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Organizers
prea’ict record
participation

By Jacob Clabes
Staff Writer

All systems are go for tomorrow’s
walkout protesting rising tuition.

“Everything is going as planned,”
said SGA Senator at Large Alan Aja.
“We are receiving a lot of support from
students and some professors will
march to the rally alongside students.”

The rally is in reaction to the state

Council on Higher Education’s
Finance Committee’s proposal to
increase tuition. The council will meet
on Monday in Owensboro in order to
vote on a proposal for the possible rise.

CHE Executive Director Gary Cox
said last month the tuition increase will
be no more than nine percent for next
year.

UK’s tuition has steadily increased
year after year since 1984, when CHE
approved a new funding model, which
sets tuition by comparing it to per capi—
ta income in Kentucky and inflation
rates.

Meanwhile, state support has dra-
matically dropped in recent years from
41 percent in 1991 to a new low this
year of 33.8 percent, forcing tuition to
account for more of UK’s total rev-

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UNIVERSIIY OF KENTUCKY. LEXINGTON. KENTUCKY

Tllltlﬂll walkout has green light

enues.

Aja and several other members of
the SGA plan to be on hand at the
meetin in order to represent the stu-
dents oEthe University.

Ofﬁcials say that the council pays no
attention to rallies by students and only
listens to individuals.

“They must realize that not every
student can drive to meet with them,”
said Aja, “It is their job to listen to us
and if it reaches the media they are
aware of how we as a student body
feel."

“The people working on this have
done an excellent job,” said Senator at
Large Adam Edelen.

“This is a great attempt to empower
the students and we are not going to
stand idly by and watch this happen."

In past rallies there has often been
little participation and apathy among
the students.

“Partici ation by UK students is
always dificult,” said SGA Executive
Director of Academic Affairs Avi
\Veitzman. “However, I think the will
participate because they have a for at
stake here." '

'l‘he walkout is scheduled for tomor—
row at 11:30 a.m. Students will assem—
ble at the fountain outside Patterson
Ofﬁce Tower around 11:45 a.m. They
will then march to the Student Center
food court for a rally at 12 pm. that
should last about 30 minutes.

Aja said he is asking professors to
excuse students who take part in the
walkout. However, excuses will be
made at the professor’s discretion.

"K forum
10 tackle
race lSSIIB

By Alison Kiuht
Staff Writer

The Student Activities Board is
taking steps to address the issue of
racism at the UK cam us.

The first meeting or the Insti-
tute for the Healing of Racism will
be held tonight at 6:30 in 359 Stu—
dent Center.

The idea for the institute ﬁrst
developed when Nathan Rutstein
lectured on campus in September
about racism.

“Institutes are formed at differ-
ent places that Rutstein lectures,”
said SAB president David Cray-
craft.

Craycraft cited Chancellor
Robert Hemenway, Dean of Stu-
dents David Stockham, and Vice
Chancellor for Minority Affairs
Lauretta Byars as being instru-
mental members of a coordinating
body for the development of the
institute.

“I hope it will have a positive
influence on our campus,” said
Stockham. “It’s a student initiated
effort, and I think it would be an
excellent addition to our campus.”

The philosophy for the insti-
tute is based on two factors, said
Stockham. One factor is that while
most forums on racism deal with it

as a defensive. issue. the institute
deals With raCIsm as a disease that

exists in society and affects every-
one, he said.

Another factor deals with the
fact that the institute doesn’t try to
hang labels on certain groups of
people, but instead focuses on the
attempt to unify all people, Stock—
ham said.

“We have to deal with the fact
that racism exists in our society,”
Stockham said. “We have to rec-

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library plan
ruled legal '

Staff report

UK’s complicated plan to
ﬁnance a new library won legal
blessin in a decision released yes-
terday by the state attorney gener—
al’s ofﬁce.

The decision ruled that since
the UK Alumni Association — a
non- roﬁt organization — will
pay far a $41 million bond issue,
state money will not be involved,
said Assistant Attorney General
Ross Carter.

