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-import { chakra, useRecipe, Box, Button, Avatar, Stack, Text, Menu, Portal } from "@chakra-ui/react"
-
-export default function Header() {
-  const recipe = useRecipe({ key: "header" });
-  const styles = recipe();
-
-  return (
-    <chakra.div css={styles}>
-      <Button color="color" variant="plain" textStyle="5xl" fontWeight="bold">VDAP</Button>
-      <Stack gap="0">
-        <Text color="color" fontWeight="bold" textStyle="lg">{user.name}</Text>
-        <Text color="fg.muted" textStyle="sm">{user.email}</Text>
-      </Stack>
-      {/* Add a drop down menu to the avatar */}
-      <Menu.Root>
-        <Menu.Trigger rounded="full" focusRing="outside">
-        <Avatar.Root>
-          <Avatar.Fallback name={user.name} />
-          <Avatar.Image src={user.avatar} />
-        </Avatar.Root>
-        </Menu.Trigger>
-        <Portal>
-          <Menu.Positioner zIndex="popover">
-            <Menu.Content>
-              <Menu.Item value="account">Account</Menu.Item>
-              <Menu.Item value="settings">Settings</Menu.Item>
-              <Menu.Item value="logout">Logout</Menu.Item>
-            </Menu.Content>
-          </Menu.Positioner>
-        </Portal>
-      </Menu.Root>
-      {/* End drop down menu */}
-    </chakra.div>
-  );
-}
-
-const user = {
-  name: "venessa kuchenik",
-  email: "vkuchenik@contractor.usgs.gov",
-  // avatar: "src\\assets\\user_profile.svg"
-}
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