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By GRAHAM DIGGINES

UEA'S GREEN credentials have been rubbished by leading environmentalists Friends of the Earth , following revelations about the mountain of waste created by Breakers Two and the Union bar.

It has been revealed lhal while a massive 3000 plastic 'g lasses' arc used on busy nights in the The Pub, Breakers Two is respon;iblc for serving 700 meab daily in cardboard and polyM) rene packaging.

Ann c K a r r .

Friend> of the l:.arth spokc'>pcrson. ha" hit OUt at the level of wa,te. brandmg the '>illlation "appalltng" and ha' called on '>tudenl'> to boycott the outleh.

Terrible Said Ms Karr.

"Thi'> practice of U'>tng high volumes of di'>p<>sablc pad.agtng is absolute!) appalling and 1t has terrible implication' for the cm ironmenl.

"When the'>e pla,tic 'gla"'cs' and poJyqyrenc cartons even tu al ly break down they dcpo'>it poi,om in the soil which could find their into the

water table. the people promoting their use are clearly being extremely short'>ightcd. " If students object to this they should make their feelings known and vote with their feet, .. she added.

And in a st<u11ing admi~sion, EA'<, Residence and Services Manager.

Jenny Grant, \\ho i-. re,pomiblc for Brcal.cn. Two. has admnted that cnv1ronmemal concern> O\Cr the outlet are ... ,·cry ,·aiid."

Valid Said Ms Grant. "Some students will object. certainly students who l'cel ver) strong!) about the environment w 111 obJeCt and I am sure the) have a very 'ahd point of' 1e"." ",\11 the "amc. most \tudcnl\ arc U'><XI to u'ing di'>posahle pacl.. aging becau'>e many cat 111 restaurants li~e McDonald's and Burger King." she added.

had given complaints a fmr hearing and had met with members of the Union to disCU'o'> how Breakers Two could be made more green.

Union Finance Officer. Neil Fox. abo claimed that the Union was looking at ways of minimising rubbi'>h created b) the bars hut insisted that the pla't ic pi m pot wa' here to stay.

Impractical Said cil. "There i'> not enough 'otoragc '>pace 111 the pub for more gla'>'c s and it would also be impractical to have someone going around the packed pub co ll ect ing them. so it seem' plastic heal.en. arc the on I) opuon "e have got."

"In the past we have been guihy of usmg too many plastiC beakers but now the bar managers have been told to minimise their use '"' much as possible because of the environmental ~ ~~uc.

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[Wasters] continued from front page However, students have hit ou t at both the University and the Union's environmenta l policies.

Seth Whitehead (EAS VIS) comp lai ned, " it 路 s abso lutely terrible. they should really be doing someth ing about it. it's a shocking waste of resources ...

And Joe Schlais (EAS I), added. "it's appalling, you just assume that they woul d be more environmentally aware ...

TOP--P-rof warns that timetable chang搂 may leave some students high and dry_

by JAMES GOFFIN

A PROPOSED new timetabl ing system for UEA has been branded a 'disaster' for mature and part-time students by one of the University's most senior academics.

If plan s c urre ntly unde r conside ration go ahead stud e nt s will be fo rced to enrol onto courses without know in g the actu a l times they will be runnin g, sin ce a new computerised system will on ly ca lcul ate time tab les after all course requ ests arc on file.

Dean of EAS, Roger Sa les, jobs and other commitments," he has savagcd the plans. warning said. that they will create problems for And he fears that the moves are all students with ext ra-curricular being pushed through wi th out obli gations. proper consideration of the effects " I think it 's a disaster for on students.

"There is o ne student mature students and part time students. it 's also going to create representative on the committee real problems for students with dealing with this. but essentially it's a group of academics that are . itting down and disc ussi ng it." said Professor Sales, adding, " I just think they arc out of touch with the realities of life."

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Dean of EAS, Roger Sales

Fixter, said , 'The prc>cnt system is obviously not working, the fina l outcome could potentially benefit a lot of studen ts. " I think just to give students the opportunity to sit in a room that has a seat, and no one on the noor, which isn't cramped. crowded, hot, without a video or stu ffy, blackboard space. has to benefit students.'' she added.

Solution And Pro-Vice-Chancellor David Baker, who is heading the project. is keen to stress that the University wants a solution that benefits everyone.

He promised that any system would be able to take into account particular demands from students easing and staff, whilst ove rcrowd ing problems.

However, he ad mitted that the

new system would not be perfect.

"There are tensions in th ese requirements, and we might not get it right every time ." " We are ai ming to take all key concerns and views into account, and obvious ly we路 11 the n look at what is the best option for UEA," he expla ined.

Students reaction over the propo;ed changes has been mixed.

Ni lum Pate! (SOC I) warned, "The University could lose a lot of mature-studen ts this way with no way of them being able to plan the ir lives around lectures."

And Beth Fuller (EAS 2) said, " lt 's very harsh on student parent , but it is great if they are goi ng tn be cutting down overcrowded lec tures ."

However, both UEA and S tudent Union bosses arc united in the ir be licf that the changes need to be made so as to ease overcrowding and room shortage problems.

Union Academic Officer. Katy

by CHRIS BROWN

STUDENT, Steve Payne, was on parade last Saturday after being called-up to serve in a new eye-catching Anglia Railways ad to publicise its London service. . Steve, who signed on to the books of an employment agency to earn a few bob, donned the distinctive busby of the Coldstream Guards and stood guard for the advert at the busy junction between Dereham, Heigham and Old Palace Roads.

However, he was concerned that all would not be quiet on the Dereham Road front.

"I am dreading my mates coming past, they told me that they were going to do a drive-by ambush and throw tomatoes and things at me, so I've got to keep alert."

"I've also had lots of smirks and beeping horns from passing motorists and with all the attention I'm anticipating maybe one or two accidents."

When Steve is not playing soldiers he is training to be a history teacher at Rosemary Husker secondary school in Thetford.

Understandably, he hopes his pupils will not hear about him posing as one of the Queen's bouncers.

