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SYRACUSE — A search committee will work to identify the next dean of Syracuse University’s Martin J. Whitman School of Management. The Boston, Massachusetts–based search firm Isaacson, Miller will assist the committee in all aspects of recruitment and selection, Syracuse said in its online announcement. Maria Minniti, the Bantle chair in entrepreneurship and public policy […]

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Colgate President Casey to stay through 2030

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HAMILTON — Colgate University President Brian Casey will lead the school as it moves forward with its Third-Century Plan and the recently announced $1 billion campaign for the Third Century. Colgate’s board of trustees on Aug. 29 voted unanimously to extend Casey’s contract through 2030. It represents the second contract extension for Casey, the university

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HAMILTON — Colgate University President Brian Casey will lead the school as it moves forward with its Third-Century Plan and the recently announced $1 billion campaign for the Third Century.

Colgate’s board of trustees on Aug. 29 voted unanimously to extend Casey’s contract through 2030.

It represents the second contract extension for Casey, the university said in its Aug. 30 announcement.

“We are fortunate to have one of the nation’s most strategic and visionary presidents. Thanks to President Casey’s guidance and collaboration with our University community, Colgate has moved forward with a series of transformative initiatives that have improved access and affordability and touched every corner of campus, while also increasing faculty support to extend the academic reach and reputation of the University,” Michael Herling, chair of the Colgate University board of trustees, contended. “On behalf of the board of trustees and alumni around the world, I am honored to announce the extension of his contract, and I want to take this opportunity to thank President Casey for his leadership, his vision for Colgate, his focus on creating a caring community of scholars, and his commitment to excellence.”

Casey started his duties as president in 2016, and Colgate first renewed his contract in 2019.

“I am honored by the trust that this University community has placed in me and the senior team at Colgate. My interactions with our faculty, students, staff, and alumni over these past six years have shown Colgate to be an extraordinary place,” Casey said. “As a student of the history of American higher education, I know that most leading colleges experience periods of growth when the right combination of academic talent is aligned with ambitious students from all walks of life and a supportive administration. We are at one of those moments now at Colgate, and I am proud to be part of its trajectory.”

The contract extension comes at a time of “unprecedented growth” at Colgate, the university said. The university considered an “all-time record” number of applications for admission this year with 21,153 prospective students seeking entry to the Class of 2026. Colgate has had a 146 percent increase in applications in the past two years, per its announcement.

Now in its second year of implementation, Colgate’s Third-Century Plan has resulted in the launch of the Colgate Commitment, which includes a No-Loan Initiative — eliminating federal student loans for all admitted students with family incomes under $150,000 — and students with family incomes of $80,000 or less attend “tuition free.”

Since taking office, Casey has led the school through several major construction projects, including the creation of two new residence halls and Benton Hall — Colgate’s home of career services and the Office of National Fellowships and Scholarships.

Colgate’s Oak Drive is undergoing a “renewal project to beautify and re-envision the historic entryway” to campus, and construction is now underway to create the new Robert H.N. Ho Mind, Brain, and Behavior Center at Olin Hall.

Groundbreaking for the Benton Center for Creativity and Innovation will happen this fall, starting Colgate’s new Middle Campus, the school said.

Small research center makes a big impact on worker safety

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COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — The Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety, a part of the Bassett Healthcare Network, has a mission to improve agricultural and rural health through consulting, research, education, and outreach. Efforts and initiatives include providing respirator-fit test services, holding farm-safety trainings, CPR training, chainsaw/logging safety training, a personal protective equipment program, and

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Efforts and initiatives include providing respirator-fit test services, holding farm-safety trainings, CPR training, chainsaw/logging safety training, a personal protective equipment program, and a whole host of research projects.

The mission, Northeast Center Director Julie Sorensen says, is to “work with communities … to develop solutions that make their work healthier and safer.”

