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Whe n s tud e nts nre walking to Hargreaves o r Kings to n Halls, it is almost certain tha t they will pass by the cons truc ti o n work being d o ne to Mo nroe Hall. The project has been underway s ince s h o rtl y after the beginning of fall qunrter. Even tho ugh it may seem the work will never be fini s hed, the cons truc ti o n is o n p ace fo r s ubs tantia l completion, mea ning that s tud e nts and faculty ca n nctually take oc c upa n cy in the building this October. Final comple ti o n h oweve r, will not be until Marc h 2001 . The cons truc ti o n is coming nl ~ ng s m oothl y with the o nl y s ub s tnntial problem s lated being n "water seepnge problem," s aid As sociate Vi ce Preside nt fo r Facilitie - and Planning Mike lri h . The re is water coming into the bottom o f the building nnd when pumpe d ou t the wnter kee p s coming bn c k. fl is b e li eved to be coming fr o m J city wate r line thnt runs th rough the PUB and pas t I le Hall. T he :,~ ~ ci ty o ffi c ials a re s ure to fi x the proble m , ho weve r, a nd it s h o uld n t f ho ld up cons truc ti o n . 1 "We hadn ' t plnnned tn put a p oo l in d o wn th e re," Iris h s nid . 0 The w o rk be ing done to res to re Monroe H a ll i o n a budg ' l o f ~ npprox imntc ly $ 12.8 milli o n whic h in lu les pr -des ign , le_ ign ;i nJ ;. cons truc ti n n. 3 ~ " We h,1v c no budge t overruns," ~a id Iri s h. " From m y per · p • li ve," Iris h s.1id , "M n roc Halli~ p robilb l o ne .& Monroe Hall has been under construction since the beginning of fall o f the · rn no the~ t o ns tru c ti o n job~ goi ng ri g ht nnw. Th e contr.1 c quarter. Despite a few problems, officials expect the construction to finish to rs hn ve ii gnncl r :rutatio n ilnd th •y ,He livi ng up l o it o n th, .., on schedule. pro jec t. " Faculty, students mourn treasured friend and mentor '" kn111kr I l:1n1ng1r,n ficia ls o nl ;i · ,1 "brief illness." uring hi. 13 y ',HS at E;,i s t \,, ,,1.11H bl,1,11 H e wa s s urvived b hi s e rn, Boate ng se ·rncd tu to uch wife, Opheli ;i , his two d ,.1Ugh everyo ne h ' ,1m e in o nt,1 c t t rs , Bre nd, ,rnd Mi che ll e, hi with. E ery once in a great while m o ther Fe li ci;i 1\ gy.1ko Me nsa h " I-l e re,1ll y w,1 s ,1 speci.-i l per the re is that person that nmes nf hi s ho me coun son- no ques ti o n," V into our li ves w h o makes it a ll tr f G h,1n .1 , ,1 nd U ------s.-i id Jerry G nlm , different. l.ifl' is limitlessly bet . ix br !he r ~ ,,nd Personally, I 1~wu professor of ter fnr thei r ha vi ng been part s is ters. hope to follow in archeolog y r1nd ge- o f it. We smi le m o re, we laugh " I' m juSt his footsteps as an ogrnp h y. Gn lm more .-ind we li ve m ore. f-clix s hocked. feel I've worke d with 130.1 Ie ng w;is o ne o f these lost n good friend educator. He had Boateng in Monroe· people for countless fondl y, and n good co l- that spark that Hnll, and knew him s taff and s tude nts nt Easte rn. league," said Cnrlos made you thirst for from th e ti m e He was the director of what Maldonado, di rec- knowledge. Boa Ie ng firs t w.-is the n the Bla c k Ed ucation tor o f the C hi cano ------,, s tarted teaching at Program until he le ft in 1996 to Education Pro- Eas te rn in 1983. take a jo b as the director o f the gram. Maldonado Scott Finnie " I think, like a Professor of' African Bishop Joseph Johnson Black and Boa teng 1\merica n Swdies lot o f people, I feel C ultural Center at Vanderbilt worked closely to c hea ted for not be- EWU faces bright University in Nashville Tenn. gether within their separate pro ing able to know Felix longer. Bonteng died Wednesday grams. "He connected with a lot He had a lot to offer," said April 26, at the Vanderbilt Uni of people and he's a good man Galm. "In Felix's life, he al new decade versity Medical Center after who will be missed. My best ways put people first." what has been described by of- goes out to his family." Sally Burge with the Aca Allen Moody s tud e nts, they have b ee n demic Support Center also J-.'chtur pretty quiet during the d evel worked closely with Boate ng in o pme nt of the ma s te r plan Monroe Hall. " Whether you update, sa id Jim Kolva, who were a student or you were a