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Man on the Street: Professors profit off their own textbooks

Professors often write and require their own textbooks for their classes. Students that do not purchase these texts may see their grades plummet in the class as a result. Is it ethical for professors to be profiting off this conflict of interest? There are alternatives to requiring this text such as providing cheaper options or allowing students to purchase used copies. There are some cases where professors require a brand new edition, and this is often thought to be motivated by the financial benefit.

Certain universities are taking steps to make sure this is not the case and that is does not become an abuse of power in the classroom. Here are some thoughts from students at UH when they heard about the ethics of this situation.






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Exploring Houston’s cultural diversity through faith

Houston is a city renowned for diversity. From that diversity comes an array of religious institutions and services. Everyone from evangelical Christians to devout Muslims to followers of the Dali Llama have made the fourth largest city their home.

This increased pluralism has showcased itself in a variety of worship centers that dot the streets of Houston.

Everything from the recent prayer Buddhist services for the trapped water climbers in Thailand to Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), one of the largest Islamic conventions, takes place in the largest city of the south.

The Menil Collection

Outside the Rothko Chapel is another political symbol expressed through faith, Martin Luther King Jr’s broken dream. |Corbin Ayres/The Cougar

The Rothko Chapel is a token part  of Houston’s culture. It was founded by John and Dominique de Menil. The non denominational chapel features 14 abstract paintings by Mark Rothko with sturdy benches and pillows for prayer and meditation.

Outside the chapel is an art installation that offers just as much meaning as tranquility.

A broken obelisk sits at the base of the a serene pool of water. It symbolizes the dream of Martin Luther King Jr. The Christian pastor was instrumental to the development and progress of Black liberation theology

The aversion this country had to his message of equality and pacifism is embodied by the de Menils. The Broken Obelisk is dedicated to Dr. King and placed at the Rothko Chapel after the de Menil’s purchased it because of the denial of Houston City Hall wanting to have a monument dedicating to the activist.

The fractured dream of the assassinated key figure of faith has made its home in Houston because of the remarkable ability this city has to accept and honor great spectacles of faith and culture, regardless of their origin.

Rothko is the manifestation of faith in action.

Hare Krishna Rham:

This Hare Krishna temple is a hub for the community as well as a frequent cite of cultural celebrations. |Corbin Ayres/The Cougar

The Hare Krishna Rham Temple was built in 1969 as testament to the late but prominent arrival of Hinduism in Houston. The faith took a strong hold in the city immediately and today temples have sprung up all over Houston and its suburbs.

The Hindu presence in Houston manifests itself in the many vivid celebration of culture hosted by the many temples. Celebrations like Diwali and Holi — The Festival of Light and The Festival of Color respectively —bring attention to the beauty and intricacy of the faith.

Hindus in Texas specifically have been making the push for a more modernized and mainstream Hinduism. The American Hindu Foundation started an initiative called “Take Back Yoga” a means to explain the lifestyle and philosophy of the faith and reclaim the ancient practice.

The cultural center showcase not only the bright culture of the faith but also includes a boutique, restaurant, Sunday school and cultural halls

Islamic Da’wah Center

Islamic Da’wah Center is a source for education and awareness for Islam above anything else. |Dana C. Jones/The Cougar

Islam is a key influence in the city of Houston. There are worship centers for Muslims all over Houston and it’s residential suburbs with at least 80 registered mosques with the Islamic Society of Greater Houston, but the Texas Da’Wah Center has a different focus. While prayers are performed there, the institution is built on the mission of perpetuating knowledge and awareness on Islam.

It was founded by Houston’s adopted and most famed Muslim, Hakeem Olajuwon.

Hakeem needs no introduction as a man who won the Rockets two back-to-back championships. His common cameos in various Masjids — especially during the holy month of Ramadan — and his charitable donations has made him a fixture in the Muslim community.

The athlete founded the Center to push for dialogue to promote interfaith collaboration and challenge the limited scope most have of the faith, including the race of adherents.

