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OU sending more students abroad Top destinations include U.K., Italy, Spain, Frace and China, according to reports HILLARY MCLAIN The Oklahoma Daily

Recent data shows the efforts of international relations advocates like OU President David Boren may be starting to pay off. The number of students from OU studying abroad has increased in recent years, as well as the number of international students at OU. “OU’s increase is likely a combination of finally beginning to bear the fruits of a consistent international push from President Boren,” Education Abroad Director Jack Hobson said.

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The number of OU students studying abroad has increased from 619 students since the 20072008 academic year to 756 in the 2009-2010 academic year, a 22.1 percent increase, according to reports from the Office of Education Abroad. OU now has more types of studying abroad programs and has become more institutionalized, Hobson said. The number of international students enrolled at OU has increased from 1,832 in fall 2009 to 2,094 in fall 2010, a 14.3 percent increase, according to reports from OU’s International Student Services offices. Part of the draw for international students coming to OU is the engineering programs,

said Mariana Mircheva, student adviser for the Office of International Student Services. “OU is famous for some programs like petroleum engineering or even computer engineering or chemical engineering,” Mircheva said. There was a slight national decrease for the first time in 22 years by 0.8 percent in 2009 and a rebound in 2010, according to the International Institute of Education. This decrease may have been due to the global economic recession, Hobson said. OU students frequent the same destinations as the top five study abroad locations, Hobson said. These are the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, France and China, according to an Open Doors report.

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Jessica Johnston, elementary education junior, attempts to solve her Rubik’s Cube during an Oklahoma Rubik’s Cube Club meeting. The club began spring 2010 and has 10 members.

OU Rubik’s Cube Club puzzles members, solves the square New student organizatioin looks to expand, host more events next semester JIYEUN HEO The Oklahoma Daily

Members of the Oklahoma Rubik’s Cube club said that while they didn’t win any awards this semester or hold any competitions, the skills they acquired to show off to their friends is gratifying enough. “It is a fun thing to learn and it is something that is impressive to other people when they don’t know what you are doing,” Jessica Johnston, elementary education junior, said. “It is kind of like a fun skill and when you finally figure it out it is so easy.” Zachary McWilliams, president of the club, said there are about 10 members, a small number for OU’s clubs. He helped start the club in spring 2010 because it was a hobby of his and some of his friends. Maxx Ramsey, information studies freshman, is a member and likes it because it gets a reaction out of people.

“I have been Rubik’s cubing since my sophomore year of high school so it has been three and a half years,” Ramsey said. McWilliams, computer enginnering junior, said last semester they hosted a Rubik’s Cube competition event at OU in Dale Hall, which was organized by the Texas Speedcubing Club with the World Rubik’s Cube Association. About 40 people competed from all over the state and OU. The club members didn’t win any prizes but had a chance to meet people who shared an interest in solving Rubik’s cubes and see some of the best participants from around the state, McWilliams said. “We haven’t done any big events this semester but maybe in the future we will have an event to teach people how to Rubik’s cube,” McWilliams said. Those interested in learning how to solve Rubik’s Cubes can attend one of the club’s weekly meetings, but need to bring their own cube. The club is open to anyone and meets at 7pm on Thursdays in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Will Rogers Room.

Student crowned pageant winner Senior one of eight OU participants in three-day Miss Oklahoma USA competition TREVOR SHOFNER The Oklahoma Daily

