Dr. Shawn Giammattei (he/him) is the founder of Quest Family Therapy and is a licensed family psychologist in Northern California, who specializes in couple and family therapy with a focus on the treatment of gender incongruence in children, adolescents and adults, as well as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender couple and family issues. (he/him) is the founder of Quest Family Therapy and is a licensed family psychologist in Northern California, who specializes in couple and family therapy with a focus on the treatment of gender incongruence in children, adolescents and adults, as well as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender couple and family issues.

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Also, I was thinking about your questions about trans folks in sports and I thought this op/ed nailed it
https://huntingtonnow.com/op-ed-the-transgender-sports-ban-a-pediatricians-perspective/
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#833 Shawn Giammattei, PhD on family therapy with gender-sensitive folk

Bio 

Michael Tierno embarked on his transformative journey into expanded states in 2016. Initially a staunch rational materialist (physicalist), Tierno's perspective shifted profoundly after his first spiritual journey to Peru, where he experienced the power of ayahuasca. This pivotal moment cracked open his heart and led him to realize the interconnectedness of all life, the importance of living without fear, and the presence of divine energies within. Tierno's work is now dedicated to guiding others through expanded states modalities, leveraging his deep understanding of these practices to support individuals in breaking free from limiting patterns and connecting with their untapped wisdom.

Tierno offers a range of services, including guidance in expanded states,Men of Integrity retreats, a multi-modality men's retreat in North America and

Heart Sanctuary, an ayahuasca retreat center in Peru's Sacred Valley. 

His approach is deeply rooted in the belief that expanded states can facilitate major beneficial impacts on conditions like trauma, depression, PTSD, anxiety, and addictions, by connecting individuals with their divine essence and inducing mystical experiences.

Tierno shares insights on authenticity, vulnerability, and the dual paths to enlightenment through his website and personal writings, emphasizing the importance of embracing life's offerings and expanding personal boundaries. He advocates for emotional openness and authenticity as key components of a fulfilled life. According to Tierno, his work is a testament to the transformative power of expanded states and the potential for personal growth and healing they hold.

michael@michaeltiernoguide.com

Michael's website

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#882 Michael Tierno on psychedelics, transformation, and sacred sexuality

Dr. Scott Bonn is a criminologist, podcast host, TV commentator, public speaker and author of
the best-selling popular culture book Why We Love Serial Killers: The Curious Appeal of the
World’s Most Savage Murderers.

He provides expert commentary and analysis for a number of high-profile true crime TV shows
and documentaries on A&E, Discovery Network, Oxygen, Investigation Discovery and Travel
Channel.

Bonn authored the critically acclaimed sociology book Mass Deception: Moral Panic and the
U.S. War on Iraq. His fact-based crime thriller novel, Evil Guardian, was inspired by his
correspondence with notorious, real-life serial killers David Berkowitz (Son of Sam) and Dennis
Rader (Bind, Torture, Kill).

Bonn is an expert on criminal behavior and is highly respected for answering the puzzling
question of “why the perpetrator did it” in complex murder cases. He makes the seemingly
incomprehensible both understandable and highly entertaining for his audience. He examines
many types of criminal activity in his Psychology Today blog titled “Wicked Deeds” that hasbeen visited nearly 12 million times. He has more than 15,000 social media followers.

Bonn was an award-winning criminology and sociology professor at Drew University in
Madison, NJ, from 2007-2017.

Prior to becoming a criminologist, Bonn was an advertising and media executive in New York,
serving in the roles of Vice President, Client Marketing, at NBC TV Network, and Senior Vice
President, Sales & Marketing, at The BOX Music TV Network and SonicNet during the 1990’s.

Dr. Bonn holds a Ph.D. in Sociology (Criminology) and an M.S. in Criminal Justice. He resides
in Las Vegas, NV, with his wife and son.

Monday, February 3 2024 at 10 am Pacific
sbonn520@gmail.com
305-632-7500.

Dr. Scott Bonn website

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#881 Scott Bonn, PhD on The Fascination with Serial Killers

Dr. Brian Klaas is an Associate Professor in Global Politics at University College London and a contributing writer for The Atlantic. He is also the author of the book Corruptible: Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us and host of the Power Corrupts podcast.

Dr. Klaas is an expert on democracy, authoritarianism, US foreign policy, American politics more generally, political violence, and elections. He has previously authored three books: "The Despot's Apprentice: Donald Trump's Attack on Democracy" ; "The Despot's Accomplice: How the West is Aiding & Abetting the Decline of Democracy," and "How to Rig an Election" (Yale University Press, co-authored with Professor Nic Cheeseman;

Klaas has advised governments, US political campaigns, NATO, the European Union, multi-billion dollar investors, international NGOs, and international politicians.

