Baseline and Data analysis for each region: provides a comprehensive analysis of the regions†status today across a range of
and sectoral diversity and/or clustering Skills & Education an analysis of the skills, educational attainment and education resources
NUTS III13 regions were used to facilitate systematic data analysis. Notwithstanding the arbitrary nature of these administrative regional boundaries, this study posits a role for
Technologies and Software. Other regions have potential to develop niche sectors, such as Creative Industries in the West.
and redesigning websites so that they are searchable by technology/capability and not based on a †research centre†promotion
The changing nature of sectors, high data volumes and information intensity, the increased use of graphics and video, interactive web
-sites, and increased †e†enabled service delivery and supports highlight its fundamental importance to all sectors and activities going forward
23 It is envisaged that the strategic regional approach would have a greater potential for impact, and
The pace of change in the Internet arena means that Ireland in general, and the regions outside of
25 Internet data transfer capacities are growing at a fast rate. Fibre or enhanced cable technology are
website (www. forfas. ie. For ease of comparison across regions, data tables are provided in the Appendix
Border The Border region, which has a population of 502,000 (11%of Ireland's total population) is an
Key Data and Statistics †Border Border State Average Dublin Unemployment (Q1 2009) 11.7%10.2%8. 9
used in its production †latest available data is for 2006 FORFà S REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS AGENDAS:
Electricity Upgrade local 110kv electricity network (NW in particular Water/Waste Water Address Water and Waste Water capacity deficits in
33 http://www. delni. gov. uk/workforce development forum final report pdf. pdf 34 CSO Population & Migration Estimates, April 2009
software) base and a growing creative sector and activities (including digital media This'combination'of sectors provides an excellent base for development within the
Key Data and Statistics-West West State Average Dublin Unemployment (Q4 2009) 11%10.2%8. 9
developing expertise in telecommunications and software development, and has a good base of medical devices companies
Key Statistics and Data-Midlands Midlands State Average Dublin Unemployment (Q4 2009) 11.7 10.2%8. 9
Pharmaceuticals, ICT (hardware and services) and Food (including functional foods), and 38 http://www. forfas. ie/publication/search. jsp?
ft=/publications/2009/Title, 4556, en. php 39 CSO Population & Migration Estimates, April 2009
Key Data and Statistics †Southwest Southwest State Average Dublin Unemployment (Q4 2009) 9. 9%10.2%8. 9
Restructuring HEI research websites so that they are more easily searchable in terms of technologies and their applicability †as opposed to by Research Institute/Centre
'Green'Data Centres Biotech FORFÃ S REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS AGENDAS: OVERVIEW, FINDINGS & ACTIONS 24 HEIS to consider work placement where students would take up opportunities in a
Upgrade N20 Cork-Limerick (Atlantic Corridor Upgrade N28 to Ringaskiddy Upgrade Bandon and Sarsfield Road interchanges on Cork
Upgrade N22 Cork-Killarney and Cork NRR Broadband Construct MAN in Mallow Extend Cork MAN
Environmental products and Services, Software and other Services, Food and Tourism Key Data and Statistics †Midwest
Midwest State Average Dublin Unemployment (Q1 2009) 11.4%10.2%8. 9 %Employment Growth 1998-2008 27%33%22
qualifications in the areas of Engineering, Manufacturing and Construction, Computing and Education 44 Dell plans to retain approximately 1, 200 people in employment in Limerick
Upgrade N20 Limerick-Cork Upgrade N24 Limerick-Waterford Broadband Construct MANS in Shannon, Ennis and Thurles
Other Advance Limerick Regeneration Key Actions (Extract) 45 ï§Develop the urban core of Limerick city in a structured and cohesive way,
recognising its importance as a key driver of growth for the region. This requires, at a minimum, a
Key Data and Statistics †Southeast Southeast State Average Dublin Unemployment (Q4 2009) 11.4%10.2%8. 9
a significant deficit and a formal application by WIT for upgrade to university status is
N24 Upgrade Limerick-Waterford Waste Water Address Waste Water capacity deficits in Wexford Broadband Extension of Waterford MAN
Dublin City is the core of the region with a population of 505,739 administrative area of the City council
the financial services, ICT hardware and the food and drinks ï§Educational attainment to third level is higher than all other regions.
