built later because space around the residence halls is limited and the size of the freshman class, who pri-marily live in the residence hall towers, grows each year, Holderread said. Planners are trying to account for that growth, Holderread said.

Several spaces near the towers have been selected for the shelters, but no de-cisions have been made yet, Holderread said.

As for the other residence halls, Headington Hall will undergo construction to make the living space more tornado safe. Construction will occur over breaks when fewer students are living in the building, Holderread said.

DAISY CREAGERNews Reporter

Norman resident Cindy Harrington plans to present an amendment to Norman City Council’s oversight commit-tee at their next meeting after her son had to evict a room-mate from his house because of a city ordinance.

The next oversight committee meeting will be at 5 p.m. on Oct. 16. Meetings take place in the Municipal Building’s multi-purpose room at 201 West Gray St.

The Three Unrelated Persons Ordinance limits sin-gle-family dwellings to residents that are family members, meaning that more than three unrelated people cannot live together, with a few exceptions, said Greg Jungman, Norman City Council’s Ward 4 representative.

“It’s Norman’s rule in this case, but a lot of cities have a rule like this,” Jungman said.

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HOW SAFERIDE WORKS

Students can pick up SafeRide vouchers from noon to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday in the Student Government Association of� ces in

Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Conoco Wing, room 181.

Vouchers are good for rides Thursday through Saturday

from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. Students can use a voucher to cover a cab’s capacity to any one drop off location by calling 325-RIDE or hailing

a cab.

Students must present the voucher and their Student ID to the driver. Yellow Cab of Norman and Airport Express then submit the vouchers

to OU’s of� ce of Student Affairs.

OU pays the cab companies $12 for each voucher submitted. Cab drivers receive a

$4.50 portion of that payment.

An ongoing investigation into SafeRide

Structures should be ready for use by spring 2015 season

Norman City Council committee will address Three Unrelated Persons rule

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Locations for the storm shelters approved at last M a r c h ’s O U B o a r d o f Re g ents me etings have been chosen, and the shel-ters should be ready for use by the 2015 spring tornado season.

The $12 million plan is divided into two separate projects. The first project, estimated to cost $6 million, will construct shelters for the on-campus apartments Traditions Square East,

Traditions Square West and Kraettli Apartments, said Brian Holderread, di-rector of Architectural and Engineering Services.

The Kraettli Apartments shelter will be located on the corner of Wadsack Drive. The Traditions Square East shelter will be located on the north side of the apartment complex, and the Traditions Square West shelter will be located on the south side of the complex, next to Imhoff Road, according to the Sept. 2014 Oklahoma Board of Regents agenda.

Workers are expected to break ground on those shel-ters before the end of the calendar year, Holderread said.

The shelters will be ready

for use by the 2015 spring tornado season and will likely be completed by fall 2015, Holderread said.

The second project in-cludes constructing similar shelters for the residence hall towers Walker Center, Couch Center and Adams Center, Holderread said.

These shelters are being

AT A GLANCEStorm shelter planObjective: Build a � rst round of on-campus storm shelters for use by spring 2015Cost: First part will cost around $6 million

The Daily verified some of the allegations with requested records, but others could not be

verified. However, The Daily decided to report since so many sources told the same story. The five for-mer employees accuse the company of:

• Urging drivers to collect more SafeRide vouch-ers than required when taking groups of students to a single destination;

• Transporting students in vehicles that could not pass safety inspections;

• Having fewer cabs available than the SafeRide contract requires.

Yellow Cab of Norman owner Clyda Teegerstrom denied all allegations and accused the former em-ployees, some of whom work for competitor iTaxi, of trying to damage her business. Teegerstrom said the former employees are trying to get the SafeRide contract taken away from Yellow Cab of Norman.

iTaxi, another Norman cab com-pany, was started earlier this year by Jennifer Amy Hardin. Hardin was among the former employees making allegations against Yellow Cab of Norman.

Teegerstrom answered 10 min-utes’ worth of questions about how the company’s contract with OU operates during a Sept. 10 phone interview.

