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Homecoming week kicked off Friday with a number of events on Library Mall as well as a barge building competition and race on Lake Mendota. For a calendar of Homecoming events, see page 3.

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Hundreds gathered on Library Mall this weekend for the Madison chapter of the National Organization to Reform Marijuana Law’s 40th annual Great Midwest Marijuana Harvest Festival.

The festival began Friday with musical performances at the Frequency and High Noon Saloon, and continued with several events Sunday on Library Mall.

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Sunday’s events included speeches, vendors, informational tables and food booths, as well as musical guests Nama Rupa, Rocket-T and Venice Gashouse Trolley.

Later in the afternoon festival attendees marched down State Street to the steps of the capitol to rally for the legalization of marijuana.

“The march will let [politicians] know how we feel,” said Charmie

Over 400 people braved the crisp fall weather by Lake Mendota for the Brittany Zimmermann Memorial 5K Run/Walk Saturday to remember the UW-Madison student and raise money for the investigation into her April, 2008, murder.

Around 9 a.m. participants lined up in front of the Memorial Union ready to race down Langdon Street and Park Street and compete for prizes given out to the top finishers.

UW-Madison Dean of Students Lori Berquam said she appreciates the participants for coming out to the event and showing their support. The family of Jordan Gonnering, Zimmermann’s fiancé, were also present at the event, according to Berquam.

Zimmermann’s parents, Kevin and Jean Zimmermann congratulated participants as they crossed the finish line. Jean Zimmermann, thanked those who came out for her daughter and the Madison Area Crime Stoppers.

In addition to many UW-Madison students, there were members of Madison-area law enforcement agencies at the event, according to Madison Police Chief Noble Wray.

raise money and to celebrate Zimmermann’s life. Half of the money raised through $20 entry fee will go toward a reward fund for information about Zimmermann’s murder.

The other half will go towards funding for Madison Area Crime Stoppers. All money raised in future events will go to the Crime Stoppers organization.

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Kevin and Jean Zimmermann, parents of slain UW-Madison student Brittany Zimmermann, congratulated finishers at the run.

Barrett ad sparks ire from Walker campaign

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“We will bring justice to the Zimmermann family,” Wray said.

Race participants and UW-Madison students Katie Muratore and Leanne Britton were not in Madison at the time of the murder, but decided to run in support of the cause.

“It’s a good cause and a good run,” Britton said.

The event was a way to

Democratic gubernatorial nominee Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett’s new ad claims his Republican opponent, Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker, is against stem cell research, an allegation the Walker campaign called “an outright lie.”

The ad features Whitefish Bay resident Heidi Fallone, a mother of a young boy with diabetes, talking about the threat of Walker banning stem cell research.

“Stem-cell research gives our family hope. Hope for a cure.

That’s why politicians like Scott Walker upset me so much,” Fallone said in the ad. “He would ban stem cell research in Wisconsin. That’s right, ban it.”

Walker campaign spokesperson Jill Bader said the ad is false because Walker is not against stem cell research outright. She said Walker is a supporter of adult stem cell research, a field she said is “leaps and bounds” ahead of embryonic stem cell research.

“When it comes to stem cell research, [Walker] just doesn’t believe that you need to destroy innocent human embryos to be

able to have any medical advances,” Bader said.

Barrett campaign spokesperson Phil Walzack defended the ad’s truthfulness.

“The reality is this: Scott Walker opposes embryonic stem cell research, that is stem cell research. He opposes stem cell research,” Walzack said. “There’s no great mystery.”

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Religion on campus: Being Buddhist at UW-Madison

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Hundreds came out to show their support for the legalization of marijuana at Madison’s Harvest Festival this past weekend.

For practicing Buddhists, learning entails more than attending university classes and completing assignments.

Laiman Mai, a Buddhist who received her Ph.D. from UW-Madison and has lectured at the UW-Madison Buddhism Study Group during the past 25 years, distinguishes the knowledge of her religion from the knowledge of her degree.

“Buddhist wisdom is very different from getting a Ph.D.,” Mai said. “You have to see things as they are, especially the mind.”

Buddhists seek understanding of the mind through the practice of meditation. Mai explains this outcome as humbling and educating.

“If you meditate a lot, you will know the pattern of your mind,” Mai said. “When you understand the pattern of your mind, you will not believe yourself that much.

You will be less self-righteous and

more objective.”

UW research studies have found the benefits of meditation include increased concentration.

Kelvin Khor, a UW-Madison junior and chair of the UW-Madison Buddhism Study Group, said meditation helps him focus on his schoolwork and disconnect from its demands.

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“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”

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Stephanie Lindholm holm free “Whewwweeoooohhhhttt!

Hey, you! You forgot your phone!” he yelled from across room. The source? Perhaps, my high school gym teacher?

As I’m standing in the Student Activity Center, I thought to myself, “Excuse me? Did he just whistle to get my attention? Like a dog?” Yeah that just happened.

I quickly regrouped.

“Oh! Thank you!” Then, I briskly hoofed it out of there, because let’s face it—that’s downright weird. But it got me thinking, who really whistles anymore?

I personally find the habit to be archaic and entirely obnoxious.

As I discovered, it’s still socially acceptable to whistle to get someone’s attention. I remember when the high school substitute teacher, (and when I say “the” high school substitute, I mean the only high school substitute … small school) who was 83-yearsold, used to wear a whistle around his neck.

Whenever he felt we were too loud, he’d blow it and give us that serious I’m-a-teacherand-I’m-waiting-for-you-to-be-

quiet-in-that-teachery-sort-ofway look. Everyone in the room would stop their conversations for five seconds, look at him in utter disbelief … and then they went back to their conversations, of course. It was high school, c’mon.

That was the first time I realized how extremely dated whistling has become. But then recently, there’s been these … occurrences. First it was the whistling-warrior who so gallantly returned my phone and then it was the jubilant whistler who lingered behind after Spanish class happily whistling the most annoying tune ever.

