= <span id="docs-internal-guid-62f1d862-336c-a0d7-7ce5-4cdbef0a76ca"><span style="font-size: 35px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategic Priorities for Innovation and Entrepreneurship on Berea College Campus</span></span> =
= <code><var><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"><samp><small><kbd><cite><span style="font-size:xx-large;">Strategic Priorities for Innovation and Entrepreneurship on Berea College Campus</span></cite></kbd></small></samp></span><br/var></code> =
== <code><var><samp><small><kbd><cite><span idstyle="docsfont-internalsize:x-guid-62f1d862-336c-a0d7-7ce5-4cdbef0a76calarge;">Priority </span><span style="font-sizestyle: 28pxitalic; "><span style="font-familysize: 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); fontx-weight: normallarge; vertical-align">#1: baseline; whiteStart-space: pre-wrap;"up weekends/Idea Pitches</span>Strategic Priorities</span></spancite></kbd></small></samp></var></code> ==
<spancode><var><samp><small><kbd><cite><span style="font-sizestyle: 28pxitalic; "><span style="font-familysize: 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-weight: normal; verticalx-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wraplarge;"></span><br/></span>Provide an opportunities for budding entrepreneurs to work on their ideas, pitches, and get funding for and feedback on their ideas. Hosted on the college campus, students will have the chance to build upon an idea that engages problems occurring on the micro level, while also being mentored/judged by experts in the community. We will have professors from Computer Science, Business, Economics, Technology and Applied Design to act as judges, and have local businesses provide financial awards that creates a partnership through I&E principles. The first night of the event, we will teach students concepts such as Design Thinking which can help in their idea processes, and skills they can use after the weekend it complete.</cite></kbd></small></samp></var></code>
=== <span id="docs-internal-guid-62f1d862-336c-a0d7-7ce5-4cdbef0a76ca"code><span style="font-size: 20px; font-familyvar><samp><small><kbd><cite>Leaders: 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb[Enter Name(42, 42, 42s); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"here]</cite>Priority #1: Start-up weekends</Idea Pitcheskbd></spansmall></spansamp><br/> ===</var></code>
=== <code><var><span id="docs-internal-guid-62f1d862-336c-a0d7-7ce5-4cdbef0a76ca" style="font-sizefamily: 12pxlucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"><samp><small><kbd><cite>'''Milestone:'''<br/>First event, Spring 2015<br/>Tactic <span style="font-sizestyle: 15px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrapitalic;">Provide an opportunities for budding entrepreneurs to work on their ideas, pitches, and get funding for and feedback on their ideas.#1:<br/span></span>Tactic <span style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-familystyle: 'Trebuchet MS'italic; font-size">#2: 15px; font-weight: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;"<br/></span></cite></kbd></small></samp>Hosted on the college campus, students will have the chance to build upon an idea that engages problems occurring on the micro level, while also being mentored<br/judged by experts in the community. We will have professors from Computer Science, Business, Economics, Technology and Applied Design to act as judges, and have local businesses provide financial awards that creates a partnership through I&E principles. The first night of the event, we will teach students concepts such as Design Thinking which can help in their idea processes, and skills they can use after the weekend it complete.></span> ===</var></code>
= <code><var><span idstyle="docsfont-internalfamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-guid-62f1d862-336c-a0d7-7ce5-4cdbef0a76caserif;"><samp><small><kbd><cite><span style="font-size: 15pxx-large; "><span style="font-familystyle: 'Trebuchet MS'italic; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); vertical"><br/></span>Priority <span style="font-alignstyle: baseline; white-space: pre-wrapitalic;">Leaders#2: [Enter NameBerea Innovation Studio (sBIS) here]and Creative Space<br/></span></span></cite></kbd></small></samp></span></var></code>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-62f1d862-336c-a0d7-7ce5-4cdbef0a76ca"code><var><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(68lucida sans unicode, 68lucida grande, 68); verticalsans-align: baselineserif; white-"><samp><small><kbd><cite>Our delivery methodology will be to create a space, an innovation studio, where we will strive to foster activities that encourage and support innovation on campus, especially among the student body.<br/>Lead Person: pre-wrap;"Robert Hosking, Jacob Heller</cite></kbd></small></samp><br/>Milestone:</span></spanvar></code>