Catholicism

Co Cathedral of the Sacred Heart towers over St Joseph Parkway and Houston not only in stature but also influence. |Corbin Ayres/The Cougar

The history of Catholicism is heavily interwoven within the history of Houston. The first catholic church was founded in 1839 but the key demographic was Caucasian. Despite the heavy minority influence and membership of the faith, the churches remained Anglo only and specifically excluded any other race, especially Hispanics who were either banned or forced to the very back.

The first Hispanic catholic church was built in 1911 in the Third Ward to overcome this issue of discrimination.

The year 1912 marked the creation of that first Hispanic church as a means to make Anglo Americans more comfortable with different races under one church. This accommodation shouldn’t have had to have been made because the premise of inferiority based on race defies the principals of the faith itself but it did set the precedent for a Hispanic and Black Catholic Church in Houston.

The Co Cathedral of Sacred Heart was built in 1911 but is an extension of St. Mary’s Cathedral, among the oldest in Texas. The church pushes for inclusion by offering sermons in Spanish, English and Vietnamese. While the catholic community of Houston can’t erase their past, they can use it as kindling for the future

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American Muslims are not the foreigners in this country

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American Muslims are constantly having to decouple their faith from the connotations made about them, especially by the news media immediately following a terror strike. It’s ironic that they have to defend themselves when their faith has been in this country longer than their persecutors.

The legacy of the American Muslim is disconnected from their heritage, especially when it comes to the artistic and intellectual contributions of the Islamic world. The historical scope of Muslim influence in America is limited, and often even censored, to serve the larger political agenda of xenophobia.

Whether it be President George W. Bush’s War on Terror or the stereotypical and lazy scapegoating, Muslims make a splash only when it’s in a context framed by someone else.

The origins of American Islam 

The true history of Muslims in American can date back as far as the 12th century, when it is said Portuguese Muslims explored the New World and wrote the book that would guide Christopher Columbus. The first confirmed migration was in the rows of slaves brought to the Americas, 10-15 percent of which were Muslim.

The origins of the youngest monotheistic faith are heavily interwoven into the history of the nation that now rejects them.

Muslims haven’t just carved their space in history but also in art, music, medicine and countless other industries. The obvious examples stand out immediately: Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali, voices so loud and celebrated that history isn’t allowed to remember around them.

Muhammad Ali’s refusal to fight in the Vietnam War, the statement that cost him his championship and the best years of his career, stood out so prominently in our history that it could not be filtered out. Malcolm X’s pivotal position in restoring black dignity and nationalism made him the “black shining Prince” of his people and a polarizing threat to the white supremacist culture around him.

Other examples of Muslim excellence are not even lucky enough to be remembered.

The patriots who erected this nation like Yusuf Ben Ali, who served under President George Washington against British Colonialists, are forgotten. The brilliant minds who literally constructed this nation like Fazlur Rahman Khan, the “Einstein of structural engineering,” are forgotten.

My issue isn’t that these names aren’t featured in American history textbooks, which are too busy whitewashing more captivating events. My issue is not that the contributions of these individuals lie at the controversial intersection of Islam and minorities, which makes them even easier to neglect.

My issue is that within my own community, I did not know a single one of these names growing up.

Muslims raised in America are drowned in allegations against their faith. They can barely gasp for enough air to defend themselves, let alone immerse themselves in the richness of their culture. Not only do we willingly isolate ourselves from the intersections of our American and Muslim heritage, we skew these narratives.

Malcolm and Muhammad’s America

Malcolm X awaiting a press conference just one year before his assassination. |Marion S. Trikosko/Wikimedia Commons|

Malcolm and Muhammad are the two icons that made the Nation of Islam and Sunni Islam slightly more palatable to the culture around them.

The Nation of Islam is a daunting term in today’s world, bearing a vague association with the Black Panthers and black nationalism. This neglected sect of Islam was started in 1930 by Wallace D. Fard and preached that Islam was the true faith of Africa, emphasizing freedom and black nationalism. It was taken over in 1934 by Elijah Muhammad and found by Malcolm X in 1952.