From the drawn out sounds of every fourth high-pitched “whew,” it was clear that he was whistling “Whew, whew, whew, whew, whew, whew, whew/ It’s a small world after all.”

Who are you? The bluebird on the “zip-a-dee-doo-dah” dude’s shoulder? I can’t imagine ever being cheery enough to be compelled to whistle. “Gosh I’m happy as can-be today, let me pucker my lips and blow out air so that I can make a incredibly unpleasant noise and manage to drive everyone around me crazy.”

The physical awkwardness of whistling is probably the habit’s worst quality though. If you’re not careful, in today’s techno-

logical society, you might end up giving the kissy face to 30 strangers on the street, because they couldn’t hear you whistling with Major Lazer blaring through their headphones.

And then, of course, there’s the womanizer whistler. Yes, ladies, you know who I’m talking about. He’s that balding 37-yearold standing outside the bar on a Saturday night. Or, perhaps he’s the greasy hood-rat wearing ‘90s, white-rapper, oversized jeans and a wife-beater. Regardless, he whistles that insistent tune, “Whew, wheeewwww,” and expects you to become Bashful Betsy and fall weak in the knees. In the words of

Who are you? The bluebird on the “zip-a-dee-doo-dah” dude’s shoulder?

Wayne Campbell, “Chyeah, right!”

But I’m a bitter woman. I’ve never been able to whistle. I even used to yell the whistle noise at my dog when I was a kid. But it was never any use. After YEARS of practice, I’m finally able to make out a pathetic, cracking, high-pitched “toot.”

Some whistlers get really haughty about the fact that they can whistle. They whistle intricate tunes and different melodies and sometimes the arrogant bastards even try to hit notes only a pre-pubescent Michael Jackson could sing.

They act like they’re physically superior. In the words of Alicia Silverstone, “As if!”

Just because a person can whistle does not make them a worthier human being. It does however put them in the same category as ear wigglers, tongue curlers, one-eyebrow raisers, elbow lickers and double-jointed Gumbys. So basically these people are your drunken uncle, except they’re usually not wearing the punch bowl on their head while they show off their skills, unlike your drunken uncle.

I’d like for this whistle trend to just go extinct already, but I feel as though any attempts to stop it would just be a “whistle in the wind.”

That’s why I bought a kazoo.

And the answer is yes, to those of you who were wondering. I do plan on using the kazoo to impersonate Dick Cheney’s voice.

Just sayin’.

Join the Federation for NonWhistlers and get a FREE kazoo!

E-mail Stephanie at slindholm@ wisc.edu for more info.

Festivations: Otto the immigrant and father Flaunting your embarrassing photos until there’s nothing left worth flaunting As my mother might say, “miracles never cease!” Ladies and gentleman, we have here a delectable specimen of the rarest kind. Let’s start at the beginning: About five years ago, this young man named Otto, immigrated to the United States from a far-away country called Iceland. (Shit, I thought it was uninhabited!) Those first few years were hard. Otto tried to get used to letting more of his skin show, as the average high temperature in Iceland is around 50 degrees Fahrenheit.

Needless to say, he received many a devastating burn from the unforgiving Wisconsin sun.

Also, as a result, he has not quite taken a liking to T-shirts and thus retains his native style of dress despite the heat. This is documented clearly in the photograph to your right, in which Otto is wearing a thick n’ snuggly allwhite sweater, typically used for camouflage and warmth.

He also had to learn the names of several different types of beer and cheese in order to survive in our social spectre. He really enjoys Bell’s Two Hearted Ale, for its medicinal properties, all-around good taste and how the name metaphorically represents his experience so far in the United States.

“I have had some good experiences here, like Harvest Fest, but I’ve also had some bad. For example, I hate the warmth of the sun. I feel as though my heart is divided between my native Iceland and Madison, Wisconsin.

Thus I, like this India Pale Ale, I am two-hearted.”

Moving on, a year and a half ago Otto met a pumpkin woman

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named Lila. The two dated on and off for a few months, but she “simply didn’t understand my hatred of the sun and consequent nocturnal hours as Lila is a creature whose strength and nutrition wholly depends on the autotrophic creation of glucose,” Otto said.

Well, fortunately or not, depending on your religious views, before Otto and Lila separated they conjoined to create the worlds’ first half-pumpkin, halfhuman childkin!

In this photograph Otto sent us, the proud papa soothes his complaining young childkin, whose name is Nell.

Raising such a newfangled

organism as this childkin is very difficult and time-consuming work for a single father, as we can see from the large and unruly pile of coffee mugs in the sink. Not to mention the unread newspaper little Nell is sitting on. However, judging from the caring smile gracing Otto’s face, it is a labor of love.

The childkin has an interesting diet, controversially consisting of nothing but Leinenkugel’s Original. (See can on table.)

According to Otto, the hungry Nell’s liquid diet sometimes reaches upward of 12 cans per day! Some of Otto’s neighbors are very upset about Nell’s diet, but Otto says, “What kind of imbe-

cile would prefer those detestable mashed peas and watery excuse for cereal in place of tasty hops?”

Nevertheless he hopes to start weaning Nell off of Leine’s soon, replacing it with the more delicious Two Hearted. “Like father like daughter—it’s only fitting,” said Otto.

Otto said he celebrates the joys of being father to such a rare inter-species child every single moment of every single minute. Yet, he told us that he may “scrub the strange $1.00 marking off of Nell’s back with some Dr. Bronner’s” in celebration of Nell’s growing appreciation for better beer.

—Victoria Statz

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Tuesday, Oct. 5 Air Band Competition Memorial Union Rathskeller, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 6 Blood Drive Ogg Hall, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

The Onion: AV Club’s Jarringly Obscure Trivia Memorial Union Great Hall, 7 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 7 Blood Drive Ogg Hall, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Wisconsin Rewind Memorial Union Play Circle, 4-5 p.m.

