• Cheyenne 3D land survey covering 1,689 km2 in Cheyenne and Kiowa Counties in Colorado in an area that produces from horizons in both the Mississippian and the Pennsylvanian petroleum systems. Acquisition of the survey is expected to commence during Q3 2013 with final data available to industry during Q2 2014.
• Francisco 3D is a 4,662 km2 multi-client 3D survey that has commenced in the Atwater Valley area of the central Gulf of Mexico. This is the first 3D survey in this frontier area of the Gulf of Mexico. TGS will perform broadband processing on the survey using its proprietary Clari-FiTM technology.
• After 14 years, TGS returns to Denmark to acquire a 7,000 km multi-client 2D survey. TGS will perform broadband processing on the survey using its proprietary Clari-FiTM technology. Data will be available for the industry prior to the Danish 7th round which is planned to be announced in late 2013.

All of the above mentioned surveys are supported by industry funding.

TGS will also announce three new partnerships:

• TGS has signed a three year agreement with BGP to jointly acquire, process and market 2D and 3D multi-client seismic data offshore Madagascar and East Africa. TGS will leverage respective strengths of the partnership to build a strong portfolio of new multi-client projects in this highly prospective region. The agreement includes an initial 2D multi-client 13,135 km seismic survey in west Morondava, offshore Madagascar. The newly acquired data will extend and infill the existing regional 2D multi-client data acquired by TGS in 2001 and 2005.
• TGS has signed a cooperation agreement with EMGS to develop joint multi-client projects in defined areas of NW Europe. With this agreement, TGS obtains access to 2D/3D controlled source electromagnetic (CSEM) data to design and acquire new 3D seismic projects, while EMGS will be given access to TGS' 2D grid as the basis for planning new 3D CSEM projects.
• TGS has signed a letter of intent with Magseis establishing an exclusive multi-client partnership using new Ocean Bottom Seismic technology. Joint projects are currently being planned with promising customer feedback.

In addition TGS will announce its intention to implement a sponsored American Depositary Receipt (ADR) program later in Q2 2013 subject to completion of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing. TGS reaffirms its full year 2013 guidance.

To access TGS Capital Markets Day information, click on the links below:

TGS 2013 Capital Markets Day Webcast: http://www1.axisto.co.uk/webcasting/investis/tgs/capital-markets-day-2013/?__hstc=112058779.b221c4d89576f09cd33477dfa416e0cb.1369290497852.1369290497852.1369290497852.1&__hssc=112058779.1.1369290497853
TGS 2013 Capital Markets Day Presentation Slides: http://www.tgs.com/uploadedFiles/TGS%20CMD%202013%20Presentation%20FINAL.pdf

TGS provides multi-client geoscience data to oil and gas Exploration and Production companies worldwide. In addition to extensive global geophysical and geological data libraries that include multi-client seismic data, magnetic and gravity data, digital well logs, production data and directional surveys, TGS also offers advanced processing and imaging services, interpretation products, permanent reservoir monitoring and data integration solutions.

All statements in this press release other than statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements, which are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict, and are based upon assumptions as to future events that may not prove accurate. These factors include TGS' reliance on a cyclical industry and principal customers, TGS' ability to continue to expand markets for licensing of data, and TGS' ability to acquire and process data product at costs commensurate with profitability. Actual results may differ materially from those expected or projected in the forward-looking statements. TGS undertakes no responsibility or obligation to update or alter forward-looking statements for any reason.

TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange (OSLO:TGS).

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Over the years, Tektronix has partnered in many ways with Oregon State to drive educational excellence," said Dr. Kevin Ilcisin, Chief Technology Officer, Tektronix. "In return, Tektronix has attracted productive and very innovative employees from OSU's undergraduate and graduate programs who are contributing to Tektronix's long term success. With the ever competitive environment of our business, it is imperative that universities educate graduates with broad technical skills, effective interpersonal and leadership skills, and ability to develop innovative solutions to the most challenging problems."

