Deep conversations with interesting people. Santiago Ramones gets to know people on a deeper level: Why they do what they do and why they believe what they believe. Bit Depth lies at the intersection of creativity and philosophy, striving to establish a culture of nuance, empathy, and growth. A musician himself, he speaks with other musicians, creatives, outliers, and any sort of interesting person interested in deep conversation. Still going strong after seven years and hundreds of episodes ...
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Welcome to The Porch. A community podcast that encourages conversation of positivity, sharing of information for learning, teaching and connecting. Feel encouraged and even relax when visiting with a listening ear on the porch!
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A podcast about neuroscience, psychology, and anything vaguely related. Long-form interviews with people whose work I find interesting.
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The Ready, Set, Go Show! is a podcast for children and their families and friends. Each episode is created with the intent to inspire creativity, singing, movement, and play.
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Bridging the gap between different walks of life to showcase interconnections between us all.
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Join me in learning a little more about our podcast producer, Santiago RamonesBy Possibilities, Inc.
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19 - Conversation of Christian Marriage with Dr. and Mrs. H. Townsend
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Dr. and Mrs. Townsend, married for 52 years, share information of their book on Christian Marriage .By Possibilities, Inc.
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97. Arne Ekstrom: Spatial navigation, memory, and invasive recordings in humans
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Arne Ekstrom is a professor of psychology at the University of Arizona, where he studies spatial navigation and memory. We talk about how he got into psychology, his unusual path to getting a PhD, his work on using single-cells recordings from people, the relationship between memory and spatial navigation, why he uses multiple methods, and much mor…
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18 - A visit on The Porch with S.O.U.P President, Ms. Billie Bowen (Society of Urban Poets) to discuss upcoming events and sharing of readings from her book "Soup Bones".
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Thank your for joining me on The Porch for sharing of conversation and community events. Please remember to enjoy The Porch. "The Porch" by author, Elishea Barlow is available on Amazon and Barnes and Noble .com. Thank You.By Possibilities, Inc.
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13 - Jump into summer reading and dance to the mandolin!
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Get ready to think outside the box on how much reading you want to do this summer! How many different things do you want to learn about? Otto, the boy in our story, thought of 28 on the night he decided to make a list-but he will definitely be adding more. Bob is our special guest, and he plays the mandolin for us. He even wrote a new song just for…
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Join me as I get to know the new podcast producer here at Possibilities Inc.By Possibilities, Inc.
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96. Benjamin Ehrlich: Santiago Ramon y Cajal, the neuron doctrine, and combining art & science
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Benjamin Ehrlich is the author of the recent biography of Santiago Ramon y Cajal (The brain in search of itself), and The Dreams of Santiago Ramon y Cajal. We talk about Cajal's life and work, Cajal's unlikely beginnings in a rural Spain, how he discovered that neurons were separate from each other, leading to the neutron doctrine, how Cajal became…
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16 - On The Porch with Evangelist Tee Brown
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Evangelist Tee Brown discusses her foundation and purpose for relationships with outside neighbors.By Possibilities, Inc.
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15 - JoAnna Blackstock, publisher for Stock magazine of historic Mesta Park and Heritage Hills
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JoAnna Blackstock publisher for stroll, magazine for historic Mesta Park and Heritage Hills.By Possibilities, Inc.
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95. Emily Finn: Neural fingerprinting, 'naturalistic' stimuli, and taking time before starting a PhD
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Emily Finn is an assistant professor at Dartmouth College. We talk about her research on neural fingerprinting, naturalistic stimuli, how Emily got into science, the year she spent in Peru before her PhD, advice for writing well, and much more. There are occasional (minor) audio disturbances when Emily's speaking. Sorry about that, still trying to …
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94. David Van Essen: The Human Connectome Project, hierarchical processing, and the joys of collaboration
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David Van Essen is an Alumni Endowed Professor of Neuroscience at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. In this conversation, we talk about David's path to becoming a neuroscientist, the Human Connectome project, hierarhical processing in the cerebral cortex, and much more. BJKS Podcast is a podcast about neuroscience, psychology, …
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12 - Creative Food Ideas for Picky Eaters
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Ivy only eats green food! She is the main character in today's story which was inspired by two words that Ian gave me: green bean and pepper. Ivy's cousins come to the rescue by cooking up some creative recipes and exciting activities. Get inspired to try new foods by helping make snacks and meals in the kitchen! Who knows. You might even decide to…
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93. Nachum Ulanovsky: Bats, spatial navigation, and natural neuroscience
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Nachum Ulanovsky is a professor at the Weizman Institute. We talk about his research on spatial navigation in bats, how Nachum started working with bats, the importance of natural behaviour, how to build a 700m long tunnel for neuroscience, and much more. Support the show: https://geni.us/bjks-patreon Timestamps 0:00:00: How Nachum started working …
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Conversation with Ms. Francis Poindexter regarding The Heartland Council Dining in The Dark fundraiser.By Possibilities, Inc.
