diff --git a/tslint.json b/tslint.json
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-{
-  "rulesDirectory": ["node_modules/codelyzer"],
-  "rules": {
-    "arrow-return-shorthand": true,
-    "callable-types": true,
-    "class-name": true,
-    "comment-format": [true, "check-space"],
-    "component-class-suffix": true,
-    "component-selector": [true, "element", "app", "kebab-case"],
-    "curly": true,
-    "deprecation": { "severity": "warn" },
-    "directive-class-suffix": true,
-    "eofline": true,
-    "forin": true,
-    "import-blacklist": [true, "rxjs/Rx"],
-    "import-spacing": true,
-    "indent": [true, "spaces"],
-    "interface-over-type-literal": true,
-    "label-position": true,
-    "max-line-length": [true, 140],
-    "member-access": false,
-    "member-ordering": [
-      true,
-      {
-        "order": [
-          "static-field",
-          "instance-field",
-          "static-method",
-          "instance-method"
-        ]
-      }
-    ],
-    "no-arg": true,
-    "no-bitwise": true,
-    "no-console": [true, "debug", "info", "time", "timeEnd", "trace"],
-    "no-construct": true,
-    "no-debugger": true,
-    "no-duplicate-super": true,
-    "no-empty": false,
-    "no-empty-interface": true,
-    "no-eval": true,
-    "no-host-metadata-property": true,
-    "no-inferrable-types": [true, "ignore-params"],
-    "no-input-rename": true,
-    "no-inputs-metadata-property": true,
-    "no-misused-new": true,
-    "no-non-null-assertion": true,
-    "no-output-on-prefix": true,
-    "no-output-rename": true,
-    "no-outputs-metadata-property": true,
-    "no-shadowed-variable": true,
-    "no-string-literal": false,
-    "no-string-throw": true,
-    "no-switch-case-fall-through": true,
-    "no-trailing-whitespace": true,
-    "no-unnecessary-initializer": true,
-    "no-unused-expression": true,
-    "no-var-keyword": true,
-    "object-literal-sort-keys": false,
-    "one-line": [
-      true,
-      "check-open-brace",
-      "check-catch",
-      "check-else",
-      "check-whitespace"
-    ],
-    "prefer-const": true,
-    "quotemark": [true, "single"],
-    "radix": true,
-    "semicolon": [true, "always"],
-    "triple-equals": [true, "allow-null-check"],
-    "typedef-whitespace": [
-      true,
-      {
-        "call-signature": "nospace",
-        "index-signature": "nospace",
-        "parameter": "nospace",
-        "property-declaration": "nospace",
-        "variable-declaration": "nospace"
-      }
-    ],
-    "unified-signatures": true,
-    "use-lifecycle-interface": true,
-    "use-lifecycle-interface": true,
-    "use-pipe-transform-interface": true,
-    "variable-name": false,
-    "whitespace": [
-      true,
-      "check-branch",
-      "check-decl",
-      "check-operator",
-      "check-separator",
-      "check-type"
-    ]
-  }
-}