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UC endowments experience growth By Sarah Rosen | Staff srosen@dailycal.org In the midst of repeated cuts in state funding to the state’s higher education institutions, the University of California experienced growth in endowment funds last fiscal year, potentially providing additional financial support to students and faculty. The UC’s endowment assets — which are composed of money or property that is donated to the university — experienced a rebound of nearly $1 billion in the 2009-10 fiscal year. This could affect students financially and academically by providing faculty with additional support and students with more financial aid options in a time of declining state support, according to David Blinder, UC Berkeley associate vice chancellor for university relations.

“With state support declining, we are encouraging private donors to give private support,” said UC spokesperson Steve Montiel. “Private support is necessary, even more so with these times. It’s never been seen as a replacement for state funding.” According to Blinder, after the stock market crashed in 2008, the UC’s endowments dropped nearly $1.8 billion, and the campus’s endowments dropped over $540 million during the 2008-09 fiscal year. The rebound for last fiscal year resulted in a growth of over $255 million for the endowment at UC Berkeley, according to the UC Annual Endowment Report for the fiscal year ending in June 2010. According to the report, the total UC Berkeley endowment value rose from a total of approximately $2.35 billion in 2009 to approximately $2.6 billion in 2010. According to Jose Rodriguez, campus endowment campaign spokesper-

son, the 2010-11 fiscal year’s audited endowment value will not be known until October 2011. According to Rodriguez, spendable funds are pulled from the endowment income, not the endowment principal. Blinder said funds from the endowment are used for everything from basic campus operational costs to funding fellowships and scholarships both in academics and sports. Students benefit from endowed funds through the campus’s ability to support its faculty and through financial aid endowments, he added. “When we have endowments for faculty support, we are able to compete with the very best universities across the country for recruiting faculty and also retaining faculty,” he said. “Berkeley is always a favorite target among the wealthier private universities for outstanding faculty.” According to Rodriguez, UC Berkeley’s total

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Community members voice construction concerns By Noah Kulwin | Staff nkulwin@dailycal.org With the new Student-Athlete High Performance Center set to open in a few weeks, members of the Berkeley community voiced their concern with the entire Memorial Stadium construction process at Tuesday night’s public hearing to discuss the project’s Environmental Impact Report. The performance center — a project estimated to cost $150 million and covered by private donations — will be of use to 13 different sports teams, with a whole section devoted to UC Berkeley’s football program. The performance center has been a project of the campus’s Department of Intercollegiate Athletics since 2005, when it was included as part of the initial plans for the Memorial Stadium renovations that were unveiled by UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau. Campus spokesperson Dan Mogulof said the performance center is a vast improvement over the “extremely inconvenient” system in place before. “Some teams had no locker rooms of their own and were changing clothes in their cars,” Mogulof said. “When you go back to locker issues and places for team meetings, it was either at Haas Pavilion or nonexistent.” While there has been controversy regarding the stadium construction in general, campus officials maintain that the construction of the performance center thus far has not been problematic or greatly delayed since ground was broken in the spring of 2009. Furthermore, there have not been any complaints or issues raised by neighbors with the performance center building

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The construction of the Student-Athlete High Performance Center has irritated some of those living nearby. process specifically, according to Mogulof. “This is a different kind of work ... there’s no demolition,” Mogulof said. “A lot of the noise was sheltered or muffled — it’s a little more removed from where folks are living.” As the performance center prepares to open, residents around the stadium and the Panoramic

Hill neighborhood made their case that the measured environmental impact of the Memorial Stadium project has been understated. Panoramic Hill resident Robin Olsen stated that “people are confused.”

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Though a new beverage contract with PepsiCo Inc. has yet to be signed, the campus has recently begun to sell the company’s products with the expectation of signing a contract in the near future. The campus’s prior contract with Coca-Cola Co. expired Aug. 3 after a 10-year term, but campus Beverage Alliance Chair Kurt Libby said a new contract with Pepsi has not yet been signed, though he hopes it will be done by the end of the month. Until that time, the campus will operate under a letter of intent with the company, which Libby said he expects to have signed this week. “The letter of intent basically says we agreed on the major terms, we’re working out the details and they will be our provider — assuming there’s no major problems we have working out the contract,” Libby said. “It’s basically a ‘bridge the gap’ type thing.” In May, the campus released a request for proposal stating the minimum requirements necessary for beverage companies to bid for a contract. Pepsi was the only responsive bid. Among the requirements Pepsi agreed to are an annual $1.3 million sponsorship fee which will be paid to campus stakeholders, $40,000 in product donations, $15,000 for sustainability program support and $235,000 in marketing and promotion funds. The campus’s beverage consortium accounts for the contract’s stakeholders and is composed of four campus units — the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, the ASUC Auxiliary, Residential and Student Service Programs and the Recreational Sports Facility. Once signed, the new contract will be the start of a 10-year agreement granting Pepsi exclusive beverage rights on campus. As a result of the agreement, Pepsi brands will be located in over 200 oncampus vending machines and at all on-campus retail outlets and athletic venues. The agreement also includes a beverage lineup of Pepsi carbonated soft drinks, Lipton teas, Aquafina, SoBe and Propel waters, Naked juices, Gatorade sports drinks, and other Pepsi-allied and partnership beverage brands. Additionally, the company will work with students on environmental sustainability projects and offer grants to support student-driven causes and campus events. “It could be anything from a grant to ‘help a local school that I volunteer at’ or ‘I want to start a community garden,’” said Pepsi spokesperson Kristine Hinck. Hinck said the agreement with UC Berkeley is unique because “it’s a very friendly and innovative approach.” “We worked directly with the folks at Cal, and they told us what the students were looking for, and then we came up with some of our creative solutions that were already in place that would be a perfect fit for the spirit

