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2011– 2012 ANNUAL REPORTOur mission is to empower under-resourced youth to aspire, work, and succeed through paid internships, formal training, and mentoring.

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DEDICATED TO MISSION AND RESULTS FROM MISSION

Making decisions based on the mission and vision of the organization.

COREOUR VALUES

STUDENTS FIRST

Employing Youth, Inspiring Excellence.

TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER

Lend a helping hand and support each other’s work.

FOLLOW THROUGH

Creating a strong and responsive relationship with everyone we come in contact with and work with.

OPEN/DIRECT COMMUNICATION

Coming in a clear, precise, and honest manner in all of the work we do.

Dear Friends,

The 2011-2012 Urban Alliance program year was full of growth—in our Interns, in our organization’s size and capacity, and in our relationships with you, our stakeholders. Urban Alliance served nearly 1,000 youth through a combination of its three programs, High School Internship, Alumni Services, and Curriculum Outreach. The number is the highest total in a single year in Urban Alliance’s history. The program expansion in all three of our regions necessitated growth in the size of Urban Alliance’s staff from 20 to 28 employees, all of whom are dedicated to assisting youth towards self-sufficient adulthood.

Deepening our programs and expanding to new regions would not be possible without the generous support of our stakeholders. School partners, job partners, funders, and thought partners all contribute to the success of the program and we could not be more grateful for all that you do.

We continue to be excited about the direction of Urban Alliance and the growing impact that our Interns will make on the world around them.

Sincerely,

Veronica Nolan Chief Executive Officer


OUR CURRENT PROGRAMS WHO WE SERVED: A 2011–2012 YEAR-END REVIEW

YEAR-ROUND HIGH SCHOOL INTERNSHIP PROGRAMThe High School Internship Program is the cornerstone of Urban Alliance. All youth in the Internship Program are high school seniors from public and charter schools in Washington DC, Baltimore, or Chicago. Youth apply in the spring of their junior year and attend six weeks of pre-work training in September and October.

Once accepted, Urban Alliance Interns: • Intern at a professional jobsite • Work part-time during the school year and full-time during the summer after

graduation • Attend weekly life skills and job readiness workshops • Receive college/career planning assistance

By the end of the program, students will have: • Increased their proficiency in professional work skills • Gained long-term professional work experience • Graduated from high school • Solidified a post-secondary plan • Internalized a strategy for identifying and sustaining employment

ALUMNI SERVICES Alumni Services provide support for Urban Alliance Interns beyond their senior-year experience.

Upon completion of the High School Internship Program, Urban Alliance Alumni have access to: • Paid summer internships • Resume and cover letter review • Assistance with job searches, practice interviews, and financial aid • Networking with other Urban Alliance Alumni

CURRICULUM OUTREACHCurriculum Outreach allows Urban Alliance to serve youth who are ineligible or unable to participate in the High School Internship Program. Through this service Urban Alliance has been able to provide job skills training to more than 1,000 young people.

The Curriculum Outreach Program includes, but is not limited to: • Urban Alliance’s curriculum and facilitation to non-profits, charter schools,

and government programs • Managing internship programs for corporations • Leading training for other jobs programs

956 Total Youth Served in 2011–2012174 Interns

DC Program

• 133 Interns Completed Year-Round Program

• 41 Interns Completed Summer Program

• 20 DCPS and Charter High Schools

• 80% Retention Rate

50 Interns

Baltimore Program

• 37 Interns Completed Year-Round Program

• 13 Interns Participated in Young Adult Internship Program

• 9 City Schools and Charter High Schools

143 Alumni

Alumni Services

• 87 Alumni Receiving Services During the School Year 2011–2012

• 56 Alumni Participating in the College Internship Program

589 Students

Curriculum and Outreach

• Served 572 Youth through 97 Unique Training Sessions at 20 Organizations

• Managed Internship Programs for 17 Students at the DC Police Foundation


WHO WE SERVED: THE NEED WHO WE SERVED: SCHOOL PARTNERS

WHO WE SERVED: CURRICULUM OUTREACH PARTNERS

“Employment rates [are] at the lowest level in more than 60 years…”