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92. Tom Hardwicke: Meta-research, reproducibility, and post-publication critique
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Tom Hardwicke is a Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne. We talk about meta-science, incuding Tom's work on post-publication critique and registered reports, what his new role as editor at Psychological Science entails, and much more. BJKS Podcast is a podcast about neuroscience, psychology, and anything vaguely related, hosted by Benjami…
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91. Jessica Polka: Preprints, publishing peer reviews, and the joys of pipetting
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Jessica Polka is Executive Director of ASAPbio, a non-profit that promotes innovation and transparency in life science publishing. We talk about her work at ASAPbio, how she got into it, preprints, the many functions of peer review, and much more. BJKS Podcast is a podcast about neuroscience, psychology, and anything vaguely related, hosted by Benj…
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90. Brian Boyd: The life & works of Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita, and writing biographies
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Brian Boyd is a Distinguished Professor in English and Drama at the University of Auckland. We talk mainly about Vladimir Nabokov: Brian wrote the defining biography on Nabokov (in addition to books on more specific aspects about Nabokov), so we discuss Nabokov's life & work, Brian's approachh to writing biographies, with some hints of the new biog…
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89. Camillo Padoa-Schioppa: Value in the brain, orbitofrontal cortex, and causality in neuroscience
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Camillo Padoa-Schioppa is a Professor of Neuroscience at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. In this conversation, we talk about Camillo's work on economic values in the brain, whether it is causally involved in choice, Camillo's career, working with different species, and much more. BJKS Podcast is a podcast about neuroscien…
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88. Juliana Schroeder: Talking to strangers, undersociality, and replicable field studies
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Juliana Schroder is a professor at the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business. In this conversation, we talk about her research in which she asks people to talk to strangers, and how this experience is usually a lot more pleasant than people expect. We talk about how the research came to be, what they found, how culture and norms affect the results, h…
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May you be encouraged to positively open up vocally and listen internally more in this new year.By Possibilities, Inc.
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This podcast is here to help your kids drift off to sleep. Warning: parents might yawn more than once and get sleepy listening, so this one isn’t for the car!By Possibilities, Inc.
