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Assunta Krehl

MaRS' Net Change Week: Social experiment and huge success - 0 views

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Net Change Social Entrepreneurship Social Technology Don Tapscott Bill White Lisa Torjman

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  • Between June 8-12, 2009, MaRS held our first ever Net Change, a week dedicated to exploring this intersection between social technology and social change.
  • Fourteen different Net Change events, including an art show, experimented with ways of creating and sharing information and knowledge on this question. Bridging the “digital divide” between web professionals and people creating social change, participants were from all different sectors and leadership levels. T
  • Net Change also addressed critical concepts such as how to measure the impact of social technology, and what we really mean by social change, while including storytelling to hit theoretical concepts home.
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  • Web 2.0 training sessions for organizations, non-profits and social purpose ventures Conversations with keynotes and panel discussions hosted by community partners like Mobile Monday @MaRS, Toronto Net Tuesday and Wired Wednesday Immersion sessions that “prepare your mind” for innovative thought
  • Net Change story
  • Net Change video message from Don Tapscott:
  • “The Skills Exchange”:
  • profound innovation and social change
  • Bill White, a member of MaRS’ Board of Directors at our evening “Fireside Chat”
  • Net Change Art Show:
  • Assunta Krehl on 05 Aug 09
     
    Net Change, a week dedicated to exploring this intersection between social technology and social change. Lisa Torjman's interview with CP24's "Homepage."
Assunta Krehl

Toronto Mayor David Miller set to rock mesh - CNW Group - 0 views

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mesh10 social media

shared by Assunta Krehl on 13 Aug 09 - Cached
  • Mayor David Miller, Kiva's Jessica Jackley, Ford's Scott Monty and dozens more will discuss the ever-changing online world during two days of panel conversations and workshops.
  • Hosted at the MaRS Centre in downtown Toronto, mesh invites you to connect with like-minded attendees, share your stories, and be inspired by the all-star lineup of keynote speakers and panelists.
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    Mayor David Miller among others discuss the ever-changing online world during two days of panel conversations and workshops at mesh. Mention of MaRS hosting the event.
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    Mayor David Miller among others discuss the ever-changing online world during two days of panel conversations and workshops at mesh. Mention of MaRS hosting the event. April 7 & 8, 2009
Assunta Krehl

MobileMonday partners with MaRS to inform and connect wireless professionals - MaRSdd.com - 0 views

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MobileMonday MaRS mobile Ilse Treurnicht

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  • MobileMonday Toronto and MaRS are delighted to announce a partnership to develop and host a range of dynamic events for the city’s mobile industry professionals. MobileMonday at MaRS will offer thought leadership and critical industry perspectives – most recently from a senior manager at Research in Motion – while connecting top-tier professionals and boosting the profile of one of the fastest-growing sectors of communications technology.
  • “MaRS is a fantastic environment for sharing ideas and industry knowledge, two key building blocks of the MobileMonday community,” said Jim Brown and Alexander S. Bosika, co-founders of the MobileMonday Toronto chapter. “MaRS and its network of business advisors and capital providers are also of great benefit to many of our members who are developing business plans and seeking capital.”
  • For MaRS, the partnership is a natural fit with great potential to benefit the hundreds of start-up clients from across Ontario who are working hard to turn their innovative concepts into viable, thriving businesses, and come to MaRS for advice and connections to potential customers and investors. 
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  • We’re very excited to be working closer with the MobileMonday community,” said MaRS CEO Ilse Treurnicht. “As MobileMonday Toronto moves to MaRS, it helps us connect with additional intellectual capital in one of the most significant high-growth sectors of the new economy.”
  • Assunta Krehl on 14 Aug 09
     
    MobileMonday Toronto and MaRS announced a partnership to develop and host a range of dynamic events for the city's mobile industry professionals. MobileMonday at MaRS will offer thought leadership and critical industry perspectives and connect top-tier professionals and boosting the profile of one of the fastest-growing sectors of communications technology.
  • Assunta Krehl on 14 Aug 09
     
    MobileMonday Toronto and MaRS announced a partnership to develop and host a range of dynamic events for the city's mobile industry professionals. MobileMonday at MaRS will offer thought leadership and critical industry perspectives and connect top-tier professionals and boosting the profile of one of the fastest-growing sectors of communications technology. Feb 17, 2009
Assunta Krehl

