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THE COLLEGIAN WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2015

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Academic Senate airs concerns over growing student population By Megan Ginise @SimplyMeg13

In its first meeting of the semester, the Academic Senate addressed on Monday campus enrollment and how to maximize student success. Fresno State provost and vice president for academic affairs Lynette Zelezny spoke about the need for a campus di-

alogue about overcrowding on campus. Speaking with the executive senate of the budget committee, and the California State University Chancellor’s office, Zelezny had to apply for approval for a dialogue to take place on the Fresno State campus. “We have been watching our student numbers, knowing that we have more students that we

are serving on campus than we are getting funding for,” Zelezny said. “We need to be thinking about the future. Many colleges have come forward to create a dialogue for impaction, and we are now one on the list,” she said. The chancellor’s office has established a timeline for the campus dialogue, that will occur within the next two months. An internal dialogue between

staff, as well as an external dialogue within the community will take place, Zelezny said, so that all sides will have a voice in the process. “It could be a proposal that says something like the college of engineering would like to have more control about what kind of math classes they want their students coming into the

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‘EVERY VOICE MATTERS’

NATIONAL SIGNING DAY

AIMING HIGH FOR CLASS OF 2015 National Signing Day is a day full of drama and suspense as high school players make their decisions on where they will play college football. Future members of the Fresno State football program will be revealed this morning by head coach Tim DeRuyter in a press conference. This year’s class could be coach Tim DeRuyter’s strongest at Fresno State. Headlining the 2015 class is quarterback Chason Virgil, a four star prospect out of Mesquite, Texas.

›› Visit fresnostate.edu/collegian for Fresno State signing day coverage.

Politi Garden earns state recognition By Manuel Gutierrez @TheCollegian

Photos by Paul Schlesinger • The Collegian

Fresno State President Joseph Castro hosted more than 100 students in a question-and-answer forum Monday in North Gym Room 118. Castro said more student forums would be held in the future.

Students speak with Castro on campus issues By Royce Dunn @TheCollegian

More than 100 students gathered in the North Gym auditorium Monday to voice suggestions and concerns on campus safety and student resources at a forum hosted by Fresno State President Joseph Castro. "Every voice matters, and every one of you matters," Castro told Monday’s crowd. Courina Hughes, a fourthyear criminology student, was the first of many students to give the university president input. She thanked Castro for hosting the forum -- the first of many to come, Castro said, before telling him many sidewalks and streets on campus, particularly the ones near the Kremen Education Building, were in need of repairs. The issue hit home for Hughes, who said she tore ligaments in her right ankle catch-

ing her foot in a cracked area of sidewalk the first month of her freshman year in 2011. Castro told Hughes those sorts of campus repairs, part of the university’s greater effort to repair its antiquated infrastructure, were high on the university’s to-do list. "This is an issue that's the very highest level in terms of priority. That's our infrastructure to support all of you," Castro said. Many students brought up issues such as priority registration, extending library and department hours, having more access to science and engineering labs, department funding and other student resources. Castro said some of the more readily achievable solutions -- some of which are already underway -- included improved lighting on campus, more technology aid and hiring more certified instructors. But he also said some solutions related to funding would

Fresno State business student Eryk Martin asks Castro about course credit transfers for students also enrolled at a community college.

be long-term, asking students to be patient. "The most important thing for me was to hear where the challenges are, and for the whole cabinet, many of whom are new to the positions that they hold, to hear that with me so we can fix any problems that exist," Castro said. "In some

of these cases, we can fix them right away, and other cases, it'll take some time." Students at the forum said they appreciated Castro taking the time to listen to them. "I've seen such great change since he's started," said Nimat

