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DENTON (UNT),— Three teams of University of North Texas students earned cash prizes for analyzing a technology vendor for the hospitality industry in the Fall 2014 Northwestern Mutual Integrated Business Case Competition.

Six teams of graduating seniors, selected by instructors from a representation of all College of Business departments, made presentations to a panel of judges in November. The judging panel included: Chris Gray of Accenture Consulting, Grace Warden of Northwestern Mutual Corp, Randall Jamison of Ze-Net Technologies and Scott Jamison of Ze-Net Technologies.

“The experience was very beneficial to our organization, and the students were able to highlight and bring into focus some of the issues we know we’ve been facing, but having fresh eyes and perspectives on things we see every day brings creative solutions and ideas to the surface that we may not otherwise consider,” said Scott R. Jamison, vice president of operations for Ze-Net Technologies and a 1999 graduate of UNT.

“We were very impressed

with the caliber of the students, both in their presentation and in the ideas they brought to the table,” Jamison said. “The quality of the student that the UNT College of Business and this competition is presenting to the business community is outstanding.”

The competition has been held twice a year at UNT since 1995 as part of the capstone course for graduating seniors in the UNT College of Business.

“Students were required to apply their knowledge and skills learned to address a complex set of strategic, structural, and behavioral issues related to this privately held, family-owned business,” said Derrick D’Souza, professor of management at UNT.

The following students earned first place and $700 per team member:

· Jirinet “Melissa” Argueta of Garland

· Myongchul Baik of Chuncheon, South Korea

· Timothy Oliver Day of Plano· Joshua Jahn of Rowlett

UNT Jirinet Argueta of Garland on Northwestern

Mutual winning team

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First-place winners (left to right): Back row: Sumeet Kumar, Oliver Day, Josh Jahn, Jeffrey Kemp. Front row: Myongchul Baik, Jennifer Wilson, Melissa Argueta, Heather Moon.

26th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Parade and March – Garland, TexasThe National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Garland, Texas unit will host its 26th annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. parade and march on Saturday, January 17, 2015, beginning at 10:00 A.M.

MLK Parade Route in Garland – January 17, 2015Parade starts on Dairy Road @ Garden Drive (near Embree Park), Garland, Texas, 75040 It proceeds north on Dairy Road to Highway 66 (Avenue D)West (Left) on Highway 66 (Avenue D) to First StreetNorth (Right) on First Street to Highway 66 (Avenue B)West (Left) on Highway 66 (Avenue B) to Fifth StreetNorth (Right) on Fifth Street to Austin Street Parade ends at the Granville Arts Center, 300 North Fifth Street, downtown Garland, TX, 75040

2015 MLK Theme/Grand Marshals/Commemorative Program - The 2015 theme is “Spotlighting Garland’s

NAACP Beginnings on MLK Day.” Grand marshals for the celebration in Garland will be Pastor D. L. Wilson of Sweet Home Missionary Baptist Church and Pastor Ronald Session of Shiloh Church, both located in Garland, Texas.

The celebration continues on January 17, 2015 with an MLK Commemorative Program in the Granville Arts Center, 300 N. 5th Street, downtown Garland, immediately following the parade and march. Garland’s

massive MLK Communitywide Youth Choir led by clinician Reuben Lael Griffin will perform. This event is free and open to the public.

MLK Youth Extravaganza on January 18, 2015 - Granville Arts Center Brownlee AuditoriumYouth groups from area churches and the Garland ISD will showcase their spiritual talents in praise dance and athletic talents in step routines on Sunday afternoon at 300 N. 5th Street, downtown Garland, 75040, beginning at 4:00 P.M.

Garland gears up for King activities

DBDT's 2015 Founder's Luncheon scheduled for January 9 at the Hilton Anatole is chaired this year by Drs. Ellen and Dralves Edwards and has a Citywide community group of Committee members. Dr. Dralves currently works as an independent contractor in Emergency Medicine at three hospitals. He retired in 2004 after fourteen years as Senior Pastor and Founder of the St. Luke Christian Center Church in Duncanville. Dr. Ellen Cooper Edwards is CEO/Independent Distributor for Organo Gold International/Coffee Life Style. Her Company Capitalizes on four fast-growing industries: Internet, Home-based Business, Health &Wellness and Coffee. Dr. Ellen is also vice President of Doctor's of Faith International Ministries, Inc. Founder ' Luncheon committee members include Mrs. Audrey Thomas. Ms. Christine Thomas, Mr. David Griffin, Mrs. Deloris Washington, Mrs. Gloria Lockett, Mrs. Hattie Garrett-Newhouse, Ms. Heidi K. Murray, Mr. Howard Brown, Mrs. Jeanette Brown, Mrs. Joleen Chambers, Ms. Kimberley Runnels, Mrs. Kimberly McCormick Jones, Mrs. Laura Jeffers Murray, Mrs. Millie Ferguson, Mrs. Paula Watkins, Rev Bryan Carter, Rev. Claude Maples, Rev. Elzie Odom, Rev. Patricia Maples, Rev. Richie Butler, Mrs. Stephanie Carter, Mrs. Susie Bell, Mrs. Sandra Dorsey Malone and Mrs. Verna G. Brown Mitchell.

The Luncheon honors it's Founder Ann Williams having founded the Company 38 years ago. it is the major fund raising event for the Organization and proceeds support the organization's outreach programs and scholarships. Honorees this year are Michelle Thomas, Chase Bank

and Jim and JoLeen Chambers, community volunteers. Clarice Tinsley Fox 4 News will again be the Mistress of Ceremonies for this Community affair that welcomes in the new year. For more information and tickets call 214-871-2376.

Dallas Black Dance Theatre's Luncheon honors founder

Ann Williams

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After conducting a disparity study in 2009, the Texas Comptroller’s office concluded special programs to secure procurement for Historically Underutilized Businesses are still necessary. It went on to affirm its commitment to ensure state agencies make a concerted effort to utilize HUBs for contracts in construction, professional and consulting services and commodities purchases. All state agencies, medical and health facilities, and institutions of higher learning were included in the study.

