#! /usr/bin/python

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# name:
# author: 		J Skinner
# Date Written:	
# Purpose:
# Notes
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#------------------------   IMPORTS  ------------------------------------

import string
import os
import sys



#------------------------    CODE    ------------------------------------

def get_file_as_string(fname):
    return '\n'.join(open(fname).readlines())

def flatten(list):
    return [_i[0] for _i in list]
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