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As Berkeley’s redistricting process continues to advance, concern has been raised about whether the rules established in the city charter affect equal representation of minority voters and therefore violate the federal Voting Rights Act, though city officials said there are no credible claims yet. Students and redistricting campaign coordinators spoke out at the July 19 Berkeley City Council meeting regarding the creation of a possible student supermajority district — one possibility being a single district containing a majority of voters of Asian American and Pacific Islander origin, who are currently spread across the city in different districts. The city’s districts are adjusted every 10 years to accommodate variations in the population based on the latest census data. If the council does not take these minority voters into account, the city charter may be in violation of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 — which provides protection for voters who require assistance in voting due to race, color or membership in a language minority group. “The bigger issue is whether students are identifiable in a community that is quite thicker than most of the rest of the city,� said Councilmember Gordon Wozniak. “A large fraction of students of Asian heritage are living in a compact area of Berkeley — whether

they should be concentrated in one district or spread over many districts is an important principle that needs to be discussed.� Michael Wagaman, a redistricting consultant with Golden State Consulting, said at the meeting that the city charter might be in violation of Section 2 of the act if a case can be made that minority voters are underrepresented and overshadowed due to being dispersed across the city and not in a single and unique voting district. But Alejandro Soto-Vigil, a legislative aide in the office of Councilmember Kriss Worthington, said there was an inaccurate correlation presented between the act and the current situation of redistricting. “The (Voting Rights Act) was created to prohibit intentional prevention of voting, particularly for members of the Southern states in the past,� SotoVigil said. “If the act was to be applicable here, you would find intent in the 1986 boundaries creation to minimize Asian American voting power — that is not the case.� Kristin Hunziker, a former UC Berkeley student who has been working with the ASUC on the campaign for the creation of a supermajority student district, said in an email that the group is also pursuing the possibility of an “Asian district� because half of UC Berkeley’s population comprises Asian students, approximately one-eighth of the entire city. “(Those of Asian descent) mostly live on Southside, so it is pretty reasonable to think that we could create

a district that represents that eighth of the population under the Voting Rights Act,� she said. “It’s only something we are considering — the demographic data ... indicate that it is possible to draw a majority-minority district on the south side of campus.� Hunziker also said that if the council did not implement the idea of a “so-called Asian district,� there is a possibility that a lawyer could be hired to sue the city, and a judge would have to decide whether the claim was “valid� — but more legal analysis is required, she said. According to Wozniak, there is a need for representation of the city’s Asian voters since there has not been a council member of Asian descent since Ying Lee Kelley in 1973. At the crux of the redistricting issue lies the ASUC’s larger goal to get a student on the council — whether or not it results in a district with the majority of voters of Asian origin. “The creation of an Asian majority district is something being considered along with an array of proposals,� said incoming ASUC Senator Shahryar Abbasi. “We believe it falls in line with the needs of the larger student population, and it allows students to have a majority in districts and have influence in the city.� The deadline to submit redistricting proposals is Sept. 30 — extended by the council from Sept. 16 after students requested a later date. All proposals will be published Nov. 3, and the first redistricting public hearing will be held on Nov. 15.

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co-op residents living in Sherman Hall — across the street from the construction area. Ghenis said that residents of Sherman Hall have reported respiratory problems due to dust from the construction and are also requesting that double-pane windows be installed. The topic of what constituted an appropriate volume for the construction was another issue of frustration for some community members. Hank Gehman, a representative for the community group Stand Up for Berkeley!, claimed that “noise rules haven’t been dealt with,� regarding the sound of backup beepers on trucks early in the morning. “Please make arrangements so that there’s no more noise before 7 a.m.,�

Gehman said. Berkeley resident and Stand Up for Berkeley! member Nigel Guest said the campus has mismanaged the parking situation around the stadium area. “New parking spaces are needed ... 0[[ R^]caXQdcX^]b PaT cPg STSdRcXQ[T) S the number of lost spaces has been totaled at 546,� Guest said. “And it will be impossible to recover all the South Plaza spaces because of the large utility building in the plaza.� In response to the criticisms, Christine Shaff, communications manager for the campus’s Facilities Services, said she was “glad that people came out.� “There was not really anything new,� Shaff said. “We will continue working with all the neighbors.�

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Monday’s article “Subsidy cut causes worry over graduate student debt� incorrectly stated that graduate student Megan Wachspress will be starting at the UC Berkeley School of Law in fall 2011. In fact, Wachspress will be starting at Yale Law School in fall 2012. The Daily Californian regrets the error.

“There’s the futility of this meeting — the project manager is sitting on the side (of the meeting) ... people have given up,� Olsen said. “When they accustom players to noisy and hostile conditions ... they also subject the neighbors to this.� Additionally, representatives of the UC Berkeley student body were in attendance to highlight their concerns or comments on the construction thus far. ASUC President Vishalli Loomba held that the campus was doing “a good job addressing concerns,� whereas Berkeley Student Cooperative Vice President of External Affairs Alex Ghenis discussed how the construction was negatively affecting Berkeley

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The infographic accompanying Monday’s story “Council paid more than state suggests� did not specify that the figures immediately below each city’s name represented the recommended city council salaries and the other figures represented the actual city council salaries.

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earing sweats in public makes me think of sleepwalking. Besides the handful of times I’ve made it to the RSF, I save wearing my shapeless cotton pants for sleeping days and ones that don’t entail too much sweating. It’s not that I think sweats look (too) gross or hopeless — I mean, athletes wear them all the time. Maybe if I could just look past my distaste for its Costcoreminiscent value, or disconnect it from the laughable trauma of high school PE ... then I could get on with my life and go to my 9 a.m. class with the enviable nonchalance that sweats-wearing athletes carry. But since my words per minute are more reassuring than my mile time, I slip an oversized sweater on top of a dress instead. A simultaneously comfortable and incongruous outfit that I can wear without feeling like a fraud (but maybe like a fool). I’m too shallow to get past the first thoughts that pop in my head when I see myself in the mirror wearing sweats — the office-chair potato that I am over the stairclimbing master that I should be more like. Self-esteem psychoanalyses aside, style puts meaning behind pretense. To quote a literary genius who valued style beyond his means (a quote I found in my Interpretive Film Criticism reader with enough pretense to make pragmatists squirm), Oscar Wilde wrote, “It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances. The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.” Though style comes at a price, it seems like one many are willing to pay. Whether it be the “Juicy” brand stamped on your velveteen ass or the leather dandies vintage-store mongers charge on credit, style expresses a part of our individuality that we like to share and see in each other. Individuality is limited, as style can only express so much. While my friends and I share a wardrobe that ranges from special free-pile finds to multipurpose American Apparel investments, our individual styles become tools we use to pursue our own agendas. tyle allows us to project what we want others to think of us. Heels show determination and confidence, a collared shirt presents class and cleanliness, while the likes of flip-flops and tank tops give off an air of comfort and indifference. But what happens when those first impressions don’t last? After all, we have ads, musicians and films to compose our appearances as we are too busy forging life

