NEW DELHI: The scam-hit Commonwealth Games Organising Committee is currently facing 45 lawful cases filed by personal businesses searching outstanding fee for their CWG-related work.

Officials said that the number of situations against OC, which is under the scanner of investigating bureaus for alleged economic irregularities, have risen to 45 from 30 in the last six months.

"There are 45 court cases being challenged by us. They are in distinct stages," Chief boss Officer of the Games coordinating body, Jarnail Singh told PTI.

The situations, filed in various enclosures here and in Pune, are related to dispute in investment, workforce, catering, merchandising, cleaning and waste administration, technology and other purposeful localities.

Singh said OC solicitors are assisting to the legal situations. According to the agents, most of the firms have moved enclosures after their payments were rejected as they did not work as per the scope of work mentioned in the tender allocated to them.

The coordinating managing group, which conducted the Commonwealth sport between October 3-14, 2010, has digitised its notes. It will now to hand-over its ascribe to Ministry of Sports and Youth activities.

The government has furthermore begun to acquire portions in the swanky nine-storey OC head office at 1, Jai Singh street for some of its agencies.

Certain agencies of the Prime Minister's Office, Ministry of Home activities and Ministry of External activities among others have been allotted levels in the construction and they will start functioning shortly, causes said.

regulation and enforcement bureaus, including CBI, CVC and ED, are searching diverse economic irregularities in the execution of several CWG contracts allegedly done by OC's former head person Suresh Kalmadi and receptionist General Lalit Bhanot amidst others.

Beijing, April 11 (IANS) In a crackdown on violation of thoughtful house privileges and use of forgery computer products, all provincial authorities across China have been organised to use authorised and copyrighted programs by June.

Computers of prefecture and county-level governments will all be established with copyrighted programs by the end of 2013, said Wang Zhicheng, deputy controller of the copyright department of the General management of Press and Publication.

Copyrighted software have currently been installed in centered government agencies and agencies in May 2011, Xinhua described.

The country's new laws need all government bodies to buy computers only with pre-installed authentic operating system and to assign funds to buy authorised programs.

So far, authorities at all grades have expended a total of 1.06 billion yuan (around $168 million) on authentic software, the official said.

Authorities have furthermore paced up efforts to encourage the use of copyrighted programs in companies. Statistics display authentic programs was installed in the computers of at least 15,256 businesses by December.

LPO has been around for some time, primarily making headlines about 10 years before and it was pretty contentious.

Whatever your attitude of LPO, it has piqued the interest of numerous UK regulation companies. Perhaps at first it was all about offshoring but that has now turned into driving efficiency, the obligation for asset at an befitting price and perhaps a means of expanding ‘service reach’.

The drivers for change can be glimpsed through the continued force on fees, alternate business organisations, consumerisation of expertise and the effects of the Legal Services proceed. Looking to decrease the cost groundwork could be on the list to help counter these current stresses, and how to best leverage technology.

You might think that’s all very well, but the inquiry is, ‘what does this mean for me?’. Today’s expert countryside is dynamic, ever altering and unsure.

Isn’t the key for regulation firms their information? As regulation companies are under expanding force from purchasers to deliver more for less, those employed in KM are well placed to help to deliver discovery in these changing and challenging times, rotating information in to value for the client’s advantage.

For me this hurls up many of inquiries, including

Does this present you with a new opportunity to use KM inside the firm to consign new or advanced services to clients?

How can you improve the proposing to key clients?

Is there a way to appeal increased regular usage of the firm’s website?

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Food for considered? But how best to undertake them?

There will be melodies in the air when the City of Covington and the Louisiana Philharmonic ensemble present a free “Swing in the Pines” live performance at the Bogue Falaya Park on April 14 at 6 p.m. The larger New Orleans Youth ensemble will present at 5 p.m.

PINES.jpgSANFORD MYERS/THE TIMES-PICAYUNE FILE photograph The annual LPO Swing in the Pines takes place April 14 in Bogue Falaya reserve.

“There’s a large feeling of ‘all’s right with the world,’ when every person is distributing a attractive Louisiana outdoor scene with the ensemble playing just for you and passing round certain thing good to consume and drink,” said Babs Mollere, LPO organising controller. “Enjoying this together makes recollections for the juvenile and not-so-juvenile every year.”

