[gu-l] (12/26/02) Amazon Project
Takeshi Utsumi
utsumi@columbia.edu
Thu, 26 Dec 2002 21:29:07 -0500
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<<December 26, 2002>>
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Professor Doctor Alexandre Almir Ferreira Rivas <alex_mau@argo.com.br>
Renate Rennie <rrennie@tinker.org>
Dr. Jackson Colares da Silva <jcolares@hotmail.com>
Dr. David A. Johnson, AICP <daj@utk.edu>
Dear E-Colleagues:
(1) Our Amazon Project consists of deploying:
1. CampusNet which will connect six federal universities in the Amazon
region by broadband satellite Internet, and
2. Community Development Networks which will connect higher education,
secondary and elementary schools, libraries, hospitals, local government
offices and NGOs, etc. in the cities of main campuses of the
CampusNet-affiliated universities by broadband wireless Internet. =A0
Dear Alex:
(2) Many thanks for your prompt reply (ATTACHMENT I) to my inquiry of
ATTACHMENT II.
(3) I am very pleased to hear of your substantial progress on your CampusNe=
t
project with Brazilian Air Force=B9s SIPAM Program, as initiating the
deployment of some parts of the CampusNet in remote/rural areas of Amazon
region.
> I suppose that this is with the US$2.8 million which the Brazilian Congre=
ss
> pledged before, -- which you mentioned in your previous msgs.
> You once introduced the president of SIVAM (former of SIPAM) at the Tropi=
cana
> Hotel in Manaus when you invited me and my wife, Hisae, in October of 199=
8.
> At his suggestion, I visited SIVAM office in Boston in the spring of 1999=
to
> describe the outline of your CampusNet. After hearing my presentation, t=
hey
> said that it was a DREAM -- so, they are now realizing the dream!!
> Dear E-Colleagues:
>=20
> With regard to the =B3Multimedia Resource Centers (MRCs) which Alex refers =
to,
> pls visit =B3CampusNet Amazonia=B2 (which is an excellent proposal with detai=
led
> cost estimates which was constructed by Jackson) at;
> http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/Manaus%20Workshop/Tinker%20Foundat=
ion/A
> pplication%20Form/Tinker_Proposal_Web/Appendices/Appendix-I_CampusNet/A_1=
_Camp
> usNet.html
(4) Subsequently, our future tasks would be the following;
1. Deploy the similar telecom infrastructures to other parts of CampusNet
affiliated universities,
2. Deploy Community Development Networks (CDNs) in the cities of main
campuses of the CampusNet affiliated universities =8B starting with the one i=
n
the City of Manaus when we will receive the Grass Root Fund from the
Japanese Consulate in Manaus,
3. Configure the US-Brazil joint programs and projects =8B see my list
distribution of =B3(12/22/02) FIPSE grant possibility for our Amazon project=B2
at;
> http://www.friends-partners.org/pipermail/gu-l/2002q4/000162.html
>=20
(5) I will work on a brief description of our another laptop distribution
proposal to Tinker, and will ask the help of Jackson, if necessary, while
you will be out of town trip next month.
Dear Dave:
(6) I thank you for your offer of help to improve the main narrative of our
future project proposals. Pls include the above mentioned Alex=B9s progress
in it.
The narrative is for the applications to;
> (a) Global Development Alliance (GDA) Program of the U.S. Agency for
> International Development (USAID), -- deadlines are either February 3rd o=
r
> April 1st,
>=20
> (b) US-Brazil Higher Education Consortia Program:
> Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) -- deadline M=
arch
> 28,
>=20
> (c) Japan Trust Fund for Consultancy Services (JCF) of the Inter-American
> Development Bank (IADB) -- no deadline,
> http://www.iadb.org/jsfund/
>=20
> (d) =B3Non-tied cultural aid grant=B2 out of the ODA fund of Japanese Minist=
ry of
> Foreign Affairs (MOFA) -- no deadline,
> http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/oda/category/cultural/request.html
Pls feel free to call me if you have any questions and to talk about our
strategies =8B I will be busy from 1/20th to the end of January to deliver my
keynote speech at a conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Have a very happy and healthy New Year!!
Best, Tak
ATTACHMENT I=20
From: "Alex Rivas" <alex_mau@argo.com.br>
Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2002 13:35:02 -0200
To: "Takeshi Utsumi" <utsumi@columbia.edu>
Cc: "Jackson Colares" <jcolares@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Tinker Foundation
Dr. UTsumi,
=20
1 - Thank you. We wish a healthy and happy New Year!