The prominent generational misconception that exists today is that Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X existed separately. We like to imagine that our heroes became heroes on their own, that some people are just preordained for greatness.

The bond that existed between Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali began not because of their shared faith but because of the charisma and magnitude Ali, at the time Cassius Clay,  saw within Malcolm. It spurred a friendship that would eventually bring Clay into the folds of the Nation of Islam. Malcolm’s increasing outrage at American intervention in Vietnam inspired Ali to make his stance against fighting in the war.

Malcolm X not only shocked white America, but his growing influence and beliefs of Islamic unity, black pride and pan-African sentiment placed a deep seed of discomfort in the hearts and minds of Americans. It wasn’t only white America that was appalled by Malcolm’s controversial stance, but also the people of his own faith.

While we’ve recently made more of an active effort to reclaim and celebrate the revolutionary, Sunni Islam has long been on the fence about accepting Malcolm X. It could have been his radical and often violent beliefs that kept the community detached for so long, but I think the real issue falls back on man’s oldest vice: bigotry.

We see two young black Muslim activists, and it strikes controversy into the hearts of the American people because this is not what we’ve been conditioned to think Islam should look like. This issue is internal and external, and it is perpetuated by many believers as well as non-believers. It is ironic that our scripture says the diversity of our tongues and colors is among one of Allah’s wonders, yet we treat it as a scale of inferiority and superiority.

When Malcolm cast off his last name in favor of an X, it was a testament to God’s statement of equality. When Cassius denounced his birth name as a “slave name” and took on the name of his people, it was a testament to God’s statement of equality.

When we draw internal divisions of hostility in our Ummah (community) based off the color of our skin, it is a testament to our ability to sow the seeds of unrest and inequality.

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Jeremih’s Frontier flake-out was disappointing, but expected

Jeremih’s band performed without him. Kathryn Lenihan/The Cougar

Jeremih has proven once again how unprofessional he can be. Not only was he disrespectful enough to send a stunt double as his replacement for the Jeremih and Party Next Door’s Summer’s Over tour in Houston a few years ago, but he wasted the time and money of every single student last Saturday night at the Frontier Fiesta.

Frontier Fiesta was established at UH in 1939 as a three-day western-themed festival free for students to enjoy, filled with rides, booths, and a concert. Last year’s headline performer was D.R.A.M., which wasn’t too bad, but definitely not as exciting as Big Sean or Schoolboy Q’s past Fiesta performances. Jeremih wasn’t the greatest pick to begin with, but he was good enough for people to anticipate the performance and show up early.

While students filled the crowd, waiting for the clock to strike 10 p.m., an official tweet from the Student Program Board, tasked with arranging the Fiesta concert, broke the news that Jeremih was sick and wouldn’t be able to perform, but his band would.

Disappointing, but not surprising.

Jeremih’s band performed without him. Kathryn Lenihan/The Cougar

What’s tacky and annoying is the fact that Jeremih didn’t even bother informing his fans at UH about his sudden so-called sickness, and left SPB to scramble at the very last minute to fix the problem he caused. Thrown under the bus and at the mercy of coogs, SPB and Frontier Fiesta couldn’t do anything about their lack of entertainment for the night despite having already signed a contract with the singer that stated his agreement to perform.

Frontier Fiesta had the largest attendance when Schoolboy Q performed back in 2015, with 30,000 people showing up, but attendance has fallen in the past 2 years.

In 2016, FFA created a survey pertaining to what style of music genre and what artist students wanted to see at Frontier Fiesta, including what they enjoyed about the event in the past, and how the event could be improved. More than 7 percent of the respondents stated they had never heard of the event and 47.64 percent of the 474 respondents stated they had heard of Frontier Fiesta, but hadn’t been before. 

One thing is for certain, if you agreed to perform and signed as an artist at the University of Houston, take our student body seriously.

Frontier Fiesta is run each year by a board of students, funded by student fees, who spend months preparing for the event. Money from fans and non-fans alike is taken out in the form of student fees to fund the Frontier Fiesta performance itself — a historic and memorable event for students that happens only once each year.

