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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def strip_accents(s):
 """ Strip accents to prepare for slugification. """

    nfkd = unicodedata.normalize('NFKD', unicode(s))
    return u''.join(ch for ch in nfkd if not unicodedata.combining(ch))