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IAN TURNER Thunderbird Athlete Council [email protected] members Emily Grainger and Amelia Rajala with a cheque The Toronto Raptors held an in- for $10,000 to be put towards trasquad match at the War Me­ UBC's general scholarship morial Gym last Sunday. fund. "Every year, we try to get Other UBC athletes saw the V away from Toronto," Raptors floor as well. Between the first head coach Jay Triano said, af­ and second quarter, UBC guards A ter the game. "[UBC basketball Alex Murphy and Nathan Yu par­ head coach] Kevin [Hanson] and ticipated in a three-point shoot- I have talked for several years off. They were each assigned to about us coming out here." one fan, who was gunning for a Triano, who was Simon Fras­ Whistler season pass. Murphy er University's basketball head and his fan got six three-point­ coach from 1988-1995, is the ers. Yu's crew got three. first and only Canadian to The game itself wasn't fulB y coach an NBA team. Along with of such goodies: dunking wasl University of Southern Califor­ kept to a minimum. The Rap­ nia graduate DeMar DeRozan tors don't have a superstar, but and Andrea Bargnani, Tria­ DeMar DeRozan did show why no got the loudest cheer from he's beginning to be dubbed the the crowd. franchise's face by Toronto's me­ About 2000 people showed dia. On Wednesday DeRozan & up for the scrimmage, leaving co. wi^ace off against the Phoe­ 1000 seats empty. Some stu­ nix Suns, who are led by Vancou­ dents may have been turned ver Island native Steve Nash. off by the $15 tickets. Howev­ The next day the Raptors will er, money flowed both ways: fly back east, which means that at half-time, the Raptor's BC native Triano won't be able brass presented UBC VP of to attend the Shrum Bowl even Students Brian Sullivan and though he'd "love to go." tl m 2/UBYSSEY.CA/G AMES/2 010.10.04

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MICKI COWAN cent is through community and Contributor private grants that the univer­ sity applies for and 80 per cent Despite the fact that UBC is al­ of the cost is borne by the par­ ready the largest childcare pro­ ent. This is up from 67 per cent vider of any university in North in 2006. America, many UBC parents and To help combat these rising CUS INVESTMENT CONFERENCE childcare workers argue that costs, in 2008 the AMS set aside SET TO PROCEED the program leaves much to be a million dollars out ofthe Capi­ desired. tal Projects Aquisition and Con­ The Commerce Undergraduate Grad student and mother of struction Fund (CPAC) to be giv­ Society (CUS) has decided that two Dafna Zur said that she is en over tenyears, or $100,000 the Canadian Investment Con­ unsatisfied with the status quo. per year, he said. ference will go ahead despite "The waiting list is still McElroy claimed that the real the sudden resignation of the horrendously long," she said. financial issue is a lack of gov­ founder and chair of the event "Women in general and stu­ ernmental support. last month. According to minutes dents in particular must be "Adjusting the overall cost posted by the CUS, the Board of given the opportunity to go for the parent is another huge Directors voted 4-3 (with 5 ab­ back to work; the government thing, and the only way that will stentions) to "fully support" new seems to want to prevent that ever happen is if we can get pro­ chair Ethan Gold in running the through limited care provid­ vincial commitment on operat­ conference, for fear that if it ers and unaffordable prices." ing grant funding for childcare did not go forward or was re­ Zur got on the list as soon facilities." branded, the CUS image would as her child was born, yet she Graduate Student Society (GSS) be tainted. still had to wait two years for President Arvind Saraswat said At a previous emergency board daycare. Because Zur and her that the GSS is also working hard meeting, Khalil Kassam, a second- husband were new to Cana­ to make sure the government un­ year Commerce student, was re­ da and didn't have any fam­ derstands UBC's childcare needs. moved as CIVC chair and replaced ily in Vancouver, they had to "We are lobbying the pro­ by Gold. In a presentation to the scramble for babysitters in the vincial government to provide board, Gold and marketing direc­ meantime. greater support towards acces­ tor Kriti Dixon repeated the need UBC Asian Studies professor sible childcare on UBC campus. to sell enough tickets, priced at Stefania Burk found herself in We discussed our concerns re­ $25, to break even. The CUS has the same situation. garding the lack of accessible committed up to $49,000 to CIVC, "I got on the waiting list when childcare at UBC with the Min­ which is scheduled for Novem­ I was three months pregnant, Many children wait years for a spot. HAZEL HUGHES PHOTO/THE UBYSSEY ister of Advanced Education & ber 