2007-08 Annual Report

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Annual Report
2008
MISSION & VISION...................................................................................................2
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .........................................................................................2
2007/08 ACHIEVEMENTS ........................................................................................3
2007/08 FINANCIAL SUMMARY ............................................................................4
STRATEGIC PLANS..................................................................................................4
12 MONTH OPERATIONAL PLAN ....................................................................4
3 YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN.................................................................................5
HIGH PERFORMANCE ........................................................................................6
NATIONAL TEAM ...........................................................................................10
UNDER 18 TEAM ............................................................................................10
HIGH PARTICIPATION .....................................................................................10
ADULT LEAGUE..............................................................................................11
YOUTH LEAGUE .............................................................................................12
LEARN TO PLAY.............................................................................................12
COACHES..........................................................................................................12
OFFICIALS........................................................................................................12
ADMINISTRATION .........................................................................................12
SPORTS INDUSTRY ............................................................................................13
INTERNATIONAL ICE HOCKEY FEDERATION (IIHF) ............................13
SINGAPORE SPORTS COUNCIL (SSC) ..........................................................14
IPC Compliance .........................................................................................................14
SIHA BOARD MEMBERS.......................................................................................15
APPENDIX 1 – 2008 Financial Statements .............................................................17
APPENDIX 2 – IPC Compliance................................................................................1
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SIHA Annual Report 2008
MISSION & VISION
We would like to start this Annual Report by reminding everyone of the
mission and vision for the association:
Our mission is to build the best foundation for the sport of ice hockey in
Singapore to support high participation, high performance, and high
sports industry growth.
Our vision is to be the best sports management association for ice hockey
in Asia.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This was a year of exciting change for ice hockey in Singapore. The
membership grew, our affiliation with the youth program was formalized,
we created the national team program and Durian Cup Tournament
League, we were recognized by the Singapore Sports Council, and
received more funding from sponsors than ever before. A full list of our
achievements is contained in the next section of the report.
In order to achieve success this year the Association had to leverage all of
the hard work and financial prudence from previous years to support the
incredible growth that happened during the year. In particular, the
creation and support of the national team program cost the association
nearly $50,000. You will see this amount in the financial section of the
report as the losses sustained over the year. While this may seem like a
sizable commitment in the present, the development of the national team
program will bring the association many benefits in the future. We are
already beginning to benefit from this upfront commitment. As we
demonstrated in the end of year presentation, even with the considerable
growth that was experienced during the year we managed to keep player
fees at nearly the same cost per game as we have in previous years.
One disappointing part of this year which we will always remember is
that it is the year we found out Fuji Ice Palace was closing. While
everyone is excited about the new Olympic rink that will replace it, there
are a lot of memories we have at Fuji. The association will do its best to
preserve those memories in our archives so we can look back on the
‘good ole days’ in years to come.
Next year will be a dynamic one as we try to find another ice rink to play
on while construction is ongoing at Jurong Entertainment Center. Hockey
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will continue to grow even through the challenges next year and we will
be poised for some exciting changes once the new rink opens at the end
of 2009. Thank you for playing ice hockey and being part of a great
association!
Sincerely,
SIHA committee
2007/08 ACHIEVEMENTS
This year was an exciting year of ‘firsts’ for our Association. We have
summarized the major achievements below:
2007 August
2007 September
2007 November
2007 November
2008 February
2008 February
2008 March
2008 April
2008 May
2008 May
- Growth in participation allows the adult league
(NIHL) to expand to 3 divisions and 12 teams
compared to 2 divisions and 8 teams the year before
- SSC grants AIHA one year provisional NSA status
- After being given NSA status AIHA is able to
develop a high performance program and creates the
national team program
- The Durian Cup Tournament League is created to
provide the national team the chance to play against
the top ice hockey talent in Singapore; the league
featured 6 teams including the national team
- AIHA officially changes its name to Singapore Ice
Hockey Association (SIHA)
- SIHA and the youth program create a formal
affiliation and all youth players are inducted as
members of SIHA
- 7th Annual International Tournament is held in
Singapore with 12 teams – The National Team plays
for the first time in the annual event
- Singapore National Ice Hockey Team competes in
their first international tournament in Hong Kong; the
team finished 5th but had the strongest defense and
allowed the fewest goals of any team in the
competition
- SIHA holds Annual General Meeting, approves
constitution changes, creates VP of Youth committee
position, and votes in new committee for first 2 year
term, previous terms were 1 year
- IIHF Annual Congress is held in Montreal. Greg
Blakney represents SIHA at the conference.
