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The Birdcage As A Semiological Signifier For Submission In Ambrogio Lorenzetti’S Effects Of Good Government, Claralyn Burt, Elliott Wise Jun 2019

The Birdcage As A Semiological Signifier For Submission In Ambrogio Lorenzetti’S Effects Of Good Government, Claralyn Burt, Elliott Wise

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Ambrogio Lorenzetti’s fresco cycle, The Allegory of Good and Bad Government (1339), decorates the walls of the “Room of Peace” (Salla della Pace) in the municipal headquarters of the medieval, Tuscan city state of Siena. Traditionally celebrated for their secular subject matter, these frescos employ countless carefully crafted allegories and representations of virtues and vices used to inspire Siena’s civic rulers to govern justly. Our project brought to light the importance of one small but critical object: the solitary birdcage hanging above the classroom in the center of the Good Government fresco. We argued that through its representation of containment …

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Eye Movements In Second Language Reading Of Russian, Hunter Hill, Steven G. Luke, Phd, Jennifer M. Brown Jun 2019

Eye Movements In Second Language Reading Of Russian, Hunter Hill, Steven G. Luke, Phd, Jennifer M. Brown

Journal of Undergraduate Research

When we read, our eye movements are influenced by our knowledge of the language we are reading. When reading in a second language in which we have less experience, it is likely that our under-developed language skills will have less influence over our eye movements. While eye movements in reading have been studied extensively, this research has been restricted almost exclusively to native speakers of the language being read. The purpose of this study is to investigate second language reading, describing differences between native and non-native reading and identifying those learned eye-movement behaviors that transfer from one language to another …

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Using Writer’S Notebooks And Tutoring With Alternative High School Students, Alexis Cramer, Dawan Coombs Jun 2019

Using Writer’S Notebooks And Tutoring With Alternative High School Students, Alexis Cramer, Dawan Coombs

Journal of Undergraduate Research

I began this project with a goal to determine how I could help my at-risk students become more engaged in learning. Research encourages teachers to use relevant pedagogical tools to engage students. While I agree with that conclusion, I felt it was still too broad to be effective. My project helped narrow the conclusion to specific tools teachers can use and what they looked like with a specific population of students. I researched the effects of writer’s notebooks and service learning for at- risk high school student to see if the level of academic engagement, individual success and self-esteem would …

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The Healing Power Of Music: Documentary, Maren Cline, Robert Walz Jun 2019

The Healing Power Of Music: Documentary, Maren Cline, Robert Walz

Journal of Undergraduate Research

I created a documentary about the clinical use of music therapy intervention. The documentary is an in-depth exploration of two music therapy clients through the intervention process. The American Association of Music Therapy states, “Music Therapy is the clinical and evidence-based use of music interventions to accomplish individualized goals within a therapeutic relationship by a credentialed professional who has completed an approved music therapy program.”

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Italian Politicians And Racialized Language On Social Media: The Norming Effect On Racial Attitudes And Behaviors Towards Immigrants, Janessa Garrow, Marie Orton Jun 2019

Italian Politicians And Racialized Language On Social Media: The Norming Effect On Racial Attitudes And Behaviors Towards Immigrants, Janessa Garrow, Marie Orton

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Between 2002 and 2011, over 3.5 million non-citizens immigrated to Italy (International and internal migration, 2013). While there has been a decreasing trend in the number of incoming immigrants since the peak in 2007 (over 500,000), there were still over 119,000 migrants who came to Italy in 2017 (International and internal migration, 2013; International and internal migration, 2017; Operational Portal Refugee Situations, 2017). So far in 2018, over 18,000 immigrants have landed in Italy (Operational Portal Refugee Situations, 2018). Due to Italy’s geographic location in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, it is the first location to feel the waves …

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Societal Borderlands: Community Art Making As A Means To Turning Borders Into Points Of Interaction, Kindia Du Plessis Cutler, Daniel Barney, Pd.D. Jun 2019

Societal Borderlands: Community Art Making As A Means To Turning Borders Into Points Of Interaction, Kindia Du Plessis Cutler, Daniel Barney, Pd.D.