David Torns will serve as visitor conductor. Torns is the assistant conductor of the Baton Rouge Symphony and music director of the Louisiana Youth ensembles. He has had guest carrying out engagements with the Vanderbilt University Symphony, the West Virginia University Symphony, and the North Carolina School for the creative pursuits Musica Piccola ensemble, as well as LPO.

Guests are invited to convey seating, bed covers and picnics to enjoy the open-air live performance. Selections for the evening will encompass Overture to

the “Light Cavalry” by Franz Von Suppe, “Carmen, Suites Nos. 1 and 2” by George Biset, selections from “Phantom of the Opera” by Andrew Lloyd Weber, “Strike Up the Band” by George Gershwin, a Muppet Medley, a traditional New Orleans medley, a Big Band Fantasy and “Irving Berlin-A Symphonic Portrait.”

Members of the Covington Food Bank will be at the gate to accept donations of non-perishable nourishment pieces.

For data, call 504.523.6530, or visit the website at www.LPOmusic.com. The Bogue Falaya reserve is located at 100 reserve propel in Covington. The rainfall date is April 15. LPO furthermore will present in Slidell Heritage Park on April 21.

The orchestra’s schedule furthermore encompasses the Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3, to be held on May 11 at 7:30 p.m. at the First Baptist place of worship in Covington. melodies Director Carlos Miguel Prieto will conduct, with pianist Yakov Kasman as exceptional guest.

An alumni couple from Winnetka has pledged $100,000 toward Illinois Valley Community College’s capital campaign for enhancement within the Peter Miller Community Technology Center.
As a result of their multi-year pledge, IVCC will name its new counseling and admissions area within the CTC “The William and Dian Taylor Student Development Commons.”

Bill and Dian Taylor, graduates of IVCC predecessor La Salle-Peru-Oglesby Junior College, have been among the IVCC Foundation’s most generous contributors.
“This is another example of Bill and Dian demonstrating remarkable leadership,” said IVCC President Jerry Corcoran. “Once again, they’ve invested their hard earned financial resources to provide opportunity for others.”
Bill Taylor said the gift, “is important to us that today’s Illinois Valley students receive individualized career counseling that is integrated with their chosen transfer institution in an effective 21st century environment.”

The Student Development Commons, located on two stories on the west end of the 80,000-square-foot technology center, will be home to counseling, career services and Project Success, as well as admissions, records and registration, financial aid and the cashier.
New to the Commons will be a dedicated resource center providing high-tech resources for students and counselors such as E-Advising, College Scheduler, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, recruitment management software and a portal to allow mobile communication between the college and students.

“The generosity of the Taylors is amazing and will allow us to make significant enhancements to the student experience in the Counseling Center, Career Services and Project Success programs,” said Tracy Morris, associate vice president for student services.
“We will be able to provide students with the latest technology to assist with career planning, course planning, and communication with transfer institutions to create a smoother transition to the four-year colleges.”

Director of Community Relations and Development Fran Brolley said the Taylors have provided significant support to IVCC and its students since Bill retired as a senior partner with Big 4 accounting firm Deloitte in 2005.
Each year, the Taylors provide a full-tuition scholarship to an IVCC accounting student transferring to Northern Illinois University to study accounting. The award is worth up to $25,000 to each student.
They also provide $10,000 annually to IVCC for 10 scholarships. This year alone, the Taylors are supporting 15 current and former IVCC students at IVCC and NIU. In addition, they provided seed money to create the alumni coordinator position at IVCC and are charter members of the Foundation’s 21st Century Scholars Society.

Khaitan & Co, alongside Travers Smith, advised legal process outsourcing (LPO) company CPA Global in its acquisition by European buyout firm Cinven which was advised by Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.

Khaitan & Co partner Kalpana Unadkat acted for the Indian subsidiaries of CPA Global on the LPO’s sale by DLA Piper advised minority shareholder Intermediate Capital Group (ICG), and other founder shareholders, for an undisclosed sum.

Travers Smith again acted for CPA through partners Chris Hale and Helen Croke, having previously advised the LPO, alongside DLA Piper partner David Raff, in the acquisition of its management by ICG two years ago. DC Advisory partners was the other law firm acting for CPA. Raff alongside DLA Piper partner Charles Cook acted for ICG in the sale.

