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Welcome to Raising Wildlings, a podcast about parenting, alternative education and stepping into the wilderness, however that looks, with your family. Each week, we’ll be interviewing experts that truly inspire us, to answer your parenting and education questions. We’ll also be sharing stories from some incredible families that took the leap, and are taking the road less travelled. Whether you’re a parent looking for tips on how to better handle those sibling squabbles and tantrums, a couple searching for ways to create more freedom within your family’s lifestyle, an educator keen to explore alternative schooling models and how children learn, a father keen to delve into respectful parenting philosophies, or a mother wanting to learn more about why play is so important and how to get children outdoors safely, then this is the podcast for you. Each week you’ll get tried and tested tactics from parenting, play and education experts to help you on your journey towards creating the happiest, healthiest lifestyle you can for your family. We’ll also chat to real life families who have created freedom within their lives and are living life on their own terms. They’ll teach you how they did it and how you can too. And of course, you’ll hear from us about all things nature play and alternative education. We’ll answer all your questions on how children learn, the importance of play in all its forms, children’s rights and autonomy, and how to get your children outside safely, more often. This podcast hopes to empower parents and educators to raise kinder, more resilient, more adaptable children by helping them maintain happy connections and healthy lifestyles. So, what are you waiting for?! Let’s dive in! Hit subscribe now to be notified when new episodes go live. To download our free Respectful Language Printable Cheat Sheet, head to: www.wildlingsforestschool.com/shop/respectful-language

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Nature - Its Good For Your Mental Health with Melinda Bito Sep 27, 2021

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In this episode, we’re chatting with Melinda Bito, founder of Eco-Explorers in Melbourne about tips on creating a business around your family and dream life, the best and hardest parts of owning your own nature play business and how communities and nature can help mental health.

👉 Melinda Shares

All about Eco-Explorers and what they offer
The profound experience that inspired her to start her business?
Her strengths and what makes her unique compared to others in the industry
The hardest part of starting her business and what has been the hardest part of her business journey
What she wished she had help with
The best part about owning a nature play business
The benefits of starting a nature play business in your community
Her tips on creating a business around your family and dream life, on your lived experiences and knowledge.
How stepping outside of her comfort zone has changed her life
The benefits she has seen in creating a business that truly aligns with her values
About homeschooling and traveling with her family
About mental health and how communities and nature can help

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Melinda Bito is the Founder of Eco Explorers Australia. Melinda has a passion for connecting families and children to nature. She is a certified Forest School Leader, mental health worker and play work practitioner who has 30 years of experience working in community services with families, refugee women, children in foster care and in disability.
She also founded Australia’s first environmentally friendly toy store and has a deep passion for child-led natural learning. She home-schooled her own children and travelled around Australia with her family for nearly 3 years living the dream and her life to the fullest.

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Welcome back to Raising Wildlings — where we explore raising brave, resilient, curious kids who feel at home outdoors.

If you're an educator ready to bring more nature play and child-led learning into your Early Years program, our Bush Kindy Professional Development Workshops are for you. You'll walk away with practical tools, risk-benefit strategies, and the confidence to take learning outside in a way that's safe, meaningful, and genuinely exciting for

You know this podcast is just a small part of what we do at Wildlings Forest School. So if you want to find out more about our range of programs for children, our professional development workshops for educators, our free downloadables, blogs or our online store, just head to wildlingsforestschool.com. It's all there waiting for you. Come and join the village.

For the Love of Adventure, Stories and Play with Birdwings Forest School Sep 20, 2021

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Narelle and Jen are two passionate educators who bought the fun and expertise of their own separate businesses, that have been running many years before Bush Kindy and Forest Schools became a thing in Australia, to create Birdwings Forest School located in the magical wilds of the Gold Coast Hinterland. In this episode they share their story and their keen observations of the benefits of adventurous play in the outdoors.
👉 Birdwings' Founders Share

About their business and what do they do
The inspiration to start their business
Their thoughts on the importance of adventure in children’s lives.
About ecological storytelling at Birdwings
Their strengths and what makes you unique compared to others in the industry or your area
The hardest part of starting their business and the business journey
The best part about owning a nature play business
The benefits of starting a nature play business in your community

