In April 2024, the Iowa Legislature proposed Senate file 2435, which became effective in July of that year. The legislation prohibits the state’s public universities from directing any funds toward DEI-related offices or programs. House Study Bill 57 deals with similar DEI-related subjects, but targets the college accreditation system, while House Study Bill 53 removes defined DEI and critical race theory course material from mandatory course work. HSB 55 and 59 are designed to enforce those laws by requiring publication of all course syllabi and establishing that all finances, vendor contracts, and relevant professor information must now be made publicly available. 

On President Donald Trump’s first day in office, his cabinet directed all federal agencies to terminate any “equity-related” grants and require federal contractors to certify that they do not promote “wokeness” or DEI. Less than two weeks later, Reynolds issued a similar letter to Iowa’s state universities, calling on them to cut all DEI positions and related contracts.

Among other effects, the federal directives and governor’s order resulted in the closure of the University of Iowa’s famous International Writing Program. The Department of State declared that IWP’s grants “no longer effectuate agency priorities” nor align with “agency priorities and national interest.” The UI noted that “More than 90% of funds associated with the IWP’s federal grants are spent domestically, which would have resulted in slightly less than $1 million going back into the U.S. economy over the next year.”

These cuts and paranoid cleansing of “woke” education reached a peak in March, when the UI stated that they plan to close the Division of Access, Opportunity, and Diversity, along with many of the University’s living-learning centers and veteran/minority councils, following direction from the Iowa Board of Regents.

Also in March, the Iowa House of Representatives passed House Bill 401, which bans state universities’ general education courses from discussing “identity politics” or suggesting that systemic racism, sexism, oppression, or privilege are present in the United States or Iowa.  

The bill also mandated that general education curricula at the state’s universities include a “Western Heritage” program requirement, in which students must complete a certain amount of semester credits in course work related to the western canon to graduate. Many worry that curriculum requirements being set by the Legislature, rather than by the Board of Regents, will lead to distorted learning, particularly in history and the humanities. Citing the Legislature’s directives, the Board of Regents already has cut two UI degree programs. 

Rep. Steven Holt (R-Denison), said the bill was vital to “further enforce the principles of Western civilization and American exceptionalism.” He went on to say, “I think we left it up to the so-called experts for many years, and in my opinion, they mucked it up.”

On the same day that House File 401 passed, lawmakers also moved to approve House File 437, which establishes a “Center for Intellectual Freedom” at the UI, and voted along party lines to end caps on in-state tuition and mandatory fees. In addition, they approved a bill that would deny Iowa Tuition Grants to students who attend Iowa private colleges that have DEI programs. 

The Center for Intellectual Freedom is set up to provide courses on American history and programming on civil discourse, and is estimated to cost around $1.5 million per year. The University’s total cost from cutting its 12 employees operating its Division of Access, Opportunity, and Diversity and other DEI offices totaled just $868,219 in savings.

The day after those bills passed, Trump signed an order directing that “the Secretary of Education shall, to the maximum extent appropriate and permitted by law, take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure of the Department of Education.” Reynolds was in attendance for the order’s signing.

Republicans and right-wing think tanks like the Manhattan Institute have suggested transferring the Department of Education’s responsibilities of civil rights enforcement in public schools to the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice.

However, considering the gutting of Education Department and DOJ staff earlier this year and the recent memo from the General Services Administration effectively stating that segregation is no longer an illegal practice for government contractors, it’s unlikely that any federal entity will properly enforce law and protect students. Givng civil rights-enforcement responsibilities to the DOJ is another tool for the Trump Administration to remove the Education Department’s long-held independence and centralize Trump’s authority. As of May 1, more than 250 DOJ attorneys have chosen to walk off the job instead of comply with the executive branch’s directives.

Research is also under attack. A court injunction has temporarily halted the National Institutes of Health’s cuts to Iowa research funding, which would amount to over $33 million and potentially terminate over 20,000 positions. Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley posted on X in support of the research cuts.

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With civil protections removed, institutions kneecapped, further control over education returning to the state, and Reynolds’s capture of the judicial appointment system, little stands in the way of the Iowa GOP as they expand their regulatory sights on public libraries and the private sector, threatening penalties and budget cuts for promoting critical race theory or having associations with advocacy organizations.