“Youth from low-income households are five times more likely to drop out of school…”

“Only 38.9% of youth ages 16–24 (24.8% of black youth) who dropped out of school were employed” (as of August 2012)

BALTIMOREAcademy of College and Career

Exploration (ACCE)Digital Harbor High SchoolFriendship Academy of Science and

Technology (FAST)Heritage High SchoolMaritime Industries AcademyNorthwestern High SchoolPatterson High SchoolW.E.B. DuBois High School

WASHINGTON, D.C.Anacostia Senior High SchoolBallou Senior High SchoolBenjamin Banneker Academic High SchoolBooker T. Washington Public Charter SchoolCapital City Public Charter School Cardozo Senior High SchoolColumbia Heights Educational Campus

(CHEC/Bell) Coolidge Senior High SchoolDunbar Senior High School Friendship Academy of Science and

Technology (FAST) Friendship Collegiate Academy Public

Charter School IDEA Public Charter School Luke C. Moore Academy Senior High SchoolMcKinley Technology High SchoolRoosevelt Senior High SchoolSpingarn Senior High SchoolThurgood Marshall AcademyWashington Mathematics Science Technology

Public Charter High School (WMST)Wilson Senior High School Woodson Senior High School

SEED School of Washington, Sasha Bruce YouthBuild, BUILD, AmeriCorps, DC Public Library Adaptive Services Teen Program, DCPS LEAP Internship program, Northern Virginia Urban League, Latin American Youth Center AmeriCorps, Georgetown Institute, DC Public Library SYEP, DC Police Foundation, Dance Place, Braveheart Youth Camp, United Planning Organization, Sitar Arts Center SYEP, KIPP DC Summer Interns, Sasha Bruce YouthBuild SYEP, Accelerator Program, Living Classrooms Fresh Start Program Baltimore

INTERN DEMOGRAPHICS

Female (64%)

Male (35%)

African American (90%)

Multiracial (3%)

Hispanic (6%)

2012 YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES*

National Youth Unemployment Rate

African American Youth Unemployment Rate

Hispanic Youth Unemployment Rate

Caucasian Youth Unemployment Rate

17.10%

28.60%

18.50%14.90%

2012 AVERAGE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES*

National Unemployment Rate

Baltimore Metropolitan Area

Unemployment Rate

Chicago Metropolitan Area

Unemployment Rate

Washington DC Unemployment Rate

8.17% 7.40% 9.03% 9.30%

* Source: BLS Unemployment Rate (Jan - August 2012 Monthly Average).


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The Urban Alliance HS Internship is the only comprehensive year-long employment program for at-risk high school seniors in Baltimore, Chicago, and Washington, DC, implementing four innovative program elements: 1) year-round professional, paid internships; 2) guidance from an adult, professional Mentor; 3) case management from an experienced youth development professional; and 4) trainings focused on college and career skills, all of which contribute to transforming students’ trajectories.

