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Telecom company in Andover agrees to be
acquired by Motorola

Telecom company in Andover agrees to be
acquired by Motorola 04/09/2004 04:13 PM
Boston Globe Mar 31 2004 12:12PM GMT

Metrowerks Unveils Palm OS 5 Toolset

Metrowerks Unveils Palm OS 5 Toolset 12/16/2002 12:13 PM
Wireless software developers get new tools for next-generation Palm OS.

Nokia walks tightrope with Metrowerks
acquisition

Nokia walks tightrope with Metrowerks
acquisition 09/08/2004 02:50 PM
Beefs up Symbian tools

Nokia Buys Metrowerks Development Tools

Nokia Buys Metrowerks Development Tools 09/13/2004 06:53 AM
In an effort to increase its control over the Symbian OS, Nokia last week acquired a collection of application development tools from Metrowerks.

Motorola Introduces Motorola V557,
Motorola V360 and Motorola V176

Motorola Introduces Motorola V557,
Motorola V360 and Motorola V176 03/14/2005 06:27 PM
SlashPhone Mar 11 2005 12:23PM GMT

Guangzhou 3G Acquired

Guangzhou 3G Acquired 03/30/2005 09:24 PM
3G Mar 30 2005 11:22PM GMT

mp3.com Acquired by CNet

mp3.com Acquired by CNet 11/14/2003 09:09 AM

CNET acquired MP3.com

CNET acquired MP3.com 11/14/2003 08:05 AM

blo.gs acquired by Yahoo!

blo.gs acquired by Yahoo! 06/17/2005 07:22 PM
Jim Winstead tells the sale of blo.gs has been completed, and i'm proud to announce that yahoo! has acquired the service. as of right now, give or take a few minutes, yahoo! is running blo.gs. this is the sort of good home that i was looking for — yahoo! obviously has the resources to run and improve blo.gs in pace with the incredible growth of blogs (and syndication in general), and in talking with them it was also clear that...

Marketleap Acquired By DigitalImpact

Marketleap Acquired By DigitalImpact 07/12/2004 03:58 PM
"Digital Impact, Inc. (NASDAQ: DIGI), a leading provider of integrated digital marketing solutions for Global 2000 enterprises, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Marketleap, a San Francisco-based Internet marketing firm specializing in search engine marketing services"

Ask Jeeves to be acquired for US$1.9
billion

Ask Jeeves to be acquired for US$1.9
billion 03/22/2005 03:15 PM
Once again, who really cares? With the heat coming in from Yahoo, MSN and Google, is Ask Jeeves even an issue any longer? Not for me people. I am am using either Google or Yahoo. Anyway, Ars is reporting that Ask Jeeves has been acquired by IAC/InterActiveCorp for almost 2 billion. Are they seeing something here that I am not?…

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3G Network Player Acquired

3G Network Player Acquired 06/29/2004 04:24 AM
3G Jun 29 2004 8:09AM GMT

Public Domain Acquired

Public Domain Acquired 04/09/2004 03:54 PM
Breaking news: "In a move shocking to all, Duke University, of Durham, North Carolina, purchased the entirety of the public domain late last evening for a fee of 2.2 trillion dollars . . ." (Full story)

LookSmart Has Acquired Grub Inc

LookSmart Has Acquired Grub Inc 03/15/2003 07:12 AM
A minor snippet in the LookSmart Annual Report: "...acquired substantially all of the assets of Grub, Inc., a developer of distributed computing software..."

Furl acquired by Looksmart

Furl acquired by Looksmart 09/23/2004 07:20 AM
Furl acquired by LookSmart .

GoToast Acquired by aQuantive Inc.

GoToast Acquired by aQuantive Inc. 12/15/2003 11:42 AM
GoToast - one the largest SEM services providers on the net...

myITforum Acquired by TechTarget

myITforum Acquired by TechTarget 04/29/2004 05:53 PM

Spam, an Acquired Taste
(washingtonpost.com)

Spam, an Acquired Taste
(washingtonpost.com) 04/11/2005 03:29 PM
washingtonpost.com - Americans are learning how to digest spam.

