The Daily Mississippian – January 28, 2014

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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

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Vol. 102, No. 74

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Cold weather creates chilly discomfort on campus By phil mccausland dmeditor@gmail.com

An unwelcome and large area of cold air has taken up residence over the eastern half of the United States, which means a kind of cold that most Oxford residents aren’t used to. This is the second cold front residents have experienced that has driven temperatures into single digits.

Andy Sniezak, a meteorologist with the Memphis National Weather Service Forecast Office, said that today will be the coldest of this particular front.

“We’re expecting a low in Oxford of around 16 degrees, but the winds are going to remain pretty strong throughout the night — we’re expecting winds to remain at about 10 to 15 miles per hour during the overnight hours — so that will allow the wind chill to drop down to the single digits in the Oxford area,” Sniezak said.

“There’s potential for the wind chills to be at or maybe even below zero, which is why we have a wind chill advisory out for all of North Mississippi, including Lafayette County.”

Many University of Mississippi students are unhappy about this meteorological de-

velopment and are searching their rooms, looking for any scrap of cold-weather clothing.

Alyssa Radtke, a junior English major, was concerned that she’s running out of gear.

“I only have so many scarves, and I think I’ve worn all of them twice already.”

But, other than scarves, Radtke was actually well prepared for the cold weather.

“I usually have a jacket that’s built to go underneath a winter jacket, so I literally will wear two winter jackets at all times.”

Walking to class will be a much more challenging task, as students will have to march through the below-freezing temperatures.

Freshman nursing student Nakea Keglar seemed almost frightened by the idea.

“I have to walk to class,” she said, “so I’m a little nervous about the cold. But I live on campus.”

The students who do not live on campus will be suffering just a little more. Commuters will be freezing their way to class as they trudge briskly from the far corners of campus. And for those who walk or bike to campus, the trip will be more than unpleasant.

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Students Hallie Knotts and Jaclyn Graham walk across the University of Mississippi campus Monday.

Elizabeth Tran is an English graduate student who walks to school everyday. She was not looking forward to the prospect of her morning stroll but tried not to let it affect her good humor.

“They didn’t put this in the brochure when I applied,” she joked. “I would cry on the way

to school but my tears would freeze, so I’m going to try and avoid that.”

Luckily, Sniezak believes the cold snap should break soon.

“By Wednesday we’ll start seeing temperatures moderate some, and certainly by Thursday temperatures will be much closer to normal levels,” he

said.

Nevertheless, Tran looked back to balmier days as she opened the door to the library and stepped into its warmth.

“I was in New Orleans last week, and I regret leaving because it’s so freaking cold.”

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School of Accountancy ranked fourth in country

By AJ Dicandia

ajdicand@go.olemiss.edu

Over the last decade, The University of Mississippi’s E.H. Patterson School of Accountancy has climbed in national ranking.

Currently, the accountancy school ranks No. 1 in the Southeastern Conference and No. 4 in the nation.

Dale L. Flesher, the school’s associate dean for the last 10 years, said the ranking is a great source of pride for the school.

“You realize that there are like a thousand accountancy programs in the U.S.,” he said.

“So for us to be in the top 25 is really an accomplishment, and to go to top 5 is really unbeliev-

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able; even the faculty has trouble believing that sometimes.” ​F lesher said he feels there are many factors that contribute to the school’s success.

“Obviously, we get great students coming in,” he said. “We also have great support from our alumni; they are among the best donors among university alumni. They are also a handson alumni, so they help the faculty a lot.”

Accounting courses at the university have a reputation as being some of the most difficult courses on campus. ​In Accountancy 201, for example, 44 percent of enrolled students had a D or an F at midterm last fall; in Accoun-

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F lesher said many students ​ are successful in accounting classes, with nearly half of stu-

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tancy 202, 43 percent fell below passing. The only classes with more struggling students at midterm were Biology 160 and Biology 206 with 45 percent below passing level.