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2007/08 FINANCIAL SUMMARY
See Appendix 1 for the full year P&L and balance sheet.
Losses incurred during the year are centered around the national team
program for staffing and travel costs. Overall, programs such as the NIHL
and Durian Cup were break-even or profitable but these were
overshadowed by the cost center created when the national team was
established. Prior year’s retained earnings covered half of the losses while
the remaining losses will be recovered next year. The association
typically runs at a marginal profit each year and with the lack of available
ice time in 2008 the losses in 2007 will be fully recovered. It is important
to note that the association was able to maintain the range of player fees
per game from previous years while in a year of extreme expansion.
*Reserves Policy: In the event of operating surpluses the SIHA, as a nonprofit organization, is committed to using its funds to further its mission
and vision, and ensure that any surpluses are used to further the aims of
the organization. SIHA will maintain a nominal amount of operating
surplus when possible to cover any unforeseen economic downturn.
STRATEGIC PLANS
The strategic plans are separated into several categories. The first section
is a 12 month operational plan which is followed by the 3 year strategic
forecast. The sections that come after provide more details about the short
and longer term plans for specific programs run by the association. The
Key Performance Indicators or KPI’s are discussed where applicable.
12 MONTH OPERATIONAL PLAN
The next 12 month period will have some unique features to it primarily
due to the closing of our primary ice rink, Fuji Ice Palace. The shortened
season for all of the main programs run by SIHA – NIHL, youth league,
National Team, and Learn to Play – has resulted in less revenue and
correspondingly less costs. These however, are offset by a new program
that SIHA will provide during the rink construction – the first-ever Ball
Hockey league run by the association.
Financial KPI’s for the upcoming year are as follows:
o Run the Ball Hockey league at break-even with a minimum of 6
teams
o Utilize as much available ice time as possible for all programs –
while this is not a cost effective approach it was unanimously
decided by the committee to maximize ice time while it is available
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o Run the administration of the association in a cost minimization
mode while still maintaining our membership numbers as well as
maintaining good relations with all of our sponsors
o The national team program is to be run at breakeven or better
through sponsorship and/or player fees – the association does not
have the luxury to subsidize the program this year
o Create reserves so that the association can invest in an additional
ice rink in Singapore if the right opportunity presents itself in the
near future
3 YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN
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HIGH PERFORMANCE
The KPI’s for the high performance program going forward are outlined
in the table below:
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In order to achieve these objectives, SIHA has implemented the 8 Critical
Success Factor’s into the management of the high performance program.
1. High Performance Management
If the high performance program is going to achieve its goals there
needs to be a comprehensive management plan in place. This starts
with identification of athletes and culminates in winning medals at
major games. SIHA has identified the following areas where it will
develop the high performance management program.
On-Ice development – individual and team skills
Off-Ice development – physical training, studying game film
Community involvement – philanthropy programs
Officials – in order to host competitions SIHA needs to have
an officiating team up to international standards
o Facilities – SIHA is focused on finding suitable facilities for
the national athletes to train
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2. Athlete & Support Services
SIHA recognizes the need to provide support services to its national
athletes. At this time it is primarily the coaches’ responsibility to
identify the needs for the athletes and raise those to SIHA’s
management. These needs can range from academic or work related
support services to dealing with personal issues to medical advice.
