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+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Hooks provided by the Dashboard module.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @addtogroup hooks
+ * @{
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Add regions to the dashboard.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   An array whose keys are the names of the dashboard regions and whose
+ *   values are the titles that will be displayed in the blocks administration
+ *   interface. The keys are also used as theme wrapper functions.
+ */
+function hook_dashboard_regions() {
+  // Define a new dashboard region. Your module can also then define
+  // theme_mymodule_dashboard_region() as a theme wrapper function to control
+  // the region's appearance.
+  return array('mymodule_dashboard_region' => "My module's dashboard region");
+}
+
+/**
+ * Alter dashboard regions provided by modules.
+ *
+ * @param $regions
+ *   An array containing all dashboard regions, in the format provided by
+ *   hook_dashboard_regions().
+ */
+function hook_dashboard_regions_alter(&$regions) {
+  // Remove the sidebar region defined by the core dashboard module.
+  unset($regions['dashboard_sidebar']);
+}
+
+/**
+ * @} End of "addtogroup hooks".
+ */