"Hopefully news of this ad won't reach as far as Thetford, but if it does my bearskin should provide a bit of anonymity, I'm not too easily identifiable," said Sieve.

And he added, "Ironically I have just found out that my uncle used to be in the Coldstream Guards so it

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Foreign Facts Students considering studying abroad with the ERASMUS scheme will shortly have a new source of information, thanks to the Registry 's International Office, writes Darcy Hurford.

An interactive bulletin board, which can be accessed from UEA's interne! home page, is being set up to answer queries and show students what life is like in the country where they wish to study.

Students using the board will be able to post requests about what life is like in the country of their choice and get answers from students with experience of that particular location.

The bulletin board 's potential is far reaching , with students abroad being able to use the service to arrange accommodation for when they return to UEA, to stay in touch with friends, and even just to find out more information about ERASMUS. Creator of the scheme, Sally-Ann Marron , said, "Previously , many students have felt as though they were entering the unknown and we are hoping this may improve the situation."

Union branded gutless and accused of malP-ractice

By Helen Mooney

Union NUS Officer, James Couldrey, has resigned from his post less than a month into the new term, claiming that members of the Union Executive were conducting a whispering campaign against him.

Explaining the reasons behind hi s deci sion, James said, " People started badmouthing me and saying behind my back that I wasn ' t doing my job properly and I wasn't going to stay after that."

And he has now lifted the lid on what he sees as Union-wide malpractice.

James claims that Union sabbatical officers colluded with University officials to hush-up the security "dangers" facing new residents of The Village, and hoarded over half a million pounds worth of profits while bar prices were raised.

Wrong "I went to a meeting to discuss the publication of a leaflet which was meant to warn students about trouble in the Village but the decision was made that residents should not be told the truth - that they could get beaten up or robbed - and I felt this was wrong," explained James.

He then claimed that the decision was made to avoid upsetting University bosses.

"People in the Union just do not have the guts for confrontation, you

are expected to lie down and be polite and respect your elders and betters," said James.

Surplus And he added, "The Union has an incredible surplus of profit building up, they have saved up at least £700,000 over the last year.

"I feel that the Union should not be a profit making organisation and that this money should be spent on students, the bar could be subsidised more for instance," he argued.

However, stunned Union Communications Officer, Tom Connors, who denied the existence of a whispering campaign, has defended the Union against the allegations of a security cover-up.

Said Tom, "When freshers first arrived at the Village we did not want to shock them, instead we advised people to get insurance and worked with the University to get security tightened ,"

"We have also been helping to set up a Neighbourhood Watch scheme in the area and we did not want to blow the situation out of proportion ," he added.

However, Tom confirmed that the Union does have reserves but insisted that these were financially necessary.

Sensible "I completely understand what he has had to say about our reserves but money will be needed for refurbishment and things will need replacing , we could just slash prices, but it is only sensible that

we keep this money in • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • reserve," he added.

Nominations for the post of NUS Officer can be made from November 4 - 11, with forms available from the Union . Elections will now take place on November 19.

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Thieves smash and grab at launderette

By LIAM SLATTERY

UEA's campus launderette has been struck by a pair of professionaJ thieves in a midnight raid.

The thieves stole £350 from one machine during the theft. which took place at midnight on Saturday, October I 0, and damaged four others before being diMurbed by an unsuspecting student.

The two men also pulled a fire bell from the wall, pos. ibly in the belief that it was a burglar alann.

As a result of the raid The Launderette has had its 24-hour opening times slashed, but Campus Services Manager, Mike Stamford, ha~ promised that the outlet will be soon be back to its round-the-clock opening hours.

And he also in isted that the raid wiU not halt plans to install NEXUS Television monitors in the campus and Vill age He also unveiled new plans to launderettes to provide students with install secutiy cameras in the extra security and to deter would-be launderettes. launderelles so as to keep tabs on Said Mr Stamford, "My criminals.'' he explained. invitation to NEXUS to install any wrong doing.

Anyone who witnessed the theft ''Plans are well auvanced to 111 TVs in both launderettes is still or has information should contact very much open and unaffected CCTV cameras in both the the Crime Management Unit on by these petty acts. and the canfus 01603 768769.

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Two hundred erect organs were submitted to the Boston University School of Medicine for surveyance.

And the results show that a smokers penis when erect is likely to be shorter due to the restriction on blood flow.

Beeb Bee Sea Nudes Award-winning BBC cameraman Trevor De Kock has been branded a peeping tom after he was filming rare bees next to a nud ist beach.

The cameraman had waited with baited breath for the exclusive footage , and just as his patience was being rewarded an angry woman accused him of prying on her nude husband on the beach below.

Chocolate Mice Recruitment consultant, Marie Henriques was enjoying a Topic chocolate bar in her tea break when she realised that instead of enjoying 'a hazlenut in every bite' she was actually chewing into a dead mouse.

Upon discovering the crushed skull, blood coated teeth and bits of vertebrae, Ms Henriques was physically sick, and when she got home could not face cooking for her daughter.

Ms Henriques is now fighting the massive corporation Mars UK Ltd, who deny the charge of supplying food unfit for human consumption.

UEA P-rotest as Anglia Poly moves to change initials A HEATED war of words has broken out amongst academics in East Angl ia over just three letters - UEE. Gmcrnnr'> at A nglia Poly techni c Un i vcr'>it y( APU). whi ch ha' ca mpu'c' acro" the n.:ginn. rect:llll) 'oted unanimou'>l) to change their itNitution's name to the Uni\"Cr,it) of Eastern England at Chchmfonl and Cambridge( Ul:l:).

England 11 oul d tran, Jatc But Ul cl\ hig11 igs an: up in anm mer the deci,ion. claiming that hoth idcnticall) abroad. cau,ing more problem .... 'tudent' and cmp!O) er' will get confused O\ er the two acrnn) m' l lowc\er. 1\PU bm,es claim the) have li nk choice but to cha nge the UEA and Ul£.