D u r i n g t h o s e 1 0 m i n u t e s, Teegerstrom said she had eight cars and all 15 of her drivers were permitted to drive. In the recent contract Teegerstrom signed with OU dated June 23, 2014, Teegerstrom indicated she could provide and maintain 10 vehicles in her fleet.

Teegerstrom refused to further comment on the allegations after The Daily posed questions about the former employees’ allegations. Before hang-ing up the phone, Teegerstrom threatened to sue The Daily if a story detailing the allegations was published.

“It is a goddamn lie,” Teegerstrom said about the allegations made by her former employees.

What the documents showWhen The Daily requested taxi cab inspection

records and driver permit records from the City of Norman, they found:

• Only six Yellow Cab of Norman taxis passed city inspections throughout 2013 and 2014, according to records obtained Sept. 12.

• Teegerstrom licensed three additional taxicabs Sept. 17, bringing the total to nine.

• As of Sept. 12, four taxi drivers were listed as em-ployees of Yellow Cab of Norman. However, not all

drivers list the company they work for when apply-ing for a license so those numbers may be skewed.

• Since Sept. 12, five more drivers have received their license, said Sarah Doherty, Norman Police Department personnel and training admin tech.

How does SafeRide operate?SafeRide is a service contracted out through the

university that provides OU students with free taxis ride home from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. Thursday through Saturday.

To use SafeRide, students must pick up vouchers located in Student Government Association offic-es in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Conoco Wing, room 181. One voucher will cover a cab’s capaci-ty to any one drop-off location, said Brynn Daves, director of Student Affairs operations and student program. Daves coordinates SafeRide.

Yellow Cab of Norman and another vendor, Airport Express, charge a $12 rate per SafeRide voucher submitted to the office of Student Affairs, accord-ing to the June 23, 2014 SafeRide contract. Until 2014, the rate per voucher was $11.50.

A total of $615,603.25 has been paid to Yellow Cab of Norman and Airport Express since fiscal year 2010, with $161,232 of that from vouchers in fiscal year 2013-14.

T h e f o r m e r Ye l l o w C a b o f Norman employees said while the SafeRide con-tract states students can use one voucher per any number of riders as long as they all ride to the same drop-off location, their boss, Teegerstrom, allegedly asked the former employees to accept more vouch-ers than necessary.

Carl Smith, former Yellow Cab of Norman me-chanic who quit in November 2013 after he was in-jured on the job, said Teegerstrom asked employees to get as many vouchers as they could because each voucher was worth $12 to the company, and driv-ers received a share of the voucher cost. Yellow Cab of Norman drivers now receive $4.50 per voucher, Teegerstrom said.

“Do whatever you can to get as many tickets as you can. That was the owner’s exact words,” Smith said, saying he knew several other drivers who would back up his claim.

One such driver was Robert Douglas, who quit Yellow Cab of Norman in October 2012. Douglas said Teegerstrom would tell drivers they could only accept three people or fewer per voucher.

Editor’s note: This story is part of an ongoing investigation into SafeRide. If you would like to contribute to the investigation and share your SafeRide experiences with The Daily, email dailynews@ou.edu.

Five former Yellow Cab of Norman employees allege the company is violating the terms of their SafeRide contract with the university.

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Harrington approached the City Council on Sept. 9 and asked they consider amending the law to allow one person per bedroom, allowing students to have as many room-mates as they want as long as there’s only one person per bedroom.

“ My f o c u s i s you ng adults,” Harrington said. “I think that it’ll provide better living conditions for young adults in Norman w h o a r e j u s t g e t t i n g started.”

As it stands, the ordi-nance is meant to control the peacefulness of neigh-borhoods, Jungman said.

“It controls noise and traffic and other problems that occur when you have large numbers of adults living together,” Jungman said.

While those opposed to the amendment of the ordinance are concerned about noise and traffic, Harrington said there are other ordinances in place to protect against that.

Another common criti-cism of the rule is that four people can make noise in a home whether they are unrelat-ed college students or a family of four, Jungman said.

“You really have to work hard to protect your neigh-borhood against bad neighbors and a disproportionate amount of those bad neighbors are students who chose to live in a way that is not conducive to a family neighbor-hood,” Jungman said.