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The Leo Politi Garden at Fresno State won two awards Tuesday from the California Garden Clubs, Inc. for outstanding use of a small area and landscape architecture. Designed by Fresno State’s consulting landscape architect, Robert Boro, the garden was nominated and reviewed by three landscape consultants. “The garden beautifies space that otherwise would just be concrete leading to a door,” said Denise Sciandra, founding president of the Arne Nixon Center. The garden was created as a tribute to Leo Politi - -a local artist internationally recognized for his children’s illustrations and stories and his long-standing friendship with Arne Nixon, who was a children’s literature professor at Fresno State. In conjunction with the Politi family, the garden features reproductions of Politi’s work, including sculptures, mosaic tiles and fountains. “It was a 10-year labor of love,” Sciandra said. Because of the extensive cost of $150,000, Sciandra said, the garden was funded entirely by donations. She came up with the idea for the garden when she went to take a tour of Los Angeles with Politi’s family. “I’m thrilled with the award,” said Jennifer Crow, curator of the Arne Nixon Center. “It’s thrilling to see students enjoy the garden.” Crow remembered seeing children from the Arne Nixon Center enjoying the garden, and said that it honors the memory of both Politi and Nixon.

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DON’T BE IGNORANT WHY THERE’S NO DEBATE ON VACCINATION WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2015

By Jesse Franz

"The good thing about science is that it’s true whether or not you believe in it."

@JesseoftheNews

Debates around medical issues should always be sensitive to the individual beliefs and preferences of the parties involved and approached with the knowledge that it’s ok to have differing opinions. That being said, you’re being an idiot if you don’t get your child vaccinated. That’s the most accurate and tactful way to put it. You’re not only endangering your own child’s health, you’re endangering the life of everyone else’s. What’s worse is that you’re doing so based on flawed information. This isn’t about big government telling you what to do. This isn’t about what Celebrity X says her Hoboken witch doctor told them to do. This isn’t even a conversation. This is about you not being responsible for the preventable deaths of kids. The amazing thing about the politics surrounding scientific issues is that there’s usually a right and wrong answer. As Neil deGrasse Tyson often says, “The good thing about science is that it’s true whether or not you believe in it.” What exactly is “true” in this case is black and white. There is no informed debate. One side is hands-down right. Whether so-called “anti-vaxxers,” who baselessly believe that vaccinating their children could lead to autism, accept it or not, there is no link between the two. And it’s not for lack of looking. Study after study has found no link between autism and vaccinations. Indeed, a comprehensive review of more than 14.7 million children in 2012 confirmed that. So where did the vaccination myth come from? A single 1998 study that has since been retracted.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysicist, Director of the Hayden Planetarium

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Dr. Shruti K. Gohil, associate medical director for epidemiology and infection prevention at UCI Medical Center, holds a dose of MMR, the vaccine against measles, mumps and rubella.

Furthermore, the total sample size in that study was 12 children, 10 of the 12 original authors have come out against the study, and the leader of the study has lost his medical license. There is no debate. The study was flat-out wrong. But, somehow science has become a partisan issue, as if it’s a belief system to be accepted or rejected depending on your political preference. People on the right reject the scientific consensus that climate change has been influenced by humans. People on the left reject the vast majority of research that says genetically modified organisms (GMOs) won’t harm your health. For example, likely Republican presidential hopeful Rand Paul said Monday, “I’ve heard of many tragic cases of

walking, talking, normal children, who wound up with profound mental disorders after vaccines.” When asked to cite the cases to which he was referring, his office was unable to give an example. This kind of nonfact-based anecdotal policy making literally has the potential to kill on a mass scale and is another example of the echo chamber that science-denying politicians get stuck in, brushing off facts to fit ideology on a good day and their voting block on a bad day. Paul took it even a step further saying that making vaccines optional was “about resorting to freedom.” Even by his own pseudo-libertarian ideology — that the government should only make law that ensures the protection of liberty — his proposal doesn’t hold up. Vaccination is about protecting life. A person’s decision not to get vaccinated puts everyone in danger and is a direct threat to people’s liberty not to be afflicted by life-threatening diseases. After all, what liberty is there without the unalienable right to life. This shouldn’t be a problem in the 21st century. In fact, in 2000, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared measles eliminated in the U.S. Fifteen years later, it’s making headlines again for the wrong reason, because the wrong people got wrong information. We need to be better than this and set the record straight once and for all.