"We arc \Cl") concerned tha t the name b~cause of pn.!'"u rc from name UniYcr,it) of Ea,tern England potential and past '>tudents to maJ..e \\ ill increase rather than dccrca'e its uni' er"t) status clear. co nfusion between the t\\O Ull\

Confusion

A Dogs Life Supermarket giants Sainbury's have had to pay for a pooch to get counselling after it was sent barking mad due to builders and lorry's outside.

The dog has lost its appetite, cannot sleep and shakes after five months of building works directly in front of the dog owners house.

""There i' a very rcal l i~clihootl of confusion among rotcntial 'tUllcnts.

111 the public mind. the Jlll'tal ... en ice and e mai I cmw,pondcncc hct'Ael'll lii:E and LIJ·I\ ... 'he claimed 1\nd 'he aJ,o 'oiccd concern' that the t11o nan1c' \nglia and L~'>tcrn

\PL" 1\larJ...eting Director. Ro) Nc11 'on. e\plained. ""The idea hdll tH.l re tain ing the wo rd pol) technic in our name was that we 'till reprc,ented the Ya lues of the old pol) technic 'ector. But as the pol) technic' , Jidc into hi'>tOr). those J.. ind of co nnection' <II"C al'o bei ng lo'i ...

Concerned ""We are particula rl y co ncerned hecau ... c our alunmi are apJll) ing !or job' and arc '><I) ing that it is contusing to cmplo)e r,_ .. he said.

1\nd l\1r Newson di"ni"ed Uf::A ·' claim' that the nc11 name wou ld cau'c confusion between the two in'>litutions. ""There arc <tlrcad) three other uniYcr,ities that ha\e the kner' U and 1: in their acrOn) m. There's the Un ive r,ity of Ea' t London. but there doe'n "t \eem to he an) contu,ion there ... argued :-.t r Ncw>on.

1\PU arc nm1 ju'>! waiting lor fo rm al approval from the Pri') Counci l - th~ natiOnal hod) dealing \\ ith uniYer,itic' - he fore ruhher '-llampi ng the name change.

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A NORWICH man has been jailed for 15 months after being found guilty of pushing drugs at The Waterfront.

Christopher C ini , aged 26, was sentenced earlier this month along with two other men who were found guilty of drug possession at the Union venue.

Norwich Crown Court heard how Ci ni , of Northfiel ds, Norwich, had sold the drug amphetamine to undercover Drugs Squad officers at the student night-club before being arrested and charg ed. it was also revealed during the case that th e Norwich man had committed the crime whil e on bail for possession of the drugs ecstasy and amph etam ines while on UEA campus.

Sentenced at the same time as Cini , were Brandon Lines,

aged 30, of Music Hall Lane Norwich and Simon Robotom, aged 25, from Dereham, who were also found at The Waterfront in possession of Ecstasy and amphetamine \'•ith a street value of around £190.

Both men were given the maximum non -custodial sentence of 240 hours community service.

Speaking on behalf of the Union, Communications Officer, Tom Connors, pointed out that

all Union venues had a "zero tol erance" policy toward s drug use, but agreed that security measures could be tighter.

He also claimed that the main source of the drug problem came from locals.

"Drug problems mainly tend to occur when people from outside the university attend concerts and club nights." said Tom .

"I do not see drug use as a growing problem but it is something that we need to carry on addressing," he added .

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Fight for ~our Rights

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PENNILESS STUDENTS will no longer be able to say that they do not have a bean to their name thanks to an ambitious new campaign run in conjunction with the NUS Students Charter, writes ADAMBANHAM UEA students will be Invited ·to sign symbolic cheques made out to David Blunkett (Secretary of State for Education) covering their debts, as a gesture to show the huge quantities of money students are forced to borrow, simply to live on.

In return the first 420 students to sign will receive a tin of economy beans, the legendary staple diet of hard up students across the country.

The day will also takcle other major Issues, such as the Issue of keeping Wednesday afternoons free for sporting events and BUSA matches and campaigning for a less beauraucratlc academic appeals proceedure.

The campaign will kick off in the Hive on Friday, October 30.

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By FLEUR A THIRD year drama student has scooped the dubious honour Essex Girl of the Year after an appearance on Ang lia TV's Trisha Show. llayley Purncll wa~ invited to the filming of the show, entitled Essex Girls And They Lo•·c it last week and walked away with a white stiletto trophy after a vocal performance from her scat in the audience.

Hayley claims that she won the award because ~he broke the mould and refused to conform to the perceived image of Essex women as stupid, good time girls. '·J was proud of what I did because I wanted to show the other side of Essex girls, all the other women on the show were happy just to be Essex girl stereotypes," said 1-layley.

"I wanted to show that Essex girls can go to university and be intelligent. So when Trisha c hallenged me to quote Shakespeare I just quoted Thcbe from As You Like lt.''

"I was even going to ask them if they knew where it was taken from!" 'he joked.

The drama student put in such a good performance that she was pulled out of the \how'~ audience to take pan in the closing competition eventually winning the award. llowcvcr, although 1-layley was invited onto the show and reserved a front row scat, Tri,ha spokesperson. Tracy O'Co nnor, has denied allegations that The Tri,ha Show is rigged.

"We always have people in the audience who have an opinion on the topic of the show, it 's no secret, but they arcn ' t people who arc told what to say," claimed Ms O'Connor.

UEA students will get the chance to sec Hayley 's performance for themselves in early ovember, when the show is due to be broadcast.

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Volunteers Needecf.

NORWICH BASED charity The Friends of All Saints Centre is calling for volunteers.

The Centre, which has been run ning for over 18 years , provides a valuable drop-in service allowing people from all walks of life to talk over their problems.

Currently the All Saints Centre survives solely from vo luntary donations , and the proceeds of it's snack bar and charity shop.

But as overheads and the running costs of the chari ty continue to rise , they are calling for more help and donations from the general public.

If you think that you co uld help out at the Centre or pass on a donation , call into the ce ntre in Westlegale , or contact them on (0 1603) 633726.

