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Sol Katz Award

2017-08-19T16:35:53Z

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== Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software ==
The Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software (GFOSS) is awarded annually by OSGeo to individuals who have demonstrated leadership in the GFOSS community. Recipients of the award have contributed significantly through their activities to advance open source ideals in the geospatial realm. The award acknowledges both the work of community members, and pay tribute to one of its founders, for years to come.

=== Recipients ===
* 2017 [[Andrea Aime]] - GeoServer and GeoTools core developer
* 2016: [[Jeff McKenna]] - longtime passion and leadership spreading [http://foss4g.org FOSS4G] and [http://osgeo.org OSGeo] around the world ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/1723 Announcement])
* 2015: [[User:Maria | Maria Brovelli]] - [http://foss4g.org FOSS4G] and [http://geoforall.org GeoForAll] advocate
* 2014: [[Gary Sherman]] - [http://qgis.org QGIS] founder
* 2013: [[Arnulf Christl]] - [http://osgeo.org OSGeo] co-founder, [http://www.osgeo.org/incubator/index.html Incubation] mentor, advocate
* 2012: [[Venkatesh Raghavan]] - [http://foss4g.org FOSS4G] founder, community leader world-wide
* 2011: [[User:Mdavis | Martin Davis]] - [http://sourceforge.net/projects/jts-topo-suite/ JTS Topology Suite] founder
* 2010: [[User:Helena | Helena Mitasova]] - for two decades of contributions to [http://grass.osgeo.org GRASS GIS] and the FOSS4G community ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/1069 Announcement])
* 2009: [[User:Dmorissette | Daniel Morissette]] - [http://www.osgeo.org/mapserver/ MapServer] and [http://gdal.org/ OGR] projects ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/970 Announcement])
* 2008: [[User:Pwramsey3 | Paul Ramsey]] - leadership in [http://postgis.refractions.net/ PostGIS], [http://trac.osgeo.org/geos/ GEOS] and [http://udig.refractions.net/ uDig] projects ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/778 Announcement])
* 2007: [[User:Sdlime | Steve Lime]] - [http://www.osgeo.org/mapserver/ MapServer] founder and lead ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/446 Announcement])
* 2006: [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]] - [http://grass.itc.it/ GRASS GIS] project lead ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/187 Announcement])
* 2005: [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]] - [http://gdal.org GDAL/OGR] project lead

= Background =

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol_Katz

OSGeo Public Site: http://www.osgeo.org/solkatz

= Process =

* Put out a '''call for nominations''' fairly widely on appropriate mailing lists (freegis, osgeo discuss, etc)
* Nominations are sent '''privately''' to SolKatzAward@osgeo.org (public nominations will be discarded).
* Committee selects awardee
* Prepare plaque and tokens of appreciation
* Present in [[FOSS4G]] closing plenary

= 2017 Call for Nominations =

SUBJECT: Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software - Call for Nominations

The Open Source Geospatial Foundation would like to open nominations for the 2017 Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software.

The Sol Katz Award for Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial(FOSS4G) will be given to individuals who have demonstrated leadership in the FOSS4G community. Recipients of the award will have contributed significantly through their activities to advance open source ideals in the geospatial realm.

Sol Katz was an early pioneer of FOSS4G and left behind a large body of work in the form of applications, format specifications, and utilities while at the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. This early FOSS4G archive provided both source code and applications freely available to the community. Sol was also a frequent contributor to many geospatial list servers, providing much guidance to the geospatial community at large.

Sol unfortunately passed away in 1999 from Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, but his legacy lives on in the open source world. Those interested in making a donation to the American Cancer Society, as per Sol's family's request, can do so at https://donate.cancer.org/index.

Nominations for the Sol Katz Award should be sent to [mailto:SolKatzAward@osgeo.org SolKatzAward@osgeo.org] with a description of the reasons for this nomination. Nominations will be accepted until end-of-day July 28th Anywhere on Earth (https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/aoe). A recipient will be decided from the nomination list by the OSGeo selection committee.

The winner of the Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software will be announced at the [http://2017.foss4g.org/ FOSS4G 2017] event in August, in Boston, U.S. The hope is that the award will both acknowledge the work of community members, and pay tribute to one of its founders, for years to come.