“We also do a lot of work here conducting research,” she notes. Some of that research includes tracking injury trends in order to develop and roll out solutions.

One such project, Sorensen says, centered around PTOs, the power take-off shafts that connect tractors to equipment, and the entanglement injuries that are too common. Although equipped with protective shields, “we learned farmers just ripped those off,” Sorensen says.

The solution was finding shields that weren’t too big and didn’t get in the way. “We found a shield that wasn’t as difficult to use and was cost efficient,” Sorensen notes. And then the Northeast Center distributed that shield to farmers. In a follow-up, the center found that more farmers were using the shield to prevent entanglement and injury.

Smaller farms, in particular, struggle with safety and health issues, Sorensen says. “Safety is tied to economics,” she says, and smaller farms just don’t have as much money to spend. The result is she’s seen everything from tractors without brakes to farming on extremely hilly and dangerous land.

That’s where the Rollover Protective Structures (ROPS) program comes into play. The program, which began in 2007, helps farmers find, purchase, and install rollover safety bars on tractors that don’t have them. Tractor rollovers are historically one of the most common causes of farm injuries and fatalities.

“That program has gone national,” Sorensen says. And since the cost to implement the program is less than the cost of fatalities and injuries from rollover accidents, the program has saved the state about $4 million since its inception.

Another program focused on the lobster industry and the leading cause of death there — drowning. “The most frequent cause of death to the lobster community is falls overboard,” Sorensen said. That was compounded by the fact that many of the lobster workers weren’t wearing life jackets. Most, Sorensen says, weren’t opposed to wearing one, but they had not found one they could comfortably wear while still performing their job duties.

The center started researching options available locally to lobster communities, and then worked to put together a variety of different life jackets and flotation devices ranging from slimly designed vests to bib overalls with a built-in flotation feature. “We brought them to the docks and the ports and asked them if they’d be willing to try them for a few weeks,” Sorensen recalls.

When the lobster workers reacted favorably to the choices, the center then took the next step and started a life-jacket van. The van traveled from port to port in Maine and Massachusetts with an assortment of life jackets and distributed about 1,200 total. Sorensen says they hope to expand the project to other states now.

The Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety is also wrapping up a project on sleep deprivation in commercial fishing and Sorensen hopes to undertake several new research projects including searching for solutions for tick-borne disease prevention that don’t require people to douse themselves with insecticides or repellents, researching wearable technology for cardio health in the logging community, and studying mental health in the farm industry.

The Agricultural Safety and Health Council of America recently honored Sorensen for her two decades of research and efforts to increase worker safety with the 2022 Safety and Health Researcher award.

“I’m just very lucky to be working with talented and dedicated people,” she says. The center currently employs about 30 in roles ranging from research to administrative support.

The Northeast Center got its start in the early 1980s when two pulmonologists at the Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown were interested in researching health and safety issues in the farming industry. Initially known as the Bassett Farm Safety and Health Project, the state legislature officially designated the New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health (NYCAMH).

The Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety received its current name in 1992 when it became one of seven agricultural centers designated by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health but continues to use the NYCAMH name within New York as the agricultural community is so familiar with that moniker.

Veteran-owned Watertown construction firm grows

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WATERTOWN — After serving in the U.S. Army for four years, stationed at Fort Drum, Matthew McMacken decided to stay in the area he had grown to love. After working for others in the construction industry, McMacken decided to start his own business two years ago. What began as the flooring company Travani Tile soon

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WATERTOWN — After serving in the U.S. Army for four years, stationed at Fort Drum, Matthew McMacken decided to stay in the area he had grown to love.

After working for others in the construction industry, McMacken decided to start his own business two years ago. What began as the flooring company Travani Tile soon branched out into much more including flipping houses — the more TV-ready term for whole-house renovations.

“We do full-scale renovations,” McMacken says, adding that his business is currently working on about five renovation projects as of press time.

