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Table of Contents2 Keeping up with CLASS and Overview of Language and Interracial Communication in the United States by George B. Ray

3 Letter from the Dean

4 CLASS’s Power Couple

5 The Criminology Research Center

6 Dance, Welcome to CLASS

7 Dr. Regennia Williams in Nigeria

8 CLASS Alumni Updates

9 A Tribute to Reuben & Dorothy Silver

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College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Dr. Gregory Sadlek, Dean Dr. Teresa LaGrange, Associate Dean Dr. William Morgan, Associate Dean

Creative Director Lesley Lang

Editor Jody Milkie

Contributors Lynn Deering Jane McCrone

George Ray Wendy Regoeczi Gregory Sadlek

Regennia Williams

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Language and Interracial Communication in the United States takes the perspective that race and communication are interwoven in ways that are distinctive, enduring, and problematic. Owing to the unique history of race relations in the United States, various sectors of American society remain racially segregated to a notable degree. Patterns of language usage are among the most significant factors associated with racial segregation in the United States. The primary goal of the book

is to explicate how language and dialect function during interracial communication in numerous social, educational, and occupational contexts.

A major subject discussed in the book is the manner in which race relations and interracial communication have evolved in the United States. Racial segregation has been prominent throughout American history and the book shows how patterns of interracial contact have influenced the emergence of a dialect of American English known as African American Vernacular English (AAVE). Along with other dialects of American English, AAVE is considered nonstandard and its usage in certain contexts can lead to negative attitudes toward the dialect and its speakers. In education and in the workplace nonstandard speech can become a substantial barrier to opportunities for entry and advancement.

One chapter reviews the literature on stereotyping related to race and explains how language affects social cognitive processes that facilitate stereotyping. This section of the book shows how discourse about race functions to maintain and reinforce existing stereotypes. There is also an explanation of color-blind discourse and the pervasive nature of this form of verbal communication. The final chapter takes stock of interracial communication and race relations in contemporary society. In arguing for multiculturalism as a viable model for race relations, this chapter proposes that increased interracial contact can help decrease prejudice and intergroup conflict. The book concludes that without improvement in interracial communication effectiveness, U.S. Americans will continue to develop insufficient levels of Black/White social bonding and interracial trust.

The National Communication Association’s International and Intercultural Communication Division has selected this book as the outstanding book for 2010, recognizing the scholarly quality of the book and its value to intercultural communication scholars

Language and Interracial Communication in the United States:

Speaking in Black and WhiteGeorge B. Ray, Professor

Cleveland State University, School of Communication

University ChangesGeoffrey Mearns CSU Provost

FacultyMurali Nair Director, School of Social Work

Lynn Deering Director of Dance, Department of Theatre and Dance

Tenure – Track Faculty HiresRussell Borski Department of Theatre and Dance

Emily Mitchell Department of English

Visiting/Term FacultyDawn Aliberti Term InstructorDepartment of Sociology and Criminology

Francis Dalisay Term Asstisant ProfessorSchool of Communication

Elia Fatica Term InstructorDepartment of Modern Languages

Mark Frezzo Term Asstisant ProfessorDepartment of Sociology and Criminology

Nicole Harper Term Asstisant ProfessorDepartment of Art

Marnie Rodriquez Term Asstisant ProfessorDepartment of Sociology and Criminology

StaffSherri Robertson Department of History - Admin. Coordinator

RetirementsGary Engle Department of English

John Greppin Department of English

Edward Haymes Department of Modern Languages

Susan Hill School of Communication

Sarah Matthews Department of Sociology and Criminology

Program ChangesDramatic Arts to Department of Theatre and Dance

Letter from the DeanOur campus is alive with energy and bursting with students this fall. Breaking an 18-year record, Cleveland State University enrolled 17,000 students, and our in-coming first-year students constituted the most academically-competitive class yet. Of all CSU students, an impressive 3,710 are CLASS majors, and beyond our majors, CLASS faculty are also teaching a major share of general education courses for students from other colleges. Indeed, this fall CLASS faculty generated almost 40% of all CSU undergraduate student credit hours.