Careers Fair

Fashion show branded 'closed shop' bY. drORRed dancers

By NIKKI MALLET

UEA'S FASHION Show has been hit by allegations of favouritism after seven first-time dancers were dropped from the line-up with only six weeks to go before the performance.

surprising they chose to drop us rather than those "ho've done it before.

"We haven't been treated \\Cil at all , some of us worked reall y hard and they don't ev en have the decency to tell us they don' t want u · to our faces ... she added.

Th e con lrovcrsy crupl cd as Union Communica1ions Ofllccr and show producer. Tom Connors. along wil h choreographer, S1ephen Knighl s, pigeon-holed all firsHime ft.:malc mode ls lo inform !he m 1ha1 !hey would only be usi ng Fashion Show regulars for lhe hil >how.

The girl models we re told that a needed.

Said one disgru ntled dancer. ··The organiser~ wcrcn'1 m a~i n g u~ 'lack of co-operation on behalf of / !owe\ cr. the dropped dancers.

Miffed some of the shops' meant th ere who wish to remain unidentified, fee l welome at the aud it ions. yo u Anothe r miffed model wou ld be fewer sets and that as a have lashed out at what they sec as get the feeling that the) didn ' t want resu lt less gi rl models would be unfair trea tm ent. anybody new even th en. it 's not complained. " it seems to me that all .....-.....------------, the same peop le arc doing it every year. I really thin/.. they arc tryi ng to keep th e show as a closed shop."

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UEA STUDENTS looking for careers after graduation should check out the careers fair this Friday between 11.30am and 3pm in the Sports Centre.

Students attending the .fair will be given the opportunity to talk to companies about the possibility of future careers while planning for 'skills they will need once at work.

The event will involve a wide range of national companies from petroleum giants BP and Mobil Oil, to well known high street stores, Debenhams and Marks & Spencer.

Time Explained Tom, "We had troub le getting people to take part in the Fa;,hion Show in the ..-...._;~-~,..;.....:.......;;...._ ___. first place and th e

rehearsab were then not properly attended. "it has turned out that people who have been in the Fashion Shows previou;,ly arc more commi tted and know exac t!) what it entails."

Apologise Said Tom. " I \\ Ould like to apologise to the st udents who arc no longe r in vol ved but wc only had a short time to prepare and so it's best we use people who wc kn ow we can rely on."

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As Parliament P-rtRares to return this month, Concrete looks at the changes in store for the centre of P-Ower in Britain

F

or hundreds of years, British po litics has been dominated by theatre - from the state opening of Parliament to the dai ly arguments of the House of Commons. But now Tony Blair's modernising government looks set to change all that: what do we stand to gain, and what might be lost?

Before Labour were elected they pledged to modernise the British political system. They promised to sweep away the centuries old cobwebs in the constitution and instill a more modem and representative system for the governing of the UK. Indeed, huge changes have already been made - Scotland has gained a parliament, while Wales and Northern Ireland have both gained their own assemblies. And it now looks as though Labour will be turn ing their attention to perhaps the most outdated institution in Britain - the House of Lords. Indeed, in this month's Queen 's Speech the Government may formally announce plans to abolish hereditary peerages in the upper House .

The British parliament is unique in the world in that its laws are influenced by people chosen so lely because of the actions of their·ancestors. Only in the UK can a man have the power to make laws because one of his fore -fathers advi ed the monarch in the 16th century (as does Vi scount Cranborne, the Conservative leader in the Lords, whose ancestor William Cecil worked fo r Elizabeth 1).

Reformers point to the ridicu lous nature of this system:

simply being born into a family is no guarantee of any particu lar skills or intelligence. Would you, asked Baroness Kennedy, in a recent debate on reform, employ an hereditary plumber? Not only, they say, is it a preposterous set-up in itself, but it has no place in a modern democracy, wh ich is what Britain claims to be.

What the Labour government proposes to do, with characteristic reforming zeal, is to abolish the House of Lords' hereditary peers, leaving behind the life peers people appointed for the rest of their lifetime on the merit of what they have achieved (however, the Church of England bishops who currently sit in the chamber would keep their seats, as would some members of the Royal Family). Later on, say the

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body.

It is on this point that opponents of reform have struck out. The majority of Lords wi th seats because of family connections have long stopped defendi ng the hereditary principle, well aware that it doesn ' t stand up as a fair and equal way to represent the country. They have also accepted that reform is pretty much inevitab le: the so-called "Salisbury convention", means that the Lords won't reject a measure the Government was clearly elected upon , as Labour were with constitutional reform . But on the nature of change, my Lords are far from happy .

The purpose of the Lords when it was originally set up was to represent the interests of large property-owners to the King. As the main source of taxes to pay for the running of the country, they felt entitled to a say in how that money has spent. But since the early years of this century, the power of the been House of Lords has dramatically reduced.

The 19 11 and 1949 Parliament Acts changed the relationship between the two Houses of Parliament. The Lords no longer has any power whatsoever over finance bills: the Budget, for example, goes straight from the House of Commons to the Queen for her Royal Assen t, without pass ing through the Lords. The upper house has also I os t i I s

year (s ince most laws still have to pass through the Lords before receiving Royal Assent), but if the Commons repeatedly votes for a Jaw, the Lords can't do anything about it. As the veteran left-wing MP Tony Benn put it, the Lords is "an abnoxious anachronism, but impotent."

What worries the present House of Lords about the new reforms is that the small restraint on the govern ment's power which the Lords does represent would be lost, without any ~-~-~~bm:!i! prospect of it being restored in the future. Env isage the possible situation in a couple of years. The hereditary peers have been abolished, and the Lords is future it is replaced with a directly now made up entirely of people appointed by the Queen on the elected chamber it could become a Prime Mini ter's advice ("Tony's rival of the . Commons, or

We even have the Lords to thank for ensuring that at least some British sport is still shown on television for free.

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Features 9

Does Norwich have much to offer the trendy young student? Robin Millard headed over to Magdalen Street to find out...