To better reflect the growing array of work, he changed the company’s name to Travani Construction, LLC at the end of 2021. McMacken now serves as company president and is the majority owner with business partner Mike Hall.

“We do commercial work for the most part,” McMacken says. “We’re not just doing floors. We’re doing drywall, electric, plumbing.” The company’s typical project ranges between $100,000 and $200,000.

While Travani Construction does occasionally take on a residential project, commercial work is its bread and butter, he says. It’s also the main reason McMacken, who served tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, decided to apply for the state’s Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Business (SDVOB) certification through the Office of General Services’ Division of Service-Disabled Veterans’ Business Development.

Small businesses that are at least 51 percent owned by a service-disabled veteran and that operate in or have a significant business presence in the state, among other criteria, are eligible to apply for the no-cost certification.

While there was a bit of paperwork involved, McMacken said the process was simple and he’s proud to acknowledge his veteran status. “Veterans bring a lot to the table in regard to their work ethic,” he notes.

The certification is more than just a piece of paper though. It’s necessary for businesses that want to bid on certain state contracts. The Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business Act set a 6 percent goal for participation on state contracts by service-disabled veteran-owned firms.

Along with putting Travani Construction in the running for some of those contracts, McMacken says it helps add an air of stability to his company.

“Probably one of the hardest hurdles is convincing people you can really complete a project,” he says. The state certification helps show potential clients he’s serious about his business.

“I see myself getting more into heavy commercial work,” McMacken says. “That’s the main goal.” He expects the company’s new certification to help get him there and for the firm to continue to grow.

“We started off with two guys,” he recalls of Travani Construction’s beginnings. Today, the business has 14 employees.

Travani Construction moved in August into new offices at 332 Arsenal St. in Watertown, and McMacken is looking to add a construction building as well.

“We’re definitely growing,” McMacken says. “We’re definitely moving forward for sure. We’re not stopping.”

Hudgins-Johnson named Syracuse director of minority affairs

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SYRACUSE — Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh recently appointed Youlanda Hudgins-Johnson as director of minority affairs for the City of Syracuse. In this role, Hudgins-Johnson will oversee the management and operation of the city’s Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprise (MWBE) program, according to a city news release. Hudgins-Johnson joined the City of Syracuse Central Permit Office

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SYRACUSE — Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh recently appointed Youlanda Hudgins-Johnson as director of minority affairs for the City of Syracuse.

In this role, Hudgins-Johnson will oversee the management and operation of the city’s Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprise (MWBE) program, according to a city news release.

Hudgins-Johnson joined the City of Syracuse Central Permit Office in 2014 as the right-of-way coordinator. In this role, she also served as City Property Sales Review Committee coordinator. She was promoted to construction development coordinator in 2018, where she acted as the point of contact on large-scale economic development projects, the city said. She worked closely with city staff, developers, architects, contractors and business owners as they navigated the permit, licensing, planning and zoning processes. Significant to her time with the City Permit Office, Hudgins-Johnson played a major role in many of the positive changes within the reorganization of the office.

“In her work for city government and in her day to day life, Youlanda is helping Syracuse achieve its vision of being a growing city. As a business owner, she understands the opportunities and challenges faced by businesses wanting to connect with the City,” Walsh said in the release. “I am confident that in this role she will make even more contributions to the City of Syracuse and its residents.”

In her new role, Hudgins-Johnson is responsible for certifying and supporting growth of Syracuse–based MWBEs. In addition, she will have the role of city compliance officer on Joint Schools Construction Board projects with the Syracuse City School District. Hudgins-Johnson will report to the director of the Office of Management and Budget to ensure compliance of inclusion goals on City of Syracuse contracts. She will also manage and collect compliance data and submit required reports, evaluate program performance, and develop strategies and recommendations to support MWBE opportunities.

The MWBE program goals ensure Section 3, Service-Disabled Veterans Business (SDVB), Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) compliance with federal, state and other funding requirements, the city said. The office is also charged with maximizing participation in programs that create equitable opportunity for Syracuse residents and individuals.