Six weeks of pre-work training

Work 12 hours per week, Monday through Thursday

Weekly professional development workshops each Friday

Work closely with Urban Alliance Program Coordinator and Mentor at jobsite

Earn $8.25/hour with opportunity for merit increases up to $10/hour

During summer, work full time, Monday through Thursday

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Allegheny Community College • American Career Institute • Art Institute of York • Aveda Institute • Baltimore City Community College • Benedict College • Bennett College • Bowie State University • Bowling Green • Bucknell University • Capitol College • Community College of Baltimore County–Essex • Community College of D.C. • Central State University in Ohio • Coastal Carolina University • Community College of Baltimore County • Coppin State University • Delaware State University • Elizabeth City State University • Fairmont State University • Fayetteville State University • Garrett College • George Mason • Glenville State • Indiana University of Pennsylvania • Iowa State University • Johnson & Wales University • Kansas State University • Lafayette College • Lincoln University • MED TECH • Monroe College • Montgomery College • Morehouse College • Morgan State University • North Carolina A&T • North Carolina Central University • New York University • Norfolk State University • Northern Virginia Community College • Old Dominion University • Pennsylvania State University at Greater Allegheny • Pennsylvania College of Technology • Pepperdine University • Potomac State College of West Virginia University • Prince George’s Community College • Randolph University • Richard Bland College • Rochester Institute of Technology • Shaw University • Spelman College • St. Mary’s College • Stratford University Culinary School • Temple University • Tennessee State • Texas Tech • Trinity University • University of the District of Columbia • University of North Carolina–Greensboro • University of Delaware • University of Oklahoma • University of Pittsburgh • University of the District of Columbia • University of Wisconsin–Madison • Virginia State University • Virginia Union University • West Virginia Institute of Technology • West Virginia University • Winston-Salem University • Worchester Polytechnic Institute

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EED 100% of Interns completing

the Urban Alliance program graduated from high school.

94% of Urban Alliance seniors from the Class of 2012 are college bound:

88% of Interns reported feeling “very comfortable” communicating professionally in the workplace; 89% were “very comfortable” taking initiative in the office.

“ Before Urban Alliance, I never put much thought into working in the professional world; I thought I would not be good enough to be in that type of environment. Urban Alliance has taught me how to carry myself professionally and go beyond my comfort zone. More importantly, they instilled the values of me advocating for myself, hard work, and networking. ”

Urban Alliance Intern, Class of 2012


2011‑2012 JOB PARTNERS

- 1st Time Computers- Arab American Anti-Discrimination

Committee- AdvaMed- Advisory Board- American Chemistry Council- Association of American Medical Colleges- Atlantic Media- Bailey Law, P.C.- Bank of America- The Bernstein Companies- The Boston Consulting Group- CapitalSource- Cesar Chavez Public Charter School- Children’s National Medical Center- Clark Construction Group, LLC- Communities in Schools- Community Family Life Services- Community Foundation of the National

Capital Region- Community Preservation and Development

Corporation- Corporate Executive Board- Corporation for National and Community

Service- CRP, Inc.- Danaher Corporation- DC Chamber of Commerce- Department of Consumer and Regulatory

Affairs (DCRA)- Department of Corrections- Edison Electric Institute- Envision Communications, Inc. - The George Washington University- The Glover Park Group- Higher Achievement- Hubbard Place Resident Services- Human Rights First- the Jane Goodall Institute- Katten Muchin Rosenman, LLP- Kid Power, Inc. - KIPP DC- Latin American Youth Center- LIFT DC- Living Classrooms

- Marriott Hotels- Marshall Heights Community Development

Organization, Inc.- Martha’s Table- Mayer Brown, LLP- Men Can Stop Rape- Metro TeenAIDS- Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority- Morgan Stanley- NeighborWorks America- New Leaders- News Corporation- Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes

Norton- Office of Councilman Michael A. Brown- Office of the Deputy Mayor of Economic

Development- Office of Mayor Vincent Gray- Office of the Secretary of the District of

Columbia- Office of Personnel Management- Penzance- Pepco- Samaritan Inn- Sasha Bruce Youthwork- Sitar Arts Center- Smithsonian Institute—Lemelson Center- Standard Technology, Inc.- Sullivan & Cromwell LLP- Teaching Strategies - United Bank - United BioSource Corporation- University of the District of Columbia- Urban Alliance- USAID- U.S. Chamber of Commerce- Verizon- The Washington Animal Rescue League- Washington Area Women’s Foundation- Washington City Paper- Wells Fargo- WilmerHale- The World Bank- YWCA—National Capital Area- Zero to Three

