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Jun 7, 2016


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Kelcy Williams


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Jun 7, 2016


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Kelcy Williams


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Netflix and Chill


Jun 7, 2016


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Culture


Kelcy Williams


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Kelcy Williams


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For example, if you were to say “Do you want to come over to watch Netflix and just chill? ;),” this might mean you are going to watch a movie and relax; however, if you are talking to a potential date these words, along with the winking emoticon, could mean something quite different.



Jun 7, 2016


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Culture


Kelcy Williams


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Kelcy Williams


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Jun 7, 2016


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Michel Sabbagh


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Jun 7, 2016


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Michel Sabbagh


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Mecha: When Human and Machine Are One


Jun 7, 2016


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Michel Sabbagh


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Jun 7, 2016


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Michel Sabbagh


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Unlike clunky, lumbering Western mechs, Japanese mechs were anthropomorphic and highly mobile entities. They espoused recognizable classes of people — snipers, soldiers, knights, etc. — including symbols of Japanese culture such as the samurai.



Jun 7, 2016


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Michel Sabbagh


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Michel Sabbagh


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Jun 7, 2016


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Jacob Allen


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Jun 7, 2016


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Jacob Allen


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The Idea of Home


Jun 7, 2016


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Jacob Allen


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Jun 7, 2016


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Jacob Allen


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The door that closes and completes the home creates a sort of polarity: The first side of this polarity is the prison: the home may lock in, keep, and hold. The second, and the one most discussed here, is the virgin: the home is able to lock out and remain unpolluted.



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Jacob Allen


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Jacob Allen


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Fiction

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Jun 10, 2016


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Shauna O’Meara


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Jun 10, 2016


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Shauna O’Meara


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Photo of a Tiger


Jun 10, 2016


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Shauna O’Meara


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Jun 10, 2016


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Shauna O’Meara


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Aiming his camera carefully, a little boy photographed the world’s last tiger.



Jun 10, 2016


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Shauna O’Meara


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Shauna O’Meara


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Jun 10, 2016


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Joseph Germán Smeall-Villarroel


1 Comment


Jun 10, 2016


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Joseph Germán Smeall-Villarroel


1 Comment

The Rememberers


Jun 10, 2016


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Joseph Germán Smeall-Villarroel


1 Comment


Jun 10, 2016


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Joseph Germán Smeall-Villarroel


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It was the middle of August, when Catholics remember the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into heaven, at the end of her mortal life. For the occasion, Tía Meropia brought presents—a gift certificate for ice cream, and a VHS copy of the movie Mary Poppins. On the video cover, Mary Poppins and Bert the Chimney Sweep danced around with a flock of bow-tied penguins. 



Jun 10, 2016


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Joseph Germán Smeall-Villarroel


1 Comment


Jun 10, 2016


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Joseph Germán Smeall-Villarroel


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Jun 7, 2016


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Grace Cook


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Grace Cook


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Stop and Shop


Jun 7, 2016


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Grace Cook


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Jun 7, 2016


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Grace Cook


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You were in the bread aisle that morning stocking loaves of Wonderbread. I was startled that your hair was pink. I don’t know why that startled me, especially since mine was blue, but it did.



Jun 7, 2016


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Grace Cook


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Jun 7, 2016


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Grace Cook


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Jun 7, 2016


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Andrea Gregory


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Jun 7, 2016


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Andrea Gregory


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Cheating


Jun 7, 2016


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Andrea Gregory


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Jun 7, 2016


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Andrea Gregory


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I’m the worst speller at school. We are tested every week, and I’ve started cheating. I write the words out on a small piece of paper and keep it in my desk.



Jun 7, 2016


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Andrea Gregory


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Jun 7, 2016


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Andrea Gregory


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Review

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Jun 7, 2016


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Review


Kelcy Williams


2 Comments


Jun 7, 2016


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Review


Kelcy Williams


2 Comments

A Romantic Reawakening


Jun 7, 2016


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Review


Kelcy Williams


2 Comments


Jun 7, 2016


Summer 2016


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Kelcy Williams


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What she doesn’t expect is for the Egyptian prince Amon to awaken, handsome and shirtless, and inform her that he needs to borrow her life force until he can find his brothers.