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Pilar Huerta phuerta@dailycal.org plans to match our insides with our outsides. Style ceases to express individuality when we use it thoughtlessly. Wearing a pair of heels is (arguably) easier than being as confident without them. When the pain of pressurized high heels is worth the gain of respect, it’s easier to develop our style of confidence than the amount of confidence we actually have. s we rely on style to project who we are or want to be, buying things that might set us apart is easier than showing others who we really are. A distraction that takes the pressure off self-improvement, style makes us feel accomplished rather than fulfilled. Style is a hook that reels particular people into a realm of mutual respect and interest. But as style breaks down into frays of ignorant words and empty stares, style tests not only our ability to deceive others but also how true we are with ourselves. When pop stars’ manufactured lyrics and marketed styles are fawned over instead of their substance, the meaning of content becomes secondary. Chris Brown’s beats hypnotize us to feel beyond his chauvinistic impulses as we watch each other get down in his B-boy manner. Appearances consume identities that aren’t meant to be defined by first glances alone. Our style reflects what we like, but it is not the essence of who we are. Style is not confined to fashion, as our personalities are too much to fit in what we put on our bodies. It is a matter of expression. But what we wear is the first thing we present not only to others but to ourselves as we (consciously or unconsciously) catch a glimpse wherever there is a reflection. Athletes are not only the superhumans they appear to be, as I am not whatever pretense mismatched clothing seems to give off. While style defines our exteriors, it invites others to see beyond what is displayed. Just as abstract art is more than its convoluted manifestations, style is a clue to each individual mystery.

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A microscopic fungi may have contributed to the largest mass extinction in history — and may lead to a fungal disease increase in today’s forests due to the climate change, according to a study by a UC Berkeley professor and her collaborators in Europe. The study, which will be published in the September issue of the journal Geology, identifies 250-million-yearold fungal marine fossils to be relatives of the modern-day fungi group Rhizoctonia, which is known to spread deadly pathogens to plants. “The sediments contain fossils that look like the resting structures of the modern fungi Rhizoctonia,” said Cindy Looy, assistant professor of integrative biology at UC Berkeley and an author of the paper. “The interesting thing is that Rhizoctonia is partially pathogenic, which means microbes in the soil can attack and kill entire ecosystems that are under environmental stress.” According to Looy, during the mass extinction that occurred at the close of the Permian era about 250 million years ago, ecosystems suffered environmental stresses from volcanic eruptions, which spewed carbon dioxide and methane into the atmosphere and probably destroyed some of the Earth’s ozone layer. In such an environmental crisis, fungal pathogens can become very active, and in this case, accelerate tree mortality, Looy said. The study also acknowledges that pathogenic soil microbes found in Rhizoctonia could also accelerate the tissue damage in trees environmentally stressed from today’s increasing temperatures and drought. “As the optimum range for plant

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Cindy Looy, an assistant professor of integrative biology, shows off her work. Looy and other researchers found a microscopic fungi may have contributed to a mass extinction.

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growth moves north, the southern edges of ecosystems will be in trouble,” said Ivo Duijnstee, an adjunct assistant professor of integrative biology at UC Berkeley. “It is not easy for plants to physically move northward as their ideal climate-zone does.” Duijnstee said it may be possible to find a higher amount of plant pathogens in these areas. According to Looy, fungi in the group Rhizoctonia enter a resting structure when environmental condi-

tions are not ideal. In this dormant stage, the fungi release pathogenic microbes that enter the trees and plants of the surrounding ecosystem. “The fact that we have resting structures implies two things,” Looy said. “There is lots of soil erosion, and the pathogens are active.” The micro-fossils found by Looy and her colleagues — Henk Visscher of Utrecht University in the Netherlands and Mark Sephton of Imperial College London — were discovered in the Alps of northern Italy among plant remains for a large coniferous forest and strung together in long chains resembling pearl necklaces.

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Award recipients recognized for clever technology use By Tiffany Chiao | Staff tchiao@dailycal.org Recipients of the Larry L. Sautter Award, including UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory researchers, were honored for their innovative uses of information technology at a conference on Monday. The winning projects were selected at the end of July by a selection committee based on criteria that looked at their innovation, collaboration and effectiveness in information technology, according to Robert Sams, director of communication services and information technology for the UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources. “We looked for real innovation, things that were brand new and really made a fundamental difference in the picture of information technology at the University of California,� he said. According to Sams, the award was established in 2000 by the UC Information Technology Leadership Council to honor Sautter’s IT contributions to the university and acknowledge similar advancements across the UC. “We all know that information technology and application development are a critical part of our operational reality, especially as we’re trying to realize our goals of operational

efficiency,� Sams said. The winners of the award receive either a plaque or a certificate to commemorate their achievement, as well as honor and recognition, Sams said. “It was a very difficult process to try and select a few for the awards,� Sams said. “The ones that we singled out made really extraordinary contributions in one area or another.� One distinguished project was the campus’s Visiting Scholar and PostDoc Affairs Gateway, which turned paper applications for visiting scholars and postdoctoral researchers into an online process — saving over half a million dollars on an annual basis, according to Sam Castaneda, campus director of Visiting Scholar and Postdoctoral Affairs. Castaneda said the program was released on a rolling basis to different departments and was eventually implemented as a standardized application process across the campus that has received widespread support. “I had known in my heart that this was really a good tool,� Castaneda said. “Almost two weeks ago, we released another version with a dozen or more enhancements and didn’t get one email about them, which was another demonstration that this is working well.� A Berkeley lab submission won an