12-14. [but] it took two years to get a Labour Market Development, in spot," she said. 1600 to 1400 and by Christmas burden on parents. She said that our meeting lastyear," he said. RECORD CHECK BACKLOG PRE­ "[With] one year maternity it was back up to 1600." recent renovations have helped "We co-hosted a childcare con­ VENTS STUDENT PLACEMENTS leave, that's still one year we had Despite heavy subsidization, reduce the wait time. ference in May 2010 to high­ to provide outside care. I had cost remains a crucial consider­ "We are constructing two day­ light the current situation, build (CUP)-Afour-month long back­ to move my mother here when ation for many parents. cares. The university just ap­ partnerships and inform the log on criminal record checks I had to come back to work be­ "From a student perspective, proved the final bit of money community." from the Toronto police has cause it was the only way that infant care is $1055 a month, at the last board meeting. The Cottons argued that the high caused a stressful start to the we could afford to have full but if we were charging full cost capital cost outlaid by the time land value at UBC makes it im­ school year for nursing students time care that we thought was recovery it would be more than we hit next September is nearly practical to build child care fa­ across the province. reliable." double that," said Cottons. "Par­ seven million dollars, between cilities on campus. The universi­ The students require the back­ "When we opened a num­ ent fees just pay the teachers' the AMS's contribution to the ty's location on a peninsula with ground checks in order to begin ber of programs last year, the salaries, teachers' benefits, and 2009 construction, [as well as] a park separating it from the their clinical rotations, which are waiting list still stayed at 24 [for] the toys and equipment. the University Neighbourhood city is also an issue that makes a part of their degree programs. months," said UBC Director of Staff are not overly paid, the Association and the university UBC's childcare situation unique The backlog has been caused Child Care Darcelle Cottons. average is about $18-18.50 per [itself]," said Cottons. in Canada. by the RCMP's new require­ "What happened is we opened hour." According to AMS VP Exter­ "It's just thatitreally is the job ment that criminal records be up 108 spots last year and we According to Cottons, the nal Jeremy McElroy, UBC cur­ ofthe government to be doing it. processed federally, said Const. thought we would take on our university is implementing a rently subsidizes about 8 per It should be considered part of Wendy Drummond of the Toron­ waiting list. [It] went down from number of measures to ease the cent of the cost, while 12 per the public education system." tl to Police. Processing background checks federally means a more thorough search with enhanced security features, such as finger­ printing to verify the person's identity. Success for Asian immigrants not equal? At Humber College in Toronto, around 80 of the school's 1600 health sciences students were af­ New UBC study argues female Mandarin speakers four times as likely to succeed fected bythe changes, but most students have successfully start­ ed their placements. CRYSTAL NGAI new immigrant families and ac­ Gunderson said the reason Mandarin-speaking Chinese Contributor quired permission to thorough­ Mandarin-speaking females and Cantonese-speaking Chi­ GRUNTING IN TENNIS LEADS TO ly assess their children on vari­ were doing better in school nese because it [makes the as­ SUCCESS? Ifyou're a Chinese immigrant, ous measures before they were was because their families were sumption] that all Mandarin you'll be better off ifyou're fe­ placed in schools from kinder­ more economically affluent than speakers have a high social sta­ Young tennis players who emu­ male and a Mandarin speaker— garten to Grade 12. Gunderson those ofthe Cantonese speakers tus [and] more money, and that late Maria Sharpova's shrieks as at least that's what a new UBC managed to isolate 400 Asian from Hong Kong, and had more Cantonese people are poor with much as her backhand may be on study claims. students during the course of support from tutors. lower social status," he said. to something. Professor Lee Gunderson, the study. "It depends on how much ed­ However, Gunderson believes UBC psychology professor who has studied the academ­ "We look at those who were ucational scaffolding a fami­ that the Mandarin-speaking stu­ Alan Kingstone is co-author of ic achievement of immigrant eligible to go to university, and ly can provide," he said. "Many dents who arrive here with an a study in Public Library of Sci­ students since 1989, argues in the most successful students in more Mandarin-speaking fam­ affluent socioeconomic back­ ence ONE which studies the ef­ a new study