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Career evening Andrew White III scored a career-high 35 points against Penn State on Saturday. Nebraska won 70-54 and are now 14-12 on the year. | More on page 16

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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR I spend a lot of time in the basement of the Nebraska Union. A curled brown banana hangs from the ceiling, a reminder of the shoes the previous Arts and Entertainment editor left to fill. This Sunday night, Kanye West’s “The Life Of Pablo” is dominating the loud speakers. “Waves” has played three times already and is queued to play more. The Arts and Entertainment section spent the first half of the night talking about how talented Chance The Rapper is and how his delay of Kanye’s album was a phenomenal call.

Most nights, Kanye isn’t playing in the newsroom. The other night, it was Anderson .Paak. Sometimes, the other Arts editor plays her “Girls Rule, Boys Drool!” playlist. There’s a constant rhythm of keys, tapping of pens and clarification of AP style. The staff members catch up on each other’s weekends – swapping some stories while editing others.

A month ago, I was on the other side of the newsroom. I wrote for the Arts and Entertainment section and stressed about deadlines and getting in touch with sources I needed for stories. I sent my editors messages about missed calls and people who didn’t want to talk. I told them about exciting stories or the lack thereof.

“Waves” is playing again.

Last semester was one of the Arts editors’ first and last semester as an editor. She’s a talented writer who loves Kansas City, coffee shops and personal interest stories. She took a fellowship with the Omaha WorldHerald and spends most of her time commuting back and fourth to Omaha instead of the basement of the Union.

In high school, I didn’t do anything with the newspaper, but I started writing my first year at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The Arts section offered press passes to local shows in exchange for coverage, and I spent some of my first weeks behind a laptop in crowded bars writing about bands. I wrote about flannels and Pabst and people who danced just enough too late into the night.

Now, I help trim stories down. I dog-ear pages of the Associated Press Stylebook and suggest alternatives for the first lines of news stories. I

know a single story can set the paper back a few hours, and the people in the newsroom are willing to wait.

They love this paper, this school, this town, this basement.

“Waves” is playing again, and I can’t think of a better place to listen.

Sincerely, Alex Lucke

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Andrew White III sails in for a layup against Penn State. White scored 35 points, a career high, as Nebraska beat Penn State 70-54.

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UNL love: cooties, awkward first kisses and cross-country trips BAILEY SCHULZ DN

In honor of Valentine’s Day, The Daily Nebraskan shared the love stories of two couples on campus. Read them here.

Maeve and Bryce Maeve Early and Bryce Harmon’s first dates included long walks on the beach and hikes in the mountains near their hometown of San Diego, California.

Early, a psychology major, said she chose University of Nebraska-Lincoln because she wanted something different.

“She wanted seasons,” Harmon said. Harmon is a biology major and Early’s boyfriend.

He followed her to the Cornhusker State.

“She’s regretting it now.”

The two met in eighth grade, but it was far from love at first sight, they said. Harmon said he assumed Early disliked him for no reason – she blamed his assumption on what she calls her “resting bitch face.”

Then came freshman year of high school. Although the two said they came close to dating, they never followed through.

“She ran off and dated some other guy,” Harmon said. “I ignored her after that. Well, she ignored me, too, for like a couple years.”

By their junior year of high school, the two started communicating again.

“The first time we hung out, it was like we’d not even had a two-year gap,” Early said. “We picked up right where we left off.”

Harmon said going to a new college was a lot easier with Early there by his side. On campus, the two spend “almost every waking moment together” – studying, exploring the city and hiking the Lincoln trails when it’s warm enough.

The two have done their best to make their relationship stand out from the rest, they said.

In the beginning of their relationship, Harmon avoided giving Early “mainstream compliments.”

“I said the freckles on her knees are really cute,” he said. “Because they honestly are.”

The two said their shared music taste is part of what connects them so well. They’ve seen concerts by Foster the People and Lana Del Rey together and are planning to see Walk the Moon this summer.

“Except lately,” Harmon said, “she’s been going mainstream and listening to Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber.”