*<code><var><span idstyle="docsfont-internalfamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-guid-62f1d862-336c-a0d7-7ce5-4cdbef0a76caserif;"><samp><small><kbd><cite></cite></kbd></small></samp><span style="verticalfont-alignsize: baseline; white-space: pre-wrapsmall;">First event, Spring 2015Milestone:</span><samp><small><kbd><cite><br/></cite></kbd></small></samp></span></var></code>
<code><var><spanstyle="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"><samp><small><kbd><cite>Start, Fall 2015<br/>Tactic <span style="verticalfont-alignstyle: baselineitalic; white">#1:<br/></span>Tactic <span style="font-spacestyle: pre-wrapitalic;">#2:<br/></span><br/span><span style="font-size: 16pxx-large; ">Priority <span style="font-familystyle: 'Trebuchet MS'italic; color">#3: rgbLobby for I&E Principles in General Studies Program<br/></span></span>Should be mandated for every student as part of Berea College's General Studies program, but more specifically the General Studies Classes offered to Freshman (68, 68, 68GSTR 110) and to Seniors (GSTR 410). textThese classes may be subject-decoration: underlinespecific, and offered as seminars (e.g. Entrepreneurship for Biology and/or Chemistry; verticalEntrepreneurship for Engineering and/or Technology). Also, the incorporation of I&E concepts can be implemented in a project-alignbased learning environment for real-life application within the community and for interdisciplinary collaboration.<br/>Lead Person: baseline; white[Enter name(s) here]<br/>Milestones:<br/>Initiate conversations with Administration, Summer 2015<br/>Seek to have agenda featured at faculty meetings, Fall 2015<br/>Tactic <span style="font-spacestyle: pre-wrapitalic;">Tactic #1:<br/></span>Tactic <span style="font-sizestyle: 16pxitalic; ">#2:<br/></span><span style="font-familysize: 'Trebuchet MS'x-large; color"><br/></span><span style="font-size: rgb(68, 68, 68); verticalx-align: baselinelarge; white">Priority <span style="font-spacestyle: pre-wrapitalic;">#4:Coding Saturdays<br/></span></span></cite></kbd></small></samp></span></var></code>
<code><var><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(68lucida sans unicode, 68lucida grande, 68); text-decoration: underline; verticalsans-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrapserif;">Tactic #<samp><small><kbd><cite>A partnership with the Computer Science Department to foster coding skills, by hosting 2-hour workshops at least every fortnight (two weeks), on Saturday mornings.<br/span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-familyLead Person: 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb[Enter name(68, 68, 68s); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"here]</cite></kbd></small></samp><br/>:</span></var></code>
<code><var><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"><samp><small><kbd><cite>Milestones:<br/>Space and coding instructors search, August-September, 2015<br/>First event, first week of October, 2015<br/>Tactic <span style="font-style: italic;">#1:<br/></span>Tactic <span style="font-style: italic;">#2:<br/></span><br/><span style="font-size:x-large;">Priority <span style="font-style: italic;">#5: Makers’ Fair<br/></span></span></cite></kbd></small></samp></span></var></code>
=== <span id="docs-internal-guid-62f1d862-336c-a0d7-7ce5-4cdbef0a76ca"code><var><span style="font-size: 20px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(42lucida sans unicode, 42lucida grande, 42); font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: presans-wrapserif;">Priority #2: Berea Innovation Studio <samp><small><kbd><cite>Partner with the Technology Club to host prototype design and building sessions, followed by a fair to showcase these prototypes and ideas. These events should take place once every regular semester (BIStwice per year) .<br/>Lead Person:<br/>Key Partners: Technology Club, Technology Department, and Creative SpaceComputer Science Department</cite></kbd></small></samp><br/></span></spanvar></code> ===
=== <code><var><span idstyle="docsfont-internalfamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-guid-62f1d862-336c-a0d7-7ce5-4cdbef0a76caserif;"><samp><small><kbd><cite>Milestones:<br/>First event, November 2014<br/>Draft calendars of events and stakeholder meetings, Fall 2014<br/>Next event, Spring 2015<br/>Tactic <span style="font-sizestyle: 15pxitalic; ">#1:<br/></span>Tactic <span style="font-familystyle: 'Trebuchet MS'italic; color">#2: rgb(68, 68, 68); <br/></span><br/><span style="font-weightsize: normal; verticalx-align: baselinelarge; white">Priority <span style="font-spacestyle: pre-wrapitalic;">Our delivery methodology will be to create a space, an innovation studio, where we will strive to foster activities that encourage #6: Design projects for businesses and support innovation on campus, especially among the student body.community<br/></span></span></cite></kbd></small></samp></span> ===</var></code>