Cell conversations have world talking - The Star - 0 views

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awards & competitions Kyoto Prize

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  • Tony Pawson has been studying how cells communicate for more than 30 years.
  • Scientists had long known that cells communicated, but no one knew the exact mechanisms until Pawson and his team pinpointed the specific protein interactions controlling cell signals.
  • Since his initial discovery, Pawson has been inundated with every possible award for biomedical sciences, including the Gairdner Foundation International Award (considered the baby Nobel), and, in 2007, was named to the Order of the Companions of Honour, one of only nine Canadians to receive the award from the Queen
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  • Tonight, in Toronto, Pawson will be honoured for his latest achievement: Winning the prestigious Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences. He will share the podium with Charles Taylor, professor emeritus at McGill University, who won the prize in the Arts and Philosophy category. They are the first Canadians to win the coveted prize from the Inamori Foundation of Kyoto.
  • Assunta Krehl on 14 Aug 09
     
    Tony Pawson is considered one of the finest researchers in the world. Scientists had long known that cells communicated, but no one knew the exact mechanisms until Pawson and his team pinpointed the specific protein interactions controlling cell signals. Mention of Pawson being honoured for winning the prestigious Kyoto Prize.
  • Assunta Krehl on 14 Aug 09
     
    Tony Pawson is considered one of the finest researchers in the world. Tony Pawson and his team have discovered the exact mechanisms how cells communicate. Pawson and his team pinpointed the specific protein interactions controlling cell signals. Mention of Pawson being honoured for winning the prestigious Kyoto Prize. Feb 18, 2009
Assunta Krehl

7 Opportunities in the Current Recession - Canadian Entrepreneur - 0 views

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business

shared by Assunta Krehl on 14 Aug 09 - Cached
  • I attended the Wisdom Exchange today at the Mars Discovery District in Toronto, an annual gathering of leading growth firms sponsored by the Ontario government. Ontario’s ministry of small business recognizes that a tiny minority of SMEs, the export-oriented gazelles, account for a disproportionate share of job creation, and it does a great job of encouraging, motivating and supporting the CEOs of such companies through educational opportunities such as the Wisdom Exchange.
  • Jayson Myers, the respected economist who now heads up Canada's largest industry association, Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters.
  • Myers offered a fair bit of bad news to the group – he warned that the recession “will be deeper and last longer than consensus forecasts,” and that total Canadian merchandise exports have actually been falling for six years.
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  • But here is the good news. Myers also cited a whole listfull of business opportunities created by the current downturn. Not every company is in a position to seize these opportunities, but those who can should definitely be looking at this list as a recipe for action.Opportunities in the Current Recession:· For companies with cash and investment strength· Replace competitors (who falter or struggle in this economy)· Acquisitions· Respond to new and emerging customer demand· New product and market development· Infrastructure and Innovation (including the smart grid, green energy, health care, logistics and security, and energy – all areas where Canadian companies have some advantages)· Product specialization, services, new processes, new skills
  • Assunta Krehl on 14 Aug 09
     
    Wisdom Exchange Event was held at the MaRS Centre Feb 19, 2009. This event gathers leading growh firms and it is sponsored by the Ontario Government. Jason Myers, head of Canadian Manufacteurers & Exporters mentions the Canadian economy will get worse and last longer but there will be a list of business opportunities.
  • Assunta Krehl on 14 Aug 09
     
    Wisdom Exchange Event was held at the MaRS Centre Feb 19, 2009. This event gathers leading growh firms and it is sponsored by the Ontario Government. Jason Myers, head of Canadian Manufacteurers & Exporters mentions the Canadian economy will get worse and last longer but there will be a list of business opportunities. Feb 19, 2009
Assunta Krehl

Daily Exchange - 0 views

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creativity Martin Prosperity Institute