honorable mention for developing software that allows some Internet network users to reserve bandwidth and ensures timely data delivery. Energy Sciences Network engineer Chin Guok said the program is especially valuable for researchers who have to produce, share and transfer large amounts of data and has since been adopted by other universities and institutes across the globe. “The big commonality is that everybody faces the same problems, and since this actually solves some of their problems, folks look at this as a model, something they can use in their network as well,� Guok said. According to David Ernst, associate vice president and chief information officer for information resources for the UC Office of the President, the chosen projects all demonstrated efficient and effective applications of technology that benefited university activities, and each one deserved recognition for its achievements. “There’s a lot of big press given to large innovative systems where lots of money is spent and there’s a huge impact on the university, which are very important, but the cool thing about the Sautter Awards is that they recognize day-to-day activities, which are every bit as important,� Ernst said.

Endowments: Fundraising is done at the campus level, not collectively From front endowment is composed of two parts. The UC Board of Regents — which manages an endowment for the whole UC system — manages a portion of the systemwide endowment that goes to the campus, and the UC Berkeley Foundation manages the other portion of the campus endowment. Blinder added that roughly twothirds of the campus’s endowment is managed by the board and the other third is managed by the foundation. According to Blinder, fundraising for endowments is done on a campusby-campus basis rather than as a collective effort throughout the UC. He added that fundraising for the campus endowment has been a challenge. “(Raising awareness is) a challenge for us because, unlike our private peers who have for a very long time been sending a message out about the importance of endowment-giving, our

constituencies have always thought that the core operations of the university are so generously funded by the state,� he said. Over the course of the campus endowment campaign — The Campaign for Berkeley — hundreds of millions of dollars have been given in the form of fellowships and scholarships support, Blinder said. Those are directly benefiting the students who are either coming to the campus or are already here and depend on that support. Looking to the future, Blinder said he expects that the endowment will continue to grow as donors become more aware of the importance of endowment-giving in light of decreased funding from the state. “I’m sure it will (continue to grow) as the word gets out about how the state has been pulling back its support of the UC system,� he said.

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proxy servers to store frequently requested pages. The study found that service providers use these proxy servers to collect users’ Web searches and the corresponding search results, forwarding them to and from the intended search engine — a practice which is already controversial, the blog post said. About 10 service providers — including Cavalier, Frontier and Hughes — use the Paxfire program to also selectively filter search requests and direct them through one or more affiliate marketing programs, according to the blog post. An affiliate marketing program called Commission Junction used to partner with Paxfire Inc. but with news of this activity broke its ties with the company, according to an email statement from Commission Junction to ClickZ News Tuesday. “We had no knowledge of this reported activity until last week,� the statement reads. “We have taken immediate action — Paxfire has been deactivated pending further investigation, and we are continuing our investigation of this matter.� Paxfire Inc. could not be reached

for comment as of press time. UC Berkeley professor Vern Paxson, an author of the blog post, explained that typically when an individual searches the term “apple� in the Google search engine, the individual should receive varying results that refer to the company Apple Inc., the fruit or other things relating to the word. In comparison, Paxson said that when individuals with service providers that work with products based on Paxfire search the term “apple,� the Paxfire-based product could route the user directly to the Apple Inc. company website or a related advertisement instead of displaying the intended search engine results. Paxson said the group’s research indicates that companies are unaware of this misdirection and view a misdirected visit as a user-initiated visit. According to the blog post, the best way to discover if a network is currently subject to this query misdirection is to run a Netalyzr test — a program suggested by the institute. The blog post added that a method to combat hijacking and redirection is to use EFF’s Firefox browser security add-on called “HTTPS Everywhere.� According to Paxson, Google figured out a workaround to stop this redirection a few months ago, while Yahoo! and Bing have only recently appeared to stop the redirections.

Both are facing charges of illegally entering Iran and espionage, to which they have pleaded not guilty. In 2009, Bauer, Fattal and Bauer’s fiance, Sarah Shourd, were arrested by Iranian officials for allegedly spying while hiking along the Iran-Iraq border. The three were hiking in the Kurdistan province of Iraq — an area frequented by tourists — when an Iranian soldier saw them and gestured for them to step off of their hiking trail. He then pointed to the trail and said “Iraq� and pointed to the spot where they now stood and said “Iran,� indicating that they had unknowingly crossed the border. After discovering a lump in her

breast, Shourd was released on $500,000 bail in September 2010. Bauer and Fattal were not formally charged until Shourd’s release and have appeared in court only once, on Feb. 6. Their last contact with their families was on May 22 — one of three phone calls they have been allowed to make home. “I know in my heart that when Shane and Josh walk out of prison, they will hold no bitterness towards anyone,� Shourd said in a July 29 statement. “I pray that day is very soon. And I know their hearts will be filled with the same love and respect for the world that they had two years ago. If anything, they will have more.� — Allie Bidwell

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Some Internet Service Providers who work with third-party proxy servers may be redirecting and possibly hijacking their users’ search queries, according to a blog posted last Thursday by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which worked in collaboration with UC Berkeley-affiliated researchers. Researchers at the International Computer Science Institute, a campus-affiliated institute, began their work over two years ago and discovered that some service providers routed brand-related term searches in the search engines Yahoo!, Bing and Google to brand websites instead of the intended search engine results. More than 160 search terms such as “dell,� “apple,� “safeway� and “wsj� were found to direct users to the respective retail websites instead of the actual search engine results, according to the blog post. The institute went on to collaboratively investigate with the EFF and identified Paxfire Inc. as one of the main actors in this proxy server misdirection, according to the blog post. A proxy server acts as an intermediary between a Web browser and a Web server. Service providers use

Jonathan Tam describes how the researchers discovered the search engine misdirection.

