He borrowed ideas on leadership from books and on improving performance from experts.
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The "Moneyball" revolution in evaluating baseball players had little to offer on improving performance.
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Thus our study suggests that competition against yourself is equally effective in improving performance.
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Some have argued that, historically, this has been the most successful approach to improving performance.
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Several previous studies have linked it to improving performance while still making the effort feel easier.
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The decline in the usage of ETFs coincides with improving performance numbers among equity managers overall.
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THC, as well as other compounds from cannabis, can decrease stress and anxiety, potentially improving performance.
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Even so, state-employed governors could draw two lessons from the improving performance of private prisons.
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"This is yet another datapoint showing that strong and improving performance is no longer enough," writes Cyprys.
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Like last year, Apple put a big focus on improving performance in iOS so that everything is faster.
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Growth would be sought by improving performance at stores and selectively opening new ones, rather than via acquisitions.
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The improving performance of stocks in defensive sectors may ultimately be beneficial for the market, some investors said.
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The first new version of Spectacles is rumored to come with a single camera and focus on improving performance.
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The effect is that the focused areas can be rendered at a higher resolution, improving performance and saving power.
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Yet, time and time again, Congress holds hearings berating the VA for not improving performance and not moving faster.
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But they quickly recovered as analysts welcomed FCA's efforts to erase debt and its improving performance across all regions.
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The latest firmware update gave the board a 40% increase, improving performance without any hardware upgrades, according to the company.
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This one could be interesting, as its improving performance runs counter to broader trends in the bricks-and-mortar retail sector.
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With added resources, Mr. Ayala estimates, the nonprofit could increase that rate to 50 percent and maintain its income-improving performance.
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Chiampas said more research is needed into the efficacy of micronutrients — vitamins and minerals needed in trace amounts — in improving performance.
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"Our number one priority is improving performance at Victoria's Secret Lingerie and PINK," said Leslie Wexner, Chairman and CEO of L Brands.
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"The biggest challenges have included aerodynamics, reducing weight and improving performance," Tim Burnhope, head of innovation at JCB, said in a statement.
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Energen said Corvex had pushed a "singularly-focused agenda" to sell the company regardless of market conditions and the producer's improving performance.
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Instead, Apple has reportedly been focusing on improving performance—you'll recall that last year's El Capitan was a performance-oriented update as well.
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Explain. — Do you agree with their study's finding that "competition against yourself is equally effective [as competing against another person] in improving performance"?
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This might also be a way of improving performance on affordable systems that may not have the most powerful components or longest battery life.
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So I think in the last four years, fiscal policy has been, on balance, simulative, and contributed to improving performance of the Japanese economy.
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Uber says the entitlement was used for something far less nefarious than tracking drivers or surveilling users: improving performance in its Apple Watch app.
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Heymann cites higher oil prices, improving performance of GE's aviation and healthcare businesses, and the recent nomination of three "exceptionally talented" directors to GE's board.
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"Looking to the second half of the year, our number one priority continues to be improving performance at Victoria's Secret," management said in prepared remarks.
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Milan-listed shares initially fell after the earnings, but they quickly recovered as analysts welcomed FCA's efforts to erase debt and improving performance across regions.
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TBANK's National Rating may be upgraded if it maintains its improving performance, particularly on asset quality and capitalisation, narrowing the gap with its larger peers.
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Earlier this year, Elsevier's Scopus database of scholarly research found that China's rapidly improving performance might see it match the US by the mid-2020s.
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The company has rejected the criticism and pledged to cut debt by selling assets while improving performance in France and simplifying the group's complex structure.
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A Reuters poll expects modest service sector growth from November, while manufacturing is expected to remain in deep contraction despite an improving performance since September.
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The dual pixels used on the most recent Galaxy phones, for example, turn every pixel into a little phase detection system, improving performance in darker scenes.
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"This offer reflects the potential for future growth and improving performance, and is an endorsement of our turnaround strategy and our hard working people," he said.