Wise Solutions was acquired by Altiris.
So what's new?

Wise Solutions was acquired by Altiris.
So what's new? 09/09/2004 04:13 PM

QRS to be acquired by Inovis; JDA deal
terminated

QRS to be acquired by Inovis; JDA deal
terminated 09/03/2004 04:36 PM
SiliconValley.com Sep 3 2004 6:43PM GMT

FatCow Acquired by Web Host Endurance

FatCow Acquired by Web Host Endurance 04/04/2005 03:09 PM
Web Host Industry Review Apr 4 2005 6:45PM GMT

Austrian Wi-Fi Operator Acquired by
T-Mobile

Austrian Wi-Fi Operator Acquired by
T-Mobile 12/02/2003 12:34 AM
T-Mobile Austria is acquiring the 300-hot-spot strong Metronet.at (press release is in German): T-Mobile is continuing to expand its international presence through acquisition of Metronet. T-Mobile has partnered with Metronet on roaming since 2002. Metronet is the fourth-largest European WISP, according to their press release. "This deal is therefore bringing us a large step closer to the international objective of providing W-LAN around the entire globe," explains Dr. Georg Pölzl, Managing Director of T-Mobile Austria. T-Mobile Austria charges €7.95 per hour, €15.95 for three hours, or €24.95 for 24 hours. This is enormously higher than the same rates charged by T-Mobile USA. T-Mobile customers can pay via SMS at €1.99 per 15-minute unit, but the service is currently free to subscribers....

FlexLink AB Acquired by ABN AMRO Capital

FlexLink AB Acquired by ABN AMRO Capital 06/05/2005 11:53 PM
FlexLink AB, a global leader in factory automation systems for the fast moving consumer goods, pharmaceutical, automotive, electronics and telecom sectors, announces its acquisition by ABN AMRO Capital, one of Europe's leading private equity providers. [PRWEB May 6, 2005]

Consolidation Comes to Euro SEO as
Notabene.net Is Acquired

Consolidation Comes to Euro SEO as
Notabene.net Is Acquired 03/14/2005 05:18 PM
"... becoming Scandinavia’s biggest player on the rapidly growing market. Notabene.net taken over by the successful Danish media house, Danmark Online A/S, with a view to carrying on Notabene.net as the common name and framework of its European objectives."

75% of Topix Acquired by Media Group

75% of Topix Acquired by Media Group 03/23/2005 01:26 PM
"...Topix.net announced today that Gannett Co., Inc, Knight-Ridder, Inc. and Tribune Company jointly have acquired a 75 percent stake in Topix.net. Ownership is split evenly, with each media company owning 25 percent and the Topix.net founders retaining a 25 percent stake. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed."

Reading Machines for the Blind and
Dyslexic...Acquired

Reading Machines for the Blind and
Dyslexic...Acquired 04/08/2005 10:11 AM
Kurzweil Educational Systems, which makes scan-to-speech systems for the blind and dyslexic, has been purchased by Cambium Learning, a company serving "at-risk" students. In 1976, Ray Kurzweil invented a system that would read a page out loud. At that point it cost $100,000 and was the size of a major kitchen appliance. Kurzweil Computer Products became Xerox Imaging Systems in 1980. In 1996, KES was officially launched on its own. In 1998 it was purchased by Lernout & Hauspie. When the founders of L&H were led away in manacles because they were despicable con artists who should rot in hell,...

SunGard is Acquired for Over $11 Billion
by a Consortium of Firms

SunGard is Acquired for Over $11 Billion
by a Consortium of Firms 04/02/2005 06:33 PM
Wall Street and Technology Apr 2 2005 9:47PM GMT

New tech event launched, assets of CeBIT
acquired

New tech event launched, assets of CeBIT
acquired 09/21/2004 06:19 PM
EXPOweb Sep 21 2004 10:36PM GMT

The Radio Experience of Seattle Acquired
by Broadcast Electronics

The Radio Experience of Seattle Acquired
by Broadcast Electronics 02/01/2005 08:46 PM
Broadcast Electronics and The Radio Experience finalize a merger of datacasting technologies that will enhance broadcasters' HD Radio and RBDS text services. New products to support "now playing" song title and artist information datacast to text-enabled receivers. [PRWEB Jan 27, 2005]

