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Above and Beyond Employers Award

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In recognition of International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Workbridge recognises special employers who have gone above and beyond to show their commitment to creating a more inclusive workplace.

For the last X years, Workbridge has acknowledged employers who have gone above and beyond to show their commitment and dedication to creating a more inclusive workplace. The awards are presented to recipients annually on the 3rd of December which represents International Day of Persons with Disabilities. It is an opportunity for us as an organisation to celebrate the successful partnerships we have made with our employers and to celebrate the work they have done to make their businesses more inclusive.
Workbridge would like to thank all of the employers who have shown their support and commitment to a more inclusive workplace this year, in particular recipients who were selected for this years Above and Beyond Employer Awards. This year’s recipients were:
• Colonial House Motel (Northland)
• T8 Traffic Control (Northland)
• Spotlight Whangarei (Northland)
• South Pacific Meats Ltd (Invercargill)
• Enliven Resthaven Village (Southland)
• Care on Call (Hawkes Bay)
• Clean Team (Hawkes Bay)
• Napier Salvation Army Store (Hawkes Bay)
• Gisborne Volunteer Centre (Hawkes Bay)
• Alliance Group (Stoke)
• Starbright Cleaning (Blenheim)
• Tyres & More (Nelson)
• Spotless – Bruce McGregor (Nelson)
• AbFab Cleaning (Nelson)
• Talleys (Motueka)
• The Wood (Nelson)
• Sevenpenny Café (Greymouth)
• Bidfood (Greymouth)
• OCS Limited Whanganui
• Kaitake Golf Club Incorporated (Taranaki)
• OCS Limited New Plymouth
• Taranaki By-Products Ltd (Taranaki)
• Taranaki Property Services Ltd (Taranaki)
• Action Personnel (Palmerston North)
• NZ Post, Mail Service Centre (Palmerston North)
• Carter House Lifecare & Village (Te Puke)
• OCS Limited (Tauranga)
• Bake Shack (Mount Maunganui)
• Starex (Tauranga)
• Southern Woods Nursery Limited (Christchurch)
• Oak Tree Devanning (Christchurch)
• Trents Nursery (Christchurch)
• Paramount Cleaning (Timaru)
• Ritchies (Timaru)
• SkyCity Hamilton
• United Cleaning Services (Hamilton)
• Salvation Army New Lynn (Auckland)
• British Isle Inn (Auckland)
• Waitemata District Health Board (Auckland)

There are more than 160,000 disabled people living in New Zealand who want to work. Workbridge has a pool of jobseekers who are ready to start now. If you’d like to know more about the services Workbridge can provide your business freephone 0508 858 858 between 8.30am-6.30pm, Monday to Friday or email info@workbridge.co.nz. For all other ways to get in touch visit our website.

Media Release 27 December 2020.

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Jacinda Receives Maker2u Hamper

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(PR.co.nz) The Maker2u community, which is now over 470 makers, have put together a hamper of their unique Kiwi made products to thank Prime Minister Ardern and her family for the hard work and sacrifices she has made during 2020.

To show their appreciation, the community of small food, drinks and health and beauty entrepreneurs decided to pull together a range of their finest products.

“Jacinda has had an incredibly demanding year as Prime Minister and we hope that this hamper of beautiful artisan made products from all around New Zealand will help her and her family have a very enjoyable and well deserved Christmas break.” Says Suzy Hutton, founder of Maker2u.

“As soon as we suggested the idea of sending Jacinda a hamper, we were flooded with support from makers who are hugely appreciative of the work she has done. Our community are keen to show her our gratitude and also to share with her the incredible range of high quality artisan consumer products being made in every region of New Zealand. Many of whom are steadily growing into the large employers of the future.”

The hamper contains all sorts of unique Kiwi goodies for Jacinda to enjoy, including Christmas pies, wines, chilli lemonade, vegan organic pumpkin seed crackers, cold pressed flax seed oils, artisan gin, organic coffee, bone broth, organic kombucha, handmade soaps and lip balms, organic honey, organic mustards, jams, organic mueslis, mead, cider and even some free range Canterbury Eggs.