=20
2 - I agree before with the submission of another proposal to Tinker
Foundation. I=B4ll be unavailable from Jan 4-15. However; Prf=BA Jackson can
take care of whatever you need.
=20
3 - We are starting to implement a recently approved project by SIPAM
(former SIVAM) to start part of our distance education program involving
inner cities in Amazonia. They are installing V-Sat antennas for 2-way
communication in 4 cities: Benjamin Constant (border with Columbia),
Eirunepe (border with Bolivia), Parintins (Easter Amazonas State) and Coari
(Central Amazonas State). We are going to equip each of our branch campuses
in this cities, with what we call Multimedia Resource Center, with 15 PCs
with access to the university network via SIPAM=B4s system. The university
hospital in Manaus is also heavily involved in this project with us. It=B4s
really a nice thing!
=20
I hope our sponsors can appreciate it. Actually, this is a hands-on of part
of our project.
=20
=20
Thank you.
=20
Alex=20
ATTACHMENT II=20
From: Takeshi Utsumi <mailto:utsumi@columbia.edu>
To: Alexandre Rivas <mailto:alex_mau@argo.com.br>
Cc: David Johnson <mailto:daj@utk.edu> ; Takeshi Utsumi
<mailto:utsumi@columbia.edu> ; Marco Antonio Dias
<mailto:mardias@wanadoo.fr> ; Paul Lefrere <mailto:p.lefrere@open.ac.uk> =
;
Tapio Varis <mailto:tapio.varis@uta.fi>
Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2002 2:49 PM
Subject: Tinker Foundation
Dear Alex:
(1) I hope you had a very pleasant Christmas.
(2) I just spoke with Ms. Renate Rennie, President of Tinker Foundation.
She regretted not having been able to sponsor our Manaus workshop proposal
for our Amazon project (total about US$140,000), because of the downturn of
economy in recent months, i.e., the price plunge of their endowment stocks.
However, she is willing to reconsider our proposal for their next cycle.
(3) I then asked her if they would consider our another following proposal.
Pls visit;
=93Application for Grass Root Fund for the Manaus Community Development
Network (MCDN)=94 at
http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/Manaus%20Workshop/Grass_Root_Fund/Ap=
p
lication_Form/Appl_for_GRF_7-18-02.html
You submitted this application (with about US$80,000) to the Grass Root Fun=
d
(GRF) of the Japanese Consulate in Manaus, though you haven=92t heard its
final decision yet.
Our another proposal to Tinker with regard to this MCDN project would be to
ask a matching fund (about US$80,000) to distribute wireless laptop, say,
about 5 laptops to each of the selected (about 5) high schools which will b=
e
hooked up with the wireless Internet with your university, when this GRF is
granted.
Renate then suggested me that I should send her a brief description of this
proposal.
I will compose it in the following two weeks and send you its draft for you=
r
approval.
(4) Renate told me that she would discuss with me around the end of January
which of the above (Manaus workshop proposal or MCDN laptop proposal) is to
be evaluated during their next cycle, since they can evaluate only one
proposal from us at each cycle.
Best, Tak
List of Distribution
Professor Doctor Alexandre Almir Ferreira Rivas
General Director of the Center of Sciences of the Environment
Center for Environmental Sciences (CCA)
Universidade Federal do Amazonas / FundacaoUNI-SOL
Campus Universitario
3000 Manaus, AM
Brazil 69000
Tel: +55-92-647-4063
Cel: +55-92- 9984-9323 (from 7:30am to 7:00pm, Monday to Friday)
Fax: +55-92-647-4066
alex_mau@argo.com.br
http://www.fua.br/
Renate Rennie
President
The Tinker Foundation Inc.
