spon-sored the annual Bloomington AIDS Walk to bring attention and funding to ongoing issues of HIV

prevention, education and health support.! e school also has a Living Learning Center

for IU students and the Division of Recreation Sports, which provides students, faculty, sta" and the community with diverse opportunities for # tness and sports. ! ese are just a few examples of the multiple programs that the school participates in to encourage health and wellness in the com-munity.

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Kumquats — once considered a fall and winter treat — are now widely available year-round. ! ey may look like shrunken oranges, but kumquats are quite di" erent from their citrus relatives. ! ey can be eaten whole without peeling and give a punch of intense tartness followed by sweetness. ! eir tiny seeds can be removed during slicing for a chutney or relish. ! e sour-sweet # avor of a kumquat complements seafood, pork, duck and chicken and adds bright # avor to greens like endive, frisee, spinach and kale. Each fruit’s 13 calories contributes four percent of your daily recommended $ ber and 13 percent of your vitamin C.

Apricot and kumquat compote

1 1/4 cups water

1 cup dried apricots

6 kumquats, sliced and seeded3/4 cup sugar or equivalent low-calorie sweetener

1 cinnamon stick

2 tablespoons unsalted shelled pistachios,

skinned and chopped

Combine water, apricots, kumquats, sugar/

sweetener and cinnamon stick in a medium

saucepan. Bring to a simmer over low heat.

Cover and cook until fruit is tender, 15 to 20

minutes. Allow to cool, uncovered. Remove

cinnamon stick. Sprinkle with chopped

pistachios. Can be served warm or chilled.

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Kumquat marinade

1 cup fresh orange juice1/3 pound kumquats, chopped1/4 cup rice wine or dry sherry

3 teaspoons low-sodium soy sauce

1 teaspoon chile garlic sauce

1 tablespoon sugar or equivalent low-calorie

sweetener

1/4 cup olive oil

6 dried japones chiles

Soak kumquats in hot water until softened, at

least 15 minutes, drain and chop into small pieces

including skin. Combine all ingredients in a large

container. Use marinade on fi sh, poultry or any

stir-fry meats.SOURCE: COOKING LIGHT

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