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+ | == GSoC general information == | ||
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+ | * [https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/timeline The official timeline] | ||
+ | * [https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/resources/ Google's FAQ on the program] | ||
+ | * [https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/ Official 2016 GSoC site] | ||
== Contacts == | == Contacts == | ||
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* Would-be mentors and students: you are invited to sign up to the [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/soc OSGeo SoC mailing list] right away. The list is the central communication channel for mentors, students and administrators. It is used for general GSoC announcements, specific OSGeo announcements, and for clarification about the program. As soon as you subscribe it, you are encouraged to introduce yourself and your role. We look forward to hear from you! | * Would-be mentors and students: you are invited to sign up to the [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/soc OSGeo SoC mailing list] right away. The list is the central communication channel for mentors, students and administrators. It is used for general GSoC announcements, specific OSGeo announcements, and for clarification about the program. As soon as you subscribe it, you are encouraged to introduce yourself and your role. We look forward to hear from you! | ||
− | == | + | == Mentors == |
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− | + | If you're interested in mentoring / supervising a student for one of the software participating this year under OSGeo's umbrella, please add your name, email, OSGeo/guest software and the projects you're interested in mentoring here: | |
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− | + | |width=30px|'''Number''' | |
− | + | |width=100px|'''Name''' | |
− | + | |width=100px|'''Surname''' | |
− | + | |width=100px|'''Nickname (IRC)''' | |
− | + | |width=250px|'''email''' | |
− | + | |'''Software community''' | |
− | + | |'''Idea(s) you are available to mentor''' | |
− | + | |- | |
− | + | |1 | |
− | + | |Margherita | |
− | + | |Di Leo | |
− | + | |madi | |
+ | |diregola AT gmail DOT com | ||
+ | |admin at OSGeo | ||
+ | |Idea I would like to mentor | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |2 | ||
+ | |Alexander | ||
+ | |Bruy | ||
+ | |alexbruy | ||
+ | |alexander.bruy AT gmail.com | ||
+ | |QGIS | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |3 | ||
+ | |Victor | ||
+ | |Olaya | ||
+ | |volaya | ||
+ | |volayaf AT gmail DOT com | ||
+ | |QGIS | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |4 | ||
+ | |Daniel | ||
+ | |Kastl | ||
+ | |dkastl | ||
+ | |daniel AT georepublic DOT de | ||
+ | |pgRouting | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |5 | ||
+ | |Massimiliano | ||
+ | |Cannata | ||
+ | |maxi | ||
+ | |massimiliano.cannata AT gmail DOT com | ||
+ | |istSOS | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |6 | ||
+ | |Milan | ||
+ | |Antonovic | ||
+ | |milan | ||
+ | |milan.antonovic AT gmail DOT com | ||
+ | |istSOS | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |7 | ||
+ | |Jachym | ||
+ | |Cepicky | ||
+ | |jachym | ||
+ | |jachym.cepicky AT gmail | ||
+ | |PyWPS | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |8 | ||
+ | |Andrea | ||
+ | |Antonello | ||
+ | |moovida | ||
+ | |andrea.antonello AT gmail DOT com | ||
+ | |JGrasstools, gvSIG, Geopaparazzi | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |9 | ||
+ | |Rashad | ||
+ | |Kanavath | ||
+ | |rashadkm | ||
+ | |rashadkm AT gmail DOT com | ||
+ | |GRASS GIS, OSSIM, GDAL | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |10 | ||
+ | |Cameron | ||
+ | |Shorter | ||
+ | |CameronShorter | ||
+ | |cameronDOTs h o r ter AT gmail com | ||
+ | |OSGeo-Live | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |11 | ||
+ | |Stephen | ||
+ | |Woodbridge | ||
+ | |woodbri | ||
+ | |woodbri AT swoodbridge DOT com | ||
+ | |pgRouting | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |12 | ||
+ | |Vicky | ||
+ | |Vergara | ||
+ | |cvvergara | ||
+ | |vicky AT georepublic DOT de | ||
+ | |pgRouting | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |13 | ||
+ | |Dmitry | ||
+ | |Baryshnikov | ||
+ | |bishop | ||
+ | |bishop.dev AT gmail.com | ||
+ | |GDAL | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |14 | ||
+ | |Luca | ||
+ | |Delucchi | ||
+ | |lucadelu | ||
+ | |lucadeluge AT gmail.com | ||
+ | |GRASS GIS | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |15 | ||
+ | |Anna | ||
+ | |Petrasova | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |kratochanna AT gmail.com | ||
+ | |GRASS GIS | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |16 | ||
+ | |Stefan | ||
+ | |Steiniger | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |sstein AT geo.uzh.ch | ||
+ | |OneBusAway, OpenTripPlanner, OpenJUMP | ||
+ | |for OneBusAway see [http://github.com/OneBusAway/onebusaway-application-modules/wiki/Google-Summer-of-Code-2016 here] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |17 | ||