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birdwingsforestschool.com/2021/02/13/confidence-flows-from-connection-helping-children-do-hard-things/
birdwingsforestschool.com/2019/02/13/what-does-risk-taking-really-look-like-in-early-childhood/
Book Recommendations:
Sand Talks
The Goodness of Rain

Wild Business

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Birdwings Forest School offer full day nature immersion programs on Kombumerri Country in the Gold Coast Hinterland. Children and families come to Birdwings to have playful adventures in wild nature and to rekindle an intuitive connection to nature. There’s plenty of time for children to explore their own learning, supported by experienced nature mentors who believe that children are capable learners. We understand that all children crave connection to community, to culture and to country, and this sense of belonging is at the heart of our business.
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Welcome back to Raising Wildlings — where we explore raising brave, resilient, curious kids who feel at home outdoors.

If you're an educator ready to bring more nature play and child-led learning into your Early Years program, our Bush Kindy Professional Development Workshops are for you. You'll walk away with practical tools, risk-benefit strategies, and the confidence to take learning outside in a way that's safe, meaningful, and genuinely exciting for

You know this podcast is just a small part of what we do at Wildlings Forest School. So if you want to find out more about our range of programs for children, our professional development workshops for educators, our free downloadables, blogs or our online store, just head to wildlingsforestschool.com. It's all there waiting for you. Come and join the village.

Research on Homeschooling with Dr. Rebecca English Sep 13, 2021

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At Raising Wildlings, we have shared our homeschooling journeys along with countless others, but what does the research say about homeschooling in Australia. Well, homeschooling has more than doubled over the last several years. So what is it that is driving these trends, let’s find out in my discussion today with Dr. Rebecca English from QUT.

👉 Rebecca shares

Her background and how she got involved in this movement
What some of the main reasons people make the switch to alternative education
About the binaries of ideologs, pedagogs and accidentals
How the current climate is impacting people’s views on homeschooling
Important statistics on homeschooling in Australia
How to start home learning
How to access support and help you through the process
Some of the outstanding findings she has discovered in her research
Profound outcomes from unschooling
Her thoughts on credentialism and how the academic landscape is changing in regards to needing formal qualifications

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Find more about Dr. Rebecca English's work here
Read her published findings and articles here

Check out our Unschooling and Wildschooling webinars
*Just a note apologising that our Homeschool Course has suffered technical difficulties. We hope to have rectified by Tues 21st September.
Our Homeschooling Blog

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Dr. Rebecca English is a researcher, teacher and mother whose work is concerned with parenting and education. She has an interest in the ways parents make choices for their children that align with their beliefs about family, parenting and other factors. Her particular interest is in the choice of non-mainstream education affects children’s experience of agency and autonomy.

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Welcome back to Raising Wildlings — where we explore raising brave, resilient, curious kids who feel at home outdoors.

If you're an educator ready to bring more nature play and child-led learning into your Early Years program, our Bush Kindy Professional Development Workshops are for you. You'll walk away with practical tools, risk-benefit strategies, and the confidence to take learning outside in a way that's safe, meaningful, and genuinely exciting for

You know this podcast is just a small part of what we do at Wildlings Forest School. So if you want to find out more about our range of programs for children, our professional development workshops for educators, our free downloadables, blogs or our online store, just head to wildlingsforestschool.com. It's all there waiting for you. Come and join the village.

S2E35: Snakes, Phobia and Ecology with Snake Catcher Gemma Smith Sep 06, 2021

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In this episode, we’re chatting with conservationist, budding ecologist and snake catcher, Gemma Smith, about all things snakes. How to keep yourself and your children safe around snakes, what to do on the very chance you get bitten by a snake, the importance of snakes to our environment and for those who are scared of snakes, some tips on how to work on your fear and not pass it onto your children.

👉 Gemma shares

Her story of how she got into snake catching
Some of the signs we can be aware and teach to our kids as we coming into snake season
How knowledge conquers fear
Tips to help keep children safe around snakes when exploring in the bush
Her advice for parents who have phobias or deep fears around snakes and how to not pass this fear onto their children
Basic snake first aid and what to do on the really rare chance that you’re bitten by a snake
The essential role snakes play in our biodiversity
The delicate balance of our ecosystem

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Book Recommendation: The Tangled Bank, Carl Zimmer

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Today we have the absolute privilege of chatting with Gemma Smith. Gemma is a conservationist, budding ecologist currently studying Animal Ecology at the USC, passionate reptile lover and Snake Catcher who offers Snake Removal & Relocation Services across the Sunshine Coast.