CLASS faculty not only provide inspired undergraduate teaching, but they also continue to produce award-winning scholarship. On the facing page, you are introduced to George Ray’s recent book, Language and Interracial Communication in the United States: Speaking in Black and White. Dr. Ray is a member of our notably productive School of Communication, and his high quality research has been recognized by the National Communication Association’s International and Intercultural Communication Division. The Division named Dr. Ray’s publication the most outstanding book of 2010, truly a major honor from the largest national organization dedicated to communication studies!

In these pages you will also meet Regennia Williams, an Associate Professor in our Department of History, who won a Fulbright Fellowship to Nigeria. Dr. Williams recounts her spring 2010 experiences at Obafemi Awolowo University. According to the State Department website, the Fulbright Program is “the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government and is designed to increase mutual understanding between people of the United States and people of other countries.” Participants are chosen on the basis of their academic merit and leadership potential. Dr. Williams is just the latest example of a CLASS scholar who has won this prestigious award, and she will bring back valuable experiences from Nigeria to further enrich the education of her students.

Colleges create research centers to further specific research missions and secure grant funding for that research. The Criminology Research Center is our newest research center and has secured nearly $200,000 in grant monies since opening in 2008. We are very proud of the work of Wendy Regoeczi, the new editor of Homicide Studies, and her colleagues, Dana Hubbard, Stephanie Kent, Miyuki Fukushima, and Jim Chriss. In these pages of the Innerlink, you can read about some of their most interesting projects.

The newest department in CLASS is the Department of Theatre and Dance. The department brings together the faculty and resources of the former CSU Dramatic Arts Program and the CSU Dance Program, which used to be located in the College of Education and Human Services. As a result of this merger, CLASS is pleased to welcome our newest colleague, Lynn Deering, who is the Director of the Dance Program. This program offers a minor in Dance, various general education courses, and wonderful dance concerts. In fact, the first CLASS Dance Concert will be held on Friday, October 29th, at 7:30 p.m. in Drinko Hall. Please come and help us welcome Lynn and her company into our college!

No college can be successful without dedicated community supporters, and this month you will learn about two couples who are among our most notable friends. Marty and Miriam Plax serve on the CLASS Visiting Committee, and no one has worked harder to improve the quality of education in our college. Last June, Miriam was named 2010 Outstanding CLASS Alumna, and in this issue of the Innerlink, we tell you a little bit about the accomplishments of this impressive couple. In addition, before retiring, Reuben Silver helped build our Drama Program as its Director for 17 years. He and his wife, Dorothy, have been called Cleveland’s “reigning theatrical couple.” In honor of Reuben and Dorothy, CLASS is creating the Reuben and Dorothy Silver Endowed Scholarship, and we will celebrate their many contributions on Saturday, November 20, at 6 p.m. at the Cleveland Play House and, later, at the Factory Theatre. We hope that you will consider joining us for this wonderful event and helping us support the education of future students in the new Department of Theatre and Dance.

CLASS is more than just a set of buildings; it is a collection of dedicated and generous people who produce an intellectual and artistic frisson in those who come in contact with the college. We hope you will stay connected to this center of energy, and will visit us when you can.

Best wishes, Gregory Sadlek Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

The Innerlink | Fall 2010

If one would imagine a perfect CLASS “power couple,” the image would fit Miriam Solomon Plax and Martin J. Plax beautifully. Both are avid supporters of the college and serve on the CLASS Visiting Committee, a committee of community members who advise the dean and help him raise support for the college.

A graduate of our Department of Political Science, Miriam went on to earn an M.A. in Human Services from John Carroll University. She currently serves as the Director of Community Relations for the Department of Psychiatry at University Hospitals in Cleveland, and she is a champion for health and human services issues through her service on several community committees. For her service, she received the Woodruff Prize as mental health professional of 2002 as well as the Kathleen Burton Memorial Award from the Cuyahoga County Community Mental Health Board. We in CLASS are very

proud of her accomplishments, and, as a result, she was named Outstanding CLASS Alumna for 2010, an award she received at the CSU Alumni Awards Banquet last June.