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Social practice is a growing area in art that is seeking to expand what art is through what it does. Artists working in this way are more interested in the interactions and situations they might create than the things they produce. This project was a social practice artwork that was made up of a community art group that facilitated the collaboration and interaction of neighbors in Provo, UT. For three years, I have been leading this project in the form of a community art class that invites parents, their children, and others from around the city to create individual and …

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Body Knows, Spirit Dances: Somatic Approaches In Cross Cultural Dance Exchange, Lauren Evans, Marin Roper Jun 2019

Body Knows, Spirit Dances: Somatic Approaches In Cross Cultural Dance Exchange, Lauren Evans, Marin Roper

Journal of Undergraduate Research

In June 2018, I accompanied three other undergraduate Dance major students and my mentor to Bangalore, India where we observed, trained with and learned choreography from five Indian dance artists over a two-week period to learn and teach autobiographical solos reflecting a personal ‘search for the sacred.’

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Multiculturalism: The Search Of Home Through Roots And Tentacles, Daniela Ferreira, Brian Christensen Jun 2019

Multiculturalism: The Search Of Home Through Roots And Tentacles, Daniela Ferreira, Brian Christensen

Journal of Undergraduate Research

When this project was conceived, my idea was to exhibit how juxtaposition of marine creatures and perennial plants would help further the discussion of multiculturalism and the idea of home. The project consisted of traveling to the Audubon Park in New Orleans to observe century old oaks known for their majestic roots, extensive size and elongated branches. Following this, I would travel to the Monterey Bay Aquarium, in California, to focus on their cephalopods in the Tentacles exhibition. In better understanding these forms I would draw from nature to better explain multiculturalism via paintings and/or ceramic works.

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Japanese Grammar Tool And Database, John A. Dinkel, Steven Moody Jun 2019

Japanese Grammar Tool And Database, John A. Dinkel, Steven Moody

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Creating a useable database required a lot more work than I originally expected. While we completed a major part of the project, the creation of the database, the coding and formatting of the tool was simply beyond the scale we could handle. However, in our attempts to code and make our database useful to all levels of learners, we made something truly awesome. We have created the most expansive, popular Japanese grammar database on the internet for Japanese language learners. Eventually, we hope to be able to make this a mobile app and allow more people to search and understand …

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We Don’T Need Another Hero: Historiography And The Sophie Digital Library’S Science And Technology Collection, Michael Evans, Robert Mcfarland Jun 2019

We Don’T Need Another Hero: Historiography And The Sophie Digital Library’S Science And Technology Collection, Michael Evans, Robert Mcfarland

Journal of Undergraduate Research

The Sophie Digital Library is an online library and resource center for works produced by German-speaking women. These works are focused on the publications from pre- 17th century through the early 20th century. Unfortunately, the group of women in Germany living during this time faced many challenges and one of them was being underrepresented in historical works published from their research and achievements. The Sophie Digital Library consists of works produced by German-speaking women from this time frame that help to highlight their successes that have assisted in shaping the future for other women who strive to achieve something great. …

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Lebensborn Mothers: The Women Of The Thousand-Year Reich, Zachary Herzog, Dr. Hans-Wilhelm Kelling Jun 2019

Lebensborn Mothers: The Women Of The Thousand-Year Reich, Zachary Herzog, Dr. Hans-Wilhelm Kelling

Journal of Undergraduate Research

There have been few, if any, events during the 20th century that have drawn more interest from philosophers and historians than those leading up to and culminating in the Second World War. Consequently, much has been said already concerning the aims of the Third Reich. Yet, while there is an increasing amount of literature reflecting upon numerous aspects of the period, the literature surrounding the highly secretive Lebensborn (“Fount of Life”) organization remains somewhat thin. In fact, despite there being thousands of men, women, and children involved in the eugenics experiment, much of what is now known of the Lebensborn …

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Just Do It: The Value Of Being A Doer In Wilkie Collins’S And Charles Dickens’S The Perils Of Certain English Prisoners, Kori Anne Dryer Jun 2019

Just Do It: The Value Of Being A Doer In Wilkie Collins’S And Charles Dickens’S The Perils Of Certain English Prisoners, Kori Anne Dryer

Student Works

In Wilkie Collins’s and Charles Dickens’s 1857 novella The Perils of Certain English Prisoners and Their Treasure in Women, Children, Silver, and Jewels, the inhabitants of Silver-Store are presented with a unique definition of worth and value. The text discusses many types of value: intellectual value, physical value, productive value, etc. The collaborating authors present a pattern of having the white-male characters’ worth on the island of Silver-Store as action-based: that the doers of the society are seen as more valuable than those that are passive in the society. Gillian Ray-Barruel extrapolates on this unequal idea of social value …