The following primary points highlighted in the study to confirm disparity were as such:

- Statistical disparities by race, ethnicity and gender classification in current HUB utilization, particularly in prime contracting;

- Statistical disparities by race, ethnicity and gender classification in the private marketplace, particularly in the area of utilization of women and minority-owned firms in commercial construction;

- Statistical disparities in firm earnings by race, ethnicity and gender classification, even after controlling for capacity-related factors; and

- Anecdotal testimony of disparate treatment as presented by business owners in interviews, surveys, public hearings and focus groups.

The more than 200 state agencies and institutions of higher education have a cumulative multi-billion dollar annual budget. A great source of that revenue is generated from 60 different taxes and fees. Taxes and fees such as property tax, sales tax, cigarette, tax, alcohol tax, hotel tax, various motor vehicle taxes that all citizens of the state pay. For the fiscal year of 2013, the comptroller’s office collected close to $48 billion in taxes alone. So what is the

connection and what does this have to do with state agencies? If you drive a car, buy alcohol, smoke cigarettes, own property or patronize hotels, then you are contributing to that whopping $48 billion the state collects to fund various state agencies such as the Department of Transportation, and Public Utility Commission and institutions like Sam Houston State, Texas A&M and University of Texas just to name a few.

In essence, these agencies and institutions belong to the communities and

should in kind serve those communities. So when the Department of Health and Human Services advertises in the medical journals and fails to do so in African American newspapers, it is a great disservice.

It is the Black Press that is the pipeline of communication into the African American community where the

prevalence of diseases such as diabetes and strokes are twice that of Whites. African Americans have the highest age-adjusted heart disease death rate and African Americans have the highest hospitalization rate of all ethnicities. In the interest of serving the African American community the Department of Health and Human Services is remiss in bypassing Black newspapers.

But it’s not just the Black Press that is underrepresented when it comes to state procurement and contracting.

According to the 2014 annual HUB report, $15,113,071,094 was awarded to non-HUBs, compared to $2,060,862,969 awarded to HUBs. Asian Pacific, Black, Hispanic, Native American, woman-owned and service-disabled veterans constitute HUBs.

All state agencies and institutions are

required to keep annual reporting of their expenditures. There is a special report generated specifically to detail how much funding and bids are awarded to HUBs. Just to provide a few examples of the inequality that exists, the University of Texas Health and Science Center’s 2013 report listed 42 out of 559 bids/proposals that were awarded to HUBs, 25 of which went to women. In fiscal year 2013, the Department of Transportation contracted a paltry 4.82 percent of its construction contracts with HUBs. The same year, the Public Utility Commission awarded

250 contracts of which 90 went to HUBs. Of those 90, 26 went to Asian males, two African American males, seven Hispanic males, one Hispanic female and one Native American male. The remaining 53 were awarded to women. The Alcoholic Beverage Commission awarded 1,600 contracts. The breakdown of those contracts were as follows: one Asian male, one Asian female, six African American males, 49 Hispanic males, one Hispanic female, two Native American males and 246 women.

These are just four examples but the pattern is consistent among the majority of agencies and institutions. Moreover, most often many of the contracts that are awarded primarily go to women who are neither Asian, African American, Hispanic nor members of any ethnic group.

The issue at hand is not about set asides, diversity or even affirmative action; albeit groups that have been historically excluded should receive special consideration. However, HUBs contribute and put into the collective

pot, so to speak, just as much as other businesses. Any procurement HUBs receive from state agencies are not only deserved but also earned. We are not talking about handouts or charitable contributions. In viewing the above chart, suffice it to say HUBs are clearly not receiving their fair slice of the pie. Not by a long shot.

Minority-owned businesses still underrepresented

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CREDO OF THE BLACK PRESSThe Black Press believes that America can best lead the world away from racial and national antagonisms when it accords to every person, regardless of race, color or creed, full human and legal rights. Hating no person, fearing no person, the Black Press strives to help every person in the firm belief that all are hurt as long as anyone is held back.

It's sort of like being best friends with a rock star, or following behind a never dimming wonder of the world. It's like a constant train of paparazzi that follow everywhere you go.

It is a never ending chorus of “John, we love you; John, we are here for you!”

Because I have had the privilege of publicly being best friends with Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price for 30+ years now, I get a lot of questions on how he's doing. And the only thing that I can say in response is ”John is fine; in fact, he spends more time worrying about you.”

There is no secret that the cloud of some impending doom that could possibly waylay my friend John has been there since the FBI began their crusade against and about him.

This missive is to convey my thanks to you for the way that this community, in fact all of Dallas County and people across the nation, have stood with a man, a legend, a freedom fighter who has endeared himself to danger on behalf of the least, the last and the longing.

It doesn't matter whether John Wiley Price is spotted in Commissioners Court or in a

public “john”, he is constantly accosted by well-wishers who look him in his pupils and say that they have his back.

In fact if 10% of the people who have stopped him at the gas station, the grocery store, funerals, graduations, and especially church services would

Instagram a picture, JWP would no doubt be leading in the number of posts made on social media.

And that says a lot.What has particularly pleased

me is the fact that generations of younger African-Americans and Whites in Dallas who would have no knowledge of him now

have an appreciation of him and the battles he has fought.

Can you imagine how it must make you feel for a mother to drag her teenage son or daughter to you and explain to you that this is “Our Man Downtown”? A man who came to my school

twenty years ago and encouraged me to do better!! It happens all day ‘er day.

And before you import some grand notion that all of these are African-Americans let me tell you how wrong you are. John garners as much respect and admiration in Highland Park as he does in Hamilton Park.

People of all races who are of goodwill and independent mind are not swayed by the scurrilous and underhanded attacks of the local media.

Pastors and ecumenical leaders across the length and breadth of Dallas County are in constant prayer for Commissioner Price.

And it is that faith and the faith that was instilled in him by his mother Willie Faye Price, that keeps his head up and his shoulders squared.