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Welcome back to Raising Wildlings — where we explore raising brave, resilient, curious kids who feel at home outdoors.

If you're an educator ready to bring more nature play and child-led learning into your Early Years program, our Bush Kindy Professional Development Workshops are for you. You'll walk away with practical tools, risk-benefit strategies, and the confidence to take learning outside in a way that's safe, meaningful, and genuinely exciting for

You know this podcast is just a small part of what we do at Wildlings Forest School. So if you want to find out more about our range of programs for children, our professional development workshops for educators, our free downloadables, blogs or our online store, just head to wildlingsforestschool.com. It's all there waiting for you. Come and join the village.

Wild Business Series Part 2 - Tinkering School with Gever Tulley Aug 30, 2021

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Imagine a place where it is believed that kids are more capable than we know – so capable that they make rollercoasters and treehouses, from concept through to the full build, using real tools and the secret ingredient, time. What I am describing is the Tinkering School. Today I have the man behind the concept joining me all the way from the US, welcome Gever Tully.

👉 Gever shares

What Tinkering School is
Why it is so important to give children the opportunity to be trusted
The theory behind making mistakes
How you can figure things out by fooling around
How to risk assess projects in a fun and safe way
Why building is at the heart of your program
The beauty of time
The importance of failure
The wonder and benefits of intrinsic motivation
About his role as a “collaborator”
The vision and foundations of Brightworks School

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Gever Tulley's TED Talk about Life Lessons Through Tinkering

Tinkering School Website
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50 Dangerous Things You Should Let Your Child Do by Gever Tulley

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👉 Guest Details
Gever Tulley is an American writer, speaker, computer scientist and founder of Tinkering School. He is also a founding member and chief collaborator of Brightworks School which centers around the concept of students learning through self-directed means and building projects. He is also the co-author of 50 Dangerous Things You Should Let Your Children Do. His TED Talk, Life Lessons Through Tinkering is an inspiration to us at Wildlings!

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Welcome back to Raising Wildlings — where we explore raising brave, resilient, curious kids who feel at home outdoors.

If you're an educator ready to bring more nature play and child-led learning into your Early Years program, our Bush Kindy Professional Development Workshops are for you. You'll walk away with practical tools, risk-benefit strategies, and the confidence to take learning outside in a way that's safe, meaningful, and genuinely exciting for

You know this podcast is just a small part of what we do at Wildlings Forest School. So if you want to find out more about our range of programs for children, our professional development workshops for educators, our free downloadables, blogs or our online store, just head to wildlingsforestschool.com. It's all there waiting for you. Come and join the village.

S2E32: Wild Business Series Part 1 - Wild Kindy with Kelly Roberts Aug 23, 2021

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In this episode, we’re talking with Kelly Roberts about her Wild Business, Wild Kindy, based in Sydney, New South Wales. This is the first episode in a series where we’re going to focus on Wild Businesses around Australia and the globe.

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About her business and what she offers
What her inspiration was to start her business
Inspiring stories from her programs
Her strengths and what makes her unique compared to others in the industry
The hardest part of starting a nature play business
The best part about owning her business
The benefits of starting your own nature play business

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Kelly Roberts is the founder of Wild Kindy. Kelly is an experienced Early Childhood Educator but knew early on in her career that her passion lay in alternative education. With a passion for the outdoors, she was attracted to Nature Pedagogy Philosophy as a way to bring back childhood as she knew it, and reconnect children with the natural environment.
Wild Kindy promotes children to naturally learn in an outdoor environment, no matter the weather. With an evolving program of ‘risky’ and nature play, our children are growing into strong, confident, resilient and passionate learners.

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Welcome back to Raising Wildlings — where we explore raising brave, resilient, curious kids who feel at home outdoors.

If you're an educator ready to bring more nature play and child-led learning into your Early Years program, our Bush Kindy Professional Development Workshops are for you. You'll walk away with practical tools, risk-benefit strategies, and the confidence to take learning outside in a way that's safe, meaningful, and genuinely exciting for

You know this podcast is just a small part of what we do at Wildlings Forest School. So if you want to find out more about our range of programs for children, our professional development workshops for educators, our free downloadables, blogs or our online store, just head to wildlingsforestschool.com. It's all there waiting for you. Come and join the village.