The products are all made with love and passion by Kiwi artisan business owners.

“The hamper will arrive with Jacinda on Christmas eve,’ says Suzy. “It has been a huge privilege putting together this gift of so many of New Zealand’s most delicious products. Particularly as they are made by a group of wonderful Kiwi entrepreneurs who create so many employment opportunities for others in their community. We thought this was a very fitting gift for a Prime Minister who has done so much for the nation this year.”

Media Release 27 December 2020.

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Tree Care Company Refreshes Website for User-Friendly Experience

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Source: Press Release Service – Auckland

With so many tree owners across Auckland wishing to access a variety of services, Tree Care Auckland decided to take a fresh approach. Rather than make people scour the internet for information, they made sure it was in one easy-to-access place.

Tree Care Auckland Managing Director Andreas (Rossy) Ross here said they wanted to ensure new and existing customers knew what services they could access through them, given that tree ownership could require several approaches.

“Our goal was to provide a more user-friendly experience, so our revamped website is far more intuitive with consistent site-wide navigation and labelled services to access quickly.”

Rossy said plans are also in the pipeline to add new content regularly.

“We know the world of tree care can be complicated. We plan on adding material to our website that makes it easier for people to make an informed decision about what they want to do for the health, care, and maintenance of their trees.”

By visiting www.treecareauckland.co.nz, visitors can explore the various categories such as Tree Survey Reports, Emergency Tree Services, and Arborist Services. There is also contact information to connect customers with an arboricultural contractor consultant near them.

If you would like to know more about what Tree Care Auckland can do for you, visit www.treecareauckland.co.nz, email sales@treecareauckland.co.nz, or phone 021 508 806. The team at Tree Care Auckland looks forward to welcoming new and existing customers to their fresh, new, and exciting website.

About Tree Care Auckland
Tree Care Auckland’s goal is to provide sustainable and effective tree care solutions that have you and your tree’s best interests in mind. Tree Care Auckland believes that trees are an essential part of Auckland’s landscape, which is why they provide a variety of services.

From tree service contracts to hedge trimming, gutter clearing, landscape planning, and veteran tree care, they do it all. Tree Care Auckland’s qualified tree contractors can’t wait to assist with your tree care needs.

Media Release on 21 December 2020

Media Contact
Andreas (Rossy) Ross, Tree Care Auckland
Email: sales@treecareauckland.co.nz
Phone: 021 508 806
Website: https://www.treecareauckland.co.nz/
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tA9n1EkWy5I

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Edtech company Education Perfect Earns B Corporation Certification in Ongoing Journey to be a Force for Good

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Fast growing edtech company Education Perfect has become a Certified B Corporation.

Education Perfect (EP), has announced it has joined a prestige group of 3700 companies worldwide to have earned B Corporation Certification (https://www.bcorporation.com.au/for-bcorps).

The lengthy and rigorous process to both earn and maintain the certification requires a holistic review of a business’ social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency, and is based on a vision of creating a community of both NFPs and for-profit companies committed to redefining success in business.

Alex Burke, CEO of EP welcomed the certification, and said that in the modern age, it remains important for companies to measure themselves not just by profit, but also business purpose.

“BCorp is a fantastic global initiative, which measures whether your business is taking real action in areas like community impact, environmental impact and customer satisfaction,” he said.

“I want EP to lead the way in NZ and be a global B Corp benchmark for technology, especially edutech, and making an impact.

“This is the first milestone on that journey.”

Externally assessed by B Lab (https://www.bcorporation.com.au/), EP’s certification, signifies the business has met the highest standards of the criteria, in a process that includes answering 235 questions, more than 15 hours of phone calls and meetings, 120 emails, plus 130 submissions of evidence and multiple business audits by BCorporation.