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Not All R & R Is Good: Religiosity And Racism Within Charles Dickens’S And Wilkie Collins’S The Perils Of Certain English Prisoners, Emma Judd Jun 2019

Not All R & R Is Good: Religiosity And Racism Within Charles Dickens’S And Wilkie Collins’S The Perils Of Certain English Prisoners, Emma Judd

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In their 1857 collaborative Christmas novella, The Perils of Certain English Prisoners, Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins present various instances of blatant and unabashed racism on the island of Silver-Store. From nearly the beginning, the story’s narrator, Gill Davis, notes, “I have stated myself to be a man of no learning, and, if I entertain prejudices, I hope allowance may be made. I will now confess to one. It may be a right one or it may be a wrong one; but, I never did like Natives, except in the form of oysters” (12). This racist attitude is not …

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English Prisoners In Their Unnatural Habitat: Conquering Nature In The Perils Of Certain English Prisoners By Wilkie Collins And Charles Dickens, Madeline Christensen Jun 2019

English Prisoners In Their Unnatural Habitat: Conquering Nature In The Perils Of Certain English Prisoners By Wilkie Collins And Charles Dickens, Madeline Christensen

Student Works

Charles Dickens is most famous for writing about urban spaces and environments such as the city of London. However, as Joseph Carroll points out, there are numerous "prominent British depictions of wild nature" and these depictions of nature find their way into the "cultivated tracts of British domestic fiction" (305). It is this relationship, between the cultivated and uncultivated wilderness that Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins touch upon in their collaborative 1857 Christmas novella, The Perils of Certain English Prisoners, and Their Treasure in Women, Children, Silver, and Jewels. Collins and Dickens explore the relationship between humans and nature …

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Young Guns: Lasting Changes In Communities As A Result Of Gun Violence, Louisa Ballif, Eric Gillett Jun 2019

Young Guns: Lasting Changes In Communities As A Result Of Gun Violence, Louisa Ballif, Eric Gillett

Journal of Undergraduate Research

On the subject of gun violence, the United States ranks high above any other country in frequency and fatality. In reaction to these violences, there are usually massive outpourings of support, concern, etc. However, with the rapidity of the current news climate, these events are lost quickly and all but forgotten at times. This project is in part a reaction to the brevity with which these events are covered. The purpose of this project is also to explore the longer lasting effects of mass shootings within the physical space of the violence and the distance with which most of the …

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Changing The Culture Of Public Transportation At Byu, Samantha Aramburu, Jamin Rowan Jun 2019

Changing The Culture Of Public Transportation At Byu, Samantha Aramburu, Jamin Rowan

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Public transportation is an entity that is fast-growing in the state of Utah. While the Utah population is generally dependent on their cars, there are growing amounts of people that rely on public transportation to get where they need to go. There are several different transit systems that are available for Utahns that serve the differing and fluctuating needs of individuals within the population. Among these are a commuter train (FrontRunner) that connects three different counties across the Wasatch Front, a light-rail system (TRAX) with three different lines that run through Salt Lake County, several different bus routes, ski buses …

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Early Orientalist Sentiments In Dutch Baroque Still Life Paintings: A Study Of Harmen Steenwyck, Maika Bahr, Martha Peacock Jun 2019

Early Orientalist Sentiments In Dutch Baroque Still Life Paintings: A Study Of Harmen Steenwyck, Maika Bahr, Martha Peacock

Journal of Undergraduate Research

The relationship between the Dutch Republic and Japan during the seventeenth century provoked early Orientalist feelings that were manifested in still-life paintings. Harmen Steenwyck’s Still Life: An Allegory of the Vanitas of Human Life from 1640, depicts an intricate, Japanese sword at the center of a still-life table scene surrounded by objects that allude to the theme of vanitas, like the yellowed skull and pocket watch, and other objects that signify the romanticized Orient, like the supple fuchsia-colored silk and sparkling seashell (Fig. 1). Although still-life paintings are usually decoded with an emphasis on the theme of vanitas, I chose …

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The Knights Of The River Rafts: Leadership Of The Common Citizens And Soldiers In Charles Dickens’S And Wilkie Collins’S The Perils Of Certain English Prisoners, Annika Carlson Jun 2019