Freshfields partners David Higgins, Adrian Maguire and Sean Pierce acted for Cinven in this buyout which, according to The Lawyer, includes ICG’s $440 m (Rs22 bn) minority stake.

Cinven acquires European-based companies that require an equity investment of €100m (Rs8 bn) or more, according to a statement from Khaitan.

The CPA global group employs 1,500 people, serving clients' broader Intellectual Property (IP) management and legal support services needs in over 100 countries. It is the world’s top intellectual property management and IP software specialist. According to ICG, the deal has valued CPA at £950 m with the sale generating total proceeds of £387 m as well as an additional £43m capital gain.

The deal is expected to close by the end of this quarter, according to a 20 January report by Legally India.

The Disadvantages highlighted in the ARTICLE by LPO Savvy are as follows
1. Cultural Differences
2. Confidentiality
3. Communication Barriers
4. Hidden Costs
5. Geographical Hurdles

It is hard to understand the commercial nature of the disadvantages. Any commercial transaction looks at positives and negatives in terms of finance and work-output. Let us address the point made above...

1. Cultural Differences - Cultural Difference is true but has no commercial value. There are several benefits in this cultural difference from the commercial angle which should also be considered... eg. 6 days working, ability and availability to work for more than 8 hrs a day... (Which is called ---PRODUCTIVITY)

2. Confidentiality - This is true till a large extent but the US based Law Firms have protection to a large extent. If they are working with an India based LPO directly, confidentiality is a major issue which neither can be controlled nor governed. Thus most good LPO have a US based company to give the US Law Firms a sense assurance that I will get the full protection and if I don’t get it I can catch hold of the US based entity.

3. Communication Barriers – Any LPO can in no way replace the lawyers and the attorneys from USA. LPO basically is an institution to provide you with a basic support which will reduce the cost till a large extent. Secondly starting work with an LPO in no way means that ‘I have given it work and it is done’. Consider the LPO institution as your employee where it needs to be trained and then the productivity will increase. Eg. If I draft a deposition summary, I will do it in a set format. Then the lawyer for whom I have made it should see it and then advise me on his way of drafting. That is how the LPO will know what and how the attorney wants the deposition to be. LPO is just your EMPLOYEE whose only aim is to learn from you and provide you with the best result

4. Hidden Cost – This issue is something I have not heard off before. Even this issue exist the US based law firms can follow the footsteps of an IT outsourcing industry wherein a PoC is done, requirements captured, times and rate fixed beforehand. Only problem here is that turnaround time for LPO projects is quite short. Still if the firm develops an understanding with the LPO this problem can be solved. LPO wants to work and develop a everlasting relationship, thus if the US based firm has a problem with the rate, time, process etc. it should bring the same forward in the same or the next project.

5. Geographical Hurdles- The issue of data lost is mentioned in the confidentiality point above. As regarding travelling is not a major issue. If a law firm is saving around $500,000 per year per person spending $8,000 per person per visit is not much. Secondly this Geographical difference gives the US based firms option of 24 hrs working productivity.

It is true there are some differences but if the US based firms are ready solutions to anything is possible.

India might be considered to be a rising field right up until now also but legalised approach outsourcing tools or LPOs is expected to retrieve approximately Usd20 zillion by 2015. The most significant operating allows for the achievements legislation institutions is that often, it takes up most of the 15,000 legislation graduate students which The indian subcontinent makes each and every year.

About 700 Native indian solicitors are predicted by Nasscom that are at present receiving the LPO boom advantage, debating and revealing the shining fallouts of globalization relatives arguments, patents leisure, and local pharmacy. At Native indian law offices, Gurgaon, Noida, Bangalore and Mumbai, the legal requirements free skype download of numerous MNCs in the states and The eu are contracted out.

It is somebody in charge of that office meeting brought up law and legal structure, outlined by US-structured Center for U . s . and Global and Culture of Native indian Legal Firms (SILF) office meeting.