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Detained hikers’ hearing sees further unexplained delays Though more than a week has passed since their trial date, two UC Berkeley alumni who have been detained in Iran for more than two years are still waiting for their verdict. UC Berkeley alumni Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal stood trial in Iran’s Revolutionary Court last Sunday after their hearing was delayed in May without any given explanation from Iranian authorities. Though Iranian officials said the duo would receive their verdict within one week, no announcement has been made.

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Jeppe Lund Christoffersen purchases a beverage from a Pepsi vending machine in the Unit 2 residence hall complex. The campus has begun selling Pepsi products. of environmental sustainability,� she said. The multiyear partnership will also feature four on-campus “Dream Machine� recycling kiosks. The Dream Machine recycling initiative was developed to “support PepsiCo’s goal of increasing the U.S. beverage container recycling rate from 34 percent to 50 percent by 2018,� according to a statement. The Dream Machine program has placed more than 2,600 kiosks and bins in 30 states. “It’s something any other competitor couldn’t have delivered,� Hinck said. “There’s a lot of really specific environmental sustainability components to this partnership that make it really un-

like any other program out there.� Furthermore, Pepsi will be using energy-efficient vehicles and Energy Star-certified equipment to service the campus and will also support the expansion of the existing on-campus compostable cup program, according to Hinck. “We’re really excited to begin this partnership with UC Berkeley,� said Scott Loeffler, a director for Pepsi. “Cal’s mission aligns well with PepsiCo’s commitment to deliver what we call Performance with Purpose — a commitment to deliver sustainable growth by investing in a healthier future for people and the planet.�

Fungi: Researchers studied pollen, spores of plant fossils and identified remains From Page 3 Looy and Visscher studied the pollen and spores of the plant fossils and identified the remains within. Sephton studied the biochemistry of the remains to conclude that they were indeed fungal, disputing conclusions of other researchers that the chain-like fossils were remains of algae. “The micro-fossils didn’t look like normal, present-day fungi,� Looy said. “But, when we realized that we were looking in the wrong place, we started to look at resting structures

of fungi.� According to Looy, the resting stages of Rhizoctonia allows it to survive extreme conditions and may be the reason why it has survived these many years, proliferating all around the world. “Because the fungi’s fossils can be found almost everywhere in the world and in different types of plant fossils, we can say that these fungi may have played a large role in accelerating the largest mass extinction in history,� Duijnstee said.

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spent my last week before leaving the U.S. at my parents’ homes. Nestled between the harried months preceding graduation and the summer abroad that lay ahead, that week was lost to the domestic doldrums. The great organ that was undergraduate life had just let go its death belch, and it was given an open-casket wake in my mother’s living room. Not that everything was dirges, the limbo stage was actually quite pleasant, like a forced delay in Ibiza/Cairo/Zürich/Chicago and the airline foots the bill. It is quite pleasant to, for example, fall asleep on a couch and not worry about someone drawing on your face, or to slip back into your red Volvo station wagon and put the driver’s seat back to your ass’ perfect setting. Creature comforts, I guess, and only good for so long. The layover’s open arms can quickly become tired and it starts to whine and become inhospitable. The bed feels like one from a motel, everything on vacation from, instead of being, normalcy. I no longer had any sense of ownership over the

structure that my parents still called home, but I could still recognize it as the places that helped give shape to my current self. Ownership alone over objects or spaces can’t substantiate that sense of home. I never owned the house I lived in as a child but still considered it home at the time, and my time in the Berkeley co-ops may be the coziest in memory and was based on shared spaces and communal responsibility rather than individual possession. In fact the co-ops may have seemed the least hospitable to developing a sense of homely permanence because of the perpetual transitioning of those structures, of people and policy and physical surroundings. Everything is always capable of changing, so you do your best to keep your spot warm for the new wave of heirs. Sometimes it felt like I was occupying multiple generational roles, being the child as a newcomer, or the responsible adult as a senior student. But because of the flexible utility of the house, questions arise of how the actual physical construction determines its function. You could say that architecture is designed with a function in mind; that each building serves some overall purpose in the urban or societal landscape. But those functional constraints, let alone ideas of private ownership, are harder to apply to the public space. How do you determine what happens in an open park? What can you suggest by planting a tree here and placing benches there? How do you simultaneously liberate and determine the identity of a place? This question may seem like an overwrought humanist approach to a basic problem in urban design, but it’s not a far cry from a discussion of semantics. Words are constructions like buildings, with real limitations and nuances, but nonetheless flexible in their usage. Context can be a crutch or an enabler, determining significance and accessibility. Recently I traveled to Essen, one of the Ruhrgebiet cities of Germany with a strong industrial heritage. The city emerged from the peripher-

ies of the coal industry, communities forming around a coal mine and coking factory and slowly growing and knitting together. The mine itself shut down in the early 1980s, but unsurprisingly its impact is hard to eradicate. In an elegant display of acceptance, the Ruhrgebiet has transformed many of its former industrial sites into public parks, retaining the actual constructions on the property. A forest encircles a man-made mountain of mining rubble, the top of which sits a giant metal tetrahedron. You climb the casualty of industrial mining to enjoy a piece of public art and look out over an entire city. The constraints on the land are simultaneously accepted and harnessed, liberated for public use. An even more arresting transformation is the Zollverein coking factory, also in Essen, which has been inactive for decades, but not preserved, leaving itself vulnerable to vegetation, rust and animal (including human) exploration. Part of the attached coal mine has been transformed into a local history museum, and another building serves as a cafe and exhibition space. A wedding reception was being held atop one of the coal dispensaries while tourists filtered through the mine and wandered around the coking plant. The industrial monsters became pets of the city, hybridizing history and recreation. It can be seen as conservationism, this transformation of urban relics, or simply repurposing. But what it most definitely isn’t is preservation. The hope is not to seal off these places from use or time, but to open them back up again to interpretation. When I think of homes, I think of places that I have some claim to and that have shaped me in some way. These buildings and places become a public home, establishing a symbiotic and reciprocating relationship with the humans around them. The hope then becomes to make a home out of anywhere, and trust that the person and the place can always impress and inform one another.