that female Manda­ this group were the Mandarin- ilies were able to afford to send ground will continue to do well fects of grunting or shrieking be­ rin-speaking students are four speaking girls," he said. They their children to tutors." in school. fore hitting a tennis ball. Accord­ times more likely to succeed in were four times more eligible Martin Wang, a second year "Mandarin speakers who con­ ing to their findings, a ball stuck high school than other Asian for university than Cantonese civil engineering student who tinue to arrive from the Peo­ along with a loud grunt can trav­ students. immigrants from Hong Kong immigrated from Beijing in ple's Republic of China are of el an extra two feet before an op­ Gunderson, along with doctor­ because they were able to main­ 1998, is skeptical ofthe study. high socioeconomic status and ponent is able to respond. It also al students Denis Murphy Odo tain a 76 per cent or higher av­ "I find it ridiculous in have lots of money to support caused more decision and accu­ and Reginald D'Silva greeted erage in secondary school. the comparison between their children." vl racy errors for competitors, va 4/UBYSSEY.CA/CULTURE/2010.10.04

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HAZEL HUGHES no character-on-character conflict and Connor McPherson was right Contributor to build up momentum, so I had to at the top," he said. figure outhow each line would trig­ 12 "I believe that in literary the­ Those involved with the dramat­ ger the next, which is a challenge atre, if the play is good, then ic arts will at some point wrestle when trying to keep it dramatically just stay out ofthe way," said Co­ with the dilemma of whether to interesting. You don't want the au­ chrane. "That's my top secret di­ pursue film or theatre. It doesn't dience thinking, 'Why don't I just recting method. matter ifyou're an actor, a direc­ read this?' You want the audience "If you've got a good play, and tor, a writer or a technician; it's a to feel like they had to come to the good actors, then you really won't decision everyone makes. theatre to see it." have to do much other than give For Brian Cochrane, a second Brian met Jules Mercier in them a nudge here and there." year MFA student at UBC and the the BFA acting program in Sas­ Cochrane's real passion is writ­ director of the upcoming show katoon. He has directed Mercier ing. "Playwriting is my ultimate Rum and Vodka, the choice was before and has acted alongside goal. If you're a writer, you just simple. him a number of times. have to write every day—which "I love the immediacy of live "When I read Rum and Vod­ is the hardest thing to do. I've performance. Even if we do a hun­ ka, I instantly thought of Jules. written a couple plays and it feels ^m SH^______dred performances of Rum And He is the right age and the right like they are really crappy for a _ Vodka, each one will be slightly person. The character in the play long time, but the more you do different and it will ultimately be does so many terrible things, it, the more you learn to trust a unique experience for each audi­ but you still want to root for him yourself." tl ence. This is what makes theatre anyway, and Jules has this very and music so special in my eyes." likable quality—kind of like a Rum and Vodka runs at the Doro­ Rum and Vodka is the tale of a lovable jackass." thy Somerset Studio Theatre from > young man—played byJule s Mer- Connor McPherson, the writer October 7-9. The show starts at cier—who is married with two behind Rum and Vodka, is one of 7:30 and tickets are $10, or $5 for kids. Stuckbetween adult respon­ Cochrane's favorite playwrights. students. sibilities and youthful urges, he "I'm not going out on a limb travels through Dublin search­ here, he is one of the best Eng­ ONLINE ing for life's answers in count­ lish language playwrights of to­ <& EXCLUSIVES \^ less pubs. day. He is stupendous. He wrote "This play is almost the sim­ this play when he was twentyyears Reviews of VIFF films, Madwoman plest form of theatre and ironical­ old. When I came to grad school of Chaillot and Sufjan Stevens's ly it was the hardest play I've ever I had a short list of playwrights latest album @ ubyssey.ca/culture. directed," said Cochrane. "There's whose works I wanted to work on Rum and vodka: hard drinking and hard thinking. PHOTO COURTESY UBCTHEATRE cimS Insider weekly student society a weekly look at what's new at your student society 04.10.10