Yell Like Hell Library Mall, 7 p.m.

UW’s Got Talent Mills Hall, 8 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 8 Homecoming Parade Starts on W. Gilman Street and Wisconsin Avenue, continues down State Street, 5:30-8 p.m.

Pep Rally and Fireworks Memorial Union Terrace, after the parade School of Music Collage Concert Mills Hall, 8 p.m.

Republican Lt. Governor nominee Rebecca Kleefisch stopped by Mickies Dairy Bar Friday to discuss the economy and her recent cancer scare.

Property stolen from Memorial Union The UW-Madison Police Department is investigating a burglary at the Memorial Union outdoor rentals office.

According to police, the incident happened either late Sept.

30 or early Oct. 1 and occurred between 6:30 p.m. and 7 a.m.

The suspect stole property from the rental office and likely gained entry by breaking a window. Investigators found droplets of blood near the site and said the suspect may have been cut when

breaking the glass.

Police discovered graffiti on a sailboat and on the building, as well as a small fire outside the building. A bike rack and a Hoofers sailboard were found in the lake.

There are no known suspects in the case. Those with information are asked to contact Detective Peter Grimyser of the UW-Madison Police Department at 262-7752 or Madison Area Crime Stoppers at 266-6014.

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SLAC celebrates cutting contract with dance party

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The Student Labor Action Coalition held a dance party in front of Bascom Hall Friday to celebrate UW-Madison’s decision to cut ties with Nike.

The university terminated its contract with Nike in the spring of 2010 over Nike’s violation of workers’ rights in Honduras.

The celebration began with approximately a dozen students gathering in front of Bascom Hall to dance, eat cake and make signs.

“This is a celebration of student power to show that student power can make change [and] can make things happen,” said Xander Gieryn, a SLAC member and UW-Madison freshman.

When SLAC members finished making signs they danced into Bascom Hall to the band Cake’s cover of the Gloria Gaynor song “I Will Survive.” As the students entered Bascom Hall they chanted “What’s disgusting? / Union bust-

ing!” and “What’s outrageous? / Sweat shop wages!”

After dancing in front of Chancellor Biddy Martin’s office, SLAC members gave her secretary a letter addressed to Martin that discussed the significance of UW-Madison’s decision to terminate its contract with Nike. As SLAC members left the building they chanted “We’ll be back.”

SLAC sent Martin an invitation to join the celebration but she did not attend the event.

“We definitely wanted to, first of all, thank her and remind her that there are other issues at hand that she has a direct influence on,” SLAC member and UW-Madison freshman Edd O’Meara said.

UW-Madison, SLAC alumnus and Green Party candidate for Wisconsin State Assembly Ben Manski attended the event.

“This is great spirit,” Manski said. “Student activists today might be a little more hip than we were in the ’90s.”

Judge files summons with the Pope A U.S. federal judge in Milwaukee will serve a summons to Pope Benedict XVI and two other Vatican officials for allegedly covering up the sexual abuse committed by Father Lawrence Murphy at St. John’s School for the Deaf in Milwaukee.

The decision by Judge Rudolph T. Randa of U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin in Milwaukee is the first of its kind in seeking coopera-

tion from the Vatican in a church abuse case, according to a statement from the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests.

SNAP leader Arthur Budzinski, himself a victim of abuse at St. John’s, said in a statement he hopes the “Pope himself, if required, will testify directly under oath concerning what he knew and what actions he did and did not take concerning Father Murphy’s crimes against us as children.”

Report: funding rose for state in 2009 Wisconsin’s federal funding shot up in 2009, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Wisconsin ranked 21st for federal funding received per capita in the country in 2009, compared to 47th in 2008. The government spent about $10,800 per Wisconsin resident in 2009, surpassing the national average of approximately $10,400.

Stimulus spending in 2009 increased the average amount

harvest from page 1 Gholson, editor of the Midwest Cultivator, a medical marijuana trade journal. Gholson was one of the speakers Sunday advocating for the legalization of marijuana.

NORML is a nonprofit publicinterest lobby, which supports the legalization of marijuana.

Speakers at the festival stressed the importance of registering to vote for legislators that support marijuana legalization.

“Politicians no longer have to be afraid of being in favor of drug reform,” Gholson said.

Gholson also stressed the importance of medical marijuana.

“Marijuana heals people in ways pharmaceutical drugs will kill them,” Gholson said.

spent nationally per capita by about $1,400 from the 2008 average. Wisconsin’s funding went up by approximately $3,700 per person between those years.

Alaska received the highest per capita funding in 2009 with over $20,300 per person in federal money. Nevada claimed last place with the federal government spending just under $7,000 per capita in the state.

T.A. Sedlak, a writer for magazines such as GROW and Treating Yourself, also spoke Sunday to show his support for the legalization of marijuana.

According to Sedlak it is unfair for people to be put in jail because of their lifestyle.

Within his speech Sedlak said the strict laws against marijuana are driving people out of Wisconsin. If these laws were changed, Sedlak said it would help bring people to the state.

Several vendors set up shop in Library Mall selling merchandise ranging from Bob Marley memorabilia to hemp clothing.

Other booths were purely for informational purposes or for attendees to register to vote in the Nov. 2 elections.

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Student Labor Action Coalition members eat cake atop Bascom Hill to commemorate UW-Madison pulling its contract with Nike.

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Stem cell research is becoming a multi-billion dollar industry, and with Wisconsin’s biotech resources Walzack said the state could see great economic

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Because mental discipline is so important in Buddhism, the religion forbids altering the mind through drugs and alcohol.

Khor said the party culture at UW-Madison sometimes clashes with Buddhist practice and creates a challenge for Buddhist students.

“Since UW-Madison is a party school, it can possibly be a conflict, because Buddhism doesn’t emphasize enjoying yourself to the fullest, but aims for self-restraint, especially from

benefits. However, he said if there are limitations on this research in Wisconsin, the researchers and opportunities will go elsewhere.

