SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICAN GOLDSMITHS

ANNUAL REPORT Fiscal Year 2008

May 2009 SNAG Annual Report Fiscal Year 2008

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. President’s Message 3

II. Annual Report of Giving 4

III. Treasurer’s Report 7 2008 Revenue 8 2008 Expenses Financial Performance 1998-2008 9 Reserves Analysis 1998-2008

IV. Conference 10

V. SNAG Publications 11 Metalsmith SNAG News Member Directory

VI. Outreach 12

VII. Nominations and Elections 12

VIII. Lifetime Achievement Award 12

IX. Fundraising Highlights 13

X. Educational Endowment 13

XI. SNAG Officers, Board, Staff 14

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I. PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

An organization’s annual report provides an essential purpose – it exists to inform the membership of what goes on both in front of and behind the scenes during each year of operation. It also serves to document important accomplishments, activities, projects, finances, and any substantial changes that have occurred. It is made easily available to the membership as well as to others interested in the organization. It becomes a record by which to review the past and chart the future.

Since the SNAG Board retreat in January 2007, the strategic plan has functioned as a guiding document in the development of our programs and services. It has served to give us direction through many decision-making processes. Additionally, many areas of internal restructuring and improving board service have also been implemented in meeting goals set forth in the plan. Most notable is that we have developed new areas of board oversight that include marketing and fundraising, clarity in board service and expectations in oversight, and improved communication.

Please take time to read through this Annual Report. An informed membership is a strong membership. The board of directors always welcomes your comments and suggestions, and is constantly trying to meet the needs of our membership.

Kris Patzlaff, President

3 II. ANNUAL REPORT OF GIVING

The SNAG board of directors sincerely thanks everyone named below for their generous donations, sponsorships and grants throughout all of 2008

$30,000 Meetings a la Carte Lori Allen Joanna Gollberg Windgate Charitable Metalliferous, Inc. Glenda Arentzen Caroline E. Gore Foundation Mobilia Gallery Gloria Askin Grannis Gallery Modern Postcard Kathy Aspinall Julia Groos $10,000 to $29,999 Komelia Hongja Okim Boris Bally Jane Groover/Taboo Rio Grande Kris Patzlaff (Board Banner Studio Gallery Member) Susan Basch Sandra & Louis Grotta $5,000 to $9,999 Velvet da Vinci Hanne Behrens Gabriele Haberland Jewelers Mutual Pamela M. Thomford Jamie Bennett Mackenzie Haiss Charitable Giving Fund Stewart Thomson Barbara & Arnold Susan Hale Rotasa Foundation (Board Member) Berlin Nancy Hamilton Leonard Urso Antonio Bernardo Jan Arthur Harrell $1,000 to $4,999 Kiwon Wang (Board Lois Etherington Robert S. Harrison Facèré Jewelry Art Member) Betteridge Carol Henning Gallery Nancy Worden Alden Blood Christopher Hentz & E.B. Fitler Elyse Bogart Barbara Minor Otto Frei, Inc. $250 to $499 Miriam Bonner Meiing Hsu Charon Kransen Arts 3rd Ward Jewelry Margaret Boor Mary Lee Hu Billie Lim Barbara Heinrich Amber Borner David A. Huang MJSA Studio Laura Boyd Chris Irick Tim Roark Susan Beech Judy Brand John Iversen Claire Sanford Jane Bohan Parker Brown Nicole Jacquard Savannah College of Petra A. Class Kathleen Browne Mickey Johnston Art & Design Lori Colina-Lee Amy Cannon Tom Joyce Sam Shaw (Board Betty Cooke Karen Christians Jessamyn Kahn Member) Maggi DeBaecke Lisa Cimino Linda Kaye-Moses Myron Toback Peggy Eng Cynthia Clearwater Jennifer Kellogg Todd Reed Inc. Arline Fisch Judy Clounch Janis Kerman United Precious Metal Michael Good John Cogswell Susan Kingsley Refining Melissa Huff Robert Coogan L Brent Kington Mary H. Klock Michael Croft Alice H. Klein & Bryant $500 to $999 Sue Hee Kwak Sara Jane Dehoff Clark Aaron Faber Gallery Betty Helen Longhi Aimee Domash Lanie Kodner Michael & Elaine Janet F. Maddox Dana Driver Stacy Koehn Bennett Gabriel Oflesh Erica Duffy Roberta Kraft Lois Boardman Sara Paulson Pauline Dupas Carol Kumata Karen Johnson Boyd Rosanne Raab Joan Dutton Charles Kumnick Harlan Butt (Board George Sawyer Jane S. Dyruff Linda J. Lewis Member) Christine L. Sundt Saul & Irene Ellis Marcia Lewis Susan Cummins James Thurman (Board Foundation Val Link Bill Gangi/Multisensory Member) Elsa Etcheverry Terri Logan Trisko's Jewelry Arts Lilly Fitzgerald Stacey M. Maddock Sculptures Walter Jost Michele Fox Jo Malik

