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TSAI, CHIA-HSUN

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I will always do my best.


CONTENTS

ABOUT ME

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DESIGN

PRODUCT DESIGN

日/山/水

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Guloo

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Grace

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Fruity

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XIANG GUA

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FAB LAB

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NEST LAMP

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Gradient Lounge Chair

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Customized Chairs

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Panic of hamburger

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Series of Calligraphy Paper Town

Atmosphere Light Manual Espresso Machine Children Learning Book New type of Chinese medicine scraping tool

PARAMETRIC DESIGN

Signboard of NCTU Maker Space

Random Connected Lines Structure

Gradient Structure

Simplified Parameter Adjustment

SKETCH 4

Behind the cup

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ABOUT ME

In September 2019, I started studying for a master's degree

at National Chiao Tung University. In the meantime, I

learned how to use Rhino's plugin Grasshopper to build 3D models that could not be built before. Parametric design breaks the restrictions on the primitive appearance and greatly expands my design possibilities.

With the experience of learning Chinese calligraphy, the

蔡佳勳 TSAI, CHIA-HSUN

most attractive product for me is the one which is full of

cultural significance. Therefore, I am looking forward to

+886 928 037 278 annietsai12@gmail.com

L A N G UAG E

applying what I have learned and designing the products that could introduce the beauty of Taiwan to the world.

Chinese Native

English

TOEIC 890

Japanese N2

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S KI L LS

3D

2D

OT H ERS

PTC Creo Rhino (Grasshopper) Keyshot Experience Design Photoshop Illustrator Lightroom Photography Calligraphy


About Me

E D U C AT I O N

PRESENT

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2019 I 2015

EXPERIENCE

AC H I E V E M E N TS

2019

National Chiao Tung University Institute of Applied Arts M. A. in Industrial Design

National Taiwan University of Science and Technology Department of Design B. A. in Industrial Design

ystudio 物外設計

Summer Intern

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The Script Taiwan Fan Pages

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Taiwan Tech Design Camp

2019

A' Design Award and Competition

Social media manager of the pages on Facebook and PIXNET

Managed operation of fan pages that have over 16, 325 accumulated visitors

Leader of Life Section

日 / 山 / 水 was granted the Iron Award in

Art Materials, Stationery Supplies and Gift Items Design Category

Guloo was nominated in

A' Arts, Crafts and Ready-Made Design Category

Taiwan Tech 19 th Design Graduation Exhibition 香刮 XIANG GUA

Best Design Project 2018

Academic Excellence Award

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Taiwan Tech Design Week

Ranked 2 nd in a class of 98 (2018) Ranked 1 st in a class of 98 (2017) Grace

Excellent work in Product Design Category (2017)

Evolution

Excellent work in Basic Design Category (2016)

Panic of the Hamburger

Excellent work in Sketch Category (2016)

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PRODUCT DESIGN

日/山/水

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Guloo

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Grace

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Fruity

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Series of Calligraphy Paper Town

Atmosphere Light

Manual Espresso Machine

Children Learning Book

XIANG GUA

New type of Chinese medicine scraping tool

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Exploring the meaning behind the words.

日/ 山 /水

Series of Calligraphy Paper Town

Calligraphy is an indispensable part of

Chinese culture because every word we write is consisted of wisdom from our ancestors.

With the growing ages and increasingly busy life, people have less chances to hold the

writing brush, and even forget how precious culture we have.

Consequently, we return to the essence and explore the soul in the word.

Designer / Tsai, Chia-Hsun / Chen, Tzu-Ying Material / Brass, Walnut, Glass, Ceramics Photo by / Ku, Feng-Cyuan Time / Spring, 2017 10


Series of Callligraphy Paper Town

2019 A' Design Award and Competition

Granted the Iron A' Design Award in Art Materials, Stationery Supplies and Gift Items Design Category

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When placed on the product, the tip of the brush will become the middle point of the pictograph

, reminding

people that words they write could be heart-warming.

To convey the temperature of handwriting, we chose brass and walnut as our materials.

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Series of Callligraphy Paper Town_ 日

MATERIAL / Brass, Walnut

DIMENSION / 95 mm × 95 mm × 32 mm

1 2 1 / The shape that the CNC carved on the brass piece echoes the shadow of the brush placed above.