“This is the consequence of Scott Walker’s ideological extremism,” Walzack said. “Not just the human element, but the economic element, and it is very dangerous.” sensual pleasures,” he said.

Khor said he wishes the presence of Buddhist students was further recognized on campus.

“In the UW-Madison campus, there are only two Buddhist societies,” he said. “I’ve met people at the Student Organization Fair who are surprised we exist.”

Buddhist and meditation centers of varying traditions are located throughout Madison.

Mai said the aim of these centers and the purpose of Buddhism is to achieve a higher understanding and quality of living.

“I think the ultimate goal is enlightenment,” said Mai. “But I think most people really try to meditate and understand their issues and live peaceful and happy lives.”

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ecently, rumors have been circulating around campus that the UW-Veterinary School plans to absorb the recent $800,000 budget cut by terminating the special species program. Special species include exotic pets such as turtles, snakes, rabbits, birds, and sometimes the occasional domestic skunk. Cutting the relatively small, but far reaching, program would devastate Midwest exotic pet owners and rob veterinary students the opportunity to gain valuable, hands-on experience.

Good thing this rumor is not at all based on fact.

To sift through the fact and fiction, I spoke with the Chair of the Department of Surgical Sciences at the Vet School, Dr. Dale Bjorling, who, while not unilaterally, makes these important cost-cutting decisions. He assured me that the program is indeed vital to the school, and that it is here to stay. That’s right. There

is no plan to cut this essential and widely utilized program. The stories are phony and fiction so everyone needs to calm down!

How did this rumor get started? Dr. Bjorling claims that it was an issue of timing. Around the time when they received notification of the budget cut, one of the permanent faculty positions within the special species department was vacated, and because of budget cuts, there was no plan or money available to hire a new faculty member. The Wisconsin State Journal claimed that the program could not exist without two veterinarians. Again, this is false. While Dr. Bjorling acknowledges that having only one exotic species specialist is not ideal, the program has fortunately been able to continue, and will continue, with the expert assistance of two talented residents, Dr. Dominique Keller and Christoph Mans.

Fortunately, the special species program will survive this round of budget cuts, and rightfully so.

After visiting the far away land of the UW-Vet School and becoming acquainted with the teaching hospital, faculty members, their animal treating passions and

the big giraffe skeleton in the entrance, I was able to witness the special species program’s deep impact on the institution.

First of all, the program is vital to UW-Vet School students’ comprehensive education and competence in their future careers.

Fourth year vet students spend their year in clinical rotations, with an option of a two-week exposure to special species.

Pet owners of any kind deserve the chance to seek the best medical care for their animals.

According to Dr. Keller, working with exotic pets is vastly different from working with dogs or cats. This ranges from knowing how to hold them, medicate them and examine them for diseases that can be transferred to their owners. Without getting this experience, vet students down the road will not be practiced or comfortable enough to handle these particular animals.

Dr. Keller asserted that if the program were to disappear in the future, the UW would be, “sending out new vets that have a gap in their education.”

Besides offering UW students with critical and unique knowledge, the special species program benefits exotic pet owners throughout the Midwest. Dr. Keller discussed that the UW teaching hospital has a loyal following of pet owners who wouldn’t have anywhere else to bring their animals for treatment if the program were to cease.

The UW-Vet School is at the forefront of exotic pet service, and therefore draws people and their pets from all over Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, and even Minnesota. Yet, their outreach does not end there. The Vet School also fields about two to four calls a day from veterinary clinics around Wisconsin that need help treating their local exotic animals, and Dr. Keller explained that they are more than happy to map out treatment plans for these people as well.

Although my dog was extremely psychotic growing up, and could only be described as “special,” I have never owned a

truly exotic pet. But Dr. Bjorling described that pet owners of even the smelliest, slimiest, feathered, and freaky animals form the same emotional bond that the more streamlined pet owners do with their dogs or cats. I would have been devastated had my dog not been able to receive the care she needed. Pet owners of any kind deserve the chance to seek the best medical care for their animals, and the UW special species program offers midwesterners this opportunity.

Despite the rumor mill hard at work, the special species program will continue to yield competent and compassionate UW veterinarians and serve Midwestern pet owners. Yet, looking at recent trends, budgets keep getting cut back. Unfortunately, another big budget cut in the future could result in the extinction of the special species program. Community members and students should not let this happen. We all need to keep investing in and advocating for this special program to insure its future viability.

Melissa Grau is a sophomore majoring in jour nalism.

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Socializing with the stars An interview with the stars of ‘The Social Network’

By Jacqueline O’Reilly The Daily Cardinal

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Justin Timberlake and Jesse Eisenberg play Sean Parker and Mark Zuckerberg, respectively. “The Social Network” chronicles the creation of Facebook, a creation that was very dramatic thanks in part to these two characters.

Eisenberg’s performance in ‘Network’ is like-worthy

By Kevin Slane The Daily Cardinal

Near the end of “The Social Network,” Mark Zuckerberg’s lawyer tells him she doesn’t think he’s a bad guy, saying “every creation myth has a villain.” While the quote may apply to a slightly holier book than Facebook, David Fincher’s new film might as well be the New Testament for the web generation; the details of Facebook’s creation may be built on folklore and legend, but it still makes for a damn good morality tale, especially when told by gifted storytellers like Fincher and Aaron Sorkin.

“The Social Network” may be concerned with Facebook’s origins, but the film primarily functions as a Mark Zuckerberg biopic.

From the opening scene featuring Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg) and his then-girlfriend in a bar to the closing shot of him alone with his laptop, “The Social Network” aims to give audiences an inner look at Zuckerberg and his numerous flaws. In the opening scene he runs intellectual circles around his girlfriend, berates her for doubting his chances at being invited to one of Harvard’s elite secret societies, and mocks the fact that she attends Boston University. Then, when she dumps him, he blogs about her tiny tits and hacks the Harvard web servers to make a “hot or not” knockoff called Facemash that lands him on academic probation, all in the first 15 minutes.

