2013 SAN DIEGO BUSINESS JOURNAL

SAN DIEGO BUSINESS JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT

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AWARDS Letter From The San Diego Business Journal Welcome to the 2013 Innovation Awards supplement. When we in the pages of this publication. Winners were chosen in a broad launched our inaugural program last year, we knew that San Diego range of categories for their unique contributions in fields from was a wellspring of entrepreneurial talent. But as our program has and technology to finance and medical research. grown, the true depth and global reach of our region’s pioneering Our special awards reception was held at the scenic Scripps Seaside scientists, software designers, product innovators and visionaries has Forum on Tuesday, June 18. Support for the event and supplement become even more revealing. includes title sponsors HISCOX and Silvergate Bank, along with Imagination meets motivation in San Diego’s inventive genius gold sponsor ESET North America. Our great thanks go to our which includes life-changing creations from revolutionary cancer judges and sponsors for their support. YOU’RE INNOVATIVE treatment protocols to improved aviation safety systems to high tech dog monitoring. And, the region itself has become an ideal incubator for startups and established corporations branching into AND SO ARE WE. new endeavors. Highlighting these business trailblazers and their hard work has been an ongoing focus of the San Diego Business Journal. At our awards event and in these supplement pages, we continue to recognize individuals and companies who demonstrate how the innovative spirit drives business growth and economic development. We would like to thank our panel of judges, Karen Brassfield, Armon Mills Gerald Ellison and Reo Carr, who reviewed 103 finalists highlighted President & Publisher

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JUDGES At Silvergate Bank, we know growing your business means you need customized banking solutions from a trusted banking partner. That’s why we’ve Gerald Ellison redefined the banking experience to be Karen F. Brass eld Vice President fresh, approachable and innovative. Executive Vice Reo Carr of Information President/Chief Executive Editor Technology Banking Of cer San Diego ESET North Count on Silvergate Bank for: Silvergate Bank Business Journal America – Creative, competitive products and services – Personal one-on-one attention Karen Brassfield joined Silvergate Bank in March Reo Carr is the Executive Editor of the San Gerald Ellison is the vice president of Information – Experienced small business banking experts 2006 with more than 30 years banking experience Diego Business Journal, San Diego’s leading business Technology at ESET North America. Since joining in the San Diego market. Her diverse background newspaper. ESET in 2005, Ellison has helped the company – Convenient deposits from your office with Office Deposit includes accounting, strategic planning, branch As Executive Editor, Carr oversees overall news grow from 20 people to 200 and built the company’s and production operations for the Journal including – Resources and capital to serve your operations, retail banking sales and service, data IT infrastructure from the ground up. During business over time processing, business banking, human resources, all print and online news reporting. He also leads ESET’s growth, Ellison has been responsible for regulatory compliance and check processing. Prior and moderates many of the panels, programs and the development and control of the installation – Fast local decision-making to her position at Silvergate, Brassfield was chief events hosted by the Journal. and maintenance of systems control software, administrative officer for San Diego National Bank, a A journalist for more than 25 years, Carr has adopting and incorporating many technologies like Business Banking, Redefined. $2.3 billion asset bank where she managed the growth focused his career on business reporting and edit- virtualization, blade and thin computing, VDI, and of the retail bank from $900 million in deposits to ing. The newspapers he has lead as an editor and “”, a software delivery model over $2 billion in deposits. This included expansion publisher have won numerous local, regional and in which software and associated data are centrally of the branch system from 12 to 21 locations. Prior national awards for editorial excellence, political hosted on the cloud, to address IT’s ever-changing to San Diego National Bank, Brassfield, was chief reporting and business news and analysis. landscape of challenges. financial officer for Community National Bank in Carr has been active in the community, previously Today, Ellison oversees a team of 17 IT Escondido, California, and chief administrative serving as Chair of the Board of the Sidney Kimmel professionals and is responsible for the company’s officer for First National Bank, San Diego. She has Cancer Center and the Chair of Fleet Week San information