Along with cuts to staff and budgets, the state has become more involved in policing language and tightening restrictions on faculty and staff speech. In February the Regents made revisions to Iowa’s freedom of expression policy with more clearly defined and punitive measures for digital content it finds objectionable, and moved to scrub all UI websites of references to diversity, equity, and other “divisive” ideologies. 

In February Trump ordered federal employees to report hidden DEI coworkers or face “adverse consequences.” House Study Bill 50 will implement annual reviews by the Board of Regents of state universities’ academic programs, which critics fear are designed to enforce compliance with these new anti-DEI policies.

The chilling effect of these moves has been successful, as associating your job or personal opinions with DEI-related topics could lead to the termination of your position, office, or research grants. Many faculty have chosen to quietly avoid being targeted rather than loudly speaking up and risking the attention of Trump or the Iowa Legislature.

Asking to remain anonymous, a history teacher who works in special education in Iowa public schools observed that these cuts will predominantly be felt by children with special needs and in poor communities with already under-equipped staff and services. “Maybe they can divide people on DEI and stuff, but I hope nobody, if they knew what they were doing, would want those with disabilities to have less.” 

The Trump Administration said the arrest of students and financial cuts at Columbia University and deportation of Professor Badar Khan Suri for speech critical of the Administration will be first “of many to come” as the Administration cracks down on demonstrations against the war in Gaza. The federal District Court of the Southern District of Iowa has placed a restraining order against Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem’s department for its revoking of five UI international students’ visas.

Republicans have successfully captured key state judicial and legislative procedures and used them to strangle the institutions and legal precedents that stand to curtail their agenda and limit their power. All public and private schools in the state have signed letters of compliance with the erasure of DEI practices to protect federal and state funding. With Democrats confused and their current share of Congress too small to fight these bills, it’s unlikely anyone can stand up to Reynolds’s and Trump’s attack on education.

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Once to a Penn State team with arguably the most dynamic player in college football. The other, at the hands of an improving Michigan State team. One came at home, the other in East Lansing.

Four wins and two losses at the midway point sets the Hawkeyes on track to equal last year’s record. Another eight win, four loss would be shooting par in Iowa City.

Although, these two losses have a different value. Both, through a fairly short connection chain, trace back to an undefeated team.

Penn State is simple, they are still undefeated. They’ve risen in the polls from fourth, the ranking given to them prior to traveling to Kinnick, to second after some losses above them. Only the juggernaut Alabama leads the Nittany Lion in the polls.

A close loss to Penn State helps. Obviously a win would’ve carried a greater weight but to play the number four team tough speaks as well.

The loss on the road against Michigan State is slightly more difficult to track. There is a middle man between the Spartans and the unbeaten. Michigan State has one loss to Notre Dame.

Notre Dame, who has snuck unnoticed into the top-15, also only has one loss. Theirs came at the hand

of Georgia. The Bulldogs are the other undefeated with ties to the Hawkeyes.

Both Georgia and Penn State are ranked in the top-three. Both appear, at least thus far, to have a team capable of competing with the Crimson Tide. It won’t be long until the “We Want Bama” signs appear on College Gameday from the Penn State or Georgia faithful.

Iowa, coming off a bye week, gets Northwestern followed by rival Minnesota. Only then do they face the challenge of handling Ohio State and undefeated Wisconsin. If 8-4 is the projected outlook, those are the two games that will drop.

They have their noted struggles but maybe this team isn’t all that bad. It’s a bold move to make but the Hawkeyes get someone every year. Ohio State and Wisconsin, one of them might end up on the wrong side.

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It was a tale of two sides coming into the game as the Cowboys, and their preseason Maxwell Award candidate quarterback and maybe one of the best quarterbacks in the league, Josh Allen, was looking to air it out against the young and Desmond King-less secondary of the Hawkeyes. On the other side, Iowa’s quarterback, Nate Stanley, was making his first college start against a veteran Wyoming secondary. Allen came out in the first quarter hitting his targets as he went 8-10 passing with 47 passing yards, connecting with Austin Conway for half of those completions. Stanley on the other hand ended the first quarter going 0-4 and was intercepted by Rico Gafford with a little less than 11 minutes to go. The Cowboys could not capitalize in the first quarter as the score was 0-0 after a quarter of play.