Landlords also criticize the ordinance because it pre-vents them from making more money, Jungman said.

Amendments to the ordinance have been considered earlier this year, including in February and May, according to the Norman City Council website.

“We have considered and reconsidered it over the course of the past several months. So I think that what Mrs. Harrington is asking for has already been resolved,” Jungman said.

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CAREER

Teach For America recruiting

JUSTINE ALEXANDERNews Reporter @caffeinejustine

Students interested in w o r k i n g f o r Te a c h Fo r America can attend an infor-mational session and alum-ni panel Monday evening.

At the event OU alum-ni who have participated in Teach For America will share their experiences with the program and answer questions interested stu-dents may have, said Ahou Vaziri, manager of recruit-ment at Teach For America. The event will take place at 7 p.m. Monday in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Heritage Room.

Teach For America partic-ipants are full-time teachers whose salaries range from $24,000 to $51,000 per year

with retirement benefits, health insurance and other benefits, according to the website.

Students from all ma-jors can apply for Teach For America, recruitment com-m u n i c a t i o n s director Dana C ro n y n s a i d . Par t icipation i n Te a c h Fo r Amer ica asks for at least two years of teach-i n g , b u t ov e r h a l f o f t h e teachers decide to continue for a t h i r d y e a r, Cronyn said.

T w o - t h i r d s o f Te a c h For America alumni are still working in education, Cronyn said.

Todd Soper, who earned his Master of Education at OU in 2014, is in his first year of Teach For America. Soper is now employed at a Title 1

school where all of the stu-dents receive free or reduced price lunches, he said.

Soper applied because he wanted to work with com-munities that don’t have same opportunities he had

in his commu-nity was. Soper said it wasn’t until his Teach F o r A m e r i c a Experience that he realized zip code and skin c olor ca n a f-fect a student’s e d u c a t i o n a l experience.

Soper said he was most sur-

prised by two things. First, he was surprised to see how poverty can affect a child’s ability to learn.

“If you’re hungry, you can’t learn,” Soper said.

Second, Soper said he was surprised by how aware 9-year-olds are and how

motivated they can be.One of his biggest take-

aways from the program so far is the realization that compassion isn’t always a hug. Instead it is “giving someone exactly what they need at that time to be bet-ter,” whether it’s encourage-ment or sternness, he said.

Teach For America hosts about two to three informa-tional events per academic year at OU, Vaziri said. Those who cannot attend the event but want to learn more, can email Vaziri at ahou.vaziri@teachforamerica.org. More information is available on the website.

T h e n e x t Te a c h F o r American application dead-line is Oct. 24. The applica-tion is available online at the group’s website.

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A sign on a door in Copeland Hall warns students that the building has not been rated as a safe storm shelter. OU has initiated a project that will put storm shelters in buildings around campus.

If you’re hungry, you can’t learn.”

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Cate Center has been evaluate d for improve-m e n t s , b u t n o d e c i -s i o n s hav e b e e n ma d e, Holderread said.

Future residence halls will include tornado safety areas when they are con-str ucte d, O U President David Boren said at the Sept. 18 Oklahoma Board of Regents meeting.

All storm shelters will be

above ground, multi-pur-pose structures, Holderread said.

The shelters are being built as part of the Campus Ma s t e r P l a n o f Ca p i t a l Improvement Projects pro-posed by Boren to make living on campus safer for students, according to the agenda.

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Hardin, who worked for Yellow Cab of Norman on and off from about 1999 to 2005, as well as a brief stint during the 2012 football season until she quit in October, said she didn’t remember seeing a SafeRide contract with a set of rules during her time there, and that Yellow Cab of Norman’s rules for how many people can use a voucher per drop off lo-cation frequently changed.

Chris Gray, a former Yellow Cab of Norman driver until he was fired in January 2014, said the majority of money he made in a night came from shuttling students with SafeRide vouchers in a Yellow Cab of Norman van. Yellow Cab of Norman does not send van drivers on one or two person calls, Gray said.