Spotlights illuminated the results of weeks and weeks of tanning, toning, dieting and studying. Donning evening gowns or swimwear, the Miss Oklahoma USA 2011 contestants walked the stage before an audience of devoted family and others in attendance. Eight OU students participated in the pageant Nov. 26-28 in Guthrie, including the overall winner of the event. Kaitlyn Smith, multi-disciplinary senior, took home the crown and title this year and won the interview and photogenic categories. Although this year’s Miss Oklahoma USA was her first pageant, Smith saw it as an opportunity to challenge herself and make a difference. “I just took it on as a new challenge,” Smith said. “I thought it would be a great way to make an impact and to push myself to do something new.” Her platform for the competition was awareness of domestic violence against women, an issue she took seriously after seeing her friend go through an abusive relationship the summer before. Smith said she really didn’t know what to expect of the competition but rather just “said a lot of prayers” and tried to stay optimistic. “As cheesy as it sounds, just being yourself is important,” Smith said. “And if you don’t win, it’s not that they didn’t like you, but that they were just looking for something different that year.” Public relations senior Kelsie Guthrie placed in the top 15 and won the swimsuit category. She had participated in Miss Texas Teen senior year of high school and made top 12 in last year’s Miss Oklahoma USA. “For me it’s a hobby, but it’s also about personal skills, skills that will translate into the workplace,” Guthrie said. Since philanthropy is an important aspect of a contestant’s resume, Guthrie has been heavily involved in volunteering for the Make-A-Wish foundation and acting as community service chair for her sorority Chi Omega. To prepare physically and mentally, she underwent electrolysis with Body Trends, SEE CONTEST PAGE 2

Prof honored in competition for achievement Professor named Marshall Memorial fellow, will travel to Europe to continue research EMILY HOPKINS The Oklahoma Daily

An OU Honors College assistant professor was recently selected as one of more than 100 international Marshall Memorial fellows and is the only one from Oklahoma. Marcia Chatelain, who teaches Africa-American studies, was one of the winners chosen for the fivecity, 24-day European tour based on her emerging leadership potential and scholarly achievements. Chatelain has demonstrated

that leadership means something in academics, said Richard Hamerla, associate dean of the Honors College. Chatelain attributes her selection to her commitment to public service, along with her continued involvement with the Truman Scholarship community, the alumni of Brown University and her leadership role as a board member with the Girl Scouts of Western Oklahoma. “Oklahoma is not the best state for women and girls in terms of incarceration, unplanned pregnancies and educational and career attainment, but organizations like Girl Scouts are combating gender

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inequality every day,” she said. The Marshall Memorial Fellowship provides a unique opportunity for emerging leaders from the United States and Europe to explore “institutions, politics and culture on the other side of the Atlantic,” according to its website. Chatelain said she is excited to make contacts in Europe to help support her research. “I hope to bring back some strong insights for students looking to study abroad in Europe and hopefully make some connections with people also concerned about the status of women and girls around the world,” she said. Fellows will meet with local

policymakers and community members, as well as have an opportunity to explore their own areas of interest and expertise. The Marshall Memorial Fellowship was founded in 1982 to introduce European leaders to the US; a companion program was launched in 1999 to expose American leaders to European affairs. Chatelain, a Chicago native, graduated from the Missouri School of Journalism in 2001 and received a Ph.D. in American civilization from Brown University in 2008. She is also a 2000 Truman Scholar. She said she is excited to find out

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CONTEST: 1st-time competitor wins pageant Continued from page 1

Today around campus » Union Programming Board Mid-Day Music will feature Anthony Nagid from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Will Rogers Room. » Women’s Mentoring, hosted by Student Affairs, will take place 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Union’s Sooner Room. » OU men’s basketball will host GardnerWebb at 7 p.m. at Lloyd Noble Center.

Friday, Dec. 10 » Union Programming Board will screen “The Town” at 4, 7, 10 p.m. and 12:30 a.m. in the Union’s Meacham Auditorium.

exercised with a personal trainer, worked on walking in her outfit selection with a pageant coach and studied with an interview coach. “It’s a lot more time consuming than people think,” Guthrie said. “I was at Body Trends for two hours a day, five days a week, five weeks before the pageant. I was doing cardio two times a day in addition to all of that.” With one winner, the odds of being chosen are slim. “I was disappointed because it was kind of my goal [to win],” Guthrie said. “Honestly, I did my best and wouldn’t change one thing about what I did.” The pageant spans three days and consists of several different stages. Pageant contestants met for the first time Friday for orientation and a banquet where they get to meet the other competitors and learn the weekend’s agenda. The actual competition took place Sunday night. After the opening dance