Dr. Klaas has extensive experience working in sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and United States politics.

Klaas, an American, speaks French and is proficient in Arabic in addition to his native English.  He received his DPhil in Politics from the University of Oxford (New College), an MPhil in Comparative Government from the University of Oxford (St. Antony's), and a Bachelor of Arts (Summa Cum Laude; Phi Beta Kappa) from Carleton College.

http://brianklaas.com

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#880 Brian Klaas on Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters

Ami Harbin is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Women and Gender Studies at Oakland University (Michigan, USA). Her research is in moral psychology, feminist philosophy, and bioethics. She is the author of Fearing Together: Ethics for Insecurity (Oxford 2023) and Disorientation and Moral Life (Oxford 2016).   https://oakland.edu/phil/faculty/Harbin/

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#879 Philosophy Prof. Ami Harbin on the ethical importance of fearing well

STEPHEN AIZENSTAT, Ph.D., is the founder of
Pacifica Graduate Institute, Dream Tending, and the Academy
of Imaginal Arts and Sciences. For more than 35 years, he has
explored the power of dreams through depth psychology. He has
collaborated with Joseph Campbell, Marion Woodman, Robert
Johnson, James Hillman, and Native elders worldwide. He
conducts dreamwork and imagination seminars throughout the
US, Europe, and Asia. For more, visit dreamtending.com

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#878 Stephen Aizenstat PhD discussing his new book The Imagination Matrix

Enrico Gnaulati Ph.D. is a frequent contributor to national publications like The Atlantic, Salon, and The Huffington Post, Gnaulati is also sought-after public speaker and radio guest. He is a nationally-recognized reformer of mental health practice and policy, has published numerous articles in both academic journals and popular magazines, and is the author of multiple acclaimed books, including Flourishing Love: A Secular Guide to Lasting Intimate Relationships (Karnac Books, 2023); Saving Talk Therapy: How Health Insurers, Big Pharma, and Slanted Science are Ruining Good Mental Health Care (Beacon Press, 2018), and Back to Normal: Why Ordinary Childhood Behavior Is Mistaken for ADHD, Bipolar Disorder, and Autism Spectrum Disorder (Beacon Press, Sept. 2013). He is in private practice in Pasadena, California.

Education
* Ph.D., clinical psychology, Columbia University, child and adolescent assessment and therapy track (1996)
* M.Phil., M.Sc., clinical psychology, Columbia University (1994)
* post-graduate research, University of Washington (1988-1990)
*M.A., psychology, Seattle University (1987)
* B.A., American studies; minor, philosophy, California StCte University,  Fullerton (1985)

Academic Teaching and Research
* Lecturer, child & family studies and psychology departments, California State University, Los  Angeles (1998-2004)
* Adjunct Professor of Psychology, California School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles campus (1998-2000)
* Adjunct Professor of Psychology, City College, City University, NYC (1994-1995).

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#877 Enrico Gnaulati PhD on A Guide to Lasting Intimate Relationships

W. Keith Sutton, Psy.D., is a clinical psychologist and director of the Institute for the Advancement of Psychotherapy. He has been working with children, adolescents and their families since 1998 in teens shelters, a residential treatment program, a wilderness program, drug and alcohol outpatient program, schools, community clinics, an in-home therapy program, and in private practice. Dr. Sutton is trained in Narrative Family Therapy, Brief Strategic Family Therapy, Family Based Therapy for Anorexia, Attachment Based Family Therapy, Emotionally Focused Family Therapy, Strategic Family Therapy, MRI Model of Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy, Parenting with Love and Limits, and Behavioral Parent Therapy. Dr. Sutton was on the Strategic Family Therapy team at the Mental Research Institute, and currently teaches and supervises therapists and therapists in training in family therapy through his Institute for the Advancement of Psychotherapy and it’s associated nonprofit, Bay Area Community Counseling. He and his colleague, James Keim, LCSW, have developed their integrative, transdiagnostic four stage approach to working with families called Evolving Structural-Strategic Family Therapy (ESSFT).