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"This offer reflects the potential for future growth and improving performance and is an endorsement of our turnaround strategy and our hard working people," he said.
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That could lead to more management buyouts, where managers take companies private to focus on improving performance, and opportunities for buyout firms to fund such deals.
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The company just announced that it will be open sourcing Seurat, a tool designed to reduce complexity in high-fidelity mobile VR scenes, improving performance considerably.
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Since the engine is one of the heaviest parts of the vehicle, placing it in the center of the car balances the weight evenly, improving performance.
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She says flexibility ends up driving and improving performance — and when you're trying to convince your boss to offer you flexibility, you should remind them of that.
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Asda said it benefited from the earlier timing of Easter this year but also saw an improving performance from its own-brand products and from online grocery.
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As such, improving performance and accountability within VBA and the board through the issuances of timely, quality decisions must be part of VA's overall suicide prevention strategy.
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The MilestonePod was specifically designed for runners to track their stride—a data point that's essential to improving performance but that a traditional fitness tracker can't really measure.
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European Retail Remains Challenged We expect Ladbrokes' European retail division to see steadily improving performance with its operating margin remaining challenged, but stable, over our two-year rating horizon.
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In the case of individual stocks, that hangs on improving performance at a given company, but for the investing approach as a whole to outperform requires a cyclical shift.
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Tesla's improving performance on Consumer Reports' list suggests the electric-car maker is beginning to pair its innovative technology and highly-regarded engineering with a more stable manufacturing system.
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The Ben & Jerry's ice cream and Dove soap maker said despite early signs of improving performance in North America, its biggest market, a full recovery would still take time.
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Executives said the future of the industry will hinge on improving performance and driver convenience, with battery life, recharging speeds and the availability of recharging stations among the major concerns.
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Driven by falling cost, improving performance, and the five-year renewal of the Production Tax Credit (PTC), installations surged in 288, with 2000,2380 MW of new wind capacity coming online.
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Last month, in a bid to reassure investors, she spelt out that her first priority was improving performance in prescription drugs, followed by dividend payments and only after that acquisitions.
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Nestle said it expected its organic sales to rise this year after an improving performance in China and North America helped growth accelerate in 2018 after six years of slowdowns.
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Teams are asking players to swallow electronic pills that monitor body temperature and wear goggles that track eye movement — all in the name of collecting data and improving performance. 10.
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The Ben & Jerry's ice cream and Dove soap maker said that despite early signs of improving performance in North America, its biggest market, a full recovery would still take time.
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As with the Huawei chip, the time spend offloading all this data processing to the cloud should be vastly reduced, theoretically improving performance and again lessening the strain on battery life.
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During the investigation, we identified changes unrelated to the bug reports for improving performance, and we are in the process of rolling out those changes to make your Pixel device better.
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Amazon said it will continue to lower prices at Whole Foods, but improving performance at the organic grocery chain is only a small part of Amazon's ambitions in the supermarket industry.
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Introduced at WWDC earlier this year, iOS 12 is first and foremost focused on improving performance to make iOS feel faster, especially on older devices that have become more sluggish over time.
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PARIS (Reuters) - Carrefour said revenue growth accelerated in the first quarter, driven by robust sales in Brazil and an improving performance in the core French market where hypermarket sales turned slightly positive.
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Synthetic crude has been steadily drifting lower in recent months as a result of increasing production of a couple of new oil sands project expansions, and improving performance from existing facilities like Syncrude.
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We expected coming into WWDC that iOS 212 would focus less on major new features and more on improving performance and eliminating bugs, and that's partially true based on what Apple showed onstage.
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This software might, for instance, monitor the health and fine-tune the operation of equipment like oil-field rigs and wind-farm turbines, improving performance, reducing wear and adapting to changing environmental conditions.
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"Although Saga continues to face challenging markets in insurance and travel, we have a clear focus on improving performance and cost efficiencies within the group," newly appointed Chief Executive Officer Euan Sutherland said.