Certified ‘B Corps’ use profits and growth for the greater good and have a positive impact in the lives of their employees and communities, and on the environment. B Lab is a US-based non-profit organisation, with a regional office servicing Australia and New Zealand, serving a global movement of people using business as a force for good.

Its vision is that one day all companies compete not only to be the best in the world, but the ‘Best for the World’, resulting in a society that will enjoy a more shared and durable prosperity.

Society’s most challenging problems cannot be solved by government and nonprofits alone. The B Corp community works toward reduced inequality, lower levels of poverty, a healthier environment, stronger communities, and the creation of more high quality jobs with dignity and purpose.
By harnessing the power of business, B Corps use profits and growth as a means to a greater end: positive impact for their employees, communities, and the environment.
Education Perfect is one of only 66 businesses in New Zealand to become a Certified B Corp, joining companies such as Dignity, Kathmandu, Toitu, CoGo and Ethique.

About EP: Education Perfect (EP) (http://www.epforlearning.com) is a leading digital platform, enabling transformative online teaching and learning experiences to power the 21st century classroom. EP supports the engagement of students in online learning, provides effective assessment during the learning online process, and enables the collection and analysis of student feedback. With offices in Australia, NZ, and Singapore, and over 1.2 million students through over 4,000 schools, in 80+ countries globally, EP’s integrated smart technology enhances teaching and learning through curriculum-based content delivery and a ‘learner centred’ approach, improving learning outcomes and creating lifelong learners – for school, for the home and for work.

About B Lab: B Lab (http://bcorporation.com.au) is transforming the global economy to benefit all people, communities, and the planet. A leader in economic systems change, our global network creates standards, policies, and tools for business, and we certify companies—known as B Corps—who are leading the way. To date, our community includes over 3,700 B Corps in 70 countries and 150 industries, over 8,000 benefit corporations, and more than 100,000 companies manage their impact with the B Impact Assessment and the SDG Action Manager.

Media Release on 12 December 2020

Media enquiries:
Education Perfect – Alana Fisher-Chejoski alana.fisherchejoski@thebigsmoke.com.au
B Lab / B Corp – frontdoor@bcorporation.com.au

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Connect NZ Celebrates 50,000th Xero Conversion

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Driven by their need to adapt to the “new normal,” New Zealand businesses are increasingly moving to the cloud. According to Global Newswire, the international cloud computing market is expected to grow from USD 371 Billion to USD8 32 billion over the next four years.

“For accounting professionals in particular, enabling clients to access quality data from anywhere has increasingly become a priority, hence the uptick in the number of Xero migration projects we’ve seen this year,” says Account and services manager Barry White.

“A lot of firms who have been putting it off due to time or cost are finding that they really can’t put it off any longer. Making matters more urgent is the closure of Banklink an older technology bank data transfer software requiring firms to upgrade. Connect is helping these businesses get it done quickly, cost-effectively, and efficiently, and we even have the capacity to perform migration work while people are away on Christmas holiday, to minimise business interruption.”

Xero’s portability and versatility has made it popular among Connect NZ’s clients: It can be accessed remotely using any browser or device, negating the need to install software. Data is stored remotely on secure servers, which reduces IT operating costs while protecting businesses from data loss and cyber attacks, another growing industry concern, as evidenced by attacks on New Zealand’s stock exchange earlier this year.

With 800 fully trained accountants on staff, Connect NZ’s migration specialists are uniquely qualified to manage the Xero conversion process seamlessly, freeing their clients to focus their efforts on more profitable areas such as advisory services, consulting, and new business development.

“We’re very pleased to have 50,000 Xero migrations under our belt and look forward to doing 50,000 more!” says Barry. “All you need to do is arrange for a remote login for the Connect team to enter your systems, and we take it from there.”