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New faculty numbers may not keep up with student population SENATE from Page 1 major with,” Zelezny said. “It could be looking at the number of students coming to the university--about 12 percent that are freshmen, that have these predictive indicators making their success here that first year not probable. Do we want to look more strongly at that, look at the high schools and say if you have a student that has these characteristics their best path is to start at a community college, get that remediation and then come to Fresno State.” Zelezny’s end goal for the dialogue, she says, is to promote academic success. “Are we happy with the way we do enrollment management here at Fresno State, the numbers of students that we have? Is there anything we wish to do differently?” she said. Associate provost and dean of undergraduate studies Dr. Dennis Nef said that Fresno State might

have to turn out-of-state applicants away for the next academic year. As an open-access institution, Fresno State is required to accept all students who apply who meet the campus eligibility. Looking down the road in 2015-16, Nef said, Fresno State will have more students apply than the campus has the ability to teach. “That’s the real problem,” Nef said. “So what we said was, this was unsustainable, so for the next year, ‘16-’17, we need to have some control. So that’s what we’re really applying for now, how can we have more control of the students we are getting in ‘16-’17?” “Given the tools that the CSU has allowed us to use right now, we can limit the number of students we can take from out of the area, but we have to accept all students in the area. Looking at the fall of ‘15-’16, it’s possible we will not allow any out-of-the-area students because our total applicant pool, the total number we can teach, will be met just locally.”

Nef said that although some students may be turned down, he hopes to allow for as many out-ofstate students as possible, especially in fields that aren’t taught throughout California. “We’d like to have the opportunity to bring some students in from out of the area, particularly some of the disciplines that are not taught somewhere else in the state,” Nef said. “We really need to have this opportunity to look at some strategies that we can use to identify which students we are able to select.” Fresno State President Joseph Castro said that although the CSU budget system has increased, it has not done so in a way that continues to meet the growing demand for students. With 268 new slots for faculty from additional allocations from the CSU budget, Castro said that it still might not be enough for Fresno State to grow at a fast enough rate. “We could very likely grow faster if there were more funding

available, but right now the system is only growing by about 1 percent, so we have to think about longevity,” Castro said. Dr. Loretta Kensinger, a professor of Women’s Studies, agreed with Castro that current funding may not be enough, but attributed some faculty increases to inefficient hiring for the long term. “I still think it’s important that every chance we get to have this conversation that the administration and the senate be working together to constantly give the message that what we need is bigger faculty,” Kensinger said. Although hiring rates have increased over the years, Kensinger argued that Fresno State is still lower in faculty totals, with the net faculty hiring in a given year being more part-timers than those on the tenure track. “If we look, for example, at the increase hiring rates that we keep hearing about, we keep touting about new faculty lines, but we are still lower, so we aren’t actually making anything back in tenure

hiring,” she said. Other factors up for discussion in the dialogue include high school numbers which are expected to drop statewide in the future, increased competition from other college campuses, and bachelor’s degree programs now being offered at community colleges. “CSU has the right to advise and consent on these programs,” Kensinger said. “The turnaround for the advising is going to be very quick.” “We must ask,” Kensinger said, “does this conflict with anything on our campus, does it mirror too closely, and in the GE area, the concern is that the upper-division GE requirements -- are these reflective of upper-division GE package? Fifteen to sixteen colleges have their B.A.’s now, and those should not merit what’s happening in the CSU system. We need to look at programs everywhere.”

Castro welcomes student feedback FORUM from Page 1 Davis, an educational leadership and administration student. “I’m really impressed by that, and I’m happy he’s taking

note that things need to be fixed around here.” Since becoming university president in August 2013, Castro has implemented other avenues for campus community input.