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(Left to right) Senior Kelsie Guthrie, sophmore Kristen Berlin, sophmore Ashley Merritt and sophmore Amanda Hurney compete in the Miss Oklahoma pagent.

number, the top 15 participated in swimsuit, evening wear and on-stage interview competitions. “It’s an intense weekend, and you don’t get a lot of sleep,” Guthrie said. “But there’s nothing in the world like it.” Ashley Merritt, journalism

sophomore, said she’s loved performing on the stage and Miss Oklahoma USA was another opportunity for her to do what she loves. “My favorite place in the world is to be in front of an audience,” Merritt said. “My goal was to be able to perform and feel confident and

feel good. And I got that.” In addition to a cash prize package, Smith will participate in the Miss USA pageant in May in Las Vegas. Smith said she is taking next semester off to prepare for the pageant and is remaining optimistic about her chances.

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THUMBS UP ›› Honor’s College professor is the only Oklahoma professor selected in international fellowship (see page 1)

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Study abroad popularity rises Energy After a slight dip last year, the number of U.S. students studying abroad has continued to climb, according to a recent study by the Institute for International Education. OU fortunately did not experience a dip in its number of study abroad students last year, and the continuing climb is positive news in our increasingly global world. The recession’s impact is global, but it hasn’t stopped international students from coming to the U.S. for college education. If the U.S. is going to remain competitive with world powers, students will need to continue using every resource possible to fund their trips abroad. Additionally, lawmakers need to start rethinking their investment in education at home. Standardized test scores among the world’s major industrialized countries, released Tuesday by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, show the U.S. continues to fall behind other industrialized nations. The statistics are based on the results of a test called the Program

for International Student Assessment, given to 15-year-old students around the world. Students in Shanghai, China outperformed nations traditionally in the top tier of standardized test rankings in the areas of science, math and reading. The U.S. ranked 31st, 23rd and 17th in these subjects, respectively. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, described China’s test results as a “wake-up call,” in a Tuesday article in The New York Times. Given the rate of students traveling to China has only increased in the last two years, there are definitely some who have answered the call. However, more higher education students understanding and improving U.S.-China relations is only one piece of the puzzle. Common education needs to improve if the U.S. hopes to remain the world’s leading innovator.