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COUPLES: FROM 4 Early chimed in to agree.

“I’ve turned more basic than ever since being in Nebraska.”

The two are comfortable around each other, and not afraid to playfully shove the other or get into a flour fight when baking cookies, they said.

“This is going to sound weird,” Early said.

“But he’s kind of like my sister almost.”

“Oh my God,” Harmon interrupted. “That was really weird.”

“I can just gossip to him.”

“This is on the record.”

“Like he’s a girlfriend or something,” she said. “But then, you can also be a boyfriend.”

They said the best example of their relationship is the story of their first kiss. Harmon was dropping off Early at her house and parked on a hill.

As he leaned in, the car started rolling backward down the hill. In initiating the kiss, he’d let go of the brake.

“So he puts on the (emergency) brake, gets it all situated, and he’s like ‘Okay,’ and then he leans in and kisses me,” Early said. “I was just like ‘Oh, that’s the most awkward kiss ever.’

But it wouldn’t have been us if it wouldn’t have been awkward.”

Liz and Glen Glen Ready, an agriculture economics major, said his first impression of his now-fiancée Liz Uehling was she was weird.

“I mean, I was 12,” he said. “So cooties and stuff.”

Uehling, an agricultural and environmental sciences communications major, said her first impression wasn’t much better.

“I just remember thinking he’s just really quiet,” she said. “I remember trying to talk to him and get a rise out of him, and he’d just like shrug his shoulders.”

Uehling and Ready have known each other since before middle school. It wasn’t until the end of their senior year of high school that the two started to date.

Now, they’re nearing the end of their senior year of college. Uehling said they encourage each other to be involved and to make a dif-

ference in the community. They were also on homecoming court together, something Uehling called a “humbling moment.”

The two are planning a September wedding.

Ready proposed last Christmas, surprising Uehling by driving to see her in Branson, Missouri, where she was spending Christmas with her family. After waking up at 5 a.m. and driving eight hours, he shocked her by showing up in a suit and dropping down on one knee.

“I changed into the suit in a gas station,” Ready said. “You get some really weird looks from the gas station attendant when you go into the bathroom wearing sweats and you walk out in a suit.”

Ready joked that Uehling’s first reaction was to say “no.”

“It’s not true,” she said. “When he got down on one knee, I just got super surprised.

He got on his knee and I said ‘no’ and he like turned around and came back. Then I started crying. It was great.”

This Valentine’s Day, the two just enjoyed the chance to take a break from it all.

“Both of us are kind of busy, so just getting a chance to do stuff together is going to be really nice,” Uehling said.

Uehling said something that’s kept their relationship strong is their ability to be independent, even when they’re a couple.

“Don’t depend on the person you’re dating,” she said. “Date someone because they want to make you a better person and you know they encourage you to aspire to do the things that you want to do. I know that I can be myself outside of this relationship and still have a really healthy and strong relationship with him.”

Ready said being patient with each other is part of what makes their relationship work so well.

“Whoever you date is going to annoy you in some way, but can you put up with that thing or whatever for the next however many years?” he said. “And I think we’re both willing and able to do that.”

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Culinology alum realizes childhood dream MARCELLA MERCER DN Katie Swanson, a 2012 University of Nebraska-Lincoln graduate, entered the food industry at an early

age. Her mother was a food microbiologist who exposed Swanson to the culinary field as she grew up.

“I got a back-scenes tour of what she did,” Swanson said. “So I got to be 5 years old and go to the Pillsbury taste kitchen and found out you could be an ice cream taste tester as a job.”

With that realization, Swanson began to churn up dreams of entering the culinary field.

Swanson, who is from Mendota Heights, Minnesota, entered UNL with aspirations of being a food scientist. But looking at food from a methodical standpoint didn’t quite sit right with her. Food

wasn’t just technical; it had to taste good too.

Then, she heard about the culinary science – or culinology – major. Part scientific method and part traditional chef training, Swanson said the major

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Taking a ‘PAWS’ from studies to smooch pooches AIDAN CONNOLLY DN Two organizations offered an event to allow students to take a break from studying and hang out with dogs while benefitting a local charity.