John's father was a pastor and so is his son and that kind of coverage of faith is the greatest source of protection that anyone could ever have.

Although JWP has been demonized as a man who does what he wants to do, the real truth is that John has the armor of the anointing. He operates in the realm and with the resources that God purposed in him for and he never ever backs away from that. Not even when it hurts him.

So as this crazy, tumultuous, spellbinding year comes to an end, I wanted you to know that the whole world is in chaos, but John Wiley Price is fine.

And the real story is that he will continue to do well as long as you lift his spirits as you lift his name in prayer.

HALL: How is John? Fine!

KHVN’s Robert Ashley interviews Commissioner John Wiley Price

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Studies by theUniversity of Texas atDallas Institute of UrbanPolicy, United Way andTexas A&M are takingplace now to assess thequality of life in the SouthDallas community beforebillion dollar projectsinvolving the new DARTLight Rail and the Trinity

Toll Road are brought tothe area. Some construc-tion has begun with thedemolition of homes tofollow later this year.At a meeting held by the

three institutions, a focusgroup of sorts dished ideasand findings on the surveysthat have told the story of theresidents of South Dallas.“We are measuring con-

ditions that may vary fromstreet to street,” said Dr.

Timothy Bray, director ofthe Institute of UrbanPolicy Research. He helps

oversee the The FieldResearch Team whichunderwent 80 hours of

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Political analysts, both mainstream and Black news

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grade evaluation on President Barack Obama’s first 100

days in office, marked on April 30. Here’s how several

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Congresswoman EddieBernice Johnson

Grade:A“I am deeply impressed with the progress that

President Barack Obama has made during the first 100days of his administration. Already we are seeingevidence of the administration’s plan to dig our countryout of recession and develop long-term, sustainable pros-perity. President Obama has made two trips abroad,proving to us and to the world that he intends to

repair our frayed alliances and restore ourinternational leadership.

Finally, the Obama adminis-tration’s code of ethicshas broughtmuch-neededtransparency andaccountability to theWhite House.

President Obamais delivering on thechange that hepromised.”

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wrong track. The administration has proposed

trillions of dollars in new spending, which will

result in higher taxes on Americans, while sharply

raising our indebtedness to foreign creditors.On the national security front, I am

very concerned aboutthe President’s intention toclose Guantanamo without aworkable plan to relocatedetainees. It is mysincere hope that,movingforward,

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“We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence of the good people.” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr


Sandwiched between the deaths of former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo and popular ESPN sportscaster Stuart Scott, the passing of former Massachusetts Senator Edward W. Brooke III at the age of 95 did not get nearly the attention it deserved. Though two African Americans were elected to the U.S. Senate during the Reconstruction Era by the Mississippi legislature – Hiram R. Revels and Blanche K. Bruce, both Republicans – Brooke was the first Black elected to the upper chamber by popular vote, beginning his term in 1967.

What made his election remarkable at the time was that a Black Republican Episcopalian could be elected statewide in Massachusetts, a predominantly Democratic and Catholic state with a Black population of less than 3 percent. It would be another 25 years before another African American – Carol Moseley Braun of Illinois – would win a U.S. Senate seat (1992). Prior to his election to the Senate, Brooke served two terms as attorney general of

Massachusetts. When he came to Washington,

he declined to join the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) and told Time magazine: “I do not intend to be a national leader of the Negro people. I intend to do my job as a senator from Massachusetts.” While doing his job, Brooke showed that – as did several Black Republicans who would later follow him in public service, including Assistant Secretary of Labor Arthur Fletcher in the Nixon administration and William T. Coleman, Jr., Secretary of Transportation under Gerald Ford – he could be a Black Republican without selling out his principles or abandoning the fight for civil rights.

When Barry Goldwater won the party’s 1964 presidential nomination, for example, Brooke, the state attorney general, refused to be photographed with Goldwater or endorse the Arizona ultraconservative. In the 1966 book titled, The Challenge of Change: Crisis in Our Two-Party

System, he asked, rhetorically: “Where are our plans for a New Deal or a Great Society?”

Though fellow Republican Richard Nixon was in the White House, Brooke opposed Nixon’s attempts to abolish the Office of Economic Opportunity and the Job Corps and weaken the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

And when Nixon nominated Clement Haynsworth and Harrold Carswell to the U.S. Supreme Court, Brooke was part of a bipartisan coalition that blocked the appointment of the two nominees who were considered hostile to civil rights. On Nov. 4, 1973, Brooke became the first Republican to call for Richard Nixon’s resignation after the famous “Saturday night massacre” that took place

when Nixon ordered the firing of Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox after Cox issued a subpoena for copies of Nixon’s taped conversations recorded in the Oval Office.

Brooke assumed an offensive posture as well, particularly on housing issues. He co-sponsored the Fair Housing Act of 1968, which prohibited discrimination based on race, color, religion or ethnicity. It was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson a week after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He continued to work on strengthening the law and in 1969, Congress passed the “Brooke Amendment” limiting public housing tenants’ out-of-pocket rent expenditure to 25 percent of the resident’s income, a percentage that has since increased to 30 percent.

With the Voting Rights Act up for renewal in 1975, Brooke engaged in an “extended debate” with John Stennis

(R-Miss.) on the Senate floor that resulted in the landmark measure being extended and expanded. He was also part of the team of legislators who retained Title IX that guarantees equal education to females and the Equal Credit Act, a measure that gave married women the right to have credit in their own name. In 1967, Brooke served on the 11-member President’s Commission on Civil Disorders, better known as the

Kerner Commission, which was established by President Johnson to investigate the causes of the 1967 race riots and to provide recommendations for the future.

At various points during his career, Brooke was at odds with civil rights leaders and liberals. As attorney general, he opposed the NAACP’s call for a boycott of Boston’s public schools to protest the city’s de facto segregation, saying the law required students to stay in school.

In the Senate, he opposed a program to recruit teachers to work in disadvantaged communities and opposed amending Senate rules to make filibusters against civil rights legislation easier to terminate. Brooke also faced personal health challenges, including being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2002.