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The madness of Four Loko bans Don Draper drinks hard. level of intoxication. Don Draper smokes hard. Wow. Do you know what else impairs one’s ability to STAFF COLUMN MN Don Draper sells hard. As self-diagnose drunkenness? Any level of drunkenness. Bryan many of you are aware, Don The governor went on to say, “Reports of inexperienced Honeycutt Draper is the impressively or underage drinkers consuming [Four Loko] in reckless handsome and well dressed amounts have given us cause for concern.” protagonist of AMC’s “Mad Do you know what else causes inexperienced or unMen.” It is a show about advertising set in the fantasy world derage drinkers to consume alcohol in large amounts? of the 1960s. Mr. Draper works as a creative director, pan- College. dering cigarettes and alcohol among various other prodFour Loko’s combination of caffeine (stimulant) and ucts to American consumers. Unfortunately, selling teens alcohol (depressant) is not only harmful to the body but tobacco in the years of the 20-teens will be an uphill battle addictive as well. These qualities do not, however, disif the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has its way. tinguish the drink from Jager Bombs — one shot of Jager The FDA is proposing new warning labels for cigarette dropped in a glass of Red Bull — or from any other addicpackages and advertisements. These labels include graph- tive product that is currently legal. ics demonstrating the risks associated with smoking. The How do we measure Four Loko against other harmproposal is something akin to the images Nick ful and addictive substances like caffeinated Naylor, another suave salesperson, fought in drinks, tobacco products and Facebook? Local, state the movie “Thank You for Smoking.” If our government has a responsibility to its Here’s a better idea: erect 18-foot tall postcitizens, it is to protect us from each other but or federal ers of throat cancer victims and tar-blackened not ourselves. government teeth on the South Oval. Call it a pro-life camFor this reason, Oklahoma legislatures are should not be paign, because they’re opposed to smoking rehoping to ban or limit smoking in restaurants. lated deaths. Students who believe that smokOklahoma voters should endorse this legislaresponsible for ing is a choice can counter-protest by handing protecting idiot tion on the grounds that it will limit exposure out nicotine patches and blowing on kazoos to to secondhand smoke but not as an attempt Americans from to ban smoking entirely. We should be wary represent cigarettes. themselves.” But who has an obligation to admonish our of what personal freedoms we give up for peruse of tobacco products? sonal safety. Local, state or federal government should Advertisers, chemical substances (alconot be responsible for protecting idiot Americans from hol, nicotine, caffeine), and political rhetoricians all imthemselves. If images of cancerous lungs are all that re- pact our fragile little minds. Don Draper wants to sell us minds you of the ill-effects of smoking, you are so dumb. spray-on deodorant, Lucky Strikes wants us to smoke, and You are really dumb, fo’ real. Governor Gregoire wants us to stop drinking to excess. Big tobacco isn’t the only red-blood bleedin’ Amur’can Our job—as consumers, voters, and party-goers—is to be industry under attack. The state of Oklahoma followed suit aware of how we are influenced and how much control we with nationwide attempts to ban Four Loko, a caffeine- give those influences. hooch-cocktail. Washington state governor Christine Gregoire is one — Bryan Honeycutt, proponent for the emergency bans on Four Loko. The English graduate governor claims that the beverage “can mask the effects of alcohol,” and that it impairs one’s ability to judge his/her Comment on this column at OUDaily.com

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economics major needed Editor’s note: Carly Dillion is the president of the Economics Club Energy economics is a GUEST COLUMN UMN growing field that concerns the determinants of supply Carly Dillon on and demand for energy, energy markets and prices, and how policy affects supply, demand, and prices. Seeing as much of Oklahoma’s industry is energy based, this is a really important field for our state. So you would think that OU would be taking part in this cutting edge field and encouraging their students to do the same? But the university doesn’t even have a course on energy economics. Many other universities around us have eagerly jumped on the bandwagon such as Texas Tech, Texas A&M, the University of Texas, Rice University, the University of Kansas and many others. Our competition from other schools take classes on the subject of energy economics. Rice and the University of Texas have research institutes devoted to it. We are missing out on great opportunities that could be valuable in the job market and we need to do something about it. I started digging around, trying to find anything on energy economics that OU was involved with and I got some interesting results. At one time there was an Institute for Energy Economics and Policy, but when you call the phone number, it leads you to the front desk of Sarkeys Energy Center and no one has ever heard of it. Also, I found a master’s program through Price College of Business called Managerial Energy Economics, but when you try to find the entry requirements or courses, they do not exist. It is not even listed under the graduate programs on the Price website. It seems as if the university has the potential to really be involved in energy economics, but we aren’t. Why? This is really ironic when you think about how much funding OU receives from the big energy companies. Energy economics does not only apply to economics majors, but business, engineering, geology, energy management and political science majors as well. If you work for an energy company in any position, you need to know about energy economics because changes in the industry can affect your job. It is very rare that a specific course can touch so many different academic areas. Next spring, the Economics Club will host Kenneth Medlock from the Baker Institute at Rice. Medlock is a professor and research chair who is an expert in the field of energy economics. He will be discussing the details of energy economics as well as breaking research that is being done at the Baker Institute on the topic. I encourage you to come out to this seminar to learn more about energy economics and bring OU up to speed. — Carly Dillon, economics and mathematics sophomore

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Leave the Christmas myth alone

Editor’s note: These comments are in response to Steven Zoeller’s Tuesday column, “Creationist amusement park should evoke moral outrage.”