2 / Small clips could be placed under the brass piece.

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In ancient Chinese poetry, mountains often symbolize one's characteristic or even integrity. We expect that people could write poems from the bottom of their hearts.

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Series of Callligraphy Paper Town_ 山

MATERIAL / Ceramics

DIMENSION / 45 mm × 40 mm × 20 mm 40 mm × 40 mm × 80 mm 90 mm × 45 mm × 50 mm

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1 / The use of spray paint as the embellishment of the top of the snow

2 / Writing brushes can be placed

on the depression of the mountain paper town

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To express our topic " ć°´ " , the product should have

really good transparency to show the light and soft

impression of water, so we chose glass as our material and filled them with liquid.

The transparency of the glass can map out the flow of liquid, reminding people that the words could be soft but powerful as water. 16


Series of Callligraphy Paper Town_ 水

MATERIAL / Glass, water

DIMENSION / 130 mm × 45 mm × 20 mm 150 mm × 45 mm × 25 mm 180 mm × 45 mm × 30 mm

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1 / The top view gives a pictograph of the water through the blue glass decoration.

2 / The opening could be sealed with the surface tension of the water

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日日 / / 山山 /水 /水

SeriesSeries of Calligraphy Paper Town of Calligraphy Paper Town

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Series of Callligraphy Paper Town_ æ°´

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GULOO At m o sph e re Lig ht

Guloo is a night light which shape was

inspired by the movement of a jellyfish. It features a blue glass light covered with

shattered glass inside in order to convey the infinite change of the ocean. The variegated

color from the light is to symbolize the energy and the luminescence of a jellyfish.

Designer/ Chen, Tzu-Ying / Tsai, Chia-Hsun Material / Glass, LED

Photo by / Tsai, Chia-Hsun Time / Winter, 2017

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Atmosphere Light

2019 A' Design Award and Competition nominated

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IDEA

This project started with bionic characteristic. We narrowed down the range

to ocean first, and thought which specific features that could be combined with our product.

Eventually, we found that JELLYFISH was theperfect model to transform because of its elegantmovement and luminous ability.

Material / Glass, LED

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Atmosphere Light

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MODELING We printed a 3D model of our product as the prototype and brought it to the glass master in

Hsinchu city. The master used glass blowing technique to help us shaping the appearance

and brushing a chemical smear on the glass surface which could express the transparency of jellyfish precisely.

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1 / Sketches of bonic products 2 / Glass blowing process

3 / Test for Tungsten bulb


Atmosphere Light

Test for LED light

TESTING Next, we tried to figure out which light was suitable for the glass base. Initially, Tungsten bulb was our first choice, due to its high heat release, we changed the bulb into a stable LED light

which was safer and lower energy consuming could even better present the color from ocean creature.

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FEATURES There are seven color applied to the LED light, change the frequency and the

color of LED light by using a remote controller according to their mood and environment. Furthermore, Guloo could be charged flexibly by most of the electronic devices through its USB connector.

RESEARCH ABSTRACT The traditional glass process fades with the age of the staff. We try to explore the

new possibilities of this area by combining design and technology to traditional skills. As the product become modern, and widely accepted, this valued field may be more attractive to people.

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Atmosphere Light

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White LED version


Atmosphere Light

Purple LED version

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Grace

Espresso Machine Grace is a manual espresso machine,

which features delicate appearance with detachable components.

Material / Copper, Plastic

Designer / Tsai, Chia-Hsun / Chuang, Chih-Yun Dimension/ 120x120x355(mm) Time / Spring, 2017

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Espresso Machine_ Grace

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IDEA The coffee machine was one of the topics of basic product design class in my second year of the college, my partner and I did lots of competitive product analysis and decided to target our product as "unplugged Espresso machine" since modern people had a tendency to live in the lives that could experience the fun of handmade.

Sketches of unplugged espresso machine

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Espresso Machine_ Grace

MODELING PE, Copper, Acrylic tube and iron wires were our materials for the 1:1 model, we even stuck a suction cup in the Acrylic tube to simulate the pressing pressure while making espresso.

