| From my experience working for corporate
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| | Director. It seems that corporate did not
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| aliens, from what others have told me,
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| | think technology was important enough to
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| and from numerous articles on the
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| | be given a department. Then they would've
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| internet, I have come to the conclusion
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| | had to pay me the much higher salary of a
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| that managers of many corporations show
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| | department head.All the managers had nice
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| considerable disrespect to their
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| | offices, but the systems administrator's
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| technology workers. Throughout my career,
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| | office was in the server room cluttered
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| I've had a several bad experiences. This
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| | with old computers, hard drives, cd-roms,
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| was one of my worst.A couple of years
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| | and other assorted parts. This is a
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| ago, I worked as a systems administrator
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| | typical arrangement for working systems
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| for a private college. A new School
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| | administrators. There are corporations
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| Director just started his administration.
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| | that hire useless tech managers that are
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| When a new School Director takes over,
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| | only familiar with buzz words. In these
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| instead of doing anything job related,
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| | cases, the managers would get the big
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| usually the Director cosmetically starts
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| | offices, and the ones that actually do
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| changing his or her environment. Office
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| | the work would get the server rooms.Being
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| furniture gets transferred from one room
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| | a systems administrator, I could have
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| to another, pictures are moved from one
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| | easily found ways to compromise corporate
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| wall to the adjacent wall, and a host of
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| | data. I strongly believe that, no matter
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| other labor intensive but irrelevant
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| | how abusive these corporations get, it is
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| activities are scheduled. Some of these
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| | wrong to get back at them by sabotaging
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| tasks required furniture movers. To save
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| | their systems or corrupting their data.
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| money and get bigger bonuses, management,
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| | Corporations do have a fear of
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| instead of hiring the needed help, found
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| | retaliation. When they fire the systems
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| it appropriate to use their technology
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| | administrator, they give no notice,
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| instructors. They did not ask for
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| | change all passwords and provide an
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| volunteers, nor did they offer additional
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| | immediate security escort off the
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| pay. They just outright ordered them to
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| | premises.Technology instructors,
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| become laborers for a day.Being a systems
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| | programmers, and web designers are also
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| administrator, I believed I was immune
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| | subject to all types of abuse. I've seen
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| from the furniture moving experience. I
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| | programmers who wrote some really
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| soon found out differently.As a systems
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| | creative code but whose names were never
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| administrator I took care of
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| | mentioned in the company newsletter.
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| approximately 300 computers (with
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| | Their technologically illiterate managers
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| internet connectivity) in the classrooms
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| | were highly praised instead.If you look
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| and offices. I assisted all office
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| | to sites like rent-a-coder, you'll find
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| personnel and instructors with their
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| | that you can get fancy websites for next
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| computer, networking, or internet
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| | to nothing. You can even buy 10 articles
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| problems. I had two people under me.
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| | for your site for as little as 50 dollars
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| Whenever new computers came in and needed
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| | (5 dollars per article). That's because
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| to be set up, either me or one of my
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| | so many good designers, writers, and
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| assistants would physically unpack the
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| | programmers from countries like India and
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| computers and monitors and set them up
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| | Russia are willing to work for relatively
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| for the user. If a computer had to be
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| | low pay. Since currently there is an
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| moved from one office and set up in
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| | ample supply of creative people, this
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| another, this was considered part of the
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| | abuse will continue.In America your
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| job, and I had no problem doing
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| | chances of becoming management material
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| this.There was a classroom that had over
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| | improve greatly the less you learn. When
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| twenty computers that were old and of
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| | I went to college studying engineering, I
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| very little use. This classroom was going
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| | met this man that never could understand
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| to be turned into a teachers' lounge and
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| | the subject matter taught in class. When
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| the computers were to be stored in a
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| | I ran into him years later, he was a
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| closet upstairs. Eventually they were to
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| | highly paid manager working for the
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| be donated to charity or thrown out. The
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| | state. He told me that the only
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| Director of Education, who was my boss,
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| | technology he needed for his job was to
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| ordered me and my assistants to move the
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| | "know who to call".There are two types of
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| computers upstairs. I told him that the
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| | degrees, ones in real fields like
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| computers were just junk and my skills
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| | Biology, Chemistry, Computers,
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| were not required for this undertaking
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| | Engineering, Web Design, etc. and the
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| nor was it a part of my job description.
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| | ones usually held by management like the
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| I pointed out that I didn't spend all
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| | Masters in Business Administration (MBA),
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| this time and effort learning practical
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| | or a Doctorate in History, Literature or
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| skills to be treated as a furniture
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| | Education. A lot of times, someone
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| mover. I also told him that I wouldn't
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| | working as a cashier for McDonald's has
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| ask my assistants to do it, because
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| | more common sense than a typical PhD in
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| that's not part of their job either. He
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| | Education. On the other hand, people with
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| told me that if I felt that way, I should
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| | more practical degrees actually possess
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| look for another job. I said, "No, you
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| | real skills. If it weren't for people
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| fire me!"Tempers flared and to avoid
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| | that create and understand technology, we
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| getting physically violent, I left the
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| | would still be at the mercy of the
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| building and walked around the block
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| | Bishops of the Inquisition, all holding
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| several times. After I came back, they
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| | Doctorates of Divinity.With some
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| called me into the School Director's
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| | exceptions, corporations generally tend
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| office. The School Director was the
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| | to hire MBA's, PhD's in Liberal Arts, or
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| Director of Education's boss. He only
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| | inept individuals with technology degrees
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| gave me a pep talk about "pitching in"
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| | as management. They are perfectly suited
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| but didn't fire me. One of my assistants
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| | to the requirements of corporate culture.
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| was ordered to move the computers, and he
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| | They just have enough brains to follow
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| did. I avoided termination, simply
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| | orders from corporate, but are not
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| because no one knew anything about what I
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| | creative enough to challenge any
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| was doing. My assistants were excellent
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| | directives.I don't think that my views of
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| workers, but were relatively
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| | management are unique. You only have to
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| inexperienced.Later, they got a new
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| | look to the comic strip Dilbert and note
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| School Director. Eventually, management
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| | the intelligence of the "boss" character.
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| found a replacement for me and used a
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| | The strip wouldn't be as popular as it
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| trumped up reason to fire me. Not long
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| | is, if it did not satirize the truth.Let
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| after that, the entire school chain was
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| | me warn the corporate alien management of
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| forced to close by the federal
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| | today: Stop treating your technology
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| government.The school had several
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| | people as "go-fors"! One day they'll just
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| departments reporting to the School
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| | get fed up and quietly walk off the job.
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| Director. They were Management,
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| | Without them your data driven, email
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| Education, Business, and Sales
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| | centric cyber world cannot long
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| departments. The systems administrator
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| | endure.George Lunt is someone who feels
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| didn't have a department. I was placed
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| | the world is getting too corporate. His
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| under the Education Department, even
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| | writings relate the individual's struggle
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| though I had to service every other
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| | with big government and big corporations.
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| department as well as the School
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