Wyoming scored first early in the second quarter with a field goal to give themselves a 3-0 lead; however, that would be the last time they would put points on the board. On the next Iowa possession, they marched down the field (thanks in part to a 4th down conversion and Nate Stanley’s first completion for a 19-yard gain) and took the lead with Stanley’s first career touchdown pass to Noah Fant on a 4th and goal. The Hawkeyes quickly stopped the Cowboys to get the ball back only to give it right back when Nate Stanley was sacked and fumbled the ball away to the defense with under a minute to go in the half.

The Hawkeye defense would not let the Cowboys score. Josh Allen was called for grounding which pushed them out of field goal position and then on a 4th down, Tim Zaleski muffed the punt which would set Iowa up on the 32-line of Wyoming. The next play, after an offsides penalty, Stanley found Fant again for his second touchdown pass of the game to make it 14-3 Hawkeyes going into halftime.

Wyoming came out in the second half on fire. The Cowboys were driving down the field but had a potential touchdown pass broken up at the last second by Joshua Jackson which ended the drive and stopped their momentum.

Halfway through the quarter, Nate Stanley gots his third touchdown of the day when a 45-yard completion is taken in for the score by Nick Easley to make the score 21-3. With all the momentum going their way, the Iowa defense forces Wyoming into a three-and-out.

The Hawkeyes turned it over again when Stanley fumbled after a big hit, setting the Cowboys up with good field positioning. The Cowboys still could not put anything on the board as they had a touchdown call reversed and missed a field goal that drive.

Wyoming would get the ball back only to have breakout corner, Josh Jackson, pick off a Josh Allen pass and run it back 41 yards to give the Iowa offense the ball back with good field position. Iowa then kicked a field goal on the ensuing possession to give us the final score of 24-3.

Running back, Akrum Wadley ran for over 100 yards for the game, something that Hawkeye fans are used to seeing as Wadley rushed for over 1000 yards last year. Speaking of the Iowa rushing game, they added another 1000-yard rusher in James Butler which makes Iowa the only team in FBS with two 1000-yard rushers in the backfield.

“We both feel strong about this year,” Wadley said of he and Butler sharing the backfield.” If we keep putting in the hard work and we keep grinding and running behind this line, we’ll be good, we’ll be fine.”

Hawkeye fans will have something to look forward to from one, if not both of these backs.

It is not often a team that has four turnovers wins a game by three possessions but Iowa somehow found a way to shut down Josh Allen and in the process, gave Nate Stanley momentum heading into the highly anticipated rivalry game next week against Iowa State at Ames.

The Hawkeyes still have some work to do on both sides of the ball and hopefully they will figure it out in time so they can bring the Cy-Hawk trophy back to Iowa City.

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The defense was the bread and butter for the Hawkeyes. The Hawkeyes forced four turnovers while allowing just 86 rushing yards and only 6 points to Badgers.

Wisconsin appeared to have the early momentum as they scored on their first series of the game. Wisconsin took just over five minutes to drive 56 yards and convert a 46-yard field goal. Iowa had a chance to tie the game at the end of the first quarter but turned the ball over when they elected to go for it on a 4^th and 2 on the Wisconsin eight yard-line.

The Hawkeyes dominated the second quarter of the game. Iowa forced Wisconsin quarterback Joel Stave to turn the ball over twice. One came on an wild throw that led to a Desmond King interception and the Ottmonster (Drew Ott), forced a fumble that led to an Iowa recovery.

Iowa took advantage of the field position after the turnovers. C.J. Beathard threw a 1-yard touchdown to George Kittle for the Hawkeye’s first score of the game.

Iowa tacked on 3 more points after the fumble recovery with a 33-yard field goal from Marshall Koehn.

Iowa running back Jordan Canzeri helped take advantage of the turnovers by rushing the Haweyes down the field. He was held to just 15 yard in the first quarter, but tacked on 64 rushing yards. The Hawkeyes ended the half with a 10-3 lead.