Self- Directed Learning Works with Mimsy Sadofsky Aug 16, 2021

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In this episode, we’re chatting with Mimsy Sadofsky from the democratic Sudbury Valley School in Massachusetts about what a self-directed learning school looks like, what children do after attending such a school, how they learn to read in a democratic school and, of course, how the school is run by its children.

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All about Sudbury Valley School
The beautiful, mind-blowing philosophy of their school
What their teens do after finishing high school
The benefits of self-directed learning for children
How the students are involved in the day to day running of the school
What she has seen over her past 50 years at the school and why she stayed
How their judicial system operates
How children respond to this learning environment
Their admission process and how they work with parents
How Sudbury Valley School's children learn to read
Answers to commonly asked questions
How the traditional school system can harm children

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Book Recommendations:

Astoria, Peter Stark

Deep River, Karl Marlantes

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Mimsy Sadofsky is a co-founder and staff member of Sudbury Valley School in Framingham, Massachusetts. She has been with SVC for 53 years. She is co-author of numerous books and articles about Sudbury Valley and the Sudbury approach to education. She is a self-directing learning advocate and pioneer in the free learning philosophy.

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Welcome back to Raising Wildlings — where we explore raising brave, resilient, curious kids who feel at home outdoors.

If you're an educator ready to bring more nature play and child-led learning into your Early Years program, our Bush Kindy Professional Development Workshops are for you. You'll walk away with practical tools, risk-benefit strategies, and the confidence to take learning outside in a way that's safe, meaningful, and genuinely exciting for

You know this podcast is just a small part of what we do at Wildlings Forest School. So if you want to find out more about our range of programs for children, our professional development workshops for educators, our free downloadables, blogs or our online store, just head to wildlingsforestschool.com. It's all there waiting for you. Come and join the village.

Parenting in the Age of Screens and Technology with Cat Green Aug 09, 2021

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Screens are a part of all our lives, for many a little too much. So how do we create a healthy digital culture in our homes with our children? Today I talked to Cat Green, founder of Everyday Empowered, about why we need to be having a whole family approach to technology use in our homes.

👉 Cat Shares

About Everyday Empowered
Her inspiration to create the Screen Smart Families workshop
Surprising insights from the research on children’s technology use
The importance of shifting the narrative around technology
The most important message to give our children around the use of technology
Answers to common questions she gets asked about screen time and children
Important skills we need to be teaching and role modeling in regards to interaction with others online
How we can navigate issues online with our children in a honest and open way
What led her to consider homeschooling for her children
Her homeschooling philosophy
What a week in the life of her family looks like
How she manages time for her business and homeschooling

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Cat Green is a homeschooling mom intent on supporting families to love their family life by learning to live it skillfully. We all want more connection, vibrant health and joy in our homes, but without a foundation of simple, everyday skills, we run into problems putting this into action. Cat runs a wide range of workshops and sells her favourite books to help you in your journey to learn these simple skills and build a life-nourishing family culture.

👉 Resources & References

Everyday Empowered Website
Next workshop is August 29th in Yandina, QLD

Everyday Empowered Bookstore
Use code WILD10 for any of the digital parenting books in August

Book Recommendations:
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
Home Grown by Ben Hewitt
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Welcome back to Raising Wildlings — where we explore raising brave, resilient, curious kids who feel at home outdoors.

If you're an educator ready to bring more nature play and child-led learning into your Early Years program, our Bush Kindy Professional Development Workshops are for you. You'll walk away with practical tools, risk-benefit strategies, and the confidence to take learning outside in a way that's safe, meaningful, and genuinely exciting for

You know this podcast is just a small part of what we do at Wildlings Forest School. So if you want to find out more about our range of programs for children, our professional development workshops for educators, our free downloadables, blogs or our online store, just head to wildlingsforestschool.com. It's all there waiting for you. Come and join the village.

You Just Got 'Unschooled' with Kerry McDonald Aug 02, 2021

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In this episode, we’re chatting with Kerry McDonald, author of Unschooled: Raising Curious, Well-Educated Children Outside the Conventional Classroom, about different models of education around the world, the developmental bell curve of when children read, how Unschooling benefits teenagers and how the school system can harm children.