Visitors t o las t week' s nlong with Walker Macy As colleague, he ca red about you." Campus Ma s te r Plan Open soc iates is in c harge of th e For nine years Kay Mac k H o use received n look at the project. worked for Boa te ng as th e new and improve d EWU of "We haven ' t hnd much s tu Black Educntion Program sec the future-one that will be d e nt input," said Ko lvn . " I be re tary. "He never treated me as m o re s tud e nt-friend ly tha n li eve the primary rea o n i · the departme nt secretary. Not the c urrent he ney campus. be nu se m os t s tu dent nre o nl y was he a coll engue to m e, Bowling liln es, ice s kating he re fo r a s h o rt tim e be f re but he was my me nto r and n a nd o uts id e vend o r in th e m v ing o n ," \ h i lc n o tin g denr friend ." PUB arc but a few 1f th e that it co uld take e a rs fo r Scott Finnie, professor of Af c ha nges th a t ma , becom e re so m e o f the propos als to be rican American Studies, worked a lity within the nex t 10 year . imple m e nte d . w ith Boateng in the Bla ck Ed u The mas te r plnn is being Th e n x t s tep will be n ca ti o n Program . Finnie aid updnted to reflect the c h il nge pr e ntnti o n of th e m.-i s te r Boateng brought a " rea l per- in Ea te rn 's Mis · io n S ta te p la n reco mm e nd a ti o n t o onal flavor" to the Black Ed u m e nt to a m o re re id e nti a l th e U n ivcr it y ampu ca tion Program. " His sense of campus nnd to nccommoda te P lan ning o mmittec a nd to .& Dr. Felix Boateng, Eastern's former Director of humo r disarmed you, yet a t the the additional '1 ,300 s tude nts th Fn ilities S ubcommittee f th e Uni e rs ity Bo ard o f Black Studies, recently passed away. He was greatly ame time he had a kind of class, the Higher Ed uca ti o n Coordi professionalism a nd dignity that nating Board has planned for Directors . It is ex p ec te d tha t loved by all who knew him, and was instrumental in won your admiration." the EWU C heney ca mpus by a formal reco mm e ndati o n creating what is today the African American Studies 2010. will be made to the board of Program. This photo was taken approximately seven See Boateng, Pg. 2 While all of the proposed trustees at their September changes will directly affect meeting. years ago while Boateng was still at Eastern. -=2=--_T_he__ Ea_s.....;te;.....r_ne_r ______N e wa:.,______M_ay_1_a ..... ,_2000_ Boateng: Educator missed by faculty and students From Front Page --·-- Finnie described Boateng as Support Center, also noticed a cated in North Spokane. He also EWU announces new deans "the role model for an educa difference in the program after included many junior high and CHENEY, Wash. - Eastern Washington University an tor." Boateng took it over. "There high school students in campus nounced the appointment of two new deans last week- Fritz J. "Personally, I hope to follow · was a black education center activities sponsored through the Erickson, dean of the College of Education and Human Devel in his footsteps as an educator. here before Felix came, but I . Black Education Progra,n. opment, and Philip Castille, dean of the College of Arts and He had that spark that made think Felix was the one who "Not only will the Eastern Letters. you thirst for knowledge. The really got it going and got it off community mourn his loss, but The appointments were announced today by Peter A. Dual, students were crazy about the ground." also the Cheney and Spokane Eastern's provost and vice president for Academic Affairs. him." Boateng also headed a communities," said Kay Mack, "We are very pleased that our national search has yielded He loved to have "one-on project while at Eastern called former department secretary. two such excellent individuals to lead these two important cpl one" time with his students. the Faculty Exchange Program. On Monday, May 8 the Af leges within our university system," Dual said. "We believe "All of his energy and focus" It involved sending EWU fa~ rican American Education Pro the.y both fit well with our student-centered, teaching-centered was for their benefit. "He ulty members to ·teach at the gram held a me,morial for and interdiscip,linary mission at Eastern Washington Univer- n_ever said 'no' to students. He · University of Cape