From there, Zuckerberg

begins work on Facebook with his friend and Facemash co-conspirator Eduardo (Andrew Garfield) after ripping the idea off from his classmates, the Winklevoss twins (both portrayed by Armie Hammer thanks to some nifty editing). From there the money and fame begin to accumulate, Napster founder and Silicon Valley bad boy Sean Parker (Justin Timberlake) shows up and “The Social Network” surges forward, propelled by the unstoppable viral nature of the web.

Eisenberg’s portrayal has Oscar written all over it.

Nearly every single performance in “The Social Network” is outstanding. Eisenberg’s portrayal of the world’s youngest billionaire has Oscar written all over it. He’s able to communicate Zuckerberg’s every emotion with the slightest facial tic, dispelling detractors who have labelled him as Michael Cera Lite. His quiet solitude shows audiences that even though Zuckerberg may be the king of the world’s preeminent social network, in the end he stands alone, the Charles Foster Kane of the web generation.

Garfield gives a breakout perfor-

mance as well; given his tech wizardry in “The Social Network” and his casting as Peter Parker in the upcoming “Spider-man” reboot, he brings dual meaning to the word “webmaster.”

Timberlake nearly upstages both of them as the hard-partying web celeb, living the kind of lavish lifestyle usually reserved for internationally renowned popstars.

“The Social Network” is technically sound as well. Aaron Sorkin’s brilliant overlapping dialogue creates a sense of breathless urgency, as the characters struggle to market Facebook to the mainstream while maintaining its exclusivity.

Fincher’s delicate and understated shot composition is gorgeous as usual, and is comparable to his similarly stellar cinematography in “Se7en” and “Fight Club.” Trent Reznor (of Nine Inch Nails) and Atticus Ross create a dark, grinding soundtrack that is pitch-perfect.

Even though it often seemingly stands in contrast to the mood of the scene it’s in, the thumping electric symphony conveys the dark subtext of every tense conversation and prolonged stare.

In all, “The Social Network” succeeds where others have failed, creating a dynamic, character-driven film based on a website. Until Hollywood greenlights “YouTube: The movie” or William Shatner’s “$#*! My Dad Says” exhibits a remarkable improvement in quality, “The Social Network” stands alone as the “Citizen Kane” of the new millennium.

Viral Videos of the Week: Facebook Edition Search terms: Could-have-been love story Just in time for “The Social Network,” this video highlights the iffy nature of Facebook flirting, and the what-if scenarios that could follow if people had a little more Internet courage. If you can’t even flirt via computer, romance truly is dead.

Search terms: Facebook-off In this classic fake movie trailer from Collegehumor.com, two college guys switch identities on Facebook in an attempt to win over the same girl. Inappropriate pokes, statuses and gifts (100 toilet paper rolls, anyone?) follow.

What do you do when you are asked to play America’s youngest billionaire? Apparently, you take fencing lessons. That’s what Jesse Eisenberg did when he took on the role of Mark Zuckerberg in the new motion picture, “The Social Network,” a film about the creation of Facebook.

When you play a person who is still alive, there’s very little room for error. Not only are you being critiqued by reviewers, but also by your character. For Jesse Eisenberg, this meant a lot of time and research went into understanding Mark Zuckerberg. The fencing lessons helped Eisenberg understand where Zuckerberg’s stances and posture came from. The actor also reviewed photos and videos of the young billionaire to better mimic his mannerisms. However, “The Social Network” is meant to be more of a narrative than a biopic piece, which meant Eisenberg and his co-stars could approach their roles a little differently.

“We were treating the characters as primarily characters in a story, not as real people,” Eisenberg said.

This not only allowed for creative freedom on the part of the actors, but also for screenwriter Aaron Sorkin.

“Aaron’s Sorkin’s script created these incredible, fully realized characters,” Eisenberg said. “So almost without having the videos and audio clips and pictures of the real guy, his script would have been sufficient.”

Andrew Garfield, who plays Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin, also found Sorkin’s work to be brilliant. Although the actor researched his role meticulously, he felt “the script was brilliant enough” to get the job done, describing it as “incredibly timely” and full of “human universal themes.”

“Sorkin writes witty and he writes for humans,” Garfield said, adding that the film is timeless because everyone encounters betrayal at some point.

Sorkin wrote his screenplay around the same time Ben Mesrich’s wrote his book “The Accidental Billionaires,” which tells the same story but from a different point of view. Instead of focusing on one specific viewpoint, as the book does, “The Social Network” tells the same story from three different points of view, a method Eisenberg greatly appreciates.

“Every character is the protagonist of their own story and antagonist of the other guy’s story. One of the great themes is that three different groups of people can look at the same story and view it three different ways,” Eisenberg said.

The other points of view Eisenberg is referring to are those of Eduardo Saverin and the Winklevoss brothers, the people generally believed to have pulled the short straw in the experiement that was Facebook. Each actor, like Eisenberg, attempted to make their characters their own, with Armie Hammer, who plays both Winklevoss brothers, running into unique difficulties.

Because Hammer played both of the Winklevoss twin brothers, he often had to talk to a blank wall or sheet of paper during filming.

Laughing about how acting class doesn’t prepare an actor for exhibiting that kind of imagination, Hammer explained how he strived to give each twin a distinct personality without portraying one as the good twin and one as the bad twin. He believed the characters deserved better than that.

Director David Fincher (“Fight Club,” “Se7en”) also received high praise from his actors. In recounting how Fincher had he and fellow actress, Rooney Mara, endure 99 takes of the first scene, Eisenberg said, “I had always known of him as a kind of visual master. I was surprised to see he was so incredibly in tune with what the actors were doing.”

Hammer also had superb things to say about his experience with Fincher, noting that he was able to connect with actors better than any other director he had ever worked with.

With all of this said, the ultimate star of the movie is Facebook. Although set in a time where the website is a mere idea, each of the actors came into the film with very different opinions on the social networking site.