“The only calls [Yellow Cab of Norman] drivers are going to get are the big groups that you can group up like that. And if you didn’t take them, you didn’t get paid,” Gray said. “It almost became kind of like a tongue in cheek competition, who could bring in the most SafeRides.”

When asked how SafeRide vouchers work, Teegerstrom said, “One ticket covers a vehicle full of passengers going to the same place.”

Teegerstrom said last year some OU students would try to give Yellow Cab of Norman drivers more SafeRide vouchers than necessary, but she said the problem has been resolved.

Since then, Teegerstrom said she told her drivers they cannot accept a handful of vouchers, and if students try to give them that many, the drivers need to ask where the stu-dents got the vouchers.

Safety concernsThe former employees also had concerns about the safety

of Yellow Cab of Norman’s vehicles.When Smith worked at Yellow Cab of Norman as a me-

chanic, he said no more than eight taxis were running at one time, although the SafeRide contract states the company needs 10 operational taxis for SafeRide.

“I couldn’t keep them running,” Smith said.When asked about Yellow Cab of Norman’s inspection

process, Teegerstrom explained that “cabs are inspected and checked every year. Cars are checked in-house by a me-chanic, and they are big on safety. I want those brakes and tires checked every week for safety.”

The Daily requested Yellow Cab of Norman’s vehicle in-spection reports and found out of the four vehicles licensed with the City of Norman as of Sept. 12, three had significant safety issues on their inspection reports.

Safety issues and comments with the company’s fleet of vehicles include concerns from inspectors about rack and pinion tie rods, transmissions and safety belts for passen-gers. One car licensed to Yellow Cab of Norman that was cited as unsafe before it passed another inspection was ve-hicle license No. A20267.

Cab No. 12, as it’s referred to in its inspection certifi-cate with the City of Norman, was cited for missing frame bolts, significant oil leaks and alignment and engine mount problems.

One inspection report for cab No. 9 recommended the vehicle to not be operated at all. Another inspection report for taxi No. 1 stated, “I, as (sic) a inspector, will not be held

responsible for equipment failure.”If the vehicle were brought in again, the vehicle would

pass inspection if all failed items were corrected, said Mike White, fleet management superintendent for City of Norman’s Fleet Division. All Yellow Cab of Norman vehicles ultimately passed their second inspections.

OU’s responseDaves said she hadn’t heard of these allegations against

Yellow Cab of Norman and wasn’t aware only four of the company’s cabs passed inspection or that only four of its drivers had permits as of Sept. 12, 2014.

Daves said it is up to the cab owners to comply with the terms of the SafeRide contract, and OU doesn’t have any sys-tems in place to ensure the companies are in compliance.

“It’s on their ownership. They signed a contract, so they own that,” Daves said.

Daves said if university officials discover the contractors aren’t following the terms of the agreement, the university can terminate the contract at its discretion.

In the past when contractor’s vehicles didn’t pass inspec-tion or needed repairs, the owners would contact Daves, she said.

“I feel like we have good communication,” Daves said about Teegerstrom.

Daves said she could also contact the City of Norman, where taxicab driver permits and taxicab inspection reports are kept, to determine if the owners are following the terms

of the contract.Daves again said it is up to Yellow Cab of Norman to en-

sure they’re complying with the university contract.“It’s up to their end to handle their part of the contract,

and our main thing is we want them to have 10, passed-in-spection, permitted-to-be-out-there drivers working for SafeRide, and honestly, if they can’t make that, I don’t want them putting people out there,” Daves said.

SafeRide’s voucher systemDaves said SafeRide switched to the voucher system to

lessen wait times, give students the option to hail a cab and keep better track of the rides being used.

“We had a lot of students that wouldn’t wait until their cab would arrive. So therefore the cab drivers would claim that they went, and we would have to pay them for the gas money to pick them up, and it was just fully going on trust,” Daves said.

Daves said while there’s room for every system to be taken advantage of, getting students home safely is the main prior-ity, and SafeRide is a privilege for students at OU.

“We’re lucky that we [have SafeRide] because just looking at the numbers, even if for some reason they’re off in what you find a little bit, you can still see there’s a huge number of students who are not driving, and that’s awesome to us,” Daves said. “So as long as we can keep this program going, we will do it.”