portraits with their incisive lyrics. They strip the barricades encasing their egos so, at times, a poignant honesty pierces through the smog of moneytalk as they approach iconic gansta subject matter with a dash of, dare I say it, humility. Don’t get excited, Jay and ‘Ye aren’t playing truth or dare and having heart to hearts, but the intimacy of their rhymes ventures into memories and perhaps even regret. Watch The Throne’s stand out track, “New Day,” showcases both rappers’ sincere assessment of their life experiences, as they discuss hopes for their hypothetical sons. Kanye talks about his dreams for his child as an idealized antithesis to his own life: “See, I just want ’im to have an easy life, not like Yeezy life / Just want ’im to be someone people like.” While Jay-Z yearns to be the mentor: “Took me 26 years to find my path / My only job is cuttin’ the time in half / So at 13 we’ll have our first drink together / Black bar mitzvahs, mazel tov, mogul talk.” The track is looped to a luxurious, hauntingly elusive remix of Nina Simone’s “Feeling Good,” in recognition of past hardships that have already been triumphed. Indeed the album boasts a handful of strong, honed singles. The hard-hitting “Welcome to the Jungle” has a beat sick enough to make you bulimic, while the more bittersweet, Sunday morning-nostalgia-tinged “Made in

America” mirrors Jay-Z and Kanye’s own struggles with the American Dream (whatever the fuck that means). Jay-Z’s rhymes hits particularly hard in this one, his lyrics brimming with fearless intimacy, “I pledge allegiance to my grandma, / for that banana pudding, our piece of Americana ... The streets raised me, pardon my bad manners, / I got my liberty chopping grams up.” The romanticized inconsistency of what it means to be American is symbolized in all the Martin Luther Kings, all the hummers, all the South Parks, but succinctly squished with Kanye’s “this ain’t no fashion show, muthafucka, we live it.” The album ends on a slightly weak tone, Mike Dean and Kanye produced “Why I Love You.” Its prominent whammy bar use recalls hues of dirty new wave, as if Ian Curtis made a guest appearance from the grave. The track is carried by strong production and a catchy-as-fuck hook — “ooh I love you so, but why I love you I never know” — but the weak lyricism leaves something to be wanted from the closing number. Watch the Throne is catered to the seasoned Jay-Z and Kanye fan. Despite their sprawling discographies, Jay and ‘Ye both sound hungry on the record, marking them not as complacent kings, but as artists still spitting smart rhymes. — Belinda Gu

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lthough the reigning kings of hip hop have everything money can buy and some that it can’t — Grammys aren’t for sale, right? — Kanye West and Jay-Z display their adamant abstinence from complacency in their collaborative effort Watch the Throne. The twelvetrack LP was born from two artists who have conquered the world (of rap, at least) and are left to reflect upon past struggles and ponder future fantasies. Watch The Throne resembles a mosaic: fragmented volumes of samples, guest artists and producers skirt and dart to find balance in a hodgepodge of A-list music production. Beyonce (Mrs. Z), Otis Redding and The Neptunes are amongst the glitter that adorn the album’s credits, yet Jay-Z and Kanye never release the spotlight, capturing proximate self-

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‘30 Minutes or Less’ is a brief and forgettable tale By Carlos Monterrey | Staff cmonterrey@dailycal.org

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haracterized by a surprisingly short running time and an abundance of cheap gags, “30 Minutes or Less” continues the streak of mediocre summer movies that may fare well with more forgiving moviegoers. As an R-rated buddy comedy with a solid cast, “30 Minutes or Less” has the potential of appealing to an audience that found such films as 2008’s “Pineapple Express” to their liking. Unfortunately, this film fails to distinguish itself as something other than a barely tolerable Hollywood gimmick. Directed by Ruben Fleischer (“Zombieland”), “30 Minutes or Less” marks the second time Fleischer has worked with lead actor Jesse Eisenberg. After witnessing the success of “The Social Network,” there is no doubt that Eisenberg should have more dynamic roles at his disposal. Despite the somewhat bland nature of the characters, Eiseberg and co-star Aziz Ansari manage to find moments of comedic honesty and produce a somewhat viable relationship under the circumstances. Supporting actor Danny McBride brings the same charisma that has made him a familiar face in the realm of raunchy Hollywood comedies, often portraying off-putting and eccentric characters. Unfortunately, this is not enough to salvage the film. The look of the movie is plain; at times it feels as though there is not enough to look at. Many of the action scenes seem efficient but insignificantly shot. The story revolves around Nick (Eisenberg), a by-the-book slacker and pizza delivery boy, and Chet (Ansari), a young schoolteacher. We find their friendship is in the middle of a crisis, as their priorities slowly change and both friends begin to realize that their relationship could be coming to an

abrupt end. A crisis once fueled by petty disagreements suddenly takes on a life threatening change when Nick approaches Chet for help after being strapped with a bomb vest by two thieves (McBride, Nick Swardson) who have ordered him to rob a bank by days end. Unable to deny his once best friend the services that can potentially save his life, Chet decides to put all differences aside and help pull the worst thought out bank heist in recent time. Halfway through, the film takes on a somewhat desperate approach. As is common with movies that run out of tricks, the plot is infused with another supporting character to add resuscitation. A hit man (Michael Pena) is hired to kill Nick to tie up any ‘loose ends’ when things don’t go to plan. There are moments where the actors seem to be overcompensating for a script that lacks deeper substance. Ansari, who is well-practiced in the field of improvisational comedy, somehow manages to insert a laugh when most needed, while Eisenberg finds refuge in his abilities as an actor and prevents the film from sinking into a deeper hole. Considering its lackluster story structure, it is interesting to hear unofficial rumors that the film was loosely based on actual events, considering how loose adaptations often have solid material to work from. Fleischer’s “Zombieland” managed to seamlessly combine good storytelling and stylistic elements that made it stand out as a post-apocalyptic comedy with heart. “30 Minutes or Less” seems like a step backwards. Fleischer has had much hype around his new film “Gangster Squad” that is due to be released in 2013. Hopefully this is not a sign of things to come. Considering the weak competition and it’s strong cast, “30 Minutes or Less” could find an audience with moviegoers that have an hour to kill and possess an easily fulfilled sense of humor, but not without some consideration I would hope.

