John C.S. Kepner
Physician/Hospital Relations, Professional Consulting, Go-to-Market Strategy Development & Execution, Transactional and Legal

John is President of Fenway Health Management Advisors, L.L.C. (www.fenwayadvisors.com), a consulting firm providing executive healthcare business advisory services to hospitals, health systems, physicians and physician groups, with a particular focus on clinical service line development and collaborative ventures with physicians and payors. Mr. Kepner is also Chairman of The Leland Group, LLC which provides strategic, business development and capital formation services for emerging health care businesses which use new technologies to improve quality and patient safety. Mr. Kepner founded The Leland Group, LLC in 2005 with several other executives, including Leland White, former CEO of Main Line Health, Inc., in whose honor the company was named following his death.” Prior to founding Fenway and Leland, Mr. Kepner’s career covered 30 years of business and legal experience. He served as a Senior Vice President for Strategic Initiatives and Network Development and in other executive positions at the University of Pennsylvania Health System from 1993 to 1999. While at Penn, he was the principal architect of the Health System’s network of physicians, community hospitals and several subspecialty physician ventures. During his legal career, Mr. Kepner was a Partner, Executive Committee member and Chair of the Business and Health Law Departments of Saul Ewing, LLP, a mid-Atlantic regional law firm. John is a graduate of Wesleyan University (B.A.) and the University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D.).


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Joan K.S. Biddle
Market Research, Consulting Support, Marketing, Professional Consulting

Joan Biddle has twenty-five years of experience managing special projects for senior executives, turning strategy into results. Projects are typically of a sensitive nature, cross functional lines and require creativity in determining a project path and appropriate internal and external resources. Her assignments have usually involved exploring and developing ideas, then creating implementation processes. Ms. Biddle served for seven years as Vice President and Corporate Secretary for a behavioral health company and ten years in marketing positions for health care consulting and architectural firms. She is a graduate of Trinity College.

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G. William "Bill" Brown, CPA
Practice Management, Business Planning, Capital Fundraising/Acquisition Financing, Business Turnarounds & Restructuring

Bill Brown, based in Nashville, has had experience in all aspects of running a company, including success as a CEO and in every position in the C-suite for growth companies across multiple industry segments including healthcare, manufacturing, distribution and retail. His work has included: incubation of start-up companies; business turnarounds; finance role with a $900,000,000 division of a large private company; and regional CFO for a $200,000,000 operation of a global Fortune 500 Company. Bill is also a certified public accountant (now inactive) and served for several years early in his career as a senior auditor for Price Waterhouse. More recently, Bill has consulted with companies in strategic planning, business plan development and capital transactions, while maintaining involvement in operations. He has also built significant relationships with private and institutional investors and large regional and national banks, thereby positioning him to help companies complete transactions of varying size and structure. Bill graduated Summa Cum Laude from Murray State University.

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Bryan Bushick, M.D., M.B.A.
Technology-enabled Healthcare Services, Information and Biomedical Technology, Population Health Management, Patient Safety and Performance Improvement

Dr. Bryan Bushick is the founder of Falcon Health Solutions, LLC. As sole proprietor, he provides executive-level business development, sales, marketing, product planning and fund-raising assistance to information technology vendors, healthcare services companies and organizations dedicated to improving patient safety and population health. His clients typically provide solutions to health care provider and/or payor organizations. Over his 20-plus year career, Dr. Bushick has also held consulting, entrepreneurial and both line and staff senior executive roles, repeatedly demonstrating effective leadership in diverse settings. Prior to founding Falcon Health Solutions in 2004, Dr. Bushick held senior executive positions with CareScience, Inc., Allina Health System and Medica/United HealthCare. He was also a consultant with Towers Perrin and obtained additional entrepreneurial and information technology experience with ThinkMed and HealthTides.com (Internet-based market research). Dr. Bushick served five years as a Senior Examiner for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Program and is the President of the Wharton Health Care Management Alumni Association. He received a medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, a graduate business degree from the Wharton School and his undergraduate degree from Dickinson College.

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Lee Calhoon
Executive Search; Early-stage Venturing; Executive Level Value Creation

Lee Calhoon is President & CEO of Lee Calhoon & Co., an executive search firm which has specialized exclusively in health care since 1970. Lee has conducted workshops and contributes articles to trade and national publications on executive search topics. He is a speaker at national and regional conferences where he lectures on executive recruiting trends and practices and the strategic role which search firms can play for start-up companies; and he has traveled internationally with the presidents of leading HMOs and allied health care companies studying the health care systems of other countries. Recognizing the value in human capital relationships, Lee has successfully utilized his extensive network of C-level contacts to create value by leveraging these connections in the establishment of new businesses and strategic partnerships. In 1997, he co-founded The Nantucket Group, LLC, a health care venture capital fund which has successfully invested in early stage companies. Lee is an equity partner in, an advisor on key hires to, and a developer of strategic alliances and expanded markets for a number of health care companies at various development stages. He also finds time to sit on a number of for-profit and non-profit boards, including a prominent hospital foundation board. Lee majored in Textile Marketing and Management at The Philadelphia College of Textiles & Science.

