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theultimatefan · 3 years

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Dedication to Community launches partnership with South Carolina State University Athletics

Dedication to Community (D2C), a national non-profit that educates and empowers communities on diversity, belonging, and equity, today announced a historic partnership with South Carolina State University (SCSU) to create and implement an extensive awareness and action strategy for all of SCSU’s 270 student-athletes, staff and coaches.

The Edwin R. Woodriffe Partnership, an interactive program scheduled to begin this summer, will include on-site training, and customized interactive sessions and speakers. D2C's growing college presence hasincluded dozens of institutions of higher education, including Boston College, Harvard University, University of Maryland College Park, Seton Hall University, University of North Carolina Charlotte, St. John's University School of Law and other Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

“These on-campus programs to educate and listen beautifully to student-athletes will be vital to the process of bringing communities together and developing life skills that will resonate well beyond the field of play,” said M. Quentin Williams, D2C founder and CEO. “SCSU is a key starting point for us, especially given our powerful bond with Pro Football Hall of Famer and SC State Trustee Donnie Shell. Mr. Shell believes in D2C's mission and we are excited about initiating our heightened focus on HBCU’s with the brilliant students, faculty and staff at SCSU.

“Additionally, the D2C family is honored to support the legacy of Agent Edwin R. Woodriffe, the only black FBI Agent to be killed in the line of duty, as an integral part of this initiative,” Williams said.

SC State President James E. Clarksaid D2C’s commitment to diversity and social justice is in keeping with the university’s mission and ideals.

“The actions of Mr. Williams will make a difference for student-athletes across the nation,” Clark said, “and we are tremendously grateful that the SC State campus community will be on the forefront of this crucial endeavor.

“We also are indebted to Trustee Shell for his role in this partnership, which is just one example of his steadfast and comprehensive dedication to SC State and our student-athletes,” the SC State president said.

The Edwin R. Woodriffe Partnership model will contain four sessions for the fall and four sessions for the spring with all student-athletes, campus student leaders and coaches attending in the semester when they are not actively playing and training. The sessions will include training on cultural awareness and shifting perspectives related to social justice with an emphasis on empowerment through voting, interacting with law enforcement at traffic stops, the power of social media and D2C’s “Recipe for Reconciliation.”

The interactive discussions will embrace a reflection on the Derek Chauvin trial, the plight of people of color, including African American civilians, who have lost their lives during encounters with law enforcement and the real-life experiences of the attendees. Additionally, there will be a transition program entitled, “When the Cheering Stops and Lights Go Out," to help prepare the students athletes for their inevitable move from college athletics to their life’s next chapter, encompassing self-identity and positive reinforcement in their post-athletic career.

D2C’s next step with HBCUs starting at SCSU is a natural fit given Shell’s work with both organizations. A SCSU graduate and member of the school’s Board of Trustees, Shell is also an executive advisor for D2C, a role that he embraced in the Fall of 2020 and brings significant experience as a legendary athlete, professional mentor, and spiritual and civic leader.

A member of both the Pro Football and College Football Halls of Fame, Shell won four Super Bowl championships with the Pittsburgh Steelers among other highlights in his 14-year playing career. From 1994 to 2009, he directed player development for the Carolina Panthers, ensuring financial education, family assistance, internships and continuing education for players. After the NFL, Donnie served as director of the Spiritual Life Center at Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, N.C., where he focused on programs to inspire change while enriching the religious, spiritual and intellectual lives of students.

"It brings me great pleasure to see two organizations, my alma mater South Carolina State and Dedication to Community, commit to working together to do good,” Shell said. “There is a great need today to unite, listen, and learn from each other, and that's what SCSU and D2C are all about; cooperative relationships, progressive thought and helping us all move forward with the challenges we continue to face."

Shell established the Donnie Shell Scholarship Foundation, and along with the D2C Sports Division head Lamonte Winston, at one time was the namesake for the NFL’s Winston/Shell Award recognizing the League’s Most Outstanding Player Development Director/Program. In September 2020, D2C expanded its reach to involve professional, collegiate, and K-12 athletes, having Shell join Winston (former director of player engagement and Development, Kansas City Chiefs and Oakland Raiders) to further expand the foundation's capabilities.