Baltimore High School Internship Program- The Arc Baltimore- Associated Black Charities- Bank of America- Baltimore City Public Schools—CEO’s Office- Baltimore City Public Schools—Office of

Engagement- Baltimore Fashion Week- Community Law In Action- The Cordish Companies- Habitat for Humanity- Johns Hopkins Hospital—Bayview Medical

Center- Johns Hopkins Hospital—Project REACH- Johns Hopkins University—Graduate Affairs- Johns Hopkins University—School of Public

Health & School of Nursing- Legg Mason- Marriott Hotels- Morgan Stanley- My Brother’s Keeper - New Leaders- People’s Community Health Centers- Ports America- The Family Tree- The Office of Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-

Blake- Verizon- Wells Fargo- Wide Angle Youth Media

Baltimore YAIP- Four Brothers Lawn & Landscape Services, Inc- LIGHT, Health & Wellness Comprehensive

Services, Inc.- Morgan State University- People’s Community Health Centers- Sentinel Assisted Living Services- Subway

College Internship Program- AARP- ASAE- Bank of America- BSI Basketball- Children’s National Medical Center- Community Preservation and Development

Corporation- Dance Place- Emmaus Center- Higher Achievement- HMA Associates, Inc.- House Studio- Hubbard Place- Joy of Motion Dance Center- KaBOOM!- Kids Are People Too- KIPP DC- Latin American Youth Center- Living Classrooms- Lutheran Volunteer Corps- New Course Restaurant and Catering- Office of Councilman Marion Barry- Pepco- Randstad- Sitar Arts Center- Stone Soup/Limelight- Street Law, Inc.- UBC- USAID- Venga- Verizon- Washington Nationals- Wells Fargo- Words Beats & Life, Inc

Washington, DC High School Internship Program


FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2011 January 1, 2011–December 31, 2011This is a financial statement for the year ending on December 31, 2011 based on audited financials prepared by Raffa Certified Public Accountants. A full audited report can be requested by e-mailing: [email protected].

REVENUEContributions

Foundations & Trusts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,817,500Organizations Sponsoring Student Interns . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,223,975Individually Directed Contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $49,438Corporate Charitable Donations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $101,860In-Kind Donations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $313,723Earned Income for Curriculum Outreach Services . . . . . . . . . . . $44,943

Total Contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,551,439

Other Revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $12,088

Total Revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,563,526

EXPENSESProgram Services

High School Internship Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,753,521Youth Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $407,524Program Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $403,098

Total Program Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,564,143

Support ServicesManagement & General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $249,704Development & Fundraising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $195,887

Total Support Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $445,591

Total Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,009,734

Change in Net Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $553,792

Beginning Net Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,757,612

Ending Net Assets* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,311,404

FY 2011 REVENUE FY 2011 EXPENSES

Development & Fundraising (8.6%)

Youth Programs (13.5%)

Program Development (13.4%)

Management & General (4.2%)

High School Internship (58.3%)

Foundations & Trusts (51.2%)

In-Kind Donations (8.8%)

Organizations Sponsoring Student Interns (34.5%)

Individually Directed Contributions (1.4%)

Corporate Charitable Donations (2.9%)

Earned Income for Curriculum Outreach Services (1.3%)

* Includes grant commitments for 2012–2013 and Board-designated $1.1 million Operating Reserve.