So why is the accountancy ​ program perceived as difficult by students?

Caitlin Young, a junior liberal studies major, believes it is due to a lack of background in accounting. ​“In high school you never really learned anything (related) to accounting,” Young said.

“Whereas in classes like history, math and science, you learn somewhat of a foundation, but for accounting there is no foundation at all.”

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dents earning a C or above.

Christine Goss, a junior See ACCOUNTING, PAGE 5

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Column

Republicans offer no hope for Mississippi’s poor

By Adam Blackwell ablackwe@go.olemiss.edu

In 1931, Charles Angoff and H.L. Mencken published a three-part series named “The Worst American State.” They used a wide variety of statistics and factors to determine that Mississippi was, in fact, the worst American state. Well, travel to the year 2014, 83 years later, and Mississippi is still ranked the worst American state by a recent Politico study, “The States of Our Union … Are Not All Strong.” Is it possible that Mississippi has not even made enough progress to surpass Louisiana or Alabama in state rankT H E D A I LY

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Of all the statistics cited in these studies, I find the information regarding poverty the most striking. Year after year, Mississippi’s poverty rate is one of the worst, if not the worst, in the nation. With the lowest median household income, Mississippi ranks near the bottom in social mobility according to The Hechinger Report.

You would think, with all of these atrocious rankings, that alleviating poverty would be a major goal of Mississippi’s elected officials. However, Gov. Phil Bryant didn’t feel the need to mention poverty or any plans to help the poor in his most recent State of the State address.

Granted, Bryant’s speech did mention slight progress in education, workforce development and job creation — all areas that can indirectly alleviate pov-

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erty. However, Bryant’s policy suggestions in these areas do not even begin to put a dent in the issue.

Furthermore, instead of focusing on helping the poor, it seems Republican legislators are more concerned with marginalizing them. With Bryant’s approval, Republican legislators are working to pass a bill that calls for the drug testing of recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. Officials cite their support of this policy as a way to efficiently spend state funds and ensure recipients of state funds are not using drugs.

If this were the true concern of state lawmakers, wouldn’t they extend this policy to include all citizens who receive state funds — such as themselves?

Bryant and Mississippi Republicans have more pressing concerns than solving the per-

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petual problem of poverty in the state. They are working to add “In God We Trust” to the state seal. They are working to endanger the health of women and to restrict a woman’s freedom and liberties. They are working to make teacher pay a partisan issue in a state that ranks at the bottom for teacher salaries.

In a state where more than 22 percent of the population lives below the poverty line, addressing poverty and social mobility should be the first priority for every elected official. As long as Gov. Phil Bryant is in office and the Republican party dominates the Mississippi Legislature, it seems Mississippi’s poor will continue to be ignored and the American dream will continue to disappear.

Adam Blackwell is a senior public policy leadership major from Natchez.

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Column

White men can jump By: Orion Wilcox opwilcox@go.olemiss.edu

All too often we tend to attribute personal characteristics to a person’s race. If a basketball player is not talented enough to make it to the college level, it must be because he is white. If a student is particularly gifted at math, it must be because she is Asian. If an athlete excels on the football field, it must be because he is black (and if, after a stellar performance, a player happens to talk a little too much trash on national television, maybe that is because he is black, too). But these types of generalizations are dangerous. They are also often completely incorrect.

Take, for example, the theory

that individuals of African descent are naturally better jumpers. If we look at the last seven world-record holders in the high jump, we find one from Cuba, one from Sweden, two from Russia, one from China, one from Germany and one from Poland. In his book “The Race Myth: Why We Pretend Race Exists in America,” the geneticist Joseph L. Graves Jr. shows that, as a group, the world’s best jumpers are Eastern European power lifters.

Despite these anecdotes, surely blacks’ dominance of the game of basketball cannot be coincidental. Even if they are not the world’s highest jumpers, there must be a reason why blacks are overly represented on elite college basketball teams and in the NBA. The most probable answer is that blacks predominantly reside in urban areas, where basketball courts are ubiquitous.