Regarding medical and sports medicine related support, SIHA is
collaborating with a local medical team to provide these services.
SIHA has created a Chief Medical Officer role and intends to fill this
role in the coming year. This role will serve the local high
performance group but also benefit the high participation side of SIHA
by providing the general membership with sports medicine
educational promotions and activities as well as being available to the
general membership for consultation. Additionally, this role will
represent SIHA internationally through the IIHF’s Medical Officer
conferences and community.
In the future, SIHA will look to expand its support services to national
athletes. This may include collaboration with overseas programs to
send young athletes for training.
3. Planning
SIHA initiated the high performance program from scratch at the end
of 2007. Already we have developed plans reaching down to each
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individual athlete in the program with an aim to have a team winning
medals within 3 years. The planning process begins with the high level
identification of what the program is going to achieve and where it fits
among the rest of SIHA’s programs. In our view, the national team is
vehicle for bringing medal success to Singapore, creating awareness of
the sport among the local community, and helping to draw youth
players into the sport by utilizing the national athletes as role models
through philanthropic and promotional activities.
In order to achieve the high level goals further planning is required.
For a start, SIHA will need the following:
o Facilities – an Olympic rink is being built which will satisfy the
short term requirements but within 3 years additional training
facilities will be needed
o Coaching – for the next 18 months volunteer coaches within
SIHA will be used while we try to attract international talent to
come to the region; one opportunity is through IIHF and the use
of degreed hockey coaches who need to fulfill their internship
requirements before graduating from IIHF’s partner university
in Finland
o Officiating – in conjunction with developing the athletes SIHA
needs to provide high caliber officials to send to matches and
also for Singapore to host matches in the future. SIHA currently
uses the IIHF training program and is working with SSC to
develop a national certification program. Volunteers are
available for the program but it is now up to SIHA to develop
and administer the program
o Funding – this is perhaps one of the biggest concerns. SIHA has
had some recent success in developing the national team brand
which has drawn interest from some sponsors. Typically, high
performance programs operate as a cost center for national
associations rather than an income generating unit. SIHA hopes
to establish the national team brand so that it will be breakeven
within 3 years. Any funds not generated through sponsorship
will have to come from member fees or fundraising drives.
o Off-Ice development – SIHA will use volunteers over the next 3
years to videotape competitions so that national athletes can
study the game films. Additionally, SIHA has partnered with a
local fitness center – Fitness First – to help develop the off-ice
training that the athletes will need.
4. Coaching
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Proper instruction is essential for the development of high
performance athletes. The current coach for the high performance
athletes, Kodi, is a former US Division I college athlete who has
played alongside several professional athletes and has been trained by
the likes of Smushkin, Todd Morgan, Laura Stamm, and other
internationally recognized trainers and coaches. The current position is
a volunteer coaching role which limits the caliber of coach that the
Association can employ.
SIHA is working closely with IIHF to possibly bring high caliber
coaches, who require a 12 month internship to complete their degree
in Ice Hockey Sports Management, into the Association to work with
the high performance athletes. This could happen as early as July
2009.
Additionally, SIHA is collaborating with a university in Finland to
develop an exchange program so that local players who are interested
in coaching or ice hockey sports management can attend university
specifically for this discipline and then return to Singapore as a
qualified coach and instructor. The potential students would be
committed to work for SIHA for a period of time after they complete
their degree.
5. Training
In 2007 the main focus for training the national team was restricted to
on-ice training. In the future, this will be expanded to include a
detailed off-ice program consisting of strength training, dry-land speed
and agility drills, nutrition, classroom video study, and endurance
building while still building on the on-ice training portion.
The training program will be developed as follows:
2008 – Strength training in the weight room, and video study
2009 – Dry-land and nutrition components added
2010 – Endurance building off-ice added
SIHA is collaborating with local fitness centers and medical
institutions to help build the training components that are outside of
the Association’s expertise.