When asked about Canzeri, wide receiver Matt VandeBerg said, “He’s a patient runner. He’s big time.”

Canzeri finished the day with 125 rushing yards on 26 carries and one reception for 14 yards.

Wisconsin regained momentum in the third after putting pressure on C.J. Beathard that resulted in an interception. The Badgers managed to get themselves in field goal range where Rafael Gaglianone converted his second 46-yard field goal of the day making cutting the Iowa lead down to 10-6.

The fourth quarter was sloppy on both sides. Each team turned the ball over including a devastating fumble on an exchange by Wisconsin at the Iowa 1-yard line. Iowa managed to stop the Badgers on a 4^th and 2 with 40 seconds remaining. The final score was 10-6 with Iowa on top.

C.J. Beathard was never able to get the offense rolling. He was without offense tackle Boone Myers and top receiver TeVaun Smith, both of which watched the game back in Iowa City due to injury.

Beathard backed the offensive replacements after the game saying, “I trust those guys to step up. I overthrew a few balls today that I need to hit.”

When asked about the two stars not traveling with the team, light-hearted Kirk Ferenz said, “Not big on traveling cheerleaders. We already got a group of those.”

It was a milestone victory for Kirk Ferentz. It was his 120^th win as a member of the Big Ten Conference, passing Wisconsin great Barry Alvarez (119) for ninth in conference history.

The victory also brings the Heartland trophy back to Iowa City, the Hawkeye’s second trophy win of the season.

The Hawkeyes (5-0) return to Kinnick Stadium next Saturday to take on the Fighting Illini (4-1). Kickoff is set for 11:00 A.M. Both teams are coming off big wins. Catch the coverage here at KRUI next Saturday at 10:45.

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As we are all unfortunately aware, one of Iowa’s greatest and most recognizable athletes in any sport is currently battling stage four cancer. We all hope for the best, but as is often the case, life can grievously be too short.

With tragic news comes incredible opportunity. Let’s create a moment – a happy ending to a sad plot. Before the inevitable happens, we can give generations of audiences, an assortment of a surrounding cast, and the two main characters a moment none will forget.

Here’s the script:

Roy Devyn Marble unveils his father’s jersey hanging high in the rafters, before pulling his dad in for a long embrace in front of a cheerful, applauding crowd, sending one last thank you to one of a program’s greatest.

Tears will be shed, by both Marbles and adoring fans, as all realize the past struggle that still haunts.

Stories will be exchanged from generation to generation about their favorite moments from each Marble, as no players in Hawkeye history have impacted such a vast age gap. Parents will insist Marble Sr. is the best – children will refute.

Goodbyes will be whispered, as this could be the last time Iowa City will salute its top player.

What the Marble name has meant to Iowa’s basketball program can’t be understated. The elder Marble led the Hawkeyes to a 30-win season, an Elite Eight and four consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances, cementing his legacy with records scattered throughout the books.

The second stayed true to his commitment in order to give life to a program desperate for revival.

The reasons to keep the Marble name off a hovering jersey are clear. The issues in his past are tough to swallow, numerous in quantity and reveal a set of flaws that a program may not want to be associated with.

But this isn’t Pierre Pierce. By all indications this isn’t a bad man. Marble never hurt anyone but himself. His issues are publicly known, but a private problem.

Having bad associated with the Hawkeyes is something to avoid. Having troubled isn’t.

Despite those troubles, he never abandoned his Hawkeyes, just as the Hawkeye fan base has remained faithful to him. Autograph sessions are the norm whenever an appearance is made, and Marble has never seemed shy about expressing his love for the university.

Iowa can’t wait too long to show the love in return. Nothing in this situation would be more hurtful than having to hear Devyn Marble represent his father years down the road and be forced to say “I wish my dad could be here.”

We have the opportunity to avoid that forlorn line.

Let’s give Marble the stage one more time to tell us how much we meant to him and his family, to say how Iowa is his adopted home state, and how he will always be a Hawkeye. Then, right before he takes his final bow, we throw vocal flowers onto to the stage to show him how much more he has meant to us.

And then the credits roll.

The script is written, actors chosen and now the audience is waiting for this Hollywood moment to premiere.