The university established a “feedback” page on its website, where people can voice questions or concerns. The page is updated each semester with responses.

ARTS & ENTE

TAKE A HIKE Tips and tricks for the beginner hiker to the expert trailblazer you’re past the cables you will arrive at Vernal Falls and the Emerald Pool, which is roughly 1.5 miles from the trailhead. It is a beautiful place to rest and have lunch. The great thing about the Mist Trail is that you can continue on to Nevada Falls, which is 3.4 miles from the trailhead, or if you’re feeling ambitious, you can hike to the top of Half Dome but make sure you have a permit. If you only want to go to Vernal Falls, expect to hike about three miles round trip. If you decide to hike to Nevada Falls, it will be roughly seven miles round trip. Don’t let the numbers scare you; either trek is worth the views. Travel north on Highway 41 until you reach the entrance to the park. The entrance fee is $20. Turn left and drive about 40 minutes to the valley floor. You will see signs for Curry Village in the valley; I suggest parking in the village or somewhere along the main road and start walking from there. Continue walking down the main road past the village and you will start to see signs for the Mist Trail. The most enjoyable part of this trail is the people that you can meet. The trail coincides with the John Muir Trail and I have met some pretty extreme trailblazers during my time in the valley. Keep a lookout for those hikers with massive packs and a look of mission on their faces and pick their brain for some expert hiking tips. Lunch is a definite must, so be sure not to munch on all of your granola and beef jerky before you reach Vernal Falls. Pack a lot of water and refill your bottle at the spring. This hike will definitely get your blood pumping, so lace up those sturdy shoes and see if you can make nice with Mother Nature.

By Jordan Nicholson Special to The Collegian

I could spend all day and night in Yosemite National Park. Some people do, and I have always envied them. Instead of abandoning my education and going rogue, I try to take time out of my busy schedule to head up the mountain to Yosemite. If you haven’t already, I’d highly recommend that you take a hike there. All you have to do is take a walk near Curry Village and see that unique breed of park-dwellers; those who look as though they haven’t trimmed their hair in months and have the wonderfully worn look of long days spent on the trail. Some of you may know the type. Climbers are free to sleep along a route and hikers can pitch tents along the backcountry trails. This kind of natural living has always tempted me. When I explore Yosemite, it’s as if Mother Nature herself is speaking to my conscience, telling me to embrace the elements fully. Luckily, you can find a happy medium if Mother Nature isn’t already your best friend. For this weekend, I recommend the Mist Trail in Yosemite Valley. This is a very popular trail and offers spectacular views of Glacier Point Apron, Vernal Falls and Nevada Falls. The hike is relatively strenuous, even starting from the trailhead. It climbs steadily until you reach the Vernal Falls Bridge, where it levels off and you can enjoy the freshwater spring there. Continue on past the spring and be prepared for moments of steep incline as you work your way up to Vernal Falls, which is past the cave, stone steps and cables. Once

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Hikers slop around on the wet rocks on the Mist Trail, which leads to Vernal Fall at Yosemite National Park in California on August 5, 2011.

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Hikers along the Mist Trail rest at the top of Vernal Fall on July 20, 2011. To the right is the Emerald Pool.

ERTAINMENT

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WHAT TO WATCH WEDNESDAY The top picks for tonight’s primetime television (yes, actual live TV) By Yvette Mancilla @yvette_mancilla

“Earth: A New Wild” (PBS) 9 p.m. PBS’ nature docu-series gives viewers a chance to see “humanity’s relationship with nature and wildlife.” Tonight’s episode focuses on various plains across the world and their inhabitants. It places the spotlight on large animals and other animals life on the world’s grasslands, such as chimpanzees in Tanzania; giant pandas in China; tigers in Bangladesh; Norway’s reindeer population; and elephants in South Africa. The show provides colorful visuals of the planet’s other inhabitants outside of humankind and is a great cousin to the hit series “Planet Earth.”