The Knights Of The River Rafts: Leadership Of The Common Citizens And Soldiers In Charles Dickens’S And Wilkie Collins’S The Perils Of Certain English Prisoners, Annika Carlson

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The 1850s are infamous for the political scene within the British Empire and her colonies. The Crimean War against Russia, a rebellion in India treated as a mutiny against the empire, and a shifted focus to international issues over domestic problems highlighted every mistake and misstep of the largely aristocratic government. Rumbles of discontentment arose from the working class within Britain as they watched governmental neglect produce massive repercussions at home and abroad. Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins wrote their 1857 novella The Perils of Certain English Prisoners with these perceived political disasters and leadership failures in mind. Leslie Mitchell …

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"They Simply Act": Muscular Christian And Domestic Soldiers In Charles Dickens's And Wilkie Collins's The Perils Of Certain English Prisoners, Kathryn Sumsion Jun 2019

"They Simply Act": Muscular Christian And Domestic Soldiers In Charles Dickens's And Wilkie Collins's The Perils Of Certain English Prisoners, Kathryn Sumsion

Student Works

This paper discussion of Charles Dickens's and Wilkie Collins's use of domestic soldiers and muscular Christian soldiers in the 1857 Christmas novella,The Perils of Certain English Prisoners. It covers the frustration among Victorian society and especially the two authors regarding colonial government after the Crimean War and the Indian Mutiny. They bring the military forward as an alternative source of governing colonial power. Dickens characterizes ideal military power in the form of muscular Christian soldiers, while Collins favors domestic soldiers. In the end, both military roles are proved to be necessary in colonial governance.

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Marta, Marta, Tsos Jun 2019

Marta, Marta, Tsos

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Marta is a member of the support community for Central American refugees arriving in the southwest US. In this interview, Marta shares her own story of crossing the border at a young age with her daughter and her life in the US. Marta was self-employed for many years and later went on to serve in the US Army in Iraq. For the last 9 months, she and her husband Israel and son Josue have worked tirelessly to help make sure the current refugees arriving are cared for after they are released from detention centers and begin their lives in the …

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Front Matter Jun 2019

Front Matter

Swiss American Historical Society Review

No abstract provided.

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The Wonderful Swiss Touch, C. Naseer Ahmad Jun 2019

The Wonderful Swiss Touch, C. Naseer Ahmad

Swiss American Historical Society Review

Famous Swiss chocolate brands like Toblerone and Lindt are hard to miss because modern consumers will find them at checkout counters, airport gift shops and so many places. Likewise Swiss cheese products adorn the grocery store shelves in the United States . While many people might be familiar with some Swiss products they might not have a good understanding about what Switzerland is about in the modern world. This is because a few products or nuggets of information cannot really tell the whole story about a country. For example, those consuming Jack Daniels Whisky overseas might be familiar with the …

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The Power Of Motherhood: Leah Widtsoe's Writings On Women's Roles, Influence, And The Priesthood, Ashley Marie Laneri Jun 2019

The Power Of Motherhood: Leah Widtsoe's Writings On Women's Roles, Influence, And The Priesthood, Ashley Marie Laneri

Theses and Dissertations

The Power of Motherhood: Leah Widtsoe's Writings on Women's Roles, Influence, and the Priesthood Ashley Marie Laneri Department of Religious Education, BYU Master of ArtsThis thesis analyzes Leah Widtsoe's writings in the 1930s. Her primary emphasis was on motherhood. Widtsoe encouraged women to realize the importance of their role as mothers and the positive results a good mother can have on generations to come. Each chapter examines how Widtsoe used motherhood to help women understand their role in the Church and their role in society. The first chapter outlines Widtsoe's personal life and analyzes why motherhood was a central part …

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"Why Does It Always Have To Be Switzerland?"1 Daniel Silva's Treatment Of Swiss Society And Culture In Selected Mossad Spy Novels, Brian Champion Jun 2019

"Why Does It Always Have To Be Switzerland?"1 Daniel Silva's Treatment Of Swiss Society And Culture In Selected Mossad Spy Novels, Brian Champion

Swiss American Historical Society Review

The title quote is uttered by Mossad operative Eli Lavon, who, upon being tasked to assist in the illegal penetration of a sovereign country, despairs of the mission 's success, whose two-fold metric is the apprehension of an existential threat to the State of Israel , and his safe return to his adjunct professorship in Jerusalem, all while avoiding detection or incarceration. His angst is well -placed, as Switzerland is well-known in both real and imaginary in tell igence circles as a formidable environment in which to conduct secret missions of any kind. Silva and his fictitious Mossad team struggle …

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End Matter Jun 2019

End Matter

Swiss American Historical Society Review

No abstract provided.

