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 Package: causact
 Type: Package
 Title: Fast, Easy, and Visual Bayesian Inference
-Version: 0.5.7
+Version: 0.5.7.9000
 Authors@R: c(person("Adam", "Fleischhacker", email = "ajf@udel.edu", role = c("aut", "cre","cph")),
     person("Daniela", "Dapena", role = "ctb"),
     person("Rose", "Nguyen", role = "ctb"),
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+# causact (development version)
+
 # causact 0.5.7
 
 # causact 0.5.6