comprehensive, efficient and competitive service to users and potential users. The DART Interconnector and the Luas Green and Red line link up are important projects for the
Key Data and Statistics-East Dublin Mideast State Average Unemployment (Q1 2009) 8. 9%9. 2%10.2
Its website presents a comprehensive overview of the range of supports available, enables on-line requests for meetings with relevant agencies
allow 15 finalists to pitch their business plans to the judging panel. Throughout the year, they
http://www. delni. gov. uk/workforce development forum final report pdf. pdf Information Portal for Business †Waterford City Waterford City Development Board along with the enterprise development agencies has
developed a website to provide a †one-stop†information portal for businesses. It is a good
http://www. h2onetworksdarkfibre. com/index. php FORFÃ S REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS AGENDAS: OVERVIEW, FINDINGS & ACTIONS
CSO, Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) Database Direct Figure A2. 2: Unemployment rate 1997-2009 %Source:
CSO, QNHS Database Direct (all Quarter 4 except 2009 which is Q3 0 2 4
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9 %ICTÂ Services 20%Financialâ Services 7 %Otherâ Services 5 %Otherâ Manufacturing 31 %FORFÃ S REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS AGENDAS:
CSO National Accounts, Database Direct Figure A2. 5: GVA per capita and per person at work, 2006 (â
CSO National Accounts, Database Direct 0 20000 40000 60000 80000 100000 120000 GVAÂ perâ capitaâ (â
CSO National Accounts, Database Direct Figure A2. 7: Productivity Levels as measured by GVA per worker (State=100
CSO National Accounts, Database Direct 1 1. 1 1. 2 1. 3 1. 4 1. 5
CSO National Accounts, Database Direct Table A2. 2: Entrepreneurial Activity by Region (2004-2008 Region
Monitor †Report for Ireland 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 State Border Midland West Dublin Mideast Midwest Southeast South
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Baseline Data and Analysis: Southeast Region which provides an overview of the region today based on an analysis of quantitative and
so that companies tend to outsource non-core activities or to offshore them to locations where it makes business sense.
enabled companies to manage multi-site operations across the world. ICT has been, and will continue to be, a key enabler for the remote delivery of services.
Within the business to business (B2b) sector, companies are responding to the disaggregated supply chain model, and providing services which had been
higher proportion of services exports, balanced with a core of high-value added 3 Forfã¡s (2008) Sharing our Future, IBM (2008) Drivers of Change, Enterprise Strategy Group (2004
Ahead of the Curve FORFà S REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS AGENDA: REALISING POTENTIAL: SOUTHEAST 4 manufacturing activities †although this is more immediately apparent in the city of Dublin
their core. The RCAS acknowledge the importance of gateways and their role as drivers of
and sectoral diversity and/or clustering Skills & Education an analysis of the skills, educational attainment and education resources
Data and Analysis for the region Figure 1: Factors of Competitiveness Overview †Population and Growth
of Technology (Iots) at Waterford and Carlow, Tipperary Institute & Carlow College. IT Carlow has outreach facilities at its Wexford Campus
The Iots have been proactive in terms of building relationships with industry, encompassing tailored delivery and development of courses, research collaborations and lifelong learning
the first of the Iots to establish such a cluster) represent a key step in enhancing research
The upgrade of the N9 in particular will enhance interregional connectivity and reduce travel times to Dublin.