KerrLab Leni Fuhrman Thomas Markusen $100 to $249 King's Ransom B. Eriksdotter Gendell David Marx Nanz Aalund (Board Kristin Lora (Board Seamus Gill Lyn Mayewski Member) Member) Angela Gleason Virginia McClellan 4 Rebecca McNerney Catherine van der Catherine Butler Caroline Gangi Renee Menard Schans Patricia Carlson Jennifer Cross Gans Bruce Metcalf Barbara Waldman Phillip B. Carrizzi Sue Pekarsky Gary C. James Meyer Lynda L. Watson Patrice Case Angela Gerhard John Paul Miller Diane Weimer Yuyen Chang Patricia Glover Charlene Modena Linda Weiss Simma Chester Aimee Golant Anne Mondro (Board Richard Wise Namu Cho Debra Lynn Gold Member) Cynthia Wright Sharon Church Stephanie Golden Clemmer & David Sylvia M. Youell Anna Clark Barbi Goldsmith Montague Sandra Zilker (Board Rachel Clark Ludgero Gomez Elise A. Moran Member) Thea Clark Joyce Goodman Patience Morgan- Stan Zisk James Cohen Diego A. Granizo Irigoyen Pamela Cole Maria M. Gross Eleanor Moty $1 to $99 Margery Cooper Margarite Parker Abdul B. Muhammad Alice Abrams Andy Cooperman Guggolz Kelly Nedderman Corey Ackelmire Sharon Cornthwaite Jennifer Hall Susan Nessel Eve Alfille Diana Coryell Sears Robert W. Hamilton NetCorps Joan Ashley Cappy Counard Joan Hammond Rita Newman Mary M. Atwater Gabriel Craig Douglas Harling Dennis Noecker Amy Bailey Kim Cridler Mimi Harris Susan Owen Wesley Glebe & Marsha Croninger Alexandra N. Hart Sheila Pamfiloff Christine Bailey Melissa Crowell Lora Hart Stelios Paraskevas Belle Barer Jennifer DeKoeyer Anne Havel Joan Parcher Nicholas Grant Barnes Crump Betty Heald Sally Pataky Shula Baron Jennifer Crupi Joan H. Hegedus Mary Hallam Pearse Rebecca Barton Jack da Silva Catherine Herdering Cynthia Pierce- Haley Renee Bates Marilyn G. da Silva Rocio Heredia Roberts Kim Baxter Erin Daily Carrie Herndon Alice Poggi Candace Beardslee David Damkoehler Mark Herndon Suzanne Pugh Jessica Beels Toni Damkoehler Neil Hingston Florence Resnikoff Carolyn Bensinger Linda Darty Annette Hirsh Marlene Richey (Board Harriete Estel Berman Janet E. Dash Susan A. Holcombe Member) Danika Bevirt Wayne DeSantis Anne L. Holman Richard Robey Paul Bickart Christine Dhein Susan Holt Peggie Robinson Nisa R. Blackmon Molly Dingledine Lonni R. Hopkins ROY Betty Blasdel Nick Dong Alex Horst & Chelsea Vina Rust Rhonda Bolden Suzie Donner Stone Helene Safire Pamela Bosco Joan Dulla Kim H. Howell Michael R. Schwartz Kelly Bowers Cynthia Eid Janet Huddie Helen Shirk Barbara Bowling Diane Falkenhagen Lindsay Huff Maria Silveira Alan Bremer Teresa Faris David L. Huffman Alburn R. Sleeper Melinda Manning Lisette Fee Lynne Hull Kiff Slemmons Bridgman Vincent Ferrini Susan Hunt Alberta Sonntag Stephanie Brohman Nina Fersen Fredrick Hunter Lin Stanionis Lola Brooks Christina Fischer Marianne Hunter Kathleen R. Stanley Morgan Brotherton John Fix Deborah