Compared to other sports, bas-

ketball requires little space, so it makes sense that in areas where space is scarce, municipalities will invest funds in building basketball courts instead of football fields or baseball diamonds.

If we look at the history of the game, groups that reside in inner-city urban areas are almost always overly represented. In fact, in the first half of the 20th century, Jewish athletes dominated college basketball and the professional leagues. Players like Red Auerbach, Larry Brown and Art Heyman were stars, and Jews were actually regarded for the athletic prowess. And then, as now, Jewish athletes’ success on the basketball court was attributed to something other than their environment. The New York Daily News explained that “the game places a premium on an alert, scheming mind, flashy trickiness, artful dodging and generally smart aleckness (sic).” Today, we can clearly see

that these are stereotypes about Jews, but few of us would consider them to be sufficient characteristics for an elite basketball player.

Attributing a person’s success in a sport to his or her race may seem harmless, but I believe it is dangerous for three reasons.

First, when we ascribe to the belief that success is the result of natural ability, we ignore the real sacrifices people have to make in order to achieve success. Maybe that basketball player earned a scholarship because he worked harder than anybody else. Maybe that Asian student who got into Harvard just studied really hard.

Second, if we can determine a person’s success based upon

their race, it is a slippery slope to start determining peoples’ failures based on that same metric. If Asians are naturally good at math, maybe Arabs are naturally religious zealots. This is clearly a dangerous way of thinking.

Finally, when we assume that a person’s success or failure in life is determined by his or her race, we ignore the effects of our shared political, social and cultural institutions. Charles Darwin himself once wrote, “If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great be our sin.”

Orion Wilcox is a senior economics major from Bay St. Louis.

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Above the clouds: UM students climb Kilimanjaro

By Sara Kiparizoska skipariz@go.olemiss.edu

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“I am above the clouds,” Ann Walton Stringer recalled.

“I am at the highest point in Africa right now, and I walked up here.”

Stringer was still in awe as she described the world from the peak of Mount Kilimanjaro. The highest point in Africa, reaching 19,341 feet, is a volcanic mountain located in the northeast corner of Tanzania. A popular destination for tourists, Tanzania offers beautiful scenery, wildlife and lots of action.

Stringer, a sophomore accounting major from Madison, conquered the climb this month along with her mother and sister, checking an item off their bucket list. Although reaching the peak of Kilimanjaro had always been Ann Walton’s dream, she never expected it to happen this year.

“When I was seven, I saw an Imax about Mount Kilimanjaro, and I wanted to do that before I died,” Stringer said.

“Everything moved so quickly. I decided in June, signed up in September, left in December and got back in January.”

Scott Cofield, a freshman from Memphis, also ventured to Tanzania to complete the climb in July 2013 before coming to Ole Miss.

“I wanted to do it just for fun; it seemed like a cool adventure,” Cofield said. “I wanted to do something I could tell people about when I got back.”

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At the time, Cofield was living in Rwanda and teaching English as a second language before he decided to make the climb.

“I decided to hike last minute,” Cofield told The Daily Mississippian. “I decided a month before my return to the United States. It was my last trip in Africa.”

Stringer and Cofield, now friends because of Ole Miss Reformed University Fellowship, compared stories of their climbs up Kilimanjaro. When asked about the most challenging parts of the climb, they responded differently.

“We would summit in the middle of the night …wake up at midnight and hike,” Cofield said. “It was very dark and the biggest altitude change of up 1,000 meters.”

Stringer experienced major problems with the changing levels of oxygen.

“Towards the end of the climb, it was freezing, no oxygen, and the next day I became hypoxic and had to be put on oxygen.”

When asked about the most satisfying moment of the climb, Cofield and Stringer agreed there was no feeling like reaching the top of Uhuru Peak.