In addition to her role as director of minority affairs, Hudgins-Johnson plays “a notable role in the community.” Having managed a retail shop and organic home fragrance business, she regularly participates in pop-ups, festivals and connects with creative and retail business owners in the city. She is an active member of the Creators Lounge, a space where professionals and business owners start and grow their businesses.

Hudgins-Johnson serves as a member on several community committees, including the Upstate Minority Economic Alliance and the National Action Network, and previously spent several years on the NAACP Economic Development Committee.

Hudgins-Johnson is a Syracuse City School District graduate of Henninger, and she received her associate degree in criminal justice from Onondaga Community College.

ANCA readies for upcoming annual meeting in Tupper Lake

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TUPPER LAKE — The theme of the upcoming annual meeting of the Adirondack North Country Association (ANCA) is “Growing the New Economy of Tomorrow.” The event is set for Sept. 23 from 1-3 p.m. at the Wild Center in Tupper Lake with a reception to follow. Those attending will include business owners; farmers; municipal leaders;

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TUPPER LAKE — The theme of the upcoming annual meeting of the Adirondack North Country Association (ANCA) is “Growing the New Economy of Tomorrow.”

The event is set for Sept. 23 from 1-3 p.m. at the Wild Center in Tupper Lake with a reception to follow.

Those attending will include business owners; farmers; municipal leaders; environmental advocates; workforce-development professionals; utility providers; tourism agencies; chambers of commerce; and community leaders, per an ANCA email about the event.

Besides the guest speakers, the event will include video presentations by Julian Mangano of Della Terra Farm in Castorland in Lewis County; Chrissie Wais and John Levy with the Belvedere Restaurant & Property in Saranac Lake; and Community Liaisons: Center for Businesses in Transition.

Those attending will also have the chance to tour the Wild Center’s new “Climate Solutions” exhibit with executive director Stephanie Ratcliffe.

The annual meeting will also include an outdoor reception with light refreshments by ADK Food Hub of Tupper Lake and craft beverages from Raquette River Brewing and Four Maples Vineyard & Winery of Champlain.

Based in Saranac Lake, the independent nonprofit ANCA says it “uses innovative strategies for food systems, clean energy, small businesses, and equity and inclusion to create and sustain wealth and value in local communities.”

Guest speakers

The ANCA annual meeting’s guest speakers include Lorenzo Boyd, a nationally recognized expert in police-community relations and an authority on urban policing. Boyd currently serves as a professor of criminal justice and community policing at the University of New Haven in Connecticut, per the ANCA website.

Maxwell Nason, who has owned Happy Camping RV LLC in Vermontville in Franklin County since December 2021, will address the gathering as well.

Attendees will also hear from Pete Nelson, who is co-founder of the Adirondack Diversity Initiative (ADI) and leads ADI’s community policing program. Nelson is also a mathematics teacher and member of the Diversity Task Force at North Country Community College in Saranac Lake.

The guest speakers also include Emmett Smith, who co-founded Northern Power & Light (NP&L) in 2018 to connect his family’s hydroelectric plant — Azure Mountain Power in St. Regis Falls — directly to local customers using New York’s Community Distributed Generation program. NP&L now works with independent hydro generators throughout the region, providing local homes and businesses with a renewable-power option.

In addition, attendees will hear from John Culpepper, Jennifer Perry, and Katie Culpepper, who will talk about Compost for Good (CfG). Compost for Good is a community scale organics-recycling partnership between ANCA and AdkAction. The CfG team supports community scale composting in the North Country and beyond to “reimagine waste,” per the ANCA website.

