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College students are constantly dealing with uncertainty in their lives. Initially some are faced with fitting in with the crowd or deciding to lead by example. At Great Black Speakers we have some of the top university leadership speakers who make it their business to stir students in the right direction.Whether you want students to understand the importance of entrepreneurship or how vital it is to be a successful individual overall, our speakers have the capability to do it all. The speakers listed below will help polish the career thoughts students have while keeping them focused on the goals that awaits each and
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The People's Scholar who specializes in finance, education, and black social commentary.
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Topics: Financial Empowerment, , Black Social Commentary, Motivation, Educational Excellence
Dr. Boyce Watkins is one of the most highly sought after African-American scholars in the world. Specializing in financial psychology, educational motivation, and black social commentary, Dr. Watkins has presented his message to millions, making regular appearances on CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, ABC News, BET, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Black Enterprise Magazine and many more national media outlets. Brilliant, articulate, and practical, Dr. Watkins is a world-leading authority in Finance and Investing. In his fifth and most recent book, “Financial Lovemaking 101 – Merging assets with your partner in ways that feel good”, Dr. Watkins explains why millions of couples destroy their relationships with financially questionable choices. His test for FIV, the Financial Irresponsibility Virus, is one of many creative techniques used to get American couples to talk about money. Read More...
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Political Commentator and Chair of the Voting Rights Institute
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Topics: Political, Women in Society, Black History, Diversity
Veteran Democratic political strategist Donna Brazile is an adjunct professor, author, syndicated columnist, television political commentator, Vice Chair of Voter Registration and Participation at the Democratic National Committee, and former chair of the DNC’s Voting Rights Institute. Last, but never least, she is a native of New Orleans.
Aside from working for the full recovery of her beloved New Orleans, Ms. Brazile’s passion is encouraging young people to vote, to work within the system to strengthen it, and to run for public office.
A New Orleans native, Ms. Brazile began her political career at the age of nine when she worked to elect a City Council candidate who had promised to build a playground in her neighborhood; the candidate won, the swing sets was installed, and a lifelong passion for political progress was ignited. Four decades and innumerable state and local campaigns later, Ms. Brazile has worked on every presidential campaign from 1976 through 2000, when she served as campaign manager for former Vice President Al Gore, becoming the first African-American woman to manage a presidential campaign. Read More... |
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Beauty Queen Turned Corporate Attorney
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Topics: Women in Society, Business, Media, Black History, Entrepreneurism, Diversity
The journey for entrepreneur, attorney and author, Marshawn Evans, J.D., stretches from being labeled a problem-child to becoming one of Glamour Magazine’s and USA Today’s top women in America. Now known to audiences as “Miss Peak Performance,” Marshawn has used her story to speak words of empowerment across the nation and on such leading media outlets as ABC, VH1, CNBC and PBS. As President and Chief Branding Officer of EDGE 3M, a media, marketing and management firm for celebrities and professional athletes, she represents some of the nation’s top personalities in entertainment, the NFL and NBA.
With her savvy business brawn, Marshawn attracted the attention of real-estate tycoon Donald Trump whom handpicked her as a cast member on NBC’spopular show The Apprentice, and enabled her to lead Trump’s all-women team to their only victory as the project manager. She has worked on televised promotional projects and marketing campaigns for companies such as Sony Pictures, Lucas Films, Lamborghini, Bally Total Fitness, The Learning Annex, and Dairy Queen. Read More... |
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Topics: Black History, Political, Civil Rights, Education, Government & Politics, Motivation
Dr. Marc Lamont Hill is one of the youngest members of the growing body of “Hip-Hop Intellectuals” in the country. His work, which covers topics such as hip-hop culture, politics, sexuality, and education, and religion, has appeared in numerous journals, magazines, books, and anthologies. Dr. Hill has lectured widely and provides regular commentary for numerous radio, television and print media outlets such as The Baltimore Sun, Philadelphia Inquirer, Essence Magazine, Radio America, CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News. His column, The Barbershop Notebooks, appears bi-monthly for PopMatters Magazine and is often syndicated through various websites such as SeeingBlack.com and the Alternet. His award-winning daily blog is updated on his website, www.MarcLamontHill.com.