University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Phi Mu Sorority and student organization Promoting Animal Wellness and Safety teamed up to host Smooches for Pooches on Friday, Feb. 12, an event for students to spend time with animals while eating Valentine’s Day-themed snacks and listening to a disc jockey.

President Tifaine Thompson co-founded the group to raise awareness for animal safety. PAWS plans events for the public to learn about the group and to raise funds for local animal shelters. PAWS wanted to work with a Greek organization and found a partnership with Phi Mu. “The purpose of the event was to provide a fun, relaxing atmosphere on a Friday to students and passersby by giving out free treats and having dogs and cats to play with,” said Elizabeth Snyder, Phi Mu’s public relations officer.

Thompson said students could get their pictures taken with the dogs in a “kissing booth.”

“I loved being able to see the joy that they were getting out of petting the animals,” she

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Phi Mu member Kelly Kuwitzky enjoyed brightening other people’s day.

“With midterms coming up, everyone is getting kind of rundown,” Kuwitzky said. “It was fun to see everyone smiling and excited to see the dogs and have cupcakes.”

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“PAWS just finished raising money for an exercise yard for Good Dog Rescue, and with this event we were able to get enough donations that we will be able to donate good, sturdy dog toys,” Thompson said.

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CULINOLOGY: FROM 6 seemed like the fit she was looking for.

“Say you’re browning onions,” Swanson said.

“A culinology major will say you’re browning the onions to enhance the flavor, because it looks better. A food scientist will approach it from a chemical perspective.”

UNL is one of 14 universities in the world to offer a culinary science-related degree certified by the Research Chefs Association, or RCA. Of these universities, UNL is one of four schools to offer a bachelor’s of science in culinology.

The university began offering culinology in 2003, when it became the first program in the nation to be recognized by RCA, according to Fayrene Hamouz, a professor in the UNL Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences. Graduates of the program are prepared for jobs in product development for food manufacturers and restaurant chains, she said.

A meat culinology certification program allows students to study online as well. It’s aimed toward students who want “additional expertise in meat science concepts,” Hamouz said.

There are currently 15 UNL students in the culinology major. Students can transfer into the major from an associate’s degree program at Metropolitan Community College in Omaha.

Culinology majors study economics and organic chemistry along with taking classes on food quality. Because there are so few culinary science students, they’re often placed in classes with food science majors.

In her product development class, Swanson said she noticed how culinology majors approached problems differently than food science majors. Her assignment was to make a chocolate

and peanut butter candy that was also a good source of fiber.

“I was the only culinology major on the team,” she said. “(Food science majors) were focusing on how many grams of fiber we need. I was approaching with what has a better mouth feel and what has a better texture. It was a very fun project, getting to interact with a different science.”

After graduating, Swanson returned to Minnesota. She now works for Bellisio Foods – the thirdlargest producer of frozen entrees in the U.S. – as a research and development assistant, where she assists with anything from shipping to creating new formulations for better frozen entrees.

Every day, she gets to play with her food, she said.

“It’s fun to able to come to work every day and get really good snacks,” she said. “But in addition to that, to be able to develop something where you could be able to tell your friends and family, ‘I developed this.’”

But whether she’s working with chefs or food scientists, she finds her peers can be unfamiliar with her degree.

“Describing what you do to other fields, trying to get people to understand why it’s important or what exactly you do… there’s a lot of things that are hard to explain,” she said.

Culinology will always be needed though, Hamouz said.

“As long as the consumer demand for convenience thrives,” she said. “Culinologists will continue to make contributions to food industry.”

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A former Husker’s day at Super Bowl 50

Former Husker football player Clete Blakeman’s day as the head referee of Super Bowl 50 in Santa Clara, California CODY NAGEL DN Lady Gaga finished singing her two-minute and 20 second National Anthem at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, for Super Bowl 50 on Feb. 7. Inside the stadium were 71,088 fans who paid an average of $4,369 per ticket.