+ | |Sean | ||
+ | |Barbeau | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |barbeau AT cutr.usf.edu | ||
+ | |OneBusAway, OpenTripPlanner | ||
+ | |for OneBusAway see [http://github.com/OneBusAway/onebusaway-application-modules/wiki/Google-Summer-of-Code-2016 here], also there are ideas around for OpenTripPlanner Android App, and the GTFS-RT Validator | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |18 | ||
+ | |Riccardo | ||
+ | |Rigon | ||
+ | |abouthydrology | ||
+ | |rccrd.rgn AT gmail DOT com | ||
+ | |JGrasstools, gvSIG, Geopaparazzi | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |19 | ||
+ | |Vaclav | ||
+ | |Petras | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |wenzeslaus AT gmail.com | ||
+ | |GRASS GIS | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |20 | ||
+ | |Oliver | ||
+ | |May | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |oliver AT dfc DOT be | ||
+ | |Geomajas, leaflet, openlayers, geoserver, geotools | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |21 | ||
+ | |Even | ||
+ | |Rouault | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |even dot rouault AT spatialys dot com | ||
+ | |GDAL | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |22 | ||
+ | |Alexandre | ||
+ | |Dubé | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |adube AT mapgears dot com | ||
+ | |OL3-Google-Maps | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |23 | ||
+ | |Moritz | ||
+ | |Lennert | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |mlennert AT club dot worldonline dot be | ||
+ | |GRASS GIS | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |24 | ||
+ | |Roberto | ||
+ | |Marzocchi | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |roberto dot marzocchi AT gmail dot com dot | ||
+ | |GRASS GIS | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |25 | ||
+ | |Brian M | ||
+ | |Hamlin | ||
+ | |darkblue_b | ||
+ | |maplabs AT light42 DOT com | ||
+ | |SciPy geospatial stack, PostGIS, gdal 2.0 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |26 | ||
+ | |Jessica | ||
+ | |Lapointe | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |jlapointe AT mapgears dot com | ||
+ | |OL3-Google-Maps | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |27 | ||
+ | |Gérald | ||
+ | |Fenoy | ||
+ | |djay | ||
+ | |gerald.fenoy AT geolabs.fr | ||
+ | |ZOO-Project | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |28 | ||
+ | |Massimo | ||
+ | |Di Stefano | ||
+ | |epifanio | ||
+ | |epiesasha AT me DOT com | ||
+ | |GRASS GIS | ||
+ | | webgrass | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |29 | ||
+ | |Patrick | ||
+ | |Hogan | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |patrick.hogan AT nasa DOT gov | ||
+ | |NASA World Wind | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |30 | ||
+ | |Oscar | ||
+ | |Kramer | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |oscarkramer AT yahoo DOT com | ||
+ | |OSSIM | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |31 | ||
+ | |Jakub | ||
+ | |Balhar | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |jakub AT balhar DOT net | ||
+ | |NASA World Wind | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |32 | ||
+ | |Jonas | ||
+ | |Eberle | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |jonas.eberle AT gmx DOT de | ||
+ | |PyWPS | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |33 | ||
+ | |Martin | ||
+ | |Landa | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |landa.martin AT gmail DOT com | ||
+ | |GRASS GIS | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |34 | ||
+ | |Rob | ||
+ | |Emanuele | ||
+ | |lossyrob | ||
+ | |rdemanuele AT gmail DOT com | ||
+ | |GDAL | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |35 | ||
+ | |Anita | ||
+ | |Graser | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |anitagraser AT gmx DOT at | ||
+ | |QGIS | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |36 | ||
+ | |Giustino | ||
+ | |Tonon | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |giustino.tonon AT unibz DOT it | ||
+ | |JGrasstools | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |37 | ||
+ | |Alessandro | ||
+ | |Pasotti | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |apasotti AT gmail DOT com | ||
+ | |QGIS | ||
+ | |QGIS Symbology Repository | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |38 | ||
+ | |David | ||
+ | |Burken | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |dburken AT gmail DOT com | ||
+ | |OSSIM | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |39 | ||
+ | |Óg | ||
+ | |Crudden | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |og.crudden AT gmail.com | ||
+ | |OneBusAway | ||
+ | |see [http://github.com/OneBusAway/onebusaway-application-modules/wiki/Google-Summer-of-Code-2016 here] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |40 | ||
+ | |Markus | ||
+ | |Neteler | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |neteler AT osgeo DOT org | ||
+ | |GRASS GIS | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |41 | ||
+ | |Joaquin | ||
+ | |del Cerro | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |jjdelcerro AT gvsig DOT com | ||