Therefore, UK’s plan to pay for
the $58 million Central and Life
Sciences Library need not also win
the General Assembly’s approval,

undreds offriends and relatives attended the funeral es-
terday of a black teen—ager, whose shooting death y a
white policeman last week sparked a series of racial dis-

turbances.

Weeping young people crowded around the open casket of
Antonio “Ton ” Sullivan in Shiloh Ba tist Church, placing
owers, a handkerchiefp

items. Sullivan, 18, died last Tuesday after he was shot in the
head by Sgt. Phil Vogel, who was one of ﬁve ofﬁcers serving

photographs,

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an arrest warrant on him. Vogel said the shooting was acci-
dental.
With tensions still high, Lexington Mayor Pam Miller and

other ofﬁcials were among the estimated 500 people that

ﬁlled

and other personal

the church. The church borders the Bluegrass-

Aspendale housing area where much of the violence broke out
after the shooting. The Rev. Kenneth Newton said Sullivan's
death is bringing attention to problems that the city needed
to deal with for some time.

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NATION Indiana plane crash
leaves 68 passengers dead

ROSELA\VN, Ind. —— An American Eagle com—
muter plane crashed yesterday in a cornﬁeld in
northwest Indiana during a driving rainstonn, killing
all ()8 people aboard.

Flight 4184 from Indianapolis to Chicago went
down 30 miles south of Gary at about 4 p.in., the
Federal Aviation Administration said.

The heavy rain forced authorities to quickly call
off the search of the area until Tuesday.

American Eagle would not speculate on the possi—
ble cause of the crash, airline spokeswoman Debbie
Weathers said.

State police said there were no survivors, accord—

ing to the FAA.
m Russia testing visitors lor Allis

MOSCOW ~ Russian legislators, suspicious that
outsiders are behind the invasion of their country by
AIDS, want to test all foreigners for the virus and
deport those who test positive or refuse testing.

A proposed law — which could force all tourists
to get tests in Russia — has led to an outcry from
foreigners, who say it would violate their rights, hurt
tourism and be virtually impossible to enforce. Many
foreigners are reluctant to use Russia’s notoriously
unsanitary medical facilities.

But the bill sailed through the Duma, Russia’s
usually fractious lower chamber of parliament, its
strong Russia-ﬁrst appeal uniting nationalists, Com~
munists and reformers alike.

Canada's national debt soars

TORONTO — Canada is broke.
After decades of heavy spending on social ro-
rams, Canada has run up a national debt of 550
billion, and is accumulating more at a rate of $85,000
a minute.

Add debt owed by the provinces and the ﬁgure
leaps to $700 billion, about $25,000 ($18,750 in U.S.
dollars) for every man, woman and child in the coun-
[ .

That is slightly higher than in the United States,
where the $4.6 trillion debt works out to about
$18,000 per person.

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CHARLESTON, S.C. _— It took two days, per-
fect weather and a couple of dummies standing in for
Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson to pull off the
centerpiece stunt of“Die Hard 3."

Charleston Harbor was ﬁlled with
boats, and 100 movie crew members
Crossed their ﬁngers for the big
moment Sunday on the John P.
Grace Memorial Bridge: A freighter
cruises under the bridge.

lt snares a loop ofcable and takes
a pickup truck and the dummies into Willis
the water.

After one failed attempt the day before, the ﬁlm—
makers got prime weather for the stunt —— slate—gray
skies and a light drizzle.

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By Jenniler Smith
StaﬂWﬁter

As a homeless veteran and UK
freshman, Clayton Sanford was
counting on money from a child
care grant to support his two
small sons, William and Chris-
tian. The Student Government
Association had eight grants to
give, and Sanford did not get one.

Sanford said he thinks the
application process was discrimi—
natory on the basis of gender, and
he took his case to the SGA
Supreme Court Thursday.

The court recessed to investi—
gate the child care grant lpolicy

rther, and it is schedu ed to
meet today and render a decision.