“We had been hiking for six days, we were tired and we were cold,” Stringer said. “I was so hyper and didn’t care.”

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“You’re above the second level of clouds,” he reminisced. “Sometimes clouds seemed to just gather around the peak. Very peaceful, super quiet and bright.”

Stringer said the climbing group was the most important aspect of the adventure.

“What made the trip incredible was the people,” Stringer said. “I was with nine people total, six of which I did not know. I think the climb would’ve been good, but it wouldn’t have been the same if those people weren’t there.”

Cofield agreed.

“The group makes all the difference,” he said. “I went to Tanzania because I couldn’t get any of my friends to hike with me, so I went with a random group and had a blast.”

Cofield and Stringer both recommended the adventure to any Ole Miss student who is interested in seeing the world from above the clouds.

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Florida OKs medical marijuana for ballot TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A proposed constitutional amendment to allow the medical use of marijuana will go before Florida voters in November after the state Supreme Court narrowly approved the ballot language Monday.

The 4-3 decision is a victory for personal injury lawyer John Morgan, who spent $4 million on a medical marijuana petition drive, and a defeat for Republican Attorney General Pam Bondi, who fought to keep the question off the ballot.

The decision comes three days after Morgan secured enough voter signatures to make the ballot. He made a massive push in December and January to beat the Feb. 1 deadline instead of waiting for the Supreme Court decision — a gamble that has now paid off.

Bondi said the matter is now up to voters.

“I encourage every Floridian to read the full amendment in order to understand the impact it could have on Floridians,” she said in a statement issued by her office.

Gov. Rick Scott, who is the former CEO of the Columbia/ HCA hospital chain, House Speaker Will Weatherford and Senate President Don Gaetz — all Republicans — backed Bondi’s effort to keep the question off the ballot.

“I have a great deal of empathy for people battling difficult diseases and I understand arguments in favor of this initiative,” Scott said in a statement released by his office. “But having seen the terrible effects of alcohol and drug abuse firsthand, I cannot endorse sending Florida down this path and I would personally vote against it. No matter my personal beliefs, however, a ballot initiative would be up to the voters to decide.”

Weatherford said he hopes voters reject the idea.

“I have faith they will do their homework and understand the impact of this truly radical proposal. Make no mistake: This is not about compassionate medical marijuana. This is about the Coloradofication of Florida, where the end game is a pot shop on every street corner,” Weatherford said in a statement issued through a spokesman.

Gaetz’ office said he had no comment.

“The people of Florida don’t like when their vote is tried to be suppressed,” Morgan said.

“Unfortunately there’s some politicians in the state who did not want the people to have the say and they forgot that the power is in the people and democracy is based in the people.”

Medical marijuana is legal in 20 states and the District of Columbia, and Colorado and Washington state allow recreational use.

Polls have shown strong support for the measure in Florida.

It must receive 60 percent approval from voters, and Morgan said his attention now turns to the campaign to get the measure passed.

The Democrats hoping to challenge Scott — former state Sen. Nan Rich and former Gov. Charlie Crist — support medical marijuana.

“This is an issue of compassion, trusting doctors and trusting the people of Florida,” said Crist, who was a Republican when he served as governor from 2007 to 2011. “I will vote for it.”

Bondi challenged the ballot summary, saying the language was misleading and a more widespread use of marijuana would be allowed than what voters would be led to believe.

Justices Barbara Pariente, Fred Lewis, Peggy Quince and James Perry said the ballot language was clear.

“The proposed amendment has a logical and natural one-

ness of purpose — namely, whether Floridians want a provision in the state constitution authorizing the medical use of marijuana, as determined by a licensed Florida physician,” they wrote. “The ballot title and summary fairly inform voters of the chief purpose of the amendment and will not mislead voters, who will be able to cast an intelligent and informed ballot.”

Justices Ricky Polston, Charles Canady and Jorge Labarga dissented.