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Boren’s review appreciatedOur View: We appreciate OU President David Boren getting involved in campus efforts like “One Campus, One Book” by reviewing the club’s book and we agree with many of his points about the U.S. made in his review.

Recently we wrote both a news article and an edi-torial about a new book club at OU — One Campus, One Book — organized by Student Government Association and open to all students, faculty and staff. We’ve applauded SGA for orchestrating a truly collaborative university book club focused on foster-ing debate and encouraging its members to brain-storm possible solutions to the issues the U.S. faces.

Now we want to give kudos to OU President David Boren for taking the time to get involved with the organization and write a review of the book the club will focus on, “Time to Start Thinking: America in the Age of Descent” by Edward Luce.

The book, which is available to interested partic-ipants for $5, is controversial because it takes a pes-simistic view of the country’s future. It could be easy for the club’s members to become discouraged by the book’s pessimistic approach and lose enthusi-asm. Fortunately, Boren wisely took it upon himself to include a copy of his personal review of the book in each copy handed out to club members.

In his review, available on the One Campus, One Book website, he explains his disappointment that Luce includes so few possible solutions for the issues outlined in the book. Boren offers his own thoughts for ways to improve the United States’ future. He explains the book is important to study because it raises questions worthy of reflection and encourages readers to actively consider our past as well as the future.

Furthermore, we wholeheartedly agree with Boren’s assertion in his review that equal access to

education is the great equalizer in this country. He cites the tragic cuts to higher education funding across the country, and in Oklahoma in particular, as reasons why the gap between the rich and the poor in the U.S. has continued to widen.

We couldn’t identify more with that message. As college students, we deal with the increased stress that cuts to higher education funding put on our-selves and our families. We believe access to qual-ity education should be afforded to all Americans based on merit, not a privilege open only to stu-dents from high-income families.

We feel fortunate to have a university president willing to take the time to become involved in campus organizations and to lend his own voice

whenever necessary. Considering that the book club’s mission will be to formulate its own possible solutions to national issues, we agree with the selection of “Time to Start Thinking” as the club’s first source of study.

As Boren explains in his review, it is exceedingly difficult to strike an appropriate balance between pessimism and optimism, and it is better to critically think about issues rather than naively assume all will be fine.

We also appreciate that Boren is willing to use his influence as OU president to boost efforts he finds worthy, such as the new collaborative book club. People pay attention when Boren gives his seal of approval to a project, and we are happy he’s chosen to lend his authority to One Campus, One Book, an effort we believe will likely produce via-ble ideas for improving the country.

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Sophomores Keith Ford and Alex Ross and fresh-man Samaje Perine start-ed off hot, as they each picked up at least one touchdown in the season opener against Louisiana Tech. The run game hasn’t cooled down since. Ford has established himself as the leader of the group, picking up five touch-downs on 194 yards over the first three games before being sidelined with an injury against Tennessee. Ross has shown amazing speed when given the chance and has become a force on kick returns. His 100-yard kick re-turn for a touchdown was the biggest play in the Sooners’ win against West Virginia. But Perine was the star against the Mountaineers. He used his punishing style to be-come the first OU freshman to gain more than 200 yards in a game since Adrian Peterson in 2004. Ford could be back on the field as soon as this weekend at TCU if the original two- to three-week timetable given for his injury holds. Throw in Knight’s ability to make plays with his legs and the Sooners have no shortage of ways to hurt teams on the ground this season.

Sophomore Trevor K n i g h t h a s s h o w n flashes of his domi-nant Sugar Bowl per-formance, but at times he has looked like the quarterback that had fans calling for Blake B e l l t o s t a r t a f e w games into last season. O veral l Knight has been a new and im-proved version of what we saw last year, showing why he won the job as a true freshman. The lack of depth behind Knight has limited the team’s willingness to let him make plays with his legs, but he has shown an im-proved ability to get out of bounds or slide to avoid the hit when allowed to run the ball. The success of the ground game has allowed Knight to settle into a role as a facilitator and he has done a good job of making plays when he needs to.

