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ThePdogHey education peeps, this article explains new research about problem solving abilities at young ages. It reinforces the idea of letting students figure out how to solve a problem rather than giving them a formula that works. Consider how to move towards an inquiry based approach.<a href="https://mas.to/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#education</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ProblemSolving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ProblemSolving</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ChildDevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChildDevelopment</a> <a href="https://theconversation.com/children-can-be-systematic-problem-solvers-at-younger-ages-than-psychologists-had-thought-new-research-266438?utm_content=buffer338a8&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=buffer" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://theconversation.com/children-can-be-systematic-problem-solvers-at-younger-ages-than-psychologists-had-thought-new-research-266438?utm_content=buffer338a8&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=buffer</a>

Nick EspinosaA.I. Will Fundamentally Change Child Development<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TechNews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Children</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChildDevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChildDevelopment</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MentalHealth</a><a href="https://youtu.be/oyHAMyquzXo" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/oyHAMyquzXo</a>

Nick EspinosaDaily podcast: A.I. Will Fundamentally Change Child Development<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TechNews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Children</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChildDevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChildDevelopment</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MentalHealth</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#podcast</a><a href="https://soundcloud.com/nickaesp/acd" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/nickaesp/acd</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehosePoynter: The human cost of witnessing violence online. “Journalists draw lines for a reason. We know how trauma seeps in through a screen. We know that immediacy without context is its own kind of harm. Social media has no such restraint. It promises unfiltered access, but without guarantees of truth and without protection from harm. The cork is off the bottle, and everything spills out: real […]<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/13/poynter-the-human-cost-of-witnessing-violence-online/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/13/poynter-the-human-cost-of-witnessing-violence-online/</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseAFP: Finnish phone ban brings focus, and chatter, back to school. “At Kungsvagens Skola for students aged 13 to 15 in Sipoo, northeast of Helsinki, teachers collect students’ phones in the morning and lock them in a storage room until the end of the school day. Principal Maria Tallberg said the transition to a phone-free school had ‘exceeded expectations’.”<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/12/afp-finnish-phone-ban-brings-focus-and-chatter-back-to-school/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/12/afp-finnish-phone-ban-brings-focus-and-chatter-back-to-school/</a>

Headlines AfricaNorth Africa: WFP Report Reveals School Meals As a Powerful Economic Engine and Lifeline in Middle East and North Africa, Reaching 23.5 Million Children: [WFP] Cairo, Egypt -- Children benefiting from national school meal programmes across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) increased by 22 percent in the past two years alone, despite conflict, economic downturn and the region's complex humanitarian… <a href="http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TN0wYp" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TN0wYp</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/SchoolMeals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SchoolMeals</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/EducationForAll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EducationForAll</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Nutrition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Nutrition</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/MENA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MENA</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/ChildDevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChildDevelopment</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseThe Conversation: The social media ban is coming, whether families like it or not: 5 ways to prepare kids and teens. “Research suggests social media allows young people to express themselves, develop their identity and seek social connection. In a society where two out five young Australians feel lonely, seeking out social support is crucial. Equally, social media can be addictive and the ‘fear […]<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/20/the-social-media-ban-is-coming-whether-families-like-it-or-not-5-ways-to-prepare-kids-and-teens-the-conversation/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/20/the-social-media-ban-is-coming-whether-families-like-it-or-not-5-ways-to-prepare-kids-and-teens-the-conversation/</a>

readbeanicecreamMusic helps young children recognize emotions from an early age<a href="https://www.news-medical.net/news/20250808/Music-helps-young-children-recognize-emotions-from-an-early-age.aspx" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.news-medical.net/news/20250808/Music-helps-young-children-recognize-emotions-from-an-early-age.aspx</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#health</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#healthcare</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mentalhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mentalhealth</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#psychology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/emotionalintelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#emotionalintelligence</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/emotions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#emotions</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/childdevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#childdevelopment</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#music</a>