Hutchinson Veneita Stender Autumn Brown Chuck Fizer Rob Jackson Donald Stuart Gail M. Brown Steven Ford/ Kathleen Janvier Lenore Sydnor Winifred Brown David Forlano John H. Johnson Francesco Teresi Maureen Brusa Barry D. Foti Melinda Johnson Rachelle Thiewes Zappellini Jessica Frenkel Barbara Jones Alice Van De Wetering Rebecca Burt Leo Fried Ling-Yen Jones Felieke van der Leest Dana Bussell Gayle Friedman Stewart Jones 5 Maryclaire Jordan Kirby McElroy Mark Ramsour Edith Sommer Joyce Karamas Robin McGee Tina Rath (Board Kye-Yeon Son Sali Katz Courtenay McGowen Member) Beth Sosin Henry Katzwinkel Susan J. McKee Regan Design Megan Speedie Robert C. Kemper Timothy McMahon Dianne Reilly Courtney Starrett Lanelle W. Keyes Margie Melby Anne Rob Sheana M. Stephen Madonna Kilborn Fae Mellichamp Maxine Rosenthal Susan Honora Stowe Betty Sue King Lynda Metcalfe Mike Rossi Nancy Jo Stroud Teri Jo Kinnison Christina Miller William H. Rothfuss Jr. Rebecca Strzelec Tammy Kirks Keiko Mita Lourdes Rufino- Donna Sweigart Justin Klocke Valerie Mitchell Maceda Lenore Sydnor Mark Knipe Beatrice Mladenka- Elouise Rusk Felicia Szorad Yael Krakowski Fowler Marne Ryan/Ryan Sherry Terao Chie Kudo Nancy Monkman Designs Billie Jean Theide Andrew Kuebeck Clare Morison Eric Ryser Katja Toporski Anne L. Larsen Dan Morris Jody Sahlin Jennifer A. Trask Jo Lauria Nancy Moyer Marion Sak Loretta Tryon Terrence Lavin Christina Mozer- Mary Ann Scherr Melody Tudisco Timothy Lazure Velasco Daniel Schlosser Sarah C. Turner Stanley Lechtzin Tom Muir Beverly Schnell Ryan Tuss Jon Lepper Louise L. Gary Schott Munya Avigail Upin Naomi Levinson Oppenheimer Biba Schutz Andrea Van Lenten Susan Lewin Michele Osborne- June Schwarcz Estelle R. Vernon Keith A. Lewis Lawrence David Schwartzmiller Andrea Wagner Charles Lewton-Brain Emiko Oye Beverly Seley Gena Wagner & Dee Fontans Basak Ozuygur Camille M. Serre Jonathan Wahl Linda A. Lingle Michelle Pajak- Christine Seubert Judy Wenig-Horswell Sarah Liron Reynolds Luana Sever Brenda Hollier West Deborah Long Bryan Park Jennifer Shaifer Gina Westergard Randy Long May Parks Victoria F. Shelar Diana Widman Ana Lopez Jody Petersen Sondra Sherman Nancy Jones Williams Heidi Lowe Irene Pierce Donna Shimazu Roberta & David Deborah Lozier Karen Pierce Hyeseung Shin Williamson Amy Roper Lyons Martin Pontbriand Lawrence M. Silva Carol Windsor Patricia Madeja Lynn R. Porter Marjorie Simon Rick Winslow Jan Mandel Isabelle Posillico Bess Siritanapivat CeCe Wire Elizabeth J. Markowski Peggy Potts Susan K. Sitzes Julia Woodman Glenice Lesley Anne Praczukowski Allegra Smith Daniel W. Wroblewski Matthews Barbara Praefke Jan M. Smith Sayumi Yokouchi Karen A. McArdle Jessicka Price Jo-an Smith Stephen Yusko Edward McCartney Linda Priest Anika Smulovitz Z Folio Gallery Paul D. McClure Sarah Pugh Eta Somekh

