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 welcome to my new website! practically everything is gone so expect almost everything to be missing.
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-# License
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-This work is licensed under a
-[Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License][cc-by].
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-[![CC BY 4.0][cc-by-image]][cc-by]
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-[cc-by]: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
-[cc-by-image]: https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/4.0/88x31.png
-[cc-by-shield]: https://img.shields.io/badge/License-CC%20BY%204.0-lightgrey.svg