and completion of the N11 upgrade as far as Wexford. Key investments in the electricity network are required to satisfy future demands, and the
application by WIT for upgrade to university status is currently with government FORFÃ S REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS AGENDA:
In the context of this sectoral convergence, core skills become transferrable across sectors for example, biology, chemistry, engineering, electronics, logistics and software;
and cross sectoral strategic collaborations and networking (regionally, nationally & internationally amongst firms and between firms and knowledge providers (HEIS, research institutes etc
software development provide a strong platform for future growth in emerging convergent sectors 9`A workshop for key economic stakeholders was held in Kilkenny on 9th june 2009
11 See http://www. teagasc. ie/publications/2008/20080609/Foresightreportvol1. pdf 12 Teagasc (2008) Towards 2030:
http://www. failteireland. ie/getdoc/d52161ce-06ca-4de1-aaf8-4bcca7b24a61/FI-oper-plan-SE-web
National Heritage sites can act as significant attractors to the region in which they are sited. The continued development and promotion of such heritage sites in the
region, of which there are many, should be considered by local tourism interests Internationally Traded Services (excluding ICT) 16
finance, insurance, computer-related activities, R&d, advertising, marketing, accounting and consultancy. In addition, there is an increasing level of services activity taking place within
generated a raft of new mobile investment activity in global business services (& global business services centres) to manage more complex global corporate structures and activities
16 ICT Software & Services are considered separately below 17 Forfã¡s (2008) Catching the Wave †A Services Strategy for Ireland
reflecting a core competency within the region that provides a basis for further growth and
industry is highly mobile and that Ireland needs to continue to invest to ensure the ongoing
to data centre capacity Foreign language skills will become increasingly important. However, the limited demand for language skills by the existing cohort of companies can result in reduced retention of
ICT †Services & Software A new environment has emerged for software companies globally in what has been called
†The New Software Economy†19. This new context sees a number of trends that provide both
opportunities and challenges for software companies, and for small and medium sized companies and start-ups in particular.
These trends include 18 Expert Group on Future Skills Needs (December 2007) The Future Skills and Research Needs of the
19 Enterprise Ireland (2009) Best Connected-Software from Ireland-A strategy for development of the
indigenous software industry 2009-2013 FORFÃ S REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS AGENDA: REALISING POTENTIAL: SOUTHEAST 17 ï¿
software ï¿Vendors responding to these demands by embracing new delivery and pricing models such as software as a service (Saas), infrastructure as a service (Iaas), platform as a
service (Paas; and software on demand ï¿The emergence of the networked value chain, a distributed business model where
different value adding activities are carried out where they can be done most efficiently and cost-effectively
The application of software technologies (such as Services Oriented Architecture †SOA Open source, Web 2. 0 and Mash-ups) are continuing to drive the development of new
applications and business models These trends are reflected through the phenomenon of †cloud computing††a now widely used
multiple customers using internet technologies. The pay-as-you-go, subscription pricing of cloud computing can enable companies (with perhaps vast IT systems built up over years) to
cut capital expenditure ON IT while maintaining high quality IT services ICT Impacts All Sectors: ICT today is more than an enabling technology.
simulation (training), virtual reality (architecture and design; it provides opportunities for new converged products and customised digital content (e g. ipod, blackberry);
The dominant activity in the region within the ICT sector is software development. However with the exception of the Sun Life Financial software development centre based in Waterford
activity is limited and small in scale. Nonetheless the region has important assets that have the
programmes in software development. In IT Carlow undergraduate courses are focused on software development, games development and IT systems
management. Its applications software and networks research programme (Gamecore) is one of four Centres of Research and Enterprise (CORE
within the Institute. Gamecore is focused on industry relevant research under a number of themes, such as networks, games engines and
development, and serious games for strategy sports & health Unum and IT Carlow The software development capabilities
at IT Carlow were a key attractor in the recent investment by Unum, a US
established a software development centre in Carlow. The company is developing a strong relationship with
Software Development unit at the Institute, and will also offer internships within its company in
pursuing the BSC (Hons) in Software Development at the Institute FORFÃ S REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS AGENDA:
WIT also delivers strong undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in software development. Based on its excellent track record in telecommunications software and
systems research, through the TSSG Group, it is the first of the Iots in Ireland to lead an SFI
funded Strategic Research Cluster (FAME †Federated Autonomic Management of End-to-end Communications Services. The TSSG€ s main area of research is communications software
services and it has developed strong expertise in the areas of distributed systems and service oriented architecture
With 160 active staff and students, the TSSG is a significant pool of specialist expertise within
approach, combining mainly engineering, computing and business, and seeks to achieve both academic and commercial excellence.