Chief Justice Jay Ingle said the
court still does not have enough
information to make a ruling.

“It is a pretty complex issue,”

Ingle said. “We want to better
educate ourselves.”

However, Ingle said the court
should have a decision by late this
week.

Amy Abernathy, SGA execu—
tive director of student services,
participated in the child care
grant distribution. She said she
could not ﬁgure out why the
court is taking so long to decide.

“It all seems pretty cut and
dry,” Abernathy said. “It is hardly
an issue of discrimination. I don’t
know what (Sanford) is basing
anything on.”

In his statement to the court,
Sanford said the SGA committee
who distributed the grants did
not have any written criterion to
base their decisions on.

He said that during the court
hearing, the only written guide-
lines submitted were “scrib-

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bled notes on Post—It notes."

Abernathy said the Post-It
notes were just her lawyer’s notes
for the case, not the criteria. She
agreed that there are no written
guidelines, but she said there are
guidelines she and SGA Execu—
tive Director of Academic Affairs
Avi Weitzman used to make the
cuts.

“(Sanford’s) making more per
month than he is spendin ," she
said. “Based on that alone i6 was
cut.”

Abernathy said all of the appli—
cations were judged by the same
need-based criteria.

“He did not even meet our
ﬁrst criteria,” Abernathy said. “If
you make $500 or more (a

month) — which (Sanford) does
— than you spend, you were cut.”
Sanford said he receives a $521

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he said. Spencer Harper, Univer-
sity bond counsel, said last night
the announcement came as no sur-
prise to UK ofﬁcials.

“Clearly, (Carter) was absolute-
ly correct in this decision,” Harper
said, noting UK President Charles
Wethington has maintained that
position since the plan’s release in
September.

Wethington still must report
to the project to state legislators.

By Scott Drake
Contributing Writer

The Student Government
Association student directories
are in.

The book of UK phone num-
bers and electronic mail listings
will be available in residence
halls today. Additional copies
will be available in the SGA
ofﬁce tomorrow.

0n the cover of this year’s stu—
dent directory is a photograph of a
UK swimmer with a Cat paw
Bainted on his shaved head.

enny Ray Bailey, SGA president,
said in the last decade there has
been only one other cover with a
picture of a student.

“We wanted to do something
that de icted students and depict-
ed stu ents’ spirit,” said Bailey.
“We thought that it did it very

well.”
Shane Carpenter, a mechanical
engineering freshman, said the
photograph “is a good statement
of school spirit."
Not all students a tee that the
icture depicts scﬁool spirit.
Karen McGaughey, a speech
pathology senior and assistant in
the SGA ofﬁce, said she received
several complaints esterday.
One person w 0 called said

the were on a diet and would
look at the photograph every time
they became hungry so they
wouldn't eat, said McGaughey.

Psychology junior Amy Gullett,
who said the photo raph “doesn’t
really represent the %niversity."

The directories contain the
name, phone number and address
of UK and Lexington Communi-
ty College students, faculty and
staff

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guide: This section will
provide crammin tips and
study break liars for
UK students.

advanced registration. The hours
of operation for UK—VIP are 7
a.m.-8 .m. Monday through Fri-
day an 8 a.m. through 5 pm. on
Saturday. The system will be
closed on Sundays.

“As far as we know, everything
is ready to go,” said Lisa Collins,
assistant registrar for registration.

Last year, students experienced
difﬁculties with UK—VIP due to
the lines always being tied up, said
Collins.

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the semesters to make them bet—

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In one short semester or sum—
mer, college students can obtain a
unique version of the coveted
degree that often takes years of
study to attain.