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Martin Cane, M.D.
Medical Practice Management, Medico-administrative Leadership , Primary Care Physician Strategies, Professional Consulting

Dr. Cane is Associate Medical Director for Primary Care at Holy Redeemer Hospital and Medical Center and serves as a health care consultant with Fenway Health Management Advisors, LLC. He was founder of a six member internal medicine practice located in Northeast Philadelphia which continues to serve over 10,000 patients. As managing partner of the practice, Dr. Cane made key decisions concerning personnel, acquisitions, equipment, computers and software, expansion, relocation and other daily business matters. Dr. Cane also has extensive experience as a principal investigator in clinical trials. He graduated from Temple University Medical School, completed his internship and residency programs at Albert Einstein Medical Center, where he was Chief Resident (1981-2); is board certified in Internal Medicine; and received his undergraduate degree from Pennsylvania State University.

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Anthony Coletta, M.D., M.B.A.
Physician Leadership, Physician/Payor Relationships, Professional Consulting, Surgical Innovation

Dr. Coletta is partner with Surgical Specialists, Inc., Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, specializing in General, Oncologic, Colo-rectal, Laparoscopic, Endocrine and Laser Surgery. He is an Attending Surgeon and President of the Medical Staff of The Bryn Mawr Hospital, and holds clinical faculty positions at Thomas Jefferson Medical College and Drexel University School of Medicine. Dr. Coletta, a pioneer and frequent lecturer and writer in field of minimally-invasive surgery, was the first surgeon in the Philadelphia region to perform the now common Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy procedure, and he has been recognized by Philadelphia Magazine as one of the region’s “Top Doctors”. As a well-respected physician leader, Dr. Coletta has served as a Trustee of Main Line Hospital Foundation; founded and led several physician-driven organizations in the region, including a large independent practice organization, a managed care organization and an ambulatory surgical center; and is currently President of The J. Aikens Medical Association, the nation’s oldest physician medical society. Dr. Coletta graduated from Thomas Jefferson Medical College where he also completed his residency and fellowship training; is board certified in General Surgery; has an Executive M.B.A. from the Fox School of Business, Temple University; and received his B.S. degree, Phi Beta Kappa, from Georgetown University.

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Gail Egan

Healthcare Operational Effectiveness, Hospital Executive Leadership, Organizational Effectiveness, Professional Consulting

Gail Egan, an independent consultant, has broad experience as a senior level healthcare executive and consultant with proven success in all phases of operations management. She is uniquely effective in the identification of business problems, initiating change and implementing new processes which produce results. She is known for having an exceptional ability to motivate others in the achievement of individual and organizational goals with emphasis on teamwork and cross-functional cooperation. Over her distinguished career, Ms. Egan served in several administrative positions at Delaware County Memorial, Mercy Fitzgerald, Paoli Memorial, and Lankenau Hospitals, including President of Lankenau Hospital and Chief Operating Officer of Paoli Memorial Hospital. She has also served as a senior consultant at Main Line Health, Inc. and Shared Medical Systems, Inc. (Siemen’s health IT predecessor company). Ms. Egan, a Diplomate, American College of Healthcare Executives, is a Registered Nurse and a Graduate of Gwynedd Mercy college which she now serves as a member of its Board of Trustees.

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Dr. Martin Entwistle
Clinical Knowledge Management, Clinical Decision Support, Healthcare Information Technology, Professional Consulting

Martin Entwistle, a doctor (MB, ChB, FRCSEd) with an MBA, has 25 years experience in healthcare, 16 years experience in commercial health information companies, and 12 years experience in health care consulting. In 1996 he founded Enigma Publishing, Ltd., a company which developed innovative decision support technology for the automation of individual and population care management. In 2002 he led the migration of the company to the United States. He continues to serve as CEO, incorporating Enigma CKM Inc in 2005. Dr. Entwistle has served as chair of HL7 New Zealand, an affiliate of health information standards organization HL7 International, has written and presented extensively on clinical decision support, and is Publisher and Editorial Board Chair of Healthcare and Informatics Review Online.