security and IT operations. Ellison’s 858.362.6300 also held the titles of chief information officer and Diego. He also has served on the board of the systems have enabled ESET to increase employee’s loan servicing manager. Flying Leatherneck Historical Foundation, United productivity by implementing a highly mobile www.silvergate.com Brassfield received a bachelor of arts in economics Thru Reading, San Diego Fleet Week Foundation, workforce. This highly sophisticated staff is the from Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin. the CONNECT Unmanned Systems Forum, and key to the success and growth of the organization. La Jolla, La Mesa, Carlsbad, Escondido and Lancaster. She is a graduate of LEAD San Diego. The Red Bull Air Race Host Committee. He has Together with his team, Ellison strives to solve and Member FDIC also served on several for-profit corporate boards remove all problems through technology. headquartered outside San Diego. June 24, 2013 INNOVATION AWARDS SUPPLEMENT www.sdbj.com Page S23

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At Silvergate Bank, we know growing your business means you need customized banking solutions from a trusted banking partner. That’s why we’ve Gerald Ellison redefined the banking experience to be Vice President fresh, approachable and innovative. of Information Technology ESET North Count on Silvergate Bank for: America – Creative, competitive products and services – Personal one-on-one attention Gerald Ellison is the vice president of Information Experienced small business banking experts Technology at ESET North America. Since joining – ESET in 2005, Ellison has helped the company – Convenient deposits from your office with Office Deposit grow from 20 people to 200 and built the company’s – Resources and capital to serve your IT infrastructure from the ground up. During business over time ESET’s growth, Ellison has been responsible for the development and control of the installation – Fast local decision-making and maintenance of systems control software, adopting and incorporating many technologies like Business Banking, Redefined. virtualization, blade and thin computing, VDI, and “software as a service”, a software delivery model in which software and associated data are centrally hosted on the cloud, to address IT’s ever-changing landscape of challenges. Today, Ellison oversees a team of 17 IT professionals and is responsible for the company’s information security and IT operations. Ellison’s 858.362.6300 systems have enabled ESET to increase employee’s productivity by implementing a highly mobile www.silvergate.com workforce. This highly sophisticated staff is the key to the success and growth of the organization. La Jolla, La Mesa, Carlsbad, Escondido and Lancaster. Together with his team, Ellison strives to solve and Member FDIC remove all problems through technology. Page S24 www.sdbj.com INNOVATION AWARDS SUPPLEMENT June 24, 2013 2013 WINNERS BIOTECH media. Besides providing a wide range of information about and-use solution via the Caregiver Web Application, a browser- the investing process and how markets operate, the site allows based dashboard, setting rules and thresholds to be alerted Carolyn Fritz users to interact with other members to find out what they are only when something isn’t quite right. President and CEO investing in and why. The site contains a virtual investment Allylix Inc. trading simulation system that provides members with $5,000 SOFTWARE www.allylix.com in Sprinkle Bucks, allowing them to create a virtual portfolio, and conduct virtual transactions. Once they’ve learned the Tracy R. Trent Allylix Inc. has carved out a promising niche in the $20 ropes, investors also can carry on real trades via a separate CEO billion flavor and fragrance industry by focusing on a class brokerage in Ontario, California. Poximetry of organic chemicals called terpenes. Normally found only www.proximetry.com in plants, terpenes are extraordinarily useful to humans, not MARKETING only because they smell and taste nice, but also because they Data transfer from machine to machine and network repel bugs, kill bacteria and reduce inflammation. But until Jon Carder to network encompasses a part of software technology that now, they’ve been hard to create chemically making them too CEO requires accommodating everything from a house smart grid expensive for widespread use. But the company has synthesized MOGL meter to a fleet of highly computerized aircraft. Proximetry two products, nootkatone from grapefruit and valencene from www.mogl.com rolled out its unique platform at an auspicious time. SDG&E was oranges in large batches, making the products affordable for testing the technology in 2007 when wildfires spread through fragrances, foods, beverages and other products. Allylix’s Solana Beach-based MOGL had already drawn attention a large portion of the county. Today SDG&E is a customer, technology began in the 1990s with founders Joseph Noel, a from the local technology and hospitality communities with using