You can receive your Mousters
or Ducktorate degree by enrolling
in the \Valt Disney World Col—

said Collins.
This year’s system will be based
on a system of

ter," said Collins.
Collins cited a lot of technical
and operational

changes in this ‘ priority win-
year's system. dows that open
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of windows V “There have

which are UK-VIP will be open today been signiﬁcant

assigned to stu-
dents according
to amount of
class hours they
already have.
Last year, win—
dows for the stu-
dents opened, but
never closed,
which accounted
for some difﬁcul-
ty in getting through to register,

changes in the
window system,”
said Collins.
“Not as many
people will be
turned on (to
register) at the
same time.”
Students can
ﬁnd out when
their priority
window is by looking in the

through Nov. I 8 or advance
registration. The ours o 0 er—
ation are 7a.m.-8 p.m. A/lpon-
day through Friday and 8
a.m.~ 5pm. Saturday. Stu-
dents must call to register dur-
in their speciﬁc window slots.
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Students eligible tor Disney jolts

sI'l‘illtl registration begins today

Spring I995 Schedule of Classes,
on ages 8 and 9.

o register, students need to
see their academic advisors. If they
do not, an electronic advisor hold
will be placed on students to pre-
vent re istration.

Stu ents also need to pay a $50
registration conﬁrmation fee by
Dec. 7. If the registration fee is
not paid by that date, schedules
will be cancelled, and students
must register late and ay an extra
non-refundable fee of 40.

Collins mentioned several
helpful hints for students who are
registering via the UK-VIP sys-
tem. For instance, students need
to remember to is press the pound
sign after entering a social security
number and a personal access
code, Collins said.

If students miss their priority
window, they can register late
fromJan. 11—18.

tions skills, and human resources.
“The programs relate to people
in all majors,” Neely said.
“Rather than just having 10
seminars that everyone has to take,

we now offer a cafeteria style of
seminar involvement, allowing
students to match their learning
experiences with their careers and
interests.”

Finances and marketing are

Graduate Students

i y , lege Program. major components
f Representatives of the program.
‘ from the Colle e The working
' .. , > Program will be En numTOMTEdegree? unit consists of the
' ' ' campus tonight 7 actual paying job as
looking for stu— _ a Disney cast mem-
dents interested in Representatives her at Walt Disney
paid internships for “1707” the W412 D157“? World in Orlando,
. the spring 071d Collegeprogram “7'" Fla.
I semester. scheduled to speak “Everyone who
Penny Medley, tonightﬁ‘om 6’8 works in Disney
who is Assistant in 245 ofthe World is a cast
n r Director of UK’s Student Center. member,” he said.
Ofﬁce for Experi— 77"?”ng 11”” Job areas in
ential Education, chooseapproxrmately which interns can
2 5 l ROKK coordinates Dis— 2,200students be cast include
- ney’s visits to the ﬂow across the attractions, mer-
Lexin on cam us. mun and around chandising, foods,
“T ey’ve Keen 3 “WT“- janitorial services,
coming to recruit hospitality, and
for well over ten lifeguarding, and

years," she said.

Th rec-day
registration

specific dates
and times.

Begin
priority windows Tad a y:

See your schedule book for

“This is one of the best paid
internships around.”

From 6—8 pm. tonight, Donna
Dubble, a representative of the
College Program, will make a pre-

sentation to interested students in
L 245 Student Center.

Although the premise of actual-
ly obtaining a Monsters or a
Ducktorate may seem frivolous,
they are well-respected degrees in
the business world, said Rick

_ Neely, a specialist in college rela—

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tions for Disney’s College Pro-
gram.

“Students are really proud of
themselves after getting those
de rees," Neely said. “It takes a lot
of ardwork."

Part of that hard work includes

Body Master Equipment

. Saunas oing to class, Neely said. The

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' Free Childcare of three units: learning, living, and
- Treadmills working.

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The learning aspect of the pro—
gram includes attending weekly
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several others,
Neely said.

Neely stressed that interns are
given ample time to train for their
jobs, whether they are attendants
at an attraction or servers in a
restaurant.

The living unit involves the
intern’s ability to relate to others
of different cultures and back-
grounds.

Disney provides living space to
interns and subtracts housing fees
from a student’s wages.