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Using Eye Tracking To Examine Working Memory And Verbal Feature Processing In Spanish, Erik William Arnold Jun 2019

Using Eye Tracking To Examine Working Memory And Verbal Feature Processing In Spanish, Erik William Arnold

Theses and Dissertations

Second language acquisition (SLA) has been a dominant field in linguistics research over the past several decades. In this field, researchers have investigated what makes learning the grammar of a second language difficult and they have identified many factors that may contribute to this difficulty, including agreement processing. In linguistic terms, agreement refers to the necessary covariation of grammatical features between two of more syntactic constituents. In prior years of agreement processing research, some authors examined how native speakers process varying grammatical features (e.g. number and gender) in agreement relations. In recent years, however, they have turned towards L2 learners …

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Fact Or Fiction: Comparing Byu Library's Decision Based Learning And Ysearch Source Evaluation Modules, Ana Katz Jun 2019

Fact Or Fiction: Comparing Byu Library's Decision Based Learning And Ysearch Source Evaluation Modules, Ana Katz

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Current First Year Writing research seeks to address the need to help students meet the Council of Writing Program Administrators objectives on source evaluation while also changing current pedagogy methods (Meola, 2004; Ostenson 2014; SHEG, 2016; Wineburg & McGrew, 2017). This paper seeks to compare two different source evaluation pedagogies, YSearch and Decision Based Learning, taught by Brigham Young University’s library to determine which module is more effective at teaching students source evaluation skills. To answer these questions, this study uses both quantitative and qualitative methods utilizing a quasi-experimental design by conducting an open comparison between the two pedagogy modules.

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L1 And L2 Reading Behaviors By Proficiency Level: An English-Portuguese Eye-Tracking Study, Larissa Grahl Jun 2019

L1 And L2 Reading Behaviors By Proficiency Level: An English-Portuguese Eye-Tracking Study, Larissa Grahl

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The process of reading in a second language is an under-studied area of research on second language processing. Researchers have found similarities and differences between first- and second-language reading (Koda, 2007; Artieda, 2017; Walter, 2007), and many believe that readers’ successful reading behaviors in their L1 reflect their reading patterns in the L2 (Yamashita, 2007; Cummings, 1991; Sparks & Ganschow, 1995). Others claim that a certain threshold level of L2 language proficiency is necessary before L1 reading ability transfers to L2 reading (Clark, 1978; Cummings, 1991). Eye tracking technology has enabled researchers to investigate early and late reading measures, the …

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Way-Finding: A New Approach To Studying Digital Communications, William Daniel Glade Jun 2019

Way-Finding: A New Approach To Studying Digital Communications, William Daniel Glade

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This work further develops the way-finding model first proposed by Pearson and Kosicki (2017) which examines the flow of information in the digital age. Way-finding systems are online systems that help individuals find information—i.e. social media, search engines, email, etc. Using a grounded theory methodology, this new framework was explored in greater detail. Way-finding theory was created using the context of the elaboration likelihood model, gatekeeping theory, algorithmic gatekeepers, and the existence of the filter bubble phenomenon. This study establishes the three basic pillars of way-finding theory: the user’s mindset when accessing way-finding systems, the perception of how popular way-finding …

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The Mediation Of The Cross: Spatiality And Syncretism In Pedro Páramo And Grande Sertão: Veredas, Faith Arianna Blackhurst Jun 2019

The Mediation Of The Cross: Spatiality And Syncretism In Pedro Páramo And Grande Sertão: Veredas, Faith Arianna Blackhurst

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Juan Rulfo and João Guimarães Rosa stand at a literary crossroads, the intersection where traditional regionalists and celebrated Boom-era novelists meet. Although Rulfo and Guimarães Rosa chose the Mexican Llano Grande and the Brazilian sertão of Minas Gerais as the settings of their most celebrated novels, they go far beyond the techniques of traditional regionalism by distancing themselves from their national literatures. They universalize their narratives by incorporating universal religious themes, including the symbol of the cross. The symbol of the cross/crossroad has been analyzed and alluded to in a handful of essays on Pedro Páramo and Grande sertão: Veredas …

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