Police raids target guns acquired online

Police raids target guns acquired online 06/30/2004 07:27 PM
Independent Jun 30 2004 10:38PM GMT

SCO Group announces it has acquired
copyright to the English language

SCO Group announces it has acquired
copyright to the English language 12/07/2003 07:08 AM
actually show proof

news.com.com/2100-7344_3-5114689.html?tag=nefd_top
track this site | 3 links

All Headline News Corp. Announces That
it Has Acquired FeedSyndicate

All Headline News Corp. Announces That
it Has Acquired FeedSyndicate 03/25/2005 06:37 AM
Major news and aggregation service All Headline news and syndication provider acquired assets of FeedSyndicate. [PRWEB Mar 25, 2005]

Reviving Acquired Startups Suffering
Inside Big Companies

Reviving Acquired Startups Suffering
Inside Big Companies 05/17/2004 03:04 AM
There are so many stories of big companies buying startups for lots of money, and then realizing they don't really have a need for the startup. In a few cases, the company's former management team will buy back the startup, but it's a fairly difficult move. There is even the occasional story where startups selling out to larger companies have been able to write in buyback terms - but it doesn't happen very often. However, realizing that this situation happens more often than people like to admit, a new VC fund has been formed to help buy former startups out of the larger companies that acquired them. Basically, these VCs have found an undervalued market. The current owners want out, while the startups are already (somewhat) proven with a known product and known market - which just isn't getting the attention it deserves or needs. Should be interesting to see what comes out of these once again startups.

NM wireless Internet provider acquired
by Nevada firm

NM wireless Internet provider acquired
by Nevada firm 12/29/2004 08:25 PM
bizjournals.com Dec 30 2004 12:02AM GMT

Federal Network Integrator DigitalNet
Acquired For $600M

Federal Network Integrator DigitalNet
Acquired For $600M 09/13/2004 01:08 PM
Computer Reseller News Sep 13 2004 5:12PM GMT

Wireless equipment maker Telos
Technology acquired by UTStarcom for US
$29M

Wireless equipment maker Telos
Technology acquired by UTStarcom for US
$29M 04/24/2004 01:10 PM
Canadian Press Apr 24 2004 4:15PM GMT

Kingsville Capital Acquired SembCorp's
Stake in Pacific Internet

Kingsville Capital Acquired SembCorp's
Stake in Pacific Internet 03/19/2005 03:16 AM
Biz.yahoo.com - Fri Mar 18, 12:24 pm GMT

Cisco Acquired DynamicSoft, Hoping To
Lead The VoIP Market

Cisco Acquired DynamicSoft, Hoping To
Lead The VoIP Market 09/15/2004 01:02 PM
Cisco Systems has moved to beef up its portfolio of VoIP offerings by acquiring Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) developer dynamicsoft for about $55 million.

The acquisition, Cisco said in an announcement Monday, will strengthen its position in wireless/wireline convergence by improving its ability to offer service providers improvements in next generation VoIP applications and services. Dynamicsoft's software products will be integrated with existing Cisco products like its SIP-based BTS 10200 Softswitch, Cisco said.

"Dynamicsoft's portfolio of carrier-class infrastructure products, combined with Cisco's softswitch capabilities, will allow service providers to quickly develop and deploy highly scalable 'subscriber-aware' IP communications services using voice, video, messaging, presence, and other real-time capabilities," said Cisco's Charles Giancarlo, senior vice president and chief technology officer, in the statement.