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  • On June 9-11, 2009, the Martin Prosperity Institute, in partnership with the Ontario Ministry of Culture, and the City of Toronto - Economic Development, Culture & Tourism Division, will be hosting the inaugural Placing Creativity Conference at the MaRS Centre, 101 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  • The Conference brings together diverse stakeholders from government, the private sector and the academic world to explore the importance of mapping culture in relation to creative spaces and places.
  • "The mission of Placing Creativity is to advance the understanding and practice of cultural resource mapping by developing reusable maps that showcase the cultural sector in Toronto and that can be shared with other jurisdictions and groups," said Kevin Stolarick, Research Director, The Martin Prosperity Institute.
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  • The conference, featuring international speakers such as Richard Lloyd of Vanderbilt University, will investigate cultural mapping from a number of unique perspectives and disciplines, and will support the interaction of policy-makers, academics and new researchers. Richard is author of "Neo-Bohemia: Art and Commerce in the Postindustrial City". Other Speakers include British-based cultural policy expert Colin Mercer. The conference is an extension of the Placing Creativity partnership which investigates the interconnection between 'Place' and 'Creativity' through a number of different lenses.
  • Assunta Krehl on 10 Aug 09
     
    The Martin Prosperity Institute, in partnership with the Ontario Ministry of Culture, and the City of Toronto - Economic Development, Culture & Tourism Division, will be hosting the inaugural Placing Creativity Conference at MaRS June 9-11, 2009. The conference will look at the interconnection between 'Place' and 'Creativity' through a number of different lenses.
Cathy Bogaart

2010: Marketing is not Marketing | - 1 views

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marketing

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  • Don’t just email them one-way marketing spam featuring the next product you want them to purchase.
  • You need to build an entire support ecosystem that allows you to channel conversations to the right place.
  • If you believe in your brand, your workplace, and your employees then you have nothing to hide. If you do have something to hide, fix it, because no amount of marketing will.
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  • They are a visionary; they’re always the smartest person in the room, and they drop gorgeous nuggets of wisdom without even realizing it. Elevate them! They should be blogging and Tweeting daily.
  • But don’t make them just shill for the brand.
  • Give the lowest member of the customer support team a vehicle to share his ideas with the product development team.
  • Cathy Bogaart on 03 Mar 10
     
    Brett Virmalo of Foward Thinking writes a great must-read about what the "new marketing" really is: your customers and your employees and really great products. Stop marketing. Start being genuinely good. It's the "new" secret sauce.
Tim T

AdMob Metrics - 0 views

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Mobile Metrics

shared by Tim T on 20 Dec 09 - Cached
  • Apple is on track to sell over 40 million iPhone and iPod touches this year worldwide
  • In November, 50% of the unique iPhone and iPod touches that requested an AdMob ad were outside the US, compared to only 39% in January 2009
  • Last December iPod touch traffic doubled the day after Christmas.  We’ll see what the effect of all of the new devices is this year soon.  Happy Holidays!
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  • Despite growing competition, RIM sold more than 10 million devices in the quarter
  • with strong growth coming from outside of North America and in the consumer segment.
Tim T

Apple Q4 Results: Another Big Quarter, More Macs And iPhones Sold Than Ever Before - 0 views

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Apple

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  • Apple Q4 Results
  • Apple sold 3.05 million Macs in the quarter
  • sold 7.4 million iPhones in the quarter
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  • in Q3 of this year, Apple sold 5.2 million iPhones
  • Q4 earnings call
  • Q&A Session
  • Sales of iPod touch were up 100% year over year.
  • Over 70% for share of U.S. MP3 market.
  • launching there October 30th with China Unicom
  • Almost 21 million for the fiscal year sold now in terms of iPhones, so we have momentum. Plus the App Store with 85,000 apps is so far beyond anyone else. We feel good about competing with anyone. I think people are still trying to catch up with the first iPhone, announced 2 years ago. We’ve moved beyond that
  • We ship the 3G in 80 today, 64 for the iPhone 3GS, I suspect that will be past 80 by the end of the calendar year
Tim T