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Kerry McDonald is an education policy writer, self-directed learning expert and author of Unschooled: Raising Curious, Well-Educated Children Outside the Conventional Classroom. She is a board member at the Alliance of Self-Directed Education and mother of four never-been-schooled children.

👉 Kerry Shares

What she has been up to
Research coming out about how the pandemic affected opinions on homeschooling
The difference between education and schooling
The qualities we value in the ‘imagination age’ and how school stifles creativity
How the industrial education system can make children’s lives worse
That unschooling is treating children with basic human respect
How the 19th century industrial model education system lacks the ability to build the skills required for the most in demand jobs
That knowing yourself and what you want are largely neglected in conventional structured schooling
About empowering parents
The developmental bell curve for reading age in children
Examples of different unschooling programs and self-directed learning models in the states
Why bullying is nearly non-existent in these alternative models of education

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Unschooled: Raising Curious, Well-Educated Children Outside the Conventional Classroom, Kerry McDonald

Foundation for Economic Education

BOOKS

Learning is Natural, School is Optional, Ken Danford

The Teenage Liberation Handbook: How to Quit School and Get a Real Life, Grace Llewellyn

Fab: The Coming Revolution on Your Desktop, Neil Gershenfeld

Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World, Adam Grant

Outliers M,alcolm Gladwell

Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand Audiobook Read by Scott Brick

ALTERNATIVE UNSCHOOLING PROGRAMS

North Star, founded by Ken Danford

Not Back To School Camp

NFP’s

Liberated Learners

Alliance of Self-Directed Education
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Welcome back to Raising Wildlings — where we explore raising brave, resilient, curious kids who feel at home outdoors.

If you're an educator ready to bring more nature play and child-led learning into your Early Years program, our Bush Kindy Professional Development Workshops are for you. You'll walk away with practical tools, risk-benefit strategies, and the confidence to take learning outside in a way that's safe, meaningful, and genuinely exciting for

You know this podcast is just a small part of what we do at Wildlings Forest School. So if you want to find out more about our range of programs for children, our professional development workshops for educators, our free downloadables, blogs or our online store, just head to wildlingsforestschool.com. It's all there waiting for you. Come and join the village.

Cities for Play with Natalia Krysiak Jul 26, 2021

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In this episode, we’re chatting with Natalia Krysiak, founder of Cities for Play, about making play a priority in the design of our urban spaces and how to make the changes we want to see for our children.

👉 Natalie Shares

About Cities For Play, including what she does there and her vision for the future
Some shocking statistics linked to the built environment
What children have to say about designing cities and the beautiful consistencies between children of different cultures
How a built environment can promote children's health and well-being with a focus on play and active mobility
Which cities are implementing best practice
How we as parents can encourage our local councils to make our cities more child-friendly
Why there has been a reduction in free play and roaming areas over the past few generations
What we have learnt so far about the pandemic's impact on children's play and mobility

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Cities for Play Website
Child Friendly Neighbourhoods

LinkedIn
Twitter: @NataliaK_au
Instagram: @citiesforplay
Book Recommendations:
Bush Toys by Claudia Haagen

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Natalia Krysiak, a practicing architect at Hayball Architects and founder of Cities for Play, Natalia specialises in the design of child-oriented environments. She is a passionate advocate for playful cities and spaces, engaging in placemaking and research initiatives around the world. In 2019 Natalia was awarded a Churchill Fellowship exploring best practice for designing child-friendly, high density neighbourhoods in Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, Canada and the UK. Her research explores how we can create more playful and child-friendly urban environments.
👉 Episodes Referred To

S2E25: Benign Neglect and the Impacts of Zero-Risk Culture with Tim Gill
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Welcome back to Raising Wildlings — where we explore raising brave, resilient, curious kids who feel at home outdoors.

If you're an educator ready to bring more nature play and child-led learning into your Early Years program, our Bush Kindy Professional Development Workshops are for you. You'll walk away with practical tools, risk-benefit strategies, and the confidence to take learning outside in a way that's safe, meaningful, and genuinely exciting for

You know this podcast is just a small part of what we do at Wildlings Forest School. So if you want to find out more about our range of programs for children, our professional development workshops for educators, our free downloadables, blogs or our online store, just head to wildlingsforestschool.com. It's all there waiting for you. Come and join the village.

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