View: Read more at CRN
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Record of suspected terrorists acquired
under STAR plan computerised

Record of suspected terrorists acquired
under STAR plan computerised 07/12/2004 07:21 PM
PakTribune.com Jul 12 2004 11:05PM GMT
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Motorola Buys Xtremespectrum

Motorola Buys Xtremespectrum 11/18/2003 12:18 AM
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Motorola Buys XtremeSpectrum

Motorola Buys XtremeSpectrum 11/10/2003 10:53 PM
Motorola plans to acquire XtremeSpectrum, the folks who own a pile of ultrawideband (UWB) patents: Read the article for an excellent summary of why UWB is powerful. Motorola and XtremeSpectrum were one standards voting bloc on the IEEE 802.15.3a task group, with Intel, Texas Instruments, and a bunch of other folks in the Multi-Band OFDM Alliance on the other side. 802.15.3a is designed to offer 100 to 480 Mbps at ranges from 10 to 30 meters for streaming media and instant peripheral attachment. A host of proposals coalesced into these two camps, and it makes sense that Motorola wants a piece of the action, even though both they and XtremeSpectrum agreed to offer free licensing for 802.15.3a developers to sweeten their proposal....

$50M+ valuation for what?

$50M+ valuation for what? 06/26/2004 12:56 PM

A little recap context first.....

Though Ryze can certainly be credited with being the first modern day social network (after the first generation SixDegrees system) - Friendster is the Kleenex (or Tampax) of social networks, the standard of which everyone is compared to.

Friendster attracted the most attention, both for it's bizarre treatment of it's early users and it's huge valuation and blue-chip VC investment.

Jonathan Abrams of Friendster was a real asshole, running around gloating and acting like he owned the world. He insisted he didn't want those early adopters and that his site was all about dating.

Once he got his investment, I predicted he'd be out within 6 months - as there's one thing I know about - it's the Kleiner, Perkins MO.

So now they've brought in Scott "TV" Sassa and surprise surprise Scott is finding that Friendster is a ghost town - with the only actvity going on in Malaysia (and other non-U.S. markets.)

But Scott was hired to do a reality TV show and he's finding that the brand is severely tainted. So what do they do? Reach out to the early adopters, starting with folks like danah boyd - to ask them to help them with their email campaign.

So here is:

1) danah's post on this hilarious sequence of events
2) the email campaign choices that they offered danah and the other "SuperFriends".

BTW danah told me that Friendster now outputs CVS versions of one's profile. So they're one phone call away from supporting our FOAFnet.

YOU SEE! Truth and right wins the day!

ONE FINAL NOTE:

danah is more or less turning into the vanguard - the advance forces - on each of these cutting edge social software efforts. She was the first to study and comment on the rude behavior to the Fakesters, she worked on the Tribe.net (I was there - too:-) and she's recently been helping Google out as well.

So the message to any of you nascent social networking entrepreneurs - hire danah - and LISTEN TO HER!

OH yah - and I guess Mark Pincus and Reid Hoffman should have sold their Angel shares when they got a chance! 'Cause this company is tubing. Sassa will be gone within 12 months.

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Friendster is desperate; viral marketing failed

Friendster realizes that it has lost the attention of its earliest adopters. This morning, Friendster sent a message to a select number of people that they labeled as "SuperFriends." It's a usability survey where they are asking for users' advice on an email campaign. There are four different potential emails that they sent out as screen shots. Here's a sample one:

Subject: Friendster Now So you're working. Who cares? You have a lifetime to work. What you'll really regret coughing and wheezing on your deathbed is not looking up all the old high-school friends, college buddies, summer camp alums, Burning Man acquaintances and ex'es who are just hoping you reach out and find them. And discovering new hiking partners, book groups and jam band fans. And setting up that person you really would date yourself if you were single. There's oh so much to do.

Seriously, you should go to Burning Man. It's pretty cool. The jam band stuff we understand if you're not into. We just needed an example there.

Thanks.

www.friendster.com

Oh, to make sure you keep getting these vaguely sarcastic emails, please add Friendster to your email address book now. If for no other reason than it will look cool to have Friendster in your address book.

The tone of these messages is desperate, begging for attention of the original early adopters - the ones that Abrams told me were ruining his system. One focuses on Burning Man types; one mocks the old Power Point COO; one charges non-users with harming children; one is a desperate love poem. They're hyper American-centric, SF-centric, white collar, wannabee hipster, intentionally attempting sarcasm (and clarifying that below) and complete with 80s references.

I guess Friendster isn't happy with the majority of its users being young and from Asia. Does this mean that Friendster has its tail between its legs about its early egotistical behavior? Apparently, viral marketing isn't working well enough anymore.