55 East 59th Street
New York. NY 10022
212-421-6858
Fax: (2I2) 223-3326
rrennie@tinker.org
http://fdncenter.org/grantmaker/tinker
Dr. Jackson Colares da Silva
Coordinator of CampusNet Amazonia
Campus Universitario
Centro de Ciencias do Ambiente
Manaus - AM - Brasil
69000-000
Tel/fax:+ 55 92 647.4066 / 647.4063
jcolares@hotmail.com
http://www.fua.br/~cna/ -- CampusNet
Dr. David A. Johnson, AICP
Board member of GLOSAS/USA
Former President of Fulbright Association
Lead Faculty Member,
International Honors Program on Globalization, 2002
Professor Emeritus
Department of Urban and Rgional Planning
University of Tennessee
108-I Hoskins Library
Knoxville, TN 37996-4015
USA
Tel: +1-865-974 5227
Fax: +1-865-974 5229
daj@utk.edu
davidj@buncombe.main.nc.us
http://web.utk.edu/~djohnutk/
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* (GLObal Systems Analysis and Simulation Association in the U.S.A.) *
* Laureate of Lord Perry Award for Excellence in Distance Education *
* President Emeritus and V.P. for Technology and Coordination of *
* ??Global University System (GUS) *
* 43-23 Colden Street, Flushing, NY 11355-3998, U.S.A. *
* Tel: 718-939-0928; Email: utsumi@columbia.edu *
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<FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><<December 26, 2002>><BR>
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<BR>
Professor Doctor Alexandre Almir Ferreira Rivas <<FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF"><=
U>alex_mau@argo.com.br><BR>
</U></FONT><BR>
Renate Rennie <rrennie@tinker.org><BR>
<BR>
Dr. Jackson Colares da Silva <jcolares@hotmail.com><BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF"><FONT SIZE=3D"2"><FONT FACE=3D"Courier"><BR>
</FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">Dr. David A. Johnson, AICP <<F=
ONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF"><U>daj@utk.edu><BR>
</U></FONT><BR>
<BR>
<B><U>Dear E-Colleagues:<BR>
</U></B><BR>
(1) Our Amazon Project consists of deploying:<BR>
<BR>
</FONT><OL><LI><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><U>CampusNet</U> which will connect six=
federal universities in the Amazon region by broadband satellite Internet, =
and=20
</FONT><LI><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><U>Community Development Networks</U> which=
will connect higher education, secondary and elementary schools, libraries,=
hospitals, local government offices and NGOs, etc. in the cities of main ca=
mpuses of the CampusNet-affiliated universities by broadband wireless Intern=
et. ? <BR>
</FONT></OL><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><BR>
<B><U>Dear Alex:<BR>
</U></B><BR>
(2) Many thanks for your prompt reply (<B><U>ATTACHMENT I</U></B>) to my in=
quiry of <B><U>ATTACHMENT II.<BR>
</U></B><BR>
(3) I am very pleased to hear of your substantial progress on your CampusNe=
t project with Brazilian Air Force’s SIPAM Program, as initiating the =
deployment of some parts of the CampusNet in remote/rural areas of Amazon re=
gion.<BR>
<BR>
</FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">I suppose that this is with the US$=
2.8 million which the Brazilian Congress pledged before, -- which you mentio=
ned in your previous msgs.<BR>
</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><BR>
</FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">You once introduced the president o=
f SIVAM (former of SIPAM) at the Tropicana Hotel in Manaus when you invited =
me and my wife, Hisae, in October of 1998. At his suggestion, I visite=
d SIVAM office in Boston in the spring of 1999 to describe the outline of yo=
ur CampusNet. After hearing my presentation, they said that it was a D=
REAM -- so, they are now realizing the dream!!<BR>
</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><BR>
</FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><B><U>Dear E-Colleagues:<BR>
<BR>
</U></B>With regard to the “Multimedia Resource Centers (MRCs) which =
Alex refers to, pls visit “CampusNet Amazonia” (which is an exce=
llent proposal with detailed cost estimates which was constructed by Jackson=
) at;<BR>
http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/Manaus%20Workshop/Tinker%20Foundatio=
n/Application%20Form/Tinker_Proposal_Web/Appendices/Appendix-I_CampusNet/A_1=
_CampusNet.html<BR>
</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><BR>
(4) Subsequently, our future tasks would be the following;<BR>
<BR>
</FONT><OL><LI><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">Deploy the similar telecom infrastructu=
res to other parts of CampusNet affiliated universities,