“Placing this initiative’s title and summary on the ballot will result in Floridians voting on a constitutional amendment in disguise,” Polston wrote. He took issue with the ballot summary saying medical marijuana would be allowed for patients with debilitating diseases, but the amendment also allows the use for patients with debilitating conditions, which might not be a disease.

ACCOUNTING, continued from page 1 criminal justice major, ended up dropping Accountancy 201 because she found the class too difficult. ​“In accounting, you either get it or you don’t,” she said. “After the first test, I knew it was way over my head, so I decided to drop.”

F lesher said many students ​ are successful in accounting classes, with nearly half of students earning a C or above, but feels the accountancy program’s tendency to weed out less dedicated students early on is a major reason for the school’s success. ​“It has a lot to do with competitiveness and lack of time spent by the students,” Flesher said. “I think accounting does require more time than other classes in terms of homework and studying, but that is how we see who’s competitive and who’s not. Students are either extremely competitive or not competitive at all.”

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Lady Rebels progressing under Insell’s guidance

By Browning Stubbs bbstubbs@go.olemiss.edu

Van Chancellor. Peggie Gillom. Armintie Price.

Those are some of the names that Ole Miss women’s basketball head coach Matt Insell wants his team to remember.

He also put up banners of some of the past Rebel teams that had success in the Southeastern Conference and in the NCAA tournament.

“I want the girls to look around and see the successful teams that came through our programs,” Insell said. “Teams that included Peggy Gillom and coach Van Chancellor, who made 14 NCAA tournament appearances as head coach here. I want our girls to have the mindset that it is our turn to create something special.”

Although 10-11 and 1-6 in the SEC may not seem like an improvement, the one win in the SEC column surely means a lot.

That sweet victory came against in-state rival Mississippi State last Thursday off a Kenyotta Jenkins tip-in buzzer beater. The Rebels prevailed 87-85 in arguably their best performance of the season. After the game, we all saw a very emotional Insell.

“This is the hardest I ever

have had to work for a win,” Insell said. “I didn’t know this win would ever come. I’m working my tail off for these girls, and they’re playing their tail off for me. I’m going to give them everything I got during the game.”

In fact, that statement is accurate. Insell took his coat off and put it back on multiple times throughout the game. He got on all fours and crawled his way to this victory.

“One of the referees told me I was the craziest assistant in the league,” Insell said. “After the game, she told me I took over as the craziest head coach in the league.”

To make this win even sweeter for the Lady Rebels, it was the first win for seniors Diara Moore, Valencia McFarland and Jenkins against archrival Mississippi State.

“I’m proud of every kid that played in this game,” Insell said. “I’m proud of everyone on the bench. I’m proud of all of them. They stayed together, and they all wanted to win, and that’s what a team has to do to win.”

So where does Ole Miss go from here? I say, nowhere but up. With close losses to Baylor, LSU, Vanderbilt and Arkansas, optimism remains high for the Rebels. Even though the wins

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Rebels face tough challenge in Tennessee

By Tyler Bischoff tfbischo@go.olemiss.edu

When the Ole Miss men’s basketball team faces Tennessee, the Volunteers will pose a difficult test for the Rebel defense, as Tennessee brings the second-most efficient offense into Wednesday’s matchup.

Tennessee has an offensive rating of 112.8, only behind Kentucky.

Senior guard Jordan McRae averages a team-high 18.5 points per game and will be one of the toughest matchups for Ole Miss all season.

“Jordan McRae is probably as explosive of a scorer from the wing as there is in our league,” head coach Andy Kennedy said of the 6-foot-6 guard. “He’s a guy I really think has a chance to be player of the year in the league.”

But Tennessee also presents a major problem in the frontcourt with junior Jarnell Stokes and senior Jeronne Maymon.

The two combine for 24.7 points per game and are second and third in the SEC in rebounds per game.