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Photo: Alex Cranz (Gizmodo)After a series of bugs plagued iOS 11, Apple reportedly decided to slow down on adding new features to iOS 12 in order to focus on improving performance and stability.
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The bank's costs grew 7 percent in the first half of this year versus a year ago, and the higher expenses from investments aimed at improving performance have been a concern for its shareholders.
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But through my years of experiences in human resources, I could see that annual review processes weren't improving performance, improving retention, and the development of people — it was simply an administrative headache everyone dreaded.
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"Our priorities are focused on delivering innovative wearable and traditional watch styles while improving performance in the handbag and jewelry categories and driving increases in digital sales," Kartsotis added about initiatives in fiscal 2018.
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Last month, in a bid to reassure investors, she spelled out more clearly than before that her first priority was improving performance in prescription drugs, followed by dividend payments and only after that acquisitions.
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Last month, in a bid to reassure investors, she spelt out more clearly than before that her first priority was improving performance in prescription drugs, followed by dividend payments and only after that acquisitions.
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Improving performance and easing the job of a fuel-cell truck's driver, the Paccar/Toyota technology will require only a four-speed transmission, rather than the 18-gear transmissions in the typical Class 8 truck.
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VEVEY, Switzerland, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Nestle said it expected its organic sales to rise this year after an improving performance in China and North America helped growth accelerate in 2018 after six years of slowdowns.
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PARIS, July 6 (Reuters) - Carrefour, the world's second-largest retailer, said sales growth accelerated in the second-quarter, reflecting an improving performance in its core French market and robust sales in the rest of Europe.
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"From his previous leading roles in several companies, he has a proven track record in driving a decentralized culture, improving performance and delivering value," said Johan Forssell, CEO of Investor, which holds 11.2% of ABB.
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It's going to study the effects of blocking trackers that slow page times starting next month, and it will make that feature on by default in Firefox 63 if it proves successful in improving performance.
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PARIS, Nov 16 (Reuters) - French conglomerate Bouygues reported a forecast-beating rise in third quarter operating profit, helped by an improving performance at its telecoms arm and better trends in the construction market in France.
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Without the benefit of a diversified portfolio of international assets - something that most of its peers enjoy - BT's focus on its domestic incumbent operations, service delivery and cost efficiency has delivered stable and improving performance.
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The company said the latest results were in line with its expectations, with a gradual improving performance in its networks business but lingering losses in its digital operations offering network management and cloud-based services.
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The company clearly has deep, long-term plans for the iPhone — it wants to improve wireless functioning, it wants to keep pushing on the camera, and it will keep improving performance without sacrificing battery life.
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She responded to the election results in a "Dear Colleague" letter to Democratic lawmakers late Wednesday, underscoring the party's improving performance in conservative areas and saying that "every effort was made to win" in Georgia.
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Even though syndicated lending to middle market borrowers was down 95% compared to year-ago volume, the improving performance is encouraging after volatility roiled the loan space late last year and stalled issuance in early 2019.
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In space exploration, for example, industry leaders such as Elon Musk's SpaceX and NASA have fully embraced metal 3D printing as a way to produce rocket ship parts that have drastically lowered costs while highly improving performance.
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PARIS, July 13 (Reuters) - French retailer Casino said on Wednesday its sales growth accelerated in the second quarter on an improving performance in Brazil, where its consumer electronics business returned to growth after a year of decline.
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While Ackman will lay out his case for improving performance at ADP on a conference call on Thursday, he said on Wednesday that if management had been quiet he might have worked more collaboratively with the firm.
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"Relay Modern retains the best parts of Relay — colocated data and view definitions, declarative data fetching — while also simplifying the API, adding features, improving performance, and reducing the size of the framework," the team explains in today's announcement.
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Photo: APIn 2017, Google's Project Zero team in collaboration with researchers at a number of different universities identified an absolutely massive problem with speculative execution, one of the techniques employed in modern microprocessors as a way of improving performance.