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uite simply, there are some things Norwich Club scene it does no harm to be kilted you have to do before you leave out in some of the finest retro gear going - and UEA. Go to the LCR, get plastered this is the place to get it. With a plethora of and spew up. Leave and stagger second-hand stores and charity shops, plus the drunkenly into a bush and fall odd little funky outlet, you're nigh-on guaranteed to find flares, big collars, kipper ties, shell suits, asleep. Kidnap a traffic cone.

However, apart from these rewarding activities, garish tight trousers and tie-dye bright shirts to a trip down Magdalen Street, the 'Carnaby Street' suit every possible retro whim. Indeed, if you are of Norwich, is also essential. looking for that essential bright-young-thing or After a long walk or a short ride on the 26/27 disco stallion look, you can purchase it all here at bus, past Ikon and neartly pre-club beer stops The a bargain price. Viva, Desire and Joseph's Other Mischief and Louis Marchesi, you'll discover Coat are all worth a peek for the pick of Norwich's quality funky outfits. another world that's well worth taking a look at.

At some ~~-~-------~-""'!"---"'!'"'-~-~~--""'!"----- out of your curry-scorched throat. .picked up. However, there's also a good selection point all of The pubs are also rather handy for those rolling of well-known films and COs here, all at rather us lire of on to Rick's Place, Magdalen Street's very -own tempting prices. Otherwise, it's always good for beans on finding gifts to fob off the relatives come nightclub. This club is part of Anglia Square, a toast and 60s-built square-shaped complex of shops and Christmas time. _.__ ..... _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ...;;;... _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __. entertainment situated just beyond the flyover Heading back out onto Magdalen Street there's vitamin pills Alternatively, if you're just out of clean clothes and discover the need for some proper tucker, cutting through the middle of Magdalen Street. it is some more good cheap outlets for the musically and if curry's your thing there's no better place and can't be bothereC! to do any washing, you here that you can find the Odeon Cinema, where minded. Ray's COs and Out of Time have the pick than Magdalen Street to get a creamy korma or a could deck yourself out from the Magdalen Street from Sundays to Thursdays students can get in for of the hits old and new, including 12" and 7" daring dhansak. In fact, whatever your taste, a charity shop collection. All the usual suspects are £3.20. The theatres are spacious and comfortable, vinyls, while Klef Music can sell you a good tantalising top night should be on the menu at present and correct, with Save the Children, Marie so there is plenty of room for your bucket of second-hand guitar.

Norwich's epicentre of all things currified.

Curie, Salvation Army and Charity Romania, popcorn or bag of Minstrels.

The Street's last big attraction is its secondThe Nazma, Passage to India, Balthi Diner, Ali amongst others, all awaiting your perusal.

Anglia Square ~~'='-=---==~""""'!~~--~----~~-----. hand furniture Tandoori, Norwich Tandoori and the Bombay are has more strings and trinket all restaurants worth a look, and with them all fter all that shopping it might be worth to its bow than stores, perfect IS 0 for fitting out this though. The being so close together prices are kept taking a pit stop at one of the many pubs permanently low. Many do special deals and half located in the area, with the Kings Head, your house.

Academy of price menus, perfect for tempting cash-strapped Cat & Fiddle, Artichoke and the Queens Arms all Sound has a Indeed, if you students. offering a good selection at decent prices. They are pining over the state of your pine, you can splendid range of instruments all music maestro's also offer the perfect environment to admire your But what other jewels lie in the Magdalen would drool over, and the kind of guitar selection search out the perfect replacement antique or crown? Well, with retro nights a-plenty on the new flares or just as somewhere to take the sting any potential Jimis would give their left arm for. plain old wooden cabinet amongst the various However, the 'nameless' record shop takes the stores.

So there's Magdalen Street in all its glory. If you biscuit for the shop of the Square. Walking in to the sound of fairground music, one could almost don't go down there at some point, you'll have be strolling along the promenade at Skegness in missed out. it's an experience worth taking, and if the 1950s. Indeed, if 'The Best of German Dooma good curry, a lairy paisley waistcoat and 12" of · Pah-Pah' is your cup of tea then this is the place cheap pleasure can't snap you out of the mid-term tor you, since some very obscure records can be blues then nothing will I

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12 Features

Concrete, Wednesd ay, October 28, 1998

Name: Arthur Hamlin Occupation: Student landlord/inventor/dowser How long have you been a stude nt randlord?

I started by letting one house to trainee hairdressers, but they never paid the rent on time so I took the plunge and let to university students. This was about thirteen years ago, I now have five houses In the Golden Triangle. I tend to borrow the students living in my houses as a temporary family, altho~q~h they don't know I think of them In that way! I don't ask too many questions or disturb them too much and it helps to be open minded. Most landlords don't tune in with their tenants and this can lead to problems, but I think students have reached a stage In their education when they are responsible and civil enough to respect things like property. They would have to be completely psychotic for me to ct~uck them out!

What would you be if you weren't a landlord?

Some students left at the end of one year, turned off the electricity and left a load of food in the fridge. By the time I got to it, the food had turned to liquid and there were thousands of maggots crawling all over it! On top of this the heat of the summer made the stench worse and there were bluebottles everywhere. I had to throw the fridge away. One winter, the ceiling of a bathroom collapsed and fell into the kitchen, covering the entire place with plaster.

The students weren't there at the time, and I managed to fix it before they came back for the next term.

Another time I had a freeze up, which was followed by water cascading through two floors.

Some other students shot through two panes of glass with an air rifle.

I have no idea why they had a rifle in the house!

How did you discover you could do this?

Well, I am a builder by trade, but most of my time is taken up with repairing and doing up the houses. I would like to devote more time to my engineering, I only use a small part of my ability and imagination at the moment. I'd like to develop my idea for a shower screen that disappears completely, like a roller blind. There would have to be a windscreen wiper on i~ to get all the water off. My bike tents have been quite successful, there wasn 't enough room for a shed in one of the houses so I made a steel frame that you can secure your bike to, and then added a sheet of canvas to the top bar that just drapes over the bike and keeps it dry. My biggest achievement so far though Is my inline skates. I've designed them with callipers for your legs so you don't fall over. lt's great fun, but I need some more time to really perfect them. I also do a lot of dowsing. There are about 1200 members of the British Society of Dowsing and we help people with their health complaints. Manmade instruments can't always detect where

some illnesses are in the body, such as cancers, but by using pendulums and rods, or even hands, dowsers can locate them.