Legal outsourcing tools to The indian subcontinent initiated a policy of to be a very low-stop get the job done which normally incorporated transcription. But inspire heritage. Now, like other BPO (Organization Method Outsourced workers) pursuits, Indias legalised companies are cost-effective and useful far too. So, everything from clair request creating, legalised research, jdownloader before-lawsuit certification, advising purchasers, inspecting selected records, creating computer software accreditation contracts to creating supply settlement will be contracted out to The indian subcontinent.

Currently, there are all over 100 small and big law offices in The indian subcontinent which concentrate on function their potential customers in the states, Britain along with European countries.

Indian solicitors make pleadings prepared and supply returning-up assistance for lawsuit-connected research. Moreover, they check out clair purposes.

As far as competence is regarded as, opony Native indian solicitors work out less costly for the unfamiliar corporation to get it done with a corporation in The indian subcontinent can compare to a US lawyer. The Help Foreign trade Marketing Authority, put in place by way of the Nation Secretary of state for Business, is likewise evaluating various the process of LPOs.

During a few-day time office meeting that was mutually organized, protection subject was outlined underneath the aegis on the Indo-U . s . Step of Business the concern was addressed about defending the discretion terms

Can it really be only 75 years since the death of Karol Szymanowski? So infused with exotic mysticism is the Polish composer’s music that it seems to speak of a world far further removed in time and place – a Dionysiac realm where the intellect gives way to the senses or the far-away Orient of the Arabian Nights.

There will be a fair amount of Szymanowski played in London this year, the various events being promoted under the general umbrella of the Polska Music programme of the Adam Mickiewicz Institute. Pierre Boulez, a late (and unlikely) convert to Szymanowski’s music, will be conducting a pair of concerts at the Barbican, and a blazing start was made on Wednesday when Vladimir Jurowski and the London Philharmonic Orchestra, with every player called in for the occasion, performed the Symphony No 3.

Opulent, heady, excessive, the symphony is Szymanowski at the peak of his powers. The work bears the title “The Song of the Night” and is a choral setting, with tenor solo, of a poem by the 13th-century Persian mystic Jalal ad-Din Rumi. “Venus swims in golden rain through this night!” proclaims the text and Szymanowski responds with music of sensual ecstasy – no obvious melodies as such, but an atmosphere soaked in luxuriant beauty, overlaid by tinkling percussion and celesta.

Many later composers have sought to go down this route where orchestral texture takes precedence over musical content, but few have had Szymanowski’s ear or his discipline. It is surprising how much of the time the orchestra is sparingly used, and when he does pile on the full forces, with extra brass and organ, the effect here under Jurowski’s precise direction was suitably rapturous. Jeremy Ovenden was the lyrical soloist and the London Philharmonic Choir wrestled, not always successfully, with Szymanowski’s sensual harmonies.

Zemlinsky’s Psalm 23, composed a few years earlier, sounded very plain by comparison. Perhaps Brahms’s Violin Concerto would have done too, had it not been for the quick-witted, spontaneous playing of Joshua Bell. Brahms ideally requires a violin sound of more richness than Bell offers – Jurowski and the LPO did well to complement his lighter, precise style – but phrase after phrase was stamped with individuality, and much was memorable.

Hip, Hispanic performance artists rarely appear onstage at classical music events, especially those directed toward children. But somehow, it’s no surprise that the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra has tapped Jose Torres Tama as a narrator for a pair of Family Concerts on Sunday.

Louisiana Philharmonic OrchestraMollie Pate blows her French horn and lets little ones feel the vibration that the music makes before a recent Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra family concert. The LPO sets up musician stations before each family concert so that children can get a close-up view of the instruments and meet the musicians.
After all, this is the vibrant young orchestra that costumed for a Halloween Harry Potter concert in 2011, often invites children to sit onstage at youth concerts, and usually begins those shows with a pre-concert musical “petting zoo” during which children can meet orchestral players and get a close look at the instruments.

Tama fits right in with this bunch. A patriarch of the New Orleans avant-garde, Tama has honed his theatrical skills in front of some tough audiences, whether touring internationally with his one-man multimedia shows, or keeping his two sons, ages 5 and 2, entertained on the drive from Marigny to an Uptown nursery school.

With the LPO, he will narrate Stravinsky’s “Firebird” — in a version that recasts the old Russian storyline and moves it to a swamp setting. He’ll be taking his cues from LPO music director Carlos Miguel Prieto who will lead the orchestra in an English version at 2:30 p.m. and a Spanish account at 4 p.m.