He underwent a double mastectomy and was declared cancer free. Brooke spoke publicly about the illness, which strikes about 1,500 men each year, a disproportionate number of them Black. In his 2006 autobiography, Bridging The Divide: My Life (Rutgers University Press), Brooke said, “My fervent expectation is that sooner rather than later, the United States Senate will more closely reflect the rich diversity of this great country.” Throughout his life, Brooke did that exceptionally well.

CURRY: Ed Brooke Doesn’t Get his Due

Hon. Edward Brooke

The new highly acclaimed motion picture ”Selma” suggests that former President Lyndon Baines Johnson was not an ardent supporter of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and that he and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had a less than fragile relationship.

Nothing is further from the truth. Both men worked very hard to create a society in which all people had the right to vote, access to medical care, decent housing and funding for education.

In my view, history will show that no other American president played as a critical a role in the advancement of Civil Rights Fair Housing and Education than President Johnson. In fact, a number of authors have written

that only the acts of President Abraham Lincoln equal what President Johnson did for minorities in America.

Most knowledgeable political historians agree that the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and the Voting Rights Acts, which passed one year later, became law because President Johnson passionately supported them. In addition to the two landmark civil rights measures, the nation also witnessed the passage of legislation that introduced Medicaid and Medicare during the Johnson administration.

In fact, federal legislation that prohibited housing discrimination in the sale, rental or financing of housing based on race, national origin or

religion was signed into law by President Johnson. The federal housing legislation, which became a model for many state legislatures, became law on April 11th, 1968, just seven days after the assassination of Dr. King.

In the area of education, President Johnson included in his “War on Poverty” agenda, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Among other things the legislation provided financial assistance to students from low-income families.

Under the law, $1 billion in funding was made available to schools that serviced minority students. The measure was described as the “most significant step of this century” to assist all school children.

Dr. King and President Johnson were born and raised in a segregated South. They understood the political realities of the region, and they worked as best they could to change them. Dr. King was present at the White House when the Voting

Rights Act was signed into law. He and President Johnson communicated regularly. Their individual lives impacted the country and each other.

While speaking before a joint session of Congress to propose the Voting Rights Act, President Johnson passionately said: “And we shall overcome.” Dr. King and some of his close aides watched the president on television.

One of them, my colleague Congressman John Lewis, said that Dr. King cried when he heard the president use the banner cry of the civil rights movement during his address.

The importance of President Johnson’s work was celebrated in Austin last year at the library named for him by ordinary citizens and by President Obama who was joined by former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. I will join Congressional colleagues in a celebration of President Johnson’s monumental achievements later this year in the nation’s capitol.

In a few days the entire nation will pause to acknowledge the contributions made by Dr. King. There will be tributes, parades and speeches made to celebrate his remarkable life which was cut short by a sniper’s bullet.

President Johnson died of a heart attack after deciding not to seek a second term as our nation’s leader.

The national debate over the Vietnam War had damaged the soul of this patriot and defender of civil rights. I do not believe that legislation guaranteeing equal rights to minorities would have passed Congress but for his fortitude, and his belief in the equality of all people.

I also believe that President Johnson, a former teacher and Dr. King, a Baptist preacher, had tremendous respect for one another, and understood the crucial roles that each played in changing our nation, and its law.

They both assumed very vital and necessary roles in making America the democracy that it is today.

JOHNSON: They Stood Together

Eddie Bernice Johnson represents Texas’ 30th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. She is the first registered nurse elected to the US Congress.

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George E. Curry, former editor-in-chief of Emerge magazine, is editor-in-chief of the National Newspaper Publishers Association News Service (NNPA.) He is a keynote speaker, moderator, and media coach. Curry can be reached through his Web site, www.georgecurry.com. You can also follow him at www.twitter.com/currygeorge and


7 Steps for a Successful Weight Loss Resolution 1. Drink 8 eight-ounce glasses of water a day

Although it may seem difficult to drink 64 ounces of water a day, it’s really simple. If you eat every 3-4 hours (see step 3), then have a glass of water with each meal. Then have an additional glass of water after three meals, and you will have successfully drank 8 eight-ounce glasses. If you follow this guideline, you will feel fuller and more satisfied, thus making it easier to limit caloric intake. It’s okay to have drinks other than water, such as coffee, milk, or tea, but limit these to two cups per day. Drinking water is crucial to weight loss; it can help regulate your metabolism and increase your metabolic rate.

2. Eat breakfast every day and within one hour of waking up

This important step will prevent your body from switching into fat-saving mode after a long night of fasting. Eating within one hour improves metabolism and increases calorie expenditure. Even if you have to take it on the go, make sure you do not skip breakfast. Some breakfast foods that are easy to make and good for you include smoothies, eggs and toast with bacon or sausage, or waffles—just be sure you consider portion sizes (see step 4).

3. Eat every 3-4 hours or five times a day

Every day, eat properly portioned food five times a day. By preventing your brain from thinking there is a scarcity of food and switching into fat-saving mode, you can be more successful in your weight loss plan. The five meals include breakfast, lunch, dinner, and two snacks. The snack times can vary from person to person. For instance, if you like to stay up later, you can have a snack after lunch and then have your second snack after dinner. Likewise, if you’re an early bird, your snack times may be after breakfast and after lunch. Snacks can include 10 large nuts, 20 peanuts or pistachios, or a small bowl of fresh fruit or chips.

4. Portion control

Perhaps the most important step is understanding portion control. Eating too much can prevent weight loss, but eating too little is also bad, as it switches your body into fat-saving mode. Portion control helps you get just the right amount. An example of a well-balanced, well-portioned meal is a six-ounce chicken breast, one cup of steamed broccoli, and ¾ cup of wild rice. But remember portioning one meal a day is not enough, portioning once in a while is not enough. Portioning daily and every meal is the way to go.