In 2005, Ebony Magazine named him one of America's top 30 Black leaders under 30 years old. Dr. Hill is currently completing several book projects, including You Ain't Heard It From Me: Snitching, Rumors and the Politics of Other People's Business in Hip-Hop America; Vocab: Words and Phrases of the Hip-Hop Nation; New Dilemmas of the Black Intellectual (edited with Gregory Seaton); and Media, Learning, and Sites of Possibility (edited with Lalitha Vasudevan). Read More... |
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Topics: Arts/Culture/Music, Celebrity, Motivation, Youth/Children, Entertainment
Terrence J is a young man with a master plan. From apprenticing with NASCAR® to working on radio and throwing some of the best social gatherings around, Terrence J has been preparing himself for superstardom and making sure that his life is the American Dream, blasted out of the box. Now, he’s using his hosting spot on BET®’s 106 and Park, the hottest music program in the world (airing in the US, Japan and the UK), to take his plan to the next level. Since taking over as host almost 4 years ago, Terrence J has watched his plan get bigger and he’s been able to do things that most people can only dream of doing. He’s interviewed such megastars as Madonna, Will Smith, Harrison Ford, Jamie Foxx, Beyonce and Jay-Z. He’s hosting, along with co-host Rocsi, 106 and Park Weekend Countdown, a syndicated radio program that is broadcast across the country and throughout the Caribbean. He’s executive producing—through his own production company—Crank That Vote, a TV show inspired by mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs’ challenge to Terrence to register 100,000 voters in time for the 2008 Presidential election. He’s also expanding his presence online, with ventures that will take advantage of the importance of cyberspace to young people. Terrence J is doing it and building a career that inspires young people around the world.
As the 2008 face of both the Sean John® clothing line and the Rockport® shoe company, Terrence J has used his easy style and immediate recognition to mass market himself. In addition to Crank That Vote, Terrence is developing TV, film, radio and multimedia projects that embody his visionary entrepreneurial and altruistic spirit. Much in the way that media mogul Tyler Perry has crafted and branded each of his ventures, Terrence seeks to similarly fashion his budding media empire. Sitcoms, feature films, online enterprises etc. are in various stages of manifestation, soon to be revealed to Terrence’s expectant fan base. Read More... |
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Categories: Motivation, Political, Civil Rights, Black History
Kevin Powell is widely considered one of America’s most important voices in these early years of the 21st century. Legendary feminist Gloria Steinem asserts that "as a charismatic speaker, leader, and a very good writer, Kevin Powell has the courage...to be fully human, and this will bring the deepest revolution of all." Internationally acclaimed scholar and social critic Dr. Michael Eric Dyson has called Powell "a mighty wind of fresh air." And of Kevin Powell the writer asha bandele says “When you consider the intelligence and breadth of Kevin Powell’s writing and activism, you come to the conclusion that there may be no better spokesperson and representative for a generation that has too long been counted out.”
Kevin Powell is a political activist, poet, journalist, essayist, hiphop historian, public speaker, entrepreneur and, most recently, a 2008 Democratic candidate for Congress in Brooklyn, New York. A product of extreme poverty, welfare, fatherlessness, and a single mother-led household, he is a native of Jersey City, New Jersey and was educated at New Jersey’s Rutgers University. Kevin Powell is a longtime resident of Brooklyn, New York, and it is from his base in New York City that Powell has published nine books, including his recent essay title, Someday We’ll All Be Free (Soft Skull Press). This book is a collection of provocative pieces on freedom, democracy, justice, and race in America, as inspired by Hurricane Katrina, the 2004 presidential election, and September 11th. Besides running for Congress Powell also managed to publish two new books in 2008: No Sleep Till Brooklyn, his second volume of poetry; and The Black Male Handbook: A Blueprint for Life, a self-help book geared toward the healing, development, and empowerment of Black men and boys. Read more... |
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Topics: Media, Entrepreneurism, Writing/Publishing, Youth/Children, Women in Society
A media industry veteran and social entrepreneur, Tai has a rare and innate ability to connect with audiences across demographics. It was as a magazine editor that Ms. Beauchamp learned the profound power of media and how to use it to motivate and inspire millions around the world. Becoming a humanitarian taught her the most valuable lesson: “young women and the world-at-large want to be inspired and that inspiration can start out as materialistic for some, but it undoubtedly originates through service and giving.”
Tai founded the BluePrint Group, LLC, a communications and marketing firm that specializes in bridging the gap between the world of fashion and philanthropy. Founded in 2006, clients and partners of the BluePrint Group have included Avon, Malaria No More, The Sundance Channel, The MCJ Amelior Foundation, Spelman College, Tractenberg & Co, and Universal Motown Records. The firm helps organizations build strategic marketing plans that teaches consumers that giving, volunteering, advocating, and supporting one another is “stylish.” Read more... |
Fee Range: $7500 - $10500
Topics: Leadership, Celebrity, Sports/Athletics, Peak Performance, Motivation
When it comes to professional athletes and their outside activities, few have been labeled and encompassed the term "community ambassador" better than current Cleveland Cavaliers co-captain and NBA veteran Eric Snow. Now officially retired after his 14th NBA season (the 4th with his hometown Cleveland Cavaliers) , Eric is serving as an analyst for Turner Sports’ NBATV. He has been one of the league's models of consistency both on and off the court.