“Before I read the script of the movie, I didn’t have a Facebook page and I didn’t really know anything about it,” Eisenberg said. “Probably like a lot of people who don’t have a Facebook page, I had kind of a cynical attitude toward it because it seemed to occupy so much time.”

But in preparation for the film, Eisenberg made himself a Facebook profile, and ultimately found the site to be a very useful tool.

“My mother has connected with friends she knew 40 years ago,” he said. “There’s only one place in the world you can do that kind of thing.”

This realization doesn’t mean that Eisenberg’s initial belief that Facebook takes up a lot of time wasn’t correct. His co-star was a sufferer of the problem Eisenberg initially thought Facebook created.

“Facebook preys on the lazy part of yourself,” said Garfield who, like most people, had a Facebook prior to the making of the film, but now describes himself as “clean for three months.”

Hammer also argued the website could serve a negative purpose, citing that Facebook allows people to spy on each other whenever they’re bored, but pointed out how useful the website can be for organizing causes or giving young voters a medium to debate and learn in.

But in spite of all of this, Eisenberg insists the movie is meant to show Facebook in a favorable light.

“It doesn’t change the fact that Facebook is a phenomenon and an incredible tool,” Eisenberg said. “I can’t imagine that anyone would see the movie and cancel their page.”

“The Social Network” finished first at the box office this past weekend, making $23 million in its first three days.

Whether or not that’s as impressive as Facebook’s current member count—over 500 million—is debatable, but based on everything the cast has to say about the film, it’s definitely not surprising.

—Ashley Glowinski contributed to this article.

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Coasting on participation points

Today’s Sudoku

Evil Bird

By Caitlin Kirihara kirihara@wisc.edu

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Branching Out

By Brendan Sullivan bsullivan3@wisc.edu

Solution, tips and computer program available at www.sudoku.com.

Fill in the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through 9.

Beeramid Classic

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Today’s Crossword Puzzle

Crustaches

First in Twenty

By Patrick Remington premington@wisc.edu

By Angel Lee alee23@wisc.edu

Answer key available at www.dailycardinal.com

WAVE BYE-BYE

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3 Canine’s attack command 4 More cheesy 5 Dropped to the bottom of the lake 6 Brick bearer 7 Orderly grouping 8 “Born on the Fourth of July” director Oliver 9 Word in a Dickens title 10 “Danger has passed” signal 11 “Who’s on First?” participant 12 Abhor 13 “Deal!”

18 Role for Jodie Foster 22 “The Divine Comedy” penner 23 Hooded viper 24 Store for future use 25 A Pueblo people 26 Vaudeville offering 29 Gander’s mate 30 Soldier in gray 33 Second letter before iota 34 Appraised 36 Adjusts accurately 37 Dreadful 38 Access for a collier 39 Clove hitch, e.g.

42 “Pick a card, ___ card” 43 Strike declarer 44 “Good Guys Wear Black” actor Chuck 45 Does a household chore 47 Adamantly against 48 Menswear accessory 50 ___ and abetted 51 Church doctrine 54 Il ___ (Mussolini) 55 Caterer’s containers 58 Ability to appreciate music 59 Opposite of 47-Down 60 Sodom escaper 61 180 degrees from WSW

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Wisconsin drops fourth straight in dramatic fashion

By Stephanie Richter the daily cardinal

Despite many opportunities, the Wisconsin volleyball team (11-4, 0-4) could not find a way to beat the Northwestern Wildcats (13-1, 3-0) on Friday night. The dominant blocking and timely play of Northwestern caused the Badgers to fall 20-25, 24-26, 24-26 at the UW-Fieldhouse.

Wisconsin, as a team, had a hitting percentage of .208, higher than it had been the past few games. It was the freshmen for UW that dominated at the net, led by outside hitter Elise Walch and right-side hitter Julie Mikaelsen.

Walch led both teams with 15 kills and Mikaelsen led with an impressive .727 hitting percentage, adding nine kills on the night.

“Julie came in and gave us great energy, and gave us a lot of great kills. Hitting .727 and not playing the whole match is phenomenal,” head coach Pete Waite said.

Senior outside hitter Allison Wack, Sophomore middle blocker Alexis Mitchell, and Junior setter Janelle Gabrielsen all added six kills each in the match. Gabrielsen also contributed 35 assists and 10 digs

on the night. Senior libero Kim Kuzma continued her streak of double-digit kills, now at 18 straight matches, with 25 digs in the match on Friday.

The Wildcats had a strong, balanced offensive attack, led by Senior middle blocker Naomi Johnson who had 12 kills. However, Freshman outside hitter Stephanie Holthus and red-shirt Senior Sabel Moffett were not far behind with 11 on the night. Moffet also had eight blocks in the match, which added to the team’s 13.5 blocks. The Badgers only had two, which prevented them from closing out close sets in the end.

The first set of the match began tight and remained so until the Wildcats were able to pull ahead 21-16. Despite the eight kills from Walch, the Badger offense could not seem to get past the Wildcat blocks. The Badgers came up with a big block from sophomore middle blocker Mary Ording and freshman middle blocker Dominique Thompson to hold off the NU set point and got within four. Johnson, however, finished off the set with a kill to win 25-20.

The Badgers were not going

down without a fight however, and came out strong in the second set. They came out early 5-1 with kills from Wack, Gabrielsen and Mitchell. The Wildcats rallied back and tied the score at 10-10, with kills from Holthus and Johnson.

The Badgers were still fighting strong and took a 19-16 lead with a kill from Wack. Wisconsin served for the match point at 24-23, but two kills from the Northwestern offense won them the match, 26-24.

The third set again started strong for the Badgers, finding an 11-7 lead after a Wack ace. The Badgers had four aces in the match, while Northwestern only had two.