Cisco systems, Ericsson, IBM Telefonica and HP). The TSSG€ s commercial division has created also new companies which
have emanated from TSSG€ s research activity (spin outs) and has attracted also companies to locate some or all of their activity in Waterford with links to the TSSG (spin-ins.
companies typify the kind of activities associated with the †new software economy†and include: Nubiq †mobile website generation and personalisation;
Akruu †on-line billing and accounting services; Hasf6 †interactive radio; IMS-Stream †Voip solutions
software development and are developing strong relationships with industry within the region in terms of undergraduate and postgraduate course development.
The TSSG€ s deepening expertise in the area of future internet infrastructure and services and
activities where they have strengths and to outsource non-core activities (such as late stage manufacturing, clinical trials processes etc.
and competency in software development has seen also a growth in a variety of sub-supply and services activities serving the life sciences sector e g
Dataworks (Waterford based Irish software company providing manufacturing control systems), and Eirgen (Waterford based Irish pharmaceuticals company specialising in
availability of a utility-intensive strategic site in Belview outside Waterford City and other land-banks elsewhere in the region
s (2009) Health Life sciences in Ireland-An Enterprise Outlook FORFÃ S REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS AGENDA: REALISING POTENTIAL:
Serviced office/business locations, that enable companies to access core support services such as reception, secretariat, accounting, HR, facilities management etc
website to provide a †one-stop†information portal for businesses. It is a good example of
Map of Enterprise Agencies from †waterfordbusinessinfo. ie†website Enhancing Quality of life The Southeast has many positive quality of life attributes,
attracting and retaining skilled people, particularly internationally mobile skilled labour; and ï¿creating the conditions to foster
Again, the Iots in the region will have a key role to play in this regard, alongside FÃ S,
26 http://www. delni. gov. uk/workforce development forum final report pdf. pdf FORFÃ S REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS AGENDA: REALISING POTENTIAL:
internet to the majority of potential users in the Southeast region. However, †last mileâ€
remains of poor standard and requires upgrade. The N24 route has wider significance in facilitating logistics movement from the Northwest, West and Midwest
include relevant indigenous companies as demonstration sites on inward investment itineraries and encourage joint overseas and indigenous company participation in trade
HEIS and research institutes to provide information on their websites from the perspective of the end-user (including industry interests in research) so that
Consider developing a regional web portal along the lines of the existing Waterford City website at http://www. waterfordbusinessinfo. ie
FORFÃ S REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS AGENDA: REALISING POTENTIAL: SOUTHEAST 34 ï¿Harness the capabilities of the'new'highly skilled professional unemployed to identify
infrastructure upgrades. However, the following routes should commence at the earliest opportunity ï¿N11 (Arklow/Rathnew;
30 The Southeast Regional Authority have produced a report examining the need for an upgrade of the
Enterprise Ireland†s core objective is to drive export growth by creating and growing internationally competitive businesses and facilitating entrepreneurship throughout the
%Computer Electronic and Optical Products 1%Machinery and Equipment 9 %Transport Equipment 1 %Other Manufacturing
The IDA also provides serviced sites, preplanning approval and buildings (buildings are provided by the private sector on IDA serviced sites.
The IDA is developing a limited number of larger scale strategic sites that are intended to service utility intensive enterprise activity
e g. bio/pharma manufacturing, data intensive services Recent major IDA project announcements in the Southeast region
Company Sector/Activity Estimated Job Numbers Glaxosmithkline Pharma 50 Merck Carlow Pharma 170 Servier Pharma 155
Unum Software 200 Coca cola Beverages 100 FORFÃ S REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS AGENDA: REALISING POTENTIAL: SOUTHEAST 39
%Computer, Electronic and Optical Products 9 %Machinery and Equipment 5%Transport Equipment 5 %Medical and Dental
telecommunications) †especially where Industrial Estates and Business Parks are located ï¿Initiatives to strengthen the competencies and qualifications of the workforce
The Business Park has some Greenfield sites available for future development Wexford Business and Technology Park
The Business Park has some Greenfield sites available to suit both manufacturing and international services clients.