Jun 7, 2016


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Kelcy Williams


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Jun 7, 2016


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Kelcy Williams


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Jun 7, 2016


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Sloane Perron


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Jun 7, 2016


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Sloane Perron


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Telling Cancer Where to Go


Jun 7, 2016


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Sloane Perron


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Jun 7, 2016


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Sloane Perron


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Murphy’s story begins four years ago during what she describes as a “mid-afternoon romp” with her husband, David, during which she discovered a lump in her breast.



Jun 7, 2016


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Sloane Perron


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Sloane Perron


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Film

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Jun 7, 2016


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Film


Sasha Kohan


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Jun 7, 2016


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Film


Sasha Kohan


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College, the Movies, and the Misery


Jun 7, 2016


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Film


Sasha Kohan


1 Comment


Jun 7, 2016


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Sasha Kohan


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I realize this is basically asking “Why aren’t there more stories about me?” but, seriously, there is no shortage of … high school stories and, lately, just as many on that later-twenty-something part of life when you really should have your shit together but need all your adult friends and siblings to show you the light and guide you into a happy medium of staying true to yourself while also becoming a somewhat respectable member of society.



Jun 7, 2016


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Film


Sasha Kohan


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Sasha Kohan


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STEM

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Moeko Noda


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Jun 7, 2016


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Moeko Noda


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The Eternal Fractal


Jun 7, 2016


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STEM


Moeko Noda


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Jun 7, 2016


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STEM


Moeko Noda


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By running a statistical analysis of the self-similarity of Pollock’s works, the researchers found in them a pattern similar to a fractal.



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Moeko Noda


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Moeko Noda


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Memoir

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Jun 10, 2016


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Memoir


Catherine Tersoni


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Jun 10, 2016


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Catherine Tersoni


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Before His Last Smile


Jun 10, 2016


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Catherine Tersoni


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Jun 10, 2016


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Catherine Tersoni


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Jun 10, 2016


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Catherine Tersoni


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Catherine Tersoni


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Jun 7, 2016


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Mark Frank


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Mark Frank


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Farming over the Abyss


Jun 7, 2016


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Mark Frank


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Jun 7, 2016


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Memoir


Mark Frank


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In the December of my eighteenth year, my best friend and confidant, partner in poetry, art, and sometimes romance, committed suicide.



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Mark Frank


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Mark Frank


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Jun 7, 2016


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Victoriahope McAuliffe


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Victoriahope McAuliffe


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The Road Back: A Story of Healing


Jun 7, 2016


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Victoriahope McAuliffe


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Victoriahope McAuliffe


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I suffered from intractable Epilepsy, and typically had 200 seizures a day. I would fall down on the floor, crawl, scream, and end up injuring myself in all sorts of ways.



Jun 7, 2016


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Memoir


Victoriahope McAuliffe


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Memoir


Victoriahope McAuliffe


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Poetry

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Jun 8, 2016


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Poetry


Melissa Mason


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Poetry


Melissa Mason


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Wine-Colored Butterflies


Jun 8, 2016


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Poetry


Melissa Mason


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Melissa Mason


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Melissa Mason


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Melissa Mason


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Jun 7, 2016


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Muhammad Kasule


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Jun 7, 2016


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Muhammad Kasule


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The Old Goddess


Jun 7, 2016


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Poetry


Muhammad Kasule


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Jun 7, 2016


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Poetry


Muhammad Kasule


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Jun 7, 2016


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Muhammad Kasule


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Jun 7, 2016


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Muhammad Kasule


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Jun 7, 2016


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Adam Maarij


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Jun 7, 2016


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Adam Maarij


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My Enemies


Jun 7, 2016


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Adam Maarij


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Jun 7, 2016


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Adam Maarij


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Jun 7, 2016


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Adam Maarij


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Jun 7, 2016


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Adam Maarij


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Jun 7, 2016


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Jason Elford


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Jason Elford


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Breathe


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Jason Elford


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Jason Elford


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Jason Elford


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Jason Elford


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