After November’s onslaught of abortion debates, accompanied by giant billboards of aborted fetuses, I thought it would be at least a month before billboards ruined my day. Unfortunately, this is America, land of apple pie, baseball and pointless arguments. Shame on me for thinking I could avoid them. How did a billboard ruin my day? Recently erected outside the Lincoln Tunnel, a billboard, sponsored by American Atheists, depicts silhouettes of the Christian nativity scene behind the m e s s a g e , “ Yo u K N O W it’s a Myth: This Season, Celebrate REASON”. This irritates me on two levels. First, as with the abortion showdown between Justice for All’s billboards and the Women’s and Gender Studies Student Association protests, I can’t

“It’s all speculation, as science changes daily. Why not allow someone to believe in something even if you believe it’s wrong? What is wrong with someone raising a child to believe in the “Stork” story? Is it your responsibility to inform parents how to raise children? Who gives you the authority to say what is and what is not “REAL”? Steve, this makes you worse than the Government. As the Government is always trying to tell people what they can and can’t do. Let people have there own mind, even if it don’t fall into your beliefs.”

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imagine how this argument is going to change anyone’s mind. I f a C h r i s t i a n k n ow s Christmas is a myth and he or she can still follow the faith, they will continue to do so. Likewise, if a Christian does not believe it is a myth, their minds are not likely to be changed by an organization named American Atheists. Due to my involvement with both Christian churches and Oklahoma Atheists at different points in my life, I have seen this debate in action. When either group asserts they know the truth, the other shuts their ears and mocks them. Second, American Atheists president, David

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Silverman, speaking on Fox News, explained the sign is not only an attack on Christians, but also a call for “closeted” atheists to come out and identify themselves as such. However, Silverman fails to see the difference between “closeted” atheists and those who are apathetic. Many of the individuals the billboard targets left religious organizations for the very purpose of not being pigeon holed into a group, whether it be based on belief or lack there of. In addition, many “closeted” individuals, like me, continue to attend church services infrequently for personal reasons. Unfortunately, it gets worse. In response to the American Atheists billboard, the Catholic League responded with a counterbillboard. Now by the time people drive through the

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Lincoln Tunnel and forget the prior idiocy, the message “You Know it’s Real: This Season, Celebrate Jesus” brings the argument right back around. So after two religious billboards, both costing approximately $20,000, we are left not with mutual understanding and acceptance, but further polarization. It is time for atheists, Christians, and all other ideologies alike to cast aside their rhetoric and accept that no system has a monopoly on truth. Until we inevitably die and find out the answer for ourselves, we need to follow the one principle we all agree on, “Treat others as you would have them treat you”. — Andrew Cook, English writing junior

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“This is not just a disgrace to the American population but the human intellect. I am alarmed by the amount of student body at the University of Oklahoma who do not except the fact of evolution. It can be regarded as a clear warning sign and an embarrassment. With respect to parents rights to teach there children what they happen to believe I fully advocate if it is within reason. However, I am strongly opposed to parents labeling their children. We understand children are not labeled by what political party his or her parents happen advocate because they are to young to make such a decision. Then why is the same not applied to the cosmos and man’s place within it? Children need to be taught to be skeptical and open-minded. I’m tired of hearing about parent’s right. What about children’s rights?” — Cran9435

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The Sooners return home after a disappointing road stretch to face the GardnerWebb Runnin’ Bulldogs at 7 tonight at Lloyd Noble Center. OU hasn’t played in Norman since Nov. 18 and hopes to bounce back from losing its last five games. Although the Sooners have been led by sophom o re f o r w a rd A n d re w Fitzgerald and senior guard Cade Davis, the team hopes to gain more production from freshman Cameron Clark. Clark, a four-star recruit ranked 34th in the nation

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Editors note: You’d be hard-pressed to find two life & arts staffers with more divergent musical tastes than our metal aficionado AJ Lansdale and our indie kid Matt LANSDALE: “Ruin” — The vocals and the instrumentals in this song mix CARNEY: “Super Soaker” — What are punk bands (and even post-punk Carney. But college is the time for experimentation, so just right to be appreciated as something talented, rather than just a song bands) if not metal bands with cheaper recording equipment and lyrics about practical stupid things (as opposed to mythical stupid things)? each curated a playlist that would help the other better to break stuff to. understand a foreign aural landscape.