Iowa just needs to produce it.

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11:41 AM – It is COLD out there folks! We’re through one and starting up another! Iowa leads Michigan 7-6.  Hawks are hanging with the Wolverines at the 40 yard line.  Hawks manage to keep Michigan at the 40, a 49 yard punt, a 14 yard return for Hyde, and it’s back to the Haweyes at the 20 yard line.  12:13 left in the 2nd.

11:46 AM – Hoke thinks he’s a tough guy with those short sleeves on.

11:54 AM – Hawks at the one yard line, Brad Herman for the touchdown!  Meyer locks in the extra point and it’s 16-6 Iowa with 6:58 til the half.  The Hawkeyes ran 11 plays, rounding up 78 yards.

11:59 AM – Side Note: Marcus Coker has racked up 1,044 yards. He’s the first Iowa RB to accomplish this since Shonn Greene.

12:04 PM – Phew!  No flag.

12:05 PM –  Michigan fumbles, Iowa recovers!  Nielsen sacks and the ball is back at the 30 for the Hawks.

12:08 PM – Ferentz moves for a field goal try… a 42 yard field goal try… against 22 mph wind… BUT, timeout?

12:11 PM – AND IT’S GOOD!  42 yard field goal by Meyer.  Hawks lead 17-6.

12:18 PM – Christian Kirksey!  Michigan within 20, and Kirksey picks up a deflected pass in the end zone for an Iowa interception.  Flag on the play, personal foul against Michigan, Iowa first down.  That’s quite the sight, and I like it!

12:21 PM – Before that awesome play, I was totally distracted by this disgusting matter with Penn State…

12: 43 PM – Back in action.  Iowa receives the Wolverines’ kick into the wind.  Bernstine takes it to the 30 for the Hawks, and that’s where we are now.

12:45 PM – A little back and fourth for the Hawks, we’re all the way back at the 32… and Iowa’s punting.  Michigan’s Jeremy Gallon receives and set’s up the Wolverines at the 40.  11:04 left in the 3rd.

12:55 PM – Binns with another pass break up!  His third I believe?  Great energy from the crowd.  A pass lofted high, SHOULD have been an easy pick, but the Wolverine’s do tally up a FG bringing us to 17-9 Iowa in the 3rd with 6:19 to go.

1:18 PM – What a rocket! Top of the 4th and Vandenberg’s pass is complete to McNutt.  That comet had a tail on it.

1:21 PM – Just blame on the wind Vandy. Blame it on the wind.  Ferentz takes a TO.

1:26 PM – Great move with that timeout Ferentz, Coker runs through a giant hole and scores!  Hawks holding a strong lead with 24 points on the board. I-O-W-A!

1:34 PM – Wolverines rally and close the gap.  24-16 Iowa, just under 8 left in the game.

1:39 PM – McNutt 9th catch of the day (a career high) gains 24 for the Hawks and puts them at the 45.  This followed quickly by a gross incomplete pass to Keenan Davis… Now at the 43 thanks to Coker, Hawks are still struggling for that yard… aaaannnd now there’s a flag… on us.  Illegal snap?  Five yard penalty.  Ferentz (James) is not amused… and neither is coach.  Michigan takes a timeout.

1:45 PM – Come oooooonnnn interception!  Please?

1:47 PM – Hawkeyes doing well to hold Michigan back.  An ALMOST really sweet interception from Tanner Miller. I still say it was good…

1:48 PM – Dominic Alvis is down near the 50…  … … being helped off the field now… looks like a knee injury.

1:50 PM – 3:25 to go in the game, Coker and Coker, inching along.  And.. Coker again. Michigan takes a timeout.

1:53 PM – Michigan starts at their 18 yard line.

1:54 PM – Oh… my… Vincent Smith goes down… but not really?  All play stops, but Smith just keeps on running… and running, all the way to the end zone.  Officials call it a touchdown, and every Hawkeye fan is dumbfounded.  Heck, I’m dumbfounded.

1:55 PM – Play under review, Smith’s right elbow found to be down at the 29. Phew.  Dodged a HUGE bullet there Hawks!