= <span id="docs-internal-guid-62f1d862-336c-a0d7-7ce5-4cdbef0a76ca"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lead Person: Robert Hosking, Jacob Heller</span></span> <span id="docs-internal-guid-62f1d862-336c-a0d7-7ce5-4cdbef0a76ca"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Milestone:</span></span><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-62f1d862-336c-a0d7-7ce5-4cdbef0a76ca"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Start, Fall 2015</span></span></li></ul> <span id="docs-internal-guid-62f1d862-336c-a0d7-7ce5-4cdbef0a76ca"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic #1</span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">:</span></span> <span id="docs-internal-guid-62f1d862-336c-a0d7-7ce5-4cdbef0a76ca"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic #2</span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">:</span></span><br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-62f1d862-336c-a0d7-7ce5-4cdbef0a76ca"><span style="font-size: 20px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Priority #3: Lobby for I&E Principles in General Studies Program</span></span> = === <span id="docs-internal-guid-62f1d862-336c-a0d7-7ce5-4cdbef0a76ca"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Should be mandated for every student as part of Berea College's General Studies program, but more specifically the General Studies Classes offered to Freshman (GSTR 110) and to Seniors (GSTR 410).</span></span><span style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;">These classes may be subject-specific, and offered as seminars (e.g. Entrepreneurship for Biology and/or Chemistry; Entrepreneurship for Engineering and/or Technology). Also, the incorporation of I&E concepts can be implemented in a project-based learning environment for real-life application within the community and for interdisciplinary collaboration.</span> === = <span id="docs-internal-guid-62f1d862-336c-a0d7-7ce5-4cdbef0a76ca"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lead Person: [Enter name(s) here]</span></span> <span id="docs-internal-guid-62f1d862-336c-a0d7-7ce5-4cdbef0a76ca"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Milestones:</span></span><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-62f1d862-336c-a0d7-7ce5-4cdbef0a76ca"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Initiate conversations with Administration, Summer 2015</span></span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-62f1d862-336c-a0d7-7ce5-4cdbef0a76ca"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Seek to have agenda featured at faculty meetings, Fall 2015</span></span></li></ul> <span id="docs-internal-guid-62f1d862-336c-a0d7-7ce5-4cdbef0a76ca"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic #1</span><span style="font-size: 20px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">:</span></span> <span id="docs-internal-guid-62f1d862-336c-a0d7-7ce5-4cdbef0a76ca"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic #2</span><span style="font-size: 20px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">:</span></span><br/><br/><br/><br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-62f1d862-336c-a0d7-7ce5-4cdbef0a76ca"><span style="font-size: 20px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Priority #4: Coding Saturdays</span></span> = === <span id="docs-internal-guid-62f1d862-336c-a0d7-7ce5-4cdbef0a76ca"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"code>A partnership with the Computer Science Department to foster coding skills, by hosting 2-hour workshops at least every fortnight (two weeks), on Saturday mornings</spanvar><span style="font-size: 20px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(42lucida sans unicode, 42lucida grande, 42); vertical-align: baseline; whitesans-space: pre-wrapserif;">.</spansamp></spansmall> === = <span id="docs-internal-guid-62f1d862-336c-a0d7-7ce5-4cdbef0a76ca"kbd><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lead Person: [Enter name(s) here]</span></span> <span id="docs-internal-guid-62f1d862-336c-a0d7-7ce5-4cdbef0a76ca"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Milestones:</span></span><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-62f1d862-336c-a0d7-7ce5-4cdbef0a76ca"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Space and coding instructors search, August-September, 2015</span></span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-62f1d862-336c-a0d7-7ce5-4cdbef0a76ca"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">First event, first week