available) and Greenfield sites to suit both manufacturing and international services sectors Belview and Knockhouse Strategic Sites
Belview is a key strategic site developed by IDA Ireland to attract a cluster of cutting-edge
multinational utility intensive industries to the south-East. In Belview, IDA Ireland has assembled a 55-hectare (136 acre) land bank adjacent to Belview Port,
promoted as a key site for large process industry. IDA is working closely with Kilkenny County
serviced site The IDA have a further 2 sites totalling 76 acres, one site of 18.1 hectares (44 acres) and an
adjacent site of 14.2 hectares (32 acres) available for greenfield development in Knockhouse adjacent to the existing Genzyme facility
FORFÃ S REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS AGENDA: REALISING POTENTIAL: SOUTHEAST 44 Business Sites In private Ownership Southeast Bio-Pharma Park, Carrick-on-Suir
Southeast Bio-Pharma Park is a 129 hectare (319 acre) landbank under private ownership. It
is proposed to develop a bio-pharma park at the site Kilmeaden Fields Kilmeaden Fields is a 26 hectare (64 acre) site with expansion potential to 105 hectares (260
acres) in the ownership of Glanbia. The site has been zoned for industrial/commercial/office and mixed use.
Power, water and gas available on site Development Site on Outer Ring road, Waterford Development site of c. 8. 5 hectares (21 acre) located at Ballycashin, Outer Ring road
Waterford in private ownership has been zoned industry and technology and has 650 metres frontage to the outer ring road.
All main services are in the immediate vicinity FORFÃ S REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS AGENDA: REALISING POTENTIAL:
SOUTHEAST 45 Notes FORFÃ S REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS AGENDA: REALISING POTENTIAL: SOUTHEAST 46 Notes
WARN-Count in xref table is 0 at offset 597239 CONTEMPORARY EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY, 2015,6 (2), 113-125
Social media; Networked society; Mobile media Introduction Innovative uses of emerging technologies are enabling a fundamental transformation of the
networked through a dialup modem to a mainframe computer located in another building. The 1200-baud modem was slow by 2014†s gigabit broadband standards.
But in terms of speed and ease, it easily beat going offline and using keypunch cards to instruct the mainframe
Sometimes after a particularly productive day, the author paused in his research for a few minutes
it was free (Wikipedia, 2013a). Adventure had no graphics just words on an amber screen.
But it was interactive. The author typed commands that traveled over the modem and were carried out by his character†go north,
games collaboratively or competitively (Wikipedia, 2013b. And coming soon was something called a smart terminal,
or networked personal computer (PC)( Kline, 1980). These would enable much more, including graphics, sound effects, and multimedia user-generated content (UGC).
On the horizon was high-speed, always on network connectivity, or broadband. Even more distant was ubiquitous high-speed, broadband wireless, such as Wi-fi,
and the miniaturized devices courtesy of Moore†s Law to utilize it (Wikipedia, 2013c. But the confluence of these developments
would bring dramatic consequences to education. As David J. Helfand (2013) suggests, these developments laid the foundation for a third educational paradigm of engaged learning taking
wrote software for journalism and communication education. These pioneers were developing a wide range of creative digital learning tools such computer algorithms for analyzing student
writing and providing instantaneous user feedback in online media simulations. Wayne Danielson of the University of Texas applied artificial intelligence (AI) to create an early tool for generating
computer-written haikus. Others such as William Oates of the University of Florida designed and taught online courses and hybrid offerings of online and face-to-face courses.
In early the 2000s educational pioneers such as Ann Kirschner helped Columbia University create Fathom, a global
online learning experiment and precursor to today†s MOOCS Disruptive Innovation in Higher education Yet, none of these early digital innovations was fundamentally transformative or paradigm shifting
and user customized. But they did not disrupt the essential nature of education. These innovations improved the educational process
It is built on crowdsourcing. Learning is a process of mutual exploration and discovery between and among students and the person formerly known as the
Interactive, on-demand multimedia resources such as the Khan Academy enable students to learn the basics of any discipline asynchronously (Khan academy
of MOOCS integrate artificial intelligence and expert systems to provide student feedback and learning customization, the ability of these systems to function effectively is limited largely to
courses designed to advance subject matter mastery. They have limited utility where student learning objectives involve developing new knowledge, solving new problems, and innovation
3d printing, augmented reality and an early government big data initiative to build a digital 117 surveillance system today called PRISM.