Coast in Boateng in order to give his sity." · never turned tht·m down when Ghana, Africa, and bringing friends a chance to mention Erickson begins his duties as dean of the EWU College of it came to his time. He took African faculty to Eastern. their favorite things about him. Education and Human Development on August 1. their personal issues as his per Boateng received a $1 million During the memorial, the ide;, . Castille begins his duties as dean of the College of Arts and sonal issues," said Finnie. grant to fund the project. Af of starting a scholarship .fund Letters on July 15. During his time at the Black ter he left, the project was in Boateng's ,name was Ed1,1cation Program, Boateng taken over by Nancy Todd, as brought up and received ~ lot worked closely with Dr. Will sociate professor and director of support. · Eastern offers scholarships to iam Katz, the now retired dean of education. "I hope somebody picks up of education and human devel Maldonado participated in the ball and pursues the idea. NSO 2000 winners. opment. Katz was also im Boateng's exchange program. l think it would be the perfect pressed by Boateng's dedica Maldonado described the way to honor Felix, especially CHENEY, Wash. -- Eastern Washington University will offer tion to his students. project as one of Boateng's considering his value of edu scholarships to all individual Gold Medal winners at the National "Felix felt that getting an greatest legacies at Eastern. cation," said.Maldonado. Science Olympiad 2000 (NSO 2000) which is being held this Sat education was very important. "The faculty exchange · "It would be a tremendous urday on Eastern's campus in Cheney. He worked with a lot of stu touched many of us here at way to honor Felix and what More than 2,100 middle school and high school students from dents who were the first in Eastern who took the time to he did for us," said Galm. across the nation are converging at Eastern May 19-2.0 for this their family to go to college. participate in it," said "He was very warm, very national tournament which tests their problem-solving skills in a Things were hard for them. He Maldonado. "It took us out of sensitive and very caring. He variety of science and technology areas. The students prevailed helped them out and gave our comfort zone and into an always wanted to bring oµt the in competitions in their home states for the right to challenge for them lots of personal atten other culture. Through that best in a person," said Cindy national championships in 34 different venues involving chemis- tion." project we were exposed to an Young, the assistant director 'try, physics, biology, earth science and technology. _ Katz said many of these stu experience and another culture under Boateng at Vanderbilt. "We want to recruit the best and brightest students to Eastern dents would run into money and a different way of teach "We were a team. It's not like I Washington University," said Dr. Stephen M. Jordan, Eastern's problems, and Boateng was al ing and learning that we worked for him even though president. "These young people represent the very students we ways there to help. "He would wouldn't have had the oppor I'm the assistant. It was like I would like to have attend here, and we want to encourage them go to the community, espe tunity to otherwise." was working with him, along to do so." cially the black .community in Galm participated in the side of him." Individual Gold Medal winners from middlf schools a_nd .high Spokane, and tell them h~ had Ghana program twice. "It al "He will be greatly missed. schools from the state of Washington will be eligible to a.ttend a student who was having fi lowed faculty to experience Af One thing, we already miss is Eastern with full tuition scholarships, provided they meet regu nancial problems and ask them rica in a way they wouldn't his infectious smile. He was al lar admissions requirements. The scholarships will be renewable to help. They alwayey would." have otherwise-as someone ways smiling. If he was ever for four years as long as a 3.5 grade point average is maintained. Boateng also helped stu working and living there sad, w~ i:,ever saw it," You.i:tg Individual Gold Medal winners from outside the state of Wash