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III. TREASURER’S REPORT

The financial information here on pages 8 and 9, provides a picture of SNAG at the end of fiscal year 2008. That year began on very tenuous footing financially for SNAG, because of some older bookkeeping corrections that had to be made at the end of 2007.

At the March 2008 board meeting and conference, the Board of Directors implemented a number of initiatives which included dramatic budget reductions for the entire year and a redoubled focus on both earned income generation and fundraising. Through a combination of all of these changes, and a serious commitment to improving SNAG’s financial picture, SNAG was able to end the year in the black.

For comparison, at the end of 1998, SNAG’s income was $474,941 and expenses were $451,056. The surplus that year was $23,885. A decade later, at the end of 2008, SNAG’s total income from all sources was $890,268, and total expenses had grown to $820,506. The surplus in 2008 was $77,501, which helped offset significant losses from the previous fiscal year 2007.

You will see from the 2008 pie charts that SNAG spent 72.8% of the budget on its programming. The remaining 27.2% was divided between management and administrative (16.6%), office/travel/board (8.8%), and miscellaneous expenses (1.8%). In comparing these charts with those from 1998, we found that ten years ago SNAG was spending roughly 72% on our programming and 28% on its other expenses. In other words, the organization has grown proportionately.

TIME STUDY

The SNAG staff is two years into a three-year Time Study, tracking how much time each person spends working on each program, and how much of their time is spent on purely administrative matters. Then going forward they will continue to conduct an annual Time Study.

With data about how much staff time each program takes, future budgets and financial tracking will be able to convey a far more concrete and realistic picture of how much SNAG’s programming actually costs, separate from organization-wide administrative costs.

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1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Reserves $210,350 $164,322 $150,249 $159,149 $163,783 $178,106 $180,433 $180,433 $168,497 $40,239 $41,846

9 IV. CONFERENCES

The Savannah conference, hosted by the Savannah College of Art & Design (Lanelle Keyes and Bonnie Kubasta), was held in early March and drew 750 attendees. The conference theme, “Crosscurrents: Diverse Solutions in a Global Environment,” featured an eclectic slate of presenters and exhibitions.

Rio Grande again was the official corporate sponsor of our annual conference in 2008, and we thank them for their investment in SNAG. We enjoyed the support of many other sponsors, all of which is truly invaluable to the success of these events

The august list of event sponsors of the Savannah conference were: Savannah College of Art & Design, Otto Frei Co., Bill Gangi, Charon Kransen Arts, Myron Toback, United Precious Metal Refining, Facere Jewelry Art Gallery, Tim Roark, E.B. Fitler, Aaron Faber Gallery, King’s Ransom, Susan Cummins, Komelia Hongja Okim, Leonard Urso, KerrLab, Metalliferous, and Mobilia Gallery.

The always well-attended pre-conference Professional Development Seminar enjoyed its sixth successful four-hour session. The theme for the afternoon connected to the conference theme with “Crosscurrents: Navigating Towards New Markets,” and featured Bobby Hansson, Marthe Le Van, Megan Augman, Amy Tavern, Ivan Barnett and Heidi Lowe. The Professional Development Seminar was sponsored by MJSA and Otto Frei.

The coordinators of the 2008 Education Dialogue, Courtney Starrett, Rebecca Strzelec and Donna Sweigart, brought new enthusiasm to the content and attendance at this annual session for educators. They also convinced the Board that the Education Dialogue should be better incorporated into the conference program starting with the 2009 conference, and it should be provided its own line item in the budget, as of the 2010 conference.