Shortly thereafter, Williams announced a historic partnership with the Miami HEAT and the City of Miami Police Department and, in February 2021, launched a partnership with veteran PGA TOUR golfer Kirk Triplett.

Additional D2C partnerships tied to athletes, universities and teams are expected to be announced in the coming weeks. To date, D2C has continued to expand its work with law enforcement agencies in several states across the U.S., including Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Missouri, Michigan, Ohio, the Carolinas, and at the FBI National Academy in Virginia, where Williams has been an instructor.

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thegrio · 4 years

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edivupage · 4 years

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Alabama State University Admissions: Everything You Want to and Need to Know

Overview of Alabama State University

Alabama State University is a public HBCU situated on a 146-acre site in Montgomery, a city with a vibrant civil rights legacy. Students come from 42 states and seven countries, and they can choose from roughly 50-degree options at the undergraduate and graduate levels. An 18:1 student/faculty ratio supports the curriculum. Student life is active at the institution and includes numerous fraternities and sororities. In athletics, the Alabama State Hornets play in the NCAA Division I Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). The institution disciplines seven men’s and nine women’s Division I sports.

Enrollment

Total Enrollment: 4,413 (3,903 undergraduates)

Gender Breakdown: 37 percent male/63 percent female

93 percent full-time

Cost of Attendance Information

Tuition and Fees: $11,068 (in-state); $19,396 (out-of-state)

Books: $1,600

Room and Board: $6,050

Other Expenses: $3,392

Total Cost: $22,110 (in-state); $30,438 (out-of-state)

Financial Aid Information

Percentage of New Students Receiving Aid: 96 percent

Percentage of New Students Receiving Types of Aid

Grants: 88 percent

Loans: 76 percent

Average Amount of Aid

Grants: $9,011

Loans: $6,709

Academic Programs Offered

Most Popular Majors: Health Information/Medical Records Administration/Administrator; Elementary Education and Teaching; Business Administration and Management, General; Speech Communication and Rhetoric; and Biology/Biological Sciences, General

Retention and Graduation

First-Year Student Retention (full-time students): 60 percent

4-Year Graduation Rate: 10 percent

6-Year Graduation Rate: 22 percent

NCAA Athletic Programs

Men’s Sports: Football, Baseball, Basketball, Golf, Tennis, Track & Field

Women’s Sports: Soccer, Tennis, Volleyball, Softball, Basketball, Bowling, Track & Field, Golf

Overview of Alabama State University

50% of applicants to Alabama State University are rejected; in 2016, the acceptance rate was 46 percent. Students whose SAT/ACT scores and GPA are within the institution’s requirements have a good chance of being admitted. Applicants must complete an online application, and send test scores from either the SAT or ACT and high school transcripts. Glowing recommendation letters can bolster your application, along with being involved with student organizations and attempting a challenging course load. Interested students should check out the university’s website, which has helpful tips and contact information for the admissions offices.

Admissions Data

Alabama State University Acceptance Rate: 98 percent

Test Scores — 25th/75th Percentile

SAT Critical Reading: 380/480

SAT Math: 380/480

ACT Overall: 16/20

ACT English: 15/19

ACT Math: 14/19

Safety Net Schools: Easy to Gain Admission

If past admission data predicts that you would be a competitive candidate for Alabama State University, then it should be easy for you to gain admissions to the schools below. If Abilene Christian University is currently out of your reach, then you are sure to be a competitive candidate for the schools below.

Texas Southern University, Bennett College, California State University Dominguez Hills, Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, Pine Manor College, Paul Quinn College, Wiley College

Same Tier: Just As Hard to Gain Admission

If you’re a competitive candidate for Alabama State University, then you should have an equal chance of gaining admissions at these schools.

State University of New York College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill, Southern Vermont College, Buffalo State College, University of Bridgeport, College of St. Elizabeth, Albertus Magnus College, Bloomfield College

Reach Institutions: Gaining Admissions Will Be More of a Challenge

These schools are more challenging to gain admission into than Alabama State University. If you improve your GPA and SAT/ACT scores, then you’ll be a competitive candidate for these schools.