The Help: Centered on ’60s civil rights, ‘The Help’ offers caricatured comedy instead of complexity From Page 6 relations. Take the character Hilly Holbrook, for instance. Played by Bryce Dallas Howard, she’s cruel and domineering as Minny’s employer. With an inflexibility that rivals any dictator, she doesn’t even allow her maids to use the indoor toilets. But, while her actions are probably not uncommon of mid-century, upper-class southern white women, the antics of Holbrook come across as more comical instead of gravely sinister. The same goes for Ms. Stone’s Skeeter Phelan, who pa-

rades around the film as a martyr for these maid minorities with a fairly awful accent and very little to offer other than her barely convincing, wide-eyed sympathy. The characters, save Viola Davis’ triumphant turn, never fully develop as they meander in a film severely lacking in focus. ‘The Help,’ like its protagonist Skeeter, has a crippling identity crisis. Tonally, it wavers between a light-hearted comedy with some YaYa sisterhood charm and a somber expose of racial inequality. At times,

the film is almost Marx Brothersesque with Octavia Spencer’s Minny offering nothing more than sass and some particularly excellent excrement humor. But, despite some wellcrafted humor, the comedy seems to undercut the weightier message of racial tension. And even though Spencer provides some gut-busting laughs, her finger-wavin’ attitude borders on caricature as the film derails into a piece meal collection of haphazard plots and characters. Similarly, the technical aspects of

the film are just as disorderly, with distractingly abrupt scene cuts and schmaltzy, maudlin music to boot. In a sea of mediocrity, even the effervescent Emma Stone can’t help ‘The Help’”(pardon the wordplay). Where there should be a deeply profound tale of tragedy and triumph, there is only a set of half-assed stories. Where there should be complex characters, there are only archetypes of racial categories — the sassy black woman, the racist white southerner and the socially conscious white jour-

nalist. They’re all there, but they’re all as incomplete as the film becomes. Even the premise of publication ends on an anti-climactic note with little satisfaction and too much sap. The sad state of the film should be its content, not its poor execution. But, despite some moments of real connection (particularly between Minny and Celia), the titular “help” never get the attention they deserve. Jessica Pena is the assistant arts editor.

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n a music scene primarily dominated by synthesizers, house beats and electropop, it would seem like the traditional instruments of guitars and drums (the ones you bang with sticks, anyways) have been sidelined to the racks. If you happen to find yourself longing for some dirty blues or good ol’ fashion rock n’ roll, check out the Sutro stage on Saturday for a bitchin’ performance from San Francisco’s the Stone Foxes. Winding down from their nation-wide summer tour, the trio of Shannon and Spence Koehler and Aaron Mort have been nailing notes and taking names with their fuzz-driven riffs, twangy melodies and the occasional face-melting harmonica breakdown. If their name sounds familiar, you

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The Stone Foxes may have recently heard their cover of “I’m A King Bee� on the new Jack Daniels Tennessee Honey Whiskey commercial. The vulpine rockers have been pounding away at their instruments since 2005 and haven’t let up with last year’s record, Bears & Bulls, and the recently released tracks “Psycho� and “Serious People.� Armed with some new tracks and their usual gritty Southern swagger, the Foxes’ bluesy onslaught is an act that shouldn’t be missed this weekend. — Ian Birnam

ome people would rather catch a few winks on Saturday than see Outside Lands’ opening acts. Yeah, that’s cool I suppose, except you’ll be missing out on the bass bruises and guitar gashes courtesy of LA’s Cosmic Suckerpunch. Formerly known as Ghost Robot, the SoCal quartet switch from dreary, reverb-rich chords to heavy, brutal riffs at breakneck speeds, kicking all sorts of ass across the musical cosmos. The band has been described as the descendant of Pink Floyd, Radiohead and Led Zeppelin — which sounds like one hell of a lovechild. Suckerpunch have torn up the Bay Area before when

they opened for Electric Six at the Independent in SF. They now return to NorCal shores, where Outside Lands attendees can expect to see the interstellar fighters romp and wail their way through Golden Gate Park with slowbending strings and crashing drums. Although they have only released a fivesong EP, the quirky band have finished recording their debut album, Good Morning, bumping up their set-list up to a comfortable number. Suckerpunch are definitely worth losing some Z’s over, as their performance at the Panhandle stage is sure to be a hardhitting way to open up the festival. — Ian Birnam

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Outside Lands is one of the premier food and music festivals in the country. There is no other event that you can go to that has the richness of the Bay Area.” —Rick Farman, Superfly Presents

Thursday, August 11, 2011 – Sunday, August 14, 2011

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ust because summer is drawing to an end doesn’t necessarily mean that adventures have to follow a similar fate. Enjoy the last few days of carefree days with the annual Outside Lands Music and Arts festival. Set in the sprawling fields of San Francisco’s gorgeous Golden Gate Park, Outside Lands offers a chance to see, hear and taste local culture as well as indulge in performances from headliners the Shins, Muse and Arcade Fire. Outside Lands 2011 continues its traditional 3-day lineup, despite having scaled back last year due to the economy. “We’ve felt like things were getting better in the industry ... so we were able to take the chance at going with a bigger lineup,” says Rick Farman, one of the partners in festival co-promoter Superfly Presents. “Also, what you’re seeing is that Outside Lands is now becoming one of the premier festivals in the industry, so we had the opportunity to attract some of the bigger talent.” Besides the influential headliners, this year’s lineup also features up-and-coming acts such as Foster the People and Ellie Goulding yet while also including local favorites like the Limousines and the