In his first book “Leading High Performers” (to be released in December, 2009) Snow discusses what corporate, non profit, and community leaders can do to bring out the best in people. A topic Eric has a unique knowledge of. While he has never possessed the gaudy statistics needed to be regularly mentioned among the league’s elite point guards by television commentators, Eric Snow has played with and has had incredible success against many of the best NBA players. And when a few of those who were his teammates or opponents are eventually inducted into the Pro Basketball Hall of Fame (like Gary Payton, Allen Iverson, and LeBron James), each of them will say without hesitation that it was the assists from Eric Snow on and off the court that helped make their success possible. Read more... |
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Political and Social Activist
Price Range: $5000 - $7500
Categories: Women in Society, Business, Media, Black History, Entrepreneurism, Diversity
Within the hip-hop community and abroad, Jeff Johnson serves as a voice of strength for a generation. An architect for social change, as well as an innate ability to both influence and inspire, Johnson is one of today’s most gifted leaders in both the political and entertainment arenas. Recently, Johnson was named by Source Magazine as one of the hip hop generation’s key political players.
Johnson’s roles as an activist and strategist have spanned from serving as the National Youth Director for the NAACP to being the founder for My Nation Online.com, an online medium connecting young people ages 16-30 interested in activism, as well as local and national organizations.
In every aspect of his political leadership, Johnson has been highly instrumental in representing and articulating the views of young people and galvanizing voters to the polls. Johnson’s powerful reputation as a political organizer caused hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons to take notice, leading Simmons to appoint Johnson as Vice-President for the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network. Read more... |
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Topics: Entrepreneurism, Motivation, Leadership, Peak Performance, Media
Kwame Jackson is polished, confident and credentialed with prestigious Wall Street experience and business lessons he learned from Donald Trump in front of 22 million people each week, on the hit show “The Apprentice.”
As a New York City based entrepreneur, professional speaker and media personality, he is poised for global aspirations.
Equally proud to have been born in our nation’s capital Washington, D.C., Jackson was also raised in Charlotte, North Carolina, which he considers his hometown.
Kwame holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Kenan-Flagler Business School and a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard Business School.
Although he was flattered to make both People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People and its 50 Hottest Bachelors list in 2004, Kwame is a businessman first! Read more... |
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Fee Range: $3000 - $5000
Topics: Leadership, Family, Women In Society, Image/Self Esteem, Motivation
Freeman is one of those rare “Triple Threat Women.” She is an entrepreneur, mother and wife. She is a successful life coach, management consultant, inspirational and motivational speaker and advocate for young women. Freeman conducts workshops and conferences where she imparts a life-changing message that presents hope and inspiration. It is her purpose. It is her success. So much, in fact, that she has co-authored an award winning book, Purposeful Action, 7 Steps to Fulfillment, which reveals a seven-step method for identifying and effectively pursuing personal and professional goals.
Women and young girls receive help from Towanna B. Freeman to effectively identify and pursue personal goals in their quest toward obtaining more fulfilling lives. In 1999 Freeman founded the Young Women’s Empowerment Network (www.ywen.org) designed to help teen girls realize their potential to succeed in life and in 2008 she launched a new empowerment conference called “GIRL PREP” that is designed for pre-teen girls. Read more... |
Owner of The Harbor Institute and Leadership Speaker
Fee Range: $3500 - $7500
Topics: Black History, Diversity, Motivation, Peak Performance, Leadership
RASHEED-ALI CROMWELL, ESQ., Founder. Attorney Rasheed-Ali Cromwell has been involved extensively in leadership throughout his academic and professional career. Mr. Cromwell graduated from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University with a bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, and was honored with the University's "Excellence in Leadership Award" for his progressive efforts and extensive work in Student Government. He had the distinct honor to serve as Student Government President and Vice-Basileus of the Mu Psi Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.
Mr. Cromwell continued his leadership efforts in law school serving as class president, associate editor of the law review, and was honored, by his peers, as Thurgood Marshall 3L Student of the Year for his scholastic and leadership contributions to the University. He later graduated, with honors, with a Juris Doctorate from Texas Southern University. After graduation, Mr. Cromwell served as a federal law clerk in U.S. Federal District Court in the Southern District of Texas (Houston Division) and worked as an associate at a prominent intellectual property law firm in Washington, D.C. He later founded and is currently CEO of The Harbor Institute, a company based out of Washington D.C that empowers minority students to excel. Read more...