Sony's Digital Book Downloads from the Public Library - BusinessWeek - 0 views

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Digital Media

shared by Tim T on 20 Dec 09 - Cached
  • One of the neat features of the Sony Reader is that you can “borrow” electronic books from participating libraries, including ones in New York, Chicago and my public library in Seattle. So I went to digital media page on its Web site and searched for Eclipse. It turns out that six of the library’s eight copies of the book in Adobe’s eBook format, which works with Sony’s eBook devices, were available to borrow for 21 days. I typed in my library card number and PIN, clicked download, and a few seconds later, the book was on my PC. Then, I connected the Sony Reader via the USB port and the book zipped over to my device.
  • a 7-inch touch-screen version with 3G connectivity, so users can download books without having to plug the device into their PCs.
  • It’s not a closed business model
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  • We want to innovate to get better and better access to content
  • Reader owners can already buy electronic books from 200 bookstores
  • don’t know how important those booksellers will be to the success of the Sony Reader. The Kindle has mindshare as well as market share. But the opportunity to instantly get a book from the library at 8 pm so my 11-year-old could have something to read before bed was pretty nifty. And it didn’t cost me a dime
  • Tim T on 20 Dec 09
     
    eBook reader
Tim T

The Korea Herald : The Nation's No.1 English Newspaper - 0 views

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business venture innovation ICT

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  • LG Group said yesterday that it would invest 15 trillion won ($13.35 billion) in facilities and research and development, the largest ever annual investment in the conglomerate's history.
  • The announcement on LG's aggressive investment target came after LG Group chairman Koo Bon-moo recently said that LG should become an innovative technology company that creates a higher level of customer value.
  • Out of the 11.3 trillion won facility investment fund, the group will allocate more than 3.5 trillion won in expanding LG Display's eighth-generation production line in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, to target a larger market share in large-sized TV screens, according to LG Group.
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  • Out of LG's 3.7 trillion won R&D investment, which is up 23 percent from 2009, LG Electronics will spend 2.1 trillion won on developing smart phones, next-generation mobile phones, "smart TVs," 3-D technology and renewable energy, the company said.
  • "In the R&D sector, they are boosting smart phone R&D because it is relatively weak," he said.
Tim T

The Korea Herald : The Nation's No.1 English Newspaper - 0 views

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business web2.0 ict digital media

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  • Despite the global recession, exports of Korean online games are expected to exceed $1.5 billion in 2009, nearly double the $1 billion recorded from the previous year. "The industry was little affected by the global economic downturn," an official at the Korean Association of Game Industry said.
  • "The sharp rise in overseas sales drove the growth of earnings and shares of Korean game companies such as NCSoft and NeoWiz last year. This trend will continue this year," said Kim Chang-kwean, an analyst at Daewoo Securities.
  • The local online game market is also expected to post solid growth this year, with a slew of planned rollouts of new games. The Korean online game market has been growing more than 20 percent annually in recent years. In 2008, the local online game industry generated revenue of 2.6 trillion won, of which $1 billion came from overseas.
Assunta Krehl

Cruickshank: Good news for newspapers - for a change - The Star - January 30, 2010 - 1 views

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Media The Canadian Association of Journalists CAJ Education Foundation events

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  • Assunta Krehl on 01 Feb 10
     
    John Cruickshank, publisher of the Toronto Star., will be speaking to the Canadian Association of Journalists at the MaRS Centre. Cruickshank will share his view about the fate of the journalism profession.
Assunta Krehl

Clean Water Capital - CBC Radio - Metro Morning - March 9, 2010 - 0 views

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Cleantech environment Advisors Tom Rand MaRS

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  • Assunta Krehl on 09 Mar 10
     
    Clean energy was mentioned in the Speech from the Throne. Tom Rand, MaRS Discovery District Clean Tech Practice Lead shares his views on what it means to marry jobs and the environment.
Assunta Krehl

Hold the phone: Let's do it together - The Globe and Mail - March 22, 2010 - 1 views

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ICT telecommunications Krista Jones Advisors MaRS

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    Wireless upstarts face a daunting task: Finance and build a network of their own, while taking on the big incumbents. Krista Jones, MaRS Lead in ICT, shares her views on the challenges telecom start-ups face.
Assunta Krehl

Sweet Valley Rye - The Eyeopener Online - April 6, 2010 - 1 views

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ICT Entrepreneurship Collaboration Advisors Sue McGill MaRS

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  • Assunta Krehl on 09 Apr 10
     
    Ryerson's Digital Media Zone (DMZ) is looking to find the inner Silicon Valley innovator within Ryerson's student body by creating a space where entrepreneurs can collaborate and receive support. Sue McGill, an advisor at MaRS, has toured the DMZ and shares her views.
Assunta Krehl