La Salle University, University of Texas at El Paso, University of California, Merced, California State University Northridge, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Kean University, California State University Los Angeles

Applying to Alabama State University

Application Deadline: July 30

Undergraduate Admissions Website: https://www.alasu.edu/admissions/undergraduate-admissions

Graduate Admissions Website: https://www.alasu.edu/admissions/graduate-admissions

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junker-town · 7 years

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155 of college football’s amazing rivalry nicknames, sort of ranked

Soooo many bizarre Battles, Brawls, Wars, and Cups, all with local bragging rights on the line.

A few quick rules:

I’m not pondering the quality of your rivalry, just the poetry of its name.

Many rivalries have trophies, but not names. If teams don’t really refer to their game as the “Battle for the ____” or whatever, then they belong on a separate list.

At least one school has to have used the name. A separate section on fan-created names follows.

Series that can no longer call themselves by defunct trophies (like the EKU-Morehead State Old Hawg Rifle or Kentucky-Tennessee Beer Barrel) can’t be included.

I don’t care if these teams haven’t met in a while.

These groups are loosely ranked amongst themselves, but I’m not assigning numbers to all eleventy million, until the very top group.

Now let’s get right to it, going from lesser names to the actual great names.

Boooring names

Governors Cup (Eastern Washington-Montana, though lots of other rivalries also have trophies with names like this.)

The Academic Bowl (Carnegie Mellon-Case Western)

The Courage Bowl (Rochester-St. John Fisher)

Battle Line Rivalry (Arkansas-Missouri)

The Civil War (Oregon-Oregon State, with demerits for wildly overselling.)

Battle of the Border (Lamar-McNeese State)

The Border War (Colorado State-Wyoming and Oregon-Washington. These are the Border Wars not named after actual wars.)

The Game (Michigan-Ohio State, Harvard-Yale, and Hampden-Sydney vs. Randolph-Macon, with bonus points for pomposity.)

The Big Game (Cal-Stanford)

Ram-Crusader Cup (Fordham-Holy Cross)

Aggie-Eagle Classic (North Carolina A&T-North Carolina Central)

Tommie-Johnnie Game (St. John’s-St. Thomas)

Battle of the Blue (Delaware-Villanova)

Black and Blue Bowl (Memphis-Southern Miss, with slight bonus points for the hard-hitting connotations of “black and blue.”)

“We are in the same large area”

The Mid-America Classic (Eastern Illinois-Illinois State)

Rivalry in Dixie (Louisiana Tech-Southern Miss)

The Battle for Nevada (Nevada-UNLV)

Constitution State Rivalry (Central Connecticut-Sacred Heart)

Commonwealth Cup (Virginia-Virginia Tech)

Capital Cup (Richmond-William & Mary)

Empire State Bowl (Columbia-Cornell)

Empire Clash (Albany-Stony Brook, with demerits for sounding like a cell phone app.)

The Liberty Cup (Columbia-Fordham)

Florida Classic (Bethune-Cookman vs. Florida A&M)

Battle of I-75 (Bowling Green-Toledo)

Battle of I-10 (New Mexico State-UTEP)

The Palmetto Bowl (Clemson-South Carolina)

Battle of the Palouse (Idaho-Washington State)

Battle on the Bayou (UL-Lafayette vs. ULM)

Dakota Marker (North Dakota State-South Dakota State)

Battle of the Piney Woods (Sam Houston State-Stephen F. Austin)

Grand Canyon Trophy (Northern Arizona-Southern Utah)

Colonial Clash (New Hampshire-UMass)

Rio Grande Rivalry (New Mexico-New Mexico State)

“We have something beyond very general location in common, even if it’s just a more specific location!”

The Bill Walsh Legacy Game (San Jose State-Stanford)

Shula Bowl (FAU-FIU)

Causeway Classic (Sacramento State-UC Davis)

The Southwest [Conference] Classic (Arkansas-Texas A&M)

The Tiger Bowl (Auburn-LSU)

The Sunshine Showdown (Florida-Florida State, with demerits for being difficult to say.)