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Fee Range: $3,500 - $5,000
Topics: Motivation, Leadership, Empowerment, Vision/Purpose, Inspirational
The power to ignite the spark of change begins with one person. For this nation’s next generation of leaders, that person is Johnel Barron.
As the president of The Barron Group and co-founder of iSTRIVE, Johnel Barron is leading an influential multimedia movement dedicated to delivering the greatest generation of individuals – the millennial generation – to its destiny.
Johnel’s powerful speaking presence and relatable nature derives from more than a decade of immersion in the lives and leadership development of today’s young adults. Through recruitment and directorship positions at Los Angeles Southwest College and the YMCA of Greater Indianapolis, Johnel has gained valuable insight into his audience and has cultivated a unique perspective on the integrity and ability of the millennial generation to tap into its passion and achieve greatness. An astute businessman with a multilateral understanding of corporate culture, Johnel also serves as a respected commodity in the business setting, encouraging communication and interface between generations to enhance success on multiple levels. Read more... |
President/CEO- Execute Your Passion, LLC Author- “Achieve Your Dreams...26 Quick Keys to Succeed in Life”
Fee Range: $3,500 - $7,500
Topics: Peak Performance, Entrepreneurism, Empowerment, Leadership, Motivation
Christopher Joseph Cooper (Chris Cooper) is one of the most dynamic, engaging and accomplished speakers, trainers and coaches in America. With three academic degrees (Morehouse College, The Georgia Institute of Technology and New York University), countless professional certifications, and numerous awards and honors Chris has dedicated his life to the service of others!
Chris is the President/CEO of Execute Your Passion, LLC- an Atlanta based professional services firm specializing in motivational seminars and leadership and professional development training and services. The firm offers innovative ways to assist in the complete development of individuals and organizations through innovative coaching practices and techniques, best in class training solutions, and subject matter expertise focused speaking services. Read more... |
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Fee Range: $3500 - $6000
Topics: Inspirational, Motivation, Diversity, Business, Publishing
Dr. Lee Jones currently serves Professor and President & Executive Editor of InSpire Magazine and Executive Director of the InSpire ILEAD Institute. Most recently, he served as the Dean of The School of Graduate Studies and Professor of Educational Foundations at The University of Wisconsin at Whitewater He served as a member of the Provost Administrative Team and manages a 3.2 million dollar operating budget. Dr. Jones was responsible for providing leadership for many departments within the Provost Office including, The School of Graduate School, The offices of Continuing Education, Faculty Development, Distance Education, Sponsored Research and Programs, Information and Technology; Summer Sessions, Credit Outreach, World Affairs, etc. Dr. Jones finds the time to produce and host Your Voice T.V. Talk Show and has recently taped his 500th show. The show has recently been approved to air in Newark, NJ. Additionally, he has recently launched his new Talk Radio Show: B-InSpired! In addition to all his academic and administrative responsibilities, Dr. Jones serves as the Executive Producer of the movie: Let Your Haters Be Your Motivators. Read more...
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Topics: Career, Inspirational, Motivation, Diversity, Success
Dr. Daphne Mobley was originally trained as a veterinarian, however, she transitioned from helping animals to have healthier lives to assisting people to have happier lives by achieving their career and life dreams. As an experienced strategist and speaker, Dr. Mobley has been sharing strategies in board rooms and with international, as well as, U.S. executives during her successful career with leading Fortune 500 corporations. Dr. Mobley is a certified Executive Coach with more than 20 years of experience working for leading pharmaceutical companies that include Johnson and Johnson, GlaxoSmithKline and most recently Wyeth (now known as Pfizer). She had the rare opportunity to learn the intricacies of leading a Fortune 500 company as the AVP, Planning when she reported directly to the former CEO and Chairman of Wyeth. Ultimately she became the Vice President, Corporate Diversity for the company. As a former human resources senior executive and having strategized on career development for executives (as well as managers), a diversity program and many other cross disciplinary projects, Dr. Mobley knows which techniques are effective. Her experience includes:
• coaching executives and managers at leading corporations
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Topics: Inspirational, Empowerment, Youth/Children, Motivational
Jullien Gordon, The PurposeFinder, is the country’s leading voice on purpose and motivation for the millennial generation. At the age of 27, he already has 10 years of experience working with millennials as a CEO, coach, and counselor. As the author of two amazing books, The 8 Cylinders of Success: How To Align Your Personal and Professional Purpose and Good Excuse Goals: How To Eliminate Procrastination and Perfectionism Forever, Jullien is committed helping individuals and organizations increase their personal velocity—which he defines as their ability to get where they want to go faster, safer, and happier.