A HEARTFELT THANKS TO OUR GENEROUS DONORS

MAJOR INDIVIDUAL DONORSDr. Alan and Dr. Ronda Zients Andrew and Claudia PleplerAnne and Don EdwardsAnonymous: Singy Tevis Art ScholarshipArden and Muriel WilkinsCourtenay ValentiChristopher TavlaridesDaryl and Elizabeth LibowDeborah ZientsDickie Carter FoundationDonald GrahamElizabeth GillEsther NewbergGlen and Trish TullmanJames W. McBrideLeonard CaldwellLaurence Platt and Clare HerringtonLinda ReederMarlene Breslow-Blitstein and Berle BlitsteinMaura and James VanderzonMichael BermanMichael CantorMichael and Ana Maria CaskinMichael D’AmatoMonica Menell-KinbergPat McGuirePeter and Cherry BaumbuschPhilip R. Leibovitz and Nicole L. MockRichard J. and Sue BarryRichard LePereRichard A. and Pamela G. SauberRob SobhaniRoger KuhnSheldon and Audrey KatzSusan MoserUnited Way of the National Capital RegionW.R. & Norma Ramsey Foundation

FOUNDATIONS AND TRUSTSAbell FoundationAnonymous Foundation Bank of America FoundationBaltimore Gas and Electric CompanyBest Buy Children’s FoundationCapital One FoundationCarter and Melissa Cafritz Charitable TrustCareFirst BlueCross BlueShield

Ceres FoundationDC Children Youth Investment TrustsDeloitte/UWNCADimick FoundationEconomic ClubEugene and Agnes E. Meyer FoundationFreddie Mac FoundationGeorge Wasserman Family FoundationHitachi DCACACHome Box Office, Inc.Horning Family FundJohn Fowler Memorial FoundationJovid FoundationJoyce FoundationJPMorgan Chase FoundationMARPAT FoundationMead Family FoundationMoriah FundNaomi and Nehemiah Cohen FoundationOasis FoundationPark 6 FoundationPartnership for Jewish Life and LearningPitney Bowes FoundationPrince Charitable TrustRauner Family FoundationRichard and Nancy Marriott FoundationRockefeller Philanthropy AdvisorsSacks Family FoundationShare Fund of The Community FoundationSidgmore Family FoundationThe David Herro Charitable FoundationThe Herb Block FoundationThe Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, Inc.The J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott FoundationThe Leder Family Philanthropic FundThe Marion I. and Henry J. Knott FoundationThe Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz FoundationTides FoundationUnited Way of Central Maryland–Community

ImpactVenable FoundationVerizon FoundationWachovia Wells Fargo FoundationWal-Mart FoundationW.K.Kellogg FoundationWorld Bank Group Community Connections

FundVenture Philanthropy Partners

* The list above includes donations and grants made in 2011-2012. If there is an error in our listing, please accept our sincere apologies and contact us at [email protected].


LOOKING AHEAD TO 2012–2013

OUR MOVE TO DUPONT

As of October 2012, Urban Alliance relocated its Washington, DC and National Headquarters to the Dupont Circle neighborhood and is now located at 2030 Q St. NW.

Please come visit us!

CHICAGO UPDATE

Urban Alliance is pleased to announce its new region: Chicago, Illinois! This new expansion allows Urban Alliance to serve 70 students in five schools starting in the fall of 2012. Youth from Paul Laurence Dunbar Career Academy High School, Gurdon S. Hubbard High School, Marie Sklodowska Curie Metropolitan High School, Richard T. Crane Technical Preparatory High School, and Percy L. Julian High School will work with Chicago’s fabulous new staff to improve job and life skills to carve their own path to self-sufficiency. Urban Alliance Chicago’s Executive Director, Sandra Abrevaya, leads the team after working as Press Secretary for U. S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan as well as serving as Associate Communications Director at the White House. Formerly working with One Good Deed Chicago, Program Director, Jamie Brisco-Ricks, brings extensive experience in volunteerism and nonprofit capacity building to the team. Chicago’s two Program Coordinators, Leah Rietveld and Ricardo Hernandez, serve as the organization’s link between school partners, Interns, Mentors, and job partners while also delivering the job and life skills curriculum to Interns throughout the year. Rounding out the team, Montrischa Williams’ background in college access and underrepresented students will serve Urban Alliance’s mission well.