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Have you ever been shocked by what you have found in your houses?

I can detect spirits that are unable to move on to the next world. These earthbound spirits can't move unless we help them. Once I was called to a house in Suffolk where there were as many as six different spirits. One of them was a soldier who was killed in a war about 100 years ago,

although time and space is completely different for them. His face was so disfigured that he didn't know and his spirit girlfriend was staying on earth to be with him.

In order. for him to move on, it was necessary to make his face whole again, which I did, so off they went. I also helped a 路 spirit who had attached himself to a

factory during the First World War and was killed when the machinery he worked on collapsed. The carpet fitter kept finding he was out of breath, even though he wasn 't working that hard. lt turned out that he had been working at a faster pace than the guide spirit, which was making him out of breath. I managed to separate them and move the spirit on. lt 's better to help these spirits, although _ many people choose not to, for the novelty value of having a ghost around. Like the monk that wanders around at the Maddermarket Theatre. lt's not very fair, we help people from our world, so why not help them as well?

What e lse can you detect by dowsing?

My mother could, but I was never interested. I thought it sounded ridiculous. Then back in 1979, when I was visiting my sister, we decided to give it a try. She was better at it than me, it takes practice. You need to do a bit everyday, much like being a landlord really. Most people can do it, students are flabberga.s ted to realise they can. However you have to keep it pure, which is why it is better to concentrate on the healing aspect of it. lt isn't that far removed from the Ouija board which is pretty dodgy.

You need to keep it free of novelty stuff or it goes berserk.

Are you really tempted to give up being a landlord to concentrate on your other interest?

Not really, I enjoy repairing t hings, whether they be a troubled spirit or a run down house.

And the houses are a good investment for the future, in fact my advice to students Is to get their own place as soon as possible, renting is money for nothing!

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Concrete, Wednesday, October 28, 1998

CROSSWORD TIME FOR A CHANGE? Timetabling at UEA is a mess.

We all know that. Overcrowded rooms, cancelled seminars, the list of problems go on and on. lt's good to see the University trying to do something about these difficulties, but their proposed plan to computerise the enrolment system could just mean more headaches for everyone.

If, as is feared, it will become difficult to predict when the courses will take place, students with any sort of extra-curricular commitments will find themselves in real trouble.

Students with children or jobs could find it impossible, while those in sports teams will find it even more difficult to schedule courses around Wednesday afternoons.

An improvement in the system would be welcomed by every student at U EA.

However. the University must make sure that individual preference does not follow the present system out the window.

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AGE CONCERN

On Monday night (October, 12) myself and some friends went to Liquid night-club for our mates 19th birthday. We were asked for ID at the door an we all presented our UEA cards thinking this was adequate. We were then asked to back this up with other 'photo ID' so we presented our NUS cards.

We were then asked for further verification and so we showed our VISA cards {which you must be 18 to have) but they then asked for 'ID with our DOS' i.e. a passport! In the end they would not let us all in, i.e. they permitted some of us and not others, even though we all showed the same ID! Why Liquid are doing this?

I thought they were supposed to be a student friendly club!

We refuse to have to carry passports around as in our drunken state we are very likely to lose them, besides which we shouldn't need to!!! There doesn't appear to be any problems on Tuesday nights (we have all been there the last two Tuesdays no problem). I have also heard about unnecessary behaviour from the bouncers in Liquid i.e. chucking people out for no reason.

If they are not careful they will get themselves a bad rep from the very people that keep the club alive!

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Will the unification fight herald a new start for boxing? MaH Porter investigates...

IN THE past few years, few sports have taken such a battering as boxing.

Ear biting, corruption, worthless titles and an endless merry-go-round of champions have

all lowered the

sport's standing amongst the normal punters in the street. in the fight which, it is claimed, will produce an undisputed world heavyweight champion.

But perhaps we should be glad that any sort of unification fight is taking place at all.

For a long while it was thought that Holyfield and his promoter, King, w o u I d indefinitely dodge a fight with Britain's Lewis, because of the possibility of Holyfield losing his title in such a bout.

You may think that such is behaviour nl"•,.vlfiAr""""'nr nrt>m.nt,,,. unsportsmanl ike,

However, there was news this week of something to cheer even the most sceptical of boxing fanatics.

Evander. Holyfield and Lennox Lewis, the two men widely acknowledged as the best

. -- - - - - - - - - - • but in boxing it heavyweights in the world, are has become far from uncommon.

For although the Holyfield-Lewis finally going to get in the ring together after their promoters, Don fight will produce a champion who, Kin g and Frank Maloney, thrashed to all intents and purposes, will be out a multi-million pound deal. undisputed throughout the world, And the fight will finally produce boxing is still suffering from the the first undisputed champion of number of belts and champions that worth since Mike Tyson. exist.

However, even if the fight does Money happen and the WBA , WBC and IBF heavyweight belts are united, The reason for all the belts and there will still be one heavyweight champions is relatively simple belt conspicuou by its absence - the money.

British based WBO , held by lt is in the interests of promoters Norwich's own Herbie Hide. that there are plenty of fights which So far, he has had no involvement can be hyped as world

championship bouts, since it means more income from television rights and ring-side spectators.

However, it seems that the public may finally be tiring of the endles championship fights, especially when they are being fought by lowranked boxers.

This despondency could soon be addressed, at least in some way, through the proposed unification of the WBA and WBC belts.

While there are tho e who think that there is nothing wrong with the present system, many hope that the merger will give credibility to boxers claims that they are the champions of the world.

WBO world heavyweight champion, Herbie Hide and his trainer, Graham Everell, contend that despite the criticism of their belt and their exclusion from the Holyfield -Lewis plans, he is a fighter who can take on anyone in the world.

the way titles are now held by 'every man and his dog'.