Proximetry’s technology for its smart grid system. structural biology professor at The Salk Institute here in San its software platform that combines a credit card cash-back Proximetry delivers network and performance management Diego and Joseph Chappell, a plant scientist at the University program with a restaurant loyalty campaign. MOGL now solutions for complex wireless ecosystems, bringing greater of Kentucky. In late 2012, Allylix announced a milestone boast more than 300 Southern California dining establishments predictability to mission-critical traffic in the wireless network beginning large scale production of valencene and nootkatone on its client roster. With a recent infusion of investor capital, environments. Proximetry’s software ‘airsync’ coordinates the which the CDC is testing as a natural tick repellent. the company plans to grow its presence on the West and East transfer of massive amounts of data over existing wireless Coasts with San Francisco and New York City among its networks, considering the available wireless technologies and CONSUMER PRODUCT target markets. The program works by signing up restaurant choosing the optimum one; keeping track of thousands of patrons for free on the MOGL website or through its mobile tasks; and pushing through high-priority traffic while saving Qualcomm Inc./ device application, adding information on the debit or credit low-priority traffic for later. The technology also has found a Snaptracs Inc. card they plan to use when dining out. When customers use perfect home in the airline industry where the need to transfer www.pettracker.com the card at participating eateries, they are issued 10 percent data from aircraft while on the ground from credit card cash back on those cards, through arrangements that MOGL transactions and movies to updated aeronautical charts and With all the innovations that have has with Visa, MasterCard and American Express. Customers crew logs, is critical. generated from San Diego-based Qualcomm, canine accessories also receive email notifications from MOGL updating them would seem to be an anomaly. But, the always inventive on how much they’ve spent and saved during the month. Cash MEDICAL RESEARCH company now helmed by CEO Paul Jacobs, went back to a prizes also encourage repeat business. The program also has product developed in the 1980s that married GPS and wireless a philanthropic element that encourages customer loyalty at Aladar Szalay communication, but this time the tracking is for wayward member establishments. When a customer spends at least $20, CEO pooches. With its consumer-product subsidiary, Snaptracs, Inc., MOGL donates a meal to Feeding America. Genelux it has introduced Tagg – The Pet Tracker. The heart of the www.genelux.com system is a wireless device that attaches to a dog (or cat) collar. MEDICAL DEVICES Setting up the system involves an owner using the Internet Genelux Corporation is a privately held, clinical stage and specifying a “geofence” where Fido is supposed to stay. If Jay Lichter biopharmaceutical company dedicated to changing the way he wanders, the owner is contacted via email or text and can CEO in which cancer is diagnosed and treated. The company has locate the escapee via mobile phone, tablet or computer. The Avelas Biosciences Inc. developed a proprietary virus-based cancer therapy to locate system with one year of monitoring is available for $200. (Avalon Venture Capital) and enter cancer cells before multiplying and destroying www.avelasbio.com those cells, all without harming healthy tissues or organs. The ENERGY/GREEN treatment is based on the ability of the virus to kill cancerous La Jolla-based Avelas Biosciences Inc., in conjunction with cells in tumors more quickly than they can replicate. GL- David Saltman researchers at UC San Diego, is working to develop a technique ONC1 is based on a re-engineered virus, which has been used CEO to identify exactly which tissues need to be removed during safely as a vaccine against smallpox. This platform includes Malama Composites oncology surgery. The core research comes from Roger Tsien, a green fluorescent protein as a bioluminescent diagnostic. www.malamacomposites.com a UC San Diego biochemistry professor who was awarded Clinical trials are being held in Europe and at Memorial Sloan- the 2008 Nobel Prize in chemistry. This real-time diagnostic Kettering Cancer Center in New York. Malama Composites started out as a business developing technique, developed by Tsien and his colleagues at UC San new “green” material to make surfboards, but its owners soon Diego allows surgeons to detect cancerous tissue by injecting TECHNOLOGY discovered there are more lucrative markets for the product a fluorescent protein fragment into a patient’s bloodstream. made primarily from plants. The 2-year-old business was The aim is to decrease time spent on the operating table, Gerry Block launched when founder Ned McMahon, then working as a and potentially decrease the need for secondary operations, CEO surfboard shaper (carving