Miriam’s husband, Marty, a former member of the Ohio Boxing Commission and the State Advisory Committee of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, served for twenty-six years as the Area Director of the American Jewish Committee in Cleveland. He now spends his time writing articles and books and teaching part-time in our Department of Political Science. Moreover, he is

actively working to make CLASS a better college in other ways. For example, thanks to Marty, CSU

currently has a program whereby our students can attend lectures at Cleveland’s City Club for free. Convinced that our students need to start networking with Cleveland leaders before they graduate, he helped to convince Laura

and Alvin Siegal to generously fund these small scholarships. He later organized the program before turning it over to the CSU Department of Student Life. What began as a limited CLASS program is now a successfully established university program, which sends a steady stream of CSU students over to hear important public speakers at this venerable Cleveland institution. Later, Marty had the idea that at-risk CLASS students needed special peer-to-peer mentoring. Working with Associate Dean Teresa LaGrange and the Director of the CLASS Advising Center, Michelle Knapik, Marty offered guidance on how to set up the program, which officially began this semester with about 20 students and mentors. The program is currently being funded through the Dean’s Office, but we hope to raise community support to keep the program going after this year.

For leadership, friendship, and generosity of spirit, it would be hard to find a more exemplary couple. The college is indeed fortunate to have them as good friends.

Each year the College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences honors and celebrates the professional accomplishments, civic and community involvement, and advocacy and CSU involvement of one of its alumni with the Distinguished Alumni Award. Nominations are currently being accepted for 2011. Self-nominations are welcomed and encouraged. The award ceremony information will be announced at a later date. Contact Marianne C. Gaydos at m.gaydos1@csuohio.edu to submit your nomination.

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If one would imagine a perfect CLASS “power couple,” the image would fit Miriam Solomon Plax

and Martin J. Plax beautifully.

College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences Power Couple

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The Criminology Research Center, housed in the Department of Sociology and Criminology, opened in Fall 2008. The Center’s mission is to provide local, state and federal agencies with quality services in research and data analysis in order to provide sound research-based knowledge that can be used to inform public policy. The Center also acts as a clearing house for criminological research. The Criminology Research Center provides a wide range of research-related services to the community, including developing and administering surveys, interviewing, creating and implementing data management systems, evaluating programs, and conducting scientific studies on the causes of crime. The Center will become the home of the journal Homicide Studies in January 2011 when Wendy Regoeczi takes over as Editor.

Center faculty are currently involved in a number of different projects. Wendy Regoeczi and Dana Hubbard secured the Center’s first funded project, An Evaluation of Domestic Violence Case Processing In Cleveland’s Municipal Court. This study involves an examination and evaluation of an innovative approach for handling of domestic violence cases that is currently being used in the Cleveland Municipal Court: the Dedicated Domestic Violence Docket (DDVD). The DDVD is part of a larger effort in the city of Cleveland to provide a coordinated response to domestic violence cases. Since cases assigned to the DDVD are those occurring in only three of the five Cleveland Police districts, the project compares the outcomes of cases handled by the DDVD with domestic violence cases handled the traditional way in the other two police districts.

The CriminologyResearch Center Criminology Research Center faculty Wendy Regoeczi and Stephanie

Kent are also involved in a collaborative effort with Ronnie Dunn and Bill Bowen of the Levin College of Urban Affairs to study the application of discretion in police decision-making in Cuyahoga County. This project involves riding along with patrol officers in four cities within the County. The project is funded by the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office.

Miyuki Fukushima is working with Patricia Stoddard Dare and Christopher Mallet in Social Work on a project to evaluate the mental health docket in the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas. The study will use data collected through the Court and Recovery Resources, a non-profit agency that provides services and programs for mental health patients in the County.

Wendy Regoeczi is working with Cuyahoga County on a grant they received from the Office of Violence Against Women for Grants to Encourage Arrest and Enforcement of Protection Orders. She is conducting research on the use of computerized case management systems. Using this information and the results of her funded research on domestic violence case processing in the City of Cleveland, she will work on a team tasked to build a case management database for Cuyahoga County.