The Mayor’s Cup (Temple-Villanova)

Friends of Coal Bowl (Marshall-West Virginia)

Two Rivers Classic (Fayetteville State-UNC Pembroke)

Great Valley Classic (Shepherd-Shippensburg)

The NSU Challenge (Nicholls State-Northwestern State, with bonus points for making me laugh three times while making this list.)

The Fountain City Classic (Albany State-Fort Valley State)

Labor Day Classic (Prairie View A&M-Texas Southern)

Bridger’s Battle (Utah State-Wyoming, named after a local frontiersman)

The Territorial Cup (Arizona-Arizona State, because the state was a territory at the time, you see.)

The Apple Cup (Washington-Washington State)

Battle of the Ravine (Henderson State-Ouachita Baptist)

Battle of the Bay (Hampton-Norfolk State)

Battle of the Brazos [River] (Baylor-Texas A&M)

The Magnolia Bowl (LSU-Ole Miss)

The West Texas Championship (Texas Tech-TCU)

Battle in Seattle (Central Washington-Western Washington)

Red River Valley Showdown (Minnesota-Crookston vs. Minnesota State-Moorhead)

Battle of the Valleys (Grand Valley State-Saginaw Valley State)

Route 1 Rivalry (Delaware-Delaware State)

Southern Heritage Classic (Jackson State-Tennessee State)

State Fair Classic (Grambling State-Prairie View A&M)

The Bayou Classic (Grambling State-Southern)

Military Classic of the South (The Citadel-VMI)

Miner’s Bowl (Missouri Southern-Pittsburg State)

The Sunflower Showdown (Kansas-Kansas State)

The Coal Bowl (IUP-California University, a far superior name to the “Friends of Coal Bowl.”)

River City Rivalry (Cincinnati-Pitt)

I didn’t have any group to put this game in

The Bronze Derby (Newberry-Presbyterian)

Battles for objects, Tier III

Battle for the Heartland Trophy (Iowa-Wisconsin, with major demerits for not daring to just call it “Battle for the Heartland” or “Battle for the Neutered Bull.”)

Battle for the President’s Cup (Central Oklahoma-Northeastern State)

Battle for the Bell (Marshall-Ohio and Southern Miss-Tulane)

Battle for the Victory Bell (Cincinnati-Miami (Ohio))

River Bell Classic (Nicholls State-Southeastern Louisiana, which isn’t technically a “Battle for ___,” but had to be alongside its bell brethren.)

Battle for the Ol’ School Bell (Jacksonville State-Troy)

Battle for the Red Belt (Murray State-Western Kentucky)

Battle for the Wagon Wheel (Akron-Kent State)

Battle for the Rag (LSU-Tulane)

Battle for the Oil Can (Fresno State-San Diego State)

Battle for the Black Diamond Trophy (Virginia Tech-West Virginia)

Battle for the Victory Barrel (East Carolina-NC State, with bonus points for the student governments just deciding this game had a trophy, out of nowhere.)

Battle for the Brice-Cowell Musket (Maine-New Hampshire, with slight demerits for naming the musket after football coaches, rather than historical figures.)

They just named the whole damn game after the second sentence of its encyclopedia entry

The Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry (Auburn-Georgia)

The South’s Oldest Rivalry (North Carolina-Virginia, with bonus points for being technically incorrect but claiming it anyway, the most college football behavior of all.)

The Third Saturday in October (Alabama-Tennessee)

Battles for objects, Tier II

Battle for the Paniolo [Hawaiian word for “Cowboy”] Trophy (Hawaii-Wyoming)

Battle for the Megaphone Trophy (Michigan State-Notre Dame)

Battle for Chief Caddo (Northwestern State-Stephen F. Austin, with bonus points for trophy size: “Chief Caddo is the world's largest sports trophy, standing 7-foot-6 and weighing over 320 pounds.”)

Battle for the Peach Basket (Valdosta State-West Georgia)

Battle for the Conestoga Wagon (Dickinson-Franklin & Marshall)

Battle for the Paddle (Nicholls State-Texas State)

Battle for the Belt (South Alabama-Troy, with bonus points for rasslin’ belt trophy.)