“I’m thrilled to be appearing alongside Prieto. I’ve never seen a conductor so passionate, so physically involved in the music,” Tama said. “With him, I won’t be afraid to be animated, to give all the characters different voices and use what I know from the theater.”

In keeping with the theme, “Firebird and other creatures,” the LPO will round out it’s program with such popular works as Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Flight of the Bumblebee.” Lagniappe comes from Audubon Insectarium’s Bug mobile which will display live specimens outside the concert hall at Jesuit High School.

“Family concerts are about doing fun things together, and we try to keep them as interactive as possible,” said LPO managing director Babs Mollere. “For one thing, there is always a lot of back-and-forth conversation between Carlos and the audience. And the pre-concert opportunities to meet the musicians are pretty special, too.

"This past Fall, at the Potter show, one of our trombonists let kids play a duet with him on one instrument: He blew and the children got to move the slide and could feel the instrument vibrate.”

Mollere compares the mood of the family concerts to the LPO’s popular outdoor shows in area parks.

“The atmosphere is relaxed, the music is familiar, and the orchestra plays with the same energy and commitment they bring to every show,” she said. “This kind of programming also reflects the outlook of the orchestra members, who don’t see themselves as a stuffy alternative to New Orleans culture.

India-based headcount in the general LPO business—or legal service outsourcing (LSO) as CPA describes it—had dropped from around 130 to less than 80 in 2011, according to several ex-CPA employees.

Anand Sharma, the firm’s chief financial officer and head of LSO and management services, said there was no “planned reduction”, but only a “bench reduction” of no more than 20%.

In March, Sharma had told industry website Legally India that CPA was looking to increase its general LSO business of around 400 staff by around 100% year-on-year.

Around 250 employees in the unit, primarily focusing on onshore litigation support, were based in the US, while around 150 were in India doing mostly contracts and legal research work, he said.

General legal outsourcing made up roughly 20% of CPA’s total work in March, while another outsourcing unit focused on IP-related work. Those two units were merged in December, Sharma added. The two largest business segments at CPA are IP portfolio management and the supply of IP industry-specific software.

“When everybody saw the market to be emerging very fast and very, very speedily in the LSO space, we all started investing in capacity, management and people in advance of the growth coming our way,” said Sharma. “(But) the recession had taken away the demand and supply that started a reduction in the LSO business.”

India-based legal work, especially in research and contract drafting, has decreased, Sharma said, and added that demand for onshore US-based litigation support outsourcing has increased.

“It created a situation where you were expecting a high growth (in offshore LSO) and not really seeing it,” he said.

Leah Cooper (pictured), who was responsible for a major legal outsourcing contract with CPA when she was a managing attorney at Australian miner Rio Tinto Group, had joined the company full time amid much press attention in February 2010, as head of LSO. In November 2011, she left more quietly.

“She did a great job bringing us to the limelight from a nascent stage (in the LPO business) to where it’s become a great opportunity,” said Sharma, adding that Cooper had left for family reasons. Cooper did not respond to email seeking comment.

UK-based Carol Unwin, chief operating officer of the LSO business, left in January to join as director of global outsourcing services at Logica. She was unreachable for comment, but Sharma said her departure was unrelated to the new business structure or the reduction in LSO work.

“We see a solid business in this, it is just a matter of time and it will be a very significant part of CPA’s growth,” said Sharma. “It’s an idea whose time has come now—maybe we were slightly ahead of the market.”

Cinven announced on 18 January that it would buy all of CPA.

Integreon has launched the first-ever onshore legal process outsourcing (LPO) centre in the UK, as the outsourcer ramps up its temp paralegal service for clients.

The new LPO centre opened in Bristol this month after a request from a global client, which external sources have told Legal Week they believe to be Microsoft. The tech giant signed a deal with Integreon in April 2010 confirming the outsourcer as its exclusive provider of offshore managed document review.
The Bristol arm marks the first of its kind in the UK, with LPO work traditionally carried out in low-cost offshore regions such as India and the Philippines. The new centre will provide services in document review, contracts, M&A, due diligence and 
compliance support.