This latest gift to OSU by the Tektronix Foundation, a private foundation funded each year with a portion of Tektronix' profits, will support:

Creative Collaboratory - Modeled after the MIT media lab, the Oregon State Collaboratory enables teams of engineering students to develop working prototypes of new electrical systems. Project areas include sensing and informatics in living systems, personalized mobile platforms, and smart energy living. The latest commitment supplements the $80,000 seed funding provided by the Tektronix Foundation in September 2012 and supports Tektronix scholars through the end of the year.

SAE Vehicle Teams - OSU undergraduate and graduate students participating in this program design and build vehicles to compete in student competitions around the world. Vehicles include electric and internal combustion formula cars as well as a mini-Baja vehicle. The formula vehicles are designed, built, and compete in collaboration with DHBW-Ravensburg University in Germany. The SAE vehicle teams have achieved a remarkable total of six first-place finishes over the past two years alone. In addition, the SAE vehicle teams have also received a donation of a 289 Digital Multi Meter from Tektronix' sister company, Fluke.

Solar Car Challenge - Tektronix continues to support the OSU Solar Vehicle Team. Using funding from Tektronix, the team will be able to purchase new solar cells to upgrade its solar array in order to compete in the Formula Sun Grand Prix to be held October 2013 in Irvine, Calif. The OSU Phoenix is a three-wheeled, single passenger vehicle powered exclusively by solar energy. The team uses Tektronix oscilloscopes and Keithley meters SourceMeter® SMU instruments to help the vehicle achieve maximum efficiency.

"Support from industry partners like Tektronix is critical to the university," said Terri Feiz, head of OSU's School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. "Tektronix not only helps to fund valuable student research programs, but supports OSU in creative educational opportunities that prepare our students to enter the workforce to hit the ground running. This partnership is invaluable to our programs and students."

Wondering what else Tektronix is up to? Check out the Tektronix Bandwidth Banter blog and stay up to date on the latest news from Tektronix on Twitter and Facebook.

About Tektronix
For more than sixty-five years, engineers have turned to Tektronix for test, measurement and monitoring solutions to solve design challenges, improve productivity and dramatically reduce time to market. Tektronix is a leading supplier of test equipment for engineers focused on electronic design, manufacturing, and advanced technology development. Headquartered in Beaverton, Oregon, Tektronix serves customers worldwide and offers award-winning service and support. Stay on the leading edge at www.tektronix.com.

About OSU College of Engineering
Oregon State University's College of Engineering is among the nation's largest and most productive engineering programs. Since 1999, the college has more than tripled its research expenditures to $37.2 million by emphasizing highly collaborative research that solves global problems, spins out new companies, and produces opportunity for students through hands-on learning. To learn more about it and Oregon State University, go to: oregonstate.edu.

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SANTA CLARA, Calif.

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced an automated switching solution for testing each lane of a multilane digital bus interface. The automated switching solution works with Infiniium Series oscilloscopes and is available on compliance applications for multilane buses, including DisplayPort, HDMI, PCI-Express® and MIPI™ D-PHY and M-PHY interfaces.

The solution includes switch matrix software options for Infiniium compliance applications and preconfigured switch matrix hardware models that work with the applications. Supported switch matrix hardware models include Agilent's U3020AS26 and Agilent partner BitifEye's BIT-2100 Series.

Accessories are available for SMA- and SMP-connection test interfaces as well as for direct probing using the Agilent InfiniiMax Series probes. In addition, Agilent's N2809A PrecisionProbe oscilloscope probe and cable correction software can be used to remove the loss and skew introduced when the switch paths are added to the measurement setup.

Together, these capabilities provide a comprehensive solution for automating multilane testing. The automated switching solution gives engineers the ability to:

• Eliminate reconnections and errors. The solution saves time and simplifies testing by automating tests for each lane of a multilane bus.
• Maintain accuracy. Engineers can use Agilent's unique N2809A PrecisionProbe or N5465A InfiniiSim software to compensate switch path loss and skew.
• Customize testing. The test application can be extended with a remote programming interface and the N5467A user-defined application for device control, equipment control and test customization or scripting.