Jim Chriss recently added two more books to his list of publications. Paradigm Publishers published his book Beyond Community Policing: From Early American Beginners to the 21st Century. He also has a forthcoming book with Emerald, Varieties of Social Control: Informal, Legal, and Medical.

After many years of teaching, creating and promoting dance on and off campus, the CSU Dance Program has moved into CLASS with the intention of growing, flourishing, and collaborating in the newly created Department of Theatre and Dance. Established in 1979, the Dance Program presently offers a Minor in Dance degree, along with ongoing dance classes, workshops and concerts through university programs. In addition, the Dance Program is committed to engaging in and with the community and has implemented a number of successful projects expressly designed to connect dance on campus with dance in the community. These have included:

With this celebrated move into the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, the new partnerships and possibilities created through the Department of Theatre and Dance include opportunities for new curriculum, shared artistic projects, and a vision of ongoing collaborations among students, faculty and professionals in these and the other performing and fine arts. Building upon past successes and bolstered by the support and talents of the new department, a long term direction is to create an interdisciplinary dance course of study and continued expansion in the Dance Program’s role as a vital place for creative professional development in the northeast Ohio dance community.

• Twenty-eight years of Summer Dance Workshops, offering professional caliber training in dance technique, composition and performance techniques for CSU students and northeast Ohio dancers.

This summer’s workshop was held July 12-30 and featured many guest artists including Helanius Wilkins, Edgeworks Dance Theater; Amy Miller, GroundWorks Dance Theater; and Teena Custer, Venus Fly Trap Crew.

• Performances by CSU Dance Company (CSU Dance Program’s student and alumni performing group) and Dance/Theater Collective (CSU’s resident professional company) offered for the university and general public.

The CSU Dance Company opens this season performing at the New Student Convocation on August 29 and will be featured in both traditional and contemporary choreography in the CSU Fall Dance Concert on Friday, October 29, 7:30 pm at Drinko Recital Hall. D/TC was selected to perform Lynn Deering’s “Sight through Surface” in the Dance Showcase at Playhouse Square, Palace Theater on Friday, September 10 at 7:00 pm.

• Eighteen consecutive years of Saturday in the Studio, creative dance classes for Cleveland children and their adult sponsors taught by dance faculty, assisted by students.

• Ongoing residencies, workshops and master classes for students and professionals featuring national and international touring dance artists, made possible by an ongoing partnership with DANCECleveland and GroundWorks Dance Theater.

The first master class of the season is Dances of Afro-Latino Roots with Ana Dumett, part of Hispanic Awareness Month, on September 21 at 11:00 am in the CSU Dance Studio. On September 23 at 10:00 am Larry Keigwin of Keigwen and Company will present a modern technique class at the IdeaCenter Dance Studio, courtesy of DANCECleveland.

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During an after-dinner conversation on Easter Sunday, a faculty colleague described the campus of Ile-Ife, Nigeria’s Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) as a village. In that moment, I realized that there was, indeed, a village-like atmosphere on that campus. Nevertheless, I sometimes felt like the American stranger in the village, despite the best efforts of my gracious hosts to make me feel at home. Over time, however, I grew to appreciate both the campus and the nearly 30,000 “villagers” living, working, and studying there.

OAU was unlike any campus community that I had ever experienced. I am glad that a Fulbright Fellowship made it possible for me to spend five productive and rewarding months gaining a better understanding of the true meaning of OAU’s motto, “For Learning and Culture.”

Despite its rich history as the heart of Yoruba culture, Ile-Ife, like most of Nigeria, has its challenges, including those related to shortages of pure food and water, health care, quality housing, public transportation, and reliable electrical and cell phone service. The February military coup in neighboring Niger and the death of Nigeria’s President Umaru Yar’ Ardua in May also made for an especially tense political situation. Nevertheless, things remained relatively calm inside the village gates, and the academic term continued without major interruptions.