“This group is an experienced lot,” Kennedy said. “And they’re big, and they’re physical. We have to make sure we buckle that chinstrap and understand that there is going to be nothing easy in Knoxville.”

Tennessee is second in the SEC in rebounding percentage, grabbing 56.8 percent of available rebounds; Ole Miss is 12th at 49.5 percent.

Ole Miss has improved its rebounding, as the Rebels have

won the rebounding battle in four of the last five games. Kennedy credits smarter defense that goes for fewer blocked shots, as key to the improvement.

“I think we were trying to block too many shots, quite frankly, and taking ourselves out of position,” Kennedy said.

“Not understanding when to go and when not to go.”

Anthony Perez’s breakout Sophomore forward Anthony Perez has been coming on in the last few games. He scored a career-high 22 points against South Carolina and has been producing off the bench since then.

“Now we’ve got to get contributions from different people.”

Kennedy said. “We’re getting those from Anthony Perez, who has put together the best threegame run in his early career.”

In his last five games, Perez has an offensive rating of 122.1 and a defensive rating of 94.4.

For comparison, junior guard Jarvis Summers leads Ole Miss offensively at 122.1 and sophomore guard Martavious Newby leads defensively at 92.3.

RPI time Ole Miss has an RPI of 58; Tennessee sits at 52. Ole Miss is currently 2-4 against the RPI top 100, with wins over LSU and Vanderbilt and losses to Kansas State, Oregon, Mercer and Dayton. So this game provides an opportunity for the Rebels to post a quality win, but when asked if his players kept track of RPI, Kennedy cited the international flavor of

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“I’ve got the United Nations in my locker room. I hit them with this APR (Academic Progress Report) and GPA. I’m not even sure they know what NCAA is, many of them,” Kennedy said with a laugh of his roster with players from five different countries.” (But) you’re inundated with it. They watch college basketball like we watch college basketball. It’s talked about 24/7. They obviously understand. Now, they probably don’t get the formula.”

Part of the formula weighs road wins heavier than home wins. Essentially, road wins are worth 1.4 wins, while home wins are worth 0.6 wins. This makes road games against quality teams chances for major RPI boosts.

Conversely, home losses are equivalent to 1.4 losses and road losses are worth 0.6 losses.

This means Ole Miss’ home losses in the nonconference damage the RPI. Road warriors Ole Miss and Florida are the only teams in the SEC with multiple road wins in conference play. In the last 28 SEC games, road teams are 5-23.

Florida and Ole Miss combined to go 4-0 on the road; everyone else is 1-23.

Turning up the defense Ole Miss is No. 1 in the SEC in defensive field goal percentage, allowing opponents to shoot 38.8 percent. In conference games, Ole Miss is third in the SEC with a defensive rating of 93.9.

Andy Kennedy’s reaction to the Rick Ray/Marshall Henderson confrontation Mississippi State head coach Rick Ray issued an apology in a statement after he was seen on camera mouthing something directed at Marshall Henderson. Kennedy said that Ray approached him after Kennedy had addressed the media fol-

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Anthony Perez attempts a shot during the game against Mississippi State Saturday.

lowing the game.

“He came up to me and apologized and said that he had said something to Marshall,” Kennedy said. “I didn’t even know what he was talking about. I see it on the tape and obviously the camera caught him mouthing something. That’s not an issue for us. I don’t foresee anything happening further from our standpoint.”

Newby update Newby broke his hand against Mississippi State on Saturday.

Since then, he has had surgery, but his return to the court this season remains in question.

“We don’t know as far as timetables,” Kennedy said.

“Surgery was successful. They put a plate in his hand. If it was a football player, they would tape it up, pad it, and he could probably play within a week or so based on pain tolerance.

With it involving the ability to have to catch the ball, that’s not an option for us. It’ll be a dayto-day thing. He’ll certainly be out this week.”

For continuing coverage of Ole Miss men’s basketball, follow @ Tyler_RSR and @thedm_sports on Twitter.

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