"When engineers validate their digital multilane interfaces, they need overall productivity and repeatability in addition to the highest measurement performance," said Jay Alexander, vice president and general manager of Agilent's Oscilloscope Products Division. "The automated switching solution provides for unattended testing with no compromise on results accuracy. This allows higher test efficiency and helps engineers get their products to market faster."

Agilent's Infiniium 90000A, X- and Q-Series oscilloscopes are ideal for testing multilane high-speed digital interfaces because they offer analog bandwidths up to 63 GHz, with the lowest noise floor, deepest memory and flattest response. Engineers using Infiniium Series oscilloscopes with the automated switching solution can save time, maximize their design margins and gain greater insight into their system performance. In addition, engineers can recover margins by correcting the cable and probe losses using the unique N2809A PrecisionProbe correction software, available only with Infiniium Series oscilloscopes.

The application note "Using Microwave Switches when Testing High-Speed Serial Digital Interfaces" offers information about the automated switching solution.

Additional information about Agilent's automated switching solution is available at www.agilent.com/find/switching. Product images are available at www.agilent.com/find/switching_images.

More information about the supported switch matrix hardware is available on the Agilent U3020AS26 Web page and BitifEye BIT-2100 Series Web page.

Agilent's complete portfolio of oscilloscopes is available in a variety of form factors, from 20 MHz to 90 GHz. They offer industry-leading specifications and powerful applications.

U.S. Pricing and Availability

The Agilent switch matrix software option is available now starting at $6,000. The Agilent U3020AS26 switch matrix hardware is available now starting at $15,500. BitifEye BIT-2100 Series hardware is also available now starting at $14,471.
About Agilent Technologies

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) is the world's premier measurement company and a technology leader in chemical analysis, life sciences, diagnostics, electronics and communications. The company's 20,500 employees serve customers in more than 100 countries. Agilent had revenues of $6.9 billion in fiscal 2012. Information about Agilent is available at www.agilent.com.

PCI Express® is a U.S. registered trademarks and/or service mark of PCI-SIG.

MIPI is a licensed trademark of MIPI, Inc. in the U.S. and other jurisdictions.

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DataFission is a platform that enables content-based searching for digital 'Everything' In other words, doing for unstructured data what major search engines have done for text.  The platform also makes connections, links, and associations using auto-generated content-based tagging.  This allows for the equivalent of Social Networking for everything.  For reference, the Unstructured Data Search Markets consists of Unstructured Search, Social Networks, Products, Sports, Deep Data Analytics, Surveillance, Image Analysis and Video Forensics, and Medical Imaging which cumulatively are valued today at over half a trillion dollars and continues to grow.

DataFission is designed with scalable architectures in mind so to work most efficiently with the industry's leading hardware providers such as Dell, Cray, SGI, IBM, HP, Intel, Supermicro and the likes.  This parallel and scalable platform will deliver Data Intensive, High-Performance Computing solutions for all unstructured data.

The Digital Universe (DU)
The DU is defined to encompass the sum total of the entire world's digital data collected, generated, processed, communicated, and stored. The size and growth rate of the DU continues to increase at an exponential rate with the estimated size of the DU growing to over 40 zettabytes by the year 2020. The bulk of this data consists of "unstructured data". Unstructured data comes in many forms, including: image, video, audio, communications, network traffic, data from sensors of all kinds, text, etc. Unstructured data is stored in opaque containers as raw binary, compressed, encrypted, or free form data, as opposed to structured data that fits into row/column formats. It is not only important to know the size and rate of growth of the DU, but also to know the distribution of data which is estimated to be ~88% video and image data; ~10% communications, sensor, audio, and music data; and ~2% text. It is also estimated that only 3-5% of the 2% textual DU is currently indexed and made searchable by major search engines.
 
About DataFission
DataFission is a privately held company headquartered in the heart of the Silicon Valley, with visions to become the technology partner to the world's leading solution providers, enterprises, and government agencies by helping them incorporate our innovative solutions to fully utilize unstructured data. 

