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-# Contribution Guidelines
-
-When contributing to this repository, please first discuss the change you 
-wish to make via issue, email, or any other method with the owners of this 
-repository before making a change.
-
-## Pull Requests
-
-1. Fork this repository to your repository
-1. Clone the repository to your local machine
-1. Checkout the `dev` branch
-1. Make any changes to the code on the `dev` branch
-1. Push your changes to your fork
-1. Create new pull request
-
-## Documentation Strings
-
-Documentation strings are to follow the Google Style ([examples](https://sphinxcontrib-napoleon.readthedocs.io/en/latest/example_google.html)).