6. Competition
The competition schedule for the national team for IF sanctioned
events is set for the next 3 years. There will be 1 tournament annually
and the Asian Winter Games in 2011. In addition to these matches
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SIHA is working with other national associations to host friendly
matches or possibly to create a circuit for the men’s adult and men’s
youth teams to participate in. Additional matches will be played by the
national team locally against the adult expatriate teams to help
improve their skills.
7. Performance Monitoring
Individual stats are kept on each athlete during matches. In addition,
off-ice metrics have been developed for strength and endurance which
will be monitored this year. At the moment, these are limited to the
top men’s athletes only. In 2009, this will be expanded to the
developing players in the system as well.
8. SMSS & Research
At the moment SIHA has not used and SMSS or research. If the
medical collaboration develops in this direction there may be an
opportunity to incorporate this in the future.
NATIONAL TEAM
The national team was established in 2007. Prior to this there was no high
performance arm of SIHA. The plans for the national team program were
described above. The national team is well situated to bring medal
recognition to Singapore in the near future.
UNDER 18 TEAM
SIHA plans to have a U-18 team competing within 3 years. This will
depend on the availability of facilities to recruit new players into the
program.
There is a great opportunity to host a U-18 tournament in Singapore
within the next 3 years. Currently the major U-18 tournaments are held in
Taipei or Hong Kong. Hosting an effect like this would add another IF
sanctioned event to the calendar.
HIGH PARTICIPATION
SIHA as an association grew out of its high participation programs,
particularly the adult league. High participation continues to be a main
driver for our future plans. Below is a chart showing our past membership
numbers as well as our future planned growth as an association.
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The chart above represents SIHA’s total participating members in both
the high participation and high performance programs. Below each of the
main high participation program plans are described.
ADULT LEAGUE
The adult league, the NIHL, has seen steady growth over the last 5 years.
We do not expect much growth in 2008/09 due to the lack of ice time but
we expect these players to participate in our new Ball Hockey league.
Once the Olympic facility opens in 2009 we expect to have strong
member numbers.
In 2009/10, we will be able to move from a 5 on 5 competition format to
a 6 on 6 at the new Olympic rink. With this change we will need more
players on each team and will draft 18 to 20 per team. Given our expected
participant numbers this would result in 8 teams split between two
divisions.
In 2010/11, we will expand to 12 teams and have 3 divisions with 4 teams
in each division.
In 2011/12, we will further expand to 16 teams with 3 divisions with 6
teams in each of the bottom 2 divisions and 4 teams in the top division.
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YOUTH LEAGUE
We expect to see a similar trend in the youth program as in the adult
league. The growth in the youth program will be further accelerated by
SIHA’s involvement with schools. Once the new rink is built SIHA
intends to market the sport to various school programs in the area.
LEARN TO PLAY
The development program normally run by SIHA has been put on hold
due to the lack of ice time available in the coming year. As soon as the
ice time issue is resolved SIHA intends to promote the development of
new players. In the meantime, SIHA is taking advantage of this downtime
to work on strengthening its coach and official certification programs and
to recruit individuals into these programs. This will then strengthen the
learn to play program in the future.
COACHES
SIHA has enjoyed strong coaching support within the youth program.
One area where the association can continue to improve is on its coach
education. SIHA is working with SSC to develop a nationally accredited
coach certification program. The plan is to have the first students in the
program by the start of the 2009 season.
OFFICIALS
Similar to coaches, SIHA’s officials’ certification program is seeking to
become nationally accredited. There is a concerted effort to put the
program in place so that sufficient numbers of students can go through
the program in time for Singapore to host the Challenge Cup of Asia
tournament in 2010. This will be a unique opportunity to showcase
Singapore’s ice hockey and officiating programs to the international
community. It also be the first time to showcase the new Olympic rink.