With the 111.9 million people who watched it on TV, it was the third mostwatched Super Bowl in history.

After the singer was finished, the captains met at midfield for the coin toss.

Head referee Clete Blakeman from Omaha shook the hands of the league’s most valuable player, Cam Newton, and future hall of fame quarterback, Peyton Manning.

Carolina won the toss after linebacker Thomas Davis called tails. The Panthers deferred to give the Broncos the ball first.

As the teams took the field, Blakeman went through his normal routine.

He counted 11 players from both teams, made sure his crew was in position and got the OK from the back-judge to blow the whistle for the start of the game.

At this moment, Blakeman took a look around to take in the spectacle of the Super Bowl. He knew it was it. He made it.

After he blew his whistle, it was just like any other game he had refereed. *** Blakeman, a former Nebraska quarterback who’s currently an Omaha resident, recently finished his eighth season as an NFL referee.

When he began his career 28 years ago, he never imagined he would have a chance to work in the NFL, let alone the Super Bowl.

Two weeks before Super Bowl Sunday, Blakeman received a call from Vice President of Officiating Dean Blandino. Blakeman was told he had been selected to be the head referee of Super Bowl 50.

In 2014, Blakeman was selected as an alternate referee for Super Bowl XLVIII at MetLife Stadium in New York. This time, he would be head referee.

Blakeman said it was a good call to get, especially directly from his boss.

“Initially, it was just that excitement of getting the call,” Blakeman said. “Actually hearing the words that I was going to work the game.”

Once the excitement settled down, the work began.

The officiating crew consisted of Blakeman and six others: umpire Jeff Rice, linesman Wayne Mackie, line judge Rusty Baynes, field judge Boris Cheek, side judge Scott Edwards and back judge Keith Ferguson.

Just like a team would study its opponent, Blakeman was given a hard drive with files of film from the last four games Carolina and Denver had played.

During the two weeks leading up to the Super Bowl, Blakeman broke it down. He pulled out examples of special teams plays, offensive and defensive formations, third and long formations and even trick plays.

On the Friday and Saturday before the game, Blakeman and his crew watched these as a group.

Blakeman arrived in Santa Clara, California, on Wednesday.

Thursday night, the NFL office put on a banquet for the officiating staff.

Friday morning, Blakeman and his crew went to the stadium to do walk-throughs of the coin toss with the CBS production crew.

They practiced it four or five times, making sure everyone walked in and stood correctly.

During the time when they were not working, Blakeman and his crew were allowed to see some sights and go out for dinner. They were not allowed to be at places where any players were.

“That’s common sense off limits to us,” Blakeman said. “We treat it really as a business trip.”

They left the Marriott Waterfront at San Luckily for Blakeman, he did not flip the Francisco International Airport Sunday at coin before the game.

10:30 a.m. and arrived at Levi’s Stadium an “I was lucky enough to be able to hand hour later. the coin off to Joe Montana and put the trust Each member of the crew had different tasks to do in preparation for the game such in him to have a good flip,” Blakeman said.

Blakeman was very happy with how his as testing the game balls, talking to clock crew controlled and managed the game. operators and meeting with the chain crew.

With 7:16 left in the first quarter, Panthers Blakeman’s task was to talk to the CBS prohead coach Ron Rivera challenged the ruling duction truck. on the field of an incomplete After three hours had pass. passed, they took the field.

“I think Blakeman and his crew Blakeman made sure everybody must have enough visual evito talk to both starting dence to be 100 percent posiquarterbacks separately. came off the tive the ruling on the field was He talked to them about incorrect. the basics of timing and field, and we were “We just didn’t have a good told them to come to him all pleased with how enough shot for that particuif they had any questions it went.” lar play that would have warduring the game. ranted an overturn,” Blakeman When it was time for CLETE BLAKEMAN said. the coin toss, Blakeman NFL referee Making the wrong call is admitted he was a little not on Blakeman’s mind durworried that it would not ing the game. flip, again.