Dr Priya Sammani ( MBBS ,DFM )I remember a mom, let’s call her Maria, sitting in my clinic, her hands twisting a tissue. "Dr. Anya," she said, her voice quiet, "my son, Ben, he’s so smart with words, with building things... <a href="https://me.dm/tags/childdevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#childdevelopment</a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/dyscalculia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dyscalculia</a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/educationalsupport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#educationalsupport</a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/learningdisorder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#learningdisorder</a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/mathdifficulties" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mathdifficulties</a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/neurodivergent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#neurodivergent</a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/numbersense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#numbersense</a> <a href="https://priya.health/dyscalculia/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://priya.health/dyscalculia/</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseUnited Press International: Excessive screen time for children linked to later heart health risks. “The time children and teens spend video gaming, scrolling through social media or watching TV could be putting their future heart health at risk, a new study says. Each additional hour of screen time is associated with an increase in heart risk factors like blood pressure, cholesterol and blood […]<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/07/united-press-international-excessive-screen-time-for-children-linked-to-later-heart-health-risks/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/07/united-press-international-excessive-screen-time-for-children-linked-to-later-heart-health-risks/</a>

Fox in the Shell 💜🐾🦊Update: This piece is getting some interesting pushback from parents who think I'm being alarmist about AI toys over on my other social platforms.   On the other side of that, I'm hearing so many people taking the usual "AI BAAAAD" stance, some of those people thinking I agree with them simply because I took a hardliner stance in this post.   For clarification: I'm not anti-AI. I use these tools daily for my research and writing as well as accessibility aids to offset some of the disadvantages I face due to my blindness. I study AI from the computer scientist perspective and am studying to be an elementary teacher precisely because I see AI's educational potential. I'm not even entirely against the idea of AI companionship, if it's framed right.   What actually bothers me is the business model. When Moxie robots suddenly "died" last year because the company went under, kids had to grieve their artificial friend. Parents got a scripted letter to explain why their $799 companion stopped talking which provided little comfort to kids who experienced digital abandonment. Trust me, the videos I've seen of kids crying because their beloved friend unexpectedly died over night is truly heartbreaking.   That's no glitch, that's what happens when you outsource childhood relationships to venture capital that only cares about investment returns.   The real question isn't whether AI toys are inherently bad. It's whether we're okay with corporations experimenting on our kids' emotional development while claiming it's "age-appropriate play."   What are your thoughts? Let me know in the comments.   <a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/kaylielfox/p/the-toys-are-listening?r=2pewuq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://open.substack.com/pub/kaylielfox/p/the-toys-are-listening?r=2pewuq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true</a>         <a href="https://fwoof.space/tags/AIToys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AIToys</a> <a href="https://fwoof.space/tags/ChildPrivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChildPrivacy</a> <a href="https://fwoof.space/tags/ChildDevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChildDevelopment</a> <a href="https://fwoof.space/tags/DigitalRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DigitalRights</a> <a href="https://fwoof.space/tags/TechEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TechEthics</a> <a href="https://fwoof.space/tags/SurveillanceCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SurveillanceCapitalism</a> <a href="https://fwoof.space/tags/COPPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#COPPA</a> <a href="https://fwoof.space/tags/DataPrivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DataPrivacy</a> <a href="https://fwoof.space/tags/ChildSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChildSafety</a> <a href="https://fwoof.space/tags/TechRegulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TechRegulation</a> <a href="https://fwoof.space/tags/DigitalLiteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DigitalLiteracy</a> <a href="https://fwoof.space/tags/ParentingInTheDigitalAge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ParentingInTheDigitalAge</a> <a href="https://fwoof.space/tags/EdTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EdTech</a> <a href="https://fwoof.space/tags/CorporateAccountability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CorporateAccountability</a> <a href="https://fwoof.space/tags/TechCriticism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TechCriticism</a> <a href="https://fwoof.space/tags/EthicalTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EthicalTech</a>

Hacker NewsI built a toy music controller for my 5yo with a coding agent<a href="https://github.com/jeffmccune/sonoserve" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/jeffmccune/sonoserve</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HackerNews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/toyMusicController" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#toyMusicController</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/codingForKids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#codingForKids</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/musicTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#musicTechnology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DIYProjects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DIYProjects</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/childDevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#childDevelopment</a>

Hacker NewsLet Kids Be Loud<a href="https://www.afterbabel.com/p/let-kids-be-loud" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.afterbabel.com/p/let-kids-be-loud</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HackerNews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LetKidsBeLoud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LetKidsBeLoud</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Parenting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Parenting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LoudKids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LoudKids</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChildDevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChildDevelopment</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Creativity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Creativity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Encouragement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Encouragement</a>