</FONT><LI><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">Deploy Community Development Networks (CDNs=
) in the cities of main campuses of the CampusNet affiliated universities &#=
8212; starting with the one in the City of Manaus when we will receive the G=
rass Root Fund from the Japanese Consulate in Manaus,
</FONT><LI><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">Configure the US-Brazil joint programs and =
projects — see my list distribution of “(12/22/02) FIPSE grant p=
ossibility for our Amazon project” at;<BR>
</FONT></OL><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">http://www.friends-partners.or=
g/pipermail/gu-l/2002q4/000162.html<BR>
<BR>
</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">(5) I will work on a brief descrip=
tion of our another laptop distribution proposal to Tinker, and will ask the=
help of Jackson, if necessary, while you will be out of town trip next mont=
h.<BR>
<BR>
<B><U>Dear Dave:<BR>
</U></B><BR>
(6) I thank you for your offer of help to improve the main narrative of our=
future project proposals. Pls include the above mentioned Alex’=
s progress in it.<BR>
<BR>
The narrative is for the applications to;<BR>
<BR>
</FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">(a) Global Development Alliance (GD=
A) Program of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), -- dead=
lines are either February 3rd or April 1st,<BR>
<BR>
(b) US-Brazil Higher Education Consortia Program:<BR>
Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) -- deadline Mar=
ch 28,<BR>
<BR>
(c) Japan Trust Fund for Consultancy Services (JCF) of the Inter-American D=
evelopment Bank (IADB) -- no deadline,<BR>
<FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF"><U>http://www.iadb.org/jsfund/<BR>
</U></FONT><BR>
(d) “Non-tied cultural aid grant” out of the ODA fund of =
Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) -- no deadline,<BR>
<FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF"><U>http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/oda/category/cultural=
/request.html<BR>
</U></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><BR>
Pls feel free to call me if you have any questions and to talk about our st=
rategies — I will be busy from 1/20th to the end of January to deliver=
my keynote speech at a conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.<BR>
<BR>
Have a very happy and healthy New Year!!<BR>
<BR>
Best, Tak<BR>
<BR>
<HR ALIGN=3DCENTER SIZE=3D"3" WIDTH=3D"95%"></FONT>
<P ALIGN=3DCENTER>
<FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><B><U>ATTACHMENT I
</U></B></FONT>
<P>
<FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><BR>
<B>From: </B>"Alex Rivas" <alex_mau@argo.com.br><BR>
<B>Date: </B>Thu, 26 Dec 2002 13:35:02 -0200<BR>
<B>To: </B>"Takeshi Utsumi" <utsumi@columbia.edu><BR>
<B>Cc: </B>"Jackson Colares" <jcolares@hotmail.com><BR>
<B>Subject: </B>Re: Tinker Foundation<BR>
<BR>
Dr. UTsumi,<BR>
<BR>
1 - Thank you. We wish a healthy and happy New Year!<BR>
<BR>
2 - I agree before with the submission of another proposal to Tinker Founda=
tion. I´ll be unavailable from Jan 4-15. However; Prfº=
; Jackson can take care of whatever you need.<BR>
<BR>
3 - We are starting to implement a recently approved project by SIPAM (form=
er SIVAM) to start part of our distance education program involving inner ci=
ties in Amazonia. They are installing V-Sat antennas for 2-way communication=
in 4 cities: Benjamin Constant (border with Columbia), Eirunepe (border wit=
h Bolivia), Parintins (Easter Amazonas State) and Coari (Central Amazonas St=
ate). We are going to equip each of our branch campuses in this cities, with=
what we call Multimedia Resource Center, with 15 PCs with access to the uni=
versity network via SIPAM´s system. The university hospital in Manaus =
is also heavily involved in this project with us. It´s really a =
nice thing!<BR>
<BR>
I hope our sponsors can appreciate it. Actually, this is a hands-on of part=
of our project.<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
Thank you.<BR>
<BR>
Alex <BR>
<HR ALIGN=3DCENTER SIZE=3D"3" WIDTH=3D"95%"></FONT>
<P ALIGN=3DCENTER>
<FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><B><U>ATTACHMENT II
</U></B></FONT>
<P>
<FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><BR>
<B>From:</B> Takeshi Utsumi <mailto:utsumi@columbia.edu> <BR>
<B>To:</B> Alexandre Rivas <mailto:alex_mau@argo.com.br> <BR>
<B>Cc:</B> David Johnson <mailto:daj@utk.edu> ; Takeshi Utsumi =
<mailto:utsumi@columbia.edu> ; Marco Antonio Dias <mailto:mar=
dias@wanadoo.fr> ; Paul Lefrere <mailto:p.lefrere@open.ac.uk>=
; Tapio Varis <mailto:tapio.varis@uta.fi> <BR>
<B>Sent:</B> Thursday, December 26, 2002 2:49 PM<BR>