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GINNY MONACO has] finally dropped the 'Young Or take advantage of our many joint programs,* including Contributor Canadian upstarts,' now we're just Canadian band.' That was a JD/LLL (National Program) with uOttawa's Civil Law Section At their earliest shows, Tokyo Po­ small victory." JD/LLL [Programme de droit canadien) with uOttawa's Civil Law Section lice Club would hand out cupcakes In August, Tokyo Police Club to the audience as a sort of thank- opened for the masters ofthe live JD/MBA with uOttawa's Telfer School of Management you for attending. In 2005, before show, The Flaming Lips. "When Canadian & American Dual JD with Michigan State University College of Law the POP Montreal show that at­ we were on, Wayne [Coyne] was orwith American University Washington College of Law tracted so much attention, I got setting off confetti cannons be­ one of these cupcakes. Now itwas hind us. We were in the middle JD/MA with Carleton University's Norman Paterson School of International Affairs time to return the favour. of maybe our third song and I So when I was given the oppor­ looked over there. He's just sit­ tunity to interview guitarist Josh ting on a chair in his full suit, *You may be eligible for financial aid through the HENNICK tEADERSHIP PROGRAM. Hook, I came prepared with one with his confetti cannon. I didn't We also offer LLM and PhD programs. of Vancouver's greatest offerings: get nervous until that moment." cupcakes. "I'm surprised you re­ There isn't any reason for membered," he laughed. "Clearly the band to be nervous. What Application deadline: November 1,2010 not enough bands give out baked their concerts lack in confet­ nm goods." ti, they make up for in enthusi­ uOttawa For more information: It shouldn't be surprising. asm. The audience happily claps L'Univcrsitt canadicnnc When a band you've seen play­ and harmonizes with singer Da­ Canada's university www.commonlaw.uOttawa.ca ing at the local Optimist Hall is vid Monks, and it feels like the suddenly on Letterman, you're way Tokyo Police Club should going to remember something be experienced. Their records like cupcakes. manage to capture all their en­ Newmarket, Ontario isn't ergy, but the music works best known for a lot of things. Jim Car­ as a sing-along. rey was born there, Eric Clapton's The tour behind Champ is father died there and Tokyo Po­ proof of Tokyo Police Club's lice Club are the new hometown mounting success. Besides the heroes. "It's a good place to grow European leg of the tour, the up," Hook said. "I mean, Hove go­ band is performing their first ing back up to Newmarket, but I shows in Des Moines, Iowa, and Turn th don't think I could ever repeat a other small cities. "We're play­ life there." ing Webster Hall in New York, The band is touring in support so we'll bring the production we tables on of Champ, their second full length have now. It does feel ridiculous record. It's been received with the when you show up in Kansas the bad same excitement as their first EP, City with your bus and all your A Lesson in Crime. Hook describes lights. But it makes sense when the new album as being a more we're on the coast!" guy. Write organic production. "On [our first Besides reaching into the full-length album] Elephant Shell, smaller markets with their brand the writing process became real­ of joyful indie rock, there's room for The ly fragmented. With this one we for the band to dabble in entrepre­ were thankfully in a position to neurship. "[Keyboardist] Graham ask for eight months just to write. [Wright] has this idea for a cup­ Ubyssey. To me, it sounds more like every­ cake shop. Actually he just has a thing we wanted, to see the songs name, the Toronto Cupcake Au­ all the way to the end." thority. He doesn't really know For Josh, one of the best things anything about baking." U THEUBYSSEYc about Champ is how it has con­ I told Josh that it wasn't a firmed the band's place in the Ca­ bad idea. It's always nice when nadian music scene. "[The media a band sticks to their roots, tl 6/UBYSSEY.CA/ADVERTISEMENT/2010.10.04

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BLOOD DONATION POLICY IS DISCRIMINATORY

A court ruling last month defended Canadian Blood Services' (CBS) policy of barring men who have had sex with other men from donating blood, prompt­ ing the Canadian Federation of Students, among others, to resign from a CBS queer consultation group. Is the rule discriminatory? We think so. The decision was part of a lawsuit against Kyle Freeman, an Ontario man who had donated blood after unknowingly contracting syphilis. CBS sued him—and won—for $10,000, which they claimed was the cost of removing his blood from circula­ tion, based on the fact that he had lied on his reg­ istration form. The CBS policy prohibits any man who has had sex with another man since 1977 from donating blood because they identify this group as being a high risk for HIV. It is true that homosexual men have a higher likelihood of having AIDS. And the screenings that CBS runs on blood samples during the dona­ tion process aren't 100 per cent effective at detect­ ing HIV. However, that doesn't mean that this sort of discrimination is valid. While there