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BY ERICA HORTON News Reporter University of Memphis photography graduate student Michael Darough has people seeing double with his exhibit at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. Darough will give a gallery talk at the museum Thursday, Dec. 9, at 6:30 p.m. about his exhibit, “Twins,” which began Nov. 6 and runs through Jan. 16 as a part of the Brooks Introduces program. Started in 2002, the program
features work from graduate art students. So far, artists from Memphis College of Art, Rhodes College and The University of Memphis have seen their work showcased in the Brooks Museum through the program. “Twins” is a self-portrait project featuring Darough and his fictitious twin brother, Marcus. “I like the ambiguity of mixing fact with fiction,” he said. “I like the idea of people won-
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A mirrored perspective
Michael Darough says he drew from three years’ worth of real-life experiences for inspiration in his “Twins” exhibit, recreating some of his own memories and making himself the dual subject of the photos. He calls his twin “Marcus.”
Inside RSOs: Part 3 of 3 2010-2011 Student Activity Fee Allocation Student Activities Council: Student Government Association: Student Event Allocation: Music: Theatre and dance: The Daily Helmsman: Operational assistance: Spirit activities: University Center ticket operations: Art Museum: Leadership programs: Freshman Convocation:
$400,000 $265,000 $245,000 $125,000 $110,000 $75,000 $55,000 $45,000 $27,000 $20,000 $18,000 $12,000
Total:
$1,397,000
Getting what you pay for
Events billed as ‘free’ often funded through tuition, fees BY CHELSEA BOOZER News Reporter Every University of Memphis student enrolled in six or more credit hours pays a yearly Student Activity Fee of $44, and anyone taking fewer hours pays $6 per hour toward the fee. But what students may not know is where the money for that fee goes. The SAF was designed to allow students access to events and programs at no immediate cost. It fully funds some events and functions, such as the Student
Activities Council’s Friday Night Films, and partially funds others, like The Daily Helmsman and Frosh Camp. Every summer, the SAF Allocation Committee reviews proposals from departments and organizations before deciding how much to allot each one. SAC received the largest portion, with $400,000, while the Student Government Association followed behind, with $265,000. The third largest amount went to Student Event Allocation, a student-committee-operated pro-
gram responsible for previewing any registered student organization’s request for funding, at $245,000. The funding distributed by SEA allows many organizations to host events on campus, such as last year’s Sock Hop Social, sponsored by Red Hot Lindy Hop, and the Hunger Banquet, sponsored by Students Advocating Service. Laura Hoffman, SEA adviser and faculty adviser over operational assistance, said the group
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You’re only a day away Procrastination doesn’t pay off for students waiting until tomorrow BY CHRIS DANIELS News Reporter With final exams approaching, the last grade of the semester couldn’t be further from the minds of some University of Memphis students. Instead, they’re procrastinating, intentionally putting off until tomorrow the hard work they should be doing today. Associate philosophy professor Tim Roche said the main toll that procrastination takes on his students is evident in missed deadlines for writing assignments. “You’ve got to learn to meet deadlines,” he said. “That’s the way the world is. If you don’t meet deadlines, you’re going to get fired (from a job) or fail. You’re just not going to succeed in one respect or another.” Roche said he sees potential in a lot of students who turn in great work but receive grade reductions for late papers. He gave an example of one
of his students whose grade dropped significantly when she dragged her feet turning in assignments. “One of my students is consistently late with her papers,” he said. “She writes good papers, and on the last paper, she would have gotten an A or a B. She got a D because of the grade reduction. That’s really a shame because I hate to see that. The work is good — she just refuses to get her work in on time, and that’s terrible.” Matt Parham, freshman graphic design major, said though he doesn’t like it, he is definitely a procrastinator who has become comfortable with it. He said his grades have suffered negative results due to his time management. “I put my personal interests before school pretty much,” he said. “I just go do what I want instead of doing my work and then put it off until that night or the night before.” Parham said he feels anx-
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U of M student ranks No. 7 in national boxing roster graced by Ali, De La Hoya BY LOUIS GOGGANS News Reporter When he suffered a broken leg during wrestling practice at the University of Idaho, Kenneth Gray, now a University of Memphis senior philosophy major, found himself uncertain about his future in the sport. After Gray was dismissed from the team while his leg healed, a man approached him and said that at 5’8” and 200 lb., he had the build to be a boxer. Gray took the suggestion to heart. Now, Gray is ranked No. 7 in the super heavyweight class on the 2010 National Amateur Boxing Championship Regional Roster, a distinction that boxing legends Oscar De La Hoya, Sugar Ray Leonard, Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Muhammad Ali have all held. Gray, a native of New Orleans, said he’s happy to be on a roster that has included such greats, but he’s not content with his ranking. “At the end of the day, I just want to be a world champion,” he said. “Being ranked is a good thing because people know you nationally, but I’m not satisfied being No. 7. The goal is to be No. 1, and I’m working to get there.” Reginald Foster, head trainer of Memphis Police Boxing Gym, said that Gray has what it takes to be the best in the country. “Kenny has the potential to be ranked No. 1,” Foster said. “He has the tools in the shed to go on to be a champion.” Gray currently has a boxing record of 10-4. The mysterious man who suggested Gray try boxing