It should be noted that past awardees and selection committee members are not eligible.

Past Awardees:
2016: [[Jeff McKenna]]
2015: [[User:Maria |Maria Brovelli]]
2014: [[Gary Sherman]]
2013: [[Arnulf Christl]]
2012: [[Venkatesh Raghavan]]
2011: [[User:Mdavis |Martin Davis]]
2010: [[User:Helena |Helena Mitasova]]
2009: [[User:Dmorissette |Daniel Morissette]]
2008: [[User:Pwramsey3 |Paul Ramsey]]
2007: [[User:Sdlime |Steve Lime]]
2006: [[User:Neteler |Markus Neteler]]
2005: [[User:Warmerda |Frank Warmerdam]]

Selection Committee 2017:
* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli

= Extended Program Text =

The Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software (GFOSS) is awarded
annually by OSGeo to individuals who have demonstrated leadership in the GFOSS community.
Recipients of the award will have contributed significantly through their activities to advance
open source ideals in the geospatial realm. The hope is that the award will both
acknowledge the work of community members, and pay tribute to one of its founders,
for years to come.

== Solomon Stuart Katz aka Sol 1947-1999 ==

=== Background ===

Sol Katz was born in Sweden (on August 3rd, 1947) and moved to NY at the age of 1. Yiddish was
his first language, but he was amazingly bright, and learned both Hebrew
and English quickly. After high school, he spent three years in the US
Air Force, stationed in Germany, where he picked up yet another language.
Following his brief military career, he decided to go to Brooklyn College
in NY where he got his Bachelors in Geology in 2.5 years. He then married
his wife Hedy in 1969, and went back to Brooklyn College while teaching in
NY Public Schools and got his MA, also in Geology. After several years
working for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in several states, he settled down
in Lakewood, CO and decided to go back to school at the University of Denver in
Computer Science and earned a second masters. At this time, he also had two
children - Shanna and Risa. He was well loved in his office, at his
children's school, and at home. Always full of laughter and good humor,
Sol could easily be recognized by his flamboyant Hawaiian shirts and toucan
or propeller hats. Sadly, after fighting Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma for
almost a decade, Sol died April 23, 1999 in bed.

=== Open Source ===

Sol Katz was an early pioneer of GFOSS and left behind a large body of work in
the form of applications, format specifications, and utilities. In the early 80's,
Sol assisted in the development of a public domain GIS package called [[Open Source GIS History|MOSS]]
(Map Overlay and Statistical System). This software was arguably the first open
source GIS software in the world. Sol would later go on to release and
maintain PC MOSS. He was also one of the first involved in public data translator
utilities. Utilities that he developed for converting DEMs and reading SDTS files
were contributed back to the geospatial community, and are still available today.
Sol was also a frequent contributor to many geospatial list servers, providing much
guidance to the geospatial community at large. Sol Katz's collection of GIS utilities
at the BLM continues to be implemented by many software projects. His legacy still lives on
in the GFOSS world.

Pics submitted by his daughters:
[[Image:Solomon-Katz.jpg]]
[[Image:Solomon-Katz2.jpg]]

Daughters Risa and Shanna introducing the award in 2011:
[[Image:Shanna-and-Risa-Katz-2011.png|200px|Shanna & Risa Katz]]
[[Image:Shanna-and-Risa-Katz-introducing-award-2011.png|200px|Shanna & Risa Katz]]

= Utilities =

Sol's code continues to be implemented in many software drivers, including the updated [http://www.cs.arizona.edu/projects/topovista/sdts2dem/ sdts2dem] utility. Sol Katz's collection of GIS utilities at the BLM was formerly available at ftp://ftp.blm.gov/pub/gis/ (currently not available on the new [http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/res/Public_Room/sfta.html BLM transfer system]).