are risks, a blanket ban sends a terrible message, and fails to seek any sort of middle ground which protects Not pictured: Bill Murray. VIRGINIE MENARD GRAPHIC/THE UBYSSEY Canadians. The policy institutionalizes the prac­ tice of treating all men who sleep with other men as a sort of poisonous element whose blood is to be COLUMNISTS avoided in all cases. But not all men who sleep with other men pose a higher danger. There are plen­ ty of men who are having sex with only one male partner who are far less of a risk than heterosexu­ Paid vs Aid campaign doesn't encourage compassion al men who engage in sex with multiple partners. The Ubyssey would like to see changes to this policy. Men who have sex with a new male part­ PAUL BUCCI group of needful third-worlders the guilted into it. Great. Even as a frame ner could also be required to go through a longer [email protected] essentials of life. for debate, it falls flat due to the screening and testing process. The CBS would ben­ Ifyou choose any ofthe groups, you same question. efit from not only an improved image, but also an Congratulations. The Christians on are not only denying yourself $1000 Beyond that, giving to aid groups is increase in its number of eligible donors. In the campus continue to create the most of tuition money, you're denying the in no way an especially altruistic or past, CBS has made public call-outs for donations interesting and engaging debate at other two groups the means for sur­ even a good action. The money goes during times when its blood supplies became dan­ UBC. Left-wingers, take note: stu­ vival. They even go as far as to name to GAiN Canada, a division of Power gerously low. The Globe and Mail reports that the dents respond to financial incentives them, creating actual people you're to Change, an international non-prof­ number of students boycotting CBS over the past when considering moral dilemmas. choosing to deny, rather than an ab­ it. There is considerable debate in the year led to a ten per cent drop in university blood Of course, that's the problem. It's stract demographic. What a weighty aid industry over whether these orga­ donations. All those donors could return, and more, also a trite and poorly framed debate. moral dilemma. nizations affect real change. with just a few policy changes. For those of you who don't know, Except it's not. An important thing to note is that Campus for Christ, through the ve­ I'd take the money. Why wouldn't according to an investors kit by My­ WHEELS ON THE BUS LOOP GO ROUND AND ROUND hicle of MyCravings, have created you? There, potential winner, take the Cravings, this project is part of a cam­ a "Paid vs Aid" contest on campus. money for yourself. You've got one guy, paign costing roughly $1,070,000. UBC is a commuter university. Despite all efforts On October 7, they'll be drawing the PaulBucci, on your side. I'll be the dev­ Now, I get that running organizations to shape UBC into a "University Town," the real­ name of one UBC student (nearly a il on your shoulder whispering immo­ costs money, and $1,070,000 for a na­ ity is that the vast majority of students will con­ thousand have entered the contest). ralities in your ear. After the contest tional campaign isn't that bad, but tinue to commute here—many for more than two Upon winning, you have a choice is done, let's grab a drink or twenty it raises the question of how many hours each day—for the foreseeable future, which of either donating your $1000 win­ and burn a bible or two. lives choosing evangelism has cost? is why the building of a new bus loop is such an nings to one of three aid groups, or Ridiculous anti-Christianisms And $1000 for aid? That doesn't buy important issue. paying your tuition. aside, the contest defeats itself by real social and political change over­ To give credit where credit is due, Campus and The contest is designed to distill making a personal moral decision seas, but it is a significant portion of Community Planning (CCP) has been treating it as the choice between self-interest and public. No matter how else you look your tuition. such. Despite this, there are a number of ways in altruism into a distinct and public at it, the decision is framed by what Real compassion isn't bought. If which the consultations process is falling short. The action. Ifyou choose tuition, you are other people think. So, we'll learn you're trying to promote a genuine eth­ first thing the CCP isn't addressing adequately is necessarily denying a personalized that people tend to act nicer when ical shift, it'll cost more than $ 1000. va cost. Despite serious design flaws, it wasn't student opposition that killed the underground bus loop, but insufficient financing. Yet ifyou look at the pro­ posed options, both the first and second choices in­ clude underground components where buses will