Private Practice with offices in San Francisco & Corte Madera and available via Zoom throughout California

https://www.facebook.com/drkeithsutton/ You can begin your web crawl by going to his website at drkeithsutton.com, Director of the Institute for the Advancement of Psychotherapy

Director of Bay Area Community Counseling (BACC) a 501(c)(3) nonprofit

Director of the Family Institute of Berkeley 

Certified Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT) Supervisor

Past President of the Association of Family Therapists of Northern California 

Founder of Bay Area Therapists Specializing in Adolescents 

Host of the podcast Therapy On The Cutting Edge 

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#876 Clinical Psychologist Dr. Keith Sutton on Working Systemically with Individuals, Couples and Families for Lasting Change

Matthew Smith is Professor of Health History at the University of Strathclyde’s Centre for the Social History of Health and Healthcare.  He is the author of The First Resort: The History of Social Psychiatry in the United States (Columbia UP, 2023) and has written or co-edited many other books on the history of mental health and psychiatry, food and nutrition and allergy and immunology.  Among these are the award-winning Hyperactive: The Controversial History of ADHD (Reaktion, 2012) and Another Person’s Poison: A History of Food Allergy (Columbia UP, 2015).
Strathclyde website: https://www.strath.ac.uk/staff/smithmatthewdr/ 

Personal website: https://www.mattsmithbooks.com/

The article referred to in the interview: https://tinyurl.com/mr2u58w8

Email: m.smith@strath.ac.uk

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#875  UK Prof. Matthew Smith on The Mental Health Crisis in The U.S.

Stephen Rowley, PhD, is a psychotherapist practicing on Bainbridge Island, Washington. With the publication of his new book, The Lost Coin: A Memoir of Adoption and Destiny (Chiron Publications), he also has become an author.

He previously enjoyed a 40-year career as an elementary school teacher and principal, and a school district superintendent in Washington State and California. He has also been a professor at three universities, teaching educational administration and organizational theory.

Steve’s academic background includes a BA from the University of Wisconsin. He holds a PhD in Administration and Policy Analysis from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Education and an MA in Counseling Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute, Santa Barbara.

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#874 Jungian therapist Stephen Rowley on his Memoir of Adoption and Destiny

Bio
Dr. Royce Fitts is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in five U.S. states, an ordained minister, and lover of Process Theology. He holds a Doctor of Ministry in pastoral counseling. Royce is a certified Spiritual Care Professional in The American Association for Clinical and Pastoral Education and a Clinical Fellow in The American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. He has served as a Military and Family Life Counselor for active U.S. military members and families. Royce also has an online practice dedicated to open-hearted, spiritual counseling and dream work.

Royce enjoys slow running and hiking everywhere from his beloved Nebraska prairie to crowded urban centers.

Above all, he is a lover of dreams, even the dreams that shake, confound, and terrify. They are, he believes, an ancient inner compass, perhaps one of our deepest instinctual energies, that will always guide us—and our world—into healing, wholeness, and beauty.

To learn how you can connect with Royce about his spiritual counseling and dreamwork: www.RoyceFitts.com.

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#873  The Geography of The Soul with Dr. Royce Fitts

Dr. Mark Gregory Karris is a compassionate and dedicated licensed marriage and family therapist, empowering individuals and couples to embark on transformative journeys to healing and self-discovery. Based in the vibrant city of San Diego, California, Mark's extensive expertise encompasses the realms of religious trauma, men's issues, and couples therapy.

Mark earned a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Nyack College, followed by a Masters of Counseling from Alliance Graduate School of Counseling. His thirst for knowledge led him to an intensive Master of Divinity from Drew Theological School and ultimately a PsyD from Alliant International University, with a specialized focus on Marriage and Family Therapy.

Mark has traveled internationally for the Red Cross, conducting workshops on stress, trauma, anger, and communication. His passion for sharing knowledge has also led him to conduct numerous workshops over the years on relationships, shame and self-criticism, self-compassion, and attachment theory and religion. Mark's extensive knowledge on religious trauma has also found its way onto dozens of podcasts and television, where he has engaged in important conversations about the significant issue this emerging topic.

A celebrated author, Mark's impactful books, "Religious Refugees: (De)Constructing Toward Spiritual and Emotional Healing" and "The Diabolical Trinity: Healing Religious Trauma Due to Believing in a Wrathful God, Tormenting Hell, and a Sinful Self," have touched the lives of countless readers, offering profound insights and guidance on their path to emotional well-being.

Mark's therapeutic approach is holistic, integrative, and experiential. He believes in engaging the mind, body, spirit, and emotions, drawing from a diverse range of therapeutic modalities. From psychodynamic and intensive short-term dynamic therapy to internal family systems, cognitive-behavioral, somatic-based, and spiritual approaches. He has also undergone extensive training in Emotionally Focused Therapy, ensuring that his couples receive the most effective and empathetic care. Mark’s book on couple relationships will come out in 2024.

Visit MarkGregoryKarris.com to discover more about his work.