turned out to be the owner of an Idaho boxing gym. He invited Gray to train there, and the former wrestler sparred with one of the gym’s best fighters on the first day. “He had a champion in the ring and I went in there and beat the guy,” he said. Realizing his potential, Gray consulted his parents before deciding to leave Idaho and head to Memphis to pursue boxing. “My mom and my father told me to follow my heart,” Gray said. “They encouraged me to pursue what was best for me, so I got on a plane and left.” He won five consecutive matches in his first competition in 2009, a five-day boxing tournament in Olive Branch,
Miss, and three more straight matches before suffering two losses that would test his resolve. “After that loss, I started questioning myself,” Gray said. “I was asking myself, ‘Why? Why is this happening to me? I’m working really hard.’ I vowed that day that I would never lose again.” After moving from gym to gym and trainer to trainer, Gray found his home with Foster at the Police Boxing Gym and regained his swagger, knocking out his next opponent. “I stopped the guy in the second round,” he said. “His corner threw in the towel.” Gray went on to win a qualifier, the USA Southeast
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Voices Edition
Dear Daily Helmsman: Great job with the Voices edition (Nov. 30). It was an excellent edition, particularly (Ashley Akin’s) response to Forbes magazine’s claim that Memphis is a miserable place to live. The article should be sent to them, if for
no other reason than to show what journalism is and how your reporters and students shine comparatively. Thanks. Keep it up.
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Dear Daily Helmsman: I read the first and second articles written about the SGA budget. I also saw the letter to the editor that (Noelle) Cross wrote. I can agree with her. I think The Helmsman should be commended for uncovering the facts that a “transparent” SGA seemed reluctant to make visible. I was an SGA public relations director when I attended UT-Chattanooga as part of my undergraduate career, and I can readily validate the fact that a lot of time, effort and responsibility go into those positions. However, in no way was the goal of our SGA to be a cloak for student leadership, underlying with the intent to get free perks. As part of the executive board, I was paid somewhere between $90 and $120 every two weeks (my memory is vague). I did work very hard in my position, but I also didn’t know I was going to be getting paid for it. I worked extremely hard, but the catch is, I would have done it for free. Most of our board members, including myself, had part-time jobs in addition to our responsibilities in the SGA. The statement that U of M’s SGA members are unable to have outside jobs is not accurate because most of these students are also involved in other student activities. How is it that you don’t have time to work a job, but you do have time to participate in other student organizations? Student leadership has merit only if the students trust that they are being properly
represented. Instead of allotting full tuition to the SGA officers, why not give those tuition funds in the form of scholarships to students who can’t afford to go here? Instead of parking passes, why not place that money into a campaign to decrease parking fees? Instead of needless, unwarranted expenses in a declining economy, why not empower the student body to trust that the members of SGA, like many Americans, can survive on less? There are students who can’t afford books. There are some who can’t get involved in campus because they have to work two jobs and be fulltime students. I have worked in the SGA before, and I know that it’s extremely hard work not only to get the students interested and involved but also to get the administration to back you up — or back down — when you decide to be the voice of under-represented students. I would run for SGA President and not only make the finances known but work to readjust them so that they benefit the students in a more proactive way. Students should have the option to choose if they want to pay these extraneous fees, and if the SGA is committed to being a group of student leaders, it should be proactive and change the budget, as acting voices for the student body. — Jennifer Sadler Graduate student
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from page 1 Regional Championship in Johnson City, Tenn., and the Pensacola Box-Off in Pensacola, Fla. His success led to him represent the southern region in the 2010 USA Boxing National Championship in Colorado, where he suffered what he and Foster consider a controversial defeat. Outside of boxing, Gray is a full-time student, landscaper for The U of M’s south campus green house and an elementary logic tutor.