Pictured left to right: Montrischa Williams, Sandra Abrevaya, Ricardo Hernandez, Leah Rietveld, and Jamie Brisco-Ricks

BOARD OF DIRECTORSAndrew Plepler, President and Founder,

Corporate Social Responsibility and Consumer Policy Executive, Bank of America

Mary Menell Zients, Board Chair, VolunteerKaren Campbell, Vice President and Chief

Policy Officer, VerizonBruce Charendoff, VP and Associate General

Counsel, The Sabre GroupChristine Gregory, Former Executive Director,

Urban Alliance, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, University of Michigan Law School

Gary Ginsberg, Executive Vice President, Time Warner

Nick Kilavos, Former Urban Alliance Mentor, Vice President, Alliance Partners LLC

Tom Knoll, Pastor, First Lutheran ChurchKaren Leder, VolunteerColleen Lee, Real Estate Agent, Gerlach Real

EstateWinston Lord, President, Winston Lord

AssociatesMark McNamee, Director of Risk Advisory

Service, DeloitteChandra Pappas, Senior Vice President, RandstadAnna Powell, Community Affairs Manager MD,

DC & VA, Wells Fargo Philanthropy TeamMaura Vanderzon, Volunteer

ADVISORY BOARD—BALTIMORE, MDKristin Kosmides, Baltimore Advisory Board Chair,

Director, Corporate Citizenship, Legg MasonTheo Kuczarski III, Field Director, Northwestern

MutualDeb Hannon Silcox, Partnerships and Community

Relations, Baltimore City Public SchoolsZed Smith, Vice President, The Cordish Company

ADVISORY BOARD—CHICAGO, ILAmy RuleKatie McCormick LelyveldBrooke Stafford-Brizard

URBAN ALLIANCE STAFFSTAFF—NATIONAL TEAMVeronica Nolan, Chief Executive OfficerMeagan Carlock, Director of OperationsNicole Clegg, Operations ManagerWendy-Ann Dixon-DuBois, Director of OutreachTameka Logan, Chief Program OfficerJee Pae, Chief Development OfficerSean Segal, Chief Operating OfficerJazmyn Singleton, Director of Alumni ServicesKyle Storms, Development AssociateDan Tsin, Director of EvaluationMeaghan Woodbury, Chief of Strategic

PartnershipsAileen Xenakis, Development Associate

STAFF—BALTIMORE, MDCatherine Estevez, Baltimore Executive DirectorStephanie Amponsah, Baltimore Program

ManagerJack Corcoran, Alumni Services CoordinatorNatasha Muhammad, Baltimore Program

Coordinator

STAFF—CHICAGO, ILSandra Abrevaya, Chicago Executive DirectorJamie Brisco-Ricks, Chicago Program DirectorRicardo Hernandez, Chicago Program

CoordinatorLeah Rietveld, Chicago Program CoordinatorMontrischa Williams, Chicago Program

Associate

STAFF—WASHINGTON, DCNathaniel Cole, DC Program DirectorShanita Conley, Alumni Services CoordinatorKedrick Griffin, DC Program CoordinatorTyran Omary, DC Program Coordinator Samantha Palmer, DC Program CoordinatorNancy Washington, DC Program CoordinatorSherry M. White, DC Program Coordinator

THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING STAFF MEMBERS FOR THEIR SERVICE THIS PAST YEAR:Shukurat Adamoh-Faniyan, DC Program Coordinator, Khalica Boyd, DC Program Coordinator;

Timothy Evans, DC Program Coordinator; Kumera Genet, DC Program Coordinator; Eileen McKeown, Evaluation Specialist

www.theurbanalliance.org

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WASHINGTON, DC(National Headquarters)

2030 Q Street, NWWashington, DC 20009

202.459.4300

BALTIMORE, MD

1500 Union AvenueSuite 2100

Baltimore, MD 21211410.366.5780

CHICAGO, IL

29 South LaSalle StreetSuite 610

Chicago, IL 60603312.496.3300

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