Here is a link to Mark’s Book, The Diabolical Trinity- 

Here is a link to Mark’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgcz2Pq4FMpItOWs3wylTCg
Here is a link to Mark’s Website: MarkGregoryKarris.com
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#872 Family Therapist Dr. Mark Karris on Religious Trauma

Dr. Karbelnig practices psychoanalytic psychotherapy in Pasadena, California, working with individuals, couples, families, and groups. He’s earned two PhDs, one in Counseling Psychology from USC in 1986, and another one in Psychoanalysis from the New Center for Psychoanalysis (NCP) in 1996. Shortly thereafter, he achieved Certification in Psychoanalysis by the American Psychoanalytic Association (APsaA), ultimately earning the status of a Supervising and Training Psychoanalyst. Further, he founded, serves on the Board of Directors of, and teaches at Rose City Center—a not-for-profit psychoanalytic psychotherapy clinic serving the economically disadvantaged throughout California. An award-winning teacher, Dr. Karbelnig lectures locally, nationally and internationally including in Hong Kong and Beijing, China, in Delhi and Ahmedabad, India, and in Tel Aviv, Israel. A scholar in psychoanalysis, psychoanalytic psychotherapy, mental health law and ethics, Dr. Karbelnig also enjoys writing. He has published numerous book chapters as well as scholarly articles. He writes a weekly Substack newsletter entitled, Journeys to the Unconscious Mind, and authored Lover, Exorcist, Critic: Understanding Depth Psychotherapy (Phoenix Press, UK).

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#871 Psychoanalyst Alan Karbelnig PhD on The Art of Depth Psychotherapy

#870  Psychologist Dr. Deborah Serani on Living with Depression

Thomas R. Verny is a clinical psychiatrist and the author of eight of books, including The Secret Life of the Unborn Child, which was published in 27 countries and 47 scientific papers. His most recent book is The Embodied Mind: Understanding the Mysteries of Cellular Memory, Consciousness, and Our Bodies. He has previously taught at Harvard University, the University of Toronto, York University (Toronto), and St. Mary’s University.
He is also a podcaster, and his podcast, Pushing Boundaries with Dr. Thomas R. Verny, can be found on all the usual channels.

Website: https://www.trvernymd.com/

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#869 Clinical Psychiatrist Thomas Verny on Cellular Memory and Consciousness

David H. Rosmarin, PhD, is the founder of Center for Anxiety (New York, Boston, Princeton), an associate professor at Harvard Medical School, and director of the McLean Hospital Spirituality & Mental Health Program. He is a clinical innovator in the treatment of anxiety, a board-certified clinical psychologist, and a peer-reviewed scholar. Dr. Rosmarin has helped thousands of patients and organizations learn how to live happier and more productive lives. For over two decades, he has taught people to overcome the stigmas associated with anxiety by embracing all of our human emotions to learn from them and thrive. His newest book, THRIVING WITH ANXIETY 9 Tools To Make Your Anxiety Work For You, was recently released. For further information go to: https://dhrosmarin.com/

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#868 Harvard Professor David Rosmarin PhD on Thriving with Anxiety

Jocelyn Eve is a white, neurodivergent human, and a trauma informed group therapist serving LGBTQIA+ folks. She is a loving Auntie, dog mom, and ambivert based in occupied Massachusett Tribe / Cambridge, MA.

Jocelyn dreams of radical recovery, healing & thriving! She spends her days scheming creative, integrative, healing spaces and fostering radical community to work in synergy towards that end. She is a community builder dedicated to mutually uplifting women, gnc & trans people, in service of the larger urgent anti-colonial & anti-capitalist imperative to restore and remediate this earth.

She received her Masters of Social Work at Smith College and her Bachelor’s degree in Human Rights. For the past decade she has worked in various mental health and psychiatric settings ranging from therapeutic mentorship and home based work to inpatient and intensive outpatient services. She has in-depth experience working with those who hold a wide array of complex, intersecting identities. She has long been committed to the field of domestic violence/intimate partner violence. Working with underserved populations, particularly those with chronic and severe mental illness, she pursued training in compassion mind training, SMART recovery, and metacognitive therapy in an intensive outpatient dialectical-behavioral therapy (DBT) program.

She aims to provide person-centered, strength-based, and trauma aware care. She likes to incorporate expressive and mindfulness-based therapies into her work, whenever helpful.

Her treatment approach is also grounded in relational and attachment theories, Internal Family Systems and framed by social justice. Her practice is rooted in the belief that each of us are inherently whole and deserving of joy, freedom, and care. She models non-judgement, radical acceptance, and curiosity in her group offerings to break relational cycles keeping us stuck in disconnection.