“\Ve will have about 2,200 stu—

dents livin in an a artment com‘

plex,” NeeFv said. “It‘s a real melt- "'8 A W". “lull.” Feel likejoining thejungle crew? Walt Disney

ing pot. " ' World has summer positions, like these, open for college students.
Students from across the Mousters are awarded for

nation, as well as students from attending nine or 10 seminars,
nations like Spain, MexicO, receivin an average, very good, or
France, the United Kingdom, outstanding rating, and having a
Italy, Norway and Germany will successful living situation.

also live in these areas. Tonight’s recruitment program

Part of the criteria for receiving
the Disney degree is an evaluation
of the success of one’s living situa—
tion.

To receive a Ducktorate, an
intern must attend all 10 seminars,
receive a very good or outstanding
rating in the seminars, and have a
successful living situation.

will be for students interested in
interning for the Spring 1995
semester, said Medley.

“They’ll be back in the spring
to recruit for summer and fall,”
she said.

Internships last an entire
semester, from mid-January to

mid—May.

onto ms Km: ruff

Neely said this class of interns
will arrive on Jan. 17 and leaving
on May 27.

He said students in some posi-
tions, like lifeguards, may arrive at
different times, based on the job
they will be doing.

Literature regarding the Col-
lege Pro am experience calls it
“real worfd- experience.”

Tonight’s program will address
students' questions and provide
information for applying to the
Walt Disney World College Pro-

gram.

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By Jenniier Smith
Staff Writer

Lexington Campus Chancellor
Robert Hemenwa has a hidden
agenda —- untilt a .

Hemenway will he presenting
his next ﬁve—year
Lexin on Campus
Agen a to staff,
faculty and stu-
dents. The ﬁrst of
his four meetings
is today at 4 pm.
with faculty at 106
White Hall Class-
room Building. Hemenway

Hemenway started the town
meetings in 1989 to “give every-
one on campus a vonce.”

“I think through these meetings
we’ve have had considerable suc—
cesses,” he said. “There is still
room for improvement, though."

His new a enda is a ﬁve-point

the problems he sees. One such
solution he is intro-

pro ram he t inks will be
useful in taking the Uni-
versity into the let cen-
tury.
“For the next ﬁve years,
we need to open commu-
nication lines and talk
about the things we can do

Inﬁltalk
V

Town Meetings will be:
V4 pm. today, to:
tawny, 106 White Hall

ducing is a university
that Would be open
year-round and oper-
ate on a three-
semester system.
“Students are tak-
ing ﬁve, six and even

as a university to better 9255,21“? Budding, seven years to gradu-
the University,” he said. “all; hm, or ate,” c said. “Par-

The ﬁrst step, he said, Auditoiium Agriwllure ents, students and the
is to strengthen the learn- W No'ith University should

ing community by
increasing the dialogue on

VThutsday, 12 pm,
tor stall, in Worsham

work together to pro-
vide more opportuni-

leaxning. Theater. ties to succeed.”

“We’ve got way too '12 p.m., NOV. 9. for His second point
many students just sittin students, l" the is to increase research
in class,” Hemenway saitf awgrmﬂ and land grants.

“We do all sorts of

“And, we’ve got wa too
many talking heads in
front of the classroom.”

. He plans on pro osing some
possibly controversiarsolutions to

valid research at this
university,” he said. “We need to
prove our worth to the Common-
wealth.”

The third point is to encourage
an emphasis in quality throughout
the campus. Hemenwa said by
improving the quality 0 the Uni—
versity, a degree wi 1 increase in
value, and it will make students
proud to graduate from UK.

Another point on Hemenway's
agenda is his fourth proposal con-
cerning UK in the international
community.

Another of his points is to have
an international program in every
University department by the end
of the century.

He also said he plans to pro-
pose a change in UK’s foreign lan-
guage requirements.

His last oint is to increase
UK’s cultura and social diversity.