Six Town Community Fund accepting grant proposals

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The Six Town Community Fund of the Northern New York (NNY) Community Foundation will award up to $7,500 in grant funding this year to nonprofit organizations serving the southern Jefferson County region. This geographic fund provides support for local programs, projects, and initiatives that enhance the quality of life in the Six Town area, per

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This geographic fund provides support for local programs, projects, and initiatives that enhance the quality of life in the Six Town area, per a Sept. 2 announcement from the NNY Community Foundation.

All organizations applying for funding must do so by Oct. 21 through the NNY Community Foundation’s online Grant Lifecycle Manager, which may be accessed at nnycf.org/grants.

Nonprofit organizations with a 501(c)(3) classification are eligible and invited to apply.

Eligible organizations must actively serve the towns of Adams, Ellisburg, Henderson, Lorraine, Rodman, and Worth. Requests may focus on assisting with local needs related to health and wellness, families and youth, arts and culture, history, education and more.

Six Town Community Fund Chair Barb Greene encouraged all eligible organizations to seek support for efforts that “strengthen the quality of life across the Six Town area.”

“The Six Town Community Fund is a vital resource we are proud to make available to the many nonprofit organizations that serve our communities,” Greene said. “Our committee looks forward to reviewing funding proposals that help improve the quality of life for Six Town residents.”

Interested organizations should contact Max DelSignore, Community Foundation assistant director, at (315) 782-7110, or max@nnycf.org, to learn more.

The Six Town Community Fund was established in 2012 through the generosity of many donors as a “permanent, charitable” resource to support nonprofits serving southern Jefferson County. Since the fund began awarding grants in 2015, it has provided more than $35,000 in support to assist with 34 different community service projects and programs.

These have included community improvement projects, youth programs, new events, equipment purchases, and facility upgrades. Projects are evaluated based on their overall community benefit, effective use of grant money, and the ability of the applicant to successfully implement the project.

Last year, the Six Town Community Fund provided $2,000 in grant support to the Adams Center Free Library to upgrade patron computers; $1,500 to the Historical Association of South Jefferson to complete exterior repairs at the Ripley House Museum; a $1,000 grant to the Henderson Harbor Historical Association to pay for a study to determine the feasibility of developing a performing-arts venue on the former Mark Hopkins Inn property the association owns; and $500 to the Six Town Chamber of Commerce to support its 2022 annual holiday meal that is provided to nearly 400 senior citizens in the Six Town area.

Anchorspace Potsdam hosting workshop on creating an online business

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POTSDAM — Coworking space Anchorspace Potsdam will be hosting a three-part workshop series on creating an online business from start to finish. The series — called “Online Business Three Day Slay” — begins Sept. 24 at 12 p.m. with additional Saturday dates on Oct. 22 and Nov. 19, per an announcement about the workshop series.

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POTSDAM — Coworking space Anchorspace Potsdam will be hosting a three-part workshop series on creating an online business from start to finish.

The series — called “Online Business Three Day Slay” — begins Sept. 24 at 12 p.m. with additional Saturday dates on Oct. 22 and Nov. 19, per an announcement about the workshop series.

Anchorspace Potsdam operates at 71 Market St. in the St. Lawrence County community. Anchorspace Potsdam is open to monthly members and conference-room members. It also has a virtual-membership option.

Nicole Ouellette, owner of Breaking Even Communications, is presenting the workshop series. She “understands how confusing it can be” to set up a business online with all the different tools available.

“There are hundreds of questions people have when setting up an online business, from ‘Can I really make my own website?’ and ‘Where do I buy a domain name?’ and most people just want someone they can ask these questions to and get them unstuck when they need help,” Ouellette said. “YouTube is great but you can watch hours of videos and still not get your questions answered. I know, I’ve been there myself!”

Breaking Even Communications cites data from Cloudwares.net indicating 76 percent of adults in the U.S. shop online, more than half of consumers prefer to order online, and an estimated $5.5 trillion is expected to be sold online in 2022.