1:58 PM – Hawks are catching a serious break with all of these incomplete passes Robinson has been tossing out.

2:00 PM – False start on Michigan, offense was never fully set.  Five yard penalty.  But Roy Roundtree makes the catch for a first down. Wolverines at the 45 as a crazy loud “LET’S GO HAWKS!” chant starts up from the crowd.

2:02 PM – 0:38 seconds left in play, Michigan at the 32.  Iowa takes a 30 second timeout. 24-16 Iowa.

2:04 PM – Defensive holding penalty called against Iowa, 10 yard penalty, automatic first down for Michigan at the 22.  The Wolverines’ Roundtree gains 19 on the play taking them to the 3 yard line.  Michigan takes their final time out.

2:07 PM – First pass, incomplete. Second pass complete, and Hawks get lucky, because it was juuuuust out of bounds.

2:08 PM – Knee is down, but the ball is out… play is under review.  I wonder if the Hawks luck is going to hold up.  0:07 left to play… you can tell people are holding their breath.

2:10  PM – PHEW!  Ruling on the field stands, no goal.

2:11 PM – Hawks get another lucky incomplete… AND Lowery breaks up the last play, INCOMPLETE!   HAWKS WIN!  24-16 HAWKS!

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The Mr. Hyde (the beastly!): The defensive line got walled and barb wired out of the Jantz Mansion.  I was bothered by this at the end of the game especially, where even the heaviest man on the line, Mike Daniels, was absorbed into a human wall.  There were times when smallish Dominic Alvis’ white jersey seemed to disappear into a red mass of Cylone molasses.  For the last couple of years I used to think of Iowa’s defensive lines being like a flood of molasses for ball carriers.  Why?  Because the Hawks were great at stopping the run, but the plays for negative yardage haven’t happened in bulk under the direction of Rick Kaczenski.  For that, I do sometimes miss former defensive line coach Ron Aiken.

Iowa, clearly not the sink hole of old on Saturday, got rushed up the middle and to the outside, including on the game winner on an option pitch to James White. Christian Kirksey, a brave new hope at linebacker, got the only sack on Steele Jantz, had another tackle for loss, and athletically smashed down a few passes.  Can his fellow ‘backers James Morris and Tyler Nielsen keep up?  Morris’ size is a disadvantage at this point, as he was semi-regularly swallowed by blockers, and they both looked out of position.  Finally, I will say that Micah Hyde and Shaun Prater got burned a lot on Jantz’s short passes.

While Hyde is an athletic playmaker, he gives up his fair share underneath yards and a few big plays a game.  Prater, meanwhile, got thrown out of position and didn’t look like a shut-down corner.  I’m not worried about his speed in the way I’m worried about Morris and Nielsen’s speed (Prater’s interception returns are fast, the guy can sprint with anyone), but Prater had one of his worst games as a veteran.  The secondary as a whole, rearing its Mr. Hyde ugliness, ended the game with these numbers: Jantz’s 67% completion rate, 279 yards passing, four touchdowns, and ZERO interceptions.

Digesting this loss slowly, with some Pepto:  The last time Iowa gave up 44 points, it was a hot sand-blasting by Andrew Walter and Arizona State in 2004.  Walter flung long pass after long pass, touchdown after touchdown, expanding the score to 44-0 late in the 4^th quarter.  Obviously, Iowa’s offense did nothing that game, as the only points came on a punt return for a touchdown.  Saturday was not one of those games.

Consider that Iowa, taking the lead with 5:50 left in the game at 24-17, may have given ISU too much time to answer, and without three overtimes and an additional twenty points tacked on, Iowa’s defense may not be as heavily scrutinized as it will be this week.  Also consider that although losses to Iowa State sting as Cyclone fans brim with schadenfreude (I think that word sums up how the fans on the winning side feel) until the following Cy-Hawk bout, this was not the same agony as the 2005 loss or the 2007 loss.  Overtime games are wacky and I don’t believe they necessarily forecast a team’s long-term stock.  So, it’s Week 3 now, and the Hawks are 1-1.  For the players, there is no time to frown and smolder.  Pitt comes to Kinnick Stadium next weekend.  The sun will shine again and Iowa is positioned to bounce back with a victory.

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