Stone Foxes. “We try to build a diverse, but at the same time, complimentary lineup,” said Farman. “We’re creating a broad appeal but also a thread where people can come out experience bands that they’d be interested in (but also) be exposed to new bands that they’ve never heard of.” The festival certainly succeeds in constructing diversity, as it showcases the best of each genre from remix-extraordinaire Girl Talk, folk rockers Wye Oak and chillwave leader Toro y Moi. Though music is the main attraction, Outside Lands’ impressive array of local food vendors and wineries rightfully deserve a share of the limelight as well. With over 100 different wines and 50 local restaurants serving a wide variety of cuisines, concertgoers are free to eat and drink to their hearts’ content. But all ups have their downs and despite all that the

festival has to offer, transportation stands as the biggest issue. Getting in and out of the park has empirically proved to be a tough challenge. This year, however, festival coordinators have been working closely with the city to provide more efficient alternative means of transportation. MUNIs are running more frequently, and there is the Esurance shuttle pass that carries passengers from Bill Graham Civic Auditorium directly to the park. “We started with a concept of building an event that would be beyond just the music (and) really kind of an offering of the culture of a couple of key aspects of the Bay Area: wine, food and art,” said Farman. “And as we go forward, what we hope to develop and what we think we’re well on our way to is to make Outside Lands become the iconic event that represents those facets of San Francisco culture.”

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Here are some of the must-see acts of the Outside Lands festival happening this weekend.

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ike their fellow blues players, the White Stripes, the Black Keys sure do make a lot of noise for only two members. Formed by vocalist/guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney in 2001, the Ohio-based band has achieved not only an avid fan following but a developed style of raw, garage rock. With six albums to their credit in less than ten years, the rock duo has displayed a knack for guitar-heavy blues perfectly tailored for an outdoors music festival bathed in booze. With their latest album, Brothers, the Black Keys have continued to successfully fuse the rough, guitar riffs of traditional rock blues with more contemporary effects and clever lyrics. It’s the loosest and most relaxed the band has sounded since their 2008 collaboration with DJ wunderkind Danger Mouse. Though they hit a

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The Black Keys bit of a rut in the mid-2000s, the potency and playfulness of this last album proves that the Black Keys are back, and they’re better than ever. They’ve matured as players, lyricists and peformers. The Black Keys are as lively and exuberant as ever. With the White Stripes no longer, they are the reigning champions of garage rock blues and, this weekend, they’ll surely bring that mischevious energy to Golden Gate Park. — Jessica Pena Wendy lynch Redfern/courtesy

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he last time Arcade Fire was in the Bay Area, they already felt like superstars. With two sold-out shows at Berkeley’s Greek Theater, they sent crowds soaring with their stadium-sized sound and explosive on-stage chemistry. Since then, they’ve only gotten bigger. This last February, they shocked everyone (including many confused audience members wondering who exactly they were) by winning the coveted Grammy for Album of the Year, only to follow up their success with the Brit Award for Album of the Year and the Juno Award for the same prize.

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harming, dashing and damn good at what they do, newcomers Foster the People have been climbing up the charts since their recent debut. It’s hard not to see why, with their smooth blend of highly infectious beats and dazzling pop hooks makes every track on Torches an unforgettable hit. Hailing from L.A., Foster the People consists of Mark Foster, Mark Pontius, Cubbie Fink. The trio started working together in 2009 and released their selftitled EP in the beginning of the year. The extremely short, 3-song album only gave fans a small taste of what the band has to offer but luckily their full-length, Torches, delivers a rich indulgence of everything that is catchy and easily pleasing. Their studio sound becomes even more polished and aggrandized in a live performance. Foster the People’s unbridled energy translates to an unabashed and ultimately endearing showcase. With such handsome guys dancing around and flashing beaming smiles, you can’t help but be won over by their irresistable charm.

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Pounding rhythms and amplified guitar hooks are certainly memorable facets, but what you’ll end up remembering is their good-natured enthusiasm. — Cynthia Kang

irl Talk would have had a hard time applying to DJ school back in the day. He would have checked the most unflattering boxes: middle-aged white male, studies in some science, skin bleached to fluorescent translucency by the midnight light of his laptop. Overarching all this, the most vanilla of names: Gregg Michael Gillis. Yet seven studio albums and a couple of world tours later, it appears that Girl Talk’s habitat is not in an underground science fair, but in a sea of bikinis where it’s raining sweat. At first listen, his music may sound like a mashup of top-40s drone — layers of “fuck dem hoes” and “ooh baby” upon a grinding bassline, and yes, his music consists com-

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But, to those who are fans, these triumphs are hardly surprising. The Montreal-based septet (sometimes octet, sometimes more) has been gaining an ardent fan base since their impressive 2004 debut, Funeral. Blending the raw sounds of alternative rock with eclectic lyrics and sinister vocals from front man Win Butler, Arcade Fire has always produced the kind of anthemic music fit for large arenas —from the crowd favorite “Wake Up” to the sobering cultural commentary from their latest album, The Suburbs. Now, with their headlining slot on the final evening of Outside Lands, they’ve finally found the venue to fit their larger-than-life sound. — Jessica Pena

pletely of samples. But the way in which he manipulates pop music so that it all falls on the same rhythmic grid displays his genius: He lures us in with familiar licks, then weaves all those pop songs into megapop songs to show the triteness of the popular genre. While Gillis is widely known for his legendary shows in intimate venues where the crowd is literally on top of him — his setup is in the middle of the dance floor, his first appearance at Outside Lands this year is definitely not to be missed, as only Gregg Gillis can turn a ten-thousand people crowd of nonchalant beer sippers into a raging house party where everybody is your best friend. — Belinda Gu

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