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Jane Meier Hamilton
Organizational Development, Facilitation and Counseling; Nursing Organizational Dynamics; Care Giving for Older Adults; Seminar Education

Jane Hamilton provides assessment, facilitation, team building, training and other advisory services for management and functional unit levels and executives of organizations grappling with dysfunctional working practices, change and transition or other organizational conflicts which impact operating effectiveness. She has supplemented this work with an education business, having conducted to date over 2,500 seminars on leadership, stress management, conflict management, empowerment and related topics in 125 cities nationwide. While Jane’s unique blend of services has concentrated in hospital nursing environments, her client portfolio also includes home care, hospice, drug and alcohol and psychiatric organizations. Jane’s articles on nursing and health care have been published widely over the last 30 years. In 2007, she began to extend her skill sets to a growing market of family caregivers of older adults with debilitating conditions. Jane’s business offerings have capitalized on her early career experience in clinical nursing and family counseling. Jane has nursing degrees from Marquette University (B.S.) and University of Illinois (M.S.).

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LeRoy Jones
Healthcare Information Technology, Clinical Interoperability and Data Exchange, Professional Consulting, Regional Health Information Organizations

Leroy Jones is former Chief Technology Officer of Care Sciences, Inc., and he helped create the National Health IT Initiative’s architecture as special assistant to Dr. David Brailer when Dr. Brailer established the Office of the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology. In this latter capacity, Lee was instrumental in helping create the nation’s health information architecture and infrastructure, with particular emphasis on the development of regional health information organizations (RHIO’s) and other initiatives to achieve widespread interoperability among clinical systems and electronic data exchange. As a Leland Network Colleague, Lee works on projects involving RHIO’s, interoperability, decision support, clinical systems selection and similar matters. Lee holds an M.S. in Engineering in the Management of Technology jointly from The Wharton School and the Engineering School at the University of Pennsylvania, and a B.S. in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University.

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Robin Kaplan, M.D.
Hospital Medical Coding, Medical Management, Managed Care, Professional Consulting

Dr. Kaplan is a principal in FairCode Associates – Leland, LLC, a Leland client, and a physician consultant to hospitals, health plans and other health care organizations. From 1994 through 2004, he served in medical director roles for: United Health Group, ElderHealth and Preferred Health Network (Baltimore, MD); GW University Health Plan (Bethesda, MD); PHP Healthcare (Reston, VA); and Humana (Chicago, IL). Dr. Kaplan had responsibility for a wide range of managed care activities in these roles, including utilization and quality management services for health plans and self-insured employer groups, clinical management of dual eligible Medicare and Medicaid populations, management of primary care and specialist networks and group practices and nurse practitioners, clinical oversight of community-based health centers, provider network development, physician credentialing, development and implementation of a hospitalist program, selection of pharmacy benefit and behavioral health providers and technology assessment. Prior thereto, Dr. Kaplan served for three years as Vice President, Medical Affairs for St. Joseph’s Hospital (Reading, PA) and for twelve years in private practice as a pulmonary and critical care physician and Director of Respiratory Care Services at that Hospital. Dr. Kaplan is a Fellow of the American Colleges of Physicians and Chest Physicians, a Diplomate of the American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review and a Member of the American Board of Physician Executives, and he is board certified in Internal Medicine and Pulmonary Medicine. Dr. Kaplan earned B.A and M.D. degrees from Boston University under its 6 year Liberal Arts/Medical Program in 1974 and an M.S. degree in Health Administration from St. Joseph’s University in 1993.

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Ward Keever
Business Development/Marketing, Healthcare Information Technology, Professional Consulting, Technology Executive Networking

Ward Keever has, over a thirty-five year career, served in several technology-related executive positions with leading healthcare organizations, integration firms and pharmaceutical companies, including service as CIO for the University of Pennsylvania Health System and the Medical Center of Delaware (now Christiana Care), Executive for Healthcare Strategies for SeeBeyond and Executive Director for Executive Services with CTG HealthCare Solutions. Ward was a founding trustee of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME), co-founder of the Healthcare Information Systems Executive Association (HISEA), a past chairman of the Philadelphia Chapter of the Society for Information Management (SIM) and a past member of the SIM International Board of Directors. He also served as a member of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) Advisory Committee for the new chapter in Information Management in the 1994 Accreditation Manual. He is currently an active member of the Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) and was the 1991 recipient of the John E. Gall CIO of the Year by HIMSS. As a Leland Network Colleague, Ward brings a strong background in developing and implementing strategic and tactical IT systems in large hospital settings and specific solutions for applications within the healthcare industry, with emphasis on strategic planning. Mr. Keever earned a B.S. degree in Commerce and Engineering from Drexel University and an M.S. in Business from George Washington University.