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87. Rick Betzel: Network neuroscience, generative modeling, and collaborations
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Rick Betzel is an Associate professor at India University Bloomington. We talk about his research on network neuroscience, how to find good collaborators, Rick's path to network neuroscience, and much more. Support the show: https://geni.us/bjks-patreon Timestamps 0:00:00: What's the purpose of connectomics if understanding a species' entire connec…
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86. Elisabeth Bik: Reporting scientific misconduct, the arms race between fraud & fraud detection, and the microbiome of dolphins
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Elisabeth Bik is a science integrity consultant. In this conversation, we talk about her work on reporting scientific errors and misconduct, how one becomes a full-time scientific integrity consultant, her postdoc work on the microbiome of dolphins, reactions to her work (both positive and negative), how to deal with online abuse, the arms race bet…
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85. Peter Bandettini: The history, present, and future of fMRI
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Peter Bandettini is director of the fMRI core facility at the National Institute of Mental Health. In this episode, we talk about the history, present, and future of fMRI, alongside Peter's career. Support the show: https://geni.us/bjks-patreon Timestamps 0:00:00: How Peter got started working on fMRI in the early 1990s 0:05:48: What was possible i…
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84. Brian Nosek: Improving science, the past & future of the Center for Open Science, and failure in science
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Brian Nosek is a professor of psychology at the University of Virginia, and Co-founder and Executive Director of the Center for Open Science. In this conversation, we discuss the Center for Open Science, Brian's early interest in improving science, how COS got started, what Brian would like to do in the future, and how to figure out whether ideas a…
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83. Rachel Bedder: Rumination, teaching without grades, and managing yourself as a PhD student
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Rachel Bedder is a postdoc with Yael Niv at Princeton. In this conversation, we talk about her research on rumination and repetitive negative thinking (in the context of a partially observable Markov decision process), her work as a curator, why she enjoys teaching without grades, how to manage yourself as a PhD student, and much more. BJKS Podcast…
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82. Geoff Cumming: p-values, estimation, and meta-analytic thinking
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Geoff Cumming is an Emeritus Professor at La Trobe University. In this conversation, we discuss his work on New Statistics: estimation instead of hypothesis testing, meta-analytic thinking, and many related topics. Support the show: https://geni.us/bjks-patreon Timestamps 0:00:00: A brief history of statistics, p-values, and confidence intervals 0:…
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81. Brooke Macnamara: Growth mindset, deliberate practice, and the benefits of diverse experiences
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Brooke Macnamara is an associate professor at Case Western Reserve University. In this conversation, we talk about her research on growth mindset and deliberate practice, whether deliberate practice is falsifiable, the benefits of diverse experiences, and much more. BJKS Podcast is a podcast about neuroscience, psychology, and anything vaguely rela…
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340 - The Lunar Laugh: In The Black & Retrospective
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The Lunar Laugh was a power pop band based in Oklahoma City. Their final album, In The Black, was released on November 3rd, 2023. The album features Jared Lekites (guitar, vocals), Connor Anderson (guitar, vocals), Campbell Young (guitar, vocals), Triston Lightner (bass, vocals), and Levi Sherman (drums, vocals). On this podcast, we heard from Jare…
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80. Simine Vazire: Scientific editing, the purpose of journals, and the future of psychological science
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Simine Vazire is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Melbourne. In this conversation, we talk about her work on meta-science, the purpose of journals and peer review, Simine's plans for being Editor-in-Chief at Psychological Science, the hidden curriculum of scienitic publishing, and much more. BJKS Podcast is a podcast about neuroscienc…
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In this episode we met Janie who took out all the grass in her yard and made a pollinator garden for bees and butterflies! Sing and move to a song about the Monarch life cycle, hear a story about milkweed seeds and caterpillars going through big changes, and find out how to have more butterfly fun after the podcast.…
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79. Nanthia Suthana: Invasive brain recordings in humans, learning as a PI, and the joys of mentorship
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Nanthia Suthana is an Associate Professor at UCLA. In this conversation, we talk about her research using invasive brain recordings from humans, how the technologies have changed and what might happen in the future. We also talk about how she runs her lab, how to learn as a PI, and what Nanthia enjoys about mentoring students and postdocs. We had s…
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78. Gillian Coughlan: Dementia, spatial navigation, and menopause
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Gillian Coughlan is a postdoc whose work focuses on the role of spatial navigation in dementia. In this conversation, we talk about how Gillian went from Ireland to doing a PhD in the UK, different ways for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease, what beta-amyloid and tau are, what spatial navigation has to do with dementia, and whether early menopause can…
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77. Lynn Nadel: Collaboration, Hippocampal History, and clinical applications of hippocampal development
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Lynn Nadel is an emeritus professor at the University of Arizona, where his research focuses on the role of the hippocampus in memory. This is our second conversation. We discuss how the Hippocampus as a Cognitive Map was received, Lynn's career, including his years as head of department at the University of Arizona, how to foster collaboration, wh…
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76. Adam Mastroianni: Paradigms in psychology, science as a strong-link problem, and The Psychology House
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Adam Mastroianni is a scientist who writes the Substack 'Experimental History'. This is our second conversation. We discuss science as a strong-link problem, why everyone is allowed to do science, and some of Adam's suggestions for how science can be done differently. Support the show: https://geni.us/bjks-patreon Timestamps 0:00:00: Adam's Substac…
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12 - Steve Warren, Founder of Doing What I Can
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A Conversation of the opportunity to support those who are hungry.By Possibilities, Inc.