Battle for the Palladium (Middle Tennessee-Troy, with bonus points for contrived backstory. It’s a Greek statue, playing on Troy’s nickname, with Odysseus being described as a “Raider of Cities” in MTSU game notes, in order to give the Blue Raiders a connection.)

Battle for the Bronze Stalk Trophy (Ball State-Northern Illinois)

Battle for the Golden Horseshoe (Cal Poly-UC Davis)

Battle for the IlliBuck (Illinois-Ohio State, with bonus points for IlliBuck being a wooden turtle that replaced a live turtle almost 100 years ago.)

Battle for the Old Oaken Bucket (Indiana-Purdue)

Battle for the Golden Boot (Arkansas-LSU, with bonus points for it being an enormous gold statue.)

Very good names

Beehive Bowl (Southern Utah-Weber State; yes, that’s just the state’s nickname, but I like that an FCS rivalry claimed it.)

Battle of the Bluegrass (Eastern Kentucky-Western Kentucky, following the same principle as the Beehive Bowl.)

The Fall Classic (Northwest Missouri State-Pittsburg State, following the same rule as above. A Division II game stole the nickname of the damn World Series.)

The Chowder Bowl (Mass Maritine-SUNY Maritime, with bonus points for cleverness, but demerits for chowder being bad.)

Gate City Soup Bowl (Greensboro-Guilford)

The Egg Bowl (Mississippi State-Ole Miss)

The Cranberry Bowl (Bridgewater State-Mass Maritime, the Buccaneers’ far more delicious food bowl rivalry.)

Battle of the Brothers (Utah-Utah State)

Granite Bowl (Dartmouth-New Hampshire; yes, this is much higher than other state nicknames, because granite is better than commonwealths and magnolias.)

The Cuyahoga Gold Bowl (Baldwin-Wallace vs. John Carroll)

Rumble in the Rockies (Colorado-Utah)

Textile Bowl (Clemson-NC State)

Turnpike Tussle (Emporia State-Washburn)

26th Street Tussle (Augustana-Sioux Falls)

Cajun Crown (McNeese State vs. UL-Lafayette)

Anchor-Bone Classic (Ferris State-Grand Valley State)

Rocking Chair Classic (Hamilton-Middlebury)

The Old Hickory Stick Game (Northwest Missouri State-Truman State)

The Bronze Turkey Game (Knox-Monmouth)

Battle of the Firsts (Cheyney-Lincoln, both of whom claim to be the country’s first HBCU.)

War on I-4 (UCF-USF)

The Magic City Classic (Alabama A&M-Alabama State)

The Arch Rivalry (Illinois-Missouri ... because the St. Louis Arch is between them, you see.)

The Crab Bowl Classic (Maryland-Navy)

The Bayou Bucket Classic (Houston-Rice)

The Cereal Bowl (Carleton-St. Olaf)

Deeper than Hate (Appalachian State-Georgia Southern)

Top Dog Game (Butler-Indianapolis. Their mascots are dogs. Defunct since 1992. Don’t care.)

Battles for objects, Tier I

Battle of the Bricks (Miami (Ohio)-Ohio)

The Battle for the Cannon (Illinois-Purdue)

Battle for the Victory Cannon (Central Michigan-Western Michigan)

Battle for the Iron Skillet (SMU-TCU)

Battle for the Border Claw (East Texas Baptist-Louisiana College)

Battle for the Milk Can (Boise State-Fresno State)

Battle for the Old Mountain Jug (Appalachian State-Western Carolina, with bonus points for the jug being a moonshine jug.)

Battle for the Bones (Memphis-UAB, with bonus points for the greatest rivalry trophy of all time: a 100-pound, bronzed rack of ribs.)