Northwestern was able to tie the score up 15-15 however with their dominant blocking force. Walch and Mikaelsen had big kills in the set though which led, the Badgers to a match point serve again at 24-23. The Badgers, however, once again, couldn’t quite close out the match, as the Wildcats took three points in a row to complete the straight-set sweep.

The Badgers head to Michigan this week, playing No. 19 Michigan on Friday and Michigan State on Saturday.

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Junior Janelle Gabrielsen (6) and sophomore Alexis Mitchell (10) have been a potent force at the net for the Badgers this season.

Men’s Soccer

UW travels into foreboding territory and comes away with rare tie against Hoosiers

By Jack Doyle the daily cardinal

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Alev Kelter scores the Badger’s second goal against Iowa on Sunday.

Last Thursday, Kelter notched the team’s winning goal over Minnesota.

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offensively.

After the match, head coach Paula Wilkins was pleased with the determination of her team.

“I thought we were very slow to start, and I have to give these players a huge pat on the back, it’s very difficult to go to Minnesota and play such a good team like Minnesota and the energy that

football from page 8 did not allow him to reach the endzone. Clay had reached 100 yards and at least one touchdown in each of his last ten games.

“We started slow in the first half and the second half, we started picking up,” Clay said. “But by the time we started clicking, the game was over.”

The lone bright spot for the Wisconsin offense came in the continuing emergence of freshman running back James White. In his first Big Ten game, the Florida

they bring, and then drive five hours back and turn around and play a game today against a team that’s been rested for seven days,” Wilkins said. “I thought our effort was even better in the second half, which I think is a psychological dimension that I’m very happy with for the team.”

The Badgers will continue Big Ten play against No. 21 Illinois in Madison next Sunday. native did not flinch, as he consistently made Spartan tacklers miss and racked up 99 yards rushing and two touchdowns.

“Whenever I get in there I just try to do my best to make big plays,” White said.

On his second score, he started left on a stretch play, and cut back all the way to the right sideline before outrunning the Spartan defense to the pylon.

“I peeked to my right and saw a big opening and just said ‘I can make a big play right here’ and that’s what I did,” said White.

The University of Wisconsin men’s soccer team managed a double-overtime 1-1 tie against Indiana on Sunday afternoon at Armstrong Stadium in Bloomington, Ind. behind Chris Prince’s first collegiate goal.

The Badgers ended their four match scoring drought when Prince scored in the 20th minute to give Wisconsin the lead.

Senior Jon Rzepka flicked a header off a Badger free kick to Prince, who then headed it far post and into Indiana’s net.

Senior goalkeeper Ryan Vint was back in goal after freshman Max Jentsch made his first career college start in net last Tuesday against Marquette. Vint made a career-high 11 saves in his return, and was constantly peppered with shots throughout the duration of the match.

The Hoosiers already had a shot in the Badgers’ six-yard box 11 minutes into the match, which was safely smothered by Vint. Indiana would add eight more shots before the half was

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“It’s a great way to start off college,” Ammerman said.

“Every freshman is nervous but they’re also excited, and once you get that first shift out of your system you’re good to go.

And once you put the puck in the net it doesn’t get much better than that.”

A stingy Wisconsin defense held RPI to 11 shots on goal, keeping the pressure off of sophomore goaltender Becca Ruegsegger and helping her to a shutout. The strong play that led to Friday’s 7-0 victory was on dis-

over while Wisconsin had two.

The Badgers marched into the halftime break with a lead- something that has been hard to find for this team in 2010.

It was just seven minutes into the second half though when the Hoosiers finally capitalized on one of their many opportunities .

In the 52nd minute Indiana’s Chris Estridge sent a through ball into Wisconsin territory to teammate Harrison Petts, who slid a near-post shot past Vint.

Indiana tallied another 10 shots in the second half, and Wisconsin mustered only two once again. But despite being outshot 21-7 in the match the Badgers still had their opportuni-

ties. A shot by Wisconsin freshman Nick Janus went wide with less than four minutes to play, and fellow freshman Paul Yonga ripped a shot just over the crossbar a few minutes into overtime.

“The most important thing is still that we continue to get better,” head coach John Trask said. “I wouldn’t say it was a great night for Wisconsin soccer, but I don’t know the last time a Wisconsin team came in [to Bloomington, Ind.] and tied Indiana.

This match continued the trend of Wisconsin men’s soccer this season: creating little offense while playing stout defense. The Badgers have been outshot 10965 while only scoring five goals so far this year. In addition, they have given up 50 corner kicks while taking 35 of their own.

Wisconsin returns home this week and is seeking their second win of the season when they play Northern Illinois on Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the McClimon Complex.

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play once more Saturday night, as the Badgers completed the sweep with a 6-0 win.

Wisconsin’s offense had a slower start in the series finale, taking a whole 33 seconds to score its first goal.

Knight continued her stellar return to college level Saturday, scoring the first two goal of the game and assisting on each of the next three. Johnson said he moved Knight around all night, having her play on the wing and center as well as with different line combinations, and she stepped up everywhere.

“She was definitely the best player on the ice tonight,” Johnson said. “It didn’t matter

where she was playing tonight, she had the jump and the bounce.”

The Badger defense shut down RPI’s offense once again, holding the engineers to 10 shots on goal Saturday night and again helping freshman goaltender Alex Rigsby to a shutout in her Wisconsin debut.

Johnson said earlier in the week he would start both Ruegsegger and Rigsby in the opening series and was impressed by both players’ performances.

“It’s good to have a situation where you’ve got two goaltenders you can rely on,” he said. “Right now it looks like we’re in pretty good shape at that position.”

“I don’t know the last time a Wisconsin team came in [to Bloomington] and tied Indiana.”

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Football

Badgers fail first real test in dismal fashion RECAP

No answer for Spartans in Big Ten opener loss

By Parker Gabriel the daily cardinal

Nick Toon sees a pass sail by him during Wisconsin’s loss on Saturday.

Quarterback Scott Tolzien and Toon had problems connecting all game.