Anyhow, you *have* to read the full message that these SuperFriends got (included in the full message). It has had me ROFL for hours.

Below is the message that Friendster SuperFriend's received. The text was followed by four email screen shots; I have transcribed those for ease of access.

------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------

Hi,

As a SuperFriend, we would appreciate your feedback on a new email
campaign. Friendster will soon be sending emails to two groups of
Friendster members - active members who use the site and inactive
members who have not recently used the site. We created two email
versions for each group and want your opinion to help us decide which
versions to use.

Please refer to the two versions for each group and reply to this email
(at usability@friendster.com) to answer the related questions. As
always, we greatly appreciate you taking the time to tell us what you
think on behalf of the Friendster community!

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

For the Active member email:

*Which of the two versions do you prefer? (version 1 or 2) _____

*Is the email appropriate to send to active Friendster members? (yes/no)
_____

*Would you be likely to click the link and go to Friendster if you
received this email? (yes/no) _____

*After receiving this email, would you assume the Friendster website had
an updated design? (yes/no) _____

*Would you be open to receiving similar emails from Friendster in the
future? (yes/no) _____

*Any additional comments?
______________________________________________________

For the Inactive member email:

*Which of the two versions do you prefer? (version 3 or 4) _____

*Is the email appropriate to send to inactive Friendster members?
(yes/no) _____

*Would you be likely to click the link and go to Friendster if you
received this email? (yes/no) _____

*After receiving this email, would you assume the Friendster website had
an updated design? (yes/no) _____

*Would you be open to receiving similar emails from Friendster in the
future? (yes/no) _____

*Any additional comments?
______________________________________________________

Thanks!
Friendster

------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------

Subject: Friendster Now

So you're working. Who cares? You have a lifetime to work. What you'll really regret coughing and wheezing on your deathbed is not looking up all the old high-school friends, college buddies, summer camp alums, Burning Man acquaintances and ex'es who are just hoping you reach out and find them. And discovering new hiking partners, book groups and jam band fans. And setting up that person you really would date yourself if you were single. There's oh so much to do.

Seriously, you should go to Burning Man. It's pretty cool. The jam band stuff we understand if you're not into. We just needed an example there.

Thanks.

www.friendster.com

Oh, to make sure you keep getting these emails, please add Friendster to your email address book now. If for no other reason than it will look cool to have Friendster in your address book.

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Subject: Don't Tell Anyone

You're our favorite subscriber. Seriously. I know we here at Friendster shouldn't play favorites, and our chief operating officer (he's the old guy in the office) told us not to do this, but seriously, you just totally rock. The way you reconnect with old friends. The way you've figured out just how small and interconnected the world really is. The way you discovered people with the same interests as you. We suspect you've even gotten a date out of Friendster, or that if you didn't, you could have if you needed to. Easy. With one of those three suspiciously hot people who keep popping up right above your friends list. For other people, we just use those pictures as cruel, aspirational temptation. But for you, they're totally getable.

Hey, don't tell anyone we told you all of this. That old guy in the office will just start lecturing us again and pulling out charts and graphs and PowerPoint displays. He's such a loser.

Thanks.

www.friendster.com

Oh, to make sure you keep getting these vaguely sarcastic emails, please add Friendster to your email address book now. If for no other reason than it will look cool to have Friendster in your address book.

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Subject: The Suffering You've Caused

We totally miss you. By "we" we don't so much mean we here at Friendster. No, we like you and all, but really, to be honest, we're not all that close. No the "we" here are your real friends, the one you reconnected with through Friendster but have been ignoring as of late. They're the ones who are suffering. They're the ones who are crying late at night, screaming your name as they wait for you to contact them. Not to mention all the old high-school friends, college buddies and ex-es who are just hoping you reach out and find them. And the hiking partners, book groups and Wilco-heads who need you to discover them. It's them, the children, who are suffering. That's right, the children.

So come on back. We've made it easier for you, getting much faster and easier to navigate as we've grown. We won't judge. We're just here to help you. Help you help the children.