“I don’t worry about missing one or makIn a divisional round playoff game being them all,” Blakeman said. “Sometimes tween the Green Bay Packers and the Arizoyou got to make a judgment on whether it is na Cardinals this season, the coin did not flip or it isn’t.” when Blakeman tossed it into the air prior to He said calls present themselves in difthe overtime period. ferent ways. Some are easy, like false starts.

“We just didn’t want to have any isSome are more complex and more subjective. sues,” Blakeman said. “Not just the process His crew also had to handle the boisterof throwing the coin, but getting everybody ous Denver cornerback, Aqib Talib. lined up.”

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There are several steps Blakeman can take in order to keep a situation like Talib’s from escalating.

“No. one, if you can talk to a player, we will,” Blakeman said. “We’ll kind of give them a warning so to speak.”

In Talib’s case, his initial actions were enough to warrant a foul.

Blakeman said some guys would react to a warning, while others will not. That is when he is forced to throw a flag.

“Once you hit a guy with a 15-yard penalty for actions that are unnecessary, then, usually you get some help from the coaches,” Blakeman said.

The job of the officiating crew is to control the game and minimize dead ball issues.

“I was with a good group of guys,” Blakeman said. “I think everybody came off the field, and we were all pleased with how it went.”

With the spectacle of the Super Bowl going on around him, with all of the star power packed into one house, Blakeman’s favorite part about that day was blowing his whistle before the opening kickoff.

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NU upsets MSU to keep tourney hopes alive BECCA MANN DN

After falling to Indiana last Sunday, Nebraska women’s basketball coach Connie Yori knew something about her team needed to change.

The Huskers had to want it more.

During Nebraska’s 77-63 home win against No. 17 Michigan State on Sunday afternoon, it was clear this time the Huskers wanted it more.

The team played with intense passion to secure the upset.

A season-high crowd of 8,338 provided an exhilarating atmosphere as Nebraska ended its two-game losing streak.

After consecutive road losses to Indiana and Minnesota—the latter of which came in a 110-73 beat down—Yori said in the defeats, they weren’t playing Nebraska basketball. She knew her team could step up its game, but it would take some work.

“That’s what we said, let’s get back to playing the way we’re capable of playing, bring it to the court and have some defensive toughness,” Yori said.

So that’s exactly what Nebraska did.

Nebraska struggled to get on the board early in the game, but a last-second 3-pointer by guard Jasmine Cincore closed out the first quarter and put the Huskers up 10-9 bringing fans up on their feet.

The Huskers continued with a 14-point run into the second quarter and maintained the lead throughout the rest of the game.

The 3-point basket was just the start of Cincore’s night. Guarding MSU’s top scorer, Cincore held forward Aerial Powers to 19 points while forcing eight turnovers and four fouls.

Nebraska shot 50 percent from the field and added eight steals but allowed Michigan State to maintain its reputation for a strong rebound game. The Spartans average 12 more rebounds against their opponents and didn’t falter on Sunday, outrebounding the Huskers 38-28.

Getting dominated on the glass, it was clear early on the Huskers would need to step up in other areas of the game.

Nebraska wasn’t afraid of that challenge.

Although the Huskers struggled on the boards, the team stepped up when it came to stealing and shooting the ball.

On average, the Spartans hold their op-

ponents to 38 percent shooting and 28 percent from behind the arc, a statistic good enough for a first place spot in the Big Ten. However, Nebraska refused to let those stats stand.

By converting half of their field goal attempts as well as 46.2 percent from three-point territory, the Huskers were able to hold off a late Spartans comeback. The Nebraska defense held the Spartans to 43.4 percent shooting.

Freshman forward Jessica Shepard and sophomore shooting guard Natalie Romeo led the Huskers, combining for 51 of Nebraska’s 73 points.

Romeo went 5-7 for three pointers, bringing her season total to 86 which set a school record for the most 3-pointers in a single season.

“I know everybody gets excited about her (Romeo) making threes, but I’m excited about what she’s doing on the other end as much as I’m excited about what she’s doing on offense,” Yori said.

