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Given a text, write a compressed version of it in a single sentence.
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You can be a part of it all! Join the Friends of Herron and get the inside scoop on the local art scene.
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Get the inside scoop on the local art scene with the Friends of Herron.

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In her novel Austen pokes fun at the genre. The abbey of the title is not a haunted ruin in Italy but a converted medieval building in Gloucestershire, complete with modern fireplaces, comfortable furniture, and other domestic conveniences.
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In her novel Austen pokes fun at the genre, writing the abbey not as a haunted ruin but as a converted medieval building in Gloucestershire filled with domestic conveniences.

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State planning in Minnesota goes back to 1980, when the six LSC-funded programs in the state received a special planning grant to identify areas for coordination and cooperation. The system in place today is the result of the processes begun with that grant.
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State planning in Minnesota goes back to 1980, when the LSC-funded programs in the state received a planning grant to identify areas for coordination and cooperation.