“Fresh Off the Boat” (ABC) 9:30 p.m. This highly anticipated midseason comedy will have two back-to-back premiere episodes about the firsthand experience of an Asian-American family assimilating into Floridian suburban life during the ‘90s. The show is based off restaurateur

Eddie Huang’s memoir and is the first Asian-American TV comedy since comedian Margaret Cho’s short-lived “All American Girl,” which aired for one season in 1994. The pilot follows Huang’s Taiwanese family move from Washington, D.C. to Orlando where his father opens a steak restaurant. The cast includes Randall Park of “The Interview” fame, Constance Wu, child actor Ian Chen and Hudson Yang as the titular character.

“Chicago P.D.” (NBC) 10 p.m. “Chicago Fire” characters make another appearance in tonight’s episode culminating in the joint efforts of everyone to catch the alleged arsonist behind Shay’s death. At the same time, Lindsey makes an effort to get back in Voight’s good graces and reaches out to her former mentor about returning to the Intelligence unit.

“Best New Restaurant” (BRAVO) 10 p.m. Bravo’s new culinary show boasts two

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prime culinary experts behind the new cooking competition: Gordon Ramsey and Tom Colicchio. Chef and restaurateur Colicchio stays in front of the camera while Ramsey remains behind the scenes as executive producer. Nevertheless, the show takes a fresh direction into the culinary TV

realm with a look into the restaurants operations across the country. The competition is made up of eateries battling for a $100,000 prize in the series. The contestants are judged based on their cuisine, décor, concept and customer friendliness.

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FRESNO STATE BULLDOGS CALENDAR THE COLLEGIAN • SPORTS

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‘Dogs focus on rebounds heading into tonight’s conference matchup BULLDOGS from Page 8 come of the game were in the Jan. 29 trip to San Diego State in which the Aztecs outrebounded Fresno State by 12. The statistic also doomed the Bulldogs in the triple overtime game against Wyoming about two weeks ago. Fresno State topped the Spartans in the Jan. 14 meeting 73-62. In that game, Bulldogs Paul Watson and Marvelle Harris had seven and six rebounds, respectively while San Jose State’s top rebounders had nine and six respectively. The Spartans, who are in dead last in the conference standings, have struggled all season and have dropped 11 games since winning their second game of the season on Dec. 9.

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WTennis vs. University of San Francisco 5 p.m. Softball vs. Fordham @ 5 p.m.

MTennis vs. Sonoma State 10 a.m. Track @ New Mexico Challenge

WTennis vs. Kansas State 11 a.m. Softball vs. University of San Diego noon

Fresno State seeks first-place finish SOFTBALL from Page 8 “For us to continue to develop as a strong road team is going to be huge for us,” Ford said. “We talked about it last year, the importance of winning on the road. “We improved greatly from Year 1 to Year 2, and I look forward to us improving again.” The ‘Dogs boast a veteran team that Ford says has learned from its mistakes and gained more confidence. “Our pitchers are all juniors now, so we have gone through those bumps,” Ford said. “They’re ready to take it up to the next level.” Ford also looks to use her incoming freshmen and transfers, a group she said will work cohesively. “When you have kids in your program who have gone to the postseason before –they know what it feels and smells like – and you add that with fresh talent, that combination is really cool,” Ford said. Junior pitcher Jill Compton, who was named to the All-Mountain West first team last season was also named preseason Pitcher of the Year by College Sports Madness. She finished her sophomore season 19-9 with a 2.18 ERA, eight shutouts and 154 strikeouts in 166.1 innings pitched. “Since [Ford] is a pitching coach, I see a differ-

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ent side of her,” Compton said. “She is very positive with us. She works with us individually. I like how she’s very positive with the team, and she really helps us out.” Brenna Moss was named the Mountain West’s Defensive Player of the Year and started all 52 games last season. The center fielder is ranked 18th in the country in stolen bases and finished the 2014 season with 34. Sophomore outfielder Kierra Willis was named to the all-conference second team after playing in 49 games last year. She led the team in on-base percentage, was second in stolen bases and third in batting (.307). “I think your freshman year is really hard,” Ford said. “It’s kind of like [the coaches] are talking in a foreign language that [the players] have never heard. This year, Willis has been able to make some adjustments in hitting and fielding, because it is starting to click.” With the majority of the team as upperclassmen – which is when players start to click, Ford said – the Bulldogs have confidence in their ability to succeed this season. And it all starts with practice. “My goal is to win the Mountain West Championship,” Ford said. “And we control our own destiny.”