The Badgers (4-1) entered Saturday’s top-25 showdown with Michigan State (5-0) looking to make a statement in their Big Ten opener. Instead, the message came loud and clear from the Spartans in the fourth quarter.

After trailing 20-10 at halftime, Wisconsin closed the lead to three points on two separate occasions in the second half, but each time Michigan State responded with touchdowns.

The Badgers had a chance to regain control and momentum in the fourth quarter when senior quarterback Scott Tolzien (11-25, 127 yards, 1 TD) found junior tight end Jacob Pederson for a 12-yard touchdown that cut the Spartan lead to 27-24.

The much-maligned UW kickoff team pinned Michigan State at it’s

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own 16, but instead of the Badger defense rising to the occasion, MSU put on a clinic in late-game execution.

The result?

A systematic 15-play, 84-yard drive that featured three consecutive third down conversions and culminated in a two-yard touchdown pass on fourth-and-goal.

“We thought we had them set up where we wanted them,” junior free safety Aaron Henry said of the third down situations. “Every single time they were able to convert.”

To make matters worse, two of those conversions came in long yardage situations. Junior quarterback Kirk Cousins found senior wide receiver Mark Dell (6 rec. 91 yards, 1 TD) for 12 yards on 3rd and 9 early in the drive. Later, on 3rd and 11, Cousins found senior running back Larry Caper on a screen pass for 35 yards.

“It’s very frustrating because we’re a better defense than that,” said senior strong safety Jay Valai. “We have to be able to stop them eventually.”

The execution and balance displayed by the Spartans in their final scoring drive emulated the rest of the game. Michigan State domi-

nated time of possession— 36:24 to 23:36, rolled up 444 total yards of offense, and torched the Badgers on special teams.

After the Badgers scored 10 straight points to take a 10-3 lead in the second quarter, it looked as though they might take full control. However, MSU managed a field goal and a defensive stop.

Junior punter Brad Nortman hit a low, line-drive punt that Keshawn Martin ran back 70 mostly untouched yards for a touchdown.

“Special teams can be a great momentum builder and Keshawn Martin made a great play on the ball,” Valai said.

Wisconsin struggled on offense as well, particularly in the first half.

The Badger offense managed just ten points despite benefiting from three Spartan turnovers in the first 30 minutes. They converted just one of seven third downs and managed a paltry 33 yards passing.

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Defense holds opponent without a goal for ninth consecutive match

By Cory Romdenne the daily cardinal

Just three days after stifling a potent Minnesota offense to earn a 1-0 victory in St. Paul and ending the Gophers’ 11-match unbeaten streak, the Badgers resumed Big Ten play against Iowa on Sunday. Despite the Hawkeyes dominating possession for long stretches, the Badgers put forth a strong defensive effort and took their opportunities well in the offensive third to walk away with a 2-0 win.

“Kodee [Williams] did exactly what we were told ... and had an awesome cross, and I was able to get a head on it.”

Alev Kelter sophomore midfielder UW women’s soccer

The first half of the match saw the Badgers jump out to a fortunate early lead after absorbing a lot of pressure defensively. After 13 minutes, midfielder Catie Sessions served up a driven ball off a free kick to the right of the penalty area, and forward Laurie Nosbusch latched on with a header from six yards out to earn her fourth goal of the season (all game-winners) and put the Badgers up 1-0.

The Badgers struggled to retain possession for the remainder of the first half, but found their

rhythm offensively in the second half. Wisconsin had success attacking down the wings, and was able to notch another goal just seven minutes after the break.

Freshman Kodee Williams displayed good individual skill in beating her marker down the right side and penetrating into the area. Williams served a driven ball across the box six yards out, and sophomore midfielder Alev Kelter headed low to the far post to notch her second goal of the season and seal a 2-0 scoreline for the Badgers.

Following the game, Kelter was excited about the goal and credited the game plan for the scoring sequence.

“Our mantra for this game was just to get around the corners and to attack defenders in the box, and Kodee did exactly what we were told. She got around the corner and beat that girl, and had an awesome cross, and I was able to get a head on it,” Kelter said.

The Badgers held firm defensively to preserve the shutout, coming up big on the Hawkeyes’ best chance of the game with 25 minutes remaining. The Hawkeyes launched a quick counterattack, and Dalton came out to challenge the attacker 1-v -1 outside of the area, but the attacker rounded her and shot on goal. However, a Badger defender cleared at the six-yard box after a sequence indicative of Iowa’s day streak page 7

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Hilary Knight scored three goals and added three assists on eight shots in the team’s two games at home against Rensselaer. Overall, eight different players scored 13 goals this weekend to open the season.

Hockey opens season with set of dominating performances against RPI at Kohl Center

By Nico Savidge the daily cardinal

The Wisconsin women’s hockey team sent a clear message to the rest of the country this weekend: They are back.

With a pair of shutout victories over Rensselaer Polytechnic Friday and Saturday the Badgers seem to have put the struggles of last season far behind them, and look poised to reclaim their place atop the college hockey hierarchy.

After struggling to score throughout the 2009-’10 season, Wisconsin found the back of the net 14 seconds into the first period of Friday’s season opener.

Junior forward Carolyne Prevost

and sophomore forward Brianna Decker found themselves on a two-on-none breakaway just after the opening faceoff, with Prevost scoring the first Badger goal of the season.

Prevost attributed Wisconsin’s success to a better vibe in the locker room.

“It was such a different atmosphere today going into the game,” she said. “Everyone is so excited for a new, fresh start.”

A few minutes later junior forward Hilary Knight scored for the first time in her return to Wisconsin after she missed last season to play with senior forward Meghan Duggan and head

coach Mark Johnson on the U.S. Olympic hockey team. Less than a minute after that, freshman forward Brittany Ammerman scored the first goal of her collegiate career on a shot from the low slot.

Within the first five minutes of the 2010-’11 season the Badgers had taken four shots on goal and scored three times, with each goal coming from a different line.

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