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L e d b y j u n i o r E r i c Striker, the Sooner line-backers have terrorized opponents so far this sea-son. Through the first three games they mostly did what they pleased, but West Virginia managed to hold them at bay in the first half. Striker has been everywhere, rushing the quarterback and dropping back into coverage and establishing himself as a national presence. Senior Geneo Grissom has been just as good. The statistics don’t tell the full story on Striker or Grissom, and the two have combined to minimize the loss of last sea-son’s leading tackler Frank Shannon. Shannon’s re-placement, sophomore Jordan Evans, has been ef-fective as well. After Evans was ejected for targeting against Louisiana Tech, senior Caleb Gastelum was given a chance to play. Gastelum led the team in tack-les and picked up an interception in the game against Tulsa, earning himself a scholarship and proving that the Sooners have plenty of depth at linebacker.

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Our favorites for coffee dayCOLUMN

If you ever feel the need to grab a cup of joe on

your way to class, today is the day to do it. In honor of national coffee day, the Life & Arts desk has compiled a list of go-to drinks to cele-brate. Bean juice, java, rocket fuel — whatever you call it, try something new the next time you’re face-to-face with a barista who loves coffee just as much as we do.

THE AMERICANO: espresso and water.This drink is bold — and

chances are, if you’re walking away with this puppy in your hand — so are you. Either you’re a well-seasoned cof-fee drinker or you particular-ly identify with the soldiers of World War II, for whom this drink is supposedly named after. The American G.I.s may not have been able to handle straight espresso, but adding water to a great shot of espresso sure does make a little juice go a long way.

THE CAPPUCCINO: espresso and steamed milk.If you hold this one close

enough to your ear, you can hear the sounds of Italian chatter and mini-scooters zipping past you. Though there’s more to Italy than that, let’s face it — the cap-puccino is a classic. This

triad of espresso, steamed milk and foam will leave your taste buds satisfied with two simple ingredients married together in a small, round cup. Though it’s not as bold as straight espresso, the small amount of milk com-plements the bolder flavors without drowning them out.

THE WIDOWMAKER: half iced black tea, half iced

black coffee.L o o k i n g f o r a m o r e

avant-garde approach? This iced drink is the perfect blend of different caffeine worlds together in one cup. Though the name boasts an ominous future, fear not. Drinking this will only open more windows for coffee ex-ploration and a new appreci-ation for artistic drinks. Plus, it’s great for the indecisive. If you can’t decide between coffee and tea, go for both.

THE VANILLA LATTE: espresso, milk and vanilla

syrup.Maybe you like coffee,

but you never understand the people who get offend-ed when they’re asked if they want room for cream, or those totally opposed to sugar—and that’s OK. Adding a splash of vanilla to what otherwise may be a pretty regular latte can sweet-en things up a few notches. This drink is perfect to warm your hands through a pair of polka-dotted mittens, or try it over ice on sunny days.

ICED COFFEE: coffee, ice — nothing else.At the heart of every spe-

cialty coffee shop is a pecu-liar creature by t h e

name of “cold brew,” or the art of iced coffee. This meth-od of brewing coffee takes roughly 12 hours, as the cof-fee grounds soak in cold water. Though it’s lengthy, it’s worth the wait. By the end of the process you’re left with a sweet coffee concentrate, otherwise known as liquid gold. Once the concentrate is diluted with water and ice, you’ve got yourself a cup of quality iced coffee, naturally sweetened with the magic of patience.

THE SALTED CARAMEL MOCHA:

espresso, milk, caramel, chocolate and a dash of salt.

Sometimes a cupcake will suffice, but when your sweet tooth is begging for more, look no further than the array of syrups and sauces lining the sides of the espresso ma-chine. Though the traditional barista may try to block your view, suggesting you enjoy coffee in its purest form, the customer is always right. A little salty and a lot of sweet, the salted caramel mocha is a dessert drink of the highest degree. You can find these at popular coffee chains or even request them o f y o u r l o c a l baristas. Each place will put their own unique s p i n o n t h e concoction.

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