Research opportunities were plentiful in Ile-Ife. With funding from the Fulbright grant, I was able to create two Praying Grounds student research assistantships, and collect oral histories and other information for more than 50 Nigerian Christians and Muslims. My work with this project put me in touch with others interested in history and cultural studies. As a result, I was able to write and present a paper at an international conference, “Migration and Settlement Patterns in Yorubaland,” and an OAU colleague in the Faculty of Arts is co-editing the December 2010 issue of The Journal of Traditions and Beliefs, a publication of CSU’s RASHAD initiative.

There were also many opportunities to interact with undergraduate students inside and outside the classroom. I taught “History of African Peoples in the Diaspora” for a class of 27 third-year students, and I coordinated and then implemented plans for “Lessons from the Field: A Fulbright Forum for OAU Faculties and Students” that attracted more than 80 people. Beyond the forum, there were numerous other occasions for interaction with faculty members, including the meetings of the History Department

Faculty and the Faculty Council of the Faculty of Arts, at the “Gender and Language in an African Setting” conference, and after my invited lecture at Osun State University.

I also interacted with those who practiced and/or studied indigenous African religions and other belief systems. The author of one history of OAU points with pride to the fact that votaries of every traditional Yoruba god and goddess can be found on campus. The campus is also home to large Catholic, Muslim, and Protestant houses of faith, where thousands of students, faculty, and staff members worship on a weekly basis. This year, I attended my first Nigerian funeral / homegoing celebration for a Christian woman in Ondo State and my first baby-naming ceremony for the son of one of my Muslim colleagues in Ile-Ife, Osun State.

In both formal and informal settings, the people in Ile-Ife displayed tremendous pride in family, community, and culture, especially religious culture. (I even heard a Nigerian colleague say that the people of his nation were “notoriously religious!”) Every Sunday morning, the air was literally filled with the Christian praise and worship songs of Yorubaland, with music coming from the various student fellowships in classrooms across the length and breadth of this large, federal university and the sanctuaries of the Protestant and Catholic churches.

While in Ile-Ife, I was a member of the choir at All Souls Chapel, the largest Protestant church on the OAU campus. This group performed choral and solo works—including African American Spirituals—at Sunday services, weddings, and funerals. My spoken Yoruba left much to be desired, but I was pretty good with some of the Yoruba songs. I was also determined to share at least one translation of an African American praise and worship song with my new friends in Nigeria. In the last week of my stay, an OAU colleague provided a Yoruba translation of “I Can’t Thank Him Enough” (“Emi Ko Le Yin I To”) by Cleveland composer Brenda Johnson. The choir and the congregation joined me in singing that song on my last Sunday in Ile-Ife. We all had a wonderful time, and we learned a valuable lesson in the process: mutual respect is a key ingredient for any successful cultural encounter or exchange. I experienced that kind of respect in Ile-Ife on a regular basis.

Needless to say, I can’t wait to go back.

in NigeriaDr. Regennia Williams

By Dr. Regennia N. Williams, Associate Professor of History, CSU

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John Lonsak (’68 BA Social Work) retired as director of the Rocky River Public Library on April 30. Before that, he served as executive director of the Cuyahoga County Public Library Systems. Lonsak is also past president of the Cleveland Area Metropolitan Library System.

Edmund A. Rossman (‘79 BA Communication) was honored with the 2010 Public Librarian Support Award for his work as adult services librarian at the Shaker Heights Public Library. The award, administered by the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) is for public librarians who provide business reference services.   In selecting this year’s recipient, the award committee highlighted Rossman’s work  in his community to help start-up and struggling local businesses—a valuable source of direct assistance to those who provide the community’s economic base, and an excellent example of library programming that has a direct and positive impact on the community.

Dario Muzina (’87 BA Communication) is the Director of  Advancement, College of Business Administration & Graduate School of Management, Kent State University.

Patrick Reynolds (’90 BA Sociology) is Vice President of the Board for the May Dugan Multi-Service Center in Cleveland.

Kenneth Mather (’91 BA Communication) is Assistant Commissioner of Media and Public Relations, Mid-American Conference (MAC).