MaRS Entrepreneurship 101 Series: Week 1 - Techvibes - 0 views

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Entrepreneurship 101

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  • MaRS Centre in Toronto runs a free entrepreneurship program from Sept to April called "Entrepreneurship 101" designed to teach those in the local scientific community the ins and outs of getting started with a business. Over the course of the program they cover topics ranging from how to write a business plan to protecting your intellectual property and get various prominent speakers to share their experiences as well. Classes are held 5:30pm to 6:30pm on Wednesdays, at the MaRS Centre (located in downtown Toronto). If you are in town, this is a great opportunity to learn. It is also completely free to attend - all you gotta do is sign up and show up and by the end of it, you'd be fairly well acquainted with the tools and knowledge you need to start your own hi-tech business, which is what the government and the folks behind MaRS Center want at the end of the day. MaRS is also making available full recordings of each of its classes online, which Techvibes would be posting on a weekly basis so you can still learn from the program if distance is an issue.
  • Assunta Krehl on 14 Oct 09
     
    MaRS Centre in Toronto runs a free entrepreneurship program from Sept to April called "Entrepreneurship 101" every Wednesday from 5:30-6:30pm. MaRS is also making available full recordings of each of its classes online, which Techvibes would be posting on a weekly basis so you can still learn from the program if distance is an issue. Oct 13, 2009
Miri Katz

How The Private Sector Can Drive Social Innovation - CIO Central - CIO Network - Forbes - 0 views

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social innovation social collaboration CSR corporate citizenship

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  • How The Private Sector Can Drive Social Innovation
  • Out of the 100 largest economies in the world, about half are multinational corporations. Given their impact on global communities, it is becoming increasingly essential that these large corporations execute responsibility to society, rather than rely on governments and non-profits to address difficult social issues alone.
  • oday, the world’s largest companies are in a unique position to play a much greater role in driving social change than ever before.
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  • Aside from pure monetary donations, however, is a new model that is transforming corporate philanthropy.
  • Increasingly, corporations are turning to a shared value model, in which companies work in alignment with society rather than against it, producing mutual benefits to both the community and the corporation
  • It evolves the traditional model of financial and material goods donations, to one in which corporations leverage a range of corporate assets including employee skills, business acumen and partner networks, to drive social change.
  • Here’s the shift: Instead of viewing it as our responsibility to drive business and social value, view it also a valuable opportunity to rethink existing practices.
  • The business case for social innovation
  • there are a variety of benefits for an organization, from brand building, to staff retention, and even improved client stickiness. Shareholders and the investment community are also increasingly considering corporate responsibility when making investment decisions.
  • collaborations can drive innovation through necessity. Non-profits work in extreme environments, faced with limited infrastructure, connectivity and staff. Operating in these situations exposes corporate staff to new sets of customer challenges, which can often deliver innovations in product design or services into the business.
  • by working with a non-profit organization, a corporation can demonstrate its expertise to a new audience, expanding its business network.
  • Increasingly, investors weigh environmental, social and governance  data when making investment decisions. While such data has been a benchmark for European-based companies for some time, we are now seeing a more global adoption and interest in this, which should be another forcing function for more corporations to act as good corporate citizens.
  • Applying social innovation in practic
  • A good starting point is to assess the company’s available skills, expertise, partnerships against the touch-points the company currently has within a given community. From there, establish specific goals to achieve and a strategic plan to meet those goals.
  • Companies that have an expertise in technology, for example, can collaborate with non-profits or social entrepreneurs to provide the infrastructure backbone that turn their ideas into reality. With the social enterprise mPedigree Network, HP leveraged its technology expertise in cloud-based services to design and build an anti-drug counterfeiting service in Africa. Counterfeit medicine is a significant problem in developing countries, causing more than 700,000 deaths each year. The new service helps save lives by enabling patients to validate the integrity of their medicine by sending a free text message.
  • Gabi Zedlmayer is Vice President of Hewlett-Packard’s Office of Global Social Innovation.
  • Miri Katz on 29 Jun 11
     
    Out of the 100 largest economies in the world, about half are multinational corporations. Given their impact on global communities, it is increasingly essential that these large corporations execute responsibility to society, rather than rely on governments and non-profits to address difficult social issues alone
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