About Connect NZ
Connect NZ is a multinational outsourced accountancy practice with offices in New Zealand, Australia and Mohali. A Xero strategic partner, we specialise in compliance work, including annual financial reports and GST returns. Connect NZ employs over 800 trained accountants.
For more information, visit https://connectoutsourcing.co.nz/

Media Release on 8 December 2020

Media Contact
Barry White CPA, Client Liaison
Phone: 0800 737 687
Email: info@connectoutsourcing.co.nz
Website: https://connectoutsourcing.co.nz/

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Small Business owners who are disabled get a helping hand to grow digital

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Small business owners who are disabled can get help growing their digital capacity, thanks to a new pilot initiative operated by Workbridge and funded by the Department of Internal Affairs.

Grow Digital works with disabled people running a small to medium enterprise (SME) to develop a plan specific to their business to encourage digital growth.

Grow Digital can also assist businesses who are not owned by disabled people but who employ a majority of disabled staff.

Workbridge’s Chief Executive, Jonathan Mosen, says working for oneself is an option many disabled people think about, and that’s even more the case in a tougher labour market.

“As a disabled person who has run my own business in the past, I know the many benefits of doing so. We can work at a pace and in a manner that works for our individual needs, and there are fewer attitudinal barriers to overcome,” he says.

“Some disabled people need assistive technology to help with their digital presence, for example if they can’t see the screen or use a keyboard,” says Mosen. “Choosing the right technology can feel daunting, and that’s one of the ways we can help”.

“Others may need assistance finding resources to get set up to sell their products online, find a business mentor, or even gain cost-effective access to a computer or Internet connection. Grow Digital is here to facilitate the success of disability-driven small businesses with tailored advice offered through a disability lens. It’s a ground-breaking initiative and we’re proud to have been selected by DIA to deliver the service.

“Working to close digital inclusion gaps, like digital skills, needs really good partners. Workbridge can really make a difference in this community, and we are excited to see what Grow Digital can do.” says Dianne Patrick, Programme Lead for Digital Inclusion at DIA.

The service is free to access. Small business owners who are disabled or who have a majority of disabled staff can learn more and apply by visiting http://GrowDigital.co.nz

The announcement comes on the UN-declared International Day of Disabled Persons, the theme of which this year is “Building Back Better: toward a disability-inclusive, accessible and sustainable post COVID-19 World”.

Media Release on 3 December 2020

Media Contact
Jonathan Mosen, Workbridge Inc
Email: jonathanm@workbridge.co.nz
Phone: 021466736
Website: http://GrowDigital.co.nz

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Boxfish Research Record Breaking Underwater Depth Range

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Today, Boxfish Research announces record breaking depth range during its latest deep sea mission in New Zealand. This is the first underwater deployment conducted by a small, battery-operated remotely operated vehicle (ROV) to reach 710 meters, exceeding the industry standard.

The Boxfish ROV is used by many customers worldwide, and in industries including: biosecurity, marine science, assets inspection, cinematography and more.

The Boxfish R&D team tested various configurations before the mission took place to ensure that the ROV could reach the seafloor below 700 meters within 15 minutes, by which it did! During the survey, 4K uncompressed video of the ocean floor was collected and recorded by the surface external video recorder, allowing quick review of the footage, providing higher quality video recording and allowing long missions to be recorded.

“We pride ourselves in creating an ROV that is easy to operate, setup, and deploy to depths that only work-class ROVs can reach, and that our customers are satisfied with the end result,” says Ben King, Co-Founder, Boxfish Research. “Deployments such as this one require a fast and easy to use underwater drive, making the Boxfish ROV the perfect solution for this mission.”

The Boxfish ROV is designed to withstand harsh underwater environments, boasting 14 hours of battery life and up to 17,000 lumen lights for unparalleled vision in dark environments. The team proved that a survey of more than 3km in significant cross currents was possible at this depth on a single battery charge.

The Boxfish ROV also offers the unique capability of six degrees of freedom of movement due to its eight 3D-vectored thrusters and stabilisation system, and is the only vehicle of its size and class to deliver uncompressed 4K UHD video. The Boxfish team also deployed the Boxfish 360 to the same depths. The Boxfish 360 is the only 360 professional underwater camera with depth rating up to 1,000 meters and recording time up to 4 hours.