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“I have to make time for school and give boxing the same time,” he said. “I have to study and I have to train, and then I have to work, but I believe that it’s worth it in the end. I believe that hard work definitely pays off.” Gray said ultimately, he wants to prove that he’s the best. He’s currently training to win a spot on the 2012 Olympic boxing team and hopes to fight professionally soon. “I want to be considered one of the greatest boxers ever, so when I look back on my life, I can say my existence really meant something,” he said.
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from page 1 “makes sure money is being spent well” by reviewing assessments for every event and sending committee members to each funded event to ensure they follow the set plan. The Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music and the Department of Theatre and Dance get the next two largest sums of money, $125,000 and $110,000 respectively, to fund performances. Last year, according to the proposed budget, the music department performed a total of 231 performances. The theatre department will stage six large-scale productions during the 2010-2011 academic year. The Daily Helmsman receives $75,000, spent solely on printing costs, with the legal stipulation that the money does not imply editorial pressure or power from University administrators. Operational assistance is also funded through the SAF. Any RSO can access $400 each fall and spring semester in operational assistance and $300 during the summer. This amount may be spent on advertisements in The Daily Helmsman or at Tiger Copy & Graphics, The University’s mail service or the campus bookstore. “Operational assistance teaches organizations to budget,” Hoffman said. “A lot of universities don’t get operational assis-
tance, so any money we do get is good.” Spirit activities and leadership programs, including pep rallies, transportation to sporting events, Lunch with a Leader, Leadership Summit and the Professional Mentor Program, are also supported by the fee. Ticket operations’ portion of the money from the fee goes to purchase tickets to venues like Playhouse on the Square and the Brooks Museum and offer them free to students, who can pick them up at the University Center’s Information Desk. The Art Museum received $20,000 this year to put on two events, one featuring the art of Nick Cave and the other called Shake, Rattle and Dance. The smallest amount of money, $12,000, was awarded to Freshman Convocation, a welcoming ceremony for incoming students. According to Stephanie Blaisdell, co-chair of the Freshman Convocation committee, the group aims to “create a sense of loyalty and connection to The University of Memphis,” foster school spirit and achieve greater degree attainment. Though some students don’t profess an opinion about paying the fee, others suggest it’s deceptive to say the fee keeps campus events free. Segen Marais, sophomore biology major, said he doesn’t mind paying the SAF because most of his tuition is paid for by scholar-
ships, but that “people without scholarships might have a problem with it because it would feel more like money straight out of your pocket when you don’t have a scholarship.” Rachel Kang, junior nursing major, said that she thinks the SAF is “good overall” but noted that “technically, the events aren’t free because we’re paying the fee.” She said she believes a large portion of students probably don’t attend many of the SAFfunded “free” events, aren’t active in any clubs or don’t read the newspaper.