outboards), was forced to look radiation and chemotherapy. The technology has several Sandel Avionics Inc. elsewhere for the polyurethane foam material used as the applications from detecting cancerous lymph nodes to www.sandel.com main building source of boards when the main source for the discerning cancerous lesions in colon cancer long before they product closed its doors. The foam is innately a hazardous are visible through a colonoscopy. With pressure to reduce Piloting a helicopter can be a tricky business. Instruments material and can’t be recycled, posing a health threat to those medical costs and improve patient outcomes, the process will can often give false alarms about perceived dangers such as who work with it. McMahon found a soy-based material and be a welcome addition. power lines and mountain peaks. Sandel Avionic Inc. has re- created a new type of rigid polyurethane foam with the same engineered the TAWS or terrain awareness and warning strength, but nontoxic and biodegradable. Branching out MOBILE DEVICE system, installed in most choppers that produces fewer from surfboard usage, the new product, AinaCore, has great “nuisance alerts”. Sandel’s HeliTAWS allows a pilot to select insulating properties, making it attractive as a home energy Kian Saneii the sensitivity of the device which shows obstacles on a video reducing product. Wind turbines blades, furniture, water craft CEO display similar to a car’s GPS. Adding to the reliability of the equipment and air cargo containers also utilize the product. Independa, Inc. system, Sandel has compiled a database of all the power lines Mercedes-Benz used the material, replacing wood, to create its www.independa.com in the U.S. as well as other wire hazards which is incorporated model cars. into the system (a major concern for heli-pilots). HeliTAWS Aging in place has become the new criteria in caring for has attracted consumers such as Sikorsky Aircraft and the FINANCE seniors. With studies confirming that the longer an aging maker of the Black Hawk helicopter. With offices in Vista and parent stays in their familiar environment, the longer they will technical support facility in North Carolina, Sandel is now Alexander Wallin thrive. So the caregiver market in the U.S. has grown rapidly to consulating with other governments to compile a database of CEO fill this need as many adult children find themselves in the role wires for systems sold internationally. SprinkleBit along with trained health care professionals. Independa offers www.sprinklebit.com leading technology-enabled independent-living solutions for the elderly. Independa’s integrated cloud care services enable SprinkleBit was inspired by a simple idea: to make the organizations and individuals to cost-effectively help the financial markets more accessible and easier to understand for elderly remain independent longer. The company provides a suite of solutions, including comprehensive social-engagement individual investors. The San Diego “social investing” startup, Supplement Facts aims to give investors the tools to make smarter investment opportunities, medication and appointment reminders, choices, and ultimately, make more money. Alexander Wallin support for daily living activities, and wireless health, remote Associate Publisher...... Bob Baranski monitoring and safety solutions. Care recipients enjoy these Supplements Editor ...... Patti Anderson founded the business last year on the idea of broadening Production ...... Suzan Peterson access to markets for this group. 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CEO a nervous system. Videos and features help educate both Eclipse Breast Health Technologies Inc. patients and medical professionals about the various ways a Burckhardt Rueffer Offers the Eclipse home medical device that can be used muscle flexes or a neuron fires. CEO to help women detect questionable breast tissue. It would Beatbabel produce an image of the breast, which could be compared Max Camecchia Translates and localizes software, including e-learning to images from previous months which would alert a person CEO software, as well as more traditional forms of communica- to any changes. Accelrys Inc. tion. Develops scientific informatic software products and Ron Pitt service organizations that rely on science to differentiate Kevin Lustig CEO themselves on the market. CEO Ecodog Inc. Bio, Tech and Beyond (Assay Depot) A home energy efficiency and management company Mark Neilson A community life-sciences lab launching in July. The providing the necessary tools to reduce homeowners’ Founder “garage laboratory” concept allows people to meet and expenses and lower electricity demand. Accretive of San Diego collaborate on individual or group projects. Aids nonprofit organizations by identifying savings in Richard Strobridge for-profit businesses, then diverting some of the savings to Joe Drotleff CEO the nonprofit. Co-founder Entra Health Systems Breadcrumbs Provides integrated health care technologies that serve Kris Skrinak In