5. Avoid artificial sweeteners and limit sugar intake

Sugar gets a bad rep, but it’s not sugar itself that is bad, it’s the amount of sugar people take in. Limiting yourself to 18 grams of sugar or less per snack won’t sabotage your weight loss. If you want a candy bar, just check the sugar; if it has 36 grams of sugar, eat half of the bar now, and eat the other half later. You really just want to limit the amount of sugar you’re consuming at one time. If you take in too much at one time, your blood sugar will spike, and your body will start saving fat rather than burning it. Artificial sweeteners should be completely avoided, as they are known to cause rebound cravings of sweets and calories and damage your metabolism.

6. Eat real food

This step sounds simple enough. Instead of eating protein bars or shakes as meal replacements, just eat a regular meal. Although these items start off with a lower count than a meal, your body doesn’t have to do much to digest these foods, and thus doesn’t burn calories during digestion. Essentially, you end up with more calories. You can also make the following subtle changes to commonly used items for an added health boost:

Change your dairy products to 2% or less fat. This includes yogurts, cheeses, and milk.Change your cooking oil to olive oil or vegetable oil with no cholesterol, and remember that a little bit goes a long way.Change your white sugar to brown sugar.

7. Activity of 30 minutes a day

Exercising for 30 minutes every day promotes metabolism, burns calories, decreases stress, improves sleep, and builds muscles. You should think about what kind of exercise you’re likely to stick with and that you will enjoy. You can play tennis, go for a swim, or enjoy a walk. However, don’t expect to doing a daily exercise will equal to losing 10 pounds in three months. You don’t lose weight from exercise alone. A combination of exercising and eating using the first six steps will ensure you meet your weight loss goals this New Year.

Dr. Myo M. Nwe is a double board certified physician by the American Board of Obesity Medicine and Internal Medicine. She is passionate about weight loss treatment. Her mission is to connect the latest research on obesity and weight loss to current weight loss treatments available to consumers. Dr. Nwe is the co-inventor of the revolutionary step portion control weight loss method, the SlimPlate System. She has appeared on several radio and television shows, educating the audience on right way to lose weight and keep it off.

Dr. Sandeep Grewal is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine. He was awarded the Innovation in Healthcare award by the Charlotte Business Journal in 2012, in addition to being named one of the “40 under 40” in 2013. Dr. Grewal has appeared on several television and radio shows and is the co-inventor of the SlimPlate System.

Iota Phi Lambda welcomes new members

On Sunday, December 7, 2014 members of Iota Phi Lambda Sorority, Inc. inducted 4 talented women into Psi Chapter. The group included Lucille Tolliver, an accountant, Teresa Henderson, a business owner and consultant, Bridget Taylor, a patient care secretary and Diana Jordan, an educator. Dean of Intake Deloris James stated, “This group of women, also known as the Diamond Gems, completed both civic and community projects that greatly benefitted the community.” The Diamond Gems worshipped together with Psi Chapter President, Daphne Hornbuckle and chapter members at First Baptist Church of Hamilton Park. They also excitedly hosted a prestigious brunch with the President at a local Salt Grass restaurant. Psi Chapter members are excited and delighted to welcome the new members who bring diverse experiences and talents to the organization. President Hornbuckle expressed that their talents will undoubtedly prove invaluable to the chapter as we continue enhancing the programs and projects of the sorority.

· Jeffrey Kemp of Aledo

· Sumeet Kumar of Denton

· Heather Moon of Colleyville and Granbury

· Jennifer Wilson of Cypress, Texas

The following students earned second place and $150 per team member:

· Lijo George of McKinney

· Casey Lee of Reno, Nevada

· Sean Marcus of Denton

· Lindsay Meyers of South Lyon, Michigan

· Andrew Morgan of Denton

· Trang Nguyen of Vietnam

· Mark Renne of LubbockThe following students earned third place and $100 per team member:

· Kassandra Hahn of Houston

· Sarah Higginbotham of Fort Worth

· Kevin Long of Lewisville

· Michael Lossing of Rockwall

· Brian McGinnis of Denton

· Joshua Swink of Frisco

· Norma Varela of Dallas

· Minmin Zhou of Denton

Past clients for the case competition have included Target Corporation, ReStore operations of the Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity, the Texas town of Cross Roads, Service King Collision Repair, Denton Community Hospital, Enterprise Rent-a-Car, Sonic and more.Northwestern Mutual and UNT alumnus Tait Cruse, managing partner, Northwestern Mutual—Dallas, have pledged $100,000 over four years to organize the event and to fund students’ awards.

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Pictured left to right: Deloris James, Teresa Henderson, Bridget Taylor, Diana Jordan, Lucille Tolliver and Daphne Hornbuckle.


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Austin, Tx.—In a sweeping decision issued late January 6, 2015, Federal Judge Sam Sparks declared as unconstitutional a set of laws preventing small African hair braiding schools from teaching students to braid hair for a living.

Finding no rational basis for the law, which forced hair braiding schools to become full-blown barber colleges before they could issue state-mandated licenses, Judge Sparks reasoned that the state cannot force entrepreneurs to do useless things before they enter the marketplace.

Most importantly, as a result of today’s decision, Isis Brantley, one of the nation’s foremost experts in African-style hair braiding, can now open a hair braiding school to students who want to earn a living braiding hair.

“This ruling is a resounding victory for Isis Brantley and entrepreneurs like her across Texas,” said Arif Panju, an attorney with the Institute for Justice. “It is unconstitutional to require people to do useless things.

By doing so, Texas was not only preventing African hair braiding schools from even opening, but it was also violating the Fourteenth Amendment.”

This victory is hopefully the final chapter in Isis’ decade-long fight

for her right to make an honest living.

In 1997, seven government officials raided her business and hauled her off in handcuffs for braiding hair without a special government license. Isis helped change that law in 2007, but Texas officials simply wedged hair braiding into the state’s barbering

statute, allowing her to braid hair but making it nearly impossible for her to teach hair braiding for a living.

“I fought for my economic liberty because I believe there is a lot of hope for young people who seek to earn an honest living,” said Isis Brantley. “This decision means that I will now be able to teach the next

generation of African hair braiders at my own school.”