Valerie Estelle Frankel📚👩‍🏫🌌🎲🎮🏰📜🧷🧛🏻‍♂️🦇🎭✡️✍️🧙🏻🎃<a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23CFP" target="_blank">#CFP</a>: Interpreting the <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23HungerGamesPrequels" target="_blank">#HungerGamesPrequels</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23hungergames" target="_blank">#hungergames</a> submissions/questions to Tom Paradis tparadis@butler.edu by Sept 30 2025 <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23childdevelopment" target="_blank">#childdevelopment</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23classics" target="_blank">#classics</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23dystopia" target="_blank">#dystopia</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Enlightenment" target="_blank">#Enlightenment</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23history" target="_blank">#history</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23mediastudies" target="_blank">#mediastudies</a>, <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23literature" target="_blank">#literature</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23music" target="_blank">#music</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23philosophy" target="_blank">#philosophy</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23YA" target="_blank">#YA</a> <a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/religionprof/2025/07/cfp-interpreting-the-hunger-games-prequels.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.patheos.com/blogs/religi...</a> <a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/religionprof/2025/07/cfp-interpreting-the-hunger-games-prequels.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Hunger Games Prequels Call For...</a>

Radical AnthropologyReally interesting, on the effects of <a href="https://c.im/tags/mother" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mother</a>-child interactions on the development of the 'social brain' and Theory of Mind. <a href="https://c.im/tags/childdevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#childdevelopment</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/socialcognition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#socialcognition</a><a href="https://elifesciences.org/reviewed-preprints/103017" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://elifesciences.org/reviewed-preprints/103017</a>

michael30-May-2025 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Singing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Singing</a> to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/babies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#babies</a> improves their <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mood</a> A new study highlights how singing is a simple yet effective way to support infant well-being.- may partially explain <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#evolution</a> of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/musicality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#musicality</a>? <a href="https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1085802" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1085802</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/childDevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#childDevelopment</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pscyhology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pscyhology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/parenting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#parenting</a>

Nick Byrd, Ph.D.Adopted and donor-conceived children were way less likely to confound nature and nurture than traditionally-conceived kids (ages 4 to 8).👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 And this difference wasn’t explained by differences in parents.📄 Here's the free preprint (otherwise paywalled in Developmental Psychology): <a href="https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/3e8rj" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/3e8rj</a><a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/parenting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#parenting</a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/psychScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#psychScience</a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/childDevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#childDevelopment</a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/genetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#genetics</a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Adoption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Adoption</a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/IVF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IVF</a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/donorConception" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#donorConception</a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/essentialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#essentialism</a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/xPhi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#xPhi</a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/philMind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#philMind</a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/philSci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#philSci</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseIowa State University: Taking intermittent quizzes reduces achievement gaps and enhances online learning, even in highly distracting environments. “Inserting brief quiz questions into an online lecture can boost learning and may reduce racial achievement gaps, even when students are tuning in remotely in a distracting environment. That’s a main finding of our recent research published in […]<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/22/iowa-state-university-taking-intermittent-quizzes-reduces-achievement-gaps-and-enhances-online-learning-even-in-highly-distracting-environments/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/22/iowa-state-university-taking-intermittent-quizzes-reduces-achievement-gaps-and-enhances-online-learning-even-in-highly-distracting-environments/</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseABC News (Australia): New media literacy lessons aim to tackle crushing civics results. “The ABC can reveal new lessons about misinformation have been added to the national curriculum to tackle poor civics knowledge. National civics scores show just 28 per cent of Year 10 students and 43 per cent of Year 6 students are proficient in civics.”<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/22/abc-news-new-media-literacy-lessons-aim-to-tackle-crushing-civics-results/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/22/abc-news-new-media-literacy-lessons-aim-to-tackle-crushing-civics-results/</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseHarvard Gazette: How young is too young? No such thing, apparently.. “U.S. children aged 8 and younger spend 2½ hours a day on screens, with kids under 2 exceeding an hour each day, according to a recent report from Common Sense Media. It’s data that Michael Rich, an associate professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, finds deeply troubling.”<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/14/harvard-gazette-how-young-is-too-young-no-such-thing-apparently/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/14/harvard-gazette-how-young-is-too-young-no-such-thing-apparently/</a>

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