He is the Founder & CEO of the Department of Motivated Vehicles, a personal and professional development company and community for millennials. Since 2005 Jullien has motivated over two thousand people through his personal movements, motivational presentations, innovative courses, and coaching programs. His work helps people build their personal movements while simultaneously building a few of his own including Potlucks, Route 66, Good Excuse Goals Groups, and Mylinia. In 2010, he will be touring the country in partnership with the National Society of Collegiate Scholars to encourage 10,000 college students to take Route 66, an alternative route to graduation that involves a list of 66 things every college student must do before graduation created by Jullien based on his insights about millennials and the world. He will also be launching the largest goal setting movement ever beginning in January 2010 with the first Good Excuse Goal Setting Conference. Read more... |
National Emerging Leader
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Topics: Civil Rights, Human Rights, Law, Entrepreneurism, Empowerment, Communication
"Pursuing Justice...Because You Deserve It"
Acknowledged by President Barack Obama as a National Emerging Leader, Christopher M. Chestnut, Esq. is America’s next great voice for legal justice. Chestnut, a Florida native and graduate of Florida State and University of Florida’s Levine School of Law, served on the Florida finance team for then presidential candidate Obama, which helped lead to a convincing victory in the battleground state.
One of the most accomplished young attorneys in the country, Chestnut founded Chestnut Law Firm, LLC, based in Gainesville, FL with the motto “Pursuing Justice…Because You Deserve It.” Simply stated by Chestnut, “We help the people who need help the most.” Under his leadership, the firm has participated in multi-million dollar civil trials alongside his mentor, famed civil litigator Willie Gary; won millions of dollars in settlements for their clients; and successfully argued an $800 million dollar class action settlement against Big Tobacco. Read more... |
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Award-winning, innovative leader and accomplished attorney
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Topics: Leadership, Vision/Purpose, Inspirational, Management, Civil Rights, Black History
A true visionary, Jonathan Michael Bowman is the founding President and CEO of Clear Picture Leadership, LLC. He helps leaders, aspiring leaders and those who seek personal growth to set and achieve a bold, clear-picture vision for themselves, their team or entire organization.Jonathan’s proven leadership principles sprang from an impoverished childhood spent in homeless shelters and public housing projects – principles he tested in high power legal positions.His passion and powerful messages stem from three central themes in his life: his professional experience as a leader in the Ohio Attorney General’s Office, with proven results; his challenging upbringing, which impelled him to develop leadership principles; his fine-art photography, which he uses to illustrate his key points. The common thread uniting these themes is that each area is picture driven. In each, Jonathan sees the picture in his mind before achieving it; a clear-picture vision to overcome a leadership challenge, a better way of life, a compelling image to capture. Read more... |
Fee Range: $7,500
Topics: Personal Development, Empowerment, Vision/Purpose, Teamwork/Teambuilding, Education
After completing an undefeated record in high school in Portsmouth, Ohio, Chuck received a football scholarship to the University of Toledo. While obtaining his degree in Business Economics, Chuck was Quarterback for the UT Rockets and led the team to a post a 35 - 0 college record. Chuck's record as the ‘Perfect College Quarterback' stands today.
Despite his perfect record, Chuck was passed over in the National Football League draft to become a Pro Quarterback. Although offered other positions, Chuck remained committed to becoming a Professional Quarterback and chose the Canadian Football League, where the only thing that mattered were his abilities. In 1972, Chuck quarterback the Hamilton Tigercats to their Grey Cup Championship, and he was awarded Most Valuable Player. Read more... |
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There is a relatively small segment of leaders in the business world; individuals who seem able to build relationships, trust, and rapport with almost anyone, and then are able to maintain the relationships and make connections between people, creating partnerships and alliances, and motivating forward momentum to get things done.
Dexter Skepple is one of those people, and getting things done and driving results through collaboration, partnerships, and relationships is what he is all about. With an enthusiastic and genuinely friendly attitude, Mr. Skepple radiates a sincere passion for delivering value and benefits to everyone with whom he comes in contact. A Pilot by training, Pastor Skepple earned his B.S. in Aviation at the University of Texas (now Texas A&M) in 1993, and spent five years as a full-time professional pilot, before making the life-changing decision that he could make a larger, positive impact on more people if he moved into full-time ministry. After starting Speak the Word Ministries on St. Croix in 1998, the ministry quickly accelerated over the next 10 years. It has expanded far beyond the scope of traditional church. The ministry is now very active in Haiti; Mr. Skepple travels to Haiti on a regular basis and started a school that now has over 200 students. |
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