The law in question prohibited Ms. Brantley’s two-decade-old African hair braiding school from teaching students to braid hair for a living unless she first opened a barber college that was at least 2,000 square feet, and packed with at least ten reclining barber chairs that hair braiders are not even required to use, and no fewer than five sinks even though the state makes it illegal for hair braiders to provide services that require a sink.

During the hearing, Judge Sparks challenged the state to find a single braiding school that was able to meet the onerous requirements to simply teach the 35-hour braiding curriculum the state requires of all braiders. It could not, and Judge Sparks’ decision makes it clear that irrational laws fail the constitutional burden of the rational basis test.

Today’s decision is the continuation of IJ’s 23 years of work successfully representing hair braiders in their battle for economic liberty.

It follows work in nine previous cases, where IJ won two court victories in California and Utah, and six legislative victories in

Arizona, Ohio, Minnesota, Mississippi, Washington and Washington, D.C.

Founded in 1991, the Virginia-based Institute for Justice is the national law firm for liberty.

More information on the case is available here: http://www.ij.org/TXBraiding

Texas Hair Braiders win right to open Braiding SchoolsIsis Brantley stood up for her rights and won


Dr. Alveda King: SELMA Movie is historically entertaining

A Review by Eva D. Coleman

An explosive scene near the beginning of the film had the three little girls sitting next to me grab their faces in horror. I too was in shock, however I was content in feeling that the visual on-screen was something audience members of all ages should be aware of or exposed to. The struggle was and continues to be real. Selma. The Movie. The Movement. The Memories. Quietness in the room of moviegoers was haunting as characters resurrected the past struggles for the right of African-Americans to vote. The terms weren’t so nice then. Negro, Nigger, Boy, Gal were more accurate for the 1965 era that included marches, beat

downs and murder.A King and his Queen. David Oyelowo and Carmen Ejogo were

perfectly cast as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King. They connected well throughout the film that even wove in subtleties of infidelity on Dr. King’s behalf that Mrs. King confronted. Laughter broke some of the silence as viewers took notice of Dr. King’s efforts to get his house in order, delaying a scheduled trip to help others. Sometimes, the scenes were painful to watch. My eyes dared not to deviate, for it was no comparison to the emotional and physical pain that African-Americans endured simply for the right to

vote. Which brings me to question, “How

dare people not vote?” Voter apathy is common. I’m bothered that many do not register and/or show up to vote when registered. One look at this movie should be all it takes to change the tone in present day voter participation. Selma is a bold reminder. Negotiate. Demonstrate. Resist. These

words were often repeated by Dr. King and highlighted in the film, serving as a mantra for rules of engagement. They can be applicable to our lives today. Our ancestors negotiated and demonstrated, often paying the ultimate price of death to give us the right to vote. Now we must resist the silencing of our voices at the ballot box. Vote at every opportunity! It’s blatantly

SELMA - Powerfully Disturbing

Even Aaliyah (5) seemed to realize the significance of Selma.

Atlanta, GA -- In response to several social media and general inquiries regarding the new SELMA movie re-lease, Dr. Alveda C. King, gospel evangelist, pro-life and civil rights activist shares the following:

"An invitation to a pre-re-lease screening of the mov-ie SELMA brought mixed emotions to my heart, and tears to my eyes. As I sat in the theater, I was transport-ed back to the time when my Uncle MLK, my Daddy AD King and so many civil

rights icons were embroiled in the historical crosshairs that brought equity to the voting rights of Blacks in America. It was during that same season that Dad-dy's and Mother's church parsonage was bombed in Birmingham; and the lit-tle girls, one a classmate of mine were killed in the bombing of the church. It was also the season of my first civil rights march, a "Children's March" where Daddy and James Orange and others taught me the tenants of nonviolent pro-

tests. “Even though I wasn't on the team of consultants who worked with the pro-ducers, I'm glad the film is in the atmosphere. While SELMA is historically in-formative and entertaining, having lived through those days, I would have appre-ciated more historical accu-racy. I know that everyone can't be included in such projects, but on a person-al note, I was saddened to find no mention of my Dad, who not only marched in Selma, but was also felled

(and recovered) along with not only John Lewis, but with many others, includ-ing Hosea Williams and my dearly departed friend James Orange. So many people have contacted me regarding the overtones regarding references to Uncle ML's responses to the attacks on his personal life. I have only this to say. Like all of the Bible heroes, Uncle was a human being, an im-perfect man who served a perfect God. He and Dad-dy are in Heaven now, in

the company with David, Moses, Paul, Rahab, The Woman at the Well, The Woman caught in the act... Uncle ML was a devoted prophet and Man of God. Need I say more? Overall I enjoyed the film, and I rec-ommend the film for view-ing."

Alveda is Author of King Rules, Founder of Alveda King Ministries, Director of African American Out-reach for Priests for Life, and spiritual advisor for Restore the Dream 2015.

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A colleague has invited me to her bridal shower, but so far I’ve received no invitation to the wedding. I’ve known for about six months that the wedding would be out of state at a resort. Her family has groused about it being so far away. I doubt a wedding invite is forthcoming. She is not a young street urchin. She’s a seasoned professional. She is aware of social etiquette. Am I really supposed to hop to a bridal shower with gift without an invite to the main event? Uninvited

Dear Uninvited, Oh, my sweetness, did you say “street urchin?” LMBO, I am on the floor! I must admit, my brain is split down the middle on this one. On one side, it sounds like you’re offended, and if we were following the dictates of social etiquette, yes, you would be right. If you receive an invitation to the bridal shower, you should also receive an invitation to the wedding.Then again, there are always exceptions, like if the person is a colleague and you never spend time together outside of work. Most times the employees agree to throw a shower or take up a collection for a gift. Now the other side of my brain is thinking, especially in this economy, that you should be glad your colleague didn’t invite you to her destination wedding. Along with her gift, you’d be forking up airfare, hotel charges, plus related expenses – for someone who isn’t your sister, best friend, college roommate or first cousin. I’d suggest you go to the shower, yes, with an affordable gift in hand and have a great time. Anybody who uses “street urchin” in a sentence is clearly, long overdue for a vacation.