particular e-groups software tool they used for online collaboration In this context, course management tools such as Blackboard and ecollege, at least as
digital technology, from algorithms to artificial intelligence. These will also help to resolve on a structural level the issue of academic integrity in a digital age
and mobile, wearable technology such as Google glass and cloud computing can overcome the constraints of place, time and content in education.
wearable devices such as Google glass, enables the use of geo-location to foster deeply engaged learning. School has long been bounded by space and time and the physical qualities of student
worth noting that more than half (56 percent) of adults in the U s as of 2013 use a smartphone
Among youth, the level of smartphone and mobile device is even higher (80 percent among the 18-34 segment, a primary college target group.
Notably, smartphone ownership is even higher among the Black/Non-Hispanic (63 percent) and Hispanic (60 percent) population
called geocaches, using a smartphone or GPS and can then share their experiences online†(Geocaching, 2014.
into their curricula through the fusion of augmented reality, big data and social media Augmented reality (AR) is a new medium of communication (Craig, 2013.
â€oecharacter marker†that would overlay information onto wearable displays (Johnson, 2012. AR involves the use of wearable or hand-held technologies to access additional information
Software such as Daqri 3d allows the reader of a magazine to point her or his mobile device at an AR enhanced image in the magazine and access the embedded AR
content. The National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois in Campaign-Urbana has developed a special AR-enhanced issue of its periodical, Access (NCSA
) The AR content embedded into the magazine includes a variety of 3d data-driven visualizations and animations to illustrate printed 2d scientific images.
Forge to improve computational protein structure modeling. †Students can use mobile devices to access the interactive 3d graphic and explore the protein structure in ways previously inaccessible
with Columbia University computer science Professor Steven Feiner, the author developed in the late 1990s real-world AR enhancements described as a â€oesituated documentary†(Hà llerer, Feiner
legitimate peripheral participation (LPP)( Wikipedia, 2014a; Wikipedia, 2014b. In LPP, students engage actively in the real work of a discipline under the mentorship of a faculty member with
expertise in the discipline. Students studying history, for instance, might use a variety of mobile devices to conduct community history.
wider use of mobile devices. Clickers, for instance, enable students to answer questions posed by the instructor during live class.
Moreover, learning analytics based on such data are increasingly being incorporated across digital learning environments. Mobile devices such as
smartphones or tablets can be used easily as well as clicker apps and other tools for active learning are widely available at low or no cost (Socrative, 2014.
This is a strategy to take advantage of many students†natural inclination toward ubiquitous and often non-stop mobile
Research shows big data analytics are an effective tool to enable the professor to make instant adjustments to optimize learning and further diagnostics
Wrote one Wow user, ††Given your advice, I†ve spec†d out the following talents†††(post#4109.29.
New initiatives are demonstrating the value of digital, wearable devices for providing improved access to educational content for persons with disabilities (Markoff, 2013
the near and far term, ranging from MOOCS in the short-term to 3d (or 4d printing in the long
artificial intelligence can enable real-time customization of learning as they are beginning to do with some MOOCS.
Merging 3d printing with AR experiences could transform learning. Students studying archeology might not only see a 3d animated version of New york City†s 19th century
The coalescence of learning analytics and artificial intelligence holds promise. Consider the case of Narrative Science (Northwestern University Innovation and New Ventors Office, 2014.
Narrative science â€oetransforms data into stories and insights through its proprietary artificial intelligence authoring system. †The algorithms the system uses are highly effective and have
attracted dozens of companies, including media enterprises, willing to pay to use the system to
The company†s ambition is for the algorithm to write every story for an audience of
news. Algorithm-driven news reporting and writing is already transforming a variety of journalism domains, especially where formulaic approaches are common.
activities that computers cannot, at least at this time. Reporters need to focus more on rigorous enterprise and investigative reporting.
and tested a videogame system to teach laparoscopic surgeons the skills they need to perform this delicate procedure.
video game that contained embedded in it physical and mental activities that helped surgeons perfect their laparoscopic techniques.
Based on this early experience, Rosser expanded his videogame protocol to other Science Technology, Engineering and Mathematics,
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