Freshman Senate member dismissed As this issue went to print, Freshman Senate member Kevin Hayes, quoted in The Daily Helmsman’s Dec. 1 article, “Student-paid fees fund SGA, SAC officers’ full tuition,” told The Daily Helmsman he was dismissed from the organization Thursday night during a Student Government Association mixer held on campus. Hayes, political science major, said he believes speaking out against the officers’ stipends is the direct reason he was dismissed. “There is no other reason, and as far as I know, there has been no other member dismissed before,” he said.
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Opinion
Lang gets standing ovation for calling DH out Editor responds to accusations, encourages SGA members to read Daily Helmsman more often BY MEGAN HARRIS Editor-in-Chief As aspiring professionals, we often get caught up in the angst of our own organization. We surround ourselves with like-minded people and work hard to achieve the goals we set not only for ourselves but also for those working with us. We try to do well, to make The University of Memphis better, to make ourselves proud of the legacy we leave behind. In the case of The Daily Helmsman, we work hard to make our peers the center of our news coverage. We investigate their complaints and try to hold administrators accountable. We report crime and good works. We try to balance our news coverage as best we can. We’re not perfect, but we try. As editor-in-chief, it’s my responsibility to see these ambitions through, day in and day out. I field phone calls from my staffers about story ideas, breaking news events, photo opportunities and internal issues at all hours. I come in around 4:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday and leave later than 1 a.m. most of those nights. I walk home alone in the dark, long
after most of our 22,000 students have gone to bed. I learned how to post all our content on our website, dailyhelmsman.com, on my own at no additional charge. I decided three years ago that I wanted the editor position bad enough to work for it, so by the time I took over this May, the hours and dedication required for my position no longer mattered. It wasn’t a sacrifice of time or a social life. It was the beginning of my future. I receive a minimal salary — less than minimum wage — for these efforts. I would do it for free. During my nine semesters at the newspaper, I’ve covered snippets of everything, but I’ve found no subject more frivolous than the inner workings of the Student Government Association. Thursday night, SGA President Hunter Lang took the easy way out. He accused The Daily Helmsman of something most politicians love to harp about. “There’s an old saying,” he said. “If it bleeds, it leads. I can tell you with confidence that the media today lives by that motto. … It’s a shame that’s how it has to be at this University, but I find it hard to believe they would pull in readers otherwise.”
You’re right, Hunter. The misgivings of others, politicians or otherwise, are certainly something to report. So let’s test your theory. In the past year, The Daily Helmsman has published 674 stories in 116 issues. By my own count, that includes 186 negative stories, including deaths, scandals, bad weather, Tiger losses, criminal activity and lost funding for a plethora of departments and organizations. With our remaining 488 we pulled in pieces about RSOs and Greek philanthropies, student and faculty profiles, research, awards, grants, opening ceremonies, graduations and trends. I’m no math whiz, but that’s approximately 62 percent positive. Maybe you should read the paper more closely. After the publication of two in a series of three articles this week by sophomore news reporter Chelsea Boozer, with the final story on today’s front page, Lang personally invited a Helmsman reporter to sit in on the SGA’s weekly Thursday night meeting. Boozer was game, so I decided to tag along. He greeted us warmly at the door, complimenting her scarf before taking a seat next to SGA Vice President K’La Harrington.