dents who were struggling rather than a tourist." added. ington will receive scholarship offers in the form of tuition re academically. When he had a Galm would like to see There will be another me ductions. Their scholarships (which are also renewable) will en student who was having Eastern's link with the Uni morial service for Boateng at 6 ,able them to pay 150 percent of in-state tµition, which will result trouble in a certain subject, he versity of Cape Coast re p.m. on Friday, May 19 at the in an annual savings of approximately $5,500 below regular out would go to the instructor who newed, and would also like to Bethel Ame Church. A fe~st of-state tuition costs. taught that class and ask them see students included in the will follow the service at 7 p.m. to tutor the student, said Katz. program. For mor~ inf9rmation, call 487-, Boateng started the Black . Finnie never actually partici 2909. History Month Banquet, as pated in the exchange program, ------, . • well as the Black History but still was affected by it. Boateng Month essay contest, at the "Although I didn't go over junior high, high school, and seas, I did get to benefit from Memorial COLLINS FAMILY college levels. He is also said the interaction. I met 12, maybe to have played a crucial part in 15 faculty membe rs from Bethel Ame Church DENTISTRY making the African American Ghana," said Finnie. Education Program what it is The American and African ·1105 E. Newark today. faculty members went to Spokane "He provided an open invi events and attended meals and Service: 6 p.m. tation for the campus to inter classes together. Feast: 7 p.m. act with the program so it Boateng was not only acti\_,e wasn't isolated ," said on campus, but in the surround May 19, 2000 Maldonado. ing area as well. He did a lot of For more information Ru ss Turner, a learning fa work with the Martin Luther call 487-2909. ci Ii ta tor with the Academic King Community Center lo-
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Djimon the movie wherein he impales 1 :c,p) ' 1:d,rur reaches down, drawing power C rowe. He puts to use WWF / Hounsou's portraynl of the Afri the gladi.itor o n the s takes, but fr om the e.irth itself, and s lams WCW style acting abilities which can slave Juba is excellent. He is even that is only an example of into the breaking jaw of his man's are well suited to the arena, yet low spoken and sometimes hu the to ughness of his characte r, A slave is doing battle ,vith jaw with s uch force that he fli es is able to.r.._.._ actually morous during the interludes, which is an excellent role fo r n tr.1ined gladiator in a small upward with such force that he the focus yet is fierce, vicious and admi Moell e r, who relishes his charac arena. is compl e te ly impaled o n a is the dia- rably loyal to his fell o w man ter throughout, and goes beyond Yo ung and inexperie nced downward faring s take on the througho ut the film. himself in acting ability, growing w ith the art of .,rena fighting, rim of the fighting ground. My personal fav o rite wns the a nd even s howing a tende r s ide the s la ve blunts away an over Plainly, this m ovie is NOT performan(e of the late O live r a t the finall y, which only furthe rs head axe with the shie ld in hi s "Sparta cus." Reed, who plays the role of the his ch n rac te r and makes the left h,rnd . He then s la s hes the Unlike that movie, which de glndiator-trainer Proximo. Recd, mo vi e much m o re thrilling .:ind shi eld into hi s opponent's face fied ren lity with the casting of wh o died at the end of the nppe.iling to the audience. and fo ll o w s th rough with a thin-bl ned, weakling Kirk Dou movie's producti on, pbys ,, good The o ne person whn is really crossi ng stro ke from his bronze glils, ,lndintor stays true to the pragmatic e ntertnine r / m er res pons ible for the Sl•ccess nf bl,1d e. The blade hacks through the me "only the strong survive." chant. He seems to re li sh in be this movie is rot even directl y th e g ladia to r 's sw eat s tained Director Ridley Scott keeps ing at firs t a m o ney-grubbing involved with the actual prn <1rm o r and breaks hi s s ternum. his nudience focused throughout arena master, switching to J G H d u c tion . Kud os to Louis Dazed , he looks