So, falling through on your commitment is unprofessional and distasteful, especially if people can count the number of hits you’ve had with one hand.

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BREAKING: Rapper Jeremih cancels Fiesta performance

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Citing illness, Rapper Jeremih abruptly canceled his Frontier Fiesta performance a little more than two hours before he was set to take the Bud Light Stage on Saturday night.

“We were told that he has fallen ill,” chair Andrew Bahlmann said. “Unfortunately it’s nothing anyone can control, and it’s just an unfortunate circumstance.”

Attendees did not react kindly to the news that the chart-topper would be missing his performance.

“I was looking forward to it,” said nutrition junior Amy Isadahomen. “Now I feel like I kind of just wasted my time.”

Some said they were attending Frontier Fiesta — once billed the “Greatest College Show on Earth” during UH’s early years — exclusively to see Jeremih.

“We like his music, and I feel like I wasted my time because he didn’t even show up,” chemical engineering alumna Bhavini Patel said.

Typically, Bahlmann said, the University allows Frontier Fiesta to negotiate contracts with performers that pay out after their concert or set. The concerts are paid for with student fees, and though Jeremih’s band and DJ are still set to take the stage, the contract will not be paid in full.

The Student Program Board announced Jeremih as the headlining artist for Frontier Fiesta on March 16, just over a week before he was scheduled to take the stage.

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Fifty years ago, UH crowned its first black homecoming queen

Lynn Eusan was crowned as the first black homecoming queen in 1968. | Courtesy of UH Library Special Collections

Half a century ago this fall, 20-year-old Lynn Eusan was crowned under the bright lights of the Astrodome as the first African-American Homecoming queen in the history of the University of Houston.

But even before her big night, Eusan had stood out as a student leader on campus, helping found the school’s chapter of the Afro-Americans for Black Liberation and, the year after her coronation, having a hand in the creation of the African-American Studies program at a university founded on excluding people who looked like her.

“She was an incredible leader on this campus,” said kinesiology senior Kayla Williams, president of the Black Student Union. “For lack of a better word, she was a trailblazer.”

With her high, polished afro, the San Antonio native stood out in the group of the other, mostly white candidates for the crown on that humid, typically-Houston night in November 1968.

Eusan’s candidacy for the crown and eventual victory were unusual beside the obvious reasons — she was the first Homecoming queen to win without support from any of the white Greek organizations on campus. Despite being in the minority, Eusan was not the only person of color in the running, with advertisements for students to “Go Latin!” appearing in The Cougar before the race.

“This was the first time black students on the campus have banded together and really been effective against overwhelming odds,” Eusan told the Houston Chronicle in December 1968.

Her coronation marked a turning point in race relations and African-American culture at the University, African American Studies Director James Conyers said.

“At the same time in American history and culture, she provided an Afrocentric awareness of ethos,” Conyers said in an email. 

Facing minstrel shows from white fraternities in the weeks leading up to the election, Eusan was supported by the AABL and focused her campaign on uniting students of color, her escort and friend Omawale Luthuli-Allen told the Chronicle.

Three months after being crowned, Eusan and 100 other black student activists presented then-President Phillip Guthrie Hoffman with 10 demands, including the formation of an African-American studies program and the hiring of more black faculty and teachers.

“Lynn Eusan’s legacy marks academic and civic excellence,”  Conyers said. “She provided impact on campus as a student and in the greater Houston community, in the way of social activism.”

For all the work Eusan put into expanding programs and organizations that catered to advancing the presence of African-American students on campus, she didn’t live to see UH become the second most diverse university in the nation.

On Sept. 10, 1971, Eusan was seen waiting in the rain for a bus just off campus. One month shy of her 23rd birthday, her body was found in the backseat of a car after the 26-year-old driver collided with a police cruiser. The driver was arrested and charged with her murder.

He was acquitted in 1972 and the case remains unsolved.

The circumstances surrounding her death, a little more than a year after she graduated with a journalism degree, remain murky.

“What happened?” Williams said. “We still don’t know what happened to her and the secrecy behind it.”