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The Overcomers’ Outreach “’Addictions, Habits and Hang-ups’ conference is set for January 16 and 17, 2015 in Cedar Hill. It will be held at the Cedar Hill Church of Christ, 535 S. Clark Road in Cedar Hill, Texas 75104 just in time to help people whose will power may be running out from their New Years resolutions. Many resolutions involve addictions like alcohol, drugs or food. Others involve Improving family relationships. The Overcomers Outreach conference will have sessions to help people with all those addictions, habits and hang-ups. Among the speakers is vocal artist, author Mary Moore whose mission is to make family ties closer at the dinner table. “When we stop coming to the dinner table as a family, everything breaks down,” said the 70-year-old grandmother. “According to research 75-80 percent of the children in families that dine together are less likely to be involved in gangs and drugs and more likely to graduate from college and get a degree. My husband and

I used our dinner table as a place to help our five children. We never left the table until we worked out our issues.

When I look back, I think that is what kept them safe.” Mary uses the spoken word and poetry in performances across the country to spread her “Back to the Table” initiative using the persona of a wise woman “Mother Moses.” Overcomers Outreach is an international network of Christ-centered 12 Step support groups, which helps people who suffer from the consequences of any addictive behavior. “A lot of times people will start the New Year off trying to quit addictive and negative behaviors. Our Overcomers conference can help them stay on track. In addition to the workshops, we will have life skills, relationships, and recovery counseling that is faith-based,” said Karl Berry, the conference

organizer.” The two-day conference is free, but participants are asked to register at http://chcoc.org/overcomers-convention.html

Overcoming Bad Habits that Break up FamiliesFree Overcomers Outreach Conference set for January 16-17, 2015 in Cedar Hill

Convicted or conflicted

I have often thought, heard and to some degree concluded that Jesus, as was Paul, was killed because He dared to stand up and speak truth to power. He and many of His followers, convicted by their beliefs, professed and preached that the ruling religious law of the day, although large and in charge, was indeed corrupt and deserving of renunciation. In my office I have a poster which states, “One man with courage makes a majority.” Until recently, I had never associated this powerful statement with the life and death and life of Jesus Christ. But the courage of faith coupled with the commitment to act on that faith sometimes leaves you in the unenviable position of being alone.

Have you ever found yourself so committed to a course of action, so positive in your convictions and your resolve, so steadfast in your purpose that nothing could change your mind or your behavior? I suppose we should all be so blessed to at least once in our lives to know that we know. Can you now imagine Jesus, so sure, so confident, so right that even in death, He knew that He knew? I must then ask the question of you and myself. What do you know? What does your faith and courage allow you to be the majority of, when numerically, you’re in the minority? The point is that at some time during your faith walk, you will find yourself walking absolutely by yourself. Inevitably, one day, it will become necessary for you, as well as me, to take a position of faith that will perhaps alienate you from so called friends and family, just as Jesus was alienated from the hierarchy of the church of His day. Expect to one day be forced to take a stand based solely on faith.

Maybe it’s already happened to you. I know it has happened to me. On that day you consciously decide to choose the Lord over, or instead, of the world.

You know that you know. People who are recognized in this world as having principles and integrity are supposed to be honored for their stances even when they go against popular opinion.

The bible teaches us that those men and women of God were often victimized, sometimes ridiculed and often times crucified.

The bible also lets us know these are the exact people we should emulate. These people, who are our faith examples, lived lives ‘set apart.’

We’ve all heard the phrase ‘stepping out on faith.’ Reality suggests that this is a very scary, sometimes lonely place to be.

The beauty of this spiritual reality is God cannot show up until you step out. Our struggle with faith is one of clearly trying to recognize its power. Without the absolute conviction of the inherent power of faith, we never get a chance to experience the Hand of God at work in our own lives. We’re afraid. It’s probably the biggest fear that we have with the most devastating of consequences; to believe that you know versus, knowing that you know. I will concede that we are put to the test on a daily basis. Do you believe or don’t you? If you do, prove it.

Put some substance behind the phrase, ‘faith based initiative.’ Put some effort behind your vocal commitments. The truth is we so easily sound like it’s a forgone conclusion regarding our faith, when in actuality we shy away from the courage it takes to stand alone and stand for God in this world. My belief is that the first step, the first time, is the hardest. But after that, God takes over and takes us places we could never imagine. From me to you, I wish you the imagination of the saints and faith the size of a mustard seed. May God bless and keep you always.

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FAITH News, local houses of worshipFor as the body is one, and has many members. And all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: So also is Christ. 1Corin. 12:18

You can write to Ruby Grant at c/o Garland Journal News, PO Box 24, Greenville, TX 75403 or email her at

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COMMUNITY CALENDARJanuary 9

Dallas Black Dance Theatre

Annual Founders Luncheon at the Hilton Anatole,

will honor Founder Ann

Williams.

January 11

Pastor Dr. Cynthia Mickens Ross ClassesAuthor and InstructorWWW.CynthiaMickens.comOr www.pathwaytopurpose.orgStart Date - Sunday Jan. 11, 2015 12 consecutive Sundays4 to 6:30PMPath~Way to Life Center of Hope

302 West Palestine Street Hutchins, TX

January 12

"Getting the Competitive Edge" Lunch & Learn Workshop11:30 am-1:00 pmThis month's workshop presents.... "Business Killers"Avoiding the 6 mistakes that can destroy your business. The Business Killers name refers to the six common mistakes that business owners make that could compromise their business and personal finances.This program is effective in helping a business owner to identify, anticipate, and avoid these pitfalls Cost to attend: Free for Chamber members; $15 for non-Chamber members. Pay here or RSVP below.Oak Cliff Chamber "Methodist" Conference Room1001 N. Bishop Ave. Dallas, TX 75208

Credit as an Asset TrainingDay 1: January 14, 2015 ; 1pm - 5pmDay 2: January 15, 2015; 9:00am - 12:30 pmPresented by Credit Builders Alliance