Thanks.

www.friendster.com

Oh, to make sure you keep getting these vaguely sarcastic emails, please add Friendster to your email address book now. If for no other reason than it will look cool to have Friendster in your address book.

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Subject: We Still Care

We miss you. There, we said it. It feels better. So we're going to do everything we can to bring you back to Friendster, all the way up to that John Cusack boom box Say Anything bit. So before it all comes to that, just come back to Friendster. We've already made it easier for you, getting much faster and clearer as we've grown. Now, in just minutes you can find people you've been wondering about: friends from summer camp, college roommates, high school buddies, cousins, people you used to date, people you wanted to date, these people you know, and don't know, are connected to each other and what a beautifully small world it really is. Or date, or help a friend find a date. We don't care. We just want you back in our lives. And we can tell you that you want the same thing. We can see it... in your eyes. The light, the heat. Your eyes, we feel complete. See, we told you.

Thanks.

www.friendster.com

Oh, to make sure you keep getting these vaguely sarcastic emails, please add Friendster to your email address book now. If for no other reason than it will look cool to have Friendster in your address book.

Google's haughty valuation

Google's haughty valuation 07/27/2004 04:24 AM
Financial Post Jul 27 2004 8:26AM GMT

Absurd Google valuation

Absurd Google valuation 05/08/2004 08:09 PM
Telegraph May 8 2004 11:26PM GMT

Decker's Unsustainable Valuation

Decker's Unsustainable Valuation 04/15/2004 01:11 PM
As shares of Decker's continue to soar, concerns about valuation and risk only increase.

Valuation of Google Way Too High?

Valuation of Google Way Too High? 02/11/2004 11:03 PM
BeSpacific Feb 12 2004 3:17AM GMT

Google Valuation Spreadsheet

Google Valuation Spreadsheet 08/02/2004 08:27 PM
Search Engine Lowdown Aug 3 2004 0:22AM GMT

Sysco's Unsatisfying Valuation

Sysco's Unsatisfying Valuation 01/27/2004 02:56 PM
Sysco reports better Q3 earnings, but its valuation lacks meat.

Guessing on Google, how high will
valuation go?

Guessing on Google, how high will
valuation go? 05/07/2004 03:42 AM
stuff.co.nz May 7 2004 8:23AM GMT

Google Bidders Grapple With Its
Valuation

Google Bidders Grapple With Its
Valuation 08/02/2004 06:10 AM
Biz.yahoo.com - Mon Aug 2, 08:32 am GMT

* Analysts await Google valuation

* Analysts await Google valuation 07/21/2004 06:15 AM
Taipeitimes.com - Wed Jul 21, 08:12 am GMT

Other News: Apple Stock Valuation

Other News: Apple Stock Valuation 05/19/2004 10:23 AM
Did you know that Apple's cash accounts represent more than 45 percent of its total market value?

Loan Portfolio Valuation Solution
Released

Loan Portfolio Valuation Solution
Released 02/15/2004 06:29 PM
Technology For Finance Feb 15 2004 10:12PM GMT

Guessing on Google, How High Will
Valuation Go? (Reuters)

Guessing on Google, How High Will
Valuation Go? (Reuters) 05/06/2004 06:53 PM
Reuters - Like the mathematical term that inspired its name, the valuation of Google Inc. is expected to amount to a very big number when it breaks new ground by selling an estimated $2.7 billion in stock through a Dutch auction of previously unseen size.

Apple's Reinvention Transforms Stock's
Valuation

Apple's Reinvention Transforms Stock's
Valuation 07/08/2004 07:09 PM
Once seen as a value play that traded at little above its cash value, Apple's stock is now attracting long-term and momentum investors sold on Steve Jobss' vision of the company as a high-margin style-setter at the hub of an emerging "digital lifestyle." By Duncan Martell, Reuters (via MyAppleMenu)

Geac Computer Corporation Ltd.:
Fundamentals Unchanged But Valuation
Discount Persists

Geac Computer Corporation Ltd.:
Fundamentals Unchanged But Valuation
Discount Persists 12/16/2003 12:27 PM
CIBC Dec 16 2003 12:22PM ET

Lineo / Embedix acquired by Motorola / Metrowerks

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