Lang’s friendly demeanor dropped there. “If you attack me on the front page of the newspaper, don’t think I won’t respond at my own senate meeting,” he said at the podium, his right hand draped across a brickred tie. In his presidential report, he listed off events and accomplishments, both large and small, that he said “The Helmsman has not and will not report on.” Again, Hunter, let’s check this out, point by point: • The SGA successfully lobbied for a refund for remaining declining balance dollars. The Helmsman began coverage of this issue Sept. 29, 2009 and continued with editorials throughout the spring semester. • The SGA extended study hours during finals week at the Ned. R. McWherter Library. We reported the problem in a March 30 issue; however, the change in policy occurred after the close of our spring publication schedule. We still tweeted it. • The SGA saved 50 percent of students’ allotted 2,000 seats at FedExForum for men’s basketball games from being sold to the public at large. Check Sept. 22, front page, above the fold. • The SGA posted its budget,
agendas, meeting minutes, travel bills, senate bills, senator attendance and scholarships to its website. During his campaign, Lang said this would be one of the first acts he took as the leader of a “transparent SGA.” In a Sept. 22 issue of The Helmsman, he again said it was at the top of his list. Following a meeting with Helmsman editors and Boozer, the documents were added to the site Nov. 22. Congratulations. It only took you eight months. • The SGA, for the second consecutive year, saw one of its former senators elected as governor of the Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature. The event was both held and reported last week. See the Nov. 24 issue. • The SGA kept Frosh Camp covered under its budget. I’m sure a few copies of Wednesday’s paper are still floating around the recycle bins. Check it out. • The SGA executive board restructured Frosh Council into the Freshmen Senate, which Lang said has the largest membership ever at 55. This, along with a few lesser notations, we haven’t reported, but thanks for the heads up. We’ll get to them shortly, I promise. How’s that for transparency?
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Finals from page 1 ious about his final product while not doing what he should, but he hopes he can prevent his persistent procrastination problems in the future. “I’m definitely going to have to try harder because I think I’m going to fail my math class,” he said. “I haven’t been studying. I haven’t been doing my work. I think I could do better than what I’m doing.” Trey Pickett, freshman architecture major, said his procrastination can take on different forms than just sitting in front of the television, as many students do. He said he used to postpone schoolwork because of his job, which he later quit to focus more on his studies. “I’m just always doing architecture,” he said. “I’ve got three classes, and each one of them (has its) own schedule. I have a final project due tomorrow, and I haven’t even started on it. I’ll be up tonight doing that.”
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Coming to the aid of many New drug shown to cut risk of HIV infection sharply BY THOMAS H. MAUGH II Los Angeles Times In a finding that is being widely hailed as the first major prevention breakthrough in the AIDS era, researchers have shown that taking a single daily pill containing two HIV drugs can reduce risk of contracting the virus by an average of 44 percent — and by more than 70 percent if the subjects take most of their pills. The study involved nearly 2,500 high-risk gay men, but experts hope that the results will be applicable to other populations con-
sidered at risk for contracting the virus. Several studies are already under way to determine if that is the case. The findings, reported online Tuesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, come only a few months after an African study showed that a microbicidal gel can help protect women from contracting the virus and a little more than a year after a vaccine trial suggested that it may eventually be possible to raise antibodies against the virus. “To see all these prevention strategies come together, we can
begin to see an end to the epidemic,” said A. Cornelius Baker of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS. “The National AIDS Strategy introduced by the president in July called for reducing the U.S. epidemic by 25 percent. ... If we can prove this works and get this strategy into the communities, we can reach that goal much quicker than we had anticipated and move even further to more goals.” Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, which was the major sponsor of
the study, cautioned that “No single prevention strategy is going to be effective for everyone, and it is important to note that the new findings pertain only to ... men who have sex with men.” Experts agreed, however, that there is no reason to think that it would not be successful in other groups, although it must be tested. The new strategy is called preexposure prophylaxis, and that approach has been used successfully in certain other diseases.
