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    <div class="header-announcement-bar-wrapper">
      
      <a
        href="#page"
        class="header-skip-link sqs-button-element--primary"
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<style>
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        }
    }
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        data-header-style="dynamic"
        data-header-border="false"
        data-test="header-border"
        style="




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         header-layout-nav-right
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
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                <!-- Title -->
                
                  <div
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                    "
                    data-animation-role="header-element"
                  >
                    
                      <div class="header-title-text">
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                <div class="header-nav">
                  <div class="header-nav-wrapper">
                    <nav class="header-nav-list">
                      


  
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      <a
        href="/"
        data-animation-role="header-element"
        
          aria-current="page"
        
      >
        Blog
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    </div>
  
  
  


  
    <div class="header-nav-item header-nav-item--collection">
      <a
        href="/about"
        data-animation-role="header-element"
        
      >
        About
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    </div>
  
  
  


  
    <div class="header-nav-item header-nav-item--collection">
      <a
        href="/contact"
        data-animation-role="header-element"
        
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        Contact
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<style>
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<div class="header-burger

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  no-actions
  
" data-animation-role="header-element">
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    </div>
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</div>

          

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                <!-- Title -->
                
                  <div
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                    "
                    data-animation-role="header-element"
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                      <div class="header-title-text">
                        <a id="site-title" href="/" data-animation-role="header-element">Stuff George Writes</a>
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                  </div>
                
              
                
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      <a
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        data-animation-role="header-element"
        
          aria-current="page"
        
      >
        Blog
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    <div class="header-nav-item header-nav-item--collection">
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        data-animation-role="header-element"
        
      >
        About
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    <div class="header-nav-item header-nav-item--collection">
      <a
        href="/contact"
        data-animation-role="header-element"
        
      >
        Contact
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            </div>
          
            
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" data-animation-role="header-element">
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