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PARIS, Oct 19 (Reuters) - World number-two retailer Carrefour said on Wednesday that sales growth accelerated in the third quarter, reflecting robust sales in Brazil and an improving performance in its core French market despite a difficult environment there.
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"In the light of the Egyptian banks' strong financial indicators and improving performance and profitability that have been reflected in the financial and monetary stability, it is appropriate to restore the ratio back to previous rates," the statement said.
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"In the light of the Egyptian banks strong financial indicators and improving performance and profitability that have been reflected in the financial and monetary stability, it is appropriate to restore the ratio back to previous rates," the statement said.
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He noted that some shareholders had also submitted proposals asking companies to consider the impact of share buybacks on earnings, to figure out whether executives delivered better earnings by improving performance or by reducing the number of shares outstanding.
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Fitch maintains a two-notch difference between the ratings of Intesa and CIB, as in our view, there is some uncertainty with respect to Intesa's long-term commitment to the Hungarian market, given CIB's still weak, albeit improving, performance and prospects.
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The company was also quick to point out that it has provided 15 updates to the original hardware since its launch, adding new features and improving performance, so expect a similar slew of post-purchase updates for Nest Wifi, too.
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Fufeng's 2016 results also support the rating action, with improving performance in the amino acid segment that was helped by industry consolidation, a more efficient production process for the core monosodium glutamate (MSG) product, and increased contribution from other amino acid products.
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This is to determine whether the recent underperformance reflects a temporary setback or a more structural deterioration of the investment process' ability to navigate through the cycle and ultimately contain drawdown to deliver on its absolute return objective while improving performance relative to peers.
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Chand's witnesses countered that even if natural testosterone turns out to play a role in improving performance, testosterone alone can't explain the overrepresentation of intersex elite athletes; after all, many of those XY female athletes had low testosterone or had cells that lacked androgen receptors.
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Compression tights have also been said to increase circulation, helping to oxygenate blood and remove toxic byproducts, thusly improving performance and recovery, but research on those effects hasn't managed to rule out the possibility that the small gains some wearers demonstrate is placebo at work.
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"It is exactly two years after (my) start date and I am going to be leaving a group in great shape with clear targets in place," Olsen told reporters after pointing to an improving performance in many of LafargeHolcim's markets where the company has increased sales volumes and prices.
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Additional funding for the Wyss Institute's exosuit came from the National Science Foundation; the Harvard University Star Family Challenge; and the Warrior Web program, conducted by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, which seeks to develop technologies to mitigate musculoskeletal injuries among military service members while improving performance.
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Fitch maintains a two-notch difference between the ratings of Intesa and CIB, as in our view, there is some uncertainty with respect to Intesa's long-term commitment to the Hungarian market, given Intesa's stronger focus on its home market and CIB's still weak, albeit improving, performance and prospects.
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If you're noticing crashes and slowdowns more generally on your phone, we've written plenty of guides in the past on improving performance on Android and iOS—freeing up as much storage space as you possibly can is usually the way to go, as you can't exactly upgrade the CPU and RAM.
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Schlieren imagery is a modern version of a 150-year-old German photography technique, used to visualize supersonic flow phenomena: A clear understanding of the location and strength of shock waves is essential for determining aerodynamic performance of aircraft flying at supersonic speed in different configurations, for improving performance as well as designing future jets.
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In consideration of the fact that small UAS technology is fast changing, with ever-improving performance, innovative technology and new features, a key provision of the Part 107 rule is a waiver mechanism that allows a drone operator to deviate from certain operational restrictions if they set forth sufficient evidence to the FAA that the proposed operation can be performed safely.
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They advanced on the same two currents that have carried white-collar suburbs toward Democrats all across the country: growing diversity (whites now compose only about 40% of county residents, about half their level in 1980) and improving performance among college-educated white voters, who are often right of center on fiscal issues but generally lean left on social issues.
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