+ | |gvSIG | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |42 | ||
+ | |Óscar | ||
+ | |Mártinez | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |masquesig AT gmail DOT com | ||
+ | |gvSIG | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |43 | ||
+ | |Mirko | ||
+ | |Cardoso | ||
+ | |mirko | ||
+ | |cardoso.mirko AT gmail DOT com | ||
+ | |istSOS | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |} | ||
== A Mentor's Responsibilities == | == A Mentor's Responsibilities == | ||
− | Being a mentor can take anywhere from 2-10 hours a week of your time depending on the student (it really ''is'' in your best interest to take on the strongest students you can find | + | Being a mentor can take anywhere from 2-10 hours a week of your time depending on the student (it really ''is'' in your best interest to take on the strongest students you can find). You must have the time to be responsive and an advocate for the student. No matter how cool the project is and how much your team needs the job done, if you can't commit to supporting it, experience shows that the best thing to do is not start it, i.e. even with the best of intentions don't set a student up to fail. Long story short, student projects simply can't go ahead without proper mentoring support. |
− | Every student project will also have a '''backup mentor''', this person should come from your | + | Every student project will also have a '''backup mentor''', this person should come from your dev community and should at minimum keep up to date with the student's weekly developments. ''' Both mentors need to appoint themselves officially'''. The best way is if the student is well integrated into your development team from the start, it lessens the workload on you and betters the buy-in from the rest of the community once you're ready for the final code merge. |
You '''must''' be available at some time during the '''midterm and final evaluation period'''. If you will be away during these time periods please arrange with the OSGeo org admins and your backup mentor so that one of us can fill in your answers for you. These are hard cutoffs -- evaluations ''must'' be filed within these dates. | You '''must''' be available at some time during the '''midterm and final evaluation period'''. If you will be away during these time periods please arrange with the OSGeo org admins and your backup mentor so that one of us can fill in your answers for you. These are hard cutoffs -- evaluations ''must'' be filed within these dates. | ||
− | + | == Guides for mentors == | |
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* [http://en.flossmanuals.net/GSoCMentoring/ The GSoC Mentoring Guide] - A must. Do get all useful info and tips from many years of experience from GSoC mentors. | * [http://en.flossmanuals.net/GSoCMentoring/ The GSoC Mentoring Guide] - A must. Do get all useful info and tips from many years of experience from GSoC mentors. | ||
* [http://people.gnome.org/~federico/docs/summer-of-code-mentoring-howto/ GNOME GSoC Mentoring HOWTO] | * [http://people.gnome.org/~federico/docs/summer-of-code-mentoring-howto/ GNOME GSoC Mentoring HOWTO] | ||
* [http://emptysqua.re/blog/mentoring/ An excellent summary of mentoring, from A. Jesse Jiryu Davis] | * [http://emptysqua.re/blog/mentoring/ An excellent summary of mentoring, from A. Jesse Jiryu Davis] | ||
− | + | == Tips for mentors == | |
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− | + | This section is for collecting suggestions on best practices, from mentors to other mentors. If you have good / bad experiences in mentoring, please share here! Remember that this is a public page, respect the privacy of the people. | |
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− | + | * '''Test students before selection.''' Challenge them with small programming tasks or bug fixes. This will help them getting familiar with the dev environment well before GSoC starts, and helps mentors understand if they are capable. Think to a task much earlier to the timeline, and connect the task to the idea in the ideas page. | |
+ | * Time management tip: Try not to mentor more than one project per year. In any case, '''you can be primary mentor only for one project.''' Consider carefully the time that you can allocate on GSoC. | ||
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− | -- | + | * Previous years SoC involvement: [http://code.google.com/soc/2008/osgeo/about.html 2008], [http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org/google/gsoc2009/osgeo 2009], [http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org/google/gsoc2010/osgeo 2010], [http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org/google/gsoc2011/osgeo 2011], [http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org/google/gsoc2012/osgeo 2012], [http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org/google/gsoc2013/osgeo 2013], [https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org2/google/gsoc2015/osgeo 2015] |
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Latest revision as of 00:11, 19 April 2016
- Back to the main OSGeo Google Summer of Code 2016 @ OSGeo wiki page.