He is considered by some to be little more than a fringe champion.

The number of boxers who are considered to be less than worthy world champions has increased hugely since the 1960s, when comnterciali m first invaded the sport.

The influx of promoters like Don King, the convicted killer, forced money to the top of the game whilst of sporting sending issues importance down the agenda.

And whilst the WBC and WBA may now be merging , the fact remains that money is stm running the sport.

serious compeuuve fights in the near future hi s belt will continue to be viewed as inferior to the other main belts.

1t remains to be seen whether Hide and his trainer, Everett, will stick to their words and take on a major challenger.

If he doesn't, they will be unable to convincingly fend off the critics who claim that they are putting money before the reputation of the belt.

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Herbie Hide " Herbie's ready for the big boys. he 's the best of the worlds young heavyweights, he's quick and strong and we're not afraid of anyone."

Disgraced champion Mike Tyson has even been mooted as a potential opponent for Hide, but Everell has urged caution over such a link -up. " lt 's too early to talk about that.

After fighting the mandatory challenger (Hide defeated Willi Fischer last month) you get a years grace and the WBO have Shannon Briggs (w ho Lewis has already beaten) as their next contender, but we'll have to wait and see."

Everell promise that Hide is prepared to travel to fight the heavyweights and will not limit himself to just having fights in Norwich.

"He'll fight anyone, anywhere.

Money talks in this game and when you think that two years ago Maloney (Lewis' promoter) and King (Holyfield's promoter) weren't even talking, anything can happen."

Everell conti nues, " Herbie's in his prime and he won't shy away from anyone at all" But the fact remains that Hide sti ll remains at tenth place in the world, behind the likes of the Croatian, Zjelko Mavrovic, as well as Michael Moorer, Oliver McCall and even Henry Akinwande.

The Norwich boxer has in fact qeen ~i n¥ red out. a il" t mple df

Indeed, it i preventing some of the best boxers from fighting each other as their promoters run scared of losing the title that their boxer does hold. lt seems that with such a lack of co-operation it can only be hoped that the heavyweight title will be properly unified next March when Holyfield and Lewis meet.

However, there is no mention of Hide' s title in any of the e talks.

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Gran-tastic Golfing gran Jean Neil , 63, of Manchester recently hit her third hole-in-one of the year and the tenth of her life to equal the women 's world record , showing that sporting excellence has no age boundaries.

Cricketers caught out England's cricketers set off on their winter tour to Australia red faced over stingy team bosses' decision to only allow the player's wives on the trip if they pay for their own tickets.

In the dock Disgraced Sheffield Wednesday star Paulo Di Canio is in more strife. His lawyer has been in a car accident and will therefore be unable to represent him in the disciplinary hearing over his attack on referee Paul Alcock following his sending off against Arsenal last month.

lan wright to join 'toon army Don't worry any West Ham fans out there. The England striker and talk show host is not moving north, he is in fact about to star in a series of cartoons in which he cavorts with various female stars!

You bet!

Footie mad father-to-be, Mark Grille, has wagered £50 at odds of 20,000-1 that his child will grow up to play for England.

Although the bet will only stand if the child is male he sets to win £1 million if the goal is achieved.

Best of the Refs The Premier League's top referees could be professional by next August. Six of the best could be raking in about £40,000 a year in a move to raise the standard of refereeing. The idea will go to the vote in December and has been approved by FIFA.

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UEA RUGBY 1st XV 's open ing match against Cranfield in the BUSA Championsh ip proved to be a victorious yet physica l affair, on Wednesday, October 14.

The away sick. who were not qui te prepared for the aggress ion that was levelled against them th roughout the: mah.:h, 111 a

rind ou t a vict<H') h) six tr ies to one: a l.tc:r showing both tc:naci ty a nd contmitmcnl.

But despite good stx•ll s of running rugb) the game lacked the continuity and passion that was needed for an exciting game.

UEA also suffered from losing a number of players during the game. with the half-bacb.

Mallhc\\ Dc lan) and Dann) Williams. com ing off in the second halL Wh il st thi s a lone migh t have upset any rhyth m thal there was in t h~ ga me. it \vas accom panied by a ,hou lder inju ry to fu ll hack Paul Doylc. "ho wa' forc~d to come off.

To top this. four f..c) players were mi...,sing from lh~ ~quad thanks to the extra lectures timctablcd for Wcdncsda) afternoon:-..

Yet UEA stucJ.. to their tasJ.. and finished 3-1-7 winners. with second ha lf suhs titute Martin Clarke cent re

Adaptable it was dear to sec that the pacJ.. was \Cry mob ile and adaptable.

Bu t one thin g lack in g from the game wa:-. a hun ger and desire 10 kill o!T the oppone nts or match them for their aggre"ion and determination.

Captain Mall Varnc> commented at the end of the match: ·· Our defence was generally good. but the focus wa,n·t there. and we weren't fired up enough. l ie added. "The opposition \\ere effective in spoiling the hall. and were a hit more :-.trcctwisc than

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Phil Al -sun again sh<med what he Gill do on the wing. scoring two tries. either side of half-time.

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UEA run riotI in BUS I

21 first fixture of the year UEA's fencing team them trounce an nexperienced mondham College

UEA 8 Kent 0

By LEO MEGGITT

UEA HOCKEY Mens Thirds completely outclassed a visiting Kent side with their superior defensive play and attacking movement, last Wednesday.

Constant pressure was applied on a hapless opposition which simply could not cope with the slick passing of the inspirational midfilder Jamie Older.

UEA did not pick up on their initial chances though , and it was not until the twelfth minute that the home side opened the scoring when Older neatly converted a through ball from Matt Heath.

Several missed · chances followed before UEA could find the net again, with Chris Horsley netting from a well constructed move to double the lead.

Kent briefly fought back through some rare pressure, resulting in UEA conceding a penalty corner, but keeper Martin Macblain pulled off an outstanding save before reverting to being little more than a spectator to UEA's victory.