Despite her premature death, Eusan’s legacy lives on at the University, both physically, as the namesake of the biggest park on campus, and in the spirit of the organizations and programs she helped found.

“Eusan’s impact provided a base of human possibility for African American students on campus, the recruitment of students in the following years to come, and the mark of academic excellence, exhibited unapologetically registered from a Black perspective,” Conyers said.

Lynn Eusan Park was established on campus in her honor near Cougar Village I. | Thomas Dwyer/The Cougar

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BREAKING: UH closed Tuesday and Wednesday

President Renu Khator announced on Twitter Sunday that the University will remain closed Tuesday and Wednesday due to the continuing rains from Hurricane Harvey.

 

 

UH had previously been announced to be closed Monday, but the closure was extended.

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Optimism a plus in recovery, study finds

Assistant professor Melanie Rudd co-authored a study focused on the effects of optimism when recovering from health challenges. | Courtesy of Melanie Rudd

A person in the throes of a serious health crisis may feel lost in the recovery process. Finding the light at the end of the tunnel can be difficult when faced with a life-threatening illness.

Melanie Rudd, an assistant professor of marketing and entrepreneurship in the Bauer College of Business, co-authored a study that hopes to address that hopelessness. It’s called “Cultivating Optimism: How to Frame Your Future during a Health Challenge.”

“We wanted to ask, ‘If you’re facing a health challenge — in visualizing how you’re going to achieve the goal — what should you do?’” Rudd said. “And our answer is that it depends on your cultural background.”

The study found that “culturally specific” language made a difference in self-perception and how optimistic an individual is that they’ll reach a specific goal. Jennifer Aaker of Stanford University and Donell Briley of the University of Sydney co-authored the study.

In the study, which was directed at people facing serious health problems, researchers compared two models when approaching recovery — the “initiator” would focus on their future actions and imagining how they would react, regardless of situation. The “responder,” would imagine their reactions to tough situations they’re bound to encounter.

“Optimism is important to everyone — regardless of their cultural or ethnic background,” Briley said. “Our studies show, however, that the way individuals should go about cultivating optimism differs depending on culture.”

Rudd found that little research had been done on the subject of optimism as it relates to recovery.

“Other research showed that if you have a goal, don’t visualize the outcome you want, visualize the process,” Rudd said. “Visualizing the goal can sometimes be a mal-adaptive thing to do, but visualizing the process — how you’re going to a achieve that goal — is generally a good thing.”

To expand on that conclusion, the team found distinct ways to visualize the process.

Rudd said the team predicted that people from more independent cultures, such as Americans, would be more optimistic about recovering from a serious health problem if they adopted an “initiator.”

Conversely, they predicted an individual from a culture where the people are more traditionally interdependent would have higher levels of optimism if they adopted a “responder” frame when envisioning their recovery.

Rudd, Aaker and Briley found evidence to support their hypothesis that higher levels of optimism could positively impact health outcomes and decisions dealing with riskier medical procedures.

The research has practical uses — the feedback received in the study can be used by health care providers, businesses, lawmakers and other consumer analysts to determine marketing strategies and better communicate with consumers on health-related matters.

“In my experience, going into a difficult task with a pessimistic attitude is a recipe for disaster,” Briley said. “And an optimistic outlook can fuel success when things get tough.”

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BREAKING: Campus Vue resident dead by suicide

A UH student died by suicide Wednesday at the Campus Vue apartments, said the student’s pastor, Scott Neal, who was at Campus Vue with the student’s family.

The student was an 18-year-old freshman, Neal said. The student’s mother drove from Kingwood to the scene, Neal said. His father, on a business trip in California, was trying to get a flight to Houston.

“This young man was distressed,” said Neal, who said he knew the student well.

Neal said the last time the student had sent a text was Wednesday afternoon.

“He just struggled over the last several years,” Neal said. “His best friend, when he was 13, killed himself. He struggled with depression on and off.”

Five police cars and two medical examiner vans were parked outside the apartments.

The police and Jasmine Hooks, a property manager of Campus Vue, declined to comment. Hooks said she will release a statement via email soon.