Hemenway said he wants to
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Video game
Channel 7’s
ﬁrst product

By Amy Barnes
Staff Writer

The only light in the dark
house comes from a slim lamp
standing in a corner. Techno
music floods the room, neatly
stacked bookshelves cover the
walls, two ﬁrmly cushioned couch-
es corner the room and a ham-
mock ﬁlled with squish balls hangs
above the desk.

Two men, side by side, are typ—
ing and talking fast and ﬁdgeting
excitedly in their gray swivel
chairs.

Welcome to Channel 7, a.k.a.
Mission Control, the home of UK
computer science senior Robert
Morgan and ofﬁce for a new soft
disc publishing company owned
by Morgan and his partner, elec-
trical engineering senior Jeremy
Holt.

Morgan and Holt began their
self-sufﬁcient, self—employed com—
pany two months ago when they
sold their ﬁrst product, “Iron
Seed,” a science ﬁction computer
game the two designed last sum-
mer.

“It’s a very complicated game,”
said Morgan. “‘Iron Seed’ is a
colony. Earth is long since dead.
You’re living on Mars.

“Your ship has floated adrift in
space ‘for 1,000 years. Scavengers
are trying to attack you, and your
missiOn is to destroy the bad guys
and defeat the human empire.”

Together they designed the

program. Holt worked on the
graphics and the two hired Andy
Sega, a techno musician in New
York, to write the music for the
game.

Holt also wrote a 62—page man-
ual to explain the game.

Morgan and Holt had no idea
where their creativity and good
ideas would take them.

Holt told his UK calculus pro-
fessor, Paul Eakin, about the
game.

“He asked me to let him know
when the game was completed,”
said Holt.

One month later, when the
game was ﬁnished, Eakin contact—
ed his friend Al Vekovius, a
CEO. at Soft Disc Publishing in
Louisiana.

“We sent him a copy of our
game, he looked at it, called us

ack, and invited us to meet him
in Louisiana,” said Holt.

Morgan and Holt flew to
Louisiana for three days to discuss
their game and sign contracts with
the company.

“We got free plane tickets, a
hotel] room and all the food we
wanted,” said Morgan.

The two men not only signed
contracts for their ﬁrst game, they
also planned their next ﬁve pro-
jects with the corn any.

“Iron Seed” wi l reach comput-
er software shelves this month.

“Channel 7 is taking off,” said
Morgan.

Holt named the company after
the old Coca-Cola television com-
mercials starring the computer
image character Max Headroom,
who called himself“Channel 23.”

“It symbolizes the idea that
television is taking over every-
thin ,” said Holt.

Although Morgan and Holt
would like to keep Channel 7 a

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called Channel 7.

small business, they have hired
three more people to assist them
with upcoming projects.

UK computer science seniors
Rex Hall and Mark Webb, and
University of Louisville computer
science junior Chris Tallent are
the new recruits.

“We’re not going to be a big
ofﬁce at all,” said Morgan.

“It’s too inefﬁcient. There’s too
many brains, and not enough
wages.”

Even though Channel 7 has not
made a proﬁt from its ﬁrst game, it
will receive 10 percent of the
game’s net proﬁt.

“I can’t even speculate how
much we’ll make. I’m trying to be
realistically pessimistic about this
ﬁrst game,” said Holt.

“For the second one, we can
make a lot.”

Tallent and Webb look forward
to working at Channel 7.

“I didn’t think they were seri—
ous. I thought they were just goof—
ing off when they started making
the game.

“After I saw the game, I real-
ized it was to -of—the-line stuff
and that I nee ed to be a part of
it,” said Webb.

The people at Channel 7 have a
passion for their work.

“I love writing games. It’s like
creating your own universe,” said
Hall.

For this reason, Holt and Mor-
gan work overtime to make sure
that their work is the best, some-
times postponing homework
as51gnments.

“Nobody believes that we want
to work as much as we do,” said
Morgan. “We’re our own compa-
ny. No one’s going to hire us
because of our GPAs. They’re
going to. hire us because we’re our
own company.”

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