The home side's excellent defence ensured that any attacking play by Kent was halted in its early stages.

Indeed, the third goal came

from a move started by the defence and finished with Rob Dyer firing home from close range.

Were it not for some wayward finishing by UEA's attackers, Kent would have suffered even more of a first half drubbing.

had no answer to UEA's swift forward movement.

Andy Melior was rewarded for his tireless efforts when he clinically finished from another penalty corner.

Blazing

And after an indifferent start to the match, James Morgan got ·his name on the score sheet, assisted by Ben Riley, after a fluent attack.

Morgan repaid the favour setting up Riley to bring the score up to 7-0.

Dan Karlsson completed the rout, tapping in from a goal mouth scramble.

Jubilant team captain, Pud Dhillon praised the team for the result after the game.

"11 was a great all round team performance, all of the goals were really taken well," he said.

The visitors came out after the interval all guns blazing , but were immediately put on the back foot by an equally fired up UEA side as the home midfield won the battle for possession.

And it did not take the home side long to score, when a brilliant solo run by Older resulted in a penalty corner.

A flurry of shots ensued before Older himself scored, squeezing the ball through a packed Kent defence.

From then on, the opposition

a good start to the event in the local with a 45-21 I D,estJite being temporarily to field their two squad members, raised a strong side eased them into the nty competition and hopes that they take the league title. team 's interesting of experience and talent gelled together displaying many • -·-""''"- signs for the

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were dominant roughout the game, efiting from a mined performance Jon Bonnet, who • "'""v"H<' both guile and skill ldes~Jite being injured by a sy and zealous . lfl/vnlmnr1rlh"m slash . looked well and deserved r victory against the Wynmondham , who despite the ncing defeat showed h promise for the

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By NICK HENEGAN

UEA'S LADIES badminton team cruised to victory in their first BUSA match of the year.

The win, which was created through the use of a subtle blend of shots, saw an average Christ Church College Canterbury side brushed aside.

The tie got off to the best UEA's second pair were embroi led top two pairings to finish the possible start with UEA in an epic battle with Canterbury's match in style, rubbing salt in winning all of the games in the seconds.

CCCC's wounds. first rotation.

After winning an extremely hard Easy win UEA's first pairing of fought first game by 15-13, CCCC's Natalie Jones and Nikki second pair recovered to take the The third rotation saw a Lightfoot annihilated the second. further easy win for Jones and opposition's best players in an This took the match into the third Lightfoot while more energetic easy 2-0 win, while the third and deciding game which UEA won and ski lful play saw Gale and pair, consisting of debutantes thanks to some inspiring net play Featherstone impressively Trish Atkins and Mary and sound comm unication between defeat Can terbury's first Glenwright comprehensively the two players. pairing 2-0. beat CCCC's thirds 2-0.

After the match UEA Emphatic At the same time Michelle captain Natalie Jones expressed Gale and Jo Featherstone, The second rotation was played delight with their first BUSA in much the same vein success of the season. with both UEA's first " I am very pleased with the and second duo result as I didn't think we emphatically winning wou ld win. their games 2-0. " We lost most of our regular Unfortunalf:ly, players at the end of last year Atkins and Glenwright and the new players in the were overpowered by squad have not had much CCCC's first and coaching, they've done second pairings and exceptionally well," she said. despite showing some And she added that the team promtsmg play lost had greater hopes for this both game 2-0. year's BUSA campaign .

But UEA's " We want to get through the confidence wa sti ll first stage. like last year, but soaring and the tie wa> this time we want to win our in the bag. second round match ," she C serve anterbury a BUSA blow It was left to UEA's explained.

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UEA WOMEN 'S rugby team pushed a well organised Cam bridge side to the limit last Wednesday, but were un able to avoid a narrow defeat.

De,prte dominatrng later the home "de rnitiall~ stru!'gkd agarn'l the more pll\ siLal Camhrid~e team. and failed to build on th..: prL"\ iou' \\<.:d.·, r..:sult. a l1.\ point Will again' I Kent.

1\n e\pL'ctan t home nmnl s;m l'E.\ concede their lirst tr). as the Cambrrdgc tom ar us rCC)<.: led the ball e\pertl) hclore settinr up their ha<.:ks to crash the bdll

line. hl'fnre runn rng through the he:ll'l of !he Cunhrid~e defence .md srdc stcpprng three pia) ers to touch dm<n het\\ccn thL' posts.

But L l \ r-..~lused tn cnrmhk Cambridge's earl) lHblaught and . . hnwcd gr~..·at 'ririt and de term ination tn light their \\a) h:K k int o the rnatd1.

The home team then '' erlt nn tn dnmrnate the rest of the

Dominate The resurge nt home team sr<k. lead h) msp rratronal captarr1 S;un Burrc ll . hcgan to dom rna tc '" the ir opponents !.tiled to co ntain the pnllcrlul lnn<ards and ~.:rcatJ\C h<-H:k-...

The !Ill"\ itabk equalrsmg tr) ,·amc through e~ superb indil idual dlort from .lulie Manky. \\ho collected a I'"" at thL· ~2 ) .ml

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or posit ion"s li ne tor long JlL' Ii O<.h. ll m l c\er. so me res ili e nt Cambrrdge <.klc ndr ng pre\ ented the l r.t\ srdc from herng abk tn take ad\ antage nl their dom rna nce and push .t head 111 the match. r hen. late Ill the sen>nd hall and .r~airht thL' run nl pL.t).

Cunhridge broke '' rth a count.:r attdck I!> scorL' the tr) which wou ld decrde the matLh. \ sp rrrtcd l I · \ team reaued

wdl to goinr behind anJ trrcd tn right their \\:t) hack into the game but \\ crL' unahk· to con' en therr late prcssurL' rnto \ aluahk [l<llnts.

Ne\e rt hek". Capta in Sa rn Burrell praised l l \"s ellorts after the game. ·· t. ,er)nne r la)cd rea l! ) \H'Ii cnnsu.Jcr ing that thrs rs onl) our second match nf the season." she sa id.

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