Dr. Elaine Richardson (’91 BA and ’93 MA English) released her first full-length solo jazz CD titled Elevated. Dr. Richardson is a professor in the School of Teaching & Learning, College of Education and Human Ecology, Ohio State University (The Columbus Dispatch, “Sweet Redemption: OSU professor’s jazz CD celebrates triumph over drug addiction and more.”).

Dr. Kristin Cardinale (’92 BA Communication, ’94 MEd) is the author of a new book, The 9-to-5 Cure: Work on Your Own Terms and Reinvent Your Life. The book is a user’s guide to an innovative career lifestyle that combines the very hot topics of lifestyle design and gigonomics.  

Liza Grossman (’93 BA Music) was featured in the Plain Dealer article, “Liza Grossman, founder and conductor of Contemporary Youth Orchestra, talks about group’s 15th year” (March 27, 2010).

Karyn Niedetzki Newton (’93 BA Communication) is Manager, Development Operations, Case Western Reserve University.

Dr. Michelle A. Miller (’95 MA English) graduated with her PhD in education from the University of Akron in December, 2009. Her dissertation, “Basic Writers using Clickers: A Case Study” examined her Basic Writing students’ use of interactive technology “clickers” in her fall 2007 classes.

William (Bill) Guentzler (’99 BA Communication) is the Artistic Director for the Cleveland International Film Festival. His efforts were lauded in the Plain Dealer article, “Excellent festivals showed us a world of meaningful films” (March 28, 2010).

Helen Curak (’01 BA Communication and Sociology) was featured in the The News-Herald article, “Marketing a prescription for success.” Helen is the marketing coordinator at the Cleveland Clinic Euclid Hospital.

Benjamin T. Bykowski (’02 BA History) is the Director of Technology for Optiem LLC, a digital marketing agency.

Sarah Marie Blanton (’06 BA Communication) is featured in Ashtabula’s Star Beacon, “Texas country bad girl is sweetheart offstage.” Blanton did marketing for the Grand Prix of Houston and managed a nightclub while she was developing her music career; she is currently touring to promote her new CD.

Kenyon Stewart Boltz (’06 BA Film & Digital Media) is the co-author of The Unanswered Dreams of a Dead Man.

Jeffrey D. Hoyt (’06 BA History, ’08 MBA) is a contracting officer at NASA Glenn Research Center.

Gannon Quinn (’06 BA Sociology and BA Psychology, ’09 JD) was appointed to the Richmond Heights School Board to fill a vacated seat.

Gigi Traore (’06 BSW and Certificate in Black Studies) was recognized by the New Leaders Council with a “40 Under 40 Leadership Award” in the entrepreneurship category. The award was presented in Columbus, OH. Ms. Traore is the Executive Director and Founder of Power Network, a nonprofit organization geared towards leadership development, civic engagement and policy study with students of color on college campuses throughout Ohio.

David G. Bostwick, Sr. (’08 BSW, ’09 MSW) recently passed his LISW and works as a counselor at the Lorain County Jail.

Corey Rubin (Music Student) was noted in the Plain Dealer article, “CSU music student orchestrates a clever puzzle.” Mr. Rubin’s crossword puzzle was published in the New York Times this past summer; the puzzle’s theme was Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. Rubin is a member of the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus.

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a tribute toReuben&Dorothy

SilverFor more than 50 years, Reuben and Dorothy Silver have been Northeast Ohio’s reigning theatrical couple, captivating audiences in their roles as performers, directors, administrators, teachers and mentors. In addition, Reuben helped build Cleveland State University’s theater arts program in 17 years as program director.

In appreciation, the University, its College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, and its Department of Theatre and Dance are establishing the REUBEN AND DOROTHY SILVER ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP at Cleveland State University. Join us in supporting the scholarship and saluting Reuben and Dorothy’s professional achievements at this very special tribute.

Saturday, November 20 6 p.m. Cleveland Play House and Cleveland State University’s Factory Theatre

Your participation will support the Reuben and Dorothy Silver Endowed Scholarship in Theater. Please save the date and plan to attend.

For information, call 216.687.5538 or visit www.csuohio.edu/theatre/silver.html

Photo courtesy of The Plain Dealer and Lisa DeJong

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