up - and re the film with hypnotic cinema ing benefactor, then finnlly to a Di G iamo fo r his casting o f the ali zes tha t hi s overma tched by tography. The opening battlefield heroic usurper of power. movie. The nctors fit the char.:i c the young upstart. scenes a re extreme ly attention Ralph Moell er is also huge in ters, .:ind Director Ridley Scutt Like a hungry bear, the sla ve getting, and the dark lighting this movie, and no t jus t because h.:i s an easie r job o f mnking the growls and begins a s ustained cast on the film does a good job of his 7-foot, 300 pound phy movie fit becn use of DiGi.:imo's attack of s uch velocit y that he of alluding to the downcast spir sique. He drinks in the role of the e ffo rts. pins his opponent up aga ins t its of the combatants. The Coli young slave-turned-gladiator, Though this movie mny not the arena walls. Dropping his seum and arena scenes are in nix brings an air to his role of Em and is the epiiome of toughness win nny Oscars, all credit for its blade, the slave backhands the tense with their blend of com peror Commodus which is suit and true ch.iracter, who gradu success s hou Id b e given to warrior and s tuns him. He then puter-generated effects and cast ably reminiscent of the role of ally evolves into basically a dis DiGiamo and the s uppo rting throws two mighty uppercuts interaction. Culigula in the late '60s film "I ciple of Maximus. Especially cast of Gladiator, who m.:ike this which lift the gladiator a foot off The cast itself is fairly well Claudius." memorable is the already men movie worth a trip down to the the ground. chosen. The hero role of Maxi- Standouts in this film were the tioned scene at the beginning of Cheney Cinemas. Grow with a leader! Join our team of construction recruiting professionals in otJTBACKJAC){•s, Bellevue, WA! 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IIIVllllnY 7 The Easterner ~~ t $ _____---r- _____M_ay_18_,_2_0_0_0 Annual Iron Eagle Ewu COrpora t e CUp T earn TriathlonJune4 1;111 Klt:1 shares Bloomsday success / ;, tsf t'/'11 ( ' / llt '/ l U f/( '/ )l'ff Tli:1x1011 G rab y o ur g o ggl es, pump up your d es igned b y Brian Ro b e rt s , wh o in high sc h oo l or c o ll e g e . S tra ng /::,st, 'I'll< ·r l(q)( ,,.,, ·r bike tires and s trap o n y o ur running w o rk for the 13 o dy Sh o p at Ea s te rn, s tarte d running with a churc h group s h oes, it's time o n ce aga in for the a n EWU fielded five team s in thi s they did s pee d training on c e p e r in alifornia prior to m o ving h e re in nual Iron Eagle Triathl o n . Th e Iro n year's annual Lilac 13l o oms day Run wee k and hill repeats once each w e ek. 1980. H e r firs t road race wa s Pike 's Eagle Triathl o n is an event put o n by on May 7'" in Spokane. Two of them, This is in additi o n to the mileage that P •ak in Colo rad o. Diane Shaw, the the Intramural De p a rtme nt at Eas te rn the red team and the women's team, the women put in o n the ir o wn . women's team captain, has bee n run Wa s hingt o n Univ e r. ity. Th e race , won the Corporate C up trophy in "Training gives y o u the e xpe ri e n ce ning fo r 25 years . Je ff Corkill o f the whic h is n o w in it s s ix th ye ar, fo ll o w s their divisions. Th e white team was you ne ed for s uccess ," s aid Fran z . re d le arn was not a vars ity athl e te in th e o riginal Tri a thl o n fo rmal , h o w fourth in their division, the pink team Anothe r s uccess facto r s te m s from college . S mith neve r ran at the colle e v e r the dis tances a re n o t quite as s ig finished tenth in the women's divi the pos itive attitudes of the partic i giate le ve l e ither. nifi cant. It was o riginall y s tarte d a s a s ion, and the lilac team placed 20 in pants . All of the te am membe rs had Ra hn did run in c oll e g e at final project lo b e d o ne o nly b y me m their category. a lo t of fun in the race and lo oke d for Whitworth in Spoka n e and in high b e rs o f th e Triathl o n c la ss h e re at " Everyone put their hearts into it," ward to s e e ing how w e ll they and scho ol at Me ad . Dave Haugen, an Ea s tern, but it was o p e ned up to the said Lynne Strang, the captain of the their te ammates would do. o the r runne r fo r the red te am, co m public