Modeling process of Grace

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MECHANISM The whole machine could be separated into eight parts,

the bottom bracket and the cup rest are the only parts that could not be moved.

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Espresso Machine_ Grace

FEATURES Compared to other products in the market, every

single part of Grace is elaborately designed in order to be operated simply and easy to clean.

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STEPS

1. Fill the coffee powder in the portafilter.

4. Pour 88-92℃ water into the chamber.

2. Put the portafilter and the bracket into the filter cap sequentially.

3. Put brewing chamber into the portafilter.

5. Align the plunger to the chamber.

6. Press down the plunger for 10-20 sec to make a delicious espresso.

We would like the person who uses Grace to enjoy not only the espresso brewing process but also the elegance that Grace brings to her every ordinary day.

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Espresso Machine_ Grace

Grace

Espresso Machine

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Fruity is a series of educational books to help children identify and distinguish different kinds of fruits.

Fruity

Children Learning Book

Fruity is a series of educational book to help children identify and distinguish different kinds of fruits.

Material / Cardboard, Balsawood, Sticker

Designer / Tsai, Chia-Hsun / Chuang, Chih-Yun Dimension / 200x100x40(mm) Time / Winter, 2016

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Children Learning Book_Fruity

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FEATURES Do you know that the cross-section of an apple is star-shaped?

Within each section of the book, the

Each section of the fruit is different in dependence on how we cut

of the fruit are introduced to the

the fruit. Since we usually cut the fruit vertically, we hardly notice

the differences. In other words, when we are used to cutting the

fruit in vertical, we may miss the opportunity to view other aspects of the fruit, not to mention the beautiful star shape in the apple.

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name, leaf, flower, and structure

readers. Combined with toy-building blocks and slices, the book presents

the cross-section and the vertical section of the fruit structure.


Children Learning Book_Fruity

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1 / In the series, each book has different colors based on the skin color of the fruit 2 / Different sections of fruits in Fruity 3 / Leaves and flowers of fruits in Fruity

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Fruity

Children Learning Book

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Fruity can not only teach children to increase their knowledge of different fruits, but also

help develop children's eye-body coordination. Most importantly, Fruity can cultivate children to see things from different views and incite their creativity.


Children Learning Book_Fruity

Hand-eye coordination

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Scrape in fragrant five seasons for health and confidence.

XIANG GUA

New type of Chinese medicine scraping tool

There are tons of scraping tools on the market, however, it is difficult for users to understand the correct scraping concept and how to apply the tools without instructions.

Focusing on the five seasons health concept of Chinese medicine, we combine the modern

people's pursuit of health with Chinese herbal medicine to redesign the traditional scraping

tools. What we would like to do is to share

these two long-standing and precious cultures with more people and integrate them into everyone's daily life.

Designer / Tsai, Chia-Hsun / Chuang, Chih-Yun Time / Graduated project, 2019 44


New type of Chinese medicine scraping tool

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Based on the simple materialism, traditional Chinese medicine pays attention to the interaction between human

body and nature. Different from the four seasons, Chinese medicine divides summer into summer and long summer with five seasons as one year.

The five-season concept and the relationship between the five elements were used as the basis for the design. In addition, some Chinese medicines that are beneficial to the human body are selected to correspond to body organs and meridians that should be emphasized in each season. 46


New type of Chinese medicine scraping tool

DIMENSION / 100mm x 100mm x 25mm

MATERIAL / Plastic with metal processing in the middle of the casing

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1 / Top view of XIANG GUA 2 / Season poems are printed on the transparent sheet. Long Summer /

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New type of Chinese medicine scraping tool

There are six series of XIANG GUA, one for

each of the five seasons, and the additional one for daily use.

All the shape of the scraping boards are

inspired by the corresponding organs of the

relationship between five elements, which can be used to scrape and massage the

acupuncture points. Furthermore, users will

be taught the correct concept of scraping in

the way of the card during the experience process.

The product is divided into three parts: a scraping board,

a transparent sheet for isolating the scraping board from

the scraping cream and the bottom part is the Chinese medicine cream.

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Take the spring series as an example:

People should pay attention to the liver and gallbladder nursed back to health. Massage the Dadun and Fengchi acupoints by using the Aspen wood

scraping board and Rubia cordifolia cream could clear the liver and improve eyesight.