= Selection Committee 2016 =

[[Image:Jeff-mckenna-sol-katz-award-2016.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Jeff accepting the award, through a [https://vimeo.com/180237097 video], at FOSS4G Bonn]]

* Venkatesh Raghavan (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli

= Selection Committee 2015 =

[[Image:Maria-sol-katz.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Maria just after receiving the award, at FOSS4G Seoul]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman

= Selection Committee 2014 =

[[Image:Gary_sherman_acceptance.png|thumb|right|100px|Gary accepting the award, through a [http://vimeo.com/106310099 video], at FOSS4G Portland]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl

= Selection Committee (2013) =

[[Image:Arnulf-sol-katz-award.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Arnulf (left) receiving the award at FOSS4G Nottingham]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan

= Selection Committee (2012) =

[[Image:Venka-sol-katz-award-2012.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Venka (second from right) receiving the award at FOSS4G India in Hyderabad]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis

= Selection Committee (2011) =

[[Image:Martin-sol-katz-award-2011.png|thumb|right|100px|Martin receiving the award at FOSS4G Denver]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova

= Selection Committee (2010) =

[[Image:Helena_SolKatzAward_2010.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Helena posing with the award, that she received at FOSS4G Barcelona]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette

= Selection Committee (2009) =

[[Image:Daniel-sol-katz-award.png|thumb|right|100px|Daniel receiving the award at FOSS4G Sydney]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina

= Selection Committee (2008) =

[[Image:Paul-sol-katz-award-2008.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Paul received the award, through a [http://vimeo.com/106310097 video], at FOSS4G Cape Town]]

* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]] (chair)
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]]

= Selection Committee (2007) =

[[Image:Steve-sol-katz-award-2007.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Steve receiving the award at FOSS4G Victoria]]

* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]] (chair)
* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]]
* Paul Ramsey
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Markus Neteler

= Selection Committee (2006) =

[[Image:Markus-sol-katz-award-2006.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Markus posing with the award, that he received at FOSS4G Lausanne]]

* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]] (chair)
* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]]
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Venkatesh Raghavan

= Selection Committee (2005) =

[[Image:Frank-warmerdam.png|thumb|right|100px|Frank, the 2005 recipient of the award.]]

* Sophia Parafina
* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]]
* MUM3 Conference Committee

= 2005 Award Documents =

* [[Sol_Katz_Award_2005Nomination | Call for Nominations]]
* [[Sol_Katz_Award_2005MUM3Program | Text in MUM3 Program]] (includes BIO submitted from his daughter)

= Translations of this page =

* [[Sol_Katz_Award_fr | French version - version française]]
* [[Sol_Katz_Award_jp | Japanese version]]
* [[Sol_Katz_Award_vn | Vietnamese version]]
* [[Sol_Katz_Award_cn | Chinese version]]

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FOSS4G 2017 Code Sprint

2017-08-07T05:18:05Z

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== Code Sprint ==

Venue: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

This year, once again, we are following the old tradition of hosting a code sprint right after [http://2017.foss4g.org FOSS4G 2017].
The code sprint will be held Saturday August 19th, 2017 at District Hall (http://www.districthallboston.org/).

Participation in the code sprint is free of charge and all folks currently involved or interested in getting involved in OSGeo community projects are welcome.

This is open to all who wish to participate in one or more projects. There’s always plenty to do – it’s not all about programming. Translation, documentation, feedback, discussions, and testing are also very important for projects! Registration with the conference is not a prerequisite for participation in code sprint.

If you plan to attend, please signup in the table below so we have ample time for planning of snacks and drinks!

.

One thing we’d like to ask you: with over 200 participants anticipated, the WLAN capacity will naturally be exhausted at some point. Please be sure to avoid huge on-site downloads of data, as this could impact the work of others. Thank you!

The Codesprint Organizing Team is looking forward to your coming!

'''In summary:'''

===When ===
* Saturday August 19th 9AM - 5PM

=== Where===
* Venue & Accommodation: Boston District Hall. (For more information: http://www.districthallboston.org/) [[http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/42.35229/-71.04528| OpenStreetMap]]

'''Power connector:'''
* Bring [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mains_electricity_by_country your power connector adapter] . See also http://www.power-plugs-sockets.com/

== Registered Attendees ==

The Code Sprint does not cost any money. For us it makes planning easier if we know who is coming. So please leave your Name.