This is the central page for OSGeo administrative information in Google Summer of Code 2016.
GSoC general information
Contacts
- Margherita Di Leo acts as Administrative contact, with support from Anne Ghisla. Feel free to email us with any questions, we're here to help mentor the mentors as much as anything else!
- Would-be mentors and students: you are invited to sign up to the OSGeo SoC mailing list right away. The list is the central communication channel for mentors, students and administrators. It is used for general GSoC announcements, specific OSGeo announcements, and for clarification about the program. As soon as you subscribe it, you are encouraged to introduce yourself and your role. We look forward to hear from you!
Mentors
If you're interested in mentoring / supervising a student for one of the software participating this year under OSGeo's umbrella, please add your name, email, OSGeo/guest software and the projects you're interested in mentoring here:
Number | Name | Surname | Nickname (IRC) | Software community | Idea(s) you are available to mentor | |
1 | Margherita | Di Leo | madi | diregola AT gmail DOT com | admin at OSGeo | Idea I would like to mentor |
2 | Alexander | Bruy | alexbruy | alexander.bruy AT gmail.com | QGIS | |
3 | Victor | Olaya | volaya | volayaf AT gmail DOT com | QGIS | |
4 | Daniel | Kastl | dkastl | daniel AT georepublic DOT de | pgRouting | |
5 | Massimiliano | Cannata | maxi | massimiliano.cannata AT gmail DOT com | istSOS | |
6 | Milan | Antonovic | milan | milan.antonovic AT gmail DOT com | istSOS | |
7 | Jachym | Cepicky | jachym | jachym.cepicky AT gmail | PyWPS | |
8 | Andrea | Antonello | moovida | andrea.antonello AT gmail DOT com | JGrasstools, gvSIG, Geopaparazzi | |
9 | Rashad | Kanavath | rashadkm | rashadkm AT gmail DOT com | GRASS GIS, OSSIM, GDAL | |
10 | Cameron | Shorter | CameronShorter | cameronDOTs h o r ter AT gmail com | OSGeo-Live | |
11 | Stephen | Woodbridge | woodbri | woodbri AT swoodbridge DOT com | pgRouting | |
12 | Vicky | Vergara | cvvergara | vicky AT georepublic DOT de | pgRouting | |
13 | Dmitry | Baryshnikov | bishop | bishop.dev AT gmail.com | GDAL | |
14 | Luca | Delucchi | lucadelu | lucadeluge AT gmail.com | GRASS GIS | |
15 | Anna | Petrasova | kratochanna AT gmail.com | GRASS GIS | ||
16 | Stefan | Steiniger | sstein AT geo.uzh.ch | OneBusAway, OpenTripPlanner, OpenJUMP | for OneBusAway see here | |
17 | Sean | Barbeau | barbeau AT cutr.usf.edu | OneBusAway, OpenTripPlanner | for OneBusAway see here, also there are ideas around for OpenTripPlanner Android App, and the GTFS-RT Validator | |
18 | Riccardo | Rigon | abouthydrology | rccrd.rgn AT gmail DOT com | JGrasstools, gvSIG, Geopaparazzi | |
19 | Vaclav | Petras | wenzeslaus AT gmail.com | GRASS GIS | ||
20 | Oliver | May | oliver AT dfc DOT be | Geomajas, leaflet, openlayers, geoserver, geotools | ||
21 | Even | Rouault | even dot rouault AT spatialys dot com | GDAL | ||
22 | Alexandre | Dubé | adube AT mapgears dot com | OL3-Google-Maps | ||
23 | Moritz | Lennert | mlennert AT club dot worldonline dot be | GRASS GIS | ||
24 | Roberto | Marzocchi | roberto dot marzocchi AT gmail dot com dot | GRASS GIS | ||
25 | Brian M | Hamlin | darkblue_b | maplabs AT light42 DOT com | SciPy geospatial stack, PostGIS, gdal 2.0 | |
26 | Jessica | Lapointe | jlapointe AT mapgears dot com | OL3-Google-Maps | ||
27 | Gérald | Fenoy | djay | gerald.fenoy AT geolabs.fr | ZOO-Project | |
28 | Massimo | Di Stefano | epifanio | epiesasha AT me DOT com | GRASS GIS | webgrass |