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CARY, NC

To monitor and control airport operations, Fraport AG relies on high-performance analytics from SAS, the leader in business analytics. By migrating its SAS® Business Analytics platform to SAS High-Performance Analytics, the Frankfurt-based company harnesses today's most advanced approach analyzing vast quantities of data – big data – generated from flight operations.

Additionally, Fraport has implemented SAS Visual Analytics on a Pivotal™ DCA (formerly EMC® Greenplum® DCA). Pivotal is setting the new standard for enterprise platform-as-a-service (PaaS). Optimized by Pivotal and SAS for big data analytics, the appliance ensures extremely high performance for Fraport.

"We need to analyze massive quantities of data in real time. SAS High-Performance Analytics is the perfect solution for us," explains Dieter Steinmann, Senior Manager of Information and Communication Services for Business Systems at Fraport. "In addition to the extra speed, we're looking forward to new opportunities for data exploration and visualization with SAS Visual Analytics."

By implementing SAS High-Performance Analytics, Fraport will reduce total operating costs and boost analytical performance.

"Fraport is the perfect example of an analytics-driven organization," said Wolf Lichtenstein, Vice President for the DACH (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) region for SAS. "At an early stage, the responsible parties recognized the importance of analytics competency for the future of the company and set the course accordingly. I think this is absolutely exemplary across all industrial sectors."

"With its decision in favor of big data analytics, Fraport is creating a huge competitive advantage for itself. We are very pleased that, together with SAS, we can provide the technology basis for this," said Sabine Bendiek, Managing Director of EMC Germany.

About Pivotal

Pivotal is building a new platform for a new era, setting the standard for Enterprise Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS). The company's mission is to enable customers to build a new class of applications, leveraging big and fast data, doing all of this with the power of cloud independence.

Uniting selected technology, people and programs from EMC® and VMware®, the following products and services are now part of Pivotal: Greenplum®, Cloud Foundry™, Spring, Cetas, Pivotal Labs®, GemFire® and other products from the VMware vFabric™ Suite. EMC is a registered trademark of EMC Corporation in the US and other countries. VMware and VFabric are registered trademarks or trademarks of VMware, Inc. in the US and/or other countries. Pivotal, Pivotal Labs, Greenplum, Cloud Foundry, and GemFire are registered trademarks or trademarks of GoPivotal,Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. All other product and/or service marks are trademarks of their respective owners.

About SAS

SAS is the leader in business analytics software and services, and the largest independent vendor in the business intelligence market. Through innovative solutions, SAS helps customers at more than 60,000 sites improve performance and deliver value by making better decisions faster. Since 1976 SAS has been giving customers around the world The Power to Know® .

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Operational analytics are one of the most cost-effective methods to improve productivity and drive down costs without destroying customer value. They help your business focus on what is important and create structures that allow you to align your team towards the same goals. 

Small business software solutions are a boon for sporting businesses. Sports business analytics allows business owners and management to spot important trends in how there organization operates. The ability to analyze the performance of key drivers in your business allow you to improve margins while keeping your customers happy. 

Any business would benefit from a quality performance management application. MDL Ventures specializes in business retail analytics. Customers leave with the peace of mind that can only be the result of working with a company that has years of experience optimizing and aligning operations with bottom line results. MDL Ventures provides services that map performance opportunities through carefully gathered analytical data while offering businesses manage their own change in searching for increased profitability.

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Las Vegas, Nevada – Avaya announced today that Alcatel-Lucent, HP and Spirent will join them to conduct the industry's first, live multi-vendor interoperability test using Shortest Path Bridging (SPB) technology at Interop 2013. The interoperability testing will be conducted across the InteropNet backbone to publicly showcase the multi-vendor fabric implementation.

Shortest Path Bridging is an open and extensible fabric networking technology standardized by the IEEE as 802.1aq and by the IETF as RFC 6329.