CARNEY: “Home” — Electronic genius that molds the human condition into touching, universal songs in a style that blends disco with more recent electronica. LANSDALE: Very interesting, although it tends to sound like the ambient music they play at Pita Pit. It doesn’t blow me away, but I don’t have a problem with it. Does it need to be eight minutes long, though?

LANSDALE: “Take No Prisoners” — Thrash metal at its finest. Loud, fast, skillful and unapologetic. CARNEY: For me, this song only reinforces the notion that in metal, one’s skill is directly related to how quickly his fingers can zip across the fretboard or how many times a measure he can flick a foot pedal. In other words, to be innovative, all one can do is speed up, and you can only play a guitar so fast.

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CARNEY: This song highlights the biggest reason I dislike metal. It’s ugly. And not just normal, born-that-way, Pau Gasol ugly. We’re talking Chris “Birdman” Andersen with tattoos all over, going around intentionally pissing people off fugly. Between the so-called singer’s various assaults on the microphone and the corresponding instrumental tones, it lacks any and all connection to artistic beauty or subtlety.

LANSDALE: I’d prefer actual punk to this sort of thing. Pop-punk’s not really my thing. I don’t know what to call this, if it can even be described, but this was my least favorite of what you sent. The super-high pitched vocals just irked me. It does have a nice underground-sounding thing going, though.

LANSDALE: “Oblivion” — Mastodon’s always been an interesting case. Their sound began similar to Lamb of God’s, but they’ve become more experimental in recent years. This is off their most recent album, and I honestly like it better than their earlier work.

Wilco CARNEY: “Bull Black Nova” — Indie isn’t just for knob-twisters and electro-freaks. Rockers like Jeff Tweedy and Nels Cline belong, too.

CARNEY: Mastodon is a band that music critics are not generally condemned for liking, for what I think are a couple of reasons: LANSDALE: Why is the album cover a — They record concept albums. Accordingly, their lyrical work is camel? The piano is a bit too prevalent far more developed and meaningful than, say, Megadeth’s, tying for my liking. The added emphasis on the instrumentals in together badass metal concepts (a paraplegic’s astral travels the middle of the song works better than the vocal parts, which honestly just through the ethereal) with the songwriter’s personal woes (drummer irk me, although the distortion on the guitars is a nice touch. Brann Dailor said parts of the album pay homage to his sister who killed herself at 14). — Their music maintains an appropriate badass factor while employing a song structure that’s unconventional to metal. The Mastodon guys are solid musicians, like most metal-players (the genre does often bear a serious semblance to classical symphonic music, another LANSDALE: “Hole In The Sky” — If you’re going to take a genre known for its players’ virtuosity) but they take it a step farther by comprehensive look at metal, it’s best to start at the beginning. It’s not altering the tempo often enough to keep things interesting. a fast song, but Ozzy’s vocal and the distinctive guitar riffs make it work.

CARNEY: “Intro” — Indie artists typically record complete records as opposed to easily sold singles. “Intro” simply sets the mood of The xx’s debut CARNEY: For an overview of metal, this song makes sense. It’s generally badass. Lyrically, the narrator is flying with a god’s eye view of mankind and record from last year. singing easily understood metaphors about greed and the abuse of power. LANSDALE: I’ve always been partial to more complete records, which Multiple guitar tracks increase its pulse and build a sonic wall that the metal can accomplish as well. This instrumental piece works very well and song’s pace charges headlong through with every smash of the cymbals. serves as a good intro. I don’t know what the rest of the album actually From what I understand of modern metal, it hasn’t really changed much in the 35 years since. sounds like, but this does have the potential to draw outsiders in.

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