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John A. Kincaid, Jr.
Professional Consulting; Market Strategy Development & Execution; Mergers, Acquisitions, Business Transactions; Interim Management; Government Affairs; Legal

Jack Kincaid is a dynamic and versatile senior executive, business consultant and attorney with an entrepreneurial spirit balanced with mature, disciplined decision making skills. He has a diverse range of industry and C-level operating experience with an established network of C-level relationships in the technology, health care, education, government, financial services and investment industries. As managing partner of Business Strategies Group in Durham, N.C. over the last decade, Jack has done strategy development and execution, M&A/joint venture/transactional, financing, government contracting, go-to-market, corporate governance, compliance and other sophisticated consulting for a wide range of companies, including a leading hospital management and health care consulting company, where he developed and initiated an M&A Program. For five years prior to that, Jack served as managing partner for Jefferson Partners, Washington, D.C., a financial and business consulting firm through which he structured investments and directly provided interim CEO, COO and CFO services to a wide range of emerging and mature companies in a variety of industries, both directly and through The Jefferson Group, one of the nation’s leading government relations and business consulting firms. Prior to that, Jack practiced law, first as a Captain in the Judge Advocate, United States Marine Corps and then with firms in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, concentrating in banking, bankruptcy, corporate workouts, commercial transactions and litigation. Jack is a graduate of Drake University (B.A.) and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law (J.D.).

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Cary Leptuck
Healthcare Operational Effectiveness, Hospital Executive Leadership, Interim Executive Management, Business Development/Marketing

Mr. Leptuck provides executive and board level advisory consulting services to, and interim executive management services for, not-for-profit organizations, primarily those in the health care delivery sector. He specializes in governance, board-executive and executive-physician relationships, quality improvement and the advancement of information technology applications and systems that can contribute to improved quality-of-care and operational efficiency. He served for over 25 years as CEO of Chestnut Hill HealthCare, Philadelphia PA, and before that, as senior associate hospital director and associate hospital director of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia and assistant hospital director at Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, N.J. Mr. Leptuck is a Life Fellow, American College of Healthcare Executives and a Fellow of the Philadelphia College of Physicians. He has served as a member of the American Hospital Association’s House of Delegates and is a Life Member of the AHA. He has also been a governing board member and chair of the Delaware Valley Hospital Council, Hospital Association of Pennsylvania, VHA East, Hospital Purchasing Services and Philadelphia Health Academies. His other board trusteeships have included the Philadelphia Chamber of Business and Industry, Partners HMO, Brian’s House and the Greater Philadelphia Health Care Congress. Mr. Leptuck earned a B.S. degree in Industrial Management from Fairleigh Dickinson University and an M.S. degree in Hospital Administration from Columbia University.

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Thomas Mallon
Business Development/Marketing, Chief Financial Office Leadership, Financial Operational Effectiveness, Interim CFO Management

Mr. Mallon provides financial consulting and interim CFO services for, and executive advisory services to, companies providing financially oriented services to hospitals and other health care organizations. He served for over twenty-seven years as CFO at Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington, PA, and before that, Underwood Memorial Hospital, Woodbury, NJ. He is an Advanced Member of the Healthcare Financial Management Association (Metropolitan Philadelphia Chapter) and Member of the Hospital Association of Pennsylvania and has served as a trustee of several organizations including Philadelphia Presbyterian Home. Mr. Mallon earned a B.S. degree in Accounting from LaSalle University and an MBA from the University of South Carolina.

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James Mead
Business Development/Marketing, Blue Cross Executive Leadership, Professional Board Member, Venture Fund Partner

Jim Mead served as President and CEO of Capital Blue Cross for 20 years until his retirement in 2004. He continues to serve as Vice Chair of the Board of Capital Blue Cross and as a member of the Board of Directors of BCS Financial, Inc., an insurance holding company for major Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies across the country. Jim also serves on several community and educational boards including the boards of the Hershey Trust Company and the Milton Hershey School. He is a former Chairman of the Board of the Federal Reserve Bank in Philadelphia. Since his retirement, Mr. Mead has been active as an economic consultant to a variety of businesses. He is a Venture Partner with RadiusVentures, LLC, a New York City-based health care venture fund. As a Leland Network Colleague, Jim brings a payor perspective to enhance Leland’s consulting and business development capabilities. Jim holds B.S. and M.A. degrees in Economics from Penn State University

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Matt Murphy, Esq.
Acquisition Management Services, Business Development, MarketingMilitary/Veterans Administration Professional Consulting