<B>Subject:</B> Tinker Foundation<BR>
<BR>
<B><U>Dear Alex:<BR>
<BR>
</U></B>(1) I hope you had a very pleasant Christmas.<BR>
<BR>
(2) I just spoke with Ms. Renate Rennie, President of Tinker Foundation.<BR=
>
<BR>
She regretted not having been able to sponsor our Manaus workshop proposal =
for our Amazon project (total about US$140,000), because of the downturn of =
economy in recent months, i.e., the price plunge of their endowment stocks.<=
BR>
<BR>
However, she is willing to reconsider our proposal for their next cycle.<BR=
>
<BR>
(3) I then asked her if they would consider our another following proposal.=
<BR>
<BR>
Pls visit;<BR>
?Application for Grass Root Fund for the Manaus Community Development Netwo=
rk (MCDN)? at<BR>
http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/Manaus%20Workshop/Grass_Root_Fund/Ap=
plication_Form/Appl_for_GRF_7-18-02.html<BR>
<BR>
You submitted this application (with about US$80,000) to the Grass Root Fun=
d (GRF) of the Japanese Consulate in Manaus, though you haven?t heard its fi=
nal decision yet.<BR>
<BR>
Our another proposal to Tinker with regard to this MCDN project would be to=
ask a matching fund (about US$80,000) to distribute wireless laptop, say, a=
bout 5 laptops to each of the selected (about 5) high schools which will be =
hooked up with the wireless Internet with your university, when this GRF is =
granted.<BR>
<BR>
Renate then suggested me that I should send her a brief description of this=
proposal.<BR>
<BR>
I will compose it in the following two weeks and send you its draft for you=
r approval.<BR>
<BR>
(4) Renate told me that she would discuss with me around the end of January=
which of the above (Manaus workshop proposal or MCDN laptop proposal) is to=
be evaluated during their next cycle, since they can evaluate only one prop=
osal from us at each cycle.<BR>
<BR>
Best, Tak<BR>
<BR>
</FONT><FONT FACE=3D"Courier"><HR ALIGN=3DCENTER SIZE=3D"3" WIDTH=3D"95%"></FONT>
<P ALIGN=3DCENTER>
<FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><B><U>List of Distribution
</U></B></FONT>
<P>
<FONT FACE=3D"Courier"><BR>
<BR>
</FONT><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">Professor Doctor Alexandre Almir Ferreira Rivas=
<BR>
General Director of the Center of Sciences of the Environment<BR>
Center for Environmental Sciences (CCA)<BR>
Universidade Federal do Amazonas / FundacaoUNI-SOL<BR>
Campus Universitario<BR>
3000 Manaus, AM<BR>
Brazil 69000<BR>
Tel: +55-92-647-4063<BR>
Cel: +55-92- 9984-9323 (from 7:30am to 7:00pm, Monday to Friday)<BR>
Fax: +55-92-647-4066<BR>
<FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF"><U>alex_mau@argo.com.br<BR>
http://www.fua.br/<BR>
</U></FONT><BR>
Renate Rennie<BR>
President<BR>
The Tinker Foundation Inc.<BR>
55 East 59th Street<BR>
New York. NY 10022<BR>
212-421-6858<BR>
Fax: (2I2) 223-3326<BR>
rrennie@tinker.org<BR>
http://fdncenter.org/grantmaker/tinker<BR>
<BR>
Dr. Jackson Colares da Silva<BR>
Coordinator of CampusNet Amazonia<BR>
Campus Universitario<BR>
Centro de Ciencias do Ambiente<BR>
Manaus - AM - Brasil<BR>
69000-000<BR>
Tel/fax:+ 55 92 647.4066 / 647.4063<BR>
jcolares@hotmail.com<BR>
<U>http://www.fua.br/~cna/</U> -- CampusNet<BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF"><FONT SIZE=3D"2"><FONT FACE=3D"Courier"><BR>
</FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">Dr. David A. Johnson, AICP<BR>
Board member of GLOSAS/USA<BR>
Former President of Fulbright Association<BR>
Lead Faculty Member,<BR>
International Honors Program on Globalization, 2002<BR>
Professor Emeritus<BR>
Department of Urban and Rgional Planning<BR>
University of Tennessee<BR>
108-I Hoskins Library<BR>
Knoxville, TN 37996-4015<BR>
USA<BR>
Tel: +1-865-974 5227<BR>
Fax: +1-865-974 5229<BR>
<FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF"><U>daj@utk.edu<BR>
davidj@buncombe.main.nc.us<BR>
http://web.utk.edu/~djohnutk/<BR>
</U></FONT></FONT><FONT FACE=3D"Courier">************************************=
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* Takeshi Utsumi, Ph.D., P.E., Chairman, GLOSAS/USA  =
; &nb=
sp;*<BR>
* (GLObal Systems Analysis and Simulation Association in the U.S.A.) *<BR>
* Laureate of Lord Perry Award for Excellence in Distance Education *=
<BR>
* President Emeritus and V.P. for Technology and Coordination of &nbs=
p; *<BR>
* ??Global University System (GUS) &nbs=
p; &n=
bsp; =
*<BR>
* 43-23 Colden Street, Flushing, NY 11355-3998, U.S.A. &n=
bsp; *<BR>
* Tel: 718-939-0928; Email: utsumi@columbia.edu &nb=
sp; &=
nbsp; *<BR>
* http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/ &nb=
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