and has s ince grown in s ize pink team. "They did super." "Blooms day is more o f a celebra p e ted for Kansa s Univers ity. e v e ry ye ar. This s uccess is nothing new to ti o n than a race," said C.ranl Smith, "I pic ked up running a s a h ea lth The race will be h e ld S unda y. June Eastern's C orporate C up te ams . In the captain o f the men 's team . Smith thing and was s urprised I co uld run 4 s tarting a l 9:00 a .m . It be gins in the fact, the men's te am ha s won the is re s p o n s ibl e for organi z ing o fri s t," he s aid . Smith has p a rtic i EWU s wimming p o o l whe re compe ti event four years in ,1 row a nd nine Easle rn 's Co rpo rate up te ams and pate d in 23 Bl oom s da ys, e v e ry o ne to r. mus t s wim 16 la p s (800 m e te rs ). times ove rall . The wome n have w o n send s o ut n o ti ces e v e ry year. H · was except fo r the firs t. The n they mus t run o ut to fi lei #1 the C up twice and placed second las l o n Ea s te rn 's firs t C orpo rate C up tea m o nfid e n ce and the thrill o f o m whe re the y will h o p o nto the ir bikes year. in 1984 and h as d o n e ii e v e ry year p e titi o n .1l so pla y contributing rol es and rid e 10 mil e s n ut to the he n y So why ha v e Ea s tern's te ams been s ine · the n . "You g e t to s hare in the in Eas lc rn 's Bl oom s dil y uccess. ,un lu b a n d the n re turn to Ea s te rn s o s u ccessful? One of the main fa c c it y prid e o f Sp o bne . It als o s h o w s " Ev ery year w e ha ve a tough b ut fo r th e running p o rti o n o f th e ra e . tors is the amount o f ex te n s ive train h o w EWU is in v ol ved in the co mmu fri e ndl y compe titi o n with WSU," said Afte r re turning o n the ir bik •s , ra c ing that team m e mbe rs commit the m nity." Smith . Ea s te rn has w o n s ix o f the la s t e rs will co mpl •t e the eve nt with a 3. 1- selves to . Jeffrey Rahn, ;i m e mbe r of Fo r Ra hn , the m a jor driving force te n o rp o ra le up trophi e s. Th e mile run . D ue to lhe la c k o f s p Jc · in the re d team, started his training in fo r wanting to compe te in Bl oom s d a y o the r fo ur yea rs WS U w o n . A. a m a t th e p oo l, the r,1c c will be s pfil int o January b y running 40 to 50 miles per is the o rpo rale C up. " The tea m a s te r o f fo c i, o nl y three te a m s th.i t did numero u s hea ts, w hi h w ill b e s ta g week. It o b v iousl y worke d b ecause p ec t m a kes it fun . It's more fun than n o t re pres e nt EWU o r W S U hav ever g e re d t o s tart e a c h a fl' w minutes he fini s hed the 7.46-mile cours e in 41 d o ing it individuall y and eve ry une is w o n the o rpo ra te up s ince it s in - a p,H!. minutes and 44 s e conds . an impo rtant piece o f the puzzle ." ~pti o n in 1983. Mike a m p it e lli , Eas te rn 's re re- Jane t Fran z o f the w o m e n 's te ;im Many o f the tea m m e mbe rs ha v e Rahn b e li e v es in hi s ilbiliti e s a s a ti o n coordin a to r i · in c ha rg e o f thi c; s t..irted m eeting with her te ;im in Fe b ex ten s iv e runnin,..; ba kgro und s al ~ we ll as hi s te ilmmates . " We ;ilwa ys eve nt, e x plains th a t th e ra e is o p e n ruary to train . Fo llowing a program though they did n o t n ecessaril y run ex pe ct lo win , " h e Silid . Alth o ugh , h e to a n yon e w h u wa nts Inc m p •le, ,1s il dmits luc k d oes hil v · som e thing to w e ll a !:> il n y IL' a m s . Th · o nl y q ua li fi - d o w ith ii. In th e o rpo rn l e up, ;iti o n is tha t tea m s mus t h a ve a t le ,i -, t y o ur s o re is dete rmine d by di v id ing o n e mal e a nd o n e fe m a l • o m r e tit o r. y o ur time int o th e bes t time in y our Lil s t •,,r, o n e cu -e d te il m co ns is te d o f J g l' grnur ,llld multiply ing by 1000. S ta c Jo hns o n fro m th l' 1111 ·rn .i li o n a l " Yn u might score 1000 p o ints o n e year s tud e nt s cl c p,1rtm •nt s wim m ing , but if s o m eon e n e w cu m es int o y n ur Presid e nt J,,rd.i n u n th · bi ke leg, il n d ilg · )-\ l'O up thc' n ex t year th ;i t is re a ll y M a tt h .t SL', th e fo rme r d e,1 11 t1 f ;. t u good ," s ays Rahn , " the n y o u might cl e nts, d o ing th e runn in g . " It '-. n o t a n o l d o as w e ll . 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