You can learn more about her work at www.jocelyneve.com

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#867 Jocelyn Eve LICSW on Group Therapy for Traumatized Men

Jon Frederickson, MSW, is on the faculty of the Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP) Training Program at the Washington School of Psychiatry. He has been on the faculty of the Laboratorium Psykoeducaji in Warsaw and has taught at the Ersta Skondal Hogskole in Stockholm. Jon has provided ISTDP training in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Poland, Italy, India, Iran, Australia, Canada, the United States, and the Netherlands. He is the author of over fifty published papers and four books, Co-Creating Change: Effective Dynamic Therapy Techniques; Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: Learning to Listen from Multiple Perspectives; The Lies We Tell Ourselves: How to Face the Truth, Accept Yourself, and Create a Better Life; and Co-Creating Safety: Healing the Fragile Patient. His book Co-Creating Change won first prize in psychiatry in 2014 at the British Medical Association Book Awards. It has been published in Farsi, Polish, and Slovak and is forthcoming in Spanish and Hebrew. The Lies We Tell Ourselves has been published in Polish, Farsi, Danish, Slovak, and Norwegian and is forthcoming in Arabic, German, Chinese, and Bulgarian.
Jon has DVDs of actual sessions with patients who previously failed in therapy at his websites www.istdpinstitute.com and www.deliberatepracticeinpsychotherapy.com. At these sites you will also find other skill-building exercises designed for therapists. Additionally, Jon answers therapists’ questions on their work at www.facebook.com/DynamicPsychotherapy.

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#866 Jon Frederickson MSW on Healing Through Relating

Bio
Stephen W. Porges, PhD, is Distinguished University Scientist at Indiana University where he is the founding director of the Traumatic Stress Research Consortium in the Kinsey Institute. He is professor of psychiatry at the University of North Carolina, and professor emeritus at both the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Maryland. He served as president of the Society for Psychophysiological Research and the Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences and is a former recipient of a National Institute of Mental Health Research Scientist Development Award. He is the originator of the Polyvagal Theory, creator of a music-based intervention, the Safe and Sound Protocol, and a founder of the Polyvagal Institute.

Seth Porges is a journalist and filmmaker. He wrote, produced, and directed the hit film Class Action Park, which debuted at number one on HBO Max, was nominated for a Critics Choice Documentary Award, and won Best Documentary at the 2021 Hollywood Critics Association Film Awards. He is currently directing an upcoming film for a major streaming service, as well as a documentary about professional pickleball. Seth was previously a technology editor at Popular Mechanics magazine, a columnist for Bloomberg Businessweek, and has appeared in roughly 50 episodes of the Travel Channel’s Mysteries at the Museum.

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#865 Stephen and Seth Porges discuss their new book Our Polyvagal World

Karl Ammann uncovers wildlife trafficking, poaching and other forms of brutal exploitation of the planet’s most iconic species. Circumventing red tape and challenging the status quo established by governments and supranational bodies, he discloses the shameful silence of international bodies and puts names and responsibilities behind the ongoing death of nature.

He is a leader of the campaign that gained worldwide recognition of the bush meat crisis in Africa. He is an advisory director to several organizations, including The World Society for the Protection of Animals , The Cheetah Conservation Fund, and The Biosynergy Institute.

After studying at St. Gall Graduate School of Economics and graduating from Cornell University’s Hotel Management School in 1974, Karl worked on new project development and marketing for InterContinental Hotels, first in Kinshasa where he helped to organize the famous “Rumble in the Jungle” with Muhammad Ali, and then worldwide, traveling to over 100 countries.

Karl first recognized the scale of the bush meat trade in 1988, while traveling on one of the legendary Zaire River boats. Since then, he carries a camera as his sidearm, shooting scenes of chimpanzees, gorillas and other wild animals being butchered for sale as expensive bush meat. One of his priorities has been researching the status of the apes in Africa and Asia, which exposed the bush meat trade and the illegal trafficking of orphans. In the process, he also initiated decade-long ape research and conservation projects in the northern Congo.

More recently he produced a series of documentaries exposing the trade of wildlife products and live animals, illustrating the little known characteristics of the demand side.

Ammann’s reports and documentaries convinced the European Parliament and leaders of over twenty African states to sign a proclamation against the slaughter of apes and caused the government of Cameroon to convene a national conference on the illegal bush meat trade. For this work, he received the Dolly Green Award for Artistic Achievement at the 11th annual Genesis Awards banquet in Los Angeles in April 1997. Throughout his career, Ammann has won a wide range of awards, including TIME Magazine’s Heroes of the Environment.

https://karlammann.com/about/
https://www.karlammann.ch/ammann/deutsch
https://www.thetigermafia.co/

karl@karlammann.ch

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