We have commitments in hand to host conferences through 2014:

• Philadelphia in 2009 • Houston in 2010 • Seattle in 2011 • Washington, D.C. 2012 • Toronto, Canada 2013 • Phoenix 2014

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V. SNAG PUBLICATIONS

Metalsmith

The world-renown designer, Luke Hayman of the Pentagram design firm, spent all of 2008 redesigning everything about Metalsmith, in anticipation of a relaunch in January 2009. The specially constituted Design Review Committee was comprised of Sharon Church, Anya Kivarkis, Rachelle Thiewes, editor Suzanne Ramljak, and board liaison Sandie Zilker. They presented the final design to the Board at the fall meeting in Philadelphia, and the Board was very pleased with the outcome.

The Exhibition in Print in 2008 was the fairly esoteric, “Equilibrium: Body as Site” guest curated by Kate Bonansinga, and Rachelle Thiewes. It featured the work of twenty artists in the field, and its content generated quite a bit of discussion.

The composition of the Editorial Advisory Committee in 2008 was Sharon Church (chair), Kim Cridler, Ursula Ilse Neuman, Mija Riedel, Suzanne Ramljak, and board liaison Sandra Zilker. The EAC held its annual meeting in conjunction with the Savannah conference to save money in the budget.

SNAG News

The newsletter was transformed into an all-digital publication as of the April 2008 issue. It is now distributed solely through the SNAG website, with an announcement sent to every member’s email address as soon as it has been uploaded onto the site.

This is a significant change, many years in coming, which enables SNAG to fulfill a number of longstanding goals: to become all four-color, publish many more images, and get out from under all practical limitations and costs of print production, mailing and postage. Changing to an online publication is environmentally friendly and financially prudent. Each issue now contains substantially more information, more timely information, and better delivery than ever before.

In January 2008, James Bove became the Technical Editor of SNAG News. In the five issues that year, he secured terrific articles on casting; machine polishing and buffing; the Flex-I-Shaft Unit; alternative techniques in enamel; and working with bronze clay, submitted from a range of artists in the field.

Member Directory

The Directory also is now available only through SNAG’s website, in two different versions: one available only to other members and another one for the public. Members can easily update their own information online, and information received in the SNAG office is updated weekly. This new approach means the contact information contained in the directory never goes out of date.

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VI. OUTREACH

SNAG sponsors lectures at all SOFA shows, coordinated by Donald Friedlich. In 2008 the SNAG lecture at SOFA/NY was enamellist and educator, Jamie Bennett, coinciding with the first-ever retrospective of Bennett’s work, “Edge of the Sublime.” The SNAG lectures at SOFA/Chicago this year were the renowned German master goldsmith Michael Zobel, and the Australian metalsmith and jeweler Simon Cottrell. In addition SNAG sponsored its usual lecture, “Emerging Talent,” this time showcasing the art jewelry of rising stars Daniel DiCaprio, Caroline Gore, and Sharon Massey.

VII. NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS

Claire Sanford was the Chair of the Nominations and Elections Committee (NEC). Members voted for the president-elect, two Board members and one member of the NEC. Harlan Butt became president-elect, Nanz Aalund and Anne Mondro earned Board seats, and Bryan Park began serving on the NEC. Evan Larson resigned from the board, and was replaced by Marlene Richey to serve the rest of his term.

VIII. LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

In March 2008, during the conference in Savannah, Heikki Seppä became the most recent recipient of SNAG’s award, for a lifetime of exceptional service and achievement in the jewelry and metal arts field. Member Sean Gilson accepted the award on Seppä’s behalf. Beyond Seppä’s contributions to the metalsmithing discipline and education, he was instrumental in the early development of SNAG as a founding member in 1969. Heikki Seppä is also as a Fellow of the American Crafts Council and a recipient of the Hans Christiansen Lifetime Achievement Award by the Society of American Silversmiths.

The Award itself is the work of metalsmith Cynthia Eid, who won a design competition sponsored by SNAG. Her design is a stunning sterling silver vessel on a black marble base.

By ballot the membership voted to change the Lifetime Achievement Award provisions in the Constitution and ByLaws, to expand the reach and accolades of the Award beyond the traditional conference focus. Henceforth SNAG will dedicate its annual conference to the recipient of the Award with a brief ceremony. After the conference the recipient will then be published in Metalsmith and there will be a full-length illustrated presentation published on the SNAG website.