of October, 2015</span></span></li></ul> <span id="docs-internal-guid-62f1d862-336c-a0d7-7ce5-4cdbef0a76ca"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic #1</span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">:</span></span> <span id="docs-internal-guid-62f1d862-336c-a0d7-7ce5-4cdbef0a76ca"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic #2</span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">:</span></span><br/>= === <span id="docs-internal-guid-62f1d862-336c-a0d7-7ce5-4cdbef0a76ca"><span style="font-size: 20px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Priority #5: Makers’ Fair</span></span> === === <span id="docs-internal-guid-62f1d862-336c-a0d7-7ce5-4cdbef0a76ca"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Partner with the Technology Club to host prototype design and building sessions, followed by a fair to showcase these prototypes and ideas. These events should take place once every regular semester (twice per year).</span></span> === = <span id="docs-internal-guid-62f1d862-336c-a0d7-7ce5-4cdbef0a76ca"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lead Person:</span></span> <span id="docs-internal-guid-62f1d862-336c-a0d7-7ce5-4cdbef0a76ca"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Key Partners: Technology Club, Technology Department, and Computer Science Department</span></span> <span id="docs-internal-guid-62f1d862-336c-a0d7-7ce5-4cdbef0a76ca"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Milestones:</span></span><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-62f1d862-336c-a0d7-7ce5-4cdbef0a76ca"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">First event, November 2014</span></span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-62f1d862-336c-a0d7-7ce5-4cdbef0a76ca"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Draft calendars of events and stakeholder meetings, Fall 2014</span></span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-62f1d862-336c-a0d7-7ce5-4cdbef0a76ca"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Next event, Spring 2015</span><span style="font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></li></ul> <span id="docs-internal-guid-62f1d862-336c-a0d7-7ce5-4cdbef0a76ca"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic #1</span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">:</span></span> <span id="docs-internal-guid-62f1d862-336c-a0d7-7ce5-4cdbef0a76ca"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic #2</span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">:</span></span><br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-62f1d862-336c-a0d7-7ce5-4cdbef0a76ca"><span style="font-size: 20px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Priority #6: Design projects for businesses and community</span></span> = === <span id="docs-internal-guid-62f1d862-336c-a0d7-7ce5-4cdbef0a76ca"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"cite>Partner with businesses and organizations in the community to work on projects that can be solved through innovation. A business and/or community partner would provide a challenge, and a team of students would develop and design a solution, using the BIS.<br/span></span> === = <span id="docs-internal-guid-62f1d862-336c-a0d7-7ce5-4cdbef0a76ca"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lead Person: [Enter name(s) here]</spancite></span> <span id="docs-internal-guid-62f1d862-336c-a0d7-7ce5-4cdbef0a76ca"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"kbd>Milestones:</spansmall></spansamp><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-62f1d862-336c-a0d7-7ce5-4cdbef0a76ca"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Identify potential partners and build relationships, August-September, 2014</span></span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-62f1d862-336c-a0d7-7ce5-4cdbef0a76ca"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">First event, October 2014</span></span></li></ul> <span id="docs-internal-guid-62f1d862-336c-a0d7-7ce5-4cdbef0a76ca"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic #1<br/span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">:</span></spanvar> <span id="docs-internal-guid-62f1d862-336c-a0d7-7ce5-4cdbef0a76ca"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic #2</span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">:</span></spancode>
<code><var><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"><samp><small><kbd><cite>Milestones:<br/>Identify potential partners and build relationships, August-September, 2014<br/>First event, October 2014<br/>Tactic <span style="font-style: italic;">#1:<br/></span>Tactic <span style="font-style: italic;">#2:</span></cite></kbd></small></samp></span></var></code>
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