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1 / Spring thunder, grain rain Cherry blossoms

Weeds that speak no languages of flowers Send us a happy message of fragrance

2 / The product is consisted of top and bottom cover

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PARAMETRIC DESIGN

FAB LAB

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NEST LAMP

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Gradient Lounge Chair

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Customized Chairs

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Panic of hamburger

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Signboard of NCTU Maker Space

Random Connected Lines Structure

Gradient Structure

Simplified Parameter Adjustment

SKETCH

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FAB LAB

Signboard of NCTU Maker Space

FA B L A B s i g n b o a r d i s a 3 D p r i n t i n g implementation combining parameteric design.

Material / PLA, SLA, Embroidery Thread Designer / Tsai, Chia-Hsun

Dimension / 452x152x4(mm) Time / Winter, 2020

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Parametric Design_FAB LAB

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IDEA An old studio in our department will be rebuilt

into a creator space featuring parametric design. Therefore, I decided to make a signboard combining 3D modeling to express the spirit of "MAKER".

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Parametric Design_FAB LAB

FEATURES Parametric design is the main idea in this project. Accordingly, random lines and skeleton structures can be find out in the signboard.

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The whole process of 3D modeling

MODELING The FAB LAB signboard can be divided into three parts: letters, random lines and the board. All of them are

simulated by using 3d modeling software Rhino and its plug-in Grasshopper (Exoskeleton, Weaverbird).

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Parametric Design_FAB LAB

IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS OF THE FAB LAB SIGNBOARD 1. Test feasibility of printing letters with SLA 2. Printed the letters and the board

3. Randomly connect two points into a line with embroidery thread

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Parametric Design_FAB LAB

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Nest Lamp

Random Connected Lines Structure

Designer / Tsai, Chia-Hsun

Tools / Rhino, Grasshopper Time / Fall, 2019

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Parametric Design_Nest Lamp

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MODELING Nest lamp features random connected lines and gradient holes. Operators can generate different permutations and combinations according to the coding in Grasshopper.

The whole process of 3D modeling

These pictures shows the operator can receive different line arrangement and combination by adjusting the random function, after obtaining the straight line data, programmer can use the project and pipe functions to turn lines into solid curved pipes.

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Parametric Design_Nest Lamp

RENDERING

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Gradient Lounge Chair Gradient Structure

Designer / Tsai, Chia-Hsun

Tools / Rhino, Grasshopper Time / Fall, 2019 66


Parametric Design_Gradient lounge chair

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MODELING This 3D modeling features gradient structure which is consisted of five specified contour line. In addition to the

original functions in Grasshopper, the operator can flatten and mark all the sections to facilitate subsequent laser cutting operations by using the Open Nest plug-in.

The whole process of 3D modeling

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Parametric Design_Gradient lounge chair

RENDERING

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Customized Chairs

Simplified Parameter Adjustment

Designer / Tsai, Chia-Hsun

Tools / Rhino, Grasshopper Time / Winter, 2019 70


Parametric Design_Customized chairs

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MODELING PROCESS

This program allows people who do not understand the coding logic to customize their chairs.

Adjustable parameters: 1. Chair shape (side curve) 2. Chair foot position 3. Chair width

4. The density of the middle grid structure 5.Thickness of middle tube

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Parametric Design_Customized chairs

RENDERING

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SKETCH

Time / 2016-2018

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Sketch

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Sketch

Panic of hamburger 2016 Since the BSE( 狂牛症 ) has spread, we started to keep an eye on what kind of beef we can eat with more careful consideration.

However, the more information about BSE has circulated

on the social medias, the more rumours have caused a massive panic around the world.

As a result, distinguishing the truth from the false in this Information-explosion Era and finding out the correct information become one of the important skill in our world. Now, go on and find your own taintless food!

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Sketch

Behind the cup

2017

A tasty cup of coffee costs much more than a coffee farmer's monthly salary.

Behind the coffee cup, we could never experience how unequal treatment that the farmers bear.

Therefore, what could we do to break the chain that winding their life...?

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I will always do my best.

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T H A N K YOU!

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