ADMINISTRATION
SIHA has traditionally relied on volunteers to run the association. In 2006
it was becoming clear that relying on volunteer support as the association
continued to grow in popularity would not be sufficient to handle all of
the administrative requirements. In 2007 the association decided to try
and outsource some of its administrative duties through a subcontract
arrangement. This arrangement continued in 2008. As the association
continues to grow there will be additional administrative needs to be
filled. This year we plan to get by with as much volunteer support as
possible as this will limit our cost exposure in a relatively uncertain time.
However, as we prepare for 2009 the association will again be focused on
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growth in a number of key areas and will require the administrative
support to make the growth successful.
SPORTS INDUSTRY
One of the strongest attributes of our association is our relationships with
industrial partners. The main reason why the association is able to keep
its member costs down is because of the sponsors who year on year
continue to support our programs. Looking toward the future, SIHA has
forecast moderate growth in sponsorship over the next 3 years. We feel
that this is a conservative approach and there are new opportunities for
sponsorship that will arise from the new Olympic rink but until we
understand more about what those opportunities are we feel it is better to
take a conservative approach to our forecasting.
INTERNATIONAL ICE HOCKEY FEDERATION (IIHF)
SIHA has become quite active in the IIHF over the past year. In past
years our representative to the IIHF has been our long-term Vice
President and local ice hockey icon, Henry Tan. Due to our status as and
NSA locally, the committee decided to change the representative to the
IIHF to the role of President. Kodi assumed the responsibility and has
attended all regional meetings of IIHF while Greg Blakney, our
Treasurer, represented SIHA at the recent IIHF Congress in Montreal.
SIHA is working closely with IIHF to promote ice hockey education in
Singapore. We are doing this in a variety of ways including:
o Working with other Asian national associations to create a
regional development camp for youth players, coaches, and
officials
o Developing an exchange program with IIHF’s sponsored ice
hockey university in Vierumaki, Finland whereby SIHA
would send a local student to the university and while the
student is doing their studies SIHA would receive an intern
from the university to work with the association
o Learn to play development opportunities – IIHF has access
to equipment at low cost that SIHA may be able to purchase
and offer at low rental rates to new players interested in
learning the game
Additionally, the Singapore National Team participated in the first ever
IIHF sanctioned event in Asia for non-olympic qualified teams. The
tournament is part of IIHF’s goals to promote development of the sport in
Asia and will be held annually. SIHA hopes to host the tournament in
Singapore in 2010. There is also an opportunity for Singapore to host a
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major IIHF Championship qualifying event. This event would heighten
the awareness of the sport in Singapore but also place Singapore on the
map in terms of tournament venues. The new Olympic rink should
compete with the likes of Dubai, Hong Kong, and Japan.
SINGAPORE SPORTS COUNCIL (SSC)
SIHA has learned a lot from its provisional year as an NSA. We enjoy
frequent and regular communication with the Sports Council through our
designated Relationship Manager (RM). This first year has been quite an
adjustment for SIHA to understand how SSC operates and to try and meet
all of their requirements for running an NSA effectively. Looking toward
the future we believe that our relationship with SSC will continue to grow
stronger as many of the types of controls and governance that they look
for are already present within our SIHA structure but most needed to be
tweaked or adjusted to fit SSC’s specific requirements. One key element
to our relationship with SSC is that SIHA has always been self-funded
and it is our intention to remain self-funded in the future.
IPC Compliance
SIHA is not presently recognized as an IPC (Institute of a Public
Character) by the Charity Council. However, SIHA has still carried out a
review of its organization with regard to the IPC Code of Governance
(COG) guidelines. SIHA will continue to monitor itself against the
‘basic’ criteria in the IPC COG and may, depending on how the
Association develops, seek IPC status within the next three years. A
summary of the review is provided in Appendix 2.
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SIHA BOARD MEMBERS
President - Kodi
A native of the United States, Kodi is currently Operations Manager
for Bredero Shaw Indonesia, a pipe-coating manufacturing company
that supports the oil industry. This is Kodi’s first role on the
committee though he has been playing hockey in Singapore since the
tournament in 2005. Kodi played in the US and ran his own hockey
school for 4 years before going on to play Division I college hockey.