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" class="wikitable sortable"
!width="30"|No
!width="250"|Name
!width="250"|Email
!width="250"|Projects
!width="60"|Accommodation
!width="30"|vegetarian food
|-
| 1 ||[[User:Robe|Regina Obe]] || lr pcorp us|| [[PostGIS]], [[GDAL]], [[pgRouting]], [[GEOS]] || home || No
|-
| 2 ||[[Leo Hsu]] || lr pcorp us || [[PostGIS]], [[pgRouting]] || home || No
|-
| 3 ||[[User:gsteinmon|Guido Stein]] || gstein@appgeo.com || [[FOSS4G]] || home || No
|-
| 4 ||[[User:wenzeslaus|Vaclav Petras]] || wenzeslaus gmail com || [[GRASS GIS]], PDAL || || No
|-
| 5 ||[[User:Annakrat|Anna Petrasova]] || akratoc gmail com || [[GRASS GIS]] || || No
|-
| 6 ||[[User:Helena|Helena Mitasova]] || hmitaso ncsu edu || [[GRASS GIS]] || || No
|-
| 7 ||[[User:Adamsteer|Adam Steer]] || adam.steer anu edu au || PDAL,PyWPS || || No
|-
| 8 ||[[User:hgryoo|Hyung-Gyu Ryoo]] || hgryoo pnu edu || [[GeoTools]], [[GeoServer]] || || No
|-
| 9 ||[[User:soojin.kim|Soojin Kim]] || soojin.kim pnu edu || [[GeoTools]], [[GeoServer]] || || No
|-
| 10 ||[[User:dbaston|Dan Baston]] || dbaston gmail com || [[PostGIS]], [[GEOS]] || || No
|-
| 11 ||[[User:pwramsey3|Paul Ramsey]] || pramsey cleverelephant ca || [[PostGIS]], [[GEOS]] || || No
|-
| 12 ||[[User:darkblue_b|Brian M Hamlin]] || maplabs -at- light42 || OSGeo Live || || Yes
|-
| 13 ||[[User:ianturton|Ian Turton]] || ian -at- ianturton.com || [[GeoTools]], [[GeoServer]] || || No
|-
| 14 ||[[User:jimk|Jim Klassen]] || jklassen -at- sharedgeo.org || [[GeoMoose]], [[MapServer]] || || No
|-
| 15 ||[[User:Chrismarx|Chris Marx]] || chrismarx -at- gmail.com || [[PostGIS]] || || No
|-
| 16 ||[[User:larss|Lars Schylberg]] || lars.schylberg -at- blixtmail.se || [[MapServer]] - documentation/demo || || No
|-
| 17 ||[[User: Bluemates |Kyoung-Sook Kim]] || ks.kim -at- aist.go.jp || [[PostGIS]], PDAL || || No
|-
| 18 ||[[User:msmitherdc|Michael Smith]] || michael.smith.erdc-at-gmail.com || PDAL,MapServer || || No
|-
| 19 ||[[User:grizonnetm|Manuel Grizonnet]] || manuel.grizonnet-at-cnes.fr || OTB, OSGeo-Live, QGIS || || No
|-
| 20 ||[[User:Lorenblock|Loren Block]] || loren@onxmaps.com || GeoTools || || No
|-
| 21 ||[[Jody Garnett]] || || GeoServer, GeoTools || ||
|-
| 22 ||[[Torben Barsballe]] || || GeoServer || ||
|-
| 23 ||[[Kevin Smith]] || || GeoServer || ||
|-
| 24 ||[[User:ortelius|Jeffrey Johnson]] || jeff@terranodo.io || GeoNode, OSGeo Website || || No
|-
| 25 ||[[User:Cvvergara| Vicky Vergara]] || vicky@georepublic.de || OSGeo Website || IRC || No Food
|-
| 26 ||[[User:yoichi| Yoichi Kayama]] || yoichi.kayama-at-gmail.com || OSGeo-Live, QGIS || || No
|-
| 27 ||[[User:jachym|Jachym Cepicky]] || jachym.cepicky gmail || PyWPS || || No
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| 28 ||Micah Wengren || micah.wengren at gmail com || CKAN, pycsw, GeoNode || ||
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| 29 ||[[User:Stevenfeldman| Steven Feldman]] || shfeldman at gmail.com || Community, OSGeo Website || || Yes
|-
| 30 ||[[User:OSGeoErikPohl| Erik Pohl]] || iotasubscript at gmail.com || [[GRASS GIS]] || || Yes
|-
| 31 ||[[User:remanuele| Rob Emanuele]] || remanuele at azavea.com || GeoTrellis, [[GDAL]], PDAL || || No
|-
| 32 || Jeffrey Lasut || j.lasut@getinteractive.nl || OSGeo Website || || No
|-
| 33 || Pim Tebbens || p.tebbens@getinteractive.nl || OSGeo Website || || No
|-
| 34 || Patrick Kepel || p.kepel@getinteractive.nl || OSGeo Website || || No
|-
| 34 || Margie || mroswell@gmail.com || || || Yes