A big contributor to Nebraska’s success shooting the ball was senior point guard Rachel Theriot, who only put up four points, but she was responsible for 12 of Nebraska’s 16 assists.

These add to her now 47 assists in the past four games.

“It’s amazing what you can do when you play hard,” Yori said. “It gives you a chance to win.”

While the crowd’s energy helped set the tone, Yori said the change in the way Nebraska played stemmed from a new mindset from her team.

“It started with us being determined, being defensive minded and deciding that we were going to get stops and not just hope the teams miss,” Yori said.

With just four games left before the start of post-season play, Yori said she doesn’t know what the team will have to focus on to finish out the season, although protecting the home court ranks high in her list of priorities.

“We have 17 wins. I think if we could get to 20, it would give us a really good chance,” Yori said. “But we’ve got to take care of our home court.”

Nebraska will travel to Ohio State on Thursday, Feb. 18 before returning to Lincoln to finish out the season with three final home games.

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White’s career night sparks Huskers MICHAEL DIXON DN

Andrew White III drove, spun and hit a 15-foot jumper from the left elbow.

He made it look easy.

As he jogged back down the floor, his shoe came off. All in one motion, he picked it up, hopped on one foot and quickly jammed his left foot back in it.

He made that look easy, too.

Against Penn State on Saturday, Feb. 13, just about anything the junior transfer from Kansas did looked easy -- and by the end, he had a career-high 35 points on 11-on-17 shooting, including 6-of-10 from the 3-point line, to show for it.

“My teammates did a really good job of getting me open, and my coaches did a really good job of putting me into position to score points,” White said. “I had an efficient night from the floor, but that’s just what I expect to do from an efficiency standpoint.”

With star forward Shavon Shields out for an extended period with a concussion, it’s mostly on White -- Nebraska’s leading scorer -- to pick up the slack.

But not because it’s a set responsibility. Simply put, on any given night, he’s usually the best player on the entire floor.

Saturday evening was no exception.

“Andrew White just had a phenomenal night,” Nebraska coach Tim Miles said. “He probably could have scored as many as I would have dialed up for him, and we really needed that. He was a real shot in the arm.”

And all of it came on the heels of a minor sickness that only he knew about coming into Saturday

-- but White’s the first to tell you it isn’t an excuse, even after a slow week of practice and a lackluster mid-week performance in a road loss to Wisconsin.

“I didn’t want to make any excuses coming into this game,” White said. “I didn’t even tell the coaches I was sick, because when your leader goes down, you can’t go down with the sniffles, and I didn’t want the coaches to joke on me or anything like that.”

White wasted no time getting started, but as a team, Nebraska couldn’t pull away. He hit six of nine shots, including a pair of 3’s, to lead all scorers with 15 first-half points. Nebraska, however, only led by one.

But the second half was a completely different story. Penn State’s first-half answer for White included a drop into zone defense, rendered useless after halftime.

“I thought we did a good job for that one stretch (in the first half),” Penn State coach Pat Chambers said. “That zone took (White) out and focused on somebody else. But in the second half, nothing worked.”

Nebraska opened the frame with a 35-7 run, which included 18 of White’s 20 second-half points.

And when he checked out with 2:04 left, though a healthy number of the 13,125 in attendance were gone, he still received a sizable ovation and plenty of hugs from his fellow teammates. “(White) couldn’t miss tonight,” Michael Jacobson said. “But he’s that type of shooter. He’s getting his shots up all the time, always working before and after practice. So it’s no surprise to us that he can do that type of thing.”

For White, whose only 30-point game had come when he hit 14 of 16 free throws against the Abilene Christian Widlcats back in December, it’s all about the pressure both the coaches and his

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“We were in desperation to win,” White said.

“I feel good about the 35, but I feel any better that I could put my team in a position to win this game.”

And Miles’ approach, while direct, ultimately paid off.

“I just said, ‘Andrew, this is why we recruited

you,’” Miles said. “We recruited (him) for this game -- this moment. We need (him). It was that simple.

It wasn’t a long, drawn-out conversation. I thought he responded very, very well.”

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