The latest record breaking depth range conducted by Boxfish now sets the standard for all future deep sea deployments, spanning across various industries worldwide.

Media Release 2 December 2020.

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MICROPLASTICS ARE NOW IN OUR FOOD AND BODIES

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John Fisken is a third-generation animal feed maker at H.R. Fisken & Sons in rural Pukekohe, south of Auckland. When John discovered that we’re unknowingly consuming 5 grams of plastic a week – that’s like eating a credit card – he decided it was time to act.

John said:
“I read that micro plastic particles are now showing up in our food, our bodies* and our pets. That sounded serious and I set about researching it. I discovered that not only is microplastic contamination now in all our major organs, but the chemicals in the plastic in our bodies may well be damaging to our health. What’s more, scientists worry that the plastic particles in our bodies could turn out to be carcinogenic irritants, like asbestos. I don’t want to leave that legacy to leave to my children and their children. So I decided to take action on our plastic bags!”

Animal feed in NZ is a large industry, feeding calves, horses, chickens, birds, goats and other animals. Most packaged feed – except from Fiskens – comes in plastic bags. That’s tens of millions of polypropylene bags a year. These bags often have a shiny coating to enable printing colourful images and branding. Marketers love them. But our environment doesn’t. These bags break down into tiny microplastic particles and that cause massive problems. The particles are damaging to most life forms – from humans to pets to fish.

Plastic in Our Food
These tiny plastic particles are now in our water, in the air and even in our food chain. What’s worse, plastic feed bags – polypropylene – have been difficult to recycle, especially in large numbers. But – recycling isn’t really that helpful as it just keeps plastic in our environment for longer. It doesn’t reduce the amount of plastic in our environment. Recycled plastic in our environment continues to break down into tiny micro-particles.

John Fisken added:
”We’ve been making feed for horses, chickens, calves and goats since 1957.
Back then, my grandfather used natural, recyclable, bio-degradable hessian bags for our feed and an entire industry sprang up devoted to collecting, washing and re-selling the bags. Green before their time! Then plastic bags came along. They were so much cheaper that they took the entire market.
The hessian bag industry vanished. Even now, plastic is cheapest – our new paper bags cost us twice as much as plastic bags.”

Another Green Inspiration
One day last summer, John Fisken was standing outside looking at his feed mill, and he was struck by the size of the roof area. An idea started forming – how to harness all that roof space and all that sunshine. He’s just installed Solar Panels – 200 of them! NZ’s first Solar-Powered stockfeed manufacturer! With enough surplus to feed back to the national grid.

Sunshine Energy
John said: “On a sunny day, our new solar panels generate more than 4X the power used by the average NZ household. That’s enough electricity to produce our feed AND send some to the national grid – we’re a net electricity generator! And it’s all clean, renewable energy.

We’ve set up a cool digital display in the Shop Entrance. People can see in real time the power being generated by the sun and our atmospheric CO2 emission savings, compared to conventional power.”

Fiskens Feeds in paper bags are available from Fiskens in Pukekohe, online and from feed and farm supply stores around NZ – https://hrfisken.co.nz/

Media Release on 1 December 2020

Media Contact
John Fisken, HR Fisken and Sons Ltd
Email: john@hrfisken.co.nz
Phone: 021 638 864
Website: https://hrfisken.co.nz/

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Lung Cancer Awareness Month

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Lung Cancer Awareness Month
Morbidity and premature death from cancer results in healthcare spending and lost productivity. The economic burden of cancer is substantial in all countries and this can be reduced by prevention, early detection and innovating more cost-effective and effective cancer treatments. In US 2017 estimated cancer healthcare cost was approximately US$161.2 billion similarly in EU, the estimated cancer healthcare was Euro 57.3 billion

Lung cancer is the most common malignancy and the leading cause of cancer death globally. Lung cancer incidence and mortality are highest among socioeconomically deprived individuals. There were 2 million new cases in 2018 and lung cancer is the most common cancer occurring in men and third most commonly occurring cancer in women.