lay over. These will inevitably require large capital Campus for Christ asking wrong questions costs for construction, but CCP isn't releasing what they would estimate these to be. How can we be sure that the money is there for these ventures? By not BLAKE FREDERICK issues surrounding aid to develop­ implementing free trade regimens. bringing cost to the front ofthe discussion, CCP is Columnist ing countries. The aid organizations This tied aid has done significant dam­ setting up a possible exercise in futility. that Campus for Christ has chosen to age to these countries, and in most At the end ofthe day, whatwe're likely to getis a The question that Campus for Christ highlight seem to be worthwhile, high­ cases has caused an overall reduc­ modified version of option one, which would essen­ is posing to students on campus this ly effective causes. Who would argue tion in their GDPs. tially make the current bus loop facilities perma­ week is whether they would pocket against giving money to build shel­ Instead of asking whether to give nent. By routing more buses through campus, op­ $ 1000 and put it towards their tuition, ters for earthquake victims in Haiti? aid at all, we should be asking what tion two would generate too much opposition from or donate $1000 to aid efforts in de­ Not all aid is good aid, however. The kind of aid is good aid. We should also residents in the UNA neighbourhoods. Similarly, veloping countries, if presented with US pledged $1.15 billion to help Hai­ be investigating the reasons why these option three is unlikely to get much support from the choice. Further, the organization ti rebuild after the earthquake. Nine impoverished countries need aid in the AMS because by stretching out the loop along is actually going to draw the name months have passed and the people the first place. Let's focus on the his­ Wesbrook, it diminishes the much-vaunted "sense of a student at random and present of Haiti haven't seen a single dime of torical effects of colonialism and un­ of arrival" at the new Student Union Building. them with this situation to see what that money. fair international trade regulations, This is all fairly regrettable. Students need bet­ they will choose. The International Monetary Fund for example, instead of asking stu­ ter bus coverage around UBC, which has one ofthe I assume that Campus for Christ has been giving loans and non-pay­ dents to alleviate poverty with their largest campuses in North America. And an elon­ hopes that by running this contest able aid to countries for decades, but tuition money. gated, downtown-style loop would provide some in­ they will spur some kind of campus the aid they give comes with condi­ Campus for Christ is well inten- teresting opportunities for turning Wesbrook into debate about the balance between tions. Countries receiving money must tioned and hopefully their contest will a more student oriented area, through coffee shops self-interest and charity. While this abide by Structural Adjustment Pro­ have a positive effect. By not encour­ and other amenities. But this whole conversation is is a worthy cause, I think their cam­ grams, which commonly require them aging students to discuss the politics moot if it turns out we don't have the cash to build paign is somewhat misguided. to privatize national services such of aid, however, they are unlikely to one ofthe options. At the end ofthe day, it's money Their contest does not encourage the as health care and education and de­ shed much light on the causes of and that makes the wheels on the buses go round, tl right type of discussion on the difficult grade environmental standards by remedies for global poverty, tl 8/UBYSSEY.CA/S PORTS/2 010.10.04

SPORTS EDITOR IAN TURNER»[email protected] Longboat: 3000 students become voyageurs

ALLANA ISAACS Contributor

Celebrating its 25th anniver­ sary, and with over 3000 stu­ dents having participated, the Day of the Longboat is now rec­ ognized as one of the largest voyageur canoe races in North America. With less than adequate prep­ aration, and with the cold, wet conditions dampening morale to the point of some not wanting to compete, the students who go on to win epitomize the under­ dog, especially when you con­ sider that to win one must have raced three times in the span of two days. Those who win get a minia­ ture longboat from which one can drink champagne. It's not much, but it helps compensate for all the blisters. Taking such a prize home would be the cherry on top of the icing on the cake, and not coming last or capsizing would be the icing. But for me, just getting to take part is the cake, plain and simple. And I'm a suck­ er for cake. Xsi

Team "Suck It" seen here approaching the beach in the final minutes of their match. ALEX MICU PH0T0/THE UBYSSEY

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