The news comes alongside an official launch of Integreon’s paralegal service, which will see the outsourcer provide firms with temporary staff when extra capability is required.

The outsourcer last year supplied Linklaters with around seven paralegals for its City banking practice and is set to send more paralegals to the firm over the coming months, while also offering the service to other 
legal clients.
Integreon global LPO head Janet Taylor-Hall said: “As the delivery of legal services evolves, it’s clear that most law firms and corporate counsel require a mix of on and offshore support.

“Although cost is clearly a significant driver in determining the choice of location, there are other forces at play, including ethical and legislative restrictions, familiarity with a client’s legal system, project duration, client comfort with a location, timezone preference and language skills. Some outsourced services are best delivered from an 
onshore facility.”

Integreon already has a centre in Bristol for business process outsourcing work, but has expanded its premises for the new LPO operation.
Integreon’s client portfolio also includes Allen & Overy, CMS Cameron McKenna, Simmons & Simmons and several FTSE 100 companies. More

Taylor Wessing is set to offer legal process outsourcing (LPO) services to other law firms with plans to spin off its document review business now underway.

The firm is currently appointing an adviser to look at a demerger of its New Street Solutions document review business to become an entirely separate entity.

The move could see the firm sell off a 51% stake in the business to outside investors, with Taylor Wessing partners retaining 49% ownership.

The firm said the process is still in the planning stages, but could see it raise £5m from external investors after the separation is complete.

If the firm decides to go ahead with plans, it expects the demerger to go live towards the end of 2012, with the option of a float also remaining under consideration.

New Street Solutions, which was launched in April last year, has 10 staff and offers low grade legal work such as due diligence, data mining and contract management services to Taylor Wessing clients. The business is expected to bring in more than £300,000 in revenues in its first financial year in operation.

The service currently acts as an alternative to LPO for Taylor Wessing's existing clients, but by separating the entity the firm hopes it will also allow it to more effectively sell its services to other law firms.

The firm has yet to decide on the best regulatory structure for the new business, as it provides both legal and non-legal services, with a corporate entity or an alternative business structure (ABS) both under consideration.

A Taylor Wessing spokesperson said: "It was always an intention of ours to spin it off if it proved to be successful because we want to provide services to other law firms. We are still in the process appointing an adviser and the details are not set in stone at this moment."

The news comes as a number of UK law firms remodel themselves in light of increased competition in the post Legal Services Act environment.

Landing page optimization or LPO is a powerful and highly favoured internet marketing methodology along with SEO Management. The conversion optimization strategy aids to improve the overall proportion of users visiting an internet site that ultimately become sales leads and potential customers in the future. The landing page is fundamentally a web page that can be viewed in response to clicking a particular announcement or a search-engine result link. It offers extensive information regarding the commercial or the link. LPO supplies the source to create major content and so make the page appear engaging to focused users.

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On the principle of centered advertising, landing page optimization is divided into three differing types. Amongst which, associative content or passive targeting involves modifying the contents based on the details gathered from the user's search standards, geographic information, traffic source, and other general factors. On the other hand, predictive content entails altering the subject matter by correlating assorted facts about the site visitor such as browsing patterns, purchasing behavior, demographics and so on. While in consumer targeting the content is designed taking into consideration related public info like ratings, tagging, reviews, and referrals.

Similarly, landing page optimization in terms of experimentation is categorized into two types. Open ended experimentation facilitates to directly observe a visitor's behavior when being exposed to a variety of variations on the website page. Following this, the capture page is amended based primarily on the results attained. While close ended experimentation involves adding a web page closely linked to user behavior and choice.

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To boost conversion rates, it'd be beneficial to include user interaction such as dynamic photographs, sliders and so on. On the web page. The inclusion of user tools in the capture page is going to enable visitors to gain immediate access to full details of the service being marketed. It's also crucial to add relevant keywords or keyphrases that assist to increase both clicks and sales. The other significant factor is to keep the content precise and accurate for site users to simply understand. It would also be handy to add the major advantages of the product or service. Above everything else , it's essential to form a professional looking and effective website page that will draw high-traffic to the internet site. It can thus be regarded that landing page optimization is the best promoting tool for companies to gain wide client base and big profits.

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