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75. Paul Smaldino: Modeling Social Behavior, the value of false models, and research beyond traditional disciplines
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Paul Smaldino is an Associate Professor of Cognitive and Information Sciences at UC Merced, where he studies the evolution of behavior in response to social, cultural, and ecological pressures. In this conversation, we talk about his new book Modeling Social Behavior, everything related to formal models of social behaviour, and Paul's path to where…
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Santiago Ramones is a podcast editor and musician. In fact, he helps create The Ready, Set, Go Show episodes! Find out what a microphone is and what you have to put all over the walls of a podcast studio. Big bonus: Santiago sings and plays many instruments in his beautiful song, "Koi".By Possibilities, Inc.
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Miss Katie and her guest, Derrick, talk and sing about emotions and how singing can help you get back to a calmer, happier place!By Possibilities, Inc.
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11 - A conversation with Elle Shroyer, Vice president of Donor and Community Engagement of Rose Rock Habitat For Humanity.
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Elle joins me on THE PORCH to talk about the purpose and resources of Habitat of Humanity.By Possibilities, Inc.
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74. Moin Syed: Glorious PNAS, editing a journal, and masterful procrastination
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Moin Syed is a professor of psychology at the University of Minnesota, where he studies identity and personality development. Our conversation focuses on his work in meta-science, especially the role of journals and editors in the scientific process. BJKS Podcast is a podcast about neuroscience, psychology, and anything vaguely related, hosted by B…
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Discussing her upcoming event for Oklahoma authors at her bookstore, Deer Clan Books.By Possibilities, Inc.
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Today's guest is Antoinet R. Webster. She is a young lady that has a passion for the well being others and a vision to open Net's Mini Mart in the NE sector of Oklahoma City. Listen to her vision and if you can provide support or resources to assist in her goals please reach out to her. Facebook: Antoinet R Webster.…
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73. Tom Hostler: Open science, workload, and academic capitalism
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Tom Hostler is a senior lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University. In this conversation, we focus on his recent article on the increased workload caused by open science. BJKS Podcast is a podcast about neuroscience, psychology, and anything vaguely related, hosted by Benjamin James Kuper-Smith. Support the show: https://geni.us/bjks-patreon Ti…
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339 - No Justice No Peace; Chris Prather, Kenneth Ray Woods, Megan Prather; One-Act Opera Engaging with the Effects of Police Brutality
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No Justice, No Peace is a one-act opera composed by Chris Prather and co-written by Kenneth Ray Woods and Megan Prather that presents the real-life effects of police brutality on families and communities, specifically following one fictional family. We talked about how the opera began as a 10-minute opera, how it grew into a full one-act opera, the…
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In this episode, Campbell tells us all about playing the drums and ukulele, and the story is about friendship and dancing!By Possibilities, Inc.
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72. Nico Schuck: Replay, cognitive maps, and multivariate decoding with fMRI
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Nico Schuck is Professor and head of the research group 'Mechanisms of learning and change' at the University of Hamburg, where his research focuses on the neuroscience of learning, memory, and cognitive maps. In this conversation, we discuss his work on cognitive maps and replay in Orbitofrontal Cortex and Hippocampus, decoding even brief events w…
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Maggie tells us all about playing piano and guitar and sings Fairy Queen with Miss Katie!By Possibilities, Inc.
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71. Lynn Nadel: Memory, The Hippocampus as a Cognitive Map, and the importance of behaviour
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Lynn Nadel is an emeritus professor at the University of Arizona, where his research focuses on the role of the hippocampus in memory. In this conversation, we talk about the early years of Lynn's career: why he chose to do chemistry, how a course with Donald Hebb made him switch to psychology, how his postdoc was disrupted by the Soviet invasion d…
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Elishea meets with one of our local family farmers, Jayne Benkendorf of BF Farms! They explore healthy ways to "learn how to eat" and talk a little about Jayne's book, The Food Bible. To learn more about Benkendorf Family Farms, please visit bf-farms.comBy Possibilities, Inc.
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