Ouellette has been operating her marketing company Breaking Even Communications for 14 years and has worked with “hundreds” of businesses on their websites and marketing campaigns. She believes she can help anyone who signs up for the workshop, “no matter their tech level or stage of business they are at.”

About the workshops

The first workshop in the series “One Day Website” is set for Sept. 24 from 12-3 p.m. at Anchorspace Potsdam.

“Anchorspace Potsdam has held monthly professional development workshops since opening in January 2019 but post-pandemic, we’ve been trying to figure out how to provide programming without holding people hostage on another Zoom call,” Ouellette said.

The first workshop takes participants through setting up a website from scratch, but the Oct. 22 workshop adds the eCommerce portion to the website, and the Nov. 19 event helps participants set up their online marketing strategy for their new business.

“It’s impossible to get these big accomplishments done in one workshop but I also understand it’s hard to commit to a semester-long class,” Ouellette said. “We are hoping this three-part series hits the sweet spot of allowing everyone to finish what they start without an overwhelming commitment.”

Ouellette tells CNYBJ that she is expecting between six and eight participants in the workshop series. She adds that her business is self-funding the cost to host the series.

SLU, Cornell Law School team up on early admission program

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St. Lawrence University (SLU) says it’s partnering with the law school at Cornell University on a law early admission program (LEAP). The program will enable high-achieving undergraduates to attain their undergraduate and law degrees in six years instead of the traditional seven, St. Lawrence University said in a Sept. 9 announcement. “We are excited to

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VETCON conference set for late November in Albany

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ALBANY — Veterans from across New York state and beyond will gather in late November in Albany for a conference to help them return to the workforce or start their own businesses. VETCON, short for Veterans in Economic Transition Conference, is set for Nov. 29-30 at the Crowne Plaza Desmond Hotel in the state’s capital

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ALBANY — Veterans from across New York state and beyond will gather in late November in Albany for a conference to help them return to the workforce or start their own businesses.

VETCON, short for Veterans in Economic Transition Conference, is set for Nov. 29-30 at the Crowne Plaza Desmond Hotel in the state’s capital city. VETCON is an annual conference “dedicated to the education and professional growth of veterans through networking with entrepreneurs, state agencies, and industry leaders,” per its website.

This year’s conference will include more than 100 Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Businesses (SDVOB). They’ll include Clay–based Industry Standard USA, which was founded by Chris Dambach, a U.S. Marine Corps combat veteran who served in Iraq.

“I am thrilled to return to VETCON to network and grow with veterans who are returning to the work force after serving in the military,” Dambach, who is also a VETCON Alliance board member, said.

Dambach’s company is a certified SDVOB & DBE (disadvantaged business enterprise) that focuses on general construction and demolition.

“Since attending my first VETCON that the Tully Rinckey Foundation and [New York State Office of General Services (OGS)] teamed up on, I have met many future Primes/Subs and Agencies that we quote work to and partner with,” Dambach said. “I have worked on the Maybrook Trail Railroad project other NYS projects and am gearing up for the I-81 project thanks to the NYS OGS SDVOB program.”

“Industry Standard USA is a continuation of the selfless service and dedication that so many veterans embody on a daily basis,” Anthony Kuhn, chairman of the VETCON Alliance, said. “That’s what VETCON is all about, showcasing the brave men and women who have served this country and helping them use the skills from their time in the service to grow professionally.”

This year’s conference will feature multiple award ceremonies to honor SDVOBs including the Veterans in Business Awards. These awards highlight multiple veteran owned businesses that have exhibited exemplary achievements in areas of patriotism, leadership, community service, business activity, and more.

In addition, the VETCON Business Plan Competition offers aspiring or recently formed veteran business owners a chance to pitch their plans to a panel of judge and compete for cash prizes.

For tickets and additional information about attending or sponsoring VETCON 2022, the 2022 Business Plan Competition, or the Veterans in Business Awards, visit www.VETCONNY.com, email INFO@VETCONNY.com, or call (518) 218-7100.

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