Recently, he attended the IIHF Development Camp in Vierumaki,
Finland where he represented Singapore in the Coaches Instructor
course. Before working for Bredero, Kodi was previously employed
as a Research Engineer for the Propulsion Research Center in
Huntsville, AL, where he worked on projects for NASA and the US
Air Force.
Kodi has a B.S.E from the University of Alabama, Huntsville, an
M.B.A from Herriott Watt University in Edinburgh, UK, and is currently working on his PhD in
Engineering Management.
Vice President – Henry Tan
Henry is native Chinese Singaporean, aged 47 and has been involved in ice
hockey in Singapore since its' beginnings in the 1970's. He starred as
goaltender of the Singaporean teams competing against Malaysia in the
early '80s and has played in numerous international games and
tournaments. Henry started and ran the 'Sunday Ice Hockey School' at Fuji
Ice Palace, and has coached numerous local teams including the Phantoms,
Fuji Flyers and etc.... In 1999, he was invited by the Vice-President of the
IIHF, Mr. Shoichi Tomita, to join as a member of the IIHF, and since then
has completed a number of their programs such as Learn to Play
Instructors, Game Officials and Coaches Instructors. Currently the Vice
President of the SIHA, Henry has also been a key driver of the new ice rink that is being built at Bukit
Merah, being the local liaison of the rink's investor.
Social Secretary – Capt Dave
David is a 50 year old native of Canada. He started flying in 1975 to
pursue his dream of becoming a commercial airline pilot, and his first
flying job came in 1980 flying for a resort hotel in the Bahamas. In 1998
he moved over to Singapore Airlines as Captain on the Airbus A340, and
is now a Training Captain on the B747-400. He is qualified on the Airbus
A340, Boeing B747, B767, B757, and Lockheed L1011, and has over
16,000 flying hours. He has played hockey in Singapore since the league
was formed and has been a referee as well as a team manager on multiple
occasions.
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Treasurer – Greg Blakney
One of the original committee members for the league, Greg has been
involved in hockey in Singapore since the beginning. He has been working
internationally since 1989 with stints in Sydney, London, Hong Kong and
Singapore. He has taken his broad experience in managing financial
operations for Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan and Credit Suisse and applied
these disciplines into setting up and managing the largest and most
successful Subway franchise in Singapore. Greg also feels strongly about
community involvement, and has been an active supporter of the Singapore
Association for the Deaf, and recently the Children’s Cancer Fund.
Greg has a Bachelor of Commerce (Double Major: Finance & Accounting)
from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia and is fluent in French,
an avid traveler and diver. Married with 3 children, Greg has lived in Singapore since January 1st, 1996.
Membership – Jim Head
Photo Not Shown
Jim Head has been in Singapore for the last two and a half
years and for seven years prior to that was in Hong Kong. He is
40 years old and hails from the ole’ US of A.
This is his first time on the committee and with his strong
marketing background he will be assisting us in membership.
One of Jim’s favorite hockey quotes is - Herb Brooks, 1980 US
Olympic hockey coach: "You're playing worse every day and
right now you're playing like the middle of next week."
Technology – Peter Diermayr
Peter has been playing Ice-hockey since youth and in Singapore since 2000.
He has been a team manager multiple times and was part of the inaugural
AIHA league committee in 2000 and has been on the committee and
actively involved for many years since. He has spend the last two years
abroad in Germany, but we are happy to welcome him back onto the
committee this season specifically helping to drive the AIHA infrastructure
and support in various other strategic matters.
Sponsorship/Strategy – Bruce Argue
Bruce has been a regular face at the rink for many seasons. Since arriving in
2001 he has been actively involved in all facets of ice hockey in Singapore.
He has been on the committee, a referee, and a team manager. Brucey
aspires to be like his idol – the one and only Darcy McColl.
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APPENDIX 1 – 2008 Financial Statements
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APPENDIX 2 – IPC Compliance
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2007-08 Annual Report

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