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Fresno State looks to rebound, literally

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

‘Dogs seek 14th straight in San Jose

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Fresno State guard Cezar Guerrero (3) looks for an open teammate in the Jan. 24 win over Nevada at Save Mart Center.

By Daniel Leon @DanLeon25

In-state Mountain West rivals Fresno State and San Jose State (2-19, 0-9 MW) will battle it out tonight, both looking to rebound from ugly weekend losses. Fresno State (10-12, 5-4 MW) is coming fresh off suffering an 80-57 defeat to a then-ranked Colorado State. In its upcoming game against the Spartans, it will look to improve its presence in the post, something it has lacked in recent games. After Saturday’s road loss to the Rams, head coach Rodney Terry stressed that if the ’Dogs don’t win in the rebounding category, it can diminish their chances of winning. Losing the rebounding battle has hurt the Bulldogs in each of the past four games and that proved to be the case Saturday when the Rams outrebounded the ‘Dogs 49-29. Other recent instances in which rebounding proved to determine the out-

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Fresno State guard Raven Fox (1) drives to the basket in Saturday’s win over Colorado State at the Save Mart Center.

By Christopher Livingston @senorlivingston

The Fresno State women’s basketball team will play the San Jose State Spartans tonight on a highly positive note. The ‘Dogs are on a 13-game winning streak, have not lost a game in conference play and have one vote in the Associated Press top-25 poll. And after a win over the second-place Colorado State Rams, Fresno State can control its own destiny. All it needs to do is take it 40 minutes at a time.

For Bulldogs head coach Jaime White, that’s definitely an option. “We’ve played really good on the road, and we want to continue to have that focus,” White said. The Spartans are known as one of the quick teams in the conference, leading the conference in points per game (80.6) while posting a 3-6 record in Mountain West play. Their last two losses were by a total of five points. “San Jose State is going to play zone and pressure us,” White said, “and they’re very physical and athletic in the passing lanes. I think we have to have the inten-

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tion of taking care of the ball a little bit more than we have.” The last time the two squads squared off, on Jan. 14, the ‘Dogs won 58-46. All time, Fresno State leads the series 53-19. “Most of it is making sure we know what we have to do when we get to San Jose,” senior forward Alex Sheedy said. “We’ve played the Spartans before, and they’ve changed a little bit of what they’re doing.” After San Jose State, the ‘Dogs will return home to face the UNLV Rebels on Feb. 11.

SOFTBALL

The Fresno State Bulldogs celebrate a 1-0 victory over UNLV on Apr. 27, 2014. The ‘Dogs return to action Friday at the ASU Kajikawa Classic.

Confident ‘Dogs begin season on the road Fresno State heads to Arizona Friday

By Christopher Livingston @senorlivingston

Last season, the Fresno State softball team finished second in the Mountain West, a couple of losses late in the season giving rival San Diego State the crown. This year, the ‘Dogs were picked to finish in first place in the Mountain West preseason poll. With that honor, improvement is on head coach Trisha Ford’s mind.

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“It’s preseason,” Ford said. “Our goal every year is to win the Mountain West Championship. I know we can do it, so we have to take care of the things we can control.” The Bulldogs will begin their season on Friday, when they play in the Arizona State Kajikawa Classic, first against Fordham and then Portland State. It is the beginning of a five-game slate that will see the ‘Dogs face Ole Miss, Cal State Northridge and University of San Diego.

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