|+
|}

= Workgroups =

Getting the most of a code sprint takes a lot of prep. Please use this area to decide on a topic, sort out a plan of attack.

Please keep in mind that the FOSS4G conference is an outreach event. Some of the "new" volunteers are learning about open source for the first time, consider listing some activities (and perhaps having a mentor on hand to facilitate).

== Website Training ==

OSGeo website training is available throughout the day, please mark your name down to attend. We ask that a member of each OSGeo committee, local chapter, geoforall lab make plans to attend. Service providers and sponsors are also welcome.

We will be reviewing both the website publication workflow and the about.yaml structured content used by the project working group.

'''Attending:'''
Jody Garnett, Jeffrey Johnson

'''Goals:'''

Introduce members to the new website, editing workflow, and add to the members map.

Stop by to create your own personal "osgeo branding" using InkScape.

Answer any questions projects have on about.yaml use.

Add to the collection of presentations, videos and tutorial links.

== PostGIS ==

Spatial database extender for PostgreSQL

'''Attending:'''
Regina Obe, Leo Hsu, Dan Baston, Paul Ramsey, Kyoung-Sook Kim

'''Goals:'''
* Getting ready for PostGIS 2.4.0 release.
* Testing out what we'll be pushing.
* Thoughts on better integration with GDAL and PostGIS. Most notably the sucky support of out of db tables in GDAL.
* Better integration of document translations

== GRASS GIS ==

Backend and desktop geospatial analysis tool

'''Attending:''' Vaclav Petras, Anna Petrasova, Helena Mitasova

'''Goals:''' Documentation, images for manual pages, and testing for next release.

== GeoTools ==

GeoTools is an open source Java library that provides tools for geospatial data.

'''Attending:'''

Jody Garnett,
Ian Turton

'''Goals:'''

* Java 9 "Service Provider Interface" compatibility
* Service Locator based FactoryRegistery replacement
* Updated factory tutorials to document FactoryRegistry replacement

'''New to Open Source:'''

* Help review and improve the geotools function list.
* Come prepaired with [http://docs.geotools.org/latest/userguide/build/index.html geotools build and development environment] and review the [http://docs.geotools.org/latest/userguide/tutorial/function.html function tutorial]. We can help answer any questions if you get stuck.

== GeoServer ==

Popular web application for sharing geospatial information, written in Java.

'''Attending:'''

Jody Garnett,
Torben Barsballe,
Kevin Smith,
Ian Turton

'''Goals:'''

* Coordinate Java 9 upgrade with GeoTools project

'''New to Open Source:'''

* Volunteers assist with any remaining REST API docs ahead of the 2.12 release, come prepaired with a GeoServer installation and your own github id.
* Developers come prepaired with [http://docs.geoserver.org/latest/en/developer/quickstart/index.html build and development environment] we can help answer any questions if you get stuck.
* We will be posting to the [https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/foss4g2017 FOSS4G OSGeo email list] with updates about food and coordination.

== PyWPS ==

Python implementation of OGC Web Processing Service server

'''Attending:'''

Jachym Cepicky,
...

'''Goals:'''

* Incubation sprint
* Logging finalization

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