development on a new app for Android phones to improve communication between patients, clinicians and President to track places visited and duration each day, and allow caregivers. Adaptivearc Inc. retailers to market one-to-one with those who use the app. Developed a “Cool Plasma Gasification” process which Todd Stout is used to turn non-recyclable waste into clean energy. Also Sanjiv Prabhakaran President manufactures efficient machinery for the process. President/CEO FirstWatch Bytes Inc. Turns raw data into meaningful information, helping Thomas Marsh Takes clients’ ideas for new products and services and agencies improve situational awareness, operational President translates them into state-of-the-art software. performance and clinical assessments by securely capturing, ai-one Inc. translating and transmitting information about 911 callers, The company’s product is Nathan, which is an artificial Michael Elconin patients and systems – all in real time. brain. The software is able to learn the task it has to CEO complete by being exposed to just a few examples. Nathan Cognionics Inc. Steve Harrington has uses in drug discovery, medical billing, social media and In development on wireless sensors that don’t require CEO cybersecurity. contact with the skin and used for ECG and EEC patient Flometrics Inc. monitoring. The new sensors eliminate the need for gels Developed a liquid cooling system, Cool-Flo, for com- Tim Caul eld and contact adhesives required by traditional sensors. puters to improve the efficiency of the platform. CEO AIS - American Internet Services Bill Nydam Jolly Backer Provider of computer co-location data center, cloud and CEO CEO connectivity services. Launched a software-as-a-service Cryomedix LLC Fresh Healthy Vending LLC geared entirely to the biotech and life sciences industry, A medical device company that treats health care Capitalizes on the growing demand for both convenient Title: —SDBJ ad | Trim: ." x ." | Bleed: none | CMYK / PDF / PPI called ClearCompute. diseases using freezing temperatures. healthy eating and organic coffee with vending machines. Bruce McFarland William Boyle George Weir President and Founder CEO CEO American Wave Machines Cubic Corp. George Weir Asphalt Construction Inc. Patented technology for its wave machines. Its latest Produces specialized military electronics including a Created a eco-friendly asphalt recycling and warm mix offering is a control system that uses Apple Inc. products. new scope (DCID-TALON) that reduces friendly fire by manufacturing process that helps reduce use of oil-based specialized markers. chemicals and cuts material and transportation costs for Kian Ong asphalt production. President, Co-Founder William Rice APP2YOU President/CEO Joseph Y. Lucisano Provides easy to understand tools to non- Cylene Pharmaceuticals CEO & President to create custom software. A clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing Glysens Inc. new cancer drugs to fight new cancer-cell targets. In development on a new long-term, fully implanted Ignacio De La Torre continuous glucose monitoring system intended to advance Regional Vice President Bob Akins the standard of care in diabetes treatment by improving AT&T CEO outcomes and lowering associated health care costs. Created a competition to develop the best local software Cymer Inc. application. Application writers must use some city-supplied Introduced the next-generation, leading edge tool using Toni Antonellis data. extreme ultraviolet laser technology for etching circuits CEO on computer chips as small as 20 nanometers, increasing Green Bellies LLC Jose Ramirez computer power. Developed a menu that meets student’s appetites, is Manager, Antenna Solutions Group healthy and affordable, and meets government guidelines. AT&T Services Inc. Christopher Calhoun Innovative system to handle the large volume of cell CEO Gail Naughton phone traffic bouncing around the venue where the Chargers Cytori Therapeutics Inc. CEO & Founder play. The 4G electronics take up a fraction of the physical Develops cell therapies based on autologous adipose- Histogen Inc. space that is 3G counterparts need. derived regenerative cells to treat cardiovascular disease Develops and supplies unique hypoxic-induced biomate- and other medical conditions. rials to develop novel products within the field of regenera- Jay Deady tive medicine and oncology. CEO Jonathan Lungerich Awarepoint President and Founder Sven Brauers Developed a wireless interaction-based tracking system D2 Realization Inc. CEO to help hospitals track equipment, location of patients and Specializes in high end mechanical engineering design Hydro ex Technology LLC health compliance issues and cut costs. and product development. Extensive experience bringing Using the best surfboard shapers in the industry, new products from conception to market. manufactures flexible board constructions and a patented Emily Sugihara 3-dimensional glassing technique. CEO Mike Mogul Baggu CEO Richard Stan eld Manufactures simple, high quality bags in many bright DJO Global CEO colors that are durable and fill many uses. A leading global provider of high-quality orthopedic Imagine Communications devices, with a broad range of products used for Offers new technology that produces better video rehabilitation, pain management and physical activity. Continued on page S27 June 24, 2013 INNOVATION AWARDS SUPPLEMENT www.sdbj.com Page S27