29 | Patrick | Hogan | patrick.hogan AT nasa DOT gov | NASA World Wind | ||
30 | Oscar | Kramer | oscarkramer AT yahoo DOT com | OSSIM | ||
31 | Jakub | Balhar | jakub AT balhar DOT net | NASA World Wind | ||
32 | Jonas | Eberle | jonas.eberle AT gmx DOT de | PyWPS | ||
33 | Martin | Landa | landa.martin AT gmail DOT com | GRASS GIS | ||
34 | Rob | Emanuele | lossyrob | rdemanuele AT gmail DOT com | GDAL | |
35 | Anita | Graser | anitagraser AT gmx DOT at | QGIS | ||
36 | Giustino | Tonon | giustino.tonon AT unibz DOT it | JGrasstools | ||
37 | Alessandro | Pasotti | apasotti AT gmail DOT com | QGIS | QGIS Symbology Repository | |
38 | David | Burken | dburken AT gmail DOT com | OSSIM | ||
39 | Óg | Crudden | og.crudden AT gmail.com | OneBusAway | see here | |
40 | Markus | Neteler | neteler AT osgeo DOT org | GRASS GIS | ||
41 | Joaquin | del Cerro | jjdelcerro AT gvsig DOT com | gvSIG | ||
42 | Óscar | Mártinez | masquesig AT gmail DOT com | gvSIG | ||
43 | Mirko | Cardoso | mirko | cardoso.mirko AT gmail DOT com | istSOS |
A Mentor's Responsibilities
Being a mentor can take anywhere from 2-10 hours a week of your time depending on the student (it really is in your best interest to take on the strongest students you can find). You must have the time to be responsive and an advocate for the student. No matter how cool the project is and how much your team needs the job done, if you can't commit to supporting it, experience shows that the best thing to do is not start it, i.e. even with the best of intentions don't set a student up to fail. Long story short, student projects simply can't go ahead without proper mentoring support.
Every student project will also have a backup mentor, this person should come from your dev community and should at minimum keep up to date with the student's weekly developments. Both mentors need to appoint themselves officially. The best way is if the student is well integrated into your development team from the start, it lessens the workload on you and betters the buy-in from the rest of the community once you're ready for the final code merge.
You must be available at some time during the midterm and final evaluation period. If you will be away during these time periods please arrange with the OSGeo org admins and your backup mentor so that one of us can fill in your answers for you. These are hard cutoffs -- evaluations must be filed within these dates.
Guides for mentors
- The GSoC Mentoring Guide - A must. Do get all useful info and tips from many years of experience from GSoC mentors.
- GNOME GSoC Mentoring HOWTO
- An excellent summary of mentoring, from A. Jesse Jiryu Davis
Tips for mentors
This section is for collecting suggestions on best practices, from mentors to other mentors. If you have good / bad experiences in mentoring, please share here! Remember that this is a public page, respect the privacy of the people.
Good ideas
- Test students before selection. Challenge them with small programming tasks or bug fixes. This will help them getting familiar with the dev environment well before GSoC starts, and helps mentors understand if they are capable. Think to a task much earlier to the timeline, and connect the task to the idea in the ideas page.
- Time management tip: Try not to mentor more than one project per year. In any case, you can be primary mentor only for one project. Consider carefully the time that you can allocate on GSoC.
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Bad ideas
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