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The 20 best, actually ranked

20. The Biggest Little Game in America (Amherst-Williams)

19. The Holy War (Boston College-Notre Dame and BYU-Utah)

18. The Backyard Brawl (Pitt-West Virginia and Millsaps-Mississippi College)

17. The Iron Bowl (Alabama-Auburn)

16. The Soul Bowl (Alcorn State-Jackson State)

15. The Dam Cup (Eastern Washington-Portland State)

14. The Red Beans and Rice Bowl (Central Arkansas-McNeese State)

13. The Real HU (Hampton-Howard. Lots of schools argue about acronyms. Putting it on the line > yapping.)

12. Seafaring Scuffle (Merchant Marine-SUNY Maritine)

11. Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate (Georgia-Georgia Tech)

10. The BoomBox Classic (Jackson State-Southern)

9. The Border War (Kansas-Missouri ... like, they named it after a literal war.)

8. Red River Shootout (the name of Oklahoma-Texas, no matter what they try to tell you.)

7. The World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party (the name of Florida-Georgia, no matter what they try to tell you.)

6. Battle for the Keg of Nails (Cincinnati-Louisville)

5. The Rivalry (Lafayette-Lehigh, the only rivalry that could possibly attempt such a name, seeing as it’s the sport’s oldest ongoing series.)

4. The Black Hills Brawl (Black Hills State-South Dakota School of Mines)

3. 100 Miles of Hate (Middle Tennessee-Western Kentucky)

2. Bedlam (Oklahoma-Oklahoma State)

1. Brawl of the Wild (Montana-Montana State)

I’m sure I’m missing lots of good names.

Drop them in the comments, and I’ll get caught up on categorizing them at some point. If you can, include evidence of a team using the name.

And, in ABC order, some rivalry names that aren’t exactly recognized, but not for lack of trying by the internet.

Battle for the $5 Bits of Broken Chair Trophy (Minnesota-Nebraska)

Battle for the Golden Screwdriver (Fresno State-Hawaii)

The BUTT Bowl (Baylor-Texas Tech)

The Civil ConFLiCT (UCF-UConn)

¡EL ASSICO! (Iowa-Iowa State)

Farmageddon (Iowa State-Kansas State)

The Khaki Bowl (Ole Miss-Vanderbilt)

The Quadrangle of Hate (Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Wisconsin)

Techmo Bowl (Georgia Tech-Virginia Tech)

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Ne-Yo Plus the Best of HBCU Marching Bands Chosen to Close Out the Georgia Dome’s Football Field Before Demolished

The Georgia Dome is going out with a bang! Not only will eight HBCUs go head-to-head at the annual Honda Battle of the Bands, but Ne-Yo will also perform that night [January 28, 2017] at the Atlanta stadium before facilities shut down.

The dome currently houses football teams Georgia State University and the Atlanta Falcons, who have a home playoff game later today. Unless the Green Bay Packers beat the Dallas Cowboys in their playoffs [Sunday, January 15], the Falcons’ win against the Seattle Seahawks on Saturday was their last game at the stadium. The Peach Bowl already said goodbye to its longtime location in December, and the last Super Bowl at the Georgia Dome was in 2000 — the next possible one in Atlanta couldn’t be until 2019 at the earliest. It also hosted the Sugar Bowl after Hurricane Katrina, the first time the college bowl was played outside Louisiana.

But football players aren’t the only ones who’ve created legacies on the Georgia Dome’s field. Some of the top marching bands in the country have made their mark on the 100 yards. And for the annual Honda Battle of the Bands Invitational Showcase, eight finalists will step up to battle it out and with the help of Ne-Yo, bring awareness to what HBCUs are capable of. In return, Honda rewards each school with a $20,000 grant.

“I can’t wait to perform along with these talented student musicians,” the Grammy-award-winning singer said in a statement, “It’s a privilege to be a part of this celebration of the HBCU community and culture, and I look forward to giving the fans a great show.”

The 15th annual showcase of bands includes: Alabama A&M University, Alabama State University, Alcorn State University, Benedict College, Bethune-Cookman University, North Carolina A&T State University, Texas Southern University and Winston-Salem State University. This year’s theme is “Celebrate the History, Create the Future.” In the past, students have performed music of different genres and eras, and brought out their best musical arrangements, drumlines, and majorettes.

For tickets and more information, visit the website of Honda Battle of the Bands.

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