Hosted by Communities Foundation of TexasCommunity Room, Communities Foundation of Texas

5500 Caruth Haven Lane, Dallas 75225 Credit Builder's Alliance will be in Dallas, January 14 - 15, 2015 for an interactive, one-day Credit as an Asset training. The class is designed to help nonprofits work with their clients

January 14

Congresswoman Johnson sponsors forums on the Affordable Care Act:10:00am-11:30amOak Lawn United Methodist Church Community Outreach Center3707 Cedar Springs RdDallas, Texas 75219 When: January 29, 2015 6:30p-8:00pCedar Valley College3030 North Dallas AveLancaster, Texas 75134

January 15

Ron Fry Devon White invited you toThe Kick off Jazz party!Devon White/Ron Fry

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***Balch Springs Chamber Network Luncheon

Presented SpeakerCarter Group Tax ServiceSteve Carter, President

Civic Center12400 Elam Road

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**********Texas Congressional Community Policing Summit

10 am-3 p.m.Maverick Activity Center

University of Texas at ArlingtonCo-hosted by Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson*for additional information please call: 214-922-8885

Martin Luther King Birthday Celebrationsin Dallas, Texas

Thursday, January 15, 2015-March 5, 2015Civil Rights Museum at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center presents the photo exhibit PATHWAYS TO FREEDOM - Martin Luther King Jr. Center, 2922 MLK Blvd. South Dallas, TX. call 214-670-8410 for details

Friday, January 16, 2015, 7:00 p.m. Alpha Phi Alpha will host the annual Candle Lighting Ceremony Dr. Michael Bowie, pastor at St. Luke Community UMC, is guest speaker.

MLK Recreation Center 2901 Penn. Ave. South Dallas,TX. Call Craig Anderson 469-360-5688 for more information

Saturday, January 17, 2015, 10:00 AMMartin Luther King, Jr. Center presents the 33rd Annual March/Parade Starting at Dallas City Hall and ending at Fair Park in South Dallas, TX

Saturday, January 17, 2015, 7:30 p.m.Martin Luther King, Jr. Center Board of Directors presents the Awards Banquet Hyatt Regency Hotel 300 Reunion Boulevard, Banquet Speaker Rahiel Tesfamariam

Rahiel Tesfamariam is a social activist, public theologian,writer and speaker. She is Founder / Publisher of UrbanCusp and a former columnist for The Washington Post. Rahiel is a graduate of Stanford University and Yale University where she graduated magna cum laude and was the inaugural William Sloane Coffin, Jr. Scholar for Peace and Justice. A recent speaker at the Samuel DeWitt Proctor conference Ms. Tesfamariam spoke about art and social change, holiness and hip hop and using social media to change the nation. Read more about her activism and accomplishments at http://www.rahiel.com/ MLK Parade http://www.mlkcelebrationdallas.org

January 16

New Mount Zion Baptist Church Pastor Appreciationfor Pastor Tommy L. BrownHyatt Regency Hotel, 300 Reunion Blvd. 7p.m.

The Overcomers’ Outreach “’Addictions, Habits and Hang-ups’ conference is set for January 16 and 17, 2015 in Cedar Hill. It will be held at the Cedar Hill Church of Christ, 535 S. Clark Road in Cedar Hill

January 17

Annual Martin Luther KIng Spokeword Invitational at UT Arlington 7:30-10pmHosted by Mike Guinn in the Bluebonnet Ball Room

Lancaster Martin Luther King Jr. Foundation, January 17, 2015 11th ANNUAL

DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR., PARADE

LINE-UP TO BEGIN PROMPTLY AT 9:00 a.m.The parade will begin at 11:00 a.m. January 17, 2015 Saturday, at the Lancaster Elsie Robertson Middle School 822 Pleasant Run Road. The parade will travel East on Pleasant Run Rd one mile. North onto Dallas Ave. Proceeding on to the Lancaster High School Coliseum.

Immediately following the parade there will be a short Program. The program will include short excerpts from Dr. King’s speeches, and interesting facts about his life, an Awards ceremony and participation from different groups.Contact Persons for the event:Roosevelt Nichols – Chairperson 469-358-8722 [email protected] by: City of Lancaster, Lancaster Independent School District and Lancaster Chamber of Commerce

WWW.Lancastermlk.org

January 19 10:00AM29th Annual Elite News Martin Luther King,Jr. Parade and FestivalStarting at the corner of MLK & Lamar participants will moved down MLK Blvd. into Fair Park for the Festival in South Dallas, TX. For Information 214-372-6500

Dallas’ superhot live storytelling series for adults, Oral Fixation (An Obsession with True Life Tales), will kick off 2015 with an hourlong evening of true, personal stories on the theme, “Slippery Slope.” On January 19th at the Wyly Studio Theatre and on January 21st at Texas Theatre in Oak Cliff, both at 8pm, seven Dallasites will reveal juicy details on times in their lives when things slipped out of their control.

City Performance Hall, 7:00 pm Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture presents the stage playThe 67th Book of the Bible by Jonathan NortonAdmission $20, Teachers $10, Students free (with valid

student ID)

January 22

“Spotlighting the Cliff” Annual Awards, featuring guest MC, State Rep. Rafael Anchia, will recognize the best Oak Cliff businesses, organizations and individuals for their achievements, community contributions and milestones. The VIP Reception will give attendees an invaluable opportunity to mix & mingle with community leaders while enjoying an exclusive mixer in the Orion Ballroom

African Children’s Choir raises funds January 23, 2015Fort Worth, TexasTemple Baptist ChurchTime: 07:00 pm.Address: 6824 Randol Mill Rd.Venue phone: (817) 496-4011

January 24

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The Man Up GroupTheme

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Mall.First Floor Atrium from 10:00am

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January 29

Congresswoman Johnson sponsors forums on the Affordable Care Act:6:30p-8:00pCedar Valley College3030 North Dallas AveLancaster, Texas 75134

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