SPB enables customers to simplify network creation and management by requiring service provisioning only at the edge of the network. SPB saves time, effort, and reduces human error by dynamically building and maintaining the network topology between nodes using Intermediate System to Intermediate System (IS-IS), a proven carrier-grade link state protocol.
Establishing a multi-path fabric for traffic distribution, SPB maximizes bandwidth utilization on all paths and executes seamless, sub-second network changes.

The multi-vendor interoperability test demonstrates the benefits of open, standards-based solutions and replicates the reality of today's networks environments, which are frequently characterized by a mix of vendors and equipment distributed across different Data Center locations. In addition, premises-based Data Centers are often backed-up by a cloud service provider. Using SPB in heterogeneous networking environments as a bridge between private and public clouds enables seamless service delivery between Data Centers.

The interoperability test will leverage the InteropNET backbone network to interconnect equipment located at each of the participant's booths. Avaya's SPB-based Fabric Connect technology will support InteropNET, one of the world's largest temporary networks built for Interop 2013, a premier networking industry event. This test builds on previous validation efforts that have demonstrated SPB's capabilities for multi-site Data Centers and hybrid clouds, including a 2000 node / 400 link interoperability test that showcased full control and data plane interoperability between five vendors, and another test that included the migration of a virtual machine over a multi-vendor SPB network that seamlessly transferred services between nodes delivered by different vendors.

The SPB network will consist of the Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch™ 6900, Avaya Virtual Services Platform 9000, HP 12500 Switch Series alongside Spirent TestCenter™.

Quotes
"Avaya is committed to bringing open, interoperable networking technologies to market. The opportunity to showcase this technology in a public form such as Interop, plus demonstrating interoperability with our peers, proves that the SPB technology is ready for multi-vendor mission-critical environments."
--Marc Randall, SVP and GM, Avaya Networking
"Alcatel-Lucent is a strong supporter of open, standard-based networks. With SPB, customers can benefit from simplified IT operations and faster ROI for scalable, virtualized Enterprise data center and cloud networks. Showcasing this with three other companies at Interop helps customers realize they can reap those benefits today in a multivendor network environment."
--Stephane Robineau, Vice President, General Manager, Enterprise Networks at Alcatel-Lucent
"Spirent is a strong supporter of showcases demonstrating network technology advances and previously helped validate interoperability and scale of a Shortest Path Bridging network emulating hundreds of nodes and links. Spirent is pleased to be part of this first live public showcase demonstrating interoperability and performance of a multi-vendor fabric implementation at the Interop show."
-- Jurrie van den Breekel, Director Strategy and Business Development, Spirent Communications
"These four vendors coming together to showcase SPB interoperability in a public forum such as Interop is significant. In comparison to alternative fabric technologies, SPB offers more vendor support, offers greater scaling and has implementations which are closer to the actual standards – facilitating this type of interoperability testing. Companies that are looking to virtualize data centers and reduce network complexity need to consider an approach based on Shortest Path Bridging."
--Zeus Kerravala, Principal Analyst, ZK Research

Tags
SPB, Shortest Path Bridging, IEEE, 802.1aq, interoperability, Avaya, Alcatel-Lucent, Spirent, Solana, VSP 9000, multivendor networks, Interop, data center

About Avaya
Avaya is a global provider of business collaboration and communications solutions, providing unified communications, contact centers, data solutions and related services to companies of all sizes around the world. For more information please visit www.avaya.com.

About Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU)
The long-trusted partner of service providers, enterprises and governments around the world, Alcatel-Lucent is a leading innovator in the field of networking and communications technology, products and services. The company is home to Bell Labs, one of the world's foremost research centers, responsible for breakthroughs that have shaped the networking and communications industry.

Alcatel-Lucent innovations are regularly recognized by international institutions for their positive impact on society. In 2012 and for the second year running, Alcatel-Lucent was named one of the Thomson Reuters Top 100 Global Innovators, recognition for the company's continued addition to its world-class patent portfolio, one of the largest in the telecom industry. Alcatel-Lucent has also been recognized for its sustainability performance. In 2012 the company was ranked Technology Supersector Leader by the Dow Jones Sustainability Index. Through its innovations, Alcatel-Lucent is making communications more sustainable, more affordable and more accessible as we pursue our mission of Realizing the Potential of a Connected World.