Mr. Murphy, an independent consultant, is a strategic and growth-oriented leader in the healthcare and professional services industries with broad experience in corporate development, business development, marketing and operations. Known for his innovation, leadership and drive in developing and implementing creative solutions to business challenges, Mr. Murphy has a proven track record of identifying and capturing new business opportunities, developing and maintaining marquee client relationships, aligning products and services with strategic markets and structuring deals that ensure growth. He has been successful in developing new lines of business, marketing channels, products, candidate aggregation strategies and government relations initiatives for RecruitMilitary, LLC, the largest military-to-civilian recruiting firm in the United States where he serves in an executive capacity. Mr. Murphy has been principal executive of a retained corporate development consulting practice; Chief Operating Officer for Acquisition Management Services, Inc. (mergers and acquisitions consulting firm); and Associate General Counsel, University of Pennsylvania Health System. Before receiving his law degree from University of Buffalo School of Law, Mr. Murphy served for four years as a Surface Warfare Officer in the Navy after receiving a B.S. degree from the Rochester Institute of Technology.

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Charles Sullivan
Hospital Executive Leadership, Governing Board Leadership, Hospital Operational Effectiveness

Mr. Sullivan provides executive and board level advisory consulting services to health care organizations. He specializes in governance, board-executive, executive-physician relationships and managing the complexities of large hospital systems. He served for 22 years as President and CEO, and 11 years as Executive Vice President and COO, of The Reading Hospital and Medical Center, a 700+ bed institution providing regional health services throughout Berks County, Pennsylvania. Prior to that, he was a Vice President at Mt. Sinai Medical Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Mr. Sullivan is former board chair-elect and trustee of the Hospital and Health Systems Association of Pennsylvania and a board member of VHA-Pennsylvania He served, and continues to serve, as a trustee of health care, banking, retirement community, economic development, environmental, United Way and other community organizations. Mr. Sullivan is a member of the American College of Health Care Executives and a life member of the AHA. He earned a B.S. degree from Manhattan College and M.S. degrees from Long Island University and Columbia University.

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Thomas E. Terrill, PhD., FACHE, FACMPE - Medical Education, Hospital/Physician Relations, Operations Management, Professional Consulting

Dr. Terrill has served as a senior executive in the healthcare field in several capacities. His experience ranges from leading and managing hospital operations to planning and directing medical school and graduate medical education programs. A significant aspect of his career has been leading advocacy and regulatory efforts for major academic medical centers and physician groups, including serving as President of the New Jersey Council of Teaching Hospitals from 1990 to 2002. Dr. Terrill has also been a management consultant to many distinguished organizations, including The Yale New Haven Medical Center, The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. While at KPMG Peat Marwick, his consultant group certified more than $2 billion dollars for the Tax-Exempt Bond market. Dr. Terrill has also served as principal and general manager of a national architectural design firm specializing in scientific and health industries and in operational capacities at Truman Medical Center, The Mountain States Regional Medical Program and The Summa Health System. In addition, he has served as a full-time faculty member and has planned and coordinated many and varied construction projects for new medical schools and their teaching hospitals. Dr. Terrill is a Fellow of the American Colleges of Health Care Executives and Medical Practice Executives. He is a graduate, with honors, of the University of Minnesota and holds a Masters degree in Medical and Hospital Administration and a Ph.D degree in University Administration from the University of Pittsburgh.

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Michele Zujkowski
Business Plan Writing, Entrepreneur Coaching, Professional Consulting, Venture Capital Networking

Ms. Zujkowski, a venture consultant, has assisted dozens of companies in their search for capital from private investors, venture capital, state and government sources, commercial banks and commercial finance companies. She has authored over 100 business plans in that connection and is proficient in creating oral and written presentations (from 8 minute venture fair presentations to 2 hour venture capital meetings) that clearly articulate business opportunities. She has also had substantial due diligence, fundraising and investor relations experience working for public and private entities, venture capital firms and their portfolio companies. Ms. Zujkowski also spent ten years as a commercial banker in a lending capacity; developed and taught bank-wide courses on financial statement analysis and creative loan structures; and was instrumental in the start up and management of the Private Banking Department at Meridian Bank. She is a co-founder of the Private Investors Forum and a former Board and Executive Committee Member of Penn State’s High Tech and Biotech Incubator in Malvern, PA. She has served as a judge for Wharton’s business plan competition and remains active as a judge and organizer of the annual Angel Venture Fair in Philadelphia. Ms. Zujkowski holds a BA in Business Administration from Rutgers College and an MBA from Villanova University.

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