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X. FUNDRAISING HIGHLIGHTS

SNAG received a $30,000 check for general operating expenses from the Windgate Charitable Foundation. SNAG also received a $5,000 grant from The Rotasa Foundation to help underwrite certain aspects of the redesign and relaunch of Metalsmith.

The Conference Student Scholarships collected $10,710, with Jewelers Mutual donating $5,000, Todd Reed committing to $3,000, and the following thirteen SNAG members collectively donating another $2,710: Jane Bohan, Petra Class, Peggy Eng, Karen Lorene of Facere Jewelry Art Gallery, Michael Good, Barbara Heinrich Studio, Marne Ryan Designs, Gabriel Oflesh, Amy Roper Designs, George Sawyer, 3rd Ward Jewelry, Trisko’s Jewelry Sculptures, and Z Folio Gallery.

With this $10,710 SNAG was able to underwrite the Savannah conference registration fees for 43 students, each chosen by the heads of their respective jewelry/metals departments.

Fifty-seven SNAG members donated $1,500 to the Support Students fundraising campaign. This helps to defray the many thousands of dollars incurred by SNAG to discount all student conference registrations well below the actual cost of each person attending.

President Kris Patzlaff wrote a strong appeal letter sent out April 30 to all members, and she wrote a follow up appeal letter we sent out on May 30. The response from the membership to these two appeals was very strong. We received nearly $28,000 in unrestricted individual donations from 340 members. The average donation we received was between $75 and $80. As is normal, throughout 2008 we also received general unrestricted donations from members and subscribers who add contributions to their renewal payments.

We took a different approach to our large annual appeal this year, focusing on SNAG’s 40th Anniversary in 2009, naming the appeal the “Donation of Celebration.” We received $8,675 from 148 donors.

XI. EDUCATIONAL ENDOWMENT

The SNAG Educational Endowment was at $55,915 as of December 31, 2008. In 2008, the jurors awarded three $1,000 Endowment scholarship recipients to:

• Eun Yeong Jeong, Graduate student at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign • Soyeon Kim, Graduate student at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign • Robert Longyear, Graduate student at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

And the jurors awarded one Honorable Mention to Gemma Draper, Graduate student at Cranbrook Academy of Art

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XII. 2008 SNAG Officers, Board of Directors, Staff

Kris Patzlaff, President, P. O. Box 999, Trinidad, CA 95570, 707-677-3474, [email protected]

Harlan Butt, President- Elect, 2375 Wood Hollow Rd, Denton, TX 76208, 940-382-415, [email protected]

Sam Shaw, Past-President, P.O.Box 608, Northeast Harbor, ME 04102, [email protected]

Stewart Thomson, Treasurer, Alna, ME 04535, 207-586-6432, [email protected]

Nanz Aalund, P.O.Box 943, Bellingham, WA 98227, 360-778-3486, [email protected]

Kristin Lora, 36 Camino de los Montoyas, Santa Fe, NM, 505-471-5400, [email protected]

Anne Mondro, 2104 Pauline Blvd #306, Ann Arbor, MI, 734-332-0636, [email protected]

John Rais, 1063 Mohawk Trail, Shelburne, MA 01370, 570-228-1029, [email protected]

Tina Rath, 19 Ellsworth Street, Portland ME, (207) 409-0068, [email protected]

Marlene Richey, 13 Anson Street, Boston, MA 02130, (617) 435-7609, [email protected]

James Thurman, 915 Metz Avenue, University Park, PA 16801, 814-883-1943, [email protected]

Kiwon Wang, 526 W. 26th St. #704, NY, NY 10001, 212-229-9332, [email protected]

Sandra Zilker, 1212 Fairview, Unit G, Houston, TX 77006, (713) 807-1210, [email protected]

STAFF

All located at SNAG, 540 Oak Street, Suite A, Eugene, OR 97401

Dana Singer, Executive Director, 541.345.5691, [email protected]

Evangelina Sundgrenz, Conference and Program Outreach Manager, 541.345.5690, [email protected]

Tara Jecklin, Operations Manager, 541.345.5689, [email protected] f: 541-345-1123

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