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Pickett said procrastinating has not actually hurt his grades, but he does feel the anxiety of constant deadlines. He said he also plans on applying himself more. “I found out that procrastinating will kick you in the butt later, so next semester I’m really going to start on my game right off the bat,” he said. “This semester, once I got behind, I stayed behind, so I haven’t really caught up yet.” Pickett said at some point, everyone falls prey to the problem. “Some are definitely better than others about not procrastinating,” he said. “I just don’t get as much sleep as I’d like because of it. I drink a lot of coffee.” James Murphy, lab director of the Health, Addiction and Behavioral Interventions Team at U of M and associate psychology professor, said that in today’s world, procrastination-
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dering if he’s real and constructing narratives to make the brothers seem real.” A self-proclaimed storyteller, Darough said he drew from three years of experiences and moments with friends, good and bad, for the 16 photographs used in the exhibit. He said he used himself as subject matter because he was a model who was always available and because he is not the first person to tell his story with art. “I just hope I made it interesting enough to look at,” he said. One of the photographs in the collection, titled “Trapped,” shows Marcus and Michael sitting together, stuck in an elevator with the hatch open to the emergency phone. Darough said he once got stuck in a hotel elevator in Maryland, when he was 15 years old and on a class trip with 20 other people. “We were only there for about four or five minutes, but people freaked out,” he said. “We eventually forced the doors open to the elevator so that I could crawl out and go get help, but as soon as we did, it started again.” The idea for his fictitious twin brother Marcus developed when the 25-year-old Darough became interested in photography for the first time. “I was forced to (come up with a name),” he said. “I was in class looking at some of the images when one of the teachers asked me, ‘Is this another person, with a whole other persona?’ So I came up with Marcus, the closest thing that sounded right in my head.” Darough said he hopes that people can make a connection with his images. “Every image is not going to translate to everyone the same way,” he said. “I leave it up to the viewer to take what they can from it.”
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BY JOSEPH RUSSELL Sports Editor As The University of Memphis track and field teams prepare for the beginning of the season at the Arkansas State Kickoff Klassic in Jonesboro, Ark., this weekend, the Tigers are facing unfamiliar circumstances with a young and inexperienced group. Gone is four-time All American thrower Steffen Nerdal, who made history by becoming the first nationally honored thrower in U of M history. In his place is senior Knut Syversen, an NCAA Regional qualifier in 2008 and 2010. Following the loss of Nerdal, as well as fellow throwers Seth Major and Harding Zills, Syversen is one of seven throwers on this year ’s squad and the lone upperclassman in the group. “Knut will be a force this year,” track and field coach Kevin Robinson said. “While it would be crazy to think we’ll be able to replace Steffen’s performance, we have such a strong team from top to bottom.” Even with a deep bench, however, Syversen remains as the only player with more than one year of experience under his belt and will serve as the squad’s main producer. While the throwers will look to recover from the loss of several key contributors, the rest of the team is deeper — though still inexperienced — than it has been in years. Senior hurdler Richard Lowe, who earned a trip to the NCAA Outdoor Championships last year, will team with junior Robert Jackson to lead a U of M track squad that finished fifth in Conference USA’s indoor competition last season. “This group has to be considered one of the best in the conference,” Robinson said. “Richard and Robert are two of the top returning athletes in the conference, and I expect them to be even better than last season.” In addition to their experienced hurdlers, the Tigers also return six-time All-CUSA senior Jerome Leslie, who finished in third place in the high jump at last year ’s C-USA Outdoor Championships. Though Leslie is the only experienced jumper — with freshmen D’Ernest Rucker and Darius Lynwood in the wings — Robinson said he expects big things from this group as
well. Junior pole vaulter Karlis Pujats will also look to improve on his school-record 5.21meter vault that he achieved at last year ’s C-USA Indoor Championships, a feat that earned him a second-place finish. “Karlis is poised to do some special things this year,” Robinson said. “His fall jumping has gone very well, and he’s bigger, stronger and faster.” Robinson said he will also rely on contributions from his distance runners, as freshman James Maglasang set the standard with an appearance at the NCAA Regionals in November. Joining the freshmen will be senior Guy Hudson and sophomores Abdi Guleed and Trent Scott, who are all accomplished middle distance runners. While the ASU Kickoff Klassic isn’t one of the premiere events on The U of M’s schedule, it will serve as a good test against quality regional opponents Ole Miss, Arkansas-Pine Bluff and Central Arkansas, as well as the host Red Wolves. Still, Robinson said, his hopes are high. “Our men’s squad is very strong,” Robinson said. “We have a lot of senior leadership, and we’re very excited to get this season started.”
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An inexperienced track and field squad prepares for season opener
Junior pole vaulter Karlis Pujats will look to break his own school record of a 5.21-meter vault when The U of M track and field team travels to Jonesboro, Ark., for the ASU Kickoff Klassic this weekend.
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