The Cougar has reached out to University of Houston spokespeople and the Houston Police Department for confirmation.

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If you are experiencing depression or having suicidal thoughts, please make an appointment with Counseling and Psychological Services by calling 713-743-5454.


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SGA Election Voting Guide: Be informed when you vote

The Student Government Association holds elections each Spring semester for the following academic year’s president, vice president and college-specific senators.

Voting for SGA’s 54th Administration begins at midnight on Monday and lasts through 11:59 p.m. Thursday. For the first time, voting will take place entirely online via the Get Involved app within AccessUH.

Students can vote for one executive team, which includes a president and vice president from the same party, and a limited number of senators for their colleges.

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President/Vice President Tickets

Students may select one presidential ticket. This race is open to all students.

Shawn Bhatia & Seth Crawford, REDvolution

  • Affordability, accessibility, diversity
  • Improve financial aid, CAPS, disabilities services, advising
  • Reduce student fees
  • Diversify SGA

Jordyn Chaffold & Farah Islam, House of Innovation

  • Transparency within SGA
  • Diversity and inclusion within registered student groups, fee-funded organizations
  • Educating students on how the school works and where their money is going
  • Student outreach and introducing new methods of hearing student opinions
  • Putting long-term plans in place to solve common student issues, re: transportation, food, parking, textbooks, etc.

Robert Comer & True Furrh, Vote for MEME

  • Build a Whataburger on campus
  • Fix the fountain and fill it with gelatin
  • Replace the milk machines in dining halls with miniature, friendly and ready-to-milk cows
  • Create a plan to move toward online advising in order to accommodate growing enrollment
  • Improve student attendance at EVERY athletic event
  • Make it illegal to wear other universities’ apparel
  • Raise four year graduation rate to 100 percent

Winni Zhang & Adrian Hernandez, Spirit Red: Improve Parking, Improve Health Services, Improve Textbook Prices

  • Place parking-spot counters in all lots on campus
  • Re-locate CAPS and UH Health to better facility
  • Lobby and continue to fight for tax-free textbooks

Undergraduate Senators-at-Large

Four seats are available in this race, which is open to all undergraduate students.  

Christopher Caldwell: Transparency within SGA, diversity and inclusion, student involvement and education

Party: House of Innovation

Berenice Espinoza: Transparency within SGA, diversity and inclusion, student involvement and education

Party: House of Innovation

Mohammed Khallaf: Improve International Student Services

Party: House of Innovation

Klim Mathews: Housing affordability, improve facilities and student service system, equal treatment for RSOs

Party: Spirit RED: Improve Parking, Improve Health Services, Improve Textbook Prices

Dena Moghtader: Work toward making students feel safer and housing more affordable

Party: Spirit RED: Improve Parking, Improve Health Services, Improve Textbook Prices

Yuvani Ochoa: Campus safety

Party: REDvolution

Valentin Perez: Textbook prices, transparency, student engagement

Party: REDvolution

Fahad Rehan: Cross-major collaboration, improve financial aid, develop afforable on-campus housing

Party: Spirit RED: Improve Parking, Improve Health Services, Improve Textbook Prices

Daisy Salazar: Marketing UH services, improve Get Involved website

Party: REDvolution

Graduate Senators-at-Large

Two seats are available in this race, which is open to all graduate students. 

No candidates are running for the Graduate Senator-at-Large senate seats.

College of the Arts Senator

One seat is available in this race. 

Michelle DeBelen: Awareness of college events, community outreach, partnership with student media

Party: Spirit RED: Improve Parking, Improve Health Services, Improve Textbook Prices

Niza Garcia: Implement vision of new school, student engagement

Independent

Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture & Design Senator

One seat is available in this race. 

Devon Bush: Improve student experience, university costs

Party:  Spirit RED: Improve Parking, Improve Health Services, Improve Textbook Prices

Veronica Pesenti: 24-hour coffee and food stand in Hines College, UHin5 program, student engagement

Party: REDvolution

C. T. Bauer College of Business Senators

Four seats are available in this race. 

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