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Continued from page S27 2013 FINALISTS Scott Applebaum Dave Dutch Rod Turner President/CEO CEO CEO Multispark LLC Paylease Inc. Start.ac A California company that designs, manufactures, Created an online portal where rent and other payments Crowd funding website for businesses and projects. licenses, markets and sells a new performance spark plug can be made with electronic checks or credit cards to Combines ‘auditioning’ and advice to entrepreneurs seek called the PowerSTAR® which delivers more complete burn property management companies. funding. with less emissions, fuel savings, and increased horse power. Venkat Shastri Robert Reynolds Cahit Akin CEO CEO CEO PCN Technology Inc. Superheat Mushroom Networks Ethernet/IP networking company that provides Developed trading cards that feature pro skateboarders Created a TelePorter useful for sending high-quality machine-to-machine products and services to Automation and may also be used in a strategy game where players take streaming video in from the field, using multiple data cards. & Control customers worldwide. on the identities of action sport athletes. Garrett Smith David Felker Darrius Thompson CEO & Co-founder CTO CEO Nasseo Inc. Polara Golf Sweetlabs Incorporates proprietary surface modification technol- Uses the most advanced technology to create anti-slice Creators of Pokki, software that brings a modern ogy to enhance bone cell growth in a process called “differ- golf balls and golf accuracy products that helps recreational app experience to the PC, and OpenCandy, the quality ad entiation.” This leads to stronger bone-to-implant bonding golfers lower their scores and enjoy the game more. network for apps on the PC. and accelerated patient healing. Michael Nark Derek Smith Jeremiah Sullivan President and CEO Founder & CEO Founder Power Analytics Inc. Tesla Controls Inc. Neptunic Technologies Inc. Offers software used to design, monitor and manage Technology allows users to control a light switch Conceptualizes, develops, and builds advanced syner- micro grid networks. remotely using a computer and a browser. No special gistic multifunctional textile and material systems to maxi- software is required. mize protection from diverse physical threats. Scott Kerschner Co-Owner Kevin Flanagan David Jenkins Power Ten Inc. CEO CEO Service-disabled, veteran-owned, small business The People’s Movement Inc. Next Proteins Inc. providing professional, technical, engineering, and Creates eco-friendly shoes and accessories that often are Developed a low-calorie carbonated protein drink called information technologies, services to government and constructed from recycled materials. Xapp. industry customers. Larry Smarr Robert Nascenzi Cherry Park Director CEO Senior Director of Marketing The Qualcomm Institute nliven systems Qualcomm Inc. Part of a two-campus research organization at UC San Provides software solutions for health care, well-being Adaptive web design with content on Qualcomm’s Diego, with its counterpart at UC Irvine, the twin research and military family and social service organizations. website that morphs into a shape that best fits whatever units are collectively known as the California Institute for screen the viewer is using. Telecommunications and Information Technology, called Wes Bush Calit2 for short. CEO Jessica Hanson Northrop Grumman President Ken Tang Introduced a new spy plane called Firebird that is able to Rapid Fire Demolition/Construction CEO fly with or without a pilot and with a focus on intelligence, One of the first women-owned businesses to rehab Trex Enterprises Corp. surveillance and reconnaissance. It can also carry weapons. distressed and foreclosed homes on behalf of individual Specializes in cutting-edge technical solutions and prod- and institutional investors. ucts to improve performance across the electromagnetic Michel Kripalani spectrum. Adapted millimeter wave radar to detect foreign CEO Bill Raggio objects on airport runways. Oceanhouse Media Inc. CEO A leading publisher of more than 295 mobile and Rayotek Inc. George Dennis desktop apps for iOS (iPhone®, iPad®, iPod touch®), Provides its customers with a full-service facility that CEO and Founder Android™, NOOK Tablets™, Kindle Fire™, HP TouchPad™ specializes in engineering, design and manufacture of TV Ears Inc. and devices. precision sapphire, glass, fused quartz and fused silica Introduced several new hearing care products to help products. people hear better in different situations such as on the Belinda Coker telephone or at the dinner table. 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