With operations throughout the world, Alcatel-Lucent is a local partner with global reach. The Company achieved revenues of Euro 14.4 billion in 2012 and is incorporated in France and headquartered in Paris.
For more information, visit Alcatel-Lucent on: http://www.alcatel-lucent.com, read the latest posts on the Alcatel-Lucent blog http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/blog and follow the Company on Twitter: http://twitter.com/Alcatel_Lucent.

About Spirent Communications plc
Spirent Communications plc. (LSE: SPT), a global leader in test and measurement offers an extensive portfolio of solutions to test data centers, cloud computing environments, high speed Ethernet networks and services, 3G/4G wireless networks and devices, network security, and global navigation satellite systems. For more information visit http://www.spirent.com/about-us/News_Room/About_Spirent_Communications_plc.aspx.

Certain statements contained in this press release are forward-looking statements. These statements may be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "anticipate," "believe," "continue," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "might," "plan," "potential," "predict," "should" or "will" or other similar terminology. We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections. While we believe these expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections are reasonable, such forward looking statements are only predictions and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control. These and other important factors may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. For a list and description of such risks and uncertainties, please refer to Avaya's filings with the SEC that are available at www.sec.gov . Avaya disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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BEIJING and SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Teradata (NYSE: TDC), the world's leading analytic data solutions company, announced today that Sichuan Rural Credit Union (SRCU), the largest local bank in China's southwest region, has selected Teradata to build its integrated data warehouse. This project is the first for Teradata in this region's financial sector, and it is a milestone that indicates the adoption of advanced data analytic technologies have begun to take hold.

SRCU offers financial services to more than 68 million people in rural areas of Sichuan province. SRCU has a critical reason for building analytics capacity, because it is committed to providing support to advance the economic development of rural regions and increasing the satisfaction of their loan customers. The credit union's initiatives require a high-performance data warehouse and financial logical data model that can improve data processing capability, security of financial transactions, and data governance.

The focus of this project is to improve SRCU's data analytics capability. After an in-depth evaluation, SRCU selected the Teradata Data Warehouse Appliance 2690, Teradata Database 14.0, and the Teradata Financial Services Logical Data Model to help build a platform with high reliability, scalability, and security, and data analytics.

"Teradata's expertise in data warehouse solutions is unrivaled. With the Teradata enterprise data warehouse, we can seamlessly integrate data from our existing 12 business systems, support data in five application systems, and create three new data applications. The new Teradata system will play multiple roles to support management and decision making, including serving as a hub for enterprise data integration, data service, analytic applications, and data governance. Teradata technology will lay a solid foundation for us to increase our competitiveness in China's southwest region," said an official from Sichuan Rural Credit Union.

"This project was the first of Teradata's presence in the financial sector of China's South West region and it is milestone," said Aaron Hsin, president of Greater China Area, Teradata Corporation. "We have deep roots in China's financial sector and are honored to leverage our experience, best practices, and leading technology and solutions to help Sichuan Rural Credit Union grow their business and bolster their management performance."

About Sichuan Rural Credit Union
Sichuan Rural Credit Union was established on June 28, 2005 in Sichuan province. It provides management, supervision, coordination, and support for its branches across the province. It has 40,000 employees, 174 county-level branches, 6,147 business outlets that provide financial services to more than 68 million people in rural regions and support the economic development of Sichuan province.

About Teradata
Teradata Corporation (NYSE: TDC) is the world's leading analytic data solutions company, focused on integrated data warehousing, big data analytics, and business applications. Teradata's innovative products and services deliver data integration and business insight to empower organizations to make the best decisions possible and achieve competitive advantage. Visit teradata.com for details.

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Teradata is a trademark or registered trademark of Teradata Corporation in the United States and other countries.

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