The leading preventable cause of cancer worldwide is the use of tobacco. It is estimated that 1.3 billion people use tobacco products worldwide and most of them smoke cigarettes. Several other uses of tobacco products include pipes, cigars, snuff, chewing tobacco.

Other established causes of lung cancer are environmental exposures to environmental carcinogens such as asbestos, crystalline silica, radon, heavy metals, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
A history of previous lung disease such as pneumonia, tuberculosis, bronchitis, and emphysema are associated with an increased risk of lung cancer.
According to the world cancer research fund report on diet nutrition, physical activity and lung cancer published in 2017 and revised in 2018:
Findings on lung cancer
There is strong evidence that:
• Drinking water containing arsenic INCREASES the risk of lung cancer
• In current and former smokers, taking high-dose beta-carotene supplements INCREASES the risk of lung cancer

There is some evidence that
• Consuming red meat, processed meat and alcoholic drinks might increase the risk of lung cancer
• In current smokers and former smokers, consuming vegetables and fruit might decrease the risk of lung cancer
• Consuming foods containing retinol, beta-carotene or carotenoids might decrease the risk of lung cancer
• In current smokers, consuming foods containing vitamin C might decrease the risk of lung cancer
• In people who have never smoked, consuming foods containing isoflavones (constituent of plants with oestrogen-like properties) might decrease the risk of lung cancer
• Being physically active might decrease the risk of lung cancer

Cancer prevention recommendations
• Be a healthy weight
• Be physically active
• Eat a rich diet in wholegrains, vegetables, fruits, and beans
• Limit consumptions of processed foods high in fat, starches, and sugars
• Limit consumption of red and processed meat
• Limit consumptions of sugary drinks
• Limit consumption of alcohol
• Not smoking and avoiding exposure to tobacco and excess sun are also important in reducing cancer risk

Media Release 28 November 2020.

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Northcote’s community purpose being served with support from local property consultancy company

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The Property Group Limited (TPG) is providing Harbourside Church a fully integrated property consultancy service from strategy formulation through to project delivery and implementation of a new space. The Church was previously located a few blocks away from the new site, on the harbour’s edge, also on Auckland’s North Shore. According to General Manager Mac Andrae, the old Church site, which will now give space to a new development of hundreds of apartments, had served as the Church facility for over 30 years and had reached the end of its useful life. “Harbourside Church has a strong community outreach and was looking for a place that would meet all of our needs and still leave a positive legacy to society, where the community could gather and where generations to come could be fed and cared for.”

HARBOURSIDE CHURCH CONCEPT
TPG selected and negotiated the acquisition of a strategically located development site from the Warehouse Group Limited that meets all the development’s requirements, including quality public transport routes on its doorstep. TPG also managed to deliver the carpark prior to completion of the building, which currently serves both as a parking space for the public and as a source of income for the Church.

HARBOURSIDE CONSTRUCTION SITE
The project now is in stage 2 of 3 stages and the building is starting to take shape, with key spaces already able to be visualised.

To find out more about this project or other projects TPG has helped deliver across New Zealand visit propertygroup.co.nz, or email enquiries@propertygroup.co.nz.

About The Property Group Limited
The Property Group Limited (TPG) is New Zealand’s largest independent specialist property consultancy, with 13 offices nationwide. They are proud to offer end-to-end property, planning, and development advice to enable clients to make decisions that add value to their business. From the north to the south, TPG has a variety of experts who are dedicated to providing a full property package.

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Media Release on 27 November 2020

Media Contact
Customer Service Team, The Property Group (TPG)
Email: enquiries@propertygroup.co.nz
Phone: 044706105
Website: https://www.propertygroup.co.nz/
Video: https://www.propertygroup.co.nz/news/get-to-know-tpg/

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